Arterial Wish

CH 3: Changes of Time

The loud steps of foosteps vibrated through the walls of the large and elegant hall. The vibration was only the warning, and each of the steps taken meant far much more than steps. Not only was it because they were taken confidently by the little toad, Jaken. It was the fact that this little demonic toad was carrying with him, both in his hands and in his small brain, an important information.

His short body was proud now, unyielding. His little head, before always bowed when near his master, was now held up proudly as if something was keeping it up. And now, as he past through the hall, he gave each door he pass a glance, until he saw the red and elegantly designed door. In it, as always, was his curious master, keeping himself occupied.

He knocked gently and with the word 'enter' ringing through his ears, he opened the door with a big smile.

On the other side of the room, he could see his master's shadowed figure. The golden eyes reflected some of the light from outside of the room, and for a brief moment, Jaken was reminded of Inuyasha's frowning face. And with the thought, he gave himself a mental whack. This was not the time to think of such a fool.

"My lord..."

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A soft song rang through her ears as she closed her eyes solemnly. Tomorrow might be better, she whispered in her mind. Though, she already knew that such a thing was a lie. Indeed, people will have better days than others, but who is to say what is a 'bad' day or a 'good' day? In the end of the day, if you are alive that is, you will live and still have responsibilities upon your shoulders.

On her chair, looking out towards the large window of her hotel room, she leaned back, trying to relax herself. Outside, she could see the rain clouds filling the once before blue sky. Days like this...it made her think, once again, about him. However, she knew that everything reminded her of him.

Never in five hundred years, starting from the age of fifteen, had she missed a single day without thinking about him. Even on the day when she was with others...somehow, she always found herself comparing him to them. And as usual, she would always find them...inferiour against him.

"Hmpn...stupid me."

And it was true. She was stupid. For believing in a dream, for ever believing in 'happy' endings.

Her stereo stopped, and she suddenly felt more alone than before. In truth, she wanted to cry, yell, scream or anything. However, that was just pointless.

Her eyes wandered to the table, on it, she could see the tickets to the new amusement park. The ticket was given to her for free from Hatori two weeks ago...on the day she decided to stop seeing him. And as she thought about it now, maybe she should visit it after all. She had nothing better to do, anyway.

Standing up from her chair, she grabbed her black coat and slipped on her shoes, tied up her hair, grabbed her mp3 player and umbrella and headed out towards the door.

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"I believe that she has become the shikon no tama, my lord." Jaken explained hastily. "She was after all the one who was suppose to protect it...and it did disappear in her body after Naraku was defeated."

The image of Jaken never ceases to disgust him. However, the fact that a woman i human /i was going to live forever disgusted him far much more. The thought was repulsive, repugnant and completely something that he hated. Not only were the human race fools with a certain lack to control emotions, but the fact that a mere human might even live longer than him...was what bothered him.

Suddenly, with great haste yet with great control, Jaken was left in the dark room with large bruises on his head. And Lord Sesshoumaru...the great, oh, Lord Sesshoumaru, clearly went straight towards where his real anger lies. Even with great self -control he still knew that his search for great power was far more important.

So...now, here he was...Lord Sesshoumaru, wandering around in the well-known hotel the 'bitch' was suppose to reside in. However, as soon as he entered the door -that is, without knocking and breaking the lock- was as soon that he realised that he was too late. The woman had just left the room, and for now he only had her somewhat annoyng scent to follow her after. Also, another fact was, which annoyed him greatly as well, was that her scent was annoying him because it was pleasing -not disgusting. He remembers that fact from the past clearly.

Then, another fact smacked his head, giving him almost a headache... It is raining.

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Aishi aeba wakare yuku sonna deai kurikaeshita

Kioku fukaku tesaguru de ami kage o motomete wa

If I meet my love, and we part, we'll meet again, like we did before.

The sweet darkness I find, fumbling around deep in my memories.

The soft song floated from the earphone through her ears, as she kept walking, alone by herself in the middle of the crowded street. Grasped by her left hand is an ambrella to block her from the rain. And going through her head was the sweet song...so sweet that it gave her sweet memories. Along with those sweet memories were also the painful ones.

