InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Love Is... ❯ Truth ( Chapter 16 )

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I was not thinking as I sprang out of my seat, I just wanted to kill him so very badly. He was cheating on my sister, the wonderful woman that he was supposed to love forever.

"Kouga." I growled as soon as I got to his table, my instincts were taking over, and I did not fight them as I lifted him right out of his seat

"S-sesshoumaru-sama. What are you doing here?" Kouga asked, looking around nervously, he was looking for my sister

I looked over at his 'date', she did not appear to be some cheap whore, but looks can be deceiving.

"I do believe I should be asking you that." I tried to stay calm, but I ended up spitting the words at him anyways, I was surprised by the disgust in my voice, but right now I did not care

"I-I, that is-." Kouga was stuttering, but I cut him off before he could make a bigger fool out of himself than he already had

"Who is she?" I demanded, my teeth clenched so tight it nearly hurt. I pulled him up higher off of his seat waiting for his answer

"She's my…" he said, trailing off, I suppose it was partly from the lack of air

"I'm Kouga's fiancée." the girl spoke up, the shock or whatever it was she was experiencing must have worn off

"Well that is quite amusing, because I seem to remember Kouga here proposing to my sister some months ago." I said trying to sound amused, it surprisingly was not that hard

"Kouga-kun, is what she said true?" Kagome asked, I nearly forgot she was here, she must think I am some sort of animal with the way I am acting

"Hai." Kouga answered, lowering his head, I had loosened my hold on him so that he could breathe some, for now that is

"I am trying to decide which one I want to spend my life with." he said in a whisper, like he did not want anyone to hear, but I did, and so did his 'fiancée' because she did not seem to happy

"If you need to think about it, then the decision has been made. You are no longer to see my sister; you have caused her enough heartache. But do not worry, you still have your job." I said, the threw him on the table he had been sitting at, hopefully something stabbed him

"Let us go." I said while grabbing Kagome's hand, I enjoyed holding her hand, it was small, delicate, and warm

The food was forgotten, after that event I had no desire to eat, and from the look on Kagome's face, she was feeling much the same as I was.

"I never thought that he would do something like that. I thought he loved Kira-chan." Kagome said once we had gotten into the car and began to make our way back home

I wanted to hurt him for hurting her, but I could not bring myself to do it." I said with a sigh, I rarely did that around people, but this was Kagome and she was different from other people

"I think it's a good thing that you didn't hurt him." Kagome said, surprising me a bit, I knew she did not like fighting, but I thought that she would not object under the circumstances

I looked over at her, raising my eyebrow a bit, giving her that 'come-again look'

"Kira does not like for people to fight her battles for her. She likes to do things for herself, without any help. Kira-chan will make sure he gets what he deserves, and it will make her feel better in knowing that she did it alone, and that she can survive on her own." Kagome said, and she had a point, my sister was a proud creature, much like our mother

"You are right. She needs to do this on her own, without my help, though I still want to hurt him." I said, sighing again, this time in defeat, my little sister did not need me to protect her anymore

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I could not believe Kouga, I thought he loved her more than anything in the world, he said he did. It seems love is out to get everyone, out to make everyone suffer alone and broken. So maybe it is not that bad, maybe it is worse.

They painted up their secrets
With the lies they told to you
And the least they ever gave you
Was the most you ever knew

And I wonder where these dreams go
When the world gets in your way
What's the point in all this screaming
No ones listening anyway

Your voice is small and fading
And you hide in here unknown
And your mother loves your father
Cause she's got nowhere to go

And she wonders where these dreams go
Cause the world got in her way
What's the point in ever trying
Nothings changing anyway

They press their lips against you
And you love the lies they say
And I tried so hard to reach you
But you're falling anyway

You know I see right through you
Cause the world gets in your way
What's the point in all this screaming
Their not listening anyway

I did not even realize I was singing until I was done, this has happened before, and oddly enough I was not embarrassed about it at all.

