InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Trucker ❯ Chapter 3

“RRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINGGGGG!!!” screamed Inuyasha's cell into his ear. He groaned and picked it up, glancing at the caller identification and the time. “Aw, man…” he answered the phone, “Yeah?”

 

 

“Get your ass down here, NOW. Kag's gone psycho!” Sango screamed, seeming on the verge of tears. The sound of crashing came in the background.

 

 

“Call Miro, I'll be there in two minutes.” he responded, hanging up and getting out of his truck. He pulled up his pants slightly then ran top-speed back to the apartment.

 

 

Inuyasha opened the door to be faced with raging screams and crashes coming from Kagome's room and Sango trying to coax her out from the other side. “Kag!” shouted Inuyasha over her screams.

 

 

There was silence for a moment, then a crash as he figured she had dropped something. “GO THE FUCK AWAY YOU FUCKING BASTARD!!!” she screamed, making more crashes in her room.

 

 

Inuyasha growled, ignoring the pang in his heart. “Look out, Sango; I'm knocking down the door.” Sango moved out of the way and backed up. He ran at the door, flipping both of his feet up and slamming them into the door. It gave way quickly and fell backwards. Inuyasha was scared at the silence as he walked in; staring in disbelief, as there was blood, glass, and pieces of things everywhere.

 

 

Looking down, he saw a shattered picture frame of Kagome and Inuyasha laughing, a few months after they had met.

 

 

“Kag?”

 

 

“I said go away, dammit!” she said.

 

 

By the sounds of it, she was on the balcony, and so to the balcony he went. “Kag, c'mon, what's wrong?” he poked his head out onto the balcony. He glanced at a somewhat-bloody Kagome, holding what looked like a few shards of glass in her hand that were directed at her neck.

 

 

Inuyasha blanched, “Kag, what are you doing?”

 

 

“Ridding this world of me.” she replied numbly.

 

 

“Don't, please…” he said, panic sounding in his voice.

 

 

“You don't seem to need me, so that's reason enough for me.” she said, the glass getting closer to her neck.

 

 

“But I do need you, Kag. You're the only reason I didn't kill myself after I found out Kikyo was cheating.”

 

 

Kagome threw him a nasty glare. “Hell, you're the only reason I made it through my mom's death. Kikyo didn't even care, but you were always there for me. And you were right about her; I was just too stupid to see it.” he took a cautious step out the door.

 

 

“I always said you were stupid, and even though that's true enough, I'm still only a friend to you.”

 

 

“That's not true, Kag.” He took another step towards her, eyes on her hand and face as he went. “You're more. You try not to hurt me, you'd never lie to me, you call me every day when I'm on the road, but most of all I can talk to you about anything.”

 

 

Kagome looked at him suspiciously. “What's that got to do with anything?”

 

 

He sighed; he really didn't want it to come to this. “Kikyo deliberately hurt me, she lied to me, I was lucky if she called every three days, and I couldn't talk to her about much more than where we'd eat dinner when I got back.”

 

 

“And?”

 

 

“There's a huge difference, Kag. And I really didn't mean for the guitar to come out like that. Hakkaku screwed it up, yet again,” he said, sitting down next to her. “I didn't mean for the `BF' part to go on there. I had changed it.”

 

 

“To what?” she asked, the glass getting farther from her neck, heading instead for the ground.

 

 

Inuyasha looked up at the stars, “Kag an' Yash - ninety-four and beyond.”

 

 

“What do you mean by `beyond?'” she asked.

 

 

He was silent for a moment, “We met in ninety-four, and we had a conversation about our views of the `beyond' a couple months after… Remember?”

 

 

Kagome nodded and smiled, “Yeah… You thought it was the other side of the tracks just past Walnut Street. I thought it was the land of the dead…”

 

 

“So basically… I was saying that I'd stay with you from Walnut Street to Hell.” He said quietly.

 

 

Kagome turned and looked at him, “Inuyasha, I…”

 

 

He put two of his fingers over her mouth; “Shh…” he replaced his fingers with his lips in a gentle, short kiss. He pulled back and stood up, heading back into her room. He picked up the picture frame, smiled at his former self and set the picture back on the dresser.

 

 

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Inuyasha was staring up at the ceiling a few hours later, hearing Kagome fix up her room again. He heard a few sobs that made him jump slightly, but he calmed himself enough to remember that she needed to do this herself. It was probably only a picture frame or something she had broken.

