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Bangin'
Chapter 18
Two weeks had passed and it was the middle of December. Kagome hadn't seen much of Inuyasha, much to her dismay. She had been hanging with Kouga ever since he had returned back from the hospital. The two of them had caught up on everything that was missed during his absence.
Kagome was sitting in her 3rd period class, listening to the teacher go over objectives for an upcoming test that would count for 40 of their final grade. Kagome jotted down important information on her spiral notebook that she would study later on that night.
"Man your going too fast Ms. Ayane." One of the students said.
"Well maybe if you don't write every exact word that I say then you wouldn't have a problem. I am trying to prepare you for college. And one way is to take important bits and pieces from what I am saying. College teachers aren't going to slow down just because one student couldn't keep up. So how about you try that method." She said looking at him.
"Whatever that method sucks just like this class." He threw his pencil on the desk and folded his arms across his chest.
"Now where were we?" Ms Ayane overlooked his poor behavior and began where she left off.
The class lasted for another 45 minutes and the bell finally rang signifying that it was lunch time. Kagome walked towards the cafeteria and waited in one of the food lines.
She had a taste for spaghetti and a salad.
"3.50"
Kagome handed him a 5 dollar bill and he gave her back her change. Kagome grabbed her tray and looked around the cafeteria to find any of her friends. She saw Sango sitting at one of the nearby tables and walked over towards her.
"Hey Sango."
Sango looked up and smiled at her friend. "Hey Kagome, what do you have?"
"A salad and some spaghetti."
"That looks good. I had to satisfy my sweet tooth. So I grabbed me a funnel cake and a slushy."
"Hey Sango have you talked to Miroku?"
"Yeah why?"
"Well I wanted to know have he talked to Inuyasha. I haven't seen much of him lately. And I was getting a little worried."
"I'm sure Inuyasha is okay. He probably has some things that he had to take care of and such."
"You don't think that he is back with Kikyo?" Kagome asked softly. Sango looked at Kagome with wide eyes. She knew that Kagome cared about Inuyasha.
"Don't say that Kagome. Inuyasha has you now why would he want to degrade himself when he has someone like you."
Kagome shrugged her shoulders.
"Don't worry Kagome; it's you who he cares about. Their relationship was built on lust and sex. You and him have something way deeper than just the physical attraction."
Kagome smiled as she placed some spaghetti in her mouth. "Yeah your right Kagome I really shouldn't be thinking too much of it."
"Kagome." Came a familiar voice from behind her. Kagome looked up to see Tsubaki and Meiko standing behind her.
"Hey Tsubaki."
"Hello Kagome. Well Kikyo wanted me to tell you that practice is cancelled for the rest of the week. So we will resume next week."
"Alright tell Kikyo that I said hi."
"Bye Kagome." Meiko waved at Kagome as she and Tsubaki walked off.
"I don't like her." Sango stated.
"Why?"
"Well she is the best friend of you boyfriend ex. And not only that, it's just something about her just bothers me. I've been having a strange feeling every time I am around her."
"Maybe you should give her a chance Sango. She may be a little kept to herself at times. But she is a nice person."
"Yeah whatever you want to call it. But there is something about her that seems down right devious."
Kagome laughed as she continued to eat her food. Miroku and Suikotsu had came later in lunch and was talking to Sango and Kagome, along with a girl that Suikotsu was talking to for the day.
"Have yall seen Yashy?"
Suikotsu began to laugh. "Yashy?"
"Yeah that's what I call him. It's a cute nick name."
"That's nice I wonder how Yashy will react if I called him that."
"But have yall seen him?"
"I haven't usually he'll meet us up at the usual spot but he didn't show up today. What about you Miroku?"
"He said that he would be here a little late. He had to take care of some things and he didn't want to be bothered with."
"Oh." Kagome said sadly.
The bell rang and Kagome gathered her lunch tray and walked towards the trashcan to put her food away.
"Well I guess I'll see you all later."
