12. Jealousy

400 Words

He followed the ghostly snake-like shape that was hovering in the air and glimmering slightly. He knew well who had sent the ethereal messenger. His heart was aching in his chest. He finally broke out from the cover of trees, stepping into a forest clearing. The night sky above was velvety black, and littered with brightly twinkling stars. He, however, paid no heed to that.

All his attention was concentrated on the form of the miko standing in the middle of the clearing. Dressed in the traditional garb of the Shinto priestess, she almost looked like a ghost herself, as the pure white of her kimono shone softly in the darkness.

"Inuyasha," she intoned tonelessly, a haunted look in her brown eyes.

"Kikyo," he replied, choking on the name.

With three swift steps, he was right before her. He pulled her into an embrace and closed his eyes as he revelled in the closeness of her.

"I missed you," he whispered gruffly.

"Cut!"

As Mitsuo opened his eyes, he felt the actress roughly pulled away from his arms.

His questioning gaze found the dark glare of the angered Taiki, who was possessively pressing Noriko to his muscular chest.

"You keep your hands off of my woman," he growled.

Mitsuo rolled his eyes. He was getting tired of Taiki's unnecessary drama.

"It's called acting, dumbass," he retorted. "You can have Noriko for yourself for all I care, but 'Kikyo' and 'Inuyasha' are lovers, and there's nothing you can do about that."

"It's alright, Taiki," Noriko assured softly. Her words were muffled as Taiki was still possessively pressing her to his chest.

"Is there a problem?" director Takahashi cut in. "Taiki, 'Kouga' is not in this scene, so could you please step away so we might continue?"

Reluctantly, Taiki released his hold on Noriko. The shy actress was blushing.

"Fine, I'm going," Taiki hollered to the director.

"It will be okay," Noriko assured again. She rose to the tip of her toes and hastily gave a small peck on Taiki's cheek.

"Come on, let's get on with this," Mitsuo grumbled exasperatedly.

The actors took their places, and 'Kikyo' returned to 'Inuyasha's' embrace.

Taiki was still watching the scene from the sidelines like a hawk. When his glare met Mitsuo's eyes, Taiki promptly mouthed this isn't over and made a well known gesture with his fingers.

I'm watching you.

Mitsuo sighed in defeat.