InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Never Say Never ❯ Chapter 3: Second Chances ( Chapter 3 )
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By: Fluffys Beautiful Mate 
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 10.13.2005 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.9K | Visits: 583 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 10.13.2005 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.9K | Visits: 583 | Status: Work In Progress
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Chapter 3: Second Chances
Part I
Moaning, Kagome sat up in bed. ‘Ugh’ was her first thought. Groggily, she opened her eyes. As her view came into focus, she gasped in shock.
‘Where am I!? This isn’t my bedroom!’ Oh yes, it definitely was not her bedroom she thought. Gazing around, the richly decorated walls and expensive furniture out shone her pink bedroom in everyway. ‘Wow, even the bed has silk sheets!’ She tentatively ran her hands over top of them relishing in the softness of them.
Suddenly fear gripped her again. ‘Was I kidnapped?! What if…’ She glanced down to make sure she still had her clothes on. ‘Phew, still all here.’ Then her eyes widened and she did a double take. ‘Why am I in my work clothes…?’ All too soon the memories of her previous encounter came flooding back to her.
“Oh Kami-sama,” she cried outloud, “doshitte?” Placing her face in her hands she slowly rubbed her temples. “Well, this is definitely a fine mess you’ve gotten yourself into this time Kagome.” Grumbling to herself, she tried to think of a way to get out of who’s ever house she was in.
A loud creak startled her train of thought. Slowly looking up at the door, she was sure what awaited her was certain doom.
‘Well, you could always beat them up, whoever they are,’ came her dark inner voice. ‘Yeah, or get beat up instead.’ Ahh, the lovely voice of reasoning. How she wanted to crush it at that point. But unfortunately, it was right.
Looking up, she was surprised to see a little girl standing timidly behind the partially opened door. ‘Well, that wasn’t worth getting worked up for.’ Smiling, Kagome watched and waited as the little girl walked into the room and over to the bed.
“What’s your name?” Kagome asked softly so as not to startle the girl.
“Mine names Rin, what’s yours?”
“I’m Kagome. It’s nice to meet you Rin,” she said.
Rin beamed a toothy smile back at her. ‘Well, I can say with certainty that I wasn’t kidnapped.’ She inwardly laughed at her foolishness. ‘But I wonder how long I have been here.’
“Rin,” she spoke. “Exactly how long have I been asleep?”
Thinking, Rin answered. “Kagome has been asleep a whole day.”
“Nani!? A whole day? Honto?” She couldn’t believe it! Her, Kagome, sleep through a whole day? ‘Oh my gosh, what will Mama and Souta think?!’ She was beside herself with worry when she heard Rin ask her something.
“Gomen Rin, what were you saying?”
“I asked if Kagome would like to come to the gardens with me,” she said, hope gleaming in her eyes.
‘Well, considering after all that’s happened already, a good dose of the outside might do me some good.’ Having made up her mind, she turned to face Rin.
“I would love to, demo,” she said looking down at her work outfit, “I don’t have any clothes to change into.”
“Of course you do!” Rin giggled.
“I do?” questioned a bewildered Kagome.
“Yup! Daddy gave me these to give to you.” She handed over some clothes to Kagome.
“Wow, Rin, arigatou!”
“There’s a bathroom over there,” Rin pointed to the door to the right of the bed, “just in case you wanted to take a bath.” she said happily.
“Thanks Rin. I think I will take that bath. Tell you what,” She hopped off the bed and knelt in front of Rin, “I’ll take a quick bath and then meet you as soon as I’m done. Then we can explore the gardens together!”
Rin gave a wide smile. “Hai! I’ll be waiting!”
Nodding, Kagome watched her run out of the bedroom. ‘What a cute girl.’ she thought to herself. “Now,” she said outloud, “time for that bath!”
Sesshomaru sat at his desk, tapping his delicate fingers against the table. To the casual observer, he seemed to be bored. But to those who had been around him before knew better.
“Damn, what is taking him so long? He should have the information I require by now.” growled an irritated Sesshomaru.
Deciding to get his mind off of the phone call that had yet to come, he immersed himself in his paperwork. ‘Since there isn’t anything else to do,’ he thought wryly.
All too soon his work was completed, and still no phone call. Glaring at the phone, he reached over to pick it up and call Koga himself when it rang. ‘It’s about time.’
“Why did you not call me sooner.” spoke Sesshomaru harshly.
