Chapter 4
Inuyasha's eyes shifted over everything on her profile. It was amazing how she was such a nice girl and yet she seemed to be so closed off from the world. Coming to a stop at her journal, he clicked on it and started reading it.
Journal Entry #1
Dear Journal,
These past two months have been hard. I just moved out of my family shrine and have been looking for a place to stay. Having no luck I spent a few nights with a family friend and looked then. They offered to let me stay but I couldn't do that to them.
So I finally found this cute little apartment and bought it right away, moving in. when I first got their my neighbors had been fighting, so I went to see what was wrong when a young girl come running from her room and straight into me.
I took her inside and closed the door, taking care of her for a while. She told me her name was, Becca, all I could do was smile when she started talking. For two months this same routine happened because her boyfriend, Damien, hits her and abuses her. I wish I could do something to help her because I can't fight him off.
She is now one of my best friends and I would do anything for this girl.
He read through a few more of them and a link was attached to one of them. He clicked on it and it took him to a very fancy site. At the top it read: Kagome's Creative Writing! Written, edited and everything by me.
Scrolling down the page a little there was at least fifty different stories. He sighed and looked for the most resent. It was called: The Haunting Tale of a Young Girls Life
He thought about it and then began to read her description.
This tale is about a young girl named Katsumi Higurashi. Her mother, Kayome Higurashi, Lady of the South and mother of two, her father, Soga Higurashi, Lord of the South and father of two and of cause there was her dear little brother, Sora Higurashi. Though I can't tell you much about what her life was like I'll give you a clue throughout my tale, a very haunting tale of this dear little Princess who couldn't tell her own story to the world. And I am writing this for her because she is my long lost ancestor and I want the world to know of her brave and courageous efforts to save the lives of her friends and family. This addition is written to you by Kagome Higurashi.
He smiled, knowing just who she was talking about and began to read her story about this girl.
Around five hundred years ago you would have believed that Damon's and Witches existed but nowadays it just a myth, right? Wrong.
I can let you on a little secret; demon's and all those mythical things do exist you just have to let them be seen to you.
This is how it all began for a little girl, living in the Southern Lands Palace; her name is Katsumi Higurashi…
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What am I doing, I should be pulling away, Kagome worried, holding her eyes tightly shut. Pull away Kagome, pull away…. I Hate YOU, Katsumi!
I love you too, Kagome, You'll thank me for this one day… for now you might just have to deal with him being mad at you but I don't think that will last long, considering how much he lllllooooovvvvveeeee'ssssss this,she laughed to herself.
I still hate you... Why can't you be good for once? Oh right that's too hard for you to do, stupid prissy princess!
Hey, I resent that!
Oh really, have you looked in the mirror lately?
No because I'm stuck inside of you and don't have a mirror here!
Suck it up, Princess! Kagome laughed mentally at her other half.
Katsumi growled at Kagome and went into mopping in her corner of the cage again. On second thought, I hate you too, you keep locking me up in the cage… can't I at least have a room and a bed? Maybe then I'll consider being nice…
How about a room and bed and whatever else in a cage?
That will be acceptable, as long as I can move around and have stuff to do…
Fine you can have stuff and everything... now I'm going and I'll be back later… Kagome smiled at her and then left her by herself to find something to do.
Sesshomaru wasn't having anymore luck then poor little Kagome was.
Stupid girl, stupid body, stupid mind! Sesshomaru cursed at himself and Kagome.
Now, now Sesshomaru, no need to be angry with the young maiden you are holding in your arms, it was the other ones fault,
Shut up! And I know it was the other ones fault but that other one is still her!
Not really, more just inside of her.
That doesn't make anything any better!
My God Demon, you are one cranky person… chill out already or you are going to hurt yourself and the girl. His mind laughed at him. Sesshomaru growled at it lowly, oh how he wished he could kill it.
Sesshomaru slowly un-wrapped his arms from around her waist and she pulled back and moved away from him, slapping her hand to her mouth, breathing shallowly. They stood there for a minute trying to get their compositor back together before they did anything.
Kagome blinked a few times before standing straight and turned to walk off, two steps later she was slammed back first into the wall, when she opened her eyes and only saw Sesshomaru's face in hers. He seemed to have been breathing harder than usual.
