InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Tensai of the Ookami-Inu ❯ Men of Our Lives ( Chapter 12 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

"C'MON! MOVE YOUR ASSES!" the enraged hanyou screamed.
He had just turned a 3 hour drive into a 2 hour race agianst the clock. They thanked Rin for the computer work she had put into his car, keeping his speed off police radar. He was at his exit and met a traffic jam. Apparently, some idiotturned overhis car into the woods lining the rough highway,while some other jackass stopped in the middle of the lane to help the man. Inuyasha growled impatiently as he noticed the 2 cop cars sitting on the grass and taking their sweet little time to go and help. He tapped impatiently on his cell phone which had been sittingon his lap ever since he left the hotel. He wanted to make sure Kagome was going to be okay, and if he couldn't do something as simple as answer his phone if needed then he didn't know what he would do.
He glanced at the clock glowing on the dashboard; it had been exactly two and a half hours that Kagome had been shot. His fangs sunk into the back of his bottom lip at the loss of his temper, and the honking horns of traffic only made his slowly building headace worse. With a snarl he whipped his wheel to the left and stomped on the pedal, shooting off the cement and into the grass around the accident. The human athorities shouted things at him and waved their arms but he didn't care. He got back onto the cement before the gaurd-rail boxed him in and sped off to the red light he knew awaited him. Satisfied when no one was there, he shot into the traffic, nearly causing an accident himself, and slided onto the short road that led to the hospital he knew she was at.

Kagome had laid back on the bed with difficulty. Her healing wounds were tingling in an uncomfortable manner, and the smells that her demon enhanced nose were picking up was making her extremely paranoid and nasuous. It reeked of blood and death; everytime a draft would blow through from the vents and afresh wave of fear and sorrow would invade her nose. She couldn't lie down, or relax. She tried her hardest to concentrate on Sesshomaru's presence in the chair next to her but she just couldn't keep focused. Multiple times he offered her water or food, but she refused, and only asked to leave. He simply refused her and told her to wait. Sesshomaru had done her a favor by requesting that only Keade wasto enter her room. Demons rarley went to hospitals, but niether of them doubted that if given the chance, the human doctors would try their hardest to keep her for observation, or atleast her blood to experiment.
Kagome had sighed for the hundreth time and renewed her rythym in finger tapping when a loud crash was heard followed by some yelling. Sesshomaru stood as the rapid footsteps began to get closer to Kagome's door and schooled his face to a deadly one. Inuyasha burst through Kagome's door and skidded around the curtian to look at her shocked face.
"Inu-" she started, but was silenced when he roughly pulled her into a soft hug. He planted kisses all over the top of her raven head and forehead as he whispered apologies to her.
"I'll contact your aunt Kagome," Sesshomaru suggested as he exited the room. Inuyasha pushed her legs over slightly and sat on the edge of her bed while looking into her eyes with a serious expression.
"What the hell happened? No secrets, I want to know everything." Kagome could tell he was angry with her but not fully. She put a hand on one of his wrists and sighed.
"I don't think it's safe to say here Yash, I told them I don't remeber. If they walk by and hear us then they'll ask questions," she said. Inuyasha looked at her seriously in her golden eyes.
"They already asked some questions of what a demon is doing in a human hospital. Fuck, Kagome now Sesshomaru knows."
"So? Who's he going to tell?" Just as she finished her sentance, Kagome heard the distinct sound of clicking heels. Her ears perked as Inuyasha looked at her in puzzlement. Sesshomaru held open the door for a woman that looked almost exactly like Kagome. She wore black dress pants with a bussiness suit coat on and black heels. Inuyasha could sense the amount of power coming from this woman; she was not happy.
A low grunt attracted his attention to his older half brother still at the door. Inuyasha turned to make eye contact and knew what he wanted. He kissed Kagome gently on the forehead and gave a curt nod to the older woman and left quietly.
Kimi turned her now golden eyes to the girl in bed. With a quick sniff she found no major injuries that would keep her in bed, and with a nearly invisible ear twitch, she listened to her heartbeat, finding it normal. She let a growl slip through her throat and her pointed ears picked up a small gulp from the girls throat.
"Kimi-sama, gomen. I screwed up, I was sloppy-"
"What went wrong?" Kimi growled in a barley audible voice. Kagome let out a sigh and calmed herself.
