InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Project Hope ❯ argument and terrorist ( Chapter 6 )

Ok…next chapter…My other fanfic Hold Me Close…I lost the drafts somewhere. I'm such an idiot…it wont be coming along for a little bit…everyone..i don't know why but when I update, it doesn't show up on computers for like 2or 3 days…no idea why

Chapter 6

Anger and Terrorist

Don't you hate it when somebody throws a bomb into the middle of your conversation? Well as Inuyasha and Kouga bared their fangs (I'm sorry but that line gives me the image of dogs or wolves…sounds weird) and prepared to dash at each other's throats, a bomb dropped in to say hello.

Literally.

There was a high-pitched whistle as something round and small fell from the sky. Something round, black and with a burning string attached to it. Inuyasha cursed when he saw it. "Holy Jesus' shit! Move!"

Pulling his legs through the think mud, Inuyasha ran or tried to…toward Kagome and Kouga. Kagome grabbed his arm and yelled, "Inuyasha look!"

Glancing over his shoulder, the caught off guard hanyou say the tiny fire reach the bomb. Instinct never was smart and at that moment it told Inuyasha to push Kouga, Kagome and himself into the mud. Face-first. So he did. The split second that they splattered into the ground, the bomb exploded. Into a bunch of mushrooms. ( Did you guys think I meant a real bomb? Naw, I want these guys to live.)

About twenty mushrooms popped out of the black casing and planted themselves into the mud. They had round eyes and mouths. And they starting screaming hello. Really, really, really loud. As the screaming greetings reached their ears, the trio clamped their hands to their ears.

Inuyasha and Kouga tried throwing mud at the little fungi, but to no avail. They only screamed louder. Clawing at his ears in anger Kouga growled, "How the fuck are those pieces of fungus screaming so damn loud. My pack doesn't even howl like that!"

Flattening his ears to his head, Inuyasha yelled back ,"I just want to know how that sound is coming out of those tiny lungs!"

Kagome simply lay there in the mud trying to block out the chorus of banshee mushrooms. All of a sudden, Inuyasha stood up with mud dripping down his face and front. With an ugly look on his face, he picked up a handful of mud and chucked it as hard as he could straight into the branches of a tree at the edge of the woods. There was a surprised oomph, and something small fell from the tree. The mushrooms stopped screaming as if someone had flicked the off switch and there was utter and complete silence. Hands balled into fists, muttering under his breath, Inuyasha, followed by muddy Kagome and Kouga, marched toward the spot where the culprit had fallen.

There at the base of the tree, rubbing a slightly muddy bump on his head, was a kitsune (fox-demon I think…) This one was still a kitten. He had unruly red hair, large green eyes, two fox feet and the cutest little tail that Kagome had ever seen. Inuyasha swooped down on the unfortunate child and grabbed him by the tail. Dangling him at eye level, Inuyasha roared.

"What in the seven hells did you think you were fucking doing you little freak?! I should bash your nose in for what you did!"

However, before he got the chance, Kagome snatched the kitsune and cradled him gently. "Inuyasha! What do you think your doing to the poor child! I'm sure he has a reason for his behavior!"

Inuyasha stared at Kagome as if she had grown two more heads. Kouga stepped to Kagome and grabbed one of her hands. "Kagome, how is it that you're heart is so kind and understanding? This is one of the reasons that I know our children will be great!" But while Kagome closed her eyes and shook her head, Kouga and Inuyasha drew back their fists threateningly.

Kagome shook off some of the mud that was starting to dry and crouched down against a tree with the kitsune still in her arms. The child looked Kagome up and down warily then all of a sudden he grinned and said, "Hey. I'm Shippo. You're pretty. Just like my mom." Kagome blushed while Shippo turned his head and stuck his tongue out at the two demons. "You two are mean and ugly as my grandmother's butt."

That compliment made Kouga and Inuyasha lunge at Shippo ready to give him a hard spanking. However, Kagome turned her back so they had to stop or hit Kagome. "Now you two. Stop acting like immature idiots and sit." Obedience took place and the two sat down throwing death glares at the kitsune. "Now Shippo, why did you throw that bomb at us?"

