It's What's Inside That Counts
Chapter 2: Musashi University
8 years later
Kagome walked down the dorm hall wearing some hold overalls and an old work shirt from her previous job. "Room 304...room 304...ahh...here it is, home sweet home," she said inserting her key and walking in with her things. The suite was painted an off white and when she walked in she was facing the living area that had a forest green couch and a wooden coffee table. The living area was also connected to a kitchen area, which just had a white refrigerator and a stove. On either side of the living room was a door which held a bed room complete with a twin sized bed, closet, desk, and bathroom. She decided to take the room on the left and began unpacking. As she was unpacking and she began thinking about her uncle, he was the only one she had left and now he was gone. The police of course thought it was another 'accident.' It was always an 'accident' but she knew better. She knew someone was after her and her uncle, now she was the only one left.
"Well, that's the last of my stuff," said Sango panting from carrying in her bags wearing some baggy jeans and an old pink t-shirt. "Kami, this place smells like," Sango sniffed the air and pinched her nose. "Like a dorm room! We need to fix that."
Kagome laughed at her new friend. She just met Taijiya Sango at the orientation and in a few days they had become such good friends that they decided to room together. They discussed how they would decorate their suite. After about three hours of hard work they had their suite just wanted it. With a few pictures of their family in the living room and a blanket draped over the couch. They placed some pots and pans in the cupboards and had bought some food earlier and stocked the refrigerator. The last most important thing they done was fill the living room with the sent of potpourri to get rid of the annoying 'dorm' smell as Sango called it.
Kagome placed a dark blue bed spread on her bed and her schoolbooks were on her desk between her lamp and her computer. On her desk on the other side of her computer was a picture of her dad, mother, and herself. In the picture she was six and her mother was pregnant. It was the last picture her family had taken together. On one of her walls was a poster of Sengoku Jidai, a very popular band and her favorite. When ever she went to buy tickets the concert was out. Kagome sighed as she changed into some hip hugger jeans and a sky blue top with quarter length arms.
When she finished she went into Sango's room to find her almost done. Her bed had a red bed spread on it and by the pillows was a stuffed yellow youkai cat with red eyes and two tails. She remembered the cat from orientation, her little brother given it to her and she called it Kiara. She had some pictures of her wall and her hiraikotsu hanging on the wall. She came from a long line of youkai exterminators and it was her main weapon. Even though there's no more use for youkai exterminators she was still raised and trained as one
They arrived at the suite at nine o'clock and had been hard at work making their room homier since then and now it was half past one. "Kami, I didn't know it was so late. I told Miroku and Inuyasha I'd meet them at the music store at two."
Kagome guessed that her friend had a crush on Miroku with how much she talked about him. Sango moved a round a lot and didn't get to make many friends but she seemed to have with Miroku, all though she couldn't see how. When ever she talked about him she'd say how sweet he was then slowly her monologue would change from flattering him to call him a hentai, womanizer, and other names I would rather not say. She left the room and sat on the couch reading some magazine as she waited for Sango to change.
Sango came out wearing some hip hugger jeans and a black spaghetti strap top that read 'It's a Woman's World!' her eyes were lined with pink mascara. "Oh Kag? I gotta warn you about Miroku...just watch his hands, that have a mind of their own, literally..."
"The why do you like him?" asked Kagome raising her eyebrow brow in question.
"I don't!" she screamed, a blush spreading across her cheeks as she walked out the door. Kagome followed her out to her car and the left to meet Miroku and Inuyasha.
SCREAM
"HENTAI!!" SLAP!
Miroku sat on the ground rubbing the new handprint on his cheek. He wore baggy jeans pants and a white t-shirt.
"Kami, Miroku, if most people didn't think you were such a saint I might kill you myself," muttered Inuyasha, a scowl on his face. He wore some khaki pants, a red t-shirt, with his baseball cap and sunglasses.
"Oh but I am! I just have a great appreciation for the female body." Miroku grinned watching as another girl walked past him in a miniskirt skirt and sighing, "Ahhh yes...a vision of loveliness..."
"Did you ever think that if you weren't so busy feeling up on every girl that you met that you might get one?" he stated matter of factly.
"I can not help is, my hands have a mind of this own, they always did love exploring all possibilities!"
Inuyasha rolled his eyes at his friend as he started getting up muttering something about him being hopeless.
They stood in the music store waiting for Sango. He met Miroku and Sango a few years ago and they knew he was a hanyou. One day he had been hanging out at school when Miroku had snatched his hat off, both of them gasped but didn't run. They said they weren't surprised prized and didn't care. He was glad of that.
"HENTAI!" said Sango as she walked into the music store.
SLAP!
