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Confused Love Story

Chapter 10: Brokenhearted Girl

"Mother, there's really nothing much to say," Kagome stammered. "He's just a boy that goes to my school and loves music. I usually listen to the songs he writes and plays on his guitar and comment him on them. He's really a wonderful musician and he's academically intelligent also."

Her mother, Saya Higurashi looked at her with a speculative gaze and instinctively, knew that there was more about the boy than what her daughter was telling her. "Let's start this conversation over," She said. "I'll ask the questions and you just answer, how about that?"

"Yes' ma'am," Kagome touched her tongue to her bottom lip and blushed furiously because she could feel that they were sore from Inuyasha' passionate kiss and she could still taste the mint flavor of his mouth upon her lips.

"First question, what is that young man's name?"

"It's Inuyasha Takahashi," Kagome responded.

"How long have you two known each other?"

Kagome bit her lip before she answered. "I'm not sure, it's been some time now though."

Her mother nodded then stood up and began to pace the room. "Why was he outside at twelve o'clock tonight singing to you beneath your bedroom window?"

She blushed furiously. "Well, you see. Oh mother, it's no big deal, really."

"Answer the question honey," Her mother smiled knowing that her proper little daughter was flustered to the extreme.

"He's in love with me." She said softly.

"Oh really," Her mother said thoughtfully. "How'd you get him to do that?"

Kagome nearly choked, it was embarrassing enough to know that her mother had heard Inuyasha singing his love to her, and then knowing that he had kissed her in the doorway, was even more embarrassing since she knew her mother had probably seen the kiss.

Saya laughed at her daughter's expense. "I'm kidding honey." She said as she went to sit beside her daughter. "How does he make you feel?"

Kagome thought for a moment. How did Inuyasha make her feel? Well, whenever she thought about him, she would get flustered. Whenever she saw him, her face became warm, her knees turned to mush and threatened to collapse and her palms began to sweat a little. Whenever he sang, she would become entranced and totally lose herself in the sweet, lulling tones of his voice. Whenever he kissed her, her body would become alive with feelings she never experienced before in her life. Her breasts would tingle, and she would feel her nipples tightening and turning to peaks. Her heart would gallop like a stallion in a horserace and then, she could feel the muscles in her womb contract and relax in intervals that made her aware of a tingling sensation between her thighs.

In short, he made her feel free, loved, blissful, content, sexy, sexual, beautiful, and needed. Oh yes, she felt all of those emotions and more including being confused and scared like a skittish rabbit. She didn't understand the feelings he incited in her, but she liked them.

"Well," Kagome sighed softly. "He makes me feel like I'm somebody. I've never really had friends, and he makes me feel needed. He makes me feel happy and cherished in a way I've never been cherished before. He makes me feel like a female, I feel sexy and extremely different around him, comfortable, at ease with him. I'm bolder and I speak my mind, I've never been able to do that."

Saya took note of the way her daughter spoke. It was like listening to a poem being read. It was powerful and sensual and absolutely emotional. Her daughter was in love and not just any kind of love, true love.

"Oh mom!" Kagome exclaimed. "I don't know how it happened, but I've fallen in love with Inuyasha. He's handsome and rich and he loves music just like me. I feel like- he's my soul mate mother. We're just so connected, as if we were meant for each other."

"Then why'd you tell him that you couldn't be his girlfriend?" Her mother puzzled.

Kagome gasped. Had her mother heard their whole conversation? Embarrassment exploded onto her cheeks and she thought she would die from it. Of course, her mother and her were close and they always talked to each other on topics such as music and school but never guys so this was extremely awkward for her.

"You heard all of it?" Kagome's throat constricted.

"No, not really." Her mother sighed. "Yes." She admitted after a while. "I heard everything, I didn't mean to eavvesdrop honey, it's just that you're my daughter and I got worried when I heard a guy singing to you. I had to know what was going on." She took a breather and spoke again. "And, I've noticed how you have been detached and how you didn't go to baby-sit for a while. When I heard the guy I knew that maybe I would find out why you cry at night. Yes honey, I hear you. And I noted how you hardly ate your dinner; I was beginning to think you were sick. Now I see that you were only lovesick. Honey, can you blame me for wanting to know more?"

"No," Kagome sighed. "I can't blame you," She exhaled slowly. "I should have told you about him."

"It's your life honey," Saya smiled and put her arm around her daughter's waist. "You're sixteen, Kagome. The world's changing and girls are falling in love at really early stages. It's natural, I just want you to use the common sense you were born with and don't make any rash decisions."

"I understand mom," She said.

"Now, about why you wouldn't be that handsome guy's girlfriend."

By the time Kagome went to bed that night, it was hitting 1:30. She felt absolutely wonderful though now that she had poured out all her feelings to her mother. She smiled a deep smile of contentment and let her mind rush back to the song Inuyasha had sung to her.

I didn't mean to scare you,

With my love and affection,

But baby, please listen,

We have a serious connection

"A serious connection." Kagome repeated. Oh yes, they had a really serious connection. She smiled as she replayed his kiss and felt her body begin to tingle with excitement. If only she didn't feel as though Kikyo deserved a chance.

