~Twists of Love
Author: Sam Kline, aka Thesamislame
Editor: Angelica Andres, aka luckylyra827
Copyright for editing: © February 2010
"DEMON!!! DEMON!!! DEMON!!!" I woke up to a very familiar voice screaming. All I could think was, Oh no. He found Sesshoumaru. I raced out of bed with only my nightgown on and my hair a mess. My grandfather was holding his door shut by the handle, still screaming.
"KAGOME! GET OUT OF HERE NOW! TAKE YOUR MOTHER AND SOUTA WITH YOU!! I'LL HOLD HIM OFF!!"
"Grandpa, it's fine. He's a frie-"
"KAGOME! WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?! GO!!" My grandfather pushed me away from him as I tried to calm him down.
"GRANDFATHER! He is a friend!" As I yelled that, Sesshoumaru swung the door open, making my grandfather losen his grip and fall backwards.
"DEEEEMOOONNNN!!!" He scrambled to his feet and took my hand and pulled me down the stairs. "RUN, KAGOME!"
"GRANDFATHER! LISTEN TO ME!" I yelled, yanking my hand out of his grip. He stopped midway in his run and turned around to look at me. "He's InuYasha's older brother, he's fine. He won't hurt anyone." I heard Sesshoumaru walking down the stairs behind me.
"Sacred Sutras' won't work on me, old man." I looked up to see Sesshoumaru was covered in Sacred Sutras, mostly his face though. I couldn't help but to giggle a bit, picking one off of his face and watched it wither to the ground.
"We can't trust him, Kagome. He's a demon for heaven's sake!"
"I'm right here." I heard Sesshoumaru.
"So is InuYasha. Well, he's a half demon, but still part demon. You didn't give him any trouble."
"But InuYasha never looked this creepy! And he never had those weird markings. It makes him look like a girl with that eye shadow." He added in the last part in a whisper.
I heard Sesshoumaru cough, "I'm right here old man."
"Well if he looks like a girl, then why are you scared of him?!" I yelled, not meaning too.
This time, Sesshoumaru sighed, "I'm. Still. Here."
"I am not scared of him! You should have told me you had a Demon cross-dresser sleeping in MY bedroom!"
"He is not a cross-dresser! Look, let's just drop this and start over? Please? He's not a bad demon. Now come on. Shake hands and introduce each other."
My grandfather stared at me for a bit, not wanting anything to do with a demon. He then stretched his hand out, looking into the kitchen and not into Sesshoumaru's eyes. "Jii-chan" He mumbled.
"What else?" I asked
He took a deep breath in. "And sorry for throwing Scared Sutras at you."
Sesshoumaru smirked, "Sesshoumaru, the cross-dresser." He said, taking my grandfather's hand in his own and squeezing it harder than he should have.
"Yeah, and we don't know what's wrong with it." We were sitting at the kitchen table explaining every detail about how he had gotten injured, and me trying to save him and bringing him here, along with Rin. And how we tried to return to the Feudal Era but the Bone Eater's Well won't let anyone pass through. "Would you be able to fix it, gramps?"
"This is very odd. I would have to take a look at it." He slowly got up and went to the door, going outside with Sesshoumaru and I shortly behind. We passed the Goshinboku and I couldn't help but to think about InuYasha. I wonder how worried he is knowing his older brother is over on my side, in my time. I couldn't but help to get a little depressed also. I hadn't realized how much I've missed him.
Sesshoumaru stopped and grabbed my arm, "I need to talk to you, Kagome." I was taken by surprise. Did he just call me by my name?
"Y-yes?" My grandfather kept walking and disappeared into the shrine doors that kept the well hidden and safe.
"This world, your world, it's much different from my time. I do not belong here, I belong in my time ruling over the Western Lands as my father once had." He finally let go of my arm and turned around, facing the Goshinboku.
"I understand." I said when Sesshoumaru didn't finish. Feels as if he's breaking up with me…Even though we never even-
"Whatever you and InuYasha have, the reason why you use that Well, I will never understand. I believe you don't belong there, either. But that's your life." He broke off again, but faced me and looked into my eyes. "I have to go back to the Feudal Era alone."
"Um. Well, I have to take you, or you won't be able to pass. And what gives you any permission on what to say about what I should do with my life? I can go back whene-"
"I wasn't talking about you. I meant Rin. I'm leaving Rin here."
I couldn't think of anything to say. He was going to leave Rin here? But why? "Sesshoumaru-" I noticed he was already leaving before I could say anything else. I ran after him into the shrine. "Sesshoumaru, you can't-"
"This is very weird. It feels as if the well has lost its power." I heard my grandfather say.
"What do you mean 'lost its power'?" Sesshoumaru had asked.
"Well, the well was only suppose to have let Kagome go back and forth. It even lets InuYasha through, right? How? I do not know. Even that, was cutting it. Since InuYasha is a half breed, he is naturally stronger than humans, drowning, this is only a guess, it's power even faster to let them both pass."
