The new girl in Town

by YourGoldenEyes

Kagome is the new girl in town and the new girl in school. InuYasha is the schools bad boy. Naraku is the evil monster. You can do the math. When Naraku suddenly kidnaps Kagome and takes her to america, will InuYasha be able to save her in time before its to late?

21. The Rouge Hanyou

I do not own Inuyasha (but if i could wish for anything..) they belong to the brilliant Rumiko Takahashi. ENJOY & REVIEW PLEASE!

The New Girl In Town.

Chapter 21 The Rouge Hanyou part 1.

***KAG POV***

I was situated comfortably in the broadcasting room reviewing video tapes that Naraku and I had filmed earlier that day. Most of the film was on the upcoming play and its cast members. I was tapping a pencil on my desk in a rhythmic motion and mindlessly staring at the video footage we were cutting and re-editing. I sighed and sunk lower into the desk. I stopped tapping my chewed up pencil and paused the Tv screen with the remote and began to chew on the end of the pencil again.

"Have anything exciting?" I asked him with a mouth full of pencil that tasted of lead.

Naraku was typing things on his laptop and editing screenshots. "Nope." He grunted tiredly. "Unless you count Jakotsu hitting on Inuyasha, exciting..."

I snorted and pulled the pencil out of my mouth and put it behind my ear. "Thats always exciting. I bet the whole student body wouldn't mind seeing that." Naraku chuckled at his computer screen and I giggled and stood up and walked over and looked over his shoulder.

"So, when do you think this will be put together and finished? I mean we told Jakotsu we at least try and make it to the dress rehearsal."

He sighed and ran his hand over his hair and back onto the key bored. "I don't really know. I have a few more tapes I want to go through and then I should be editing the final piece together. Does that sound good to you?"

I showed of my teeth to him in a friendly smile. "Perfect. Then we can just head over to the theater and try to make that last few scenes." I tapped my chin as I thought. "How do you suppose they actually have a dress rehearsal when some of the main characters aren't there?" I mused.

"They don't."

Naraku and I whipped our heads around from the computer screen to see Miroku and Sango smiling at us from the doorway.

"Dress rehearsal were delayed because of…well because of you guys. Jakotsu realized he really couldn't put on his show if his actors and actresses were gone." Miroku shrugged shrugged and Sango flopped down into a plastic chair like she owned the joint.

"Yea. So most of us either went to the cafeteria to study, or to eat. And I think a few people went to the nurses office to get some sleep. We could do what ever we wanted as long as we didn't leave the building. We'd get serious docked points if you did leave. Anyway, when you guys are finished with the morning report, Jakotsu's going to announce that we all have to head back to the auditorium."

I nodded. "Alright. Well then, we'll hurry and edit this together and then we'll head down there."

Sango stood up and latched onto Miroku's hand. "Sounds good to me."

Miroku waved lazily. "See you guys later."

I giggled at their cute couple-ness. "Bye guys."

I walked over to the Tv screen and watched the rest of the footage. Once I was done and satisfied with our work, I shut off the monitor and made a sticky note of what I thought we could edit it into. I passed the sticky note to Naraku who took it and placed it on the side of his computer screen so he could read it.

I watched Naraku as his fingers hit the key bored and my mind zoned out and thought about the time that he kissed me. He knew that I had a boyfriend, so why did he do it? And more importantly, why hasn't he said or done anything about it since?

"Alright," I jumped back slightly as Naraku finally took his focus off the computer and moved his chair back. "I think were finished here. What do you think?" He asked me.

I pressed the play button and we both watched the remaining footage that would be shown tomorrow morning on the schools broadcasting system. I smiled when it was finished playing. "That was great. I loved how you actually did have Jakotsu in there. Its perfect."

He grinned up at me. "It is isn't it?"

"Well anyway, we should be heading back. I really don't want to make everyone wait for us." I turned from him and grabbed my backpack off the floor and adjusted it on my shoulder.

"Yea. I would hate to do that."

My eyebrows came together. Naraku sounded like he was being sarcastic about it. I shrugged when I realized he was probably just tired from all this work we had been doing recently.

We walked out of the broadcasting room and down into the main hallway. We didn't speak. The only thing that could be heard was the distant sound of lockers shutting and our feet hitting the floor as we walked. I fidgeted with my backpack strap and bit my lower lip.

When we finally made it to the theater, everybody was waiting for us. Most of them were sitting on the floor talking and eating snacks.

"OH! Good you both are here! Now we can start!" Jakotsu squealed and clapped his hands together. "I guess ill go round all of you pretty lovelies up so we can get started!" Jakotsu practically skipped out of the theater to go get the rest of the class.

I rolled my eyes and walked down to the front of the stage. I set my bag down and looked around until I found Inuyasha who was sitting in the corner of the theater.

"Bout' time you two showed up." Inuyasha snorted, when he saw me staring at him.

I smirked and approached him. "Awh. Thats so sweet. Didya miss me that much?"

"Of course I did. Every waking moment we were apart was just torture." He said in a sarcastic voice. He reclined back and crossed his legs. His boots clanked against each other as he sat back.

I rolled my eyes and took a seat next to him. "What a charming young man you are."

He smiled. "Thats what they tell me."

Suddenly Jakotsu came bounding back into the theater looking ecstatic as he rounded up the rest of the theater kids.

He hopped up on the stage and called us forward to give all of us a short pep talk. But I really couldn't hear much of anything besides Inuyasha moaning and groaning in annoyance. He hated waiting. It agitated him

Jakotsu smiled and greeted everyone. "Alrighty! Hellooooo everyone. I just want to say thank you all for putting up such good efforts on this play and making it the best play it could possibly be. Give yourselves a hand!"

