Disclaimer: I don't own Inu-Yasha, duh!
A/N: I hope this fic is well, because I don't have my other fics to look at. I can't remember my computer's password. I don't know half of this fic yet so well se afterward how it is then :) I want to apologize of my little mistake with the ages. Sesshomaru is 21, Kikyo 20, Inu-Yasha 19, Miroku 19, Sango 19 and Kagome is 17. I can't imagine that Kagome and Inu-Yasha would be the same age. That's why the ages are like these P Now with the fic. This is going to be a long one then :) (For my chapter, that is)
THE BET AND FAITH
Chapter six:
Kikyo turns 21
Kagome grabbed her bag and ran out of her house. She screwed up her eyes as sun came to them. Still she could see her neighbour and best friend waiting for her beside her car. As she came to Sango she huffed little. It wasn't easy to run those high stairs. "Why huff why didn't you come huff and get me?"
Sango gave a smile to Kagome. "I knew you would come soon."
Kagome smiled too. She had only known Sango for few weeks, but they were already so close friends. They trusted each other by all their hearts. "Well, what are we still standing here, hop on!" Kagome said to Sango and hopped in the car. So did Sango too. Kagome looked at her watch. "I think we have to take the shortcut."
"You got to be kidding, not again!"
Kagome grinned to Sango. She started the car and left.
"This is not going to end well."
"Ah, that was refreshing!" Kagome stepped out of the car. She looked at her watch. "That sure is a quick shortcut." She smiled happily to herself.
Sango loosened her grip of her bag. Her hair was all messy and she looked like she would wornit. Slowly she stepped out of the car. Every move seemed to be hard for her to make. "I'd rather be late from
school than go to that 'shortcut'."
"Chill out! It wasn't that bad!" Kagome took her bag and locked the doors. "Let's go to school, shall we."
"Even school is better option than that shortcut." Sango put her bag to hang on her right shoulder and went after Kagome.
"I can't believe that I have been here already two weeks." Kagome said to Sango as she ate her French fries. "It feels like I came yesterday here, but than again it feels like I have been here forever."
"I told you that it would seem little after some time."
Kagome nodded to her friend.
"Do you want to go to the mall today?" Sango asked. They had gone to the mall almost every day.
"I can't. Kikyo has her birthday today. Mom said that we should all be at home, have some coffee and congratulate her." Kagome had a bored look on her face. "I don't care a shit of it. I don't even know how old she'll be today."
Sango's gaze wandered around the canteen. Suddenly she saw how Sesshomaru and Kikyo walked in there with their classmates. "I guess she's 21."
"What?"
"I guess she turns 21 today, after all she's on the same class as Sesshomaru."
Kagome looked at Sango and then followed her gaze to Sesshomaru and Kikyo. Seeing Kikyo made her face fall. "I guess you're right." She turned back to her empty trail. She saw that Sango's trail was empty too. "Let's take these trails away." Kagome stood up with her bag and trail.
Sango took her bag and trail too and stood up.
Kagome was furious only about thinking of her 'perfect' sister. She was maybe too furious that she didn't notice that her foot hit something hard. When she next time moved it, something was around it and it made her fall on her stomach her hands straight before her. Her bag fell on her back, causing little pain to go through her. Laughing was heard there and there, but after a while the whole canteen was laughing to her, except Sango.
"Are you all right?" Sango came to her friend. She helped Kagome to stand up again.
Kagome nodded to Sango. She felt something around her foot. She saw that someone's bag's strap was around her foot.
"Would you mind to step off of my bag?" Asked an arrogant voice from Kagome's side.
Kagome turned to meet Inu-Yasha's face. She moved her foot. "I should have guessed it was you. Would you mind keeping your bag from other's feet?"
"You should look in front of you!"
"You should sit in the corner!"
"You should--!" Inu-Yasha didn't have time to end his sentence before Sango came between him and Kagome.
"Stop it! Come on Kagome, you promised to help me with French words." Sango started to push Kagome toward the doors.
Kagome gave Inu-Yasha a death glare before turning her head to Sango.
"Did you have to start a fight with him?" Sango asked with little angriness in her voice as they left the canteen.
