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Disclaimer: I'm poor, so don't sue me…I don't own the characters. L0l
Title: Hate That I Love You
Summery: Kagome and Inuyasha are thrown into an arranged marriage, and for two people who seemingly hate each other, they sure seem to like each other. What will be the outcome of these two rich heirs?
Genre:
Romance/Humor
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Chapter
4- The Flash
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Michie, Kagome, Sango, Ayame and Rin decided to hang out at the park one afternoon after school. After much persuading and debating with Inuyasha, Kagome got him to stick around and wait for her. Inuyasha of course wasn't going to be seen hanging around a bunch of high school girls, so he sat in a tree and watched from afar.
After Kagome and Inuyasha's little heart to heart, the two had been getting along a lot better. Aside from the still frequent stupid arguments, and the encounters with Hojo and Kouga. Speaking of which…
"Alright Kagome, your turn! Try and beat a double cartwheel, round off, back flip." Sango challenged after finishing her gymnastics demonstration.
Kagome rolled her eyes and shook her head. "Piece of cake…" Kagome said equally challenging.
She quickly stretched her arms and did a triple cartwheel, double round off, and backhand spring. And just to be extra, she added a split.
**Click Click Click**
Inuyasha's ears started flicking like radars at what he thought was a camera. What was that???
Kagome stood up and took a bow in front of her friends who were clapping. "Thank you! I would like to thank all the little people." She joked.
"You are really good Kagome. You should consider joining the gymnastics team. We could really use you." Ayame said sweetly.
Kagome shook her head no. "I only flip around like this for fun every so often. I'm not that good where I should be on a team."
"Who are you trying to convince Kagome? Me…or you? You're good and you're probably better then the whole team put together." Sango said.
"Okay, she's not that good." Michie spoke up.
"Looks like someone has a little green monster on their shoulder Michie." Rin pressed.
Michie did a hair flip and turned her back to her friends. "I'm not jealous of Kagome, I'm just saying she's not better then the whole team."
"Michie's right you guys. I'm not that good. I don't even practice. I just do a few flips when I get bored." Kagome tried to defend her cousin.
"Well do some more! Please Kagome?" Sango asked.
Kagome sighed in defeat. "Fine." She said then went about to just randomly doing flips, stunts, and jumps.
Wow…she's really good… Inuyasha thought to himself.
**Click Click Click**
Inuyasha
started looking around for the source of that sound. "I know I'm
not going crazy now…" He hopped out the tree and started
fallowing the
sound.
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"Hehe…Kagome is so hot."
**Click Click Click Click Click Click**
"How lucky am I to have a camera at a time like this? Kagome…outside…doing flips!" Hojo said to himself. He was 'somewhat' hiding behind a nearby bush, taking pictures of Kagome.
"Hey Hojo…What you up to?" Came a deep masculine voice.
Hojo jumped out of surprise, then turned to find Kouga standing behind him.
"Um…n-n-nothing Kouga. Just you know…taking pictures."
"Of what?" He said while snatching the camera from him and the pictures out his hand.
[AN: I was kind of thinking like an old Polaroid camera. The ones that print the picture while taking it. You know what I mean…okay back to the story]
"Hey those are personal! You can't just take them from me!" He yelled while trying to get his camera and pictures back. But Kouga, being a demon was too quick.
Kouga examined the pictures. "These are some pretty nice shots you got here Hojo. Nice positions, nice angles, oohhh…nice view." He said with a perverted smirk on his face.
"Yea well…give them back."
"Sure…" Kouga said while lowing his hand but pulled away before Hojo could grab him. "But first you have to take a few pictures for me. That…or I keep these."
Hojo made a face. He really didn't want to take the pictures for Kouga. True enough…he didn't even like Kouga. Why should he do a favor for him? However, he did want his pictures of Kagome. Hojo took a deep and shrugged his shoulders.
"Fine." He said and turned around and took a few random pictures of Kagome. When he felt as though he took enough he turned around to hand them to Kouga but froze when he saw Inuyasha.
Inuyasha had his arms crossed and was staring Hojo down. "What you got there 'Hobo'?" He asked.
"Well…it was nice knowing you man." Kouga said and attempted to break for a run but Inuyasha grabbed his collar and snatched the pictures out his hands.
