InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Drama of an Online World ❯ Chapter 20
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By: NovaDemoness 
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Fantasy / Adventure | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 09.20.2005 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.1K | Visits: 283 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Fantasy / Adventure | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 09.20.2005 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.1K | Visits: 283 | Status: Completed
He'd kept Rin with him until nearly 5:15, which had been when Kagura had called. Pretending to be angry really was her thing, she knew how to do it exceptionally well. "Why haven't you bright Rin back?! Blah blah blah..." It was the same useless conversation time and time again.
He was quite tired of it, but he'd only have to put up with her a while longer. Until he could make the necessary schedule changes made so he could spend more of his time working at home so he could be with Rin. Of course, he'd still need to make an appearance at the office every now and again, and when Rin started school again in the fall, he'd be able to go full-time again.
There was still the matter of how he'd be maintaining the galleries with Rin living with him. Sitters were never really the best option, you never knew if you could trust them or not. Who's to say they don't have a criminal record and like to get close to their victims before raping and murdering them? Pedophiles were not cool. Nope, not cool at all.
He pushed that thought from his mind, and dialed his brother's home number and held the cellphone to his ear. He was taking the scenic route home, needed time to yell at InuYasha before he went through with his most ingenious plot ever. The wooing of a deranged woman... Maybe it wasn't so ingenious.
On the third ring, an aggressive voice demanded, "The Hell ya want?"
He smirked. "What a way to answer the telephone, InuYasha. Hello to you, too, dear brother."
"Sesshomaru?" the voice asked, slightly confused.
"I know who I am, InuYasha." He almost laughed when he heard the growling on the other end.
"What the fuck do you want?" came the annoyed response.
"Rin is going to be living with me permanently. I need you to ready some things for me so I can begin working from home."
InuYasha chuckled the all-knowing chuckle, "Finally had enough of having to drive all the way to the cheating bitch's apartment and steal the girl away before she got an ear-full?"
And thus was it his turn to growl. His eyes narrowed, he was almost having a difficult time paying attention to the road with his temper working itself up. "Yes, actually. There's no need for an innocent child to hear such... Vile noises."
From a small chuckle, to all-out laughter in just a few seconds. "You do know that you and Kagura used to make tho-"
Click. 'Goodbye InuYasha. Have a good day, oh, and... Go fuck yourself.'
The ringing of his cellphone came about a minute later, and he'd intended on ignoring it. But there were things that needed to be arranged and he knew InuYasha wouldn't stop calling. Not now that he knew his private cell number. 'Oh caller ID, you bitch.'
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She was waiting. She hated waiting, absolutely loathed and despised it. Kagome really wasn't one for patience. Especially when they only had a certain amount of time to do the quest. And with him being at least ten minutes late, that meant they only had roughly four hours to complete the quest and make it back to the village to inform the NPC Elder.
She leaned against a Yewlin tree, her eyes on the giant mountain in front of her. Mount Ekowari was one of the tallest in the game, and by far one of the more beautiful. Inside the Thunder Caves was an abundance of natural hot springs, and about halfway up the moutain in a little clearing most people didn't know about, was a gorgeous waterfall. She wasn't sure where it came from or anything, but she knew it flowed down the mountain to the small Kagitou River.
She'd only been there a few times, never really had the time to journey there. Really, she wished she could, but... She laughed then, long and hard until her chest was heaving and her sides hurt.
She really could make a trip to the river. So few quests for her to complete... Sure, she could do them all over again, but what would that accomplish? Nothing! She made a mental note to herself that as soon as she was finished her quest with Sanosuke, she'd make a journey over to the river and spend a day relaxing. 'Good idea.'
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'Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. SHIT!'
He was late. Incredibly late!
Making the necessary arrangements had proven to be much more difficult than he'd anticipated, and he still wasn't finished. He'd need to have nearly his entire office moved to his apartment, which meant he might have to relocate to something a little more spacious. Which would actually be a very good idea, seeing as how he'd be living with a hyperactive eight year-old. She'd need her space while growing up to be the beautiful woman he knew she'd grow up to be.
He'd also need to hire a nanny, or a babysitter... Housekeeper... Caretaker. Whatever they wanted to be called, he'd need to find one. There was no way he'd be able to get out of the constant trips to the galleries that were scattered across the world, and without someone to watch Rin... She might have to accompany him. While it might work in some instances, it would not be a good idea to pull her out of school for days at a time if he had to.
