CHAPTER THREE: Dance for the Living Impaired
Kagome leaned over the brand new television and plugged it in. She glanced over her shoulder at the vampire sitting in his trusty armchair. "It wouldn't kill you to help," she snapped at him.
Inuyasha just smirked. "I bought the damn thing…the least you can do is plug it up."
Kagome rolled her eyes as she went back to work on the television. "All set," she announced proudly a moment later before she stood back up straight and dusted herself off.
Inuyasha sighed. "What do we need a television for anyway?"
Kagome glared at him. "It's been three months since I started coming here after school…no offense, but I'm getting sick and tired of checkers, chess, and tic-tac-toe."
"You're only jealous because I always beat you," he murmured under his breath.
"I heard that!" Kagome snapped.
"Sorry dear," he mocked folding his hands behind his head.
It's true. It had been three months since Kagome had first met Inuyasha; and ever since then the two had grown to be like family…almost too much like family. They had their daily arguments and such. Everyday after school Kagome would rush over to Inuyasha's house, they had grown…not exactly fond of one another but they had grown used to each other over the past couple of weeks.
"Oh, and before I forget; I got you something." Kagome ran over to her book bag, sitting in the corner by the piano. "I went to the butcher's this morning." She unzipped the front pocket and pulled out a small Tupperware bowl full with blood. "This cost me a pretty penny," she laughed as she handed the frozen 'meal' to the vampire; her buying him blood had sort of become routine.
Inuyasha smiled. "Thanks." He popped the lid off and was just about to take a sip when he saw the disgusted look on Kagome's face. "I'll save it for later," he sighed putting the lid back on and setting his food aside.
Kagome winked at him and grabbed the remote on the couch, "and God said 'let there be TV'." She quickly pushed the 'on' button before Saturday morning cartoons popped across the screen.
Inuyasha shook his head. Women.
"So…" Kagome sighed as she took a seat on the nice clean couch; it had taken her three weeks just to get his house…presentable. "I was wondering…my school's having a dance tomorrow…I was hoping you might come."
Inuyasha dropped his cigarette in his lap; burning a hole in his jeans. "What!"
Kagome glared at him. "Please," she begged.
"Uh-uh. No way! No how! Forget it! There's no way in hell you're gonna throw me into a pack of mortals…I'm dead remember!"
"Oh please…it's required that my class goes, I don't really want to but I'll fail if I don't. It's for my Culture class, and I haven't got anyone to go with…and I don't want to go alone. You don't want me to have to go all by myself do you? Come on…it'll be fun, and we don't even have to dance…we'll just sit and talk like we always do."
"Are you insane? We've never just talked…we always argue!" Inuyasha protested, trying his best to get out of it, even though he knew he would inevitably be forced into it. It's the price of having a teenage girl consider you as a pet, and that's exactly how Kagome viewed him and he knew it. He hated it but he knew it. He was her pet vampire that she had followed home.
Kagome gave him the best puppy-dogface she could muster.
"Ah not the puppy look!" Inuyasha whined. "No…no, and no. I'm not going to some dumb mortal party and there's no way you can make me. So there."
"Quit acting like a spoiled brat and think about somebody other than yourself for a change." She shot him a dirty look.
"But I don't wanna!"
"I can't believe I'm doing this." Inuyasha growled as Kagome fixed his shirt's collar. She stepped back and eyed him from head to toe. A white silk shirt, black pants…,and his cross necklace from Kikyo. Kagome gave him a thumb's up, he actually looked like a normal human teenager…sort of. His long hair and brilliant eyes are what stood out the most. She could understand him having a problem with the eyes but…he could cut the hair. NO…she loved his hair…no way in hell was she going to let him chop it off.
"Sexy-sexy." She giggled, which was very true; he did look good. Pretty darn good.
Inuyasha smirked. "Feh."
She smiled. "And now you're finally going to get to meet my friend, Sango."
Inuyasha looked down at her worriedly. "You said she saw that article…she'll recognize me."