"He started it, and it was his fault from the start!" Kagome didn't notice Sango's angry tone. She, herself, was angry too.
"Maybe, but you didn't have to continue it!"
"Are you on his side, Sango? I thought you were my friend, not his!"
"Kagome! You are my friend, but he has been too, and still is! I have known him from kindergarten!" Sango calmed herself with a sigh. "Kagome, you are my best friend. I didn't blame you of the fight, but neither did I him. I just think it was plain stupid to start it, from both of you." They were quiet for awhile. "You really embarrassed yourself in there, you know."
Kagome hadn't even thought about it. Redness of embarrassment rose to her cheeks. "Sorry."
Sango hugged her friend. "It's okay. You shouldn't be sorry. I warn you that you might hear about that fall for some time." She explained as she released Kagome.
"It's okay. It would be just a little change from the usual ones." Kagome smiled. "Let's read those words now, shall we?"
Sango was happy to see Kagome smile, and smiled too. "Sure."
Inu-Yasha replied to Kagome's glare with his and then turned back to his table companions.
"Why are you so mean to her, Inu-Yasha?" Miroku asked as the girls left the canteen. "It was your fault."
"Don't you dare to start this conversation again!!" Inu-Yasha glared at Miroku this time.
"They left their trails." Kouga said from Inu-Yasha's side and sipped his drink.
Inu-Yasha looked at the end of the table. Two empty trails. "Geez.."
"I'm home!" Kagome shouted. She took her shoes off and went to her room. Soon there was a knocking on her door. "Come in."
"Kagome dear, I didn't have time to tell you that we're going to have visitors today." Mrs Higurashi told to Kagome.
"Why?" Kagome turned with her chair to look at her mother.
"Why of course, they come to Kikyo's birthday coffee." Mrs Higurashi looked little disappointed of the fact that Kagome had forgotten Kikyo's birthday.
"Thanks for warning. I'll put something nice on." Kagome smiled to her Mom. As Mrs. Higurashi shut the door, the smile disappeared. With a sigh Kagome stood up and went to her cloth closet. "What should I wear then…?"
Kikyo had put her best on, Kagome noticed. The guests were supposed to come at 6 p.m. and it was five minutes until it.
'Why has Kikyo put her best on? Are the guests that important?' Kagome looked at her own costume. She had a skirt to knees and a pullover. She took a step closer to her mother. "Mom. who are these guests?" Kagome whispered to her mothers ear.
"Kikyo wanted to invite the Yuugatas." Mrs. Higurashi whispered back.
Kagome looked stupid. "Who are they?"
"Sesshomaru and."
"What?!!"
"Shh. Don't shout like that."
"But, but."
"No 'buts' dear. Kikyo wanted to invite them and I gave her permission to. It is her birthday after all."
'Yuugata, Inu-Yasha Yuugata, of course.' Kagome glared at her mother under her eyebrows. 'You got to be kidding me! They can't come here. Not after that incident at school! I just have to hope that HE doesn't come.' Kagome's thought's were interrupted by the doorbell.
"I open!" Kikyo shouted happily. She ran to the door and opened it. There was Sesshomaru and his parents behind him.
'No sign of that jerk. He can't be that idiot to come. He hates me like I hate him. There isn't no way that he would have come.'
"Please, come in!" Kikyo invited. Mrs. Higurashi pushed Kagome with her to greet the guests.
Sesshomaru stepped in, his parents behind him and his brother too.
'He really is an idiot.' Kagome thought as she gave him a glare 'behind' his back.
Sesshomaru threw his arm from behind his back and in that hand he had a red rose. He gave it to Kikyo. "Happy birthday, Kikyo. This is for you."
"Why thank you, Sesshomaru!" Kikyo took the rose and smiled to him.
Kagome looked at those two She didn't know whether to vomit or laugh. She decided the first one. She turned her back to her mother and acted like she vomited. (mouth open and finger pointing to it) 'That's so sick!' Kagome looked at the guests from the corner of her eye and saw that Inu-Yasha did the same thing, as she, behind his parents's back. She saw that Inu-Yasha noticed the same thing. Same time, they stood straight up and glared each other. This was going to be a hell of an evening.
