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Now, On with the story!
A Cry For Help
By: Goth Chick Tiff
Summary: Kagome Higurashi is your average loner in high school who's got a lot of troubles at home that she keeps to herself. At least as average as you can get when you're attending Takahashi High. Considering she's the only loner, Kagome spends most of her time avoiding the all-to-familiar troubles at school. Though beautiful, she hides herself from the world. When she finds out that her friends from the Internet are moving to her town, her life changes for the better. Hopefully.
Chapter 14: Plans
Naraku got out of the stolen car he was driving and walked up to the steps of his summer home. "I need to talk to Sesshoumaru, I can just imagine the look on his face when he found out I broke out." Naraku said smirking. "Then I need to find out where that conniving stepdaughter of mine is staying." Getting the extra key to the house that was located under a small statue on the porch and he opened the door. "Wait until I get my hands on you my precious Kagome." He whispered, slamming the door shut.
Walking to his bedroom, Naraku tore his jacket off of his body. He opened the drawers of his dresser, pulling out a shirt and pants. While changing into his clothes Naraku thought of all the torturous thing he would do to Kagome once he was able to find and capture her. ' She will pay for the hell that she put me through.'
Inuyasha walked toward his studio intent on finding out what Kagome was planning. 'That girl is gonna get in so much trouble I'll be dead in a year.' He thought. Arriving at the door of his studio, he could hear her getting ready to play another song. Covering his ears, Inuyasha kicked open the door.
"What the HELL are DOING!" He yelled.
Miroku and Sango jumped when Inuyasha kicked open the door. Afraid of his temper they hid in the 'Instrumental room' "What do you think he's gonna do to her?" Miroku whispered.
Sango merely shrugged and listened through the door.
Kagome turned the volume of the amplifier down and pulled up a chair and sat down. "Took you long enough to get here." She said crossing her legs.
"You planned this? "
"Well yea, how else was I going to get your attention? It's not like you were going to answer me if I asked to speak to you."
"True. But you didn't have turn the volume up so high."
"Sorry, I guess I thought you could handle it."
"I'm half dog-demon, as you know, my ears are sensitive. Now what did you want to talk about?"
"That I will discuss with you in about 20 seconds."
"Why not now...I'm here aren't I?"
"I know, but there's one more person that needs to be here."
"And who might that be?"
"If you'd look at the entrance you shall see."
Inuyasha turned around and saw his brother standing in the doorway. "Okay, you have me completely stumped…Why would you want my half-brother here?" Inuyasha said looking back at Kagome.
"Well, first we'll have to get rid of our audience." Kagome said getting out of her chair and walked to Instrumental Room. When she opened the door both Sango and Miroku fell on the floor, Miroku on top of Sango.
"Now Kagome, this is the position I'd like to be in." Miroku said while smirking.
"HENTAI! Get the fuck off of me you pervert!" screamed a reddened Sango, trying to push Miroku off of her.
"You never learn, do you Miroku?" Kagome questioned, shaking her head.
"I learn, but I refuse to listen. I'm a rebel that way." Miroku explained.
"Whatever. No you two can either wait for me in my bedroom, go home, or explore the mansion WITHOUT breaking anything. The choice is yours, as long as you leave the three of us alone." Kagome said pushing Miroku and Sango out of the room.
Kagome returned to the chair she was sitting on after successfully kicking the two out of the room. Knowing that the two weren't gone yet, she quietly got up and walked toward the door. She mustered up the best angry look she could make and quickly opened the door. "I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU TO LEAVE US ALONE!" Kagome screamed at Sango and Miroku, who were crouched in front of the door.
Sango and Miroku, suddenly afraid for their lives ran down the hall, not caring if they got lost, all they cared about at the moment was making it out of the house alive.
Kagome walked back into the room, laughing her head off at how pathetic the two looked when she opened the door and screamed at them." Did… you… see… their… faces?" Kagome said between laughs.
Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru simply looked at her as if she were insane. Sesshoumaru, replacing the shock on his face with his usual stoic mask, coughed into his hand. Letting Kagome know that she was the only one who was enjoying the humor of scaring the living daylights out of her eavesdropping friends.
Kagome, finally settled down, returned to her chair and sat down, intent on talking to both Inuyasha, and Sesshoumaru. "Okay, my rich friends. Now for the serious talk."
"I'm not your friend, nor will I ever be." Sesshoumaru stated. Rubbing his temples, trying to rid himself of his oncoming headache.
