Ok, I know that a lot of you are probably writing two stories at once, and
you probably think it is easy. But, for some reason, I am having a really
hard time keeping things straight, so if you guys see anything wrong,
please let me know, cause I can't really remember everything I've written,
so I have to read what I wrote in previous chapters before I write each new
one. Any way, thanks for reading this! Please tell me if I screw up!
*~*~*~*~*Chapter Cuatro*~*~*~*~*
Kagome walked with Miroku, Sango and Inuyasha to their first class. Koga was nowhere to be seen. Inuyasha sat behind Kagome, while Miroku and Sango sat beside her on each side. Class went by uneventfully, and before they knew it, it was over. When the bell rang everyone walked away to his or her next classes. Everyone but Kagome had history next, so Kagome walked alone to art, shaking slightly knowing that it was the class her and Koga had alone.
'But he isn't here today! She thought to herself. 'How can he hurt me if he's not here? He's gone. She reassured herself. She took a deep breath and opened the door to the classroom. Good! He isn't here! She thought. Suddenly sure of herself, she walked briskly to her chair.
She sat down and began her work. They were painting landscapes today. When she was reaching over to rinse her brush, she knocked over the black paint and spilled it all over her arm. She cleaned the table up as much as she could and looked up at the teacher who had been watching her. The teacher nodded and pointed to the door telling her that she could go to the bathroom and rinse off the paint. She nodded her thanks and gave a small smile.
She was standing at the sink in front of the mirror when she finished cleaning the paint off she looked into the mirror to see Koga behind her, smirking. She gasped and started to run out of the bathroom when he grabbed onto her arm.
"Kagome, look, I could 'easily' kidnap you right now but I am not going to, I want to tell you something." She looked up at him with fearful eyes
"I'm not going to hurt you anymore, I'm sorry, I really am. All that I said was a lie; I just wanted to be the one to get you to talk again. But," He paused to be more dramatic. " I do know the truth about your mother." She looked up at him and made a new struggle to get free. "I can't tell you everything now, you have to go to class, but Inuyasha has something to do with it. He is trying to get you to trust him so he can take you and Souta out too. He wants the whole Higurashi family gone." She tried to slide away from him but he held her arm tighter and brought her closer. "Look, stay away from him, I just don't want you to get hurt." And with that he let her go and she ran back off to art.
"And with any luck whatsoever, she believed me." He said to himself after she left.
*~*~*~*After school*~*~*~*
Kagome had spent lunch with Sango, and had yet to see Inuyasha. She was scared to death at what she would do. Should I believe Koga, or Inuyasha? She asked herself. Maybe I just need some time to think. I'll steer clear of Inuyasha for now, just in case, She decided.
"Hey Kagome!" she heard Inuyasha yell. She froze. What do I do? She thought franticly. She turned around to see Inuyasha running towards her. Just act cool. She told herself.
"..." She nodded, trying to avoid eye contact.
"Well, Miroku says he's really sorry but he can't take you shopping." Hey! He promised! She thought, putting her hands on her hips. "He noticed her looking angry, so he decided to tell her the good news. "So, I told him I would take you!" he grabbed her arm and before she knew it she was in the passenger seat of Inuyasha's car.
Her heart was racing and she didn't know what to do. (Wait, is Inuyasha a hanyou in this? Oh well, he is now if he wasn't before!) He noticed her change in smell. She's scared of me! He thought.
"Kagome?" Inuyasha asked, causing her to snap her head towards him. She gave him the 'what is it?' look.
"What's wrong? Why are you suddenly afraid of me?" he asked, expecting her to talk to him since they were alone.
"....." She looked down at her lap.
"Aren't you going to talk to me? You do know that no one can hear us right?"
"*Nods*"
"Then why won't you talk?" he got a sudden whiff of what seemed to be a distant smell of Koga. His eyes grew wide. "What happened today?" he asked, looking at her more then the road. She shook her head no.
"Kagome! I know that you saw Koga! Now what is wrong with you?" he asked her sternly, but carefully so as not to scare her more, (even though he fail miserably at not scaring her).
