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CHAPTER SIX
The dim pupils surrounded by melted gold narrowed before my own eyes. The brightness contained in each orb darkened until they no longer shined like the sun. I should've been terrified at the evil expression reflecting off the deadly eyes in front of me, but I wasn't. I couldn't really feel anything. All I wanted was an answer.
"Where have you heard that name?"
The short sentence disgustingly rolled off his tongue in an angry manner.
His temper was rising…so was mine.
"Does it matter?" I retorted.
His tight fist pounded on the cold, tile wall, almost hitting my face. His eyes never left mine and his body was compressing against mine.
"Answer me," he ordered.
The silver cloak that hung on the back of his head was pressed against his perfect golden body and the hot water was creating even more vapor. Slowly, I was realizing that it was getting difficult to breathe.
"I met her once—a long time ago."
I felt a heavy weight off my chest and suddenly realized he had pushed himself off. What the hell? Immediately, I reached for a lock of his silver hair and pulled. When he turned I slapped him as hard as I could, though it happened to have no effect on him for his face didn't move.
"Who the fuck is she? Answer me, damn it!" I yelled.
The eyebrow he raised matched the malicious smirk that was now imprinted on his face. The step he took vibrated through the floor as he approached me. Normally, I would've taken a step back.
His hand mimicked what I mine had done earlier. It reached behind my matted hair and enclosed around a thick lock. He pulled harshly as well, dragging my head back until his was over mine. He looked down at me as if he had a certain power over me.
He chuckled.
"She was my girlfriend."
His other free hand trailed up my waist and stopped on my left breast, ruthlessly squeezing it.
His smirk vanished while his teeth grinded.
"Satisfied?"
I tried to nod. When he saw that I was cooperating, he smiled viciously and gave me a quick kiss on my wet lips.
"Good."
He let go of my body and I let gravity take control. My body collided with the hard floor and before I could ask another question, he'd disappeared. He was toying with me, that bastard. What was he hiding from? What could a dead hanyou possibly be hiding from…a therapist/ex-girlfriend? That couldn't be the reason. There was more. Much more.
I needed information. What he had given me was not enough. It seemed that the simple question, who is Kikyo, was not so simple for it appeared to have multiple answers. But where could I get more answers. Inuyasha wouldn't show his face for a while and I most certainly couldn't ask Sango.
Hot water no longer poured out of the shower head. My time was up. I stood up slowly and didn't hug myself, allowing the heat, which had been collected by my body, escape. When I exited the tiled room, I found my towel and robe folded neatly in a corner, as always.
After showers I am usually taken to a secluded room where visitors would come and check up on me. If you think it's my mother who comes to see me, you're wrong. My mother doesn't want anything to do with me. I was the apple of her eye and look where I ended up. She never even approved of my marriage to Inuyasha.
Only one person would come to see me. Only one person cared. Only one person brought me what I needed. Only one person would inform me of what was happening. My brother.
My face lit up.
Him.
He could get the information for me.
When my body had absorbed the clear drops on my skin, I grabbed the stiff, white robe and wrapped it around my slim figure. I did my best to tie it and slowly knocked on the locked door. I did this to let the guards know that I had finished. The white door slowly opened and the man came in to cuff my hands.
We crossed the quiet hallway where all that could be heard was our footsteps. When we reached our destination, one of the guards opened the door.
"Thirty minutes."
It was always thirty fucking minutes.
My brother was sitting on a black, leather chair waiting for me. I walked in quietly and sat in front of him, mindful that even though we were together we were still being separated by a see-through wall. We both picked up the phone located on our right side.
"How is she?"
I always asked how she was doing, regardless of whether she cared for me or not. He stayed silent for quiet a while, as if thinking of a proper way to answer.
"It's back."
I stared at him.
My mother had cancer right after she gave birth to my brother, Souta. She went through several surgeries as well as chemotherapy and fortunately, she was able to survive.
"This time, doctors say its leukemia."
I gripped my stiff robe.
"How long have you known."
"Since Wednesday," he exhaled slowly. "She hadn't been feeling well and I decided to take her to see Dr. Kenenji, who suggested a cat scan. Results indicated it had returned."
I sighed.
"What's she taking?"
"Nothing. She doesn't want to take anything."
I remember her telling me once that if she were to have cancer again, she would let it kill her. She didn't want to go through all those medical therapies and shit.
"I tried to convince her to see you before its too late. She wouldn't here any of it."
I looked at him.
"How are you doing?" he asked.
"Been better. You?"
"Things have been getting tied up at work and my girlfriend doesn't want to marry me anymore. She says I can't give her what she wants."
Pathetic.
"I never did like that bitch."
"You sound just like mom."
I frowned and earned a small chuckle.
"I brought you you're things. I turned them in to the security guards. They didn't have the shampoo you like, so I got you another kind."
"Thank you, Souta."
He gave me a warm smile. It was the only smiled that made my heart glow, for it was the only smile that showed kindness.
"Time's up," yelled the guard.
Fuck.
I turned to Souta, who gave me one last smile.
"I'll come back Monday."
"Wait," I mumbled before he could hang up the phone.
"What's wrong?"
"I need you to do something for me."
"Sure. What do you need?"
"Find me—find me whatever information you can on Kikyo Taicho."
A/N: OOPS. I wasnt supposed to take THIS long to update...but SAT's are coming up so you get the idea. Anyways this is for you White Dire Wolf.