Quickly, when memories started to replay in her head, she quickly stopped the mp3 player. It wasn't the time to reminisce. Today, she promised herself sercretly, she will have fun. Well, as much fun as I can have. Said a part of herself - the less enthusiastic part of her.

Before she knew it, she found herself facing the entrance of the amusement park, named "Ichido Park".

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A hiss escaped from Sesshoumaru's lips when he spotted Jaken's human form running towards his direction. The fool, puffing heavely, stopped on front of him, bowing at least 10 times before stopping.

"Sesshoumaru-sama...! Sesshou-"

Sesshoumaru's eyes narrowed, instantly giving Jaken the shivers. "What is it?" He asked, his voice as smooth and silky as ever.

Jaken backed away a little, seeing the anger hidden beneath the cold mask. He hesitated to talk, but gained his guts to do so. "The girl is on TV. She's in the new amusement part..." Jaken paused, seeing his master's eyes get colder. "...and she's surrounded by those pesty humans."

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"Taisho-sama, will you be ok?"

Kagome's eyes turned towards Yamatsuki, annoyed by the fact that he was mocking her, annoying her... That bastard knew that she would be here today. Some how, he was able to guess. And today she had hoped that her 'fans' wouldn't recognised her... and that today she would be able to indulge herself.

So much for that.. She thought to herself, as she gave a fake smile towards the crowd.

"Taisho-sama! Taisho-sama!" One of the press shouted loudly. "Tell us your secret to staying so beautiful and looking so much like your mother! And how come we never heard about your father!"

With this simple question said, a bunch of other questions roused and soon everyone was simply asking their own question. Questions such as... 'Did you loved your father?' 'Was your mother ever nice to you?' 'How come they died at such a young age?' 'At what age did he died?' 'Did your mother and father elope at first?'

Her eyes narrowed alightly, though no one noticed it clearly. She gave another formal smile, and walked towards the small bold man who asked the question, letting her 'bodyguards' push the other people aside. As much as she can, she tried to remain collective and calm. She sighed deeply, getting the attention of the people around her.

"My looks... It's nothing really...it's just genetics." She said as she stopped on front of the man. And though he was taller, it was obvious that he was intimidated. "As for my father...he is past from this world." She looked towards the press, seeing them give little 'ooohs' and 'ahhs', as if they understood anything.

It didn't take long before she could see the black limo arriving near. At least, she would be leaving this place soon. She turned towards the press, giving another fake formal smile and giving another wave before turning towards the limo that had stopped on front of her. Just as she was about to get in...she felt it.

Arms wrapped around from behind her, she knew who it was without guessing. Only one person would be so brave to do such a thing in front on the crowd and love the attention. Mentally, she slapped her face.

Idiot. She thought. How could you forget about him?

Behind her, she could feel her back smacking against a hard, well-formed chest, as the calm, rough breathing started to tickle her neck. "You didn't think I'll let you go so easily, did you?" The smooth, slightly amused voice said, as she felt a small lick from his tounge.

Not in front of everyone...please. She begged mentally, but she knew that was only the beggining.

The crowd behind her gasped loudly, most of them now watching with full, intent eyes. Oh, yes...like every pathetic 'idol', as they seem to think of her...she had her suitable 'partner' in the fictional stories of magazines. That guy, as expected, would her wonderful secretary, Ryou Hiseki.

"No," she replied smoothly. "Now, let go." Her voice was low, so that he was the only one who would hear the answer.

A small chuckle vibrated on his chest, as he pulled away, turning her to face him. And with one swift movement, she found her lips connected with his. She didn't pull away, nor did she respond. She knew that any type of respond to this would only rouse the audiences interrest in her life far much more.

After what almost seemed like a century, he pulled away, giving her that boyish, charming look. He was quite a looker to anyone's eyes. With his dyed silver-blonde hair, stained yellow, black eyes and fit body, he was almost what others would call, "angel". But, in truth, he was anything but an angel. Devil. Her mind wanted to scream.

