Inuyasha POV:
Saturday night, ten o'clock. I was asleep, curled into a ball under my red sheets, probably drooling on my pillow. Like I would know that, hell, I was ASLEEP. I heard a soft click as it penetrated my subconscious, followed by a creak and a soft thud. My ear twitched.
The further I came awake, the more aware I became of another presence. A cold body slipped under the sheets beside me, and I arced my back, trying to get away from the chilly skin. I mumbled sleepily before I realized how wrong this was. There was another person IN my BED.
I sprang awake and scrabbled to the other side of the room.
"W-what the hell?" I cried. I saw a woman's figure rise up against the window, silhouetted in moon-light. My eyes focused a little and I saw Kikyo's face against the window. "What the hell are you doing in my house?"
My eyes then focused on what she was wearing. A black lace bra with matching underwear. "And where are your clothes?" I yelped, averting my eyes and blushing furiously. She stalked toward me, placing one finger under my chin and forcing me to look at her.
"I told you I wouldn't let you go without a fight." She purred.
What the hell was going on?
Kagome POV:
I yawned widely and scribbled down the answer to the math problem I had been working on, checking the time drowsily. Almost ten. Man was I tired….
The buzzing of my vibrating cell phone jolted me out of the daze. Checking the number, I saw that it was Inuyasha. Why was he calling so late?
"Hello?" I asked sleepily.
"Kagome, I need you to come over, right away." I blinked.
"Why? It's pretty late…"
"Please!" he cried desperately. He sounded upset. What in the world happened? "I need you Kagome." He said softly.
"Fine." I said firmly. "I'll be there."
Inuyasha POV:
I backed out of her touch in a confused manner.
"What are you…Whoa!" I cried as she crept closer and started stroking my chest. "No. No no no. We're not… stop touching me dammit!" I yelled as she advanced. I opened the door to my bedroom and tumbled out. I scrambled back up and backed toward my front door. I kept getting distracted by her near-bare body. I mentally slapped myself. I'm not Miroku!
I turned and opened the door, prepared to leave to escape her harassment. I nearly ran over Kagome, her hand raised to knock. Her eyes widened as she saw me, topless and in my boxers, and Kikyo in her underwear.
"That's right." Kikyo purred. "It's exactly what you think it is." Kagome's eyes filled with tears as her gaze flickered between me and Kikyo. She seemed to put two and two together. It certainly looked suspicious.
"How could you!" She screamed, finally seeming to wake up. "Couldn't you have just broken up with me like a normal person? Did you have to rub it in my face?"
"Kagome-" Her hand came in a stinging slap across my face as I reached out to touch her.
"Don't touch me!" She shrieked. "I hate you!" she turned and ran, full pelt down the stairs and out of sight.
"Now that she's gone…" sneered Kikyo, "we can get down to business."
"Get out." I said icily.
"What?"
"You heard me. Get. Out." I said without facing her.
"Is that it? You lose her and you still won't accept me?" Kikyo hissed angrily.
"No. If I had lost her on my own I might have. But you caused this. I never want to see you again. Leave. Now."
"Fine!" she yelled, storming past me. Without placing eyes on her I turned and went back inside. I shut and locked the door before collapsing onto my couch and putting my head in my hands.
I had to be the unluckiest person alive.
Sesshomaru POV:
Rin came the next afternoon to pick up her things. She spoke to me cordially enough, and I was surprised about it.
Apparently she was going to be staying with her uncle for a while, in a small house close to the school. As she took the last box, she turned to me.
"Goodbye, Sesshomaru. I hope you and Kagura are happy together." She said softly.
"Rin, let me explain!" I cried. Her voice suddenly turned cold.
"I don't want your excuses Sesshomaru."
"But… Rin…"
"I held it together for you. I tried. I told myself I wouldn't yell or cry." She suddenly seemed to snap, throwing the box in her arms to the floor. "But I trusted you!" she yelled. "I put faith in you! You don't deserve it!"
"Rin, please!"
"Shut up!" she screamed. "I hate you! I never want to see you again as long as I live! Go die off in a ditch where no one will find you!"
"If that… is what you wish." I said quietly, dropping my arm to my side. Her eyes softened momentarily before she picked up her box and slammed the door. Why? Why? To love and then have it torn away…
I must be the unluckiest man alive.
Inuyasha POV:
I sat in a daze, unable to fall asleep until early morning. I jerked awake in the late afternoon on Sunday, and all my problems came flooding back into my mind. Here's a sample list:
My rent was late and I wasn't due to get paid until Monday next week
I had almost no groceries, and once again, I was broke
I had school tomorrow and I hadn't done any homework yet
Kagome hated me.
