InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ +Like a Battery - ❯ Chapter Two: ( Chapter 2 )
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By: Risu_Bento 
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Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Romance / Comedy | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 08.06.2005 | Updated On: 08.09.2005 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.5K | Visits: 462 | Status: Completed
I own nothing.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Romance / Comedy | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 08.06.2005 | Updated On: 08.09.2005 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.5K | Visits: 462 | Status: Completed
Like a Battery
By: RisuBento
Chapter Two:
oo0O0oo
Sighing at the sight of his parents sitting and hugging in the kitchen was a nice thing to see…but it wouldn't last. They'll be at it again in at least a couple of hours.
Moving away and holding his sketchbook up, he began sketching their forms. They were hugging…he had to capture the moment if he wanted something 'good' to look at when things weren't good.
He quickly darted from the doorway when he saw his father's nose twitch. He must've smelled him. Tao ran up the stairs, two at a time, and slammed his door shut. Plopping down onto his bed once again, he was sketching the content yet saddened look on his mother's face when a knock on the door startled him.
"Yeah?" He called, not looking up from the paper.
"Tao?" Came his mother's voice. He looked up and gave a forced smile to his tired looking mother.
Kagome stepped over the threshold of his doorway and closed the door behind her. "Sweetie? What're you drawing?" She asked sitting down next to him.
"Nothing." He quickly answered flipping the book closed and tossing it onto his desk. Kagome frowned. "Was there something you needed?" He asked, opening his closet.
"Yeah. Your father and I are going on a vacation for a while and you're going to be staying at Grandma's while we're gone." She said, with strange smile on her face.
Tao instantly perked up. "Grandma's?"
"Yeah. I just called and she said she'd be more than happy to have you stay there. She's missed you." Kagome said.
Tao sighed and looked at the duffel bag on his shelf. Finally…maybe his parents will make up and not fight after they come back from their vacation. Besides…staying at grandma's meant cookies and junk food galore---something he wasn't allowed here at home.
"All right. Uncle Souta's probably got some new games too." He mentioned, taking down his bag and began filling it up with clothes. "How long are you going to be gone?"
"2 weeks at the most. It's not a long vacation. Just something to get away from it all." His mother answered, standing up and picking at a piece of lint from her business suit's skirt.
"Where're you guys going?" He asked, going into his bathroom and coming back out with a towel his brush and toothbrush.
"Don't know yet. Somewhere warm I suppose." She answered, pulling out a pair of his pants from his bag and refolding them.
Tao nodded. Please…please let them make up and not fight anymore.
oo0O0oo
"Bye sweetheart…have fun and don't stay up too late playing video games. And NO junk food!" His mother warned, hugging him and kissing his obsidian head. He rolled his eyes and snuck a peek at his smirking grandmother.
Tao moved away from his mother and slowly turned to his father who was standing and looking up at the Goshinboku. Cautiously, Tao took a step forward and wrapped his arms around his waist, startling him.
Sesshoumaru looked uncomfortable for a moment before he wrapped his arms around his son. "Listen to your grandmother, and stay out of trouble." He said, pulling back and ruffling his son's locks.
Tao nodded and turned to stand by his grandmother, who was busily shooing his parents down towards the limo at the bottom of the steps.
"I love you baby!" Kagome yelled up the steps before being yanked into the limo by her husband.
"See you guys later! Have fun!" He called, full hope bursting in his chest.
As he watched the limo pull away, he prayed hard and deep that everything "would" be all right.
How fate tends to disappoint the hopeful so harshly.
oo0O0oo
It was a week later that he got the phone call. He was currently playing video games with his uncle when his grandmother walked into the room saying that his mother was on the phone.
His heart sank.
Maybe…maybe she was calling to say that they're happy now and that they were no longer going to fight…fat chance.
Standing up he thanked his grandmother and took the phone up to his bedroom.
"Hello?" He asked, after shutting the door.
"Baby? It's mama. How're things at grandma's?" She asked. Her voice was thick and sounded like she'd been crying.
His heart sank deeper.
"Fine. How're…what about you and dad?" He asked, sinking onto his bed.
His mother sighed. That's when he knew that everything 'wasn't' all right.
