A Geisha's Love

Disclaimer: The characters of InuYasha are not mine, they are property of Rumiko Takahashi, Shogakukan, Yomiuri TV, Sunrise, and Viz. I do not make any money from the writing of this story. I also do not own Memoirs of a Geisha.

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            "What did you think of Lord Akinori?" I asked Hana as I ran the brush through her hair. I saw her blush through the mirror.

            "He is nice company." she said softly, the blush still on her cheeks.

            "Is that all?" I teased. Hana's blush colored her neck. I laughed when she tried to glare at me.

             It suddenly got silent and I grew solemn.

            "Don't you miss living in the Western Palace?"

            I looked at Hana through the mirror. I simply nodded.

            "Don't you miss him?"

            Silence. I really didn't want to think about that too much. Apparently Hana already knew the answer though.

            "Then why don't you go back?"

            My heard snapped up to look at her. "I... I can't--"

            "Why not?"

            "He doesn't love me."

            "Did he tell you that?" I shook my head.

            "No."

            "Then how do you know?"

            "I just do."        

 

            "Kagome--"

 

            "I can't go back! I can't! He chose another! I meant nothing to him!" I let out a deep breath, calming myself. "I was nothing... I am nothing..."

 

            There was silence.

 

            “I’m sorry Hana, I cannot go back. Anymore and I may break.”

 

            Hana merely nodded her head as I finished up with her.

 

 

 

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            Hana and I walked around the back of the geisha house to the koi pond. We stood and fed the fish.

            “Lady Kagome! Lady Kagome!” Hana and I both turn to the geisha entrance. Tajir was walking as fast as she could to us in her kimono.

 

            “Lady Kagome! He-He--“

 

            “What is it Tajir?”

 

            “Lord Sesshoumaru! He is here!”

 

            “What?!” Hana and I both exclaimed.

 

            “I told him you were indisposed, but he insisted!” Tajir rushed before the demon came through the doors behind the small woman. Tajir and Hana bowed, but I stood.

 

            My eyes narrowed at him as I walked by Hana and Tajir to the intrusive demon.

 

            “What are you doing here?”

 

            His eyes were not focused on mine, but my kimono.

 

            “You still wear them.”

 

            “Wear what?”

 

            “You wear one of the many kimonos I had given you.”

 

 

            My face grew warm with anger. “I need to change then, for I did not mean to wear something that you of all people had given me!”

 

            “Has Yukito visited you?”

 

            That stupid demon changed the subject!

           

            I was seething. How dare he come here! When I realized he asked about Yukito, I smiled.

 

            “On many occasions.” Sesshoumaru snarled, his fists clenching.

 

           

            “You allowed him to take patron here!” he growled angrily.

 

            Hana and Tajir took this chance to quickly leave.

 

            “Of course. We never refuse a client of high standing, as you know.” I answered, smug.

 

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            Sesshoumaru as well as his beast were outraged! The female that they saw as theirs was visited frequently by another! If he saw that vile Yukito again, he would remove his insides with his claws. He knew Yukito was here, he could smell it. He just thought he would ask before tearing the place apart. How she answered it was so smug and without remorse that it made him boil with anger.

 

 

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            I do not know why he was here and it was time to get down to it.

 

            “Why are you here, Sesshoumaru?”

 

            “To take you back.”

 

            “No.” But I knew what his true intentions are. What if he just came to take me back and play with my feelings again? I don't know if I would be able to take it. I just couldn't...

 

            "Why will you not return?" He sounded closer now. He almost sounded... hurt.

 

            "What do you need with a human? You already have your mate and demoness."

 

        "I do not have a mate." he murmured.

 

            “You do not care for me. You only wish to play with me again.”

 

            "Is this what you believe foolish woman?"

 

            “Am I to believe otherwise? You have not shown me any different.”

 

            “What if this Sesshoumaru told you that he harbors feelings for you?”

 

            The words stopped in my throat. That is what I’ve wanted to hear from him. But…

 

           

            “How am I to believe you? You are to mate Nozomi. I will not be your whore.”

 

            His eyes narrowed into slits. “I never said you were to be a whore or my whore. And you should believe me, this one does not just throw feelings at another.”

 

            “What of Nozomi? You are to mate her.”

 

            “I do not want her.”

 

            “I am human.”

 

            "Your humanity does not bother me. There are ways to fix that."

 

            I scoffed, looking away with my arms crossed. “How am I to believe you?” I repeated.

 

            There was a pause.

 

            “What must I do?”

 

            My eyes widened as I stared at him. Does he really wish to prove his feelings?

 

            “Well?” he pressed. I was at a loss for words, then, “Dismiss Nozomi.”

 

            “I have.”

 

            “Show me. Show your feelings to me.” I said, staring him in the eye. From all the time we shared and the touches we have shared, I would be able to tell if they were true or not.

 

            He stepped even closer to me, his long arms reaching around my thin waist to pull me flush against him. He tilted my chin up and leaned in for a kiss. My eyes drifted closed and as we shared the kiss, I felt it… raw, undeniable, and unconditional…

 

            Love.

 

 

            I will return with him because I know his feelings are true. I will return with him because my feelings for him are mutual. I will return with him because I know that with him…

 

 

…is where I belong.