A/N: Heyheyhey! I really hope this chapter doesn't disappoint anyone. I might write a humor sometime. ^^' I know, too many stories. I really need to update Loving Rivalry...oh well. ^_^ I know Kikyou is a bit...*cough*...strange, but I'm trying to make things more interesting. Really, I'd like to improve my writing, but alas, to no luck. It'll just always be my plain, to-the-point writing. I really don't like directness. Or rather, just TOO much directness. I wish I could write more like those popular Sess/Kag authors out there...*sigh*.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Inuyasha-tachi. *sniff*
An Inuyasha High School Fic
Chapter Ten
Kagome continued on her way to the destination she had originally been meaning to reach before bumping into Inuyasha. 'Really, I had no reason to be angry,' she thought logically. 'Love is love; if he still loves Kikyou, then so be it.' She frowned slightly, a bit startled by her own seeming wisdom. The familiar glass doors were approaching, appearing to smile their welcome at her as she pushed them open.
(A/N: Did anyone notice, a couple chapters back, there was snow? And that in the course of a day or two, it seemed like everything turned to spring? I apologize!!! I didn't realize it until now! I screwed up bad!!! ^^''' I'll try to reverse the effect, now! I know I've made several mistakes in this story now. I'm really sorry!!!! I can't believe I'm so INCOMPETENT!!!!!)
The golden handle of the door was chilly, numbing her fingers slightly. 'Where did the sudden warm weather go?' Kagome pulled the door open, pulling her jacket close around her as the door shut behind her. Unconsciously, she moved through the path of the garden. The cherry blossom trees were bare, cloaked with a veil of unblemished white snow. Sighing, she looked around, missing the usually booming energy the small garden seemed to radiate. Everything seemed...so...empty, almost. She stopped as the path came to an end, her eyes greeting someone whom was always present, ubiquitous, like air. Everywhere she went, it seemed, it was he whom was there...Sesshoumaru.
'Why have I come here, of all places?' she thought angrily, glaring at him.
Yes, it had been her original purpose, to seek out Sesshoumaru. However much she would deny it, it seemed that HE was the only one she could trust. It seemed, HE was the only logical person in the world. And it was HE whom could explain everything. Sesshoumaru, indeed, was the only predictable person in this whole damned planet, or so she thought. Her mouth moved without words for a moment as he stared over at her. He was standing, hands in pockets, near the frozen fountain, turned off for the winter, and gazing intently at her, a look of boredom and mild curiosity mixed in his usually stoical features. The look seemed to ask, "Yes?"
Finally, after gathering her bearings, her face twisted in annoyance. "What are you doing here?" she demanded, ignoring the reason she had been here was to find him.
"Quite the contrary," he answered smoothly, stepping towards her, "What are YOU doing here?"
Her mind tripped for a moment, unsure of what to say. Deciding on her action, she waved her hand, seeming to wave off the question. "Nevermind," she said absently, also taking a step towards him, "What do you think you were doing back at the park?"
"Talking to my brother," he answered simply.
"And were you aware that I was there?!" she shouted at him, unsure of what was driving her on.
"No, not at all, I am ashamed to say," Sesshoumaru responded, looking thoughtful for a moment.
At first, Kagome was schocked. 'Could he possibly be concerned about my feelings? That if he knew I was there, he wouldn't have questioned Inuyasha's feelings?' The thought was totally new to Kagome and the possibility that it was true was even moreso. Upon re-thinking, she realized he meant the fact that he couldn't sense her was degrading to him. 'He should have been able to detect me, hear me, see me slightly, something like that.' Along with the revelation came slight disappointment. 'Disappointed? Me? Hell no!' Her face twisted again into a scowl. 'Get it together, Kagome.'
As she had been thinking, Sesshoumaru had moved just an arm's length away from her. He now placed his hands on her shoulders, turning her towards the doorway. She gasped slightly, the scowl disappearing from her face. Gently, he pushed her towards the glass doors.
"Let's get inside," he said softly, opening the door for both of them.
Once inside, Kagome turned around angrily, shaking his hands off her shoulders. "What do you think you're doing?!" she hissed vehemently.
"Pushing you inside the building," he answered calmly, turning away from her and walking down the hallway.
"You...!"