"I- I lost control. My youkai wouldn't obey me, she wanted revenge and made things slower than planned. She wanted blood, to see him bleed and beg. But by the time I got control over her agian the gaurds had came and I was shot-" In a flash Kimi was on her feet and a searing pain shot through Kagome's left cheek. Her face turned with the impact as she breathed deeply. Kimi gave her no time to recooperate, for she leaned on Kagome's bed, her face inches from hers, and spoke in a low hiss.
"You're right, it was sloppy, and you screwed up. Do you know the strings I will have to pull to cover this up? It'll be all over the fucking news! I have killed agents for this kind of fuck up Kagome, you are no different." Kagome had barley snapped out of her shock, but she could here Kimi's words clearly. Her cheek was stinging but she refused to show it on her face. She could feel the light burn of claw marks on hercheek while she stared her aunt dead in the eye.
Kimi continued, "Your are heir to the compnay, yes, but first you must work for this company. No one will respect you if you let yourself go. You WILL learn to control yourself Kagome, or else you will not see the light of day agian. You understand me?"
"Th-!"
"SILENCE!" Kimi snapped, her eyes outraged but her voice still not loud. "Ever since you hooked up with that dam inu hanyou you have been slipping on your training. You are in school for cover Kagome, not for socialization. For what you do, you have no friends but your agent, and you shouldn't even fully trust them. You will severe your bond with the hanyou, and continue your schooling with the thought in mind of a cover, or else he will be taken care of. You are not a human teenager, you are a kurohyou hitokiri, and you will remain that way."
There was a silence when Kagome felt absoulutly nothing. Her heart was cold and her head clear.
"Now, you will attened school tomorrow and come straight home to train everyday. I will be teaching you myself and you will not leave the gym until you learn what I want you to." Kimi stood from Kagome's bed and stared into her eyes for a bit. She looked as though she was waiting for her to say something before gathering herself, hiding her traits, and swiftly leaving. No more than a minute after she left Inuyasha reentered. He sat in the chair Kimi had previously occupied and looked into the girl's eyes.
They were molten gold; but not the warm gold that they usually were, the one with a spark of mischief, but cold. Inuyasha felt a chill go down his spine as she looked unaware that he even entered the room. She was looking dead ahead into nothing, the only indication she was alive was the slight moving of her chest.
"Kagome? Daijoubou?"
She blinked slowly and swallowed before looking to him as trying to figure out something. Her eyes then saddend suddenly, making Inuyasha on alert.
"Inuyasha..." she trailed off. Kimi's angry face flashed in place of his for a second, making her feel a rush of anger and fear. But when Inuyasha's face came back into her vision she felt comfort, love, protection. She was a kurohyou kitokiri, a panther assassin, and thats all she was. She made a promise to Inuyasha, to be his, but she made a promise to serve Kimi first. There was no way she could do both either... Inuyasha was now not only apart of the competing company, but a distraction to her job. She missed out on meetings and training sessions because she would go out with him or the martial arts team.
She looked up to meet his soft and comforting eyes that she loved so much. But she wasn't allowed to have him...to feel true love or comfort. She was only allowed to train, lie, and kill...all under someone's command. She was an animal...a slave. She never thought about these things as she shook hands with Kimi all those years ago, agreeing to help her in a world so ignorant.
"Kagome?"
She smiled sadly. "I'm tired. Can we talk later?" she asked. He looked at her for a second and nodded.
"Sure. You sleep. Sesshomaru talked to the old doc and she said you'll be able to go home tomorrow."
Kagome nodded. "I want to go to school tomorrow, so can you come and pick me up?" she asked. He looked at her odd. "We have enough work to make up as it is due to the trouniment."
He nodded and kissed her forehead.
"Oyasumi nasai, ai." He plopped back down into the chair.
"Your not going home?" she asked, cocking her head slightly.
He snorted in his usual arrogant way. "And leave you alone agian? Yeah right."
Kagome smiled. "Oyasumi nasai Inuyasha, aishiteru." Kagome turned away from him and sighed. Inuyasha stared at her back, her words ringing in his ears. He grunted and made himself comfortable with no intention of sleeping.

The next morning she felt terrible. Her wounds were healed and all, but her heart was aching with each step she took. Dread washed over her when she loked him in the eyes, sorrow drowned her when she heard his voice, pain lashed at her when they touched, butworst of all, cold filled her when she remembered Kimi's words. . . .
