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And Those Amber Eyes of Sunshine…-Chapter Five: Discoveries
Sighing, Kagome tried desperately to concentrate on the open book in her lap but no matter how much effort she put into it, it just wasn't going to happen. So she set it down on the table beside the couch and stretched out on the cushions, basking in the warmth that was spreading from the burning fireplace. 'What an asshole,' She thought sadly, as memories of that morning came flooding back.
It had been just after 10, she was sure of that much, and he had come to her house, held her, and then left her. It had puzzled her…and hurt her, hurt her deep inside. But she refused to admit that as she remembered the look of hurt in his own eyes. 'Why was he so sad?'
She had sat there for minutes on the edge of her bed after that, then gotten up, and pulled her clothes on before going outside to garden in the sun shine. But now, as it was nearing midnight, she could hear the rumble of thunder not far away.
She had known it would rain, she could feel it in the air and smell the dampness that come with it as darkness fell upon the countryside, the stars masked in a layer of dark clouds that threatened to spill over anytime. And now they did, she could hear the pitter-patter of rain on her roof, and this made her smile.
Yawning, she leaned back, propping her head up on her hands and was just about to fall into a light doze what there was a knock at the door.
Puzzled, she stood and walked to the door, carefully opening it a crack to see who it was. She was even more puzzled when she did find out who it was.
"Inuyasha?"
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He was looking down at his feet, he drenched hair covered his face, and his ears drooped on his head as Kagome stared at him in shock. "Inuyasha, what are you doing here?" She asked in a shrilly voice, ushering him inside out of the rain.
She watched him hold a piece of something up for her to see and nearly died laughing as he revealed the side mirror of his car. "Inu…yasha! You…Crashed your car?" "Shuddup wench! It wasn't my fault!"
Controlling herself, Kagome straightened and put her hands on her hips, asking as she watched him walk into the dining room and snatch a towel from a basket of freshly cleaned linens to dry himself, "Oh? And why's that, Mr. Inuyasha."
Growling, he looked at her and snapped back, "Some stupid deer ran out in front of me, what kind of animal is stupid enough to be out in this weather anyway?" Kagome smiled and walked back to the couch, propping her feet onto the coffee table. "Obviously you are."
"Keh!"
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Inuyasha sat sulking with his legs crossed and arms crossed at the foot of the couch and listened as Kagome banged around in the kitchen doing something…Not that he really cared. At least he'd remembered to bring his bag, he thought thankfully, and had gone into the guest bathroom to change just minutes before.
"Inuyasha, do you want marshmallows in your cocoa," Kagome asked from the kitchen. "Why would I care about something as stupid as marshmallows? Why would I even want cocoa!? I'm not here for a pleasant visit, I'm here because some peanut brained animal went suicidal," He barked back, turning away from the open space between the kitchen and the bar in the living room. 'Stupid wench.' But truthfully, he really did want marshmallows in his cocoa…
As if hearing his thoughts, he turned surprised when Kagome poked his shoulder, handing him a steaming cup of chocolaty liquid. "Careful, it's hot," She commented softly, before walking to a comfy chair with her own cup.
He stared down at his cocoa, witch had one big marshmallow bobbing beneath the surface, for a minute with a sour look on his face before taking a drink and setting it down on the table.
"INUYASHA!" Startled he jumped up, claws ready for anyone who attacked. No one ever did, and he turned to see a fuming Kagome staring at him with a dark look from her chair. "What was that for!?"
"Inuyasha, please, PLEASE, use a coaster…," She said quietly and he swore he could hear a light growl in her tone. Grumbling, he growled back, "Why should I?" With that, Kagome stood as well, setting the cocoa on the mantle. "Well, for one, you owe it to me!" "For what?!" "For coming into my house uninvited, TWICE, coming into my room, climbing into my bed, WITH ME IN IT, and then leaving again without even telling me WHAT THE HELL WAS GOING ON," She screeched back, her face an angry red.
Speechless, he blinked a few times then sat down again, turning his head from her as he planted a sour look onto his face once more. It took a few more moments for Kagome to calm down enough to do so herself, but when she did, Inuyasha quietly slid a coaster under his cup.
