Insane-san says: Hi! It's me again. -stupid laugh- I got some nice feedback so I'm gonna keep going. -insert happy dance here- So ehh...If you people have any characters you want in this, you can tell me them in a review and I may (or may not) put them in the story. Another thing, for those of you who don't know, Shousetsu no Kowai means Scary Story in Japanese.
Enjoy the chapter for it will be as long as the last.
Shousetsu no Kowai
Page two
The old man pressed his hands harder into his back and shook his head slowly.
"I'm afraid that will take quite a bit of effort..." He coughed hoarsly into the wrinkled palm of his hand and faced away from Inuyasha. Inuyasha walked forward and picked the man off of the floor. The old man gasped out in fear. Inuyasha shook him hard as he spoke. "Why? Why do you say that? A little stumble to my left and I could push her into the road to get hit by one of thosecar things!" He shouted with desperation. The old man wheezed and kicked his feet around, trying to feel for the floor which had left him. "N-N-Now you must understand, Inuy...Ehh...Ehh, sir...! The, the, the seal's magic is--"
"Is what?" Inuyasha screamed in his face. "Part of the spell makes it so you will save her from danger whatever the cost." The old man whimpered. "So while all that garbage happens, I can't even kill someone unless I get the okay from that insect?" Inuyasha snapped. "That is true. Now please let me down!" He rasped. Inuyasha threw him to the floor and paced the room with agitation. Kagome's eyes wandered to the old man and she tried to cover her ears and forget about the cracking noise she heard when he hit the ground.
"No, no, no...That's not right," Inuyasha reasoned quietly to himself. "I shouldn't have to be responsible. She should be responsible for her own life..." He stopped pacing. Suddenly he spun around and shot a clawed finger to where Kagome sat on the floor. "She has done nothing to deserve my protection! I won't sink so low as to protect some stupid human girl! No! I won't!" He snarled. "I'll kill myself! If that's how it's gonna be, I'll frickin' kill myself!" He grabbed the hilt of the sword that was strapped to his side and he pulled it from its sheath. There were bursts of yellow light. The sword went from looking like a normal katana to a massive sword longer and almost wider than his whole body.
The old man pushed himself up with difficulty and shouted, "You cannot do that either! The seal does not permit you to harm yourself or the girl. You are bonded together as if your lives are one." Those words didn't stop Inuyasha from trying. He pushed and pushed but the sword wouldn't go through his chest. Or his neck or his head. Or any part of his body. And no ammount of slashing could get through to Kagome. When all of that was done, Inuyasha faced the truth. He sheathed his sword and stood before Kagome. He glared down at her with immense hatred. Kagome looked up at him, her face twisted like the face of someone who's holding back what they want to say. She felt like her mind was being stabbed with a sword from his gaze. His fangs were clenched and his arms were tensed and shaking. "I...Hate you." He said through his teeth. He walked passed her towards the door and stopped when he reached it.
It started off quietly but his growl grew in volume very quickly. "Why the hell can't I open this door?" He snarled. The old man remained sitting on the floor. It seemed like too much trouble to stand anymore. "Your...Body won't move because your mind is too occupied on the safety of the girl." He said softly. Inuyasha whipped around, seething. "Safety? Safety?" He screamed. "That's the last thing I'm thinking about! I want that girl dead, do you hear me? Dead!" Kagome stood and felt tears in her eyes. She crossed her arms for some feeling of being safe and stared at the old man. "Even though he doesn't feel it that much, he wants me safe?" Kagome asked him calmly. The old man looked at her and nodded. "Even though he...Wants you to die. The spell in the seal controls his mind to wish for your protection." He said. Kagome helped him up gently and ignored the aggitated growls and punches on the walls.
"Thank you." The old man murmured. "Are you alright?" She asked. "I'm so...Sorry that this--" The old man cut her off. "No, it's fine. I understand you were very scared a few moments ago. I hope you can get over the shock and try to work this out. It is I who is sorry...I was selfish and thought of my own mental state and didn't worry about anyone else in the world. I was...Tired. Tired of hearing the screeching of his dark powers every single day." He sighed. "I just wanted him to leave. I'm sorry, young lady." Kagome sighed softly and pulled a small chunk of hardend sand from her hair.
