InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ All Hallow's Evening ❯ See Me ( Chapter 8 )

I did take my time to update, right? Oops. I don't know if you read it, but I had to format my computer, so I didn't have Office installed in my pc! That means no spellchecker u_u the bad thing is... that I installed Word but I did it wrong, so I still don't have a spellchecker... darn!!!

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All Hallow's Evening

Chapter 8: See Me

Kagome was sitting on her bed when Sango stepped in. The miko had decided to stay and wait for her new friend instead of adventuring out of her quarters, Miroku had said she had all the afternoon free and, honestly, she didn't have anywhere else to go. So she waited patiently until dinner came.

"Hello, Kagome." Sango smiled and entered Kagome's room, bringing a package under one arm. "How was your training today?"

"Heh..." Kagome smiled nervously at the other woman. "Not so good."

"Oh, don't worry!" Sango said and placed the package she had brought on the bed. "It will take sometime. You have only been here for 3 days, after all." The woman started to unwrap the package until the content was revealed. "Ah, here it is." She said and held the dress in front of Kagome.

The dress was a beautiful shade of blue, and it was so shiny that it seemed made out of liquid. Kagome gasped at the sight of the outfit. "I... can't wear that!"

Sango looked curiously at the dress. "Why not?"

"That... that is a dress a princess would wear, I am no one here... why would I wear it?" Sango looked seriously at the girl before answering.

"You are the prince's companion, that is important enough." Kagome looked up at her friend, and saw that she didn't look happy while speaking those words, but then she brightened a bit. "And the Queen personally gave me this for you to wear. I think it used to be hers." That comment only made Kagome feel more awkward when trying on the dress.

Sango helped her into the dress and then fixed her hair a little, so that it was up and some locks framed her face.

"There you go." Sango said admiring her job. Kagome looked herself in the mirror that was behind her door. "You look beautiful."

"I don't think so." Kagome said and looked down at her feet, feeling extremely self-conscious in such a beautiful dress. "I feel uncomfortable..."

"Well, that is the prize you have to pay when you want to look beautiful." Sango said in an 'I'm so wise' tone of voice. Kagome snorted.

"But I don't want to look beautiful." Sango's eyes saddened.

"Inuyasha would want you to look beautiful... that way he'd find you more alluring-" Kagome suddenly got away from the woman and sat on her bed with her arms crossed and an annoyed expression in her face.

"I don't want that demon to look at me in that way... I don't want him having weird thoughts in his head. I don't even want him touching me."

Sango only shook her head and sat beside her. "He already has weird thoughts in his head. He wants you. That is why he chose you."

"He only keeps me here because his brother wanted me and he wanted to contradict him, he told me---" Now Sango interrupted the young woman.

"No, he wants you. You have to use that against him." Kagome only looked at Sango, lost in her own thoughts. She didn't want to use Inuyasha, she didn't want to be near him... she just wanted... to go home. The first days had felt like a very unusual vacation, but the longer she stayed the worse she felt. How long would she have to endure it?

"I... just want to go home, Sango." The miko didn't like how whinny those words she had just spoken made her look, but she didn't take her eyes off the other woman's eyes.

"Well, you can't" Sango said, her eyes showing no mercy. "And you better start thinking that you will never get out of here, because you won't." She put a friendly hand in Kagome's back and guided her to the hall. "And believe me, Inuyasha will be a lot easier to manipulate then Seshomaru... and even Seshomaru will look like a better alternative after spending a day in the Harem." The woman finally smiled at the miko and continued. "Now, smile, look pretty... and do your best."

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When Kagome arrived to the Dinning Room Inuyasha was the only one there, he didn't even look up to meet her eyes, only stayed sitting in his chair, looking broodingly at his empty plate. He had a lot of things on his mind... like for example: What was his mother up to...

Sango placed Kagome beside Inuyasha, and after a little bow, she left them both alone.

