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Chapter 10: The Absence
Darkness, the absence of light. But this darkness, even with the light fog, was frightful. This obscurity was so dim that it was darkness within darkness. It swallowed itself and then spat it back up.
She looked around with unfazed eyes. She had long ago lost sight in the fear of the dark. She looked around, carefully listening, feeling out to anything that may approach her. She hated surprises.
She jolted as the sound of sobs began to echo in the wall-less room. She frowned deeply, circling, trying to locate the sound.
The room started to melt as a gray sky hung drearily overhead, the fog still lingering. The surroundings changed to a park, snow covering the ground and benches.
She turned quickly, finding the maker of the silent cries.
There in the snow sat a small girl no older than five or six. She sat, catching her tears in her mittens, black hair cascading past her winter parka, empty brown eyes hiding behind fogging glasses.
Higurashi watched her scowl lengthening. She remembered when she had lived in the north. She had been young, but not young enough to forget the pain that left a long scar on her emotions.
She watched, thinking back all those years when she had let herself abuse her sentiments. She grimaced profoundly as she recalled smiling with a boy, a boy so innocent and angelic she could only say he was a child. He had cool blue eyes that matched the sky when they played, short black hair that he would comb to the side.
She lifted her head slightly as that boy ran over to her, worry etched into his face, worry for her. She clutched her hands as she continued to watch the scene in front of her…
"Kagome! Are you okay? Your mom sent me out here to look for you… what's wrong?" he asked tenderly, as children tend to. Her past self sniffled a little before she licked her chapped lips to speak.
"Nobu… I …" she couldn't bring herself to tell this boy she would never see him. Never in her short life had she felt so lost. She felt like she was being scolded for something, something horrible she had done.
There was a huge stone lying lazily in the pit of her stomach. She couldn't tell Nobu… she couldn't. What if he became hurt? Maybe he wouldn't care? She didn't want to know what he would feel. She did the first thing that came to mind, she lied.
"I just scratched my knee while I was out here," she mourned, cupping her left knee. He sighed, reaching his hand out to her.
"Silly! You had me worried. Come on, your mom's already fixed dinner for you," he said, lifting her up. She smiled weakly, walking home with the boy for the last time.
Her present day self watched in disgust at the children. She had never felt so attached to anyone else like him. She had cried in silence until she had run out of tears. Never again would she cry for someone like that. Never again…
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She jolted as someone moved. She looked around quickly, finding were the motion had originated from. She spotted InuYasha about to tap her shoulder. She couldn't see her eyes but she was sure they were full of raw hate.
"What?!" she snapped, a fowl mood clinging to her. She had fallen asleep against the side of the bed, her arms crossed solemnly over her body.
"Nothing geez, bite my head off," he whined as he crossed his arms.
She sat up off the bed and rubbed her temple in a soothing manner, sighing heavily before speaking.
"Sorry I snapped at you," she said blatantly, getting up to make a call.
"Did you have a nightmare or something?" he asked. She stopped as she touched the door handle.
"No," she breathed out, "just a bad memory," she said as she exited the room. "You can go home now, you have better things to do," she added once she was out.
He watched as the door closed for a moment. He sat on the bed for a good while before thoughts started to form.
"There's something wrong with her," he mumbled to himself as he pushed the sheets off.
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Friday, a double-sided coin; half the day is full of studying and the other half is weekend. Days like this shouldn't exist.
But they do, and like every other kid in Japan, InuYasha halfheartedly trudged to school. He walked into the metal double doors with reluctance written all over his tanned face. His nose twitched as he caught the smell of Higurashi. He lifted his thick brow, there were three other smells mixed in.
He walked quickly to Kagome's delicate aroma. He had an uneasy feeing about what he would see.
"Don't mess with me mutt boy," he saw Higurashi hiss, her glasses picking up a glare from the morning sun. In a head lock she held a boy with long black hair pulled back in a ponytail, his blue eyes wide as they held still.
"Do you boys wanna try saying that again? Or maybe you'd like to repeat your actions? Hm…?" she asked, shaking him slightly once the words slid out of her mouth. The other two boys swallowed as they watched the third boy try and look at his superior.
She lifted her leg quickly behind him and pushed him into the arms of his pals, pointed ears finally free from her arms. The trio fell as the black haired boy fell on top of them. She spat on them, kicking up the light layer of dust that lived on the hallway tile.
"Get going bitches, you're all snarl and no bite," she said, turning her sight to InuYasha. He fumbled back once her eyes hit him. The boys picking themselves up as quickly as possible ran while the attention wasn't on them.
InuYasha saw, now that her face was turned to him, that one of her lenses was broken. It had a crack that spider-webbed from the top left of the glass. A small vine of scarlet branched out of the side of her head.
"And what do you want kid?" she asked calmly, no trace of venom left from before. She had managed to gain composure quickly. She took small breathes, keeping her left eye closed so she wouldn't get blood in it.
He shifted uncomfortably in her presence, not just because she seemed to have a firm grasp on her emotions, but because of what had happened during the past two days. It was awkward to talk to the girl that had helped him out when he was drunk…
"If you don't have anything to say, then I'm off to the bathroom," she said, walking off to the nearest facility.
"Wait! You should have a nurse look at that!" he said, trying to be considerate of her.
She shifted her posture to look at him, a dull almost lifeless look in her eyes. It looked like a mask that was trying to hide the eternity that hid behind them.
"Waste your pity on someone who's worth it, kid" she said as she kept going forward.
"Worth it…?" he echoed, but no reply came to him, she merely walked away, her hair swaying to the motion of her step.
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InuYasha walked home, silence dancing around him. He watched his feet sway back and forth. Something was wrong with that girl, or maybe there was something wrong with him.
Something that she didn't like? That couldn't be it. He was being nice to her; nice enough so that she wouldn't hate him at least.
Steps ran to him and someone tapped him on the shoulder. He spun his head to meet blue eyes.
The blue eyed wolf-demon from this morning was standing behind him with a somber look on his face.
"Yeah?" he asked.
"Hey! I'm Koga. I know you, you're InuYasha Takashi. I'm here so you can sign a petition to have Higurashi transferred to another school," he said, showing him a pad with far too many signatures.
InuYasha looked at the sheet blankly. He thought this situation over for a moment. If they acquired all the signatures they needed, he'd never win the bet… but most importantly he wouldn't find out what was wrong. WAIT! No most importantly was his pride! He wouldn't win the bet if this went through. That's right, the … the bet.
He didn't have to worry about a person like her. She was hateful, someone he knew he'd hate!
She was right! Who could like anyone like her! She was a total bitch!
But… his pride…
"Sorry, don't know her," he said, continuing to walk home. He'd have to explain to his brother why he hadn't been home since he last left.
'Half-brother,' he corrected himself automatically.
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"Where have you been InuYasha?" asked a solemn figure in the hallway, his features much like InuYasha's, the deference being he had a more serous look on his face. Innocence long gone, youth not vivid. His cheeks were adorned with the sign of a full-demon along with a crescent moon on his forehead.
InuYasha looked up at his brother, he sighed.
"Don't matter, Sesshomaru," he said simply. He dropped his bag in the entrance, shuffling his feet to his room.
His brother reached a hand out to stop him. He would get his answers.
"I asked you a question dear brother," he said bitterly. InuYasha gave a side glance. It wasn't dangerous… it was… lonely. Sesshomaru hadn't seen this look since InuYasha was a child. His eyes weren't vacant, just left alone, abandoned one could say.
"I'm kind of tired, I'm gonna go to bed," he replied, Sesshomaru's hand dropping as he left for his room.
'There's something wrong with that boy,' he thought slowly.
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