InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Heart's Landfill ❯ Gone, Baby Gone ( Chapter 49 )

A/N: As always all characters will be walking that fine line called OOCness!! One-sided Lemon Warning!! I'm not feeling very chatty today, so I'll say, thanks to everyone that read and reviews this fic. You guys are awesome. And to my brilliant, magnificent beta, much love, thank you!!

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

Chapter 49

Gone, Baby Gone

Warm, so fucking warm…

He drew closer, nestled his head into softness and sighed happily as he pulled back and kissed into the softness that was her, `the girlfriend'.

He was so tired that he couldn't think and honestly didn't want to. He just wanted to remain here, wrapped in her warmth, nestled against her back.

The hanyou ran his hand around her belly and pulled her a little closer. He rocked against her back-side and whispered incoherently into her ear, but his eyes remained closed. His mind a thousand miles away stuck in an oblivion that he welcomed with open arms.

Her scent surrounded him, invading every orifice of his mind, his soul, and told him that he was home; he need not look any further.

He smiled into her back, and shifted his head since her hair was starting to tickle his nose, but he didn't attempt to move away from her because for the first time in a very long time, his soul was at peace; it felt happy, content, and truly satisfied.

His hand moved down her belly to her abdomen.

“Wench, when did you stop shaving?” he mumbled, his eyes still closed as his member started growing harder and harder by the second.

He thought he heard a whine that sounded like Ashton, but he didn't think much about that because his mind was focused on her.

His hand trailed further down her body.

The warmth of it… The softness, drew him in, promising him pleasure unlike anything he'd ever felt.

His fingers continued their track, his claws parting the hair that covered her cave.

His hand stilled, his eyes snapped open and the hanyou growled furiously as he stared at the black fur lying directly in front of him, locked in his arms.

“Gods fuck!” he hissed as he angrily shoved the animal away from him and sat up!

Glaring at Ashton, who came running back towards the bed as if they were playing a game, Inuyasha hissed, “You fucking pervert! How the hell… Why the hell didn't you tell me that you were you and not her?”

Ashton sprang back up on the bed and licked his face playfully.

The hanyou in return pushed the animal away abrasively and swung his legs off the opposite side of the bed!

“Damn it! You…you…” he hissed as he ran his hand down his face in an exasperated manner.

He wanted to blame the dog, damn if he didn't! But he knew it was his fault! No, no it wasn't his fault; it was her fault; all her fucking fault that he damn near molested her dog!

It had only been two days since he dropped Kagome off at the airport, kissed her goodbye, and died just a little inside. And it had only been 8 or so hours since he last spoke to her and told her that he wasn't missing her at all, and that if she wanted to stay longer she could, he'd be fine with that.

She better not even think about that, or I'll…I'll fucking die!

Glaring over at Ashton, who was now sitting down on the floor in front of him, the hanyou narrowed his eyes and growled before pushing himself to his feet.

Running his clawed hands through his mussed hair, he stared around the bedroom that wasn't his and groaned as he inhaled, her scent driving him to brink of insanity and saving him all at once.

After dropping her off, he'd gone back to Rin and Sesshomaru's house and tried to get some rest; however, the minute the pups started crying, he'd made quick work of utilizing the key that Kagome had given him, so that he could collect her mail while she was away.

Of course, it wasn't his intention to stay at her place without her being there. He was just going to take nap, and then head to a hotel, at least that's what he told himself.

Anyway, when she'd called him later that night and he'd explained to her that he was actually in her bed sleeping, she'd said that she thought that was a really sweet thing for him to do. She then said that she didn't mind if he stayed there the entire time that she was gone, and so he decided that he'd stay at least until the repairs to his condo were complete.

That damn woman is always setting me up for failure, he thought annoyingly as he glanced down at his dick that was hard as a rock, and grimaced. Shoving it back into the slit of his boxer briefs, he rolled his head to the side slowly in an effort to loosen up his stiff joints as he started around the bed and towards the bathroom.

Ashton barked loudly behind him, but he continued on as he hissed over his shoulder, “Let me piss first, will you?” He knew the dog was hungry, but that was definitely going to come second to him draining his bladder.

Sparing just a moment to glance at his reflection in the mirror, the hanyou tried to make quick work of pissing, but it seemed like the blood flow that was rushing to that area was blocking his urethra. So, he did the only thing he could, he stood there, and he stood there, and he stood there thinking of every unattractive thing he could in order to make his member cease it current stiffness.

