Friday, April 6, 2007

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Chapter 2
Kagome Sees What He Can See




Kagome and Sesshoumaru walked around the city for hours talking about nothing in particular, laughing, and just enjoying each other’s company. When the sun below the horizon began to lighten the blue of the night sky, Kagome asked Sesshoumaru what time it was, since she never wore a watch herself… She couldn’t seem to keep up with one anyway.

“It’s 4:18. Did you have a certain time you wanted to be home?”

She sighed. “I have to go to work in an hour and however many minutes. I’m too sleep-deprived to think about it.” She sounded only slightly worried, but she was hiding how upset it made her from him. She didn’t know why, but she wanted to hide her weakness from him. That was already spoiled by Koga, though, so why should it matter so much?

He chuckled. “You don’t have to worry; you work for my father… only on the weekends, right?”

She blinked, remembering that she was going to have to go back to school soon. But at least when she was, she would be moving away from her family. She couldn’t wait for college. A very attractive demon looking at her brought her away from her thoughts; “Yeah, why?”

“Because, I can call and tell him that you can’t make it today, he’s probably already left for work. He will understand.” Sesshoumaru couldn’t believe the offer he had just made. He was willing to help someone else who had done nothing for him. He was brought out of his thoughts by her lovely, smooth voice.

She sounded surprised and relieved at the same time, the smile showed in her voice. “Thank you so much!” She didn’t know what she was doing until she had wrapped her arms around his neck and he was hugging her back. She blinked and quickly stepped back, looking up at him. “Uh, I won’t need you to walk me home, Sessh, thanks. And thank you again for the favor,” she called to him as she was walking away, towards her house.

She was furiously going over the pervious night in her mind as she walked home quickly. What was wrong with her? Why did she trust him? He could have killed her! He was always so mean to everyone he met. Even when she used to spend more time with InuYasha before he became involved with Kikyo, Sesshoumaru was never that nice to her. He was not the type to willingly step out of his cold disposition. But for some strange reason, he had.

She pushed the thought of the demon out of her mind as she walked home. Walking away from the rising sun, she was able to avoid the intermingling oranges and pinks with the pallid blue of the sky. She was happy to see the faintly darker blue and the few remaining stars. There had been no moon the previous night.

As Sesshoumaru walked back to his apartment, he was thinking about his encounter with Kagome that night. Was he insane? He would probably never see her again and he was being so nice to her. He had not only saved her from Koga, he had also spent the rest of the night walking all over the city with her. He brushed some of his silver hair that had fallen out of his pony tail back. And put his hands in his pockets. Why would he do something nice for someone he never spoke to, not even when she and his little brother had been so close? InuYasha… That inconsiderate asshole, he was always so blind to see what was right in front of him. Kagome had clearly always been attracted to him. He looked up from the gray of the sidewalk to find a particularly beautiful sunrise.

He sighed, clearing his mind of such disconcerting thoughts and onto something lighter. Why did the night have to be so short, even if the sunrise was beautiful? The night is the best part of the day. But it was gone now, as he made his way up to his apartment. He decided no not only call in for the girl, but himself as well. He didn’t want to go to work today. And he hadn’t missed a day in… Well he had never missed a day, so it would stand to reason that one couldn’t hurt.

“Mr. Tashio’s office,” a cheery female voice greeted him after the phone rang 3 times.

“Hello, Yuri, its Sesshoumaru. Is my father around?” His weariness didn’t show in his voice.

“Yes, Mr. Tashio, just a moment.”

In a few seconds, he heard the line ringing again. His father picked up this time.
“Sesshoumaru, why aren’t you here yet?” He didn’t sound upset, only curious. It took a lot to make his father betray his mildly friendly conduct.

“Because I won’t be coming in today, I need to take the day off. Higurashi Kagome won’t be in either.” He didn’t realize how that sounded. His father, however, picked up on it quickly. He was a bit of a hentai sometimes.

He chuckled quietly. “Was she with you, son?”

Sesshoumaru’s smirk showed in his voice as he spoke. “Not doing what your hentai self would assume. And, father, you know why it’s bad to assume things.” It was a horribly tired joke, but he still found it slightly amusing. Aside from that, his sarcastic side found it amusing.

“You’ve got me there son. If that’s all, I’ll be going now; I have a lot of things to get done.”

“Thank you, father.”

Sesshoumaru sounded slightly tired now, but his father could tell that from the first word his son said. What kind of father would he be if he didn’t know what was going on with his children? Especially since he was more than a mere human.

“But, Sesshoumaru, don’t make a habit of this.”

“Of course not, father.”

After placing the phone back on the receiver, Sesshoumaru realized that he wasn’t really that tired even though he had been out literally all night. He decided to make a cup of coffee and read for a little while. Walking from his bedroom to his kitchen, he stopped, twitched his nose, blinked and the sighed. He took another step, sneezed and growled slightly. Rubbing his nose, he walked into his kitchen.

