Heya! Thanks for all the nice reviews and such. You guys make writing this story totally worth it. :) I hope you guys like where it's going, I've added some more suspense and more Inuyasha and Kagome like you asked. Although, don't think they'll fall for each other so quickly; that wouldn't be as fun to write. Lolz! Well, hope you stay tuned to find out the rest of the story. Ideas, requests, and suggestions are definitely wanted so please, send them on to me. R&R if you can please and thank you! I really wanna know if you guys love it or hate it! Also, thinking of having a competition. If you think it's a good idea, let me know!
~Love at Shikon High~
~I'm what and with who?!
"The jewel has been passed down from generation to generation and I was named after my ancestor Midoriko, ensuring I would be the next heir to the Shikon no Tama Jewel, to be its newest protector."
"So, are you?"
"Well, Midoriko was cremated with the Jewel in her hands and the story is that the Jewel is supposed to be reincarnated in the newest protector." She looks at me, as does Kaede. "The story also goes that Midoriko's soul would pick the best priestess, with the kind heart, courageousness, power, and one that would end up saving the world from the darkest force imaginable."
I freeze, understanding what she's going to say next, but not liking it at all.
"Kagome, you're the protector of the Shikon no Tama Jewel."
I look from Midoriko to Kaede, wondering if one of them will say 'Gotcha!' like this has all been some kinda joke.
"You're kidding, right?" I finally ask, my voice quiet but filled with disbelief.
"Sadly, no… I'm not. I wish I were." Midoriko says, a sad expression coming across her face. I stand up and start pacing the area in front of the coffee table in front of us, finally freaking out.
"But that's impossible! I don't have any great power, I can't save the world, I can't be the Shikon no Tama Priestess! It's not possible! I'm just an ordinary girl who happens to have some regular priestess ability!" I say, all in a rush. Kaede laughs and I look at her, eyes wide, wondering what on earth could be so funny.
"Kagome, you ain't no ordinary child. You are a priestess with power. Get used to it." Kaede says, smiling in a way that a grandma would smile at a young grandchild who said something silly.
"She's right Kagome." Midoriko says making me look at her. "Kaede and I believe you hold the Shikon Jewel because you have more power than a priestess your age should and it would make sense."
"How in the hell would that make sense?!" I practically scream, totally exasperated, finally reaching my point where I feel as if I can't take anymore. My mom comes in there with a tray that has a plate of chocolate chip cookies and 3 glasses of pink lemonade, as if that'll help anything.
"Now, now Kagome. Listen to what they have to say." My mother says, giving me a look as she puts the tray on the coffee table. She smiles to them. "I'll leave ya'll to that. I have to go get Sota from school and do some errands." She says, grabbing her bag from the couch and leaving out the front door. I turn back to them, waiting for them to answer my question, even though I don't know if I'll like the answer.
"Kagome, go upstairs and get your books. It'll be easier to explain it all with the books." Midoriko says. I grab my book bag from the couch and head up the stairs, my head still spinning. I put my book bag on my bed and take off my wedges and change into my shorts and keep my blue shirt on but take of the vest and jewelry quickly. I grab the books from the bean bag chair and hurry down the stairs, sticking my phone in my pocket. I get to the bottom and walk into the living room and sit on Midoriko's other side, but the books in between us.
"Did you look through the one like I asked?" Midoriko asks, picking up the Jewel book. I nod my head. "Good, then you know some basics, right?" I nod my head again. "Any big questions you have?" I don't even know where to start.
"Midoriko, a course the girls got questions." Kaede says. "Whatcha wanna know?"
"Why me? How do you know? Who else knows? Am I going to have to save the world? When? Are you sure it's me? Do I have to do it alone?" I ask, the questions tumbling out of the mouth. I look from Kaede to Midoriko. "I wanna know everything possible…please…"
"To start off, we don't exactly know why you were chosen." Midoriko says, flipping through the book. "I thought I was the one who was going to be the Shikon no Tama Priestess so I was just as surprised as you were when Kaede told me you were training with her and she felt an enormous amount of energy coming from you when you unleashed even a little bit of your power." She looks up from the book and her eyes meet mine. "Whether you like it or not, that's how it is."
"Child, you got alota power runnin' through you thanks to that Jewel. You lucky no one else's noticed it." Kaede says, as if it were all my fault.
"Well, it's not like I asked to be the Shikon no whatever priestess lady." I say which makes her give me a look.
"Well, duh." Kaede says. She rolls her good eye and I resist the urge to roll mine back at her.
"What Kaede is trying to say is that we know you didn't ask for it, but it's what happened." Midoriko says, still flipping through pages. "You know what; I think it might be easier to say it then let you read it on your own." She closes the book and puts it back in the stack with the other ones in between us. She looks me in the eyes and sighs. "I know what must be going through your head right now."
"Uh, no, I don't think you do." I say, sighing at the end. She smiles but it's a sad smile.
"I know. If I could take the burden away from you and take it on myself I would do it in a heartbeat, believe me." Midoriko says, her voice filled with a sadness and sincerity. "But I can't. You were chosen so Midoriko must think that you're the one who will save the world. No, you won't do it alone, the book says so and I say so."
"Wait, the book says so?" I say, wondering what that could mean.
"Well, not exactly but it does say somewhere that the one who saves the world will have people to help them. So, you'll have help." She then gives me a certain look. "Have you had any strange dreams lately?" I freeze, thinking to the weird dreams of Inuyasha.
"What do you mean?" I ask, feigning confusion.
"You know what she means, child." Kaede says, giving me a look with her eye, a look that's full of wisdom and I know that she saw through my façade. I sigh and figure I might as well be honest. For all I know, they could have the answer for why I've been having dreams like that in the first place.
