Ok, so I am hitting repetitive writers block. Plus, the step-sisters have moved in, which means they have taken over my room and also my computer that I worked hard for. So blame blame blame them! Grr! Anyhooo, my neck itches. I don't know why. And it seems all my friends planned to all be born in august so they could empty out my pockets. Haha… Ok, I will shut up now and on with the story!
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha & crew or "duck and run" by 3 doors down. Also, the song in the story is "Scar Tissue" by Red Hot Chili Peppers. It's probably one of my most favorite songs by RHCP! I LOVE THEM! Cept, hope I don't offend anybody, I don't like their new album very well, Dani California. I had been looking forward to them coming back with a new bang, like usual, but they came back with stuff that sounded incredibly similar to their old stuff. Yup. Nuff said.
OK AND MY COOL LITTLE LINE-IN-BETWEENS AREN'T WORKING! STUPID FANFICTION! MAKE EM WORK AGAIN!
Duck & Run
Bad Habit in the Open
Golden eyes slowly opened up and a tiny groan was emitted from the throat of a very uncomfortable Inuyasha. All of his limbs felt as if they had been beaten with a meat hammer and he wondered why he felt cramped until he looked down in his lap to see the fragile girl sprawled out all over him and the couch.
A smile touched his lips as he looked down on her, on the sleeping innocent. Everything about her was so tranquil compared to when she was awake. He studied her sleeping features, his eyes raking from her tussled ebony hair, to the long dark lashes covering slight bruises and then to her slightly parted rose-pink lips.
They drew him to them… So tempting, sweet, innocent… Pure. Her lips were the purest of all of her, despite the profanities they sometimes spew and the angry words they let loose. His own lips continued their journey to hers, as if drawn by some magnificent, unimaginable force… Like a magnet they continued to pull his until he hovered above her face, his own silver hair falling down around them to block both of them from view.
Breath hitched in his throat the moment her warm, sweet breath hit his lips and he grunted, pulling away from her still sleeping form quickly and diverting his eyes from her stunning face. Now he felt irritated with himself and with her for being so vulnerable as he shoved himself up from their position, letting her fall the rest of the way until she lay with her body completely spread out over the couch.
"Good thing she's a heavy sleeper." He said to himself as he walked to the kitchen, his bare feet hitting the hard wood floors with slaps. Popping open the refrigerator, he looked through it trying to find something he could feed a girl… What did girls eat anyways?
The thought about even caring what she'd like to eat make his rummaging begin to grow louder, as he starter to toss things that looked promising out of the fridge. A few eggs almost due to expire, a carton of OJ which he usually drank straight from, and then a stick of butter.
No, he wasn't done yet. Eggs never filled him all the way up, why would they fill a girl up who looked near-starved? His calloused hands continued their search for food in the pantry, throwing out some bread and then he returned to slam the refrigerator door shut.
'How do girls like their eggs done? This is the time I'd love to have Miroku or some other womanizer around… Well, too bad I guess… Because I only know one way to cook them!' he thought to himself as he cracked the eggs open and dropped them into a bowl, stirring them up with a fork and adding some salt and pepper.
"Damnit!" he growled as he tried to carefully pick out a piece of shell that had fallen into the mix. Finally with this accomplished, he resumed to pouring the blend into a heated pan on the stove and as they quickly cooked he tossed some bread in the toaster.
Once the eggs had been properly scrambled he tossed them onto two plates and then went to retrieve the toast, slapping some butter onto it and then resumed to grabbing glasses and filling them with OJ. When he thought he'd have to let the stupid girls food get cold, he saw flailing arms and legs from the couch and upon this moment heard a satisfying thud.
"Oh geez! Oh geez! Where the hell am I? What's that smell? Am I dead?" a smile came onto Inuyasha's face, which was quickly replaced by a glare as he stormed over to the couch and sat down heavily, picking the girl off the floor and dropping her beside him where he then shoved food at her.
"You sleep a lot." Is all he said as he turned on the tv and pretended to ignore her antics beside him. The ignoring part didn't work too well because he was soon yelling at her "Will you shut up already and just eat! Damn woman!"
He was rewarded with only a short bit of silence as she took in a forkful of eggs and she turned to him, waving the fork around madly in the air as if it were a sword of some sorts "You mean to tell me, you cooked breakfast?"
"Yup. What's so surprising about that, wench? I DO live by myself." He barked out, a little embarrassed that she didn't think he had the ability to cook for himself.
"No, no… It's not that at all… It's just that… Oh well, never mind. Thank you, anyways. It's good." She was smiling brightly at him as she continued to eat hungrily.
Her much awaited answer came out and she decided she hadn't really needed to be anxious about it. It was only another general Inuyasha answer "Feh, of course it is."
