Not Until You Turn Punk

Disclaimer: -keeps eating snickers while receiving glares- Hey, I know! It's been almost a month, with that… I wouldn't call it a cliffhanger, but still! Here is the next part of it, so enjoy! And stop glaring at me!

Last Time:

They had just arrived home, and Kagome began to make dinner. She was dicing up onions when the phone began to ring. "I got it!" She said. The doorbell rang. "Someone let InuYasha in, please?" She lifted the phone up, just as InuYasha walked inside. "Moshi, moshi?" Kagome asked, her voice bright. She had seen the baby's heartbeat. She had remembered Sesshomaru's. Her world was repairing itself now. She was happy.

"Kagome."

And then, just like that, she felt the pieces of her heart scatter on the floor. She stopped breathing. InuYasha approached her, his eyes curious. "Sesshomaru?" She whispered.

InuYasha took the phone from her hand and slammed it down.

There was anger in his eyes as he looked into Kagome's broken blue ones.

This Time:

Emptiness

In Paris:

Sesshomaru stared at the phone. He just stared. Jakotsou looked at him, waving his hand in front of his face. "Sesshomaru?" He asked, then snapped his fingers. "Earth to Sesshomaru. Why are you staring at the phone?"

His voice was dull as he replied. "She hung up on me." He looked up from the phone, into Jakotsou's grey eyes. He looked back at his phone. "She would never hang up on me. She loves me." He whispered, his hand clenching around the phone. "Doesn't she?" He looked back up to Jakotsou, as if to ask his unspoken approval. Jakotsou shrugged.

"Why don't you go home to Japan, and find out?"

In Japan:

InuYasha stared at Kagome's tormented eyes, as she stared back into his. "Why did you do that?" She asked after an uncomfortable minute of silence. She noticed he was wearing a pair of faded denim jeans with a navy blue polo. He had an expensive looking watch around his wrist, and his hair was pulled back into a ponytail at the base of his skull. His eyes betrayed his fury.

"Why?" He asked her. "Why, you ask me. Because he was going to ruin everything! Did you hear everything in your voice when you said his name?" He shouted. Sango walked to the doorway and watched him, her body tense. "You still love him Kagome! Don't you even care how that makes me feel? To know you're pining after that bastard half-brother of mine, makes me uncontrollably jealous! And I am never jealous of anybody Kagome. But to know he has all your affection, even after he broke your heart! Are you really that dense, Kagome? To know that I don't love you? Because I do Kagome! I have for a while now! And you're in love with that asshole brother of mine."

Kagome's eyes were wide. InuYasha was never angry with her. Not after they began to 'date', though she didn't really think they were. Sure, he held her hand and tried to kiss her but she never let him kiss her lips. Her lips that still burned with the soul-shattering kiss Sesshomaru had bestowed upon her… right before he went to Paris. "InuYasha, I don't love you, and I don't believe you really love me. You have no reason to be jealous of whatever I feel for whoever I feel it for, because he left, and he isn't coming back." Her throat closed up around those last words. "I have to go make dinner, now." She said, as she retreated into the kitchen. InuYasha rubbed his forehead.

"You just messed up big time, buddy. She's going to dump you." Sango said, as she leaned against a post. InuYasha looked at her and watched her roll her eyes and turn.

"Sango, wait."

"What?"

"Miroku wanted me to ask you to call him. He said it was important."

She rolled her eyes and walked out.

In Paris:

"I don't see why you insisted to come with me, Jakotsou. I'm sure you had things you had to do that would have kept you preoccupied while I was gone."

"Nonsense! I couldn't let you bare the entire burden by yourself! Besides, I want to see Japan again! I miss my hometown, and my friends. Besides, I want to talk to Hojo in person." At that, he wiggled his eyebrows, and Sesshomaru rolled his eyes. They were about to board a plane to Japan, but there had been a delay in the flight time. He retried dialing InuYasha's number, but the idiot wouldn't pick up.

"Hey, this is InuYasha. Leave a message, and if you're not someone annoying maybe I'll return your call. Miroku, stop poking me! You're getting on my nerves!" Followed by the sound of a fist colliding with bone was heard, than Miroku was whining.

"InuYasha, I have called you eight times now, and I wished to inform you I shall be back in Tokyo by 8pm your time." He hung up, and looked at Jakotsou. "Very well." He said, standing up. He picked up his carry-on bag and pulled out his ticket, walking towards the terminal. "I suppose I need the company anyway."

"There's the spirit!"

In Japan:

Dinner was a quiet affair, Kagome not speaking except to answer a question. Sango stared at her friend, who was staring at the screen, but didn't seem to be seeing the movie. "Kagome?" InuYasha asked, standing up from his chair. "Can you come take a walk with me?" She stood up, looking towards Sango for a brief moment before she followed InuYasha out of her house. They turned and walked down the path that led into the garden. Kagome admired the blooming flowers. The roses that grew over the bricks along the wall, along with ivy and orchids, trailing down to the ground and around the small fountain of water brought absolute bliss to Kagome's mind. InuYasha stopped and turned to face her. Her face was blank, a mask of indifference that left his chest feeling tight. "Kagome, I…"

"InuYasha, don't apologize. We cannot be together anymore. It's not right, for you. I don't love you. All I see in you is a friend, and… you have never been so cruel as what you were tonight. You have no right to question my feelings for him, ever. You are not the one I will ever love, InuYasha, and I thought you understood that when we first began to 'date'." She said, making air quotations as she said it. "You, InuYasha, who can have any girl you want in the world, asked me out. Why? Because I was a challenge to you. Nothing more. And you knew, knew I was, am in love with him and you just couldn't resist it, could you? Knowing that you had something that belonged to your brother?"

His face grew red and his temper flared. "You've led me on!"

