InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Gravity of Love ❯ Present for the Hanyou ( Chapter 7 )

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.

 

Present for the Hanyou

 

“ And you… have no idea who took it. Am I assuming correctly?” He sounded upset, deadly upset. Kikyou frowned and crossed her arms over her chest with a light shrug. She of course wasn't about to go on about how she sent off her little project to a hanyou in another city entirely. Naraku really would have a fit then, as if he wasn't already… his normal calm and superior attitude was roughed up by a deep frown and flashing angry eyes, directed all at her. ` You honestly can't say you didn't see this coming bastard.'

 

“ As I was setting up the CD to hand over to you, when I was called away from the computer. Seems someone in your company doesn't like you. When I returned the disc had been finished writing, but very much gone. The end result sadly, is the program was also deleted off my computer, I can't write another disc. I could attempt to make another program similar, however that one was kind of what you could chance… it happened purely by mistake, I honestly don't know how to repeat the results I got.” She was very good at lying through her teeth when it came to Naraku, though the last part wasn't entirely a lie, she couldn't recreate the scenario. He frowned and tilted his head slightly at her before scoffing.

 

“ I've got a lot of enemies, it doesn't surprise me in the least. Focus on your current project Ms. Higurashi. Finish it and send it down to the lab like usual procedure. I will find out who's behind this theft of my property.” Kikyou remained stock still for a moment, carefully examining Naraku's appearance. As good as lying as she was at him, she still couldn't tell if he actually believed her or not. Frowning slightly herself, Kikyou whirled on her heel and glided towards the door as quickly as she could. She could sense he wanted to say something else to her—she didn't want to hear it. “ Kikyou…” She flinched. ` Shut up! Just shut up!'

 

She was saved last moment by the intercom coming into play with his secretary informing him he had a call on the information line. Wasting not the chance to get out of the office, Kikyou silently hurried out of the room. Naraku apparently didn't need say whatever it was badly enough; he didn't try to stop her. Instead he turned towards his phone, pulling it to his ear and punching in what appeared to be a random series of numbers, which had nothing to actually do with a phone number. After a few moments, a gruff voice answered on the other end and Naraku felt his arrogant smirk returning to his face.

 

“ I take it you were able to track it?” Naraku gloated lightly over the phone. The sound of papers being filed around on a desk filled the receiver for a moment before a grunt replied.

 

“ Yes. Hakudoushi found it and destroyed it as requested. However it seems Entei the fire horse got out of the lab… again.” The voice didn't sound so surprised as worn out.

 

“ How much damage did it cause this time?” Irritation flooded Naraku's voice. That damned horse was more trouble than it was worth. This had to be at least the tenth time in the last year that it had broken free from its' confinements in the lower labs. He had a pretty good idea the horse wasn't getting out by himself…

 

“ Enough to throw off main project. Fire damage exceeded its normal rate so it seemed to burn a lot more than in the past… as though someone had him burn the place up. A good section of the lab will have to be repaired, but it shouldn't take more than a month…” Naraku held in a snarl, leaning back in his chair, glaring at the door where Kikyou had just so recently left. ` Lying bitch.'

 

“ I take it they have started to suspect you as well. Your last report was quite late.” Grumbling on the other end of line confirmed his suspicions. It seemed Sesshoumaru was indeed even more clever than he original thought, but that was all working towards his plans like he wanted. “ Watch yourself. If you get yourself caught, I'll feed you to Entei myself.” He heard a snort across the other end.

 

“ If you can catch him this time. He got out and hasn't left a trace this time. Damn thing is getting smart…”

 

~-*-~

 

Sesshoumaru said `body', she said `fine'. Sesshoumaru said `high tech', she said `great'. Sesshoumaru said ` don't tell him, he'll figure it out for himself', she grunted and said `whatever'. Sesshoumaru never said anything about long blonde hair, or only being able to reply with `yes master' when ordered to do something—oh she was so fixing that—OR the fact all he had to do was say a single phrase and he had complete control over the body she now possessed—she wasn't sure if she could fix that one though, but she was sure as hell going to try.

