Kagome's Wish
Chapter 16: The Brink of Normality
By: inuyshasgirl789
She just stood there. That was the best way to describe it. She just stood there. Staring. Thinking. Wondering.
It wasn't like she was scared to ring the doorbell. Oh no, of course not. She was terrified. She tried to believe that they were nothing special. 'They' being him and her. But every part of her, even the logical side, told her that they were just more than something special.
Perfect beautiful Sunday.
Birds tweeting in the air.
Cars driving down the street.
That's normal.
But what has happened to her recently, was anything but normal. Her heartbeat right now was anything but normal too. And most of all, her feelings right now were anything but normal. It seems like normal for her went through the drain.
She continued staring.
It wasn't like she could ring the doorbell without giving herself a hernia.
Suddenly, the door opened, revealing a surprised Inuyasha.
"Kagome, why didn't you ring the doorbell?"
She quickly made up a lie. "I just got here."
"Oh. How are you feeling?"
Kagome waved her hand around in a carefree manner. "Oh you know.everything's okay." 'but definitely not normal!' Then it hit her. "How'd you know I was at the door?"
"Hunch," Inuyasha replied mysteriously, as he opened the door wider.
Kagome shrugged and took off her shoes as she went inside. If Inuyasha didn't feel like answering, then she didn't feel like asking any further. "What did you ask me to come here for?" she questioned, as she walked inside and looked around in his house. It was sure bigger than her shrine! That's for sure.
"Someone wanted to see you," Inuyasha mumbled as a frown graced his face. "I don't think you'll be happy to see him, because I sure hell wasn't ecstatic. But there's something you need to know."
"Who is it?" Kagome asked, thoroughly baffled at this point.
"You'll see."
Raising an eyebrow, Kagome followed Inuyasha through his house as she glanced at all the expensive furniture. Never thought Mr.I-Walk-To-School- Because-I'm-Poor would actually be partially wealthy.
Inuyasha stopped at a pair of closed mahogany doors and glanced back at Kagome. "He's in here," he warned as he put two hands on the door handles. Pushing in, it made a creaking sound and Kagome opened her mouth in awe when the doors revealed a huge study room with a fireplace at the other end. The fire wasn't flaring, that's for sure, for it was a sunny day outside.
"Where is he?" Kagome asked Inuyasha, who was behind her with a scowl deep in his face. She couldn't see anybody that was visible to her eye right now.
"I believe that you'll be talking about me," a mysterious voice rang through the empty room, and Kagome glanced over at where the voice had come from. It was from an armchair that had it's back turned towards the girl. "It's funny meeting you again, but I expected that I would eventually," the voice continued.
Kagome looked bewildered as she somewhat remembered hearing that cool, deep voice somewhere. That was when the stranger decided to stand up from his position and Kagome gasped when she saw the head of white. When the man turned around and fixed his golden eyes upon her, Kagome finally got a good look at him.
It was the guy who had kidnapped her; Inuyasha's half brother.
In a lot of ways, this tall, scary-looking man reminded her of a much more stoic and composed Inuyasha. He didn't have the warm glint in his eyes that Inuyasha had, and he certainly looked more sophisticated and powerful than the mere teenage boy that was standing behind her.
Speaking of Inuyasha, the mentioned was cracking his knuckles as he gave out a 'keh!' and looked away from the scene.
"You're.you are." Kagome mumbled as she tried to remember his name.
"Sesshoumaru," the man offered, as he slowly made his way towards the shocked Kagome.
"Yea.you're the guy who kidnapped me. You're Inuyasha's half brother." Kagome muttered as she looked behind to see Inuyasha's expressions. Inuyasha looked highly annoyed and he snorted as he continued to gaze out the window.
"He personally doesn't consider me his brother. He doesn't really consider me his half-brother either. I'm more of a stranger to him," Sesshoumaru coolly explained as he looked emotionlessly over at Inuyasha, who snorted once again.
Kagome looked half-confused and half-scared as she continued observing the man, who was a few feet before her now. Questions ran through her mind like a mad house, and signals rang off in her mind as she felt herself stare at the golden eyes of her ex-kidnapper. Instincts told her to get her tail out of here, Inuyasha or no Inuyasha, for this was a dangerous man if he had kidnapped her. But then, her feet wouldn't listen to her impulse and they stayed planted onto the carpeted ground as she continued gazing at the tall man. "Why?" was all she could get out of her mouth.
