InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Strike a Pose ❯ Play Me ( Chapter 15 )

Chapter 15: Play Me.

Four sets of eyes watched in awe mixed with disgust as the black hole that called itself Inuyasha devoured everything laid out on the dinner table before him.

“Is he breathing?” Megumi asked as she sipped her wine.

“Is he even biting it?” Rin queried.

“I think he's just swallowing, like a duck” Kagome proposed.

“Disgusting” Sesshoumaru commented as he speared a shrimp with his chopsticks and popped it into his mouth.

After Inuyasha had decimated his meal, he looked around quizzically as his ears twitched atop his head.

“Where's Kikyo?”

Kagome threw her chopsticks at him. “Don't you ever pay attention? She has the recital this week, the one where she's doing a solo?”

“Huh?” Inuyasha was a cross between guilty and panicked, his mouth hung open slightly.

“Gormless fool” Sesshoumaru voiced.

“Wait, so that's why she's been so crabby?” Inuyasha seemed happier at this. “Thought it was something I'd done.”

“Baka.” Kagome murmured “This is really important to her, she's having problems as it is.”

“Yep,” Megumi nodded thoughtfully “they really are snobs, those musical people.”

“Not all musical people Okasan” Kagome rolled her eyes as her mother carelessly snubbed everyone in the music business.

“What are they doing to her?” Inuyasha's tone was instantly darker.

Kagome shrugged “They're just incredibly competitive, I've met some of them... they're weird.” her face took on a somewhat confused yet disgusted look. “Yeah... weird is the word.”

Kikyo chose this moment to enter the room. She dragged her feet and moved jerkily like a zombie of some sort from one of Inuyasha's vile videogames. She made no eye contact with anyone and it didn't look like she was breathing, her hair covered her eyes as she trudged over to the fridge and pulled the door out of her way. She then seized the orange juice carton and departed from the room in much the same jerky manner as she had entered it.

“That was creepy.” Rin voiced.

“She'd nervous” Kagome offered. “She gets like that when she has to perform.”

The phone rang and Kagome pounced upon it.

“Hello?” she asked.

“Hi Kagome” Hojo's voice travelled down the line.

“Hojo-kun?” she was surprised and Sesshoumaru growled so she slapped a hand over his mouth to shut him up.

“Yep” he chuckled “I heard your sister goes to St Julian's school of arts and music.”

“Yeah?”

“I used to go there, I was in different classes though” he chuckled “but I heard about the recital coming up. They've invited me to go since I've come back to Japan. Apparently they like to invite their successful ex-pupils.”

“So you're going too?” she asked with interest.

“Yes... will I see you there?”

“Of course” she answered quickly and then considered the fact that she probably sounded like she wanted to meet up with him... damn, she didn't want him to get the wrong idea.

“Good, then I'll see you Kagome.” and he hung up.

She put the phone down and released Sesshoumaru's mouth just in time for him to growl at her.

“How did the boy get this number?” he demanded.

“Um... I gave it to him?” it sounded like a question as she blinked rapidly.

“Hn” he glowered at her and stalked from the room, apparently in annoyance.

“Wow, I think you made Lord Prissy-pants angry” Inuyasha commented.

Kagome kicked the chair out from under him and watched with certain sadistic pleasure as he sprawled across the floor.

***

Sesshoumaru was ignoring Kagome. It was actually hard to tell he was ignoring her, given that he rarely chose to speak anyway.

They were driving to Kikyo's school for the recital. Inuyasha, Megumi, Kikyo and Rin were in the other car and driving ahead of them. Kagome was uncomfortable; she was not one to feel relaxed when silence reigned supreme. Peeking at Sesshoumaru from the corner of her eye she nearly flinched at his iron cold expression.

“Um... why are you angry at me?”

No reply, although his left eyebrow did twitch a bit.

“Are you ever going to speak to me again?” she asked biting her bottom lip.

Still no answer. She was beginning to get annoyed now with his uncooperative attitude.

“Come on!” she bit out “don't turn into a wall on me, if you're going to be angry with me then at least tell me what's wrong.”

His eyebrow twitched again. He refused to speak about it; he was not going to admit his feelings, even if keeping silent inspired her ire. He refused to admit the anger he felt towards her and this human boy. Not to mention it wasn't exactly anger, more like jealousy. And that didn't sit well with the silver haired demon.

