Disclaimer: I don't own Inu Yasha
(AN: So sorry for not updating sooner, it was just that my operation and stuff. *sighs* But I wrote a very long chapter just for you people! *smiled*
One more thing, in my story, let's pretend that having any type of relations with a student isn't illegal. Infact, it's perfectly normal *grins* Keep in mind that so no-one would ask me over and over again when the good parts come up! ^-^)
Life Isn't Fair:
Chapter Nine:
A New Friend
Kagome stood at the door speechless. 'Who was he talking to?' she thought to herself. She stood quietly outside the door, asking herself whether or not to go in. She sighed; the tears were slowly building in her eyes. Why was she going to cry over something so small?
She knew why, because he said those three sacred words that were precious to any woman.
"I love you"
It repeated in her head endlessly and it was making it hurt. She sighed; Kagome was about ready to go in the classroom and confront him. Her hand was on the door knob, ready to turn it. But someone just had to make her jump.
"Whatcha doing?" Miroku asked behind her. Kagome jumped and turned around to see her biology teacher. He just looked at her and kept smiling.
Kagome let out this huge sigh. In a way, she was glad that it was Miroku who scared her and anyone else, like Inu Yasha for instance. "Oh, Professor…" Kagome trailed off, but when she was going to talk again Miroku cut her off.
"Oh, please. We're not in school. Just call me Miroku, I feel more comfortable when people call me by my name rather than 'professor'" he said sincerely. This made Kagome smile a bit.
"Thanks, Miroku" she said. Ok, calling a teacher by his first name was pretty weird, but she was determined to get used to it.
"Anyways, what are you doing out here? Weren't you going in?" He asked, eyeing her oddly. Kagome swallowed the lump in her throat before she answered.
"Yeah, I was just going in…" Kagome trailed off again when Miroku opened the door completely and exposed herself to Inu Yasha. The look on his face was a blank one. This made Kagome nervous, would he have known if she was out the door the whole time?
She gulped and prayed that he hadn't noticed her outside the door. "Hi Inu Yasha!" she tried to mimic her voice into the perfect, perky Kagome. Though when she tried, it sounded kind of shaky.
"Oh, Kagome! The person I just wanted to see…" Inu Yasha trailed off, he seemed pretty happy. Kagome thought it was because of the phone call he just had. Her mind started to think of women that he could say that too. But there was only one person she could think of.
'Kikyou' her mind kept telling her. Kagome tried to push that name to the back of her mind. Successfully, she did. Little did she notice, but her imagination had run wild, leaving Kagome not paying attention to what Inu Yasha had to say.
"Kagome? Yoo-hoo? Kagome? You ok?" Inu Yasha said, waving a hand in her face. Her pupils were dilated meaning that she wasn't paying attention. "Kagome!" he yelled to get her attention, this helped a lot.
Kagome snapped back into reality "Huh? What is it?" She asked; she felt a bit silly since this hadn't been the first time it happened.
"Good to have you back with us Kagome" Miroku said jokingly. Kagome only glared at him and he shifted to the left of her, more about three feet away from her.
"Anyways, what I was saying before you just left us…" Inu Yasha started off. "I was on the phone with my mother," he said. When he said the word 'mother' it took a big load off Kagome's chest. She couldn't help but smile really big at him now. "Kagome, are you ok?"
"I couldn't be better!" she said with a bright smile. The sudden change of attitude made Inu Yasha smile as well so he just continued with what he was trying to tell her.
"My mother said that your mother decided to stay with her a while longer. I don't know why though, I guess that how she is." He said a bit confused, Kagome could only giggle a bit.
"Yeah, she's like that. Don't worry; I think she's weird too." Kagome reassured him. He continued with his story.
"Anyways, your mother says for you to call her when you get home. Are you going home now?" Inu Yasha asked her.
Kagome just suddenly realized she had a detention to serve that day. "Oh shit…" she mumbled to herself. "I'm not going home yet" she informed him. 'Or anytime soon' she thought.
Inu Yasha remembered that she had a detention and so he hurried her off to the teacher where she was suppose to serve the detention for. Kagome arrived about 10 minutes late and to her surprise she found the teacher sitting at her desk talking to another student. She wasn't dressed in a uniform and this made Kagome slightly confused.
