InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ From Here to There ❯ The Deal ( Chapter 4 )

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Chapter 4: The deal

Sesshomaru watched as Inuyasha's little friend got into the black car and drove off in the rain. He turned away from the window and sighed. He was back again from his business trip in Tokyo. The business tycoons were driving him crazy with all their stupid ideas that would probably destroy his work if he listened to it.

He had enough problems to think about it, and now returning home, Kagome Higurashi, his brother's one and probably only friend runs down the stairs crying. What did his little brother do now? Causing havoc and trouble was the only thing Inuyasha did.

He and his friend, Kagome always fought too. Their bickering always annoyed Sesshomaru constantly, making him almost want to leash out and strangle the both of them. Though it was very unlikely for him to do that, the idea had occurred to him plenty of times. But never in his whole life, he had never heard the girl say goodbye to him in such an emotional, let alone cry while doing it.

Sesshomaru looked up the stairs once more and shook his head. What ever Inuyasha did, it must have been really bad. Myouga made his way down the stairs and gasped when he saw Sesshomaru.

"Sesshomaru-sama! When did you arrive? I had no idea you were coming home this early!" he yelled. Sesshomaru looked at the old man casually.

"Myouga, where is Inuyasha?" Sesshomaru asked.

"I believe Master Inuyasha is in his room, with a young lady." Sesshomaru's head perked up as he looked from the top of the stairs to the front door where Kagome had walked out so fast. A girl? Though he and his brother never had a close relationship, Sesshomaru knew Inuyasha was dating some rich girl from his school. Maybe it was this girl that caused the Higurashi girl to leave.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~**~ "Inuyasha."

"Inuyasha! Inuyasha!" Kikyou shouted at the Inuyasha who was still facing the door where Kagome just stood. It took a few times for Inuyasha to snap out of his anger and disappointment before he returned his attention to Kikyou.

" Kikyou.." Inuyasha started. "Did Kagome really hurt you?" he asked, making sure that the information that he had received earlier was correct. Inuyasha knew that Kikyou hated Kagome from the moment they met, and would probably also pull a trick like this. But this time, she had the wounds and injuries to prove it. She wouldn't just blame someone else's doing on another person. Kikyou wasn't that kind of person.

"Of course she did. She was jealous. I knew she never liked me from the beginning. I told you to stay away from her. She could end up hurting you too. Look what she did to me!" New tears were already falling down her face before Inuyasha could answer.

"Kikyou.but,"

"You don't believe me? Of course you don't. Sure, Kagome looks all innocent on the outside but she really is the devil!" Inuyasha sighed and pulled Kikyou into a tight hug.

"No Kikyou, no. I would never just choose a side without a good explanation." he whispered, but then froze. He had just yelled at Kagome, just minutes ago without even listening to her. He pretty much just attacked her and called her names. Very bad names. And here he was, standing and hugging Kikyou telling her that he didn't do that kind of thing when he had just done it.

Kagome couldn't of really done something so evil. Sure she was sometimes evil and mean and rough and harsh and.. Inuyasha could go on forever but really, he was the only person she really actually beats up. To every one else she was the nicest girl in school who cared about everyone.

All the students ran to her for their problems and she even gave up the time to help each and everyone of them. But, Inuyasha also knew how much Kagome didn't like Kikyou.

Inuyasha gritted his teeth and shook his head. Right now, all he had to worry about was making Kikyou feel better. She was upset and hurt and Inuyasha couldn't reject her now. Even if Kagome was probably mad, he would probably give her a few days to cool down and approach and ask for all the details. Then again, Inuyasha did say to himself that he wasn't going to talk to her again.
"Dammit." Inuyasha whispered.

"What?" Kikyou asked.

"Nothing. Sorry."

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The morning light entered the room, as Inuyasha lifted his head from the soft pillow only to find Kikyou sleeping next to him.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Inuyasha shouted, forgetting that she had spent the night. He looked around the room and then under the covers and sighed in relief. It wasn't that he didn't want to do it, but it really depended on the mood. The whole situation wasn't really going to be resolved with him sleeping with Kikyou.

"Inuyasha?" Kikyou whispered as her eyes opened and shut and then finally stayed open.

"I'm here," he whispered. Kikyou smiled and sat up with him.

