*~FOR THE DISCLAIMER, PLEASE SEE THE PREVIOUS CHAPTERS. THANK YOU!~*
*AUTHORS NOTES* I decided to save the visit between Shinobe and the girls for a later chapter. It's just a chapter by itself, huh? Thanks all of ya! This chapter was sadly incredibly rushed, but I still feel proud of it nonetheless. So everyone, read, review and of course, please enjoy! __________________________________________________________________
A School Story Chapter 13: Invitations By Chibiukyo _________________________________________________________________
The alarm clock went off suddenly, bringing Kagome out of her dream world. She sat up in complete shock and smacked her alarm clock violently with her hand. Its aggravating screeching stopped.
Wiping her eyes with the back of her hand, she laid back down and closed her eyes.
~'I would...'~
Kagome blushed as Inuyasha's voice and face filled her mind.
~'Say that you are exactly the opposite of ugly.'~
What exactly had he meant by that? Did he mean that she was, in his mind, a beautiful girl? Inuyasha definitely had some questionable social skills, but that comment... had been... flattering. It was something that she never thought he'd say about her.
"Kagome!" Miroku knocked furiously on her door, "Wake up, now! Don't make me bring in the the cold water!"
"I'm up don't worry," She replied back and she situated herself so she could get out of her bed. The cringed feeling the cold air surround her after leaving the warmth of her covers and quickly attempted to shove her feet into her slippers. There was a REEEEEEEOR and Kagome screamed. Buyo flew up from the floor and she realized she had just kicked the obese cat in the side.
~*~
"I don't want to do it." Inuyasha annunciated the word 'don't'.
"What would you do if Nakamura-sensei gave you a part?" Sango sipped her tea "Refuse it?"
"Most definitely I would!" He snapped and Sango rolled her eyes.
She sipped her tea again and waited patiently for Kagome to rush down the stairs. Kagome had never been this late before and this was a total first. Plus, being left downstairs with an early morning Inuyasha could drive her to a very early grave.
~*~
As usual, the day was incredibly uneventful, that is, until fifth period approached like a raging storm. Art was their fifth period, the period from hell itself. Today, it was extremely interesting, especially when Mr. Nakamura approached Inuyasha with a lovely little packet-like object.
"God, it's not a main part...is it?" The hanyou's face paled to point where he looked nearly dead. Mr. Nakamura had thrown a script right under Inuyasha's nose and the art teacher looked quite pleased with himself.
"No, Inuyasha it's not A main part, it's THE main part!" Nakamura laughed with a high degree of insanity and Inuyasha face faulted, "Your personality is stuck up enough for a role like this, believe me!"
"HOW SO?!" Inuyasha shouted, now thoroughly desperate, "I REALLY don't want to do this..."
"Too bad." Mr. Nakamura shook his head, "I am forced to choose like this because nobody auditioned last year. Nobody good that is. I really think you could have stage potential. I mean, Drama is an ideal way to burn excess energy and let's face it, you have a lot of excess energy."
Inuyasha frowned, he couldn't decide if that was complimentary or not. Knowing the source of conversation, it probably was an insult. He'd live.
"I think you should do it." Kagome smiled, "It could be really good for you!"
"Discover a talent yet unknown till now!" Sheri chirped in, and Inuyasha shot her a look.
"I don't have time or talent for this." Inuyasha looked at Nakamura, "I want out."
"I think Kagome will be disappointed if you do, so will Kyoko."
Inuyasha was puzzled, "Why Kyoko?"
"Oh," Nakamura laughed, "I suppose I should discuss your cast mates, ne?"
Inuyasha gulped. "No thanks I'd rather NOT know...."
The art teacher clapped his hands three times and the class looked at him within seconds. He grinned at them and Inuyasha shuddered.
"You all know about the upcoming Drama play, don't you?" He asked and they responded, reluctant and aware.
"Well," he continued merrily, "Due to the fact of a very low turnout last year, I get to decide the casting for the play. Now, if you all don't mind I think I'll announce the parts."
Kyoko suddenly beamed, pointed to herself, and whispered something to a few friends. Naoko turned her head from across the room and looked Kyoko square in the eye. Kyoko just smiled sarcastically and looked away. Mr. Nakamura decided to continue his commentary.
"First of all, this is a play a student wrote here at our lovely school," he chirped like a schoolgirl, " and I'm delightfully proud of that young lady. She'll be directing the play as well."
"What an egghead!" Naoko giggled to Sango, who just rolled her eyes and pressed a finger to her lips.
"Shut up." She mumbled and Naoko frowned. That meanie.
"Kyoko here has scored the leading role," Mr. Nakamura placed his hand on the beaming popular princess's shoulder and she beamed like there was no tomorrow. Her posse clapped for her, including Katsuaki, who grinned from across the room and winked. Sheri caught this and was incredibly tempted to give Katsuaki the bird but decided against it. She didn't want to accidentally strain her finger or something else of that nature.
