InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Yin & Yang ❯ Chapter 3 ( Chapter 3 )

"Sesshomaru?" Kagome blinked, rubbed her eyes, and looked up again. He was still there, a model of perfection that no one in their right mind would look away from. However, Kagome felt nothing but disbelief and confusion, not the warm fuzzies created by looking at someone so…so...so beautiful. He was still there, just staring at her with his golden eyes, and Kagome was bursting with questions for him to answer. But judging by her current tally of the men in her life, none of them seemed to remember her or what happened in the Sengoku Jidai. She was sure Sesshomaru was the same way. Looking back and forth between Miroku, who looked a bit worried and confused, and Sesshomaru, whose expressionless face was out shown by the worry in his eyes, she decided to delay giving him the third degree. For now.

Sesshomaru opened his mouth as if to say something, but was cut off by a voice at the door that was strangely familiar.

"Alright Miroku. You better not have laid a hand on heeeeer-sheyeaaaaaaaaAAAAAHAAAH!" InuYasha's mouth was hanging open as he fell flat on his ass in surprise. He opened the door expecting to see Miroku, Kagome and possibly a nurse. But his uncle?!? What the hell was his uncle doing there!? It's not every day the president of Tokyo U decides to grace the student populace with his presence, so what made today so different? `I hope Kagome isn't in trouble or anything,' InuYasha thought to himself. After he gathered the huddled pile of himself off the floor, InuYasha walked over to Kagome's bedside. She looked better, the color was returning to her cheeks, but her eyes looked a little glazed over, lost in thought.

`Nube. Freshmen always get overwhelmed the first day.' But Kagome had fainted when she saw him. Hell! She even said his name, and he didn't even introduce himself yet. The way she said it though, is what bothered him. She had looked as if she had seen a ghost of someone she had loved and lost. He promised himself to find out what bothered her, in time.

"Hello Uncle Maru. What made you come out of your cave of an office?" He smirked. Sesshomaru damn near lived in his office, and InuYasha was glad that his days of staying in the empty house were over. Dorm living had been a nice change, and was about to get even nicer with Kagome coming to live in the dorms. A few late night parties would do the girl good, `And loosen her up a little,' he decided.

"I have a personal interest in this young lady. She has been given a full scholarship to the university and I wanted to introduce myself to her personally. Imagine my surprise to find her here." He folded his arms over his chest and leaned against the wall with his shoulder. `She is going to have a lot of questions that need answering. I better get Kouga to help me explain.'

"Woah woah woah! Rewind! Did you just call him your uncle?! And you," she said pointing her finger at Sesshomaru. "You're the one who gave me the scholarship?!"

Placing a firm hand on her shoulder, Sesshomaru gave her a look that said all would be explained later. He did remember. Everything. And he had made sure everyone would meet each other again. All this careful planning over the last 500 years was slowly falling into place, and Kagome was the last piece of the puzzle. He had a lot of explaining to do, and he would too, in due time. He had not associated with the wolf prince for his health after all.

"Ah yes. The scholarship. I will need to see you in my office later today to talk to you about that. I'm sure there are a few questions you would like me to answer."

`Yeah. Like what the hell is going on!' Kagome thought to herself.

"Let's say about five-ish you come to my office and we can discuss this little matter. Hmm?" Sesshomaru suggested coolly.

`Little?!' Kagome simply nodded, opting not to voice her frustration out loud. Sesshomaru could smell the frustration coming off the miko in waves. `Oh this is going to be a very long day.' "But for now, I suggest getting some lunch and finish signing up for the rest of your classes."

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`GRRRR! Five o'clock can't come soon enough!' Kagome kicked the bathroom stall door in frustration. Both InuYasha and Miroku had offered to take her out for a bite, but she felt out of place. She couldn't talk to them about anything that had happened in the past, neither of them remembered. She wanted to shout from the rooftops her anger and frustration over and over. But that wouldn't help anything. She checked her watch.

`3:30. Damnit! This day just won't go any faster.' She left the cafeteria bathroom before she caused any more damage. The two friends were sitting there, watching her with interest. The food had arrived while she had been on her little tirade, and Miroku had politely waited until she returned. InuYasha on the other hand….

"Bat hook you so wong?" (what took you so long?) He asked with a mouth full of ramen . `Hasn't changed one bit,' Kagome pulled up a chair and sat in between the boys. They acted the same as they had 500 years ago. One was rude, arrogant, cocky and loved ramen. The other was a lecher whose hand was sliding northward of her knee and was just south of her skirt hem line. That earned him a loud SLAP across the face. InuYasha nearly choked on his ramen in laughter.

"Serves you right, ya lecher."

The rest of the afternoon went without incident. All three friends sat around talking and laughing the day away. Kagome hadn't laughed like that in a long time and it made her feel good. She lost track of the time until she looked up at the cafeteria clock. The fun time had just come to a crashing halt. `OH SHIT! IT'S FIVE THIRTY!'

Kagome nearly tripped over the chair she was sitting in on her mad dash toward the door. She got half way down the hall when she realized she had no idea whatsoever where she was going. She tried to backtrack through to the cafeteria but took a wrong turn and ended up in a strange corridor. Admitting defeat after what seemed liked an eternity, she slumped to the floor. `I'm lost. Hopelessly lost.'

"Looking for something?" A deep and sexy voice teased from behind. She leaned her head back from her kneeling position toward the tall and dark figure behind her. Seeing him from an upside down angle, Kagome did not recognize the man.

"Are you lost?" Realization came crashing down on her like a ton of bricks when the sound of the voice clicked. Fear seized her and she froze lying down on the floor. "Na..ra..ku."

"No Professor Nacockku, she is not lost. She slipped. So just mind your own business," InuYasha growled. He had always gotten bad vibes from that guy, and right now the hair on the back of his neck was standing on end. He really did give him the creeps. He could see the fear in Kagome's eyes and he didn't like the way the professor was looking at her.

He reached down his hand towards her. She slid her hand into his offered one and he noted how it seemed to fit together like two pieces of a puzzle. Helping her to her feet, he asked her how she was. Seeing that she was fine, he lectured her on running off without knowing where to go.

"I mean c'mon, I saw how scared you were of that guy. This never would have happened if you had let me take you to see my uncle. To be honest that guy always gave me the creeps. He makes my skin crawl."

"I saw the time and I freaked! I didn't think about where I was going, I.... I.. I just knew I had to go somewhere." Subconsciously, she leaned on InuYasha. She had done it so many times in the past, it came natural to her. He subconsciously put his arm around her, that is until they reached Sesshoumaru's office. The great taiyoukai had watched them walk up to the door, and surprised the two by stepping out of the shadows.

"What time did we agree upon, Ms. Higarashi?"

"Ummmmmm.. Five-ish?"

"And what time is it?"

She looked down at her watch. It was six fifteen.