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He Loves Me,
She Loves Me Not.
Chapter Nine: The Talk? Only Trying To Help
On Thursday morning when Kagome left for school, Sakura picked up his phone and dialed the Takahashi's number.
"'ello?" Little Aiko answered the call.
Sakura shocked to hear a little girl cleared her throat. "Good morning, may I speak to Inutaisho Takahashi, please?"
"Oki-doki," She said cheerfully. "DADDIE!"
A moment later, Inutaisho came into the room and saw his youngest daughter chatting on the phone with someone.
"I like dollies and sparkly things and ice-cream and candy." She said to the person on the phone.
Inutaisho's heart warmed and he chuckled when he heard Aiko. He went to her. He picked her up and took the phone. "Now, who are you talking to?" He asked her as she giggled in his arms. "Hello?"
"Inutaisho, it's Sakura." Mrs. Higurashi grinned.
"Sakura," Inutaisho smirked.
"Which one of your cute little daughters were on the phone?" She asked.
"That was the youngest, Aiko." Inutaisho said with fatherly pride. "Hold on," He said to Sakura. "Aiko, how about you go find mommy and your sisters?"
"Oki-doki!" Aiko said jumping out of her father's lap and running on tiny legs out of the room. Inutaisho smiled as she left and then talked to Sakura.
"Kagome says she'll talk to him." Mrs. Higurashi said with triumph.
"That's good." Inutaisho replied. "Anyway, I have three little girls to take to pre-school and a wife that has an appointment at the hair salon."
"Women," Sakura chuckled.
"Yeah. I'll talk to you later," Inutaisho said.
"All right, later."
"Later."
When Inutaisho dropped off Aiko, Hitomi and Keikoa to Sengoku Pre-school his wife looked at him with her deep, dark, dreamy eyes.
"Sakura called." Inutaisho told her.
"What did she say?" Izayoi asked.
"She said that Kagome told her she would talk to Inuyasha."
Izayoi smiled as hope lit her dark brown eyes. "I hope it works."
"I hope so too, honey," Inutaisho parked at Mika's Hair and Nail Salon and then eyed his wife who was wearing a beautiful green dress. "You look really sexy, honey."
She blushed and when he leaned over she kissed him as passionately as they use to when they were younger. "I love you."
"Love you too." He smiled.
When Izayoi left, Inutaisho sighed and drove off to his studio with hopes that his son and Kagome would work out their problems like how he and Izayoi had worked out theirs.
Kagome strutted into Sengoku Jidai High ready to face Inuyasha Takahashi. Her eyes were hot. She had thought up every bad thing that happened to her ever since she broke up with him and now she was more than infuriated she was incensed and absolutely irate.
When she saw him by his locker, looking so devilishly handsome; her anger began to fade and all she felt was unease and slight giddiness. She wanted to talk to him, she wanted to make their relationship work, she wanted to smile and be happy with him again.
With a deep breath, Kagome began to walk over and when Inuyasha sensed Kagome's presence he looked up and his eyes connected with hers. In an instant, Kagome froze in mid walk; they seemed to stare at each other for centuries on end.
Then a brunette ran through them with her annoying giggle. Kagome broke out of her trance and then continued to walk to him. Inuyasha straightened and swallowed hard as she came to him with her unflinching brown gaze. Then a smile popped onto her face and her eyes sparkled.
"Good morning, Inuyasha," She said shyly her eyes connecting with his.
Inuyasha's mouth went dry; Kagome was actually talking to him. He licked his lips and then tried to talk but found his words were choked so he tried again after he cleared his throat.
"Kagome," He breathed. "Good morning."
She gave him a tiny smile and then blushed. "How have you been?" She asked as she moved a strand from her face.
He stared at her as if in a daze then blinked and tried to think up an answer. "Not too good." He told her honestly.
She glanced up at him. "Me either," She confided.
"Why?" He wondered.
She sighed and turned from him with a shrug. "I don't really know."
Even though he liked looking at Kagome's sexy curvy back, he really didn't want to see it while they were finally having a conversation so he went in front of her and looked down at her. "Kagome?" He started. "Why did we break up?"