Sesshoumaru raised a questioning eyebrow. "I suppose you're asking me why I kidnapped you, am I correct?" he asked, as he slowly looked from Kagome to Inuyasha, to Inuyasha to Kagome.
"No, she's asking you why you wear makeup," Inuyasha sarcastically answered, but was promptly shut up when Sesshoumaru sent him a cold, icy death glare.
"If you really want to know the reason I did that crime upon you, then here," Sesshoumaru offered as he suddenly called out 'Rin! Come here!' .
Kagome watched as a little girl about ten poked her head from the huge doors on the other side of the room where Inuyasha and Kagome had entered. The little kid looked around nervously, as if not really use to such a house. But when she eyed Sesshoumaru, she happily ran over to him, smiling and showing her missing teeth. "Daddy! Daddy!" she cried in cheerfulness, and jumped into his waiting arms.
"Meet my daughter, Rin," Sesshomaru calmly greeted, as the mentioned looked down at Kagome from her father's tall hold.
"Hi! You must be Aunty Kagome. Inuyasha has told Rin lots about you!" Rin gleefully welcomed, as she waved down at a thoroughly surprised Kagome.
"Inuyasha has been telling you lots about me?" Kagome asked, astonishment washing over her eyes. She turned around to see Inuyasha shooting Rin a 'Be quiet!' look. She raised an interested eyebrow. "Do tell."
Rin jumped around in her father's arms as she pointed over at a perfectly red imitation of a tomato---in other words, Inuyasha. "He said you were really pretty, and that you were really nice, and that Rin could call you Aunty Kagome, but only when he and you---" Rin was cut off as Inuyasha in his horror, practically pounced on Sesshoumaru and Rin.
"That was suppose to be a secret, Rin!" Inuyasha growled out, when Rin had been released from Sesshoumaru's hold and was standing on the ground.
Rin looked confused. "But you did say that Rin can call her Aunty Kagome when you both---" Inuyasha muffled any further talk from the little girl, as he looked at Sesshoumaru for help.
The older man just looked amused.
"Rin, go find mommy. Inuyasha, follow her and look after her," Sesshoumaru ordered, as he gently pushed his daughter towards the door.
Inuyasha looked livid. "Why not tell that little toad servant of yours to look after her? Or tell Kagura to look after her own daughter!" Inuyasha asked as he crossed his arms in anger.
"She's your niece. You have to be nice to your niece. Anyway, I suppose you should get out of this room.unless you want further questioning," Sesshoumaru stated in amusement, as he watched Kagome's eye twitch.
Inuyasha caught the drift and without looking behind to see Kagome's face, he quickly ran after Rin who thought that they were playing another game of Hide-and-Seek. The door closed behind them and then there was silence.
Kagome was the first to break the silence. "What did Rin mean?" she asked, her hands clenching and unclenching nervously behind her back.
Sesshoumaru gave her a dry look.
"Okay.nevermind." Kagome whispered as she let out a breath she had been holding in. "Anyway, what did you need to tell me about Rin?"
Sesshoumaru looked out the window, in his own little world. "Have you heard of the little girl who was kidnapped about a week ago, right here in this town?" Sesshoumaru asked, as he watched the sunlight filter into the partially dark room. The light danced upon the two people's faces, while Kagome looked thoughtful.
A sudden remembrance of seeing a notice on the news of a missing prestigious girl who had been kidnapped, flashed through her mind. The little girl had been the daughter of two famous people in Japan; the powerful business man of the Inu Corporation in Kyoto, and the prominent model called Kagura who was the absolute most famed beautiful woman in Japan.
Kagome opened her mouth. "You're the head of the Inu Corporation?! And your wife is Kagura, the model?! Rin was the little girl who was kidnapped?!" Kagome gasped as if out of breath.
"You're correct," Sesshoumaru answered, a somewhat sloppy smile on his face at her astonished expressions.
Kagome felt like fanning her face. She had been kidnapped by a powerful figure and most of all, Inuyasha was his brother! This was just not normal. Nothing could be normal again!
"I need air," Kagome muttered.
