Tragic Hearts
By Alex
Chapter Summary- Kagome is just your average teenage girl, going through everyday courses like every other her age. Being bullied by the boy she secretly got a crush on is just one of her everyday obstacals, she goes to her best friend Sango for comfort afterwards. Kagome might think it's strange that her crush always pick on her at school, but it doesn't compare to what is waiting for her at home…
Chapter 1 - How it begun…
"Haha!" The silver haired hanyu laughed at the brunette who he had tripped. Unlike usual, it was short lived.
Kagome was so embarrassed that she fell face down, she didn't want to get up but she knew she couldn't just stay like that. She could hear everyone laughing at her. 'INUYASHA!' She mentally screamed. Kagome quickly stood up and turned to him. "You! You! You….!!" She was trying to come up with something that might offend him.
"What? I didn't do nothing you clumsy bitch." Inuyasha defended himself.
Laughter from the forming crowd was heard after he finished his statement..
"You you half-breed you!" Kagome finished her sentence, fuming, and without thinking, she made a run for it, crying uncontrollably.
The crowd went silent. No one had ever called Inuyasha, the most popular hunk in school, that in a long time. The last person to call him that or anything related, at least in his face, got beaten up badly after school by Inuyasha himself.
Inuyasha played off as if it didn't matter to him. "That bitch ain't got nothing to insult me with so she called me half-breed." He started. "Keh, big deal! I am a half-breed and proud." He lied. Inuyasha's deeply hurt that she called him that. Then giving the crowd a look, he asked. "Any of you have a problem with that?"
The crowd shook their heads nervously and started departing.
After they were all gone, Inuyasha thought back about the whole thing. 'Kagome seemed really mad…' He thought. 'Was it something I said?' He asked himself.
"He's such a jerk Sango!" Kagome cried in her friend's arms.
"Now now, it's ok." Sango comforted her best friend. "He's going to have a thing or two coming at him sooner or later."
Kagome sniffed and hugged onto Sango. "Why is he always picking on me? What did I ever do to him?" Kagome asked, through sniffs.
"He just have problems Kagome, don't worry about it." Sango rub her friend's back gently. "If you act as if his teasing and stuff don't affect you, maybe he won't bother you no more." Sango suggested.
'Why didn't I think of that?' Kagome thought. She didn't say anything after that. Kagome sat up striate and wiped away her tears. She stared at the basketball posters on Sango's walls blankly, in a deep trance.
Sango knew Kagome was thinking about him. 'That bastard…he had gone off the deep ends.' Sango thought. She hated to see her friend coming to her house after school crying everyday, looking for comfort. Sango knew Kagome was hurting too so she decide to take Kagome's mind off that ignorant dork. "You hungry?" She asked.
Kagome quickly turned to Sango, as if realizing she had company. "Uh…kind of." Kagome nodded.
They both went down to the kitchen.
"Damn Inuyasha, you're a sorry excuse for a man." Miroku exclaimed after hearing Inuyasha's story.
Of course Inuyasha told it differently, making him sound innocent and Kagome all guilty.
It went like this…
He was walking outside of school when he spotted a group of boys picking on 'dear' Kagome. He thought it was mean so he went over to defend her.
That only made it worst since people started to giggled and rant 'Kagome has a boyfriend, Kagome has a boyfriend.' Inuyasha growled back at them. 'I'm only her friend.'
That made Kagome cry. Inuyasha quickly came to her and ask what's wrong. She shook her head and said nothing. Of course he didn't believe her and so he asked again. She glared at him and kicked him in the shin.
Inuyasha whimpered as he was about to fall. He grabbed onto Kagome's leg and she fell with him.
Embarrassed, Kagome stood up and started yelling mean things to him. He was hurt and wanted to cry. She didn't care though, she called him a half-breed and ran. Leaving him on the ground crying.
Miroku didn't believed half of the tale, actually, he didn't believe it at all. The thought of Inuyasha crying was funny but he knew it'll never happen.
"Hey, she was the one calling me names!" Inuyasha defended himself. "I'm the good guy here!" He added.
Miroku shook his head ashamed. "Tisk tisk Inuyasha, tell me what really happened man."
"That's what really happened!" Inuyasha exclaimed.
"Do I look like an idiot?" Miroku simply asked.
