Chapter II: The Loveless Affair
Kikyou Higurashi, that was who she was. Tall, prim and overly proper and successful. Very successful. Happy. One didn't need to be happy. She had to sacrifice something and happiness was one of them. Though she had one perk, her boyfriend Inuyasha Ashford, she guessed that's what people considered happiness to be. Just as successful as herself, she didn't' think she could date someone who wasn't just as successful or even more so successful than herself. She was Kikyou Higurashi, little girls looked up to her and if she wasn't with someone that everybody equally looked up to, her name would slowly go down into the dumps. Luckily for her, the Ashfords were famous for being successful, owning two businesses, making over a couple hundred millions in American money each year.
Kikyou guessed she would be considered to be lucky, dating Inuyasha Ashford who owned the brother company of Tensaiga. She wondered if she thought of herself as lucky. Kikyou glanced at her watch as she walked briskly down the streets of Tokyo. Being with Inuyasha wasn't lucky, he was absolutely smitten by her and if it wasn't for Miroku being her younger brother, Inuyasha probably wouldn't have been in her life so soon. She guessed that's what romantics called lucky. She was certainly not a romantic. Now her little sister Kagome… that was a whole different story.
But nonetheless, she was glad to be back. Inuyasha is usually more enthusiastic when she is gone for more than a few days at a time. Which meant… Kikyou scowled, as she hopped into the limousine. He probably had been spending time with Kagome. Kikyou folded her arms over her chest as she glazed numbly outside the window, whenever that happened… Kikyou shrugged, nonetheless it didn't matter. Once she was back, Inuyasha's full attention was back on her and he wasn't hanging around Kagome longer than necessary. She wondered how her sweet little sister was doing anyway. Not like she cared. She passed caring a long time ago but she was her sister… Kikyou rolled her eyes, picking up her cell phone.
Better yet, "Hey, Inuyasha this is Kikyou. I'm back in town."
The little brat should be in school anyway, Kikyou mused to herself as she sat comfortably into the seating. Now onto more important things, Kikyou picked up her palm pilot, looking through her schedule, erasing Inuyasha completely from her mind.
Her hair seemed to continuously fall back into her eyes. Kagome brushed back her hair from her face, peering nervously up at the clock. Somehow the minutes seemed to be blending more closely together, and if she didn't hurry and go to the bathroom, she would be taking her Math Exam and failing horribly. She couldn't do that, she was known to make straight A's and B's, falling closely behind Kikyou, they suspected that Kagome was just as equally smart as Kikyou. Though, unlike Kikyou, Kagome didn't see the reason to fuss about grades or schoolwork. Especially when most of her time was preoccupied with a certain hanyou.
She yawned sleepily, fighting control of her body. Seconds by seconds her body was beginning to shut down and in a few minutes she would be asleep on top of her desk. Kagome shot her hand up; waiting for the teacher to walk passed her desk. They were supposed to be reading about some European king that started some war in America or something. She still didn't see why she was learning American History or European, she wasn't American or European. Their history shouldn't matter to anybody but Europeans and Americans, but she guessed the school thought differently.
"Miss Higurashi?"
"I need to go to the bathroom." Kagome whispered with a rushed urgency in her voice, "Real bad."
"Go ahead."
Kagome nodded thankfully as she hurried out of the room. Kagome took a survey of the hallways before she pushed herself into the girls' bathroom. There was one window above the sink, small enough to fit a young child in. Kagome breathed in, looking for any signs of a camera before she began climbing on the sink. Maybe she should call Inuyasha fir-After I climb out the window, Kagome thought as she shoved her shoulder into the window to make it budge. Bingo! Kagome pushed the window opened farther as she sucked in her stomach as she climbed through the window. She really hoped that her parents would understand… she couldn't take that test so unprepared. Especially when she was running on about ten minutes of sleep.
