"So maybe I did, what are you going to do, Inuyasha, punish me?" she asked, amused.
"Maybe I should…" he said with a dark tone making her feel a little bit weird.
"Inuyasha, let me go…" she commanded seriously but instead of being released, he crushed his lips on hers. She shivered as he pinned her more hardly on the car, never breaking the kiss.
"Inu…!" she whined in his mouth as he deepened the kiss. He lifted his hands, cupping her face between them before he released her lips and went to her neck.
"That's wrong," she said, completely out of breath. "Quit it."
"Tell me you don't like it and I will." He murmured, kissing the side of her neck as he sank both of his hands in her hair. "You have bewitched me Kagome. You are mine."
Her eyes widened as she pushed him away. Kagome, he had called her Kagome! Why would he do that to her.
"No!" she yelled, her head throbbing. She was dreaming, she was dreaming again and she knew it! "I am not Kagome!" she cried out, betrayal in her eyes. How could he call her that! What should she do to wake up from that nightmare!
She wanted, no, she needed to run away. She was not Kagome! He didn't have the right to call her that! She was not her! But what was her name! How could she forget her own name?! She ran faster and faster. She crossed the street without looking and didn't notice the fast car that was coming in her way. She suddenly heard the voice of breaks and looked in front of her, seeing the lights of the car. A Mercedes car, it was a black Mercedes car. Her eyes widened. Mercedes….Mercedes…
"Mercedes!"
She opened her eyes, a small cry escaping her lips. Her breathing was ragged and her vision a little bit blurry. What a dream she just had.
"Mercedes!" The voice came again and she felt a pair of strong arms shake her lightly around the shoulders. "Wake up! It's me."
Her eyes focused again and she could see Rubin staring worriedly at her. Her hand went to her sweaty forehead, trying to understand what was happening.
"What's going on?" she mumbled, looking around her. She immediately spotted Inuyasha who was looking at her, suspicion in his eyes.
"The plane has landed Mercy." Rubin continued, earning her attention again. "It's just that you didn't wake up when I first called your name and then you screamed in your sleep."
Her eyes widened.
"I screamed?" she murmured, paling a little. "Did I say anything?" She hoped that she didn't reveal her dream content. If Inuyasha knew that she was dreaming of him again, she will certainly die from embarrassment.
"No." Rubin admitted, smiling lightly as his hand caressed her flushed cheek. "You didn't say anything but I bet it was hell of a nightmare."
She exhaled loudly, relieved. Inuyasha's voice suddenly came from behind Rubin.
"What were you dreaming about anyway?" He asked. Their eyes clashed and she couldn't divert her gaze from his. The dream was so realistic, she could almost feel his lips upon hers, his caresses, the pain from the impact with the car, the heartbreak.
"None of your business Taisho." She answered, glaring at him. He glared back before responding.
"As if I am even interested in your stupid dream."
Kagome bit her bottom lip, looking away from his hard gaze. He could be really cruel if he wanted to.
"Come on. We should go to the hotel." Rubin finally said, feeling a little bit uncomfortable for the way the conversation was heading towards. "Kikyo is waiting us at the exit."
Mercedes nodded and slowly got up. As soon as she made a few steps, her head throbbed, and she had to lean on Rubin in order to regain her equilibrium.
"What's wrong now!" Inuyasha practically yelled in irritation. "You cannot even walk straight anymore! You're so useless!"
"Hey! Back off!" Rubin yelled back. Both men glared at each other for a few seconds. Inuyasha was the first one to withdraw from the staring competition. Not that he was afraid or anything, he just didn't want to lose his job.
"My head hurts." Kagome finally whined, clutching Rubin's shirt more tightly, attracting the attention of both men.
"You drank too much yesterday and the flight made you dizzy." The star justified, gently stroking her hair. "Once we arrive to the hotel, you can rest."
She nodded and the three of them made their way towards the exit. Once inside the airport, they spotted Kikyo waiting for them. She waved and they made their way towards her, Kagome still leaning on Rubin for support.
