Chapter 3: Moving In
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Chapter 3: Moving In
Tala opened her eyes and saw two blue yes looking down at her, concerned. "Hey Shigure," she whispered. He handed her a cup of water. "Are you alright?" I ain't no weak human," she croaked, taking a drink of the water. "Good." That said, Shigure smacked her upside the head. "Dammit 'gure! What was that for?" "That was for taking on Taisho Sesshomaru! On your first day here, no less!" Tala stood up and growled. All of a sudden, she stepped back, holding her head. Shigure was at her side. "What's the matter?" "My head hurts. How long have I been out?" "Five days." "So I didn't get to graduate here after all." Shigure hugged her. "What the hell are you, bipolar? First you smack me, now you're hugging me?" Shigure laughed, pulling back. "Taisho Sesshomaru is one of the deadliest youkai in the world, and it was his poison running through your veins. I was afraid you wouldn't make it to see the light of another day." Tala scoffed. "I'm too stubborn to die in the first round." Shigure grinned. "Nah, you're just too stupid to die." Tala grinned and held up a peace sign. "Bingo!"
The phone rang. Both Shigure and Tala ran to get it. Tala snatched it out of Shigure's hands and ran to the Porsche.
She held a claw against the Porsche and answered the phone. Shigure stopped running after her and paled when she pretended to scratch his precious car. "Hello?" Miroku's voice came over the line, sounding relieved. "Tala-san, you're alive." "Why wouldn't I be?" "My cousin was near throttling you when you wouldn't wake up in time for him to see his favorite soap. He wasn't smart enough to move you off the couch, apparently."
Shigure growled, having heard all of that. He took a step forward, but Tala twitched her claw against the Porsche, and he froze, a desperate look on his face.
Miroku agreed to come over and rescue Tala from Shigure. Tala laughingly turned to Shigure and chucked the phone at his head. He was caught off guard and earned a bruised forehead as a result. When she walked back inside, Shigure tackled her.
"You threatened my baby! That car is my life!" Tala laughed and scrambled to the couch, desperate for a pillow. She wriggled out of his grasp and attacked his head with a duck-down pillow.
Miroku and Sango walked in without knocking; the door was wide open. They saw Tala smacking Shigure with a pillow as he tried to tickle her. "She got better fast," Miroku muttered.
Shigure turned to the company that had just arrived. "Monk! How are you?" Miroku grinned when Shigure shoved Tala behind the couch and walked over to them. Tala growled from behind the couch and a moment later, Shigure was pegged in the head with a remote. "You seem to be feeling better, Tala-san," Sango said cheerfully, despite the fact that they hadn't met. Tala turned to her and bowed quickly. "Hi, I'm, well you already know me. Who're you?" "Tajiya Sango. It's nice to meet you Tala-san."
The phone rang again, and Shigure immediately answered it, walking into the kitchen. "So you survived the battle with Fluffy, did you?" "Fluffy?" "Sesshomaru. Inuyasha's older half-brother," Miroku said. Tala nodded vaguely, but looked at Shigure when he strolled into the room. "I got an offer to play a roll in an American movie. I'm taking a lead as the-" "The incredibly suave, ladies man protagonist, or the hideously deformed antagonist in an old American TV show turned movie?" Tala grinned at Shigure's face. "I'm playing the suave ladies man. How'd you guess?' Tala shrugged. 'You live in America for your life. This generation of humans lacks creativity over there. No offense to you guys," she added, looking at Miroku and Sango. "Must be all the fried food they eat, "Sango said absently.
"Yeah, so anyways, Tala, I'm to go to Hollywood to meet the director and all to audition for the role. If I get accepted, which how can I not? I mean, if I get accepted, I'll be filming for the next year and a half, is what my agent said." Tala laughed. "Can I drive the Porsche while your gone?" Shigure tousled her hair. "Hell no," he said sweetly, laughing at her putout expression. " So you don't mind?" Tala shook her head. 'I'll be fine on my own. I always have been."
Sango entered this conversation. "You can stay with us." Miroku nodded. "Good idea." Shigure looked at Tala, who was staring at Sango. "You'd let me do that? You did just meet me and all." Sango grinned. "It'll be good having another girl in the house. Inuyasha and Miroku are hard enough, but add Sesshomaru on top of that, and we're already outnumbered." Shigure nodded decisively. "Then it's settled. You'll stay with Mi-san and Sango-san while I'm away. Now, I must get packed up, I leave in the morning." Ignoring Tala's glare, he gave her a noogie and flounced down the hall like a 3-year-old on Christmas.
"Mi-san?" Miroku blushed when both Tala and Sango asked this at the same time. "He's my adopted cousin, and he lived with us until he was 16. He's just a baka neko." Sango smiled at Miroku, a light blush on her face. "It's cute." Miroku's lecher grin swung on in full mode when he heard this. Sango's blush quickly got redder when she felt Miroku's hand on her rear. She glared at him and smacked him. "HENTAI!" Tala winced when Miroku fell to the ground, unconscious. Turning to Tala with a grin, Sango asked, "Are we gonna go get your stuff packed up or not?"
