A/N: New chapter that I wrote when I was in China. Did you read my friend's new story yet?
Disclaimer: If I say I don't own, will you not sue? Okay then:0 I dont' own! Well that quote is mine. Way too lazy to find a real quote out there.
Surreal Reality
Chapter 7: Confuse
Feelings are placed in life to confuse anyone who believes in them.
"Sesshomaru, could you come in my office for a minute?" Said Onigumo from his door.
Sesshomaru went into his room and came out with a file and a binder. He went into Kagura's room without even knocking.
Kagura jumped in her seat at the sight of Sesshomaru appearing out of nowhere in her office.
"What do you want?" She said, trying not to think of some very uncomfortable thoughts.
Sesshomaru simply walked over to her desk and placed the binder on the edge. He turned to leave, but was stopped by Kaagura's voice.
"Wait." She called, trying not to sound desperate.
Turning around to see what she wanted. "Will you, will you sit for a while?"
Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow, but did as he was told. "What?"
Kagura gave the tiniest of smiles. "You really haven't changed."
"Is that meant to be a compliment."
Kagura shrugged. She paused to phrase her next question."Why are you back?" She finally said.
"You make it sound like you hate being in my presence."
No, just uncomfortable. She thought.
"What is it that you wanted of me?"
"To ask why you came back."
"To find a better job."
"And somehow, you just had to bump into me?"
"I suppose." He said uncaringly.
"Did you want to be a fashion designer?" Kagura asked curiously.
"I suppose." He said with pretty much the same tone.
"Have you even taken classes yet?"
"No."
"Then start talking classes." She said matter-of-factly.
"There is a problem."
"What?"
"I don't have the money."
Kagura was thrown aback by such an insecure comment coming from Sesshomaru.
"What do you mean?" She asked. "You can ask your parents for money, can't you?"
"My parents don't know anything about me." He said silently. Or atleast, what I want to be.
"What happened to your money?"
"Long story."
"Make it short." Kagura demanded.
"..." was all Sesshomaru said.
"..." was Kagura's response.
They stared at each other for 5 more seconds, listening to nothing but the soft murmur of voices outside.
"Say something." Kagura finally said.
"I can't." Sesshomaru whispered. He looked up at her, then turned to leave before Kagura could say another word.
Kagura
They say if someone is insecure about a subject you shouldn't push them to tell you everything. I also read in a magazine where you shouldn't push a guy to say something they don't want to say. And it's not only in guys, you can't make someone tell you something, especially since the subject might hurt them.
Which is why I just made a huge mistake that might take a long time to repair. There's also the fact that I hardly know him. Let's just hope that he will get hit on the head today and forget the whole conversation in my office. Every single word of it.
The crowd outside was gossiping like always.
"What a slut!" Someone said disgustingly.
"I heard she spent the night at his house."
"I heard he met her at a strip bar."
"What a slut!"
"So, are they engaged?"
"Well she does have that new ring."
"She's our best friend, why didn't she tell us they were together?"
"Maybe she's embarassed."
"We'll have to ask her some time. Whe the timing is right."
"Think she'll invite us to the wedding?"
"She has to. We're her friends
Naraku listened intently while pretending to be working. For a bunch of idiots, they sure had good information.
Inuyasha's ears twitched at the sound of a turning doorknob. "They're coming!" He said.
Everyone scrambled back to their seats as Sesshomaru stepped out of Kagura's room. They let out a sigh of relief to find out it was ony Inuyasha's brother.
Sesshomaru eyed them, knowing very well they had just been gossiping.
The lazy workers returned to their spots and started where they had left off.
Looking over at Naraku, Sesshomaru saw he was doing his work. Or, pretended too at the least.
To try to see what he was so interested in, Sesshomaru listened in to the conversation.
"I'm still shocked they're dating!"
"I'm not. They look kinda cute, it's just that Onigumo's kinda...old for her."
"Exactly! They cant' look cute. They're like, 20 years apart!"
"40, actually." Someone corrected.
"That's even worse!"
"Still, she's so pretty and he's so...not." Someone else pondered. People nod in agreement.
Sesshomaru knew they were talking about Onigumo's new girlfriend, but who?"
Looking around the room, he tried to piece the information together to figure out who the 'lucky lady' was.
Giving up, something he hardly does, he decided to ask Naraku instead. At the same time, he could find out why Naraku was so interested.
"Naraku." He deadpanned. Naraku didn't look up, too concentrated on 'working'.
"Naraku!" He said a little louder this time. This got the black haired man's attention.
Naraku's head snapped up at the sudden mention of his name. "Yes?" He asked, trying to stay cool, hoping noone knew he wasn't really doing his work.
"Who are they talking about?" Sesshomaru eyed the employees.
"...Why are you interested?" Narkaku said, hoping this would steer any suspicions the other way.
"To figure out why you were so intrested."
I should have known it wouldn't work on someone like Sesshomaru. Naraku thought. He thought over what he was going to say next, and ended up with. "They are talking about Onigumo." But then he realized it might make him sound interested in Onigumo, which would make him sound gay.
Sesshomaru smirked, knowing Naraku's plan had failed.
"I don't think you're the...queer kind. Tell me what you are so interested in." Sesshomaru demanded.
"I guess the crew just has good gossip."
Like Sesshomaru would believe that. "Are you saying I'll just have to find out myself?" He questioned. Sesshomaru walked away, leaving Naraku to ponder.
