InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Heaven and Hell ❯ Dates and Dissappearnces ( Chapter 6 )

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Chapter 6

Inuyasha pulled his expensive little Fiat Barchetta into the back of the building that housed Heaven and Hell as well as Kagome’s apartment. An old but sturdy stairwell led up to the door that Kagome had told him about. The door itself was unremarkable, nothing more than a dilapidated metal door probably from when the building had originally housed a factory. The neighborhood itself was dull and lackluster. It had been a haunt of the homeless before the club had been put in bringing people in by the droves. Still, it was eerily quiet in the twilight before true darkness. Inuyasha, however, seemed unaffected by the silence actually enjoying the soothing feel of it to his normally tortured ears. He was dressed to kill in a pair of sexy black slacks tailored perfectly for his well-defined body above this he wore a deep crimson button dress shirt also perfectly fitted to his body.  His long silver hair draped around his shoulders making him look like an image from every woman’s fantasy. As he closed the door to the car he remembered the bouquet of violet irises retrieving them before he slammed the door shut. He put one of his hands into his pockets whistling softly to himself as he walked up the stairs. In contrast to the unkempt appearance of the door and the staircase was the modern convenience of a doorbell. He pushed the doorbell waited a second and lost his patience and pushed it again. He did this repeatedly until the door was flung open by the familiar face of the waitress that had given him the tip about the annoying chick. He flashed her a sexy smile. She looked on unfazed.

“Come on in. Kag will be ready in a second,” she said in a not too pleasant tone of voice. “Have a seat, Inuyasha.” She gestured towards the couch. Inuyasha was taking in everything about this place. Despite the look of the outside, the apartment was anything, but rundown. The floors were hardwood and all of the furnishings looked like something out of a magazine. It was immaculate. He wondered which one of them was the neat freak. The main room seemed to be a combination living room, dining room, and kitchen. The ceiling had to be at least 40 feet up. On the opposite side from him a spiral metal stairwell lead up to what must be the bedrooms. The walls were covered in murals some of which seemed a little surreal even to a half-demon like himself. His attention was brought back to the woman who answered the door when she said, “ I am Sango Hirakotsu.” She smiled at him, then. Inuyasha felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand up. She extended her hand out in greeting and Inuyasha took it. She was surprisingly strong as she began to crush his poor hand. “If you do anything to hurt my friend I will cut off your testicles and feed them to you. Comprende?”  She released his hand before sitting down and turning on the television. She ignored him as he shifted uncomfortably.

Inuyasha kept a wary eye on her as he tapped his foot impatiently on the wooden floor. What was taking that girl so long? Was she purposely leaving him with this crazy Amazon? A sound from the stairs caught his attention. Turning towards the sound, he had to grit his teeth to keep from gaping at the beautiful creature he saw. Kagome had torn through Sango and Legion’s closets looking for something that would be fancy enough for Mario’s. She had tried on and discarded tons of dresses before finding this slinky black dress hidden in the back of Legion’s closet. It still had the tag on it which meant Legion had bought it on a whim and had never found occasion to wear it. Well, Kagome had found it perfect. It had fit her like a glove, which made her wonder how her ample bosomed friend had thought it was going to fit. It was held in place by one shoulder leaving the other bare and the skirt rose high on one side angling down to a loose dangle beside her right knee. She had pulled part of her hair back and up leaving her bangs and few strands wisp around her face. The rest pooled like a dark waterfall over her shoulders. She wore a choker necklace that was made out of rhinestones and tiered down like a pyramid into a point. It glittered and gleamed nonetheless in the light. From her ears a matching pair of rhinestone earrings dripped. She wore a pair of strapy opened toed heels that wound around her ankles. If it had been a TV show she would have been lit with an ethereal light and everything would have moved in slow motion until she tripped and fell down the stairs. You know like that movie with Freddie Prince, Jr. and Rachel Leigh Cook, She’s All That.

