Chapter 36: Irresistible Gravitational Pull
When Kita could pull herself together, she got up and went downstairs. She walked into the kitchen, and saw Bankotsu sitting in the same place he'd been in before. Seeing her completely lost expression, Bankotsu raised an eyebrow, and asked,
"Uh...you okay there?"
"Honestly..." Kita said, looking around the kitchen as if the walls would give her answers.
Bankotsu laughed, "You look high. What did he inject you with? He sure seemed in a rush to get out of here."
"Honestly..." Kita repeated, and plopped down in a seat near him. "I'm going to kill him, Bankotsu. I don't even know what to think right now. Just...literally, I don't know what to think."
She looked at Yukio who was still in Bankotsu's lap, but instead of crying like he had a few minutes ago...he was fast asleep. Bankotsu asked,
"What did he do?"
Kita sighed, "You don't want to to know."
"What?" he asked with a small smile. "He kiss you senseless?"
Kita gave a small growl, glaring at him, and he laughed.
"I'm guessing I'm right." he said.
She retorted, "No. He didn't kiss me!"
"Shh." Bankotsu shushed, standing up, and letting Yukio rest his head on his shoulder. "And he clearly did something to make you senseless."
Kita whined, kicking her legs as she sat. Bankotsu laughed, walking out of the kitchen, and down the hall. She got up, following him down the hall, and into Yukio's bedroom. Kita watched as he gently lied Yukio down in his bed. She couldn't help smiling. When Yukio relaxed, and continued his soft snoring, Bankotsu turned toward Kita. He raised is eyebrow at her again,
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
"You're going to make a great dad and husband someday, you know?" Kita replied.
Bankotsu just smiled, before walking past her and out of the room. Kita walked over to Yukio's crib, and smiled down at his sleeping face. The one thing that came to her mind as she watched him was how much he looked like Sesshomaru, and even how much he slept like him. Kita sighed, then muttered to herself,
"He tortures me even when he's gone."
Kita leaned down, giving Yukio a quick kiss on the forehead before leaving the room, quietly closing the door behind her. She returned to the living room, stopping when she saw men outside the hole that'd been created in the wall. They were smoothing some kind of white, thick paste over the small holes. As for the big holes, they had to slowly close it up with the paste, and God knows how long that was going to take.
"I'm just...going to kill him." Kita sighed heavily, plopping down on the couch beside Bankotsu.
Bankotsu laughed, "Well, to help your headache, how about we just not talk about him?"
"Gee, why didn't I think of that?" she asked. "Don't you think I've tried that already? Why do you think I got pissed off when you kept bringing him up?"
"You didn't get pissed at me, though. You got pissed because you knew it was the truth." he retorted.
Kita didn't say anything for a good few seconds, shooting him a glare, but being Bankotsu, he just smiled. She asked,
"And that's why you kissed me back, right?"
Bankotsu's smile fell, and he stuck his tongue at her. She laughed,
"That's what I thought."
"Speaking of the kiss," he started, looking at her, "what-"
"Bankotsu," Kita interrupted, looking at him, "you know that it wasn't-"
"Anything special?" he asked, looking into her eyes. "I figured. I guess a part of me was hoping."
Kita looked at him, and then sighed. She scooted closer to him, hugging him to her,
"I shouldn't of done that, but...well, I wasn't even in control of myself at that point."
"I know." he said, hugging her back. "Old Bankotsu still has hope, and it just came over me is all. I'm fine."
Kita pulled away, looking up at him, "Are you sure?"
"I will be." he said. "I shouldn't stay here, though."
Before he could get up, she wrapped her arms around him, preventing him from moving, "But you don't need to. You've been pretty much my backbone ever since we first met back in high school, and I don't think I ever truly thanked you. Or paid you back."
"You don't need to thank me, or pay me back. This is simply what friends do for one another, but what friends don't do is...take their wives from them." he said with a sigh. "If I stay, I don't know what I'm going to do. I'm not saying I'm leaving Tokyo, or Japan. I just...can't stay here. In this house. I can't watch you slowly warm back up to him, and be a family with him. So to put it in all, I don't want to stay here just to be your shoulder to cry on."
Kita frowned, "That isn't why I want you to stay."
"Then why do you want me to stay?" he asked, searching her eyes.
She rolled her eyes, "Do you honestly think that I need you to avoid Sesshomaru?"
"Because you're so good at doing it yourself? That's the reason you came downstairs practically drooling on yourself, right?"
