Open Your Eyes

Chapter 21 : Announcement

(KPOV)

It was getting late and Sesshomaru was still not back from his outing. I wondered where he had disappeared to. As I was about to call him, I heard the front door open. I ran over to the banister and saw my mother and Sesshomaru walk in. My mother looked up and gave me a gentle smile.

"I'm home."

"Mom!" I ran down the stairs and embraced her. Though I did enjoy my alone time with Sesshomaru, I missed her. "How was your trip to New York?"

"Tiring. I am just glad to be home." She looked back to Sesshomaru. "Mind taking those up to my room?"

"No ma'am." Sesshomaru picked up her luggage and headed up the stairs.

"I brought back some souvenirs for you guys," she said as we walked into her room, sitting down on her bed.

"Oh yeah?"

"Yup. They are in that blue bag. You can take it with you. I am going to go to sleep."

"Alright mom." I gave her a kiss on the forehead. "Good night."

"Night."

Sesshomaru grabbed the bag and we left my mom so she could catch up on her rest. We went into his room and sat down on his bed, rummaging through the bag. There were two shirts that said I 3 New York in different colors; one was white and the other was black and two gray sweat pants that had New York written on the side of the right pants leg.

"Which shirt do you like?" Sesshomaru asked me.

"Uh, I'll take the white one," I said. Sesshomaru nodded his head and took the black one, getting up to place it and the sweat pants into a drawer. "So, where'd you go earlier?"

"To get some fresh air. I felt like I needed to give you your space since your dad and his wife came by." I nodded my head. "Did you think about what I had to say?"

"Yeah. I will talk to my mom about it tomorrow. I don't think her brain will be able to handle the conversation about me wanting to be a part of my half brother's life." Something clicked in my mind. "I also have to talk to Sota about it." I pressed my hand to my face. "Dammit."

"Will he make a fuss about it?"

"He probably would. And I don't want to go to Ray's house either."

"Hm."

I felt that something was wrong with Sesshomaru. He hadn't really been himself since he got back. "Are you okay, Sesshomaru?"

"Huh? Um …." Sesshomaru bit the inside of his cheek. Something was bothering him and I wondered if he would tell me or not.

"Sesshomaru?"

"When I was out, I received a call from my mother." I remained silent, wanting him to continue. "She told me that Ai had called her and said that we ran into one another at the hotel." A sinking feeling set in my stomach. "My mother said that when I get back to Japan that we all should go out for brunch. I told her that I didn't want anything to do with Ai anymore, but she insisted and wouldn't take no for an answer."

"How found is your mother of Ai?" Sesshomaru didn't say anything. I sighed to myself. I had a feeling that if I ever met this woman, she would not like me at all for whatever reason.

"By getting in touch with my mother, I am sure Ai will try and worm her way back in, but she will not worm her back into my heart."

"Sesshomaru, you don't have to fight yourself." He raised in eyebrow. "You say how much you don't want Ai to be a part of your life anymore, but I have a feeling that she will be, somehow. Didn't she come and plea with you to be with her when you go back home?"

Both of his eyebrows rose. "You understood what she was saying?"

"No, but it was pretty obvious that is what she was asking. Just by the way she was looking at you I knew."

"Kagome," he said as he tackled me onto the bed, "let's stop talking about Ai, please?"

I smiled softly. "I'm sorry."

"Don't be." He snuggled his head against my chest. "She is my problem. I will deal with her when I get back. For now, let's just have a good time."

"Mhm." I wrapped my arms around Sesshomaru and held him close to me. I wish I could go back with him.

I really didn't want to go back to school today. I just wanted to stay at home and spend a wonderful time with Sesshomaru. Sadly, I could not do this. Walking into the classroom, I walked over to my desk and sat, laying my head down. I still wanted to know who wrote the word cunt on my desk, but I had a feeling I was not going to find out. If Mika didn't do it, then I have no idea who it could have been. I sighed. I really hoped that today would be a good day.

