InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ If These Walls Could Talk ❯ Chapter Six - I just keep digging myself deeper... ( Chapter 6 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

"What the heck do you mean we're engaged?" Kagome's head was pounding from the volume of he own voice but she ignored it to glare at Inuyasha. First he makes pointless assumptions about her and Kouga then he tells the hospital she's engaged?!

Inuyasha was quickly trading his confusion and fear for pure anger. "Hold on, wench! I didn't tell them anything! My idiot brother did! The nurse wouldn't let you get checked out without some damned forms being signed so Sesshomaru had a fit about it and got someone to take care of you. And since I knew none of your information and everyone thinks we're getting married, I put all mine down. So I just paid your hospital bills.

Kagome blinked and allowed everything to settle into her mind. It took a second but she replied with anger still deeply etched into her voice. "Don't call me Wench, Jerk!" She paused to gather her thoughts. It felt like she was suffering from Jet lag. "Wait... You paid my hospital bills?" Great. Now she was going to owe him.

Inuyasha nodded. "Drove you here too. And I'm driving you back. So hurry up and get your stuff."

This caused Kagome's glare and anger to return tenfold. "Don't tell me what to do. I don't need another parent." She stood quickly and stumbled only to be caught by Inuyasha. "Besides baka, I don't have anything to grab. I was brought here unconscious, remember?" She kept her head down while speaking. Truth be told she was afraid if she lifted it up too fast she'd fall backwards.

"Keh. I'm up here bitch." He growled but didn't let her go. The last thing he needed was to pay more hospital bills for her because he let her hit her head again. He kept hold of her arm and began moving her out of the room and into the busy hallway.

"I said don't call me names." She grumbled almost to herself. She was too busy watching her feet to make sure she didn't trip, even though she wouldn't have gone anywhere thanks to Inuyasha's steady grip on her arm.

Thanks to his hanyou hearing, Inuyasha heard exactly what she said. "No. You said don't call you wench. You didn't say anything about me calling you bitch." He smirked when he felt her stiffen. She was stubborn and easily pissed off. It would have probably been more amusing if she hadn't been injured but still, it was fun. What could he say, other than admit he was one sadistic bastard at times.

They made it to the front desk and nurse Inuyasha had encountered earlier. Kagome leaned heavily on the counter and smiled her best professional smile. Which pretty much was empty as a light bulb. "I'm Kagome Higurashi and I'm here to to get discharged."

The nurse returned the empty smile with one of her own. "Okay, just sign here..." She responded and handed her a clipboard which Kagome accepted. While Kagome was busy with the discharge paperwork the nurse turned and smiled at Inuyasha whom was standing behind Kagome with his arms crossed and a scowl clear on his face. He was pretty good looking...

Kagome followed the woman's gaze to the angry hanyou and smirked inwardly. "Excuse me... When you're done staring at my fiancee I would like to get going..."

The woman had the good grace to blush and Inuyasha sputtered behind her and tried to fight the heat coming from his face.

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Inuyasha and Kagome managed to make it out of the building without arguing any further. He supported her by her elbow and opened the passenger door, then closed it. Where the hell did my bastard brother get off to?' Then again it was probably a good thing they left. He would have to deal with enough from his brother as it was. 'And from Mom...' He blinked. He hadn't thought about his brother telling his family. 'And no doubt twisting the fuck out of it.' He was definitely going to be shutting his phone off and keeping it that way for a while. 'At least until I find something to tell her.' He sniffed a couple of times more proving his brother and Rin had been gone for a while. 'Lucky bastard' The doctor's words suddenly echoed through his mind. 'Shit!' He would have to take care of her until tomorrow afternoon! He grumbled to himself and got into his side of the car. Kagome was leaning against her window with her eyes closed. "Don't fall asleep, Wench."

She opened her eyes and glared. Or tried to. She wasn't sure her body was responding so well just yet. "Don't call me that." She huffed. She relaxed slightly and sighed. She felt crappy enough as it was so it was highly doubtful fighting with Inuyasha would make her feel too much better. So she let it go. "Thank you..."