"Come on. The taxi is waiting for us. Inuyasha, is everything ready?" Kikyo asked. The businessman nodded. Rubin asked about the hotel and soon the three of them engaged in a conversation, leaving Kagome alone for her thoughts.
Her head was hurting like hell and she could feel herself getting dizzier as each second passed. Butterflies were building inside her stomach, making her uncomfortable. She felt like throwing up what she had earlier in the morning. She clutched her stomach, hoping that no one noticed her discomfort. She didn't want to seem weak, especially in front of Taisho.
"You have bewitched me Kagome. You are mine."The thought suddenly rang back in her head. Her discomfort increased and she could practically feel her breakfast making its way towards her throat. Her head ached so much that she thought she could explode at any time.
"The hotel has a great view and the journalists are waiting for you…" She heard Kikyo say, however, her voice was distant and she couldn't concentrate. She closed her eyes. What was happening to her? Panic made its way towards her system and she clutched Rubin's shirt tighter. He didn't seem to notice as he continued his conversation.
"What about the press? Am I going to make an interview today?" she heard him say. Her head suddenly shut down all the voices around her and she could feel herself wandering in the darkness that was her mind.
"I want to taste you." Inuyasha's voice rang in her head. He never said that to her so why did it feel like as if he did?
"Stop." She whispered to herself, her voice muffled by the conversation.
"You need to pick up your answers very well." Inuyasha continued, looking at Rubin, trying to ignore the fact that Kagome was practically glued to the star's side. He willed his jealousy to recede deep inside his soul. He was over her. He didn't want to think about her. Let her burry her face in that asshole's shirt! He didn't care!
Kagome buried her face in Rubin's shirt, trying to block everything away from her; however, her mind was showing her things that she didn't understand.
"Don't fool with my heart Kagome." The same voice returned, hunting her dark memories with new images. Why was she thinking of Kagome?
"Stop." She whispered more loudly, but no one seemed to hear her.
"Princess of my heart will be a real success Rubin." Kikyo smiled. "A wonderful song with a wonderful voice such as yours…"
"I know." The star replied. "I just want to make sure that everything is perfect."
Mercedes felt even dizzier. What was going on with her? Was she sick? Was it the effect of all this building stress she had been under for weeks? Naraku's harsh words, Inuyasha's rough behavior, the danger they were all in and the fact that she was forced to leave the man she loved, the fact that he thought she was a whore, the fact that he thought she had been using him while she loved him, the fact that he was now with Kikyo Solaris, a beautiful and very rich woman, the fact that he moved on... Was she now imagining things? Hearing Inuyasha's voice in her head? Was she having nightmares about Kagome just because of her jealousy? No, it didn't make any sense.
She could barely breathe. What if she was having flash backs? But this didn't make any sense also. Why would she have a flashback about Inuyasha talking with Kagome? Her heart thundered in her chest, dread suffocating her with its intensity. Was she going crazy?
"I want you Kagome."
Her breathing became more ragged. No! Inuyasha was making her go crazy! Why was she seeing him calling her Kagome! No! Before, they were ony dreams, but now, she was awake! This was not supposed to happen!
"Come on, let's go to the hotel." Kikyo said, but as soon as they began to walk, they noticed that Kagome was not moving from her spot.
"Baby." Rubin nudged her slightly. "We need to go."
She gulped, staring at them with wide eyes.
"I…I can't move." She whispered, her hands trembling, her head throbbing.
"What do you mean you can't move?" Kikyo asked, irritated. "We don't have times for little games. We need to go now."
Mercedes looked at her, her eyes pleading, her bottom lip quivering.
"I can't move." She whispered in panic. She was going crazy, hearing voices in her head, seeing things that never occured. "I need to talk to Naraku." She begged, her voice shaking. Rubin stepped away from her, his eyes confused. Why was she acting so weirdly?
