Tokyo Angel
Chapter Eight- Mistrusting Her Own Feet
"The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this:
Decide what you want."
-Ben Stein
The sun rose brightly, burning away all the dark and mist of the night before. The shadows receded, like the waves at the beach receding back into the mother ocean. The rays reached down, and evaporated the dew that had grown on the grass and the leaves of trees. It reached down and shined upon a hidden girl, curled in the welcoming arms of a giant tree, trying to warm her shivering body. The life and energy of the city slowly woke to the new morning, and they went through their routines without the knowledge of the slumbering girl, hidden in the God Tree.
Kagome was first aware of the sound of honking cars coming from a distance away, and the chirping of a bird that sounded surprisingly close. Her muscles protested at being moved, and she stopped before she even really got started. Slowly her eyes opened to see the sun drifting down through the leaves. Her brows came together in confusion; she couldn't remember where she was. Then a breeze blew threw the giant tree and she saw her old home threw a momentary hole in the foliage. It was boarded up, but for a split second it stood tall and proudly against the blue sky and forest, and a woman could be seen walking the halls through the open windows. But then it morphed back into it's normal form right before the wind died and the leaves covered the sight yet again from Kagome.
The knowledge of what had happened the night before flooded Kagome's mind, and she was surprised at how it felt like it had lasted for days instead of just hours. She couldn't really comprehend that she had seen and talked to Inuyasha again after seven years. She couldn't believe what the doctor had told her, couldn't believe that Sessomaru had found his Chosen. The weight of the knowledge seemed to press upon her mind, and she slowly lost the ability to keep her eyes open. She laid her head back on the rough bark of the tree, and was briefly surprised that she had slept through a whole night. The last thing she was conscientious of was the sound of the bird singing and the bright light that surrounded her in a cocoon of safety.
New Scene
Inuyasha paced by the stairs, then bellowed up,"Get a move on it, NOW!!" Inuyasha turned away and started to pace again, mumbling about slow, humans always wasting his time. Izayoi shook her head at her son from her position on the couch.
"Inuyasha, come here and sit with me. I know your worried about Kagome, but she's not going to be there this early." Izayoi had stayed up late calling all her and her mate's contacts in the police force. There was now a bulletin out for a one Kagome Higurashi, and a description to go with it. But that didn't stop Izayoi from feeling guilty.
Inuyasha waved away his mothers request but he did go into the living room to pace beside her. Izayoi reached out and grabbed his hand as he walked by, "We'll find her, Inu. And we'll make damn sure that she doesn't go and run away again." Inuyasha smiled down at his mother's determined face, and he realized that she's were he got his stubborn streak from.
Inuyasha leaned down and kissed his mother's forehead. "All right."
Izayoi smiled and turned back to the TV, where the morning news was announcing the morning events. "Now, for everyone out there that has been following our Special of Tokyo's own Angel of Mercy, another person who was rescued by the supposed Angel has come forward." The newscaster smiled real wide, showing off his bleached pearly whites. "Tera is at the scene interviewing the . . ." Inuyasha picked up the remote and flipped the channel to the sports network.
"Inuyasha, I've been watching that!" Izayoi grabbed the remote out of Inuyasha's hand and flipped it back.
Inuyasha laughed at his mother, "It's all a hoax, Mama. There is no Angel of Mercy floating around, curing the sick and wounded. I mean, did you not see that bum they had on there last week! He was an alcoholic, who was completely drunk at the time of when this supposed Angel came to him, and he came on TV and said that 'The Angel' cured him of his alcoholism!" Inuyasha shook his head and stood up to pace once again. "He probably blacked out and dreamed up the whole thing in a drunken stupor."
Izayoi threw the remote at her son's head, though he caught it before it came into contact, "Stop being such a cynic, Inuyasha. There are angels, and who knows, maybe one of them decided to come to Tokyo to help heal all the hate and sorrow and. . . despair that's here. You have to believe, Inu." She shook her finger at him and turned back to the TV that was now showing the numerous other people who had seen the angel and been cured by them.
