Prologue
The gloomy clouds covered the blazing sunlight. Kagome sat in the car with the moving truck driving behind her. She had a deep frown on her face, crossing her arms. Her family just 'had' to move 'again'. Kagome's dad was so workaholic and money crazy, that whenever a company offered him more money than his current job, he'd immediately quit the current job, and travel his whole family to the new town where the new company is.
Kagome did NOT like moving all the time. She has been to what, seven or was it eight different schools? She got used to being 'the new kid' long ago, but wouldn't it be nice if her dad could for once just keep a job for longer than two years without having to move all the time?
Her father would always say: "Sure honey, I promise this is the last time I'm gonna move." And yet, when a new job offers him, BANG, Kagome would always end up back inside her car with rattling household junk, with the U-hall truck with the blueish- gray smoke following her.
Finally, they reached their new home, and the car stopped. Kagome knew it was going to be an apartment. Kagome had only lived in one house, the Higurashi Shrine, she was born there. Her family usually always would move to apartments because it was easier to move out.
She needed some time alone. She forcefully opened her car door, and stormed out, with her noisy mother calling after her "Kagome, where are you running off to?" Kagome ignored her and started to wander around.
Tomorrow is the day school starts; Kagome's a junior. She wonders if she's going to make any friends in the new school.
About fifteen minutes later, Kagome heard this ever-so-annoying sound. Drip drop, drip drop
Oh great, even the skies can't just give her a break. She needs to get inside before she gets completely soaked from the rain.
Kagome ran back to the front of her apartment, and leaned back her head to study the balconies. She didn't know what was her apartment number. But since her grandpa and Souta both loved to watch TV, the first thing they would set up is the satellite dish. The balcony with the satellite must be her place.
She finally spotted the balcony with her satellite on top. She counted the floor her balcony was in, and started counting where her apartment..............
"AHH!" Kagome got knocked down to the wet cement.
The first thing she saw after she got up was a turned over bike, with its wheels still spinning, and a two worried golden eyes staring down at her.
"Are you okay miss? I'm so sorry; I didn't see you in the rain. Did I hurt you at all when I knocked you down?" The man with the white hair said.
Kagome glared. She turned around without saying anything, going inside the building.
She got into the elevator, but that boy was following her. "What do you want?" She asked rudely, not liking the idea of her and some weird teenager in the same elevator together.
"I said that I was sorry, I honestly didn't want to crash into you outside."
Ding
Kagome got out of the elevator, and stomped off to her apartment room. What she didn't know was that the boy was not trying to follow her. The boy came out of the elevator, and went the exact opposite way as she did, getting out his keys, and entering his apartment. They live on the same floor.
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The next day:
"Class, we have only one new student this year. Do you want to introduce yourself?" The teacher smiled warmly at Kagome.
"My name is Kagome Higurashi. I'm very pleased to be joining all of you!" Kagome said nicely. She was feeling a lot better and ungrouchy today after a good night sleep last night.
She looked around the classroom. The first thing she spotted was a pair of cold eyes staring back at her. That girl staring at her looked extremely like Kagome, but she wore a priestess outfit. Kagome also saw a boy with black hair flirting with the angry girl sitting next to him. But what caught Kagome's attention was that silver-haired boy she crashed into yesterday. She smiled in his direction, and he waved back.
"Alright, Ms. Higurashi, take a seat next to Ms. Kikyo, and lets get started." The teacher cleared his throat. "First thing we are going to do today is take a pop quiz, so I'll know what your level is."
The teacher took out the tests out. "Ah, Kagome, since you're new here. You can pass out the quizzes to everyone, and get more familiar with everyone's faces."
Kagome took the big pile of tests from the teacher, and went around the room handing them out. When she stopped at the boy with gold eyes, she took a moment to stare at him. God, he's so hot! How come she didn't notice that yesterday?
First period ended quickly. Kagome went to her locker quickly, and approached the gold-eyed boy in the halls. "Hi, do you remember me?"
"Sure, you live in the same apartment as me, right?"
Kagome nodded. "Umm, I'm very sorry I was rude to you yesterday. I was just exhausted from moving in."
"I understand. I'm not the nicest person all the time either. So, your name's Kagome, right?"
"Yeah, and you are........"
