InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Anxiety ❯ Crash and burn ( Chapter 3 )

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Kyasha was broken out of her depressing thoughts as she heard a big crash and screams coming from up the stairs she was walking past. Dropped her bag immediately, she ran up the rather large set of stairs with all her might.

 

 

++Chapter 3++

++Crash and burn++

 

Kyasha made her way up the steps, when she got to the top; she realized they lead her to the Shrine where the famous `Goshinboku' the god tree, lay. It only took Kyasha a few seconds to figure out what caused the crash. Over to her left, where the shrine was, a few people were on their hands and knees coughing, she looked behind them and saw that their house was on fire.

 

Kyasha tore off her jacket and ran and put it on the young women lying on the ground, unconscious. Another woman came running over to her side.

 

“Oh, is my daughter alright?” The woman asked as she held her hand to her chest and continued coughing. Kyasha nodded.

 

“What the hell happened here? Is everyone outside and safe?” Kyasha asked.

 

“I think.…” She was cut off when both, Kyasha and the old woman looked up as they heard a cry coming from inside the building. “Oh no, Daitan is still inside!” She didn't even finish as she turned back and saw Kyasha tear off the necklace she had around her neck and ran inside. What shocked the woman the most was to see the young girl's hair change from a silky black to shimmering silver and she saw….dog ears?

 

The woman had to do a double take but was too worried about her daughter and father lying on the ground unconscious.

 

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Inside the house, Kyasha was running through the burning rubble looking for the young boy still caught in the blaze; while having to dodge a couple of fallen wood planks from the ceiling of the house.

 

“Hey kid, where are you?” She called out.

 

“I'm over….*cough*…here!” The boy cried. By the time Kyasha made it to the boy sitting down in a small closet, he was unconscious from breathing in too much of the smoke.

 

Kyasha didn't waste anytime; she grabbed the kid in her arms and raced to safety outside. She burst through a hole in the wall and saw that the family was at a safe distance away from the flames and smoke. She brought the boy over and laid him down on top of her laid out jacket that the woman prepared.

 

“He'll be fine, they all need to get to the hospital as soon as possible, to get checked for injuries; did you call the fire department yet?” Kyasha asked as she started coughing from the smoke inhalation.

 

“Yes, they're on there way.” She said. “Thank you so much, my grandson would have been in serious danger if you hadn't come to the rescue. By the way, you can call me Mrs. Higurashi; this is my daughter, Kagome, her son, Daitan, and the man over there is my father.”

 

“Nice to meet you, though this isn't the most pleasant way to meet, my name is Kyasha Tanaka, I was actually just walking by from school when I heard the large crash coming from your house.” She stated, giving the woman a small smile. Kyasha looked back at the house that was now all in flames and in ruins.

 

A thought began to come to Kyasha's mind; she had just been standing there in front of this woman she had just met in her Hanyou form; where did her necklace get to? Why wasn't she running or screaming for help?

 

The necklace was something an old friend of hers gave to her to protect her from humans seeing her in her Hanyou form. Kyasha had that necklace for as long as she could remember. It had white pearl-like beads on it and every three beads were small, white dog fangs all around the necklace.

 

“Uhhh, have you seen my….necklace?” Kyasha asked, nervously. Mrs. Higurashi smiled, stood up and dug her hand into the pocket of her small apron.

 

“Here it is; I kept it safe for you….” Mrs. Higurashi said as she handed it to her. “So, you're a Hanyou, I see?”

 

“You know what Hanyous are?” Kyasha was surprised that this woman that she had just met wasn't running away screaming like the other humans did when her identity was discovered.

 

“Well, my son-in-law is actually an Inu-Hanyou, and so is their son, Daitan.” Mrs. Higurashi explained as she pointed to the young boy Kyasha had rescued earlier.

 

“Oh, wow, I'm an Inu-Hanyou too; this necklace hides my true form from other humans so I can go to school and actually leave the house without someone shouting or calling for help if they saw me in my real form.” Kyasha explained as she placed the necklace over her head. Kyasha seemed to be more comfortable in her true form; it was understandable since it was what she really looked like. She hated hiding her true self from others, her friends and family even. “Would it be alright if this could be our little secret?”

 

“Yes, if that's what you want.” Mrs. Higurashi said. “Would you like to stay for dinner? We can't stay here, obviously, but we could go out to a restaurant?”

 

“No, but thank you for offering, I really have to get home and study for the upcoming exams for school.” Kyasha said as she waved `goodbye' and turned away to walk down the stairs.

 

“What the hell happened here?” A very gruff, but worried voice rang out as a man ran right in front of Kyasha that made her lose her balance and fell on the figure. “Get off of me woman!” The man looked at the girl on his back, he was shocked at who it was. His toned softened. “Kyasha? Is that you?”

 

“Mr. Izayoi?” She said as she stood up and offered a hand down to her fallen teacher, but he ignored it and brushed his pants and shirt off.

 

“It's nothing, but what are you doing here?” He asked. He didn't even wait for her answer when he spotted his wife and son lying on the ground. Mr. Izayoi was by their side running off a million questions by the second.

