50 Ways To Make A Girl Smile
Sequal to 45 Things A Girl Wants
Description: It's been 3 years since I last saw Kagome, all because of that stupid bet. It's my second year of university and I think Kami gave me a second chance. Why? Well, I have the same classes with Kagome. This might be my chance to fix things, and hopefully get back together.
Rated: T
Disclaimer: I do not own anything but the plot.
Disclaimer 2: No, this will not be like the first story. Inuyasha is not doing tasks through a list, it'll just get boring like that.
Claimer: I own this plot and possible made up characters
Please Note: This story shouldn't be all that confusing without reading 45 Things A Girl Wants, Actually, you probably wouldn't be all that lost without reading it, though I HIHGLY suggest you read it first.
Please Note 2: This is my 4th attempt at writing in the first person. My first three attempts weren't great at all, so let me know what you think. But don't get confused if I suddenly switch back to third person.
"Let me get this straight..." I said as I scratched the back of my ear, it feels just a tad itchy. Probably from the bugs in this nasty place. "You're going to break me out of here, we run the hell outta here, I get caught, and it's behind bars for me?"
"Actually..." Kuki said with a creepy smile. "I am a fox demon, I can shape shift."
"You can shape shift, so what? How does that help, at all?" I asked. She said nothing, but her body glowed a bright yellow. When the light deminished, I saw, me? It looks like I'm looking in a mirror. This is way too creepy for me man.
"That's not weird at all..." I mumbled, seriously taking this into consideration now. I really need to go see Kagome, but they'll find out that it's not me at some point. There are some cops who are demons, if they smell fox instead of dog, well I'm done for. You know what... "Sorry Kuki, it's not worth it."
"Why don't you trust that I'll do good?" she said in her own voice and a shudder went down my spine. That's just odd...
"Let me see..." I said and looked back, making sure no one had woken up. I'd be done for if a cop came by or something. "Somehow you figured out I got thrown in here, I noticed you took an unusually long time to check my ID, plus your name means stalker! I honestly don't think I should trust a fox demon who's name means stalker!"
"Just because that's what my name means, doesn't mean that's what I am."
I blinked a few times. "You found out I'm in the cops station, and which cell I'm in..."
Kuki opened her mouth for a second like she was about to say something, then I raised an eyebrow and she closed her mouth again. "Okay okay, maybe I kind of am a stalker..."
I just rolled my eyes and shook my head. This is just great. I'm going to have to be on the lookout 24/7 for now on.
"Dude, like I can't do that." I said and closed my eyes before running my hand through my hair. "And can you please turn back into your normal form. Your really creeping me out."
"Okay okay." she giggled and turned back to normal and I opened my eyes back. You can't blame me for being creeped out right? "I'll go then if you don't want me here, but that doesn't mean you wont see me again." she winked at me and ran off. I was hoping that I would be able to get through life without having a stalker like Sesshomaru had for a few months. Though I'm not mean enough to threaten their lives if they dont leave me alone.
"As if you didn't take her offer." the guy in the cell across from mine said with his eyes now open.
"You were awake?" I asked him, and nodded with a really creepy smirk. Now I remember why I hated coming here so much when I was a teen. Not that I was in here often, like three or four times maybe, but still. Okay, I guess you can count that for a lot... Shut up!
"It's not your business anyways." I growled at him and went on my bed and attempted to fall asleep. Fat chance with how uncomfortable these damn things are.
-X-
It's been two weeks since that night. I didn't have to stay in the cell that whole time, they let me go after two days, but I had to keep one of those tracking devices on my ankle so I couldn't leave the school or dorm grounds at all. School's been so stressful. Everyone stares at me and I can always hear them whisper about what they think happened. I've had the chance to talk to Hojo, and he said he hasn't commented on anything that happened. I would normally accuse him of lieing, but his scent is saying that he's telling the truth.
I haven't talked to Kagome at all. I've texted her a couple times, but I usually got no answer. The only time I did get an answer was when I asked if she was okay from what happened and she said she's fine. I hate that word, fine. It's usually a lie when it comes from a girls mouth. Oh, and no sign of Kuki! Her scent hasn't appeared anywhere, no sight of her, nothing!
I'm currently looking at myself in the mirror, business suit on and everything. I hate wearing this damned things. My hair is brushed and done up in a low, loose ponytail. I debated on keeping the gum I'm chewing on, but I guess it wont look that professional so I might aswell throw it out.
"You ready to go?" Hayaku asked, wearing a business like tux too. We're going to my court hearing, and all my friends are going to be there seeing as they are witnesses. I sighed and nodded to him. I just don't feel like talking at the moment. I actually feel like I'm going to puke right now. I've always hated that feeling. Well, it's atleast a better feeling then being hungover and wanting to puke, right?
