Title: Take Me for Who I Am
Author: btRkun
Chapter: 2 - Revealed
Summary:
"Yeah! That was classic! I can still remember her face! It resembled a tomato! I'll get Hojo to do it. He's a really nice guy... ignorant, naïve, and eager to please Kagome." Tea said. "How about you Miroku?" Miroku's smile began to fade. He stood there for a moment thinking.
"Yo! Miroku! Dumbass! You said you'd meet up with me after school!" A tall figure with long silver hair jogged down the street. His baggy pants and shirt were plastered to his body because of the wind. He was wearing shades despite the oncoming darkness of night and he wore a cap. No one except Miroku understood why he wore a cap, it was common knowledge not to try to take it off his head, though. The last time someone did that they ended up in the emergency ward.
Miroku's mouth curled upward into a very large grin. "Yeah... I have someone in mind." He said finally.
Miroku turned around slowly and faced his silver haired crony. The look on his friend's face was nothing less than irritated. It was obvious Miroku had forgotten to meet his friend and left him waiting. However, by the appearance on the silver haired one he probably didn't wait long.
"Miroku! You bastard! You know how long you left me waiting?!" He yelled. He broke into a sprint for the last fifteen yards and stopped short in front of Miroku. He easily lifted Miroku by the scruff of his neck and stared into Miroku's eyes with his teeth bared.
"Knowing your patience I'd say about ten minutes, Inu yasha." Tea snorted trying to stifle her laughter. Inu yasha turned to face her and growled, Tea stopped immediately and looked on with alarm.
"You don't honestly mean to use him do you?" Tea said shocked. Miroku grinned as one of Inu yasha's silver eyebrows lifted in bewilderment. "He's the hottest guy and most unreachable guy in school!" Inu yasha rolled his eyes.
"What?" He dropped Miroku and took a step to the side to face Tea. She took a step back intimidated by his demeanor. "What do you mean by 'use'?" Inu yasha questioned.
"W... well. I mean... that is..." Tea stammered.
"We want to ask you a favor Inu yasha!" Ayame shoved Tea aside and got up right in Inu yasha's face. Well, as close as possible... he towered a full head above her, yet she didn't seem intimidated at all. Inu yasha didn't move, didn't flinch, didn't blink. He stared at her through dark shades. She waited for him to say something.
"I don't have time for favors." He answered quietly. Ayame's eyes sparkled.
"Well then what if we paid you to do this favor for us?" Inu yasha's eyes squinted.
"How much and for what favor?" Ayame gave him a full toothy grin that went from ear to ear.
"You see, Inu yasha... we have a friend that doesn't seem to get out enough. And these last few years we've begun to notice that she turns down every guy that asks her out." Ayame stroked a finger across his chest flirtatiously.
"I'm not taking out a girl with a sexuality crisis." He growled.
"Oh God no!" Ayame laughed at his response. "She's not that way! She just hasn't gone out with any guys!" He waited for her to continue. "If we pay you 250 yen will you take her out? All three of us are competing to see who gets K... ah... this girl, our friend, to go out with a guy first. If you manage to take her out first before these other two guys then you get another 250 yen." Inu yasha turned and walked away.
"Keh. 250 yen? That's it? You're not worth my time. Let's go Miroku. You're in for a pounding." Inu yasha laughed.
"Wait! What about 300 yen?" Inu yasha kept walking. "Uh... uh... 400?" Inu yasha stopped walking.
"Keep going."
"500?" Ayame said quietly.
"600." Inu yasha said. Ayame hesitated.
"550."
"575." Inu yasha countered.
"Deal!" He turned around and faced Ayame with a large mischievous smile. She could almost smell the satisfaction of winning a large enough sum of money. Tea tugged on Ayame's sleeve urgently. "What?!" Ayame replied irritably.
"You know we don't have that much money! What if he wins?! That's three times the amount we agreed to pay! What if the other two want that much?" Tea cried out softly.
"They won't want that much. Hell, I bet they'd do it for 50 yen." She replied. Ayame turned to face Inu yasha once more. Her arm extended out in front of her, obviously hoping to extract a promise from him "You promise to keep trying to get her to go out with you until she does go out with a guy?"