Kagome couldn't think of anything to say. Really, he hadn't done anything wrong. 'Wow, I'm really getting on everyone, today...' She decided to drop it and walk to her next class, taking a different route than Sesshoumaru. Her thoughts wandered as she glanced out at the chill landscape from the large windows. Tokyo looked...as if...it was just frozen...frozen in time... Everything seemed to have a cold look to it. She sighed. Winter was going to be harsher than she expected.
~*~*~*~*~
Kikyou clenched and unclenched her fists, moving gracefully behind the door in order to get out of her sister's line of sight. 'Bitch,' she thought venomously, glaring at her back. Inuyasha was hers! No one else's! Puzzled for a moment at her own possessiveness, Kikyou paused her in her fit of jealous envy. She thought back to the time when she really DID have Inuyasha, all to herself, and then...she had thrown it all to the wayside...
~*~*~*~*~
Inuyasha's arm was draped across Kikyou's slender shoulders as they strolled down the sidewalk to her apartment. School had just ended, and the crowds of junior high-schoolers were just bursting through the doors. People shuffled past them, eager to arrive back home. Kikyou sighed softly, her eyes cast down at the ground. It was again that she was remembering the events to her separation from her twin sister...something she now regretted she had done. Still, she held her head high and stubbornly refused to admit to her father that it had all been a lie...a vicious lie. Her guilty conscious changed her drastically. After her childhood years with Kagome, her cheery twin, she had become more sociable, kinder, and much less arrogant. Though she kept her reserved manner, she was found with many more friends and became popular among the junior high population. The crush she had been harboring for so long had finally taken to her. 'Inuyasha.' Kikyou looked up happily at her boyfriend, smiling up at his confused face. It was strange just to turn and smile at someone, ne?
~*~*~*~*~
Kikyou smiled bitterly at the memory. 'Why did I have to ruin it for myself?' Her fists clenched again at her sides. 'I just HAD to be attracted to his DAMN brother!' Realizing the turn in her thoughts, she silently berated herself for speaking of his eminence like so. 'No! I'm completely devoted to Sesshoumaru and only to Sesshoumaru.' She glanced around the doorframe to Inuyasha, still standing after Kagome had walked down the hall. 'Still...' Kikyou's expression softened. 'I left him...I left him, and he was devastated...'
~*~*~*~*~
Sesshoumaru brushed past his brother and his girlfriend. 'Foolish,' he thought as the girl turned to stare at him. He could tell she was knocked breathless from the noise behind him. Smirking slightly, he turned and flashed her a smile. Then, he went on his way. As he exited the room, he could almost feel Inuyasha's anger...
Kikyou looked back, mouth gaping. 'Inuyasha's brother is absolutely GORGEOUS!' He brushed past her, but before putting five feet between them, he turned back and smiled at her, a smile that completely stole her heart. She smiled goofily, as if a school girl's crush had just kissed her on the cheek. Inuyasha turned to her and snorted in disdain. Kikyou came crashing back to reality and her girlish instincts took over.
"Oh my god!" she exclaimed, eyes wide, "Who WAS that, Inuyasha?!"
"My brother," he answered monotonously.
"What's his name?" Kikyou demanded frantically, trying to look for any sign of him in the next room.
"Sesshoumaru," Inuyasha replied, a bit confused. "Why?"
As if her brain had gone on auto-pilot, she answered, "He's absolutely GORGEOUS!"
Inuyasha frowned, portraying his obvious hurt and somewhat angry emotions. Kikyou gasped, mentally kicking herself for doing that. "Inuyasha, I didn't mean..."
He sighed, holding a hand up to silence her. "Never mind," he said, shaking his head.
~*~*~*~*~
'Yes...that's what had gotten him started...' Kikyou tried to remember everything but came up blank. All she could remember was Sesshoumaru. Everything, after that, seemed to center around him. Inuyasha had gotten jealous and became, perhaps, a little too overly protective of her. "Where were you, Kikyou? You were late, Kikyou. Who's that guy you were hanging out with the other day, Kikyou?" Then, she snapped...
~*~*~*~*~
"Inuyasha! I'm SICK and TIRED of this!" Kikyou complained, raising her voice to an angry shriek. "I can't stand it! WHY are you ALWAYS hanging around me?!"
