WaRnInG: Children under the age of 13 are advised against reading this due to language, sex and drug related issues that might be mentioned later, and violence.
RaTeD: 'PG 13' for future language, violence, and adult type of issues talked about and/or done.
DiScLaImEr: I don't own the show Inuyasha in complete and never will. Please don't waste your time on trying to sue me because you'll only win humiliation.
SuMmArY: What happens when the leader of a strong frightened gang falls in love with you unexpectedly... And your boyfriend is his number one enemy! Can Kagome suffer through all the consequences to keep someone she now deeply cherishes alive and safe? Can their love survive all the tests they'll be put through? More importantly, will they even be alive in the end to enjoy the love they share for one another?
Kagome walked down the hall, books in hand pressed against her chest. School was just a few minutes away from being let out and you could hear the teens anxiously waiting by the classroom doors. The feeling of the stares towards the clock, waiting for it to click on the right number which was when the bell would ring, was almost unbearable for the teachers in the classes. The weird thing about it all was, the people in the classroom could leave when they pleased, they didn't have to wait at all. Same went for teachers. The teachers might as well not work there at all, yet they still chose to. Maybe it was just a daily routine you couldn't get rid of. Kagome was not as stupid as everyone else however.
As Kagome wandered through the school halls, she thought on many things that were bugging her that day. 'It's funny how someone can make their problems seem like the most important thing in the world, and then when you compare them with others, it's only just a bite of reality from what they go through,' she thought to herself as she continued at her slow pace, 'But then again... Maybe you fail to see the problem's true size.'
She came to halt once she realized what she was saying to herself and just shook her head, as though that would make the thoughts go away. Once she got back to her normal posture, she looked around and realized she had stopped right in front of her locker. She turned to face it completely, and let out a big sigh. As she turned the knob with the combination numbers memorized in her head, she discarded everything on her mind. She dropped the small light book bag she had been carrying on her shoulder on the tiled floor and started putting her books in neatly and quietly, as though making a sound would set off an alarm.
When she was about to close her locker she noticed the mirror attached by magnets to her locker door. She gazed at the mirror carefully, and got closer to get a better look at herself. She raised her hand to her forehead, and parted her bangs. A very visible scar showed in her reflection, along with a bruise near her eye.
With her other hand, she touched the cut and flinched the moment she did, "Not only is the cut still there from the other day but," she touched her bruise slightly, "I'm getting a bruise from yesterday..." She continued to stare at herself for some time before snapping out of it. She quickly looked away from the mirror, as though she had just seen a monster. She closed her eyes in frustration as tears welled up inside, these tears almost escaping past her eyelids.
She grabbed the locker door, with eyes still shut, and with a choked up voice screamed, "DAMN IT ALL!" All through the halls the yell was heard, followed by a locker slamming hard against the wall. Kagome almost fell to her knees, but was able to hold herself up with the surrounding lockers. She took in a deep breath, 'Stupid Kagome... Stupid...,' she repeated in her head as she closed her locker correctly this time. She picked up her book bag from the floor and put one strap over her shoulder. She gracefully walked out of the school, as though that incident a few seconds ago never happened.
As she reached the steps, she heard the bell ring and could hear the footsteps of the teens rushing out the rooms, bumping and pushing into each other without a simple apology nor care for each other. She walked down the stairs at her own slow pace, 'surprisingly' not being hit by anyone who came out of the large building. Once she got to the end of the sidewalk, she stopped to take one last look at the school she had just left behind, Futeki High.
Futeki High was a popular school, but it wasn't for high grades or perfect school achievement. This school had another type of reputation that made it oh so popular. It all had to do with its students' way of living. No one ever graduated from this school and many criminals were said to attend there. That not being far from the truth. The school was said to have the lowest grades and attendance record in the entire country! The school was simply a base for many gangs. And not just any gang. They weren't the kind to cause simple school antics. These were involved with thefts, vandalism, illegal drugs, and murders.
