Chapter 8:
Flashback:
"Thanks Inuyasha. I had a great time." Kagome smiled, blushing. She had her back up against her dorm door while Inuyasha was boxing her in.
Inuyasha played with the ends of her hair. "It would have been better if we hadn't been interrupted," he said in a husky voice. "Next time I'll cook for you like I promised ok?"
He leaned down and nibbled on her ear lobe.
"Yeah, ok." Kagome rubbed her legs together to subside the tingling feeling that was between her legs. She fumbled with her key before she got it to go in the lock. "G'night."
"Night." he winked at her and waited until she closed and locked the door. Then he got ghost, (1) down the steps, through the doors and back in his car, which he kept turned on. He'd wasted enough time, though it was well spent.
End flashback.
Inuyasha was going way too fast, going 55 miles per hour. Something was up and he had to get to home soon. He was close to the West Kingdom so he disabled his disguise technique so he could pass through the barrier. (A/n: just to let everyone know he looks the same except ears are on top of his head now) Once he was through, he made a sharp left down the street. He stayed on it for a few blocks before making a right and up the curvy road, towards the mansion that he called home. He stopped and parked the car right in front of the threshold; getting out the car without even closing his door. When he got in an old man was standing by the door as if waiting for him.
"Master Inuyasha, welcome home." he greeted.
"Is he alright?" Inuyasha asked, not even bothering to stop.
The old man scurried his small feet, struggling to keep up with Inuyasha's long strides "Yes Master. Mr. Kouga is in the care of Miss Rin. They're in the drawing room sir."
"Have the others arrived?"
"For the exception of Master Sesshomaru, Mr. Miroku and Mr. Bankotsu have yet to arrive." the man answered.
"Alright, thanks Myouga. (sp?)" Inuyasha stated climbing up a flight of stairs.
(A/n: since everyone is in the Dog Kingdom barrier, everyone is in their demon form)
"You're most welcome Master." Inuyasha made a left and quickly walked down the hall passing 3 large cherry wood doors before reaching his destination. He went through the door that was already opened. There, Kouga sat shirtless on the sofa, his torso wrapped in fresh white bandages. He was pale but was breathing and that's what mattered most to Inuyasha. Beside Kouga was a woman in her early 20s, with black medium length hair and brown eyes; fair skin, average build and height. She was wearing an orange wife-beater that was tucked in her black fitted jeans and shoeless. She was currently putting medicine on the wound that Kouga had on his left arm.
"Owww! That hurts." Kouga hissed.
"Oh shut up, you big baby. If you hadn't been fighting alone I wouldn't be doing this." Rin lectured. Kouga turned his head to scowl at her.
"It's not my fault that I got ambushed." he retorted. Rin began to wrap the arm she was treating.
"Yea but you were outnumbered 3 to 1." she pointed out.
"So what was I suppose to do run away? I never run away from a battle." he said with much pride. Rin let out a sigh
"Yeah, I know but sometimes your life is more important then your pride. Remember you're not like those hunters. You're not alone. Never. You have family and friends that love you and are always waiting for you when you get home. How would your mother feel if she had to bury her only son before his time? Granted she has accepted at the fact that you're are a Nobleman, and very proud of you for gaining that honor, it still hurts knowing that one day you won't be coming through the front door after a fight." as she spoke, Rin had tears in her eyes but she wouldn't dare let them fall. She was speaking out of experience; knowing that her words might come true one day; taking the only man she ever loved.
"Hey Rin, I'm sorry. I get what you're saying." Kouga said softly. "Please don't cry."
"Cry? Who's crying?" she said playfully shoving him, totally forgetting about his wounds.
"Ow, ow, ow, owwww!!" Kouga cried.
"Oops. Sorry bout that." she giggled. She turned looking towards the door and smiled. "Hey Yash. s'up?" Inuyasha walked over to them
"That's what I should be asking him. What happened?" He looked down at Kouga. Rin looked away, searching for more gauzes and bandages in her bag.
"I rather explain it when everyone's here." he said. Inuyasha understood so he sat down next to him on the sofa. He took off his shoes and propped up his feet on the coffee table.
"So where's my bro, future sister-in-law?" Inuyasha asked jokingly.