"Call me Inuyasha."
"Oh, I have to get to class." Kagome paused before hurrying away. "Umm, one last question, can I touch your ears?"
"........"
"Oh please please please, with a cherry on top?" Kagome begged him.
"....... uh, no."
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"Hey, babe, I'm Miroku, 16 years old, and single. Will you bear my child?"
"Hey pervert, I'm Kagome, 15 years old, and not interested. Will you go away?"
"Aww, you hurt my feelings, did you have to be that harsh?" Miroku placed a hand on his heart.
"Do you have to block my way to going to lunch?"
"Why do you have to reply my questions with more questions?"
"MIROKU!" A girl yelled. "Stop harassing this poor new student!" She turned to Kagome. "Hi, I'm Sango. I apologize on Miroku's behalf. Just slap him if he ever bothers you again."
Kagome laughed at the couple. "Nah, I just wanted to go to lunch; there's no need to use physical force."
"We'll come along with you. That's where we were heading anyway."
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"Hi" Kagome and Inuyasha greeted simultaneously, when Kagome found out he usually sat with Sango and Miroku too.
Inuyasha turned to Miroku. "Lucky number today: is it 3?"
"Nope, 4, but nice guess." Miroku took Inuyasha's cake, and munched on his own cheeseburger.
"What lucky number?" Kagome asked curiously.
"It's really a perverted thing." Sango answered. "You see, Miroku sneaks into the girls locker room everyday between classes. Inuyasha at lunchtime would always guess how many times he sneaked in there. If he guesses right, Inuyasha wins Miroku's dessert, but if he guesses wrong, Miroku takes his dessert instead."
Kagome gulped. "I won't ever be comfortable going to the girls locker room now."
Sango laughed. "Don't worry, just go to the locker room with me, and Miroku will be too scared to sneak in."
"Why are you scared of Sango, Miroku? Do you like her or something?" Kagome joked.
"Me? Like her? Sango is the only girl I never even dream of going out with! I wouldn't ask her to bear my child if we were the only two humans left on this earth."
Sango smiled, but Kagome saw the disappointment in her eyes. So she likes him, but he doesn't like her. Interesting.
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Kagome is walking home by herself, reminding herself to thank her dad of moving to Tokyo. It's only the first day of school, and she has already made the coolest friends.
"Hey Kagome!" She spun around, seeing Inuyasha riding his bike catching up to her. "You want a ride?"
"Sure!" Inuyasha helped her on his bike, letting her sit in front of him as he pedaled.
"So how many people do you live with? The apartments are kind of small." Kagome asked Inuyasha, feeling the soft wind touching her face, blowing back her hair. They talked as Inuyasha pedaled pass house after house.
"I have a brother, Sesshomaru, and a sister Rin. Sesshomaru lives with dad in our mansion in another town, but Rin and I chose to move to Tokyo and live in apartments."
"What about your mother?"
"At first Rin and I lived with my mother, but she passed away last year. I didn't want to go bother my dad, so I got a job myself to raise Rin."
Kagome knew right away Inuyasha must dislike his dad and Sesshomaru a lot to not even talk to them anymore, although he's desperately poor.
"What kind of job......."
"On mornings, I deliver the paper. On weekends, I take a job of being waiter at that fancy restaurant down the street, and on weekday afternoons......... um this is kind of embarrassing, but I work as a butler in Kikyo's mansion."
"What?" Kagome tried to hide her amusement. "But isn't taking all those jobs kind of stressing? If you go ask your dad for help, he might send you money. Then, at least you won't have to do all that work, no matter how much grudge you might hold against him."
"I can't do that. I vowed that I'd never go beg him for anything no matter what. Oh, we're back home." Inuyasha helped Kagome down. "See ya" He pedaled away, going off to Kikyo's mansion.
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"How come you're late today?" Kikyo breathed softly, her mouth almost touching Inuyasha's face. Inuyasha hates working for Kikyo, it has to be the most miserable job in the world. She kept stalking him around the house, trying to seduce him.
"I had other plans. Plus, I'm only late five minutes." Inuyasha showed no expression on his face.
"You know I saw you and Kagome riding on your bike together. How sweet of you to give her a ride home."
