InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Volition ❯ Witness ( Chapter 6 )

~*Volition~*

~~Chapter 6: Witness~~

 

 

`Oh Kami, I can't believe what I'm seeing!'

 

Hojo gulped, eyes rounding incredulously. After careful consideration, he decided to give Kagome a second chance. He had even gone out of his way to pick up a rose for her. Right across the street from her house, he had looked up to see InuYasha drag his girlfriend against him and kiss her. That double damned bastard was kissing Kagome, holding her like he had the right to do that.

 

Not that Kagome minded. Not at all. Instead of pushing him away like Hojo expected, Kagome wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him back. Hojo growled, crushed the flower in his hand. The thorns pricked his hands, but the pain was drowned out by the rage coursing through his veins. He slowly ducked behind a car and waited, watching.

 

`They're kissing an awfully long time, no?'

 

Hojo scowled. `Yes…yes they are. Not to worry though, Kagome belongs to me. I hope she enjoyed her kiss with Morikami, because it'll be the last one she'll ever give him.'

 

`Very well.'

 

Hojo watched as InuYasha whispered something to Kagome and left. The black sports car drove in to the night. Hojo narrowed his eyes, watching a flushed Kagome sit on the top of the stairs. After a few minutes, she stood looked in the direction InuYasha's car had left. Her cheeks reddened, her smile widened across her pretty face. The crisp evening air toyed with her hair, throwing it around her face, over her shoulder. She turned and walked inside. Hojo looked at his hand, bleeding from the thorn's pierces.

 

He stood up, slowly started to walk away. `What'll you do?'

 

`What I should have done a long time ago.'

 

`Like you do to Mother?'

 

`Worse than what I do to Mother. I have no use for Mother besides serving me. Kagome…she will be my wife and mother to my children. Of course, I have to make her understand a bit harder than Mother.'

 

`Ahh, yes.'

 

`Exactly.'

 

His sweet innocent mother, Suki, was a very gentle woman. The fiery spirit his father had found in Suki had long ago diminished, ebbed out of her around the time Hojo was born. His father had been fierce and dominant. Like father like son, Hojo also was as dominant as his father. Sweet as honey when obeyed, bitter and formidable when defied. His father had kept Suki in line, thrown water over her flame.

 

Now, Suki was nothing but a whisper of her former self. In photo albums, when Suki was but a teenager with her boyfriend, Hojo's father, she was radiant. A brilliant smile and hazel eyes that shone as bright as the sun. Long black curls around her pretty face and his father looked equally happy. Their wedding picture had also been radiant, however, after that, Suki's brilliance slowly burned out. Like a star, her light was sucked away.

 

The Suki he called `Mother' was nothing like her former self. Run down to a petite woman that had her hair up to her shoulders, always held in a bun. Once brilliant hazel eyes were void of happiness. Bleak, solemn, pained from her life…No, the Suki in the picture was gone. His father had made sure of that. And when he died, Hojo made sure to keep his mother underfoot. Large sunglasses covered half of Suki's face when she did go to the grocery store, but always with her son's permission.

 

Kagome had been loyal for nearly three years. He didn't think she held a fire so bright as the one she had released but only three weeks ago. Always just nodding and agreeing, Kagome had been like a puppy---like Suki without his hand. A puppy following her master around. Nearly three years, he'd been delighted to find one such as pretty yet obedient as Kagome. Then all of a sudden, Kagome's fire had ignited. It all started the day that new girl approached Kagome…followed by the lecture…the snapping back…the interview to go to college for design…InuYasha Morikami…her disappearances….never returning his phone calls…slapping him…and of course, the kiss with that bastard.

 

Now, he was taking matters in to his own two hands…just like he did when Suki ever snapped back for any reason.

 

`Kagome…you'll be sorry yet.'

 

 

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“Oh, Miss. Higurashi, these designs are truly amazing.”

 

Kagome blushed. “Thank you Sada.”

 

Sada rolled her green eyes. She pushed locks of curly brown hair away from her shoulders. “No such thing! You've truly got talent. I wouldn't mind at all having you in my class at all. After all, if Maru-sensei recommends you it is because you have talent.”

 

Sada was the designing sensei at the university. Maru-sensei had called her friend and the next morning, Sada requested Kagome's portfolio.

 

“Oh, the head mistress mentioned Inutaisho Kagura taking notice about Kagome's talent.”

 

Sada gasped. “Really?” She leafed through Kagome's designs again. “My, my, my what a child!”

Kagome giggled nervously. `Yeah, Kagome, we've got talent.'

