InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Time Goes By; Life Goes On ❯ Reacquainted ( Chapter 11 )

Chapter Eleven

Naraku growled in frustration when he realized he was not any closer to finding the elusive miko. He had been at it for days and still no hide or hair of her. Anger was evident on his face and body, he was determined to make good on his threat but first he had to get out of the damn park.
Standing before Kagura he once again showed her the power he possessed over her life and released her from her binds. She had a job to do and Naraku was going to make sure she did not defy him again with a stone fist he struck her flawless face before grabbing her by the collar to stand her up right.
“Kagura I have a job for you. First I want you to find a place suitable for my needs and then I want you to scour the city and find the miko bitch.” Naraku said. He will prevail and no one will have the balls to stop him, not this time.
He watched with a scornful smile on his face as Kagura dropped a feather and took to the air to do his bidding. His faith in her was discerning because he knew she valued her life more than she valued her pride and for that, he was almost grateful. However, if she knew the truth she would have never agreed to it. He was sure she would rather die now than do anymore of his dirty work. That is why he never told her his plans of killing her regardless.
Kagura did not miss the smile on Naraku’s face as she ascended to the air. It was one of pure malice and she’d soon cut off than to let it grace his face ever again. That thought however was cut short, until his death, she would never betray him again. Self-pride was beginning to overwhelm her; she would never let a man talk to her that way until him. Was it because he controlled her life? Or was it because she would not give him the satisfaction to kill her? Either way he would not win, she would make sure of that. With her own plot in mind, Kagura soared higher into the sky and away from the menace on the ground.
Her height gave her a better look of the city. She could see skyscrapers that nearly reached the heavens. The cars that buzzed through the busy streets and building of all shapes and sizes. She had never seen anything so amazing in her life. The city was a very fascinating place with its hustling occupants and its nonstop days. ‘Do these people ever sleep?’ Kagura thought as she floated above an abandoned warehouse. She could see an old executive waiting at the corner for an empty taxi, a mother with her fussy kid heading to the nearby diner, and a homeless man panhandling in the intersection. Oh, how she longed to be free to live a life as easy as this. Her heart began to long for it. No more was she the cold heartless bitch Naraku made. No. Now she was going to do everything in her power to help the others defeat him.
Deciding to hole him up in the old abandoned building, she took off back to the park to share her findings with Naraku.

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After a few grueling hours, Rin and Sesshomaru finally came up with a solution to the problem. They decided to let Naraku make his appearance before acting out, after all the last thing they wanted was the city to see them as an abomination, a nuisance to society. This would have to be handled very carefully and with Sesshomaru on the offensive side, Rin was sure they would win.
Rin was gazing into her mates face and she saw tension and anger rise from his toes. It had been a long time since she seen him so uptight and with Naraku around she knew it would be this way for a while yet. She had hoped that their time for fighting was over when the well sealed leaving Kagome in this time but when they heard Naraku was the one to blame they knew Inuyasha and his friends never fought their final battle.
“Sesshomaru?” Rin said, walking behind him and began rubbing his shoulders.
“Hn?”
“Do you think something happened that changed the course of the future? I mean a year or so ago you said the well would only seal when Naraku was defeated and the Shikon no Tama was purified but that is definitely not the case.”
“It seems that maybe you are right. Damnit leave it to that half-breed to fuck things up! I mean seriously how hard would it have been to kill that damn Naraku in the first place?”
Rin stared at the back of his head for his remarks. She had thought Inuyasha and Sesshomaru had made an amends of sorts but here he is kicking Inuyasha while he is down and that did not sit well with her.
“Sesshomaru he is your brother, though he is a hanyou does not make him any worse than you. If you think about it if it wasn’t for him we would have never mated and I would not be here with you today.”
Rin’s words hit home and Sesshomaru closed his eyes to admit his defeat all the while Rin continued her ministrations to his tense shoulders. How could he forget that? Inuyasha was the one who told him to get over his hatred for humans and take what he wanted. Of course, Sesshomaru denied his feelings for Rin until four years after Inuyasha's statement. Even then, he did not want to give in but he soon realized that he could no longer deny his heart what it wanted. So on the night of Rin’s eighteenth birthday, he proposed his attentions and she accepted resulting in three night’s of pure bliss for both parties. On the third night, Sesshomaru marked Rin as his mate, his life, and his love. Their souls bonded as did their life span and even though she was not a youkai, she was destined to remain by his side for the rest of his life.
He would never forget that again for as long as he lived Inuyasha was actually his savior and he owed him for it. Realizing that Rin was his very being, he heaved a happy sigh and pulled her from his back and into his lap.
“Rin this Sesshomaru apologizes for his remark and he hopes for your forgiveness.” Sesshomaru said, nuzzling her neck. He hated apologizing but if he did not make things right he knew Rin would be a very pissed off woman and that was one thing he would prefer not to live with.
“Oh c’mon Sesshomaru it’s not serious enough for you to refer yourself in the first person,” Rin said with a warm smile. Oh how she loved to make him grovel at her feet. It gave her a since of power in a world full of chaos.
“Well then would my Rin be displeased if I took you right her right now?” Sesshomaru asked, flashing her a mischievous grin. He knew she would not let him have her, he knew that, but he loved to make her squirm.
“Sesshomaru, I don’t like that look in your eyes,” Rin said, trying to squirm her way out of his tight grip, “Sesshomaru!”
They were interrupted by a knock at the door.
“Lord Sesshomaru,” The young man said.
Turning his attention back to Rin he gave her, a playful wink, “Saved by the bell.”
“Come in Shippo,” Sesshomaru all but growled to the interruption.
“My lord Jaken sent me to ask if we are going to see Kagome today.” Shippo stated with a hopeful smile.
“Damn did Rin get to you too?” Sesshomaru said shooting a glare at Rin. She was always so full of surprises sometimes he wondered how he lived without her at all.
“Oh Sesshomaru can we go now please!” Rin drawled she was never above begging especially if it was for something she wanted and unfortunately, for Sesshomaru that happened quite often.
Sesshomaru’s gaze drifted from one excited face to the other before sighing in defeat and headed to the door.
“Well if we are going you two better get a move on.”
Both Rin and Shippo giggled excitedly as they rushed passed the Taiyoukai and headed to toward the garage.

