Promise Me
Chapter : 11
Kagome
A week had gone by and there was still no sign of the man she had encountered in the mall. She didn't know if she would ever see the man again. She had warmed up to the rest of the gang and was now talking once and a while. It was certainly better than not talking to them.
The bell rang and everyone got up and left the class. She too slowly picked up her stuff and headed out of the class towards her lockers. Nearing her locker she noticed Inuyasha standing there with his bag over his shoulder.
"Hey, Kagome."
"Inuyasha." Kagome nodded her head as she showed she noticed him.
"Do you mind if I walk with you back to Sango's?"
"I don't really care."
"It's friday and we're heading to the movies at the mall today."
"I'm aware of that." Kagome said as she shut her locker door and walked off down the hallway.
She heard running and then he appeared beside her again, he was quiet, but only for a minute. "Kagome, I know I can't do much to protect you from the man Naraku... But please give me a chance to protect you from everything else..."
Kagome stopped and stood there for what seemed years and years to Inuyasha. "Inuyasha... All I need right now is a friend... Nothing more."
Inuyasha just stood there as he watched Kagome walk out of the school's door. He sighed and decided to walk just behind her and catch up with the gang at Sango's house just as planned.
Sango
Sango looked up as she heard the door open and shut. She smiled at Kagome and called her over, she then started to talk with Miroku and Kagura again.
Just as Kagome sat down a knock interrupted her converstaion and she called out for him to come in. She looked up and saw Inuyasha's gaze on the floor with his bangs covering his eyes. She shook her head and just continued to talk with the group now present.
"Okay, are we ready to go to the movies?" she asked as she looked around.
"I'm staying here and helping your mom."
Sango looked over at Kagura, "are you sure?"
She nodded and got up and walked towards the kitchen. She shrugged and looked up at the rest of the group, who all nodded and got up and headed for Sango's room to leave their stuff there.
Kagome
Kagome along with the group walked out of the train and up the stairs to exit the subway. She looked around and sighed as she felt she would never see the one she remembered as 'Sesshoumaru'.
The group walked into the mall and to the movie theatre located in the mall and paid for their tickets. Kagoem looked on at the three friends and just decided she would walk around the mall while they watched the movie.
"Kagome?"
She looked up to see Sango looking at her.
"Aren't you coming?"
"No... I'm just going to hang around the mall for a bit."
"Are you sure?"
Kagome nodded and Sango looked at her for a while before shrugging and walking in with the boys, she looked over her shoulder at her one more time before disappearing into the theatre.
Sighing, Kagome looked around the mall. She had been here five times during the last week, and yet she still couldn't find the man with silver hair. She walked down the malls halls and entered a pet shop located in the mall.
She walked over to the puppies and smiled down at them. She read the tag about which breed they were and smiled down at them. She walked up to the front and asked if she could hold one of the little doberman puppies.
The lady smiled at her and nodded her head as she got her keys and headed for the puppies, she unlocked a door and walked behind it and she was soon in front of the glass that held the puppies she pointed at a few and when the lady got to the little oddly colored red one Kagome nodded.
The lady picked up the pup and emerged from the same door and handed the pup to Kagome.
"Just come to the front desk when you have decided if you want to take her home or not."
Kagome watched the lady leave and she sat down on the floor with the puppy and talked to her. As she spoke to the puppy the little stub of her tail wagged.
"Dobermans are nice dogs, aren't they?"
Kagome got up and swung around to come face to face with a blue eyed man. He smiled at her and reached out to pet the puppy in her arms.
"I own two dobermans."
"Oh! Fogive me. Where are my manners? My name is Kouga."
Kagome stared at the man, "... Kagome."
"Kagome... What a lovely name."
Sesshoumaru
Sesshoumaru walked all over the mall looking for the idiot known as his foster brother. He always did this to him, leaving him to look for hot girl's.
He walked by a pet store and heard his voice. He stopped and noticed a girl in front of him, although he couldn't see the her. He shook his head and was about to walk on.
"Oh! Fogive me. Where are my manners? My name is Kouga."
"... Kagome."
"Kagome... What a lovely name."
'Kagome... Could it be her?' he thought. There was only one way to find out, he walked into the pet store.
"Kouga!"
Kouga turned around and looked at him with a smile on his face. The same smile he always gave him when he knew he was caught and about to get a yelling at. But instead of looking at the boy he stared at the girl in front of him.
It was her, the girl he had come to wait for almost all his life. He had seen her once and escorted her back to her school just two weeks earlier. But he hadn't thought he would ever see her angelic face ever again.
But who was he kidding, the last time she saw him she didn't even remember him. He looked back at his foster brother and glared at him, he cringed and immediately walked out of the store.
He too was about to walk out when the girl called out his name... wait... his name?
He turned around and stared into those brown orbs of hers, shining with tears. He took a step forward, but hesitated not knowing how she would react to him embracing her.
He watched as she studied his face, looked into his eyes.
"Sessh... Sesshoumaru?"
He nodded and her eyes got glossy and she held the puppy in her arms closer to herself. She stepped forward and stopped as she seemed to think twice about approaching him.
He stood his ground and just stared back into those teary eyes. He wanted to do something about it, he wanted to say something, but it seem like all time had stopped.
"I... I... Remember you."
His heart stopped. 'She remembers me?'
"You promise to never forget me... I promised never to forget you... But I forgot... I forgot..."
