And I Hate You So » Chapter Five: Not All That Bad

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It’d been over two weeks since that kiss incident at the Higurashi’s mansion. During those weeks, rumors had been flying around the school. Of course, everyone stopped talking when they saw the icy glares from Kagome, Sesshoumaru, and even Kikyou. They knew better than to mess with those three.

Sesshoumaru sighed. Today is Friday. Normally a teenager like him would be thrill to get out of school and spend the weekend relaxing. On this particular day, however, he wished he was anywhere else but here. Heck, he’d rather be in an icy cold ocean with hungry sharks all around him and with nothing to defend himself against them.

He’d do something even worst than that. He’d go out on a date with Yura and all the other snobby girls at his school. He shuddered at the thought of that. He closed his eyes and breathed in deeply and then exhaled. It’s time to face the music and meet with the devils. One of the devils is whom he likes to call ‘Father.’

Sesshoumaru reached for the doorknob and slowly turned it. He stepped into his father’s study. Behind a desk was Mr. Taishou who was facing the bay window in his study, on his right stood Mr. Higurashi with an unlit cigar in his right hand. They were whispering about something, most likely about this ‘men talk.’

He was about to turn around and leave when Mr. Taishou’s voice spoke up. “Close the door, Sesshoumaru, and Inuyasha get out of this room right now.”

Inuyasha opened the door of the small closet he was in, stepped out smiling sheepishly before leaving. Before he left he whispered to Sesshoumaru, “Good luck, Bro.”

As the door closed, Sesshoumaru walked up to his father’s desk. He looked at the leather chair in front of the cherry wood desk, wondering if he should sit down or not. At his father’s command, he sat down quickly and rather ungracefully. Very out of character for one such as him, but in a situation like this no one can blame him for it.

‘Why did I kiss her? I should’ve found some other way to shut the wench up, but her lips…damn it, even now she won’t leave me alone.’

A loud roar came from his father broke Sesshoumaru out of his thoughts. Startled, he looked up very slowly at his father who was now facing him along with Mr. Higurashi. “Sesshoumaru, did you hear a word I said?”

Sesshoumaru glanced at his hands and mumbled softly, “No, sir.”

Mr. Taishou sighed as he placed a hand on his head. He looked up from his hand and looked at his son straight in the eyes. “Sesshoumaru, why did you kiss her?”

“To get her to be quiet, sir. She even made me do it.”

Mr. Higurashi looked at Sesshoumaru with awe. “Kagome made you kiss her?”

Sesshoumaru turned his head to the left a little. “Not exactly, Mr. Higurashi. More like, she told me to make her be quiet.”

Mr. Higurashi started laughing, surprising the other men in the room. Mr. Taishou looked at his friend, thinking that he had lost his mind. “What’s so funny, Higurashi-kun?”

Wiping the tears from his eyes, he replied, “Oh, nothing, Taishou-kun. If you wanted to get Kagome to be quiet, just say ‘Houjo’. Didn’t Kikyou tell you that? It would’ve saved you a lot of trouble and the little slap she gave you.”

Sesshoumaru placed a hand on his left cheek where there was still a slight mark from the slap. Even now he remembered the stinging sensation when her hand met with his cheek at a fast movement. Who would’ve thought a small girl like her possessed such strength? If this would’ve been a war, he probably would’ve gotten himself killed for underestimating someone just by appearances and gender.

Sesshoumaru turned to Mr. Higurashi who now calmed himself down, “Who’s this ‘Houjo’?”

Chuckling, Mr. Higurashi answered his question. “He was this boy that was in Kagome and Kikyou’s classes in junior high. Such a determined, yet foolish boy he was. Every time he sees Kagome, he would ask her out on a date. She would always decline and always hiding from him. One time he mistaken Kikyou for Kagome, and boy that was one of the worst mistakes he made. Kikyou gave him quite a beating.”

Sesshoumaru raised a brow. “So how would that have helped?”

“Didn’t you listen to what I said, boy? Kagome dislikes that Houjo with a passion with the way he’s always looking for her and asking her out. Hell, she even made me spend a day getting a restraining order for it!”