"Why ask me why I was late if you already knew what I was doing?" Inuyasha muttered indifferently.
"But you are my boyfriend, and I don't want you to go near that bitch Higurashi."
"Kikyo, how many times do I have to tell you I'm not your boyfriend? We broke up ages ago when I caught you kissing my brother on the streets. Even if that incident never did occur, I still never liked you at all. You're so serious all the time, and act so vain and possessive."
"I'm not gonna stand here, and listen to all that crap. Just stay away from Kagome, or she pays the price." Kikyo warned him darkly. Kikyo walked away.
"Whatever, your majesty." He rolled his eyes.
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The next day, the class all got their pop quizzes back. Kikyo looked at her paper that was marked a 98%. Not bad at all, she gave herself a nice pat on the back. Then she leaned over to look at Kagome's quiz.
100%!!!!! WHY THAT LITTLE...... Smoke came out of Kikyo's ears. This is the only time somebody actually beated Kikyo on an academic test! Kikyo is the top student in school.
This is soooooo not fair! First, Kagome takes Inuyasha away from her, and now this?! Kikyo was jealous! More jealous than she ever could be of a person! She definitely did not like people being better than she is.
She need Kagome to suffer! And she knows just how. Kikyo took out her cell phone. "Hey Sesshy, I need a favor from you." She said sweetly.
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After school, Inuyasha gave Kagome another ride on his bike. They were silent, but chaos filled both their minds.
When they reached the apartment, and got off the bike Inuyasha finally got up the courage, and broke the silence.
"Kagome"
"Hmm?"
"Uh, I reallyreallylikeyou. Willyougooutwithme?"
Even though he said that awfully quick, Kagome knew what he meant to say. "Sure, Inuyasha. I really like you too."
"Really? Even after knowing I'm beyond poor, and have these ugly looking dog ears?"
"Who told you your ears is ugly? They are the most cutest ears ever!!! Can I touch them now?"
"Can I kiss you first?"
"Oh, alright, but you have to promise me I can touch your ears afterwards."
"Deal." Inuyasha pulled her towards him, embracing her, his warm lips pressed against hers lightly.
"See ya." He ended the kiss quickly, jumped on his bike, and took off before Kagome had time to react.
After a few minutes passed by, Kagome was still standing at that spot where Inuyasha had kissed her. "Hey! YOU DIDN'T LET ME TOUCH YOUR EARS!!!!!!" She shouted, but Inuyasha was long gone to have heard her.
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A few months passed by. Inuyasha and Kagome are now in love with one another. However, none of them admitted to the other that they were in love, too afraid the other won't love them back.
Kagome made many friends in school, becoming more and more popular. The more attention Kagome got, the angrier Kikyo gets. Of course, Kagome was oblivious to the fact that Kikyo hated her guts, and wants to kill her.
Up to this point Kagome is very satisfied with her life, praying to god every single day to not let her father find another job and move out of Tokyo. Well, up to this point that is...........
One school day afternoon when Inuyasha was working at Kikyo's mansion, Sesshomaru met Kikyo at a gas station. "What do you want, bitch?"
"Come with me." Kikyo drove off in her convertible, as Sesshomaru obediently followed in his truck.
When the reached Inuyasha's apartments, Sesshomaru busted out of the car! "This is where my no good brother lives! I'm not going to meet him, if that's the favor you wanted from me."
"I didn't bring you here because of Inuyasha." Kikyo stared up, and saw Kagome standing on her balcony, looking at clouds in the sky.
"Perfect timing" Kikyo grinned evilly. Without saying any more, she grabbed Sesshomaru, and kissed him fiercely.
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Kagome was daydreaming about Inuyasha, staring at the clouds, but then she heard a small noise coming from beneath.
She looked down, and was shocked at what she was seeing.
Inuyasha and Kikyo! Together kissing!
"No, it can't be them! I trust Inuyasha!" But who else could it be? The man had long silver hair, and the girl wore an ancient priestess outfit.
Kagome knew this was all too good to be true. Someone as perfect as Inuyasha wouldn't ever like her. He was just toying with her feelings, stole her first kiss, and made her feel like she lives in heaven when she's with him. Now she was thrown back to hell, facing the bitter reality.