He linked her left arm to his, and though it looked like she was ok with it -she wasn't. For now, she guessed, she would allow him to play with his little game.

Now, after centuries of living in this world, there few times when she actually lost control or get so angry that she believed that she could kill someone. Unfortunately, her anger and fury started coming out more in this century, and 40 percent of it was spent on this embecile called her ex-secretary.

As soon as she had entered the limo, she slapped his face, giving him exactly what he deserved. He knew that she didn't like the spot light, that she hated when others talk about her 'family'...

He didn't say anything, other than laugh at her. "I knew that you would hate me if I did that..." He said, between laughs.

She gave him a sarchastic stare. "And here I thought you want me to love you." She said, turning her face to look towards the window, knowing that she had said something wrong...again.

There was silence and rustling of clothes. "I do, but I need you to notice me first." Another chuckle left his lips. "Anyway, you look so beautiful when you're angry. You horrible woman." He watched as she turned her face to face him. "Don't worry, I'm not going to do anything wrong this time... Actually, I'm just doing my job right now."

A questioning look cross her face, making him grin at her. "Yes, I got another job." He added, as if answering her question.

"And that would be...?" She asked, a little curious, knowing that she left him with a little money to fend for himself.

He paused for a moment, before talking. "I work under Takaha-sama now. And for a reason...Takaha-sama asked me to find you." Before she knew it, his lips was on hers again, but this time, she pushed him away, getting her hand ready to slap his face.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you." He warned. "Unlike before, woman, I am not working under you. Now, I can do whatever I want and I'm not going to lose anything." With that, he leaned back against the car seats. "Silly Kagome... Are you even sure that this is your limo at all?"

Her eyes widened, as she looked towards the driver's seat and sure enough, another man looked back...not her driver. It wasn't as if she was weak, she just didn't know it was coming. In a few seconds, her eyes shut when a handkerchief with a strange aluring scent hit her nose.

She fell asleep...

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Sesshoumaru was in the middle of drinking his tea calmly when a man busted through his door. With a deep sigh, he stopped, eyeing the man with hidden anger as he placed the cup down gently on the table. He guessed that from now on he would have to get use to these types of interruptions.

"What do you want?" Sesshoumaru queried sternly, receiving a rough smile.

"Everything of her...obviously." He replied quickly.

That was obvious. "And you will, after our agreement." The cool voice reassured.

It was a little later before the man sat beside him, taking a cup and pouring some tea in it. From his actions, Sesshoumaru was sure that the man had yet to learn some manners or proper deliquency at the very least. But maybe he was expecting too much, especially from a human.

The sudden shout of 'yuck!' was uncalled for but expected by him as he gave little acknowldgement to the man...who in his mind was still a boy. Though, Sesshoumaru must admit that at least in this life, the boy had change, especially in language. No longer does the boy use the often disgraceful talk.

"Tonight, you will tell her everything."

The boy looked towards him with an ironic face. "Yeah, I know about that. Hell, god...she's definitely going to slap me for this." He murmured, a little unhappy about the situation. "It's only been a week since I found out about my past, and now after all those 'sit' commands that I just remember, I don't think I 'll be able to stand it." He gave a loud groan. "It's not 'sit' this time -it's a slap!"

The demon lord's eyes landed on the boy's form. "Then why want her?"

"Even without knowing about my past I knew I was born for her...only her. But I knew that there was something missing and that she was hiding something. She never really did love me..." The boy stopped for a moment. "In fact, I always knew that she saw someone else behind me...as if she was comparing me to someone."

"Hn, hanyou-"

A hiss escaped the boy's lips. "I'm not the 'hanyou' anymore, remember?"

"Indeed, you are a pitiful human."

"I don't care. I just want her to be happy...with me." The boy's eyes travelled towards the sword, Tensaigai, which was clearly displayed on the table. "Anyway, the sooner you get the tetsusaigai and get your little curiousity out of the way is the sooner I can be with her."

"She will treat you as you did her before...with the dead miko."

