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"You love my Inu-chan don't you?"
"You love my Inu Yasha."
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Kagome stood frozen in her place, helpless under the glare of the girl confronting her. To the eyes of a observer, this strange new young girl was not dangerous, with such a delicate body and frame. But as Kagome paled from her insane eyes, she felt truly terrified.
'Her Inu Yasha?' Kagome reviewed in her mind. Confusion scattered her fear for a brief moment in time. What? What does she mean? Her Inu Yasha? Is she some sort of psycho? Yes, that's it. Kagome's face relaxed slightly, letting out the breath she didn't know she was holding. She doesn't know what she's saying. The school staff will come any second now to get her.
"What was that?" an irritable voice commanded angrily. Kagome looked up, startled from her thoughts. The fine features of the girl glaring at her were now deformed from sudden annoyance and anger. Her lips tensed in a grimace and her eyes narrowed menacingly. She had completely dropped her façade of kindness, freeing her true soul for that one moment.
"You seem so relieved for some reason. Why is that?" she demanded. She started closing in on Kagome, her steps impatient and heavy. The fear that had resided in Kagome's heart before had now returned in full fledge. This person was like a beast; one false move and its fangs were bared.
Kagome opened her mouth in a small dry-lipped slit, but she couldn't utter a single word. The beast's face was now inches away from hers. Kagome could feel the anger like a furnace, blowing fiercely on her skin.
"Hey, what do you think you're doin'?" cried Kouga, stepping in front of Kagome. Unlike Kagome, he was numb to the wrath that this stranger was emitting. He was, ironically, more or less confused.
"I don't know who you are, but I don't really care. All you're doin' right now is mutterin' nonsense, but I swear, if you do anything more than that, I'll send ya away faster 'an you can blink!" Kouga was a master of threats and he threw this challenge at the glaring brunette forcefully. Kagome felt the heat of the beast's anger grow.
What happened next was something Kagome had never expected. The girl's shoulders fells and she set her torso back upon her hips and smiled. As before, the smile was deceptively kind and it was smile of confidence. She had regained her masked face and she was displaying it fully. Kagome would've liked it better if she had still been raging with anger. Whenever she grinned that way, Kagome's skin crawled.
Kouga stood confused. He had obviously been expecting a barrage of punches or some sort of physical onslaught. As he stood poised and ready, the girl just sat back and grinned. He growled, wondering what sort of sly trick she was attempting to pull.
"You're both very interesting," she drawled placing the tip of a well-manicured fingernail to her chin. "You'd go good together." To Kagome's curious surprise, Kouga seemed to have reddened.
"I'm done for the day, boy, there's no need to keep your fighting intentions," the girl commented coolly.
"Boy? What do you mean 'boy'?" growled Kouga, obviously attempting to display his manliness (AN:I had to put that in there...it just seemed so funny).
"What do I mean?" The teenager smirked. "Compared to what I know and been through, you're just a child." With a last grin, her hair whipped around her as she pivoted on her heels and faded behind the corner of a wall. Her rigid shoes echoed distantly as her discomforting presence finally departed.
Kagome, kneeling on the ground behind Kouga's protective stance, heard his deep breaths, waking her from her trance. She looked up at his face and saw furious eyes, glaring at the ground where the girl had stood. His pride must have been damaged by her harsh, poisoned words.
Something stirred behind Kagome, causing her to gasp and spun her head around. Inu Yasha's bright amber eyes shone through squinted eyelids. All thoughts that had been imprinted in her mind by her meeting with that strange girl evaporated. Just the sight of his familiar and warming gold eyes elated her. 'I wonder whether I do love him...' and slapped herself. She didn't believe in love. Love was only fantasy.
Kagome scooted back to give Inu Yasha some space. Kouga, stirred from his pensive glare, stepped back to find Inu Yasha regaining consciousness. Kouga's eyebrows knitted in annoyance. "Argh, just one thing after another..."
Inu Yasha grunted, propping himself on his elbows, and sliding a hand to the back of neck. He bit his lip. "Damn you Kouga..." he muttered.
"Right back at ya," replied Kouga grumpily. It was then that Kagome noticed that the anger they'd shown was not as severe as she thought. They may be rivals, but they still regained a sort of mutual respect between each other. It was somewhat like the tension between siblings. Kagome smiled.
"What're you grinning about?" asked Kouga curiously, kneeling down beside her and the recovering Inu Yasha. Kagome's grin became girlish giggles as both Inu Yasha and Kouga watched on in amazement.
"You guys are so cute!" she finally exclaimed and hugged them both with each arm. They both stiffened, but neither seemed to argue. Neither of them had ever received such a kind gesture.
Beyond the corner of a wall, a pair of painted lips curved into a smile. "Soon you will know, Kagome," it whispered.
"Soon, you'll know that Inu Yasha's mine."
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AN: *sigh* had to split it again. I gotta stop doing that to my chappies...
