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"words words" - Talking

'words words' - thinking

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Chapter Two: The Solution

"WENCH, WAKE UP! WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO YOU!"

Kagome groaned and tried to open her eyes. She was just about to sit up before a pair of clawed hands grabbed her shoulders and dragged her into a sitting position. Kagome groaned louder.

'He knows.' It was all that went through her head before she successfully opened her eyelids. And in front of her, she saw a pair of amber eyes, full of concern, fear, and some anger. "Inuyasha, I......"

Inuyasha let go of her shoulders and started to pace frantically in her room. One of his hands was on Tessaiga. Kagome knew that Inuyasha was upset, so upset that he could very well turn full youkai if it weren't for Tessaiga.

"Who did it? What did it? How did this happen? Was a youkai?" Inuyasha stopped pacing and grabbed her shoulders again. "And your face. Those wounds are healing. You got those wounds a while ago, didn't you?" Something snapped in the back of his head. "It was last Saturday (he learned the days of the week)! I'm right, am I? That's why you had so much powder on your face! You deliberately tried to hide your wounds from me! Tell me who did this to you, Kagome. Tell me and I'll kill those fucking bastard right away! Tell me, dammit!!!"

Kagome was going to scream back at him for yellinging at her. But hearing the concern in his voice after that last statement, she couldn't scream at him. She couldn't do much except fall into his chest and sob her heart out. And that's exactly what she did.

Inuyasha let her cry this time. It usually worried him when Kagome cried, because it's normally all his fault. 'Cry all you want, Kagome, I'll protect you.' He hugged her tighter, scared to let her go, afraid that she'll get hurt again.

He looked down on the wristwatch Kagome gave him, Inuyasha noticed that Kagome has been crying for quite a few minutes. Without letting her out of his arm, he leaned in a little and whispered into her ears, softer this time.

"Tell me, Kagome, who did this to you." One of his hands stroked Kagome's hair, while the other supported the weight of her limp body.

But Kagome wouldn't answer him. She just dug her face deeper into his chest and shook her head vigorously.

Inuyasha started to growl. But as he felt Kagome shiver, he stopped and tried to be gentle again. "C'mon, Kagome, why won't you tell me who did this to you?"

Kagome swallowed a few times and dug her face even deeper. Inuyasha responded by wrapping his arms tighter around her body. Kagome managed to whisper "you can't help me".

But with Inuyasha's keen youkai hearing, he heard her whisper loud and clear, and it angered him. 'I can't help her? What the fuck have I been doing for the past year?' But he didn't say that aloud. Instead he whispered back. "Let me try. I won't allow anyone to hurt you like this."

"I can't tell you." Kagome whispered yet again into his chest. Her breathing was calmer, and her sobbing has stopped. But Inuyasha felt how faster heart was beating. And he smelled the fear emanating from her frail body. 'If I tell Inuyasha that it was some guy from my school who did this to me, he'll never let me come back.'

Inuyasha was getting annoyed now. His arms dropped to his sides and he used the trick that Kagome always used to get him - guilt. "I understand, you don't trust me." His tone was flat.

Kagome withdrew suddenly and looked him straight in the eyes. Frantically, she yelled loudly: "No, Inuyasha, it's not that! I trust you, I do! It's just that......"

Inuyasha didn't let her finish her sentence. He grabbed her injured arm and lifted it up. "You are hurt, Kagome!" He said fiercely, "And you still won't confide in me. How can you expect to believe you when you won't tell me who hurt you?"

"No, Inuyasha, you don't understand." Kagome began to cry again. Inuyasha's heart throbbed at the sight of her tears. But he can't give in now. He had to guilt her into telling him who hurt her.

The two stood like that for a long while, neither was going to give in. But the sound of keys in a lock woke them up from that dream state.

"Oneechan, we're back!" Souta shouted as he ran upstairs to his sister's room. Their mother followed.

Souta entered Kagome's room only to see his hero and his sister standing together in a daze. Kagome had dried up tear trails all over her face. Her wounds from last Friday night were revealed. And her bed sheet was covered with new blood.

"Oneechan, what happened to your arm?!" Souta asked worriedly as he ran to Kagome's side. But before Kagome could answer, Inuyasha grabbed Souta's collar and began to interrogate him.

"Brat, what happened to Kagome's face? Who hurt her?" Inuyasha's face remained stern. His eyes were full of emotions. Souta looked to Kagome for permission to talk, but Mrs. Higurashi answered Inuyasha's question instead.

"Come downstairs, everyone. Inuyasha-kun, I'll tell you what happened."

Inuyasha sat cross-legged on the living room floor while Mrs. Higurashi cleaned Kagome's new wound. Every time Kagome flinched at the pain, Inuyasha's heart would twinge. Souta sat on the side, watching the exchange as though it was a very interesting movie.

"I've told you what happened last Friday, Inuyasha-kun. But," the older woman looked at her daughter with worried eyes, "I'm interested in hearing about what happened tonight as well."

Kagome's eyes remained on the bandaged wound on her arm. There wasn't a choice now. She had to tell everyone, including Inuyasha.

