Secrets and Poems
Disclaimer- I do not own Inuyasha. I just own this fanfic.
~Chapter 5- Secret Guilt~
Kagome woke up at seven o'clock. 'I'm gonna be late. again!'
Kagome washed herself, put on some clothes, stuffed her books into her bag, and ran downstairs. An eerie silence came over the breakfast table as Kagome sat down. Of course, this was usual in the family. It was because Souta was mute and her mom was upstairs sleeping, although, today's silence was even eerier that usual. As Kagome pondered a memory jolt hit her right in her brain. 'Ack! I have to get to school!'
Although Kagome had sprained her ankle from running three blocks to school and had hit her head against the door from being unaware (again), she was happy because she wasn't late this time.
"Man, you were almost late today? You could have been sent to detention again!" Sango whispered.
"Please Sango, I never want to hear that word ever again," and it was true, the word detention sent shivers up her back. Right now Kagome was practically trembling. The bell rang and the teacher entered.
"Ah, I see that Miss Higarashi and Miss Hirakutso have come early, but where are their partners in crime, hmmm?" Ms. Kaede looked around to find two empty seats. Kagome and Sango were looking at Ms. Kaede as if she had gone mad.
Suddenly, none other than Miroku and Inuyasha went through the door, banging it against the wall. Miroku was bent over and Inuyasha was using the wall for support.
"S-sorry we were late," Miroku gasped.
"Yeah, sorry. Like he said," Inuyasha concurred.
"Sorry, eh? That's the first time ye have said that when ye has been late. Aye, a magical little pixie must have gotten you, have it not?" Kaede burst out laughing then stopped suddenly. "You may take your seats."
Kagome expected her to say detention, be she didn't. Kagome was about to point this out to Ms. Kaede when she said, "I know Ms. Higarashi, the boys have detention. No need to point that out,"
Then she continued with her lesson.
Kagome pouted and sighed. She knew that Ms. Kaede was stubborn and wouldn't listen to reason.
No matter how much Kagome tried, she couldn't help but fume a bit. The whole time at class, Inuyasha had done the following to her- poked her, whispered burps in her ear from behind her, and put his feet on her chair. By the time class was over, Kagome went to her locker and opened it. Then, with all her strength, she slammed and opened her locker. After fuming out all her anger, she smiled cheerfully at Sango who had arrived a few minutes before.
"Kagome, we better get to class," Sango stuttered.
"Okay," Kagome said cheerfully.
"You know, I love this class,"
"You do? I thought you always hated math," Sango asked curiously.
"Of course I do, I love this class because you-know-who isn't in it,"
"You mean Inuyasha?" Kagome faced her head slowly to Sango.
"Who did you say was you-know-who?" Kagome said through clenched teeth. Sango put up her hands in front of her and said, "Never mind. Let's just get to class before we get to deten- I mean the scary place."
Sango grabbed Kagome's hand and lead her to class.
**
Inuyasha looked outside and pondered. It had been a while since he had stopped and thought a bit. He looked outside and saw the very essence of life. The sky was blue, not black he kept reminding himself, but to no avail. The more he kept looking outside, the more everything around him began to disappear. Soon, it was just him, the window, and the outside world. Everything around him was silent as he felt himself land on fresh grass. He looked around; everything was peaceful. He looked at the trees surrounding him. He tried to look beyond the rows of trees, but saw nothing else but more trees. A turned around and saw the back of a girl. She had long black hair and was wearing a blue skirt and a pink shirt. She was about to turn around when suddenly everything started to crumble. Inuyasha extended his hand to the figure without knowing why. But the figure crumbled with everything else, and Inuyasha was once again drawn back to the darkness. All of a sudden, he heard a ringing in his head. 'Oh shit! I'm going deaf aren't I?' He thought to himself, but soon was pulled back to the classroom. The bell was resounding throughout the classroom. Inuyasha lifted his head off his desk. It seemed that he had been dreaming the whole time. He saw Miroku heading out of the doorway while yelling, "Inuyasha, c'mon!"
Inuyasha warily lifted up his backpack and left.
**
Sango and Kagome were eating at their usual table. Ironically, Miroku and Inuyasha had the same lunchtime. They both sat down on the seats opposite of Kagome and Sango. Sango huffed and got up. Kagome followed suit and they both walked away to another seat. Miroku sighed and said cheerfully, "Ah, those girls really don't like us, do they?"
Inuyasha answered, "Don't like is an understatement. They hate our guts. But that's okay for me. They're just impudent wenches anyways."
Inuyasha took a bite out of his sandwich and stared absent-mindedly at the wall in the far side of the table. Miroku sighed again and began eating as well.
Kagome and Sango were both looking at the boys out of the corner of their eyes.
"Don't you think they'd get a hint and leave us alone," Kagome said matter-of-factly.
"It's sad really. They're the only guys who'd think twice of us though. Maybe we could put that to our advantage," Kagome raise an eyebrow. Sango just gave her a menacing smile.
"You know, to get them back for putting us in detention," Sango explained.
"I don't think I'm in it. I got my revenge when I toppled his chair. Plus, I'd rather read a poem about how a girl hates a guy instead," Kagome said.
"You just love poems don't you?" Sango said as she took a bite out of her sandwich.
"Sango, I love poems. They're a real stress reliever," Sango said in a low voice. "I told you about my family."
