InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Special delivery ❯ Meetings ( Chapter 53 )

Chapter 53: Meetings

 

 

A/N: He he remember me? Your beloved author and dear friend… hint the name starts with an `S.' I am so sorry guys. I know I haven't updated in so long, and feel really bad about it hence the long update, and the accelerating plot. Enjoy!

 

 

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Disclaimer: If I owned Inuyasha, Sesshy and Kagura would be happily mated and working on silver haired baby number three by now…

 

 

“Talking”

`Thoughts'

 

 

 

 

`Come on Kagura, you can do this. This is nothing compared to some of the things you had to do in your life before.' She thought to herself, trying to muster courage. The wind sorceress readjusted her hold on her purse, trying to make herself feel more comfortable.

 

Her heart beating loudly in her chest, she took a deep breath then for the first time in a long time knocked on the front door of Sesshoumaru's penthouse.

 

`Ugh how did he manage to make me agree to this again?' She wondered, nervousness spreading through her. When on the previous day, Sesshoumaru had called her and suggested she come to his apartment to study, she had not thought much of it. After all the penthouse was bigger, and more comfortable than her apartment, and it had a very spacious desk, which would come in handy with her studying session.

 

`Unfortunately it also is Sesshoumaru's place...' Being closed up with the dog demon inside a place that meant so much to them was going to be hard, she knew it. `I'll just have to try to make things not awkward.'

 

Taking a deep breath she knocked on the door once more. Before she had the time to knock again, the door flew open and Sesshoumaru was standing in front of her, an impassive mask once more on his face.

 

“Kagura.” He greeted her. He side stepped to let her walk inside. She wasted no time walking in, faking bravado she certainly did not have.

 

“Looks just the same to me. I'm glad to see you managed to keep things tidy around here. It looks much different from the time I first came here.” She remarked her crimson gaze taking in the place she had once called home.

 

“This Sesshoumaru does not spend as much time at home as before.” `At least not since you and Kanna moved out.' He thought even if he dared not say that aloud.

 

“Ah it's true that you've always been quite a workaholic.” She chuckled lightly. She was glad to see that despite her revelations of a week ago, they were still able to get along.

 

“You did not bring Kanna with you?” He asked surprised and disappointed. He walked towards his desk area, which he had taken great pains to clear up, and took a seat.

 

“No she's having a play date with Shippou. I figured it'd be easier for us to study if she weren't here. So how's Rin? I hope she wasn't too disappointed that we had to cancel our outing yesterday.” Kagura said calmly. She followed him to the desk and sat next to him. Being this close to Sesshoumaru made her heart thump even harder, but breathing deeply she overcome her nervousness and settled in.

 

“She actually feels bad that we had to cancel due to her going out with the other children of the orphanage. I am also to blame, Haruka had told me that they had an outing, I simply forgot about it. Rin was disappointed, but I promised her we were just moving the date, not cancelling.”

 

“Oh poor darling I hope Rin still tried to have some fun… or that the `evil' Rumi let her be.” The wind sorceress sighed just as she reached inside her bag to retrieve her notebook and textbooks.

 

“The evil Rumi?” He questioned wondering what she was talking about.

 

`Oh damn I guess Rin hadn't told him about her…' Kagura cursed to herself. She wanted the young human to trust her, and something told her that revealing her secrets were not part of the deal.

 

“Just some girl Rin has been having trouble with. I think she's her roommate or something.” Kagura explained.

 

“Rin has been having trouble?” He echoed wondering why his young mentee had not said anything before.

 

“Don't go all angry-father and try to butt in. She's a stronger girl than you think, she'll be just fine; I'm sure of it.” Kagura smiled at him. Seeing his concerned face almost made her smile.

