I Love You, Maybe
Hey everyone! It's me kartronthepegasus, with the next chapter of the story. I am so happy you are enjoying the story so far, and am happy to tell you it is nowhere near done yet! I hope you enjoy this chapter. Please read and review.
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Chapter Ten- Isn't Life Complicated?
Four days had passed since the incident with Naraku in the kitchen. Ina, Rin, and Inuyasha were all worried, that much was obvious, but they didn't bring it up. And for that I was grateful. I didn't want them to know. To be honest no one knew why I acted like that around Naraku, not even my mother. But how was I supposed to tell anyone?
But anyways, aside from that problem, I was stocked! There were two days left until Christmas, and I couldn't wait! Come on, if your favourite holiday was so close wouldn't you be excited too? Cause I most certainly am. I sat in the kitchen with Kilala, Rin, Saharan, and Sango. We were all discussing what we were going to wear to the Christmas party my mom had every year. "Kags, you should totally wear that new green dress you got awhile ago that you haven't worn yet." Sango suggested. A smile spread across my face.
"That's a great idea, thanks Sans." I replied. She nodded as we continued to talk. Just then Ayame and Ina came into the room.
"Hey guys. What'cha doing?" Ayame asked as she and Ina sat down at the table.
"We're trying to decide what outfits to wear to the Christmas party." Saharan explained. Ayame squealed.
"Oh my gosh! Why didn't you guys tell me?" Ayame asked. We all giggled. No matter how tough Ayame pretended to be, she loved parties. Ina just smiled and listened to the conversation, adding in ideas here and there. This was going to be awesome.
After about a hour of this we all went to do separate things. I went to go ask if Inuyasha wanted to snowboard, Ina and Saharan went to go read in the study, Ayame went to go and talk to Kouga, while Rin, Sango, and Kilala went to go watch TV. Right when I was about to leave Rin shot up from her seat on the couch, gaining everyone's attention. "What's wrong Rin?" I asked, looking at her confused. A blush appeared on her face.
"I just remembered that there was something I wanted to do today, so I'll see you guys later." She said before putting on her shoes and coat and rushing out the door. Everyone stood there not understanding what just happened.
"Well, I guess I'll see you later." I said before running out the door, heading to Inuyasha's cabin. A smile spread across my face. Things were fine between me and Inuyasha, as well as Sango and me. What could possibly go wrong now?
Rin's POV
I ran through the snow, a warm smile on my face. There was one thing and only one thing on my mind at the moment. Well, more like just one person. And that person was Sesshomaru. No one knew of my feelings for him...At least I don't think anyone did? I just didn't want to tell them until I was sure of how Sesshomaru felt about me. As I ran I thought of an excuse as to why I had come to see him. For it would be strange if I just showed up and didn't have any reason besides my feelings for him. I felt heat rising to my cheeks almost instantly. Just then I heard to voices and stopped dead in my tracks.
"I know you, Sesshomaru." A female voice said. Sesshomaru? Who the heck was he with? Being as quiet as possible I walked towards where the voices were coming from.
"What are you talking about?" Sesshomaru's voice rang in my ears. I still loved the sound, no matter how cold everyone said it was. Peering around the wall of the hut I was standing next to, I felt my heart stop beating. For there, standing in front of me, were Kagura and Sesshomaru.
"You like the bad girl type, and I like the bad boy." Kagura said while getting even closer than she already was. "It is obvious we were meant to be together."
"What?" Sesshomaru asked.
"I love you Sesshomaru." Kagura proclaimed before sealing it with a kiss. My heart broke at the site and I could feel the tears running down my cheeks. Turning on my heel, I ran back towards the girl's hut as fast as my feet could carry me. I knew that Sesshomaru wouldn't return my feelings but seeing what I just had made the pain worse. Now I knew what it was like to have my heart broken. Since I wasn't paying attention to where I was going I ended up tripping over a rock and cutting my hand on a branch when I tried to break my fall.
"RIN!" a voice called from behind me. I felt my heart break even more. Though I couldn't see how that was possible. Why was Sesshomaru coming after me? Quickly getting to my feet I ran the rest of the way to the cabin and ran inside.
