I am so sorry that I haven't updated. You have to understand, I am
having a horrible year. One of my friends just stabbed me in the back, my
grandmother died, and other things. And if you know me, I am not a stable
person at all. But thank you for all your reviews and I hope don't lose
any of you because of my personal problems. I will try my hardest to
update more. Please forgive me.
We All Watch the Same Sunsets
After a few moments of uncomfortable silence in Inuyasha's car, Kagome finally popped the question, "Inuyasha, why are you being so nice to me? Really, tell me the truth."
Inuyasha kept his eyes on the road and answered, "I told you already. I don't like to see girls cry. That is all."
Kagome began to sniffle again. "So that is why. I am nothing but a crybaby you want to shut up."
Inuyasha looked over her bewildered. "No! That is not what I meant. Kag......... Kagome, no, no don't cry! I am sorry! Really!"
"You hate me!"
For the next several minutes, Inuyasha tried to stop Kagome but finally gave up seeing how nothing he said was helping; it seemed to make the situation worse. "Must be her period," he mumbled. Soon, they arrived at Inuyasha's house.
Inuyasha opened the car door for Kagome. "After you, milady," he said humorously to try to cheer up the still sniffling Kagome. A small forced smile appeared on her face as he grabbed her bag. "I am guessing you want to go immediately to bed." Kagome nodded. "You can sleep in my bed. I will sleep on the couch."
"Oh no. I couldn't do........." Kagome began but Inuyasha held a finger up to her mouth.
"I was taught to be a gentleman," he told her. "Anyways, it would be less of a shock if Sesshomaru found me sleeping on the couch in the morning and not you."
"I forgot he hated me."
"Sesshomaru hates everyone. Don't take it too seriously," Inuyasha reassured Kagome. He quietly opened the door as not to awaken his brother. He switched a light on and said, "Welcome to me humble abode."
"Ya........." Kagome was at a loss of words. The two stood there not sure what to do.
"Ahem," Inuyasha cleared his throat. "The bedroom is right here." He ushered Kagome into a tiny room compared to her old one. "If you need anything, just wake me up." He grabbed some clothes and closed the door behind him as he left.
Kagome sat on the unusually comfortable bed taking in her surroundings. She soon got up and changed into her pajamas quite grateful for Inuyasha's strange kindness. She turned off the lights settling into bed. She fell into a fitful sleep, tossing and turning.
~*~
"What are you doing out here?" Sesshomaru asked when he came out only to find his brother asleep on the couch.
"Uh?" Inuyasha slowly opened his eyes. At first, he didn't realize where he was but then he remembered about last night. He tiredly shoved himself up, yawned, and stretched. He then grumbled something incoherently.
"What was that," Sesshomaru inquired irritated.
"I said last night........." Inuyasha mumbled off again.
"Inuyasha........."
Inuyasha's eyes opened wider. "I SAID! I BROUGHT KAGOME HOME HERE BECAUSE SHE WAS UPSET AND SHE SLEPT IN MY BED!"
"You did what?!?"
Inuyasha's bedroom door slowly creaked open and Kagome's head popped out. "Can you keep it down a bit? Some people are still sleeping!" she said crankily. That was before she noticed the two pissed off brothers. "Eep!" she squeaked quickly shutting the door.
"You know I don't like rich people," Sesshomaru growled.
"And do you know what? I don't really give a shit," Inuyasha replied. "Kagome is having a rough time because of stupid people like you. And I want to help her out whether you like it or not."
Sesshomaru hmphed and then somewhat calmed down. "Whatever. As long as she stays out of my way and out of my sight."
"Whatever."
Behind the door, Kagome let out a sigh of relief.
~*~
Inuyasha walked to school with his backpack slung on his backpack more then a bit disgruntled. He was pissed off at everyone at school for what they did to his Kagome......... er, Kagome. Everyone he walked by he shot deadly glares at. There seemed to be a bigger barrier around him that day because everyone knew not to mess with Inuyasha when he was in one of his moods.
He entered his first classroom slamming the door behind him. He stomped over to his desk slamming his backpack down on the ground.
