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A/N: I know I know it's been forever.... literally but i'll just get right to the chapter and talk l8er.... _____________________
Chapter 8 Change is Changing Plans
They had been kissing for a while (a/n: yeah like 5 months....) but Kagome pulled away abruptly. She placed her hands on Inuyasha's chest to steady herself. She looked into his eyes.
"We can't do this" Kagome said.
Inuyasha was still in a haze from that kiss (a/n: I would too you haven't had a breath in like 5 months!~......... Sorry I'll shut up now...)
'She was so responsive. She must have felt the connection we have.... does she?' he thought.
he frowned when her words processed in his mind, "Why?" he asked out loud
"Inuyasha, I have a boyfriend." She said as if it were common knowledge.
His heart fell at her words and he let her see his emotions in her eyes.
'He's so sad.... Could he care.... Shut up Kagome! He doesn't / love/ you!' thought the defensive part of Kagome's subconscious.
Then Inuyasha's arms that were wrapped around her torso tightened.
"You mean the guy who / hit/ you last night?" Inuyasha asked incredulously.
"He didn't hit me...hard..." She denied meekly, never making eye contact with him. She broke off from Inuyasha's comforting hold and turned away.
"Kagome if he treats you like that, it's wrong!" Inuyasha declared in a solid voice. He stepped forward and grabbed her, turned her around and held on to her upper arms tightly. Not enough to hurt her but enough to stop her from trying to get out.
When she still wouldn't make eye contact with him he lifted her chin with his thumb and forefinger. He moved his face just inches in front of hers and waited until she spoke.
"He loves me." she said looking into his eyes.
A growl erupted in the hanyou's chest and he held fast to her arms.
"He doesn't love you! He's incapable of such an emotion. Am I the only one who saw how he treated you last night?! No one who loves you would treat you that way."
Kagome's head, that had been staring at the ground after her confession, whipped towards Inuyasha and she struggled to get out of his hold.
"What do / you/ know?! I've been hurt /plenty/ of times by the guy I love! - she caught herself quickly- I mean I loved..."
Inuyasha tightened his grip on her arms as he thought, 'She loves- er, I mean- "loved" someone? Who? Miroku... can't be.... It better not be that Hobo boy!"
Inuyasha was about to inquire as to who had won her said affections when the most horrendous noise blared it's way through Kagome's room.
*~(~*&~(*&(~*&(R-I_I-I-I-I-ING~ RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII~NNNNNG RIIIIII---"
It startled Inuyasha so much that Kagome was able to free herself and walked over to her bedside table and pick up something shiny connect to another something that was shiny and they were connected by a cord of some kind.
"Hello?" she said to the contraption in her hand.
Inuyasha was about to continue thinking this was a hell of a way to change the subject but Kagome motioned him to silence and he took a seat sulkily on her bed.
Kagome redirected her attention towards the phone.
"Oh, Hey there...." She smiled coyly. She looked towards the other wall and began to play with the phone cord in an effort to ignore the angry hanyou on her bed.
She touched her cheek absently where there was a light bruise but it covered most of her cheek.
"No it doesn't hurt anymore." She smiled again, warily, "No you can't see it..."
Then the thing against her ear mumbled something and she frowned a bit but quickly smiled again.
"Tonight?" she looked at the Hanyou skeptically.
"ummmm.... Sure but can Amiki come and bring a date?" Then she smiled.
"Alright, pick us up at seven. Bye..."
Then she hung up.
"Kag-!" Inuyasha was about to say something but Kagome held up a hand and silenced him once more.
Then she picked up the phone again. She pressed little symbols on the phone and it made beeping noises as she did such.
Kagome waited a moment then someone on the other line mumbled something.
"Hey it's me. Can you come over? (a pause) Thanks (another pause) Yeah it's him.... yes for real. I need a favor- just come over. Kay see you in an hour."
Then she hung up the phone and walked to her closet.
"Kagome..." Inuyasha said in a tone that meant "what- the - HELL - is- going - On!?"
She turned and looked at him. Right into those beautiful amber eyes of his.
'They've become sadder.... I wonder...' she thought.
"Inuyasha." She sighed. "Okay you know that girl from last night? The girl Amiki? Well she's coming over. My boyfriend, Sonaki, wanted to take me out but I obviously can't leave you alone here. So, your going to either come with us and pretend to be on a date with Amiki or your going to go back to the Feudal Ages and waiting for me."
Inuyasha looked at her and knew if he told her not to go at all she would just sit him and- 'wait a second' he thought.
"Kagome..." He said tentatively.
