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Finding Kagome	By : MetsukiKaraTen Category: InuYasha > Het - Male/Female > InuYasha/Kagome Views: 8806 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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A/N:
I do not own Inuyasha and company, but I am grateful to
Takahashi-sama for the wonderfully creative storyline, and colorful
characters, which I am manipulating for no profit. Just lots and lots
of fun! I want to thank those who have reviewed for their kind and
gentle comments. I know this is OOC in a big way. However I have
learned much while working on this project, and “to grow is to
live”(and vise versa).

Metsuki-baba

FINDING
KAGOME

Chapter
Fifteen

The
wind swept back his thick mane, flowing like a low, white flag among
the cypress trees, as he sat cross legged on the cliff edge gazing
out to the sea. It felt so glorious against his face, after so much
time locked away in contained environments. Had it truly only
been a week since he had jumped into the old well by Edo?
He had finally gotten to have a decent run, though he had grown
tired quickly, and that annoyed him. He wasn't accustomed to having
to curtail his exercise, but the healer had warned him that it would
take a few days to regain his full strength. The disease had run it's
course, finally... and now he had to let his body finish mending.
His arm had healed while he was unconscious, and for that he was
grateful. He raised it, pulling back the sleeve of his haori to gaze
on the flawless skin on the inside of his right forearm. The memory
of dropping Tetsusaiga caused a shudder to run through him, as he
brought his arm down again, folding them within his sleeves as he
returned his gaze to the sea.

The jackass had been right, the view from this place
was amazing. Depending on where one chose to sit, there were several
scenic choices. One could see the bridge and the city from the
south, or a stretch of woodlands from the north, and to the southwest
was this spot, which had quickly become his favorite. The cypress
trees, having been blown by the sea breeze as they grew, were a
variety of angular shapes. The trunks twisted slightly giving them
an almost spiritual essence, a mysterious life. In the distance he
could hear seals barking and the low hum of city traffic. Was Kagome
really there? Or had he been kidding himself this whole time?

He
reached up to finger his rosary, which had not made itself obvious
since he had finally come to from the fever. Surely if she was not
here... then she was somewhere... and he would find her.
Even if it meant falling into the depths of hell, he would find her.

“I had these trees planted here a few years after
I acquired the property,” the voice was low, though he had no
trouble hearing it. He looked again at the cypress trees, well grown
and gnarled in the trunks. The jackass had been here a long time.

“I like the wind,” he remarked simply,
sitting straight and unmoving, his ears turned to the sound of his
brother's voice.

“The view is nice, as well,” the Demon
responded and he heard the rustling of Sesshoumaru's silk and felt
the heat of his presence as the demon seated himself next to him.
“There are things we must speak about, little brother.”

“Hn,”
came his only reply, as he closed his eyes to just feel the
wind.

“Instructors
have arrived, they await you to begin your introduction to this era.”
Sesshoumaru glanced at the hanyou, who had not moved since his
arrival. Though he had obviously been deep in thought, the demon
could only guess as to subject matter. He had lowered his defensive
countenance, truly for the first time as the hanyou had lay near
death. It had not been a matter of choice, but an uncontrolled
reaction. Now he could only wait for his brother to either accept
him, or reject him. He truly hoped for the former. Inuyasha remained
motionless, only his ears changing direction as they followed the
sounds of the peaceful morning.

“Did you run?” the demon inquired, knowing
how important that was to the hanyou.

“Hn,” came the reply. “Got tired too
damn fast.”

“It will improve.”

“What are those teachers going to... teach me,
today?” He wanted to be prepared. So much had happened too
quickly, without his being forewarned. He didn't care for surprises.

“A number of things, beginning with modern
English, both spoken and written,” again he looked at the
hanyou, who turned his head to face him, and their eyes met.

“I would rather practice my forms with
Tetsusaiga,” and he scowled.

“Perhaps this Sesshoumaru can motivate you,”
the demon reached into his pocket, and pulled out a slip of paper
with writing on it. “This note... has the information I
received regarding that car we nearly collided with the other day.”

InuYasha's eyes grew wide as he grabbed for the paper,
which the demon held up in the air just out of his grasp, waving it
in the breeze. A small glint in his eyes, as he watched his
brother's consternation.

“It is written in... English, halfbreed,”
he rose gracefully, as he held the paper out to his brother.

“It
will be the first item for you to translate, I think.”

“No shit, jackass!” InuYasha grabbed the
slip of paper as he jumped up. “So where are these teachers?”

“Follow me,” and Sesshoumaru led him back
to the mansion.

“You know what it says, don't you??” The
hanyou was accusatory, as he glared at the strange, blocky script,
then back at the demon.

“I do,” was the only reply.

“Is it good news?” His tone was hopeful.

