InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Insert Code ❯ Insert Code 2 ( Chapter 2 )

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Summary: Her marriage is falling apart while her obsession with diamonds persists. But there is a problem with the safe, what will these complications bring her? 

 

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Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha, blah, blah. Bottom line is I'm doing this for fun, not for money. 

 

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A/N: Thank you kokoronagomufor the review, I'm ever so grateful :) I only wanted to clarify that Kagome is just keeping her jewelry safe, she's just too found of her diamonds to keep them in her house anymore :D

 

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“Are you completely inapt?”

 

Oh, this was so normal - something to be expected of Sesshomaru to say, but this time Inuyasha actually felt bad.

 

“I told you, I have no idea what happened. I could have sworn I put it in the safe like you told me to,” the younger brother all but whined, scratching his head in confusion. How had this happened? How had he lost Sesshomaru's engagement ring meant for Kagura? He was supposed to take good care of it and ensure its safety until the trip to Sweden the couple would go on, so Sesshomaru could ask her to be his wife. This was certainly not good news.

 

“That was a very expensive diamond ring designed especially for her,” Sesshomaru said and Inuyasha almost rolled his eyes - he'd heard this so many times. “I cannot have another one just like that made for her, so you had better find it, or else I shall make sure you will not be able to walk or talk or do anything that is precious to you for the rest of your life.”

 

Inuyasha's hand unconsciously went to his neck, he knew what Sesshomaru was capable of, especially when it came to him.

 

Man, I really wish he loved me right now.

 

But there was still the mystery of the ring. Where had it gone to? It couldn't have vanished. And he remembered distinctively putting it in the safe. He had put it there. Or hadn't he?

 

This is so frustrating.

 

His room was a mess now; he'd searched in every corner. His office wasn't so good-looking either, and it frustrated him to no end that he just couldn't find the damn piece of jewelry.

 

I'm going to die.

 

Whatever Sesshomaru had in mind for him if he didn't find the ring was surely worse than death. He remembered that time when Sesshomaru had decided to play knives with him, the kitchen had been a good weapon-provider. Inuyasha had been merely six years old, but his brother had apparently decided to teach him how to fight for his life. For real.

 

I'm reaaally going to die.

 

Ever since, Sesshomaru had done nothing else but express his amusement and enjoyment every time they fought, it was like a sport for him. Inuyasha was weaker than the older brother, he was aware of this, and that was why he didn't particularly like fighting Sesshomaru. He just wanted a break for a change.

 

Motherfucker.

 

But where was the ring? The Ring. The one for Kagura.

 

Honestly, Inuyasha didn't understand how come Kagura stood by the asshole. She was very stylish and all that, he could tell, there was no way she loved Sesshomaru…

 

… was there?

 

Still, he's going to ask her to marry him and she's going to say yes. That's pretty obvious.

 

He didn't feel jealous in the least, just pitied Kagura to the extreme.

 

Time to search for the damn ring some more.

 

And it never occurred to him that someone might have taken it out of his safe, not for just a second.

 

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Kagome was confused. Here she was, holding this amazing, incredible ring with her lips parted, letting air escape her throat in small puffs of air. She'd noticed something strange for a while, but she'd tried to make nothing of it. Her diamonds were always safe at the deep end of the safe, nothing ever happened to them, but strange things would start appearing in her safe for time to time, and disappear after a little while, making her wonder if she'd dreamed it.

 

But now she knew it wasn't a dream as she looked at the diamond ring she had on her middle finger. It was a bit large for her ring finger, so she had to resort to wearing it on a thicker one to make sure it didn't fell.

 

Maybe she should speak with those responsible for the safety of her things, but somehow she didn't want to return this. She wouldn't call it stealing, no, it was just that someone had given her this great opportunity.

 

They could take all her jewels for all they wanted, she didn't care. Not when she had this amazing ring. Not when her heart beat faster, wilder. Kouga would never give her so much money as to buy something like this. She could own it only if she sold many of her other diamonds.

 

Hopefully, the true owner wouldn't notice.

 

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Inuyasha went to check for a second time. Maybe he'd left it further into the safe, where he couldn't see it. Maybe he was being paranoid. Perhaps the ring was still there.

 

Let it be here.

 

He walked up to safe number 45, inserted the code he now knew by heart, and opened it slowly, anticipation making his skin crawl. It had to be there, he decided.

