Sorry this is late lovelies! You don't mind if I call you lovelies :P I'm in that sort of mood. Anywho here you go, my new Update. I hope you're all having a wonderful Christmas :D
Chapter 7
Kagome looked up at the house with wide eyes. inuyasha had been joking, but there really was no contest, his house was a palace compared to that inconsequential wolf demon's. A she walked in she saw the walls covered in … marble was it, and the floors… she didn't even know what those were made of.
"Are you Kagome Higurashi?" A woman at a fancy desk asked her.
"Yes…"
"Inuyasha will meet you on the second floor, in the ending room. Just take the elevator." She pointed at the double doors at the end of the room.
"Umm, thanks."
"No problem."
Kagome entered the elevator and hit number two. Thoughts whirled through her head, Why did Inuyasha invite her over? Why was he so...rich? Why were the buttons in the elevator gold? What is the strange music playing? What am I even going to do!
She reminded herself of the call she received from Naraku the night before.
"Young blossom, how are you?" his sick voice seeped from the receiver making her blood boil.
"What the hell do you want?" she mumbled, moving out of the room where the rest of her family were situated.
"Tsk tesk with the language. I know you're heading to my home tomorrow. I'm quite impressed you managed that."
"Inuyasha asked…"
"Yes, but he wouldn't have asked unless you gave him the okay to. You hate me remember?"
"He said you wouldn't be there."
"That's right I won't be, lucky you, but some of my men will, so be very careful."
"How is any of this supposed to work if I need him to… if I'm supposed to be indifferent to him? I don't understand!?"
Naraku simply chuckled on the other end, "It messes with your mind this task, doesn't it?" he laughed even louder, "How fun for me. Goodby Blossom." and the line went dead.
"You came!" Inuyasha shouted, hugging her close to him. He had opened the door even before she had knocked, knocking the wind out of her. "I thought you might not."
"You're squeezing me too tightly." she gasped, allowing him to let her go. She assumed a look of boredom, "I said I would come didn't I? i have nothing else to do really, but we could have gone out somewhere, hwy bring me to your...house. Is it really a house?"
He laughed, reading her mind, "I know it's huge, but I wanted to bring you here to show you something. Something I can't get either of my friends into, but I feel as if you'll understand." he motioned for her to step through the door, and she was faced with maroon walls and a tan shaggy carpet. It was pretty plain, but there was a desk, and a King sized bed.
"For a big house, there isn't much in here."
"You should see Sesshomaru's room, in comparison to mine this is hoarding." he got a weird look in his eye for a minute, "You haven't seem him have you?"
"Sorry, no."
He shrugged, his ears twitching back up as he got back to his task. "Right, so what I wanted to show you is right through that door. I feel like you should go first by yourself so you can make up your mind about me before… You might think I'm strange or something... well just go in." he held up a golden key and dropped it in her hand.
She wanted to make a criminal related joke but they were on such good ground she didn't want to ruin that so she kept her mouth shut. She put the key in the lock and turned, hearing a soft click. If he locked the door it must be something really important and he was showing it to her… she started feeling the pressure as she opened the door.
There was a huge window in the corner that let in the bright sunlight and things started glinting, hurting her eyes. Kagome covered my eyes immediately and went to close the curtain, finding a light switch right next to it. She turned around ready to face whatever was in the room, but there was no way she could have been prepared for what she saw.
Mounted on shelves, the walls and in glass cases (as the room was bigger than she thought) was an abundance of swords. She looked around wondrously at every single one, the hilts sometimes being the main features and the others just being the size of the blade itself. There were even some daggers lined up next to the door where Inuyasha appeared, for once looking sheepish in front of her.
"So what do you think of my collection?" his ears were flat to his head, and his golden eyes were looking just below her eyes.
"Is this another joke, like with Kog-"
"Forget Koga." he growled, ears tremoring, but he covered it up by taking a deep breath. "What do you think?"
"I think you're too rich for your own good, what even is this about?"
"My dad… it's what we have left of him.. he collected swords… he was so enthusiastic about them." Inuyasha leant against the wall but kept looking at the wall. "He even went to the country and found one of the oldest surviving swordsmith Totosai and asked him to make him a sword." He pointed at the one in a glass case, "That one."
