InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Ad ❯ Your Arms Cause Jiisan's Worries ( Chapter 9 )

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

Chapter 9

Your Arms Cause Jiisan's Worries

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He had first called her around midnight, when it had started to rain. He wasn't surprised she hadn't answered right away. She was on a date, after all, and would probably not notice her phone until she was out the door, and knowing the strict moral teachings he had embedded in her, she would be wrapping it up within the next half hour. When twelve forty-five had rolled around without sign of his granddaughter, Keiji had dared another call. His message was a bit more pressing, but he didn't want her to think that he was keeping tabs on her.

His attitude changed around one in the morning. Her cell phone was on: it rang six times before it transferred him to her voicemail. This was not like Kagome at all. She always called when running late. Granted, most of the time, she had called Souta directly, who did not bother to relay the message unless Keiji ventured to get up in the middle of the night. Knocking slowly on the dark door, Keiji risked awakening his grandson. "Souta, your sister is not in her room. Did she call?"

"Huh?" Souta opened a pair of glassy eyes. "She said she was going to be back early cuz she hadn't slept in days. Try her cell phone."

"She isn't answering."

"Jiisan, Kag is a big girl. It's okay if she wants to spend the night with her boyfriend." The look the old man gave him made Souta realize his mistake: he and his sister could be married with children, but in his grandfather's eyes, they would never have sex. "But, Kagome isn't that kind of girl…why don't you check her phonebook? Maybe she has Yasha's number in it, though I don't think she uses that thing now that she got her new cell." Souta yawned and rolled over.

Keiji sighed. Kagome probably didn't have the hanyou's number written down, but he did. He knew this was embarrassing for the young girl, but it was pouring outside. Keiji slammed the phone into the wall when he was automatically forwarded to Inu Yasha's voicemail. It was two in the morning, and there was no sign of Kagome. He had no choice. Opening the phone book, he looked up Sango's number.

"Hello?" A familiar gruff male voice answered the phone on the second ring.

"Miroku?"

"Hai." The said man tried to rub the sleep from his eyes.

"What are you doing at Sango's?"

"Higurashi-sama!" Miroku's eyes jumped out of their sockets. "Whatever do you mean?"

"I mean, I dialed Sango's number, and you answered the phone!"

"But this is my number…you must have dialed incorrectly!" Miroku swallowed hard as Sango's look of total horror became too much to bare.

"It doesn't matter; you will do. I was wondering if you knew where Kagome was. She left earlier for a date with Inu Yasha, and still hasn't come home."

"Then I guess she's still at Yasha's. He was supposed to cook, so he probably burned down the kitchen. They are probably still trying to agree on where to get take out from."

"Kagome isn't the type of girl to stay out this late with a man!"

"Well, Inu Yasha isn't just any man." Miroku protested before the old man grumbled a few protests and hung up.

"Did he buy it?"

"I think so."

"And then you want to know why I don't like it when you sleep over!"

"Sango, my love…"

"Don't start Miroku." Sango slipped out of bed and put on a robe before walking over to his side. "I'm tired of this. I hate having to hide this…this thing we have. I don't like having to make up excuses when my friends try to set me up, and I hate having to bite my tongue when those sluts from the twenty-third floor bat their eyelashes at you."

"Babes, you know that I don't like it either, but as long as I am your boss…"

"Then maybe I should quit…relocate to another firm."

"Then, my father will kill me for losing such a valuable employee."

"Miroku, I don't like hiding this…like if we were ashamed."

"Do you have any better ideas?"

"Maybe you should talk to your father." Miroku visibly paled, but before he could answer, the phone rang. "What!" Sango angrily answered. "Higurashi jiisan!"

"Ah, Sango, it seems my granddaughter has your number and Miroku's mixed up. I'm sorry to wake you at such an unholy hour, but I can't reach Kagome. Do you know where she may be?"

Sango sighed in relief as she for once was grateful that Miroku had forwarded his calls to her number. "Last I checked, she had a date with Yasha tonight. They are probably still out." The old man sighed before hanging up. He tried Kagome's cell phone and Inu Yasha's home number a few more times without success. It was quickly approaching three in the morning, and the storm was getting worse. Perhaps he should start calling the local hospitals…no, he would not believe she was hurt! The god's tree would for always protect her. Where in hell could that child of his be?