Mr. Taishou started laughing, picturing the sight of that. He calmed himself down and cleared his throat. “Son, let us talk about how we should treat our women.”

“But she’s not mine,” retorted the young man.

“Not yet,” replied the older man. “Now be quiet and listen to your old man and his old friend.”

“Hey!” cried Mr. Higurashi, feeling slightly insulted.

“Oh, hush, Higurashi-kun. You know you’re old, deal with it. For now, Sesshoumaru needs to have the other talk.”

Suddenly Sesshoumaru realized this is the beginning of a long, long, long talk. What had he gotten himself into?
“Inu-baby? Hello? Inuyasha, you jerk, do you hear me,” yelled Kikyou into her phone. Grumbling, Kikyou laid on her bed on her stomach, waiting for the boy to answer her. She felt someone poking her on her side. She turned to her right and saw Kagome sitting on the floor with her knees up to her chest.
“Well? What’s happening?”

Kagome had spent the pass few weeks, avoiding Sesshoumaru as best as she could. It was hard, considering she has every single class with him. After she learned about what her father and Mr. Taishou were up to, she and Kikyou made Inuyasha tell them everything that was happening during the talk.

This brings us back to the young Taishou boy who was sitting outside his father’s study with a glass cup held up against his right ear, and a phone up against his other. “Be quiet, woman, I’m trying to listen. Whoa, this Houjo guy sounds like an annoying guy.”

Kikyou snorted, thinking back to her days in junior high. It would’ve been nice if it weren’t for one guy bothering her sister. “Oh, who cares about Houjo? What else are they talking about?”

Kikyou regretted saying Houjo’s name when she saw the look of terror in her sister’s eyes as Kagome jumped onto Kikyou’s bed and clung to her as if her life depended on it. “He’s here! What the heck is he doing here!”

Inuyasha winced when he heard yelling coming from the other side of the phone. Is this guy really that bad to make Kagome act like that? A slight smirk found its way onto Inuyasha’s face. This could help him in the future.

Inuyasha fell back, dropped his phone and covered both ears when he heard yelling coming inside his father’s office. The exact words he heard were, “Inuyasha, get the hell away from that door before I cut you out of my will!”

Damn, his father sure knew how to hurt a guy, his own child, too. Once the ringing in his ears was gone, he got up, brushed the imaginary dust off his clothes, bent down, and picked up the phone. “You heard the old man. I’m out of here.”

With that said, he hung up. He realized the next time he sees Kikyou and Kagome; he was probably going to receive a lot of pain or something worst. Sighing, he started walking to the garage. He needs to come up with an excuse just in case they want an explanation out of him.
Kikyou dropped her phone. She couldn’t believe Inuyasha hung up just because his father threatened him with the will. “Why that jerk…”
“What happened? Who’s the jerk? Kikyou answer me now,” demanded Kagome impatiently.

“Inuyasha’s father threatened that if Inuyasha doesn’t get away from the door Inuyasha will be cut out of the will. So he hung up on me after saying, ‘You heard the old man. I’m out of here.’” Kikyou said, mimicking Inuyasha’s voice at the end.

“Well…now what?”

The girls sat there staring at each other, and then grinned. Getting up, they made their way downstairs, yelling to their mother, who was in the garden that they were going out. Before Mrs. Higurashi could ask where they were going, the girls were already gone.
After four or five hours of being in his father’s study, Sesshoumaru wished someone would just shoot him right now. There is one thing worst than an angry father is two angry fathers.
“Sesshoumaru, are you paying attention to us,” roared Mr. Taishou at his son. Sesshoumaru flinched slightly and nodded at his father. Just nod and keep quiet. It’s best not to say anything until they cool down.

Mr. Taishou continued with his talk on when to kiss a woman and why you should kiss her. Mr. Higurashi interrupted once in a while to correct his friend. Most of the time he’s just glaring at Sesshoumaru who felt very intimidated under the glare. Not that he’ll ever admit to being intimidated by anyone. He is Sesshoumaru Taishou, after all.

“…make sure to use condom if you decide to sleep with her before we set a date for the wedding!”