 

` Hakudoushi huh? Clever little imp.' Showing up out of nowhere like he did, waving a spear and claiming he found her and had every intention of bringing her back where she belonged, and that she'd never get away again—that last one really confused her. He babbled on and on about how the reluctant programmer wasn't smart enough to outsmart Naraku. Just as he had done with Kanna; Naraku had proven once again that he gets whatever he wants. And he wanted her.

 

` Hentai…' She ran her fingers through the exceptionally long length of the soft yellow hair. It stopped freely just before her knees; the bangs were about as wild as her sprite's had been. A few inches above each ear she felt the gold crescent moons that lay on their backs helped to keep her long hair out of her face. They bugged her a little at first, with the actual ability well process `feeling' things, with them pressed up against her head. Her blue eyes however, she was still a little startled the most by them. When Sesshoumaru said high tech he meant it. Her emotion stimulator could actually cause her eyes to fill with emotions. She wasn't sure yet if that was a good or bad thing. Hell it wasn't even standard in most. It freaked people out too much.

 

She reached up and touched her neck. Securely resting between her collarbones was a small teardrop emerald pendant attached to a pure thin silver chain. It was her reminder—that no matter how many she looked, how warm or soft she was to the actual touch, no matter how full of expression her eyes may contain—the pendant was the one thing she couldn't change or remove. It was required for her to wear it. She was a personal companion… she snorted sharply. Personal companions were expensive; most people had never even seen one in person…

 

` I'm a bloody robot. Personal companion huh… sounds dirty.' Yeah that thought was slightly depressing. From Inuyasha's computer tower, to her own `body' was an upgrade but it wasn't what she wanted. She didn't even realize she could want things, but since Hakudoushi sliced up her emotion stimulator, even after repairing the damages and running at one hundred percent she found she wanted things more often. Though she contributed that to the fact she missed Inuyasha… really badly.

 

Sighing heavily, Kagome turned her gaze to the sword that was currently resting in her lap. In all honesty Kagome had no idea what to do with the sword. Sesshoumaru insisted that she keep it with her, even though it supposedly was an heirloom that their father had left to Inuyasha. He stated that Inuyasha had to prove himself before he was allowed to actually take the sword. So she found herself at a crossroads. As of yet though she couldn't actually disobey Sesshoumaru's orders, not until she could override the code of obedience planted somewhere in this body.

 

Kagome let her eyes drift across her seat in the truck to Bankotsu. He had been mostly quiet since they had gotten in the truck, and that disturbed her a little. Bankotsu was often quite lively… to the point it annoyed her to no end. Once she had gained control of the body, she and Bankotsu were almost always at odds with each other; with Jakotsu finally getting in the middle to end the arguments… then ranted and raved to her about how handsome Inuyasha was.

 

` The stupid baka…' She nearly hissed it out lout. Jakotsu had an image of Inuyasha, but refused to show her. He insisted that Inuyasha was always better looking in person. Part of her wondered when Inuyasha might have met such a gay fanatic, but at the same time she couldn't help but wonder if it was true. Excitement from her emotion stimulator made her feel squirmy and hyper. She had always thought Inuyasha had a well… very sexy voice. This time she did squirm a little, nibbling on her bottom lip. Oh she was never going to get used to `feeling' things physically…

 

For some reason though, a small part of her didn't want to go back to Inuyasha. With a new physical body, she wasn't sure if she'd disappoint him. Rolling her eyes, she huffed at herself and crossed her arms over her chest. This was incredibly ridiculous! If she didn't miss him, she wanted nothing more than to hide behind Sesshoumaru. He had given her the choice to stay with him, granted she'd have to submit to a few tests, but she would have been relatively free. But no—she just had to go see the dog-boy wonder that kept her company for so long in person… at least once. Even if he didn't know it was her…

 

“ You almost seem nervous.” Bankotsu growled out and Kagome blinked and turned her head to look at him. She hadn't noticed the sudden shift in mood from Bankotsu… from hyper and loud, to quiet and reserved, and now… pissed? She blinked again before snorting lightly.

 

“ Someone's in a bad mood. What bit you in the ass this morning?” His mood was rubbing off on her, she noticed. Or maybe it was just because she was so nervous and knew she really had no reason to be. Fear, nervousness, and excitement… those were all things the living deserved. She still hadn't come to terms with most of what she was feeling, but seeing Inuyasha was still at the top of her list regardless.

