Calculating Life: A Nightmare of Disaster and Death
A Visit Home
SUMMARY: Sequel to Calculating Life: A Fairytale of Fire and Fantasy. After the "death" of Kagome, the Takahashi's adoptive daughter and InuYasha's fate-chosen mate, what will the world do? She had a power so divine that threatened the entire universe if wielded by the wrong hands, which is what Naraku is trying to do. When Naraku takes her body with those intentions, will he be able to destroy everything, or will Kagome's missing soul and the missing jewel cause problems for him? Can Kagome ever return to her one true love, InuYasha or will her soul not be able to return to her body like she had initially planned? Why are there so many recent murders in Tokyo? When the place Kagome called home for a short time is filled with such a nightmare of disaster and death, much like what happened to her prior home, the moon kingdom, what can she do? If Naraku controls her body with the power of his miasma, what will happen? Can the moon kingdom be restored to its original glory in such chaos?
DISCLAIMER: I do not own InuYasha and probably never will. :'(
-LAST TIME-
"I…What you said the other day, about making me whole again…this whole act of love is how you intend to do it. Then, you will break me. I am not stupid, Naraku." I (Kagome) said firmly.
"I promise you, this isn't part of my scheme. I want to make you whole, yes, but only so I can see you happy. This isn't an act." He (Naraku) assured me, looking deep into my eyes, and I began to believe him. His eyes were so hypnotizing. They are beautiful and frightening. Maybe he was lying, maybe he was telling the complete truth, but at that moment, I needed a break. Reading my mind, most likely, he turned to Bankotsu. "Take her to Tokyo for a little while and let her roam about and get some fresh air. She is probably going insane from being here so long. I will see you soon, love." He said, walking away from us. I knew at that moment that he had seen the battle in my heart.
-CURRENT-
"You heard him. I'm taking you to 'roam about' and 'get some fresh air'," Bankotsu grinned at Kagome's annoyed expression.
"I am not a pet." Kagome stated and walked to her room.
"Sure you are." He said, picking up a sock from the floor. He balled it up and tossed it to the other side of the room. "Fetch!"
"Yes, well, pets have been known to turn on people; ripping into their throats and gouging their eyeballs out of their sockets." She retorted, turning and glaring at him evilly.
"Meee-yow," He said with a smirk which was turned into an 'o' as Kagome dropped her robe from her shoulders. He turned away with a blush as she pulled on a white off-the-shoulder tee shirt that said "LOVE" in navy blue with thick yellow, orange, seafoam green, sky blue, and coral red stripes behind it. Under that she had a navy blue and white stripe thick strapped tank top. Next, she pulled on a medium wash cuffed mini skirt, exposing her milk-white thighs. She put on seafoam green, suede gladiator sandals and a pair of seafoam green aviator sunglasses. "Are you done yet?" He asked, throwing a glance over his shoulder.
"Since when has that ever mattered to you?" She laughed, picking up her oversized coral red purse and opening her door. She pranced to Naraku's study and walked in. "Goodbye," She called in a cheery voice as she hugged him.
"Goodbye, Kagome. Have fun." He stated, putting his hand over her arm which was around his neck.
"Try not to miss me too much!" She replied with a smile and skipped out of the room. "Ready, Bankotsu?" The midnight haired beauty asked, tousling her dark, silky straight tresses. She glanced him up and down. He had a plain white tee shirt on with a black blazer over it. Along with that, he paired a cross necklace, black slim fit jeans, black sunglasses, and black and white basketball shoes. "You look nice," Kagome complimented.
"Don't I always?" He teased. "I'm kidding, so do you."
Rolling her eyes, she created a portal and grabbed Bankotsu's hand, pulling him along behind her. "So, what exactly are we going to do?"
"I don't know, he didn't give us any specific instructions. Want to go to the amusement park?" He questioned, earning a shrug from Kagome. "I guess that's a yes," He mumbled as they began to walk down the street. After getting their passes and paying, the two entered the park. "What do you want to do first? Eat? Ride rides? Play games?" The raven haired boy asked, glancing towards Kagome's dull expression. "Okay…eating it is."
"Not hungry." She said in a monotone voice, pulling her sunglasses up onto her head.
