Chapter 12: Plans in Motion
"You're WHAT?!" Yelled Yuka, Eri and Ayumi. All three stared at the slightly stunned miko.
Kagome's eyes twitched slightly at her friend's sudden outburst at her most recent news. She tried to reach behind her and grasp Inuyasha's hand for comfort but no one was there. She snapped around quickly to search for the missing hanyou. She didn't have to look far. High up in a nearby tree, clutched to a branch was a boy with long black hair and violet eyes. "Inuyasha get down here!" She whispered up to him, her friends couldn't hear but she knew Inuyasha could.
"No way. Those girls are scary." Inuyasha yelled back from his now comfortable position on the branch.
"Inuyasha, please come down." Kagome spoke a little louder this time, getting slightly irritated with the tree-bound hanyou.
"Not a chance. If those girls go crazy just because you told them we're engaged, how are they gonna react to the other news. No thank you… I'm safer up here." He leaned against the trunk of the tree, stretched his legs out and casually placed his hands behind his head.
Kagome's eye twitched at the hanyou's stubbornness. "Inuyasha, don't make me say the "O" word." She downcast her gaze a tad as she also glanced at him from the corner of her eye. She was practically daring him to call her bluff.
Inuyasha shuddered for a moment then glanced at her with menacing eyes. "Oi girls. The other news is….She's moving in with me tonight."
Kagome bared her teeth at him and started to growl. "OSUW-"
"Kagome is it true?"
"Are you really!"
"Where does he live?"
"Can I help you?"
"How could you do this?"
"Isn't it kinda soon?"
When Kagome was cut off from subduing him by the three cackling, inquisitive girls, Inuyasha just about burst into a fit of laughter. That is if the sense of foreboding danger hadn't washed over him. He has the strangest feeling of being watched. He then heard a faint whistling sound.
"Well, once we told my mom she practically-" *OOMFFF* Before she knew it, she was hauled to the ground by an incredible force. "Inu…yasha?" mumbled Kagome as she tried to lift her head up from the ground.
*FSSSSSSS*THUMP*CRACK*
In a split second, Inuyasha had looked up to the tree then bolted for the school, without a single word spoken.
All the girls helped Kagome to her feet. Then they all saw the cause for the instant pummeling. Embedded I the tree was the long white shaft of an arrow.
Upon seeing the still vibrating arrow in the tree, Kagome's eyes immediately shot to the school's roof, then the grounds. To anyone that would have had a clean shot. She looked around franticly for the person who tied to make her life short lived. Unfortunately, Kagome couldn't see anyone. All four girls decided to return to the classroom for afternoon classes, but they did so in a huddled together fashion.
Inuyasha on the other hand had reached the roof and instantly picked up the familiar scent belonging to a well known undead miko. In a flash, he took chase; down the stairs, down the hall, down some more stirs, down another hall, into a room.
"KIIIIIIAAAAAAAAAAA!!"
Without much warning, a garbage can connected with his head, sending him flying back out the door. The door was slammed shut as he looked up in wonder. Inuyasha read the sign and bolted back to his classroom "Why did she have to hide in the girl's locker room. DAMN!"
~***~
"So your plan worked right?" asked a girl that was toweling her long, wavy brown hair.
"Of course it worked. He immediately jumped down to save her."
"But how did you know he would be up in a tree? Or would save her for that matter?" asked another girl sitting on a bench brushing her short black hair.
"Kagome mentioned in her diary Inuyasha's fondness for sitting up in trees. She also said repeatedly how he would save her from everything that threatened her."
The girl with long brown hair finished dressing as she turned and stared at the girl with long black hair and pale skin. "Hey Kikyo, have you figured out how you feel connected to them yet? Why it is you hate Kagome so much and why do you seem so bent on destroying Inuyasha?"
"Not yet Ruru I'm still reading her diary. That girl goes on and on about Inuyasha. She's mentioned a few things about Miroku and Sango, a fox youkai named Shippo, hunting jewels. And she almost seems to hate an undead miko and she seems to be jealous of her." Kikyo placed her bow and arrows in her gym locker and stood staring off into space as she thought aloud. "I have a feeling I need to learn more about that undead miko…"
"Ano…Kikyo, why did you shoot at Kagome? What was the point? Asked the quiet girl sitting on the bench.
