DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN INUYASHA NOR THE MANGA, NOR THE ANIME
SunMoon1285: Hello fellow readers!!! I'm here yet again to grant you with another chapter!!! I feel so happy for your reviews! You don't know how it cheers me up after-
Sesshomaru: Spit it out, woman! (nudges her)... They need to know a valuable reason for your sad ending and the weird names
SunMoon1285: If you noticed before a 'Hallie' and 'Robbie' (blushes)
Sesshomaru: Go on, ningen!!! (glares at her)
SunMoon1285: Don't be so angry about it Sesshomaru!!! (to readers) You know that when a person has a lot of things in her mind... you kinda daze off and show it in your work?
Sesshomaru: (glares at her) I can't believe you let yourself...
SunMoon1285: Well, my best friend is called Hallie and Robbie or Robert was my exboyfriend...
Sesshomaru: Ex-boyfriend for good reason! (sharpens claws), he ran off her!!! I should have been there to send him to oblivion!!
SunMoon1285: (becomes depressed again) I just can't get it out of my head... Strangely enough, their personalities are a lot like Inuyasha's and Kikyo's
Sesshomaru: Which is why you have me, my love! (takes out Toukijin) I'll hunt this 'Robbie' down and show him what a Demon Lord is capable of... (to readers) If you people need someone to take care of then call 1-800-SESISDAMAN
SunMoon1285: Sessho the Grim Reaper... Sorry for the details above (just some emotional release...) anyways, please enjoy the chapter and review!
Chapter 3: What is Fate?"Are you all right?" Sessho asked stoically as he knelt down beside her without looking at her straight to her brown eyes.
"I'm fine... thanks for asking" Kagome said smiling, "Oh. I'm sorry. I'm Kagome Higurashi. I've seen you before at the shrine, remember?"
"Yes... I'm Sessho Taishou, a pleasure" he said with a slight smile on his face. 'This girl... how can she make me feel so... peaceful inside?'
Sessho's bracelet began to glow red. His pulse elevated proportionally, matching his quickening heartbeats. 'It seems the spirit within me recognizes her...' Sessho thought to himself.
"Release me... Take the bracelet off, you ningen..." the voice called to him.
Kagome searched to look directly to his amber eyes but he avoided looking straight to her by looking to a tree nearby. It seemed like he was battling something within himself. 'I feel so comfortable by his presence, I feel... safe' she thought bashfully, 'just like that memory...'"Are you avoiding me? Why won't you look at me?" Kagome said as she reached out to touch his shoulder.
"I don't like to be... touched" Sessho answered plainly.
"I'm not contagious...." Kagome joked.
"But what if I am?" Sesshomaru smirked at her, fully aware that he was bantering with her, "Would you still...be able to touch me?"
Kagome simply smiled and continued reaching for him. Sessho leaned back away from her grasp until he fell backwards and fell on his back, hitting his head on a rock."Damn" he cursed quietly as he rubbed his head in annoyance.
-silence-
"OH MY GOD! I'M SO SORRY!1! I NEVER MEANT TO DO THAT! I'M KIND OF SHY MYSELF IT'S JUST THAT I FEEL... so comfortable with you. I really hope that we might get to know each other a little better" Kagome said blushing furiously.
"You don't have to apologize. I'd really appreciate your friendship Kagome Higurashi" Sessho said composedly.
'WHAT...THE...HELL...
DID... I... JUST...SAY????' he thought mentally kicking himself.
But it was too late to take back his words when he saw Kagome's
joyous expression, making him feel all warm inside.
"Thank
you, Sessho," she said blushing even more by his manner of
speaking,
She looked down trying to hide her face from him, which amused him greatly. As she did that she caught sight of Sessho's bracelet.
"That's
a cool bracelet!! Can I try it on?" Kagome
asked.
"Well.
I really shouldn't. It's a family heirloom and all" he lied,
"But you could look at it more closely"
"Oh
ok..." Kagome replied as she leaned closer to him. Her warm breath
over his skin was making him lose control. Unnoticed by Sessho, the
bracelet continued to glow, to keep a certain spirit at bay.
"It's really pretty though... and those stones seem to glow on their own." Kagome said as she stared at the bracelet.
