Get ready for some sadness.... I think I'm gonna need a tissue... 'specially at the end...
"A Hanyou in the Heart" by Inu Faceness
Chapter Fourteen: Out of Their Hearts
Inu Yasha sat straight up in his bed. Upon impulse, he looked at the clock. "SHIT!" he screamed. Jumping out of bed, Inu Yasha ran to the dresser that sat in the corner of his room. "Damn it," he lightly cursed. He grabbed the wrinkled and used school outfit from the floor and darted out of the room to the bathroom to change.
He ran down the stairs, hastily putting his right arm into the left arm sleeve. He skidded across the hardwood floor and stopped at the kitchen where Sesshomaru was waiting.
"Your shirt's on backwards, here." He tossed Inu Yasha a bottle of orange juice and a warm piece of toast. "You're late. Five minutes, Inu Yasha. Hurry up."
The toast was gone in mere seconds and Inu Yasha fixed his shirt. "Thanks," he said before heading toward the door. He stopped just short of it and turned to Sesshomaru. "Hey, you got any free time tonight?"
The older of the two raised an eyebrow. "Why?"
Inu Yasha sat on the ground and shoved his feet into his tennis shoes. "One of my friends needs your help. Do it, will ya?" He asked.
"Alright, but if they get on my nerves, I am kicking them out." Sesshomaru replied after a few moments of deliberation. Inu Yasha nodded and bolted out of the house.
Kagome stood in front of her mirror and brushed her hair. Did she really want to go with Koga? No, she wanted to go with Inu Yasha, but he didn't care for her. If he had, he would have said something to her when she talked about being asked to the dance. HE didn't want her, so why wait for him? She was young, and a good-looking guy had asked her to the biggest event of the year. She wouldn't pass it up. She would give up on Inu Yasha and start a new. Inu Yasha would be out of her heart, and she wouldn't have to worry about it.
'But..' she had loved Inu Yasha for seven years. Could she really just give up on him like that? She would talk to him about it. If she told him that she loved him, and he accepted, than she would just tell Koga that she was going with someone else. If Inu Yasha didn't want to be with her, than Kagome would just kick him out of her heart and go on. If he didn't love her, then what business did he have being in her heart?
Kagome placed her brush down and headed down the stairs to eat breakfast with her brother and mother.
He practically flew to the school. He had less than two minutes to get to his first and tell Kagome he wanted to go with her to the dance. (A/N: ah... high school... sucks don't it? But, this is sweet) He got into Ms. Tyler's room just as the bell rang. After receiving a nasty scowl, he sat down beside Sango and stretched.
"So," Sango said out of the corner of her mouth as the teacher took roll, "where were you this morning? Kagome wanted to talk to you." Inu Yasha cursed.
"Woke up fucking late. What'd she want to say?" He watched as Sango raised her hand, indicating she was there to the teacher.
"I dunno, she just came here and was asking everyone if you were here. When everyone said they hadn't seen you, she just went to ." Inu Yasha stared blankly at the ground in front of his desk.
'Damn it all to Hell!' he thought, listening as Ms. Tyler talked about chapter 12 in their math book. He absentmindedly looked down at the page. 'Kagome wanted to talk to me. Wonder what she wanted... I've got to get to her before she talks to that mangy wolf fourth hour.' He sat there, thinking. He heard other students turn the page, so he followed the suit, making sure to look believably listening. 'Lunch. I'll tell her at lunch.'
With his plan thought out and set, he started on his math homework.
Inu Yasha left his third hour and headed toward the lunchroom. First lunch had great advantages. You could take as long as you wanted getting there and the food was hot. But more importantly, he could talk to Kagome before she talked to Koga. The halls were growing more and more crowded by the second. Inu Yasha looked above the crowd, looking for that raven-haired beauty he loved so much. Her laughter caught his attention to his right. She was about ten feet ahead of him, walking with Sango and Rin. He needed to get to her, the sooner the better.