Sesshoumaru nearly fell out of his seat. What did his father just say to him? Condom? Sleeping? Wedding! Regaining his posture, Sesshoumaru said coolly, “I would never sleep with her.”

He regretted letting those words escaped his lips for soon a dagger was in Mr. Higurashi’s hand and it was held against his throat. “And what is wrong with my daughter? Are you saying she’s not good enough for you, is that it! Answer wisely, Sesshoumaru, you have one chance and 30 seconds to give me an answer.”

What to say? What to say? What the hell can he say in a situation like this! “Nothing, Mr. Higurashi. Your daughter is a very beautiful girl.”

The dagger soon was gone and he received a big slap on the back. “Good, then that means you approved of this engagement! Not that you had a choice anyway…”

Before anything else was said a loud crash was heard outside the study. All three men got up and headed for the door. The door was swung opened revealing Inuyasha on the floor, whimpering in pain as Kagome and Kikyou tackled him.

“Hold still, damn it! The least you could do is let us dress you up after hanging up on us,” yelled Kagome, grabbing Inuyasha’s left foot.

“It’s your fault I almost got cut out of the will!”

“Stop being a baby!” yelled Kikyou as she grabbed his hair and started braiding it into two pigtails.

“Stop it you bitches!”

“Yeah, yeah, we love you too,” Kagome mumbled sarcastically as she grabbed a pink high heel that was next to her.

Mr. Higurashi interrupted this little scene. “Hello, girls.”

Kagome and Kikyou quickly got off Inuyasha, and gave their father the ‘we’re-the-cutest-girls-in-the-world’ look. “Hello, Father! How’s the weather?”

Sesshoumaru walked over to his brother, raised a brow, and kicked him in the side. He let a smile graced his face when he heard an ‘ow’ from Inuyasha. Kikyou gasped and pointed a finger at Sesshoumaru. “Ice Prince just smiled! Oh, no! This is one of the signs that the Apocalypse is near! We’re doomed, Kagome, doomed!”

Kagome hugged her sister. “But we’re too young to die! We haven’t even had a chance to kick Kouga and Naraku’s butt! Why, oh, why!”

Sesshoumaru resisted the urge to growl at them. How dare these two mock him? He was about to open his mouth when a thought came to him. Kagome is not avoiding him. She’s back to her old self. He decided to have a little fun now that he was back on her good side.

“Kouga and Naraku called. They wanted to know when they can take you out…and have some ‘fun’. I told them you two are free next Friday. They’ll pick you up at 7 sharp. Do try to wear something nice.”

The girls froze when they heard those words; they slowly turned their head toward Sesshoumaru with murder in their eyes. They tackled him to the ground. “That is something that is not to be joked about, y’hear! Damn it, as if you aren’t already a pain in the ass. And does being a jackass run in your family or what!”

Mr. Taishou frowned at the last comment. So he forgot his first wife’s birthday and Izayoi’s Valentine’s Day present once, does that make him a jackass? At least he made it up to them, right? Of course, he probably shouldn’t have joked about their figures. ‘Alright, so all the males all jackasses, at least we have the looks and money to make up for it. Wait, that didn’t sound right…’

“Insolent wenches!”

“Oh, shush, Sesshy,” Kagome said as she settled herself on his back to prevent him from escaping her wrath. Kikyou was right across from Kagome with Inuyasha all tied up. She sat on his back, and resumed her task of braiding his hair into two pigtails.

“Ooh, Inuyasha would look so cute if we dressed him up as a ballerina,” Kikyou said with a maniacal laughter as she brushed his hair and started styling it into a bun instead.

Kagome grinned and started tying Sesshoumaru’s hands and feet with the ropes she and Kikyou brought with them. Kagome got off him and examined his face. She grinned as she pulled out some lip gloss and eye shadow from her purse. She started applying them to his face, ignoring the threatening growls coming from him.

The two fathers went back into the study, laughing their heads off at what happened to Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru. All manliness the boys felt left the moment they fell preys to the two young women.

