InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Bishies Without Shirts ❯ The Truth is Out... ( Chapter 39 )

Chapter 39: The Truth is out…

Sesshomaru figured now was as good a time as any to get in a nice little nap as he now had the whole house to himself and it was blissfully quiet for a change. However after about ten minutes or so of lying there trying to think peaceful thoughts about his Tsuki-chan; he gave up. "Shit! Even when he's not here he finds a way to annoy the hell out of me! Now… where did we put that ningen clothing? Ah there it is!" he said to himself as he spotted the black bundle on the floor next to Kagome's desk. Picking it up he wondered if he could mange to get into it by himself. "Well if my idiot brother can do it, then so can I!" he thought, while another little voice in his head reminded him that he only had one hand. So he told that voice to shut up and another twenty minutes later found him somewhat dressed. "Fuck this shatsu!" He swore as he couldn't get it on due to the fact that he was shy one arm. So wriggling out of it, he caught sight of himself in the mirror and decided he didn't look half bad in just the white muscle "T" and jeans. "Shit there's nothing I can do about my hair so I'll just have to leave it…" he mused as he flicked it over his ears and set out down the stairs towards the front door. After slipping on his shoes he wondered if he should leave a note explaining where they went or if he should just leave it. Just leaving it seemed a better option and with that he was out the door.

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Sesshomaru made his way down the long shrine staircase and when he reached the bottom he paused long enough to sniff the air. Breathing in deeply he caught his brother's scent and took off in the direction the hanyou had taken earlier. He walked on as slowly as he could, smiling pleasantly at those who smiled at him for fear of attracting unwanted attention. Finally he could take it no longer and he started to increase his pace until he was nothing more than a black and white blur. Spotting his brother up ahead he slowed down enough to tail him for a while.

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"Oi Sesshomaru! You do know that if Higarashi-baba finds us both missing there's going to be hell to pay." Inuyasha called to his brother, while trying vainly to keep moving on without passing out. His head was by now spinning from the pain in his shoulder as well as the dull throbbing in head. "Damn fucking Tylenol shit doesn't work!" he swore under his breath. "Now not only does my head, shoulder and stomach hurt, I seem to have acquired a pain in the ass as well!"

"What was that about a pain in the ass, Oto-chan?" Sesshomaru asked as he came up along side his brother.

"Nothing that would concern you, Fluffy-chan. What the hell do you think you're doing here anyway? She's my woman and I don't need your help in bringing her back. You know you don't have to worry about us mating on the way home either, because if you really must know I don't feel up to it at the moment." Sensing his brother's scowl, he went on, "That's not to say I won't change my mind when I get back…"

"Keh! I don't think even Chichi-ue would have the strength to do that….I'm impressed little brother. By the way…what's with all this Fluffy crap anyway?"

Inuyasha laughed even though it hurt like hell; it was worth it for the look on his older brother's face. "You just look….I don't know….Fluffy?"

Sighing loudly Sesshomaru said, "If I wasn't sure you were an idiot before Oto-chan, I'm positive you're one now. 'Fluffy' indeed."

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"So this is the school thing?" Sesshomaru pointed to the large building across the street.

"Hai! I've been here once before. It's an amazing place and it's full of ningen. So you'd better stick close or you'll get lost…if you do I'm not looking for you." He grinned as they made their way towards it. Just as they got there, the bell rang and some of the students came outside as others hurried in from the smaller surrounding buildings. Inuyasha waited a few minutes before filing in with the rest of them. Sesshomaru, amazed at the sudden burst of energy in his younger brother, followed him and the two of them found themselves inside with no clue where to go next.

They wandered around following everyone and as luck would have it they were spotted by a familiar face.

"Oi Inuyasha, Sesshomaru!! What are you two doing here?" Eri cried as she walked over to them. "Don't tell me you're here to surprise Kagome-chan?" She clasped her hands together in delight. "That's like soooo romantic!" And taking Inuyasha aside for a minute she asked, "What's you're brother doing here, then? OOOO!!! Don't tell me he drove you here??!!"

Rolling his eyes he replied, "You could say that…errr…Eri?"

