School Of Love- Chapter 7
The Jacket Keeper : Miroku's Girl
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It was Tuesday morning. A man about 40, was staring outside his window. The sky was gray, and it was silent. Thoughts kept going threw his head. "I wonder how she's doing?" He asked anyone who was listening, as he stood. He had a piece of paper in his hand.
"Another one?" The security guard asked.
The man nodded, and handed it to the man dressed in blue.
"Same address?" The security guard asked.
The man nodded again. Once the security guard left, he sat on his bench. He looked at his atire. The orange ashamed him. Who would want to talk to someone that tried to kill their own daughter? All the man could do... was blame himself. But, he had his reasons. "Suki..." He said under his breath, as he laid on his rock hard bed.
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That Night- So Close!
Kagome was walking to InuYasha's house. She had to talk to him. It seemed to her that he had been keeping a distance from her at school that day. Kagome had started wondering what could be bothering him. She walked for about five minutes, enjoying the peacefulness of the silence. She smiled, when InuYasha's house came into view. She put a confused look on her face. There was a figure ontop of the house.
"InuYasha?" Kagome asked.
The figure stood, and jumped off the roof. "You need something?" InuYasha asked with a smile.
Kagome had completly forgotten why she had come to see him. "Um, here." She said with a clown smile, as she took off his jacket that she STILL had. She had forgotten the day before to give it back.
InuYasha took the jacket in his claw, and held it out to Kagome. "Keep it." He said with another smile, as he smelt a scent. He wrapped his arm around Kagome's waist, and dragged her to his backyard. The two leaned against the house.
"What's wrong?" Kagome asked with concern, as she sat on the grass. InuYasha sighed, and sat across from her. "Kikyo..." He said in a whisper, as he hid his eyes.
Kagome didn't know what to say.
"You know, she talked to me today." InuYasha said, as he noticed his vision getting blurry. "She said that she's better off with Naraku." He said, as he looked strait into Kagome's eyes.
Kagome spread her arms out, and reached for his claw. She held it in her hands, and squeezed it. "I told you on the bleachers that you'll find someone, and you will." She said with a smile, as she pulled the demon to stand. Kagome wrapped her arms around him, and hugged him.
InuYasha blushed. He couldn't tell if Kagome knew or not, but he didn't care. She... fit so right in his chest. Before he knew it, he had his arms wrapped around her waist, and pulled her closer to him. He kissed her on the neck, and inhaled her scent. "You always talk positive." He mumbled into her hair.
"You'll be okay then?" Kagome asked, as she lifted her head. She gasped at the way InuYasha was staring at her. 'What's with him?' She pretended to check her watch. "Um, I gotta go!" She said with a smile, as she broke the hug. She checked to make sure that Kikyo wasn't standing outside InuYasha's front door anymore.
Once she was positive that Kikyo had left, she gave InuYasha a last reassuring smile. She left.
InuYasha was frozen in place. He was 100 percent sure that he was blushing. Either that, or his face was on fire. "Wow."
Shippo came outside about ten minutes later, with a bag of trash. "InuYasha, you okay?" The kitsune asked, as he deposited the trash in the dumpster. InuYasha didn't answer.
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Wednesday- Avoiding- Embarassment
Kagome was trying her best to listen to what Sango was talking about. The two were walking to school. She was trying not to blush. She promised herself that she wouldn't tell anyone what had happened between herself and InuYasha the previous night. It wasn't that anything happened. It was just that the two had been alone. And, Kagome was begging herself that she wasn't being too forward with InuYasha.
"Something the matter?" Sango asked, as she stopped talking about what a jerk Miroku was. She had caught him rubbing another girl's ass, while they were on their date Tuesday night.
Kagome shook her head. "Nothing," She said as Shikon caught her eye.
Sango continued talking. "Anyways, I can't believe that monk..." She continued babbling. When the two were on campus, they waved and went their separate ways.
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InuYasha walked threw the main hall in a fast pace. He was in a hurry to find Kagome. It wasn't like he had anything to talk about. He just wanted to get to see her, after what had happened. He smiled, when he saw her infront of her locker.
Kagome turned, when she felt someone watching her. She gasped at InuYasha, who was grinning at her. She smiled, when he tapped his watch. He started counting down from ten.
Kagome giggled, and slammed her locker shut. She ran down the hall, and took a left; going up to the third floor of the school. There were alot of emtpy classrooms that weren't used on the third floor, so she had plenty of places to hide.
As she ran up the spiral of stairs, she could hear footsteps coming after her. She silently made it to the third floor, and looked at all the emtpy rooms that were used for political meetings for the senior class president and so forth. She picked the Home Ec. room, and swung the door open. Classes didn't start in the Home Ec. room until fourth peroid, so she had lots of time.
