InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Gravity of Love ❯ Errors ( Chapter 5 )

Gravity of Love

 

Disclaimer - I do not own Inuyasha or any of its characters. I borrow them from Rumiko Takahashi. Story Plotline inspired by Garret Jax's Hanyou.EXE. Song - Gravity of Love by Enigma.

 

Errors

 

“ Goddamn mother fucking completely useless piece of shit!” Kagome snarled out loud through the speakers of the computer. It hurt. Why in the fifth level of hell did it have to hurt!? Something had to be fucked up with her emotion stimulator. Why else would she be cursing to a point that probably could have made even Inuyasha blush? Why else would it hurt? It wasn't fair. None of it… it was going to drive her crazy.

 

How was it possible to `hurt' when she didn't even have a physical body? She's a bunch of one's and zero's all over the inside of my computer! Kagome snarled, a fairly nice impression of Inuyasha she would have guessed, and glared at her coding. It was all over the place, but mostly she was staring at the coding that belonged to her emotion stimulator. The damn thing twisted around all the important sections of the rest of coding… the parts that kept her `alive'. She snorted at that thought.

 

You aren't dealing with a human half-breed… ` No shit… he just had to say it didn't he?' Why was this bothering her so much!? As far as she could tell she wasn't hiding anything from Inuyasha. But his brother did have a point… what if there were sections of her coding that kept even her from knowing the truth? She had no idea what her purpose was, but she could only guess that was partly because she didn't have the complete database she was supposed to have. Glancing at the empty spaces of coding, she suddenly felt… empty.

 

She laughed, one she could identify as hollow and cold. ` I'm as incomplete on the inside as I might as well be on the outside. Inuyasha…' He made her feel real… at least—he had. She thought maybe… they were starting to be friends… friends that just fought a lot, but it was their `weird' little way of showing affection. ` He thinks I'm… but I am…' She frowned and closed her eyes, crossing her arms over her chest as if she were trying to protect herself. There was that puncturing pain and hurt inside her coding again, made it hurt all over. ` Impossible.'

 

“ I can't have friends. Friends are for people who… are real.”

 

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Something had been bothering her. He knew it when he woke up that morning, a little extra early in hopes that maybe she'd talk to him… tell him anything he might need to know. She was hiding something from him… hell she was hiding herself from him. The most he could get out of her all morning was simply that… `Morning'. Then she disappeared off his screen again, and his computer once again looked ordinary.

 

But that was the whole problem wasn't it? It wasn't ordinary anymore, and neither was his life. Something about her silence scared him—just a little. The vision of her once lively sprite looking as if… as if someone had beat the life out of her literally bugged the shit out of him. Limp, weak, and quiet… all of the things she had never been.

 

You actually trustit don't you? No… he didn't trust it. He trusted her. What he didn't trust was the situation. If she was forced not to be able to tell him, he wouldn't blame that on her… but how in the hell did his fucking bastard brother know about her? He knew a lot about Kagome—he just refused to tell him about it. If anything else, he knew his brother wanted something from Kagome, but as long as both his brother and Kagome kept silent, he couldn't help her. And he wanted to… he wanted to help her.

 

` Maybe I should call Kikyou. She'll be pissed as hell at me for somehow installing Kagome but… she'll be the only one who can give me answers.' Inuyasha scowled at his math teacher as he handed back the homework assignments. Glancing over his grade, Inuyasha almost fell out of his chair. ` I only… missed two out of the forty?' It seemed that working with Kagome really did help him out. He still wasn't sure if he understood it, but he could do it. That was all that mattered. ` Maybe I should thank her…' How do you thank someone without actually saying it though? Maybe he could talk Falx into loaning him on his web cameras…

 

“ Too much pride…” He mumbled under his breath, not noticing Sango's wary glance across the room from him. She had come up the stairs that morning to ask Inuyasha if she could borrow his notes on the history exam and over heard him talking to himself, though it sounded much more like he was talking to someone, but that someone wasn't answering. He didn't have a cell phone, much less a phone in his room, so that wasn't it. Nibbling on her bottom lip, she flinched when teacher suddenly stood up right before the class bell rang.

