InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Lillith ❯ Chapter 7

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Chapter 7

He had the same coloring as Lillith, he looked at her and opened his arms.

Lillith jumped up, tears streaming from her eyes and ran to him. She touched him, as if to verify that he was real, then threw herself into his arms. Kissing and hugging him as if she hadn't seen him in a long time.

John looked at the little group at the table. "That's her Uncle Larry. She hasn't seen him in 20 years."

"Why so long?", Inuyasha asked.

"Don't tell her I told you. He was in jail for supposedly murdering the man who killed his sister, Lillith's mother.", he replied.

"Supposedly?", Sesshomaru asked, not believing the emotion this woman was showing.

"If you want to know more, you'll have to ask them. That's all I've been told.", he answered.

Suddenly, he leaned to Sesshomaru and whispered, "I owe her my life, she stopped the ones who would have killed me. I've seen her emails and the curiosity in your eyes, and I'm warning you don't hurt her."

Inuyasha heard what John said and grinned. This man was acting like she was incapable of handling Sesshomaru. "From what I've seen, she dealing with him quite well.", he thought, "Then, again I would not have believed all this without seeing it with my own eyes."

The topic of conversation returned and introduced her uncle to everyone there. "I've talked to Uncle Larry and we have an idea. With your permission, Inuyasha, I'm going to tell Akiko my story. It might wake her up, the only thing is it is pretty graphic. I would like you to be there, when I do so.", she said. Inuyasha said nothing, but, nodded in agreement.

John gave Larry his chair and went for another. Lillith kept giving her uncle warm smiles and touching his hand, as if he would disappear any second. She waved one of the young woman over and asked her to cook a meal for him, telling her he had just got out of jail.

The young woman smiled and said, "I'll make you the best meal you've ever had. Welcome home." She leaned down so her uncle could look down her shirt and whispered, "I'll be more than happy to take care of any other needs you may have as well." She stood, turned and walked seductively away. Lillith took one look at her uncle's face and laughed.

"Lillith, tell me you don't act like that young lady.", he demanded.

Lillith stopped laughing, "Uncle Larry, no man will treat me like these stupid bitches allow themselves to be treated. I am better than that. I use my brains to get what I want, not my body. That's why I have my boys respect, I don't let anyone use me. Why do you think they call me peebee?"

Koga said, "I'll bite. Why peebee?"

She gave him a little grin, "It stands for Pit Bull. You see, a female PIt won't breed with a male she doesn't like, even if she is in full heat. Any male that tries, she will attack, and kill if she can. These guys know any man that tries to use me will wind up dead or in the hospital."

Inuyasha laughed, "It fits you, remember I've seen you in action. You refuse to give up until they don't get up."

"Interesting, Inuyasha respects her, that means she has skill.", Kagura thought, "Then, I'll just have to kill her. She'll not have Sesshomaru, he is mine."

Just then, the same young man came and whispered to Lillith again. "She's here. I'm told she is terrified, she doesn't know where she is.", she said.

Akiko appeared around the corner, being escorted by two young thugs. One look and you could see she was scared, but, trying to put up a brave front.

Until she saw Lillith and her dad, then she started crying. She ran into Lillith's arms, "I was so scared, Aunt Lillith. These guys told me I had to go with them, and they had guns. How do you know these people?"

"Come on, sweetie. It's time you learned all about me. Your dad is going to be with us while I tell you. OK? And you will get to meet my uncle, he finally came home.", she smiled at her. She put an arm around Akiko and walked her inside the house. She looked at her uncle and Inuyasha over her shoulder, and they followed them into the house.

Sesshomaru and Koga moved to get up and John stopped them. "I don't think so. You two are not included in that discussion. Stay right here, please."

Both demons sat back, but inwardly Sesshomaru seethed. "This Sesshomaru wants to know her story. Why won't she let me close to her?", he thought.

Back inside, Lillith led them into her office. Akiko noticed the disarray of the desk, and the shelves that held even more notes and papers jammed helter skelter. Lillith grinned at them, "Someday, I'll organize all that. It's ideas and notes, some I've used some not."

She motioned for everyone to take a seat, but she stayed standing. "Akiko, I know that it's hard to make a parent see that you are almost grown. I say almost, because you are not grown. You have a lot to learn yet. Your Dad did what he did because he loves you and would do anything to keep you safe, including stopping you from doing something stupid."

