Disclaimer: I do not own any characters from Inuyasha. ::Points at Rumiko Takahashi:: Yeah, she does.
Rated: PG-13 [For Language]
Pairing: Inu/Kag and Sess/Kag [Love Triangle]
Author's Note: Sorry to everyone who's been waiting for this story to be updated. I know, I know, it's been like almost a year now which is pretty darn long to wait. But I had my reasons, though. I'll try to update sooner now, so don't worry. Now, on with the story.
The Step Family -Deadly Tears
Chapter Two: My Lovely Brothers
Sesshomaru turned the shower off, feeling the warm water lingering on his body as he grabbed a white towel and step out onto the creme-colored marbled floor.
He wrapped the towel around his waste and proceeded to grab another towel to dry his long, silvery wet hair that clung to his body.
As he placed down the second towel and walked over to the the mirror right above the sink, he took a brush from the cabinet and used it to brush the soft strands of his hair thoroughly.
He stopped suddenly when he heard a faint sound from outside the door.
His golden orbs suspiciously gazed at the bathroom door momentarily before he pulled it open and stepped into his luxurious bedroom.
He scanned around the big compartment.... Nothing.
When in the process of turning back, his eyes laid on something on top of his king-sized bed. Without hesitating, he coolly walked up to it and picked it up.
It was a small, yellow folded up note.
He unfolded it and read the tiny words written on the thin paper:
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Hope your underwear is on... sucker!
-InuYasha
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Realization of what the note meant hadn't dawned on Sesshomaru until his bedroom door swung opened to reveal a seventeen-year old girl rushing in.
He realized it was the youngest maid in the mansion, Rin Tsuki.
She slightly panted while carrying a load of toiletries in her hands. But the instant she saw him, she unintentionally loosened her hold on the supplies, dropping it to the floor.
'Curse you, Inuyasha.' Sesshomaru mentally cursed.
He finally looked at the girl who already began to blush furiously. "Oh my gosh, I am so sorry!" She nervously apologized as she hurried to retrieve the fallen items on the floor. "I didn't mean to walk in on you like that! I'm really, really sorry!"
"It's okay, Rin." He simply tried to calm her. "What is the reason that brought you here in a hurry?"
The young maid finally stood, willing to make eye contact with him but her eyes kept on deceiving her as it kept wandering it's way down to his well-sculpted chest. And with Sesshomaru only clad in just a towel, made her blush deeply and she promptly looked away.
"I would've knocked as usual," She softly replied. "But Inuyasha told me you were in need of some help..." She trailed off.
Help? "What kind of assistance did he say I needed?" Sesshomaru asked, all too skeptically.
Rin shyly giggled and finally had the courage to look up at him. "Your brother said you were having a bad case of Diarrhea and you were screaming for more tissues and wet towels. He yelled to me that I should hurry and send you as many of those as possible. And so I ran to deliver these to your room, but I had no idea you were standing here."
Sesshomaru grimaced.
Tissues?... Wet towels?... Diarrhea?...
So that idiot, dim-witted brother of his thought this scheme was really funny.
He finally spoke. "There's been a misunderstanding, Rin. You see, Inuyasha has this problem of being an immature idiot and so his brain works as though he is still a child. More like an imbecile." Sesshomaru explained in a matter-of-fact manner.
Rin found his words to be funny and she couldn't help but giggle out loudly at his unintentional humor.
Sesshomaru looked at her questioningly, wondering why she thought this was funny. But all the while couldn't help the fact that hearing her giggles were like soft melodies playing through his ears... No, what was he thinking. All this nonsense from Inuyasha has made his mind so confused. Foolish Idiot!
He combed back his long hair with his fingers, as though to help clear his mind; But this action made him look sexier and Rin's cheeks suddenly felt hotter than it was before.
You couldn't blame the poor girl.
"Rin, tell my brother this when you see him: Life is short but his will be shorter if this continues."
"Okay, I will." She shyly replied while looking to the ground. She always felt so shy around him for some reason. Every time she looked into his intense golden eyes, her heart skipped a beat. Was this suppose to happen to her?
Rin finally turned to leave but didn't miss the little hint of an unusual smile tugging at Sesshomaru's lips, as she walked out and closed the door.
Thirty-minutes flew by and Kagome was ready, set to go.
Wearing her best black baggy jeans and a green over-sized shirt with imprinted words 'My Temper Is Wearing Thin', she headed out her bedroom and rushed down the steep, spiral stairway in the second floor hall.
