Author's note: Argh! I have the worst, unshakable freakin' writer's block
ever! I swear! It just won't go away! It's awful! So this is why this
took so long! Please read it, I really hope you like it! Next chapter,
there might be some classic Inuyasha/Kagome style fluff! And everyone
might meet for the first time! But here we go with chapter two!
Disclaimer: I really don't own Inuyasha. And if you think I do, than you need professional help, seriously. Hee hee hee!
Warning: Language, and Kouga's ego! (EEEEKK! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!)
Destiny and Time Ch.2: Someone's watching me???
The lights above seemed to radiate heat onto Kagome as beaded sweat began to trickle down onto her forehead. Her back ached, shooting small waves of pain into her stiff legs. It had felt like hours since she had begun to decipher the glimmering crystal box that now lay before her. Leaning as far back as she dared on her tiny stool, Kagome sighed gently. The paper next to her was cluttered with her junky cursive writing, telling of certain passages and words that were confusing. The pencil in her hand felt like a shaft of burning wood under her sore fingers. Ugh, I need some aspirin, she thought sluggishly. Glancing up, Kagome caught sight of the clock. The light shone dully of it's glassed surface as it's hands read 8:02. God! It's already eight? Pulling her hands above her, Kagome stretched upwards with a wonderful pull on her sore muscles.
Archeologists around her were milling about, still talking excitedly about the day's discoveries. New artifacts caught Kagome's eyes as she surveyed each with mounting interest. A small, chipped pot showed a scene of a white haired man fighting what looked like a giant snake youkai. In flowing red letters, Kagome quickly translated the caption below it. "False water god." Her eyes next found a ancient set of bow and arrows. They looked worn and used. The crudely carved arrows were covered in nicks and cuts. They look like they've seen battle, Kagome thought absentmindedly. Looking back to the object in front of her, the glittering delicacy seemed to capture her eyes and slow the very beating of her heart. As it's flowing words and shapely carved body shimmered impossibly, the words began to repeat themselves over and over in her mind. (a/n: yeah, ok..I suck at rhyming..Sorry!)
What lies within, A force greater than a mortal's whim. Evil emanates from it's core, Glittering from last, The deception of lovers. Purity must come from within, And renew the fire again. Shikon No Tama...
What could it mean? Kagome wondered for what felt like the thousandth time. Ripping her eyes from the tiny beauty before her, she felt a rippling groan from her stomach. Even archeologists get hungry from time to time, Kagome thought ruefully. Standing up and stretching again, she began walking sleepily towards the staff room. They always have something to eat there, Kagome thought with yet another prolonged yawn. (a/n: arrrgh! I'm yawning just from writing about yawning! It's kinda late..)
Listening to the echoes of her soft steps, Kagome didn't even notice where she was going as her feet guided her surely towards the staff room. The hallway to the right of the gallery seemed to stretch on forever, taunting her sore legs to work harder. Finally reaching the swinging door after what seemed to be an eternity if walking, Kagome pushed the door open. Hearing a strange popping noise, everything around Kagome seemed to strangely go horribly wrong. She suddenly felt her entire body go numb, and a cold vortex seemed to swallow her alive. Her heart slowed, and Kagome struggled to understand. What the hell is going on, why is it so cold? Help me someone, please, I need to breathe! She began to desperately pray as daggers sunk themselves deeper into her burning lungs. As her vision blackened momentarily, the freezing force seemed to rush out of her as quickly as it had consumed her. One thought struck Kagome, sending a jolt through her that seemed to bring her life force back with it. Someone's watching me....
"Kagome? Kagome?! Speak to me!"
A deep voice shattered her returning consciousness, and Kagome seemed to snap back into reality. She found herself laying numbly on the frozen marble floors of the museum staff room. The ceiling lights above seemed to wink gently at her, as if inviting her back into the mysterious void. Her vision swam slightly, yet the strong face of Kouga was clear against. Her lips felt cracked and dry, yet she managed to speak weakly. "K..Kouga?" She felt strong arms wrap around her, and her head lolled sluggishly to the side as someone carried her off the refrigerated floor. Gathering her thoughts slowly, Kagome began to piece together what had just happened. She barely even felt herself fall onto a soft couch. That was no hallucination, I know it was real. Someone was watching me, freezing my very heart with their gaze! Who...who could do such a thing? Why? "Kagome, Kagome answer me! What just happened?"
