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Don't Trust What You Hear

I took my shower and when I got out there was a knock on the bathroom door. 'Damn it… I told them I was taking a shower. Can't they wait till I get out?' I wrapped myself with my towel to hide my naked body.

"Hello?" I answered.

"Hey Jay, Sesshoumaru and I are going out for a little bit. We'll be back later alright?" Seth answered from the other side of the door.

"Where are you going?"

"Just around town, don't worry we'll be back before supper," he replied assuringly.

'He better be back before supper… Mom and dad probably won't be too happy about it though.' I thought as I rolled my eyes.

Dropping my towel, I dressed as soon as I heard the door close outside. 'Why would he need to go out? Maybe Seth just needs to go buy something from the store. Either that or he's going to the school to get something he forgot…' Shrugging, I went into my room to get my homework and saw my playstation just sitting there all by itself.

"I'm sorry dear playstation, but I can't play you. Don't stare at me like that!" I pretended to cry, covering my eyes and pointing at it.

In my mind I could see it pouting with big huge puppy dog eyes.

I moved forward and tripped over my bag as I searched for it. As I landed on my bed, I heard something moving from downstairs. 'Who or what is down there? Seth said that he and Sesshoumaru were going out… Was someone else already here?' I picked up my bag and ran down the stairs, jumping to the floor when there were only four steps lefts. I lost my footing when I landed and fell onto my stomach.

"You are quite clumsy. Your brother is that way as well," an emotionless voice said from on the couch.

'Is that Sesshoumaru? It sounds like him… but I thought he went with Seth.' I got to my feet and held my backpack tightly in my hand.

"Ow," I whispered, wincing.

"Does that run through your family or did you just spend too much time with Seth when you were younger?"

My eyes wandered to where the voice was coming from and I saw Sesshoumaru sitting on the couch rather comfortably.

"Didn't you go with Seth?" I questioned curiously, "He did say that you were going with him…"

"It was a quick change of mind. He said that it would be faster if he went alone."

'This guy talks weird. He's too punctuated - too proper - to be raised around here. His silver hair looks natural and his eyes are strange… kind of like a dog's.'

I looked at Sesshoumaru suspiciously, before dropping my bag.

"What is it with you?" I asked him with some annoyance.

Sesshoumaru cocked an eyebrow at my question and sat up more than he already was.

"You know what, never mind. Why am I even talking to you anyway?" I asked, more to myself than anything else.

My words caused him to laugh and get to his feet. I watched as he walked towards me. 'What am I doing? I don't talk to Seth's friends. I hide in my room and play my video games all day. Maybe I'm just losing it because this is the guy who kissed me yesterday…' Scoffing to myself, I turned and went to go into the kitchen.

"You are also stubborn, but it seems I will have to break you," Sesshoumaru said as he took hold of my wrist.

'He'll have to what?' I turned around and glare at him coldly as he didn't release me.

"Break me? Bah!" I scoffed again with complete amusement, "If my parents and teachers can't get me to do things their way, what makes you think you can?"

'Break me my ass.' I attempted to jerk out of his hold, only to fail miserably.

"Mortals are weak, but it seems you are stronger than most."

"Mortals? You're a human too," I told him with furrowed eyebrows.

"Think what you will, but you will know soon enough," he said with what sounded like a taunting voice.

'I'm a tomboy. I don't let guys touch me or kiss me.'

Getting annoyed by not being able to do what I wanted, I punched Sesshoumaru in the face. His head moved to the left from the force of my punch. The golden colour in his eyes became slightly red. 'That should teach him to think of me as someone he can use.' My eyes never left Sesshoumaru's face and I could see the red colour to his eyes. His grip became tighter around my wrist and I knew I wasn't going to get away.

'What the hell. His cheek is barely red!' I looked more intently at him and froze when I saw his face. A blue crescent moon had appeared on his forehead and four raspberry marks appeared on his cheeks. The t-shirt and pants he had been wearing turned into a red and white hoari. Armor had also appeared across his chest.

"What… are you?" I asked quietly, not sure of what was happening.

He didn't reply… as if he was trying to stop himself from doing something.

