Twilight of the Inu's

Chapter six

Despite the possibility of spiders, I found the outdoors to be a wonderful way to do some soul searching. I awakened that Saturday with a bed head big enough to leave the lead singer of Twisted Sister envious. I walked groggily down the stairs and poured a bowl of cereal, unlike yesterday and the day before that et cetera, it was wasn't raining, in fact there were some holes in the clouds letting the golden beams of sun bathe my front yard in some spots.

I smiled into the bowel as I slurped up some cereal, it wasn't much, but I guess Forks was trying its best to impress me. I look over at the clock on the wall, ten o'clock; Kikyo should be here in a few hours. So, what to do till noon?

I suppose I could read some book-book instead of Manga, and then again I was in a real juicy part with Ouran High School Host Club (1). Tamaki was considering his feelings with Haruhi, the main female protagonist. Not to mention he was just an adorable character, who wouldn't love a frenchie that's half Japanese?! He has to be the most tolerable blond I have ever read about, besides Jace Wayland from The Mortal Instrument series (2), he's a sexy beast.

I decided upon just surfing the web preferably reading yaoi on . Best place on the internet, SERIOUSLY, well that and Deviant Art, got to love the emoticons and the art people put up there, it's insane!

I spent at least another hour reading this fanfic my friend back in Japan told me about in the English section, called Candy Boy (3), a Kingdom Hearts yaoi. The plot and wording was very well thought out, and the angst and tender romance between the characters was amazing, the small bits of humor lightened the mood when it was needed and it wasn't cliché at all.

I looked to the clock again and got my ass in gear, grabbing a pair of plain capris and a old favorite tee-shirt of mine with a Magicarp with the Japanese text "I swear to God when I evolve I will destroy you all." I adore that shirt, I heard a beeping from outside and I jumped down the stairs and waved to Kikyo from the porch as I hastily put my boots on. We'd only be staying till ten that night, Charlie waved me off from his spot on the couch reading a Sports Illustrated Magazine.

I yanked the old door open to her mom's mini-van and climbed in buckling my seatbelt. Yuka, Eri, Ayumi and Hojo were already in the back with their surfboards and skim boards. "Hey Kagome," they said in complete unison which sort of creeped me out.

"Hey guys," I said, I sank into the old worn seat as Kikyo hit the gas as soon as she lost sight of my house. It was nothing but chatter in the way back seat, I sat in the middle row tapping my shoe in annoyance, I have no idea what they were talking about as it was. I blew my bangs out of my face. "Hey Kiki, turn on the radio or something please?"

She looked in the rear-view mirror, gave me a smile and turned on the radio. Suddenly a heavy bass made me jump as I recognized the beat to my mother's favorite song, "Thriller" by Michael Jackson. I huffed, just my luck, just let the poor man rest in peace, I mean look at poor Paris!

"Next!" I bellowed over the loud stereo.

"No way," screeched Ayumi from the back seat, "I love MJ!"

"Skip it dammit!" said Eri, Kikyo did as she was told and went to the next station.

I perked up, Eminem, I love that man he's an amazing rapper. "Stay here!" I started dancing in my seat, man I love this song.By the time we were at the beach the sun was swallowed up again, but it was still relatively warm out, I was just happy the sun had decided to actually appear in my lifetime. I pulled off my shirt, my blue bikini was already underneath, and I kept my caprice on.

As I neared the shore my eyes nearly bulge out of my head at the size of this beach. It wasn't as Inuyasha had said it was HUGE. As far as I could tell, the Gang and I were the only ones even on this beach, besides another group of boys walking in our direction. Kikyo looked up from her spot on the sand and waved at the boy taking the lead.

The boy was extremely tan, a bit Native American looking actually, and his hair was pulled back into a high ponytail. I smothered a giggle in my hand, what was it with boys and long hair in America anyway?

The boy blinked in a sort of recognition and pointed his finger at me a loosely. "Your name wouldn't be Kagome would it?"

"What if it is?" I said evenly, did he look a bit familiar?

"Ahh, come on Kags, it's me! Koga? Your dad and my dad used to fight over who had the big recliner in your living room during football season?" My eyes light up, and a sector of my memory opened up. Koga Black, an old childhood buddy of mine when I visited Charlie in the summer time.

