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"Talking"

Thinking

Flashback

Dream Sequence

'Telepathy'

Chapter 13

Running through the forest Kagome quickly looks up at the canopy of the trees to spot the Saimyōshō keeping pace. "Won't you guys ever give up?!" She cried in exasperation and fear as she kept running as fast as her legs could carry her. "Come on Kagome. Just a few more miles till the village. Inuyasha will catch the scent of these creeps and come rescue me."

Panting she glanced up again only to see that their number had grown. Pushing herself harder she tried to change directions in hopes of shaking them, but to no avail. Where did they all come from? Kagome took another turn noticing one of the poisonous bugs diving at her only for another to swoop down causing her to change directions again. This went one for a few miles before Kagome noticed that the Saimyōshō only attacked when she turned away from the village.

What on earth are they…. "AAHHHH!" Kagome screamed as one of the insects scored a hit on her upper arm right as she came to the Goshinboku. "INUYASHA! HELP!" Kagome yelled wondering why he hadn't come to save her yet.

"KuKuKuKu. Foolish miko. He cannot save you. My puppet is making sure of that." Naraku taunted as he walked out of the shadow of one of the nearby trees.

"Naraku! You won't get away with this! Inuyasha will.. Inuyasha will…" Kagome tried to speak even as the poison from the Saimyōshō caused her mind to go blank. Fighting desperately, she tried to stand as Naraku forced a shard of miasma into her mouth.

"Now my puppet. Come with me." Naraku said turning away as Kagome's body began to move against her will and fallowed behind the wretched bandit.

No! Let me go! Let me go! This isn't happening! It's a dream! This is a dream! WAKE UP!

"Kagome-sama! Kagome-sama! Wake up!" Shizuka yelled into the room as she knocked on the door trying to wake up her distressed master.

"Oi! Master! Wake up!" Ketsueki yelled pushing Shizuka aside and barging into the room to see Kagome thrashing as he fought to get free of the blankets that had tangled up around him in his sleep. "Hold on Master. I'll help."

"NO! Stay away!" Kagome growled as he woke up enough to know he was not alone.

"Ketsueki-san. We should leave Kagome-sama to get dressed." Shizuka said grabbing the young girls arm and pulling her away.

"But the Master!..."

"Will be fine. Now let us go and make sure his binto is ready for him to take to school." She interrupted quietly closing the door behind them.

With the two girls out of his room Kagome began to untangle himself from the blankets a lot calmer now that he was fully awake. Not the worst dream I've had. Sighing he got up and headed to the bathroom.

"I'll have to thank Shizuka-chan later for taking Ketsueki out of the room. And apologize for snapping at the both of them." Turning the shower on Kagome began to wash the sweat from his body. 'Ketsuki?'

'Yes Master? Are you okay? What happened? What was that dream?' Ketsuki instantly bombarded Kagome's mind with questions once the link was made.

'That was a memory Ketsuki. I'm sorry for lashing out at you earlier but please don't do that again.' Kagome cut the connection after that not wanting to hear the response to that request. Finishing up his shower Kagome quickly got dressed before retrieving his bento and beginning to walk to school not feeling like going for a run this morning or waiting for Kenji to get the car.

"Haruhi! I'm bored." Kagome complained during lunch stretching over his desk to hug Haruhi from behind. "Entertain me…"

"Go entertain yourself! Geeze what is with you today? You sound like the twins." Huffing slightly Haruhi popped another bite in her mouth.

"But Haruhi! I don't have anything to do. Even my math homework is done. And I hate math!" Kagome wined.

"Quit acting like such a girl." Haruhi grumbled.

"Well maybe I am a girl." Kagome huffed causing Haruhi to give him a bland look.

"I still remember you sticking Tamaki's hand in your pants." She said turning back to her food.

"So? It's not like you have copped a feel. For all you know I could be wearing a prosthetic." Kagome smirked feeling a little less lethargic then he did a few minutes before. "If you want I'll let you check."

"I'll pass thank you. Now if you don't mind the bells about to ring."

"Bah we still have…" Kagome stopped and placed his head on the table as the bell rang in seaming defiance of his words.

"You were saying Kagome-kun?" Haruhi chuckled before turning to face the front of the class.

Walking into the host club Kagome noticed the twins messing around and teasing Haruhi.

"Come on Haruhi! Why won't you play with us?" Hikaru complained as Haruhi continued to ignore them and work on her homework feeling a sense of déjà vu.

"Ya! Your smart enough as is. You probably don't even need to study!" Kaoru pitched in.

"I'm only smart because I do study. So, leave me alone so I can get this done before the club opens." Haruhi said as one of her eyebrows began to twitch.

"Come on you two. Leave her alone. Besides don't you two have to change into today's outfits?" Kagome said to distract them.

"We aren't doing anything like that today." Hikaru waved his hand dismissively before a Cheshire smile spread across his face. "But if you want…." Hikaru said starting to unbutton his shirt.

"We can change in to something more comfortable." Kaoru finished as he took his twins lead and began to take his own clothing off.

Smiling Kagome walked up to the twins and grabbed them both by their belts. "If you two want to change just for me then why don't we go to one of the changing rooms. I can help you pick out the best outfits." Kagome said in a low voice causing the twins to pause not expecting this reaction. "What's the matter? Don't you want to change for me?" Kagome said walking backwards pulling the twins with him to the changing rooms.

"Enough Kagome. Leave them alone." Haruhi sighed.

"Your no fun." Kagome pouted before pulling the twins to him in a hug. "I just wanted to play with my toys. And besides, don't you two owe me for what I did for you two on Christmas?" Kagome whispered the last part to the twins so Haruhi didn't hear his words.