"OOO!!! You remembered my name!! That's so sweet!!! Come on let's go get Kagome!" Unfortunately for him, she pulled on Inuyasha's right arm and the pain that wracked his body nearly made him pass out.

Once again Sesshomaru came to his rescue. "Oi, Eri-hime….please don't pull him so hard." He tried to remove her hand from the hanyou's arm. "He's been injured…you could open the wound if you're not careful."

"Eri-hime….." she sighed before the rest of what Sesshomaru told her registered in her brain. "Wound…Injured? What happened last night?" They were by now starting to attract attention as it wasn't everyday that the school was invaded by two long white haired living bishounen. Soon they were joined by Kagome's other two best friends as Sesshomaru explained patiently that Inuyasha was in a fight and was knifed when he tried to protect Kagome. This brought out a few more 'ooohs' and 'aaahs' from the girls as well as causing the curiosity seekers to give them a wide berth at the mention of the word 'fight'. So the two brothers stood there waiting while the girls fussed over Inuyasha.

"Kami!!! That's soooo brave!!! Kawaii, strong, romantic; gods that Kagome is a lucky girl! I know, I know!!! Hey Inuyasha, do you have any other brothers? Or any cousins?? You know, that would like to have a girlfriend or two???" they tittered like a flock of birds. "What about any friends???" they asked hopefully as the bell rang and they all found themselves alone in the hall.

"No…" he said quietly, "except maybe Miroku….and he wouldn't mind having all of you…"he sighed. "Gomen…but I really need to find my mate. I need her at home looking after me…not wasting her time here. Do you know where she is?" he asked hopefully.

"Mate???" the girls chorused just as Kagome appeared at the end of the hallway with Hojo, both of them carrying a stack of papers for their teacher.

"Why look….If it isn't the wegome consorting with a ningen male. No wonder she was in such a hurry to get here this morning, Inuyasha." Sesshomaru smirked.

Growling low, Inuyasha push his way past the girls and headed towards his koibito. It was at that moment Kagome spotted the two demon brothers and she knew the shit was about to hit the fan if she didn't do something quick.

"Koishii!!! What a nice surprise to see you here!!!" She said as she rushed over to him as fast as she could without dropping any of the papers. "You know you shouldn't really be out of bed. It's not like I can help you here if you start bleeding again. But why are you here anyway? And what's he doing here?" she jerked her head over in Sesshomaru's direction.

However Inuyasha either didn't hear, or chose not hear what she said as he pushed past her over towards Hojo.

Hojo hesitantly came over to him and said, "You must be Inuyasha. Higarashi's told me so much about you today…I was thinking how nice it would be to finally meet the guy who captured Higarashi's heart. I'm Hojo by th…."

He was cut off by Inuyasha who growled at him, "What are you doing with my mate, ningen?" then things got interesting as Sesshomaru picked that moment to remind the wegome of the terms of their wedding agreement.

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"I AM NOT consorting with Hojo! Sesshomaru how could you say such a thing! And you Mister, how could you believe him? We were told to go get these papers before class. For Kami's sake, there are guys attending this school and talking to them and walking down the halls with them while doing an errand for the teacher is NOT consorting with them!"

Ignoring her completely as if she weren't there, Inuyasha asked quietly, "What are you doing with my mate, ningen?"

"Gomen… I don't understand what you mean by 'mate'. I thought Higarashi said she was your koibito… the way you're carrying on…you're like a jealous husband who caught his wife in beh… in the company of someone else…??" Hojo, along with the girls, was thoroughly puzzled by Inuyasha's behavior. Inuyasha however was intent on one thing and one thing only and that was making sure this ningen male understood that Kagome was his.

"Look Ningen…Kagome is mine! She's my mate and I've marked her as such! You will cease to have anything to do with her or I'll be forced to kill you! Now what part of that don't you understand?" he said as he started cracking his knuckles. Everyone went quiet as the threat hung in the air between the hanyou and the human male.

"Leave now Ningen or he will do it. Take these other women with you as they seem to be looking for a mate of their own." He looked over at his brother before looking back at Hojo. "I suggest you leave now if you value your life. The wegome is his mate and he will fight to the death if needed, to keep her. So do the smart thing and leave now and no one will get hurt…." Sesshomaru said in a low even tone.

