InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Learning to Trust ❯ Encounters ( Chapter 2 )

Inuyasha growled as he sped up, following the trail of his wayward bitch and Sango, who had just been joined by his brother. Of all people, he just had to have his brother involved. He knew Miroku was tailing him, but he wouldn't catch up in time to stop Inuyasha from taking the hanyou back.

 

Kagome.

 

Nani?

 

Kagome is her name. Sango called her Kagome.

 

“Kagome,” he said softly, testing it on his tongue. He sighed. He definitely couldn't call her Kagome in a vicious manner. Such a pretty name deserved a loving caress from his voice. It definitely didn't deserve anger.

 

Well, things are officially screwed up. Sesshomaru is involved now, so it's definitely going to reach Mother and the old man, and I know all three have been wanting to confront me for months. Over a stupid, worthless,

 

…beautiful, caring…

 

…weak, ugly…

 

…my mate…

 

…hanyou.

 

Inuyasha shook his head, trying to clear the two random voices from it. Sure, within a week he had known he couldn't kill the girl. Even hitting her didn't bring as much pleasure as it had before. Of course he took pleasure from grinding her hot ass, but lately he'd wanted to do more that just screw.

 

Her lips called him. He wanted to caress them gently with his own, maybe touch her breasts. Caress her soft stomach, feed her and watch her full lips close on his fingers and watch the pleasure she would take from the food and from his skilled hands. Hold her close to his chest and never let her go. But those were obviously signs of weakness and possibly affection, which he couldn't afford her thinking he possessed for her. She was hanyou, and therefore didn't deserve affection. She probably didn't even deserve to be screwed by him.

 

Then there were the times when she would cry and whimper when he struck her, and he would feel like the lowest being on earth. Her eyes would beg him, plead him, though she had never spoken since he claimed her, and the only sounds she made were whimpers and keens, less than happy noises. Of course he knew she was unhappy.

 

Her scent tantalized him before, but the new hint it took was mouthwatering. It had taken him several days to figure out what it was. He was so stunned that he couldn't think of any way to react to her. He stopped beating her as soon as he realized, and was, without thinking, rearranging furniture so that she wouldn't trip and possibly hurt herself. His most daring change was to line one of the baskets with a blanket and some padding, placing it on top of the stack, so that it was the one she grabbed when she curled up at night.

 

He wanted so badly to put her in his bed, preferably with him there too. He heard from newly mated youkai that the most amazing thing they ever felt, aside from making love, was cuddling with their just pregnant mates.

 

He obviously couldn't do those things with the hanyou. With Kagome.

 

Inuyasha sighed as he reached the end of the tunnel. It looked over a castle, where his parents and brother lived. His prey had made it inside. And hell was about to be raised.

 

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“You expect us to just give you back this girl to do as you wish, Inuyasha?” the bite in his mother's statement made him wince.

 

“She is mine, Mother. Even more now that she is carrying my pup. I'm taking her home, now.”

 

“You will not.” Inuyasha shot a glare at his brother, who had just joined Inuyasha and their parents.

 

“Who said you control what I do with my bitch?” he snarled.

 

“Inuyasha, I saw her too. From the condition she's in, I would say that we get a say in how she is taken care of. No mother of a pup of this house should have to fear for her safety.” Inuyasha's father said, a reprimand apparent in his voice.

 

“To hell with it. She's mine, so she's coming home with me. Where is she?”

 

“With Rin, where she is staying.” Inuyasha rounded on his brother.

 

“Why is my bitch with your mate?”

 

Sesshomaru growled. “Because you refuse to acknowledge your mate.”

 

He laughed. “I have no mate. That chit is just a temporary distraction.” Inuyasha realized his mistake before his mouth was closed.

 

Izayoi walked out without a glance. Both Toga and Sesshomaru cracked their knuckles.

 

“I'm tempted to take punishment on your flesh, Inuyasha.” Toga growled.

 

Inuyasha frantically tried to save some sort of face before both his brother and father laid into him. “She's only hanyou. What do they deserve?”

 

Sesshomaru growled and the next thing Inuyasha knew he was slammed into the wall, Sesshomaru's claws digging into his throat.

 

“My pup is hanyou, bastard. You would hurt and kill your own nephew?”

 

Inuyasha sputtered and stared. “What? But, Rin…”

 

His father sighed. “Rin is human, Inuyasha. Just so you know, Sesshomaru courted her and asked before marking her. I cannot say that your process was so honorable.”

 

Inuyasha wheezed slightly, as Sesshomaru's hand began to cut off his windpipe. It didn't loosen.

 

“I gave her a choice, old man.”

 

“Torture and death, or a life of mistreatment. That's not a choice!”

 

Sesshomaru's other fist slammed into Inuyasha's face and he was thrown to the side, over a couch.

 

“Sango tells me that she was afraid to show herself to other youkai. She hid. She was also afraid to put on anything other than an old, bloody, short kimono. There were injuries, Inuyasha! Bruises that were old and lasting. You would even strike a bitch pregnant with your pup. I refuse to acknowledge you as my brother.” Sesshomaru seethed. “All you gave her was meat. Hanyou can't live on that, especially if youkai can't.”