 

 

Chancing a glance to the clock, he found that it was almost midnight. He was lucky that his buddy Keitaro could take his shipment to Kyoto so he could stay. Otherwise, he would've been halfway to Tokyo by now. Closing his eyes, Inuyasha thought about how good it had felt when he kissed her…

 

 

But they hadn't talked since. In fact, she was shying away from him altogether. Was there something she hadn't told him about while he was gone? True, he had been gone for almost a month last time, something could've happened. He snatched his cell off of the bedside table and dialed Sango's number.

 

 

“Hey Sango.”

 

 

“Yash, how's Kag?” asked the worried Sango.

 

 

“Doing better, she's cleaning up her room right now.” he said.

 

 

“I see…” Inuyasha heard a slap and a grumbling of `idiot pervert' before she said something else, “What happened with you two on the balcony?” she asked mischievously.

 

 

“Nothing I'm going to tell you about. S'not my place to, you should ask Kag.” he replied, “I take it Miro's over there still?”

 

 

Sango groaned a yes, “He's refusing to leave until I'm in bed.”

 

 

Inuyasha chuckled, “When are you two gonna hook up anyways?”

 

 

“Yash!” Sango cried, “He's a lecherous bastard!”

 

 

Almost hearing the smile on her face put one on his own. He had great friends. “Anyways, the reason I'm calling is that… Well, did something happen while I was gone?”

 

 

Sango made a few uneasy noises, and then he heard the crack of a slap, then a bit of angry mumbling and a cooing Miroku. Sighing, Sango replied, “Something did, but I can't tell you what. Kag won't even tell me.”

 

 

“Oh boy… Okay, thanks though. I'll talk to you later.”

 

 

“See you, Yash.”

 

 

“Bye.” Inuyasha hung up and replaced his phone to its place on his bedside table, then stood and headed for Kagome's room. He froze when he heard her singing.

 

 

“I never wept at a funeral and I, I couldn't cry at a wedding.” She was playing the guitar he had given her, too. “There wasn't a movie in the world that could, that could get me sobbing. But you just drew the last straw, and now the tears are going to fall.” Inuyasha smelt salt coming from her room, if only faintly, and he had never heard this song before. “Because I'll cry for everything that ever happened to me. And I'll cry. For all the ghosts out in the world, for every bride out there, for Titanic and Bambi. All those movies that should have torn up my soul.”

 

 

Inuyasha was definitely curious. He'd only heard her sing along to Evanescence, a few A.F.I. songs, and she sang Reflection from Christina Aguilera a few years back, but that was pretty well it. “I never wept while at school, and I, I couldn't cry during any sappy moment. There wasn't a guy in the world that could that could get me sobbing. But you just drew the last straw, and now the tears are gonna fall. Because I'll cry, for everything that ever happened to me. And I'll cry. For all those outbursts, all those moments. For James and Tyler, all those guys that shouldn't have gotten their hearts broken.” Kagome sang.

 

 

“And I'll cry. I will howl out to the moon. I will have my tantrums. I will scream down to the abyss. I will have my tears. I'll gain back all those years, because I'll cry. Because I'll cry for everything that ever happened to me. And I'll cry for all the ghosts out in the world, for every bride out there, for Titanic and Bambi, all those movies that should've torn up my soul. Because I'll cry for everything that ever happened to me. And I'll cry for all those outbursts, all those moments. For James and Tyler, all those guys that shouldn't have gotten their hearts broken.”

 

 

“And I'll cry.” She dragged out the last note for all it was worth, and Inuyasha had to admit, he hadn't ever heard her sing like this. The guitar's music stopped, and Inuyasha thought. He crept back into his room and retrieved his own guitar. He stood in the hallway, leaning against the wall near her room. He started the song then.

 

 

“I… I came here by day, but I left here in darkness and found you on the way. Now, it is silver and silent. It is silver and cold. You, in somber resplendence, I hold. Your sins into me, oh my beautiful one now. Your sins into me, oh. As a rapturous voice escapes I will tremble a prayer and I'll beg for forgiveness. Your sins into me, oh my beautiful one. Light, like the flutter of wings, feel your hollow voice rushing into me as you're longing to sing. So I, I will paint you in silver. I will wrap you in cold. I will lift up your voice as I sink. Your sins into me, oh my beautiful one now, your sins into me. Oh, as a rapturous voice escapes I will tremble a prayer and I'll beg for forgiveness. Your sins into me, oh my beautiful one. Cold in life's throws, I'll fall asleep for you. I only ask you turn away. Cold in life's throws, I'll fall asleep for you. Cold in life's throws, I only ask you turn away. I only ask you turn away as they seep into me, oh my beautiful one. Your sins into me, oh my beautiful one now, your sins into me. Oh, as a rapturous voice escapes I will tremble a prayer and I'll beg for forgiveness. Your sins into me, oh my beautiful one. Your sins into me, oh my beautiful one now, your sins into me. Oh, as a rapturous voice escapes I will tremble a prayer and I'll beg for forgiveness. Your sins into me, oh my beautiful one. Your sins into, your sins into me, your sins into me, oh my beautiful one.”

