GiGi - This will probably be the halfway point of the story. So yeah.... onto Chapter 8!
DISCLAIMER - Okay, you got me.... I own Inuyasha and The Mediator series..... I really do! My real name is Rumiko Jenny Meg Takasaki Carroll Cabot.
GiGi - Imagine how it must look on my birth certificate!
To demented-squirrel - No I did not take the idea of the story from the story Shadow Earth. To tell you the truth, I have never heard of it. I did take a look at it and I realized that the author practically took the actual novel and typed it up almost word for word. (And I'm not saying that's bad or anything) She did change the characters names, while MY story, I used a similar plot, but I actually wrote my own chapters.
GiGi - Happy reading now!
Chapter 8
Showdown at the School
"Kagome!" Sneezy ran up to me practically hugging me, as I exited the school. "You're the most popular girl at school You saved Sesshomaru Hishinuma's life!" He exclaimed excitedly, sneezing a few times. Must be hay fever season.
I shrugged as the both of us walked towards the red Jeep Dopey was opening the car door to. "It was nothing. I just did what I could."
"Yeah, well Koga was practically standing next to the guy and he didn't save Sesshomaru." Sneezy pointed out in front of a mad Koga.
"Look, I didn't see the stupid beam! If I had I would have saved the dude!" He spoke back, both brothers glaring at each other in what it seems a staring contest.
I sighed, grabbed the car keys from the door, (Koga had forgotten to finish opening the door.... the idiot), and sat myself in the back row. I found a piece of Juicyfruit gum, popped one that did not look moldy in my mouth and watched the fight in the comfort of my own carseat.
"I told you I would have saved him if I could!" Koga yelled.
Sota turned around and started to open the car door. "You were too busy watching Yuka weren't you?"
Koga turned fifty shades of red (he even turned a reddish purple), before the flush in his cheeks looked natural. "I am NOT in love with Yuka Lai!" He growled.
Sota stared at him, clearly not impressed by his brother's ability to blush like a grape and got into the car, sitting next to me and grabbing a piece of gum for himself.
After Koga finally cooled down, he stated the car and started to drive the car back to the house. I was surprised that Koga remembered the rules of driving and how to drive, let alone the directions to the house.
Apparently, Koga was still bad at his younger brother, forcing us to listen to Justin Timberlake sing how he's been "Loving it". Full blast too! Ugh.... Spare me!
"Kagome! Phone call!" Mom shouted from the bottom of the stairs, up to my room. I had my Hilary Duff CD on full blast and headphones on, while doing the five chapters I needed to catch up on, so I didn't hear her until she unplugged my CD player. I ran downstairs as quickly as I could, trying to drown out her complaints about my deafness. Whatever.....
And because I made her wait, she refused to tell me who it was. "Hello?" I answered, wondering who would call me.
"Kagome? Hello, this is Sister Kaede. Sorry to bother you, but-....."
"Hi, ummm.... this isn't a good time," I glanced over my shoulder to see Dopey standing a few feet from me, foot tapping impatiently as he glared. I made sure not to say Sister Kaede's name, knowing it wasn't very normal for teenagers to get frequent calls from this principals.
"Oh, I got an intern to ask for ye for me. So your mother will think ye have made a friend. Kagome, we have to help Kagura." Sister Kaede urged.
"No worries. I got it under control.... I have a plan."
"Oh?" She sounded surprised. "Well.... if ye have a plan.... Are ye sure?"
"Yup, don't worry." A beeping sound came from my side of the phone and I saw the Call Waiting button flash. "I've got another call.... can you hold?" I didn't wait for an answer before I pressed the blinking red button. "Hello?"
"Hello? This is Sesshomaru." A deep male voice spoke.
"Oh, hi. Can you hold on for a sec?" I asked, going back to Sister Kaede.
What was I supposed to tell Sister Kaede? That I was dating the ghost's ex-boyfriend? Hell, no! So I lied.... "Ehr.... hi. Listen my brother's kindergarten..... is calling." I fibbed.