 

Sesshomaru abruptly stopped his tirade and turned to face his father, his back uncomfortably straight.

 

“I will take charge of Inuyasha's mate until he shows he is able to care.”

 

The other youkai just nodded and motioned for Sesshomaru to go. Without a backward glance the older brother left.

 

The old youkai sighed wearily and rubbed his temples.

 

“You are responsible for the torture and death of the three hanyou who entered our territory?”

 

Inuyasha nodded.

 

“Follow me.”

 

Inuyasha stood and followed his father. He was fairly certain of where he was going.

 

To his surprise they passed the corridor to the dungeons and continued to the area where the main family lived. Toga opened the first room and motioned for Inuyasha to enter.

 

“Your new residence. Food will be brought to you. You are, under no circumstances, to leave this room. Any guests will be passed through me. Try not to make too much noise, there are other people living nearby.” Toga slid closed the door and Inuyasha felt a spell come into place on the door, and his father's footsteps receding.

 

Inuyasha looked around the room in dismay. There was a futon, a table with writing utensils, and a small cabinet where there were three books. Off to the left was a door that he discovered contained a bathroom and bathing room. But that was it. He checked the drawers under the shelf of books and found they contained simple yukata.

 

His ears perked as he heard soft footsteps and female voices coming down the hall.

 

“-the baths are wonderful, so nice and hot, it'll be wonderful Kagome, trust me.”

 

“Hai, Rin.”

 

“Isn't the castle beautiful? I love living here.”

 

“It is very pretty.”

 

“Oh, of course. Then again it is not as much fun when I have to walk everywhere big and pregnant. But Sesshy is such an adorable koinu around me that it isn't so bad.”

 

“Oh.”

 

“I'm so sorry, Kagome. I completely forgot.”

 

“It's nothi-,” she gasped. Inuyasha had moved as close as he could to the door without getting shocked by the spell. He also heard the soft whine that Kagome emitted, just on the other side of the door.

 

“Kagome, what's wrong? I don't think there's anyone in there.” He heard someone move towards the door, and he could tell Rin was about to open the door.

 

He decided to stop his brother's mate and try to calm his own. “Kagome?” he called out.

 

He heard another gasp and the keening got louder.

 

“I'm here now. My father decided to keep a closer eye on me for a while. Don't worry, I can't get out.” He stared at the sliding door, imagining that he could see her on the other side.

 

“I'm sorry,” He said softly.

 

“You-you smell like blood.” He heard her say.

 

He smiled. “Sesshomaru isn't happy with me. Nothing permanent, but I wasn't paying attention.”

 

He slid down the wall and looked out through the white cloth that blocked his view of his mate. He knew that she was close enough that he could take her into his arms without getting up, if it weren't for the door and the spell. He watched one panel that darkened in the shape of fingertips and was pressed inwards. He reached out carefully, and touched the fingertips. For a split second he could feel Kagome, then it was cut off as he heard her jerk away and run down the hall, Rin following.

 

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After a week, Inuyasha was ready to burst out, even if it brought down the rage of the household. The only thing even moderately interesting were the books, of which two were in Chinese, and the other was the diary of one of the ladies who had once lived in the royal palace in Kyoto. Her biggest concern was fashion and the gossip of her ladies. While this had been moderately interesting for around five minutes, Inuyasha was quickly bored and spent most of his time lying around or pacing.

 

The only people he ever heard come down the corridor after his meeting with Kagome was the man who brought him food and his father.

 

He couldn't tell which was the hardest time. During the day he was used to moving about and running or just feeling sun and wind on his face. The only light in his room was the small amount that filtered through the screen door in the front. At night, he was often lonely, and was never tired enough to sleep. So he lay awake in the darkness, aching for company from anyone.

 

That night was just like the nights that had preceded it. Inuyasha was making a mental note to ask his father when he would get out of the damn room. He was slowly going insane.

 

He was about to drift off into boredom-induced sleep when he heard soft footsteps pad down the hallway towards him. He lay still, certain someone was just going down for a snack or something. He glanced at the door when the steps stopped at his door. He heard something settle right next to the wall, and then there was nothing.

 

Curiosity overcame boredom. He shifted off the futon as quietly as possible and crept toward the door. When he knelt down he heard soft breathing. It sounded as thought the person was asleep. He had raised his hand to rap when he heard mumbling from the other side of the door.

 

“Inuyasha.”

 

Inuyasha sat bolt upright. It's Kagome.

 

He slowly relaxed and lay back against the door. He could almost feel her leaning against him. At one point she shifted so that her face lay pressed against one of the white cloth barriers of the door. He stared at it for an hour, too scared to touch her should she wake and take fright. Eventually curiosity won out and he gently ran a knuckle from her cheekbone down her jaw line. He could only feel the outline of her face, not the actual warmth and softness of her skin. However, she smiled and, he supposed in effort to nuzzle closer, mover her face away from the screen.