Kagome moved over and stared at the large sword. "It's called Tessaiga. It was actually made from one of my father's demon fangs."
"Wow."
"When… when he died it was passed down to me and Tenseiga was passed down to Sesshomaru." He pointed to another sword hanging on the wall, not as big as the other but power emanated from its very being, Kagome was surprised she could feel it. "Totosai died a couple months after my father did, but he was a great man who loved swords,and I can see why."
He stepped over to one and caressed it like… well a lover. "They speak to me, and promise things no human or demon could ever promise."
Kagome watched him in the midst of his collection never thinking she could understand him so much. Of course she loved motorcycles, but she only had one and she cherished it beyond being. It was hers, and it meant so much as not only a vehicle but a friend after Kikyo died. For Inuyasha it was a link to his father, as well as something he was really into.
When he finally did look up at Kagome, his golden eyes were looked bruised and sad. "I could never show this to Kikyo. The whole idea of owning these freaked her out. I tried to remind her archers and their bow and arrows were just as dangerous but she wouldn't hear of it, saying the room gave her a bad feeling, like the swords wanted to take something from her. I never really understood, but I thought that maybe you-"
Kagome stopped him with a finger to his lips. She noticed his golden eyes flash, but he stopped speaking, his breathing becoming heavy. She still couldn't believe how instantaneous her effect was… She needed to do something, she remembered what else Naraku had said as well.
"I expect results, Blossom. Don't reel him in right away, but bring out the fire in him anyway you can."
"Let's go back in your room." she offered.
Inuyasha locked the door behind Kagome, pocketing the key once again and feeling less vulnerable than before. He watched her sit on the bed, and he decided it was a good idea to sit on the floor.
"What happened when you first met my cousin?" she asked sombrely.
He held back a sigh, but went back to the memories of Kikyo. "She was quiet Nothing like you." he got a laugh out of her and it was blissful as he kept going, "And she wasn't very good in English, so I helped her. Her voice was so quiet and she blushed constantly. I thought it was cute, until I visited the archery club looking for Miroku."
"Miroku?"
"He chased girls down there all the time. Anyway, when I didn't see him, i saw her. It was like fire. She was purposeful in every sense of the word, like a fierce huntress. I wanted her arrow to hit me." he chuckled, "It nearly did too, I was standing on the wrong side. That's when she first started to speak me outside of class. After that it was… was-"
"A whirlwind."
He looked up at her shocked, "Yeah.. how did you know?"
"Feels like we're having a whirlwind friendship right here. I started school just this week and look, your annoying puppy dog self has found a new ma-" she cut herself off instantaneously, but he knew what she was about to say.
Mate.
Inuyasha felt an inner anger in himself; he didn't understand where it had come from.
"Did you find him attractive or something?"
"Who?"
"Koga."
"What?! No, of course no-"
"Then why did you keep bringing him up."
She scoffed, feeling as if the whole conversation was unprecedented, "It was just a joke. I know how much you hate him, with the rivalry and all that-"
"rivalry? For your affections? Couldn't you see the lust in his eyes Kagome? He wanted to MATE with you."
"I don't- I can't-"
Inuyasha felt himself rising off the floor and moving closer to Kagome's, now smaller, frame on his bed.
"You ran straight into his arms, from me!" he growled, not hiding his full anger anymore.
"Remember, it was back when we weren't friends and I didn't trust you because you were a demon-"
"HE WAS A DEMON!" His voice bellowed, vibrating through the room.
"Yes, Inuyasha I know, I just.. I wasn't thinking straight. Please, let me go, that hurts."
He felt her request to be a stupid one to acknowledge but he felt something wet on his fingers and had to look. The blood flew through where his claws had pierced her flesh. He also noticed that she was struggling, kicking and pulling, but he was too strong for her.
He also came to his attention how close her face was to his, and how easy it would be to push her back on the bed and catch those lips that were open in terrible terrific fear.
"You are mine, you understand?"
"No, she isn't. Stop this foolishness Inuyasha."
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