"Oh.... okay then."
I quickly went back to my conversation with tall, bright and handsome.
"Back." I announced.
"Oh, so listen. Where do you want to go out on Saturday?"
"Ehr...."
"I was thinking a movie and then dinner? Or do you want to go to this new club that opened downtown-...."
"-.... It doesn't really matter." I responded blankly.
"Okay, then what restaurant should we go too? My dad's a food critic, he can get us into anywhere."
"Ehr...." Once again, I had no suggestions. Not because I'm stupid or anything, it was just I had never been on a date.... I don't know how things work!
"How about Les Renards? It's a steakhouse."
"Okay." I answered meekly.
Yeah..... there's nothing like a good stab of meat. And not those wimpy steaks they serve at Harvey's on burgers. Real steak you know. And potatoes Man, you got to have your potatoes with meat-...."
The Call Waiting button flashed yet again. "I got another call again, can you hold on?"
I pressed the button and was faced with yet another unfamiliar voice.
"Hello? Is this Kagome?"
I didn't recognized the voice, "Yes.... who is this?" I asked warily.
"It's ehr.... Yuka Lai, from math class."
"Can you hold on for a second? I have someone on the other line."
"Okay. Sure thing." She responded in a chirpy voice.
"Sesshomaru? Listen, why don't you plan out the date. Yeah.... okay, see you Saturday."
"Bye....." He sounded surprised. I'm guessing I am the first girl who has ever answered her Call Waiting while he was on the other line.
"Okay. Yuka?"
"Oh hi, I..... I wanted to apologize about what I said to your.... friend....."
"Okay?" I answered suspiciously.
"Listen, I'm having a pool party at my place this Saturday. My parents are going to be gone for the weekend." My eyes widened. The most popular, rich girl (yet rude) in the whole grade was asking me to her pool party?
"Does Dop- Koga know where it is?" I asked glancing at my 'wonderful' step-brother that was giving me the finger and demanding I give him the phone.
"Oh.... him. He's like your stepbrother or something isn't he?"
"Unfortunately." I told her to hold. "Koga.... pool party at Yuka's."
He gasped and looked at me, happiness mixed with shock spreading over his stupid face. "No fricking way! No fricking way!" Except he didn't say fricking.
Such language resulted in a deduction of his allowance and being sent up to his room, no phone privileges. I would have cackled evilly, but I WAS on the phone.
The Call Waiting button flashed again.
"Sure, Yuka. I'll be there. I have someone on the other line now"
"Oh. Okay, I'll see you tomorrow then."
I pressed the button AGAIN. But this time, they were familiar voices.
"Kagome! Miroku just got his licence." Sango's happy voice rang though me ears.
"I'm legal, baby!" Miroku added, apparently grabbing the phone from Sango. I heard a slap and then Sango's voice.
"You wanna come to the Cup with us?" She asked, seagull cries behind her. Apparently they were near the beach somewhere.
"Cup?" I repeated, wrinkling my nose as I tried to remember a place called Cup.
"The Java Cup.... coffee, you know. You do drink coffee right?"
"I'm legal!" Miroku interrupted again.
"Shut up you!" Sango yelled again, sounds of a beating came through.
"Ehr.... I can't. Have all that math homework to catch up on."
"Awwwww.... well then we'll talk to you tomorrow. We wanna know how it felt to be pressed against those abs for Sesshomaru's!"
Miroku sounded horrified. "I don't!"
Sango growled and Miroku fell silent. "Okay, later girlfriend!" She regained her happiness.
Though they hung up, I didn't put down the phone. I was so surprised by all the phone calls I had got in one night! Let alone one hour!
I sunk onto the wooden bench next to the phone. I felt so popular.... Me.... Kagome Higurashi.... Popular..... Wow.
After a dinner of Chinese 'chow mein', sweet and sour pork, bak choy and other Chinese dishes, I went back up to my room. Math homework already all done. I made up that alibi, for many reasons.
