InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Gravity of Love ❯ O Fortuna velut Luna ( Chapter 1 )

Gravity of Love

 

Disclaimer - I do not own Inuyasha or any of its characters. I borrow them from Rumiko Takahashi. Story Plotline inspired by Garret Jax's Hanyou.EXE. Song - Gravity of Love by Enigma.

 

O Fortuna velut Luna

 

It was far more quiet in the office than she would have liked it to be. Apparently he found no reason to speak to her either, as he kept his back to her, toying with a long strand of hair that had fallen over his shoulder. To avoid grumbling under her breath about how much she hated just standing there, when she could have been working, she attempted to keep her gaze wandering the room, wringing her hands in what could have been confused as nervous action. No this was annoyance. Pure, undiluted annoyance—and only the man in front of her seemed to able to get under her skin just enough to let it show.

 

“ I take it the programs are coming along nicely then.” It was more of statement than a question, and she had to refrain from growling at him. `It took him that long to say that!?' Rolling her eyes, she pulled her hands behind her back and for the fifth time in eight minutes wondered why she was working for this guy again. `Oh yeah, best equipment around. I couldn't do it anywhere else.'

 

“ Yes Mr. Onigumo. Is there anything else you need?” Again the man was silent as though he was ignoring her. The poor girl could almost feel a twitch in her eyebrow forming. After a minute or so, the man simply waved his hand towards, the silent motion to simply leave. Biting her tongue, she whirled on her heel and did her best not to storm right of out the office. Just as her hand reached for the doorknob however, his voice caused her to stop, but his words caused her to freeze all the way down to her soul.

 

“ I heard you have been working on your own little `project' Kikyou. Sources tell me it's just like the other programs… I want it. Don't even bother trying to fight me. It's mine.” Kikyou stared down at her hand clenched to the doorknob, knuckles white from her grip, but not even her grip could keep her hand from shaking. `I just finished… I can't… I won't…She'll never forgive me. I won't give it to you Naraku! Even if I have to…' Kikyou cringed and didn't bother to try and hide her conflicting emotions. Throwing the door open, she stormed out of the room without a second glance, knowing full well that Naraku was smirking at her back.

 

`Guess that leaves only one option…'

 

~-*-~

 

“ Yeesh I mean it Inuyasha I'm sorry!” The poor boy yelped as the hanyou took another swing at him, barely ducking in time to dodge the claws. The irate hanyou simply snarled at him and took another swing, purposely allowing the boy to dodge his attack while a girl sitting on the bed was laughing so hard, she was holding her stomach like it was going to burst open.

 

“ How many times do I have to tell you to keep your fucking hands off my sister you lech!?” Inuyasha snarled as Miroku continued to sidestep and do his best to avoid the very pissed off hanyou. Said sister laughed even harder to the point she rolled off the bed and hit the floor, her laughing uninterrupted by the sudden impact. It did however cause the hanyou to pause and glance back at her.

 

“ Step-sister. She's your stepsister Inuyasha! Sango don't just sit there laughing help me!” Inuyasha snarled and stepped closer to Miroku as Sango finally jumped up and attached herself to her brother's arm, but her laughing had yet to subside. The rumbling in his chest quieted down a little, but Inuyasha continued to glare daggers at Miroku who had backed himself up into Inuyasha's desk. Sango finally caught her breath and leaned onto Inuyasha's shoulder, one arm still wrapped around her stomach.

 

“ Oh don't worry about him Yasha. You know it won't be the last time he touches me—“ She had to bite her tongue to keep herself from giggling at the look Inuyasha shot his best friend of twelve years. “ Besides… I want to be the one who kills him for grabbing my ass!” She stalked towards Miroku who let out an `eep' at the sudden look that crossed the girl's face and bolted out the door, followed shortly by suddenly raging girl.

 

“ My lady please, you know I was simply admiring!” Miroku's voice faded as he charged down the stairs with a screeching Sango still in pursuit. Rolling his eyes, Inuyasha groaned and flopped down onto his bed face first. `Those two never change…' It was the same routine every day since Miroku hit thirteen. He knew Sango could take care of herself, and that Miroku would never actually go too far with his stepsister, but damnit it was the principle of the point!

