Disclaimer: I don't Inuyasha or anyone else… yada yada yada. I get tired of writing this every chapter, you know. But any unusual characters belong to me so get a life, thieves!

A/N:

Browneyedgoddess: Thanks! That means a lot!

Wynter89: I will try that for the future.

Snow.fantasy: I know::sob:

Kirira: Almost a month of waiting and you get violent over one night? I apologize!

Anyway, more Ayame turmoil in this chapter! Enjoy!

Chapter Six: Rage, Rage, Rage

I crumpled the note and threw it in the garbage. My son's words didn't affect me; he had sent me about six other hate letters this month. Besides, he was a bit of a coward so he hardly ever said that directly to my face. He just wrote it down or screamed it across the hall. He had gotten that from Ayame: cowardice. Hell, in my heart I loved my son but still; he could get a bit sentimental now and then.

He had hated me ever since Ayame left me.

It wasn't even my fault. Ayame and I couldn't even stay in the same room any longer than ten minutes now. In her mind, I had forced her into sleeping with me. But I didn't. Ginta and Hakkaku had the videotapes to prove it. What Ginta and Hakkaku were doing in our room while I was doing it with her is beyond me. It seems to be Ayame's personal mission now to ruin my life. Then she's trying to take Ronin away since she thinks I don't make a suitable father.

Well, I was going to show her. Somehow, I was going to get through this month paying rent and caring for Ronin at the same time. Then Ms. "I'm rich and I should look after Ronin" will see how it's done. The only reason she gets by is that her father sends her money. I don't know nor care what my parents have been up to.

I opened the fridge and looked inside; leftover turkey and Swiss cheese. I placed it on the counter and went back to the fridge. I opened the freezer and took out some whole wheat bread. Ronin refuses to eat white bread since he claims it tastes weird. Personally, I don't see a difference. He obviously gets that from Ayame. She's a health food addict and is possibly the fussiest person I've ever had the misfortune to meet.

I placed the loaf of bread on the counter and made a sandwich. When it was done, I tried it. Not bad, Kouga; we could make a chef out of you yet. I have a bad habit of eating while standing up so I paced the kitchen while I enjoyed one of my few successful recipes. With remnants of my sandwich in hand, I got a glass of water. I swallowed the rest of my sandwich along with my water in a single gulp.

Then the phone rang.

I automatically walked over to the phone and picked it up. I pressed the Talk button.

"Hullo?" I uttered, my hands poised in the position to dump my glass in the sink.

"Kouga, it's me, Ayame." The familiar voice spoke loud and clear but sounded a bit nervous.

"Hi, Ayame, what's up?" I replied, casually.

"Uh, nothing; I was just calling to see if you were home."

"So, why did you call?" I responded, sensing some confusion in her voice.

"Well, I wanted to… um…" She trailed off, seeming uncertain.

"Apologize? Thanks!" I laughed.

"No! You were being just as mean to me as I was! You deserved it!" Her kind tone suddenly became furious. I wasn't surprised.

"Ayame, what's this battle about? Is it about Ronin's well-being or a little bit more?" I chuckled under my breath. It was fun toying with Ayame.

"Kouga, you know perfectly well." Ayame said, matter-of-factly.

"No, I'm afraid I don't, Ayame." I growled.

"You… you… I don't have to explain myself to you!" Ayame snapped. I could hear her banging the phone against the wall.

"Actually you do. What's with all this anger? What did I ever do to you?" I yelled; I could hear the phone starting to crack under my strong grip.

"You got me pregnant!"

"Do you think I did it on purpose? God! At least, I didn't take off like most fathers do!" I shouted, my heart pounding with the loss of the large amount of oxygen I had just used on that sentence.

"Yah, but you still got me pregnant! You obviously have no idea how that feels!"

"You have absolutely no idea how it feels to be the guy who everyone's pointing fingers at it! Kouga got good girl Ayame pregnant – Kouga did this, Kouga did that, well you know what, Ayame? I'm sick of being tortured like this! Ronin and I barely get to talk anymore over all this commotion!"

Ayame hesitated. I knew she was trying to decide wither to feel sorry for me or not.

"Kouga," She paused again.

"What," I snapped, out of breath from my last comeback.

"I'm… sorry," She hesitated again.

"Huh?" I held the phone in front of my face and stared at it in awe for a moment.

"I'm sorry,"

I continued to stare at the phone.

"Kouga, are you still there?" Ayame sounded a bit annoyed.

"Yeah," I coolly replied.

Did she just apologize to me?

"I'm saying that I'm sorry for yelling at you." She sibilated.

"You mean… you're not apologizing for treating me like dirt for the last five years?" My voice was breaking with frustration.

"No! It's your own fault!" She cried.

"Ayame, I have a preciously short lunch break and I plan to enjoy the," My eyes moved to the clock, my mouth poised in the shape of my next sentence, "next thirteen minutes of it." I snarled abruptly, cutting Ayame off.

"Well, I have to go. Bye." The line went dead. I was glad. I didn't want to talk to Ayame anymore.

Damn, I have a short lunch break.

I got up, grabbed my coat and put my dishes in the sink. I didn't want Sesshomaru to really fire me this time.

I buttoned my coat and walked out of my room, closed the door and locked it. I walked down the stairs and out to the door to the parking lot.

Traffic was hell, once again.

Some guy gave me the finger. I mouthed fuck you at him and returned the gesture.

The guy mouthed fuck you back and tossed his silver hair.

Oh god. It was Inuyasha.

He squinted his amber eyes at me, realizing who I was and shook his fist at me.

I just gaped at him.

Someone honked their horn.

Ah, the joys of road rage.

Inuyasha held what appeared to be his lunch in his right hand. He then chucked it out the window.

It hit some guy on a moped.

It exploded on contact.

I just laughed at the stupid look Inuyasha had on his face as the moped driver yelled obscene words at him.

When it finally hit me who the moped driver was, I was laughing so hard I was crying.

It was Kagome.

Inuyasha's look was priceless when he realized who it was. His face turned a bright red and obviously didn't realize he drove over someone's lawn.

He looked like he was in shock.

I swerved ahead of him, beside Kagome's moped. I signaled for Kagome to get into her own lane. She swerved to the side and let me pass.

I simply nodded and focused on the road ahead of me.

I parked in the parking lot and got out of my car.

Kagome parked her moped next to me.

She took off her white helmet and smiled at me.

"Hey Kouga, 'Sup?" She called, her raven hair falling to her shoulders as she removed the white helmet.

"Uh nothing," I began to snicker as memories from the past few minutes came back to me.

"What's so funny?" Kagome raised one eyebrow.

"Nothing, nothing," I tried to clear my mind but an image of Inuyasha in shock passed before my eyes.

A/N: I have decided not to do the ski trip in this chapter due to the fact that I am at a loss of ideas on how to describe it without going off track.

Again, sorry for the wait!

EDIT: Heh heh heh….. hello, readers. :avoids tomatoes and knives thrown: Ok, I know I've been absent for what, five months now? Hey, I was busy procrastinating about my other projects (such as school work) and I have to work hard for my scholarship and my application so I can go to Quebec next year.

Also, I've been the victim of procrastination. Also, my computer is being a real bitch and is the victim of a virus.

Also, for all who actually care, I'm thinking about changing my pen name.

Don't worry I'll get back to eventually but if the worst happens…. then I'll have to delete the story… but don't worry! That most likely won't happen.

Kawaii Aku