Different Sides of the Track
Chapter 18: Confrontations of a Family Sort
"Well this will complicate things a bit…"
Honestly, Kagome wasn't that surprised. Of everything that was happening to her, why not add another complication right? One thing however was bothering her.
"If InuYasha and Sesshomaru are royalty then why do they work for Naraku?"
Sango glanced nervously at Miroku. He shook his head in a 'no' manner and Sango shrugged.
"Your going to have to ask InuYasha that."
"Or Sesshomaru, but InuYasha might not be as… hostile towards you on that topic."
It was too much. Were the gods against her? Did she do something so incredibly bad that she was being punished this much? The banker… well he got what he deserved. And all the jobs she's done for Naraku were assigned to herself and InuYasha. Not just her. So why was everything happening to her?
Kagome grabbed her head and sighed. Everything seemed to be crashing in on her.
"Don't worry too much Kagome, I'm sure they wont be too mad. InuYasha might even try to apologize for what he said yesterday."
"What happened yesterday?"
Miroku was completely lost on this topic. The girls had talked about it before he came home, then afterwards Kagome had made Sango swear not to tell. She didn't want to seem like a weak little girl who couldn't even handle her boyfriend.
"InuYasha was an ass is all. Just said some things he'd better regret when I go see him later today… Speaking of which did you all know that it's about three in the morning?"
"Three in the morning!"
"Um… yes?"
"Miroku you have a job tomorrow! That lawyer upstate that sued Naraku last year, you're supposed to get him right?"
"Yeah. I'd better go get some more sleep. See ya later Kagome. I'm t-tired…"
Miroku's head lolled to the side and he proceeded to fall asleep on the chair. Kagome and Sango both snickered before heading back to their rooms. Kagome thinking about InuYasha, and Sango worrying about Miroku.
Kagome left early that morning, heading out to InuYasha's apartment. She had spent most of the night trying to build herself up for the confrontation that was sure to take place. There was no way in hell that she would let InuYasha sidestep all the things he had said about her. She wouldn't give in that easily.
She slowed down, then finally stopped in front of the apartment building. She offered the doorman a small smile, then walked into the building. She kept her head down, looking at no one. She started slightly as she felt a tap on her shoulder. She spun around and her eyes widened slightly. Sesshomaru had snuck up on her, completely blocking out his aura.
"Since when have you been able to hide your aura from me? I was able to sense you the other few times I met you."
Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow. He simply shrugged, not wanting to go into detail. He cleared his throat, and changed the subject.
"You live here with my dear little mutt of a brother, don't you?"
Kagome glared at him when he called InuYasha a mutt, but nodded her head to confirm Sesshomaru's suspicions.
"Well I have business with him today. It may be better if you were not there to witness it."
"I have to talk to him. If it's so important that I not be there, then I suggest that you let me talk to InuYasha first. Then you can have your turn."
"By your tone I assume my brother has made an ass of himself again. What did he do?"
"None of your damn business."
Sesshomaru nodded his head and punched the button to the elevator door. They had come to the elevator while they were talking, and yet neither had noticed.
Sesshomaru stood to the side and allowed Kagome to enter the elevator first. She nodded her head, signaling a thank you. She was amazed at the difference between InuYasha and Sesshomaru. They seemed nothing alike. Sesshomaru wasn't kind hearted like InuYasha, but he had manners that sometimes made it seem as if he was being nice. Only those who had met him on more then one occasion would know that he was simply following formality.
Kagome stared off into space as she waited for the elevator to reach their stop. Her head was pounding, due to a lack of sleep and a rather large amount of stress. She sighed and closed her eyes, leaning her head against the back of the elevator wall.
"Are you feeling alright? You look like you are about to drop to the ground. Did my dear little brother screw up that bad?"
Sesshomaru kept his voice neutral, like her was just trying to make polite conversation. But in truth, what his keen senses were getting from this miko was making him slightly concerned. The few other times that he had met her, whether it was via Naraku's orders, or if it was just InuYasha needing to talk to him and dragging her along, Sesshomaru had always sensed a large amount of spirit and happiness about the girl. Now it seemed as if she was tired, as if she could lay down and be asleep in a scarce few minutes. Even he knew that this was not normal for the girl.
"InuYasha just said some hurtful things is all, Sesshomaru. He was rude, he was cold, and he mentioned that Kikyo person. I still don't know too much about her, but he obviously was in love with her. I think he might still be…"
Kagome trailed off and opened her eyes, glancing down at the ground. Her eyes started to water, but she quickly blinked the tears away. She didn't need to cry in front of Sesshomaru.
"And to top it all off, Naraku is making me take this new miko, Fukushuu, on an almost impossible mission… It practically involves you and InuYasha too."