Sesshoumaru ignored this as he continued on with his story. "I found out through my resources that Naraku, a dangerous man had kidnapped her. Though why, I had never figured out. Until of course, I realized that Inuyasha was caught up in Naraku's web, thanks to you, and I didn't know what to do. A 'ransom note' came like I had suspected, although Naraku didn't ask for money. He ordered me to kidnap you, and if I succeeded, he would give Rin back to Kagura and I. I didn't tell Kagura, because I knew she was already worrying, but I knew I couldn't sic the police on Naraku, because my daughter's life was on the line. That is why I had to go through with his plan and kidnap you. I thoroughly apologize for putting your life on the line though."
Kagome rubbed her forehead. Normal can never be a part of her life as long as she lived. Getting on Kikyou's bad side certainly had its downsides. Especially when it affected the people around her.
"I forgive you." Kagome muttered. "After all.you were only trying to save your daughter." She stopped to think about the situation. "You just kidnapped me because you were ordered to do so, for Naraku had kidnapped Rin, and so you had to kidnap too." Kagome pondered about what she had just said.
Sesshoumaru nodded carefully. "The police don't know that I had committed a crime by kidnapping you. They just assumed that Naraku had kidnapped Rin for ransom. So hopefully, you won't tell them anything about me."
Kagome nodded. "Of course I won't tell."
Sesshoumaru looked relieved for a moment, but quickly retained his composed look. "I'm glad the culprit is locked behind bars. But I want to ask, what happened to that man's cousin?" Sesshoumaru questioned, since he didn't exactly know the whole story of what had happened. He didn't want to believe the story of how Kagome was found in a box under a bridge that the news people had made up.
"Cousin?" Kagome asked.
"Yes. Naraku's cousin.Kikyou."
*~*~*
Inuyasha was watching an interesting action movie on TV when he felt someone else occupy the couch he was laying on. Glancing away from the screen, he saw a rather grim Kagome residing on the other side, clenching and unclenching her knuckles.
"What's wrong?" Inuyasha asked in a untroubled manner, the incident with Rin totally forgotten for now.
"Did you ever figure out why Naraku knew Kikyou and me? Did you ever wonder why he made you.choose.?" Kagome asked carefully, as she gazed over at the golden eyes of Inuyasha.
Inuyasha's interest in the TV was lost to the wind when he locked eye contact with blue eyes. "No.that's kind of funny. Why did he want me to choose?" Inuyasha asked, as he continued to glance at Kagome.
"Can you tell me Inuyasha.did you know Kikyou well?" Kagome questioned as she clutched at the coach.
"Well.I kind of you know.liked her a bit. She was a friend, I didn't know her too much, but I trusted her. I never wanted her to be mixed in all of this. She didn't deserve to you know.die in the river. They never found her body. It's a miracle we survived, but you know, in truth, I kind of feel bad that I caused one of my friends to you know.die."
Kagome looked more dismal. 'I can't break it to him.he still thinks she was innocent. I can't tell him that one of the people he trusted betrayed him.' She broke the eye contact and looked at the ground.
Inuyasha frowned. "Why did you ask me that?"
Kagome shook her head. "No reason."
Inuyasha had on a rather cheeky, boyish grin. "What? Are you jealous that I liked her?" he asked, as he leaned more towards her.
Kagome blinked her eyes wide open. "Of course not! But that reminds me, what have you been telling Rin?"
Inuyasha's happy grin faltered when she asked him that. He instantly began to turn a cherry red as he backed away from her, looking like she had just asked him the forbidden question. "I told her nothing. She made it all up!"
Kagome narrowed her eyes as she slowly crawled over to his side. "If she made it all up, then I assume you wouldn't have suddenly leapt onto Rin and Sesshoumaru and told her it was suppose to be a secret. Come on Inuyasha. You don't tell people that you like me unless there was a motive behind it. I'm not that dim-witted!"
Inuyasha swallowed hard as he felt her slowly pull in towards his flustered mind. His hands started sweating as she advanced upon him, her eyes demanding an answer. His heart was beating itself out of his ribcage, and his nervous eyes were trying to break the eye contact that Kagome and he had. Fear assaulted his senses as he realized that he had no escape. He had to tell.
