InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Summer of My Demon Lover ❯ Rain On My Parade ( Chapter 7 )

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Three days. That's how long that it has been raining, that's how long I've been wanting to throw myself out my window.

"Three days." I whined to myself as I laid on my bedroom floor.

My father and step-mother had been home almost all day everyday since the rain started, no one seemed to like to shop when it was pouring outside. They spent all day torturing me, well they did when Souta wasn't around. They never let him witness my beatings, but I know he's heard my screams at night when he was suppose to be sleeping.

"Three wonderful days." I couldn't help but mumble.

Three days since I've seen him. I wanted to go and see him two days ago, but the rain had ruined all chance of that. I shouldn't care about seeing him, but for some reason I do. He annoys me, pisses me off, and makes me want to kill him, but for some reason, I enjoy it. He is the first person I've met that does not think of me as a murderer, he just thinks of me as an 'amusing' girl.

"An annoying girl is more like it." I corrected myself.

He may find me amusing, but everyone else thinks I am some annoying girl that needs to 'learn her place' in the world, which my father thinks is as his punching bag.

"My place in the world." I murmured.

I don't know what my place is, but I do know that it is not here. One day very soon, I am going to leave here with Shippou. We are going to find a place that we both belong.

Take a photograph,
It'll be the last,
Not a dollar or a crowd could ever keep me here.

The only real thing keeping me here is Souta, but once I'm sure that he will be safe without me, I am going to pack what little I can and leave this state of self pity behind. I am going to find a place that was made for me, a place where no one has ever heard of me, and that I can live free with Shippou. I have to tell him about his father, and that in itself will be so hard. He thinks that his father will come back for him soon, but I have to tell him that he was killed.

"I would gladly trade his father for mine."

I had thought that ever since I met Shippou, but each time I always felt a little guilty because I was thinking such horrible things about my father, but this time I mean it. I wish he would just die, then I would take Souta away from here so that he may have a chance at a life filled with real love. I'll take Souta and Shippou somewhere where we can forget about our pasts and just work on having a future.

I don't have a past

I just have a chance,

Not a family or honest plea remains to say,

"I wish it would stop raining, if only just for a day." I whined to myself.

Right now my father was napping while my step-mother looked through the inventory for the store. Really she was figuring out how much money they would make this month so she could plan a trip for everyone but me to go on. She never did like taking me anywhere, she said I did not look like I was part of the family. I look like I am part of the family more than she does, but she does not seem to get that, and neither does my father. She does not look anything like our mother, so that means that she looks nothing like me or Souta, but she still expects Souta to call her mother.

"I need to get out of here." I wanted to scream it, but I thought better of it.

I was going out of my mind being in the house all day, I wanted to leave so badly that I actually thought about calling my father a bad name so that he would chase me around the yard. I knew better though, the thought of the following pain made me stay in my room all day.

Rain rain go away,

Come again another day,

All the world is waiting for the sun.

"I could go out for a minute, no one would know I left."

I know it was a bad idea, but the thought of spending another minute alone in this room did not leave me thinking very clearly. I got up off of the floor and walked over to my window, but I stopped before I opened it, listening to make sure that no one was coming. When I did not hear anything I slowly opened my window and climbed out. Once I was outside I shut my window and then I took a deep breath, it felt good to be outside again.

The rain was not all that cold like I thought it would be, it actually felt good against my skin. My clothes began to stick to me after only a minute, but I didn't care one bit, I was outside and nothing could ruin it for me. The rain would not be missed if it were to just stop, but it was not bothering me, more like it was reflecting my mood. My birthday would be here in just a few short weeks, and I had no way to get out of it. I could not just forget about my birthday like I always wished that I could, my father would remember, he always did.

I walked into the forest, not sure what I was hoping to find. I suppose I wanted to see Sesshoumaru and tell him why I have not been around, but then again I suppose that he wouldn't really care about what happened to me.

"He did get mad when I 'broke that promise' to him, so maybe he does care." I said.

It was a long shot, but it was a nice feeling to think that someone may actually care about your well-being when the world seems to hate everything about you.

Is it you I want,

Or just the notion

Of a heart to wrap around so I can find my way around

As I walked I found myself humming, though I do not know what song it was, I thought it was pretty and that Shippou might like it. I suppose I heard it somewhere before, perhaps my mother played it for me when I was a child, but I could never be sure.

"I waited `til the sun came out. I don't know why I didn't come." I sang that part outloud instead of humming like I had been.

My mood had seemed to change slightly since I left that evil house. Yes, it became evil as soon as that bitch moved in with all of her evil furniture, and not to mention that evil aura she seems to give off everytime she steps into a room. I try not to spend much time with her, but she often makes me stay, threatening that she will tell my father that I misbehaved somehow, which I would almost prefer the beating to the torture of hearing her call me and my mother those names.

"I left you by the house of fun. I don't know why I didn't come. I don't know why I didn't come." the next part seemed a bit silly to me, which caused me to giggle as the rain washed over my body.

The rain began to slow a bit, and it almost made me sad to see it go, it comforted me in a way.

Safe to say from here,

Your getting closer now,

We are never sad cause we are not allowed to be

The forest didn't seem as cheery as it usually does, like the rain changed its mood like it had mine. This almost comforted me as well, to know that I'm not the only one filled with this empty sadness made me almost smile, but not quite. I started humming again, the words lost to me as I got closer to the demon who only a few days ago tried to kill me.

"Not like he couldn't have, it would have been so easy for him to slice my throat open and leave me on the floor to bleed to death." I snorted morbidly.

Same days I wish he had killed me, then everyone would be happy, Souta would forget about me in a few years. He wouldn't remember having a sister, and that would be a good thing, he would never remember how much everyone hated me for something few believe I had no control over.

