AN: Hey! I hope you like this chapter! I want to give a special thanks to
Prplpenguin56 for helping me out with this.THANK YOU!!!!!!!! She is an
outstanding author. Believe me! If you think my stories are good, wait
'till you read hers! I suggest you do.
Anyways, on with the chapter!!!!
Waiting
Chapter 3: Damn Hormones!!
"Inuyasha, watch out for his tail!" Kagome cried, but the hanyou was too late. He was struck down by the enormous appendage.
The scorpion demon turned to Kagome and in a hissing voice that could have made glass break into shatters, said, "Give me the jewel shards!"
Kagome backed up in pain from the close to screeching voice, which seemed to send off waves with the power of its voice. She tripped on a rock, falling on her behind with a thud. Her eyes widened when the tail-like stinger began to lift, revealing Inuyasha pushing his way up from the ground.
The demon no longer had interest in the hanyou because now, it had its attention on Kagome. The scorpion demon suddenly rushed at her with incredible speed. Inuyasha was luckily faster and grabbed her before the demon could strike. Kagome gave a sigh of relief; at least she wasn't murdered this time around.
"Inuyasha, the jewel shard is in its forehead!" Kagome shouted over the noise of the battle.
Inuyasha's keen ears picked it up. "Why the hell didn't you tell me that before, Wench!?"
He set her down and pulled out Tetsusiaga gracefully. Within only a few minutes, the demon was completely slaughtered by Inuyasha with Sango's help and her amazing aiming skill. Afterwards, Miroku sucked up the remains through his air void, it now looked as if nothing was there and no battle had ever occurred.
Later that night, everyone had decided to set up camp and rest until tomorrow, where they would hopefully find more jewel shards. Sango and Miroku decided to head back to Kaede's village to check on Kilala, who had been injured in an earlier battle. Shippo volunteered to go as well, wanting to see his neko friend.
Kagome stayed up while Inuyasha kept guard in a tree high above. She watched the fire glow brighter. Her mind was still on the mysteries of her new friends at school.
Just who were they really? They were different from normal people, which was for sure. She didn't notice that she held the young hanyou's curious gaze. Inuyasha watched Kagome. She seemed zoned out at the moment. Something was bugging him and he couldn't get rid of it. He leaped down beside her, gaining her attention immediately.
"Kagome, can I ask you something?" He spoke softly. She noticed how serious he looked.
"Yes?" She asked a little hesitant.
"Why does your scent have a kitsune's smell with it? And from what I can tell, it's male and that of a man not boy." He stared at her with a stern look, which he rarely gave.
She turned her gaze away from him in slight embarrassment. "I don't know what you're talking about, Inuyasha. He growled fiercely while yelling as he rose to his feet, "Don't play dumb with me! You're hiding something! Tell me!"
"What's your problem?! I just made some new friends while at a new school! The kitsune you smell is named Kurama! He's just a friend!! Not that you should care either way!" She yelled back as she, too, rose quickly, her hands on her hips.
"I don't care if he's just a friend! I don't want you to see him again! He could mean trouble! And I'm not going to let some bitch like you get MY shards stolen over a lousy friendship that could just be a set up!!"
Kagome now had tears running down her face. It hurt that Inuyasha called her such names but she would never let it show. She thought of him like a brother but he still acted like a jerk!
She clenched and unclenched her fists tightly. She then replied in as much of a calm voice as she could muster but it didn't seem to work as she said, "You egocentric, arrogant, full of bull- bastard!! Why don't you just shut the hell up! You don't even know him!!" With that she turned and left, heading for the well that would lead her away from Inuyasha.
Meanwhile, Inuyasha sat stunned into silence. Kagome had never cussed before, especially to him. She would just call him meaningless names that sounded babyish. But now.she seemed to mean the harsh words she spoke. Inuyasha felt a huge pang of guilt. He hadn't meant to make her mad but he didn't mean to sound so shallow either. He really loved her, like the sibling he never had. She was always by his side and stuck with him. She accepted him as a best friend because of being himself. Oh, what did he do?
