InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Little Stone of Secrets ❯ Chapter 8

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

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“This is ridiculous, my house could fit into yours, twice!” I complained, holding the handkerchief to my forehead, as he pulled through the gate and parked. “And good god look at your yard, it’s huge!” Sesshomaru’s home was a large single story ranch style house.

Sesshomaru silently ushered me into his house, and told me to sit on large leather couch that sat in the middle of his living room. I watched him disappear down a hall, and I let out a breath, I hadn’t realized I had been holding. The walls where a painted a clean white, and all the furniture, from what I could see was leather. “Can you say bachelor pad, much.” I murmured to myself as I looked at one of the book shelves filled with medical books, different books on law, plus a surprisingly good collections of the classics. I took my jacket off, laid it on the arm of the couch before walking over to stare at one of the paintings that where hanging on the wall.

Sesshomaru walked back into the room, and gestured for me to sit back down, “It’s called ‘Starry Night’ it was originally painted by…”

“Van Gogh, I know.” I sat back on the couch. “It’s one of my favorite paintings. One of the benefits of having a best friend, majoring in fine art I guess. You could say.”

“Hn.” He gently dapped the blood off from my forehead, and inspected it. “It’s not bad. It just happens that head wounds happen to be the biggest bleeders.”

It was becoming harder to breath, with his breath caressing my face. “That’s….. That’s good right? That means ya can just slap a band aid on it, and call it good, right?”

“Hardly, it is going to require stitches. If it heals properly it will leave you with a paper thin scar or… ” His thumb absent mindedly traced the edge of the cut.

“Or?”

“Are you aware that Inu Youki‘s saliva carries healing properties?”

My face fell. “You’re going to lick me?” I asked dryly. “Ya know what I think? I‘m fine I‘ll just use some super glue. I‘ll be good as new, but thanks for everything!” I grabbed my coat, and booked it for the door. I gasped as he grabbed me by the wrist, and turned me around pinning me to the door with his body.

“I‘m not letting you run away any more Kagome.” He hooked his finger under my chin, forcing me to look up at him. “You don‘t need to be afraid of me!”

Those where the exact words he said to me in my dream. My cheeks flushed bright red. “That’s what I‘m afraid of!” I yelled out loud enough to know for sure his sensitive ears would be ringing. I hissed at the weird sensation of the feeling of Sesshomaru tongue as it slowly ran over my cut. My knees gave buckled as he ran it over it another time. Thankfully, my body was already pinned to the door, so I didn’t fall face first onto the floor again.

“Are you alright?” He asked as he wrapped his arm around to help support me, as he moved off of me to give me some space.

“Uh huh, water please!” He helped me back to the couch before popping into the kitchen, returning with the bottle of water. “Thanks” I opened it, and took a long swig trying to get my throat not to be so uncomfortably dry.

He handed me a mirror. “It’s gone.”

I snatched the mirror out of his hand to inspect my forehead, and gasped in surprise. “Dude that’s fricken awesome they should bottle and sell that stuff.”

“Or not” He replied coldly.

“Yah, on second thought, I could see how that would be a little awkward for everyone involved.” I sat the mirror back on the table. “Thank you for your help.”

He snorted as he crossed his arms before he leaned back into the couch. “It’s a pity really. I had intimidated some random kid to sit next to the little nerd friend of yours, so you would have had to either sit next to me or Kagura. It would have been amusing to watch you squirm.”

“Jeez… Just when I was going to tell you what a good guy you where being.” I pulled my feet up under me on the couch, and turned so I could see him better.

“Don‘t assume I‘m a good person like you, Kagome.”

“Hardly! Any ways can I ask you a question?”

“Do you have any idea how annoying it is, when someone asks you if they can ask a question?” He ran his fingers through his hair, then smirked and turned his head a bit more toward me. “Alright though, quid pro quo. It’s Latin for 'something for something‘. I answer a question for you, and in return you answer a question for me.”

“Why Sesshomaru how very Hannibal Lector of you, I like it, alright.” I took another drink of my water. “I get to go first, where the hell did you come from today? One moment I‘m getting knocked to the ground, and the next instant you have Onigumo pinned to the wall!”

“I‘m not sure, one moment, I was waiting for you to come in the class room, so I can get my revenge on you for ignoring me all last week. When the scent of your blood hit me, the next thing I know I was bending beside you in the hallway.”

“Interesting” I cringed as I felt my coat pocket vibrating away madly. “One sec!” I flipped open my cell, and cringed at the blinking message informing me I had seven new voice mails. ‘Just great!’ Sango and Shippo had both called, and the rest were from Inu Yasha and Jakotsu. Apparently they had all heard what had happened, and wanted to know where the hell I was. God, I was not up for playing fifty questions with them so I sent a mass text to all four of them.

