InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ This Wasn't In The Job Description ❯ Relentless People ( Chapter 55 )

Chapter 55

 

Relentless People

 

Later that afternoon, the contractors and cleaners showed up. They stared at the mess, but after one glance at InuYasha's forbidding countenance, they asked no questions and got to work. InuYasha and Kagome tried to relax in the living room. He got his guitar and she took a magazine she had bought to read. Kagome flipped through the pages, but found it hard to concentrate. Noises from the work being done made her brood and wonder about what would happen next. Naraku was being so relentless - they could not catch a break! With a sigh, Kagome put down the magazine and tried to listen to what InuYasha was playing.

 

“Is that a new song?” Kagome said. “I don't recognize it.”

 

Looking up from his guitar with a smirk, his eyes glinted mischievously. Then he bent back down to his acoustic guitar, and began to play some power chords, and sing.

 

“When you see my eyes

Heed my advice

I am your doom

I am you death

My will like a vise

 

Your end is near, so quake in fear

Your end is near, it's coming clear

I'm bringing an end to you

 

When you feel my grip

From life you'll slip

I am you fate

Filled with hate

You're on a one way trip

 

Your end is near, so quake in fear

Your end is near, it's coming clear

I'm bringing an end to you

 

Naraku, Naraku

I'm bringing an end to you

Naraku, Naraku

I'm putting an end to you

 

NOW DIE!!!!”

 

As the last chord rang out, InuYasha looked up at Kagome and grinned, and she grinned back. Then she started to laugh, and he chuckled a moment.

 

“Did you just write that?” Kagome asked.

 

“Yes,” InuYasha said, leaning his arms on the guitar in his lap. “Do you like it?”

 

“Sure, I do!” Kagome replied enthusiastically. “What are you calling it?”

 

“The End of Naraku.”

 

Kagome snorted. “Of course, what else!”

 

`If only it were the end of Naraku,' Kagome thought. `It seems that the only way we can stop him trying to kill us, is to kill him…'

 

These thoughts did not sit right with Kagome. Although Naraku was evil, she always wanted to believe a person could choose a different path, a path of redemption. But right now, it just did not seem likely. If InuYasha wanted him dead, in order to protect her, she believed Naraku would eventually die. Over the time that she had been with her hanyou, she had learned what a formidable person he was. There was no doubt that he could be every bit as relentless as Naraku. She watched him go back to his guitar, strumming it softly, his long silver hair cascading to one side, and the muscles on his bare chest and arms rippling with his movements. What a powerful and beautiful being he was….

 

~*~

 

In her apartment back in Tokyo, Kikyo picked up the newspaper and sat down at the kitchen table to read and drink some tea. It was her custom to scan it for anything out of the ordinary, because if Naraku was active he might leave traces she could find. A headline jumped out at her:

 

Fishermen Warn of Ushi-Oni Heading Our Way

 

`Damn!” Kikyo thought, putting down the tea and reading the article intently. `The ushi-oni…heading towards Kamakura? Can't be a coincidence - and I know InuYasha has vacated his home in Denenchofu. If Naraku is sending a ushi-oni after him, he must really be on to something…”

 

Making up her mind, she slammed down the paper and went to the phone. Who cared that he was with that stupid girl now, she would not be denied. If InuYasha really was hot on the trail of the formula, she would be right there when he found it.

 

~*~

 

Ring!

 

The sound of the telephone startled Kagome out of her ruminations. InuYasha looked up at her from his guitar, a snarl of disgust on his lips. He made no move to answer it.

 

“You want me to answer it?” Kagome asked.

 

“What the fuck,” InuYasha answered. “Go ahead.”

 

Getting up quickly, Kagome got to the phone before whoever it was hung up. InuYasha watched her, his lips pressed in a thin line showing his irritation at the distraction.

 

“Hello?” Kagome said sweetly.

 

“Oh, hi Miroku!” Kagome said, and smiled at InuYasha, who quirked a smirk back at her. “How are we? Well…long story. Do you have any news for us?...Oh, that's great! …Tomorrow afternoon?...Wonderful, can't wait to see you and Sango again!...Okay, good-bye!”

