Chapter 6 Heartache and Anger

POV Kagome

The alarm clock screamed at Kagome who shot straight up, "I didn't mean to shave your pig!!!" She glanced around, rubbed eyes trying to help them adjust to her dark room and then attempted to turn off her alarm clock. Kagome reached over to her bed side table and groped around for the clock but it was nowhere to be found, she must have managed to knock it off somewhere during her flailing awakening. She tossed both off her legs over the edge of her bed and stood up, causing a slight spell of vertigo, she wobbled and tripped over her feet to where the alarm lay on her floor and instead of bending over to pick it up, which she felt would lead to another dizzy spell, she stomped on it a few times until the screeching stopped.

After the alarm escapade, she hobbled (because of the damage she also managed to induce on her foot) into her bathroom. She flipped on the glaring light and looking in the mirror, "Holy cantaloupes," she exclaimed as she tripped backwards over a rug and into her tub, the thing in the mirror hadn't even resembled her. She got up slowly and peeked at the mirror, sighing when she realized what she had seen was really what she looked like this morning; her hair was so tangled and matted that she almost looked like Frankenstein's bride, her skin was much paler than it usually was and was a tint of sickly yellow, the bags under her eyes were dark and black, and her lips were swollen as if she had been chewing on them all night and by the feeling of them she had. She groaned miserably, went back into her room to grab her school uniform, and then got to the backbreaking job of trying to make herself presentable for school.

All Kagome could manage to think about that morning was Ob and the things that he said to her. She limped down her stairs and into the kitchen, her mother turned around to wish her a "good morning" but all that came out was a high-pitched "Oh!" as she tried to cover her mouth before it could escape past her lips. Kagome watched as her mother tried not to laugh at her and then walk as calmly as she could muster over to her daughter to remove the hairbrush from her head and the toothbrush from her mouth. Kagome had been so busy thinking about Ob that she had spaced both the finishing of her hair and her teeth. Her mother chuckled lightly as she pushed Kagome gently into a chair and finished running the brush through her hair. Kagome was too tired and distracted to care that she was being treated like a child, she also didn't really mind it either, it felt good and she needed the comfort. After her hair was finished, Kagome returned the hairbrush to the bathroom and headed for the door, it looked like she was going to be late if she didn't high-tail it as fast as she could to school, so she ran down the street as quickly as her legs would carry her.

POV InuYasha

InuYasha sat up lazily in his bed and stretched, his alarm clock had a few minutes before going off this morning and he figured it would be easier just to get up now; he flipped the little switch on the back and sat up. He looked down at his pajama bottoms and bare feet and began reminiscing about his net conversation with Shrine last night, he had really meant he didn't want to ever talk to her again but he knew that was how it came out and he sighed woefully and headed to his closet. After snatching the first uniform he could see, he rushed to the bathroom and got changed and cleaned up and quickly as he could, he had been slacking this morning and he still needed time to eat breakfast. After quickly brushing his teeth and his hair, he slid down the stair railing and went the kitchen to get some toast. He only got a few bites of his toast before again heard his brother's alarm clock, he then had to stuff his face and wash what got stuck in his throat down with a chug from the carton of milk in the fridge. Sesshomaru rushed into the kitchen grabbed a protein bar and ran to the door; InuYasha sighed heavily and trudged after his brother.

After climbing into the car, InuYasha watched as Sesshomaru scarffed down his protein bar and start the car. He sighed again in his depressing matter and stared out the window. Sesshomaru glanced over at his little brother and rolled his eyes.

"Oh god, what is it this time, I swear there isn't a day that you don't look like someone shot your dog, or in your case your computer." Sesshomaru smirked at his own joke and InuYasha glared daggers at him.

"You don't care, you know damn well it's about Shrine and all you're gonna do is take it as a reason to make fun of me." InuYasha huffed and crossed his arms.

Jeez, InuYasha, you're acting like a total child," Sesshomaru huffed back at him.

"She's going on a date with a guy she barely even knows, but she won't agree to meet me. Now you tell me where that's fair. Nowhere even in her twisted reality should that be fair."

"Well, it isn't, b-"

"Holy crap! Did you just agree with me!?" InuYasha felt his eyes nearly pop out of his skull.

"It really isn't that amazing!" Sesshomaru glared icily at InuYasha, "And you didn't let me finish! Just because it isn't fair doesn't mean that you can change it. Inu, one very important thing that you should go ahead and learn right now is that life isn't fair. Shrine feels the way she does for a reason, and you being an ass about doesn't make it fair to her either. Two rights don't make a wrong."

"God, you sound like a bad fortune cookie," InuYasha grumbled. Right after the words left his mouth, Sesshomaru's hand made contact with the back of his head. InuYasha flinched and cradled his head; Sesshomaru had really meant that one to hurt.

"Shut up and apologize to her, I don't want to have to deal with the walking dead or the badass demon forever because she won't talk to you" Sesshomaru swung the car into the parallel parking for the students and jumped out of the car.

"Jeez, you'd think he didn't see her almost every waking moment of his life." Now it was InuYasha's turn to roll his eyes as he watched Sesshomaru hug and snuggle Rin from behind. InuYasha slid out of the car and plodded over to his friends, who at the time were all cuddled to their girlfriends, that's when the depression really hit him. He was the only one without a pair and that realization hit him in the face like a brick. It was then that he caught sight of Kagome ran full fledge down the walk toward the school, he could hear her feet as they hit the concrete, the constant, rhythmic thud of her feet was almost enough to lull him out of his brick-to-the-face realization. She finally reached the flock and bent over to hold her knees as she tried to catch her breath.

