InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Chemical Romance ❯ Uncertain soul ( Chapter 5 )

Ritalin_writer: Welcome back readers wish you'd review sooner but whatever. Here's the next chapter for your enjoyment but I'm having a debate should I make Naraku interrupt in the next chapter or should I have Kaira and Ketsumaru enter the fray? Decisions, decisions, decisions….

 

~~~~Last time~~~~

“Inuyasha? What are you doing?”

 

Inuyasha barely acknowledged Souta with a growl.

 

“I'm not stayin here what do you think I am? A house pet! Damn I hate every single one of you!” He snarled before leaping out the window and was gone.

 

“You were cooped up with that for three days?” Sango mused as Kagome chuckled weakly.

~~~~Now~~~~

 

Sango had told Kagome everything that she had missed in her three day absence, the two women sat and ordered take out while watching movies like they had done years back when they had graduated. Souta had said he was going to meet his friends and had left soon after Inuyasha had departed.

 

The girls had the house to themselves which was filled with lost time and later on a quick examination of Kagome's shoulder which led to a very surprised Sango.

 

“Wow, this Inuyasha fellow knows how to tend a shot wound pretty well.” She said noting on how masterfully the bandages had been wrapped, how it wasn't too tight or too loose. “I'd say this isn't the first time he's tended a wound like this.” She mused as she fixed a new bandage on her friends arm.

 

Kagome smirked lightly. “Well we'll never know. He told me that this was the only time I'd ever see him so I should just get back to my normal life.” She said but there was a hint of remorse in her voice that she couldn't exactly place. “I never properly thanked him for taking care of me and Souta…”