Sesshomaru in a hot pink bikini… Yeah, that's it. Sesshomaru wearing a leopard print tutu prancing around the backyard… Totosai skinny dipping with pink flowers in his hair… Oh, yeah that's it. I feel it coming. It's…it's almost there.

His train of thought almost worked until his mind twisted and swerved and suddenly a dark haired beauty was standing before him butt ass naked with the most vibrant colored flowers placed in her hair, her body glistening with a soft sheen of moisture.

Fuck! No! No! No! Not the girlfriend, not the fucking girlfriend, he hissed silently as he leaned forward heavily, his head almost colliding with the wall above the toilet.

Catching himself with his hand that wasn't holding his dick, Inuyasha cursed under his breath about a trifling woman that needed to be pleasing him rather than miles a fucking way doing god knows what with god knows who!

Backing away from the toilet, he stomped towards the glass shower, his hand still grasping his swollen member. Pulling the door open, he decided quite quickly that a cold shower would do him some good.

After making quick work of turning on the cold water full blast and adding just a touch of hot water, he quickly stripped out of his boxers and stepped into the shower.

The water ran swiftly down his body cooling his temperature and for that he was thankful.

That's good, that's real good.

Sticking his head directly under the water, he allowed his eyes to close and the soothing aroma of the bath soaps and various other things that Kagome used on a daily basis to take him away.

Warming the water slightly, he thought, When I get my fucking hands on her, I swear… as he grabbed the soap and started to lather his chest, down his arms, and then down to his groin where his hand stilled.

His eyes opened momentarily only to close again as his head fell back and his mind started to drift, a smile slowly spreading over his face.

His hand moved down, then ran the length of his member and lathered it from the head back down the length of his shaft. Allowing the soap to slip from his hands, he moaned as his hand tightened around it and slowly began pumping back and forth in a slow rhythmic way.

”Yeah, baby, just like that,” he whispered softly.

He gripped it tighter, making sure to be careful of his claws as he twisted the skin and jerked it back a few more times.

He was inside her, riding her grooves. She was grinding back against him, raking her nails down his back as she whispered for him to go faster, harder, deeper.

His hand quickened and his head fell forward as he brought up his free hand and placed it on the wall in front of him to catch his balance.

“Take it, Inuyasha, take it,” he heard her whisper and his hips bucked into his hand as he rode back on his own staff repeatedly, simulating the manner in which he would if she was actually there before him.

“I'm coming baby, I'm fucking coming. Just…just hold it right there,” he growled as nerves in his body sprang to life all at once. “Fuck, you like this, don't you? Tell me you like it? Say my name, baby! Spell it! You fucking… God damn…”

In his head she was screaming his name, telling him that he was the best fuck she'd ever had, and whispering other incoherent little things that were only for his ears.

He shivered, trembled and almost fell to his knees as sensations raced up and down his spine and his head fell forward, a growl slipping from him as his seed spurted out of him and onto the wall and the floor of the shower.

“D…amn,” he whispered breathlessly.

After taking a few minutes to catch his breath, the hanyou grabbed the bottle of shampoo and began to lather his hair, his loins satiated for the time beginning.

45 minutes later, he stepped out of the shower semi-revitalized and nowhere near ready to face another day without `the girlfriend'. He supposed however, that he really didn't have a choice at all in the situation.

Pulling a towel down off the rack, he quickly wrapped it around his waist, and reached for another one, so that he could towel off his upper body and his hair.

When he was little, he'd forego using a towel altogether and just shake the water off, but after being reprimanded by his mother and father on one too many occasions, he supposed that he grew out of it.

Ashton barked and whined snappily, and the hanyou groaned having forgotten about the animal and the fact that he was probably hungry.

Tossing the towel he was using on his hair into the dirty clothes basket that Kagome kept under the bathroom sink, he started out the bathroom heading in the direction of kitchen so that he could fix the animal something to eat.

“Come on, mutt.”

Stepping into the kitchen, the hanyou grabbed the bag of dog food from the cabinet, poured some into the pups' bowl, and then pulled the ice tray from the freezer and dropped the cubs into the water side of the bog bowl. He figured that way, Ashton wouldn't be able to drink all the water at once, and it would be ice cold. Therefore, it was a win-win, wasn't it?

Stepping away from the bowl when he was done, he started to turn down the hallway, but stopped at the sound of someone knocking on the door.

What the hell? No one knows I'm here except Kagome and Sesshomaru, he thought quickly before he decided to ignore it and instead go get dressed.