"Alright. See you later Kagome." Sango said as Miroku grabbed her hand and walked in the opposite direction.
Kagome headed to her locker to get her books for her last class period. She could feel something burning in the back of her back. She turned around and noticed that nothing was there. Maybe it was just her imagination. She grabbed her books and headed to her next class.
Tsubaki was watching Kagome's every move and had an evil gleam in her eyes.
"I think it's time that I tell Kikyo about this whole relationship with Inuyasha and Kagome." She said to herself as she walked to her next class.
As usual Kagome waited for Inuyasha to come to class but he never came. Kagome shook her head keeping herself distracted from worry.
"I'm sure he has something important that he is doing. So I shouldn't worry. Get a hold of yourself Kagome. Inuyasha is fine." She murmured to herself as she picked out a book and began to read.
The classroom door swung open and the person behind finally came in. Kagome looked up and her eyes widen.
"Inuyasha."
Inuyasha walked to the back of the classroom taking his usual spot behind Kagome.
Kagome turned around and looked at Inuyasha with happy eyes. "Hey Inuyasha."
"Wuz up."
"I haven't seen you in a while how have you been?"
"Good."
Kagome turned around in her seat with a confused expression plastered on her face. Something was wrong with Inuyasha. He was giving her short answers and wasn't even looking at her.
The class period went by fast as the sound of the bell rang throughout the school. Kagome gathered her stuff and walked towards Inuyasha.
"So can I get a ride home?"
"No. I got things to do ask someone else." He said coldly as he walked off in the opposite direction. Kagome turned and watched Inuyasha walk the opposite ways as she fought the urge to cry but it was futile as a tear trickled down her cheek.
"I knew it! He is mad at me." Kagome said as she hugged her books to her chest and walked the opposite direction of Inuyasha.
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Inuyasha was walking towards the south entrance of the school. He had been in a foul mood ever since he witnessed what happened two weeks ago. Kouga had kissed Kagome on the lips and it infuriated him to no end. He had to stay away from Kagome or he wouldn't be responsible for his actions.
His ears twitched as he heard a familiar voice calling him.
"Inuyasha."
He stopped and waited for the person to approach him.
"I've been looking for you. Where have you been these past couple of days?"
"I had some things to take care of Kikyo."
"Well now that I have finally found you, could you give me a ride home?"
Inuyasha raised a brow. "And that reason is?"
"Practice has been canceled and I don't have a car."
Inuyasha let out an annoyed sigh.
"Please."
"Whatever."
"Thank you Inuyasha." She gave him a tight hug. She let go of him and turned around. "Come Tsubaki he is giving us a ride." She yelled.
"Wait Tsubaki is riding with you?"
"Yeah you know she is my best friend."
"I agreed to take you home. I didn't say anything about giving her a ride."
"She is coming over my house. She said that she wanted to tell me something."
Inuyasha just feh her and Kikyo waited for Tsubaki to catch up with them.
"Where's your car Inuyasha? I don't see it anywhere?" Kikyo scanned the parking lot.
"I got a new one." He said as he walked over to a Blood Red Cadillac CTS.
"This car is so sexy! When did you get it?"
"A couple of days ago."
Kikyo examined the car and looked at the tinted windows, the 22 inch rims, the exterior of the car and the interior. Everything.
"This is really sexy. I wouldn't mind having one of these."
"You got the money Kikyo, buy one." Tsubaki said.
"I wish but my dad won't let me get anything this luxurious."
"Come on, let me get you home. I got some things to take care of."
"Alright, I call shotgun." Kikyo said.
The three of them got into the car and drove off. It didn't take Inuyasha that long to get over to Kikyo's house. He parked the car and rested his head on the head rest.
"This car drives well too. Inuyasha when you get tired of this car you can always give it to me."
"I'll think I'll pass on that offer." He smirked to himself.
"You know you can give it to me."
"Nope, this is my baby."