"Rin?" Saharan asked in confusion as I bolted up the stairs. I heard her get up. "What happened?"
"Nothing!" I screamed back, running into my room and locking the door. I shared a room with Kilala, but right now I didn't care. Curling up into a ball on the floor, I cried. Why did I have to fall in love with the one person who would never return my feelings?
Kilala's POV
I sat in the study, talking to Kohiroa, who was right now on a cruise with her family. This was really good since she hardly got to spend any time with them. Her parents had really busy jobs that always kept them occupied, while her brother didn't really like spending time with her. "I'm glad you're enjoying yourself."
"Thanks Kilala. I miss you guys." Kohiroa replied. I smiled sadly.
"We miss you to." I answered. We both laughed. Just then I saw Rin run down the hall towards our room. "Um...mind if I call you back?"
"No, I'll talk to you later." She replied.
"Okay, bye."
"Bye." With that I hung up the phone and went out into the hall.
"Rin?" I called after her. Going to our bedroom I found the door locked. I knocked but got no response. "Rin, is everything alright?"
"No, just leave me alone." Rin's broken voice replied from the other side of the door. I blinked in confusion. What had made Rin turn into this broken little girl? Rin has always been the optimistic one of our group, never once had she been like this. So what had caused this change? Just then my cell vibrated. Pulling it out I saw I had a text from Zeon.
Thunder Dog-Just got a message from Kohiroa. Is everything alright over there?
I smiled sadly at the message. Though no one knew, Zeon and I have been best friends since childhood. And I was hopelessly in love with him. Not that he knew that. Besides, he would only ever think of me as a friend.
Flame Kitty- I don't think so. Something's wrong with Rin. She seems almost broken...
I sent the message hoping that Zeon would have a way to fix this...though I highly doubted he would.
Thunder Dog- Wow. Then something really bad must have happened.
Flame Kitty- You're telling me.
Thunder Dog- Do you want me to come up and help?
Just the thought of him coming caused me to blush. Though I knew if he did come it was only to help Rin.
Flame Kitty- No, its okay. You should spend time with your family. Don't let our problems ruin your holiday.
Thunder Dog- Ki, you know that I'd do anything to help you, right?
Flame Kitty- Of course. Just I don't want to ruin your holiday, and I bet you anything Rin would say the same thing.
Thunder Dog- But Ki...
Flame Kitty- I said no. Let us take care of it... I promise everything will be fine.
I sent the message to him. "Kilala?" Saharan asked. I quickly hid my cell behind my back. "What are you doing?"
"Nothing why?" I returned, heat rising to my cheeks.
"Well, I came up here to get Rin." She replied. I sighed, the sadness returning.
"Good luck getting her to come out." I answered.
"Sesshomaru is waiting downstairs for her." Saharan explained. I felt my jaw drop to the floor. Why the hell was Sesshomaru here? And what the hell did he want with Rin? Both Saharan and I return our attention to the room Rin had locked herself into.
Kagome's POV
Inuyasha and I walked back to my cabin, our hands interlocked. I knew I was blushing but I didn't understand why. He was just trying to make sure I wouldn't get lost since I could barely see two feet in front of me because of the heavy snow. His grip tightened ever so slightly. This in turn caused my blush to darken. We have never held hands before. Okay, that wasn't completely true. We held hands a lot as kids, but those don't count. We were just naive little kids who didn't know a thing about relationships. "You okay Kags?" he asked. I blinked in confusion.
"Oh, yeah. I'm fine Yasha. No need to worry." I replied with an embarrassed giggle. He chuckled at my reply. I must have sounded like an idiot to him. Like come on, what kind of answer was that? We continued to walk in a comfortable silence. There was nothing really to say. Not that I minded the silence. Just then I lost my footing and began to fall towards the ground. Inuyasha's arm shot out to catch me and we both tumbled into the snow. I was lying on Inuyasha's hard, muscular chest. I felt my whole face go red.
"Are you alright?" Inuyasha asked in panic. Putting my weight on my hands I leaned up so I could look him in the eyes. As soon as I did however my breath hitched. His beautiful amber eyes were looking into my chocolate brown ones like they were looking into my soul. In that exact moment I remembered how much I loved his eyes. "Kags?" he asked. That's when I realized I hadn't answered him yet.