You will severe your bond with the hanyou, and continue your schooling with the thought in mind of a cover or else he will be taken care of...
There it was agian, that slight shiver that scampered up her spine. Inuyasha had seen the first one and offered to turn up the heat in the car even though it was only 63 degrees out and she was wearing a sweatshirt and jeans that the secretary had dropped off. Would Kimi really do that? Maybe she was just angry and Kagome was overreacting?It wasn't like it was a dream...
She glanced over to him every once in a while and bit her lip to keep herselffrom crying. She would open her mouth to say somethingbut froze. She would lick her lips and look at her lap, as if she had never seen him before. In what seemed like no time at all they pulled up to Shikon High. The usual crowd of jocks crowded the ramp leading from the parking lot to the school, forcing Kagome to put on a tough face while shoving her way through. This was all just a cover. Inuyasha led her by the hand through the crowd and to her locker, waiting expectantly for her to open it. As she got the books she would need for her first 3 hours, she couldn't bear his stare. She took her sweet time, knowing that when she closed her locker and turned around, he would kiss her on the lips before leaving to his own homeroom. She bit her lip and held back tears as she gently shut her locker and turned. As she had known, he was standing there expectantly, a concerend look hidden deep within his eyes. His face got closer to hers, it was nearly there. At the last minute she turned her head away.
"Kagome?" he asked. His voice masking the hurt onlywhole heartedly.
"Inuyasha...we can't- ...do this...anymore," she gasped. Tears began to run down her face as she tried to stay strong. But the force of emotions broke her control on her breathing, making her hyperventalate.
"Kagome, what are you talking about?" he asked her, almost panicked. She thanked every god in heavan that no one was close enough to hear them.
"We can't s-see eachother anymore, we just can't. It's not you Inuyasha, please don't think that. It's all my fault...I did something horrible, I led-..., I can't do this with you anymore..." She wanted so badly to tell him that she's been killing people along with her humanity. To tell him that she's been lying most of the time...of why she didn't always display her youkai traits, of why shesuddenly had to leave when they were together...of why she usedto have to 'go to work' with her aunt...of why she worked herself so hard...of why she couldn't explain her past. But she couldn't. She was tied, gagged, and strapped down. She could no longer be selfish to him and try to keep him when he was going to be in danger. He deserved more than that.
She mangaged to look him in the eyes and more tears came when she did. His eyes were mixed with so many emotions that were so strong and pure that she couldn't take it. He was angry, hurt, lost, and confused. 'I'm no better than Kikyou,' she thought desperately.
She ran into the girls bathroom at the end of the hallway and into the large handicapped stall like the devil was on her heels. With the door locked she backed away from it slowly with her arms wrapping around her torso. She was suddenly so cold, and a wave of lonliness hit her. At that moment the motion-triggered lights switched off, leaving only the natural light from the window. Kagome closed her eyes and tried to control her breathing and failed.
'I'm no better than Kikyou... execept I didn't even give him the curtesy of having a reason...'
'Kimi would have killed him and you know it,' her inner demon reminded her.
'But I couldv'e protected him! I should have tried harder!'
'Kimi's word is law, get over it.'
'Demo...'
'But nothing. You saved his life in a way. Don't let him down. Kimi knows what she's doing. If she says he's a distraction then he is. There's no need to have him there anyway, you're a panther, you don't need anyone by your side. You're starting to sound like some spineless human!'
Kagome blinked the tears from her eyes one more time before wipping them off. She exited the stall and looked at herself in the mirror. She didn't dress in her usual sexy goth style today, but a black cotton jacket with holes for her thumbs and baggy black jeans. She wore no makeup, and had black sneakers on instead of her usual boots. She had known that, that moment was coming, and she couldn't concentrate on much else but it.
A kind of half-hearted anger bubbled within her. Why does she need to have a boyfriend just to look good? She was a damn cat afterall!
FLASHBACK TO THIS MORNING
Kagome had just zipped up her black jacket over her green camoflauge shirt and grabbed her school bag. As soon as she opened her door she was face to face with her aunt. Kagome had no idea what to think of her now. Should she be angry? Or grateful? Kimi was there for Kagome first, but then agian she loved Inuyasha, right?
