Emissary by piratequeen0405 [Drabble #39]
Title: Emissary
Author: piratequeen0405
Theme: Pet
Genre: AU, General
Rating: R
Warnings: Language
Word Count: 400
Summary: Inuyasha is sent on an errand; continuation of series http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4796678/1/Outmatched
Inuyasha frowned as he knocked briefly on, then opened, Kagome’s door. He loved his messed-up, half-Youkai, half-human family best when they remained at arm’s length, but suddenly he found himself the lynchpin in Sesshoumaru and their father’s hastily assembled plan to win Kagome back. In his opinion this plan seemed more like a general demand that he make himself useful and go talk to her. Had it been anyone but Kagome, he would have told them all to go fuck themselves, but he suspected, based on a very unhappy-looking matchmaker, that she still had a chance at a future with Sesshoumaru. His first order of business however was to feel her out-the day before she made it clear that she was finished with emotional roller coasters.
“Hey, babe,” he said, sitting on the sofa next to a stack of books about the care of various domesticated animals. “Feeling better?”
“Marginally less angry,” she answered. “I’ve decided it’s time I got a pet. I need something to distract me. Something to make this place not so lonely.”
He picked up Your Guinea Pig. “Really?”
“Yeah.” She took the book from his hands. “I’m leaning toward a cat. No offense, but if I never see another dog I’ll be happy.”
“Sooo,” he said, cutting to the chase and not bothering to make his tone casual, “do you have any interest in knowing how Sesshoumaru’s encounter with the matchmaker went?”
Kagome’s eyes narrowed. “Inuyasha, you’re my best friend, but I call your bullshit. Tell your brother, if he has anything to say to me, he can come here and deal with the consequences of his insulting proposition himself.”
Inuyasha grinned and gave her a sloppy kiss on the cheek. “You know I wouldn’t have you any other way than the fierce ass-kicker you are. I knew months ago that he had finally met his match.”
***
“What did she say?” Sesshoumaru asked.
“Dude, you’ve got one chance at redemption,” Inuyasha said, a tiny smirk escaping. “You’ll be smart to bring a peace offering. Think kitten.”
Sesshoumaru looked confused. “A purebred?”
“No, dumbass” he sighed. “That proposal that she become your concubine crashed hard, and she’s convinced, not unreasonably, you don’t know her. I’ll leave it up to you to figure it out and see if you deserve her.”
Amber eyes glowed with determination. He was being tested, an activity at which he excelled.