She glanced to the side of her head and saw his lower arms and elbows' leaning against the wall; his back was bent down so he was at her height. He stared into her eyes then just as quickly, locked lips with her again, lifting one arm from the wall then slammed that hand against the wall, scraping his claws down it.
She stood motionless for a minute trying to figure out what was happening, trying to stop her body from reacting, stop her mind from going into turmoil, but alas, it was useless and she reacted, her arms wrapped around his neck, pulling him to her and she kissed back with force, quickly getting a reaction back.
He pushed her as far back against the wall as he could while pressing his body against hers. Oh, how he wished it was easier to walk away from it and not have went back for more. Now he didn't want to leave. He would be angry with himself later and probably take it out on this girl he was now kissing.
He lifted his other arm up and slammed his hand against the wall, dragging his claws down it, leaving marks.
Kagome closed her eyes tightly and lightened the kiss and slowly pulled back. Leaning her head back against the wall, Sesshomaru growled, sticking his face into her hair breathing deeply, taking in her scent.
What am I doing? Move away from the human girl, now… this isn't going to work, Sesshomaru sighed inwardly. He brought his head up and leaned over her so he could see her eyes again. They were closed but a second later flutter open, her hazel eyes clouding over just a little, with a slight pink tinge to her cheeks. Sesshomaru grinned at her. Bringing his lips down to her throat he lift little butterfly kisses, leading down to the top of her night gown then pulled back up and trailed them to her ear.
Warm breath brushed against her skin, she started to burn up. How she just wanted to do so many things to him but knew if she tried, she would be dead in a second. She put her arms to her side and grabbed her night gown.
"Now, now little vixen stop being little miss goody and do something for me," he breathed huskily into her ear. Bringing his hands down to her waist and slipped them around her and pulled her right up against him. Kagome chocked on her breath slightly. Oh the wonders of men and their hormones.
His hands slid up and down her back slowly. Kagome gripped her night gown tighter, pressing her arms to her side. He slid his arms to her arms and down to her hands, tangling his hands in with hers and starting sliding her night gown up her legs. Kagome let go of it and he brought her hands up to his shoulders and left them there. He wrapped his arms back around her waist and pushed his lips back to hers again when she looked at him.
Oh, how much he wanted to stop himself and just walk away from her right now before anything started, but really, that wasn't an option because he couldn't pull himself away from her. Why, he didn't know but hell if he cared right now.
Kagome gave up and let her body take over. Her hands slid down his muscular and toned arms, feeling them quiver beneath her hands. Bringing them back up, she brought her hands down the front of his shirt, feeling the fabric under her fingers. Reaching the hem, she lifted it up slightly, slipping her hands under it, running them against his muscular stomach, his muscles quivering.
He lightly dragged his claws down her back, she jumped into him. He smirked and pulled her closer to himself.
"Wanting me much, little one?" he smirked; she blushed and turned her head to the side, bearing her bare throat to him. He growled and started kissing her up and down the side of her neck, stopping at the junction.
-Ding-
The doors to the elevator slid open, letting them know that someone was coming their way. Kagome peaked over and saw a young girl around her age, her head down, focusing on something very interesting.
Her long black hair was tired up into a messy bun on top of her head, with two pencils through it like hair sticks, her side fringe going off to the left, she had a black and red checkered messenger bag over her right shoulder, her glasses sat awkwardly across her nose, with one side higher than the other and resting on one arm were a couple of books and a few papers, in the other a pen she was chewing on, like she was thinking.
She was wearing black skinny jeans with zippers in random places, chains hanging from them, a purple little monster shirt with a black waist coat over it and purple converse. When she looked up Kagome could see a light purple sparkly eye shadow and her shining gray eyes widened, they looked like her eyes would fall out; she lost grip on her things and they all thundered to the ground, scattering everywhere.
Kagome took her hands from his shirt and pushed him a little. He growled and looked over before glaring and growling lower. She ground her teeth together and growled back at him. Kagome looked between the two and blinked a couple of times. Sesshomaru went to walk but she grabbed his hand and squeezed it, hopping that would calm him down. He glanced at her and growled then stood up and turned walking back into her apartment, leaving her there with the very shocked, very tense girl.