"Oh joy, I'm glad Miss Popular got the role," Kagome muttered under her breath, but then Mr. Nakamura strode casually over to her and placed his hand pleasingly on her shoulder.
"However," Mr. Nakamura removed his hand from her shoulder and took off his glasses, "Since Inuyasha and Kagome here have so much-" he rubbing his glasses on the fabric of his shirt and gave them an insinuating look- "chemistry, I gave Kagome the lead supporting role."
Kyoko's usually pink face paled quickly and she looked over at a besotted Kagome. Kyoko then returned the expression; she was gaping. Kagome wasn't sure what Kyoko was thinking, but as a script was plopped in front of her face, she could only guess that whatever Kyoko was thinking it sure as hell wasn't a nice thing.
"You're Kathryn," Mr. Nakamura said, "Big part, I'm sure you can handle it."
"Urm. yes." Kagome replied, really unsure of what she had just said.
Sheri was a little wide-eyed, "Interesting cast. You play Inuyasha's love interest. Frisky, isn't it? Oh well, I'll be in cre-"
"I think." Kagome interrupted and changed the subject, "I don't know. I think maybe Katsuaki and I should end it."
Sheri looked like she had won the world championship for one thing or another, but whatever it was she looked completely overjoyed. Her expression was quickly turned into a sarcastic dark glare.
"Now," Sheri patted Kagome's back, "Not to sound mean or anything, but you two never really had anything."
The comment was beyond the point of a slap in the face; it was more like a punch. Sheri suddenly covered her mouth and it occurred to her that even with the "not to sound mean" comment it still sounded.well, just plain mean. Sheri wanted to apologize, but Kagome was the first to speak.
"You're right," Kagome muttered, she didn't sound too upset even though her expression said it, "Don't worry about it."
Sheri didn't respond, just widened her eyes immensely.
"I just kind of jumped to things I suppose. I was so desperate to find a great guy- "
"Whoa," Sheri suddenly widened her eyes, "Um. what?"
Kagome raised an eyebrow, "I said I wanted to find a great guy."
Sheri looked at Kagome like she was a frigging idiot. Sheri looked to where Inuyasha had been sitting, and then back at Kagome, who, in return, looked utterly lost. Sheri just looked baffled.
"Alright," She took Kagome's hands in hers, "You do have a great guy! Inuyasha!"
Kagome felt the sudden urge to actually laugh, but fought it. Inuyasha was. he was.just Inuyasha. That was the best way she could describe it to herself or anyone. He was just Inuyasha, not the boyfriend kind of material. It wasn't that she didn't like him; it wasn't that he wasn't at times incredibly cute and that occasionally he could get a little nice.
"Come on," Sheri laughed, "I know you like Inuyasha. I mean, if you don't want Inuyasha, I'll take him! Those weirdo costume dog-ear things in all."
"C-c-costume?" Kagome got a little nervous at that comment but recovered quickly, "No I don't think about him like that."
"Oh come off it, Kagome!"
Kagome blushed, it was true, she did like Inuyasha in much more than a friendly way, but she had no idea what he thought about her. She had no plan to reveal anything to him, in fear that he might get a little afraid, or paranoid for that matter, when around her. He probably wouldn't though; it wasn't in his nature to be afraid of people, demons, or whatever. Inuyasha just wasn't afraid. Kagome felt like sharing.
"I want to go with Inuyasha to the dance." She stated calmly, and Sheri looked in the least bit surprised.
"I saw it coming," She grinned, "I just felt it in mah bones."
"Figured you did," Kagome responded and smiled, "I think I could probably show him a fun time."
That statement could have sounded slightly conceited or entirely true, depending on how well you knew Kagome or Inuyasha. It was obvious Inuyasha knew nothing about school dances, and it would be excessively strange for him to go with another girl. Kagome could show Inuyasha everything and would have quite a ball seeing him all dolled up in a tuxedo. Giggling slightly at the thought of Inuyasha The Prom Date, she glanced over to see what Sango and Naoko were chattering about.
Sango had turned to Naoko and they were talking in a hush-hush sort of tone. Kagome and Sheri eyed them rather suspiciously, but neither of them noticed in the slightest.
"We need to talk to Shinobe." Sango said, and Naoko nodded in response.
"We can see her after school, don't you think?" Naoko asked and took out her art project, "You're not busy are you?"
"Nope, I'm bored as hell after school. Lunch gives me plenty of time to finish my homey work."
Naoko widened her eyes, "Homey work?"
"Homework! Homework!" Sango mumbled, "Sorry. I'm just a little."
Naoko nodded, "Yes me too."