----
Kagome exited the well house after she safely arrived on the other side of the well. She was still crying but she made it up to her room without a sound to keep from embarrassing herself in front of her family.
She needed some time away from Inuyasha. She sighed while she got out of her bloodstained, torn, tattered clothing and into her comfortable sleeping attire. 'How can Inuyasha be so mean? It's my life! I should be able to choose who I'm friends with or not!' She lay down on her bed, pulling the comforter up to her chin.
All of Kagome's exhaustion suddenly caught up with her. Her eyelids closed and she fell into her blissful dreams, thankful that she could see her other friends the next day.
-----
Outside of the sleeping Higurashi shrine, a demon watched as the young girl fell asleep. His normally emotionless face now held that of confusion. He had followed the girl to her home and had watched her disappear through into the well house. Her presence had disappeared.
Hiei had checked to see if she was still in there but found she was gone, but where? He couldn't find her. She had left for a complete three days. He had waited, wandering what had happened. Then suddenly her presence had reappeared again and she had exited the well house in a depressing mood. But what also confused him was that; her once clean clothes were soiled with all kinds of stains, including demon blood.
'It seems the wench is hiding a lot more than we know.'
He made himself comfortable in a good resting position in the tree he sat in, alert for any changes that could happen in the night.
----
Kagome awoke the next morning to her mother's delicious cooking. She got up and showered. She dressed in her clean school uniform and walked down stairs. Mrs. Higurashi was surprised to see her daughter home and hugged her with gladness. After being greeted by her family she sat down and ate, happy to have food besides ramen.
With not that much of a conversation with her confused family as why she was home she then got ready to leave. She walked out the door and down the steps but stopped suddenly when she felt two demon auras. She looked to the trees beside her. She saw flashes of a fire apparition. She once again checked to make certain she had a mental barrier around her mind.
She turned, a little too fast, and almost fell on the last few steps. She opened her eyes to meet a deep, green. Kurama had his arms wrapped around her waist; this caused her to blush slightly.
"You know, it's better to stay on your feet than on the ground." Kurama said with a smile as he set her up right. She laughed at the small joke, then smiled.
"Hey, Kurama!" She said in greeting. Then her curiosity kicked in and she said, "Uh.Why are you here?"
"I pass here on my way to school every morning." He answered but truth be told, Hiei told him that she was back.
She smiled but still had her doubts. "Well, would you like to walk to school with me?" She asked.
He smiled, "Of course"
They began to walk to school in silence. They were about halfway to the school when the rest of the group joined them. Yusuke was the first to speak after the greetings. "Hey, Kagome, I was wandering..where were you for the past three days? You don't seem like the person to skip school."
Kagome laughed a little, "Well...uh.I was sick." She said, for some reason she felt guilty that she was dishonest with them but smiled. She hoped they would buy it. But then, Kuwabara had to be the idiot and ask, "What did you have?"
She hated lying and wasn't very good at it. She didn't answer for a little while, but said, "I.um.don't really know. I've had so many illnesses before, I begin to loose track." She smiled nervously, hoping the questions would end. They fortunately did, but the group still continued to give her curious glances.
They arrived at school a little later. Classes went well, as well as you would expect anyways. Finally, PE class came.
Everyone was dressed out and ready for today's activity. Today they were going to learn archery.
"Ok, class! Quiet down, quiet down! Now has anyone ever shot a bow and arrow once before?"
Kagome, Kurama, Yusuke, and Botan raised his or her hand. Yusuke had used a bow once at a camp we went to while he was younger. Kurama, being a demon, had learned about every weapon ever made and a bow seemed almost nothing to him. Botan being the grim reaper had many ties with people, who had many skills. She had once received lessons from a famous archer who had died in an accident. The lessons ended when he got a job of assisting an ogre in the Finances department at Koemna's office.
