Kagome's Wish
Chapter 18 - I'll Be Waiting
By: Inuyashasgirl789
Kagome fidgeted nervously as she stared at the person walking by. Ten more minutes till four and ten more minutes till she'll tell him how she felt. She smiled brilliantly as she fingered the present in her hands, wrapped to perfection.
Clouds were rapidly coming in and she thanked the gods she chose to meet him at four. If she had chosen four-thirty, it would have probably already begun to pour cats and dogs. After all, weather here was as predictable as trying to win the lottery, which in no doubt to say, was really unpredictable.
She held the present closely to herself and smiled again. "I hope you like it," she muttered, and giggled when she thought of the present. It wasn't anything really, really expensive, or something she thought he would like, but it was special.
She felt the first sprinkles of rain on her cheek.
*~*~*
Inuyasha sighed as he collapsed on the bed, watching the rain pour outside. It splattered on his window almost like bullets and he frowned when he noticed how hard it was showering. It wasn't that he hated the rain; he rather liked it really because it made one think about a lot of things. But too much could be bad and right now, he knew it was pouring too much.
Twisting his body to look up at the ceiling, he began to think.
He licked his lips almost self-consciously when he thought of the way Kikyou had kissed him. It caused a cold shudder to run through his body. He felt like he had cheated on Kagome in a way, although he knew it wasn't his fault Kikyou had decided to throw herself at him.
But now that he knew she had changed for him, did he feel guilty?
Yes.he did.
He felt extremely guilty.
He always did have the impression their childhood friendship wasn't just well, friendship. Everyone saw there was something else going on, even if he himself had not realized it then, and so he had never really thought about it when he began to see Kikyou as a normal friend instead of a childhood crush.
But she had .loved him more than he thought.
Was someone really so willing to do anything for a person they loved, they would even change the person they truly were?
An image of Kagome came up in Inuyasha's mind and he smiled, lightly.
Yes, he guessed someone was willing to do that, if it was for the right person.
Kagome was different from Kikyou. Something about her made him smile every time he thought of her. She was unique, she was special and she made him feel like the luckiest man on earth to be able to love her. Just being close to her did wonders to his heartbeat as it soared sky high. If she did as much as smile for him, he was sure he would hold her close and never let go.
It had seemed like a dream. They had hated each other to the very core of their being and through just a few incidents, he found himself wishing she would be with him forever. Was it possible to fall in love with someone at this age? Yes, it was, and he and she were proof enough.
He rolled over to his side to stare out the window again, glimpsing at the digital clock which read 4:46. He sighed. It was getting rather late and he wondered what Kagome was doing. She was probably home reading a book or something. No one would be crazy enough to stay outside in that weather.
The phone next to his bed rang and he lazily grabbed it. "Moshi moshi?" he muttered, feeling his eyelids start to flutter close.
"Where. Were. You?" Miroku asked, fury in his voice over the phone.
"Out," Inuyasha mumbled lazily.
"I called you fifty times since four!"
"Over exaggeration, Miroku. I just came home."
"Why aren't you there?"
"Where?"
"Oh bloody hell."
Inuyasha raised an interested eyebrow. "What is it?"
"I just called Mrs. Higurashi and it seems Kagome still isn't home."
Inuyasha bolted straight up from the bed as his eyes went wide. Clenching the sheets on his bed tightly, he asked, "What happened?"
"You happened!" Miroku growled. "You're suppose to meet her under the sakura tree at four! But you bolted your furry ass out of there at three to meet Kikyou and didn't give me time to tell you. If she's not home, I think she's still out there! Look out there, Inuyasha. It's raining rocks practically and she's out there."
Inuyasha looked out the window wildly. "Why did she want to meet me?" he asked madly, wondering what in the worlds Kagome could want to do with him out there in the freezing rain and cold.
Miroku snorted over the line. "You were always the one to tell me I never knew what a woman was thinking, hypocrite. Why are you asking me? I wouldn't know 'boobs from ass' after all."
Inuyasha rolled his eyes when he could tell Miroku was trying to get back at him. "I'll call you later. I'm going out."
"You're going out?!" shouted an almost hysterical Miroku. "You nut of a mother nut! I repeat, it's raining rocks out there!"
"Rocks or hail, I'm going out."
Inuyasha could almost 'see' Miroku roll his eyes from the tone of voice Miroku was using to talk to him with. "That's disgusting. Whatever. Get out there then, Prince Charming. Don't say I didn't warn you though. It's better to stay indoors, whether Kagome is out there or not."
"Whether Kagome is in China or Africa, I'll be there, okay?"
"Oh god, what has she done to you," was Miroku's last words before Inuyasha hung up on his best friend. Leaving the phone on his pillow, he practically jumped off the bed to grab his jacket on the chair.