"Okay, my rich friend and caretaker…happy? Anyway…I just wanted to tell you guys that I am going to be leaving you care starting tomorrow. I know for a fact that Naraku is going to be looking for me, so I figure that if I find him first then I'll catch him off guard and be able to beat him to a pulp, once again." Kagome said, staring into the faces of Inuyasha and his older half-brother.
"You said his name was Naraku, correct?" Sesshoumaru said.
"Yuppers…Naraku Hinote, my atrocious stepfather The perverted drug-dealer who gets off raping his step-children. Why?"
"Naraku Hinote is the client that I wanted you to check out for me."
"And what exactly were you supposed to do with him…I hope you're not his lawyer."
"Actually, I was. But no longer. I will not disgrace the Taisho name and represent a criminal in court."
Inuyasha, still trying to calm himself down after hearing that Kagome wanted to go after her step-father alone, balled his hands into fists, drawing blood. "when did you decided to do this?" he asked
"After I came out of the hospital." Kagome answered. Noticing the blood dripping from his hand she got up from her chair and strode over to Inuyasha. "Inuyasha? What's wrong?" Kagome asked, placing a hand gently on his shoulder.
"Why are you so intent on getting yourself hurt? Why do you think that no one cares about you when obviously there are people that do?" Inuyasha asked through clenched teeth.
"It's not your fight, that's why. Why should I endanger the people I love if this battle isn't their problem? I just don't want to see you guys get hurt. I thought you would understand that by now, but I guess you hardly know me at all." Kagome said, tears streaming down her face. She turned toward the door and left Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru alone.
She walked down the hall making random turns not caring where she ended up, just as long as she was away from Inuyasha. 'That jerk, I can't believe him. I'm just looking out for him and he goes and pulls that shit on me.'
Kagome looked around the hall, trying to figure out where she was. Finally deciding that she was lost, she entered one of the large double doors. Kagome looked around the room that resembled a dojo. She looked to the far corner and noticed a rack of swords. In another corner, bows were lined on another rack, with a shelf holding several quivers of arrows. 'This must be the training area, but I never knew that Sesshoumaru nor Inuyasha used a bow and arrow.'
Kagome walked to the rack of bows and took a quiver of arrows. "At least now I can practice my archery skills." Kagome said aloud to no one in particular. She looked around the room, but couldn't find any targets. Deciding to just use the far wall of the room as a target, Kagome walked toward the center of the room. Before She could fire the arrow, an arm snaked around her waist and a voice whispered in her ear.
"What are you doing here?"
"Nice going Little brother. You undoubtedly made the girl cry." Sesshoumaru said, walking to the door.
"Why do you care Sesshoumaru? She's only human after all, she's not up to your standards." Inuyasha snapped back at Sesshoumaru.
"I don't care, but you should at least have some respect towards someone who could purify you in an instant." Sesshoumaru answered, leaving the studio room.
Upon entering the hall, Sesshoumaru was overcome by the scent of tears. He followed the smell of Kagome tears, recognizing where it was leading. 'Just great, the half-breed made her cry and out of all the places in the mansion she could go to cry, she chooses MY training area.' he thought bitterly.
Sesshoumaru entered his dojo and saw Kagome standing in the middle of the room, aiming the bow and arrow she had in her hands at the wall opposite of her. 'She could have at least set up some targets instead of trying to ruin my walls.' Sesshoumaru thought while stealthily walking over to her. He snaked an arm around her waist and whispered softly into her ear, " What are you doing here?"
Kagome jumped at the voice and turned around. "Why hello Sesshoumaru, what can I do for you?" she said, noticing that his arm was still around her waist.
"You can stop trying to ruin my walls, for one." Sesshoumaru said, finally letting go of the girl.
"I couldn't find any targets, so I was improvising." Kagome clarified.
"Did you look in the closet by the bows and arrows?" Sesshoumaru asked.
"Uhh. Nope." Kagome said, suddenly feeling like an idiot. "Well, thanks for the info, can I finish my archery practice now?"
"No."
"Huh? Why not?"
Sesshoumaru walked to the rack of swords and took one off. He unsheathed it and walked over to Kagome. "You wanted to test my strength, right? Well here's your chance." He said, pointing the sword at her.
"Well, if you want to duel now." Kagome said before concentrating all her energy as her swords emerged from her hands again.
"Ready?" Sesshoumaru asked, his sword in a ready position.
