Chapter Ten

Underneath It All

A Yu Yu Hakusho and Inuyasha Fanfiction

By Momoe

It feels like forever since I've sat down to write… In reality it's only be three days! I didn't realize how addicted to writing I've become. I even have a callous on each of my wrists from it! Dang! haha :3 Anyways, I hope you enjoy this chapter! And just to let everyone know, I will be going on a short hiatus. I will be out on vacation with my fiance from June 3rd until June 8th. So there won't be any updates to my stories then! I'll update when I come back!

I stood with a big grin on my face. At this school, all important test scores are posted on a big bulletin board. All of the senior class scores were posted on the one in front of me. It was categorized by each class, with the students score, class rank, and school rank next to each student's name. Next to the classroom number was the rank of the class against each other. And then on the side was a list of names. The top ten students of the school.

There was a crowd standing around me. I have Yuusuke and Kuwabara by my side though. They were smiling as well.

"Class 3-F…." I smiled happily "Rank Four?!" I smiled happily and clapped my hands. This was quite an improvement from the last major test. Our class rank had dropped from rank three to seven. Being back at four was a huge improvement. I looked down the list of names for my class. I let out a little squeal, that was most involuntary.

"Take that Misato!" I said aloud and Both Yuusuke and Kuwabara were glanced at me. I scored two-hundred points out of two-hundred on my mid-term! Misato had always beat me in every test, he slipped up this time though. Misato only scored a one-hundred and ninety-nine.. He missed something. I had a devilish grin on my face.

"Ah… You okay, Kagome?" Kuwabara asked in a low voice.

"I finally did it…." I smiled, "I finally beat that Misato! My rival!" I let out a victorious laugh and then collected myself. I looked down the list more. "Yuusuke!" I said loudly and he jumped. "Yuusuke, you passed!" I beamed at him.

"No way….. Really?" He said. He scored a one-hundred and one. The lowest score that a student can get to pass. He was genuinely smiling. He passed I was proud of him!

"Alright!" I heard Kuwabara yell. I flinched a little bit. I wasn't expecting him to be that loud. "I passed!" He yelled again. I searched for his class and found his name. Wow, he did actually pass. He scored a one-hundred and three on his test. "Take that Urameshi!" Kuwabara gloated, "I got a higher score than you." Yuusuke looked angry then they started going back and forth at eachother. I stood, only half listening to their words as I looked over the board some more.

I was happy to see that my school rank went up. I was now rank three out of the whole school. Misato was number four now. He is going to be mad. I let out a pleasant sigh then looked to find a name I was curious about.

Class 3-F Inoue Misaki, One-hundred twenty, class rank: twenty-three, school rank: one-hundred eighty. Her scored had dropped considerably. I wondered why, it could be because of what i said to her the last time I saw her. She was spreading rumors about me and I confronted her in the girl's bathroom. In our middle school, Tasai Kyoushuu Secondary School she had a good friend named Nobuo. I remember him well. He was a troublemaker at our school and Inoue was a goody-two-shoes.

At some point they had started dating and Inoue went on somewhat of a bad streak. At the age of thirteen she bragged about having sex with Nobuo. It went all around school. She didn't deny any of it, in fact, she gloated. She bragged about it. One day, Nobuo stopped attending and Inoue because quiet for how much she gloated. There was a rumor that Inoue's parents and heard what their daughter was up to and decided to tell Nobuo's parents. His parents in turn kicked him out of the house and revoked all funding for his schooling. Inoue must have thought that her past was behind her…. but sometimes things like that come to bite you in the ass…. In a way though, I felt sort of bad for her. From what I remember, she genuinely liked Nobuo. I'm sure it must have hurt to care for someone like that, then have them taken out of your life.

I came back from my thoughts when Kuwabara stepped in front of me and put his hands on my shoulders. He got close to my face. I tensed up and shot Yuusuke a nervous glance. Yuusuke looked mad.

"So… I get to take you out on that date then?!" Kuwabara said excitingly. I let out a nervous laugh.

"Yes, just one date though…." I nodded as i spoke and Kuwabara erupted in happiness.

"I'm going to make it very special then! I gotta go start planning it!" He said and ran off. I let out a sigh and looked at Yuusuke.

"He sure seems happy." I commented and Yuusuke gave me a look I couldn't read, almost like it was sadness.