Kagome closed the door behind her, when she heard someone step onto the third floor. She examined her surroundings. There were ten sinks, ten stoves, ten islands, and tons of silverware. "It IS a Home Ec. room after all." She said with a smile, as she felt two arms wrap around her.
"You pick crappy places to hide," InuYasha mumbled into Kagome's hair. The first bell rang. He turned her so that she was facing him, and kissed her on the cheek. "Do you enjoy making me chase after you?"
Kagome blushed.
InuYasha laughed, and laced his claw with her hand. He tugged her to start walking.
Through the whole walk, Kagome's heart was racing. 'Is it true?' She said to herself, as she put a hand on her cheek. 'It is! InuYasha kissed me! Me?!' She said to herself, as she smiled at the demon walking with her. Never in her life had he been so attractive.
(Free Period)
After fourth peroid, InuYasha's first destination was Kagome. He assumed that she was going to pull another stunt, after she left their math class in a flash. He smiled, when he saw her infront of her locker. He had wasted almost a whole peroid finding her. He snuck up behind her, and rested his forehead on her shoulder.
"How are you feeling?" Kagome asked, as she nudged him.
"Better, actually." InuYasha said with a smile, as he leaned against the rows of green lockers.
Miroku showed up, with a reddish mark on his cheek.
"What'd you do?" InuYasha asked, as he tried to hold in his laughter. Miroku sighed. "She hates me. All I have to say is that it's not my fault. My hands are like magnets." He said with a perverted smile.
Kagome's blushed a deep red. She swatted Miroku's hand off her ass, and slapped him. It was a good thing that the fifth bell rang. "BYE," Kagome said with a glare, as he lugged her backpack on her shoulder. She disappeared in the crowd of students.
Miroku knew that InuYasha was staring at him. "You deserve it." InuYasha said, as he walked to his fifth peroid class. Miroku chased after him. "You're not the one with two slap marks on your cheeks!" He yelled, as he pointed to his face.
"It's a GOOD thing I don't!" InuYasha yelled back, as the two walked into Mrs Junji's class. Kagome wasn't in the room yet. "I'll be back." InuYasha said, as he gave Miroku his backpack.
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Kagome stepped out of the bathroom after her chat with Sango about Miroku. She walked towards her art class. She had about two minutes before the tardy bell.
Kouga was standing outside Kagome's art class. He smiled, when he saw his ex-girlfriend walking towards him. Kagome tried to avoid eye contact, as she took one step into Mrs Junji's class.
Kouga pulled her out. He put a note in her hand, and kissed her on the cheek. He left in a flash.
Kagome stared at the note in her hand. She felt like flushing it down the toilet. Even worse, she felt like asking InuYasha if she could use his lighter that he always had in his car to burn it. That was an option. What if he had a lighter in his backpack? If he did, surely he had cigatettes. That wasn't likely.
Kagome blocked the evil thoughts out of her mind, and walked into her class. "Nice of you to join us, Ms Higurashi." Mrs Junji said, without lifting her magazine from her face.
Kagome didn't answer. She was a minute early. She took her seat, and waited for InuYasha to enter. "Mr Tashio, you're actually on time today." Mrs Junji said, not lifting her head from her magazine for him either.
InuYasha rolled his eyes, and took his seat. He knew that there was something bothering Kagome. He tapped her on the shoulder.
Kagome turned, and put on a fake smile. She had already read the note from Kouga. "What's wrong?" InuYasha asked, as Kagome put the note in his claw from her ex-boyfriend. He opened it, and carefully read it.
"Do YOU think that breaking up was the best thing?" A low growl started to form in his throat. "That bastard." He said under his breath, as he folded the note. "Mr Tashio, language." Mrs Junji pointed out. Again, InuYasha rolled his eyes, and gave the note back to Kagome.
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After school, InuYasha inhaled the air to try and find Kagome's scent. Once he found her, he took off into a fast run. "Do... you think... that breaking up... was the best thing?" He asked between breaths, as he finally found her.
Kagome rolled her hands into fists. "Don't ask me that! He's the one that dumped me!" She yelled, as the tears started to fall.
InuYasha took a step back. 'Shit! I wasn't supposed to make her cry!' He said to himself, as he wrapped his arms around the crying girl. "You hate him, don't you?" He asked, as he squeezed her.
Kagome nodded into his chest. She had stopped crying by then. But... she enjoyed being in InuYasha's embrace. It was comforting.