If you attended Futeki High, you had to be what the school name advertised itself to be, fearless. The school used to be called Shikon No Tama High, but after new management took over, everyone knew it as Futeki High. You had to be in a gang already before placing a foot into this school, or you'd suffer the consequences of having no back up. This was Futeki High and to people's surprise, everyone wanted to attend it. Luckily for Kagome, she was the small few of her kind that was able to attend it.
Kagome Higurashi came from a rich snobby family, and she clearly hated it. Everyone who associated themselves with her knew she wanted out of her way of life. No one ever understood why she felt this way, most believed it to just be a phase. She later on proved to everyone she knew that they should of paid more attention to her whining. Once she graduated from 8th grade and was heading for High School, she decided she wanted a change, and fast. A time to leave the preppy private school uniforms and get a new wardrobe. A time to change personality and way of thinking completely. It was at this time that she found out about Shikon now Futeki High and met the one and only Kouga Kyoukou.
That name sent a shiver down Kagome's back. Such a weird feeling she felt for such a man, if she could even call him that. He at times didn't even deserve to be addressed as one, but instead just a boy with a few toys that are not supposed to be in his bloody stained hands. Kouga was a well known name around the country. Police stations, banks, jail cells, etc was the center of his popularity. With his type of reputation and with Kagome's wanting to completely change, she immediately went out looking for him. It didn't take her long to find him either. The cops may not be able to catch him, but that doesn't mean Kagome can't.
: Flashback : "Are you Kouga Kyoukou," asked a petrified young teen. She wasn't ready for all this. She didn't think it would be this extreme. She didn't seem to have thought it all over much before leaving her old life behind. 'I knew this guy wouldn't be in the best part of town, but this place is creepy and nasty! The building's falling apart! And it was so scary getting past those guards... I just hope notall these people are perverts like those men outside,' Kagome thought to herself as she rubbed her arms with her hands, 'And boy is it cold...'
"Who wants to know? And how'd you get past security," asked a harsh toned voice from the far end of the room. Kagome started to take a few small steps back, regretting for ever deciding to leave her family. She had everything she wanted, but it was all so boring and non-challenging she just had to leave. She was born for adventure, she craved it. And this guy could bring that adventure in her life, she just knows it. "Well," demanded the demon like voice. A shadow from where the voice derived from started to move towards Kagome.
Kagome put on a brave face as she stopped backing up. The coldness of the room was a thing of the past as she suddenly didn't feel it anymore, her mind was on things other than the room temperature now. She tried to sound as tough as possible, "My name is Kagome and I want to join your gang," she said boldly. Her outer appearance looked confident, yet inside she was trembling with fear of the actions that might occur from that simple response. All sorts of things popped into her mind at that moment as she wondered what those certain actions may be, but she quickly erased those ideas from her head. Before she knew it, the shadow had come into vision and was circling her, checking out everywhere its eyes could land on. After a while Kagome started to get frustrated of having to feel like a vulture's prey, "Well! Can I or can I not!"
The male now stood in front of her, seeming to overpower her just with his presence. He was just a few inches away from touching Kagome's slender figured body. He couldn't resist. He didn't know why this dame was here, but that didn't matter to him at the moment. He lifted his hand and reached for Kagome's head. She noticed this immediately and flinched from fear of an upcoming slap, but instead she saw that he grabbed few strands of her raven hair. "Why would you want join me? All you've heard of me is true and I can be worse. Why," he asked as he twirled a little of her hair with his finger playfully.
Kagome recovered her bold face, "I want a change. A complete one. Just look at me," she shouted at the guy in front of her, who was too close for comfort. He looked to be older than she, that being expected. Maybe around 2 to 3 years older. He had a very built body. His dark hair was pulled back in a ponytail and he wore a headband. Wristbands also were part of his look. His jeans were semi baggy, looking slightly different than those who would have their jeans down to their knees. His white shirt showed how built he actually was, and that made him all the more attractive.
With the strands of Kagome's hair still being held in his grasp, he placed them behind her ear. This action made him close to Kagome's face. Kagome's eyes widened as she backed up, yearning for some personal space. "I see.. beauty...," replied Kouga in a cocky playful tone. Kagome was immediately flushed, and it showed by the red tint on her cheeks. That only helped in giving Kouga a boost in cocky-ness, evidence by the grin that appeared on his features.
