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Deadly Engagement
Chapter 7 – Rude Awakening
Previously on Deadly Engagement
Kagome walked out of the store and back to her car, when she got in she placed both hands on the steering wheel and leaned forward. 'It's not just anyone I'm trying to keep out, it is the most dangerous person that has ever come into my life' she looked up and started the car "Naraku" she said knowing that he was the real one she had to keep out until the time was right. She drove faster in annoyance when she remembered what happened until she came back to the new apartment and carried up all the packets with her powers making sure no one was watching while she did it as well.
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~ The Apartment ~
It had been two days since Kagome and Sesshomaru moved in together and everything was going smoothly. They didn't speak to each other, look at each other, or even recognize the others existence unless it was absolutely necessary. Kagome went and fetched her new lock for the apartment from Myoga the next day and changed it giving Sesshomaru the other key. Neither received missions from Black Night those two nights, probably since Persia wanted them to have some 'bonding time' for the mission that was coming up in a month involving both of them.
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With Kagome
Kagome looked around knowing that tonight was the night that she had to 'recharge' her powers for another month. She picked up her phone and called in the office when Sango picked up "Hello, Kagome Higurashi's Office, how may I help you?" she answered the work phone in her usual manner when talking to a client not knowing that it was her boss she was talking to. "Sango, I'm not coming in today, you know what tonight is. Please inform my father since I really don't want to talk to him right now, and also tell him what I will do to him if he interrupts me" Kagome said into the phone speaker. She could have sworn that she heard Sango gulp but brushed it off. "Alright, stay safe and please don't damage anything too important" Sango said smiling though no one could see her.
Kagome rolled her eyes put the phone down after saying goodbye. Kagome was alone in the apartment getting ready for the night, because of her miko powers once a month she would sleep for 24 hours straight to balance and calm her powers, also to make sure that it doesn't overstrain her body at the intensity that her miko powers can have an effect on her. Kagome knew that it was good to go to sleep around 6pm so she would wake up that time the next day and wouldn't completely miss everything out.
'I need to take a shower' she walked into her room and went to her private bathroom having a shower before tossing her clothes in the laundry and walking back to her bedroom. She looked around and turned the aircon making sure that it wouldn't get too hot or too cold while she was asleep. She then picked out some comfortable shorts and a lose shirt before tying up her hair and walking to the other side of the room looking out the window. 'It will be 6 in about 20 minutes, better grab a snack' she thought before going out of her room and to the kitchen grabbing a lunch bar from the cupboard then taking a seat on the couch and ate it checking the clock. She watched as the hand shifted to the side until it was 1 minute to 6 and then went to her room and lay on her bed getting comfortable and closed her eyes instantly falling to sleep.
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~ In the Evening ~
With Gale at the Higurashi Building
Ring. Ring. Ring Gale's phone went off and he checked the caller ID before answering. "Sango, what can I help you with?" he asked her as he continued looking at his paperwork. "Kagome's having her recharge time tonight until late tomorrow, she said not to disturb her and if you do interrupt you would know what she would do" Sango who was on the other side of the phone could sense the shiver that had gone down Gale's spine when he remembered what happened when he did wake Kagome during her recharge day. "Thank you for informing me" he said hanging up the phone and leaning back into his chair. He closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths before getting back to work as he started to get his concentration back, but became concerned.
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With Sesshomaru
Sesshomaru arrived at the apartment later than normal and noticed that all of the lights were off 'She's here so why are the lights off' he wondered while walking in and flipped the switch on and the room instantly lit up. He sensed that she was sleeping 'It's so early, I'll never understand that woman' he walked to his room and closed the door behind him. Once in there he went to his bathroom and stripped of all his clothes before getting into the shower placing both his hands on the tiled wall in front of him with his head down and the water poured on the back of his head sliding down his shoulders until it reached the floor. 'Man, today was stressful' he thought.
Flashback
Sesshomaru walked into the office, as he passed he could hear the female employees talking about him and wanting to have him, while the male employees were angry that he could get someone like Kagome Higurashi to be his woman. Sesshomaru took a deep sigh before going back to his office. When he entered, he stopped seeing who was sitting in his desk chair, he growled inside before closing the door and making sure that the shades that covered the glass walls of his office were closed so no one would see who he was talking to.