 

He closed his eyes for good luck and thrust his hand inside. There was a small break in time as it stopped entirely when he felt something resembling a jewelry box in his hand.

 

Incredible.

 

He pulled it out, so glad he'd found the red jewelry box. But when light settled on it, he realized something was right. The box… it was black. Funny, he remembered it being red.

 

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“Kaguya, darling,” Kagome greeted with a wide smile, rising from her seat at the café to hug her best friend. They hadn't seen each other in over three months, it was such a shame. Now was the best opportunity for them to catch up with the latest gossips, the latest juicy details of each other's generally interesting lives.

 

“So, how's the man?” the older, taller woman asked curiously. Ookami Kagome's life was never ever boring; she had tons of people admiring her fashion sense and personal style. And, of course, everyone knew about her weakness for everything diamonds-related. It was all so glamorous. Kaguya knew best, she was part of this world.

 

“Well, I guess he's with some young chick right now,” Kagome replied with a smile, something that always amazed Kaguya.

 

“Jeez, honeysugar, you're the best. You know how I like these kinds of twisted relationships, I'm all excited right now. So tell me, is there anything else I should know?”

 

Kagome's eyes turned to the side and Kaguya followed her gaze to appreciate the obviously muscular body of the bald, but incredibly sexy waiter smiling down at them.

 

“I see the other lovely lady has come,” he told Kagome with a warm, familiar smile. Were they friends?

 

“Yes, Renkotsu. Now you can take our order,” the married woman replied, never taking her eyes off his.

 

“Here's the menu,” he said, winking almost unnoticeably. But nothing ever escaped the eagle eyes of Hirota Kaguya.

 

“Thank you,” Kagome replied smoothly, with deliberately seductive words that rolled off her tongue smoothly.

 

As soon as he was out of sight, Kaguya expressed her gaping awe. “Are you cheating on Kouga?”

 

Kagome smirked, “No need to. I don't need men right now. For some reason, I don't feel sexually frustrated at all.” She was so weird. But Kaguya had always known this. Kagome had had an odd spark to her ever since she was a teenager.

 

“But he was so delicious,” the slightly older woman complained, her mind still enveloped in the waiter's exquisite smell. He was beyond amazing.

 

“I know, he's asked me to go on a date with him countless times, but I always said no. He still doesn't get it,” Kagome said with a friendly smile.

 

“Maybe if you didn't act so damn flirty with him he'd get the damn point,” the other argued, mirroring her smile.

 

“Yeah, yeah.”

 

Renkotsu appeared beside them, asking if they'd decided what to take. Kaguya was hard-pressed not to say “You” but she kept her mouth shut this time. Instead, she ordered a chocolate soufflé and lemonade, while Kagome opted for an exotic fruit salad and an ice frappe.

 

“Anything else?”

 

Kaguya still wanted to say You, but once again refrained from such boldness.

 

“I saw that look,” Kagome commented right after Renkotsu's retreat. “It screamed, `I want to fuck you'. Don't you think so?”

 

She was taunting her, the little vixen, but Kaguya wouldn't let Kagome get the best of her. “You're just jealous.”

 

“Jealous?” Kagome waved her off. “Honey, if I wanted, I'd be under this guy in a flash. Or on top,” she said with a cocky smirk, the one Kagome always wore when she was this self-confident. There was no way Kaguya could argue, the married woman was right.

 

“Why are you so damn faithful?” She was ticked off, she really was. The fact that she'd never had a true relationship wasn't something that disturbed her greatly, but to see her best friend refraining from doing sexual things with amazing guys - such as Renkotsu - really pissed her off.

 

“Why shouldn't I be?” Kagome replied. Yes, why should she cheat on Kouga? Just because he did it? If she wanted sex, then she'd easily have it from her husband, but she didn't. It wasn't something she needed. It was bad enough when Kouga wanted it from her.

 

Changing the subject, Kagome showed Kaguya her middle finger adorned with her latest `conquest'.

 

Kaguya's mouth dropped open. “The girls are gonna shit a brick,” she said after a close inspection. Kagome wouldn't even take it off her finger to show it to her, she was that possessive of this one. And she had every reason to be.

 

“I hope they will,” Kagome said smugly, the corners of her lips tilting skywards. Oh, she was so proud. “Aren't I fabulous?” And oh, so modest.

