Eternal Rage
~Chapter Four ~
Finding You:
Begining The Journey Home
And A Game Of It Boy It Boy!
'History always repeats itself twice: first timeas tragedy, second time as farce. Every time history repeats itself the price goes up. Although if it hold's true as fact that history does repeat itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience. '
In years to come Shippo finally got his wish although he wanted to only involve Sesshomeru in gaining assistance now that he did in fact find her literally under his nose, in the form of a friend he had only just gained within that same year .It was without even knowing until she unexpectedly gave herself away in the form of a made up game , or so she believed . One day during the the normal times they would meet under a nearby tree in the playground inside the yard where she now lived in downtown Tokyo.
Inuyasha and Sesshomeru were in a meeting when a phone call came through into the conference room. One phone, not to be used ,unless it was of either of great importance ,or an emergency. To the kit ,he considered this as both as he called the forbidden phone line ,in which to his expectations Sesshomeru had answered the call quite abruptly,and with a pretty good inkling of whom it was.
"This better be good runt ,or this Sesshomeru is going to have his foot crambed up so far up your ass you won't be able to walk straight for a week ,even after I remove my foot ,and you finally crap out my shoe !" Sesshomeru sneered into the phone until he was interupted by Shippo
"Calm down Icicle Damn! Are you alone ?" Shippo asked
"No ,Inuyasha's here ..Why is everything okay!" Sesshomeru asked concerned noting that his brother was looking at him forlorningly listen to his conversation with the kit by his ears poised towards his direction
" Never better, now that is !Although, but if you can I need to you to step out for a minute because I need your help with something !" Shippo declared excitedly
" Hold on Shippo let me step out for a minute!" Sesshomeru stated before turning to the hopefully curious look of his brother questioning as to what had Shippo in such a happy mood
"I'll be back ,I gotta take this " Sesshomeru said in passing Inuyasha ,while stepping out of the room
Nodding slowly knowing that both of them really had the hanyou's attention now to their secretive behavior combined with Shippo's happy additude ,and it had Inuyasha wondering as he nevously twisted the gold engagement around his finger..Remembering the last time the kit was so happy as a thought dawned on him.
'Could it be that Shippo and his brother never stopped looking for his mate,even after I had already given up? Could this mean that they have finally found her? ' Inuyasha with that thought in mind came to stand against the door to listen to the conversation being spoken just on the other side.
~ With Shippo and Sesshomeru ~
"Alright Shippo shoot!" Sesshomeru took the lead in starting the conversation that the coast was clear to speak
"Are ya sitting down!" Shippo continued to say in a thrilled tone
"Yes runt ! I am sitting down! Now out with it ! What has got you in such a happy mood!" Sesshomeru mocked hoping in what he thought it was, was true.
"What else fudgicle! I found her! " Shippo had said jokingly naming him the nick name hinting at his kiss ass interactions to save his brother feelings
"Where ? " Sesshomeru sighed thankfully before franctically returning to his office, almost knocking his brother down when opening the door to retrieve items to write the information down on ,while ignoring his brothers yelp on the way
'Serves him right being nosey!' Sesshomeru thought with a growing smirk grow on his face as he continued to listen to Shippo
"Well I didn't realize at first ,until now that it was her , but I am sure now that it's Kagome. Currently she is in a orphanage in downtown Tokyo where I met here just this year. Now for the bad news, she's five and Kagome has been here since birth after her mother tried to drown her .She's a friend that I met a few mouths ago.."Shippo happily rambled with the knowledge of a job well done
"How do you know it was her?" Sesshomeru asked while tapping his claws against the desk awaiting for the confirmation that what the kit says is true ,and hoping it was
" Well ,I think it's pretty obvious when accidently catching the sight of my necklace and all of a sudden got real excited while pointing to it ,jumping up and down ,and saying 'It Boy It Boy!' ,somehow expecting me to fall down to eat dirt with the way she kept trying to point at the ground." Shippo said with tormenting glee in excitement
"Hahahahaha ! Good job Shippo! I'd say it ,that's pretty incriminating proof with what you're tellling me I would have to agree that you did it!"Sesshomeru laughed with the now known sediment.
' Kagome has finally returned thank Budda ! It's about damn time the wench shows herself!' Sesshomeru thought as the smirk became an all out shit eating grin when noticing his brother might've finally caught on
' I hope she makes you eat your breaking faith in her lil brother, thus forced to eat dirt and slammed so far into the dirt that maybe it might knock some sense into your thick skull ,for your stupidity..Hopefully I am there to see it ,it would be some worthwhile entertainment to see the coming ass whopping and Inuyasha 's shocked expression when he realizes that he once again fell for Kikyo's tricks,as her incarnation .' The normally stoic Sesshomeru now visably smiling as he looked to the voice quietly requesting his attention with a hidden desperate plea
' Let it be so ,please be that it's her' Inuyasha thought as he voiced his impatient line of questioning not being able to wait to know what he was almost sure of..
"Sesshy ,what's up ? Did someone find her ? Has my mate Kagome been found ? I didn't know you guys still looked after all this time?"
Sesshomeru ignored his rambling and with a pausing interuption from Shippo's continued talking, the Inu Youkai soon dismissed everyone quickly from the meeting for a hour recess, once the brothers were alone he grabbed his pen and notebook ,before putting the phone on speaker.