Kagome stifled a giggle as she admired her works. “Sesshy…you look so…giggles…so…laughs…”

Sesshoumaru was lying on the floor on his stomach, with his face covered in makeup, glaring at Kagome. “Tell me, do you enjoy tormenting me, wench?”

“As a matter of fact, I do, Sesshy-kun.”

“I hate you.”

“So what else is new?”

“…”

“Ooh, silence treatment. I feel so unloved,” Kagome said placing a hand over her heart, feigning sadness. It quickly disappeared when she heard Inuyasha’s protesting cries. She started laughing all over again when she saw Inuyasha.

“Put on the damn dress already, Inu-baby!”

“Forget it, bitch! I refuse to cross-dress!”

“I have a picture of you snuggling with your teddy bear. It’s so cute to see a sixteen-year-old snuggling with his beloved stuffed animal.”

“H-how…how did you…”

“I have my ways. Now put on the damn dress before I show that picture all over school on Monday. I’m sure your little fan club would love that picture.”

Grumbling, Inuyasha agreed. There goes his manhood. Wearing a pink romantic tutu with a swan circlet on his head, Inuyasha muttered, “I feel so…violated right now…”

Sitting on Sesshoumaru’s back again, Kagome raised a brow and asked, “Don’t you guys always feel violated? After all, it’s amazing how your fan girls always know what kind of underwear you’re wearing…”

Kikyou shuddered and nodded in agreement. Getting a camera out of her purse, she smiled and said, “Say cheese, Inu-baby!”

Inuyasha turned his head towards Kikyou, a bit confused. Before he realized it he saw a flash of light. Rubbing his eyes, Inuyasha scowled. “Give me the camera, Kikyou!”

Kikyou ran away giggling in glee. “Hey! You said my name for once! I feel so special! Hey, Kags, have fun with Sess-chan. Do anything kinky around or to my sister and I’ll make sure you regret it!”

Ignoring the nickname again, Sesshoumaru thought to himself, ‘I already regretted meeting her, kissing her, and being born. What more can I regret?’

Kagome giggled softly before making herself even more comfortable on Sesshoumaru’s back. She heard a growl coming from Sesshoumaru. Poking him on the back of his head she asked, “What do ya need, Sesshy?”

“Get off of me.”

“I find it comfortable here.”

“I don’t give a damn, now get off.”

“Tsk, tsk. Such language, Sesshy. Ooh, your hair is so soft and silky! I’m so jealous,” Kagome said, running her fingers through his hair. “Now I know why Yura likes your hair.”

Sesshoumaru felt the need to purr at her gentle touches. Restraining himself, he asked her a question that’s been bothering him a bit. “Are you still angry at me?”

Kagome was a bit surprised by the question. “What would you do if I say I am?”

Sesshoumaru thought for a moment. For once, he realized he doesn’t know what to do, and it annoyed him greatly that he doesn’t. He’d never thought he uttered these words, “I don’t know.”

Kagome giggled softly again. “Don’t worry; I’m not angry anymore, at least not much.”

They stayed like that for a while before Sesshoumaru spoke again, “You’re not getting off me anytime soon, are you?”

“Nope.”

Sighing, Sesshoumaru made himself as comfortable as he could. She wasn’t heavy, but staying like that for more than 10 minutes can really make you feel sore. Closing his eyes, he rested the left side of his head on his forearms. He let out soft, happy sigh when he felt Kagome massaging his shoulder.

He wasn’t going to question why she suddenly was being nice to him. Some things were best left unanswered at times. ‘This is nice. This feeling…’
Kikyou whistled happily as she dragged Inuyasha by a rope that was tied around his feet. Inuyasha had his arms crossed while he was being dragged by Kikyou. Who would’ve thought a girl like her knew how to lasso a guy?
Closing his eyes, he thought back to the chase.

“Get down here, wench!”

Kikyou, sitting on a tree branch, stuck her tongue out at Inuyasha. “Oh, darn. You’re calling me ‘wench’ again. I don’t feel special anymore.”

Glaring at her, he started yelling incoherently. Yawning, Kikyou jumped down from the tree, landing a few inches away from Inuyasha. She cocked her head to the side. “You really want this camera back?”