". . . our station has decided to pay for a police artist to sketch the Angel. . . the Angel's Rescue, the group made up of the people who have supposedly been cured by the Angel, have decided to come and give their descriptions. . ." Inuyasha left his mother sitting in the living room, watching the news. He shook his head at her gullibility. I mean, an Angel? Among the city populated by the most demons in the world? There has to be a law against that somewhere.
"I'm leaving!" Inuyasha bellowed up the stairs, his patience finally stretched too thin. "If anyone wants to hitch a ride, you had better get down here! NOW!" Then he turned to the door and marched out of the house. "I'm not kidding! You can walk for all that I care for!"
Sango, Miroku, and Rin all came running down the stairs, their hair and clothes haphazardly put together. "Good bye, Mrs. Takahashi." Rin yelled as she slammed the door on their way out. Izayoi was left shaking her head, a small smile gracing her face.
"On to other news, a young woman was found murdered today." The newscaster shook his head sadly, as if he had really knew the poor girl. "Her body was butchered, presumably by a demon. It is believed to be in retaliation of the recent slaying of the fire demon last week." He glanced at his co anchor and he really did do a nice sad face, except that his eyes were dancing with glee at the ratings that he would get from this. "This is only the most recent act in this on going war of the species. Many activists . . ." Izayoi hit mute to stop the flowing of words, but the pictures of those that had been killed still flashed across the screen. She was suddenly consumed with worry once again for Kagome, and she could feel the beginning of yet another headache; she lowered her head into her hands and gently messaged the temples.
"Hell. We could really use that Angel."
Everyone was running behind Inuyasha trying to catch up with his long stride. "Inuyasha, school doesn't start for another two hours!" Miroku exclaimed, dragging his back pack behind him. "I hardly think Kagome would be there this early!"
Inuyasha didn't stop, he just threw his answer over his shoulder. "We didn't find her when we went out and looked for her. She might be at the school now, so we're going. That's it, if you have a problem with it, you can walk."
No one threw up an argument after that, because they could hear just how much he was worried about Kagome. Hell, every one was worried about Kagome, they all heard Inutashio put out a bulletin with all his friends, from the guys in the old neighborhood to the police chief for Kagome. They were going to find her, even if she didn't want to be found. It was just a matter of time. They all piled into the sleek, red Mustang that Inuyasha proudly called his own. And the whole ride to the school, they prayed for their safety. Inuyasha didn't seem to care about his precious car as he drove, or even of the safety of his passengers. He had only one goal and that was to get to the School as fast as possible. If that meant breaking a few laws, and committing a few felonies to accomplish, then so be it.
Inuyasha left skid marks as he parked in front of his school, but he just cut his engine and jumped out of the car. Everyone followed, though at a much slower pace.
Inuyasha ran up to the doors to the school but when he went to open the door he found them to be locked. He knew that he could break through them, but he also knew that if they were locked that there was no way that Kagome could be in there. He settled for banging his fists against the door in frustration.
"Chill, Inuyasha! You can catch her before she even goes into the school. She's be here." Rin hoped that she would. She was almost as worried as Inuyasha. None of them could sleep during the night, the words of Doctor Myoga repeating in their heads. Inuyasha could be heard for the whole night, pacing back and forth after he got back at around four in the morning looking for Kagome. He had lost track of her scent before he even got to the road. Rin knew this because he had cursed her shields for two hours afterwards.
Inuyasha turned away from the doors and sat on the steps leading to the doors. He looked up to Miroku and his eyes were slightly glazed. "I have to find her, Miroku. I need to find her; she needs me." Miroku looked at everyone around him in worry. Inutashio had sat and told Inuyasha what to expect now that he had found his Chosen. One of the worries was that the longer he was away from his Chosen the stronger his demon would become until she is found.
Miroku sat by Inuyasha, "We're going to find her, Yash. We'll sit here and wait for her to walk by." And that's what they did. They sat off to the side and watched as more and more people showed up. They kept an eye out for a girl playing invisible as the doors were opened and everyone crowded through the doors. They waited even though the bell rang, thinking that she might come late. But no one showed, she didn't show.