Putting it on hastily, he looked around for his umbrella. But not finding it, he decided to just bolt out his room without it. Bounding down the stairs, he didn't even bother to tell his brother where he was going before he was out the door and in the rain.
He stopped for a moment when he felt the rain hit him on the face. It wasn't simple rain, it was the type of rain that forced its way into your clothing and soaked you wet. It was one of those rainy days where only people without a brain were out and trying to catch a cold. It was a day for idiots.
But he was an idiot for Kagome anyway, so did it really matter?
Running down the streets, he didn't notice how he seemed to be splashing in every puddle, causing water to seep into his sneakers. Lightning suddenly flashed across the skies, illuminating his vision in peculiar shades of gray and vividness. He blinked his eyes shut for a moment and stopped, allowing his vision to come back to him. He could feel the water uncomfortably soaking his clothing, yet it strangely didn't seem to matter to him. The outer wintriness didn't compare to the ice he felt in his heart.
It was all because he had gone to talk to Kikyou that he had stood Kagome up. He knew it wasn't entirely his fault, he hadn't known he was supposed to meet her, but he blamed himself anyway.
Starting to run again, he felt oddly scared. He felt scared a lot recently, and it always had something to do with Kagome. It could seem sickening to others, but to him, it brought along a sense of calm. He was protecting something he loved, after all.
But now he was scared---what if she wasn't there? What if she left because he had foolishly missed the time he was suppose to meet her by a good hour?
He kept running, knowing that deep inside, he was an idiot to even have met up with Kikyou. But he couldn't deny she was his childhood friend, and since she was, he couldn't refuse her wish to see him.
Why did he want Kagome to be there? A part of him held tightly onto the hope that she was there. He wanted to see her, hold her in his arms, or at least be able to know she was safe.smiling.laughing.
God, Miroku was right. What had she done to him? She controlled him like a faithful puppy---one which was scared she might leave him. This was pathetic.
Arriving at the park, he could see it span for at least a long way. Whoever had decided that building an enormous park hadn't been too smart. Inuyasha wondered how long it would take him to find her, if she was still there. He didn't waste time.
Hurriedly entering the path into the park, he could see the glistening rain droplets drip off the trees' leaves, causing the whole place to illuminate in a shiny silvery light almost. The gravel under his feet crunched every time his shoe met the ground, as he searched almost frenziedly for a sign of Kagome.
"Kagome!"
The voice seemed to vibrate from his throat, and he listened for any kind of reply. There was none.
Was she okay? Did something happen to her.?
He continued on his way, searching for anybody similar to Kagome. Then he saw her, or at least the back of her, her hair swishing back and forth. "Kagome!" he screamed, running up to the girl walking on the path with an umbrella.
He laid a hand on her shoulder and when she twirled around, he lost his smile. It wasn't Kagome, but just some random girl walking through the park. She shot him a confused and annoyed look, before seeing him rush off again. He didn't want a stranger.he wanted Kagome.
The rain was heavy and cold on his face, and he lifted up a hand to wipe the water away. He blinked his eyes as he saw two figures in the distance, one just about looking like Kagome. Wiping his eyes with his sleeves, he looked again, his golden eyes staring into the distance.
Yes, it was with no doubt. One of them was Kagome. But who was the other? It strangely resembled.err. It can't be.
Running towards the two figures, they gradually appeared clearer and he realized more and more that the other person was the one guy he hadn't expected to be here. Why was that idiot here? Kagome shouldn't even be talking to him.
He stopped a distance away from Kagome, who was smiling and talking with Kouga, him holding the umbrella that was shielding them both from the rain. She looked happy, and this didn't go too well with Inuyasha. Especially not when he grabbed her hands and she didn't pull away.
He felt his jealousy flare.
*~*~*
"Thanks, Kouga," Kagome muttered, shooting the boy a grateful smile as she wrung the water from her raven locks. She had waited a full hour for that inconceivable idiot Inuyasha and he hadn't appeared.
Rain had fallen like bullets down at her and she had been forced to take refuge under a tree. The shade didn't do much good though because the rain soon reached her. But she had hung onto the petty belief that he would arrive, and her being stupid, actually waited for Inuyasha out in the freezing rain.and he never came.
She felt her heart skip a beat. Maybe he was busy and couldn't come.
"You're welcome, Kagome." The boy shot her back a playful smile, and Kagome sweat dropped. She really didn't like the boy. She really didn't even like being around him. Every time she was around him, she felt her head hurting. "Why are you out here in the rain?" she heard him ask.
She lifted a hand up to scratch her head, watching the rain trickle off the umbrella he was holding for the both of them. If it wasn't just her luck to have Kouga walking by the park during a downpour like this, maybe she would have been forced to stay here till it was dark.
"I was waiting," she muttered, holding the present closer to herself under her jacket.
"For?"
Kagome smiled a bit. "Inuyasha."
"Why are you waiting for him?"
"Because." she trailed off. Because what? ".because I wanted to talk to him."