"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU, BITCH?! I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT!!!!" Inuyasha answered lividly.
"DON'T YOU DARE CALL ME A BITCH! YOU'RE THE ONE WHO'S BEING BITCHY!" Kikyou shrieked back. By now, a crowd of young students gathered around the couple, loved by all.
Before Inuyasha could think of a snappy comeback, Kikyou kept going. "You! WHY can't you be more reserved like your brother?! HE IS A THOUSAND TIMES BETTER THAN YOU IN EVERY WAY!!!!"
Gasping, Kikyou covered her mouth with her hand. 'No...no...I didn't just say that.' No matter how much she denied it inside, she knew that Sesshoumaru seemed to be the living, walking, portrayal of perfection, but Inuyasha was the one she loved...wasn't he? The hurt flashed in Inuyasha's eyes. Anger and sadness floated along with it. Turning, he walked away from her, the circle of students parting for him to get through. Kikyou watched, tears threatening to spill out, as Inuyasha's form grew dimmer in the hallway. There he was, the only person she knew was meant for her, walking away, giving up on her. She had lost another she never knew she loved...
~*~*~*~*~
'Now,' Kikyou thought ironically, 'they're both here in school with me. Kagome is with Inuyasha. Those two...they were everything...and now...they've both turned away from me.' After the breakup with Inuyasha, Kikyou was a chilled beauty again. No one dared to come close to her. She strived to become more like Sesshoumaru, more perfect in every way, it seemed. She even made a club dedicated to him, the one perfect being on this wretched Earth. Still, he ignored her as if she was a rock on the ground, insignificant. Nonetheless, she would push forward until he DID notice her. Kikyou smirked. 'Inuyasha is still willing to take me back. Soon, I'll take Sesshoumaru as well.' The bell rang for class and Kikyou glided off, her plans taking shape in her conniving mind.
A/N: Sorry for the late, late update. I hope no one was disappointed. The chapter, as you can see, was mostly about Kikyou. As much as I hate her, I had to give her a good reason to be ice cold, yano? I wrote this chapter in a bit of a daze, so mistakes are quite possible, and I apologize. ^_^;;; If you want hints on the next chapter, go visit my profile, it'll give you an idea of what's going to happen, perhaps, in the next chapter. Okay! Suggestions are welcome!
~*~*~Dark Star~*~*~
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Inuyasha-tachi. *sniff*
An Inuyasha High School Fic
Chapter Ten
Kagome continued on her way to the destination she had originally been meaning to reach before bumping into Inuyasha. 'Really, I had no reason to be angry,' she thought logically. 'Love is love; if he still loves Kikyou, then so be it.' She frowned slightly, a bit startled by her own seeming wisdom. The familiar glass doors were approaching, appearing to smile their welcome at her as she pushed them open.
(A/N: Did anyone notice, a couple chapters back, there was snow? And that in the course of a day or two, it seemed like everything turned to spring? I apologize!!! I didn't realize it until now! I screwed up bad!!! ^^''' I'll try to reverse the effect, now! I know I've made several mistakes in this story now. I'm really sorry!!!! I can't believe I'm so INCOMPETENT!!!!!)
The golden handle of the door was chilly, numbing her fingers slightly. 'Where did the sudden warm weather go?' Kagome pulled the door open, pulling her jacket close around her as the door shut behind her. Unconsciously, she moved through the path of the garden. The cherry blossom trees were bare, cloaked with a veil of unblemished white snow. Sighing, she looked around, missing the usually booming energy the small garden seemed to radiate. Everything seemed...so...empty, almost. She stopped as the path came to an end, her eyes greeting someone whom was always present, ubiquitous, like air. Everywhere she went, it seemed, it was he whom was there...Sesshoumaru.
'Why have I come here, of all places?' she thought angrily, glaring at him.
Yes, it had been her original purpose, to seek out Sesshoumaru. However much she would deny it, it seemed that HE was the only one she could trust. It seemed, HE was the only logical person in the world. And it was HE whom could explain everything. Sesshoumaru, indeed, was the only predictable person in this whole damned planet, or so she thought. Her mouth moved without words for a moment as he stared over at her. He was standing, hands in pockets, near the frozen fountain, turned off for the winter, and gazing intently at her, a look of boredom and mild curiosity mixed in his usually stoical features. The look seemed to ask, "Yes?"