Pulling herself out of her thoughts, Kagome forced her vision to clear. She found herself laying gently on the squishy old couch in the lounge. A small group of people were gathered around her, keeping a small distance away with frightened looks etched into their faces. Kouga was inches from her face, his icy blue eyes flashing with worry. Registering his proximity in a second, Kagome gasped and pushed herself as far back into the cushions as she could. God! Can he get an closer? Kagome thought angrily. "What happened back there Kagome? Why did you collapse?" Kouga demanded quickly, taking her roughly by the shoulders. Flinching in disgust at his touch, Kagome quickly thought of a convincing lie. How can I tell them that I felt someone freezing me with their gaze? "Um, I must have just tripped.or something..You know I was never the most graceful person in the world!" Kagome said with what she hoped was a mocking tone. Kouga stared at her intensely for a minute or two, but she smiled and held firm. I won't let my face catch me, she thought. Backing away, Kouga adopted an arrogant smirk and laughed shortly.
"Of course. Kagome, I'm sorry, I forgot for a moment that women are weak like that a lot of times. Just be more careful next time, I might not always be around to save you!" Kouga said surely. Feeling a flame of anger spread through her like wild fire, she quieted it quickly. This is your boss, you can't chew him out, Kagome barely assured herself. "Oh, Thanks Kouga." She said coldly. He turned his back, still smiling. Walking out of the room, most of the other people filed out behind him. A couple walked up to the vending machines first, but Kagome quickly sighed in relief. "What an ass..." She mumbled to herself. " Saved me, my ass.."
As th room emptied quickly, Kagome became aware that she was not the only one sitting on the couch. Turning quickly, she found an intense golden gaze scrutinizing her. Sitting on the other end of the couch, the man from before was slouching down with an unreadable expression pressed into his handsome face. She knew she should be pissed, but she instead shot off a question. "Who ARE you?" He turned from her face, closing his eyes with an indifferent "Feh." For a moment, silence deafened her. I could cut the tension here with a freakin' knife! Kagome thought quickly. "Who want 's ta know?" Came a soft but indignant reply. " The president! I do, you jerk!" Kagome snapped quickly, feeling annoyed easily. He opened his eyes, and stared at her again. "Inuyasha Taiko. I discovered this treasure shit, wench." He snapped back quickly. Kagome felt quickly taken aback. This, is the discoverer? Of such an amazing treasure? She thought in wonderment. Watching him silently, Kagome watched curiously as he reached up to tug his worn black beanie back into place. " Hmmm...Inuyasha, huh?" She repeated softly. "What are you doing here?" She asked gently. She knew she was foolish to be this friendly with a stranger, but her curiosity was killing her.
He was silent again for a while, but then replied hastily. "I want to make sure this stuff is taken care of. It belongs to me damn it, and I wont have some greedy archeologists breaking or misplacing any of it!" Inuyasha growled. "GREEDY?" Kagome screeched, jumping up off the couch like lightening. "HOW ARE YOU? WE ARE NOT GREEDY! YOU'RE JUST A JERK!" Kagome raged at the top of her lungs. Inuyasha cringed at her voice, then stood up lazily. "Not so loud wench! They can probably hear you on the other side of the country!" He said with a yawn. Feeling her frustration take hold of her, Kagome turned to storm out. "Arrrgh! You're such a jerk!" Pushing out of the door, she headed straight for her desk, forgetting about her fainting spell, or her sleepiness.
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Watching her storm out, Inuyasha couldn't stop a smirk from playing around his lips. She looks freakishly like Kikyo, Inuyasha thought darkly. Her scent still lingered in the air, and it seemed to assault Inuyasha's senses brutally. Tugging his beanie down again, Inuyasha began to ponder on what had just happened. Once she had opened the door, he felt dazzled by the perfect shine of her gracefully swishing hair. Inuyasha could sense her strange aura beginning to flare even before she fell limply to her knees. Her warm steel eyes seemed to ice over, draining the very light from their expressive colored orbs. He sensed a brilliant flash of her life force, then something else. Something I can't quite put my finger on, Inuyasha thought angrily. Standing and stretching at length, he began to walk toward the door that would lead him back to the main gallery.
