InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Shades of Gray ❯ A Child's Tears ( Chapter 16 )

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Shades of Gray

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"Speaking"

`Thoughts'

Chapter 16: A Child's Tears

[Kagome's World]

After a very stressful few hours, involving many more ofudas, a never-ending screeching child, and a very understanding mother, things had finally been sorted out. She explained about the appearance, the abilities, the concealing spells...but left out the parts where she fell off a cliff, almost died, and talked to a woman who came from a jewel. They didn't need to know that, right?

She was currently residing in her room. The lights were off and the curtains were closed, cutting off all sources of light. The pounding headache she had received was just beginning to wane, and she was starting to feel better. As she lay there, she thought about random things. Bunnies, chips, roller coasters, etc. Yes, she was truly bored.

She sighed to herself, as she placed the cold cloth that had been previously covering her forehead on the table beside her bed. She closed her eyes, and rested her hands on her stomach.

She heard a click of the door, and saw a figure enter the room out of the corner of her eye. It sat on the bed, and she now recognized it as InuYasha. He brushed her bangs out of her face, and she smiled. She gently caught his hand and placed on the side of her face, her own delicate one ontop of his. She angled her head into his palm, and rubbed against it lightly.

She opened her eyes to look at him, and he leaned in towards her. She closed her eyes as their lips met softly. It wasn't a deep kiss, chaste and relatively short, but none-the-less full of love and desire. He broke the kiss, and Kagome softly kissed his lips before he pulled away. She patted to the spot beside her, and he accepted, crawling to the space between her and the wall.

She rolled over, resting her hands and forehead on his chest. He gently raked his fingers through her hair, as he propped himself up with his free hand.

Kagome tried to say something, but it came out more like "Mmfffhff" causing InuYasha to raise an eyebrow.

"Huh?"

"I said," she stated as she lifted her head away from his chest, "My headache's almost gone. And you know what?" she inquired.

He responded, and she continued, "I wanna go to the mall."

"That place? It's so big and noisy!"

Kagome laughed lightly. "True, but there's lots of fun things to do there. And besides, we need to get you clothes so that you can blend in while in my time."

"Feh. There's nothing-"

She cut him off, "I know, I know there's nothing wrong with your clothes. I'm just saying, we don't want to make a scene right?"

He mumbled something incoherent, before grudgingly replying, "The things I do for you."

She smiled into her chest, relishing in the heat. She heard footsteps approach the door, and she said a silent prayer that they wouldn't open the door.

"Kagome dear?" her mom called.

Kagome sighed in relief. "Yeah, mom?"

"You feeling better?" she called back in reply.

Kagome squirmed closer to InuYasha's chest. "Much better."

"Then, would you mind folding some loads in the laundry room, and carrying them to the rooms?"

Kagome groaned, but replied that she would. She heard her mother's retreating footsteps, and turned to sit up. A strong arm locked around her middle, and pulled her back down to the bed, drawing her closer to his body. Her back rested against his chest, and he bowed his head into her head, breathing deeply. In any other situation she would be embarrassed.

"InuYasha, I have to get the laundry. Inu...Yasha..." she grunted as she tried to get out of his cast-iron grip.

She placed her hands on her hips as well as she could. She knew he was awake. "InuYasha," she said sternly, "Let me up."

"No." he replied simply.

"InuYasha," she said more strongly, "No more ramen if you don't let me up."

She could feel him twitch a bit, before reluctantly letting go of her waist. She took his hand and quickly kissed the back of it, before getting up and walking to her door. She turned around and saw him laying on the bed, not having moved at all. "Will you help me with the laundry?"

He made a sound close to a snort, before replying a short, "no".

Now, at this time, she would usually beg him to, then sit him into doing it. But she would try a different approach this time. "InuYasha," she whined giving him her cutest face, "Pleeeeeeeease will you help me?" she clasped her hands behind her back, and swayed back and forth ever so slightly.

He was obviously shocked at the change of pace, but still replied in the negative. She pouted, and puffed her bottom lip a bit, but he still didn't move. She sighed and lowered her head, before reluctantly stating a "Fine. I'll be done soon." before walking out the door. She closed it quietly, and walked down the hall and a few sets of stairs to the laundry room.

She slowly counted in her head the seconds since she entered the laundry room, four baskets in her midst.

`5...4...3...2...'

She heard the door open behind her, InuYasha standing in the doorway. She smiled at him brightly, inwardly laughing. He blushed lightly, before walking over and sitting down in a chair infront of one of the four baskets. Kagome joined the chair beside him, and began folding, watching as he followed suit.

"Thanks, InuYasha," she smiled at him, and he only replied with his usual "Feh", a light colour flushing across the bridge of his nose.

"So...I was thinking that after we finish this, we can go out for lunch and maybe head over to the mall. You know, do something fun." She really, *really* had the urge to go shopping. She could hear the shoe stores calling to her.

"I don't know why you like that place. There's so many people and its so big...and confusing..." he trailed off slightly, as if trying to justify his point.

She giggled lightly. "I know, but there's also many things to do, like I said before. There's movies, arcades, fast food restaurants, shoe stores..." she closed her eyes as she pictured the new spring line of sandals and pumps in the display windows. Oh, how she loved shoes.

She didn't see the look InuYasha gave her, as she returned to reality and began to fold again. "So, what do you think? I'm going anyway, you don't have to come along."