"What are you doing here Kagura?" he asked as he glared at her. She smiled and stood up beginning to walk towards him until she stood a few feet away looking up at him. "I came to see you, after all, you were meant to be my fiancé" she said smiling placing a hand on Sesshomaru's cheek. SMACK. Sesshomaru smacked Kagura's hand away from him and walked over to his desk placing his bag on it before turning back to Kagura who was scowling at him. "I never agreed to it" he said leaning against the side of the table as Kagura stood there. "Forget that for now, so why are you suddenly engaged to Kagome Higurashi? I mean why her of all people" she asked looking at Sesshomaru who wanted to smirk but kept it to himself. He remembered that he needed to keep up the appearance that he is in love with her and asked her to marry him. 'Why is it that the male has to ask the female that question when he wanted to marry her' he sighed inside before looking back at Kagura.
"I'm in love with her and she is in love with me, so we decided to take it to the next step and she said yes when I proposed to her" he said but was feeling like he wanted to be sick inside when he spoke about things like this. 'To be perfectly honest she could get run over by a bus for all I care, stupid parents, now I need to make up lies for their shit' he thought looking at Kagura who now had a blank expression on her face.
"You love her" she said as a question and he nodded. 'I can't smell any deceit from him, has he actually fallen in love with her?' she thought looking at Sesshomaru who was no longer looking at her. Sesshomaru was glad about the training he had at Black Night, it came in handy when he needed to pretend to show emotions and also disguise his actions when he is lying making it seem believable. "Yes I do, now would you leave so I can get to work, you are just wasting my time" he said and took a seat in his chair behind his table. Kagura stood there before picking up her bag and walking out of the office slamming the door behind her.
'At least Kagome is better than that wind witch' he thought looking at the ceiling before going back to his work. Blocking out all the other thoughts about a certain miko and pushing them to the back of his mind he began sorting through the paperwork his father sent in relation to some of the small details of the merger contract. After reading through the papers a few times he started correcting them until he noticed that it was already 5:30, so he got up and grabbed his things before heading back to his car to head back to his 'home' where a deadly miko assassin fiancé waited for him.
End of Flashback
Sesshomaru got out of the shower once he cooled his head from the events that occurred that day and still tried to wrap his head around his current living arrangements. When he walked into his room he saw that it was already 9 that night. 'Shit was I really in there that long?' he asked himself before taking his towel away leaving him bare. He grabbed a pair of boxers after drying off and put them on before getting into bed. It was getting hot and when he didn't wear his seal and his hair was longer than normal and his tail was out he didn't think a shirt was necessary when it came to him. Putting both hands behind his head he looked at the ceiling. He started to close his eyes letting sleep overtake him before falling victim to it as well.
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~ The Next Morning ~
With Sesshomaru
Beep. Beep. Beep Sesshomaru heard his alarm go off, to turn it off he ended up smashing it and throwing it across the room when he couldn't hit the off switch after a few tries. He believed that the only real way to shut something up was to make sure it could never make another noise again. He got up and walked to the bathroom relieving himself before going into the lounge. 'That woman is still asleep, she is usually already up' he walked to her door and knocked on it softly. There was no reply when he tried again, he huffed before going to the kitchen and pouring himself a glass of water. He looked around the room noticing that everything was neat 'She usually has all her work and shit on the tables, what's up with her' he took a sip of his water before going to his room and grabbing his phone checking the contacts until he came up to Gale's number.
Conversation between Gale and Sesshomaru
Ring, Ring, Ring his phone sounded until he heard a click "Hello" the voice came out sounding tired, Sesshomaru sighed and took a seat on the couch with the phone at his ear. "Gale, its Sesshomaru" he said and almost instantly Gale's voice sounded livelier. "Sesshomaru, what can I do for you?" he asked and you could hear rustling from his end of the line. "The miko will not wake up, she went to bed very early last night and is still asleep" he said, he wasn't worried, in fact he was annoyed since he didn't like being ignored and he wanted the apartment to himself for a while. Gale was a little taken back "Well, she is just gathering her strength again nothing more, you don't need to be worried" he said smiling but his face went stiff when he heard a growl coming from the other side of the line. "This Sesshomaru, IS NOT WORRIED". He said pulling the phone away from his ear.