 

“Kouga must love you very much. You should worship him,” she said with profound astonishment, still baffled at seeing such an amazing - and surely expensive - piece of art.

 

“Kouga didn't give this to me,” Kagome said casually, admiring the ring herself. She honestly couldn't get enough of it and doubted she ever will.

 

“Come again?”

 

The married woman smiled. “I found it.”

 

It was all Kaguya could do not to faint.

 

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So it wasn't red. The jewel box was black instead, even though it coincidentally looked exactly like the red one. At the moment, he didn't think to look inside it, but fished his phone out of his pocket to call his brother.

 

“Bastard, I need you to answer a question,” he said politely.

 

“Shoot. Yourself, preferably,” Sesshomaru said, and Inuyasha had the impression it wasn't a joke.

 

“Was the box red or black?”

 

“The box?” the older brother was confused, and it was obvious through the cell phone.

 

“You know, the one with the ring in it.”

 

“As red as your blood,” he answered morbidly, making Inuyasha cringe in remembrance of all the times Sesshomaru had seen his blood. He hung up quickly, before Sesshomaru got any creative ideas that usually stemmed from their conversations.

 

Sighing, he finally opened the box instinctively, and his eyes widened when he was more than one piece of jewelry inside. How had they fit in such a small box? And…

 

Whose are these?

 

Had he switched jewelry boxes with someone?

 

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“The skies must love you very much,” Kaguya commented grouchily, unable to understand the concept. How often did one find such a precious, beautiful, breathtaking thing on the streets? Never.

 

“Yes, I must be God's pretty, beloved child,” Kagome added with a twisted sense of humor, knowing Kaguya's Buddhist religion.

 

“Keh!” the older woman exclaimed, crossing her arms over her chest.

 

“Huh?” Kagome was confused, what had Kaguya said? That was a pretty strange sound, so she started giggling. “That was so funny. Keh, eh?”

 

“Sorry,” Kaguya blushed. “My… boyfriend of sorts keeps saying that all the time and it sort of rubbed off on me.

 

“Keh?” Kagome tested it on her lips, “Keh. It sounds interesting. Keh… Keh!” She giggled as Kaguya pouted.

 

“Stop saying it so much, it doesn't sound good coming from you!”

 

But Kagome's girlish giggles only stopped when she processed what she'd been told. “Boyfriend? You have a boyfriend? How did that happen?” She leaned slightly towards Kaguya, expressing her vivid interest. Someone who could manage to have Kaguya faithful to them was surely someone notable.

 

“Oh, he's not a boyfriend boyfriend. It's certainly not an exclusive relationship, thought sometimes I wish it were,” Kaguya told her dismissively, waving her hand erratically like she did whenever she was nervous.

 

“So he wanted a non-exclusive one?” Kaguya nodded. “And you were okay with it?”

 

“Aren't I always?”

 

“Yes, you are. But if you want him for good, shouldn't you tell him this?” Kagome asked.

 

“Neah, it's good like this. I don't wanna mess things up, you know?”

 

“Okay, babygirl, but don't come crying to me afterwards. So, tell me the juicy details,” Kagome urged with twinkling eyes.

 

“Well, first it's about his eyes, and then…”

 

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“You should see for yourself how he kisses…” Kaguya said dreamily.

 

“Wow, from what you're telling me this man is a sex god,” Kagome concluded, interested in the person Kaguya was describing. Kaguya was never serious about men, but it seemed like this one had caught her complete attention.

 

“Oh, he's better than that I just wish I was his only one so that people would envy me,” she disclosed, and Kagome realized she'd known it all along. She'd known that Kaguya didn't love him, but was only possessive. She wanted people to be jealous of her for having such a fine male specimen wrapped around her fingers.

 

“Don't fret, babygirl, I'm sure he'll always come back to you.”

 

“Oh, I'm his favorite, that much I know, but I want more from him. Too bad he can't give it,” Kaguya said with a shrug. It didn't hurt her, but it was heavily frustrating.

 

“Maybe I'll meet him someday,” Kagome offered, truly curious.

 

“Yeah, it would be nice. We live together, did I tell you that?”

 

“No!” Kagome's eyes widened.

 

“Yeah, but he doesn't always come home and I don't always do it, either. Neither of us gets upset over it, it's not like we're married or something.”

 

Silence reigned over them for a few seconds until Kaguya suggested,

 

“Why don't you come by tomorrow?”