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Um. peeks over computer desk HI. I'M BACK. is pummeled with dead fish I'll retreat to my hole now. hides behind desk
The Damaged One
.Chapter Two.
.Suffocate.
Kagome Higurashi's eyes had never gotten any wider than that day. She stared, mouth agape, hand poised above her heart.
Her mind was blank with shock. She was in the home…of the people that beat the shit out of her….whoa…
"Are you just going to stand there like an imbecile?" she heard a cold voice ask. She strained to make a reply, but her voice failed her.
How humiliating! Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha Taisho were seeing her without makeup. She distantly thought of all the jokes they would make of her at school now.
What a horrible, horrible day, she thought glumly.
"Um…"she stated smartly, glancing between the two brothers who were sitting on stools near the kitchen island, "I think I'll go crawl to my hole now."
She darted back the way she came, charging past the man she had seen earlier. She slipped on her shoes and was about to grab her coat when the middle aged woman stopped her.
Kagome rose an eyebrow at the awkward position…the lady had plastered herself on the door, arms spread and a look of pure confidence on her face.
"Stay," she said softly.
Kagome's eyes widened, not once in her entire life had someone asked her to stay. She had never been wanted, ever. And now some lady she had met just twenty minutes ago was asking her to do something she had never done. Stay.
Kagome nodded and took her shoes off again.
"Bye the way, I'm Sakura Taisho," the elder woman said gently.
"I'm Kagome Higurashi."
"Now, would we like to try that meeting over again? Come, there is nothing to fear," Sakura-san said, grasping Kagome's hand gently and tugging her to the kitchen once again.
What am I gonna do? They beat me up. They hurt me. How can I face them, after being humiliated so cruelly in front of that whole crowd? I liked sticking to the shadows. Why can't I be invisible…why can't I disappear? Kagome thought sourly.
She put on a tough mask of impassiveness as they reached their destination…the kitchen of hell.
Sakura-san pulled her to where they were sitting down.
"Kagome-chan meet Inuyasha Taisho."
"Um…"
By god, what should I say! she thought frantically.
Inuyasha turned his amber gaze from the magazine he was reading and glared at her.
"Came here to tattle tell on us, Kagome? 'Wahhhh Wahhhh Ms. Taisho, your sons beat me up! Wahh!'" he mocked.
She stared at him blankly.
…
…
…
She just saw Inuyasha, THE Inuyasha, act like a crying baby…
…
…
…
"Man I wish I had a camera. And a suggestion Inuyasha, never go into the acting business. Ever."
Inuyasha growled at her and stood up, "Want me to beat the shit out of you again?"
She snorted.
"Inuyasha, calm yourself. Kagome, meet Sesshoumaru Taisho," Sakura-san said, turning her to Sesshoumaru.
What to say to HIM? Gorgeous ice prince. WHAT TO SAY? My god. What should I do? KYA. I know! I'll pretend like I'm deaf! Wait. GAH.
Kagome decided on staring at him.
"Kagome-chan?" Sakura-san poked Kagome, who seemed to have frozen.
"Kagome," Sesshoumaru nodded in greeting.
Her impassiveness failed her, and she stared at him harder with surprised eyes.
"Are you sick?"
She fidgeted now and turned away to look at Sakura-san.
"Sakura-san? Um…"she gestured with her hands wildly.
Sakura nodded.
"You would like me to leave? Very well, I shall give you three a moment to speak alone."
NOOOOOO! NOOOO! DON'T LEAVE ME SAKURA! NOOO! KAMI! I WANTED YOU TO MAKE AN EXCUSE FOR ME TO LEAVE! NOOO!
Sakura was already gone.
"Shit," she mumbled.
She hoped that the earth would open up and swallow her.
"What the hell happened to you anyway? I know we didn't do all that," Inuyasha asked casually.
"What do you care? Don't butt into my business."
Inuyasha growled and stood, "You're in MY house, so I deserve some answers!"
She remained quiet.