"Here, let me help you pick all that up," Kagome laughed slightly, walking over and kneeling down, starting to pick up the sheets of paper. "Are you alright?"
"Uh, was that Sesshomaru Tashio?" Kagome nodded softly. "Why were you and he…?" she left the question hanging in the air. Kagome just shrugged and stood up with the papers in her hand. "Kaysha Skyler, news reporter and journalist extraordinaire,"
Kagome smiled and shook the girl's hand. "Kagome Higurashi, new waitress of Starlight,"
"Nice to meet you Kagome, I was just wondering if I could ask you a few questions about your writing."
"Of cause, come on in," Kagome brightly smiled and walked back towards her apartment. Kaysha hesitated but then followed after the girl carrying her stuff.
Sesshomaru sat glaring the T.V down, like he was trying to melt it to nothing, but of cause, it wasn't working.
"So why is it that you and Sesshomaru seem to hate each other?" Kagome asked Kaysha as they walked into the kitchen past him. He looked up at growled. "Calm down, Sesshomaru," Kagome softly said to him. "I'll be back in a moment." She told Kaysha and walked over to him, taking his hand and leading him to her bedroom.
"What are you doing?" he growled, though on the inside very grateful to be away from the other girl.
"Trying to get you to calm down, now I know you don't sleep much but really you need to get some sleep before you tear my apartment apart," she giggled a little, letting go of his hand and walked to her bed. Picking up her laptop she clicked a few buttons and closed the top of it, setting it down on her desk near her window. "I know you probably wouldn't want to be near anything of mine but I'm not letting you drive home half tired from getting know sleep and I don't think you would want everyone outside to see you walking around in anything but your best clothes," she smiled over her shoulder at him.
He looked around her room and didn't mind it so much; at least it wasn't covered in pink.
"I'll leave you to it, I should probably get back to Kaysha," she walked over to him and looked up at him for a moment before walking past him and out the door, closing it lightly behind her, then headed down the hall.
Why did she look so upset? Sesshomaru wondered to himself quietly.
Maybe because she knows she will never have a chance with you because you are too up yourself to ever like a human female,his mind shot back at him and he grumbled to himself before climbing into her bed and falling asleep almost instantly. He had never been this tired before… or maybe it was because the room was covered in her sweet lilac and rain scent.
"So you asked why we don't get alone... that would be because of all the reports and shut I have put in the media about him, he probably hates me more than anyone else," Kaysha told Kagome when she sat down.
"I see, so about him and the girls, that was you?" Kaysha nodded softly. "You won't be putting this in will you?"
"No, no, I won't be putting anything else in about him or his life because really it's none of my business, it's just that I wanted to be a great reporter and all and I always seemed to walk in on him with different girls every night, so I wrote them down but I never planned on letting them get out but somehow someone hacked my computer and sent them out, I didn't mean for that to happen. So I stopped using my computer and just keep them written down, I don't want everyone to know about him and his life,"
"You really are a sweet girl but me question is who hacked it and put it out under your name,"
"I don't know but I have a feeling it was the Kumo families hacker because they have always wanted me to work for them as a spy but I never would so I'm guessing they had enough and found that I had dirt of Sesshomaru and put it out, so he would hate me and take his eyes from them,"
"Well if you would like I can look after your things or even if you would like, come here and stay, I mean it's me and Becca but I know we can make more room and Becca always gets scared,"
"Hey I do not Kagome and I am sitting right here, you know," Becca growled at her friend but laughed at her face. "She is right, I'm scared that my ex boyfriend Damien will break in and hurt me, he already nearly killed the both of us and you seem to be a rather strong girl,"
Kaysha looked between the two girls and smiled. "I'll think about it but I don't want to intrude on you guys,"
"No problem at all," Becca laughed, her eyes sparkling. "You can share my room, it's too big for me to stand staying in there alone, I have to leave the door wide open," Kagome just nodded and smiled.
"Like a little sister if you must," she laughed and sipped her tea. "Now, weren't there some questions you wanted me to answer?"