"Well thanks for the ride." She grabbed her things and got out of the car. "Inuyasha I want to give you something. Come wait by the front door."
"I'll just wait by the car."
Kikyo rolled her eyes as she walked towards the driver's side and leaned over and gave Inuyasha a kiss.
"Thanks."
"Sure whatever."
Inuyasha pulled out of the drive-way and disappeared in the distance. Kikyo had a small smile plastered on her face.
"You sure seem happy." Tsubaki had a small smirk plastered on her face.
Kikyo giggled a bit. "Yeah I am. I finally kissed Inuyasha and he didn't do anything about it."
"Looks like something could possibly happen with you two."
"Hopefully something will happen and I'm talking about us being together again." Kikyo walked towards the front door and unlocked it.
"Mom. Dad. Are you guys home?" Kikyo called out.
"Kikyo is that you honey." A sweet voice came from the house.
"Yeah it's me mom. I invited Tsubaki over for dinner is that alright?"
"Yes dear. I'll be in the study working on my next case. If you need me just call me okay."
"Alright come on Tsubaki lets go in my room."
"Kikyo!" came another familiar voice.
"What is it Kaede?" Kikyo asked as she and Tsubaki walked into her room. Kaede was Kikyo's little sister. She was 10 years old and looked almost identical to Kikyo. She had a small frame with raven black hair that she kept either down or in a ponytail.
"I wanted to see what you were doing. I thought you had cheerleading practice today."
"Well I don't Kaede, now what is it?"
"I wanted to hang out with you and Tsubaki." She smiled turning her attention to Tsubaki. "Hi Tsubaki."
"Hey Kaede did you have a nice day at school?"
"Yep, our class went on a small field trip outside to do a little science experiment. It was fun."
"That's great I bet being in elementary school is the best."
"Yep it is!" she smiled.
"Kaede could you give us some space. Tsubaki and I have to talk about some things and you can talk to her at dinner. She's eating with us."
"Alright." Kaede said as she walked out of the room.
"Little sisters." Kikyo rolled her eyes as she closed the door and locked it.
"I think she is getting adorable with each passing day."
"Don't let that fool you. She is a menace."
Tsubaki chuckled a bit. "Well I would probably understand if I had any siblings. Remember I am the only child in that house. My parents waited too long before they had me. Both of my siblings are way older than I am."
Kikyo nodded her head. "I wish my parents had her two years after me. Then maybe I could tolerate her." Kikyo sat on her bed and faced Tsubaki. "So what is it that you wanted to tell me?"
"Well how are things going on with you and Inuyasha? I mean he did give you a ride home didn't he?"
"Yeah I was glad that he did that. I really do miss him and care about him deeply. He thought that our relationship was based on insignificant things. But it has so much more than what he gave credit for."
"So does he have a girlfriend?"
"Not that I know of. No I don't think he does, you know how Inuyasha is he doesn't just go out with people like that. He takes his time."
"Kikyo what if I told you that I saw him kissing a girl."
"You saw him kissing a girl. Who was it?"
"Well we both know her."
"Was it Kaori? I knew that girl had a thing for him. She would be drooling all over him every chance she could get. She is such a bitch." Kikyo rolled her eyes. "I'll have to take care of her myself."
"No it's not Kaori. Besides I heard that Kaori is dating some college guy."
"Oh well I guess that's good news for her at least. But who is this girl. Do I know her personally?"
"Well she is on the cheerleading squad."
Kikyo eyes widen. A girl that kissed her Inuyasha was on the cheerleading team.
"Who is this girl? Everyone on the squad knows not to mess with Inuyasha. There's just a few."
"Well maybe this could be a little fun. I ma let you try to figure out who it is."
"Aww come on Baki tell me who it is."
"I'll tell you when the time is right."
"There's no right time like now."
Tsubaki laughed a bit. "Oh trust me, once you figure out who it is. It will be the right time."