"hm?" she said in a forced impatient sort of way.
"I can't go back.." he said.
She took a step back in surprise. Then she came closer to him.
"What? Why?!" She asked.
"Someone sealed the well... That's why I couldn't reach you before. They think Kikyou did it. we originally thought you did it because... Well because you were so angry when you left... And everyone thought you hated me... But-"
He cut himself off and looked at the ground. His bangs covered his face and eyes but not before Kagome saw the hurt expression on his face.
Her eye's softened at that look. She bent down in front of him. She tentatively held his face in her hands so he couldn't move his gaze from hers.
"I could never hate you..." She said in a heated whisper.
The air seemed suddenly charged as they melted in eachother's eyes. Inuyasha placed his hand above hers on his face and squeezed it reassuringly.
"I was afraid I wouldn't see you again." He admitted, and closed his eyes to block off her penetrating gaze. Her gaze made him want to tell her everything but he wasn't ready to.
She smiled as Inuyasha reopened his eyes to see her reaction. The overwhelming urge to kiss became quite evident between the two at that moment.
Her smile turned entranced as he moved his face closer to hers. Her half lidded eyes nearly closed when two names abruptly popped into her head and she pulled her body up and looked down at Inuyasha.
"We can't-" She cut his question off.
"Kagome, I-" He began but she cut him off.
"Kikyou, Sonaki" She said with pained closed eyes.
That shut him up, but he stood up and she could tell by the fierceness in his eyes that something was wrong.
"Kagome if you think I kissed you because-" He started.
She looked even more pained at his half statement, and place a hand over his lips to silence him.
"Please," she said meekly, "Don't say anymore..."
He could tell she was holding back tears.
"But-!" but before he could continue the door bell rang.
**~**DING DONG DING DONG DING DONG DING DONG~~~~~~*
"What is with your world and their obnoxious bells?" he exclaimed exasperated.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Amiki walked in when Inuyasha answered the door, for her. Kagome was getting showered and ready for the night.
It was a couple hours past noon.
That left Amiki alone with Inuyasha.
She wasn't unattractive in Inuyasha's opinion. He studied her better now that they weren't taking care of Kagome. He could tell she was relatively tall, she had shoulder length bleached blonde hair but the roots were pure black. The tips of her hair were red. She didn't have a very shapely body (a quality that Inuyasha liked in Kagome... 'did I just think that?') Amiki held herself in a serious, smug way. The only thing that looked strange to him were the scars on her wrists that she was trying to cover with bracelets.
She didn't smell horrible like most people at that party did last night. She smelled of orchid and some other smell that gave Inuyasha the need to sneeze but he just tuned down his senses so he wouldn't.
"So.... /Your/ Inuyasha... The Dog Demon?" She asked Inuyasha. He was about to intervene but she raised a hand to quiet him.
"You'll get to speak soon enough. But i've heard about you... and Kikyou.." Inuyasha sat back resisting the urge to growl out an explanation.
Amiki sat down at Kagome's desk and Inuyasha was on her bed. They silently eyed each other. Then Amiki broke their staring contest and looked at the closed bathroom door.
"You hurt her really badly." she said solemnly.
Inuyasha looked at her a little surprised then looked down at his feet. "I know.."
"She's changed, you know. She's different from the girl you knew." Amiki continued, "When she came back after... you know... the incident... She came back to school and went completely anti-social for a while she was border line catatonic. Even her "friends" discarded her. She became emotionless to the outside world. I knew the feeling once.
Well I was walking home one day with my - er, *clears throat* /friend/, Sonaki," Inuyasha looked ready to growl but she continued on.
"and I live in a crappy part of town. I heard a fight going on then I heard a girl screaming. Sonaki ran ahead of me and as I finally caught up to the dingy alley they were in, I saw like three thuggy guys running away. When i finally got to them Sonaki was helping her up and she was looking into his eyes like he was her /savior/ or something. She came away from that fight with a few cuts and bruises. After that Kagome became my best friend and well- Sonaki's girlfriend." Amiki paused and studied Inuyasha who had looked distressed and tense since she told him about the fight Kagome got into.
"What? You think this world isn't dangerous?" Amiki asked like it should have been common knowledge to the guy.
"I just... I didn't know..." He looked at Amiki, "How could i know?" He asked her almost pleadingly. Amiki's expression turned skeptical.
"How could you know.... Oh I don't know you didn't have to abandon her! You could have come and checked on her, helped her! YOU sealed the well! She told me! You-" She was pretty angry but Inuyasha's aura was much more enraged than she was.
