Hi guys! Again I am sooo sorry for not updating in like one or 2 weeks. After I updated Strong Love, my family and I went back up to Green Bay to drop of my cousins at their house. And Alex and I stayed at my college brother's house for a week. But now I'm back home and I'm staying home until September, I think. Anyway hopefully this chapter will be worth the wait.
Chapter 9: Finally asked out! And the Skate ParkRin and Sesshoumaru were riding in his car to Rin's house. They both had proud smiles on their faces because of the pervious event that happened in the park after Genji walked away from them. When Sesshoumaru broke the kiss, Rin looked up at him with happiness in her eyes but mixed with confusion meaning she wanted an explanation or him to ask her something. But Sesshoumaru just smirked while grabbing her hand leading her out of the park not saying a word.
Him not saying anything was killing her, she really wanted to know of why he kissed her or mainly waiting for him to ask her the one thing that she had been dreaming of since she saw him.
'Why the hell did he kiss me? And why isn't he saying anything about it? Did it mean something? Or did he just do it for pride?' Rin wondered to herself while glancing at Sesshoumaru, whom was paying attention to the road.
'Does he even know of why he kissed me and that's why he's not saying anything to me?' Rin wondered now looking at him.
Sesshoumaru knew Rin was glancing and now staring at him waiting for him to say something to her about earlier.
But personally he was trying to figure out of how to tell her or mainly how he would ask her out.
'How do I ask her? This is my first time asking out a girl since…7th grade and that turned out to be a failure, because the girl like Genji.' Sesshoumaru thought while glancing at Rin.
Rin opened her mouth ready to say something but Sesshoumaru beat her to it.
"You want an explanation about the pervious event in the park…right?" Sesshoumaru asked now looking at her while trying to keep his eyes on the road.
Rin nodded but didn't say a word since she knew he would tell her now.
Sesshoumaru sighed with nervousness in his voice, which Rin caught.
'What is he being so nervous about?' Rin wondered now paying full attention to Sesshoumaru.
"The reason why I kissed you was because…I…"
He paused trying to find the right words so they wouldn't sound dumb.
"You…what?" Rin asked now feeling her heart pound while feeling heat come to her cheeks.
"I…like you…a lot…more than just a friend. And I have been wanting to ask you out for some time now…I guess ever since I first met you in History. And I just could never find the right words to say to you." Sesshoumaru replied now blushing while turning his eyes to look at the road since he was now totally embarrassed.
Rin blushed while smiling, "Is that why I always caught ya staring at me in all of our classes together? Why you always act sort of nervous around me? And why you kissed me back there, because you didn't know how to ask me out?"
Sesshoumaru blushed while stopping the car in front of the stairs that went up to Rin's house.
Sesshoumaru looked at her, "I never stared at you in all of our classes!"
Rin chuckled, "You sure? Because I could have sworn the I saw you glancing at me every day in class."
Sesshoumaru blushed, "I wasn't staring at you…I was…staring at the wall. I always do that when I'm thinking."
"Even when you are taking notes, even when you know that you don't need to think for that." Rin asked while smirking at him.
Damn! She caught him.
Sesshoumaru sighed in defeat, "Yeah those are the reasons."
Rin smiled while crossing her arms while looking at him, "So, you want us to be more than just friends."
Sesshoumaru didn't look her in the eyes and nodded waiting for her answer.
"And it's about time you asked!" he heard Rin add, which got him to look up at her in surprise.
He saw her smiling sweetly at him.
"I have been dying for you to ask me out since like…the beginning of this year. And to be honest I was in the same boat you were in. I wanted to ask you out too but I too couldn't find the right words either." Rin added while continuing to smile at him.
Sesshoumaru gaped, "So…are you saying…"
Rin nodded while wrapping her arms around Sesshoumaru's chest and snuggled into it while smiling, "Yes Sesshoumaru. And that is my final answer."
'If this is a dream…please don't wake me up ever! Or I will be totally pissed!' Rin thought.
Sesshoumaru smiled and wrapped his arms around her pulling her into him tighter while snuggling his nose into her hair inhaling her wonderful sweet strawberry scent.
"Rin, you have just made me that happiest demon alive." Sesshoumaru replied softly.
They stayed like that until they heard someone knocking on the car door.
