Gomen nasai ('sorry' in Japanese)….. It's been four months since I've updated. A lot's been on my plate lately: I got a job, I had a super-mega-heavy flow of exams that lasted for like two months (!!), I had "Grease" to present, family affairs… I know that it doesn't justify my late updating (again, lol), but still…
Wow!! 34 reviews!! Narley!! But I bet we can do better than that, so for this chappie, I'd like 50 reviews please. I'd just like to know how you all like it so far, and don't be affraid to give me constructive critisism.
Thanks to : Sorena, Rumiko Takahashi for creating Inuyasha, Kamio Yoko for creating Hana Yori Dango, and ALL THE PEOPLE WHO REVIEW (ESPECIALLY THE ONES WHO READ MY AUTHOR'S NOTES).
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The Red Card
Chapter 25: Ayame, Ayame, and Ayame again
Kagome sat in the cafeteria, her lunch barely eaten with a book in her hands. She was studying. The teenager had tried the night before, but she simply couldn't concentrate, thinking about a certain someone…
At that moment, she heard a voice. "Excuse me, is that the Y4 lounge behind you?". She recognized that voice. She had heard it only once in her life, but that voice was extremely distinctable. Kagome turned around to find (the one and only) Ayame facing Kikyo.
"Depends on who's asking" Kikyo replied, crossing her arms in front of her chest.
"I guess that's a yes…I'm just looking for someone…" Ayame explained with a big smile on her face.
Kikyo eyed Ayame from top to bottom. Ayame was dressed in a simple white sweater on a green skirt that was the exact same shade as her green eyes. She had black boots on and a simple silver chain. She didn't look rich, in Kikyo's eyes.
"Why would anyone in the Y4 want to see you? You're just a simple commoner!"
"Ok, well… Can I pass if I beat you at rock paper scissors? "
"What! "
"Oh, c'mon", Ayame pleaded, "Only one time. It's easy, look! Just shout 'rock paper scissors, shoot!', stick out your fist from behind your back and make a rock, a paper, or scissors, like this." Without warning, she flung her fist in Kikyo's jaw. Kagome was flabbergasted. Ayame just giggled. "I won!"
Other people turned around, one of which was Yura. She was talking with other snobby girls when she heard her friend gasp and put her hand to her cheek. She quickly hurried to her friends side. Ayame, on the other hand, just looked around, bored. That's until she spotted Kagome.
"Hey! I know you! You played piano at Sesshomaru's party! I'm sorry, I forgot your name…" Ayame said as she headed towards the girl and lead her to the Y4's area.
"Kagome" she answered. Ayame sat down at one of the tables of the 'restricted section'. "Um… I'm not so sure if we're allowed to sit here… I mean it's the Y4's section." Kagome said as she set her lunch on the table.
Ayame didn't pay attention to her. "Wow, that was a great performance you gave. Look at my hands; I'm still shaking! And boy, do you know how to make an exit! With the fake tears and everything!"
'Fake… I only wish…' Kagome thought sadly. She hesitantly took a seat across from Ayame, who was looking at her lunch with a look of admiration in her eyes. "You can take my lunch, I'm not hungry anyway."
"Thanks!" Ayame thanked as she took a spoonful of Kagome's food. "Oh, you're so darn lucky!"
"What makes you say that?"
"Shikon's cafeteria food is really awesome! But it's to be expected from a prestigious high school…but my schools food is pretty good too, so I'm not too jealous."
"Oh! You're in high school, too? Where do you go?" Kagome asked, keeping her end of the weird conversation.
"I'm a senior at Tomoeda high."
"Oh" Kagome exclaimed. 'She must be super rich! It costs more to go there than it does to go to Shikon!' "So…you're here to see Sesshomaru, right?" Kagome asked
"Yeah. Isn't he out of his right mind?" Ayame asked, dazed.
"I guess…" Kagome responded.
"He's such a jerk! You should've seen the way he just left me there after the party." She added, still in a daze. "Anyway, I'll go freshen up. I'll be back in a second!" she started walking, and then came back. "Say…. Where's the washroom?"
"Down the hall, to the right."