Instantly, the boy stood up. "Heh...that's what you think! I'm going to make her love me as I am now...Ryou Hiseki. Now, I am not your 'half' brother, not a disgraced hanyou...I'm better!" With that said, Ryou stalked his way towards the door, but stopping as he narrowed his eyes at Sesshuoumaru. "I'll disappear after tonight, but you have to keep your end of the bargain."

"I always do, little brother."

A rough chuckle escaped Ryou's lips. "Inuyasha is dead." The door shut, and as Ryou walked towards the room where Kagome was held, he whispered something that he hoped to the gods could be true. "I just hope his dead inside her."

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She had yet to hear it all, yet she was already tired of it. She didn't want to listen, to hear, to take anything in... The man on front of her. The man Ryou Hiseki, he could never be her Inuyasha. Yes, in the past she would admit that she had seen a part of him inside this man...but she didn't want that, she wouldn't accept that.

Her Inuyasha, the one she loved...he was a hanyou - not a human. And for everything that Inuyasha was, she loved. So without everything that he was, she wouldn't love...

"Look, Kagome... Why don't you accept it?" Ryou asked harshly, grabbing each side of her arms. "He's dead! I'm his reincarnation, I remember everything about what happened to us in the past, what we went through... It's all dead now. In this generation, there is only me...left of him."

A loud striking sound of flesh hitting flesh echoed through the room as a red hand-mark appeared on Ryou's left cheek. He expected it...the slap, that was. Somehow, this time though, it disturbed him far more than before.

"You're nothing...compare to him." Again, it was like she counldn't control it.

Someone, something had taken over her. Was it her deep love for her Inuyasha? Was it the fact that she couldn't accept the truth? Or was it because she wanted to hurt him as much as he did her? She had no real answer, or no real question. Simple was, she believed him and hated him for it as well. But, if this was really her Inuyasha, how could she hate him?

Another chuckle rose from Ryou's lips and soon it turned into a laugh. It scared her, for she didn't know anything about it.

"I understand." He whispered, giving her a soft peck on one of her temples. "I completely understand...until then, I'll see you around. By the way, I nearly forgot to tell you, that my incarnation's brother is still alive."

"Brother...?" She whispered to herself.

She was trying to find any piece of memory she could gather of Inuyasha's demon brother. She remembered Rin and how much she had hated him for what he did with her. She remembered that he was full demon, that he was cold-hearted, that he was evil...possesive, power-hungry, short-tempered... She quickly slapped herself mentally as an image of Inuyasha appeared in her head. Inuyasha's brother was NOT Inuyasha.

"Yeah...you don't remember him, huh?" Ryou asked, about to leave.

She gave him an impressionless face. "I remember a little. Rin. Other than that, no."

He patted her head, making her give him a deadly stare. "His name is Sesshoumaru. The guy calls himself Takaha-sama now. I'm sure you met him before."

"Maybe..."

"Look, I gotta go. I know that it's uncomfortable here, espcially because of the fact that you aren't in your hotel nest. But just try to make yourself comfortable. Answer each one of that guy's question and you should be fine." Without even any sign of warning, he kissed the side of her cheeks again. "I'll see you in a few days."

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Boring...I bet that asshole is doing this on purpose. She thought indecently, already seething with anger. What was she to that jerk? A pet? A toy? A thing from the past? Well, whatever it was she just hated being treated like this. It had been more than a 12 hours and still nothing...not even a word.

She was fed and given new clothes to wear, but nothing else. What the fuck was that bastard thinking? That she would let herself be kidnapped and stay in this room like his little cute pet? As angry as she was, Kagome's mind screamed in agony. Whoever you are, you bastard, I'm getting out of this place. And she was indeed very, very angry...

Appperantly, though Kagome had not use her miko powers for over a century she could still remember how to use it clearly. However, her miko powers will not help her in such a position. So, after almost half an hour of trying to calm down, Kagome's eyes was caught by the lilttle man who just entered.

The little man gave her a proud look. "Human, you should consider yourself lucky that you are still alive." He said, letting the plate in his hands carefully land on the table.