"I.. t..t..k..k.. h.." she stuttered, not able to get out a word. Inuyasha took in a big breath, realizing that he was probably scaring her with his raised voice even thought he was trying to be calm and collected.
"Look, I'm sorry. I don' mean to pressure you into talking, but this is so unlike you. Would you please just tell me everything that happened to you today?" he asked, actually sounding sincere and calm.
"T.... Koga. He came when I w.was washing p. paint off me. He said." she stuttered. "He said..t.th..tha.." she was unable to speak the rest, so she stopped talking for a while. Inuyasha waited patiently for her. "He said s.some stuff. He said e lied the other day. And he said." How was she going to tell him? He couldn't know about her mom, she couldn't tell him. She thought.
"Well?" Inuyasha asked.
"He said that he didn't do it, he said you did it." She broke down into tears. He pulled over and got out. He went around the other side of the car and opened her door. He slowly led her out and hugged her.
"Hey, he said what? What did I do?" he asked. She was now crying into his shirt.
She shook her head no. "no."
"Please. I'll do anything. Please!"
She looked up into his eyes and nodded. She had to tell someone sometime. "My mom. I saw my mom get murdered. When Koga took me." She said in-between sniffles. "He told me that his dad did it. He wanted me to say that his dad did it. Then, today, he said.he said. That. You did it. And he old me to stay away from you." She jerked out of his grip and turned away. He stood there shocked.
"And you believed him?" he asked quietly.
She saw his hurt look. "I didn't know what to believe!" she suddenly yelled at him "what would you do?! You don't know what it is like! I'm all alone in this." She looked at him angrily, waiting for his reaction.
"I guess your right, I really don't know what its like to be in your situation, but that doesn't mean that I can't help you."
"What am I going to do?" she asked, looking straight forward as she sat on a nearby rock.
"Look, I know that you're not going to like this idea, but think about it for a minute." She nodded. "Why don't you start talking again and say whatever it is Koga wants you to say." He suggested
She looked at him in disbelief. "How am I supposed to do that?" she asked him. "If I say it then he will have no use for me. He'll probably kill me! Or maybe even Souta!"
"Your right but I can make sure he doesn't get to Souta, I can leave him with my brother, he will never admit it, but he has a soft spot for kids. He would never let anything happen to him."
"Ok, even if we did do that, what about me? And I really don't want to talk to him." She stated.
"Look, I'm sorry to say this kag, but you have to do this. I'll be close by, I wont let anything happen to you."
She looked up at him, wondering if she could trust him. "Look, lets just see what happens. I don't want to jump into things, what if Koga really was just trying to get me to talk when he first took me?"
"If that's what you want to do. then I guess we could just do that."
"Thank you." She said as she wrapped her arms around his waist and hugged him. He hugged her back hesitantly. She still doesn't trust me does she? He thought as they walked back to the car in silence.
The rest of the day went by uneventfully, Inuyasha decided that he would be spending another night at Miroku's house. They all did their homework together, and before they knew it, it was time for dinner, So Miroku ordered Chinese food. After that, they watched a movie, and Kagome went to bed, leaving the two teenage boys in the living room to talk.
As Inuyasha was about to say something, the phone rang. Miroku got up and answered.
"Hello.oh hey guys. You need me to what! I'm sorry, but I can't, I have to keep an eye on Kagome.Yes, I know, she isn't even a year younger than me. I know. but if she woke up she would be scared out of her mind! No I can't bring her with me, there wouldn't be enough room in the car!"
Miroku looked over to Inuyasha and smiled. "Wait just one minute." He said to the person on the phone. "Inuyasha, I need you to do me a favor." He rolled his eyes.
"Yes, I'll stay here with Kagome. But you better hope she doesn't wake up, and hurry back!" with that, Miroku told the guy on the phone the plan and left Inuyasha there with the sleeping girl.
"Well, I am a little tired, I guess it wouldn't hurt to get a little shut eye." He said to himself and walked to Miroku's room. He pulled off his shirt and pants, planning to sleep in his boxers. He got in bed and tried to get to sleep, but it was no use. He couldn't bring himself to fall asleep. After about ten minutes of trying the counting sheep method, he heard a sound coming from Kagome's room. It was like a small whimper. Then he heard her speak.
