By: Inuyasha4ev
Chapter 5: You are returning home
Inuyasha's ears twitched as someone knocked on his door. He yawned and sat up. "What is up with people coming over so early? It's only seven in the mornin'!" He mentally chided himself for forgetting Kagome and Yasahiro were in his bed. Once he was sure he hadn't wakened them, he scrambled out of his bed and ran downstairs, flinging open the door. "What the hell do you want, old man?!"
Inutaisho couldn't help but smirk. "What? A father can't stop by for coffee and a chat with his son. Let me in." When Inuyasha only continued to glare, he nudged past him and headed to the kitchen. Once he had started the coffee and sat at the table, Inutaisho sighed. "So, how are you, son?"
"I'm perfectly fine. Why are you here, old man?"
"I was worried about my son. What's wrong with you?"
"I've just got better things to do." He answered, turning towards the door when Kagome shuffled in in one of his t-shirts. -You couldn't have worst timing, Kagome...But, Kami, that shirt looks great on you.-
Inutaisho's eyes widened, then narrowed. "With her, your brother's wife?"
Inuyasha rolled his eyes. Kami, his father was always jumping to conclusions. Like when he assumed Inuyasha had snuck a girl into the house when he was fifteen, and chancged his grades on his report card when he was sixteen. Oh, and that time Inutaisho had just ASSUMED that Inuyasha had eaten all the ramen and pocky, not thinking to leave any for anyone else. Of course, he obviously had done those things, but it still wasn;t fair for his father to assume and punish without proof. "It's nothing like you think, pops."
"Oh yes. I recall you saying that when you that plenty of times before. Why is your brother's wife here?"
Kagome cleared her throat. "One, she's here, Tai. And, two, I'm his brother's soon to be ex-wife." She began to pour them their coffee before pouring herself some and sitting down. "I assume you two want some answers." She mumbled tiredly.
"Yes, my dear Kagome. We do."
Shrugging, she closed her eyes and lifted her cup to her mouth, taking a long sip then setting it on the table. "Ask him the next time you see him. I will not be the bearer of bad news and disappointment. If he won't tell you, I surely will not."
Inuyasha growled. "Come on! Just spit it out. What'd the bastard do?"
"Kagome, I am sure that whatever Sesshomaru did can be reconciled. You know he is cold, stoic, a tad on the short tempered side when it comes to certain things. He never really intends to harm anyone."
Kagome smirked. -That's right. Protect your bastard son as always. If only you could see the way he behaves. Would you still take up for him? And here I was thinking you were more of a father to me than my own. I should have realized otherwise when you assumed Inuyasha and I slept together.- "So you say. But it seems to me that no one can hurt someone this much without intention. And he's told me countless times that...never mind, Inutaisho." She sighed when Inuyasha's doorbell rang. "I'm going to go change. Don't want your company seeing me like this." She told Inuyasha, running up the stairs to change.
Said hanyou of the house opened the door and glared. "Sess, whaddaya want? I'm busy."
"I know that Kagome is here, as is Yasahiro. I wish to speak with my wife." He said, nudging past his brother and entering the kitchen. "Father."
"Sesshomaru." Inutaisho acknowledged him with a nod. "Ahem. So, what have you done to upset my little Kagome."
Kagome walked back to the kitchen, preoccupied with her cell phone and oblivious to Sesshomaru's presence. "Miroku, stop fooling around. I need to talk to Sango about something."
Miroku smiled pervertedly. "My fiance is sleeping. So tell me, my dear Kagome, what are you wearing?"
"Listen, pervert, my attire is none of your business." She began to pout. "Can you pleeeeeease wake her up and give her the phone? Please, Miroku-kun?"
He thought for a second. "Alright. If and only if, I will not be slapped by you next time."
Growling, her eyebrow twitched with frustration. "Fine. Whatever. It's a small price to pay. I..." She looked up, her eyes growing to the size of saucers. "I, uh, I'll call her back later, Miroku." Flipping her phone shut, she stashed it in the pocket of her capris. "What are you doing here?"