We walked out and got in the car that my dad decided to pick us up in. Everyone is going to meet us there seeing as we wont have enough room. Hojo is going to be there too, and apparently he's going to try and help defend my case. I don't know why he's doing this though, maybe he thinks I'm going to tell everyone what he did to Kagome. Maybe I should do that if he does anything to hurt my chances to win the case.
"So is Akai going to meet us there?" I asked Hayaku, trying to break the very awkward and uncomfortable silence. He nodded as an answer. Thanks, I was trying to start up a conversation so I could get, I don't know, a little less nervous?
When we got there, I felt my heart speed up, stop, and speed right back up again. Oh that was a really unsettling feeling...
"I have Myouga hired for you, he's already in there waiting, along with everyone else. We're the last ones to arrive here."
I just nodded once again and I took a deep breath before we walked in. We walked in and waited at the second set of doors before the guard/cop, whatever you wanna call him, let us in. Hayaku sat down in the decently small audience and I went to the front and sat at the table on the right, beside my father, Sesshomaru, and Myouga. My dad didn't tell me my jack ass of a brother would be here, not to mention be part of the case...
"We are here to presume Takahashi Inuyasha, guilty or innocent for attempted murder on mister Hojo Akane." the male human judge said and my ears flattened when he slammed the hammer thinger. I noticed my brother and father wince a bit too. That thing is pretty damn loud.
The judge started off with the time and date, where it was, what happened, and who was there. I looked behind me, Kouga has a cast on his arm with a sling now, Akai is trying to hardest to keep the bandages from showing, and mostly succeeding, Hojo is back there too, in a wheel chair... Atleast he's not paralyzed, though, I could have done that. Good thing I didn't. And look who it is, Kuki is here too. I wanna say I'm surprised, but honestly I'm not. She gave me a wave with a toothy smile but I just rolled by eyes at her. What shocked me the most, though, is that Kagome and Sango are sitting way in the back.
"Pay attention," Sesshomaru barked at me - pun intented - and I turned back around. Once the judge finally shut up, Hojo was called to the stand. My heart race is increasing like crazy, I seriously think I'm going to have a heart attack. His father pushed Hojo to the front and placed him infront of where you would be question - sorry that I'm not using the right terms by the way, I hate this stupid lawyer justice shit.
"So Mr. Hojo," Myouga said with a clip board in his hand. "Can you explain exactly what happened?"
Hojo took a glance my way, and I flashed him a look reminding him of our little deal. He sighed and looked back at the lawyer before clearing his throat to speak. "Well, it's pretty much a blur actually." he started with. "All I remember is him throwing a punch my way and all of a sudden that wolf demon girl was trying to help me."
"What happened after that girl tried helping you?"
"It's hard to remember," he answered. "I just remember hearing lots of commotion and all of a sudden I found myself in the hospital."
"Alright, doesn't seem like theres much that you can answer," he wrote something down on the clip board. "Just one last question though. Are you going to press charges on Mr. Takahashi here?"
Hojo took a deep breath, and so did I. This is it, if he says he is, I'm screwed over. "No, it's not his fault. I guess I pushed him a little too far and made his demon come out."
Myouga nodded again and wrote more stuff down, then called some of my friends to the stand one by one. He even questionned my father and my brother. He asked a few things about what happened in my past to my brother though. Sesshomaru mostly sat there and insulted me, but somehow he was defending my case at the same time. It's weird how he can do that.
Then it was my turn.
"So, Mr. Takahashi," Myouga said and gave me a small smile. He's known me for a long time now cause he's always helping my dad with business stuff and cases too. Ever since he won the case where my dads company almost got sued for false advertising, my dad would always use him for a lawyer. How Myouga won that is a mystery to me, but that's why I have so much confidence in him.
I took a deep gulp and I walked up to the stand and sat down. My hands are gripping my pants, I'm surprised they aren't ripping. Myouga cleared his throat and gave me an encouraging smile, though it didn't work all that well.
"Mr. Takahashi, do you remember that night at all from two weeks ago?" Myouga asked me.
"Only before I turned into a full demon and when I woke up in the hospital." I answered truthfully. I saw my dad give me a thumbs up, saying I was doing good and to stop shaking a little bit. Sesshomaru only rolled his eyes at me.
"Alright, do you know why you turned into a full demon?" he asked me. I took a deep breath. Ofcourse I know, ofcourse everyone in this rooms knows, except for the judge and a few of the cops/guards, oh and jury too. But I made a promise that I wouldn't say a thing about Hojo as long as he starts taking his medication that Kaede prescribed to him.