"As ready as I'll ever be."
The two circled around each other, neither one making the first move. Finally, deciding to initiate the battle, Sesshoumaru charged at Kagome, sword ready for a strike. To his surprise, Kagome was able to dodge attack and took both swords to his neck. One overlapping the other, making the two swords look like huge scissors.
"You should know better than that Sesshoumaru." Kagome taunted. "But it does seem I won the match."
"Rematch." Was all Sesshoumaru said.
The two again started to circle each other. This time Kagome initiated the battle, running towards Sesshoumaru, but instead of attacking him, she flipped over his body and landed behind him. Sesshoumaru was slightly stunned, but recovered fast enough to swing his sword at Kagome, but she was faster and blocked the attack with one of her own swords.
"You're quicker than that, Sesshoumaru. Don't Hold Back!" Kagome said through clenched teeth, pushing back his sword hard enough to make him stumble backwards. "Fight me with all you've got!"
'She's quite good, for a human' Sesshoumaru thought.
"Dammit Kagome, why do you have to be such a bitch?" Inuyasha said to himself, while beating the living daylights out of his punching bag that was hanging from the ceiling in his room. "I can't believe she wants to face him alone…again." he said getting angrier.
By the time Inuyasha finally calmed down, the punching bag was swinging wildly across the room. He caught it and stopped it from it's swinging. He then went to his stereo and turned it off and walked out of the room fixed on grabbing a bite to eat.
While walking to the kitchen, Inuyasha heard the faint sound of metal clashing against metal. Thinking nothing of it, he kept walking wanting to feed his growling stomach. "Fighting really makes you hungry…I wonder if we have any ramen." Inuyasha said as he finally reached the kitchen.
"I wonder what they're talking about." Miroku said, breaking the silence between him and Sango.
"I have no clue…wanna go see if they're still talking?" Sango suggested.
"And get my ass beat…yea sure, why not." Miroku answered and started walking back to the studio.
When they arrived no one was in the studio. It was void of life and the only thing in it was a chair, the amp, and Kagome's guitar. "I wonder where they went." Sango said.
"Me to…I guess they went to Kagome's room."
"Maybe, c'mon. Lets head to her room." Sango walking towards Kagome's room.
While walking towards Kagome's room, Sango and Miroku heard the clashing of metal against metal. Thinking the worst, they ran towards the sound. While running they collided with Inuyasha, making him spill his ramen.
"NOOO! MY RAMEN!" Inuyasha yelled and desperately tried to save his precious ramen, but to no avail. Inuyasha looked at who plowed into him and suddenly looked a bit worried. "What's wrong guys, why are you so out of breath?"
"We…heard…the…sound of… swords." Sango managed to get out between breaths.
"WHAT!" Inuyasha said, trying to decipher where the sound was coming from. "Follow me, I know where it's coming from." Inuyasha said, leading them to the dojo.
Sesshoumaru and Kagome were covered in sweat. Their hair and clothes were both soaked, but neither would let up. 'Inuyasha never even lasted this long. Interesting.' Sesshoumaru thought, attacking Kagome with his sword. Kagome rolled out of the way and was able to knock his sword out of his hands.
Neither was aware of the people watching them. "Give up yet?" Kagome asked, wiping the sweat from her brow.
"Never." Sesshoumaru said, creating his whip.
"Oh, so you wanna play dirty." Kagome said, exchanging one of her swords for a whip of her own.
"You have one too?"
"Yup, Ready?"
"Yes." Sesshoumaru said, cracking his whip towards Kagome
Kagome rolled again and let her whip fly towards Sesshoumaru, wrapping it around his feet. She pulled and watched him fall. She then ran over too him and place the tip of her sword against his neck. "I win."
"Yes. Now could you kindly unravel your whip from my legs." Sesshoumaru said, knocking the sword away from his neck.
"I dunno, I seem to like you in this position, Fluffy."
"You won. Now let me get up."
"Fine." Kagome said, unraveling her whip from his person.
"Damn Sesshoumaru, you had your ass kicked by a girl." Inuyasha said, his arms crossed against his chest. "What happened, did you forget your training?"
Kagome looked back at Inuyasha. Still angry at him, she helped Sesshoumaru off of the floor. "So, Sesshoumaru, you still want to go on that dinner date?" Kagome asked.
" I lost the bet, why would you still want to go?" He asked, slightly confused.