“We are here” he said softly as he pulled up outside the school and quickly exited the car. She groaned and folded her arms before following suit.

She ground to a surprised stop when a decidedly feminine, yet unmistakably male voice called out.

“Kikyo!”

Twirling to see where her sister was she realised the mystery speaker must have been talking to her; Kikyo was nowhere to be seen.

Sesshoumaru was suddenly at her side and she barely had time to register this when an extremely flamboyant male pounced upon them.

“There you are Kikyo” the male said, barely even looking at Kagome “so are you prepared to mess up, we all know you're going to, after all you spend far too much time modelling to be any good.”

Kagome took in this person's appearance. He had longish brown hair that he had pulled into a small ponytail and deviously sparkling grey eyes.

“You need your eyes testing, I'm not Kikyo, I'm her twin Kagome” Kagome reprimanded “and don't think you can badmouth my sister.”

He completely ignored her, instead setting his sights on an impassive Sesshoumaru.

“Well hello there!” he gushed “I'm Jakotsu, you can call me Jak” Suddenly, Kagome found herself being shoved out of the way, this time by a fan boy, rather than a fan girl.

Surprisingly enough she was once again caught by her knight in a shiny tuxedo; Hojo.

“Hey Hojo.” she smiled.

“We have to stop meeting like this” he quipped.

Pulling Kagome to her feet Hojo smiled winningly, which changed into a disgruntled frown when he realised her attention had been diverted to Sesshoumaru.

She was watching Jakotsu cling to Sesshoumaru whilst Sesshoumaru tried, albeit unsuccessfully, to free himself from the limpet-male.

“So,” Hojo put a hand on her arm to regain her attention “you look amazing tonight.”

Kagome instantly blushed strawberry red, she had never been very good at receiving compliments, no matter who was handing them out. “Um... thanks.”

In truth Kagome did look very good that night. In such an esteemed school formal wear was a must for an event such as this and, on top of making Kikyo a skin tight ivory dress with horizontal splits up her legs to the tops of her thighs, she had created a dress for herself. It was darkest blue and consisted of a fitted corset which melded to her breasts and the curve of her hips and fell down into a waterfall at her feet.

“Won't you come and sit with me tonight?” Hojo asked hopefully, his tone persuasive “I'm afraid I don't really know anyone else here all that well.”

She frowned at the pleading note to his voice and shrugged helplessly “Sorry I can't I'm with my family.”

“Hey, wait!” he tried to keep a hand on her arm but she pulled away to go and attempt a rescue.

Approaching Sesshoumaru and Jakotsu she grinned at Sesshoumaru and giggled as he growled at her.

“I'd let go of him if I were you, he bites” Kagome warned

Jakotsu paid her no mind except to lick his lips and wink at Sesshoumaru “Can't say I mind.”

“Ew” Kagome wrinkled her nose “I didn't want, nor did I need, that mental image.”

“Release your hold on my person!” Sesshoumaru ordered.

The wrist watch Jakotsu was wearing beeped as Sesshoumaru readied himself to decapitate the flamboyant male.

“Oh” he smiled “It's time, I'll be seeing you Sesshie-kun!”

A blissfully unaware Jakotsu turned to Kagome and glared at her “You tell your sister to watch her back, I don't take kindly to being upstaged”

And with that he flounced away.

“He was... interesting” Kagome said.

“He is vindictive” Sesshoumaru corrected taking her hand to lead her into the building as she shivered. “I wouldn't be surprised if he does something to try and sabotage your sister.”

“Sabotage?” Kagome blinked in shock “Isn't that a bit paranoid?”

“Hn, we shall see.”

And, minutes later when they settled themselves into their seats alongside Inuyasha and the others, Sesshoumaru was proven to be correct. Kikyo walked up to them, her ivory dress flickering about her slim legs.

“We have a problem” she said softly.

“What's wrong?” Kagome asked.

“My cello is gone” she said, her eyes alight with panic “and this is happening in ten minutes.”

“Shit!” Inuyasha swore as they all jumped to their feet.

“Jakotsu” Sesshoumaru growled.

“You really think so?” Kagome queried.

“It probably was him” Kikyo rolled her eyes exasperatedly “he and I have never really gotten along.”

“We split up and we search” Sesshoumaru ordered and everyone, bar Megumi who volunteered to stay there with Rin, took off to search.