Kagome gave frustrated look, only to smile at the little man. "Who are you?" She asked.

Jaken's eyes widen. "Who do you think you are? Not remembering me!" He walked towards her sitting form on the bed. "I am Jaken, Sesshoumaru-sama's faithful servant!"

She gave him a sarchastic look. "And you're actually proud?"

"Yes, I am! It is better than being a human!"

"You're not human?" She scoffed. "Of course you're not...you're too ugly to be human." She bent towards him, giving him a sly smile as she watch him blush with their 'closeness' or maybe he was just angry. It didn't matter. Soon, the staff held in his hands were taken by her as she wacked his head with it, knocking him unconcious.

That almost gave me a strange feeling...

A laugh escaped her lips. "Little idiot." She walked towards the door, planning to observe this place. She was curious, for it was pretty big, maybe even bigger than her house. Maybe...

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In a huge room, far to the east wing of the mansion, sat Sesshoumaru on a comfortable chair, and on him was a woman. She was one of his 'acquitance', nothing more... In fact, the woman wasn't even considered as anything to Sesshoumaru. For even if she was beautiful, she was still human... However, as a male, of course he needed his 'times' of release.

"There's a rat." Ssshoumaru's emotinless voice echoed through the room as the woman on him tried to stop herself from moving. "Get off, now." He didn't bother to let the woman choose, for he soon stood up, unceremoniously letting her hit her naked ass on the hard ground.

The woman gave a hurt look, as she tried to get herself together, looking towards Sesshoumaru's fully cloth form. "Why did you do that for? I can't see any rat. Not in a mansion like this at least!"

He didn't bother to look at her. "Lower your voice wench." He snapped instantly. "You are useless, leave. Today, you shall be sent back to your family."

"What!" She replied instantly. "You can't do this...my father's company!" She sobbed angrily. "You took it away from him...and now, what are you doing?" She stood up, wrapping her arms around his waste. "Don't do this."

He didn't bother to look back as he walked towards the door, pushing her away from him. "I believe that in your language, what I am doing is 'dumping' you." He opened the door with graceful movements. "However, whoever said that you belonged to me in anyway?" He cringe his noise. "I'll give you three seconds to leave."

"One..." He started, watching with an annoyed expression as she gasp and started to gather for her clothes. "Two." The woman was now in the process of trying to get her clothes on, but it was useless. "Three." With that said, the woman was only a centimetre past the door and when she turned around, she found the door already closed.

She leaned her forehead on it, chukling to herself. "You will pay for this, bastard. I promise you that..." She whispered, as she took out something from her pocket. It was a paper, on it read: Sohma.

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Sesshoumaru gave an annoyed look at the door before him, trying to control his anger. Privacy... It was something that he appreciated, and when someone -for example, a simple human bitch- tried to disturb it, he would never think twice about ending the foolish being's life. But, in this case, he guessed he had to.

Almost a full minute past when he regained control. Calmly, he walked towards the chair he sat before, only to change direction, this time walking towards the large red curtains on the side of the towering wondow. He stared out towards the window for a while, looking towards the full-moon, wondering how it was possible.

And soon, without hesitation, he pushed the curtain aside, revealing nothing. For a moment, he was shocked, then annoyed as he now felt a presence behind him, sitting on his chair.

"Looking for me?" The smooth voice more so stated than asked.

He took his time before turning around, and soon letting his eyes secretly revel in her undeniable perfection. That simple fact, made him more...somewhat interrested in such a creature. He observed her now, his eyes painting the new image over the old one in the past.

She gave him a knowing smile, fully kicking out any doubts that he made a mistake about her age. No one... Absolutely no one...no human, could ever have that expression. If they did, it would not even contain the least bit of the wisdom that hers showed. And in a mysterious way, it made her far more beautiful.

A frown soon marred her face. "You're not going to stare at me all night, are you?" She asked, breaking him of his trance.

"What are you doing here?" He demanded instantly, his question leaving no room for other replies.