 

“This Sesshoumaru is not behaving as an… `angry-father.'” The use of the expression surprised him. “I am merely concerned about Rin's well being. You may think she is strong, but despite her young age she has been through a lot.” He said as he thought `Well she is my mentee, and therefore my responsibility. Any feelings I may have for her have nothing to do with my duty to protect her, and no fatherly feeling I may have for her.' He tried making sense of how he felt for the little girl. Had he been honest, he would have admitted that his wish to protect Rin, and make sure she would not feel pain, had nothing to do with his sense of duty, but rather with the fact that he plainly liked Rin. His feelings for Kanna had started the same. He had wanted to protect her, but now he simply did not want to let her out of his life.

 

“What happened to her?” Kagura asked worry spreading through her. As a mother of a young girl, and a girl who had been abused for most of her life, Kagura never wanted to see someone else get hurt; especially a young girl. Not to mention that talking about Rin's problems made sure hers and her week old revelations would not be mentioned.

 

“She was with her parents when they died in a car accident. After that she lost her ability to speak due to trauma.” He let out in one breath.

 

“What?! Oh I had no idea… but when did she start speaking again? When she moved to the orphanage?” Kagura asked feeling her heart break.

 

“No. When she met me. I am the first person she felt comfortable enough to speak to; although, I do not see why.” He said thoughtfully. For a long time he had wondered why Rin had chose him, and no matter how he turned the question in his mind, he could not find an answer.

 

“Are you really asking that? Sesshoumaru you're a wonderful person. You're able to make people feel safe, comforted and so good… without even trying. I mean you've been so good to Kanna and me and good for us too. I'm not surprised Rin chose you too. She must have seen in you what I see in you.” Her softly spoken words would have made him blush, had he been prone to.

 

Seeing Kagura this close to him, hearing her speak so highly and fondly of him, almost made his resolve of staying away from her crumble to pieces. He wanted the wind sorceress back in his life, and in his bed, and was tired of waiting.

 

`However I am a patient man. I will not rush and ruin everything. Now that she has come this close to me, I must make sure not to waste all my efforts by trying to rush back into a relationship. Now is the time to tread carefully.' He thought repressing a sigh.

 

“You do know…” She started again.

 

“Kagura” He however quickly interrupted her. “Let us start with your lesson; I am sure you are eager to get back to Kanna.” He tried changing the subject as he felt uncomfortable with the topic they were discussing.

 

“Hum you're always so eager to give out comforting words and compliments, but never want any in return. That's okay, we have time to work on that.” She smiled at him before opening her book to the first chapter she had a hard time with. “Fine I'll let you be for now. Onto Western Civilization history!”

 

“I doubt this Sesshoumaru has mentioned it before, but during my own college years I have devised an infallible technique to remember historical dates. Due to it I have always received perfect grades. Many have asked me about it, but I never shared it before. Not even with my idiotic younger half-brother. Of course as I promised I will share it with you.”

 

“Hum what is it?” She asked intrigued.

 

“Let me demonstrate.” He smiled slightly. “Close your eyes.” He instructed. Even if she wanted to refuse, she complied. Her curiosity was too much for her to resist him. He then took a small item he had placed on the desk before Kagura arrived, and put his secret technique in place.

 

“What the…?!” She asked when she felt something sticky being placed on her forehead. She had also felt the comforting and much missed warmth of the dog demon's hand, but did not comment on it.

 

“You can open your eyes.” He instructed to the curious young woman. She wasted no time in doing as he said, and was shocked at what she found.

 

“Hum Sessh. Am I mistaken or is there a post-it stuck on my head?” She asked rolling her eyes upward to stare at the offending piece of yellow paper.

 

“You are not mistaken.” He simply answered, not providing any more explanation.

 

“And would you mind telling me why it's there?” She tried remaining as calm as possible, and considering the situation, she felt she was doing a good job.

 

“Well it obviously is my secret technique.” He said resisting the urge to sigh at her apparent annoyance.

 

Kagura quickly reached up and plucked the post-it from her skin, and brought it down to stare at it.

 

“You made me come all the way to your place, under the pretense of helping me study… for this? To stick a piece of freaking paper on my forehead?” She glared at him.

 

“Do you not trust me? This Sesshoumaru knows what I am doing, and I assured you of the efficiency of my method.” He said trying not to appear offended.

