Unsettled Depths [3]

[RelenaFanel]

Summary: A particularly violent wave crashed onto the sand, carrying the rowboat a few meters from the beach. Kagome plunged into the churning white foam, desperate to take advantage of this opportunity to reach her brother. AU.. InuKag
Prologue: http://blissfulignorance.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=5667
Chapter 1: http://blissfulignorance.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=5818
Chapter 2: http://blissfulignorance.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=6136




~*~ Five Years Previous

The blaring sun gleamed off his black hair, making his scalp tingle and burn with the heat. His feet stumbled through the sand, scraping a noticeable path in his wake. The tide was coming in. He threw a paranoid glance over his shoulder, unable to disperse the fear he was being followed. He glanced at the darkened house on his right, and hoped the old four-wheeler the family had was still in working order.

It took him far less time than it should have to hotwire the vehicle. He knew he wouldn?t get caught; after all, it wasn?t much of an accomplishment to steal something from yourself. All it had taken was a simple phone call from the airport when he arrived to find out his younger sister was the only one not home, then he convinced his family to take his little brother to the newest Disney movie so he could surprise him when they came home. It would be best if they weren?t caught up in his downfall.

He looked longingly at his house, sitting so innocently off the beach, and gave a soft prayer that he would be home to greet his family as he had promised. He would do anything to see them again. The four-wheeler stumbled down the beach almost on its own accord, spewing sand and gritty exhaust in its wake. It rounded a natural bend on the sand, and he fumbled with the brake.

He peered around, suspiciously eyeing every shadow for hidden assailants. He was going crazy.

An almost hidden cave jutted into the nearby rock cliff. The last time he had been there it was abandoned, and the perfect hiding place. A few old toys and rotten snacks were testimony that it had once been a child?s play area, but he was almost certain no one had been there in years.

A giggle echoed through the cave and out the mouth as he crept closer, mocking him with how wrong he was.

?Shh. Did you hear something??

?When??

?Just a little while ago.? A head peaked out the aperture. ?Eiichi!? At her call another head peaked from above hers and grinned at him.

He froze in shock. Quickly gathering his wits, he rushed into the cave, herding them in front of him in the hopes no one else saw.

?When did you get back? Did you see mom and dad and Souta yet? How did you find us?? His little sister, who looked remarkably like him, grinned up in excitement, forgetting to present the ?cool teen? image she had been perfecting the last time he saw her.

?Kagome, listen to me.? He put his hands on her shoulders and navigated her towards the back of the cave. He pointed out a fissure hidden in the shadows. ?I want the two of you to go through this tunnel as quickly as you can. When you come to a fork, go left and it will lead you to a drainpipe. Once there, follow the water out to the ocean. I want you two to tell the police to come here, but don?t come back.?

?What?s going on Eiichi?? Kagome said in her best no nonsense- I?m your sister so you better tell me- voice.

?Just promise.? He looked frantically between the two of them. Miroku nodded his assent and pulled Kagome along with him. They disappeared into the darkness.

The strain in Eiichi?s heart let up for a second as relief for his sister flooded him. His escape route had been put to better use, and he turned and walked away from the hidden tunnel which could have led him to safety. Nobly he stood his ground and waited. Paranoia is not always founded by insanity.

?RelenaFanel2004

[Lara Winner]

Oh boy... why does this chapter have such a foreboding feeling? Poor Eiichi.

[kyoki]

I feel bad for him. Why do I get the feeling something unsavory is going to happen to him...?

[Roa_Aoife]

That is the worst possible way to end! I'm hooked! Write more please.

[black_nemesis_queen]

Awsome flashback! Must. read. next. chapter..........

[Icy Discordia]

Hmmm... This is very good. So unique. Inuyasha... merfolk... hehe, oh that's just great. I'm guessing the kiddies didn't listen to big bro, and big bro did something to get his blood violently spilt, eh? Then again, murder gets you more than ten years... Oh well, a mystery is always welcome. ^__^ Good luck!