The two looked to see Kagome with Kikyo and Sango smiling at them while giggling.
Rin and Sesshoumaru immediately blushed, Rin glared at her sister and her friends.
The girls just smiled. Rin turned her attention back to Sesshoumaru.
"I am so sorry about that Sesshoumaru."
Sesshoumaru shook his head, "No, you don't have to apologize. It's natural for younger siblings and older siblings to pick on one another. Believe me I have one. And besides you should be happy that Kagome is at least smiling and laughing now."
Rin smiled while nodding, "Yeah that is true."
"So I'll call ya tomorrow so we can plan I first real date." Sesshoumaru replied while smiling at her.
Rin's smile grew bigger as she nodded.
Months have passed and things have been sort of quiet. Since November when Rin and Sesshoumaru starting going out, Genji has been quite a pest. Which got Sesshoumaru totally pissed off, so pissed off that he almost got into a fight with Genji for being such an ass. But Rin kept him calm, which made him happy that he had her with him. Genji from that point on really became Sesshoumaru enemy or in Genji's case, rival.
Erena on the other hand was totally happy for Rin and Sesshoumaru. She even suggested that the two could go on a double date with her and her boyfriend, Fuuga sometime. Rin and Sesshoumaru liked that idea, since now Sesshoumaru thought Fuuga more as a friend than Genji ever was. Even though Sesshoumaru never really liked Genji since the 7th grade.
Now with the preteens, things have been okay. Sango, Miroku and Inuyasha were all still shock and surprised that their sweet friend, Kagome, had suffered so much at such a young age. Inuyasha on the other hand was totally pissed off that this so called teacher, Naraku, hurt and cursed his best friend to the point that she lost half herself that he never knew anything about. He was also pissed off at all the students, except for Kikyo, in Kyoto for not having the guts to stand up for Kagome and just stood there and watched this happen to her. Inuyasha swore that the next time he saw Koga he would punch the living daylights out of him for what he did in Kyoto. Even Sango and Miroku were with him on that. Heck even Sesshoumaru, Rin and Erena and Fuuga were with him on that, once Erena and Fuuga heard about what happened to Kagome.
Kagome still had those moments when she froze in gym, but it wasn't all the time anymore. Which made her happy and the other three happy, but it wasn't enough to get the other kids off her back. And every time they went to school when one of the kids started to mock Kagome, Inuyasha, Miroku and Sango told them off. But what Inuyasha mainly did was glare at them hard enough that made them back off since he was the main one around Kagome. But personally that didn't bug Kagome all that much anymore, so all the kids hated her. It wasn't a big deal anymore now that she had made three new friends along with Kikyo. But sometimes it still hurt to know she was on all the kids 'Must hate' list.
And ever since Nagami told Kagome of how she was lifting the curse in November, she had always thought about it every single day. Kagome just couldn't help it sometimes, because what Nagami pointed out to her was now making a lot of sense to her. Ever since she met Inuyasha she has felt like her old self again before Naraku came and ruined her life. She wanted to try new things, she was feeling less depressed and she just couldn't help but smile and laugh while she was around him. Inuyasha always managed to make her smile and laugh, whether it was picking on Miroku or just being himself. So Kagome has now come to the conclusion that she was intend in love with her hanyou dog friend.
Today was Tuesday August 21 11:00am and it was the gang's last month of summer. So Inuyasha, Miroku and Sango decided to take Kagome to their favorite skate park that they went to last summer, since they haven't been there all summer. So today would be Kagome's first time at a skate park and her first time on rollerblades since 2nd grade. And this will be a trip that she will never forget.
"Here we are Kags! Tokyo's new skate park." Inuyasha said as he wrapped his arm around Kagome's shoulder making her blush a little bit.
Inuyasha was wearing baggy blue jeans, a black t-shirt with 'Naruto' written in red with a red curl underneath the name, black skater shoes with white laces, his rosary and his red backpack.
"Last summer was our first time at this park and let me tell you this place is awesome!" Sango added while smiling as she stood next to Kagome.
Sango was wearing blue jean shorts, a red tank top with her favorite band Day by Day on it, black and red skater shoes with red laces, white ankle socks and her hair was up in a ponytail and she had her purple backpack.