"Kagome!" I heard someone scream my name. I growled to myself as I raised my head to see a group of girls storming their way towards me. Dammit. I was going to have a bad day. A girl with pixie cut black hair slammed her hands on my desk. "Is it true?" She screamed.

"Is what true?"

"That you are going out with Sesshomaru," said a girl behind her. Everyone in the class stopped what they were doing. Not this again.

I rolled my eyes. "No, it isn't true."

"That isn't what Ayame said." My eyes became wide.

"K-Kagome." said a soft voice. I stood up and looked behind the pixie hair girl and saw Ayame looking down, tapping her foot against the floor.

"Ayame …," I growled in my throat.

"I'm sorry. It just sort of slipped," she said barely looking at me.

"What do you mean, slipped?" I said with a hint of anger to my words. I was mad. Ayame promised that she wouldn't say that Sesshomaru and I were together. And somehow she managed to let that one thing slip?

"Ayame told us about the surprise birthday party that was given to Sesshomaru by Yōkai on Saturday. Even showed us a picture of her and Koga laying together in bed." I narrowed my eyes at Ayame. "We asked her how she managed to run into Yōkai and she said that it was because you are with Sesshomaru."

"So tell us," said one.

"Is it true that you are with our Sesshomaru-sama?" Asked another.

I rubbed my forehead. I was getting a headache from this. The door opened and Sesshomaru came walking in.

"I guess we will ask Sesshomaru then since you won't tell us." The pixie haired girl left and walked up to Sesshomaru. Not like he would tell her anyways. I sat back down at my desk and looked out the window.

"Sesshomaru, is it true that you are dating Kagome?"

"Yes."

He said what now? I turned my head towards Sesshomaru and saw him walking towards me. He grabbed my hand and pulled me up onto my feet, wrapping his arm around my waist.

"S-Sesshomaru," I said in a whisper. "What are you doing?"

"Kagome and I have been dating for over a month now."

Every single girls mouth dropped. The pixie hair girl shook her head. "Are you being totally serious, Sesshomaru, or are you pulling our leg?"

Sesshomaru's grip on my waist tightened. He looked down at me and lowered his head, pressing his lips against mine. The whole class gasped.

He pulled away and said, "Does that answer your question?"

A couple of the girls began to cry and scream out to Sesshomaru, asking him why it was me. Some yelled that it wasn't fair that I was with him since he was living with me. This was exactly why I didn't want people to find out. Why did Sesshomaru decide now to tell everyone?

(END)

(SPOV)

I know I was going to be in for it when I got back to the house, but being asked for the second time if I was with Kagome, I decided to just tell the truth. I honestly was getting tired of hiding our relationship from everyone. It was time for everyone to know and I was happy to tell them.

"S-Sesshomaru-sama!"

"How could you?"

"Don't you care about your fans?"

"Why is it Kagome?"

"This isn't fair!"

"Enough!" I yelled. They all became quiet. "I don't want to hear anything about why I am with Kagome or that it isn't fair. I am with her because I like her. I care about my fans, but do you honestly want me to be single and unhappy for the rest of my life? How selfish can you be?"

"You're being selfish yourself, Sesshomaru-sama," said one girl.

"Because I didn't let you guys have a chance with me and only focused on Kagome? If I am being selfish, then fine, I am selfish, but I am not going to give up my happiness because you, my fans, are upset."

"It still isn't right though. Since you are staying with her, she has more of an advantage to have you come to like her," whined one girl.

"What?" said a voice form outside the classroom. Everyone turned their heads and saw a girl standing in the middle of the door way. "Is that true? Sesshomaru has been living with that girl?" She asked pointing a finger at Kagome. The girl that blurted it out began to blush as she hid her face away. "Oh my God!" She screamed. Before I had a chance to run and grab her, she was already down the hall, letting everyone know where I was staying. I placed my hand against my face and shook my head.