"Wench, don't make me slap the sh-"
"That's enough Inuyasha. Do not make a fool out of yourself, because she is quite obviously not going to tell you," Sesshoumaru said emotionlessly.
Inuyasha growled and stalked out of the room.
I. AM. STUCK. ALONE. IN. A. ROOM. WITH. SESSHOUMARU. TAISHO.
It was to much, today was just to much. She looked into Sesshoumaru's golden eyes, then promptly fainted.
/s/c/e/n/e/c/h/a/n/g/e/
"Nnngh…"Kagome slowly opened her eyes, wincing at her sore muscles.
She blinked and studied her surroundings.
Damn it, now she was sleeping in her enemies house? Kami. What an awkward day. What terrible day. What a horrid, horrid, horrid day. Damn this day. Was it even the same day? How long had she been asleep? Answers, she needed answers!
She looked out of a window near the bed, noticing that it was dark out.
Must be nighttime.
She stood from the bed slowly, hobbling a little. She grabbed on to the bedpost for support, regaining her composure and limping to the door.
Well…I guess it's time to find someone around here…
She pushed open the door, ambling into the hallway.
Oh fun! Time to play let's-find-someone-in-the-four-story-house-of-your-enemy!
She walked down many corridors, passed many rooms, went in three circles, and then finally made it to a peculiar glass room.
She studied it closely before walking to it.
Impossible! IMPOSSIBLE! I've never heard of it! AN INSIDE GARDEN? Dear god. I must…resist…the…temptation…Oh fuck it.
She opened the door that led to the striking garden. She gasped in pure delight, looking at the breath-taking garden. It was so…beautiful…
She had never seen anything like it. Ever. Well then again, she hadn't been to many places ever, either.
"Wow," she murmured, awestruck.
Radiant flowers of blue, purple, and yellow were planted everywhere. She heard the sound of gently cascading water, which she assumed to be a fountain.
"It's beautiful, is it not?" a low voice said, near her ear.
She gasped for the second time that night, turning sharply to look at the intruder. She nearly ran into his chest as she did, and she glanced up.
Holy shit…he's hot…I mean. That ASS! Sneaking up on me!
How had he managed to get so close?
"Scare the shit out of me, thanks," Kagome said bitterly, stalking away from him.
"Isn't it past your bed time, Sesshoumaru?"
She heard a growl come from him, the only sign that proved he had SOME sort of feeling.
"Do not speak to me in such a disrespecting manner."
"I already did, and I won't take it back."
She decided to set out in search for the fountain she heard earlier.
Before she had a chance to listen for the direction, she was pinned against one of the glass walls.
"Do not think I would hesitate to harm you, Kagome."
"You didn't hesitate this morning, why would I believe you would hesitate now?"
His close proximity was nagging at her. No one had ever been this close to her. And somehow, she wanted him to be even closer. His scent filled her nose, and his presence was starting to overwhelm her.
His hands were planted on either side of her face and he was staring at her with such an intensity it scared her.
She attempted to push him away, and failed miserably.
No, no, no, no. I do not want this youkai, he is an ass who deserves nothing.
And he finally let her go, turning on his heel and stalking off gracefully.
Damn him. Damn him to hell and back.
Cold, bitter Kagome was not attracted to anyone. No one. And surely not Sesshoumaru. Caring meant hurting. Therefore she would never care for anyone. She repeated that in her mind, before walking out of the glass room back to the hallway.
Kagome lived off of her twisted logic. That caring meant hurting. Those were her life guidelines. Don't be weak, don't care, and you'll never hurt.
She didn't understand she was only hurting herself more by living as such.
/s/c/e/n/e/c/h/a/n/g/e/
She had successfully made it to the first level of the house. She glanced around, noting that she was in a library.
Padding quietly to out of the elegant library, she made it back to where it all started.
The place of hell.
The kitchen.
She dully stared at the uniquely furnished place, shaking her head at it bitterly.
"You mean, evil kitchen," she murmured.
Well…there was nothing to do until daybreak. She surely wasn't going home, she wasn't even sure she could ever go back. She'd been gone for a day…one WHOLE day…Her father would kill her.