"Yeah all of us had a blast here! So we figured if we liked it, you would like it too." Miroku added while smiling at Kagome.
Miroku was wearing baggy blue knee shorts, a gray t-shirt that said in read 'Annoy the world, one person at a time', white ankle socks and black skater shoes with his green backpack.
Kagome smiled at them, 'I might like it. But of course I have to refresh myself of how to rollerblade since I have sort of forgotten of how to do it.'
Kagome was wearing loose fitting blue bell-bottom jeans, a light greenish bluish baggy hoddie, black shoes and her hair was up in a ponytail and she had her backpack on as well.
"Well what are we waiting out here for? Let's get in there and let's have some fun!" Inuyasha replied as he grabbed Kagome's hand and lead her and the other two inside the park.
Kagome blushed when he was holding her hand and smiled, 'Yeah this will be fun. Especially when I'm here with you…Inuyasha.'
She looked at the back of his head while giving him a dreamy smile.
Sango noticed it and smiled, 'Well what do ya know, looks like our guess in November were true to the bone.'
Kagome's smiled faded when she saw some kids that she automatically recognized.
She gasped, 'Oh shit!'
Kagome pulled her hand away from Inuyasha, which made him look at her along with the other two.
He noticed the fear in Kagome's eyes.
"Hey, what's the deal Kagome?" Inuyasha asked as he walked up to her with concern in his voice.
'Did she not want to hold my hand or something?' Inuyasha wondered in disappointment.
Kagome looked at him to see some hurt in his eyes. She immediately felt guilty and pointed her hand towards the group of kids that were in the park.
Inuyasha, Miroku and Sango looked to see the kids and back at her.
"So…there are other people in there Kagome. You can't avoid people." Miroku pointed out.
Kagome shook her head, 'No that is not what I mean!'
She placed her hands into her hoddie pocket and took out a pen and a small black notebook.
Kagome wrote something down and gave it to Inuyasha.
The other two looked over his shoulder to read it.
"I know that! But…I know that group of kids. And let's just say we are not in good terms with each other."
Inuyasha and the other two looked at her.
"Are you saying that those guys are from Kyoto?" Sango asked Kagome.
Kagome nodded, "I will never forget that group. Those kids were the main ones that started the whole mocking thing!"
Inuyasha growled, "So those were the guys that influenced all the other kids to pick on you so badly?"
Kagome nodded now looking at the ground.
"Kagome, you can't let those idiots make you afraid to go places. That is exactly what they are trying to do. Don't give into them. Stand up strong and show them that you are not taking in anymore of their stupid talk!" Inuyasha added firmly while lifting Kagome's head to look at him.
"Because we all know that you are stronger than that. If you want to get back your old self, then the first thing you must do is face the people who started the problem head on!" Inuyasha continued firmly.
Kagome's eyes went wide a little bit as she held back tears.
"Kagome, Inuyasha is right. Sometimes the best cure is to face the problem head on with no fear." Miroku replied, as he stood next to Inuyasha in a serious tone.
"Yeah, so cheer up Kags! And go in there and show those creeps that no matter what they say it won't hurt you!" Sango cheered while smiling at her.
Kagome tried to smile but her fear of the Kyoto group got the better of her.
She shook her head, 'No! I'm not ready to face them yet! I don't want to face those guys! That would just be my worse nightmare come true!'
"And don't forget Kagome, we are here with you." she heard Inuyasha say.
Kagome looked up at him to see him place his hands on her arms and his eyes were full of sincere.
"If those bastards do anything to you or come anywhere near you I will not hesitate to fight them if it means protecting you from them." Inuyasha added in a serious tone, 'Sure I wasn't there in the past to prevent it, but I'm here now and I won't let anyone hurt her, not ever again!'
Kagome looked at him in shock, she has always been so surprised at Inuyasha, because no matter what people said, and no matter if it risked his popularity, he stayed by her side and continued to be friends with her. Actually she was surprised by all of them Sango, Miroku and even Kikyo. The fact that they stayed by her side made her really thank God for all of them and for giving her a chance to start over again.
"Yeah Inuyasha has made another point, Kagome. We have your back so don't worry." Sango added while still smiling at Kagome.
Kagome then smiled and nodded, 'Alright I'll go, just don't leave my side, okay guys?'