 

`Apparently we do'

 

`Maybe we ought to talk to InuYasha. Bet he could push us in the right direction.'

 

`Maybe he could…'

 

`Oh absolutely. Kags, you gotta work it around him. C'mon, reel him in. You know, if you married him, you'd have the best looking husband ever.'

 

`This isn't really about looks here. And since when did you become so fame-thirsty? Or lustful? Greedy maybe?'

 

`No, no. I'm no. Just think about it. You like InuYasha---'

 

`I have a boyfriend---'

 

`Shut up! That didn't stop you from kissing InuYasha yesterday! Didn't stop you from moaning his name did it?'

 

Kagome felt her face heat up. `I didn't moan.'

 

`Oh yeah you did! `InuYasha' InuYasha' like liquid to his touch.' The voice inside her head laughed. Kagome scowled.

 

`That's so not funny.'

 

`Sure it is! I mean, you never moaned out Hojo's name…only InuYasha's.'

 

Kagome sighed. `Be quiet, you're giving me a headache.' She rubbed her temples furiously as Sada and Maru-sensei continued their chatting.

 

After what seemed like hours, Sada handed Kagome's portfolio back to her. “Kagome, I will definitely be keeping in touch young lady. Keep your grades high and you've got your ticket towards the fashion industry.”

 

Kagome bowed. “Thank you very much Sada, I will work my hardest.”

 

“Dismissed Kagome.” Maru-sensei jerked her head towards the door. Kagome grinned from ear to ear as she walked out of the office. She stretched once she got outside, arching up her upper body. She winced when the sun hit her eyes, narrowing them slightly.

 

“Oh! What a day!” She groaned softly. She flipped her wrist, checked her watch. Satisfied she had no more classes for the day, she turned towards home.

 

As soon as she stepped foot in to her house, the phone rang. She rushed over and picked it up, holding it between her ear and shoulder as she tried to take off her shoes and socks. “H-Hello?”

 

“Kagome?”

 

Kagome gasped, phone almost dropped as she fell back against the wall. “InuYasha! Hi!”

 

“Hey Kagome.” InuYasha's voice rang through her ears.

 

“Wh-What's going on?”

 

He snickered. “Nothing. Kagome, I have a tiny barter that you might find interesting.”

 

“Oh?” Kagome grinned, reaching for her sock with her right hand.

 

“Yeah. How `bout I swing by your place tomorrow. Okay?”

 

“Alright.”

 

InuYasha sighed. “Okay then. Bye Kagome.”

 

“B-Bye…Oh! And InuYasha?”

 

“Yeah?”

 

She gulped. `Just do it you weenie!' “I-I-I miss you…”

 

His chuckled made her gasp. “I miss you to, Kagome.”

 

She smiled as he hung up. She let the phone drop as her sock dropped on top of it.

 

`Alright, maybe his `barter' will be worth while.'

 

Kagome sighed. `Maybe.'

 

 

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“Gotta say, dog-shit, I almost feel bad for you,” Kouga chuckled as he drowned the bottle of water he held in his hands. “Not quite though. Almost.”

 

InuYasha shot him a dark look before snorting. “Feh! Go to hell.”

 

Kouga laughed, dropping the water bottle on the table. “No, seriously. I mean, you come all this way and she doesn't even remember you. Something must've possessed her to love you five hundred years ago. Maybe Naraku's miasma. This time---” Kouga leaned to the side to avoid getting hit in the face with the salt shaker. “---she's got her five senses straight. Maybe she'll let you down easily.”

 

InuYasha growled. “Shut up, damnit. Mangy wolf, keep flappin' your lips and I'll leave your pups fatherless.”

 

Kouga grabbed the little salt shaker InuYasha had tossed at him. He grinned before putting it back on the table. The waitress frowned at them before continuing on her way. “See? Stupid dog, stop throwing restaurant property at me.” InuYasha snorted. “Besides, if you kill me, you'll kill Ayame and you like Ayame, you wouldn't kill her.”

 

InuYasha glared at him. “Then I'll leave enough life in you to keep Ayame alive.”

 

Kouga shrugged. “Nah, if I'm hurt…she's hurt. Wouldn't put it past you to actually try and beat me, but since you're hurting Ayame in the process, you can't come after me anymore. You, however, are mate-less and I can beat on your ass whenever I want.”

 

“Pathetic wolf, you couldn't land a hit on me if you tried.” InuYasha said with a smirk.

 

Kouga opened his mouth to retort when InuYasha's cell phone rang. The hanyou sighed before answering. Instead, Kouga simply kept eating his food. Okay, so maybe he did feel for the mutt. Waited for his mate only to find she didn't remember him. Kouga snickered. Not that he'd ever admit as much to InuYasha. He told his youngest pup, Aki, to take care of Kagome and be careful around the time when she fell in to the well.