Everyone clapped and cheered and Inuyasha clapped his hands together lazily. I rolled my eyes and looked back up Jakotsu.

"I would like to thank the light and stage crew. Can we give them a round of applause?"

*Loud applause and Inuyasha sighing heavily in my ear*

Jakotsu pointed to the makeup costume department. "Give yourself a hand!"

*More loud applause and more of Inuyasha sighing like a depressed child.*

"And lets give it up to the main cast. Give these lovely beeeeeeaauuuties a round!"

Everyone cheered and whooped and hollered and I smiled genuinely and looked back to Inuyasha who was glaring at Jakotsu.

"And lets give a hand to-"

"ENOUGH WITH THE ROUNDS OF APPLAUSE! CAN WE JUST START THE DAMN THING?"

Everyone tuned to stare at a red faced Inuyasha, who was huffing and puffing. I was just hoping there weren't any houses he could blow down nearby…

Jakotsu frowned. "Ohhhhkaay then. Well anyway, lets get this show started!"

Everyone ran and went to their appointed spots. I went into the dressing room and threw on my costume and Sango looked me over and nodded in approval. I wasn't wearing any makeup until tomorrow, for the real play.

When I was dressed, I went backstage and waited with the curtains and ropes. I stared out at the open bare stage trying to contain my breathing. Then suddenly Koga was standing next to me. He had a earphone and microphone attached to his head so he could talk to the rest of the stage crew.

"Hey." I smiled at him.

He forced a smile onto his face. "Hey, Kagome."

I frowned. "What…whats wrong?"

He shrugged. "Nothing."

I had to strain my ears to hear him. I frowned some more. "Koga. Tell me what wrong?" He wasn't looking at me. He was staring fiercely out at the stage.

"Koga. Whats the matter?" I demanded.

He suddenly looked at me with fierce, maddened eyes. I stepped back from his sudden movement. "Look I…I just find it…funny, how you enter the theater or anyplace really, and you go straight to Inuyasha. If you didn't think I saw you the other day, sitting with him in the nosebleed seats whispering and getting cozy, think again. I just don't understand. Thats the matter. Ok?"

My eyes grew wide and my mouth formed a tight line. What the hell is he saying? What the heck did this mean?

He sighed, "look whatever. I really don't want to talk about this shit today anyway. Bye Kagome."

I reached out for him, to talk to him about it, but he suddenly talked into his little earpiece and mouthpiece and the lights dimmed, and I knew I was on.

Yea. Because thats exactly how I wanted to start the show off….

The dress rehearsal went perfectly, or "Righty dighty' As Jakotsu put it. The lighting was wonderful and I enunciated just like my mom told me too. Kikyo and I were friendly and charming onstage, and glaring at each other offstage, just like Jakotsu told us too. And I didn't and fall on my face. I didn't stutter and I didn't forget any of my lines. I was perfect if I do say so myself.

The only uneasy part of the night was when Inuyasha and I were supposed to kiss. We hadn't exactly practiced that part yet, nor had we done it on stage. Jakotsu said it need to be perfect and real the first time. So, I kissed him on the cheek instead, to which he blushed. Koga didn't really like this either. But it would get a lot worse tomorrow when I actually had to kiss him on the mouth.

A secret Ive never told anyone is that iv'e never kissed a boy. You know, on the lips. So now that I have to do it onstage, in front of everyone, at a scheduled time and place, was a bit of a downer. Not to mention Koga's going to piss himself. Or shit bricks. Im not sure yet…

Once dress rehearsal was over I dressed back into my regular clothing an tied my hair into a lose bun on top of my head. I grabbed my bag out of the empty makeup room and walked out, shutting the lights off after me. I walked back into the theater and noticed no one was there. It was completely empty.

"Those bastards…. I didn't take that long in there." I muttered under my breath. I groaned and began to walk offstage in the empty theater, but stopped short when a a single spot light shown down on me from up above. I looked up and - forgetting the laws of light for a moment - stared directly into to the light. I suddenly looked back down as my eyes stung and ached from the sudden ray of light.

I groaned out of displeasure and suddenly heard someone behind me and whipped around, but still couldn't see because my eyes were still trying to adjust themselves.

"Whoever's there, this isn't funny. You blinded me." I continued to rub my eyes with my fists.

No answer from anyone.

I sighed in exasperation. "Koga. Come out. I know your mad at me and Im sorry for it, but teasing me like I'm meat isn't helping the situation."

The person didn't answer but continued to circle me around the stage. I would suddenly hear a rattle of something metal offstage on stage left out of my sight and then a second later, I would hear the creek of wood on stage right.

Then everything stopped and everything grew still and silent. And I began to panic slightly. It was eerily silent, like I wasn't even breathing. I couldn't hear my breathing because my heart was pounding into my rib cage screaming 'LET MY OUT! IM SCARED!"

"Come-come on K-Koga. Really. Im-im sorry! I did-n't mean to upset you." I said practically trembling.

When he still didn't answer me, I grew angry because he was scaring me. "DAMMIT KOGA! THIS ISNT FUNNY!" I stomped my foot on the stage. My voice echoed out through the theater, just like it was designed to do. Then it grew eerily silent again. I could feel the static in the air. I looked around the empty theater and contemplated running.

I could run for the exit. Its just right over there. Ok Im gonna run for it. On my own mark, get set….

And then…someone came toppling down from the rafters and onto the stage and landed inches away from my face with and impressively loud 'thud.'

I let out a shrill shriek that wasn't unlike that of a six year old little girl. I put my hands in front of my face and shielded my body. I whimpered like a whipped and beaten dog and I was trembling slightly.

Everything grew silent, besides my whimpering.