Kagome, being a miko, had learned how to use a bow and arrow set professionally. In fact, she would use a bow and arrow as her key weapon in any battle with demons. They were each asked to perform what they know for the class to understand as an example. They all made a line in front of a target, because the coach wanted to compare skill on where their arrow hit.
Yusuke went first. His arrow hit the out line on the target. Everyone clapped and Botan's turn came up. She shot and the arrow hit one line from Yusuke's, a little closer to the middle of the target.. Kurama took his stance next. He concentrated his focus on the midpoint of the target. He let the arrow go, which zoomed to the target, hitting bull side. Everyone cheered.
He turned to see Kagome grinning. She patted him on the shoulder, "Good job, Kurama!! That was great!" She complimented with amusement.
He blushed but smiled, saying "Thanks." Kurama retook his seat by Yusuke, turning his gaze to Kagome. He wandered how well she would do.
He watched as she took a perfect stance and drew her arrow back. Her eyes narrowed as she too focused on where she was aiming. Kagome, to Kurama's surprise, briefly glowed a pale pink but it disappeared after only a second. 'What was that?'
She released the arrow. The hilt flew from her hands at such speed, it could hardly be seen. It was silent as it traveled through the air. It only made a small swooshing sound when she released as the string remained stiff. Everyone turned stunned gazes to the target. There, at bull side, was Kagome's arrow, which had split Kurama's in half.
Everyone stared in awe. Then suddenly the class busted out in cheer. For the rest of the period everyone either began archery or just practiced. Kagome had fun helping the students learn what stance to take, and how to shoot. It made her feel like she was good at something, which she had to admit, was a great feeling. She never used to get this feeling with Inuyasha who made her feel useless.
Kurama stared at her every so often when the master archer, she was, wasn't looking. She seemed so perfect. She was beautiful, smart, and had a warrior spirit in her trying to get out. Her curves were perfect and shapely. She was so attractive that he struggled to keep himself controlled while around her.
"Damn hormones!" He mumbled under his breath.
Anyways, on with the chapter!!!!
Waiting
Chapter 3: Damn Hormones!!
"Inuyasha, watch out for his tail!" Kagome cried, but the hanyou was too late. He was struck down by the enormous appendage.
The scorpion demon turned to Kagome and in a hissing voice that could have made glass break into shatters, said, "Give me the jewel shards!"
Kagome backed up in pain from the close to screeching voice, which seemed to send off waves with the power of its voice. She tripped on a rock, falling on her behind with a thud. Her eyes widened when the tail-like stinger began to lift, revealing Inuyasha pushing his way up from the ground.
The demon no longer had interest in the hanyou because now, it had its attention on Kagome. The scorpion demon suddenly rushed at her with incredible speed. Inuyasha was luckily faster and grabbed her before the demon could strike. Kagome gave a sigh of relief; at least she wasn't murdered this time around.
"Inuyasha, the jewel shard is in its forehead!" Kagome shouted over the noise of the battle.
Inuyasha's keen ears picked it up. "Why the hell didn't you tell me that before, Wench!?"
He set her down and pulled out Tetsusiaga gracefully. Within only a few minutes, the demon was completely slaughtered by Inuyasha with Sango's help and her amazing aiming skill. Afterwards, Miroku sucked up the remains through his air void, it now looked as if nothing was there and no battle had ever occurred.
Later that night, everyone had decided to set up camp and rest until tomorrow, where they would hopefully find more jewel shards. Sango and Miroku decided to head back to Kaede's village to check on Kilala, who had been injured in an earlier battle. Shippo volunteered to go as well, wanting to see his neko friend.
Kagome stayed up while Inuyasha kept guard in a tree high above. She watched the fire glow brighter. Her mind was still on the mysteries of her new friends at school.