 

Aki, however, wasn't the most obedient pup Kouga had. She was the only female out of the four pups Kouga and Ayame had. The little rebel had stormed out of their house and had almost gotten caught with InuYasha's Sengoku Jidai self. Had she not recognized the haori that the InuYasha she knew wasn't supposed to be wearing, Aki would've marched right up her beloved `uncle' and whine about getting punished. At the last second, Aki had backed away very slowly from InuYasha, running back home before he picked up her scent.

 

Kouga raised his sapphire eyes to InuYasha talking on the phone to Kagome, he recognized her voice. He sighed. Once InuYasha got off the phone, he sighed.

 

“Come to think of it, haven't seen your mate in a while. Where is she?”

 

Kouga blinked. “She's been busy. Anyway, that's ending this Friday. She had some major project to do and it's taken her almost a month. She'll be normal busy by next Monday. I haven't gotten to spend much time with her either.”

 

InuYasha snickered. Kouga rolled his eyes. “So what'd Kagome say?”

 

“Nothing much. I'll just drop by her house tomorrow. Today, I've got work to do.”

 

Kouga nodded. “Yeah and we'd better get started anyway. Lunch is on you by the way.”

 

Kouga stood up and started to walk away. InuYasha growled and dropped a wad of bills on the table. `Damned wolf. Next time I'll eat like hell and make him pay twice as much.'

 

`And then we'd be puking at home?'

 

`Not puking. Good food. Like ramen.'

 

`Yeah, like ramen.'

 

InuYasha sighed as he followed Kouga out of the restaurant and to the youkai-wolf's car.

 

 

 

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`Home and hot bath'

 

Kagome grimaced. `Okay. Dinner first though, I'm starving.'

 

`Okay. So long as we get the hot bath.'

 

`We will.'

 

`I'm good then.'

 

Kagome shook her head. `I'm talking to myself, I must be crazy.'

 

`Not crazy at all. I'm just the `forward' side of you. Nothing wrong with talking to yourself. Bet everyone does it.'

 

She frowned. `Yeah, I just bet everyone has conversations with themselves.'

 

`Oh, but they do. Or, I don't know. Maybe you are crazy.'

 

Kagome rolled her eyes. She was half way home, she knew that much. She was hungry and in serious need to relaxation. A hand on her shoulder stopped her. She gasped before whirling around to see.

 

“Hojo!”

 

His hazel eyes were warm. “Hey Kagome. Are you going home?”

 

She nodded. “Yes, I'm starving.” `Hey, Hojo doesn't know you kissed InuYasha. Tell him! Dump him! Dump him! Dump him!'

 

“Oh, good. I was hoping you'd come to my house for dinner. Mother has been asking for you.”

 

Kagome frowned. `Ne-e-e-e-vah-h-h-h-h!' The voice inside her head hollered melodramatically. Kagome almost, almost laughed. “Oh, I guess I could do that.”

 

`Hey! Did you not hear the `nevah'. It means no! Don't go, don't be stupid!'

 

`Shut up! Kami, I'm going to a psychologist, get you out my head!'

 

`A doctor can't get me to shut up. Puh-leez, Kags…just say `no' okay?'

 

`I don't think so. I haven't spent time with Hojo is over a week. An hour or two won't hurt will it?'

 

`Pfft!'

 

“Really?”

 

Kagome nodded. “Good! Come along, Mother will be so pleased.”

 

Kagome grimaced. `His mother? She's a little odd don't you think?'

 

`Yeah'

 

True enough, the anomalies that surrounded Suki were indeed enough to make Kagome uncomfortable. Hojo led her towards his house, a big smile on his face, a wicked glint in the depths of his eyes. Kagome gulped.

 

`I have a bad feeling.'

 

The voice in her head didn't answer, but she did give a very big sigh.

 

 

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~*Volition~*

Kagome mistakenly makes a wish on the jewel after Naraku's death. It forces the well to close and leave her second family behind. Now, InuYasha has waited 500 years to finally see Kagome again, but when he does see her, she is not the 'Kagome' he thought he'd face...

So how does a hanyou convince a miko to love him all over again?

 

 

Sengoku Jidai: Warring States Era. (InuYasha's time)

Suki: Beloved

Sada: Pure One.

 

 

Volition- the act of making a choice or decision; a desire; a wish.

 

 

 

Disclaimer, I do not own InuYasha. All right belong to Rumiko Takahashi.