"Pass me the eggs", Grandma demanded. She had been ignoring me all morning. Everytime I tried to ask her questions about what she said earlier, she would snap a command at me instead of answering. "Do you not hear me, Kimmy? Pass Grandma the eggs."
"I'm not doing anything else for you until you answer my question", I pouted holding the carton of eggs above her head.
Despite being much shorter than me, she gave a valent effort to reach up and snatch them. Until, I extended my arm completely and she slumped down from her tiptoes. She shot me a grumpy face and raised her hand to hit me.
"Just tell me what you saw and we can finish breakfast! Stop being stubborn", I explained.
"I didn't see anything. It's just an old woman's intuition. Now give me the eggs", she said quickly, reaching up for the carton. I lifted back out of her grasp and she let out an exasperated huff.
"That's not good enough, Old Woman. You know more than you're letting off. I'm not sure what you're trying to hide but I need details. So spill it", I responded. "What did you see last night that made you say that I had a boy in my room?"
"I told you, I didn't see anything", she said with a hesitant sigh. "I actually sensed his presence before I heard him. I was in the kitchen getting a late night snack, as I usually do, and felt something strong coming from your room. When I went to the door to peak in and check on you, I heard the two of you arguing with each other. I wanted to be nosey and see who it was but he didn't seem human and I knew he would hear me there. If he hadn't already."
"So it really did happen?", I muttered to myself. "He was really here. I thought I was dreaming?"
"He's so good looking that you thought you were dreaming. I'm impressed", she beamed up at me. "Send him my way then if you don't want him. His voice sounded very handsome and Grandma could use a new companion.", the old woman finished shooting me an innocent eye smile.
"Grandma! How could you say that?", I asked in shock. She was being so calm about sensing a demon in her grandchild's room. Like that wasn't weird at all for her. "A demon snuck into my room last night and all you can think about was how handsome he is? Really?"
"So, he is handsome. I knew it. I could sense that too", she stated with a smug expression.
I rolled my eyes at her and handed her the eggs with reluctance. She had technically answered my question, but it wasn't exactly the response that I was looking for. I prepared myself to ask her another question. I wanted to know how she could sense him in my room all the way from the kitchen. Humans didn't usually have those abilities. The only time I could feel the presence of anything was with the jewel in hand.
"You are about to ask me how I could sense him aren't you?", she interjected into the silence.
I looked down at her in confusion. "Can you read my mind too? How did you know that? Did you learn to do that with a jewel", I blurted out.
"No, Kimmy, I can't read your mind. You're just so predictable", she explained. "Every person that takes possession of the jewel for an extended period of time has a little residue of its abilities left behind. I haven't had to use them in a while because there aren't many demons on this side, but last night when he came into the house it hit me like a ton of bricks. He must be very strong to have such a large aura. What did he want from a weakling like you?"
"Ouch… That's a little insulting…", I groaned at her harsh comment. "and he wants me to come back with him so he can have my jewel. I think. That guy is the Master of mixed signals."
Even though he had come back for me, I still couldn't believe it was for good intentions. He had fooled me once already and it wouldn't forgive myself if I let him do it again.
"No, not possible", she said blankly. "He's not here for that. It has to be for something else because he would have no use for your Sacred Jewel."
"What do you mean he'd have no use for it? He tried to cut my arm off to take it from me!", I said in disbelief at her claim. That was the whole reason I was mad at him and now she was telling me it wasn't even a valid reason. He wanted the jewel for himself and I was sure of it.
"The amount of power he wields is one that almost rivals the Sacred Jewel itself. Both of them combined even. A strong demon like him wouldn't get much out of such an object. Especially not the black one. All it has the ability to do is detect and temporarily purify the evil within someone, but it can't even do that completely without it's other half", she stated.
My thoughts raced around in my head like bullets. There was no way we had gone through all of this for nothing. Something about my jewel had to keep him coming back to me.
"Maybe he doesn't know what it's used for and he thinks it can make him stronger. Isn't that what most demons want anyways?" I asked.
"Some demons would ignorantly crave the power of the black jewel without knowing it's true purpose. But a demon of his kind? No. He knows exactly what it is used for. I garuntee it", she explained.