"And he left you out here in the rain?"
She stared down at the ground, Kouga's words stabbing her. "I guess."
"Some kind of guy he is then."
She frowned a bit, as she lifted her head up to meet cerulean eyes. "Don't say that. I actually like him."
He looked confused, before grabbing two of her frozen hands and holding it in his thoroughly warmer ones. "Don't like someone like him." he started, gazing back into her eyes. "I can treat you infinite times better than he can. I can give you anything you want. I would protect you."
Kagome stared at him, the last words Kouga said ricocheting in the corner of her mind. Inuyasha had said he would protect her also.so she didn't need someone else's protection. She only needed Inuyasha's.
"No.Kouga.I don't need anything from you, and at most, I'll accept friendship. I really do like Inuyasha. I really do." She didn't take her hands away from his though because she felt as if her hands would drop off from the cold any moment now and since Kouga was offering it warmth.
She heard growling to her side and she snapped her head to her right to see who it was. Her eyes widened when she saw golden eyes staring intently back at her, anger obviously swimming in the depths of amber.
"Kagome." Inuyasha growled warningly, staring at how Kouga was holding Kagome's hands.
Kagome looked perplexed for a moment, before she followed his glance and saw that Kouga still had her hands in his. So much for warmth.
She tore her hands away from Kouga and took a step back. She felt kind of guilty, what with Inuyasha seeing the scene and all. But didn't she have a right to be furious at Inuyasha as well? The ass had left her standing like an idiot, waiting for him for nearly a full hour. And he had a right to be livid when all he saw was her talking to Kouga?
"Don't ever touch Kagome again," Inuyasha hissed menacingly over to the other boy, who raised an interested eyebrow, but kept his umbrella covering Kagome.
"And if I do.?" Kouga challenged, taking a small step closer to Kagome, who in turn inched back further.
Inuyasha's eyes narrowed dangerously. "If you do, I'll bloody rip your stomach open and force your own guts down your throat," Inuyasha muttered gravely, cracking his hands.
Kouga rolled his eyes, shooting Inuyasha an irritated look. "You dog-turd. You don't even deserve her. You leave her waiting for you and when you finally decide to show up, you expect her to welcome you with open arms? Additionally, you left her out in the rain, you damn idiot. I don't see what she sees in you."
Inuyasha snarled almost in a feral manner, instinctively leaping towards the other boy. But he skidded to a dangerous halt as Kagome stepped in front of Kouga in a flash, using her body as a shield. It strangely reminded him of Medieval Times.
"Kagome.step out of the way." Inuyasha whispered demandingly, but he only received some narrowing of her eyes.
"Don't make a repeat of what happened a while ago, Inuyasha." she hissed back menacingly, her azure eyes flashing ire.
"Kagome." he muttered, half torn between guilt and anger.
Kagome gave him a look that told him to stay where he was, before she turned around to gaze at Kouga. "Kouga.I know you like me and all.but really, I'm sorry, but I don't."
Inuyasha smirked triumphantly at Kagome's confession, shooting the other boy a good victorious glare when Kagome wasn't looking.
She continued. "If it makes you feel better, I'll even try to be your friend. But.my heart doesn't belong with you."
Kouga gazed down at her, understanding slowly dawning onto his features. He really would have liked Kagome to be his girlfriend, but he guessed someone already made claim to her the moment those two started arguing. He would yield.until they broke up anyway.
"Okay. I understand." Kouga smiled winningly. "I'll wait." He missed the twitch in Kagome's eyes. "Until then, at least take the umbrella."
Kagome laughed nervously. "No, you keep it. It's yours."
Kouga shoved the handle into Kagome's hand, before taking an umbrella out of his jacket. "I have another one." He winked as Kagome looked even more confused as how Kouga had managed to get the extra umbrella under his jacket. "So keep that one and well, I guess, good luck with that bastard." Kouga continued glaring over at Inuyasha, who only glared back with as much enthusiasm. "If he treats you bad, he'll answer to me. Goodbye Kagome."
With that said and done, Kouga turned around and stalked off, his head held high as he disappeared slowly into the rain. This left Kagome and Inuyasha behind, the girl with an umbrella in her hands and a boy soaking wet to the bones.
Kagome could feel a migraine coming on. Kouga was so hard to handle sometimes, but Inuyasha was without doubt, much worse. She sensed trouble hadn't ended yet, as he stalked closer to her.
"Why were you with him?" he asked accusingly, the rain sliding off his hair like a small stream.
She turned to glare hard at the boy. "Are you saying I can't?" she challenged, gazing at how his shirt seemed to stick to his body.
"Yes."
She clenched her hands. The migraine was definitely coming.
"Just because you ditched me for one hour doesn't mean I'll wait forever for you. When Kouga comes with an umbrella because I didn't have one, I'm not passing up the opportunity for shade just because you don't like me talking to other guys. For goodness sakes, Inuyasha! GROW UP!" she yelled, feeling her anger slowly squeeze out, causing her to lose her patience with his stubbornness.