"Thanks!" She said as she sped off.
Suddenly, murmurs were heard in the room.
"It's Sesshomaru! Look, over there! He's still as cute as before!"
Yes, Sesshomaru was indeed striding in the cafeteria, his long silver hair flying behind his person, his face stoic. Kagome turned to face him, shocked that he was here.
When Sesshomaru turned his head and saw Kagome, pure shock was written on his face. But only for a moment, before returning to its' original mask. The two were facing each other, lost in their thoughts, their eyes on the other.
"I'm meeting the rest of the Y4 here." Sesshomaru simply said.
"Oh, I'll get out of your way then!" Said Kagome as she stepped aside to let Sesshomaru pass. "Oh, and congratulations on your engagement, for the second time…Anyway, you should've just told me that you got engaged instead of ignoring me and acting all mean like the way you did… You met Ayame in the United States and fell in love, and then got engaged; you should've just told me instead of hiding it from me…"
"Who told you this?"
"Was it a secret?"
"You don't know what you're saying." Sesshomaru insisted.
Kagome just crossed her arms and raised an eyebrow.
"I had to tell you --"He started
"Why didn't you, then." Sesshomaru just stood there, trying to keep his cool. "Sometimes I wonder, is there any use talking to me anymore?"
"What! What's all the commotion about! I'm gone for two seconds and—Oh, why hello Sesshomaru." She finished with a smile.
"Oh no, not you again." He muttered to himself. "Why are you here?" Sesshomaru asked Ayame with an exasperated sigh.
"You owe me an apology for what you did to me at your party!"
"What are you talking about?"
"I have a big bruise on my butt and I still have blisters on my feet thanks to you!" Ayame said while pointing each affected part of her body.
"Let me make this clear to you: I am not engaged to you no matter what my father says!" Sesshomaru stated in his serious tone.
"Awww…But you seemed to like it a lot when I bit your ear… You really looked at ease…You were so cute!" Ayame ended with a giggle.
"What is she talking about?" Kagome asked
"It's not what you think, Kagome."
Ayame sighed. "I'm sorry Sesshomaru, but I have to do this. You need to be taught a lesson." She raised her hand and tried to slap Sesshomaru, who barely missed a hard blow to the cheek. Ayame looked frustrated. "We're getting married Sesshy, whether you like it or not. We can be happy together, but you just need to put in your fifty percent." She then smiled.
'Did she call him Sesshy?' Kagome thought.
-oOo-
At the Cutie Cupcake…
"No way!" Sango exclaimed after Kagome finished telling her what had happened in school.
"You're telling me…" Kagome sighed. "And I didn't even tell you the half of it!"
Flashback…
The night after the incident at Shikon high, Kagome was eating dinner with her family when there was a knock at the door.
"I'll get it!" Answered Asumi.
As son as she opened the door, a high-pitched, nasally voice was heard.
"Are you Kagome's mom? Wow, what a cut place you have!" Kagome looked dumbfounded. That was Ayame, AGAIN! 'What in she doing here?'
Ayame started sniffing and heading towards the kitchen/ dining room. "That's what I thought: Peanut butter dumplings! My favourite! Can I eat with you guys?" She asked to a wide-eyed family.
"Sure" replied Kagome's mom, "I'll get a chair."
"Thanks!" She said at Mrs. Higurashi's retreating form. "She then turned to look at Souta. She ran towards him with pure amazement in her eyes. "Oh, Kagome, you never told me you had a brother! He just so cute! He looks a lot like you, look at his cute face!" I guess you couldn't blame Souta for being a bit scared…
She then looked at Kagome's grandfather. "It's a pleasure to meet you, too!" She said as she extended a hand towards the old man, while embracing Souta with the other.
End flashback…
"Really! That must've been pretty funny!" Sango said between
"Sango!"
"Sorry…" Sango said as she tried to recompose herself.
"And there's more…" Kagome continued.