"Your singing is beautiful, like an angel." Sesshoumaru said, all of a sudden I found myself gasping as a thought came to mind

'Your voice is that of an angel.'

"What is the matter?" Sesshoumaru asked, I could hear a bit of worry in his voice

"What you just said, reminded me of that note that was sent to me. I just got a bit startled." I said, trying my best to smile, which did not turn out how I wanted it to and I knew it

"Do not worry. The house is safe, as well as the casino. Besides, as long as you are not left alone you will be fine." he said smiling one of those rare smiles that have seemed to appear more as of late

"I suppose, but I can't help this bad feeling I keep getting. It feels like something bad is going to happen, and soon." I said, I did not want to seem ungrateful for everything he is doing for me, but I cannot help what I feel, and I have learned to trust my feelings

"Everything will be fine. It was probably a joke, but just incase we have everything taken care of. You are as safe as can be, so do not let it bother you." Sesshoumaru said, trying to comfort me, if Kira knew about this she would laugh and make fun of me to no end

"Thanks you, for everything you have done for me. Today was wonderful, well right up until the end." I thanked him, I had been meaning to do that all day, trying not to sound likes Kira's problems meant nothing, because they did mean something

"You are welcome. Kira was right, I did need a little sun." He said, and then began to laugh, but only a bit

I laughed louder than he did, I couldn't help it. He is so much fun to be with, and to talk with. Even though I end up doing most of the talking. We did not talk most of the way home, just being with him made me feels better, and I did not mind the silence at all.


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After the ordeal with Inuyasha I went back up to my brothers office, everything that had happened was getting to me.

"Why did he kiss me? To try and piss me off? We were over a long time ago, and stayed friends. Wasn't that enough for him?" I asked myself as I plopped down on the office couch.

My life had been turned upside down in the matter of seconds and I want to know what kind of sick joke someone was playing on me. My life was great, but for the past few days all it has been was shit.

"If this is my payback for the little jokes I have played on my brother, then I am going to kill someone." I said as I buried myself into the cushion, trying not to cry

I never really cry, only when something is really bothering me, or when my life is so bad I can't hold it in anymore. Even Sesshoumaru has only seen me cry a few times since mother had left.

"I can't take this anymore." I said, jumping up from where I was laying

I grabbed my bag that lay on the table by the door and walked out the door locking it on my way. Sesshoumaru told me to lock his door when I left so no one would even have the chance to steal anything from him. It's not like he keeps a lot of stuff in there anyways, he does not like his office being to personal even though he spends most of his time here. I walked to the elevator and got on, I pushed the button for the lobby and waited for it to stop.

"I need to get my mind off of this. Kouga isn't working today, just great." I thought as the door opened and I stepped out

I walked by the stage, but I did not see Inuyasha or Kikyou anywhere. I suppose they were off arguing somewhere about his sexuality. I walked to the restaurant, not knowing why I was going there, I was just kind of walking around. I had sent Hiten and his brother home and told him I would call him when I figured everything out. So basically that meant never. I would never call him, because I would never figure this out.

"Life is such a bitch." I said, and it just happened to be out loud, and I just happened to get an answer

"You two would get along then." the voice of my smart-assed little brother came from behind me

"Shove it Inuyasha, I am not in the mood today." I said turning around the face the little brat; it had been so long since I have called him that

"Too bad, I am. See Kikyou is having some doubts that I like girls, and I think you have something to do with that." Inuyasha said, grabbing my arm, not as tight as last time, but still tighter than it should have been

"Inuyasha, thinking was never your strong point. I did not do anything, so let me go before I rip your arm off and beat you with it." I said, my teeth clenching, he was pissing me off more than normal

He did not say anything, and he did not let go. I pushed him away ripping my arm away from him.

"I will not warn you again. Leave me the fuck alone or you will feel A LOT of pain." I almost screamed at him

I turned away and walked to the restaurant door, I pushed it opened, a little harder than I meant to. Yura seemed startled by the noise of the door hitting the wall, and that brought my mood up a bit, but not that much. I walked to my normal table, it never seemed to be occupied, and I guess that's why it was my table. I sat down, and looked at the menu, but I wasn't really looking at anything.

