Heya! :D It feels so good to be back here. It's summer, I turned 16, and it's just great! :DDDD Lolz. So pumped! Anyhoo, here's another chapter, hope you enjoy!
But I do apologize for going MIA and if this chapter isn't good. I kinda just threw it up there…this is just to get the ball rolling I guess. Any ideas, let me know!
I don't own Inuyasha! (I'd feel like I've done more with my life if I did…)
~Love at Shikon High: Summer after High School~
~Summer day with my sweetheart:
I roll over and sigh in happiness, a goofy smile on my face. I stretch and look at my phone, surprised when it says it's only 8:24. I'm used to sleeping longer. I sit up, rubbing my eyes as I stretch and pop the joints in my body, and throw the covers back.
Today is June 7th, 2014, one day after graduation. I situate the bun on the top of my head before walking down the stairs in my pink polka dotted pajama shorts and tank top that match. I yawn as I reach the bottom of the stairs, looking at the normal note saying mom will be at work and that Sota is at Kohaku's.
I open the fridge and grab a Sunny D, taking a sip as I walk out the back door, enjoying the sun. I touch the pool water with my toe and decide it's warm enough to swim. I stretch and walk back inside.
Inuyasha?
Shhh…
I know you didn't shush me
He says nothing and I frown as I walk up the stairs, irritated but not enough for him to mess up my pool time. I change into my bathing suit and grab my sunglasses and my cooler, sticking water, sweet tea, and pink lemonade in it. I grab a towel and go out, smiling the whole time.
I blindly reach into my cup holder for my cup of sweet tea, taking a sip from the straw with my eyes still closed as I float on the water in my purple inflatable lounge chair. I sigh and look towards the sun as it rises higher in the sky, the 10:03 sun shining bright in the cloudless sky.
I feel something entering the yard, noting my senses on my barrier and I smile. "Hello Inuyasha." I call out, freezing Inuyasha in his tracks to jump into the pool. I open my eyes and look at Inuyasha standing at the edge of the pool with an unhappy look on his face.
My eyes skim over his muscled and tan body, the built arms, the abs, to his white swim shorts with red stripes in random places. His hair is down and flows over his back and shoulders while his cute little ears swivel every once and a while.
"Hello." I call, taking another sip from my drink. One leg is bent at the knee while the other is laid out on the chair and I smile at him as he looks over my body. My skin is pale, but not overly so. My hair is pulled in the bun, my sun glasses on top of my head, and my black bikini with the multi-color splatter paint pops with the bright neon. The little skirt on the bikini bottom adds a cute girly pop to it. I tie my bikini top back at the top and then take another sip of drink.
"Did you finally decide to wake up?" I ask, putting the drink in the cooler and then shutting it and putting it away. I push myself away from the edge, slowing edging my way closer to him.
"Obviously." Inuyasha says with a roll of his eyes. He slides into the water, standing up and coming to my side so we're face to face. I fake a glare at him.
"You are such a butthead." I say, pulling his hair slightly.
"Same to you." He says, putting his hands on the side of my chair. "How long have you been out here?"
"Since about 9ish…"
"Alone?"
"Wellll…." I say, earning a glare. "Just kidding! Geez… Who else would be out here with me, Inuyasha?"
"Any guy that happened to walk past and see you like this."
"What guy would do that?" I ask, making a face.
"I don't know Kags. Maybe one of your fan club guys." He says, distaste in his voice.
"Ohmigod, are they here?" I say, pretending to look around then look back at him to see his not happy face. "I'm kidding! Gosh, lighten up." I roll my eyes and lean back. Inuyasha takes my sunglasses and throws them on the chair, perfectly in the towel. "Hey!" I say, but then he pulls me in the water.
I swim to the surface, my bun astray, while he laughs. I jump on his back and duck his head under, laughing until he flips me over his shoulder into the water. I swim to the other side and pop up for air just to have him wrap his arms around my waist. I scream and then burst into a set of giggles.
"Okay, okay!" I squeal, putting my arms over his around my waist as the water settles around us. His muscled chest is against my back and I fight the urge to blush. "You've made your point."
"Ya think?" Inuyasha says into my ear.
"Yes, I do think; unlike you." He goes to flip me and I laugh. "No! Okay, okay…I'm done."
"Really?" He asks, and I turn my head slightly so I can look at his face.
"Yes." I say. He doesn't let go. "Will you let go?"
"Nope."
I give him a look and try to force my way out, which is ridiculous because he has super strength and I'm just me. I sigh and just float in the water, kicking my legs slowly in front of me while Inuyasha holds me up.
"…You wanna let go now?"
"Nope."