Tears started rolling down Kagome's cheeks, and she went back inside the house, not able to look at the two lovebirds anymore.
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Inuyasha returned from work at Kikyo's mansion. He was in a pretty good mood, because Kikyo was not at home today.
"Rin, I'm home!"
Rin did not answer. She was one the phone with somebody, and she was crying as she talked.
"Rin, what's the matter?" Inuyasha snatched the phone away from her. "Who is this?"
"Inuyasha. It's your father." When Inuyasha heard that voice, he almost dropped the phone.
"What do you want, old man? How the hell did you get this number!?" His voice became cold.
"Please, come home son. Working like a dog is not worth it. Why didn't you call me when your mother passed away last year?"
Inuyasha snorted. "Like you'd care? You crushed her heart, after she trusted her with everything she had. She was married to you for twenty long years, always there for you when you were depressed, angry, or sick! But, you on the other hand, oh don't make me even mention what you've done behind her back the past twenty years! You didn't even give her any money to raise Rin and me when you divorced her! She died, because we were too poor to treat her sickness in time!!!!" Inuyasha was now shouting at the phone.
Rin started to cry even more, hearing her brother getting angry. She ran back into her room, slamming the door behind her.
"I just want to help you right now, and apologize for what I've done to you and Rin. Being poor sucks, doesn't it?"
"You don't need to apologize to me and Rin. We're fine. If you really want to apologize to not have that guilt feeling stored up inside your system, you could go visit my mom's grave, and apologize to her. As much as I hate to say this, mother loved you until the day she died, despite the things you did to her." Inuyasha hung up the phone.
After talking to his dad, Inuyasha's good mood totally disappeared.
Dingdong. The doorbell rang. Inuyasha opened the door, and saw Kagome's furious face.
He cheered up a little, seeing her. "Hey."
"Let's break up Inuyasha. Agreeing to be your girlfriend was a mistake!" She glared at him.
"Why?" Inuyasha is pissed off already after talking to his father; he can't stand to argue with Kagome right now.
"You know why. I saw you kiss Kikyo!"
"What? I'd do no such thing? Don't lie!" Now Inuyasha was really angry, being accused of doing something he never would do.
"You're the one that's denying it, and you're calling ME a liar?" Kagome shouted.
"I'm not denying anything! I never kissed Kikyo! Okay, I did once, but that was a long time ago! Plus, you should trust me!"
"So it was you that I saw with Kikyo after all." Kagome looked down.
"What? Stop confusing me! I'm really pissed today! Whatever you got to say, say it tomorrow!" Inuyasha was about to close the door, but Kagome held the door back.
"You know, I really did like you. Why did you have to be so cruel? If you don't have feelings for me, you should at least heave the decency to not accept mine. Now crushing my heart like this............ I should of known better though......... Love is for fools." Kagome's tears were blurring her vision, but she refused to let Inuyasha see her cry like this.
"What the HELL are you talking about woman! Weren't we the happiest couple a few days ago? Now you come up to my door, and accuse me of kissing Kikyo, and you're telling me all this crap about your heart being crushed. If you want an excuse to break up with me, you should just dump me straight-forwardly, save you the trouble from making up stories!" Inuyasha couldn't think right.
"Fine, I will dump you!" Yelled Kagome, finally releasing her tears. However, Inuyasha didn't notice.
"You don't have to now! I'll dump you! Now get lost! I want to go to sleep!"
"Yeah, Kikyo must be there waiting for you in bed! You wouldn't want to keep her waiting now do you?"
That did it, Inuyasha pushed her to the ground outside his apartment, and shut the door, locking it with every single lock he owned.
Kagome sat up from the ground, and cried her hearts out uncontrollably. Why? Why did Inuyasha have to do this to her? Was she not good enough for him? Yeah that must be it; she saw the way he and Kikyo kissed. They seemed so in love........ Knowing that made Kagome cry even harder.
Unknown to Kagome, Kikyo was leaning against the elevator spying on her right now. Kikyo smirked in triumph. She was evil, and true to her words, she said once if Inuyasha gets together with Kagome, Kagome would have to pay the price. And she is doing that right now. She was paying the price with her heart.
