It's What's Inside That Counts
Chapter 3: Operation 'Blind Date'
Kagome walked from her last class of the day, English, her nose buried in a novel called, "Great Expectations." It was one of the books on the syllabus given to her at orientation to read. ('A first this book sucked but it's really good at the end. Like a soap opera,') thought Kagome bumping into someone, dropping her book. She looked up to find a guy with dark hair in a high ponytail and blue eyes looking down at her. His ears were unusually points.
He bent down to pick up her book and handed it to her, grinning, "It must be my lucky day, I'm Ootashi Kouga. You would be...?"
"Higurashi Kagome," she said as he took her hand slowly lifting it to his lips. He placed a kiss on the back of her hand.
"Today is also your lucky day, because today you're my woman."
"Nani?" sweat drop.
"You don't already had a boyfriend, do you?" he grinned not letting go of her hand.
"Iie...excuse me..."she said trying to pull away, finding he wouldn't let go of her hand. She began to get frustrated, noticing how he was acting like that last guy who had a crush on her, Hojo. He would never leave her alone and would ask her out everyday. The only difference was that he didn't automatically say she was his woman.
"So, how about we go out tonight?"
Kagome glared at him, "Iie, and I'm NOT you woman!" she screamed snatching her hand from his.
Kagome always tried to keep a certain distance between anyone she became friends with. For eight years she knew someone was be after her. With how forward this Kouga guy was being she was beginning to this he was her eight- year stalker. Because she never knew what he looked like, his name, or when he would come after her she never went out on dates. This also meant she never went anywhere alone.
Kouga smiled as he backed away from her. "I have to get to class but I'll see you later," he grinned jogging to class.
Kagome let out an exasperated sigh as she stared up at the sky. ('Hai, definitely another Hojo,') she thought. She turned around the sound of someone grinning, finding it was Inuyasha. "What's so funny?"
"You are, baka," he grinned. "Why else would I be laughing?" "Well, you could be on something," she said folding her arms over her chest. ('Kami, he has a gorgeous smile. Where did THAT come from?')
"Iie, I can just smell your perfume. I'm surprised it didn't run Kouga off. Then again, maybe it just attracts wolves."
"Bite me..."
"Don't tempt me..."
"Fuck you!"
"I'll think about it..." he said dryly, a grin spreading on his face.
"Kami, you can be irritating!"
"Feh, only to you," he said walking away.
Kagome rolled her eyes, walking back to the dorm. ('It's gonna be a loooong year')
Sango had been walking to the student center with Miroku trailing after her as they passed near the building where Kagome had her English class. They stopped walking when they saw the scene unfold between Kagome and Inuyasha, watching them walk away in opposite directions when it was over.
"I never thought I'd see him warm up to anyone," said Miroku, grinning.
"That goes double for me," said Sango noticing how close she and Miroku were standing as they watched they're friends walks away from each other. She was beginning to wonder why he hadn't groped her all day and was being so polite. ('I like this Miroku better,') she thought to herself smiling.
Miroku cleared his throat, "Umm...Sango? Do you think we could get them to go on a date?"
"That's a great idea! We can just say it's a blind date, they'll never know!"
"Yeah, and how about we make it a double date?" said Miroku hopefully. He thought Sango was more likely to go on a double date with him that on one alone with him. ('I must really like her if I'm thinking this hard for a way she'll go on a date with me.')
"With who?" she said raising her eyebrow in question.
"You know...Inuyasha and Kagome...you and well...me." When she was about to speak he interrupted her. "Just give me a chance, that's all I'm asking for."
There was a pause as Sango thought and a frown began to appear on Miroku's face.
"So how are we gonna get them to go along with this?" she said making a smile spread across Miroku's face.
"Well, I'll tell Inuyasha that we're going out on a date and that you want to make it a double date with one of your friend. You do the same with Kagome. Be sure to say he already agreed which means she HAS to go through with it."
Sango laughed at this, "They're going to hate us it they ever find out. So, I guess this is operation 'Blind Date'"
Kagome lay at the foot of her bed flipping through a magazine when Sango knocked on her door, "Kagome? Can I come in?"
"Sure Sango, what's up?" she looked up at her friend.
"Guess who asked my out on a date?"
"Miroku."
"How did you know?"
"It was obvious. He was following you more that usual today."
"Yeah, that's true. But anyway...Miroku has a friend and we thought we could double date."
Kagome's eyes widened at her statement. "A-And who is his friend double dating with?"
"Well, I thought it'd be great if you could go out with him. And Miroku's friend already agreed."
"Sango, I don't think it's such a good idea..."
"Come on Kag, you can't turn him down. Miroku said he was looking forward to it," she said crossing her fingers being her back.
"Well, ok...but after this no more blind dates!"
"Agreed," said Sango smiling brightly.
"NANI!?"
"Aww...come on man, it won't be that bad," said Miroku trying to calm his friend down. When Miroku told Inuyasha about the blind date that Sango's friend 'was excited about' he all but tore his head off. "Besides, you can't back out now," he continued. "We're supposed to pick them up at six o'clock tomorrow."