The teacher noticed Kagome come in very quietly, she made a face at her saying that she needed to practice more on her stealth. "Kagome Higurashi" The teacher said in a high-and-mighty voice. This made Kagome cringe.
"Yes?" Kagome said, not a very bright answer if she's already 10 minutes late to a detention; so she began doing what any other student would do: ask for forgiveness. "I'm sorry I'm late, it's just that I got caught up in family affairs…" which was true, but they weren't serious. She just hoped the teacher would let her off the hook.
Surprisingly, it did. "Alright Kagome, calm down. Your punishment will not be to sit here for an hour and not do anything productive," her teacher said, scolding her. "Instead I want you to show her," she pointed at the girl behind her. "Around school. She's going to start here tomorrow and I need for her to know her way around." The teacher looked at Kagome warily. "Can I count on you for that?"
'Oh hell no… she did not just give me that look! What am I going to do to the girl? Take her hostage?' Kagome thought bitterly. She just kept smiling and kept kissing her ass so she can let her go already. "Of course you can Professor." Man, what a habit Kagome has by calling everyone Professor except Inu Yasha.
The teacher quickly dashed out of the room and out of the school. Kagome and the new girl only looked at her with a confused look. What the hell…
"What an irresponsible teacher…" Kagome mumbled to herself, she then remembered that there was someone behind her and turned around. The girl looked slightly confused at the door and then at Kagome.
"Does this happen often?" She asked.
Kagome was confused. She looked at the door then at the girl and it finally hit her, what she meant. "Oh, that… Yeah it happens a lot. She's an irresponsible teacher, but her class is so easy to pass."
The girl seemed amused by it. "Oh, by the way, my name is Rin Owatari." She said extending her right hand.
Kagome smiled and shook her hand. "My name is Kagome Higurashi, pleased to meet you."
"Likewise" Rin smiled. Not long after that greeting, Sango came through the doors.
"Hey Kagome…" Sango's voice trailed off, she looked slightly confused. "Umm, isn't there supposed to be a teacher in here?" she asked any of the two girls. Rin only giggled and Kagome let out a sight.
"That irresponsible teacher just left us here." Kagome explained. "This is Rin Owatari. She's going to be joining our school next week. I have to show her around for a while, till she knows where everything is." Kagome said, and then she turned to Rin. "Rin, this is Sango, my best friend."
Sango came closer. "Hi" she greeted and she shook Rin's hand. Rin responded with the same gesture.
"Good, now that that's settled, let's go show you the school" Kagome said dragging Rin and Sango by the sleeves. Both just smiled and let Kagome drag them.
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At the end of the day, Kagome came home late. She didn't even bother to go get something to eat from the refrigerator. Kagome made her way up the stairs, trying not to fall on one of the steps. God, she felt so tired!
With the last bit of energy she had, Kagome put on something more comfortable. She just put on a pair of dark blue pajama pants and a white tank top. When she was done, Kagome just threw herself on her bed and went to sleep.
Inu Yasha, on the other hand, noticed that someone came inside with the sound of the door. When he went to look who it was, he saw Kagome going into her room, looking very tired. He decided to let her have some privacy before he went peeking into her room to make sure she was sleeping.
A few moments later, he did.
Inu Yasha opened the door to her room and found her curled up in a ball with her pillow underneath her. She looked exhausted. He noticed a small chill run freely all over her body. Smiling, he went to pull a blanket over her when he noticed something… strange.
Kagome was crying.
It wasn't the first time he noticed it, but he seemed to get a bit worried when she did. It meant she was dreaming painful stuff, like when Kagome's father died. He sighed sadly and just stood watching her. He argued with himself whether or not to wake Kagome up. One part of him said yes, the other said no, since she had just fallen asleep moments ago.
Deciding it was the best; Inu Yasha didn't wake Kagome up and left her room quietly.
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On the other hand, Kagome wasn't dreaming about her dad's death. But she was dreaming of Inu Yasha… and the phone call from her cousin Kikyou. She imagined what the worst was. The scenes repeat in her mind over and over, like a broken record.