"Uh... yeah. I'm fine, thanks." I answered after finding my voice. We both just stayed where we were. Looking into each others eyes, we were both searching for something. Suddenly I realized he was leaning in closer to me. My blush returned full force. What was he doing? Was he actually going to kiss me? I felt myself leaning in as well.
'What the hell am I doing?' I screamed at myself. I can't kiss Inuyasha! Not after everything he did to me in grade six. I mean, he broke my heart and here I was going to give him my first kiss! And yes, I haven't had my first kiss yet, which I know is kind of sad. But back to what I was saying earlier. Our lips were just an inch apart eyes fluttered closed as I went to kiss him.
"Kagome? Inuyasha? What are you two doing?" someone asked. Inuyasha and I jumped away from each other and looked up to see Ayame looking at us in confusion.
"Nothing!" I answered while getting to my feet. Inuyasha followed my lead. Both of us were blushing like crazy. "Let's go back to the cabin, shall we?"
"Yeah." Inuyasha agreed quickly. Ayame nodded after a moment's hesitation. We walked back in an awkward silence. Not that I would be able to find anything to say after what just happened. I can't believe that I was going to kiss Inuyasha! How could I let that happen...not that I did, but you know what I mean? We walked into the cabin and took off our coats and boots.
"I'm going to get some hot cocoa." Ayame said before disappearing into the kitchen. When I walked into the living room I froze. There sitting on the couch was Sesshomaru. Inuyasha froze next to me. Guessing by the expression on his face he was just as surprised as I was.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Inuyasha growled. Sesshomaru glared at him.
"I do not need to answer a half breed like you." He countered. Inuyasha's body shook with rage. Suddenly someone grabbed my arm and pulled me out of the room into the hall way. Glancing around I saw Saharan, Ina, and Kilala.
"Guys... why the hell is Sesshomaru here?" I whispered. They all looked around nervously. I tapped my foot waiting for an answer.
"Well, he said he won't leave until he talks to Rin." Saharan explained.
"Then where's Rin?" I asked.
"She locked herself in our room and she won't come out." Kilala continued. Sighing I went to the stairs.
"I'll see what I can do." I said. Just then Miroku and Sango came into the cabin. Miroku's arm was around her waist. I stopped. "What do we have here?"
"Kagome, hi." Sango said with a red face, but she didn't pull away from Miroku, who had a light blush on his face.
"Uh Kagome? Rin, remember?" Ina asked. I blinked a few times. Before heading upstairs.
"I'll talk to you two later." I called back to Sango and Miroku. Going to Kilala and Rin's room, I knocked on the door. The only reply I got was quiet sobs. "Rin?"
"Just go away...I don't want to talk to anyone." Rin called back. I sighed.
"Rin, please come out. Sesshomaru is waiting for you downstairs..." I started.
"No." Rin answered childishly.
"Come on Rin. We're all really worried about you and it looks like Sesshomaru is to." I tried to reason. I heard Rin chuckle a cold humourless laugh.
"Yeah right. Why would he be worried about me?" she asked in an angry voice. What had he done to upset her? "Tell him he can burn in hell for all I care."
"Rin..." I didn't know what to say to that. This couldn't be the same Rin I had known for the last six years. She sounded so broken, so hurt. I couldn't bear to hear it, but what was I suppose to do?
"Look Rin. Whatever is bothering you...whatever Sesshomaru did to you...just know that you can always talk to me about anything at anytime?" I stated.
"Thanks Kagome...but I'm just not ready to talk right now." She replied. I sighed and went back downstairs. Everyone looked at me and I shook my head. Sesshomaru growled. I turned and glared at him.
"What?" he asked in a monotone voice. I growled.
"For one, I don't know what you did to her but whatever it was you really hurt her and that just ticks me off." I started and he just glared at me. "And secondly, she said you can burn in hell for all she cares."
"Whoa... you must have done something bad." Shippo said. I turned to face him.