Inuyasha paused with the key next to the ignition. Why did she have to stop arguing? He could handle anger. Huh?" HE glanced at her shadowed face from the corner of his eye.

"I said thank you. For everything. You could have just left me here or not brought me at all. You even paid my bills. Which I owe you for." Her words ended leaving an almost comfortable silence. Inuyasha mentally shook off the weight of her gaze. He put the key into the waiting ignition and finally, they were off with Inuyasha driving in a manner totally opposite of how they had arrived.

"You don't owe me anything. Its fine." There. He finally figured out something to say. They were almost back to the apartments when he remembered he still needed to get Kagome's pills. Thankfully they were at an intersection and one left turn would lead them to a small pharmacy.

Kagome blinked, completely confused as to why they weren't going home. She would have said something too if she hadn't been thinking so much over what -besides money- she could use to repay Inuyasha with. She hardly noticed where she actually was until Inuyasha pulled into a brightly lit parking lot. He opened the door and she followed suit until a clawed hand grabbed her elbow.

Inuyasha stared at Kagome for a second before her questioning look compelled him to fin his voice. Though he still didn't let go. "You can hardly walk straight. Just wait here and I'll be back, okay?" He turned his statement into a rather gruff question with hopes of Kagome agreeing thanks to his own twisted version of politeness. Surprisingly enough, Kagome nodded and closed her door. Inuyasha in turn let go of her arm, turned up the heat slightly, and even turned the radio on -at a low volume- for her. "I'll be back." He pushed the lock button the door. "Don't let anyone in but me." And that was it. He shut the door and left Kagome to her own devices. As son as he entered the automatic doors, he regretted it.

Behind the counter stood, 'Yura' he mentally bulked at the sight of her. The woman was obsessed with him. Every time he saw her, she threw herself dramatically o top of him and tried to get him to marry her. 'Keh, she'd be Miroku's type if she wasn't so obsessed with me.' He turned to take his leave but his name being shrieked at a volume and pitch that shouldn't have even been possible made him stop and wince. 'Fuck'

"INUYASHA!" She flew over the counter so fast he could have swore she was a demon. She didn't even bother worrying about knocking him down. She slammed into him full force and had he been a human he would have staggered. "Inu-kun!" She squeaked kissing all over his cheeks and neck. She tried to go for his lips but he turned his head. She was getting her bright red lipstick everywhere as it was. The last thing he needed was for it to look like he was the one wearing it. "You've finally come to visit me! Thank Gods, I was sooo bored!"

Inuyasha barely managed to bite back a growl. He grabbed the upper part of her arms and held her at arm's reach. "Sorry, Yura. I'm not here to see you. I just need a prescription filled." He pulled the small piece of paper the doctor had handed him out of his pocket and pushed it into her face to prove he wasn't kidding.

"Sure thing!" She snatched the paper from his hands and bounced back behind the counter. "This is a major pain killer... I thought you never got injured!" Her tone was teasing. She didn't know he was a hanyou but he tended to act tough so she went right along with it.

He shook his head. "Of course not, Wench. I never get hurt. It's for someone else."

Yura grinned brightly. "Aw... Did you hit Miroku on the head one too many times?"

She was being so sweet Inuyasha thought he might have a stroke. And that was about the time a brilliant idea ran though his mind. "Actually, it's for my fiancee..." 'I'm in deep shit anyway, why not use it to my advantage for once?'

The girl behind the counter blinked in surprise. For a second she looked like she might cry and Inuyasha panicked. Then a bright smile lit up her face. "YOU'RE GETTING MARRIED?! Awww! That's so sweet! Who are you getting married to? When can I meet her? I can't believe you are getting married! Even though it's not to me." The last statement took a sad sort of tone but it seemed forgotten once more in her excitement and shock at the news. Inuyasha was considered to be Tokyo's most unlikely to get married man!

Inuyasha stuttered. How the fuck was he going to get out of this one? "Her name is Kagome, I don't know when you can meet her, and that's what everyone else said" 'When in doubt just make shit up right?' Maybe he could get her to play along enough to get rid of Yura... The gears in his head began to turn until that little voice everyone has in the back of their minds spoke up. 'Yeah right. She's still pissed about the hospital thinking we're getting married!' Yep. He was screwed.