However, the knocking didn't go away, it only became more persistent, so he turned and stomped towards the door determined to give whoever it was a piece of his mind.

Foregoing looking through the peephole, he unlocked the door and pulled it open. “What the hell do you-“ He stopped short and stared at the person, a slow smirk forming on his face.

“Don't tell me you actually thought you could hide from me?”

The hanyou grinned as he crossed his arms over his bare chest. “Can't fault me for trying, can you?”

Nya glared at him, giving him her most formidable stare, but didn't answer his question that could only be rhetorical. Looking at him from head to toe and back again, she looked away quickly as she noticed that he was actually naked under the towel he wore wrapped around his waist.

“Maybe…Maybe you should go put something on,” she suggested.

The hanyou glanced down at his nakedness and back up at her flushed face and grinned. “What, you can't take all this manliness after being with that munchkin you call a husband?”

Nya's head snapped towards him, and she stepped into the apartment, forcefully pushing him aside. “Just go put something on, Takahashi, before I sue you for sexual harassment! Besides, I'm sure Kagome would not appreciate you showing off your goodies like that!”

The hanyou chuckled as he closed the door and turned towards her. “Whatever. Anyway, how did you find me?”

“Your brother told me where you were.”

“Really? And instead of calling you just decided to show up?”

Nya stared around the apartment as if taking the place in slowly. “Well, if I had called you, would you have answered?”

The hanyou shrugged his shoulders and started towards the kitchen as he intoned, “I might have, but you'll never know, now will you?”

“Whatever. So, when will the work be done on your place?”

“The early part of next week, why? You don't like the idea of me staying here?” he queried as he took a bottle of water from the refrigerator, opened it, and swigged half of it in one gulp. “I knew you had feelings for me, Nya, but don't you think you're acting a little too jealous?”

“Oh please, don't flatter yourself,” Nya blustered as she started towards the couch, sat down and began to open up her attaché case she had brought with her. Setting the documents she needed him to sign on the table before her, she glanced back up at the hanyou, who seemed a little too comfortable being half naked in front of her and snapped, “Just go put some damn clothes on, would you?”

Inuyasha chuckled as he tossed the empty water bottle into the recycle bin. “Yeah, yeah fine. I don't want to waste all this sexiness on you anyway,” he declared jokingly as he adjusted the towel around his waist, tightening it, and slowly ran his hand down his bare chest.

“Lord of hosts, what the hell happened to you? What the hell did she do to you to make you so…so damn stuck on yourself?” Nya hissed, staring at his arrogantly smirking face. “I swear, I almost miss the serious depressed version of yourself,” she finished, pulling a pen from her purse and setting it down on the stack of documents.

“Ah, come on, Nosey Nya, you're the one that told me that I needed to move on and start another relationship, didn't you? And now that I have one, you're complaining?” Not waiting on her to reply, he quipped as he started out of the kitchen and down the hallway to Kagome's room, “Women, I'm damned if I do and damned if I don't.”

As he disappeared into the room, she shouted, “What part of my wanting that, meant you becoming an insufferable prick?” She heard him chuckle, but he didn't respond otherwise and for that she was thankful.

A few minutes passed before he strolled back into the living room in a pair of dark blue baggy jeans that were acid washed in the front and back of the thigh area. Pulling a gray wife-beater over his head as he sat down next to Nya, the hanyou started flipping through the documents moments before he queried teasingly, “Feel better now?”

“Much, thank you very much.”

The hanyou rolled his eyes and smirked, but didn't comment as he glanced up and watched as Ashton came trotting out the kitchen and towards him. He stopped, sniffed Nya briefly and started towards him again as if she was honestly of no concern to him.

“So, you and Kagome are truly shacking up, huh? I mean you guys got a dog and all? All the two of you need now is a white picket fence and two kids,” Nya observed condescendingly.

Glancing at his Secretary and friend out the corner of his eye, Takahashi snorted and retorted, “He's her dog, not mine. And for the record, we're not shacking up. Besides, that whole white picket fence thing is an American dream, it's damn sure not mine.”

Rolling her eyes, she replied, “Well, last I heard, she was staying with you wasn't she?”

Inuyasha pushed the papers away and sat back. Eyeing her for a long moment before he spoke, he couldn't stop his heckles from starting to rise at just the thought of what Nya was trying to insinuate. Not to mention, what he and Kagome did or did not do was really none of her business, nor was it anyone else's.