"S-Sesshomaru-sama, I-I'm sorry –

"Don't say anything to me," I spat at her. Just letting my class know that I was with Kagome was fine enough for me. Gradually, I would let the whole school know, but now it was out of my hands. I didn't want this day to be hell for Kagome, but it seemed like it was going to be if I didn't do anything about it. I walked out the classroom and headed to the principals office.

His door was open so I just walked right in.

"Ah, Sesshomaru, nice to see you –

"I need to make an announcement," I said interrupting him.

"An announcement? For what?"

"A girl outside of our class found out that I was living with Kagome and started to scream it down the hall, letting everyone know. I want to let the school know by my own mouth the whole situation."

He raised an eyebrow. "Are you sure you want to do that, Sesshomaru?"

"I don't want Kagome to be attacked because of me."

"As long as Kagome is on school grounds, I will make sure that nothing happens to her, but as far as off campus, that will have to be in your hands. I don't have any jurisdiction on what students do off campus."

"I know."

He sighed. He leaned over onto his desk and pressed a button. "Attention everyone. We will be having a small assembly in the gymnasium. Teachers, prepare your students to start heading down to the north gym. Thank you." He let go of the button. "Let's head on over, Sesshomaru."

"Thank you, sir." We walked out of his office and towards the gym.

I stood on the floor along with the principal as students started to fill in the bleachers. A lot of the girls screamed when they saw me. One even yelled:

"Are you going to sing for us, Sesshomaru-sama?"

I just shook my head. I was not going to preform for these people. I saw my class walk in and made eye contact with Kagome. Fear struck her eyes. I am sure she knew what I was going to say and was scared of the outcome. I winked at her, trying to let her know that everything was going to be alright. As the last class came in and took their seat, I started to become nervous. The principal turned on the microphone that was in his hands and began to speak.

"I had called you all hear today because Sesshomaru has an announcement for you all."

I started to hear whines from the stands. Someone yelled that they didn't want me leave just yet and others said that they at least wanted to go on one date with me before I went back to Japan. The principal handed me the mic and I took a deep breath before I began to speak.

"I am not leaving for Japan just yet. I still have three more months with you guys, so no worries there." The girls cheered. "But, I have something that I do want to say." They all became quiet. "As you all know, since I am an exchanged student, I have been staying with one of your peers. The only people to know the person I am staying with is my class. They had made a pact with one another to not tell who the person is in order to protect them from my fans, but, someone in my class slipped. I am taking it upon myself to let you all know before words gets around." I looked at Kagome. She shook her head, but I ignored it. I reached out my hand to her. "Higuarshi Kagome, will you come down here please?"

The crowd started to look around to where Kagome was. She sunk lower into her seat, trying not to be seen. I saw Ayame lean in towards Kagome and whisper something to her. She continued to shake her head but stopped. Whatever Ayame said to her made Kagome change her mind and she slowly stood up. I never saw Kagome so nervous. She slowly walked down to the floor and stood next to me.

"I'm going to kill you for this," she whispered.

"Then you may just murder me for what I am going to say next," I whispered back.

"Wh –

"I have been staying with Kagome since the beginning of the semester. Her brother is staying with my band mates in Japan while I am here. Also," I grabbed Kagome's hand, lacing my fingers with hers as I brought our hands up, "I am dating her."

The crowd yelled in an uproar.

"Kagome is my girlfriend and as my fans, I would hope that you guys will be happy for me. If I hear anything about someone harassing her, you will have to deal with me yourself. I am not going to take this lightly. So please, if you guys really do care for me, treat Kagome as if she were me."

I handed the microphone back to the principal.

"And if word gets to me that anything happens to Kagome on campus, I will have those students suspended. And if it gets any worse, expulsion. Does everyone understand?" No one said anything. "I said does everyone understand!"

"Yes sir," they all said.

"You are all dismissed back to your classes." Several students moaned and groaned as they headed back to their classes. As the girls walked out, they all turned their heads and gave Kagome death stares. They were not happy at all. I held my grip tighter on Kagome's hand.

"Don't worry. Everything will be fine," I said as the last trickle of people walked out of the gym.