Yura shrugged and grinned. "That's fine. I'm sure I'll meet her one day!" She handed Inuyasha a small white bag and he nodded.

"Uh. Sure, one day." He began backing away slowly as if he were trying to escape a predator. He didn't trust her not to jump on his back and try to molest him. "Well bye then." He was a foot away from the door. He could escape if he ran. And he did. He didn't even wait for an answer before hauling ass back to the car and a sleepy Kagome.

Kagome frowned when she saw Inuyasha running out of the door. 'What went on in there?' As soon as he got the door open he tossed the pills at her and began backing out speedily. "What's wrong?"

Inuyasha floored it out of the parking lot. "There's some crazy bitch in there who is trying to molest me."

Kagome blinked. That wasn't exactly the answer she was expecting. She frowned slightly. 'I don't wanna know...' Suddenly she looked up and smiled. "Oh! I figured out how I'm going to repay you."

"You're not. I just told you you didn't need to." Inuyasha responded, taking his eyes off of the road for a second to look sternly at the girl next to him.

"Just hear me out, okay?" She pleaded. When he didn't answer she took the silence as a 'go ahead'. "If you ever need me for anything and I mean anything just let me know."

Inuyasha thought about this. He could twist it so easily and just ask her to get naked. 'Holy shit... I need to stop hanging out with Miroku.' He shook his head. 'Keh. I just won't ask and she'll forget.' He pulled into his usual parking spot and shut off his lights off. Kagome looked dead tired but she had managed to stay awake the whole ride.

"My Gods, I'm tired." She yawned and opened her door.

Inuyasha was around to her side in a second, helping her to get out without hitting her head on the ground again. She allowed him to take her elbow and help her walk into the building. The stairs were slightly tricky. He wanted to just say screw it and carry her but she being her stubborn self turned him down with a simple "I have a head injury, my legs aren't broken" so he let it go and helped her make it up slowly. When she turned to go into her apartment he steered her firmly to his. "I have to keep you awake until tomorrow afternoon. Besides your place is a mess considering we didn't get a chance to clean up."

"Great." Kagome groaned. She had forgotten about the fact she had paint out as well as rollers and plastic. She had planned to use every second she could to work on her place not only to get it up and running but for her final project grade. "I'm going to have to work really hard to catch up." She grumbled and followed him into his apartment.

He motioned to the couch so she could sit down. "Why is that?" He began moving around the room as fast as he could hoping to pick up a lot of the mess before Kagome noticed it.

"You know that college about ten blocks down?" She pointed towards his window which just happened to be the correct direction. At his nod, she continued. "I go there for interior decorating. My final project was supposed to be this apartment. That's the reason I was willing to take this place in the state it was in. I thought it would be a great place to live on my budget and something about it just struck me as interesting. In two weeks I'm supposed to have the whole place done and have a picture portfolio to turn in. She mentally cursed. She was going to have to avoid sleeping to work on her apartment while going to class. The next couple of weeks were not going to be fun.

Inuyasha noticed the worry flash in her eyes and before he could stop him self he spoke. "I could help... I mean I go to the same for mechanics so it's not like I'm great at decorating or anything but I know how to paint cleanly. And I'm sure there are other things that could use fixing."

Kagome's face brightened slightly almost making it worth it. Almost. "You would do that? Oh you're the best!"

It was Inuyasha's turn to groan inwardly. 'How the hell do I get myself into these messes?' Kagome glanced away from him and began to shift uncomfortably. "What's wrong?" 'Great. Now I'm all caring.'

"I need a shower." She said shrugging. "I've been painting all day and now I have blood in my hair and I just feel dirty. She got up to head for her apartment but he stopped her.

"Don't worry about it. You can use my shower." He almost wished his father were there to smack him upside his head. Maybe he would shut up then. 'Not likely.' That voice sounded a lot like Sesshomaru. It was beginning to scare him with how much he was reminding himself everyone else. 'First Miroku and now Fluffy. I better get out of here before I start putting the two together and sounding like an emotionless hentai.' "I'll get your stuff." He didn't even give her a chance to respond. He was already pulling the door behind him.