"Bankotsu, I wasn't drooling on myself. Sesshomaru didn't kiss me, as you think he did. He just...confused me." she muttered, glaring at him.
Bankotsu laughed, "Let me guess. He pulled you close. Telling you how much he loves you, and you just became putty in his hands, right?"
"Wha-"
He cut her off, "It works. Sesshomaru has a front that all the chicks go for. That stoic, 'I don't give a rats ass' attitude. You all love it. There's a breaking point for all of them though, and they want attention. He still doesn't give it, though, but then...out of nowhere. He'll say it, whispering it into your ear, and kiss your neck. He doesn't need to kiss you on the lips, because that alone leaves you wanting more. More than you could want anyone else. To sum it all up for you, Kita, he has you on a leash. You never saw that? Wow. Here I thought you were so observant."
Kita had a puzzled look on her face, but at the same time, there was realization. Her eye twitched, and she asked,
"How do you know all of this?"
Bankotsu grinned, looking into her eyes, "I'm Sesshomaru's best friend."
The more the realization dawned on her, the most pissed off she became. He laughed,
"You're not the first girl we've ever fought over, you know. In fact, you're like...the fourth. Maybe fifth. Before you start plotting his death, though, know this...most of the time it isn't intentional. However, when he can't control the situation anymore, that's when he does it."
Bankotsu snapped his fingers.
"Works every time."
Kita just stared at him; her face started to slowly turn red in anger. Bankotsu grinned, thinking to himself,
"Hm...this could be a total indirect punch to Sesshomaru's face."
His grin widened. Before anything else could be said by either of them, there was a knock at the door, and Bankotsu looked at Kita, expecting her to get it. It was her house after all, but of course, she said,
"You get it. I don't feel like getting up."
"You could have at least asked." he said, standing up.
Kita made a face at him, crossing her arms, then taking up all the space on the couch by lying on her back. Bankotsu went to the door, opening it to see it was one of the workers that'd been working on the walls. He smiled, nodding to him,
"We're all done. I just came to let you guys know that you shouldn't paint over the white patches until it's completely dry."
"Okay, man. Thanks." Bankotsu said with a smile. "Have a good night."
"You too." he said, before turning and leaving.
Just as Bankotsu went to close the door, he saw Sesshomaru's truck pulling into the driveway. He groaned, closing the door, then turning around. Bankotsu jumped so high, he almost hit the ceiling. Kita was standing right in front of him, glaring up at him. He exclaimed,
"What the hell are you doing just standing there!?"
"You owe me." Was all she said before grabbing his arm, and dragging him back to the couch.
Kita pushed him onto the couch, then sat on his lap. He looked at her like she'd seriously lost it,
"Uh, what are you doing?"
"You owe me." she said with a grin. "You almost destroyed my house. You could have easily of teleported yourself outside, but no. You wanted to show off how strong you've gotten, and my house paid dearly for it."
Bankotsu opened his mouth, then closed it. He sighed heavily,
"What do you want me to do?"
"Just play along." she said, lying her head on his chest, and grinning slightly when she heard the doorknob rattle.
Bankotsu sighed, waiting for it all to happen all over again. Sesshomaru walked in, and looked into the living room. When he saw Kita sitting on Bankotsu's lap, his eyes narrowed,
"Do I need to teach you another lesson, Bankotsu?"
"The only person that's going to be teaching lessons, Sesshomaru, is me if you start breaking things again." Kita sneered, smiling and snuggling into Bankotsu. "Besides, what we do doesn't concern you."
"Like Hell it does, Hoshi. Get off of him." Sesshomaru growled.
Bankotsu muttered under his breath, "If you don't want another fight to break out, then-"
"I don't even know why you're here, Sesshomaru." Kita interrupted. "I didn't say you could come back."
He glared, "This is my house too, Kita."
"It stopped being your house when you walked out on your family!" she spat angrily.
Bankotsu wrapped his arm around Kita, "Calm down. Yukio's sleeping, isn't he? Another fight is not what he needs again today. You know that. You're his mother."
She looked at him, pouting slightly at his scolding then huffing.
"Fine." Kita grumbled, moving off of Bankotsu, and standing. "I'm serious, though, Sesshomaru. If you're going to stay here, it's only for the night, and you'll be sleeping on the couch. Bankotsu gets the guest room."
Sesshomaru glared, "I'm not going anywhere. No problem is going to be solved with me not here."