Kagome tip-toed and whispered into his ear, "For one, it'll piss Inuyasha off, and because it might be my last night here." She them kissed him on the cheek and walked out of the room. Pushing right past Inuyasha.
Inuyasha, pissed at Kagome, chased after her. "Kagome, what the hell are you thinking. It might be your last night here and you wanna go on a date with that arrogant asshole. And what about us?"
Kagome kept walking, ignoring whatever Inuyasha said to her. 'If the asshole doesn't want to support my decision, then fuck him.' She thought.
"Kagome, answer me?" Inuyasha yelled, grabbing her arm and facing her toward him. "Why are you going out with him when there are three other people who care about you more than he ever will, hell there's really four if you count Kouga."
"You wanna know why? Because he didn't scream at me when I decided to go after Naraku. He didn't fucking bite my head off. And it's about time you start showing some respect for the dude." Kagome screamed back.
"And why should I do that. That asshole's been nothing but a jerk to me. So give me a good reason why I should be nice to him."
"Because my part of the deal was that if I beat him at a match then he would be nice to you. Because of me you'd still have the worse relationship ever with your brother. I know what it's like to lose a brother even though you might not like him. Sota and me never had a good relationship after Naraku came into the picture. Now he's dead and I feel like an asshole for treating him the way I did. I just saved you from feeling like an ass if he were to drop dead this second. I'm sorry for thinking about you before me. I'm sorry about thinking for all of you before me. Why do you think I'm going after Naraku? Because I have a death wish? Hell No! It's because I want us to have at least a partially normal life. That's why I took in Sango even though I'm not supposed to have any friends. I'm sorry that I decided to go after Naraku alone, but I'd rather be dead than EVER see my friends hurt! Is that so selfish of me? Is it?" Kagome screamed, tears falling from her eyes.
"It may not be selfish, but it is stupid. And I know for a fact that you're not stupid, so why in the hell would you want to do this? Why in the hell would you do this when I can help?"
"YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND! I'm the only one strong enough to take Naraku out. I'm the only one that he's looking for. He'll kill you in an instant if you get in his way. Naraku may be half-demon, but he's stronger than you and Sesshoumaru put together. I can't ask you to come with me because I can't take the risk of losing all of you. I can't take the risk of losing one of you. Now if you'll let me go, I have a date to get ready for."
"I'm not letting you go until you let us come with you."
Kagome's aura flared black with anger. It engulfed her in flames, Kagome's eyes seemed to turn black as she yelled, "GET THE FUCK OFF OF ME!" she sent a wave of purifying energy at Inuyasha, flinging him across the hall. "If you EVER presume to think that you CONTROL me you'll know what it'll be like to have your ass purified. I may be human, but I am MUCH stronger than you could EVER imagine!" She screamed.
Kagome saw the awe on each of her friends faces. "I'm sorry you guys, but I have to do this." Kagome said gently. She then turned around and headed toward her room
"Uggh, that arrogant asshole had to make me look like an idiot in front of everyone." Kagome said while packing up the stuff she'll need for the battle tomorrow inside of a duffle bag. Kagome was about to go to bed when there was a soft knock on the door. "I want to be left alone you stupid…" Kagome stopped talking when she realized who was at her door. "Oh, hey Sesshoumaru. What's up?"
"Dinner." was all that Sesshoumaru said before entering her room.
"I know we were supposed to go out, but I'm just not in the mood to go out right now. I promise I'll make it up to you."
"Ahh, I know you're not in the mood to go out. So instead I brought dinner here." Sesshoumaru said. "It shall be done shortly."
"Umm, ok, I guess." Kagome said, closing her door.
"You've packed already, I see."
"Yea. I need to leave as early as I can because I don't know where's he's staying, so I'll be spending most of my time searching for him." Kagome explained, sitting on her bed.
"Well, it happens to be your lucky day. I have the location of Naraku's summer home, which happens to be where he's staying."
"Oh My God. If you tell me where he is I'll be your slave for life."
"No need for that. Just promise you'll get back here in one piece. I won't be able to handle two moping humans and a depressed hanyou in my home."
"Admit it Fluffy, you're a softie. And I promise I won't get hurt. Not that badly at least."
"Lord Sesshoumaru, Lady Kagome, dinner is ready." called a servant from the other side of the door.
"Guess we should go." Kagome said, getting up off the bed. "Holy shit, do you know what I just noticed."
"And what might that be?" Sesshoumaru queried.
