InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Learn To Trust ❯ A Father’s Way ( Chapter 13 )

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Learn to Trust


Chapter 13

A Father’s Way

I looked down at my watch as I stood outside the police station, 8:54 pm. I turned to the small petite woman next to me.

The woman I was looking at truly was a perfect puppet to her father. She was about 5’5’’ albino with waist length white hair, and moon-pale skin. She had piercing blue eyes that were dead of any kind of emotion. Her facial expression matched her eyes; lacking of any emotion what so ever. I shuddered every time she looked at me.

“So you managed to get me off with only 25 hours of community service?”

“Affirmative, Mr. Taisho.” Kanna Onigumo said in a monotone yet soft voice.

“How did you manage that one?” I questioned as I watched her pull out her cell phone.

“It matters not, Mr. Taisho, the fact is that you are out.” She turned her emotionless eyes towards me and I couldn’t help but feel the shudder that shook my bones, “However if it is that important of you to know, all I did was mention that they arrested a minor and made no move to contact any legal guardians. They even tried to question you without anyone present; it was a closed case on their fault, Mr. Taisho.”

“Right....” I answered scratching my head in confusion. I’m not really interested in that how law shit; don’t even know why I asked.

“My father instructed me to give you my number in other cases such as these should arise.” She handed me a card that had her personal and business number on it. “You are free to go Mr. Taisho, do try to stay out of trouble, you will be lucky only a few times in your lifetime.”

With that she walked down the steps her phone to her ear, calling dear old dad no doubt. I watched her as she walked to her silver Saturn, finally getting off the phone. Probably going home, and relax.

Speaking of home, how in the hell am I getting home. The bus doesn’t come for an hour, and I live way across the city. Fuck me.

I ran down to Kanna who was about to get into her car, “Hey, Kanna,” She looked at me and I ignored the feeling that came with her gaze. “Do you think you can give me a ride home?”

She stared at me for a full minute before answering, “Negative, Naraku’s orders were to get you out at all cost. He said nothing about taking you home.”

A puppet-like answer, “Okay but I’m not asking him, I’m asking you, as a favor.” Just how warped was this chick?

She looked down at her car, before glancing at me again. “Get in,” she said then climbed in, and I followed example.

The ride was silent before the first light, and then she spoke, “Kagura believes you are making a mistake by getting involved with Naraku.”

“She already voiced her opinion to me.” I answered.

“I agree with her,” I looked at Kanna who was had her eyes forward as she drove on. I have to admit that wasn’t what I expected to hear from the obedient daughter. I never expected to hear any of Kanna’s opinion. “My father is not the person to make any type of deals with Inuyasha. You must understand, before you let him get full control of your life, that once you start messing with him, you don’t get out.”

“I know that, but you see, things like that don’t matter as much to me.” I replied I felt her gaze on me, but my own remained looking out the window, “I don’t have a future Kanna, I don’t have much of a past. If my father doesn’t end up killing me, something or someone else will. I can tell you, I was never meant to live pass my twentieth birthday, if I even get to it.”

“You’re only confirming such a fate as that, if you get involved in with Naraku.” She argued back, but her face lacked any emotion. She would be beautiful if she smiled, she was pretty now.

“Why does it matter to you? I don’t see you trying to get out from under him?”

“It doesn’t, I honestly don’t care what you do. My sister is the one who is worried about you, I care for her. Also...”

“Also what...”

She didn’t say anything else, and I’m not one to nag about things, even though I wanted to know what she was going to say. The rest of the ride was silent until she pulled up at my house; I opened the door but was stopped when I felt her hand touch my arm. What surprised me was how soft her hand felt on my arm.

I turned to look at her, and saw such intensity in her eyes, that I couldn’t move. It was the most emotion she displayed all night. “Don’t trust him Inuyasha; don’t trust anything he has to say.”

“I now better than that-”

“No, Inuyasha listen to me and listen to me good. Once you start dealing with him, you can never escape, he have people all over this city, and will have your ever move monitored. Escaping from him is close to impossible, and if he feels that you betrayed him, you are close to dead.”

“I get it...”

“No you don’t, what a lot of people don’t know is we had a brother.”

“Had a brother,” This is news to me. “What was his name?”

