Dance With Me

Chapter 2: Leaving Brooklyn Behind
A/N: Inuyasha packs his bags and is picked up by his half brother Sesshomaru. There will be some mild limey content at the end of this chapter so if you don’t like that stuff then don’t read the end of it. I still do not own Inuyasha so don’t bother suing because you won’t get anything!

Inuyasha growled in annoyance when the loud honking of a car horn made his sensitive white furry dog ears flatten against his head. His amber eyes narrowed as he shoved the last important item he owned into his large black duffel bag. Inuyasha glanced down sadly at his open duffel bag for a moment his amber eyes landing on the thing that was now most precious to him.

It was a picture of himself and his mother in a brushed steel frame. They were sitting on a bench in a park in Brooklyn. They had their arms around each other’s shoulders and were grinning from ear to ear. That was the last time Inuyasha had sincerely smiled and truly felt happy. Not too long after that picture had been taken his mother had been diagnosed with leukemia. The doctors had only given her six months to live but she ended up hanging on for two years before her body finally just gave up the fight to survive.

He hadn’t been able to cry about her death since it had happened and that had been over a year ago. It was actually nearing two years since Izayoi Takahashi-Nobunaga had been laid to rest at the City of Angels cemetery just on the outskirts of Brooklyn. The loud honking of a car horn interrupted his brief reminiscing and he quickly zipped his duffel bag shut.

“Yeah yea, I’m coming! Keep your shirt on!” With one last glance at his one bedroom apartment he padded out the front door locking it behind him. His older half brother Sesshomaru sat impatiently waiting for him in his black Lexus IS300.

“Took you long enough half breed!”

“Sorry.”

“Whatever. Hurry up and get in, I don’t have all day to spend waiting on you Inuyasha.”

Inuyasha rolled his amber eyes as he casually walked over to the passenger side of Sesshomaru’s car. Climbing in Inuyasha carefully set his duffel bag down in the floor board between his feet. Not even waiting for Inuyasha to buckle in Sesshomaru sped away from the curb.

The silence in the car was almost suffocating as they traveled out of Brooklyn. It had been nearly two years since Inuyasha had seen or even spoken to his half brother. “So uh Sess, how have you been?”

“Fine. Busy most of the time since I’m campaigning for district attorney now.”

“Wow district attorney huh?”

“Yes. I trust that you’ve kept yourself out of trouble?”

“Yeah. I’m not a criminal you know?”

“Hmmm that remains to be proven Inuyasha.”

“Still as charming as ever I see?”

Sesshomaru gave a small chuckle at Inuyasha’s sarcastic remark. “And I see you’re still nothing but a smart ass little brat.”

“Some things never change I guess.”

“Perhaps they had better if you expect to keep your scholarship to Bridgeview eligible.”

“Don’t worry Sess, I’m not going to screw this up.”

“We shall see half breed.”

“So are you married yet?”

“Don’t you think you would know if I were married or not?”

“Well we haven’t spoken to or seen each other since Mom….

Sesshomaru didn’t fail to notice Inuyasha’s voice crack before it trailed off completely. “Before Izayoi passed?”

“Uh yeah, thanks.”

“Mmmhmm. Well to answer your ridiculous question no I’m not married. I have no desire to have a wife at this point in time.”

“Doesn’t it look better for a candidate to have a family no matter what position in office they’re running for?”

“Yes, but I have yet to meet any woman worthy of becoming my wife.”

“Oh right how could I forget, nobody’s good enough for you. With that kind of attitude you’ll be alone forever. And being that you’re a full blooded dog demon forever will be an awfully long time to spend by yourself.”

“I don’t have an attitude I simply have standards, that’s all.”

“Well with your outrageous standards no woman on the face of this planet will ever be worthy of becoming your wife.”

“That’s not true.”

“Well if it is or isn’t I feel sorry for whomever the woman that you marry might be.”

Sesshomaru frowned at his half brother. “Well I don’t suppose you have any room to talk now do you?”

“What are you talking about?”

“I see no wedding band on your finger.”

“Please I’m not near old enough to be looking for a wife.”

“Do you even have a girlfriend?”

“No and I don’t want one.”

“You do like women don’t you Inuyasha?”

“Hell yes! Why would you ask me a stupid question like that?”

“Just making sure.”

“Are we almost to New York City?”

“In another forty five minutes we will be. Why in such a hurry?”

“I just wanted to know how much longer I have to sit and listen to your bullshit.”

“So what exactly are you going to be studying at Bridgeview?”

“Art.”

“Art? What kind of art?”

“All the techniques like sketching, painting, sculpting. All that good stuff.”

“Uh huh, and this will help you how exactly?”

“I already know I have a gift for art but Bridgeview will help me really harness my full potential. I’ll even get to study about early period artists like Michaelangelo.”

“I see. Well I suppose that this will be good for you then.”

“Yeah like you said, it’ll keep me out of trouble.”