He watched as the girl crumpled to the floor and started to cry, mumbling things about being sorry and not keeping her promise. He took a few steps towards her and took her in his arms and held her close to him, her sobs grew quieter as time passed and after what seemed like an eternity he dared to look at her face.
She was sleeping, he gathered her in his arms and looked at the puppy in her arms. He walked to the front and looked at the lady who was sitting there.
"Oh my! What happened?"
"Nothing, she was just tired. Here's the pup."
The lady nodded and took the puppy from the girl's arms.
Sesshoumaru walked out of the pet store with the girl in his arms. Everyone in the store stared at him and the girl in his arms, he ignored all the stares he was getting and walked passed everyone. His foster brother looked up at him and his jaw dropped.
"What did you do Sesshoumaru?"
"Nothing, she is simply tired."
The boy nodded and the two of them headed walked for the door. When someone called the girl's name and ran up to them. The boy took a look at the girl in his arms and glared at him.
"What did you do to her you bastard!"
"I did nothing to harm her."
"You lier!"
A crowd gathered around them and watched as the boy yelled and the silver haired man stayed calm and tried to answer the boy. Suddenly a girl pushed her way through the gathered crowd and stared at the girl in his arms, she looked up at him and glared but her eyes widened as if she saw a ghost.
"You're... You're Sesshoumaru."
Looking at the girl he nodded. She walked up to him and looked at the girl in his arms and then back at him.
"She has been searching for you... She never thought she would find you."
"What are you talking about Sango!"
"Inuyasha! Calm down! This is who she was talking about for the whole week."
Sesshoumaru watched as the boy got a look of hurt in his eyes and turned around and stalked off. He then looked at the girl in front of him who was tucking a stray hair behind Kagome's ear.
"Listen... She told me about you and her and about how you two stuck together. What are you going to do with her?"
Sesshoumaru looked down at the girl and then at Kouga.
"Take her to my house, I would be happy if you came along with us."
He studied the girl's face and watched as she looked at another boy in the crowd and then nodded. He then pushed through the crowd and walked on past his foster brother.
The three of them walked out of the mall, a boy walking with the girl known as Sango. He walked up to his car and unlocked the door and put Kagome in the back seat. Sango slid in beside the sleeping girl and lifted her head and rested her head on her lap. The other boy stood outside the car looking in at the two girls.
Sighing Sesshoumaru motioned for the boy to hop in. The boy hopped in and looked at the sleeping girl with worry in his eyes. Sliding into the drivers seat and Kouga getting into the passenger's seat he started up the car and drove off for his house.
"Who is she, Sesshoumaru?"
Looking over at Kouga he decided to tell him.
"When I was younger I was taken by the social services, I was in their care for what seemed forever. I hated it and hated all the other kids. Annoying pests, always yelling, screaming, crying. One day a girl was brought into the place and she walked over to a dark corner of the building, she silently sobbed. I dunno what it was, but something pulled me to this small girl."
Kouga looked back at the girl in the back seat. The two friends seemed to be listening closely as if to confirm what the sleeping girl once told them.
"We became close, real close. We had each other's back and I would be damned if I let anything happen to her. No one dared to call her down like it seemed everyone was doing to each other. Soon she was a tough little girl, a little copy of myself, I was proud of her. But she was soon taken to a new home, we promised we would meet someday... promised we would never forget each other.
It was a year before your mother and father picked me up from there and I never forgot about her. I had dreams about her, her face haunted my dreams. I tried to forget about her, I tried to tell myself that she was just a dream and nothing more. But I just couldn't forget about her, I could never get the picture of her telling me that I promised her we would always stick together."
Looking into the mirror he saw that the girl and her friend were both listening to him. Waiting to hear more of this story, it tore at his heart to tell this but he knew he owed it to Kouga at least.
"Years went by and I thought for sure that Kouga and his family would be just like all the rest and give me back up to social services, but I was wrong and I soon grew to trust them. I was close to you Kouga, but I never wanted to tell you about the girl in my dreams. I promise myself I would find her someday.
I know I didn't know her, except for the few months when we were kids, but as I grew I knew that I loved this small girl. But, even now... I don't know... I don't know if, if she feels the same way. She was young, I know, so was I. But, I knew I loved her and I had to find her."
He pulled up to a huge house and parked his car in the garage. He opened the back door and gathered the girl into his arms yet again and walked into the house. The three following him into the house. He set his car keys on the table and walked up the stairs and opened a door to a room and set her down on the bed.
He looked at her face and turned around to see theboy and girl standing at the door. He passed them and motioned for them to follow him, he led them down the hall and opened a door for the girl and led the boy down to the next door and opened it up for him as well.
"The phone's downstairs."
He looked at his wrist watch and sighed, it was already close to eleven. He walked into his room into the bathroom, he turned on the tap and let the shower run.
Stepping out of the bathroom he threw the towel in the hamper and walked over to his bed. He laid down and looked up to the ceiling.
'I found her... But where do I go from here? Does she even feel the same about me?' was the last thought before he fell asleep.
Hides from the mad reviewers. "I can explain..." Dodges a flying chair. "Okay, so I can't explain." Dodges some flying tables.
Hope you liked this chapter... I know it doesn't seem realistic, I mean with the mall scene and all. But hey it's a fan fiction. I made this chapter extra long for not posting this on the Thursday I said I would post this. I am truly sorry and I will get another 'long' chapter up for you soon.
"Eeeep!" Dodges more flying tables and chairs.