"Everything will not be fine, Sesshomaru. You just broke our promise." She snatched her hand from mine. "What is the point of making a promise if you are going to break it?"

"Kagome, I'm sorry, but it just seemed like the right time to tell everyone. Better for them to know now this way instead of hearing by word of mouth, right?"

She growled.

"Kagome," I grabbed her hand. "I know you are mad, but –

"No, Sesshomaru. I am beyond mad. Instead of answering that girls question, you could have lied about it. Sure, Ayame was the one that slipped, but I would have thought of someway to save my ass. You just thew me under the bus." She took her hand away again. "You may think that you are doing me a favor, but you aren't. Yes, your fans are mad at you right now, but they will get over it because I am sure in their minds, we are not going to last long."

"Kagome –

"Now I am going to have to watch my back even more now so I don't get jumped."

"The principal said that he will take care of the students who hurt you."

"That won't stop them from coming after me when I go home. You just don't get it, Sesshomaru." She started to walk away from me.

I was starting to get upset with Kagome's attitude. Yes, I broke our promise, but why couldn't she see the brighter side in this?

"And what exactly don't I get, Kagome? Because I am a famous and live differently then you do, you don't think I can understand what I just put you through?"

"No, I don't."

I balled my hands into fist. "How fuckin' stubborn can you be?" She stopped at the door. "Why can't you just be happy over the fact that we can finally walk around and hold hands like a normal couple can?"

She turned around and screamed, "Because we aren't a normal couple, Sesshomaru! No matter how you look at it, on the outside, I am a nobody while you are a somebody. As long as you have been in the industry, you should know that."

"I don't care about that."

"Well I do."

"Why do you care so much about how people see you? Isn't how I look at you enough?"

She opened her mouth to say something but closed it. I could tell she was getting frustrated but all I was trying to do was make her see it from my perspective. Her eyes began shifting back and forth. I walked up to her, trying to take her into my arms but she wouldn't let me.

"Don't."

I growled to myself and swung at her head. She ducked and moved to the left. Kagome blinked at me several times, trying to register in her mind what just happened.

"If you won't listen to my words, then maybe fighting you will calm you down."

"I am not going to fight you, Sesshomaru."

"Then I guess I am going to win this fight."

I swung at her again but this time, she grabbed my arm and pushed me away from her.

"Sesshomaru, I don't want to fight you –

For awhile, the little 'fight' that we were having seemed more like a dance. She kept dancing around my punches; not like I was really trying to hit her though, but she didn't know that. I saw the fire start to light up in her eyes. When I went to go for her stomach, she grabbed my wrist, spun around and flipped me over, slamming me hard on the wooden floor. My back arched as a spasm wrung through my body. I gasped, trying to catch my breath.

"Fuck!" I yelled.

"You shouldn't have provoked me," she said as knelt down next to me.

"I know, but I didn't think you would flip me. I honestly thought I was too big for you to flip," I said as I came up on my elbows.

She giggled. "I've flipped guys bigger than you, Sesshomaru."

I smiled. "Hey, I got you to giggle." She sucked in her lip. "Do you feel better now?"

"A little bit, but I am still mad at you for breaking our promise. You could have at least talked to me about exposing us instead of just surprising me like that."

"Sorry 'bout that." She shrugged. "What did Ayame say to you anyways to get you to stand next to me?"

"She said that I shouldn't just leave you up there. If it was the other way around and I was in your shoes, I would feel so embarrassed if you didn't come down next to me and just stayed in the stands." I nodded my head. Ayame was right. "Just, don't break another promise we make?" She asked as she helped me up.

"I won't." I rubbed my back. "Ow."

"We'll put some ice on that when we get back to the house."

"Yeah, that sounds like a good idea."

Kagome gave me a smile as she leaned up and gave me a small kiss on the lips. I smiled back and returned it. I am glad we made up, but I really hoped that nothing bad would happen. I had a gut a feeling that something was going to go wrong.