InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Blue ❯ Chapter 14 ( Chapter 14 )

 

Disclaimer: No I do NOT own Inuyasha…trust me I would be doing something with my life if I did…

 

 

A.N. I hope that you guys like it-and THIS IS NOT AN ALTERNATE UNIVERSE!!

 

 

Blue

 

 

Chapter 14: Misled hope

 

 

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Inuyasha stared at the girl in his arms, finding his heart stop after a moment when the reality of the situation set in.

 

He heard the tiniest of protests made from a pedestrian mumbling `get a room' before he snapped back to reality.

 

He dropped her from his arms suddenly, hiding his face from her curious eyes before mumbling a brief apology and brushing past the confused woman.

 

He walked along the busy streets, a new resolve lighting in his eyes. Inuyasha's determination was set; he was headed for the hotel still.

 

A bittersweet feeling passed through him when he realized what he had almost done.

 

That woman was not Kagome.

 

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Kagome continued to walk down the streets of Tokyo, pointing different things out to Sachiko as they walked with nowhere particular in mind.

 

“Okaa-san?” Sachiko piped from beside her, pulling on her hand.

 

Kagome looked down at her daughter, her attention being diverted from the billboard advertising her new CD.

 

“Yeah baby?” Kagome asked her daughter, seeing the confused look on her face.

 

Sachiko pointed to something behind Kagome and asked a moment later:

 

“What are they doing?”

 

The question surprised Kagome. She turned to see what Sachiko was looking at, not finding herself as surprised as she should have been when she saw what looked like a couple about to kiss.

 

Kagome rolled her eyes at the pair.

 

“They're being stupid.” Kagome answered to her daughter, knowing that even if she tried to explain what in the hell the two were doing Sachiko wouldn't have a clue as to what she was talking about.

 

“Oh!” Sachiko exclaimed, enlightenment showing brightly in her eyes.

 

As Kagome and Sachiko walked past the couple Kagome couldn't help but mumble—just loud enough for the two to hear—“Get a room,” before continuing her walk. Sachiko toed behind her all the while, a smile of innocence on her cute face.

 

“Okaa-san?” the child asked again after some minutes of walking.

 

Kagome looked down at her daughter, wondering what it was that had caught her attention this time.

 

“Can we go somewhere to eat?” Sachiko asked, placing a hand on her stomach for further emphasis.

 

Kagome smiled.

 

“Sure, where do you want to go?” she asked Sachiko, knowing that the little girl probably already had a place she wanted to go on her mind.

 

Sachiko looked around the crowded streets, finally coming to point to one of the restaurants named `WacDonald's.'

 

Kagome rolled her eyes with a smile on her face.

 

“Sachiko, can you pick something more non-artery clogging?” Kagome asked playfully to Sachiko.

 

Sachiko smiled. “Nope!” she pronounced happily.

 

Kagome laughed; delighted that she was blessed with such a cute child.

 

`I must have done something right,' Kagome thought to herself as she watched Sachiko stare in amazement at the fast-food restaurant.

 

When they entered it was loud with people talking and filled with teenagers. The smell of fast-food assaulted Kagome's senses and she was reminded painfully of why she didn't particularly like fast-food.

 

Sachiko, on the other hand, smiled merrily and dragged her mother to the cash register. She took on a concentrated look, furrowing her eyebrows as she went over the numerous possibilities.

 

Kagome looked at the cashier, asking the man in a sarcastic voice, “Do you have anything remotely healthy?”

 

The man dressed in his weird uniform looked at Kagome as if she had sprouted another head. “Umm…” He started, acting like he had to think about the problem. “No.”

 

Kagome just glared at the man.

 

Sachiko tugged on her mother's hand, dragging Kagome out of the glaring match with the cashier.

 

“Okaa-san, can I get the number three?” she asked innocently.

 

Kagome smiled and nodded, turning her glare back to the man before her.

 

“My daughter wants a number three, asshole,” Kagome spat at the man. She turned to her daughter, telling Sachiko seriously, “don't ever say that,” before turning back to the man, her glare piercing him again.

 

The cashier looked at Kagome as if she were insane.

 

“…Yeah…” he replied after a moment, telling Kagome her total after he had punched in the order.

 

A few minutes later Kagome was walking with Sachiko to a booth, a tray filled with Sachiko's order in her hands.

 

Kagome looked around the room with unseeing eyes, thinking over nothing. Sachiko sat across from her, trying her hardest to hold an adult conversation.

 

Kagome sighed, resting her head tiredly in her palm on the table. She continued to look around the room, giving Sachiko an answer to something every time she asked a question or something that required an answer. Her eyes landed on a couple a few booths away from her own, and she felt her eyes go wide in disbelief.

 

There, not sitting but ten feet from her, were what looked like Sango and Miroku.

 

Kagome shook her head, laughing to herself. Sachiko looked at her mother, concern in her eyes.

 

“Okaa-san, are you alright?” she asked her mother in concern.

 

Kagome's face became solemn.

 

“Sachiko, why don't you finish your lunch when we get to the hotel? Okaa-san's tired and wants to rest up,” Kagome said rather than asked.

 

Sachiko nodded, placing her lunch neatly in her little WacDonald's bag before hopping out of the booth, grabbing her mother's hand when it was offered to her.