Inuyasha, Miroku and Sango smiled.
"Alright now let the fun begin!" Sango yelled out as her and Miroku walked towards the entrance to the Skate Park.
Inuyasha looked back at Kagome, "And don't worry I promise I won't leave your side."
Kagome just smiled while nodding her head. Inuyasha then grabbed her hand again and lead her into the park, paid for her and him and went to go find Miroku and Sango.
Inuyasha spotted them near a bench near the rolling bowl.
Miroku and Sango were getting on the blades and safety pads along with their helmets.
Miroku got off the bench along with Sango as Kagome and Inuyasha sat down on the bench.
"Well you need any help, helping Kagome?" Miroku asked Inuyasha while standing in front of him.
Inuyasha looked up at Miroku and then at Kagome who was getting on her blades.
"No I got it handled." Inuyasha replied as he turned his attention back to Miroku.
"Well I want to see how Kagome does. I mean hey she did say she has rollerbladed before." Sango replied while looking at Inuyasha.
Kagome picked her head up to look at them.
Inuyasha noticed and stood up as he put on his helmet and rolled towards Kagome.
"So Kags, do you need any help getting these pads on?" Inuyasha asked as he knelt down in front of Kagome.
Kagome shook her head and took out her notebook and pen and wrote down.
"No! I'm not a baby! I can take care of myself ya know!"
Inuyasha chuckled, "Yeah I know that, but I was just asking."
Kagome smiled, "I know and I appreciate that, but please don't treat me like I'm a hopeless child."
Inuyasha looked up at her with a questioning glance, "And when have I, besides now, treated you like a hopeless child?"
Kagome sighed, "Yeah good point."
Inuyasha smiled, "Okay now get on your pads and helmet and we'll get to work on refreshing you."
Kagome nodded as she went back to putting on her stuff.
Miroku and Sango just looked at this in awe.
"I still can't believe Inuyasha doesn't realize that she likes him more than just a friend. I mean we all got it in November when Nagami came." Miroku whispered to Sango.
Sango sighed while whispering back, "Yeah I know. I mean I'm sure everyone can see it other than him. I can't believe he is really that dense."
"Who's dense!" they heard their hanyou friend called out to them.
They looked to see Inuyasha glaring at them with Kagome next to him now wearing all of her gear.
"Uh…did he hear us?" Sango whispered to Miroku.
"If you are talking about me, you have better knock it off if you know what's good for ya!" Inuyasha snarled as he turned his attention to Kagome.
Miroku sighed, "I'll take that as a no."
Inuyasha held out his hands for Kagome to take, she took them.
"Okay, it seems you don't need that much refreshing considering that you stood up without falling. But when I start rolling back you start rolling, okay?" Inuyasha instructed.
Kagome nodded and held his hands tightly letting him know that she was ready.
Inuyasha then started to roll slowly backward making Kagome follow. He looked at her feet to see that she was moving her feet.
He then went a little faster, Kagome kept up with his pace.
"Hey not bad Kags." Inuyasha encouraged with a smile.
Kagome looked up at him with a smile. She then got an image of a man that had the same eyes and hair as her.
'Dad.' Kagome thought with a smile.
Right then she got a flashback of a past summer when she was in the 1st grade going into the second grade. It was a beautiful day and she could still feel the nice warm cool breeze of that day. Her father and her were outside on the driveway of her old home in Kyoto. Her sister Rin was inside because she had the flu and Souta was taking a nap with her mother inside.
Kagome's dad was holding her hands exactly how Inuyasha was holding them and he was teaching her how to rollerblade exactly how Inuyasha was doing it.
Kagome sighed, 'Dad, if only you could see me now, I know you would be so proud of me that I met such great friends. But of course you are probably watching over me so you probably already know about them. I miss you dad.'
On the pipe the group that Kagome was afraid of were now standing at the edge when one of the boys noticed Kagome.
"Whoa, look at that!"
"What Aoto?" another boy asked as he reached the other boy's side.
"Koga, take a look for yourself." Aoto replied while ushering Koga over by him.
Koga obeyed and was shocked to see of what he saw.
"What the hell is mute girl doing here?" Koga wondered out loud while glaring down at her and then noticed Inuyasha.
He growled, "Heh, looks like mutt-face was the one that brought her here."