"What's up your ass?" Miroku asked sitting on the seat next to him and was answered with a snarl. "Come on, Inu."
"Why should you care?" Inuyasha growled. "You didn't care about Kagome," he quickly added.
"Wha-what!" Miroku roared. "Am I hearing what you are saying, Mr. Backstab?"
"Backstab? I wasn't the one who turned their back on Kagome!" Inuyasha replied.
"Hey, I gave Kagome the confidence to get through the day yesterday! But I didn't even see you here!" Miroku exclaimed.
"Well, I didn't see you last night when she was so upset!" The two boys stood up about to fight before they realized what the other was saying. They turned around crossing their arms.'
"Thank you for helping Kagome yesterday," Inuyasha said tartly.
"Same for you." The bell rang and the two sat down not speaking.
"Okay, class! Settle down!" Kaede yelled over the class's ruckus. "We will pick up from where we stopped yesterday........." Inuyasha didn't hear anything more she said. He was too worried about Kagome. He didn't know if he should leave her alone or not. She was in emotional disarray and there was no telling what she would do.
"Inuyasha!"
He made sure there had been nothing sharp, pointy, or could be used as a weapon in Kagome's reach. She was fairly short so he could stick them in high places she wouldn't be able to reach.
"Inuyasha!"
But what if she needed a shoulder to cry on? The only thing there is his slobbery old dog.
"Inuyasha!" A hand bopped Inuyasha on the head quite hard.
"OW!" Inuyasha yelled rubbing his poor head. "What was that for?"
"You haven't been paying attention, Inuyasha," Kaede told him simply. "What is your problem today?" Inuyasha's magical mumbling trick suddenly appeared again in his low voice. "Speak up, Inuyasha."
"I said it is sort of hard to concentrate with all these jerks surrounding you. Jeez, is everyone deaf today?"
Kaede raised an eyebrow. "And why do you have this opinion?"
"Well, Miss Kaede, since you are so nosy, I will tell you," Inuyasha snapped. "These people here were all there for Kagome when I sunk to a level that I am ashamed of. But once they found out something that makes her different, their shoulders were not there to cry on anymore. You selfish, self-absorbed people. How could you do something to a perfectly fine, nice, kind, caring, pretty girl that all she wanted was to be normal?" People's heads turned down as Inuyasha spoke. "I would spit on you. What I did was bad but I didn't stab her in the back like you guys did." Inuyasha picked up his backpack. "I am outta' here. I can't stand to be around you people anymore."
"Inuyasha, don't you dare walk out of this room," Kaede warned. Inuyasha ignored her keeping on his path.
"Inuyasha!" Sango cried as she ran up to him. "Tell me, is Kagome all right? Please? Can you tell her that I am sorry? I didn't mean it!" Inuyasha glared at her.
"You broke her, Sango. Your anger broke her and your apologies can do nothing about that," Inuyasha said angrily and walked around her. He opened the door and took one last look at the class. He left shaking his head grumbling, "You people."
~*~
"Kagome!" Inuyasha called.
Kagome walked out of the bathroom dressed with a towel on her head. "Inuyasha, why are you home so early?"
"I couldn't stand being at school anymore," he replied.
"This isn't because of me is it?" Kagome said ashamed. "I am sorry if it is."
"Kagome........." Inuyasha placed his hands on her shoulders almost affectionately. "What they did was wrong. And if you want to know, Sango says she is sorry."
"Really?" Kagome's whole face lit up. "She forgives me?"
"Kagome, don't tell me you are really buying that crap?"
"Yes, I am," Kagome told him. "Sango is my friend and I believe her."
"Kagome?!? After all that you went through?" Inuyasha yelled. Kagome just answered with a happy head nod. Inuyasha sighed. "You are a confusing girl."
"So what are we going to do today?"
"Hm?"
"Well, you see, since you are not going back to school today, I thought maybe we could do something," Kagome fluttered her eyes innocently.
"I don't know. I thought maybe we could just watch some TV," Inuyasha replied casually but Kagome began to sniffle again. "I mean we can do whatever you want. Like go to an amusement park or eat ice cream........."
