Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha so therefore I am not Rumiko Takahashi. I wish thought. –sigh-
This story was written right before my surgery so if I don't get chapter 16 by this coming Monday up that means I'm dead.
Current Time: 12:10 PM
Reader Discretion is advised.
Rating: PG-13/RPlease forgive any misspellings or grammatical errors. Thank you.
To My Reviewers: I have an ice pack taped to my face.
In this chapter the days are:
Male Time: One more day left
Baby Due: 19 days left (2 weeks, five days) ((Boy I hate doing the math))
Current Time: 1:57 PM
l
l
l
l
l
V
17171717171717
Chapter 17: Being Hunted
17171717171717
l
l
l
l
l
l
V
Higurashi Kagome hung up the phone. "Damn. I can't trace his phone number to his location." She looked at the phone number once more, now posted on her fridge. Should she call it and ask him? She shook her head, no that would be a giant mistake.
She sighed as she leaned against the back of the chair, only to find out there was no back and fell to the floor. "Ouch..." she gritted her teeth as she rubbed her bum.
She stood back up and sat in the stool once more and doodled on a piece of paper as she thought. She should call him. Act like someone else. Wait! His plastic surgeon should know where he lives. She smirked as she grabbed the phone book and flipped through the pages.
-One Hour Later-
"Really? What's that person's name? You can't give out the information? Can I guess?" Pause. "Anamori Taka?" Pause. "No? Uhmm Hanyou InuYasha? Mr. Hanyou InuYasha?" Pause. "No? Er...Mrs. Hanyou InuYasha?" Pause. "Really? There is? Great! Can you tell me her current residence? Yes I am a relative. I'm Mrs. Hanyou InuYasha's sister-in-law. Yes. No I'm not married. No I don't want to date you. Now tell me the residence please."
"Thank you," Kagome hung up the phone as she stared at the address written on the delicate napkin. "Thank Kami I've finally found you."
00000000000000000000
"Mushin...is it a boy or a girl?" InuYasha asked as the scanner handle went over his belly again.
"It has not yet been decided. Most likely it will be a girl since Kagome's DNA reacted so quickly," he said as he looked at the monitor. "See this?" he pointed to a large circle. "This is your baby's head." His finger went down more and circled a small area, "This is the lower area of the baby. The baby has no penis or vagina. So I guess when it is born it will have the sex type. It seems as if it doesn't want to reveal it's gender because it's hand is placed on it, blocking." He wrote some things down.
"Smart child," Mushin said. "Also," he pointed to a small circular objects located in its mouth, "Something is blocking its air ways. I'm surprised it has a steady heartbeat. I'm curious to find out what that object is."
InuYasha squinted at it and shrugged.
"You look more guyish now. You're boobs are completely gone. Your hair is completely white and your dog ears have returned. The permanent make-up is fading and your eyes are honey colored with bits of dark flecks. Soon you'll be a total man tomorrow."
"I know," he grunted. "What do I do about the baby?"
"Well only two more weeks until it's due," he replied, patting his stomach. "The baby is eager to get free."
InuYasha smirked proudly. "It's as tough as I am."
Mushin nodded. "Still hiding out aren't you?"
"Yeah."
"Well a woman called this morning asking for your location. My secretary gave it to her. She said she was your sister and Mrs. Hanyou InuYasha's sister-in-law. Do you have a sister?"
"No," panic spread through him. "I have a brother. What did she sound like? Happy? Mature?"
"Sad. Lonely," Mushin said. "I've never heard such a sad voice in all my life."
"...Rashi?" he guessed. It couldn't be Rashi. He had told Rashi not to worry and she sounded happy. Kagura? No. Rin? No of course not. Kikyou? Nope. ...Kagome...?
"She didn't introduce herself to us," Mushin stated. "Though she guessed your name. Taka was the first choice."
"Kagome..." InuYasha wet his lips. "It was Kagome...who called..."
"The baby's mother?"
InuYasha nodded slowly. "She's going to hunt me down."
"Why don't you see her?"
"I can't," he shook his head. "Not yet. After I have the baby."
"Why?"