"Mother, Sesshomaru you know, they are Mrs and Mr Yuugata." Kikyo started and pointed at the people she mentioned.
"Just call us Jagaimo and Sakura." Said Mr Yuugata Jagaimo.
Kikyo nodded to him. "And Inu-Yasha you know already. Mr and. Jagaimo and Sakura, this is my mother Higurashi Haruka and my little sister Kagome."
"Nice to meet you." Mrs and Mr Yuugata said as they shook Haruka's and Kagome's hands. "Come on Inu-Yasha, say hello." Sakura ordered her son.
"Hello." Inu-Yasha said and made a fake smile. "Nice to meet you again."
"Please, come and sit down and make yourselves comfortable while I make some coffee." Haruka said and pointed at sofas.
"Thank you." Sakura went to the three-placed sofa. Her husband sat next to her. Kikyo and Sesshomaru took one of the two two-placed sofas. Inu-Yasha joined his parents. Kagome took alone the other two-placed sofa. She was happy to be seated alone. Well, she didn't mind about company as long as it wasn't Inu-Yasha.
"It takes a while before coffee and tea is ready but here are some snacks and cookies." Haruka brought a bowl of chips and a trail of cocktails and cookies.
Haruka was about to sit next to her daughter when Sakura opened her mouth. "Inu-Yasha let Haruka sit there. It is easier to us to talk."
Inu-Yasha looked at the place where he should go; beside Kagome. 'Oh bother.'
"Remember that we're only guests in here."
"It's okay, I can sit here."
"No, I insist. Inu-Yasha, sit next to Kagome and let Haruka come sit there."
Not happily, Inu-Yasha stood up and switched places with Mrs. Higurashi.
After a while were the conversations started; between the parents and between Kikyo and Sesshomaru. Inu-Yasha and Kagome sat on each edge of the sofa and looked in different directions.
"Kagome dear, could you bring some more cocktails and chips, and I think the coffee and tea are ready." Haruka asked.
"Sure." Kagome was more than happy to leave the sofa and her 'company'.
"Inu-Yasha, will you go and help her. She can't get all the things by herself."
Quickly Kagome turned to Mrs. Yuugata. "No, no, there's no need. I can bring them in different times."
Sakura smiled to Kagome. "You sure are a good girl, Kagome. I just don't want to make you work to hard because of us. Inu-Yasha will gladly help you." Mrs. Yuugata turned her gaze to Inu-Yasha. It wasn't happy and friendly anymore. She had that little fire in her eyes that told Inu-Yasha that he would regret it if he would say no. ".won't you, son."
What else could Inu-Yasha do? He stood up and took the trail and left the bowl for Kagome to take. So she did. So they went to the kitchen. Kagome put the bowl on the table and Inu-Yasha did the same.
Kagome went to check the coffee and tea. They were ready. 'Oh yeah.' She remembered one thing. "Who all wants coffee and who tea?" Kagome asked from the kitchen's door. Sesshomaru and Kikyo took coffee. So did Haruka too. Sakura and Jagaimo both took tea. Kagome put those in her mind and went to the closet. She took out three tea and three coffee cups. 'Wait a minute, there are seven of us.' Again, Kagome peeked in the living room. She had taken cups for all those in there. Wondering she turned to the kitchen. It was almost impossible to notice the missing one. "What do you want?" She asked form Inu-Yasha as she went back to the closet.
"Huh?" Inu-Yasha woke up from his thoughts and looked stupidly at Kagome.
"Coffee or tea.?" Kagome pointed out. 'Geez, he really is a jerk. Like I wouldn't know it yet.'
"Coffee." Inu-Yasha answered and looked how Kagome took one coffee cup out of the closet. In his mind, he counted the cups. He knew that his parents drink tea and Sesshomaru drinks coffee. So, one of the Higurashi's drinks tea and two coffee. He didn't know what he would do with that knowledge. Maybe he just wanted something to do. He was totally bored.
Kagome put all the cups on one trail and gave it to Inu-Yasha. "Mother and Kikyo want coffee." She guessed that Inu-Yasha knew his family's drinking habits. Then she turned and took the filled cocktail-cookie trail and filled bowl.
