Breezy's Week Four Challenge (the Hard One!! *gasp*) -- lemon wedge, diaper, footloose, lassie, Will Smith, light bulb, seagull, Poseidon, sea nymph, galloping, seahorse, xenophobia, ARMY OF SPIDERS, Mufasa, Slytherin
I was also supposed to make it Angst, ... -_-' I'm not sure how well that worked out, but *meh...shrug* I set the groundwork for a very sad idea? (Though, maybe it's more sad-pathetic than sad-depressive...) Oh whatever, just read!
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Brrring!!
Groaning, Kagome stirred from her light sleep as the ringing continued. Blue eyes unwillingly blinked open, she saw her television playing the end of Footloose and Yasha lying beside her on the floor. Rolling off the couch, the young woman grumbled as the dog silently watched her get up. 'What, you couldn't get it yourself? Lassie was never this useless...I bet if I was attacked by an army of spiders he would just tilt his head curiously before stealing my spot on the sofa.' Making her way into kitchen, she answered the phone just in time. "Yea'llo?"
"Is this the number for the residence of a Miss Kagome Higurashi?"
The raven-haired girl frowned at the slightly familiar male voice and hesitated in answering. "...yes?"
"Ms. Higurashi, my name is Sesshoumaru Taishou. I'm calling on behalf of-"
As soon as she heard the name, everything clicked in her mind. "Ah--yes, of course--it's you!" Kagome cried out earnestly into the phone. "I am so sorry about the other night! If you need me to pay for your hospital bill I will completely take care of all that!"
There was a long pause on the other end before he replied. "That was you then..."
Kagome blinked in confusion. 'He... didn't know? Oh great, now he'll think I'm some crazy lady who attacked him on the street and nearly gave him brain damage that would have reverted him to the mentality of an infant and force him to wear a diaper for the rest of his life! But wait, if he didn't know it was me, then why...?'
The young man interupted her chaotic musings. "It is of a very...delicate nature. In fact, I would rather not discuss this over a phone conversation. I tried to speak to you in person a few night ago..."
She laughed nervously into the phone as he mentioned the other night. "Again, I sincerely apologize for my behavior."
"Actually, I'm calling you as a result of a different matter."
A sigh crackled through her receiver. "You are forgiven, don't think on it again. However, I still would like to speak to you in person. Perhaps I could come over and--"
"Oh, you can't come here!" Kagome blurted out thoughtlessly. Realizing how calous her statement was she fumbled over her words trying to uninsult him, which set off a minor rambling session. "I mean, not that you aren't welcome or anything. That's not it! It's just that Yasha has xenophobia. Uh, no, I meant to say that my dog doesn't like any strangers in the apartment, he's really very sweet once you get to know him, and he doesn't attack random strangers or anything like that (though that's kinda what I did before...), ah, umm. Maybe we could meet somewhere else...?"
The man waited patiently for her to cease her inane babbling before speaking. "I understand. Then we'll meet at the Ideal Cafe, 2pm. You know where that is?"
"Yeah, I know it. It's right around the corner from here..." She went there quite frequently actually. It was kind of small, and very weird. Outside there was a huge sign with it's name on it and a bright light bulb on top, but inside it was divided up into sections. Not just smoking and non, but theme wise, there was the french cafe style, boardwalk style, carnival style, and traditional tea-house style. Many people usually passed it up for the Starbucks down the block, but Kagome thought it was cute in it's own right.
So by the time two o'clock came around, the young woman sat in a booth on the carnival side of the cafe beneath a flag with an emblem of a snake on it. 'Kinda like Slytherin, the thought vaguely crossed her mind. Too bad it's not like Gryffindor, a lion'd look better... that lion usually reminds me of Mufasa... Mufasa would totally kick Salazar's butt in a fight.'
Shaking her head, Kagome glanced across the room to see if Sesshoumaru had arrived yet. 'Hmm... nope, geeze how long is this gonna take? He's the one who called me. Not that I should complain, seeing as I assaulted him... Arggh, I hate waiting, I need to be home before my company arrives. Though I do suppose I have some time...' Blue eyes wandered over to a painting upon the wall opposite to her seat. 'Ew... Ugly seagull sitting on brown rocks beside a dead starfish, what a boring painting. Now if they had Poseidon with a beautiful sea nymph galloping away on a seahorse, that'd make for a more interesting pic-'
"Ahem." A light cough pulled Kagome from her wayward thoughts. "I'm glad you could speak with me on such short notice, Ms. Higurashi."
'Whoa... hottie at twelve o'clock. Hm, he's taller than I expected.' Forcing her jaw not to drop at the man's obvious beauty, she actually formed an intelligent response. "Of course, Mr. Taishou. It's the least I could do. Oh, and it's Kagome, alright?"
The light haired young man bowed his head in agreement. However, before he could start up again, the waitress came between them.
"Hello, there. How may I serve you?" The blonde girl directed the question and suggestive tone to Sesshoumaru. A delicately manicured hand pushed back her crimped locks.
'Hussy...' Blue eyes rolled sarcastically at the ditzy high schooler's actions.
"Just water to start with, thank you." His golden eyes never even glanced in her direction before he dismissed her. Kagome silently fumed for a minute at how he had ordered for her, but was soothed by the tiny 'hmmph' that came from the indignant serving girl. "Now then, Miss Kagome, I-"
*This is a story all about how my life got flipped-turned-upside-down, and I'd like to take a minute just sit right there, I'll tell ya-*
"Ah, hehe." The raven-haired girl, quickly pulled out her cell phone and silenced it. Apparently her company arrived early, that was the embarrasing ring tone for her home phone. "Sorry, about that. That was from Fresh Prince, you know with Will Smith? Love that show... Hehe, umm, you were saying?"
Once again super waitress stepped in at the exact moment he tried to answer. But she must've still been miffed from before because she immediately propped 'em down and stalked off. "Here are your waters."
Sesshoumaru took a moment to clear his throat as Kagome frowned at the lemon wedge skewered on the side of her glass. 'Why do they waste their lemons like this? I didn't even ask for one...'
"Miss Kagome, you may not be aware of this, but I am a lawyer..."
Blue eyes widened in shock. "You're suing me."
He shook his head. "No, nothing like that. A relative of yours recently passed away, and she left some of her possessions to you."
Frowing, Kagome was stumped for a moment. "Uh, I think you've got the wrong person here. I don't have many relatives and none of them are dead, as far as I know..."
"You were not aware of her relation to your family, though she found out about you. She was quite... distantly related." Sesshoumaru explained to her.
"Oh." She blinked once, then twice. "So, why was it so important that I rush down here? Couldn't we do this another time, I have company waiting for me and-"
*This is a story all about how-*
"Grr..." Kagome quickly hung up again before turning back to him. "She's just going to keep calling until I get home. Look, give me a call next weekend and we'll sort through all of this. Though, quite frankly, I don't feel right with taking some dead person's stuff, especially when I've never met the woman. I'm sorry to run out on you like this, but I have to go!"
A dark look crossed Sesshoumaru's face as the young woman left him alone in the cafe. '...some dead person...' He thought sardonically. A troubled sigh shook his shoulders as he quietly rose from his seat to leave as well.
'Rin...'
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...okay that sucked... BU~T! I promise to explain everything later. Yes Rin was related to Kagome and I'll tell you how, and why it's so important to Sesshoumaru.
....'mm tired. g'night......