"Well I'll be damned," I said giving him a bear hug, damn he had gotten taller. "How you been?"

"You know each other?" asked Kikyo frigidly, how could one person have so much anger towards me?

Koga ignored her and replied, "Oh nothing really, High school, nothing special."

"How's Ayame doing? I know she had a crush on you, way back in the day, how long has it been? Four years, six?"

"Yeah, me and Yammi are going out, and I haven't a clue."

"Oh really that's awesome!" I chirped, I looked towards his friends they both had rad hair-dues and piercings, but they looked familiar all the same. "Hakku, and Gen! What's up?"

"Nothin'" they said at the same time,

Koga spoke up, "So what brings you back to the states? I thought your mom took you back to Japan?"

"Oh yeah," I replied, "I'm living with Charlie now."

"Damn that sucks, I had dinner with him and dad a while ago, boy did that suck." he said shaking his head, "So how are you with the dating game?"

"Dating? Yeah, a few here and there; nothing too serious."

"She tried to snag the junior hottie, Inuyasha Takahashi." Said Eri with a giggle, I mentally lowered her "Coolness Tally Mark" to a one for the day.

"She tried to invite him and he shot her down," said Kikyo, she gets a negative five for the day.

Koga frowned, "The Takahashi Family isn't allowed to even come relatively near La Push."

I perked up suddenly, "Not allowed? You mean like they're not supposed to by law?"

"It's a treaty actually, but yeah." He shifted his weight to his other foot, and crossed his arms. "It's a really old story in my tribe."

"Care to tell?"

"I guess," he mumbled, Koga motioned me to follow him which I did as I grabbed my sandals, Haku and Gen stayed behind. He sure was a stud muffin now…

"So you were saying?" I asked,

"It's been a while since I heard it, I'm trying to figure out how to word it. Not to mention there's shitloads of versions of it too." I nodded and waited patiently for him to find his words. Before long we had found the edge of the forest, and Koga sat down on a moss covered rock, and patted a spot next to him. He took a deep breath and the words began to spill.

"It was a long time ago, before my great-great Grandfather was given the title of chief, my tribe had lived a nomadic lifestyle in the woods around La Push. We were quite formidable as well, so not many tribes wanted to converse with us.

"It was said to have happened in the spring, just as the snow was melting. The men out hunting had come across a trail of blood in the melting snow, slightly pink, towards the end of the trail was a dead bison, and it was not eaten, however in the chest his heart had been torn out and eaten." He paused, "That year was an exceptionally bad year for hunting, the moon had remained full for quite some time, and to our tribe that means bad luck.

"Anyway, along with this bad luck there came a lack in venison, as they were being targeted by whatever had eaten the hearts of the first bison. The elders had taken proper action and had blessed the land surrounding the villagers, however, it did little good, and a small child had been taken, and her heart had been eaten," I gulped, and he took another deep breath. "Many thought a demon or vengeful spirit had taken the child and had slaughtered our game. It wasn't until the snow had completely melted, that we saw what had caused so much harm."

"It was neither human nor beast, beautiful nor hideous, but the look on its face was terrifying. Hair the color as the moon that refused to hide away in the dark, and eyes as red as the blood that came from the hearts it ate. Strangely, the elders had looked upon it in pity, some say they sensed a small bit of good in the creature. I'm not sure as to what they did, but a formal agreement was in place and the monster had become sane once again. He promised to stay off our land and protect the areas surrounding it."

Time went by and the monster's pack grew to a rather large size, they disappear from time to time but they always come back after a few years. The Monster only identified itself with two characters." Koga picked up a large stick and drew in the soil carefully, often rubbing the sand clean until he gave an "ah" of satisfaction. There in front of his feet, was a similar likeliness to the Japanese character for 'Dog' and two for 'high bridge'.

"'Dog Takahashi?'"

"Yep," said Koga, "It's a sort of myth now, but we still tell the Takahashis to keep clear of the beach, and every single family with the name Takahashi has had the same amount of family members as the one before that. Is that creepy or what?"

"Yeah," I mumbled, for the rest of the night I felt like I had rocks in my stomach.