I groan and spin around so I'm facing him and pull his hair so we're nose to nose. "Inuyasha, you better let me go right now or I promise you, I will strut my stuff all over this neighborhood and make sure one of my fan club people see me."
He lets me go and I let him go and float away, smiling. He makes a face and catches me again and kisses me, filled with passion I didn't expect he had that early in the morning. He backs away and then swims on backwards, smirking his crooked half smile.
"That's to show you what you'd be missing if you left." He says. I smile, resisting the urge to roll your eyes.
"Honey, I don't think I need to show you what you'd be missing…" I say, trailing off as I situate the top of my bikini, knowing he's watching. He's by my side in seconds and I laugh. "Good boy…"
"I hate it when you do that, wench."
"Maybe that's why I do it, pup." I say, spinning around so I'm on his back. "Now swim while I just…chill."
"You're so lazy."
"Lalala, I can't hear you." I say in a sing song voice as I close my eyes and let the sun heat up my back. Inuyasha's hands are warm against the backs of my thighs and mine are hooked in front of his chest and I resist the urge to rub them on his chest. I think of other things, anything actually.
You're doing it again
Doing what?
Blocking me out
Maybe I did it for a reason
I kiss his cheek to get across my meaning and laugh when he looks at me. "Or am I lying?"
"Keh…" He says, letting me go.
"Hey!" I say, swimming after him. He spins around and lifts me up in the air. I scream. "Inuyasha! It's cold up here!" He drops me so I'm in front of him, in the water, with his hands on my upper arms. I sigh as I get in the warm water. "Thank you…you big butthead."
"Wench."
"Pup."
"Tramp."
"Whore."
"Hoe."
"Slut!"
"Bitch!"
"Dja!"
"…What does that even mean?" He says, giving me a questioning glance.
"Inuyasha, get with the program! It means, dumb jackass. Duh." I say with a roll of my eyes. "Gosh, you are so slow."
"Oh really?" He says, spinning me around before I can contemplate what happens. Now my back is to his chest again. I sigh.
"Okay… Showing off will get you nowhere." I say in a sing song like voice.
"Except in some girls' arms." He says. I elbow his stomach.
"Not funny." I growl out. He kisses my neck near where the pulse is and it speeds up in response. "Oh no, you're still in trouble." He kisses my neck again and I squirm in his arms, twisting away but all I do is end up face to face with him. He kisses me but I back away. "No."
"Kags, you can't resist all this." He says, making me laugh. I swim away from him, leaning back so my chest is slightly above the water, my legs coming up and then going back down.
"Oh no, it's you who can't resist all this." I wink and back flip into the water.
So not cool…
I walk down the stairs, towel drying my hair before walking out the back door and throwing it on the porch railing to dry in the sun. I throw my slightly damp hair into a sloppy bun and then walk into the living room and plop on the couch with Inuyasha. He puts his arm around my shoulders while he flips through the channels.
"You know," I start out. "You don't have to do that; just turn on Netflix."
"No."
"Why not?"
"Because you'll want to watch some stupid chick flick."
"Not true!"
Inuyasha gives me a look.
"I was going to watch an action adventure that had a hot guy in it." I say, crossing my arms in defiance as I look at him. "So, HA!"
He frowns and I laugh as I wrap a strand of his silver hair around my finger. "You know you love me." I tease, while he smirks.
"Keh." He says, looking back at the screen as I mess with his hair.
"Inuyasha?" I ask nicely. He says nothing but I know he heard because his ear flicked in my direction. "Can you do me a favor?"
"No." He says with a look. I pull his face to my own and kiss him and then look at him expectantly. "Okay, what do you want?"
"Sit in front of me." I say, pointing to the floor.
"What?"
"Do. It." I order and he sighs and sits there. I cross my legs and start braiding his hair.
"Are you serious?" He asks, realizing why I asked. He goes to turn but I pull his hair.
"Stay still." I say. "I can't braid if you keep moving."
"Maybe that's why I keep moving…" He grumbles. I gently pull his ear.
"Watch it." I reprimand as I continue my braiding of random strands in random sizes and styles.
He sighs but just keeps flipping through the channels while I braid. I hum random tunes and whatever as I braid and unbraid, having fun to my heart's content.
"So, I was thinking me and you should double date with Miroku and Sango to the movies to go see that new one I've been talking about because it'd be so amazing. It's also got the super cute guy in it but the girl is kinda pretty and I only worry Miroku would say something and then Sango would throw her popcorn all over him again. And that wasn't so great the last time it happened and so I would hate for-." I ramble when Inuyasha kisses me, the movement quick and sudden, one of those spontaneous kisses I love. He backs away with a smirk and I look at him.