"Why are you crap-heads ignoring me?" Inuyasha yelled over to them from the entrance. "This is happening to me. Me! Not you idiots. Tell me how to fix it, old man." The old man shielded his ears from the yelling and sighed deeply. Kagome glared behind herself at Inuyasha. "My name isn't 'crap-head', it's Kagome!" She yelled back at him. Inuyasha tilted his head back slightly and narrowed an eye. "Keh...I wouldn't care if your name was 'crap-head', crap-head. I hate you. Hate you!" He shouted, stomping a foot hard against the wooden floor.
Kagome bent down a little in front of the old man and asked, "Do you need a doctor?" The old man smiled gruffly and shook his head. "It seems I need a doctor every day just for my old age...Just try to learn how to control him. That's what you are meant to do now." He said, bowing his head in a shamed manner. Kagome's eyebrows raised with her frown. "I'll...Try. If that's all I can do." She said quietly. The old man smiled a little and waved a hand. "Well, you should go. I feel like closing up the shop." Kagome glanced around at the gigantic mess Inuyasha had made in his tantrum. The old man noticed and made a noise in his throat. "No, no. You leave. I'll take care of this. I think it's time I retired." He mumbled.
"Remember, young lady," He said just above a whisper. "He is your resposability. Your own. Do not expect to have comfort or help from anyone about this." Kagome stared at him for a moment before looking to the floor. "No help?" Kagome asked softly. The old man forced a smile. "No one can even see him." Kagome's eyes filled and her jaw trembled. 'Those people who followed us...' She thought. 'And Mama couldn't even--' She stopped thinking about it and turned around.
The old man apologized once more and watched Kagome walk hesitantly towards Inuyasha's spiteful form. Inuyasha growled louder as she neared him. She avoided his eyes in nervousness and pushed open the door. "We're going now," She forced herself to speak. "Inuyasha." Inuyasha tried punching her head only to be stopped. "Curse you to the deepest, most torturous pits of--"
"We have to cross." Kagome said hurriedly. She walked quickly along the crosswalk and cleared her throat. She glanced back at him and saw him smirking and not walking. "Pl-" She cleared her throat loudly and shook her head to make herself toughen up. "Please follow me." She said. Inuyasha's eyes hardened murderously and he walked towards her. Kagome turned back around and continued down the sidewalk. She was careful not to speak to him the whole way home for fear of being seen as insane. Soon, the steps of the shrine became visible in the distance and Kagome quickened her pace. She mentally prepared herself for what she had to say to her mother. She also remembered what the old man had said. She knew she couldn't count on anyone for that.
"So you really live in this place, huh?" She heard Inuyasha ask in a disgusted tone. Kagome sighed through her nose. "Yes." She answered calmly. "It's been here for years." She said informatively. "Heh, I can tell." Inuyasha said with an arrogant air. Kagome narrowed her heated eyes and walked further up the many steps. "Almost there." Kagome said quietly. "I know. I'm not stupid. I can see for myself." Inuyasha said. "I was telling myself! To give myself some patience." Kagome said loudly. Inuyasha laughed darkly. "Y'know, talking to yourself is a sign of insanity." He said. "Oh, yes. I'm sure you know all about that department, don't you?" Kagome said, losing the patience she had wanted to gain. Inuyasha growled loudly. "Watch it." He said through his growl.
They reached the top of the stairs and Kagome walked forward, her house being her goal. Something stopped her. Her mother was standing by the green van and was talking to three police officers. Her face was wet with tears and she was very fidgety. Kagome stared with an uncertain face and drew a deep, calming breath. She made her way towards her mother. "Mama," She called out. Her mother spun around and stared into the face of her daughter. She let out a relieved laugh. A police officer spotted Kagome quickly and pulled out his gun. "Stay where you are!" He shouted. Inuyasha jumped in front of Kagome and readied his claws in front of himself.
