InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Forgiving Loss ❯ Chapter 1 Anticipation ( Chapter 1 )

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, no matter how much I hate to admit this. This anime/manga along with all of its characters belongs to Rumiko Takahashi. This disclaimer is valid to all chapters of Forgiving Loss. Though they do not belong to me, BlueAngel326 loves to toy with them, a lot.

Chapter 1: Anticipation

"I'm so happy! Only two more days before my Inu comes home! I've missed him so much! Oh! I'd better clean the house; it's a big mess…"

`Well, you can't blame yourself. Ever since Inuyasha left two weeks ago, you've done nothing but mope around, gorging yourself with ice cream and talking with the girls. Even they said you should in the least call him if you miss him that much.'

`Yeah, but I don't wanna be a burden and interfere with his work. Besides, it's only been two weeks; two more days won't kill me. I'll wait till he calls. Until then, I can busy myself with chores and only bother him when he gets home. That way, he won't get mad.'

`But you love it when he gets mad. He gets pouty and cuter and then you gotta baby him and he'll return the favor by taking you to your room, if you two make it that far, and…'

`Stop that thought! Oi brother. That's the last thing I need; being reminded of what I've been deprived of. Great, now I sound like I only miss him for his body.'

`What's wrong with that?'

`Nothing I guess, seeing as any girl would miss her guy if he was built like Inuyasha. Especially if he knew just where to get a girl…' Kagome moaned slightly, wishing her mate, er, husband was there. That's when she realized what was going through her head. "Ah! Bad thoughts! Bad, bad, HORNY thoughts! I don't have time for this! I've just gotta get my mind off him for a while. Okay, kitchen, prepare to be swept, mopped, and cleaned!"

Within the record of an hour and a half, Kagome had scrubbed the kitchen spotless, vacuumed the entire floor plan of the house, cleaned the bedrooms (mainly hers and Inuyasha's), wiped the windows clean as day, and made the bathrooms pearly white and silver.

Flopping down on the couch, Kagome's mind began wandering places. `I need to restock on ramen,' she said in her mind while making a personal shopping list in the back of her head, `seeing as I've somehow managed to become a glutton all of a sudden for ramen. Hey, that rhymed!'

`Boy, Kagome. You really have nothing else better to do. Glutton all of a sudden…for ramen? Yep, Inuyasha needs to get here soon before you start to really lose it.'

`Okay, so I'm bored. Sue me. How was I supposed to know that chores wouldn't last very long? Maybe I should have gone with him when he asked.'

Three days before Inuyasha left, he received a call from his boss's headquarters saying that they needed some of their best men on duty for body guards for the United Nations' leaders. He got pissed off saying that he just got on his two months' vacation with pay and wasn't about to go in for some `stuck-up, snotty-nosed, pompous jackasses that don't give a rat's ass about the men that protect them' especially since he was already assigned to protect the US's primary leaders along with his brother, Sesshoumaru, at his side. Sesshoumaru had already been notified and much preferred to not have to work with his `pathetic hanyou of a brother'. With that statement said, Inuyasha told them yes in a very unnecessary way and said that he would shove Tetsusaiga up anybody else's asses if they called him for duty on the rest of his vacation from the agency.

After slamming down the phone and telling Kagome what the situation was, he asked if she wanted to come along, seeing as he didn't want to leave her alone.

"No, that's okay. I'll be alright alone for a week or two."

"Are you sure? I mean, I've got a lot of enemies who would love to get their dirty little hands on my mate. Besides, I don't want to leave you all alone with our pup."

"Don't worry, I'll be alright. If I go, I'll just get in the way. I'll just call the girls if I need anything. When you think about it, two weeks isn't a long time."

"But, Kagome…"

"Don't argue with me. I'm telling you, I'll be fine. You just go do your job." Inuyasha suddenly smirked curiously. Kagome had always become uneasy and skittish by this look. He growled slightly as he walked slowly towards Kagome. She backed up and tripped on a shirt that was lying on the floor from a few nights ago. "Wh-What are you doing?" she asked as she fell on the bed and he covered her immediately.

"My job," he said before claiming her lips.

"But… don't you have to go?" she said as she broke the kiss.

"I don't have to leave till tomorrow. I've got plenty of time."

"But…"

"You talk too much, wench. Shut up and kiss me."

A small shrill of excitement went down her spine as she had almost wished that they didn't share that night together because that next morning, she woke to the absence of his warmth and saw a note that he left saying the agency needed him to leave early the next day. Her anticipation for him was, needless to say, mounting greatly as each second passed.

