Inuyasha Regashi
Sorry I haven't updated in a while. Laziness is a terrible disease that has no medicine but one's own will
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Meimei emerged from the bone eater's well into the inky dark night. The stars above sprinkled the sky above. The moon was at the halfway point and seemed like a bright lemon slice. The mixed chorus of frogs and crickets filled the night with their song. But that was not enough to satiate her frustration with her older brother; which boiled over and plastered a scowl on her face.
"Stupid Itaru! Who put him in charge? Why is he always so bossy! Ugh! I can't stand him!" Meimei growled and punched a hole in the ledge of the well.
"Oi! Don't break the well! Kagome needs to come back!" came a voice not far away.
"Oh im sorry, Inuyasha. I was just really upset." Meimei apologized.
"Who are you supposed to be upset with?" Inuyasha asked.
"Itaru. He's so bossy and mean! He was going to go somewhere with Kagome and her friends but he said for me to come back here!i hate him so much!" Meimei shouted.
"humph, You don't hate him." Inuyasha said matter of factly.
"Yeah I do! I hate him so much! He is always making fun of me, telling me that I'm stupid and that I'm a big fat crybaby and that I can't even fight!"
"Do you hate him enough to kill him?" Inuyasha asked. Meimei was taken aback by the question.
"o-of course not! I would never want to do that!" Meimei confessed.
"Then you don't hate him. Be grateful for what you have, Meimei. Your brother could be as cold as hell is hot and his only objective is to kill. Not everyone has been blessed with a brother who looks out for you as much as he does." Inuyasha said.
Meimei knew exactly what he meant.
"You are lucky, Meimei. Hanyous like you and I aren't supposed to live past infancy, much less adulthood. But from what I've gathered, your parents protected you really well. I bet they fought with their last ounce of strength to make sure you guys would make it out okay." Inuyasha said.
Tears welled in Meimei's eyes. Her parents did protect her and itaru. Itaru fought by his father's side until the battle was too intense to continue. Itaru objected profusely, vowing that he would die at his father's side. But father would not have it. He ordered their uncle to take them to safety.
"Itaru is all you have. Cherish the friendship you both share as brother and sister. And never forget your parents…and I promise I will personally kill Naraku for the both of you." Inuyasha vowed.
"oh Inuyasha!" Meimei cried, running over to hug him. She sat in his lap and snuggled into the folds of his kosode. (A/N don't know if that's the proper term, if not, by all means let me know;)
'So warm. Just like papa.' Meimei thought. Inuyasha softened at the little girl's embrace and wrapped his arms around her little shoulders.
"You know, my papa used to hold me just like this…" Meimei whispered. Inuyasha just sighed and let the little child drift slowly to sleep.
~*0*~
"So it is you, furry! Have you come to get your ass whooping? Let me tell you, this is my favorite game and I NEVER lose!" Kenta said boastfully.
"Come on, you guys. Lets get out of here. We can play DDR some other time." Kagome said to Itaru. Itaru stayed silent and only glared at Kenta. When they turned to leave, one of his gang members stopped them in their tracks, "and where do you think you're going?" he said in a raspy voice.
"We are going to mind our own business, that's where we are going! Yuka said.
"you and the furry aren't going to get away that easy! You're going to play DDR with Kenta!" the grunt said.
"Yeah? Well what if I don't want to?" Itaru said.
"We'll make you and your girlfriends regret it!" another grunt said, cracking his knuckles.
"Well if you guys want a fight, you got yourself a deal!" Itaru said, smirking.
"No Itaru! We can't draw so much attention to ourselves! " Kagome whispered..
"But Kagome, they aren't going to let us go easy. I have to do something!" he whispered back.
"Take him up on his offer! Play him at DDR!"
"But I've never played that game in my entire life!" Itaru hissed.
"Just do it!
Itaru growled at the prospect that he might lose to an imbecile like kenta. But he wasn't about to back down. He stood up to Kenta and looked at him straight in the eye and said menacingly "you're on."
Kagome took a careful look at Itaru's face, at that instant, Kagome thought 'is it just my imagination, or did Itaru look like Inuyasha just then.'
"Alright! Best two out of three!" Kenta said.
Itaru stepped up to the DDR pad and stared down at the lit up arrows that faced front, back, left and right. He looked up to the big LCD screen that flashed bright colors. Itaru was speechless in confusion. 'What are these contraptions? I have no idea! Dammit, what did I get myself into?'
