Rikku: I've been thinking about the whole A/N thing, and even though it's kinda dull to discuss this with everyone- since it has nothing to do with the fic- I just wanted to say that I'm gonna stick with 'Rikku' unless I find myself unsatisfied. And if you don't know what I'm talking about and feel that you are interested to know- thought I doubt anyone is- go back one chapter and read the author note at the very end..... like anyone cares. Oops! Did I type that? Oh well, I guess I'm just crazy about making this fic perfect... after all, it is my first fic and I'm not a really good author...
Ok... well now that I got that outta my system I just want to say that I don't own InuYasha.
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Chapter 13: Can't Fight the Truth- A New Love is Found
"Kagome-chan!? Earth to Kagome!!!"
Kagome stood in the schoolyard with her friends, she smiled as one thought crossed her mind. Sango was trying to get Kagome's attention and Miroku- well he was attempting to get a hold on Sango's ass... as usual.
Kagome knew her head was in the clouds and she was well aware that Sango was pissed, but she didn't care.... nothing could spoil the moment. She was still replaying her date with Kouga in her mind and she giggled at the thought of what InuYasha would do when he learned she actually went out with him....
"What's so funny?" Sango asked, slapping Miroku's hand away.
Kagome felt herself fall back to reality, sighing, she finally spoke. "Nothing... nothing you should know about, that is..." she grinned.
Sango's eyes narrowed. "I don't get you.... the other day you were sulking and- MIROKU, STOP!-" she then slapped the 'lech' out cold. "and now you're all smiley faces and la la world-ish... is there something you should tell me?"
Kagome studied Sango's look and then looked to Miroku, whom was unconcious. She shook her head. "I'll tell you some place more... private."
Sango sighed and a puzzling look found its way to her face. "Kagome-chan, you are one weird girl...."
The bell rang and all the students made their way inside- all except for the trio. Sango didn't budge, Miroku couldn't and Kagome just took a seat on the rough cement.
"What do we do with him?" Sango asked pointing a finger at Miroku.
Kagome shrugged. "I dunno.... depends. Is he dead?"
Sango bent over to study the boy, but just then his hand had found its way to her butt.
Her brow twitched.
Miroku opened one eye.
The two of them studied each others expression for a moment.
Sango made the first move.
"PERVERT!" she shrieked slapping the boy out cold once again.
Kagome sighed and checked the boy for a sign of life, keeping her ass out of reaching distance. Sometimes it seemed she was the only one in the group with a brain. "Well he's lucky he's still alive..." Kagome said when she heard his heavy breathing. "You wanna give him CPR just in case?" Kagome joked carelessly.
Sango's fist soon made contact with Kagome's jaw. "Oww!!!" she cried.
Sango laughed. "Don't mess with me Kag."
Kagome rolled her eyes, rubbing her jaw. Sango had a hard punch.
"So.... you still gonna tell me?"
"Tell you what?"
Sango blinked. "You forgot?"
"Forgot what?"
She sighed. "About InuYasha's past.... you still need to tell me."
Kagome slapped her forehead. "Oh ya, you sure you still wanna know?"
"Course I do."
"Shouldn't Miroku hear?"
"I'll tell him later, besides you might forget again."
"Alright then..."
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After telling Sango everything, the two of them dragged the unconcious Miroku with them as they roamed the halls.
"Oh..." Sango muttered.
"But I'm fine now.... I think." Kagome assured her friend.
"Kagome I-"
"No need to apologize, I can't blame you for hating the guy..."
"I don't hate him, I just don't-"
"Approve?"
"Ya..."
..:::Silence:::..
"So...." Sango was first to break the silence.
"What now?"
"Can you tell me now why you are so happy?"
Kagome chuckled. "Fine."
Sango cheered, a smile forming on her face. "Tell me! Tell me! Tell me!" she shrieked like a child.
Kagome giggled. "Ok... you'll never guess who I ran into the other day..."
"Who? Houjo?"
"Iie! Not him!"
"Who?"
"Kouga..."
"And you're happy about that?"
"Ya kinda... well you see..."