Gale suddenly remembered what Sango had told him earlier "WAIT, YOU MUST NOT WAKE… Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. the line went dead. 'Oh shit, this is going to be very bad if he does wake her up when she is in this state' he thought ending the call before putting his hands on the desk and sighed. 'I dealt with it before and it was like dealing with the devil' he thought and shivered when he remembered what happened when he woke Kagome up those many years ago.
End of Conversation
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~ In the Apartment ~
With Kagome and Sesshomaru
Sesshomaru was sitting in the lounge when he heard a ringing sound, he looked at his phone seeing it wasn't coming from him and when he followed the sound he realised that it was coming from Kagome's room. 'Will she just turn that damn thing off' he closed his eyes. The sound continued for the next ten minutes and Sesshomaru had finally snapped. He walked to Kagome's room kicking the door open before looking for the cause of the sound which was creating his problem. He saw that one of her sensors that informed her about peoples' presences had gone off, it was now destroyed on the floor. When he looked up he saw Kagome lying across the bed still dead to the world that he had just barged in and broken something.
Beep. Beep. Beep he looked down at the broken device seeing that there was still a little life left in it and began creating that noise again so he smashed it underneath his foot hard that he even released some of his youki. Kagome was still asleep throughout all of this and it was beginning to get on his nerves. He walked up to her looking down as she lay on the bed "Miko" he said not getting any response he growled softly "Miko" he said again a little louder so he started to shake her and still got no response. "MIKO!" he yelled and his youki started to flare.
'What the hell' Kagome began to come out of her drowsiness when hearing the yell and the conflict when she felt demonic power near her. This was her most vulnerable time and not many knew about it, and those who did knew to never wake her up, but that was not the case today. "MIKO!" she heard the voice yell again GRAB Kagome's eyes snapped open when she felt a hand on her shoulder, she instantly grabbed it and turned herself around. Kagome could feel her miko powers start to flare since they hadn't gotten the chance to calm down yet.
She slowly lifted her face to look at the intruder when she saw Sesshomaru looking down at her with an emotionless face. Kagome released a lot of her reiki as she got off her bed still holding Sesshomaru's arm in a vice grip. She looked at him and glared with eyes that would make the devil himself wet his pants. Sesshomaru didn't attempt to move away as he was frozen from the force that her reiki was releasing the pressure. Kagome growled softly before raising her hand SLAP the sound echoed as soon as Kagome hit Sesshomaru smack in the face sending him out the door in the lounge, crashing through one of the sofas and landing against the wall leaving a very large dent in it.
Kagome walked out and looked at Sesshomaru who was now looking in her eyes which were now glowing a slight purple to them. "NEVER WAKE ME UP LIKE THAT AGAIN, AND WE AGREED THAT WE WOULD STAY OUT OF EACH OTHERS ROOMS, SO STAY AWAY IF YOU DON'T WANT TO END UP LIKE THIS AGAIN!" she screamed before slamming her door shut.
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Sesshomaru sat there on the floor trying to process everything that had just happened. He was slapped causing him to be thrown out into the room crashing through a sofa before hitting the wall. 'WHAT THE HEL!' his mind screamed as he tried to stand up. He felt stinging on his face, when he raised his hand to it he hissed in pain before going to his bathroom too see the damage that Kagome had caused when she slapped him. He walked into the bathroom and turned on the light, there on his face, reaching from just below his eyes to above his chin, was Kagome's handprint. It was still prickling from the reiki she had used and it was preventing him from healing quickly. He remembered when they first met on the roof and she cut his face then his wound took longer to heal. This was the same thing but only on a larger scale.