 

“ I don't like playing delivery boy to give a useless full of false emotioned robot to a tainted half-breed.” Bankotsu grunted as if he hadn't attempted to insult her. If she didn't agree so much—with the statement about her own body that is—she would have merely waved it off. Instead she glanced at the steering wheel, considering how much strength it would take to give it just enough tug to pull and flip them off the road. She'd be able to survive something like that easily. Smirking and turning her head to face back out the window, Kagome simply waved Bankotsu off, causing Jakotsu to giggle from behind them.

 

“ Whatever you say delivery boy.” She stuck out her tongue before leaning her hands behind her head and watched the world fly by as Bankotsu continued to growl at her.

 

~-*-~

 

Inuyasha nearly collapsed into a chair at the kitchen table as he let all of the books in his bag tumble onto the table, enjoying the loud sound as it echoed through the house. Faintly he could hear his mother sigh from the kitchen, but made no other sound than that. Grabbing his math book, he practically threw it open and had to do his best not to let his claws tear into the book like his inner youkai so desired. It was getting stronger as of late, with all the stress and frustration.

 

“ Inuyasha try not to break the table would you?” He let out a groan and glanced up at his mother in the doorway. She knew something was up with him, he knew that she did. But she never did pry into his life, full well knowing that he would come to her when he finally needed to talk about it. She smiled softly at him and Inuyasha couldn't help the small smile he gave in return. His own little way of saying `thank you'. Sliding a plate onto the table with a sandwich on it, she passed him and gently tweaked on of his ears as she continued into the living room.

 

Inuyasha had a damn hard time suppressing the sigh that wanted to spill out of his chest. He was never good at showing affection like his mother, but she always understood him. Not even his stepfather really understood him, but then again he didn't have much of a relationship with him. He rarely saw him in fact. Other than his mother, he only really had Sango, Miroku, and Falx. ` Don't forget little Ms. Computer.' And yes well… Kagome too. But she wasn't around anymore he had finally accepted that.

 

Inuyasha felt his ears attempt to bury themselves into his skull on reflex as the doorbell rang through the house. He swore that fucking thing was going to blow an eardrum one of these days. He grumbled and dropped his pen so both his hands could rub and cover the sensitive appendages. He was so busy rubbing at his abused ears he didn't even smell the one person he probably hated more than his own brother. He was tackled right out of the chair and onto the floor with a yelp, which was only covered by squealing.

 

“ Dear fucking kami get off me Jakotsu!” Inuyasha snarled and shoved the grown man right off him. He could here chuckling from the doorway to the living room and looked up to see Bankotsu leaning on the frame with a rather amused look on his face, that only made Inuyasha growl even more.

 

“ Now, now dear half-breed, it's been awhile since Jakotsu last saw you. Be glad he isn't practically humping your leg like the dog you are.” How this bastard ended up working for his brother he had no idea, but he was rather sure Bankotsu didn't dare make such comments around Sesshoumaru. Bankotsu's laughter was cut short as he was smacked across the back of the head hard with a sword. He hit the floor with a grunt and whine, exposing the long legged female behind him.

 

The girl scowled and rolled her eyes, lowering the sword's scabbard before turning her eyes to him. As their eyes met, recognition seemed to pass between the two of them, though Inuyasha was rather positive he had never met this specific female before. Rising to his feet, he approached her and the downed Bankotsu, who was still cursing thoroughly on the floor while rubbing the back of his head. There was going to be a lump, he was sure of it. Jakotsu finally hopped to his feet and scurried over to his brother, helping to his feet as Inuyasha stopped just short of the three.

 

“ What the fuck is going on!? What'd my bastard brother send you here for?” He glanced again at the female holding the sword. Her eyes seemed locked upon his ears, and he twitched them. She let out a small gasp and Inuyasha groaned, rolling his eyes and looked back at the men, both of who were whining like babies. He could vaguely make out the whimpers of Jakotsu saying something along the lines of `he didn't miss me'. Bankotsu was still busy cursing out the female beside them.