Kagome allowed herself to register what was actually happening. "Stop, that's my daughter! That's my daughter!" Her mother sobbed and ran forward to Kagome. She hugged her daughter and kissed her forehead. Inuyasha remained in from of Kagome, eyeing the officer with extreme dislike. "Curse this." He growled quietly. "Curse this all..." Kagome stared at the back of Inuyasha curiously. She shifted her focus to her mother. "Mama, I'm sorry. What's going on?" She asked.
Her mother forced herself away from her daughter and looked lovingly into her eyes. "I was so worried. I called the police and they came right over. I told them everything. About you being lifted into the air, and about the car being moved on its own...I was so terrified for you since you left after all of that happened." Kagome's face darkened and she stared at the police man. He hadn't lowered his gun and was staring at Kagome as though she were something conspicuous.
"Excuse me, Ms. Higurashi, we're going to have to question your daughter." The officer said. Kagome sighed heavily at her knew burden. She knew she'd have to lie. Lie to the police. She cleansed herself of any guilt and lifted a foot to walk forward. Inuyasha threw an arm out in front of Kagome and she placed her foot back in the sand. Kagome stared at him in question and wondered what was going through his mind at the time. "I hate this." He growled quietly. "I hate it so much I want to rip everyone open. I want them dead." He said, staring at the officers with a strange look of hunger. "That's fine, officers. Go on, Kagome." Her mother said kindly.
Kagome clenched her fists and unclenched them numerous times. "It's okay." She said in a low whisper to Inuyasha. "Calm down. They're not going to kill me, they want to question me." Kagome didn't notice the officers and her mother staring at her, trying to listen to what she was saying. Inuyasha felt himself sigh and lower his arms. He winced his piercing eyes and watched Kagome walk towards the police officers. Something grabbed hold of his mind and he followed her.
"So you are...?" A female officer tapped her pen on a notebook. Kagome smiled. "Kagome Higurarshi." Kagome answered. The woman wrote it down. "Hn. What a dumb name." Inuyasha said loudly, putting his shoulders back. Kagome tried to ignore him so she wouldn't look insane. "And how old are you, Kagome?" The woman asked. Kagome smiled weakly. "I'm sixteen." The woman nodded and wrote something down. "Your mother has already answered this for us, but are you or were you involved in drugs, Kagome?"
"Pfft. She's smashin' you." Inuyasha said with amusement. Kagome's face tightened and she said, "No. Nor do I ever want to be involved with them in any way." The woman nodded with raised eyebrows as she wrote on the page of the notebook. "So do you and your mother live alone here in this huge place?" Kagome's face turned angry and she looked around at the three officers. "Yes, we do. Now what's with these questions?" She demanded in a semi-polite manner. One of the officers leaned into the conversation and said, "I'm sorry, miss. It's all procedure. Your mother started telling us about some really weird stuff so we've gotta ask these questions. Please cooperate." He said kindly. Kagome nodded and fixed her shirt. "Okay." She said.
The female officer eyed Kagome up and down and then said, "Before I continue, could you tell me why you're all messed up?" Kagome plastered a fake smile onto her pale-skinned face. "I have a weekend job at an animal clinic. I take care of the dogs there and it can get kind of messy." She said with a playful laugh. The officer showed a smile. "Ah, I see." Kagome's mother searched the back of her daughter with surprise and discomfort. She place her fingers to her mouth and stared. "And the dried blood on your hand?" The officer asked. Kagome tilted her eyebrows saddly and said, "One of the dogs got caught up in a fight and got bitten up pretty bad. I helped a vet carry him into the examining room but I wasn't allowed to go in because I was so dirty." She said simply.
Kagome's eyes started to close in concentration at the feeling of four eyes burning holes into her head. "So what can you say about being lifted up into the air and a car moving?" She asked, lifting her eyes from the paper to look at Kagome. Kagome's eyes widened inoccently. "I was at the clinic. I got home just now. I don't know anything about being lifted into the air or my car moving. Who told you that crazy story?" The officer narrowed her eyes in something like disappointment. She had failed to corner the girl. "Your mother told us."