Inuyasha turned around to the sound of his friend once again being slapped wondering if he'd ever get tired of it.
"Sango, it's so nice to see you again," smiled Miroku picking himself up off the floor.
Sango folded her arms across her chest wondering how she could ever put up with Miroku as Inuyasha walked over.
"Oi, Sango, you and your roommate getting along ok?" asked Inuyasha.
"Hai, she came along," she turned around wondering where her friend Kagome went and found her looking at some cds by the entrance. "Kag! Over here," she said catching her friend's attention.
Kagome put down the cd she was looking at and started walking over to them. "Oi," she said walking over, "I'm Higurashi Kagome."
Miroku walked up to Kagome and grabbed her hands, gazing into her eyes. "It's a pleasure to meet you, I'm Houshi Miroku and if I may be so bold as to ask you if you would bare my child."
Suddenly both Sango and Inuyasha both pounded Miroku on the head. "Don't you ever quit?" asked Inuyasha rolling his eyes. Kagome looked up at him and Inuyasha noticed her looking, making her blush.
"You're..."
"Ayakaiga Inuyasha," he finished for her.
"I'm sorry, you just look familiar," she suddenly finding the floor very interesting.
"Feh, you must be imagining things, wench" he replied though he felt the same way, just not admitting it.
"What did you just call me?" she said, her sudden blush replaced with a glare.
"I can call you what ever I want baka," he said folding his arms over his chest and glaring back. ('She cute when she's angry...WAIT...what the hell am I thinking!')
"Jerk..."
"Bitch..."
"Asshole!"
"Woah...woah, chill out..." said Miroku stepping between the two before Inuyasha could voice a more demeaning word.
"So, where do you guys wanna go? I say we go get something to eat. I'm starved," said Sango, looking out the store entrance at the fast food places across the street.
"Sounds good, I've been craving some ramen," said Inuyasha turning his attention away from Kagome
"You're always 'craving ramen'" said Sango as they all walked out of the music store and across the street to get something to eat.
They sat outside at a table as a girl came up wearing a tight miniskirt skirt and a halter-top that left little to the male imagination. "Like hi, I'm like Yura and I'm here to like take your order, like k?" she smiled brightly.
"Two cheeseburgers and a bowl of ramen with some coke."
"Coke and large fries."
"Cheeseburger, small fries, and milkshake."
"A sprite and cheeseburger, no mustard extra pickles."
When there food came they finished it quickly and talked about there classes. Kagome found out she had two of her classes with Inuyasha and one with Sango. She found herself a bit relieved at not having any with Miroku but upset at the thought that she was stuck in a class with Inuyasha twice. After eating Inuyasha and Miroku said they had to leave to finish unpacking and headed back to the dorms as Sango and Kagome went back in the music store.
"Why don't you just ask her out and get it over with," said Inuyasha coming out finishing unpacking the last of his things.
"You think she'll say yes?" said Miroku raising his eyebrow.
"I wouldn't blame her if she didn't but you won't know until you ask."
"You're right..." he said as he began walking out Inuyasha's room, "I'll ask her tomorrow," just then he paused in the doorway, "Inuyasha, did you ever feel something for someone and you didn't know how to tell them?" Miroku waited for Inuyasha to reply but he said nothing so left grinning at the scene today between his friend and Kagome.
As Miroku shut the door behind him Inuyasha began to think about the girl he met eight years ago during summer. "If only I could remember her name. She was the first to treat me as a person," he said as he picked up the shikon jewel that hung on a chain out of his suitcase.
Flashback
Inuyasha and Kagome lay on a hill in the field, their summer half over. Inuyasha had the best four weeks of his life with Kagome. He sat up and found that Kagome took off the necklace and was playing with the shikon jewel on it. He asked where she got it and she said it's been in her family for a long time and that it was her mom's.
"Inuyasha?" said Kagome sitting up.
"Nani?"
"We'll always be friends right, no matter what?"
"Yeah, forever, no matter what."
Kagome smiled at his answer and put the necklace in his hands. "I want you to keep this for me. So, even after summer is over we can find each other again."
"Are you sure?"
"Of course, I wouldn't give it to you if I wasn't. Let's make a promise right now. To be friends forever, no matter what happens."
"Promise," they said in unison and smiled at each other.
Kagome stood up as she noticed how late it was getting. "I better get home, it's getting late. Ja!"
End Flashback
The day after that was the day she left and they haven't seen each other since.
Inuyasha placed the jewel in the draw of his nightstand as he lay in bed, falling asleep thinking about her. If only he could remember her name.
Nani? - What?
A/N: Why does he always keep things bottled up inside. Stupid Inuyasha. Any, you know what would be a GREAT graduation present? Yeah, you guess it, REVIEWS!