Sango stopped in mid-bite. Her eyes opened a bit, but she quickly bit into her sandwich and closed her eyes. Guilt ran through her body. The whole time, they were quiet.
**
Kagome walked out of the school in a better mood than she had felt when she came in. As she walked down the steps of the school building, she felt a Frisbee shoot past her. It had almost hit her! She saw Inuyasha jog past her and get the Frisbee.
"Hey bitch! You could have at least caught it!" with that, he ran off. Kagome was red in the face. She screamed back, "Hey! You were the one who through it at me!"
But Inuyasha didn't respond, he just stuck his tongue at her and jogged off, but was cut short. Kagome's heart was beating nonstop now as she looked at her crush talking to Inuyasha.
**
"Dear half- brother," Kagome's crush said, emphasizing the half part.
Inuyasha gave him the cold shoulder and huffed away, but he grabbed hold of his collar.
"Sesshoumaru! Let go you son-of-a-bitch!" Inuyasha cried as he tried to punch his half-brother. But Sesshoumaru just blocked it away and said in a cold voice, "Look, I'm going to move in for a while. I'll tell dad that I'm 'attending' law. If he asks you if I have been 'attending' these classes, tell him that I have. Okay?"
Sesshoumaru let go of his collar and Inuyasha straightened himself.
"Don't hold your tongue. Dad and me don't talk at all. So you're on your own," Inuyasha tried to escape, but Sesshoumaru had him by the collar again, "look, I know Dad, he'll try to find sources to check up on me. Since you're the only one home and I've told everyone else my information, he'll want something out of you. Now you have to tell him that if he asks, okay?"
Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru gave each other death glares until Inuyasha said, "Feh. Whatever."
Sesshoumaru grinned and let go off his brother. He was about to leave when he heard someone say, "Umm, so you're Sesshoumaru?"
Sesshoumaru turned around and saw Kagome. He narrowed his eyes suspiciously.
"Inuyasha, I never knew you had a girlfriend," Inuyasha gasped and said, "What?!"
"Isn't this your girlfriend, because then I wouldn't know why the hell she's near you," he said.
"This wench? No way! Plus, she's ugly!" Inuyasha said defensively. Kagome pouted and hit Inuyasha right smack in the jaw.
"Baka! No, I'm not his girlfriend, I'm that girl you asked when you needed to find someone," Kagome smiled sweetly.
"Oh, I asked about Jakotsu. Thank you, but why are you here, in front of me?" Sesshoumaru asked; eyes still narrowed.
"I just wondered how you knew Inuyasha, that's all," Kagome asked, blushing a little.
"It's my misfortune to have to know him, but he's my half-brother," Sesshoumaru explained.
"Oh." this was a really stumper to Kagome, how could someone so perfect be related to such a. a." Kagome looked at Inuyasha, how was scratching his head. Kagome bowed her head and sighed. She heard footsteps leaving and saw Sesshoumaru leave. Kagome sighed and left. She had to get to Inuyasha's house. Somehow. That's how Sango's plan clicked into her mind. 'Perfect.'
~**~
Sango looked behind her cautiously, and pulled open a metal flap. As soon as she felt the dead grass underneath her feet, she wrinkled her nose in disgust. No matter how many years she had stayed here, it still smelled awful. Picking up a stick, she started to stealthily poke at the piles of garbage. Upon coming to the last one, she impaled the stick into the pile of garbage and heard a clunking noise. She knelt down and carefully pried away a garbage painted metal board. Putting it back in place, Sango got up and looked around the area. The small space was the size of half a room. She had put up cardboard that she had painted white around the place so it could feel a little like a home. One side of the place held two quilted blankets and two plain white pillows. The other side was bare, except Sango knew how important that space was. She strolled to the other side of the room to where the space was. Up close to the cardboard, the stink from the garbage outside got worse. Pinching her nose, she felt under the cardboard box until she felt paper under her hand. Smiling, she took it from underneath. Sango held within her hands, a few dollars. Counting it, she sighed. All two hundred and fifty bucks were there. With saving it up and from her summer jobs, Sango had saved enough to support them both. She originally had five hundred, but she had spent all of that on clothes, food, and necessities. If she saved this money up and had another summer job, she could buy an apartment and live there. Plus, the apartment would help if she gets her driver's permit and license. But she had to stay at the present and remind herself that right now, they both needed to stay in school and pray that the things they had bought lasted for a long time. No such luck.
"Sango, I'm really sorry, but I sort of got dirty," a boy's voice said from behind Sango. Sango turned around with a smile on her face. Once she noticed the boy's clothes, her smile turned upside down. The boy had a rip at his collar and there were grass and mud stains on his shirt. To top it all off, he was covered from head to toe with water.
"Kohaku! How could you get your clothes all dirty!" Sango said with frustration, the boy, Kohaku, looked at the floor and was pouting.
"I'm sorry Sango. It's just that these bullies at school were calling me names." Sango stopped him and shouted, "Kohaku, how many times must I tell you not to care what those type of people say. They are ignorant and have closed minds. Also, they are snooty and don't care about other people's hardships."
Sango looked at her brother, only to see him angry. He clenched his hands and shouted, "See! You never listen! You're always too absorbed in how you see things that you can't even listen to everything I say! I did ignore them when they called me names, but then he started to say you were a good-for-nothing whore who belonged on the streets! So I got angry and hit him. Then when I realized what I had just done, they chased after me and beat the crap outta me! There! There's your explanation!"