"Inuyasha what's wrong?" she asked, snuggling up to him. Inuyasha rolled off the bed quickly and looked at the clock that read 5:00 AM. A couple more hours before school started. He was kind of amused that he had actually woken up that early.

"Kikyou.aren't your parents worried that you're gone?" he asked.

"I guess.but when they find out I'm with you, they'll be okay." Inuyasha looked down at himself in only boxers. If anyone were to see them in this position the first thing that would come to their minds would be perverted.

"Yeah, well school starts in a couple of hours. You should get going," he said quietly but almost like a demand. Kikyou sat on his bed for a few seconds and then smiled.

"Okay. I need to get cleaned up too," she sat up and smiled innocently at him.

"I'll see you later," she whispered and grabbed her belongings from his dresser. Inuyasha sighed and then grabbed the keys on his dresser. "I'll drive you home," he mumbled and threw on a clean shirt. Kikyou smiled as he headed out the door in front of her.

The drive home for him was quiet as Kikyou rested her head on his arm. She sighed out loud and made little whimpering noises.

"Inuyasha?"

"Yeah?"

"I feel safe when I'm with you. You're my protector." Kikyou whispered. Inuyasha kept his eyes on the rode but tensed up. He was her protector. He protected her from Kagome at least.

"Inuyasha. Promise me you'll never speak to Kagome again. From this point on.." She whispered. Inuyasha swallowed and his grip on the wheel tightened once more. Why did women put him in such complicated positions? He was a dumb guy, not the smartest person in the world.

"Inuyasha?" would he answer Kikyou's question? Or would he just completely ignore it.

"Kikyou..I..." he started as they made a turn onto a different street. "We're here," he said as they stopped in front of a huge gate quite similar to his. Kikyou looked up at him with cold eyes but then they faded and the sad look appeared once more.

"Okay.." She whispered and reached over to kiss him on the lips. Inuyasha sat still with his hands still on the steering wheel as she climbed out of the car.

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The moment Kikyou got into her room she threw her purse against the wall and screamed. Even through all that trouble and all that Kagome had done (or what she had told Inuyasha what Kagome had done), Inuyasha still had doubts.

She knew it from the moment he questioned her the second time about her injuries. Then when she had asked him never to see Kagome again he didn't answer and then finally, the kiss. His lips were cold and stiff when she kissed him, almost as if his heart and mind was not set on it. Kikyou jumped on the bed and crossed her arms over her chest.

His hear and mind, she knew it..was set on Kagome. The one and only Kagome Higurashi. Kikyou had tried her very best to win over Inuyasha. Sure, she had went a little bit overboard with the whole 'faking the injury' thing, but Inuyasha believed her.

He had yelled at Kagome when she came, running into his bedroom. Kikyou turned and screamed into her pillow.

"All this work, and Inuyasha still doesn't believe me all the way!!"

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Though Inuyasha was a rich boy, he always walked to school with Kagome. He owned hundreds of sports cars and had even limo drivers, but no matter what he walked with Kagome to school. Either he picked her up or she picked him up.

But this time, he couldn't talk to Kagome, at least not yet. He needed time to cool and also give her space as well. It was usual for them when the had big BIG fights. He would give her two or three days to cool off and then they would be bouncing back to school bickering and joking around. Maybe this time was different.

Inuyasha started the car and stepped on the gas pedal, going extra fast, making a loud screeching noise. His school bag fell the floor, spilling his books everywhere.

"God dammit, why the hell is everything bad luck today?" Inuyasha cursed.

"Fucking books!" He reached the school shortly and parked the car at the parking lot. Only a few student cars were there. Most of them belonged to teachers, but the really nice sports cars belonged to the rich students (as they call it).

Inuyasha swung his school bag over his shoulder and then pulled out his baseball bag. He threw a cap on and carried everything through the front doors of the school. The place was deserted, meaning only one thing. He was late as usual.

"Damn."

Inuyasha stood in front of his homeroom door and pulled on his collar.

"Just relax and don't look at her," he said to himself, knowing Kagome was probably on the other side of the door sitting in her seat. The problem here, was that he had to sit behind her for almost all the classes they had together. Inuyasha opened the door and let himself in.

Mrs. Tsuya stopped short on a sentence once more, like every day and turned to look at Inuyasha.

"Mr.Takashi!"