 

Kagome walked quickly past the couple that looked dangerously like Sango and Miroku, never looking back.

 

One of the pair looked up as they took a drink, spitting it out all over the place as they saw Kagome's face, their surprise etched clearly in their face.

 

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Inuyasha walked into the hotel as calmly as he possibly could, finding that his nerves were in a bundle. As he neared the registration desk he felt something bubble up in his chest.

 

A woman behind the desk looked up as Inuyasha approached, a pleasant smile coming on her face. “How may I help you today sir?” she asked sweetly. Inuyasha couldn't help but sigh internally. Why did they always have to flirt with him?

 

“Umm…yeah I'm looking for a Higurashi Kagome here. Does anyone by any chance have a room under that name?” Inuyasha asked, knowing that that was what Kagome would put the room under, thinking that no one would come looking for her.

 

The woman nodded her head in understanding before looking down and typing swiftly over computer keys. She looked at the screen for a moment, returning her attention to Inuyasha a moment later.

 

“Ms. Higurashi's room is on level four, room sixteen,” she told Inuyasha in a sweet voice.

 

Inuyasha hurriedly expressed his thanks before taking off towards the elevator. He breathed in breaths, trying to relax the fast tightening knot forming in his stomach.

 

The elevator chimed, its doors opening in a lagged pace, making Inuyasha curse in his impatience.

 

The ride to the fourth floor was one of the longest elevator rides Inuyasha had ever taken. When the door finally chimed at their arrival he felt his patience run even thinner.

 

He walked as calmly as he could to the sixteenth door, having to remind himself repeatedly to breathe.

 

As the number sixteen came into view, Inuyasha thought it to be the most beautiful sight he had ever beheld.

 

The numbers looked identical on every door, but this number sixteen was like a blessing on a door to him. Something about it just made him feel more excited to finally see Kagome again.

 

He knocked on the wood with a certain uncertainty, waiting as calmly as he could for her to answer the door.

 

The sight that greeted him was not what he wanted to see though.

 

A man who looked to be in his late twenties greeted him at the door, one hand on the door and the other resting on his hip in what appeared to be a very flamboyant way.

 

“Umm…” Inuyasha attempted, wondering if the stupid lady had given him the wrong room number.

 

“Can I help you with something, hun?” The man asked, making Inuyasha rear back in surprise.

 

“Umm…Is Kagome here?” He asked, deciding that he should go ahead and ask the man since he interrupted him in whatever he was doing.

 

The comment seemed to surprise the man. He suddenly stood straight, interest shining brightly in his eyes.

 

“Oh?” he asked, “Kagome you say.”

 

Inuyasha just blinked as the man scanned him with his eyes, making him feel surprisingly exposed.

 

“I wonder what that silly little bitch did to deserve someone as beautiful as yourself. I guess she took my advice and finally started dating,” Ron ranted, a look of lust coming into his eyes.

 

Inuyasha's face heated up in embarrassment and disgust.

 

“Babe, if you ever get bored then you can just call me up,” Ron told Inuyasha, licking his lips for better emphasis.

 

Inuyasha just placed a strained smile on his face. “Umm…is Kagome here or not?” he asked as kindly as humanly possible.

 

Ron just shrugged, a small amount of remorse shining in his eyes.

 

“Sorry hun, but you just missed her,” he told Inuyasha, a small ounce of pity underlining his voice.

 

Inuyasha cursed silently to himself, “Well do you know when she will be back?” he asked hopefully.

 

Ron shook his head, “I'm sorry, but she told me not to call her. She kind of just up and left a second ago.”

 

Inuyasha looked down at his shoes in silent thought. “Do you know where she went?” he asked Ron thoughtfully.

 

Ron shook his head again. “No, like I said, she just kind of up and left. But I'll be sure to tell her that you were here,” Ron told him.

 

Inuyasha shook his head. “No that's okay; I'll just try back later,” he told Ron.

 

The man looked at Inuyasha with concern in his eyes. “You sure?” he asked the concealed hanyou.

 

Inuyasha nodded, plastering a fake smile on his face. “Yeah, positive.”

 

He smiled a smile at Ron, holding his hand out in a westernized greeting.

 

“By the way, my name's Inuyasha,” Inuyasha told Ron, hinting that he wanted to know his name.

 

Ron smiled before he took Inuyasha's hand into his own, holding it delicately and shaking it. “Ron,” he told him, adding a flutter of his eyes.

 

Inuyasha laughed nervously, taking his hand back as quickly and politely as possible.

 

“Well I guess that I'll see you around,” he told Ron, waving a small wave before turning and making his way back to the elevators.

 

Confidence hung in his wake and mind. He now knew that Kagome was here. He now knew that she was in his reach, and he now knew that he was going to find her.

 

He was more confident than ever about the whole situation.

 

Kagome would be his.

 

She would once again be with him.

 

And he would amend all his past mistakes.

 

That was a promise.

 

And Inuyasha Tasho never broke a promise.

 

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^_^ I hope you liked it! Sorry it's so short; I have to get it out to get the rest of the story moving. I think that Blue will be roughly around twenty chapters. Also this is important!! I would really love a beta! For both of my story's! If you are interested please contact me at kenshinrocks01 at yahoo!! Thank you! Please review!!