Kagome gasped. "That explains everything. My mother has been on a pain killer medication every since she fell down the stairs of our shrine. She sometimes hallucinates." All of the officers' mouths opened. They glanced at eachother quickly and then looked over to Kagome's mother. She was horrified. Her hands were trembling over her mouth and her eyes were spilling confusion. "Ka...Gome?" She called shakily. Kagome made an effort to ignore her and shook the officers' hands. "I'm so sorry, really. I hope you can forgive her for making you come down." The officers shook their heads and spoke at the same time about it not being a problem.
They walked down the steps to the shrine and were soon out of site. Kagome's eyes filled with tears and she opened her mouth to reveal her clenching teeth. She smeared the tears out of her eyes and cleared her throat. She grabbed at her stomach in hopes to ease the knotted pain of guilt. Maybe they'd find out she was lying and she'd go to jail for lying to the police. But then Inuyasha would have gone crazy because of the seal and he would beat them up. But then since no one would be able to see him they'd blame Kagome for everything and send her to some lab to be experimented on for some psychic powers. But then Inuyasha would go crazy again and then all the people in the world would eventually be beat up to near death by the murderous demon boy.
Kagome grabed the sides of her head with her hands and let out air through her nose. "I'm sorry, Mama," She said quietly. She didn't dare look at Inuyasha. She didn't dare. She looked at her mother instead. "I had to, Mama. Or they'd think we were both insane." She said, gesturing with her hands in a reasoning fashion. Kagome's mother shook her head and placed both her hands over her mouth. Tears spilled from her eyes. "What got into you? What's wrong with you, Kagome?" Her voice was muffled by her hands. Kagome sighed with hopelessness. She didn't know what to say. She didn't know if she should say anything at all. "Just leave her." Inuyasha said rudely. "It'll only break her more if you spill everything." Kagome averted her eyes from her mother's face. She knew Inuyasha was right. She was angry to admit it, but he was. 'Still, I should at least give her some kind of explanation...' She thought.
"Mama, what happened this morning with me and the car...It..." Her mother's eyes squinted with tears and she shook her head. "Mama," Kagome called her and stepped forward. "I just want to give you some kind of comfort about this." She shouted eagerly. Her mother stumbled backwards and sobbed with her hands tight over her mouth. "Don't be a fool." Inuyasha snapped. "Just leave her, I said." He crossed his arms and shot a glare at Kagome's mother. Kagome sighed in defeat. "I know...I just don't want her to--"
"Make herself forget about you because she doesn't want to take responsability for her law-breaking kid?" Inuyasha finished in a light tone. Kagome fingered her pockets and nodded. Inuyasha walked towards Kagome and stopped next to her. He leaned his face closer to hers and the hairs on Kagome's arms stood up. She saw his grin through the corner of her eyes. "You'll get over it." He said. Kagome grimaced and walked to her front door. She didn't have to tell Inuyasha to follow her. That relieved Kagome because she didn't feel like asking him to. Kagome kickd off her shoes and walked up her stairs to get to the second floor. "Oh, close the door, will you, Inuyasha?" She asked, sliding her hand up the rail. Inuyasha shouted several curses before slamming the door shut.
"Thanks." She said automatically once she heard the door slam. Inuyasha stood there with a raised eyebrows. He glanced behind him and looked around. Then back up the stairs. He watched as Kagome hopped around while pulling her socks off. She rubbed her eyes with the backs of her fists and yawned. Inuyasha remained standing at the front door. His head bowed; eyes glaring through his white bangs. His ears flinched backwards when Kagome moved her hands and stared down at him. His eyes swiveled over her face and he showed his fangs. "Would you mind if I...I mean, I'm going to take a shower." She laughed at herself. "Go sit in the kitchen until I come down, okay? Please try not to..." Kagome frowned at the wall for a moment.
'I wonder if it's right to be saying please? ...Well, I think it is. Just because this has happened doesn't mean I have to treat him baddly...What am I saying! He's a very bad person and I get scared of him. He doesn't deserve to be treated nicely...But then again, I guess I just need to be myself. I don't want to change into some kind of demanding jerk who uses him as a slave.'