"I know I know, I'm late." Inuyasha grumbled and made his way towards his seat, only to find that Kagome was not there. Inuyasha was shocked. Never once, had Kagome ever been late or absent from school. The only time was when she needed her appendix removed.

"Stop thinking about her, you idiot. You're mad at her.." Inuyasha, whispered as he sat down on the chair. The whole class looked at him with pity, which made him confuse. Inuyasha leaned over his desk and Kagome's and tapped Sango on the shoulder.

"Sango!" he hissed. Sango moved her shoulder away and didn't answer. "What the fuck!" The girl was ignoring him. Inuyasha then leaned over the isle to talk to Shippo.

"Hey, Shippo..what's up with Sango?" he asked. There was no answer from the little runt. "Hey answer me!" Shippo pretended to be doing his work and didn't look up. What was going on? Inuyasha sat back on his seat and cracked his pencil into two. Kagome had probably called them up or told them something about the incident last night. They were all mad at him, and he knew it.

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One whole day of school, and it felt like an eternity of hell. Inuyasha groaned and stepped on the gas pedal. It was boring and depressing. No one talked to him, at least his close friends like Sango and Shippo. They wouldn't even hear him out.

"Of course they wouldn't. Kagome's got them wrap around her finger." When he sat with Kikyou, all she did was complain about the bruise on her face. Inuyasha sighed and stopped his car in front of Kikyou's mansion.

She had asked him to come to her place around sunset to spend time with her. Though Inuyasha wasn't really in the mood, he had to go. The gate opened for him and he walked in and waved at the security guard. He made his way to the back of the mansion, with his hands in his pockets. "You mean he actually believed that Kagome beat you up?" someone spoke up. Inuyasha lifted his head and his eyes widened. He pushed his back against the wall, quietly and listened as carefully as he could.

"Yup. Shows how good of friends they are. He didn't even listen to her side of the story." Kikyou said. Her friends laughed, which made Inuyasha's heart beat faster. What the hell was going on here?

"Yeah, I've got him wrapped around my finger.and I bet the two haven't made up yet either."

"I don't think they ever will. What you did was pretty harsh," Kanna spoke up. "You're so evil!" they all said sarcastically.

"Oh, I know. Makeup is so useful these days! If any of you guys need help getting beat up, just call me." The whole group of girls laughed once more. Inuyasha pushed off the wall and turned around. He ran down the drive way as fast as he could and out the gate, before anyone could say anything to him.

"I'm so fucking stupid." Inuyasha thought. All this time, Kikyou had been lying to him. And Kagome..she had actually tried to tell him. Inuyasha shook his head and slowed down. But Kikyou was so nice, even though half the girls in the school thought she was a bitch, she could actually be a pretty nice person.

"That bitch!" Inuyasha hissed and rested his forehead against a tree. Now Kagome was mad at him big time. How was he ever going to apologize? God dammit!

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All night, he had tried calling her, but no one answered. Not even her aunt, which was kind of weird. Maybe Kagome didn't want to talk to him still. When the wench was mad, she was mad!

"Shit!"

"Fuck!"

"Damn!" Inuyasha yelled as he threw the baseball at the wall, making a dent and maybe even a hole. Why did he believe in Kikyou? Why didn't he just trust Kagome? Him and his big ego always caused trouble. If he didn't argue to everything Kagome says, she wouldn't be mad and he wouldn't of been played by Kikyou. The phone rang, making Inuyasha leap for it and putting the receiver to his ear.

"Kagome?" he yelled out. There was a brief silence before Kikyou spoke up.

"No, it's Kikyou." Inuyasha's eyes turned red and he made a fist.

"What do you want, bitch? Haven't you caused enough trouble as there is?" Inuyasha spat. Kikyou was soon sniffling and crying.

"What did I do wrong, Inuyasha?" she asked. Inuyasha snorted.

"Drop the act, wench. I heard everything you said to your friends about tricking me on thinking it was Kagome who beat you up." Again, the moment of silence passed through the air.

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

"Bull shit! You slut! Go to hell, cuz we're over. For good," he said.

"What did Kagome tell you, whatever she said to you. it was a lie!" Kikyou yelled out.

"Yeah, whatever." Inuyasha mumbled and hung up on her. He threw the phone against the wall. Kagome had to forgive him. He had to admit that he was wrong, which was going to be the hardest thing for him to do. Inuyasha wasn't much of a person who admits that they are wrong. He was more of the 'do it my way' guy.