The stairs led her into the the main lobby near the entrance doors, where there was a medium-size sprinkler in a shape of a white dog springing out water from it's mouth, in the center. The sound of running water brought some relaxation to her ears.
She headed through another connecting hall and pushed open a white door, entering into the mansion's living area.
"Love you too, Kikyo... Bye."
She suddenly saw Inuyasha leaning against a corner of the wall, speaking on his silver cellphone, then ending the call by snapping it shut.
He wore a nice, simple red button-up shirt with some blue jeans. He left a few buttons unbuttoned, giving a peak of his chiseled muscular chest and a white tank underneath.
Kagome rapidly walked past him, attracting the attention from the silver-haired pretty boy. "Hey Tommie boy, whatcha' up to?" He asked coolly, though you can hear a tinge of teasing along with it.
The kind of teasing Kagome didn't like one bit. 'Tommie boy' was a nickname that only Inuyasha had chosen to call her because of the way she dressed. The name just made her feel like... a boy! And Inuyasha knew it made her angry.
Just because she never liked wearing skin-tight shirts and short mini-skirts, doesn't give him the right to call her that.
She pretended to ignore him though and proceeded to accomplish what she came here for; but hadn't miss the scent of rich-smelling cologne coming from him.
Now where did she leave that ole' thing anyway? Kagome looked around, checking under the black leather sofas, the rounded glass table, behind the big-screen TV, around the white carpeted floor, and anyplace else that could hide an item.
She groaned frustratingly and almost gave up when...
"Lookin' for these, huh?" Inquired Inuyasha. He now dangled a set of keys with his right hand and then folded his arms, coolly watching the girl with amusement dancing across his amber eyes.
A bit of relief came upon the eager girl but another part of her felt it wasn't going to be easy retrieving them from the older teen.
Inuyasha dangled the keys some more, raising it up to his face for clear view. "You want it, don't ya? Come and take it then." He lowered the keys and slipped it into his left pocket.
Kagome knew something was up but she walked up to him anyway, eager to get back the key she needed for her diary lock.
She felt so stupid to add it along with the family keys yesterday and the worst part of it was forgetting to take it out. "Can you let me have it now?" The girl asked.
He unfolded his arms and parted them from both his sides to give her passage.
Kagome took it as a 'yes' and slowly brought her fingers toward his jeans, feeling her cheeks heat up at the same time. Before she placed her hand in his pocket, she didn't miss the opportunity to lightly brush her fingers against the nice six-pack hidden under his shirt.
As the girl made her way into his pocket, Inuyasha stopped her immediately by placing a strong hand on top hers. "Well, too bad. You ain't gettin' it now." He finally told her.
She looked incredulously at him. "But... but I thought you... hey, give it to me now!" She pursued her hand further in his pocket only to have it smacked away. Now she was angry!
"And why won't you give the keys to me!?" Kagome's voice sounded a little cracked but she tried to keep her composure calm as possible.
"Maybe I don't feel like it." He look down his nose at her.
Kagome glared sharp daggers at him, clenching her teeth in anger. Ugh! Right now, she felt the need to just give him a piece of her mind and knock him unconscious with a hard punch, and....
... And ripping that shirt off him so she could caress that sexy, to-die-for body and shove her mouth onto his soft, luscious pink lips...
The girl quickly shook her head, trying to clear her mind from the wandering thoughts. Her goal was to stay mad and get her keys back, that was all. "I need it!" She finally yelled.
"For what?" He quickly interjected. Inuyasha just wanted to get on her nerves today.
"None of your damn business! Damn it, give..it...back!" Kagome stressed each word out while seething in anger.
Inuyasha frowned at her suddenly, not liking the attitude she was giving him. "If your too dense to understand the words 'you ain't gettin' it' then get the hell away from me." He coldly warned.
'That's it!' The angry girl abruptly pounced on him against the wall and tried to hold both his arms with one hand while the other tried to steal the keys from his pocket.
It caught the boy by surprise but he soon detached the girl easily and made her fall backyards onto the hard floor.
Kagome grunted at the sharp wave of pain hitting her bottom. She slighted panted as she glowered up at Inuyasha, who rolled his eyes and walked away. And she could've sworn he uttered the word 'bitch' before leaving the room.
That good for nothing jerk! Kagome wanted to scream it out to him but haven't had the courage to do so.