“Watch yourself, Nya. You're talking about things that don't concern you,” he warned seriously.

“All I'm saying is that maybe you're moving a little too fast,” she tried to clarify. “I mean, you can't sit there and tell me that you're in love with this woman. You know nothing about her or her family for that matter!”

Inuyasha scratched the side of his nose and bit his tongue in an attempt to tamper down his rising agitation. “Nya,” he warned again softly.

“No, don't get me wrong, I'm happy for you. I am, but…but I know how hard you love when you do, and I know how much you hurt when it doesn't work out. I just don't want a repeat of anything close to what happened with Kik-“

“Just shut up!” the hanyou shouted, standing abruptly to his feet. “Kagome isn't Kikyo, damn it!” he muttered under his breath as he stalked towards the floor to ceiling window overlooking the city.

“No, she's not, but-“

“Damn it, just stop! I'm not some fucking child that's so in love with the idea being in love that I'll force myself to love any and everything that walks pass me,” he hissed turning on Nya, who was still sitting down, an empathetic look on her face. “Do you really think I want a repeat of fucking Kikyo? Do you think I'm that foolish that I didn't learn a goddamn thing from that entire ordeal?”

“Takahashi-sama, I wasn't trying to insinuate-“

“Yes, the fuck you were!” he snapped, cutting her off again. Shoving his hands in his pockets, he turned away from her, and continued, “You don't know Kagome. You don't know what she's been through or how badly she's been hurt. You…you don't… You've never seen her eyes when she thinks no one is looking.” Pulling one of his hands out of his pockets, he scratched his head and finished, “You don't know a thing about her, Nya, and you damn sure don't know me when I'm with her, so just stop.”

“You're right, I don't know her in that way or anything about her, but that's okay, because she's honestly of no concern to me,” Nya advised mildly. “But you are my concern regardless of how detestable you act at times.”

Inuyasha glared at her, but didn't comment.

“Just promise me that you won't move too fast with this one, and that you'll heed the signs,” she pleaded gently.

Inuyasha sighed lightly. He had to admit that he was kind of expecting this conversation because Nya… Well, Nya, was just Nya. She spoke her mind, she was protective over him, and she hated the thought of anyone attempting to take advantage of him. She was so much more than his employee, she was his friend…his only friend and she was damn good at being that too.

The hanyou shuffled back over to the seat he'd just vacated and sat down, his head lowered and his elbows balanced on his parted knees. Shaking his head slowly, he lifted his head as he started softly, “I'll make a deal with you; trust me to handle my own love life, especially where Kagome is concerned, and I'll promise you that the minute anything seems out of sorts I'll back away.”

She stared at him for a long moment before she leaned forward, grabbing his hand and squeezing it. “Just promise me that you'll protect your heart this time above all else. Make her earn it. Don't just give it to her. Make sure she's worthy of holding it.”

Inuyasha smiled at her. For some reason he didn't really think that Kagome would have a problem proving her worthiness. After all, the woman had won over Sesshomaru, if she could do that than proving her worthiness to Nya, or anyone else for that matter, would be a cakewalk, wouldn't it?

Pulling the documents back towards him, the hanyou flipped to the signature page and scribbled his name as he replied, “You've got yourself a deal, Nya, but you have to promise me that you'll give Kagome a chance.”

She rolled her eyes at him and smiled as she crossed her long elegant legs and steepled her manicured fingers nails. Puckering her lips, she stated as she tried to put on her best Godfather impersonation, “If she wants in this family, she's going to have earn it.”

Chuckling, the hanyou slid the document he'd just finished signing towards her and pulled another one towards him. “Yeah, yeah. Just promise me, you'll give her a chance.”

“Fine,” she conceded with a smile. “I'll give the wonderful, beautiful, and stealer of men's hearts a chance, but the minute she crosses you, I'm doing her in.”

The hanyou rolled his eyes and laughed. Nosey Nya, what the hell am I going to do with you, he thought idly as he continued to quickly skim the document before him. Not a god-damn thing, he decided quickly as he signed that document and moved on to the next one.

Simonkal of Inuy

“So since I've been gone, you've been basically laying on your butt, eating my food, and using my electricity?”

The hanyou grinned as he walked back into the apartment, dropped his keys in the glass bowl on the counter, and bent down to release Ashton from the leash. “Don't forget, I've also been babysitting your dog.”

“Oh please, he can watch himself,” she stated matter-of-factly from the other end of the cell phone.