"Don't worry," Kagome assured him. "San's cool…she won't tell anyone…and she won't freak out either. She's more of a freak than you are."
"Are you sure? Hey wait a minute I'm not a freak," he growled.
Kagome rolled her eyes before she handed him a pair of sunglasses she had bought. "Don't worry Sango's well…an idiot…with these on, your safe…she won't recognize you."
"I'm not wearing sunglasses."
"Why?" Kagome put her hands on her hips and glared at him.
He took the glasses off and tossed them aside. "You've already got me going to this stupid thing…that's bad enough already…you know how I hate going out in public."
She nodded, "Yeah…I'm really sorry I pushed you into this." She leaned in and gave him a small kiss on the cheek. "Thanks."
Inuyasha feh'd, despite his attempt to mask his embarrassment.
"We've got forty-five minutes." Kagome announced, staring down at her wristwatch. "I'm gonna go change now." She rushed past the bloodsucker and grabbed her bag of clothes on her way to the bathroom upstairs.
Inuyasha stared after her, knowing all to well just how nervous he was. I'm fifty-something years old damn it…why do I feel like a teenager…I don't even remember acting like this around Kikyo. Of course I wasn't dead then. God how I miss her…but Kagome's so much like her…Kikyo have you come back to me? No…I see the similarities in there appearance, and even some of their mannerisms but…it stops there. Kagome is, Kagome.
Kagome walked into the bathroom and locked the door behind her, before she changed into her dress. It was a pretty black cocktail dress that reached down just above her knees, where it flowed with her every movement. The top was scoop neck that showed off some of her innocent freckles just below her collarbone.
Kagome pulled half her hair up in a ponytail and left the rest to dangle in her natural ringlets over her back. Kagome slipped on her black high heel pumps that Sango had lent her. Hell Sango had lent Kagome everything; the dress, the shoes, the jewelry; Sango's mother had owned a bridal shop when she had been alive, so Sango's closet was slam full of evening dresses, wedding gowns, and tuxes.
Kagome walked back downstairs; only fifteen minutes after she had left.
Inuyasha's eyes widened as he watched her serenely ease down the steps. He could tell she was having a little problem with getting use to her shoes seeing as she slightly stumbled three steps away from the bottom, but even that added to her charm. She looked so pretty to him, though he'd never tell the little chatterbox that. He could tell she hadn't done anything really special…she still looked like the same old Kagome, but he couldn't help but stare at her in awe, until he realized he was actually staring. Inuyasha pointedly turned his head to look in the other direction in annoyance.
Kagome smiled; not even noticing the look Inuyasha had given her before. "I guess we should get going."
Inuyasha just gulped and nodded.
Kagome linked her arm with his flirtatiously, oblivious to just how much she was haunting him. "Come on." She smiled innocently.
The two walked out of the mansion and all the way to the bus stop, where they hitched a ride to the school.
Kagome led Inuyasha up the front steps of Salem High, she held onto his hand, glancing at him over her shoulder ever so often. The two pushed their way through the heavy crowd, until they made it up to the ticket booth at the gymnasium entrance.
Kagome handed over a ten-dollar bill to the tall, gangly girl behind the register. The girl handed over two tickets as she subconsciously kept her eyes on Inuyasha. "I don't think I've ever seen you before," she sighed, before she glared daggers at Kagome. "Go on in, Higurashi," She snapped very rudely.
"What was that about?" Inuyasha asked when he and Kagome finally made it into the gym.
"Not many people like me," The black-haired girl sighed
Inuyasha furrowed his brow. He didn't understand why people would be rude for no reason…of course when he thought about it…he tended to be like that himself. He just shrugged his shoulders.
The 'couple' didn't make it two steps when they were bombarded by Sango Sakamoto. "Kag!" Sango squealed as she ran over to her friend. She wrapped her arms around Kagome. "You look so pretty."
Kagome smiled. "Thanks…you look…nice."