The girls spent the rest of their period discussing about where to meet after school and what exactly to ask Shinobe. They didn't want to get too touchy with her, for fear of offending the one person who could tell them exactly what they needed to know about Katsuaki. They agreed to meet right outside the girl's lavatory, just a few minutes after the bell rang.
~*~ "Alright." Sheri huffed, "You. You want to go with Inuyasha to the dance, affirmative?"
"What?" Kagome asked, "You sound like a drill sergeant..."
Sheri raised an eyebrow, "Just answer yes or no."
Kagome blushed, "Yes. I want to go with Inuyasha."
Sheri nodded to her friend approvingly. Sheri was a master at breaking up and creating new relationships for her friends, but somehow she could never manage to keep down a boyfriend for herself. She just always figured that it had to do with her demanding personality and old-fashioned dating rules.
"Well go out there and dump his ass then!"
"Urm... are you busy?" she asked slowly, ready to run far away from Katsuaki. He turned around, beyond the point of annoyed.
"No. Not really I can put my day on hold just for you." He snapped, a sugarcoated insult. She chuckled nervously.
"Katsuaki. I think..." Kagome inhaled deeply and glanced at Sheri. Sheri gave her a thumb up and Kagome regained her confidence. She looked back at Katsuaki, who raised an eyebrow.
"What do you want?" He snapped, halfway besotted and halfway pissed.
She gulped. He was scary. "I think we should-"
"WHAT?!" He shouted, "What?" Kagome jumped back at the loudness and tone of his voice. There was an awkward silence.
Kagome was shaking and realized she had jumped at least three feet back from her "boyfriend." That wasn't a title Katsuaki deserved in the slightest bit. Boyfriend? He didn't even deserve the terms 'loser' or 'butt- head.' And obviously his mental capabilities didn't stretch far enough to compute the fact her was yelling at her in front of her friends.
"What do you want, girl?" He barked, "I'm going to be late for my class and I really think it's more important than you at the moment. So, like, yeah."
"Excuse me?"
"Kagome you know you're just not my top priority, alright?" Katsuaki stretched his free arm and accidentally smacked the person walked past him. They shouted something at him but he just rolled his eyes. "People these days! They show no respect for someone more popular than them. Don't you-"
"Um, I'm not you're top priority? Then what am I? Number fifty?" She interrupted him, "Or is that a little too high?"
"Hey you cut off my-" He stammered, reddening quickly.
"Do I look like I give a damn?" Kagome suddenly blew up, "I could so care less! I'm going to finish what I was going to say earlier and there is no way in HELL you are interrupting me you-"
"Is that any way to talk to a man?" Katsuaki snapped at her. His giant ego was deflating and it needed to be fixed. A girlfriend NEVER stood up to him!
"Man?" Kagome suddenly became sarcastically quizzical, "Since when did you hit puberty? Yesterday?"
Katsuaki's face turned bright red. It wasn't the cute kind of "blush" but more of the way Katsuaki's face had turned when he slapped her. He bit his bottom lip and closed his eyes while Kagome suddenly lost her sudden rush of anger. When he opened his eyes and stared her down, she saw that his expression had become... demonic.
"Bitch," He seethed, "Even if that was a good comeback it was still retarded. You're lucky you have your personal bodyguard or I'd beat you to kingdom come." Katsuaki glared at her and she backed down quickly.
"I-" She was mortified by his last words. He walked up and shoved her violently out of the way, scattering her belongings all over the linoleum floor. She accidentally slipped on a paper and landed butt first on the ground. Seeing this, Sheri became wide-eyed and ran over to Kagome.
"What the HELL?" Sheri helped Kagome up and glared at Katsuaki's back so fiercely, she could have burned holes through him. She brushed Kagome off and picked up her books and placed them gently in Kagome's arms.
"Just," Kagome felt she was on the verge of either crying or killing someone, ".let's go to class, alright?"
~*~
Kagome had spent most of her sixth period gazing out the window. She just felt too depressed and disgusting to do anything else, especially pay mind to her studies. She could hear Miss Ozaki talk to the class in her rough voice but she didn't factor in anything she was saying. 'In one ear, out the other.'
"Class the bell will ring in three minutes." Miss Ozaki sniffled her upturned nose and waved her hand. "Remember your homework pages, alright? You have free time."
Naomi and Inuyasha heard this comment, packed their belongings and hurried over to where Kagome was sitting. Her expression was blank and Naomi waved her hand in front of Kagome's face.
"Ohuh?" Kagome sat up and Naomi smiled. Kagome gave a cheesy smile in return.
"Welcome back to the world of us mortals." Naomi grinned and sat down on the desk next to her friend.
"Urm...ok thanks." She responded slowly, wishing that everyone would disappear and leave her be. She just wished to be alone so she could sort herself out mentally and understand exactly what was going on. It would also be helpful if she could honestly let it settle into her mind that Katsuaki was a frigging donkey.