“Okay, so you got me. I've been sitting on my ass, using your electricity, and eating your food. What you going to do about it?” he challenged as he stepped out of his shoes and proceeded to the couch to sit down.

“What would you like me to do about it?” Kagome offered softly.

“Well, you could… I don't know, let me spank you?”

“Spank me? I don't think so! Not when you're the one that's acting like a total loafer!”

The hanyou chuckled as he rested his feet on her coffee table and reclined back. He'd called her when he left to go take Ashton for a walk after getting rid of Nya, and since then they'd been just talking about small stuff, neither one wanting to broach the topic of missing the other.

“Don't worry, Wench, I'll be back in my place by the end of the week. If that's not soon enough for you, I could always head to a hotel where I'm wanted.”

She was quiet for a long moment before she spoke again, “No, I don't think I like the idea of you going to a hotel.”

“Why?”

“I don't know; I really like knowing that you're at my place. Even though we're miles apart right now it still feels like I'm keeping an eye on you or something.”

Inuyasha snorted loudly. “So this is your way of keeping tabs on me, is it?”

Kagome giggled. “Something like that. After all, I can't really have my boyfriend running around Tokyo all willie-nilly now can I?”

He glanced around her home and smiled to himself. He had to admit that her possessiveness was a very endearing thing to him, not to mention, he thoroughly got off on that little jealous strike of hers.

“What do you think I'm going to do? Go to a hotel and have an all out orgy?” he queried. “Come to think of it, that doesn't sound like a bad idea.”

“Try it and see what body parts you'll be missing the minute I step foot back in Tokyo,” Kagome warned.

The hanyou chuckled. “Now, don't go threatening the body parts, Wench.”

“Oh, I'm not threatening, I'm promising,” she told him. “You stick your thingy in someone else, and see what I do to it.”

The hanyou reached down and caressed his manhood as he replied, “Alright, Wench, you win. No sticking my thingy in anyone else while you're gone.”

“While I'm gone?” Kagome snapped. “As long as we're together, you baka!”

“Alright, alright, alright. You win, no sticking my thingy in anyone else but `the girlfriend,'” the hanyou conceded. Changing the subject on her, he questioned, “Oi, did your period go off yet?”

“Takahashi, that's a personal question, don't you think?” Kagome blustered.

Inuyasha knew that had she been before him, her face would've been ninety-nine different shades of red. “Personal? Woman, I've been down there licking, sucking, and nibbling. You really can't get more personal than that, can you?”

“Inuyasha!!”

He knew she was feeling more than a little embarrassed, but he was not about to let it go. “So is it off?”

“Why”? It's not like you can get to it.”

“Feh, I'm Takahashi Inuyasha, there ain't much I can't get to. Now answer the question.”

“So, you're telling me that if it's off you'll come to Kyoto to get some?”

“No, I didn't say that. I just asked you a question.”

“Yes, it's off. It went off last night.”

“Good, now make sure you get your ass back here before it comes back on.”

“Inuyasha!”

“Inuyasha, hell, Wench! I'm fucking horny, and you should be too!”

“We're not having this conversation, Dog-boy!”

“Why the hell not? I'm horny, my dick is always fucking hard, and I almost humped your fucking dog this morning! We're having this conversation, Kagome!”

“You almost humped Ashton?”

“Yes, Wench! I thought he was you!”

“You thought I was a dog?”

The hanyou sighed heavily and tried to clarify, “Not like that, Wench. I just…I'm just fucking horny.”

Kagome was quiet for a long moment before she stated evenly, “So what you're saying is that when you get horny, you'll hump anything including a dog.”

“No,” Inuyasha huffed exasperatedly. “I was dreaming about you, idiot!”

The hanyou would've sworn he heard her relax before she stated softly, “You dream about me?”

“You don't dream about me?”

“Well, yeah, but I don't dream about you like that,” she lied.

“So you don't dream about me fucking the shit out of you, licking your clit, massaging your nipples with my tongue, or rubbing the head of my cock-”

“Inuyasha, you're nasty!”

“Nasty? We've already done everything I just said! How is that nasty?”

“Well you're not supposed to talk about it!”

“Wench, when I can't get to it, you have to let me talk about it. After all, didn't you already tell me that I can't go sticking my thingy in anyone else? I'm a man, I need some kind of relief.”

“So go masturbate!”

“Did that this morning; not helping!” the hanyou snapped back while standing to his feet. “Wait, are you embarrassed about what we do or something?”

“Not at all, I just happen to believe that some things shouldn't be discussed.”

