A.N. Another chapter, and I am still not close to finishing this. I wanted it to be short and simple, but I guess not. Well, for me, it's coming along okay. I wouldn't know how other people perceive it, but a couple of reviews here and there make it better. That's all I am glad for. Read, hopefully enjoy.
Chap 9: Talking
Last Time
"So…" she pondered out loud. "Where are we going?"
"It's a surprise."
"I hate surprises," she grunted as she sank into the seat of InuYasha's car.
Now
InuYasha pulled up to a house that was very large, not just large as in a couple of stories, but it had at least three floors, a huge garage, and you could tell by the look of the front yard it had a huge back yard.
"Here we are," he said smiling at Kagome.
"Where are we?" she asked, looking around she couldn't see another house, and she knew they must have been on the outskirts of town.
"We are at my house," InuYasha said matter-of-factly. "I hope you like it."
"Why should it matter if I like it?"
"Because, I hope that you will spend more time here with me. To… catch up."
Kagome rolled her eyes. She hadn't really spent much time thinking about InuYasha while she was in the states, until that day in class when she gave a summary about how they met, though the class didn't know it was her, and how they defeated Naraku. After that, he was in her mind, but not close to the surface.
Kagome followed the man into the house, but wasn't completely comfortorable being there. Although it seemed InuYasha had other thoughts on his mind the second he closed the door behind her.
"InuYasha your house is…" she didn't get to complete her sentence because when she turned around to talk to him he wrapped her in a tight embrace.
She didn't know what to do or say. Although she didn't struggle against him, Kagome didn't hug him back… at first. Eventually she gave in, and wrapped her arms around InuYasha before she realized that he wasn't breathing right.
"InuYasha?" she asked, not able to pull away and look at him.
"InuYasha," she said again, this time louder, "are you alright?"
"What?" he said, pulling away from the woman and looking at her. "Oh, yeah, I'm fine. C'mon, let's go into the living room."
"No."
"What?"
"Tell me what's wrong right here." Kagome stayed where she was, "I wont move until you say something. Or I guess I could go home."
"Oh don't start that crap again, its been 500 years and you still pull the go home bit with me."
"Well," she said smoothly, "I could say…"
"NO!" he yelled, "I still have the damn thing around my neck, I cant get it off."
"Well then tell me what's wrong,." Kagome demanded, "I will say it."
"Fine." he said dejectedly.
Walking into the living room, InuYasha didn't even look back at Kagome before saying over his shoulder, "Well if you want to know I would suggest you follow me."
Sighing Kagome walked into the room after him, but didn't sit down like he asked.
"You're probably not going to like this, but stand if you must."
Kagome just nodded and stayed where she was, standing right in front of him between the couch and the coffee table.
"About 350 years ago, I battled with Sesshomaru. I had hoped that Miyouga and his wife had stayed away as they had been with me for some time after you left. But they didn't. They weren't holding on to me like normal, and when Sesshomaru used his poison whip to get me, I dodged it, but Miyouga and his wife weren't so lucky. The blast from the whip killed them instantly."
This seemed to shock Kagome, and as she sank down onto the coffee table opposite the man, she saw in his eyes actual sadness. She grasped both his hands in hers, and when he looked up she saw actual tears.
"InuYasha," she said sadly, "I'm sorry. I didn't know."
"It's not your fault," he said lacing his fingers with hers. "How were you to know what happened. We haven't seen each other in such a long time."
The woman nodded and looked down at her hands, still entwined in InuYasha's.
"What happened with Rin? That girl your brother was taking of."
"Sesshomaru had taken her as his wife about 15 years after you left, when she was older, she died giving birth to his son. The child died too."
Kagome sat in front of the man, still holding his hands, and in that moment she felt more sorry for InuYasha than she ever had. He killed his only brother, and found that the only nephew he had was too dead.
"That is why I was able to beat Sesshomaru," he said sadly, head still down. "If Rin and his son had lived, then I would be dead. Sesshomaru would've found a way to make his wife live, and they would still be together. At least until his son became old enough to try and take all of the western lands for himself."
Leaning forward, Kagome kept her hands entwined with InuYasha's, but she rested her forehead against his and started to cry. Why is she crying? he thought to himself. She hated my brother as much as I had, why would she do this?
"Kagome?" he asked out loud. "Why are you crying?"
"You've lost your family," she said tearfully, "and I've sat here and bitched about how you didn't come and find me. I now know why, I am so sorry for everything you've been through."
The man sighed, wrapping his arms around Kagome he managed to pull her onto the sofa next to him.
"Shhh," he whispered into her hair as he held her to him, "none of this is your fault. I was scared to come and find you. Things had been so hard, I didn't want to see you and get scared."
Kagome allowed herself to be held by the man.
This is the same man that broke my heart a thousand times, the same man that although at one point I had told him I loved him, still doesn't remember me ever saying it. Not that he was himself when it happened. But yet, for him, it's been almost 500 years since that night, for me its only been two or three, and yet, I can still remember everything that went on.
"Kagome," he whispered.
"Hmm?" she sighed, still in his arms.
"I love you too."
He said it so softly, Kagome almost couldn't hear him. But he said it, she was surprised beyond all belief.
"Wha…" Kagome didn't have time to finish her sentence. InuYasha captured her lips in a deep kiss that left her breathless.
"I've waited 500 years to tell you that," he said softly. Looking at his watch, InuYasha whistled, "I should get you home. It's late, Miroku and Sango will want to know where you are."
Kagome nodded and stood up. She still didn't know what to say, but as she stood, InuYasha pulled her to him one more time.
with Miroku and Sango
"What could be taking so long?" Sango asked no one in particular. "It's been hours, he should have brought her back by now."
"They're probably talking," Miroku said soothingly as he watched his wife pace back and forth in Kagome's living room.
"Yes," she argued, "but it's InuYasha. You saw the look in his eyes, it was the same look he got when looking for Kikyo. Something's up. As much as I trust him, I get the feeling Kagome will come back a little more upset than when she left us."
Miroku nodded and stood up, "C'mon Sango, let's go to bed. She'll be home soon enough, when you hear the door open then you can yell at her and InuYasha, but for now, both of us need our sleep."
The woman nodded and followed her husband to the room Kagome had set up for them, but still didn't like the fact that their friend wasn't home yet.
It's not that I don't trust InuYasha, it's just that the look on his face scared me. She thought to herself as she lied down, he seemed like there was something on his mind other than talking to her. I doubt it though, maybe he did want to catch up.
She thought to herself as she lied down,With the last thought, Sango drifted to a easy sleep until she heard a crash in the kitchen.
A.N. I love the ending to this chapter. Hehehe. Cya next time.