InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Beautiful Rain ❯ In Death Do Us Part ( Chapter 3 )

Beautiful Rain

Author's note- Wow! You all do like this story, don't ya? Anyway, here's a warning for the next chapter (yeah, already): It will feature a rape. It's in the story line. If you don't like rape, either write to V.C. Andrews and say something about it, or just don't read that chapter. At ff.net, it'll be a watered-down version of it, and on mm.org, I won't go into great detail, because I never did something like that before.

Disclaimer- Inuyasha: A Feudal Fairy Tale belongs to Rumiko Takahashi and Viz Comics. This fan fiction is merely for entertainment value, and isn't for monetary gain.

Chapter 3

In Death Do Us Part

About a month or so after my party, school started again. I went to a private high school, Souta went to a private elementary school, and our cousins, Kagura and Kanna, went to a private junior high school. We usually rode a limousine together so to save time and money.

"Ha ha ha!" Kanna was saying. "Your brother is so pathetic!" I glared at her, and then I looked at Souta.

"What are you talking about?" I asked.

"He got an F on his report card!" Kagura answered. "Your parents are so gonna punish him!"

"Hey, if he tried his best he wouldn't get in trouble!" I yelled right back. They were lucky we were on our way home in the limo, or else I would've beat the two up. They always made fun of Souta.

"Sure... you'll always take that kid's side," Kanna said. "Do you smell something?" I sniffed. It smelt like smoke. I looked out the window and gasped.

The hotel was on fire.

The limo stopped, and we ran out. I looked around for my parents. I couldn't see them anywhere. Although, I did see Aunt Ruri standing beside our house. I took Souta over there to find out where our parents were.

"Oh, you poor dears," Aunt Ruri said, tears falling down her face. I wondered why. "Kagome, I'm so sorry..." I wanted to know where my parents were.

"Souta.stay here. I'm going to find Mom and Dad, okay?" I asked him. He nodded, and walked over to Aunt Ruri to comfort her.

I walked through the grounds, the wet grass flicking at my ankles, and walked towards the gate surrounding the hotel. On his knees outside the hotel was my Uncle Naraku.

"Uncle Naraku? Are you alright?" I asked, tapping him on his shoulder. He looked up at me, a crazed look in his eyes.

"She's... she's..." He whispered. Then his eyes cleared and he looked at me. "Don't worry, Kagome, I'll take good care of you." He hugged me tightly, and I just stood there, shocked.

"Uncle Naraku? Where's my Mom and Dad?" I asked. He let go, and looked me in the eyes.

"The boiler downstairs blew up while your father was there. It started the fire. Your mother tried to get him out. I was trying to get her out, but she wouldn't leave him," He answered. "She told me to take care of you and Souta."

"Y-you mean... she's... dead?" I asked. He nodded, and I started crying hard.

*~*~*

It was a beautiful funeral. Mom's favorite flowers, cherry blossoms, were strung around the coffins, which were closed, to hide my parents' burns. Souta and I were continually crying, and all of my family members looked as though they had been stabbed.

Inuyasha was there, but it wasn't like any of his normal visits.

He and I talked a lot about my parents. We hardly left each other's sights. Souta went with us, and one of us eventually would have to carry him back to his bedroom so that he could fall asleep.

At the burial, before they lowered the coffins into the ground, I walked to the coffins to say something to each.

To Dad's coffin, I put a rose on it, and said, "Dad, although you weren't my real father, you were the absolute perfect one in my eyes. You never let me or Souta down, and I won't let you down." I sniffed. "I'm sorry if I hurt you at any time..."

I walked over to Mom's coffin, and put two cherry blossoms on it. "Mom, I promise to help Souta with everything. He'll be first in my life. I'll try to finish what legacy you started." I touched both coffins, and cried. Inuyasha, who was watching the whole thing, walked up to me, and said a prayer for both of them, and took me to my house where a small party was being held in remembrance of my parents.

"Kagome, I wish I could stay here and help you, but Dad said we have to leave tomorrow," Inuyasha whispered. "I want to stay here with you and Souta." I nodded, and kissed him on the cheek.

"I understand. I talked with your father about us staying down in Texas, but he doesn't have enough money for it. And Aunt Sakura's always on the road," I said. "So, Uncle Naraku and Aunt Ruri are moving in to our house and are going to be our guardians." Inuyasha hugged me, tightly. "Inuyasha? I'm feeling a little tired." He nodded, and kissed my forehead.

"I'll call you the moment I get home," He promised, and I walked off to my aunt to tell her.

"Aunt Ruri? I'm feeling tired," I said. "I'm going to sleep."

"But you have to entertain the guests! They're here to comfort you!" Aunt Ruri said.

"I'm tired, Aunt Ruri. I don't feel like entertaining anyone tonight," I said. "And I don't think Souta does, either. We're going to sleep." I had seen Souta nearly fall asleep a few times during the party.

"Fine," Aunt Ruri said, miffed that she couldn't have her way. "Good night."

I helped Souta up, and we walked to my bedroom. I closed the door, and Souta immediately started sobbing.

"Souta, shh..." I said, patting his head. "It's going to be all right."

"No it's not! We have to live with Uncle Naraku and the twins and Mom and Dad are dead!" Souta said, hiccuping. "What did we do wrong that made God hate us?"

"He doesn't hate us," I said.