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The gloomy clouds covered the blazing sunlight. Kagome sat in the car with the moving truck driving behind her. She had a deep frown on her face, crossing her arms. Her family just 'had' to move 'again'. Kagome's dad was so workaholic and money crazy, that whenever a company offered him more money than his current job, he'd immediately quit the current job, and travel his whole family to the new town where the new company is.
Kagome did NOT like moving all the time. She has been to what, seven or was it eight different schools? She got used to being 'the new kid' long ago, but wouldn't it be nice if her dad could for once just keep a job for longer than two years without having to move all the time?
Her father would always say: "Sure honey, I promise this is the last time I'm gonna move." And yet, when a new job offers him, BANG, Kagome would always end up back inside her car with rattling household junk, with the U-hall truck with the blueish- gray smoke following her.
Finally, they reached their new home, and the car stopped. Kagome knew it was going to be an apartment. Kagome had only lived in one house, the Higurashi Shrine, she was born there. Her family usually always would move to apartments because it was easier to move out.
She needed some time alone. She forcefully opened her car door, and stormed out, with her noisy mother calling after her "Kagome, where are you running off to?" Kagome ignored her and started to wander around.
Tomorrow is the day school starts; Kagome's a junior. She wonders if she's going to make any friends in the new school.
About fifteen minutes later, Kagome heard this ever-so-annoying sound. Drip drop, drip drop
Oh great, even the skies can't just give her a break. She needs to get inside before she gets completely soaked from the rain.
Kagome ran back to the front of her apartment, and leaned back her head to study the balconies. She didn't know what was her apartment number. But since her grandpa and Souta both loved to watch TV, the first thing they would set up is the satellite dish. The balcony with the satellite must be her place.
She finally spotted the balcony with her satellite on top. She counted the floor her balcony was in, and started counting where her apartment..............
"AHH!" Kagome got knocked down to the wet cement.
The first thing she saw after she got up was a turned over bike, with its wheels still spinning, and a two worried golden eyes staring down at her.
"Are you okay miss? I'm so sorry; I didn't see you in the rain. Did I hurt you at all when I knocked you down?" The man with the white hair said.
Kagome glared. She turned around without saying anything, going inside the building.
She got into the elevator, but that boy was following her. "What do you want?" She asked rudely, not liking the idea of her and some weird teenager in the same elevator together.
"I said that I was sorry, I honestly didn't want to crash into you outside."
Ding
Kagome got out of the elevator, and stomped off to her apartment room. What she didn't know was that the boy was not trying to follow her. The boy came out of the elevator, and went the exact opposite way as she did, getting out his keys, and entering his apartment. They live on the same floor.
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The next day:
"Class, we have only one new student this year. Do you want to introduce yourself?" The teacher smiled warmly at Kagome.
"My name is Kagome Higurashi. I'm very pleased to be joining all of you!" Kagome said nicely. She was feeling a lot better and ungrouchy today after a good night sleep last night.
She looked around the classroom. The first thing she spotted was a pair of cold eyes staring back at her. That girl staring at her looked extremely like Kagome, but she wore a priestess outfit. Kagome also saw a boy with black hair flirting with the angry girl sitting next to him. But what caught Kagome's attention was that silver-haired boy she crashed into yesterday. She smiled in his direction, and he waved back.
"Alright, Ms. Higurashi, take a seat next to Ms. Kikyo, and lets get started." The teacher cleared his throat. "First thing we are going to do today is take a pop quiz, so I'll know what your level is."
The teacher took out the tests out. "Ah, Kagome, since you're new here. You can pass out the quizzes to everyone, and get more familiar with everyone's faces."
Kagome took the big pile of tests from the teacher, and went around the room handing them out. When she stopped at the boy with gold eyes, she took a moment to stare at him. God, he's so hot! How come she didn't notice that yesterday?
First period ended quickly. Kagome went to her locker quickly, and approached the gold-eyed boy in the halls. "Hi, do you remember me?"
"Sure, you live in the same apartment as me, right?"
Kagome nodded. "Umm, I'm very sorry I was rude to you yesterday. I was just exhausted from moving in."
"I understand. I'm not the nicest person all the time either. So, your name's Kagome, right?"
"Yeah, and you are........"
"Call me Inuyasha."
"Oh, I have to get to class." Kagome paused before hurrying away. "Umm, one last question, can I touch your ears?"