"Well, I've had this one dream occur multiple times." I say, twiddling my fingers in my lap.
"What happens exactly in the dreams?" Midoriko asks. I look up at her.
"What's supposed to happen?" She looks taken back by my question.
"Well, I don't know… Why don't you tell me about them anyway?" She says. I look back at my fingers.
"In one, I had to choose between Koga and Inuyasha and then a dark figure come out and said something about me dying. Then another one was between me and Inuyasha and he said it was me and him together to save the world and ourselves." I stop for a second and then look up. "What do they mean?..."
"Well, child, which means Midoriko is letting you see some of the future in your dreams." Kaede says, sounding wise.
"Well, she's messin' me up. I thought I had feelings for Koga but now I'm not sure because it seems like I should be with Inuyasha and Inuyasha remembers the dreams as if he was there in the last one. And what could the last one mean? Am I supposed to be with Inuyasha so he can help me save the world or am I just supposed to be with him because we are like soul mates or something? I'm so confused and frustrated and I just want to live a regular teenage life!" I say, in a rush, putting all my confused and frustrated feelings in it all. I take a deep breath and calm myself before looking into Midoriko's eyes. "I can't do this Aunt Midoriko…I just can't…"
Midoriko smiles a sad, knowing smile as she puts a hand on my shoulder. "Yes you can. You can and you will, all in good time. Until then, you shall read these books and we will help you along the way…"
"Do not be afraid, young child. For you are never alone even when you are lonely." Kaede says. I give her a look.
"That makes no sense but I'm taking' your word for it Kaede." I smile slightly and the old woman smiles back.
"Aye, I know you are."
"Now, you shall read these books and we shall start some training later this week. Alright? If you have any questions, call me." Midoriko says, standing up with Kaede. Midoriko hugs me before walking to the door. She stops before opening it and looks at me. "And Kagome; I don't exactly know what the dreams mean but they seem to be important so pay attention…" And with that, they walk out the door, leaving me slightly comforted even if my head is spinning so much I feel like it would spin off my neck.
I sigh and grab the books before walking upstairs, hoping to enjoy some time where I'm not getting some life altering information. When I get to my room, I put the books on the bean bag chair and lay down, feeling slightly defeated as if by the world…
"Bring, Bring, Bri-!" I slam my hand on my alarm clock, like every other day. I sit up and stretch, trying to remember my dream, which is the same every other night, just some slight details changing.
Today is Friday, September 6th, 2012. Hard to believe it was only the Friday of my 2nd week at school. Wednesday and Thursday had gone by with no big complications and nothing from Midoriko or Kaede. I've actually tried to keep those kinda thoughts out of my mind and try to live the life of a normal teenager. Or as normal as a teenage priestess life can get.
I get up and lazily walk to my walk-in closet, already hoping and praying I can get through the day in once peace, hoping to finish the rest of the week with no other complications. I laugh to myself. Yeah, good luck with that.
I grab my black cami with pink rose flowers on them and my pink scoop neck cardigan with black polka-dots on it. I grab my light wash jeggings and my faux light suede studded moto boots. I put them on, minus the cardigan, and go to the vanity to straighten my hair.
When I'm done I grab my phone from the nightstand and walk downstairs. As I enter the kitchen, I am surprised when I smell my favorite smell ever in the whole world: chocolate chip pancakes. I'm even surprised to see the person cooking them: my mom. Her brown hair is in a messy bun. Her short sleeved blue night shirt goes to above her knees, over lapping with her rainbow colored pajama pants. On her feet are blue fuzzy slippers. I fought the urge to laugh. I look at the island and see Sota is already there.
"Mom?" I ask, walking to the island in the middle of the kitchen. Mom turns to look at me, smiling at me. I smile back. "Whatcha doin'?"
"Well, I'm cooking pancakes." She says, as if it's the most obvious thing in the world and as if she'd been doing it this whole week. I sit down at the island beside Sota, who was stuffing his face with the regular pancakes because he's weird and doesn't like the chocolate chip pancakes.
"I can see that." I say. Mom walks to the island and sets a plate with two chocolate chip pancakes then comes back with a glass full of chocolate milk. "Aren't you supposed to be at work?"
"Well, technically, but I told them I might be in late." She says, coming back to the island with her own plate and glass of orange juice. She smiles at me and Sota, who's stuffing his face. "I just wanted to see my kids again."
"Well, if you're gonna make pancakes; you gotta stay in the mornings more often." Sota says before stuffing more pancakes into his mouth. Mom and I laugh. I start to eat mine, catching mom looking at me every now and then. Why; as if I know. But I do know I'm going to find out.
Sota abruptly stood up and put his empty plate, fork, and glass into the sink before dashing up the stairs to get ready for school. I ate another fork full of chocolate chip pancakes and look up to see my mom looking at me. I swallow and put my fork down.
"What's up?" I ask, slightly nervous, thinking about all the news I've gotten in the past few days. She smiles at me slightly, it looking kinda sad.
"I'm sorry…" She says, almost whispering it to me. I feel my eyebrows furrow together as I feel confused.
"What are you talking about?"
"I'm just…sorry. Sorry about moving. Sorry about the priestess thing. Sorry you have this big news about saving the world. I'm just…so so sorry…" She says, her eyes watering throughout the apologies. By the end, there are tears streaming down her face.
I stand up and walk to her seat, taking her in my arms. She puts her head on my shoulder and hugs me too her, like I'm going to float away at any second now. I start rubbing her back.