In Tala's room, Sango was eyeing the clothes that Tala was shoving into a small duffel bag. "They're all old and ragged." Tala was instantly defensive. "You got a problem with that?" Sango stepped back, a look of shock on her face as Tala snarled. Tala instantly shrank back as if she'd been hit. "Sorry. Living in an orphanage, you don't get design name clothes every few months. They're the best clothes I've got." Miroku took her bag when she zipped it up. "You're not in an orphanage anymore, Tala-san." Tala looked guiltily at the floor. "I know that, it's still a big change, with how rich and famous Shigure is." Sango laughed. 'It had its perks, living with the most sought after international model in the industry." Tala laughed quietly. "Yeah, I guess." "Come on, we've got to be back soon."
They all walked outside to Miroku's Jaguar. "Nice car." "You think? Better than my cousin's Porsche?" Tala laughed. "Nope. A lime green Porsche tops my list, and it'll stay that way." Miroku's face fell, but they all climbed into the car.
Sango sat in the back, out of the reach of Miroku's seeking hands. Tala hugged her bag tightly and stared at the floor of the car. "So where do you guys live?" "The Taisho house. Well, Inuyasha's anyway. Sesshomaru's got his own house, but it's not really his until his father dies and he inherits it." "Oh." So you live with Taisho…where have I heard that name before?" Sango laughed. "They're the most prominent family in Japan because of their industry. They've dominated most of the other electronic companies." "More rich people?" Miroku turned around. "Is there something wrong with rich people?" "Wait a second, monk. You're the heir to the Houshi Company. And Tajiya, you're the heir to that jeweler whose monopolized that area of the industry." The two nodded and started laughing. "What?" "You're rich people too. Shigure made it clear to someone on an interview about him adopting a troubled young youkai from America that you will inherit the control over his clothing line company." "The Guru line? Is that the one Shigure has?" "How'd you guess?" "Just picked the dorkiest name I could think of that vaguely resembled Shigure's name." "Good guess."
The Jaguar entered a security gate and pulled up a driveway. "We're here."
Tala gaped as they walked inside. It was even bigger that Shigure's house, which was in no means small. The walls were adorned with paintings from around the world. Sango pulled her into the living room, where Inuyasha was fighting a young kitsune youkai in some racing game. Kagome, as Tala recognized from before the fight with Sesshomaru, was reading a book on the couch.
A young girl soon ran through the room, followed by the toad thing that had assigned her to fight Sesshomaru. "Speak of the devil, " she said to herself as Sesshomaru walked through the room and came out a moment later, holding a box of pocky. Heh. So the great and powerful Taisho Sesshomaru likes pocky. That's unexpected. Sango waved her hand I front of Tala's face to bring her back to reality. Tala snapped to attention and stared at her. "Huh?" "You phased out on me. I just wanted to introduce Kagome and Shippo. Shippo's playing Inuyasha on the Xbox, so there's no way to bring either of them back to reality until Shippo uses a cheat to win. Kagome's on the couch, reading."
Kagome looked over at Tala and smiled. "Hello, "she said cheerfully. Tala inclined her head in a greeting, but the lost expression on her face spoke volumes. Kagome set her book down and wandered over to Tala. "Tala-san is going to be staying with us for a while. Shigure-san's going out of town on a business trip, of sorts." Kagome's eyes widened. "You live with Shigure-san? The Shigure-san?" Tala nodded. Kagome squealed a bit, and Tala winced. 'Gomen. Come one, let's head to your room, and then we'll fix your clothes."
Sango took one of Tala's hands; Kagome snatched her bag and other hand. They pulled Tala up the stairs, passing Sesshomaru on his way down again. He stared at the girls as they pushed Tala into the empty room underneath his. He was surprised to see the bitch still alive. She had been seriously injured, and then poisoned, but she looked as though she had not a scratch on her. Shrugging it off, he continued on in his search for Rin and Jaken, who was no help in keeping the young girl in his sight.
Tala gaped as Kagome and Sango went through her clothes and then dragged her into another room. "These are my clothes, "Kagome said happily, "but I think you'll fit into them. You're a bit shorter then me.' "Not more than a half inch shorter, "Tala growled. She had always been sensitive about her vertical challenge and people like Sesshomaru, who were nearly a foot taller that her never helped her get over that fact.
When Tala followed Sango and Kagome downstairs, she was wearing a black spaghetti strap shirt and short jean cutoffs. Tala tugged at the shorts, they were much shorter than the boy's shorts she always wore. Sango twirled her around. "The transformation is complete." "I hope you don't plan on doing this every day I wear my clothes." "You don't need to hide behind old boys clothes. You are a girl, we're just helping you adjust to that, since you don't seem to have accepted that fact." Tala shrugged. "I've always been a tomboy." Kagome grinned. ""Then the first thing we need to do to help you be more of a girl is an emergency trip to the mall! Let's go!' She laughed as Tala stared at her like she was crazy. Sango and Tala followed Kagome to a white Mercedes. "Let's go, " she said. Sango laughed. 'You and Inuyasha got into another fight didn't you?" Kagome grinned and held up a red credit card. "Yeah, but revenge is oh-so-sweet." Tala stared in amazement at Kagome, who laughed all the more. "You seem surprised." "You're a lot different then what you seem." Sango joined in Kagome's laughter as they drove away to the mall.
Yay! A longer chapter! Will post more soon!