Then suddenly, Kikyo called Inuyasha's name. "Good morning Inuyasha!"
Kagome's eyes darkened and a sudden wave of hate and anger and jealous swept right into her bloodstream. She bit her lip as Inuyasha greeted Kikyo back. Kagome turned and began to walk off.
'No!' Inuyasha's mind shouted.
"Kagome!" He called and started to walk behind her. "Kagome, what's the matter? Please, tell me."
He grasped her wrist and she turned around so swiftly, Inuyasha nearly lost his balance. Kagome was furious and he didn't know why, he had only said good morning to Kikyo, what was wrong with that? He wondered.
"Let my wrist go, Inuyasha!" She spat angrily at him as she pulled her hand from his.
"What's the matter, with you?" He asked suddenly. "We were talking just fine a few seconds ago. Are you going through PMS or something?"
Kagome stared at him and then sighed. She shook her head at him when she noticed his instant regret.
"God, I'm sorry Kagome." He said quickly. "I didn't mean to say it, it's just that I've been frustrated, my grades have dropped, I may end up repeating grade twelve, you're not talking to me, I can't think or do anything because I'm wondering about what happened to us."
"You can't think?" She snapped. "You? Can't think?" She repeated.
Then suddenly, Kagome hit his chest and he ended up hitting a pair of lockers. His eyes were wide; Kagome never hit him before.
"Let me tell you something!" She breathed harshly. "You are nothing but a desperate, no good, juvenile delinquent!"
His eyes went from shock to anger. "What the hell does that mean?"
She gave him a nasty smile. "You may be a man in the body sense but your mentality is nothing but mush!" She said as she strutted to and fro. "You know, I never knew you would stoop so low as to tell your parents to come and talk to my mother so that I can come and talk to you!"
Inuyasha was sure his ears stopped working. Did Kagome just say that his parents asked her mother to persuade her to talk to him?
"You're so desperate!" Kagome scorned. "Why couldn't you come to me yourself? Why couldn't you be a man and face me, tell me that you wanted to talk to me? Why'd you resort to 'parental assistance' for such a baby issue?"
"I don't know what the hell you are talking about!" Inuyasha growled at her, his dark eyes flashing furiously. "I never…"
"Yeah right!" She interjected. "You're such a big liar! I know you went to your parents!"
"Oh? How do you know?" He asked suddenly, his fists balling to keep in the full extent of his rage.
"I've known you for three years, Inuyasha!" She snapped at him like a turtle. "I know these things."
As she began to walk away, Inuyasha watched and glared. "Kagome, I never told them to go to your mom, and I'll make sure they never do it again," He said to her.
"You better," She said as she stopped walking and turned around to face him. "Because whatever's between us has nothing to do with them."
"Damn right," Inuyasha murmured.
Kagome walked off then with a tiny smile on her face. She and Inuyasha had finally talked! She was so happy. She had missed the sound of his deep voice, the fine features of his face, the way his skin felt on hers.
Maybe Inuyasha was in love with her. Her heart fluttered at the thought. Would he be at the Springtime Dance tomorrow? She wondered. 'I hope so,' she smiled, 'because my body's yearning for a good dance and maybe, just maybe if I bend over far enough, he'll give me one.'
Inuyasha came into his house at 4:00 a boiling mass of rage. He slammed the door behind him so loudly, his sisters and mother that was seated in the Living Room jumped up at the sound.
Izayoi saw her son come into the room. He was angry, angrier than she had ever seen him. Why though? Her mind whispered in motherly wonder.
"Inuyasha?" His mother called and suddenly, the three triplets on tiny feet ran to greet their brother.
"Yasha!" They screamed but stopped when he shot them a harsh glare. They sensed he was in no mood to lift them up and spin them around and laugh with them. Recently, they noted that he was just so miserable and mean.
Aiko, being the braver of the two, went over to him. "Yasha?" She called softly.
"Not now Ai," He said harshly as he stormed into the Living Room where his mother was seated reading a book. Aiko plopped to the floor and began to cry, and then her sisters followed.