"Yeah, he is a lucky guy." Yuusuke mumbled and started walking away.

"Yuusuke?" I called after him but he didn't turn around. I watched him walk away with his hands in his pockets. He didn't return to class that day and I spent most of the time staring at his empty desk. When I got home that afternoon, he wasn't waiting for me on the stairs or by my door. I cooked dinner for two and sat and waited for him to cheerfully let himself in and tell me about some stupid argument he got into with Kuwabara or how this guy challenged him to a fight on the way home but… he never showed up.

I sat at my table staring at my food and waiting for Yuusuke. I didn't realize how much I liked his company before. I felt troubled and somewhat… lonely without him by my side since I haven't been alone much since we became friends. Before him, I was fine being alone. I was fine eating alone. I was fine sitting at home by myself every night, studying, doing homework, then taking a bath… all by myself. Now the silence that surrounded my was unwelcomed. I wanted someone by my side… no, not just someone… I wanted Yuusuke by my side.

I looked at the clock. It was after ten pm. I had sat there in my thoughts for over three hours. I let out a sigh and stood up. I left my apartment and walked down the flight of stairs to Yuusuke's door. I glanced at the door. It was quiet. No lights were on either. I slowly stepped up to the door and knocked.

There was a cold breeze all day so I wasn't surprised that it was pouring rain now. I stood and knocked again. There was no answer. I could feel the cold all on my legs and arms. My school uniform didn't do much to keep me warm. I knocked again… there was still no answer.

"Where is he?" I asked myself and waited there. I kept knocking on the door every once in a while, but it didn't do anything, he still didn't answer.

I was standing at his door in the cold shivering for over two hours before I heard footsteps walking up the stairs. I turned around and was met by Yuusuke's eyes. He looked shocked to see me. He was covered and completely soaked from the rain water. His hair that was normally slicked back had fallen over his forehead and his ears. I liked his hair like that.

"Kagome? What are you doing here?" He asked and I smiled a little bit.

"I was…." I paused, I didn't know why I decided to wait… why I felt the need to see him that night, right away instead of just waiting for the next day. "I wanted to see you… I got kind of impatient… I guess…" He smiled at me.

"Do you want to come in then?" He asked with a smile and walked passed me to his door. He was dripping wet. I nodded and he let me into his place. It was dark on the inside. "Wait here," he said. "I'm going to go change really quick. I nodded at him again and he walked off into his room. I didn't understand what I was feeling. It was a neediness that I hadn't felt before.

It was dark when Yuusuke came out. He had changed out of his wet school uniform into a pair of sweatpants. He had a towel over his shoulders, he went without a shirt. I felt my face turning red again. He started walking to the livingroom and sat down on the floor by the couch, with his back up against it. I sat next to him.

"How long were you waiting for?" He asked me. I met his eyes and looked up at his hair. Beads of water kept dripping down.

"I… like your hair like that. I didn't realize it was that long." I smiled, it almost reached his eyebrows. I let a small smirk cross his face.

"Kagome…" I nodded he caught that I had changed the subject. I felt embarrassed by my actions that night, because I didn't understand why I was acting this way.

"I've been wanting to see you since you left at school… you just kind of disappeared… then when you weren't here after school… and you didn't show up for dinner… I waited at your door…." I admitted. His smile grew. "I'm sorry… that must be a little weird… I just…"

I looked up from my lap to Yuusuke's eyes again… that look… he has given it to me before…

"Kagome… could it be that you..." He stopped what he was saying and stared at me… In my chest, I could feel my heart racing, I felt flush too. I didn't know what was happening with my body. We stared at eachother for a moment. Then Yuusuke, closed his eyes, his face looked peaceful, he slowly leaned into me and our lips met. I didn't push his away and my body didn't tense this time. I felt myself relax and my heartbeat sped up. I kissed him back.

What was a gentle and soft kiss turned into something more needy. It turned more rough, over and over we kissed each other. I felt my hands move on their own. My hands explained his chest as we kissed, his bare chest was so warm. He slowly pushed me over onto my back and climbed on top of me. Like it was natural, my legs wrapped around his waist and hand rested on his sides.

He had a hand running through my hair as we kissed, out warm tongues were entangling each other, this felt amazing. A low groan escaped from my throat... That neediness and loneliness I had felt before...

It was completely gone now.