And Kagome continued talking to Sango about the date with Kouga, minding her strange expressions. The day was going fine.... and Sango didn't seem to care about her 'thing' with Kouga... it was almost as if she... approved. Kagome smiled as she realized that Sango was sometimes like a mother to her.... an insane one that is...not that Kagome didn't already have a crazy mother though. Nothing seemed wrong with the moment as Sango told Kagome about a new dress she found and other girl stuff, everything was great.... except for the fact that Miroku was still unconcious.
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Detention.
How boring...
Maybe Kagome was wrong about the whole 'happy moment' thing...
A detention was still able to ruin it...
Kagome sighed as she watched the class' clock tick slowly. She and Sango had gotten so caught up with their conversations that they came to class 2 hours late! Miroku was just in trouble because he was accused for er- sleeping in class. The poor guy didn't come back to life until the lunch bell rang.
Sango tapped her desk with a pen as Miroku mumbled curse words to himself quietly. Kagome didn't re-direct her stare from the clock. '12:30??? It's only been half an hour?' she thought, as her stomach grumbled. Their teacher- Mr. Takeuchi- was cruel enough to give them an hour long detention which cut through lunch! The nerve!
Of course, what really bored Kagome was the fact that detentions at their school meant no talking, no passing notes, no working on anything that isn't school work and no eating....
Kagome sighed again, but a grin spread across her face when she realized that the rule book didn't say anything about sleeping... She buried her face in her arms and slowly drifted off to sleep...
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"Kagome-chan, Kagome, wake up!"
"Huh? Wha?" Kagome felt someone shaking her, it was Sango and she was whispering something in her ear. Kagome lifted her head from her arms, rubbed her eyes and stared blankly at her friends who were beside her. She then gave the clock a glance, she had been asleep for only 15 minutes. "What's wrong?"
Miroku chuckled. "Nothing, look the teacher's asleep." He turned his head as Kagome did too to look at their snoring teacher. The three of them laughed quietly.
"So, now we can skip this detention and come back before the bell." Sango smirked.
"Is this gonna work?" Kagome asked.
Miroku grinned. "Don't worry, we'll act as if we were in the classroom the whole time, Mr. Takeuchi will never know."
"Ok then..." Kagome sighed once again.
The three crept out quietly and left without the teacher's knowing. Miroku going one way and Kagome and Sango went the opposite direction.
"Where do you think Miroku's going?" Kagome asked Sango.
"I have no idea.." Sango replied without a care.
Kagome studied Sango's expression for a minute, she looked sad. "Are you okay?"
"Hmn? Oh ya, course..."
Kagome shook her head. "It was sorta obvious..."
"What do you mean?"
"Did you ever think about him in that way?"
"Who? And what way?"
"Miroku..."
Sango blushed. "Wh-why would I care about... him??"
"Because... you two have had your differences, but you still never left him when you had the chance.... could it mean-"
"It's called a friendship."
Kagome sighed. That wasn't what she meant. But Sango wouldn't understand... "Nevermind, I'll just drop it."
"Good."
..:::Silence:::..
"What time is it?" Kagome asked, this time she was the one to break the silence.
"Dunno, I don't have a watch on me."
"Oh..." Kagome began to watch her feet as they walked while Sango explained their plans, Kagome didn't really care to know....
~!~THUD~!~
Kagome fell to the floor abruptly, with her eyes shut, she didn't want to know who she had just bumped into. She could hear Sango scrambling to her side.
"Daijobu ka?" she asked.
"Daijobu..." Kagome replied.
"Watch where you're going." said a familiar voice.
Kagome looked up and froze, she could almost feel the anger rising in Sango's body beside her.
"I-InuYasha..." she whispered.
He looked at her as if she was an insect, as if he had never seen her before....
Sango stood up, her face red from anger... she was about to burst.
But Kagome slowly stood up, placing a hand on Sango's shoulder, signaling her to just let it go. Sango gave her a concerned look, but Kagome placed a fake smile on her face, she knew Sango had seen through it though...
Sango left ahead of Kagome, leaving her time with InuYasha.... but Kagome decided not to use it. She bowed to InuYasha and apologized. "Gomen nasai..."