And then, I herd the snort.

Then I heard chuckling. I blinked when the laughter grew louder and louder. The laugh was bark-like and choppy. The voice broke and snorted as it laughed out in my face.

My eyes widened and I slowly let my hands fall to my sides. My cheeks grew hot and my hands tightened into fists. I was so ready to kill…

"You…should…have …see-seen…you your face!" He laughed out.

My nostrils flared and my teeth clenched together so I hard, I thought I might chip one of them.

I then I huffed and then began to pound my tiny fists on his muscular chest.

"You idiot! What the fucking hell was that? How….What the hell is wrong with you? You nearly gave me a heart attack! Dammit!" I kept throttling my punches at his smug ass but he stood unwavering by my futile attempts. He finally rolled his eyes and held my wrist with his hands.

"Stop it Princess. I can barley feel your puny little fists anyway." Inuyasha snorted.

I was on the verge of tears, and he was…laughing? This was funny to him? Ohhh I was so gonna make him pay.

"You think that was funny? It wasn't! You scared me! You really scared me!" I yelled out, hopefully loud enough that it would damage those pretty doggy ears of his. My heart was beating like a fucking indian tribal drum…

He frowned. "I was just practicing stalking my purty' little pray."

He grinned.

I hissed.

"Awh come on Kagome," I raised a twitching and agitated eyebrow at him, daring him to say something else about the little prank he just played on me. He frowned when he saw this.

"Your not going to forgive me on this. Are you?" He deadpanned.

"Id rather take a bath with a toaster." I deadpanned.

Inuyasha snorted again. "Well in that case, can I at least take you home?"

I frowned. "No. I don't trust you."

Inuyasha slinked up to me and wrapped his arms around my waist and I began to lay limp in his arms.

"Come on Kagome. Pleeeeeeeeaseeee. Im sooooo sorrry."

I suddenly faked being shocked. "Did-did the amazing and most wondrous and marvelous Inuyasha actually…. apologize? And say the magic word?" I put a hand over my mouth in fake shock.

He smirked. "This is a secret, and it shall stay a secret." Then he frowned and gazed down at me. "Forgive me?"

I sighed dramatically. "I guess if I have too. I honestly cant stay angry with you. You make it too hard." I chuckled and pushed away from him to go grab my backpack, but he held on tight. When I looked back to him to see why he wasn't letting go, I mentally gasped. He was looking down at me the same way he was the day we went to the library. His eyes were soft but piercing and they trailed all over my face.

"Inuyasha we…" I whispered softly.

And then, I could feel it.

I could feel the magnetic pull.

It was so sudden, it wracked through my whole body.

I felt the pull of our bodies moving closer. It was like some force that was invisible but strong and was pushing us together. Closer and closer. Inch by inch. My hand slowly crept up his strong, muscular arm and settled nicely by his neck. He grabbed onto my hip jean covered hips and rubbed in a circular motion with his thumb. He cocked his head down toward me and began to get closer my face. I felt his hot, moist breath on my mouth and it sent shivers up and down my spine.

He was leaning down closer to my mouth and I stood on my tip toes to reach his lips. The looked so pink and inviting and were practically a welcome mat for my tongue.

It was happening, really it was.

And it was perfect.

And then….it wasn't.

It was wrong.

It was dark and it wasn't supposed to be happening.

"Inuyasha wait…" I whispered urgently on his mouth.

I was about to tell him no. That this couldn't happen. Well, not until I told Koga about everything and talked it out thoroughly with him. I was about to pull away and apologize about getting this close to him, because I knew how it made his inner demon feel. I was about to tell everyone, everything.

And then there was another voice.

"What the HELL?"

My eyes widened and I stared at Inuyasha's chest is disbelief.

No. No this really couldn't be happening. Its some kind of sick joke. And if it was…man I was in trouble.

Inuyasha whipped his body around to the voice, so I knew he heard it to. He gripped on tight to my hips and I let my head fall painfully into his chest.

"Oh no." I groaned.

I figured Koga heard everything we had said and done, because he was standing at the top of the theater with his mouth open and his bag half falling on his arm.

I then ripped myself out of Inuyasha's arm's and ran and hopped down off the stage. I ran as fast as my legs could carry me up the stairs of the theater. Toward Koga, toward my boyfriend, toward the guy I should have told the truth to a long time ago.

He sighed and shook his head when I got closer to him. "I cant….I cant believe you just….Kagome how…how could you?" He shook his head and then finally turned, and walked away from me and out the theater door. I stood dumbly after him and watching him leave.

I was frozen in the spot I was standing in when I heard Inuyasha walk up from behind me.

"Kagome.. I didn't-"

"I know you didn't." I cut him off sharply.

I stood there blankly for a long time just….staring. And wondering what the hell had happened to me. Wondering what the freaking hell I did to deserve this. I hadn't exactly been perfect, and I sure did have my fault's, but nothing to deserve everything I got. I used to be so normal. With a normal life and normal friends and family, and then everything seemed to fall apart when we moved. I lost myself. I lost who I was and what I stood for. My grades weren't bad and I wasn't failing at school, but it seemed like I was failing at life.

I finally sighed and hung my head. "I should uh…go home."

"Your'e not going after him?"

I shook my head sadly. "He doesn't want me to. Its…its over now." I said very quietly.

He just grunted in response.

I didn't look at him as I breezed back down to the stage and grabbed my backpack. I lifted it onto my shoulder and turned to see figure standing in the wings. Naraku had his arms folded tightly over his chest and he had a dark expression lingering on his features and he was scowling. As soon as I saw him, he turned and walked away with disgust on his face.

Wonderful. It seemed like everybody had taken witness to my humiliation.

