Secluded chapter 2: the reunion

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She stared out the window as her agent spoke in hush tones beside her. She didn't care to hear what he was saying. She just stared out the window at the ocean under them. They had been flying over ocean for the longest time. She didn't know exactly where they were headed to but she knew that it was court ordered, and though she usually was never opposed to disobeying the court and law. She loved taking trips, she hated being in the same place for too long. She turned towards her agent. She could only see his lips moving, she couldn't hear anything.

She pulled the right ear bud out, "I'm thirsty…" She stated and that caused him to look up at her with wide eyes.

"Okay…" He said while rising from his seat on the jet. He looked around finding a small booth with drinks and fruit lining it. Under it were bottles of water. She had eyes set on him as he grabbed one. He turned around and she shook her head, he turned and placed it back. He tried a fruit cup and when he turned she shook her head. "Uh… what would you like then?" He asked her and she didn't say anything she just turned forward.

"I want the champagne." She said as if that was obvious. Myoga sighed while grabbing the bottle from the chiller. He popped open the top and proceeded to pour it into a glass. "I don't want a glass." She stated and he turned around to face her.

"Kagome that's not a good idea." he said and she shifted to turn towards him. He couldn't see what expression she carried. She had huge rounded glasses on. Her hair was hidden as well, underneath a Hanna hat. He didn't have to see her eyes to know what she was about to say.

"Don't worry dad… I won't drink the whole thing." She said sarcastically, and he turned back around grabbing the bottle to hand it to her. She grabbed it a bit harshly as she returned to looking out the window. She took small sips boredly before facing forward. She stared at the empty seat across from her. The seats were brown and leather, and the jet was completely empty. No one saw them come and no one was going to see them leave.

The next day everyone would just wonder where she was. where had she gone? That's exactly what Inutashio had said on the phone. That was exactly how they acted when his middle son left. Kagome didn't know that was where they were sending her, but she knew where Inuyasha was. Out of the small group of people who knew she was in fact one of them. On her person she wore a long loose black blouse. Under she wore a long burlap brown skirt. She always wore neutral colors. She mostly wore dark color clothes, and an insane amount of black. She had colorful clothes, clothes from her past, but she didn't wear them.

Kagome lived in the townhouse her father left for her before he died. It was massive with twelve rooms that were not used. She stayed in her parent's old bedroom. He had left her a lot more but she signed out most of it to her younger brother. Including what made the Higurashi family so wealthy, their business. All she kept was the house and that was all she wanted. She had her own money that was what a career that spanned out for more than ten years got her.

"When will we be there?" She asked the wall and Myoga faced her. He looked at his watch before turning to face her.

"Any minute now." He told her while going back to work on his laptop. He typed out a series of things as she rose up from her spot. She carelessly dropped the bottle making it spill on the carpeted jet floor. She turned away from him and left down the hall. Myoga stood up in shock. "Where are you going?" he asked but she didn't say anything she just disappeared from his view. He watched her go before deciding to leave her alone. What could she do? They were in a jet for crying out loud.

She stopped at the pilots pit and just stared at the double doors blocking her access. She touched the rough like material of the white doors before shifting the little cold metal doorknob like construction. It made the door slide open and the older man sitting up front turned around to eye her. "You can't be back here." He said but she didn't seem to care. She walked forward anyway and took a seat at the open chair to the right. In the front were a series of buttons and switches with a huge screen that showed the sky beautifully. She just stared ahead. "Excuse me ma'am. I'm serious please take your seat." He turned to face her and she smiled ever so softly as she took in his face.

She didn't know who he was, just an older man with a gray buzz cut and an aging face. She pulled off her glasses and even though she seemed to want to say something he shut up completely. "Where are we going?" She asked he didn't say anything he just stared at her.

The plane made a sudden loud sound and he turned away and began pressing a few buttons. "I'm not prohibited to tell you that sort of information." He said and she rose from her seat. He turned back to watch her leave. He knew who she was, and though he knew who he was supposed to be transporting to the island. He was still shocked. She paused before leaving placing her glasses back on and closing the door behind her. She had gotten exactly what she expected from the conversation. Her stomach began to churn as she returned to her seat. Myoga looked up from his lap top.

"Whose jet is this?" She asked and he widened his eyes. "It's nice, I want one." She lied as she looked towards him. "Who jet is it?" she asked again.