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The nurse had come back in and taken Isamu back to the nursery at Kagome's request. She had a long and tiring day and she wanted get some rest before she had to start her duties as mommy. With a quiet yawn she settled back into the bed and just listened to her family and friends chatter about the things they wanted to do with Isamu, and she couldn’t help but smile.
For the first time they were all together. Not to mention her grandfather had not thrown the first sutra at Inuyasha in an attempt to vanquish the demon. ‘I guess he finally realized that Inuyasha is part of the family. Or maybe he realized his sutras were useless. Oh well either way we are happy.’
“Okay guys I think Kagome is ready for a nap,” Saya said looking at her tired daughter. She couldn’t blame her after all labor was a very hard and tiring job and every new mother needed time to rest while they could, “Miroku, Sango you two can come back to the shrine with us. We have plenty of room for you two to sleep and rest yourselves. But don’t worry we will be back up here first thing in the morning.”
The two in question just nodded and said their goodbyes to Kagome and Inuyasha. They were somewhat relieved to be going to a more comfortable place albeit they did not want to leave Kagome alone.
“Inuyasha you better look after her and if she needs anything…” Kagome's grandfather started to say. He never expected Inuyasha bow to Kagome and thought he needed some reinforcement.
“I got it old man don’t you worry about that,” Inuyasha interrupted before the old man could tell him how to take care of her. ‘If only you knew how much we have helped each other in the past old man. If you only knew.’
After a few more goodbyes and promises to be back in the morning Kagome and Inuyasha were alone for the first time in several months.
“Thank you Inuyasha,” Kagome mumbled through a yawn.
“Yeah for what?”
“For coming back for me. I knew you would never leave me alone with our child I just knew it.”
“Kagome you should know better than that. I would have never left you and if it had taken me, five hundred years to make it back to you then so be it. But none of that matters because I am here and you will never be alone again. Now get some sleep.”
Kagome nodded lazily and rolled to her side there was no denying how tired was and thankful with Inuyasha by her side she would find sleep easily now.
“Oh Inuyasha.”
“Yeah?”
“Will you come lay with me?”
That was a question he was happy to answer and with one graceful motion he was lying beside her and holding her close. ‘Kagome I promised you once that I would never let anything happen to you. I just want to thank you for giving me the chance to prove it.’
He smiled when her heard the steady breathes of sleep from Kagome and he soon found it lulling him into his own peaceful sleep.