"Just stay away from me next time." he answered rudely.
Kagome nodded and left, knowing that there wasn't more to say. Tears trickled down her face as Sango looked back. Kagome put on her oh-so-familiar fake smile on again, but Sango stayed put, waiting for Kagome to reach her.
"Are you gonna be alright?" she asked when Kagome approached her.
Kagome nodded.
"Anything you need?"
Kagome looked at her friend. "Let's just stop at the washroom..."
Sango was the one to nod this time.
The two entered the washroom, without a word.
Sango sighed. "How could you even care for someone like.... him?"
But Kagome began to sulk at that. She didn't know the answer herself. It seemed the only way he could conceal his sadness was with that tough guy image.... she wanted to slap herself for ever thinking something could ever happened between them. He only cared for himself and.... Kikyo. What was she to him compared to Kikyo? A replacement? A second choice? No... she couldn't bare to think that. He even told her that he found 'Kagome' in her, not 'Kikyo'... but at one point, didn't she think of that as a lie? She wanted to be held by him so much that it hurt.... her feelings hurt. She didn't know what to trust.... she wanted to believe he loved her, but what does 'I love you' mean when there aren't any feelings behind it? So many use the phrase, but none of them realized just how precious it is to say it, they never knew the truth behind those words....
Sango placed a reassuring hand on Kagome's shoulder. "Don't cry..."
"H-how can I stop? Y-you don't understand... you never will!!" Kagome roared, but soon regretted that. She looked at Sango's sad expression and felt herself break down. "Gomen Sango, I'm just so flustered, I didn't mean to take it out on you.."
Sango smiled. "D-don't worry..." she assured Kagome, but a tint of sadness in her voice could be easily heard.
"I-I'm the one that doesn't understand.... h-how did I fall in love with him? He's a jerk, he's arrogant, he doesn't care about anyone but himself, h-he broke my heart, but why? Why do I still care?"
"Because... you can't help it. No matter how many times you fight those feelings, you'll always be in love with him... always, and there's nothing I nor anyone else can do... live with it, Kagome.... you're finally in love."
Kagome was stunned, she didn't expect Sango to say something like THAT. She was right though, the only thing she could do was face the truth....
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Kagome ran down the halls with Sango's last words still echoing through her mind...
'... you can't help it.'
'you'll always be in love with him...'
'live with it, Kagome....'
'.... you're finally in love.'
Kagome's tears trickled down her cheeks as she ran towards....him. She didn't care about missing the rest of class... she just wanted to find him.
She knew he'd be there, just like he was there before....
The 100-year-old tree...
And she was right, after she barged out of the school, into the schoolyard she found him there. She smiled as she repeated the truth in her mind for about the hundredth time... 'I-I love him...'
Slowly, she walked toward him. She knew he probably wouldn't want to talk to her, but she wasn't gonna go without having her say.
"I-InuYasha..." she spoke, when she reached him.
He looked up from what seemed to be a book. "Oh... it's you, what do ya want?"
She sighed. "I wanted to tell you that..."
"Spill it out, woman."
She took a few steps closer to him, as he got up.
For a moment they just looked at one another.
..:::Silence:::..
"Ye-" he began.
But he didn't have a chance to finish his say when Kagome rushed into his arms... she felt like she belonged there...
"InuYasha, I'm sorry! Gomen! I never meant to hurt you... you never lied when you told me you loved me... I now know that there were feelings behind your words, for me... not Kikyo. And I'm sorry I doubted it... you meant every word and now I know.... I love you too. From the bottom of my heart.... with every breath I take... it's the truth, and I can't fight it...."
"K-Kagome..." he spoke softly.
She sulked even more... her tears soaking up his red shirt. "Gomen..."
"No... I should be sorry, clearly I brought you to the wrong place the other night. Listen... I only brought you there because I thought that just like I started my life with Kikyo there... I could start over, with YOU there... I thought that-"
"Say no more... I understand." she chuckled and looked up at HER handsome mystery boy. "I understand..."