"Grow up!?" he yelled back, his own patience slowly dissipating. "You tell me to grow up when you're the one who was flirting with Kouga!?"
Kagome opened her mouth in angry surprise. Did he just accuse her of flirting with someone else? "You dumb, dumb, dumb IDIOT! How could you even SAY that?!" she screamed, her hands clenching hard at her side.
"Well you were!"
"I was not!"
"I even saw him take your hand and you didn't seize your hand away!"
Kagome frowned. "It wasn't my fault my hand was an ice cube." She shoved her right hand in front of his face as proof, and he nearly went cross-eyed looking at it. "Don't you ever dare assume I'm flirting with another boy again, Inuyasha! I might just be tempted to rip out your eyes if you do! You left me waiting for you like an idiot for one hour, and the first thing you can tell me is that I'm FLIRTING with Kouga!?"
His frown lessened a bit as the fist in front of his face shook. "If that's what you think, you're a bloody idiot."
She felt his own hands cover hers, bringing it down from his face so that he can stare into her eyes. His expressions had softened, almost to a puppy- like tone. She nearly squealed, even when she heard his next statement.
"And if I really must tell you, I'm only a 'bloody idiot' for you."
Kagome stared at him, her anger slowly disappearing as she stared into his sincere eyes. Bloody idiot with those gorgeous eyes.
"I hate you." She scowled as she saw him smirk, a smirk which sent her insides tumbling around in cartwheels. Bloody idiot.
"I hate you too." He took one step closer to her and hugged her close, causing Kagome to drop her umbrella and allow rain to assault her body again. She closed her eyes though, feeling the warmth vibrate off of Inuyasha and enter her body. Oh did she hate him or what.
The things he could make her feel.
"I still won't forgive you for making me wait an hour," she mumbled into his shoulder, silently reveling in the warmth he gave her.
"Then don't. I'm sorry," he mumbled, holding the girl close and blocking out the rest of the world. She had waited for him. The dumb girl had waited for him, and yes, although he had been blinded by irrational jealousy at first, he realized she had actually waited for him in the rain. That realized, he could say he felt absolutely ecstatic.
Kagome slipped her arms around his waist, just allowing him to hold her in the cold. She had missed his hugs, the way he held her, and the way he just commonly touched her. Everything he did sent her into jitters and she really couldn't stay angry at the boy for long. She had nearly even forgotten about Kouga.
All that really mattered was that her waiting had paid off. It didn't matter that he was late, but it mattered that he was actually here. With her. In the rain. Perfect.
"Inuyasha.?" she whispered, her eyes still closed and letting his heat run over her.
"Yes.?" he asked, letting go of her slightly and backing away, looking at the goddess who was his. Her hair was stringy from being wet, but she looked absolutely gorgeous. And she was his.
Kagome smiled as she reached inside her jacket for the present. She took out a small box, which she held out to the boy with a blush lighting her cheeks. "For you. I just thought you'd like it.it really isn't much."
Inuyasha blinked as he took the small box, watching as the rain made the material wet. Slowly opening it, his eyes widened. This was like the movies. But instead, it felt reversed. She was giving him a present instead of him giving her a present.
He took the trinket out of the box, holding it out in front of him as the silver locket connected chain of beads twirled in his hold. She blushed even more as she watched him stare at it.
"I know boys don't usually wear lockets.or necklaces for that matter. But I really didn't know what else to get you." She smiled more as his golden eyes locked onto hers. "It seems strange for me to be giving you this, but our whole relationship was strange anyway."
Inuyasha nodded gently as he held the locket in his palm, staring down at it. Engraved on the front was IK which he assumed stood for Inuyasha and Kagome. He gently opened the locket and smirked when he saw the picture inside. It was of him and her, albeit it wasn't a decent picture.
The picture was of her jumping onto him and trying to rip his hair out, while he tried to throw her off his back. They both had the most murderous gleams in their eyes and if anyone else looked at it, it would have looked like two people who hated each other to the extreme. He chuckled slightly at the mere memory of the picture.
"I like it."
She looked surprised. "Really?"
He smiled, as he slowly put the necklace around his neck. It felt cold to his skin, but he really didn't mind. It was raining for god's sake and everything felt cold and numb, except for what he was feeling inside. "Really."
She smiled lightly back up at him, looking at how the necklace actually suited him rather well.
He bent down to pick up the umbrella, slowly moving it up to cover the both of them. "You want to go home now.?" he asked gently, watching as water still slowly dripped off her bangs.
She stuck her tongue out at him, before softly slipping her hand into his. She shot him another smile as she urged him to start walking.
"Yea.let's go home," she whispered, as the couple slowly walked out of the park, the rain still falling ceaselessly from the skies above.