"I've done no such thing!" She shouted right back.

"Bullshit Kagome! I go to kiss you and you stare at me with your blue eyes, and when I get close enough to place my mouth to yours, you turn away? Why do you do it, Kagome? You invite me over, and allow me to hold your hand and hold you when we watch movies, and laugh at stupid things I say, and smile at me as if there is no one you'd rather be with! The smiles never reach your eyes, so are you ever truly happy? Why do you stop me from kissing you, on your beautiful cupid's bow lips?" He shouted at her, stepping forward to pull her into his arms. "I want to kiss you!" He growled, capturing her face in his hands. His eyes were burning with an intensity Kagome had never seen before.

"No." She whispered, her eyes widening.

"No more objections, Kagome." He said, leaning forward. She felt his breath on her lips and she panicked, striking out at him. He caught her arms and brought them between his body and hers, holding her chin with one hand. "Let me, Kagome. Let me." He murmured, before he leaned closer and pressed his mouth onto hers. Her brain shut off, as the tears began to slide down her face.

"Am I interrupting something?" Kagome jerked, bringing her knee up into InuYasha's crotch. He doubled over in pain, but it had the effect she wanted. He had released her. Miroku stood, looking at InuYasha with narrowing eyes. "That looks painful." He said, a smile playing on his lips as he clucked his tongue. "Kagome, have you seen Sango?"

"She's inside." She whispered, her voice sounding breathless, though truth be known, she was afraid. InuYasha's kiss had seared her lips, branded them in a way, and she fought against the tears that swam behind her eyes once more. She wiped her cheeks as Miroku passed InuYasha, telling him to check his phone. Her breathing was shallow as InuYasha stood up and looked at her. The intensity in his eyes had not lessened, but increased, and she was aware that when she had kneed him, he had been rather hard. She shuddered.

"It wasn't that bad, now was it? To be kissed by me?" He asked, as he stepped forward. She stepped back. He frowned.

"Don't touch me ever again, InuYasha. I just wanted to be friends. That's why I invited you over. I'm not a whore InuYasha!" She looked down, the tears brimming in her eyes. Her throat constricted when she swallowed. "How could you do that to me? You don't get a whit about my feelings, do you? Just your own, selfish desire. I can't believe you." She cried out, sobs making their way out behind her closed lips. Her chest heaved with each sob, and she placed the heels of her hands against her eyes as she cried. InuYasha hesitated in stepping forward. He had never seen her so hurt and angry before now. Who was this girl, who beat the living shit out of him once, reduced to nothing now? She seemed so pitifully frail.

He turned and left, not uttering a word.

After she had been gone for a while, Sango went out to investigate. She found Kagome sitting on a bench and staring at the moon. It seemed to beam down especially on Kagome, and when Sango placed a hand on her shoulder, she was rewarded with a beaming smile from a slightly red-eyed Kagome. "Hey."

"Hey."

Silence. "How are you feeling?"

"Surprisingly, I am feeling fine. I don't feel any pain anymore. It's like my heart has never been hurt before."

"That's good." Sango said as she sat beside her best friend. "So… where did InuYasha go?"

"He left, after I told him I didn't want to be with him. And he kissed me. He ruined it for himself, truthfully. With time, I might have grown to care for him as more than a friend. But I was never a liar, and I told him I did not love him."

"I know what you mean." She whispered wistfully, as she leaned back against the bench. She stared at the moon with Kagome, who seemed at peace for once. "I don't mean to drop this on you, Kagome…"

Kagome turned and faced Sango. "What?" She asked, curiosity plain on her face.

"Miroku asked me to tell you."

"Tell me what?"

Sango hesitated, biting her lower lip. "InuYasha got a call, and Sesshomaru is back in town."

"Why? He has no reason to come here."

"Miroku said it had something to do with you."

"He has no reason to come back and see me. He left, and we weren't together, and he doesn't love me."

"Let's have a party, tomorrow night?"

Kagome looked suspicious at Sango's sudden change in topic. "If you want?"

"I'll set it up. Let's go inside. It'll be like a masquerade! And Sira can be the most precious guest. Like a masquerade baby shower, type deal?"

"Well, if it's for Sira…"

Sango dragged Kagome inside, and they watched the rest of the movie with Miroku watching Sango. His eyes were soft, and filled with worry when he looked at Kagome, while she explained the party details to Sira. Invitations were emailed via Kagome's and Sango's extensive list of cellphone contacts, as well as Miroku's and Souta's. He exited the room after excusing himself. He flipped open his cellphone again, and made a call. "If you've some important matter to tell me, you should tell me now. Otherwise, you should hang up Miroku."

"Kagome is having a party tomorrow night around seven. You should bring something nice for Sira. And wear a tux, and a mask. It's a masquerade baby shower after all. Look nice."

"I always look nice. Baby showers are normally reserved for women, are they not?"

"I'm sure they won't mind. There will be a lot of men there as well I'm sure. Are you coming or not?"

"Does Kagome want me there?"

"I'm sure she won't care. Well?"

"I will be there, but I will have to bring my friend with me. Is that alright?"

"It doesn't matter. Thanks Sesshomaru, for coming."

"It is my pleasure."

A click was heard and Miroku sighed, snapping his phone shut. "Doesn't anybody say goodbye, anymore?"

"MIROKU!" Sango screeched, as she walked in. "Well, how'd it go?"

"He'll be here."

"Good… I only hope things will be as they should. I hate interfering."

"Sometimes, it takes a little push to get things going the way they should be."

"I hope you're right."

"I always am." He replied, as his hand ran down her back to her derriere.

"MIROKU!" She shouted, smacking him hard as she stomped from the room. A smile was on his lips as he trailed after her.

Well, was it good enough? I hope you all enjoy the next chapter!