Just who were they really? They were different from normal people, which was for sure. She didn't notice that she held the young hanyou's curious gaze. Inuyasha watched Kagome. She seemed zoned out at the moment. Something was bugging him and he couldn't get rid of it. He leaped down beside her, gaining her attention immediately.
"Kagome, can I ask you something?" He spoke softly. She noticed how serious he looked.
"Yes?" She asked a little hesitant.
"Why does your scent have a kitsune's smell with it? And from what I can tell, it's male and that of a man not boy." He stared at her with a stern look, which he rarely gave.
She turned her gaze away from him in slight embarrassment. "I don't know what you're talking about, Inuyasha. He growled fiercely while yelling as he rose to his feet, "Don't play dumb with me! You're hiding something! Tell me!"
"What's your problem?! I just made some new friends while at a new school! The kitsune you smell is named Kurama! He's just a friend!! Not that you should care either way!" She yelled back as she, too, rose quickly, her hands on her hips.
"I don't care if he's just a friend! I don't want you to see him again! He could mean trouble! And I'm not going to let some bitch like you get MY shards stolen over a lousy friendship that could just be a set up!!"
Kagome now had tears running down her face. It hurt that Inuyasha called her such names but she would never let it show. She thought of him like a brother but he still acted like a jerk!
She clenched and unclenched her fists tightly. She then replied in as much of a calm voice as she could muster but it didn't seem to work as she said, "You egocentric, arrogant, full of bull- bastard!! Why don't you just shut the hell up! You don't even know him!!" With that she turned and left, heading for the well that would lead her away from Inuyasha.
Meanwhile, Inuyasha sat stunned into silence. Kagome had never cussed before, especially to him. She would just call him meaningless names that sounded babyish. But now.she seemed to mean the harsh words she spoke. Inuyasha felt a huge pang of guilt. He hadn't meant to make her mad but he didn't mean to sound so shallow either. He really loved her, like the sibling he never had. She was always by his side and stuck with him. She accepted him as a best friend because of being himself. Oh, what did he do?
----
Kagome exited the well house after she safely arrived on the other side of the well. She was still crying but she made it up to her room without a sound to keep from embarrassing herself in front of her family.
She needed some time away from Inuyasha. She sighed while she got out of her bloodstained, torn, tattered clothing and into her comfortable sleeping attire. 'How can Inuyasha be so mean? It's my life! I should be able to choose who I'm friends with or not!' She lay down on her bed, pulling the comforter up to her chin.
All of Kagome's exhaustion suddenly caught up with her. Her eyelids closed and she fell into her blissful dreams, thankful that she could see her other friends the next day.
-----
Outside of the sleeping Higurashi shrine, a demon watched as the young girl fell asleep. His normally emotionless face now held that of confusion. He had followed the girl to her home and had watched her disappear through into the well house. Her presence had disappeared.
Hiei had checked to see if she was still in there but found she was gone, but where? He couldn't find her. She had left for a complete three days. He had waited, wandering what had happened. Then suddenly her presence had reappeared again and she had exited the well house in a depressing mood. But what also confused him was that; her once clean clothes were soiled with all kinds of stains, including demon blood.
'It seems the wench is hiding a lot more than we know.'
He made himself comfortable in a good resting position in the tree he sat in, alert for any changes that could happen in the night.
----
Kagome awoke the next morning to her mother's delicious cooking. She got up and showered. She dressed in her clean school uniform and walked down stairs. Mrs. Higurashi was surprised to see her daughter home and hugged her with gladness. After being greeted by her family she sat down and ate, happy to have food besides ramen.
With not that much of a conversation with her confused family as why she was home she then got ready to leave. She walked out the door and down the steps but stopped suddenly when she felt two demon auras. She looked to the trees beside her. She saw flashes of a fire apparition. She once again checked to make certain she had a mental barrier around her mind.
She turned, a little too fast, and almost fell on the last few steps. She opened her eyes to meet a deep, green. Kurama had his arms wrapped around her waist; this caused her to blush slightly.
