Chapter 10: I Learned From the Best--{Whitney Houston}
As soon as Kagome entered the hosptal the next morning, Kagome smelled something different in the air. She couldn't quite pin point what the smell was, but it sickened her oh so familiarly. The second sniff she took in made something inside of her body twitch.
Sango was walking towards her best friend when she saw her walk through the door. Thankfully she was there to see the change in her friend's face and see her duck to the nearest bathroom. She got there in time to hold back Kagome's hair as she puked up everything she'd eaten that morning.
"Kags, are you okay?" Sango asked her friend.
"Yeah," Kagome wiped her mouth with a paper towel. "I'm fine."
"Are you sure?" Sango rubbed Kagome's back.
"I said I'm fine Sang!" Kagome snapped. She hadn't meant to snap at Sango, but it had happened. "I'm sorry Sang. I didn't mean to say it like that. But i'm fine, really. You can go now. Arigato." Kagome put on her best smile that sent Sango on her way. "Okay Kagome, you're fine. You can handle this." Kagome splashed some water on her face sna walked out of the bathroom and was instantly hit with the same disgusting smell. The smell that was disgusting and interesting and....and....
"Oh! Gomen nasai......" Kagome said as she stumbled backwards after bumping into someone.
"It's quite all right...Kagome." A deep voice welcomed Kagome and she looked up to see scarlet eyes and long onyx hair.
"N..N..Naraku!!" Kagome exclaimed.
"Hai Kagome, it's me. Have you missed me?" Naraku smiled and that was the last thing Kagome saw.
When Kagome came to, she was aware of Sesshomaru holding her hand and kissing her face. The were in her office because Sesshomaru knew she was going to be waking up soon. He'd felt her pass out through his bond. But before she did, there was a mix of emotions stirring threw her. There was hatred, passion, lust, anger, shock, confusion, but the one he recognized the most, and feared the most was....love.
"Sess?" she whispered weakly.
"Yes koiboto, I'm here." Sesshomaru answered. Kagome smiled weakly, but it faded when she recalled what had happened before she passed out. Kagome gaspe dand her heart rate excelled tremendously. Sesshomaru could feel her heart beating faster and faster with each breath she took. "Kagome, what's wrong?"
"Smell....that.....smell...." The scent hit her again and she hated it. It was one she wanted to forget but of course it hadn't stayed like that. Naraku was back.....and she knew it wasn't going to be easy getting him out. Then Naraku entered the room.
"Kagome, I'm sorry about earlier...I..." Naraku stopped short when he saw Sesshomaru holding Kagome's hand. Sesshomaru turned around to see this strange new haynou standing behind him.
"Who are you?" Sesshomaru growled at the half-breed standing behind him, "And just how do you know my Kagome?"
"Kagome and I-" Naraku began.
"We are associates Sess." Kagome inturrupted before Naraku could finish.
"What are you doing here?" Sesshomaru continued. ~I don't like the way he looks. I must keep an eye on this one.~
"I'm looking for Ayumi-sama." Naraku answered.
"Why are you looking for her?"
"Why are you interrogating me for?" Naraku hissed.
"I'm just wondering why you want to see Ayumi." Sesshomaru answered.
"Calm down Sesshomaru!" Kagome sat up on the floor and cracked her neck. "Kami that hurt." Kagome rubbed her neck and stood up, with assistance from Sesshomaru. "Sess, honey, this is Kumo Naraku. We courted ed for a while-"
"Three years." Naraku added.
"For three years," Kagome shot an evil glance at Naraku and continued, "and now he's here. I don't know why though. Why are you here?"
"Because I'm the new intern here and Ayumi-san said that I should meet her and she would tell me who was going to be showing me the ropes around here." Naraku explained.
"Oh. Okay. Well arigato for checking on me, I'm fine now. Sayonara Kumo-san." She waved Naraku god-bye and whispered in Sesshomaru's ear, "I'll see you later koi." And gave him a wuick kiss before heading out of the door.
"Well, that was awkward." Naraku sighed. "So, what are you to Kagome? Her little boyfriend?"