“Well hello to you too. Geez, give me a break. I am a busy guy too you know. Anyway, I have the information about the girl you wanted.”
“Go on.”
“Alright,” said Koga, “Her name is Kagome Higurashi, 21 years old, born and raised in Tokyo. Her only family is her mother, brother, and grandfather. Also, her family runs the Higurashi shrine. Sesshoumaru,” he spoke calmly, “she is a miko.”
A brief pause hung between the two as what he told Sesshomaru sunk in.
“Not to worry,” replied Sesshomaru coolly. “Technically, demons are a myth. We don’t exist, and she isn’t the wiser to find out anyway.”
“True. Oh, one last thing. She was the girl you were supposed to have the interview with yesterday.”
This caught Sesshomaru’s attention. ‘Perhaps that is why she fainted when she heard my name.’
“Well done Koga. Now I have one more favor to ask of you.”
“What is it this time?” he asked.
“I would like you to go check on Inuyasha and see how Rin’s party preparations are going. I don’t need him making a mess of things like he did before.”
A light chuckle was heard on the other end.
“Oh yes, that party was interesting to say the least. Alright, I’ll go check on mutt-face and see how things are going. And Sesshomaru,” said Koga. “You owe me.”
Before Sesshomaru could respond Koga hung up. ‘Damn that wolf. I’ll owe him a trip to the vet if he keeps up that attitude.’ He put the phone down.
Glancing at the clock, he decided to go and see how his ‘guest’ was doing. On his way up the steps, he mind drifted to what Koga said.
‘Not only is this the girl that I was to give the interview to, but she is also a miko on top of that. I suppose that there race is not extinct as we previously thought.’ But it was true. Most of the remaining demon population in the 21st century, which was little and dwindling at that, was believed to be nothing more than myths and legends. Such was true for mikos. Now a days, they were only used in festivals as a symbol of Japan’s past.
‘Still, it would be wise to be careful around her.’
As he got to the guest bedroom door, he noticed it was already wide open. Sensing no one inside he walked away from the door. Catching the scent of Rin and Kagome, he followed it out into the gardens. Walking down the stone path, his hardened gaze rested on the two of them.
She watched as he made his way over to the tree where she was leaning up against.
‘Maybe if I close my eyes, he will ignore me!’ Seeing no other option, she did just that. Suddenly, she felt the looming shadow of his presence over her. ‘Bet he is glaring at me too.’ She inwardly frowned. ‘Grr, why won’t he leave?’ Giving up with trying to ignore him, she opened her eyes and looked up. ‘Bad idea Kagome.’
The minute she did, intense golden eyes bore down into hers.
“How nice of you to finally acknowledge me woman.” He sneered. ‘Like she could really trick me anyway.’ Little did he know of what his comment did to the ‘woman’ sitting at his feet.
‘That’s it!’ She snapped.
“Listen you!” She screamed, jumping up to meet him face to face. “Get it straight! My name is Kagome. Ka Go Me! You know it, use it! Not woman or any other name you can think of!”
‘That’ll teach him!’ She beamed inwardly. ‘Yeah, or get yourself into trouble,’ piped in her inner voice. She blanched. It just wasn’t her day.
‘Well that was unexpected.’ He quickly covered up his shock. “Very well then, Kagome. Follow me.” Turning back towards his mansion, Kagome followed in tow. Before they could get very far, Rin came dashing up from the gardens.
“Daddy!” she squealed. “These are for you,” she said, handing him a handful of fresh picked flowers. “Do you like them?” Her big brown eyes looked up at him.
Carefully, he took them. “They are very nice Rin.” He spoke evenly then patted her on the head.
Smiling wide, she giggled then ran to Kagome. “Kagome, these are for you too!” She thrust forward another group of flowers.
Kagome bent down and smelled them. “Arigatou Rin, they are really beautiful and they smell lovely!” Taking them in her hand, she smiled down at Rin.
“Rin,” called Sesshomaru, “Go inside and find Jaken. I think he needs to smell the flowers as well.” He chuckled evilly to himself. If he couldn’t take out his frustrations and anger at this point in time, why not have Rin torture Jaken? It was just as good of a stress reliever.
“Really? Ok!” If possible, her grin grew even bigger. “See you later Kagome!” She dashed inside in search of her new playmate.
‘Why do I get the feeling that this Jaken is in for a hard time,’ Kagome thought to herself.