Kikyo rolled her eyes as she picked up a pillow and hit Tsubaki upside the head with it.
The girls laughed as they engaged in a full blown pillow fight.
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Kagome was sitting in her last class period. She hadn't talked to Inuyasha in a while and was wondering if they still dated. He had been really busy and she could understand that. But the one thing that was bothering her the most was the fact that he didn't even act as if she existed.
He was sitting behind her with his phone in his palm, texting someone. She turned around a little and took a deep breath.
"Inuyasha."
"What is it?"
"Are you busy tonight?"
"Why?"
"Well since it's the weekend, I was wondering do you want to go to the movies or something."
Inuyasha remained silent.
"We haven't been spending that much time together and I wanted to do something with you."
Inuyasha was too busy texting to pay Kagome any attention. He closed his phone and looked at Kagome. "What did you say?"
"I wanted to know if you wanted to go to the movies with me. We really haven't been spending that much time with each other."
"Sorry I'm busy tonight, maybe some other time."
Kagome felt as she was being slapped in the face. She nodded her head. "Well maybe some other time."
The sound of the bell rang and Inuyasha grabbed his backpack and swung it over his shoulder and quick strides he was already out of the room before Kagome could even notice.
Kagome didn't want to think too much about why Inuyasha was acting this way. But it did hurt. It hurt terribly and she wished that she knew what was going on in his head. She hugged her books to her chest and walked towards her locker.
"So come on Baki who is the girl that Inuyasha is supposedly dating?" Kikyo whined.
Kagome eyes widen a bit as she heard Kikyo and Tsubaki talking from across the hallway.
"Now Kikyo I told you that you would find out when the time is right."
"Well I think the time has presented itself."
Tsubaki laughed a bit.
"Hey Kagome." Kikyo said as she stopped by Kagome's locker.
"Hey Kikyo. Hey Tsubaki."
"Well practice will resume on Wednesday. So be ready for practice."
"Alright and have a nice weekend."
"So Tsubaki who is this girl?"
"Kikyo if I told you who it was you would rip her head off." Tsubaki said as she looked over her shoulder and glared at Kagome.
"Shoot once I find out who it is. Then no one can stop me from unleashing my wrath."
Kagome could feel cold chills running down her spine. "Oh no! What if Tsubaki really knows that I am dating Inuyasha!"
The day went by fast as Inuyasha was sitting down at the base with the boys.
"So what's the status on Kouga and his little gang?" Inuyasha asked.
"Well nothing out of the unusual." Miroku said.
"I don't think that guy is going to start a gang again. He is too weak especially since you are the main boss in town Inuyasha."
"Yeah he'll get his ass handed to him if he wants to have another one of those pointless battles." Bankotsu said leaning back on the couch.
"I guess it's a part of life's cycle. We are repeating the process with Kouga. He needs to find another pass time." Hiten said.
"So I hear that you are giving Kikyo rides home."
Bankotsu and Suikotsu raised a brow.
"What are you talking about?" Miroku asked.
"Well you know that Kikyo can't keep her damn mouth shut. She is going around saying that you and her might get together."
"Is this true Inuyasha?" Miroku asked eyeballing him.
"What do you mean is it true?"
"Well you are with Kagome. You did say that your instincts told you that she was your bitch. Why are you fooling with Kikyo?"
"Whatever goes on with me and Kikyo is between me and Kikyo."
"I thought you couldn't stand the female."
"I don't but I guess she has something that I ain't getting with Kagome."
"What yall two are fucking now!" Miroku voice raised an octave.
"He is getting some more of that-"Bankotsu was cut off.
"Okay I don't want to hear about all of the details." Suikotsu said laughing.
"I guess she got you more sprung than we thought."
"Nobody is sprung well I'm not. I know what I'm doing."
"And exactly what are you doing?" Miroku asked.
"Teaching Kagome something."
"What are you talking about now Inuyasha?" Hiten asked.
"Yeah you lost me there." Bankotsu said.