"Yeah yeah yeah. Who're the other guys? Who's the chick?" Inu yasha answered. His attitude suggested he was less than interested, it was apparent he was in it for the money and only the money... and possibly a little extra. Rumors had it that he was a player, yet no one was able to prove it. They were all too afraid of him.
"Hojo and Kouga are the ones you'll be competing against. Kagome is our friend. Kagome Higurashi." With that said he turned on his heel and walked away. The sky was a dark navy blue by now, but his grin glowed with brilliance. Miroku followed at his heels.
Inu yasha heard of her before. He'd seen her before. He had smelled her before. He had even dreamt and fantasized of her before. She was what every guy who had feeling below the waist wanted. Yet she was untouchable. She was rumored to be very prude; something that Inu yasha was not used to. 'Oh she'll be a challenge all right, but so worth it when I break her.'
"Hey, Inu," Inu yasha cringed at the name and scowled in disapproval. "How do you plan on going about this? You two are total opposites." Miroku commented.
"They say opposites attract, don't they?"
"Who does?" Miroku asked. Inu yasha waited for the red car to pass by before answering. Without looking he walked across the street.
"I dunno. It's some American saying." Inu yasha replied.
The telephone in the Higurashi household rang three times before Kagome's brother, Souta, answered. He ran up the stairs with the receiver and turned on the hall lights as he approached Kagome's room. He knocked three times before Kagome pulled the door open. She was severely irritated from before, but was even more so now because she was interrupted from her studies.
"What do you WANT Souta!" She yelled. Souta frowned deeply and shoved the phone into her hand and walked away talking to himself loudly.
"Oh! Is the phone for me dear brother? Why yes my oh so kind sister! Why thank you lovable brother. You're very welcome my sincere, thoughtful, generous, tedious, annoying, cranky sister of mine!" Kagome threw a pillow at him. The impact made him trip and fall face first to the wooden floor below. She slammed the door shut before he could protest.
"Hello?" Kagome put the phone to her ear before sitting down back at her desk. She half-listened and half-studied. Sango was on the line, obviously upset about something. Yet she wouldn't say what. Kagome gave up trying to study and instead gave Sango her full, undivided, attention. "Sango? Wait a sec, why are you so upset?"
"I can't tell you why, Kag. But please just hear me out for a sec. Someone you know is going to betray your trust soon. I can't tell you more than that."
"Why? Who would do something like that? Why would they do something like that? It isn't Kikyou is it? I mean, I know she doesn't like me but-" Sango cut her off.
"No, it's not Kikyou. I can't tell you anything more than this, though. I just want you to be careful, okay? Please?" Sango pleaded.
"Sure, but why can't you tell me more?" She questioned.
"Because I can't. I'll... ugh... something will... I don't know anything else. I overheard some people talking and they said someone had a plot against you or was going to do something to you. I couldn't catch anything else because they found me out." Sango paused to swallow the large lump in her throat all the while struggling and fighting within herself to do the right thing, yet she cared for Kagome so much that she just couldn't risk their friendship. It meant too much to her. Inwardly Sango begged for forgiveness. "Just please. Be careful, okay? Be wary of who you talk to, all right? Listen, I got to go. Mom wants me to clean up dinner. Talk to you in school tomorrow. Ja!" Sango hung up the phone without a moment's hesitation.
"Well that was weird." Kagome though. She pressed the off button before continuing with her studies. "I need to get this over with!" She exclaimed out loud.
Five minutes passed by before her peace and quiet was disturbed once more. A loud clank was heard to her right, near the window. She dismissed it immediately; thinking it was a branch from the tree outside or her annoying brother out in the hallway purposely trying to annoy her. She looked at the clock and noticed the time. "11:30. Souta wouldn't be up this late." A moment later she heard the same loud clank. It was definitely from the window.
Kagome heaved a giant sigh and unlocked the window then opened it. She just barely moved out of the way as a rock soared past her head and on to her floor.
"HEY! WATCH IT!" She screamed out.
"Sorry!" A male voice replied. Kagome shook her head in confusion. 'I know I heard a guy's voice... but I don't anyone anywhere.' She thought. "Who's out there?" She asked warily.
