InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Untitled ❯ What Did I Do? ( Chapter 7 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Inuyasha laid on his bed, everything silent, as he listened to Kagome hum to herself next door. She had been acting more strange since their run-in with Koga last week. Tomorrow was Saturday and he didn’t know if she was going to go out with the wolf or not. Maybe that was why she seemed so happy at dinner.

Thinking about her going out with that animal made him sneer. The hanyou’s growl made itself known and gradually increased as he thought about them sharing a plate of food, talking during a movie, and holding hands.

Inuyasha jumped up and ran to his door like lightening when he heard a loud crash next door. He opened her door but she was nowhere to be found. Moving over to her closet he could see her hunched over a box with clothes strewn around it.

“Are you ok, Kagome?”

He watched her body stiffen before she nodded. It didn’t smell as if he had startled her. Cautiously, he moved to stand in front of her and watched as she refolded her clothes and stuffed them, rather harshly, back into the box.

Raising a brow he lowered himself to the floor.

“Why aren’t you hanging those up with the others?” He asked, noticing most of them where brand new with the tags still on.

“Because.” She replied snippily.

“That’s not an answer.”

The girl showed no signs of answering or even looking in his direction.

For once in his life Inuyasha was patient. She looked very upset even though she wasn’t crying. What could have upset her so much in the last five minutes? Women could change moods like the wind changed direction.

“That mangy wolf cancelled on you, didn’t he?” He asked while trying to keep the growl from his throat.

This time he got a reaction from her as she looked at him with confusion.

“You mean Koga?”

“Who else would I be talking about?”

“I didn’t make any plans with him. He was with another girl the other day when I went shopping on my break.”

Inuyasha growled. “Prick.”

Kagome smiled at him. Obviously her would-be-date had bothered him all week.

“So why are you feeling down?”

“No reason.”

Rather than pushing her, Inuyasha started to help her fold the rest of the clothes.

“You don’t have to do that.”

“Lay off. I want too.”

“Jerk.”

“Wimp.”
< br> “Pig.”

“Wench.”

“Idiot. ”

“Baby.”

With each insult that was directed, the closer they got to one another.

“Pipsqueak.”

“Puppy.” Kagome said while reaching up to stroke his ears.

It was the last straw for Inuyasha as he launched over the box. Easily he pinned her to the floor and began tickling her.

Tears streamed from Kagome’s eyes as her laughter increased with each pass of his claws.

Inuyasha made sure not to nick her with his claws as she struggled fruitlessly on the floor underneath him. To him, she looked absolutely radiant even though she was struggling for air. Her hair was a mess, tears were leaking from her eyes, and her cheeks were becoming redder the longer he held her there.
Being the only one at the moment with a coherent brain, Inuyasha stopped his assault before he found himself kissing her.

Kagome sat up, rubbing at her eyes. “That wasn’t very nice.”

“Didn’t seem like you minded it.” He smirked.

Instead of replying, Kagome piled the rest of her clothes in the box and picked it up with the intent to put it back on the shelf from which it fell. Before she could lift it higher than her head, Inuyasha had grabbed it from her and easily put it there for her.

“Would have fallen again.” He replied nonchalantly when she looked at him with confusion.

“So, are you going to tell me what’s been bothering you?” He tried again.

“Nope.” She said as she walked out of her closet leaving him behind.

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Inuyasha ducked around a corner intent on finding his prey. Kagome had been acting suspicious enough the last few days that he wanted to find out why. There was only one other person in the whole house who Kagome talked to and it was his job to hunt them down. He highly doubted Kagome would go and talk to his father and Sesshomaru about private matters.

The reason he was sneaking around like he was, was because Kagome was somewhere nearby and she knew he was suspicious. Whenever they would talk he would try to trick her into telling him what she was hiding. The other night he had started an argument with her hoping that she would lose her train of thought and blurt it out. No such luck. The girl knew what she was doing.

Listening in on the sounds around him from his hiding spot behind a plant, Inuyasha heard the sounds of scissors cutting. From his spot he guessed it was coming from the sun porch. With a devilish grin he sped off knowing that his intended prey was there.

