It's All Over but the Crying

Authors note:
So I'm visiting Tokyo right now, my friend is sick and in need of my help. It's freaking scary here! But amazing. xD I don't know an ounce of Japanese so it's difficult but it's still fun. I'm coming back in about a day, Then I have to buy a laptop because mine busted. -_- my life is fun. ha ha ha. Sorry for the late reply, been uber busy. Hope you guys like this one, it's a bit rushed but I wanted to crank out a chapter really really fast. Dx

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Kagome sat in the observation room scribbling down a few notes. She sighed and looked through the mirror. The observation room opened and drew Kagome’s attention. She smiled when she saw it was Koga, her husband. “Doing well?” he asked taking a seat next to her and watching Sesshomaru and Inuyasha.

“Inuyasha seems to be placing Sesshomaru at the top of his list, constantly. It’s like he’s a god.”

Koga leaned back in his chair and wrapped his arm around Kagome’s shoulders. “I think he should go home with him.”

Kagome turned and looked at Koga. “What?”

“Well think about it… Inuyasha isn’t going to improve if he stays in here. He’s just going to be looking forward to the next meeting with Sesshomaru. If he lives with him, Sesshomaru can give him chores… set goals for him, and slowly introduce him back to being in society. What good does it do to keep him in here? He isn’t a threat to anyone.”

Kagome thought about it for a moment, the scribbled something down on her paper. She smirked and stood up. “Will you talk to him?”

“Fuck no. Sesshomaru would rip my head off,” Koga breathed.

Kagome laughed and walked past Koga leaving the observation room. She stood at the door peeking in through the small window that lead to Inuyasha’s room. Kagome opened the door and stepped in shutting the door behind her. “Sesshomaru, Inuyasha…I’d like to speak with both of you.”

Koga grinned. It was a perfect approach, maybe Sesshomaru would be more likely to say yes if Inuyasha was present. Kagome was a smart girl, but Sesshomaru didn’t seem to care at all about Inuyasha… or anyone for that matter, so this plan was either really…really good, or really really bad.

Sesshomaru pulled his hand away from Inuyasha’s head and stood up taking his coat. Inuyasha popped a jelly bean in his mouth and tilted his head stretching his legs out. He licked his lips his ears forward. Kagome cleared her throat and moved her hands behind her. “I think it’s a good idea that Inuyasha be released.”

Sesshomaru studied her, he knew exactly where this was going. Inuyasha squealed happily and jumped up his jellybeans flying everywhere. Sesshomaru turned to Inuyasha glaring at him. The half breed clenched his jaw and quickly dropped to all fours gathering the jellybeans. Sesshomaru turned back to Kagome and watched her.

“It would be a good idea… he just… needs a place to stay-“

“No!” Sesshomaru snapped.

“Please Sesshomaru, we can’t keep him here and he needs a place to sta-“

“Then you take him,” Sesshomaru pulled his coat on and headed for the door. Kagome jumped in the way and looked up at him sternly.

“If you don’t like him being there I’ll take care of him, just give it one week.”

“A trial?” Sesshomaru scoffed narrowing his eyes.

Kagome nodded and gave him a smile. “I promise that if he does anything you don’t like I’ll take full reasonability for him.”

Sesshomaru glanced back at Inuyasha who was sitting quietly on the floor, all the jellybeans gathered. He sat with his head down, hands in his lap.

“Inuyasha…what do you have to say about this?” Kagome asked kindly.

“I would very much like to stay with Master. I promise I won’t misbehave, I’ll be good and do everything you ask of me.”

Sesshomaru leaned against the wall next to Kagome. “When?”

Kagome’s eyes brightened and she moved to hug Sesshomaru but was stopped by a very low growl. She cleared her throat and stepped back blushing a little. “Sorry… um… we can have him ready tomorrow morning.”

“I’m busy.”

“The tomorrow afternoon?”

Sesshomaru nodded and moved for the door again, this time Kagome didn’t stop him. She waited until the door was shut before she walked to the bed and sat down. “Inuyasha?”

He looked up at her a small smile on his lips. “Master is going to take me home? I did good?”

Kagome nodded and pulled out a pen scribbling something down. “First though, I want to go over a few things, alright?”

Inuyasha nodded and turned to face her, his hands tightly around the jellybean bag.

“First off… I’m going to ask him to give you chores, do you think you will be able to do so?”

Inuyasha nodded, his ears pulled forward. “I will do whatever Master asks.”

Kagome scribbled something down again, then tilted her head. “Inuyasha… Why do you think Sesshomaru deserves to be called Master?”

“Because that is what he is. He is my master. He’s trained me well, and I live to serve him now. I have to.”

“Why?”

“Because I want to make him happy.”

“Do you love him?”

“Yes.”

“Why?”

“Because he told me to.”

Kagome frowned and wrote down the last bit of her notes. “I’m going to request that Sesshomaru bring you to me once a week for a few months. I’m going to get you back Inuyasha… I promise.”

Inuyasha looked up at Kagome. “I’m fine. I remember my old life very well. I remember how I use to be. Defiant, cruel, mean. Sesshomaru changed me. He made me a better person. I would never have believed I could be turned into this, but for some reason… knowing it was Sesshomaru made me feel okay. He’s so powerful and cool. He’s my…my Master.”