"So sad. What troubles are upon you today?" with that voice I almost forgot that I actually came out here to see the asshole.

"None that you could fix, so it really wouldn't do me any good to tell you." I said as I continued to walk.

I could hear the trees move above me, so I knew that he was following me as I walked. I almost smiled because of that, but I didn't because I knew that he would think of some way to piss me of because of it.

"How do you know that I could not fix them?" he asked, still up in the trees, as he moved along with me.

"Fine, you probably could, but I very much doubt that you would. Besides, I would never ask for your help." I said.

He didn't respond to that, but I knew that he was still there. I walked a few more feet before I stopped and sat down on a rock. It was still raining, but not with the force it had the past few days, or even this morning.

Rain rain go away,

Come again another day,

All the world is waiting for the sun.

I could still hear him, but this time I could hear him walking next to me before he sat down.

"How do you know that I would not help?" he asked after a minute, I almost laughed.

"Because you don't seem like the type to help some random human out. Plus, as I have already said, I would never ask for your help." I answered, but I did not look in his direction at all.

It was quiet again, all that could be heard was the rain, and I found it kind of nice to just sit here, even if I was getting wet. The silence was not uncomfortable, it was more like the opposite, it was so comfortable that I wanted to stay like this all day.

"It is true that I do not like to help humans, but, I would make an exception for you." Sesshomaru said at last.

I was surpised, I was angry, and I really wanted to jump him. Yes I have a sick mind, but I wish that it would leave me alone for today.

"Why?" that was all I could bring myself to ask.

"You amuse me, and, you seem different from the others." he all but laughed out the last part.

It seems he finds that I'm some kind of joke, that he could get a good laugh at my expense. Oh god was he wrong about that.

"Want to know what I think of you? I think that you are an over cocky, egotistical, pain in the ass. And for the last time, I WOULD NEVER ASK YOU FOR HELP!" I screamed, bad me.

He seemed to wince at my tone, but I was overly pissed at the moment. Sure people call me names, beat me, make me feel like shit, but no one (and I mean no one) laughs at me.

"Keep quiet, I do not need to be discovered at this time." he said pretty calmly as he covered his cute pointed ears that I really need to stop thinking about.

"I could really care less, this is my one day to be outside and you are not going to ruin it for me."

Rain rain go away,

Come again another day,

All the world is waiting for the sun.

I really wanted to apologize to him, really I did, but something wouldn't let me. If I had to take a guess I would say it was my pride, it was a stubborn emotion that got me into a lot of trouble many times in the past, and I have a feeling it will get me into trouble again very soon.

To lie here under you,

Is all that I could ever do,

To lie here under you is all,

To lie here under you is all that i could ever do,

To lie here under you is all,

"Thank you."

Did he just say thank you, to me? Yes, I believe he did, and here I am not saying anything, man I can be such an idiot.

"What for?"

Oh well, that was real nice, maybe I should have spit in his face too.

"For the food."

Heh, I did leave that for him, I forgot about that. Why am I acting like such an idiot now, I mean just a second ago I was yelling at him, I need to get out more.

"You're welcome. I figured that you would have trouble finding food, and it's not like I wanted it anymore."

I really should not have added that last part, damn pride, damn mouth, damn my inability to keep the two away from each other when talking to arrogant (but cute) demons.

"Am I right to assume that you pity me and think that I cannot fend for myself?" he asked, lifting an eyebrow as he looked me in the eyes.

I didn't even know that I had looked at him, it's like my body turned without me knowing.

"Maybe."

I should win an award for my place as the dumbest person ever, that's something my father might actually agree with me on, you know, if the award was a kick to the face.

"I will accept that, for now."

Did he really just let me half admit that I find him pathetic and think that he could not survive without help? Dear god the sky MUST be falling.

"So...what did you do these past three days?"

Small talk is good, right?

"Oh I did a mountain of things. I went swimming, and then I bought some new clothes from a near by shop. I must say that there are so many things to keep people busy around here when it is raining and you are in hiding."

Small talk so very not good.

Rain rain go away,

Come again another day,

All the world is waiting for the sun.

I didn't say anything, because I knew if I did he would say something else that would make me angry and then I would yell at him, and right now all I wanted was some peace and quiet. So, I sat there, saying nothing, just looking at the rain as it slowed a little more. The rain looked so beautiful as it fell, it was almost like a dance.

"I wish I could stay out here all day." I thought to myself as I continued to watch the rain

I knew I would have to go home soon if I didn't want my father knowing that I had left, though there is a chance that he already does. It would figure that as soon as I left that he went into my room, that's my luck and it's sticking to me, much to my dismay.

"Do you always sit out in the pouring rain?"

He had to break the silence, the beautiful silence that I love so much.

"Every chance I get." I replied after a second of thinking.

Actaully, this was one of my favorite things to do as a child. My mother and father always told me that I would catch a cold, or something worse if I kept it up, but I never would listen. The rain calmed me when I was upset, it was always the set to my dreams and fantasies, and I guess it still is.

I had this one fantasy where I was dressed in an amazing silk dress, it was pure white and strapless, something every girl dreams of having at some point in their life. I was in a garden wearing my dress, and then it started to rain, but instead of running inside I would stay for some reason, and then after a few minutes a man would show up. I always thought that he was my 'prince charming', that he would be the one to save me from my own personal hell, but he has yet to show up. If I was right, he would have been here for me years ago, I guess it really is just a fantasy.

"I guess I'll never really know."

That thought made me smile, not a happy smiule, but a sad one. The rain slowed a bit more which made my smile sadden, but I was cheered up a bit when I felt a certain demons hand rest on my head.

"I have a new friend."

Rain rain go away,

Come again another day,

All the world is waiting for the sun,

All the world is waiting for the sun,

All the world is waiting for the sun.