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Kagome snuggled into the warm sheets. The bed was firm, but soft, as if it was a feather pillow lying on a hard flat piece of wood. When had her bed felt this good? Kagome opened an eye and saw brick walls and long sheets of fabric pinned to the top of the windows as they half covered them. This was definitely not her room. She moaned as she tried to free herself from the confines of a heavy blanket tangled around her waist. Her confusion grew when she realized how much the blanket felt like a clawed hand. She heard a low feral growl as someone or something shifted behind her. She managed to roll over and bump into a bare masculine chest.

"You awake?" Inu Yasha yawned.

"Barely…" Kagome replied as she realized how contagious his yawn was. It was a few more seconds before she remembered how she ended up in bed with Inu Yasha, and was happy to realize he had been a gentleman about it. "What time is it?"

"Three-ish?" He guessed.

"Oh my Kami! I have to get home. If my grandfather finds out I'm still not home…I rather not think of the tortures he would have in store for me." Inu Yasha laughed lightly.

"You are a grown woman."

"Not to my jiisan…to him, I'll always be a little girl." She sat up while yawning and was about to get up when Inu Yasha pulled her back.

"You hear that? That pounding sound is the rain. I wouldn't be surprised if they had to close a few streets. I truly do not recommend going out in that!" Kagome listened to the sound of the rain drops, which was more like falling rocks on the window pane.

"He will not be happy if he finds out I spent the night."

"Then we won't let him. What time does he get up?"

"On Saturday, seven o'clock to beat the tourist rush."

"Then, we'll get up around five, and make it there before he wakes up." Inu Yasha turned to set his alarm clock.

"I don't know…" Kagome yawned, but as her head fell on the pillow, she was half-asleep already. Three blinks later, and she was in dreamland. There was something about Inu Yasha's bed that made sleeping irresistible. Inu Yasha smiled as he turned around and found her sleeping. She looked so pretty and innocent when she slept. She also looked quite vulnerable. For the first time, both his youkai and human sides agreed on an action, which Inu Yasha did not hesitate to partake. He spooned the girl, wrapping his long lean leg around her in an effort to shield her from all harm as she slept.

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"Four in the morning, and still not a word from her." Keiji paced nervously as he quickly ran out of numbers to dial. Every fifteen minutes he tried her phone, but no luck. He hated to do this, but as more time passed, it was quickly becoming a possibility. What if she and Inu Yasha had a bad argument, and she had run to Hojo? He shivered at the thought. No, he had waited too long to get rid of that idiot that wasn't man enough to marry his granddaughter. "Four fifteen…what do I have to lose?" He dialed the familiar number and was surprised when an overly feminine male voice…or was it vise versa…answered the phone.

"Hojo?"

"One moment."

"Hello?"

"Hojo?"

"Higurashi-sama!" The young man sounded scared…and he should be if Kagome was with him.

"Was that your new roommate just now?"

"You can say that…" No, that voice was too masculine to be Kagome's.

"I was wondering if Kagome was with you."

"Higurashi is missing?" Damn that boy still couldn't call her by her first name! Was he embarrassed by it?

"Who's Kagome?" He heard the other voice ask in the background.

"No one…I got to go Higurashi-sama, but I'm sure that Kagome is just fine, probably out with a friend." He quickly hung up as the other voice began to whine.

"That was strange…but when isn't that boy weird?" Keiji sighed. "There is just one number left, and after that, I will have to start calling up those hos-hospitals…" He picked up and dialed a number he had thought forgotten.

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Sesshomaru ripped the phone out of the wall before throwing it across the room. "Damn bastard…when I find the idiot that thought it safe to call this house at such an hour, death will be a blessing to him!" He rolled over and tried to go back to sleep. He only had a few more hours before Rin's big game.

"Asshole!" Kagura yelled as she stormed into his bedroom and threw a cordless phone at his head. He caught it gracefully as he notice how well the young youkai looked in his daughter's gym shorts and tank top. So different from the complicated sophisticated ensembles she wore daily. She looked so much like the girl he had once fallen madly in love with. "This is the last time I accept an invitation from you to spend the night!"