"Shhh… Shhh, mom. It's okay. It's not your fault…" I say, whispering the words, hoping to soothe her. "Shh… Mom, don't cry… It's okay…" I feel my eyes tear up as I feel tears on my bare shoulder since I hadn't put on the cardigan yet.
"No, it's not okay. You shouldn't have to go through all this. You should have the life of a regular teenage girl. And I'm never here and I just feel awful."
"No mom. You're here. I know you get busy. But that's not your fault. And I'm not alone…" I say. I laugh a little before I say the next part. "And mom, I never could have been just a regular teenage girl." She laughs a little too and sits up to look me in the eyes. Hers are red and there are streaks from her tears. She wipes her cheeks and smiles at me.
"My, have you grown… Since when did you become the mature one?" She says, smiling big. I smile back.
"Only when I need to be…" I say. Mom sighs and kisses my forehead. "Hey, mom, why don't we hang out soon? Just me and you." Mom smiles big, as if the tears hadn't just been there.
"I'd really like that…" I smile back to her.
"I would too mom… I would too." I say, hugging her once more before going back to my seat to eat my pancakes with my favorite person ever; my mom…
I park my car in the school parking lot and sigh, not ready to get out of the car and face the day. At least it's Friday…one more day… You can do this Kagome… I grab my book bag and get out of the car, walking towards my friends as they sit on the benches like every other school morning. Rin, Sango, Inuyasha, and Miroku are already there, like almost always.
Rin is wearing a green sleeveless lace blouse like shirt, dark jeans with tiny holes on the front in random places, and white flats. Her hair was crimped, looking slightly curled. She's wearing a white pendant charm necklace, a heart charm bracelet with a white ribbon, and a gold ring on her right ring finger that has the word love inscribed in it over and over.
Sango is wearing a white t-shirt with Marilyn Monroe on it with the words BEAUTIFUL on it at the bottom in gold glitter letters under a rhinestone studded cropped jean jacket, black skinny jeans, and black ankle boots with heels. With it, she added a black choker, black dangling earrings, and random bracelets.
Miroku's wearing a black shirt with yellow Green Day on it with one yellow arrow pointing up and another pointing down. His hair was in a ponytail as always. His jeans, light with a destroyed look to them, and black vans.
Inuyasha's wearing a red shirt that says 'IN MY DEFENSE, I DON'T REMEMBER ANY OF IT' in black with a picture of 2 people talking with the 2nd person saying, 'RIGHT ON'. His dark skinny-ish jeans and black converses reminded me how regular this felt.
As I approached my bench, the 2nd one, they all turned to me and smiled. I sit down on my bench, closest to them, and put my bag on the ground beside me. Inuyasha walks over and sits beside me, something he'd been doing all week, it all ending the same as it had on Tuesday. Rin is sitting closest to me, Sango beside her, with Miroku at the end. They go back to their conversation and I turn to Inuyasha, used to seeing him there in the mornings.
"Good morning Inuyasha." I say, my voice sounding tired. Inuyasha looks at me, concern flashing across his features.
"What's wrong Kagome?" He asks. I shake my head.
"Nothing…everything…" He smiles a little at my answer.
"Great answer." He says.
"I know right. I always have a great answer."
"What happened to your optimistic morning attitude I never really liked?" He says, smirking slightly.
"And what happened to the Inuyasha who would never talk to me? Because I really liked him." I say, smirking right back, teasing him like always.
"Aw, Kags. We both know you can't hide your feelings. I know you dig me." He says, making me laugh.
"Please Inuyasha! The only thing I wanna dig about you is to dig a hole and put you in it."
"Ouch! Two hurts in less than 5 minutes. Maybe you are getting tough."
"Wanna go for a third?"
"Anytime, anyplace."
"You just wanna hear me talk with my melodious voice."
"I would say somethin' if I knew what that meant." He says, making me laugh again. He smiles back. "There's the real laugh I like to hear." I lightly smack his side, which is close to my own.
"Whatever Inuyasha." I say, leaning my head back on his arm, which is almost always on the back of the bench. That's when my dream hits me.
*Kagome's dream!*
I'm sitting at the base of the tree, the one with the indent. A breeze blows through and I look up and smile as Inuyasha walks through the forest, to me. He smiles back, his famous crocked half smile I love so much. My heart flutters in my chest as I stand up to meet him.
"Hey…" I say, slightly breathless.
"Why are you making me wait?" He asks, wrapping his arms around my waist. I slip mine around his neck. "You know we are meant to be, you know we need to be together. So why make me wait? I'm better than him…" I'm thinking he's talking about Koga.
"I don't know… It's just…complicated." I say. He leans close to me, our breaths mingling as our faces are barely inches apart.
"Well, let me help you uncomplicated it…" Then he kisses me, soft as first. Then my hands tangle in his hair and he pulls me closer, our bodies pushed together, 2 perfect halves to make a whole. Our kiss makes me feel fire all over my body, anywhere he touches me, a fire trail sending passion shooting through me as I try and pull us closer, as if that were even physically possible. Inuyasha stops and puts his mouth to my ear as I try to catch my breath.
"We are meant to be… Soul mates… You'll realize it soon…" He says, sounding almost like the voice I hear occasionally in my head; Midoriko.
He backs away so I can look into his golden eyes and I know, somewhere in my heart and soul, that he's telling the truth; we are soul mates, forever bound together…
*End of Kagome's dream!*
I gasp, looking into Inuyasha's eyes. I can tell from his expression he remembers too. We stay looking at each other for a few more seconds, neither of us saying a thing about what we both remember.
Then we are interrupted by someone who just loves to do that; Kikyo.
*Inuyasha P.O.V.*
I look away from Kagome's eyes and see Kikyo, who's laughing loud as she's flocked by about 10 guys, but her eyes are on me. I roll my eyes at her bad attempt to make me jealous, which I am not and would never be.