And she was pretty hungry. They invited her here…she supposed she was aloud to raid their kitchen, right? Right. No regrets.
She plunged into the first cabinet she saw, finding it full of ramen.
Whoa. That's a shit load of ramen.
She stared with wide eyes, and quickly went to the next cabinet.
Ramen.
She glared at the cabinet.
"You have to be kidding me…"she muttered.
Next cabinet. Guess what it was? You guessed right…
RAMEN.
Kagome quickly ran through the whole kitchen, flinging open every cabinet and finding the exact same thing.
"Oh my fucking god. You're KIDDING. You can't be serious, Kitchen! You first humiliate me, and now you show me nothing but goddamn RAMEN."
Now, she wasn't saying there was anything wrong with ramen, she in fact loved it. But…having over twenty cabinets full of ramen was quite…scary?
(And now the author goes to make herself ramen. Teehee)
She sighed and shook her head. She stalked out of the kitchen and into the living room.
And for the second time that night, she ran into Sesshoumaru Taisho.
She mentally snorted, like hell she would confront him. She spun around and walked off in a random direction.
"Kagome. Are you following me?" she heard the frosty voice of Sesshoumaru ask.
"No, actually, I was trying to avoid you."
Pompous ass.
"Hn."
She kept walking, ignoring his short comment. Then stopped. She turned back around and marched up to one of the most feared demons at her school and poked him in the chest.
"Why the hell do you only have ramen in your kitchen?" she demanded, poking him harder.
Sesshoumaru stared down at her, surprise flickering in his eyes before he settled back into his stoic mask.
"That's Inuyasha's kitchen."
She sweat dropped, glaring at him.
"You're not seriously saying…he has his own kitchen?"
"I am always serious."
Good point.
"Well."
She turned around, once again feeling overwhelmed by his closeness and ambled off in an unknown direction.
"Do you want me to take you to the main kitchen? I don't want you to be a nuisance and walk everywhere in the house, probably waking the whole family up."
Kagome growled, turning to face him and said quite frankly, "NO."
She would find a normal kitchen in this mansion before this night was over…without Sesshoumaru's help. She'd be damned if she EVER let the likes of him, her enemy, help her.
And she set off, preparing for a long quest in search of…
The Other Kitchen.
(And now the authoress inserts the fact that ramen tastes DISGUSTING plain. : )
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Sesshoumaru stalked off in the opposite direction of Kagome, determined to ignore her. Now…where was the second story library again?
Damn.
He forgot where it was.
This house is to big.
Well, all he could do about it was search.
And so he prepared himself for a long quest in search of…
The Second Story Library.
/tbc/
Disclaimer: I own nothing, so please don't sic the lawyers on me. : (
/A.N/
Thanks for the reviews! TEN! For one chapter! That made me jump up and down and do a happy dance. I don't think my story is all that good though o.o Please tell me what needs improvement, PLEASE. I enjoy constructive criticism. But don't flame me please : (
Nya-chan.
P.S.- No real excuse for the late update. Oh yeah, I noticed in my first chapter that I made a few mistakes… here are the corrections : ):
Original: "Kagome, you son of a bitch, you better not still be in this house or I'll be sure every bone in your body!" he yelled, walking slowly to where she stood frozen in the living room.
Correction: "Kagome, you son of a bitch, you better not still be in this house or I'll be sure every bone in your body is broken!" he yelled, walking slowly to where she stood frozen in the living room.
Original: The popular rich kids who consisted of Inuyasha, Kikyou, Kouga, Hite, Manten and Yura were standing in their little group watching her father walk inside.
Correction: The popular rich kids who consisted of Inuyasha, Kikyou, Kouga, Hiten, Manten and Yura were standing in their little group watching her father walk inside.
Did I mess anything else up? O.O Please tell me if I did. : )
OH YEAH. READ THIS FIC.: Umbra by Site Unseen. She's so under-reviewed it's not funny T.T Her story ROCKS.
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