The red in Sesshoumaru's eyes had vanished and he then released my wrist. When I closed my eyes and when I opened them again, everything I had seen had vanished. 'What happened to those markings on his face?'

Sesshoumaru's golden eyes never left my face and he seemed to be smirking at my action.

"As you say. I am but a mortal," he said as he went to walk back into the living room.

"Whatever," I muttered as I took hold of my bag and dragged it into the kitchen.

'Seth better hurry and get back before I end up killing Sesshoumaru. Then nobody would be allowed to come here.' I smirked slightly at the idea. Then I realized that it would also mean I could never have friends over whenever I decided to make them.

When I looked around the kitchen I had to laugh. 'I can't believe I made this mess. All because I decided I wanted a grapefruit for breakfast.' Walking over to the sink, I grabbed the dish cloth and used it to clean up the juice that was stuck on the cupboards and counter. When that was finished, I put the chair back where it was supposed to be. Unfortunately, I slipped on some water that had dripped from the cloth and was once again on the ground.

"For crying out loud… Why can't I stay on my feet?" I cursed at myself.

Before I could get to my feet, the phone started to ring. 'Aw man. Why does it always have to ring when something happens to me?' Quickly, I jumped to my feet and lunged towards the counter, smashing my head against the cupboards.

"Ow! ...Hello?" I said as I picked up the phone, wincing at the pain in my forehead.

"Jayden? Is this you?" a woman's voice said from the phone.

"Yeah this is her. Who's this?"

"It's your neighbor from down the road, Mrs. Howling. I just got a call from my son…"

"Yeah, what did he say?" I wondered, slightly confused.

Sesshoumaru got off the couch and came to the kitchen doorway. He had heard the phone ring and was now curious on what was going on.

"There was an accident in town and…" Mrs. Howling continued.

"An accident?" I whispered with confusion as my heart started to pound.

"This would be easier to tell your parents. Would they be home right now?"

"No, they're at work. Why? What happened?" I asked with fear in my voice.

"Your brother Seth is there. He was in an accident. I'm sorry to have to tell you this."

"Is he alright? Is Seth alright?" I asked; my voice panicked.

My heart was pounding and I could feel it breaking. My brother could be hurt and I had no idea on where he was.

"I don't know… my son didn't say. If you could get a hold of your parents, it would be best to tell them."

"T-thank you Mrs. Howling."

I hung up the phone and I felt my heart shatter. 'Seth could be hurt and I have no clue where he is…' I pounded my hand against the counter with rage. Sesshoumaru walked over to me and placed a hand on my right shoulder.

"What did they want Jayden?" he asked, his tone gentle and somewhat soft.

'I don't know where he is. I can't help him!' Tears started to form in my eyes as I thought about him.

"Jayden, tell me what she said to you."

"…"

Sesshoumaru's hand tightened around my shoulder as he was about to turn me around.

"… She said that Seth was in an accident in town," I finally replied as my tears finally broke themselves free.

'I can't help him… I don't know where he was going!' Standing straight, I turned to Sesshoumaru without a care that he could see me crying.

"You know where he was going right? If you do, go find him!" I bawled, "Go find him!"

He was surprised at my expression. This morning he had assumed that I didn't like my brother. Now he was finding out that I loved my brother more than anything.

"I do not know where he is. Therefore I cannot find him. Though he is my friend, there is no way to know where he is right now," Sesshoumaru explained almost emotionlessly.

'Seth… why didn't you tell us where you were going? I thought you were supposed to be the smart one!'

"Go find him anyway!" I cried as I opened my eyes.

My heart was being crushed from inside my chest and every thought that flowed through me only made the pain worse. Sesshoumaru took hold of both my hands and pulled me against him in an attempt to make me stop crying. I felt his arms tighten around me. I could feel his warmth… his care in his embrace.

"I'd give anything to see his stupid face again," I whispered into Sesshoumaru's chest.

Sesshoumaru held me tightly as I cried silently into his chest.

"Why are you crying? Do you not despise your brother?" he asked me with a confused tone.

'Hate my own brother? How can anyone hate their brother?'