Kohaku was huffing with frustration before he unclenched his fists and ran into Sango's arms. Sango was trying to hold back tears as she tried to calm down her younger brother.
"It-it's okay Kohaku. I'm sorry I've been so biased these past days, but I just don't want you becoming one of those delinquents. You know what I mean?" Sango said with a calm voice. She could feel Kohaku nodding.
"I know you're trying to protect me from being one of those gangsters, but you have to trust me. You know for a fact I would never do that," Kohaku looked up from the big embrace to his older sister. Sango looked down and gave him a warm smile.
"Yeah, I know. Sorry I've been a little too protective," Kohaku got up and laughed.
"A little?" Sango stood up as well.
"Okay, a lot!" soon, they both broke up with laughter until their throats became hoarse. Giving each other a bright smile, they curled up into separate blankets and rested their heads on their pillows. Then they fell asleep.
**
Sango was not in the mood to get up, but she had to, unfortunately. She looked to the side and saw that Kohaku had already left. How that boy gets up early was still a surprise to her. Sango got up wearily and crossed the room. Sitting down, she felt under the cardboard wall again. Searching around, she felt the stash of money and let out a breath of relief. Reassured that the money hadn't been stolen, she silently snuck out from behind the metal board and crept by the mountains of garbage. Finally getting out from under the metal flap, she walked along the street innocently. Sango rolled up her right sleeve and looked at the watch that Kagome had bought her for her birthday. It read six thirty. That was excellent time. First, she needed to stop by a gas station and us their bathroom.
Sango tiptoed out of the bathroom and checked herself. She didn't stink from the gas station bathroom smell. Cleaned (sort of) and after getting a bite, she made it to school at record time. She sat down next to Kagome and heaved a sigh. Kagome was too busy reading another book from her extraordinary collection of poetry books. Kagome did always have her nose in a book everyday, so Sango knew how to cope with her friend's obsessive behavior towards finding a portal out of her life by using the words in a poem. Somehow, it made Sango feel better knowing that her friend did something besides grimace and slouch. Although she was wonderful academically; she just sucked socially. They might have not been friends right now if Kagome hadn't had the strength to muster up a hello to Sango that fateful day in kindergarten. Sango remembered it like it was yesterday.
Kagome always had this Japanese uniform thing. She later found out that Kagome had lived in Japan ever since she was two and had came back right when school was beginning. It was blue, white, and red, funny how it's the colors of the USA. Anyways, she was always picked on because 1) she wore a uniform and they thought it was weird. Although, the uniform gave her culture, or that's how she felt. And 2) she was a bookworm, but not like a novel bookworm. She loved poetry books. She said that she found a sort of magic in them, that it was like looking into the heart of a poet. Yup, Kagome was a special person, but everyone always sees the uniform wearing, poetry reading, nerdy Kagome. Sango looked at her friend with sad eyes. Truly, it was sad that no one could see the real Kagome that was hidden underneath her shy layer. Sango looked away when her friend looked at her from the corner of her eye. Soon, the teacher came in and took roll.
In the middle of the lecture, both Kagome and Sango heard a yawn. Sango looked behind her and smirked. After seeing the two infamous boys, it reminded her of her plan. She began concocting it in her head, so did Kagome. Except it included Sesshoumaru. Somehow, someway, Kagome was going to have him. She just needed to know how. Will she thought of this, her glum frown gradually became a smile. She had a plan! If she got closer to Inuyasha, he would have to let her go to his house, then she would see Sesshoumaru, and they would get together after a few dates, and all would be well. But Inuyasha might be heartbroken she began to think. As she was thinking about that, she heard another whispered burp. Soon, Inuyasha's 'heart' soon flew out of her sincere mind. 'He deserves it! How can a guy like him be related to a guy like Sesshoumaru still eludes me!' Kagome thought angrily. She looked over at Sango and whispered her plan, although the part with Sesshoumaru was left out. She didn't have to know everything. After putting in the finishing touches to their plan, they were already to go!
Soon, the bell rang and they left after Miroku and Inuyasha did. Sango and Kagome trailed the boys through the hallways, until the boys went into a classroom. That's when the girls remembered that they had history at this time.
"Oh, dang. Guess we'll have to actually put our plan into action after lunch. Turning around, they made it to class right on time. Of course, class was as boring as ever. Without even realizing it, Kagome had fallen asleep.
In her dream, she could see puffs of smoke rise all around her while music from a harp played around her. Although everything was really corny, she still basked in the romantic scenery. Giggling as butterflies in bubbles floated past her, she felt a hand on her shoulder. 'If this was really a dream, and one of those corny ones at that, the person behind me must be the one I love.' Kagome thought to herself. She turned around, but saw no one. She looked around her frantically, determined to find her love- Sesshoumaru, until she saw a black figure in the distance. She clapped her hands together and tried to keep herself from squealing. But she straightened her back and walked up to the figure slowly. The more she came nearer, the more the figure was as far away as he had been. Kagome found herself running to the figure, eyes shut and prepared to suddenly fall or bump into some column for some twisted fate, but she didn't. She felt herself in his arms. She looked up, but she couldn't make out whom it was. Her brain kept telling her it was Sesshoumaru. But her heart, well her heart was beating faster than usual. To her luck, the person's face was being unveiled, but before she could really make out whom t was, everything dissolved around her. Soon, she was awaken by the ring of the bell. Looking around, she noticed that Sango was preparing to leave. Following suit, Kagome followed Sango out of the classroom.