It sounded as if she was crying. "Miroku, please come hold my hand!" she whimpered
"Oh great, Miroku really owes me now." He said to himself as he walked through the bathroom to Kagome's room.
"Miroku!" she whimpered one more time.
"Shhhhhh." Inuyasha said as he walked over to her bed. "Its ok, don't cry. Miroku isn't here, he had to go do his friend a favor, but I'm here." He was having a really hard time with coming up with what to say.
"Inuyasha?" when she said that he realized that she was still half asleep. "Could you do something for me?" she asked pleadingly.
"What is it?'
"Please come hold my hand." She started to cry for no apparent reason to Inuyasha.
"Shh, yeah, I'll hold your hand." He walked over to her and sat on her bed, finding for her hand and taking hold of it. "Is that better?" he asked sweetly. She nodded, and slowly drifted off to sleep, leaving Inuyasha awake on her bed. He stayed with her like that for what seemed like hours, wide-awake, when he noticed her starting to whimper again.
She opened her eyes and looked down at her hand. Someone is holding my hand? She felt who's ever hand it was, and she decided it was not Miroku's. These hands were more rough, from working a lot she guessed. Miroku's were soft and.wait, if these aren't Miroku's hands.. Kagome tensed, gasping. She was about to scream when she heard a familiar voice.
"Shhh. It's just me, don't worry." She let out a breath she didn't realize she was holding. Then she went stiff again. "You're wondering why I'm here huh? Well, Miroku left to help out a friend, and you were crying for him. Don't you remember?" he asked the fully awake girl next to him.
She shook her head no. She was too tired then to remember what happened earlier. "I.I." she started to say.
"Shhh, go back to sleep." He told her. "Do you want me to leave?" he asked almost hopefully. For some reason, he didn't want to leave her side. She hesitantly shook her head no. "Ok then." And with that he held her until she fell asleep. When he noticed her breaths become farther apart and smoother, he decided she was asleep, and let himself drift off as well.
*~*~*~*END CHAPTER CUATRO*~*~*~*~*~*
WELL, what did you guys think of that one? I loved writeing that one for some reason! Anywho, PLEASE review!!! I'll update a LOT faster if you do! Until next time, TOODLES!!!
*~*~*~*~*Chapter Cuatro*~*~*~*~*
Kagome walked with Miroku, Sango and Inuyasha to their first class. Koga was nowhere to be seen. Inuyasha sat behind Kagome, while Miroku and Sango sat beside her on each side. Class went by uneventfully, and before they knew it, it was over. When the bell rang everyone walked away to his or her next classes. Everyone but Kagome had history next, so Kagome walked alone to art, shaking slightly knowing that it was the class her and Koga had alone.
'But he isn't here today! She thought to herself. 'How can he hurt me if he's not here? He's gone. She reassured herself. She took a deep breath and opened the door to the classroom. Good! He isn't here! She thought. Suddenly sure of herself, she walked briskly to her chair.
She sat down and began her work. They were painting landscapes today. When she was reaching over to rinse her brush, she knocked over the black paint and spilled it all over her arm. She cleaned the table up as much as she could and looked up at the teacher who had been watching her. The teacher nodded and pointed to the door telling her that she could go to the bathroom and rinse off the paint. She nodded her thanks and gave a small smile.
She was standing at the sink in front of the mirror when she finished cleaning the paint off she looked into the mirror to see Koga behind her, smirking. She gasped and started to run out of the bathroom when he grabbed onto her arm.
"Kagome, look, I could 'easily' kidnap you right now but I am not going to, I want to tell you something." She looked up at him with fearful eyes
"I'm not going to hurt you anymore, I'm sorry, I really am. All that I said was a lie; I just wanted to be the one to get you to talk again. But," He paused to be more dramatic. " I do know the truth about your mother." She looked up at him and made a new struggle to get free. "I can't tell you everything now, you have to go to class, but Inuyasha has something to do with it. He is trying to get you to trust him so he can take you and Souta out too. He wants the whole Higurashi family gone." She tried to slide away from him but he held her arm tighter and brought her closer. "Look, stay away from him, I just don't want you to get hurt." And with that he let her go and she ran back off to art.