I felt my face twist up in bewilderment. No matter how much I tried I couldn't wrap my head around what she was telling me. That would mean that he wanted the jewel for something else, but I didn't know what. The only thing he had ever told me was that he wanted it for something important.
"What could he use it for, then, if not for himself?", I pressed the old woman.
She grunted into the pan of eggs and slumped her shoulders like an annoyed child. Her aggravated face turned back to me with a sour expression curling at her lips.
"You ask to many questions. Figure it out on your own", she yelled flinging the spatula near my nose. Like a statue I stayed put despite her efforts to push me away. I wasn't leaving until I got all of my answer. When she turned back to the pan I step up right behind her.
"Get away from me", she commanded, but it was too late. All at once I leaned my body over her head, letting all of my weight go limp on top of her tiny frame. She struggled and cursed at me to get off, but I refused until she continued to explain.
"I'll get off of you when you answer me", I said forcing more of my body on her. With my hand I stuck a finger in my mouth and acted like I was going to press it into her ear. Flailing her arms in the air she raised her imaginary white flag and gave in.
"Fine! I'll tell you, just get away from me", she snapped. Brushing herself off she asked, "Does he have any enemies?"
"Only one that I know of. It's his half demon brother named Inuyasha. They fight like crazy every time they see one another. He's the only person I can think of, though", I said.
"He's a half demon you say? Then that's what he wants the jewel for. Remember I told you before that when the two jewels were together they could create complete purity to whatever they touched? Well, that also included people and demons. If his brother is only a half demon, he could use the power of the pairing to turn him into a full human. Thus, being able to easily destroy him", Grandma stated in a more serious tone. "This Inuyasha fellow should be very worried about his brother getting his hands on both of those jewels. They have never been in the same place at the same time, but it's always possible."
Then I remembered that Sesshomaru told me last night to stay with Inuyasha and Kagome for safety. They were on the hunt for the leftover shards of the white Shikon Jewel, while I held the whole version of its other half. If I aided them in putting the whole thing back together, he could steal it from us and kill his brother. Or he'd ask me to give it to him behind their backs. Because of my known feelings for him, he would assume I'd hand it over without resistance. That must be why he wanted me to stay with them. Not to protect me from some other evils like he said, but because I was a pawn in his sick game. A pit rested in my stomach at the realization of what he had really come by for. Every time he kissed me and told me how much he cared for me I would fall into his trap. I was a fool to let him get over on me a second time.
"I need to call Kagome", I said rushing to my bedroom. Grandma called for me to come eat breakfast but I wasn't hungry anymore.
Searching the room for my cell I spotted it lying haphazardly on the floor beside my bed. I swiped it off the ground and punched in my password. My eyes glinted when I saw that she had already texted me asking to meet at a cafe in Tokyo. I texted her back to be there in two hours because I still needed to shower and get dressed. I saw mom walking towards the bathroom and rushed passed her, closing and locking the door behind myself.
"Hey! I was about to go I was about to go in there", she exclaimed pounding on the door.
"I've gotta be somewhere in Tokyo in two hours, Mom. Give me like ten minutes and I'll be out I swear", I said back. She grumbled something through the door but I couldn't take it out over the sound of rushing water.
I washed my body, face, and hair all in record time. Kagome deserved to know what Sesshomaru was planning to do and I couldn't hold it to myself for much longer. Blow drying my hair was turning in to the longest task of them all. It had gotten so long that if hung right over my butt when I leaned my head back even a little. My arm was getting tired and I told myself that it could air dry on the way there. My closet was full of winter clothes and not much else. The last place we lived was pretty cold most of the time and I hadn't stocked my wardrobe for Japan's melting heat. Grabbing a baggy pair of denim shorts and a big t-shirt, I flung my clunky tennis shoes on and headed out the door.
"Where are you going so fast", Grandma asked. She and mom were in the living room eating pancakes and eggs in front of the TV.
"I'm going to meet a friend in Tokyo, but I'll be back", I said. I hoped I'd be back anyways. If we decided to go back to the feudal era immediately after our lunch date, I would have to make a really uncomfortable call to my parents.
Before they could say anything else I had grabbed a pancake off the counter and raced outside. There was a bus station a few blocks away and as I sat waiting for it. I could feel my rage building up again. Sesshomaru was trying to use me but I wasn't about to let it happen. We were going to get him before he got us.