"How could I hate him? How could anyone hate their brother? I love Seth because he's the only one who understands what's going on," I replied with a small laugh.

"Your home is different from my own. Both my brother and I wish to kill each other," Sesshoumaru whispered with a serious voice.


Sesshoumaru could feel that my heart rate was back to normal and then realized that she had fallen asleep in the warmth of his arms. He couldn't help but laugh to himself. Picking her up, Sesshoumaru carried her to the couch and sat against the arm with her on top of him.

"You saw the real me for but a moment… When you choose to love me, that will be all that you see," he said quietly but still rather tauntingly.

About a half an hour passed of silence as Sesshoumaru just thought to him self. A few cars could be heard as they passed by the house. This world was still strange to Sesshoumaru. He had been coming here for the past few years, hoping to find what he had been missing in life.

"Why this young girl? Her scent is intoxicating, yet she has not been claimed. A woman but still no more than a child. Why does your scent draw this demon to you?" he asked himself quietly as he thought.


I had heard Sesshoumaru's words in my sleep, though I had no idea what he was talking about. 'Is he talking to himself or is someone home? I don't feel like I've been asleep all that long so I don't think that anyone else would have gotten home…'

"S-Sesshoumaru… who are you talking to? Is someone here?" I wondered with a yawn, not even realizing that we were both lying down on the couch.

"Are you feeling alright or are you going to cry again?" Sesshoumaru asked me with curiosity.

'Oh, right…Seth. I'm sure he's all right, at least he better be or I'm going to kill him…'

"I'm fine, but what do I have to do to keep you from telling him?" I asked suspiciously.

I opened my eyes and looked at Sesshoumaru as he looked like he was thinking. At that moment the image of all the markings on his face and the armor came to mind. 'What was that I saw when I punched him? It was as if he was hiding something or what he really looks like…'

When Sesshoumaru's golden eyes moved to meet up with my green ones, I felt a cold chill throughout my body.

"There is something that I desire, but it is yet to be fulfilled," Sesshoumaru whispered as he released my body.

It was at that moment that I had actually realized that we were both on the couch, with me on top of him. 'Holy monkey! What the hell am I doing lying with him?' I screamed in my mind as I pushed myself off of Sesshoumaru as a reflex.

I ended up falling onto the floor as a consequence. Landing on my butt, I fell over onto my back as soon as I stopped sliding on the wooden floor.

"What was I doing on top of you?" I asked a little shocked and agitated at the same time.

Sesshoumaru merely chuckled softly to himself.

A creaking sound was heard as the door was opened and someone walked in the door.

"Man what a mess it is out there," a guy's voice said with a laugh.

'That voice… SETH! He's okay!' I rolled backwards to get to my feet before running towards the door. Trying to stop myself, I slid across the hallway floor and straight into the kitchen; almost hitting Seth in the process.

"What's got you in a knot?" Seth asked me with some confusion.

"What do you mean what's got me into a knot? I'm not in a knot! You're the one who left without telling anyone where you were going!" I replied as I walked over to him and punching him in the arm.

With a laugh Seth looked at Sesshoumaru with some amusement.

"She didn't try to kill you did she, Sesshoumaru? Jay does have a tendency to act rash when she's in the house alone with someone," my brother mocked.

"Shut up! It's not my fault you told her not to go along with you!" I cried out of nowhere, pointing an accusing finger at him.

Both Sesshoumaru and Seth gave me that look that said that they thought I was crazy. 'What? What did I do now?'

"Jay, you're not supposed to mention that, remember?" Seth said with another laugh.

"Whatever. Wait… what was I talking about?" I whispered to myself so no one else could hear.

Seth walked over to the chair in the living room and sat down in it to relax. I looked at him with a small glare.

"So why did Mrs. Howling call and say that you were in an accident? By the looks of it you're fine," I asked with my right eye twitching slightly.

Sesshoumaru smirked slightly, thinking that something was going to happen. He wanted to see how well I could hide my worry for my brother from my brother.

"What?" Seth questioned with a small laugh of amusement, "She said that I was in an accident and you believed her?"