Kagome was staring nervously at the empty chairs, the King and the Queen will be going to be there... how was she supposed to act? Honored? Happy? Annoyed? Depressed? How she supposed to act like this was some kind of game, played entirely out of her ordinary life? Like she had forgotten she once had a life out of this weird place? Like she was not scared out of her mind? Like she wasn't so tired of looking for a way out of here that the only thing she wanted was to sleep and sleep forever? Like she was not loosing hope...

Was she expected to talk at all? Talk about what? Her life before? Her life to be...? If she even was going to have one...

And... was Seshomaru going to be here? She felt a shiver go down through her spine. Kagome didn't want to see him again, ever.

The world suddenly came crashing down to meet her when she felt a hand gripping her elbow, and turned to look at the owner of the hand, fixing her eyes in angry golden orbs.

"Would you stop shivering? It makes me uncomfortable." Inuyasha said in a hiss.

Kagome's temper rose and soon she found herself screaming at him. "My shivering makes you uncomfortable?! Oh, how inconsiderate of me, I'm sorry!!!" she spat at him the last part and he just looked even more annoyed.

"There is no reason for you to be sarcastic." He explained in a flat voice and released her after realizing his hand was still on her elbow.

"I'm scared shitless here and you ask me to be calm!" She yelled at him but regretted her words later, she didn't want to give him the satisfaction to know that she was scared. Too late now...

"There isn't anything to be scared about." Inuyasha said in the same flat tone he had used before. "It's just dinner."

"What about Seshomaru?" she asked after a short silence.

Inuyasha looked at her and scowled. "He won't be here. He is in the front, fighting the Wolf Clan."

Kagome's mouth acted faster than her brain, and she asked: "Why are you here, then? Too weak to be in the front?"

Inuyasha's eyes flashed with anger, and Kagome amused herself in how easy it was to piss him off... "He is not even fighting, he just stands there and commands other people to do things for him!" Kagome felt a grin coming to her face, but tried to repress it, Inuyasha was so obviously jealous of his brother. "Why do you ask? Do you want me to die that badly?"

"Of course, you are the only thing that is keeping me in this stupid demon dimension or whatever this is..."

"Well, let me tell you that I'm not an easy kill." Inuyasha said, breaking the eye contact they had had a moment ago, and stared to the wood carved door that allowed to entrance to the Dinning Room. "Keep your mind out of Seshomaru, he won't be bothering you for a while."

"Until you are done with me, right?" Kagome said in a sarcastic tone, daring him to confirm his own words.

"Yes, until I'm done with you." He replied, his voice merely a hiss. Inuyasha looked at her again, but his eyes were everything but looking for contact, he was looking right through her.

"You won't break me." Inuyasha suppressed a shiver, he could feel her miko power dancing around her.

"I won't even have to try."

The door opened nosily and a couple entered the Room, the Queen and King took their seats while Inuyasha, and then Kagome, stood to bow with respect. Kagome was feeling pretty weird by then... In her village the highest authority had been the landlord... and she had only seen him twice in her life; dinning with a Royal Family (demons or not) was quite surreal. Just like everything that had been happening to her in the past 3 days.

"I'm glad you decided to come, Kagome." The Queen smiled while her son and the miko sat again. "That dress fits you perfectly."

"I agree." The King said and Kagome flushed tomato red.

"Don't you think so, Inuyasha?" The Hanyou gave his mother an annoyed glare, where did she want to go with all this?

"Sure." He said absent-mindly, not wanting to anger his mother saying something rude, he knew better.

Some servants brought the food immediately and placed it on the table. Kagome could feel the servants' eyes -who were all humans- on her and she sunk a little deeper in her seat. The looks those people were giving each other clearly said that Kagome was more than out of place in that family dinner.

"How was the War Council?" The King asked in an almost-interested voice. Lately Inuyasha had been the one who attended those matters and he was glad, God knew he needed some vacations and his son was a perfect candidate to take his place on those boring and long Councils.

