InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Heart's Landfill ❯ Rocky Road ( Chapter 35 )

A/N: As always all characters will be walking that fine line called OOCness. Hello people, thank you all for your wonderful reviews. I absolutely love reading most…okay well all of them; they brighten my day, seriously. Well guys, the time is winding down once again and my classes will be starting back up on October 7th. Therefore, after this chapter, I'm going to try to put at least two weeks between the updates so that the chapters that I've already written will last a little longer and you guys won't have to go too long between updates. That's it for me, but I do want send a special thank you to my wonderful beta, Neko for a job well done, and to my other beta Aikio, who has kind of sort of disappeared, but I'm holding out faith just the same. Oh, and this fic has been nominated by the Feudal Association for Best Inu/Kag Romance!! You guys rock!!

Disclaimer: I do not claim ownership to anyone with the exception of Nya, Nola, Dr. Aikio, and Dinshu. All others belong to the wonderful Rumiko Takahashi.

Chapter 35:

Rocky Road

I'm so stupid! When am I going to learn that men-the bastards-are not to be trusted or believed? Kagome thought heatedly.

Stumbling over a rock, she righted her footing and continued down the blasted dirt road, annoyed at the fact that for a brief moment in time, she actually thought that she could've trusted him. She had hoped-though briefly-that maybe…just maybe Inuyasha would have been the one to help her heal the way she knew she needed to.

Why am I even surprised? This…this always happens! After you have sex with the pricks that's when you find out that they're liars and cheats! I knew it was a fucking mistake! I…I should've carried my ass to work today instead of coming way out here with his stupid, lying, cheating ass!

She was pissed, actually more than pissed. Kagome was livid that she had actually allowed herself to be sucked in by his…his…

Arrogant jerk! Thinks just because he has golden eyes and a…a nice smile that he can just lie to me! He thinks that just because he's a fucking Takahashi he can treat people any kind of way he wants to?

After the initial shock and pain of finding out, or rather deducing that the hanyou was quite honestly married, Kagome could barely contain the anger that she felt.

Sure, she couldn't remember actually asking him if he was married, but why the hell should she have had to? Shouldn't he have… Couldn't he have told her at any point and time before he coaxed her into bed with him that he was married?

Okay, that wasn't the total truth because she knew she was as much to blame for the sex part of their relationship as he was, but she wasn't married nor was she seeing anyone, so the fucking blame laid on him…with him…all of it!

“That's why he's never invited me to his house! That's why he always left early to go home whenever he came over! That was probably who was on the phone the morning that we had our first kiss,” she hissed as she kicked angrily at a rock. “Stupid, stupid me!”

Growling as if she was a dog, the angry young woman kicked at another rock as all of the lies that she'd heard from Kouga came rushing back to her.

“You know I'd never do anything to hurt you.”

“I was sick as a dog, Babe.”

“Gods, I love you.”

“I'm going to marry you one day, I promise.”

“If I could bring you, I would, but it's just going to me and the boys.”

“Sorry, I didn't come over last night, I fell asleep.”

“I'll make it up to you, I promise.”

“I would die for you, Kagome.”

“Something must be wrong with my phone, because I didn't get any of your calls.”

“My life wasn't complete until I met you, Kagome.

Kagome stopped walking, shook her head, her hands fisted at her sides. “Liars…all of them! Every fucking one of them,” she bit out.

“I should've known he would be no different, but I…I…” She couldn't finish that statement. She just couldn't, because if she did she would've had to admit openly that she had actually wanted him to be different. She would've admitted that she wanted to be able to believe in him, and she would have had to admit that she wanted to be able to trust him.

“Kagome!”

Turning at the sound of her name being yelled, she kissed her teeth, then turned back, and increased her pace down the road again.

“Kagome, wait! Let me fucking explain!” the hanyou shouted from a few yards behind her.

“So you can lie to me some more?” the pissed young woman shouted back without turning around. Not waiting for an answer, she finished, “No thanks, Takahashi! I don't want to hear a damn thing you have to say!”

“Damn it, Wench, it's not what you think! Just let me explain!”

She could tell that he was gaining on her, so she increased her pace even more.