Naomi suddenly noticed Kagome's crying and tapped her shoulder, "Are you alright?" she asked.
Kagome wanted to snap something along the lines of "If I was ok do you think I'd be crying?!" but she refrained herself from doing so and buried her face in her hands again. Inuyasha promptly grabbed her wrists and pulled her arms down towards the desk.
"Before you say anything, I'm positive I can answer than myself." Inuyasha put a hand under her chin and turned her head so it faced him. She blushed.
"I'm fine." She pushed his hand down, "Don't make me say the 'S' word."
"Oh my, please don't frighten me, Kagome."
Kagome was taken aback, and Inuyasha gave her.that. look. It was impossible for her to lie to him when he looked at her like that and she wasn't ever able to blink either. It was just kind of like an enchantment, being locked into his gaze like that. It honestly scared it her a bit.
"Katsuaki." She murmured slowly, shoving his hand down. He didn't bring it back up, but simply draped his arm over the edge of the desk he was sitting at. Naomi leaned in and waited intently with Inuyasha for Kagome to finish.
"Katsuaki just said something that wasn't too pleasant." She sugarcoated that comment, making it sound a lot nicer and happier than what had really occurred about an hour ago. She shuddered at the thought of remembering it and closed her eyes tightly.
"Wait," Inuyasha suddenly gave a very, very dark look, "He said what?"
"That..." Kagome sniffled, "He'd... beat me to kingdom come or something."
"Or something?" Inuyasha suddenly became infuriated, "Where is the cheap-ass little sonnovabitch? I'll slap him to fucking hell and then kill him!"
"I really think it would be better to mankind if you killed him first." Naomi growled and rubbing the sobbing Kagome's shoulders, "Might do Satan a big favor too."
To their surprise, Kagome actually nodded her head and wiped her eyes. She wanted to curl up in a little ball, run into a dark corner, hide, and then die. She placed her cheek against her sixth period desk and let a small memory come to mind.
~START FLASHBACK~
"Yes, he was. I know you don't want to believe-" Sheri was cut off by Kagome's loud scream.
"KATSUAKI WOULDN'T LIE!" Kagome shouted, startling anyone around her. "NO HE DOESN'T! YOU DO!"
~ END FLASHBACK~
"Oh I can't believe I am that stupid," Kagome sobbed, "I believed him. I believe like everything said even after he-"
Kagome stopped when Naomi and Inuyasha looked right at her. They blinked at their crying friend.
"He what?" Naomi asked, "Finish your sentence."
"No, I- I feel stupid." Kagome whispered and buried her face in her hands, "I'm so..."
"What..." Inuyasha hissed suddenly, "Did he do? Don't stall it. Tell me NOW." He placed his hand on her back.
Naomi nodded and her voice turned serious, "Is it something we can fix?"
Kagome shook her head. If she said anything Inuyasha would probably beat the living stuffing out of Katsuaki and use it to line his shoes. But, Katsuaki did threaten her... and he had slapped her a while back. Boyfriends shouldn't slap, should they? They shouldn't hit, insult, or harm in any way, should they? Kagome bit her lip.
"He-"
~'Tell anyone and I'll kill you bitch!'~ ~'...I'd beat you to kingdom come!'~
Kagome breathed deeply, pushing all of his nasty comments and threats to the back of her mind. She didn't need to remember any garbage that came out of his mouth. He didn't say anything he'd actually do; really, the farthest he'd go would be slapping her. Katsuaki was stupid, but not stupid enough to not know Inuyasha would honestly do some permanent damage if he tried anything funny on Kagome.
"Katsuaki," She regained her posture, sitting up and placing the side of her face in one hand, "Slapped me. Hard."
Inuyasha and Naomi looked at each other in an awkward pause. Suddenly, their confused expressions changed, infuriation and revenge stamped on their visages clearly.
"He is so dead." Inuyasha hissed through clenched teeth, "Oh he's beyond that... he's..."
"Oh he is ours," Naomi slammed her fist on the desk she was sitting at, "Oh that little bitch is going to get a taste of my mom's car. I will turn him into a frigging road waffle in thirty seconds flat!"
Inuyasha bit his bottom lip so hard it bled. Naomi put her hand on his shoulder but he roughly shoved it off.
"I would LOVE to see him after school and I'd appreciate it," Inuyasha spun around, "If Midori would let him know that I will be waiting for him in the parking lot."
____________________________________________________________________________ ____ End of Chapter 13: Invitations ____________________________________________________________________________ ____ Wheehoo! Finally finished this chapter. I've just been so busy with my drama...it's either over or really close to it when you read this. Anyways, just expect chapter 14 to be sometime in late December. ^_^ Review, my friends! And please read 'Family Matters' my other incredibly lacking updatesfanfic.
