InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Two Lives Turned Upside Down ❯ The Proposition ( Chapter 32 )

Chapter 32: The Proposition

 

Kagome sighed contentedly as she laid in bed curled up next to Sesshomaru. They had spent the rest of the night making love and now streams of sunlight were peaking through the blinds, falling on Sesshomaru's face illuminating it.

 

After they had made love Sesshomaru had fallen asleep minutes later while Kagome chose to stay awake. She watched him sleeping soundly and knew she'd never seen someone as beautiful as him.

 

Unable to stop herself she lovingly brushed her fingers through his bangs continuing to be captivated by him. Yawning, she checked the clock on the nightstand and realized that it was almost time for school.

 

“Well it looks like I pulled an all-nighter,” she muttered to herself.

 

Smiling as she glanced back at Sesshomaru she placed a soft kiss on his cheek before forcing herself out of bed and into the shower.

 

Finished with her shower and dressed Kagome hopped her way down the stairs and into the kitchen. She smiled at Rin who was slowly eating a bowl of cereal. She must not be much of a morning person.

 

“Good morning,” Rin managed to force out.

 

“Morning!” Kagome cheerily greeted her.

 

She felt like a million bucks after last night. The weight of Rin's disapproval and anger had been lifted off of her shoulders and she felt like she could tackle anything that was thrown in front of her.

 

Seating herself across from Rin she poured herself a bowl of cereal as well and began eating.

 

Sesshomaru chose this moment to enter the room, hair disheveled, and made his way towards Kagome.

 

Wrapping his arms around her from the back he pressed a kiss to the side of her exposed neck.

 

“Good morning,” Sesshomaru whispered softly into her ear, causing a shiver to run through Kagome.

 

“Hi,” Kagome replied embarassed as she looked at Rin.

 

Seeming to pick up on Kagome's nervousness Sesshomaru pulled away and greeted his daughter Rin with a smile on his face.

 

“Hi dad,” Rin answered, her face not clearly showing any emotion.

 

An uncomfortable silence ensued and was only broken by Kagome pushing her chair away from the table to get up.

 

“Alright,” Kagome began, startling everyone slightly.

 

Kagome sheepishly grinned at surprising them before continuing, “Well I just wanted to say that I had some time to think about some things. And I have decided that it would be best for me to remain at the beach house...” Watching Sesshomaru's evident protest she immediately added in, “At least until the school year is up. I can understand that Rin is going to need some adjusting time and I just think our relationship should slow down and take some more gradual steps.”

 

“But Kagome...” Sesshomaru interjected.

 

“Nope,” Kagome replied shaking her head. “I've made my decision and I'm sticking to it, ok?” she finished sweetly, a pouty expression on her face.

 

“Yes,” Sesshomaru consented sadly.

 

“Good!” Kagome laughed giving him a quick hug.

 

“Well it's about time we head off to school, don't ya think Rin?”

 

“Yea, I think it is,” Rin agreed.

 

“Shall we?” Kagome asked, linking her arm through Rin's.

 

“We shall,” Rin giggled.

 

“Bye!!” they both called out to him, their laughter trailing behind them.

 

Shaking his head with a sigh, he couldn't help but think that maybe it was best for those two to be separated for a while.

 

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

 

Inuyasha had his hands shoved inside the front pockets of his jeans as he shuffled his feet, walking aimlessly down the sidewalk. He was so deep in thought with his head down that he failed to notice a person approaching him.

 

This person purposefully did not move out of Inuyasha's way and consequently they bumped into each other. Inuyasha jerked his head up finding himself looking into cynical red eyes.

 

“Naraku,” Inuyasha snarled.

 

If Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha agreed on just one thing it would be their hatred for Naraku. He was known for his sneaky and conniving ways and Inuyasha knew that it was no coincidence that they had “bumped” into each other.

 

“Hello Inuyasha,” Naraku greeted him smoothly, his infamous smirk remaining plastered on his face.

 

“What do you want?” Inuyasha demanded, the hatred clear in his voice.

 

“Now now Inuyasha. Why would you think I wanted something? I was meerly saying a polite hello to you.”

 

Yea, right,” Inuyasha scoffed. “Well if you are done with your `polite hello' then I'm gonna go. I have a lot of things on my mind,” he stated while walking away from Naraku, his back now turned to him.

 

“A lot of things on your mind, eh? These thoughts wouldn't happen to involve a certain someone would they?”

 

Inuyasha froze in his tracks at that remark, turning to face Naraku. Could he know?

 

“What are you yammering on about now Naraku?” Inuyasha asked while trying to seem clueless about the direction Naraku was taking this conversation.

 

“Oh, you know,” Naraku paused. “I believe her name is Kagome, was it not? Who also happens to be Sesshomaru, your brother's, girlfriend,” Naraku smiled as he watched Inuyasha's eyes widen in fear if only for a brief moment.

 

“What does she have to do with anything?” Inuyasha asked.

 

“Inuyasha,” Naraku chuckled. “Do you play me for a fool? As if I didn't know that you have feelings for that girl.”

 

“She's my brother's girlfriend, of course I don't have feelings for her,” Inuyasha said very unconvincingly.

 

“Ah but that isn't so, you do have extremely strong feelings for her. In fact I would say that you love her.”

 

“No!” Inuyasha shouted defensively. “How do you know all this?”

 

“Oh I have my sources, you needn't worry about that. But what you might want to consider is a proposition I have for you. Sesshomaru seems to have something that I want as well.”

 

“What?” Inuyasha asked dumbfounded.