I walked off the stage and gave one fleeting glance at Inuyasha who was still standing at the top of the theater with sadness in his eyes. He silently reached out to me, is some type of forgiveness, but I shrugged it off with a meek smile and pushed my way out of the theater.

I told mom I would probably catch a ride home so I knew she wasn't going to pick me up from school.

I walked out the front door and immediately noticed that it was snowing….again. The snow was coming down in giant flakes that looked like something from a story book. I pulled my hoodie up over my ears and shoved my hands into my pockets for warmth and I began to walk.

You know how when you walk in snow, at first its really cold and wet and it soaks your socks? And then after a while, you begin to feel the coldness and wetness less and less? And then you cant feel it all together because your'e just that cold? Your'e to numb?

Thats how I felt all over my body.

Numb.

I wasn't very shocked though. Ever since I had moved here,it seemed like I got myself into very messy situations. I had made good friends with great personalities, and I had experienced so much. And yet, I felt as though I had lost something in some way.

So when I finally trudged all the way home, and walked through the front door, and mom asked 'whats wrong sweetie?, I didn't want to talk about it. I simply walked past my whole family and went right down to my room and slammed the door shut. I didn't want to look at myself in the mirror so I just flung my clothes off and got Pajama's and crawled lamely into bed. I stared at the ceiling with no thoughts running through my head. I just couldn't process anything because there was too many things to process.

I leaned over and reached into my pants pockets and dug out my cell.

No New Messages.

It was like the damn thing was taunting me. like 'You screwed up so bad that now no one wants to talk to you!' I chucked my phone to the other side of the room and rolled over.

I couldn't sleep very well. So for most of the night, I just laid there.

Numbly.

It seemed as though the coldness had taken over and won.

xXx

The next day everything was how I had pictured it would be. I walked into school and everyone was staring. I was the girl who almost cheated on her boyfriend. News travels fast when your in high school and everyone has to be little bitches and gossip about every little thing. I felt so sorry for myself and what I had done, I felt like everyone knew everything I had ever done wrong in my whole life.

I went to my locker and grabbed my french textbook and then when I shut my locker, I saw Ayame standing behind me. She was glaring at me like I had ruined all humanity.

She shook her head in disgust - not the first time today that someone has done that to me- and walked away.

I rolled my eyes and started walking to my next class with all eyes on me. I scowled at them all and trudged down into my first class. I sighed and my bag dropped slightly when I Inuyasha was already waiting in his seat. I trudged over to him and sat in the assigned seat next to him, but didn't look his way.

I didn't talk to him before or after the bell rang. And when It did, I could feel him reach out out to me but I kept walking away. I walked out of my next class and into the next one. Naraku didn't look at me or talk to me. He just kept shooting glares at Inuyasha, who was shooting even fiercer glares back at him. It was a glaring war. And all of this kept going on the whole day. I would walk somewhere - Inuyasha would follow me - and everyone would glare at me like I ran over a mass grave of puppies.

Sango and Miroku did talk to me once before lunch, and they were friendly. Like, over friendly. And I knew they also knew about everything. It felt weird talking to them. I tucked my hair behind my ear numerous times and fidgeted in my shoes. They didn't bring it up but I could see it in their eyes.

The theater class had an early lunch because we had to get ready for the play, so we were excused from the rest of our classes. I walked into the lunchroom and bit my lip. Everyone was staring at me,waiting for my next move. Inuyasha was sitting with Kikyo, Miroku and Sango. And all of them were giving me sympathetic looks, even Kikyo. I guess she out of anyone would know how I would feel right now.

I let out a short breath and then held my head high and began to walk across the lunch room, letting my hips sway freely. I walked toward Koga. I walked straight for him, who had been avoiding me all day. It was as if I had turned into a plauge over night. Just when I was about to reach the barrier and him, Ayame came flying in out of nowhere and slid into the seat next to him. She sneered at me and grabbed his hand. He didn't look at either of us but stared blankly at the table.

My mind flashed to the first day of school when that had been me. He had held my hand so tightly as he walked me down the hallway and shown me around the school.

When I realized this was going nowhere fast, I sighed and walked over to an empty table in the far corner of the cafeteria and slid in. I realized no one wanted to sit by me. I crossed my legs and stared at the brown ugly lunch table. I heard my stomach growling but I just didn't have the energy to feed myself. I felt tears starting to spring in my eyes at my loneliness, and just as I did, did I hear a chair move across from me.

I popped my head up, to see Inuyasha coming to sit with me. He didn't say anything, he just sat down in the plastic chair and began to eat his ramen noodles as he stared out into the lunch room blankly. He crossed his jean hugged legs and put his biker boots up on the seat across from him. I wanted to say something to him but I just couldn't. Nothing was coming to my mind. I had a creeping suspicion he wanted to say something to me too, but had the same conflicts.

Suddenly Sango and Miroku stood up from their own table and sauntered over to us. Sango sat next to me with Miroku on the other side. They didn't say anything also, they just ate their food. I smiled weakly at my friends attempts to cheer my up.

Then suddenly, Kikyo joined them. She walked over to our table slowly and cautiously. She eyed me but she wasn't glaring at me. She finally pulled out a chair and took a seat across from me. She looked up at me and I swear I saw her lips trying to smile, but she forced it away.

It was good enough for me.

After our silent lunch, we all walked to the theater like we were supposed to. Sango held my hand as we walked into the girls changing room. Sango pulled out my costume and helped me into it. It was a plain schoolgirls uniform, much like my old one. It had a blue skirt and a white blouse top with a tie around the neck. My hair was pulled into a half pony tale with some of my hair flowing down my face. Sango put on a little makeup and blush and finally I was ready. She helped me out of the dressing room and into the curtains off backstage where we were supposed to meet up before the play.