"Don't get into trouble is what I'm trying to say. I'll be out in--"
"Just stop talking, creature." Inuyasha said boredly. He sniffed the air and began walking. Kagome blinked down at him until he was out of her sight. 'Hmm. I guess he can find it by the smell of food? ...He'll be okay, I guess.'
After washing all the grime off of her body, Kagome felt so much better. She felt like she could have a nice night then. She had long, dark-purple pajamas on and her wet hair was brushed neatly. She hummed happily for a few moments, forgetting about the demonic boy who waited impatiently down in the kitchen. She opened her window to let the fall breeze in and sucked it in. It calmed her a great deal and she closed her eyes, breathing it in. She pressed her hands onto the windowsill and smiled. She opened her eyes and the first thing she saw from her window was the well house. Memories of Inuyasha came back and she was pulled out of her peacful trance.
She walked out of her room and trotted down the stairs. When she reached the bottom she saw that her mother's shoes weren't by the front door. Her mother hadn't come inside. Kagome stared with a lost expression at the floor. She shook her head up and walked down the hall towards the kitchen. Her hands traced the walls as she went and she felt a smile tug at her lips.
When she stepped into the entrance of the kitchen, she saw Inuyasha sitting cross-legged on top of the table. He looked half asleep. His golden eyes were dim and nearly closed. His head was resting on his hands and his ears were flopped down. Kagome stopped, a little stunned, and almost felt embarrassed at herself for seeing him in such a state. Inuyasha's nose flinched and his eyes suddenly snapped open. He dropped his arms onto his lap and straightened himself up on the table. There was almost an awkward pause. "Finally." He groaned. "I thought I was gonna die!" Kagome quickly busied herself in the refrigerator. She took out a package of salmon strips and soy sauce. She placed them by the oven and then went to a cabinet and took out some seasonings. "Do you like fish?" She asked as she turned on a burner. She poured some oil on it and began opening the package.
Inuyasha tapped his claws on his face and twitched an eyebrow up boredly. "Sometimes. If it's raw." Kagome stopped opening the package and stared at the fish inside. She looked up and stared at him. "Raw fish?" She asked in a disgusted voice. She squinted an eye and shook her head. "Don't you get sick?" She asked steadily. 'Keep going, Kagome. You have to make it easy to talk to him. You're actually almost having a conversation.' She cheered herself on. "Maybe a weak thing like a human would get sick, but I don't." He glanced down at his claws to examine them for a moment. Kagome smiled a little and massaged two salmon strips with soy sauce over the sink. "So that means you want one raw then?" She asked while giving the salmon strips a few more slaps of soy sauce.
"I don't want any of your food." He said with a sneer. Kagome sighed heavily and brought the fish to the pan. She placed them in the oiled pan. They hissed loudly and steam flew up into the air and disappeared. The hissing died down and Kagome said, "Don't be so stubborn. You said you'd eat fish if it's raw so I know you actually eat." Inuyasha narrowed his eyes and curled his lip to show a fang. Kagome walked over to the sink and washed her hands. She pressed a towel against them and walked back to the pan.
Kagome glanced up at him as she shook some seasonings out of a little bottle onto her fish. "You must be a little hungry. You can have some raw if you really don't get sick." She said. She pressed a cork into the glass bottle and picked up a different one. "I said, I don't want any of your food." He spat.
Kagome corked the little glass bottle and placed it on the marble counter. She wrapped her fingers around the handle of the pan and shook it back and forth. The fish hissed loudly. Kagome pondered for a while as she flipped the fish over. "Inuyasha, tell me if you're hungry." A ferocious growl filled the kitchen. It died down to a quiet volume and he said, "Yes." Kagome smiled and nodded. "Okay. Now tell me if you'd like to eat some of this fish." She forced herself to stare into his face which blasted the emotion of hatred towards her. "Yes." He growled. She nodded and flipped her fish again. "If you just tell me straight-up what you want, then you won't have to go through so much, right?" She spoke softly as if speaking to a child. Inuyasha sensed that in her voice and felt a burning anger in his chest.
