Inu-Yasha: "Warui Musubi? These are the weirdest demons I've ever—"
(The Warui Musubi coax Inu-Yasha with a dog biscuit and then tie his hands behind his back to a chair.)
Leader Warui Musubi, named Kip: "We have had much suffering due to pig-eaters like you who viciously eat our people! Now we will eat you! Muahahaha!"
-evil cackling continues for several seconds-
Inu-Yasha: "This is reeeeeally starting to scare me."
Chapter 5 – Sesshomaru's Evilness
Kagome's lip was bleeding and her head was pounding. She knew she would have plenty of bruises because of Kikyo's harsh beating. She held back tears, knowing that they would only satisfy her "significant other" more. Instead of crying, she bit her lip.
Kikyo smirked. "Had enough, Kagome?"
Kagome hated her, she realized. She scorned her for what she always did to her. She didn't care that Kikyo was her sister. Kikyo hated her, and vise versa. Kagome hated Kikyo. (Author: Wah! Sorry so depressing!)
Soon after her beating, Kagome grabbed an icepack to tend to her bruises. Her mother had gone out shopping, so she didn't know that Kagome had gotten beaten. That was fine with Kagome, for Kikyo threatened to make the beatings worse if their mother found out.
As Kagome was feeling the relief that the chilling icepack had to offer, she heard the doorbell ring annoyingly: DINGGGG, DONGGGGG! She sighed, got to her feet (she had been sitting in the living room on a couch), and opened the door. She staggered backwards, breathless, when she saw who was at the door.
She stumbled over the words in her mouth, for they refused to come out properly, but finally she got them to utter what she had intended: "H-hi, Inu-Yasha."
Inu-Yasha, handsome as always, simply replied with, "Hi."
Then his eyes fell to her icepack. His face snapped into a look of concern. Kagome tried to hide her icepack worriedly, but she knew it was useless. She wondered what excuse she would give him.
"What happened to you?" Inu-Yasha asked.
Kagome stuttered, "U-uh…I got attacked by…a local g-gang."
Inu-Yasha didn't seem convinced, and he changed the subject. "Hey, I was wondering if you…"
Kagome didn't wait for him to finish. She knew what he was going to say, even though she didn't like it.
"Could go get Kikyo? Sure."
She was about to run into Kikyo's bedroom to get her, but Inu-Yasha grabbed her arm and pulled her back. She was startled and didn't know what to say.
"No, Kagome," he said softly. "I was wondering if you could go get yourself ready to go to the video game arcade with me."
Kagome was speechless. She felt faint. Had she just imagined what Inu-Yasha had said? Or…did it really happen? She dropped her icepack to the floor, but then forgot about it and didn't pick I up. Inu-Yasha picked it up for her. Kagome blushed slightly when he did this.
"Well, do you want to go, or not?" Inu-Yasha asked with anticipation.
Kagome couldn't bring herself to mouth the word 'yes', so instead she only nodded dumbly. She couldn't help but wonder why Inu-Yasha wanted to go on an outing with her instead of Kikyo. I mean, he hardly knew her… And yet, there he was, waiting for her to get ready to go on a date—no, just an outing—with her. Her, not Kikyo.
Oh, God. Kikyo. Kagome realized how hard she would get beaten if Kikyo found out that she had gone with Inu-Yasha. Oh, well. I just hope she doesn't somehow find out…
She was in a dream-like state as she stepped off of her front porch to walk with Inu-Yasha to the video game arcade, called Kraters, which was two blocks away. She wished the walk could last forever.
Enter Sesshomaru…
He was wearing his usual attire: a pair of dark blue jeans and a black tee. He was in his bedroom, looking out his window with an amused look on his face. He was Inu-Yasha's half-brother, but they both lived together because both of their mothers had died. So, they were forced, under terrible odds, to cope with one another. Sesshomaru's humored grin widened. That didn't mean that they had to be nice to each other.