 

“His adopted daughter Rin. She is quite attractive and I would love the chance to get back at Sesshomaru once and for all,” Naraku stated, a fire starting to build in his eyes.

 

The reason for this conflict between the two was that Naraku and Sesshomaru both own companies that are always competing against each other. Both companies deal with assisting other companies with financing and investing and so they are constantly fighting to get companies to use their services. But as of late Sesshomaru has been the more successful one, being able to reign extremely successful companies under his belt pulling in very high profits for his company.

 

“I don't think I quite understand...” Inuyasha trailed off.

 

Putting an arm around Inuyasha's shoulder Naraku smiled before saying, “Oh, you will Inuyasha, you will...”

 

 

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

 

Sesshomaru sighed again as he restlessly drummed his fingers against his desk. Something was gnawing at him in the back of his mind. He just didn't feel right, he just had this feeling that something bad was going to happen. But what? And to who? He just wasn't sure.

 

Reaching for the phone he picked it up before quickly placing it back down. He had briefly thought to call Rin and Kagome to make sure they were ok but with a shake of his head he convinced himself that he was being way too paranoid. Nothing was wrong and nothing would be wrong. He just had to focus on other things.

 

The rest of the day passed swiftly by and now Sesshomaru was making his way home.

 

As he reached his house that feeling of uneasiness slowly crept its way back into his mind. Opening the door and walking into his house he was greeted with darkness. Panic overwhelmed him immediately, his heartbeat quickening, as he made his way through the house looking for his daughter.

 

With a sigh of relief; his hand resting over his chest to calm his still fast beating heart, he came upon Rin sleeping sprawled out on her bed with the tv on. Sesshoumaru shook his head at his own childishness and placed a blanket over her.

 

One last glance back at her seemed to satisfy him as he shut the light off and closed the door to her bedroom. Now that Rin was accounted for he had one last person to check on...

 

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

 

Kagome yawned loudly as she tried her hardest to study for some stupid algebra exam that she had tomorrow. Even though algebra was her worst subject and it normally put her to sleep, today it was not the main cause of her drowsiness.

 

Flashing back to when she came back to the beachhouse after school, a very unpleasant sight greeted her. Apparently Fluffy had had a little too much fun having the place to himself and had made a complete mess. With shoes strewn everywhere along with couch cushions and God knows what else, Kagome spent the good part of the day and night just cleaning up after him.

 

Now Fluffy slept contentedly at the foot of her bed looking as though he were a perfect angel.

 

Kagome smiled as she turned to look at him, “No Fluffy I could never be mad at you.”

 

Fluffy snorted in his sleep as though in reply to her statement, and kicked his back foot once before falling back into a deeper sleep.

 

Sighing, Kagome forced her attention back on these ridiculous math equations which just didn't want to be solved.

 

A moment later the phone rang and Kagome sprung up in surprise and happiness. This gave her an excuse to delay studying just a little bit longer.

 

“Hello?” Kagome answered the phone politely.

 

“Kagome,” Sesshoumaru stated, his voice sounding somewhat relieved.

 

“Is there something wrong Sessh?” Kagome asked, immediately picking up on the slight amount of apprehension in his voice.

 

“No, not a thing,” he assured her, as well as himself.

 

“Oh, alright,” she paused. “Well how was your day?”

 

Sesshoumaru breathed deeply in the phone before replying, “It was fine, just work as usual. How was yours?”

 

“Fine. I was just trying to study for an algebra exam but I'm much happier to be talking to you instead,” Kagome smiled.

 

Sesshoumaru smiled as well at her admission, she could always make him feel so much better. He was also extremely relieved to know that both of the people he treasured so much were safe and sound, his nagging conscience was put to rest for the time being.

 

“I wish you were here,” Kagome mused, snapping Sesshoumaru out of his thoughts.

 

“As do I,” Sesshoumaru replied lovingly.

 

“Well,” Kagome yawned. “I should probably get back to my stupid studying although I would much rather talk to you.”

 

“Yes you probably should. I will let you go then but I will talk to you soon.”

 

“Alright Sesshy, will I see you soon too?” Kagome asked.

 

“Of course. There is no way I could leave you alone for that much time,” Sesshoumaru stated possessively.

 

“Good you better not. Sweet dreams! I love you!”

 

“I love you too.”

 

After Kagome hung up the phone she became completely engrossed in her studying before falling asleep at her desk about an hour later.

 

Sesshoumaru decided to call it a night much earlier than he normally would as he had been through a lot of mental strain that day. Falling asleep almost instantly, he spent the rest of the night dreaming of his Kagome.

 

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

 

Inuyasha spent the whole night rehashing all that Naraku had said to him. Could he really go through with what Naraku had planned for them? Was Kagome truly worth all the risk? He could lose so much if anything went wrong, not to mention his brother would probably kill him. Inuyasha shook his head, he couldn't believe he was even considering teaming up with someone he hated even more than his brother. And that was definitely saying something. But Kagome's smiling face popped into his mind and he couldn't help but let his resolve waiver.

 

With his decision made he reached for the phone and dialed a number that would seal his fate...

 

Notes: Yay! I got another chapter out and it was in only a little over a month. Well I gotta apologize for the cliffy though, I'm just kicking myself that I had to add another major twist into the plot. This story just never wants to end I guess, hehe. ^_^ Honestly I don't even know where I'm taking this, just writing as it comes to me. I hope you like it, that bastard Naraku is back, we all know he's always looking to start some trouble. Well all I have to say is thanks so much for reading and I would soo much appreciate it if you would review!!!! Until next time! ^_^

 

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