InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Through The Mist ❯ Ch8 ( Chapter 8 )

Ch.7

 

I lounged around for the remainder of the day, not really paying attention to the horrible soap opera on TV. I had phoned Sango and told her to play along if my mom phoned her to ask about my story. I hated lying to my mother, but I couldn't say what had really happened to me, the story that I was at Sango's was simple and believable enough. I didn't feel like explaining the complicated story over the phone so Sango was heading over right now. I wondered what her take on my story would be, perhaps she would laugh at me and call me crazy or maybe she would believe my farfetched, but true, story. I didn't know which one I hoped she would believe, I obviously didn't want her to think I was crazy but at the same time I didn't want her to know my story. I didn't want to be greedy but I wanted something that only I knew about. He was my secret and even though I'd probably never see him again and we would both get married to someone entirely different, he was mine. My secret, just mine. I was a little confused at my sudden possessiveness but I just felt this way.

 

My mother and brother were out at the store buying the groceries for the next couple of weeks so I was alone at home. I new I should be a little afraid, paranoid of every little creek or noise that I heard after my experience, but for some reason I didn't care. I felt safe and protected sitting alone in my room a soap opera on mute and listening to music in my Walkman. My feet kicked at my pink bed spread softly to the beat of the catchy song. I was obsessive about pink, I didn't particularly love the color but I couldn't seem to get enough of it, both my bedspreads were a bright pink in both my room in our cabin and in my room at home. Not only that but if you looked through my drawers there was a good pound of pink clothing though I tried not to wear it around Kouga, I didn't want to look like a preppy sissy girl. The song just ended when I heard the loud ring of my doorbell, I was lucky that it had been rung when the song was over or I might not have heard it.

 

I pushed myself off the bed and walked down the stairs to our door, it would be either two people, the pizza delivery boy or Sango. I desperately hoped it was the latter because as I looked down I noticed I was in the pair of boxers Inuyasha had lent me. My mother would have a fit if she knew I was wearing a man's boxers and the fact that they weren't washed from my previous wearing didn't help either. I didn't want to think about it cause I knew she would lecture me about how I had no clue what he did in these would get my mind rolling as to all these bad thoughts. I was wearing a tight tank top that ended a few inches up from my navel. I had no idea why I chose to wear provocative clothing after I had nearly been raped for the second time in my life. My hair was a mess and my lips were cracked, I wasn't even close to presentable to a hot pizza guy. The fact that I knew that it would be a hot pizza guy is because there was only one pizza guy in my entire lake. Meaning it wasn't a good or exciting lake at all; in fact I have to say it's probably one of the most boring places in all of Japan!

 

I was lucky because when I opened the door it was not a smoking hot pizza man, who I had never taken the time to learn the name of, only flirted mercilessly with, but my best friend Sango. Sometimes I hated her because whenever I went out to a movie with her, she'd get hundreds of catcalls and I'd get any, even if she was with a guy! Not that I'm an attention crazy girl who couldn't live if someone's eyes were on me every second of the day; but it didn't give me much confidence in the world of dating. I couldn't blame them though, the first time I saw her I began to wonder if I was a bisexual, I had to admit, she was drop dead gorgeous. She had thick dark brown hair that always seemed to fall into the right place and long dark lashes. Even today when she was just coming over to my cabin she wore her complimentary pink eye shadow. She was a tall girl with a strong frame and could wear really revealing clothing and look like the least slutty girl in the world. I was downright jealous of her.

 

“Sango!” I greeted her with open arms, even if I was jealous I couldn't stay mad at such a wonderful woman as Sango.

 

She openly returned the gesture with arms wide. “Kagome! I haven't seen you in what, four hours?” She asked jokingly.

 

“Nearly five.” I replied with a sly grin. “Come on in.” I said ushering her in. “The pizza guys coming over soon.” I continued, filling her in on what was to pass. She opened her mouth a little but I cut her off, “Don't worry, half is ham and pineapple for me. And the other is plane pepperoni for miss picky.” I said shaking my head as I walked up the stairs. I always felt bad for Sango's dates; she was so picky it was nearly impossible to get her anything to eat.