In this day and age, demons of any caliber were at thing of public disgust, and ridicule. Most masked their identity very carefully, never letting any but those who could sense it know that they were youkai. InuTaiko, Inuyasha's full demon father, was indeed a powerful business leader, owning several major overseas businesses. Smiling slightly at the thought of his father, Inuyasha remembered him quickly. Inutaiko had died from a fatal wound he received in battle with another youkai, but not before mating with Inuyasha's mortal mother. This left Inuyahsa, of course, a half breed. Inuyasha's older full demon brother, Sesshomaru, now ran the business. Though things had never been decent between him and Sesshomaru, he didn't care. Growing up all over the world, Inuyasha loved adventure and the thrill of battle, leading him to his profession of treasure hunting. By his side hung his mysterious sword, which he never used. The ancient blade was nothing but a rusted over katana, which his father had left to him before he died. Nothing but a fucking rip off, Inuyasha thought angrily.
Pulling himself out of his thoughts, Inuyasha walked back into the all to brilliant glare of the recessed lighting of the main gallery. Doing a quick search of the room, Inuyasha watched two portly old men arguing over the interpretation of a pot's runes. Feeling an icy glare coming his way, Inuyasha quickly put up his defenses and turned. Meeting a pair of icy blue eyes, Inuyasha snorted. Kouga, owner of the museum, was staring him dead in the face. "What do you want?" Inuyasha spat cockily. Kouga leaned forward and hissed his words gently in his face. "I know you were talking alone with Kagome, HANYOU.." He said, making the last word sound like a dirty curse. Instantly stiffening, Inuyasha mentally slapped himself. This guy's a youkai! A wolf youkai at that, he thought quickly. How could I not have noticed? Resuming himself after his light surprise, Inuyasha snarled a reply. " Yeah? And what of it? I don't recall there being a law against talking to people."
As another icy flash passed through Kouga's eyes, Inuyasha smirked in victory. Leaning even closer, Inuyasha could have gagged from Kouga's scent. "Keh!, take a shower you wimpy wolf!" He spat, taking a hasty step back. Kouga's eyes narrowed, and he whispered violently, "Kagome's mine, you filthy half breed. I don't care if you did discover this treasure, She belongs to me." Inuyasha smiled to himself, not letting his amusement penetrate his set face. Out of the corner of his eyes, He watched Kagome yawn, and begin to slowly put away her artifacts in a small floor safe to her right. Standing, she turned to bid someone goodbye, then began to head for the exit. "Yeah?" Inuyasha said slowly. " Well, I can hardly put up with your bullshit. So I doubt she'll be interested." With a final smirk, Inuyahsa strolled away lazily, making for the door. I'm goin' home, I need some sleep anyway. I can't put up his shit, or these pushy archeologists anymore.
Walking out of the huge marble entrance, Inuyasha breathed deeply into the soft night's breeze. Already the heavens were darkened with a syrupy midnight blue color. Small pinpricks of light winked gently at him from above the pastel clouds that were drifting lazily with the breeze. The air was heavy with acrid smells of exhaust and pollution. Flicking his ears underneath the scratchy wool beanie, Inuyasha listened momentarily to the distant sound of ongoing construction. The usually cluttered roads were manageable now, with no really heavy traffic. Shrugging off the museum behind him, Inuyasha began to walk slowly towards the parking lot across the street. Slipping his hands into the deep pockets of his jeans, Inuyasha continued to watch the stars. Rushing past him, the breeze tugged gently at his silver hair. Blowing smoothly around him, Inuyasha froze in his steps as his senses began to go wild. He registered two things before he began to run towards what he felt. Demons, lots of them. And Kagome was with them.
Laying his hand on the hilt of Tetsusaiga, Inuyasha listened confusedly as Kagome's name echoed through his thoughts. "What the hell?!?!"