Suddenly, he felt his whole body relax as he realized the truth. What had he to be scared of? She was leaning her face mere inches away from his, him with his back on the armrest and her with her two hands on either side of his waist to hold her up. If that wasn't enough motivation for him to tell her.then he wasn't sure what would be.
"Well? Explain," Kagome demanded as she was unaware of their close distance.
Inuyasha smiled lightly. "You want a real answer?" he asked, a suspicious glint sparkling in his eyes.
Kagome hesitated for a moment. She was suddenly aware of their positions, which mind you, wasn't innocent at the least, and her hands suddenly felt weak on both sides of his waist. What had she been thinking to progress upon him in this kind of situation? And what was that scary glint in his eyes? She couldn't bring herself away from him though, his eyes having a strange hold on all of her senses. It was now or never.
"Yes," she answered as bravely as she could, but it came out as more of a squeak.
That was all the motivation he needed, as he suddenly closed the distance between Kagome and his lips. He hadn't really meant to kiss her so abruptly, but how he had gotten the bravery to do that, it would always be an unsolved mystery to him. But all that really mattered and ran through his mind right now, was that he could feel her saccharine lips against his own.
It wasn't a passion-filled kiss complete with tongue exercise, but it was a chaste and sweet one that had their lips touching lightly with one another. It was a simple action, but it had so much meaning to it.
Kagome could feel her arm muscles go lax as she felt the warmness on her lips, his scent overwhelming her entire body. Her whole body was as stiff as a board, but she could feel the electricity that ran through her veins at an overpowering speed. Her eyes were open, while his were closed, and she didn't dare breathe. Was this a dream? Did Inuyasha actually kiss her?
No.this wasn't a dream.
This was reality.
Just as she was about to close her eyes and relax to respond, Inuyasha pulled away and made her fall back against the couch, a bewildered look on her face. She looked up at him with pain-filled eyes as she wondered what he was trying to do. First he kissed her unceremoniously, and now he just pulls away?!
He had his eyes closed tight as he turned away from her, his fists closed tightly against his side.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to do that to you."
"Inuyasha."
He turned around to meet his gaze with her's when he heard her whisper, and Kagome could see some sort of conflict within them. They looked clouded, guilty and most of all, sorrowful. "I just."
Kagome could feel her eyes tearing as she tried to yell out what her mind was trying to say. But her mouth wouldn't open as she continued staring up at him, her heart painfully flinching.
"I hadn't meant to kiss you. I just thought I would tease you.but. I'm really sorry, Kagome."
He was about to walk out the door, but a hand caught his wrist before he had time.
Kagome pulled herself up from the couch using Inuyasha's wrist, and she whirled him around to look at her. Tears threatened to make their way down her cheeks, as she gazed fiercely into his eyes. "You idiot. So you're telling me you never wanted to kiss me!?" she hissed, as she used her other hand to grab onto his shirt sleeve.
Inuyasha looked shock. "Of course not. I just thought you wouldn't want me to kiss you or you wouldn't want to kiss me, but I.I always wanted to kiss you."
Kagome tip-toed up and gently, but firmly planted her lips on Inuyasha. Tears ran down her cheeks the moment she closed her eyes, and the salty substance dropped a single crystal tear onto the ground. Inuyasha was shocked, but Kagome quickly pulled away.
"Don't put words in my mouth, baka. There's no one I'll rather kiss than you!" Kagome yelled in his face, before burying her head in his chest, the tears soaking into his shirt material.
Inuyasha looked more surprised than ever at her words, but his eyes softened as he lightly put his arms around the crying girl, his heart gently going out for her as he felt her hiccup.
Pulling away from his chest, Kagome glared up at him through red eyes. "You expect to take my first kiss and then just walk out on me? You're such an idiot." she whispered, as she buried her head back against his chest. 'At least there was one thing normal about today.'
"I'm sorry," he whispered quietly, almost crushing her in the hug as he closed his eyes tight. "There's just.so much I want to tell you."
Kagome almost choked as she felt him loosen her from his embrace, allowing her to gasp in breaths. "Like what?" she asked, panting as she tried to look up to his eyes.
Inuyasha looked down suddenly and they locked eye contact for the thousandth time that day. Kagome almost gasped in surprise when she saw all the passion and emotions in them.so many words that he would never admit to her.
"Like the fact that.I love you, Kagome."