"It's a plane service." He lied. They didn't go to an airport so how was that possible. It was some one else's and she had a feeling who it was, but she was calm. She didn't show any anger.

"Myoga where am I going?" She asked and she watched as he nervously closed the laptop to face her. She stared at him waiting for him to speak.

"Kagome its court ordered not even I know." He lied and she nodded before taking a seat across from him. She stared out the window at the ocean. She wasn't dumb, she knew where she was going. It made her stomach heat up in complete and utter anger. She didn't show it but she felt it. She remembered taking trips here when she was a little younger. She went with her dad on vacation with the Takashis; she knew who lived there now. She knew what her grandmother was planning…

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"No thank you." He said while quickly jotting what he was thinking before his father called. "But I guess I have no choice." He said he could hear his dad on the other line sighing in complete frustration.

"What did you want me to do Inuyasha, that's my goddaughter." He said and he thought that over before growing bored with the conversation. He closed the folder filled with his work and shifted it away from him. He pushed the recliner seat away from the desk and headed for the other side of the room. "Inuyasha…" His dad said from the speaker phone sitting to his right. "Listen I know you're slightly upset, but don't force your anger on her…"

"I'm not a child; I know who I'm angry with." He said calmly as he took out a small jar sitting on an old bookshelf. Inside was a key and he pulled it out. Now that someone would be living with him he need to lock his study.

"So are you still sending me your manuscript?" his dad asked after awhile. "I promised the company I'd direct the sequel as well." Inuyasha thought that through for a moment before returning to the desk. He closed the small jar and sat back down.

"Yeah dad, I have to make some sort of a living." He said before sighing. Now that he neither acted nor directed he spent most of his time writing scripts. He had done a few that had already turned into movies recently. He stared at the wooden like walls ahead of him.

"Imagine if you had no parents, all you had was Sesshomaru." His dad said. He was trying to rap his mind around how it would feel in Kagome's position. All she had was a younger brother who she didn't associate herself with. He lived in a whole other part of the country trying to sort out his life and the bundle of fortune his sister past to him. He had a whole company on his shoulder. Her grandmother she ignored and insulted every minute. In order for Kaede to keep Kagome in her life she was force to become her lawyer.

"Dad I live on an island by myself, I think I could handle staying away from you." He said. His dad smiled at that before walking away from few of the people near him.

"Yeah about that son, when do you plan to… you know leave, live life?" He asked and Inuyasha smiled slightly.

"I don't know…when people forget I exist." He said, Inutashio sighed through the phone.

"We'll be there in a few weeks." His dad reassured and his slight smile faded. That wasn't a reassuring comment at all for him. He rolled his eyes before hanging up on his father. He got up from his spot and headed to the door. He locked the study like he usually did. He walked forward past various rooms. He got to two large double doors. Like Kaede had said Inuyasha Takashi was very handsome. Even so now that he was an adult.

He had drifted away from looking like his dad to looking a lot like his mother in ways. The boyish quality had left long ago and he had more pronounced features. A square chin, wide shoulders, one thing that did stay the same was the color of his eyes. They were bright gold and complimented with the offset of dark eyebrows. He exited the hall and for the first time pulled the spare key out and locked the hallway off. When he turned it revealed the most beautiful spiral stairway.

The halls were separated; the one across from him, the hall door was wide open and led to its own spiral staircase. Both met in the middle and Plateaued at the foyer of the room. He began descending down the stairs when he heard footsteps. He sensed who it was right away and he watched as a short woman met him at the stairs. "Mr. Takashi" she said and he waited patiently. "She's here."

"Oh joy…" He said sarcastically and she nodded while walking away. He walked forward to the double front door and undid its lock letting the warmth and sun in. He smiled slightly. Up ahead was the crashing of the ocean as it hit the shore. He knew that was only because a plane of some sort was landing. He walked out of the house and onto the wooden walkway. He stepped down from it onto the warm sand. He walked a few paces ahead where the wind was the most dramatic. Landing a few ways from the house was one of his jets. He watched as it touched down. He was about to approach it when another help came towards him.

"Mr. Takashi… your father's on hold." She said. He turned to face her. She smiled when his eyes set on hers.

"Tell him I'm a bit busy." He lied and her smile faltered slightly.

"Are you sure… he seems a bit upset."