They sat in silence for a few minutes, sipping their hot chocolate quietly until Kagome, clearing her throat, opened her mouth to speak, "So…Inuyasha, why were you out driving around anyway?"
The room became silent again and she thought he would not answer until he said, "I was leaving to go back to the city."
Blinking, Kagome looked over at him in surprise, but his eyes were carefully avoiding hers as they stared deep within the flames inside the fireplace. "I see..," She said, her words drifting away as she looked away from him to stare down at the floor.
"I was going to go to my ex girlfriends funeral…She was murdered…," He said softly after another few minutes passed. Kagome gasped and looked at him again, her eyes filling with sympathy as the sought out his own sorrow-filled amber orbs.
Rolling his eyes, Inuyasha said in a low voice, "Don't play pity games on me, Kagome, I'm not in the mood for it." Taken aback, Kagome's eyes filled with hurt then and she lowered her head for a moment, taking a deep breath before going on, "Tell me what happened." "It doesn't matter." "Please," She pleaded softly, raising her head once more to find him looking at her with a steady gaze.
Finally, as if deciding upon some inner argument, he nodded once and turned back to the fire. "Her name was Kikyo....We separated about a month before I came here because she cheated on me after hearing rumors of me doing the same to her….Except…I would never do that to her…," He trailed of softly, looking down at the floor, he hadn't admitted to loving her.
Kagome waited for him to go on and watched as he began tracing the grains of the wooden planks of the floor. Taking a deep breath, he went on, "Well, the night we went to the pier to have dinner, after you and Rin left, I received a phone call from the police saying that she had been found murdered in her apartment."
Raising her hands to cover her mouth, Kagome gasped, horrified, and then asked tentively, "Inuyasha, do they know who did it?" Nodding, Inuyasha raised his head to look at her, "An evil youkai named Naraku."
Gasping again, Kagome sprung from her chair at his last words, a wave of panic replacing the one of sympathy. "You're kidding, right? It can't be Naraku!" Puzzled, Inuyasha stood as well. "How would you know? And what would it matter to you anyway?"
When Kagome didn't answer and just stood there, staring at him with a scared look on her face, Inuyasha rushed forward and seized her by the shoulder, causing her to yelp as he slammed her backwards to pin her against the wall. "What do you know about Naraku, Kagome," He asked again in a roaring voice, his sharp claws digging painfully into her skin.
Tears began to spring from her eyes and she stood, looking at the floor while sobs poured forth from her mouth. "Inuyasha, you're hurting me," She cried out as blood began to seep from her wounds.
Realizing what he was doing, he let go of her and watched as she slid down the wall to the knees, immediately feeling deeply guilty for what he'd just done. She brought her hands up to stifle the sobs still sounding from her mouth. Sighing, he kneeled down in front of her, reaching out to pull her to him in an embrace.
His movements were met by her attempts to pull free of his grasp. This only caused him to tighten his hold as he began whispering comforting words into her hair, rocking the sobbing girl back and forth until she calmed down, the only noise still pounding its way into his ear being the softy hiccups she made.
She sat up then and gazed at him with accusing eyes that narrowed toward the floor. Setting a finger beneath her chin, Inuyasha lifted it and smiled awkwardly, "I'm…I'm sorry…" Knowing these things didn't come easy for him, Kagome smiled faintly and nodded in acceptance.
"Now please, please Kagome, I need to know how you know about Naraku," Inuyasha began again, his voice straining as he made an effort to put a pleading tone into it. Watching as her eyes clouded with the pain of remembrance, it was his turn to wait quietly until her mouth opened and she spoke softly, "The Shikon no Tama." Turning her head, she stared at the dark wooden box that sat on the middle of the mantle.
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Ok, so it's kinda turning out weird sofar, I think so at least, you'll have to give me your own opinion by REVIEWING! Though LOL. But Vampire-Elf has pointed out to me that a lot of stories do indeed create their characters to stray from their…character, so I'm going to follow her good advice, cha =)