Kagome dropped to the ground hardly, wincing when her kneecap connected with a rock. Limping, Kagome made her way towards the streets of Tokyo. Only things such as these happened to Kagome, only her. Kikyou would've taken the test and asked for a retake but Kagome… they probably wouldn't give her a retest, especially since she asked for far too many of them lately. Like it was her fault. She couldn't control Inuyasha jumping in her window at night. Whatever you hussy. SHUT UP BRAIN, Kagome countered, wincing again. Good grief, she was going crazy. Who actually argued with the conscience?
She needed to pull herself together. Why is my purse ringing? Kagome swore silently to herself as she pulled out her cell phone, taking a glimpse at the caller I.D. Luckily for her, her parents never found a reason to call her during school hours, neither did her siblings. It could only be…
"Inuyasha, what do you want?" Kagome asked, still feeling annoyed with him from earlier.
"I'm standing across the street." Kagome looked across the street, seeing him at the gas station, leaning against his Mercedes; he waved once their eyes connected, "Come over."
She sensed it. The way his voice suddenly changed from friendly to husky. Kagome closed her eyes, suddenly shaking herself from the feeling. She needed to study. Real bad and call her mom to explain why she was skipping before the school got a hold of them and if that happened… Kikyou was usually the first to know.
Kagome shivered as she tugged self-consciously at her skirt, "Can't. Need to study."
"You can study at my place." Inuyasha assured her.
Kagome rolled her eyes, looking back at Inuyasha who was cleaning off his windshield wipers. As usual, reading him was probably the hardest thing. He could hide everything easily, even the desire that was ready to be unleashed at that very moment. Did he really think that she was that stupid to believe him? If she went over there, studying would be the hardest thing, even if he did let her study, which she sincerely doubted, but with him around, all she could do was study him.
"That won't happen." Kagome replied.
"It will." Inuyasha countered quickly, "I'll let you study. Promise."
Kagome sighed, brushing back her hair, "That won't happen. You know it, as soon as I get over there, you'll pounce on me."
"I never said I wouldn't pounce on you or do anything of that sort. Look, you look stupid, just standing there looking at me. I'll pick you up."
"But-" The line cut of. She growled angrily as Inuyasha jumped into his convertible, "That bastard didn't even let me finish."
She hated when he did that, made decisions for her. She wasn't his girlfriend. She wasn't his to control. So why was it that every time he make decisions for her, she didn't object? Because you like it, a little voice whispered. That was probably true. She liked how controlling he was, especially when—Kagome shook her head against as Inuyasha's car pulled up beside her.
"Hop in, little girl." Inuyasha interrupted as Kagome chuckled as she began hopping in. Inuyasha surveyed her before putting the car back into drive. She hated when he did that because she knew where his mind was at and it definitely wasn't how cute the uniform looked on her, "You look great."
"You don't even know how you sound right now." Kagome replied to his 'little girl' comment, "So you swear that you're going to let me study."
"How are you supposed to study when you have no books with you?" Inuyasha asked as they took a sharp turn at a curve.
Kagome blushed as she looked ahead, "Shut up."
"I guess we're going to do what I want to do." Inuyasha replied as he glanced into her eyes, "Do you know what I want to do?"
"I can only guess." Kagome replied dryly.
Inuyasha smiled wickedly as his golden eyes cloaked with desire. She hated when he did that. Inuyasha reached for her hand, placing it on the side of his lap, dangerously close to his unmentionables. Kagome closed her eyes, waiting for the never-ending ride to end. If someone saw her… no, she wouldn't be dead. What the Ashfords did was none of anybody's businesses and nobody dared to report them, even if they were groping an underage school girl.
"I'll give you a hint." Inuyasha answered suddenly.
Kagome peered out into the streets, watching a man in dressed in straight black stare into their car. Kagome shivered, hoping the cool summer would warm her. Something about him… she narrowed her eyes as Inuyasha's ears began perking up. Trouble. He could already smell it. Was there something… Kagome shivered again as Inuyasha halted the car, waiting for the man to cross the street.
"What the fuck is he staring at?" Inuyasha mumbled.