Heavily sighing in defeat, she laid down onto the plush-feeling floor.
Something was prickling in the corner of her eyes now and it felt warm too. Now her throat felt clogged up.
The girl closed her eyes.
She was not going to cry...
'That girl is such an annoying pest, can't stand her.' Inuyasha thought, as he jammed his hands into his pockets, walking into the main lobby and up the narrow, carpeted stairway.
The girl was annoying, weird, stupid and the list could go on for him. He remembered back in school, Kagome was a nobody to all the wealthy kids; just a poor loner in a rich prep school. All he knew about her was that she was the prey of constant jokes, teasing, and pranks. But he really didn't give a rat's ass about her and he still doesn't.
Reaching the second floor of the mansion, his thoughts were interrupted by the enthusiastic stepmother of his who was just about to go down the set of stairs.
"Darling, please tell Sesshomaru to come down to the main lobby. I need him to help me with something." The dark short-haired woman exclaimed.
What Inuyasha really wanted to reply was, 'No, do it yourself' but instead he mumbled, "Keh, whatever." and continued to walk up another set of stairs to the third floor.
When he reached the third floor, he walked down the dimly-lit corridor, passing by his own room which consisted of a sign that stated:
'Only the Great King may enter, unless approved by the Highness himself that you're worthy enough to step into his sacred paradise.'
... And then there was a few poor attempts of coconut trees and stick figures drawn under the words. But so what if he wasn't good in art! Who cares, anyway.
He passed by a few other rooms and finally came upon Sesshomaru's bedroom door, which was partly opened.
"Sesshy-poo, are you in there?" He made his voice high-pitch to mimic a girl's own, then chuckled lightly while he pushed the door wide open.
Inuyasha instantly found his brother sitting regally on a chair from a desk, near the far corner of the room, typing on a black portable laptop.
Sesshomaru was fully dressed, wearing dark blue jeans with a neatly pressed white polo shirt.
He made no reaction to acknowledge Inuyasha's presence at the doorway, so Inuyasha invited himself in and edged a little closer to his brother, though still far apart.
Inuyasha cleared his throat a little too loudly to get his brother's attention. "Hey asshole, the Great One has come here to inform you that you're needed downstairs." He announced and then grinned.
He was a stuck-up fellow indeed.
The tapping on the computer board seized and Sesshomaru finally turned his head to glower at his brother. "Oh, really?" He inquired, then slowly got up from his seat and cracked his knuckles loudly for his brother to hear.
Inuyasha's cocky grin slowly faded away and his instincts told him what was about to take place. He knew one way or another he was going to pay for the prank he committed earlier but he couldn't help it.
It was just too funny!
Sesshomaru finally dashed off after him, giving Inuyasha no choice but to run out the room like a frightened wild dog protecting it's life.
And indeed, Inuyasha ran for his life. Nothing was going to stop him now until he found safety from his evil half-brother wanting to punch his lights out.
When Sesshomaru was angry... :Dramatic pause: ... It was definitely not a good thing.
'Shit! He's gainin' up on me.' Inuyasha cursed when he heard Sesshomaru's quick footfalls getting closer behind.
Inuyasha headed quickly to the staircase, skipping over three steps at a time. At this rate, Sesshomaru won't even lay a finger on him...
Inuyasha suddenly smirked.
"Come here, you fool!" The closeness of Sesshomaru's voice startled him greatly and soon he was yanked roughly by his collar.
Nearby, two old housemaids were quietly folding freshly clean clothes in the laundry room when a loud scream startled them.
The maid with gray hair tied in a bun, placed a wrinkly hand above her chest, trying to calm her heart from pulsating fast. "Did you hear that, Shioga? A girl just screamed nearby." She said, breathlessly.
The other woman with white hair tied up in a bun as well, hadn't looked as surprise as the other lady. She resumed her folding and replied, "I heard that quite clearly, Riku."
"But who is it? Could it be Rin? We must go and help her!" Riku exclaimed but paused as she saw Shioga slowly shake her head.
"That won't be necessary because the scream wasn't from Rin." She paused, grabbing another shirt to fold and continued. "If you have not noticed, it was the young Inuyasha who screamed."
The look of realization came upon the old lady's face and she quickly began to fold again. "Oh." Was all Riku said.
A/N: This chapter was twice as long than the first... So I'm glad that's done with. ::Does matrix and dodges all the prunes thrown at her:: Don't be too feisty people, I'll promise to update really soon, ok?
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