"A friend." Kagome perked her head up. It sounded strangely familiar.
"Whose?"
"Yours. Can I come up?"
"Can you... can you come up?! What are you? Some kind of pervert?!" Kagome asked indignantly.
"Naw, just an admirer without good intentions." He laughed. Kagome smiled at his witty personality.
"Where are you? I can't see you." She replied.
"I know, and I intend to stay that way until you let me come up."
"What if I don't want you to come up?"
"Well then that's just a big problem now isn't it?" The tone of his voice was flirtatious. It frightened Kagome a little.
"Yes. Yes it is. Well I'm not letting you up here until I see who my perverted admirer is." Kagome spat back. Kagome though that being flirty and twirling hair and batting her eyelashes was a waste of time. She had flirted with a guy before but that led to disastrous results, she vowed never to do so again. Being rude and distant was the only way to protect herself.
"Alright then. But you have to promise me now!" The voice replied.
"Just come into the light!" Kagome said. She was beginning to get on the irritated side. A figure slowly walked into the light shinning from Kagome's bedroom window. He had dark hair and was looking straight at her with a grin plastered across his face. Kagome groaned with disgust. He continued grinning despite the look of loathing she was giving him.
"You going to let me up now, Kagome?" He asked. Without replying she closed her window, locked it, and pulled her shade down. She could hear him protesting but she didn't give a damn. 'Why today? Why ever?' she screamed mentally. 'Why does KOUGA, of all people...erm...things...have to sneak out to my house in the middle of the night? Now I'll never get to sleep!'
Kagome turned on her computer resolutely and signed in to her instant messaging program. She was relieved to see that Ayame was still online. 'You will not believe what is happening, Ayame.' She typed. 'Kouga is outside my house. He wanted to come inside!'
'So why don't you let him?' Ayame answered.
'So he can touch me again? Ewww, no!'
So what does everyone think so far? I won't post the next chapter until I get some review!!! Some lime (not lemon... not just yet) should be coming soon! So get those reviews in!!
Author: btRkun
Chapter: 2 - Revealed
Summary:
"Yeah! That was classic! I can still remember her face! It resembled a tomato! I'll get Hojo to do it. He's a really nice guy... ignorant, naïve, and eager to please Kagome." Tea said. "How about you Miroku?" Miroku's smile began to fade. He stood there for a moment thinking.
"Yo! Miroku! Dumbass! You said you'd meet up with me after school!" A tall figure with long silver hair jogged down the street. His baggy pants and shirt were plastered to his body because of the wind. He was wearing shades despite the oncoming darkness of night and he wore a cap. No one except Miroku understood why he wore a cap, it was common knowledge not to try to take it off his head, though. The last time someone did that they ended up in the emergency ward.
Miroku's mouth curled upward into a very large grin. "Yeah... I have someone in mind." He said finally.
Miroku turned around slowly and faced his silver haired crony. The look on his friend's face was nothing less than irritated. It was obvious Miroku had forgotten to meet his friend and left him waiting. However, by the appearance on the silver haired one he probably didn't wait long.
"Miroku! You bastard! You know how long you left me waiting?!" He yelled. He broke into a sprint for the last fifteen yards and stopped short in front of Miroku. He easily lifted Miroku by the scruff of his neck and stared into Miroku's eyes with his teeth bared.
"Knowing your patience I'd say about ten minutes, Inu yasha." Tea snorted trying to stifle her laughter. Inu yasha turned to face her and growled, Tea stopped immediately and looked on with alarm.
"You don't honestly mean to use him do you?" Tea said shocked. Miroku grinned as one of Inu yasha's silver eyebrows lifted in bewilderment. "He's the hottest guy and most unreachable guy in school!" Inu yasha rolled his eyes.
"What?" He dropped Miroku and took a step to the side to face Tea. She took a step back intimidated by his demeanor. "What do you mean by 'use'?" Inu yasha questioned.
"W... well. I mean... that is..." Tea stammered.
