InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ From An Alley ❯ Roses ( Chapter 6 )

Chapter 6: Roses

Kagome woke up feeling warm with a slight breeze in her ear. She carefully shifted herself to realize that Inuyasha's head was placed in the crook of her neck, he was still sleeping soundly.

`We…we did that?' her mind screamed, now realizing what had happened last night. She had been overcome by her emotions, the whole day had been so damn stressful on her, she needed to find an outlet, and subconsciously she found it. Inuyasha. She didn't really mind what happened the night before, and had little to no regrets, but it happened so fast. It was so unlike her.

"We gotta get moving today." Said Inuyasha, who had just awoken beside her. She was startled to learn that he had been awake. Sure, maybe things had moved fast the other day, but it felt right to her, and hopefully to him.

"Sesshoumaru will be pissed if we miss any more work." The girl nodded and got up out of the bed without looking at Inuyasha, feeling sore in her lower regions, so she winced at the slight pain. It wasn't that bad, but it caused a whole lot of discomfort.

"You alright?" he asked, feeling a little bad that he had caused the pain that she was now feeling. The girl nodded her head `no.' then she got up off the bed to take a shower, followed by Inuyasha.

Maybe going a bit fast was what she needed, she felt almost free in some senses. She no longer had that big ball of stress in the pit of her stomach, she felt good. Inuyasha had been the answer after her father and his mad reaction to her finding him and her mother. Hopefully she would never have to see the man again; if she did she could swear that the only thing she'd want would be to see him dead.

"Can't keep your damn brother waiting, can we?" she asked as she got into the shower.

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"Welcome back Kagome!" cried Sango as she saw the girl and Inuyasha enter the firm the following day on time as usual. Kagome smiled back to Sango who had waited nearly 3 days to hear from her friend. "How'd it go?" she asked as the she followed the girl to her desk.

"I, I don't want to talk about it right now." Kagome sighed, wanting to put everything behind her. Sango instantly got quiet and said her goodbye so she could get back to work.

The girl looked at the pile of papers sitting on top of her desk, untouched. She was going to have one hell of a day sorting out meetings and new cases for Inuyasha, but it was worth it if she could make things a little easier for him. She smiled at the thought of Inuyasha, something she had been doing for a little while.

Kagome sighed, after the phone rang for the first time that day. She had to drop all the papers she started working on to take some brief notes on a new client that wanted to hire Inuyasha. If she could handle today, she could handle anything.

Hours later, and past her lunch brake, the phone rang and Kagome picked it up as she would for any other caller. "Inuyasha Utada's office speaking, how can I help you?" She said to the unknown caller.

"Bitch, they couldn't prove anything, I'll see you soon." Said a man abruptly and hung up. The voice sent all of her brain waves churning, only one possible face could meet that voice, the person who threatened her was her father!

Unbelievable, after he was taken to the police station so the police could get some answers, he got off free for `not having enough evidence' since the police on the case did a sloppy job at keeping the evidence kept undisturbed.

The girl gasped as she dropped the phone from her ear to land with a clunk on her desk. Her mind was racing a mile a minute. If her father was now free, for whatever the reason, he could try and find her now, and put whatever blame he wanted on her. One word could describe her right now, scared.

But she still had a mountain of work to accomplish for the day; the phone call would have to be pushed to the back of her mind so she could finish up. Kagome would have to talk to Inuyasha that night, when everything was done for the day. Things just kept on going up and down in her life. Hopefully she wouldn't `crash off the chart'.

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"What happened while you were gone?" asked Sango, seated across from Inuyasha, only separated by his wooden desk. She had to head after a case after she spoke with Kagome, and now she had free time. Sango was dieing to find out what happened.

"You sure you want to know?" he asked, thinking how he could put what he wanted to say in words. He hadn't even talked about it fully with Kagome, and now Sango wanted to know.

"Yea. Kagome won't spill."

He took a deep breath in, settling his thoughts. "He shot her mother, her damned bastard of a father shot her mother in front of her eyes! Kami knows what happened to the brother she had." He said gruffly, pounding his fist on the desk loudly, startling Sango.

The girl was left silent. What could she possibly say that would make a difference? "Oh Kami!"