 

“Of course I trust you… but seriously… I just thought you were going to teach me something useful, and actually useable.” She placated him by placing a hand to his stripped cheek, gently cupping it. Even as she crumpled the sticky yellow paper with her other hand.

 

“Fine.” He felt his body stir in pleasure at feeling her skin on his. “There is another way of learning. The one I used with Inuyasha when we were younger and that father forced me to help him study.” Sesshoumaru could almost feel a scowl appear on his face at thinking about how his younger brother enjoyed making his life hell, even Kagura's gentle touch on his skin could not make him forget about his grudging and endless study sessions with his brother.

 

“Okay, and what is it?” She asked staring right inside his bright golden eyes. She relinquished the hold she had on him reluctantly, and gathered her hands in her lap.

 

Before answering he stood up and placed himself behind her, his hand placed on her thin shoulders and firmly keeping her in place in her chair. Without needing to apply a lot of force or pressure, his strong grip ensured she would not be able to move. “You will repeat these dates again and again until you are able to recite them by heart perfectly. You will sit here and study without a break. You will not even stand up from this chair. You will…”

 

“So stop breathing until you say so…” She cut him. The smile on her lips betrayed the fact that she was not as upset as she tried to sound.

 

“That was not amusing. We have just wasted enough time. Now let us get to work.” He said masking his rising amusement.

 

“Why do I feel like I'm going to regret my decision?” She sighed.

 

“Now let us start with the Hundred Year's War.” He ignored her comment, yet smiled slightly at the way her shoulders sank under his palms.

 

 

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The red eyed demoness stared up at the glass window in front of her. She knew what she had to do, and even if she did not like it one bit, knew the time had come to face her past.

 

`The time for me to put a stop to this has come. I tried evading it for too long. It's now time to face up.' A sigh escaping her red lips, she pushed through the door and walked into the welcoming air conditioned air of the family owned restaurant.

 

 

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“Ugh good lord! Did you work for the army in another life? You're as relentless as a drill sergeant terrorizing a poor recruit.” Kagura sighed as she finally closed her book.

 

“As long as you are successful.” He smiled down at her before disappearing inside the kitchen, and coming back with drink refills.

 

“I better be. You've been driving me relentlessly for hours.” She said as she took the cup of tea he extended towards her, and gently sipped it.

 

“You said you had one more chapter to cover, did you not?” He asked drinking some of his own beverage. His golden strayed to his watch, and a sigh escaped as he noticed the late time. He knew that soon Kagura would have to go back to her daughter, which unnerved him since he felt the two of them should have moved back with him by now.

 

“Yeah but it seems I forgot my book at home… Crap actually I think I forgot it at work. I brought it so I could study during my break.” Kagura almost felt like banging her head against the wall at remembering her carelessness.

 

“You can always retrieve it when you pick up Kanna at the shrine.” He pointed out to her.

 

“No actually I left it at my other job. The one at the restaurant. I'll have to stop there before I go to the Higurashi's.” She sighed angry at herself.

 

“Well I guess I should leave now if I have to do one more stop.” She stood up and quickly put away her study materials in her bag. “I'd like to thank you for your help. I'm glad I took you on your offer. Hopefully I'll get a good grade on my test.”

 

“You will.” He assured her as he followed her to the front door of his penthouse. Even if he did not speak the words, the dog demon was unnerved by the fact that he had to let her leave his side once again.

 

“I'll think of a way to thank you for your help… maybe another pie. Kanna did enjoy baking the last one for you.” She said a bright smile appearing suddenly on her lips at the prospect of making something special for him again.

 

“I enjoyed eating it… that is until Inuyasha discovered it during one of his frequent raids of my fridge. Unfortunately there was not much left after he was done with it.” He chuckled slightly. His words made Kagura laugh out loud.

 

“Aw poor dear. We'll make sure to bake you another one, but this time please be sure to keep your grubby brother away” She joked, truly amused.

 

“That would be acceptable.” He loved seeing the bright smile painted on her dark cherry lips. `Only a simple kiss would not hurt…' He thought the urge to press his lips to hers growing inside him.