"That was a really nice way of telling me to shut up." I say softly. He laughs and I kiss his cheek. I lean on him, my arms around his neck, and he flips me so I'm sitting in his lap. He kisses me and I kiss him back, our lips knowing the routine they should follow.
Then there's a knock on the door. Inuyasha groans while I laugh and kiss him one last time. They knock again. I jog my way to the door and open it to see Rin in a bathing suit.
"Have you forgotten already?" She asks, smiling in that way that lets me know that she doesn't really mean it. Her hair is slightly curled and is in a clip, her pale skin showing through her purple halter top bikini with a bow in the middle of the chest and a normal bikini bottom.
"…No…." I say, cursing myself for forgetting. I check the time and see she's a half hour early. "Hey!"
"I knew you'd forget so I came here to give you a heads up. Remember, bathing suit, towel, whatever. I got the food and drinks covered." She comes inside and waves to Inuyasha. "Hey Inuyasha. I'll see y'all in 30." And then she's gone.
"C'mon lover boy." I say as I walk to the back deck to grab my bathing suit and Inuyasha's shorts. "You should probably get home to help get stuff. But you'll come back to get me, right?" I give him a look and he rolls his eyes.
"Like you would ever let me forget you." He says with a smirk. I smack his arm and kiss him goodbye and then he's gone. I sigh and walk inside, humming a random beat as I go.
I get out of the car with Inuyasha, who I fought with almost the whole way there, and rush over to where the girls are standing, motioning for Inuyasha to go with Rin and the guys to help get the food and stuff to the shelter Rin had occupied.
"Hey!" I called, smiling to the rest of the girls, who looked amazing in their outfits. I was in my normal bathing suit with a white sun dress on to cover it up.
Sango's wearing a black two piece with red hearts all over with a dagger through them. Her bottoms were like surf shorts and her hair was up in the normal ponytail.
Ayame's in a neon green strapless bikini with yellow polka dots on them and strings on the bottoms. Her hair's in pigtails with her ever present bracelet on.
Sayuri is sporting a hot pink triangle bikini top with fringe on the front hanging slightly past the end of the top and hot pink bottoms with string sides that are tied in a cute bow. Her hot pink lace dress with a fringe like bottom barely covers it up.
Kiehauna has a Hawaiian themed bikini on that's blue with colorful flowers on it. Her hair is down but she has a hair bow on her wrist so I believe it won't be for long.
"I'm excited, excited, excited. I'm so excited that I just can't stop." Sayuri says in a sing song like fashion. I give her a look and she just smiles. "Hello there Cuz!"
"I'm so ready to go in the water." Kiehauna says, overlooking the calm waves.
"Ditto." Ayame says as she straightens out the bracelet. Sayuri and I slip out of our cover-ups and stuff them in our bags with the gang starts walking ahead. We catch up easily.
"Has Ginta seen your swim suit?" I ask.
"Yes but that was just in my pool. He isn't exactly aware I'm wearing it here so…" Sayuri says with a smile and shrug. "But hey, who cares?!"
We walk to the shelter where Rin and the guys are and I see they're all in their normal swim suits while Rin is wearing the same one from earlier. As soon as Ginta sees Sayuri, he rushes over while I walk over to Koga to ask where Inuyasha is.
"Hey Kags." He says, smiling while his blue eyes look me over. I smile back, used to the nickname he gave me way back when we first met.
"Hey." I say. "Where's Inuyasha?"
"Oh, that mutt? I fed him to a shark."
"That shark must be pretty unhappy with you." I say while he laughs.
"Yeah, probably. He'll have fur balls for weeks." I laugh.
"You best hope he doesn't find you and get revenge for feeding him such an awful dinner."
"Nah, I ain't scared. With your boyfriend in his stomach, he's probably already slowly dying."
"Then his ghost will haunt you."
"And so would I." Inuyasha says as he comes to my side and throws an arm over my shoulder.
"Hey." I say, wrapping my arm around his waist. "I was just talking to Koga about where you were."
"Rin needed me to go take some chairs and stuff to the beach for her and you guys."
"Ah." I say, nodding my head as I send a sneaky smile to Koga. He winks and then walks over to where Ayame and the gang are.
"Ready?" Inuyasha asks, looking me over. I nod my head yes. We walk towards the beach, everyone else close behind. I throw my bag on a towel I recognize as Inuyasha's and then run towards the water.
Race ya!
Cheater!
I laugh as I plunge into the refreshing water in the afternoon sun, Inuyasha following me as I do. He catches me easily and then we're in the water, splashing and spraying, hiding and chasing, making allies and enemies with each other. Best beach day ever.