"So, you fell asleep in class too," Sango stated. Kagome nodded absent-mindedly. Her head was still in her dream. And still with the person who was hugging her. She needed to know who it was. Her head screamed Sesshoumaru, but her heart, well her heart was just beating faster than usual. 'You dolt! Of course it was Sesshoumaru! Who else do you have a crush on?' Kagome argued in her head. Finally getting that cleared, she happily went into their next class.
It felt like hours, but lunch finally came. And so did their plan. As soon as they made it past the double doors that lead into the cafeteria, they tried to look above the heads of the students to find the two boys, but to no avail. They were still trying to find them as they sat down with their lunches on the cold, steel bench. But they were nowhere.
'They must be skipping class or something.' Sango thought to herself. After finally giving up all hope of finding them, sango felt an uninvited hand go to her but. Clenching her fist and gritting her teeth, Sango elbowed the guy who was behind her. She could hear some wheezing behind her.' Must have hit him in the stomach.' Sango thought to herself.
Miroku sat down besides her and Inuyasha sat on the other side, obviously ignoring them. Miroku, on the other hand, was trying to get even more nearer to Sango. Sango was getting mad. She was visualizing her plan falling into pieces as the lecher kept getting near her. Sango looked at Kagome desperately and then she nodded at her head. Kagome nodded back with a sly smile. Sango turned to Miroku and gave him a sly grin.
"Oh Miroku, you're so sly," Sango said, trying to pull off a sexy voice. 'Damn! This is twisted and wrong!' Sango thought furiously. Trying to hide a blush, she kept going.
"Hmm. so why have you been ignoring me, my little." Sango whispered in Miroku's ear something a little too sexy. Now it was Miroku's turn to blush.
'O shit! I didn't expect this. only in my dreams. Shit! What do I do!' Miroku thought desperately. He was really stuck in a corner now. Sango kept coming even closer to Miroku, although, Sango was sure not to get too close. She didn't want Miroku to get any ideas. All the while, Miroku tried to play it cool, even though he was getting nervous by the minute with Sango's sudden behavior.
While Sango was trying to make her part of the plan become a success, Kagome was crashing and falling. No matter what she did, Inuyasha would either say "Feh!" or "Bitch!". Although Kagome was trying her best not to flip his chair over, it was starting to get even more harder to refuse the impulse. 'How can someone this annoying and stubborn be related to Sesshoumaru! Ugh! He is so. so. ugh!' Kagome thought angrily. Finally going out of her head, she looked up and tried again, but he was leaving. Kagome immediately sat up, injuring her shin in the process, and tried go after Inuyasha. At that moment, Inuyasha turned around because he had left his backpack on the chair. While at that exact moment, Kagome accidentally slipped on some cafeteria food. As she slid, she bumped right into Inuyasha's arms. Kagome's face turned completely red, but she felt. secure. 'How is it I feel so safe in his arms? And how come it feels like I've been in his arms before? Agh! I'm killing myself with these questions!' Kagome said frantically. Inuyasha was blushing so much that his face looked like a tomato. Coming back down to earth, Kagome quickly pushed Inuyasha away.
"What were you doing hugging me?" Inuyasha shouted, pointing a finger at Kagome. Kagome just put her hands on her hips and shouted back, "That wasn't a hug!" They were giving each other death glares. Inuyasha just put on a satisfied grin and crossed his arms.
"Feh. I bet you wouldn't know a hug if it bit you on the ass. You mustn't know what a hug is if you had no clue what you just did was a hug," Inuyasha said with a grin. Kagome looked at Inuyasha in disbelief. 'Did he just mean what I thought he meant. Fine then, I've had enough of this stupid game!' Kagome thought angrily. Keeping in a few tears, she shouted back, her voice a quiver, "Well then, you jerk! Fine, my family doesn't hug me, like you said!"
Inuyasha looked at Kagome like she was crazy. 'I didn't mean that I thought her family didn't hug her. I never meant that!' Inuyasha thought.
"Hey, I didn't mean it that way. I was just being sarcastic. You know sarcastic!" Inuyasha said, waving his arms at her. Kagome just kept her stony face.
"Har Har. So funny, but you wouldn't think it was so funny! Would you?" with that, Kagome turned around and ran off. The tears sliding down her cheek were visible to Inuyasha. Inuyasha slumped. He didn't really notice that everything had happened in the cafeteria. Right now the crowd had formed a circle around the table the foursome had sat at. Sango was still shaky until she too got up and ran after Kagome. Miroku was looking at Inuyasha, concern for the two girls written on his face. Inuyasha was still standing in the middle of the crowd, head bent.
'Great now I'm big jerk.' But embarrassment wasn't the only feeling in his body. Guilt was.
~*~ A/N- well that's the end of this chapter! Sorry I've been getting lazy, but I've been too lazy to go outside and then go into the comp. room. What a hassle. I promise to try and finish (or maybe start) the next chapter. I have no idea what to do next, but it'll come to me if I just sleep on it. So, please don't ditch my story cuz I've been lazy and haven't been updating. I promise to try and finish the next chapter tomorrow! Really!
It's just with my comp. shutting off.. well.. okay! 2 much writing. So please pray that I won't be last 2morrow. As always- thanx!!!
Gothicmadcow Also- I just noticed in my other chapters that I had written my other screen name instead of this one. So sorry with the error! Don't get confused! Please! Once again-
Thanx
Disclaimer- I do not own Inuyasha. I just own this fanfic.
