InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Irony ❯ The Family ( Chapter 3 )

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Chapter 3

I don't own Inuyasha

Kagome felt strange while sitting in a limo that belonged to a total stranger. She didn't feel like Ikuto was a stranger, but this woman that she was sitting across from was a total stranger to her.

'It's okay Kagome.' She thought to herself. 'Why are you so nervous? Ikuto wouldn't let anything happen to you. Even if something did happen, Inuyasha would come for me…unless I was already dead. But even then, everyone would know what happened because I have a note by the phone saying where I went. Everything is okay. You'll be fine.'

"You seem awfully stressed. Is something the matter?" the woman said. "I know this must seem strange of me, picking you up and Ikuto asking you to fill in for Lari, but the wedding is tomorrow and you can see why I'm so desperate."

Kagome smiled and a sweat drop rolled down her forehead. "Well, it does seem kind of strange, but I do owe it to Ikuto."

The woman was very pretty. Her smile was warm and her face was soft, and you could see the love in her eyes for her fiancé. Her skin was pale and her hair was black, but she was exceptionally beautiful. "We're here."

When the limo stopped, Kagome's heart began to race. She didn't know why, but it was. She stepped out of the limo and gasped as she saw the very beautiful house in front of her. "Wow, this place is really something." It was as big as she had pictured it.

"Come on it Kagome. I bet Ikuto is fencing with his brother right now."

'Brother?' she thought. 'I forgot that he said it was his brother's wedding. This is his brother's house.' "What ever happened to their father? Why doesn't Ikuto live with him?"

The woman's cheery expression left. "Uh…Ikuto's parents died when he was only eight in a terrible fire. His brother had to take him in, as well as their father's company."

"Oh, I'm sorry." Kagome couldn't believe that she asked such a stupid question. She could remember her grandfather reading a newspaper, saying something about Ikuto's brother, and how he improved the company since his father's tragic death.

The door bell rang and a butler quickly came to the door. "Ah, Master Ikuto is expecting you." The man was short and old, and his tuxedo reminded Kagome of a penguin.

"Thank you Moneko."

Feudal Ear

Inuyasha was once again still waiting by the well. This time there were no followers because Inuyasha had found them, threatened them, and severely started beating on one of them. Inuyasha hated when Kagome was away and wished that she would come back. He was worried that she wasn't studying at all and was out with Ikuto. 'She wouldn't do that. She said she needed to study for her test. Why would she lie to me?' "Oh Kagome." 'If you don't come back by tonight, I swear I'm coming for you first thing in the morning.'

Present Time

Kagome was now alone, standing in the doorway of the fencing room where Ikuto and his brother was indeed fencing. She was enjoying watching the battle, since she knew no one was getting hurt, and didn't know who to cheer for, since they were both covered in the typical white fencing uniform and silver mask. The shorter one seemed to have the same shape as Ikuto, but she couldn't be sure.

"Ah!" yelled the shorter man as he fell to the ground.

"You lose" said the taller man as he pointed his sword at the other man "little brother." His voice was so cold that it literally sent a chill down Kagome's spine. He didn't show any sportsmanship by helping him up. He just took of his mask, revealing that he was the older brother and walked to the sword rack to put his sword away.

Ikuto pulled off his mask angrily. "One of these days."

"Maybe when I'm 108 and you are only 98, but other than that, you will always be my weaker little brother. I'd probably beat you then too."

"You'd be on a respirator!" Ikuto said angrily.

"And you'd be six feet under."

Kagome felt out of place while the two of them argued like they actually hated each other. It didn't sound like typical brother vs. brother stuff. It actually sounded like they would be happier if the other was dead. "Uh…hello."

Ikuto jumped to his feet. "Hi Kagome."

"Kagome huh?" replied the older brother. He began observing her closely, which made Kagome feel uncomfortable. "I think she can fit the dress."

"No duh. I could have told you that."

His eyes darkened. "Don't get smart Ikuto. You're the one who asked if Lari could be in the wedding and broke up with her three days before."

"Well, I've got a replacement, okay?"

'Wow' Kagome thought. 'They remind me of Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru. It's so sad that Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha hate each other, but Sesshoumaru's a demon. It's worse to see ordinary people like me fight and argue.'

"Sir!" yelled a man as he walked in. He was dressed in a nice black business suit with a blue tie. He was a strange looking man. He wasn't ugly, but appeared like the type of person that would wear on you nerves and he looked so small standing next to Ikuto's brother, who was 6'1.