"I'm sorry…"
I turn to Kagome, who had spoken the words, and notice her looking at her hands.
"Why?" I ask, wondering how she's saying sorry.
"You deserved better than that, instead of getting hurt. And it's my fault… You could have fixed it and had a good relationship and-." I burst out laughing, making her stop and look up at me in disbelief. I finally stop laughing after a few minutes and look at her.
"Why the hell are you apologizing? You didn't do anything." I say, making her look back at her hands.
"If I hadn't started anything at the party…"
"It would a happened anyway. There wasn't no fixin' what happened." I say, stating the facts, no sorrow in my voice. Kagome looks up at me.
"But you didn't deserve what she did to you…" She says, sounding sad. I shrug.
"It happens."
"Well it shouldn't to you. What did you see in her anyway?" Kagome says, looking at Kikyo, who was still being flocked by guys. I try to shake of the feeling Kagome's first comment gave me. I think about her question, noticing how I didn't even know the answer to it.
"I have no idea…" I say. Kagome snorts and laughs while looking up at me.
"Inuyasha…" She goes to go on but just laughs again. I go to say something but stop, enjoying the sound of her laugh; like the tinkling of bells.
*Rin P.O.V.*
I look over at Inuyasha and Kagome, knowing it's only a matter of time before they get together for good. And then all will be well in the universe; well, the universe that deals with love anyway.
I turn to Sango and Miroku. Now I just gotta get them together; and that's like a whole other story. I smile slightly. Looks like me, the Goddess of Love, has her work cut out for her this year. Good thing I'm always ready for any and every challenge. And this; is definitely a challenge.
*Kagome P.O.V.*
I look away from Inuyasha and notice Koga, Ginta, and Hakkaku walking our way. I think back and think maybe they're a little late or maybe time just flew by quick…or maybe I'm crazy. I go with the 3rd option and smile to the boys.
Koga is wearing a gray shirt that says 'U MAD BRO?' in big black block letters. His dark jeans are baggy yet skinny, if you know what I mean and his black vans poke out from the bottom. His hair is in its normal ponytail, his face holding the smile and twinkle in the eyes like every other morning.
Ginta's wearing a dark gray almost black shirt that says 'I VOTE FOR BACON' in big white letters. His gray shorts and gray Nike's make the outfit complete. His face shows a smile, but not the regular one. I'm guessing something's going on with Sayuri. I'll ask for details later.
Hakkaku has his normal Mohawk up. He's wearing a white t-shirt that says 'MAYBE PARTYING WILL HELP' in colorful letters. His light-ish jeans have holes on the knees and his red converses poke out from the bottom. He seems mighty happy this morning; I wonder why.
By this point, Koga has finally reached in front of me and Inuyasha. Before anyone can say anything, Rin jumps up and stands in between our two benches.
"Attention, attention!" She says, getting our attention, plus a few more. She turns to the outsiders. "Hey, I'm not talking to you, ya nosy people!" She turns back to us and smiles. "Okay! Band meeting, tomorrow! I will text y'all the details tomorrow and give our all numbers at lunch. Go on with your lives, if you have one." She says, adding the last part to the few eavesdroppers still listening. They turn away, embarrassed at being caught in the act; again. She sat down and started up a conversation with Sango and Miroku, who happened to be around each other a lot lately.
I turn back to look at Koga. I smile and he smiles back. I go to say something then the bell rings. I look up confused. What the hell?... I shrug it off and stand up with everyone else, grabbing my book bag as we walk to the school. By the time we are starting to go upstairs to go to first period, Inuyasha is on one side of me with Koga on the other; the same way it's been since Tuesday. Probably some stupid guy thing…
I turn to Koga and smile as we reach the door. "See ya after 1st?" I ask, grabbing his wrists with my hands, sending little tingles up my arms, reminding me of who holds my heart. Koga smiles at me.
"Of course babe." I smile big as he kisses my cheek. I wave and walk into the classroom, still smiling, happy for once to be where am I, life-altering news and all. Little do I know the glare and jealousy from a certain half-demon; Inuyasha.
I grab my bag and am one of the first out of the room, happy to be out of the classroom, ecstatic to have once period down in this long day. I walk out the door, ahead of Inuyasha, Miroku, and Sango, eager to get back to normality with a certain wolf demon cutie. I walk out the door and smile, happy to see he's already there. I run to him and give him a huge bear hug.
"Woah..." He says, chuckling as he hugs me back. "What's all this about?"
I back away and smile up at him. "No reason. I just missed you." I say, pouting slightly. He laughs.
"I've been here this whole time Kags."
"Nu-uh! Not like you used too…" I say, thinking back to how it was before some things got so complicated and confusing… I mean, I like Koga…right? Of course stupid! That's how it was and that's how it'll be…
"I'm sorry sweetie." He says. I smile slightly.
"Sorry isn't good enough." I say. He smiles a little.
"Then how about I make it up to you sometime?"
"Are you asking me on a date Koga?"
"Depends on if you're going to say yes or no." I laugh at his comment.
"Well…I'll think about it." I smile and he smiles back before slinging his arm around my shoulders as we begin our walk to 2nd period.
"Take all the time you need…" He says. "…So…ya done yet?"
"Koga!" I say, playfully smacking his stomach. He laughs and I do too despite myself.
"Okay, okay! I was just kidding… You've gotten even more aggressive."
"I have not!"
"At least you're still stubborn."
"Koga!"
"Aw, you still say my name the same."
"Ugh!"
"There goes your exasperated groan."
"Stop analyzing me like some kind of doctor!"