~Chapter 5- Secret Guilt~
Kagome woke up at seven o'clock. 'I'm gonna be late. again!'
Kagome washed herself, put on some clothes, stuffed her books into her bag, and ran downstairs. An eerie silence came over the breakfast table as Kagome sat down. Of course, this was usual in the family. It was because Souta was mute and her mom was upstairs sleeping, although, today's silence was even eerier that usual. As Kagome pondered a memory jolt hit her right in her brain. 'Ack! I have to get to school!'
Although Kagome had sprained her ankle from running three blocks to school and had hit her head against the door from being unaware (again), she was happy because she wasn't late this time.
"Man, you were almost late today? You could have been sent to detention again!" Sango whispered.
"Please Sango, I never want to hear that word ever again," and it was true, the word detention sent shivers up her back. Right now Kagome was practically trembling. The bell rang and the teacher entered.
"Ah, I see that Miss Higarashi and Miss Hirakutso have come early, but where are their partners in crime, hmmm?" Ms. Kaede looked around to find two empty seats. Kagome and Sango were looking at Ms. Kaede as if she had gone mad.
Suddenly, none other than Miroku and Inuyasha went through the door, banging it against the wall. Miroku was bent over and Inuyasha was using the wall for support.
"S-sorry we were late," Miroku gasped.
"Yeah, sorry. Like he said," Inuyasha concurred.
"Sorry, eh? That's the first time ye have said that when ye has been late. Aye, a magical little pixie must have gotten you, have it not?" Kaede burst out laughing then stopped suddenly. "You may take your seats."
Kagome expected her to say detention, be she didn't. Kagome was about to point this out to Ms. Kaede when she said, "I know Ms. Higarashi, the boys have detention. No need to point that out,"
Then she continued with her lesson.
Kagome pouted and sighed. She knew that Ms. Kaede was stubborn and wouldn't listen to reason.
No matter how much Kagome tried, she couldn't help but fume a bit. The whole time at class, Inuyasha had done the following to her- poked her, whispered burps in her ear from behind her, and put his feet on her chair. By the time class was over, Kagome went to her locker and opened it. Then, with all her strength, she slammed and opened her locker. After fuming out all her anger, she smiled cheerfully at Sango who had arrived a few minutes before.
"Kagome, we better get to class," Sango stuttered.
"Okay," Kagome said cheerfully.
"You know, I love this class,"
"You do? I thought you always hated math," Sango asked curiously.
"Of course I do, I love this class because you-know-who isn't in it,"
"You mean Inuyasha?" Kagome faced her head slowly to Sango.
"Who did you say was you-know-who?" Kagome said through clenched teeth. Sango put up her hands in front of her and said, "Never mind. Let's just get to class before we get to deten- I mean the scary place."
Sango grabbed Kagome's hand and lead her to class.
**
Inuyasha looked outside and pondered. It had been a while since he had stopped and thought a bit. He looked outside and saw the very essence of life. The sky was blue, not black he kept reminding himself, but to no avail. The more he kept looking outside, the more everything around him began to disappear. Soon, it was just him, the window, and the outside world. Everything around him was silent as he felt himself land on fresh grass. He looked around; everything was peaceful. He looked at the trees surrounding him. He tried to look beyond the rows of trees, but saw nothing else but more trees. A turned around and saw the back of a girl. She had long black hair and was wearing a blue skirt and a pink shirt. She was about to turn around when suddenly everything started to crumble. Inuyasha extended his hand to the figure without knowing why. But the figure crumbled with everything else, and Inuyasha was once again drawn back to the darkness. All of a sudden, he heard a ringing in his head. 'Oh shit! I'm going deaf aren't I?' He thought to himself, but soon was pulled back to the classroom. The bell was resounding throughout the classroom. Inuyasha lifted his head off his desk. It seemed that he had been dreaming the whole time. He saw Miroku heading out of the doorway while yelling, "Inuyasha, c'mon!"
Inuyasha warily lifted up his backpack and left.
**
Sango and Kagome were eating at their usual table. Ironically, Miroku and Inuyasha had the same lunchtime. They both sat down on the seats opposite of Kagome and Sango. Sango huffed and got up. Kagome followed suit and they both walked away to another seat. Miroku sighed and said cheerfully, "Ah, those girls really don't like us, do they?"
Inuyasha answered, "Don't like is an understatement. They hate our guts. But that's okay for me. They're just impudent wenches anyways."
Inuyasha took a bite out of his sandwich and stared absent-mindedly at the wall in the far side of the table. Miroku sighed again and began eating as well.
Kagome and Sango were both looking at the boys out of the corner of their eyes.
"Don't you think they'd get a hint and leave us alone," Kagome said matter-of-factly.
"It's sad really. They're the only guys who'd think twice of us though. Maybe we could put that to our advantage," Kagome raise an eyebrow. Sango just gave her a menacing smile.
"You know, to get them back for putting us in detention," Sango explained.
"I don't think I'm in it. I got my revenge when I toppled his chair. Plus, I'd rather read a poem about how a girl hates a guy instead," Kagome said.
"You just love poems don't you?" Sango said as she took a bite out of her sandwich.
"Sango, I love poems. They're a real stress reliever," Sango said in a low voice. "I told you about my family."