Kikyo came out of her reverie and looked at her short haired friend. "Because Akana, I was testing to see if what that girl wrote was true…And it appears to be."
*SHHHHHH*CRASH*
A girl with medium length black hair in pigtails burst into the room, breathing heavily. "Kikyo! Do you remember when we were talking about that guy and girl looking comfortable together……" She saw Kikyo nod yes in answering. "I just found out…Inuyasha and Kagome got engaged this weekend."
Kikyo stared at the girl, stunned and speechless. 'Didn't he just transfer her last week…There is defiantly something odd going on with those two.' "Kamie, for you sake, you had better not be lying."
Kamie gulped and shook her head side to side. "One of my friends overheard them talking about it. Those two are defiantly engaged."
Kikyo slammed her locker shut and practically growled in anger. "DAMN. Now what am I suppose to do? Those two have ruined all my plans!" She then punched the locker with her right fist as she clenched her left fist tightly. Kikyo relaxed a tiny bit and stormed over to the door. "I'm going home early to rethink my plans."
All three girls simply nodded in acknowledgement and watched her leave the locker room.
"Dang, Kikyo can be scary." Observed Kamie from her huddled position by the wall.
"Hai!" agreed Ruru.
"Very!" added Akana.
~***~
Kagome stood with her friends talking outside the school after classes concluded for the day. Inuyasha and Miroku were off tracking down Kikyo. Inuyasha had picked up her scent the moment they left the school.
All the girls waited patiently at the gate to the school. They all talked about what was to happen today. They were so engrossed in the conversation that none of them noticed the guys walking up behind them.
"KIIIIIIIIIIAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!" upon feeling someone grope her bottom, Kagome spun around and slapped the nearest guy. *SLAP*
*SIGH* "Even when I'm innocent, everyone thinks I'm guilty." Responded Miroku sadly.
Kagome looked at the monk inquisitively then slowly turned to glare at her fiancé, who was grinning immensely. She then turned back to Miroku. "I'm so sorry Miroku. Inuyasha, OSUWARI!"
*WURRP*THUNK*
"Ka..go..me!" mumbled the mass of black from the concrete sidewalk.
"So what did you guys find out?" asked Sango as she wrapped her arms around Miroku's.
Miroku sighed heavily. "Nothing. Her trail went cold about 4 miles from here. She's most likely using a barrier of some sort to hide her presence."
Kagome down cast her gaze to the ground. "Great! I was afraid she would do that. Now what am I suppose to do?"
"Just be normal." Responded Inuyasha as he managed to pick himself up off the sidewalk. "If you're with me everything will be fine. Besides, aren't you suppose to move in with me today?!" He winked at her then started to walk toward home.
"Hai!" Kagome nodded then quickly caught up with him. She waved goodbye to her friends Yuka, Ayumi and Eri as Sango and Miroku caught up with them. Kagome then turned to her fiancé, excited. "So are you ready to have me as a roommate?"
Inuyasha glanced at her from the corner of his eye and raised an eyebrow at her. "As ready as I'll ever be after traveling with you for the last 3 years." He heard her giggling quietly and he started to quicken his pace, wanting to get her to his place soon so he could protect her properly, among other things.
~*~
They reached the shrine in no time. Kagome and Inuyasha burst into the house and ran for her room, of course Miroku and Sango followed. Everyone started grabbing boxes and bags and started to haul them down the stairs.
"Sheesh looks like it will only take one trip." Kagome looked over her empty room then she looked over to her fiancé that was ladened with about then boxes. 'This all seems like a dream. But if it is, I'm not sure if I ever want to wake up.'
"Kagome?" came a quiet and sad voice.
She turned to see a boy with auburn hair staring up at her. "Shippo…"
"Kagome can I come with you guys?" asked Shippo with wet, pleading, green eyes.
"I'm sorry Shippo, you can't. Legally you need to stay here…Look on the bright side you can have my room and you can come stay with us anytime you want ok. And maybe if mom will let you, you can spend the night on the weekends. Ok!?" Kagome's heart went out to the little kitsune. She felt terrible for having to leave him at the shrine, but what else could she do. She then smiled down at the boy in front of her and handed him a smaller box to carry. "So, are you going to help us or not?!"
Shippo smiled back then followed the miko out of the room and joined the others by the door.
Once all gathered, all five left the house and headed for the apartment.