"I'll do whatever I can to make things harder for you." He said in a low tone. Kagome blinked her eyes in surprise and looked up from the pan. Things had been going so nicely for a second, but then he scared her again. Kagome flipped her fish once more before turning the oven off. Inuyasha saw the look on her face and smirked smugly. Kagome brought a glass plate down from a cabinet above her head and poured her fish onto it. She brought the pan to the sink and poured water on it to cool it off. She allowed her face to be hidden in the steam.
She stared at the wall in front of her with hardened eyes and tried to smooth out the constant mental hurricane that had started up again. 'How am I gonna work this out with school? Tomorrow's Monday and I have to do so much with my friends just like every Monday...This guy's gonna mess my life up. Heck, he already has.' Kagome wiped her face with a towel and dried her hands. "I'll get yours now, okay?" She was given no reply. She grabbed two strips of salmon with chop-sticks and draped them gently onto a glass plate.
She carried the plate to the table and set it down next to Inuyasha. She steadied her breathing and forced herself to get a grip. "There you go. She set the chop-sticks down beside the plate and walked back over to the oven to get her own dinner. She stopped before she lifted it from the counter. "Oh, I almost forgot. Do you want anything to drink?" She looked over at him. The salmon on his plate was gone and the chop-sticks were untouched beside the plate. He stretched his arms out and jumped from the table. Then he walked out of the kitchen. Kagome stared with a strange sort of impressed face at the empty plate. "I guess that's a no." She said dumbfoundedly.
She lifted her plate and walked to the table. She knelt down sloppily on the seating pad, said a quick blessing, and began to eat her dinner. Alone. As many people in the world do. Kagome was used to it. Sometimes she'd eat dinner with her friends, while other times her mother would eat dinner with her own friends and Kagome would eat alone. It was even worse this time, however, because Kagome's mother wasn't out with friends and there certainly wasn't someone to be considered a friend to keep her company.
During her time alone with her food, Kagome thought more on the matter of school with Inuyasha. 'It'll be really tough. I hope everything works out. I'll get to do the usual stuff with my friends, hopefully...All it takes is for me to say "Follow me, Inuyasha, and don't speak until we get through the front door of my house!"' Kagome frowned and sighed. "I guess it won't be that simple." She drawled saddly. She finished her fish and took a gulp of water. She placed the hand-sized cup on the table and stared out the window to her right with a distant expression.
She snapped from her moment of mental peace. She felt like someone was watching her. She turned her head straight. Nearly ten feet in front of her was the entrance way to the reading room. Inuyasha was crouched on the floor behind the wall. Kagome could only see part of his face one of his knees. His yellow eye glowed in the pitch black of the reading room. His eye widened upon seeing her looking at him. His lip curled back in a sneer and he disappeared into the room with a sharp growl. Kagome felt herself grin. Then it faded. Her face reddened and she swallowed lightly. She stood and grabbed her dishes. She loaded them into the dishwasher and rubbed her shoulder with a yawn. She glanced at the clock. 'Almost ten...There's school tomorrow and I've had...Such...A big day.' She spaced out at one of the sliding doors. 'I really want to go to sleep. What's going to happen with Inuyasha? I'd better find him and talk to him.'
Kagome adjusted the collar of her pajamas and walked to the reading room. She went inside and switched on the light. Inuyasha was crouching next to a comfy-looking red arm-chair. He glared up at her with dislike. "Hey, umm...I'm going to go to sleep now."
"Hn." Was her reply. Kagome bit back a yawn. "So, you can sleep wherever you want. Don't leave the house, please, and don't...Hurt anyone." Kagome said tiredly. She stared at him and wondered if she had done a good job. Inuyasha spit on the floor and then licked his fang. Kagome's mouth opened in disgust. "Hey, don't spit on the floor! That's so gross!" Kagome eyed the rug that Inuyasha had spit on. She looked away, feeling sick. "Oh, come on. It'sjust a little spit." He drawled with a smirk.
Kagome turned around with a heavy sigh and turned off the light. "Good night." She said as she walked away. She didn't realize that saying something so simple could stun someone so much.