Shippo looked up at Kagome with big innocent eyes and shyly whispered, "I only did that because I wanted to meet all of you. I was too shy to go up to you and say hello, so I sent my greetings bomb. It's one of my favorite toys. I'm sorry, please don't be mad."

Fat, fake tears began to appear in Shippp's (I keep writing Shipoo…) eyes and Kagome quickly reassured him. "Don't cry. We're not mad at you. That was very nice of you to send us a little…umm…present."

Inuyasha gave a grunt. "Speak for yourself. That little runt needs a beating and I'd be glad to do it."

Being the suck-up that he is Kouga just had to say something. "Inuyasha, don't say that. Kagome is right. Anyways if anyone going to best him it should be his parents."

Realizing what Kouga had said Kagome looked at Shippo. "Shippo, where are your parents?"

Wringing his tiny hands, the poor kit took a deep breath and whispered in a shaky voice that Inuyasha could tell wasn't faking. "My mom and dad are in a…HEP. Those dumb humans threw me out because I was the runt. They only wanted the strong kits. But I didn't die like they thought I would. I got here."

Kouga and Inuyasha leaned back against trees and were silent. Kagome exhaled slowly and when she spoke she surprised everyone with the anger in her voice. "Shippo, I'm so sorry about what happened. Stupid people. I can't promise you anything, but one day your parents will be free."

Shippo snuggled up to her stomach and grinned again. "I guess any species with you in them can't be all that bad."

Kagome gave the kit a hug and looked up at her companions. Kouga looked back at her with an approving look. Inuyasha however stared at Kagome with no expression on his face. He seemed almost…angry. At her and she couldn't understand why.

Glancing nervously away from Inuyasha's icy gaze, Kagome stood up and told Shippo, "It's not safe for you to stay out here in the woods alone. So you can come live with my friends and me. We have a big house and you can have your own room."

Shippo seemed to think for a few seconds. "Can I sleep with you instead?"

Pleased that the kit seemed to like her Kagome smiled. "Of course you can."

Looking over at Inuyasha and Kouga, Shippo pointedly asked, "Who are they?"

Kagome mentally slapped herself for not introducing her friends and said, "Those are my friends. The one with pretty white hair is Inuyasha. The other one is Kouga. He's the wolf prince."

Inuyasha suddenly stood up and glared at Kagome. "Look girl. Stop calling me your friend. I don't have any."

Kagome looked at him in surprise. "Why is he acting that way? I didn't ì• anything did I?" Inuyasha's words stung as he turned around and walked out of the woods.

Shippo stuck his tongue at Inuyasha's retreating back and Kouga stood up and walked over to Kagome. "Don't worry about him Kagome. That dog-turd has a lot to hide." That was most likely the most sensitive thing she had ever heard Kouga say. Before she could ask him what he meant, Kouga grinned down at her and pulled her to her feet. "I got to run. But I can smell your friends coming." Kissing Kagome on her free hand Kouga spun around and dashed off toward the deeper forest.

Kagome uncertainly shuffled over to where Inuyasha walked off to. Walking back into the muddy clearing, she was surprised to see Inuyasha sitting back on Kirara along with the rest of the gang.

Sango grinned at Kagome, "Wow. Look at you. I told you to tell me the next time you took another one of those mud baths." She noticed the bundle in Kagome's arms for the first time. "Well hey there little guy."

Sessomaru looked at Shippo like he was sock that needed washing. Rin smiled at Shippo and asked, "Are you coming with us?"

Shippo proudly answered, "Yup."

Sango, Miroku and Rin knew that any young child that went to the villa with them was an orphan. Sessomaru just seemed to sense it. Kagome unwillingly climbed on Kirara with Shippo in front of her. She glanced back at Inuyasha but he was staring off to the side. What was his problem?

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Kagome squeezed the rest of the water from her hair and stepped out of the shower. Quickly dressing, she walked out the bathroom and into her bedroom. She laughed at the sight of Shippo bouncing up and down on her bed, doing flips and turns. Kagome had bought him a cute orange pajama set that had little monkeys on it.

"Are you having fun?"

