InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Bishies Without Shirts ❯ Midnight Madness ( Chapter 11 )

Chapter 11: Midnight madness

"What the hell do you think you are doing?!" Sesshomaru hissed at them. "Or does Higarashi-sama permit this sort of thing?"

"Shut up asshole and leave us alone!" Inuyasha said as he went back to nuzzling that particularly soft and warm spot on his beloved Kagome's neck.

"Inuyasha…please! Now is not the time to start something with Sesshomaru." She whispered softly at him as she tried to push him off herself. "Don't make me say it…" she warned as well.

"Listen to your wench. With all the noise you two were making, it is little wonder the rest of the household isn't up as well." He sighed. "And judging by the looks your wench keeps giving the door, or should I point out, that there is in fact no door, I would say that Higarashi-sama would have your head if she caught you here like this." He gestured towards them with the forgotten plushie he had brought with him. "Granted you were violently ill before to the point of madness, I might add….but trust you to recover quickly like Chichi-ue!" He took a deep breath to go on as Kagome tried to shush him, as his voice had risen like his anger. "Baka kusotare! You are as bad as he!" He chuckled low in his throat instead as he became caught up in a memory.

"You're the Baka kusotare! What are you mumbling about? Do you have a fever again? Or are your brains fried from the last one?!" Inuyasha taunted.

"Guys!!! Please you're gonna wake Mama!!!"

"No you asshole! I was just remembering how we wound up with you; that's all!!!"

"Hunh? What do you mean by that….? Just what are you implying Sesshomaru?"

"Nothing…" Sesshomaru said with a satisfied smirk. Having achieved what he set out do, for Inuyasha had gotten off the wench and was now out of bed, he was ready to leave for he trusted the wench to do the right thing and heed his unsaid warning. Turning around he was just as surprised as everyone else to see Higarashi-san standing there in the doorway rubbing the sleep from her eyes.

"What is going on here? Boys… Kagome? Is everything alright?" she asked softly.

Kagome blanched as she knew from her mother's quiet tone that she was in big trouble, and quite possibly Inuyasha as well. Nothing prepared for what came next as she tried to think of something to say.

"Gomen Higarashi-sama, I am sorry if I had awakened you. I believe my brother is still a bit ill and he was giving your daughter a hard time about remaining in bed resting. It appears she was trying to…" he thought for a minute as he had no idea how long Higarashi-san was standing there since he never heard her approach as he was too upset about the scene at hand, "ah….haul him back in bed by herself as she did not wish to disturb anyone and the whelp in his delirium had gotten the wrong idea. I came in as soon as I heard her cries for help. As you can see she is alright. I was just about to ask her if she would like for me to stay here instead. I am feeling much better now; as you can see my spots are fading or rather falling off. I am most willing to sleep here on the floor. In fact I find it more comfortable than the softness of the bed." He flashed her, what he had hoped was a winning smile.

Higarashi-san stood there a minute longer looking from one face to the next as she was certain she smelled a lie, but she couldn't be sure just what was being lied about. "He may have lost a few of his spots, but Sessho-kun is still much too pale for my liking…Inuyasha is sulking and he really doesn't look all that sick now…a bit on the pink side, but not as bad as before," she thought. "And the look on Kagome's face reminds me of the time Buyo got into the frozen fish I had thawing on the counter…. Yet I know she's a good girl and all…"

"Very well Sessho-kun, you're sure you'll be alright here on the floor?" Higarashi-san walked farther into the room and over to a very quiet Inuyasha. "Let me feel your head and see if maybe your fever is returning again." She reached up to find he was only slightly warm instead of the raging fever his brother claimed he had. "You know I'd much rather you take some more Tylenol than chance it; even if you aren't all that hot. Kagome Dear, why don't you come downstairs with me and help me find it?" She said as she propelled her daughter out of the room and down the stairs to the kitchen.

"Just what the hell did you think you were doing Sesshomaru?" Inuyasha said menacingly to him.