Luckily, this was reality and she maneuvered down the steps without a single mishap and no background music or lighting effects. She refused to mold to some clichéd movie trick to make an impression. Inuyasha recovered himself quiet well despite the sudden animalistic need of his demon half to take this beautiful creature and make her his mate. His nostrils flared slightly as he inhaled her sweet pure smell. When she reached him, she flashed him a crooked smile. She was feeling very unsure of herself, because Inuyasha looked..., well, he looked constipated. Finally, Inuyasha returned the smile with one of his own as he handed her the flowers. They were beautiful violet irises, which were out of season, but Inuyasha had his connections. “You look beautiful.” The half-smile became a dazzling one, as she looked up at him her nervousness fading. She could feel herself beginning to melt into his golden orbs. However, Sango choose that moment to refocus on them, not that she had really been ignoring them to begin with. “Be sure you don’t keep her out all night!”

Inuyasha jerked himself back from the precipice he knew he was about to fall over and mentally slapped himself. He wasn’t here to have a good time. This was business to find out what Naraku wanted with this girl and to keep an eye on her unusual demon friend. He couldn’t forget that. Kagome rolled her eyes at Sango’s comment, before replying, “Yes, mother dearest. Could you put these flowers in a vase for me?”

“You broke the only vase we had earlier.” Inuyasha raised an eyebrow at that, but held back the sarcastic comment that was on the tip of his tongue. Violent little thing wasn’t she!

“Oh, can you find something until we get a vase?”

“Yeah, I’ll find something. You have the cell, right?”

Kagome picked up the purse off the table by the door as she drug Inuyasha towards the door. “In my purse. Don’t wait up for me. Bye.”

Sango waved bye as Kagome opened the door, “Don’t forget what I said, Inuyasha! Have a good time, Kag.”

Kagome wanted to ask Inuyasha what Sango had said, but she decided to wait until they were on their way. He held open the door for her as she slid gracefully into his cute little car. Of course, Inuyasha probably would not have appreciated her calling his car cute even if it was only in her head, but she didn’t know him well enough yet to know that.

All this niceness was really starting to grate on the hanyou’s temper. Miroku had given him and an hour lecture to treat her like she was a queen and be extra nice as well. She might be a valuable ally if they could find out if and why Naraku was interested in her. Inuyasha glanced at the woman sitting at his side wondering what threat this girl could possibly pose to anyone. She was human and she smelled it despite the fact that the demon woman’s scent lingered on her. Still that scent reminded him of something, not Naraku but something. His head started pounding with all this thinking. Forget it! He would deal with it when it became a more serious issue.

Sliding into the driver’s side of the car he headed for the restaurant. The ride to the restaurant was passed with banal conversation on Kagome’s life. Inuyasha managed quite successfully to avoid talking about himself. His life was not something he was ready to share with this girl even if the sight of her was making his clothes uncomfortably restraining in places. She laughed and smiled as she talked to him. Her whole personality was so sincere. It made Inuyasha slightly uncomfortable to be deceiving her.

He helped her out of the car and shocked her as they were easily able to just walk in and take a seat. The matiere’d (okay I know what that word is suppose to be….it’s like the head waiter/host person…need some help with spelling, is it right?) merely nodded at Inuyasha as he walked in and said that his table was waiting. Kagome was really trying to figure out who this guy was that he had such clout to be able to do that. Still she was fascinated by this world she found herself in. Inuyasha on the other hand stared at Kagome rapt expression. She was like a kid in a candy store. He smirked to himself as he slowly slid his eyes down her body. As he felt a stirring again in the lower reaches of his body. Scratch that not a good idea. What was it Miroku had said he should do? Oh yeah, be sure and hold the chair out for her. Hell, screw that, he was an ass and he knew it. She had two legs and arms she could seat herself. With that last rebellious thought he walked around the table and set down in the chair without even offering to seat Kagome. Kagome, however, was not really expecting him too and seated herself.