"She doesn't wanna talk about it either. It's better for her to settle it out for herself before we get any deeper in what she's feeling." He stated, telling her what he thought was best for Kagome for the time being.

Sango nodded mutely, agreeing with him for once. He looked sad, something he wasn't known for. She had known him for years, meeting up in collage, but he had never shown and other emotions beside anger and rage. This was new to her, but she generally liked the idea that some girl she had grown to like as a friend was changing Inuyasha.

"Thanks Inuyasha, I'll tell Miroku too so we don't get into any trouble." She offered, rising from her seat to call the man.

"Already taken care of." He said smartly as Sango closed the door, catching on to his last words before heading off into the direction of her office. `Poor girl.'

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Inuyasha had gone home early that day, telling Kagome that he had finished everything he needed to do knowing that the girl hadn't yet. Now he was in his apartment alone, ready to do whatever he could to cheer up Kagome from her unhappy state.

He had planned to order some caterer to set up a meal for them while he would handle all the `decorations'. He wanted to help Kagome in anyway possible, knowing that things would continue to get harder for her. Inuyasha quickly set to work, running around the apartment, making calls to the florist and the catering service. Kagome would be back soon, and he needed to have everything ready.

"I'm back." Called Kagome, using her spare key that Inuyasha had given her to come inside an hour later. She was surprised to see that it was dark inside, but there was a little flicker of light in the far corner of the living room. This was strange, she expected Inuyasha to be home. Kagome flicked the light switch that was near the door and took a sharp breath in of air.

There was Inuyasha, sitting in a blood red shirt and black pants on the couch. Turning her attention momentarily from him she noticed all the red roses lining all the walls she could see from the doorway, besides all the rose petals scattered over the ground in some kind of order, each one forming into a path that lead into another room. Then she turned back to him, their eyes locking in a strong gaze.

"What did you do?" she asked when she could get all of her thoughts together. Now she knew why Inuyasha had left the firm early. He had wanted to surprise her, make her feel better after all the events that had happened.

"You don't like it?" he frowned, then smiled before making his way over to the girl to embrace her in a warm hug, Kagome instantly wrapped her arms around the man, feeling the warmth of his body. "There's more." He whispered into her ear.

She let go, placing her arms at her sides, and looking up at Inuyasha expectantly. He pulled out a small box from his pants and handed it to Kagome. She smiled before opening it to find a ring. It was a simple gold band with a light green stone in the middle. It was beautiful.

"It was my mothers, and I want you to have it." He said, feeling the blush come across his face as he saw her eyes light up.

"I, I can't just take it." She said shyly, averting his gaze. Inuyasha took the ring and her right hand, slipping in onto the `ring' finger.

"I want you to." He said sternly in a calm voice. She knew she couldn't say no, it would hurt him. Inuyasha was giving her something that was irreplaceable; tears welled up in her eyes, forgetting the problem that had earlier happened in the day.

"Thank you Inuyasha." She whispered before placing a soft kiss to his lips.

Then he took her hand, leading her over the rose petals to the kitchen where a meal that was extravagantly prepared was waiting for them. She sat down as Inuyasha sat down across from her. A slight frown crossed her face.

Inuyasha picked up on it instantly. "What's wrong?" he asked.

She forced a smile, not wanting to spoil the evening that Inuyasha had prepared. She would bring up the subject of the phone call the next day. "Nothing." The two engaged in some conversation regarding everything but their families.

Their evening was shared peacefully before they decided to go to bed, feeling the effects of the long day. She had followed Inuyasha to his room after she changed into her pajamas.

He smiled as she got into the bed next to him, wrapping his arm around her shoulders to pull her in. She smiled when he didn't expect anything from her except sleep. It had been nice to spend such quiet time with Inuyasha, without having to worry about anything except the man lying next to her.

"I love you." He whispered, almost feeling as if the words were foreign again to his tongue. He heard Kagome mumble something in response as she fell into sleep. Things were now at an easy pace, hopefully they would stay that way.

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Short chapter, but I was running outa things to write. Did I jump around too much? And I read my story the other day, lol, and I realized that I was kinda rushing things a little. Too bad for me, but I don't think I will end up re-writing the story. Hopefully you enjoyed it though. I'm guessing I'll have a few more chapters after this one, 4 at the most. Ja ne!

- Starr-chan