"He does! He made Mom and Dad die! He must hate us!" Souta said, curling up into a ball on my bed. Eventually, he fell asleep.

I didn't.

*~*~*

During the first week after the funeral, Aunt Ruri took down everything that spoke of my parents in our house. She nearly did it for our rooms, too, but Uncle Naraku stopped her. "It's they're rooms," he persuaded. Even though he's not my favorite uncle, he's okay when he protects us.

Kagura and Kanna got the extra bedroom, and Uncle Naraku and Aunt Ruri took over Mom and Dad's room. Everything that was Mom's went to Aunt Ruri. Even the jewelry that Mom had promised to me.

"It's too precious for a teenager to own," She said, while ogling the tear drop diamond necklace that Mom got for her anniversary two years ago.

Souta and I couldn't help but feel more alone than we ever did. No one could help us.

*~*~*

A few weeks later, all got settled, and suddenly, Mrs. Hana walked into the dining room (it was dinnertime) and announced that I had a phone call. I got up, and Aunt Ruri got angry.

"You can't get up! It's dinner time!" Aunt Ruri said. "Tell whoever it is that Kagome cannot get the phone right now."

"It's long distance," Mrs. Hana explained. I perked up. It was Inuyasha! I got up, ignoring the stuttering from my aunt and the glares from my cousins. I reached the phone, and held onto it like it was my lifeline.

"Hello, Inuyasha!" I said.

"Hey, Kagome. How's it going there?" He asked.

"Horrible. Aunt Ruri took everything that was my Mom's!" I said. "Every decoration that Mom and Dad chose out was thrown out!"

"How are you and Souta taking this?"

"Terribly. He stopped talking to everyone but me, and my grades are really slipping." I sighed. "I miss you."

"I miss you, too, but I'm sure your uncle is helping over there, right?"

"He's trying," I muttered. Heh. Trying as in, holding me any minute he can get.

"Don't worry. I'm still going up there in the winter. I promise you that," He said. I smiled. I bet he realized that I was.

"Well, I better go. Aunt Ruri nearly had a heart attack when you called during dinner."

"Ha ha! Well, she better expect a phone call from Inuyasha Higurashi at various hours of the day!"

I had to laugh at that. "See you soon."

"Bye, Kagome."

"Bye." I hung up, and walked back towards the dining room.

"You better find out that you do NOT take phone calls during dinner," Aunt Ruri started. I didn't listen. I was too happy.

"Yeah, sure. I'm going to bed. See you all later!" I nearly SKIPPED back to my room, to think about how life would be like if Grandpa had decided to take me and Souta in.

*~*~*

The next morning, I was going to go practice on my piano, when I saw the keys. They were covered in honey! I knew exactly who played the prank. Kanna and Kagura.

"Aunt Ruri, look what your precious twins did to my piano!" I said, showing her.

"Oh dear... but... it's impossible for those two to do that," Aunt Ruri said. "I bet Souta did it."
"SOUTA WOULD NEVER DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT!" I yelled. "He knows better!"

"So do my daughters."

"BUT THEY HAVE A REASON. THEY HATE ME!" I screamed. "Don't you know that?!" Aunt Ruri shrugged.

"My children do not hate you, Kagome," She said.

"Oh really? Well, they sure hate Souta a lot!" I said.

"Kagome, Souta did this, I know of it," Aunt Ruri said. "He would do anything for attention."

"Hmph. You think so? Let's have a trial to see," I said. "THE ENTIRE HOUSEHOLD will be watching."

*~*~*

Uncle Naraku was the 'judge' of our trial. He listened to both stories, and when I showed him the evidence-- the honey pot which was completely clean on the outside, I knew we won.

"Now, Mrs. Hana, did you clean the outside of this honey pot?" I asked.

"No I didn't, Kagome."

"So that's my evidence. It's IMPOSSIBLE for Souta to do this, because he would've made a huge mess!" I pointed out.

Aunt Ruri turned red, and walked out of the room. It was up to Uncle Naraku to punish his children, although Aunt Ruri took it away after a day.

*~*~*

One day, a few months later, after I returned home from school, I saw Aunt Ruri in my room, holding a book in her hands. I squinted at the title, and saw it was the book from Kikyo-- "Midnight Fantasies".

"So, you're a total pervert, aren't you?"

"I haven't read that! Kikyo got it for me!"

"Really? Well, I don't believe that," Aunt Ruri said. "You disgusting little girl. I'm going to tell your uncle."

*~*~*

That night, while I was about to fall asleep, I heard my door open, and saw Uncle Naraku walk in. He sat next to my bed and started to speak.

"Ruri told me about the book she found," He said. "If you wanted to learn about that kind of stuff, I could show you..."

"Uh..." I said. "Aunt Kikyo got it for me."

"Still... hiding it in your closet?" He said, with a raised eyebrow. "I want to teach you, Kagome."

I didn't say a thing. Uncle Naraku was probably drunk. Yeah, that was it! He couldn't be speaking totally freely, unless he was inebriated.

"We'll say this over a kiss," He said, and he kissed me on the lips. I froze. "Now, good night, sweet Kagome." With that, he left my room, and when he did, I ran to my bathroom to throw up.

*~*~*

Author's note- Uh oh... disgusting Naraku... ew... Oh, and for ff.net readers- there'll be a watered down version of the next chapter posted. On mm.org, there will the REAL chapter posted. Review!