InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Eyes Like Yours ❯ Chapter 20 ( Chapter 20 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Eyes Like Yours
By: DarkCrystalis
Disclaimer: I don't have one, you evil owners of Inuyasha people! (Which don't include me, I might add.)

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Chapter 20
Rin's scream pierced through the air, shrill and painful sounding with each second it continued. The sound grew louder as she jumped out off the bed she was in, and frantically tried to figure out where she was.
A hand suddenly clamped over her mouth, - silencing her screaming - which made her jaws slam shut in an automated reflex. Her assassin hissed, unable to hold in the fierce pain. Rin could taste the blood lightly leak from his hand into her mouth, which very nearly made her vomit.
Taking in a deep breath, he spoke in a surprisingly calm manner.
"Remove your jaws from my hand, Rin."
Unable to see his face - and being quite thankful for it, - Rin's mouth immediately opened.
"Sess-Sess-Sesshou-m-maru?"
Rin's body began to shake uncontrollably, realizing what she'd done. The shock was settling in, making her emotions fly out of proportion.
"Calm down, it's alright; my hand is already healing."
Shaking her head desperately in the darkness, tears streamed down her face in guilt and sorrow.
Everything was coming back to her now; last night's dinner, and then their walk afterwards. During that time, she must have fallen asleep, so he took her home...to HIS home...and what a mistake that was, it seemed.
I didn't even remember what happened last night - not until he got hurt; - I'm so foolish.
Blindly stretching her arms out in front of herself, she went to grab his shoulders for comfort. Instead, she ended up smacking her hands into his face, scraping her nails across his cheeks.
Rin's hands limply fell in front of her as she wept in embarrassment. It seemed that nothing would be going right for her tonight, so she shouldn't even bother trying to make the situation better.

However, before she could allow herself to drown in her miserable feelings of guilt and idiocy, a pounding on the door effectively shook off her emotions.

“Wh-wha-what?” She whispered in fright, desperately trying to clutch onto his hand in the darkness unknowingly. His hand captured hers this time, so he began to create circular motions on her palm, soothing her immediately.

“Inuyasha, what do you want? I don't remember requesting to be disturbed.” Sesshoumaru's strong voice called out into the dimly lit room, knowing it was him. Hell, he could smell his scent along with that bitch Kikyou's all over him.

“There was screaming, didn't you hear it? I'm sure it came from in there…what's going on, Sesshoumaru? It sounded like Rin, so if you don't let me in right this minute…”

The door to his bedroom abruptly swung open, silencing him.

“I am fine, as is Rin.” Quietly side-stepping from the door so Inuyasha could see her, his half-brother nodded silently in approval before racing back downstairs.
Sighing in slight annoyance, he closed the door once more and climbed back into bed.

Pulling her form against his own, he inhaled the scent of her hair, and nearly smiled.

“Go to sleep, koi; things will be explained tomorrow.”

Nodding her head in reply, Rin snuggled closer to him, and gave into the tiredness that suddenly overwhelmed her.

When he was sure she'd fallen asleep, Sesshoumaru ran his claws through her hair lovingly.

He stared at his unoccupied hand through the shadowy room, and grinned devilishly.

She had a good bite; surely they could use that to their advantage later…?

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However, back downstairs…

“Out, out, OUT!” He spoke angrily, not wanting to see her for another second.

“Bu-bu-but baby…”

“I…said…OUT!” His voice levels rose a few decibels, proving to her that he was pissed off.

When she grudgingly walked down the pathway, another thought occurred to him: how did she get out of jail, when the trial wasn't supposed to start until next week?

“HEY, WENCH! STOP!”

At his voice, she began to run; but in all honesty, it was futile.

Catching her in mere seconds, he glared heatedly into her eyes, uncaring of her feelings.

“I'm taking you back right now, bitch.”

Conking her on the head with his fist, he watched in sickening pleasure as she passed out. Then, as he carried her unconscious form to the holding cell building, he smirked coldly.

At least one thing in his life had been taken care of…now all he had to do was make amends with Kagome.

Oh, if only he knew how hard a task it was going to be…

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Miroku looked at Sango as if a chicken had appeared on her head.

“What?” He asked, temporaraily confused.

Sighing exasperatedly, she elaborated.

“You...and the house...smell like PAINT. I asked why?”

Drawing his eyebrows together, he continued to make a confused face as his mind raced.

Aw shit, what the hell do I tell her?

“It's nothing, sweetie. I bought some paint, because I didn't like the colour of the walls in the spare room.”

Sango looked at him strangely, and quirked her eyebrow.

Fuck; she isn't going to buy that lame excuse.

“Are you sure that's what you bought the paint for?”

Think, think, think, THINK DAMNIT!

“Yes, I'm sure,” he stated lamely, closing his eyes.

“Alright then, can I see, at least? Maybe I won't like the colour...I wish you'd told me. I wanted to paint that room, actually.”