*AUTHORS NOTES* I decided to save the visit between Shinobe and the girls for a later chapter. It's just a chapter by itself, huh? Thanks all of ya! This chapter was sadly incredibly rushed, but I still feel proud of it nonetheless. So everyone, read, review and of course, please enjoy! __________________________________________________________________
A School Story Chapter 13: Invitations By Chibiukyo _________________________________________________________________
The alarm clock went off suddenly, bringing Kagome out of her dream world. She sat up in complete shock and smacked her alarm clock violently with her hand. Its aggravating screeching stopped.
Wiping her eyes with the back of her hand, she laid back down and closed her eyes.
~'I would...'~
Kagome blushed as Inuyasha's voice and face filled her mind.
~'Say that you are exactly the opposite of ugly.'~
What exactly had he meant by that? Did he mean that she was, in his mind, a beautiful girl? Inuyasha definitely had some questionable social skills, but that comment... had been... flattering. It was something that she never thought he'd say about her.
"Kagome!" Miroku knocked furiously on her door, "Wake up, now! Don't make me bring in the the cold water!"
"I'm up don't worry," She replied back and she situated herself so she could get out of her bed. The cringed feeling the cold air surround her after leaving the warmth of her covers and quickly attempted to shove her feet into her slippers. There was a REEEEEEEOR and Kagome screamed. Buyo flew up from the floor and she realized she had just kicked the obese cat in the side.
~*~
"I don't want to do it." Inuyasha annunciated the word 'don't'.
"What would you do if Nakamura-sensei gave you a part?" Sango sipped her tea "Refuse it?"
"Most definitely I would!" He snapped and Sango rolled her eyes.
She sipped her tea again and waited patiently for Kagome to rush down the stairs. Kagome had never been this late before and this was a total first. Plus, being left downstairs with an early morning Inuyasha could drive her to a very early grave.
~*~
As usual, the day was incredibly uneventful, that is, until fifth period approached like a raging storm. Art was their fifth period, the period from hell itself. Today, it was extremely interesting, especially when Mr. Nakamura approached Inuyasha with a lovely little packet-like object.
"God, it's not a main part...is it?" The hanyou's face paled to point where he looked nearly dead. Mr. Nakamura had thrown a script right under Inuyasha's nose and the art teacher looked quite pleased with himself.
"No, Inuyasha it's not A main part, it's THE main part!" Nakamura laughed with a high degree of insanity and Inuyasha face faulted, "Your personality is stuck up enough for a role like this, believe me!"
"HOW SO?!" Inuyasha shouted, now thoroughly desperate, "I REALLY don't want to do this..."
"Too bad." Mr. Nakamura shook his head, "I am forced to choose like this because nobody auditioned last year. Nobody good that is. I really think you could have stage potential. I mean, Drama is an ideal way to burn excess energy and let's face it, you have a lot of excess energy."
Inuyasha frowned, he couldn't decide if that was complimentary or not. Knowing the source of conversation, it probably was an insult. He'd live.
"I think you should do it." Kagome smiled, "It could be really good for you!"
"Discover a talent yet unknown till now!" Sheri chirped in, and Inuyasha shot her a look.
"I don't have time or talent for this." Inuyasha looked at Nakamura, "I want out."
"I think Kagome will be disappointed if you do, so will Kyoko."
Inuyasha was puzzled, "Why Kyoko?"
"Oh," Nakamura laughed, "I suppose I should discuss your cast mates, ne?"
Inuyasha gulped. "No thanks I'd rather NOT know...."
The art teacher clapped his hands three times and the class looked at him within seconds. He grinned at them and Inuyasha shuddered.
"You all know about the upcoming Drama play, don't you?" He asked and they responded, reluctant and aware.
"Well," he continued merrily, "Due to the fact of a very low turnout last year, I get to decide the casting for the play. Now, if you all don't mind I think I'll announce the parts."
Kyoko suddenly beamed, pointed to herself, and whispered something to a few friends. Naoko turned her head from across the room and looked Kyoko square in the eye. Kyoko just smiled sarcastically and looked away. Mr. Nakamura decided to continue his commentary.
"First of all, this is a play a student wrote here at our lovely school," he chirped like a schoolgirl, " and I'm delightfully proud of that young lady. She'll be directing the play as well."
"What an egghead!" Naoko giggled to Sango, who just rolled her eyes and pressed a finger to her lips.
"Shut up." She mumbled and Naoko frowned. That meanie.
"Kyoko here has scored the leading role," Mr. Nakamura placed his hand on the beaming popular princess's shoulder and she beamed like there was no tomorrow. Her posse clapped for her, including Katsuaki, who grinned from across the room and winked. Sheri caught this and was incredibly tempted to give Katsuaki the bird but decided against it. She didn't want to accidentally strain her finger or something else of that nature.