"Who brought who here?" a boy asked from behind Koga and Aoto.
"Oh Onigumo, it would appear that mute girl is here." Aoto replied while looking at Onigumo with a smirk.
"Oh." Onigumo replied as he walked up next to Koga to take a look for himself.
He smiled, "Well what do you know? Looks like we can have fun like old times."
"Uh I think that might be a bad idea, Onigumo." Koga replied in a warning tone.
Onigumo looked at him, "And why do you say that Koga?"
Koga pointed at Inuyasha, "That dog hanyou is someone you really don't want to mess with, especially now that mute girl is with him."
"Hanyou, huh? Why would a hanyou want to hangout with a loser like her?" Aoto asked Koga.
Koga shrugged, "I don't know the reason. But trust me I tried messing with her when I first saw her in my school and that got the mutt all pissed. And I swear that if I didn't move away from them at that moment I'm sure he would have ripped my head off."
Onigumo thought about this, "Well if we want to have any fun with mute girl, I think we will have to distracted the hanyou."
"And I might know a way to do that." Aoto replied while smirking at them.
"Okay Kagome, I'm going to let go of your hands. You just keep rolling all right and if you need to stop use the end of the blade to stop yourself. Got it?" Inuyasha instructed that was also sort of a warning.
Kagome gulped while nodding.
Inuyasha then let go of her hands and moved to her right side. Kagome kept on going until she got a good few feet away from her friends and rolled her around to face them and stopped.
She saw them smiling at her with pride.
Kagome smiled at them, 'I…I did it!'
"Alright Kagome!" Miroku yelled out as they rolled towards her still smiling.
"That was great Kagome!" Sango added while smiling at her.
Inuyasha rolled up next to her, "And you told us that you were rusty. If you call that rusty then you are totally losing it."
Kagome chuckled and wrote something down, "Well I was a little rusty. But I never really told you guys of how rusty I was."
"That is a good point." Miroku replied as he patted Kagome on the shoulder somewhat hard, which caused Kagome to loose her balance and fell on her butt.
Kagome winced, 'OW!'
"Miroku!" Inuyasha and Sango shouted at him.
Miroku put up his hands in defense, "Sorry I didn't mean to pat her that hard."
Inuyasha glared at him at he brought his attention back to the girl on the ground.
He held out his hand, "You okay, Kags?"
Kagome looked up at him and took his hand and once she stood up she rubbed her butt in pain.
She then wrote something down, "My butts going to hurt for a while, but I'm good. No serious harm done, so give Miroku a break."
"Yeah what she said." Miroku defended himself.
"Fine, but only because Kagome asked us too." Sango replied while glaring at Miroku.
"But next time you won't be so lucky Miroku." Inuyasha snarled while glaring at him.
Miroku gave a weak chuckle, "Um…so Sango want to go in the bowl now?"
Sango sighed, "I guess. What about you two?"
Sango looked at Inuyasha and Kagome.
Inuyasha looked at Kagome and then at them, "We'll meet ya in there in a bit. You guys go ahead there a some more things I want to show Kagome."
"Oh like what Inuyasha?" Miroku asked in a perverted way earning him a bunk on the head from the now steaming Inuyasha.
"Nothing like that you sticken pervert!" Inuyasha shouted with anger.
Sango sighed while dragging Miroku away from Inuyasha and Kagome, "Come on Miroku, let's get going before Inuyasha starts to really pound you."
The two then rolled down the bowl.
Inuyasha sighed as he turned his attention back to Kagome, "Sometimes I wonder how that guy got like that."
Kagome sighed while shrugging her shoulders.
And before Inuyasha could say anything else he heard someone from the left of him going towards their bench.
He looked to see Aoto coming at their bench at full speed and took his bag and rolled away with it.
"Hey!" Inuyasha yelled as he turned to roll after the boy, "Get back here with my bag!"
'Wait that boy…' Kagome then did not want to stick around and started to roll after Inuyasha when someone grabbed her by the arm and pulled her back into someone's chest.
Kagome looked to see a chunky guy with greenish black hair, with black eyes holding her.
'Bu…Bunka!' Kagome thought in shock. (And just to let you guys know I'm getting these names from a site I found and yes they are Japanese. Though I have no idea of what they mean. But anyway back with the chapter.)