"Knowing your perverted ass you probably set me up with someone like one of those bitches that was always following me in high school." Inuyasha had always been popular in high school and lots of girls wanted to date him. Sure he had gone out on dates but nothing ever happened. With every date he went on he never found someone who really knew him. Almost all of them ended with a kiss goodnight and that suited him fine. None of them ever got close enough to him to find out he was a hanyou.
"Nah, she's nothing like them. Just trust me," he said leaving his room.
"Yeah, that's what I'm afraid of..."
The day passed by slow, Mr. Myouga seemed to go on and on. Kagome began to wonder if the class would ever end. ('Kami...I'm so glad it's Friday') sighed Kagome. When class ended she picked up her books and was about to leave when the guy who sat in front of her dropped his notebook.
Picking it up she and strapping her book bag on her back she ran to catch up with him. Seeing him in front of her she tapped him on the shoulder, "Excuse me, you dropped this," she said handing it to him
"Arigato," he said. "You are....?"
"Higurashi Kagome," she smiled as Sango came up behind her.
"Come on Kag, we gotta hurry..."
"I better get going, nice meeting you....Ja!" she said running to catch up with Sango.
He watched as she walked away. ('She looks just like Kikyo') He remembered the girl well. It hadn't been hard to ask her to senior prom, he knew she was fond of him. After prom he took her for a walk in the woods. Kikyo thought that he cared for her and that it was going to be a romantic walk, just the two of them. He could still hear her screams and smiled at the memory. The police never found her body because he set fire to it, wanting her to have the same fate as her father did. After many questions the police let go, convinced that he didn't kill her.
Only weeks later did he find out that he killed the wrong girl. He had been searching through obituaries online and found the article he was looking for, one sentence stayed in his mind since that day. ('He left behind is one brother, Thomas Higurashi, and one daughter, Kagome Higurashi.') he thought.
When he was ten and his father got out of jail he would visit him often. Whenever he did he would tell him about how he was gonna kill Higurashi Jim and his daughter.
Thomas Higurashi died in a mysterious 'accident' earlier this summer. It had been so easy to cut the breaks and make it look like they were worn through.
The only reason he killed Kikyo is because everything he heard about her made it sound like she was the daughter Higurashi Jim. He didn't bother to find out her last name, too glad at the thought at fulfilling the promise to his father.
('Fate has played me a winning hand, now all I have to do it start the game,') he thought.
Iie - No
A/N: Wow, two chapters in one day. I'm on a roll! I'll try to have the next chapter up by tomorrow.
Rain: Thanks for my first review! Yeah, her mother died while she was pregnant. Thanks for the encouragement!
Chapter 3: Operation 'Blind Date'
Kagome walked from her last class of the day, English, her nose buried in a novel called, "Great Expectations." It was one of the books on the syllabus given to her at orientation to read. ('A first this book sucked but it's really good at the end. Like a soap opera,') thought Kagome bumping into someone, dropping her book. She looked up to find a guy with dark hair in a high ponytail and blue eyes looking down at her. His ears were unusually points.
He bent down to pick up her book and handed it to her, grinning, "It must be my lucky day, I'm Ootashi Kouga. You would be...?"
"Higurashi Kagome," she said as he took her hand slowly lifting it to his lips. He placed a kiss on the back of her hand.
"Today is also your lucky day, because today you're my woman."
"Nani?" sweat drop.
"You don't already had a boyfriend, do you?" he grinned not letting go of her hand.
"Iie...excuse me..."she said trying to pull away, finding he wouldn't let go of her hand. She began to get frustrated, noticing how he was acting like that last guy who had a crush on her, Hojo. He would never leave her alone and would ask her out everyday. The only difference was that he didn't automatically say she was his woman.
"So, how about we go out tonight?"
Kagome glared at him, "Iie, and I'm NOT you woman!" she screamed snatching her hand from his.
Kagome always tried to keep a certain distance between anyone she became friends with. For eight years she knew someone was be after her. With how forward this Kouga guy was being she was beginning to this he was her eight- year stalker. Because she never knew what he looked like, his name, or when he would come after her she never went out on dates. This also meant she never went anywhere alone.
Kouga smiled as he backed away from her. "I have to get to class but I'll see you later," he grinned jogging to class.
Kagome let out an exasperated sigh as she stared up at the sky. ('Hai, definitely another Hojo,') she thought. She turned around the sound of someone grinning, finding it was Inuyasha. "What's so funny?"
"You are, baka," he grinned. "Why else would I be laughing?" "Well, you could be on something," she said folding her arms over her chest. ('Kami, he has a gorgeous smile. Where did THAT come from?')
"Iie, I can just smell your perfume. I'm surprised it didn't run Kouga off. Then again, maybe it just attracts wolves."
"Bite me..."
"Don't tempt me..."
"Fuck you!"
"I'll think about it..." he said dryly, a grin spreading on his face.
"Kami, you can be irritating!"
"Feh, only to you," he said walking away.
Kagome rolled her eyes, walking back to the dorm. ('It's gonna be a loooong year')
Sango had been walking to the student center with Miroku trailing after her as they passed near the building where Kagome had her English class. They stopped walking when they saw the scene unfold between Kagome and Inuyasha, watching them walk away in opposite directions when it was over.