"I did love Kikyo... and I thought you'd be like her when we first met, but now I'm relieved to know that you're not. Kikyo wanted me to be someone else, she wanted to change me, but I let that slip, considering that I loved her... but you, you've accepted me for who I am, and that's all that matters... You're not Kikyo... you're better."
Kagome's eyes widened at the comment. 'Better?' she thought.
Kagome slowly pulled herself away. InuYasha walked away leaving Kagome there. But he suddenly stopped and turned his head, a wide grin on his face. He chuckled. "You coming?"
Kagome nodded and ran to his side. "Where are we going?"
"To class you baka."
Kagome giggled. "I almost forgot.... so where do we take off from here?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well now that we've finally settled down, what do we do?"
InuYasha shrugged. "I dunno... date?"
Kagome blushed. "Maybe..." 'Eep!' she squeeled in her mind. 'What do I tell Kouga?' a worried expression plastered on her face.
"What's wrong?"
"Oh, nothing...." Kagome thought for a minute. "InuYasha..."
"Hai?"
"What did you mean when you said Kikyo tried to change you?"
InuYasha had (for the first time) a frightened look on his face. "You sure you wanna know?"
Kagome nodded cheerfully.
He sighed, and gave Kagome a stern look. "Promise not to laugh?"
Kagome grinned at the thought. 'Must be really funny then...' she thought. "Ok, I won't laugh." she replied.
InuYasha slowly took his cap off (Rikku: Did I forget to mention he had one on? Oops!) and sighed once again.
"Happy?" he asked.
.....
.....
.....
.....
Kagome burst into laughter, almost falling to the ground, she clutched her stomach as she gave his head another glance.
There,
on his head,
were the cutest pair of white dog ears that matched his hair perfectly.
He glared daggers at Kagome but still, she didn't stop laughing. The sight of the tough-guy-InuYasha with 'doggy' ears thrilled Kagome, she couldn't surpress the laughing and finally collapsed to the ground.
"Gomen...*giggle* Inu- HAHAHAHAHA... Yasha... I *giggle* couldn't help... *gasp*.... myself!" she struggled to talk as she continued to laugh, harder than she had ever done before.
He rolled his eyes and walked by Kagome, whom was on the ground, looking like an idiot as she laughed her head off. He was mumbling but Kagome couldn't hear what he was saying.
"I guess you don't mind if I just leave without you then." he spoke.
This caused Kagome to stop laughing completely and get up. She dusted her clothes and yelled to InuYasha's retrieving back. "Chotto! I didn't mean it!"
He turned back like before, but this time laughed. "You can't get enough of me, huh?"
Kagome blushed furiously. "Iie..."
"Don't kid yourself.."
Kagome's blush left her face and was replaced by a down right cold look. She walked slowly to InuYasha. "Keep dreaming loverboy... that is, until I knock you out cold. You might wanna savour those thoughts."
He chuckled and unexpectly wrapped an arm around Kagome's waist pulling her closer to him. "The last thing I want this to be is a dream." he spoke, suddenly going serious.
Kagome felt herself snuggle against him. "What was with the ears, though?"
"Kikyo had this weird obsession with them, ever since she found these ears she forced me to wear them ALL the time... I sorta got use to it though."
"But, she's gone now... why don't you just take them off?"
"I'm paying respect to the dead, you got a problem with that?"
"Iie... it's just they look so ridiculous! But still..." she put on a thoughtful look. "they're soo kawaii!"
He blushed, but then sighed. "Maybe it's about time I take them off though... they ARE annoying me..."
"Fine, whatever you choose to do... but you still gotta wear them on special occasions though, they're just soo adorable!" she then spotted InuYasha's glare. "For me?"
He sighed again. "Fine.... ONLY for you, though..."
They both blushed at the comment.
..:::Silence:::..
"Kagome..." he spoke.
"Hai?"
"I have some news for you..."
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Rikku: Hee-hee, so fluffly, eh? Well I'm gonna keep you in a little suspense and you'll have to wait until the next chapter for the exciting news!
I should mention this, before I forget. Now that InuYasha and Kagome have finally settled in together, the rest of this fic will mostly be all fun and games and maybe some important stuff here and there, ok? *Nods* Ok!