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Izayoi Takahashi took pride in her plants. They gave her a reason to get out of the bed in the morning other than her husband. And her kids. And maybe her job. Usually once a week she would go to the sun porch and cut some fresh flowers for the centerpiece on the dining room table. It was a lot cheaper than going out and buying them.

Although they were a wealthy family, Izayoi didn’t intend on spending what they had earned like other people she had seen on some television shows.

Looking at the vase beside her, she reasoned that she needed some more greenery. Turning around she nearly screamed as her youngest son stood there like he had been the cat that had ate the canary.

“Don’t do that again. I thought I was going to have a heart attack.” She said as she removed her hand from her chest.

“Sorry. There’s something I need to ask you.”

“I’m sure you could have asked me without scaring the daylights out of me. What is with you and your father?”

“Like father like son.”

“Mm hm.” She replied as she moved over to some ferns.

“I want you to tell me what’s bothering Kagome.”

“Oh. There’s something wrong with her?” She asked without sounding concerned.

The way she had replied, Inuyasha knew that she knew.

“You know, don’t you?” He asked as he moved again to her side.

“You know what I know.”

“Come on mom. Its bugging me.” He whined.

“Its bothering you that there’s actually a problem or that you just want to know what it is?” She asked cutting into the stem of the plant.

“Well, both if you put it that way.”

Izayoi spun around on her sun, face shining like the sun. Inuyasha actually took a step back from his mother with that look on her face. Looked like she was planning something that didn’t look good.

“Do you have feelings for Kagome?”

“What?! Mom! Are you kidding me? She is the most annoying person I have ever met.” Inuyasha blushed.

“Well, it seems to me that you two get along great. Those little yelling matches that you two have means that you are actually close and get along together.”

“You have got to be kidding me.”

“I am most certainly not kidding you. Should I be expecting grandchildren anytime soon?”

Izayoi watched as her son turned several more shades of red as he sputtered. She knew it was a low blow but she had to get him off track of Kagome and her secret.

It took a second for Inuyasha to get himself under control and by that time Izayoi had turned back to her plants. He saw the subtle shake in her frame from contained laughter and it was few seconds later that he figured out that she had planned that.

“Oi. It didn’t work. Tell me what’s wrong with her.” He demanded.

“Go away Inu. I promised I wouldn’t tell.”

“You’re going to have to break that promise.”

Izayoi sighed and turned back around with pleading eyes. “Don’t make me. She doesn’t want anyone to know.”

“Is she leaving the company.”

“No.”

“Is she pregnant?”

Inuyasha knew that she wasn’t because Kagome didn’t carry anyone else’s sent on her. He didn’t even know why he asked. Maybe just to confirm.

“No. You would be able to tell anyway. You’re nose has never lied to you.”

“Then what? You’re making such a big deal about it. It can’t be that bad.”

“To you it’ll probably be great news.”

“Then spit it out.” He bellowed.

“All right. Fine. Kagome is...”

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Kagome sat on her plush bed finishing up some work she had fallen behind on and watching tv. Sometimes it was just hard to concentrate when one’s butt was in heaven. It didn’t help that the tv was spurting techno.

Pausing in her work, she took a moment to stare out her huge doors that led out onto the balcony. Earlier today she had decided to pin back the curtains to let the sun shine through. She was glad she did. Not only did it light up her room even more but the view was breathtaking. Kagome was very glad that Izayoi had chose to put her up on this side of the house.

Behind the house was a huge maze that the design could be seen clearly from her perch on the third floor. Izayoi later told her that she had designed it and the flower gardens that surrounded it. Kagome had always wanted to go out there and try it out to see if she could make it through but by the time she had got off work and arrived back at the mansion with Inuyasha or Taisho it was already too dark.

Looking to the clock on her night stand Kagome figured she had two good hours to scour the maze before night fell. Quickly she gathered the papers into her notebook and set off downstairs.

“Going somewhere?”

Kagome stiffened at the unexpected voice and turned around.

“Sesshomaru. You startled me.”

Sesshomaru didn’t apologize for scaring her but patiently waited for her to answer his question.

“Yes. I’m going out into the maze.”

“You’re going to get lost if you go in there by yourself. There’s no need to go.”