 

She did not try to avoid him when he bent forward to press a gentle kiss on her unsuspecting lips. To his surprise, just as he was about to step away, she weaved a hand in his long silver hair, cradling his head in her palm and pushing him forward towards her. Kagura did not hesitate to gently flick her tongue against his lips. He was slightly taken aback by her sudden deepening of the gentle peck he had intended, but gladly welcomed it.

 

Finally able to release the passion he felt for Kagura, Sesshoumaru hugged her close to him, and eagerly let their tongues entwine and caress. Kagura moaned when she felt his arms encircle her. She passionately responded to his hard kiss, and hungrily pressed her body against his. She was highly disappointed when he suddenly broke their lips apart.

 

“You better go. Kanna must be waiting for you.” He said breathing deeply, trying to catch his breath. He then placed a little peck to her forehead. He had meant to get one last taste of her without being too much in danger. After all he knew that if they shared one more kiss like the one they just had, Kagura would surely end up in his bed, under him, and he feared it was too soon for them to engage in this type of activity.

 

“Yeah. I guess you're right… I'll call you, and see about rescheduling the pool outing. Kanna's been meaning to show you how much progress she's made when it comes to swimming.” Kagura said as she gently caressed his soft bangs, inviting him to kiss her again. Even though she was not glad that he did not reiterate their earlier lip lock, she did not dare try to initiate another kiss.

 

`Why am I such a coward? I should just go with it, and kiss him just like I really want to…' She sighed unhappily. `Then again I guess it's better if he's the one doing the kissing; I just want to make sure he truly still wants me.'

 

“Did you take her swimming?” He asked her in surprise, as he gently caressed her arms, refraining himself from kissing her again; no matter how much he wanted to.

 

“No she's been practicing on our living room floor. You should see her pretending to swim, it's just too cute.” She chuckled gently, doing her best not to have Sesshoumaru notice the shiver of pleasure that went through her when he touched her.

 

“I am looking forward to it.” He stopped caressing her and took a step backward.

 

“Sesshoumaru?” She suddenly asked him, forced to reluctantly drop the hold she had on him.

 

“What is it?” He asked cautiously, feeling the change of demeanor and disappointment in her.

 

“What are we doing? I mean I don't mind the kissing and all, but does that mean we're back together?” Her sudden question caused him to stop and ponder.

 

`I knew such a thing would eventually happen. I better be careful lest I want things not to turn in my favor.' He thought to himself suddenly worried.

 

“Well Kagura, it is your decision to make.” He let out, as much as he wanted to make her see they should get back together.

 

`MY decision? Is he kidding? He has a say too.' She thought disappointed by his weak answer. `In any case had he wanted us to get back together he would have been more direct as usual… I knew telling him about my past would impact the idea he has of me no matter how much he denies it. Not to mention that he still hasn't told me anything about the mysterious woman he was with the day Kanna spied on him with her mirror.'

 

“Ah okay.” She said coldly, all traces of her previous warmth gone. “Well I'd like to take a little time to think about it. Anyways I have to run, but I'll call you soon.” She first reached for the door, aiming to simply leave, but at the last second changed her mind. She turned around and walked back toward the surprised dog demon, and reached up to press a kiss to his lips. Without offering a word of explanation she marched back through the door of his penthouse and left.

 

His golden eyes strayed to his window where the clear night sky was visible. `Soon I will have you back in my life, and in my bed.' He thought his mind flashing back to the steaming kiss the two of them had just shared moments before. His golden eyes then followed her as she disappeared towards the elevators. He tried to calm his blood, frustration rolling through him, causing him to use much more force than necessary to close his front door.. He then walked back to his desk to get back to work, making a mental note to take another freezing cold shower before going to bed.

 

 

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“Kagura?! What are you doing here dear? You're not scheduled to work tonight.” Mayumi Yamamoto asked the wind sorceress as soon as she pushed past the doors of the restaurant's service entrance.