"You can do it, Kojiro! All you have to do is tap the squares that the screen tells you to!" Kagome yelled to him. "But don't get caught off guard! This game can be really tricky!" Kagome said.
'Yeah just what I needed. A reminder of how hard this game is going to be. Well here we go!"
The screen flashed a READY, SET, GO! And the two were off. The strange, other-worldly music blasted out of the speakers (A/N: the song that they are dancing to is butterfly). Itaru turned to the screen and saw the steps:
Left, left,right,right,left,left,right,right,left,left,rightright,left,left,right right, up+down, left+right!
The song suddenly became faster and more intense. The beat of the bass reverberated in his sensitive ears. Kenta was moving at a very fast pace. Itaru struggled to keep up the screen kept on flashing miss, his frustration rising with each miss.
'Dammit! I keep missing! How am I supposed to do this?"
In a matter of a few minutes, the round was over. The screen flashed. "BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME!"
"HAHAHA! KENTA: 1, FURRY: 0!"
"Dammit!" Itaru cursed under his breath. "I lost! I can't lose again! Not to this simpleton!"
"Come on, Kojiro! We know you can beat him! Kenta is just a big asshole! If he gets too full of himself, he will mess up!" Yuka cheered.
The screen flashed to start again. This song was slower than the other song, at first, but then picked up. (song 'With you' by AAA this is the first ending song to Inuyasha final act)'I have to find a way to do this! But wait…if I just think of this as dodging attacks when I'm fighting…' Itaru thought. He imagined that he was dodging attacks from an opponent. Soon enough, his movements were coordinating with the steps on the screen; words like 'GREAT' and 'AWESOME!' popped up and more and more points were added to his tally. When the song ended, Itaru was declared the winner.
"Yeah! Now that's what im talking about!" Itaru said proudly.
"YAAAY KOJIRO!" the girls cheered.
Kenta growled and said. "SO WHAT! YOU WON ONE GAME? WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THAT YOU CAN BEAT ME AGAIN?"
"Shut your face and play!" Itaru said.
"Alright then smart ass, We are going to play my personal favorite!" Kenta said.
Kenta selected a song on the screen called SIX. (by All That Remains)
"Oh no! Not Six! (by All That Remains)" someone in the crowd said.
"Stick a fork in that kid, he's done!"
"Oh no! This is Kenta's best stage! How is Kojiro going to beat him?" Ayumi said.
"Don't worry! I know he'll beat Kenta!" kagome said hopefully.
The song started and a flurry of notes flew out of the speaker at a incredible pace. The arrows on the raced across the screen as he struggled to keep up.
'Those voices sound like demons! Demons inside of the game! Ive got to beat this thing!'
Itaru's legs went as fast as they could. Both of the players' legs were blurring at the sheer speed.
"Wow! That kid is good!"
"But do you think that he is good enough to beat Kenta?"
"Of course he will! that guy is a dick! Come on, kid! Show 'em what you're made of!"
Itaru and Kenta kept their eyes to the screen, not wanting to miss a beat. The end picked up in speed and their legs picked up with it. The song finally ended in a handstand in which Itaru nailed.
"Hah! Whadaya think about those moves!" Itaru boasted.
Kenta just glared at his opponent and then turned to the screen for the results. The game tallied up the player's scores
PLAYER 1: 93%
"YEAH! THAT'S WHAT IM TALKIN ABOUT!" kenta said
PLAYER 2: 100%
"WAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH?"
"Alright! I did it!" Itaru cheered. The rest of the crowd behind him applauded as well. His friends ran up to him for a group hug.
"See, Kojiro? I told you you'd be a pro!" Eri said.
"Yeah I guess you did!" Itaru said, bashfully scratching his head.
"That was so awesome, Ienari! Now that guy can get off of your back at school!" Yuka said.
"We should take you to the arcade all the time!" Ayumi suggested.
"eh, maybe not." Itaru said.
"I guess we can get going you guys! I hope that—"
"Oh no you're not! You little twats aren't going anywhere!" came a raspy voice behind them. There standing was one of Kenta's grunts with a devilish smirk on his face.
"Hey, what's the big idea! He beat Kenta fair and square!" Kagome said.
"oh did we forget to tell you, that if you beat Kenta, that we would have to keep you quiet?" another grunt said.
"oh, is Kenta a sore loser? Is he upset that the new kid beat him at his own game?" Itaru said mockingly.
"You shut your mouth you little bastard, or we will shut it for you!" grunt number one shouted.