A small part of her told her that it wouldn't hurt to listen to what he had to say, but she pushed that ignorant, naïve part back into the dark recesses of her mind where it belonged.

I've wasted enough time on him!

Simonkal of Inuy

Inuyasha stared at her retreating back as she continued to stomp down the dirt road; he found it hard to believe that she wouldn't at least hear him out. Granted, he totally understood why.

Had he heard things the way she had, he would have been ready to kill someone right now. So yeah, her anger was totally understandable, but explicitly unnecessary.

Stubborn bitch!

The hanyou had been trailing her at a distance for the past 7 to 10 minutes trying to figure out a way to explain to her that he wasn't married without telling her the whole fucking story. So far, he'd gotten absolutely no where with it.

Fucking Totosai!

Sure, he could've just ran up to her, spin her around, and yell in her face that he wasn't married and that Totosai was a crazy old loon that didn't know what the fuck he was talking about. Except, he'd basically backed up everything the old man said when he lost his cool and shouted that they'd given him an invite.

Stupid, Inuyasha! Stupid, stupid, stupid!

No, as much as he would've liked to place all the blame on the old coot, the hanyou knew deep down that he'd basically gotten himself into this mess. Therefore, he knew it was up to him to figure out some kind of way out of it, but how?

Couldn't he just tell her about the fiasco of a wedding and marriage that didn't even last 24 hours? Well, sure he could. Unfortunately, he also knew that she'd probably feel empathetic towards him, and he didn't want her pity.

He could tell her that he was going to get married, but it was called off a few days before the wedding? Yeah, that would probably work, but it was a lie and he wasn't a liar. Not only that, but if something serious started to develop between them, she would eventually find out that he'd lied to her. And then he'd have to deal with that as well.

No, that just really didn't seem like it was worth the energy.

I damn you to hell, Totosai, he hissed, silently picking up his pace as she neared the fork in the road.

“Damn, Kagome, just stop for one-fucking second!”

“Go to hell!” she shouted, stumbling over another rock in her haste to get away from him.

Inuyasha almost laughed, but refrained knowing that if she saw or heard him, it would only serve to piss her off even more.

“Where the hell are you going? You can't get down this mountain on foot, you baka!”

Kagome spun on him, her eyes glistening with pent up resentment. “Baka? The only baka here is you, Asshole! I can't believe you, Inuyasha!” she screamed. “Just…just stay away from me! Go home to your fucking wife, you selfish bastard!”

Inuyasha stopped, stared at her, his mind telling him to just tell her the truth…the whole truth. He could feel the rage swelling in her aura, ebbing outward dangerously and he hated it. It made her seem so untouchable, so vicious, and bitter that he found it hard to even look at her.

What hurt even more, was the fact that he was the reason for it. This wasn't something that he could blame on those pricks from Kyoto. No, this was his handy work… This pain that she was feeling, it was because of him and no one else.

“Kagome, I'm not…I'm not married,” he stuttered loud enough for her to hear him.

She stared at him, her head tilting slightly from right to left and back again as if she couldn't believe he'd just opened his mouth to say such an asinine thing. Her eyes holding something that told him that he should cower in fear, Takahashi watched as she squatted down, quickly picked up something, and threw it at him.

Dodging to the left, the hanyou eyed the object closely before realization slowly dawned on him.

A…a fucking… She just threw a fucking rock at me, he thought in bewilderment.

“Wench, what the hell-” he started to say, but he didn't have time to finish that statement as another rock flew at him, which he dodged easily.

“Bitch, stop throwing shit at me! I'm telling you the fucking truth, I swear! I'm not married!”

That only served to piss her off even more as he watched her pick up a handful of rocks and throw them all at him in a single barrage while mumbling something that he couldn't completely comprehend.

Crazy ass bitch!

Dodging all the rocks with the exception of one or two that hit him in his left arm and the thigh of his right leg, Inuyasha growled, his patience waning. Head down, he brushed off the dirt that the rocks had left on him as he slowly looked up at her, his hands gripping his waist, his face set in a deep scowl.

“I told you to fucking stop, didn't I?” he growled, baring his fangs at her.

Simonkal of Inuy

“And I told you to leave me the fuck alone, didn't I?” she shouted back as she took a step back, bent down, and picked up another handful of rocks.