Sango stopped in mid-bite. Her eyes opened a bit, but she quickly bit into her sandwich and closed her eyes. Guilt ran through her body. The whole time, they were quiet.
**
Kagome walked out of the school in a better mood than she had felt when she came in. As she walked down the steps of the school building, she felt a Frisbee shoot past her. It had almost hit her! She saw Inuyasha jog past her and get the Frisbee.
"Hey bitch! You could have at least caught it!" with that, he ran off. Kagome was red in the face. She screamed back, "Hey! You were the one who through it at me!"
But Inuyasha didn't respond, he just stuck his tongue at her and jogged off, but was cut short. Kagome's heart was beating nonstop now as she looked at her crush talking to Inuyasha.
**
"Dear half- brother," Kagome's crush said, emphasizing the half part.
Inuyasha gave him the cold shoulder and huffed away, but he grabbed hold of his collar.
"Sesshoumaru! Let go you son-of-a-bitch!" Inuyasha cried as he tried to punch his half-brother. But Sesshoumaru just blocked it away and said in a cold voice, "Look, I'm going to move in for a while. I'll tell dad that I'm 'attending' law. If he asks you if I have been 'attending' these classes, tell him that I have. Okay?"
Sesshoumaru let go of his collar and Inuyasha straightened himself.
"Don't hold your tongue. Dad and me don't talk at all. So you're on your own," Inuyasha tried to escape, but Sesshoumaru had him by the collar again, "look, I know Dad, he'll try to find sources to check up on me. Since you're the only one home and I've told everyone else my information, he'll want something out of you. Now you have to tell him that if he asks, okay?"
Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru gave each other death glares until Inuyasha said, "Feh. Whatever."
Sesshoumaru grinned and let go off his brother. He was about to leave when he heard someone say, "Umm, so you're Sesshoumaru?"
Sesshoumaru turned around and saw Kagome. He narrowed his eyes suspiciously.
"Inuyasha, I never knew you had a girlfriend," Inuyasha gasped and said, "What?!"
"Isn't this your girlfriend, because then I wouldn't know why the hell she's near you," he said.
"This wench? No way! Plus, she's ugly!" Inuyasha said defensively. Kagome pouted and hit Inuyasha right smack in the jaw.
"Baka! No, I'm not his girlfriend, I'm that girl you asked when you needed to find someone," Kagome smiled sweetly.
"Oh, I asked about Jakotsu. Thank you, but why are you here, in front of me?" Sesshoumaru asked; eyes still narrowed.
"I just wondered how you knew Inuyasha, that's all," Kagome asked, blushing a little.
"It's my misfortune to have to know him, but he's my half-brother," Sesshoumaru explained.
"Oh." this was a really stumper to Kagome, how could someone so perfect be related to such a. a." Kagome looked at Inuyasha, how was scratching his head. Kagome bowed her head and sighed. She heard footsteps leaving and saw Sesshoumaru leave. Kagome sighed and left. She had to get to Inuyasha's house. Somehow. That's how Sango's plan clicked into her mind. 'Perfect.'
~**~
Sango looked behind her cautiously, and pulled open a metal flap. As soon as she felt the dead grass underneath her feet, she wrinkled her nose in disgust. No matter how many years she had stayed here, it still smelled awful. Picking up a stick, she started to stealthily poke at the piles of garbage. Upon coming to the last one, she impaled the stick into the pile of garbage and heard a clunking noise. She knelt down and carefully pried away a garbage painted metal board. Putting it back in place, Sango got up and looked around the area. The small space was the size of half a room. She had put up cardboard that she had painted white around the place so it could feel a little like a home. One side of the place held two quilted blankets and two plain white pillows. The other side was bare, except Sango knew how important that space was. She strolled to the other side of the room to where the space was. Up close to the cardboard, the stink from the garbage outside got worse. Pinching her nose, she felt under the cardboard box until she felt paper under her hand. Smiling, she took it from underneath. Sango held within her hands, a few dollars. Counting it, she sighed. All two hundred and fifty bucks were there. With saving it up and from her summer jobs, Sango had saved enough to support them both. She originally had five hundred, but she had spent all of that on clothes, food, and necessities. If she saved this money up and had another summer job, she could buy an apartment and live there. Plus, the apartment would help if she gets her driver's permit and license. But she had to stay at the present and remind herself that right now, they both needed to stay in school and pray that the things they had bought lasted for a long time. No such luck.
"Sango, I'm really sorry, but I sort of got dirty," a boy's voice said from behind Sango. Sango turned around with a smile on her face. Once she noticed the boy's clothes, her smile turned upside down. The boy had a rip at his collar and there were grass and mud stains on his shirt. To top it all off, he was covered from head to toe with water.
"Kohaku! How could you get your clothes all dirty!" Sango said with frustration, the boy, Kohaku, looked at the floor and was pouting.
"I'm sorry Sango. It's just that these bullies at school were calling me names." Sango stopped him and shouted, "Kohaku, how many times must I tell you not to care what those type of people say. They are ignorant and have closed minds. Also, they are snooty and don't care about other people's hardships."
Sango looked at her brother, only to see him angry. He clenched his hands and shouted, "See! You never listen! You're always too absorbed in how you see things that you can't even listen to everything I say! I did ignore them when they called me names, but then he started to say you were a good-for-nothing whore who belonged on the streets! So I got angry and hit him. Then when I realized what I had just done, they chased after me and beat the crap outta me! There! There's your explanation!"