 

~~~Elsewhere~~~

 

Inuyasha strolled passively through the deserted park sniffing every once and a while and acquiring the scents that had been there earlier. However that wasn't the scent he was trying to distinguish amongst all the others.

 

His eyes were brooding and dark as he contemplated everything he'd seen and heard the past three days trying to piece together an impossible story that kept nagging at him.

 

While he had been tending to Kagome he'd managed to catch a glimpse at an old box in the living room that was beside a small desk. He'd taken the liberty of examining the contents seeing pictures of her friends, small trinkets from her childhood and photos of her family, and one in particular that made his heart lurch.

 

Kikyo…

 

How was it that Kikyo could have had an offspring and he had not even had intercourse with her for the years they had been dating? They had never reached that intimacy and yet here was a photo of Kikyo holding a small child in her arms, the child snuggled against her partially exposed bosom and smiling fondly at her.

 

His heart felt even more torn and dismembered then ever before. The child wasn't Kagome; it was her mother sleeping contentedly in his lovers arms completely unaware of the pain it caused him.

 

Inuyasha sighed heavily looking to the heavily veiled sky and pondering the probabilities that just didn't seem real.

 

“Well Inuyasha, what brings you to this corner of town?” a feminine voice broke the silence and his thoughts causing the inuhanyou to shift his attention to the path before him where two figure stood in his path.

 

“Playing hooky is for human whelps, it's very unbecoming for even a half demon, Inuyasha.” A second male voice interrupted.

 

Inuyasha growled flexing his claws for a moment and glaring at the shadowed contours in front of him. Why the hell were they here?

 

“Ketsumaru, Kaira you got something to say then say it I'm busy.”

 

The two smirked, Ketsumaru's tail curled behind him the scales scraping across the pavement and making the oddest noise that made Inuyasha's ears fall back. Kaira grinned, her tail briskly swaying behind her as she looked fondly towards Inuyasha.

 

“Now Koinu-chan don't get all bent out of shape, we were assigned to protect you you know.”

 

Inuyasha tensed at the fond nickname the crimson inuyoukai had given to him. “Stop calling me that cause it's not my name!” he hollered angrily, Ketsumaru snorting at his remark.

 

“If you don't like it why answer to it? Inu-baka.”

 

The silver haired hanyou flexed his claws again glaring daggers at the dragon and the dog. “I dare you to come here and say that.”

 

“Come on Koinu-chan-“

 

“DON”T CALL ME PUPPY!!!!!”

 

Inuyasha leapt at the two and Ketsumaru grabbed hold of Kaira's waist with little effort and hauled her into the sky with him as he floated on small clouds that swirled around his legs.

 

“I still cannot believe you are a direct descendant of our great deceased leader. You share absolutely nothing with the great dog demon not even appearance.” The dragon mused as he held Kaira to him, arm slung around her waist and her hands clutching the folds of his haori. ”The only thing you share was your love for humans which inevitably lead to his demise. I wonder,” he mused staring coldly at the half demon below.” if you shall meet the same end, Inuyasha.” Kaira had tensed in his grip and was staring uncertainly down at the pavement.

 

“Give me a little warning next time you know I hate it when you do that.” She reprimanded, receiving a passive `hn' from her partner.

 

Inuyasha's eyes were hooded as Ketsumaru stated what so many had said before. He was nothing like his father. But then again could they expect him to be like him when he knew so very little about him? He'd only been with his father for ten years if that before he'd died. His brother didn't let on anything other than father had been the most powerful demon and that he hated him for some reason or other.

 

“I might not be anything like my old man,” Inuyasha replied his voice dark and brooding. “But doesn't give anyone the right to disregard me! To hell with you I don't like humans and never will they're weak and I'm not!” he leapt at the two demons, intent on hurting the male who smirked wryly and flew higher. He stayed just beyond the dog demons reach and a superior grin plastered on his face. Like dangling a bone in front of a dog and pulling it away at the last moment.

 

“Now, now Inuyasha we're your bodyguards remember? We wouldn't be doing our job if we hurt you.”

 

Kaira growled hitting the demon that held her in the back of the head. A single emerald eye turned to acknowledge her, glaring slightly. In return Kaira met his glare,” Leave him alone, you're not helping the situation at all.”

 

“I wasn't hired to `help' the situation just protect it.”

 

(A/N: Let's count again! 3…2…1 )

 

Inuyasha bared his fangs hatefully at the flying demon. “You just signed your own death warrant Ketsumaru. Kaira?”

 

The red dog demoness was startled that he'd called her.

 

“Get away from him right now. I'm going to hack him to pieces and send him home in a doggy bag so move away.”

 

Ketsumaru's expression was blank for a moment as if he was actually considering Inuyasha's threat that is until he burst out laughing. “Inuyasha you barely hold you own against Sesshoumaru! The probability of you harming me is very, very low.”

 

“Shut up serpent before I make you into a purse!”

 

“Have at me mongrel and I'll remember to pick up a flea collar next time I come around!”

 

“Why you overgrown snake come down here!”

 

Kaira seeing the dilemma had become battle of the over inflated ego's sighed and pushed out of Ketsumaru's grasp, landing in a perfect crouch in front of Inuyasha. She sauntered up to him looking as if she was going to try and stop the fight, but instead she placed a hand on his shoulder.

 

“Try not to get too much blood all over the place.”

 

Ketsumaru looked dumbstruck that she'd give the hanyou sanction to attack him; Inuyasha smirked wickedly removing the Tetsusaiga from its sheath instantly turning it into a fang.

 

“I'm gonna make pants out of your scaly hide!” Inuyasha bellowed as he leapt at the dragon that unsheathed the sword that he wielded with his right hand.

 

Ketsumaru blocked the attack, growling as his arms rung with the impact and plummeted towards the ground skimming the pavement and about facing in time to see the Inuyasha's sword inches from hacking off his tail.

 

“Chikusoo!” He barked bringing his tail upward in an abrupt movement that caused the spiked tip of the thick appendage to slam into Inuyasha's face.

 

Inuyasha flew off to the side with a grunt slamming into a tree and leaving a blatant indent in the bark where he'd struck it. He growled getting to his feet with the aid of Tetsusaiga and glaring menacingly at the empty space where the dragon had been, finding he'd disappeared when he had struck him.

 

“Damn you, coward.” He snarled feeling a warm trickle running down the right side of his face. Automatically his hand went to find four parallel gashes bleeding lightly across his cheek.

 

The Tetsusaiga shrank back into a rusty katana and Inuyasha sheathed it as his senses came back to him. The scent of fear clung heavily to the air and it nearly brought an animalistic purr from him, something that shouldn't happen.

 

There were two scents of fear, one from Ketsumaru which caused him to smirk. And the other was a human. His superior vision allowed him to scan the shrubbery and spot a quivering silhouette even whilst in the darkest corners. With a growl Inuyasha leapt at it grabbing whomever it was lurking in the bushes by the collar and hauling him upward and to his good fortune it was the same human that had shot Kagome three days before.

 