"Hay! We aren't your toys!" "Ya! It's the other way around!" "You're our toy!" The twins said suddenly reclaiming their wits and sandwiching Kagome between them as they squirm around trying to get Kagome to blush like everyone else does in this kind of situation. Unfortunately for them Kagome was feeling playful so the reaction they got was not what they expected.

"Well if you want to play with me so much then why don't we just have some fun right here?"

"KAGOME! What on earth are you doing!" Haruhi shouted when Kagome turned to Hikaru and kissed him causing his brother to freeze not knowing what he should do in this kind of situation.

"Your right Haruhi. I'm being mean to Kaoru for leaving him out." Kagome said mischievously before turning to Kaoru's neglected lips leaving behind a breathless and flustered Hikaru.

"KA-KA-KAGOME!" Haruhi shouted out in shock catching the attention of the other hosts.

"WHA! DON'T BE DOING SUCH FILTHY THINGS IN FRONT OF MY DAUGHTER! HARUHI LOOK AWAY!" Tamaki yelled covering Haruhi's eyes as he started to try to drag her away.

"Tamaki stop that!" Haruhi yelled.

"Though I had, of course, heard the twins teasing you I did not truly think that you were of that persuasion." Kyoya said writing something down in his book.

"Takashi? Why is Kago-chan kissing Hika-chan and Kao-chan?" Honey tilted his head in confusion.

"…"

"Well as fun as this is I believe it's almost time to open." Kagome turned away from the flabbergasted hosts and began to walk away until he went to walk past Haruhi and Tamaki. "And your right Tamaki. Haruhi shouldn't be forced to watch. It's so much more fun when you join in." Kagome stole a kiss from a blushing Haruhi and chuckled at the furious Tamaki as he sat on one of the window seals waiting for the guests to enter. That was fun. I'll have to do that again sometime.

As the guests came in the host club was still in disarray as Tamaki continued to hold onto Haruhi tightly and yelling at Kagome for 'Violating his precious Haruhi.' which only cause the guests to gush and scream about love triangles and forbidden love.

Seeing the opportunity for what it was Kagome got up and swept Haruhi up bridal style. "Come on Haruhi-kun. We have guests to entertain and no time for that buffoon." Kagome proclaimed loudly as he took her over to their hosting aria completely ignoring Tamaki's screeches of dismay and enjoying the dollar signs and figures he could see flitting through Kyoya's eyes as he calculated the potential profits of having an openly gay host would bring in.

"KYAAAA! KAGOME-KUN IS A TOTAL SEME!" "I didn't know Haruhi-kun and Kagome-kun's relationship was like that." "When did they start dating?" The guests started to gossip completely forgetting about their appointments with the other hosts as the unconsciously began to fallow said hosts to their area before Kyoya stepped in front of them.

"Now, now ladies. If you want I can schedule appointments for you to visit with them but unfortunately, they are booked for the day. Now if you will please proceed to your designated hosts we can discuss scheduling after your allotted hosting time." Kyoya said smoothly directing the girls to their respective hosts. Turning the chaos into order Kyoya went to his own area to attend to his own guests.

"Kagome-kun? May I ask you a question?" One of their scheduled guests asked tentatively putting her tea on the table.

"You just did." Kagome teased the girl causing her to blush.

"Nock that off Kagome-kun. Yes you can ask any question you like princess." Haruhi said squirming around in Kagome's lap uncomfortably. "And will you let me go?" She complained looking up at the taller host.

"No. I rather enjoy you in my lap. Though I would suggest that you quit squirming around before we have to go take care of an issue." Kagome said giving Haruhi a wink as the guests realized what he was suggesting and began to blush and squeal at this new playful side of the bad boy host.

"No thank you. You can take care of that yourself." Haruhi deadpanned as a light blush coated her cheeks. "So what was your question princess."

"Well, I was wondering how long Kagome-kun has been… Well …. You know…"

"Gay?" Kagome suggested receiving a not from the guests. "I've always been interested in guys. No offence but girls just don't interest me like that. Never have." Shrugging he turned to look out the window as he was reminded of his brothers teasing comments about this very topic before he transferred to this crazy school. Note to self. Don't bring this up around my family. Sota will never let me live this down.

"So not even a little bit?" Another guest asked.

"Nope."

"What about you Haruhi-kun?" A third guest asked.

"Honestly I don't care about gender. It's what's in the heart that matters." Haruhi said receiving praise from the girls for having such a pure heart.

"I can agree with you on matters of the heart Haruhi but I just can't see myself with a girl. It just feels weird to me." Kagome shrugged.

"Wait. So your not acting? You really are into guys?" Haruhi asked seeing the honesty in Kagome's eyes when he spoke.

"Ya. Why?"

"Then don't you think you shouldn't be making out with the twins like you were earlier? You could cause problems if you don't actually like them and are just stringing them along." She reprimanded causing their guests to gasp.

"Wait! Kagome-kun made out with the twins? But I thought he was dating you Haruhi-kun!"

"No we are not datting." Haruhi sighed.

"No I'm single right now. I just like messing with the straights. It's amusing to make them uncomfortable. Well amusing to a point. Not so much fun when they are raging homophobes…." Kagome trailed off remembering a news article he had read before his transformation. Thank Kami I haven't had to experience that. But I should watch my back now that I'm open about my preference.

The day passed with guest after guest asking similar questions until the club finally closed. Feeling overwhelmed Kagome left without waiting for anyone else Kagome high tailed it home where he immediately locked himself in his room debating the sanity of his actions and the trouble it could cause him in the future.

I know this one is a little short, but I couldn't really put it in with other chapters. Didn't feel right for some reason.

Thank you to everyone who read my fic and a special thank you to AliceSteves, NightlyRowenTree, biblgyan, 917brat, and Foxluna for your reviews.

Until I see you all again.

PEACE!