InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ +Like a Battery - ❯ Chapter Thirteen: ( Chapter 13 )

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+Like a Battery-

 

 

 

 

 

By: RisuBento

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter Thirteen:

 

 

 

 

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Okay…time for something drastic. UBERLY drastic.

 

Tao had just called his grandmother on the limo phone and was told that Kagome was getting on flight #146.

 

His and his father's ticket stated that they were 'also' getting on #146. And from what his grandmother had told him…Tao's mother would be seated one cabin behind them, in the second part of the first class cabins.

 

He really wanted to do something right now…and peeing his uniform was actually sounding nice at the moment.

 

"Come Tao." Sesshoumaru ordered, climbing from the limo. Tao did as he was told and followed his father into the crowded airport.

 

He glanced all around him. Hoping to catch a glimpse of the familiar obsidian hair of his mother. Wait…who was he kidding!? This is freaking Japan! 'EVERYONE' has black hair!

 

Nevertheless he continued to glance around, hoping somewhat pitifully, to catch a familiar colour that his mother always wore.

 

He was doomed. So utterly doomed.

 

 

 

 

 

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Kagome sighed and helped her closest colleague, Sango, lug the rest of her baggage onto the carrier before turning towards the escalator.

 

"I can't wait until we get there! This is my first time ever to go to Paris!" Sango gushed, sifting through her purse.

 

"Really? Well, it's an absolutely charming and beautiful city. You'll love it." Kagome smiled, and out of sheer habit she ran her hands down her enlarged belly before clasping beneath the bulge.

 

"So…when are you going to tell Sesshoumaru?" Sango asked, noticing the habitual gesture.

 

Kagome glanced up at her friend who nodded towards the bubble of a belly. Sighing, Kagome answered.

 

"I don't know. Everyone keeps asking me that. I would rather he 'didn't' know…but you know how long THAT'LL last."

 

"I'll bet." Sango smiled, looking back at a couple of tag-along models who were flirting with a group of guys.

 

"Come on Sango…I think our gate is up there." Kagome sighed, stepping off the revolving staircase.

 

Her friend nodded and finished fishing through her purse.

 

'I wonder what Tao and his father are doing right now.' Kagome wondered.

 

 

 

 

 

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Tao sighed and fidgeted in his seat. He was hoping and praying to whatever god that was listening that his mother wouldn't be, by chance, on the same plane as him and his father.

 

But then again, karma usually tends to swing back around and bite him in the butt. HARD.

 

"Father? How long with the flight be to Paris?" He asked.

 

Sesshoumaru looked up from his laptop and glanced at his watch. "About 12 hours. Depending on weather conditions."

 

Tao nodded and looked out his seat window and at the swirling snow outside. Men in bright orange jump suits were running around, barking orders, driving luggage cars, or flagging in landing airplanes.

 

Having obtained the "special" part of the first class cabin, he and his father, along with a few others, were able to remove their charms and freely associate in their demonic forms.

 

He tweaked his ears a couple times before smelling a familiar scent that brought a gasp to his lips.

 

"Tao?" Came his father's voice.

 

"I HAVE TO USE THE TOILET!" Tao bellowed, jumping up from his seat and dashing down the aisle.

 

Finding the compartment, he closed the door behind him and panted. He waited. Sure enough, moments later his mother's voice, along with a few others, came by before fading out as they moved away.

 

This'll be so much more harder than he thought.

 

Unlatching the stall, he followed after his mother's enticing scent before stopping before the second first class cabin.

 

"Mother!" He hissed, walking over and tugging on her dress.

 

Kagome jumped and bumped her head on the baggage compartment above. Groaning and turning around with a grimace on her face, she gasped and stopped her massaging.

 

"Tao! What're you doing here!? Aren't you supposed to be with your father!?" She practically yelled.

 

"SHH! I AM with father! He has a conference in Paris tomorrow and he wanted me to come along. We're on the same plane!" Tao explained.

 

Tao watched his mother slap and nicely manicured hand to her high forehead.

 

"Crap." She breathed.

 

Tao smiled, proud that his mother used the slang word she hated when he said it.

 

"What should we do…?" He asked.

 

"I…this isn't good. He'll smell me on you for sure." Kagome groaned, flopping, albeit slowly, into her seat.

 

Tao bit his lip and moved out of the way of a man who grumpily snapped at him to "Move it!". He looked over at his mother and watched as she bit her lip as well, while thinking up a plan.

 

"All right…I guess it won't hurt to have him know that I'm on the same plane." She concluded.

 

"But he'll probably want to see you…" Tao added.

 

"Yeah…and if he does, I'll hide my belly with a bag or a jacket or something." She shrugged, rubbing her temples in a clockwise motion.

 

"How did the doctor's appointment go today?" He asked, suddenly remembering.

 

"Just fine. Everything seems to be normal." She seemed to have read his mind for she shook her head, smiling and continuing. "Nope. I didn't want to know what the gender was. I want it to be a surprise."