"Kagome!" he called. "KAGOME!" he started smoothly moving between the people quickly. He missed running into them all, but someone latched onto him.
"And what do you think you are doing, young boy?" Inu Yasha turned around. Master Totosai, the shop teacher (A/N: yeah, yeah, shut up ::lol:: I had to think of a where you make metal stuff n' stuff.), held him firmly by the arm. "There is no yelling or shoving in the halls."
"Sorry, old man, but I got to go see someone." Inu Yasha was quickly losing patience as he watched Kagome walk out of sight.
"Yeah, me! You got lunch with me today, sonny. Come on." Totosai pulled Inu Yasha into his room. "You will stay in here all lunch, then I will let you go to your fourth hour ." He saw the scowl on the young man's face. "Next time, you will learn not to talk to your elders so. Now, sit." Inu Yasha sat and slouched in the desk, crossing his arms.
The half hour of lunch ticked by slowly and both men fell asleep. Inu Yasha slept sitting up and his head bobbled downwards. In midst of his sleep, the inu hanyou leaned forward. A loud bang woke both males. Inu Yasha sat up, rubbing his head free of its dull throbbing. He silently cursed. The five- minute bell rang and Totosai released the young lad.
Kagome walked into the gym with Sango and Miroku. Both watched as Shippo chased Rin onto the gym floor.
"GET BACK HERE!! I WANT MY MONEY BACK!!" Shippo called, tackling her to the ground and tickling her senseless. She gave the ten dollars back to him in a laughing frenzy and they both stood. "There now, Rin, that wasn't so hard."
"So?" Rin stuck her tongue out at him and walked into the girls' locker room, followed closely by Sango. Kagome tapped Miroku on the shoulder.
"Miroku? Where's Inu Yasha? You said he was here today, so where could he be?" Kagome's voice held a hint of worry.
"Oh, don't worry, Lady Kagome. He'll be here. Just, go change, he'll be out here, just like always, when you get back." She nodded and he and Shippo went through the doors to the boys' locker room.
"Kagome," she turned. Koga came up to her. "What's up?"
"Nothing, Koga. How bout you?"
"Same. Hey, Have you decided if you'll go to the dance with me? If you need more time, I understand."
"Oh, no, Koga. I don't need any more time. I'll go with you." Koga took her hand and gently kissed it.
"Thank you Kagome, you have made me the happiest man alive." She laughed lightly at his words and nodded. He leaned up and gave her a small kiss on the cheek. "Well, is sure to start, so I'll see ya, right?" She nodded and he left. She walked to the door Sango and Rin had disappeared through.
Inu Yasha burst into the gym and looked out onto the floor. He had seen Koga come in here right before he had. And, sure as anything, there he was, talking with Kagome. Inu Yasha watched as Koga took Kagome's hand and kissed it. Kagome's smile was bright, and Inu Yasha felt his heart crack. Koga kissed her cheek and the inu hanyou felt as though he would hurl and empty his stomach.
He had messed up. Inu Yasha had lost it. The one person he loved, the one person he wanted to share his life with, the one person who had accepted him when no one else would. She was gone. He would never get her.
Inu Yasha watched as the girl walked into the girls' locker room and he went inside the other. He could try with all his heart to get Kagome out of his mind, out of what was left of his heart, but she was just too much. He couldn't over power her memory, her kindness. She would always be his friend, he knew that much. And, hell, a friend is better than nothing.
END CHAPTER
Wow, poor people! Geesh, Rin and Sesshy are gonna get together and work and we are gonna check in with Sango and Miroku soon. Maybe I'll have one more chapter with the main focus being Kagome and Inu, then we'll take a break from that drama and go to the next. Hope you all are enjoying this story so far. Thanks for reviewing! Hey, I just realized something; I AM OVER THE ONE HUNDRED MARK!! THANK YOU!!! ARIGATO!!
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