'What the hell does he mean and you believed her?If someone told him that part of the family was in an accident I'm sure he'd believe them too!'

"Why would I have a reason to care? I'm just wondering on why she would call and say that her son called her and told her that you were in an accident," I stated with a shrug, trying to hide my annoyance at my previous actions.

"Jay, I didn't even take the car. I walked into town. Besides that, Mrs. Howling and her son hate us. They probably only called to freak mom and dad out," Seth said calmly with a small smirk on his face.

'Oh right… I forgot that they were the ones that used to throw oranges at me all the time…'

"So Sesshoumaru, did you have fun hanging around with my sister? You didn't pleasure her too much did you?" my brother asked with another mocking tone.

"What?" Sesshoumaru questioned.

"Seth, I should hit you so hard right now!" I threatened, going into the living room and sitting on his lap.

"Hey get off!"

"NEVA!" I cried, throwing my hands in the air.

The two of us laughed for no real reason and Seth wrapped his arms around me. 'I'm glad he's alright and that mom and dad don't know what happened. I'm sure they'd freak out and probably yell at me for answering the phone.' Sesshoumaru watched with a small smile on his face as Seth and I playfully nudged each other.

"So what really happened out there Seth?" he asked with an emotionless tone.

"Some idiot turned the corner when he wasn't supposed to and hit another guy that was also turning the corner when he wasn't supposed to," Seth explained with a laugh, "Why is the world full of idiots?"

"You mean like you?" I mocked with a smirk.

"Oh, now you're gunna get it!"

At that moment, I leapt off of Seth's lap and ran to the kitchen to get away. Seth didn't move but merely laughed at my cowardice. When he knew I was out of hearing range - since he heard me run down the stairs into to basement - he looked at Sesshoumaru with serious eyes.

"She worried, didn't she?" Seth asked.


Sesshoumaru thought about it and remembered what she had said earlier. "What do I have to do to keep you from telling him?" Sesshoumaru sighed and figured that holding this friendship was Seth was more important at the moment.

"She cried for you. I believe that you are her most important aspect of her life. If I were you… I would not let that aspect fade away," he replied quietly, looking away from Seth's gaze.

Seth laughed slightly to himself. He could see from Sesshoumaru's reaction that he had feelings for his little sister.

"Can I tell you something Sesshoumaru? About Jay, I mean?"

Sesshoumaru's golden eyes moved back towards Seth's direction as his words became interesting.

"You have my attention."


I was in the basement, sitting on the couch that was not too far from the television. We had satellite on both the upstairs and downstairs televisions. 'Okay let's see what's on the movie channel. There's Mean Girls, hell no. Independence Day, maybe. Exorcist, maybe. Oh hey look it's Ice Princess, NO! Final Destination 2… All right.' I pressed enter and started watching the movie that was extremely gory and violent.

I watched as one kid came out of the dentist office with his mom and scare the pigeons away.

"Well that was stupid," I whispered as some people were working on putting a huge window back where it was supposed to be.

'Wait for it… Wait for it…' The commotion from the pigeons caused one of the cords holding the glass up to snap and then a chain reaction happened. The glass fell to the ground and landed straight on the kid who had scared away the pigeons. 'There we go!'

The kid's legs had buckled forward as the glass landed on him. He was bent backwards and the glass didn't even break. His mom was horrified by the sight of her own son getting crushed by the force of the sheet glass.


Seth sighed and closed his eyes. The thing that he wanted to tell Sesshoumaru was something that only he knew… He had even kept it from both his parents because it was a promise he had to keep.

"When Jay was younger she used to be a happy go lucky person. Mom and dad used to fight a lot and she would always hear every word that was said…. But everyday that passed she would pretend nothing had happened between them and made them do all these things together to make them be happy again," Seth said with a small laugh, remembering everything.

Sesshoumaru listened intently, catching every word but still not really understanding what this story was about.

"When she was in grade six, mom and dad didn't fight so much and I used to play with her all the time even though I was in a different school. Then one day… Jay came home and she just dropped her backpack and ran into her room. Both my parents were home and they just thought that it was a bad day or something so they didn't say anything.