"Sure you are. See? Look at all the yummy food. Let's go get some." He stated, dragging her to a stand. "Um, let's see. An order of takoyaki, an order of yaki imo, two yaki soba, an order of onigiri, and two sundae crepes."
"Is that all?" Kagome asked sarcastically behind him.
"No, you still haven't said what you want." He laughed as her eyes grew larger. "Joking, yes, that's all." After paying, the two took their street food feast and sat at an open table. "Let's eat." With that, the two began to dispose of the meal.
"Delicious…" Kagome sighed in a cute, girly voice as she nibbled away on the crepe after the two had finished.
"How do you still have room for that? You ate so m-," He began, but was silenced by Kagome's threatening glare. He smirked down at her as she began nibbling happily on the crepe again, which was filled with strawberry sauce, warm fudge sauce, custard, banana slices, whipped cream, and sprinkles. He laughed as she looked back up at him. Her cheek had whipped cream on it and a few sprinkles.
"What?" Kagome asked obliviously. She looked at him cautiously as he leaned down face to face with her. A slight dusting of pink formed on her cheeks as he slowly came closer to her face. His tongue darted out as she closed her eyes. She felt his tongue flick across her cheek and then he pulled away. She opened her eyes to see his cocky smirk and bared her fangs at him.
"Oh, were you hoping for something else? I can accommodate that," He chuckled as she growled and turned away. She walked to another stand and got an order of sweet soy dangos. After finishing her crepe, she angrily bit each dango off of the stick. "How about those rides now..?" He asked with a sweat drop. After finishing the dangos, she stood and threw the stick away, following Bankotsu.
"What ride?" She questioned, looking around. "How about that one?" Kagome commented more than asked, pointing towards a large roller coaster with loops, which was the main source for all of the screaming in the park. Under the coaster was a lake of water that splashed you, which Kagome failed to notice.
"Are you sure you can handle that one?" Bankotsu asked with a smirk. "Plus, there is a minimum height of 145 centimeters. Are you tall enough?" He petted her head, earning himself a punch in the gut.
"I am 152.5 centimeters tall, jerk!" She yelled, then regaining her composure, skipped over to the waiting line.
"Tsundere…" He mumbled from his slumped over position beside the midnight haired angel.
"Pardon?" She questioned with a sickeningly sweet smile.
"Nothing," He replied, standing up straight. "Let's sit in the main back, it's the best seat."
"Sure." Kagome stated as they both sat down. The roller coaster began climbing the hill for the first drop.
"Are you scared?" He asked arrogantly.
"No, why?" She asked curiously, cocking her head cutely to the side.
"Because you're such a girl. You should be scared and clinging to me," He explained.
"If it makes you feel better…" Kagome murmured sarcastically, grasping his hand. With every turn and loop, Kagome's face remained deadpan whilst everyone else screamed. Towards the end of the ride, Kagome spotted the lake of water they were approaching. "Why is there water covering the tracks?"
"It splashes you," He replied just as they went through the water. A wave of freezing cold water soaked them. Kagome's face went from deadpan to highly irritated as she rested her chin on her hand. "I thought you knew that it splashed you. Sorry, they have towels over there. I'll get you one, go to the bathroom and dry yourself off, okay?" Bankotsu offered and with that, the coaster pulled into park and they exited. Kagome sauntered off to the women's restrooms. She heard two familiar voices outside of the door moments later.
"I thought you said you smelled her." Said one grumpy male voice.
"I do." The second, more mellow one replied.
"You said you could find her!" The first voice shouted.
"I have," Stated the calm voice.
"Are you sure? I don't smell her." Questioned the other one.
"This Sesshomaru is never incorrect." The second voice, now identified as Sesshomaru, stated, earning a growl from the first voice, whom Kagome assumed was InuYasha. "You can't smell her because it seems as though she's wet, dimming her scent, and tonight is the new moon. Your senses are weakening."
"Wet?" InuYasha exclaimed, taking a huge whiff of air into his nostrils.
"Not that kind of wet, you perverted delinquent." Sesshomaru scolded, hitting him on the head. "She's drenched, so I assume she went on a water ride. But I don't know who she's here with or why."
"Says the man whore...Then why are we waiting out here?" InuYasha yelled in frustration.