Inuyasha stared at him for a half a second and then grinned.
"Shut up." Miroku knew Inuyasha was going to say 'yes'.
Inuyasha laughed.
"That story was the most ridiculous of any story you've told me." Miroky stated. "As long as I've known you, I've never seen you cry about anything much less an insult…from a girl." He added.
Inuyasha gave him a pout. "What? I was deeply hurt man." At least that was honest.
Miroku rolled his eyes and stood up. "Imma go to the store and get a beer, you coming?"
"Iight, you paying." Inuyasha stood up along with Miroku.
"Why me?" Miroku asked annoyed. "I paid last time."
Inuyasha look back. "Oh, didn't I tell you? Kagome took my wallet too." He asked and then pouted. "All my money is in there, I am but a poor man now…don't you have sympathy for a fellow hobo?"
Miroku stared at his friend awkwardly. "Get a grip man." He growled and wack Inuyasha across the head playfully.
"Yeah, abuse a hobo, no one cares anymore…." Inuyasha whined and rubbed his head.
A second of awkward silence and Miroku and Inuyasha started laughing as they went out the door.
"Yummmy…cookies!" Kagome squealed like a little girl getting rewarded.
Sango laughed. 'At least she's in a good mood now.' "Dig in. It's all yours."
Kagome's eyes widen. "Reallly?"
"Yup." Sango nodded.
"Aww…you sure you don't want any?" Kagome asked pouting. She didn't bother for Sango to answer, she opened the cookie jar and dug in.
Sango couldn't help but giggled at her friend.
They chatted a little about how their family was doing and such before Sango's phone rung.
"Hello?" Sango asked after she picked up the phone.
"Ah yes honey."
"It's my mom." She whispered to Kagome. "Wassup mom?" Sango asked over the phone.
"I'm going to be home early today, it appears to be an accident at the parking lot and they are closing the place down." Her mom explained.
Sango looked sad like and kept nodding.
"So if you would honey, take out the meat loaf for me." Her mom said after she was done explaining.
"Alright mom, anything else?" Sango asked.
"No, I'll be home in an hour at max." Her mom informed. She blew a kiss over.
Sango giggled. "Love you too mom, bye." She said before hanging up.
"So what happened?" Kagome asked after the phone was put down.
"Her company had a accident and they closed down." Sango started. "Mommy and the other workers get to stay home for the week until whatever going on is fixed." She finished.
"Aww…sorry to hear." Kagome said sadly.
"Nah it's alright." Sango smiled. "At least I'll get a week to spend quality time with my mom."
Kagome nodded. "But will I be able to come over?" She suddenly asked. "You know, your mom don't like visitors."
Sango frowned. "Yeah, about that." She sighed. "I guess I'll see you next week or so."
"Aww alright." Kagome nodded, in understanding. "Call me though, if you can…"
"Yeah ok." Sango gave Kagome a hug. "Mommy will be home in about an hour or earlier, you should go now."
Kagome nodded. "Sayonara don sang!" She said before leaving for the exit.
Sango walked Kagome out to the door and kept waving until Kagome was gone from view. 'Take out the meatloaf.' Sango remembered and went back to the kitchen.
"Oh great, a whole week without seeing Sango." Kagome sighed aloud. She knew she wouldn't be able to talk to her friend on the phone since Sango's mom wasn't exactly a friendless lady. She had a lot of adult friends and they will be calling like crazy. 'Probably to chat about the whole accident what so ever.'
Kagome kicked a rock on her way. "What am I to do?" She was used to staying at Sango's house till 9 o'clock at night since that's the time both their moms come home at.
'This suck…' She kicked the same rock ahead of her and kicked it again when she reached it.
Suddenly she heard laughing and talking. Kagome looked ahead to see Inuyasha and Miroku coming out of a corner. She quickly hid behind a garbage can near her to avoid contact with them.
They went past her without noticing. 'That was just to close for comfort…' Kagome sighed softly and sneaked her way home.
She opened the door and called out for her little brother.
No answer.
'No duh.' Kagome scoffed. 'The brat is in his room playing video games.'
Kagome made her way to her room. She threw her body onto her mattress. 'Ahh, maybe I should sleep this whole day off.' Kagome thought. It was 3:55 right then, close to four. 'Five more hour till mom be home, she'll call me up for dinner.' Right then Kagome begin to close her eyes.