Since he, Inu-Yasha, and their father had moved to this new town, he had become pretty popular. He was two grades above Inu-Yasha, and so he always made sure to prove himself top-dog in the family household. He had heard all about the petty rumors that he and some selfish brat named Kikyo were going out, but he believed not a single one of them. That's because just that morning, he had seen Inu-Yasha leave for Kikyo's house—but not for Kikyo. He had gone to visit Kikyo's sister, Kagome, who, as far as Sesshomaru was concerned, was a wimp.
Anyway, what I'm trying to get at is…Sesshomaru liked to mess with Inu-Yasha's life and emotions. He took joy from sucking in all of Inu-Yasha's good, orderly ways of living and then spitting them back out, turning them into chaos in the process. That's what he was planning to do now.
His hand touched the phone. He grabbed the phonebook.
Moments later, after he had found the right number, he dialed. His smile looked dangerous. He was obviously having fun.
Ring. Riiiing. Click. Someone answered the phone.
"Hello?"
"Hello, is Kikyo there?"
There was a short pause. Then—
"Yes, this is she. What is it?"
"This is Sesshomaru."
Sesshomaru heard her gasp and drop the phone after he said this. She obviously knew of his cool reputation, or at least the fact that he was Inu-Yasha's brother.
Half-brother. Sesshomaru reminded himself. Not brother, half-brother.
He listened as Kikyo fumbled for the phone. A bit fluttered and very hesitant, he finally heard a reply: "Y-yes? W-what is it?"
"Well, I would just like to know if you have feelings for my bro—half-brother," Sesshomaru stated matter-of-factly.
He heard Kikyo once again gasp. He realized that maybe he shouldn't have said that so straight-forwardly.
He restated it, "I mean, I am curious to know if you may…um, have a friendly relationship with Inu-Yasha."
Kikyo responded this time, slowly. "Well, yes. Sort of… Why?"
Sesshomaru's evil plan was ready to take action. "Ahem. Well, it seems he is—"
"Is he coming over?" Kikyo said excitedly. "To take me out somewhere?"
Sesshomaru was irritated with Kikyo's lack of patience. "No. He's coming over to take—Shit, what's her name again? Ah, yes—Kagome out somewhere. To be exact, he's taking her to Kraters."
Kikyo's sharp scream hurt Sesshomaru's ears. "WHAAAAAT!"
"I'm very sorry," Sesshomaru lied.
Kikyo went on rambling about how she was going to strangle Kagome with her bare hands, and then leave nothing but bones when she was done with her. Sesshomaru was delighted; Kikyo was just what he needed to screw up Inu-Yasha's life a bit.
"Thank you for telling me, Sesshomaru. You're very kind," Kikyo said (with bitter envy towards Kagome). "Goodbye."
Click. Sesshomaru smirked—the pleased look of pure satisfaction.
Meanwhile, Kikyo stormed out the door and headed towards her destination. No one was going to stop her. She was going to Kraters, and that was that.
Author's Note: Heh. I had fun putting Sesshomaru in the story a little. I don't know if I'll be putting him in again, though. Maybe… -crosses fingers hopefully-
Anyway, sorry I changed the story to PG. Blame it on naughty-mouth Kagome and Kikyo's mean beatings. I decided that PG was best for my story. To be honest, I didn't think it would get so violent! lol
Also, thank you SO MUCH for the reviews! They really encourage me to keep writing! It can be frustrating trying to keep up with updates, but your review help tremendously. Thanks so much!
I guess you kinda deserve a little preview to my next chapter. I haven't written any of it yet, but I know what'll happen in it. Kikyo mimics Kagome's actions from the last chapter by spying on her and Inu-Yasha as they enjoy the video game arcade, which I have now decided to call…what was the name again?…oh, yes—Kraters. Basically, Inu-Yasha finds out about Kagome getting beat and things get a little intimate between them. (Not a lot, though! At least, not yet. –nudge, nudge-)