Kohaku was huffing with frustration before he unclenched his fists and ran into Sango's arms. Sango was trying to hold back tears as she tried to calm down her younger brother.
"It-it's okay Kohaku. I'm sorry I've been so biased these past days, but I just don't want you becoming one of those delinquents. You know what I mean?" Sango said with a calm voice. She could feel Kohaku nodding.
"I know you're trying to protect me from being one of those gangsters, but you have to trust me. You know for a fact I would never do that," Kohaku looked up from the big embrace to his older sister. Sango looked down and gave him a warm smile.
"Yeah, I know. Sorry I've been a little too protective," Kohaku got up and laughed.
"A little?" Sango stood up as well.
"Okay, a lot!" soon, they both broke up with laughter until their throats became hoarse. Giving each other a bright smile, they curled up into separate blankets and rested their heads on their pillows. Then they fell asleep.
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Sango was not in the mood to get up, but she had to, unfortunately. She looked to the side and saw that Kohaku had already left. How that boy gets up early was still a surprise to her. Sango got up wearily and crossed the room. Sitting down, she felt under the cardboard wall again. Searching around, she felt the stash of money and let out a breath of relief. Reassured that the money hadn't been stolen, she silently snuck out from behind the metal board and crept by the mountains of garbage. Finally getting out from under the metal flap, she walked along the street innocently. Sango rolled up her right sleeve and looked at the watch that Kagome had bought her for her birthday. It read six thirty. That was excellent time. First, she needed to stop by a gas station and us their bathroom.
Sango tiptoed out of the bathroom and checked herself. She didn't stink from the gas station bathroom smell. Cleaned (sort of) and after getting a bite, she made it to school at record time. She sat down next to Kagome and heaved a sigh. Kagome was too busy reading another book from her extraordinary collection of poetry books. Kagome did always have her nose in a book everyday, so Sango knew how to cope with her friend's obsessive behavior towards finding a portal out of her life by using the words in a poem. Somehow, it made Sango feel better knowing that her friend did something besides grimace and slouch. Although she was wonderful academically; she just sucked socially. They might have not been friends right now if Kagome hadn't had the strength to muster up a hello to Sango that fateful day in kindergarten. Sango remembered it like it was yesterday.
Kagome always had this Japanese uniform thing. She later found out that Kagome had lived in Japan ever since she was two and had came back right when school was beginning. It was blue, white, and red, funny how it's the colors of the USA. Anyways, she was always picked on because 1) she wore a uniform and they thought it was weird. Although, the uniform gave her culture, or that's how she felt. And 2) she was a bookworm, but not like a novel bookworm. She loved poetry books. She said that she found a sort of magic in them, that it was like looking into the heart of a poet. Yup, Kagome was a special person, but everyone always sees the uniform wearing, poetry reading, nerdy Kagome. Sango looked at her friend with sad eyes. Truly, it was sad that no one could see the real Kagome that was hidden underneath her shy layer. Sango looked away when her friend looked at her from the corner of her eye. Soon, the teacher came in and took roll.
In the middle of the lecture, both Kagome and Sango heard a yawn. Sango looked behind her and smirked. After seeing the two infamous boys, it reminded her of her plan. She began concocting it in her head, so did Kagome. Except it included Sesshoumaru. Somehow, someway, Kagome was going to have him. She just needed to know how. Will she thought of this, her glum frown gradually became a smile. She had a plan! If she got closer to Inuyasha, he would have to let her go to his house, then she would see Sesshoumaru, and they would get together after a few dates, and all would be well. But Inuyasha might be heartbroken she began to think. As she was thinking about that, she heard another whispered burp. Soon, Inuyasha's 'heart' soon flew out of her sincere mind. 'He deserves it! How can a guy like him be related to a guy like Sesshoumaru still eludes me!' Kagome thought angrily. She looked over at Sango and whispered her plan, although the part with Sesshoumaru was left out. She didn't have to know everything. After putting in the finishing touches to their plan, they were already to go!
Soon, the bell rang and they left after Miroku and Inuyasha did. Sango and Kagome trailed the boys through the hallways, until the boys went into a classroom. That's when the girls remembered that they had history at this time.
"Oh, dang. Guess we'll have to actually put our plan into action after lunch. Turning around, they made it to class right on time. Of course, class was as boring as ever. Without even realizing it, Kagome had fallen asleep.
In her dream, she could see puffs of smoke rise all around her while music from a harp played around her. Although everything was really corny, she still basked in the romantic scenery. Giggling as butterflies in bubbles floated past her, she felt a hand on her shoulder. 'If this was really a dream, and one of those corny ones at that, the person behind me must be the one I love.' Kagome thought to herself. She turned around, but saw no one. She looked around her frantically, determined to find her love- Sesshoumaru, until she saw a black figure in the distance. She clapped her hands together and tried to keep herself from squealing. But she straightened her back and walked up to the figure slowly. The more she came nearer, the more the figure was as far away as he had been. Kagome found herself running to the figure, eyes shut and prepared to suddenly fall or bump into some column for some twisted fate, but she didn't. She felt herself in his arms. She looked up, but she couldn't make out whom it was. Her brain kept telling her it was Sesshoumaru. But her heart, well her heart was beating faster than usual. To her luck, the person's face was being unveiled, but before she could really make out whom t was, everything dissolved around her. Soon, she was awaken by the ring of the bell. Looking around, she noticed that Sango was preparing to leave. Following suit, Kagome followed Sango out of the classroom.