Chapter 2: Musashi University
8 years later
Kagome walked down the dorm hall wearing some hold overalls and an old work shirt from her previous job. "Room 304...room 304...ahh...here it is, home sweet home," she said inserting her key and walking in with her things. The suite was painted an off white and when she walked in she was facing the living area that had a forest green couch and a wooden coffee table. The living area was also connected to a kitchen area, which just had a white refrigerator and a stove. On either side of the living room was a door which held a bed room complete with a twin sized bed, closet, desk, and bathroom. She decided to take the room on the left and began unpacking. As she was unpacking and she began thinking about her uncle, he was the only one she had left and now he was gone. The police of course thought it was another 'accident.' It was always an 'accident' but she knew better. She knew someone was after her and her uncle, now she was the only one left.
"Well, that's the last of my stuff," said Sango panting from carrying in her bags wearing some baggy jeans and an old pink t-shirt. "Kami, this place smells like," Sango sniffed the air and pinched her nose. "Like a dorm room! We need to fix that."
Kagome laughed at her new friend. She just met Taijiya Sango at the orientation and in a few days they had become such good friends that they decided to room together. They discussed how they would decorate their suite. After about three hours of hard work they had their suite just wanted it. With a few pictures of their family in the living room and a blanket draped over the couch. They placed some pots and pans in the cupboards and had bought some food earlier and stocked the refrigerator. The last most important thing they done was fill the living room with the sent of potpourri to get rid of the annoying 'dorm' smell as Sango called it.
Kagome placed a dark blue bed spread on her bed and her schoolbooks were on her desk between her lamp and her computer. On her desk on the other side of her computer was a picture of her dad, mother, and herself. In the picture she was six and her mother was pregnant. It was the last picture her family had taken together. On one of her walls was a poster of Sengoku Jidai, a very popular band and her favorite. When ever she went to buy tickets the concert was out. Kagome sighed as she changed into some hip hugger jeans and a sky blue top with quarter length arms.
When she finished she went into Sango's room to find her almost done. Her bed had a red bed spread on it and by the pillows was a stuffed yellow youkai cat with red eyes and two tails. She remembered the cat from orientation, her little brother given it to her and she called it Kiara. She had some pictures of her wall and her hiraikotsu hanging on the wall. She came from a long line of youkai exterminators and it was her main weapon. Even though there's no more use for youkai exterminators she was still raised and trained as one
They arrived at the suite at nine o'clock and had been hard at work making their room homier since then and now it was half past one. "Kami, I didn't know it was so late. I told Miroku and Inuyasha I'd meet them at the music store at two."
Kagome guessed that her friend had a crush on Miroku with how much she talked about him. Sango moved a round a lot and didn't get to make many friends but she seemed to have with Miroku, all though she couldn't see how. When ever she talked about him she'd say how sweet he was then slowly her monologue would change from flattering him to call him a hentai, womanizer, and other names I would rather not say. She left the room and sat on the couch reading some magazine as she waited for Sango to change.
Sango came out wearing some hip hugger jeans and a black spaghetti strap top that read 'It's a Woman's World!' her eyes were lined with pink mascara. "Oh Kag? I gotta warn you about Miroku...just watch his hands, that have a mind of their own, literally..."
"The why do you like him?" asked Kagome raising her eyebrow brow in question.
"I don't!" she screamed, a blush spreading across her cheeks as she walked out the door. Kagome followed her out to her car and the left to meet Miroku and Inuyasha.
SCREAM
"HENTAI!!" SLAP!
Miroku sat on the ground rubbing the new handprint on his cheek. He wore baggy jeans pants and a white t-shirt.
"Kami, Miroku, if most people didn't think you were such a saint I might kill you myself," muttered Inuyasha, a scowl on his face. He wore some khaki pants, a red t-shirt, with his baseball cap and sunglasses.
"Oh but I am! I just have a great appreciation for the female body." Miroku grinned watching as another girl walked past him in a miniskirt skirt and sighing, "Ahhh yes...a vision of loveliness..."
"Did you ever think that if you weren't so busy feeling up on every girl that you met that you might get one?" he stated matter of factly.
"I can not help is, my hands have a mind of this own, they always did love exploring all possibilities!"
Inuyasha rolled his eyes at his friend as he started getting up muttering something about him being hopeless.
They stood in the music store waiting for Sango. He met Miroku and Sango a few years ago and they knew he was a hanyou. One day he had been hanging out at school when Miroku had snatched his hat off, both of them gasped but didn't run. They said they weren't surprised prized and didn't care. He was glad of that.
"HENTAI!" said Sango as she walked into the music store.
SLAP!