Author's Note: AAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHH! Guys, I'm so sorry! This is all I could some up with during two weeks! My writers block just won't go away! HELP ME!!!!!! Er, anyway! Thanks a lot for reading the second chapter, and let me know how I'm doing! Review review review please! Thanks, love ya!
Disclaimer: I really don't own Inuyasha. And if you think I do, than you need professional help, seriously. Hee hee hee!
Warning: Language, and Kouga's ego! (EEEEKK! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!)
Destiny and Time Ch.2: Someone's watching me???
The lights above seemed to radiate heat onto Kagome as beaded sweat began to trickle down onto her forehead. Her back ached, shooting small waves of pain into her stiff legs. It had felt like hours since she had begun to decipher the glimmering crystal box that now lay before her. Leaning as far back as she dared on her tiny stool, Kagome sighed gently. The paper next to her was cluttered with her junky cursive writing, telling of certain passages and words that were confusing. The pencil in her hand felt like a shaft of burning wood under her sore fingers. Ugh, I need some aspirin, she thought sluggishly. Glancing up, Kagome caught sight of the clock. The light shone dully of it's glassed surface as it's hands read 8:02. God! It's already eight? Pulling her hands above her, Kagome stretched upwards with a wonderful pull on her sore muscles.
Archeologists around her were milling about, still talking excitedly about the day's discoveries. New artifacts caught Kagome's eyes as she surveyed each with mounting interest. A small, chipped pot showed a scene of a white haired man fighting what looked like a giant snake youkai. In flowing red letters, Kagome quickly translated the caption below it. "False water god." Her eyes next found a ancient set of bow and arrows. They looked worn and used. The crudely carved arrows were covered in nicks and cuts. They look like they've seen battle, Kagome thought absentmindedly. Looking back to the object in front of her, the glittering delicacy seemed to capture her eyes and slow the very beating of her heart. As it's flowing words and shapely carved body shimmered impossibly, the words began to repeat themselves over and over in her mind. (a/n: yeah, ok..I suck at rhyming..Sorry!)
What lies within, A force greater than a mortal's whim. Evil emanates from it's core, Glittering from last, The deception of lovers. Purity must come from within, And renew the fire again. Shikon No Tama...
What could it mean? Kagome wondered for what felt like the thousandth time. Ripping her eyes from the tiny beauty before her, she felt a rippling groan from her stomach. Even archeologists get hungry from time to time, Kagome thought ruefully. Standing up and stretching again, she began walking sleepily towards the staff room. They always have something to eat there, Kagome thought with yet another prolonged yawn. (a/n: arrrgh! I'm yawning just from writing about yawning! It's kinda late..)
Listening to the echoes of her soft steps, Kagome didn't even notice where she was going as her feet guided her surely towards the staff room. The hallway to the right of the gallery seemed to stretch on forever, taunting her sore legs to work harder. Finally reaching the swinging door after what seemed to be an eternity if walking, Kagome pushed the door open. Hearing a strange popping noise, everything around Kagome seemed to strangely go horribly wrong. She suddenly felt her entire body go numb, and a cold vortex seemed to swallow her alive. Her heart slowed, and Kagome struggled to understand. What the hell is going on, why is it so cold? Help me someone, please, I need to breathe! She began to desperately pray as daggers sunk themselves deeper into her burning lungs. As her vision blackened momentarily, the freezing force seemed to rush out of her as quickly as it had consumed her. One thought struck Kagome, sending a jolt through her that seemed to bring her life force back with it. Someone's watching me....
"Kagome? Kagome?! Speak to me!"
A deep voice shattered her returning consciousness, and Kagome seemed to snap back into reality. She found herself laying numbly on the frozen marble floors of the museum staff room. The ceiling lights above seemed to wink gently at her, as if inviting her back into the mysterious void. Her vision swam slightly, yet the strong face of Kouga was clear against. Her lips felt cracked and dry, yet she managed to speak weakly. "K..Kouga?" She felt strong arms wrap around her, and her head lolled sluggishly to the side as someone carried her off the refrigerated floor. Gathering her thoughts slowly, Kagome began to piece together what had just happened. She barely even felt herself fall onto a soft couch. That was no hallucination, I know it was real. Someone was watching me, freezing my very heart with their gaze! Who...who could do such a thing? Why? "Kagome, Kagome answer me! What just happened?"