"How about both?"
"Fine," Inuyasha sighed though inside he knew this could be fun.
~*~
Since it was a school day, there was hardly anyone at the amusement park. 'No lines, no people; this is definitely the good life,' Kagome thought to herself. She grabbed Inuyasha's hand pulling him up to get a ticket.
"Don't you think this will be fun, Inu?" Kagome said excitedly. Inuyasha's eyebrow twitched a bit at her new nickname but forced a completely cheesy smile onto his face.
"Ya, Kagome.......... It will be cloud nine." Kagome gave him a sunny smile and Inuyasha felt relieved that she seemed to be better.
"Lets go on the roller coaster, first!" Kagome exclaimed running towards the largest thing in the park.
"The roller coaster," Inuyasha gulped. He could take his brother, Kouga, or any other emissary in his way but this was a roller coaster. Speed and enough power to run down and squash a power.
"You aren't scared are you?" Kagome taunted.
"Of course not!" Inuyasha quickly followed Kagome trying to resist the urge to scream. The roller coaster was his second biggest fear right under a woman during her period (and man, are they scary).
Inuyasha could feel the tension rising as the pair sat down.
"Do you want me to hold your hand?" Kagome teased. Inuyasha pushed down the urge to strangle her just for that day. Instead, he pulled a mumble out of his hat and said something that sounded quite a bit like, 'Bitch.' All Kagome did was laugh.
Inuyasha gripped the rails as the car began to slowly move up the tracks. A smile graced Kagome's face; Inuyasha did not even want to see what his expression was. And after what seem hours, the car finally got to the peak of the tracks.
"Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit, oh shit, oh shit." (I dare you to guess who that is).
As soon as that car went over, Inuyasha let out a howl. Kagome, beside him to be psychotically laughing her head off and he wondered if it was at him or she liked roller coasters that much. He was pretty sure it was answer a.
And before he knew it, the ride was over.
"Have fun?" Kagome asked sweetly.
Inuyasha replied dryly, "Hahaha."
Luckily for Inuyasha, Kagome didn't make him go on any more roller coasters. They went on the merry-go-round (Kagome rode a dolphin and Inuyasha a lion), the haunted house (Kagome held onto Inuyasha's arm the whole time), and other rides. Inuyasha couldn't believe the fun they had.
"You ready for ice cream?" Kagome asked taking one last bit of cotton candy.
"If you want," Inuyasha shrugged. "But watch out for those sweets; don't want to get fat. Not saying that there is anything wrong with you." Kagome just kept her smile. She actually felt good knowing the Inuyasha was teasing her again. It was kind of......... comforting.
~*~
Kagome stared wide-eyed and open-mouthed. She had not seen so many choices of ice cream since......... since, never. She was not even able to read through the whole menu in 5 minutes.
"Um........." Kagome thought for a little while more. "But there is so many things I want."
"Just pick one or two," Inuyasha said tiredly. They had been standing there for what seemed to be forever. He ordered his usual, 'one chocolate scoop, one cookie dough' in order to make Kagome order, too.
"Fine." Kagome eyed Inuyasha irritated for speeding her up. She was one who liked time in making her decisions. "I will have one scoop of rocky road, one scoop of white chocolate macadamia nut, one scoop of dark chocolate raspberry, and a mint chocolate chip scoop. Plus M&M's and chocolate sprinkles!" Now it was Inuyasha's turn for his mouth to drop. He had no idea that such a skinny girl could eat that much.
Inuyasha fished some money out of his pocket and handed it to the cashier. Kagome took her large ice cream happily giving Inuyasha a peck on his cheek.
"Thank you, Inu," she told him.
"Before we go outside, I have to ask you something." Kagome nodded waiting. "What is with calling me Inu?"
"Well, I am too lazy to say Inuyasha and Inu sounds so much cuter!" Kagome answered cheery taking a bite of her ice cream. She smiled showing her approval. "Mm! This is good!"
"Ya."
The two walked out and sat at a table to eat their ice cream in a harmony and peace that would hopefully last.
