I'M BAAAAAAAACK! MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL!
Julie: She's working on her new laptop…damn her…
Me: Haha but you love me anyways
Inu Yasha: So, what's going to be in this chapter?
Me: Well, I'm not telling you…you have to read to find out!
Inu Yasha: I don't wanna read! (Omg that sounded like a 5-year old) Why won't you tell me?
Me: Because you would tell all the readers…if they didn't read this already…
Inu Yasha: I DON'T CARE! TELL ME NOW!
Kagome: Um…Inu Yasha…
Inu Yasha: WHAT IS IT, BITCH? CAN'T YOU SEE I'M TALKING HERE?
Kagome: WAH! I'M SORRY!
Bob: Don't mind him, Kagome; it's just a case of "misdirected rage". I believe the technical term is "being an ass".
Everyone: …
Sesshomaru: *cough cough* Justlovely307 does NOT own Inu Yasha or any of the songs that she may use, Julie does NOT own ME, and Bob didn't, doesn't and certainly never shall own that line that he just said.
Shigure from Fruits Basket: Yeah, BOB! *Please note that this is the part where Shigure realizes that if he put an extra O in between the O and a B that Bob's name would spell Boob.*
Me: …What the hell are you doing here, Shigure?
Shigure: …HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS! *leaves*
Me: *looks over at Sango who's rolled up in a ball in a corner with her hands on her ears and rocking back and forth* HOLY CRAP, SANGO! ARE YOU ALRIGHT?
Sango: …P-PERVERT OVERLOAD! …I-I see horny people… *Starts rocking faster; everyone else sweat drops*
Me: Well, I would just like to thank everyone for all of the reviews; I definitely got a lot!
Bob: You're so cute when you're appreciative!
Everyone ignoring that comment: ENJOY!
Something New Something Better Chapter 14: I Have To Take Their Crap…
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Our hearts are beating fast in our chest, though it's hard to say which one's faster. My heart feels like it's been shot with an adrenaline needle, but that's how it has to be, when you're about to do the most reckless, most dangerous, most life-threatening thing you have ever done. Ever.
Our steps fall into rhythm as we walk over to meet our fate, our destiny, head on. He pauses beside me, and I have no choice but to stop too, seeing as my courage prevented me from moving ahead any farther, by myself, without him. My heart beats all the more fast at the realization that I was about to face fate with him by my side. But who knows what kind of destiny that is?
We finally reach our destination and my heart is somehow able to beat even faster. Pretty soon, I'm going to need a paper bag. He says the words that have been on our minds for the past…God only knows how many hours today. I close my mind as I feel my heart-our hearts-start to slow down. I can only wait for an answer.
"…WHAT?" I heard 13 voices cry out, one being the one that always keeps him cool. But I can now see that he-ever so slightly-raised one of his eyebrows.
I take a deep breath and sigh before to speak for myself. "That's right; I have adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. I have to have surgery to correct it. If I don't," I take this moment to look at all of my friend's faces, "it'll get even worse over time. A brace won't even correct it." (Just thought I'd make this clear: the 14 people are Kagome and Inu Yasha's friends-Sesshomaru being the one who "always keeps his cool"-Bank and his brothers, and Houjou.)
"KAGOME!" Is all I hear before I feel two figures glomp me. Of course, they are the two people that I expected it to be: Houjou and Kouga.
"Kagome, my darling, your boyfriend will be here for you if you need a shoulder to cry on!" They (somehow; you know what? Don't even ask.) simultaneously said.
"…I don't have a boyfriend," I decided to play the dumb blonde part.
"Is this true?" Bank walked up to me, concern not only in his eyes, but also on his face.
"She doesn't need to answer to you!" Inu Yasha retorted. I gave him a glare, but-as usual-he didn't back down.
"Wow…this is so much to absorb…is it really true?" Rin asked.
Inu Yasha gave her a solemn glance. "I'm afraid so, Rin."
Bankoutsu looked between them in astonishment. "I asked the same thing and you brushed me off!"
Inu Yasha sighed. "Rin, tell him."
Rin walked up next to Inu Yasha and looked at Bankoustu. "#1: Yasha doesn't like you because you're in love with Kagome."
Inu Yasha blushed but nodded, I just blushed, and Bankoustu said "So…what's #2?"
Rin smiled sweetly at him. "#2…He just doesn't like you!" Inu Yasha's response to that was a smirk, a nod, and a pat on Rin's head. Everyone else besides Bankoutsu laughed.
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The rest of that day just flew by and by the time I got home, I was still mad at Mom, so I purposely missed dinner. The next day came and it was time for first period Communications, a.k.a: Drama Class.