“His name is unimportant. What is important is to know that he is supposed to have the position of his apprentice.”

“What happened to him?”

“He was to free spirited, much like how you are now. He refused to follow Naraku’s orders; he wanted to do things his own way. Naraku killed him himself, in front of Kagura and I. Naraku killed his one and only son, because he wouldn’t follow commands. Don’t think he won’t hesitate to do the same to you.”

“I won’t.” I said as I got out.

“If you remember that rule, then you may live long enough to get out and under him.” I nodded at her and closed her door. I watched as she then drove away without as much as a wave goodbye.

I turned and looked at the dump that was my house. All the lights were off, which was weird because it wasn’t even nine o’clock yet. To early for anyone in the house to be asleep. I had this uneasy feeling that something bad was about to happen.

I opened the door and walked in, I didn’t even bother flicking on the lamp. All I wanted to do now was just to go upstairs in my bed and sleep. I moved slowly and cautiously away from the door. I felt like a robber trying to trip any alarms.

“Get in here.” I heard a calm voice that could only belong to my father. I cringed, I knew that tone. It was the tone that made me fear for my life. I walked into the dark living room, and saw Toga’s figure sitting on the couch, Izayoi was no where to be seen.

“Hey Dad,” I answered standing tall; I refuse to show any fear to him.

“Your school called today, they said that they’ll be making a file for you with your homework and tests, until you get out of jail. They were shocked that you didn’t call me to inform me that you got arrested in school.”

I remained silent, I’m going to deny anything, lying always made things worse.

“A while ago I called the police station, and find out that you already were freed from, jail. Your lawyer got you out.” He stood up and turned to me, I looked right into his eyes, “Who did you call?”

I didn’t answer; I turned my gaze to the wall behind him. He walked over to me but I didn’t move. He put his face right in mine, I could see the anger in his eyes, and knew now was not the time to prove I was strong.

“Who did you call?” he asked again, fisting my shirt.

“Naraku,” I answered narrowing my eyes. I honestly didn’t now where things would go from here. He could leave me alone, in fear of Naraku. Or he could get angry with me about it.

Toga eyes widened in shock and he let me go. He took a step back and turned his back on me.

Maybe it was the first choice, I thought as I watched the back of my father.

I stood rigid as I watched my father walk away from me and sat on the couch. Maybe things were changing; my father didn’t even hit me. It would truly be a first especially after something this big too. Maybe I could even tell Naraku, to forget about the deal, and go on to college and...

I tried to suppress the smile that was forming on my face. I couldn’t even think about all of that with a straight face. This wouldn’t be a good story if things got better for me now would it? Ha... I needed a good laugh.

My father never went to sit down on the couch. Instead he tensed when he back was turned on me. As I was thinking about that laugh able shit, I never noticed my father turn fast on me and up-cut me, punching me right on the side of my face. I was thrown of balance and landed on the floor on my stomach.

“WHO IN THE FUCKING WORLD DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? YOU WORTHLESS PIECE OF SHIT, WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING RUNNING TO NARAKU? HE IS NOT YOUR FUCKING FATHER; I AM YOUR DAMN FATHER. IM THE ONE WHO BROUGHT YOU INTO THIS WORLD, NOT HIM.” He yelled at me.

“I never asked you to.” I whispered, while rubbing my throbbing cheek.

“What was that?” he asked kneeling down to me. He fisted my hair and pulled me up. I didn’t reply he knew what I said; he just wanted to repeat it. He yanked my hair back and I yelped in pain, that shit hurt.

“I said, I never asked you to bring me into this fucking world. I’d rather die then live another day knowing that you are my father.” I said with as much hatred as I could muster, “I fucking hate you.” I stared into his eyes, and he did mine. Even in the dark I could see his face turning red with anger.

“Lets go.” He said and stood up, never relinquishing his hold on my hair. I stumbled to my feet as he pulled me along. He dragged me pass the living room and then through the kitchen, stopping at the door that leads to the basement.

I looked down the stairs and froze. I despised and feared going down the basement. Every time I do go down there I come out more bruised and hurt than the last time I went down.

I was pulled forward by my hair and followed my father down the steps. When we made it down, he threw me away from him by my hair. I landed on my stomach.