"And with any luck whatsoever, she believed me." He said to himself after she left.
*~*~*~*After school*~*~*~*
Kagome had spent lunch with Sango, and had yet to see Inuyasha. She was scared to death at what she would do. Should I believe Koga, or Inuyasha? She asked herself. Maybe I just need some time to think. I'll steer clear of Inuyasha for now, just in case, She decided.
"Hey Kagome!" she heard Inuyasha yell. She froze. What do I do? She thought franticly. She turned around to see Inuyasha running towards her. Just act cool. She told herself.
"..." She nodded, trying to avoid eye contact.
"Well, Miroku says he's really sorry but he can't take you shopping." Hey! He promised! She thought, putting her hands on her hips. "He noticed her looking angry, so he decided to tell her the good news. "So, I told him I would take you!" he grabbed her arm and before she knew it she was in the passenger seat of Inuyasha's car.
Her heart was racing and she didn't know what to do. (Wait, is Inuyasha a hanyou in this? Oh well, he is now if he wasn't before!) He noticed her change in smell. She's scared of me! He thought.
"Kagome?" Inuyasha asked, causing her to snap her head towards him. She gave him the 'what is it?' look.
"What's wrong? Why are you suddenly afraid of me?" he asked, expecting her to talk to him since they were alone.
"....." She looked down at her lap.
"Aren't you going to talk to me? You do know that no one can hear us right?"
"*Nods*"
"Then why won't you talk?" he got a sudden whiff of what seemed to be a distant smell of Koga. His eyes grew wide. "What happened today?" he asked, looking at her more then the road. She shook her head no.
"Kagome! I know that you saw Koga! Now what is wrong with you?" he asked her sternly, but carefully so as not to scare her more, (even though he fail miserably at not scaring her).
"I.. t..t..k..k.. h.." she stuttered, not able to get out a word. Inuyasha took in a big breath, realizing that he was probably scaring her with his raised voice even thought he was trying to be calm and collected.
"Look, I'm sorry. I don' mean to pressure you into talking, but this is so unlike you. Would you please just tell me everything that happened to you today?" he asked, actually sounding sincere and calm.
"T.... Koga. He came when I w.was washing p. paint off me. He said." she stuttered. "He said..t.th..tha.." she was unable to speak the rest, so she stopped talking for a while. Inuyasha waited patiently for her. "He said s.some stuff. He said e lied the other day. And he said." How was she going to tell him? He couldn't know about her mom, she couldn't tell him. She thought.
"Well?" Inuyasha asked.
"He said that he didn't do it, he said you did it." She broke down into tears. He pulled over and got out. He went around the other side of the car and opened her door. He slowly led her out and hugged her.
"Hey, he said what? What did I do?" he asked. She was now crying into his shirt.
She shook her head no. "no."
"Please. I'll do anything. Please!"
She looked up into his eyes and nodded. She had to tell someone sometime. "My mom. I saw my mom get murdered. When Koga took me." She said in-between sniffles. "He told me that his dad did it. He wanted me to say that his dad did it. Then, today, he said.he said. That. You did it. And he old me to stay away from you." She jerked out of his grip and turned away. He stood there shocked.
"And you believed him?" he asked quietly.
She saw his hurt look. "I didn't know what to believe!" she suddenly yelled at him "what would you do?! You don't know what it is like! I'm all alone in this." She looked at him angrily, waiting for his reaction.
"I guess your right, I really don't know what its like to be in your situation, but that doesn't mean that I can't help you."
"What am I going to do?" she asked, looking straight forward as she sat on a nearby rock.
"Look, I know that you're not going to like this idea, but think about it for a minute." She nodded. "Why don't you start talking again and say whatever it is Koga wants you to say." He suggested
She looked at him in disbelief. "How am I supposed to do that?" she asked him. "If I say it then he will have no use for me. He'll probably kill me! Or maybe even Souta!"
"Your right but I can make sure he doesn't get to Souta, I can leave him with my brother, he will never admit it, but he has a soft spot for kids. He would never let anything happen to him."