Chapter 16: The Brink of Normality
By: inuyshasgirl789
She just stood there. That was the best way to describe it. She just stood there. Staring. Thinking. Wondering.
It wasn't like she was scared to ring the doorbell. Oh no, of course not. She was terrified. She tried to believe that they were nothing special. 'They' being him and her. But every part of her, even the logical side, told her that they were just more than something special.
Perfect beautiful Sunday.
Birds tweeting in the air.
Cars driving down the street.
That's normal.
But what has happened to her recently, was anything but normal. Her heartbeat right now was anything but normal too. And most of all, her feelings right now were anything but normal. It seems like normal for her went through the drain.
She continued staring.
It wasn't like she could ring the doorbell without giving herself a hernia.
Suddenly, the door opened, revealing a surprised Inuyasha.
"Kagome, why didn't you ring the doorbell?"
She quickly made up a lie. "I just got here."
"Oh. How are you feeling?"
Kagome waved her hand around in a carefree manner. "Oh you know.everything's okay." 'but definitely not normal!' Then it hit her. "How'd you know I was at the door?"
"Hunch," Inuyasha replied mysteriously, as he opened the door wider.
Kagome shrugged and took off her shoes as she went inside. If Inuyasha didn't feel like answering, then she didn't feel like asking any further. "What did you ask me to come here for?" she questioned, as she walked inside and looked around in his house. It was sure bigger than her shrine! That's for sure.
"Someone wanted to see you," Inuyasha mumbled as a frown graced his face. "I don't think you'll be happy to see him, because I sure hell wasn't ecstatic. But there's something you need to know."
"Who is it?" Kagome asked, thoroughly baffled at this point.
"You'll see."
Raising an eyebrow, Kagome followed Inuyasha through his house as she glanced at all the expensive furniture. Never thought Mr.I-Walk-To-School- Because-I'm-Poor would actually be partially wealthy.
Inuyasha stopped at a pair of closed mahogany doors and glanced back at Kagome. "He's in here," he warned as he put two hands on the door handles. Pushing in, it made a creaking sound and Kagome opened her mouth in awe when the doors revealed a huge study room with a fireplace at the other end. The fire wasn't flaring, that's for sure, for it was a sunny day outside.
"Where is he?" Kagome asked Inuyasha, who was behind her with a scowl deep in his face. She couldn't see anybody that was visible to her eye right now.
"I believe that you'll be talking about me," a mysterious voice rang through the empty room, and Kagome glanced over at where the voice had come from. It was from an armchair that had it's back turned towards the girl. "It's funny meeting you again, but I expected that I would eventually," the voice continued.
Kagome looked bewildered as she somewhat remembered hearing that cool, deep voice somewhere. That was when the stranger decided to stand up from his position and Kagome gasped when she saw the head of white. When the man turned around and fixed his golden eyes upon her, Kagome finally got a good look at him.
It was the guy who had kidnapped her; Inuyasha's half brother.
In a lot of ways, this tall, scary-looking man reminded her of a much more stoic and composed Inuyasha. He didn't have the warm glint in his eyes that Inuyasha had, and he certainly looked more sophisticated and powerful than the mere teenage boy that was standing behind her.
Speaking of Inuyasha, the mentioned was cracking his knuckles as he gave out a 'keh!' and looked away from the scene.
"You're.you are." Kagome mumbled as she tried to remember his name.
"Sesshoumaru," the man offered, as he slowly made his way towards the shocked Kagome.
"Yea.you're the guy who kidnapped me. You're Inuyasha's half brother." Kagome muttered as she looked behind to see Inuyasha's expressions. Inuyasha looked highly annoyed and he snorted as he continued to gaze out the window.
"He personally doesn't consider me his brother. He doesn't really consider me his half-brother either. I'm more of a stranger to him," Sesshoumaru coolly explained as he looked emotionlessly over at Inuyasha, who snorted once again.
Kagome looked half-confused and half-scared as she continued observing the man, who was a few feet before her now. Questions ran through her mind like a mad house, and signals rang off in her mind as she felt herself stare at the golden eyes of her ex-kidnapper. Instincts told her to get her tail out of here, Inuyasha or no Inuyasha, for this was a dangerous man if he had kidnapped her. But then, her feet wouldn't listen to her impulse and they stayed planted onto the carpeted ground as she continued gazing at the tall man. "Why?" was all she could get out of her mouth.