"Hush, you'll jinx me. And I don't know where he is, I just know he's in the house. Damn I'm out of bandages." she huffed. She put both fists on her hips. "I don't feel like going all the way back up to my room." She took in a deep breath tilted her head back towards the ceiling, "SESSHOMARU, SWEETIE? COULD YOU GO IN MY ROOM AND GET SOME BANDAGES OUT OF MY MEDICINE CABINET? PLEASE AND THANK YOU!" she looked back at Kouga and Inuyasha who both had their ears covered.
"Damn woman. Could you be any louder?" Inuyasha said sarcastically.
"What? It pays to have a demon boyfriend." she smirked "He can here me no matter where he's at. Oh wait, I know, I could have used my mind link to contact him. No wait…I can't because I'M NOT MARKED NOR ENGAGED TO HIM LIKE ALL THE OTHER HAPPILY IN LOVE COUPLES ARE TODAY."
"Man I just wish he'd get off his high horse and mark you already so we don't have to use a hearing aid anytime soon." Inuyasha replied. Rin rolled her eyes
"Preach to the choir." she said raising her hand above her head.
"I mean we all know he love you to death so I'm not understanding why he won't mark you and get married." Kouga said.
"It's because he's scared of commitment." Inuyasha explained "As long as he doesn't mark Rin he can just pretend that they aren't really in a relationship even though they've been together for 3 going on 4 years."
"I never would have thought ole Fluffy would be afraid of a little thing like that." Kouga laughed nearly falling off the sofa.
"Say that again and I'll rip your tongue out and shove it up your ass."
Fluff…er…Sesshomaru said in a very ominous tone. Kouga stopped breathing all together. He didn't even sense him come into the room. Pleased with the silence, Sesshomaru walk over to where they were sitting carrying a small white box with a red cross on the lid.
"Aww… thank ya baby." Rin said sweetly. She walked over to him taking the box out of his hand, and then standing on her toes, kissed him lightly on one of his purple marks that were on his face. (A/n: Sess is wearing the same outfit he wears on the anime expect he's wearing white dress pants instead of the puffy ones.) Rin walked back over to Kouga to finish wrapping up his wounds; Sesshomaru sat on the other couch opposite them.
"Miroku and Bankotsu will be here in a few minutes." He announced.
"Good then Kouga can explain to us what happened to him." Inuyasha said a little irritated.
"Okay, dokey. All done." Rin said, dusting off her hands together. She began to pack her tools back into her bag. The guys picked up footsteps coming from the hallway (A/n: Rin's human by the way.) Both Miroku and Bankotsu came through the door moments later. Neither saying a word as they both sat down on the couch.
"Alright mind telling us what's going on?" Inuyasha asked.
"Me or Kouga first?" Miroku asked.
Inuyasha raised his voice, "What are you talking about?"
"The hunters are getting bolder." Rin responded. She was cradled in between Sessehomaru tail and the couch for support. "They attack Miroku this morning and Kouga about an hour ago."
"Okay start from the beginning. You first Miroku." Inuyasha slouched in his seat as Miroku began telling everyone what happened in Chemistry class earlier. (A/n: we already know; no sense in repeating myself.)
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(Back at the dorm after Inuyasha left)
I closed the door behind me, leaned back against it, and sighed heavily. As I looked with half closed eyes, I saw Sango sitting on one of the couches with her bare feet propped up on the footstool. She had changed, now wearing baby blue pajama pants and a short-sleeved T-shirt, the top half of light blue was contrasting with the black with red and orange flames at the bottom. 'Warning, turning from angel to bad-ass bitch in 30 seconds' was in big gold letters in the middle; she had let her hair air dry which resulted into thick luscious waves. She was currently eating a banana split with caramel and fudge syrup topped with whipped cream and cherries. She finished what was in her mouth before talking.
"So where have you been? Class has been over for the pass 2 hours." she gave me a curious look. I didn't answer at first; I just walked over to the kitchen and grabbed a spoon from one of the drawers. I plopped down next to her and reached for her ice cream with my spoon. Sango pulled the bowl from out of my reach.
"No you don't. First you spill then you get ice cream."