"Iie. I am her mate. And you are nothing but a past place holder. You were there before me only to hold her place and protect my Kagome so she wouldn't get hurt." Sesshomaru said and walked out of his mate's office.
'I don't know why he's so smug. I can get Kagome back whenever I want.'
*I don't think you can. Kagome love mate and mate love her.*
'Whatever. I love Kagome as well and I can get her back if I please.'
*Then try it.*
'Aren't you supposed to be on my side?'
*If you are right then I am. But in this case you are not, Master.*
'Baka beast. Mimicking what he calls me. Stupid baka.'
*That was redundant.*
His beast was annoying him, but he would show who was the master and why. Naraku left Kagome's office and sniffed her out. She was in a room not too far from where he was standing. But before he could go find her, Ayumi made herself known to him.
"Ahh Kumo-san, you have arrived," she greeted.
"Hai Ayumi-sama."
"Onegai, call me Ayumi."
"Of course ma'am.....Ayumi." Naraku smiled warmly at the elder woman whom he'd known as Kagome's mother. He'd met her during the time that he and Kagome were courting, though she never took a liking to him. He wondered why she allowed him to be employed at her hospital.
"You're guide shall be someone who doesn't have too busy a schedule...." Ayumi looked at the clipboard in her hand and continued, "I think Takahashi Sesshomaru-sama would be the perfect guide for you Kumo-san."
"If I must call you Ayumi, then I strongly suggest you call me Naraku." Naraku smiled again and Ayumi stifled an eye roll. "And I have just recently met Takahashi Sesshomaru, I think he will be a fine sendatsu."
"That's great. I will see to it that Sesshomaru knows he is your montor for this job. He should be down shortly." Ayumi said and walked away. 'With any hope, Sesshomaru will murder the haynou. Then all will be fine.'
*You'er ran evil genius Master.*
'I know. I know. I'm just too good.' Ayumi smirked all the way back to her office. 'I can even remember the day that Naraku saw me in the store and asked me about a job. I'd only told him that he could have it because I knew he wouldn't leave me alone about it.'
*Flashback*
Ayumi was in the store, looking for something to cook for dinner that night. Kagome and Sesshomaru were bringing Rin over and they would all be having dinner together, as a family. She recognized a filthy aura from the past and instantly placed a scowl on her face. But it disappeared when the aura neared and was replaced with a straight look of disconcern.
"Ayumi-sama!! How nice to see you!" Naraku said and went up to Ayumi and hugged her.
Ayumi returned the hug with much reluctance. "Oh Kumo-san, I never thought I would see you.....again."
"I thought the same thing! But it seems that fate has brought us together again."
"Yeah..sure. Anyway, how are you doing in Med School?" Ayumi wasn't interested, she just wanted to get this small talk over with.
"I just finished up my last hours last week and am now in search of a job. Do you have any suggestions?"
"No...none at all." Then an evil thought popped into her head. "Actually, I do run my own hospital. It would be interesting to have you working there."
"Really?!" Naraku was greatful to have a job offer. He wasn't going to turn this down.
"Yes. The name of my hospital is Kibou wo Motsu Medical Center."
"Have Hope, that's kawaii." Naraku smiled.
'Yeah, unlike you. You broke my daughter's heart.' Ayumi shook the past out of her head. Kagome had moved on and was in love with Sesshomaru. She had no reason to hold a grudge against Naraku, but for some reason, she still did. Maybe there was more to come than she knew. She would have to ask Rin if she'd had any strange dreams about a spider lately.
"Arigato." Ayumi put on a fake smile. "But if you would drop by there next week, I will have your mentor and first few assignments ready for you."
"Whoa! Already?!" Narkau was a bit surprised that Ayumi would give him work so early.
"Uhhh...hai?!?! I'm not taking any mercy on the newcomers. I didn't take it easy on my own daughter when she started working. And I still don't take it easy." Ayumi hadn't meant to say that Kagome worked there, but she had anyway. 'It doesn't matter. I'm going to make his life a living nightmare so he won't even have time to see her.' Ayumi smirked evilly again, but Naraku didn't notice.