The two shared a brief laugh for the first time in ages since they had been brothers. The rest of the car ride was spent with Sesshomaru droning on about political strategies and the benefits of being elected as New York City’s district attorney while Inuyasha slumped down in his seat desperately trying to tune him out.

When they passed the large stone building Inuyasha recognized to be Juilliard he straightened up in his seat. Bridgeview was only a block and a half from Juilliard. Sesshomaru carefully turned his car left into the entrance of Bridgeview’s campus. Bridgeview was an older art school and it was a beautiful red bricked building with nicely kept landscaping.

Parking his car Sesshomaru killed the engine and glanced over at Inuyasha. “Well this is it, would you like me to go help you find your dorm?”

“Uh well you don’t have to if you have other things you need to talk care of.”

“Nonsense we’re family and I think I can spare a little time to accompany you to your new dorm room.”

“In that case sure, let’s go.” Inuyasha and Sesshomaru walked up the white stone steps to the large main entrance of the school. Pulling open one of the heavy wooden doors Inuyasha walked inside ahead of Sesshomaru. Glancing at his older half brother Inuyasha suddenly felt under dressed.

Sesshomaru was dressed in a dark charcoal gray suit with light pewter colored pinstripes and a matching solid pewter colored button down shirt underneath it. His black Italian leather dress shoes were polished and there wasn’t a single scuff to be seen on either one of them. Glancing down t his slightly wrinkled white button down shirt and faded loose fitting carpenter jeans he frowned. Why did Sesshomaru always manage to make him feel so out of place even in his own skin?

Sesshomaru led Inuyasha into the registration office where they were greeted by a pretty dark haired young woman that was sitting behind a large curved mahogany desk. “Good afternoon gentlemen, can I help you?”

Sesshomaru wasted no time in speaking up for Inuyasha. “Yes Miss…

“Carolyn.”

“Yes Carolyn, well my half brother is here to pick up his dorm room key.”

“Certainly, may I have his name?”

“Inuyasha Takahashi.”

“Okay just one moment, let me bring up his name in the system.” The pretty young woman skillfully tapped some keys on her keyboard before glancing back up at her computer screen. “Here we are, Inuyasha Takahashi. Your dorm room number is Two hundred ten andlet me get you your key.” Inuyasha nodded and watched as she walked over to a smaller desk behind the large curved desk that she had been sitting at.

Pulling open the middle drawer she grabbed the key that had the numbers two hundred ten engraved on it and pushed the drawer shut again quickly. “Here you go, the key to room two hundred ten. Welcome to Bridgeview Mr. Takahashi.”

“Uh thanks.” Inuyasha and Sesshomaru took the elevator to the second floor and started down the long narrow hallway looking for room two hundred ten. Inuyasha spotted the white door that had the numbers two hundred ten across it in bold black numbers and tapped Sesshomaru’s shoulder. “Hey there it is.”

Sesshomaru nodded and gestured for him to open the door. Inuyasha pushed the key into the lock and turned it slowly. He pushed the door open and padded inside. The dorm was nicely sized and furnished comfortably as well.

The walls were a rich forest green and there was a large bay window directly in front of them. The floors were a nice walnut toned wood and looked as if they had been recently polished. The living room was small but cozy with a cream colored sofa and a matching chair placed just at the edges of a large forest green and cream colored rug.

In the corner of the room was a nice red bricked fireplace with a nice wide mantle that had been painted white. Inuyasha instantly knew that would be the perfect place to put the picture of himself and his mother. The dorm room had a small kitchen with butcher’s block countertops and it had a small table with two chairs. The table was round and simple made of pine as were the two chairs.

They had forest green and cream plaid cushions on them looked comfortable enough. Walking down the narrow hallway Inuyasha turned to his left into the bedroom. Along the far wall was a large pine four poster bed fitted with amber colored silk sheets and a pearl white chenille blanket over the top of that. A small pine nightstand was to the right of the bed and a simple pine chest rested at the foot of the bed.

There was a door directly across from the foot of the bed and he opened it discovering it was a large closet. A second door on the opposite side of his bed in the corner made him arch his brows in curiosity. Walking over to it he pushed it open to see it was his bathroom.

The walls were a muted grayish blue and it had slate countertops with two stainless steel sinks. There was only a stand alone shower and it had beautiful pewter colored glass tile. Next to the shower was a stainless steel toilet. The sound of Sesshomaru’s cell phone interrupted Inuyasha’s silent awe of the bathroom. “Sesshomaru Nobunaga? I see. Yes I’ll be there shortly.” After hanging up he turned to face Inuyasha.

“Business?”

“Involving my campaign yes.”

“Okay. I guess I’ll see you later then.”

“Yes later. What are you doing for dinner?”

“Haven’t really thought much about it.”

“Well then I’ll come pick you up and we’ll go to Kyoko’s.”

“Isn’t that place kinda pricey?”

“Money isn’t a problem for me and you’re my guest.”

“Okay.”

“Be ready by seven because I’ll be here to pick you up then.”