Chapter 18 - I'll Be Waiting
By: Inuyashasgirl789
Kagome fidgeted nervously as she stared at the person walking by. Ten more minutes till four and ten more minutes till she'll tell him how she felt. She smiled brilliantly as she fingered the present in her hands, wrapped to perfection.
Clouds were rapidly coming in and she thanked the gods she chose to meet him at four. If she had chosen four-thirty, it would have probably already begun to pour cats and dogs. After all, weather here was as predictable as trying to win the lottery, which in no doubt to say, was really unpredictable.
She held the present closely to herself and smiled again. "I hope you like it," she muttered, and giggled when she thought of the present. It wasn't anything really, really expensive, or something she thought he would like, but it was special.
She felt the first sprinkles of rain on her cheek.
*~*~*
Inuyasha sighed as he collapsed on the bed, watching the rain pour outside. It splattered on his window almost like bullets and he frowned when he noticed how hard it was showering. It wasn't that he hated the rain; he rather liked it really because it made one think about a lot of things. But too much could be bad and right now, he knew it was pouring too much.
Twisting his body to look up at the ceiling, he began to think.
He licked his lips almost self-consciously when he thought of the way Kikyou had kissed him. It caused a cold shudder to run through his body. He felt like he had cheated on Kagome in a way, although he knew it wasn't his fault Kikyou had decided to throw herself at him.
But now that he knew she had changed for him, did he feel guilty?
Yes.he did.
He felt extremely guilty.
He always did have the impression their childhood friendship wasn't just well, friendship. Everyone saw there was something else going on, even if he himself had not realized it then, and so he had never really thought about it when he began to see Kikyou as a normal friend instead of a childhood crush.
But she had .loved him more than he thought.
Was someone really so willing to do anything for a person they loved, they would even change the person they truly were?
An image of Kagome came up in Inuyasha's mind and he smiled, lightly.
Yes, he guessed someone was willing to do that, if it was for the right person.
Kagome was different from Kikyou. Something about her made him smile every time he thought of her. She was unique, she was special and she made him feel like the luckiest man on earth to be able to love her. Just being close to her did wonders to his heartbeat as it soared sky high. If she did as much as smile for him, he was sure he would hold her close and never let go.
It had seemed like a dream. They had hated each other to the very core of their being and through just a few incidents, he found himself wishing she would be with him forever. Was it possible to fall in love with someone at this age? Yes, it was, and he and she were proof enough.
He rolled over to his side to stare out the window again, glimpsing at the digital clock which read 4:46. He sighed. It was getting rather late and he wondered what Kagome was doing. She was probably home reading a book or something. No one would be crazy enough to stay outside in that weather.
The phone next to his bed rang and he lazily grabbed it. "Moshi moshi?" he muttered, feeling his eyelids start to flutter close.
"Where. Were. You?" Miroku asked, fury in his voice over the phone.
"Out," Inuyasha mumbled lazily.
"I called you fifty times since four!"
"Over exaggeration, Miroku. I just came home."
"Why aren't you there?"
"Where?"
"Oh bloody hell."
Inuyasha raised an interested eyebrow. "What is it?"
"I just called Mrs. Higurashi and it seems Kagome still isn't home."
Inuyasha bolted straight up from the bed as his eyes went wide. Clenching the sheets on his bed tightly, he asked, "What happened?"
"You happened!" Miroku growled. "You're suppose to meet her under the sakura tree at four! But you bolted your furry ass out of there at three to meet Kikyou and didn't give me time to tell you. If she's not home, I think she's still out there! Look out there, Inuyasha. It's raining rocks practically and she's out there."
Inuyasha looked out the window wildly. "Why did she want to meet me?" he asked madly, wondering what in the worlds Kagome could want to do with him out there in the freezing rain and cold.
Miroku snorted over the line. "You were always the one to tell me I never knew what a woman was thinking, hypocrite. Why are you asking me? I wouldn't know 'boobs from ass' after all."
Inuyasha rolled his eyes when he could tell Miroku was trying to get back at him. "I'll call you later. I'm going out."
"You're going out?!" shouted an almost hysterical Miroku. "You nut of a mother nut! I repeat, it's raining rocks out there!"
"Rocks or hail, I'm going out."
Inuyasha could almost 'see' Miroku roll his eyes from the tone of voice Miroku was using to talk to him with. "That's disgusting. Whatever. Get out there then, Prince Charming. Don't say I didn't warn you though. It's better to stay indoors, whether Kagome is out there or not."
"Whether Kagome is in China or Africa, I'll be there, okay?"
"Oh god, what has she done to you," was Miroku's last words before Inuyasha hung up on his best friend. Leaving the phone on his pillow, he practically jumped off the bed to grab his jacket on the chair.
Putting it on hastily, he looked around for his umbrella. But not finding it, he decided to just bolt out his room without it. Bounding down the stairs, he didn't even bother to tell his brother where he was going before he was out the door and in the rain.
