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Chapter 3: InuYasha
Kagome looked up to see a silver-haired boy with dog-ears, golden eyes, in crimson red robes staring down at her. His hands contained sharp claws for fingernails and they were covered in blood. Two things crossed her mind. Once was 'the boy I danced with' and 'what in the world is he?' Kagome took a shaky breath and asked him "Who are you…what are you?"
He tilted his head, eyes intense with amusement. "The name's InuYasha, and I'm a demon." He grinned widely. Kagome realized why he was so cautious about smiling completely back at the mansion. He had fangs. Kagome's next thoughts went down to the blood on his hands and she flinched. InuYasha noticed that she was staring at his hands and he grinned wider. He raised his hand towards his lips, "What? Does blood bother you?" He licked a bit off, causing Kagome to squirm in disgust to his entertainment.
"Did you kill all of those people?" Kagome's voice shook.
"It is a possibility." InuYasha cracked his knuckles, causing her to flinch again. "After all, I kill a lot of people."
'He is not denying it. He's toying with me.' Kagome's mind warned her about the danger she was currently in. "What do you want?"
"Why would I tell you?" There he went again, with his cruel taunting.
"I…" Kagome's voice faltered, and she tried again, her voice quiet. "I need to know."
"Very well." InuYasha crouched down in front of her, so his eye level matched hers. His face was only inches away from her face. "I want you." He traced his sharp claws gently across her face, tickling her skin while smudging the blood that was on his claws onto her cheek. Kagome backed away quickly, not sure what he was implying.
"I don't understand." Those three words 'I want you' had multiple meanings, and she didn't know what was going in his mind. She had a feeling it wasn't good though.
InuYasha's eyes flashed dangerously, "How would you prefer to die? Slowly or quickly?"
Kagome's mind froze; her heart beat loud and fast in her ears. Apparently this demon could hear it too; otherwise he wouldn't have such a triumphant expression. "Neither?"
InuYasha leaned into her ear and whispered. "That is not an option." Kagome shivered and crawled back away from him again. InuYasha straightened up and smirked. "I'm in a good mood, so I'll be generous and give you a chance to fight back a bit and have a head start. In fact, I'm so generous that I'll kill you quickly. Otherwise, killing you right now, without you struggling wouldn't be fun." His smirk grew a bit, so a fang stuck out over his bottom lip. "Though I must say, I would so much rather interesting if I killed you slowly."
Kagome struggled to get up and ran towards her backpack to find something.
InuYasha raised an eyebrow, but sat back. If she tried to run, he'd catch her effortlessly. If she tried to kill him, he'd overpower her easily. After a while, he became rather bored of just sitting there, he walked slowly and undetected towards her like an expert hunter. He was cautious of what she was planning, despite the fact that he had the upper hand. He noticed something in her hand, and snatched from her.
Kagome cried out in dismay as he took away the only thing that could help her then and there. Sure there was a gun in her grandfather's drawer, but she couldn't stand the thought of using it to harm someone, even if that someone was trying to harm her. She much preferred that object that was taken away from her.
InuYasha examined the object carefully and laughed. "Beads? Is that what you were searching for the whole time?" He twirled the blue beaded necklace with coma shaped plastic stones that were between each blue plastic bead on his index finger and kept it out of her reach.
"Give 'em back!"
InuYasha grinned, and oh how Kagome began to get irritated with his cocky grin. "I don't think so." The silver haired boy kept retreating from Kagome as she tried to get the necklace back. "Sorry, but whatever you were planning, I'm afraid that I'm just to smart for you. I'm always one step ahead." With those words, he threw the necklace on, around his neck. He leaped back onto a table in a dog-like position and stared at her with triumph. Daring her to get the necklace back.
Kagome stared blankly at him. She just couldn't believe her luck. The poor nitwit had willingly waltzed into her trap without realizing it. "Always prepared?" She raised her eyebrow.
"You better believe it." InuYasha knocked his fist gently on his chest, extremely proud of himself. He then repositioned himself into a crouch, a position that a cat usually goes into right before catching and killing a mouse. "Well, I'd say you had your fun…"
"Not quite. Sit boy."
Kagome never really was sure if the beads would work. After all, her grandmother gave those plastic beads to her on her birthday, telling her that it would come in handy someday. Kagome never believed in hocus-pocus. So she was pleasantly surprised when she saw the beads glow and dragging InuYasha headfirst down to the carpet floor.
InuYasha's eyes went wide in shock as he felt a force pull on his neck and drag him down, crushing his face in the smelly and itchy carpet. He gave out a cry when his face and the floor had impact. That was when InuYasha's mood turned for the worst. "W-What the Hell?!" InuYasha tried to get up, but the spell kept him down for a good minute or so.
Kagome watched as InuYasha struggled to get up. She cringed when he glared at her. This time she was sure that he wanted to kill her. However the rosary was on him, so she felt a tad bit safer.