Inuyasha watched her closely. “I swear to the gods, Kagome, if you throw those-”

Not waiting for him to finish his warning, she hurled the rocks she had in her left hand at him with all of her might; followed by the ones she had in her right hand.

Inuyasha dodge the rocks again by running over to the opposite side of the road. Damn it to hell, he thought heatedly as he watched her turn in a tight circle, surely looking for more rocks.

“One” he counted loud enough for her to hear him.

Kagome glanced up at him. His fists were clinched at his sides, his bangs hiding his eyes. There was a sinister little grin on his face, showing off just enough of his fangs for him to look damn near dangerous.

Stepping back and into the field that lined the road, she didn't know what to think or do as she watched him raise his head slightly so that she could see one of his menacing golden orbs.

“Two”

Kagome turned and took off as fast as she could into the field, not truly sure exactly why she was running to begin with, but knowing that she desperately needed to get away from him.

He'd deserved to be hit with the rocks, damn it! Hell, he deserved to have a boulder dropped on his head for the lies that he told! Still, she ran, her heart racing within her chest as she heard him count off, “Three.”

Within a fraction of second he was on her.

Grabbing her around the waist, Inuyasha sprung into the air twisting her so that she was facing him, and so that he would take the brunt of the fall mere moments before they hit the ground. Wrapping his arms around her waist as she began to wrestle with him, the hanyou rolled over so that she was pinned beneath him.

Grasping her hands that were beating and tugging angrily at this shirt, he pinned them over her head as he sat up, his legs straddling her hips.

“No more rocks, damn it! Just fucking listen to me for one second!” he hissed, his eyes telling her that he was deadly serious…more serious than he'd ever been with her before.

“Get off of me! I told you…I told you to never touch me again, didn't I?” she shouted, thrashing her head up and down in an attempt to head butt him.

Shifting so that he was holding both of her hands with one of his, Inuyasha clamped his other hand over her mouth. “You never know when to fucking shut up!”

Kagome squirmed beneath him, rutting her hips up and down, to the right and to the left, but nothing worked, he had her pinned down. Son of a… she thought as she opened her mouth and bit into the flesh of his hand. Staring at him, her eyes narrowed, she increased the grip that her teeth had on him.

Inuyasha stared down at her unable to believe that she was actually biting him. At first it felt like nothing more than a mosquito bite, but the more she gnawed down, the more it began to hurt. Not only that, but it drove the point home that she really wasn't about to listen to a freaking thing he had to say!

Removing his hand from her mouth, Inuyasha hissed furiously as he sprang off of her, “Fucking fine, Kagome! I'm tired of this! I'm tired of chasing your fucking ass! If you want to go, then fucking go! I ain't stopping you!”

Kagome rolled out of the way, and sat up as she watched him stomp back towards the dirt road while staring down at the hand that she'd bit into.

She was more than a little angry with him, she knew that. But his annoyance, his frustration…his words, they cut through her wall of anger and rage, jarring her out of her own fury. It caused her anxiety to rise at the thought that he was really finished with her. The thought…the mere idea that he was serious; it made her want to reach out to him for some reason, which made absolutely no sense, since he was the one that had lied, or at the very least kept an important bit of information from her.

Still, her anger drained away to be replaced with pain once more. She couldn't explain it, it was like she was on some kind of emotional rollercoaster that she seriously wanted to get off, but for the life her, she couldn't…she just didn't know how.

She wanted to be angry with him, she did and she was… She wanted to hate him, to send him to hell with gasoline underwear on, but…but she couldn't… She wanted to tell him…to yell at him that she never wanted to see him again or hear another lie that fell from his lips and mean it, but she couldn't…she couldn't… She just couldn't make her lips form the words.

Shaking her head as she stared at his retreating back, she asked softly and against her better judgment, “Why…why didn't you tell me?”

Inuyasha stopped, but didn't turn back to face her. He inhaled calming his own ire, telling himself that she was justified in acting the way she did and regardless of how pissed off he was, he owed her an explanation.

He tried to remember that she was hurt, belittled, used and abused in her previous relationship, so her reaction…her reaction to the thought of him being married was more than a little warranted.

