~Chapter Two: One Who Doesn't Belong~
That same night he'd met Kagome, he'd try to figure out how and why he didn't know she was there. Inuyasha did know a majority of the castle's servants. He'd never heard of any of these people. But fear of his mother and father finding out what he did almost everyday and forbidding him from doing it kept him from asking them. The only one he could ask was his older brother- Sesshoumaru- and even then, there was a chance he'd be figured out anyway.
Still arguing with himself over his decision, he stepped into the chambers of his older brother.
'I feel as if I'm heading towards my own execution or something...' Inuyasha thought darkly.
Finding his brother sitting in his study, he knocked, then entered without answer.
"Sesshoumaru?" He said hesitantly.
He was met with a swift and serious, "What?" "Do you know the names of the servants? A fair lot of them, I mean." Inuyasha asked.
"I know a few. What do you want?"
'So much for subtle hinting conversation...' Inuyasha thought before answering. "I met a servant the other day that I hadn't recognized. She said her name was Kagome Higurashi."
"Lady Higurashi? Her mother is dead, there is no other place for her to go." Sesshoumaru said unemotionally, not even looking up from the documents in front of him.
"You say that as if it's her fault." Inuyasha said before he could stop himself.
"It is not Higurashi's fault. However the world works a certain way with certain systems, Inuyasha. We learn to get used to the fact that life isn't fair." Sesshoumaru said, but Inuyasha took his underlying words. 'It's a part of life and life's not fair. She'll have to live with it.'
Inuyasha also took this cue to leave. Walking out of the door, he knew where he had to go, and before he could even think to walk there, his feet had already found the path. Kagome was there already, bathing in the dying afternoon light that little escaped into the grove.
"Oh it's you again!" She greeted him, smiling largely. Inuyasha sat down beside her.
"Hello, Kagome." Inuyasha sighed heavily.
Then he noticed she was staring avidly at him. "What?"
"You... Your clothes..." She said almost incoherently.
"What about them?" He asked before remembering who he was supposed to be. "Oh... I forgot..."
"You're Prince Inuyasha?!" Kagome almost shouted. Then immediately, she bowed down her head in respect. "I didn't know it was you... sorry."
"It's ok... Actually, I come here to get away from all the talk of being a prince." Inuyasha confessed.
"So you are Inuyasha?!" Kagome asked.
He was slightly taken aback by her abrupt change in manner but said, "Yes, I'm him."
Then Kagome frowned. "But... we can't... I mean we couldn't be friends because of our stations. You're a hanyou prince, and I'm only a human servant." "I know... that's something we might have to work around... I do want to be your friend, but not at certain prices." Inuyasha said, choosing his words carefully.
"What kind of prices?" She asked.
"My brother knows certain things... about you." Inuyasha said, staring at the hypnotizing waters, "I just don't want this to become a scandal because of him."
"Why would he do that? I mean aren't brothers supposed to be nice to one another?" Kagome asked, smiling a little.
Inuyasha was smiling inside; he wasn't about to let anyone know. Kagome's smile was like a goddess shining through a mortal. The beat of his heart quickened unusually and an unnatural blush crept into his cheeks.
"Sesshoumaru... isn't the nice kind of brother." Inuyasha said.
"But for now we're friends?" Kagome asked uncertainly.
Inuyasha nodded. "For now, we're friends."
~*~
Sesshoumaru was still where his brother had left him; just now his emotions were shining through with all the force of a tsunami. His anger was nearly tangible in the darkened study, his hands practically shaking with the emotion he felt.
'Damn her... Damn you, Yumari! You promised me... And now that stupid hanyou is probably in the exact same position!' Sesshoumaru thought, enraged. 'All because of him... father is the cause of this, I'm sure.'
*Flashback*
"Sesshou! Sesshou, stop it!" Yumari said breathlessly as he ran his hands over the ticklish parts of her body, leaning her into his bed.
"Why?" He grinned against her neck.
"Oh you are impossible!" She said playfully.
Sesshoumaru laid kisses on her face and neck, in the passion of the moment. He let his fangs glide softly over the crook in her neck where the mate's mark would be made. Yumari could feel his longing to put that mark there. It came off him in waves and almost made her want him to as much as he did.
"Don't," She said gently in his ear. "You've never told me why... Why do you not want this as much as I do?" Sesshoumaru said, letting all his guards down before her.
"Things stop it. I have to stop it..." She mumbled.
Yumari lay against his pillows, resting on her side and cuddled warmly in his embrace. Sesshoumaru just held her, not wanting to disturb what he knew would come. But Yumari said the words first.
"I have to go..."
"I know... Where do you go if it's not to your room?" He asked unexpectedly.
"Places..." She answered.
"Like where?"
"I'll tell you someday."