"Are you ready to return home?"
"Sesshomaru, when I said, 'I drew the line and you crossed it', that meant that I was leaing. It seems that I did not make it clear enough for you." She hissed, returning to her already cooling coffee. "You may go now."
Snarling, Sesshomaru slammed his hand on the table, "Listen, Kagome, this charade has gone on long enough. You are going to get our son then return home with me. Understood?"
"No." She replied blatantly. "And if I go anywhere, it'll only be to the house I plan to buy soon."
"Must you always be so damn difficult, woman?" He bit, his eyes flashing red. "Have you forgotten the mark I placed?"
She sighed. "It isn't a mating mark. Any pain it gives me, I am sure I can handle. And there are ways to have them removed. Sesshomaru, let it go. Do not act as though you suddenly care. If fact, you could care less whether Yasahiro and I return. Why can't you just go home?"
He cocked a brow. "And why will you not simply take your own advice and return home?"
"Because I have no home. It is as simple as that. Now, if you'd leave me be, I'm sure you could find a better wife."
"Father. Inuyasha. Would you excuse us?" Sesshomaru asked lowly, keeping his eyes on Kagome.
Inuyasha snorted. "No way! This is my house and- Hey, what the hell are you doing?!" He screamed when he was dragged from the room by his father. "What are you doing? I wanted to see what was happening? How am I suppose to know?"
"Inuyasha, silence. With your being a demon, you can hear and we can look through the door." Inutaisho rolled his eyes, beginning to listen.
(((((Kagome POV)))))
I take a seat at the table before Sesshomaru, staring at him. "What do you want from me?"
"Is it not clear?" He asks blandly. "I wish for you and our son to return home, Kagome."
"Why should I? So the same things can repeat themselves over and over for the rest of our immortal lives? Sesshomaru, I'm not a fool as you may think. I am no idiot. You will continue to treat me as though I am a useless idiot. I will not take it anymore. I told you. Had it not been for Yasahiro, I would have left years ago. I can't take the constant pain, Sesshomaru."
He snorts. "You speak as though you're human."
I glare. Why is nothing simple with him? Why is he hell bent on insulting me every chance he gets. And the bastard expects me to run into his arms. Pfft. As if I'd even think about it. Kami, I'm in love with a maniacal idiot. "It's funny. Not many people know that my mother was human. She was a miko. I've inherited her energy and because of her race, I am a full fledged demon." A smirk resides on my face when he actually looks surprised. "Yep. I also inherited her emotions. I feel as though I am human. Harsh words sometimes affect me. Where a normal demoness cries perhaps once a century, I may cry fifty times a year. So forgive me for acting as though I am what I partly am, Oh Mighty Lord Sesshomaru." I watch his eyes flare with annoyance at my sarcastic tone.
"Kagome, you are a lucky demoness to have This Sesshomaru wishing for you to reside in his home. You should allow your human emotions to flare and be happy." He says arrogantly, placing his hand over mine.
"Happy?!" I bark angrily. "I should be happy I'm stuck with you?! I Should be glad that my father allowed that wench he's with to give me away to you like a damn gift?! And she gave me to YOU purposely, having heard that you have a reputation of hurting and belittling people! Tell me why i should be happy that I'm married to a selfish, heartless demon with a nine foot pole shoved up his ass so far it somehow manages to tilt his head upward so that he's looking down at everyone! You tell me why I should be happy with the way you walk over me, the way my life is going!" I rise to my feet, my eyes blurry with tears of frustration. "Can you honestly give me a good reason to trust you?!"
Sesshomaru rises to his feet, strutting to me. Suddenly, his arms surround me, crushing me to his body. "This is your reason, Kagome."
"A hug is no reason for trust, Sesshomaru. Especially not when I don't want your damn hug. Let me go!" I struggled, yet no matter how much I scratch and punch him, he does not budge. I look up, gasping when his lips crush into mine. What is wrong with him, I think. Something has to be. Sesshomaru is losing it. Why is he kissing me so gently, and holding me this way. Why is he behaving so differently? Why wont he just let me go. Jerking away, I say, "Stop touching me and kissing me. I don't want your false signs of affection."