"He…your father and I just had a little argument that's all. We've…we're coming home tomorrow night." She said. He was sure that he heard a sob being held down.
"Why? Why so soon? Aren't you guys having fun?" He asked, feeling a strange burn in his eyes.
"Baby…I…We'll talk when we get back all right?" She asked.
He was quiet. He didn't know what to say. What COULD he say? Nothing he could say would make anything better.
"All right…Bye." He said, cutting off his mother's cry to make him stay on the phone, as he hung up.
Letting the phone drop from his hand and onto the carpeted floor, he laid back onto his bed and his vision became blurry. He was crying. Crying because he couldn't do anything to make his family happier…crying because he wanted a happy family and that he knew that he wasn't going to be getting one any time soon.
oo0O0oo
He'd fallen asleep crying. His face felt tight and puffy. Lifting his head he glanced at the clock on the wall. 9 a.m. He'd slept for an entire day. His grandmother must've known why his mother had called and was had left him to himself. He was glad about that. Right now…all he wanted was to be with his mother and father…and be HAPPY.
"Tao?" Came a soft voice, followed by a knock on the door.
Standing up and rubbing his sleep-laden eyes, he walked to the door and unlocked it. His grandmother instantly darted in pulled him into a hug. He was sure that he wasn't able to cry any longer…until he felt the tears rush from his eyes and onto his grandmother's sweater.
"It's all right…shh…go ahead and cry." She said soothingly, running her nimble fingers through his short obsidian locks.
Somehow he knew that his grandmother knew exactly what he was feeling. And that made him feel warm. Before long they were sitting on his bed and she was talking to him…he didn't hear what she was saying. But it was the sound of her soothing voice that allowed him to feel loved and gently fall into a dreamless sleep.
He was instantly jerked awake when his body was gently bobbing up and down. He was being carried away from the shrine. Lifting his head, he found that it was his father who was carrying him. Letting his head fall back onto his father's shoulder he was about to doze off again when a calm voice sounded from the limo. He was passed off to his mother who moved to the adjacent seat from his father.
Tao frowned sleepily. They weren't sitting next to each other…
It wasn't fair.
oo0O0oo
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By: RisuBento
Chapter Two:
oo0O0oo
Sighing at the sight of his parents sitting and hugging in the kitchen was a nice thing to see…but it wouldn't last. They'll be at it again in at least a couple of hours.
Moving away and holding his sketchbook up, he began sketching their forms. They were hugging…he had to capture the moment if he wanted something 'good' to look at when things weren't good.
He quickly darted from the doorway when he saw his father's nose twitch. He must've smelled him. Tao ran up the stairs, two at a time, and slammed his door shut. Plopping down onto his bed once again, he was sketching the content yet saddened look on his mother's face when a knock on the door startled him.
"Yeah?" He called, not looking up from the paper.
"Tao?" Came his mother's voice. He looked up and gave a forced smile to his tired looking mother.
Kagome stepped over the threshold of his doorway and closed the door behind her. "Sweetie? What're you drawing?" She asked sitting down next to him.
"Nothing." He quickly answered flipping the book closed and tossing it onto his desk. Kagome frowned. "Was there something you needed?" He asked, opening his closet.
"Yeah. Your father and I are going on a vacation for a while and you're going to be staying at Grandma's while we're gone." She said, with strange smile on her face.
Tao instantly perked up. "Grandma's?"
"Yeah. I just called and she said she'd be more than happy to have you stay there. She's missed you." Kagome said.
Tao sighed and looked at the duffel bag on his shelf. Finally…maybe his parents will make up and not fight after they come back from their vacation. Besides…staying at grandma's meant cookies and junk food galore---something he wasn't allowed here at home.
"All right. Uncle Souta's probably got some new games too." He mentioned, taking down his bag and began filling it up with clothes. "How long are you going to be gone?"
"2 weeks at the most. It's not a long vacation. Just something to get away from it all." His mother answered, standing up and picking at a piece of lint from her business suit's skirt.
"Where're you guys going?" He asked, going into his bathroom and coming back out with a towel his brush and toothbrush.
"Don't know yet. Somewhere warm I suppose." She answered, pulling out a pair of his pants from his bag and refolding them.