~*~
I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I tried to make it longer and not to end with a cliffhanger. Please leave a review telling me what you think. I will try my best to update but I ask you to bear with me.
We All Watch the Same Sunsets
After a few moments of uncomfortable silence in Inuyasha's car, Kagome finally popped the question, "Inuyasha, why are you being so nice to me? Really, tell me the truth."
Inuyasha kept his eyes on the road and answered, "I told you already. I don't like to see girls cry. That is all."
Kagome began to sniffle again. "So that is why. I am nothing but a crybaby you want to shut up."
Inuyasha looked over her bewildered. "No! That is not what I meant. Kag......... Kagome, no, no don't cry! I am sorry! Really!"
"You hate me!"
For the next several minutes, Inuyasha tried to stop Kagome but finally gave up seeing how nothing he said was helping; it seemed to make the situation worse. "Must be her period," he mumbled. Soon, they arrived at Inuyasha's house.
Inuyasha opened the car door for Kagome. "After you, milady," he said humorously to try to cheer up the still sniffling Kagome. A small forced smile appeared on her face as he grabbed her bag. "I am guessing you want to go immediately to bed." Kagome nodded. "You can sleep in my bed. I will sleep on the couch."
"Oh no. I couldn't do........." Kagome began but Inuyasha held a finger up to her mouth.
"I was taught to be a gentleman," he told her. "Anyways, it would be less of a shock if Sesshomaru found me sleeping on the couch in the morning and not you."
"I forgot he hated me."
"Sesshomaru hates everyone. Don't take it too seriously," Inuyasha reassured Kagome. He quietly opened the door as not to awaken his brother. He switched a light on and said, "Welcome to me humble abode."
"Ya........." Kagome was at a loss of words. The two stood there not sure what to do.
"Ahem," Inuyasha cleared his throat. "The bedroom is right here." He ushered Kagome into a tiny room compared to her old one. "If you need anything, just wake me up." He grabbed some clothes and closed the door behind him as he left.
Kagome sat on the unusually comfortable bed taking in her surroundings. She soon got up and changed into her pajamas quite grateful for Inuyasha's strange kindness. She turned off the lights settling into bed. She fell into a fitful sleep, tossing and turning.
~*~
"What are you doing out here?" Sesshomaru asked when he came out only to find his brother asleep on the couch.
"Uh?" Inuyasha slowly opened his eyes. At first, he didn't realize where he was but then he remembered about last night. He tiredly shoved himself up, yawned, and stretched. He then grumbled something incoherently.
"What was that," Sesshomaru inquired irritated.
"I said last night........." Inuyasha mumbled off again.
"Inuyasha........."
Inuyasha's eyes opened wider. "I SAID! I BROUGHT KAGOME HOME HERE BECAUSE SHE WAS UPSET AND SHE SLEPT IN MY BED!"
"You did what?!?"
Inuyasha's bedroom door slowly creaked open and Kagome's head popped out. "Can you keep it down a bit? Some people are still sleeping!" she said crankily. That was before she noticed the two pissed off brothers. "Eep!" she squeaked quickly shutting the door.
"You know I don't like rich people," Sesshomaru growled.
"And do you know what? I don't really give a shit," Inuyasha replied. "Kagome is having a rough time because of stupid people like you. And I want to help her out whether you like it or not."
Sesshomaru hmphed and then somewhat calmed down. "Whatever. As long as she stays out of my way and out of my sight."
"Whatever."
Behind the door, Kagome let out a sigh of relief.
~*~
Inuyasha walked to school with his backpack slung on his backpack more then a bit disgruntled. He was pissed off at everyone at school for what they did to his Kagome......... er, Kagome. Everyone he walked by he shot deadly glares at. There seemed to be a bigger barrier around him that day because everyone knew not to mess with Inuyasha when he was in one of his moods.
He entered his first classroom slamming the door behind him. He stomped over to his desk slamming his backpack down on the ground.
"What's up your ass?" Miroku asked sitting on the seat next to him and was answered with a snarl. "Come on, Inu."