“Sure.”

“And dress nice Inuyasha.”

“I don’t have any suits Sesshomaru.”

“Well I’ll have my assistant bring you one. Write your measurements down.” Nodding Inuyasha grabbed a sheet of paper from the notebook in his duffel bag and wrote down his measurements.

“I’ll see you at seven and I’ll have your suit with me for you to change into.”

“Okay see you at seven.” Taking the slip of paper from Inuyasha Sesshomaru gave his half brother a brief nod before leaving. Inuyasha unpacked quickly and changed into a pair of black jersey material pants and a white muscle shirt. Pulling on his favorite red hoodie he sat down to pull on his old running shoes.

Inuyasha placed the picture of himself and his mother on the fireplace mantle before tucking his cell phone into his hoodie sweatshirt front pocket. Locking the front door behind him he decided he would go run.

Back at Juilliard only a block and a half away Kagome had just wrapped up her ballet practice. Calling Kikyo from her cell phone she waited impatiently for her to answer. By the fifth ring Kikyo’s voicemail picked up. “Hey it’s Kikyo sorry I can’t take your call right now but if you leave a message I promise I’ll get back to you. Thanks, bye!”

Rolling her eyes at Kikyo’s bubbly sounding recording she waited for the tone so she could leave her message. “Hey Ki, it’s me. I guess you’re either asleep or just ignoring me. I was just letting you know that I’m going out for a run. Talk to you later.”

Hanging up her phone Kagome pulled on her hoodie and slipped the phone back into her pocket with her key. Pulling on her running shoes she tied the laces of her old black satin pointe shoes together so they would be easier to hold. Kagome headed out of the student studio and out into the cool crisp early afternoon air.

She jogged down to the nearby park and began jogging on the path that was designated for runners and skaters. Kagome began thinking about what had transpired between her and Hojo the night before and she immediately felt her blue gray eyes sting with unshed tears. Biting her bottom lip she started jogging a little faster. ‘ No you don’t Kagome Higurashi! Don’t you dare cry over that asshole, he’s not worth it!’

But her tears didn’t seem to want to be ignored and they started building up in her eyes quickly making her vision blur. Kagome was so distracted in trying to blink away her tears that she didn’t even see Inuyasha bent down tying his shoe just a short distance in front of her. She plowed into Inuyasha’s muscular form and let out a small surprised yelp as she collided with the cold hard ground. Inuyasha’s balance had been compromised sending him tumbling to the ground right on top of Kagome.

His head made direct contact with the soft swell of the young woman’s breasts and the rest of his body came to rest in between her long slender legs. “Get off me!”

“You’re the one who ran over me wench!”

“Take that back!”

“Not a chance!”

“Take it back now!”

“Like hell I will!” Kagome’s eyes suddenly noticed his white furry ears that were nestled atop his head in his thick silvery hair. They were twitching spastically like they had a mind of their own and it caused Kagome’s anger to be forgotten.

Without thinking she reached up and grabbed onto them. “Hey! Don’t….don’t d-do that!” His amber eyes closed in sheer bliss as Kagome’s slender fingers stroked the base of his overly sensitive ears. Inuyasha felt the quickly growing bugle in his pants begin to throb with need.

He slid up until his hips were level with Kagome’s and instinctively ground his hardness against her very center. Kagome immediately released her hold on his ears and pushed him away from her. “I….uh I’m sorry, it’s just that my ears….well they’re a little sensitive.”

“Oh sorry!” Kagome felt her face turn beet red as she realized what she had done to him by rubbing his ears.

“My name’s Inuyasha Takahashi, you are?”

“Leaving!”

“Wait, what’s your name?”

“Kagome Higurashi.”

“You from here?”

“Uh no I’m from Manhattan, but I’m going to school here.”

“Where?”

“Juilliard, you?”

“I’m going to Bridgeview, but I’m from Brooklyn.”

“Oh yeah, Bridgeview. Well listen I have to get back to my room.”

“Yeah okay, uh could I see you again?”

“Um yeah okay. When?”

“How about tomorrow morning?”

“Where?”

“You know the little bistro by Juilliard?”

“Perry’s?”

“Yeah that’s the one.”

“Yeah.”

“Meet me there at nine.”

“Okay cool. I don’t have class until eleven so I’ll have time.”

“Great. I guess I’ll see you in the morning then?”

“Yeah.” Inuyasha helped Kagome up and watched as she jogged off in the opposite direction. She glanced back and tossed a wave and a smile at him. Inuyasha waved and flashed her one of his lopsided grins before heading back towards his dorm to shower.

‘Wow she womplompletely gorgeous! I can’t wait to see her again tomorrow! Kagome.’ Her name sounded like that of a goddess to him as it echoed in his mind.

‘Oh my god he was absolutely incredible! Tomorrow can’t get here fast enough! Inuyasha.’ Just there mere sound of his name tumbling around in her head made a sudden tinge of heat spread through her stomach and settle between her thighs.