 

 

Kagome was standing in her doorway now, staring at the closed-eyed Inuyasha. He knew she was there; he was just trying to get all of his instincts to tie her down and do what he wishes with her to die down. “Yash?” she asked tentatively.

 

 

“Kag… I heard you singing… What happened while I was gone?” he asked, eyes still closed and hands still against his black guitar. It was an acoustic, painted a thick black with flames coming off of the bottom and a single white rose along the right panel.

 

 

Kagome turned away, “I don't want to talk about it.”

 

 

Inuyasha pushed himself off the wall, putting down his guitar against the wall and opening his eyes to look at her. “Kag, please tell me?” he said, a few feet from her.

 

 

Kagome looked almost frantic in looking for a way out. But she shared an apartment with him; there was no getting out of this one. She looked down at her feet, her hands twisting together. “While I was working… I went to the bathroom. And… there was a man in there.”

 

 

Feeling the anger boil within him; he just let his nails dig into his palms enough to draw blood to give him a little dose of reality-time. “He…” she did her best to swallow the lump in her throat, “He said he would take away my biggest treasure.” She let out a small sob. “He would have, too, if only…”

 

 

“If only what, Kag?” said Inuyasha, doing his best to keep his fury out of his voice.

 

 

She took a deep breath, “If we didn't have security cameras in the mirrors of the bathroom, I wouldn't be able to be standing in front of you right now.”

 

 

Inuyasha could think of two things that he considered the greatest gifts; life and virginity. He knew that Kagome would put her life on the line for Sango, Shippo, Kirara, Miroku, or himself, but her virginity was already gone, but they never spoke about that. By now, tears were streaming down her face.

 

 

“What was he able to do, Kag?” asked Inuyasha, his face hidden by his bangs.

 

 

Kagome sobbed silently, “He tore away my shirt, and was working on my pants…” she sobbed again, “But then the security guards came in and took him away…” she said, “I didn't press charges.” she added quietly.

 

 

Inuyasha's head shot up, “Why not?” he tried not to sound angry, but it sounded harsher than he had intended.

 

 

“I couldn't face him again, Yash, I just couldn't.” she said. Inuyasha held out his arms and she hesitated, but then thought about who it was. Inuyasha couldn't hurt her if he tried. She almost fell into his arms, her sobs coming out quietly as he ran his fingers through her hair.

 

 

“He touched me, Yash… And it scared me because… Only one other person had done that before.” She sobbed again, balling her fists into his shirt. Inuyasha sighed. He remembered when her dad was arrested for sexual abuse against his only daughter, Kagome.

 

 

“I understand, Kag… I'm sorry I wasn't there to protect you.” he said quietly. `That's it; I'm quitting the trucking business.' he thought to himself.

 

 

“It wasn't your fault, Yash… I don't blame you, but… I'm afraid.” she said.

 

 

He took her by the shoulders, pushing her away some so he could look into her eyes. “I would never touch you like that if it made you feel uncomfortable in any way.” She nodded and went back to his embrace.

 

 

After a while, he felt her breathing even out and picked her up gently, setting her into her own bed and shutting the balcony doors, locking them. He took one last glance at her before heading to his room, grabbing his guitar on the way. He continued to play for a while, humming along with the slow tunes. Inuyasha went to bed around 1:30 that night.

 

 

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Kagome was shoved up against the wall, a man pushing his body up against hers and capturing her lips in a crushing kiss. She tried to move her head to stop that, but he stopped himself, instead tearing away her shirt and working against her collarbone, running his hot tongue up and down…

 

 

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He opened his eyes halfway to see Kagome climbing into the bed next to him. “Yash, I had a nightmare,” she whispered.

 

 

“It's okay, go to sleep.” he said as she lay down next to him. He smoothed out her hair and went back to sleep himself.

 

 

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An: yeah, yeah, I know it's halfway shorter than the last chapter, but the next one SHALL be longer. Love ya'll! ~Moron~