"What did he say?"

"He said tell my ungrateful ass of a son to pick up the phone. He says you hung up on him." he sighed before turning back around to head into the house.

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"Kagome it needed to be done." Myoga said but she didn't say anything. She had on a clingy like wool sweater, and though it was a nice 70 degrees out she still hugged herself as if she was freezing. She hadn't spoken to Myoga but he knew she was upset. She had a lit cigarette on her left hand as she stepped away from the jet. She walked a bit further away towards the beach. He watched as she left and decided that he'd just leave her alone. What could she do? He turned towards the pilot who was staring towards her. Kagome left that sort of impression on men, he thought nothing of it. "Can you unload the damn thing?" He barked towards him making him instantly take out cargo.

Near the jet were various young women. All dressed in the same help uniform. Myoga narrowed his eyes as he eyed them. They were all supposed to unload her luggage, and it didn't take long for him to realize what else they did around the mansion…

She stared at the ocean letting short memories incase her mind. She got closer until she felt her own feet getting wet. She dropped the cigarette and stepped in a bit further. She stared for awhile before turning away from it. She glanced at the white mansion in front of her. It was loaded with balconies on each floor. It was beautiful, she narrowed her eyes, she didn't remember it looking that way when she was younger. She walked forward slowly. It was a small island; behind the house was a vast forest with trails leading to mountain tops and small bodies of water. She remembered that, but not the mansion.

She let herself stare up at it. She didn't notice that on the highest balcony stood Inuyasha Takashi. He had the cordless phone in his left hand as he stared down at her. He couldn't make out a lot; from where he stood. He could only see she was dressed for the cold, in very loose yet thick clothes. He couldn't make out her facial features either, that was partly because of the glasses she wore.

Inuyasha remembered Kagome Higurashi as being unusually thin, wearing clothes that were a bit too revealing for someone her age. He remembered her getting too many compliments for being gorgeous, something that he didn't remember her as being. Her hair was extremely short in a bob of some sort; something that people in the business told her would accentuate her face. He wondered if she still had that stupid bob, if under the warm clothes she was still unusually skinny. He thought she probably was. The business had a way of keeping people the same.

She stared up for awhile until her eyes spotted him. She felt that anger churn again as she watched him lean on the balcony toward her. Like him she couldn't make out much, just a mass of long silver hair. It was a lot longer then she remembered. She had an eery feeling that he was staring directly at her and to ensure that he wasn't. She took off her sunglasses and stepped forward. He realized that she had noticed him and he stood up straight and turned away leaving. She rolled her eyes before putting them back on and turning towards the sea.

"That's it…" the pilot said towards Myoga. Kagome was sitting on top of an old dark brown suitcase staring ahead. The sky was an indigo and as she stared without expression at the jet ahead. The wind was a bit colder and the ocean hit the rocks harder. She hadn't yet gone in the house for fear of seeing him. She didn't want to and he hadn't come out so he obviously didn't either. Myoga turned towards his client.

"I'm leaving…" He told her but she didn't make any move to notice his existence. "Kagome" he said again but she didn't say anything or move. "Do you have your ear buds on?" he asked and she moved slightly opening her fisted hand, in it were two buds and Myoga took that as her answer. He turned away from her towards the jet. "I'm ready." He said and the pilot nodded.

"She can't be this close." He said and she stood up at that while grabbing the old suitcase and stirring away from both men. She walked forward towards the house. Myoga watched as she made it to the wooden boardwalk. She set the suitcase down and stared out into the ocean.

"What's her problem?" the pilot asked and Myoga threw him a look and he shut up instantly. He then headed to the stairs and walked up while staring back at her. He took a deep breath before looking forward and leaving. She turned towards the jet when he left and just stared at it as both men disappeared and the door lifted up slowly. She put a hand to her wool jacket grabbing a small box. She pulled out a cigarette but before she could light it she felt someone tap her shoulder.

She turned to see a woman around her age. She wore those stupid maid costumes but a slight more decent than usual. "Hello Mrs. Higurashi, would you like me to show you to your room?" She asked and she stood up at that. The woman took it as her cue to act. She turned around and headed towards the house as Kagome followed. "Do you want me to get your suitcase?"

