InuYasha Fan Fiction / Fan Fiction ❯ Razing Hell ❯ Talking with the Enemy ( Chapter 2 )
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By: tachi_fossae 
In which Ryu argues with his father and learns about the fate of his school.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction / Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Suspense / Hentai / Action | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 03.22.2005 | Updated On: 03.24.2005 | Pages: 3 | Words: 2.5K | Visits: 175 | Status: Work In Progress
In which Ryu argues with his father and learns about the fate of his school.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction / Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Suspense / Hentai / Action | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 03.22.2005 | Updated On: 03.24.2005 | Pages: 3 | Words: 2.5K | Visits: 175 | Status: Work In Progress
Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha and the gang.
~Chapter Two: Talking with the Enemy~
Ryu pushed open the door and looked around. The place looked exactly as it did before he left, but that still didn’t mean he wasn’t here. He inhaled deeply and shivered. He could smell his father’s drunken stench all over the house. ‘Well, I guess he is home. I was hoping he would change his mind and stay wherever the hell he was.’ Walking around the piles of dirty cloths and empty pizza boxes, he jumped over several boxes full of empty soda and beer cans to make his way over to the kitchen.
“You really ought to clean up in here every once in a while, Ryu. Or else you might end up hurting yourself.” Ryu’s father, Muramasa, was standing in the doorway to his room. They lived in a large apartment with three full baths and five bedrooms, along with an open kitchen and dinning room connected to it. It originally had one more bedroom, but they knocked down one of the walls to make room for a large entertainment center.
“I don’t see you trying to clean up, so why don’t you keep your mouth shut old man.”
“I just got back from a business trip you little ingrate. I haven’t had time to clean up your mess. You could at least show some responsibility for your actions and clean up after yourself.”
“Responsibility? You want to talk about responsibility? If you took responsibility for your actions, you would have been a real father to me, not some drunk trying to be a friend!”
“You’re one to talk about substance abuse Ryu. I might have a drinking problem, but I’m not a fool. You must be blind to not to see the hole that you’re digging yourself into. If you keep this up you are going to die very young, no matter how much of my youkai blood is in you. It can only heal so much of the damage you do to yourself.”
“Oh, so now you’re trying to be my father! Where have you been for the last ten years old man? Where were you? Not here, I can tell you that! Where were you when I grew my wings? Where were you when this surge of strength came? That’s when I needed you, that’s when I needed a father!”
“A series of events in several of my companies prevented me from being here for you, and some day I hope you realize that I truly wanted to be there. And now I am here, so what do you want me to be? A father or a friend?”
“I want nothing to do with you,” Ryu sneered. “I’ve been fine without you for this long and I don’t need you help now.”
‘So much anger, and so much potential. If he’d only realize that’ Muramasa thought as disappointment seeped into his olive eyes. “A father then. If you ever need anything, just ask and I’ll be glad to help.”
“I don’t need help from you, or from anyone else for that matter. I’m fine on my own.”
Ryu put a large pot of water on the stove and pulled out several packages of ramen. “You want some old man?”
“I would prefer that you would not call me that, and yes, I’d love some.” Muramasa pulled out two beers and threw one to Ryu.
“You’re going to let me drink with you right there? Isn’t that illegal?”
“Yeah, but I’d rather have you drink under my supervision; you do it on your own anyway, and it’s not like your going to get drunk from one beer. Hell, you can’t even drive without an adult in the car with you.”
“Actually, I can. It’s been six months since I got my permit and I passed my driving test. I have my license.”
“I thought you needed my signature for that.”
“I did. I’ve learned how to forge your signature a long time ago, what with you not being around and all.”
“You are definitely my son. I myself did that when I was your age,” he chuckled. Muramasa looked thoughtfully at his son. “So, how has school been. Anything I should know about?”
It was Ryu’s turn to look thoughtfully at the other person present. ‘I have the feeling he already knows everything that has happened. If I call him on it and he doesn’t know anything, I’ll look like an ass. But I’d rather outwit the old man.’ “Why do you ask questions you already know the answers to?”
“I’d rather hear it from you.”
‘Damn,’ Ryu thought. ‘That’s not helping. Too general.’ “How about this? You tell me what you know, and I’ll tell you what I know.”
