TRAGIC SOUL
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or Kagome. These characters belong solely to Rumiko Takahashi and Viz.
I do however own my own creations.
A/N: Kagome has lived the past 10 years as Diana King after defeating Adimara and saving Inuyasha, Kouga,Sesshoumaru and her pups in our last installment. Suffering from amnesia, will she be able to accept Inuyasha and her world of demons and magic?
Chapter 11
Kagome walked straight to her car.
'The nerve of him!', she thought.
But, then she thought,
'It's been 10 years without me. Of course he would want to get me back to our family and way of life.', she turned and looked in the direction she came but saw no sign of him following, 'Maybe he's gonna let me cool off. Well, I'm not going back until I figure out how to explain this to my friends here.'
How was she going to explain to her friends that she belonged to a demon world full of magic? Flora may have believed what she saw but would anyone else?
She got into her car and drove off. Inuyasha watched her go from the rooftops,
'Best to let her cool off before approaching her again. But, Kagome, you're coming home with me. Soon.', he thought.
As she drove, her cell rang,
"Yea?", she answered.
"Diana ...I mean Kagome ...it's me.", said a male voice on the other end.
"Whatddya want Jim?", asked Kagome.
"Stop by my house please.", he asked, pleadingly.
"Ok.", she said, with an exasperated tone of voice.
Arriving at Ingram's house, he greeted her at the front door. Letting her in, he surprised her with a fancy dinner and flowers,
"Jim ...this is so unexpected ...why?", she asked.
"Diana ... I need to tell you ...I love you ...I have loved you from the moment I saw you. Please, sit and have dinner with me.", he pleaded.
She agreed to have dinner with him but warned, "Jim, I'm falling in love with Inuyasha. I know I belong with him. I ...", she started.
"Diana ..."
"Jim, Please, Kagome."
"No. I refuse to call you by that name. That's HIS name for you. To me you are Diana and always will be."
"Fine.", she shook her head at his refusal.
"I wanted to tell you that I loved you before you left with him. And I want to make you a proposition for helping me out with exposing him."
"I won't help you, Jim ..."
"Yes you will. You know why you will?", he asked, with a sneer.
"Why?"
"Because if you don't ... I will expose you as a fraud. That you knew all the time what your memory was and you were playing on the public's sympathies", he laughed.
"That's not true and you know it.", she looked at him appalled.
"Ahhh ...but who will the public believe ...especially when I reveal that you were arrested for embezzling from your boss shortly after you went back to work and that we had it swept under the rug, thanks to me. See ...you OWE me big time Diana. And now it's time to pay the piper!"
Kagome looked at him, shocked. He had promised never to reveal that! Now he was threatening her!
"That's a bribe, Jim. You wouldn't do that, would you?", she asked.
"Try me, Diana. Now, tell me everything he has told you."
Kagome, defeated, gave in and spent the next couple hours telling Inuyasha's story. She also agreed to gather any information she could when she went back to Canada with Inuyasha.
The next day, Kagome went to work. She wanted to call Inuyasha. She now wanted to leave this place. Julie, her co-worker, kept begging for information on her new man. Did this guy really know her? She admitted that she felt he knew her and that she belonged to the richest family in Japan and Canada, according to him.
"So what the hell are you doing here?", asked Julie.
Just then, in walked a bouquet of flowers. A huge bouquet of mini roses and tiger lilies hiding the face and body of the delivery person,
"Delivery for Miss Kagome Kateitenma.", the bouquet seemed to talk.
"Huh? Oh, that's me.", Kagome said blushing as she took the bouquet. Clients and co-workers "Ooooooo'd."
As she took the vase, she realized the "delivery person" was, in fact, Inuyasha in his human form!
"INUYASHA!", she almost dropped the vase.
Inuyasha helped catch it and place it on the desk. Kagome looked between him and her co-workers,
"What are you doing here? How did you know where I worked?"
"Because you told me, silly. Yesterday. Kagome, I was an idiot. I'm sorry for starting the argument yesterday. Will you accept my apology?"
With that, Inuyasha pulled out a small, velvet box and handed it to Kagome. She opened it to reveal a huge crystal white diamond with a circle of sapphires around it,
"It's ... It's huge!", she gasped.
"10 carats. 1 carat for each year you were gone and that we have to make up for. Kagome, will you please come back to Canada with me and consider marrying me again?"
"You go, girl!", said a couple of her co-workers.
"He's a cutie!", said Julie.
Kagome wrapped her arms around his neck and they kissed. Breaking the kiss, she said,
"No! I'm sorry for yesterday. Yes, I'll come to Canada to be with you!"
As she said this, the whole room applauded the couple.