So... anyway, thanks for reading, I won't keep you in suspense very long since I'm gonna start on the next chapter as soon as possible. One more thing to say, PLEASE REVIEW!!!
Oh ya, and dewa mata!!
x-Rikku-x
Ok... well now that I got that outta my system I just want to say that I don't own InuYasha.
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Chapter 13: Can't Fight the Truth- A New Love is Found
"Kagome-chan!? Earth to Kagome!!!"
Kagome stood in the schoolyard with her friends, she smiled as one thought crossed her mind. Sango was trying to get Kagome's attention and Miroku- well he was attempting to get a hold on Sango's ass... as usual.
Kagome knew her head was in the clouds and she was well aware that Sango was pissed, but she didn't care.... nothing could spoil the moment. She was still replaying her date with Kouga in her mind and she giggled at the thought of what InuYasha would do when he learned she actually went out with him....
"What's so funny?" Sango asked, slapping Miroku's hand away.
Kagome felt herself fall back to reality, sighing, she finally spoke. "Nothing... nothing you should know about, that is..." she grinned.
Sango's eyes narrowed. "I don't get you.... the other day you were sulking and- MIROKU, STOP!-" she then slapped the 'lech' out cold. "and now you're all smiley faces and la la world-ish... is there something you should tell me?"
Kagome studied Sango's look and then looked to Miroku, whom was unconcious. She shook her head. "I'll tell you some place more... private."
Sango sighed and a puzzling look found its way to her face. "Kagome-chan, you are one weird girl...."
The bell rang and all the students made their way inside- all except for the trio. Sango didn't budge, Miroku couldn't and Kagome just took a seat on the rough cement.
"What do we do with him?" Sango asked pointing a finger at Miroku.
Kagome shrugged. "I dunno.... depends. Is he dead?"
Sango bent over to study the boy, but just then his hand had found its way to her butt.
Her brow twitched.
Miroku opened one eye.
The two of them studied each others expression for a moment.
Sango made the first move.
"PERVERT!" she shrieked slapping the boy out cold once again.
Kagome sighed and checked the boy for a sign of life, keeping her ass out of reaching distance. Sometimes it seemed she was the only one in the group with a brain. "Well he's lucky he's still alive..." Kagome said when she heard his heavy breathing. "You wanna give him CPR just in case?" Kagome joked carelessly.
Sango's fist soon made contact with Kagome's jaw. "Oww!!!" she cried.
Sango laughed. "Don't mess with me Kag."
Kagome rolled her eyes, rubbing her jaw. Sango had a hard punch.
"So.... you still gonna tell me?"
"Tell you what?"
Sango blinked. "You forgot?"
"Forgot what?"
She sighed. "About InuYasha's past.... you still need to tell me."
Kagome slapped her forehead. "Oh ya, you sure you still wanna know?"
"Course I do."
"Shouldn't Miroku hear?"
"I'll tell him later, besides you might forget again."
"Alright then..."
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After telling Sango everything, the two of them dragged the unconcious Miroku with them as they roamed the halls.
"Oh..." Sango muttered.
"But I'm fine now.... I think." Kagome assured her friend.
"Kagome I-"
"No need to apologize, I can't blame you for hating the guy..."
"I don't hate him, I just don't-"
"Approve?"
"Ya..."
..:::Silence:::..
"So...." Sango was first to break the silence.
"What now?"
"Can you tell me now why you are so happy?"
Kagome chuckled. "Fine."
Sango cheered, a smile forming on her face. "Tell me! Tell me! Tell me!" she shrieked like a child.
Kagome giggled. "Ok... you'll never guess who I ran into the other day..."
"Who? Houjo?"
"Iie! Not him!"
"Who?"
"Kouga..."
"And you're happy about that?"
"Ya kinda... well you see..."
And Kagome continued talking to Sango about the date with Kouga, minding her strange expressions. The day was going fine.... and Sango didn't seem to care about her 'thing' with Kouga... it was almost as if she... approved. Kagome smiled as she realized that Sango was sometimes like a mother to her.... an insane one that is...not that Kagome didn't already have a crazy mother though. Nothing seemed wrong with the moment as Sango told Kagome about a new dress she found and other girl stuff, everything was great.... except for the fact that Miroku was still unconcious.
