InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Uptown Girl ❯ Chapter 30 ( Chapter 31 )

As he prowled the halls of the massive home, Sesshomaru thought of what he'd seen and done at Jade's home. Despite her insistence on not revealing the extent of her injuries to others, Sesshomaru was not sure that keeping it to him self was appropriate either. He knew that Kagome wanted to tell Sango seeing as they were quickly becoming the best of friends. “Why does she not want others to know what a piece of garbage he is?” he said to himself as he rummaged through the fridge for something to drink.

 

“Who doesn't want to know that who is a piece of garbage?” he heard asked from behind him. Looking over the edge of the door, Sesshomaru saw the smug yet haggard look on his brother's face. His normally well kept hair sticking out every which way as if he'd just gotten out of bed. Considering that all he wore was a pair of boxers, Sesshomaru concluded that he had just in fact gotten out of bed.

 

Turning back to his quest for sustenance, Sesshomaru replied, “None of your business, mutt.”

 

“Yeah… what ever,” Inuyasha replied, as he stretched his back muscles with his arms above his head. The tight skin of his abdomen rippled across his well tones six pack as well as the skin across his toned back. Seeing his brother show off, in front of him no less slightly sickened the demon lord, turning his stomach to where he was no longer thirsty. As he moved back toward his room, up the stairs, Inuyasha followed as if his mere presence would annoy Sesshomaru enough to get him to talk.

 

As he entered the relative comfort of his room, Sesshomaru moved toward his extensive walk in closet, choosing to grab some relatively comfortable clothing, knowing that his time with Kagome would not require that much in the way of… let's just say, that less was better. However for what remained of Jade's sanity, he would remain some what covered, if only in her presence, seeing as she had the loft and they shared the basement. Not like she seemed to care much about what went on under her nose, or if she did, Jade really didn't show it.

 

Upon feeling the penetrating stare on his back, Sesshomaru turned to see Inuyasha leaning against the frame of his door, looking like every girl's dream of a chiseled Greek god or Adonis. “What?” he growled out between clenched teeth, knowing that this mutt was the reason for Jade's withdrawal from life, as much as it was the wolf's.

 

Seeing his brother's icy glare upon his person, Inuyasha deflated from self assured confidence to a puddle of goop. “I just want to know how Jade's doing, Sesshomaru,” he replied, feeling every bit as dejected as he'd felt after his conversation with Jade in the hospital two weeks before.

 

Seeing that his brother seemed to genuinely care for the wolf demoness, Sesshomaru replied, “As well as can be expected, considering the circumstances.” He delved into the huge walk in closet, looking for some jeans, tee-shirts and essentials as well as a duffle bag to carry them in.

 

Moving closer to his brother's king sized bed, Inuyasha continued as he sat on the edge of the bed, “I've overheard that she's withdrawn into herself, never leaving the house like some hermit. Is it true?”

 

Looking back over his shoulder at his insolent brother, sitting upon his bed, Sesshomaru growled, “What do you think, jerk? That she's enjoying a good laugh at the expense of her sanity at being thrown to the curb for something that she didn't do? Because you couldn't keep your hands off her, despite all the evidence that suggests that she was already taken!”

 

Inuyasha's ears flattened as the words his brother spoke struck a nerve, one that he hadn't used in a long time. As he laid his head into his hands, Inuyasha asked quietly, “Is there anything that I can do to fix this? I truly do care for Jade, and never expected this to happen.”

 

With his clothes in hand and a duffle bag over his shoulder, Sesshomaru approached his bed, dropping everything onto it, only to shove all the clothes into the duffle bag. “Unless you've taken courses in quantum physics or have miraculously invented a time machine that allows you to fix your mistakes… the answer would be No. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to get back to Jade's before Kagome realizes that I left her home alone,” Sesshomaru replied as he grabbed up his duffle bag.

 

As he followed his brother down the stairs to the foyer, mulling over a question that kept nagging at the back of his mind, Inuyasha asked, “Why did Kagome call you that night? I thought that the two of you were over?”

 

Unable to take the line of questioning any longer, Sesshomaru whirled on the hanyou, slamming him into the nearest wall with his hand about his throat. “She called me because of the shit that you caused between Koga and Jade. Kagome remembered that I've patched up your ass on a number of occasions and needed my expertise to fix up Jade. Not that you'd care, seeing as once she refused your advances you abandoned her. What the hell kind of friend are you?”

 

Inuyasha stopped fighting his brother's hand around his throat, turning a ghastly shade of pale. He asked in a mere whisper, “She was hurt? Did he do it? Did he beat the crap out of her because of me and my stupidity?”

 

Seeing the sudden change in his brother's demeanor, Sesshomaru released his neck as he replied quietly, knowing that he was breaking his promise to Jade, “It was more along the lines of broken glass from some things that had been thrown. There were shards in her legs, side and chest. I don't think that he did it intentionally, though. One shard deeply penetrated her left breast, nearly to her ribs from a picture that she'd held to her chest.”

 

As he heard what Sesshomaru said, Inuyasha slide down the wall to sit onto the marble floor, all the fight out of him as he mulled over what Sesshomaru had said. “He did this… he hurt her… all because of me,” he thought as the images of Koga's temper raged through his mind, a feral growl could be heard as he clenched his hands into fists, digging his claws into the palms, drawing blood. “He'll pay for what he's done to her,” he thought angrily as he pulled him self off the floor, the muscles of his toned body rippled as anger flew through every fiber in his being.