Flashback…
"So… Tell me about Sesshomaru." Ayame said as she lit a candle. The two were sitting in Kagome's room legs crosses, facing each other. "What kind of food does he like? Is there something he hates about people? Is he afraid of commitment? --"
"Wait a minute! Why are you asking me all this?" Kagome exclaimed
"Well… I feel that there's something between you two…"
"As if… not now anyway…" Kagome snapped back
"Oh please! Tell me everything about Sesshomaru! Please!"
"Well you see--"
"We can be best friends!"
"Um… Alright?"
"That's so great! I've never had someone that I could really open up to! We could go shopping together, gossip, have sleepovers and e can do each others' hair and makeup!" Ayame enumerated with excitement.
End Flashback
"She sounds irritating to me." Sango stated.
"What did I get myself into…"Kagome sighed.
"Kagome!" she heard Ayame's voice call her.
"Look at that! Even when she's not around, I can hear Ayame call me in my head!" exclaimed Kagome.
"I don't think it was in your head, Kagome. I heard it too."
"Kagome!" Kagome and Sango both turned around to face Ayame, who was beaming.
"EEEEEK!" The two girls screamed out of pure shock.
"When do you finish working Kagome? I'll wait 'till then and after we can go do something together!" She announced with a smile.
"I --"
"We can talk more about Sesshomaru and his tastes! It'll be so fun! Don't you think?" She asked.
"I'm guessing that she's Ayame…" Sango whispered to Kagome while the pink-haired teen was rambling.
"I wonder how you figured that one out…" Kagome remarked.
Ayame turned to Sango. "Are you one of Kagome's friends?" she asked.
"Yes. We've known each other since we were kids."
"Any friend of Kagome's is my friend too! I'm Ayame." She said with a smile as she extended her hand.
"I'm Sango."
-oOo-
"Does Sesshy like simple stylish or gorgeous glam?" Ayame asked Kagome as she was holding up two necklaces.
The three girls had gone to an expensive jewellery store.
"Um... they're both really nice…" was Kagome's reply.
"Kagome! Look at this! It's so nice!" Sango said, pointing at a necklace
"Maybe, but I just saw something that made me hate it…" Kagome said
Sango perplexedly at her friend, who replied "Look at the price tag!"
"Wow! That's… incredible! How could it be so expensive?! It's a necklace, not a dress! Sango exclaimed.
-oOo-
In Inutaisho's study…
Inutaisho was reading some papers on his desk when he heard a knock on his door.
"Come in" He answered calmly. When he looked up form his work, he saw his son looking angry at him. "Sesshomaru, my boy! What brings you here?"
"I want to cancel my engagement with Ayame." He said as he glared at his father, fists clenched.
"My dear son", started Inutaisho with a sigh, "I'll explain to you why that can't happen." He turned to Jaken who was standing in a corner. "Jaken?"
"Yes, Master." He replied.
"Which company is Taisho Corp.'s biggest threat?"
"Motonoa Inc., Sir." Replied Jaken (A/N: Motonoa is Ayame's family name.)
"You see, Monotoa Inc merged with another large company and combined, they control more stock shares than we do, and you know that's troublesome for Taisho Corp. So if you marry Ms Motonoa, Our companies will merge as one and be dominant over all the others in the world. Taisho Corp. will rise to the top; you'll rise to the top. Don't you want that for your future?"
Sesshomaru remained silent.
"Oh c'mon, don't tell me you're acting like this because you have feelings for that other girl."
Sesshomaru glared at his father
-oOo-
"Sesshomaru's so different from the other guys. He speaks his mind and doesn't care who like it or not and he doesn't settle. Wow! What a guy!" Ayame said, in a daze.
The girls were now having dinner in fancy French restaurant.
"You know, that's the definition of 'self-centered', right?" Kagome asked her.
Ayame just continued: "I always knew my parents would arrange my marriage, and I imagined all the worst scenarios: maybe he'd be old-fashioned, ugly, have a drinking or gambling problem or a total coward. Sesshomaru's anything but that, and more… Before, I used to think that I my life would be unfulfilled, but now, I think I'll be happy…" She then looked at the girls "Enough about my romance, what about you two? Kagome, do you have your eye on someone right now?"
"Um… uh… no, not really…" Kagome answered.
"How about you, Sango?"