"Maybe, she went in the back way." Miroku said, standing up and holding out a hand for Inuyasha. "Come on, let's see if we can find her."
Sango and Rin stood off to the side, debating on if Kagome lied about her school. The census was that she told the truth. Inuyasha grabbed Miroku's hand and let him pull him to his feet. "Well, come on. Maybe we can steal the attendance sheet and see if she's here that way."
Miroku smiled, glad to see that his friend was thinking clearly. Not legally, but clearly just the same. "I'm still trying to figure out how I never noticed her before. She's one smoking hot babe. A little skinny, but beautiful none the less." When Inuyasha glared at Miroku and his eyes were shooting fire, Miroku ran behind Sango before he could do any bodily damage to him. "I know she's your's man, I'm just saying. Shit." Miroku made sure to keep someone in between him and Inuyasha.
Inuyasha didn't know what the fuck was wrong. He's been feeling antsy since the morning, and it was only getting worse the longer he stayed there. And as he was about to step into his school he suddenly knew why. "Kagome isn't here."
"What? But, Inuyasha, we haven't even looked yet!" Rin exclaimed.
Inuyasha simply shook his head, "She's not here. I've been such an idiot. She's not here!" He yelled as he stumbled back from the building.
"Inu Baby?" The sudden arrival of the sweet voice froze everybody in their tracks. "Inu Baby, what are you doing? You missed the bell to first period." Inuyasha's eyes were frozen to the ground and he couldn't look up into the eyes of the girl who owned the voice. Slim feet in fuck-me-shoes appeared in his vision, and curvy, sexy legs quickly followed. "Baby, what's wrong?" He could hear her confusion and even some worry in her voice. He had to force himself to look her in the face, and even then he had to stop himself from making a face. Her eyes were the soft bright brown that they always were, and that had captivated him at first, but for some reason he found himself thinking that they were too light. He let his hand reach out and stroke her hair, hair that she had kept perfect even during the worst wind storm in four years. It was silky, and as tempting as ever, but he found himself thinking that this was wrong, that he shouldn't be doing this. And he stopped.
"Kikyo, I. . . I can't. . . I'm sorry-but-" Inuyasha stopped and took a breath. He didn't know how he was supposed to do this. Suddenly Kagome appeared in his mind, her dark eyes staring at him, her sweet, sweet lips and her body that felt so right against his. And he suddenly knew what he had to say, and he actually didn't mind all that much. "I can't see you any more. I'm sorry, I know this comes as a surprise but. . . I found my Chosen. I can't be with you." Kikyo's face fell and Inuyasha expected the tears, but he didn't expect the way her eyes filled with hot, hot anger.
"Your dumping me? Who the hell do you think is going to take you in? No One. Because I am the only person willing to over look your obvious character flaws." She dragged her eyes over his body, daggers attacking his eyes and eyes, hair and claws. She didn't have to spell out what she thought his character flaws were, it was quite blatant,. . . but she did anyways. "It may be okay to be 'hanyou' now, but to everyone who really counts, all their going to see is a half-breed. I am willing to offer myself to you, as your mate, so that you can get some kind of standing in society. So you can reach beyond what you are. And your throwing that in my face?" She stared at Inuyasha's blank face for a few seconds then walked away. Everyone watched as she climbed the stairs, and everyone was hoping she wouldn't stop. But that's not Kikyo's style. She turned around on the top step and threw Inuyasha a look that could kill anyone weaker. "Your not gonna to get a second chance with me, Inu Baby. Your never going to touch me again. Then again, you never did much of that anyways. I don't think you got it up once, and with all the times you turned me down, who knows, maybe Miroku is your Chosen." She smiled a little bit at him, then flipped her hair over her shoulder as she turned around, making sure to wiggle her ass that little extra bit to show him what he just lost.