"Good Morning, Kagome!" Sango greeted as she pointed to the seat next to her. I grinned and sat down. "How's your back?" Now, I'm grinless.
"It still hurts," I whisper back. "I just hope I know what I'm getting myself into; surgery seems so scary."
"You'll get through it," She smiles. I smile weakly back. 'I hope so.'
Just as the second bell rang, Kikyou stood up. "Everyone; I have an announcement to make!"
Whatever she has to say, I can guarantee that it isn't good.
"Kagome Higurashi has been hiding a secret, a big one at that. She has scoliosis, where her back is curved in an S or a C shape. So tell us, Kagome; which one is it?"
I looked down at my desk so that my bangs would cover my eyes, which were wide open in shock. "Its…it's both," I managed to whisper, yet Kikyou could still hear.
"My,my! Both you say? How can that be?" She prodded.
"I have a C shape right below my neck and an S shape in my middle and lower back," I whisper lightly back.
"So, what do you have to do to get it fixed?" Kikyou asked.
Inu Yasha stood up and turned to me. "Kagome, stop! Why are you even playing her game? You don't have to answer to her!" He turned to glare at Kikyou who put on an innocent face.
I looked up at him and he looked back down at me. His eyes significantly softened; my eyes must have looked pretty miserable. "No; this is what I deserve," I turn and face Kikyou. "I have…I have to have surgery," I answer back, now standing.
"Wow…surgery…you know, people only have surgery if they have something that's broken. I guess…in other words…you're broken, too," Kikyou looked at Inu Yasha and cocked her head to the side. "Inu Yasha, what feelings do you have for a girl that's broken?"
The next sound was of me hitting the ground. I sat on my knees and stared at my lap with wide eyes that showed nothing but pure shock and sorrow. I was able to take a peek at Kikyou's face-pure triumph, which is the one thing that I can absolutely not grant her the satisfaction of having.
"I know…I know I'm broken. You didn't have to point that out for me, thank you very much," A superior smirk was sent my way. "I'm also selfish. I'm so selfish that I constantly have to be surrounded by my friends to be happy-I want them to be with me, always. I know it's too much to ask-I mean, who would want to do that for me-," I look at Inu Yasha who's smiling softly and nodding at me. "but lately I realized that their wishes are the same. You know," I smile softly to myself while looking back at the ground. "I used to have no friends at my old school. Everyone would make fun of me; wherever I go. Souta was way more popular than me. Then my dad died," I started crying. "I was completely and helplessly alone, with no one being there for me. Instead of getting made fun of some more at school, they did something much, much worse," I couldn't believe I was telling everyone this. "They pitied me!" I spat that word out like it was the most poisonous venom on the planet. "Like I needed their pity! In my opinion, their even sadder than I am! But, I have forgiven them," I looked back up at Kikyou, her ugly-ass smirk still showing. "Maybe that's my problem: I forgive others too easily. But what I'm getting at is, my friends have made me feel so much happier ever since I came to this school. I just want them to stay with me," I turned to my four friends. "Sango, Bank, Sui, Inu Yasha, will you stay with me? Will you be my friends, through thick and thin, even though I definitely don't deserve it?"
I saw that Sango started to cry as well, and her and the three guys came over and gave me a hug. They didn't even seem to care that I was crying all over them.
"Of course, Kagome; there hasn't been a time where I haven't thought of you as my friend," Sango replied.
"Same here; you're practically my sister," Suikoutsu answered.
"For better or for worse, through sickness and in health…I do-OW!" Bank exclaimed as Inu Yasha punched him on the head, which made me giggle through my tears. They both smiled back at me.
"I promise; I will always stay by your side, no matter what," Inu Yasha grinned. "I'm not going anywhere."
I still couldn't stop the tears from flowing.
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And I also felt like crying when I go to Gym because I realized something else.
TODAY WAS THE LAST DAY OF SOFTBALL!
Life as we know it is slowly ending.
I went and changed into my uniform as fast as humanly possible and went outside where we were supposed to meet.
"Alright girls! Today's a special treat; we're playing with the boys today!" Our teacher exclaimed. "Now, we're going to choose a girl captain and a boy captain. They're going to pick players in boy-girl order, starting with each captain's opposite sex (for instance, boy captain chooses girl first and girl captain chooses boy first). Girl's captain is…Chiyako. Boy's captain is…Tiato. Girls start." The picking went on and on until I was the last person standing.
"Wait…why wasn't Kagome picked? She's the best one in the class!" Sango, Ayame, and Rin exclaimed.
Every girl and boy (except for those three girls and the three guys) looked at each other. "Well…she has back issues, right? It would be like having a handicap on our team," The girl captain said.
