First Kiss
Chapter 2: The Fight and The Fire
By: Lafine
Beta-read by : LilFoxGirl
Kagome stared at Inuyasha and Inuyasha stared back.
Sango, Kikyou and Miroku (who somehow stopped his running flight and had turned back) all stared at their friend.
All the students around the stair and the hall stared at the couple on the floor, whispering to each other.
Inuyasha and Kagome were still on the floor in the exact same position, both feeling too shocked to move. Well that is until Miroku, being the perverted boy he is, grinned and gave them a comment.
"My my Inuyasha, you should do this kind of thing in a room, NOT in the school's hall."
That comment sent Kagome and Inuyasha flying away from each other with lightning speed. They gave Miroku glares that sent him to go "eep" and hide behind Sango. Then Kagome and Inuyasha both turned their glare to their opponent.
"YOU!" both shouted at the same time.
"What the fuck were you doing in my way, you bitch?" Inuyasha screamed, starting the argument.
"ME?! You were the one who crashed into me, you idiot!" Kagome screamed back.
"I wouldn't if YOU had NOT been in MY WAY!"
"And I WOULDN'T have been in YOUR WAY if you had been walking down the stairs like a civilized person and not running down like an idiot!"
"BITCH."
"JERK."
"CLUMSY WOMAN."
"Excuse me. You're the one who's CLUMSY, IDIOT!!" Kagome screamed again. "And you took away my first kiss." Kagome whispered the last sentence quietly. The scene was replaying in her head now. Oh to get her first kiss taken away like that, she was almost crying now.
Inuyasha heard the last sentence due to his sharp ears, he blushed but it was quick to disappear so no one saw it. He snorted angrily.
"Like I wanted to kiss an ugly girl like you."
That was a stupid thing to do, even for Inuyasha. Kagome looked at Inuyasha with cold eyes brimming with tears. Her aura flared like fire around her. Inuyasha and the other people who were watching the scene took a step back.
"BASTARD!" Kagome slapped Inuyasha, hard. Inuyasha staggered back due the force. He put a hand up to his red cheek and was about to retort angrily again when he saw Kagome's face.
Tears were flowing freely from her eyes. She bit her lips to stop them from quivering. The hands at her side were clenching and unclenching to control the emotion that ran inside her. That expression made Inuyasha take a guilty trip in less than one second.
'I made her cry? It's only a kiss, right? It doesn't mean anything, right?' Even he himself wasn't sure about the excuse.
"O, oi don't cry."
Kagome shot him another glare that made Inuyasha's blood turn cold. She wiped her tears furiously with the back of her hand and screamed "JERK" before she ran away, the other students moving and giving her way.
"Kagome!" Kikyou and Sango ran after her, well not before Sango hit Inuyasha's head with her bag. Inuyasha fell unconscious to the floor with swirly eyes.
~*~*~*In the woman's bathroom*~*~*~
Sango and Kikyou entered the room, searching for Kagome. They found her splashing water to her face angrily. They approached her carefully. They have known Kagome like forever and she was a nice girl but when she was angry …. well even they didn't want to think about it. The last time she got angry like this, her opponent got a broken nose, bruised face, and scrapes all over his arms and legs. She made him look like a panda with those black eyes. That happened when she was only eight years old too.
"Kagome," Kikyou quietly called to her friend who now stopped splashing and started wiping her mouth like it was contaminated. "It will be okay, Kag-chan."
Kagome looked at Kikyou with hurt in her eyes. Stifling a sob, she said, "no, it won't be okay. It was my first kiss, Kikyou and he … he…" She couldn't finish her words because another set of fresh tears coming.
Sango hugged her friend and Kagome cried into Sango's shoulder, making the uniform wet. Kikyou patted Kagome's hair like a mother did when their children were crying. She and Sango looked at each other and silently made a promise to make the guy (Inuyasha, they didn't know his name yet) pay.
After a few minutes of crying, Kagome finally calmed down and she smiled gratefully at her friends. "Thank you guys. Sorry for making you worry like that."
"It's fine, Kagome. Here wipe those tears away." Kikyou handed her a handkerchief and Kagome took it, wiping her face with it.
"Are you feeling better now?" Sango asked with concern.
"Um..." Kagome nodded her head. "Let's go home now. I don't feel like staying here any longer."
Sango and Kikyou looked at each other again, followed their friend out the bathroom, and went home.
~*~*~*Inuyasha's POV*~*~*~
'Damn that girl.' He felt really peeved. He woke up from his unconscious state because of Miroku's poking (He hit him for that) and his head was still hurting from the hit the girl (Sango) had given him. Moreover that bag was heavy for God's sake. What did that girl put in her bag? A brick?