"Would you have rather driven in the rain?" He asked coolly, and she noticed how groomed he looked. Even after being awaken in the middle of the night, not even his hair was slightly mused. He was still the king of Perfection.

"Better than being woken up at four thirty in the freaking morning by one of you male bonding partners! You should be grateful that Rin didn't hear it…" She finished before slamming the door behind her.

"Damn that woman is feisty!" Sesshomaru thought before he remembered the phone. "What the fucking hell do you want?" His anger seeped through his stoic words.

"Sesshomaru?"

"Keiji?" The youkai lord raised an eyebrow in concern.

"I'm sorry to disturb you at this hour, but Kagome hasn't come home yet and I've been calling her and your brother all night and they don't answer."

Sesshomaru sighed, "Why aren't I surprised? My brother disables his phone when he has a woman over…he doesn't appreciate interruptions."

"What are you insinuating?"

"I am not insinuating anything, Keiji. I warned you about my brother, but you encouraged that relationship. If your granddaughter is in my brother's bed instead of her own, it is completely your fault."

"Kagome is NOT that kind of girl!"

"No, but my brother isn't just any hanyou! No, if you don't mind, in this house, we value our sleep, which is why we keep our women away from assholes like my brother!" Sesshomaru crushed the phone before making a mental note to do the same to the hanyou in the morning.

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Inu Yasha crushed his alarm clock before rolling back to enjoy the warmth of the woman below him. He smiled as her heartbeat increased slightly. She would be waking up soon. Her hair was a mop of knots as it contrasted against the white pillowcase. Her face was marred by the red lines caused by sleeping on a wrinkled pillow, and there was a bit of drool on the side of her mouth. Inu Yasha smiled softly. He had never seen a more beautiful woman in his life. She was so real, so honest, so human…he wondered what it would be like to wake up by her side every morning, to watch her grow old with him, to watch her grow fat with his child, to what her love him…

His smile faded.

A woman like her would never love a man like him. He had learned that as he went through hoards of women. As his brother had tastelessly put it, it was the old Takahashi money that kept them near. No, no woman would ever love him…not even Kagura, who had actually cared for him, could not make herself love him. Even Kagome knew that, without his money, he was undesirable. With his violent temper, bad manners and little consideration for his fellow neighbor, Inu Yasha knew he was a hard man to stand, but he didn't know how to change. Besides, after what he had endured, he wasn't sure he wanted to change. He looked down at the sleeping angel once again. No, Kagome would not be with him for his money. She was too honest for that, but if it weren't for her jiisan's health… "Keh, if she only knew."

He kissed her lightly on her forehead, and watched her eyelids flutter. He couldn't hide his smile. "Morning," he whispered, "sleep well?" Kagome yawned and tried to stretch but froze when she found her legs tangled with his. He laughed at her blush before shifting away. "Sorry, old youkai habit."

"I'm sure…" she mumbled before sitting up and noticing her nightshirt had ridden up her waist during the night. Even though Inu Yasha couldn't see a thing, she was suddenly very embarrassed at the thought that he had held her so intimately. She grabbed her jeans, and before she could ask, Inu Yasha replied,

"The bathroom is through that door on your right. Be quick, we need to leave in twenty minutes if we are going to make it to your house in time." He replied before he watched her go. Grabbing a fresh pair of jeans and his favorite red shirt, he remembered something else, "Oh, there are new toothbrushes in the cabinet on the right!"

"Thanks!" She yelled back as she examined the large bathroom, which was as big as her living room. He had a Jacuzzi for eight…why would he need one for so many people, she rather not know… and a wall divider. Curiosity got the better of her, and she peaked at what was behind the blue tile wall. She was surprised to see the ten shower heads. "At least I know he is a clean dog." She thought as she turned to the mirror. She had already put on her jeans, and all she wanted to do was to get rid of that horrible taste in her mouth. She frowned at her reflection. Boy, she looked like Frankenstein's wife on a bad day. A little splash of water and a brush through her hair did a world of difference. She quickly looked for the toothbrushes, and was surprised to find two sixty packs, the first half empty.

"You decent?"