Inuyasha flipped through all the pictures and then glared at both Kouga and Hojo. "YOU PERVERTS! DON'T YOU KNOW YOU CAN GET ARRESTED FOR DOING THIS? BY RIGHT I SHOULD TELL KAGOME JUST SO SHE CAN WHIP BOTH YOUR ASSES."
Hojo raised an eyebrow. "That's only easy for you to say because you're already bangin' her."
Inuyasha's face went from pissed to lost. "W-what! Who told you that? I haven't done anything with that violent, crazy girl. She'd probably kill me before I got a chance to." Inuyasha rubbed his temples. "Just who are you anyway?"
Hojo smirked. "The names Akitoki Hojo. No need to say your name because…I already know."
Inuyasha raised an eyebrow. "That's wonderful. Now why are you taking pictures of Kagome? What…you think you'll forget what she looks like over night?"
"Why don't you just chill Takahashi? We were only goofing around." Kouga said.
Inuyasha tapped his foot. "Yea…what ever. I don't really care." Inuyasha launched at Hojo. "JUST GIVE ME THAT CAMERA!"
Hojo quickly jumped away and threw the camera to Kouga. This caused Inuyasha to change directions and go after Kouga. Kouga smirked and flared the camera flash in Inuyasha's eyes in order to temporarily blind him. It worked, but only for a few seconds, and when Inuyasha was back on his feet be was pissed. Again, he went after Kouga who threw the camera back to Hojo, who in turn ran with it.
Inuyasha shook his head. I'm really to old to be playing monkey in the middle…
He
ran after Hojo who was now dangerously close to Kagome and her
friends. Inuyasha smirked and used his demon ability to jump and land
directly on Hojo's back causing his camera to once again flash. The
next thing you heard was the world's loudest female
scream.
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"Oh my goodness Kagome! I will smack you if you don't join the gymnastics team. You are SO good. "
Kagome smiled and kept doing random flips, just having a little fun. Maybe I should join some sort of team…they all keep saying I'm good…no…martial arts is my life…I can't just give up for gymnastics…
"Hey Kagome?" Rin called.
"Yea, what's up?"
"Do you think you could master a zero gravity back flip?" Rin asked.
Kagome made a face and thought about it. "Show me how and I'll try."
Rin smiled and nodded. Then and squatted where she was about three feet from the ground. She used all her power to push off with her feet and did what seemed like a mid air cartwheel. All the girls' eyes widened including Kagome's.
Kagome's jaw dropped to her feet. "I don't think I can do that Rin. Looks dangerous for someone who's never done it before." Kagome said.
"You can do it Kagome!" Sango encouraged.
"Yea! Go for it Kags!" Ayame cheered as well.
Michie rolled her eyes but gave Kagome a thumbs up.
Kagome bit her lip and thought about it. "I guess I could give it a try."
She took a deep breath and positioned herself just as Rin did and pushed off with her legs just as a ray of light surged through her eyes. The light threw her off while she was in the air. It caused her to forget what she was doing and she hit instantly hit the ground. Kagome tried to break the fall as best as she could, but it only made matters worse because she was in mid air. Instead of landing on her stomach, she ended up breaking the fall with the side of her foot causing a bone in her ankle to pop…and the pop was loud.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
All the girls gasped.
"OH MY GOD! KAGOME!" Michie ran to her cousins' side and tried to help her up.
"Kags are you okay?" Sango asked, her heart still rapidly pounding from watching her best friend hit the ground the way she did.
Rin and Ayame looked worried to, as the both of them also tried to help Kagome to her feet.
"Kagome can you stand?"
Kagome wheezed and screeched. "I-I don't know." All four girls stood her up and let go to see if she could stand. But all Kagome did was scream in pain and fall backwards on her butt.
[AN: you'd think someone would catch her so she didn't fall…again.]
"Quickly! Someone grab either mine or Kagome's cell phone and call my Aunt and Uncle. Then someone else use a phone and call an ambulance! HURRY!" Michie said with a lot of panic in her voice.
Kagome only continued to scream at the pain she was feeling, but she couldn't help but think what threw her balance off like that.
What was that strange light…and where did it come from…was I imagining things???
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"Ouch...ouch…OUCH!!!" Kagome yelped as the doctor examined her leg.
