Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha.
A/N: okay. I can honestly say I have no idea where this story is going to be headed. I have a few ideas but none of them seem really… right to write about. I don't know. There are two ideas, the one seems really cliché, and the other one seem like… unmoral. So maybe I can combine the two to create a creation that I can proudly say is mine. I don't know yet, though. I'm gonna go take a shower, and think about it.
Why 'Helpless'? Well, I figured Helpless is a good name for the story because so many people are helpless in the story (duh!). Kagome becomes helpless against love, Shippo becomes helpless against a demon, Inuyasha become helpless against his stubbornness… There's probably a lot more, but I don't want to give away the story!
Helpless
Chapter One
Last Day
"BANZAI!" Kagome, Eri, Yuka, and Ayumi pushed open the door of their last class and ran down the hallways towards their lockers! Today was the last day she would ever have to visit this horrid middle school! No more math tests to study for! No more homework! No more taking those heavy textbooks home in the backpacks that made your back hurt for hours!
…At least not until High School, that is.
Kagome ran down the hallway with her friends, catching glimpses of her class mates throwing toilet paper all around outside, and other kids spraying whipped cream all over some of the younger girls. Kagome laughed, enjoying the insane atmosphere of it all.
She reached her locker, swung it open, and gathered all of her belongings inside. There were a million papers that she forgot to hand in, a few library books that she needed to pay fines for, and just a lot of trash from food she snuck in and such. Then a small square folded up note dropped right at her feet.
Kagome eyed it suspiciously, then opened it. It read:
Kagome,
I've known you since the beginning of the beginning of Middle School. That was about three years ago. Ever since then I've really, really liked you, and I have tried over and over again to express it to you. But why can't you ever see? I want you to look at me the way I look at you.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that I love you. I really would love it if you would consider being my girlfriend. I'm sorry I couldn't ask you this to your face, but I knew I would just screw up. I didn't want to seem like some stupid dork in front of you. And since I was going to be away on vacation before school ended, I just slipped this into your locker.
Please call me and tell me your answer. If you don't call by July, I'll get the point you're trying to make. My cell phone number is: 583 - 283 - 3839.
Sincerely,
Hojo.
"WOW! Hojo just completely and utterly confessed his feelings for you!" Ayumi squealed, making Eri and Yuka giggle with excitement.
"What are you going to say?" Eri asked.
"Yeah, Kagome, what are you going to say?" Yuka repeated.
Kagome was blushing a deep shade of crimson. "I really don't know… I never really felt this way towards Hojo."
"Uh oh, girls. I think she's thinking about that loser boyfriend of hers with the bad attitude!" Eri scowled and crossed her arms. "You should totally dump him!"
"Yeah! What has he ever done for you?"
'Nothing,' Kagome's mind told her.
"Hojo's always the one to give you gifts and healing things. He really likes you, you know. I think your loser boyfriend just wants someone to f--" Ayumi was cut off by two hands clapping over her mouth.
"Shut up, Ayumi!"
Kagome sighed, gathered her things, and started making her way to the doors outside.
"Uh oh… I think we made her mad."
The truth was, Kagome's friends didn't make her mad. They made her think. It was true. Inuyasha was nothing but a jerk who only needed her for jewel shards. He rarely showed her affection. It was like she was just a speck of dust that he didn't even bother to dust up. (a/n: ooh that sounded dirty… didn't intend it to be!)
Hojo on the other hand was so sweet towards her, and she could tell that he would never do anything to hurt her feelings. Inuyasha on the other hand was always hurting her feelings.
'I'm tired of waiting around for Inuyasha! I'm sure he knows I love him, and I bet it amuses him to no end. But I'm sure he's never going to feel the same way about me… Unlike Hojo. I wouldn't want to be like Inuyasha and just blow his feelings off, so I'm going to consider it. I'll call him tonight!'
Kagome opened the door to her house, yelling out, "Tadaima!" She dropped her shoes by the door, and set the humongous load of crap she pulled from her locker onto the floor of the living room.
"It's about time you got back, wench!" Inuyasha sneered from the couch.
"Well… Inuyasha, it's not very fast when you don't have a bike… And whose fault is that?"
"Feh. I don't know." The truth was, Inuyasha had gotten mad at Kagome for saying that she needed to leave for the final exam at school, so he threw her bike into a river. Kagome got Kirara to take her to the well anyways.
"It's yours. Now why don't you put away your bad attitude and listen to my story? You'll never believe what happened today!" Kagome smiled, sitting down next to him on the black leather couch (I don't know if that's really what they have, so whatever.). She pulled out the note, thinking, 'This ought to make him jealous. I want to see his reaction. Maybe… If this gets him mad enough, then he might confess his feelings for me… If he has any.'
"Okay, let's hear it."
Kagome read the note to him, blushing at the appropriate parts. She felt Inuyasha's jealous eyes on her, observing every move she made, every different tone as she read the note, and every different shade of red she was making herself turn. "Isn't that cute? I'm going to call him tonight!"
"…"
"Don't you have anything to say, Inuyasha?"
"Good for you," he spat, and got up to go to the kitchen.
Kagome's eyes dropped in disappointment. 'I guess it didn't work, then.'
Kagome was asleep. Inuyasha loomed over her resting body, looking at every curve of her face, and smiling at the way the moonlight shimmered across her skin. He sighed, and knew that this had to be done. She was moving on.
He loved her. His pride kept him from saying it, but it was true. He only wished he could hold her in his arms and tell her. But now he couldn't. He wasn't the type of guy who went after other dudes' girls. She was going to give Hojo the permission to date her tomorrow night (tonight Inuyasha hid the phone from her), and Inuyasha didn't want to stop her. He didn't want to stop her happiness.
Inuyasha walked out of the room, and slowly turned the knob to the door of Souta's room. He walked over to the sleeping boy, and gently shook him, whispering, "Souta… Wake up. I need you to do something for me."
Souta stirred, but got out the piece of paper and pen Inuyasha asked him for. "Okay… now tell it to me slowly, so I have time to write it."
Inuyasha sighed, then began. "Kagome… You're reading this now, and…"
Kagome,
Your reading this now and I'm not there. I left. For good. I just hope that you on Hojo are happy. I really liked you. I might even say I luv you. But I dont want too take you from your new boyfrind. So thats why I left. I hope you undarstand.
Inuyasha.
"And then he left," Souta explained. "Sorry if I spelt anything wrong. I'm not very good at that kind of stuff."
"It's okay… But Souta, you mean to tell me that Inuyasha told you what to write? He said this?"
"Well… Yeah, sis."
Kagome raised a hand to her mouth. "I can't believe it… He does love me. I… I can't call Hojo now." Kagome quickly got her yellow backpack and loaded some stuff in it, then hurried out the door.
"Sis, where are you going?"
"I'm going to find him!"
A/N: 2 days and 1000 pixie stix later!
So… That was the first chapter. You likey? Hopefully so. I decided that there will be about 6 chapters. And all the ending are sort of cliffhanger-ish! This wasn't much of one, but just wait until chapter 3's cliffhanger!
Please review, just to let me know what you think of it so far!