"Yeah." He came in and saw her quizzical stare at the toothbrushes.

"Hey…it's a youkai thing."

"I didn't know you were all so into dental hygiene." She smartly remarked.

"Keh."

"And I can't help but notice that these aren't the same brand or kind as the new one you are using." He took his brush from her and put it to good use. She rolled her eyes as she grabbed the first toothbrush that came to her hand, a bright yellow one. After she was done, she was tempted to just throw it out, but Inu Yasha had grabbed it and placed it next to his with a sly wink. "My spending the night was a fluke. Don't you think it will happen again!"

"Coffee? I can quickly make some before we leave."

"Sure." Kagome sighed as she went to look for her clothes. She found her jacket and purse neatly placed by the couch they never sat on, and out of habit, she pulled out her cell phone.

"Any miss calls?" Inu Yasha asked from the kitchen. She looked up and saw him pouring a large amount of coffee into a filter, enough to almost overflow.

"Hold it! I don't know how strong you like your coffee, but I want mines to remain on the nontoxic side."

"Keh. How much coffee should I use, then?"

"How many cups?"

"Twelve?"

"Three spoonfuls should be enough…depending the brand." No wonder he could never stand his coffee. "What the fuck!" Inu Yasha turned towards the young woman cursing in his living room

"Nani?"

"I told you I always got caught…"

"What are you rambling about?"

"I have fifteen missed calls from my jiisan!" Kagome explained as she called home. "Souta? Don't give me that! Inu Yasha and I fell asleep watching a movie last night, we just woke up."

"A little calmer and maybe jiisan will buy it." Her brother replied.

"Very funny…Jiisan…" Kagome pulled the phone away from her ear as the old man screamed his head off. Inu Yasha took advantage of this to take the phone away from her.

"Hello, Higurashi-sama?" Kagome paled as she heard his voice. "Don't yell at Kagome; it's my fault. It started to rain, and it was my idea to wait it out. We started to watch a movie, but I guess we fell asleep…I don't seem to have good luck picking movies." Kagome crossed her arms in front of her chest in a disapproving manner.

"What?" He asked as he hung up.

"You lie too well." She complained.

"I'm a businessman; it's what I do for a living, but I am disappointed to say that for a lawyer, you don't lie well, at all." She gave him a sour expression. "Look, your grandfather is waiting for us, why don't you just finish getting dress, so we can face the music together. The coffee should be done by then."

Kagome sighed as she returned to the hunt of her clothes. She found the shirt on the blanket they had laid upon last night, but he had thrown her bra across the room. She picked it up and quickly noticed something was wrong. She held it up to see a clean slice through the back of the satin material of her lucky bra. "Inu Yasha Takahashi, I am going to kill you!"

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Wow, I got over a hundred reviews for one chapter!!!!! I don't think that ever happened before, and if it did, then this the first time I noticed it. I want to thank you for being so patient with me. Warning, I going into writing crunch for my thesis, poetry class, and playwriting class, so the updates will be farther apart. At least once a week, instead of daily.

I want to also thank espeonX for correcting me in my use of ji-chan instead of jii-chan. I also want to thank Meche for finding a cool website that found the proper form of grandfather was jiisan. To those of you that feel that I use too much Japanese, I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I'm not changing that aspect of it. I think I use little enough to make it translatable. Also, I have been writing bilingually (Spanish and English) for many years. The reason I incorporate some Japanese is for the same reason I mixed my other languages. I want to keep my mood strait, and make sure you don't forget we are in Japan, and not NY.

There was also a review by Sapharia that I wanted to address. I don't mean to shout you out, but you critique was well written, and I think it deserves a response. I was going to write to you personally, but you didn't leave your email. First of all, I did not take it as a flame because I do not believe you had that intention and you did not write it in a disrespectful manner, and with that, I hope you do not misread my post. This is a fair reply and defense not meant to insult anyone, but you did bring up issues about my writing that due merit my response.