She gasped and put a hand over her mouth. She shouldn't have said that. If she did this mission for Naraku, then it would mean that she would be stealing from InuYasha and Sesshomaru's father. They would be so mad at her.
Sesshomaru simply raised a delicate eyebrow and decided not to comment.
The elevator reached the floor both of it's rather silent occupants were awaiting. Opening the doors, the two unique individuals stepped out of the elevator and headed towards InuYasha's room.
Kagome reached the door first and slid her key into the lock. Opening the door, she was welcomed with a hyper, messy, and obviously sugar crazed Shippo, jumping up onto her head and running all over her body, causing her to lose her balance. She fell forward, and would have smushed Shippo if not for InuYasha's convenient timing.
"I thought you were more graceful then that Kagome… Has something changed?" He teased her lightly.
Kagome just scowled up at him and got out of his grasp. Grabbing Shippo before he could completely tear her clothes to shreds, (his little claws where sharp!), walked into the living room portion of the apartment and sat down on her favorite chair.
InuYasha sighed and turned to look at the regal figure standing in the wide open doorway.
"Oh great, and what do you want Sesshomaru?"
Sesshomaru sneered slightly, barely noticeable, and walked into the apartment.
"Right of course, just walk into my home, won't you?" InuYasha muttered sarcastically under his breath. He closed the door and went over to the couch.
Sitting down, InuYasha rubbed his temples, a migraine pounding at his head, making his temper very short. He glanced sadly at Kagome, regret shining clearly in his eyes.
"InuYasha, You and I need to talk. And since Sesshomaru needs to talk with you as well, I suggest that you just shut up and listen, ok?"
Kagome pat Shippo's head and watched InuYasha closely, snickering at his obvious wince. Oh he had every reason to wince, there was no way in Hell that she would let him enjoy the thrashing she was planning on handing out to him. He nodded to her, locking his gaze with hers, and suddenly she felt bad for being mad, but she quickly pushed that feeling aside and took a deep breath.
"Why would you say that? Did you intentionally want to hurt me? You know that I am not Kikyo, and you know that I love you. So saying that you would rather go back to Kikyo was obviously intentional because you knew how much it would hurt me. I can't believe you wanted to hurt me InuYasha… You said you loved me yet the first time we have a disagreement, you bring up the past and expect me to ignore the insults you throw at me."
InuYasha sighed. Inside he was thinking, 'But it's not the past anymore, Kikyo is back, and I have to make a decision." He rubbed his closed eyes and took a breath, ready to explain himself to her.
"Kagome, I wasn't really thinking….," He frowned. "Actually yes I was thinking. I wanted to make you made. I was stressed and I said something that I never should have said. I know this now, Kagome, and I am so sorry that I said it to you in the first place. Please, Kagome, forgive me?"
Kagome gave him a finale once over before smiling and nodding.
"Of course InuYasha, I'll always forgive you."
InuYasha let out a rather happy cry and lunged at Kagome, enveloping her in a giant bear hug, getting chocolaty goodness all over his shirt thanks to a rather now squished Shippo.
"Thank you so much Kagome, I'm so happy I-"
InuYasha's declaration of happiness was cut short as Sesshomaru cleared his throat, gaining everyone's attention. When a man with as much power as Sesshomaru wanted your attention, you listened. If you weren't InuYasha that is.
"InuYasha, please pay attention, I need to talk to you about father… It seems that Naraku is planning a heist from our house, stealing our most valuable possessions, The Tetsusiaga and the Tensaiga. Of course he will have to get threw our security, but some how he seems confident that he can do it. I don't know whom he is sending… But I suggest that you and I go to our father's house tomorrow night, to guard the items."
InuYasha stood slack jawed with a rather purple looking Kagome in his arms. He realized that he was cutting of her source of air and quickly let her go. She gasped in a big breath of air, her face returning to a normal hue, with just a slight tint of red. Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow.
"Are you serious Sesshomaru? What about the deal father made with him? The whole send us to Naraku to work and the Lord of the Western Land's reputation is kept safe? That's the whole reason we work for the idiot."
Sesshomaru glanced at Kagome, unsure of weather it was wise to have the girl hear all of this. It was really none of her business, but InuYasha seemed to trust her, and even though it was not a good idea to him, Sesshomaru decided to let her stay here for the conversation.
Kagome herself had turned suddenly cold, not meeting InuYasha or Sesshomaru's gaze. She masked this feeling from the Youkai's strong senses with her miko abilities, and tried to keep calm. This was not good, there was no way that she and Fukushuu could take on both Sesshomaru and InuYasha! That would just not work. She needed to get into contact with Fukushuu right now. But she would have to wait until that night, or even early in the morning. However, she knew that right now, it was not a good idea to be Kagome Higurashi, surrounded by practically the two most powerful Youkai in all of Japan.