"Nope, that's definitely Jupiter."
"Can you even see Jupiter from Earth without a telescope?"
"Can you even see Jupiter at all?"
"I think it's Mars."
"No way…I think it's Pluto."
"You can't even see Pluto!"
"Pluto isn't even a planet and is so far away even a telescope has issues seeing it."
"You have issues."
I laugh with the others at Ginta's comment to Sayuri. We're all in a circle, heads in, looking up at the stars with full bellies and happy smiles, some even with sunburn or tans. Our blankets or towels are all splotched together as we lay on the uneven sand with the stars staring at us as the waves make background noise.
In a circle it's me, Inuyasha, Rin, Sango, Miroku, Ayame, Koga, Kiehauna, Hakkaku, Ginta, and Sayuri with me on her other side.
"Shut up." Sayuri says as she smacks his side. He grabs her hand and she smiles up at him.
"But seriously, that's Jupiter." Hakkaku says.
"No I don't think it is." Kiehauna says.
"Yes it looks more like a normal star…" Ayame says, tilting her head slightly as she looks up at the sky.
"Does anyone know any star constellations?" Rin asks. Her human vision isn't as good as the demon vision and I feel her pain.
"Um…that's totally the Big Dipper." Hakkaku says, pointing to a cluster of stars that don't really look much like anything to me.
"I don't think so…" I contradict him, tilting my head at the sky. "I think that's just a cluster of stars."
"It is. There's Orion." Kiehauna says, pointing near Hakkaku's cluster.
"…Wait! I think I see Gemini. Isn't that close to Orion? If so, then you're right." Sayuri says, staring contently at the sky. "Or maybe I'm just making it up."
"I think you're all making it up." Inuyasha says, earning an elbow in the ribs from me. "Ow!"
"Shut up." I say to him, smiling slightly while others snicker around us. "I don't know what the heck are any of those star clusters but all I know if that big shiny one is pretty."
"I think that's the North Star." Miroku says.
"I'm surprised you're thinking." Sango teases, making me smile and others laugh.
"Oh my love, how you slay me."
"You know…maybe that is Jupiter…" Ayame comments, bringing us back to our original topic.
"Who cares?" Hakkaku asks.
"I don't know." Ginta answers before anyone else can. "But it is kinda late."
"Sesshomaru will kill me if I come home super late again." Rin says, jumping up.
"Mom will ground me if I break curfew." Sayuri says, looking at her phone for the time. I steal a glance and see it's 9:45.
"It's not that late." Kiehauna says. "But it will take about an hour to get home so let's head on out."
"I still gotta clean up." Rin says, distress clear in her voice.
"Take Inuyasha's car and go ahead. Me and him can drive your van and everyone else can do carpool." I say, volunteering for clean up duty since my mom knows I'm safe if I'm with Inuyasha.
"Would you really do that for me?" Rin asks, smiling brighter than any star in the sky. I smile at her.
"Anything for you." I say, earning a hug. I say my goodbyes and then they're all gone, leaving me and Inuyasha. I look over and see he's already putting away things in the car. "Hey, wait up!"
He looks at me with a crocked smile. "C'mon slowpoke."
"You know I hate that nickname. It's not my fault you have demon speed. You take the stuff to the car and I'll pack it up."
"Why are we even doing this?" Inuyasha complains, earning a look from me.
"Because we're helping out Rin and I know you have no plans and I already texted my mom I'll be a little late but I'm fine because I'm with you." Plus the last thing I want to do is get home and be myself all night.
"…is there something you're not telling me?"
I freeze, wondering if he knows my secret fears that make the nightmares all too real sometimes. "What do you mean?"
"You've been keeping things from me Kagome. Don't think I don't know about it. I kept getting hints and little pieces but I don't see why you don't just tell me. We tell each other everything Kags…we're soul mates after all. I feel like you don't trust me."
I spin around to face him. "Of course I trust you! It's just…it's been over a year and still no sign of any of them. Inuyasha, I know I'm supposed to protect the Jewel and everything but I can't deal with the suspense of not knowing if my enemy is out there or not. It's me I don't trust… I could turn at any minute. It was so easy for him to put me in the position where the Jewel was tainted and easy to get."
"Hey, hey…." Inuyasha holds me in his chest and I shudder a breath in, cursing myself for letting anything ruin our good night. "You have me and I'll always be here."
"I can't have you getting in the way and getting hurt. You don't understand how much you mean to me."