Why someone would want to go into that maze by themselves was beyond him. His step-mom had told him it would be fun to go in there and try to guess his way out of it but the idea just didn’t seem logical to him. He only saw it as a silly waste of time.

“I thought it would be fun to go in there. I know that I’ll get lost but that’s when it becomes fun. Running into all those dead ends and having to retrace your steps. If you know the outcome of everything then there’s no fun. I promise I’ll be back in time for dinner.”

A few steps down the hall and Kagome found herself with company. Sesshomaru had gone into his room to drop off his things and a few moments later he was in stride with Kagome.

“Have you ever been into the maze before?”

“No. There was no point.”

“There doesn’t have to be a point in everything that you do. Its hard to believe that you have lived here so long and haven’t been in it.”

Sesshomaru didn’t respond. Kagome knew that he hardly talked anyway so she wasn’t going to push him.

The pair finally made their way outside and into the maze. Kagome thought that she would have more fun by herself if Sesshomaru wasn’t there since he didn’t seem to want to laugh or smile but she was still glad for the company. If indeed she couldn’t find her way out by night she would definitely be with someone.

The young businessman had let Kagome take the lead in where they were going but after she kept failing time and time again he thought it would be wise for him to take the lead. His actions were in vain as he wasn’t that much better in finding the correct path either. Once they had even found themselves back at the beginning. Kagome had to fight him back into the maze since they had been in there over thirty minutes and he was ready to be done with it. The full demon didn’t protest as he was pulled back.

Almost an hour later the tired girl and frustrated man found themselves at the end and not the beginning. The sun was almost set and dinner was almost on the table if his nose was telling him correctly.

“We should get washed up and into the dining room. Father hates it when people are late.”

Kagome nodded in response and followed him back into the house. It wasn’t the fact that the maze was long had her tired but the fact that she did a lot of running around trying to get out. Right now she never wanted to see that maze again much less go into it but after a few days she figured she would be back in it to see how long it would take her.

Reaching her door she watched as Sesshomaru continued to his own. He would definitely do more than wash up. He would go the whole nine yards and change his clothes. The entire time they were in the maze he hadn’t so much as smirked but she knew that he was having a good time. Fun would be pushing it. If he chose to he could have jumped out with his demon abilities and be done with it but he had stayed with her and together they had gotten out.

Shaking her head Kagome turned the knob on her door and came face-to-face with an angry Inuyasha who had taken residence on her bed.

“Is something wrong Inuyasha?” She thought she would ask since she didn’t think she had done anything to him lately that would warrant such a look.

“You tell me.”

“I wouldn’t know. I don’t think I’ve done anything to you.” She replied as she walked over to the bathroom.

Inuyasha followed her. “Its not what you did but what you didn’t do. And why do you smell like Sesshomaru?”

“We went through the maze.”

“Why would you do something like that with someone like him?” He growled.

Kagome couldn’t take his anger at her over something she didn’t or did do. “Because I wanted to do it before...” Taking a step away from him she walked back into the bedroom.

“Before what Kagome? Before you left?”
Kagome stopped in step and turned around to face him. “What?”

“You heard me. Before you left.”

“Who...”

“My mom told me. She didn’t want to but I had to know. You’re walking around here holding secrets.” He snarled.

“Even if I am walking around here holding secrets its not your responsibility to find out what they are.” She shot back.

“Why do you want to move out anyway? You get free food, free place to stay, a ride to work.”

“That’s exactly why I want to leave. Believe me I love it here but I want to be able to take care of myself without people handing me things.”

“We can start charging you rent then.”

Kagome sighed. “Its not the same and you know it. Besides, why do you care if I leave or not? You haven’t exactly welcomed me with open arms and I doubt when Kikyo finds me here she’ll be happy about it.”

“Don’t worry about her. We broke up right before your brother’s soccer game.” He said, taking a seat on her bed.

“That’s who was on the phone?” She sat next to him.

“Yeah. Best thing we could have done. She really got on my nerves.”

“Then why did you put up with her for so long? When I first started working with you it seemed as though she didn’t want you to touch her.”

“You got that too, did you? She didn’t want me touching her or coming with her to those little meetings she had with her boss or friends. Plus, she’s always out of the country on some modeling thing.”