" I'd love to see that!" Itaru beckoned.
The two grunts charged at the boy who only stood with a smirk on his face. When grunt 1 attempted to punch him, he ducked and punched him in the gut. The grunt fell to the ground and moaned in pain.
"he missed, but I won't!" said grunt 2. Taking advantage of the fact that he was on the ground, he tried to knee Itaru in the face. But Itaru back flipped just in time. When the second grunt landed, Itaru did a sweep-kick that made him fall flat on his back.
"You said that you wouldn't miss. That looked like a miss to me!" Itaru mocked.
"Okay! Let's get out of here before we really get in trouble!" Kagome said dragging Itaru and her other friends out of the arcade. They ran out into a flood of people outside of the building.
"Whatever you do, stay together guys!" Eri said.
They walked huddled together in the bright downtown of Tokyo. They looked anxiously around themselves to make sure that they weren't being followed. Kagome was walking beside Eri, until suddenly, a large rough hand grabbed her and dragged her away.
"HEY! LET GO OF ME! YOU GUYS! HELP!" Kagome shouted above the roar of the crowd.
"Kagome? Kagome!" Itaru shouted.
Kagome was being dragged by an enraged kenta away from the rest of the group
"you guys, go somewhere safe! Ill handle this!" Itaru commanded.
"Are you sure about this, Kojiro? We heard nasty rumors that Kenta has connections with the Yakuza! ""(notorious gang in japan. AKA Japanese mafia)
"I don't know what a Yakuza is, but its not gonna get in my way!" he ran after the kidnapped Kagome and left the other girls behind.
"Did he just say that he didn't know what the Yakuza is?" Yuka said.
"Maybe he spent too much time in Great Britain." Ayumi theorized.
"I think so too." Eri said.
Itaru weaved among the masses of people. trying his best to track the scent of Kagome. 'so many scents in one place! Its like finding a needle in a haystack!" the booming sounds of loudspeakers coming from buildings and the roaring of the metro train made it hard to try to decipher Kagome's voice. Then Itaru came to a stop in the middle of the sidewalk and breathed. 'if my demonic abilities arent working, maybe I can try a different approach; I can sense Kagome's spiritual powers with my own and it will point me in the right direction.' Itaru closed his eyes and concentrated deeply. Then he felt a pull of energy to his left that was moving swiftly. "There!" Itaru sprinted in the direction that the energy pull was coming from. As promised, he found Kagome being led into a dark alleyway, struggling and pulling away from her captor. "Let go of me Kenta!" Kagome cried. 'shut up, bitch!" he said pulling her harder. They were running towards a railroad behind the buildings. "Kagome!"
"Itaru!" Kagome called back. The Kenta looked back and ran faster when he realized that they were in hot pursuit. Suddenly the shrill sound of a train pierced the air. The Kenta looked towards the railroad tracks and saw the solution to his problem. The train was going very fast and it was a few yards away from them. "NO! YOU'RE CRAZY! STOP!" Kagome shouted. The Kenta slapped her to silence her and ran across the tracks. The horn became louder and louder. The blinding light of the train blinded Kagome as she screamed, "Itaru!" . The two were off the tracks in the nick of time, while Itaru on the other hand was cut off on the other side. "Dammit!" the speeding train whizzed by, allowing Itaru to see glimpses of Kagome and the kidnapper between the breaks in the cars. Itaru only saw one way to get on the other side. He took a great bound over the train and continued in pursuit. Kagome looked back to find Itaru still chasing them. "Itaru!" Kagome said in relief. The kidnapper looked back and was shocked to see that he was still being followed. But up ahead was an old abandoned warehouse, with broken windows, the doors somewhat boarded up and an unidentifiable stench. The Kenta yanked her up to the door where there was a sliding peephole "who's there?" said a gruff voice. "its kenta! And Im being followed!" Kenta hissed. "Get in! Hurry!" Kenta and Kagome were pulled into the warehouse. Itaru ran and knocked it down, bursting into a cloud of smoke with a strange, strong scent. When he looked inside, all he saw was darkness; but he could sense that he definitely wasn't alone. It was so quiet a pin could drop. He looked to his side and spotted a large piece of metal piping. 'I would rather have my Sutasaiga, but I think I'll make do with this instead.' Itaru thought. Suddenly, he heard a bunch of little clicking sounds coming from every direction. His body stood rigid and alert, then a scream pierced the air. "Itaru! WATCH OUT!"
Then a volley of explosions rang in his ears.