InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Immortalized ❯ Baka ( Chapter 8 )

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#8: Baka

I am an utter fool, he thinks to himself. This must in fact be true, he reasons, because not only has he not killed the human wench his half-brother used to drag around centuries ago, he is actually leading her through the night streets of Osaka with every intention of his home being their final destination. His face is impassive, as usual, but underneath there is a flurry of thoughts and feelings and several creative expletives shifting about. He does not know what possessed him to invite her - to insist that she accompany him - to his apartment. He only knows that when he first recognized her, felt his face matching her expression of stunned disbelief, a need to make her stay gripped him. He smothered it well, of course; centuries of practice and effort kept his face smooth. He does not know what possessed her to agree to come with him. Perhaps it was something in the tone of his voice. Perhaps she was bored, or curious, or something.

She is irritatingly skittish, balking at his suggestion that he call for a taxi, refusing his offer of an early breakfast, jumping at the sounds of horns and brakes as the city begins to stir. Tension radiates from her, though they now walk in silence. The last time they saw each other, of course, they had been wary allies. That was more than five hundred years ago, though. She is undeniably human - how could she be walking with him, here in the 21st century, when he had known her in the Warring States Era? He would have answers, he decided. Once he had her secured in his home, he would interrogate her thoroughly.

No matter what answers he receives - he knows he will still be a fool.


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