"Well…" She thought about Miroku for a second… 'Nah, he's probably not into me…' "No, me either" she replied.
"Oh, that's a shame! I bet you two can get any guy you want!"
Both of them blushed.
-oOo-
"Sesshomaru, how long are you be in Japan?" Asked Miroku
"Longer than I expected." Sighed Sesshomaru
The Y4 had gotten together and gone to the hottest lounge in town.
"Are you staying to help plan your wedding?" Koga asked
"I'm not marring that girl." Sesshomaru stated, clenching his fists.
"She's a very peculiar girl, don't you think? She really acts differently from any other girl; I know that's for sure!" Koga added
"Hn. If you mean that she's extremely childish, then I agree." He replied as he crossed his arms.
"Sesshomaru, don't you care about Kagome anymore?" Asked Inuyasha "Because if you don't, then…" Inuyasha stopped mid-sentence, looking down.
"Inuyasha."
"Yeah?"
"You're the heir to a company, too so I think you'll understand. How would your parents feel if you let the family down by not taking charge of the company?" Inuyasha stayed silent. " I have to do what's best for Taisho Corp., and nothing else."
'What's best for the company, sure, but not what's best for all of us.' Inuyasha thought.
"So will you marry Ayame?" asked Miroku.
By the dark, frightening look on Sesshomaru's face, the boys took that as a no.
"Then I think the sooner you settle the matter the better." Koga replied to Sesshomaru's 'answer'.
-oOo-
"Thanks for hanging out with me today, you two. If you're sure you don't need a ride home, then I'll give you this now. I got you both a little present. I hope you like it." She handed two bags; one for Kagome, and the other for Sango.
"Oh, you shouldn't have…"
"I saw the way you two were looking at it, so I just couldn't help myself!" she giggled. "Anyway, I'll get going now, bye! Take care of yourselves!" She said as she waved to the two and left.
"It can't be that she bought us…" Sango started as the two saw what was in their bags.
"THE NECKLACE!" The two exclaimed.
"I feel bad for accepting this…" Sango sighed.
"Me too…"added Kagome.
"You know, she isn't that bad of a person…" remarked Sango.
"That's what makes this so complicated…" Sighed Kagome.
Ok, I think I'll end it here… I tried to make it long but I didn't want you all to get tired of Ayame, loll. I honestly don't know when I'll be able to update, but I'm hoping it's soon…. Well sooner, than I updated this time…
Symbols-Not-Spelling: I know, Inutaisho's cruel, but the story wouldn't be the same if he was nice, ne?
Airpeeps: Thanks for reading my author's notes…. I appreciate it a lot…. There aren't many people who read my author's notes so it's nice to know at least a few people do…
KANYONKHAOS: Hope you aren't mad…. Please don't be mad… runs and hides
EmilysIsisNephthys: Yep, it's Hana Yori Dango (the live action one) Inuyasha style! But with twist! (You know with Kags lovin' Sesshy instead of Inu…)
Phantom-Demon: Straightens everything out? Well, not really in this chappie…. But maybe next time :P
Katrina-San: Don't worry, it'll be SesshKag! Just….not at the moment… hihi :P
Llebreknit: How Koga and Ayame come to like each other, well that's for me to write and you to find out :P
Jinsane226: Well, you see, Sesshy had his back turned when he grabbed 'Kagome's hand', and Ayame was standing next to her…
Kitana18: No, Ayame's not dense, just…. Well… naïve, I guess you could say…
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Sorry if the chappie's a bit short, or if there's some spelling mistakes… Hope you liked it, and PLEASE REVIEW!! CONSTRUCITVE CRITISISM ACCEPTED!! REMEMBER: I NEED 50 REVIEWS BEFORE I UPDATE !!
Sesshy's Princess Kagome…out!
P.S.: If you get the chance to go to an anime convention, GO!! Just this weekend, I went to the Otakuthon, an anime convention in Montreal, and it was SO FREAKING NICE!! It was my first time XD. I cosplayed L (from Death Note), because I didn't receive my Hina Ichigo (from Rozen Maiden) costume in time… Oh well, there's always next year! And Halloween!