"Anyway," Kagome sighed. "Whatever happens happens. I love you Inuyasha and you love me too, but you have to give Kikyo a fair chance or we'll never be together." She said with a sigh.

She was a fool, she knew. But, she was a fool in love and why do fools fall in love? She didn't know.

She sighed as she let the sandman come and put her to sleep. Tomorrow, everything would be back to normal. Everything would go back to the way it was, the way she was safe with. Inuyasha and Kikyo would be together again and she and Inuyasha would be friends. There was nothing wrong with that, right?

Inuyasha strutted into the school with his guitar determined to do as Kagome had told him too. He would go back to Kikyo and do her right. He would give her a chance to prove herself and he would be fair about it. He smiled to himself. Of course the only way he could be with her is if she wanted to be with him again and it wouldn't truly be his fault if she didn't want to be his girlfriend again so, Kagome would have to see that it wasn't his fault, and to her, he had made a mistake he couldn't fix. Then, she would be his girlfriend once and for all.

He just prayed Kikyo wouldn't want to be his girlfriend again. If she did, then he wouldn't be able to be with Kagome until she messed up their relationship.

He waited by Kikyo's locker patiently, hoping she'd hurry up and come. He watched as a few students came in and prayed she was within the crowd, but she wasn't. He sighed and began to tap his foot. He had patience but it wasn't very abundant in him. Why wouldn't she hurry up?

When he saw her, he bit down on his lip. He didn't feel anything. No spark of passion, no love, no nothing. He sighed sadly, he'd have to spend his time pretended to be in love with Kikyo when he knew that his heart lay elsewhere.

Kikyo saw him, and didn't feel an ounce of emotion for him. She wished she didn't have to come to school today. She wished she could have stayed with her lover. Sighing, she approached.

"Good morning Kikyo," He said trying to sound as cheerful as he could.

She didn't answer, she just opened her locker and began to put some of her books inside. She heard him sigh roughly.

"Kikyo," He called.

She didn't answer.

"Kikyo." He called her name a little louder and she still didn't respond.

"Kikyo Miko!"

She sighed, slammed her locker shut and looked at him with blazing blue eyes. "What the hell do you want Inuyasha?"

"I want to talk to you."

"As far as I'm concerned," She said while picking up her bag. "You said all you had to say when you dumped me!"

She began to walk away but he got a grip on her wrist and pulled her back to him easily. She gasped and tried to pull away but his hold was strong. When her hand began to hurt, she stopped struggling.

"I should call the harassment line." She snarled. "Get a clue! I don't want to talk to you!"

He looked at her with a look so hard she froze. She had never seen him so cold and determined. She sighed and looked away.

"Now, if you're listening I'll say what I have to say." He told her.

"Just hurry up," She snapped. "You're chaffing my wrist and I have better things to do with my life."

"Kikyo,"

"That's my name so don't wear it out!" She smart-mouthed him.

"Stop acting like a bitch!" He said angrily. "Now, here's what I have to say." He calmed himself before he spoke again. "I was wrong."

She looked up at him with her blue eyes, blinked once and then pretended as if she hadn't heard him. "What did you say?"

"I said I was wrong." He repeated through gritted teeth.

A small knowing smile popped upon her features. "Really, what were you wrong for?"

He bit his lip because he knew she was only rubbing in the situation. "I was wrong for dumping you. You didn't deserve it."

She nodded her head up and down. "I thought so." She said snobbishly.

"I want us to start over," He said.

"Oh really."

"Yes."

"Now, why should I want this?" She asked suddenly. "I mean- you hurt me, a lot."

He inhaled and when he looked at her again, she had played her trump card. Tears began to drain like waterfalls down her cheeks. She was definitely a great actress, he told himself.

"Did you know how absolutely horrible I felt when you dumped me, when you told me that it was over?" She forced more tears to come. "Do you think I want to hurt like that again?"

"Kikyo," He pulled her into his strong arms and held her tightly. Maybe the tears were not false; maybe she did feel terrible when he dumped her. Maybe she was a human with feelings after all.

"I don't want to hurt anymore." Her sobs became more pronounced and Inuyasha began to feel bad knowing that he was making her cry. "I don't want to feel the pain again. Do you know I was on the brink of going crazy because I loved you and you couldn't see that maybe I didn't know that you needed support?"

His breathing became labored as she shuddered in his arms. He wished she would stop crying and making him feel like a heel. He hated making girls cry; even Kikyo was no exception.

"Oh Inuyasha!" She cried. "When you dumped me and I told Kagome about it, she told me that I wasn't giving you support and encouraging words and that I was always putting you down." She sobbed. "But I didn't know that those were the things you needed, you never told me, you never hinted or left clues. You just let me go on being ignorant and I felt so bad when you dumped me because of the ignorance I had which you wouldn't take away!"

"Kikyo,"

"Bloody hell! I'm not finished!" She wailed. "If I had known; if I had truly known that you needed those things I would have given them. I would have listened to your songs, I would have helped you with them, and I would have given you suggestions that could prove useful. After all, I'm not dumb when it comes to music. I love music, truly I do. I'd help you in ways that would make you a better musician!"