Pulling herself out of her thoughts, Kagome forced her vision to clear. She found herself laying gently on the squishy old couch in the lounge. A small group of people were gathered around her, keeping a small distance away with frightened looks etched into their faces. Kouga was inches from her face, his icy blue eyes flashing with worry. Registering his proximity in a second, Kagome gasped and pushed herself as far back into the cushions as she could. God! Can he get an closer? Kagome thought angrily. "What happened back there Kagome? Why did you collapse?" Kouga demanded quickly, taking her roughly by the shoulders. Flinching in disgust at his touch, Kagome quickly thought of a convincing lie. How can I tell them that I felt someone freezing me with their gaze? "Um, I must have just tripped.or something..You know I was never the most graceful person in the world!" Kagome said with what she hoped was a mocking tone. Kouga stared at her intensely for a minute or two, but she smiled and held firm. I won't let my face catch me, she thought. Backing away, Kouga adopted an arrogant smirk and laughed shortly.
"Of course. Kagome, I'm sorry, I forgot for a moment that women are weak like that a lot of times. Just be more careful next time, I might not always be around to save you!" Kouga said surely. Feeling a flame of anger spread through her like wild fire, she quieted it quickly. This is your boss, you can't chew him out, Kagome barely assured herself. "Oh, Thanks Kouga." She said coldly. He turned his back, still smiling. Walking out of the room, most of the other people filed out behind him. A couple walked up to the vending machines first, but Kagome quickly sighed in relief. "What an ass..." She mumbled to herself. " Saved me, my ass.."
As th room emptied quickly, Kagome became aware that she was not the only one sitting on the couch. Turning quickly, she found an intense golden gaze scrutinizing her. Sitting on the other end of the couch, the man from before was slouching down with an unreadable expression pressed into his handsome face. She knew she should be pissed, but she instead shot off a question. "Who ARE you?" He turned from her face, closing his eyes with an indifferent "Feh." For a moment, silence deafened her. I could cut the tension here with a freakin' knife! Kagome thought quickly. "Who want 's ta know?" Came a soft but indignant reply. " The president! I do, you jerk!" Kagome snapped quickly, feeling annoyed easily. He opened his eyes, and stared at her again. "Inuyasha Taiko. I discovered this treasure shit, wench." He snapped back quickly. Kagome felt quickly taken aback. This, is the discoverer? Of such an amazing treasure? She thought in wonderment. Watching him silently, Kagome watched curiously as he reached up to tug his worn black beanie back into place. " Hmmm...Inuyasha, huh?" She repeated softly. "What are you doing here?" She asked gently. She knew she was foolish to be this friendly with a stranger, but her curiosity was killing her.
He was silent again for a while, but then replied hastily. "I want to make sure this stuff is taken care of. It belongs to me damn it, and I wont have some greedy archeologists breaking or misplacing any of it!" Inuyasha growled. "GREEDY?" Kagome screeched, jumping up off the couch like lightening. "HOW ARE YOU? WE ARE NOT GREEDY! YOU'RE JUST A JERK!" Kagome raged at the top of her lungs. Inuyasha cringed at her voice, then stood up lazily. "Not so loud wench! They can probably hear you on the other side of the country!" He said with a yawn. Feeling her frustration take hold of her, Kagome turned to storm out. "Arrrgh! You're such a jerk!" Pushing out of the door, she headed straight for her desk, forgetting about her fainting spell, or her sleepiness.
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Watching her storm out, Inuyasha couldn't stop a smirk from playing around his lips. She looks freakishly like Kikyo, Inuyasha thought darkly. Her scent still lingered in the air, and it seemed to assault Inuyasha's senses brutally. Tugging his beanie down again, Inuyasha began to ponder on what had just happened. Once she had opened the door, he felt dazzled by the perfect shine of her gracefully swishing hair. Inuyasha could sense her strange aura beginning to flare even before she fell limply to her knees. Her warm steel eyes seemed to ice over, draining the very light from their expressive colored orbs. He sensed a brilliant flash of her life force, then something else. Something I can't quite put my finger on, Inuyasha thought angrily. Standing and stretching at length, he began to walk toward the door that would lead him back to the main gallery.