Kagome reached her white door. She traced her fingers along the petals of a sakura flower that was painted by her mother years and years ago. She opened the door and left it open a little. She never slept witht he door all the way closed. If something happened outside of her room, she wanted to hear it.
Kagome placed a stray lock of hair behind her ear and went to her bathroom to brush her teeth. She stared searchingly at her reflection while she scraped the bristles along her straight teeth. 'I am no one special. Why did this have to happen to me? Why not someone else? Was this meant to happen? I've heard people say that there's no such thing as coincidence, and that there is only neccesity...I've never given it much thought. Maybe it's true.' She spit into the sink and rinsed her brush off quickly.
When she had finished in the bathroom, she walked out into her bedroom. She fell into her bed and pulled her sakura patterned covers over her body. She closed her eyes and pulled the string of her white lamp. The light of her room disappeared and she was covered in the light of the moon. She felt the autumn breeze flow through her open window and smother her. She sighed with a small smile and fell into a deep, calmed sleep.
When she awoke, sunlight was blasting into her eyes. She squinted and slammed her pillow over her face. A little voice in her head reminded her of school. She removed the pillow and turned her head over to her alarm clock. She woke up two minutes before the alarm was set to go off. She turned it off and sat up with a large stretch. She heard the singing of birds from outside and cars rushing by. She felt so high up whenever she looked out her window. She pushed the covers off and stood up. Before she went to take a shower, something caught her eye. She looked over by her door and noticed it was wide open. She blinked and a strange sort of horror rushed through her body. She walked to the foot of her bed and stopped. Sprawled out in front of her opened door was a sleeping Inuyasha.
She almost screamed at the sight of him, but she pushed it down before it came out. She smiled and walked into her bathroom. She closed the door and locked it.
Her shower was quick. She wrapped a pink towel around her body and brushed her teeth. 'Here goes my day.' She thought to herself. It was all or nothing. She breathed in steamy warm air and had a mental image of all of her friends laughing at her at school. She grabbed another pink towel off the rack and dried her hair quickly with it. She shook her head around and opened the bathroom door. She walked out. The first thing she saw was a horrified Inuyasha staring right at her. Kagome's face took on the same shape as his and she screamed louder than she ever had in her life. She heard Inuyasha's scream over her own. And that went on for quite a while before Inuyasha finally came to his senses and leapt out of the room.
As soon as he was gone, Kagome ran forward and slammed her door. She leaned against it with an exasperated sigh. She locked it and ran to her window. She did the same to it. She pulled the curtains down and dressed herself in her school uniform as fast as she could. She felt an overwhelming need to be dressed. When she looked in the mirror to brush her raven hair, she still felt naked. She noticed for the first time how truly short her green skirt was. Her face turned red at the sight of it and her eyebrows tightened. "Oh my God..." She said quietly. "I can't go out like this with Inuyasha. No..." She fingered the hem of her skirt. "No way! Not after he...He saw me in just a..." She slapped her hands on her cheeks to hide her blush. She tugged at her long sleeves and compared them to her skirt. She grabbed her hairbrush off her vanity table and sat on her bed. She faced the wall so she couldn't see her reflection in the mirror.
She brushed her hair out with displeasing thoughts in her head. When she finished, she slipped her long white socks on and pulled her silver watch over her hand. She then prepared herself to walk out of the room and face Inuyasha. It would be better if her mother was home, and she hoped that she was.
Kagome stomped down the stairs and decided to skip breakfast. She had lost her appetite. She walked out into the kitchen and saw no sign of her mother. 'Come on, mom...Why don't you just come home and admit that it was best for me to say all of that?' Kagome ran to the front door, slipping along the wooden floor a little as she went. She pulled on her brown shoes and stood silently with her hand on the doorknob for a moment. She pressed her forehead into the door harder and harder while closing her eyes tightly. She pushed herself off of the door and yelled, "Inuyasha, come with me to school now." She heard several low curses from far away and soon Inuyasha was in sight. Kagome looked away from his face and opened the door.