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Chapter 3: Second Chances
Part I
Moaning, Kagome sat up in bed. ‘Ugh’ was her first thought. Groggily, she opened her eyes. As her view came into focus, she gasped in shock.
‘Where am I!? This isn’t my bedroom!’ Oh yes, it definitely was not her bedroom she thought. Gazing around, the richly decorated walls and expensive furniture out shone her pink bedroom in everyway. ‘Wow, even the bed has silk sheets!’ She tentatively ran her hands over top of them relishing in the softness of them.
Suddenly fear gripped her again. ‘Was I kidnapped?! What if…’ She glanced down to make sure she still had her clothes on. ‘Phew, still all here.’ Then her eyes widened and she did a double take. ‘Why am I in my work clothes…?’ All too soon the memories of her previous encounter came flooding back to her.
“Oh Kami-sama,” she cried outloud, “doshitte?” Placing her face in her hands she slowly rubbed her temples. “Well, this is definitely a fine mess you’ve gotten yourself into this time Kagome.” Grumbling to herself, she tried to think of a way to get out of who’s ever house she was in.
A loud creak startled her train of thought. Slowly looking up at the door, she was sure what awaited her was certain doom.
‘Well, you could always beat them up, whoever they are,’ came her dark inner voice. ‘Yeah, or get beat up instead.’ Ahh, the lovely voice of reasoning. How she wanted to crush it at that point. But unfortunately, it was right.
Looking up, she was surprised to see a little girl standing timidly behind the partially opened door. ‘Well, that wasn’t worth getting worked up for.’ Smiling, Kagome watched and waited as the little girl walked into the room and over to the bed.
“What’s your name?” Kagome asked softly so as not to startle the girl.
“Mine names Rin, what’s yours?”
“I’m Kagome. It’s nice to meet you Rin,” she said.
Rin beamed a toothy smile back at her. ‘Well, I can say with certainty that I wasn’t kidnapped.’ She inwardly laughed at her foolishness. ‘But I wonder how long I have been here.’
“Rin,” she spoke. “Exactly how long have I been asleep?”
Thinking, Rin answered. “Kagome has been asleep a whole day.”
“Nani!? A whole day? Honto?” She couldn’t believe it! Her, Kagome, sleep through a whole day? ‘Oh my gosh, what will Mama and Souta think?!’ She was beside herself with worry when she heard Rin ask her something.
“Gomen Rin, what were you saying?”
“I asked if Kagome would like to come to the gardens with me,” she said, hope gleaming in her eyes.
‘Well, considering after all that’s happened already, a good dose of the outside might do me some good.’ Having made up her mind, she turned to face Rin.
“I would love to, demo,” she said looking down at her work outfit, “I don’t have any clothes to change into.”
“Of course you do!” Rin giggled.
“I do?” questioned a bewildered Kagome.
“Yup! Daddy gave me these to give to you.” She handed over some clothes to Kagome.
“Wow, Rin, arigatou!”
“There’s a bathroom over there,” Rin pointed to the door to the right of the bed, “just in case you wanted to take a bath.” she said happily.
“Thanks Rin. I think I will take that bath. Tell you what,” She hopped off the bed and knelt in front of Rin, “I’ll take a quick bath and then meet you as soon as I’m done. Then we can explore the gardens together!”
Rin gave a wide smile. “Hai! I’ll be waiting!”
Nodding, Kagome watched her run out of the bedroom. ‘What a cute girl.’ she thought to herself. “Now,” she said outloud, “time for that bath!”
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T he happiness that floated around upstairs was not felt in the presence of one person in particular downstairs.Sesshomaru sat at his desk, tapping his delicate fingers against the table. To the casual observer, he seemed to be bored. But to those who had been around him before knew better.
“Damn, what is taking him so long? He should have the information I require by now.” growled an irritated Sesshomaru.
Deciding to get his mind off of the phone call that had yet to come, he immersed himself in his paperwork. ‘Since there isn’t anything else to do,’ he thought wryly.
All too soon his work was completed, and still no phone call. Glaring at the phone, he reached over to pick it up and call Koga himself when it rang. ‘It’s about time.’
“Why did you not call me sooner.” spoke Sesshomaru harshly.
“Well hello to you too. Geez, give me a break. I am a busy guy too you know. Anyway, I have the information about the girl you wanted.”
“Go on.”