He turned the tap on letting the water come before splashing it on his face. He winced in pain from the stinging it caused but continued doing it until it slowly started to soothe a little. He went to the kitchen to check if there was any ice in the freezer, when he took a cloth out and put a few cubes in it he placed it over his face instantly letting some of the pain become numb. Knock. Knock. Knock someone was at the door and knocking quickly and loudly. Sesshomaru growled still holding the cloth to his face as he went to answer the door.
There standing on the other side was Gale panting. "Please tell me you didn't wake…notices that Sesshomaru is holding a cloth at his face… Kagome up" he said before hanging his head in defeat. "I guess you did wake her up" he said looking at Sesshomaru who was glaring at him. Gale checked to see if there were any other injuries on Sesshomaru only noticing it was his face "You are lucky that it was only there, if you saw her on one of her worse days you would be missing many things" he said and walked into the apartment without permission 'Worse days, you mean she gets worse than that' Sesshomaru thought closing the door and followed Gale who was now sitting on the sofa that was not on the floor facing the wrong direction.
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Sesshomaru took the cloth from his face and could already feel it starting to heal the flesh, but the skin would take longer to heal than that. Gale looked at Sesshomaru "I guess you know not to bother he like that again" he said and Sesshomaru nodded. "What was that, that tremendous power was not stable" Sesshomaru said taking a seat after he put the sofa back the way it was before he went flying into it. "I guess I can tell you what happened" Gale said sitting up and looking up before closing his eyes.
"Seven years ago my wife was murdered, they had to cover it up saying it was an accident since there were no witnesses present when it happened. But that's not true, Kagome was there and saw what happened. My wife was also a miko and was preparing Kagome until her powers would awaken when she was old enough. She was murdered and Kagome saw it, she never told me who did it but I can tell that she does know and was afraid of them, but that night her powers were released but she was too young and couldn't handle the large change. I didn't know what to do, my wife was the one who knew how to deal with those things so I ended up getting some help, I don't know what they did with Kagome but it helped her" he said opening his eyes and leaned forward.
"At first she needed to sleep like that three times a week but over time it slowly became less the stronger she got, but it still caused an unstable balance when it started, when she sleeps like that that is when her powers straighten out and calm down. Unfortunately, you woke her up and the balance process was disrupted causing her to act like that. My wife told me that miko's had tremendous power but I never realised it until I woke her up and got this" he said.
He took off his jacket and rolled up the sleeve on his left arm. There was a huge burn scar that looked as if the flesh had melted off and then had to be sewn back on. Sesshomaru nodded and was thankful that that didn't happen to him. Gale put his jacket back on before looking at Sesshomaru again, "I am telling you this because whether you like it or not, Kagome as well, you both are getting married and you need open up to each other. I just told you something that stays in the family, you must never ask Kagome questions about it or she will know I told you, you must wait until she opens up to you" Gale said as he stood up.
"Yesterday at the mansion there was an incident, Kagome's room was destroyed, it looked as if someone had placed a bomb in it" he began to walk back to the door "I need you to watch her, when she is like this she is vulnerable, I don't think that this attempt to kill her was coincidence, it was the only time she would have been asleep and wouldn't notice any sounds from the outside. Your father and I decided to buy the four floors below this apartment in case of any other attempts. The press doesn't know you live in this floor, they think it is four below us so make sure they don't find out, I don't want her to become a bigger target" he walked to the door opening it and started walking out. "I know you both are unhappy about this but there is a lot more behind it than what we told you, I can't go in details. Please watch over her for me" he didn't wait for a reply before he left leaving Sesshomaru standing in the doorway. 'More complicated than this already is, this just keeps getting better and better' he thought before closing the door and deciding to lie down.
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~ Until the Next Chapter ~
I wanted the fact that Kagome is not a morning person to have a twist, for one she only has to sleep like that once a month and when woken up early is aggressive. I didn't want to rush the living together part since it will be a month so I will spread it out. So, the first 4 days are done, and truth about Kagome's mother is revealed. It is also the reason Kagome joined black night and they helped her control her powers.
Now tell me what you think of the chapter, if you liked it or not, if you think the story is going somewhere, the character personalities compared to the canon, or any suggestions. It only takes a moment so don't be lazy.
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