"She's in the women's restrooms." The older demon stated to his oblivious little brother.
"So is Rin! We can just go in and act like we're checking on her." InuYasha said, marching into the restrooms. Sesshomaru cautiously trailed behind.
"PERVERTED ALIENS! GET OUT! AH! CREEPS!" Came the screams of women.
"Relax, we're checking on our baby sister." InuYasha growled in frustration. It wasn't like they were looking into the stalls.
"Awww!" Swooned all of the girls, taking in their handsomeness. In the farthest corner, the two demons spotted a small, pale teen with very long midnight tresses huddled against the hand dryer, wringing water out of her hair. InuYasha glanced at Sesshomaru, who nodded and began to stalk towards the girl. Sesshomaru laid his large clawed hand on her small shoulder.
"Listen, I am cold and soaking wet. Dry your hands at another one, please!" Kagome said in a frustrated voice, letting her hair go and whipping her head around to glare at the person. "Eheh~" She gave a cute, short 'laugh' when she saw the two silver haired demons staring down at her.
"Hey, Kagome." InuYasha and Sesshomaru smirked, the eldest demon running his fingers through her damp hair. She shrugged backwards, glaring at the two with her fierce red eyes.
"Has being with Naraku made you scared of us, Kagome?" Sesshomaru questioned cooly, pressing his palm against the wall behind her. InuYasha followed suit, blocking any exit available.
"What do you want?" Kagome asked, suddenly becoming interested in the floor.
"We want you to come home with us." InuYasha answered, using his free hand to lift her face up.
"Not happening." Kagome sneered. "You caused this, InuYasha."
"Naraku caused this, wench." He retorted.
"That is not my name." She said coldly, slightly widening her eyes for a millisecond, sending the two demons sliding backwards a couple of feet. She took this opportunity to run into a stall and lock it.
"Kagome…" Sesshomaru threatened as he warningly sank his claws through the thick metal door. "I'll give you three seconds before I rip this door off of the hinges." Poison dripped from his claws, melting the metal slightly. "3…2…1…" He sighed and gave a small tug with one arm. The door effortlessly came off the hinges and he threw it to the side. Kagome's eyes lit up for a split second, causing the door that Sesshomaru threw to freeze midair. She clenched her fist and the door flew back towards the demons. They stepped backwards as the door slammed against the wall to their right. By the time they looked back to the stall, Kagome was climbing over the stall wall. She jumped off of it and began to run towards the exit door.
"Rin! Stay with Shippou outside of the bathroom. We'll be right back!" InuYasha called, he and Sesshomaru running after Kagome.
"Bankotsu!" Kagome screamed, running towards the ride they just got off of where he was waiting on her. She ran behind him and wrapped her arms around his waist.
"What are you two doing here?" Bankotsu asked the demons.
"Kagome." Sesshomaru answered simply.
"…You don't want to go with them?" He asked, glancing at Kagome who was still hugging close to him.
"No." Kagome sneered.
"Why is that?" He questioned curiously.
"He is a cheater!" She replied, pointing to the younger demon.
"I am not! Naraku controlled me!" InuYasha yelled.
"Liar!" Kagome retorted.
"Nuh uh!" InuYasha barked.
"Yeah huh!" Kagome screamed. This continued for a few moments before Bankotsu hit Kagome on the head and Sesshomaru hit InuYasha on the head, silencing them.
"You two are acting like children." Sesshomaru said in a mellow tone, rolling his eyes.
"Well Kagome won't come back with us!" InuYasha sulked.
"Because you hate me!" She cried.
"I love you!" He growled out.
"Liar!" Kagome called.
"SHUT UP, DAMMIT!" Bankotsu bellowed. "If you don't want to go back, you don't have to, but if you do, you need to leave now. I don't know when, or if, you'll get another chance."
"But Naraku said we could stay happy forever and never be mad again. He said that we could stay like we were the other night. Beautiful and peaceful…" She said, enchanted.
"Do you love him?" InuYasha asked.
"I am not sure right now." She answered truthfully with no hesitation.
"Do you love me?" He asked after a few seconds of silence.
"…Yes," She replied, look at him through glassy eyes.