Was it wrong that the whole time Kikyo was breaking up with him all he was thinking was were Kagome would of gone? He wasn't stupid, he knew that when he had time to stop and think that what Kikyo had said would tear him up inside, would make him feel as if he was bleeding from the heart. He would feel betrayed, and would hate the world, and deceiving bitches especially. But right at this moment all he was worried with was finding his mate.
Miroku, Rin and Sango watched as Kikyo left in horror and indignation. How dare she even think what she said! Rin was too outraged to even scream, so she settled for suddenly going into a silent rage, kicking and throwing punches at an invisible being. It probably looked like she had suddenly gone into a full body seizure but she didn't give a crap. What Kikyo had just said had reminded her so much of her father that she wanted to break her pretty little neck.
Sango watched Rin in her furious, but completely silent fit and knew exactly how she felt. If she didn't have as much discipline as she did she would be doing the same thing. Except she would be doing it to Kikyo, not the air. She knew that there were people who still thought those arrogant, backwards thoughts but she thought that Kikyo was a little higher up on the evolutionary ladder. Shit, Sango came from a proud lineage of demon slayers, and even she didn't think what Kikyo thought. She glanced at Inuyasha and was a little worried to see that his face was still completely blank; but that's okay, she had enough anger for both of them.
Miroku walked over to his friend and looked in his eyes. They were a little sad, but mostly worried. Miroku knew that Inuyasha wouldn't let the pain show until he was completely alone, and where no one would see him express his pain. So he did the only thing he could at the moment. He clasped Inuyasha's shoulder and squeezed. "She's wrong. And she has a flubbery ass."
Inuyasha snorted and let out a choked laugh. "Thanks, Miroku. You know just what to say."
Miroku shrugged and scratched the back of his head, "Yeah, I'm the best. You can call me a god, and build a shrine after me, if you want."
Inuyasha looked at his friend in surprise and suddenly hugged Miroku, "Your a genius!"
Miroku wheezed out, "I know." Then as suddenly as it happened, Inuyasha let go and raced off the school grounds before any of them could yell after him. Miroku stood there looking after Inuyasha for awhile, then turned toward the girls, "What did I say to be a genius?" Both shook their heads; they had no idea.
Inuyasha jumped onto the top of a building, knowing that jumping from roof to roof would be faster. He took big, flying jumps, and though he hasn't been this way in a long time he knew exactly where he was going. It was like just the other day he had Kagome on his back, giving her a ride home from school. She had always loved it when he let her climb onto his back and go running.
He flew over the people walking down below, and over buildings. As he jumped over one building and landed in a tree, he could just see the shrine rising above the other buildings. Even from afar it looked empty, as if it was the haunted house of the neighborhood. Inuyasha felt sad about that, the shrine he remembered was a home, filled with love and laughter. With good people. His parents had the shrine cleaned every year, and had gotten a police officer to patrol the area after a break in. But it still sat lonely and boarded up.
Inuyasha dropped down at the bottom of the stairs and looked up at the towering Shrine before him. He lunged to the top and walked over to the door. He tried the knob and found it was still locked. He breathed deeply to try and smell Kagome, but he got nothing.
"Fucking, stupid ass shields." He mumbled and stepped back form the door. He looked up a the windows of the upper floor and found two broken out. "Punk kids." He growled, glaring at the offending window, getting a wiff of a teenage boy who apparently had a problem with hygiene. He stored the information away and promised to scare three years of the little ass's life if he ever ran into him.
Walking around the house, Inuyasha was trying to find a way that Kagome could of gotten in. He looked up to the tree that he had climbed many times to get to her window and was surprised at how much it had grown. He jumped up to the roof and balanced as he looked into Kagome's room. It was the same as the day he last saw it, when he had come over and had an argument with her about something. Her little girl bed, with pink comforter was still there, neatly made, but it looked like it had faded some. The posters on her walls drooped, and her dirty clothes were still on the floor. When he came here the day he found out about her parents accident he had thought she had simply gone to the store, that she would be back in a few days. She hadn't packed and had left every thing. But she had simply left as fast as she could, not caring about any of her things. He had made certain that when the annual cleaning happened that Kagome's room was closed off. He had sneeked away in the night many times and came here, simply to smell Kagome's scent that was still clinging to the room. But it had gradually faded as everything in her room did. But he didn't like the thought of anyone in her room but her. He didn't know, maybe he had an irrational thought that if her room stayed exactly the same that she would come back.