 

“ My, my… you didn't even hear me come up the stairs? Are Miroku and Sango going at it again?” Inuyasha pushed himself up to sit on the edge of his bed as his mother smiled warmly at him from his doorway, holding what appeared to be a letter in her hand. Inuyasha twitched his ears in almost annoyance, why was his mother the only one able to sneak up on him like that? Smiling even more, Izaiyoi entered the room, and took up a spot next to Inuyasha on the bed.

 

“ Like always, those two are gonna fuc—drive me up the wall.” Inuyasha flinched at the scolding look his mother shot him before handing him the letter. Instead of saying anything, she simply kissed his temple and stood to leave the room. Inuyasha stared down at the letter in his hand. It was… different. It was a manila envelop, and something hard was inside of it. But what surprised him most was… `Kikyou sent it?'

 

“ Keh!”

 

~-*-~

 

“ So… Kikyou really sent it? When was the last time you heard from her anyways?” Miroku looked over the CD case in his hand. It was a plain case, with a just as plain CD inside, with the exception of `P.Miko' written across the top of the silver in red.

 

“ About two week ago. She sounded kinda stressed the last time I talked to her, but she did mention she'd be sending me a letter. She didn't say she'd be sending a CD too. The letter says not to load the CD though, so I got no idea what's on it. Guess she just wants me to hold onto it.” Inuyasha shrugged and snagged the case out Miroku's hand as he leaned back in his computer chair.

 

“ 'P.Miko' huh? Sounds like some kind of top-secret program if you ask me. You sure you aren't going to load it up? At least take a peek Inuyasha!” Glowering at Miroku, Inuyasha obviously had to refrain himself from reaching out and clawing his best friend's eyes out.

 

“ And betray her trust like that? Did Sango really fuck up your brain when she knocked you down the stairs earlier?” Inuyasha growled out as he put the CD case on top of his computer tower. Grumbling under his breath, Inuyasha took one last look at the letter that had accompanied the CD, before snarling and quickly turning the letter into a ball and threw it in the trash, crossing his arms over his chest, both of his ears twitching madly. It only meant one thing, and Miroku winced inwardly at the thought of having to bring it up.

 

“ I take it… she's not coming back any time soon?” Yup he hit it right on the head. Inuyasha physically flinched, though it wouldn't have been noticeable if he hadn't been looking for it. `Still madly in love I see my dear friend.' Miroku blew out a breath and adjusted his stance on the bed. `He's going to kill me for this… I just know it.'

 

“ You know Inuyasha, it's been three years. You know Sango and I love Kikyou, we were all best friends throughout most of high school, but don't you think it's about time—“ Miroku had the hardest time holding in the literal squeal that wanted to fly out of his throat at the look Inuyasha shot him. `Yup, I'm never gonna survive long enough to stroke Sango's amazing bottom again.'

 

“ You're right, I should have moved on by now. I've tried, but damnit Miroku this is Kikyou. I've loved her since like… the third grade.” Inuyasha suddenly slumped in his chair, ears flattened to his head. Miroku couldn't deny that one truth, even if it had been years later before Kikyou noticed him. Inuyasha had found her—well more heard her—in one of the closest crying her eyes out. Apparently Kikyou's family had suffered some big tragedy. Her little sister had been killed in a hit and run accident.

 

The man lounging in front of him slumped looked little like the Inuyasha he had known for most of his life. Inuyasha was rash, blunt, and even violent… but he had such a good heart and was almost always a very bright personality, even if he wasn't nessicarly nice about it. It disturbed both him and Sango to see one person bring him down. Inuyasha had yet to really recover from Kikyou. Sadly, there wasn't much they could do for him. They weren't sure anyone really could.

 

“ Hey Yasha, can I borrow your computer? Dads' on the one downstairs… I swear I keep telling them I need one for myself but do they listen? Of course not…” Sango grumbled as she leaned on doorway, a small glare still directed towards Miroku's direction. Snapping out his daze, Inuyasha reached up and grabbed Miroku by the collar of his shirt before he could ascend on his sister.