Hanging his head as he sighed heavily, his shoulders slouching forwards, he responded, “I didn't tell you because there was nothing to tell, Kagome.”

Her head down, her hands clasped in her lap, Kagome mimicked part of his reply as she tried to wrap her head around it, “There's nothing to tell…” Shaking her head, she closed her eyes and willed herself to remain calm. “Inuyasha, the invite, and the things your Godfather said… You're married and…and…we…” She couldn't finish that sentence; it just hurt too much to put voice to the truth in those words.

“I swear on all that's holy, Kagome, I'm not married.”

“But…” she replied uncertainly while staring up at his back willing him to explain, to say something more than I'm not married, Kagome.

Turning, the hanyou declared softly, “We need to talk.”

Strolling back towards her, he took a seat on the ground beside her, his knees raised, his arms balanced on them. Glancing at her reluctantly, Inuyasha looked away again and at the ground below him, as he pondered what he should and shouldn't say to her.

He didn't want to tell her about this, none of this, but he knew that if he didn't, she would figure out a way to blame herself or crucify him unduly. If he didn't explain the situation to her, he knew it would only serve to cause her more heartache, and make it seem as if he were no better than that prick of an ex that she left in Kyoto.

Shrugging those thoughts off as he came to a resolute decision, the hanyou avowed quietly, “I…I was married.”

Kagome's breath hitched in her throat as she leaned back away from him. He was married? Why didn't he tell me? How could he have kept something like that away from me?

“I…I was married, but within 24 hours of the wedding, the marriage was annulled.”

Takahashi knew she was staring at him waiting on him to explain what happened, but he didn't know where to go from there; how much to tell her, or where to even begin.

“Why…why didn't you tell me? Why did you let me find out like this?” Kagome questioned earnestly.

“I wasn't trying to hide it, Wench,” the hanyou started. “It just wasn't, and it still isn't something that a person can just blurt out.”

That was a true statement no matter how many times she rolled it around her mind. What had happened in his relationship; it wasn't something that he could've just told her and expected her to believe.

If he had, he knew without a doubt that she probably would have thought that he was just trying to gain sympathy from her in order to get her into bed, and in return they wouldn't have been here like this, and they wouldn't…they wouldn't have…

“What happened, Inuyasha? Why was it annulled?” Kagome queried quietly, not totally sure if she really wanted to hear the answer.

Inuyasha snorted out something that was caught between a laugh and a growl as he shifted uncomfortably. “Honestly, I'm still waiting for someone to tell me. One minute we were happy, I thought. The next minute, she's telling me that she's sorry, and that it's not going to work out.”

Of course, there was more said during the initial break-up, but he was not going to bring that up-not if he didn't have to anyway.

“What?” Kagome whispered softly, unable to comprehend what the hanyou was telling her.

“Exactly.”

“Wait a minute. Are you telling me that she waited until after you and she were married to break up with you?”

“Yep, that's what I'm telling you,” Inuyasha affirmed.

Kagome took a moment to internalize that, roll it around in her head and try to make some sense of what he was saying, but for the life of her, she just couldn't.

“Why would she do that? How could…how could anyone be so…so cruel?”

Inuyasha chuckled ruefully, but didn't respond since he figured that her question had to be rhetorical at best.

Scooting a little closer to him, but not close enough that she could touch him, Kagome asked, “How long ago did this happen?”

Flicking his ears back, so that they were flat against his head, the hanyou frowned as if he was silently counting in his head. After a few seconds passed, he scoffed dryly, “Honestly, not nearly long enough. But if you really want to know, almost a year ago.”

Staring at the despondent look on his face, Kagome could tell that he was speaking the truth, and with every syllable, vowel, and adjective that fell from his lips, she knew that it had to be a difficult thing for him to do.

Oh, Inuyasha, she silently sympathized.

She realized that talking about this… Discussing this with her had to have been one of the hardest things he'd ever done in his life. And perhaps it was for that reason that she didn't push him further for more answers, or it could have been that after acting the way she did; hearing this only served to make her feel like a completely childish, ill-tempered, selfish brat.

All of this time she'd been protecting her feelings and stewing over what had been done to her, never once did she even suspect that he may have been hurt by someone he loved. Not once, that she could remember, did she even consider for one second that he was even capable of being hurt.

