InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Even Evil Has Reincarnates ❯ Ghosts of the Past ( Chapter 23 )

 

DISCLAIMER-

 

Unfortunately, the characters herein pertain to Rumiko Takahasi…but couldn't I just wish? Eh.

 

Except for a select few... and the plot! Those are MINE! ALL MINE!!!!!!

 

(Clears throat)

 

This story is rated M for Maturity.

 

Note: Only those words that are not frequently used in fanfics will I put a translation to. I mean, come on… we know what a BAKA is…right? If not, Google it…I did =)

 

Also, any and all comments are accepted. Be it negative or positive. Constructive criticism only helps and positive feedback inspires.

 

To those that have commented, thank you.

 

I can't even begin to apologize for this absolute late update. Unfortunately, a lot has occurred from extremely close death in the family, to health issues, to work…which in all honesty has kind of put this in the backburner but, here is my update and will update as possible. NO, THIS STORY HAS NOT BEEN DROPPED… SIMPLY PROCRASTINATED.

 

This chapter is relatively short but, I do have some more which I am working on…

And let us continue…

 

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Chapter 23: Ghost of the Past

 

Kagome sat back and allowed herself a small smile as she observed her family. Her family and friends, all in the same, getting along, laughing and teasing one another… looking blissfully like she always dreamed. Happy and carefree even though she knew, carefree was far from everyone's mind while Zenaku was still alive and surely planning on getting to them for the jewel. Kagome mentally scolded herself. She would enjoy the peaceful day it was because she knew that a long and hard battle still lay.

 

She looked over at Chika and Souta, who which was still slowly recovering, being all amorous and attentive of one another. Kagome was still attempting to get used to it. Afterall, this was her little, well now adult brother, in a grown up and very real mature relationship.

 

She then looked over at Ai and Shippo, who shared a look and both turned around blushing furiously. She was nudged on the shoulder by her mate who had a curiously upturned brow. Kagome smiled hugely at him.

 

"What are you smiling about wench...?" When he saw her smile get even bigger he swallowed, "Do I even want to know what clocks are churning up here creating devious planning?" He said while he tapped his claws on her head. Kagome laughed and looked over at Shippo once more, jutting her chin in that direction and whispered, knowing full well InuYasha could hear her, "I was just wondering when Shippo is going to get enough courage to do something about his feelings for Ai."

 

"Keh. If he were anything like his old man, he would have just gone up to the wench and taken care of business."

 

Kagome had to hold in her laugh as she turned her body to look at InuYasha with her amusement apparent. "Oh yeah? Just like his old man huh? If I remember correctly...” She pointed at herself, “I initiated our first kiss... twice. Our first confession. Our first time -"

 

InuYasha pinched her lips together. "Shaddup." He let go of her lips and grouchily crossed his arms, nose in air.

 

Kagome couldn't hold it; she let a giggle... or a few… escape her. She lowered her head onto his lap and looked up at his statue posture through her eyelashes. "InuYasha?"

 

He grunted once.

 

He was listening.

 

Kagome pulled out an old trick. She grabbed a lock of her hair and started twisting it around her finger without saying anything. When InuYasha looked down, he raised an eyebrow, arms still crossed, "Spit it out wench."

 

Kagome sighed. "Does it bother you that I did initiate all our firsts?"

 

His eyes softened and the statue facade crumbled. He grabbed a lock of her hair and played with it. "No wench, of course not. It would have probably taken me a couple of decades back then to work up the courage."

 

Kagome smiled at him tenderly and grabbed his hand, kissing his palm. Her hanyou blushed a bit, reminding her of simpler days.

 

'He's probably still not used to public displays of affection'

 

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A couple of hours later, everyone was doing their own thing in the family room while, InuYasha continued playing with Kagome's hair and Kagome kept tracing circles in InuYasha's palm, they were so focused on one another they did not notice a shadow hovering over them.

 

They both almost jumped sky high when they heard a throat clearing. When they looked up they saw a smirking (and not in a deadly way) Sesshomaru with a delicately raised eyebrow.

 

"Brother."

 

"Bastard."

 

Sesshomaru almost rolled his eyes, "Kagome."

 

Kagome almost passed out when he actually called her by name so, she was able to manage a nod.

 

Sesshomaru's attention went back to his half brother. "I know you are in the midst of rekindling your relationship and fighting a war but, you do have other responsibilities to uphold to maintain appearances."

 

InuYasha rubbed his face and looked at his brother, "Is there really no way we can fake some sort of illness and you handle the company until further notice?"

 

Sesshomaru crossed his arms, "Hn. I had not thought about that option. Seems miko,” He looked at Kagome, “That your powers might help a hanyous brain cells to heal or generate"

 

"Why you fu—"

 

"InuYasha."

 

InuYasha looked at his mate. "What?! Don't tell me you're defending him while he insults me!"

 

 

Kagome rolled her eyes and mumbled, "And here I thought you grew up."

 

At that moment Rin came in with a bowl of ice-cream and turned to look at her mate and pointed an annoyed finger at him, "And YOU should be beyond acting like a puppy. Leave your brother alone."

 

Kagome looked at her, "How did you know what was going on if you weren't in the room?"

 

Rin smiled smugly, "You try having a half demon kid. Your senses and intuition spikes even more than when you mate a demon." She glared at Sesshomaru, "Cut the ice glaring at your brother."

 

Kagome burst out laughing and snorted. Everyone who was in the room looked at her like she had finally lost it. In between breaths Kagome managed to gasp out, "And...here... I... thought...Ses...Sessho...maru...had the...whips..." Kagome straightened out for a couple of seconds to gesture a whip and whip sound.