The elder Rezo Cuzin smirked in a very Ryu like fashion, or perhaps Ryu had always smirked in a very Muramasa like fashion. “All right then. Your school’s getting torn down so a research facility can be put up in its place. This place will actually make money for the town, instead of draining it like the school did. The students will be shipped off to neighboring schools for the time being. The town still plans on having a high school, but they have to free up space first. So how about you, what did you know about this?”
“Humph, only that we were leaving this school for some reason and being placed into another school. Though I did hear that the town was going to be broken up and assimilated into the other towns.”
“That last part is just unheard of. No one would ever do anything like that. Too much work and hassle to be productive, and everyone would end up losing money in some way. There’s no way anyone would pass that sort of idea on.”
Ryu started to serve up the now cooked ramen. “How do you know about this old man? It’s not like you’re around here enough to hear about what’s goin’ on.”
“Ryu, I told you not to call me ‘old man’…”
“Well you are my ‘old man’! I though that you would realize that I use it as an endearment, you grumpy old bastard."
“Yes Ryu, I know what you mean by the name, but I still don’t like it. I’m not that old yet. And as for knowing what’s going on, I have many business associates in places where they can obtain and influence information and decisions. All I have to do is call them and ask. Don’t think just because I’m away I don’t have people watching you. I have eyes all over the place.”
“Really, so when was the last time I brought a girl over to this place?”
“You never do. You bring them to your hangout that you and your friends made, which I might add is really cutting into your spending money. It’s no wonder why you live off of ramen and pizza. It’s not really that healthy for you.”
Ryu blanched. “How do you know about our hangout? We don’t even talk about in school! What are you doing, stalking me?”
“No Ryu, just keeping an eye on you. You may not talk a lot about your hangout at school, but elsewhere is a different story. You call it Sanctuary, right?” Muramasa looked straight into the eyes of his son. ‘He looks furious. He has to learn how not to wear his emotions on his sleeve as he is doing now or he will never get far in life.’
“Listen you bastard,” never breaking from his father’s gaze, “that’s our safe haven, that’s our one place in this world where we can go and feel safe from all the crap that falls on us. If you do anything to endanger the secrecy of that place, I will personally tear you a new asshole.”
“Ryu, I can’t let you get away with all the illegal things you do! The drugs, the drinking, the smoking, the stealing, the arson, the fact that minors cannot own property, and the forging of my name on several documents that could get both of us in a lot of trouble!”
Ryu broke his father’s gaze and started to clean up. After a few seconds of silence, he spoke carefully and slowly. “I don’t need your help, father, not now and not ever. I don’t need my friends’ help either. I don’t need anyone’s help.” With that he slammed the pot down that he was cleaning and stormed off into his room.
All Muramasa could do was put on a sad smile. ‘If he keeps this up, he’s going to get himself killed.’
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Ryu slammed his door shut and went over to his computer. Flopping down on his chair, he turned on the machine. ‘Well, someone is on. That’s good, ’ he thought as he signed on to his screen name. As soon as he did, he was invited to a chatroom by Nighteye121, which he knew was Raziel.
Nighteye121: what took you?
Tachi_master: got hung up by my old man
Inu_Demon: who the hell are you?
Tachi_master: i should be asking you the same question jackass
Tachi_master: and the names ryu
Monk_in_the_Night: his name is inuyasha
Littlecutie: hes a bit of an ass but you get used to it
Littlecutie: by the way im rin
Tachi_master: and im guessing the monk is miroku
Kami_con_carne: yeah got it in one
Nighteye121: you make it seem like its hard to guess akinos
Tachi_master: is ayane on?
Kami_con_carne: no said she had other things to do
Nighteye121: oh yeah i found out more stuff about the school situation
Tachi_master: i already got all that i need to know from my old man
Tachi_master: he said something about a research facility being put in the schools place
and how they are going to build a new school but we are still going to get
shipped off to another school
Nighteye121: well my findings were more of the part of to which school we are going to
Nighteye121: thankfully since we all live basically in the same area we are all going to
shikon
Tachi_master: we as in you akinos ayane kureha kagome rin and me?
Nighteye121: yeah and probably a good three dozen other kids we dont care about
Inu_Demon: what are you guys talking about?
Kami_con_carne: our school is being closed down and we are going to your school
Kami_con_carne: shit g2g
Kami_con_carne signed off at 7:32 PM
Littlecutie: he left in a hurry
Nighteye121: ayane most likely called him and he cant multi-task
Inu_Demon: they goin out or something?