She then noticed a group of boys surrounding her. Her eyes were now filled with horror.
'Oh no…not them. Anything but them!' Kagome thought in panic and was now struggling to get out of Bunka's hold.
"Uh ah no struggling now, little mute girl." A voice that brought back her worst memories said in front of her.
She looked to see Onigumo with Koga next to him.
'No, not them.' Kagome thought and wanted to struggle more but Bunka held her tighter making her yelp in pain.
"Why do you struggle mute girl? We just want to catch up with ya. Is that such a bad thing?" Onigumo added in a sweet manner while holding her chin in his hand.
Kagome quickly turned her face away from him while shutting her eyes.
"Oh resisting I see. We can't have that now can we. But I have one question for you, mute girl, why are you in my territory, especially when I told you in 6th grade that I never want to see you in my territory?" Onigumo asked now changing his sweet tone to an angry tone.
Kagome of course couldn't say anything she just glanced at him.
Onigumo smiled along with Koga and the rest of their crew.
"Oh wait Onigumo, you forgot that mute girl here can't talk. Which remember gave her the title mute girl in the first place." Koga said in a mocking way.
Onigumo mocked my slapping his forehead, "Oh that's right I forgot. Well then we will just have to teacher a lesson to never step foot on my territory again."
"And we can easily do this now that hanyou is out of the way." Bunka replied while chuckling.
Kagome gasped, 'I knew I should have went in here! Now I'm going to be beaten making this curse even worse!'
Kagome felt tears forming in her eyes, 'NO! Don't cry stupid! That's exactly what they want! Don't give into the tears no matter how much it hurts!'
Inuyasha was now getting fed up with chasing after this bastard. So he then started to roll at maximum speed and tackled the guy onto the ground.
Inuyasha then took his bag back, "Now I'm going to make you pay for taking my bag!"
He was getting ready to punch Aoto when Aoto in his own defense put his hands up in panic, since he was only human.
"Do you really think you should be wasting you time on me? What about that girl you were with?" Aoto pointed out.
That's when it hit Inuyasha he then growled.
He glared down at Aoto, "Now I get why you tried to steal my bag."
Inuyasha then punched Aoto in the face, "That's for what you did you asshole!"
Inuyasha stood up and then rolled a maximum speed to where Kagome was.
'Damn it! That was just a distraction to get me away from Kagome!' Inuyasha thought now in panic he then started to growl harshly, 'If they lay one finger on her I will rip their bloody heads off!'
Miroku and Sango started to get a bad feeling about something.
"Hey Miroku?"
"Yeah Sango?"
"I think…we should go back. Inuyasha and Kagome are taking in awfully long time." Sango suggested with a tint of worry in her voice.
Miroku looked at her with concern in his eyes, "I'm guess you are getting a bad feeling too."
Sango nodded.
"Then let's go back."
Sango nodded and the two went back to where they left Inuyasha and Kagome.
Kagome just looked at Onigumo and Koga with fear in her eyes.
"Koga would you like to do the honors?" Onigumo asked Koga.
Koga looked from Onigumo to Kagome and Kagome could have sworn that she saw…hesitation in his eyes.
Koga thought about it, 'I don't really want too. I mean yeah I can make fun of her, but hitting her is not something I want to do. I mean she is a girl and…she use to be my friend…'
"Koga?" Onigumo's voice snapped him back to reality.
"Are you going to punish her or not?" Onigumo yelled with more anger in his voice.
Koga looked at him then back at Kagome.
Kagome looked at him with plead in her eyes, 'Please Koga! Don't do it! Don't give into him!'
Koga then started to walk towards he while getting his fist ready for the blows.
'I'm sorry Kagome. I have no choice.' Koga thought in his head.
END OF CHAPTERWell this chapter was 11pgs. Not a big chapter, but it's good enough for me and besides my brain is going dead and I need to figure more things out for the next part. Now you have to wonder about what Koga's last word was about. Maybe it could be another reason to why he is like this towards Kagome, but I'm not telling ya anything more about Koga. I hoped you guys liked this chapter. And in the next chapter Kagome gets fed up and does something that no one expected her to do and her miko powers start to reawaken. And that's all I will tell ya. So see ya all next chapter!