"Oh joy, I'm glad Miss Popular got the role," Kagome muttered under her breath, but then Mr. Nakamura strode casually over to her and placed his hand pleasingly on her shoulder.
"However," Mr. Nakamura removed his hand from her shoulder and took off his glasses, "Since Inuyasha and Kagome here have so much-" he rubbing his glasses on the fabric of his shirt and gave them an insinuating look- "chemistry, I gave Kagome the lead supporting role."
Kyoko's usually pink face paled quickly and she looked over at a besotted Kagome. Kyoko then returned the expression; she was gaping. Kagome wasn't sure what Kyoko was thinking, but as a script was plopped in front of her face, she could only guess that whatever Kyoko was thinking it sure as hell wasn't a nice thing.
"You're Kathryn," Mr. Nakamura said, "Big part, I'm sure you can handle it."
"Urm. yes." Kagome replied, really unsure of what she had just said.
Sheri was a little wide-eyed, "Interesting cast. You play Inuyasha's love interest. Frisky, isn't it? Oh well, I'll be in cre-"
"I think." Kagome interrupted and changed the subject, "I don't know. I think maybe Katsuaki and I should end it."
Sheri looked like she had won the world championship for one thing or another, but whatever it was she looked completely overjoyed. Her expression was quickly turned into a sarcastic dark glare.
"Now," Sheri patted Kagome's back, "Not to sound mean or anything, but you two never really had anything."
The comment was beyond the point of a slap in the face; it was more like a punch. Sheri suddenly covered her mouth and it occurred to her that even with the "not to sound mean" comment it still sounded.well, just plain mean. Sheri wanted to apologize, but Kagome was the first to speak.
"You're right," Kagome muttered, she didn't sound too upset even though her expression said it, "Don't worry about it."
Sheri didn't respond, just widened her eyes immensely.
"I just kind of jumped to things I suppose. I was so desperate to find a great guy- "
"Whoa," Sheri suddenly widened her eyes, "Um. what?"
Kagome raised an eyebrow, "I said I wanted to find a great guy."
Sheri looked at Kagome like she was a frigging idiot. Sheri looked to where Inuyasha had been sitting, and then back at Kagome, who, in return, looked utterly lost. Sheri just looked baffled.
"Alright," She took Kagome's hands in hers, "You do have a great guy! Inuyasha!"
Kagome felt the sudden urge to actually laugh, but fought it. Inuyasha was. he was.just Inuyasha. That was the best way she could describe it to herself or anyone. He was just Inuyasha, not the boyfriend kind of material. It wasn't that she didn't like him; it wasn't that he wasn't at times incredibly cute and that occasionally he could get a little nice.
"Come on," Sheri laughed, "I know you like Inuyasha. I mean, if you don't want Inuyasha, I'll take him! Those weirdo costume dog-ear things in all."
"C-c-costume?" Kagome got a little nervous at that comment but recovered quickly, "No I don't think about him like that."
"Oh come off it, Kagome!"
Kagome blushed, it was true, she did like Inuyasha in much more than a friendly way, but she had no idea what he thought about her. She had no plan to reveal anything to him, in fear that he might get a little afraid, or paranoid for that matter, when around her. He probably wouldn't though; it wasn't in his nature to be afraid of people, demons, or whatever. Inuyasha just wasn't afraid. Kagome felt like sharing.
"I want to go with Inuyasha to the dance." She stated calmly, and Sheri looked in the least bit surprised.
"I saw it coming," She grinned, "I just felt it in mah bones."
"Figured you did," Kagome responded and smiled, "I think I could probably show him a fun time."
That statement could have sounded slightly conceited or entirely true, depending on how well you knew Kagome or Inuyasha. It was obvious Inuyasha knew nothing about school dances, and it would be excessively strange for him to go with another girl. Kagome could show Inuyasha everything and would have quite a ball seeing him all dolled up in a tuxedo. Giggling slightly at the thought of Inuyasha The Prom Date, she glanced over to see what Sango and Naoko were chattering about.
Sango had turned to Naoko and they were talking in a hush-hush sort of tone. Kagome and Sheri eyed them rather suspiciously, but neither of them noticed in the slightest.
"We need to talk to Shinobe." Sango said, and Naoko nodded in response.
"We can see her after school, don't you think?" Naoko asked and took out her art project, "You're not busy are you?"
"Nope, I'm bored as hell after school. Lunch gives me plenty of time to finish my homey work."
Naoko widened her eyes, "Homey work?"
"Homework! Homework!" Sango mumbled, "Sorry. I'm just a little."
Naoko nodded, "Yes me too."