He stopped for a moment when he felt the rain hit him on the face. It wasn't simple rain, it was the type of rain that forced its way into your clothing and soaked you wet. It was one of those rainy days where only people without a brain were out and trying to catch a cold. It was a day for idiots.
But he was an idiot for Kagome anyway, so did it really matter?
Running down the streets, he didn't notice how he seemed to be splashing in every puddle, causing water to seep into his sneakers. Lightning suddenly flashed across the skies, illuminating his vision in peculiar shades of gray and vividness. He blinked his eyes shut for a moment and stopped, allowing his vision to come back to him. He could feel the water uncomfortably soaking his clothing, yet it strangely didn't seem to matter to him. The outer wintriness didn't compare to the ice he felt in his heart.
It was all because he had gone to talk to Kikyou that he had stood Kagome up. He knew it wasn't entirely his fault, he hadn't known he was supposed to meet her, but he blamed himself anyway.
Starting to run again, he felt oddly scared. He felt scared a lot recently, and it always had something to do with Kagome. It could seem sickening to others, but to him, it brought along a sense of calm. He was protecting something he loved, after all.
But now he was scared---what if she wasn't there? What if she left because he had foolishly missed the time he was suppose to meet her by a good hour?
He kept running, knowing that deep inside, he was an idiot to even have met up with Kikyou. But he couldn't deny she was his childhood friend, and since she was, he couldn't refuse her wish to see him.
Why did he want Kagome to be there? A part of him held tightly onto the hope that she was there. He wanted to see her, hold her in his arms, or at least be able to know she was safe.smiling.laughing.
God, Miroku was right. What had she done to him? She controlled him like a faithful puppy---one which was scared she might leave him. This was pathetic.
Arriving at the park, he could see it span for at least a long way. Whoever had decided that building an enormous park hadn't been too smart. Inuyasha wondered how long it would take him to find her, if she was still there. He didn't waste time.
Hurriedly entering the path into the park, he could see the glistening rain droplets drip off the trees' leaves, causing the whole place to illuminate in a shiny silvery light almost. The gravel under his feet crunched every time his shoe met the ground, as he searched almost frenziedly for a sign of Kagome.
"Kagome!"
The voice seemed to vibrate from his throat, and he listened for any kind of reply. There was none.
Was she okay? Did something happen to her.?
He continued on his way, searching for anybody similar to Kagome. Then he saw her, or at least the back of her, her hair swishing back and forth. "Kagome!" he screamed, running up to the girl walking on the path with an umbrella.
He laid a hand on her shoulder and when she twirled around, he lost his smile. It wasn't Kagome, but just some random girl walking through the park. She shot him a confused and annoyed look, before seeing him rush off again. He didn't want a stranger.he wanted Kagome.
The rain was heavy and cold on his face, and he lifted up a hand to wipe the water away. He blinked his eyes as he saw two figures in the distance, one just about looking like Kagome. Wiping his eyes with his sleeves, he looked again, his golden eyes staring into the distance.
Yes, it was with no doubt. One of them was Kagome. But who was the other? It strangely resembled.err. It can't be.
Running towards the two figures, they gradually appeared clearer and he realized more and more that the other person was the one guy he hadn't expected to be here. Why was that idiot here? Kagome shouldn't even be talking to him.
He stopped a distance away from Kagome, who was smiling and talking with Kouga, him holding the umbrella that was shielding them both from the rain. She looked happy, and this didn't go too well with Inuyasha. Especially not when he grabbed her hands and she didn't pull away.
He felt his jealousy flare.
*~*~*
"Thanks, Kouga," Kagome muttered, shooting the boy a grateful smile as she wrung the water from her raven locks. She had waited a full hour for that inconceivable idiot Inuyasha and he hadn't appeared.
Rain had fallen like bullets down at her and she had been forced to take refuge under a tree. The shade didn't do much good though because the rain soon reached her. But she had hung onto the petty belief that he would arrive, and her being stupid, actually waited for Inuyasha out in the freezing rain.and he never came.
She felt her heart skip a beat. Maybe he was busy and couldn't come.
"You're welcome, Kagome." The boy shot her back a playful smile, and Kagome sweat dropped. She really didn't like the boy. She really didn't even like being around him. Every time she was around him, she felt her head hurting. "Why are you out here in the rain?" she heard him ask.
She lifted a hand up to scratch her head, watching the rain trickle off the umbrella he was holding for the both of them. If it wasn't just her luck to have Kouga walking by the park during a downpour like this, maybe she would have been forced to stay here till it was dark.
"I was waiting," she muttered, holding the present closer to herself under her jacket.
"For?"
Kagome smiled a bit. "Inuyasha."
"Why are you waiting for him?"
"Because." she trailed off. Because what? ".because I wanted to talk to him."