"We don't have time for this!" Kikyo yelled at her. "That's not funny Mercedes! Let's go!"
"I need Naraku to talk to me!" she begged, her body shaking. She needed him to tell her that everything was going to be okay. He was always the one to tell her that everything was fine when she woke up in the middle of the night, panic coursing through her veins, her memory trying helplessly to regenerate. She knew that she was panicking right now, and she needed him now. She needed him to stop these thoughts. She needed him to make that pain in her heart disappear. She needed to forget...again.
"It's okay Mercedes." Inuyasha's voice suddenly rose. Her eyes flew to his worried ones. She held back her tears as he slowly advanced her. She knew that people were staring at them strangely but she couldn't control her body's reaction to the unwanted thoughts her mind was tricking her with. She wanted to stay in the dark; she loved the darkness of her mind, the emptiness of her soul...
"Don't panic." He ordered, never breaking eye contact with her. "Tell me what's wrong."
"I want them to stop." She begged, her eyes never leaving his. "Make them stop. Make them shut up! Please Inuyasha!" she begged again as her head filled with so many thoughts at the same time. What was happening to her?
Kikyo looked at Rubin who was staring horrified at the young girl in front of him. Apparently, the star didn't know that the girl was mentally unstable. However, Inuyasha must have been knowledgeable about this issue.
"Tell me what's wrong." Inuyasha insisted, his hands clutching hers, his eyes staring deeply in her own ones. She felt electricity rush through her veins. His stare that was always so familiar to her, this stare that shook her to the core, this stare that made her fall in love with him, those golden eyes that pierced into the depth of her soul, those hands that were now firmly clutched around her own smaller hands...were her undoing.
"I love you Kagome, please don't lose hope on me" was her last thought before she passed out.
Naraku was sitting in his office, his face contracted with rage. He had tried everything in order to find Mercedes but it was as if she disappeared last night. He threw his glass on the wall, shattering it to a million pieces. He was extremely pissed off. Something told him that Mercedes will not remain the same after what transpired between them last night. He grunted in annoyance. The doctor had told him to make sure not to stress her out. He told him that if she was under a certain stress than she may regain parts of her memory or maybe her complete memory.
He shuddered at that thought. No, he would make sure that Kagome would never return to life. Kagome would kill his Mercedes and he could not afford that. Mercedes loved him while Kagome would surely loath him.
His eyes suddenly flew to the door frame where Kelly was standing. She must have heard the sound of the shattering glass.
"You drink more than before." She stated, looking at him. "It's bad for your health."
"Are you worried about me?" he asked. She smirked, shaking her head.
"As if, I wish your death more than anything else. You are the worst creature on the face of earth. I am miserable because of you. Kagome is dead because of you. Inuyasha is bitter because of you. My son doesn't have a father because of you."
Her eyes darkened with anger.
"I hate you from the bottom of my heart." She finally ended, still staring at him.
Naraku leaned in his chair, a small smirk tugging the corners of his lips.
"I don't know what made you so confident Kelly but I will tell you this. You shouldn't be that confident. If you ever tell anyone about what happened I will kill you, and it will be really slow and painful. I promise."
The young woman laughed.
"I am not afraid of you Naraku. In fact, no one is afraid of you anymore. You are just a sadistic bastard."
"And you are a filthy whore that I can buy for fifty box and have my way with her in the most disgusting positions I could think of."
Kelly gulped, trying not to be intimidated by him.
"Fuck you. You cannot buy me even if you offered me the world, you animal."
Naraku's eyes shot with anger as he moved up from his chair and stalked towards her. She tried to back away but he was in front of her in no time. He slapped her hard against the cheek, making her fall on the floor with a thud.
"You whore!" he yelled, his voice dripping with venom. "Because of you Mercedes left me! Because of you, I don't know where she is!"
"Shut up! She simply got away because she doesn't want to deal with a bastard like you!" Kelly sobbed, her hand clutching her bruised cheek. "I don't know what kind of sick relationship you have with her but I am sure that she was not a willing part!"