Sessho
quickly covered the bracelet with his sleeve from discomfiture when
she said this. He didn't want her to learn his secret. He didn't want
her to be scared of him and his spirit, because... he wanted to get
to know her, quickly. With those thoughts in mind, Sessho stood up
gracefully from the ground.
"I'll
see you soon, Higurashi. I really enjoyed your company even if it was
only a couple of minutes" Sessho said politely, yet unfeeling as
he walked away.
"Good
bye, Sessho!" Kagome said waving goodbye.
'She's
seems like a genuinely good person,' Sessho thought to himself, 'I
need to get to know her... unlike others... she makes me feel at
ease.'
"You are on dangerous ground, ningen... This bracelet is not what it seems..." the voice told him.
"He seems so familiar somehow. But what sadness does he wield inside?" Kagome thought as she wrapped her arms around herself, "What is he hiding from me?"
"I'm back you guys!!!" Kagome called from the entrance of her room.
Suddenly two girls came prancing down the stairs.
"Kagome!!! You're back!" Rin cried as she latched herself to her friend, whom she looked up to like an older sister.
"Hey, Kagome! What took you so long?" Sango asked.
Sango Taiija and Rin Chan were her roommates here at college. They didn't care if Kagome had no memories of her past. They just told her that what counts is the present and their growing friendship. They had most of her classes together and were always worried for Kagome's wellbeing. Kagome didn't know what'd she do without them.
"Hey... Rin met someone..." Sango said as Rin's eyes widened.
"Oh..." Rin blushed furiously and disheveled Sango's hair in annoyance.
"Who's the guy?" Kagome asked Sango who took out a scrunchie from her pocket.
"His name is Shippo. It was so cute how they met up" Sango said as she fixed her dark hair into a high ponytail.
"Oh... tell me, Rin" Kagome said.
"Well... I had problems finding my class... and I continued looking upon my map when I bumped into someone. It was him. I quickly blushed and stammered apologies but he just smiled and asked me where was I headed. He not only showed me the classroom, he escorted me there and before I went in, he asked me for my number" Rin said timidly.
Kagome and Sango jumped in glee in excitement.
"I wish I would meet someone... with dark hair and gorgeous eyes" Sango said to herself.
"Oh that reminds me..." Kagome said before quickly shutting herself up.
Rin and Sango looked at her blushing face, inquiringly.
"You've met someone too?" Sango asked.
"Actually... two" Kagome said shyly averting her gaze.
"What!!! Tell me of them!" Sango and Rin asked simultaneously.
"Okay..." and Kagome trailed off telling her friends of her strange meetings with two handsome men.
Meanwhile....Sessho opened the door to his apartment and saw Miroku sitting on the couch watching television. Miroku quickly acknowledged his presence and turned off the contraption.
"You're back" Miroku said knowingly, "How did it go?"
"I met her... the girl from the shrine... she seems nice" Sessho spoke nonchalantly as he sat next to Miroku and leaned his head back on the headrest.
"I brought something..." Miroku said as he took out a Ouija board making Sessho glare at him menacingly, "WAIT WAIT WAIT! Before you hit me... hear me out. We need to know more about your... spirit"
"For once agree with you... but will it work?" Sessho asked.
"It doesn't hurt to try..." Miroku said as he opened the board and made the preparations, "and with my ancestor's book I doubt we'll fail."
"Tell me how it goes afterwards," Sessho added in a bored tone.
"Okay... Sessho grab the key and let yourself go... let HIM guide it to the letters" Miroku ordered.
The bracelet began to glow as Sessho closed his eyes. Miroku then chanted a spell and looked at his friend.
"What is your name?" Miroku asked.
He saw Sessho's hand move from letter to letter.
Lord Sesshomaru.
"What is your purpose here?" Miroku questioned
To claim what is mine
Miroku began to ask another question before he noticed that Sessho continued moving the key
and to fulfill my promise to her...
"What promise?" Miroku asked.
..... what you should know, monk... is that something evil is in the air... if you don't release me-
With that the connection the lost, for the bracelet gave an unearthly glow and Sessho was back to himself.
"Any progress?" Sessho asked Miroku.