Kikyo knew she had him in her tentacles. She knew that she had him wrapped around her little finger. She knew she had him hook, line and sinker, now all she had to do was reel him in. After all, she knew that he didn't like when girls cried so crying would make him see how terribly wrong he was.

"Kikyo," He called her name so softly that she barely heard him and when she looked up she gasped.

Tears had glassed his eyes and then suddenly she gasped again. He lifted her up into his arms and began to plunder her mouth. Her legs locked around his waist as he pressed her up against her locker. She kissed back suddenly and began to rage a war with his tongue.

'Thank you so much Kagome' Kikyo said in her mind. 'I've got Inuyasha back. You're such a fool! Do you think I didn't know that you and Inuyasha were seeing each other? A stupid fool, that's what you are. Now, I've got Inuyasha back and I'm not letting him or his credit cards go.'

Kagome came into the school's entrance and the books in her hand dropped to the floor instantly. Her eyes locked on the couple that was embracing each other passionately. Tears came to her eyes and her heart began to pound recklessly. Her stomach began to churn and her throat constricted.

It was Inuyasha.

And he was kissing Kikyo.

Just like the way he had kissed her.

Was there nothing special about the kiss he had given her?

Kagome watched as Inuyasha devoured Kikyo's mouth and nearly sobbed aloud when their bodies began to rub into each other intimately. Unable to take it anymore, Kagome picked up her books and ran back out of the school's entrance, she didn't make it to the gate, but she did make it to the grass before she began to puke up her breakfast.

She wretched long and hard and began to cry as if her heart had been torn out. It was her fault Inuyasha was kissing Kikyo passionately and not her. It was her fault because she had told him to go back to Kikyo. She was truly a fool to think that she could live with him, the guy she loved, and another girl being together.

"Kagome, are you all right?" The smooth familiar voice of one of her male classmates asked.

She looked up and saw the handsome features of Miroku Houshi. She shook her head.

"Maybe you should go home," He said while handing her his face towel. She nodded as she took it gratefully and wiped the remnants of puke from her lips.

He helped her up, picked up her books and bag and ushered him to his car. It wasn't as fancy or expensive as Inuyasha' car, actually it wasn't near fancy or expensive for it was a beat-up, old, dirty car that could only fit four people but that didn't matter.

He helped her into it while apologizing for it being unclean on the interior. He sat on the driver's side and when it was on, he reversed out of the school and down the road in the direction he knew Kagome's house to be.

Miroku Houshi had always liked Kagome, but she never knew his feelings because he was too afraid to tell her how he felt and because he thought she and Inuyasha were secretly seeing each other.

He looked at her and saw that tears were still draining down her beautifully formed cheeks. He sighed inaudibly and wished he could find out what was making her feel so sick. He wanted to have the courage to tell her how he felt. He wanted her to be his girlfriend.

When he reached her house, he helped her to her door. She took out her keys and opened the door then looked at him.

"Thank you, Miroku." She said.

He smiled slightly. "No problem," He shrugged. "I hope you feel better."

She nodded and then went inside. She heard his car go down the road with a dying sound and it made her laugh a little. Miroku wasn't a bad guy; actually he was one of the smartest guys in school, almost a nerd in fact though there had been a rumor about him being a pervert. But to her, he wasn't a bad guy and he never did anything perverted to her. He was sweet and kind and caring and sometimes a little too nice. And he was handsome…

Suddenly, tears sprung to her eyes as a thought ran through her head. 'Miroku's handsome but he'd never be more handsome than Inuyasha.'

She was thankful that her mother wasn't home; she didn't want to have to explain why she wasn't in school. She didn't want to admit to anyone that she had been the biggest kind of fool. Which girl, who knows her love is true towards a guy, gives up that guy because she knows that he had unknowingly cheated another girl out of being his girlfriend? She was a fool. A stupid fool, that's what she was.

Kagome ran upstairs to her room, dropped onto her bed, buried her face in her pillow and began to weep. Had she really thought that Kikyo wouldn't want to be with Inuyasha again? Had she really thought that she would stand a chance against Kikyo Miko? Why had she let herself be fooled to think that Inuyasha wouldn't still love Kikyo?

Secretly, she had known that once Kikyo proved herself to Inuyasha, Inuyasha would love her. It was obvious. Inuyasha didn't really love her. She was just there when he needed someone to talk to because Kikyo wasn't and now that Kikyo would be, he wouldn't need or want her around.

He didn't need her.

He didn't want her.

He didn't love her.

The realization that Inuyasha didn't love her made her sobs come even harder. They came until she was exhausted and she fell asleep and that wasn't the best thing because now, she dreamt of Inuyasha and his heated kisses, his love words, his need, his passion, his love song.

Okay! That's chapter 10! I do hope you all enjoyed it!

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© 2010-2011, Apryl Johnson.
I do not own Inuyasha or any of the characters created by Rumiko Takahashi, but I do own the idea/plot/storyline of this story.