"You know, it's better to stay on your feet than on the ground." Kurama said with a smile as he set her up right. She laughed at the small joke, then smiled.
"Hey, Kurama!" She said in greeting. Then her curiosity kicked in and she said, "Uh.Why are you here?"
"I pass here on my way to school every morning." He answered but truth be told, Hiei told him that she was back.
She smiled but still had her doubts. "Well, would you like to walk to school with me?" She asked.
He smiled, "Of course"
They began to walk to school in silence. They were about halfway to the school when the rest of the group joined them. Yusuke was the first to speak after the greetings. "Hey, Kagome, I was wandering..where were you for the past three days? You don't seem like the person to skip school."
Kagome laughed a little, "Well...uh.I was sick." She said, for some reason she felt guilty that she was dishonest with them but smiled. She hoped they would buy it. But then, Kuwabara had to be the idiot and ask, "What did you have?"
She hated lying and wasn't very good at it. She didn't answer for a little while, but said, "I.um.don't really know. I've had so many illnesses before, I begin to loose track." She smiled nervously, hoping the questions would end. They fortunately did, but the group still continued to give her curious glances.
They arrived at school a little later. Classes went well, as well as you would expect anyways. Finally, PE class came.
Everyone was dressed out and ready for today's activity. Today they were going to learn archery.
"Ok, class! Quiet down, quiet down! Now has anyone ever shot a bow and arrow once before?"
Kagome, Kurama, Yusuke, and Botan raised his or her hand. Yusuke had used a bow once at a camp we went to while he was younger. Kurama, being a demon, had learned about every weapon ever made and a bow seemed almost nothing to him. Botan being the grim reaper had many ties with people, who had many skills. She had once received lessons from a famous archer who had died in an accident. The lessons ended when he got a job of assisting an ogre in the Finances department at Koemna's office.
Kagome, being a miko, had learned how to use a bow and arrow set professionally. In fact, she would use a bow and arrow as her key weapon in any battle with demons. They were each asked to perform what they know for the class to understand as an example. They all made a line in front of a target, because the coach wanted to compare skill on where their arrow hit.
Yusuke went first. His arrow hit the out line on the target. Everyone clapped and Botan's turn came up. She shot and the arrow hit one line from Yusuke's, a little closer to the middle of the target.. Kurama took his stance next. He concentrated his focus on the midpoint of the target. He let the arrow go, which zoomed to the target, hitting bull side. Everyone cheered.
He turned to see Kagome grinning. She patted him on the shoulder, "Good job, Kurama!! That was great!" She complimented with amusement.
He blushed but smiled, saying "Thanks." Kurama retook his seat by Yusuke, turning his gaze to Kagome. He wandered how well she would do.
He watched as she took a perfect stance and drew her arrow back. Her eyes narrowed as she too focused on where she was aiming. Kagome, to Kurama's surprise, briefly glowed a pale pink but it disappeared after only a second. 'What was that?'
She released the arrow. The hilt flew from her hands at such speed, it could hardly be seen. It was silent as it traveled through the air. It only made a small swooshing sound when she released as the string remained stiff. Everyone turned stunned gazes to the target. There, at bull side, was Kagome's arrow, which had split Kurama's in half.
Everyone stared in awe. Then suddenly the class busted out in cheer. For the rest of the period everyone either began archery or just practiced. Kagome had fun helping the students learn what stance to take, and how to shoot. It made her feel like she was good at something, which she had to admit, was a great feeling. She never used to get this feeling with Inuyasha who made her feel useless.
Kurama stared at her every so often when the master archer, she was, wasn't looking. She seemed so perfect. She was beautiful, smart, and had a warrior spirit in her trying to get out. Her curves were perfect and shapely. She was so attractive that he struggled to keep himself controlled while around her.
"Damn hormones!" He mumbled under his breath.