Kagome had little less than a week to solve the mystery of her Shikon- if some malicious scheme was going on beneath her nose, she had to come up with evidence quick before InuYasha was packaged up and shipped to his obscene owner. But if college had taught her anything, confronting Urasue was not the best approach; she had to be smart about it. She didn't exactly know what she was dealing with- if anything for that matter. She could have turned her cheek the other way, but something about InuYasha tugged at her heart like a shelter puppy in a glass window. She would be damned if she was a beta for some trafficking scheme.
"So how do you politely say, hi ma'am, where is your son buried, we would like to see if his lasting energy evokes any unsolicited memories in my Shikon." Kagome asked, stationed at the dining table with her well-used laptop. InuYasha stood beside her, his hand resting on the back of her chair and the other under his chin. They exchanged a knowing look at each other and noticeably cringed.
The previous night had been the first she had fallen asleep and he was still on the bed. When she had stirred awake, he seemingly had been pretending to sleep for her sake so it wasn't 'weird as shit' as she liked to say. She appreciated the thought, nonetheless. They had reached a new level of comfort.
"You're going to pay money to access that woman's contact information online. That sounds a little…"
Kagome reached up from behind her and pinched InuYasha's lips shut without a change of expression.
"Relax, this isn't the weirdest thing I've ever done." She tried to reassure. Her hand relaxed from his lips and brushed against the necklace he was equipped with when he first arrived. She put a halt to her investigation and shuffled around in her chair to inspect him.
"Hey, what do you think will happen if we take off your necklace?"
InuYasha looked down at the necklace, not thinking much of it, he had forgotten he was wearing it in all honesty.
"What do you mean?"
"Your manual said it was highly suggested to keep the necklace on for at least ninety days of use. I'm kinda curious if you'll go ape shit if I take it off." Kagome snickered at the thought.
"That doesn't sound safe for you." He concluded. "What if I attack you or something? We don't know what could happen."
Kagome laughed lightly at his concern. She highly doubted that if that had been the case, the necklace wouldn't be accessible to take off. Most likely it wasn't that important. Maybe it really was just a safety mechanism.
Kagome slipped out of her chair and stood before him. InuYasha just stood erect awkwardly, not thinking it was the best idea to take off the necklace. In one swift motion she lifted the necklace off his head and looped his hair out of it. For a split second, they waited for something to happen, just staring back at each other.
"How do you fe—aw fuck." She instantly regretted her decision and cursed having such a curious mind.
Kagome watched the color from InuYasha's face drain and his eyes slightly glaze over. She put out her hands onto his chest, but the weight was overbearing and his limp body sent them both to the ground.
"Jesus Christ, he weighs more than he looks!" Kagome coughed, trying to breathe with the dead weight on her. Luckily her knees buckled and she folded like a chair onto the ground and wasn't completely knocked over like a bowling pin. She blushed ferociously at the placement of his face resting comfortably from the shock absorbers that were her breasts. She lied there for a few moments, content with the position but wouldn't openly admit it. She couldn't remember the last time she had got any action, so an incident like this was overwhelming.
Deciding she was finished being a creep, she used her back muscles and the help of her thigh muscles to roll him over. She stretched her back and let her lungs reflate before grabbing the necklace. She placed the necklace back on his head, giving his ears a quick caress on the way; she couldn't resist. He didn't instantly pop back to life like she was half expecting.
"InuYasha." She called clearly. His ears twitched at his name and his eyes flickered back on, similar to when she had first brought him to life. "Don't tell me that reset your fucking factory settings." She sighed, simultaneously freaking out. She thought she had made so much progress on him. "InuYasha, you remember me, right?"
InuYasha gave her a look, oblivious he went completely flaccid moments ago. "Yeah. What happened?"
Kagome sighed happy and hugged him, much to his surprise.
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"So, if that thing is supposed to be some high-tech battery pack for you, that doesn't make sense why I could take it off after ninety days." Kagome thought out-loud as she walked alongside InuYasha outside of the shopping mall. Should she have been better utilizing her time better by looking for a more stable job? Probably.
"Your guess is as good as mine. We should probably just leave it on."