"Why someday? Tell me now..." He pressed.
"I don't think even I would've ever guessed that you're so inquisitive!" Yumari said distractedly, sitting up. Sesshoumaru just lay still.
"Don't change the subject, Yumari, please." He said, holding her hand locked within his.
Yumari suddenly frowned, not enjoying where the conversation was taking them.
"Please?" He asked.
"You wouldn't like it." She said quietly.
"Just tell me. Anything to know where you are." Sesshoumaru said, trying to comfort her.
Yumari turned her face away, suddenly ashamed of herself.
"I... I see a doctor."
"What?" He asked, and then more importantly asked, "Why?"
"Because... women have to... when they're pregnant."
Sesshoumaru let go immediately out of shock, and Yumari looked down at her feet hanging off the edge of the bed.
"You... you're...?" He stuttered. "Yes." She answered his unasked question.
"It's... is it?" He asked, not being able to fully ask that what he wanted to.
"I... no." Yumari said, a tear escaping her.
"What? But... that's not possible. Unless you've... oh no... no, Yumari you haven't!" Sesshoumaru said, practically jumping out of bed and putting all his barriers in place within a single second. "How could you do this to me?!"
Yumari put her face in her hands. "I'm sorry, Sesshoumaru, I really am! I didn't... it wasn't choice!"
"What do you mean? Who is the father if it's not me?"
She didn't want to answer the demanding question, but there was no way out of it. So she whispered, "Inutaisho."
It wasn't what Sesshoumaru had expected at all. He turned his back on her weeping form, unable to keep his stoic mask in place. His father had stolen the only woman he'd ever loved right before his eyes! Who could be so cruel?
"Fine... Go to your King." Sesshoumaru said angrily, and strode out, leaving Yumari there.
*End of Flashback*
'The same will happen to Inuyasha with Higurashi, I can tell. I don't want that to happen again. Not only will it force me to confess out of my own weary reasons, but also Inuyasha will be completely unruly. The damn hanyou will probably go into the forest and kill again...' Sesshoumaru thought before leaving his study, knowing this time for sure that Yumari was the one who didn't belong.
__________________________________________________ AN: The chapters might be a little long, or maybe excessively long, but this is supposed to be a more unusual piece than my others. Leave a review to give me suggestions, flames, comments, etc. Thanks for the review, ORLANDO-BLOOM-OB-OB-OB! It really boosted my ego.
That same night he'd met Kagome, he'd try to figure out how and why he didn't know she was there. Inuyasha did know a majority of the castle's servants. He'd never heard of any of these people. But fear of his mother and father finding out what he did almost everyday and forbidding him from doing it kept him from asking them. The only one he could ask was his older brother- Sesshoumaru- and even then, there was a chance he'd be figured out anyway.
Still arguing with himself over his decision, he stepped into the chambers of his older brother.
'I feel as if I'm heading towards my own execution or something...' Inuyasha thought darkly.
Finding his brother sitting in his study, he knocked, then entered without answer.
"Sesshoumaru?" He said hesitantly.
He was met with a swift and serious, "What?" "Do you know the names of the servants? A fair lot of them, I mean." Inuyasha asked.
"I know a few. What do you want?"
'So much for subtle hinting conversation...' Inuyasha thought before answering. "I met a servant the other day that I hadn't recognized. She said her name was Kagome Higurashi."
"Lady Higurashi? Her mother is dead, there is no other place for her to go." Sesshoumaru said unemotionally, not even looking up from the documents in front of him.
"You say that as if it's her fault." Inuyasha said before he could stop himself.
"It is not Higurashi's fault. However the world works a certain way with certain systems, Inuyasha. We learn to get used to the fact that life isn't fair." Sesshoumaru said, but Inuyasha took his underlying words. 'It's a part of life and life's not fair. She'll have to live with it.'
Inuyasha also took this cue to leave. Walking out of the door, he knew where he had to go, and before he could even think to walk there, his feet had already found the path. Kagome was there already, bathing in the dying afternoon light that little escaped into the grove.
"Oh it's you again!" She greeted him, smiling largely. Inuyasha sat down beside her.
"Hello, Kagome." Inuyasha sighed heavily.
Then he noticed she was staring avidly at him. "What?"
"You... Your clothes..." She said almost incoherently.
"What about them?" He asked before remembering who he was supposed to be. "Oh... I forgot..."
"You're Prince Inuyasha?!" Kagome almost shouted. Then immediately, she bowed down her head in respect. "I didn't know it was you... sorry."
"It's ok... Actually, I come here to get away from all the talk of being a prince." Inuyasha confessed.
"So you are Inuyasha?!" Kagome asked.
He was slightly taken aback by her abrupt change in manner but said, "Yes, I'm him."