He stood up and glared daggers at her. If looks could kill, Amiki would have been writhing in horrendous pain at the moment.
"You know /nothing/ about what happened. I didn't seal the well! Kikyou did! I thought Kagome did but now i know for sure that Kikyou did! I would have helped Kagome if I was at all able to! I hated myself for that day! I hated that it was /my/ actions that pushed her to leave! I hated myself for not seeing threw Kikyou's act. I wish-! But I didn't! Instead i found that I- I-!"
He looked at his hands. Quietly he said, "I found I can't live without Kagome..."
Amiki was surprised to hear that... But she set her cool, defensive facade on and stood up to rival Inuyasha's height.
'Well, Well... Looks interesting enough... Kagome, girl, you have got yourself one hellova' man... Now it's time for you to ditch the boy.' Amiki thought smirking mentally.
"Well then..." Amiki started and Inuyasha waited for her to continue.
"Let's find you some decent clothes."
She pulled Inuyasha along with her to where she packed some of the clothes her brother wore.
"Any questions before we begin?" Amiki asked.
Inuyasha looked a bit embarrassed but he needed one question answered.
Scratching his head he asked,
"Yeah, Umm... what's a "date"?"
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TBC!!! I swear!!!!
A/N: OH MI GOSH! 90 reviews! for /my/ writing! I'm touched! *tears up* Thank you! Thank you!
roswell angel- thanks for the review! i know you didn't understand much but thanks ne way!
Bunny-chan- cute name! Thanks for the review! I hope your pleased! I finally updated!
Itadakimasu- Thank you for reading my story TWICE OVER! I hope your pleased with my 8th chapter! I'm sorry it took so long! but thankyou!
LadySteph- thankyou I love the part where she jumps and kisses him too! ^U^!
Thunk- thanks for reading! I am a total fan of the lip action as well... hehehe! But I was evil in this chapter I know... Sorry! Hope you enjoyed!
TO ALL MY LOYAL READERS AND REVIEWERS:
Thank you for reading my story! I hope it was long enough I tried my best to make it as long as I could! Also, don't worry I'm working on Chapter 9 as we speak! I accept idea's/ suggestions if you guys wanna just write them in the reviews! I can't make any promises but I could always try! Hope you all enjoyed it! BYE
TiL nExT tImE, KaGoMiAkA
A/N: I know I know it's been forever.... literally but i'll just get right to the chapter and talk l8er.... _____________________
Chapter 8 Change is Changing Plans
They had been kissing for a while (a/n: yeah like 5 months....) but Kagome pulled away abruptly. She placed her hands on Inuyasha's chest to steady herself. She looked into his eyes.
"We can't do this" Kagome said.
Inuyasha was still in a haze from that kiss (a/n: I would too you haven't had a breath in like 5 months!~......... Sorry I'll shut up now...)
'She was so responsive. She must have felt the connection we have.... does she?' he thought.
he frowned when her words processed in his mind, "Why?" he asked out loud
"Inuyasha, I have a boyfriend." She said as if it were common knowledge.
His heart fell at her words and he let her see his emotions in her eyes.
'He's so sad.... Could he care.... Shut up Kagome! He doesn't / love/ you!' thought the defensive part of Kagome's subconscious.
Then Inuyasha's arms that were wrapped around her torso tightened.
"You mean the guy who / hit/ you last night?" Inuyasha asked incredulously.
"He didn't hit me...hard..." She denied meekly, never making eye contact with him. She broke off from Inuyasha's comforting hold and turned away.
"Kagome if he treats you like that, it's wrong!" Inuyasha declared in a solid voice. He stepped forward and grabbed her, turned her around and held on to her upper arms tightly. Not enough to hurt her but enough to stop her from trying to get out.
When she still wouldn't make eye contact with him he lifted her chin with his thumb and forefinger. He moved his face just inches in front of hers and waited until she spoke.
"He loves me." she said looking into his eyes.
A growl erupted in the hanyou's chest and he held fast to her arms.
"He doesn't love you! He's incapable of such an emotion. Am I the only one who saw how he treated you last night?! No one who loves you would treat you that way."
Kagome's head, that had been staring at the ground after her confession, whipped towards Inuyasha and she struggled to get out of his hold.
"What do / you/ know?! I've been hurt /plenty/ of times by the guy I love! - she caught herself quickly- I mean I loved..."
Inuyasha tightened his grip on her arms as he thought, 'She loves- er, I mean- "loved" someone? Who? Miroku... can't be.... It better not be that Hobo boy!"
Inuyasha was about to inquire as to who had won her said affections when the most horrendous noise blared it's way through Kagome's room.