 

She playfully hit me and said, “Well excuse me, but pepperoni is delicious! And as a repayment to me for insulting me and my food choices I get to answer the door!” She volunteered.

 

“Fine.” I sighed defeatedly. “But that means you have to buy!”

 

She looked at me in protest. “Kagome! That's not fair! I don't wanna pay! You called for it, you pay for it!” She said stomping her feet in a silly manner. I couldn't help the sly smile that slid across my face.

 

“You flirt, you pay.” I said stubbornly.

 

“Kagome, that's cheap!” She whined.

 

“Actually their pizza is quite expensive.” I said tauntingly.

 

“You stink!” She said playfully.

 

“Like roses after a rain shower.” I replied coolly. “Come on Sango.” I said sitting down on the bed. “Let it go. You don't want to have a permanent scowl on when the pizza guy comes.” I said rubbing her loss into her face.

 

“Shut up.” She said before remembering why she came over. “Alright Kagome. Spill the beans.” She said referring to an American saying that her grandfather who had visited the states taught her. She sounded so funny trying to pull off the foreign saying that I burst into laughter. “What?” She asked clueless.

 

Once I had calmed down I answered. “Nothing. And my stories long so we might as well wait for the pizza so there's no interruptions.”

 

“No, I meant why the hell are you watching soaps on mute?” She replied humorously. That's what I loved about Sango, even though her looks were supermodel standard she acted as normal and casual as every one else.

 

“It was actually pretty good, see Yo there is in love with Sora but he's married to her sister, Kari. But then she's cheating on him in the first place with Toshi, Sora's best friend.” I explained.

 

“I see.” She answered absently, becoming fully absorbed into the soap. We were startled from the TV, which I had switched off mute when the doorbell rang. Sango stood up and I followed her, I had just been joking about her paying, I knew very well that she didn't carry cash around often and probably had zilch money. I grabbed some yen from my purse and opened the front door to the pizza guy. I was kind of shocked to see that it wasn't our traditional hotty pizza guy but a new guy. Not to say he wasn't cute because he was smoking! He had long dark hair that cascaded down his back to end near the middle of his spine and dark brown eyes that seemed to be contacts because behind them seemed to be a mix of color that resembled a lot like bloody mud. I felt a warning bell go off in my head as I saw him though I wasn't exactly certain why. “Hey.” Sango greeted with a nod, obviously not realizing my uncertainty.

 

“Hey.” He replied. “How's it going ladies?” He asked with a grin.

 

“Not bad. I'm Sango.” She said sticking out her hand, which he took and gave it a firm shake. “And this is Kagome.” She said pointing to me.

 

I blushed a dark red and gave a small hello. I tried to overcome my blush and stuck out my hand to him, but instead of shaking it like I had expected he knelt down and gave it a fluttering butterfly kiss. “Naraku.” He introduced himself. “Pleasure to meet you both.” He said before the price of the pizza rolled off his sharp tongue. I reached into my purse and paid the man before he stepped off our porch. “Perhaps we'll meet again.” He said departing.

 

“Probably! Look at the size of this town!” Sango yelled at the retreating figure. We walked back inside with the pizza in my hands. Once the door was closed Sango practically jumped on me squealing, “Did you see him!? He was so fricking hot!”

 

“Holy Sango, calm your hormones! He's all yours, I thought he was kind of creepy.” I said honestly, receiving a blank look from Sango. “I mean, well he just gave me this awkward feeling.” I explained sheepishly.

 

“Whatever. I think you're just embarrassed because he was all over you and you're not experienced enough to know how to reply to such an obvious flirt as his.” She rambled before continuing to blabber about how I need to get some dating and flirting skills or I'd be a virgin forever. I had to smirk at the awkward comment, I had nearly been raped twice in my life, two times too many by the way, and I just slept in the house of an extremely hot man, Inuyasha! The more I thought about it the more I realized how attracted I had been to him and if there were different circumstances I would have probably tried to get him into bed with me instead of the other way around.