His eyes narrow, thin strips of red. "Oh, and I suppose you would be ecstatic if it were Naraku kissing you?!"
"Perhaps!" I bite, knowing and hardly caring that it could cost me my life. "He's kinder to me! Naraku actually talks to me, not at me. He doesn't constantly critisize me. Maybe it would be better if Naraku kissed me! Maybe then I'd feel some type of passion!"
Snarling, he punches a whole into the table. "You listen, Kagome, you are mine! And always will be mine! I will have no other, and neither will you!"
"I will stay with no one who doesn't love me!"
"Love?! Love is but a weak, mortal emotion no demon is capable of feeling!"
I shake my head. "You lie! My father loved my mother before she died! I love my friends, Inuyasha, Sango, Miroku! I love Yasahiro and he loves me!"
"And I assume you love Naraku as well! You are obviously infatuated with him! You cannot deny the many times you have been seen speaking with him. And he kissed you, with no complaint from you! And that disgusting way you were dancing against him, whore!"
"Whore?! I am no whore?! A whore is that thing you fuck! The thing you were to busy rutting with to notice our son! I bet Naraku would be a better father, as would Koga or Inuyasha!"
He glares at the wall behind me. The flicker of shame is quickly diminished by his rage. "How dare you even claim such inferior beings would be a better father than This Sesshomaru?! Yasahiro is fine!"
"Sesshomaru, there was blood spilling from our son's head! Have you dismissed the scent of his blood already because it's stuck in my nose! He needed his father to be there to catch him before he fell! He didn't need to slip on the thong of his father's slutty mistress!" I rake my fingers through my hair, trying to blow of my anger. -Kami, what was I thinking? He's probably awake from all the yelling! Idiot! I'm an idiot!- "I can't talk about this anymore." I turn to leave, but my arm is caught in his hand.
"You will go no where until we are done discussing and are going home." He orders softly for some strange reason.
"You say I am putting on a charade. This is your enigma. I am not going to your home. I'm staying here, either until Inuyasha kicks me out or I find a place. Then I'll have my lawyer, Shiori, write up the divorce papers. Speaking of which, Yasahiro is coming with me."
He stares at me blankly, a strange emotion I've never seen in him before flashing so quickly I can not reade it. "No. There will be no papers, and Yasahiro will remain with US." He corrects. I assume he hopes that if he says I'm coming back enough times, I'll realize that I don't want to leave him or take his son away. "Yasahiro is your son, as he is mine. We both deserve the right to see him."
"No, we don't. You hardly even spend time with him. He is more mine than yours."
Angry and impatient, he orders, "He is my son! I will not allow you to remove him from my life!! Do not test me, woman!"
"Yasa will stay with me, Sesshomaru." I tell him coldly. "You have no say." I do not flinch when I see him raise his hand. Instead, I turn toward the door from which Yasahiro enters.
(((((Third Person)))))
Yasahiro had been listening for a while. He broke free of Inuyasha's hold on him and ran in, jumping into his mom's lap. The little boy sobbed into her chest, stroking the cheek he had once seen his father slap. "No more fighting! No more fighting! Please!"
Broken hearted and ashamed, Kagome held him tight, standing up. "I'm sorry. I didn't know we were worrying you. Stop crying, please, baby."
"You're supposed to be happy like my friends' parents." He reached out, pulling his father closer and burying his face in his shoulder. "You're supposed to hug each other and kiss all the time. But you don't."
Sesshomaru stared at Kagome before reaching out and pulling the now sobbing woman to him. "Shh, calm down, Yasahiro." He did not want to tell the boy things would be fine. He didn't know. It seemed that Kagome still wanted to leave him. He'd have to change that, and change it soon before he truly lost her. But what did she matter, the wench? She was nothing he hadn't seen before, but he couldn't let her go. -Hn.- He continued to cradle his family to him, waiting for Yasahiro to fall asleep. Once he had, Sesshomaru began, "Kagome..."