~******~
"You're WHAT?!" Yelled Yuka, Eri and Ayumi. All three stared at the slightly stunned miko.
Kagome's eyes twitched slightly at her friend's sudden outburst at her most recent news. She tried to reach behind her and grasp Inuyasha's hand for comfort but no one was there. She snapped around quickly to search for the missing hanyou. She didn't have to look far. High up in a nearby tree, clutched to a branch was a boy with long black hair and violet eyes. "Inuyasha get down here!" She whispered up to him, her friends couldn't hear but she knew Inuyasha could.
"No way. Those girls are scary." Inuyasha yelled back from his now comfortable position on the branch.
"Inuyasha, please come down." Kagome spoke a little louder this time, getting slightly irritated with the tree-bound hanyou.
"Not a chance. If those girls go crazy just because you told them we're engaged, how are they gonna react to the other news. No thank you… I'm safer up here." He leaned against the trunk of the tree, stretched his legs out and casually placed his hands behind his head.
Kagome's eye twitched at the hanyou's stubbornness. "Inuyasha, don't make me say the "O" word." She downcast her gaze a tad as she also glanced at him from the corner of her eye. She was practically daring him to call her bluff.
Inuyasha shuddered for a moment then glanced at her with menacing eyes. "Oi girls. The other news is….She's moving in with me tonight."
Kagome bared her teeth at him and started to growl. "OSUW-"
"Kagome is it true?"
"Are you really!"
"Where does he live?"
"Can I help you?"
"How could you do this?"
"Isn't it kinda soon?"
When Kagome was cut off from subduing him by the three cackling, inquisitive girls, Inuyasha just about burst into a fit of laughter. That is if the sense of foreboding danger hadn't washed over him. He has the strangest feeling of being watched. He then heard a faint whistling sound.
"Well, once we told my mom she practically-" *OOMFFF* Before she knew it, she was hauled to the ground by an incredible force. "Inu…yasha?" mumbled Kagome as she tried to lift her head up from the ground.
*FSSSSSSS*THUMP*CRACK*
In a split second, Inuyasha had looked up to the tree then bolted for the school, without a single word spoken.
All the girls helped Kagome to her feet. Then they all saw the cause for the instant pummeling. Embedded I the tree was the long white shaft of an arrow.
Upon seeing the still vibrating arrow in the tree, Kagome's eyes immediately shot to the school's roof, then the grounds. To anyone that would have had a clean shot. She looked around franticly for the person who tied to make her life short lived. Unfortunately, Kagome couldn't see anyone. All four girls decided to return to the classroom for afternoon classes, but they did so in a huddled together fashion.
Inuyasha on the other hand had reached the roof and instantly picked up the familiar scent belonging to a well known undead miko. In a flash, he took chase; down the stairs, down the hall, down some more stirs, down another hall, into a room.
"KIIIIIIAAAAAAAAAAA!!"
Without much warning, a garbage can connected with his head, sending him flying back out the door. The door was slammed shut as he looked up in wonder. Inuyasha read the sign and bolted back to his classroom "Why did she have to hide in the girl's locker room. DAMN!"
~***~
"So your plan worked right?" asked a girl that was toweling her long, wavy brown hair.
"Of course it worked. He immediately jumped down to save her."
"But how did you know he would be up in a tree? Or would save her for that matter?" asked another girl sitting on a bench brushing her short black hair.
"Kagome mentioned in her diary Inuyasha's fondness for sitting up in trees. She also said repeatedly how he would save her from everything that threatened her."
The girl with long brown hair finished dressing as she turned and stared at the girl with long black hair and pale skin. "Hey Kikyo, have you figured out how you feel connected to them yet? Why it is you hate Kagome so much and why do you seem so bent on destroying Inuyasha?"
"Not yet Ruru I'm still reading her diary. That girl goes on and on about Inuyasha. She's mentioned a few things about Miroku and Sango, a fox youkai named Shippo, hunting jewels. And she almost seems to hate an undead miko and she seems to be jealous of her." Kikyo placed her bow and arrows in her gym locker and stood staring off into space as she thought aloud. "I have a feeling I need to learn more about that undead miko…"
"Ano…Kikyo, why did you shoot at Kagome? What was the point? Asked the quiet girl sitting on the bench.