"Kagome," Kimi adressed "I know it's hard for you but it must be done. That halfbreed is reversing everything we've worked for, and I won't have it. You don't need a man in your life to be happy Kagome, you have family and you have the force within yourself. Your youkai blood will aid you in your most hardest times. And unlike a boy, it dosn't just fade away with time and age. Remeber that." Without another word Kimi left walked off, leaving Kagome to think over her words as she drove her car to school.
END FLASHBACK
'Your youkai blood will aid you in your most hardest times...' she thought over. She then allowed her eyes to lose focus as she went within herself. Almost as if she made a deal with her youkai blood, her claws and fangs appeared, and her eyes shifted slightly; but her head was oddly clear. She smiled a fanged smile in the mirror when she didn't feel the uncontrolable power that normally flowed in her. The pain in her heart had subsided and Inuyasha had become just another youkai in her life that she had to deal with.
She thought for a moment about hiding her traits agian, but then that would mean she would have to feel the misery of humans like a normal person. She looked into the mirror agian and liked the way her eyes looked brown in the dark, but flashed gold once light hit them. With a deep grunt she exited the bathroom a new girl in a sense.
Just as she thouched the door knob a long beep echoed throughout the school. She rolled her eyes and opened the door slilently and slammed it again, nearly chuckling when the entire class jumped.
"Do you have a pass?" the teacher asked as Kagome moved to the back, her bangs covering her eyes.
"Nope."
"Why not?"
"Because it's pointless to have a peice of paper just to say that I walked in a second after the bell."
"I can write you up for this Higurashi," her techer threatend.
"Knock yourself out," Kagome shrugged. "Really, I meant knock yourself out." Some of the kids in the room snickered as the teacher grew angry.When he opened his mouth to retort Kagome looked up at him with the most peircing stare she could manage. He froze before the words even formed, leaving it lost on his tounge. Kagome smirked as the second bell sounded, signaling passing time. "Have a good day!" she said sarcasticly as she left.
As she exited homeroom she made eye contact with a certian hanyou who came out at the same time as her like usual. He stared at her with an emotionless mask that almost revealed the surprise that she was showing her true self. Taking advantage of his temporary stupor, she threw him a cold smirk and left towards the stairs. She thought about going to history for a second before she picked the lock to the janitors closet and climbed the ladder to the roof.
She opened her arms as the cold breeze hit her and went over the the egde, sitting a foot from it. Picking up a small pebble next to her she began to pelt them at the camera on the corner of the builing justeight feet away from her. She took out her iPod and let it play for about 20 minutes and was suprised when she heard someone climbing the ladder, and saw Inuyasha's head poke through the porthole. He stalked out from the door and over towards her, regaurding her almost as if she was a child.
"We need to talk," His voice was demanding, too demanding for Kagome's tastes.
She grolwed and stood. "No, WE don't need to do anything. What YOU need to do is turn around and go back the way you came or take the short way down," she said, suggesting to the ledge, "Either way your not staying up here."
Inuyasha scoffed and ignored her comment. "What's with you? Did you lose control or something? Why are you acting like a bitch?"
Kagome shrugged. "Maybe because I am a bitch, and can say it proudly." Inuyasha took a step towards her, and she took one back, making a note that the ledge was but 3 inches from her heel.
"Watch it stupid before you fall." Inuyasha reached out to grabbed her and Kagome swiped his hand away. "WOULD YOU DROP THE FUCKING BITCH ACT PLEASE! I NEED A DAMN ANSWER!"
Kagome studied his eyes. She looked at all the emotion in his face and nearly broke her new attitude. She thought about telling him it all for a second, but then Kimi's face flashed in her mind along with Inuyasha's lifeless body.
"Kagome..." he said softly. Her eyebrows scrunched and un scrunched before she looked up at him. A sad smile adorned her face as she reached for him. She longed to touch him just one more time...to just kiss him and feel the deep passion and fire she felt whenever the ball of his ring would message and caress her tounge...to feel the love of his warm embrace...to smell the supple sweetness of his scent as they slept peacefully...but she couldn't.
"I have to let you go..." she whispered. Herdulled eyesflashed chocolate brown as tears swelled up once more. She breathed in gently, and fell back as she breathed out.
"KAGOME!" Inuyasha called for her as she fell from the roof. She twisted herself around and landed on her feet with a grunt, one knee bent upwards. She sighed and walked from the school property. There was no way she could sit in her classes with him for the rest of the day and be okay with it. Not even her youkai blood could heal wounds that ran so deep. Maybe because they were too fresh? Or because the overcoming feelings in the bathroom were mere illusions.