*~(~*&~(*&(~*&(R-I_I-I-I-I-ING~ RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII~NNNNNG RIIIIII---"
It startled Inuyasha so much that Kagome was able to free herself and walked over to her bedside table and pick up something shiny connect to another something that was shiny and they were connected by a cord of some kind.
"Hello?" she said to the contraption in her hand.
Inuyasha was about to continue thinking this was a hell of a way to change the subject but Kagome motioned him to silence and he took a seat sulkily on her bed.
Kagome redirected her attention towards the phone.
"Oh, Hey there...." She smiled coyly. She looked towards the other wall and began to play with the phone cord in an effort to ignore the angry hanyou on her bed.
She touched her cheek absently where there was a light bruise but it covered most of her cheek.
"No it doesn't hurt anymore." She smiled again, warily, "No you can't see it..."
Then the thing against her ear mumbled something and she frowned a bit but quickly smiled again.
"Tonight?" she looked at the Hanyou skeptically.
"ummmm.... Sure but can Amiki come and bring a date?" Then she smiled.
"Alright, pick us up at seven. Bye..."
Then she hung up.
"Kag-!" Inuyasha was about to say something but Kagome held up a hand and silenced him once more.
Then she picked up the phone again. She pressed little symbols on the phone and it made beeping noises as she did such.
Kagome waited a moment then someone on the other line mumbled something.
"Hey it's me. Can you come over? (a pause) Thanks (another pause) Yeah it's him.... yes for real. I need a favor- just come over. Kay see you in an hour."
Then she hung up the phone and walked to her closet.
"Kagome..." Inuyasha said in a tone that meant "what- the - HELL - is- going - On!?"
She turned and looked at him. Right into those beautiful amber eyes of his.
'They've become sadder.... I wonder...' she thought.
"Inuyasha." She sighed. "Okay you know that girl from last night? The girl Amiki? Well she's coming over. My boyfriend, Sonaki, wanted to take me out but I obviously can't leave you alone here. So, your going to either come with us and pretend to be on a date with Amiki or your going to go back to the Feudal Ages and waiting for me."
Inuyasha looked at her and knew if he told her not to go at all she would just sit him and- 'wait a second' he thought.
"Kagome..." He said tentatively.
"hm?" she said in a forced impatient sort of way.
"I can't go back.." he said.
She took a step back in surprise. Then she came closer to him.
"What? Why?!" She asked.
"Someone sealed the well... That's why I couldn't reach you before. They think Kikyou did it. we originally thought you did it because... Well because you were so angry when you left... And everyone thought you hated me... But-"
He cut himself off and looked at the ground. His bangs covered his face and eyes but not before Kagome saw the hurt expression on his face.
Her eye's softened at that look. She bent down in front of him. She tentatively held his face in her hands so he couldn't move his gaze from hers.
"I could never hate you..." She said in a heated whisper.
The air seemed suddenly charged as they melted in eachother's eyes. Inuyasha placed his hand above hers on his face and squeezed it reassuringly.
"I was afraid I wouldn't see you again." He admitted, and closed his eyes to block off her penetrating gaze. Her gaze made him want to tell her everything but he wasn't ready to.
She smiled as Inuyasha reopened his eyes to see her reaction. The overwhelming urge to kiss became quite evident between the two at that moment.
Her smile turned entranced as he moved his face closer to hers. Her half lidded eyes nearly closed when two names abruptly popped into her head and she pulled her body up and looked down at Inuyasha.
"We can't-" She cut his question off.
"Kagome, I-" He began but she cut him off.
"Kikyou, Sonaki" She said with pained closed eyes.
That shut him up, but he stood up and she could tell by the fierceness in his eyes that something was wrong.
"Kagome if you think I kissed you because-" He started.
She looked even more pained at his half statement, and place a hand over his lips to silence him.
"Please," she said meekly, "Don't say anymore..."
He could tell she was holding back tears.
"But-!" but before he could continue the door bell rang.
**~**DING DONG DING DONG DING DONG DING DONG~~~~~~*
"What is with your world and their obnoxious bells?" he exclaimed exasperated.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Amiki walked in when Inuyasha answered the door, for her. Kagome was getting showered and ready for the night.
It was a couple hours past noon.
That left Amiki alone with Inuyasha.
She wasn't unattractive in Inuyasha's opinion. He studied her better now that they weren't taking care of Kagome. He could tell she was relatively tall, she had shoulder length bleached blonde hair but the roots were pure black. The tips of her hair were red. She didn't have a very shapely body (a quality that Inuyasha liked in Kagome... 'did I just think that?') Amiki held herself in a serious, smug way. The only thing that looked strange to him were the scars on her wrists that she was trying to cover with bracelets.