"........"
"Oh please please please, with a cherry on top?" Kagome begged him.
"....... uh, no."
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"Hey, babe, I'm Miroku, 16 years old, and single. Will you bear my child?"
"Hey pervert, I'm Kagome, 15 years old, and not interested. Will you go away?"
"Aww, you hurt my feelings, did you have to be that harsh?" Miroku placed a hand on his heart.
"Do you have to block my way to going to lunch?"
"Why do you have to reply my questions with more questions?"
"MIROKU!" A girl yelled. "Stop harassing this poor new student!" She turned to Kagome. "Hi, I'm Sango. I apologize on Miroku's behalf. Just slap him if he ever bothers you again."
Kagome laughed at the couple. "Nah, I just wanted to go to lunch; there's no need to use physical force."
"We'll come along with you. That's where we were heading anyway."
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"Hi" Kagome and Inuyasha greeted simultaneously, when Kagome found out he usually sat with Sango and Miroku too.
Inuyasha turned to Miroku. "Lucky number today: is it 3?"
"Nope, 4, but nice guess." Miroku took Inuyasha's cake, and munched on his own cheeseburger.
"What lucky number?" Kagome asked curiously.
"It's really a perverted thing." Sango answered. "You see, Miroku sneaks into the girls locker room everyday between classes. Inuyasha at lunchtime would always guess how many times he sneaked in there. If he guesses right, Inuyasha wins Miroku's dessert, but if he guesses wrong, Miroku takes his dessert instead."
Kagome gulped. "I won't ever be comfortable going to the girls locker room now."
Sango laughed. "Don't worry, just go to the locker room with me, and Miroku will be too scared to sneak in."
"Why are you scared of Sango, Miroku? Do you like her or something?" Kagome joked.
"Me? Like her? Sango is the only girl I never even dream of going out with! I wouldn't ask her to bear my child if we were the only two humans left on this earth."
Sango smiled, but Kagome saw the disappointment in her eyes. So she likes him, but he doesn't like her. Interesting.
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Kagome is walking home by herself, reminding herself to thank her dad of moving to Tokyo. It's only the first day of school, and she has already made the coolest friends.
"Hey Kagome!" She spun around, seeing Inuyasha riding his bike catching up to her. "You want a ride?"
"Sure!" Inuyasha helped her on his bike, letting her sit in front of him as he pedaled.
"So how many people do you live with? The apartments are kind of small." Kagome asked Inuyasha, feeling the soft wind touching her face, blowing back her hair. They talked as Inuyasha pedaled pass house after house.
"I have a brother, Sesshomaru, and a sister Rin. Sesshomaru lives with dad in our mansion in another town, but Rin and I chose to move to Tokyo and live in apartments."
"What about your mother?"
"At first Rin and I lived with my mother, but she passed away last year. I didn't want to go bother my dad, so I got a job myself to raise Rin."
Kagome knew right away Inuyasha must dislike his dad and Sesshomaru a lot to not even talk to them anymore, although he's desperately poor.
"What kind of job......."
"On mornings, I deliver the paper. On weekends, I take a job of being waiter at that fancy restaurant down the street, and on weekday afternoons......... um this is kind of embarrassing, but I work as a butler in Kikyo's mansion."
"What?" Kagome tried to hide her amusement. "But isn't taking all those jobs kind of stressing? If you go ask your dad for help, he might send you money. Then, at least you won't have to do all that work, no matter how much grudge you might hold against him."
"I can't do that. I vowed that I'd never go beg him for anything no matter what. Oh, we're back home." Inuyasha helped Kagome down. "See ya" He pedaled away, going off to Kikyo's mansion.
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"How come you're late today?" Kikyo breathed softly, her mouth almost touching Inuyasha's face. Inuyasha hates working for Kikyo, it has to be the most miserable job in the world. She kept stalking him around the house, trying to seduce him.
"I had other plans. Plus, I'm only late five minutes." Inuyasha showed no expression on his face.
"You know I saw you and Kagome riding on your bike together. How sweet of you to give her a ride home."
"Why ask me why I was late if you already knew what I was doing?" Inuyasha muttered indifferently.
"But you are my boyfriend, and I don't want you to go near that bitch Higurashi."