"It was the same gang of people. They dragged me into a dark alley and threatened me that if I go near to Hojo-kun one more time, they'll kill me." Kagome didn't need to look up to know that Inuyasha was about to blow up. "They cut me right next to the vein on my wrist as a last warning. It's not like I can just not talk to Hojo-kun for the rest of my life. He's my friend. And it's not my fault if he wants to talk to me."

Inuyasha remained silent. But Mrs. Higurashi began pacing the room this time. "But I called your school last time. They know about the situation. I don't understand why your math teacher kept you late again."

Kagome sniffed. "I know why now. They probably threatened Mori sensei as well. Mori sensei had to help them; otherwise he'll lose his job."

Kagome's mother stopped pacing at this news. "Kagome, dear, does that mean you know who they are?"

Kagome stiffed up at the realization of her slipup. But eventually she had enough courage to nod. "The girl was Mikagi Akiko. Her brother, the guy who cut me with the knife, was Mikagi Toji."

"Hey, aren't they Chancellor Mikagi's kids?" Souta almost jumped off the couch at the information. "I heard that Mikagi Toji was kicked out from his private school last year because he almost killed some guy."

Kagome nodded. "Since Mikagi Toji is the school chancellor's son, he can do whatever he wants to do. The parents of that guy he almost killed didn't even file a lawsuit. His father probably settled everything with money. But he had to transfer to my high school. And so when it was time for his little sister to go to high school, they automatically brought Mikagi Akiko to this school as well. Even the principal can't do anything about those two and their gang."

Mrs. Higurashi gasped. "Why did you say something earlier, Kagome?"

Kagome scoffed. "It's not like anyone can do anything about them. They'll really kill me if they know that I told the authorities about this. And afterwards, their father can just settle everything with money."

Her mother didn't say more about it. The school chancellor is in charge of the entire school system in Tokyo. He can easily kick Kagome out of her high school. Her entire future was at stake. It wasn't an easy problem to deal with.

"YOU'RE NOT GOING BACK THERE!" After being silent for so long, everyone had almost forgotten about Inuyasha's presence. But it was expected from him.

Kagome sighed. "I knew you were going to say that. That's why I didn't want you to know! I can't give up my education. How many times do I have to tell you that?"

Inuyasha wouldn't back off either. "But these human bastards can very easily hurt you. It's safer in the Sengoku Jidai where we can protect you. I can't be around you all the time when you're in school, and......"

Kagome was a little surprise to hear Inuyasha trail off so unexpectedly. She turned her head to see why he stopped talking so suddenly. But instead, she saw a very happy hanyou with the stupidest grin on his handsome face.

"Inuyasha, are you alright?" Kagome asked with some concern as she walked over.

"C'mon, Kagome, let's go back to Sengoku Jidai!" Inuyasha said cheerfully.

Kagome groaned. "I just said I'll still go to school......"

Inuyasha grabbed her wrist and started to run outside. "Don't worry, Kagome's mother, I'll bring her back soon!"

Souta and his mother waved after the yelling couple and went back to their normal lives of watching TV.

"Inuyasha! Let me go!" Kagome shoved his hand off as soon as they landed on the other side of time.

"Don't worry, Kagome, you can go back to your stupid school on Monday." Inuyasha looked just a bit too happy to Kagome. He lifted her up once again and darted for Kaede's hut.

Inside the shabby hut, everyone was still entranced in Kagome's books. Miroku was reading a history book from Kagome's Junior High Third Grade class. And Sango was working out some sample math problems on a piece of paper with some mechanical pencils Kagome gave to them. Shippo was reading one of Souta's books. It seemed like both Miroku and Sango were almost done with all of Kagome's books.

"Kaede-baba, where the hell are you?!" Inuyasha yelled as he set Kagome down on the ground. Everyone heard him yelling and came outside.

"Inuyasha, why are you being so loud so late at night?" Kaede asked with some annoyance as she came out with the others following right behind.

Everyone was just about to go greet Kagome when they noticed the healing scabs on her cheek and mouth.

"Kagome, what happened to you?!" Shippo screamed out what everyone what thinking.

"Long story, tell you later." Inuyasha batted the question away and turned to Kaede. "Baba, is there any way to get everyone through the Bone Eater's well?"

Everyone went "huh?" at Inuyasha's question.

Kaede thought about it for awhile. "I have thought about why you are the only one besides Kagome who can go through time."

"And?"

Kaede pointed to the rosary on Inuyasha neck. "I think the rosary is what binds you to Kagome."

Inuyasha almost jumped in happiness. "So if you put rosary around Miroku, Sango, and Shippo, they can go through the well too?"

"Inuyasha, we never agreed to have rosaries around our necks!" Sango protested.

"Yeah, and what happened to Kagome-sama?" Miroku asked as well.

Inuyasha was looking smug. "Kagome got hurt because of this bastard and his little sister. The officials over there can't do anything about it. So I was thinking that maybe the three of us can go to Kagome's school and protect her."

Miroku and Sango looked bewildered, but also extremely happy at the thought. Kagome was just plain shocked.

"What? You guys can't go to my school!" Kagome started to shake Inuyasha, trying to wake him up from his crazy plan.