First Inu-Yasha looked surprised at the trail in his hands but after a moment he knew what she wanted him to do. 'So, if the two coffee cups goes to Kikyo and Mrs. Higurashi, then the tea cup goes to Kagome. Right.' (Yippee! He solved the math test :P) After Kagome, he went to the living room and gave the cups to everyone. Kagome took the empty trail from him and went back to the kitchen. Inu-Yasha sat down on the sofa.
After a while Kagome came back with the coffee and tea. She filled everyone's cup, even Inu-Yasha's.
Kagome looked how her mother filled her cup third time. She hadn't spoken anything for a long time. It was so uncomfortable to sit next to Inu-Yasha. She couldn't hate anyone more than him! She made her decision and stood up. "I'm sorry, but I have homework to do, so will you excuse me."
All the parents gave Kagome a nod as a permission to leave.
Kagome was about happily to leave the living room when something stopped her.
"We didn't get any homework." Inu-Yasha said. He looked at Kagome's back with an evil smirk.
"Is that true, Kagome?" Haruka asked with a little disappointment in her voice.
Kagome turned with a troubled smile. "Might be, I'm not sure, but I still have to exercise my part in 'Fallen'."
Haruka sighed. She could tell from her daughter that she didn't have any homework. Still, she guessed how uncomfortable Kagome had been. "All right. Just don't put the music too loud."
"Okay. Thanks Mom." With that she went upstairs, but before totally disappearing, she turned to show her tongue to Inu-Yasha. Then she disappeared in to her room, she searched the right CD and her training clothes. She turned the music on and started to practise.
Inu-Yasha just snorted to Kagome's happiness of getting out even him trying to fail it.
"Haruka, what is this 'Fallen'?" Jagaimo asked. He was curious to know.
"It's a dance play that Kagome's in. She has practised dancing since she was 8."
"Why that's lovely!" Sakura told Haruka and turned to look at Kikyo. "Do you have any hobbies?"
Sesshomaru's and Kikyo's attention had turned to others when Kagome left. "Yes, I have been acting since kindergarten. I have also learned dancing, like waltz, but it was some time ago, maybe four years or so."
"You really have wonderful daughters, Haruka."
"Thank you, I can say that I'm proud of them." Haruka's gaze went from Inuyasha to Sesshomaru. "What about your sons?"
"I'm interested in technology. I study it at home from books. I have a part- time job so I don't have time to really pursue something." Sesshomaru explained to Mrs. Higurashi.
"But it's good to have a job, even a part-time." Haruka thought that she would be as proud of Sesshomaru as of Kikyo or Kagome. Technology and working were good things too.
"Inu-Yasha, tell about your hobbies." Mr. Yuugata asked. It was a shame to ask him to tell them. More embarrassing if he'll start argue.
Lazily Inu-Yasha turned his attention to Haruka. "I do some martial arts, practise sword and I sometimes visit our school's clubs, like basketball."
"You are really athletic, Inu-Yasha. I bet you are in a well fit." Haruka smiled to him and after a while she wanted to ask him something. "By the way, Inu-Yasha. Have you ever tried to use a bow?"
Haruka surprised Inu-Yasha with her sudden question. "Do I.what? Why do you ask?"
"Just curious." Haruka gave Inu-Yasha an innocent smile.
"Well. I have tried, but it isn't one of my best abilities." Inu-Yasha didn't know what to think of the question. 'Why in the hell did she ask that? Because of curiosity? I don't think so.' He let it be. It wasn't his problem anyway.
A/N: I made a long chapter! Yeah! I hope you liked it. It wasn't really much but I wanted something to happen before the bet. The next chapter is 'The Bet' :) So, why did Haruka Higurashi really ask that? Was it only because of her curiosity? Well, you can only find it out by reading my chapters! Ooh, I'm so eeevil. I'm blackmailing you :P Oh, and other thing I want you to tell about is my writing style. I don't mean the spelling mistakes. I know I have them much. Especially in this chapter. I'm now little tired so I don't have energy to read it again. I hope you don't hate me for it. I will use the computer's grammar. Please review!