He lifts my chin with a clawed hand so my eyes meet his fiery gold ones. "And you don't understand how much you mean to me. Kags, when I thought I lost you, I felt like a piece of me had died. I felt lost and empty without you…and I won't feel like that ever again because I'm going to make sure you stay safe. But I can't do that if we aren't honest with each other."
"I know, I know…" I sigh. "It's just…hard sometimes."
"But we'll get through it together."
I smile up at him and kiss him, a soft lingering kiss on his lips. "What would I ever do without you?"
He smirks. "Lucky for you that you won't have to find out."
I laugh a little and then kiss him one last time before returning to work. "I really am sorry."
"It's okay. I've kept things from you too."
I spin to him with my eyebrow raised. "Like what?" I snap.
He smiles a little. "Like the girl who may have asked me on a date."
"Oh really? Who was she? What did she look like? Where does she live? What did you say? I'll beat her down right now." I say in a long rush that makes Inuyasha put his hands on my sides and laugh.
"Woah, calm down…"
"Don't ever tell a woman to be calm. All it does it get her all wiled up again."
"So I see…" I narrow my eyes at him and he rolls his in return. "You know it isn't true."
"It could be!" I say in an exasperated tone as he packs away the last of the things into the car. I can hear his chuckle and fume a little inside. Like are you really going to tease and keep me in suspense like that?! I walk after him, turning around to make sure we got everything before I jump in the passenger seat. "I still say it's not fair."
"It's only unfair because you're losing."
"I never lose, okay?"
"Mhmm…"
"So, I see you've gone soft." I tease, crossing my arms in front of my chest as he drives us out of the beach parking lot. He frowns; he hates talking about his feelings.
"Keh."
"C'mon Inuyasha; you have so gotten a teensy bit soft. But that's a good thing! Because if you hadn't been able to talk about your feelings, then you wouldn't be a great boyfriend." I smile and I catch a slight smirk on his face. "It's true and you know it."
"What about opening up yourself to love again?" He counters. I scoff.
"Who says I love you?" I roll my eyes and look out the window to keep the smile off my face. He glances at me with a look of disbelief and I burst out laughing and he looks at me a little more before laughing himself.
We are crazy weird…
That's just you
I stick my tongue out at him and smack his arm and he just laughs at me until I'm smiling back.
"I'm fine." I say for the umpteenth time as I brush out my tangled hair in my vanity mirror. "You can go home."
"Keh, and leave you alone? Nah. Besides, I like your bed." He leans back, making his muscles push through his thin cotton shirt. And it probably likes you too.
I pull the brush through one last time and lay it on the vanity with a sigh and turn to him. "Inuyasha, I've been fine all those other nights when you haven't been here so I'll be fine tonight too. Can't you just trust me? Besides, if I need you, all I have to do is message you or text you or call you or something. Sometimes I wonder if I yell that you'll just come running to me or something."
"Well you do have a big mouth."
"And yet it's still smaller than yours. And besides, mine is proportionate to the rest of my head." I sit on the bed in front of him with my arms crossed in front of me. "Now, back to the topic at hand, you may leave."
"Why do you want me to go?"
I sigh. "Inuyasha, someone is going to get the idea that we are having sex."
"So?"
I smack his arm. "So we aren't!"
"I know that!"
"But they don't! And what if my mom catches you up here or something."
"I always hear her coming before she gets here."
"And what if you don't?"
"Then I'll just hide somewhere."
I give him a look. "Does this look like a teenage movie or something?"
"Kags, you need to calm down. You've been all wound up since we left the beach. What the hell is wrong?" Inuyasha pulls me into a hug and I let him, my anger melting away.
"I got a message from Kaede." I whisper slightly, hoping he won't hear me. But he does; he always does.
"So?"
"…She's heard word around that she's back."
"Who?"
"…Midoriko…." Inuyasha hugs me tighter, and I fight the urge to shudder at her name. "And if she's back then that could mean…"
"That the war isn't over."
I look over at my necklace in the locked box, the necklace that holds the Jewel, and think back to the battle, the battle that almost made me lose everything. "I never really thought it was…"
*Unknown P.O.V.*
"Bring me the girl." The man says as he sits on the throne that once held our great ruler. I throw open the doors and lead the demon guards towards the center of the room and step aside as they bring forth a rather pretty demon girl. All the demons and non-demons in the room take a look at her.
"It's nice of you to join our cause." The man says. She smiles, a quick pull of the lips.
"Anything for my dear friend Naraku." Her voice is dark and luring. "My bird army and I will gladly help; but only if we get a share of the profit."
"All will be shared among those who help our side."
"Then call it a deal." She smirks like she's won something but I know that the man in charge means nothing with his promises; he only wants to win.