But this time it was different. In her mind, it played out for the worst… And that is why it was making her cry.
"I love Kikyou, Kagome. You should have known that by now." Inu Yasha said a bit harshly in her dream. Kagome couldn't believe what she was hearing. Somehow, in her heart, she knew it wasn't true.
"It's a lie! I know it is! Stop lying to me Inu Yasha!" Kagome yelled while clutching her ears with her hands. She didn't want to hear more of this bullshit. "I hate you!" She screamed at him, but it looked like he didn't care.
"It's not a lie Kagome. Believe what you want. You saw me and Kikyou way back years ago… What were we doing Kagome?" Inu Yasha seemed to taunt her. He made her remember that painful memory of when she found them in his room.
Kagome looked up at him with pure hatred. Her eyes seemed to be on fire. "I hate you" she whispered venomously. "I hate you" she repeated. Tears were falling freely from her eyes, but she paid no heed to it.
"There's your proof Kagome. I love Kikyou and not you. Are you going to cry again Kagome?" He taunted her again with that sneer in his voice. " Ha! You were always weak at this sort of thing weren't you? Did you really, honestly think that I would ever love someone like you?" This Inu Yasha seemed completely different from the Inu Yasha that was living with her now. He was making her cry, making her feel heartbroken on purpose.
Kagome couldn't hold it in any longer. She broke down in tears; but instead of crying her eyes out, screaming at him, she just sobbed silently. Kagome felt that her life was being sucked right out of her. Just seeing Inu Yasha from the corner of her eye, grinning like an evil bastard, made her heart break into even smaller pieces.
'What am I going to do? Was this the real truth? Did Inu Yasha really love Kikyou?' Kagome couldn't stop thinking about these things. It made her head spin even worse than before.
One truth was confirmed to her in this nightmare.
That Kagome really loved Inu Yasha.
Kagome awoke with small beads of sweat starting to form on her forehead. Her breathing was a bit rapid than normal. She sighed in relief, only to find out that she had a really bad nightmare. She looked at her clock: It read 6:20. She had been asleep for a little under half an hour.
She noticed that she was covered with her blanket. 'That's weird… I didn't cover myself…' Kagome thought to herself. Thinking it was Inu Yasha who did it, she went downstairs to find him to see if he made anything to eat.
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Downstairs, Kagome saw Souta eating at the table with Inu Yasha by his side. It seemed pretty odd to see that Inu Yasha grew up to be a responsible adult, rather than a stubborn child like he was when he was younger. Kagome couldn't stop smiling at her realization. (What she doesn't know is that Inu Yasha still has the childish part still with him, you know… the part that is greedy, selfish and arrogant? Yeah, that part ^-^)
Inu Yasha looked up to see her smiling at him. 'Uhh…' his mind said, and then it went blank. 'What's with her now?" he thought to himself. "You hungry Kagome?" Inu Yasha asked. Kagome nodded her head.
All throughout the dinner, Kagome was awfully quiet. She just ate her food in silence, as if she was trying to avoid Inu Yasha and Souta. 'Something must be wrong with her…' Inu Yasha's mind said again. 'She's usually hyper and cheerful… Now she's just…' He tried to find the right words to describe Kagome. It seemed that she was sad, and a bit depressed.
Souta didn't even notice his sister's sad expression. He just kept rambling on how he wanted to be as strong as Inu Yasha and that he wanted to beat up kids! Inu Yasha just looked at him and sweat dropped. 'Was this the only thing this kid is thinking?!' he thought to himself, then focused his attention on Kagome.
"You Ok Kagome?" Inu Yasha asked worriedly. Kagome looked up at him with a sad smile. That wasn't the smiled the Kagome he knows shows. Something was definitely wrong with her.
"I'm fine" Kagome simply said. She was lying. Lying to herself and to Inu Yasha. Her mind was going crazy thinking over and over again the nightmare she had. The sadistic smile that Inu Yasha had and the taunting that he was giving her, it was making her think way too much!
Kagome excused herself from the table and went to her room. Souta and Inu Yasha looked at her weirdly. She'd barely eaten half her food and her drink was still kind of full.