Sesshoumaru raised a questioning eyebrow. "I suppose you're asking me why I kidnapped you, am I correct?" he asked, as he slowly looked from Kagome to Inuyasha, to Inuyasha to Kagome.
"No, she's asking you why you wear makeup," Inuyasha sarcastically answered, but was promptly shut up when Sesshoumaru sent him a cold, icy death glare.
"If you really want to know the reason I did that crime upon you, then here," Sesshoumaru offered as he suddenly called out 'Rin! Come here!' .
Kagome watched as a little girl about ten poked her head from the huge doors on the other side of the room where Inuyasha and Kagome had entered. The little kid looked around nervously, as if not really use to such a house. But when she eyed Sesshoumaru, she happily ran over to him, smiling and showing her missing teeth. "Daddy! Daddy!" she cried in cheerfulness, and jumped into his waiting arms.
"Meet my daughter, Rin," Sesshomaru calmly greeted, as the mentioned looked down at Kagome from her father's tall hold.
"Hi! You must be Aunty Kagome. Inuyasha has told Rin lots about you!" Rin gleefully welcomed, as she waved down at a thoroughly surprised Kagome.
"Inuyasha has been telling you lots about me?" Kagome asked, astonishment washing over her eyes. She turned around to see Inuyasha shooting Rin a 'Be quiet!' look. She raised an interested eyebrow. "Do tell."
Rin jumped around in her father's arms as she pointed over at a perfectly red imitation of a tomato---in other words, Inuyasha. "He said you were really pretty, and that you were really nice, and that Rin could call you Aunty Kagome, but only when he and you---" Rin was cut off as Inuyasha in his horror, practically pounced on Sesshoumaru and Rin.
"That was suppose to be a secret, Rin!" Inuyasha growled out, when Rin had been released from Sesshoumaru's hold and was standing on the ground.
Rin looked confused. "But you did say that Rin can call her Aunty Kagome when you both---" Inuyasha muffled any further talk from the little girl, as he looked at Sesshoumaru for help.
The older man just looked amused.
"Rin, go find mommy. Inuyasha, follow her and look after her," Sesshoumaru ordered, as he gently pushed his daughter towards the door.
Inuyasha looked livid. "Why not tell that little toad servant of yours to look after her? Or tell Kagura to look after her own daughter!" Inuyasha asked as he crossed his arms in anger.
"She's your niece. You have to be nice to your niece. Anyway, I suppose you should get out of this room.unless you want further questioning," Sesshoumaru stated in amusement, as he watched Kagome's eye twitch.
Inuyasha caught the drift and without looking behind to see Kagome's face, he quickly ran after Rin who thought that they were playing another game of Hide-and-Seek. The door closed behind them and then there was silence.
Kagome was the first to break the silence. "What did Rin mean?" she asked, her hands clenching and unclenching nervously behind her back.
Sesshoumaru gave her a dry look.
"Okay.nevermind." Kagome whispered as she let out a breath she had been holding in. "Anyway, what did you need to tell me about Rin?"
Sesshoumaru looked out the window, in his own little world. "Have you heard of the little girl who was kidnapped about a week ago, right here in this town?" Sesshoumaru asked, as he watched the sunlight filter into the partially dark room. The light danced upon the two people's faces, while Kagome looked thoughtful.
A sudden remembrance of seeing a notice on the news of a missing prestigious girl who had been kidnapped, flashed through her mind. The little girl had been the daughter of two famous people in Japan; the powerful business man of the Inu Corporation in Kyoto, and the prominent model called Kagura who was the absolute most famed beautiful woman in Japan.
Kagome opened her mouth. "You're the head of the Inu Corporation?! And your wife is Kagura, the model?! Rin was the little girl who was kidnapped?!" Kagome gasped as if out of breath.
"You're correct," Sesshoumaru answered, a somewhat sloppy smile on his face at her astonished expressions.
Kagome felt like fanning her face. She had been kidnapped by a powerful figure and most of all, Inuyasha was his brother! This was just not normal. Nothing could be normal again!
"I need air," Kagome muttered.