Sango suddenly stopped walking and pulled me to the side. "Im glad." She whispered suddenly.

My eyebrows came together. "What?"

"Im glad something finally happened between you two. I know this situation is and wasn't ideal but at least it was something. I know everyone's been giving you a hard time about this. But Inuyasha confided in me and told me it was really all his fault for what happened. He feels really bad."

I frowned. He felt bad? He felt like it was his fault? He was blaming himself?

Something caught my eye and I turned my head to see Miroku helping Inuyasha put on a small ear microphone. Inuyasha was wearing a fire red hakama with a white shirt pants were puffy and went down to his lower ankles. He was barefoot and his hair was flowing down to his back. He looked like he belonged in it. Inuyasha caught me staring at him and our eyes locked. I bit my lip and continued to stare into his golden pools as if it would be the last time I ever saw them again. Miroku saw our little exchange and stopped fidgeting with him and walked awkwardly off onto the other side of the stage. Inuyasha stared at me with so many mixed emotions on his face and his eyes. There was sadness, hope, fear, longing and love.

I could definitely see it.

Love.

The thought of him loving me made my heart soar and my legs grow weak and soft like pudding.

I shook my head. "Its both of our faults. We both made mistakes, but it wasn't all his fault." I said as I continued to stare at Inuyasha. I saw his ears twitch on top of his head and saw a small smile grow on his lips. I knew he heard me so I turned back to Sango.

She smiled softly. "I know."

She held out her arms to me and we shared a hugged with each other. It felt so good to have someone on my side again. Maybe I wasn't as alone as I thought I was.

Suddenly she pulled away and looked at me seriously. "I really didn't want to have to be the one to tell you, and right now of all time, but you really need to know…"

My eyes turned into slits. "What is it Sango? Whats wrong?"

She sighed and shook her head painfully. "A few nights ago, after rehearsal, I forgot a few things in the dressing room. When I went back to get them, I opened the door and saw….Koga and Ayame. Kissing."

I took a very sharp breath that hurt my throat. "Wh-what?"

"They didn't see me standing there so I just left. I wanted to tell you, but I just never found the right time. Im so sorry."

I could feel my face becoming hot and my chest growing tight. "Did they…sleep together?" I had to know what I had been missing.

"Well I confronted Koga about it, and he said it was the only time and that his heart belonged to you…and then I said that he was lying just to save his ass. He said that he really only ever loved you. So I told him…" She trailed off, not finishing the sentence like she was afraid to.

My eyes widened. "Sango what did you do? What did you tell him?"

She lowered her head and sighed. "Im so sorry Kagome."

I could heard my heartbeat in my ears. "Sango…What. Did. You. Tell. Him?"

She sighed again. "I told him the truth. That your Inuyasha's mate. And that he loves you and that you love him to."

My world suddenly shattered and it felt very small all of a sudden. Everything was falling apart. My chest ached and I could feel my palms start to sweat.

"Wh-why would you do that?" I shrieked quietly.

She grabbed my arms tightly. "Because he needed to know! You were leading him on Kagome! And it wasn't ok!"

I knew she was right about that and that I had led Koga on, but I as still angry about her talking to him behind my back. I knew what I had done was wrong. I knew I had hurt a lot of people, but I still wanted to be the one to tell him the truth.

"I know. But you still shouldn't have told him without me." I turned away from her and she grabbed my hand and forced me to look back at her.

"Kagome, i'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you."

I sighed took a deep breath. "I know."

Jakotsu suddenly clapped his hands and smiled. "Alright kids this is it! This is our opening performance! I want you all to shine as brightly as you can! Go out there and make me proud! Be my little stars, KAY?" He giggled and Sango helped me put on my ear piece.

I took a peek out into the theater after I had my microphone all ready and situated on my head, and saw the whole student body there. My heart suddenly began to beat faster and faster. I would have to go and preform in front of all those people.

Suddenly Kikyo walked up and was stood right next to me in traditional Priestess hakama. Her hair was tied up with a white ribbon and her bangs were flowing in front of her face. She looked beautiful. She was looking out onto the sea of people with wide brown eyes. "Man. I just hope I don't puke my guts out." She whispered softly.

Hearing her talk to me without throwing some type of insult was shocking. I turned my head to stare at her like she was crazy and she shrugged at me. "What? I just hope I don't..." Then, she turned and walked away to her assigned spot.

Huh. I guess even she has fears. I thought to myself.

Suddenly the stage lights dimmed and I walked over to my spot across the stage behind the curtain and concealed myself from the audience. I gulped and adjusted my costume to make sure it was perfect and that I didn't look messy.

"Break a leg."

I whipped around to see Koga standing cockily across from me. The way he said 'break a leg' wasn't sarcastic or for good luck. He really hoped I broke my leg.

I rolled my eyes and turned back to the stage. I noticed Inuyasha standing across the stage from me, staring at both of us. I would imagine that he could hear what Koga and I were saying to each other because the looked a little pissed.

"You first." I sneered at Koga. That got Inuyasha to smirk.

"Im not in the play." Koga sounded lost.

"I know," I shrugged. "Break a leg." Even though Inuyasha was all the way on the other side of the stage, I could see his smile so clearly.

That got Koga to shut up and he walked away from me and left me be. I can believe I had hurt him so much to the point where we almost hated each other. And everything I had done had hurt him that badly. But I guess none of it mattered now anyway.

Because I was on.

It was show time.

xXx

**INU POV**

Everyone's been giving Kagome a bunch of shit for almost kissing me yesterday and Im fucking sick of it. They been saying she cheated on Koga with me and that its been going on since she first moved here. They were also saying that its not even just me she's been cheating on Koga with. Whata' bunch of lying bitches and bastards. Spreading rumors you know aren't true.