"Oh yeah, uh, where did I put that paper…" Kaysha trailed off digging through her bag and make a victorious cheer when she found what it was she wanted. "Okay, well let's start with… What gives you the inspiration to keep your work going?" Kaysha asked formally and they all laughed. Kagome answered truthfully when they calmed down.
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"Now, what's a pretty girl like you doing out here so early in the morning when someone could take you and hide you from everyone?" a male voice asked the girl with bright red hair and shining blue eyes with unshed tears.
"Because I am always up at this time and you seem to always be around when I am," she replied, backing away from the boy and onto the street.
"Well, now isn't that just a coincidence because I just wanted to talk to you,"
"And what about would that be?" she took a deep breath as he back his a car. She glanced at it and bit her lip. It was a Kumo family's limo. She breathed out and looked back at him. She was wearing a tight pink top with a loss white shirt over it, tight black mini shorts and knee high dark green converse.
"Well I wanted to know if you would consider coming back to my house and having a little time with me, if you catch me drift," he chuckled.
"I would rather sleep in a whole then spend time with a creep like you," she growled, adjusting her backpack so it was easier to run, seeing as there wasn't much in it.
"Oh that can be arranged," he smirked. She took the hint and made a break for it down the street, running as fast as she could. He growled and took off after her, not far behind her at all…
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"What is your most preferred story," Kaysha asked her last question feeling great about getting to talk to Kagome and Becca, they were so much fun.
"I don't have one, I just love them all too much to decide," Kagome smiled brightly. "But if I had to choose it would be my most resent story; The Haunting Tale of a Young Girls Life."
"Would you mind telling everyone what it is about?" Kaysha smiled writing down everything that Kagome was telling her. Kagome nodded, she was about to start talking when there was a cry for help down stairs.
"It will have to wait." Kagome growled, jumping up running to her room and opened the door quickly so she wouldn't wake Sesshomaru, sleeping soundly on her bed. She smiled and little and went to het cupboard taking out her pocket knife and grabbed her shoes, shoving them on as she run out the door and through the apartment to the front door. Making sure her shoes were on properly. She opened the door and run out and to the stairs, opening it the cry for help come to her more. It was a female.
Kagome growled and started glaring at the space in front of her. She run two steps at a time until she got to the ground floor and jumped the last six steps, landing in a crouch. Getting up she ran from the stairs and out into the apartments lobby where there was a girl hiding behind tables, cowering on the ground with a boy standing over her with his hand raised.
Kagome shot from the stairs and over to them, just has his hand was coming down, she crash tackled his to the ground, pulling her pocket knife out, opened it and when they landed, she was sitting on his stomach, locking his legs and arms to his side and ground with the knife to his throat.
"What the hell is going on here?" Kagome snapped, growling loudly at the boy beneath her, her fist white from holding the pocket knife so tight.
"We were just having a little bit of fun, that is all," he smirked at her. "Though you seem to be much prettier to look at,"
"Who are you?" Kagome sneered at him, pushing the knife to his throat with a little more force.
"My name is Hojo Kumo," Kagome's growl turned feral and her glare turned from angry to dangerous. "Who might you be pretty little girl?" he grinned.
Kagome said nothing and stood up slowly, putting her hand out for the other girl, she grabbed it tightly and clung to Kagome's side as they backed away from him, Kagome holding the knife out in front of her incase he decided to chase them.
The staircase door opened and Kaysha and Becca stopped dead in their trucks. Blinking at the scene before them, Kagome pushed the girl behind her and to her friends, she run to them with tears dripping from her cheeks, her eyes puffy and red. They took her back up to Kagome's apartment.
"So girly who are you?" Hojo asked with a slight look of irritation at her silence.
"So you're Hojo Kumo huh?" Kagome asked grabbing the door handle with her free hand. "Been set up to marry anyone lately?"
He nodded sharply. "Yes actually, I have to a pretty little thing; she goes by the name-"
"Kagome Higurashi?" Kagome finished for him as a question.
"Yep, though I'm not sure I like the sound of her,"
"Oh and why would that be?"
"I don't get alone with girls who fight me very well; they don't end up very well,"
"Then you should stop going after girls who fight and leave the girls who want nothing to do with you alone,"
"And why would you be giving anyone advice when you live here?"