"She didn't know I was a man and she said she hated me..." InuYasha said, sitting up right. "I gotta get home before she comes."
"Good luck."
"Thanks. I'll need it," InuYasha walked out to his car and speeded home.
0000000000000000
"Prime Minister, someone is here to see you," his secretary entered and bowed. "Shall I send her in?"
"Who is it?" Sesshoumaru asked, not looking up from his work as he wrote.
"It's Tsasami Rashi," she replied.
How he hated Rashi's last name. It didn't suit her. Tsasami...Rashi. It rhymed but it didn't seem to suit her. "Send her in," he said as he signed some papers, still not glancing up from his work.
"Yes sir," she replied and went back outside into the hall.
Rashi carefully opened the door. She knew Sesshoumaru acted different when he worked. So uptight, rough and tense. She walked up to his desk and sat down in one of the black chairs.
"Something wrong at the house?" Sesshoumaru asked, not looking at her. He was still busy. He stopped writing and then rolled his chair over to the computer and started typing.
"No. Rin is at daycare. Your house is fine and my house is...empty."
"What?" he looked at her. "Empty? Did you forget to pay your bills again?"
She shook her head. "I'm...moving..."
"Moving?"
"Yes."
"Where?" he asked as he tried not to look so shocked and concerned. He could hide his feelings easily.
"Okinawa..."
"That's far. Why are you moving?"
"New job offer," she replied as she fiddled with a small stress ball Sesshoumaru kept on his desk. "The pay is better. They're paying me for something I enjoy doing."
"What is that?"
She looked surprised that he didn't know. He didn't know her passion and they had known each other for almost two years now. "I'm going to become a manga artist. My art has been admired by Tokyo Pop, one of the translating companies for America. They want me to create a good manga. I have the plot setup."
"I see," he returned to the computer.
Was that it? 'I see' and then click click click with the keyboard? "I guess I better be going," she stood up. "I'll see you at dinner."
"I won't be going to dinner tonight," Sesshoumaru replied. "I'm going to work here overtime."
She nodded as tears stung her eyes. "Of course," she then turned and walked out.
000000000000000000
'InuYasha...this is Rashi...I wanted to tell you that I'll be moving soon. My cell phone number will still remain the same. I'm moving to Okinawa. I told Sesshoumaru so perhaps you should call him. Love you, you asshole, bye.'
Beep. End of message one.
InuYasha sighed. "So she's moving..."
Knock Knock
Shit.
He ran to the door and peered out and saw Kagome's face. Double shit. He grabbed his keys and flew to the back door. He opened it quietly and snuck out into the backyard. He climbed the fence into his neighbors' backyard, only to greet the water of their pool. Triple shit.
He was pregnant. A male. With car keys. A girl chasing him. And now he was a wet, pregnant male running from a woman with car keys in hand. Great.
He got out of the pool, his clothes clinging to him.
0000000000000000
Sango looked at the sample invitations. "These will do fine," Sango replied to the clerk. "I'd like to buy these."
Miroku was supposed to be out looking at tuxedos, but instead Sango found him looking at big screen TVs. "Miroku! You're supposed to fitting into a tux right about now."
Miroku scrambled up from the armchair. "Right. I knew I had to do that. I'll meet you're here in twenty minutes."
She sighed as she rolled her eyes. Her cell phone rang and she answered.
Miroku looked around. "A light lavender tux would do well." (Like that one episode). Men carried all sorts of lavender tuxedos as he tried them on. He settled for one and then stepped onto a crate as they stuck pins on his jackets and pants. "Ouch! You pricked me!" he protested as they stuck pins.
"Sorry," one mumbled an apology.
"All right. Yes. Yes I know what I must do. I'll tell Miroku. I hope she's not too hurt. Well that's nice of you. I know. I know. Bye," she clicked off the cell phone.
00000000000000000000
She heard a splash. 'He's trying to run!' she ran to the backyard and leaped over the fence and into the pool. "Gah!" she sputtered as she hit the water. She saw him look back and hesitate to run forward, but he kept on running. She crawled out of the pool.
