A
Day and a Life
Chapter Four: What Just Happened?
Disclaimer:
I'm waaaaaayyyy too lazy for this so… It's not mine.
Author's
note: Okay after a nice break from this story I'm finally updating.
Everyone say YAY!
No? Okay that's cool with me. I wasn't
expecting you to.
P. S: This chapter is dedicated to
crimsonmoon21 for her great out fit idea ;)
Standing in the middle of a long hallway, surrounded by pale
yellow walls with only a narrow table and a round mirror, was a
shadowed figure. Raven hair cascaded down a white clad torso and
seemed to disappear as it met the black fabric of a long skirt.
Clasped tightly in a quaking hand was a telephone receiver. The dial
tone was booming in the eerie silence of the hall. One shaking digit
hovered above the base of the telephone, preparing to dial an almost
familiar number.
Kagome closed her eyes tightly as she began to
dial Seto's cell phone number. She had decided that it was best to
not go out with Seto. Everything about him reminded her too much of
Sesshomaru. The only problem was that Seto was somehow important to
her. How? She didn't know. Her finger moved slowly along the
buttons pressing down upon one occasionally. Before she could finish,
however, she heard the all too familiar sound of her doorbell.
Shock
and panic coursed down her stiffened spine. She quickly slammed the
receiver on to the base and rushed to the end of the hall in the
direction of the front door. Upon reaching the place where the
corridor turned off into the entryway to the foyer, she stopped and
pressed her back closely to the wall. Her heart thumped so loudly
within her chest that she almost did not hear her mother open the
door, or the deep male voice that made even the sturdy walls succumb
to it's seductive pitch. This voice, Kagome recognized as Seto's.
She mentally cursed her luck. She was both happy and depressed with
the knowledge that Seto was now in her living room and patiently
waiting for her. Although she really wished for a watch. With a sigh
she pushed away from the wall, squared her shoulders and walked
gracefully into the large room.
Seto was staring out the bay
window. His appearance and stoic expression sent butcher knives
through her heart. Pale light danced evenly along his creamy skin and
his eyes sparkled like diamonds. Images of Sesshomaru kept flashing
in her mind with each step she took toward Seto. As her cerulean orbs
drank in the image of Seto's face another picture of Sesshomaru
flashed in her mind. Her sharp in take of breath caused the
dark-haired stoic man to turn his head slightly, his pale gray eyes
shown darkly with concern. Kagome stepped back in shock. In her mind
two images were colliding with each other. Sesshomaru's face and
Seto's countenance clashed to make one image. One silver-haired,
golden-eyed image that could only be the sengoku-jidai lord of the
west. Alabaster lids lined with thick, dark eyelashes closed tightly
over blue irises. Memories flooded her mind unbidden. Golden eyes,
crescent moons, and magenta stripes dominated her mind. Clouds of
black covered her eyes as she fell. Inuyasha sat on a
branch in the God tree. One hand rested on the hilt of Tetsusaiga and
the other rested on his bent knee. Aureoles of honey-gold gazed
unseeingly at the blue-gray sky that signified the return of dawn.
Faint streaks of sunshine yellow reached desperately for the
miniature suns that were buried deep under the intense thoughts that
floated restlessly through his already aching head.
He had seen
it. He had seen the flicker of emotion in Sesshomaru's eyes. It
flashed by so quickly, but was so intense it was surprising such a
being could possess such an emotion. As suddenly as it appeared it
vanished, leaving nothing, but poisonous icicles in its wake. It was
only for a brief moment, but that was all that was needed for the
message to be sent and understood. Sesshomaru hated him, he actually
hated him and not for the reasons that created the feeling either.
Sesshomaru hated him because Kagome was in pain. The fact that he,
Inuyasha, caused her pain was the reason for Sesshomaru's unexpected
visit earlier. Sesshomaru's claim that he needed to learn a lesson
was just a cover-up. Sesshomaru cared for Kagome, deeply too. It all
had shown in his eyes in that one instant. ' Kagome deserves to be
with someone who cares for her... someone like...
Sesshomaru.'
Soft footfalls interrupted his thoughts and once
honey-gold eyes burned a shiny metallic gold with his change from
thoughtful to alert. Sun kissed hands gripped readily onto the hilt
of Tetsusaiga. His eyes watching as an ebony head made its way to a
white blob positioned on a far away hill. The ebony head paused in
its approach and slowly turned in his direction. Blue eyes, now free
of the red from last night, locked with his gold ones. A feeling of
loss, hope, and regret washed over him. The feeling was too intense
for him to withstand so he turned away only to return his gaze to the
ebony-haired woman as she continued to approach his brother.