So the two of them sat and watched TV and ate breakfast in silence, but before long she was bouncing around on the couch, much to Inuyasha's annoyance. With every bounce his face contorted a bit more in controlled anger. But soon that controlled anger was boiling and he turned to her, grabbing her arm and yelling "Do you HAVE to do…"
She was flinching… She wasn't supposed to be flinching, he was barely holding onto her! The hoody was slightly riding up on her arm and his hand had met flesh and he looked down at the small arm and visibly paled. Now his hold tightened as she tried to pull away and he grabbed her other arm and pushed the sleeve up.
Lips tightened as he looked away from her, unable to look her in the face. He shook his head in disappointment as he listened to her try and explain herself "It… It was my cat Buyo's fault! He, he has quite a temper you know!"
Lips tightened further and the edges whitened as he continued to keep hold on her arms. Words forced themselves out through gritted teeth "Don't lie to me Kagome. Why?"
"I'm not lying! Why do you think I'm lying? I'm not! It was my stupid cat!" she yelled out as she stood up, one single tear ripping itself from her eyes and she furiously wiped it away with her shoulder. She tried to jerk her arms out of his grasp but he was now standing up, gripping her roughly by the shoulders.
And again lips tightened further and fangs lay bared as he snarled and shook her "WHY KAGOME? Don't lie to me! WHY!"
The girl he held roughly crumpled beneath him and he sunk down next to her and watched her fight the tears that were begging to be shed.
All at once lips loosened as he took her up in his arms and hugged her fiercely, a few tears coming from his eyes as well as he breathed out "Why Kagome… Why…?"
She stuttered and stumbled over the words coming from her mouth "I..I don't know… I don't know!" she yelled out in agony, ashamed, guilt-ridden, angry, and with the feeling of depression looming over her. She leaned her forehead on his shoulder as she whispered sullenly "I don't know."
And so he dealt with the situation the only way he knew how to by holding her at arms length and giving her a command "Well, you're not doing it anymore. And sooner or later you're GOING to tell me what's up. And I'm betting it's going to be sooner. I can't have one of my best friends cutting herself up. Who else am I to argue with if you're stupid enough to cut too deep?" he grunted again as he pulled her into a softer hug.
A weak smile came from her as she looked at him "Of course. What was I thinking?"
Inuyasha pulled her into another hug and then picked the crumpled girl up off the ground and brushed her off, pulling on a haphazard smile "Ok, it's time for you to meet my band. Let's go!"
"B…But Inuyasha, I don't have anything to wear. All my clothes are still wet and smelly!" she was a little shocked at how fast Inuyasha had been able to recover from discovering her horrible little habit.
"Ughh, complain, complain, complain! Come on, come with me!" he pulled her in jerks and tugs up the stairs to his room, which was actually two rooms made into one, the wall in between having been torn out. He rummaged through drawers until he threw out a tattered pair of jeans and a dark blue long-underwear shirt.
"I just outgrew them last year. They'll still be really baggy, but at least better than running around in your underwear and my hoody, right?" he smirked and shoved them in her arms, turning around as he continued to rummage through his drawers for his own clothes. When he heard her not moving he turned around towards her and motioned to her "Well, hurry up and dress then! Bathrooms down the hall up here."
Dark blue eyes watched his back turn to her again in astonishment. He was being insufferably arrogant! And nice. Her legs carried her down the hall where she opened a few doors to only find messes and such and then found the bathroom and went into the small space.
Pealing floral wallpaper adorned the walls along with sickly yellow counters along with a matching toilet and shower. She set down the things and slipped out of the hoody and large t-shirt to tug the long sleeved shirt over which were proceeded by the jeans.
Then she looked herself over in the mirror. Her make up mostly warn off, her hair sticking around her head crazily in curling tendrils from her swim the other day. She had to admit to herself, she couldn't remember the last time she'd been able to see the edges of her eyes through all the normal thick eye liner.
And she couldn't remember the last time her eyes hadn't been red and puffy from lack of sleep, from fear, from running constantly away from her life. She couldn't remember her last good nights sleep…
Another one of her crazy, true smiles snuck itself onto her face, which was for once lacking new bruises. True, she still had the lash marks on her back and a small scratch from Kikyo's nails beneath her left eye, but she looked almost presentable besides the clothes.
The shirt hung on her so that it hugged her breasts and then barely showed off her curvy waist and the sleeves hung an inch too long. She pushed the sleeves up and then slipped her thumb through the wear holes in the shirt from Inuyasha and then set her eyes on the jeans.
They were torn at the knees, a bit in the back pockets, and completely ruined at the bottom hems. The way they fit her made them bag at her butt, showing off her underwear. A frown came across her face as she walked out of the bathroom with the hoody in tow "Inuyasha! Do you have a belt I can borrow?"
"Yah hold on a sec, willya! I'm on the phone!" he continued to talk to his band mates, telling them that they had practice at his place this time as he grabbed another one of his outgrown belts. He peaked out the doorway and saw her standing outside of his room, leaning against the wall with a bad-ass look across her face.
'Damn… Never thought a girl could look that cute in my clothes…' he thought to himself as another deceitful smile attempted to move its way onto his face. He tossed her the belt and then hung up his cell and just started walking down the stairs, making his way all the way down to his basement.