"That's all I needed to know." He said, visibly happier. In the blink of an eye, he had scooped Kagome into his arms bridal style. "How long do you have here?"
"Just today," She said softly.
"Everyone be quiet." Bankotsu ordered, taking out his cell phone. After a few moments of ringing, Naraku answered. "Hey. Yeah, we're having a good time. Yeah, she seems really happy. That's what I want to talk to you about. She said she wants to go to a festival in Kyoto." He mouthed the question 'How long?' towards the demon brothers. InuYasha held up three clawed fingers. "Three. Thank you, sir." He handed the phone to Kagome. "He wants to talk to you."
"Hello?" She asked. "Yes, I am having a really great time. Thank you for letting me come here, I was beginning to feel sick down there. Okay, thank you. Goodbye, I will see you in three days." With that, she hung up and handed the phone to Bankotsu. "Thank you so much, Bankotsu. We have to make this convincing because he'll punish both of us if he finds out."
"You're telling me. I learned my lesson the first time. Never again did I disobey Naraku…at least, not until you came along." He laughed, throwing a towel at Kagome. She caught it and wrapped it around her slender form as InuYasha sat her down.
"Excuse me?" Kagome asked.
"What?" InuYasha questioned with a smirk.
"Carry me!" She demanded.
"You've got legs." He replied and began walking.
"I am tired.." She whined. "Okay, fine. Sesshy-kun!" She squealed as he slightly bent down. The miko pounced on him and he adjusted her on his back. She laughed and stuck her tongue out at InuYasha. "Come on Bankotsu! You obviously have to come, too!"
"I'm coming." He responded with a smirk at her child like behavior.
"We have to get Rin and Shippou," Sesshomaru pointed out.
"They are here?" Kagome asked excitedly, a huge smile spreading across her face.
"Yea," InuYasha muttered, sulking over Sesshomaru getting to carry his mate. They soon approached the two children standing outside of the restrooms.
"Shippou-chan! Rin-chan!" Kagome squealed, jumping off of his back and running towards the kids.
"Kagome oneesan!" The two yelled in unison, pouncing at her. She kneeled down and hugged them both tightly. "We missed you!"
"I missed you, too!" She laughed, pulling them closer. InuYasha stood behind them, watching her interact with the two kids with a goofy grin on his face. 'She'll make a great mother to our pups,' He thought. The thoughts of pups and his mate had crossed his mind a lot recently, but he didn't pay much mind to it. The miko stood after allowing Rin to climb on her back. She then picked Shippou up in her arms and began walking along behind the three males. After about an hour of walking through Tokyo, they returned to the Takahashi Mansion. It was around seven at night and they walked in to be greeted by the smell of dinner being made.
"We're home!" InuYasha yelled, beginning to walk up the stairs, but stopped as his mother spoke.
"Welcome ba-Kagome!" Izayoi began, peeping out of the kitchen and seeing Kagome. They heard a small crash of a few things being dropped as Izayoi rushed out covered from head to toe in flour. She ran to Kagome and embraced her in a back-breaking hug. "You're okay!"
"Maybe not after this hug," She laughed, coughing a little as her air was being cut off.
"Oh, sorry. It's so good to have you back! How long will you be staying?" The older woman questioned curiously.
"Three days," Kagome smiled, stretching her arms above her head to shake off the pain from the hug.
"Wonderful, and who is this handsome young man?" Inquired Izayoi, motioning to Bankotsu.
"This is Bankotsu. He…'works' with me." Kagome explained.
"Oh, like your partner. Nice to meet you, dear." The woman smiled brilliantly.
"Pleasure to meet you, too, ma'am." He smirked.
"Oh, please. Call me Izayoi. I'm only 36. Don't make me feel so old," She commanded, pushing a piece of flour-covered hair out of her flour-covered face. "Kagome, I may have gotten just a bit of flour on you, sorry."
"It is fine. I need to clean up anyway. We went to the amusement park today and I got splashed with bacteria-infested water on a ride," She informed with a smile, then cast an irritated glance back at Bankotsu.
"Go ahead, by all means. This is still your house, after all. Dinner will be ready in an hour and a half, so everyone should go ahead and clean up. Kagome, your room is the way you left it, so you can take your bath in there. Bankotsu, Shippou will show you to a guest room and you can wash up in there. Boys," she said, referring to Shippou, Sesshomaru, and InuYasha, "You clean up as well. Rin, you can go with Kagome."