Kagome felt tears in her eyes and left the room. Koga was standing in the hall, watching her. “How does he think it was Sesshomaru?”

Kagome shrugged and headed down the hall, Koga next to her. “I think it’s because whoever had him, put him under the influence that it was Sesshomaru.”

“Why…what would be the benefit?”

“Maybe there was no benefit. Maybe it was just because he wanted to break someone… or use someone for practice.”

“Do you think Sesshomaru is the next target?”

Kagome looked at Koga, her expression lost and confused. “I honestly don’t know. If he is… whoever thought Inuyasha and Sesshomaru were similar were completely wrong.”

Koga wrapped his arm around Kagome and walked with her down the hall, the both of them deep in thought with their own theories.





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Sesshomaru was in a pair of sweats when he opened his door. Kagome was standing with Inuyasha in front of her. “I don’t know why you couldn’t come pick him up.”

Sesshomaru stepped to the side allowing Kagome and Inuyasha to step in. Inuyasha was looking down, his ears pinned back against his head. Draped over his arm was a blue gym bag, it looked empty. The half demon was wearing a plain white shirt with black jeans. Sesshomaru looked over Inuyasha, he looked… strange in those clothes. Kagome sighed and looked around. Typical. Everything was spotless, the color was plain. Tan walls with wood flooring. “You should hire a decorator,” she offered, though his house didn’t really need decorating. His house looked like it was made for a magazine, that’s what made it so… home-less. Kagome shivered and turned to the door, she’d already talked to Sesshomaru about setting goals and rules, introducing him to life a small amount at a time. Sesshomaru had agreed but told her that if she wanted Inuyasha to see her every week she would have to come talk to him. Sesshomaru wasn’t going to take time out of his busy schedule to deal with Inuyasha.



“Well…I’ll be by Monday for our first session Inuyasha. Behave.”

Inuyasha nodded and watched her as she left. He then turned to Sesshomaru looking up at him. He shrunk down a little and swallowed. “Hello Master.”

“I’ll show you to your room.” Sesshomaru turned and headed for the stairs. Inuyasha quickly followed behind. “Rule number one, the back room is off limits. Rule two, you will keep this house clean. Any mess you make you clean up, that includes your room and bathroom.” Sesshomaru walked down a hall and selected the last bedroom on the left. He pointed to the one on the right. “This is the back room. If I find you were ever inside I’ll kick you out and you’ll never see me again, is that understood?”

“Yes Master,” Inuyasha whispered staring at the door. He walked in his room behind Sesshomaru. It was big, a bed set against the wall the window a few inches from the foot of the bed. There was a desk and a closet, a dresser next to the closet. Sesshomaru turned to Inuyasha. “Rule three, you are not allowed to leave the house without me, or unless I give you permission. Kagome will be visiting here for a while before she takes you anywhere. Rule four, if you ever call my work and it’s not an emergency I’ll take your phone away.” With that said, he reached into his pocket and pulled out a simplistic flip phone. My cell phone number and work number are programmed in there. A long with Kagome’s cell and home, and work. Do you understand your rules?”

Inuyasha carefully took the phone and gave a nod. “Yes Master.”

Sesshomaru sighed, “Didn’t I tell you not to call me that?”

“It’s habi-“

“You know what… forget it. Call me whatever you want, but you will address me as Sir in public or when someone is over, alright?”

Inuyasha smiled and nodded setting his bag down.

“What did you bring?”

Inuyasha opened his bag and pulled out two shirts and two pairs of pants. He also pulled out a pair boxers and a few personal items. “Kagome took me to a store before she dropped me off.”

“How was the experience?”

“Strange. I haven’t been in public since I started training.”

Sesshomaru turned and headed for the door. “Sleep well.” He left the room leaving Inuyasha inside alone. Inuyasha looked around and changed into a pair of boxers. He climbed up on his bed and curled up. He wasn’t really all that tired, but it was dark outside. He’d stay until he fell asleep.



Inuyasha jumped up and yelped, trembling. He looked around. A nightmare, a painful one. He crawled out of bed and scurried to the door. Opening it up he peeked out into the dark hall. His room was creepy, and cold. He sniffed the hall moving out and following Sesshomaru’s scent were it was the strongest. He pressed up against the door and opened it slowly. He peeked his head inside, seeing Sesshomaru under a comforter. He nibbled on his bottom lip and scooted into the room.

“What?” Sesshoamaru growled.

“It’s…it’s dark.”

“It’s night.”

“I’m scared.”

“Are you serious?” He snapped sitting up, staring at Inuyasha. The small amount of moonlight that hit him made Inuyasha’s body look good. Sesshomaru looked him up and down, something telling him to let Inuyasha crawl under the covers. “Alright.”

Inuyasha ran to the bed and crawled under the covers scooting closer to Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru looked down at Inuyasha and gave him a pat on the head. “Behave.”

Inuyasha nodded and closed his eyes nuzzling against Sesshomaru’s side. The demon watched him for a moment before turning around and pulling the blanket up. He could already sense that this would be a habit of Inuyasha’s, the boy would be begging to sleep in his room. For some reason though, the demon didn’t mind all that much.