Inuyasha sneered, his eyes narrowed in a feral way that held enough ill will to convey his intentions. If looks could kill this human would have spontaneously combusted on the spot.

 

“Well I see you came back to your hunting grounds, low life.” Inuyasha growled examining the man and seeing he was, as he had expected, wearing Kagome's coat. He was slightly surprised, either Kagome was bigger than he'd initially thought, or the man was smaller than he appeared in the faint light. Either way he had the coat and he was taking it back.

 

Inuyasha lifted the man extending his claws in a forewarning gesture and thinking that he was being smart the bum lifted his arms and escaped the confinements of the sleeves and sat on the ground scrambling to get away.

 

Inuyasha did one run over of the coat finding the keys weren't within its pockets and sighing. “Always making thing harder then they have to.” He muttered absently before jumping only once to close the distance the man had placed between them.

 

“I suggest you give me the keys that were in these pockets.” Came the indiscreet threat as the hanyou flexed his claws in front of the man's face.

 

The homeless man began patting himself down frantically seeking the keys he'd stashed away in his pockets, having hoped to find the keys were to a car or even better someone's home. Shakily he handed the keys to the exposed hand and Inuyasha hastily snatched them away, but not without dealing a few unconventional blows to the head.

 

“Nice doing business with you.” Inuyasha said twirling the keys around his finger while the bum twitched on the ground with multiple lumps on his face and head.

 

It was the dead of night when Inuyasha returned to the apartment complex, having neither memorized the number to her room or remembering which window he'd jumped from. But he needed neither to navigate the seemingly endless halls and to the door he'd intended on finding. He didn't bother to knock it was well past midnight and the possibilities that anyone would be awake was fairly slim.

 

He briskly opened the door and vaguely registered the welcoming mew from Buyo as he sauntered into the living room. To his surprise the raven haired woman was once more perched at her desk rereading something he'd seen her going over when she had been bedridden.

 

She was wearing a pair of jeans and a loose fitting T- shirt as she rested her chin on her fist.

 

“Why are you up so late? And why was the door unlocked someone could bust in here and rob you or worse.” He growled but set her coat down on the couch as she turned to him.

 

The faintest smile graced her lips and Inuyasha found himself physically impaired under her gaze. “It's because I knew you were coming back. You act tough but I don't think you really mean half the things you say. Or at least not to the intended extent you portray it as.”

 

Inuyasha averted his gaze. “Keh, whatever don't expect me to come back I just came to return your coat. Your wardrobes pretty mundane from what I was able to see of it and it doesn't look like you can afford to get nicer clothing.”

 

Kagome's eyes suddenly faded from his view, veiled by her raven bangs as Inuyasha hesitantly watched her. She took a calm, slow, and unnervingly long breath.

 

“Inuyasha,” she said with a slight sweetness to her tone that was as unnerving as the smile she'd placed on her face and Inuyasha's instincts told him he'd entered the lions den.

 

“How can you even say that?! And who gave you the right to go through my stuff you pervert! I can't believe you! Taking advantage of a wounded woman and going through her lingerie when she's asleep! I guess you have less moral ground than I gave you credit for!”

 

With every insult she batted at him he felt himself shrinking into the folds of his haori. His face was flushed as her torrent of words fell heavily on him and slowly crushed him where he stood. “H-hey I didn't go through your underwear! All I did was remove your shirt and-“

 

POW!

 

A waste bin abruptly flew across the room hitting him well across the face and making him fall backwards. Kagome was looking at her hands conspicuously.

 

“Strange, my waste bin just flew out of my hands and at you…”

 

Inuyasha righted himself growling adamantly at her while regaining his composure. “Hey what do you think this is a cartoon?! You could have really hurt me!”

 

“Well forgive me for using common sense!”

 

“What'd ya mean common sense? There ain't anything common about you wretch!”

 

“You better take that back before I call Sango! And I'll give her a cleaver instead of a kitchen knife!”

 

“I'd like to see her try something she fights like a man and she dresses like one too!”

 

“Inuyasha!”

 

“Hey can you keep it down…”

 

The two stopped their feud and had it been an anime it would have appeared Kagome was dressed in black armor and waving a katana above her head and Inuyasha was in crimson armor with a sword brandished in front of him and in the background a horde of feuding soldiers.

 

The two looked up from one another simultaneously each with an angry look on their faces as they glared intently at Souta who was perched on the banister rubbing sleep from his eyes.

 

“You two fight like an old married couple you know that?” he said groggily and then was completely still.

 

“KEEP OUT OF THIS SOUTA!” the two combatants yelled in unison only to glare at one another.

 

And again if this had been an anime there were sparks battling between their eyes.

 

Souta thoroughly scared nearly fell down the stairs in his mad dash to his room. Even Buyo thought better than to remain in the open and slunk under a chair.

 

The two might have continued this verbal battle of wits and wills if it had not been for a knock on the door that broke them apart. Kagome glared at the silver haired hanyou in her living room before moving to address whoever was knocking at nearly three in the morning. To her immense surprise it was a teenager. She had black hair and curious brown eyes looking just beyond Kagome to the man.

 

“Um…Sorry for intruding but I live next door and I heard the fighting. I wanted to make sure you were alright.” She said hesitantly as if afraid of being rebuked for interfering. Kagome examined the girl a moment a little shorter than herself.

 

“Oh, Gomen I didn't mean to disturb you. Unfortunately I have a dog that just doesn't know when to shut up.” She said sending a malevolent glare towards the crimson robed dog demon who faltered slightly under her stare before regaining his stubbornness.

 

“Oi! Just remember this Dog saved your wretched life!” he countered balling his fists and walking towards the window again, no doubt to leave.

 

“Forget I ever even helped you alright. Better forgetting you ever even saw me.” He muttered plaintively a slight petulance to his morbid tone before he leapt out of the window and into the night.

 

Kagome watched as he disappeared and sighed, then tensed remembering there was a 15 year old girl standing in her doorway witnessing all of this.

 

The girl looking past her to the window seemed confused and amazed. “He must work out a lot.”

 

Kagome sighed. `He works my patience alright' she thought to herself before returning to the girl. “I'm sorry for the noise, I'm Kagome Higurashi and you are?”

 

The girl beamed happily extending her hands and clasping Kagome's in her own. “I'm Rin Kiroshima I'm your neighbor.” She said merrily before releasing the older woman. “If there's ever anything I can help you with don't hesitate to ask.” She said before skipping off to the door adjacent from Kagome's and unlocking the door.

 

“Oh, and Kagome?” Rin said turning around.

 

“Yes?”

 

“Your fly's undone.”

 

Kagome looked down and sure enough the zipper was revealing a little of her blood red lace underwear from Victoria Secret. Hastily zipping it up she closed the door and the last thing Rin saw was a Kagome who was as red as her underwear.

 