"Shut up Whelp! I was just covering for you! I am now certain that if it were Higarashi-sama who came in to find you all over her daughter and not myself, I'd be taking out the Tensaiga and reviving you so that when we got back I can use the Toukijin and have the pleasure of killing you myself! First you inherit Chichi-ue's unfortunate taste in women then I find you have inherited his insatiable lust as well! Are you so enamored of running around without your shirt that you must also run about without your pants! Higarashi-sama has been most kind to offer us hospitality and to treat us as her own sons and you repay her by bedding her daughter! Fool!" He glared at his younger brother and then his face softened. "I see I have been remiss in my duties to you because of…. Well never mind what. Just know that you have a good thing here…and you were about to go and blindly not to mention foolishly throw it all away for a moment's pleasure! Grow up Inuyasha and think with your head and not with your manhood! If I were you…" he trailed off silently and Inuyasha sullenly waited for him to go on. "I…I would treasure what I have here… for it is a far greater treasure than the one Chichi-ue gave you." He sighed and looked at Inuyasha, "Understand?"

"Feh!"

"Inuyasha…please listen to me…for once in your life; don't be an idiot!" And as Inuyasha looked up to meet his brother's gaze; smart retort ready on his lips, he was shocked to see for just the briefest of instances, all the pain and loneliness that Sesshomaru carried around with him before his icy mask snapped back into place.

"Sesshomaru…..I…I…" he said in a soft voice.

Kagome who also found herself under similar scrutiny, tried to sort out her feelings as she silently followed her mother down the stairs to the kitchen. She didn't like the fact her mother was so quiet either, and she worried she had broken the bond of trust between them. Several times she started to say something to her only to be silenced by a look from her mother. So it was with a mixture of dread and relief that her mother finally spoke to her as she moved about the kitchen getting together the stuff to bring back upstairs.

"Kagome dear, what was going on there in your room?" Higarashi-san gave her daughter a look, that said she wanted to know, yet didn't want to as well.

"Nothing Mama! I swear it! I'm actually glad Sesshomaru found us as I'm sure something would have happened…."

"No Kagome….."

Kagome inwardly cringed at the disappointment she heard in her mother's voice. Screwing up her courage she went on, "Mama…I'm soooo confused…at the time being with Inuyasha felt sooo right and I really, really, really wanted to be with him at that moment…I guess I wasn't thinking was I? Please don't be disappointed in me…. I did hear your voice in my head telling me not to do it…" She looked up at her mother and gave her a half smile. "But then there was this other voice telling me to just give in already and get it over with….and ….I'm just sooo confused…I wanted to be able to talk to you first, but things didn't work out that way, did they?" Her lower lip trembled as she fought back tears. "Oh Mama I'm so sorry if I've done anything to hurt you! Please Mama! It's all my fault…please don't be mad at Inuyasha….in his time…in his time… I'm sure he'd make you a fine son-in-law." She joked through her tears.

"It's ok Dear…I'm just glad nothing happened that you two would later come to regret. Besides I want you to know that however disappointed I am with you for behaving this way…I'm pleased you actually listened to something I've said to you…" Higarashi-san made a "you know kind of face" at her daughter. So when Kagome looked at her blankly, she elaborated. "Uhhh…Kagome dear…The other day when you were home last and you asked me to do your laundry…and well, I didn't mean to snoop or pry into your privacy or ummmm…well…let's just say I found a big box when I put your things away…."

"Heeeh…" Kagome turned beet red as she caught her mother's meaning. "Mama….never mind."

"Come dear, we're all tired and it's getting later and later. I want to give this to the boys before they fall asleep again. Besides we can talk more in the morning if you like." So they walked up to find Sesshomaru curled up on the floor and Inuyasha staring at the ceiling.

"Here's the Tylenol if you need it and some water. Goodnight boys." Having set the Tylenol and water down on Kagome's desk, Higarashi-san turned to leave.

"Higarashi-san…"

"Inuyasha…I'm tired and we can talk about it tomorrow, ok. Good night." Turning off the lights as she left, Inuyasha followed them in his mind as he listened to the two sets of retreating footsteps. He was pleased Higarashi-san wasn't angry with Kagome as he could hear from the muffle tones coming through the wall that things were bettered than he hoped. Now all he had to do was make sure Sesshomaru was asleep as he had to talk to Kagome. So he lay there for what felt like forever as he listened to his brother's breathing even out into the soft snore that signaled he was asleep. Getting up he started to make his way to the door when something caught his ankle in a vise-like grip.

"Where do you think you're going?"