 

I had, surprisingly, not freaked out as much as I should have about the whole demon, miko, Shikon no Tama thing. I thought I was actually handling myself quite well, in fact I don't think I over reacted once. It was kind of scary though; I talked to a dead priestess in my dreams, found out that demons coexist with us every day. I handled it rather maturely I thought, but now that I really thought about it I was beginning to freak out, I was scared, not all demons were kind like Inuyasha, Kouga had proven that. What if more came after the Shikon no Tama? I couldn't protect myself against them, I didn't even know how to use my powers yet, I was almost becoming eager to fall asleep so Kikyou could train me to use them, I was beginning to doubt I could survive without them. If Inuyasha hadn't been there earlier I might have died after I had been raped, all because of the jewel. I suddenly had a brilliant idea; I would destroy the jewel! I could get rid of it some how, it wouldn't be hard and after I told Sango it would be two heads instead of one, that is if she believes me.

 

We decided to just eat the pizza out of the box and made our way to my room. When we entered it I made a beeline for the bed, which I plopped onto with the pizza box. Sango shut the door with her foot and walked over to me, grabbed a piece of pizza then sat down on a chair across the room. “We have our pizza, we are set for you to explain.” She stated simply.

 

“Sure, but I'm kind of thirsty, you want something to drink? Cola?” I offered descending the stairs; I was procrastinating and we both knew it. Thankfully, Sango seemed to accept that I wasn't quite ready to share yet and shook her head no. I walked downstairs and grabbed a can of cola before returning upstairs. I looked around the room frantically when I realized it was empty, I glanced at every corner wondering where Sango was. I began to panic, where was she. I heard a muffled noise and I called out, “Sango, Sango where are you? I'm not in the mood for this! I swear I'm kind of freaked out about what I found out today, now's not the time!”

 

The door behind me slowly creaked close and I spun around quickly. I gasped at what I saw: she was there, behind the door, but she wasn't alone, there was a man behind her. I stumbled backwards as I saw that he was holding a sharp dagger to her throat and a small noise escaped my throat. “Let her go!” I begged as Sango looked at me with wide, desperate eyes. I couldn't look at her; I was too guilty to look at such a wonderful person. Instead I set my gaze upon the man set on harming my best friend. He wore a large cloak covering many of his features but I saw two brown eyes peering at me from under the hood. “Wh-who are you?” I asked in a quivering voice.

 

“Onigumo, priestess.” He replied in a raspy voice. “I have come here for the jewel. Hand it over or I will be forced to use violence.” He tightened his grip around Sango and I could tell it was like an iron clamp from the way she squealed in pain.

 

“Leave my home. I don't know how you got in but you will leave now. I don't know what you're talking about.” I feigned.

 

“Do not lie, priestess or your friend will pay the price of your insolence. I will not leave until you have given me what I want. As for how I got in it's not difficult.” He said glancing at the opened window. How did he get in? It was a two-story building. Then it occurred to me, he was a demon. My eyes widened in shock as I looked at the man. “You think I am a demon girl, you are wrong. Not only demons seek the jewel but it was not difficult for a man such as myself to scale the walls to your chambers.” He hissed out.

 

I spared a look at Sango before deciding on my course of action. I grabbed the electric pencil sharpener on the table beside me and ran at him, intent on hitting him on the head and knocking him out. I ran straight at him but he did not cut Sango, I cursed my brash actions for not considering her safety. He grabbed my hand in the air before I could hit him over the head and smirked at me. I felt a new feeling that I had never felt before swelling up inside me, like a spark that had just burst into flames. He withdrew his hand with a sizzling hiss and let go of Sango to rub his abused palm, as I looked at it I saw that it was scorched and that small puffs of smoke were drifting from it. I didn't pay attention as Sango cursed and fell to the ground, backing away from the threat I was currently facing. I wasted no time and began to push against him, trying to burn him with my hands but it seemed my fire had been but out to mere coals. He seemed to notice, too and gave made a large toothy grin, one that sent shivers up and down my spine. “Run out of powers girl?”

