01-14-10: Wow seriously, this story is gonna be like at least 50 thousand chapters. :l I mean like in the original at this point it's at 113 chapters, this one is at 47. Considering that I do think that I've cut down pretty well on quite a lot of things but honestly I have no idea about the whole other 500 hundred something original ones O_O I might end up with 250 some odd chapters for this story O:

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You're Kinda, Sorta, Basically, Pretty Much, Always On My Mind.

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I Don't Own Inuyasha

"Talking"

47. Home

"Inuyasha, I really don't think we should be leaving just yet." I called as he trudged ahead, the wind blowing his silver hair so far back some of it tickled my cheek.

"What do you mean?" He muttered, keeping his face down.

"Well.." I quickened my pace to catch up with him. "Those idiot men think Jinenji is the one attacking the village. He may be different but you know he's kind enough not to do something like that."

"But that's what it does mean when you're different. Nobody trusts you, you're always the first to be blamed, and it is always, always your fault!" Silver bangs fell over amber eyes and he pushed ahead.

I pulled myself ahead of him and ducked my head down to see the face he tried to hide so carefully. "Hey.."

"We've brought every single sword and spear we have." I stopped and turned around. The cowardly men from before all knelt down beside a pile of weapons, eyeing them approvingly. "Now that have these, we'll be able to beat that Jinenji!"

"We gotta kill him before he gets us." Said Sun pattern.

"Hey! You can't kill him!" I shouted.

The men raised their heads. "Oh it's you two again."

"Yes it's us two again!" I snapped. "What are you talking about? Attacking Jinenji?!"

"Of course we are." Sun patterns eyes narrowed as he looked upon me, and my tail twitched again. His dark eyes moved from it and then up to my ears and his frown deepened.

"There's no evidence it's him." I scowled.

"Of course it's him!" He shouted. I growled, letting my lips curl up to expose the fangs. They stepped back.

Inuyasha pushed a head of me, blocking them from my view and I sighed. I was getting too aggressive again. "You bastards. It seems you've really been picking on Jinenji a lot."

"Hmm? What's that?" Thin face gulped.

"Well, what ever's been going on.. we have to get the real culprit, else this place wont ever be at peace."

"A low murmur erupted through the crowd. "Are you saying you're going to capture whoever it is?"

"I'll go back to the field then." I said.

"Kaori?" Inuyasha's eyes finally attached to mine, and they were confused. He must wonder why I wouldn't want to be on the fighting lines as usual.

"I'm going to stay there and protect Jinenji if you decide to go through with this." I explained. "If I end up hurt in anyway.. Inuyasha will come and wreak havoc on your village and terrorize the children and drink all your water. Yep."

"Wait! What!" Inuyasha yelped, his face glowing pink.

"Why not!?" I snapped turning on him. "You better terrorize those children! You have to! If you don't and I die, I'm coming back as a ghost to haunt you for the rest of your life! Do you want that Inuyasha? Do you want me to irritate you at the worst random times?"

"No!"

"Well then you're going to go rampant right!?"

"W..well.. I guess I can go rampant.."

"Okay good!" I turned back to the villagers. "He's gonna go rampant."

"What's with these two.." They murmured. "The guy seems rather unreliable.. The girl.. just plain crazy.."

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"So the villager's said that did they?"

"Mm. So until everything is okay again, I'll stick around here to help." Kaori rocked back and forth on the balls of my feet as my tail wagged back and forth only slightly so it seemed like it was a constant wiggly line. It was odd to her She barely paid attention to the thing, and yet it was always doing something. Maybe, she thought, she needed to watch it more often.

The old woman watched her with a curious eye. "As you wish."

A smile appeared on the hanyou girl's face and she nodded. Turning around to run to Jineinji she came to a skidding halt at his feet, almost tripping several times from the slipperiness of the snow.

"So I just pull the weeds right?" She asked, her black ears twitching now and then to capture the minuscule sounds around her.

"Y.. yes.." As Kaori bent to attack a pack of weeds, the giant boy shifted over a few rows. He didn't want to scare her away.

Kaori noticed and raised her head. She noticed the amount of lighter coloured scars along his body, almost everywhere that was visible had them. She wondered, how many of them were inflicted by the villagers? She felt sad for him.. not sorry, but sad. "How come you don't leave this place?" She asked. "Find some where better where your not treated so poorly. There are people who accept us now.. not many, but I'm sure you'll be able to find them if you tried."

