InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ A Witch's Spell ❯ How? ( Chapter 5 )

Sadly, they aren't mine. I only use them for my wicked fantasies.

Chapter 5

Her alarm went off, but, Kristen was already up and dressed. Her eyes had popped open at the crack of dawn, and she knew she wouldn't go back to sleep. The thought that he was coming to see her today made excitement shiver through her body.

Carefully, she choose her clothes. Jeans and t-shirt were her usual, so she found her better jeans and white t-shirt. No make up and her hair hung loose. She had wanted to wear something nicer, but didn't want to make Camille suspicious.

She gave herself fifteen minutes to get dressed, then headed downstairs to start coffee. She was trying so hard to act like it was a normal day, but excitement shone from her eyes.

Camille, gave her an odd look when she came into the kitchen. She didn't miss the change in Kristen, and was getting more than worried about her friend. "How do you feel this morning?", she asked.

Kristen turned shining eyes to Camille, "I feel great. Ready to start the day. I may even go do some shopping today."

"How about I call in sick and go with you?", Camille asked.

"No, it's okay. I do have some work to do and I don't know what time I will finish. How about I wait until you come home, then we go together?", she suggested.

Camille smiled at her, "Sounds good. I will see you tonight. How about we eat out?"

"Sounds great. I'll be ready by the time you get home.", Kristen smiled, thinking it would be fun to get out with Camille.

"Are you sure you don't want me to stay home? I'm still worried about you.", she asked.

Kristen laughed, "I'm right as rain. Go to work, we will have some retail therapy afterward. I need some new lingerie."

"All right, you hit my weakness. We will hit Victoria's Secret later.", Camille grabbed her coat and disappeared out the door. She opened her cell and made a call, then got into her car and drove off.

Kristen giggled and hugged herself, then hurried to do her work for the day. She grabbed another cup of coffee, and headed to her desk. She hurried through the work that had been e-mailed to her and checked her others.

One caught her attention, it was from her server. It was requesting permission to give her mailing address out to the police in Tokyo. There was something of hers that they had. She gave her approval and wondered what on earth they could possibly have that belonged to her.

He couldn't wait any longer, he had been waiting for her to wake and open up the portal to her world. When she sat down, he could see that she was doing something and waited until she finished.

He watched as she got up and left the room, cup in hand.

He kept telling himself, he wanted to learn about her world and find the witch that cast this spell. "Are you sure that's the only reason you are returning here?", his youkai prodded.

He ignored the question as he reached out and touched the picture. He felt the now familiar sensation as he was pulled into her world. He followed her into the kitchen, and saw her standing by the counter, her back to him.

"Kristen.", he said. She jumped and let out a small scream. She spun around, spilling her coffee down the front of her shirt. As soon as the coffee began to soak in, her top became see through. Sesshomaru could see that she wore something under it, but it didn't prevent the slight glimpse of her breasts.

She smiled at Sesshomaru, then her eyes followed to where he was looking. She blushed bright red and covered herself with her arms. "Excuse me. I'll be right back.", she ran past him and up the stairs.

"You frightened her.", his inner demon accused.

"I didn't mean to. She was aware this Sesshomaru was coming today.", he thought.

Suddenly, his youkai chuckled, "At least, it was to our advantage." A picture of her standing there flashed through his head. He grinned to himself at the picture of her, blushing and hiding herself from him.

She returned a few moments later, this time, she wore a black t-shirt. "Good morning. How was your night?", she asked.

"It's night where I live now.", he said.

"Where do you live?", she asked.

"I live in Nippon.", he answered.

She looked him over and said, "I bet you mean Japan. That is what your country is called now. We can find out, after I email Rianna."

"Come on, let's get to it.", she smiled at him and headed for the living room. He followed her into the room and sat beside her at the computer.

She went into her email account and shot off a note to her asking her to contact her right away. She said it was concerning the spell and it was urgent. She added both her home and cell numbers.