"I'll let you know once I get the lesson across Kagome." Inuyasha ears tweaked a bit.
"What's wrong Inuyasha?"
"I'll be back I gotta take care of something."
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It was later on that night. Kagome had just left the movie theatre. She had watched a romance/action adventure movie that was thrilling beyond what she expected it to be. She saw a lot of couples walking around hand and hand. All lovey dovey. She could feel the tears well up in her eyes but she didn't let it get to her.
She was walking down one of the local neighborhood. She was kind of unfamiliar and sighed a bit.
"Just great now I went the wrong way." She thought to herself. She kept on walking hoping that this could be a short cut to get home. She heard footsteps behind her and stopped. She turned around but no one was there.
"Maybe it's my imagination."
She continued to walk when she heard the footsteps again. And once again she turned around and no one was behind her.
"This is getting pretty creepy." She thought to herself. A couple of minutes had passed and Kagome didn't hear anything walking behind her. She let out a soft sigh.
A hand touched her shoulder gently. "Hey Kagome."
Kagome nearly jumped out of her skin. She turned around to see Kouga standing behind her.
"Kouga!" her voice was frantic. "You scared me."
"Oh I'm sorry Kagome." He chuckled a bit. "I didn't mean to."
"It's okay." She was catching her breath a bit.
"So what are you doing out here so late at night?"
"I just came from seeing a movie."
"What did you go see?"
"The new romantic/action adventure. It was really good. I hope they make a sequel to it, that's how good it was."
Kouga smiled at her. "Let me walk you home, I don't like the fact that you are walking by yourself at night like this."
"Oh I'm fine Kouga."
"Well I'm not and I want to walk you home."
"Okay, thank you Kouga." Kagome said softly as a small blush had already formed on her cheeks.
The two of them walked quietly to Kagome's house arriving there 20 minutes later after his arrival.
"Well I guess it took us longer than I had expected for us to get here." Kouga said.
"Yeah that was some shortcut." Kagome smirked to herself.
"Hey I thought it was my bad."
"Well thanks for walking me home."
"No problem Kagome it was something that any guy would do."
"But it was you who did it and not any guy."
Kouga looked at Kagome closely and noticed that her eyes were getting misty. He took a step towards her. "Kagome what's the matter?"
"Me and my boyfriend, I don't know what's wrong with him and it seems that he is tired with me."
"Tired with you?"
"He doesn't spend time with me anymore like he use to and I think he might be getting ready to break up with me. He might have found someone new. I didn't know that I cared for him this much but I do and it hurts…."
Kouga pulled Kagome into his arms and held her tightly. Her body was shaking a bit from the sudden action. She didn't know when the tears fell out but she could feel them drenching his shirt. Kouga didn't care that his shirt was now soaking wet from her tears. He wanted to comfort her, not as a man wanting to comfort a woman. But he was her friend and wanted to comfort her the way a friend would.
"It's going to be okay Kagome. Don't cry whoever this guy is he has to be the biggest idiot to leave a girl like you. So don't cry. You are too pretty to let tears come out of your eyes."
Kagome sniffled as she looked up at him and forced a small smile on her face. "You are just
"You are just saying that."
"No I really mean it. You are worth more than you give yourself Kagome."
Kagome could feel her heart beating rapidly in her chest. "Thank you Kouga, I really needed that."
"No problem. No get inside it's getting kind of late and I don't want to beat some perverts ass for looking at you the wrong way."
Kagome laughed. "I'm pretty sure that there isn't any perverts or predators near by."
Kouga let go of Kagome and was about to walk away but Kagome grabbed Kouga's sleeve and turned him towards her. He looked at her with a confused expression. Kagome stood on her tiptoe and gave him a kiss on the cheek.
"That is my thank you. Bye Kouga." She said as she walked towards her front door waving goodbye. He waved back and walked in the dark streets.
A low menacing growl could be heard near by. Dangerously low.
"Kagome."