But respectable caretakers were hard to come by, of that he was certain. Some didn't care whether the child was fed, clean or in bed by a decent hour. Some wouldn't indulge a child's need to be tucked in and read her favorite bed-time story. And he'd heard stories about caretakers that actually beat the children for... Who knew what reasons.
He'd have to be thorough in his search for a sitter for his precious Rin. Not just any woman would be allowed the privelege of watching over his little girl. He groaned at the thought of having to interview all the caretakers in the city. He could feel the headache growing already.
He hadn't been home six minutes and he was poppin' Advil like it was candy.
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Logging in was no difficulty, and before he did anything, he made sure to message Kagome as to his reason for such tardiness. Something about being held up in traffic after having to go into the office... Lame excuse, but it wasn't that unbelievable. Most Sundays he could be found in the office, sifting through the new talent, making sure everything was in proper running condition.
However... The message he received from her was anything but what he'd hoped for. She was not the most forgiving of women. At least, that's how it appeared to be with all the cussing she'd done.
Kagome:: Fucking asshole! I've been fucking waiting nearly a half hour! If we have any hope of finishing this fucking quest, you'd better get your ass over here right. FUCKING. NOW!
And that settled it. At least he wasn't too terribly far from Mount Ekowari. The village he'd logged out of was a five minute run, if he went at full speed, to the location they'd agreed on. He discarded the travelling clothes and adorned himself in the traditional armour of the Mirivan Guard. Very expensive... He hoped Kagome wouldn't notice.
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She nearly jumped out of her skin when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She flew about a foot in the air, whirling around as she did, losing her balance and falling to the ground. She was having such a difficult time breathing, that she flopped down onto her back and closed her eyes, resting just a moment while the bastard apologized.
Of course, that didn't happen. Said bastard was laughing. At her expense.
"Fuck off," she yelled when she'd caught her breath. "I'm pissed off enough as it is, don't have to make it any fucking worse! Bad enough I agreed to this fucking quest. Fuck, I wouldn't have if I'd known how much of an asshole you'd be!"
That sobered him up to about a chuckle. "Temper, temper. Makes one wonder where you aquired such anger."
She sat up, very slowly, her eyes opening just to narrow at him. "None of your fucking business."
"Of course not, fair lady." He held his hand out to her and she slapped it away, deeply regretting ever accepting his invitation.
"Don't touch me." She lifted herself onto her feet, her hands going to behind her to brush away any unwanted junk. "Let's just get this fucking thing over with so I can get the Hell on with my life."
He didn't say anything, just followed her when she started walking towards the Thunder Caves entrance. She took down one of the torches that lined the outside walls on the right side, and set it afire with a simple incantation. Just as she was handing it to over to Sanosuke, she took down another from the wall. She did the same for that torch, and carried it herself. She was very thankful to have chosen two professions. Made things so much simpler.
She was just heading inside the caves, when the nuissance's voice sounded from beside her. "So, what's your favorite color?"
"Black," she said without a moment's hesitation.
"You do know that black isn't a color, right?" he asked, and she could hear the cocky attitude in his voice.
"Yes, actually I do," she spat back at him. "Absense of color, my ass."
He laughed, and she stopped. When he turned to her with confusion written all over him, she reared back and punched him square in the face.
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Looking back to what had transpired only moments before... He admitted that it had hurt. A lot. He was still holding onto his nose, almost sure she might have broken it. He was trying to soothe the pain, rub it away or some damn thing when she stopped again... He stopped also, his shoulder lifting and he cringed and backed slightly away from her.
She was glaring at him, he was frightened. "I'm not gonna hurt you, big baby. Didn't even hit you that hard."
She handed him her torch and lifted her hands to his face, whispered something that sounded a lot like, "MAKE IT HURT, MAKE IT HURT!" But in no time at all, less time than it had taken her to whale on him... The pain in his nose and the crookedness he was sure was there... Was gone.
"What in the fuck did you just do to me?" he demanded, his fingers coming up once again to rub his nose, his eyes fixed on the tip. His discomfort was causing her to laugh. At him. 'Aha ha ha. Bitch.'
"I'm a priestess, remember?"
Well that explained it. That might actually come in handy if there was going to be a lot of heavy violence with the quest. He kind of hoped so... Really anything to get her hands on him.
"So what was it you said?"
She grabbed her torch back and shrugged her shoulders, walking forward as she did. "Simple healing spell."
He rolled his eyes and followed her, not satisfied with the answer at all. "But what did you say?" At the questioning look she gave him, he said, "Maybe I can learn."