"Then when it was supper… she was called down and didn't come out of her room. Mom went up and opened her door to check on her. Jay had her blinds down to make her room completely dark and her head was buried in her pillow. She had fallen asleep and mom didn't wake her. The next day, I was supposed to go to volleyball practice and both my parents were working late so Jay was to be in the house alone. Then it rained, so my practice was cancelled and I always got home before Jay did. When I heard the door open, I looked back to see if she was home or not. Her bag was dropped and then there was a loud thump on the floor," Seth continued.

Silence crept up for but a moment and Seth sighed as he remembered the moment. Sesshoumaru started to understand what Seth was saying. Seth was explaining why things weren't like they used to be.

"When I saw Jay on the floor… she was unconscious. I was confused and didn't understand what had happened, but then she had woken up again. Her arms were bruised, there were a few bruises on her face and she was breathing heavily. Apparently a few boys from school had beaten her up for being as she was. When our parents saw her she wouldn't say a word about it and she made me swear not to tell them either. Now they don't trust her very much and she became a tomboy so people would leave her alone," Seth finished.

Sesshoumaru froze slightly. Seth's story had caused him to remember something that had happened a few years ago.

"I see… That is the reason she is so guarded," Sesshoumaru whispered, interested in what Seth had just told him.

"I figured that since you are interested in her that you should know. Maybe you will be able to break that wall and make her smile again. I know it'll be hard, but if I'm right you'll probably be the only one to make her smile."

Sesshoumaru looked away from Seth once again. He was in thought about something.

"You realize that if I am to make her happy, I need to take her away from here. If I gain her trust, then you may never see your little sister again," he said quietly.

Seth thought for a moment and then smiled slightly, willing to what Sesshoumaru had said.

"My parents won't have much of a problem living without her around the house. But good luck trying to get Jay away from her video games. That's one thing I'm sure she won't be able to part with," Seth laughed as he heard a few laughs come from the basement.

"Very well," Sesshoumaru agreed quietly, "I intended to break her walls anyway."


When Final Destination 2 was over I went back upstairs. As I came up, the front door opened. 'Mom's home… Hopefully she brought WacDonalds home for supper. Man do I love their fries!' I thought with a grin on my face. My stomach was growling from only eating an apple all day.

"Mom, you're home," Seth said from the living room.

"Well hello, you must be Sesshoumaru. It's a pleasure to meet you. I hope you like WacDonalds," my mother replied with a happy tone and a smile.

"Mom you bought food! I love you," I cried as I wrapped my arms around her and took the WacDonalds bags out of her hand.

'Fries, fries, fries! How I love fries!'

"Didn't you eat that grapefruit in the fridge like I told you to?"

"Haha, she had an apple instead because it kind of got destroyed in the process of trying to cut it," Seth laughed at the memory of event.

"Hey I asked how to cut it, and all you said was with a knife. So it's not my fault that the stupid thing got destroyed," I grumbled as I was in the kitchen.

"Let me guess, you played your video games too?"

'I should have known that I was gunna get in trouble whether I played my video games or not. I always get blamed for stupid things like that…'

"I did not mom. The only thing I've done is answer the phone because Mrs. Howling called and said that Seth was in an accident. That and watch Final Destination 2. Oh and I believe I had a shower. So, now I'm going to eat and then watch another movie until I can go to bed since I can't go in my room," I said with amusement as I took my large fries and sat at the kitchen table.

"What do you mean you got a call from Mrs. Howling saying that Seth was in an accident?" my mother questioned seriously.

"Meaning that she called and said that her son saw Seth in town who said that he was in an accident. But apparently that's the woman who hates us and lied. It's all fixed and done with. You can call and yell at her if you want," I said happily before I put fries in my mouth.

Sesshoumaru and Seth had gotten to their feet and walked into the kitchen as well, getting their own food. 'I'll be glad once this weekend is over. Then I'll be able to play my video games again.' My mother had crossed her arms and went upstairs to her room where her own phone was. I had a feeling that a woman was about to get an ear full.

"Thanks for the food mom!" I called after her..

"Yeah, you're welcome."

End of Chapter 2

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