"Now you're acting like a physic."
"You're dumb."
"Now you're insulting me."
"I'm going to seriously hurt you if you don't shut up."
"Here are the threats."
"I'm going to count to 3…" I say, about to smack him.
"To count the number of weeks you've liked me?" He says, smiling his cocky smile, a twinkle in his blue eyes. I roll mine.
"I've only known you for 2 weeks stupid."
"Oh, so you've been paying attention."
"KOGA!" I yell as we walk the last few feet to the classroom door. He laughs, enjoying the slight blush on my cheeks. I smile as we enter the classroom, earning looks from Inuyasha, Miroku, and Sango, who just go back to their conversation. Well, except for Inuyasha who keeps glancing at us. I feel a slight pang in my chest but push it away.
Since when did liking a guy become so complicated? Oh yeah, when your dead great-great to the how ever many power aunt sends you dream messages saying you belong with your guy friend who you didn't even like to begin with. I sigh and hope to get through 2nd period in one piece…
I hop up as the bell rings, eager to get to chorus, my favorite class of the day. I wait for Sango before we walk out the door ahead of the rest of our group. When we get to the hall, I turn around to the guys.
"Bye Miroku, Inuyasha, Koga!" I say, calling them all at once, waving as I walk with Sango. They wave back and I smile before turning to the front to walk with Sango on our way to chorus.
She's quiet, so I know something's coming. I sigh, anticipating what it could be as we walk down the stairs. She's probably going to wait for Rin though. That is if Rin doesn't already have something she's gonna talk about in there. I sigh again as we walk through the door and sit in our seats.
I look over in the sopranos and am surprised to see Ayame looking at me. I smile at her, a slight friendly smile. She looks surprised but then smiles back, the tiniest of smiles but a smile nonetheless.
"Kagome!"
I turn towards the door, along with half the class, to see Rin run in and slap down into her seat, almost out of breath.
"Yes?" I ask, wondering why she'd run in here screaming my name. She catches her breath and looks at me. I give her a weird look and then SMACK! She smacks my arm. "OW!" I yell, holding my arm.
"That's for being stupid." She says, smiling slightly. She looks at Sango who smacks my other arm, but twice as hard.
"OW!" I yell, holding my other upper arm. "What the flapjacks?! Why are y'all hitting me?!"
"Because you're being stupid." Rin says, stating what she said before. I gave her a look that showed how I felt; confused. She sighed. "First you got Koga, then you got Inuyasha, then you got both, then you start showing towards Koga again. You've got me all jumbled up!" She says, frowning as she crosses her arms over her chest.
"…WHAT?!" I say, confused and irritated. "You're crazy! I like Koga, Inuyasha is just a friend! In fact, they are both friends…" I rub my upper arms, hoping they don't bruise.
Rin goes to comment but the bell rings. "We will continue this later." She says. I sigh, knowing she'll be true to her word.
The bell rings and the class goes rushing out the door to lunch. I stand up and rush to the door, hoping Rin and Sango will let this absurd notion go. It's not that absurd… I shut that part of my mind up as I make my way out the door and see Koga standing there.
I smile at him. "Hey Koga." He smiles back.
"Hey. How was class?" He asks.
"It was fine." I say.
"Kags!"
I turn to the other end of the hallway, the one we walk to on our way to lunch, and see Inuyasha walking towards us. I smile big, despite myself. He smiles back as he stands in front of me.
"Hey Kags." Inuyasha says. "Rin, Sango." He acknowledges the girls behind me, who are giving me the look.
"Heya Inuyasha." I say, still smiling. "Shall we go to lunch?" I ask, everyone or just plain anyone, anything to stop the tension that was slowly creeping in on our circle. So we head off down the hall to lunch.
We stood in line but all I got was a bag of Cheeze-Its and a chocolate rice crispy treat. I just wasn't that hungry. We all walked back to the table and they all set down while I just set my stuff down and walked off to the drink machines to get me a drink.
I turned the corner and am surprised to see Ayame standing there. She's wearing a pink t-shirt that says 'YOLO' on it with a picture of a girl sleeping. She has black skinny jeans with snack skin glitter print all over and black sparkly peep toe heels. Her hair is in low pigtails. She glances at me, her green eyes surprised.
"Hi." I say, waving slightly as I walk forward to the drink machine I always go to, the one she's at. She looks at me, as if she's unsure if she should answer me. "I don't bite." I smile as I say it.
"I know that." She snaps, turning back to the drink machine as she puts in her money and what's for it to process that she put in money and she pushes the Dr. Pepper button.
"You don't have to pretend."
She turns to me, forgetting the drink machine, which has spit out her drink for her. "What are you talking about?" She says, feigning confusion and disinterest but her posture stiffened, as did her voice so we both know she knows what I'm talking about.
"You don't have to pretend to be someone you're not. I know you're a good person inside."
"You don't know anything about me." She snaps again, but even her harsh edge is gone, replaced by what almost seems like hope; hope that what I'm saying is true.
"I do know you like Koga and I know there's a part of him that likes you back." Her eyes widen at my comment. "And I know you're not the bitch you pretend to be." I pass her and put my money in the machine and press the button.
"How do you know that?" She asks, not really directing the question at a certain part of what I said so I just use it for both.
"I can just tell. And there's good in you; I can tell. When you wanna stop pretending, you know where to find me." I say, grabbing my drink and walking off, without another backwards glance to her but feel as if a weight has been lifted off of my chest.
I get to the table and see everyone else has arrived and we are all in our regular spots. I sit down and Rin smacks her hand on the table twice, just to get our attention.