 

Tao sighed and winced when a stewardess' voice broke loudly over the intercom.

 

"Ladies and gentlemen, if you could please take your seats and fasten your seatbelts…"

 

"You had better get back to your father." Kagome sighed, pulling her son into a warm hug.

 

"I love you mother." Tao whispered into her ear.

 

"I love you too, Tao." She smiled, pulling back and kissing him on the forehead.

 

Tao turned and exited the second cabin and entered the youkai cabin. Finding his seat once again, he'd only counted to 2 seconds until his father tensed and jerked his nose into his son's direction.

 

"Why do you smell of your mother?" He asked, his clawed hands clenching the seat's armrests in a death grip.

 

"She's on the same plane. I ran into her when I was going to the bathroom. I followed her back to her seat, which is in the second cabin." Tao explained.

 

"Why is she on the plane in the first place?" Sesshoumaru asked out loud, mostly to himself.

 

"She has a fashion show in Paris this week. She and Sango and some models are back there with her." Tao yawned, buckling his seat belt when the plane began moving towards the runway.

 

Sesshoumaru didn't say anything. He just continued to glare at his laptop screen.

 

 

 

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Tao was going crazy! First he'd tried to get his father to play a game of cards with him…but that didn't go over too well, seeing as how his father hadn't budged his glare from the computer screen.

 

Then he'd fallen asleep and woke up 4 hours later to find his father in the exact same position. Sighing loudly, Tao sat up and waved a stewardess down.

 

"Can I have a martini?" He asked. He received a weird look but then glanced over at his father and she nodded hurriedly.

 

Sitting back, he sighed once again. "Father? Just go and see her. If you're going to sit there like that all day then…please…just humor me and go and talk to her."

 

Sesshoumaru suddenly broke from his gaze and turned his stiff neck to look at his son. The stewardess brought the martini back and was handing it to Tao, when Sesshoumaru snatched it and drank it in one gulp.

 

Tao beamed as his father stood up and put on his cuff links, before walking down the aisle to the second cabin.

 

Looking back down at the discarded martini glass in his hand, he grinned when the olive was still in there. Popping it into his mouth, he grimaced at the tasted of alcohol, albeit eating it otherwise.

 

 

 

 

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Kagome sighed and closed her magazine. Looking out of the window, the clouds puffing by, she began to drift off when a gasp was heard next to her. Jerking her head around, her gaze landed on a shocked Sango, and then onto an ever-stoic looking Sesshoumaru. She swallowed hard and was nudged by Sango.

 

"I think he wants to talk to you…" She whispered.

 

Kagome quirked an eyebrow and gave a look to her friend that said, "Noooo. Really?".

 

Sango stood up and gave a nervous laugh and a smile to Sesshoumaru before moving to the first cabin, probably to chat with Tao.

 

Sesshoumaru waited a moment before easing himself into Sango's vacant seat. Kagome wrung her hands nervously on the blanket draped over her lap and belly.

 

"It's…how have you been, Sesshoumaru?" She finally asked, keeping her gaze trained on her hands.

 

Sesshoumaru leaned his head back and sighed. "I have been well. What about you?"

 

Kagome swallowed and shrugged. "Same as usual. Tired."

 

Sesshoumaru nodded and turned his gaze back to the seat in front of him.

 

It was an uncomfortable silence that was gnawing away at the both them. Unable to handle it any longer, Kagome turned to face him.

 

"Was there something you wanted to talk to me about?" She asked, resting a hands subconsciously on her belly.

 

Sesshoumaru noticed the gesture but quickly brushed it off.

 

"No…I just…wanted…" He started, mentally smacking himself for sounding like a deprived teenage boy who whacked off at the sound of a duck's quacking. "I just wanted to see you."

 

Kagome looked up and shared a deep gaze with him. She was vaguely aware of his hand clutching her own to his chest.

 

'I feel like such a school girl.' She thought.

 

She swallowed nervously when his free hand came up and brushed her cheek, before cupping it. He then leaned forward and gently placed a small peck on her lips.

 

Her eyes were still closed and her mouth was slightly open afterwards, when Sango jumped excitedly back into her seat.

 

"SO! What did you two talk about?" She asked.

 

Kagome opened her eyes and took a moment to register that it wasn't Sesshoumaru in front of her any longer.

 

"I…um…nothing. We didn't say anything." She answered in a breathy voice.

 

"Nothing? Then why the school girl blush? And the "I totally just swapped spit with a hottie" look on your face, hmm?" Sango teased.

 

"Oh shut it Sango…I'm tired." Kagome glared, before turned away to lean against the window. Pulling the blanket up to her chin, she closed her eyes and began to doze off. In a sudden movement, a thought brought her back from her slumber. Lifting a hand, she gently touched her fingertips to her tingling lips.

 

'Why did he kiss me…? I'm…so confused.' She thought before drifting off once again.

 

 

 

 

 

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