 

Her mood brightened greatly, Kagome hung up the phone, her eyes shining. Finally, something good had happened!

 

“So, what did the perv have to say?” InuYasha said as she came back and sat on the couch.

 

“Forensics will have our clues ready tomorrow afternoon,” Kagome replied. “Miroku and Sango will pick them up and meet us here.”

 

“Fuck yeah, that's great!” InuYasha said, putting down his guitar. “I'm fucking sick of running and hiding. Time to figure out our next move and go on the offensive.”

 

But Kagome wilted a bit, twisting her skirt in her lap, and InuYasha regarded her mood change, perplexed. Why wasn't she as happy as she was a few moments ago? Was it something he said?

 

“What's wrong?” InuYasha said, his brow furrowed.

 

“Well, I'm just imagining Miroku and Sango's reactions when they see the state of your house,” Kagome said quietly.

 

With a groan, InuYasha put his head in his hand. “You had to say that….”

 

Ring!

 

“Fuck!” InuYasha exploded. “What now!”

 

“I'll get it,” Kagome said, and walked back over and picked up the phone while InuYasha fumed.

 

“Hello?” she said patiently. “Oh, hi, Kikyo,” Kagome said in surprise, and looked at InuYasha, who leapt up out of his chair when he heard Kikyo's name. “Yes, he's here...”

 

“HANG UP THE PHONE ON THAT BITCH!!”

 

“I don't think he wants to talk to you…”

 

Wincing Kagome took the phone away from her ear, as Kikyo started a loud tirade. Growling angrily, InuYasha realized that this was yet another relentless person - if he did not talk to her, she would not go away. He grabbed the receiver out of Kagome's hand, and gave her an apologetic look before barking into the phone.

 

“What the fuck do you want?” InuYasha said. “Do you have to even ask that? If you didn't think it was me, you wouldn't be calling!...I'm not sharing any clues with you, cause I know you would never share them with me, bitch!...Forget about it, Kikyo, and leave me the fuck alone!”

 

Angrily, InuYasha ripped the phone out of the wall, and Kagome watched, stunned, as he walked out of the room. The contractors and cleaners ducked as they saw a telephone flying their way. It landed in the sand with a thud, spraying sand in the air.

 

Shaking her head, Kagome followed InuYasha and found him standing in the ruined bedroom, fuming. She just could not let him continue this way, he had to calm down. And the only one who could help him was her.

 

“It will be okay, InuYasha.” Kagome said softly. “Come back in the house with me.”

 

InuYasha let her lead him out of the bedroom, and into the smaller one they were now using. Then she turned to look at him and smiled, and gestured at the bed.

 

“Lie down on your stomach,” she said.

 

“Just what do you have in mind?” he said, smirking.

 

“Please, just do it.”

 

Shrugging, he did as she asked. She climbed up on the bed and straddled his legs, and began to massage his back. There were only faint marks left from the bullet wounds. Slowly, she kneaded his shoulders, and then worked her way down his back. To her satisfaction she felt him relax. Her small, strong hands were soothing to InuYasha, and his anger began to dissipate. After about ten minutes, he moved and she got off his legs as he turned over.

 

“Thanks,” InuYasha said, smiling wickedly. “But something has popped up.”

 

Before she could respond he had opened his jeans, and sure enough, his full erection sprang free. Kagome rolled her eyes.

 

“That wasn't what I had in mind,” Kagome said ruefully.

 

“I know,” InuYasha replied. “But it's what I had in mind.”

 

“Eeep!”

 

InuYasha grabbed her arms and pulled her down on top of him, kissing her passionately. There was no way she could resist him, and she melted under his talented ministrations. Oh, well, they both needed some stress relief….

 

~*~

 

“What's that?” A young woman said, pointing to a bright object shooting through the sky above her.

 

“Oh, it's a UFO!” her companion said in awe.

 

Everyone stopped to stare as the UFO flew away, heading East, towards the coast.

 

`Hmph,' thought Kagura. `Naraku was right…now for InuYasha.'