"And no problem was solved when you decided to run off to God knows where." Kita retorted.
Sesshomaru growled, "I know that, Kita. Funny thing, though. When I was on my way back, I ran into my mother, and all this time she knew more about you than I did."
"What the hell are you talking about, Sesshomaru? If this is another one of your attempts to evade what we really need to talk about-"
"I'm not evading shit, Hoshi." he cursed.
The room grew dead quiet. Bankotsu glanced from Sesshomaru, to Kita, and she looked truly shocked. Pale, even. After a good whole minute, Kita was storming toward Sesshomaru,
"What did you just say to me?"
Sesshomaru growled as he repeated every word with more force than before, "I'm. Not. Evading shit."
Before Bankotsu could think to do anything, Kita was swinging at Sesshomaru, but he caught her by the wrist, then slammed her into the nearest wall. Bankotstu yelled angrily,
"Sesshomaru!"
He ignored Bankotsu, glaring down at Kita, then asking, "Just how long were you going to keep it a secret from me, that you'd been disowned from your family, Kita? Or why you came back so eager to be mated?"
Kita looked up at him with wide eyes, but after a few seconds, she glared again. She brought her knee up, and it slammed right into Sesshomaru's crotch. Bankotsu gasped loudly,
"Oooooh! Ouch. Oh god. Kita, why'd you...man...that looks painful."
Sesshomaru just took in sharp breath, sliding to his knees in front of her. He cursed under his breath,
"Damn it, Kita!"
Kita knelt in front of him, slipping her fingers into his hair, and making him look up at her. She glared into his eyes,
"Then, Sesshmaru, you were the only family I had left, and the fact you thought I wanted anything other than to be your mate. Then maybe you're really not worth being with anymore. I'm sick of your bullshit, do you hear me? Sick of it!"
Kita released him in a forceful manner, and he had to catch himself from falling over. Without a backwards glance, Kita stormed upstairs, and shortly after that, there was the sound of a door slamming. Bankotsu just looked at Sesshomaru sympathetically, but was also trying not to laugh.
"Need some help there, buddy?" he asked.
Sesshomaru shot him a look, his eyes flashing, "Go to Hell."
"Nah, I'm good. I don't want to be in your Hell, right now. I'll leave you to it, though. I'm going to bed." Bankotsu said with a laugh.
Sesshomaru growled after him, "It better not be with my-"
"Yeah, I know." he said back as he ascended the stairs, and left Sesshomaru to his silent agony.
With Kagome
"What do you mean they got into a fight!? Where are you right now?" Kagome asked frantically, continuing to gather her pajamas.
"Well, I was at Kita's just a second ago, but after Bankotsu 'assured' everything was fine now...I'm heading back to my place." he answered.
Kagome put her phone on speaker, tossing it onto her bed, and then began to get dressed. She asked,
"What was the fight about?"
"Bankotsu was telling me he was just talking to Kita about Sesshomaru, which she didn't want him to, then they somehow ended up on the floor. Then, out of nowhere, Kita kisses Bankotsu, and he kisses her back. Sesshomaru walked in on them, and...well, you can guess what came next."
"Wow. Did you call your father?" he asked.
InuYasha huffed, "He has better things to worry about. Like, you know, searching for Kikyo. To be honest, all this family drama is starting to get all my nerves."
"I just want to know how it all escalated to this. I always feel like the one at fault. It all came crumbling down that night we first kissed." she said softly.
He retorted, "Kagome, for the millionth time-"
"I know, I know. It's not my fault." she said, finally putting on her last article of clothing and then finally plopping down on her bed.
Kagome grabbed her phone, and placed it on her pillow beside her head. She asked,
"So is everything okay now?"
"Yeah. I think so. I haven't gotten another call from Kita. My guess is she gave Sesshomaru hell. When I left, they were both going upstairs to 'talk'. Whenever they actually aren't talking talking, which is hardly ever, they're having a 'lovers quarrel', or having sex the entire neighborhood can hear."
"INUYASHA!" Kagome exclaimed. "Why would say-...why would you tell me that!? Why have you been listening to them have sex!?"
"I don't!" InuYasha yelled. "You haven't been around long enough to know that they do it in the most random-"
"AHHH!" she screamed, shooting her hands up to cover her ears. "Stop! InuYashaaaa! Why!? I can't...I DON'T want to see Sesshomaru in that image! Gah!"
