Ahem. Oops. My sincerest apologies. I've been working on about 6 other
fanfics (that I will post once I have them halfway through) and I sort of
forgot about this one. So, I'm really, really sorry. Really.
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha. Or Sesshomaru. Or Kagome. Or Kikyo. Or Kagura. Etc..
Ch 8
Kagome trudged to the Library, where she saw Sesshomaru in the front row of desks, reading a giant book. Her calculus teacher looked at her sternly, so Kagome moved to a seat.as far away from Sesshomaru as possible. The teacher cleared her throat and looked pointedly at Kagome, then at the seat next to Sesshomaru. She jumped up and screamed "Why must you torment me further!?"...at least that's what she did in her mind. The real Kagome gave a big sigh and moved into the seat next to Sesshomaru.
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Sesshomaru looked at Kagome out of the corner of his eye. The book was a good prop to allow him to look at her, yet unable to be accused of it. He took in her sullen expression, the pout of her lips, all of it. He was so engrossed in this, he didn't realize the teacher had left for a moment.
"Didn't your mother tell you it was rude to stare?" Kagome hissed. It startled him, but not so much that he couldn't recover.
"I'm reading, wench," he murmured smoothly. Kagome smiled the smile of a cat who has just caught the mouse.
"Is that why you have not turned the page for twenty minutes?" she inquired. As Sesshomaru realized that she spoke the truth, a light blush spread over his cheeks. Seeing this, Kagome burst out laughing, and didn't stop until someone called her name.
"Kagome!"
She turned around and standing there in the doorway was...Hojo.
"Surprise!" he said, oblivious to her shock and indifference to him. He swept her up in a hug, unmindful that she was stiff and not returning it. He moved to kiss her and she turned away. Sesshomaru had no idea who this person was, but no one was allowed to touch Kagome like that! He grabbed Hojo by the shoulder and ripped him away from Kagome.
"Leave her alone," he growled. Hojo, confused and beginning to get a little angry flung Sesshomaru's hand off.
"What's your problem?"
"It is obvious to anyone that Kagome does not want to be touched by you, so leave, now," Sesshomaru answered.
"Why not?" Hojo said, glancing at Kagome, but returning his eyes to Sesshomaru. "I think any girl would be happy to see her boyfriend."
This time it was Sesshomaru's turn to be confused. He looked at Kagome who nodded weakly at him. He threw an angry look in he direction and left abruptly.
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"That guy in the library was a jerk!" Hojo said. He had insisted on a tour of the campus, so Kagome had to oblige. She showed him everything except the kendo courts-Inuyasha was practicing there and she didn't want a repeat of the library scene. As Hojo prattled on, Kagome let her thoughts wander to Sesshomaru. Why did he get so angry about Hojo? He seemed jealous, or protective, or something. She would have to talk to Inuyasha about whether his brother had problems with stalking or obsessions.
"Ok that's all!" she said with false cheerfulness when the tour was over.
"Kagome you didn't show me the Kendo courts!"
"Oh. Umm.they don't have kendo at this school," she said. But Hojo just looked at her in disbelief.
"What are you talking about? Shikon High has won the championship for the last two years! Hey, do you know a guy named Ito, Inuyasha? He's the best on the team." Kagome got a sinking feeling in her stomach as Hojo rambled on. How was she going to get out of this one?
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Kagome and Hojo came upon Inuyasha as he was sitting on the ground, panting and sweating. Kagome gave him a shaky smile, and took the bull by the horns.
"Hey Inuyasha, I'd like you to meet my boyfriend, Hojo," Inuyasha sneered at him.
"The wannabe Kendo master? Too weak."
"Why is it everyone with gray hair around here is so rude?" Hojo asked Kagome, seriously puzzled. Inuyasha immediately jumped up
"Who the hell do you think you are?" he snarled. Kagome tried to stop what she knew was coming.
"Inuyasha, please stop," she begged. Surprisingly, it was Hojo who answered her.
"Just stay out of this Kagome,"
"What?" she said, startled.
"Honestly, sometimes I think it's too much trouble having you as a girlfriend. This is what, the eighth fight I've been in because some guy has a crush on you," he said this half jokingly, half serious. Kagome was furious
"Fine then, maybe it would be better for your health if we just weren't dating," she yelled and stormed away from them.
"Thanks," Hojo told Inuyasha after they both watched her stomp away.
"Huh?" Inuyasha was confused. This guy sounded sincere, and relieved.
"I can't do this long distance thing with her anymore. She's a great girl, and I didn't want to break her heart, but the truth is, I came down here to say goodbye to her." He clapped his hand on the stunned silver-haired boy. "Her being mad and doing it for me makes it easier. Take care." And Hojo left.
"Well, that was the easiest fight I ever had," Inuyasha said to himself.
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Kagome was furious! How dare he say that about her?! She was so irate that she didn't notice Sesshomaru watching her..and deliberately get in her path. Once more, she toppled both of them over, but somehow, they got twisted and Sesshomaru landed on top of her. He looked down at her with a strange look on his face.
"Uh-Uh. There in no way you can blame me this time-you landed on me," she huffed, crossing her arms over her chest. Kagome saw that he was about to say something and continued before he could even try to blame her. "Aaand, I was making an extremely large amount of noise, so there is no way you can say that you didn't hear me, and we're in an open space so you also can't say that you didn't see me! So what's your excuse going to be this time?"