The rumors and lies have taken a toll on her and I feel like its all my fault Because… it is. It was my fault we had almost kissed yesterday - not that I'm complaining - and got her into trouble with Koga. She looks paler and more worn down then she usually is. Her cheeks aren't rosy pink and her eyes aren't shining like the usually do. She's been sighing and moping around all day and It was really starting to get on my nerves.

I rolled my eyes as Miroku fidgeted with my costume and helped place my mouth microphone on my head. My ear twitched and fidgeted nervously as I heard the student body start to fill into the theater. Soon, very soon, I would have to go out onstage and act in front of all those people.

I turned suddenly to see Kagome and Sango talking with each other. It seemed really important because both of their arms were waving all one the place in agitation. Girls always have a funny ass way of talking with each other seriously.

Suddenly Kagome got a thoughtful look on her face after Sango said something I couldn't catch.

Damn earpiece is messing up my hearing…

Miroku still messed with me and my costume and suddenly Kagome looked over to me and our eyes caught each other. She bit her lower lip and stared at me. Miroku sighed and walked away when he caught us staring at each other.

Kagome. Im sorry for everything. Im sorry you have to go through this when its clearly my fault. Im sorry I failed you. Just know, that I love you.

I hoped she could read my mind, and she seemed like she understood just by my facial expressions.

"Its both of our faults. We both made mistakes, but it wasn't all his fault." Kagome said to Sango, but she was staring straight at me.

A grin tugged and nudged at my lips and Kagome turned back to talking to Sango. I sighed myself and walked over to the wings to look out into the audience again. I took a deep breath and swallowed hard.

Suddenly and obnoxiously, Jakotsu came bounding in out of absolutely fucking nowhere and stood on a wooden crate so we could all see him. "Alright kids this is it! This is our opening performance! I want you all to shine as brightly as you can! Go out there and make me proud! Be my little stars, KAY?" He began to laugh like an idiot and hopped down from the crate. He then looked over to me, winked, and mouthed 'good luck.'

I growled at his weirdness and rolled my eyes. I turned away from him and began walking to my spot across the stage from where Kagome's spot was. I saw her messing with her costume and hair.

She probably thinks she doesn't look pretty enough or something. I rolled my eyes at her silliness. Then, Koga walked up behind her and she stopped messing with her costume.

"Break a leg," I heard him all but growled. Kagome turned around to look at him then she looked back to the stage.

My eye turned into slits on his body. I was imagining him exploding into a million pieces at the moment. Then I caught Kagome looking at me.

"You first." She said.

I began to smile slightly. Nice comeback.

Koga looked confused as his eyebrows came together. "Im not in the play."

She smirked at me. "I know. Break a leg." She shrugged nonchalantly.

Suddenly, the lights dimmed and the music started to hum throughout the theater. Kagome took a deep breath and she stared at me with an unreadable expression. I mouthed 'its ok, you'll be fine, and she smiled and she looked like she calmed down some.

When it was time, I took a huge breath, steady my shoulder's, and walked out onstage.

The funny part about being up onstage in front of everyone is that you picture it, you can imagine it, you almost pee you pants thinking about it, but when it come right down to it, its nothing like you could ever imagine. Its like a huge adrenaline rush going through your whole body. Maybe is the fear of tripping or forgetting your lines. Maybe its just the constant fear of messing up in front of your whole school, I'm not sure. But the feeling, is like nothing else.

Kikyo came chasing after me with a fake bow and a fake quiver of arrows.

"Yukio!" She shouted. I whipped my body around just in time to see her aim, and shoot her fake plastic arrow. It went sailing through the air and I jumped just in time to have it pierce my chest. I was 'pinned' to a fake tree, that oddly enough looked real. Really the arrow was just stuck on my clothing but whatever, it looked real enough.

I dropped the small purple and pink sphere that was in my hand and pretended to loose continuousness, as I fell into her spell for fifty years.

Kikyo picked up the sphere herself, then spoke her lines to the audience and the fake villagers, and then she died. Ok really she just collapsed on the floor, but she looked dead enough. Because she had fake blood all over her.

The lights faded onstage and I jumped down from my spot on the tree and darted offstage where Kagome was waiting. Because I wasn't supposed to say anything backstage in case anyone in the audience heard us, I smiled and rubbed her back soothingly. She grinned back at me and then the lights came back on the stage and it was a different background thanks to the stage crew.

The background now looked like a traditional japanese shrine home.

Kagome took a deep breath and walked out on stage and stopped in the very center. The spot light hit her face and she looked directly ahead of her.

"The thousand year old sacred tree. Legend of the hidden well. Ive heard these stories all my life and I've never believed a word of it. That is till' today. My fifteenth birthday."

She then turned and walked over and grabbed a bright yellow bag and lifted onto her shoulder.

She then pretended to 'leave' her home and walk toward the shrine. A freshman who was playing her brother stood in front of a fake well.

"Hey what are you doing? Your not supposed to play in there." She reprimanded.

"I know. It the dog. I don't no where else he could be."

"Did he go in there?"

The boy nodded. "I think so."

She sighed and walked into the well. Suddenly, just as she found the dog, something broke the magic sutras that were pleasured on top of the well. A swirling light came out of it and grabbed Kagome. Then the lights dimmed again.

The stage crew were fast and quick as the changed the scene so it made it look like the audience was inside the well with her. There was a giant centipede (really it was just great special effect) that was surrounding her. She quickly averted the long ugly beast with the magical powers within her and then she climbed out of the well.