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The ride to the hospital was like being cooped up in a bee’s nest and the constant buzzing was wearing on Sesshomaru’s nerves. He did not know how much more of Shippo’s exaggerated tells of the past he could take when the hospital came into view. ‘Thank the gods just a few more blocks and I can get out of here.’ Seeing the hospital excited Shippo more and even though he was pushing seven hundred years old, he was still very childish.
Sesshomaru remembered the day he was asked to take Shippo in to live with his kitsune staff very well. The young kitsune refused to eat or interact with the lot of them. He had said unless Kagome was there with him he would not do as they asked that was until Sesshomaru finally stepped in and set things right.
That is when Shippo grew up. No longer was he that whining brat that did not get his way but an independent person that could do things for himself. Even then, Sesshomaru could only tolerate him in small doses.
“Shippo I know you are going to see Kagome today but wouldn’t you rather her see you as the responsible adult you have become or do you want to her to still treat you like a child?” Sesshomaru chided as they pulled into the parking lot.
“Humph! I’m not a child!” Shippo said puffing out his chest. Normally he was not this rambunctious at least not since he had grown up a few hundred years but the thought of seeing Kagome after such a long time he could not contain his excitement and that child that was trapped somewhere in his body was fighting to come out.
“Are you sure about that? You are very immature for a demon that is almost seven hundred years old you know.”
“Yeah well at least I don’t have one foot in the grave already,” Shippo retorted sticking out his tongue.
“Well the way I see it you are both children. You have done nothing but bicker for the past year or so and I am growing tired of having to play referee,” Rin said being a bit facetious. She loved how well they got along now it was almost like they were siblings fighting over who was going to sit in the front seat. However, it could become old when it was a constant background noise. The two demons pouted at Rin’s remark.
No one said a word as Sesshomaru pulled into a parking space and got out of the car. He was still sulking from the blow Rin left on his ego and took off toward the entrance leaving Rin and Shippo in his wake.
“Well Shippo do you think I pissed him off?” Rin asked, through a small chuckle.
“Maybe just a little.”
Rin laughed as she grabbed Shippo’s hand and ran after the retreating form of her mate finally catching him at the elevator. She could see the stoic expression on his face and decided to remain quite for the short elevator ride.
When the doors dinged their arrival Shippo was the first to bounce out followed by his two companions.
“Which way?” Rin asked. Sesshomaru sniffed the air and pointed to the right. “Oh I see too good to ask for directions, huh?”
Sesshomaru shot her a daring glance and headed the way he pointed. ‘This is going to be a long visit.’ Sesshomaru thought stopping in front of a wide wooden door.
“They’re in here but I suggest you two be on your best behavior.”
“Aye my lord,” Rin said, a sarcastic tone gracing her pleasant voice.
With a soft knock, they waited for someone to answer. They waited a few moments before they heard a grumble of protest and patter of bare feet on the cold tile floor.

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Kagura returned to the park shortly before dusk and skimmed the trees for any sign of Naraku. She had hoped he returned to the past that however was not the case. She could see his silhouette by the pond and thought about fleeing until he called to her. With trepidation, she walked slowly toward the evil hanyou.
“Naraku I have found an empty building a short distance from here. I believe it would be perfect to use as a lair,” Kagura said.
She waited for his response for several moments before heading back to the pine tree she was once bound to she knew he would ask her about it when he was ready and not a moment soon. When she reached the dreaded spot, she lowered herself to the ground and waited.
Naraku sat staring into the dark water of the pond and sneered, he would have what he wants sooner or later but until then he had to make some provisions if he was to survive in this time. Naraku knew they could find food. However, the hard part was going to be blending in with this time. Naraku remained sitting by the pond after Kagura gave her news and walked away he was weighing his options. He could stay here and deal with the humans day in and day out or he could go to the abandoned building Kagura mentioned. Of course, he chose the latter.
Happy with the decision to leave the human collecting spot he headed to where Kagura sat with her head against the trunk of the pine tree.
“Kagura take me to this building you found,” Naraku said.
Kagura did not reply she simply stood and walked toward the crowded streets of Tokyo.
Naraku followed thankful for the night as it cloaked the streets in enough shadows to move unseen through the city.
Through the labyrinth of streets, they finally found their way to the abandoned warehouse and slipped through the cracked door. The front room was in total ruins boarded windows flanked three of the floor walls and a few of the rafters lay haphazardly across the floor. For any other person this was definitely an uninhabitable place but for Naraku it was almost perfect.
Kagura however had to cover her nose and mouth as the musty smell of rotten wood wafted through the air. She could only hope he did not require her to stay here as well.

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Inuyasha almost jolted out of the bed when a soft knock came to the door and at first, he did not remember where he was. That was until he felt Kagome shift in the bed. Placing a gently kiss on her forehead he headed toward the door mumbling.
“This had better be damn important,” Inuyasha growled softly, but when a familiar scent assaulted his nose, he opened the door slowly, “Sesshomaru?”