 

“ It's him alright…” Kagome muttered, refraining from shaking her head at the foul mouth Inuyasha still hadn't rid himself off. Then again, she really should have never expected him to anyways… after all he was Inuyasha. And damnit all Jakotsu was right. Inuyasha was better looking than she could have ever imagined—especially those ears of his. When he twitched them, she couldn't hold in the gasp that escaped her, though she did fight down every impulse in her coding to simply walk up to him and tug lightly on them to see if they really were indeed real. ` Stupid, of course they are! Inu-hanyou remember!?'

 

“ What do you mean `it's me'? Who else do you think lives here bitch?” He snarled, taking a step closer. He leaned forward slightly, sniffing at her. His nose didn't want to believe what it was telling him however… the girl was a robot? He'd never seen one so… alive looking before. She didn't carry the scent of machinery though, in fact, she didn't have a scent at all. The scent of his bastard brother still clung to her, as well as his brother's toady imp. Even Bankotsu and Jakotsu, but the robot itself didn't have a scent. His eyes landed on the necklace hanging around her neck, confirming what his nose had already told him. ` Just what the fuck is my brother getting into now?'

 

“ You, Takahashi Inuyasha, are my new master.” If he didn't know any better, the voice of the robot sounded bored, upset even at the prospect. Grumbling under his breath, he turned to Bankotsu who was still very much glaring at the robot before him.

 

“ What?” ` Very articulate baka.' Kagome rolled her eyes and crossed her arms over her chest, the sword sticking out of her left hand. Why he sounded so surprised was completely beyond her.

 

“ Sesshoumaru paid a heavy amount of money for this machine, but apparently it's broken beyond repair. Instead of scrapping her, he decided that you need a companion after your computer crashed.” Bankotsu smirked slightly as he watched the fire behind Inuyasha's eyes light up. This time Kagome couldn't help but groan. She lifted the sword scabbard and stalked towards Bankotsu before Inuyasha could open his mouth.

 

“ Asshole. I'm not broken.” She seethed and Bankotsu actually let out a squeak and darted out of the living room and towards the front door. Jakotsu whimpered and glanced at Inuyasha one last time before Kagome lifted the sword at him too. Sighing weakly, he called out for Bankotsu, scurrying out the door after his brother. ` Broken my ass! You two better hope I don't see you again!' It took all of Kagome's willpower to turn and face Inuyasha, who was staring at her with a rather annoyed look on his face. ` Did he look like this the first time he met me too?'

 

“ I don't want you. I don't take hand me downs from my bastard half brother.” Inuyasha turned away from the robot and made his way back to the table, righting his chair and flopping back down to glare at his textbook. His demon side flared slightly, allowing him to duck moments before the sword passed over where his head once was. Snapping his gaze up, he nearly fell out of the chair. Kagome leaned on the other side of the table, and her eyes said one thing. ` I'm pissed.'

 

“ Look here dog-boy. I didn't ask for you to be my new master, but I don't get a choice! I didn't before and I still don't now. So if you have a problem with it, you had just better learn to deal with it because I'm not going anywhere. You got that you baka!?” Kagome seethed, letting her hands clench the end of the table, almost wishing she had the physical strength to break it for a moment.

 

Inuyasha stared up dumbly at the girl before him. `… Dog-boy?' His ears started to twitch madly as he tried to sit still. `… No. No it really can't be…' Kagome's anger suddenly seemed to drop as she stared right back at the hanyou. And then she flinched. She let go of the table and stood straight. ` Shit… I didn't just call him that. Sesshoumaru told me not to tell him it was me… well then again I didn't actually say it was me now did I?' Kagome let out a sigh and crossed her arms over her chest, whirling to give the hanyou her back while she nibbled worriedly down on her bottom lip. ` What if he didn't miss me? What if he doesn't realize it's me? What if… he really doesn't want to keep me?' Kagome flinched inwardly this time at that thought. She wouldn't force him to keep her…

 

And old pain she had forgotten the moment she laid eyes on him for the first time… came rushing back.

 

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A/n: Sorry it took me so long to update this. I've got a new kitten and she requires quite a bit of time. Plus I did have the entire chapter done a few days ago, but decided to gut over half of it because I felt it didn't set right. My updates probably won't be as often as they were before, but I'm not giving up on this story. Please review for me!