An
imaginary Tetsusaiga immediately decapitated the jolt of jealousy
when he saw the two head off into the woods together. The scent of
dirt, death and rose oil floated to his sensitive nose from the
opposite way the couple had gone. Inuyasha growled in annoyance as he
leapt off his branch to go find his Kikyo.
He followed the scent
to a small clearing and in the middle stood the dead miko. Her eyes
were dull from lack of life and her hair lay limp in the low
ponytail.
" Inuyasha," her monotone voice called out to
him, " Have you made your decision yet?"
" I
have."
" When will you come with me?"
"
After the shikon no tama is complete." His voice held no emotion
and his mind was on a certain blue-eyed young miko. Seto
scooped Kagome into his arms before she fell to the floor below. As
soon as their skin touched memories flooded into his mind. Painful,
happy, confusing, and funny memories swept in like a tidal wave. He
almost passed out as well from their intensity. Bits and pieces
flashed behind his eyes: Kagome falling off Ah and Un her first time
riding, him blowing out the candles on a cake for the surprise
birthday party Kagome held for him, his first valentine's day,
their stroll through the woods during the changing of the leaves when
he 'accidentally' knocked her over into a large pile of leaves.
But on memory stood out from them all. It played from beginning to
end. " SESSHO GET BACK HERE WITH MY CLOTHES, YOU HENTAI
!"
Sesshomaru kept hidden in the shadows with a
small smile playing on his lips as he watched Kagome walking between
the trees in a bikini. Water traveling from her wavy black locks to
her ankles where a silver anklet with sapphire crescent moons rested
as a symbol of their courtship.
He casually stepped out from his
hiding place and stood nonchalantly before her. To his shock he was
tackled to the ground. Kagome straddled his hips and glared at his
amused expression. His clawed hands slid up her water-slick thighs,
one continue its slow ascent up to her head and brought her face
slowly down to meet his lips in a passionate kiss. It was the kind of
kiss that left her breathless and wanting more. And more she got.
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' Our first kiss!' the voice in his head seemed shocked. 'It
happened on one of those unusually hot days in October. I never did
get to give her back her clothes. Not like she let me take off what
little she had on either.' he realized then that he had settled on
the carpeted floor with Kagome resting in his lap. He watched with
slight fascination as she began to open her eyes. Surprise quickly
dominated the once dazed orbs and her mouth breathed one word:
"Sessho?"
He was going to correct her until he saw that
the hand that was currently cupping cheek had claws and stripes on
the wrist. His concealment spell must have dispelled when she
transferred those painful memories to him. All he could do was nod in
affirmation. He nearly jumped out of his skin when she began to hug
him to death. Mumblings of her thanks to kami and statements of how
much she missed him; and telling him to never leave her again could
be heard from where her head was pressed against his chest. Suddenly
her hands reached and held his face still as she kissed him
breathless. Seto's eyes flew open and he found himself
standing casually at the bay window waiting patiently for Kagome.'
Whoa' Was the only thing he could think of at the time. Kagome
was jerked harshly back from the seemingly real vision with her back
still pressed firmly against the wall." Whoa! That was new."
She peeked around the corner and saw Seto at the window. "
Better get this over with." " Ha I did it! Did
you see that? Did you see?" Blue curls bounced around the
excited woman as she watched with proud eyes at the result of her
quick thinking.
" They almost reunited and I stopped them!
That spell actually worked!"
A deep voice with an Australian
accent cut through the air, " Like I care about your lil' spell.
You know what I want and yet I still don' have it."
"
You'll get it. These things take time."
" I'm not a
very patient man, bitch, and I will not wait any longer. If you can't
get what I want then I'll do it myself."
Author's
note
WOW! I can't believe how long it's been since I
last updated. Too long for my tastes, but I went from no life to
having a life back to not having a life rather quickly. So I didn't
really have time to type up this chapter. Not to mention my writer's
block and this chapter had a free ride in the rinse cycle, twice! So
I pieced it together and typed it up. Although out of four pages of
work I only managed to salvage one page. Good thing it was the page I
hadn't typed yet or else I'd be really screwed.
Anyways thanks to
all who reviewed. There is no way to express my gratitude in words.
And thanks to all who have read my story, but didn't send a review
because you as much to me as the people who do review. (Hey that
rhymes!) Bai bai