Finally, after gathering her bearings, her face twisted in annoyance. "What are you doing here?" she demanded, ignoring the reason she had been here was to find him.
"Quite the contrary," he answered smoothly, stepping towards her, "What are YOU doing here?"
Her mind tripped for a moment, unsure of what to say. Deciding on her action, she waved her hand, seeming to wave off the question. "Nevermind," she said absently, also taking a step towards him, "What do you think you were doing back at the park?"
"Talking to my brother," he answered simply.
"And were you aware that I was there?!" she shouted at him, unsure of what was driving her on.
"No, not at all, I am ashamed to say," Sesshoumaru responded, looking thoughtful for a moment.
At first, Kagome was schocked. 'Could he possibly be concerned about my feelings? That if he knew I was there, he wouldn't have questioned Inuyasha's feelings?' The thought was totally new to Kagome and the possibility that it was true was even moreso. Upon re-thinking, she realized he meant the fact that he couldn't sense her was degrading to him. 'He should have been able to detect me, hear me, see me slightly, something like that.' Along with the revelation came slight disappointment. 'Disappointed? Me? Hell no!' Her face twisted again into a scowl. 'Get it together, Kagome.'
As she had been thinking, Sesshoumaru had moved just an arm's length away from her. He now placed his hands on her shoulders, turning her towards the doorway. She gasped slightly, the scowl disappearing from her face. Gently, he pushed her towards the glass doors.
"Let's get inside," he said softly, opening the door for both of them.
Once inside, Kagome turned around angrily, shaking his hands off her shoulders. "What do you think you're doing?!" she hissed vehemently.
"Pushing you inside the building," he answered calmly, turning away from her and walking down the hallway.
"You...!"
Kagome couldn't think of anything to say. Really, he hadn't done anything wrong. 'Wow, I'm really getting on everyone, today...' She decided to drop it and walk to her next class, taking a different route than Sesshoumaru. Her thoughts wandered as she glanced out at the chill landscape from the large windows. Tokyo looked...as if...it was just frozen...frozen in time... Everything seemed to have a cold look to it. She sighed. Winter was going to be harsher than she expected.
~*~*~*~*~
Kikyou clenched and unclenched her fists, moving gracefully behind the door in order to get out of her sister's line of sight. 'Bitch,' she thought venomously, glaring at her back. Inuyasha was hers! No one else's! Puzzled for a moment at her own possessiveness, Kikyou paused her in her fit of jealous envy. She thought back to the time when she really DID have Inuyasha, all to herself, and then...she had thrown it all to the wayside...
~*~*~*~*~
Inuyasha's arm was draped across Kikyou's slender shoulders as they strolled down the sidewalk to her apartment. School had just ended, and the crowds of junior high-schoolers were just bursting through the doors. People shuffled past them, eager to arrive back home. Kikyou sighed softly, her eyes cast down at the ground. It was again that she was remembering the events to her separation from her twin sister...something she now regretted she had done. Still, she held her head high and stubbornly refused to admit to her father that it had all been a lie...a vicious lie. Her guilty conscious changed her drastically. After her childhood years with Kagome, her cheery twin, she had become more sociable, kinder, and much less arrogant. Though she kept her reserved manner, she was found with many more friends and became popular among the junior high population. The crush she had been harboring for so long had finally taken to her. 'Inuyasha.' Kikyou looked up happily at her boyfriend, smiling up at his confused face. It was strange just to turn and smile at someone, ne?
~*~*~*~*~
Kikyou smiled bitterly at the memory. 'Why did I have to ruin it for myself?' Her fists clenched again at her sides. 'I just HAD to be attracted to his DAMN brother!' Realizing the turn in her thoughts, she silently berated herself for speaking of his eminence like so. 'No! I'm completely devoted to Sesshoumaru and only to Sesshoumaru.' She glanced around the doorframe to Inuyasha, still standing after Kagome had walked down the hall. 'Still...' Kikyou's expression softened. 'I left him...I left him, and he was devastated...'