In this day and age, demons of any caliber were at thing of public disgust, and ridicule. Most masked their identity very carefully, never letting any but those who could sense it know that they were youkai. InuTaiko, Inuyasha's full demon father, was indeed a powerful business leader, owning several major overseas businesses. Smiling slightly at the thought of his father, Inuyasha remembered him quickly. Inutaiko had died from a fatal wound he received in battle with another youkai, but not before mating with Inuyasha's mortal mother. This left Inuyahsa, of course, a half breed. Inuyasha's older full demon brother, Sesshomaru, now ran the business. Though things had never been decent between him and Sesshomaru, he didn't care. Growing up all over the world, Inuyasha loved adventure and the thrill of battle, leading him to his profession of treasure hunting. By his side hung his mysterious sword, which he never used. The ancient blade was nothing but a rusted over katana, which his father had left to him before he died. Nothing but a fucking rip off, Inuyasha thought angrily.
Pulling himself out of his thoughts, Inuyasha walked back into the all to brilliant glare of the recessed lighting of the main gallery. Doing a quick search of the room, Inuyasha watched two portly old men arguing over the interpretation of a pot's runes. Feeling an icy glare coming his way, Inuyasha quickly put up his defenses and turned. Meeting a pair of icy blue eyes, Inuyasha snorted. Kouga, owner of the museum, was staring him dead in the face. "What do you want?" Inuyasha spat cockily. Kouga leaned forward and hissed his words gently in his face. "I know you were talking alone with Kagome, HANYOU.." He said, making the last word sound like a dirty curse. Instantly stiffening, Inuyasha mentally slapped himself. This guy's a youkai! A wolf youkai at that, he thought quickly. How could I not have noticed? Resuming himself after his light surprise, Inuyasha snarled a reply. " Yeah? And what of it? I don't recall there being a law against talking to people."
As another icy flash passed through Kouga's eyes, Inuyasha smirked in victory. Leaning even closer, Inuyasha could have gagged from Kouga's scent. "Keh!, take a shower you wimpy wolf!" He spat, taking a hasty step back. Kouga's eyes narrowed, and he whispered violently, "Kagome's mine, you filthy half breed. I don't care if you did discover this treasure, She belongs to me." Inuyasha smiled to himself, not letting his amusement penetrate his set face. Out of the corner of his eyes, He watched Kagome yawn, and begin to slowly put away her artifacts in a small floor safe to her right. Standing, she turned to bid someone goodbye, then began to head for the exit. "Yeah?" Inuyasha said slowly. " Well, I can hardly put up with your bullshit. So I doubt she'll be interested." With a final smirk, Inuyahsa strolled away lazily, making for the door. I'm goin' home, I need some sleep anyway. I can't put up his shit, or these pushy archeologists anymore.
Walking out of the huge marble entrance, Inuyasha breathed deeply into the soft night's breeze. Already the heavens were darkened with a syrupy midnight blue color. Small pinpricks of light winked gently at him from above the pastel clouds that were drifting lazily with the breeze. The air was heavy with acrid smells of exhaust and pollution. Flicking his ears underneath the scratchy wool beanie, Inuyasha listened momentarily to the distant sound of ongoing construction. The usually cluttered roads were manageable now, with no really heavy traffic. Shrugging off the museum behind him, Inuyasha began to walk slowly towards the parking lot across the street. Slipping his hands into the deep pockets of his jeans, Inuyasha continued to watch the stars. Rushing past him, the breeze tugged gently at his silver hair. Blowing smoothly around him, Inuyasha froze in his steps as his senses began to go wild. He registered two things before he began to run towards what he felt. Demons, lots of them. And Kagome was with them.
Laying his hand on the hilt of Tetsusaiga, Inuyasha listened confusedly as Kagome's name echoed through his thoughts. "What the hell?!?!"
Author's Note: AAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHH! Guys, I'm so sorry! This is all I could some up with during two weeks! My writers block just won't go away! HELP ME!!!!!! Er, anyway! Thanks a lot for reading the second chapter, and let me know how I'm doing! Review review review please! Thanks, love ya!