Kikyo came out of her reverie and looked at her short haired friend. "Because Akana, I was testing to see if what that girl wrote was true…And it appears to be."
*SHHHHHH*CRASH*
A girl with medium length black hair in pigtails burst into the room, breathing heavily. "Kikyo! Do you remember when we were talking about that guy and girl looking comfortable together……" She saw Kikyo nod yes in answering. "I just found out…Inuyasha and Kagome got engaged this weekend."
Kikyo stared at the girl, stunned and speechless. 'Didn't he just transfer her last week…There is defiantly something odd going on with those two.' "Kamie, for you sake, you had better not be lying."
Kamie gulped and shook her head side to side. "One of my friends overheard them talking about it. Those two are defiantly engaged."
Kikyo slammed her locker shut and practically growled in anger. "DAMN. Now what am I suppose to do? Those two have ruined all my plans!" She then punched the locker with her right fist as she clenched her left fist tightly. Kikyo relaxed a tiny bit and stormed over to the door. "I'm going home early to rethink my plans."
All three girls simply nodded in acknowledgement and watched her leave the locker room.
"Dang, Kikyo can be scary." Observed Kamie from her huddled position by the wall.
"Hai!" agreed Ruru.
"Very!" added Akana.
~***~
Kagome stood with her friends talking outside the school after classes concluded for the day. Inuyasha and Miroku were off tracking down Kikyo. Inuyasha had picked up her scent the moment they left the school.
All the girls waited patiently at the gate to the school. They all talked about what was to happen today. They were so engrossed in the conversation that none of them noticed the guys walking up behind them.
"KIIIIIIIIIIAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!" upon feeling someone grope her bottom, Kagome spun around and slapped the nearest guy. *SLAP*
*SIGH* "Even when I'm innocent, everyone thinks I'm guilty." Responded Miroku sadly.
Kagome looked at the monk inquisitively then slowly turned to glare at her fiancé, who was grinning immensely. She then turned back to Miroku. "I'm so sorry Miroku. Inuyasha, OSUWARI!"
*WURRP*THUNK*
"Ka..go..me!" mumbled the mass of black from the concrete sidewalk.
"So what did you guys find out?" asked Sango as she wrapped her arms around Miroku's.
Miroku sighed heavily. "Nothing. Her trail went cold about 4 miles from here. She's most likely using a barrier of some sort to hide her presence."
Kagome down cast her gaze to the ground. "Great! I was afraid she would do that. Now what am I suppose to do?"
"Just be normal." Responded Inuyasha as he managed to pick himself up off the sidewalk. "If you're with me everything will be fine. Besides, aren't you suppose to move in with me today?!" He winked at her then started to walk toward home.
"Hai!" Kagome nodded then quickly caught up with him. She waved goodbye to her friends Yuka, Ayumi and Eri as Sango and Miroku caught up with them. Kagome then turned to her fiancé, excited. "So are you ready to have me as a roommate?"
Inuyasha glanced at her from the corner of his eye and raised an eyebrow at her. "As ready as I'll ever be after traveling with you for the last 3 years." He heard her giggling quietly and he started to quicken his pace, wanting to get her to his place soon so he could protect her properly, among other things.
~*~
They reached the shrine in no time. Kagome and Inuyasha burst into the house and ran for her room, of course Miroku and Sango followed. Everyone started grabbing boxes and bags and started to haul them down the stairs.
"Sheesh looks like it will only take one trip." Kagome looked over her empty room then she looked over to her fiancé that was ladened with about then boxes. 'This all seems like a dream. But if it is, I'm not sure if I ever want to wake up.'
"Kagome?" came a quiet and sad voice.
She turned to see a boy with auburn hair staring up at her. "Shippo…"
"Kagome can I come with you guys?" asked Shippo with wet, pleading, green eyes.
"I'm sorry Shippo, you can't. Legally you need to stay here…Look on the bright side you can have my room and you can come stay with us anytime you want ok. And maybe if mom will let you, you can spend the night on the weekends. Ok!?" Kagome's heart went out to the little kitsune. She felt terrible for having to leave him at the shrine, but what else could she do. She then smiled down at the boy in front of her and handed him a smaller box to carry. "So, are you going to help us or not?!"
Shippo smiled back then followed the miko out of the room and joined the others by the door.
Once all gathered, all five left the house and headed for the apartment.
~******~