"Wonder if she's love sick" Souta mumbled under his breath while he took his plate to the kitchen. Inu Yasha heard this and had a slight heart-attack.
'What if she was love sick?!' Inu Yasha's mind was going wild with thoughts. 'She could be in love with Kouga! Or Hojo' those names made him growl. How he started to detest them, even though they were his students, they were still obnoxious ones at that.
Determined to get to the bottom of it, Inu Yasha asked if Souta could clean up and went straight to Kagome's room.
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Inside her room, Kagome was sitting on her window sill. Her mom decided to install a small cushion on the sill so that Kagome could comfortably sit on it. It was pretty large, and so she had her legs curled up to her chest. She was just gazing out the window until a knock was heard on her door.
"Come in" Kagome said, not even bothering to look who it was that came into her room. Inu Yasha peered into her room and saw her sitting there, looking outside. He gently closed the door behind her.
"What's wrong with you?" He asked quietly. Kagome looked up at him and smiled, that same sad smile that she gave him earlier at dinner. Whenever he saw that, it made his heart break into pieces.
"Nothing…" Kagome said quietly. She sighed and decided to tell him what was bothering her… well, somewhat… she would just lie somewhat about her nightmare. "I had a nightmare" she said softly. "It was about you"
Inu Yasha now understood what was wrong with her. He then remembered that he saw Kagome cry when he came into her bedroom before. "What happened?"
Kagome sighed and decided that it was best not to look at him or else he would know that she was lying. "You… leaving…" she said softly. She couldn't tell him about the part where he said he loved Kikyou. She just couldn't.
Kagome broke down into tears. She buried her face in her small, gentle hands. Inu Yasha went by her side and decided to hold her close. "But that wasn't it…" She said in between sobs. Inu Yasha was beside her the whole time, listening. "You were taunting me about something" she lied, hopefully he wouldn't notice. "I don't remember what it was about, but I guess it hurt since I started crying. You were telling me all this stuff that hurts… and then I told you I hated you… And…" she just decided to add the last part for drama. "I wanted to kill you" she cried softly again.
Inu Yasha was at a loss for words. But he had to find something to comfort her soon, because she sobbing quite hard. "Kagome…" he started off. Kagome looked up to look at him. Her face was just full of tear streaks and her eyes were getting to be blood red. "Kagome, I would never do that to you" He said softly, rubbing her back so she can calm down and stop crying. It seemed to work. She started sniffling.
"Really?" Kagome asked a bit sheepishly. She looked into his eyes to see if he was lying.
And to her surprise, there was nothing there to contradict his words.
Kagome smiled and hugged him a bit harder now. This caught Inu Yasha by surprise. "Whoa! I didn't know you had the strength of a bear" he mumbled. He just forgot that he was really close to Kagome and that she could hear the whole thing.
Of course, if Inu Yasha was as smart as we think he is, he should have kept his mouth shut and just enjoyed the moment. Of course, he didn't.
"What did you say?" Kagome said venomously. Inu Yasha gulped. What sucked was that he still had his arms over Kagome and she could just easily strangle him.
"Uhh…" Inu Yasha started to say, but when Kagome was about to get a hold of his neck, her phone rang.
She quickly left Inu Yasha's embrace, and picked up the phone. "Hello?"
"Hello, Kagome?" the male voice on the other line said. Kagome seemed a bit confused, she knew this voice from somewhere, but couldn't quite place it.
"Yes, this is her. Who's calling?" Kagome said seriously into the phone. Inu Yasha just looked at her oddly.
"My, My, Kagome… I can't believe you wouldn't know you're dear ol' cousin if it hit you on the head." The voice now had a cocky sound to it. This Kagome would know anywhere.
"Sesshomaru?! Is that you?!" Kagome squealed into the phone. She hasn't heard him in years and was so excited to hear from him. Inu Yasha on the other hand, felt a bit… left out.
'Keh… Now she's all happy because that fag called…' Inu Yasha thought bitterly. He noticed what he thought and started to blush. No way was Inu Yasha jealous… was he? Deciding to leave it alone, he just turned his head on the other side of where Kagome was standing. Unfortunately for him, Kagome sat down right next to him.