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Detention.
How boring...
Maybe Kagome was wrong about the whole 'happy moment' thing...
A detention was still able to ruin it...
Kagome sighed as she watched the class' clock tick slowly. She and Sango had gotten so caught up with their conversations that they came to class 2 hours late! Miroku was just in trouble because he was accused for er- sleeping in class. The poor guy didn't come back to life until the lunch bell rang.
Sango tapped her desk with a pen as Miroku mumbled curse words to himself quietly. Kagome didn't re-direct her stare from the clock. '12:30??? It's only been half an hour?' she thought, as her stomach grumbled. Their teacher- Mr. Takeuchi- was cruel enough to give them an hour long detention which cut through lunch! The nerve!
Of course, what really bored Kagome was the fact that detentions at their school meant no talking, no passing notes, no working on anything that isn't school work and no eating....
Kagome sighed again, but a grin spread across her face when she realized that the rule book didn't say anything about sleeping... She buried her face in her arms and slowly drifted off to sleep...
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"Kagome-chan, Kagome, wake up!"
"Huh? Wha?" Kagome felt someone shaking her, it was Sango and she was whispering something in her ear. Kagome lifted her head from her arms, rubbed her eyes and stared blankly at her friends who were beside her. She then gave the clock a glance, she had been asleep for only 15 minutes. "What's wrong?"
Miroku chuckled. "Nothing, look the teacher's asleep." He turned his head as Kagome did too to look at their snoring teacher. The three of them laughed quietly.
"So, now we can skip this detention and come back before the bell." Sango smirked.
"Is this gonna work?" Kagome asked.
Miroku grinned. "Don't worry, we'll act as if we were in the classroom the whole time, Mr. Takeuchi will never know."
"Ok then..." Kagome sighed once again.
The three crept out quietly and left without the teacher's knowing. Miroku going one way and Kagome and Sango went the opposite direction.
"Where do you think Miroku's going?" Kagome asked Sango.
"I have no idea.." Sango replied without a care.
Kagome studied Sango's expression for a minute, she looked sad. "Are you okay?"
"Hmn? Oh ya, course..."
Kagome shook her head. "It was sorta obvious..."
"What do you mean?"
"Did you ever think about him in that way?"
"Who? And what way?"
"Miroku..."
Sango blushed. "Wh-why would I care about... him??"
"Because... you two have had your differences, but you still never left him when you had the chance.... could it mean-"
"It's called a friendship."
Kagome sighed. That wasn't what she meant. But Sango wouldn't understand... "Nevermind, I'll just drop it."
"Good."
..:::Silence:::..
"What time is it?" Kagome asked, this time she was the one to break the silence.
"Dunno, I don't have a watch on me."
"Oh..." Kagome began to watch her feet as they walked while Sango explained their plans, Kagome didn't really care to know....
~!~THUD~!~
Kagome fell to the floor abruptly, with her eyes shut, she didn't want to know who she had just bumped into. She could hear Sango scrambling to her side.
"Daijobu ka?" she asked.
"Daijobu..." Kagome replied.
"Watch where you're going." said a familiar voice.
Kagome looked up and froze, she could almost feel the anger rising in Sango's body beside her.
"I-InuYasha..." she whispered.
He looked at her as if she was an insect, as if he had never seen her before....
Sango stood up, her face red from anger... she was about to burst.
But Kagome slowly stood up, placing a hand on Sango's shoulder, signaling her to just let it go. Sango gave her a concerned look, but Kagome placed a fake smile on her face, she knew Sango had seen through it though...
Sango left ahead of Kagome, leaving her time with InuYasha.... but Kagome decided not to use it. She bowed to InuYasha and apologized. "Gomen nasai..."
"Just stay away from me next time." he answered rudely.
Kagome nodded and left, knowing that there wasn't more to say. Tears trickled down her face as Sango looked back. Kagome put on her oh-so-familiar fake smile on again, but Sango stayed put, waiting for Kagome to reach her.