"Alright! You all heard the announcement this morning, right?" She asks. Everyone nods. "Great! Does everyone have everyone's number?" Nods again. "Good! We have a meeting tomorrow, my house which is Inuyasha's, don't be late! It's at 3-ish." She smacks the table 2 more times. "Meeting adjourned!" She smiles and everyone goes to their conversations like nothing happened. I pop a Cheeze-it into my mouth and look at Ginta.
"Ginta, what's up?" I ask, making him look at me in surprise.
"Nothing really…" He says.
"So, no issues with Sayuri then?" I ask, innocently but by Ginta's look he knows I know that something's up. He sighs.
"It's just…I worry about her." He says, looking at his plate. I pop another Cheeze-It in my mouth.
"Whatcha mean?"
"I mean, I'm worried some other dude is making a move on her." He says. I laugh, making him look at me.
"You guys and your stupid male pride junk." I roll my eyes before looking at Ginta. "If Sayuri wanted someone else, she wouldn't be with you. Duh." He thinks for a second then smiles.
"Thanks Kagome." I smile back at him.
"No problem!"
"That's why I'm trying to get Zelda. I can't have anyone take her from me." Hakkaku says.
"Dude, no one's gotta take her away 'cuz she's runnin' away." Ginta says. Hakkaku punches his arm.
"Shut up. She's just intimidated by my sexiness."
"Yeah, sure, that's totally why she won't even give you any hints, let alone take your advances." Ginta says, smirking and rolling his eyes.
"I'm surprised you know big words like that." Hakkaku says.
"What do words have to do with anything." Ginta says. And that's when I look at Koga while they go at it, bickering.
"Do they always do this?" I ask, eating a few more Cheeze-Its.
"Yep." He says, popping the 'p'. I nod my head and eat some more Cheeze-Its.
"Ginta!" I say, making him look at me in the middle of his argument. "Is Sayuri coming tomorrow to the meeting?"
"Yeah, I'ma tell her about it tonight." He says.
"Is she bringing anybody with her?" I ask, wondering if she's bringing those other girls she had at the party.
"Um, I don't' know for sure. Why?" He asks. I shrug.
"Just wondering…" I say.
"Zelda better be coming." Hakkaku says, getting a dreamy look into his eyes.
"Dude, she doesn't want you!" Ginta says, bonking Hakkaku on the head, as if to bring him back from his 'lovey-dovey' trance. Hakkaku rubs his head.
"Nah, she's just playing hard to get." Hakkaku says.
"You know, Hakkaku…" I say, making him look at me, along with Koga and Ginta. "Some girls aren't playing hard to get; sometimes they just are."
"In other words; she don't like you." Ginta says, sounding smug.
"Oh yeah?..." I zone out so I don't hear the rest of the argument. I look over at Koga, who's looking at me.
"What?" I ask, uncertain. He smiles.
"You were talking about yourself, weren't you?" He asks, his question more like a statement. I smile, it more like a smirk.
"To some extent…maybe…" I say.
"…You, Kagome Higurashi, are a strange female creature…" He mutters under his breath. I scoff and look up at him.
"Excuse me, but what?!" I say, wondering what he meant by his little comment.
"You aren't like any other girl here." He says, something like wonder and amusement in his voice as his eyes stare into my own. My heart starts fluttering like crazy. I smile.
"And that's why I'm special." I take a bite out of my chocolate rice crispy treat and try to pay attention to the conversations around the table when I met golden orbs staring into my own.
I smile to Inuyasha, knowing he heard the conversation and not really caring. It wasn't anything bad; just facts. Facts that maybe he should figure our now before anything happened. Although, when I think to my dreams, the ones he seems to share with me, I'm guessing we are already halfway there.
I jump in my seat when the bell rings. Where the hell is all my time going? I wanna laugh at my own stupidity that's filled in the question but instead stand up with everyone else and sling my bag on my shoulder as we go to dump our tray, getting on with the rest of the boring, exhausting, long school day.
We dump the trays and go our separate ways, with me stuck walking in between Inuyasha and Koga, which wouldn't be so bad if they would talk to themselves. I would rather them bicker than for them to stay silent like this.
We trudge up the stairs, me ahead of Koga and Inuyasha, who are so busy glaring at each other; I'm surprised they knew I was there at all. I was walking alone, when I suddenly felt some guy's arms around my shoulder. I turn around and come face to face with some random stranger; the same stranger who had gotten on my nerves a few days ago.
"What the hell do you want?" I ask, trying to get his arm off of me. He just tightens his grip.
"Well, you see, when I thought about you and all your feisty sexiness, I knew I had too-." He goes to say more but I put my hand up to separate our faces.
"Let me stop you right there." I say. "That's just downright nasty, disgustingly eww, and just plain ain't gonna happen in Heaven, Hell, or on Earth!" I say, noticing we are on the 2nd floor. I go to use my purification power to move his hand with 4 strong arms grab him away from me.
I turn around fully and see Inuyasha holding him on one side, Koga on the other. I knew I should be cheering for their teamwork but right now, I didn't like where this was going.
"Guys, it's okay. He was just leaving." I say, hoping to draw Inuyasha's and Koga's attention away. The guy nods his head, not willing to face an angry wolf demon prince and a half Inu-dog demon. I step forward drawing their eyes to me. "Guys, it's okay. I'm okay, see?" I hold out my arms and do a 360, showing them I was completely fine. I put my arms down. "You can hurt him later but now, we have to get to class. Just let him go; he won't be messing with me anytime soon."
"He better not." Inuyasha growls.
"Or we'll get you." Koga growls.