Without stopping his acrobatics Shippo said, "Yup, your -bounce- bed is really -flip- cool!"

Kagome giggled. Her eyes trailed off to the wall behind her bed and frowned. Inuyasha was right next-door. Maybe she should go and ask why he had seemed so mad before…

"Hey Shippo, I want you to be careful. I don't want you to fall." Shippo stopped mid flip and fell to the bed laughing.

"Kagome, can I watch some TV?"

"Sure. I'm going to go somewhere for a second so stay here ok?"

Shippo flipped through channels until he landed on cartoons and said. "Ok."

Kagome slipped out of her room and walked to the door next to hers. Straightening her blue silk pj's that had yellow ducks all over them, she knocked on the door. There was no answer from inside so Kagome called, "Inuyasha, I know that you're in there. Can I come in?"

She heard the shuffling of feet then the door opened the slightest bit. Kagome pushed the door open and entered the room. Inuyasha was laying on the bed wearing his black pajamas. He didn't make eye-contact so Kagome closed the door and sat on the edge of his bed.

Unsure of herself Kagome stuttered, "So…are you, umm…mad at me?"

Inuyasha glanced at her and bluntly said, "Royally pissed."

Kagome felt her stomach drop and she stared at her hands. "Why?"

Inuyasha sat up and turned to face her. He's gold eyes burned into her eyes as he hissed, "Stupid wench. You're a pretty good actor. You had me fooled for about two seconds."

Totally lost and a bit hurt, Kagome shook her head. "I have no clue what you're talking about."

Inuyasha let out his breath. "You don't have any idea what it like. Being treated like some useless, stupid animal with no thoughts or feelings. Just drop the fucking act. Even through all this, this Hope, you know you look down on my kind! Acting like you care about that fox cub! You disgust me the way you think you can just tell him that you're going to save the day and rescue his parents! You're just like the rest of them with all you're ideas for demons. You really disgust me!"

Kagome flinched like he had taken his claws and racked her face. She began to shake. From hurt, but mostly from anger. "You have absolutely no right to say that. I care about everyone! Unlike you. After all this, the Hope, me rescuing you, you still have the damn nerve to tell me that I don't care."

Inuyasha scoffed. "You saved my life. I saved yours. We're even so I don't give a flying shit about that! Sooner or later you know that you're going to turn this place into a HEP and experiment on us. Just like all you other filthy humans!"

Kagome clenched her hands as she felt her priestess energy seep around her like flames. "You know what, you stupid bastard? You're always going around saying, `Stupid human, weak human, dumb human.' I have NEVER said or implied anything about you being a hanyou. Because I don't care! I don't look down on you! It's you who looks down on humans!"

Inuyasha didn't answer partly from shock of seeing Kagome engulfed by flames of heated energy and because it was true what she had just said. He did look down on humans. He despised them for what they had done. For what they were doing this very minute. The livid look on Kagome's face made him falter for a second.

"I do hate humans! I hate humans for what they've done! For what they did to my mother and father! You have no clue what I've been through so don't try to lecture me about shit that I know more about!"

The fire around Kagome flickered and died down. "You're right. I don't know what you've been through. But the same goes for you. After what you're kind did to my mother I should hate you. But I don't. So don't talk about shit that you don't know about."

Inuyasha stared at Kagome suddenly uncertain. Why should he care what had happened to her mother? But…he wanted to know. Suddenly he remembered the day in the magic room when Kagome had briefly talked about her family.

Inuyasha said, "Did demons kill you're mother?"

Kagome jerked back. Then she looked at Inuyasha with a weary smile. "Inuyasha, I will and can never hate demons. To me, humans and demons are all the same. I lived with one rule. Never look down on someone unless you're helping them up. Please don't think that I'm faking. How could I?"

Inuyasha couldn't explain it, but he felt all the anger toward this girl drain out of him. He lied on his bed facing away from her and closed his eyes.

Kagome smiled and said, "Good night, Inuyasha."

From his bed Inuyasha heard Kagome leave his room, walk down the hall and go back in her room. Muffled voices of Shippo and Kagome could be heard, then nothing. He rolled over onto his back and pressed his hand down his face. Why did that girl affect him so much? Inuyasha tried to answer that question until his head became foggy and only one thought was in his head.