The girls spent the rest of their period discussing about where to meet after school and what exactly to ask Shinobe. They didn't want to get too touchy with her, for fear of offending the one person who could tell them exactly what they needed to know about Katsuaki. They agreed to meet right outside the girl's lavatory, just a few minutes after the bell rang.
~*~ "Alright." Sheri huffed, "You. You want to go with Inuyasha to the dance, affirmative?"
"What?" Kagome asked, "You sound like a drill sergeant..."
Sheri raised an eyebrow, "Just answer yes or no."
Kagome blushed, "Yes. I want to go with Inuyasha."
Sheri nodded to her friend approvingly. Sheri was a master at breaking up and creating new relationships for her friends, but somehow she could never manage to keep down a boyfriend for herself. She just always figured that it had to do with her demanding personality and old-fashioned dating rules.
"Well go out there and dump his ass then!"
"Urm... are you busy?" she asked slowly, ready to run far away from Katsuaki. He turned around, beyond the point of annoyed.
"No. Not really I can put my day on hold just for you." He snapped, a sugarcoated insult. She chuckled nervously.
"Katsuaki. I think..." Kagome inhaled deeply and glanced at Sheri. Sheri gave her a thumb up and Kagome regained her confidence. She looked back at Katsuaki, who raised an eyebrow.
"What do you want?" He snapped, halfway besotted and halfway pissed.
She gulped. He was scary. "I think we should-"
"WHAT?!" He shouted, "What?" Kagome jumped back at the loudness and tone of his voice. There was an awkward silence.
Kagome was shaking and realized she had jumped at least three feet back from her "boyfriend." That wasn't a title Katsuaki deserved in the slightest bit. Boyfriend? He didn't even deserve the terms 'loser' or 'butt- head.' And obviously his mental capabilities didn't stretch far enough to compute the fact her was yelling at her in front of her friends.
"What do you want, girl?" He barked, "I'm going to be late for my class and I really think it's more important than you at the moment. So, like, yeah."
"Excuse me?"
"Kagome you know you're just not my top priority, alright?" Katsuaki stretched his free arm and accidentally smacked the person walked past him. They shouted something at him but he just rolled his eyes. "People these days! They show no respect for someone more popular than them. Don't you-"
"Um, I'm not you're top priority? Then what am I? Number fifty?" She interrupted him, "Or is that a little too high?"
"Hey you cut off my-" He stammered, reddening quickly.
"Do I look like I give a damn?" Kagome suddenly blew up, "I could so care less! I'm going to finish what I was going to say earlier and there is no way in HELL you are interrupting me you-"
"Is that any way to talk to a man?" Katsuaki snapped at her. His giant ego was deflating and it needed to be fixed. A girlfriend NEVER stood up to him!
"Man?" Kagome suddenly became sarcastically quizzical, "Since when did you hit puberty? Yesterday?"
Katsuaki's face turned bright red. It wasn't the cute kind of "blush" but more of the way Katsuaki's face had turned when he slapped her. He bit his bottom lip and closed his eyes while Kagome suddenly lost her sudden rush of anger. When he opened his eyes and stared her down, she saw that his expression had become... demonic.
"Bitch," He seethed, "Even if that was a good comeback it was still retarded. You're lucky you have your personal bodyguard or I'd beat you to kingdom come." Katsuaki glared at her and she backed down quickly.
"I-" She was mortified by his last words. He walked up and shoved her violently out of the way, scattering her belongings all over the linoleum floor. She accidentally slipped on a paper and landed butt first on the ground. Seeing this, Sheri became wide-eyed and ran over to Kagome.
"What the HELL?" Sheri helped Kagome up and glared at Katsuaki's back so fiercely, she could have burned holes through him. She brushed Kagome off and picked up her books and placed them gently in Kagome's arms.
"Just," Kagome felt she was on the verge of either crying or killing someone, ".let's go to class, alright?"
~*~
Kagome had spent most of her sixth period gazing out the window. She just felt too depressed and disgusting to do anything else, especially pay mind to her studies. She could hear Miss Ozaki talk to the class in her rough voice but she didn't factor in anything she was saying. 'In one ear, out the other.'
"Class the bell will ring in three minutes." Miss Ozaki sniffled her upturned nose and waved her hand. "Remember your homework pages, alright? You have free time."
Naomi and Inuyasha heard this comment, packed their belongings and hurried over to where Kagome was sitting. Her expression was blank and Naomi waved her hand in front of Kagome's face.
"Ohuh?" Kagome sat up and Naomi smiled. Kagome gave a cheesy smile in return.
"Welcome back to the world of us mortals." Naomi grinned and sat down on the desk next to her friend.
"Urm...ok thanks." She responded slowly, wishing that everyone would disappear and leave her be. She just wished to be alone so she could sort herself out mentally and understand exactly what was going on. It would also be helpful if she could honestly let it settle into her mind that Katsuaki was a frigging donkey.
