Silent Screamers

Ok people I know you want the story but give me a break! I got to have a life! But here's the next chapter!

Disclaimer: InuYasha is not owned by me but it soon will be! As soon as a win this damn game of Monopoly…

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Chapter 5

1 month after Kagome's father's death.

"Kagome! Time to go!" yelled grandpa.

"Ok grandpa." I said walking out of mum's room. It was good to be in the fresh air again.

"Come on Souta, I'm walking you to school," I said.

"Why?" he asked walking out the front door before me.

"Because it's your first day and I want to make sure you know how to get there," I replied

"But I want mummy to take me!" he cried, tears brimming in his eyes.

'Don't cry! Don't cry!' I kept thinking. If you do you won't stop. I can't do it if you do. I did it. "Mummy's still sick," I said. Liar.

I hated lying to him, but grandpa and I agreed not to tell him until we got her to a rehabilitation centre. We agreed that it would be easier on him if he saw her getting help. That doesn't mean it's any easier on me.

"She's been sick for weeks! It's not fair!" he yelled. All traces of the tears gone, there was only anger now.

Got to love the 11yr olds logic. If the world didn't give him what he wanted, the world was in trouble. And the world meant… me.

"I know." I sighed.

Thank god she's going into the centre tomorrow.

The school came into sight.

"Do you want me to stop here or can I go up to the school with you?"

"No you can come with me," he said. I could tell he was nervous. He was always nervous about meeting strangers now. Gone was the bright happy boy who was always full of spunk. The boy who could make friends where ever he went. I missed him.

We walked in the gate.

"Do you know where the office is Souta?" I asked.

"No," he whispered. He was scared. I couldn't blame him. I was nervous too about starting a new school. I have to stay brave, at least on the outside, for him. If I don't I just know he'll break.

"Ok. Um…" I looked around there was a girl watching us. She got up and walked towards us.

"Excuse me, do you need help?" she asked. She was pretty. She had dark brown hair and equally dark brown eyes.

"Yeah! Can you please help my brother? It's his first day and we have no idea where the office is," I jumped at the chance of getting my brother a friend.

"I'll take care of him. I started last week. What's your name? Mine's Rin," she asked while smiling at him. It was one of those smiles that just melts your heart.

"My name's Souta. Nice to meet you," he said to her, "Kagome? You should go or else you'll be late for your first day."

I looked at him and half smiled. I could see the confidence growing in him. He was going to be all right.

"Ok."

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Walking through the halls on my way to homeroom, the panic rose in me. What if no body likes me? What if the teacher hates me? What if I do something stupid? What if I make no friends? Not like that will be a problem. Then there will be no reason to explain why they can't come to my place. But still what if…

The classic first day. The questions that seem so terrifying at the start and then when you look back you wonder what you were thinking. I knew this was what was happening but I think I have good reason for it. I mean the school uniform wasn't exactly what I had hoped. It didn't hide the bandages and people are going to ask about them. Not like I can answer, "oh, my dad shot me and then he shot himself! It's no big deal!" sure that would work. Yeah! Cough.

I walked into my classroom. The first thing I noticed was a football flying at my head. I ducked. And lost balance. I fell straight on my shoulder. The pain seared its way all over my chest. I lay there for a few seconds battling my pain. Suddenly I was being yanked up. In front of me were the most beautiful pair of amber eyes I had ever seen.

"Are you alright?" he said. His nose twitched. He looked down at my chest. His eyes widened.

"InuYasha! Stop being so perverted!" said a guy behind him.

Finally I looked down.

Just as I expected my top and bandages were covered in blood and it was starting to drip on the floor.

I watched it drip. The memories came back. One by one. They all replayed. From the start to the finish. Slowly at first then speeding up until it stopped on my father's face. My dead father's face after he killed himself. My father face with a hole through the side of his head.

I remember the blood. It was running down his cheekbone, on to his nose then dripping onto the rug. The blood running through the rug. Everywhere…

I screamed. I kept screaming until he hugged me. I could feel the warmth of his body pressed up against mine. I looked up, through a tangle of silver hair to a pair of amber eyes that looked worried, and a bit frightened. I wanted to comfort him. Then I realised he was comforting me. I looked around. We're not in the classroom any more. It was a hospital room. I gasped

"Are you all right?" he asked quietly so not to scare me.

"Yes," I whisper back, "what happened?"

"You passed out. You were bleeding pretty bad so I carried you to the sick bay (A/N: nurses office, first aid etc.). The nurse called an ambulance. So now we're in the hospital. You got me out a class," he was trying to make a joke out of the situation. I half smiled. I don't smile anymore. Not even for my brother.

I suddenly realise that he was behind me with his arms wrapped around my waist. I don't even know his name! I sat up.

"Um… am I allowed to go now?" I asked him.

"Well the doctor said to press the nurses button when you woke so that she can bring your shirt…" he started to blush. I looked down. I was naked from the waist up. Except for the bandages, he could see everything. I pulled the sheet up around me. I started to blush as well. We sat there staring at each other, blushing. When suddenly there was a cough from the door. We looked simultaneously to the nurse standing there with my school blouse clean and fresh, without the slightest sign that it had been covered in blood.

"Good your awake. Now young man if you could step out side I'll help Miss Kagome get dressed," she had a disapproving frown on her face. His blush deepened.

"Ah… yeah," he jumped up and practically ran out of the room.

10 minutes later the nurse and I had finally got the top on and my arm in a sling so I didn't move the around too much and start it bleeding again.

She kept lecturing me all the while I was dressing. How I should be more careful. Not to strain myself. How I shouldn't take to many pain killers. Be careful not to get the bandages too wet.

Just keep nodding I told myself. I wasn't listening to a word she said. I was to busy trying to ignore the pain that erupted throughout my chest every time I moved my arms.

We walked outside. To find a very annoyed looking hanyou. It was the first time I'd noticed it. He had long white hair, those beautiful amber eyes, a great body build, claws and fangs that showed because his lips were pulled back in a snarl. He also had the cutest little dog ears on top of his head. They just looked so soft and inviting. I didn't even realise what I was doing it but my hand had moved up to one of his ear and started to rub it. He started to purr. It was kinda cute really and I wanted to smile but…

He realised what he was doing and suddenly jumped away from me. Of course I lost balance again. This time he caught me.

"I'm not going through that again," he said. I just nodded.

We walked out of the hospital doors. Last time I walked out of these doors it was with my mum. Last time I walked out these doors it was after I had been in a coma for 3 days from loss of blood. Last time I walked out these doors I was walking into a nightmare.

"My name's InuYasha by the way,"

"Huh?" my mind had drifted back to the past.

"I said my name's InuYasha and your's is Kagome. Nice to meet you," he said with a slight smile.

"Nice to meet you too."