She got a return reply from a postmaster stating that the email address had been closed. She looked at Sesshomaru, "I don't understand. I have used her services many times for verification. Let me try her website."

Sesshomaru's eyes grew as she moved this little thing on the desk, and caused pictures to flash up onto the screen.

Kristen smiled at him, "This is the internet. It's a place where you can get all kinds of information. I don't really think it's one place, but many places together all interconnected." She clicked on her favorites button and looked through a list that popped up. She clicked on what she wanted, to find that it had been shut down.

She gave Sesshomaru an odd look, "I don't understand. She just emailed me a couple of days ago. I'm sorry, I don't know of any other way to get a hold of her. Unless, she contacts me. I could remove the picture from my computer and the problem would be solved, but we will never know why she did it."

Sesshomaru could see that she spoke the truth, and said, "I would like to come and learn more of your world. I must also keep my end of the bargain and train you to protect yourself."

Kristen's heart leapt in her chest. "Did he really want to come to see her again?", she asked herself. She stopped herself before she got all happy. He probably had a wife or at least a girlfriend. "If not, there are probably a ton of beautiful women throwing themselves at him.", she thought.

When she didn't answer right away, he became a little concerned. "Does she not want this Sesshomaru to come?", he asked himself.

Her quiet voice broke into his thoughts. "You would always be welcome in my home.", she said. His face broke into a smile, causing a fluttering sensation in her belly.

"I believe you said something about looking up where I am from?", he asked. She smiled at him, silently thanking him.

She turned her attention back to the computer screen, and the internet. They spent the next hour looking up information on youkai, Japan, and found out that he was from the Fuedel Era.

Kristen grinned at him, "Gee, maybe I should change my major and specialize in the Japanese Feudal Era. I could get all the answers from you."

He looked at her, "Tell me something. When I first saw you, you were writing a story. Did you really give that to your teacher?"

Kristen blushed bright red, "Oh GOD, you saw that?" She turned redder at his nod. She cleared her throat, "Yes, I was required to write a short love story. Complete with that scene you saw."

Sesshomaru chuckle to himself at her discomfort. He couldn't resist teasing her just a little.

Kristen caught a twinkle in his eye and demanded, "Your teasing me, aren't you?" She tried to look angry, but could only giggle at her own embarrassment.

He looked at her and felt a fluttering sensation hit him in the stomach and he felt his body stir. "Kami, she is beautiful for a human.", he thought. He shook his head to clear it of the thought that flew into it.

He stood suddenly, and put his hand out. "Come, let me show a couple of things to practice.", he said.

She reached out and took his hand, and felt a slight shiver at his touch. Standing up, she allowed him to lead her to the middle of the room.

Sesshomaru felt her shiver and smiled to himself, but didn't let her know. He showed a few blocking moves, things she could use right away.

When they finished, she offered tea and he accepted. He followed her to the kitchen, "Where are your parents?"

"My parents died in a car accident the summer after I graduated high school.", her quiet answer.

Sesshomaru didn't know what to say, he could feel that it still caused her pain. He reached out and stroked her face, thinking if he touched her, that some how it would help.

She smiled up at him and blinked back the tears in her eyes. "I still miss them.", she said.

He nodded, but didn't really understand what she meant, and didn't want to question her too closely. He felt the need to change the subject. Something that would make her smile again.

"Tell me, what is a car?", he asked.

It worked, Kristen smiled at him. "A car or automobile is like a cart with four wheels and something called a gasoline engine. The engine makes the wheels turn and that makes the car move. We can travel very fast now, in cars, on boats, trains, and airplanes.", she told him.

Sesshomaru's eyes grew wide at her words. "I'll prove it, we will go for a ride in my car. Not today though, I think you may like it and we wouldn't make it back before Camille came home. I think it would be a good idea to tell her about you slowly.", she said.

