Hello dear readers! Welcome to my first story…I sincerely hope you enjoy it, and maybe leave me some feedback? Please excuse any grammatical and/or spelling errors you may encounter…perhaps be so kind as to let me know! I'll start this story out as T rating, and if I overcome my shyness of citrus writing, I might bump the rating up to M. Also, there is no definite story pairing yet…as I still don't know how it will end either! The main pairings are I/Ka, N/Ka, M/S, I/Ki. Please give this story, and perhaps a strange pairing the chance to unravel! Enjoy your reading!
Disclaimer: I do not own any small part of InuYasha manga or anime, and I make no money from writing this story. I also do not own any other brand-name companies/products I happen to mention.
Chapter 1
"Hellooo, Earth to Kagome." A skinny hand waved inches away from Kagome's face, making her snap out of her daze.
Kagome's brown eyes quickly turned away from the couple she was watching and met with Sango's own chocolate pools. "Huh?" was the only thing she could muster.
"You've been staring at them for like 10 minutes now." Sango said, rolling her eyes, but watching for Kagome's reaction anyways.
"Oh…uhh, oops. I guess I got carried away with my homework thoughts." Said Kagome, trying to desperately hide and play down her blushing cheeks. She bowed her head, letting the dark silk of her bangs and side tresses shield her face from the world.
"That's ok, it happens." Sango replied, looking at her friend with such pity and understanding now. The four of them, Kagome, Miroku, Sango, and Inuyasha were all sitting and eating their lunch in the school cafeteria, like always, when she showed up. She had chilling brown eyes, loose hairpieces from both sides, and a line for a mouth that almost never stretched to a smile. Kikyou stole Inuyasha's attention from day one.
"So, how are you and Miroku doing?" Kagome looked up at Sango once more, and turned the blushing tables on her best girlfriend. Kagome's own lips stretched into a smile when she saw a look on Sango's face that revealed that they were definitely doing well.
"What? What nonsense! We have only been doing homework together!" Sango said very quickly and immediately turned around to see if Miroku had come back from the library yet. Her eyes suddenly stopped on his powerful form hovering over the freshmen girls' table and she narrowed her eyes in a murderous manner.
"Kagome…I'll be back in a flash. I have some business I have to take care of!" She gritted out and stormed off to her embarrassing crush.
Kagome giggled, seeing Sango's mad determination. Her giggles died out quickly when she once more saw Inuyasha and Kikyou sitting on a separate bench and looking oh-so very in love. They were looking at each other with calm intensity and appearing to be saying something serious. Blades pricked Kagome's heart and she buried her head in her arms, resting both on the lunch table. She squeezed her eyes shut in an attempt to erase the image, but of course, failed miserably. What happened? She and Inuyasha have known each other for as long as their memories stretched. Although never wearing "best friends 4ever" bracelets, both knew each other better than even their mothers. Kagome had never expected see him as anything but her annoying best friend, but of course, love snuck up and captured her without permission. She noticed that she wanted to always be with him, to always talk to him. Suddenly, everything he said and did was so fresh and new, it wouldn't fit anybody else but him. She always wanted to feel his touch…
"…always, I mean ALWAYS preying on innocent girls? FRESHMEN nonetheless!" Sango's voice jolted Kagome out of her thoughts and she saw Sango dragging Miroku to the table by his baggy purple shirt. He had a mischievous glint in his amethyst eyes that now went to Sango's behind.
"Oh, but Sango, my dearest! You know that you are the only woman that possesses my heart! Fear nothing!" Miroku replied. They were now standing in front of the lunch table, Sango's face red from fury…or was it embarrassment? She sat across from Kagome, Miroku to her left.
"You guys are sooo cute!" Kagome giggled, making Sango's face go tomato red, Miroku cocking his eyebrow.
"I agree! Sango is cute!-" Miroku started with his wild gesticulations.
"Save it, you lecher!" Sango cut him off, feeling beyond embarrassed. Maybe if she huffed and puffed as if she was angry, she would be successful in masking her embarrassment? Out of the corner of her eye, she admired Miroku's boyishly-charming smile and internally sighed. If only he would feel the same way about her…
Just then, the bell rang, signaling the end of lunch period. Like a giant tidal wave, the 300 or so students dining stood up and started to walk to their next classes. He didn't even sit with us today…he just came up and made a couple jokes and spent the entire time with Kikyou. Do I mean absolutely nothing to him?...at all? Unable to suppress the overflow of sadness, Kagome's tears silently made their way down her cheeks. She saw Inuyasha turn his head, perhaps trying to look for her? So, she did her best to bow her head and blend in with the current of people. There was no way he would see her in this condition…or even begin to suspect how much he hurt her.
Kagome sat behind her desk at home. She got home about 2 hours ago, and was now sitting in her "comfort pants" (You know those old, ugly, but insanely comfortable things? Everyone's got a pair!), and staring at the math homework in front of her. Hmm…let's see…problem one:
Use synthetic division to factor the following polynomial
She reread the darn instructions 4 or 5 times before letting out a defeated sigh. What's the use? I can't keep my mind off of him! She sighed. Homework, it seemed, got in the way of her daydreams. As if on a cue, she heard a soft thud behind her, and automatically whipped her head around.