~*~*~*~*~
Sesshoumaru brushed past his brother and his girlfriend. 'Foolish,' he thought as the girl turned to stare at him. He could tell she was knocked breathless from the noise behind him. Smirking slightly, he turned and flashed her a smile. Then, he went on his way. As he exited the room, he could almost feel Inuyasha's anger...
Kikyou looked back, mouth gaping. 'Inuyasha's brother is absolutely GORGEOUS!' He brushed past her, but before putting five feet between them, he turned back and smiled at her, a smile that completely stole her heart. She smiled goofily, as if a school girl's crush had just kissed her on the cheek. Inuyasha turned to her and snorted in disdain. Kikyou came crashing back to reality and her girlish instincts took over.
"Oh my god!" she exclaimed, eyes wide, "Who WAS that, Inuyasha?!"
"My brother," he answered monotonously.
"What's his name?" Kikyou demanded frantically, trying to look for any sign of him in the next room.
"Sesshoumaru," Inuyasha replied, a bit confused. "Why?"
As if her brain had gone on auto-pilot, she answered, "He's absolutely GORGEOUS!"
Inuyasha frowned, portraying his obvious hurt and somewhat angry emotions. Kikyou gasped, mentally kicking herself for doing that. "Inuyasha, I didn't mean..."
He sighed, holding a hand up to silence her. "Never mind," he said, shaking his head.
~*~*~*~*~
'Yes...that's what had gotten him started...' Kikyou tried to remember everything but came up blank. All she could remember was Sesshoumaru. Everything, after that, seemed to center around him. Inuyasha had gotten jealous and became, perhaps, a little too overly protective of her. "Where were you, Kikyou? You were late, Kikyou. Who's that guy you were hanging out with the other day, Kikyou?" Then, she snapped...
~*~*~*~*~
"Inuyasha! I'm SICK and TIRED of this!" Kikyou complained, raising her voice to an angry shriek. "I can't stand it! WHY are you ALWAYS hanging around me?!"
"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU, BITCH?! I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT!!!!" Inuyasha answered lividly.
"DON'T YOU DARE CALL ME A BITCH! YOU'RE THE ONE WHO'S BEING BITCHY!" Kikyou shrieked back. By now, a crowd of young students gathered around the couple, loved by all.
Before Inuyasha could think of a snappy comeback, Kikyou kept going. "You! WHY can't you be more reserved like your brother?! HE IS A THOUSAND TIMES BETTER THAN YOU IN EVERY WAY!!!!"
Gasping, Kikyou covered her mouth with her hand. 'No...no...I didn't just say that.' No matter how much she denied it inside, she knew that Sesshoumaru seemed to be the living, walking, portrayal of perfection, but Inuyasha was the one she loved...wasn't he? The hurt flashed in Inuyasha's eyes. Anger and sadness floated along with it. Turning, he walked away from her, the circle of students parting for him to get through. Kikyou watched, tears threatening to spill out, as Inuyasha's form grew dimmer in the hallway. There he was, the only person she knew was meant for her, walking away, giving up on her. She had lost another she never knew she loved...
~*~*~*~*~
'Now,' Kikyou thought ironically, 'they're both here in school with me. Kagome is with Inuyasha. Those two...they were everything...and now...they've both turned away from me.' After the breakup with Inuyasha, Kikyou was a chilled beauty again. No one dared to come close to her. She strived to become more like Sesshoumaru, more perfect in every way, it seemed. She even made a club dedicated to him, the one perfect being on this wretched Earth. Still, he ignored her as if she was a rock on the ground, insignificant. Nonetheless, she would push forward until he DID notice her. Kikyou smirked. 'Inuyasha is still willing to take me back. Soon, I'll take Sesshoumaru as well.' The bell rang for class and Kikyou glided off, her plans taking shape in her conniving mind.
A/N: Sorry for the late, late update. I hope no one was disappointed. The chapter, as you can see, was mostly about Kikyou. As much as I hate her, I had to give her a good reason to be ice cold, yano? I wrote this chapter in a bit of a daze, so mistakes are quite possible, and I apologize. ^_^;;; If you want hints on the next chapter, go visit my profile, it'll give you an idea of what's going to happen, perhaps, in the next chapter. Okay! Suggestions are welcome!
~*~*~Dark Star~*~*~