When she was on the other side of the well, thats where she found me. At first my character wanted nothing to do with her. But over time she melted my heart. Just like she had in reality. I spoke clearly and held my head high as we walked and acted out on the play.

Kikyo and I had few intimate scenes and caused complications with Kagome's character. My character was confused because he used to love Kikyo's character. But something about Kagome made my character snap. She was different and unique and she brought light into my life.

The light's changed color with the mood and the music blared louder and faster into the theater. When we stumbled Naraku's character I pulled out my sword and he did the same. We began to battle each other and the audience was hanging on their seats. I jumped down to stage left where Naraku ran and followed. I jabbed my sward forward and he dogged the attack just like he was supposed to.

But then, it happened- a second to late. My eyes caught the reflection that came off of the sword. It was way to shiny and sharp to be plastic or a retractable blade and I suddenly felt my heart in my stomach. I looked up to Narku's face to see his wild eyes and his maddening features.

He was mad. Mad insane.

I felt my legs grow weak for a millisecond but I regained myself and I spoke. "Give it up Mauzaki. You will never win!" I spoke like it was just me and him. No one else was around. It was our battle now. Faster and faster the music played and my heart thumped with every beat.

Naraku laughed an evil and sinister laugh and his eyes priced my face. "Oh please. You think you can hurt me you stupid half breed? Never again will I let you steal the woman I love!"

I noted how he added the stupid part. I growled low in my throat and charged at him - un directed. I was going with my instincts. I didn't care about anything anymore. All I wanted was to hurt him. I knew he was bad for the start. And now, I was going to make him pay.

He smirked and simply watched with amusement. And just as I was about a foot away from him, he jabbed his sword at me. I dogged it but I stubbled back a bit. He took this opportunity not only to whip his wrist around and impale my body with the sward like I was made of smooth butter, but then leaned in to whisper in my ear, "I hope you've learned your lesson you disgraceful excuse for a half human. I win this time."

Soft warm thing inside me burst, giving way with ought a fight as Naraku continued to shove the blade deeper and deeper, using his hand on my shoulder to urge my torso forward and he guides my body to the ground.

Naraku stepped back and drew out his sward out of my body. I could feel the metal I felt the blood start to trickle down my body and spill onto the stage. I fell to my knees and my breathing became choppy and uneasy. I moved my hand up to the spot where he had stabbed me and felt a whole. Suddenly Naraku reached into his hakama and pull out a gun. A big black gun. My vision started to became blurry and I could hear people start to panic. They were only now realizing something was wrong. Very wrong.

"Inuyasha? Inuyasha!" I heard Kagome scream in the wings. Moving slowly, I roll over onto my bleeding stomach and look around me, taking in everything happening.

Then everything happened all at once.

A burst of sound cut though the air and in the audience a single person screamed. Then another person and another, fear speeding like wild fire through the auditorium. Then everyone started to stand up from the theater seats and run like frightened cattle. A giant demon and demons took it upon themselves to climb up onstage to reach Naraku and stop him from killing anyone, but just as they were about to reach him, a purple mist started to cascade out of his body. It flowed down onto the stage and into the audience. My nose twitched and I felt myself slip into more unconsciousness. It was a poisonous miasma.

With a groan I turn and look over my shoulder to see Naraku aiming the gun high into the air just above the heads in the audience. He isn't shooting to kill; he's shooting to make sure no one comes to my rescue. Naraku was making sure no one could reach me in time. He wants me to die.

The demons that were trying to help in all the chaos, turn away from the stage for fear of the miasma. People were running and screaming and yelling and things were crashing all around. It was insane.

"Its Naraku he's got a gun!"

"Call nine One, One!"

"OH GOD!"

"Hurry out the back door!"

"Help me!"

And through all of the bedlam and insanity, I could only hear her crying voice. "INUYASHA!"

I turned back over my shoulder to see Kagome holding her hands over her mouth and on the verge of crying. I reached my free hand out to her and suddenly a foot came crashing down on it. I winced as the pain shot through my hand and arm.

"Ah ah aaahhh." Naraku waged a finer in front of my face like he was scolding me. "Now we wouldn't want her getting hurt would we?"

"You bas-bastard." I coughed out. I suddenly tasted a metallic flavor on my tongue.

Blood. I was bleeding from the inside out.

Naraku only cackled like a possessed witch. And then he suddenly looked at me with anger and madness in his eyes. "Don't come looking for her. If you do, She will die."

Then, he was gone. I watched him walk away and grab Kagome around the waist. She fought him and tried kicking him away but he had a firm grip on her.

"Inuyasha!" She screamed. She reached out to me for me to help her, but I was in to much agony to stand up and beat Naraku into oblivion. A pool of blood was starting to gather around me and my vision continued to blur.

"Inuyasha!" She screamed again. It was the most painful sound. Her crying out for me and me not being able to do a damn thing about it. It was probably more painful then my stab wound.

Naraku suddenly placed two bony skinny fingers on Kagome's neck and pressed down hard until she fell into unconsciousness

"Ka-Kagome." I wanted to shout out to by my voice came out in a whisper.

Naraku then picked up Kagome bridal style and looked back at me, smiled evilly, winked, and then, walked out through the back stage door.

I tried getting up on all fours and crawling but my stomach wouldn't allow me. I coughed and suddenly more blood came out of my mouth. I finally let my body collapse on the floor with blood trailing behind me. My inner demon was yelling at me to get up and fight the blackness and falling into it. But my injury got the best of me.

My eyes fluttered close and my breathing slowed.

Everything was broken after that.

I was conscious, but unconscious at the same time.

