"Naraku, What do you want?" Inuyasha yelled unsheathing Tetsusaiga.
"This does not involve you, Inuyasha." Sesshomaru said pushing past his brother.
"So you did get here in time. It's a shame you get to see her die in front of your own very eyes." Naraku laughed as tentacles spanned from his back and launched for me. Sesshomaru was faster, though, cutting his tentacles in pieces in front of me.
"Leave her alone!" Inuyasha yelled swinging Tetsusaiga at Naraku, unleashing Wind Scar. Naraku had put up his shield before the Wind Scar hit and blocked it.
"Why do you want Kagome?" Inuyasha yelled again getting no answer back.
This time Kouga attacked, not doing much damage, and got sent flying back to the ground landing on his back. Naraku laughed again, "You are no match for me. But for now I leave you, I'm needed elsewhere." With that, he disappeared.
"What the hell was that about!?" Inuyasha swore at his brother not caring to put his sword away.
"Do you not listen!?" Sesshomaru yelled this time decreasing the distance between them. "He's trying to use Kagome against us." He said in a normal tone, but left the anger hang in his voice.
"You mean me. He's trying to use Kagome against me. Not us, not you, just me."
Sesshomaru growled but said nothing else. I knew I had to break this up before it got out of hand.
"Now boys, calm down. There's no need to get hasty. Let's just be glad the Naraku left."
"That's what worries me." Sesshomaru spoke still glaring at Inuyasha. "He left rather quickly. He wasn't even trying to fight against us." He had looked at me this time, his eyes still hard and cold as they always were. It sent a shiver down my spine.
"He is right." Miroku spoke from behind. "He might have set a trap nearby, so be careful everyone."
Sesshomaru had stayed with the group for a while making sure nothing out of the ordinary happened. I was happy to see him, but I couldn't say that on his part. He seemed to avoid making any contact with me. He stayed over by the river that Songo and I had chatted earlier, keeping the distance between us far apart. Inuyasha seemed happy about that, staying as close to me as possible, while also trying to fend Kouga off of me too.
"I don't get what his problem is." I had said to Songo once I had the chance to get away from Kouga and Inuyasha.
"Well at least he came to protect you. That tells you that he still cares, right?"
"I guess. But he's been giving me the cold shoulder ever since he's gotten here. I about to just tell him to go home or whatever." I could hear my own voice breaking a little. I didn't notice I was getting so worked up about this.
"Go talk to him then. And don't worry about Inuyasha or Kouga. You're a big girl now you can make your own choices without the approval from Inuyasha."
I took a breath in before I started walking towards Sesshomaru. "Sesshomaru?" I said in a small voice. He didn't answer.
I took a step towards him again so I was standing next to him this time when I spoke, "I'm sorry for making you upset. I didn't mean what I had said before."
"Kissing you was a mistake, Kagome. I'll make sure it won't happen again." He simply said with no emotion in his words.
Tears started forming behind my eyes. It wasn't a mistake for me.
"Humans don't belong with demons. If my brother does not want to abide by those rules, then so be it. But I, Sesshomaru, have no interest in mating with a mortal girl. You should go home, Kagome, and stay there, it's where you belong." He didn't look at me once as he spoke before he turned around and left me alone.
I did as Sesshomaru had said. I went home. I was tired of always thinking of him and having Inuyasha always on my back and fighting with Kouga. I told Inuyasha not to come back for me. I'll come back when I feel like it.
I got home to no one around. There was a note on the kitchen table, it read: Went to take Rin and Souta out of the house for a while. There's left over's in the fridge. I always loved when my mother would leave a note even if she knew I won't be coming back home for a while. I went upstairs to my bedroom, threw my backpack on my bed and got clean clothes for after my long bath.
I tried with all my might not to think about Sesshomaru. But whenever I enter the bathroom I always picture Sesshomaru in the tub like he was before. Peaceful and calm. Beautiful yet dangerous.
I tore that image out of my head and sat in the tub. Why must I always feel like this? First with Inuyasha, now with his older brother. Maybe it's a sign for me to stay away. But I couldn't. No matter how hard I tried. I get depressed looking at him, thinking about him, being close to him and being 500 years away from him. No matter what, I was depressed no matter what I do.
I got out of the tub sooner than normal. I couldn't bare being in there another minute. Putting new clothes on, I walked dragged myself downstairs and opened the fridge. Meatloaf. Ew. Instead, I grabbed a yogurt and sat in front of the tv.
"We don't belong together." Said the male in the show.
"We can run away together, no one will know!" Begged the women.
I turned to the next channel.
"I love you, darling-" I changed it again.
"Who do you love? Me or her?-" At this point I turned off the tv before I end up starting to crying.
Back in my bedroom I laid on my bed. Remembering how hard the earth's surface was compared to my bed. It felt nice to finally sleep in my own warm bed. I looked over to my dresser to see that the stuffed dog was still there in the same possession I had left it. It seemed to look even more depressed than the last time.
I signed and sat up in bed.
"What's this?" I asked myself picking up a piece of torn paper on my nightstand. It was Hojo's number.
"Should I call him?"
It rung three times before I heard a voice on the other end of the line. "This is Hojo Akitoki."
"Hey Hojo," I said. "It's Kagome, Kagome Higurashi. I was wondering if you had anything planned today?"
"Kagome! How are you feeling? Any better? I'm pretty sure I'm free today." Hojo's voice had excitement surrounding it.
"I'm feeling much better now, thank you. Do you feel like doing something today? I'm home alone and I don't really want to be."
"Of course!"
We decided to meet at the local coffee shop that was near the school. He was standing outside by the door when I had arrived. "I got something for you." He said holding out a wrapped box.
"Oh Hojo, you didn't have to." No seriously, he didn't have to.. But I took it out of his hands anyways and tore the sparkling blue wrapping paper off gently. I wasn't too surprised to see a rare type of medicine.
"It's supposed to make you feel better over night. So you won't have to miss a week or more of school anymore." He smiled at me and I smiled back.
"Thank you, Hojo. I'll keep this in mind the next time I feel sick."
The day went by slow. Normally I would have been happy when a day goes slow while I'm outside or with friends, but I had just wanted the day to end. Hojo took me to a movie I had really wanted to see, but throughout the movie the only person/thing I was thinking about was Sesshomaru. He took me out to eat and we talked about our past and what we missed from our childhood. But, only thing I was thinking about, was Sesshomaru, again.
I thought going out would have distracted me from thinking about anything that has happened this past month. All it really did was show how alone I was without him. I liked Hojo, he's a good friend, but nothing compared to what I feel for Sesshomaru. Which does not make any sense to me. Hojo was charming, he knew what he wants in life, and he doesn't make me feel like shit all the time.
Sesshomaru was an a-hole. He made me feel like crap, he confuses the hell outta me. So why was I so attracted to him? Is it cause he has power? Or that he is just outrageously gorgeous? Maybe it's because I know I can't have him, which makes me want him more. Or how he had held me that one day when he kissed me? I guess he was charming in his own way. Like when he had held out a hand to help me up or when he gave me that stuffed dog. I just had to admit it..
I was in love him.
For reasons I do not know.
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