She shook her head. "I will not come back, Sesshomaru."
"I will not take no for an answer." He said softly, stroking her head. When he felt her legs go limp, he made sure his son was secure in her arm before scooping her up and heading out of the kitchen. "Do not ask. For I will not tell." He said, moving past them. Having decided against dragging her home at this point, he laid her and Yasahiro in one of Inuyasha's guest room. Placing a kiss against Kagome's lush, soft lips, he whispered so lowly that no demon could here, "Perhaps this Sesshomaru loves you. I will find out a way to say it. Until then, you must wait for me." And with that, he showed himself out.
(((((Skip to a few nights ahead)))))
Sesshomaru took a long swig of white whine. Kami, how he missed his Kagome, missed her dearly. She wasn't just his wife. She had been his companion, had actually talked to him. Normally, people were so intimidated by him that they just stared silently. Women stared lustfully, while men stared with jealousy and envy. Kagome, on the other hand, challenged him, and though it irritated him, it was what attracted him to her besides her body. And his son. Though Yasahiro and Kagome didn't notice, he always looked in on his son to see him playing, or reading the simply books that he could. It made him proud that his son was so intelligent. Kagome had given him his son, the son he forced to be born earlier than normal. He was so lucky there were no deficiencies. Sighing, he took another swig when there was a knock on his door. "Kagome?" He asked softly, but hopefully. Strolling to the door, he was highly disappointed to see Kagura. "Why are you here?" He asked coldly, returning to his desk.
"What? Not happy to see me?" She asked, taking his wine bottle and drinking straight from it. "I've noticed that Kagome no longer comes around. So, you've finally got rid of her so we can be together? I knew you wouldn't let her stop you from showing your love for me everyday." She asked with a gleeful smile, gulping down nearly half of the remaining wine. She nearly choked on it when Sesshomaru laughed out loud.
And he kept laughing for minutes, before saying, "You are truly a fool, Kagura." Calming, he returned to his stoic manner. "I feel nothing whatsoever for you, wench. My sleeping with you was nothing more the a scheme and a way to occupy my time. We have nothing, especially not this love you speak so fondly of. Your realizing that Kagome is not here leads me to believe that you are unstable in the mind and have been watching my house. I will be having a restraining order for you to sign written up soon. You are dismissed."
Kagura chuckled. "I get it, role play. You're treating me like a whore as a game to get in the mood. Alright. I'll be your whore." She told him, swallowing another a large gulp of liquor.
Sesshomaru stared at her blankly. -This wench truly is thick in the head.- "This is no game, Kagura. However, you are right in your assumption. I am treating you like a whore. That is all you ever were to me, now you may leave."
"What?" She asked, drinking the last of the bottle and feeling her head swim. "You were using me! Was it to anger my father?! Or was it to make your wench of a wife jealous?! Well, I hope you know that she won't be! She's head over heels for my father!" She gasped when her neck was clasped tightly in his hand. "S-sess-Sesshomar..." When he tightened his grip, she found she couldn't speak, just hang limply in the air.
"One, you will never disrespect Kagome or dishonor her name! She is no wench! And she feels absolutely nothing for your father!" He wasn't sure, but it made him feel good to say it. "Understood?"
Kagura nodded, her face turning blue from the lack of oxygen. When she was release, she gasped loudly. "Augh! Augh! Augh!"
Glaring down at her, he hissed, "Get out." Sesshomaru smirked when she scurried out. "The wench lacks a backbone."
Kagura stumbled to her car, sliding in, and taking off. "Damn him. How dare he just ignore me that way? How dare he put that wench before me?! I'm sure he knows of her human mother. And then the fact that the wench haz meeko pow-erz." She began to slur. "I'll tell heem one dey. I bet then heel luv me. Yeah, that's wut I'll..." Suddenly, she swerved, running into a tree and falling unconcious.