Inuyasha frowned at his food, but didn't dare to look at his father, he would never forgive the man for making him go to those stupid Councils. "Useless, as usual. The General told me that Seshomaru wants to attack the Wolf Clan as soon as possible, while the wolves are still preparing for the next attack, but I think he should wait until the New Mikos are ready, to attack with all we have... but he is a bonehead, as usual, and won't listen to a thing I say..." Kagome looked strangely at the Hanyou sitting beside her, fuming like that he had almost looked... like another person.

"Ah, well, let Seshomaru do what he things is right. He is in the Front for a reason, and that's because he is good at what he does." Inuyasha took an angry bite at his meat after hearing the King's words and Kagome had to suppress an evil chuckle.

"I heard from Miroku your first day at the Army didn't go very well." The Queen said then, and Kagome felt more blood rushing to her cheeks.

"I... it's the first time I try something like that..." She tried to excuse herself.

Inuyasha snorted. "Great, I kidnapped an useless miko..." he grunted.

Kagome turned to face him. "It's not like I wanted to come here!" She spat.

A dead silence filled the room, the Queen face was impassive, like she hasn't even noticed what had happened. The King looked from the miko to his son in awe. The girl and Inuyasha's eyes were fixed on each other, both full of blind anger. Slowly Kagome's eyes started to fill with tears but she didn't let them fall.

If she was so useless, then why did she have to be locked in this palace, training to develop powers she didn't know how to use... Why did it have to happen to HER?

"Now, now, Kikyo, don't be so hard on the boy." Half a second later Inuyasha was on his feet, silencing his father with a death glare.

"I'll be going now, I have plenty of things to do." He then stormed out of the room, leaving an obvious emptiness in the quiet dinning room.

"Was it something I said?" asked the King to his wife, his face completely innocent.

"Her name is Kagome, not Kikyo, dear." The Queen answered and continued to eat silently.

Kagome looked at the door thought which Inuyasha had exited. Kikyo? Who was that? And why had Inuyasha's eyes flashed with sadness at the sound of her name?

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Inuyasha's quarters were in silence when she entered after dinner, the only thing she wanted to do right then was to get out of that dress and sleep. But just as she reached her door she heard movement in the room and for a second she wondered if Inuyasha was there.

She turned her head to the sound and suddenly felt herself be pushed against her own door.

Kagome felt a hot breath on her throat and she swallowed nervously. "You... you said you wouldn't force me." She almost choked on each word, but she remained firm, holding only onto his words.

"I won't." He answered. She heard him only because his mouth was close to her ear, his voice was barely a whisper. Inuyasha pressed an open mouthed kiss on her throat and she gasped, she was felt as she was choking with fear.

"What is wrong with you?" she finally said, he continued to kiss her neck. "What is it that makes you scream at me one second and seduce me the next?" It was like she was talking to herself, he ignored her completely and started licking the base of her neck. She pressed her hands to his chest but he didn't move an inch, she was too weak for him. When she felt his fangs caressing her skin she gasped again. She had to finish his now.

"Who is Kikyo?" He stopped immediately after hearing her words. He only licked her neck one more time and released her. Kagome felt like she'd have fallen but she stayed on her feet.

Inuyasha backed away and turned his back to her. "What did you do to her that is haunting you so much?" The miko hissed and the hanyou turned around to look at her.

"Good night, Kagome." He told her and left her standing in the dark.

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This was supposed to be longer, but you people are starting to get desperate (I like that lol). A little Inuyasha/Kagome action, but Kagome didn't like that very much, did she? ^_^U I don't like the kidnappee-falling-in-love-with-kidnapper syndrome, so it will take them a long time to get to that... in the meanwhile interesting situations will be occurring (or, at least I'm hoping they are interesting... but then again I have such a twisted mind, I'm sure they'll be!).

Again, sorry about the spelling and grammar errors, but I don't have a spellchecker right now >_<

Review, people, tell me what you liked, what you didn't like, who do you want to see (I think Hojo will be good kukuku).