"Are you gonna be alright?" she asked when Kagome approached her.
Kagome nodded.
"Anything you need?"
Kagome looked at her friend. "Let's just stop at the washroom..."
Sango was the one to nod this time.
The two entered the washroom, without a word.
Sango sighed. "How could you even care for someone like.... him?"
But Kagome began to sulk at that. She didn't know the answer herself. It seemed the only way he could conceal his sadness was with that tough guy image.... she wanted to slap herself for ever thinking something could ever happened between them. He only cared for himself and.... Kikyo. What was she to him compared to Kikyo? A replacement? A second choice? No... she couldn't bare to think that. He even told her that he found 'Kagome' in her, not 'Kikyo'... but at one point, didn't she think of that as a lie? She wanted to be held by him so much that it hurt.... her feelings hurt. She didn't know what to trust.... she wanted to believe he loved her, but what does 'I love you' mean when there aren't any feelings behind it? So many use the phrase, but none of them realized just how precious it is to say it, they never knew the truth behind those words....
Sango placed a reassuring hand on Kagome's shoulder. "Don't cry..."
"H-how can I stop? Y-you don't understand... you never will!!" Kagome roared, but soon regretted that. She looked at Sango's sad expression and felt herself break down. "Gomen Sango, I'm just so flustered, I didn't mean to take it out on you.."
Sango smiled. "D-don't worry..." she assured Kagome, but a tint of sadness in her voice could be easily heard.
"I-I'm the one that doesn't understand.... h-how did I fall in love with him? He's a jerk, he's arrogant, he doesn't care about anyone but himself, h-he broke my heart, but why? Why do I still care?"
"Because... you can't help it. No matter how many times you fight those feelings, you'll always be in love with him... always, and there's nothing I nor anyone else can do... live with it, Kagome.... you're finally in love."
Kagome was stunned, she didn't expect Sango to say something like THAT. She was right though, the only thing she could do was face the truth....
**~**~**
Kagome ran down the halls with Sango's last words still echoing through her mind...
'... you can't help it.'
'you'll always be in love with him...'
'live with it, Kagome....'
'.... you're finally in love.'
Kagome's tears trickled down her cheeks as she ran towards....him. She didn't care about missing the rest of class... she just wanted to find him.
She knew he'd be there, just like he was there before....
The 100-year-old tree...
And she was right, after she barged out of the school, into the schoolyard she found him there. She smiled as she repeated the truth in her mind for about the hundredth time... 'I-I love him...'
Slowly, she walked toward him. She knew he probably wouldn't want to talk to her, but she wasn't gonna go without having her say.
"I-InuYasha..." she spoke, when she reached him.
He looked up from what seemed to be a book. "Oh... it's you, what do ya want?"
She sighed. "I wanted to tell you that..."
"Spill it out, woman."
She took a few steps closer to him, as he got up.
For a moment they just looked at one another.
..:::Silence:::..
"Ye-" he began.
But he didn't have a chance to finish his say when Kagome rushed into his arms... she felt like she belonged there...
"InuYasha, I'm sorry! Gomen! I never meant to hurt you... you never lied when you told me you loved me... I now know that there were feelings behind your words, for me... not Kikyo. And I'm sorry I doubted it... you meant every word and now I know.... I love you too. From the bottom of my heart.... with every breath I take... it's the truth, and I can't fight it...."
"K-Kagome..." he spoke softly.
She sulked even more... her tears soaking up his red shirt. "Gomen..."
"No... I should be sorry, clearly I brought you to the wrong place the other night. Listen... I only brought you there because I thought that just like I started my life with Kikyo there... I could start over, with YOU there... I thought that-"
"Say no more... I understand." she chuckled and looked up at HER handsome mystery boy. "I understand..."
"I did love Kikyo... and I thought you'd be like her when we first met, but now I'm relieved to know that you're not. Kikyo wanted me to be someone else, she wanted to change me, but I let that slip, considering that I loved her... but you, you've accepted me for who I am, and that's all that matters... You're not Kikyo... you're better."
Kagome's eyes widened at the comment. 'Better?' she thought.