He nodded. Shrugging, Kikyou tossed him the camera. Inuyasha grinned and started running away with the camera, not bothering to check for films. He stopped running when he heard Kikyou yelled something. He turned his head towards her, and regretted that.

Before he could blink a rope was around him, binding him instantly. He dropped the camera and heard a soft ‘thud’ as it landed on the grass near him. Kikyou stood there grinning. “I knew those lasso lessons would come in handy someday. Well, we better head back before Kag-chan and Sess-chan start fooling around.”

His brother fooling around? Eww that was something he didn’t want to think about. “Would Kagome even let him get near her bed?”

“Near…near her bed,” Kikyou looked at him confused. Her eyes widened when she realized what he meant. “Inu-chan, get your mind out of the gutter! I didn’t mean it like that! Aw, gross you pervert. Kags would never do that.”

“It was your damn fault for saying it like that!”

“No, it was your fault for having a perverted mind like Miroku.”

“I’m not like that pervert! And it was a normal reaction to the phrase!”

“Right, sure, it is,” she muttered softly, tying another rope around his feet. She started yanking the rope once she was sure it was tied securely.

“Ow! That hurts!”

“Oh, be a man, Inu-baby,” she said dragging the poor silver-haired boy behind her. She heard him muttering something about evil women and how his life had been hell since meeting the evil women. She shrugged and smiled to herself.

Truth be told, Inuyasha actually enjoyed all of this. It was better than having women throw themselves at him. Kikyou was different. She was more down to earth, but she can also be silly when she wants to be. He kind of hoped that he could spend the rest of his life with her. If not, then just a moment in time with her would be enough for him.

“Aw,” Kikyou cooed softly as she watched her sister and Sesshoumaru. Inuyasha turned his head around to see Kikyou standing behind a tall pot of plant, apparently spying on Sesshoumaru and Kagome.

He wondered vaguely what the two could be doing. “Hey, Kikyou, what’s going on?”

Kikyou turned around to see the still tied boy. She crouched down and began to untie him. Once released, Inuyasha rubbed his wrists and legs before standing up to see what was going on. His mouth instantly dropped. He blinked. ‘Was that a purr I just heard?’

He was about to stomp over and demand to know what they were doing before Kikyou grabbed the collar of his shirt and yanked him back. He scowled. “What was that for?”

“Leave them alone, Inu-baby. I can’t take anymore tension between the two of them,” Kikyou whispered softly with her eyes lowered to the ground. Obviously, it had hurt Kikyou deeply seeing her sister being sad over her loss, a silly loss, but a loss nonetheless.

Inuyasha crossed his arms over his chest, turned his head to the side, and snorted. “Yeah, I guess you’re right. Sesshoumaru was being a bigger ass during those weeks, thanks to your sister.”

Kikyou eyed the silver-haired boy standing in front of her. For a brief moment, the memory of Inuyasha attempting to kiss her flashed through her mind, causing her to blush. She wondered if he did it because he wanted to or because someone told him to.

She remembered his father whispering something into his ear before that dinner ended. Was it him who told his son to try to kiss her? She felt anger boiling inside of her. If it was, then she’ll give him a piece of her mind!

Not realizing her face turned redder from rage, she flinched when she felt a warm hand on her forehead. She looked up into a pair of amber colored eyes. “You okay, Kikyou? Your face is a bit redder than usual.”

The anger she had felt quickly vanished. Quickly turning around she mumbled, “Of course I am.”

She doesn’t know why she felt embarrassed when Inuyasha touched her. The feeling was complicated. She enjoyed it, but she also hated having someone touch her. She likes Inuyasha, but she also hates him sometimes. ‘Mixed emotions,’ Kikyou mused silently to herself. ‘As if my life isn’t mixed-up already with this so-called engagement...’

Kikyou turned to Inuyasha, grabbing his hand and started dragging him with her. “Well, what are you waiting for? Let’s go see what they’re up to!”

With a small smile on his face, he let her drag him, forgetting all of the embarrassing moments he went through just because of her and her sister. Yes, for now he’ll forget about that.

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