He knew what he was interested in. He had known all along, but he just didn't want to admit it.
He was interested in Kikyo, and if the things they say about her were really true. He knew it made him sound like he had a crush on her, which he didn't. He just wanted to know the truth about her.
Glancing over to Onigumo's room in which Kikyo was in, he wished he had x-ray vision to see what the two were doing.
Were they holding hands and flirting? Or were the talking business? Were they planning their wedding, or talking about KPF Inc.'s next biggest project? Or if she really was such a slut, did she jump him right there on his desk and they were making out right now as he spoke?
All of a sudden, Naraku had this strange feeling. His hands tightened into fists, and his heart felt like it was beating faster than usual. What was he feeling? It was on the tip of his tongue, but he couldn't place what it was. It was familiar, yet foreign.
Then, it hit him. It was the feeling he wasn't used to. The feeling he didnt' get becasue he always got everything he wanted. The feeling an older sibling might feel towards a younger one. The feeling you'd get when someone did something better than you. The feeling you would feel when someone had what you wanted. The feeling called jealousy.
Naraku
Why must I portray such strange emotions for such a strange women? What is it about her that makes me jealous of Onigumo? Why don't I know such simple answers to such simple questions?
Juromaru had just finished hyperventilating and now he had to think.
Maybe he could reschedule his appointment, but the publisher was a very busy person and might not find room for him. Maybe he could call Kagaromaru and tell him to bring the book to him, but Kagaromaru was probably busy as well. Maybe he had some other friends that could help him out.
Trying to think of some friendly outer source that could possibly help him, he realized he didn't have any. He was the quiet, shy type, and those characteristics wouldn't help in making friends. They hadn't helped all his life, therefore leaving him friendless.
Close to giving up, he prayed. He prayed like he'd never prayed before. He prayed and prayed it would happen. He prayed God would actually listen to him for once. He prayed for a miracle.
It looked like all the hard work praying was heard, because a quarter to 5, Kagaromaru magically appeared at the doorway of KPF Inc., holding a black plastic bag and asking for Juromaru.
"Is anything wrong?" Juromaru asked as if he was asking someone what time it was.
"Here, you left this/" Kagaromaru handed the plastic bag to his brother. Juromaru opened the bag and peeked inside. Seeing the top of the 3/4 inch wide book and its green and white cover made Juromaru feel something so indescribable, but it was a good feeling.
"Kagaromaru, I never thought I'd ever do this, but..." and he stepped forward to hug his 5"1' savior.
Kagaromaru made a face and backed away out of his taller brother's arms.
"How'd you know I left it ?"
Still disgusted with the hug, Kagaromaru said " This women came by the hospital today. She reminded me of how you were going to the publisher today."
"But how did you know I had left it?"
"My boss let me off early since I did an 'excellent job with handling wild diseases and had a great knowledge of rare sicknesses' ". Kagaromaru quoted. He rolled his eyes. "The cat had a bruised knee."
"I never thought of you as the cat type."
"Yeah...I'm going to go now. I am not about to waste time with you." And with that, he walked away. That was his brother, the very honest yet sensitive type.
With a small smile tugging at the corners of his lips, he turned around to find that the whole office was watching the brotherly love.
"See Inuyasha, you and Sesshomaru should be more like Juromaru and his brother." Miroku said.
"Sesshomaru looks up from his desk, since he wasn't watching the happy scene and wondered suspiciously at what Miroku said.
"Shut up you only child!" Inuyasha yelled back.
"Actually, I grew up in a very crowded household where all of my cousins and I slept in the same room. We were like brothers and sisters." Miroku explained.
"Whatever." Inuyasha grumbled.
Juromaru didn't care what they were saying about him, he didn't care that he had just showed his most sensitive side that even he was unfamiliar with. All he cared about was that he was going to get his novel published.
"How did it go?" Kagaromaru asked as soon as Juromaru walked into their apartment.
"Okay I guess." Juromaru answered as he went into his bedroom to change.
"Kagaromaru tried to figure out how it went by reading his face, but it was difficult to read a face like Juromaru's.
"Did she like your book?"
"I invited her to dinner this Saturday. She said she'll be done with the book by then."
"Sounds like you did a good job."
"I guess." Juromaru said with a dull tone.
"I'm going to bed now then. Good night." Kagaromaru said, waiting to hear Juromaru's comment on something Kagaromaru never said, but nothing came. He padded off to bed with a confused face.
"Hey, what are you reading?" Sango asked her sister, Kaguya, who was reading on her bed.
"Some book some guy wrote. He wants to get it published." Her sister sounded bored.
Sango climbed onto Kaguya's bed. "What's the book about?"
"Some guy and his messed up love life." She answered with pretty much the same tone.
"You sound bored." Sango said.
"Blame it on the book."
"Is it really that bad?"
"Yes, and I just finished the part where he cries because his brother said he hated him...pathetic or what?"
"Wow."
"Yeah."
And Sango heads off to bed.
A/N: By far my worst chapter yet. My head is being crowded by thoughts of high school and fear of being broke(only me, not my whole family) and the pressure to make this story a good one. Okay so technically, i still havn't posted ANY of the chapters yet while i am writing this. i would post it, but i am way too busy. soon it will b my high school orientation and that means the first day of school is closer than ever! noooooooooo!
The next chapter might take a while give me ideas, guys!