InuYasha could tell that he was blushing. He broke the hug, and laced his claw with Kagome's hand. He tugged her to start walking. He enjoyed being silent. Talking was what made Kagome cry. He was willing at that point to have his voice box removed from his throat. "He talked to me about everything. Even you." Kagome said, as she nudged the demon playfully.
"Like what?" InuYasha asked, as he nudged her back. He wasn't expecting any news. He told Kouga everything he told Miroku. It was natural.
"Just about what kind of fights you two would get into. And..." Kagome trailed off, and looked to the side.
"Tell me." InuYasha said. "It can't be anything that I wouldn't already know." Kagome bit her lip, and focused on the ground. "Can't." She simply said.
InuYasha sighed. He put his claw on Kagome's chin, and turned her so that she was facing him. Kagome tried to look away. InuYasha had the puppy dog eyes, again. "I don't wanna hurt your feelings." Kagome said, as she struggled to get out of the embrace. "Does it look like I care what the hell other people, and Kouga, have to say about me? Can you atleast tell me what it's about?" InuYasha asked.
Kagome sighed in defeat. "You and Kikyo." She started to say. "Um, he said that he knew that she was cheating on you with Naraku." InuYasha released Kagome. He had a smile on his face. "Told ya that it's nothing I don't already know." He said, as he re laced his hand back with hers.
Kagome's face was full of shock. "You're saying that you knew that she was cheating on you?"
"Yeah. Why?" InuYasha asked with the least interest. He was trying to stay in a good mood.
"Not sure. It just seems strange that you're not sitting in the corner of your room, crying. How did you know?" Kagome asked. She couldn't imagine what InuYasha was going threw. She would have never thought that someone who knew that their lover was cheating on them, would be so calm about it.
"I knew eversince I saw her at Pizza Hut with Naraku and Hojo. I even knew before that. We would be somewhere, and Naraku would show up. She'd tell me that she had something to do... and she'd leave."
"With him?" Kagome asked.
InuYasha shook his head. "No. She'd wait until she was 'sure' that I was gone."
"Did you ever follow her?"
InuYasha stopped walking, and nodded. "Just once. Never did it again." He was tired with the subject. He didn't want to sound weak; even thought he was cracking on the inside.
A car drove by. It drove back in a flash. You could hear the slashing of the brakes and tires.
"Two feet away, Mr Tashio." Mrs Junji said with a glare, as she turned to Kagome. "Have a nice day, Ms Higurashi." She said, as she drove off. Smoke came from her car. Once she was gone, the teens laughed.
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Kouga Talk- Gossip
Kagome walked into her house, said hi to Kaede, and walked to her room. "What took so long?" A voice asked. Kagome turned to her bed, to see Sango. She looked at her clock. It was 3:02. She was normally home at 2:30. "Just out." She said with a cracked smile, as she took a seat.
"Kouga talked to me. He said that he still cares about you." Sango said, as she reached into her pocket; retreiving a note. "He said to give this to you."
Kagome stared at the note, and took it. "Oh yeah! I forgot to ask, 'Are you dating the mutt or something?'" She crumpled the note, and threw it at her wall. It didn't even make it half way there. It fell on her carpet.
"Sooo... how are you and Miroku doing?" Kagome asked with a smile. She didn't want to express her anger.
"Don't say his name in my presense." Sango said with a glare, as she stood.
"It's that bad, huh?" Kagome asked. She opened her mouth to tell Sango about the Home Ec. extravagence.
"Speaking of "M," I have a meeting with him at McDonalds. I'll call you later." She said, as she put her backpack on her shoulder. She left without another word.
"Bye!" Kagome called after her. She heard her front door slam shut.
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Battle For The Girl- "If She's Truely Yours!"
It was about eight that night. Miroku was at InuYasha's house, discussing the night that he'd just had. "So, you two dating again or what?" InuYasha asked. He wasn't even listening. His mind wouldn't get Kagome out of it.
Miroku hugged himself, and shook his head. "She still hates me. She said that she SAW me at school today flirting." He said under his breath. "I'm gonna keep trying to get her. Even with sixteen phonenumbers from girls who can't stay away from me." He said with pride.
InuYasha smiled. His facial expression quickly changed. He could smell someone's scent in his house.
"Is it true?" A harsh voice asked, as they barged threw InuYasha's door.
"Miroku. Get out." InuYasha said with a glare. Miroku eyed his bestfriend with curiousity, before standing.
"See you two later." He said as he left. He ran down the stairs, and continued running until he was in his car. His destination... was Kagome's house.
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Bri Note- It looks like an InuYasha/Kouga Showdown! The fight for Kagome!
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