Second, my story is not all about sex. I'm sorry you haven't realized that yet, but if you keep reading you will see it. I am not going to lie to you. One of the major themes in this work is learning to accept your sexuality. Kagome needs to learn about accepting her sexual nature and to lose her fear of intimacy. Inu Yasha needs to learn that women are not toys, and that he is allowed to love and make love. Hojo…you will understand Hojo in a few chapters, but I can't reveal that twist just yet. Sex is a major part of a relationship, and though I agree people should first fall in love, unfortunately, we fall in lust much quicker than in love. Love at first sight does not exist, but lust does, and Inu and Kagome need to break through this barrier before they can get into a serious romantic relationship. Love evolves from two people growing together and compromising with each other, (for example, Inu Yasha learning to accept Kagome's limits and her views about sex). If a man ever told me that he fell in love with me at first sight, I would kick him to the curb because it would mean that he fell in love with my body and not me. And honestly, I am trying to be true to the characters. Inu Yasha is half youkai, and if you have noticed from the majority of the youkai presented in the series (I am speaking up to episode 145) very few feel love. They all lust (Kouga…sorry Kouga lovers, but he only wants Kagome for her shard detecting skills, at least when he first laid his claim), do not love (Sesshomaru…Rin does not count. That is more of a caretaker role, which an alpha male would have), and are territorial (Naraku…if waiting around fifty years and carrying out complicated plans doesn't show you his commitment and territorialism, nothing will. Sesshomaru… do I really need to expand on that?) Inu Yasha may only be half demon, but he still suffers in the anime from these conditions. Also, they are twenty-four and twenty-six. Life is a little different at that age, and views on sex are not as idealistic as they were when they were younger. I know. I am twenty-one (and yes, I still watch anime) and my views on sex have changed drastically in the last four years alone. It's called college, at least for me.

Third, I don't know about you, but I have a potty mouth, and so does Inu Yasha. I do believe he would say it that often. When I refer to sex as fuck, it is because I am working from the three types of intimacy rule: Sex, which can be casual, no real emotion. Just to people seeking release. Fucking, which is very primal and animalistic full of strong passions, but not necessary includes love. This kind of intercourse tends to be wild and hot. Making love, which is what I think everyone here agrees is the best, is when to people unite their bodies and souls as a symbol of their love.

Fourth, this is a romance story. I follow the rules of a romance novel [As I learned them in my Freshman writing seminar, yes they even teach this in college], which include the couple falling in lust first. Then, they eventually fall in love, but its not clear if they will make it because of a miscommunication or third party interference, and it will take a life threatening situation to bring them together in the end. Remember the Rose Colored Lenses? Inu knew Kagome was his mate before he even knew he loved her. When he finally gets her to accept being his girlfriend, and it looks like they are going to be together forever, his lack of trust separates them. This is followed by Kagome leaving, which may not be life threatening, unless you read some of the reviews I got. You guys were ready to kill me, kill her or kill someone to release all that tension, but it all ended well. Granted, to be truer, I should have Kagome realizing Inu was alive enough to forgive everything, but I also had to deal with her unresolved issues. Yes, I complicate everything. As for the kissing comment, I'm not sure if you were referring to the amount of thought that they were having, or their bodily response. I think you meant latter. This, I am going to reply on personal experience. I love to kiss. I feel it is the best way you can express your feelings to someone without words or the consequences behind sex. I have been kissed in a way that has left me…not to sound crude…but near orgasm (Thank the Lord for men that can kiss!) I have also shared kisses with someone close that left him wanting much more. It's just personal reaction, and if you can't relate, it's not wrong, it just means I failed to reach you.

But again, this is a romance novel-like story. Pick one up at your local supermarket, and you will definitely see a huge correlation with sex, lust, and eventually love. I did appreciate your review. Not many people say much more than update soon, even when the story has been completed, but that's okay too. I'm happy that I got that response from you because it tells me you were really reading. And, this is my way to encourage all of you that read all the way here to elaborate in your reviews. I will not get mad if you tell me you don't like something. A lot of you complained about my flashbacks last story, and I've been working on different ways to integrate them. I will not tolerate a flame…by that I mean a review that does nothing but insult without proper critique. I do hold Sapharia's review as a good example of a critique. I love hearing that you guys love my work, just as much as I love hearing what bothers you of it.

Well, now that I have completed the longest author's note I have ever written, I am going to work on the next chapter.