Kagome began surveying the scenery as the man continued to walk across the street and stare. Her heart picked up the pace, drumming hardly against her ribs. Her whole body began hurting, shaking even from the fright. What the hell was going on? She couldn't tell. She didn't know but her body was reacting.
"Kikyou." The man mouthed as he threw something that landed behind the car.
"Duck!" Inuyasha snapped pulling Kagome into his body, dropping immediately down into the car.
A large explosion immediately followed as she heard the footsteps of the man, quickly disappearing. Inuyasha sat up immediately, glancing softly at Kagome who was shaking uncontrollably. Why… Something was very creepy about that man. She couldn't put her finger on it but that man… he was trouble. Inuyasha flicked on the radio as he pressed his foot on the gas, speeding away from the scene of the crime.
"Are you okay, Kag?" Inuyasha asked, taking her hand into his, never taking his eyes off the road, "You're okay right?"
"Yeah. Fine." Kagome answered absentmindedly, "It's just… who was that?"
Inuyasha shrugged as he pulled into the Tetsusaiga and Tensaiga Corporation's garage. He unbuckled his seatbelt, unbuckling Kagome's in the process. He sighed softly. She could hear it, the undeniable fright that was in his sigh. Not because some guy tried to murder them but because he was with Miroku's underage sister, during school hours.
"Here we go." Inuyasha mumbled as he let go of Kagome's hand, rushing out of the car.
"So what do we say?" Kagome asked once she caught up with him, "What is our alibi?"
Inuyasha shrugged, "I'll tell him the truth I guess."
Kagome halted, grabbing his arm in the process. "We cannot tell him the truth! I was skipping for Christ's Sake!"
"Then stop skipping!" Inuyasha snapped.
"Then stop preying on little girls." Kagome snapped back.
Inuyasha snarled as he hurriedly rushed to the elevator. He held the elevator door for Kagome as she stepped in. She leaned against the walls, breathing in deeply. The bastard better not turn her in. It wasn't like it was her fault that she was skipping and just so happened to run into Inuyasha. She wasn't the one who called him and told him to come over. That was him. Bastard.
"You're not a little girl." Inuyasha growled through clenched teeth.
"I'm underage."
"Shut the fuck up." He commanded.
"Whatever." Kagome snapped as the doors opened, Kagome immediately shot out of the elevator to finish what she was mumbling about him. If he heard her, he probably would've had her by the throat in seconds. Even though she was having 'relations' with him, she honestly didn't want to be killed. She didn't know his temper that well.
"Just whatever."
"What, bitch?"
Kagome was about to whirl around but was saved by her older brother rushing down the hallways. He squinted as he met eyes with Kagome. Kagome dropped her eyes ashamedly to the floor. It was now or never…
"Gome? What are you doing here?"
"Why don't you ask that bastard over there?" Kagome replied, glancing at Inuyasha.
"Why you bitch, I'm not the one—"
Kagome snorted, "Oh ho, ho, ho, but you are the on—"
"You conniving—"
"Shove it up your as—"
"HOLD ON!" Miroku snapped interrupting Kagome, "I have a better question, what happened?"
"Somebody tried to kill us." Inuyasha replied before Kagome could open her mouth.
She hated when he did that. She couldn't think of anything better that moment than hitting Inuyasha over with a two by four. Sometimes… when they weren't sleeping with each other they were fighting. It was never anything in between and if it was, they were talking about sleeping together. Kagome pushed back her hair as she watched her older sister walk into the open arena. Just her luck…
"Inuyasha, I tried calling yo—Kagome, what are you doing here, during school hours nonetheless?" Kikyou asked, looking Kagome up and down, with her nose high.
"Don't start this shit, Kikyou." Inuyasha snapped, "Kagome is shaken."
"And why's that?" Kikyou asked in a bored manner.
"Someone tried to kill her." Inuyasha countered.
Kikyou took a glimpse at Kagome who was indeed shaking with Miroku's arm wrapped around her. Stupid selfish bitch, when something happened to her, all hell had to break loose. Somebody had to baby her as always. That was why they were so different. While Kikyou was strong in many ways, Kagome was weak.