1. I needed to get rid Kagura once and for all.
2. Kagura needed to stop trying to kill my date.
3. I needed my locker back!
The thing with ghosts is that you don't need to a special thing to get rid of them. For vampires you need wooden stakes, werewolves, you need silver.... but for ghosts? You just need a big can of whopping.
I pulled on my black turtleneck, black jeans and my black motorcycle boots. I grabbed my tool belt, filled with only the bare necessities. Yes, that means flashlight, screwdriver, pick and Trident gum..... yes, when you are going into battle, it is always smart to smell your best.
I waited till midnight before making my move. I started to the door, when....
"Inuyasha?" I whispered.
"What are you doing wrench?" he asked, crossing his arms.
"None of your business" I shot back, being 'oh-so-witty'.
He snorted, and looked me over. "So it's normal for teenage girls to wander around the house dressed in black?"
I opened my mouth, yet no words came out. "I.... uh.... I-...."
"-.... I know what you're doing." He stated in a-matter-of-fact.
I stood up to the guy, putting my hands of my hips, my boots giving me a bit of an added height. Our noses were just centimetres away from each others.
"And what am I doing?" I asked, my voice turned down to a harsh whisper.
He closed his eyes and smirked. "You're going to the school to find Kagura."
My jaw dropped. How did HE know? "Have you been spying on me?" I demanded.
"You really shouldn't be going out with that Sesshomaru guy...." He continued, a smile tugging at his mouth.
My jaw dropped further, cheeks flushing a deep crimson. "You! You! Stalker!" That jerk! "Mind your own business" I snapped, walking past him towards the door.
He, using his almightly ghostly powers, got to the door before me. "Don't go wrench." he huffed, golden pools focused on me.
"Any why not?" I decided to play along, my cheeks long regained their natural colour.
"Kagura.... She's not like anything you've faced. She's dangerous." he muttered.
I blinked, registrating what I just heard. Did Inuyasha actually care about me?
I gave him my 100-watt smile, okay.... so maybe it was a 40-watt.... it was after midnight, for crying out loud! "I can take care of myself. Relax, Inuyasha."
He looked me over again and using his powers, bolted the door shut. Great.... "It's dangerous girl. Kagura will kill you."
"Then it's up to me to get rid of her. C'mon, open the door."
Inuyasha just remained where he way. Refused to budge. The expression on him face told me he hadn't died because he was some evil dictator guy. He seemed like he was a good guy.
Fine.... I gave him a tired look and whirled around, striding towards the window. I had already lost time here.... I couldn't afford anymore detours.
I slid the lock open and opened the window, the cold temperature freezing against my warm skin. I looked back and saw Inuyasha standing where he had been standing the whole time, eyes focused, once again, on me.
I crawled out, one hand on the windowsill, holding me steady, the other hand.... being held by a ghostly hand.
The hand was tanned and muscular, short claws instead of fingernails. Though the hand was dead, it still had a firm grip of my own hand.
Looking up, I saw Inuyasha looking down at me. He gaze wavered to my hand, blushed a pale pink and dematerialized.
I used the storm drain and slid down. I looked back down at my room, but no more Inuyasha. Wait.... why do I care? Yeah! Who cares if the guy leaves? I don't!
I went to the garage and turned on the flashlight. I knew from experience to never turn on any light when sneaking out at night. It was a big mediator 'no-no'. The beam of light trailed around the room and stopped at the corner of the building. There stood a few bicycles and at least two my size. I grabbed the one that didn't look half broken and wheeled it into the moonlight. I looked around for some sort of reflector.... c'mon, I didn't want to get run down by anybody, and found a helmet with a piece of reflector tape on it. Ah well, better that nothing.