How selfish am I? How cynical of me to think that he couldn't have been hurt? All of this time that we've spent together… His reason…his reason… I'm such a baka.

“She's the reason why you don't want a relationship, isn't she?” Kagome questioned softly…reluctantly as she reached down and began picking at an errant blade of grass.

Inuyasha looked up. “Would you want to jump into a relationship with anyone after something like that?” he asked, not really expecting an answer.

“No, I don't suppose I would.” Scooting a little closer to him, she declared softly before she could talk herself out it, “You must have really loved her.”

Inuyasha shrugged uncommittedly, but didn't reply; he figured it was apparent since he married the woman, regardless of how much of a mega bitch she turned out to be.

“But Inuyasha, did…didn't you take her as your mate? I thought there was no such thing as divorce when it came to youkai relationships.”

“We never actually consummated our marriage. And…she was human, so…”

“Oh, I see.” Kagome frowned in thought as she took in what he'd said. Glancing at him out the corner of her eye, her questions continued, though hesitantly, “So, you're…single…really single then. No one has any claim on you? No one can pop up later and say you're theirs?”

Inuyasha smiled sadly. “Yes, no and no.” Rolling his eyes, he quipped noticing the mood between them beginning to lighten, “You don't have to talk about me as if I'm nothing more than a piece of meat, Wench.”

Lunging forward, Kagome wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him as she retorted with a giggle, “You're a cow, remember?”

Snorting as a blanket of relief wrapped itself around him; the hanyou slowly encircled her waist while parting his legs wider so that he could pull her between them. “You do know that you're nuts, right?”

Kagome laughed as her head snuggled into the crook of his neck. “Maybe just a little,” she replied as she tilted her head up and kissed him chastely on the chin.

Fingering the buttons on his shirt as she stared off into the thick foliage that surrounded the small field they were in, the newly relieved young woman stated softly, “I'm sorry that happened to you, Inuyasha. I really am, but…but you know what?”

“No, I don't know. Enlighten me,” he responded without looking down at her.

“I'm glad she left you.”

“What?” he stated, one eyebrow raised higher than the other as his heckles began to rise.

“I'm glad she left you, because if she hadn't… If she hadn't, we wouldn't be here like this.” Realizing a little too late what she was literally admitting, Kagome tried to amend, “If she hadn't, you and I wouldn't be friends.”

Inuyasha thought that over and smiled lightly as he pulled her closer. Resting his chin gently on the crown of her head, he thought, Maybe…maybe this is the silver lining. Maybe it's okay… Maybe it's okay to want to believe again.

Glancing down at her as she stared off into her own private oblivion, a peaceful smile on her face, he silently admitted something that he never thought he'd ever admit, I'm…I'm glad she left me too, Kagome.

Simonkal of Inuy

“Yeah, thanks,” Dinshu responded, passing a five dollar bill to the doorman.

Taking the silver cart from him, he pushed it further into the room as he blew at his shaggy black bangs that he'd started wearing a few months ago. Positioning the dinner cart beside the table, he shouted, “Yo Kouga, the foods here!”

Picking up the dinner cover that was covering his t-bone steak-cooked rare-he sat down on the couch instead of at the table. Foregoing using a knife and fork, he picked up the steak between his clawed forefinger and thumb, and bit into it.

“Oi, at least act like you've got some fucking manners,” Kouga reprimanded, stepping into the room; his midnight colored mane wet, loose, and hanging down his back, and an oversized towel hugging his hips loosely.

“We had fingers before we had forks,” the grinning youkai advised around a mouth full of food.

Removing the cover from his own food, Kouga threw it at the ill mannered demon without looking at him. “Yeah, well, now we have forks, so use one!” he snapped sitting down at the table. “Gods, I'm surrounded by fucking morons!”

Methodically unfolding the cloth napkin that held his fork and knife, he laid it across his lap, and then reached for the salt. Shaking a small amount into his palm, he pinched at it and sprinkled it on his rack of lamb without saying a word.

Ocean blue eye's glancing around the two room suite, he stared from the front door to the floor to ceiling windows as if he was expecting someone to burst in at any moment, or as if he was plotting an escape of some form.