"This place is best." Jinenji replied, in his deep yet soft voice. "Because my Pa left us this farm."

"Oh..I see."

His blue eyes watched as a delicate hand trailed along the snow, leaving many lines which soon turned into a small picture. A youkai man, a human woman, and a giant crystal ball between them.

"What's that?" He asked her.

"It's a picture of a painting I once saw.." She replied.

His heart pounded in his chest. He.. Jinenji.. was having a conversation. For the first time in his life.. he was talking to a girl..

A loud rumbling echoed through out the forest, shaking the ground with it's constant beats. Kaori yelped, tail jumping between her knees, and her ears falling to the side. She trembled, digging her claws into the fabric of her sweater. "W..Was t-that.. thunder?"

"No." Jinenji reached out a finger and touched the top of her head. It fit perfectly between her ears. "It's just the ceremonial drums from the village. They beat them, sometimes, to wish luck when they're about to go into battle, but sometimes for other things."

Her face went pink. "Oh.."

The old woman stood watching their backs. Her dark eyes confused, and her hands just barely held onto the small wicker basket of herbs. This girl was afraid of something as non-threatening as thunder or drums, just a noise, instead of Jinenji?

The sky turned a rose pink as the sun slowly fell to the ground. Birds chirped and fluttered into the sky as Jinenji threw seeds to the clouds. The birds flew to it, catching them in their tiny beaks. Kaori's childish laugh rang through the field, and a giant smile light up her features. She held out a finger to the birds, a black onyx tail wagging back and forth in an adorable delight. A few sparrows flew to her, landing on the top of her head, shoulder and outstretched finger.

She giggled and beamed up at the gentle hanyou beside her. "Heh, look Jinenji!"

A shy smile formed on his face and he nodded. So this is what they mean by 'happiness'.

As the birds flew away and the sky was now a light purple Kaori sat on top of the roof. The cool air welcomed her and she watched as the small winter night birds now descended from their hiding places. Jinenji and his mother were inside cooking up some dinner for them to eat. So as of right now she was alone..

"Some people live in a house on the hill
And wish they were some place else"

A crystal voice rang through the forest, stealing Inuyasha's attention away from his mission. Kaori was singing. Singing for real this time. When was the last time he had heard her? With Koga.. or that time before the new moon.

"There's nobody there
When the evening is still"

Oh well, it didn't matter. As long as he could hear her. He knew she was alright.

"Secrets with no one to tell"

Inuyasha went back to run, following his nose through the dark icy forest. That girl from before had the scent of a youkai on her. He could just follow that and.. He stopped. The ground below..?

"Some I have known have a ship where they sleep with sounds of rocks on the coast
They sail over oceans five fathoms deep
But can't find what they want the most"

The hanyou dropped to all fours, digging and then sniffing the wet leaves. This was it!

"Even now when I'm alone
I've always known with you
I am home"

He punched the ground as hard as he could. It quivered and then fell apart, sending him tumbling down into a dark hit the ground with a loud 'thump' and looked around.

"Some live in towns
Cardboard shack on concrete"

Human bones littered the rocky cave, the scent of stale blood and the youkai blanketing everything.

"All bluster and bustling life
They search for the colour you can never quite see
Cause it's all white on white"

A bright green glowing substance told Inuyasha he was right. This was the youkai's nest.

"Even now when I'm alone
I've always known with you
I am home"

"This is.." He wondered aloud to himself, crouching down beside it. Tiny white circular objects were embedded in the goop each broken and shattered.

Inuyasha stretched out a finger into the oozing green. These were eggs. But.. they all hatched out recently.. He got to his feet and looked around. But there wasn't even anyone here.. Were they thrown out of the nest? He wondered.

"Even now when I'm alone
I've always known with you
I am home.."

Kaori's voice echoed away and panic struck him. He was wrong. The youkai had led it's children out of the nest. He leaped out of the cave, rushing towards the village. Kaori was in danger.

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The bare tree branches rusted about outside and the wind sent tornado of snow into the air. Kaori stood on her feet, staring down at the villagers. They glowed orange from the fire on their torches, each baring a murderous face. They held swords and spears, and those who didn't came bearing heavy rocks.