 

“ Takahashi Inuyasha, I want to see you after school. I think we need to talk about your sudden… grade improvement.” A look flashed across Inuyasha's face as if he wanted to tear something apart, she could see his claws putting tiny divots into the desk as he tried to keep himself from bursting outright. Before Inuyasha could snap out a reply however, the bell rang and the teacher shuffled out of the class faster than the students. ` Mm… stupid, you don't accuse a student of something then run in fear. At least not if that student is Inuyasha…' Shaking her head, Sango took one last look at Inuyasha, before she gathered up her books and took off down the hall.

 

She was glad her last period of the day was a study period, and both Miroku and Falx shared study period with her. Practically sliding into the room, she charged towards the two boys already seated, looking like they discussing something deep. ` Probably girls… hentai boys.' Flopping into a chair between the two she wrinkled her nose.

 

“ I can't keep this to myself anymore. I… did something to Inuyasha's computer.” Miroku blinked silently in reply, as if he couldn't figure out just quite what to say. Falx however didn't look so surprised. He leaned back in his chair slightly and tilted his head towards her.

 

“ What do you mean?” Sango shrugged weakly, telling the boys about the disc she had found on top of the computer. Miroku winced and rubbed his fingers against his temple.

 

“ That's the disc Kikyou sent to Inuyasha. She specifically said not to use that disc. You're saying the disc alone set something up on his computer?” Sango nodded softly and looked down at her lap. If Kikyou found out that `Inuyasha' loaded up that disc she'd never forgive him… or more he'd never forgive himself. He'd be willing to accept the blame and the cost, sometimes she found Inuyasha to be too loyal to his friends and family. It was part of what she loved about him though.

 

“ We've got to get that program off his computer before something bad happens… like Kikyou finding out.” Sango shifted in her seat and both her and Miroku looked towards Falx, who stared blankly at them a moment before holding his hands out in front of him.

 

“ Whoa, whoa…. I already took a look at his computer awhile back. He said it had been acting funny, but I couldn't find anything. What makes you think I can now?” Sango grinned and reached over to pat him on the back.

 

“ Because now we know where it came from. You didn't know what to look for before, at least you know where it came from now, you should be able to track it right?” Falx twitched his nose at Sango's obvious excitement. Adjusting his position so he could lean his elbows on his knees, Falx shrugged.

 

“ I guess, but how are we going to get away with this without Inuyasha finding out about it?” Sango grinned and bumped her shoulder up against his.

 

“ Inuyasha's going to be hung up after school. Perfect chance. If he picks up our scent in his room we can just say we borrowed his computer for study.” Both Miroku and Falx groaned loudly. This was going to turn into trouble… they just knew it.

 

~-*-~

 

“ So… this is the disc huh?” Falx twisted the CD around his finger, as if he was trying to find something unusual about it. Both Miroku and Sango nodded slightly, both of the seated on opposite ends of Inuyasha's bed, with Miroku already sporting a red handprint across his right cheek and a silly grin on his face. Falx twisted the chair to face the computer again and before either of them knew what was going on, he was typing through what appeared to be some kind of back door to the data system of the computer.

 

“ Well now… what's this?” Falx stopped typing, leaning forward towards the screen to read the text. “ Says here there is an awfully big program running in the background, in what appears to be some kind of `sleep' mode. I think we found it… the file is huge. I'm surprised the computer hasn't crashed yet.”

 

Miroku and Sango stood and hurried to the computer to look at the text of the screen. None of it looked like it was even readable with so many dashes protocols. Sango wrinkled her nose and looked down at Falx who grinned up at her with a sexy smile. She felt herself turn a bright red and she quickly looked back to the screen and cleared her throat.

 

“ So what can you do about it?” She prayed that her voice came out clearly and not as thick as she thought it sounded. She caught Miroku's odd glance at her with a frown before he shook his head and looked back to the screen himself.

