InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Stay With Me ❯ The Games We Play ( Chapter 13 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha! The Frustration! All the Characters belong to Rumiko Takahashi. Thank her for the wonderful characters I have terribly used.


Chapter Thirteen


"Dr. Aso! How nice to see you. How are you on this lovely day?" This was said in a quiet voice as the tall woman gently took the tiny coat from Dr. Aso. Before she could comment back the tall woman had left the room, leaving the petite doctor to find her way to the large office upstairs.

She tried to stay as quiet as she could. It was a game she played, making a certain tai youkai the unwillingly participant. She usually crept to Sesshomaru's office and tried to sneak up on him. The problem was that he knew she was there and commented on her 'horrendous and quite attrocious smelling attire', moments before she planned on startling him. Seven years and she had yet to accomplish the actual startling, but hey...a girl's got to have goals right?

Her footsteps were silent as she slowly made her way up the stairs, to the end of the hall, and then slowly into the large office. The petite woman stopped in her tracks.

In all the years she had done this there had always been a certain constant. Sesshomaru was ALWAYS in his office at this time of day and he was ALWAYS facing the wall when she came in. The fact that there was no tai youkai standing with his back to the door stopped her movements completely. Which left her in the perfect spot to be attacked.

Before she knew what was happening, she was being pushed against the door that she had closed a moment before. Her brown shocked eyes looked up into a pair of very calm amber eyes.

"You are late."

His only answer was a bewildered nod.

"Why were you late?"

"Uhh...."

"I do not repeat myself woman." Testy wasn't he?

"One of the other doctors was in traffic so I stayed till he got there."

"I see."

"Sesshomaru?"

"Most call me Sesshomaru-sama, Little One."

"Are you...playing with me?"

"Playing? I assure you. This Sesshomaru does not play games." Sesshomaru still held her to the door with one hand to her hip.

"Oh. Then...uh....why am I pinned to the door?"

"You were late." She nodded once again in frustration.

"I think we've already gone over that Sesshomaru." He just stared at her.

"Sesshomaru. You can put me down now." More staring. And more silence.

"Do I have something on my face?"

"Other than what you normaly have on your face? No."

"Hardy har har. Put me down Sesshomaru." One silvery brow slipped up and dissapeared into his thick bangs.

"Was that an order?" She realised her mistake too late. Might as well stick with it!

"Uh........" Oh yeah. That was smooth all right.

"You, a mere human, gave I, the great tai youkai Sesshomaru, an order?" Brave woman BRAVE! Let him know who the real boss is!

"Ummm...." That was just sad.

A few interesting things happened after that. The first was a slight pressure on her hip that made her entire body turn into a furnace. The second was that her eyes slid closed as she let out a groan. The third was that the great Taisho Sesshomaru lowered his head until their foreheads touched and did something he hadn't done in a very long time.

"Rin? May this Sesshomaru kiss you?"

And you know what? After seven years of waiting.... She let him.


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"Momma! Please? I'll be real good I promise. I wanna go with you. Please?"

Kagome sighed as she pressed the bridge of her nose with her thumb and pointer finger.

"Takeru, I said no. This party is going to go on a long time and you'll get really bored. Stay here with Miss Anna. She's going to watch you until I can come back."

Takeru launched himself at his mothers legs. He wrapped himself around the bottom of her simple red silk dress.

"PLEASE?!?!?!?!?" She pulled him up until he stood in front of her.

"No. I will not repeat myself again young man. Now go with Miss Anna. If you need me just get someone to come get me alright? I'll just be downstairs." She brushed back some silvery hair from his forehead, feeling it slide back against her hand.

"What's wrong Takeru? Why are you acting like this?" The little guy rubbed his foot into the hardwood floor. Miss Anna winced at the squeeking noise it made. He took a very deep very dramatic breath before letting it all out in an rush.

"I smell so many different people and I don't know any of them. What happens if one of them says something mean to you?" His amber eyes looked so troubled. Kagome kissed his cheek and hugged him tight. Sometimes he was just so much like his father that she couldn't help but smile.

"Don't worry. I think I can handle anything anyone has to say. Thank you for watching out for me sweets. Now go with Miss Anna. I have to finish getting ready."

Takeru gave a small hesitant smile before grabbing the nannies hand and running off to his playroom. Kagome watched them go around the corner and dissapear from her sight. Only then did she let the smile drop. Only then did her own worries cloud her eyes.

She was scared. Terrified really. She had a knot in the pit of her stomach from all the thoughts that filtered through her mind. This was a regular system she went through before one of Sesshomaru's parties. There was always that one question that plagued her.

Who was going to sneer at her this time?

Her first winter here it had been a foolish young jackle youkai. He had snapped his sharp teeth at her, obviously expecting her to jump like the other servants had done. When she didn't and had simply stared he had gotten furious. So furious that the other youkai around them had stopped to see what had him so riled up. Sesshomaru had saved the day by merely showing up and taking her arm. The youkai, thankfully, had left her alone after that. Since then she always worried about what kind of trouble she was going to make for Sesshomaru, but the stubborn man insisted on her being present.

She carefully clasped her silver necklace on before slidding her feet into the ridiculous heels. Thankfully Sesshomaru had to guide her down the stairs at every party to show her as the "Lady of the Estate" as he put it. It gave her a little security to not enter alone, something she would never admit to Sesshoamru though. That was one thought that would never escape her lips.

Kagome walked into Sesshomaru's room. Grabbing the black silk tie from the bed, she circled the room silently, waiting for Sesshomaru to return. She looped the tie around her neck, leaving the thicker end longer. After looping it around the thinner end, she pushed it through the back and then back down the loop she had made earlier. Pushing it all the way through, she tugged at the knot, straightening it. Satisfied with her work, she loosened it enough to pull it over her head, before placing it back on the bed for Sesshomaru.

He better hurry. It was his party. He was the one person that couldn't be late.