"What is it, Jamon?"

"I need you to sign some papers so some final things could be arranged for tomorrow." He handed a clip board to Ikuto's brother and a pen.

Ikuto's brother looked at Ikuto harshly. "Well, don't you think you should see if she can fit the dress? Otherwise, she's got to have it altered."

"I'm going Suno, I'm going. Come on Kagome."

When they walked out of the room, Kagome desperately wanted to say something to break the ice. "Well, you and your brother look alike."

Ikuto grunted. "Thanks for the compliment."

Kagome could tell he didn't mean it. Ikuto obviously didn't like his brother at all and hated to be compared to him. They didn't look too much alike. They were both tall, had the same eye color, hair color, and proud look, but that was about it. Ikuto was darker than his brother and Suno's eyes weren't as bright. Their hair was the same length, but Ikuto's was much thicker than Suno's.

"So he's getting married?"

"Yeah" Ikuto sounded like it was a joke. "And he's getting a daughter in the process too."

"You don't think he'd be a good father?"

Ikuto hesitated to answer. "Well," he didn't answer. He just left it at that.

Feudal Era

"Inuyasha" said Shippo walking up to Inuyasha nervously. "I hope you're not angry with me still."

Inuyasha grabbed Shippo by his head and held him up in the air. "I thought I told you to leave me alone!"

"Ah! Please Inuyasha, I only wanted to ask you to please get Kagome! I miss her!"

Inuyasha threw Shippo on the ground. "Leave me alone Shippo!"

"But what about Kagome, Inuyasha? If you don't get her, then maybe she won't come back. She's not made at you. Just go get her."

Inuyasha was about to hit Shippo, but stopped himself and sighed. "Shippo?"

"Yes Inuyasha?"

Inuyasha growled and picked him up by his tail and began swinging him and threw him into the forest. "Nosy, stupid, little kid!" Inuyasha jumped down the well to go get Kagome.

Present Time

Kagome smiled when she walked out of the bathroom to see Ikuto in her new dress that was a perfect fit. "I love this dress! It's beautiful!" It was a dark blue dress that showed off her figure, even though she wasn't fully matured yet. It was simple, yet elegant.

"Yeah, well you can keep it after the wedding."

"I couldn't" stated Kagome.

"Sure you can. I just hope you don't mind the fact that four other girls will have the exact same thing in their closet."

She smiled. "This is really sweet of you, Ikuto."

"Well I owe you big for this."

"I owe you more for what you've done. You saved my life, Ikuto."

"Well" he shrugged his shoulders "don't mention it. It was more pure instinct than anything. I knew I was fast enough, without even really thinking about it. If it's not instinct, then I guess I'm a fool."

Kagome saw the same thing that Inuyasha had in his eyes every time when he looked at Kikyo, and heard the exact same thing in his voice when Inuyasha pushed her down the well and told her never to come back after their second encounter with Sesshoumaru. It was concern. It was compassion, and it was slowly becoming what she felt for Inuyasha; love.

"Have I seen you somewhere before…like before the whole truck thing?"

Kagome became a little nervous. "Uh…no. I've never seen you before in my life."

"But you're so familiar. I know I've seen you somewhere, Kagome."

She shook her head. "No. You must have me mistaken me for someone else." Kagome got a little annoyed. "I'm not like you're old girl friend, am I?" She was waiting for a yes and an "I hate your scent" comment or something like that.

"No, you're nothing like her. Maybe that's why I like…" he began to blush, but quickly covered his tracks before the naïve Kagome could realize it "are you sure that we haven't met before?"

Kagome began to feel uncomfortable, as he was starring at her. He wasn't checking her out, but was just starring into her eyes with a look that screamed his obvious emotions. Kagome didn't naturally figure out people's emotions as quickly as her friends could, but he was so obvious. "Uh…I think I should go home now, if you don't mind."

"Uh…sure." A frown began to creep upon his face. "It's getting kind of late in the day anyway. It's probably time for you to go home and eat dinner or something."

Kagome actually felt bad about leaving him all of the sudden. It was the same look Inuyasha had sometimes when she left. 'I can't stand how much a like these two are. They even act the same. I don't think I'm really anything like Kikyo, but the resemblance between Inuyasha and Ikuto is really starting to freak me out!'

"Hey" said a voice from down the hall. "I wanna see your new girlfriend!"

