Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha, so keep the lawyers away!
A/N- Yay, I finally began revising! Aren't you so happy? (:
Nya
It Can't Be So
Chapter Three
Shippou and the strange Youkai
Kagome bolted straight up in bed. It was that damn dream again. It had been four months and she still missed her mother. She still had the dream and she still couldn't stop thinking of Inuyasha. She had slowly been healing the emotional pain of losing her mother, she didn't cry as much whenever she thought of her, but it still ached.
Over the months she and Inuyasha had gotten closer, why she knew not. Maybe it was because they both lost their mothers. Yet, that didn't seem right...
She cleared her mind of all thoughts, shaking her head. Of course it was right! Why else would she like Inuyasha? Kagome new her head would be pounding in the morning if she didn't sleep, so she laid her head on her soft jade green pillow and shut her eyes.
She silently prayed she wouldn't dream anymore that night.
Kagome mumbled curses at her alarm clock as she reached blindly for the snooze button. Her eyes were shut tight against the intruding sun. She accidentally hit a glass of water she had forgotten to take downstairs for her ba-chan to clean.
"Kyaa!" she yelped, sitting up straight as she attempted to catch the falling glass. Totally forgetting the sun was blinding her she toppled out of bed trying to intercept the fall. Actually, if some lone stranger just happened upon the scene it would be quite comical. A girl around sixteen legs halfway on the large bed, halfway off, her knotted hair from sleep sticking up like porcupine quills, her overly large comforter draped across the bed at an odd angle as a glass shattered right in front of her face, water spraying everywhere.
Kagome growled at the broken glass, her eyes closed as she attempted to wipe the water off her face, simultaneously slipping off the bed and landing with her feet in the air on the floor.
'I can tell this going to be a good day...'
After Kagome detangled herself from the floor and picked up the broken glass she set at work on her hair. She raked the brush through her thick hair, wincing as her head was yanked around. After she got through with that she felt like she had just been blindfolded and spun around several times. She slipped on her uniform, bouncing down the stairs.
She approached the kitchen, peeking in. Kaede glanced up at her, shaking her head.
"Hurry Kagome you'll be late for school, it took you long enough. What was that crash I heard?" she asked, still bustling around the kitchen.
"Uh, I had a slight difficulty..." she said, grabbing a peanut butter sandwich from the small plate on the table.
Kaede raised her brows but said nothing. Kagome gave a secretive smile, grabbing her yellow backpack.
"Ja ne ba-chan! I have to go," she said, glaring at the insanely heavy pack.
"Gods Kaede, what did you put in here!"
"Just your lunch," she said simply, grabbing a fork.
Kagome shook her head, dragging the offending item out the door with her free arm. She gobbled the rest of the peanut butter sandwich, grabbing the other strap of the pack and heaving it over her shoulder.
"Just a lunch my foot..."she grumbled, waving at the sprinting Sango.
She stepped off the path onto the dirt road, waiting for Sango.
"Hi Sango," she said smiling at the older girl who was sweating from exhaustion.
"Kags, I'm literally dead from trying to get here on time and all you say is, 'Hi Sango!' No, 'Sango are you okay?'" she replied, grinning despite the fact she probably lost about twenty pounds on her run.
Kagome rolled her eyes, giving a small laugh. "If you need some water I'm sure they're at least thirty of them in my backpack."
"Auntie Kaede overdo it again?"
"Yeah," she said melodramatically, "So, Sango-chan, know any short-cuts to school?"
"Uh, I think...it's been a while since I've walked it but I vaguely remember."
"Well, it's worth a try, eh?"
She and Sango cut through the small field and began walking down the dirt path in the forest.
"Um, Sango...You do know where we are right?"
"Of course I do!" she said airily.
"You don't, do you!" Kagome said stopping and glaring at Sango's back.
"Okay, so I'm kind of l-"Sango was interrupted as a small whirlwind of dust halted in front of them.
As the dust cleared a man appeared, flashing a small smile at them.
"Well, it's not everyday you see that happen," she muttered under her breath, stepping back.
Sango cracked her knuckles, glaring at the man. "Who are you and what do you want?"