“It
is... information. How good it is, depends on further
investigation,” the Demon stopped, putting his hand on his
brother's shoulder, looking into his eyes. “What you will learn
from it, may seem more than it actually is. This Sesshoumaru asks
only that you do not take any immediate
action, once learning the information.” His gaze at the hanyou
became more intense, as he emphasized the importance of his words. “I
mean this, InuYasha... do not do...
anything. Not until we have had time to talk about it, first. Promise
me this.” He waited for
what he had said to sink into his brothers mind.

“This is about Kagome, isn't it??” InuYasha
held the paper in both his hands almost reverently.

“That
was Kagome in
that car!” His ears
twitched wildly as his eyes widened with shock looking at the lines,
which made no sense to him.

“It
was... a Kagome...”
came the Demon's reluctant response. “The car was a rental...”
and at the furrow in his brother's brow, he explained, “It
was... borrowed... there were records kept on the one who....
borrowed it. That is what you have in your hands.” And he
motioned him forward, and up the stairs of the mansion. Inuyasha
clasped the paper as though it were a lifeline. His first piece of
hard evidence in his
search for the only person who made his life worth living.

As they entered a study area, the hanyou's eyes grew
even wider as he glanced around. There were many rooms in this place
that he had not seen. Here, walls were lined with shelves of books
bound in cowhide, he could smell the treated leather which was not
all that unpleasant. The high ceilings made the room feel airy, and
there was a large fireplace on one of the walls that hadn't been used
in a long while by the scent. A large cherry wood desk set on one
side of the room, with strange boxes on it, and a screen that
appeared to be like the one on the plane only much smaller. There
were three men and one woman, sitting in wide comfortable chairs
chatting amicably around a low table on the other side. These people
were human, and suddenly Inuyasha wondered where hell his hat was,
and he pulled his ears down as flat as he could.

“Sesshoumaru! I didn't hear you come in!”
And a tall man rose quickly from his chair to greet them. “How
are you?” He shook the Demon's hand in greeting.

“I am well, Thomas...” returning the
handshake, he then turned to his brother, “I wish for you to
meet your student, InuYasha.,” he placed his hand on his
brother's shoulder, and... actually smiled.

“A pleasure, InuYasha!!” And the man
grabbed his hand, pumping it enthusiastically. “We have heard
so much about you, young man!! It seems you gave your brother here
quite the scare, disappearing like that!”

“Hn,” came the hanyou's only response, as
he grabbed his hand back sticking it protectively back in his
sleeves.

“Aren't
you two the picture!! Laura, just look at these costumes!! They are
so authentic!”

The woman, who was wearing a close fitting suit with
glasses perched halfway down her nose, had risen and slowly made her
way to the group, eyes wide with fascination at the top of InuYasha's
head. Without a word, she reached up to run a finger through
InuYasha's hair, exposing his ears. She gasped bringing her hand to
her mouth, eyes full of glee.

“Oh HO!!” Thomas laughed as he observed her
reaction, then motioned to the other two men to join them. “This
is Laura,” he motioned toward the woman, “she is the
fashion consultant of our little team... and this is Clint,” he
put his hand on the younger man's shoulder. “Clint is our
western cultural specialist!” The younger man was wearing a
pair of faded blue jeans and medium blue shirt with pearl buttons. He
nodded to InuYasha, touching his brow in a weak mockery of a salute.
This made him appear subdued in comparison to Thomas'
larger-than-life introductions, as he stood leaning with a hand
arrogantly on one hip... chewing absently on something as he eyed the
hanyou.

“And finally this is our technology expert...”
he urged the man closer, “he's a little shy I think, get over
here Eddie...” and he pulled the man closer by the upper arm.
“Eddie is a specialist in a number of different areas,
including computing and mobile communications, which is where our
focus will be initially.” The small tech smiled shyly at the
Demon and the hanyou.

“It's going to take four people for me to learn
what this note says?” Inuyasha questioned, looking to his
brother.

“The note is just the beginning, halfbreed,”
the Demon replied, to the too quietly shocked stares of the assembled
team. “Do not worry yourselves, it is a pet name, I assure
you...” his attempted explanation was followed by a moment of
uncomfortable silence.

“Of
course!! I call my
brother dumbass on a
regular basis!!” Thomas agreed, looking around at the others
and nodding his head.

Laura had returned her gaze to the top of InuYasha's
head, then her eyes aglow, raised her hands up with her fingers
rubbing together, face eager.

“Do you mind??” she asked him, as he raised
a brow at her, hands still inside his haori sleeves.

“Here we go again...” he muttered, though
it had been quite a long time since anyone had asked to touch his
ears. Sesshoumaru's eyes sparkled with amusement as the hanyou tilted
his head forward with a sigh of exasperation, “might as well
get this part over with...” and the eager fingers of the
fashion expert stroked his ears, as they twitched in annoyance.