InuYasha was laughing, almost cackling, on the other side, and she glared at the phone.
"I'm going to call Kita, just so she knows what you're saying." she threatened.
InuYasha laughed some more, "She'd admit to it! You know Kita doesn't lie. She'll be all, 'Yah, sure. We do that'. I swear to you, Kagome. Now you know why I'm so messed up. This didn't start occurring at the office. This started occurring way back in high school. When they were courting. I was forced to stay, because I never did my homework unless someone was forcing me to. Plus, Father was never home to stop it, and Mother's human! No super hearing. You do the math."
"That's awful. I'm sorry you had to go through that, Yash." she said, truly pitying him, then shivering. "I just can't imagine Sesshomaru..."
"Yeah, for a demon that's hardly ever emotional..." he gagged. "Before, when he had other girlfriends, there was 100% coming from the girls, and 0% coming from him. With Kagura, there was 95% from her, and 5% from him. With Kita. There's not even a percentage! It varied! They were like 50/50. Sometimes Kita was 40, and Sesshomaru was 60. Is that not twisted!? It always sounded like a freaking competition, or so-"
"Okay! Okay! I get it, InuYasha!" Kagome exclaimed loudly.
Her face had gone from a light pink, to a blood red. There was a knock at the door, and she jumped. Her mother called,
"Kagome? Are you okay?"
"Y-yeah, Mom. Just talking to InuYasha. Sorry. I won't be too loud." she replied, fanning her face, and trying to calm down in case she had to open the door.
"Alright. Good night, dear." she said.
Kagome waited until her mother's foot steps faded, before returning to InuYasha, and sighing,
"Jeez. Do you want my head to explode?"
"Sorry. I keep forgetting you're a-" he coughed, stopping himself.
Kagome narrowed her eyes, "A what?"
"Nevermind."
She retorted, "No. You might as well say it. Virgin. I know, I know. Forgive me for saving it for someone special."
"I wasn't teasing you, Kagome." he replied gruffly. "I'm glad you haven't lost it to anyone else. I want to be your first. Whenever we can."
She blushed, not saying anything for a second, "Me too. I hope it eventually happens...in the near future."
"Good." Kagome could practically hear the grin in that one word, and shook her head, laughing.
Kagome spent many more hours on the phone with InuYasha, until she fell asleep, and even then, she didn't hang up on him. She listened to him play some sort of video game, and just hearing his voice relaxed her. As if he were there, in the room, and refusing to come lie with her like he had done before when they lived on the beach. While it could be better, she was happy to just be able to hear his voice. That was as good as it was going to get.
Several Weeks Later
InuYasha and Kagome returning from their hideout when they weren't even at that beach long enough.
Kagome leaving for America.
Yukio starts calling Bankotsu 'Daa'
Sesshomaru coming back, and taking Yukio when he's been gone for a month and a half. With knowledge that Kita was disowned from her family!?
Bankotsu and Kita kissed! In a sensual position!
Sesshomaru and Bankotsu fighting.
"Just how exactly did we miss all of this?" Sango asked as she clenched the wheel, trying to drive at the appropriate speed limit. "Just how!?"
"Calm down, Sango. Maybe you should let me-"
"I'm pregnant, Miroku, not dying from cancer." she snapped, shooting him a glare.
Miroku sighed, pouting slightly, "But you can risk having a miscarriage..."
That seemed to instantly make her relax. She sighed,
"You're right. I'm sorry. I just didn't know so much happened."
"Maybe we should've stayed at my mothers." he said. "It was a nice vacation."
Sango guffawed, "Yeah, right! Your mother hates my guts. I wanted to leave as soon as we arrived, but no...you were insistenting it'd be relaxing. More like boring. Meditation is NOT fun, Mirkou."
"I thought you loved my Mommy." he said incredulously. "And meditation is good for someone at the beginning stages of their pregnancy-"
Sango rolled her eyes, "I know the speech, by now, Miroku. Please don't repeat it."
"So did you not like a single thing about going there?" he asked seriously.
Sango glanced at him. She knew he'd driven for several hours just to get somewhere where she could relax. They'd found out they were pregnant again, and he was insistent they go away. At least for a month, before jumping back into the drama. Thinking back, despite how annoying his mother was, it was relaxing. Miroku's parent's lived in the mountains, and it had been absolutely beautiful. They went to hot springs, and hiked when it was really early. Camped out. Thinking back, she couldn't help but smile,
"I did. Every minute of it that was spent with just you."