"Hmm... I was bored, so I decided to roam." She replied casually, not bothering to give Sesshoumaru any show of respect. "Ryou said that you were Inuyasha's brother." She stated, not bothering to care about him. She leaned back a bit on his chair, only to now give a serious expression. "State what you want, Takaha."

His eyes narrowed, and she knew that he was not kidding about the threats behind them. But, she was always one to dare. "Is it to buy my company? Ask for money? Steal my company?" She continued as her serious expression change to that of sarchasity. "Or...could it be, that somehow, you have ceased your evil, demonic ways and suddenly come to 'good' side?"

"Continue your prattling and you'll be soon without a tounge."

All he got was a 'hn' from her as she leaned back further more into his chair. "Then what the hell do you want?"

He gave her a look of curiousity, mentally deciding that she was now serious and would listen. "Answers to questions and a wish to be granted." He stated, taking a second look at her clothes.

He didn't notice it before, but this girl was poorly dressed at the moment. The clothes that Jaken had given her were far too big for her that you could see the flesh on her shoulders. The t-shirt also went all the way down to her knees, giving her a child-like appearance.

"Sorry, one customer at a time." She retorted bluntly, noticing his eyes narrowed. "You're not scary...you know. At least not to me." Her words were blunt and honst. "You can't scare me. I'm immortal, so try to kill me... Actually, be my guest."

Another information was given, and Sesshoumaru felt far more envious of this bitch's life. She would not die...no one could kill her even if she is the weakest thing on earth. Then, a question lifted to the air. "You still feel pain?"

"Yes, it shows that I'm alive, after all."

"Then pain shall be your punishment."

"Pain or no pain. I said before and only one more time, one customer at a time." She gave him an honest look. "While another person is still deciding on his wish, I'm of no use."

Sesshoumaru closed his eyes for a brief moment. "Then, you shall answer my questions."

Kagome sighed heavely. "I don't have to, but since I am bored...talk." she said, leaning far back as possible, whilst giving a small yawn.

His eyes never left her form, as he wandered what changed her so much. The innocence that sparkled everytime he set his eyes on her in the past - it was gone. From what he could gather in a short amount of time of knowing her existance now, is that she has been through many things. Many wars that had occured...

One of her eyes opened and looked towards him. "Are you hungry?" She asked, giving a curious look. She quickly answered his questioning look. "Never mind. I just thought that you probably want to eat me or something..."

"I would never stoop so low."

"Like I would know." She retorted. "I thought you were going to ask me some questions?"

Sesshoumaru grimaced, annoyed by the girl's calmness. "What is your age?"

The woman's eyes remained close as she answered the question. "Five hundred and nineteen years."

"The shikon no tama-"

"Is inside me."

He narrowed his eyes. "The hanyou-"

"He died of old age beside me, about 200 years after Naraku was defeated."

He looked towards her, wondering why she wasn't hesitating to answer the questions. "Your friends-"

"Are all dead, I didn't see them die."

He closed his eyes. For now, he tried to tolerate her. She was, after all, his only way of being able to live forever.

"I'm bored..." His ears twitched as he felt a gentle touch. Instantly, he turned towards where the touch came from and with surprised, he saw her index finger curl a bit around the pointy end of his ears. He gave her a demanding stare, as she gave him a smile. "It's not like Inuyasha's at all." She whispered, annoying the Demon Lord all the more.

In an instant, he moved away from her as he harshly grabbed her wrist and threw it away. He had no time for this woman. She was annoying to him. Now, she braught up question that should be no use to him at all. Those questions being questions that were about her, and should remain nothing to do with him.

"Leave," he ordered harshly.

He didn't bother to look at her as he heard her give a loud detectable sign. "Fine. What a bore."

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She gave a little sigh, as she looked towards the end of the well-decorated hall. Nothing... She thought, wanting to tear the place apart. With another sign she continued walking, knowing that she had a follower. In fact, she actually didn't care that she had a follower. But, as time passed, Kagome's curiousity rose.

With a little smile on her lips, she turned around and looked towards where her follower was hiding. A person gasped, and using a bit of her speed, Kagome was able to grab the person's wrist. It was the girl whom that Takaha had dimissed.