"You are wearing old man's pajama's, even old man's slippers. I REALLY need to break you Sesshoumaru."
"Just because I am wearing plaid pajama's doesn't mean that I'm wearing old man pajama's. At least I don't wear kids pajama's."
"Hey, don't mess with the duckies, what did they ever do to you? Besides, I was just too tired to find my boxers. Well, now I'm not, I actually want to change into my boxers, it's kinda hot. So if you'll excuse me, I'm going to change." Kagome said, pushing Sesshoumaru out of the door and locked it.
When Kagome emerged from her bedroom, she was wearing a black tank-top with a pair of black boxers that said "Trust me. I do this all the time." on the back. Sesshoumaru noticed the writing and asked, "So what exactly do you do all the time?"
"Huh?…ohh. Hey what are you doing looking at my ass? Do you secretly like me or something." Kagome said, looking over her shoulder.
Sesshoumaru grabbed her around the waist, for the second time that day, and whispered into her ear , "Or something." He then let go of her and walked ahead into the dining area, leaving Kagome stunned in the middle of the hall.
After a few minutes Kagome walked into the dining room and stared in awe. Instead of a private dinner with just Sesshoumaru, it was a pajama party with Inuyasha, Sango, and Miroku. There was even a little girl in her pajama's standing next to Sesshoumaru. Kagome faced the little girl and bent down to her level. "And who might you be?" she said in a sweet voice.
"I'm Rin. You're really pretty." The little girl said in a soft voice.
"Aww. Thank you Rin, I'm Kagome. You must be the cutest thing I've ever seen." Kagome said, holding out her hand.
Rin hesitantly took hold of the hand in front of her and walked towards Kagome. "Since I think you are the cutest thing in the world, you get to sit next to me." Kagome said, leading Rin to a chair.
"Well, you seem to have a way with children." Sesshoumaru commented, sitting next to Kagome.
"I should, I have…had a little brother." Kagome commented, sadly.
"What happened to your brother, Kagome nee-chan?" Rin asked sweetly.
"He went away with my mom for a while." Kagome answered.
"Why didn't they take you?"
"Rin, that's enough. Eat your dinner." Sesshoumaru interjected.
"Leave her alone, Fluffy. She's just a kid. Plus I don't mind the questions. They didn't take me because they thought I'd be more help here than where they are right now." Kagome said.
"Oh. Well, if it makes you feel better, I want you to stay here." Rin said, hugging Kagome.
"You know what, that makes me feel much better." Kagome replied, hugging Rin back.
After dinner, Sesshoumaru and Kagome walked Rin to her bedroom.. Kagome tucked her in and kissed her on the head. "Sweet dreams." She uttered into her ear.
"G'night Kagome. Don't let the bed-bugs bite." Rin muttered, rolling on her side, instantly falling to sleep
Sesshoumaru and Kagome left the room and closed the door softly behind them. "She's adorable, but she's can't possibly be your kid." Kagome said, walking towards her bedroom.
"She isn't, she was abandoned when I found her two years ago, since then I've been taking care of her." Sesshoumaru said.
"I was right, there is a sweet side to you." Kagome said smiling.
"And what makes you think that?"
"Well, if there wasn't you never would have chosen to take care of Rin, and you would never have made our dinner a pajama party. Plus the eyes are the doors to the soul. I can look into your eye's and I know that you only put up a front to hide yourself."
"Perceptive aren't you."
"Only a little bit. I've always been good at analyzing people." Kagome said opening the door to her bedroom. "And this is where we say goodnight." Kagome said, leaning against the door frame, arms crossed against her chest.
"You never answered my question, what do you do all the time?"
"Something you won't find out for a very long time." Kagome whispered in his ear.
As she turned to enter her bedroom, Sesshoumaru grabbed her wrist and pulled her closer to him and kissed her full on the lips. Kagome wrapped her arms around Sesshoumaru's neck, deepening the kiss. Sesshoumaru placed his arms around her waist, pulling her even closer to his person. Her pushed her against the wall, kissing her hungrily.
"What the fuck do you think you're doing!"
A/N: DON"T HURT ME! It's still an Inu/Kag story...Sesshoumaru just fell for her charm.I won't change it to a Sess/Kag story,I just have this obsession with conflict. heh heh.looks at angry mob Umm..i'm gonna shut up now before I get beaten to a pulp. Uh see you later runs for life Thanks for the reviews!