“Feh, don't be stupid. I'm talking to you, about what I do to you; I'm not talking to a complete stranger.”

“I know that, it's just…”

Cutting her off the hanyou intoned, “You're making my dick soft, change the subject.”

“Inuyasha?”

“Don't Inuyasha me. You're `the girlfriend' you're not supposed to make my dick soft without me cumming first,” he quipped not sounding nearly as annoyed as he felt. “Changing the subject, what are you doing later?”

He figured that under normal circumstances any man in his right mind would be petrified shitless at the idea that `the girlfriend' was out gallivanting around Kyoto when she had an overly obsessed crime boss and his cronies looking for her, even if she still chose to deny it. However, he was more than relaxed with that because he'd taken care of it, per se.

He'd hired a couple of demon security officers to tail her while she was in Kyoto. The Gecko demon was ordered to stake out the shrine her family lived on and the other, who was mix of German Sheppard and something else, was told to follow her-at a distance-and to report to him immediately if something untoward occurred. He didn't care if it was something as simple as someone breathing on her the wrong way; he wanted to know about it.

So far it appeared that all was going well, because in the days since she had been gone the only reports he'd received was that she'd gotten into a small argument with a female, neko youkai, and while out with her brother at a local video game store, she was almost accosted by a few drunk guys that were hanging around outside the store.

At first neither instance set right with him, and he started to take a quick trip to Kyoto, but when Kagome called and explained to him that she had to put her brother's girlfriend in her place, he relaxed and chalked that up to an overly possessive young female demon. As for the whole being almost accosted thing, he found out from the guard that when he was about to intervene, her younger brother stepped in and jawed the guy quite nicely.

Even thinking back to that now, he had to remind himself to give the kid-if or when he ever met him-much props for representing.

“I'm going to go to the mall with Eri, Yuka, and Ayumi and then we're going to have an all night girl's night at Eri's house,” she offered quickly as he heard her shift as if she was getting comfortable.

“I see. So what do you all do at these girl's nights?”

“We drink, and talk about old times. We compare boyfriends, and male bash, you know that type of stuff.”

“No men are involved right?”

“Nope, but one time Yuka did get a stripper to come to one of them. But that was when we were celebrating graduating from high school.”

“Strippers, huh?”

“Yeah, but it was no big deal. The guy did a few dances and left after about an hour or so. Besides, he didn't even have a nice physique.”

Inuyasha laughed and sat forward as he retorted, “Alright, no strippers tonight.”

“Yes, sir,” Kagome quipped. “So what are you going to do today?”

“Nothing much. I told Rin I'd babysit for her and Sesshomaru later, but other than that I don't have any plans.”

“Babysit? She has a house full of servants, why does she need you to do something so mundane?” Kagome questioned.

“I thought the same thing, but I didn't call her on it, because I think it's just her way of making sure I spend time with the twins and that I'm not too lonely while you're gone,” he retorted. “So that's where Ashton and I will be tonight.”

“Rin's pretty big on keeping your family close, isn't she?”

“Yeah. I mean it's only the three…five of us,” he amended. “But we're all like that.”

Kagome laughed, “Well, by the way you and Sesshomaru acted at breakfast the morning I left, the two of you seem to hate each other.”

“Yeah, that,” he intoned. “You'll get used to it.”

Kagome was quiet for a minute as if cogitating over something. “I will?”

Inuyasha smirked after realizing what he'd just said and catching on that she understood the deeper meaning of it. “Yes, you will.”

“I think I like the idea of getting used to it.”

The hanyou couldn't explain why her saying that set his heart at ease, but it did and he loved it. “So how's your mom?”

“She's fine. I'm supposed to be getting ready to head out to the grocery store with her.”

“Well, shouldn't you be doing that rather than sitting on the phone with me?” Inuyasha queried, hoping that she didn't think that he was trying to get off the phone with her.

“Yeah, I guess I should go.”

“Alright, well stay safe and call me later,” he replied.

“Alright,” she stated sadly.

He was about to click the off button on the phone when he heard her call his name, so he placed the phone back to his ear and said, “Yeah, what's up?”

“Uhm…Uhm…”

“Kagome, what's up? Need something?”

“No, I…”

“Speak now or forever hold your peace, woman.”

He heard her sigh heavily before she questioned timidly, “About earlier… I understand that you're horny, and I'm sorry that I'm not there to help you out, but you're not going to go out and cheat on me are you?”