"Higarashi?" Hojo asked as he turned to her for answers.

"Just go Hojo…tell Ito-sensei that I'll be there in a minute." She smiled at him as she tried to get him to leave, then turning to her koibito she said, "Inuyasha…what's gotten into you?"

"Shut up woman! I will deal with you later! Listen Ningen….Kagome is mine! I marked her as such and if you weren't such an idiot you'd see it!"

Hojo sighed as Yuka asked the question for him, "'Marked'? Kagome-chan what's he talking about, 'marked'? Don't tell me you two went and got matching tattoos before the fight?"

"No wench, I mated with her! That's how I marked her! Gods you ningen are so stupid!!!"

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Four sets of eyes turned to look at Kagome as she wished a hole could have opened up in the floor so she could crawl in it and never come out. As four mouths opened and chorused "Mated?" she turned beet red as she tried to explain but nothing wanted to come out of her mouth.

"You mean like you guys did it? And you didn't tell me afterwards!"

"Eri!!" the other two girls cried.

"Well she should have told us! We're her friends you know! So what was it like?"

"ERI!!!"

"Okay, okay….Kagome-chan call me later so we can talk!" she cried as the other two girls dragged her off down the hallway and back to class.

"Ummm… I guess I will be getting this to class then." An equally embarrassed Hojo said. "It was…err…nice meeting you, Inuyasha?"

"GGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR………….."

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"Inuyasha! How could you?! You know what? By the end of day the whole school is going to know! People are going to talk about me and stupid guys are going to start hitting on me now, you idiot!" she glared at him as he looked at her stupidly.

"Kagome…if anyone dares to lay a finger on you, I'll kill them! You're my mate and I'm sworn to protect you! What's so funny Fluffy chan?" The hanyou growled as he looked at his elder brother.

That last remark caused Kagome to forget her troubles as she turned to look at Sesshomaru. "Fluffy-chan?" she silently mouthed.

"Nothing…I was just thinking how much you two remind me of Chichi-ue and your ofukuro. They used to fight like that every so often. At least she never threw anything at him like my Haha-ue! But then my Haha-ue had a temper…Anyway, I am finding that I don't envy you all that much anymore Oto-chan."

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"Ah…Higarashi….I was wondering if you'd like me to bring these back to class for you. Ito-sensei really needs them. I…ummmm… told her you had something you needed to take care of in the hall and that's why you were delayed." Hojo said as he came up behind them.

His arrival started Inuyasha growling again, but Sesshomaru laid a restraining hand on his shoulder and the hanyou stood there glaring at the unwelcome intruder.

"Tell the wegome to hand them over to him and the ningen will disappear. You won that round Oto-chan… Keep this up and you might be able to keep that Kouga away from her as well…" he hissed in his younger brother's ear.

"Kagome hand the shit over to the ningen and let's go." Inuyasha said quietly.

"Nani?! I can't just up and leave school like that! What are you crazy or something?" she cried as she handed over the papers to Hojo.

Just like Sesshomaru predicted Hojo started to leave and before he got too far down the hall he stopped, turned and asked, "Do you want me to tell her you had an emergency and had to go home? I can go sign you out after class if you want….."

"Ummmm…ok… thanks Hojo-kun." She smiled at him and then turned on the demon brothers. "Now then, whatever possessed to go and reveal something private like that to them? You know had I wanted them to know I would have told them! Geeze! First you tell my mother, then my friends, who else are you planning on telling Inuyasha? Why don't I just get a T-shirt that says 'I did "IT" with Inuyasha!'?! And you," She pointed at Sesshomaru. "What are you doing here with him? Shouldn't you be home, Sesshomaru, making sure your brother stayed put before he hurt himself again?" she shook her head exasperated with the two of them. "By the way… does Mama know you left?"

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"Inuyasha…how are you feeling now dear? Sesshomaru?" Looking around the deserted living room as she entered it, Higarashi-san wondered if the two of them had gone upstairs to rest. So she quietly went upstairs to see if they were resting there instead. Finding both rooms equally as deserted as the living room, an icy dread closed in around her heart. "Now where in the world did they go to?"

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"I said let's GO Kagome….."