"Well, well, well little brother, fancy seeing you here." A voice called from behind the couple. Kagome and InuYasha exchanged a look and both turned around. "Who on Earth payed for your bail?" He scoffed.
The mysterious man was seated at a bench, accompanied with several shopping bags. His hair was similar to InuYasha's both in color and beauty and was intrinsically braided over his shoulder. He was ten times better dressed than Kagome and InuYasha.
"I'm sorry?" Kagome asked confused. InuYasha didn't say anything but his face expressed that he had his guard up.
The man crossed one leg over the other and leaned forward to get a better look at InuYasha. Kagome took notice of his captivating eye color and claws that gently grazed his chin. She didn't think InuYasha's characteristics were possible.
"My apologies. Clearly I've made a mistake." Although he said it aloud, he didn't seem entirely convinced the more he gandered at InuYasha. InuYasha didn't return any signs of recognition.
Before the awkward silence could commence, a petite girl gasped in a high pithed tone and dropped her bags onto the ground from behind InuYasha and Kagome.
"Uncle!?"
The man on the bench looked insanely uncomfortable and panicked. "Rin, no—"
"Uncle!" The girl squealed and rushed into InuYasha's legs to hug them.
"Rin its not-" The man planted his hands over his face in frustration. It was going to take years to overcome the amount of embarrassment he felt.
The small girl pulled back innocently as she gazed up at InuYasha. She twiddled with her fingers nervously. "I'm sorry Sesshy, I thought-"
InuYasha seem discombobulated when the young girl had hugged him. He brought his hand to his temple in pain.
"Are you okay, InuYasha?" Kagome asked. The group watched as his eyes momentarily flashed from red and blue back to their amber tone.
The man on the bench, obviously of youkai stature, growled and stood up and aggressively made his way over to InuYasha face to face reaching for his neck with his anticipating hand.
"Drop the act. It is you." He growled. "Hiding outside of the youkai district with a new name. Pathetic."
"I'm sorry- I don't know what you're talking about it." InuYasha said flustered, still trying to overcome the pain he felt in his head.
"Hey! Get your hands off him!" Kagome pushed the man back and stood in front of InuYasha protectively; her heart was pounding. The odds of someone else in this province recognizing InuYasha was baffling her to no end. "He isn't who either of you think he is, trust me!"
"Sesshoumaru." InuYasha said confidently. "That's your name, isn't it?"
Kagome shifted back and forth between the two of them. She somehow felt out of the loop now.
"So, you do know him?" Kagome asked.
"I wrote his name down. So, I know about as much as I know Izayoi. Not much."
"What the fuck is going on, what is wrong with you?" Sesshoumaru asked impatiently.
"Sesshy…" Rin frowned, tugging on his pants. "You broke your promise." She whispered, disappointed that he had cursed in front of her.
A limo pulled up to the curb in that instant. The driver stepped out and gallantly walked over to the bunch.
"Ah, did we make new friends, Lord Sesshoumaru?" He said like a proud father. "Will they be attending tonight's show?"
Sesshoumaru darted a deathly glare at his chauffeur. The chauffeur threw his hands up in apology and collected the shopping bags to put in the limo.
"If you want to continue playing the fool, fine by me. Rin, let's go." Sesshomaru commanded, getting into the limo.
Rin tugged at Kagome's skirt, so Kagome knelt down to be eye level with her.
"His first reaction to everything is to blow up, but tonight he might calm down to talk more. I know that's my uncle, he just doesn't seem to remember." Rin gave Kagome a business card and shrugged. "I gotta go now, before he gets more mad." She whispered with a smile.
Kagome and InuYasha watched as the limo drove away. "He's right though. None of us know what the fuck is going on."
InuYasha looked sad, and the image broke Kagome's heart. She reached and grabbed his hand for comfort.
"I want to remember, if there is anything to remember. If I've lost my sense of personal identity—I-."
Kagome grabbed his chin. "Look at me. I'm not giving up on you. We're gonna figure this out together. You are safe."
InuYasha pulled Kagome into an embrace and buried his nose in her hair. He was glad and so, so lucky that he had her.
Next Update: 12/14/18