"And he left you out here in the rain?"
She stared down at the ground, Kouga's words stabbing her. "I guess."
"Some kind of guy he is then."
She frowned a bit, as she lifted her head up to meet cerulean eyes. "Don't say that. I actually like him."
He looked confused, before grabbing two of her frozen hands and holding it in his thoroughly warmer ones. "Don't like someone like him." he started, gazing back into her eyes. "I can treat you infinite times better than he can. I can give you anything you want. I would protect you."
Kagome stared at him, the last words Kouga said ricocheting in the corner of her mind. Inuyasha had said he would protect her also.so she didn't need someone else's protection. She only needed Inuyasha's.
"No.Kouga.I don't need anything from you, and at most, I'll accept friendship. I really do like Inuyasha. I really do." She didn't take her hands away from his though because she felt as if her hands would drop off from the cold any moment now and since Kouga was offering it warmth.
She heard growling to her side and she snapped her head to her right to see who it was. Her eyes widened when she saw golden eyes staring intently back at her, anger obviously swimming in the depths of amber.
"Kagome." Inuyasha growled warningly, staring at how Kouga was holding Kagome's hands.
Kagome looked perplexed for a moment, before she followed his glance and saw that Kouga still had her hands in his. So much for warmth.
She tore her hands away from Kouga and took a step back. She felt kind of guilty, what with Inuyasha seeing the scene and all. But didn't she have a right to be furious at Inuyasha as well? The ass had left her standing like an idiot, waiting for him for nearly a full hour. And he had a right to be livid when all he saw was her talking to Kouga?
"Don't ever touch Kagome again," Inuyasha hissed menacingly over to the other boy, who raised an interested eyebrow, but kept his umbrella covering Kagome.
"And if I do.?" Kouga challenged, taking a small step closer to Kagome, who in turn inched back further.
Inuyasha's eyes narrowed dangerously. "If you do, I'll bloody rip your stomach open and force your own guts down your throat," Inuyasha muttered gravely, cracking his hands.
Kouga rolled his eyes, shooting Inuyasha an irritated look. "You dog-turd. You don't even deserve her. You leave her waiting for you and when you finally decide to show up, you expect her to welcome you with open arms? Additionally, you left her out in the rain, you damn idiot. I don't see what she sees in you."
Inuyasha snarled almost in a feral manner, instinctively leaping towards the other boy. But he skidded to a dangerous halt as Kagome stepped in front of Kouga in a flash, using her body as a shield. It strangely reminded him of Medieval Times.
"Kagome.step out of the way." Inuyasha whispered demandingly, but he only received some narrowing of her eyes.
"Don't make a repeat of what happened a while ago, Inuyasha." she hissed back menacingly, her azure eyes flashing ire.
"Kagome." he muttered, half torn between guilt and anger.
Kagome gave him a look that told him to stay where he was, before she turned around to gaze at Kouga. "Kouga.I know you like me and all.but really, I'm sorry, but I don't."
Inuyasha smirked triumphantly at Kagome's confession, shooting the other boy a good victorious glare when Kagome wasn't looking.
She continued. "If it makes you feel better, I'll even try to be your friend. But.my heart doesn't belong with you."
Kouga gazed down at her, understanding slowly dawning onto his features. He really would have liked Kagome to be his girlfriend, but he guessed someone already made claim to her the moment those two started arguing. He would yield.until they broke up anyway.
"Okay. I understand." Kouga smiled winningly. "I'll wait." He missed the twitch in Kagome's eyes. "Until then, at least take the umbrella."
Kagome laughed nervously. "No, you keep it. It's yours."
Kouga shoved the handle into Kagome's hand, before taking an umbrella out of his jacket. "I have another one." He winked as Kagome looked even more confused as how Kouga had managed to get the extra umbrella under his jacket. "So keep that one and well, I guess, good luck with that bastard." Kouga continued glaring over at Inuyasha, who only glared back with as much enthusiasm. "If he treats you bad, he'll answer to me. Goodbye Kagome."
With that said and done, Kouga turned around and stalked off, his head held high as he disappeared slowly into the rain. This left Kagome and Inuyasha behind, the girl with an umbrella in her hands and a boy soaking wet to the bones.
Kagome could feel a migraine coming on. Kouga was so hard to handle sometimes, but Inuyasha was without doubt, much worse. She sensed trouble hadn't ended yet, as he stalked closer to her.
"Why were you with him?" he asked accusingly, the rain sliding off his hair like a small stream.
She turned to glare hard at the boy. "Are you saying I can't?" she challenged, gazing at how his shirt seemed to stick to his body.
"Yes."
She clenched her hands. The migraine was definitely coming.
"Just because you ditched me for one hour doesn't mean I'll wait forever for you. When Kouga comes with an umbrella because I didn't have one, I'm not passing up the opportunity for shade just because you don't like me talking to other guys. For goodness sakes, Inuyasha! GROW UP!" she yelled, feeling her anger slowly squeeze out, causing her to lose her patience with his stubbornness.