"That wouldn't have happened if she was at school." Kikyou responded.
"Yeah and that's probably true," Inuyasha said, "But she wasn't and this happened. Why are you being such a bitch about this?"
"Why are we having this discussion? Kagome, are you all right?" Kikyou asked.
Inuyasha snorted, watching the scene unfold. He couldn't believe that he thought he loved that fish. Whatever was in her ribcage was definitely not a heart, probably glass or ice. Heaven forbid that Kikyou Higurashi showed any sort of emotion. He couldn't believe that he felt bad when he started the relationship he did with Kagome. Now he couldn't help but to feel happy and all he wanted to say was 'Hah, you're such a bitch, I had to find love somewhere else.' He wished he could too, but it would only ruin Kagome and Kikyou's relationship and divide them farther apart but at that point, Inuyasha wasn't sure if the relationship could get any farther.
Kikyou's continuous display of jealousy towards her sister was continuously dividing them. By the next few years they would be denying that they are related but nobody would be fooled. They looked exactly alike, except for the fact that Kikyou always looked like a block of ice and if a smile was to reach her face, she would crack while Kagome looked like a burst of fresh air. No wonder he was still sleeping with Kagome.
"Y-yeah." Kagome stammered, looking quickly down at the ground, "Just a tad bit shook."
"Of course." Kikyou said politely, reaching out to touch Kagome's arm, "One would feel that way if someone tried to take ones life."
He doubted Kikyou meant that. He doubted Kikyou meant anything. She was such a bitch, she only cared for herself and the way her image looked. That was the only reason why she was with him because it looked good for her reputation to be dating the most wanted bachelor of Tokyo. He really wished he could break it off with Kikyou but then all attention would go to why he was usually with Kagome in the first place. Plus she was underage… damn that wouldn't look good. Only six more months, Inuyasha mused to himself as he began tapping his fingers against the wall, Yeah… like that matters.
"If you don't mind me asking," Miroku interrupted, "Why are you with Kagome anyway?"
Inuyasha almost choked on his saliva before he regained himself. Realizing Miroku wasn't being a dirty lecher that he usually was and truthfully was talking about why Inuyasha was escorting Kagome currently and not what Inuyasha has been doing with his younger sister for the passed three months.
"Umm…" Well he couldn't rat Kagome out, unless he was sick and tired sleeping with her.
Kagome sighed softly, "I was skipping and called Inuyasha to pick me up."
"Kagome…" Inuyasha mumbled.
"Why were you skipping? This is so unlike you." Miroku said as he hugged Kagome's shoulders tighter, "Never mind. I'm going to call Sesshomaru and tell him that we're canceling the meeting and Kikyou, I think you should leave."
Kikyou shrugged as she mumbled a hard goodbye to everybody before disappearing in the elevator. Inuyasha breathed in relief, realizing he was holding his breath. He glanced around suspiciously seeing if somebody realized what was going on in the middle of the foyer. Nothing. Good. Now Kagome… damn if only… he sighed again. Damn complications.
"I'll be right back." Miroku said as he rushed towards his office.
"We won't tell him." Kagome spoke up firmly.
I never said we were, Inuyasha thought as he nodded. He didn't want to argue with her, he could tell she wasn't in any type of mood to take his bull shit.
"We won't." Kagome spoke again.
"Of course." Inuyasha replied.
If he wasn't too fond of his life, he might have considered telling them. But sleeping with an underage girl, especially when she was his partner's little sister wasn't a bright idea. Inuyasha nodded as he took a full glimpse at Kagome, for the life of him, he didn't want to let her go. Not now. Not right now.
I swear, the flashback will be in the next chapter. No lime or lemon anytime soon. Okay maybe lime but that's about it. Yep… you know that danger would be the main focus of this story and of course the relationship between Inuyasha and Kagome because what else is going to bring them closer together? Still don't own Inuyasha or the characters of Inuyasha but I still own this. Yes. I do.