"Uh okay..." Kagome said more for her benefit than anyone else. She stood up and found the bathroom thanks to the door being open and the room it's self being right off of the main room. She turned the light and smirked. It was obvious a guy lived there. "Now where am I supposed to put all of this stuff?" There were clothes and other random things everywhere. "How the hell does he get into the shower with all of this stuff everywhere?"

Inuyasha had his own problems. When he had said he would grab her stuff he didn't think that underwear would be involved. 'Just goes to show how much I think ahead.' He sighed and opened a drawer in a rather large dresser. He would have questioned how she managed to get that big of a dresser up the stairs had she not been staring at her underwear. Kagome, our innocent, precious Kagome had some of the sexiest, most provocative underwear the hanyou had ever seen. He picked up a red matching set and blushed. Red was his favorite color. He pushed the thoughts running through his mind back and hurried in finding everything else.

Kagome looked around the room triumphantly. She had found a laundry basket in the corner of the living room which was now overflowing with clothing. 'Better than having clothes everywhere else.' She pushed the basket into the living room and organized everything else so it was all in the place she figured it should have been to begin with.

"Here's your stuff." Inuyasha had successfully managed to hunt down everything he figured she would need for her shower including her shampoo and conditioner and other clothing. He even managed to find her favorite soap. Or what he thought was her favorite considering she smelled lightly of it every time he had run into her. He would have been smirking proudly had he not been still hooked on her underwear. He had noticed the door to the bathroom was now fully open thanks to there being nothing behind it. In fact there was nothing anywhere. What the hell happened to all of his stuff?

Kagome accepted the clothing without asking about her underwear. She would be embarrassed about it later. She caught his gaze and smiled proudly. "Your clothes are all in that basket over there." He hadn't even noticed the basket stacked high with dirty clothes. He really needed to do laundry soon. "And everything else is on the counter."

He had to admit even though it was way too clean and almost girly in there now Kagome did a good job. But he wasn't going to tell her that. She'd probably want to do his whole house then. Instead he opted for his usual response. "Keh." He shut the door in her face and turned away in hopes of thinking of something else to do.

After fighting a little with the handle controlling the water Kagome finally got the prefect temperature to come from the shower head. She didn't bother worrying about Inuyasha slamming the door in her face. It probably wouldn't be the last time. "He can be such a stupid jerk."

Inuyasha set about cleaning Kagome's apartment a bit. He stirred the paint a bit to find that it was fine it was only the top that was ruined. He washed off the rollers as best he could and found those could also be salvaged. Or at least a couple of them. There was only a little blood on the floor but before it looked like more. He chalked it up to panic playing tricks on his mind. Not that he was panicked or anything. Nooo, not Inuyasha the tough hanyou! It was actually a lucky thing the plastic was protecting the floor. The blood hadn't gotten a chance to seep into the wood and stain it.

Satisfied that everything was cleaned up, he shut everything off to the apartment and shut the door. When he entered his own, Kagome was just coming out of the bathroom. He stared at her for a moment. She was wearing a baggy shirt and pajama pants but she still looked great. Her hair was long and wet. She was using a towel she had found folded under the sink to dry off her hair. When she looked up and caught his gaze with her own he coughed and turned away. 'She's your neighbor, your neighbor damn it!' "Want to watch a movie?" He glanced at the clock on the DVD player to see it was three in the morning. He was still wide awake which was a good thing considering he wouldn't be getting any sleep that night.

"Sure." Kagome nodded and found a place on the couch to sit which left Inuyasha to pick the movie.

'Good. She would have probably picked some stupid girly movie to watch. Not that I own any.' Truth be told, he owned both Rent and The Notebook and had watched them both more than once but they were hidden behind all of the other more manly movies. They were also gifts from other people. He ended up picking the movie Transporter and he settled on the couch. Surprisingly enough, Kagome saw the title told him she loved that movie.

