Inseperable

So here’s the second chapter. I hope you enjoy!

I don’t own Inuyasha unfortunately.
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~~~Inseparable~~~

~~Chapter 2: Understanding~~

“Can I please play?” Inuyasha whined as he watched his brother play the game console. He wanted to play with his brother so bad it hurt. But he would never allow that.

Sesshoumaru paused his game only long enough to spin around and smack Inuyasha. “I said no! Why would I let your filthy hands touch my game? You will only dirty and break it. Now get out of my room mutt! Better yet, why don’t you get out of the house?”

Inuyasha’s eyes saddened as he turned to leave the room, looking at his hands. He never did understand what his brother had against him, but he always called him ‘mutt’ or ‘half-breed’. All he wanted was his attention. Was that so bad? “I didn’t want to play anyway.” He said leaving the room. He didn’t need him anyway.

Walking outside his ears perked as he faintly picked up the sounds of a girl crying. Curiosity peaked as to who it could be, he followed the sounds, which were not far down from his house. He could catch the stench of blood as he got closer to the crying and broke into a sprint. Even for a 6-year-old, he was still very quick. He followed the crying to a tree, his tree, and then he knew exactly where she was. He jumped up on the tree to find a little girl about his age, covered in blood, crying her eyes out. The problem was she was asleep.

He shook her gently trying to wake her up, and when that didn’t work he yelled. “Hey! Wake up! You’re having a nightmare!”

As she stirred from her sleep, she let out a blood-curdling scream, causing Inuyasha to plaster his sensitive ears to his head. “Daddy!”

“Don’t do that!” Inuyasha yelled at the little girl. “Why are you up here? This is my tree you know.”

Calmed down a bit she wiped her eyes and straightened her baseball cap. “I’m sorry. I can go. I just wanted a safe place to rest.”

“Are you okay? Are you hurt?” Inuyasha asked as the blood scent filled his nostrils once again.

“I don’t feel so good. My car got hit with another car and my daddy won’t ever wake up again!” Kagome said starting to cry all over again.

“How about you come over to my house and sleep. No one will know you’re there and you can sleep in my bed. My mom died about a year ago, so I know how you feel.” Inuyasha said trying to comfort her.

Kagome sniffled and looked up at him wide-eyed. “Really?!”

He smiled and held out his hand. “Really. Oh, and I’m Inuyasha.”

“Thank you Inuyasha. I’m Kagome.” She said taking his hand.

~*~

The paramedic sighed when the police officer came back to tell her they hadn’t found the girl. She could only imagine what the child’s mother would have to say. She looked back to the police officer. “Are you going to keep up the search? She looked pretty beat up the first time I looked her over.”

The police officer looked offended. “Of course we are Kaede. That child is our number one priority, and until we find her, we won’t give up.”

She smiled. “Good, then I’ll leave it up to you to tell her mother.” She laughed as she watched all the color drain from his face.

~*~

They sat in Inuyasha’s room, watching his television, not a word spoken in what seemed like forever. Kagome, not really being the quiet type, started firing the questions, unable to contain herself any longer. Ever since they stepped into the light she wanted to ask about his ears. “Are those real?” She said pointing to the fuzzy little dogs ears that sat atop his head. “Can I touch them?”

He made a small gasp as he realized what she was talking about. He was supposed to be wearing his hat. No one was supposed to see his ears. His father always told him to wear a hat. He was going to kill him. “Yes, they are real, but you weren’t supposed to see em. And no, you can’t touch them. They are very sensitive.”

She began to pout. “Please! They look so cute! I bet they are soft. You just have to let me touch them. Please!”

“Fine.” He said leaning over to give her better access. He didn’t know what it was about this girl but he just couldn’t tell her no. Plus she looked harmless enough.

She quickly reached her little hands up and gently stroked them from base to tip, squealing in delight. “They are like dog ears! Why do you have them?”

Although he was oddly enjoying the motions of her fingers, he immediately pulled away when she said that they looked like dog ears. “I am not a dog.” He growled.

Kagome rolled her eyes, but amused by the growl. “Well duh! I know that. But why do you have dog ears on top of your head?”