"Ok, even if we did do that, what about me? And I really don't want to talk to him." She stated.
"Look, I'm sorry to say this kag, but you have to do this. I'll be close by, I wont let anything happen to you."
She looked up at him, wondering if she could trust him. "Look, lets just see what happens. I don't want to jump into things, what if Koga really was just trying to get me to talk when he first took me?"
"If that's what you want to do. then I guess we could just do that."
"Thank you." She said as she wrapped her arms around his waist and hugged him. He hugged her back hesitantly. She still doesn't trust me does she? He thought as they walked back to the car in silence.
The rest of the day went by uneventfully, Inuyasha decided that he would be spending another night at Miroku's house. They all did their homework together, and before they knew it, it was time for dinner, So Miroku ordered Chinese food. After that, they watched a movie, and Kagome went to bed, leaving the two teenage boys in the living room to talk.
As Inuyasha was about to say something, the phone rang. Miroku got up and answered.
"Hello.oh hey guys. You need me to what! I'm sorry, but I can't, I have to keep an eye on Kagome.Yes, I know, she isn't even a year younger than me. I know. but if she woke up she would be scared out of her mind! No I can't bring her with me, there wouldn't be enough room in the car!"
Miroku looked over to Inuyasha and smiled. "Wait just one minute." He said to the person on the phone. "Inuyasha, I need you to do me a favor." He rolled his eyes.
"Yes, I'll stay here with Kagome. But you better hope she doesn't wake up, and hurry back!" with that, Miroku told the guy on the phone the plan and left Inuyasha there with the sleeping girl.
"Well, I am a little tired, I guess it wouldn't hurt to get a little shut eye." He said to himself and walked to Miroku's room. He pulled off his shirt and pants, planning to sleep in his boxers. He got in bed and tried to get to sleep, but it was no use. He couldn't bring himself to fall asleep. After about ten minutes of trying the counting sheep method, he heard a sound coming from Kagome's room. It was like a small whimper. Then he heard her speak.
It sounded as if she was crying. "Miroku, please come hold my hand!" she whimpered
"Oh great, Miroku really owes me now." He said to himself as he walked through the bathroom to Kagome's room.
"Miroku!" she whimpered one more time.
"Shhhhhh." Inuyasha said as he walked over to her bed. "Its ok, don't cry. Miroku isn't here, he had to go do his friend a favor, but I'm here." He was having a really hard time with coming up with what to say.
"Inuyasha?" when she said that he realized that she was still half asleep. "Could you do something for me?" she asked pleadingly.
"What is it?'
"Please come hold my hand." She started to cry for no apparent reason to Inuyasha.
"Shh, yeah, I'll hold your hand." He walked over to her and sat on her bed, finding for her hand and taking hold of it. "Is that better?" he asked sweetly. She nodded, and slowly drifted off to sleep, leaving Inuyasha awake on her bed. He stayed with her like that for what seemed like hours, wide-awake, when he noticed her starting to whimper again.
She opened her eyes and looked down at her hand. Someone is holding my hand? She felt who's ever hand it was, and she decided it was not Miroku's. These hands were more rough, from working a lot she guessed. Miroku's were soft and.wait, if these aren't Miroku's hands.. Kagome tensed, gasping. She was about to scream when she heard a familiar voice.
"Shhh. It's just me, don't worry." She let out a breath she didn't realize she was holding. Then she went stiff again. "You're wondering why I'm here huh? Well, Miroku left to help out a friend, and you were crying for him. Don't you remember?" he asked the fully awake girl next to him.
She shook her head no. She was too tired then to remember what happened earlier. "I.I." she started to say.
"Shhh, go back to sleep." He told her. "Do you want me to leave?" he asked almost hopefully. For some reason, he didn't want to leave her side. She hesitantly shook her head no. "Ok then." And with that he held her until she fell asleep. When he noticed her breaths become farther apart and smoother, he decided she was asleep, and let himself drift off as well.
*~*~*~*END CHAPTER CUATRO*~*~*~*~*~*
WELL, what did you guys think of that one? I loved writeing that one for some reason! Anywho, PLEASE review!!! I'll update a LOT faster if you do! Until next time, TOODLES!!!