'Were my feelings illusions too?' she thought as she looked to the sky. She wasbasking in a blossom tree on the edge of the soccer field, Trapt blasting in her ears.
Have your nails scratch the deepestHave you broken skin this timeMade your mark and took me deeperAs you drown me with your eyesI held my hand over your mouthAs you scream at me to feelYou felt my scars with understandingBut I can't promise anything
Her eyebrows scrucnhed almost in ill-recognition that she wasn't ready to reveal.
Can you tellThat I picked my poison wellThat I have no more to sell to youIs it really that important that I settle downDoes it really even matter that I have my doubtsI search for the one who bleedsI reach for the one who bleeds
I forget to dream in colorI am better off aloneHonest hearts are undercoverWe are shadows on our ownLose ourselves in open watersAlways swimming back to shoreMy addictions have no bounderiesNow I'm crying out for more
Can you tellThat I picked my poison wellThat I have no more to sell to youIs it really that important that I settle downDoes it really even matter that I have my doubtsI search for the one who bleedsI reach for the one who bleedsLike me
I have my doubtsI have my doubtsAnd so does everbody elseSo help me take this all awayYou gotta help me take this all awayPlease help me take this all awayAnd bleed like meSo help me take this all awayYou gotta help me take this all awayPlease help me take this all awayAnd bleed like me
Is it really that important that I settle downDoes it really even matter that I have my doubtsI search for the one who bleedsI reach for the one who bleeds
She turned the song to 'A Place for My Head' by Linkin Park and closed her eyes, keeping her senses alert to any approaching people.

Emiko was pissed. That morning when Urasuai came in to tell them they were leaving, she found out Inuyasha had left. Totosai had called her and told her about the emergancy, but the dumb bitch held everyone responsible for his actions. Inuyasha had apparently tried to find his car keys in Urasuai's room, tearing it apart in the process, and eventually ended up hotwiring his car because he was unsucessful. Now she was talking about making them pay for the damages to the room because they could restrain him. For almost 40 minutes Emiko argued with her martial arts teacher, trying to reason, but it was to no avail. She also decided to bring up the fight Sango had gotten into, saying that she should make them pay for the girls medical bills because the 'victum' was only a yellow belt. Miroku and Huyana had hard times calming them down, and Rin was already stressed about Sesshomaru leaving. He did offer her, but she decided to stay and get a migrane. Kouga was also not in such a good mood because he had gotten walked in while with Ayame at around 2:30 last in the morning, meaning that Urasuai was going to have them suspended when they got back to school. So in all...the group wasn't having such a good morning.
They had boarded the bus for a head count and was bombarded with questions that were never answered. Appaerently, some of the team was still angry at Kagome fornot showing up. It took a lot for Emiko to calm her nerves; she had to remind herself that they didn't know about Kagome's wound, and they didn't need to know. She left the bus and managed to not kill someone, even though a burley green belt was asking for it.
She nearly ripped the handle off of her car door when she closed it and put her head agianst to steering wheel. Between the tournement, Kagome being hurt, the upcoming band competition, her heat, Urasuai's accusations, and her father randomly showing up, she just wanted to sleep and never wake up. But it wasn't possible, she couldn't even get a good nights sleep last night because of the stress. She was so engrossed in her thought she didn't even notice Huyana get into the passenger seat, or the tears roll down her cheeks. All she knew is that there was a solid, contoured shoulder for her to lean on and she took advantage of it. She had been crying for only 5 minutes when she fell alseep, totally exhausted.
Huyana got out the car and moved her into the passenger seat, getting around to the drivers side. As he followed the bus home, 'Bottled Up Inside' by KoRn played softly. Huyana listened to the words carefully, thinking of how music explains so much about Emiko in so many ways.
Sorry if I seem like I'm going overbord with the japanese vocab. I plan on going there one day and using words like this helps me remeber them easier. And you can learn something too! So I'm helping the community here! Looks up at the sky and taps foot
Anytime now!
Angels shake heads and fly away
Bastards...
Translations:
Hitokiri- literally means Manslayer, so in other words, assassin.
Daijoubou- Are you okay? (formal)
Oyasumi nasai- goodnight
Ai- love; another form of 'koi'
Aishiteru- I love you
Demo- but (as in saying 'but I don't want to', that kind of but)
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