"Why should you care?" Inuyasha growled. "You didn't care about Kagome," he quickly added.
"Wha-what!" Miroku roared. "Am I hearing what you are saying, Mr. Backstab?"
"Backstab? I wasn't the one who turned their back on Kagome!" Inuyasha replied.
"Hey, I gave Kagome the confidence to get through the day yesterday! But I didn't even see you here!" Miroku exclaimed.
"Well, I didn't see you last night when she was so upset!" The two boys stood up about to fight before they realized what the other was saying. They turned around crossing their arms.'
"Thank you for helping Kagome yesterday," Inuyasha said tartly.
"Same for you." The bell rang and the two sat down not speaking.
"Okay, class! Settle down!" Kaede yelled over the class's ruckus. "We will pick up from where we stopped yesterday........." Inuyasha didn't hear anything more she said. He was too worried about Kagome. He didn't know if he should leave her alone or not. She was in emotional disarray and there was no telling what she would do.
"Inuyasha!"
He made sure there had been nothing sharp, pointy, or could be used as a weapon in Kagome's reach. She was fairly short so he could stick them in high places she wouldn't be able to reach.
"Inuyasha!"
But what if she needed a shoulder to cry on? The only thing there is his slobbery old dog.
"Inuyasha!" A hand bopped Inuyasha on the head quite hard.
"OW!" Inuyasha yelled rubbing his poor head. "What was that for?"
"You haven't been paying attention, Inuyasha," Kaede told him simply. "What is your problem today?" Inuyasha's magical mumbling trick suddenly appeared again in his low voice. "Speak up, Inuyasha."
"I said it is sort of hard to concentrate with all these jerks surrounding you. Jeez, is everyone deaf today?"
Kaede raised an eyebrow. "And why do you have this opinion?"
"Well, Miss Kaede, since you are so nosy, I will tell you," Inuyasha snapped. "These people here were all there for Kagome when I sunk to a level that I am ashamed of. But once they found out something that makes her different, their shoulders were not there to cry on anymore. You selfish, self-absorbed people. How could you do something to a perfectly fine, nice, kind, caring, pretty girl that all she wanted was to be normal?" People's heads turned down as Inuyasha spoke. "I would spit on you. What I did was bad but I didn't stab her in the back like you guys did." Inuyasha picked up his backpack. "I am outta' here. I can't stand to be around you people anymore."
"Inuyasha, don't you dare walk out of this room," Kaede warned. Inuyasha ignored her keeping on his path.
"Inuyasha!" Sango cried as she ran up to him. "Tell me, is Kagome all right? Please? Can you tell her that I am sorry? I didn't mean it!" Inuyasha glared at her.
"You broke her, Sango. Your anger broke her and your apologies can do nothing about that," Inuyasha said angrily and walked around her. He opened the door and took one last look at the class. He left shaking his head grumbling, "You people."
~*~
"Kagome!" Inuyasha called.
Kagome walked out of the bathroom dressed with a towel on her head. "Inuyasha, why are you home so early?"
"I couldn't stand being at school anymore," he replied.
"This isn't because of me is it?" Kagome said ashamed. "I am sorry if it is."
"Kagome........." Inuyasha placed his hands on her shoulders almost affectionately. "What they did was wrong. And if you want to know, Sango says she is sorry."
"Really?" Kagome's whole face lit up. "She forgives me?"
"Kagome, don't tell me you are really buying that crap?"
"Yes, I am," Kagome told him. "Sango is my friend and I believe her."
"Kagome?!? After all that you went through?" Inuyasha yelled. Kagome just answered with a happy head nod. Inuyasha sighed. "You are a confusing girl."
"So what are we going to do today?"
"Hm?"
"Well, you see, since you are not going back to school today, I thought maybe we could do something," Kagome fluttered her eyes innocently.
"I don't know. I thought maybe we could just watch some TV," Inuyasha replied casually but Kagome began to sniffle again. "I mean we can do whatever you want. Like go to an amusement park or eat ice cream........."
"How about both?"
"Fine," Inuyasha sighed though inside he knew this could be fun.