"No…" she said and the woman nodded while heading up the boardwalk and up the stairs. Kagome quickly looked around the porch of the massive house while running her bare hands around it. The woman opened the door and she entered into the lobby of the house. She remembered it slightly, she remembered the porch but it didn't take her long to realize that it had been remodeled into a mansion. She looked around it for awhile before following the woman to the right. She passed a series of paintings, a piano, a dining room and into a long hall filled with different rooms. The first one to her right the help stepped aside wanting her to enter.

She opened the door to a small room with a window at the side and a king size bed in the middle. There was a TV to the side; it was the old fashion ones with the back behind it. The room was painted white with one blue stripe at the top of the wall and one at the bottom. There was a small white desk at the side, a small closet and a drawer. "We placed the rest of your stuff in the next room." The woman said and she walked into the room looking around. "Dinner will be served around 8, and after around 9 we leave." She said and Kagome looked up at that. "There's another building a little ways from here… we stay there." She said and Kagome looked to the window while the woman left.

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"Mr. Takashi, Mr. Tashio's on the phone for you." A petite woman said as she set a plate in front of him. He looked up and she nodded knowing exactly what he was going to say. "You're busy…" She said and he nodded while she filled his wine glass. She turned away from him and left him alone in the dining room. He put a fork to his food lifting it to his lips when he sensed someone walking from the guest rooms. He didn't recognize the scent and he turned to face whoever it was. She walked quietly without hesitation towards the dining room. When he saw her she stopped in her spot and just stared. She didn't say hi, she just stared. Her black hair was in a very tight bun and was extremely wet. She had giant glasses on her face, a thin oversize jacket and a loose fitting shirt that went far past her knees. She didn't wear any sort of pants and he instantly figured she wasn't as thin as she was when she was younger.

She was still thin though. She didn't bother saying hi, she just walked past him towards the chair, the farthest one from him, at the end of the table. "I don't bite." He said but she made no notion. It was as if she didn't hear him. She sat down the same exact way she walked, with unusual grace, but she lifted her feet onto the chair and hugged her knees. The same petit woman came in again with a plate and she sat up before pulling out something from her ear.

The woman placed the food near her and poured the wine directly into her glass. She didn't say anything towards her she just picked up her fork and began putting food into her mouth. "Hello…" He said from his seat. She looked up at that staring his way, but she didn't say anything she just pushed whatever she had taken from her ear and placed it back in. He sighed at that and picked up his fork again. Maybe that was a good thing. He didn't want to be bothered with her anyway. He began eating but halfway through he felt a bit annoyed. She had her phone out and she began texting on it before putting it back into her pocket and beginning to eat again. He rose from his spot slowly and headed towards her.

She didn't budge, it was as if she didn't even notice. He walked towards her as she sat back indian style in her seat. He pulled up a seat beside her. She still didn't notice, it wasn't until he pulled her food forward did she quickly jump up and take in his presence completely.

He wasn't at all what she expected he'd look like. He was still fairly young (in his twenties), but he was a bit old (in his late teens) when he left. he had matured in the short time. His skin was golden and his eyes matched, his body more muscular, his hair longer and a bit shaggier. He was beautiful and she didn't know exactly what to think about it or him. He had a dark eyebrow raised as he waited for her to make some sort of move. She reached into her ear and took out a small plug. He stared down at it before looking up at her. It was almost impossible to make out her face with her giant glasses on. All he could see was her full lips; they were a natural pink hue.

"What…" She stated and he sat back in his seat.

"What… no nice to see you again Inuyasha, no thanks for letting me stay here, or thanks for the food." He asked and she stared down at the plates for awhile before looking up again.

"If I had known it was your food I wouldn't have eaten it." She said thinly and he was a bit taken aback at the notion. He didn't have a valid response for it, and she openly stared ahead as he gathered his thoughts.

"Wow…" He muttered while she pushed her seat back. "I guess you're not too happy." He said and at that she pulled off her glasses and set them near her. He was about to mention something else when she set dark blue eyes towards him. He shut up as he took in her face; it was the first time since knowing her he saw what other people saw in her. She was beautiful in every way imaginable. He was a bit tongue tied and she pushed her chair back and rose from her seat leaving the glasses on the side and an ear plug on the table. He turned and watched her as she left the dining room to retreat back to her room.

She had taken the glasses off so he'd see just how happy she really was, and though she thought that she got her message across in reality he was just taken a back at her appearance…

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