~~~Osaka~~~

 

Naraku sat comfortably on a futon in a nonchalant position watching through Kanna's mirror at the scenes taking place. A frown adorning his features as his attention fixed on the woman called Kagome.

 

“It's impossible.” He muttered shifting so that he raised one knee and rested his elbow across it.

 

“There is no way for Kikyo to have been reborn. So how is it than this girl has such a strong resemblance and is in the same practice as that wretch 50 years ago.” He mused bringing his hand to his chin and thinking on his own inquiry.

 

Kanna's mirror went blank and the albino demon looked at him passively with vacant, almost soulless black eyes.

 

“Perhaps, she is the offspring of our dear deceased victim.” The voice was honey coated and malevolent at the same time the wind roared and poured through the open window of the fortress. The wind circulated through the wind and then focused on one particular spot and soon kneeling where the wind had targeted was a raven haired woman with the same crimson eyes as the one that created her.

 

Naraku looked to her with an expression that was both inquisitive and lofty at the same time. The woman before him wearing a white and red kimono, and bright red lipstick that was very clear against her insipid skin.

 

“What nonsense do you speak of Kagura? Surely you do not intend for me to believe Kikyo gave birth to this Kagome?” he said a slight hint of annoyance tainting his tone as the demoness of the wind straightened with a confident smirk plaguing her face.

 

“I will tell you one thing, she gave birth to someone. And poor Inuyasha the woman he loved…” She said wickedly hiding her smile behind her fan as she stared down Naraku. “…had another man's child.”

 

~~~END~~~

 

Ritalin_writer: Kliffy!!!! Mwhahahahahahhhahahahahhahahah can't touch this! Oh and say many thanks to DemonGirl-Setsuna because she somehow got my computer working and copied all my files onto her disk and now I worship her!

 

*bows before DemonGirl-Setsuna*

 

DemonGirl-Setsuna: *Scratches the back of her head and blushes* It was nothing really.

 

*gun gleams*

 

Ritalin_writer: You know all those in power are targets for assassination….

 

*Sweatdrops*

 

DemonGirl-Setsuna: Ritalin? What are you doing with that gun….