Kagome sat in thought beside him. She couldn’t imagine what it was like to be a guy dating Kikyo. To have someone say that you were boyfriend and girlfriend and tell you that you couldn’t touch them when you wanted or couldn’t go meet their friends and family.

“You look like her.”

Kagome looked at Inuyasha. He was staring at her as if he were analyzing everything about her.

“I do?”
“Yeah.”

“In what ways?” She asked.

“Your hair is almost the same except hers is straight.”

“I can’t help it if my hair is unruly.” She said, cutting him off.

“I didn’t say it was a bad thing. Straight is boring sometimes. Especially when its that straight. Your eyes are almost the same color except you have more emotions than she does.”

“She’s a model. What do you expect?”

“I expect someone to be in character when they model but when they aren’t they should drop the facade. Treat me like a boyfriend ought to be treated.”

Inuyasha laid back on the bed with his arms behind his head. He couldn’t guess why he was so out of character as he was now but he had an idea that it had to do with Kagome. It was just something about her that made him want to give her his soul.

“Why don’t you want me to leave?”

Inuyasha rolled on his side facing her. She honestly wanted to know. The smile had left her face too. If she was smiling it would mean that she really didn’t care to know. She wouldn’t die if she didn’t get a straight answer.

Kagome found herself drowning in his amber orbs. She even found herself a little bit shaky from the intensity in them but she dared not back down. There was a reason he wanted her to stay and she wanted to know what it was. When he had got back from his trip and found out she was there he wanted her to leave. Now he wanted her to stay.

She watched him as he sat up again and started to get up to leave. Willing herself to take control in this situation she found herself pulling at the hem of his shirt to bring him back down to her level. She was able to force Sesshomaru to go through a maze with her and she was going to force this answer out of Inuyasha.

Instead of him sitting down next to her like she expected he had spun around faster than she could see and kissed her. Kagome was too shocked to move or force him off of her. Just as quickly as it had started it ended and she sat there in a state of confusion. She couldn’t even think.

Inuyasha couldn’t believe what he had done. He hadn’t intended on kissing her. She probably hated him now. She wasn’t even saying anything. That was never a good sign. Backing away from her he had the intention of walking out of her room.

“Sorry, Kagome.”
“Why?”

It was barely above a whisper but his sensitive ears caught it just the same. Without losing his nerve, he stared straight back at her when he gaze finally met his.

“I think I’m falling for you.”

Kagome just sat there. She didn’t even nod at him when he confessed. Just continued to stare into his eyes with a blank expression as she mulled over what just happened.

As the seconds ticked by slowly Inuyasha felt his strength start to withdrawal. Kagome finally dropped her head and stared at her lap.

“I’m not coming to dinner.”

Inuyasha nodded although she didn’t seem him and left her room. What had he done?

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He reached the dining room and noted that everyone was there waiting for him and Kagome. As if someone had punched him in the gut he walked slowly to his chair and sat down.

“Where’s Kagome?” His father asked.

“She’s not coming.”

“Why not?”

“Does she feel ok?” His mom spoke.

“She’s a little tired from earlier. She wants to get some rest.” He lied.

“I doubt she’s tired from that maze. We did spend almost two hours in there but it was nothing to get tired over.” Sesshomaru said while sipping on his water.

“You fought with her again, didn’t you?” His father stated rather than asked.

“Yeah.”

“I can’t believe you Inuyasha. The girl comes here to stay and get back on her feet and you are always on her back. What did she ever do to you?”

Inuyasha listened on as his father lectured him. He didn’t want to tell them that he had upset her when he kissed her but would rather have his father lecture him. He didn’t know what to do to take it back. He wished on every star that he could but knew it wouldn’t happen. What’s done is done and he hoped that she would forgive him for his mistake one day. Why did he think that another girl would want him for him? No one wanted a half demon.



A/N: It didn’t take too long this time to get another chapter posted. Actually took 3-4 hours to complete even though my brother was disturbing me the whole time. I don’t have any ideas for the next chapter yet but maybe it will come to me in my sleep so I really don’t know how long it will take to get chapter 8 up. But until then I hope you enjoy this one too. R&R!