She shrugged again, looking around the caves for anything that might pertain to the quest. "Mahke ett herht."
He made sure she wasn't looking when he stuck his tongue out at her, grumbling more to himself than to her, "Still sounded like 'Make it hurt' to me."
He was quite tired of it, but he'd only have to put up with her a while longer. Until he could make the necessary schedule changes made so he could spend more of his time working at home so he could be with Rin. Of course, he'd still need to make an appearance at the office every now and again, and when Rin started school again in the fall, he'd be able to go full-time again.
There was still the matter of how he'd be maintaining the galleries with Rin living with him. Sitters were never really the best option, you never knew if you could trust them or not. Who's to say they don't have a criminal record and like to get close to their victims before raping and murdering them? Pedophiles were not cool. Nope, not cool at all.
He pushed that thought from his mind, and dialed his brother's home number and held the cellphone to his ear. He was taking the scenic route home, needed time to yell at InuYasha before he went through with his most ingenious plot ever. The wooing of a deranged woman... Maybe it wasn't so ingenious.
On the third ring, an aggressive voice demanded, "The Hell ya want?"
He smirked. "What a way to answer the telephone, InuYasha. Hello to you, too, dear brother."
"Sesshomaru?" the voice asked, slightly confused.
"I know who I am, InuYasha." He almost laughed when he heard the growling on the other end.
"What the fuck do you want?" came the annoyed response.
"Rin is going to be living with me permanently. I need you to ready some things for me so I can begin working from home."
InuYasha chuckled the all-knowing chuckle, "Finally had enough of having to drive all the way to the cheating bitch's apartment and steal the girl away before she got an ear-full?"
And thus was it his turn to growl. His eyes narrowed, he was almost having a difficult time paying attention to the road with his temper working itself up. "Yes, actually. There's no need for an innocent child to hear such... Vile noises."
From a small chuckle, to all-out laughter in just a few seconds. "You do know that you and Kagura used to make tho-"
Click. 'Goodbye InuYasha. Have a good day, oh, and... Go fuck yourself.'
The ringing of his cellphone came about a minute later, and he'd intended on ignoring it. But there were things that needed to be arranged and he knew InuYasha wouldn't stop calling. Not now that he knew his private cell number. 'Oh caller ID, you bitch.'
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She was waiting. She hated waiting, absolutely loathed and despised it. Kagome really wasn't one for patience. Especially when they only had a certain amount of time to do the quest. And with him being at least ten minutes late, that meant they only had roughly four hours to complete the quest and make it back to the village to inform the NPC Elder.
She leaned against a Yewlin tree, her eyes on the giant mountain in front of her. Mount Ekowari was one of the tallest in the game, and by far one of the more beautiful. Inside the Thunder Caves was an abundance of natural hot springs, and about halfway up the moutain in a little clearing most people didn't know about, was a gorgeous waterfall. She wasn't sure where it came from or anything, but she knew it flowed down the mountain to the small Kagitou River.
She'd only been there a few times, never really had the time to journey there. Really, she wished she could, but... She laughed then, long and hard until her chest was heaving and her sides hurt.
She really could make a trip to the river. So few quests for her to complete... Sure, she could do them all over again, but what would that accomplish? Nothing! She made a mental note to herself that as soon as she was finished her quest with Sanosuke, she'd make a journey over to the river and spend a day relaxing. 'Good idea.'
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'Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. SHIT!'
He was late. Incredibly late!
Making the necessary arrangements had proven to be much more difficult than he'd anticipated, and he still wasn't finished. He'd need to have nearly his entire office moved to his apartment, which meant he might have to relocate to something a little more spacious. Which would actually be a very good idea, seeing as how he'd be living with a hyperactive eight year-old. She'd need her space while growing up to be the beautiful woman he knew she'd grow up to be.
He'd also need to hire a nanny, or a babysitter... Housekeeper... Caretaker. Whatever they wanted to be called, he'd need to find one. There was no way he'd be able to get out of the constant trips to the galleries that were scattered across the world, and without someone to watch Rin... She might have to accompany him. While it might work in some instances, it would not be a good idea to pull her out of school for days at a time if he had to.
But respectable caretakers were hard to come by, of that he was certain. Some didn't care whether the child was fed, clean or in bed by a decent hour. Some wouldn't indulge a child's need to be tucked in and read her favorite bed-time story. And he'd heard stories about caretakers that actually beat the children for... Who knew what reasons.