Tachi_master: no but they just wont admit that they like each other
Inu_Demon: kinda sounds like the monk and sango
Monk_in_the_Night: hey i admit i like her she just doesnt like me back
Tachi_master: ayane did say something about her liking you
Nighteye121: speaking of ayane she seemed pissed when she called me
Nighteye121: was that your doing ryu?
Tachi_master: yeah i was pissing her bro off and she didnt like it
Tachi_master: i dont see what the big deal was
Nighteye121: her bro is nice enough to give you a ride and all you do is piss him off
Nighteye121: alas like akinos i must take my leave
Nighteye121 signed off at 7:34 PM
Littlecutie: ah poo daddy is calling g2g
Littlecutie signed off at 7:34 PM
Monk_in_the_Night: so are the girls hot at your school?
Tachi_master: some others are eyesores
Monk_in_the_Night: nice so are the girls you talked about good looking
Tachi_master: yes very much so
Inu_Demon: is that all you two think about
Monk_in_the_Night: yes
Tachi_master: no
Monk_in_the_Night: well im going to call my dear sango
Inu_Demon: later lecher
Monk_in_the_Night signed off at 7:36 PM
Tachi_master: so you a youkai or something?
Inu_Demon: what do you think?
Tachi_master: well you could just like youkai
Inu_Demon: so are you good with a sword?Tachi_master: of course its in my blood
Inu_Demon: and what would your blood be
Tachi_master: half Archangel half human
Inu_Demon: so youre a half breed as well
Tachi_master: i take it youre one as well
Inu_Demon: yeah got a problem with that or something?
Tachi_master: na youre my kinda guy
Tachi_master: i know of a party thats going on want to come with?
Inu_Demon: kinda early for parties aint it?
Inu_Demon: but sure
Tachi_master: you know where the 7-11 near the mill is
Inu_Demon: yeah its the only one in the area
Tachi_master: ill meet you there in 20 min
Tachi_master signed off at 7:38 PM
Ryu grinned as he turned off his computer. ‘This guy is going to have the time of his life, and one hell of a hangover when he wakes up.’ His grin became wider as he got up.
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A/N:
For those who don’t know what Tachi means, it’s sword. Just wanted to clear that up. See, there were a few original character appearances, and in the next chapter Inuyasha will make a personal appearance as the main character, and will be for the remainder the story, along with Ryu.
‘thoughts/inner voices’
“spoken words”
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~Chapter Two: Talking with the Enemy~
Ryu pushed open the door and looked around. The place looked exactly as it did before he left, but that still didn’t mean he wasn’t here. He inhaled deeply and shivered. He could smell his father’s drunken stench all over the house. ‘Well, I guess he is home. I was hoping he would change his mind and stay wherever the hell he was.’ Walking around the piles of dirty cloths and empty pizza boxes, he jumped over several boxes full of empty soda and beer cans to make his way over to the kitchen.
“You really ought to clean up in here every once in a while, Ryu. Or else you might end up hurting yourself.” Ryu’s father, Muramasa, was standing in the doorway to his room. They lived in a large apartment with three full baths and five bedrooms, along with an open kitchen and dinning room connected to it. It originally had one more bedroom, but they knocked down one of the walls to make room for a large entertainment center.
“I don’t see you trying to clean up, so why don’t you keep your mouth shut old man.”
“I just got back from a business trip you little ingrate. I haven’t had time to clean up your mess. You could at least show some responsibility for your actions and clean up after yourself.”
“Responsibility? You want to talk about responsibility? If you took responsibility for your actions, you would have been a real father to me, not some drunk trying to be a friend!”
“You’re one to talk about substance abuse Ryu. I might have a drinking problem, but I’m not a fool. You must be blind to not to see the hole that you’re digging yourself into. If you keep this up you are going to die very young, no matter how much of my youkai blood is in you. It can only heal so much of the damage you do to yourself.”
“Oh, so now you’re trying to be my father! Where have you been for the last ten years old man? Where were you? Not here, I can tell you that! Where were you when I grew my wings? Where were you when this surge of strength came? That’s when I needed you, that’s when I needed a father!”
“A series of events in several of my companies prevented me from being here for you, and some day I hope you realize that I truly wanted to be there. And now I am here, so what do you want me to be? A father or a friend?”