"Kikyo, how many times do I have to tell you I'm not your boyfriend? We broke up ages ago when I caught you kissing my brother on the streets. Even if that incident never did occur, I still never liked you at all. You're so serious all the time, and act so vain and possessive."
"I'm not gonna stand here, and listen to all that crap. Just stay away from Kagome, or she pays the price." Kikyo warned him darkly. Kikyo walked away.
"Whatever, your majesty." He rolled his eyes.
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The next day, the class all got their pop quizzes back. Kikyo looked at her paper that was marked a 98%. Not bad at all, she gave herself a nice pat on the back. Then she leaned over to look at Kagome's quiz.
100%!!!!! WHY THAT LITTLE...... Smoke came out of Kikyo's ears. This is the only time somebody actually beated Kikyo on an academic test! Kikyo is the top student in school.
This is soooooo not fair! First, Kagome takes Inuyasha away from her, and now this?! Kikyo was jealous! More jealous than she ever could be of a person! She definitely did not like people being better than she is.
She need Kagome to suffer! And she knows just how. Kikyo took out her cell phone. "Hey Sesshy, I need a favor from you." She said sweetly.
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After school, Inuyasha gave Kagome another ride on his bike. They were silent, but chaos filled both their minds.
When they reached the apartment, and got off the bike Inuyasha finally got up the courage, and broke the silence.
"Kagome"
"Hmm?"
"Uh, I reallyreallylikeyou. Willyougooutwithme?"
Even though he said that awfully quick, Kagome knew what he meant to say. "Sure, Inuyasha. I really like you too."
"Really? Even after knowing I'm beyond poor, and have these ugly looking dog ears?"
"Who told you your ears is ugly? They are the most cutest ears ever!!! Can I touch them now?"
"Can I kiss you first?"
"Oh, alright, but you have to promise me I can touch your ears afterwards."
"Deal." Inuyasha pulled her towards him, embracing her, his warm lips pressed against hers lightly.
"See ya." He ended the kiss quickly, jumped on his bike, and took off before Kagome had time to react.
After a few minutes passed by, Kagome was still standing at that spot where Inuyasha had kissed her. "Hey! YOU DIDN'T LET ME TOUCH YOUR EARS!!!!!!" She shouted, but Inuyasha was long gone to have heard her.
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A few months passed by. Inuyasha and Kagome are now in love with one another. However, none of them admitted to the other that they were in love, too afraid the other won't love them back.
Kagome made many friends in school, becoming more and more popular. The more attention Kagome got, the angrier Kikyo gets. Of course, Kagome was oblivious to the fact that Kikyo hated her guts, and wants to kill her.
Up to this point Kagome is very satisfied with her life, praying to god every single day to not let her father find another job and move out of Tokyo. Well, up to this point that is...........
One school day afternoon when Inuyasha was working at Kikyo's mansion, Sesshomaru met Kikyo at a gas station. "What do you want, bitch?"
"Come with me." Kikyo drove off in her convertible, as Sesshomaru obediently followed in his truck.
When the reached Inuyasha's apartments, Sesshomaru busted out of the car! "This is where my no good brother lives! I'm not going to meet him, if that's the favor you wanted from me."
"I didn't bring you here because of Inuyasha." Kikyo stared up, and saw Kagome standing on her balcony, looking at clouds in the sky.
"Perfect timing" Kikyo grinned evilly. Without saying any more, she grabbed Sesshomaru, and kissed him fiercely.
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Kagome was daydreaming about Inuyasha, staring at the clouds, but then she heard a small noise coming from beneath.
She looked down, and was shocked at what she was seeing.
Inuyasha and Kikyo! Together kissing!
"No, it can't be them! I trust Inuyasha!" But who else could it be? The man had long silver hair, and the girl wore an ancient priestess outfit.
Kagome knew this was all too good to be true. Someone as perfect as Inuyasha wouldn't ever like her. He was just toying with her feelings, stole her first kiss, and made her feel like she lives in heaven when she's with him. Now she was thrown back to hell, facing the bitter reality.
Tears started rolling down Kagome's cheeks, and she went back inside the house, not able to look at the two lovebirds anymore.