I bitterly smiled. "So that's what you think of me. Which team am I on?" They are SO going to regret that even ever crossing their minds. I ended up being put on the girl's team with Bank, Kouga and Sango with Sesshomaru being the ump. Inu Yasha, Miroku, Rin, and Ayame were on the guy's team. The guy's team was up to bat, with Rin up first. The first pitch was a ball, but the next one hit her right in the stomach, and it was thrown pretty fast. Sesshomaru picked her up, set her on the bench, and said with a glare over to the pitcher, "Balk. Only this time this one counts as a full run. 1-0," We decided we would switch pitchers, and in no time it was our turn to bat. I looked at the batting order and I was last. I would have thought that it was a coincidence, if only my team didn't put me in the far outfield. When I say far outfield, I mean FAR outfield.
The players were absolutely TERRIBLE on their team, except for Inu Yasha, Miroku, and Ayame, so I was able to bat in the inning, but with two outs. When I walked up to bat, I heard everyone on my team except Bank, Kouga and Sango sigh. The pitcher softly and slowly pitched the ball and that is where I about had it. These people were treating me like crap just because I have curves in my back! Well, I'm not going to stand for it any longer. I swung the bat and, with all my strength, hit the ball as far and hard as I possibly could. I went into the outfield right around where I was standing for the first half inning and I saw the players that moved in closer to the field move back out, but I remained where I stood.
"Go! Go! Why won't you run?" Chiyako screamed. I smirked and turned to face her while holding my back.
"Ow! Ow! My handicap hurts!" I said pitifully. "I don't think I can do anything without it interfering! It's like I-I mean it-suddenly changed overnight! I won't be able to play softball as good as I used to, even though nothing whatsoever has changed about my physical condition!" By now, people were starting to get within a yard of the ball.
"Kagome! We're sorry! We shouldn't have judged you like that! Now run!" The team except for those two screamed. I smiled and took off. When I rounded first, people threw the ball to the outfield. I made it to second because the short center is crappy at catching. I made it to third because the third baseman was worse at catching than the short center. I got a home run because the third baseman' throwing is just as bad as their catching. All of my team came out on the field and congratulated me and apologized to me for real.
"Nice one, Kagome!" Kouga exclaimed.
"Thanks, Kou-" Apparently, Kouga was right behind me, so when I turned around to face him, he took his chances and kissed me.
My first kiss-gone.
Ayame was red in the face with anger, but I think that she was better off once I saw Inu Yasha. I think I saw some blood trickle down his hands from his claws from how balled up his fists were. Bank turned Kouga around and punched him in the face.
"You think you like her, now don't you? You don't know anything about her!"
"Oh, yeah? Like what?"
Bank smirked. "Like how I knew that that was her first kiss," Inu Yasha and I both gasped. In just one sentence, I got even more humiliated and he got even angrier.
"Ok, Bank, what about we play that get-to-know you game, again?" I asked.
His smirk grew even wider. "I'm up for it, only how about we have a little wager: if I get them all right, then I'll go on a date with you."
"LIKE HELL SHE'LL DO THAT!" Inu Yasha screamed in his face. Bank moved his head so he could see me over Inu Yasha.
"I'm game," Inu Yasha's ears fell. I really wanted to rub them.
"First question?"
"I'll start with easy ones. My birthday?"
"February 20, 1995."
"Favorite band?"
"Give me a challenge. Paramore."
"Favorite movie?"
He raised his eyebrow. "You have two."
I smiled. "Smart man. Name them."
"The Princess and the Frog and Pride and Prejudice," I saw raised eyebrows at the mention of the Princess and the Frog. I shrugged them off.
"Why won't you just give me a hard question?"
I smiled. "Alright then. If you get this one right, then you win. Who was the last person I've had a crush on, not including the one I have right now," I blushed.
He smirked again. "Me."
Damn…he won…
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OH! Good ending, eh?
*Julie laughs*
Me: Oh, I'm sorry if I've recently been to Canada, Julie.
Julie: Damn Canadian…
Kagome: Don't blame her; she's still in a bad mood when you told her that you got her a laptop.
Me: Um…Kagome…I told her about it 3 days ago…
Kagome: Oh…well, she's still probably just upset that Sesshomaru said that she didn't own him…
Me: Yeah, that DOES irk her…anywho, read and review! The story (continouationwise) depends on you!
Miroku: TRIPLE RHYME! *Runs around the perimeter of the room (from wall to wall to wall to wall etc.)*
Me: …I think we'd better lock the door, for Sango's-as well as our own-sake…you know, she's STILL in the corner…
Sango: HORNY PEOPLE! I-I SEE HORNY PEOPLE!
Me: Okeeeee then…BYE FOR NOW!
*Ja Ne!*