“I want nothing to do with you,” Ryu sneered. “I’ve been fine without you for this long and I don’t need you help now.”
‘So much anger, and so much potential. If he’d only realize that’ Muramasa thought as disappointment seeped into his olive eyes. “A father then. If you ever need anything, just ask and I’ll be glad to help.”
“I don’t need help from you, or from anyone else for that matter. I’m fine on my own.”
Ryu put a large pot of water on the stove and pulled out several packages of ramen. “You want some old man?”
“I would prefer that you would not call me that, and yes, I’d love some.” Muramasa pulled out two beers and threw one to Ryu.
“You’re going to let me drink with you right there? Isn’t that illegal?”
“Yeah, but I’d rather have you drink under my supervision; you do it on your own anyway, and it’s not like your going to get drunk from one beer. Hell, you can’t even drive without an adult in the car with you.”
“Actually, I can. It’s been six months since I got my permit and I passed my driving test. I have my license.”
“I thought you needed my signature for that.”
“I did. I’ve learned how to forge your signature a long time ago, what with you not being around and all.”
“You are definitely my son. I myself did that when I was your age,” he chuckled. Muramasa looked thoughtfully at his son. “So, how has school been. Anything I should know about?”
It was Ryu’s turn to look thoughtfully at the other person present. ‘I have the feeling he already knows everything that has happened. If I call him on it and he doesn’t know anything, I’ll look like an ass. But I’d rather outwit the old man.’ “Why do you ask questions you already know the answers to?”
“I’d rather hear it from you.”
‘Damn,’ Ryu thought. ‘That’s not helping. Too general.’ “How about this? You tell me what you know, and I’ll tell you what I know.”
The elder Rezo Cuzin smirked in a very Ryu like fashion, or perhaps Ryu had always smirked in a very Muramasa like fashion. “All right then. Your school’s getting torn down so a research facility can be put up in its place. This place will actually make money for the town, instead of draining it like the school did. The students will be shipped off to neighboring schools for the time being. The town still plans on having a high school, but they have to free up space first. So how about you, what did you know about this?”
“Humph, only that we were leaving this school for some reason and being placed into another school. Though I did hear that the town was going to be broken up and assimilated into the other towns.”
“That last part is just unheard of. No one would ever do anything like that. Too much work and hassle to be productive, and everyone would end up losing money in some way. There’s no way anyone would pass that sort of idea on.”
Ryu started to serve up the now cooked ramen. “How do you know about this old man? It’s not like you’re around here enough to hear about what’s goin’ on.”
“Ryu, I told you not to call me ‘old man’…”
“Well you are my ‘old man’! I though that you would realize that I use it as an endearment, you grumpy old bastard."
“Yes Ryu, I know what you mean by the name, but I still don’t like it. I’m not that old yet. And as for knowing what’s going on, I have many business associates in places where they can obtain and influence information and decisions. All I have to do is call them and ask. Don’t think just because I’m away I don’t have people watching you. I have eyes all over the place.”
“Really, so when was the last time I brought a girl over to this place?”
“You never do. You bring them to your hangout that you and your friends made, which I might add is really cutting into your spending money. It’s no wonder why you live off of ramen and pizza. It’s not really that healthy for you.”
Ryu blanched. “How do you know about our hangout? We don’t even talk about in school! What are you doing, stalking me?”
“No Ryu, just keeping an eye on you. You may not talk a lot about your hangout at school, but elsewhere is a different story. You call it Sanctuary, right?” Muramasa looked straight into the eyes of his son. ‘He looks furious. He has to learn how not to wear his emotions on his sleeve as he is doing now or he will never get far in life.’
“Listen you bastard,” never breaking from his father’s gaze, “that’s our safe haven, that’s our one place in this world where we can go and feel safe from all the crap that falls on us. If you do anything to endanger the secrecy of that place, I will personally tear you a new asshole.”
“Ryu, I can’t let you get away with all the illegal things you do! The drugs, the drinking, the smoking, the stealing, the arson, the fact that minors cannot own property, and the forging of my name on several documents that could get both of us in a lot of trouble!”
Ryu broke his father’s gaze and started to clean up. After a few seconds of silence, he spoke carefully and slowly. “I don’t need your help, father, not now and not ever. I don’t need my friends’ help either. I don’t need anyone’s help.” With that he slammed the pot down that he was cleaning and stormed off into his room.