If he didn't know that she was insecure before, he was definitely certain of it now. However, he couldn't blame her for it either, not after everything she'd been through. “Wench, I do have self control. Besides, I don't have a taste for chicken or pork, I'm craving Angus beef and unfortunately the beef I want won't be available for another week or so, so I'm going to wait.”

“Promise me, Inuyasha.”

The hanyou licked his lips and decided that whatever she needed to hear in order to make her understand that she could trust him, he would say. “It's a promise, Kagome. I'm going to sit right here on this couch with my dick in my hands until you come suck it.”

“Inuyasha, I… You didn't just… How… You asshole!” she blubbered indignantly.

The hanyou laughed haughtily. “Yeah, Wench, I hate you too. Bye!”

He could hear her continued fragmented sentences as he clicked the off button on his cell phone, and that only caused him to laugh harder.

Standing to his feet, he started towards the hallway bathroom, but stopped at the sound of a three short knocks on the door. Turning to stare at it, he narrowed his eyes and hissed, “Well, gods-fuck can't a hanyou get a moment's peace?”

By the time he got to the door, Ashton was already there barking and wagging his tail happily as if he knew who the person was.

Sniffing lightly as he rested his hand on the knob, he couldn't stop the scowl that fell over his once serene features.

What the fuck does he want? he thought as he unlocked the door, twisted the knob, and pulled the door open.

“Uh, hi. Uhm, Takahashi-sama,” Miroku stuttered with a deep bow.

The hanyou said nothing, just stared at the man as he righted himself. He looked awful actually. Well, not particularly awful, but he'd definitely had better days.

His hair was a little longer and more unkempt than the hanyou remembered it being the last time he saw him. He also looked as if he hadn't shaved in more than a few days, and the jeans and t-shirt he wore was so wrinkled that it almost appeared that he had slept in them on more than one occasion. However, he didn't stink and for that, Inuyasha was grateful.

“Is…is Higurashi-chan available,” Miroku questioned unsurely.

Inuyasha narrowed his eyes at the man, but still didn't respond as Kagome's words after she'd woken from a nightmare played within his head, “He was so mean to me, Inuyasha. He was cold and hateful… The things he said to me.”

Stepping back, the hanyou stated coolly, “Come in.”

After Miroku stepped through the door, Inuyasha closed it behind him. Turning as the man knelt down and patted Ashton behind the ear, Inuyasha stepped into the kitchen and over to the refrigerator.

Pulling two beers out, he snapped the top on one and slid it down the counter towards the visibly distressed man that was now standing up as he picked up the second one and opened it as well.

“You look like you could really use that,” Inuyasha offered, taking a swig off his beer.

Miroku looked at it unsurely, but eventually picked it up and took a long gulp from it. Wiping the trace beer from his lips with the back of his hand, he questioned, “So, is she here?”

“No,” Inuyasha stated, stepping back into the living room. Stopping a few feet away from Miroku, the hanyou intoned, “I heard what happened to Sango, I'm sorry about that man. If there's anything you need, let me know.”

At the mention of Sango's name, Inuyasha could see the man's eyes mist up almost instantaneously, but he looked away quickly in hopes that the hanyou wouldn't see the trace amount of wetness that wanted to fall.

It was too bad for him that the hanyou had a nose like a hawk had eyes.

“Yeah, thanks. Uhm, I spoke with Detective Shu. He came by the house the other day and showed Sango some pictures; she picked out the one of the guy that attacked her.” He scratched his head and finished, “He said that he tried to attack Kagome and you killed him. Uhm, thanks even though I know you didn't do it for us.”

The hanyou shrugged his shoulders off handedly and responded, “There's no need to thank me. I'm sure you would've done the same thing if you were able to get to Sango in time,” as he watched the emotionally wrought man swallow convulsively.

Stepping around him and towards the couch, Inuyasha set his beer down on the table and proceeded to sit down. Changing the subject since the last thing he wanted to do was talk about that pathetic prick or what he did to him, he asked, “So what do you want to talk to Kagome about?”

Miroku stepped into the living room as well, set his beer down on the coffee table and took a seat in the chair across from Inuyasha, but he didn't answer right away.

Inuyasha stared at the human man, amazed that one person's eyes could hold so much pain, and that one person's aura could be so devastated. Is that how I was when Kikyo left me? Is that how I would've been had that Dinshu fuck actually gotten away with attacking Kagome?

“In the past few days Sango has been doing a lot better…she's been feeling a lot stronger, and she's been asking for Kagome. I…I keep telling her that Kagome called or came by when she was sleeping, but I think she knows that I'm lying.”