 

“Well, she was the one who rescued your son.” Mrs. Higurashi announced at the man's earlier question. He stopped and looked up at the woman.

 

“Really?” Mr. Izayoi asked as he had his eyes on her in a second.

 

“Yes, Mr. Izayoi…I did.” Kyasha said.

 

“Are you alright? I mean, not everyone is able to get out of a burning building in one piece. You can call me Inuyasha; I'm not really fond of being dubbed as `Mr. Izayoi'….” Inuyasha stated.

 

“Okay, I'm fine though, not a scratch on me.” She said in a cheerful and fake voice. “Inuyasha, I better be getting home, I have to cram for next week's exams. See ya at school tomorrow!” She shouted as she ran down the steps for home.

 

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“Oh, honey, your home late? What kept you?” Kyasha's mother asked her, but was ignored by an overly cranky girl dashing to her room.

 

“No time, must study.” Was all her mother understood, but continued to wash the dishes. Kyasha's family wasn't all that close, her father was the only one who took care of her, even though he was always called away on business trips, her brother went to some fancy private school way across country, so it was just Kyasha and her mother, though she wasn't too fond of Kyasha, and vice-versa.

 

“Ugh!” Kyasha said as she flopped down onto her bright, scarlet red blankets on her bed. “Owww!” She slapped her hand to her neck.

 

“Nice to taste you again, Lady Kyasha.” A voice said as he flopped down onto the bed from the impact.

 

“What do you want Myouga?” Kyasha asked, not taking her eyes off the ceiling.

 

“Lady Kyasha, do I need a reason to visit you on such a wonderful day?” He looked up at her and saw her expression and instinctively put his hands over his head and waited for the attack he usually got from her.

 

“Whatever.” Was all she said, Myouga looked up and was a bit stunned by her response.

 

Myouga had watched over Kyasha for as long as she could remember. He had given her the rosary necklace to contain her hanyou form, and he had been like another father figure in her eyes, though she would never admit it.

 

“What's wrong Kyasha did something happen at school today?” He asked.

 

“It's nothing, okay? Just another rotten day is all.” She answered as she pulled her backpack up on the bed to start studying.

 

“Oh, would you mind explaining what happened today that made it so terrible?” He asked. Kyasha slammed her hand down on top of him that hit him full force and flattened him to her bed.

 

“I said I don't want to talk about it!” she said as she stood up and opened her window. “Why'd you come over here anyway? To tick me off?”

 

“No, Lady Kyasha, I came to tell you that the first quarter moon is tomorrow night.” Myouga informed.

 

Kyasha, just like very other hanyou in the world, had that one night when they would lose their youkai powers and become human. Kyasha's just happened to be on the night of the first quarter moon.

 

“Oh, fuck! I totally forgot about that, and I have a date that same night.” Kyasha said as she smacked herself in the head.

 

“Well, I suggest canceling; you don't want people to know you turn human on that night.” Myouga informed.

 

“But, everyday people see me as a human, with this stupid concealment necklace you gave me, so what does it matter if I go as a human?” Kyasha stated.

 

“Yes, that is true, however, Youkai and other hanyous can detect your presence as a hanyou, if one of them felt that you were a human that night then they would only have to put two and two together, I just feel like we shouldn't take any risks, okay?” Myouga asked. Kyasha gave a sigh and nodded. That's when Myouga noticed, she was a lot like her true father, brave, bold, a temper that could scare a pack of lions, and a good heart; but the one thing that separated their similarities was her ability to agree to a command without going into an all out argument.

 

Inuyasha would have thrown a fit and ended up going on that date, if he was in her position. Myouga wiped his brow and was glad she had some of her mother's common sense, and got ready to leave.

 

“So, you'll stay indoors tomorrow night then?” He asked.

 

“Yeah, but just to let you sleep soundly instead of worrying yourself over me.” Kyasha stated sarcastically as Myouga hopped out her window.

 

Kyasha lay on her bed again, thinking about how she could break it off with Atama for the one-millionth time this year.

 

“I can't believe Atama doesn't hate me for ditching him every time?” She thought to herself as she slowly fell asleep.

 

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Inuyasha and Kagome decided they would go back to the feudal era with Daitan so they wouldn't take up room, Mrs. Higurashi and her father had to stay at a hotel until their shrine was rebuilt. Souta lived out on his own with his new girlfriend.

 

“It sure is quiet here without Daitan around.” She stated as she dried her hands and went to the living room where her father was watching TV and dieing of staying inside for so long.

 

“Yeah, it sure is….wonder what they're doing now?” He asked.

 

“Oh, don't worry yourself, Inuyasha will protect Kagome and their son, he's been doing a great job since she first went through the well.” Mrs. Higurashi said. “I'm going to go get ready for bed, did Kagome say she was coming back tomorrow morning, Inuyasha had another class to teach I heard?”

 

“Yes, they're coming here to drop off Daitan; Kagome has to go to a doctor's appointment, that's what she said.” He said.

 

“Alright, see you in the morning father.” Mrs. Higurashi said as she tucked herself into bed and fell asleep.