Hearing his daughters, Inutaisho flew down the stairs and went to them. "Keiko? Hitomi? Aiko?" He called.
In an instant the three, four-year-olds got up and clasped onto their father's legs. They cried even louder, begging to be picked up, one by one, Inutaisho lifted them into his big strong arms.
"Why are you three crying?" He asked as he rocked them. The eldest sniffed and spoke.
"Yasha was mean to us!" Hitomi said tearfully.
"Oh really," Inutaisho' eyes darkened.
Keiko, the second eldest by a minute nodded exaggeratedly. "Very mean."
Aiko pouted and huffed. "He say, 'not now Julie!'"
"He did, did he?" Inutaisho frowned. "Do you know why?"
They were on the same wavelength when they shook their heads. Then suddenly, Inuyasha was shouting in the Living Room.
"I can't believe you and dad did that!" Inuyasha shouted.
"We were only trying to help!" Izayoi said suddenly.
Inutaisho, not liking the tone in the room, sent his three daughters to their room and then when they were gone, he went into the Living Room.
"What's all this shouting for?" Inutaisho' voice boomed with authority.
Izayoi looked at her husband, relieved to see him. He went to her and pulled her to him, then glared at his son.
"What the hell are you shouting for?" Inutaisho asked again.
"Mother knows, ask her." Inuyasha said furiously.
"I asked you!" Inutaisho frowned.
Inuyasha glared and then looked away. "I don't appreciate what you and mom did."
"Sit," Inutaisho, commanded while pointing to an empty chair.
Inuyasha just stared at the chair, wishing it would burn to ash so he wouldn't have to do as told but since it didn't, he sat down in it reluctantly.
"Now, what did your mother and I do, that you didn't appreciate?" The father asked his son.
"Kagome and I talked today," Inuyasha, said his anger cooling. He was actually very happy Kagome had talked to him, but the conversation hadn't gone as good as it should have.
Inutaisho looked down at Izayoi and then to his son. "That's good, you don't seem too happy about it."
"Listen," Inuyasha said. "I can understand that you and mom don't like the way I've changed and I understand that you know it's because of Kagome's rejection of me that I've begun to change. But…" He sighed. "I'm eighteen years old; I'll be nineteen in June. I don't need my parents interfering with my personal life."
"But we were only trying to help." Izayoi said softly.
Inuyasha bit his tongue a little then let out a big exhalation. "Okay, I take back the whole unappreciative sentence," He said slowly. "Truly, I'm happy Kagome talked to me. Really, I am. I was beginning to think she'd never say anything to me again."
"I guess she said something you weren't expecting?" His mother asked.
Inuyasha nodded and sighed. "She called me a baby. She said I went to you and dad so that you can get her mother to tell her to talk to me. I didn't." He paused. "She called me a bunch of other things, I don't wish to recall but still, I didn't like it. I don't want her to think I'm not man enough to talk to her."
"So what you're saying is…" Inutaisho spoke. "Stop meddling? Right?"
He nodded. "That's exactly what I'm saying."
"All right," Inutaisho said with a deep sigh. "We won't interfere anymore."
Inuyasha gave his parents a small smile and then went to his mother and kissed her cheek. "Sorry for raising my voice, mom, I was just angry."
She kissed his cheek. "I understand why."
"I love you mom and dad," Inuyasha said as he straightened. "I'm glad I have parents that care for me so much."
"Well, we love you to son." Inutaisho said. "But I don't think your sisters do right now."
Understanding, Inuyasha said he'd go and talk to them. He turned and left the room to see his sisters.
"Maybe we should have told Sakura not to tell Kagome that we came over." Inutaisho sighed.
Izayoi nodded. "Will things ever go back to the way they used to be?"
"I don't know honey, I don't know."
Inuyasha entered his sisters' room and saw that they were playing with their baby dolls. He smiled a little. He loved his little sisters, though they could be very annoying at times. When they saw him though, they frowned and acted like he wasn't there.
"Okay, I guess I deserve that." He sighed and sat on Hitomi's bed. "How about you three put those ugly big headed dolls down and talk to me?" He said in a cheery voice.
