Chapter 25: The Warning
Ever since Inuyasha dropped of Kagome, Kagome reaches to her house. It's late which meant that her family must've fallen asleep a while ago. She grabs her house key and unlocks the back door to let herself in. Upon coming in, it's obviously dark inside. Kagome didn't mind the darkness. She quietly goes up to her room and turns on the lamp by her bed. She goes to her dresser to grab a pair of purple pj pants and a blue t-shirt with a piece sign on it. She then takes off her dress and hangs it back into the hanger it came off. She sits onto the edge of her bed and takes of her shoes.
Sure, they're pretty, but it hurts like hell. Once off, she rubs the toes that have been squished in like glue. She signs and she puts on the pjs and t-shirt she lets her hair fall freely. She sighs again. 'What was I thinking?' She asks in her head. She keeps asking the same question over and over again. And the answer wouldn't come to her. There's no way she can come up with an answer that would be the right one. Deciding to wait for another time, she gets into her bed and falls asleep. She peeps her one eye to see it's only 11:30 pm.
Inuyasha pulls up into the garage and goes into the manor. So far the kitchen and the dining room have been cleaned up like what Inuyasha told Myoga to do before he took Kagome home. He spots the clock on the stove telling him it's quarter to midnight. Just looking at that clock had made him exhausted from today's event. He goes up to his room. Upon entering, the light is dim so it'd be easier for him to go to his personal bathroom and walk in closet. He takes off his tie to let him breath a bit easier. He then hangs it up with the others. He then takes off his dress shirt and throws it into the hamper. As well as his slacks and socks. All that's left are his red boxers so he goes into the t-shirt and pulls out a beige color v neck and puts it on. He then gets a pair of black checkered pj pants. He puts them on and goes back out to his bathroom.
Inuyasha minds his business to brush his teeth. A soft knock gets his attention. "Come in." He permits whoever it is at the door. The door opens to reveal Sesshomaru. "I thought that you'd be more intimate with Kagome." Sesshomaru teases his younger brother. Inuyasha places his toothbrush back into the cabinet. "Ain't happening." Inuyasha declines him quickly as he takes off his watch to revert back to his hanyou form. "Don't kid yourself. I can smell it coming off of you." Sesshomaru continues his taunting. Inuyasha glares at him. "What is it that you want? Your Mercedes?" He stretches his body to hear a few cracking from various parts of his body. "No." Sesshomaru answers him. "Then what is it? I'm tired as it is." Inuyasha growls as he places the watch onto the nightstand by his bed and gets under the comforter.
"I just want to know how the night went." Sesshomaru spoke seriously this time. Inuyasha positions his pillows to make sure he's more comfortable. "Can it wait till morning? I don't have time to give you my answer." Inuyasha lies down with his back towards his brother. All Sesshomaru is narrows his eyes and goes out. When Sesshomaru closes the door, Inuyasha pulls out a remote from the night stand behind his and turns off the lights. "Good riddance of him." He mumbles before going to sleep.
The sun rises over the hills. Its warm light shines into Inuyasha's room. Even though the curtains are closed, they're not able to completely black out the sun's rays. Inuyasha groans as he turns to one side to avoid the light. Just when he is about to fall back to sleep, the clocks chimes to wake him up completely. "Damn, why now?" He complains as he stretches his body. He yawns afterwards as well. He looks to his nightstand to see something missing. His watch. He sniffs the air and immediately knows who is was who came in and took. "Sesshomaru, you bastard." He growls. He goes into his closet to change into his usual outfit for the day. Even though he dressed and all, he just doesn't feel complete without the watch. Sure it's okay he uses the watch or not while at home. It's the public that forces him to blend in. Without it, he's to go into hiding. And that's the last thing he wants to do. So for now he has to look for the thief and get his watch back.
In the kitchen Izayoi is making breakfast. The fried eggs' aroma fills in the room to lure anyone who is more than happy to eat whatever the woman is making. The first one to come is Inutaishou. "Morning." He greets his wife with a smile on his face. "Morning, dearest." Izayoi greets back as she steps aside to let her husband observe the food. "Mmm. Those eggs are just as good as ever." He compliments her cooking as he goes into the cabinet to grab himself a plate. Izayoi blushes. "Oh dearest, you know how good your cooking is compared to mine." She replies modestly. "Besides, A woman is to cook on the stove, while the man does the grilling." She proves her statement. Inutaishou chuckles. "Oh on the contrary. But there's just stuff we can and cannot do." He agrees with as he goes to the fridge to get orange juice. Izayoi keeps her smile and fills up the pan again with bacon.
Inuyasha walks down the hall trailing to find any traces of Sesshomaru's scent. "That son of a bitch is dead meat." He keeps on growling. He has to think fast. That watch is not just an ordinary watch. That watch is special. Like what he told Kagome, that watch is a one of a kind. No other watch can match that one. He goes into the bar to see it obviously closed and such. Too early to sell alcohol, even on the weekend. From what he sees so far, no Sesshomaru. As in no watch. And there's no scent. He then goes to the door where Totosai is working on something.
Inutaishou spots his son passing through the hall. "Hey, what's with the rush, son?" Inutaishou asks he as he immediate appears in from of Inuyasha. "Sorry. I'm just looking for Totosai." Inuyasha gives his answer. Inutaishou narrows. "What for?" He asks curiously. He then he spots that his son's left wrist isn't wearing the watch. "Don't tell me you lost that thing." He leans down to his son's face with scold look. Inuyasha has a temper like no other but he can't be like that. That would be insulting to his father. "I have a hunch that Sesshomaru stole it from me from my room." Inuyasha crosses his arms.
Inutaishou keeps his expression. "You're accusing him of theft?" He assumes back. Inuyasha waves his hands. "Whoa. I said 'hunch'. Not 'believe'. Don't be hasty." He tries to defend himself. Inutaishou holds his forehead. "Honestly, Inuyasha. What have I told you when Totosai gave you that thing?" He asks in growling matter. Inuyasha slumps his shoulders. "Not to lose it." He guessed. Inutaishou glares, "Exactly. You know the tip of the iceberg of that watch. If you don't get that thing back by midnight tonight. Let's just say some bad stuff will happen to you. And trust me, it's something that you're not even supposed to know." He warns as he turns around and goes back to the kitchen to finish his meal.
When Inutaishou disappeared into the kitchen, Inuyasha couldn't get over that warning. 'Something I'm not supposed to know. What the hell is he talking about?' He asks in his head. But for now he needs to get that watch back, as in he resumes as he tries to relocate Sesshomaru's scent.