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Inuyasha pulled on his uniform collar. He hated wearing these things. It made him feel like a geek. At least the girls got to wear short skirts. That was the best part about uniforms. Inuyasha cleared his throat and turned onto Kagome's driveway.

"Okay, say that you're wrong and apologize. Kagome will understand..hopefully." He walked up the small stone steps that led to the front door and pressed the doorbell.

It took about five minutes for someone to open the door. Kagome's aunt stood, still in her pajamas with dark bags under her eyes.
"Inuyasha, is that you?" she asked. Inuyasha nodded and smiled.

"Good morning Misao, is Kagome going to school today?" Inuyasha asked, jumping to the point. He had no time to chat. Misao's face fell and she looked confusingly at Inuyasha.

"Inuyasha? Don't you know?"

"Know what?" he asked. Misao's gasped lightly and put a hand to her lips.

"I thought you knew..." she whispered. By now, Inuyasha was pretty worried about the way Aunt Misao was acting.

"What's wrong? What happened to Kag?" he asked. Aunt Misao smiled sadly at him.

"Kagome left to Tokyo to see her father.." She said. Inuyasha sighed in relief. 'Thank god! I thought something bad happened to her,' he thought. But that meant he had to wait to say sorry to her.

"When will she be back?" he asked. Aunt Misao broke eye contact with him and swallowed.

"Never." Inuyasha's head snapped up. "Well at least never to live here, but she will visit at times."

"What do you mean never?" Inuyasha demanded. Aunt Misao, gently put a hand to Inuyasha' shoulder.

"Kagome has left Kyoto, to live with her father. She won't be coming back for the rest of the year." Inuyasha dropped his school bag, and his lips parted. Why didn't Kagome say anything to him about this?

"But.I thought you knew. She told me that she was going to say goodbye to you before she left. So I figured that you knew since you didn't come to pick her up for school yesterday." Again, Inuyasha's head snapped up.

"She said she was going to say goodbye to me?" he asked. "When?" Aunt Misao nodded.

"The night she left, a day ago."

"A day ago.." Inuyasha backed away from the porch and sat down on the steps in shocked. A day ago, which meant the night that he was with Kikyou. Kagome had come to see him and he yelled at her before she could say anything. She had probably came to tell him that she was leaving. Inuyasha put his hand to his forehead and lowered his head.

"I'm such an baka." Aunt Misao walked over and sat down next to him.

"Inuyasha. Kagome left lots of things behind, since they would only allow her to bring a few of her belongings. Do you want to take a look around to see if anything belonged to you?" she asked. Inuyasha followed her inside the small house, and then he made his way to Kagome's room.

Unlike most girl's room, Kagome's room was filled with baseball posters, awards, trophies and pictures of her, Inuyasha, Shippo and Sango. Inuyasha walked into the clean room and sat down on the bed. Everything was left the way that he had last remembered. Kagome always kept everything neat and she hated when Inuyasha was over and made a mess.

Inuyasha looked over at the Play station 2, which they always played video games, if they weren't hanging at the arcade. There was also the picture of the two of them. Kagome was riding on his shoulders, holding a trophy in the air. She had just won the all-star softball game, and Inuyasha was cheering for her.

He never noticed it but, they had done so much together. Most of the pictures were of them growing up. There was one picture of a young Inuyasha on a tree eating Ramen and a Kagome hanging upside down on a branch.

"Stupid girl." he muttered. Now Kagome was in Tokyo. Why would the girl just leave? Didn't she care about the people she left behind.

"Selfish bitch." She always cared for everyone, so why did she suddenly just leave? It probably wasn't her choice, but still she could of at least made an effort to stay. She didn't call or say anything to him yesterday. Inuyahsa made a fast and pounded it on the pillow. Inuyasha stood up and walked out of the door quickly.

"Aunt Misao." he started. "What's Kagome's father's phone number?" he asked. "I need to get a hold of her!" Aunt Misao smiled.

"It's going to be hard to get a hold of her. The lines are always busy..and you need an appointment to talk to her on the phone." Inuyasha looked up with a confused face. When the hell did someone needed to make an appointment to talk to somebody on the phone.

"Thanks," Inuyasha hurried out the door. He didn't want to admit it, but already he was missing Kag. Just knowing that she was gone, kind of made him feel lonely.