He'd have to be thorough in his search for a sitter for his precious Rin. Not just any woman would be allowed the privelege of watching over his little girl. He groaned at the thought of having to interview all the caretakers in the city. He could feel the headache growing already.
He hadn't been home six minutes and he was poppin' Advil like it was candy.
****************
Logging in was no difficulty, and before he did anything, he made sure to message Kagome as to his reason for such tardiness. Something about being held up in traffic after having to go into the office... Lame excuse, but it wasn't that unbelievable. Most Sundays he could be found in the office, sifting through the new talent, making sure everything was in proper running condition.
However... The message he received from her was anything but what he'd hoped for. She was not the most forgiving of women. At least, that's how it appeared to be with all the cussing she'd done.
Kagome:: Fucking asshole! I've been fucking waiting nearly a half hour! If we have any hope of finishing this fucking quest, you'd better get your ass over here right. FUCKING. NOW!
And that settled it. At least he wasn't too terribly far from Mount Ekowari. The village he'd logged out of was a five minute run, if he went at full speed, to the location they'd agreed on. He discarded the travelling clothes and adorned himself in the traditional armour of the Mirivan Guard. Very expensive... He hoped Kagome wouldn't notice.
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She nearly jumped out of her skin when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She flew about a foot in the air, whirling around as she did, losing her balance and falling to the ground. She was having such a difficult time breathing, that she flopped down onto her back and closed her eyes, resting just a moment while the bastard apologized.
Of course, that didn't happen. Said bastard was laughing. At her expense.
"Fuck off," she yelled when she'd caught her breath. "I'm pissed off enough as it is, don't have to make it any fucking worse! Bad enough I agreed to this fucking quest. Fuck, I wouldn't have if I'd known how much of an asshole you'd be!"
That sobered him up to about a chuckle. "Temper, temper. Makes one wonder where you aquired such anger."
She sat up, very slowly, her eyes opening just to narrow at him. "None of your fucking business."
"Of course not, fair lady." He held his hand out to her and she slapped it away, deeply regretting ever accepting his invitation.
"Don't touch me." She lifted herself onto her feet, her hands going to behind her to brush away any unwanted junk. "Let's just get this fucking thing over with so I can get the Hell on with my life."
He didn't say anything, just followed her when she started walking towards the Thunder Caves entrance. She took down one of the torches that lined the outside walls on the right side, and set it afire with a simple incantation. Just as she was handing it to over to Sanosuke, she took down another from the wall. She did the same for that torch, and carried it herself. She was very thankful to have chosen two professions. Made things so much simpler.
She was just heading inside the caves, when the nuissance's voice sounded from beside her. "So, what's your favorite color?"
"Black," she said without a moment's hesitation.
"You do know that black isn't a color, right?" he asked, and she could hear the cocky attitude in his voice.
"Yes, actually I do," she spat back at him. "Absense of color, my ass."
He laughed, and she stopped. When he turned to her with confusion written all over him, she reared back and punched him square in the face.
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Looking back to what had transpired only moments before... He admitted that it had hurt. A lot. He was still holding onto his nose, almost sure she might have broken it. He was trying to soothe the pain, rub it away or some damn thing when she stopped again... He stopped also, his shoulder lifting and he cringed and backed slightly away from her.
She was glaring at him, he was frightened. "I'm not gonna hurt you, big baby. Didn't even hit you that hard."
She handed him her torch and lifted her hands to his face, whispered something that sounded a lot like, "MAKE IT HURT, MAKE IT HURT!" But in no time at all, less time than it had taken her to whale on him... The pain in his nose and the crookedness he was sure was there... Was gone.
"What in the fuck did you just do to me?" he demanded, his fingers coming up once again to rub his nose, his eyes fixed on the tip. His discomfort was causing her to laugh. At him. 'Aha ha ha. Bitch.'
"I'm a priestess, remember?"
Well that explained it. That might actually come in handy if there was going to be a lot of heavy violence with the quest. He kind of hoped so... Really anything to get her hands on him.
"So what was it you said?"
She grabbed her torch back and shrugged her shoulders, walking forward as she did. "Simple healing spell."
He rolled his eyes and followed her, not satisfied with the answer at all. "But what did you say?" At the questioning look she gave him, he said, "Maybe I can learn."
She shrugged again, looking around the caves for anything that might pertain to the quest. "Mahke ett herht."
He made sure she wasn't looking when he stuck his tongue out at her, grumbling more to himself than to her, "Still sounded like 'Make it hurt' to me."