InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Being Me ❯ Living In A World ( Chapter 4 )

WARNING: I cuss, a lot. Spelling/grammar = bad.

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DISCLAIMER: I do not own Inuyasha, but I do own a Kirara plushie, yay!

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"Your maid is asleep outside with the brats."

"What do I care?" Sesshoumaru asked, wishing his brother would just fall off the face of the Earth

"She's your maid, shouldn't she be cleaning or something?" Inuyasha asked as he plopped down in the chair located directly in front of his older brother

"She did her work, besides, with her watching the children I can get more work done."

"So you're just going to let her play with the brats all day instead of cleaning and all that other shit?" Inuyasha asked with a disgusted tone in is voice

"I am not like you Inuyasha, I keep my things clean. Besides, she does more good this way. I get my work done and the children have someone new to play with." Sesshoumaru explained, talking slow so Inuyasha would have a better chance of understanding it

"I don't know why you kept them in the first place, if it was me I would have left them on some abandoned road a long time ago."

"Hn. And people say that I have no heart." Sesshoumaru said as he wrote something down on a piece of parchment

Inuyasha gave a "feh" and a glare, but did not say anything else. Sesshoumaru went back to his working hoping that, that was the end of their 'conversation'

"Oi, did you hear about Higurashi?" Inuyasha asked, the silence had gotten to be too much for him

Sesshoumaru did not answer, he merely cocked his eyebrow telling Inuyasha that he had not.

"His daughter went missing. Her bodyguard was found outside of the castle, she took quite a beating from what I hear."

"Interesting, but I am sure I will be informed of this soon, and with proper detail." Sesshoumaru said, still not looking up from his paperwork

Inuyasha gave another 'feh' before he got up and left his brother to his work.

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I woke up outside, which was not much of a difference from other days. What was different was that this was not my garden, this was a garden that I was not familiar with. It did not take me long to remember where I was, I was in the garden of my new master. The children were still asleep beside me, they looked so peaceful that I did not want to wake them, so I just sat and looked at the sky. The sun was setting now, and it looked so magical, so amazing that I could not describe it with words.

This place was so new, and I really did miss my home. I missed every little thing that I had left behind, my room, my garden, my friends, and in a way even my parents. I was forced to leave everything I knew so I would not be given away to a man that I despise. I do not want to be his wife, his to touch whenever he wanted, to kiss, to make love. No, but it would not be making love, it would just be sex. Loveless sex that I wanted no part in. I want to fall in love, real and true love, not love that I may feel in twenty years because that is all that I ever experienced.

"Life is cruel." was what I kept thinking

I knew I was being childish, but this was my life after all, I do have a right to want it to be something more meaningful. I had a dream once when I was a child, I lived in a small hut in the middle of a beautiful forest. I had no servants because I had no need for them, I never actually did. I lived there with a man, a wonderful man that loved me with all of his heart and that I loved the same.

"Dreams fade, and all that is left is the cruel reality that it will never be real."

I did not know that I had said it out loud, but when I heard a cough from behind me I knew I had. I turned around to find my "master" behind me, his face showed nothing, but you could tell that he was slightly amused by my talking to myself.

"Girl, I have a new job for you." he said after a minute of silence, which was also a minute of me staring into his golden eyes

"Hai, Sesshoumaru-sama." I said bowing my head to show respect, even though I really had none for these royal families

"You are no longer here to serve me as a maid, instead you are to look after the children, that is your only job. Do you understand?" he said in a tone that would send shivers down a dragons spine

"Hai, Sesshoumaru-sama." I answered him

"Good." he said right before walking back to the castle

He had surprised me with my new job, I never thought that he would let me off of my "duties". I figured that I would be cleaning this castle until I was old and dying, or decided to go back home and give up on the idea of love and let that evil man have me as his wife. I suppose taking care of the children will be hard work, but I love children and would much prefer it to scrubbing floors and doing laundry.

"Maybe the world is not as cruel as I had thought." I said with a smile as I laid back down with the children

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There was something about that girl that I liked, and at the same time did not like. She seemed too cocky to be a servant, her eyes defied everything I said, but she looked like she had done her share of work in her life. She was talking to herself saying how dreams fade and all that is left is reality, so she must have lived some of her life freely before becoming what she is. Either way, she was good to have around, she kept the children detained long enough for me to get most of my work done. It use to be I could not even get ten minutes to get anything done, but today I had all day and I liked it.

I had adopted the two children after their parents had died. I do not know why I did it, something just told me that I should. They have kept me company through the months, but sometimes I wish that I had someone to love in a different way. People would never think that I would want to love someone and have someone love me, but I do. I get so lonely at night, not having anyone to talk to, to hold, to share the silence with. Shippou and Rin want a new "mother", and I would be more than happy to give them one, I just cannot find the right person that makes me feel complete.

"Yes, dreams indeed fade and leave the cold reality behind."

It is not the time to think about such petty things, I had something to take care of before I finished the rest of my work. I was having a room made up for that girl, she needed to be close to Rin and Shippou so that she could take care of them if they woke up in the night. I was getting tired of being woken up by Rin because she had a bad dream. She would sit in my lap and cry until she fell asleep there and I would have to take her back to her room.

"You, monk." I called out to the castle monk, that also happened to be a friend of my brothers

"Yes, Sesshoumaru-sama." he said with a bow and a smile that I wanted nothing more than to claw off of his face

"Go to the garden and inform my new maid that I want to see her after dinner in my office." I said and walked off without waiting for any sort of response

The monk was one of my idiotic brother's friends, really he was his only friend, and I could not care less. As long as he does what I tell him to, I found no reason to worry over him. I made my way to my room to get ready for dinner, hoping that my brother would not be there, he was such a sloppy eater. It was amazing that anyone would be able to eat around him, he talked with his mouth full, spit food out when he chewed, and worst of all when he would be seeming to choke (but did not, damn it all to hell) he would just stuff more food in his mouth. It was truly a displeasing sight that I could do without seeing ever again.

"Oi, Sesshoumaru. Is dinner ready?"

The fates are truly against me.

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"All right, it is time to get washed up for dinner." I said to the children who were now awake, and again playing out in the garden

"Do we have to?" they whined

"Hai, now go inside." I said, sternly, but not demandingly

"Hai, Kagome-chan." they said, and then walked back to the palace

I had woken up again to find two very awake children standing above me, laughing like there was no tomorrow. I suppose I would have done the same thing if I was that age. I looked around the garden one more time before deciding that is was time for me to go inside too. I was walking back to the door, but I was grabbed by the shoulder, and I screamed.

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Sorry about the cliffy, but I wanted one, so I'm not really sorry, oh well. I will start the next chapter when I get a few more stories updated, I am so far behind on updating it will take me forever to catch up. Whelp, I hope everyone liked the chapter, not a lot going on, but it should pick up soon. Thanks.