As he reached to slide open the window, he heard a small sound, something as insignificant as a leaf moving, but it caught his attention and he whipped around, trying to find where the noise had come from. He scanned the back yard, with the sun shining it's light on the God tree and the over grown grass, but the sound didn't repeat. As he slowly turned back to the window he heard a soft exclamation, then a soft yell. He turned back to the yard, and saw Kagome fall out of the God tree and land roughly on the ground.
His heart jumped into his throat, and he rushed over to her, carefully moving her onto her back and lifting her head onto his lap. "Kagome, are you okay?" He moved her hair out of the way and winced when she winced. "I'm sorry I'll be more careful, okay?" He whispered, debating on whether or not he should pick her up.
"I guess I need more practice climbing this tree." Kagome rasped out, opening her eyes and staring up at Inuyasha, surprisingly not all that surprised to see him.
Inuyasha's worry turned to anger at her, "What were you thinking? Running away, and coming here alone! What the hell were you doing up in that tree anyway? We both know that your too weak to do any thing like that, right now, damn it." His voice lost some of it's intensity toward the end. He couldn't really stay mad at her when he was so happy to see her. "Are you hurt anywhere?"
Kagome moved her arms and legs and found that she was fine. Sore, and still tired as hell, but fine. "I'm fine." Which was the wrong thing to say.
Inuyasha growled at her, really growled at her, like the way he used to do to Koga, and Kagome shrank back from him. She looked up into his face and found that he was really pissed at her, baring his fangs. She whimpered a little then wanted to hit herself. Your not supposed to cry out, she reminded herself.
Inuyasha felt like an asshole as he watched Kagome shrink away from him, but he just pulled her closer. "Your not 'Fine.' You weren't fine yesterday, and your not fine today. I'm getting really pissed off with this lying bullshit your doing, Kagome." He stopped growling and nuzzled her neck a little to apologize for scaring her, but she had to know that he wouldn't take her lying to him. "Pull down her scent shield." He whispered into her skin, licking it a little bit to see how it would smell with his scent mixed in with hers. "Please." He growled against her skin, a small smirk coming to his face when he felt her shiver.
Kagome had no idea what the hell Inuyasha was doing. It felt. . . nice. But no matter how nice it felt she still was tired. So very tired and kinda hungry. Inuyasha repeated his request that she call down her shield. She didn't really want to, she was too close to where Naraku had found her. But she called it down anyway. She blamed Inuyasha for not letting her think straight.
Inuyasha licked her neck again when he felt her pull down her scent shield. He purred against her skin, liking how his scent smelled on her. Then he actually smelled Kagome, and he pulled his head back and stared down at her. "Your hurt, DAMN IT!" He roared, fucking piss that she hadn't told him AGAIN! He picked her up bridal style and jumped to the roof. He was so mad he couldn't even take pleasure in her gasp of surprise.
Kagome fisted her hands in Inuyasha's shirt, and buried her head in to his neck. "I'm not hurt. I'm just tired, is all."
Inuyasha snorted and jumped again, "Your sick. Myoga told you that you were sick and what did you do? You ran off! He told you that you needed to eat special food, and take special pills, and you ran away from me, to, to. . . climb a tree?!" Hurt could be heard in his voice though he tried to hide it behind the anger.
Kagome yawned against him and shook her head. "Slept. I slept in the tree." Why did she just tell him that?
Inuyasha just about stopped in midair and had to correct his landing at the last second. "You slept in the tree?" He kept his voice soft and low, looking at the girl who was nodding off in his arms.
She nodded and cuddled into him, "I always sleep in trees." Then she fell asleep.
Inuyasha stared at Kagome for awhile, then started off once again. "I'm going to find out who hurt you, Kagome. And I'm going to hurt them. And I'm never going to let you leave again. Your mine." If Kagome had been awake she might have seen gold eyes, with just the tiniest amount or red ringing them, looking at her lovingly, gliding over her face.