“Get whatever you want,” Inuyasha said with a dismissive wave of hand. He didn’t even look at his menu as he ordered a beer and some spaghetti (it’s an Italian restaurant). Only Inuyasha would go to one of the finest restaurants in town and order a common run of the mill beer. Kagome smiled as the thought struck her that fit him perfectly. This was followed by the disturbing realization that she really had no idea how she knew him that well. Kagome glanced at the menu noticing that there were no prices. She glanced quickly over the menu…what to try? Hmm…

Looking at the waiter, she said, “I’ll have a water to drink and I think I will try the spacarelli soup and la pastaia dei quarti pomodori.(I think that’s Italian, but I haven’t had it in over a year.)” The waiter said their meal would be out shortly. He returned with their drinks and left. “So Inuyasha we’ve talked about me, I want to know about you. You said you were in the protection business. What does that mean?”

Inuyasha who had been lost in his own thoughts was startled by Kagome’s sudden interest him. With a bored expression, he replied, “If I told you that, I would have to kill you.”

“Seriously?!” Kagome responded incredulously.

“Seriously,” Inuyasha deadpanned. However, he felt bad when he saw the quivering uncertainty in Kagome’s eyes. He gave her a smirk, “Don’t worry I won’t tell you.”

Kagome rolled her eyes at the arrogant hanyou. She wondered if he would go ballistic if she asked him about that. Now that she realized what he was she could see the faint glow of the concealing spell that surrounded him. Her curiosity about Inuyasha Takeda was going to be her downfall. Wasn’t there an old adage about how curiosity killed the cat? To herself, she thought, careful, Kag, he doesn’t know what you are and he might not like it when he finds out. “So you won’t tell me what you do? Will you tell me anything about yourself?” She pleaded with big soulful eyes gleaming.

“I’m Inuyasha.”

Kagome looked at him with disappointment. “I meant something that I don’t already know.”

Inuyasha thought about that for second. What could he tell her that could not be used to someone’s advantage? Something simple. “I have a brother,” he finally said an unpleasant note in his voice. Kagome’s faced paled.

“I had a little brother,” she managed as her eyes filled with tears. Shit, Inuyasha thought, her family died in a car crash. He moved quick as lightening to her side as tears began to cascade down her cheeks. Luckily their table was secluded by several semi-opaque screens. He pulled her up into his arms as the damn broke and her tears spilled out. He could smell the salt from her tears as they dripped down onto his shirt. Inside the demon was roaring that it would kill whatever had hurt his Kagome. Possessive Bastard. Kagome managed to regain control of herself. Fortunately, she wore little in the way of make-up, her natural beauty making it unnecessary so she didn’t have to worry about mascara stains on her cheeks. Pulling back from Inuyasha’s chest, she said, “Sorry, I don’t normally get upset that easily. It’s just been rough the last few days.” 

Inuyasha reluctantly released her and returned to his own seat. His inner demon was boiling with rage that anything had dared to hurt this girl. What was it about her that made him feel so possessive? Was it true that a dog demon knew instinctively who would make the perfect mate for him? “Don’t sweat it,” he said dismissively. “Why don’t you tell me about your friends and the club that you live at? Seems like a safe topic.”

Kagome smiled as her eyes got a faraway look, “Sango and Legion are the greatest friends in the world. Kami-sama, they are the craziest too. I think they decide to open and run this club because they were bored. Sango had no intentions of going off to college, because of her little brother. Legion, well, she’s just herself and that is more than enough.” A memory of her first meeting with Legion popped in her head. “When we first met Legion, she convinced us all to sneak out to this club downtown that was having our favorite band play. She said that you had to live while you can, because you just never knew when your hour glass would run out. The crazy girl finagled the bouncer to let us in front of everyone. I still don’t know how she does it. She can wrap people around her fingers, and have them jumping at the snap of her fingers.” Inuyasha focused a little more at that. She could manipulate people. That might explain the lack of ruckus about her nonexistent existence.