 

The walls around him were lightening when he finally fell to sleep. It felt like he had only closed his eyes, but when he woke he reeled from the change of position. At some point during his sleep someone had come in and moved him to the futon.

 

Inuyasha blinked his bleary eyes and looked forward, knowing that he would see the same white walls and light doors. To his great surprise, one of said doors was open.

 

However, his eyes started sliding shut again and he decided to figure out the doors later, when he was rested. He lay back down, and snuggled the warm body in his arms. It shifted slightly and he grinned, nuzzled her hair, and went back to sleep.

 

Inuyasha's father chuckled quietly. His son always had been interesting when he was half awake. The youkai had thought that Inuyasha would have made multiple escape attempts before this point, but apparently he held out.

 

Maybe he's matured.

 

He was thrown from his musings when the hanyou in Inuyasha's arms stirred. She blinked, and looked around. He watched as she went from looking at the wall to looking straight down, presumably at where his son's arms were locked around her. If she hadn't been awake before, she was now.

 

The scream that followed was expected by Inuyasha's father, but not by Inuyasha. He immediately roused and began looking around blearily, trying to figure out where the noise was coming from. Kagome started pushing on him, and it seemed like only a matter of seconds before she unleashed claws.

 

Inuyasha looked down and appeared to wake up fully when his eyes met Kagome's. He released her so fast and she ran so fast the amused youkai watching it all was amazed that neither suffered whiplash.

 

“Before you accuse each other or start a fight,” he said loudly, effectively causing both to jump and spin to look at him. “I was the one who put you both back into bed. It's not healthy to sleep against doors, you two. If you really wanted to be together, you could have asked.”

 

Inuyasha blushed, and Kagome backed into the wall. “I'm sorry.” She whispered softly. “I won't do it again.” Both men turned to her and she winced and tried to sink as far into the floor as possible. Inuyasha growled and reached out for her. She whimpered, and her eyes darted around frantically. Toga suspected she might run for it and got to his feet, but Kagome was long gone, Inuyasha in pursuit. He sighed heavily, and calmly exited the room, closing it behind him.

 

Kagome ran for her room, trying to lose the youkai in pursuit. She barely managed to open and slam the sliding door before he grabbed her. He bounced off the suddenly closed door and growled, throwing it open and scanning the room for the wayward hanyou girl. She wasn't in plain sight. He sighed.

 

“Kagome!” he called out. “You don't need to hide. I'm not gonna hurt ya.” He walked around the room a few times, not really looking hard because he knew she couldn't get out without him knowing. Finally he groaned and sank down on the floor near the center of the room.

 

“Please come out?” he asked, but there was no response. “Come on, girl, there's no need to hide. I can't tell where you are because your smell is everywhere. I always could search for your breathing, then I'd find you.”

 

He turned sharply when he heard a soft whimper from behind him. He slowly crept towards it, noting that he was approaching what looked to be a decent sized closet. There were closets all over the room, but this one looked big enough to hide in.

 

Inuyasha stopped and sat down a few feet away from the door. He could hear breathing and shuffling from inside. She was there.

 

“Come on, Kagome,” he coaxed. “You can come out. I won't hurt you, I won't do anything, I promise, just come out.”

 

He didn't think it would actually work, but he was surprised when the closet door slid open slightly and he saw one of her grey eyes gazing out at him.

 

“Good girl, Kagome,” he whispered, “just a little more.” She opened it a little further, and watched him warily, her soft eyes wide with fear and her neko ears pressed against her scalp. He opened his arms encouragingly, and she seemed to lose a little bit of her fear and crawled closer. He continued coaxing and encouraging her, hoping that she would trust him at some point.

 

She was less than a foot away, and looking straight at him.

 

“Inuyasha,” she said quietly. He watched her and nodded, letting a rare smile grace his lips.

 

The next thing he knew he was flat on his back with a clingy neko attacking his neck with kisses. He stroked her hair and back, wrapping his arms around her and holding her close.

 

“Good girl,” he whispered, “good girl.”

 

She purred loudly, wrapped one arm around her belly. He hesitantly copied her, then switched their position so that she sat on his lap, her back to his chest and his arms protectively around her stomach.

 

After a few minutes of cuddling he loosened one arm and trapped one of her ears with his knuckles. He rubbed his knuckles together, thereby rubbing her ear without scratching it with his nails. She purred again, and he brought his other arm up to play with her neglected ear.

 

This was the position they were in when Toga came in. He smiled at the two youngsters, who immediately blushed, though his son did not release the young hanyou girl.

 

“Inuyasha,” his father said, causing the youkai to turn and look at him.

 

“While I am willing to forgive your chasing your mate, you are not released from confinement. Your mate may join you, but you are to return to your room.”

 

Inuyasha glared and growled, making the girl on his lap fidget and lower her ears again. His father glared right back. Inuyasha stood, knocking the girl out of his lap and proceeded to stalk from the room.

 

I should be updating soon.-Akihana