"Where did you come from?" I asked. Everyone, except Sesshomaru, had the same confused look on their face. Shippo just shrugged and went back to watching TV. That's when I noticed Sesshomaru had disappeared. "HEY! I WASN'T DONE YELLING AT YOU YET!" I screamed. Everyone backed away from me. Shippo hid behind Inuyasha.
"Kagome's scary." He said in a timid voice. I panted as I tried to catch my breath. Sango put a hand on my shoulder.
"Now Kags. Calm down." She said soothingly. That's when something clued in. I turned to face her.
"Which reminds me, what's going on between you and the perv?" I asked. Sango blushed like there was no tomorrow. Everyone turned their attention to Sango and Miroku.
"Well, you see..." Sango started.
Sango's POV
I didn't know how to answer Kagome's question. After she had left to go snowboarding with Inuyasha, Miroku had sent me a text to meet him at one of the restaurants. "Sango and I are dating." Miroku stated. This caused my blush to darken.
"WHAT!" Everyone screamed at the same time. I hid behind Miroku to try and hide some of my embarrassment.
"We confessed our feelings for each other." I continued. Suddenly Kagome squealed and ran over to hug me.
"Congrats!" she screamed happily. All the other girls laughed happily. Inuyasha just stood there, a shocked look on his face.
"Wasn't expecting that one." He said more to himself than anything. Suddenly a mischievous smile appeared on Ayame's face.
"What's up Ame?" I asked in confusion. She crossed her arms over her chest.
"I was just wondering what happened between Kagome and Inuyasha outside in the snow." She answered. Both Kagome and Inuyasha turned beat red.
"Kags, what's she talking about?" I asked as I turned to Kagome, who looked like she was about to explode. Inuyasha didn't look any better. Miroku walked over to Inuyasha.
Inuyasha's POV
Crap! I didn't think she actually saw anything! Crap! What the hell am I suppose to say? Miroku walked over and lightly elbowed me in the side. "Nice work Yasha, you finally made a move." He stated, a perverted grin on his face. My blush darkened, as did Kagome's. She screamed and hid her face in her hands.
"Pervert!" I screamed before punching him on the head. He fell to the floor unconscious. "Nothing happened, okay!"
"You tow are pretty embarrassed for nothing." Kilala pointed out. Ayame smirked.
"The way it looked to me was that you two were about to kiss while lying in the snow." She stated. Kagome pointed at me.
"He started it!" Kagome screamed childishly. I growled, though I was still embarrassed.
"You're the one who tripped!" I accused, now right in her face. She growled right back.
"Well, you're the one that tried to kiss me!" she shouted.
"You were going to kiss me back!" I countered. Her blush darkened. Now I knew I had won this fight. She had nothing left to pin on me. Suddenly the door flew open and a fuming flea bag came in.
"How dare you touch my girlfriend!" he screeched!
"She ain't yours!" I screamed back. We were both growled at each other.
"Knock it off!" Ina shouted. Not that she could stop us. We snarled at each other before leaping in to attack. Kagome was suddenly between us and she raised her hands, which were glowing purple. A burst of spiritual energy shot out of both her hands and knocked both of us back into the walls. I fell to the ground, rubbing my head.
"Kagome!" I shouted. When I looked up her head was bowed and her bangs were covering her eyes.
"Please don't fight." She whispered in a torn voice. What the hell was her problem?
Kagome's POV
I hated it when Inuyasha got into a fight with someone. True we fought all the time, but I would never do him any physical harm. Just the thought of him getting hurt upset me. Sango came up and put a hand on my shoulder. I smiled at her and she smiled back. Inuyasha stood and headed for the door. "Yasha?" I asked in confusion. He glanced at me from over his shoulder.
"I'll see you tomorrow." He said before disappearing into the snowy night. I stood there, clutching my hands over my chest. My heart was racing and I didn't know how to calm it down. What the hell was wrong with me? I mean Inuyasha was just here and I was already missing him... Was I really falling for him all over again? I can't be! There was no way... Was there?
Well there you have it. I finally updated the chapter just like I promised I would. Sorry about the long wait. I hope you enjoyed it and I will update as soon as I can. Please tell me what you think for I like to hear it. Well... that's all I have to say. Until next time, byes ^_^