~I’m fine, really! I’m just taking a break, so I’ll talk to you later! - Kag

New text message:

~Bullshit. Shippo said the bastard hauled you off, and that you where bleeding - Inu

~U know I hate it when u text me back instead of call!!! - Jak

~Going to get some real life dream action ^_~ take pics! Not really though how many times have I told you to mind your own business!!! - Sango

My cheeks turned bright red as I snapped the phone shut, and set it on the coffee table. I turned my attention back to the man in front of me.

He took another drink of his own water. “Dream action?”

“There’s no fucking way you could read that from over there!”

He chuckled. “Your right, but you’ve already asked your question.”

“That’s annoying!”

“Hn, it’s my turn however, so you live with your aunt, where are your parents?”

“Well you certainly don’t beat around the bush, do ya? I don‘t know where my sperm donor is, and my aunt Keade is who I’ve considered my mother for as long as I can remember. Next, where are yours?”

“Last time I talked to my father he was in Washington D.C. I believe. Next” he left no room for arguing with his eye’s pinning me. “Is your mother dying, why you ended you relationship with Bankotsu?”

The little light bulb flickered on in my head. “Aaww you‘ve been talking with Bank haven’t you, well for the sake of argument, why not.”

“This little game holds no interest for me if you’re not going to answer honestly.” He said in a bored tone.

There was inner turmoil going on inside of me. Part of me wanted to tell him the truth, but the other part of me didn’t want to be hated by him, for some strange unknown reason. “You want the truth, then I‘m going to need alcohol”

“You’re a minor,” was his only response.

“And yet you’re the one who keeps toying with poor little innocent me.” I countered feeling smug. “And no alcohol means the questions end here.”

“You’re eighteen,” he moved so he was hovering above me, and smirked. “What I want to do to you is completely legal, mostly.” He got off the couch, and walked into the kitchen and returned with a bottle of Vodka and two shot glasses.

My mouth went dry as I gulped. “Mostly?”

He opened the bottle and poured some into both glass’s “Was your mother passing why you dumped him?”

I tried to get a hold on my nerves, and when that didn’t work, I took the shot of vodka, and let it burn its way down my throat. “It’s funny how his memory works, very spotty, but no my mother dying was not why I broke up with him. In fact I never broke up with him.”

“What?”

“I said we should just take a little break from are “relationship” while I figured some stuff out. He is the one who said that we were either all in or all out. I simply told him the truth, he was a good guy and disserved someone better than me. Okay, at the time I really did want us to stay friends. I didn’t understand what a big no-no that was to say to a guy until after Yasha explained it to me, hit me!” I held out my glass for him to fill which I drained, again, and giggled. “It was all that fucking parties fault. Really, if I wouldn’t have gone, it wouldn’t have been perfect” I shrugged my shoulders “Alright I would still be a screwed up, but it wouldn’t have been this bad.” My vision slightly blurred.

I felt Sesshomaru hands cup my face. I lightly panted, and nuzzled my face against his big soft warm hands.

“Have you eaten at all today?”

“Nopers.” I giggled again “Want to eat me?” I wiggled my eyebrow suggestively at him.

He pulled back and looked over my body. “You’re what 5‘5 and around 120 pounds”

“That’s just rude!!!” I crossed my arms and pouted. “Ladies don‘t like to discuss their weight, you jack ass” I pulled my knee’s up to my chest, and hissed at him.

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Sesshomaru’s POV

I was honest to god, dumb founded when she was hissing at me like a cat. I knew I shouldn’t have let her have the Vodka, but she had made it clear if I didn’t that was where the questions would end. In my defense I really didn’t think she would get drunk, off of just three or four shots. However taking in her height and weight, combined with the fact she hadn’t eaten, this all made sense. Sighing I picked her up, and carried her into the kitchen, setting her in a chair at the island. She put both elbows on the table, rested her chin on her hands, and stared at me with glossy eyes.

“I see cheese cake!” She yelled as she pointed at it, when I opened the refrigerator.

'Shawty had them Apple Bottom Jeans [Jeans]Boots with the fur [With the fur]The whole club was lookin at herShe hit the flo [She hit the flo]Next thing you knowShawty got low low low low low low low low'

“Sanggie!” She squealed happily as she went to jump off the chair which ended with her landing on her back and laughing loudly. “Whoopsy”

I pinched the bridge of my nose, before I helped her back into the chair, and went to retrieve her cell phone. I stared at her, trying to decide if letting her talk on the phone was a good idea or not. In the end I decided against in and answered it.

“Yes?” I said, hoping the annoyance I was feeling was as evident in my voice.