"You know what? MAKE IT YOURSELF!" a yell followed by the kitchen doors slamming opened brought me out of my thoughts

Sango stormed out of the kitchen, she looked as pissed as I was at Inuyasha.

"Tough day?" I asked as she sat down across from me

"Hai. Yura is being a bitch to me since Kagome-Chan is not here. I swear she has no sense of self-control." Sango said, lying her head and arms on the table

"So you told her to cook." I said while looking around, I missed lunch by about an hour I now realized, but I wasn't hungry anyways

"Yes, but you know I'll end up going back in there when dinner comes. I could not punish anyone with Yura's cooking." Sango said, making me laugh for the second in the day, but the first time since I began seriously thinking.

It became silent all of a sudden, neither of us speaking, and it bothered me. I wanted to spill all of my problems to her, but I knew it was not right. I had done it once already, so twice would just be too much.

"Hiten kissed me today." I said, without realizing it at first, not until I saw Sango's eyes become wide with shock

"Your ex?" she asked, eyes still wide, I did not know why I told her I didn't plan on it

"Hai." I said, lowering my head some, I felt ashamed

"That jerk. Doesn't he know you are getting married?" Sango asked, her eyes finally going back to normal, only to narrow as time went on

"Yes, but he also knows that something is not right with Kouga. I did not tell him everything, but he does know the basics of it." I answered her, I was actually trying to defend him

Hiten is a good friend, and I know he wants to be more than that, but I stayed friends with him anyways. I want to be his friend still, he was the only one besides Sesshoumaru that understood me for a while there, and I would hate to lose that, to lose him. I guess I never truly got over him, but I love Kouga so I did not think about it. But now that's all I could think about.

"You know something, I hate men. They seem to suck the life right out of you with their stupidity." I said after a few minutes of us not talking

"Some aren't that bad. I know Miroku is perverted, but he's a good guy." Sango said, looking at the menu, making faces every once in a while

"I need to change these menus, I'm never cooking that again." she mumbled under her breath, it was pretty funny

"I should go, Inuyasha is bound to come and find me again. I didn't even do anything to him." I said as I gathered my bag in my hands

"I should go back in the kitchen now. Who knows what Yura did to it while I was gone." Sango said, standing up with the menu still in her hand

"I'll see you later." I said also standing up

"Bai." Sango replied waving to me as she walked back into the kitchen

I laughed a bit before I made my way out the door, it felt good talking to someone about it, even if she didn't really help me figure anything out, it was still good for me. I walked back the elevator and went up to Sesshoumaru's office, I was not in the mood to mingle with people anymore, and I just wanted to think a bit more.


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We had finally made it back to the house. We did not talk the whole way back, I turned the radio on though, I found a good station, and the music was not to soft or to hard. I knew we had to tell Kira about Kouga, but I was dreading it. She was not going to take this very well; she would probably turn a bit violent.

"When is Kira-chan coming home?" I asked Sesshoumaru as soon as we walked through the front door

"Soon. All we can do is wait," he answered while walking to the couch and sitting down.

All we can do is wait, man this sucks. I thought I had problems, but this is really bad.

"So, who's gonna tell her?" I asked as I sat down next to him on the couch, I did not want to be the one to break the news, and I have a feeling he feels the same way

"We'll both tell her. Just so she knows that it is true. She might not believe me if I told her alone, she likes to go into denial and use the fact that I did not like Kouga very much to make it seem like I am lying to her." Sesshoumaru said, and he had a point, again

Kira did not like to believe people sometimes, she had no choice if there were two people saying the same thing, but if it was just one she found a way to make them seem like a liar. She wanted a perfect life, like I do, like everyone does, but she is not going to get it with Kouga.