"It was getting weaker each time InuYasha came through. I've noticed it but I knew the well had enough power to last at least one hundred years, so I never said anything. But sending you, InuYasha and Kagome through the well all at once must have taken up most of its power, since you're a full bred and much stronger than InuYasha. When Kagome went back to get Rin, I'm guessing it used up all of it's power to send Kagome back home and then shut itself down." My head started hurting, my vision started to blur, and my stomach felt as if it needed to explode. I had sweat forming up on my forehead and in the palms in my hands.
"C-can you f-fix it?" I stuttered, trying to keep every hint of fear out of my voice.
"It's hard to say. I'll try, but it might take a few days, months, even years before the well will be able to recharge it's self."
I could feel the anger that was coming from Sesshoumaru. His eyes were barely turning pink, and he started baring his now razor sharp teeth. Deep strong growls were escaping his chest and throat. I knew this was bad, I ran and stepped in front of my grandfather, protecting him from anything Sesshoumaru could and probably would do to him.
"You brought me here, wench. Remember that." Before he said another word, he jumped up and broke through the ceiling, taking flight to the sky, heading towards the city.
"Sesshoumaru! Please don't do this!!" I yelled running out of the shrine to try to keep up with him. Within seconds, he was out of my sight, but I did not stop running. I had to stop him, even if I'm just a human, I have to try to do something.
Why did I have to try to save him? He would have been all right. Why did I open my big mouth? Tears started forming up in my eyes as I ran. I thought I saw some kindness in him this past week. I thought he had actually changed…
I reached the city. Brushing off the tears that ran down my cheeks, I slowed down into a walk. No one seems to be frightened. I'm positive he flew this way. Where could he be?
"AHHH!!!" I heard a scream around the corner. I went into a run again as my heart dropped. I turned the corner to see a woman tiptoeing around. "RAT!" She screamed again. "KILL IT!!!"
I signed out of relief and smiled. I walked around the Tokyo till it felt like my feet would fall off anytime soon. There was no sign of Sesshoumaru or any kinds of violence or destruction he might have caused. Where could he have gone? I went into the nearest fast food joint to get a cup of water.
"Kagome! What are you doing here? You should have called us, it could have been a woman's night out." I turned around to see my three best friends, again. They always seem to find me in the city.
"I'm, um, actually looking for someone right now." I said, sitting down next to them on the booth.
"Who are you looking for?" Yuka asked.
"Sesshoumaru. We got into… Well, a fight. And I can't seem to find him." I blurted out before I had realized what I had just gotten myself into.
"Sesshoumaru!? We'll help you find him!" Eri said ,standing up. "Well, what are you guys waiting for!? Let's go find Kagome's man!" She had grabbed me and ran out the door before Yuka and Ayumi had the chance to get up.
"So what does he look like?" Aymui asked walking beside me.
"He's tall, very tall, and he has really long silver hair. Kind of , hard to miss, really."
"What did you two fight about that got him so mad it made him run off?" Eri asked this time. "He seemed so nice on the phone."
"You talked to him on the phone?" Yuka asked Eri, grabbing her arm.
"Yes, I did. And he sounded like a total hunk. I'm telling you. His voice was so soft, yet so strong and deep. It was just so dreamy."
"I don't think he's here. I've been searching since ten and it's already five." I told them, turning around to face them and stopping.
"Seven hours you've been searching for him? Damn girl, you must really be in love with this guy." Eri came up and gave me a hug.
"No, it's not that." Was it? Even when I knew he didn't attack Tokyo, I kept looking for him. Hoping.
"Let's just walk you home and I'm sure when he wants to talk about your fight, he'll come and talk to you, right?" Ayumi asked, also hugging me, along with Yuka.
"Thanks, guys. But I don't really think-"
"Is that him?" Yuka let go of me and faced me towards the park. Across the park, on the far side, across the soccer field underneath the trees, there was a long silver haired demon sitting on the bench.
"You have great eyes, Yuka." Ayumi said. "Damn. All the way from over here and he still looks sexy as hell. Can we meet him!?"
"Ayumi," Eri said grabbing her shoulder, "She needs time to talk to him. I want to meet him too, but maybe some other time when they're not fighting, okay? We'll see you later, Kagome. Things will become better, I promise." Eri grabbed both of Yuka's and Ayumi's hands and strolled them away towards the city again.
Here I go. He seems to be normal and more relaxed than before. I took a step towards Sesshoumaru, off of the curb of the sidewalk into the street. I heard a car screeching to a stop and Eri's voice. Last thing I remembered was Sesshoumaru's face near mine, Eri's, Yuka's and Aymuis's voice along with twenty other people, and blood dripping off of my brow and into my eyes. The rest went black.
-I'm sorry this took longer than it should have. Tell you the truth, I didn't even began to write it 'til, like... an hour ago. But here it is. Chapter 13.
-Dunno when the next chapter will be up. Been kind of.. stressing. But it'll be up soon so don't give up on me.
-Oh. Ha. I keep telling my friend how sexi (even though he's animated) Sesshoumaru is and he keeps saying that he's a guy trying to be a girl trying to be a guy and that he is a cross-dresser. So that's where the whole 'cross dressing' scene between her grandfather came from.
-Well, bedtime. it's 3:30. yet again. so goodnight.