This won't do. Kagome won't like it here.

Shaking his head, the blue eyed wolf slowly picked up his fork and knife and cut into his dinner. Bringing the sliver of meat that he'd just cut up to his mouth, he closed his eyes savoring the tender morsel.

Dinshu stared at him, his powder blue slits smiling…always smiling. Reaching for the fork and knife that still set on the silver cart; he sat his plate down on the coffee table in front of him and quickly cut into it.

“You didn't order anything for me?” a soft feminine voice stated from the door of the master suite.

Dinshu looked up, grinning mischievously at the young Asian woman that was leaning on the door jam of the room that Kouga had just vacated. Staring at her from head to toe and back again, he tilted his head slightly to the side taking in her long legs and the cream colored, oversized, button down shirt that she wore.

He figured it was probably Kouga's, but damn it looked so much better on her. His smile widening, he pulled his attention away from her-whatever her name was- at the sound of mettle clanking against glass.

Pushing his chair away from the table, Kouga reached back and pulled the young girl into his lap. “I thought you were sleeping, Sweetheart,” he whispered, leaning in to kiss the corner of her mouth.

She giggled and crossed her legs as she leaned back into him while snaking her arms around his neck. “Well, I'm up now,” she teased.

“And you're hungry?” Kouga affirmed huskily as he ran his claws up her back and into the roots of her hair. Pulling back roughly, but not enough to hurt her, he asked seductively as he nibbled at her bottom lip, “How hungry are you, huh?”

She gasped loudly and tightened her hold on his neck as she replied, “Really, really hungry. You…you know you wore me out. It's…it's only fair that you feed me.”

Dinshu stared on, knowing what was coming next. He tried to hide the smirk on his face, but the longer he listened and the more he watched; the more that smirk developed into a grin.

Running his tongue up her neck and over her chin, Kouga mimicked, “I wore you out did I?”

She nodded in agreement.

“And now you're hungry?”

“Hmm huh,” she mumbled with a cheesy grin.

Glancing quickly at Dinshu, a devilish glint in his eyes, Kouga tightened his grip on the roots of her dark hair as he yanked roughly back, and pushed her forcefully forward out of his lap so that she landed hard on the floor on her knees in front of the table that Dinshu was sitting at.

“Beg!” he ordered almost too calmly as he picked up his fork and knife and cut into his dinner once more.

The woman gawked at him as if he had lost his mind. Glancing at Dinshu, who was looking back at her expectantly, she scooted away from the two demons and towards the room where her things were.

Leaning forward, Dinshu smiled, his fangs glistening in the waning sunlight. “If you're seriously hungry, I'll let you have my steak for a blow job.” Pushing his plate toward the frenzied young woman as if it would let her know he was serious, he finished, “I won't even make you swallow if you don't want to, Princess.”

The woman jumped to her feet and darted into the bedroom only to slam the door behind her.

Standing up to follow her, Dinshu stopped at the sound of Kouga's voice.

“Let her be, Din. I have a better piece of ass for you,” Kouga declared absently as he sat his utensils down and stood up from the chair. “Besides, she wasn't worth the fucking effort it took to cum.”

Pointing towards the door, Dinshu whined, “But she's right there, Boss. Come on, just a little taste.”

Rolling his eyes at the overzealous demon, the head wolf youkai ignored his statement altogether and replied as he glanced down at his watch, “Din, go change. Put on something dark.”

“What? Why?” the demon protested, reaching for the door knob that led to the master suite.

“Because, I think she gets off between 5 and 5:30, and if you're seriously trying to get your dick wet, we need to be there waiting for her.”

Sighing dejectedly as he stepped away from the door, Dinshu questioned, “Is she sexy?”

Kouga rolled his eyes as he reached down and adjusted the towel around his waist, but he didn't respond.

Starting to turn away, but changing his mind, the grinning Cheshire wolf tossed another question at him, “Who is she, Boss?”

“She's a liar,” Kouga responded cryptically as he turned and watched the young girl that had given him the information on Kagome earlier that morning scurry out of the bedroom and towards the front door at a break neck speed, her possessions clutched under her arm.

“A liar, huh?”

“Yep, and a damn good one too,” he answered with a sadistic chuckle.

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