"Alright, I hope this goes okay. I would hate to see what she'll do if she gets really angry, which we both know she will." I said, sighing for the millionth time this week

Sesshoumaru just nodded his head d a bit, I guess he was thinking on the best way to tell her, and she should be home any minute now. Of course with being who I am, and having the worst luck ever, the door opened a minute later and Kira stepped inside. I got up without saying anything to her as I watched her set her keys down along with her coat.

"I'm home." she said, her voice sounded like she had the weight of the world resting on her shoulders, actually more like the weight of universe

"Kira-chan, welcome home." I said finally as she walked into the living room, taking her shoes off as she sat down in a chair near the couch

Sesshoumaru did not say anything, he just started at his sister, who was currently staring off into space. I guess I have to start the conversation first.

"Ogenki desu ka?" I asked Kira as I sat back down next to Sesshoumaru

"I'm fine. Just a bit tired, but hey how was your day? Did you have fun at the beach?" she asked, faking a smile, well half faking a smile anyways

"It was a lot of fun, I haven't been to the beach in a long time." I said trying to smile, and I guess either she wasn't paying attention, or I am really good at acting because she seemed to take my answer and my smile to heart

I was not lying, I did have fun and I had not been to the beach in a long time, but at the same time I felt like the biggest liar ever, and it was NOT a good feeling. Before Kira could say anything back to me, Sesshoumaru began to speak, and I knew this was the time he was going to tell her, and I wasn't ready for it.

"Actually, around lunch time we saw someone from work." he said, casually like always, I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing

"So? Dare?" Kira asked, finally seeming to come out of her little world, though looking in her eyes, you could almost see that she knew what he was going to tell her

"Kouga." Sesshoumaru said, waiting for her reply

"That's right, today was his day off. I almost forgot about that." she said, innocently looking at her brother, smiling like she did not want to believe anything, like everything in the world was right

"Kira-chan, we saw Kouga-kun with another woman." I said quietly, I knew I would have to be the one to say that part

As soon as I said it I felt even worse, I was the one to bring her such bad news, and I felt even worse for feeling this way because she is the one that needs somebody to comfort her right now, not me. Kira lowered her head so that we could not see her face, her shoulders were shaking violently, but I could not hear her sobbing. Laughing. She was laughing, not crying at all, just pure laughter.

"Kira-chan, this wasn't a joke. We did see him with another woman, why are you laughing?" I asked. I was shocked at her reaction to something so serious; this was something that just changed her life forever. Did she not believe us? Or was she just going insane?

"I believe you, I'm laughing because this is so typical. Of course he's cheating on me, he's a guy, and guys are all the same. Lying, cheating jerks. Only a few are exceptions though, Sesshoumaru, Hiten, and most of the gay and ugly guys out there." Kira said, not making much sense in the last bit of it, or in the whole thing for that matter

Kira stood up right when I was about to say something back to her, what I don't know right now, but I was going to say something.

"Kira-chan?" I looked up at her, I could see the anger in her eyes, she was past laughing now, she was pissed off and that wasn't good

"I am going out for a while. Do not wait up for me to return." she said then ran out the door, she was too fast for me to stop her

After the door closed I looked over at Sesshoumaru, he was just sitting there like nothing had happened. In a way I envy his lack of feelings, or his lack of showing them. I always show what I feel, even though I try not to, it is just something I cannot help, and I look at this youkai sitting next to me and see how easy it is for him. And then in another way I pity him, he is not able to show what he feels, he is afraid of what will happen if he does. You can see it in his eyes, and I can't help but feel sad for him.

"She is on her way to kill Kouga." Sesshoumaru said like it was something normal people say everyday

"Then we have to stop her. He may be an asshole but he does not deserve to die." I said, standing up

Sesshoumaru did not say anything he was good at that. I grabbed his hand and hauled him up off of the couch. He gave no real protest because I knew that he was stronger than me and wouldn't get up if he didn't want to. I grabbed his keys as I pulled him to the door and grabbed our coats. I threw the keys at him, which he caught, and opened the door.

"I hope she doesn't do anything stupid."

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I hope everyone liked this chapter, and I know people hate my cliffies, but that's just another reason for me to put them there.