"We want to ask you a favor Inu yasha!" Ayame shoved Tea aside and got up right in Inu yasha's face. Well, as close as possible... he towered a full head above her, yet she didn't seem intimidated at all. Inu yasha didn't move, didn't flinch, didn't blink. He stared at her through dark shades. She waited for him to say something.
"I don't have time for favors." He answered quietly. Ayame's eyes sparkled.
"Well then what if we paid you to do this favor for us?" Inu yasha's eyes squinted.
"How much and for what favor?" Ayame gave him a full toothy grin that went from ear to ear.
"You see, Inu yasha... we have a friend that doesn't seem to get out enough. And these last few years we've begun to notice that she turns down every guy that asks her out." Ayame stroked a finger across his chest flirtatiously.
"I'm not taking out a girl with a sexuality crisis." He growled.
"Oh God no!" Ayame laughed at his response. "She's not that way! She just hasn't gone out with any guys!" He waited for her to continue. "If we pay you 250 yen will you take her out? All three of us are competing to see who gets K... ah... this girl, our friend, to go out with a guy first. If you manage to take her out first before these other two guys then you get another 250 yen." Inu yasha turned and walked away.
"Keh. 250 yen? That's it? You're not worth my time. Let's go Miroku. You're in for a pounding." Inu yasha laughed.
"Wait! What about 300 yen?" Inu yasha kept walking. "Uh... uh... 400?" Inu yasha stopped walking.
"Keep going."
"500?" Ayame said quietly.
"600." Inu yasha said. Ayame hesitated.
"550."
"575." Inu yasha countered.
"Deal!" He turned around and faced Ayame with a large mischievous smile. She could almost smell the satisfaction of winning a large enough sum of money. Tea tugged on Ayame's sleeve urgently. "What?!" Ayame replied irritably.
"You know we don't have that much money! What if he wins?! That's three times the amount we agreed to pay! What if the other two want that much?" Tea cried out softly.
"They won't want that much. Hell, I bet they'd do it for 50 yen." She replied. Ayame turned to face Inu yasha once more. Her arm extended out in front of her, obviously hoping to extract a promise from him "You promise to keep trying to get her to go out with you until she does go out with a guy?"
"Yeah yeah yeah. Who're the other guys? Who's the chick?" Inu yasha answered. His attitude suggested he was less than interested, it was apparent he was in it for the money and only the money... and possibly a little extra. Rumors had it that he was a player, yet no one was able to prove it. They were all too afraid of him.
"Hojo and Kouga are the ones you'll be competing against. Kagome is our friend. Kagome Higurashi." With that said he turned on his heel and walked away. The sky was a dark navy blue by now, but his grin glowed with brilliance. Miroku followed at his heels.
Inu yasha heard of her before. He'd seen her before. He had smelled her before. He had even dreamt and fantasized of her before. She was what every guy who had feeling below the waist wanted. Yet she was untouchable. She was rumored to be very prude; something that Inu yasha was not used to. 'Oh she'll be a challenge all right, but so worth it when I break her.'
"Hey, Inu," Inu yasha cringed at the name and scowled in disapproval. "How do you plan on going about this? You two are total opposites." Miroku commented.
"They say opposites attract, don't they?"
"Who does?" Miroku asked. Inu yasha waited for the red car to pass by before answering. Without looking he walked across the street.
"I dunno. It's some American saying." Inu yasha replied.
The telephone in the Higurashi household rang three times before Kagome's brother, Souta, answered. He ran up the stairs with the receiver and turned on the hall lights as he approached Kagome's room. He knocked three times before Kagome pulled the door open. She was severely irritated from before, but was even more so now because she was interrupted from her studies.
"What do you WANT Souta!" She yelled. Souta frowned deeply and shoved the phone into her hand and walked away talking to himself loudly.
"Oh! Is the phone for me dear brother? Why yes my oh so kind sister! Why thank you lovable brother. You're very welcome my sincere, thoughtful, generous, tedious, annoying, cranky sister of mine!" Kagome threw a pillow at him. The impact made him trip and fall face first to the wooden floor below. She slammed the door shut before he could protest.