She didn't smell horrible like most people at that party did last night. She smelled of orchid and some other smell that gave Inuyasha the need to sneeze but he just tuned down his senses so he wouldn't.
"So.... /Your/ Inuyasha... The Dog Demon?" She asked Inuyasha. He was about to intervene but she raised a hand to quiet him.
"You'll get to speak soon enough. But i've heard about you... and Kikyou.." Inuyasha sat back resisting the urge to growl out an explanation.
Amiki sat down at Kagome's desk and Inuyasha was on her bed. They silently eyed each other. Then Amiki broke their staring contest and looked at the closed bathroom door.
"You hurt her really badly." she said solemnly.
Inuyasha looked at her a little surprised then looked down at his feet. "I know.."
"She's changed, you know. She's different from the girl you knew." Amiki continued, "When she came back after... you know... the incident... She came back to school and went completely anti-social for a while she was border line catatonic. Even her "friends" discarded her. She became emotionless to the outside world. I knew the feeling once.
Well I was walking home one day with my - er, *clears throat* /friend/, Sonaki," Inuyasha looked ready to growl but she continued on.
"and I live in a crappy part of town. I heard a fight going on then I heard a girl screaming. Sonaki ran ahead of me and as I finally caught up to the dingy alley they were in, I saw like three thuggy guys running away. When i finally got to them Sonaki was helping her up and she was looking into his eyes like he was her /savior/ or something. She came away from that fight with a few cuts and bruises. After that Kagome became my best friend and well- Sonaki's girlfriend." Amiki paused and studied Inuyasha who had looked distressed and tense since she told him about the fight Kagome got into.
"What? You think this world isn't dangerous?" Amiki asked like it should have been common knowledge to the guy.
"I just... I didn't know..." He looked at Amiki, "How could i know?" He asked her almost pleadingly. Amiki's expression turned skeptical.
"How could you know.... Oh I don't know you didn't have to abandon her! You could have come and checked on her, helped her! YOU sealed the well! She told me! You-" She was pretty angry but Inuyasha's aura was much more enraged than she was.
He stood up and glared daggers at her. If looks could kill, Amiki would have been writhing in horrendous pain at the moment.
"You know /nothing/ about what happened. I didn't seal the well! Kikyou did! I thought Kagome did but now i know for sure that Kikyou did! I would have helped Kagome if I was at all able to! I hated myself for that day! I hated that it was /my/ actions that pushed her to leave! I hated myself for not seeing threw Kikyou's act. I wish-! But I didn't! Instead i found that I- I-!"
He looked at his hands. Quietly he said, "I found I can't live without Kagome..."
Amiki was surprised to hear that... But she set her cool, defensive facade on and stood up to rival Inuyasha's height.
'Well, Well... Looks interesting enough... Kagome, girl, you have got yourself one hellova' man... Now it's time for you to ditch the boy.' Amiki thought smirking mentally.
"Well then..." Amiki started and Inuyasha waited for her to continue.
"Let's find you some decent clothes."
She pulled Inuyasha along with her to where she packed some of the clothes her brother wore.
"Any questions before we begin?" Amiki asked.
Inuyasha looked a bit embarrassed but he needed one question answered.
Scratching his head he asked,
"Yeah, Umm... what's a "date"?"
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TBC!!! I swear!!!!
A/N: OH MI GOSH! 90 reviews! for /my/ writing! I'm touched! *tears up* Thank you! Thank you!
roswell angel- thanks for the review! i know you didn't understand much but thanks ne way!
Bunny-chan- cute name! Thanks for the review! I hope your pleased! I finally updated!
Itadakimasu- Thank you for reading my story TWICE OVER! I hope your pleased with my 8th chapter! I'm sorry it took so long! but thankyou!
LadySteph- thankyou I love the part where she jumps and kisses him too! ^U^!
Thunk- thanks for reading! I am a total fan of the lip action as well... hehehe! But I was evil in this chapter I know... Sorry! Hope you enjoyed!
TO ALL MY LOYAL READERS AND REVIEWERS:
Thank you for reading my story! I hope it was long enough I tried my best to make it as long as I could! Also, don't worry I'm working on Chapter 9 as we speak! I accept idea's/ suggestions if you guys wanna just write them in the reviews! I can't make any promises but I could always try! Hope you all enjoyed it! BYE
TiL nExT tImE, KaGoMiAkA