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Indeed. A cliffy. I'm such a horrible person!
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha. Or Sesshomaru. Or Kagome. Or Kikyo. Or Kagura. Etc..
Ch 8
Kagome trudged to the Library, where she saw Sesshomaru in the front row of desks, reading a giant book. Her calculus teacher looked at her sternly, so Kagome moved to a seat.as far away from Sesshomaru as possible. The teacher cleared her throat and looked pointedly at Kagome, then at the seat next to Sesshomaru. She jumped up and screamed "Why must you torment me further!?"...at least that's what she did in her mind. The real Kagome gave a big sigh and moved into the seat next to Sesshomaru.
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Sesshomaru looked at Kagome out of the corner of his eye. The book was a good prop to allow him to look at her, yet unable to be accused of it. He took in her sullen expression, the pout of her lips, all of it. He was so engrossed in this, he didn't realize the teacher had left for a moment.
"Didn't your mother tell you it was rude to stare?" Kagome hissed. It startled him, but not so much that he couldn't recover.
"I'm reading, wench," he murmured smoothly. Kagome smiled the smile of a cat who has just caught the mouse.
"Is that why you have not turned the page for twenty minutes?" she inquired. As Sesshomaru realized that she spoke the truth, a light blush spread over his cheeks. Seeing this, Kagome burst out laughing, and didn't stop until someone called her name.
"Kagome!"
She turned around and standing there in the doorway was...Hojo.
"Surprise!" he said, oblivious to her shock and indifference to him. He swept her up in a hug, unmindful that she was stiff and not returning it. He moved to kiss her and she turned away. Sesshomaru had no idea who this person was, but no one was allowed to touch Kagome like that! He grabbed Hojo by the shoulder and ripped him away from Kagome.
"Leave her alone," he growled. Hojo, confused and beginning to get a little angry flung Sesshomaru's hand off.
"What's your problem?"
"It is obvious to anyone that Kagome does not want to be touched by you, so leave, now," Sesshomaru answered.
"Why not?" Hojo said, glancing at Kagome, but returning his eyes to Sesshomaru. "I think any girl would be happy to see her boyfriend."
This time it was Sesshomaru's turn to be confused. He looked at Kagome who nodded weakly at him. He threw an angry look in he direction and left abruptly.
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"That guy in the library was a jerk!" Hojo said. He had insisted on a tour of the campus, so Kagome had to oblige. She showed him everything except the kendo courts-Inuyasha was practicing there and she didn't want a repeat of the library scene. As Hojo prattled on, Kagome let her thoughts wander to Sesshomaru. Why did he get so angry about Hojo? He seemed jealous, or protective, or something. She would have to talk to Inuyasha about whether his brother had problems with stalking or obsessions.
"Ok that's all!" she said with false cheerfulness when the tour was over.
"Kagome you didn't show me the Kendo courts!"
"Oh. Umm.they don't have kendo at this school," she said. But Hojo just looked at her in disbelief.
"What are you talking about? Shikon High has won the championship for the last two years! Hey, do you know a guy named Ito, Inuyasha? He's the best on the team." Kagome got a sinking feeling in her stomach as Hojo rambled on. How was she going to get out of this one?
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Kagome and Hojo came upon Inuyasha as he was sitting on the ground, panting and sweating. Kagome gave him a shaky smile, and took the bull by the horns.
"Hey Inuyasha, I'd like you to meet my boyfriend, Hojo," Inuyasha sneered at him.
"The wannabe Kendo master? Too weak."
"Why is it everyone with gray hair around here is so rude?" Hojo asked Kagome, seriously puzzled. Inuyasha immediately jumped up
"Who the hell do you think you are?" he snarled. Kagome tried to stop what she knew was coming.
"Inuyasha, please stop," she begged. Surprisingly, it was Hojo who answered her.
"Just stay out of this Kagome,"
"What?" she said, startled.
"Honestly, sometimes I think it's too much trouble having you as a girlfriend. This is what, the eighth fight I've been in because some guy has a crush on you," he said this half jokingly, half serious. Kagome was furious
"Fine then, maybe it would be better for your health if we just weren't dating," she yelled and stormed away from them.
"Thanks," Hojo told Inuyasha after they both watched her stomp away.
"Huh?" Inuyasha was confused. This guy sounded sincere, and relieved.
"I can't do this long distance thing with her anymore. She's a great girl, and I didn't want to break her heart, but the truth is, I came down here to say goodbye to her." He clapped his hand on the stunned silver-haired boy. "Her being mad and doing it for me makes it easier. Take care." And Hojo left.
"Well, that was the easiest fight I ever had," Inuyasha said to himself.
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Kagome was furious! How dare he say that about her?! She was so irate that she didn't notice Sesshomaru watching her..and deliberately get in her path. Once more, she toppled both of them over, but somehow, they got twisted and Sesshomaru landed on top of her. He looked down at her with a strange look on his face.
"Uh-Uh. There in no way you can blame me this time-you landed on me," she huffed, crossing her arms over her chest. Kagome saw that he was about to say something and continued before he could even try to blame her. "Aaand, I was making an extremely large amount of noise, so there is no way you can say that you didn't hear me, and we're in an open space so you also can't say that you didn't see me! So what's your excuse going to be this time?"
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Indeed. A cliffy. I'm such a horrible person!