Sango smirked as she twirled around in her paint covered black overalls and her red baseball T-shirt, while everyone else was in dress clothes. "Oh you know me," she giggled. "Anything to stand out in the crowd. You do look pretty, Kagome," Sango sighed. "My mom wore that dress too…I don't think even she looked as pretty in it as you do."
Kagome smiled genuinely.
"Well," Sango whispered as she leaned in close. "Where's this guy you wanted to look pretty for?"
Kagome blushed.
"You're always spending time at his house. I'm kind of curious to meet the lucky dude."
Kagome took a deep breath. "You promise you won't freak?"
Sango gave her friend a raised eyebrow. "Why? He's not some jock or something is he?'
Kagome rolled her eyes. "No."
"Is he a porn star?"
Sweatdrop. "No he's just a little weirder than most people."
"Oh ok. I doubt anything could be any freakier then me, Kag," Sango giggled.
Kagome nodded before she stepped aside, revealing the vampire standing behind her.
Sango's eyes widened as she opened her mouth to scream like some kind of fan-girl. Kagome jerked her hand over her friend's mouth as she glanced around making sure no one had noticed.
Inuyasha just sort of stood there and scratched the back of his head nervously.
Kagome removed her hand from Sango's mouth slowly after about five minutes.
"He's that guy we saw on the Internet!" Sango gasped.
"No I just look like him," Inuyasha laughed nervously.
"It's okay, Inuyasha." Kagome smiled. "We can trust, Sango. Besides it's your own fault for not wearing the sunglasses."
Inuyasha groaned. "Yeah-yeah-yeah. So sue me."
"So…" Sango giggled. "I knew you found something in that old house…but you didn't tell me it was a vampire." She whispered before she circled around him, making the poor guy feel even more uncomfortable.
"How did you know he's a vampire? I haven't told you that yet," Kagome asked with a raised eyebrow.
Sango gave her friend a wink. "It takes a freak to recognize a freak…just look at him…pale skin…fangs…" she pointed at Inuyasha's mouth. "And…hmmm…a cross around his neck." She fingered the pendent. "He's a vampire with a soul…it's a no brainer."
Kagome giggled. "That's exactly what I told him."
"So this guy's a night walker…" Sango cooed. "Can I have your autograph?"
Inuyasha stared at her dumbfoundedly. "?"
"Can I have your autograph?" She repeated before she fished a pen out of her pocket, she bent over slightly. "Just sign it on my back."
Kagome burst into a laughing fit. "Only you, Sango."
Sango giggled, once Inuyasha was done and had handed the pen back to her. "Well I've got to go…my date's around here somewhere."
"Date?" Kagome's eyebrows raised.
Sango nodded. "Yeah…he's new. He just transferred here from some school up in LA…he's pretty cool. He's in my art class."
"What's his name?" Kagome asked with an all-knowing smirk.
"Miroku Hayashi."
"Is she always like that?" Inuyasha asked worriedly. "Asking people for their autographs?"
Kagome nodded. "You get use to her after awhile."
"I hope your right." Inuyasha sighed as he took a seat in front of Kagome at a small round table up against the gymnasium wall located directly under a basketball goal. "Kagome?"
"Hmm?"
Inuyasha gazed into her pretty green eyes, accidentally loosing himself in them. I can't believe how pretty she is. Who would have thought that such an annoying little chatterbox would turn into something so beautiful? She reminded Inuyasha so much of Kikyo, so much that sometimes it was almost painful to look at Kagome. Kikyo had meant so much to Inuyasha; she had been his everything. He had literally been sent into a downward spiral when she passed away. So much so that it had taken him over fifty years to really recover. In all honesty, he owed the little chatterbox a lot of gratitude, if it hadn't been for her and her 'breaking and entering' habits, Inuyasha would have never found happiness again…if finding someone you could talk to was happiness. Yes it was. He never would have thought that he could be happy as vampire…but he had found it all…in Kagome. That's when it hit him…he loved her. Oh shit…no-no-no. Bad Inuyasha, bad.