Kagome slowly pulled herself away. InuYasha walked away leaving Kagome there. But he suddenly stopped and turned his head, a wide grin on his face. He chuckled. "You coming?"
Kagome nodded and ran to his side. "Where are we going?"
"To class you baka."
Kagome giggled. "I almost forgot.... so where do we take off from here?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well now that we've finally settled down, what do we do?"
InuYasha shrugged. "I dunno... date?"
Kagome blushed. "Maybe..." 'Eep!' she squeeled in her mind. 'What do I tell Kouga?' a worried expression plastered on her face.
"What's wrong?"
"Oh, nothing...." Kagome thought for a minute. "InuYasha..."
"Hai?"
"What did you mean when you said Kikyo tried to change you?"
InuYasha had (for the first time) a frightened look on his face. "You sure you wanna know?"
Kagome nodded cheerfully.
He sighed, and gave Kagome a stern look. "Promise not to laugh?"
Kagome grinned at the thought. 'Must be really funny then...' she thought. "Ok, I won't laugh." she replied.
InuYasha slowly took his cap off (Rikku: Did I forget to mention he had one on? Oops!) and sighed once again.
"Happy?" he asked.
.....
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.....
.....
Kagome burst into laughter, almost falling to the ground, she clutched her stomach as she gave his head another glance.
There,
on his head,
were the cutest pair of white dog ears that matched his hair perfectly.
He glared daggers at Kagome but still, she didn't stop laughing. The sight of the tough-guy-InuYasha with 'doggy' ears thrilled Kagome, she couldn't surpress the laughing and finally collapsed to the ground.
"Gomen...*giggle* Inu- HAHAHAHAHA... Yasha... I *giggle* couldn't help... *gasp*.... myself!" she struggled to talk as she continued to laugh, harder than she had ever done before.
He rolled his eyes and walked by Kagome, whom was on the ground, looking like an idiot as she laughed her head off. He was mumbling but Kagome couldn't hear what he was saying.
"I guess you don't mind if I just leave without you then." he spoke.
This caused Kagome to stop laughing completely and get up. She dusted her clothes and yelled to InuYasha's retrieving back. "Chotto! I didn't mean it!"
He turned back like before, but this time laughed. "You can't get enough of me, huh?"
Kagome blushed furiously. "Iie..."
"Don't kid yourself.."
Kagome's blush left her face and was replaced by a down right cold look. She walked slowly to InuYasha. "Keep dreaming loverboy... that is, until I knock you out cold. You might wanna savour those thoughts."
He chuckled and unexpectly wrapped an arm around Kagome's waist pulling her closer to him. "The last thing I want this to be is a dream." he spoke, suddenly going serious.
Kagome felt herself snuggle against him. "What was with the ears, though?"
"Kikyo had this weird obsession with them, ever since she found these ears she forced me to wear them ALL the time... I sorta got use to it though."
"But, she's gone now... why don't you just take them off?"
"I'm paying respect to the dead, you got a problem with that?"
"Iie... it's just they look so ridiculous! But still..." she put on a thoughtful look. "they're soo kawaii!"
He blushed, but then sighed. "Maybe it's about time I take them off though... they ARE annoying me..."
"Fine, whatever you choose to do... but you still gotta wear them on special occasions though, they're just soo adorable!" she then spotted InuYasha's glare. "For me?"
He sighed again. "Fine.... ONLY for you, though..."
They both blushed at the comment.
..:::Silence:::..
"Kagome..." he spoke.
"Hai?"
"I have some news for you..."
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Rikku: Hee-hee, so fluffly, eh? Well I'm gonna keep you in a little suspense and you'll have to wait until the next chapter for the exciting news!
I should mention this, before I forget. Now that InuYasha and Kagome have finally settled in together, the rest of this fic will mostly be all fun and games and maybe some important stuff here and there, ok? *Nods* Ok!
So... anyway, thanks for reading, I won't keep you in suspense very long since I'm gonna start on the next chapter as soon as possible. One more thing to say, PLEASE REVIEW!!!
Oh ya, and dewa mata!!
x-Rikku-x