"When you listen to this, think about what I said about people who love you. I ask you not say anything until I finish, OK?", she smiled.

Everyone nodded, she took a deep breath and began, "I guess my life started out normal enough, until Daddy started gambling. Everything went downhill from there. He would disappear for days, come back broke and looking for ways to get more money. When he went through all the money he had, then he went through Mommy's small inheritance."

"When I was eight years old, Daddy borrowed quite a bit of money from some not so nice men. He lost it all in a high-stakes poker game, and couldn't pay it back. These men were going to kill him, so he ran away, leaving Mommy and me alone and vulnerable."

"Well, these guys seemed to think they could use us for bait. They kidnapped and threatened to harm us. To prove to him that they were serious, they cut off Mommy's finger and sent it to my Uncle Larry. It didn't work, my Father wouldn't come for us."

"Then they started slowly removing body parts from my Mom, and sending it to him through my uncle. They would make me watch and tell Daddy what was happening on a tape. I still have those tapes, but I won't let you listen to them. Still, he didn't come.", she stopped and took a calming breath.

"The last night I spoke with my Mom. She told me to get away. That she was going to die and they would start on me. So, the next morning the man who tortured us came in. He was becoming careless thinking I was just a little girl. He left a knife laying beside him, I picked it up and stabbed him. I killed him."

" I don't know how I did it, but I made it to Uncle Larry and took him to Mommy. To protect me, he wiped the handle of the knife clean and put his fingerprints on it. He called the police and claimed he killed the man."

"Uncle Larry told Daddy the truth and he lost it. Unable to face the fact that his daughter had more balls than he did, he killed himself, leaving me alone. My Uncle was in jail for manslaughter.

I was appointed a ward of the court and placed in foster care. Believe me not many people really care who work in that system. It taught me how to be hard and angry, so I could stand up for myself. I had decided that I would never be used or abused again. This attitude caused me to be bounced through many foster homes. Finally, I was placed with an old black woman everybody called Mama Lillian. She took me under her wing and kept me in touch with my uncle saying I needed all the family I could get." She gave her uncle a bright smile.

"The only thing was she lived in a bad neighborhood, and a young white girl who didn't take shit from anyone was trouble. She got me into martial arts, which taught me self control. Still all the people I was exposed to influenced me. I grew a little wild and hung out with gang members. I never joined officially, I always asked them why would they want a skinny white girl?"

"I got into enough trouble on my own. I met John when I was seventeen and that is a story in itself. He was being gang raped, and I stepped in. I ended up killing yet another man, this time I tried to take the rap, but John swore he did it and no one argued. He got off, it was called "Justifiable homicide".

"After that , Mama Lillian sat me down and laid it out. She told me that I was being wrong to my uncle who gave up his life, so I could have one. How dare I throw a second chance away? She told me to let my Uncle Larry see me do something with what he gave me and not ruin it."

"So I became a writer. I set my novels all over the world and immerse myself in the culture so I can make the person reading the story think they are really there. I wanted my Uncle to see the world with me, writing let me do that. That is the real source of my passion."

"That brings me to you, young lady. You told me once that you knew your Dad was coming to save you that night, that I happened to show up before he did. Do you see now how much he loves you? He would die for you, not because of you. Don't you think you should talk with him about this problem, instead of running away? You know he would see you as more of an adult if you calmly discussed this with him.", she smiled at Akiko through tear filled eyes.

Akiko looked at Lillith and then threw herself in her father's arms crying hysterically. "I'm so sorry Daddy. I'll never run from you again. I love you.", Akiko sobbed. Lillith smiled at Inuyasha, motioned to her uncle and they left the room.

Inuyasha just held Akiko and let her cry. He was shocked beyond words at this woman's life. His respect for her grew, she had a hard childhood, but still she held on to some of her humanity. "That's one hell of a feat.", he thought.

Now he knew why her friend had warned Sesshomaru not to hurt her. She had had enough pain to last three lifetimes, and didn't deserve any more. He decided that he too, would warn Sesshomaru against hurting her.

Akiko lifted her head and said, "Daddy, can we go home? I want to see Mommy and Misaki."

Inuyasha said, "Yes, my little koi. Right away."