"Where you going Inuyasha? Aren't we supposed to go meet your band mates?" she shot questions at him left and right as they walked down the creaking steps into the dark basement and he turned on the light.
The perfect band set up had been made out of the basement. Nothing but things involving music spread itself throughout the big basement, in the center was a little stage-like thing set up. A Pulse Pro drum set with Sabians set up in the back, an Ibanez 2005 SZ720FM Electric Guitar sitting neatly on its stand, a Schecter Stiletto Studio-6 Bass, a keyboard, and an acoustic Fender guitar. The rest of the set up was amazing, with tons of Marshall and other amps, microphones, pedals and such.
"Wow…" is all she could get out of her mouth as she instantly went to the acoustic guitar and ran her fingers across it "I used to have a Fender… Geez, loved that thing to death, I even called it my baby. Whose is it?"
"Mine. Go ahead and play it, it's in tune, I don't care." He handed her a pick and sat down on the bottom of the steps, knowing the guys would let themselves in. His eyes watched her as she sat down on his beat up stool and took the guitar into her lap and ran her hands lightly over the strings before she started playing.
Scar tissue that I wish you saw, Sarcastic mister know it all
Close your eyes and I'll kiss you 'cause With the birds I'll share
With the birds I'll share This lonely view
With the birds I'll share This lonely view
Push me up against the wall Young Kentucky girl in a push-up bra
Fallin' all over myself To lick your heart and taste your health 'cause
With the birds I'll share This lonely view...
Blood loss in a bathroom stall Southern girl with a scarlet drawl
Wave good-bye to ma and pa 'cause With the birds I'll share
With the birds I'll share This lonely view
With the birds I'll share This lonely view
Soft spoken with a broken jaw Step outside but not to brawl
Autumn's sweet we call it fall I'll make it to the moon if I have to crawl and
With the birds I'll share This lonely view...
Scar tissue that I wish you saw, Sarcastic mister know it all
Close your eyes and I'll kiss you 'cause With the birds I'll share
With the birds I'll share This lonely view
With the birds I'll share This lonely view...
Fingers found their way to the correct strings at the correct time as she closed her eyes and let herself go with the music. She hummed the along with the guitar parts even when she couldn't sing, her dark hair falling over half her face, falling between her perfect lips. Her voice was beautiful but occasionally cracks could be heard in her faltering voice, the emotion clear.
The song ended way too soon for everyone now in the room. Inuyasha was stunned, mouth hanging open along with those of his band mates. He'd known she was a good singer for rock, but he hadn't known she could get down to basics and sound so… So pure. So fresh. So utterly wonderful.
The back up guitarist and the current singer was the first to get his bearings back as he went up to the girl and took the guitar from her lap and picked her up and spun her around by her arms "She's PERFECT! And ADORABLE! I love her! We're keeping her." He stated simply and the others stood stunned. Usually Patrick wasn't phased by talent, but it seemed that Kagome's raw, natural talent even proved to leave the all-mighty Patrick in awe.
Kagome blushed as the 6 foot 2 guy slung his arm around her waist and pulled her closer to him, mussing her hair. He looked toward Inuyasha and grinned "Where'd you get her? She taken? Cuz if not, I'm pretty sure I'll claim her… She's just WAAAAY too cute to pass up!"
Chapter 6 is done and over with! Hurrah! Hooray! And it's 2 in the fuckin morning, people. I LOVE YOU GUYS! SEE? Well, anyways, if you guys didn't notice it, I am VERY obsessed with my music. And with bands. And all that good stuff. I play guitar, wish I could sing, but nope, I do the second best. I'm thinking about drums. Those sound like fun! Sorry if this chapter was shorter than the last, I just couldn't force myself to let that perfect ender pass me by.
You guys went above and beyond my review expectations last time! So, I'm still only asking for 8… hehe
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To this world I'm unimportant Just because I have nothing to give. So you call this your free country, Tell me why it cost so much to live, Tell me why. This world can turn me down But I won't turn away, oh no I won't turn around. All my work and endless measures. Never seem to get me very far, Walk a mile just to move an inch Now even though I'm trying so damn hard I'm trying so hard. This world can turn me down but I Won't turn away, And I won't duck and run, cause I'm not built that way. When everything is gone there is Nothing there to fear. This world cannot bring me down, No cause I'm already here, oh no! I am already here, Down on my knees, I am already here, on no, I am Already here. I must have told you a thousand times, I am not running away. I won't duck and run I won't duck and run I won't duck and run No pass away. This world can turn me down but I Won't turn away And I won't duck and run, cause I'm not built that way. When everything is gone There is nothing there to fear. This world cannot bring me down No cause I'm already here. This world can turn me down. But I won't turn away, And I won't duck away Cause I'm not built that way. When everything is gone there Is nothing there to fear. This world cannot bring me down, No cause I'm already here.