Miroku grinned.
Not much after, Sango was pulling up to the Takahashi household. She parked, then got out. Miroku walked up to the door with her. Sango popped her knuckles, and neck,
"Ready for it all, Miroku?"
He sighed, "As ready as I'll ever be."
Half an Hour Earlier
That morning, Kita was the first to wake, and go downstairs. She went into Yukio's room to see that he wasn't in his crib. Kita's heart nearly jumped out of her chest,
"Yukio!?"
She ran out of the room, not thinking so early in the morning to use her nose and simply see if he was in the house. Kita walked into the living room to see Sesshomaru on the couch. She tiptoed over, then looking down to see Yukio lying on Sesshomaru's chest. Yukio had his thumb in his mouth, sucking it lightly as he breathed heavily. Whenever she could hear his breath, he was in a deep sleep, and funny enough that always meant the same for Sesshomaru. He wasn't though, so she knew he knew that she was there. Kita stuck her tongue at him, then turned, and walked to the kitchen.
Kita walked into the kitchen, running her fingers through her hair, and trying to calm her frantic heart. Every minute of the night, she expected Kikyo to appear and try to take her son. It wasn't that she was afraid. She just got excited that she might actually have the chance to finally shank that bitch. Kita laughed to herself at the mere thought as she began to make herself some coffee.
While it brewed, she sat at the island, and lied her head on the cool surface. She started to dose when she heard a light click. Kita opened her eyes, listening carefully to hear light footsteps, and immediately knew it was Sesshomaru putting Yukio back in his crib. After a few seconds, he was walking into the kitchen, and Kita groaned. Sesshomaru asked,
"You're about to drink coffee?"
"I'm not pregnant anymore, Sesshomaru, so I can drink all the coffee I want. Fuck off." she grumbled, burying her face into her shoulders.
There was pause, then a heavy sigh. She heard the scrapping of the metal chairs on the floor, and then him sitting heavily across from her. Kita whined in her throat. Why did he have to be so annoying and stubborn!?
"Kita." he said.
She ignored him.
"Kita." he said again.
Kita felt a frown slowly forming on her face.
"Ki..." he paused. "ta..."
Kita shot her head up, glaring, "What!?"
When she saw the shadow of a smirk on his face, Kita grabbed an apple from the basket in the middle of the island, and glared. He ignored her threat to throw the apple, and asked,
"How long are you going to stay mad at me?"
"Until the day you die. Which shouldn't be much longer." she said, sitting the apple back in the basket. "Can you leave me alone?"
"No." he answered simply.
Kita glared, the stood, "Fine, then I'll ignore you."
She slipped off the chair, and then walked over to one of the cupboards. Kita grabbed her favorite mug, and then walked over to the coffee maker. She poured herself some coffee, blowing her bangs from her face. Kita looked in her peripheral vision when she heard the chair scratching against the floor again, then him walking toward her. She continued to pour her coffee, completely not acknowledging how much she was putting in her cup.
"A little much isn't it?" came Sesshomaru's voice, and she actually jumped, some of the coffee spilling and burning her hand. "Damn it!"
Kita had been expecting him to come from the right, but he just ended up leaning against the counters to her left. She glared daggers at him, waving her hand to cool the burn. Sesshomaru frowned, stepping forward, and taking her hand.
"No!" she protested, trying to take her hand away, but she couldn't without him ripping her hand over.
Sesshomaru brought the part that was slightly red up to his lips. She swallowed, watching him as he brought the burnt part into his mouth. Kita almost shivered when she felt his tongue run along it, but instead she snatched her hand away, and wiped her hand on her pants,
"Okay, dog boy. No need for all of that. It's just a burn. Move."
Sesshomaru sighed, giving her a glare before simply walking over to the refrigerator. Kita opened the carafe, and poured some of her coffee back into it. She put some creamer and sugar in her cup before walking out of the kitchen. Kita heard footsteps, and looked toward the stairs. She exhaled a breath she felt like she'd be holding. Kita did NOT want to be alone in this living room with him.
She sat on the couch, and patted a spot beside her,
"Come sit with me, Bankotsu."
"Is he in the kitchen, or something?" he asked groggily, yawning as he walked over, and plopped beside her.
Kita gave him a pinch on the arm, and he gasped.
"Ow! What the fuck was that for?" he hissed.