Kagome had finally taken notice of the situation. “Hiya Sanggie, Sesshy‘s being a big meanie head and won’t give me the phone! I miss you my big boobies.” She managed to slur out before laying her head back down on the counter.

There was silence on the other end for a while, until I heard a feminine voice shriek in response. “IS SHE DRUNK?!”

“Apparently.”

“Why the hell is she drunk Sesshomaru! You may be some big scary dog demon but if you hurt a hair on her head I will hurt you so badly your offspring will feel it. That’s a promise.”

“As amusing as that sounds human. It would do you well not to impugn my character any further then you already have!”

“Did the all mighty Lord Tashio forget that we have dance practice tonight, huh?”

“Kagome‘s not going to be up for it. I will be taking responsibility for her current condition. I will make sure she is alright!”

“Bullshit! Let me talk to ‘her’ Sesshomaru!”

God that woman was starting to get on my nerves. I handed the phone over, and watched Kagome perked up at her perceived victory. She quickly snatched it up and held it to her ear.

She used her hand to cover her mouth and whispered into the phone. “He has cheese cake, I saw it!”

I easily picked up the other side of the conversation. Almost broke out laughing when I turned to see Kagome’s eye’s hungrily glued to me, as I brought out the cheese cake out, setting it on the counter. She reminded me of a cat watching a piece of string waiting to attack, god help me. I thought she looked adorable.

“Kagome are you okay?” Sango questioned her.

“Yeppers, Sesshy licked me and made it all better!”

“He what?!” Sango screeched.

I set the plate with the piece of cheese cake in front of her and swapped her the cell phone for the fork I was holding. ‘Good god!’ “Eat it slowly!” I warned her.

“Sango she‘s safe, and happy you have nothing to worry about, now goodnight.” I hung the phone up, set it on the counter, and stared at it. Why the hell did I feel the need to explain myself to that ‘human’, of all people? I looked over at the plate, it was empty.

Her face slightly paled. “I don‘t feel …” She turned her head and empty the contents of her stomach onto the floor. Her eyes went huge, before she started balling, as she threw up all over herself.

I quickly grabbed a bucket from under the sink and handed it to her. “Us this.” There was a damn tugging at my heart. I stared at the usually fierce creature before me, that at the moment was nothing more than a whimpering kitten. I rubbed small circles with my thumb at the small of her back. Her whole body shuddered as she hunched over the bucket. “Better?” I asked her as she seemed to have completely emptied her stomach.

“I hate you.” She managed to murmur out. “I hate everything!” With that said, she started crying again.

Shaking my head I gently pried that bucket out of her hands, and set it on the floor before picking her up. “Don‘t take this the wrong way but you smell disgusting.” The smell was killing my nose, and I myself was close to throwing up. I walked into the bathroom and sat her on the toilet. Then turned the water on in the bathtub, feeling to make sure it wasn’t too hot. Once it was perfect, I put the stopper in. “Kagome I need you to get listen to me. I‘m going to help you get undressed, but I‘m not going to try anything, okay, trust me.”

Her eye’s seemed to do there mysteries color shift from hazel to bright green. “I do trust you Sesshomaru.”

“You really are drunk!” My heart painfully constricted, every hair on my body stood on end telling me to run for the hills.

I unbuttoned her shirt, and she shrugged out of it, leaving her in her black sports bra. ‘Of course she’s wearing a sports bra,’ my face pulled into a smile. I heard her squeak. “Are you alright?” I asked concerned as I sat her shirt on the sink.

“You’re really kind of beautiful when you smile.” She reached her hand out, and caressed my cheek, her warmth seeped into my skin.

If she kept this up I was going to break my promise to that damn Sango. Gently I grasped her hand, and kissed it lightly. “Kagome, I need you to be good!” She pouted, but nodded her head in understanding. I pulled her shoes off, then pealed her socks off, and stuffed them inside the shoes. I unbuttoned her pants, and slid the zipper down. “I need you to stand up Kagome!” I helped her stand up on shaky legs, and slid her pants off, leaving her clad in her bra and underwear, which where both black. ‘God if only you weren’t drunk’. The tub was full, so I shut the water off.

“Okay, listen to me. You need to take your bra and underwear off, and then get into the bathtub. I‘m going to go clean up the kitchen, okay?” She nodded her head again.

I threw her shirt and pants into the washer to hopefully rid them of their stink. Grabbing the cleaning supplies, I quickly went about cleaning up the floor. I didn’t stop until the only smell I could smell was of fresh lemon. I grabbed and old jersey out of the closet and walked back into the bathroom. She was sitting in the water with her knees pulled up to her chest, and her chin resting on top of her knees. I sat on the ground next to the bathtub, and caressed her face, snapping her out of her deep thought.