Then Kagome frowned. "But... we can't... I mean we couldn't be friends because of our stations. You're a hanyou prince, and I'm only a human servant." "I know... that's something we might have to work around... I do want to be your friend, but not at certain prices." Inuyasha said, choosing his words carefully.
"What kind of prices?" She asked.
"My brother knows certain things... about you." Inuyasha said, staring at the hypnotizing waters, "I just don't want this to become a scandal because of him."
"Why would he do that? I mean aren't brothers supposed to be nice to one another?" Kagome asked, smiling a little.
Inuyasha was smiling inside; he wasn't about to let anyone know. Kagome's smile was like a goddess shining through a mortal. The beat of his heart quickened unusually and an unnatural blush crept into his cheeks.
"Sesshoumaru... isn't the nice kind of brother." Inuyasha said.
"But for now we're friends?" Kagome asked uncertainly.
Inuyasha nodded. "For now, we're friends."
~*~
Sesshoumaru was still where his brother had left him; just now his emotions were shining through with all the force of a tsunami. His anger was nearly tangible in the darkened study, his hands practically shaking with the emotion he felt.
'Damn her... Damn you, Yumari! You promised me... And now that stupid hanyou is probably in the exact same position!' Sesshoumaru thought, enraged. 'All because of him... father is the cause of this, I'm sure.'
*Flashback*
"Sesshou! Sesshou, stop it!" Yumari said breathlessly as he ran his hands over the ticklish parts of her body, leaning her into his bed.
"Why?" He grinned against her neck.
"Oh you are impossible!" She said playfully.
Sesshoumaru laid kisses on her face and neck, in the passion of the moment. He let his fangs glide softly over the crook in her neck where the mate's mark would be made. Yumari could feel his longing to put that mark there. It came off him in waves and almost made her want him to as much as he did.
"Don't," She said gently in his ear. "You've never told me why... Why do you not want this as much as I do?" Sesshoumaru said, letting all his guards down before her.
"Things stop it. I have to stop it..." She mumbled.
Yumari lay against his pillows, resting on her side and cuddled warmly in his embrace. Sesshoumaru just held her, not wanting to disturb what he knew would come. But Yumari said the words first.
"I have to go..."
"I know... Where do you go if it's not to your room?" He asked unexpectedly.
"Places..." She answered.
"Like where?"
"I'll tell you someday."
"Why someday? Tell me now..." He pressed.
"I don't think even I would've ever guessed that you're so inquisitive!" Yumari said distractedly, sitting up. Sesshoumaru just lay still.
"Don't change the subject, Yumari, please." He said, holding her hand locked within his.
Yumari suddenly frowned, not enjoying where the conversation was taking them.
"Please?" He asked.
"You wouldn't like it." She said quietly.
"Just tell me. Anything to know where you are." Sesshoumaru said, trying to comfort her.
Yumari turned her face away, suddenly ashamed of herself.
"I... I see a doctor."
"What?" He asked, and then more importantly asked, "Why?"
"Because... women have to... when they're pregnant."
Sesshoumaru let go immediately out of shock, and Yumari looked down at her feet hanging off the edge of the bed.
"You... you're...?" He stuttered. "Yes." She answered his unasked question.
"It's... is it?" He asked, not being able to fully ask that what he wanted to.
"I... no." Yumari said, a tear escaping her.
"What? But... that's not possible. Unless you've... oh no... no, Yumari you haven't!" Sesshoumaru said, practically jumping out of bed and putting all his barriers in place within a single second. "How could you do this to me?!"
Yumari put her face in her hands. "I'm sorry, Sesshoumaru, I really am! I didn't... it wasn't choice!"
"What do you mean? Who is the father if it's not me?"
She didn't want to answer the demanding question, but there was no way out of it. So she whispered, "Inutaisho."
It wasn't what Sesshoumaru had expected at all. He turned his back on her weeping form, unable to keep his stoic mask in place. His father had stolen the only woman he'd ever loved right before his eyes! Who could be so cruel?
"Fine... Go to your King." Sesshoumaru said angrily, and strode out, leaving Yumari there.
*End of Flashback*
'The same will happen to Inuyasha with Higurashi, I can tell. I don't want that to happen again. Not only will it force me to confess out of my own weary reasons, but also Inuyasha will be completely unruly. The damn hanyou will probably go into the forest and kill again...' Sesshoumaru thought before leaving his study, knowing this time for sure that Yumari was the one who didn't belong.
__________________________________________________ AN: The chapters might be a little long, or maybe excessively long, but this is supposed to be a more unusual piece than my others. Leave a review to give me suggestions, flames, comments, etc. Thanks for the review, ORLANDO-BLOOM-OB-OB-OB! It really boosted my ego.