"Barely... We can't let our guards down... especially you" Miroku said as he packed everything up, "We should go to rest... we have Professor Nara's class tomorrow"
Kagome clutched her books tightly as she went inside the classroom. This was the only class she took without Rin and Sango. Luckily, Rin had Shippo in World History, while Sango had Ethics. She looked around and found an empty seat in the middle of the large classroom. She sat down quietly waiting for the class to begin. She began to read when a hand brushed her shoulder and she took hold of it and began to twist it mercilessly."DAMN IT!!! IT HURTS!!!" the boy cried out.
"Koga, let go of her now!!!" Inu said as he entered the classroom. He wore a black shirt and loose jeans. He looked at Kagome dreamily, with a smile on his face.
"I was only having a little fun. I heard she was great at-" Koga was cut short by Inu as he slammed Koga against the wall. The students looked on quietly, including Kagome.
"I said to leave her alone," Inu said with a smirk. For a minute there, Inu's usual violet eyes held an amber hue that was quickly extinguished when he realized what he was doing.
"Sorry
man," Inu whispered to Koga, "I just...don't want you
messing with my thing."
"Oh.
Don't worry! Didn't realize she was already taken.." Koga said
reassuringly.
Inu
sat with Koga at the back of the classroom, winking at Kagome as he
brushed by. Kagome finally got the courage to open her book again and
read on.
"Good
Morning," a low voice called out from the doorway to Kagome.
Sessho
went inside the classroom. He wore a white buttoned shirt and jeans.
He looked at Kagome with a ghost of a smile on his face. He was
relieved that she was in one of his classes. Behind Sessho, Miroku
entered glancing at her awkwardly.
"Oh.
Hello Sessho" she said with her voice faltering. 'Why... He
seems so much more familiar when he wears white' she thought to
herself. She was lost in her thoughts when a slam of the door brought
her back to reality.
"Hello!
I am Mr. Nara! I will be your teacher from now on." he said
sweetly to everyone. Too sweet. All the girls began to giggle and
look in awe at his astonishing beauty. Only Kagome remained silent
with indifference, Sessho inwardly smirked at that.
"There's
a strange aura around him." Kagome thought.
"He's
almost as good looking as Inu" a girl
whispered.
"Well,"
Prof. Nara said keeping his tone as serious as possible, "Let's
go through the names."
"Excuse
me teach!!! Can you please go through the class quickly!!!" Koga
called from the back of the class.
"Yeah,
some of us have lives you know, like practice." Inu called
out.
"Fools,"
Sessho said to himself. Kagome looked at Inu
disbelievingly.
"Very
well. Koga and Inu..." Nara said collecting his papers and
beginning to write on the board.
"HOW
DID YOU KNOW OUR NAMES?!?!"Koga called out.
"It's
a gift," Nara said in a mysterious tone. All the girls began to
swoon, except Kagome who still remained unmoved by his antics. The
class laughed at his 'joke' except Sessho, Miroku, Kagome, Inu,
and Koga.
"YOU
ARE A PSYCHIC OR SOMETHING?" Inu asked.
"Please.
Don't be so stupid. I merely looked on your profiles, and some other
things" Nara said, "Now.." The bell rung for a
practice evacuation and the students began to collect their
things.
"Oh.
Who in this class is Higurashi, Kagome?" Nara said to the class.
Kagome who had her bookbag slung to her shoulder raised her
hand.
"Yes?"
Kagome said quietly. Sessho and Miroku looked at Nara in
confusion.
"I
hope to get to know you a lot better," Nara said, making Kagome
shiver uncontrollably, "in your works".
"Oh.
All right" Kagome smiled and bowed curtly at her
professor.
'Soon
you will find out about your past, Kagome Higurashi. And you will
realize that death is the only way to soothe away your pain,' Nara
thought as he waved goodbye to all the students.
SunMoon1285: Here's the end of the chapter! Don't you guys just hate Nara?
Sesshomaru: Who doesn't? When will I come out?
SunMoon1285: In a while... don't you realize that you have a bracelet that keeps you at bay?
Sesshomaru: I am not one to be 'kept at bay'... I still have my pride you know...
SunMoon1285: (waves Toukijin in the air) Here Sessho! (Sesshomaru jumps vainly, trying to catch to sword as SunMoon1285 goes up to higher ground)
Sesshomaru: You asked for it (turns into his true form)
SunMoon1285: Yipes!!! Please review and no flames please! (runs away with Toukijin with a giant white dog in pursuit)