Naraku yanked her forcefully by her hand, making her stand in front of him. He stared deeply in her eyes, his hand squeezing her shoulder painfully, forcing her to cry out.
"I have never used Mercedes in that way and I would never do that. Jobs like that are left for women like you!"
With that he released her, still glaring at her sobbing form.
"Why?" she asked between her tears. "Why did you force me to live here when all you do is hurt me? Why did you forbid me from seeing my child, Naraku? What have I done to earn your hate?"
The infamous man simply stormed away from the office. If Chris didn't find Mercedes, he would. And he would do it personally.
"What's wrong with her!?" Rubin yelled, pacing his room in the hotel. Kikyo stared at him dully.
"I was intending to ask you the same question, Rubin. Why did your beloved Mercedes collapse in the airport? Huh? Are you hiding something from me or is she hiding something from us?"
"I don't know!" he yelled again, his palms sweaty. Seeing that side of Mercedes did a number on him. Was she unstable? Would that explain why Inuyasha left her because as far as he is concerned, Mercedes is in love with him so it must have been him who left her. What should he do now? He really wanted Mercedes to film the video clip with him but was that a wise thing to do?
He should have noticed that before. For instance, last night, when they were kissing in his apartment and he tried to touch her, she immediately jolted away, refusing any intimate contact. She had shown him that she was interested in him and then she simply refused him.
"What kind of girls did you bring us Rubin? Listen to me, if she does anymore scene like this one, she will not continue with us, you hear me? The last thing I want is a crazy girl."
"She's not crazy!" he argued. "I am going to see her."
Inuyasha sat on the bed, leaning on the still unconscious form of Mercedes. He felt guilty. When she collapsed in the airport, he didn't have time to retain her, and she got a nasty bruise on the back of her head as she hit the ground with full force. Slowly, his hand went to her head, and as soon as he felt the forming bruise, his eyes softened.
How didn't he notice how uncomfortable she was? First of all, she was having nasty dreams all the time during their flight, trashing and mumbling incoherent 'no's and then she was clutching Rubin so tightly. His jealousy got the better of him and he thought that she just wanted to be close to the star. Apparently, he was strongly mistaking. She was just feeling dizzy.
His gaze suddenly hardened. It was all Naraku's fault. This terrible situation of love hate they were in, it was the older man's fault. And to think that the first person she asked for was that bastard made his blood boil in his veins.
"Inuyasha." She mumbled in her sleep. His eyes widened as he looked down at the young girl. Was she dreaming of him? What was she dreaming of? Before she collapsed, she told him that she wanted them to stop. What was she talking about?
He caressed the side of her face, and smiled secretly when he noticed how she leaned towards his touch.
"Why didn't you love me?" He asked her. He suddenly chuckled. He was really out of it, as if she could answer him. The doctor said that she was fine. He said that she was probably stressed up and she couldn't take it anymore so she must have collapsed. Of course, when the doctor asked him if she had any sort of abnormality in her, he didn't tell him that she had amnesia.
"Is it so hard to love me Mercedes?" He asked again as he leaned slightly towards her. He couldn't help it, his body was drawn to hers, and he needed to be close to her. He knew that once conscious, she would never let him touch her again. His eyes went down to her parted lips. He knew better than to take advantage of her in this situation but he couldn't help it, he needed a taste of her, just a little bit. She was like a drug to him and one kiss would not hurt. It would be the last kiss, a goodbye kiss. He didn't love her; he just wanted to kiss her. He sighed. Who was he fooling?
His fingers brushed her lips as he leaned more towards her. Her being with Rubin was killing him from the inside. He would never forgive her but he couldn't let her go either, he couldn't. His lips slowly descended on hers, gently caressing the rosy petals. He moaned softly. He had not touched her since so long; he had missed her so greatly, so deeply. His conscience told him that what he was doing was false but his heart insisted that he had the right to kiss her. She owed him; she owed him that much after the entire ache she had put him through.