They reluctantly let the guy go and come to either side of me as we quickly walk into science class. I sit down and roll my eyes at my 'bodyguards'. I look from Koga, who was still mad, to Inuyasha, who was more pissed than anything. I roll my eyes and try to focus on the class while my bodyguards plan for revenge…
*Inuyasha P.O.V.*
I can't believe the nerve of that bastard! To touch Kagome, MY KAGOME! He better be glad Kagome kept me from ringing his neck right then, right there… I should have been paying more attention though. I silently curse myself and look over at Kagome, who is writing notes from the board, looking innocent and cute. I smile. She's too good looking for her own good…
*Koga P.O.V.*
He had his arm over her, over MY KAGOME! Ohh, if I could have…but I couldn't; because of Kagome. I take a look at her from the corner of my eye. She was taking notes, occasionally pushing her hair out of her way. I smile at how cute she looks. This girl is gonna get me in a lot of trouble…but it's totally worth it.
*Kagome P.O.V.*
I jump up and sling my bag on my shoulder and head towards the door as the bell rings, Koga and Inuyasha at my heels, literally. When we get out in the hall Inuyasha gets on my right side and Koga gets on my left, my bodyguards. I roll my eyes.
"You guys are so stupid." I say as we start to go down the stairs to gym.
"We are just trying to keep you safe." Koga says.
"I'm not some fragile bomb that has to be handled with care of it'll explode the whole Earth into a bazillion pieces!" I say. "I'm just Kagome, priestess who can handle herself."
"Yeah, well, you get yourself into too many unwanted situations." Inuyasha says.
"Well, what if I want to be in one of those 'unwanted situations'?" I ask, making Inuyasha and Koga look at me.
"You'd want him?" Koga asks incredulous.
"Even you should have standards." Inuyasha says. I give them both a look.
"Not him and yes, I have standards. And I don't like how you said that you jerk." I say. Koga goes to laugh but I stop him. "You're a jerk too Koga." We get to the 1st floor.
"You guys don't have to always protect me. I can handle myself sometimes. Sure, there are times when I want you guys there, but sometimes, I can handle situations." We are now at the gym hallway. I turn to them and smile, holding up a hand that has a glowing pink barrier in the palm. "As you can see, it isn't hard to protect myself so don't be thinking I'm some helpless damsel in distress. Got it?" I put the barrier away as Koga and Inuyasha nod their heads. I smile to them. "But thank you guys, very much. I'm so glad I have you guys as friends." I hug Koga, and kiss his cheek, and then I do the same for Inuyasha before waving and walking off to the girl's locker room, feeling happy.
*Inuyasha P.O.V.*
I touch the place on my cheek where her lips just were, a tingling sensation still there. I put my hand down and look at Koga just when he looks at me.
"She's mine." I say, my voice taking an edge that says I mean it. Koga just smiles.
"We'll see about that mutt."
"Hell yeah, I guess we will wolf-breath."
*Kagome P.O.V.*
I walk out of the locker room with Sango and Rin, who are in their demon slayer outfits. While I'm wearing the traditional priestess outfit, the colors are white on top and red at the bottom. (I'm sorry but I'm not really sure how to say the outfits and I don't wanna mess it up but it's the same outfits from the shows. Thanks! That goes for the whole gym period part.)
When we get to the indoor gym, I notice the change in everyone's costumes. How…authentic they look… I also notice how it's set up; with all the different types of students in different sections in the gym. The demons are on the far right. The priestesses on the far left. The demon slayers in between them up front. The few half demons stand in a smaller section near the demons.
I go stand with the priestesses and notice how Kikyo is wearing the same thing as me. It gave me that creepy feeling of how alike we actually look. The rest of the priestesses, the 10 of us there were, wore the same thing as us. The priests/monks were wearing their own versions of their monk dress thingies. (Like what Miroku wears)
The demon slayers wore the same thing that Rin and Sango wear, just in different colors and with different weapons.
The demons were wearing all sorts of stuff. There were different assortments to fit their needs and their styles for each different demon. And some had weapons, some didn't. Koga was wearing a brown fur tribal like wolf demon outfit. (Like in the show) Inuyasha is wearing a red outfit with an old looking sword at his side. (Like in the show)
Then Coach Yamashita comes in, blowing her whistle.
"Alright! Today begins real training! Everyone; to the outside field!" We all walk out to the outside field, some of us groaning, some cheering, but most say nothing at all. I'm one of those silent ones.
Once outside, the demons go to the big, empty field in between the track circle while the demon slayers go to the other big empty field while the priestesses and monks stay near the bleachers, since some aren't ready to do anything.
"Alright! Demons; do your thing! Demon slayers; train! Priestesses and monks; practice your skills! I will be coming around!" Coach says before blowing her whistle. The demons divide into different types where they start sparring with each other. The demon slayers do the same. The few priest and priestesses in the beginner stage start looking through this herb book of some sort. The advanced ones start working on our 'talents'.
I stand off to the side and make a barrier around myself; making it just my finger tip them my whole body. I then make a barrier around random objects around me when Coach calls me over to the area where you can shoot your arrows or what not.
I walk over and stop in front of her, noticing how she has a bow and a thing full of arrows in her hands.
"Here" She says, handing the bow and arrows to me. "Shoot them, practicing your energy you put into it." Then she walks off without another word.
I put the arrows on my back and get one ready on the bow, aiming for the inner circle of the target. I take a deep breath and clear my mind…
It's like water flowing from a tap… Let it come naturally but controlled.
I open my eyes looking around and notice the voice isn't coming from someone. Well, at least not someone around me; it's Midoriko with her words of wisdom. I shake off my feeling of disbelief and take the advice.
Water flowing from a tap…water flowing from a tap…. I repeat the words to myself like a mantra.