Sesshomaru nodded, remembering her reaction to him. "This Sesshomaru agrees with you. Picking you up from the floor was not how I wanted to introduce myself to you.", he grinned at her.

"Well, I didn't know you were real. I thought she was pulling my leg when she sent me that.", she announced.

"Pulling your leg?", he asked.

"You know joking or playing around. I thought she painted your portrait from her imagination and then told me you were real.", she explained.

Understanding dawned and he smiled at her. She smiled at him, "You know part of me was very happy you showed up when you did. Even though I was terrified about what you were going to do."

Sesshomaru took a step closer to Kristen and opened his mouth to say something, when the front door flew open and Camille burst into the house.

"Kristen, hey, Kristen where are you? I got off early and brought lunch. How about we eat............", she trailed off at Sesshomaru standing in her kitchen.

She looked at Kristen, "Honey, come over here with me. Don't move fast, slowly ok?"

Kristen laughed, "Camille, it's okay. This is Sesshomaru, Inutaiyouakai of the Western Lands of Nippon. He's the supposed monster that really scared Tom away last night. He came so that Tom wouldn't hurt me."

"I have no desire to hurt you or Kristen, but I would not have any hurt her either.", he told Camille. He watched Camille physically relax.

"How?????????", she asked.

"From what we have put together Rianna did it.", Kristen said.

"But How???", she repeated.

"The picture.", Sesshomaru and Kristen said at the same time. Each sent the other a smile. Camille's eyes flew from Kristen to Sesshomaru and back again.

Camille came into the kitchen and sat down, putting her bags on the table and began to rub her head. "I'm getting a headache. I can't seem to wrap my head around all of this.", she said.

Kristen clucked at her, getting her a drink and two tylenol. "Here's what we have figured out. Rianna painted the portrait of Sesshomaru and placed some type of spell on it, then emailed it to me. When I opened it, I opened some kind of portal into Sesshomaru's world.", she looked at Sesshomaru.

"A headman from a village close to my home, came with concerns about a strange glowing in a cave. I went to investigate and found the portal. When, I touched it I was brought here.", he explained.

"Then contact Rianna and find out why she did it.", Camille said.

"Tried that. Her email and websites are closed.", she said.

"Now what?", her next question.

"That's what Sesshomaru and I were discussing, when you came flying into the house.", Kristen answered.

"Kristen had suggested removing the picture from her computer, but I have asked if I could learn a little more of your world first.", he said.

"Really?", Camille gave him a look. She suddenly felt very protective of Kristen. This man or demon could rip her heart to shreds, and she could see the stars forming in Kristen's eyes. Camille could see this ending very badly for one or both of them, judging by the looks he was giving her.

"Yes, and I told him he would always be welcome here.", Kristen answered.

Camille looked at her, "You have another problem. How are you going to explain him to Joey?"

Kristen smiled, "That's easy. I'll tell Joey that Sesshomaru is from Japan. Just not what time period."

"What about his clothes and weapons? Don't you think Joey's going to take one look and know he's not human?", Camille demanded.

"This Sesshomaru suggests you tell him the truth, and explain the need to be quiet. We will tell him that it could cause problems if he tells people.", he said.

Camille nodded her head, "At least he knows how to keep his mouth shut. If you say it in that way, he won't talk about him. He may mention your knew "friend", but nothing more."

Sesshomaru nodded and turned to Kristen, "I must go now. May I see you a moment before I leave?"

She nodded and they went into the living room. He stopped in front of her desk and turned to her, "This Sesshomaru will see you tomorrow, or perhaps later? I wish to check on my pack and ensure their safety and well being." He reached out and stroked her cheek.

She reached up and stroked his, but he turned his face into her hand. First rubbing his cheek against her palm, the he kissed her palm. Lastly, his tongue darted out and licked it.

Kristen shivered at the feel of his rough tongue on the tender skin of her palm. He smiled and jiggled the mouse, he stepped away from her, touched the screen and disappeared.