"No!" They screamed at him.
"Okay," He sighed. "How about I come and play with you?"
"No!" They screamed again.
"All right, how about I take you three out for ice cream on Saturday?"
"N… Yes!" They screamed and pranced to him.
He grinned and when they jumped upon him he laughed. "Okay, ice cream on Saturday, just the four of us."
"Okay!" They smiled at him with their identical features.
"Why were you so angry?" Keiko asked while pulling his nose.
Inuyasha sighed. "I just miss Kagome, that's all." He said.
"Oh!" They sang.
"Why Kagome no come no more?" Hitomi asked then.
"Because she's angry at me."
"Why?" Aiko asked as she squeezed his cheeks.
"I don't know why." He sighed. "But anyway, I want to rest till dinner."
"Okay!" They said in unison.
"Now, give me my kisses!" He grinned at them in his devilishly handsome way.
They smiled and each picked a section of his face to kiss. They gave him three wet smacks each and then went back to their dollies.
Once Inuyasha was finished talking to his sisters and promising to take them out for ice cream on Saturday, he went to his room to think about Kagome. Tomorrow was the Springtime Dance; maybe if he were lucky he'd get to dance with her.
That night, Izayoi picked up the phone and called her mother and father-in-laws. With a rough sigh she decided to tell them about the day as Inutaisho ran his hands along her nightgown covered body to reassure her that he was there and everything would be okay.
"So did it work?" Mizuko asked suddenly.
"No," Izayoi sighed.
"Oh dear, what went wrong?" The older woman asked.
"Times have changed," Izayoi said. "The children no longer think they need their parent's help."
"Inuyasha said that?" Akihito queried.
"Not in those exact words," Izayoi rolled onto her stomach so Inutaisho could rub down her back. "But he's made it clear that he doesn't want us to meddle."
"So what will you and Inutaisho do?" Mizuko wondered.
"Well," Izayoi sighed as she sat up to straddle her husband. He cupped her hips and rubbed them. "We're going to listen to Inuyasha," She said finally. "We won't get into his business anymore. If he needs us, he knows where we are and that we're always willing to help."
"So, you'll just let the chips fall as they may?" Akihito asked.
Izayoi looked at her husband, who was listening intently. He nodded at her. "Yes, we'll let him deal with it."
"All right, Izayoi dear." Mizuko sighed. "Now where's Inutaisho?"
"Right here mom," Inutaisho grinned.
"You're awfully quiet." Akihito's words hinted at a secret between men.
"I decided to let my wife do the talking." He smiled at her.
Izayoi smiled back and began to move her hands over him. She tweaked his nipples and played with the hair on his chest. She saw his eyes darken, and bit down a knowing giggle.
"Anyway," Inutaisho said once his wife's hands began to stray to his boxers. "It's getting late and I have to go into the studio again tomorrow, so, we'll talk again sometime."
"All right!" Mizuko and Akihito said.
"And Izayoi!" Akihito called.
"Yes sir?" She answered.
"If you didn't know, Inutaisho is very ticklish on the left side of his body."
"Really!" She exclaimed happily. "Thank you for telling me, goodnight Mizuko, goodnight Akihito."
"Good night!" The grandparents said.
Izayoi's eyes twinkled as her husband tried to pull her off of him.
"Uh-Uh-Uh…" She grinned. "I've been trying to find a ticklish spot on you every since our wedding. Now I'm going to indulge myself!"
Izayoi's hands tickled and teased Inutaisho until he was weak with laughter and then she kissed his lips sweetly as he made love to her. When they were spent and drifting off into the land of nod, Izayoi sighed.
"I hope everything goes well with Inuyasha and Kagome."
"It will," Inutaisho said knowingly. "Something inside of me says so."
"I just want him to be happy like we are," Izayoi held onto her husband's strong body.
"So do I, honey," Inutaisho said as he kissed her forehead. "So do I."
I'll post one more chapter today and I may not be posting anymore for the next one or two weeks. I'd like to hear what you all have to say. I really worked hard on this story.
InuLuver1990.