"Grow up!?" he yelled back, his own patience slowly dissipating. "You tell me to grow up when you're the one who was flirting with Kouga!?"
Kagome opened her mouth in angry surprise. Did he just accuse her of flirting with someone else? "You dumb, dumb, dumb IDIOT! How could you even SAY that?!" she screamed, her hands clenching hard at her side.
"Well you were!"
"I was not!"
"I even saw him take your hand and you didn't seize your hand away!"
Kagome frowned. "It wasn't my fault my hand was an ice cube." She shoved her right hand in front of his face as proof, and he nearly went cross-eyed looking at it. "Don't you ever dare assume I'm flirting with another boy again, Inuyasha! I might just be tempted to rip out your eyes if you do! You left me waiting for you like an idiot for one hour, and the first thing you can tell me is that I'm FLIRTING with Kouga!?"
His frown lessened a bit as the fist in front of his face shook. "If that's what you think, you're a bloody idiot."
She felt his own hands cover hers, bringing it down from his face so that he can stare into her eyes. His expressions had softened, almost to a puppy- like tone. She nearly squealed, even when she heard his next statement.
"And if I really must tell you, I'm only a 'bloody idiot' for you."
Kagome stared at him, her anger slowly disappearing as she stared into his sincere eyes. Bloody idiot with those gorgeous eyes.
"I hate you." She scowled as she saw him smirk, a smirk which sent her insides tumbling around in cartwheels. Bloody idiot.
"I hate you too." He took one step closer to her and hugged her close, causing Kagome to drop her umbrella and allow rain to assault her body again. She closed her eyes though, feeling the warmth vibrate off of Inuyasha and enter her body. Oh did she hate him or what.
The things he could make her feel.
"I still won't forgive you for making me wait an hour," she mumbled into his shoulder, silently reveling in the warmth he gave her.
"Then don't. I'm sorry," he mumbled, holding the girl close and blocking out the rest of the world. She had waited for him. The dumb girl had waited for him, and yes, although he had been blinded by irrational jealousy at first, he realized she had actually waited for him in the rain. That realized, he could say he felt absolutely ecstatic.
Kagome slipped her arms around his waist, just allowing him to hold her in the cold. She had missed his hugs, the way he held her, and the way he just commonly touched her. Everything he did sent her into jitters and she really couldn't stay angry at the boy for long. She had nearly even forgotten about Kouga.
All that really mattered was that her waiting had paid off. It didn't matter that he was late, but it mattered that he was actually here. With her. In the rain. Perfect.
"Inuyasha.?" she whispered, her eyes still closed and letting his heat run over her.
"Yes.?" he asked, letting go of her slightly and backing away, looking at the goddess who was his. Her hair was stringy from being wet, but she looked absolutely gorgeous. And she was his.
Kagome smiled as she reached inside her jacket for the present. She took out a small box, which she held out to the boy with a blush lighting her cheeks. "For you. I just thought you'd like it.it really isn't much."
Inuyasha blinked as he took the small box, watching as the rain made the material wet. Slowly opening it, his eyes widened. This was like the movies. But instead, it felt reversed. She was giving him a present instead of him giving her a present.
He took the trinket out of the box, holding it out in front of him as the silver locket connected chain of beads twirled in his hold. She blushed even more as she watched him stare at it.
"I know boys don't usually wear lockets.or necklaces for that matter. But I really didn't know what else to get you." She smiled more as his golden eyes locked onto hers. "It seems strange for me to be giving you this, but our whole relationship was strange anyway."
Inuyasha nodded gently as he held the locket in his palm, staring down at it. Engraved on the front was IK which he assumed stood for Inuyasha and Kagome. He gently opened the locket and smirked when he saw the picture inside. It was of him and her, albeit it wasn't a decent picture.
The picture was of her jumping onto him and trying to rip his hair out, while he tried to throw her off his back. They both had the most murderous gleams in their eyes and if anyone else looked at it, it would have looked like two people who hated each other to the extreme. He chuckled slightly at the mere memory of the picture.
"I like it."
She looked surprised. "Really?"
He smiled, as he slowly put the necklace around his neck. It felt cold to his skin, but he really didn't mind. It was raining for god's sake and everything felt cold and numb, except for what he was feeling inside. "Really."
She smiled lightly back up at him, looking at how the necklace actually suited him rather well.
He bent down to pick up the umbrella, slowly moving it up to cover the both of them. "You want to go home now.?" he asked gently, watching as water still slowly dripped off her bangs.
She stuck her tongue out at him, before softly slipping her hand into his. She shot him another smile as she urged him to start walking.
"Yea.let's go home," she whispered, as the couple slowly walked out of the park, the rain still falling ceaselessly from the skies above.