Tao nodded. Please…please let them make up and not fight anymore.
oo0O0oo
"Bye sweetheart…have fun and don't stay up too late playing video games. And NO junk food!" His mother warned, hugging him and kissing his obsidian head. He rolled his eyes and snuck a peek at his smirking grandmother.
Tao moved away from his mother and slowly turned to his father who was standing and looking up at the Goshinboku. Cautiously, Tao took a step forward and wrapped his arms around his waist, startling him.
Sesshoumaru looked uncomfortable for a moment before he wrapped his arms around his son. "Listen to your grandmother, and stay out of trouble." He said, pulling back and ruffling his son's locks.
Tao nodded and turned to stand by his grandmother, who was busily shooing his parents down towards the limo at the bottom of the steps.
"I love you baby!" Kagome yelled up the steps before being yanked into the limo by her husband.
"See you guys later! Have fun!" He called, full hope bursting in his chest.
As he watched the limo pull away, he prayed hard and deep that everything "would" be all right.
How fate tends to disappoint the hopeful so harshly.
oo0O0oo
It was a week later that he got the phone call. He was currently playing video games with his uncle when his grandmother walked into the room saying that his mother was on the phone.
His heart sank.
Maybe…maybe she was calling to say that they're happy now and that they were no longer going to fight…fat chance.
Standing up he thanked his grandmother and took the phone up to his bedroom.
"Hello?" He asked, after shutting the door.
"Baby? It's mama. How're things at grandma's?" She asked. Her voice was thick and sounded like she'd been crying.
His heart sank deeper.
"Fine. How're…what about you and dad?" He asked, sinking onto his bed.
His mother sighed. That's when he knew that everything 'wasn't' all right.
"He…your father and I just had a little argument that's all. We've…we're coming home tomorrow night." She said. He was sure that he heard a sob being held down.
"Why? Why so soon? Aren't you guys having fun?" He asked, feeling a strange burn in his eyes.
"Baby…I…We'll talk when we get back all right?" She asked.
He was quiet. He didn't know what to say. What COULD he say? Nothing he could say would make anything better.
"All right…Bye." He said, cutting off his mother's cry to make him stay on the phone, as he hung up.
Letting the phone drop from his hand and onto the carpeted floor, he laid back onto his bed and his vision became blurry. He was crying. Crying because he couldn't do anything to make his family happier…crying because he wanted a happy family and that he knew that he wasn't going to be getting one any time soon.
oo0O0oo
He'd fallen asleep crying. His face felt tight and puffy. Lifting his head he glanced at the clock on the wall. 9 a.m. He'd slept for an entire day. His grandmother must've known why his mother had called and was had left him to himself. He was glad about that. Right now…all he wanted was to be with his mother and father…and be HAPPY.
"Tao?" Came a soft voice, followed by a knock on the door.
Standing up and rubbing his sleep-laden eyes, he walked to the door and unlocked it. His grandmother instantly darted in pulled him into a hug. He was sure that he wasn't able to cry any longer…until he felt the tears rush from his eyes and onto his grandmother's sweater.
"It's all right…shh…go ahead and cry." She said soothingly, running her nimble fingers through his short obsidian locks.
Somehow he knew that his grandmother knew exactly what he was feeling. And that made him feel warm. Before long they were sitting on his bed and she was talking to him…he didn't hear what she was saying. But it was the sound of her soothing voice that allowed him to feel loved and gently fall into a dreamless sleep.
He was instantly jerked awake when his body was gently bobbing up and down. He was being carried away from the shrine. Lifting his head, he found that it was his father who was carrying him. Letting his head fall back onto his father's shoulder he was about to doze off again when a calm voice sounded from the limo. He was passed off to his mother who moved to the adjacent seat from his father.
Tao frowned sleepily. They weren't sitting next to each other…
It wasn't fair.
oo0O0oo
Thank you all for the reviews! It makes me so happy!
N3ko-chan
Me
Karmen
place inventive name here
whyshoulditellyou
Kim
^~^Faithful Vampire^~^
teenagetomboy69
kitsune ninja
ashley
Erik and Fae
lyn
Sesshans
REVIEW!
RisuBento