She started staring at the clock, intent on making it tick faster so that it was the next day. After finally convincing herself that the clock was a dumb, merciless object that man created so as to torture those who willed time to go by faster, she turned her attention to the phone. She hadn't heard from Inuyasha since that night over two weeks ago and didn't want to be a bother. Still, she wished he would call her.

Her eyes started drooping slightly as her boredom became a very big thing considering her attention span at the moment. Yawning, she decided to take a nap to make time go by faster. She stretched out on her couch and slowly drifted to slip.

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Kagome woke up to the incessant ringing of the phone. She opened her eyes and stared at it for a good amount of time before discerning what the noise what meant to do besides wake her up from a much needed nap.

She rolled over to reach the floor, and, in her foggy memory, she thought she was lying on her bed and fell. After recovering from the fall, she grabbed for the phone on the living room table. "Hello? Zenya residence."

"Oi, wench! About time!"

"Inuyasha?"

"What the hell took you so long? I've been calling for the past hour!"

"Sorry. I was sleeping and hadn't realized the phone was ringing." She heard a very distinct `Feh!' but smiled at his acceptance of an apology. "So, how's everything at the UN?"

"The bastards are alright. They had a damn dispute over where the next science lab should be and what type of wine they should give to the Queen of England for her birthday. I've never heard of a dumber argument in my entire life. It's a stupid flimsy dome with a toothpick sticking out the skylight and some cheap crap that rich people like to throw around! They've wasted a good two weeks of my time and patience! If I see another pompous asshole I swear he's gonna get a feel of Tetsusaiga up his…"

"Okay, Inuyasha, I got enough of a visual. I meant how are you doing?"

"Fine, I guess, other than my nerves being racked on protecting dumbass people that don't know how to use the bathroom without someone holding their hands." Inuyasha heard Kagome giggling on the other side of the phone. "What the hell is so funny, wench?"

"Nothing. I just remember how much I've missed you these past two weeks. I'm glad you're coming home the day after tomorrow."

"Kagome…I'm sorry."

"You're sorry? For what?"

"I can't come home until next week."

"What? But, why?"

"The agency needs me to stay here a little longer. They say that the president might be in danger. They got a lead from some anonymous saying that someone was after the president. I got to stay until they can get the secret service here in the United Kingdom. That should take only three days. Then the flight they got me scheduled for will take two days to get to San Francisco, then it's gonna be a day before they get a flight to Shanghai, and I gotta wait till the next day before another flight leaves for Tokyo. I want to come home sooner but that's the fastest flight I got since Sesshoumaru's damn plane had already left before they told us about the threat, and his dumbass plane was already half-way across India. Sorry, Kagome, but can you wait a little longer for me?"

"Okay, I understand. I can wait a little longer for you. But, remember, you'll owe me."

"I don't like the sound of that. What the hell do you mean by that, bitch?"

"I want extra time with your ears since your leaving me here alone for an extra week."

"What the fuck?! I asked if you wanted to come but you said no and insisted that you stay there so that you wouldn't be in the way. It's your own damn fault."

"No, it's not. If you hadn't left me alone so goddamn early in the morning, I would have probably changed my mind."

"Hey, watch the mouth."

"What I can't swear, but you can? That's unfair. I'll be adding on to the time with the ears."

"What the fuck?! Just because I swear doesn't mean you can whenever you goddamn please to, bitch."

"Still adding on…"

"Just drop it, wench."

"So, how's the president?"

"Dumb as ever. They reelected the bastard for four more years. I'll be damned if I ever get that dumb, if that's possible." He heard Kagome try to stifle a giggle. He sighed. "So, how's the pup?"

Kagome looked at her still flat belly and placed her free hand over it. "He- she- it- the baby's fine. Not like it's going anywhere for the moment."

"Just be careful."

"You worry too much, Inuyasha. It's not like I plan on going on a rollercoaster anytime soon."

"Feh, you better not, wench."

"You worry still too much."

"What's wrong with that? I gotta worry about protecting you and the pup from now on. Maybe even pups."

"Don't even kid like that. Do you know how much pain that'll be if…"

"You'll live. Besides, it can't be that bad."

"That's what you think. Besides, what do you think I've been doing for the past three months? Lollygagging around the city, taking every risk that comes across my path? I thought you knew me better than that."

"Still, be careful. I don't trust you when you're alone. You start acting crazy."

"That hurts Inuyasha! I can't believe you don't trust me!"

"Don't get me wrong. I trust you alright, just not when you're by yourself. You're to open with yourself. People can read you if you're not careful."

"I don't know what you're talking about. Name one time."