It was a bit obvious to Kagome why the girl would follow her. The girl gave her an angry look as Kagome gave a small chuckle whilst letting go of the girl's wrist.

"I'm not his new lover." She stated, bluntly and with a little smile. "That Takaha, I don't know him and even if I do, those type of men aren't my type."

The girl gave her a glare. "Why? What's wrong with Lord Takaha?" She asked furiously, surprising Kagome.

For a minute, Kagome's eyes lay settled on the girl, as if she was looking through her. Her eyes never moved away, nor did they blinked, they were just there, staring and observing. The expression on her face were that of no emotion, yet her eyes showed it all, and for a brief moment, the girl thought she saw deep melancholy.

Then, after hat brief moment, another smile placed took over Kagome's lips. "Just don't worry." Said Kagome, giving the girl, who actually looked older, a pat on the head. "What's your name?"

The girl gave a curious look before standing up straight. "My name is Hani Sohma."

"You are related to Shigure and Ayame, then?"

"Yes. I am." She replied, nodding. "You? What's your name? Why are you here?"

Another smile crossed Kagome's lips. "So many questions..." She observed. "I'm Taisho Kagome, and I'm here on business with Takaha."

Hani gave a frown, "Is it really only business?" She asked, narowing her eyes questionly.

"Yes."

"Ok then..."

For a while, nothing happened, and both of them stood there silently. Kagome looked towards the girl, observing her. Hani was beautiful, but the beauty seemed empty. She didn't know what it was, but somehow, Kagome noticed that this girl's beauty run on nothing but just physical beauty. There was no mystery held by her beauty. Which would be, maybe, one of the reasons why that Takaha found her boring in the end.

That thought, lead her to think many things. Though it never happened and would never happen... She still had the time to think of the thought now. If Inuyasha was alive, would he have gotten bored of her as well? Would his love in the end go away? There was always a begining, right? And along with the begining would also come an ending. So, if Inuyasha's heart began to love her, would his heart end up not loving her?

She sighed a little, not wanting to think furter on t for now. She'll think about it later. For now, she should not waste a human's life. "Why don't you go after him?" She asked the girl.

Hani gave Kagome a simple look. "I would, if he'd let me. He's so...detached from the world. I don't know anymore. I know that he never loved me and probably never will." She stopped, smiling pathetically to herself. "Look at me, talking about my love life with a woman who I only known for 10 minutes."

"It's ok. I don't mind."

"I just can't follow him anymore. He has already used me and caused me nothing but sorrow and pain."

"I see." Kagome gave sympathetic smile. "Then, what are you going to do?"

The girl's eyes darkened. "I want my revenge."

"And here I thought you loved him..."

"I did." She whispered. "But he ignored that, so...I want my revemge."

A chuckle escaped Kagome's lips. "Good luck on that, Hani." With that said, Kagome started to leave, making the girl ran after her. She turned towards the girl, giving her a questioning look. "What is it?"

"Will you help me?"

I-I-I-I-I-I-I

A chill ran up his spine, making him drop the tube in his hands. The glass broke and everyone in the room gave him a curious look. What was wrong with the doctor? Though, they had all noticed that he seemed disturbed the pass few weeks and only some of them knew the cause.

"Doctor?" Asked one of his coworkers. "Are you alright?"

Hatori looked down towards the broken glass and picked it up. He didn't bother to look towards his coworkers as he started hading for the door. "I'm going home early today, something has come up."

"O-ok..." One of them replied, a little scared.

He walked out of the clinic and headed towards his car. There was nothing worth doing in work today. Nothing whatsoever... He was sure that everything would go fin without his presence there.

It was late at night when Hatori got home. Higurashi...no, Kagome...what has happened to you? Where are you? He thought as he walked into his room. It had been over a week and there was still no sign of her. Her company was doing fine, and they had said that she was just oversease doing some business preparations.

However, if he knew something about Kagome, it was that she hated travelling to other countries. He could remember a day when she told this so to him.

That day, he was supppose to leave for China.