"So, you fell asleep in class too," Sango stated. Kagome nodded absent-mindedly. Her head was still in her dream. And still with the person who was hugging her. She needed to know who it was. Her head screamed Sesshoumaru, but her heart, well her heart was just beating faster than usual. 'You dolt! Of course it was Sesshoumaru! Who else do you have a crush on?' Kagome argued in her head. Finally getting that cleared, she happily went into their next class.
It felt like hours, but lunch finally came. And so did their plan. As soon as they made it past the double doors that lead into the cafeteria, they tried to look above the heads of the students to find the two boys, but to no avail. They were still trying to find them as they sat down with their lunches on the cold, steel bench. But they were nowhere.
'They must be skipping class or something.' Sango thought to herself. After finally giving up all hope of finding them, sango felt an uninvited hand go to her but. Clenching her fist and gritting her teeth, Sango elbowed the guy who was behind her. She could hear some wheezing behind her.' Must have hit him in the stomach.' Sango thought to herself.
Miroku sat down besides her and Inuyasha sat on the other side, obviously ignoring them. Miroku, on the other hand, was trying to get even more nearer to Sango. Sango was getting mad. She was visualizing her plan falling into pieces as the lecher kept getting near her. Sango looked at Kagome desperately and then she nodded at her head. Kagome nodded back with a sly smile. Sango turned to Miroku and gave him a sly grin.
"Oh Miroku, you're so sly," Sango said, trying to pull off a sexy voice. 'Damn! This is twisted and wrong!' Sango thought furiously. Trying to hide a blush, she kept going.
"Hmm. so why have you been ignoring me, my little." Sango whispered in Miroku's ear something a little too sexy. Now it was Miroku's turn to blush.
'O shit! I didn't expect this. only in my dreams. Shit! What do I do!' Miroku thought desperately. He was really stuck in a corner now. Sango kept coming even closer to Miroku, although, Sango was sure not to get too close. She didn't want Miroku to get any ideas. All the while, Miroku tried to play it cool, even though he was getting nervous by the minute with Sango's sudden behavior.
While Sango was trying to make her part of the plan become a success, Kagome was crashing and falling. No matter what she did, Inuyasha would either say "Feh!" or "Bitch!". Although Kagome was trying her best not to flip his chair over, it was starting to get even more harder to refuse the impulse. 'How can someone this annoying and stubborn be related to Sesshoumaru! Ugh! He is so. so. ugh!' Kagome thought angrily. Finally going out of her head, she looked up and tried again, but he was leaving. Kagome immediately sat up, injuring her shin in the process, and tried go after Inuyasha. At that moment, Inuyasha turned around because he had left his backpack on the chair. While at that exact moment, Kagome accidentally slipped on some cafeteria food. As she slid, she bumped right into Inuyasha's arms. Kagome's face turned completely red, but she felt. secure. 'How is it I feel so safe in his arms? And how come it feels like I've been in his arms before? Agh! I'm killing myself with these questions!' Kagome said frantically. Inuyasha was blushing so much that his face looked like a tomato. Coming back down to earth, Kagome quickly pushed Inuyasha away.
"What were you doing hugging me?" Inuyasha shouted, pointing a finger at Kagome. Kagome just put her hands on her hips and shouted back, "That wasn't a hug!" They were giving each other death glares. Inuyasha just put on a satisfied grin and crossed his arms.
"Feh. I bet you wouldn't know a hug if it bit you on the ass. You mustn't know what a hug is if you had no clue what you just did was a hug," Inuyasha said with a grin. Kagome looked at Inuyasha in disbelief. 'Did he just mean what I thought he meant. Fine then, I've had enough of this stupid game!' Kagome thought angrily. Keeping in a few tears, she shouted back, her voice a quiver, "Well then, you jerk! Fine, my family doesn't hug me, like you said!"
Inuyasha looked at Kagome like she was crazy. 'I didn't mean that I thought her family didn't hug her. I never meant that!' Inuyasha thought.
"Hey, I didn't mean it that way. I was just being sarcastic. You know sarcastic!" Inuyasha said, waving his arms at her. Kagome just kept her stony face.
"Har Har. So funny, but you wouldn't think it was so funny! Would you?" with that, Kagome turned around and ran off. The tears sliding down her cheek were visible to Inuyasha. Inuyasha slumped. He didn't really notice that everything had happened in the cafeteria. Right now the crowd had formed a circle around the table the foursome had sat at. Sango was still shaky until she too got up and ran after Kagome. Miroku was looking at Inuyasha, concern for the two girls written on his face. Inuyasha was still standing in the middle of the crowd, head bent.
'Great now I'm big jerk.' But embarrassment wasn't the only feeling in his body. Guilt was.
~*~ A/N- well that's the end of this chapter! Sorry I've been getting lazy, but I've been too lazy to go outside and then go into the comp. room. What a hassle. I promise to try and finish (or maybe start) the next chapter. I have no idea what to do next, but it'll come to me if I just sleep on it. So, please don't ditch my story cuz I've been lazy and haven't been updating. I promise to try and finish the next chapter tomorrow! Really!
It's just with my comp. shutting off.. well.. okay! 2 much writing. So please pray that I won't be last 2morrow. As always- thanx!!!
Gothicmadcow Also- I just noticed in my other chapters that I had written my other screen name instead of this one. So sorry with the error! Don't get confused! Please! Once again-
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