Kagome slept for about two and a half an hour when a screeching was heard. She abruptly sat up. "BUYO!" She yelled knowingly. 'Something is going on with Buyo.' Her mind told her as she quickly made her way out of her room.
"Buyooo?" She called as she headed the way she heard the screech. "Buyooo…" She called again, now kind of scared. "Where are you Buyo?"
The lights in the small hallway leading to the attic wasn't lit so it was kind of dark. 'The clouds is about to rain Kagome, it's nothing.' She told herself yet she was shaking lightly.
The whole thing reminded her of a scary movie she watched on a date with Hojo last week. It was about a lady who heard her dog bark somewhere in the forest. It was dark out but she went looking for her puppy. Then out of nowhere, zombies started cornering her. It was so scary, at least to Kagome.
'This is your house, no where near the forest…' Kagome tried to persuade herself she wasn't going to get killed by some walking zombies. "Buyo?" She called again, but softly this time.
All of the sudden, her cat gave another screech. Kagome quickly ran towards the sound. She was now positive her cat was in danger but she also knew she wasn't since in the movie, the dog only barked once.
Kagome made her way up the attic stairs, she couldn't find the light switch but she found a flashlight. Kagome shine the flashlight ahead of her and opened the attic door. She started coughing since it was so dusty.
'No one has been up here for a long time.' She acknowledged. "Buyo?" She called again softly.
Now a soft meow was heard somewhere deep in the room. Kagome cough some more as she made her way into the dusty room. She shined her flashlight around, looking for the fat cat.
"Buyo?" Kagome asked again.
She was relief and happy when Buyo meowed again. The sound was right next to her.
Kagome look down into a box near her and found the cat. It was tangled in some Christmas wires and had some old junk surrounding her.
Kagome bend down and started untangling the cat. "How on earth did you get into this mess?" Kagome asked her cat. It just meowed.
'Some things I'll just never know.' Kagome thought. When she finally got the cat out, Kagome's eyes laid on a dusty little blue book. What caught her attention was the K clearly written on the cover, the rest was covered by dust.
"What's this?" Kagome asked and picked it up. She dusted the dust off the name and gasp. It said 'Kikyo' on it in bold letters. 'Didn't I heard this name somewhere already?' Kagome asked herself. It was familiar but she couldn't pinpoint where or who she heard it from.
"Meow…" Buyo started purring and rubbing against Kagome's side.
"Alright mister, we got to get you cleaned." Kagome promptly put the book into her side pocket. She carried Buyo up and grabbed the flashlight with her free hand.
Kagome made her way out the attic with a sigh. 'I'm never going up there again.' Kagome noted to herself. It was scary and she isn't exactly a fan of scary things.
Kagome went into her room and locked it, as if scared something was after her. She carried Buyo into the bathroom and put it down. Kagome put a bucket under the faucet and fixed the water to make it warm.
Buyo purred softly as it started licking itself clean.
"Eww…" Kagome groaned in disgust. "Don't do that, dust aren't digestible!" Kagome exclaimed. Then she remembered Buyo eats everything and anything in sight. "Well it's still gross." She told herself and place Buyo into the bucket.
The cat screeched and tried to get out.
"Stay Buyo, stop that." Kagome whined as the cat desperately tried to pry of Kagome's hold on her and escape.
Kagome quickly poured water atop the cat, soaking it.
The cat stopped struggling and started shivering.
"Oh come on, it's warm." Kagome protested. She washed the cat some more before carrying it out and into a neatly folded towel. She cleaned the cat with the towel.
Buyo started shaking the water out and puffing out it's beautiful fur when Kagome stop drying it with the towel.
Kagome smiled at Buyo. "There, all clean." She exclaimed happily. "Now don't you ever go up there again." Kagome said, pointing her fingers at the cat.
Buyo just ignored her and jumped down onto the floor. It made it's way out the opened door.
That made Kagome wonder. 'How did Buyo get into the attic anyway? Wasn't the door closed?' "I guess some things aren't meant to be known." She shrugged.
'Oh yeah!' The thought of Buyo reminded her of the book she had retrieved from the attic. Kagome reached her into her pocket…
To Be Continued….?