"Come out here Jinenji!" They hollered, throwing rocks at the hut. Kaori slunk behind a tall pillar standing high on top of the roof and watched, safe from the range of fire.

"You damn villagers!" The old woman screeched, running at them a garden hoe in hand. They changed their direction of fire, and the scent of blood hit Kaori's nose. Damn.

She leaped into the snow, flexing her claws as they ceased fire. They took a few steps back.. wary of this one. "I told you I'd be here." She growled. She glanced over her shoulder towards the old woman. "Are you alight?" She asked, noticing a small trickle of blood coming from the woman's hairline.

"Get out of the way, wench!" Sun pattern shouted. "Why are you siding with them!?"

"They haven't done anything wrong, you stupids!" Kaori snapped. "You would realize that if you would just open your pathetic little minds and tried to get to know them!"

"Nevermind her!"

"She's one of them! Just look at those ears and tail!"

"Kill them all!"

Flames were tossed into the dark sky and flew to the wooden shack. The flames crackled and danced to the moon and in a matter of seconds the whole thing was on fire. Kaori cursed, tossing her blue hair over her shoulders and grabbing the woman and leaping to a safer place in the area. "Stay here!"

But as the words left her lips a large snake like creature rose up behind the villagers. It's face was almost human, but long spiny legs sprouted from it's skull. It's eyes had no pupil and were just bright crimson. Pink tentacles sprouted from it's mouth and a sharp tongue pulled out of sun patterns lifeless body. Smaller youkai burst from the darkness and mowed down on the man's insides.

"S..see.." The old woman gasped. "They're eating his bowels."

The sharp tongue burst from the giant youkai's mouth and another man went down. "Go ahead.." The youkai hissed. "Get the rest.."

Kaori inhaled sharply and ran into the hut, grabbing Jinenji's cowering body and leading him to his mother. "Stay with your mother. Keep her safe." Without any further instruction Kaori whipped around, slashing through the baby youkai in one swipe. To her relief none of these burst into any kind of poison.

"You little bitch.." The mother youkai hissed as she looked upon her kin,half now lifeless upon the ground. She growled and a scaly spiked tail cracked like a whip as it shot out at the female hanyou.

Kaori gasped and the ground disappeared below her. A sharp pain and fire burst through her body from her stomach, and she chocked. Coughing up blood into her hand. A spike from the youkai's tail had stabbed her through the abdomen.. and was now holding her up in the air. High out of the reach of even Jinenji.

"I'm going to devour your insides." The youkai hissed.

Jinenji's eyes flashed red and an agonizing scream pieced the air. "STOP IT!!"

A giant fist was thrust through the youkai's mouth and out the back, and Kaori came crashing toward the ground. She managed to land safely on her feet, but the snow below her splattered red and she collapsed onto her knees holding her waist. "Jinenji!"

"Please escape.." The boy pleaded, his bright blue eyes filling with tears. "You are the only one who ever treated me like a normal person.. IF I LET YOU DIE HERE I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GO ON LIVING!"

"Jinenji.." His mother whispered.

"Sankon Testusou!" A flash of yellow ripped apart the rest of the child youkai and a blur of red suddenly skid to a stop beside the hanyou girl.

"Kaori!" Inuyasha gasped. "Are you alright!?"

She forced a laugh and winced. "Oh yeah.. couldn't better!"

Inuyasha turned away from her glaring at the villagers. "What the hell are you bastards doing here?"

"Yo.. you! We're saved!" They cried.

"Inuyasha!" Kaori hissed.

"I'm going to eat your arm!" The youkai snapped.

"Save Jinenji!"

"NO!" Kaori spun around staring at the old woman, her face full of mortified shock. "Don't help him! Jinenji must fight alone."

"Why!" She shouted.

Inuyasha stopped watching the mother with steady amber eyes. So that's why.. He heard the sound of shuffling snow and turned around. The village men were sneaking away. The boy growled and jumped in front of them, folding his arms over his chest. "You bastards are watching till the end."

"Inuyasha!" Kaori ran up to him, with tears threatening to fall. Her wasit and left arm were covered in blood but she now moved as if she could feel no pain. "Jinenji is going to-!"

"Don't worry, Kaori." Inuyasha stated simply, watching as the tall hanyou strained against the youkai. "Jinenji won't lose."