 

“ Well now that I found it, I can erase it… I think. It's just a matter of finding where the program actually resides. By appearance this thing has the ability to move itself around, which could explain why I wasn't able to find it the first time.” Sango nodded along as if she understood what he was talking about. He was trying his best, she knew… besides he could get a lot worse. Computer lingo… she wouldn't ever understand it.

 

~-*-~

 

When it hit three in the afternoon, Kagome still hadn't figured out just what she was going to do when Inuyasha got home. She wasn't in the mood to talk to him, especially after this morning. He knew something was wrong with her, he said so himself. The only way she could find a way out of it was to avoid him all together. Sleep mode was her best bet, though a small part of her wanted to stay awake for his homecoming at least. She had scoffed, cried—which she also found impossible for something to do without a body— and all around felt lousy. He didn't need to see her like this, as she was sure her sprite's image reflected whatever she was feeling.

 

Luckily, or unfortunately depending how you looked at it, she was feeling sluggish, as if the computer itself was running slower. She supposed she should have finished moving the files around so she could defragment the computer to run faster itself, but she was feeling tired. At least that was the last thought that crossed her mind before she actually went into sleep mode. She wasn't sure how long she was actually slept for though, but it certainly didn't feel long enough.

 

Something was tugging at her programming, the warnings started to go off inside her head. Something was very, very wrong. Groaning, she started to move around. Everything was dark around her… there wasn't anything in her vision. No pictures, no words, not even numbers. It was just dark. ` Inuyasha…?' And it hit her… quite literally. It felt as though someone `stabbed' her in the stomach. Her coding went off the wall, screaming something in her head she couldn't understand. It was too loud, too dark all around her.

 

After a moment though, her built-in firewalls jumped into place. She could hear voices coming in from the microphone, and it took her several more moments of running sluggishly through the computer before she could comprehend just what exactly happened. Someone was trying to delete her. Emotions started to run through her faster than she could understand, something was wrong with the computer itself, but she felt one emotion strongly… betrayal. Inuyasha was trying to delete her? ` Damnit there goes that pain again…'

 

“ Inuyasha what the hell are you doing!?” She screeched as she finally pulled her sprite onto the screen, leaning against the `New Folder' icon while the computer tried to keep up with her, and repair her damaged coding at the same time. She was met with silence for a few moments before she finally heard a voice, but it wasn't Inuyasha's.

 

“ Oh my god… he wasn't imagining it. His computer really was talking to him!” The boy sounded in awe and slightly familiar. Kagome had to do her best not to flinch at the sudden mistake she had made. ` Oh crap…'

 

“ What is that? It… looks like a girl.” This one was a girl's voice… wait this one was familiar too. Wasn't that… Inuyasha's sister?

 

“ My oh my she's very cute. No wonder Inuyasha's boarded himself up in his room if he's got such company. OW! My lady what ever did I say?” This voice was slightly familiar too. ` Stupid computer… keep UP with me already.' Kagome sat down on her icon and tilted her head slightly. The one boy was the one that was trying to `fix' Inuyasha's computer beforehand, what was his name, Falx that was it. The girl must have been Sango, and the last boy had no real choice but to be Miroku. ` Inuyasha always did say his best friend was a lecher.'

 

“ I'm sorry… My name's Kagome, I'm uhh… a computer AI.” Despite how hard she tried, Kagome couldn't get her voice to take a happy tone. The computer lagged her back to the point she actually fell off her icon with a grunt. “ Ow… what the hell?” It felt like the entire inside of the computer tilted. Sango blinked and stared weakly at the character sitting on her brother's computer screen. She installed her? Wincing as the sprite fell off the icon, Sango's eyes furrowed a bit.

 

“ Hey uhh… Kagome? Are you alright?” The sprite hopped up slowly and she shook her head as if she was trying to clear out cobwebs.