“Alright,” said Koga, “Her name is Kagome Higurashi, 21 years old, born and raised in Tokyo. Her only family is her mother, brother, and grandfather. Also, her family runs the Higurashi shrine. Sesshoumaru,” he spoke calmly, “she is a miko.”
A brief pause hung between the two as what he told Sesshomaru sunk in.
“Not to worry,” replied Sesshomaru coolly. “Technically, demons are a myth. We don’t exist, and she isn’t the wiser to find out anyway.”
“True. Oh, one last thing. She was the girl you were supposed to have the interview with yesterday.”
This caught Sesshomaru’s attention. ‘Perhaps that is why she fainted when she heard my name.’
“Well done Koga. Now I have one more favor to ask of you.”
“What is it this time?” he asked.
“I would like you to go check on Inuyasha and see how Rin’s party preparations are going. I don’t need him making a mess of things like he did before.”
A light chuckle was heard on the other end.
“Oh yes, that party was interesting to say the least. Alright, I’ll go check on mutt-face and see how things are going. And Sesshomaru,” said Koga. “You owe me.”
Before Sesshomaru could respond Koga hung up. ‘Damn that wolf. I’ll owe him a trip to the vet if he keeps up that attitude.’ He put the phone down.
Glancing at the clock, he decided to go and see how his ‘guest’ was doing. On his way up the steps, he mind drifted to what Koga said.
‘Not only is this the girl that I was to give the interview to, but she is also a miko on top of that. I suppose that there race is not extinct as we previously thought.’ But it was true. Most of the remaining demon population in the 21st century, which was little and dwindling at that, was believed to be nothing more than myths and legends. Such was true for mikos. Now a days, they were only used in festivals as a symbol of Japan’s past.
‘Still, it would be wise to be careful around her.’
As he got to the guest bedroom door, he noticed it was already wide open. Sensing no one inside he walked away from the door. Catching the scent of Rin and Kagome, he followed it out into the gardens. Walking down the stone path, his hardened gaze rested on the two of them.
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‘C rap!’ Kagome mentally screamed. ‘Kami, I don’t want to see him! Why him!? Of all the people to literally run into, why?’ Her inner battle with herself went unnoticed by the two around her.She watched as he made his way over to the tree where she was leaning up against.
‘Maybe if I close my eyes, he will ignore me!’ Seeing no other option, she did just that. Suddenly, she felt the looming shadow of his presence over her. ‘Bet he is glaring at me too.’ She inwardly frowned. ‘Grr, why won’t he leave?’ Giving up with trying to ignore him, she opened her eyes and looked up. ‘Bad idea Kagome.’
The minute she did, intense golden eyes bore down into hers.
“How nice of you to finally acknowledge me woman.” He sneered. ‘Like she could really trick me anyway.’ Little did he know of what his comment did to the ‘woman’ sitting at his feet.
‘That’s it!’ She snapped.
“Listen you!” She screamed, jumping up to meet him face to face. “Get it straight! My name is Kagome. Ka Go Me! You know it, use it! Not woman or any other name you can think of!”
‘That’ll teach him!’ She beamed inwardly. ‘Yeah, or get yourself into trouble,’ piped in her inner voice. She blanched. It just wasn’t her day.
‘Well that was unexpected.’ He quickly covered up his shock. “Very well then, Kagome. Follow me.” Turning back towards his mansion, Kagome followed in tow. Before they could get very far, Rin came dashing up from the gardens.
“Daddy!” she squealed. “These are for you,” she said, handing him a handful of fresh picked flowers. “Do you like them?” Her big brown eyes looked up at him.
Carefully, he took them. “They are very nice Rin.” He spoke evenly then patted her on the head.
Smiling wide, she giggled then ran to Kagome. “Kagome, these are for you too!” She thrust forward another group of flowers.
Kagome bent down and smelled them. “Arigatou Rin, they are really beautiful and they smell lovely!” Taking them in her hand, she smiled down at Rin.
“Rin,” called Sesshomaru, “Go inside and find Jaken. I think he needs to smell the flowers as well.” He chuckled evilly to himself. If he couldn’t take out his frustrations and anger at this point in time, why not have Rin torture Jaken? It was just as good of a stress reliever.
“Really? Ok!” If possible, her grin grew even bigger. “See you later Kagome!” She dashed inside in search of her new playmate.
‘Why do I get the feeling that this Jaken is in for a hard time,’ Kagome thought to herself.
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