Chapter 2:

Flowers on Fifth

By: pillowsama


Drawn to Inu-mama's house


She was feeling a bit lost.

No, she wasn't feeling it. She was lost. 'Where the heck am I going?' She wandered the street looking around for a familiar sign. Her eyes were peeled...peeled like oranges...which helped nothing except make her eyes burn and water. Maybe it would have been better to just ask Rin for the address rather than try and find it by sheer luck. But then it would have meant calling her house...that number that she threw away so long ago...

Kagome looked around.

'The tree...'

Her eyes softened at the familiar dying tree that she first loved peeking from behind the house. It was time again to welcome back the Taisho into her life. Even if it was just for business.

The life she called her own was dreary really. The flower shop seemed like a nice front for now. 'Nice girl with happy flower shop. Nice girl with best friend.' She was not unhappy, or sad, she just wasn't...full-filled.

But that changed a few months ago when she found herself cheerful for a while, that while ended up in hours, days, months.

She found the house!

Gently once more knocking lightly on the door she waited in outside in the quiet street.

Before she could turn back to see if there was anyone there she was greeted. "Kagome!"

A woman she once loved so dearly now aged, stood before her. Her beautiful black hair tinted and streaked with gray, her eyes gleamed when she saw her old face.

She was even still wearing the apron she'd often seen her with. Kagome stepped inside with her, waiting to see if anyone else would come and greet her. No one. The house was rather empty. "Do you miss me?" The woman clamored to set the table, happy with her guest.

"Of course! I've been meaning to call. But it seems I never got around to it."

She lied again. Never did she want to call. Never did she really want to be in this house. Again. "Well. Nothing I can do about that Kagome." she said looking at her clearly now, the frown on her face blotching out the perfect vision Kagome had of Inu-mama. Leaning against the beam supporting the ceiling she looked around the house.

'Still the same.'

Inu-mama purposely did that. Left the house that way ever since she left. They talked for a while, gathering old memories, and their endeavors to make new ones. Apparently Inuyasha had moved and Sesshoumaru too. It was just Rin and Shippo in the house now, their mother taking care of them. "She's marrying alright! My son's she marrying!" Inu-mama cried. "Never thought he would get married that one. Always around and about. Never thinking to settle down!"

She left Kagome to herself in the kitchen to open the now ringing door. It was silent, now, the aroma of food laced with heat. Kagome was going to meet Kikyo. The groom wasn't coming. Had something to do.

Same as before she heard Kikyo laugh and her perfume of heavy jasmine reached her nose and ears as she happily chatted with Inu-Mama. How she hated that smell now. It was lovely, but it only reminded her something else before. She sat there, waiting to be reacquainted. The bride stood in the door way smiling, laughing. "You must be the flower maid! I've heard you did beautiful arrangements. Maybe you brought your plans along for us to discuss?"

"Dinner first! Business later. We have to wait for Rin and Shippo." Inu-mama scowled.

"All ready here mama!"

Shippo and Rin quietly closed the door and looked at the strangers now in their household. They slipped through the crowd and went upstairs to change in preparation for the dinner upstairs in their own rooms. Kagome waited quietly listening to the couple talk about the event. She couldn't help but feel a little left out. Neglected.

A mild neglect.

'Flower maid my ass.' Kagome was a florist. Duh.

Kikyo turned her attention back on Kagome now aware of her fidgeting with the red napkin. "You want to get on with business don't you? We can start now if you like."

"Yes. Um..." She reached in her suitcase and pulled out a thick hard covered book. "Maybe you'd like to have a look through-check and see anything you and Inuyasha would happen to prefer."

"How nice of you to think of Inuyasha…" Kagome watched her flip the pages one by one.

"Why wouldn't I? He's the groom."

Inu-mama stared at her, Kagome noted the acute look on her face when she lowered it to pick up a plate and ambled her way to the kitchen. "Something wrong?" Everybody just seemed to incoherent all of the sudden. Bewilderment seemed to surface to her skin when Kikyo smiled as if it was a simple mistake on her part. The words she spoke seemed to etch in her mind for a while, unable to process.

"The only think I find wrong is your knowledge at this point. That I will fix-" Kikyo enunciated now aware of the clueless ness of the matter.

"Inuyasha is going to be only a part of the ceremony, his brother-Sesshoumaru, is my fiancée."


"Yes dear, I realize this. Your very happy, I understand. Goodbye."

Sesshoumaru sighed, his hand on the phone handled done with another session on the phone with his soon to be wife. Things always so positively…normal (for lack of better word) with her.

They were getting married alright. She even faxed over the papers for him to sign and sent the bill too, or really the bills he'd give to secretary to handle. The woman rambled on about how the new florist was going to help her out in her task ahead that would last all fall.

Kikyo insisted. Though with his money he could have just hired someone to plan it all and all they'd have to do would show up and get it over with.

This is our wedding Sesshoumaru! It should be special...

Sadly, it was. It was time to settle down that was for sure. He was already 23. Young sure. But he'd down everything needed, made a fortune, traveled the world, enjoyed fine dining, now is the task of producing an heir to inherit all he had, before he passed along. Was he marrying for love? Maybe, Kikyo was the only woman he found he could spend time without needing to leave the building.

Was that not love?

Sesshoumaru packed up his stuff and turned off the light in his office.

Gazing back the empty space, thinking of all the work to be done tomorrow he only rooted himself deeper in disappointment. 'I should have retired long ago...'

In the office, the boss was cold, aloof, and distance. Only there for the checks-nothing more. The people in the building never saw him for he had his own private part of the tower which he entered and exited, before anyone knew of his presence. Which his task of coming and going past undetected, helped to realize company parasites.

Surely the surprise on everyone's face was apparently when he publicly announced his plans and invited everyone of his employees-from the janitors and vice president, to the ceremony.

"Good evening Sesshoumaru!"

He sat down in the car that the driver had opened for him. "Hello, Jaken."

"Another day gone well I hope."

"The day has turned out fine." Sesshoumaru ended the conversation and stared at out the windows of the passing street. 'All I ever see are buildings now...'

Years ago he was so accustomed to home, the atmosphere of nature surrounding him. He needed a break from this street, from his town, from this city. Light flashed on him through the opaque window that hide him from view.

Rin made him promise to stop by at Inu-mama's house tonight. Supposedly after she got done with her friend she would come say hi to him. Tomorrow they were to go to the mall and look for a gift for Shippo. The two seemed to be together a little more like twins rather than siblings. Inuyasha and him where never like that.

The car drove up the drive way, where Jaken waved him off, claiming that he would pick up his employer around 1:00 o'clock.

He rung the doorbell, a flower in his hand.


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