InuYasha studied the necklace. He tried to pull it off, snap it, and bite it. Nothing worked. It was as if the plastic beads have magically become unbreakable. "Take this damn thing off…" He growled at her angrily.
Kagome shook her head and backed away.
"Take it off!!" InuYasha bellowed and charged at her, claws extended out at her.
"Sit!"
InuYasha's face once again pummeled into the floor. This time, he didn't say a word. He struggled up back again and glared at her. He sat there, a few meters away from Kagome. He was trying to find a moment to strike without tumbling to the floor.
"So weird." Kagome tried to get a conversation out of him. "You seemed to be nice when you danced with me back then."
"I had to be nice." InuYasha growled, not enjoying the conversation a bit. "Otherwise I wouldn't have been able to get close to you."
"You tried to kill me then?"
"No." InuYasha admitted. "I wanted to see who I was dealing with." InuYasha didn't move from his stiff posture. "And it turned out that you are nothing but a weakling girl."
"What do you want from me?" Kagome still couldn't understand why he intended to kill her. "Why do you wish to kill me?"
InuYasha turned away from her and snorted. "Like I would tell something like that to you."
Suddenly, Kagome felt like she was dealing with some stubborn kid and frowned. "I want to know what I'm involved in. Is that too much to ask? I want to know why all those people died back there!" She didn't ask him why he killed them though.
InuYasha noticed the twist in words and smirked darkly. "What? Do you actually think that I am innocent? Do you think that I didn't kill them?"
Kagome stayed silent, trying to figure herself out. She shook her head. "I don't think that you are innocent." She frowned. She detested the thought that was yelling at her that she couldn't jump to conclusions if InuYasha didn't say directly that he killed all of those people. The thought annoyed her, yet stayed buried in her mind.
InuYasha sensed her discomfort and didn't miss the opportunity to torment her more. If he couldn't kill her at the moment, he could at least make her feel bad. "You better watch your back, because one mistake can be fatal. And your thoughts of kindness aren't really helping you either."
Kagome immediately backed away at the threat. "I'll keep that in mind." All of a sudden, InuYasha was there, in front of her, cornering her in a corner. Kagome forgot all about the incantation, and gasped. Kagome just wanted to shove him away. "What are you doing?"
"Trying to figure out what type of death would be the most fitting for you." InuYasha's eyes were excited. He had finally found a chance to catch her off guard. He wrapped his hand around her neck gently, as if her was wondering if strangling her would be satisfactory.
Kagome gulped and stiffened. She couldn't sit him if he was this close and had a grip around her neck. Sit him, and she'd go down with him. He was very capable of killing her there and now. Kagome's pulse throbbed wildly as her heart rushed.
InuYasha felt it, and smiled at her fear. His grasp tightened around her throat, blocking off Kagome's air supply. Suddenly, his ear twitched and turned his head around over his shoulder. His smile immediately transformed into a snarl.
Kagome peeked behind him and saw the face of her terrified mother. The fat cat, Buyo, who came in with her mother hissed at InuYasha and his fur stood on end. InuYasha was distracted and looked ready to kick her cat. Oh no, Kagome was not letting this mongrel hurt the baby of her family. She kneed him in the crotch.
InuYasha gave out a dog-like yelp and curled into a ball on the ground, releasing his grip on Kagome.
Kagome rushed to her frozen mother. Kagome noticed a rather insane look in her mother's eyes. It wasn't normal at all. It frightened her.
The mother gripped Kagome's arm tightly, so tight that Kagome winced in pain. "M-mama, it hurts."
The mother didn't pay any attention to Kagome. "You…" She hissed at InuYasha. "So help me, show your face here again and you'll pay dearly."
InuYasha stood up, wincing in pain and glared at the terrified girl. He pointed at her and mouthed, "watch your back." He rushed outside.
Kagome sighed in relief when he was gone. "Thank you Mama."
The mother looked at Kagome. "Why?"
"Huh? What?" Kagome tried to pull away with no avail.
"Why did you kill your grandfather?" An insane grin twisted the woman's face. The voice was all wrong.
"Who are you!? You aren't my mother!" Kagome exclaimed, noticing the ruby red eyes. She saw the woman take out a gun from the purse that she carried. Kagome gave out an ear-splitting scream that sounded through the neighborhood as well as the gunshot. Kagome's eyes were shut tight as something or someone smothered her against the wall. She was sure that by now she would have been dead. The pain in her head from slamming against the wall told her otherwise, that she was still alive. Her eyes opened when she heard a menacing growl and a "The one who kills her is me."
Then Kagome felt the pressure disappear and the one who held her back disappeared as well. She could tell who it was though. 'So he didn't truly go away yet, InuYasha.' Kagome looked down at the woman who pretended to be her mother. It was a demon. And it was dead now. Kagome gathered Buyo into her arms and began crying.
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