"Kay!" Rin chirped and grabbed Kagome's hand, tugging her up the stairs. They cheerfully walked to Kagome's old room and entered. What they saw surprised them. The floor was covered in at least an inch of cherry blossom petals. It was beautiful.
"Has no one been in here to clean?" Kagome asked curiously.
"Nope! Everyone was forbidden from entering and if they did, they were in big trouble!" Rin smiled, pulling Kagome towards the black, metal spiral stairs that lead to the second level of her room. Both walked into the purple and lime green bathroom and began to bathe. After drying their hair, both girls put on pajamas and walked downstairs, meeting up with the family at the dinner table just as dinner was being served. Everyone ate and chatted happily amongst themselves.
-AFTER DINNER-
Kagome walked down the hall and made a left, knocking on Sesshomaru's door. "Sesshy-kun?" She called.
"Come in." He said in his normal cold voice. She slowly opened the door, stepping cautiously inside. "What are you doing?"
"Just making sure there are no prostitutes in here," She grinned as she walked over and sat on his bed with him.
"This Sesshomaru doesn't bring women home." He informed her and she simply nodded in return.
After a few minutes of silence, Kagome spoke. "Why did you come to this, Sesshy-kun? Being a player, I mean."
"Why did I? Well, I don't know why I did, exactly. I just became a person with no conscious to avoid any pain from what happened to you." He replied, rather out of character. "…This conversation never happened. OK?" The normally stone cold demon added as an afterthought.
"What conversation?" She questioned cutely, squeezing his much larger hand reassuringly. Kagome laid back against his hard chest and leaned across him, grabbing the movie remote from his nightstand. She clicked a button and a screen lowered from the ceiling. "Before I press play, is there something in the projector that my innocent eyes should never have to look at?"
"…Don't press play." He warned, getting up to change the DVDs in the projector.
"Thought so." She laughed. After he had changed the adult film to a regular film, he took his seat on the bed with Kagome again. Just then, a human InuYasha barged through the door carrying a huge bowl of popcorn, followed by Bankotsu, Miroku, and Sango. Rudely, he jumped in the bed between Sesshomaru and Kagome.
"So, what are we watching?" He asked with a smirk towards Kagome. The half demon tossed a warning glare towards his older brother momentarily, then continued on with his commotion.
"Kagome, do you know what the 'shocker' is?" Sesshomaru questioned with a smirk.
"No, what is it?" She responded innocently. Just as the demon was going to explain, InuYasha pushed him off of the bed and into the floor.
"Don't put those things in her mind!" InuYasha barked at his older brother who then walked to the other side of the bed and laid beside Kagome. The demon-turned-human watched as Sesshomaru whispered in Kagome's ear, her eyes widening and she blushed.
"People really do that?" Kagome asked with wide, ignorant red eyes.
"Mhm," He nodded, throwing a smug look towards his now raven haired brother.
"Don't tell her those things!" Bellowed the younger of the brothers, mentally grimacing at the thought of Kagome's innocent mind, and perhaps body, being tainted by his brother.
"…How about we get to the movie now?" Kagome asked, laughing awkwardly and meekly. Turning the lights off, she pressed play on the remote as the three people sitting on the movie couch turned slowly from watching them to the movie. "Getting Any?" She asked, reading the title.
"Just keep watching. It's funny." Sesshomaru commanded. The three teens sitting on the couch were busy quietly chatting amongst themselves.
"You're the guy from when we pranked Francesca!" Sango whispered in realization towards Bankotsu.
"Yup." He nodded.
"What are you doing with Kagome?" She questioned.
"I am her partner in crime basically." He replied after a moment of silence as he tried to pick the best words.
"You work for Naraku too?" Miroku demanded with a scowl on his face.
"Yeah." Bankotsu said shortly, drawing his attention back to the movie. Everyone turned around to stare at Kagome moments later. She had burst out laughing so much she had tears streaming down her face. "You really don't get out much. We're only five minutes into the movie." Bankotsu stated. She responded with giggling and a small 'Sorry'. She turned to her right and cuddled up to her chosen, playing with his hair.