"Honestly, I'm not entirely sure." I answered, and a couple people slightly raised their eyebrows. They probably don't want to seem too shocked knowing that the judge would suspect something. "He had been ticking me off and stuff like that for a few days prior, and I started changing I guess. I'm not trying to put Hojo on the spot, but he punched me and that's what made me lose control, well I would assume."
"I see, and then Miss Namanamashii Akai had been called by your room mate and you had shoved your fist through her gut?" he said and I nodded. "Then Mister Okami Kouga had appeared afterwards and you broke his arm. Ayame Minto, who arrived with Okami Kouga, called over Miroku Houshi but he was unable to do anything. Then your father, Takahashi Inutaishou, happened to come see you by chance and he used a frying pan to knock you out?" I noticed Myouga silently chuckle to himself. He knows my dad way too well. And yeah, my dad would do something like that.
"I guess, like that's what my friends told me."
"Now what if you wouldn't have turned into a full demon? The turn out would have been different?"
"To tell you the truth," I started. "I would have just threatened him and kicked him out of my dorm. Like, I'm not the type of person to do shit like that." Woops, I let a swear slip in court... Meh, whatever.
"What about when you were just fourteen?" Myouga said and shuffled through his papers, I'm guessing to look for my case from a few years ago. "You murdered a man, but got off on community service."
What is he doing? "Yeah, that's true." How is this even helping my case?
"Tell me, how did you handle knowing what you did?" he asked. Wait, I see where he's going with this...
"I felt horrible," I started off. "Like, I got into drinking, parties, drugs, sex. I did stupid stuff like vandalizing, speeding, drinking and driving. I guess I was hoping to forget about it. I even almost started cutting myself over it. I couldn't look at myself in the mirror without wanting to throw something at the mirror to break it. I felt disgusting and I hated myself. I turned to doing all those stupid things to make myself feel better, but it just made everything worse. I even hurt some people I deeply cared about." I flashed a look at Kagome, and she caught what I meant. And when I said that, the looks in my dads and brothers faces scared me a little. They didn't know about the sex and most of the shit I did in the past. But I think the thing that surprised them the most was the low self esteem and nearly cutting myself part.
"Alright, I think there isn't anything further to discuss." Myouga said and I went to sit back down between my dad and Sesshomaru.
"I want to talk to you later." my father whispered to me without taking his eyes off the judge. I nodded. I had a feeling he would say that. I have to admit though, that felt really good to let out. No one knew any of that except for Kouga and Miroku. Ayame barely knew anything even.
"I would question Higurashi Kagome next, though she previously said she refuses to comment." Myouga said to the judge. Kagome doesn't want to talk? Then why is she even here? "Therefore I am done, and it is now yours and the jury's decision." he nodded to the judge and sat back down beside my dad. The judge slammed the hammer and the jury left the room to discuss whether I'm guilty or innocent, or what my punishements will be.
In no longer then five minutes, the jury came back in and sat down in their seats.
"Has the jury reached a verdict?" the judge asked them, and an old tiger demon took up.
"We have, your honor. We presume, Takahashi Inuyasha, guilty."
DONT KILL ME!
First I take two weeks to update then I leave you guys hanging with a cliffy _ lol
Anyways, I APOLOGIZE for taking so long. Life got in the way. And school is starting on Tuesday for me, so may my summer of 2010 Rest in Peace :( I have a tough semester coming up (damn you eleventh grade..) so I have no idea how often I'll be able to update.
Also, I know that you guys are going to HATE me by the end of this story ^^ I decided a little something last night that you guys might kill me for xD This one wont be nearly as long as the last one. I say around 10 more chapters tops.
Oh, and someone asked me how the hell I came up with Akai's last name. lol, it's very easy actually ^^
What I do is I go to a japanese translator and write in some random english word and use that for their names (if it sounds like a name :P) So Akai's name is literally Red Green xD (you know, cause she has a colorful personality? xD lmfao) So if you ever wanna know what anyones name means, just translate it :P
AND BEFORE 1000000000 PEOPLE ASK ME ABOUT IT Hojo is actually Hojo's last name in the anime/manga. If you didn't know, a lot of japanese people go by their last names. No, I have no idea what Hojo's first name is so I called him Akane lol
And heres ten points to the people who correctly guessed Kuki's name! :)
LunaP
Kat
TasteTheRainbowXD (technically you cheated, but I'll give it to you :P)
SweetNoodle
OhMyCheeseCake
Rainbow-Sunned-Spirit
Shenju Ami Mikuu
Hehe I had to read through the reviews again and they're all making me laugh ^^ lol keep sending the GREAT reviews, its like the best reward I can get :)
Btw, I recomend you guys checking out my other story Breaking The Habit, I'm not really getting many reviews on it lol
Soooo REVIEW! :)