 

Everyone in the room, except for Rin who had a haughty look and Sesshomaru an appalled one, opened their mouths agape before joining in on Kagome's hysterical laughter, including Rin sans Sesshy.

 

Sesshomaru harrumphed and walked out of the room talking about `lowly imbeciles' while Rin, still laughing, “'Awwww Fluffkins! They were just kidding! You wear the pants and own the whips! I swear Sesshy!" She exclaimed while running after him.

 

After a few more moments of hysterical laughter, they started to settle down. Kagome let out a satisfied sigh while shaking her head and wiping away tears from her laughing rage, "Honestly. I never thought I would see the day that someone would say something like that in Sesshomaru's presence and live to laugh about it."

 

Shippo smiled at his adoptive mother, "Keh. The old dog has gotten socially better. I bet he walked out of here because he was about to crack a smile..."

 

Kagome looked doubtful earning a chuckle from everyone, Sango cut in, "That's the kami honest truth! The first time I heard Sesshomaru chuckle, I started looking around for the licking flames of the seventh hell."

 

Kagome widened her eyes, "Kami, I would've had a coronary."

 

InuYasha smiled, "Ok. Stop talking about 'The Sesshomaru' I can hear him growling and harboring plans of your demise."

 

They all stayed in comfortable silence for a couple of moments and then the doorbell rang. They could all faintly hear Kaede mumble, "I'll get it, don't hurry yourselves."

 

About ten seconds later, InuYasha was crushed in an embrace by a beautiful black haired youkai, causing Kagome to growl impressively for a human.

 

InuYasha rolled his eyes at his mate which, only caused her to growl louder and aura to flare.

 

The beautiful demoness in his arms, turned her head and raised an eyebrow at her. She was about to march forward and rip her a new one when Rin pranced in and let out a squeal, "Maimi!"

 

The demoness smiled wholeheartedly, "Okaa!"

 

Kagome stopped her rant and trying to fight the group's restraint on her, “Okaa?”

 

InuYasha smirked at his perplexed mate, "Kagome, meet my niece Maimi."

 

Kagome marched up to him and punched him as hard as she could in the shoulder. "Ow! Why'd you go and punch me wench?!"

 

She hissed at him, "Because..." She started snarling, "You could've mentioned that sooner than letting me think something else!"

 

"Well you should have trusted me ya stupid wench!"

 

Shippo muttered in a corner, "Here they go."

 

They kept bickering at one another but there was one individual in the group who could not take his eyes off the newcomer.

 

As usual, Norio quietly took in everything and for the first time ever... he was stuck and solely concentrated on one specific someone.

 

Maimi could feel eyes boring into the side of her head, turning in the direction of the stare; she widened her eyes at the instant electrical current she felt coming from him.

 

Maimi's breath hitches in her throat, “Norio.”

 

Norio slightly bows his head, quickly averting his eyes but not before Maimi caught a glimpse of betrayal pass through them, “Maimi-sama”

 

She winced at the honorific.

 

Turning on his heel, he walked out of the room, leaving everyone silent and raising a curious brow at the female hanyou. Instead of saying anything, she crossed her arms over her chest, glared at them all and pointed her nose in the air.

 

Kagome broke the silence by giggling, “You are so InuYasha's family.”

 

Maimi smiled a little, looking a little ashamed and bowed slightly, “Forgive me aunt Kagome. I had heard stories about you and I still provoked you.”

 

Kagome cocked her head curiously, “Stories?”

 

InuYasha keh'd, “Yeah….Rin and Sango… even the damned monk had a field day telling her stories of your `SIT' fests.” Kagome wrapped an arm around Maimi's shoulder, “I think you and I will get along justtttt fine… now…” Kagome stood in front of her, “How about you tell us how you know Norio?”

 

At that moment, Sesshomaru walked in, dragging a very still Norio by the scruff of his neck. Once in the room, Sesshomaru flung Norio forward who straightened out as if he had walked in on his own two feet.

 

Not once did he look at Maimi.

 

Maimi, very much like her father…and mother… glared icily at her sire. Sesshomaru glared right back, “Yes do tell daughter, how it is you know Norio?” Maimi could see the green seeping into her father's fingertips and rolled her eyes, “Father. Still as overdramatic as ever I see.”

 

Sesshomaru not impressed, did not stop the glowing of the poisonous whips coming to life. Once again rolling her eyes, Maimi mumbled, “Drama King.” Trying to ignore everyone else in the room, she looked at Norio. “Norio…please look at me.”

 

She could see his hesitancy but after a moment, he finally lifted his head. She was about to speak when Norio shocked everyone. He glared at Maimi and stepped into her face with a look of clear hatred. “You should have stayed where you were.”

 

Looking up at everyone, he shocked everyone once again by yelling and pointing at Maimi, whose head was down, face hidden. “You all want to know how I know her?! She was my fiancée! She was the love of my life! She betrayed me! I thought she was dead!”

 

Lowering his arms to his sides, his fists clenched so tightly that his knuckles were turning white, he kept talking through clenched teeth, “Now… I find out she's half demon, alive and that I never really knew her at all. I started my chase of Zenaku, believing he had something to do with your death.” His head whipped up again and he stared at her menacingly, “TO AVENGE YOU!”

 

Maimi let out a sob and covered her mouth, “I had to do that to save you, I -“

 

“BULLSHIT!” Norio yelled at her, his face red and eyes furious, with that he began to leave the room, only to have Sesshomaru block his way. Norio glared at the inu-youkai, “Out of my way.”

 

Even Sesshomaru knew better than to mess with a man with a wounded pride…and heart so, he allowed Norio to pass and stared heartbrokenly at his daughter heaving broken sobs in the middle of the family room.

 

 

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