"Okay, you asked for it. Remember that one day during college when we were studying and I fell asleep you decided to take a shower and forgot to close the door."

"Yeah, and?"

"That's a case of you leaving yourself open. You didn't really know me very much and just assumed that I wouldn't do anything. I could've been one of those rapists or something hiding in college. Then there was that time when one of our old bosses at the agency had criticized you and took you over the edge of your nerves. You started mouthing bad words at him and he noticed from one of the mirrors making faces at him. You almost got your butt flamed if I hadn't stepped in to help. That's a case of people being able to read your actions since you don't hide your feelings very well from others. Another example would be…"

"Okay, okay, so I'm an open book. What's so wrong with that?"

"Nothing, unless you want others to be able to know your weaknesses."

"Just because you never really showed your feelings very well doesn't mean that I should have to hide mine. Just drop the subject. Oh, yeah, heard from Miroku and few days ago."

"What the hell does that hentai want?"

"Nothing. He just wanted to stop and say hi. He wanted some advice from you about dealing with women. I old him that I could help him with that but he was too shy about it to ask from me. He was trying to think of ways of getting Sango out with him since she's still mad at him for groping her when she was about to kiss him."

"Can't say the lecher didn't deserve it."

"Yeah, but he wants to propose to Sango. He's been wanting to since they graduated from college together and just finally got the nerve to when she was to kiss him. I think it's sweet!"

"What's so `sweet' about him getting slapped?"

"Were you even listening? I was talking about him wanting to propose. Do you remember when you first proposed to me? That was the happiest moment in my life, well, other than our first time together."

Kagome blushed and heard Inuyasha snort slightly but could tell by his tone that he was turning red too. "Yeah, I remember. That was the worst moment of my life. You took so damn long to say yes. I thought I was going to die from embarrassment and rejection!"

"I couldn't help it. I was flustered and couldn't find my voice at first. Besides, I didn't think you were gonna do that in front of the college graduates and everybody else. I thought I was gonna pass out!"

"Feh! You could've at least nodded or show some sort of agreement instead of me just standing there feeling like a fool…or something…"

Kagome let out a small laugh. "Well, maybe you shouldn't have proposed there. I could've dropped dead from the shock if I hadn't been so excited."

"Whatever."

"I love you, Inu."

"Kagome…"

Kagome suddenly heard static and Inuyasha's words were muffled. "Inuyasha?" She banged the phone against her hand. "Inuyasha, are you there? Inuyasha?!"

The static suddenly stopped and Kagome heard Inuyasha's voice. "Kagome, I'm here."

"What happened?"

"Feh, damn phone." Kagome shrugged it off. "Kagome, I have to tell you something."

He suddenly sounded so serious. "Inuyasha? You sound a little different. Is something wrong?"

She heard him hesitate a moment before he began speaking. "Listen Kagome. I…I don't think things are working out."

"Why? Is something wrong, Inuyasha? Did something happen?"

"No, nothing's wrong here. It's...us."

"Us? What do you mean? Tell me what's wrong, Inuyasha. You're not making any sense!"

"Kagome, I…I want a divorce."

The phone went dead.

Zenya: night before

Hello, I'm blueangel326, for those of you who do not know me, author of currently Lost Memories, Engaging Enemies, and Say Goodbye on fanfiction.net, and Adept Storm on fictionpress.com. I suggest you read them because that would make this girl very happy. To all of my fans and readers, I am so very sorry for not updating anything much last week.

Just so that people don't get mad and stop reading this fic, which I would dread, I am not saying that the US president in this fic was Bush and I'm not saying that our presidents are stupid. I just made Inuyasha say that because that is what I think he would say if he lived in this modern day and era. That was only to make him seem in character, not to make fun of our government and political figures, though I do have my own mind to say something, just not old enough to show it by voting. Damn those voting restrictions!

I meant to update all of my stories Monday but the fact that I had suddenly moved while in school and just got access to my computer Sunday afternoon really knocked me off schedule, seeing as how I was supposed to read the rest of Chronicles in which I had saved on my thumb drive. That, and my internet's still down. EE might have to wait a while because that usually takes a while to type since my imagination only sparks to life when I'm in a really bad mood and need something to humor me, and when I start acting really hyper. SG should be updated within the next two days since that is easier to type since it's already written on paper.

I have to leave you there for the moment, at least until I can update everything else. Ja ne!

BA326's final thoughts:

How can so many people not know what a hymen is? Is my middle school the only middle school that knew what hymens were because we are all warp-minded? Why did that idiot read the whole definition of what a hymen is to the class aloud without reading it to himself first? Boys are stupid.