"Hello?" Kagome put the phone to her ear before sitting down back at her desk. She half-listened and half-studied. Sango was on the line, obviously upset about something. Yet she wouldn't say what. Kagome gave up trying to study and instead gave Sango her full, undivided, attention. "Sango? Wait a sec, why are you so upset?"
"I can't tell you why, Kag. But please just hear me out for a sec. Someone you know is going to betray your trust soon. I can't tell you more than that."
"Why? Who would do something like that? Why would they do something like that? It isn't Kikyou is it? I mean, I know she doesn't like me but-" Sango cut her off.
"No, it's not Kikyou. I can't tell you anything more than this, though. I just want you to be careful, okay? Please?" Sango pleaded.
"Sure, but why can't you tell me more?" She questioned.
"Because I can't. I'll... ugh... something will... I don't know anything else. I overheard some people talking and they said someone had a plot against you or was going to do something to you. I couldn't catch anything else because they found me out." Sango paused to swallow the large lump in her throat all the while struggling and fighting within herself to do the right thing, yet she cared for Kagome so much that she just couldn't risk their friendship. It meant too much to her. Inwardly Sango begged for forgiveness. "Just please. Be careful, okay? Be wary of who you talk to, all right? Listen, I got to go. Mom wants me to clean up dinner. Talk to you in school tomorrow. Ja!" Sango hung up the phone without a moment's hesitation.
"Well that was weird." Kagome though. She pressed the off button before continuing with her studies. "I need to get this over with!" She exclaimed out loud.
Five minutes passed by before her peace and quiet was disturbed once more. A loud clank was heard to her right, near the window. She dismissed it immediately; thinking it was a branch from the tree outside or her annoying brother out in the hallway purposely trying to annoy her. She looked at the clock and noticed the time. "11:30. Souta wouldn't be up this late." A moment later she heard the same loud clank. It was definitely from the window.
Kagome heaved a giant sigh and unlocked the window then opened it. She just barely moved out of the way as a rock soared past her head and on to her floor.
"HEY! WATCH IT!" She screamed out.
"Sorry!" A male voice replied. Kagome shook her head in confusion. 'I know I heard a guy's voice... but I don't anyone anywhere.' She thought. "Who's out there?" She asked warily.
"A friend." Kagome perked her head up. It sounded strangely familiar.
"Whose?"
"Yours. Can I come up?"
"Can you... can you come up?! What are you? Some kind of pervert?!" Kagome asked indignantly.
"Naw, just an admirer without good intentions." He laughed. Kagome smiled at his witty personality.
"Where are you? I can't see you." She replied.
"I know, and I intend to stay that way until you let me come up."
"What if I don't want you to come up?"
"Well then that's just a big problem now isn't it?" The tone of his voice was flirtatious. It frightened Kagome a little.
"Yes. Yes it is. Well I'm not letting you up here until I see who my perverted admirer is." Kagome spat back. Kagome though that being flirty and twirling hair and batting her eyelashes was a waste of time. She had flirted with a guy before but that led to disastrous results, she vowed never to do so again. Being rude and distant was the only way to protect herself.
"Alright then. But you have to promise me now!" The voice replied.
"Just come into the light!" Kagome said. She was beginning to get on the irritated side. A figure slowly walked into the light shinning from Kagome's bedroom window. He had dark hair and was looking straight at her with a grin plastered across his face. Kagome groaned with disgust. He continued grinning despite the look of loathing she was giving him.
"You going to let me up now, Kagome?" He asked. Without replying she closed her window, locked it, and pulled her shade down. She could hear him protesting but she didn't give a damn. 'Why today? Why ever?' she screamed mentally. 'Why does KOUGA, of all people...erm...things...have to sneak out to my house in the middle of the night? Now I'll never get to sleep!'
Kagome turned on her computer resolutely and signed in to her instant messaging program. She was relieved to see that Ayame was still online. 'You will not believe what is happening, Ayame.' She typed. 'Kouga is outside my house. He wanted to come inside!'
'So why don't you let him?' Ayame answered.
'So he can touch me again? Ewww, no!'
So what does everyone think so far? I won't post the next chapter until I get some review!!! Some lime (not lemon... not just yet) should be coming soon! So get those reviews in!!