When Inuyasha was settled on the couch Kagome smirked and threw her legs accross his lap. Sure, he had done a lot and she owed him for everything but he slammed a door in her face twice within two days and some how managed to call her wench AND bitch. She'd repay him for everything good but she was also going to make him pay for the rudeness. She would just make him as uncomfortable as possible.

Inuyasha blinked when he felt her legs in his lap. 'What the hell?' He looked up to see her focusing her attention on the screen but she was smirking. She was trying to screw with him. 'Fine. I'll ignore it. Two people can play this game, wench.' He fought off the urge to blush and rested his hands across her legs comfortably. He was actually very good at pretending he wasn't bothered. Or he would have been if he wouldn't have glanced down at her legs too many times.

A few hours and two movies later Inuyasha and Kagome were both asleep on the couch in the same position they had originally found themselves in. Sure, Kagome shouldn't have been asleep but neither of them could fight off sleep forever. Inuyasha had actually been the first to fall asleep. Yeah. He was hanyou and was stronger than humans but one can only go so long without sleep.

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"Ugh! How do you deal with that kind of stuff?" Rin and Sesshomaru found themselves up at four in the morning at a tiny all night diner. They had walked around and talked after leaving the hospital. Once Rin was assured Kagome was okay she had left. She knew Kagome's anger and didn't want to either catch some of it herself, have to testify against her friend in court for murder, or have to help hide Inuyasha's body. So she dragged Inuyasha's brother with her in hopes of sparing him the horror as well. They actually ended up near Kagome and Inuyasha's apartment building and had fully intended to go see their friends but Rin had noticed the tiny place and offered Sesshomaru coffee. Sesshomaru accepted but fully intended to be the one to pay for the coffee. She just didn't know yet. They had been there ever since and he ended up being more talkative than usual. His profession came up and he relayed an old case about a man whom after he helped win a multi-million dollar law suit decided he wasn't happy with just that and wanted more. When Sesshomaru refused to help him he tried taking 'him' to court. He of course lost.

He gave a graceful shrug. "It's not always like that. Usually I try to work cases involving actual victims. Not money hungry fools. However he had heard about my record with cases and wouldn't accept any of the other lawyers in my firm."

Rin frowned. "I hate people like that. Everyone seems to want more. When they get it they still aren't happy. That's why I do what I do. I do what I want and no one has the right to ask any more out of me."

Sesshomaru was really beginning to like this woman. Even if she was human. He could remember a time when he hated humans. He was so angry with his father for picking a human mate after his mother died. He actually didn't speak with him for quite some time. But when he met the woman he now considers his mother he found he was wrong. He didn't exactly apologize to his father, however. It just wasn't in his nature. But he did the closest thing possible. He accepted the human woman and the brother that came soon after on equal terms with himself. He respected his father's new mate and pounded his brother just like any normal family would have. Soon he began to realize this human that he turned away at first had become more of a mother to him than his actual demon mother.

Rin knew all of this. Some how she had gotten him to tell her everything. She had already showed she knew he was a demon and she didn't turn him away for it. When he asked about it she simply shrugged and told him that she had learned a long time ago not to judge over blood. She knew a lot of demons and had never met a bad one. To her, humans tended to be more evil. She also admitted she was growing to really like him. She blushed over her admission which he found totally cute. What was she doing to him?

He glanced at his watch and found it was nearly six in the morning. Where had all the time gone? Rin echoed his thoughts. "Oh my Gods, the sun is coming up!" He followed her gaze out of the window to see the light growing outside. His arm was suddenly being pulled across the table by Rin as she stared at his watch in horror. "Gods! I have class!" She looked again. "In one hour!"

Normally Sesshomaru wouldn't have allowed anyone to be touching him at all but in Rin's case he found himself regretting her realising his arm. He pulled it back to his side of the table. "I'll drive." His tone left no room for argument so Rin just nodded and followed him as he stood. She went to pay for the bill but he stopped her and insisted. "Think of it as me paying you back for your company." This took her by surprise enough for him to get the attention of the waitress and pay.

When all was said and done he led her back to the apartments where everything had started and opened her door for her. She stared at his car for a second. "Wow. And I thought my little Hundai was the epitome of riding in style." Epitome. He knew he liked this woman. She knew the big words! She slid in and allowed him to close the door for her. Rin on the other hand was just glad she took the bus instead of driving.