But maybe she did hear him, because as she slept silently in his arms, a small smile appeared on her face. Inuyasha saw the smile, and for some reason that damn stupid 'Angel of Mercy' news bit popped into his mind.
"You know what the trouble with angels is?" Inuyasha said as he flew through the morning sky, "You can never find one when you need one. I mean, we could really use that angel to cure you right now, right?" Inuyasha didn't expect an answer but found that he liked to talk to Kagome, even if she wasn't listening.
Inuyasha found himself back at his home faster than he expected, and he was glad to find that both his parents were still home. "Dad! Mom! Come here. I found Kagome."
His dad was there in a few seconds, looking Kagome over like a doctor. "Izzy, call Myoga! Tell him that we need him to come over ASAP!" Inutashio looked up at his son, his eyes worried, "Do you think that we should take her to the hospital?"
Inuyasha was proud that his father wanted his opinion, but before he could even say anything Kagome started to thrash in his arms. "NO! No hospital! I can't go to the hospital. Inuyasha, please don't make me go, Please! I- can't-go!" She started to lose her breath in her panic and Inuyasha had to pull her to him, softly rumbling in her ear.
"I won't let you go, Kagome. Calm down. I won't let you go. It's okay." Kagome stopped and she was suddenly dead tired, barely able to keep her eyes open.
"I promise I won't run away again, just please. Please, I . . . I. . . don't wanna. . ." Then she was out once again.
Inuyasha glanced at his father and pulled Kagome to him again, "Tell Myoga that we need him to stay over for a few days." Inutashio nodded his head and went to tell Izayoi without comment.
Inuyasha stared down at Kagome, and he wished that she would tell him what was wrong. But he knew that it would take time. He walked in to the living room and stretched Kagome out on the couch. Her shirt, well the one he gave her, was a lifted and tangled around her stomach, so Inuyasha reached out to straighten it. As he did so, his arm accidentally brushed against her breast. And with that one little touch Inuyasha knew that she wasn't wearing a bra. And then like teenage boy hormone magic, Inuyasha remembered the panties that were in his bathroom.
Letting out a big groan, Inuyasha kneed by Kagome and laid his head against Kagome's stomach, "You want to punish me, don't you Kagome?" Inuyasha could feel himself hardening at the image that was building in his mind, and he quickly directed his thoughts to the fact that Kagome was SICK! His mind whispered back, 'She's still hot', but his body slowed it's reaction to her and Inuyasha could breath a little easier.
"Myoga said he would be over in a few minutes." Izayoi appeared in the doorway and smiled at Inuyasha and Kagome. "It's always a good thing to have a doctor in the family. Where did you find her?"
Inuyasha looked down at Kagome's sleeping face, that was a little too pale to be healthy and shrugged. "At the shrine."
Izayoi nodded her head and stepped toward the couch. "We'll have to find a room that she can sleep in. I guess we can-"
"She's sleeping in my room." Inuyasha made it a statement and when Izayoi lifted one of her eye brows a dark blush crawled up his face. "I'll be sleeping on the couch." He said defensively.
Izayoi nodded her approval and turned to get the door when it rang. "Good," She called over her shoulder, "Because I didn't even let Sessomaru and Rin share a room until they were married, and they were mates before they got married."
Inuyasha smiled and leaned toward Kagome, "But what she doesn't know was that Father let Sessomaru sneak into Rin's room as soon as she went to bed. He said that like marriage, mates are for life."
END OF CHAPTER EIGHT
This ones a little shorter, but you have your next chapter! I'm happy that I finally have this done,because now things are going to pick up a little speed now.
Thank you for reading, as always, but I have a little news I have to break to ya. CHAPTERS ARE GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE LONGER TO GET OUT NOW! I have a lot of summer classes scheduled at the college but I'll do my best to get them out fast.
If you have a question, or a thought about how I can make my story better, tell me! I'll see you next time!
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