"Love you," InuYasha murmured into her neck, which is where his nose was currently placed, inhaling her scent.
"I love you, too." She replied, wrapping her leg around his hips. Sesshomaru scoffed at their display of affection, rolling his stone-like golden eyes.
"Jealousy killed the dog." InuYasha mocked.
"The correct saying is 'curiosity killed the cat,' imbecile." Sesshomaru sneered.
"I modified it." Retorted the younger brother with a smirk. He punctuated the statement by pulling Kagome closer to him. Seeing Sesshomaru's eyes narrow momentarily, Bankotsu and Miroku shared a glance and nodded to one another. Just as Sesshomaru was about to punch InuYasha, Bankotsu grabbed him from behind, Miroku grabbing InuYasha. Both brothers struggled and cursed at their restrainers. "What the hell? Let me go!"
"Sorry, I can't." Miroku replied. InuYasha pushed him back and threw a punch at Sesshomaru, hitting him directly in the nose, sucessfully breaking it.
"Let's see how those whores like your face when it isn't so pretty." InuYasha sneered arrogantly as blood trailed from Sesshomaru's nose. His eyes bled pink, slowly turning from icy gold to red as he pushed Bankotsu away from him, a low growl emitting from deep in his chest.
"Kagome seems to like my face," Sesshomaru said in an icy voice that would make Naraku himself cringe in horror.
"You're delusional." Informed InuYasha, cracking his knuckles. Sesshomaru threw himself swiftly at his brother as InuYasha pushed Kagome out of the way. Sesshomaru's poison claws sliced down InuYasha's torso and he staggered backwards, clenching his torso.
"InuYasha!" Kagome screamed.
"Stay…back." InuYasha ordered gruffly, obviously in pain. He stood up straight just in time to be punched in the stomach, blood dripping out of his mouth. He coughed and stood again.
"Stop standing back up, you idiot!" Screeched InuYasha's chosen, whom was thoroughly ignored. Sesshomaru threw himself at InuYasha again, pushing him through the wall and onto the ground four stories below. Kagome's eyes widened as she ran over to the hole in the wall. "InuYasha..?" She called. Receiving no response, she jumped through, landing, gracefully and without a single noise, on the ground, Sango and Bankotsu following. She rushed over to where InuYasha laid, Sesshomaru crouching over him with his claws glowing and ready to plunge into his neck.
"I'll just take the stairs, guys, go ahead." Miroku stated, casually walking to the stairs, seemingly used to this behavior between the brothers.
"Don't help." InuYasha growled a warning at Kagome when he saw a flash in her eyes for a split second. He looked over towards the edge of Tokyo where he saw the sun slowly inching its way into the sky. Sesshomaru sent his arm forward as the black in InuYasha's hair faded away, leaving silver in its place. He blinked once and his eyes changed from deep blue to his normal, beautiful amber colour. As Sesshomaru's claws reached his throat, InuYasha kicked him off and pounced on him, relentlessly punching him in the jaw and stomach. Sesshomaru punched InuYasha in the cheek and jumped out from under him, throwing him against a nearby tree trunk, momentarily stunning him with a blow to the head. He held him against it by his throat and was ready to kill him.
"STOP!" Kagome screamed in a high voice, racing towards Sesshomaru. She threw herself into him with all of the force she had in her body without using her powers, which was only enough to annoy him. He looked down at her with beast-like eyes, an animalistic snarl, and blood lust. She noticed his normally smooth magenta striped were more jagged and defined and his fangs were around an inch long. "Stop this, Sesshomaru…stop." She whispered. He raised his manly, clawed hand to her cheek. His eyes softened momentarily, but then hardened again as he let an angry growl sound. He took his hand away from her face for a second and then slapped her. His claws sliced into her soft flesh, the poison sizzling when it met her miasma-infused blood. She cried out in pain, holding her small hand against her injured cheek.
TO BE CONTINUED (:
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Sooo…I know, I haven't updated in a while and I am super sorry because I know I hate when other authors take forever. I have been very busy lately, but I know that isn't an excuse. I also had a case of serious writer's block. I've been working on this chapter for literally 3 weeks trying to think of something decent to put in it. Please forgive me!