Kagome began to blush, as well as Ikuto. "She's not my girlfriend!" yelled Ikuto to this little girl who ran to him. "She's just a nice girl, okay kid?"

"Okay." She was adorable. The resemblance between her and her mother was uncanny, but she didn't posses all of the features of a young Japanese girl, so Kagome assumed that she wasn't completely Asian at all. "Isn't your name Kagome?"

"Yeah, it is."

"You know, I used to be lonely, even though I had my mommy. Me and my mommy were lonely, even though we had each other. But now, were not lonely anymore. Ikuto is still lonely though. Can you make him not lonely, please?"

Ikuto's eyes bucked, so he grabbed her and covered her mouth. "Forgive Rina! She doesn't know how to speak when she doesn't need to, so she speaks out a lot of nonsense."

Kagome smiled gently. 'I don't think its complete nonsense. He really is lonely, even though he's surrounded by all of these riches.'

When Kagome came home, she could already smell the dinner before she opened the door. 'That smells good. Mom must have really outdone herself. We must have company or something.' A chill went down her spine and she braced herself. 'Oh no, we have company?'

Kagome walked into the house and into the dinning room. "Hi" she said sheepishly when she saw Inuyasha sitting down, waiting for dinner to be ready and for her.

"Kagome!" he stood to his feet angry and upset. "I thought you had a test tomorrow and needed to study!"

"I do! I mean…I will! Well" she scratched her head. "I'm not going to school tomorrow."

"You're leaving again?" asked Souta.

"No. I know it's sudden, but I'm going to go to a wedding tomorrow."

Inuyasha's mouth dropped. "You're…a wedding? Tomorrow?"

"Yeah, so I can't come back with you Inuyasha. I've got to walk down with Ikuto tomorrow at the wedding so…"

"How could you do this, Kagome?" He crossed his arms and looked away. "So you're that easy, huh? I guess it really doesn't take much, does it?"

"What?" She was confused at first, but was slowly beginning to see what he meant. "Do you think I'm getting married? Ikuto's brother is you dummy!"

Inuyasha sighed in relief, but then became angry. "Well, you didn't have to lie to me about why you were going home!"

"I didn't! He called and asked me! I couldn't refuse him! He saved my life, and it's an extraordinary thing when you don't have demonic powers helping you every day!"

"So what are you trying to say?"

"I'm saying that you're a big, stupid idiot who needs to get a life! He needed me to do something, and I did it. I'll go back with you after the wedding, but not before it!"

"So, when will it be over?"

"Well, tomorrow is just a rehearsal breakfast and then the wedding is going to be in the evening. I won't be ready to go back until the day after tomorrow."

"But why such a long time?"

"I told you why!"

"Oh dear" said Kagome's mother.

Kagome grunted in frustration and walked out of the dinning room.

"Where are you going?"

"I'm going home, you big dummy!"

"I guess you feel pretty dumb, since you are home!"

"Then get out of my house!" Kagome walked back into the dinning room and grabbed Inuyasha by the arm and began pulling on him until he was outside.

"Where are you taking me?"

When Kagome and Inuyasha were outside, right by the tree where Kikyo had once sealed him, Kagome took a deep breath and yelled "Sit!"

Inuyasha gave out a loud cry as he was once again, taken down by her power. "Darn you Kagome!"

"Serves you right, Inuyasha! Nothing is going on between me and Ikuto! I don't need to prove myself to you Inuyasha, because I'm not yours either! Nothing is happening, okay?"

Inuyasha struggled to get out of his imprint. "Well, then prove it anyway?"

"Prove it how? Do you want me to bring him here and have him tell you himself?"

"Yeah, I would!"

"Then he'd probably want to know why you have silver hair, fangs, and claws. Inuyasha, you're going to have to have a little more trust in me. I'm aloud to have friends okay? I should be aloud to do favors for my male and female friends."

Inuyasha crossed his arms stubbornly. "Yeah right, you just don't want me to interfere on your wedding day."

Kagome began to shake with rage. "Sit!"

"Ah!"

"Sit!"

"Ah!"

"Sit!"

"Ahhhhhh!"

"It's his older brother's wedding, you big dope!" Kagome stomped off back into her house; angry that Inuyasha would suggest that she would do something like getting married to someone she had only known for two days. She didn't have any feelings for Ikuto, even though he had feelings for her.

To be continued….

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