His hands cupped her face as he surrendered to his heart, his lips moving against her own, softly nibbling her bottom lip. His blood boiled in his veins as he impatiently parted her lips and delved his tongue inside her mouth, finally getting a taste out of her. It was wrong but he didn't care. Why would she belong to Rubin, why would he be denied the right to have a single taste of her while the star had her all for him?
He would never let her know how bad he was still into her. She should think that he hated her, that he despised her. He gently withdrew from the kiss, his face guilty with the pleasure her now swollen lips had offered him. He needed her; he yearned for her but his pride would never forgive her, not that she asked for his forgiveness anyway.
He caressed her cheeks with the back of his hands, gazing at her sleeping form. She would never know the truth. She would always stay in the dark. She would move on and eventually he would move on also. They would part; they would start their lives with someone else. These thoughts made him panic. The thought of her having some other man's kids made him flinch. But he would never forgive her and she would never ask for his forgiveness.
"Inuyasha." She moaned in her sleep, her eyes fluttering but never opening. His heart swelled in his chest. Why was she calling his name in her unconsciousness? Why was she giving him false hopes while she hated him as hell? She was with Rubin, she slept with Rubin. He imagined her, laying as she was now, completely vulnerable under the young singer's attention.
Jealousy burned his heart, leaving a dark path in his soul. With all the desperation inside of him he kissed her again, his lips sealing themselves with hers, tilting her head backwards, his tongue deeply exploring all what she had to offer, not to him, but to Rubin. That man had touched her, had pleasured her while he was the only one allowed to perform such acts on her, he thought, as his hands caressed her cheeks.
He suddenly broke away as he felt her lips slowly move with his. Panicked, he stood from the bed and quickly made his way out, his heart beating inside his chest, guilt washing his face. He didn't trust himself anymore, he thought, shame the only emotion evident in his eyes. What was he doing? And when did he plan to stop if she hadn't moved when she did? He reached his room and closed the door behind him. He stared in silence at the large piece. He took a deep breath, trying to calm himself. He would never touch her again, he silently vowed. He would forget her and move on with Kikyo. He would show her more hate then he had ever showed anyone. He would make her hate him as much as she made him hate her. He closed his eyes. How could he love her and yet hate her in the same time?
Sesshumaru sat in the little restaurant, patiently waiting for his flight. Rin was sitting next to him, eyeing him curiously.
"So, what's your plan?" she finally asked.
"What do you mean?" he replied, taking a zip of his coffee.
"I mean, what we are going to do once we get to the island. What, are we going to call Mercedes and tell her: hey, you know, your name is not Mercedes, it is Kagome and you are Inuyasha's ex girlfriend?"
Sesshumaru sighed in defeat and turned to look at her.
"Well, I thought of it, and it's the best solution."
The young woman gasped.
"Are you crazy? You cannot do this to her! You'll shock her!"
"So!" he yelled, "I will just stand by and watch while my brother tries, pathetically, to hide the truth while he is deeply and helplessly in love with her! Kagome loves him and Mercedes hates him. She used him for Naraku and I can only hope that she was not Naraku's mistress. I will tell her."
"No! We'll think of a better solution once we get there. Just calm down, okay?"
He nodded once before settling back. Several minutes of silence passed before Rin spoke.
"And what are we going to say to Inuyasha?"
Her ex husband looked at her in confusion.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, we are divorced. How are we going to explain to him that we are, together, in the same island he went to?"
Taisho stared at the distance for a few seconds before replying.
"There is only one solution. We will pretend that we made up and we decided to get a new honeymoon, you know, to refresh our bond. The island choice was just a coincidence."
Rin nodded and looked away. She would try her best to win Sesshumaru back during this new honeymoon. In fact, she thought as her smile widened, she would do anything in order to make him forgive her, and she definitely had several ideas in her head.