Biting down on his lip as he turned away, he immediately turned back to her, and picked her up.

“HEY! What are you doing?!?!”

Dipping his head to kiss her open lips as he carried her to their bedroom, he moaned when the taste of mint assaulted his tongue.

Dropping her gently onto the bed, he began to tug off her clothes as she took off his.

“Miroku...” Sango moaned, arching her body upwards.

The PERFECT distraction...

...for the next two hours, at least.

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Sighing sadly, Kagome faked a smile as she listened to Kouga speak. He seemed like a really nice guy and everything, but in all honesty, she wasn't in the mood for chit-chat.

Noticing her disinterest, Kouga stopped talking mid sentence, and stared at her.

Kagome's attention was caught once again, and she looked at him questioningly.

“Why did you stop talking, Kouga-kun?”

He smiled tightly, not wanting to upset her.

“I guess I just don't feel like talking much anymore.”

A tense silence followed, which Kagome broke easily enough.

“Are you in a relationship, Kouga?”

It was such a sudden inquiry that he very nearly spat out the coffee he had been drinking.

“Wh-what?!”

Kagome chewed her bottom lip, suddenly feeling guilty. She barely knew the guy, and she was already asking him about his personal life?

“Well…I was just wondering, I guess…I'm sorry; it's not my business, or my place to ask such a personal question.”

Shaking his head in response, he was about to speak when he heard light laughter from behind him.

Turning around, he stared at Ayame, who stared back at him, but then she looked away, and she started blushing furiously.

Kagome watched the scene before her, and then got up out of her chair. Walking around Kouga in a circle, a mischievous grin lit up her features.

“Ohhhh, I see how it is…”

Kouga slowly shook his head as the colour drained from his face.

Kagome nodded, and then winked.

Taking quick steps to where the two women sat, she approached the red-head without caution.

Kouga watched in complete and utter shock as she made her way over to Ayame. His body froze, unable to propel him to stop Kagome in her tracks.

“Hello, my name is Kagome, what's yours?” Smiling, she ignored the quiet gasp from behind her, which undoubtedly came from Kouga.

“Ayame!” She answered, a bright smile adorning her face. "And who might you be, in relation to...Kouga?"

Blushing even more as she said his name, her gaze wandered over to his. Kouga's face was pale, and his mouth hung open slightly.

I wonder what he's so shocked about?

“Well, you see Ayame, I have a secret for you. Do you promise not to tell?”

Kouga fell out of his chair, his demonic hearing being able to pick up on every word she said.

Ayame nodded, a light red still staining the tops of her cheeks.

Kagome leaned into Ayame, cupping her ear, intending to tell her the secret.

“You see, Kouga, he really, really, really...”

Kouga, before Kagome could say another word, rushed over to her and clapped a hand over her mouth.

“I really really, really need to go to the bathroom, and Kagome is really, really, really thirsty, so she needs to come with me. Right Kagome?”

“But Kouga, I don't need a dri--”

Dragging her by the arm, she ended up nearly flying out of the cafeteria.

Once they were outside the doors, Kouga flipped on her.

“What do you THINK you were trying to do in there?”

Kagome giggled nervously, and looked away. Sighing when she saw his impatient gaze, she stiffened up, and defended herself.

“If I don't do this, WHO will? Obviously not YOU! Why can't you just tell Ayame that you like her?”

Kouga clenched his teeth, and growled lowly at Kagome, but it didn't scare her. She knew him better then that; he wouldn't ACTUALLY hurt her.

“Go tell her you like her, and I promise I won't.”

“No.”

“FINE!” Kagome sighed, and went to march back into the cafeteria.

Kouga grabbed her arm again, and pulled her back.

However, in the mean time, Ayame was listening behind the cafeteria door to their conversation.

“Kagome...Ayame already knows I like her...she's GOT to; it's so obvious.”

Ayame blushed even redder, if possible, and sighed in happiness.

“Sometimes, women would like a man to confess; it's romantic, or something like that.”

Kouga stared at Kagome for a moment, and then slowly nodded.

Walking over to the cafeteria door, he opened it abruptly.

In doing so, Ayame, who was leaning her ear against the door to hear them, fall to the floor in front of him...

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Author's Note

MM.org has been a bitch lately; I apologize. My Microsoft Word wasn't working, but I tried updating using another word document instead, which is why you saw an update, but then it was deleted.

The new updated chapter would be all squished together; no paragraphing, bolding, or italicizing; it was very messy, and hard to read, hence why I deleted it.a

However, now my Microsoft is up and running again thanks to Jonathon, my boyfriend—so you better thank him for that one!

Updates will now be more regular, so please enjoy!

I hope this chapter was sufficient, and that I still have readers/reviewers after my horribly late update.

Sincerely,

-DarkCrystalis

P.S. Thank you to all my reviewers—you guys are the ones that keep me typing!