Inuyasha felt his dead heart begin pounding against his ribcage. Oh God…how could you let this happen? He mentally kicked himself. Stupid, stupid, stupid…not smart, Inuyasha! She doesn't deserve to have this happen to her…she's too good of a person to have a vampire following her around like a lost puppy. Think about it, you idiot…she's going to live a normal life…she deserves a normal human man…not…me. UH stupid, stupid, stupid. She deserves someone who's alive. Hello, duh…wake up. Besides, does the words 'you're dead' not mean anything? You're dead you stupid dumb ass. You don't love her…you can't…hello!
Inuyasha glanced up into Kagome's eyes again as she stared out at the DJ in the gym corner. "I love this song. My dad had their album." She laughed as an old eighties rock song flowed through the speakers. She turned to look at Inuyasha; who at the moment was having what felt like a heart attack. "Are you okay?" she asked, eyeing him suspiciously.
Inuyasha nodded. "I'm gonna go to the bathroom…I'll be right back."
"Stupid, stupid, stupid." Inuyasha groaned as he banged his head against the bathroom stall's door. "I can't believe I'm even in this predicament."
"Uh…are you alright, man?"
Inuyasha rubbed his forehead as he turned to look in the intruder's direction. "Yeah," he sighed as he eyed a tall blond haired boy walk up beside him and wash his hands in the sink.
"I don't think I've ever seen you before," the boy chuckled. "I'm Hojo."
"Inuyasha," he groaned, still rubbing his soar.
"So…are you new here or did you come with somebody?" Hojo smiled, trying to engage in small talk, which was annoying to Inuyasha.
"I don't go here." Anymore. "I came with a…friend."
"A friend huh?" Hojo pushed some soap out of the soap dispenser and began lathering the suds between his fingers. "So who'd you come with?"
Inuyasha thought for a moment, debating whether or not he should give a name, but he was reluctant enough to utter it. "Kag…I mean Kagome Higurashi."
Hojo's eyes grew large. "You came with her?"
Inuyasha narrowed his eyes, just daring Hojo to say something mean. "Yes."
"That girl's infamous." Hojo laughed as he grabbed a paper towel and began drying his hands. "Well notorious…"
"For what?" Inuyasha asked irritatedly.
"Well for a lot of things. Part of its from her dad's death in Iraq, got blown up in one of those bombings. And then there's the fact that her mother…well isn't exactly a mother…she's more of the town bicycle…you know, where everyone gets a ride. She isn't exactly the mother figure, heck I wouldn't doubt it if she's screwed half of Salem including the high school. I guess that's why most people don't like Kagome…because her family sucks she kind of turned into a thief…not a real bad one mind you…but she just seems to take stuff…and play pranks on people…she has a short temper…and she's incredibly rude to everyone. She acts like she hates everyone. She's done a lot of nasty things to people just 'cause they might have said something mean or offended her…many people make fun of her father being dead. Don't know why, but they just do. And in this school, if you piss one remotely popular person off, the entire student body hates you. And if anyone felt sorry for her well, Kagome's always acted real stubborn like no one in the world could help her but herself. Although I'm sure you know all of this already seeing as you're here with her and all."
Inuyasha nodded. It all made since…why that girl had snapped at Kagome when she had handed her their tickets…the girl had probably once upon a time said something mean to Kagome, or someone she knew had, and Kagome…well she had most likely just done what she usually does…something stupid. And that also explained why Kagome was so sour towards people and why they were sour back.
"But hey," Hojo chuckled. "I'll admit she's a fine looking little thing…that's why most of the guys hate her…if they hit on her she'll beat the living snot out of them…sent three boys to the emergency room so far. I wish you luck, man…you've already gotten lucky enough to be here with her…maybe you'll get a little something?" He winked at Inuyasha. "As feisty as she acts I bet she's an animal in bed." Oops…wrong thing to say.