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Sesshomaru yawned as he leaned back on his chair and stretched. If they wanted him to sign the papers, they didn't have to trick him. Sesshomaru tossed the papers aside.

"Sesshomaru!!!" he heard the familiar voice scream. "Sesshomaru!!"

"Master Inuyasha, Sesshomaru-sama is busy at the moment."

"I don't give a shit if he's got the whole business future on his fingertips, I need to talk to the ass hole!!" Inuyasha shouted as he burst through the door. Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow.

"Two weeks of moping around and now you're back?" Sesshomaru asked. Inuyasha narrowed his eyes. The kid really was in a mess. In two weeks, he had gotten phone calls from the school about Inuyasha beating up kids for no reason and not paying attention in class. Sesshomaru really didn't care what happened to his brother, but if it caused people to bother Sesshomaru, it really pissed him off..

"Shut the fuck up, Sesshomaru,"

"What do you want, Inuyasha?" Sesshomaru asked, sitting straight in his chair.

"I need money and a ticket to Tokyo," Inuyasha said. Sesshomaru snorted.

"Why the hell do you want to go to Tokyo for?"

"Kagome's there.." Inuyasha said. Sesshomaru laughed.

"Oh, no wonder why she left so fast. To get away from you, I presume?" Inuyasha reached out to grab his brother's collar.
"I have no time for this bull shit. Give me the money," Inuyasha yelled. Sesshomar shook his head, mocking Inuyasha.

"I'm not going to just hand you money, little brother."

"I have to see Kagome!" he screamed, making the secretary in the other room jump. Sesshomaru laughed.

"Does she want to see you?" Inuyasha was quiet and then looked back at Sesshomaru.

"She will."

"What makes you so sure?"

"Give me the money!" Sesshomaru sighed and then and idea suddenly popped into his head. He knew he was a smart guy, and this time it could really work.

"I'll make a deal with you." Sesshomaru found himself saying. Inuyasha shook his head.

"I have no time for a deal."

"No deal, no money. Take it or leave it." Inuyasha growled.

"What the hell is it?" Sesshomaru folded his hands across the table and leaned it, with a sarcastic smiled.

"If you can make it through the school year without failing grades, then I'll give you the money to go." Inuyasha slammed his fist onto the table.

"What!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sesshomaru, you asshole, you know how hard school is for me!" Sesshomaru shrugged. "I suck at school. There's no way I can do it! This isn't fair!"

"Life isn't fair."

"Listen here Sesshomaru, this is bullshit. I can't do it!"

"Then you don't see your friend, I guess." Inuyasha screamed again and slammed his fist on the table. Sesshomaru raised eyebrow, after Inuyasha takes this deal he sure needed to take an anger management class.

"But summer break doesn't start for at least four months!" he yelled.

"Then four months it is." Sesshomaru smiled, making Inuyasha pissed even more. Inuyasha was breathing hard and pacing back and forth. Four months! That would seem like forever. At least it would give Kagome time to cool down if she really was mad at him. Plus, he knew Sesshomaru wouldn't let him leave in the middle of the school year. But it wasn't like he had to listen to Sesshomaru.

"Fine I'll do it. I'll make it through the school year with passing grades, and you'll let me go to Tokyo." Sesshomaru nodded.

"Yes. It's a deal." *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Inuyasha looked out from the window of the school. Never in his life had he ever woken up so early to actually go to school. He yawned and sat down at his desk. The room was empty, no one was probably even at school.

The door opened and Mrs.Tsuya walked in. She spotted Inuyasha and her eyes widened and shocked. They then returned to the same evil looking look.

"Inuyasha, what are you doing here so early?" she asked. Inuyasha looked up from his desk, sweating.

"I.um.I..uh, came here for school. What else?" he asked. Mrs. Tsuya looked at him for a few minutes and then nodded.

"Okay then.." She smiled and sat down at her desk. Inuyasha wanted to grind his head into the desk and never wake up again. How embarrassing. He was actually acting like a good student, almost like Kagome! But no matter what, he had to get good grades and try his hardest if he wanted to go to Tokyo, and bring Kag back.

The deal was already set and he was setting his whole mind on it. No one could stop him now from doing what he had to do. No F's and then go and bring back the little wench called Kagome.

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