"Kagome…"

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The next morning everyone woke up and went down for breakfast. Shippo stuffed his food down his throat like he hadn't eaten in a month. Kagome and Inuyasha were quiet as Rin, Sessomaru, Sango and Miroku engaged in a conversation about the existence of cannibal nymphs.

Frowning, Sessomaru said in a very business like manner, "Nymph are known to attack small demons and humans and eat them. So those beastly creatures would most likely eat others of their same kind."

Sango blinked and asked, "Do you think that they eat their own siblings and parents?"

Miroku answered, "My brother tried to eat me once."

Kagome and Inuyasha silently poked at their food. Kagome was lost in her own thoughts and Inuyasha was arguing with himself. Looking off to the side Inuyasha thought back to the previous night's argument.

~flashback~

The fire around Kagome flickered and died down. "You're right. I don't know what you've been through. But the same goes for you. After what you're kind did to my mother I should hate you. But I don't. So don't talk about shit that you don't know about."

~end flashback~

Did demons kill her mother? And what about her father? From the outside, this girl seemed like the type that was always sharing her feelings, but in truth she had hidden away a lot and he could tell. She had taken memories she didn't want and buried them in the frozen depths of her mind.

Inuyasha's eyes glanced across the table at Kagome wondering if she was so quiet because she was mad. She was mechanically eating and her eyes looked far away.

"Hey Kagome what do you think?" called Rin.

(Kag POV) Kagome felt herself pulling out of her thoughts like she was swimming in pudding. Blinking rapidly, she looked over at Rin, confused.

"Hmm? What did you say?

Waving her hand, Rin repeated, "What do think? Are cannibal nymphs real?"

Still not too entirely sure what they were talking about, Kagome said, "They're real. But I'm sure that there are more nymphs out there that aren't cannibal and don't want to be hated by other creatures because of things they didn't do"

Out of the corner of her eye, Kagome saw Inuyasha's finger flinch the tiniest bit. He knew what she was talking about. The others once again began arguing about this stupid topic. Kagome sighed and asked, "The hospital doesn't need any help, and since your students seem to need some work on their aim (they had blown up Miroku's house after all) how about Sango, Rin and I go and help."

Miroku rubbed his ear and grinned. "Sure. I'm sure the kids would be honored to have the most powerful priestesses on the island teach them."

Rin have a frightening grin and said, "I haven't taught in a long time. Those kids are in for a long training session. Inuyasha and Sessy, why don't you come along? It's not like you have really have anything else to do since most of the places are still closed because of that flood."

Inuyasha was about to refuse when Sessomaru coolly answered, "We'll come. It'll be amusing to see your skills."

Sango jumped up. "I'd better go and get Hiraikotsu. I haven't used it in a while."

Inuyasha raised his eyebrow. "Hiraikotsu?"

Sango turned at the stairs and said, "It's a boomerang made from the bone of demons. It's an inheritance from my mother. Her best friend was a demon and she told my mother to make a weapon for herself from her bones." Then she turned and ran up the stairs to fetch her possession.

Inuyasha felt someone's gaze on him and when he looked up his found himself looking at Kagome's soft look. In a silent understanding, the argument was forgotten. As soon as they were all done eating, Kagome and Rin went up to change into their miko (priestess) robes. When teaching, they always wore white tops and dark blue pants. Kagome, Rin and Sango pranced down the stairs and when Inuyasha saw them for the first time in those robes, he unconsciously fiddled with his necklace.

Inuyasha looked at Kagome and started. She looked awfully familiar…

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Naraku and Nose-ring walked up to their new breed of demon. They were bred so they when they were given an order, they had to obey. This particular one had an assignment.

Nose-ring stepped up to the demon and said, "Specimen YOTH-732, your mission is to enter the Hope, gather as much information as you can and report to us so that we can infiltrate that disgusting Hope and get back our two specimens.

Did you like? Can anyone guess who the demon is? Look at YOTH-732…forget the numbers and look at the letters.

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