"Because I live to protect my friends, family and people who come to me for help," Kagome snapped, talking a few steps forward, he stopped and stepped back.
"Do you know her? I haven't been able to find her and she is making it rather difficult,"
"Yeah, I know her," she growled.
"Who might she be?" he asked softly, not feeling like it was a good idea to step forward while she held a knife in her hand.
"Me." Kagome said flatly, glaring him down.
"You are her?" he blinked at her and though about what her mother had said about her, but he couldn't seem to pull it up from his mind.
"I'm not marrying you and getting put into your filthy family just because my mother can't deal with her own problems, I am not her daughter anymore and she can't control my life, if you want me, you will have to get my yourself but if you come near me, I'll kill you myself!" she sneered sharply at him turning on her heel and headed back up the stairs to her home, knife firmly in her grip.
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Walking into her apartment Kagome glided on the floor like she could walk on air. She threw the knife onto the kitchen table and walked back to her room.
Sesshomaru sat up and stretched then looked around finding nothing had changed, but he had this slight tingling feeling that someone was very angry right now, just as he stood up, Kagome stormed into her room and to her laptop, picking it up and back out of the room before he could ask her a question.
He shrugged and walked out after her, following her to the kitchen where another girl was sitting crying. She looked up at him and weakly smiled then looked to Kagome, slamming herself into the seat and putting her laptop in front of her, turning it on and her fingers were flying over the keyboard.
They couldn't tell that button was pressed first or last when she came to some incited page and her fingers started flying again, her eyes darting left to right, up to down and in seconds she was on the Kumo family's bank and home sight.
"Right, what did you say they did to you Kaysha?" Kagome growled more to herself then the others but she couldn't stop growling.
"They hacked my computer and stole all my reports and journal entrees," Kagome nodded and was flying through it then a huge grin spread across her face.
"What is it Kagome?" Becca asked her friend.
"Top headlines of the month; our youngest son, Hojo, will be getting engaged to one Miss, Kagome Higurashi at the end of the month for it was an arranged marriage her mother and we have come to. But for this moment, we cannot find her and she has hidden herself from anyone who knows her, it seems that she is not ready for marriage and will come to us when she is, for the mean time we will be finding our oldest son, Naraku, a wife to be and see how that works out," Kagome snorted very un-lady like and looked closely at it. "You know, I don't think they need to let anyone know about this so I'm just going… delete it." Kagome said a smirk spreading across her face as her computer made a dinging sound. "Bye-bye information about me and the nonexistent marriage, which would never happen in a zillion years,"
Becca, Kaysha, Sesshomaru and the girl started at her like she was going nuts. Sesshomaru took a deep breath and looked down to Kaysha's notes sitting on the table. He read over some of the questions and answers. He glared at it darkly and turned and walked out of the apartment t his car. Thinking over the last question he read and her answer.
"What did that kiss between you and Sesshomaru mean and if it meant anything what?"
"The kiss meant nothing, for it was not my doing,"
"The kiss meant nothing," Sesshomaru sneered as he drove home in silence. When he did get home, he came to a screeching stop, getting out of the car and slamming the door, walking inside his house and right to his room, slamming and locking the door so no one could talk to him. If that meant nothing to her, then he was going to make it seem like nothing but did it mean anything to him or was it her fault that he did it, she was probably controlling him.
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Kagome and the girls blinked as they heard his car drive off with a screeching start. Kagome looked to the table and her heart sunk. He read the notes Kaysha had written down, they had been joking around. But it seemed he took it seriously.
"Kagome, are you alright?" Kaysha asked looking to her new friend.
"He read your notes." Was all she said before looking to the other girl, who was looking around the room in wonder, "So what is your name?"
"My name is Ruby Star," she lightly smiled, seeing the sad look on the girl's face that had saved her life. "And I am guessing you are Kagome then?" Kagome nodded curtly and read over Kaysha's notes upside down. "Thank-you for helping me, Kagome,"
"You're welcome," Kagome almost whispered to her. She got out of the Kumo family's site and locked her laptop before heading back to her room and closing the door behind her softly, as she leaned back against it. Sitting the laptop down next to her, she reached up and locked her door.
Pulling her knees to her chest, she bent her head and started to cry.