InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Starry Night ❯ In the Alley ( Chapter 1 )

Disclaimer: I don't own him or Van Gogh's painting, but I wish I did

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Inuyasha walked slowly through the crowded streets of Tokyo looking for the alleyway that would take him directly to his apartment. That's when he heard it. A strange muffled noise almost like a scream yet he knew it was cut short far too soon.

He strained his white ears to attempt to make out where the stifled plea had come from. Then he picked up on it, the sounds of a struggle behind the dumpster down the alleyway.

Without thinking he sped towards the dumpster. Upon arriving he found a man straddling the hips of a young girl. Her faced was smudged and looked like there was a faint bruise on the side of her face. She was unconscious. Even in her untidy state he could see she must be beautiful, her raven hair was strewn around her face and her pale skin glistened in the moonlight. Had his sensitive nose not picked up on the trace of lavender in her scent he would have mistaken her for Kikyou. Now that brought back painful memories, but he couldn't think about that now.

"What the hell do you think your doing?!" Inuyasha yelled outraged that anyone could be capable of this vile act.

The man merely looked up at him looked at Inuyasha's ears and face and guffawed, "What does it look like I'm doing Half-breed," Inuyasha's eyes blazed at the term as the man continued, "Surely even a lowly dog such as yourself can see what I'm about to do so why don't you just go find a fire hydrant and leave me to my bus-."

The poor guy never knew what hit him. One minute he was leaning in for a kiss on the girl's face and next thing he knew it he was flung across the alleyway into the busy street into on coming traffic. Inuyasha cringed when he heard the sickening crunch that sealed the man's fate.

Looking down he saw the girl begin to stir. Her eyes fluttered open and she looked around the alley way. Her eyes finally came to rest on his and they were locked in an unofficial staring contest. `I have never seen such clear blue eyes. They remind me of sapphires - hey since when did I get so mushy there just ordinary blue sparkling eyes-uh there I go again.' Snapping out of his thoughts he extended his hand for hers and she recoiled back into the smallest ball she could get into at the moment.

"I'm not going to hurt you, but you really should get out of this alley."

She cautiously looked at him and slowly placed her small hand into his larger one. `Wow, she has such soft hands-uh why do I keep thinking like this!' As he helped her stand he noticed her slight sway as she stood and in an instant she fainted. Inuyasha barely caught her and picked her up bridal style and took her back to his apartment.

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He unlocked the door with some difficulty due to the woman he carried, but managed to get the door to swing open. Gracefully he crossed the walkway to the couch and placed her carefully down. `Now what?' And as though reading his thoughts she began to stir again.

Her eyes suddenly snapped open and she bolted to her feet looking around wildly as though an ambush were around every corner just waiting for her. She looked straight ahead and gasped when she saw the man from the alleyway. Looking between him and the open door behind him she darted for the door, only to run into a solid wall. But this solid wall happened to have a heart beat and when she looked up she only saw two amber eyes seemingly burning from her gall to run.

She felt a familiar tug at the back of her mind and was about to faint again when she heard a distinct growl vibrating the chest ahead of her.

"Don't even think of passing out again, wench," She glared at him when he called her that, "I didn't save you back there to have you pass out every five minutes."

She carefully backed away and tried her chances at running into another room. She turned and head for the nearest door and slammed the door shut. What she saw took her breathe away.

This would have been your ordinary den except there was a smell of fresh paint. Locking the door she turned to see the most beautiful sight she had ever seen. There on the far wall devoid of any window or door was a mural of Van Gogh's Starry Night. She stood and stared at the painting before an incessant knocking behind her brought her back to reality.

"Oi, wench do you want to suffocate from those fumes unlock this door!" came a gruff voice on the other sie of the door she recognized as her supposed "savior", but she did as asked and unlocked the door.

Inuyasha walked in looking extremely peeved, but when he opend the door he came face to face with, no one. He looked around the room and saw her sitting calmly in front of his mural. She made no movement or any acknowledgement that she had heard him enter the room only sat and stared and the wall with a far off look in her eyes

`What do I do with you now?' He asked himself as he watched her from the doorway.