Kita just smiled, taking a sip of her coffee. He glared at her,
"I swear you two are children. Getting on my nerves."
"Get over it." she retorted before grabbing the remote, and flipping on the TV.
As Kita flipped through the channels, she found herself stopping on one where this guy was being backed into a corner by several women. A switch seemed to go off her head, and she looked at Bankotsu,
"Back to our conversation from last night."
"Hm?" he asked, lying his head in her lap as if she were some sort of pillow. "What conversation?"
"The four, or five other girls." she replied.
In the television's reflection, she'd seen Sesshomaru coming into the living room only to freeze when he heard what she said. Kita narrowed her eyes. Bankotsu tensed himself. He shot up,
"Man. I need a show-"
"You told her?" Sesshomaru's voice asked.
Bankotsu laughed, "What? I thought she should know that she hasn't been the only woman in your life."
"From how Bankotsu told me," Kita started, turning, and looking at Sesshomaru with narrowed eyes, "you two had quite the game going on. When did it start, huh?"
She looked between them, growling lightly before grabbing Bankotsu's ear.
"Talk before I rip it off." she hissed.
Bankotsu winced, "Okay! Okay!"
She released his ear, and huffed, rubbing the back of this ear. Bankotsu glanced back at Sesshomaru whose eyes promised death, then he looked at Kita who promised a slow, painful death. He concluded he rather be on her side. Bankotsu sighed,
"It started in middle school."
"Bankotsu." Sesshomaru started.
He looked at him, "I was just vomiting words, and it all came out. Plus, you tried to kill me not fifteen minutes from then...my logic was kind of skewed. Sue me."
"Bankotsu, continue. Sesshomaru, shut up." Kita said. "How many of the have their been?"
Bankotsu opened, and closed his mouth. Kita slapped him on the arm, and he answered,
"About ten to fifteen! Don't ask me names. I don't remember them all."
She gaped, "Ten to fifteen!?"
Sesshomaru replied, "Why does it matter? This was when you were barely out of kindergarden."
"Oh, at least I was an innocent girl. Meanwhile, you two were man-whores fresh out of the fifth grade. God, you two are so sick!" Kita exclaimed, actually looking disgusted. "You two are so not going to be the ones to teach Yukio about girls."
"And who would he look up to for girls?" Bankotsu asked.
Kita opened her mouth to say several names, but each time she stopped herself. Eventually, she just gaped,
"Wow...there's not a single faithful, or un-perverted man in this damn family. My poor baby. He's in a family where all the males are assholes."
"Hey, you don't know who I've-"
"Can you honestly look me in the face, and say you've been one-hundred percent faithful to all these women you two competed over?" she asked, glaring.
Bankotsu ended up shutting his mouth, and looking down, laughing nervously.
"That's what I thought." Kita grumbled, shaking her head.
After a minute of thinking, Kita froze, then looked at the two of them. She asked,
"Wait...was I a competition?"
The entire room got cold, and when no one answered, Kita's blood sort of ran cold. She looked at Sesshomaru,
"Was I a competition?"
Sesshomaru looked her straight in the eyes, then at Bankotsu, and back at her. He was actually not even answering. Before Kita could say anything else, the doorbell rung. Bankotsu shot up, flipping off the couch,
"I got it!"
"I'm going to check on Yukio." Sesshomaru said, leaving down the hallway without a backwards glance.
Kita growled angrily, but it vanished fast when she saw who walked in.
"Miroku! Sango!" she exclaimed, sitting her coffee down after a sip, and running over to them.
Kita nearly tackled the both of them. Miroku laughed, hugging her back,
"Hey, Kitahoshi. I hear your life has been hell lately."
"I know!" she exclaimed, pouting up at him, then looking over at Sango. "Where have you two been?"
"Trip." Sango said with a smile.
Kita grinned, looking into her eyes, "Making babies?"
When neither of them denied, and just grinned, she squealed. Kita held them, jumping up and down in excitement,
"Yukio's going to have a friend near his age! Yay! I'm so excited!"
"Oh, jeez." Bankotsu rolled his eyes, walking over and plopping back down in the couch.
"Congratulations, guys!" Kita said happily. "So where did you guys go?"
"I thought it'd be a good idea to get away from all the chaos her first month." he said.
Kita repeated, "First month? So you knew before you left? Gee, thanks for the heads up!"
"Oh, don't even!" Sango retorted before repeating her list of things she did not know about. "No one attempted to call us, or anything! We just disappeared, and no one attempted to call?"