All Muramasa could do was put on a sad smile. ‘If he keeps this up, he’s going to get himself killed.’
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Ryu slammed his door shut and went over to his computer. Flopping down on his chair, he turned on the machine. ‘Well, someone is on. That’s good, ’ he thought as he signed on to his screen name. As soon as he did, he was invited to a chatroom by Nighteye121, which he knew was Raziel.
Nighteye121: what took you?
Tachi_master: got hung up by my old man
Inu_Demon: who the hell are you?
Tachi_master: i should be asking you the same question jackass
Tachi_master: and the names ryu
Monk_in_the_Night: his name is inuyasha
Littlecutie: hes a bit of an ass but you get used to it
Littlecutie: by the way im rin
Tachi_master: and im guessing the monk is miroku
Kami_con_carne: yeah got it in one
Nighteye121: you make it seem like its hard to guess akinos
Tachi_master: is ayane on?
Kami_con_carne: no said she had other things to do
Nighteye121: oh yeah i found out more stuff about the school situation
Tachi_master: i already got all that i need to know from my old man
Tachi_master: he said something about a research facility being put in the schools place
and how they are going to build a new school but we are still going to get
shipped off to another school
Nighteye121: well my findings were more of the part of to which school we are going to
Nighteye121: thankfully since we all live basically in the same area we are all going to
shikon
Tachi_master: we as in you akinos ayane kureha kagome rin and me?
Nighteye121: yeah and probably a good three dozen other kids we dont care about
Inu_Demon: what are you guys talking about?
Kami_con_carne: our school is being closed down and we are going to your school
Kami_con_carne: shit g2g
Kami_con_carne signed off at 7:32 PM
Littlecutie: he left in a hurry
Nighteye121: ayane most likely called him and he cant multi-task
Inu_Demon: they goin out or something?
Tachi_master: no but they just wont admit that they like each other
Inu_Demon: kinda sounds like the monk and sango
Monk_in_the_Night: hey i admit i like her she just doesnt like me back
Tachi_master: ayane did say something about her liking you
Nighteye121: speaking of ayane she seemed pissed when she called me
Nighteye121: was that your doing ryu?
Tachi_master: yeah i was pissing her bro off and she didnt like it
Tachi_master: i dont see what the big deal was
Nighteye121: her bro is nice enough to give you a ride and all you do is piss him off
Nighteye121: alas like akinos i must take my leave
Nighteye121 signed off at 7:34 PM
Littlecutie: ah poo daddy is calling g2g
Littlecutie signed off at 7:34 PM
Monk_in_the_Night: so are the girls hot at your school?
Tachi_master: some others are eyesores
Monk_in_the_Night: nice so are the girls you talked about good looking
Tachi_master: yes very much so
Inu_Demon: is that all you two think about
Monk_in_the_Night: yes
Tachi_master: no
Monk_in_the_Night: well im going to call my dear sango
Inu_Demon: later lecher
Monk_in_the_Night signed off at 7:36 PM
Tachi_master: so you a youkai or something?
Inu_Demon: what do you think?
Tachi_master: well you could just like youkai
Inu_Demon: so are you good with a sword?Tachi_master: of course its in my blood
Inu_Demon: and what would your blood be
Tachi_master: half Archangel half human
Inu_Demon: so youre a half breed as well
Tachi_master: i take it youre one as well
Inu_Demon: yeah got a problem with that or something?
Tachi_master: na youre my kinda guy
Tachi_master: i know of a party thats going on want to come with?
Inu_Demon: kinda early for parties aint it?
Inu_Demon: but sure
Tachi_master: you know where the 7-11 near the mill is
Inu_Demon: yeah its the only one in the area
Tachi_master: ill meet you there in 20 min
Tachi_master signed off at 7:38 PM
Ryu grinned as he turned off his computer. ‘This guy is going to have the time of his life, and one hell of a hangover when he wakes up.’ His grin became wider as he got up.
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A/N:
For those who don’t know what Tachi means, it’s sword. Just wanted to clear that up. See, there were a few original character appearances, and in the next chapter Inuyasha will make a personal appearance as the main character, and will be for the remainder the story, along with Ryu.
‘thoughts/inner voices’
“spoken words”
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