Yeah, number four on the list was probably the worst to bear. I could survive living on the street if I got turned out of my apartment. I could go hungry for a while. Really, I didn't care about my homework to begin with. But getting Kagome to trust me again… that was going to be hard. Even getting her to look in my direction again was going to be hard.
Forget hard. It was going to be impossible.
By the end of the day, I was going insane.
A crazy idea came into my head. Didn't people say that alcohol made you forget your problems? But then again, it seemed like a kind of bad idea…
"To hell with it." I muttered out loud. I would try it. Why not? I couldn't technically be called 'under-aged' or anything. And besides, when had I ever worried about what other people might have called a 'bad idea'?
I called a cab, seeing as the closest bar was almost eight miles away, and waited. Every time I blinked, I saw Kagome's face, eyes filled with the raw emotions of betrayal and anger.
I made an effort to keep my eyes open.
Sesshomaru POV:
I took a walk down town, just to clear my head… and I honestly thought my heart was going to break. I had always held the assumption that one's heart was merely a construct of cardiac muscle the pounded your life through your veins and held no connection to your emotions. So what was this pain that throbbed deep in my chest as the very thought of Rin?
I walked down the dark, empty streets, hands in my pockets. It started to drizzle, and I lowered my face to the elements. Just then, I spotted Inuyasha heading into a bar. What in the seven hells was he doing?
Simply to sate my curiosity, I followed.
Inuyasha POV:
I entered the rowdy, brightly lit bar with a sense of caution. Even now I had my doubts about this. I pulled my hood lower over my eyes in the hopes that no one would bother me as I approached the bar. The bar tender looked at me as placed my money on the counter.
"Give me the strongest thing you've got." I ordered dully. The bar tender, a small man with pale skin and mousy hair peered under my hood.
"You look a bit young to be drinking…" he murmured to me.
"I'm old enough to know what I want." I shot back.
"But I can't give alcohol to minors!" the man cried.
"Dammmit, just-"
"Give my brother what he wants." Came a tired voice from behind me. I whipped around to see Sesshomaru looking at me with none of his usual annoyance. "And while you're at it, get me whatever he's having." He added. I slipped off my hood and glared at the bar tender.
"Sorry sir! Right away sir!" the man shrieked as he scurried away. Sesshomaru gestured to a seat, and I sat down next to him.
"What the hell are you doing here?" I asked suspiciously. He gave a quiet shrug.
"As much as I hate to admit it, I have problems just like the next man, Inuyasha."
"Did you seriously just say that?" I asked with wide eyes. "Who are you and what have you done with Sesshomaru?"
Just then, the bar tender placed our drinks before us. Sesshomaru picked up his glass and took a sip, grimacing as he swallowed.
"You have horrible taste in drinks Inuyasha." He stated as he tried to cleans his mouth of the tang. I smiled a bit ruefully.
"I just asked for their strongest drink." Sesshomaru eyed his glass and the picked it up again.
"On second thought…" he murmured before downing the whole thing. I blinked, and then followed suit. "Why are you here?" he asked.
"Kagome hates me!" I moaned, "And my rent is due and I'm out of food and my grades are starting to drop!" Damn. The alcohol was already making me start to babble like an idiot. Sesshomaru sighed.
"It seems that our family is fated to have problems with women… Mom screwed over Dad, Rin ditched me, and that Kagome woman apparently dumped you as well." I started at him through now slightly hazy vision.
"Rin dumped you? Ha… ha ha ha…" I laughed stupidly. My older brother frowned at me, taking my nearly empty cup from my hands.
"I think you've had enough to drink, little brother."
"If you say so, Fluffy!" I cried cheerfully. He narrowed his eyes at me before standing.
"I believe it is about time for me to leave. Don't get hit by a car on your way home Inuyasha. I don't want to have to pay funeral expenses." He said as he walked out the door. I stumbled after him, thinking one last time that this was a bad idea. Then my vision spun insanely and all recollections beyond that point are virtually nonexistent.
Sesshomaru POV:
It was raining harder now. The alcohol had, if anything made everything clearer to me.
What the hell was I doing?
What did Rin matter?
I decided at that point that emotion only caused unnecessary pain. A soul was necessary for existence, a body for action, a mind for thought, but a heart… what purpose did a heart serve other than to cause pain when it lost?
I sealed away my heart again. This time, for good. Never again would any emotion other than cold rage I felt now well up in me.
The time for enjoyment was over.
I was alone.