It wasn't long until Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha tracked Jakotsu down. Sesshoumaru taking great delight in threatening him with medieval tortures until the boy caved and revealed the location of Kikyo's poor innocent instrument. They all met up backstage to hand Kikyo her cello just in time to go on stage before they settled back into their seats.

The thankful female kissed the Hanyou on his cheek and she left him in a red-faced daze of happiness. Sesshoumaru rolled his eyes.

It was Rin who noticed something was missing.

“What happened to Kagome-neechan?” she piped up just as the light went down.

“I will find her.” Sesshoumaru volunteered, and, before anyone could comment, he melted into the darkness and was gone.

***

Kagome's sense of direction was infamous. Famously appalling and as such she had no clue where she was. And did they have to build the school like a labyrinth?

It was also creeping her out; the lights were motion sensitive and so as she walked down each corridor she found she was jumping at every weirdly elongated shadow.

Damn her overactive imagination.

She rounded yet another corner and stilled as the sensation of watching eyes made the hair on the back of her neck stand on end.

Spinning erratically she tried to locate the owner of the eyes she could sense upon her and nearly fell over at the sight of the red eyes glowing from within a darkened classroom.

Muffling a shriek she turned tale and fled down the corridor hoping to escape the eyes that pursued her.

She rounded so many corners, left right and right again. She took a hard right turn, broke the heel on her shoe, rebounded off a wall hit into a display case and landed harshly on her ass.

Rubbing her abused bottom she glanced around in horror, waiting for her pursuer to come upon her and perhaps feast on her entrails. She was watching far too many horror movies.

She shrieked when something pounced on her and turned terrified eyes to find... Sesshoumaru?

“You scared me half to death!” she hissed angrily as she tried to push him off her.

“Shhh!” he clamped a hand around her mouth “there is someone else.”

Immediately she settled down and allowed him to pull her to her feet only to nearly fall over backwards when Kagura walked from a classroom to roll her eyes at them.

“Did I scare you little human?” she asked, her red eyes lighting with vindictive mirth.

“What are you doing here?” Kagome asked.

“I go to this school now” she admitted sheepishly “Kanna made me do this; she said I had to do something productive”

“Do you like it here?” Kagome asked curiously.

Kagura smiled slightly “Yeah, I think I enjoy sculpture as” she shrugged.

“So... no hard feelings?” Kagome ventured.

“Nope, as long as you don't hold it against me for trying to jump your boyfriend”

Kagome blinked a few times before blushing in shock “I-I, he's not my... I'm not his...”

“We have to go” Sesshoumaru cut in before he grabbed Kagome, tossed her over his shoulder and walked away, sighing as the girl continued to protest even when she was slung over his arm like a sack of potatoes.

“Why didn't you correct her?” she asked him as they lost sight of Kagura “Why would you do that? Let me go dumbass!”

He smacked her bottom with the flat of his hand and smirked at the little shriek she let out.

“You talk too much.”

“Did you just spank me?” she demanded, glad he couldn't see her face and therefore her red cheeks.

“I'll do it again if you don't shut up” he cautioned.

“Sadist” she muttered.

“And you love it” he nibbled on her thigh through her dress and grinned when she shrieked again.

Ah, so that was the cure to jealousy. To tease Kagome, he would have to remember that.

***

An out of breath Hojo caught up with them after the performance as Kagome and Sesshoumaru were about to get into the car to go home. The others had already left and Kagome was decidedly impatient because she needed to pee. Not that she was going to tell Sesshoumaru that.

“Kagome-chan!” he crowed as he appeared beside her

“Bye!” she tried to wave and get into the car but he grabbed her wrist sharply.

“That wasn't very polite!” he reprimanded charmingly

“Neither is this” Sesshoumaru said sweeping Kagome from the boy's arms tilting her over backwards so she was off balance and casually dominating her with his lips.

Though thoroughly disconcerted by the kiss there was no way Kagome was going to dwell on it for too long and soon she was melting in the demon's hold whilst Hojo looked on, aghast.

Smirking at her dazed expression when he pulled away Sesshoumaru carefully bundled her into the front seat of the car.

“You lose boy.” he said.

He probably took more pleasure than was normal when he watched Hojo's gormless expression as he left him in his dust. But, oh well, at least he wouldn't be harassing his Miko any time soon.

Yes. His.

A/N: I don't own Inuyasha. Hope you enjoyed this chapter! Please review!