"Thank you...," she choked out. She shook her head suddenly to snap out of it, "But what I meant was, look at how I'm dressed. This shows how much I need to change. My family is rich so I never had to work for anything. I even had people who did my own homework! I can't survive out here in the real world once I'm thrown into it. You seem to be doing extremely well and having lots of excitement in the process. I need adventure to live and I know you can give me it.. Please?"
"I sure can give you adventure, but what exactly would I get out of this in the end," Kouga asked as his grin grew wider. Kagome's eyes widened once she caught on to what he was expecting her to answer with. Kagome never thought about that before, and it just struck her now. She had nothing to actually offer in return for being let into his gang, and the one thing she could think of was something she wanted to wager. All men truly wanted one thing from a woman, and she didn't like that idea. She quickly tried to think of something to get her out of saying something she'd regret offering.
"Whatever you want.. Money, diamonds, cars, anything. My stupid boring family is really rich like I told you..."
"I have all that without needing to even ask and I like it better that way. The excitement you keep talking about that you want to be a part of, that's what I go through to get the things I want. Anything else you got to offer?"
"Not really..," replied Kagome in a quiet tone. She was now feeling less hopeful than she was when she sneaked out of her mansion, "What exactly do you want then?"
Kouga only had one thing on his mind, but he tried to think of other ways Kagome could influence the gang. Nothing came up from observing her appearance. She didn't seem to be on the athletic side. She could be smart, but he had all the intelligence he needed. He doubted she knew how to use weapons properly, and any other position available she would never be able to do. Besides, she did say she came from a snobby rich life. That just lowered her chances more for other solutions besides the main one Kouga continued to think about. 'The gang won't need her until I 'train' her on all there is to know so I'll have to work on her a lot.,' he thought slyly. Kagome didn't like the sudden grinned expression he got over his face, those grins of his seemed to be bad signs of awful thoughts. "In time you'll know. You have a deal. I'll ask for my 'fee' later."
Kagome started to worry. She started to regret. Regret ever sneaking out, getting past her security, and ending up here. However, she couldn't back out now. She'd gone in too far and there was no return. Goodbye to the old Kagome Higurashi, "Um.. Thank you very much," and hello to the new one. The moment she repeated in her mind the agreement he said on her staying with him made her excited. All the possibilities to what she could do from now on were opening up before her eyes.
Kagome turned around to run outside where one of the guards held the suitcase she had brought with her. Even arguing with them for some minutes, they still didn't let her enter with it. They didn't want her to bring it along inside unless Kouga approved. The suitcase didn't hold anything of true value. The few diamonds she brought in case she ran into trouble were on her, so no one could steal them away from her unless they stripped her for them. In her suitcase she only had enough to help her move out. Few outfits, toothbrush, brush, another pair of shoes, etc. By bringing these things with her she could finally leave her old life behind and didn't have to return to that awful place she used to call a home.
As Kagome ran outside, Kouga spoke up high enough for her to hear, "You know once you join, you can never leave right?" Kagome stopped in her tracks and turned to face Kouga.
"What," she asked a bit shakily, "Never?" She knew Kouga was doing her a big favor by allowing her to stay with him. By providing all the help and necessary materials he could give her, that was asking for a lot. She didn't think too much of it though, she didn't know she couldn't escape if things didn't seem to go her way. She wanted to at least have the choice of leaving open. Now she found out that choice was taken away from her before she could even attempt anything.
Kouga responded all too calmly, "Only by death." That statement shot Kagome like a bullet. Kagome started to shake from the fear of her own death. She could never cope with it, ever since she was little. That was natural for any human, but for her even the thought of a small bruise was unbearable. Let alone death. Her father had died when she was only 6 in a plane crash, and it still haunted her to this day. She remembered those nights where she'd just sob until morning, the realization of her father not returning being something she just couldn't cope with. The idea of her dying herself was too frightening to endure.