Sesshoumaru ignored this as he continued on with his story. "I found out through my resources that Naraku, a dangerous man had kidnapped her. Though why, I had never figured out. Until of course, I realized that Inuyasha was caught up in Naraku's web, thanks to you, and I didn't know what to do. A 'ransom note' came like I had suspected, although Naraku didn't ask for money. He ordered me to kidnap you, and if I succeeded, he would give Rin back to Kagura and I. I didn't tell Kagura, because I knew she was already worrying, but I knew I couldn't sic the police on Naraku, because my daughter's life was on the line. That is why I had to go through with his plan and kidnap you. I thoroughly apologize for putting your life on the line though."
Kagome rubbed her forehead. Normal can never be a part of her life as long as she lived. Getting on Kikyou's bad side certainly had its downsides. Especially when it affected the people around her.
"I forgive you." Kagome muttered. "After all.you were only trying to save your daughter." She stopped to think about the situation. "You just kidnapped me because you were ordered to do so, for Naraku had kidnapped Rin, and so you had to kidnap too." Kagome pondered about what she had just said.
Sesshoumaru nodded carefully. "The police don't know that I had committed a crime by kidnapping you. They just assumed that Naraku had kidnapped Rin for ransom. So hopefully, you won't tell them anything about me."
Kagome nodded. "Of course I won't tell."
Sesshoumaru looked relieved for a moment, but quickly retained his composed look. "I'm glad the culprit is locked behind bars. But I want to ask, what happened to that man's cousin?" Sesshoumaru questioned, since he didn't exactly know the whole story of what had happened. He didn't want to believe the story of how Kagome was found in a box under a bridge that the news people had made up.
"Cousin?" Kagome asked.
"Yes. Naraku's cousin.Kikyou."
*~*~*
Inuyasha was watching an interesting action movie on TV when he felt someone else occupy the couch he was laying on. Glancing away from the screen, he saw a rather grim Kagome residing on the other side, clenching and unclenching her knuckles.
"What's wrong?" Inuyasha asked in a untroubled manner, the incident with Rin totally forgotten for now.
"Did you ever figure out why Naraku knew Kikyou and me? Did you ever wonder why he made you.choose.?" Kagome asked carefully, as she gazed over at the golden eyes of Inuyasha.
Inuyasha's interest in the TV was lost to the wind when he locked eye contact with blue eyes. "No.that's kind of funny. Why did he want me to choose?" Inuyasha asked, as he continued to glance at Kagome.
"Can you tell me Inuyasha.did you know Kikyou well?" Kagome questioned as she clutched at the coach.
"Well.I kind of you know.liked her a bit. She was a friend, I didn't know her too much, but I trusted her. I never wanted her to be mixed in all of this. She didn't deserve to you know.die in the river. They never found her body. It's a miracle we survived, but you know, in truth, I kind of feel bad that I caused one of my friends to you know.die."
Kagome looked more dismal. 'I can't break it to him.he still thinks she was innocent. I can't tell him that one of the people he trusted betrayed him.' She broke the eye contact and looked at the ground.
Inuyasha frowned. "Why did you ask me that?"
Kagome shook her head. "No reason."
Inuyasha had on a rather cheeky, boyish grin. "What? Are you jealous that I liked her?" he asked, as he leaned more towards her.
Kagome blinked her eyes wide open. "Of course not! But that reminds me, what have you been telling Rin?"
Inuyasha's happy grin faltered when she asked him that. He instantly began to turn a cherry red as he backed away from her, looking like she had just asked him the forbidden question. "I told her nothing. She made it all up!"
Kagome narrowed her eyes as she slowly crawled over to his side. "If she made it all up, then I assume you wouldn't have suddenly leapt onto Rin and Sesshoumaru and told her it was suppose to be a secret. Come on Inuyasha. You don't tell people that you like me unless there was a motive behind it. I'm not that dim-witted!"
Inuyasha swallowed hard as he felt her slowly pull in towards his flustered mind. His hands started sweating as she advanced upon him, her eyes demanding an answer. His heart was beating itself out of his ribcage, and his nervous eyes were trying to break the eye contact that Kagome and he had. Fear assaulted his senses as he realized that he had no escape. He had to tell.