The old woman bowed her head. "Jinenji because you are kind.." She whispered. "You've endured being made fun of by the villagers.. however.. SHOW THESE VILLAGERS WHAT YOUR TRUE POWER IS!!"

Jinenji's eyes flashed crimson once more and he thrust his arm further into the youkai's head. His body glowed a bright blue and suddenly the youkai exploded into a thousand pieces and then dissolved into the bright white light that surrounded him.

Kaori stumbled and grasped onto Inuyasha's arm for support. "Am..amazing.."

"Well at least now those villagers will also be a bit quieter.." Inuyasha mumbled, his face dark and cynical.

Jinenji turned around, and walked towards them, wipping away the sweat on his face.

The villagers yelped, pressing their faces to the ground. "We, we're sorry we doubted you!" They cried. "P, Please don't kill us!"

"W.. wait they're scare of him now!" Kaori yelped.

"That's why, things'll be okay!" Inuyasha replied. "It really looks like they can't be friends. In which case they should find out just who is the stronger of them."

Kaori growled. "You just don't know anything."

"What was that!?"

Jinenji reached out an open hand. "Uhm.. everyone's also.. injured. These herbs.. are good at healing wounds." He explained shyly.

"HEY!" Inuyasha shouted. "ARE YOU AN IDIOT OR WHAT! IF YOU DO THAT NOTHING WILL CHANGE!"

"Inuyasha, Osuwari!" Kaori snapped and the boy was sent crashing toward the ground.

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"Are you sure?" Kaori asked, rubbing the fresh bandaged around her waist.

"Sure. You've got your herbs now. Go home." The woman replied.

The girl pursed her lips together. "Well.. alright. Jinenji-san! We'll be leaving then."

"Ahh.. sure.." The giant mumbled.

"Goodbye. Thanks for everything." She said. She reached out for his giant hand and brought it to her face, carefully nuzzling it affectionately. "I hope we meet again some day."

His face went crimson and he watched silently as she walked away. He hoped they'd met again too.

"Inuyasha.."

"Hm?"

"Did.. that happen to you too?" Kaori asked timidly.

"What?"

"Mm.. bullying."

"Bah!" He scoffed. "You idiot. If that happened to me, I wouldn't keep quiet about it."

"I guess.." She wasn't convinced.

An awkward silence followed.

"Because I wasn't.. we aren't either." He finally said.

"Hm?" Kaori looked up from her hands.

"We're not youkai, we're not human. You can't go with either." He explained. "That's why.. I thought I could only have a home if I seized it by force.. and so I lived like that, and then I realized I was all alone."

Inuyasha stared down at the ground letting his bangs fall over his face. "It was the only.. way that I knew how.."

Kaori reached out a hand and grabbed the red fabric on his arm. "Inuyasha.. I'm.. really happy."

He pulled his arm away, staring at her as if she might be crazy. "Hey, just what do you think I've been talking about..?"

"Because.. it's the first time you've told me about your past.." She replied, a small smile on her face. "I.. I knew there was something. But.. I always wanted to know exactly what. I'm glad that you trust me enough to let me see this vulnerable side of you."

"That.. makes you happy?"

"Mhmn."

Inuyasha snorted, and pushed ahead. "It's like you're saying I never give in!"

Kaori blinked. "But.. I want to understand you."

He stopped.

"I'm a hanyou too, remember? But.. I was lucky to be human and I missed out on that.. or maybe unlucky. I never lived it. So.. I don't know what it's like. If it would help me understand you more.. then I'd gladly live it over for the rest of my life. But.. it's okay now though isn't it? You're not alone anymore."

She was right. Inuyasha thought, turning to look at her. When had it happened? It seemed to natural.. now that he remembered it.. some how.. from the time when she had been a little child till now.. some where between there, she'd turned into someone to protect to.. his home.

Kaori closed her eyes and skipped ahead, spinning in a circle as her little piano melody filled the air once more.

"For me it's a glance and the smile on your face the touch of your hands,
And an honest embrace
For where I lay it's you I keep,
This changing world I fall asleep
With you all I know is I'm coming home,
Coming home"

End Of Chapter 47.

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~ BAHAHAHAH :D i made her sing.. and i made it third person pov but that song totally fits doesn't it? at least the last verse :3 u know im right. The song is called Home by Vanessa Carlton if you'd like to search it up. I'll put a link on my profile.