Inuyasha turned around to the sound of his friend once again being slapped wondering if he'd ever get tired of it.
"Sango, it's so nice to see you again," smiled Miroku picking himself up off the floor.
Sango folded her arms across her chest wondering how she could ever put up with Miroku as Inuyasha walked over.
"Oi, Sango, you and your roommate getting along ok?" asked Inuyasha.
"Hai, she came along," she turned around wondering where her friend Kagome went and found her looking at some cds by the entrance. "Kag! Over here," she said catching her friend's attention.
Kagome put down the cd she was looking at and started walking over to them. "Oi," she said walking over, "I'm Higurashi Kagome."
Miroku walked up to Kagome and grabbed her hands, gazing into her eyes. "It's a pleasure to meet you, I'm Houshi Miroku and if I may be so bold as to ask you if you would bare my child."
Suddenly both Sango and Inuyasha both pounded Miroku on the head. "Don't you ever quit?" asked Inuyasha rolling his eyes. Kagome looked up at him and Inuyasha noticed her looking, making her blush.
"You're..."
"Ayakaiga Inuyasha," he finished for her.
"I'm sorry, you just look familiar," she suddenly finding the floor very interesting.
"Feh, you must be imagining things, wench" he replied though he felt the same way, just not admitting it.
"What did you just call me?" she said, her sudden blush replaced with a glare.
"I can call you what ever I want baka," he said folding his arms over his chest and glaring back. ('She cute when she's angry...WAIT...what the hell am I thinking!')
"Jerk..."
"Bitch..."
"Asshole!"
"Woah...woah, chill out..." said Miroku stepping between the two before Inuyasha could voice a more demeaning word.
"So, where do you guys wanna go? I say we go get something to eat. I'm starved," said Sango, looking out the store entrance at the fast food places across the street.
"Sounds good, I've been craving some ramen," said Inuyasha turning his attention away from Kagome
"You're always 'craving ramen'" said Sango as they all walked out of the music store and across the street to get something to eat.
They sat outside at a table as a girl came up wearing a tight miniskirt skirt and a halter-top that left little to the male imagination. "Like hi, I'm like Yura and I'm here to like take your order, like k?" she smiled brightly.
"Two cheeseburgers and a bowl of ramen with some coke."
"Coke and large fries."
"Cheeseburger, small fries, and milkshake."
"A sprite and cheeseburger, no mustard extra pickles."
When there food came they finished it quickly and talked about there classes. Kagome found out she had two of her classes with Inuyasha and one with Sango. She found herself a bit relieved at not having any with Miroku but upset at the thought that she was stuck in a class with Inuyasha twice. After eating Inuyasha and Miroku said they had to leave to finish unpacking and headed back to the dorms as Sango and Kagome went back in the music store.
"Why don't you just ask her out and get it over with," said Inuyasha coming out finishing unpacking the last of his things.
"You think she'll say yes?" said Miroku raising his eyebrow.
"I wouldn't blame her if she didn't but you won't know until you ask."
"You're right..." he said as he began walking out Inuyasha's room, "I'll ask her tomorrow," just then he paused in the doorway, "Inuyasha, did you ever feel something for someone and you didn't know how to tell them?" Miroku waited for Inuyasha to reply but he said nothing so left grinning at the scene today between his friend and Kagome.
As Miroku shut the door behind him Inuyasha began to think about the girl he met eight years ago during summer. "If only I could remember her name. She was the first to treat me as a person," he said as he picked up the shikon jewel that hung on a chain out of his suitcase.
Flashback
Inuyasha and Kagome lay on a hill in the field, their summer half over. Inuyasha had the best four weeks of his life with Kagome. He sat up and found that Kagome took off the necklace and was playing with the shikon jewel on it. He asked where she got it and she said it's been in her family for a long time and that it was her mom's.
"Inuyasha?" said Kagome sitting up.
"Nani?"
"We'll always be friends right, no matter what?"
"Yeah, forever, no matter what."
Kagome smiled at his answer and put the necklace in his hands. "I want you to keep this for me. So, even after summer is over we can find each other again."
"Are you sure?"
"Of course, I wouldn't give it to you if I wasn't. Let's make a promise right now. To be friends forever, no matter what happens."
"Promise," they said in unison and smiled at each other.
Kagome stood up as she noticed how late it was getting. "I better get home, it's getting late. Ja!"
End Flashback
The day after that was the day she left and they haven't seen each other since.
Inuyasha placed the jewel in the draw of his nightstand as he lay in bed, falling asleep thinking about her. If only he could remember her name.
Nani? - What?
A/N: Why does he always keep things bottled up inside. Stupid Inuyasha. Any, you know what would be a GREAT graduation present? Yeah, you guess it, REVIEWS!