"Kagome works there?! That's a plus!! I'll be there at seven in Monday!" Naraku jumped for joy and left out of the store. Ayumi stood there, shaking her head, and wondering how she could ruin the kumo's life.
*End Flashback*
Ayumi sniffed Sesshomaru out and found him about to get on the elevator. She fanned out her aura and stopped him from getting on. "Hello Sesshomaru."
"Hello Ay- mother." Sesshomaru corrected himself and hugged her. It wasn't as awkward as he thought it would be. It was surprisingly....pleasant.
"I have some good, bad, and worse news for you, so which do you want first?" Ayumi smiled.
"I suppose I'll take the good news first."
"You have a new apprentice."
"Okayyyy....the bad news?" Sesshomaru said.
"You've met him already."
Sesshomaru didn't know how this would be bad, but maybe the worse news would explain it. "Worse news?"
"His name is Kumo Naraku." Ayumi mumbled the name and looked at the floor.
"WHAT?! No offense mother, but have you lost your mind?!"
"None taken, and perhaps I have Sesshomaru. I have my reasons. I never liked him when he and Kagome courted, then he left her for some baka demoness after my..our Kagome put him through his first couple of years of law school, even though he never made it out until a few days ago. But that still meant he's wasted her money."
"How long ago did these two court?"
"A little over ten years or so."
"Wow, the kumo haynou is not only foolish for leaving Kagome, but dumb for taking ten years to make it through medical school. Kagome and I both made it in 5, and that's mainly because we took a lot of classes and had summer courses as well."
"Yes, Kumo-san is a baka, but he knows how to get what he wants. And he wants Kagome back."
"Like I'm going to let that happen!"
*********MEANWHILE********
Naraku had found Kagome in the floor above him in a paitent's room.
"Okay, when you get to the front desk, just give this to the nurse and tell her it's from Dr. Higurashi and she'll know what to do." Kagome was saying with her beautiful melodic voice.
"Okay. Arigato Higurashi-sama. And might I say that you look absolutely migoto today?" the male voice said. Immediately Naraku got angry at the mere thought of any male flirting with his Kagome.
*Kagome isn't yours. You broke her heart, remember?*
'She will be once she goes out to lunch with me today.'
*I doubt if she'll go. But then again, Kagome's heart has always been too kind to say no to us, no matter what we asked.* His beast cringed at the things they'd asked Kagome to do and she'd done. It was terrible to his beast, but Naraku smiled at the memories. *How can we be one, but be completely different.*
'I have no idea. But excuse me.' Naraku ignored his beast's protests to not go and ask Kagome out on a lunch date.
"Gomen nasai, Kagome. We didn't have any time to talk earlier." Naraku said slyly when Kagome walked out, followed by her paitent. The tall man went downstairs and glared at Naraku.
"Yeah. Too bad." Kagome said and looked down at the clipboard in her hand.
"Well, I was wondering...if it wasn't too much trouble.."
"It's a lot of trouble. Sayonara!" Kagome turned to leave but Naraku grabbed her arm.
"Onegai talk to me. I miss you, and I really want us to catch up."
"Catch up on what Naraku? My life was horrible after you dumped me for some baka wench, then Heisei died not too long afterwards while giving birth. Rin has been my daughter ever since and I am happily mated to Sesshomaru. What else is therefor you to know?" Kagome stifeled an eye roll. She could tell that Naraku wanted to go somewhere, but she didn't really want to put up with anymore of his mess. She knew that he wanted her back, she could feel that through the very small connection she still held with him. Kagome hated the connection with a passion, but she couldn't get rid of it. A greater protion of it had disappeared when she and Sesshomaru had told the truth about their feelings.
"But...but...I miss you Kagome." Naraku confessed.
"Really? You think it's that easy? Just confess your feelings and everything'll be easy? Do you really think that I'd let you back into my life just like that?" Kagome snapped her fingers for emphasis. "I'm happily MATED!! Can't you understand that Naraku? .Mated. Do you understand now?"
"I understand that I need you back Kagome!! I..I love you!! And I..I..I want you back in my life!!"