Naomi suddenly noticed Kagome's crying and tapped her shoulder, "Are you alright?" she asked.
Kagome wanted to snap something along the lines of "If I was ok do you think I'd be crying?!" but she refrained herself from doing so and buried her face in her hands again. Inuyasha promptly grabbed her wrists and pulled her arms down towards the desk.
"Before you say anything, I'm positive I can answer than myself." Inuyasha put a hand under her chin and turned her head so it faced him. She blushed.
"I'm fine." She pushed his hand down, "Don't make me say the 'S' word."
"Oh my, please don't frighten me, Kagome."
Kagome was taken aback, and Inuyasha gave her.that. look. It was impossible for her to lie to him when he looked at her like that and she wasn't ever able to blink either. It was just kind of like an enchantment, being locked into his gaze like that. It honestly scared it her a bit.
"Katsuaki." She murmured slowly, shoving his hand down. He didn't bring it back up, but simply draped his arm over the edge of the desk he was sitting at. Naomi leaned in and waited intently with Inuyasha for Kagome to finish.
"Katsuaki just said something that wasn't too pleasant." She sugarcoated that comment, making it sound a lot nicer and happier than what had really occurred about an hour ago. She shuddered at the thought of remembering it and closed her eyes tightly.
"Wait," Inuyasha suddenly gave a very, very dark look, "He said what?"
"That..." Kagome sniffled, "He'd... beat me to kingdom come or something."
"Or something?" Inuyasha suddenly became infuriated, "Where is the cheap-ass little sonnovabitch? I'll slap him to fucking hell and then kill him!"
"I really think it would be better to mankind if you killed him first." Naomi growled and rubbing the sobbing Kagome's shoulders, "Might do Satan a big favor too."
To their surprise, Kagome actually nodded her head and wiped her eyes. She wanted to curl up in a little ball, run into a dark corner, hide, and then die. She placed her cheek against her sixth period desk and let a small memory come to mind.
~START FLASHBACK~
"Yes, he was. I know you don't want to believe-" Sheri was cut off by Kagome's loud scream.
"KATSUAKI WOULDN'T LIE!" Kagome shouted, startling anyone around her. "NO HE DOESN'T! YOU DO!"
~ END FLASHBACK~
"Oh I can't believe I am that stupid," Kagome sobbed, "I believed him. I believe like everything said even after he-"
Kagome stopped when Naomi and Inuyasha looked right at her. They blinked at their crying friend.
"He what?" Naomi asked, "Finish your sentence."
"No, I- I feel stupid." Kagome whispered and buried her face in her hands, "I'm so..."
"What..." Inuyasha hissed suddenly, "Did he do? Don't stall it. Tell me NOW." He placed his hand on her back.
Naomi nodded and her voice turned serious, "Is it something we can fix?"
Kagome shook her head. If she said anything Inuyasha would probably beat the living stuffing out of Katsuaki and use it to line his shoes. But, Katsuaki did threaten her... and he had slapped her a while back. Boyfriends shouldn't slap, should they? They shouldn't hit, insult, or harm in any way, should they? Kagome bit her lip.
"He-"
~'Tell anyone and I'll kill you bitch!'~ ~'...I'd beat you to kingdom come!'~
Kagome breathed deeply, pushing all of his nasty comments and threats to the back of her mind. She didn't need to remember any garbage that came out of his mouth. He didn't say anything he'd actually do; really, the farthest he'd go would be slapping her. Katsuaki was stupid, but not stupid enough to not know Inuyasha would honestly do some permanent damage if he tried anything funny on Kagome.
"Katsuaki," She regained her posture, sitting up and placing the side of her face in one hand, "Slapped me. Hard."
Inuyasha and Naomi looked at each other in an awkward pause. Suddenly, their confused expressions changed, infuriation and revenge stamped on their visages clearly.
"He is so dead." Inuyasha hissed through clenched teeth, "Oh he's beyond that... he's..."
"Oh he is ours," Naomi slammed her fist on the desk she was sitting at, "Oh that little bitch is going to get a taste of my mom's car. I will turn him into a frigging road waffle in thirty seconds flat!"
Inuyasha bit his bottom lip so hard it bled. Naomi put her hand on his shoulder but he roughly shoved it off.
"I would LOVE to see him after school and I'd appreciate it," Inuyasha spun around, "If Midori would let him know that I will be waiting for him in the parking lot."
____________________________________________________________________________ ____ End of Chapter 13: Invitations ____________________________________________________________________________ ____ Wheehoo! Finally finished this chapter. I've just been so busy with my drama...it's either over or really close to it when you read this. Anyways, just expect chapter 14 to be sometime in late December. ^_^ Review, my friends! And please read 'Family Matters' my other incredibly lacking updatesfanfic.