Suddenly, he felt his whole body relax as he realized the truth. What had he to be scared of? She was leaning her face mere inches away from his, him with his back on the armrest and her with her two hands on either side of his waist to hold her up. If that wasn't enough motivation for him to tell her.then he wasn't sure what would be.
"Well? Explain," Kagome demanded as she was unaware of their close distance.
Inuyasha smiled lightly. "You want a real answer?" he asked, a suspicious glint sparkling in his eyes.
Kagome hesitated for a moment. She was suddenly aware of their positions, which mind you, wasn't innocent at the least, and her hands suddenly felt weak on both sides of his waist. What had she been thinking to progress upon him in this kind of situation? And what was that scary glint in his eyes? She couldn't bring herself away from him though, his eyes having a strange hold on all of her senses. It was now or never.
"Yes," she answered as bravely as she could, but it came out as more of a squeak.
That was all the motivation he needed, as he suddenly closed the distance between Kagome and his lips. He hadn't really meant to kiss her so abruptly, but how he had gotten the bravery to do that, it would always be an unsolved mystery to him. But all that really mattered and ran through his mind right now, was that he could feel her saccharine lips against his own.
It wasn't a passion-filled kiss complete with tongue exercise, but it was a chaste and sweet one that had their lips touching lightly with one another. It was a simple action, but it had so much meaning to it.
Kagome could feel her arm muscles go lax as she felt the warmness on her lips, his scent overwhelming her entire body. Her whole body was as stiff as a board, but she could feel the electricity that ran through her veins at an overpowering speed. Her eyes were open, while his were closed, and she didn't dare breathe. Was this a dream? Did Inuyasha actually kiss her?
No.this wasn't a dream.
This was reality.
Just as she was about to close her eyes and relax to respond, Inuyasha pulled away and made her fall back against the couch, a bewildered look on her face. She looked up at him with pain-filled eyes as she wondered what he was trying to do. First he kissed her unceremoniously, and now he just pulls away?!
He had his eyes closed tight as he turned away from her, his fists closed tightly against his side.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to do that to you."
"Inuyasha."
He turned around to meet his gaze with her's when he heard her whisper, and Kagome could see some sort of conflict within them. They looked clouded, guilty and most of all, sorrowful. "I just."
Kagome could feel her eyes tearing as she tried to yell out what her mind was trying to say. But her mouth wouldn't open as she continued staring up at him, her heart painfully flinching.
"I hadn't meant to kiss you. I just thought I would tease you.but. I'm really sorry, Kagome."
He was about to walk out the door, but a hand caught his wrist before he had time.
Kagome pulled herself up from the couch using Inuyasha's wrist, and she whirled him around to look at her. Tears threatened to make their way down her cheeks, as she gazed fiercely into his eyes. "You idiot. So you're telling me you never wanted to kiss me!?" she hissed, as she used her other hand to grab onto his shirt sleeve.
Inuyasha looked shock. "Of course not. I just thought you wouldn't want me to kiss you or you wouldn't want to kiss me, but I.I always wanted to kiss you."
Kagome tip-toed up and gently, but firmly planted her lips on Inuyasha. Tears ran down her cheeks the moment she closed her eyes, and the salty substance dropped a single crystal tear onto the ground. Inuyasha was shocked, but Kagome quickly pulled away.
"Don't put words in my mouth, baka. There's no one I'll rather kiss than you!" Kagome yelled in his face, before burying her head in his chest, the tears soaking into his shirt material.
Inuyasha looked more surprised than ever at her words, but his eyes softened as he lightly put his arms around the crying girl, his heart gently going out for her as he felt her hiccup.
Pulling away from his chest, Kagome glared up at him through red eyes. "You expect to take my first kiss and then just walk out on me? You're such an idiot." she whispered, as she buried her head back against his chest. 'At least there was one thing normal about today.'
"I'm sorry," he whispered quietly, almost crushing her in the hug as he closed his eyes tight. "There's just.so much I want to tell you."
Kagome almost choked as she felt him loosen her from his embrace, allowing her to gasp in breaths. "Like what?" she asked, panting as she tried to look up to his eyes.
Inuyasha looked down suddenly and they locked eye contact for the thousandth time that day. Kagome almost gasped in surprise when she saw all the passion and emotions in them.so many words that he would never admit to her.
"Like the fact that.I love you, Kagome."