The doctor shook his head and went to look at Kagome's x-rays again. He nodded and 'hummed' a few times before speaking to Kagome and her mother.
"Well…you will be pleaded to know that it's not broken." Dr. Suikotsu said.
Nabiki, Kagome's mother let out a sigh of relief then realized the statement the doctor said had to have a 'but' after it. "But…" Nabiki pressed.
Dr. Suikotsu scratched his head. "But it is badly fractured." He said with emphasis on the word 'badly'.
"How badly fractured?" Kagome asked.
"Lets just put it this way…had you fallen any harder, you would have been broken."
Kagome's face faltered. She looked as if she was going to cry. "This is all my fault…that's what I get for being stupid." She whispered to herself.
"She's going to be in a caste for at least a month minimum, and I want to keep her here for a few nights to keep an eye on her."
[AN: that sounded pretty perverted to me…l0l]
Kagome sighed. "Does this mean I can't practice martial arts anymore?" She asked sweetly.
Dr. Suikotsu pondered the thought for a while. "Well…not for ever. But I wouldn't suggest it for at least two or three months."
Kagome shook her head. "This is what I deserve I guess."
"Dr. How long will she be here before you allow her to come home?" Nabiki asked.
"Today's Monday so…about Thursday or Friday. She should be able to leave by then provided nothing goes wrong with the healing process." He answered.
Kagome and her mother both nodded, and Dr. Suikotsu went behind Kagome and started pushing her wheelchair.
"Lets get you in a caste and then situated in a room for your stay okay Kagome?"
Not like I have much of a choice…
Kagome put on a big smile to hide her anger and sadness. "Of course Dr. Suikotsu!"
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"HOW COULD YOU LET THIS HAPPEN BOY?" Inutashio yelled.
"Look, it's not my fault. I couldn't do anything about it." Inuyasha answered calmly.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? YOU WERE STANDING RIGHT THERE…AT LEAST THAT'S WHERE YOU BETTER HAD BEEN!"
"Yes…I was there. But I couldn't do anything about stopping Kagome from hitting the ground."
In the back you heard Kagome's father crying the blues. "My-my little girls…going to…DIE!!!!" Michie tried her best to sooth her distressed uncle.
"Look, regardless of where he was. Kagome still hit the ground. And battle it out now isn't going to heal Kagome's leg because she STILL hit the ground." Michie said.
"SHE WOULDN'T HAVE TOUCHED THE GROUND IF INUYASHA WAS PROTECTING HER LIKE A GOOD FIANCEE SHOULD!"
Inuyasha was growing irritated with not catching Kagome when she fell. If everyone would shut up and listen to his side.
"LOOK! I SCREWED UP ALRIGHT! THERE I SAID IT! I SCREWED UP! I DIDN'T CATCH HER! I WAS BEING LAZY! IT NEVER EVEN ACCURED TO ME TO GET UP AND CATCH HER!" Inuyasha snapped.
Everyone in the room got quiet and stared at Inuyasha blankly.
"You mean to tell me." Kento, Kagome's father started. "Kagome was falling…and YOU didn't even attempt to catch her. She could be in her room jumping around and being just as happy go lucky as she is…but you didn't feel like trying to help her? Is that what you're saying boy?"
Inuyasha growled under his breath. "I DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER TO ANY OF YOU!!!" He yelled and ran out the front door.
Everyone sighed wondering about Inuyasha's outburst.
"Do you think knows something we don't Higurashi?"
"I'm more then sure that he does."
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AN: I could keep going, but I think I want to break this chapter into two parts. I wont make an extremely long one like I did last time. [Though I'm sure you'd all love that l0l] Anyway, I'm sure you all know what the ray of light was that made Kagome fall, and that Inuyasha obviously couldn't catch her because #1 he was on top of Hojo and #2 well…I'll just let you guys figure it out. It's pretty obvious though l0l. Okay so…I'm going to let you guys tell me what you think should happen next. This should be entertaining ^_^!
Okay so…like I always say, hope you liked the chapter, and please R&R! Oh, and favorite the story…and tell your friends to favorite it. I'm looking to make this story top Teenage Secrets by at least 3 percent so HELP ME OUT GUYS!!!
Thanks,
-Dia