As luck would have it, as soon as he sat down with his coffee and was a chapter or two into his book, a knocking at his door interrupted him. Sighing, he wondered whether he should answer it, but he figured his CD player was loud enough that someone at the door would be able to hear it. He elegantly walked across the room, the soft, gray carpet cushioning his footfalls and opened the door to reveal a priestess. But it was not the one he had secretly hoped it would be in the back of his mind.

“Have you seen your baka brother?” Her angry voice was somehow soothing as it always was, but not to Sesshoumaru’s ears. He heard her for what she truly was; a selfish bitch.

“Not since last Saturday.” He decided it best to keep his replies short and apathetic.

“You’re telling me you haven’t seen nor heard of him in a week?” She was not being short with him. He wanted to rip the bitch’s throat out.

What did his half-breed brother see in her, anyway? Well, half-breed, half intelligence, right? She smirked mentally at the sarcastic thought. Keeping his thoughts out of his mind, he spoke quietly as usual. “I have heard of him. He was at your cousin’s house just last night.”

“WHAT? What was he doing with that little slut? … and how do you know who was at her house last night?”

“Did it not occur to you that maybe I’ve spoken to my secretary?” He couldn’t keep his aggression completely out of his tone. He was sure that it wasn’t enough so that she could pick up on it anyway. He had never seen her as being very bright.

“Well I don’t know how you would talk to her since you aren’t at work today.”
“Why did you come to see me at my home if you thought I would be at work right now?”

“Because, I stopped at your father’s office first to see if he knew where InuYasha was there. He said that he hadn’t seen him in a while. He also said that you weren’t in today either and suggested I see if you know where he is.”

He was becoming annoyed and was willing to let it show now. “Well since I don’t know anything about my brother’s position on the planet at this very second, may I get back to my life?” And with that he closed the door in her face gently. He heard her growl on the other side of the door and he smiled. He loved that about humans; they always get so upset so quickly.

Humans were nothing but objects to him. They were now, anyway. After his and Kikyo’s fallout a few years ago, he didn’t much care for humans. She was the only one he had trusted, and that had turned out badly. It was amusing to him that he once thought he could love a human. But now they were nothing but stepping-stones in his life.

What about Kagome?

What about her? She’s only a girl.

But she’s a girl that you find absolutely gorgeous.

That is absurd, how could I fall for another human? I’m not that stupid.

Oh, but you are.

She is of only average appearance and of average intelligence, what could I possibly see in her?

How about her curvy hips? Her light skin, as pale as your own? Her dark, chocolate coloured eyes? Her long, ebony hair?

Oh shut up already. So those are a few qualities I find attractive. I could easily find a demoness with the same qualities.

Aye, but could you find one that has such a cute, yet feisty personality? Or could you find a demoness whose dark and sarcastic sense of humor is comparable to yours?

Hey! How about you-

He was cut off by his phone ringing-he also couldn’t believe that he had just been arguing with his youkai. He hadn’t done that since he was a teenager. And he had managed to overcome it then, so he should be able to now.

“Hello?”

Kagome hadn’t noticed how much she liked his voice until now. In fact, she liked it so that she forgot why she was calling him for-but only for a few seconds.

Sesshoumaru was about to repeat himself just as she spoke softly. “Sesshoumaru?” She paused only for a second-not long enough for him to reply. It was really more of a statement than a question. “I didn’t expect to actually talk to you, I figured you’d be at work.”

The fact that she was so soft-spoken and polite right not made him wonder what he had done to make her uncomfortable. He noticed that she only talked like this to people she was unfamiliar with or people she was uncomfortable with. She seemed to trust him last night. “So what were you going to leave a message about?”

“I was wondering if you had heard form my cousin.”

“She just left, actually. Why? Did she ask you about InuYasha as well?”

“Yes, but that’s what worries me. He was leaving my house to go to her apartment.”

“Well I guess that means he didn’t make it there. Is there anywhere else he would have gone?”

Kagome growled.

“Excuse me?”

She giggled slightly this time. “It’s just that stubborn hanyou! I know where he went. He’s going to end up getting himself killed one of these days.”
[You are here! Don’t you love me for being so helpful? I hope so, ‘cause I love you]
Sesshoumaru had never known his brother to be involved in dangerous activities other than his temper getting him into trouble. He was puzzled. “This Sesshoumaru has no clue what you’re talking about.”

Slightly perplexed herself, Kagome replied: “Uhm… I thought you knew. He kind of got involved with some people he shouldn’t have a few years ago…” she spoke softly- that is, more so than she already was,” He’s got a few addictions and titles he shouldn’t have.”

“Would you care to elaborate? I would like to know what he’s done so I can kill him for it later.” Sesshoumaru wasn’t upset about the fact that his brother was endangering himself. He was upset that his brother was endangering this magnificent creature he was speaking to and also hurting her emotionally in the process. But she was just an object, right? Right?



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