“Earlier you said I was a good person. Everyone has this bizarre idea that I am but I’m really not.” She used her hand to move my hand off of her face. “The reason I‘m so close with Inu Yasha, Sango, Miroku and Jakotsu, is cus they know the real me, and like me any ways. I don‘t know why they do!”

“You’re really caught up on this whole idea of being a good person, aren’t you?” The broken look that her face took, pained me more then I was comfortable admitting. “Kagome you don‘t have to say anything!” I grabbed my shampoo and squeezed some in my hand before gently massaging it through her hair.

“It was at Bankotsu‘s birthday party during the summer before I went into eleventh grade. My mom had passed away half way through my sophomore year. I went to live with her sister, my aunt Keade, when I was three. My father was a bad guy, and my mom went along for the ride. They went their own ways, but my mom was still really fucked up. She liked to play with my little emotions, telling me if I really loved her I would want to come live with her. I could never say no to her, so aunt Keade played the bad guy role for me as much as she could. Out of some miss placed feeling of sisterly love, she still forced me to go spend time with her. My mother made my life a living hell, so when I found out she was actually dead…”

“I understand, it must have been painful.” I rinsed her hair out, and applied conditioner.

A small sad smile appeared on her lips. “You would think so wouldn’t you, but I was happy. She couldn’t put me through any more hell. That wasn’t it. I just got into this hole of depression, it got to this point I didn’t know what I felt.” She lifted her left hand out of the water, and twisted the silver ring on her ring finger.

“Actually that’s how I met Miroku‘s uncle Mushin. I’d always had a little spiritual power, but after my mom died it went into over drive. My Aunt Keade drove Sango and I up there one day to talk to him. I was pissed, I didn’t need any help.” She darkly chuckled. “I told them I wasn’t in danger of hurting myself or anyone else. Then that night I went to Bankotsu‘s party with the gang. Miroku and Sango where arguing over something as usual. Inu Yasha was hitting on some chick that was a couple years older than us, who was from out of town. I went to go find Bank, he was wrapped around Brittany Fisher the biggest whore in the school, and one of my ex friends”

“I see.” Now I understood what she meant when she said his memory was ‘spotty’. I rinsed her hair again.

“He said it was my fault for not being able to get over my issues. I just needed to get over it. That was his sound advice to me.” she twisted the ring around her finger again. “Jak showed up and he and Bank let the fist start flying. I couldn’t take it so I ran out as fast as I could, and headed home. That was not one of my best idea‘s. Half way home everything went black. When I woke up, my cloths where torn. I was worse for wear, and I was covered in blood. There was a dead body with a dagger in its chest about five feet away from me. It was however, one of the first times since my powers had gone into hyper drive, that I was completely drained”

“Inu Yasha, Sango, Miroku, and Jakotsu found out that I had left, and came looking for me. When they found me I was rocking myself back and forth, in complete shock.”

This sounded familiar “Inu Yasha called my father to come down for you didn’t he?”

“Yep, I got off scot free. They said there was no evidence to contradict that I was simply protecting myself. The guy would be around your age now if he was still alive. His name was Akago Tae”

“That must have been a nightmare for you. Come on you should get out before you catch a cold.” I stood up and handed her a towel. “You can us my old jersey for now. I‘m washing your cloths.”

She quickly dried herself off. “My entire junior year every weekend I went and stayed at Uncle Mushin‘s. Learned to control my power, to ‘enrich’ my quality of life.” she laughed.

I turned my back to give her privacy. She slipped her bra and underwear back on, before slipping my jersey on, which was about two times to big for her.

“They were trying to be polite by saying that. Instead of ‘so I wouldn’t kill anyone else’. My power was still growing, and it got too much for me. So Sango‘s father crafted this ring out of special material. Then Uncle Mushin spent a month chanting over it. It keeps my powers in check.” A big yawn escaped her lips making her blush.

I turned to look at her. My pants became uncomfortably tight as I took in how good she looked only wearing my old jersey. I shook my head trying to clear my thoughts of those which were below me. “Come on your tired you need to rest. You’ll feel better in the morning.” I showed her to one of the guest bedrooms and helped her get settled into the bed.

“Now that you know the truth…” Her head was resting on the pillows and her eye’s where barley staying open. “Do you hate me, the not being a good person, me?”

I brushed a stray strand of hair out of her face. “I honestly don‘t think I‘m capable of hating you, Kagome Higurashi. Even if I was there was a reason for me to, you did nothing wrong.”

“You’re as stupid as the rest of them.” She murmured before completely passing out.

I watched her sleep peacefully, until it occurred to me how creepy that was. I caught myself beginning to bend over to kiss her forehead, “Pathetic…” I reached over and turned the lamp off and headed to bed myself.