 

“Just passing through. I seem to have forgotten the textbook I was studying from yesterday.” Kagura explained to the old tiger demoness just as she pushed through the service door of the restaurant.

 

“Yep I placed it inside your locker, I hope you don't mind.” Ai told her friend and coworker before disappearing back inside the dining room, arms full of laden plates.

 

“Well since you're here you might go give Ai a hand… literally. We have a full house tonight. It's one of our busiest dinner service in a long time.” Kenji told Kagura.

 

“Are you kidding?! It is her day off, so why would she come work?! Kagura do not listen to him. Grab your book and go home. Go have fun with your cute daughter before you put her to sleep tonight.” Mayumi scolded her husband. The old tiger demon only grunted in the direction of his wife, just as he threw a few herbs in the large pot he was stirring.

 

“Well I hate to ask that of you Kagura, but we could use a little help out there. Kola called in sick, so we could use an extra set of hands… only for a little while. There's a party of ten that just came in, so we've been swamped all of a sudden.” Ai said as she ran back through the door leading to the public part of the restaurant. She stopped as something just occurred to her, and added to Kagura before leaving again. “Besides there's a patron here that's been asking for you.”

 

“Asking for me?” Kagura echoed just as she crossed the kitchen, and hurried after Ai.

 

“Yeah it's the woman seated over there, at the counter.” The young tiger demoness pointed with her chin towards the figure of a white haired woman seating nearby, sipping on a glass of sparkling water with lemon wedges in it.

 

Kagura felt a gasp escape her lips as she saw that the woman was none other than Sakura Fujimori, the void demoness she had met at the Higurashi shrine a few weeks back, then again at her local grocery store.

 

`What could she want from me? And how did she even know I work here?' The wind sorceress wondered in shock. Not being one to back up from a challenge, she marched right up to the stranger.

 

“Can I help you?” Kagura asked. Sakura wasted no time to turn around, a bright smile on her beautiful face.

 

“Good evening to you. I was just hoping to see you Kagura and…”

 

“What do you want?” The wind sorceress interrupted the older demoness.

 

“Well it is quite simple. I wish to speak to you my dear.” Sakura smiled as she took to her feet to face Kagura.

 

“Just shut up! How in the hell did you know I work here?!” Kagura shouted, shocked that the woman seemed to at ease and happy to hear from her.

 

“Please Kagura come down. I can explain everything. Everything will make sense if you let me explain. Just listen to me.” Sakura said gently, a smile still on her lips. She stared straight into Kagura's deep crimson eyes, which mirrored hers perfectly. Even if she wanted to touch the young woman, and appease her, she dared not.

 

“Do not tell me what the hell I should do!” Kagura screamed at her angrily.

 

“Is everything alright here?” None other than Kenji appeared behind Kagura.

 

“I'm sorry for causing a scene like that.” She turned around to face her boss, an apologetic expression on her face.

 

“Don't worry about it kid.” The old tiger demon said gruffly. “Now ma'am in my restaurant we reserve the right to refuse service to clients as we please, so I'd greatly appreciate it if you left.” The old tiger youkai gently flexed his large arm muscles. He would never raise his hand to a woman, but he wanted her to understand that he was serious in protecting Kagura.

 

“Kagura dear I am sorry if I am making things uncomfortable for you here. I only meant to talk to you for a little while. Please… I beg you. It has to do with your father…” Sakura said red eyes gleaming.

 

“What does Naraku have to do with this?!” The wind sorceress said without realizing it, anger and fear rippling through her. After learning of the blackmail on Sesshoumaru Naraku had done, she was worried of what her father might do to her next. She knew how easily he could make people suffer if he wished to.

 

“That's just it. Naraku Onigumo is not your father.” Sakura let out in one breath.

 

 

To be continued…

 

A/N: Things will be heating up next time, but to what point, we'll see in Late night reunion. See wasn't the wait worth your while? A kiss and a big revelation! I'm too kind to my readers. Unfortunately don't expect an update for a little while. I am SO sorry about that, but due to finals and work I have less time for writing, but let me reassure you once again that I have no intention of dropping the story!