“I’m so sick and tired of your lazy ass. You’re always complaining about shit, then fucking up. What the fuck is wrong with you, you son of a bitch?” He stood over me rigid.

I was going to get fucked up anyway, might as well speak my mind before I’m out cold. Tell him all the things I wanted to all these years. “What the fuck is wrong with me?” I chuckled. “You want to know what the fuck is wrong with me.” I looked up at him, “What’s wrong with me is that I have a no good, lazy ass, selfish drug addicted alcoholic fucking bastard as a father.” I climbed down to my feet and whispered my next words to him, “It’s no wonder why Sesshomaru left as soon as he turned eighteen, who would want to live with horrible parents like you Toga and Izayoi. As soon as I’m eighteen then I’m out too.”

“You son of a bitch,” Toga seethed stepping into my face.

“And you’re the bitch” I seethed back. I wasn’t going down without a fight.

He moved to punch me; I blocked with my left arm and threw a punch in his face with my right fist, and quickly followed it with my left one. I threw another right punch, moved into him, grabbed his hair and brought his head down and my left knee up, a hit. He staggered back, and I quickly kicked up with my right foot, hitting him square in face. As he started to fall back I rushed into him sending both of us into the floor, me on top of him.

He grunted in pain, as I threw punches over his face and torso. I fisted his hair held his head up with both hands then slammed his head on the floor, I did it two more times, then on the third in stead of slamming it, I punched him in his jaw, ignoring his blood that came out of his mouth and nose.

Out of no where I felt a shape pain on my arm that sent me flying off of him. I looked at him and saw him getting up with a broken chair leg with nails still on it in his hand. He must of grabbed it when I was busy punching him. I moved away from him, but not quick enough.

I screamed out in pain when he hit me on my side, luckily the nails were on the other side. He must have realized that because he turned it around and brought it down on my side. The nails sticking into me before he pulled it out, and brought it down on me two more times. I somehow sat up and started to back away from him, he stalked me and held it like a base ball bat. My eyes widened as he swung, I felt the impacted on my head, and it sent me rolling.

I spit up blood as I tried to sit up, but was kicked in my bloody side, and then was stepped on, before I could move again.

“You fucking asshole,” I barely heard as I was turned over to my back. I felt a weight on top of me and then hands wrapped around my neck. In reflex, I tried to remove the hands that were tightening its grip on my neck, cutting off my breathing. But I was failing, not to mention that the pain was excruciating, and the world around me was starting to blur and spin. Soon everything went black.


****Flashback/Dream****

“Come on Yasha wake up.” I heard a voice say. “Please, wake up.”

I knew that voice; I heard it many times before, “Fluffy...” I groaned out, my voice itchy like I hadn’t used it in a while. I opened my eyes but soon regretted a headache hit me full force when the light from the lamp came into my vision. I whimpered at the pain.

“Here take some Aspirin.” My brother said helping me sit up. I sat up and whimpered at the pain, but took the two pills and water then laid back down.

I looked up at my brother, his cheek bruised from the punch, the bastard gave him. I looked around; I was in his room, on his bed. I looked at my brother who was now sitting on the bed next to me, his eyes on his hands.

“Fluffy- I mean Sess, are you okay?” I then nodded at his cheek when he looked like he was going to question me.

“I-I’m fine, Inuyasha What about you, you’re the one who landed on the table, and broke it.”

“My body hurts.” I whispered and then looked out the window, it was dark outside.

“The pain should go away soon, hopefully.” He answered softy, I nodded. I wondered how we got away from him. The bastard would normally do more damage then- “She stopped him.”

I looked at him in confusion.

“Izayoi stopped Toga, he was going to keep hitting on you after you blacked out, but she told him to leave us alone and took him into the room.”

“No doubt to fuck.” I finished. I sighed, “All this just for some food.”

“He likes to control us, he wants to control everything we do, Inuyasha. From eating to, when we can leave the house.”

“Why though Sess, what did we ever did to him? Why is he always mean to us? Why can’t he treat us like sons?”

“He used to.” Sesshomaru replied in a whisper. I turned to him and nodded.