"I was on a date." I finally told her. He eyes widen a fraction. She set the bowl back down so I could have some.
"With who and why didn't you tell me about it?"
"It was at the spur of the moment. I had to get away from this other creepy guy and he just happened to be there so I took the opportunity." I replied while working my way around the food that was in my mouth. Sango turned slightly so that she could face me.
"What's his name?" she asked as she scooped up a bit of ice cream.
"Inuyasha" I said dreamingly.
"When did you meet em?"
"At the electronic entrance when I went to go get our books that You made me get." I said scowling at her. Her reply was raising one of her delicate eyebrows waiting for me to continue.
"Well, we went to the Waterfall Cavern and guess what? His mom owns it." I said with excitement. "Anyways, that's not the best part. While we were in the car he…he kissed me!" I bounced softly on the couch. Sango looked at me with wide eyes and big grin.
"Kagome!" She squealed. "You're first kiss…awww. I'm so happy for you." She began to do her pretend sob and placed her finger under her eye, whipping away a fake tear. "They grow up so fast."
"Shut up." I said jokingly pushing her lightly. I realized that we finished the whole banana split while we were talking.
"Man, sometimes I think the gods are playing a joke on me. I mean, I had the worst day of my life while you had the best." She said to me before pulling me into a hug. "But you know I'm happy for you." She got up to put the bowl in the sink so it could be washed. "And just think, if he's the one for you, the King won't push anymore guys on you." she pointed out. I didn't even consider it before; I just wanted to get to know Inuyasha better.
"Yeah but then Dad will be all 'No man is too good for my baby girl' and make Inuyasha's life hell for months." I threw myself back on the couch and put a pillow on my face. My dad would never be satisfied when it came to me dating.
"Yeah but you never know." I heard Sango say. "Oh and by the way, a package came for you about 30 minutes ago." I dragged the pillow off my face and sat up.
"Huh? Who's it from?" She shrugged her shoulders.
"Don't know, it was unmarked. I put in your room." I got up and walked towards my door.
"K' thanks."
"No problem." I walked into my room and turned on the lights. There on my bed was a long white box with a red ribbon around it. I walked over to it; lifting the entire thing, searching for something that might indicate who sent it. Finding nothing, I sat it back down and pulled one end of the ties then lifted the lid. I immediately stepped back and wrinkled my nose; inside were a dozen long steamed roses, and it would have been nice gift except for the fact that they were black, pure black. Who the hell would send these to anyone let alone me? I thought as I placed the lid back in place. My ears perked up when I heard Keyshia's voice come through my bag. I dug my hand in, feeling for it. I looked at the caller I.D: Unknown. Not again. I took a deep breath before answering it.
"Hello?"
"Like my gift?" the same voice from this morning asked. I paused for a moment before pressing the recording button on my phone.
"Yeah…um… I like roses and all but not in black. Yuck. Next time try red or white, I personal like yellow." I took the box, tucked it under my arm, and walked out of my room.
"You ungrateful bitch," the voice snapped. I tapped Sango who was napping on the couch.
"Yeah, well you definitely got my attention by creeping me out." I snapped back. Sango looked at me puzzle. 'Who are you talking to?' she mouthed. 'Get dressed.' I replied. She looked at me for a moment before leaving.
"How dare you talk to me in such a manner! You Will show me respect!" The voice roared. Good, I was making em' angry and I could now tell it was a guy talking to me.
"Blah, blah, blah. Earn respect to get it pal." I retorted.
"You'll regret this." he said before hanging up. I pressed my recording button again to save it, then began to look through my phonebook for another number.
"Who the hell was that?" Sango asked coming out of her room. When I found the number, I pressed 'send'.
"My official stalker." I announce. The dial tone rang twice before being picked up.
"Yo?"
"Kohaku, are you busy?" I asked Sango's little brother.
"Naw, why?"
"I'll tell you when we get over there. Be there in 30." I said. Sango was already grabbing the car keys by the time I hung up.
"We're going home for a while." I said as we both walked out.
TBC
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Even though Rin's young she's a doctor if you didn't get that already. She's accepted in the Dog Kingdom because she's Sesshomaru's girl.
(1) ghost, v: running very very very fast. Ok? Good.
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