"I was just running home to get my books, and my name is Kouga," he said, striking a pose as he said his name.
'O-kay,' Kagome thought, looking at him like he grew three more heads.
He stuck out his hand after his five seconds of fame, beaming at them wildly.
Sango looked at him skeptically, but grasped the appendage and shook it, "I'm Sango and this is Kagome," she said gesturing towards Kagome.
"Nice to meet you," she said, nodding her head.
Inuyasha and Miroku appeared out of the blue, walking up to them slowly.
Kagome felt a little shot of happiness shoot through her heart when she saw Inuyasha.
Suddenly she felt hands grasp her own and she turned her attention back to the intruding youkai.
She silently chanted in her head, 'Please not another pervert, please not another pervert!'
"Kagome, you are my woman!" he said happily. Sango stared at him, Inuyasha looked like he was about to tear something up, and Miroku grinned like a Cheshire cat.
Kagome blushed, shaking his hands off irritably, saying defiantly, "I am NOBODIES woman, got that, besides I just met you five minutes ago!"
"A tough one, I like that in my woman!"
Kagome's eyebrow twitched. Just as she was about to give him a piece of her mind Inuyasha came up and socked him in the head.
"You heard her she's not interested!"
"What would you know dog turd!"
"A lot more than you, wimpy wolf!"
Kouga growled and shook his fist at Inuyasha, snarling, "Want to fight, right here right now!"
Inuyasha growled and bared his fangs at him.
Kagome, who was currently being blocked by Inuyasha's tall frame, walked around him and stood in between them.
"First and foremost, I am NOT your woman Kouga, second Inuyasha BACK OFF before I go insane on you!"
"I will be back, my woman! But for now I have to go!" he said as he darted past them.
"I'm not your woman!" she yelled, shaking her fist in the direction the crazed man left.
"Keh! Why'd you stop me wrench!"
"Because you were being stupid and I didn't want you getting hurt!" her eyes widened slightly, she blushed and stomped off.
'Bad Kagome, bad!' she thought grinding her teeth as she stormed away.
Sango was just about to scold Inuyasha when she felt a hand rubbing against her butt.
"Miroku you PERVERT!" she screamed, slapping him before walking off in a similar fashion Kagome did.
Miroku and Inuyasha looked at each other before shrugging and saying, "Women," before casually strolling down the dirt path.
Kagome walked down her road, glaring at the gravel. Of course that morning they had been late- by thirty minutes! Now it was after school and she was cooling down from an argument she just had with Inuyasha.
Kagome opened the screen door, dropping her pack in the hallway. She walked into the living room, immediately brightening up at the person sitting on the couch.
"Hey Shippou," she said plopping down beside him, "What's up?"
"Nothing really, I have to stay here till morning though, Mama went out of town," he said while flipping through channels on the t.v., momentarily stopping at some swimsuit commercial.
"Ah, well I don't think you're going to find anything to on, so do you want to go shopping, I'll buy you some candy?"
"Sure! But, tonight, you have to be careful of him..."
"Who?" she asked, raising her brows.
"Him."
"Oh, ok... well let's get going, I'll go tell Kaede."
"Ok!"
Soon they were out the door and walking towards the small shop they called a mall out here. In Tokyo they had a much larger mall.
Once they arrived, Shippou ran towards the fudge shop, crying out happily. She smiled and followed him in the store, where his face was pressed up against the glass window that was blocking intruding hands from touching it.
"Which kind do you want Shippo?"
"Um, that kind!" he said pointing to a random type of fudge.
"Ok, ma'am, can we have that kind please, whichever he is pointing at?" she asked the person behind the counter politely.
"Of course, that'll be 2.99 miss," she said while picking it up and handing over the counter.
Kagome handed her the money and turned to leave when something; rather someone caught her eye. He had long curly black hair pulled into a ponytail, red eyes, and a cruel smirk. He gave her the shivers and she turned away walking to the next store, when she looked back, he was gone as if nobody had been there.
'Strange,' she thought.
A/N- Hah! How's that! I finally got it revised! Go me, go me! (: Just kidding.