"There's no way you're goin' by yourself!" he blurted out before realizing what he said. "Uh...um...Feh." he stuttered as he blushed.

Kagome laughed aloud. "You always say that," she smirked.

"Say what?" he inquired.

"You always say `Feh'" she stated.

"That's not true!" he stated, "I don't always say that."

"Feh," Kagome shot back, and they both started to laugh.

The laundry was done soon enough, and after distributing it to each owner's room, they had left for the mall. Kagome and InuYasha had each cast their concealing spells, and were now walking down the street towards the heart of the city. Kagome had grabbed a light jacket for herself and also one for InuYasha. After finding him some of her dad's old clothes, she had discovered an old jacket just his size. He was wearing jeans and a black T-shirt, and she couldn't deny that she had drooled when she first saw him.

They approached to first set of lights, and Kagome carefully lead him across the street. She had to be careful, knowing that he had no clue about cars, crosswalks or street lights, let alone pedestrian rules. Every now and then, a light breeze would float by them, and Kagome would feel something inside her call out to it, to call to fly away with it. The urges became stronger every time, but she somehow managed to push them down.

They were almost at another set of lights, a few metres away, when they heard a woman scream. Everyone in the general area turned to face her. A car was veering out of control, but surprisingly she wasn't the target. A small boy of six was standing in the middle of the crosswalk, the car sliding uncontrollably towards him.

Kagome's heart thudded painfully in her chest. The woman was crying and screaming, trying to reach her boy as people held her back from getting hit as well. Tears clouded her vision, as she broke her grip from InuYasha. She vaguely heard him call to her, as she ran towards the middle of the intersection, standing protectively infront of the little boy who cowered behind her.

She closed her eyes as gusts of wind picked up around her. People held onto their hats and coats, as they watched with wide eyes the girl in the midst of the traffic, blocking the path of the speeding car. She lifted her arms slightly as she had done so many times before, and the winds picked up their speeds, circling around her and the boy at blinding paces. Bystanders grabbed onto poles and eachother to prevent losing their footing. Kagome opened her eyes, and much to everyone's surprise, emerald green shone through the gray-blue of her disguise. Her hair flew wildly around her as the car closed in on them. She felt InuYasha holding onto a pole behind her, she felt his presence, the worry and fear in his aura and scent.

She braced herself as the car seemed to gather speed and hit the winds around her. Her body screamed in shock, but she held fast. The car's velocity pushed further and further, and she knew that if it got through, the momentum would hit both her and the child, seriously injuring or even killing them. The car's bumper breached her wall, and she saw it a few feet away from her.

She heard voices around her, screaming yelling...crying. The mother was still crying for her child. She turned her head slowly, careful to keep up what little barrier she had to look at the mother. She was now on her knees, holding onto a lamp post. Tears dripped down her face, and a small hand was extended shakily towards her son.

Something inside her snapped. She turned her gaze back to the car that now had half of the hood through, almost touching her shins. She backed up slightly to the boy behind her, who stared at her with wide eyes. She wrapped her arms around him protectively, as the fire inside her burned brighter. She closed her eyes as a new power coursed through her veins. Sorrow and pain raced through her as the mother's face flashed through her head.

She gathered every ounce of strength she had, as more and more gusts, if possible, collected around her. She called all the winds from as far as she could extend her mind, and they swarmed around her. A shape resembling a tornado encircled them, and the car slowly stopped its movement.

Pain shot through her forehead and limbs, as she willed herself to stand. She had got this far, she wouldn't let them die now. She pushed outwards against the earth with all her strength, being blocked at first. She tried again, this time with the last of her strength, and the laws of movement shattered. The car halted to a stop a few feet away from them, and a wave of wind shot out in a large radius around her and everyone in the area. Waves of strength hit people, causing them to grasp onto the poles and objects tighter, lest they be blown away.

Kagome felt everything around her settle down. She slowly let go of the child who was too scared to move. She fell to her knees, her hands infront of her barely able to support her. She looked up at the child who was now crying. She smiled at him weakly before her world began spinning uncontrollably. Her head reeled, and she fell, her arms falling at her side. She heard a voice in the distance calling her name before she blacked out completely.

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[InuYasha's World]

He watched as she collapsed on the floor. He screamed her name, as worry filled his body. He couldn't move, he was afraid that if he did he would lose her. He removed his hands from the pole shakily, as he watched people around him stare and gape at what had just happened.

He had never seen her emit such a strong energy. He looked to the dark blue car, the cause of the trouble. The driver was seemingly unconscious, his head lolling slightly on the steering wheel. He was the first to recover his senses of all the witnesses, and leapt to her side in a single bound. He gently rolled her over, and checked for a pulse. She was still alive. His heart ceased it's painful thumping, but he still knew that she needed to recover and get help. He slowly started to angle her so that he could pick her up, when a small hand touched his shoulder.

The boy stood behind him, with his own mother residing behind him as well, both her hands around his shoulders. Both had tears down their face, as the mother struggled to speak.

"When she wakes," she started shakily, "Please...tell her thank you..." The boy only nodded, not able to find his own voice. InuYasha was speechless. It was all he could do to nod his head, before lifting Kagome into his arms and leaping off before anyone else could notice what was going on.

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The woman and her son sat in the middle on the intersection. She held her son protectively into her chest, as she cried silently, tears sliding down her face. The boy stared tentatively at the spot where the girl had so shortly ago lay.

"Mommy," he asked, "...was that an angel?"

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