Inuyasha shifted uneasily in his seat. His father had also told him not to tell anyone what he was. But he had already messed up by not wearing his hat. How else was he supposed to explain them? “Okay, but you have to promise not to tell anyone.” Kagome just looked at him, waiting. “Promise me!” He yelled.

She jumped, startled. “Fine, I promise, now tell me!”

He crossed his arms and put a scowl on his face. “I don’t have to tell you ya know.” But then she began to pout again and his face softened. “Fine, you win. I am part demon.”

She looked at him like he was speaking Chinese. “Demon? What’s a demon?”

He looked at her in disbelief. “You’ve never heard of a demon before?”

She just shook her head. “Nope.”

“So you’re not scared of me? You don’t think less of me?” He asked, still not believing her.

“Nope.” She said. “It don’t matter to me.” She yawned and then looked down at her clothes, frowning. She shouldn’t have done that. Tears welled up in her eyes as she looked up at her clothes. “Can I take a bath? Can I borrow some clothes to sleep in?” She managed to choke out.

He didn’t have to ask what was wrong, he knew. He just took her hand and led her to his bathroom, grabbing some clothes along the way. “Use anything you want to.”

She smiled meekly, thanking him as she shut the door behind her. “Thank you.” She must have played with the water forever before she finally figured out how to get it the right temperature. But she didn’t want to seem stupid, so she did it herself.

His tub was huge and it seemed to take forever for it to fill up, but it was very rewarding. She could have probably swum in it if she had felt like it.

She was wallowing in her own thoughts as she took her bath. She didn’t understand how that man was the cause of her daddy’s death, but that lady had told her that was the reason he was being taken away. When she snapped back into reality she realized she was all pruned and decided to get out.

By the time she came out, Inuyasha was nearly asleep. He snapped up and his eyes widened at the sight of her. She had fresh bruises all over her arms and legs, and fresh blood dripping from her forehead. He hadn’t realized how covered in blood she was until she was clean and he could see all the bruises. “You are bleeding.” He went and pulled some band-aids from his dresser. “Scooby-doo or Mickey mouse?”

She smiled and pointed to the Mickey Mouse. “Thank you.” After he put the band-aid on her forehead, she crawled under the covers and into bed. She watched Inuyasha situate himself on the floor and giggled.

“What?” He asked wondering why she was laughing at him.

“I don’t have cooties ya know. There is plenty of room on this huge bed of yours. Plus, it’s your bed.” When he snorted and continued to situate himself on the floor, she sighed and went to sleep.

Inuyasha, on the other hand, couldn’t sleep on the floor, and just lay there. If she hadn’t had another nightmare, he would have stayed there all night. She was thrashing around and crying out to her father in her sleep. He didn’t want anyone to know she was there, so he crawled up on the bed next to her, hoping that a warm body would comfort her. It did, and not long after he drifted off to sleep.

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The next morning Kagome woke up first. She smiled when she turned over and saw her new friend on the bed with her. She got up and went to the bathroom, taking a brush to her hair. She wasn’t surprised he had one with his long silver hair. When she came out, he was up and she smiled. “Good morning.” She chirped.

Inuyasha wiped his eyes and eyed her curiously. The only mark on her was the cut on her forehead. He had to have been seeing things last night. “Are you feeling any better? Do you want to go play?”

Not really thinking about how worried her mother would be, she agreed, and outside they went to play with his vast variety of toys. It was really amazing the amount of stuff this kid had. By the size of his house and his stuff, his parents definitely had to be rich.

~*~

“How could you not have found her yet?!” Mrs. Higurashi yelled over the telephone to the police officer. “She has spent all night outside in the cold injured and scared! You need to find her!” She crouched down on the floor holding her swollen belly, crying. “I can’t lose her too! Don’t you understand?”

“Madam, we have the police combing the area of the accident. She has to be there somewhere. We even have the dogs out looking for her. We will find her. I recommend that you, in your condition, rest and have faith in us. It was on the news this morning and will be this afternoon as well. We have everything under control.” The officer said calmly, trying to reassure her.

Mrs. Higurashi felt a sharp pain in her belly and wetness in her underwear. She gasped at the realization. The baby was early. “Please . . . ” she gasped in pain as the contractions hit her hard. “Send an ambulance. I’m going into labor.”

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I hope you all enjoyed! It will get into the story a little more, the more chapters I put up. Please review and tell me what you think!