Kita pouted, "Well...I didn't want to talk about him, and all the other things didn't seem that big."
"Oh? Kagome being taken to America wasn't that big a deal?" she asked, crossing her arms.
Kita continued to pout. Sango laughed, shaking her head, and then hugged Kita again,
"I'll forgive you, but only this once. Now...where's Sesshomaru so I can give him a peace of my mind."
"He's hiding out in Yukio's room, so you'll sadly have to wait." Kita grumbled.
She frowned, "Well I hope he's ready for an ear full."
"Finally. Someone else that is here to give him what he deserves." Kita proclaimed.
Miroku asked, "InuYasha not staying here anymore?"
"Nah. He's probably in his hotel room talking to Kagome on his phone like he has been since the moment she left." Kita said. "It's sad, but I guess it's understandable."
Sango sighed, "I hope Kagome's okay...being up there without InuYasha."
"Or us, in general. I'm sure if InuYasha wasn't hogging her attention, she'd be calling each of us." said Kita.
Everyone nodded in unison except Bankotsu who just rolled his eyes.
With Kagome
Kagome had woken up early this day, several weeks after arriving to America. She woke up around five, and got dressed to go for a run. When she returned home, it was about six, and she felt pretty good. Running always seemed to clear her head. Kagome took a quick shower, then returned into her room. She got dressed, then headed down to have breakfast to only find that Aina was already knocking at the door. After breakfast, Aina returned upstairs with Kagome.
It was nearly eight in the morning; it was way too early to have to deal with her. All Kagome wanted to do was relax, and talk with InuYasha. Even if he wouldn't be awake for a few more hours, she could be reading, or doing for work for her online college classes. But nooo. Here was Aina. Talking away about her popular friends, and how many of them were guys. Kagome ended up zoning out, though, and imagening the day she'd be able to finally be with InuYasha again.
Before the daydream could go into any kind of detail, there was a hand snapping in her face, and she was forced back into reality. She narrowed her eyes at Aina,
"What?"
"Do you want to?" she asked, raising an eyebrow.
Kagome asked, "Want to what?"
"Go to the mall with me, and a few friends. I figure you must be a bit depressed." she said, looking at her with a pretty annoying, knowing face.
Kagome retorted, "What do you mean by that?"
"Well, you know...you haven't been here in forever. This place must really be reminding you of Souta." she said with a slight shake of the head. "You should come with me, and have some fun. Don't be the old Kagome that liked to stay cooped up in her room."
Kagome seriously was contemplating how good she'd feel after slapping Aina across the face. It never came, though, and she just reduced to glaring.
"No thanks." she said.
Aina rolled her eyes, "Oh come on. Are you seriously one of those girls obsessed with her boyfriend?"
"I'm not obsessed! I miss him." Kagome shot back.
Aina retorted, "Why so defensive?"
Kagome clenched, and unclenched her hand. She spat through clenched teeth,
"Fine."
"Great." Aina replied with a smirk, her plan beginning to unfold before her eyes.
Things were going to perfectly...just as she'd planned it.
With Kikyo
Another month was almost over, and she could already tell she was getting a baby bump. Kikyo was always in a foul mood, but Naraku just kept smiling. She constantly asked for updates, but he'd just say, 'wait'. She was through with freaking waiting! Kikyo wanted results! She wanted Kagome DEAD! She wanted InuYasha tortured. She wanted them all to suffer like she was suffering. All of this was their fault.
Finally, this very day, when Naraku came in, he didn't come in to taunt her about how she seemed to be 'getting fat' before laughing in her face. He came with answers, and that alone was enough to make her smile for once.
Naraku informed her of Sesshomaru's return, the never-ending drama that seemed to come with his return, and the fact Kagome was gone. Naraku had pinpointed the state, and was now working on the city and county. They were getting close, and the plans Naraku had. She couldn't help but to grin.
"Finally. We're moving along." Kikyo said to him, standing. "Is there anything that I can do?"
"Oh...believe me. I have plans for you, Kikyo." Naraku said with a grin as she walked up to him.
He slid his arm around her waist, pulling her close to him. Naraku dipped his head down, giving her a kiss before kissing down to her neck, and stopping at her ear, whispering,
"Earn InuYasha's trust again."
His first sentence had her intrigued, and as he continued...all Kikyo could think was,
"He's going to pay. Oh, he's going to pay soon..."