He rubbed his cheek where Kagome had slapped him and found that the sting was gone. He did feel guilty about the kiss but the slap turned the guilt to anger. He pouted.
"It's not my fault she was in my way," he mumbled to himself.
"It was, you know." Miroku's voice jolted Inuyasha back to reality.
"What the fuck? Miroku, don't sneak behind people like that!" Inuyasha screamed while Miroku just dismissed it with a wave of his hand.
"It was YOUR fault, Inuyasha. For crashing into her and kissing her right in front of her friends and the other students. She must be very embarrassed."
"It was an accident!" Inuyasha tried to defend himself. "Besides it was only a kiss."
Miroku looked at Inuyasha oddly.
"What?"
"Inuyasha, do you know how much a girl values a kiss? It's not only lips touching lips for them. It is very special. It shows love, not lust OR the result of an accident," Miroku added the last part before Inuyasha protested. "Especially if it is their first kiss, they want to do it with their most beloved person and I believe it was that girl's first kiss considering her reaction that time."
Inuyasha fell silent. He remembered the girl's sentence.
"And you took away my first kiss."
Now the guilt came back full force. He lowered his head making his bangs cover his eyes from Miroku's reprimanding look. He walked away quickly.
Miroku sighed and walked faster to match Inuyasha's pace. He patted Inuyasha's back comfortingly.
"What happened, happened. You should apologize to the girl, Inuyasha."
Inuyasha just "keh"ed. Miroku took it as a yes. His grin came back.
"Sooooo Inuyasha, how was the kiss? Was it nice? You're so lucky ya-no. To accidentally kissed a pretty girl like her. I should try the falling-from-the-stair idea to kiss Sango." ^___^
The words "You lecher" were accompanied with a fist to Miroku's head. Miroku nursed the lump on his head, courtesy of Inuyasha's fist, pouting.
"I'm just asking a question. You don't have to hit me."
Inuyasha huffed and walk away, leaving his perverted friend alone.
His apartment was near and he had the urge to brush his teeth very badly. He wanted to get rid of the tingly feeling on his lips. So imagine his shock when he looked at the apartment he lived in with his mother.
Lots of firefighters were running around, telling the other people to get away. The apartment occupants were looking sorrowfully up at the fire that was eating away at the apartment and their belongings along with it in its flames. One of his neighbors ran to Inuyasha and with panic, she told Inuyasha that his mother was still in there. Inuyasha cursed, this day would be forever marked in his mind as the most terrible day in his whole life.
He looked around and spotted a pail of water. He poured the water all over his body and ran to the burning apartment. The firefighters couldn't stop him from saving his mother even if he knew that his action (entering a burning place) was considered stupid.
~*~*~*The same day, 08.00 pm*~*~*~
Kagome sat in her chair; the table in front of her full of books. She wanted to do her homework but her concentration was taking a vacation, leaving Kagome staring at her empty notebook. She sighed.
Today had turned out to be a bad day. She had already taken a bath and brushed her teeth more than five times, but the feeling remained. She touched her lips with her fingers.
'Is that how a kiss feels like? Soft and tingly?' Kagome shook her head wildly. 'No Kagome, DON'T think about it, you have to do your homework now.'
With the renewed enthusiasm, Kagome started doing her homework … for five minutes before her concentration shattered again. 'His lips were so soft.' She shook her head again before leaning back and giving an audible sigh.
"I'm not going to finish my homework if this continues. Ugh GET OUT!"
"Oh sorry, Kagome dear. I didn't know you were trying to do your homework" Kagome's mom was standing at the doorway, startled at her daughter's sudden exclamation.
Kagome fell off her chair. "Mom? Sorry I didn't mean to shout at you. I was shouting at … err my mind." Kagome smiled sheepishly.
"Well it's fine darling. I was just surprised."
"Umm what do you want to tell me, Mom?"
"Oh I almost forgot. Kagome, I'm going to the hospital tonight. Maybe I'll come home late so you don't have to wait for me."
"Eh, did grandpa get food poisoned again? He looked alright at dinner," asked the surprised Kagome.
"No, Kagome. My friend just entered the hospital two or three hours ago. Her apartment burned down and she was wounded badly. Her son must be really worried."
"Oh, I feel so sorry for her. Tell her my sympathy, Mom."
"Okay, Kagome. I'll be going now."
"Be careful."
Kagome escorted her mother to the front door and watched until her mother's car drove out of sight. She closed the front door and went back to her room. Lying in her bed, she closed her eyes, proceeding to sleep. The homework can wait till tomorrow.
Before she drifted off to sleep, her last thought was 'Please don't there be any rumors about that accident at school tomorrow.'
End chapter 2