"Alright Shippo ,address? " Sessomeru stated with a twinkle in his eyes trying to fight the urge to roll them at his brother for his density
"Uh , hold a sec let me check " Shippo paused to look at the numbers on the building while speaking to someone close by to calm them that they weren't leaving
" It's okay I am not going to leave you ,so you can let go of my tail now" Shippo laughed
" You better not Shippo ,who's gonna play 'It boy ' with me? " said a voice of a unknown female that caused the hanyou in the room to pause and close his eyes rerpeatedly thanking whomever it was who made it so she can return to him
" Okay I won't don't worry I wouldn't miss it ! Shippo reminded the girl then returned to his conversation with Sesshomeru
"Okay I got it Fluffy ! It 's 12435 South Main Ave. Are ya coming soon because I can stay with her until you can come? She's a little shy with new people and it took me alot just to get as far as I did. So I think she probaly had a rough start." Shippo confirmed
"Yea , give me some time to get the necessary paperwork and I 'll be there to get her!" Sesshomeru said with annoyance as he actually did roll his eyes finally for the nicknames that were flying out of Shippo's mouth and mocking him no loss.
"Sounds good I will see you soon. I gotta.." Shippo started to say before he was interupted in getting off of the phone
"Hey ya Shippo?" Inuyasha nervously asked with the tension from their strained relationship that the kit might not tell him but ..
' She's still my mate and over my dead body now that she's back will I let her go again from my life ! If I have any say in it ' Inuyasha stubbornly thought
"Yea ?" Shippo asked with the same resistance to speak for he almost knew what was coming
" How is she , Is Kagome okay?" Inuyasha continued
"Well as I told Fluffy ,she's shy ,and not like the outspoken girl you once new before, at least not that I have yet seen. Kagome is shaky when it comes to meeting new people and she sticks to herself most of the time .I am really her only friend outside the orphanage" Shippo said with a helpless grin only picturing the look on his face
"What? !" Inuyasha voiced his frustrations out loud
"Heya Sesshomeru will ya please explain it to the dud I'll catch ya later she' s coming back out to play!"Shppo teased
"Hey ! I heard that Shippo!" Inuyasha called out
"I am glad you are back to the real world with us mutt!" Shippo teased as the hanyou smirked fondly of Shippo's friendly teasing gesture which hasn't came his way from him in a long while
'Maybe now everything will be okay now that she will soon be back..' Inuyasha mused
"Very well Shippo be there soon !" Sesshomeru returned and interupted before the hanyou started his rants once again ,before disconnecting the call.
" Well? "Inuyasha demanded
"Hmph ! Inuyasha let's see your mate is currently five years old ,in a orphange not to far from here ..She's has been there since birth because her incompetent mother tried to drown her .I will go down there with the proper information and adopt her, raising her as my own until she's old enough to introduce her to a prospective mate because I am Alpha of this pack. I will return you relax and don't worry about it .I will take care of your mate .I am only glad we found her." Sesshomeru notified, knowing his brother was expected to marry soon
"What the hell Sesshomeru ,Hell no your not ! I am her mate !" Inuyasha warned
"Oh so you've decided to come to your senses huh? And what about what's her name?"
"Kikyia ,and I will take care of it .I want my mate , Kagome and now that I know she's back I will wait for her" Inuyasha promised
"Make sure as you do , because if find out otherwise I will not only forbade your presence anywhere near her! I will summon her a new mate right then and there. Therefore, releasing your ties as mate to the girl..She from what I hear has been through enough and as my daughter you will not do any further damage" Sesshomaru threatened
Wait! how do we know that it's her?" Inuyasha cautiously in shock still over the news that he had missed being told that part
"Weren't you listening? Shippo found her !Oh I don't know Inuyasha ,I believe it was Shippo, who said it was obvious when catching sight of the very thing that had you plummeting to the ground and saying ...Oh Wait! how did Shippo say it? Oh yea that's it !" Sesshomeru glared sarcastically before jumping up and down saying excitedly expressing what he thought the girl to be doing
"It boy It boy ! Oh and of course pointing and giggling ,expecting Shippo to fall down "Sesshomeru teased
"Sit Boy!"Inuyasha silently whispered as his mark began to flutter once again and only this time it was stronger before realization in what he said hit him.
"Damn Wench , She is going to be the death of me ! Wait ! Did you just say that her mother tried to drown her after she was born ?" The hanyou questioned ,confused as he wondered why would someone would do something like that to someone as sweet, as his own mate
"Very good ,You were listening ..Good boy! Do ya want your doggie bisquit now for a job well done?" The Inu Youkai said teasingly
"It's not that I am just shocked is all ,and a little pissed that she almost didn't have a chance.." Inuyasha sighed while ignoring his taunt for he was to happy with the news of his mate's return
'Kagome is back and would soon be back within my protection'
"Hmm...Indeed ,but let me go fetch your favorite squeaky toy for ya ,so that and you may begin to change"
"Shuddup Flufffy and just go to fetch my wench fudgicle !"Inuyasha had said tauntingly and borrowing his pup's teasing nicknames, for that one was his favorite, and even though he also figured out over the years why his pup called him that.
Sesshomeru took his leave out the door , once out the front ,continued to his car to pull out and headed to the orphanage. Soon after about a hour , Sesshomeru had finally caught up to meet Shippo ,and began to move to where he saw him in the front yard talking to a little girl sitting currently next to the kit. Placing a friendly smile on his face before continuing his movements after his short pause ,only to observe the girl's interaction with the concealed fox child .
'Even though the girl acts somewhat differently, something within her eyes seem to be telling me that somewhere deep down Kagome ,still lives...
TBC...