Despite the shock, she knew she couldn't back out on this like everything else she's attempted in her life up until now. She had to grow up and take responsibility. "Well I'm ready for that type of commitment..," she started saying, trying to believe it herself, "I promise to cooperate from here on out. I won't be a baby about this or anything else. Just... Give me a moment. I need to get over the shock of what you said..." There was a pause before Kagome spoke up again, "Death's a tough issue for a simple girl like me," she replied quietly.
"You'll get used to it all. Don't worry about that. As long as you listen to me from now, I'll take care of everything."
Kagome was now at a street corner, far from the school. The area she was in seemed abandoned, all houses in bad condition. The odor in the air was something no one could really stand since so much of it was present, but Kagome was used to it. After all, when you're living in a 'house' full of men, the smell of smoke becomes normal to you. Everywhere you turned you'd see trash scattered, no real nature present to give the surrounding true life. What more can you expect from the lowest and dirtiest part of town?
Kagome was about to cross the street when she was shoved to the side by a great force, dropping her book bag in the process. Kagome mumbled underneath her breath as she kneeled down and picked up the stuff that fell out of her bag, wondering who would dare to push her. Kagome had such an extreme back up to support her every need that no one even approached her anymore, let alone push her deliberately. Everyone was terrified of the consequences from an action like that.
Kagome straightened up with a bothered expression, her short jean skirt flipping with her swift moves. She turned around to see who bumped into her. Kagome's eyes widened once she caught sight of who it was. It was weird that she was so surprised, she had a slight suspicion on who it'd be. Kagome rolled her eyes, "Should of known only you would push me on purpose like that..."
Kagome's hitter smirked, "Well don't complain because if it wasn't for me, you wouldn't have the privilege of being so respected that no one bothers you. Right?" Kagome sighed in defeat when the realization hit her that what he said was true.
"Guess so... But that still doesn't get you on such good terms with me Kouga dear," Kagome said playfully while adding a small wink that Kouga immediately caught. She didn't really want to fool him like she did, but she felt she had no choice. That feeling wasn't wrong either. If she could do something small to get on Kouga's good side, then she would put some effort in doing it, though that didn't please her at all.
"You only seem to make me love you even more Kagome, day by day, with every little thing you do," Kouga said with a grin. Kagome slightly shuddered once she heard that word come from Kouga's mouth, not liking it one bit. That word was dead to her, she never believed in love and had no hopes in it. Love was nothing, but a dream. An idiotic dream. That's how much Kouga has influenced her. He was the sole reason that in Kagome's mind the idea of love didn't exist, even though he himself didn't know he had done that. He actually believed Kagome loved him back.
Kouga was never one to speak his heart in front of others, but that didn't mean he wouldn't say something romantic to Kagome when his gang members are present. He believed that it made Kagome like him even more when he did things like that, so he tries to do small gestures every chance he gets, yet holding back on the much more serious things. Kouga was more of a show off than anyone if you think about it.
Kagome despised hearing lies told to her every day. 'If he really loved me he wouldn't - ... He only likes the benefits he gets from me. Being a trophy... Being a...' Kagome was cut from finishing her thoughts as Kouga diminished the space between them both, landing a quick kiss on her lips while she was thinking. His kiss felt like poison to her lips. Kagome faked a smile, "How sweet of you," Kagome choked out.
Nearby Cliff - "Can you explain to us again why we are heading to this place," asked a shadow from behind the leader. Few more
people stood next to the holder of the voice who spoke just now. They were all standing behind the one that guided them and directed them through all their actions, their great leader. The small cliff they all stood on overlooked the city, and in plain sight was the school most heard of in all of Tokyo. Futeki High.
"Kouga's there... And I got some business to settle," said a determined angered voice.
"I see... So this means your feud with him is not over yet?"
"Until one of us die... It never will be."
A/N: Any mispellings, errors, mistakes, are to be pointed out please. Greatly appreciated if done so. Sorry to all who read my other story "Precious Little Treasure," I know it hasn't been updated in a long while (I promise one day it will end though! No worries about that. I hate leaving things undone), but this has been really bugging me. It was begging to be written! I actually have 2 more stories I want to do, but I won't start anymore stories until I finish at least one of the 2 I now got. Review Please. Thanks and hope you enjoyed! And if you did like it, spread the word about it.