As promised Kikyo brought me home at ten, Charlie was still sitting in that recliner. He offered me a piece of Chocolate pie he had made, boasting it was just as good as Grandma Swan's. I did, if only to shut him up. I hurried upstairs and almost slammed the door behind me. I felt cold and clammy all over, the story hung on my mind. I leaned against the door and side down it until I was on the floor. I placed the slice of pie on the nightstand.

Dog Takahashi…

Inu meant dog, and the rest was self-explanatory. The story though… it felt familiar, I must have heard it from somewhere before. I tried to push it from my mind, and lay on my bed. My shoes felt like weights on my feet as the hung off the edge of the bed, and my mind felt heavier. A nasty bitter taste floated over my tongue, and I took a quick nibble from the pudding pie. Surprisingly it was good, but the bitter and sweetness dueled harshly in mouth making the taste neither sweet nor bitter.

There's no way that Inuyasha could be a heart-eating monster. He didn't look a thing like the demon Koga described either. However, he pushed a van from crushing me… and he was unnaturally good looking. I groaned after that thought. So he could push a van so what? Steroids have helped people do amazing things too. However, it didn't explain the speed; the steroids can't really help in that field of use.

The possibilities were endless for this. I hadn't even realized that I had fallen asleep by the time I had come to that final thought.

The moment my feet touched the ground, I felt like I shouldn't have been where I was standing now. I felt like I was in trouble. But something kept calling me over to this forest, even when I screamed at myself not to. Suddenly a heartbeat rang into my ears, making me jump in fright as a howl of a wolf rang through the sky. I put a hand over my heart realizing it wasn't my own. Just as I looked up into the endless treetop, I noticed the moonlight shine right on me and the wolf howled again.

"Honestly! We're out of gas,"

I quite literally jumped out of my seat in an old car. I blinked several times, Wasn't I just wondering in the woods a few moments ago? Strangely enough I dismissed the idea fairly quickly, and my voice sounded a bit more passive and coy than I had intended.

"Ok…" I looked over to the source of the voice in the driver's seat. "So what now-" I stopped short Inuyasha? What was he doing here? He wore an old Leather jacket, just like my grandfather had when he went to college. The old fart still wears it upon occasion.

"How about a walk? My house ain't too far from here." He didn't wait for my reply and had already gotten out of the car. I followed quickly, and notice the cool breezes weaving between my legs. The skirt that clung tight at my hips and went a little passed my kneecaps. My hair was pulled back into a ribbon.

As we walked along, the frigid air seemed to get a bit frostier but I didn't mind so much. I just walked beside him slowly, the crickets chirped like birds and I felt a sort of tug at my lips. I almost felt innocent again. Don't get me wrong, I had a few boyfriends, kissing here and there, but no one ever made me feel quite like this. I didn't realize that I liked being with Inuyasha.

Suddenly, he stopped me, "Listen," he said,

"Yeah Inuyasha?"

"I just wanted to ask if you liked me." My eyes widened at the bold claim, he looked down towards his feet kicking the dirt, he seemed just as nervous as I was.

"Course I do," I blurted out, as much as I wanted to cover my mouth at such a time my hands stayed in the other palm.

"Then I hope you like me the way I like you," He looked at me with a sort of twinkle in his golden eyes- wait, weren't his eyes a different color?

I dismissed it unusually quick as I nodded, "Course I do,"

"Then I was wondering if you would be my girl?" My heart literally stopped, me with Inuyasha? It was like saying Black was a shade of white…

"Oh Inuyasha!" I found myself saying, and I hugged him hard around the neck pulling him closer to me. He pulled away and put a small promise ring on the left ring finger.

"Now, I got to tell you something," he took a deep breath and held my hands in his, "I'm not like other guys…"

I looked at him with a raised brow, "Well of course you aren't,"

"No, I mean I'm not a hu-"Suddenly an ominous air blew over us making my hair fly wildly, and the hidden full moon peaked out of the clouds. A precious light from the moon hit his face making it illuminate brilliantly. However, the moment was not a blissful one, as he howled in pain and fell to his knees. He grabbed his chest above his heart eyes bulging out in an expression of pure agony. He chocked unable to speak over the pain but merely stuttered out, "G-g-get…a-a-away."

"Inuyasha?" I held his shoulder as I knelt beside him.