Kagome continued to regale him with stories about the three girls’ antics, especially about some of the crazy stuff that had happened while they were trying to get the club up and running. Inuyasha nearly busted his gut as Kagome talked about a particularly entertaining experience at a movie theater. “So Legion and I went to the little girl’s room while Sango waited for us outside. When we came out, I noticed that something was trailing off of Legion’s shoe. I was thinking the whole time that stuff like that only ever happens in movies and I started snickering which caused Sango to look down where I was staring. She started laughing also which finally made Legion realize something was afoot, literally. There stuck to bottom of her shoe in front of Kami-sama and everyone was a two foot long piece of toilet paper. Legion freaked out. She started laughing as she screamed, ‘Oh my god this is supposed to only happen in the movies. This is so embarrassing.’ Of course she was hopping around on one foot, swatting at the piece of paper the whole time. She reminded me of a chicken with its head cut off. I nearly fell in the floor laughing. I don’t think anyone would have noticed if she had just quietly removed it, but no she starts laughing and screaming while wildly thrashing about. She attracted the attention of everyone in the lobby of the theater. She finally got it off and ducked into the theater. We asked her if she was saving it for later. I have never in my life seen Legion so shook up by anything. It was great. (Strangely enough this actually happened, only it was my cousin who was throwing the fit, and my boyfriend and I were making fun of her.).” They were finishing the remains of their dessert as Kagome finished this story.

Inuyasha could not remember the last time he had felt so relaxed and carefree. He had genuinely smiled and laughed more in the last few hours than in the last twenty years of his life. Kagome Higurashi with her indomitable spirit was reaching inside to the wounds of his soul soothing them with her smiles and laughter. As the waiter came and took away the last of their meals, Inuyasha told him to charge it on his tab.

“You ready to go,” Inuyasha asked as stood up from his seat. Kagome nodded her head. She hadn’t felt so alive in such a long time. She hoped the evening wasn’t over already. It was only, glancing at the clock on her cell phone, eight-thirty. She was use to much later nights than this. Inuyasha once again refused to play the gentleman and left her to open the door and get in for herself.

“So where to now?” Kagome asked. “Or is a dinner and swift kick in the butt all that I get?” She smiled with laughter in her eyes to let him know she wasn’t serious. Inuyasha glanced over at her as he pulled the little car out of the parking lot and on to the main street. He knew at that moment that he needed to just take her home and forget he had met her. If he kept her around, he knew it wouldn’t be very long until he wasn’t going to be able to live with out her.

“Well, I guess if you really want a swift kick in the butt. I could help you out. However, I was thinking you might like to take a late night stroll through Washabi Park. The lake is spectacular at night,” Inuyasha replied.

Kagome looked down at the spiky heels she was wearing. “Only if you promise to carry me,” she said with a wiggle of her eyebrows before bursting into laughter.

Inuyasha grunted under his breath, “Lazy wench.”

Luckily for him, Kagome was once again lost in the trance that was Inuyasha. Every once in a while she could swear that he had furry triangles on the top of head. Her inner voice was telling her that she was crazy. But hey she had seen stranger things. She really wanted to ask him about being a hanyou. It was like an itch she just couldn’t scratch. In a few minutes despite the night traffic of Tokyo, Inuyasha was parking his car in the public lot of Washabi Park. Kagome hopped out of the car and walked around to where Inuyasha was standing. Posing dramatically with a laugh, she said, “Carry me.”

Inuyasha who had been watching her get out of the car with his arms crossed in front him said his favorite word, “Feh.” He started walking towards the path motioning for her to follow him.

“I’ll take that as a yes,” Kagome said under her breath with a mischievous glint in her brown eyes. Slipping off her shoes leaving her barefoot, she got close to Inuyasha and then launched herself onto his back. Inuyasha made an oomph as Kagome’s weight crashed into him. Her dress was hiked up to her hips, leaving her long bare legs to be grasped by Inuyasha as he tried to keep her from slipping down. “See you were planning on carrying me. You just didn’t know it.”

Inuyasha not always being the brightest crayon in the box muttered, “Heavy thing aren’t you.”

Kagome released one of the arms from around his neck to whack him on the back of the head. “Bad dog!”

Underneath her, Inuyasha stiffened. Kagome immediately regretted her comment. Please don’t ask if I know. Please. Please. “Dog?” Inuyasha asked flatly, he could smell a faint tinge of fear curling in her scent.

Kagome thought fast her heart slightly accelerated. She was glad that her position on his back kept him from turning around “Yeah, your name is Inuyasha, which means dog demon. You aren’t angry, are you? I didn’t mean to be offensive.”