 

I looked at him then noticed that he had released my hand with the pencil sharpener in it when I had burned him. I made my decision in a second. I wound my arm back as far as I could then let it go, hitting him on the head with full force. He let out a loud gaping sound before falling to the ground unconscious. I hurried downstairs and called the police, telling them that there was a strange man in the house and that my parents were gone. After I had hung up I rushed back upstairs to Sango who was rocking back and forth in a corner, staring at the heap of a man who wasn't moving by my door. I went over to her and cradled her to my chest, waiting for the police to come. Together we began to cry and sob about how scared we were for about two minutes until the police came and entered the house with a brief kick to the door. They stormed upstairs with heavy footsteps and rammed my bedroom door open. They immediately saw the man sprawled across the floor in the cloak and they pulled him up. One man walked over to me and asked me. “My name is Nobunaga Oda. What are your names?”

 

“I'm Higurashi Kagome and this is Urashume Sango.” I replied.

 

“Alright Kagome, have you ever seen this man?” I shook my head no. “Did he say his name?” He asked Sango.

 

I answered for her, seeing that she didn't want to talk right now. “H-he said it was Onigumo.” I answered honestly, wondering how much I should hold back from the police.

 

“Are you hurt or did he attempt to hurt you in any way?” He asked concerned.

 

“Yes, he held a knife to Sango's neck and I knocked him out with the pencil sharpener.” I said pointing to the discarded item on the floor. He nodded and wrote something down in his opened notebook.

 

“I see. Is she all right? We'll have doctors look at her soon, we should just get these questions cleared up first.” He told her.

 

“Kay.” She spoke up for the first time. I put an arm around her in a comforting gesture. “What did he want?” She asked me. I looked up at the police officer and he nodded before I replied.

 

“He said he wanted a jewel of some sort.” I paused predicting the question the young man would ask. “I've never heard of it, have you Sango?” She shook her head. He nodded and wrote down something in his notebook. Then two men rushed over to him, the first one began to talk in a lowered tone and Nobunaga looked shocked before he scribbled something down in his notebook. He nodded and the first man walked away to the knocked out figure before the second man walked up. He was dressed in a medical uniform and I expected that he wanted to see Sango.

 

“Listen, I'm fine. A little shaken perhaps but I don't need to go under expection. Just Sango.” I told them not wanting to bother them.

 

“It's standard process miss. You'll have to but we can just get a doctor to look at you here instead of at the hospital.” He informed me. I nodded as he motioned a woman doctor over to me. Together we walked to the bathroom where she asked me to remove my clothes so she could inspect me. I complied without complaint though it felt very awkward. She finished her visual inspection then proceeded to ask me a few questions, which I answered. She told me I was fine and free to go but I should call the hospital if I something weird came up. I agreed and asked her to take care of Sango, which she replied that she was already on the way to the hospital and I let out a breath of relief.

 

I dressed myself then I walked out of the bathroom to find Nobunaga standing there looking at me intently. I stepped towards him and greeted him with a short hello. As I expected he told me he had a question about the body they had found, which I foolishly agreed to answer. “When we inspected the body we found burn marks on his hand. You said you hit him over the head with a pencil sharpener, do you know how there came to be burn marks?” He asked me.

 

I looked at him blankly, trying to formulate a plan in my mind. “Uh, I have no clue. Your guess is as good as mine.” Which was true, I didn't know how it happened, it just kind of did after I felt that strange flicker of power inside of me. He nodded and backed off.

 

I asked the police for a ride to the hospital and they agreed, I wanted to see Sango, I wondered if she was okay. I left a short note explaining to Mama what happened and that I was fine, but at the hospital if she wanted but I wasn't physically harmed. I quickly returned to my room to grab my purse when I sensed I was being watched. I tried to shake it off and hurried down to the police, intent on getting to the hospital.