I let a little of my power enter the arrow, so it's shining ever so slightly, enough to zap not to kill. I let it fly through the sky and it lands perfectly on the inner circle of the target, slightly burned from my powers. I lower the bow, smiling. Perfect…
I walk out of the girl's locker room with Sango and Rin, who are complaining about sore muscles. Me, I was complaining about a headache and my powers; I haven't used them like that in a long time, if ever.
I walk into the indoor gym and see everyone's sitting on the bleachers like almost always in their regular clothes again. I walk up and sit down beside Rin who's beside Sango, who are both under Miroku and Inuyasha while above Koga, Ginta, and Hakkaku.
I sigh and look away to see Bankotsu looking up at me. He smiles and waves to me. I smile and wave back. He motions me down so I slip away in the heat of the conversations and walk down the bleachers to Bankotsu and his 'gang'. I sit down beside him on the outside.
"Yo, what's up?" I say, wondering why he called me down here. He just smiles his carefree smile at me like he doesn't have a care in the world.
"So, I'm guessing you've heard the rumors?" He says.
"What rumors?" I ask, confused about which ones he's talking about and upset that there might be others I don't know about.
"The ones about us." He says. I laugh.
"Um, what kinda rumors could those be?"
"They're the kinda rumors that we should make facts." He says, trying to act all cool and suave. I just smile, it more like a smirk.
"Oh? Is that so?" I ask, feigning innocence.
"Yes, it is so. How about a movie tomorrow night?"
"How about we don't?" I say, trying not to be mean. "I got band practice."
"You're in a band?" He asks, incredulous to this information.
"Yep, I'm in a band." I say. I look around as all the boys 'oooh' and 'ahhh' over this information.
"So, I'll get to see you perform and stuff?" He asks, obviously liking this. I fight the urge to roll my eyes at him. Instead I smile.
"Yep, if you go." I stand up and turn to go but stop and turn around, still smiling. "And if you're invited." I walk away as the guys 'oooh' over that and say how Bankotsu better not let me go. I look up and see Koga and Inuyasha watching me. He better let me go if he knows what's good for him. I keep the smile on my face as I sit in my seat.
As soon as I do, Inuyasha sits down beside me while Koga gets in front of me. I look from one to the other, noticing how they are both already looking at me.
"What?" I ask, innocent. The glares I got proved my innocent act wasn't working this time.
Then the bell rang. And to me, it sounded like the angles were singing Hallelujah to me as I grabbed my bag and headed down the bleachers with the rest of the group, away from the mean glares. Saved by the bell; to a whole new extreme.
I laugh with Sango and Rin, totally avoiding the glares brought by Koga and Inuyasha who are flanked behind me like the weird bodyguards I had apparently obtained.
I said goodbyes until it was just Inuyasha, Koga, and myself. Nowhere to run now, Kags… I clear my throat, even though nothing is in it. I smile.
"Heya guys… How's it going?" I ask, trying to change the subject. The look on both of their faces shows I was wrong.
"Kags, what the hell were you doing with that Banko-bastard?" Inuyasha asks. Leave it to him to think of a mean nickname. I frown and put my hand on my hip.
"Hey, it was just friend talk. I don't even like him anyways." I look at them and smirk slightly. "You guys act like my bodyguards or some overprotective brothers. Is this how you'll be if any guy comes up to me?"
"Pretty much." Koga says, shrugging slightly.
"Yep." Inuyasha says, agreeing. I frown more.
"You can't just do that! I'm an independent person. I can do what I please, when I please, with whoever I please!" I shoot them death glares and start walking to my car. "BTW, you guys would make awful gay dads; you can't both be overprotective you know." I smile at the last part and laugh when they look at each other with bewildered glances. "Bye you guys! And…thanks for worrying…" I smile one last time before hoping into my car and driving off, out of the parking lot and back home.
*Kagome's dream*
"You can't run forever, Kagome…" The dark voice echoes off the wall, filled with that and the dark, evil laughter belonging to a person I hope I never see.
I keep running, despite what he said, that evil voice that was everywhere and yet nowhere; something from my worst nightmare, which is exactly what this was.
I ran in the dark maze, going in circles or squares, I didn't care, I just wanted to get away. I'd do anything to get away…
That's when he caught me… And ripped open my side, taking out the Shikon no Tama Jewel… His evil laugh fills my ears…fills my head…my breathing starts to falter as I lay on the hard, cold ground, bleeding… I look over and am surprised to see Inuyasha.
He's crying…over me…
"I'm so sorry Kags… I thought I could save you… I wanted too, I really did. I tried… I love you Kagome… Please don't leave me!" His tears hit me as he pulls me close to him. I look at him, wondering why my vision is blurry, when I realize; I'm crying too.
"It's not your fault… I'm sorry Inuyasha… I didn't mean to leave you… I love you, more than anything…" I put my hand on his cheek. It starts to slip down as black plays around with the edge of my vision.
Then the dark overtakes me completely…
*End of Kagome's dream*
I bolt up in bed, crying… I touch my side and put my hand on the throbbing place, where the evil man took the Jewel out of my side. I look around and notice I'm tangled in my sheets, as if I had actually been trying to run away.
That's when I notice the little sounds on my balcony door. The little pecks of tiny rocks on the balcony doors. I stand up and cautiously make my way to it, grabbing my hair spray off the vanity. It was a good weapon; I could spray it in somebody's eyes or I could throw it at them. Good enough for me!
I cautiously open the balcony door and look down and have never been more surprised in my life to see the sight I saw before me.
Standing there, below my balcony like he was Romeo and I was Juliet, was the last person I ever expected to see in my entire life.
Inuyasha