 

Sensing the amount of pent up anger, energy, and resentment toward the wolf emanating from his brother, Sesshomaru slammed him against the wall again, pinning him with his full weight. As his lips neared his brother's ear, he said with as much venom as he could muster, “Stay out of it. This is between Jade and Koga. Unless she says otherwise, this conversation never happened. Leave them alone or else you're the one who will end up destroying her.”

 

Taking the threat seriously, Inuyasha reined in his flaming temper, feeling like a piece of yesterday's garbage. He leaned dejectedly into his brother's chest, wishing to disappear under his hard amber gaze. “I'll do as you ask… for her sake. But if he so much as lays a hand on her again, I'll beat the ever living crap out of his body. I swear it,” he retorted, as Sesshomaru pulled back, seeing the still burning flames of resentment at the wolf linger in his eyes.

 

“Keep away from them and you should be fine. It was because of your raging hormones that this happened in the first place. Keep you nuts in check and there should be no further problems. If you'll excuse me, I have to split, or I'll be in the dog house with Kagome, if you catch my drift,” Sesshomaru replied as he picked up his discarded duffle bag and headed toward the door.

 

Before his brother shut the door, Inuyasha called out, “Wait… Sesshomaru…” Seeing his brother stop and turn an ear toward him, he continued, “Tell Jade… tell her that I'm… sorry… that I never intended for this to happen.”

 

With a slight nod of the head, Sesshomaru acknowledge his request as he pulled the door shut behind him. Thinking about how much that revelation of Jade's injuries had changed his hot headed brother, he thought, “Despite the pain and anguish this has caused her, he's finally thinking of someone other than himself for a change. Now if only he'd only find the bitch that did this so that we can finally have some closure.” He stepped into his car, throwing the duffle bag across the passenger seat as Inuyasha thought about his part in Jade's dilemma.

 

“Why couldn't I have just left her well enough alone? I knew that she'd been taken as soon as I kissed her neck,” he thought as he quickly moved toward his room. After he changed into a pair of shorts and a tank top, Inuyasha headed down to the fully equipped gym in the basement of his home. Cautiously he approached one of the punching bags, flexing his claws as he mentally prepared for the brutal beating it was about to receive.

 

As he struck the defenseless bag, he thought, “I saw the courting mark on her neck… I should have backed off right then… but it was HIS mark… my rival from high school… I wanted to screw with him… to show him that he didn't deserve such a girl… but it went so wrong… Why is that? Why did I do that to her… to Jade? She's done nothing to deserve it… he took what he wanted and to hell with the consequences.” Suddenly Inuyasha realized exactly how Koga had felt when he'd done the same thing with Ayame. Looking back on it that was exactly what she'd been to him… a good roll in the hay to get under Koga's skin. Now he saw the same thing with Jade and it made him ill. Leaning his head into the punching bag, Inuyasha thought, “How could I do that to her? How could I treat her like a piece of meat when she's been so… helpful… friendly… irritatingly gorgeous? I'm such an ass… a selfish… arrogant fool.”

 

Inuyasha closed his eyes as he continued to berate himself. After a few more minutes of self pity, he took a shower, intent on the prospect of apologizing to Jade for his actions, but when he wasn't sure. He knew for a fact that he didn't want to do it at Jade's home, seeing the over protective guard dog his brother was turning into, and yet unless she left of her own free will, he doubted that he would get any other opportunity. With a look of determination in his eyes, Inuyasha made a promise to confront Jade, just when he'd have to squeeze out of Sesshomaru, seeing as he knew her movements better than any one. “I will try and make things right between us,” he thought as he headed out the door to the garage, irritated still that his mustang was still in the shop, being neglected, yet again in regards to its maintenance.

 

 

Looking through a pair of binoculars, Naraku watched the happenings of his prey's home. A smile crossed his face as he took notes as to the number of occupants, the times of day when people left, etc. He'd been drawn to the home after he followed Kagome home one evening from the auto shop. With the use of Kagura's Sun fire, he'd been able to stay relatively unobserved and less threateningly as he'd have been with his Dodge Monaco. As a sly smile crossed his face, he thought, “It won't be long now and I'll have the bitches right were I want them.”

 

He licked his lips as he thought of the various ways he'd enjoy torturing the wenches that had denied him so much. With Kagome, he'd envisioned her screaming his name as he slammed her up against the wall, her legs wrapped around his waist as she let herself go into the throws of passion. As for the wench Jade, he'd been able to glean some rather juicy information from Kikyo about her injuries from the fight, as well as her previous military training. He was going to enjoy breaking her to his will, using every bit of underhandedness that he could think of in destroying her, even if it killed her.

 

As the thoughts of torture stimulated his mind, the affects on lower regions of his body could not be denied. Feeling an ever increasing pressure throbbing against the confines of his pants, Naraku quickly put the binoculars away and headed back toward the makeshift camp that he, Kagura and Kikyo had made a mile or so from Jade's home. Not being able to afford much of a room any more, and seeing as their plans involved some recon, the trio had moved into the mountains, sleeping together in a four-man tent on a rather large and comfortable air mattress. He knew that the duo would probably engage in some rather… erotic activities since he'd been gone. Not that it mattered to him, he got the best of both deals, being able to watch as well as engage in said activities.