"Where am I headed?" Rin listed off the directions and Sesshomaru followed them. He ended up outside of a rather large house. "I thought you were in collage and worked at a dinner." He didn't mean anything by it but in all honesty how could she possibly afford a place like this? Even with Kagome and Sango's help it would be hell to pay for.

Rin grinned. "It's a big roommate situation. We help out girls that don't have any other place to go. We help them find jobs and get signed up for school. Kagome was actually one of the first girls we helped. When they get their jobs they pitch in for food and mortgage and such. It was actually Sango's house first. I moved in to help on rent and then Kagome... Soon it became a big thing." She was surprised this hadn't come up in earlier conversations. "There are eight of us all together without Kagome. We all have jobs and are all going to school." She was starting to ramble so she cut herself off. She had done enough of that for one night. "Well... Thanks for the ride and the company last night..." She opened the door and moved to exit but Sesshomaru caught her hand in his.

"Wait." He commanded. She stopped and looked at him. "Come to dinner with me tonight." He didn't make it a question and she didn't expect him to.

"I'd love to." She smiled. Satisfied with her answer, he released her. "Be here at seven." If he could avoid suggesting she was sure she'd get away with it.

She was right. He nodded. "Okay."

She grinned. "Good, See you then." She shut the door and took a few steps away from the car so he could back up without her getting in the way. He pulled away and she waved and smiled when he waved back. She watched his car go all the way around the corner with a silly smile on her face. "Crap!" She jumped and remembered school. She spun on heel and ran into the building.

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BANG BANG BANG! Inuyasha jumped awake. 'What the hell is going on?' His ears twitched and flattened themselves against his head. His hat had become crooked in his sleep and had fallen off when he jumped. He replaced it and turned towards the door. Some jackass was banging on it. He stood to get up but Kagome's legs on his lap stopped them. 'Oh yeah. We fell asleep.' He panicked for a second. She wasn't supposed to sleep at all!

Ignoring the banging he listened intently to just her. Her heart seemed to be beating normally and she was breathing evenly. She seemed to be sleeping only. 'Must be a heavy sleeper if that fucking banging isn't waking her.' He shifted and removed her legs from his lap before standing and stretching. Whoever woke him up could just fucking wait. He glanced back at Kagome's still form on his couch and smirked before moving towards the door.

"What the fuck do you want?!" He swung the door open to be greeted with an angry wolf.

"Why the hell is my woman in your house, dog shit?"

Inuyasha smirked. "Didn't she tell you? We're engaged?"




A/N: Yes, late. I sowwy! I'm hoping this answered some questions...

InuGoddess715 - Thankies! XD So how should I go about getting future chapters edited, should I just email them to you or something?

Nikkie23534 - ~grins~ She should! But sadly it's not a whole lot like her to go after someone unless it's Inuyasha. Though maybe I could have him have a little talk with Kagura about it... Hmmm...

A_Kuro_Inu - Hell yeah he's in love! ~snatches cookie~ SCORE! Aishiteru too!

Laramie - Hai... Well kinda... You'll see!

Yoshi_apple - I hope I further answered your question in this chapter... Yes, Inu and Sess-kun are half brothers. I thought it went a bit fast too so I'm gonna try to slow things down a little... I don't want Kagome and Inu to all in love all in the beginning. It'll take away from the larger plot of it all... Thanks for pointing out the speedy-ness.

Whorl - What can I say? Rin's got power over our Fluffy-kun. No, Kouga's mark isn't permanent. It's actually not even there, twas just a dream. Thanks!

Badgirl093 - I was hoping it would be enjoyable. A bit of a break from the drama that is Inu and Kag and the standstill relationship of Sango and Miroku.

Vengeful_vixen8613 - Thank you! I already have a Beta in mind but I will definitely check out your story!

Next up: Rin and Fluffy's date, Inuyasha and Kouga duke it out... Sorta... And Sango and Miroku are back... Chapter Seven - Coming to a computer screen near you! XD