Sess told me that before I forgot everything, Dad used to love us and always brought us stuff and never raised a hand at us. But that didn’t matter to me, I don’t ever remember him being nice to me, no matter what Fluffy said or the pictures I see. The earliest I remember was my father beating me with a belt for getting in trouble at school.

“What happened? Why did he start acting shitty toward us?” I questioned Fluffy.

“Because, Inuyasha, he lost a job he loved very much.”

“That’s bullshit,” I was angry, “we didn’t cost him his job.”

“Hmm, many wouldn’t think so.” Sesshomaru said, he looked down at me and sighed. “The shit goes like this, Inu. The company your father-

“Your father,”

“-was working at fired him because he was too family devoted. If something big happened with us, he would leave work for us. Even though Toga was probably the best worker they had, they told him they needed someone more work devoted. They wanted someone who could spend time at work, without rushing home because his sons need him. So they fired him and he been taking it out on us since. The first day he hit us, he pushed you down the stairs causing your memory lost. He said he’d kill us if I ever told any one what really happened.”

“All this because he got fired from a job, keh, how stupid” I asked.

“The bastard loved that job, he always wanted to work there, and when he got fired, I guess it really hurt him.”

“So he decided to hurt us. He really is a bastard.”

“Yes he is.” Sesshomaru agreed. He sighed and got up from the bed. “I’ll be back, don’t move.” He said and left the room, shutting the door behind him.

“This sucks.” I said to myself as I tried to sit up again, but my body hurt too much to move. I tried again and managed to sit up without hurting myself too badly. “Damn bastard,” I thought as I swung my legs off the side of the bed. When my feet touched the floor I pushed myself to stand but ended up falling back on the bed.

I managed to get up and I walk slowly out the door, I made my way down the hall and to the bathroom. I used the bathroom and washed my face. I looked at myself in the mirror. I was wearing the sweat pants that I put on this morning and no shirt. I did have a bandage wrapped around my stomach and one wrapped around my head that I didn’t even know was there. My braid was still in and now was in a bun on the top of my head, I pulled the bun and braid out and let my hair fall down.

When I made it back to Fluffy’s room Sess was in the room, sitting at the window looking outside.

“I thought I told you not to move.” He said without looking from the window.

“I had to use the bathroom.” I said limping to the bed.

“Well, your Ramen noodles are one the floor next to the bed, eat and then go back to sleep.” He opened the window, that’s when I noticed he had on his stuff to go outside.

“Where are you going?” I asked narrowing my eyes.

“Out.” He said pulling himself on the window and reaching out to the tree that was right next to the window.

“Where out?” I asked again.

“None of your fucking business.” He answered.

“And you tell me to stop cursing.”

“I’m fourteen, your seven, there’s a difference, Little Brother.” He said and turned to me. “I won’t be out too long; I should be back in an hour or two.”

“That’s not long?” I asked, making my way to the window, “Take me with you.”

“No,” he replied. I watched him move to the trunk of a tree but stopped before he climbed down. He looked up at me, “Leave the window unlocked, but lock the door. The bastard shouldn’t bother you but like I said lock the door.”

I nodded and waved bye to my brother as I watched him climb down the tree, land swiftly on the ground, he looked up at me before he ran off down the street, his braid flying behind him.

I limped back to the door and locked it; I picked up my Ramen noodles and quickly ate it. At least he made me two packages, instead of one this time, I thought to myself as I finished eating it. After I put my empty bowl down, I climbed in my brother’s bed, and sighed happily, I was still sore, but at least I wasn’t hungry any more. I closed my eyes and fell asleep.

~~~Forty minutes later~~

A banging on the door woke me up from my sleep. I groaned as I sat up.

“I thought Sess was coming in the window.” I grumbled to myself, but shrugged my shoulder. I groaned through the pain as I moved from the bed to the door. I unlocked the door. I rubbed my eyes, still tired as I opened the door. “I thought you were coming through the window.” I yawned out, but stopped when I stared up at the angry person that was my father.

“Where is he?” he asked slowly, I gulped as I backed away from him. “Answer my fucking question boy, where the fuck is you brother.”

“He-he didn’t tell me.” I stumbled out. He stalked me into the room, and closed the door behind him.

Sesshomaru, where are you, I thought as I watched my father raise a fist at me.



***End Flashback/Dream***