"I never thought I'd see him warm up to anyone," said Miroku, grinning.
"That goes double for me," said Sango noticing how close she and Miroku were standing as they watched they're friends walks away from each other. She was beginning to wonder why he hadn't groped her all day and was being so polite. ('I like this Miroku better,') she thought to herself smiling.
Miroku cleared his throat, "Umm...Sango? Do you think we could get them to go on a date?"
"That's a great idea! We can just say it's a blind date, they'll never know!"
"Yeah, and how about we make it a double date?" said Miroku hopefully. He thought Sango was more likely to go on a double date with him that on one alone with him. ('I must really like her if I'm thinking this hard for a way she'll go on a date with me.')
"With who?" she said raising her eyebrow in question.
"You know...Inuyasha and Kagome...you and well...me." When she was about to speak he interrupted her. "Just give me a chance, that's all I'm asking for."
There was a pause as Sango thought and a frown began to appear on Miroku's face.
"So how are we gonna get them to go along with this?" she said making a smile spread across Miroku's face.
"Well, I'll tell Inuyasha that we're going out on a date and that you want to make it a double date with one of your friend. You do the same with Kagome. Be sure to say he already agreed which means she HAS to go through with it."
Sango laughed at this, "They're going to hate us it they ever find out. So, I guess this is operation 'Blind Date'"
Kagome lay at the foot of her bed flipping through a magazine when Sango knocked on her door, "Kagome? Can I come in?"
"Sure Sango, what's up?" she looked up at her friend.
"Guess who asked my out on a date?"
"Miroku."
"How did you know?"
"It was obvious. He was following you more that usual today."
"Yeah, that's true. But anyway...Miroku has a friend and we thought we could double date."
Kagome's eyes widened at her statement. "A-And who is his friend double dating with?"
"Well, I thought it'd be great if you could go out with him. And Miroku's friend already agreed."
"Sango, I don't think it's such a good idea..."
"Come on Kag, you can't turn him down. Miroku said he was looking forward to it," she said crossing her fingers being her back.
"Well, ok...but after this no more blind dates!"
"Agreed," said Sango smiling brightly.
"NANI!?"
"Aww...come on man, it won't be that bad," said Miroku trying to calm his friend down. When Miroku told Inuyasha about the blind date that Sango's friend 'was excited about' he all but tore his head off. "Besides, you can't back out now," he continued. "We're supposed to pick them up at six o'clock tomorrow."
"Knowing your perverted ass you probably set me up with someone like one of those bitches that was always following me in high school." Inuyasha had always been popular in high school and lots of girls wanted to date him. Sure he had gone out on dates but nothing ever happened. With every date he went on he never found someone who really knew him. Almost all of them ended with a kiss goodnight and that suited him fine. None of them ever got close enough to him to find out he was a hanyou.
"Nah, she's nothing like them. Just trust me," he said leaving his room.
"Yeah, that's what I'm afraid of..."
The day passed by slow, Mr. Myouga seemed to go on and on. Kagome began to wonder if the class would ever end. ('Kami...I'm so glad it's Friday') sighed Kagome. When class ended she picked up her books and was about to leave when the guy who sat in front of her dropped his notebook.
Picking it up she and strapping her book bag on her back she ran to catch up with him. Seeing him in front of her she tapped him on the shoulder, "Excuse me, you dropped this," she said handing it to him
"Arigato," he said. "You are....?"
"Higurashi Kagome," she smiled as Sango came up behind her.
"Come on Kag, we gotta hurry..."
"I better get going, nice meeting you....Ja!" she said running to catch up with Sango.
He watched as she walked away. ('She looks just like Kikyo') He remembered the girl well. It hadn't been hard to ask her to senior prom, he knew she was fond of him. After prom he took her for a walk in the woods. Kikyo thought that he cared for her and that it was going to be a romantic walk, just the two of them. He could still hear her screams and smiled at the memory. The police never found her body because he set fire to it, wanting her to have the same fate as her father did. After many questions the police let go, convinced that he didn't kill her.
Only weeks later did he find out that he killed the wrong girl. He had been searching through obituaries online and found the article he was looking for, one sentence stayed in his mind since that day. ('He left behind is one brother, Thomas Higurashi, and one daughter, Kagome Higurashi.') he thought.
When he was ten and his father got out of jail he would visit him often. Whenever he did he would tell him about how he was gonna kill Higurashi Jim and his daughter.
Thomas Higurashi died in a mysterious 'accident' earlier this summer. It had been so easy to cut the breaks and make it look like they were worn through.
The only reason he killed Kikyo is because everything he heard about her made it sound like she was the daughter Higurashi Jim. He didn't bother to find out her last name, too glad at the thought at fulfilling the promise to his father.
('Fate has played me a winning hand, now all I have to do it start the game,') he thought.
Iie - No
A/N: Wow, two chapters in one day. I'm on a roll! I'll try to have the next chapter up by tomorrow.
Rain: Thanks for my first review! Yeah, her mother died while she was pregnant. Thanks for the encouragement!