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Inuyasha returned from work at Kikyo's mansion. He was in a pretty good mood, because Kikyo was not at home today.
"Rin, I'm home!"
Rin did not answer. She was one the phone with somebody, and she was crying as she talked.
"Rin, what's the matter?" Inuyasha snatched the phone away from her. "Who is this?"
"Inuyasha. It's your father." When Inuyasha heard that voice, he almost dropped the phone.
"What do you want, old man? How the hell did you get this number!?" His voice became cold.
"Please, come home son. Working like a dog is not worth it. Why didn't you call me when your mother passed away last year?"
Inuyasha snorted. "Like you'd care? You crushed her heart, after she trusted her with everything she had. She was married to you for twenty long years, always there for you when you were depressed, angry, or sick! But, you on the other hand, oh don't make me even mention what you've done behind her back the past twenty years! You didn't even give her any money to raise Rin and me when you divorced her! She died, because we were too poor to treat her sickness in time!!!!" Inuyasha was now shouting at the phone.
Rin started to cry even more, hearing her brother getting angry. She ran back into her room, slamming the door behind her.
"I just want to help you right now, and apologize for what I've done to you and Rin. Being poor sucks, doesn't it?"
"You don't need to apologize to me and Rin. We're fine. If you really want to apologize to not have that guilt feeling stored up inside your system, you could go visit my mom's grave, and apologize to her. As much as I hate to say this, mother loved you until the day she died, despite the things you did to her." Inuyasha hung up the phone.
After talking to his dad, Inuyasha's good mood totally disappeared.
Dingdong. The doorbell rang. Inuyasha opened the door, and saw Kagome's furious face.
He cheered up a little, seeing her. "Hey."
"Let's break up Inuyasha. Agreeing to be your girlfriend was a mistake!" She glared at him.
"Why?" Inuyasha is pissed off already after talking to his father; he can't stand to argue with Kagome right now.
"You know why. I saw you kiss Kikyo!"
"What? I'd do no such thing? Don't lie!" Now Inuyasha was really angry, being accused of doing something he never would do.
"You're the one that's denying it, and you're calling ME a liar?" Kagome shouted.
"I'm not denying anything! I never kissed Kikyo! Okay, I did once, but that was a long time ago! Plus, you should trust me!"
"So it was you that I saw with Kikyo after all." Kagome looked down.
"What? Stop confusing me! I'm really pissed today! Whatever you got to say, say it tomorrow!" Inuyasha was about to close the door, but Kagome held the door back.
"You know, I really did like you. Why did you have to be so cruel? If you don't have feelings for me, you should at least heave the decency to not accept mine. Now crushing my heart like this............ I should of known better though......... Love is for fools." Kagome's tears were blurring her vision, but she refused to let Inuyasha see her cry like this.
"What the HELL are you talking about woman! Weren't we the happiest couple a few days ago? Now you come up to my door, and accuse me of kissing Kikyo, and you're telling me all this crap about your heart being crushed. If you want an excuse to break up with me, you should just dump me straight-forwardly, save you the trouble from making up stories!" Inuyasha couldn't think right.
"Fine, I will dump you!" Yelled Kagome, finally releasing her tears. However, Inuyasha didn't notice.
"You don't have to now! I'll dump you! Now get lost! I want to go to sleep!"
"Yeah, Kikyo must be there waiting for you in bed! You wouldn't want to keep her waiting now do you?"
That did it, Inuyasha pushed her to the ground outside his apartment, and shut the door, locking it with every single lock he owned.
Kagome sat up from the ground, and cried her hearts out uncontrollably. Why? Why did Inuyasha have to do this to her? Was she not good enough for him? Yeah that must be it; she saw the way he and Kikyo kissed. They seemed so in love........ Knowing that made Kagome cry even harder.
Unknown to Kagome, Kikyo was leaning against the elevator spying on her right now. Kikyo smirked in triumph. She was evil, and true to her words, she said once if Inuyasha gets together with Kagome, Kagome would have to pay the price. And she is doing that right now. She was paying the price with her heart.
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Lanturn: Like it, hate it? Any suggestions for improvements or ideas? PLEASE REVIEW!!! Also, this is only the prologue, explaining everyone's history with each other. The actual story starts next chapter. Stay tuned for more!