"Yes Kagome, it is I" Sesshomaru said, with dignity and grace. Of course, this was how he always was.
Kagome started giggling. "To what do I owe your call after so many years of not hearing from you? You could of called… sent a post card… send me a messenger pigeon… do a smoke signals, anything! But nooooooo" Kagome taunted him on the phone, Sesshomaru started to laugh.
"So sorry, it's just that I have been busy" Sesshomaru said. "You're mother asked me to call you"
"Really? And how is she? How is your mother?" Kagome said making conversation. She glimpsed to where Inu Yasha was and saw that he was extremely neglected. She smiled at him and decided to lean against him. When she did, of course, Inu Yasha went beet red. It was a good thing that Kagome didn't notice.
"She's fine. Your mother asks that you and Souta be patient for a while longer. Your mother is determined not leave my mother's side and decided to ask me if I could stay at your house for a while. I'm moving there, to Tokyo, anyways so I might as well get used to it." Sesshomaru said. Kagome couldn't contain her joy.
"Really? You're moving here? Wow! I could go and visit you now!" Kagome said excitedly on the phone. Inu Yasha was getting jealous more and more by the second.
'No fair… she never said anything like that to me…' Inu Yasha said to himself. Then, he heard a nagging noise in the back of his head that reminded him of the time that Kagome found him with Kikyou. He slumped and mumbled some curse words under his breath.
"Yes I am. By the way Kagome, is my brother anywhere near you? I would like to speak with him for a moment." Sesshomaru said.
"Yeah, he's right next to me. Hold on" Kagome said and reluctantly passed the phone to Inu Yasha, who grabbed it a bit harshly.
"Hello?" His gruff voice sounded throughout the phone. "What do you want… Fluffy?" Inu Yasha mocked him. Kagome started to laugh uncontrollably when Inu Yasha said that, she hadn't heard it in years. Sesshomaru, on the other hand, hated that nickname and so had a twitch in his eye.
"Yes, well, Hello to you too brother. I see that you and Kagome are getting better acquainted." Sesshomaru said. Inu Yasha got a little pissed off.
"Shut it Sesshomaru" He barked. Inu Yasha eyed Kagome carefully and saw that she didn't hear anything. In fact, she was still trying to compose herself from all the giggling from before. He sighed with relief.
"Anyways, dear Inu Yasha, I called to let you know that I will be arriving at the Higurashi residence tomorrow. I expect to see you when I get there."
Inu Yasha scoffed. "And if I'm not?" he challenged.
"I'll just tell what an irresponsible adult you are to Ms. Higurashi and to our Mother. Just think of the things they might think of you…" Sesshomaru left it hanging for Inu Yasha to fall right in his little trap. Of course he would never tell Ms. Higurashi, let alone his Mother about the things Inu Yasha does. It would just give them a heart-attack!
Inu Yasha grumbled. "Alright, Alright… We'll be here". A few more moments passed and Inu Yasha hung up the phone after saying his goodbye's and Kagome's goodbye's to Sesshomaru.
Kagome was just so excited that Sesshomaru was going to stay at her house. She hasn't seen him in such a long time and it was making her extremely nervous. He was like an older brother to Kagome, the older brother she never had.
Inu Yasha just looked at her oddly. "Don't tell me you're excited that that Fag is coming to live here now are you?" He had a slight hint of jealously in his voice, but he had every right to.
He was falling in love with Kagome, and yet he doesn't know it.
"Of course I am! I was excited when you came here! Besides, Sesshomaru is so cool!" Kagome said and ran out of her room to go tell Souta the good news.
Inu Yasha was left in Kagome's room to ponder on his thoughts. He hated his brother to a certain extent, but in a way it was good that he came to live with them.
Hell, he'd be free from some of the chores he had to do.
Inu Yasha smirked evilly. He will make his brother work like a maid when he gets there!
(AN: Yes, well, there you have it. I'll try to update soon. Review please! ^-^
Please remember that Kagome and Inu Yasha are NOT related. That means that Sesshomaru and Kagome are NOT related. They just call each other cousins since they grew up together.
Yes, just wanted to add that if people forgot… ^-^)