 

“ Yeah uhh… are you trying run something while I was on sleep? The computer can barely keep up with me.” Falx glanced at the processes, before reluctantly closing everything he had been attempting to run. After a few moments the computer seemed to grind to a halt before returning to it's normal functions. “ Thanks… much better. Now I can keep up with you.” Well that wasn't completely true. She still felt terribly tired… and there was still a terrible pain coursing through her coding. “ Where's Inuyasha?”

 

“ Oh he got held up at school by his math teacher.” Miroku chimed in, leaning closer to the screen to get a good look at the cute sprite. “ It's such a shame you aren't real, I'd seriously like you to bear my child.” Kagome felt a twitch in her left eye as she stared out the screen in disbelief. A few short moments later she heard the resounding of a slap throughout Inuyasha's room and Sango grumbling under her breath while Falx chuckled.

 

“ Excuse him, he asks every girl that… and now he really can say that too.” Falx snorted after his reply, shaking his head as Miroku rubbed his left cheek, the red now matching his right cheek. “ So… you are the personality that Inuyasha said was `insulting' him.” Kagome's sprite flushed prettily and she just nodded her head and cleared her throat.

 

“ I was wondering when I heard Inuyasha talking to himself this morning, he was talking to you wasn't he?” Sango chimed in and crouched down next to the chair Falx was in. Something crossed Kagome's face, and her form slumped ever so slightly, but she just nodded again and adjusted herself on her `chair'. ` Well that's a relief, I couldn't stand it if Inuyasha went crazy…'

 

“ And I'm wondering what the fuck you all are doing in my room, snooping on my fucking computer…” Kagome heard three simultaneous squeaks, her heart both tugging and pulling away at the sound of Inuyasha's voice. The fan in the computer kicked on into a whine. ` Great now I can't hide.'

 

“ Inuyasha I'm so sorry… it's my fault this happened. I didn't realize that the disc on top of your computer… wasn't a music CD.” Sango hung her head slightly as she looked at the computer screen. Kagome seemed slightly dazed, as well as Inuyasha as he threw his bag on the bed and sunk down on the end of it, letting his head hang into his hands with a groan.

 

“ Well at least that explains how she got on there. I'm not mad… but I think we've got ourselves some trouble.” Inuyasha pushed himself up off the bed and made his way towards his computer, rolling the chair Falx was currently sitting on out of the way so he could bend down to stare at Kagome's small form on his computer screen. “ Kagome you don't look so good…”

 

“ I uhh… don't feel so good. Kinda hot.” The way she threw out the word feel made Inuyasha's ears drop down to his skull. Kagome's sprite did indeed look hot though. Kagome's skin looked like it was glistening with sweat, her bangs were stuck to her forehead, and her eyes were slightly dull in color, but her cheeks were a bright red as though she were running a fever. “ I need to get out of here…” She mumbled more to herself than anyone else, but Inuyasha picked it up.

 

“ Get out? What's that supposed to mean wench?” Inuyasha couldn't help the small amount of concern that filled his voice as he braced his hands on the desk. Falx blinked before scooting the chair closer. Kagome's small sprite smiled up at Inuyasha through the screen, as if she could really see him. The concern hadn't gone unnoticed by her. ` Better than nothing.'

 

“ Something's wrong with the—“ Kagome let out a small whimper that cut off her sentence as she slide off her icon to the top of his task bar on her hands and knees. Shoving Inuyasha out of the way, Falx let out a small curse and started to pull up another window.

 

“ Shit, shit, shit!” Inuyasha blinked, almost numbly as he watched Falx start to type almost insanely, but whatever he was doing, apparently failed. The computer's fan suddenly halted to a stop, and something screeched out over the computer speakers, causing all four of them to shout and clamp their hands over their ears.

 

“ Inuyas—“ The computer screen suddenly went black and the computer itself let out a loud whine that almost matched the speakers before all sound in the entire room stopped. The computer… shut down.

 

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A/N: Thank you to all of you who reviewed. It keeps me motivated to type, and with how often I actually am posting, I'm very motivated at this point in time.