"InuYasha!" she raced after him, leaping the other fence and this time falling into a dirt pile, getting dirt clumped to her clothes.
She ran as she saw him leap another fence and she heard him yell. She ran and leapt the fence and fell on top of him. She pinned him down in the mud. "I caught you!"
He struggled away, not saying anything. He jumped up onto the roof and then leapt down onto the street, disappearing from her once more.
She sat in the mud pile. She had had him in his grasp and he just used his hanyou abilities to get away from her.
00000000000000
InuYasha shook off the dirt and grime from his clothes, most of it anyway. Clumps and clots of mud were in his hair and smothered on his clothes. She was strong and stubborn, he have her that much credit. She had surprised him when she landed on top of him, her face inches from his.
'Feh, what do I care? She hates me now,' he thought bitterly to himself. 'She deserves a human who will understand. Not a filthy hanyou like myself.'
His cell phone rang which was a surprise since it was covered in muck as well. He wiped the mud off and opened his cell phone. "Hello? What the hell? Why are you calling me! Yeah I heard. Now? Tonight?" He looked at his watch, "All right fine, Yeah, give me two hours. Fine an hour and a half." He turned it off and then went back to his house to clean up.
He washed everything off of his body and then got out of the shower. He dried his white hair and he was glad to look almost male, with the exception of the bulge and his voice.
He put on some large baggy pants and a baggy shirt. 'She won't care how I look just as long as I show up.'
000000000000000
"Rashi?"
"Yes?" Rashi asked Sesshoumaru over the phone. "Aren't you busy?"
"Can you bring me some dinner please?"
"Why? You can order out."
"I like your cooking."
She sighed. "Fine. I'll bring some food."
He clicked off.
She went into the kitchen and started to cook. Rin was upstairs playing. Rashi had picked her up. Rin came in, crying. "Rin? Sweetheart?" Rashi picked Rin up. "Something wrong?"
"You're...leaving me..." Rin cried. "I don't want you to leave! You're...you're my mommy..."
That sentence crushed Rashi's heart and the tears spilled silently down Rashi's cheeks as she hugged the little girl in her arms. "It'll be all right. I'll visit. I promise."
00000000000000000
Rashi drove up, Rin in the back seat, holding the small pot that contained Sesshoumaru's food. She noticed a lot more cars than there usually were. Probably another significant meeting. She walked up the steps and then entered his office.
"Surprise!" people popped out and the lights flashed on. There was a large sigh that read: We'll Miss You Rashi!!!
Rashi burst out laughing as Rin put the pot on the snack table. "You guys!" she said as Sango and Kagome hugged her close.
"Sesshoumaru planned it all," Kagome explained.
Rashi looked up from her friends and her eyes met Sesshoumaru's eyes. "I thought you didn't care."
"Why wouldn't I care," he kissed her forehead. "Of course I care. I can't stop you from taking a job that you love. So I planned this going away party for you."
She hugged him tightly and noticed a person in the corner. A baseball cap on, shades covering her eyes. Her tummy large and round. 'InuYasha...you came...'
Into the party Rashi went up to InuYasha and hugged him. "Asshole, you didn't have to come. You know you're risking seeing Kagome."
"I know," he smirked. "But you're leaving and wanting to say goodbye is a lot."
"Well you didn't exactly say goodbye to me when you left, now did you?" she asked. "You asshole." She shoved him slightly. "You worried me so much."
"I promise I'm going to keep living," InuYasha said, holding her close. "I missed everyone."
"I know you did."
"Hey Lady!" Shippo tugged on InuYasha's pant leg. "Can I hear your baby?"
He grinned and picked Shippo up. "Yes, you sure can."
Shippo pressed his ear against his stomach. "Wow! I can hear its heartbeat! Is it a girl or a boy?"
"I don't know," he replied, setting Shippo down and then Rashi pressed her ear against his stomach.
"Whatever it is, it's going to be strong. Just like its father," Rashi grinned, patting his belly. "One more day to go, ne?"
"Yeah," he replied. "I'm nervous."
"Hahaha, don't be!" she patted him on the back, before getting dragged away by Miroku.