"Inu-Inuyasha?" She watched her best friend get up from the spot in front of her window and dust his clothes of invisible dirt. He told her his secret-that he was actually a half demon and had some special abilities, like jumping very high. When he was old enough, he stopped using the ladder that used to rest next to her window.
"Feh, who do you think?" He replied in his usual rude manner. Kagome just smiled like an idiot and let out a soft sigh. Oh, for goodness sake! What's wrong with me?! This is just Inuyasha! Then the horror came…she was wearing her comfort pants!
"Um, never mind! I'll be riiight back!" She said, grabbing a pair of jeans and heading towards the restroom to change. Inuyasha smirked, so she was worried about her comfort pants, was she?
"If you're going to change your pants, don't even bother." He called out in a taunting voice. He loved coming over to her house and pretty much pestering her all evening about something. The girl stopped dead in her tracks, eyes widened.
"How'd you know?" She said, still not turning around, her face beginning to blush, as always.
"Hey, how long have I known you for, wench? Think I'd know everything about you by now." He huffed and folded his arms, getting somewhat offended that she'd think he was that dense. This however, didn't last long, as Kagome turned around and sent him a death glare. She stomped close to him and shrieked in her insane voice.
"What'd you call me?! You JERK!" She punched him in the shoulder, which he had been expecting. He smirked, but suppressed all signs of happiness, knowing she expected him to be offended.
"Hey! What'cha do that for?? I'm not a jerk!" He argued, refolding his arms.
"What for? You called me a wench! Take it back!" Her face was getting red, from anger, but also from embarrassment of being so close to him. She prayed to all gods that he wouldn't see just how he made her feel.
"Feh, forget it." He said looking, and now giving her an evil smile. This was her cue to get pissed, and boy, did she ever!
"I said TAKE IT BACK!" She punched him on the shoulder again, never admitting that the only reason she did that was because she loved to touch him. His proud posture and folded arms remained still.
"No." He simply said, smiling a little. That was a mistake. She now pushed his chest with both of her hands in fury and sent him flying and crashing on her bed. He was quick to react, grabbing her wrist and pulling her down with him. Her small frame fell on top of his body, Kagome too shocked to process the compromising position she was in. Suddenly, the moment stood frozen in time, as she felt his irregular breath on her shoulder, his chest rising up and down. She raised her face, seeing him staring at her, the light catching his amber eyes, making them glow with softness. The silver hair framing Inuyasha's face made him look ethereal.
Kagome felt the desire and longing arise in her, heart jumping out of her chest. Thump-thump, did he even hear it? She wanted to kiss him…feel his lips…run her fingers through that hair.
"What're you looking at?" He said, softly, wondering about the intense look she was giving him now. It was as if she was studying him…but there was also some foreign feeling in her dark brown eyes he couldn't recognize, but that made him feel strange. As soon as he asked it, he saw shock and embarrassment in her eyes, blood flooding to her face.
"Nothing…I…um…spaced out." She said lamely, embarrassment burning through her chest now. Did I completely lose it?! I can't just stare at him!She quickly jumped off of her bed and plopped on her computer chair, afraid to look at him once more.
"Yeah, whatever…it's so damn boring at my house." He said, throwing his head back and staring at the ceiling. There were several plastic stars that glowed in the dark glued to it. Kagome…she always did like stars.
"So, why don't you go hang out with your girlfriend?" Said Kagome, staring at the computer screen and trying her hardest to keep the hurt out of her voice. He didn't catch on, but glanced at her nonetheless. Her dark bangs were now shielding her eyes.
"She has some family plans or something." He paused. "Geez, Kagome…I feel really loved. You want to get rid of me so badly?" He said with a smirk. What was it about him liking the way she got embarrassed?
"Of course not, you baka! I was just trying to make conversation…but you managed to drive me into a corner anyways." She said, rolling her eyes, but glancing at him with a smile.
When they were younger, they'd always play games, and have pretend wars and weapons. Now that they got older, the communication was basically playful, flirty even. Inuyasha would embarrass the girl and she'd fight him.
"And why not? Better in the corner than in the gutter." He smirked once more, but this time Kagome's eyes widened and cheeks were flaming red. He burst out laughing at her expression. She was so innocent, even slight mention of such activities, from her best friend of all people, scared her like an evil demon.
"You stupid lecher! Been hanging around Miroku a bit too long, no?" She said really fast, covering her face. He saw it…did he even know that she was that embarrassed not even because of what he said, but because he said it to her?
"Ok, ok…I'll stop. Let's watch a movie or something." He said, grabbing the remote off the nightstand next to Kagome's bed and turning on the TV. He started flipping through the channels, hoping to find anything interesting to watch.
Kagome breathed a sigh of relief-there was no way he could ever suspect just what kind of an effect he had on her. Oh, Inuyasha…when did you become the most important person in the world to me? You love Kikyou…and although I know we're close, I'll never be as close to you as she is.She got up from her swiveling office chair and sat down on her bed next to Inuyasha. He was leaning his head against the wall, his legs crossed Indian style.
"What do you think about "Not Another Teen Movie"? Inuyasha glanced at Kagome sitting next to him. This was the only movie that had started not long ago.
"Sure…" She trailed off, not looking at him. The less she looked, the less it hurt.