“Oh my god!!” She exclaimed. “they
are so soft!!” The three men looked on mildly shocked at her,
as she withdrew her hands and put them behind her back, blushing.

“Anyone else??” He offered, showing the
group the top of his head.

“Um... no thanks... Dude,” Clint waved his
hands in front of him, passing. The other two men just looked at one
another.

“Hn,” and Inuyasha brought his head up,
looking at each one in the group.

“I will leave you to your lessons, little
brother,” Sesshoumaru moved to the door, “Go gently on
him today, he has been ill...” and he exited.

InuYasha watched as the Demon went through the door,
not entirely certain he liked the idea of being alone with this odd
assortment of people. He could understand most of their talk, though
he wasn't sure at all about being called “Dude” by the
arrogant younger male. He pulled his arms out of his haori, still
holding the slip of paper in his left hand.

“So ... InuYasha!! Where would you like to
start??” Inquired Thomas, looking eager.

“This,”
and he held out the slip. “I need to
know what this says.”

“Excellent!!
Real world usage!! Much better than hypothetical, in my
book!” And the tutor
looked around to the collective nods of his colleagues.

InuYasha wasn't certain what the boisterous man had
meant, but at this point the lessons began, as Thomas led him to the
desk, and flipped on the screen. It was full of same type of blocky
text that was on the note, and the tutors surrounded the desk and
began instructing him.

~o0o~

Inuyasha glided gracefully through one move, then another, practicing
his technique with his untransformed sword. Sesshoumaru had been
right, it was a Kagome,
alright. InuYasha's head swam with all the things he had been
learning, or trying to learn.

There had been what they called an address... the
location to this Kagome's home in the city. They also had said that
the name was not a common one. It was the surname that hooked
Inuyasha completely. Higurashi. She was related, somehow.

“The car has not been returned yet,”
Sesshoumaru had found him in the dojo, working out with Tetsusaiga.
“So one could safely assume she is not in the city.”
Sesshoumaru stood still as stone, an errantly misplaced statue by the
door.

“She
was sick, that guy said so...” He stopped with a scowl to look
toward the Demon, “I hope she's alright.” A moment passed
as the reality seemed to sink in. “I have to go find her,
right now!” He sheathed
his sword with determination on his features.

“And how do you propose to do that, halfbreed?”
The Demon inquired, all logic.

“We can go to her home... you... can show me how
to find it,” he proposed.

“The car has not been returned, halfbreed... she
most likely is not there.”

“Even
so... it's doing something!!”
his ears began twitching wildly with agitation.

“You haven't been well for that long. It is this
Sesshoumaru's belief that you should rest now, rather than running
off chasing... sparrows.” He was putting his foot down, the
hanyou needed to heal completely.

“Kagome isn't a damn sparrow!! I should be with
her, especially if she is sick,” he started pacing, his mind
whirling.

“As I feared, you have decided that this person
is your miko, simply because she shares the name. You know nothing
about her, and she certainly knows nothing about you...”

“You
sound more like a parent, than a brother...” InuYasha scowled.
“Or is it more like an old woman??”
he taunted, then stuck his thumb to his chest, “This
InuYasha, wants to go into the
city,” his eyes narrowed into a challenge. “You can go
with me, or fuckin' stay here. I'm not
gonna stand around and do nothing!”

“First
of all, halfbreed,”
and the demon's eyes widened slightly with surprise before narrowing,
“This Sesshoumaru is old enough to
be your father, and if need be, quite capable of spanking
an arrant pup!”
His voiced raised as he took a step toward the hanyou in emphasis.

“BUT...
you aren't!!” Inuyasha rose to the challenge. “You can't
tell me where I can and can't go, asshole! You aren't my father...
Kami!! What am I
saying?? I am a grown man!!”
And he glanced around the dojo, then looked at the demon with a look
of confusion. “I can do what I want...” he muttered, then
glaring again he hissed, “Kutabare!”

“Keep it to English, halfbreed. Japanese
vulgarities will get you nowhere in the city,” came the Demon's
bland response.

Inuyasha glared at his half-brother. “Alright
then, Jackass... FUCK YOU!!” and he stormed passed the demon
out the door, and into the gardens between the dojo and the mansion.

Sesshoumaru's reaction wasn't immediate, as he
contemplated on how quickly the hanyou was learning. One afternoon
of instruction and he was ready to hunt out locations in the city,
and swearing at him in English. Yes, he was coming along quite
nicely.

“InuYasha, wait.”

InuYasha
stopped halfway to the mansion, ears twitching irritability. Now
what?

“If
it is so important for you to do this, then I will come with you,”
he announced as it was not an offer. The hanyou would be lost in the
city, and could get himself into trouble too easily. A promise had
been made to talk about it before taking any action, and this
Inuyasha had done . Why must we always fight?

But he knew the answer to that question before it had
even completely formulated in his mind.

~oo00O00oo~
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