I wheeled the bike onto the sidewalk and mounted it. Owww.... the seat was so darn small. I pedaled down the hill, not taking account of its steepness, before I was sent speeding down the hill, narrowly missing a Honda, Chrysler and an angry taxi driver who didn't speak English. Yeah.... so all it sounded like was, "blah.... blah blah blah.... blah blah blah!"
Yeah, getting back to the present, I could only imagine what I looked like. Sixteen-year-old girl, dressed in black, riding a bike, going at 100km/hour. And my hair must have been a wreck! A few minutes later, I arrived at the Missionary. Inside the building was pitch dark and the dim lights from the lamp posts gave the school a eerie sort of view. I sneaked the bike next to the dumpster and walked around the premises, trying to locate a door or a window to crawl into.
I found a window slightly ajar and being a slender, sixteen-year-old, I was, we're very flexible, you know, slid through it easily. I was in Mr. Yoshi's room. I stayed crouched on the floor for a minute or so, just so my eyes could adjust to the darkness.
I slid on my leather gloves, black of course, and crept my way to the door. The door, as with the window, was left a little open. A thin ray of light spilled into the otherwards, dark room. I heard a rustle out there, it must be the birds, I told myself. I cautiously tip-toed out the door. Seeing nothing. Hearing nothing. That should have ticked me off right away. Animals, insects, blah, blah, blah, they are way different than people. They can feel ghostly presences that people can't. Which is why Buyo, Shippo's cat refuses to ever come near my room thanks to Inuyasha.
I looked around the breeze way, it was actually quite peaceful at night too. You could actually see some stars in the sky! I started to take in my surroundings and forget the whole reason why I was even in the school in the first place. That is, until....
A snippy voice appeared. "So.... It's you....."
GiGi - Yeah..... so many reviews! Thank you everyone! Yeah, so I might not be able update too soon, since school starts soon. Nooooooooooo! (Snaps back to reality) And it's my birthday tomorrow! (Grabs party hat and noise maker from her pocket) o =D (also throws party hats at the Inuyasha cast and the reviewers)
Inuyasha - . (tugging at the elastics)
Kagome - (adjusting the hat on her head)
Miroku - (has yet to acknowledge the hat sitting on his head.... yet has acknowledged a beautiful woman in front of him)
Random Beautiful Woman - (sitting on a bench, back towards Miroku)
Miroku - (quietly checks a magazine of lame pick-up lines, that he stole from Kagome) Well hello there.... you must be exhausted, because you've been running through my mind all day. (Flips a few pages)
Random Beautiful Woman - (starts turning around)
Miroku - (starts rubbing her backside) What's a beautiful woman like you doing in a place like this-.... O.O Ehr.... Sango..... Wait! I can explain-.....
Random beautiful Woman 'AkA' Sango - -.... Letch!!!!!! (slaps him like crazy until he is left unconscious and twitching)
Inuyasha and Kagome - .
Shippo - (looting through Kagome's bag for sweets) Idiot.
GiGi - Anyways! (Grabs a chocolate cake out of nowhere) Cake time!
Everyone - (comes over to GiGi for cake)
GiGi - (stuffs the whole thing in her mouth)
Inuyasha - . # You weren't supposed to eat it all! (Punched GiGi on the head, crushing the party hat)
GiGi - (huge bump forming out of her head) O.O Wha.... wha.... where did the cake go?
Kagome - . # In your greedy stomach, you glutton!!!!!
GiGi - Oh dear..... wha.... where am I?
Inuyasha - . # ARGH! One Totosai is ENOUGH!!!!!!!
GiGi - (pouts) But if Totosai can get away with it why can't I?
Everyone - (chasing GiGi with sticks and rocks in hand)
GiGi - (running at lightning speed, holding party hat on her head) Review!!!!!!!!! Oh and while you're at it, send me some water! I'm getting thirsty!!!!!!!!
Everyone - (still chasing GiGi) COME BACK HERE!!!!!!!!!!
GiGi - (glances back) MEEP! SAVE ME!!!!!!!! S.O.A!!!!!! (Save.Our.Authoress!)