Taking a swig off his beer, Inuyasha queried already knowing the answer, “Why are you lying to her?”

Miroku looked up, his hands shaking as he wiped at his nose. “I'm lying because…because I'm the reason why Kagome hasn't been around. When she came to the hospital, I was filled with so much rage, so much anger that I couldn't see straight. I…I needed to take my anger out on someone-I didn't care who-and I took it out on her.” He swallowed in an attempt to rewet his parched throat and continued, “It was unjust, and it was wrong-I knew that-but I did it…I said the things I said anyway.”

The hanyou stared at him, at the pain in the man's voice as he spoke, and he couldn't stop his heart from going out to him. He was suffering. He was being tormented for wanting to protect the person he loved, and in agony because in trying to protect her, he'd alienated the one person that she considered a true friend.

“I told Kagome that it was her fault that this had happened to Sango. I told her… I said so many mean spirited things to her, that when she didn't come back to see Sango the day after or the day after that, I knew that it was because of me,” he stated softly, his hands twisting before him. He looked up at Inuyasha, and finished, “I just want to tell her that I'm sorry for everything I said to her, and for making her feel as if she did something wrong.”

The hanyou looked at him as he spoke, but didn't interrupt.

“I was raised better than that. I was raised to understand that the universe was not something that one can control. Things happen to each of us for a reason, it matters not whether one takes a left turn or a right turn, if it is destined to happen it will. And for awhile I forgot that. I lost sight of who I am, what I believe.” He wiped at his nose again and finished, “I need to apologize to her for everything that I said to her. I…I just need to apologize. Maybe then… I just need to apologize”

“She's going to be out of town until next weekend, but maybe you should have Sango call her,” the hanyou suggested.

“I thought about that too, but Sango's phone was damaged in the attack and all of her contacts were lost,” Miroku advised sullenly. “Besides, if she talks to her, then Sango will know that I've been lying to her all this time, and I can't hurt her like that. I don't ever want her to hurt again.”

“I'll give you Kagome's number again, but just wait a few days before you have Sango call her. I'll talk to Kagome and let her know that you came by, but when she gets back I suggest you try this apology thing again, because it should come from you not me or anyone else.”

Miroku bowed his head. “Thank you, Takahashi-sama. Thank you.”

“Don't thank me yet. What you said to Kagome really bothered her, so it's up to her whether she forgives you or not. I have nothing to do with it.”

“She told you about it? She told you what I said to her?”

“Yeah, she told me,” the hanyou admitted an empathetic look on his face.

“Oh, well, I truly am sorry,” Miroku intoned, standing to his feet. Drinking down the rest of the beer in a few gulps, he stated, “Well, I should be off. I left Sango with her brother, Kohaku, who's visiting from college. I'm sure she's wondering where I am.”

Tearing a page out of one of the magazines on the table, the hanyou quickly scribbled Kagome's number on the piece of paper and handed it to him as he stood to his feet.

“Thanks again, Takahashi-sama,” Miroku stated after taking the torn sheet that the hanyou offered.

“I didn't do anything.”

“You gave Sango hope,” Miroku whispered. “When she heard that he was dead, I swear I saw life flicker behind her eyes again. She sleeps through the night now, and…it's all because of what you did,” he finished as he turned and started towards wards the door.

Walking around Miroku, Inuyasha opened the door, watched quietly as the despondent man proceeded out the door and down the hallway to the elevators that would take him back to the first floor and to what was left of his life.

Sighing lightly, the hanyou shook his head somberly, thankful that he was not in his shoes and by the grace of the gods he'd never be there.

Until Next Time…(Your .02 cents are appreciated.)

Next Chapter: Dissention

Acknowledgements:

Karaumea (lol…I hate mistakes and I had a lot of them in leftover in the last chapter!! Hopefully this one wasn't that bad.) ~ Miss_Marilyn69 (If you think Kouga has gone off the deep end, just wait until Dissention is posted and we'll revisit this conversation…lol) ~ Little Red ~ Knittingknots ~ Star55555528 ~ Silverwolfhalfbeast ~ Tueske ~ Niiicko ~ Kagomerocks241 ~ angel-up-above-heaven ~ Diepurple ~ Lilsweetpea011 ~ Silly1 ~ Hentai Strumpet ~ InuGoddess715 ~ Nicc85 ~ Mynera ~ Meru (Bad ninja powers!!)