"Ohhhh no!! Well it's too late Naraku!! I love Sesshomaru and I know he loves me! Do you think that I actually care that you want me back?! Do you think that I'm that naiive Naraku?! You threw me away to go off with your baka wench and left me in the cold!!" Kagome practically yelled.
'Did you really think that
I would really take you back
Let you back in my heart one more time
Ohh. No. No.
Did you think that I'd still care
That there'd be more feeling there
Did you think you could walk back in my life.
So you found you miss the love you threw away.
Baby but you found it out too late. Too Late.'
Naraku stood there for a second, not saying a word. But he finally found the words to say. "Kagome, I," he took a step closer as she took one back. "I'm sorry for all of the pain I caused you. You don't know how many nights I laid in my bed and cried, thinking about you and how much I'd hurt you."
"Save it Naraku!! Just shutup!! Oh wow! You cried! Now you know how it feels to cry, just like I cried when you tore my heart and my world in two. And how much my mark hurt when you left me. You probably felt no pain at all though. It wouldn't surprise me. But I must say arigato to you. You've taught me a valuable lesson. You taught me how to break innocent hearts. Because of you, I shut everyone out that wanted me. I said no to so many demons and humans that have wanted to court and mate me. This is the only thing that I can say you've taught me, so I say that I learned how to break a heart from the best heartbreaker in the world. So....arigato." Kagome put on an evil smirk asshe fought back the tears she was holding.
'And so you know the way it feels to cry
The way that I cried when you broke my world in two.
Baby I learned the way to break a heart
I learned from the best.
I learned from you.
Oh baby now.
I learned from you'
"Kagome I-"
"I'm not done! So just sit back and relax Naraku." Kagome smirked again. "You say that you remember when you used to cry, well I do too. And I'm sure I cried linger and harder than you. My days were long and my nights, cold. I cried so long that Heisei thought I would never stop. You shattered my world with that one word. That one goodbye made this young lady breakdown and almost give up on life. I thought that I would never get over it! I would've done anything to get you back!! But now, I rarely think about you, and even though you've said your 'sorry', I don't want you back in my life any more than necessary. You're too late Naraku, and I'm not sorry."
'I remember cold nights
Tears I thought would never dry
How you shattered my world
With your goodbye baby
Would've sold my soul then.
Just to have you back again
Now you're the last thing on my mind.
Now you say your sorry and
You've changed your ways
Sorry but you changed your ways too late.'
Naraku opened his mouth to speak, but he saw Sesshomaru step behind Kagome. He wrapped his arms protectively around her waist and held her close to him. Naraku knew he couldn't win. At least not now. So he continued to listen to Kagome.
"So now, when you quote, unquote, cry," Kagome used air quotes, "at night, don't forget that it was your fault. You are the one that said goodbye. Not me. Well not that time. This time though, I am...goodbye Naraku." Kagome turned around in Sesshomaru's arms and looked up at him. She silently plead for him not to say anything. And he understood. He turned and they walked away hand in hand.
'So when all you've got are sleepless nights
When those tears are clouding up your eyes
Just remember it was you who said goodbye
Who said goodbye.'
*HaHaHaHaHa!! Told you so! Kagome is too smart for that!! She doesn't want us anymore and I can't say that I blame her. You left her after rutting with that wench and you broke her heart!*
'I thought you said we were one. Why are you saying that I broke her heart and that I left her?'
*Because I am smarter than that and I love Kagome for pure reasons. I know that I will never hurt her.*
'Yeah, whatever. Just know that I'm going to get Kagome back.' Naraku sniffed out Ayumi's office and headed in that direction.
Yay!! End of chappie!! I hope you likey!! Please review!! I won't update again until I get about 5 reviews! Thank you!!
-KM705.M-san
PS. I'm thinking about posting a House of Night story. If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know!! I've already started on it, it's a rewrite of Chosen in Erik's point of view (POV FYI). But I'm stuck on what he does while he's waiting for Zoey to come out of her room. So far, he's taken a shower and is in his room with Cole and TJ and now I'm stuck. PM me of you want in or have suggestions!! I don't want the public knowing my story ideas!! (If you haven't read Chosen, I strongly suggest you read it!!!)