"I have to visit a relative there. She has gain some sort of illness, the family believes that it's due to the family curse." He said, watching as she typed something down on her laptop. The only reply he got was a nod and a simple 'i understand'. "Will it be alright? You are welcome to come if you wish."

That day she didn't look at him in the eye. "No thanks, I've already been to China and there is nothing fascinating about it. Just like other countries, I'm better off staying here. How long are you going to be gone for?"

"Weeks or a month."

"Then, I definitely don't have to come. Anyway, I really doubt you'll be gone a month if Akito is really in a bad shape. And anyway, it'll remind me of too many memories."

At the time, he didn't understand what she was talking about. However, after she told him the truth about her life, and about her first lover, then he understood. When people talk about memories, it is usually memories they had shared with their family, friends and lover. However, when she refers to memories, it only meant memories with one person.

He sat down on his chair, taking in the deep feeling in his chest. He sat there, quietly. Then, after what seemed like an eternity, his cell phone rang.

"Yes?"

"Hatori! I was sooo worried! They said you've already left and I knew that there must be something wrong! Are you sick? What's happpened? Did Kagome really dumped you? Don't worry we'll fix that problem! We'll tell her how important you are to us and..."

"Ayame, I'm fine."

"That great! Anyway, I know where Kagome is! Apperantly, she's staying over at Takaha-sama's place. Hani was there too, but she had to leave. I can't believe that she got dumped! Ooooh, that Takaha is no good, I'm telling you. But what is Kagome doing there, you think?"

"I don't know."

"Next week, I'm visiting Kagome."

"Are you even allowed?"

"Who cares? I'm going anyway! Takaha has to let me in as replacement for Hani's job. You do know what her purpose was for being there, right? If you didn't know then I'll tell you. She was there to insure that the connection between her father's company and the Takaha corps was not broken. But since she got dumped..."

"Ayame..." Hatori nterrupted, surprising the person in the other line.

"Yes...?"

"I will visit as well."

"Aren't you too busy for this kind of thing? And if Kagome has dumped you then I hardly think that she would appreciate you stalking on her while she is there for some business efforts."

And all that Ayame heard as a reply was: Beep, beep, beep...

On the other line of the phone, Ayame gave a sad face. "Hatori? Are you still there? Hatori? Don't do this."

"I told you Ayame, you are just annoying him more." From across the room sat Shigure, with him wearing his yukata. "Good job though. Now, what do you think is going to happen?"

"To be honest, I really don't know. I expected this much, but I never knew that it would be this easy."Ayame gave a sigh. "Whatever happens, I hope that it turns out great for Hatori. His far too precious to us. I don't get it why Kagome-sama doesn't want him."

Shigure walked towards Ayame, giving him a knowing smile. "Or maybe we have it wrong."

"Hmm?"

"When you love someone, you have to set them free. In the end, maybe our Hatori is far too precious for Kagome-sama."

END OF CH 3 - Arterial Wish

Demon Tenshi: Took me too long to write this one down. I kept on rewriting on. So, now...I am not checking at all what I have written down. Sorry if there are a lot of grammar/spelling mistakes but I don't want to read over it. Anyway, thanks for the reviews that I got. I'll try now to update on my other FFs before my EIGHT WEEKS holidays end.

Vi3t Babii- Thank you for reviewing. I'm glad that you liked the last chapter. I will try to make better future chapter and also try to update faster. And your declratiom of love was very funny. You are vey funny.

hakkai-my-youkai- I guess Hatori can do that, but I don't that's allowed since she must remain immortal sue to the shikon no tama inside her. I'm happy to hear that you liked the last chap.

gothic-ember- Hmm... you think my writing is detailed? Well, that's strange I kept thinking that it wasn't detailed enough. Thanks, and I hope that this chapter won't be sad at all.

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Kagome21- Awww... I think you know how to charm people! So kind. The way I write is pretty bad - I think since it has a lot of bad spelling/grammar mistakes. A friend of mine, (coughs) darxnova (coughs) never seems to forget not to mention. Thanks you very much

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