"GET AWAY!" He bellowed, his head snapped up to glare at me with his golden eyes becoming overcome by a flood of red. I screamed at the loud snap of bones, he grabbed at his scalp and bellowed at the top of his lungs. His hair turned to pale silver, almost like the white-hot pain that was taking him now. For whatever reason I couldn't help but look in horror as his screams dispersed and he stayed there with his head held low and his white hair fanning over his face.

"Inuyasha?" A feral snarl tore through the air and a hand was imbedded deep within my chest. I gurgled as blood exploded on my tongue and I belched it out. I stared up at his face to see him smirking, His fingers flexed deep inside of me and purred in pleasure when I screeched in agony. "W-why?" I muttered.

"FEH!" He chuckled, "Don't expect something to go against its nature-" With that his fangs tore into my throat, and I woke up.

A gasp flew out of mouth and nearly formed into a scream until I covered my mouth with both hands to muffle it quickly. I panted rapidly, as a sick nausea ran up my throat. "My heart…." I mumbled and felt that spot over my chest, my heart was still intact. I never felt such a relief before.

It was still late at night, only two in the morning. I crawled into a ball as the rain pelted the window.

The scent of chocolate drifted to my nose, it was the leftovers of Charlie's pie. I snorted and turned to the other side where the window was. "Fucking pie probably did it…" Which was probably true, the same thing happened with his experimental hot chocolate when I was five. Even so, that nightmare left me hungrier for answers than ever before. I went back to sleep, only to relive the nightmare in the form of Inuyasha dancing with a bunch of zombies….

That Monday, I slammed the door to my truck, and walked to biology. A very, very small part of my brain screamed at me not to, I snorted. It's not like I had anything to be afraid of. So what if Inuyasha was a heart-eating monster? It's not like you can get away with eating some random person's cardial muscle without leaving some sort of trace evidence.

I stopped sort of entering the classroom, what if the rest of them ate hearts?

I am ashamed to say that I was debating heavily on going to the guidance office and dropping out right then and there, but something deep inside me made me walk in and take my usual seat. He was twiddling a pencil in his long fingers, the idea of claws on his human finger nails made me VERY uncomfortable.

"Can I help you?" he said with a smile arrogantly placed on his pale pink lips. I couldn't help but want to kiss him.

"No," I said quietly, I felt somewhat ill after that, and extremely melancholy. A feeling of nostalgia bloomed in my chest and I never wanted to see the shrine more than I did now. I ignored his confused stare as I walked out of that classroom.

Ok let me say this; *takes deep breath* GOMEN NAI SAI! GOMEN NAI SAI! GOMEN NAI SAI! GOMEN NAI SAI! GOMEN NAI SAI! GOMEN NAISAI! GOMEN NAI SAI! GOMEN NAI SAI! (I'm sorry in Japanese, lawl Higurashi reference xD) I am sooo Sorry about not updating sooner my lovelies! School has been one of the biggest bitches EVER. O.o I am dead serious, ok, because I moved late in the school year last year, I had missed the only opening for Writing Lab classes, which means that I had to take it as a Sophomore. All we do is write essays and shit, but it is ruining my writing at home. I can't even write my own original work! D:

This was eating at me ALL the time and I finished bits and pieces of it at a time, so if there's any bumps in flow you TOTALLY blame me for it. D:

Of course the Dream Sequence was in honor of Michael Jackson, and it is based on the Music video Thriller :D it's like totally awesome  OH MY GOD Valley girl tone D: *shoots self*

Just another note; I'd like to thank the people who have favored in the past few weeks. They REALLY helped me get my ass in gear! AND COMMENT DAMMIT! I want some good criticism!

PSS HOLY F***ing shit! The New InuYasha series came out!!!!!! =O *fan-gasm* WATCH IT!

A/N DDD style: Hey y'all I've got the next few chapters and you have no idea how sorry we are about this being so late. I mean it, this chapter was horrible it gave me and Madi so much trouble... Anyways, favorite, comment, alert, all that jazz. And take my poll! Seriously do it, I need your opinions for a new story idea, it's yaoi and details are on my profile, Madi has already voted so now everyone else has to so I'll write faster. ^_^ Luv y'all. Until Chapter 7!