~*~
Since it was a school day, there was hardly anyone at the amusement park. 'No lines, no people; this is definitely the good life,' Kagome thought to herself. She grabbed Inuyasha's hand pulling him up to get a ticket.
"Don't you think this will be fun, Inu?" Kagome said excitedly. Inuyasha's eyebrow twitched a bit at her new nickname but forced a completely cheesy smile onto his face.
"Ya, Kagome.......... It will be cloud nine." Kagome gave him a sunny smile and Inuyasha felt relieved that she seemed to be better.
"Lets go on the roller coaster, first!" Kagome exclaimed running towards the largest thing in the park.
"The roller coaster," Inuyasha gulped. He could take his brother, Kouga, or any other emissary in his way but this was a roller coaster. Speed and enough power to run down and squash a power.
"You aren't scared are you?" Kagome taunted.
"Of course not!" Inuyasha quickly followed Kagome trying to resist the urge to scream. The roller coaster was his second biggest fear right under a woman during her period (and man, are they scary).
Inuyasha could feel the tension rising as the pair sat down.
"Do you want me to hold your hand?" Kagome teased. Inuyasha pushed down the urge to strangle her just for that day. Instead, he pulled a mumble out of his hat and said something that sounded quite a bit like, 'Bitch.' All Kagome did was laugh.
Inuyasha gripped the rails as the car began to slowly move up the tracks. A smile graced Kagome's face; Inuyasha did not even want to see what his expression was. And after what seem hours, the car finally got to the peak of the tracks.
"Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit, oh shit, oh shit." (I dare you to guess who that is).
As soon as that car went over, Inuyasha let out a howl. Kagome, beside him to be psychotically laughing her head off and he wondered if it was at him or she liked roller coasters that much. He was pretty sure it was answer a.
And before he knew it, the ride was over.
"Have fun?" Kagome asked sweetly.
Inuyasha replied dryly, "Hahaha."
Luckily for Inuyasha, Kagome didn't make him go on any more roller coasters. They went on the merry-go-round (Kagome rode a dolphin and Inuyasha a lion), the haunted house (Kagome held onto Inuyasha's arm the whole time), and other rides. Inuyasha couldn't believe the fun they had.
"You ready for ice cream?" Kagome asked taking one last bit of cotton candy.
"If you want," Inuyasha shrugged. "But watch out for those sweets; don't want to get fat. Not saying that there is anything wrong with you." Kagome just kept her smile. She actually felt good knowing the Inuyasha was teasing her again. It was kind of......... comforting.
~*~
Kagome stared wide-eyed and open-mouthed. She had not seen so many choices of ice cream since......... since, never. She was not even able to read through the whole menu in 5 minutes.
"Um........." Kagome thought for a little while more. "But there is so many things I want."
"Just pick one or two," Inuyasha said tiredly. They had been standing there for what seemed to be forever. He ordered his usual, 'one chocolate scoop, one cookie dough' in order to make Kagome order, too.
"Fine." Kagome eyed Inuyasha irritated for speeding her up. She was one who liked time in making her decisions. "I will have one scoop of rocky road, one scoop of white chocolate macadamia nut, one scoop of dark chocolate raspberry, and a mint chocolate chip scoop. Plus M&M's and chocolate sprinkles!" Now it was Inuyasha's turn for his mouth to drop. He had no idea that such a skinny girl could eat that much.
Inuyasha fished some money out of his pocket and handed it to the cashier. Kagome took her large ice cream happily giving Inuyasha a peck on his cheek.
"Thank you, Inu," she told him.
"Before we go outside, I have to ask you something." Kagome nodded waiting. "What is with calling me Inu?"
"Well, I am too lazy to say Inuyasha and Inu sounds so much cuter!" Kagome answered cheery taking a bite of her ice cream. She smiled showing her approval. "Mm! This is good!"
"Ya."
The two walked out and sat at a table to eat their ice cream in a harmony and peace that would hopefully last.
~*~
I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I tried to make it longer and not to end with a cliffhanger. Please leave a review telling me what you think. I will try my best to update but I ask you to bear with me.