"Cuttin' it a little close today aren't we," Kilala asked with his eyebrows raised. The whole group was looking at her, she was never the last one to their spot.

"Sorry you guys, I couldn't sleep last night and then I couldn't find my alarm clock this morning, when I did I trampled it quiet (it was then her bruised throbbed). AHH! Oh God!" She reached down and cradled her foot while trying to stay balanced on one foot. Sango grabbed hold of her arm and steadied her.

"Man, Kagome, what did you do?!" Rin looked at Kagome with look of both concern and "I'm a little creeped out".

"I-I think I bruised my foot stamping on the corner of my alarm clock and I just ram two mile on it."

"Keh, stupid" InuYasha wasn't in the mood to deal with Kagome's drama and he definitely didn't want to deal with her. Everyone looked at him disgruntled and turned back to Kagome. InuYasha glared angrily in the opposite direction and tried to ignore the coos of the girls as they fussed over Kagome and her wound. "It's not like it's fatal of anything." InuYasha mumbled to himself. He wanted to know why everyone cared so much about her but nobody had even bothered to ask about his crummy mood. Finally, the bell rang and he quickly headed to the door.

"Guys, really, I'm fine. Look" He heard behind him and he could hear as she limped toward the stairs and hobbled up to the door. He growled to himself and turned back to her, he couldn't just leave her like that.

"Here Kagome," he said as he stretched out his hand. She looked at it dumbfounded and then her expression turned to defiance. She stuck up her nose and turned away from him, limping around and attempting to finish her journey up the steps.

"Fine, if that's the way you wanna do it," InuYasha exclaimed angrily, he stepped toward her and grabbed her firmly by the waist.

POV Kagome

"InuYasha!!!" Kagome only to squeak that out before InuYasha picked her up and flung her over his shoulder. Kagome began to slam her fists as hard as she could into his back as he calmly walked down the hallway; he even took time to greet fellow students along the way. Kagome finally gave up about halfway there and used his shoulder to prop her head on her elbow and even began t o wave at people, who were looking at her weirdly. When they reached the class (at last), InuYasha gently sat her down on her feet and walked into class in front of her. Kagome looked at him strangely and shrugged, at least her foot wasn't beating anymore. She walk as normal as she could into the classroom and took the seat closest to the door, then she began to drift off into her own thoughts.

She started thinking of Ob and she could feel her heart throb with pain and she almost outwardly flinched at it. She thought about how right he was to hate her and she thought about her feelings for him and the idea of truly meeting him face to face, and she thought about how much pain he was probably in right now. Her mind played with these thoughts most of the morning and every time it did her heart ached a little more. By lunch she was in agony and wishing that she had a chance to talk to Ob. She sat at the lunch table with her friends and picked at her lunch, only barely aware of the conversation and not caring about it anyways.

"So what do you think Kags?"

"Huh, wha?" Kagome looked up from her lunch and gazed at her friends from her seat in her mind.

"Kagome, are you okay? You haven't been acting very normal today," Sango asked as she placed her hand on Kagome's forehead. Kagome batted at Sango's hand and shook her head.

"Jeez, girl I'm fine, okay? I just have a lot on my mind right now." Kagome huffed at all her friends as they tried to analyze her reaction.

"You just to be in space a lot today, hun. We're just a little worried about you," Kilala said, looking Kagome right in the eyes. Kagome had always said that Kilala had eyes that could read the soul. Kagome averted her eyes from Kilala's and huffed.

"I'm fine and you know I hate that. You only look right in my face when you want me to spill some kind of secret…"

"Guys, leave her alone about it. She obviously doesn't wanna talk about it, so drop it," Rin said sternly.

"Thanks, Rin, I swear sometimes you seem to be the only one on my side." Rin nodded and gave Kagome a little smile. The other girls just shrugged and dropped the subject.

"So have you thought about it yet?" Sango looked at Kagome earnestly. The others caught onto the subject and leaned in with devilish grins.

"W-what?" Kagome looked at them confused, she felt like a piece of gossip.

"About your date this Friday? It's only a few days away," Rin exclaimed. She was nearly bouncing in her seat.

"Oh… Oh yeah. W-well, since we're picking out the movie together what is there to really think about?

"What movie you wanna see," Rin blurted.

"What you're going to wear," Said Kilala thoughtfully.

"If you want to go out to dinner," Sango considered.

"And…" Kagome asked jokingly, rolling her eyes.

"IF YOU WANNA KISS HIM!!!" All the girls cried out at one into Kagome's ear, who almost fell out of her chair. When she regained her ability to hear, she looked at her friends thoughtfully.

"Well, I guess I can consider the first one and the last two, but guys are gonna help me pick out an outfit, and I don't plan on kissing him."

"Aw, jeez Kagome, why?" Rin whined.

"This isn't about Ob is it?" Asked Sango.

"Well what if it is," Kagome said feeling her face heat up, "What if I told him about my date and I totally crushed him? You have no idea how upset he is with me," Kagome said with tears brimming the edges her eyes. The girls looked at her with concern, it was those looks that finally set her over the edge and Kagome sobbed and let her head hit the table. The girls crowded around and started to rub her back as she sobbed. "He hates me now, and he'll never talk to me again," she cried.

"Oh sweety, it can't be that bad," cooed Sango.

NO, it –hic- it is, he told me not to write him anymore," Kagome said, trying to regain her composure.

"I bet he didn't mean it, just wait and take it a day at a time, it'll get better, you'll see," said Kilala comfortingly.

"May –hic- maybe." Kagome rubbed her eyes and sat up. "I hope so…"