"I think it's a wonderful idea, Kagome-sama." Miroku gave Sango a smile.

Sango nodded along. "We've almost finished all the books you gave us to read, Kagome-chan. We can keep up in your school for sure."

"But......" Kagome tried to protest. But she's so shaken up that she couldn't find any excuse to keep them away.

"Inuyasha, what about me?" Shippo jumped up and down in excitement.

Inuyasha narrowed his eyes at the kitsune and asked rhetorically. "What about you?"

"I wanna go too!" Shippo whined.

"You're too young. And don't forget about your tail."

"Well, you have dog ears!" Shippo didn't hesitate to point out.

Kagome snapped her fingers. "That's right! Inuyasha, you have ears, and hats aren't allowed in school. Besides, you can't carry Tessaiga around. What if you get too upset and turn full youkai on us?"

Inuyasha growled. His previous cheerful mood was gone. However, Kaede came to everyone's rescue.

"It can be done." The old miko cut in. Everyone looked at her with shock and anticipation. "First step is to put rosaries on Houshi, Sango, and Shippo's necks. As soon as you all reach the other side, Kagome can take them off." The gang nodded, and she continued.

"Shippo can look both human and older. For a youkai he might be young, but in human ages, I wouldn't be surprised if he was older than Miroku. As long as Kagome gives him a Shikon shard to boost his powers so he can fully disguise himself."

Shippo cheered at the news. "I can go to Kagome's school!"

"But Shippo-chan, you just learned how to read the words in Souta's books. High school is too high leveled for you."

"But Kagome......"

Kaede cleared her throat, signifying that she wasn't finished. "Shippo can attend your brother's school, Kagome. But it's very essential that Shippo go with all of you." The look on everyone's face indicated their confusion. "With a power boost from the shard, Shippo can disguise Inuyasha as well. He can hide Tessaiga and his ears."

For the very first time, Inuyasha and Shippo cheered together and came close to hugging each other.

Kagome sputtered. 'There's no way I can convince them out of it, is there?' She sighed in resignation. 'Well, if they're there, I would feel safer.' "Oh, what the heck." Kagome's face finally lit up. "Let's do this!"

Before anything was done, however, Kaede took the liberty of healing the wounds on Kagome's face. With some herbs and a magic spell, the wounds disappeared as though they were never there.

After that was done, Kaede took out four rosary beads and put spell on them. She put the rosaries over Miroku, Sango, Shippo, and Kirara's necks. "Choose a subdue word, Kagome."

The rosaries were glowing, and Kagome said aloud the word she had in mind: "shake!"

Inuyasha almost fell over as everyone including Kirara shook their heads. "That's not fair!"

Kagome smiled in a goofy way. The spell wore off soon and they stopped shaking. Next Kagome gave Shippo a small Shikon shard which he inserted into the center of his forehead with some cries of pain.

"Let's try it, Shippo-chan!" Shippo heeded to Kagome's command and put a magical leaf on his head. In a flash, the short, orange, and furry kitsune changed into a taller, young human boy.

"Wow, Shippo-chan, you look just like a ten-year-old boy!" Sango remarked as she bent down to pat Shippo on the head. Miroku took the chance and made a grab for her behind. This, of course, got him a red hand mark on the cheek.

"Oh, Miroku, you can't do that in school." Kagome pointed it out. "You'll get into trouble."

"He's already in trouble." Sango hissed and hit the monk again.

"Now, Shippo, disguise me." Inuyasha poked the human Shippo in the ribcage. Although he didn't say it, he was quite impressed with Shippo's transformation.

"So how do you want to look, Inuyasha?" Shippo stuck out his chest with pride. Another leaf was ready in his hand.

"Change the ears, the claws, and fangs to human ones." Kagome answered instead. "And disguise Tessaiga into a Kendo sword."

"Why Kendo?" Inuyasha asked.

"So you can join the Kendo club and have a legitimate reason to carry it around all the time." Kagome smiled at him. "You can do Kendo, right?"

"Keh, of course!" Inuyasha made a note to himself right after he said that to learn Kendo.

"It's done!" Shippo's magic has really improved. In a blink's time, Inuyasha's image totally changed. He still had his silvery hair color and amber eyes, but everything else changed to human-like.

"Great, now we're all ready!" Sango cheered as Kirara jumped into her arms. Everyone got ready for their trip to 500 years into the future.

"One tiny problem." Kagome didn't move. "It's easy for Shippo to go to Souta's school. But if you guys want to go to my high school, you need to take a test first. School isn't for another two days, so I hope I can get you prepared since you guys have been cramming in knowledge for a whole week now. But Inuyasha......"

(A/N: yea, they had only a week to learn everything that you have to know in 9 years. Just think of them as super smart, okay?)

Kagome looked at the half-human looking Inuyasha. She doesn't know that he's been secretly studying as well.

"Keh, I can do it." Inuyasha crossed his arms and began to walk towards the well. "Thanks, Kaede-baba. C'mon, let's go already. It's almost midnight!"

Everyone said goodbye to Kaede and headed for the future. Kagome looked at the cut on her arm, and the future never looked brighter.

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