Inuyasha relaxed. He had forgotten about his name. She must have been afraid that she had hurt his feelings. “Feh.”

“I’ll assume that means no,” Kagome said. “I can get down now. I just was kidding when I said you had to carry me.” Inuyasha’s grip never loosened as Kagome started to wiggle trying to get off his back.

“Stay, you’re not that heavy.” Inuyasha said softly. In reality, he just wanted to keep her close. His instincts were warring with his rational mind, what little of one that Inuyasha had. Ignoring the inner urge that was telling him to mate with this girl, he continued to walk towards the lake he could see gleaming faintly ahead. Both of them were silently as he walked.

Kagome was unbeknownst to Inuyasha staring intently at the top of his head. There is definitely something there. She was thinking that if she could focus just a little more then she would be able to see past the concealing spell. She had never seen a concealing spell that was quite this strong. She wondered if he had cast it or if a miko had done it for him. The longer she stared the more clear the image was getting. First two triangular shapes came into view and were slowing forming themselves into three dimensional shapes. Kagome concentration, however, was broken as she felt a familiar jolt in her body. It wasn’t pain really, but it was warning that something was coming.

Inuyasha stopped and sniffed the air. Something was coming, and it smelt foul. He released Kagome’s legs and let her slid down his back. Reaching to his side, he realized that what he was looking for was back in the car.

“Shit,” he growled underneath his breath. Kagome stepped up to his side to see where he was keenly staring ahead.

“Inuyasha?” Kagome asked, the ache becoming more intense. The water in the lake was beginning to boil or bubble or something.

“Stay behind me!” Inuyasha growled at her. As he shoved her back behind him, a huge snake like creature burst through the surface of the water. It was a shimmering green and cream that caught and reflected the light from the moon. The scales flashed as it undulated.

“Where issss it?” the snake demon hissed at them looking all around. “I feel itssss power.”

Inuyasha whispered to Kagome who was peaking around Inuyasha’s shoulders. “When I tell you to run, run with all you have.”

Inuyasha flexed his claws as the demon finally focused on them. “RUN!”

Kagome did as Inuyasha asked, turning and fleeing. She expected him to be right behind her, but she stopped when she realized that he was standing at the edge of the lake preparing to fight.

The snake demon looked down at Inuyasha. “Filthy hanyou, you do not have it,” it hissed as it looked towards Kagome who was standing just within the confines of the trees. “YOU!”

Inuyasha took advantage of the momentary distraction to attack. “Sankontessou.” The demon at first appeared unharmed, but after a second it slid apart and rained down upon the lake and ground. His nose was beginning to twitch as he picked up the horrid stench of the snake youkai. A smirk lit his face as he surveyed his handiwork. He turned around to check on Kagome only to see her staring straight at a smaller, but no less ferocious snake youkai. He was pretty sure that his heart stopped for a few seconds as he realized that there was no way that he would be able to get to her in time. Still he made to leap for the demon just as it struck Kagome in the side ripping a hole in the dress and her skin underneath. The baby demon just sank its fangs in filling her with its venom refusing to let go. Kagome let out a scream of intense pain that motivated Inuyasha to move even faster than before. But before he could get there, a powerful flash of white and blue light flared around Kagome, throwing Inuyasha back. As he rubbed his eyes trying to get his seeing back, he looked up to see that Kagome lay unconscious on the ground, but even so her face was twisted in a grimace of unimaginable pain as the poison spread through her body. He picked her up as gently as he could. Holding her bridal style, he stopped only so he could retrieve a katana from the truck of his car. Then, he sped across town leaping from building to building. His thoughts were in whirlwind. ‘Must save her, shit, she’s a miko,’ thinking of the blast, ‘a powerful miko, shit, must save her!’

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A hand reached for another glass off the shelf to add to growing number on the tray sitting on the shelf below. A shockwave of incredible soul rending pain ripped through the body attached to the hand. As the glass slipped from the fingers and shattered on the floor, the realization struck that the hand was slipping in and out of existence and so was the rest of her.