000000000000000
Kagome never took her gaze off of the pregnant woman, playing with Shippo. She obviously was good friends with Rashi. But...her white hair...Why was she wearing shades and a hat?
Kagome approached the girl and handed her a Pepsi. "Hi I'm Higurashi Kagome."
The woman looked startled, but gratefully took the Pepsi. "Hey. I'm...er...Rashi's friend, Tsuki."
Kagome nodded. "Are you going to miss Rashi?"
She nodded, "Of course. Rashi and I have been through so much together."
"She never mentioned you," Kagome stated.
"Nor you," she replied.
"Kagome!" Rashi had saved InuYasha, by pulling Kagome away. "Come and meet my other friends instead of her. She's a shy person."
"Okay," Kagome said, "It was nice meeting you, Tsuki."
"Yeah you too," he replied.
Rashi was smiling and never left Sesshoumaru's side. He wouldn't let her. He held her hand firmly in his, afraid that she might fade away that very second. Rashi just stood by him, squeezing his arm happily that he was going to miss her.
Rin and Shippo were under the table, playing with Rin's toys. Souta and Kohaku were stuffing their faces, trying their best to avoid women hugging them tightly, or men trying to strike up a conversation with them.
Sango and Miroku were chatting with another couple. Sango showed her ring and the other woman smiled brightly and faking an admiration for the ring. You could tell the woman was jealous, because she nudged her boyfriend.
Kagome was still chattering happily with Rashi as people flashed cameras. Kagome looked so beautiful. Laughing and smiling. She was so gorgeous in that blue Chinese dress. Her hair was tied up into a small bun on top of her head and small blue sapphires dangled from her delicate ears. She moved with such grace as she walked over to grab a cookie. She nibbled it and then devoured the thing.
InuYasha chuckled softly as he watched the girl he loved casually sneak some food in her handbag, saving it for later. Then a tinge of jealousy swept over him as Hojo struck up a conversation with her.
Life for her couldn't be happier in his eyes. All he saw was bliss and happiness on her face, that is until the party ended.
Sango cried softly as she hugged Rashi. She muttered some goodbyes and Miroku had to pry Sango off of Rashi.
Kagome was in utter grief and was sobbing on Rashi's shoulder.
"Kagome..." Rashi patted Kagome's back. "It'll be okay. Please don't cry Kagome-chan. I hate to see unhappy faces."
"I'm losing another friend..." Kagome murmured as she cried into Rashi's shoulder. "I don't want to lose another great friend, such as you Rashi."
"I know, everything will be fine. You'll see. You still have Sango-chan and I'll be sure to visit and call," Rashi soothed as she patted her back more.
Miroku kissed Rashi lightly on the cheek. "Take care, Rashi."
Rashi smiled. "I will."
Then one by one, the girls softly cried as they hugged Rashi goodbye. Souta hugged Rashi and Shippo and Rin clung to her legs.
"Shippo, come on," Sango called and Shippo looked tearfully at Rashi and left.
Rin cried softly as Rashi picked her up and hugged her close. Sesshoumaru kissed Rashi on the cheek and InuYasha made his way over to Rashi, since everyone else had left.
"Hey," he wanted to say 'bitch' but Rin was there. "Good luck, kay?"
Rashi nodded.
"I'll read all your mangas," InuYasha smirked.
She laughed. "Okay. But I have something to say."
"What?"
"The plot...is based on your life story," Rashi said.
"Really now?" he arched a brow.
"A truly original idea. Romance of course. A wealthy arrogant man mysteriously turns into a woman and he falls in love with his neighbor as a woman. I can see it now. I'll make you look handsome, don't worry."
"Heh," he smirked. "See you 'round Rashi."
"You too, InuYasha," she replied and he left out the door.
00000000000000
InuYasha had finally escaped the clutches of Kagome. The hunt was called off.
00000000000000
Crisa Rei: Awwwwww....we don't want Rashi to leave now do we? No. She's the best. Will InuYasha ever come back? Will Kagome convince him to come back? I wonder...-grins- I know what's going to happen. Muhahahahhahaha!!!!
Review
Review
Review