Kagome ran down the steps of the shrine. She listened to Inuyasha's black yukata flapping in the wind as he ran down the steps behind her. She jumped off the bottom step and ran to the bus stop. She stopped and sat on the bench, steadying her breathing through her nose. She flicked a glance at Inuyasha. He stood next to the bench with an annoyed expression. His eyes were darting everywhere. People walking, cars driving, planes flying, dogs running. Kagome had never truly sat down and looked at everything so closely. So much went on in just a few minutes and Inuyasha was taking every second in with precise detail.
Kagome took a brave glance down at her skirt and looked away with heated cheeks. 'This is so bad.' She groaned to herself. She shook back her sleeve and check her watch. 'The bus'll be here soon. I guess I just have to wait.'
A few minutes seemed like such a long time to the poor dreading Kagome. She had no idea how her day was going to go. She desperately wanted to find a routine to slip into with Inuyasha. She knew he couldn't stay home because of the spell. The spell made it so he had to be near enough to keep an eye on her. Kagome thought about how he slept on the floor. 'It must have been against his will just like everything else is.' She looked up at him with a tinge of guilt in her gut. 'Don't feel guilt for a guy who wants you dead, Kagome.' She reprimanded herself and looked down the street. The bus was coming towards them. Inuyasha narrowed his eyes in annoyance and walked closer to Kagome. Kagome could hear the curses he was spitting about her and the seal.
The bus stopped in front of them and the door opened. Inuyasha's claws were flexing dangerously and he was eyeing the bus. "It's okay, Inuyasha, it's just a bigger version of a car." She whispered quickly. She stepped up into the bus. Inuyasha followed. The bus driver closed the doors and began to drive again. Kagome spotted her eagerly wavingfriends . She grinned hugely at them and waved back. She made her way towards them. Suddenly, she tripped and slapped her hands onto the floor to catch herself. She stood up quickly with a face burning with embarrassment and anger. She was looking for the person who had tripped her, but she didn't have to look for long Inuyasha was aiming his fist at a boy from her class who often teased her. "You little--"
"Inuyasha, stop!" Kagome shouted. Inuyasha looked over at her and lowered his arm. Kagome gasped quietly and looked around the bus. Everyone, including the bus driver, was staring at her.Kagome's whole face grew hot and she stepped quickly to the back of the bus. She pushed herself against the wall in the farthest seat to the left. Her fingers clenched together and she stared out the window uncomfortably. Inuyasha sat on the floor in the middle of the bus next to the seat of the boy who tripped her. He was glaring at him and mouthing curses to Kagome at the same time. "Hey, Kagome, what was that?" Her friend Ayumi asked, leaning over her Eri. "Yeah," Yuka said. "Why'd you call for the evil demon guy?" She asked. Kagome's face went pale and she looked over at Yuka.
"Yuka...You know about...?" Yuka laughed. "Everyone knows about that evil guy. He practically destroyed the world!" She said. Kagome could almost feel Inuyasha's grin against her flesh. "But someone stronger than him sealed him up or something. Personally, I think he's still alive somewhere, biding his time until..."
"Oooh, Yuka! Stop it! You're freaking me out!" Eri said, moving in her seat. "Anyways, Kagome," Ayumi cut into the conversation. "What was that yesterday with the book store? I mean...What happened?" She asked darkly. Her friends leand closer. "Yeah..." They said together. Kagome scratched the side of her face. "Well, the book store guy scared me a little after I got a book. He was a creepy old man, ya know?" Luckily, her friends asked no further questions. Instead, they made up their own stories about the 'evil book shop owner' and his motives.
It seemed only a few seconds before the bus pulled up into the school grounds. The doors opened and the highschoolers poored out. Inuyasha stood and jumped into an empty seat, growling irritatedly. Inuyasha stole a glance at Kagome before watching the teenagers rush out of the bus.
"Well," Kagome said softly. "Here goes something."
Insane-san says: I have no idea what to say. Review this chapter. Like I said in my earlier A/N, tell me what characters would be good. I thought about making the teasing guy Koga but then I was like, 'OMG IT SHOULD BE LIKE, HOJO!' So tell me what you think, mmkay? Please review. I'm very glad that people like it. Have a nice day! Or night! Or whatever! -wave-