 

“ Come on `monk-in-training'. I think it's high time we throw your ass out of here.” Motioning towards his computer in a silent acknowledge that Sango could have the computer, he dragged his best friend quite literally out of the room, watching his hand try in vain to reach out and grab his sister's ass.

 

“ Touch her and die!”

 

“ Sorry, sorry!”

 

~-*-~

 

Groaning, Sango flopped into her brother's computer chair, adjusting it and dropping her English book off to the side on the desk. Bloody hell. Seven pages on the Odyssey? Now where did Inuyasha put those CD's? Grumbling, she reached down to pull out a drawer to the desk, eyes lighting up at the different kinds of music that adorned the drawer. Scanning through it, she frowned.

 

“ Damn Inu where'd you put it?” Scanning the drawer once more, she glanced at the slightly messy desk covered in papers and several different CD's. Rolling her eyes and mumbling something about `males' and their `inability to keep things clean', she started her search through the music CD's. After several minutes she gave up and threw up her arms.

 

“ Idiot better not have lost my music, or so help me he's gonna suffer throughout training later on.” Narrowing her eyes at her English book, she glanced up at the tower and blinked.

 

“ Well that's new…” She snagged the case and examined the CD inside of it. Raising her brow, she pulled the CD from the case and examined it further as if it would actually speak to her and tell her what was on it. It wasn't unusual for Inuyasha to burn mix CD's. Twitching her nose, she shrugged after a moment and popped the CD into the tower. However she paled slightly as the screen suddenly went blank. After a moment, the simple white text popped up across the screen.

 

Installing…

 

“ Installing? Installing what?” Sango whimpered and hit the eject button, but the tray refused to open. After several tries, the words moved down the screen.

 

Installing… 50%

 

“ No, no, no stop!” Sango squeaked, but the computer of course did not respond.

 

Coding Error M16…

 

Rerouting…

 

Please enter password:

 

Sango stared blankly at the screen before remembering the label on the CD. Maybe I can… uhh. Flinching slightly, she entered `P.Miko' into the blinking section and hit enter. After the computer fan seemed to hit overdrive it sudden stopped.

 

Incorrect Password…

 

Data corrupted—Memory Simulator damaged…

 

Installing… 75%

 

Sango squeaked again and for a moment considered pummeling the computer and blaming it on Kirara. Except the fact that… Inuyasha would know better that Kirara would never knock over the computer, let alone jump up on the messy desk.

 

Data corrupted—Rerouting Emotion Stimulator Coding…

 

Success…

 

Repairing Emotion Stimulator Coding…

 

Success…

 

Installing… 95%

 

Data Process Incomplete—Memory Coding 50% Damaged…

 

Repairing Memory Simulator…

 

Success… 50%

 

Failure… 50%

 

Memory Simulator Coding Half Recovered…

 

Installing… 100%

 

Complete

 

After several minutes of staring weakly at the computer that refused to listen to her, the start screen suddenly popped up. Blinking several times at the computer, it appeared fine. No new icons popped up on the computer. It didn't appear to be loading anything up. Blinking several more times, Sango quickly hit the eject button on the tray again. The computer whirled for a moment as though it didn't want to release the CD, but finally gave it up.

 

Sango quickly grabbed the CD, and placed it back in its case and atop the computer just as Inuyasha stalked into the room. Twirling the computer chair to face him, she started to open her mouth and point to the case on top of the tower before Inuyasha noticed her English book.

 

“ Aw fuck! I forgot all about that essay.” Sango flinched and snagged her English book and looked up at Inuyasha as she stood.

 

“ Well I'll let you have the computer then. Since apparently even I have done more than you.” She teased lightly and patted him on the back, as she backed out the room with a wink. Groaning with a glance at the computer, he glanced at the clock before snorting.

 

“ I'll get up early and do it.”

 

Sango had completely forgotten to ask Inuyasha what that disc did in the first place…