I felt like I was being lifted and then moved. I heard voices all around me saying things like, "get me an MT stat," and "he's losing to much blood. I need more blood!" Sirens were loud and blaring in my ears and my head pounded. I felt weak. My heartbeat was slower then normal.

I felt my arms being pocked and prodded and my stomach being attended to. Hands were everywhere. All over me. Then the movement stopped and I was quickly wheeled into a building. It smelt clean. To clean.

"Get him into the OR!" Someone yelled.

I also smelt death and dying. People moaning and groaning. Crying and asking why. It was overwhelming.

Then, everything went black. I was surrounded by complete darkness.

And then I dreamt. My dreams were beautiful. Beautiful pictures amongst a living hell. Then, out of all the darkness, there was light. Bright and blinding. There was a wind blowing my hair all around my face and I had to flick it away and out of my eyes. I was standing in a field. A huge field. A field with wild flowers and poppies. My mother loved poppies. Red poppies that bent with the wind. Then I noticed she was there. Kagome. My Kagome. She was standing in the middle of all the flowers and she turned to me and smiled.

"Inuyasha! Your here. Ive been waiting for you!" She giggled. I laughed and ran up to her. I picked her up by the waist and spun her around with her laughing and smiling.

All my dreams were about her. She was always smiling and holding my hand. Kissing my cheek and making sure everything was ok.

"Inuyasha. Please be alright," she whispered.

Her eyes were so brown and they glowed.

Then we were hugging and snuggling and sitting in front of her fireplace drinking hot cocoa on a freezing cold day. She then turned to me and smiled. "I love you Inuyasha. I hope you know that."

I cupped her cheek with my hand, "I love you too."

Then she faded and I was alone again. The fields and the hot coca disappeared and so did she. And I was alone and it was dark again.

Then there was murmuring and whispering, "When do you think he will wake up?"

"It depends on when the drugs will wear off. And when he and his body is ready."

Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.

The first thing I really noticed was a tube in my nose and my arm was sore. I swallowed which was hard because my mouth felt like someone shoved a huge cotton ball in it. I groaned as I noticed my head felt like it was spinning and whirling around.

I blinked my eyes open and saw a pale white ceiling.

Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.

I turned my head to the side and saw that I was hooked up to a machine that had a red gooey liquid in it.

Blood.

I groaned and moved my head back on the pillow I was propped up against.

"Oh look he's awake!" Someone exclaimed.

I squinted my eyes and lifted my head from the pillow and saw a lot of people, most of the pool I recognized from school, in the room. I was in a hospital room. In a hospital bed. The kind of hospital bed with hard rails on the side like I was a toddler.

God I hated hospitals.

"Inuyasha!" Sango pushed her way through the crowd of people and stood right next to my bed. She grabbed my hand and kneeled next to my bed. "How are you feeling? Are you ok?"

I squinted and tried speaking but my mouth was dry. I swallowed again and tried wetting my throat. "I feel like shit." I whispered. It came out as a croak like a frog. I sounded pathetic.

She gave me a sympathetic smile and I saw her chin quiver and shake and I knew she was about to cry. "Oh Inuyasha we were so worried." She rested her head down into my arm and I brought my IV arm and rubbed her back soothingly.

"Hey man. Are you ok?" Miroku walked in with a plastic drinking cup, probably from the hospital cafeteria. He smiled when he saw me but it looked forced.

I snorted at my best friend. "Does it look like I'm ok?"

He brought his hand up behind his neck and laughed nervously. "He, yeah..well…."

Sango sniffed next to me, lifted her head from my arm and whipped her eyes.

I groaned inwardly and I sighed, "Sango, please don't cry, "I soughed again when she still cried silently next to me. "Look at me," I urged and she raised her head look into my eyes. "Im ok. Im ok." I whispered quietly.

She nodded but continued to wipe her eyes. Miroku saw her discomfort and walked over and sat his cup down onto the nightstand and hugged her around her waist.

"Inuyasha," came a gruff voice.

I looked away from Miroku and Sango and looked toward the doorway to see Sesshomaru walk in the room.

Everyone who was watching us, turned and saw him and practically ran out of the room. I guess they remembered him from the party…

He walked forward and stopped next to my bed. "Inuyasha," He grunted.

I blinked, "Sesshomaru."

"Are you all right?"

I sighed and propped myself higher on my pillows. "Why does everyone keep asking me that? Do you think I'm ok?" I growled.

I suspected him to growl back or glare at me, but instead he let a small smile grow on his lips and he let out a small chuckle. "I guess you are right little brother."

Miroku sighed and helped Sango stand up and helped her out of the room, and he gave me one last fleeting sympathetic smile, before he left the room.

I then took in the whole room and noticed a bunch of flowers and cards on the nightstand and a few stuffed teddy bears.

"What are all of these?" I asked to Sesshomaru.

He walked over to the flowers and fingered them gently. "Perhaps you are more popular then you realize."

I looked straight ahead and sighed just when a man in aback suit walked into the room. His hair was all black and he looked like he was a secret agent or something.

"Inuyasha Takahashi?"

I sat up straighter and my ears tweaked on my head. "Thats me. Who are you?"

"Im detective Johnson," he pulled out his badge and showed it to me. "Can I ask you a few questions?"

My eyes momentarily flicked to Sesshomaru who was eyeing the detective skeptically.

I shrugged. "Sure. Why not."

"Do you know where Kagome Higurashi is?"

Just as the words left his mouth did Koga come slamming into my room. My heart perked up which made the heart monitor I was hooked up to, go hay wire.

"Wheres Kagome?" He walked over to my bedside and growled.

I looked to the detective, then to Koga, then over to Sesshomaru, then back to the detective again, and I told them the answer to there questions.

"Kagome was kidnapped."

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-Yourgoldeneyes