Inuyasha angrily cracked his knuckles, before he punched the human right across the face, knocking him to the floor. Inuyasha having made sure to keep his vampiric strength in check, not wanting to actually kill the guy. And with that, Inuyasha stepped over the boy on the floor and walked out the door. He glanced around for Kagome. I cannot believe I just punched somebody over a girl. When he spotted her, he couldn't help but feel all guilty inside. I hate this darn feeling…it bites. Inuyasha slowly weaved his way through the crowd. I mean I did try not to hit the guy too hard but…I still hit him anyway…what's come over me?
Kagome smiled when he took his seat in front of her. "Are you feeling okay, Inuyasha?"
He just nodded, to spooked to speak.
"If you want," Kagome groaned. "We can leave…I've already shown up so I get an automatic hundred. You can go home now if you're bored."
Inuyasha shook his head no, he pushed all the thoughts he was having about his little discovery, as he forced himself to become the natural witty charmer that he was…was. He stood up and offered her his hand. "Wanna dance?"
Kagome's eyes widened as she took his hand. "Excuse me?" Had she just heard him correctly? Had THE Inuyasha just actually came out and asked her to dance?
"Do you want to dance?" He repeated as helped her to her feet, staring deep into her green eyes.
Kagome only nodded, too shocked to answer.
Inuyasha led her out onto the dance floor in the center of the gym; the DJ's voice pulsed through the speakers. "Alright all you cats and dogs, ladies and gentlemen. It's time for our couples to take the stage as I play a little something slow." He flipped a switch and as he had said a slow song poured around the room. Figures Inuyasha groaned. They would play a slow song now.
Kagome on the other hand wasn't bothered by slow dancing at all, now that the fact that she was dancing with Inuyasha had actually sunken in. She giggled when she saw his beet red cheeks. She took his hands and placed them on her hips before she wrapped her arms around his neck. "You're pathetic, Inuyasha."
Inuyasha's face must have turned at least twenty shades of red. But Kagome didn't seem all that embarrassed she leaned in and gave her vampire a kiss on the cheek, making him go even redder. "You're really pathetic." She laid her head against his chest and closed her eyes. I can't believe he can't even dance with a girl without getting embarrassed. Stupid over grown baby. Too bad he's probably thinking I'm Kikyo. Kagome had become use to that when she was around Inuyasha, he was always thinking about Kikyo…that was probably the only reason he kept her around…was because she looked so much like her.
Inuyasha leaned in and kissed the top of her head. Yep, he's thinking about Kikyo. I bet they went to prom or whatever together…I wander what she was like. This was another thing Kagome had grown use to as well, whenever Inuyasha showed affection he only had one thing on his mind. And guess what it was…not Kagome.
Inuyasha as he was close, he took the chance to breathe in her scent. Strawberries. Kikyo use to always smell like strawberries.
Two girls standing in the corner, glared huffily at Kagome and Inuyasha.
"Who's that guy, Kana?" The shapelier of the two complained.
"I don't know, Kagura."
Kagura crossed her arms over her chest. "Who ever he is…he's too cute to be with that Higurashi girl…it's bad enough my date got punched in the bathroom…Hojo's got a bloody nose… gross!" She groaned. "Now I see a know-nothing twit like her…with a guy like that."
Kana shrugged her shoulders. "I think Kagome looks pretty."
Kagura glared daggers at the girl beside her. "No she doesn't'…she looks ugly…I don't know who she thinks she's fooling…I think we might just have to show that guy that he's got trash..." Kagura twirled around flamboyantly, "when he can have Kagura."
Kana rolled her eyes. What a corny pun. "You're crazy." She pointed at Inuyasha as he closed his eyes and wrapped his arms around the chatterbox. "He's obviously smitten for her."
"Please." Kagura brushed invisible dust of her shoulder. "This is Higurashi we're talking about."
Kagome tightened her hold around Inuyasha's neck; she could feel him growing tenser every time she moved closer to him. This just made her smirk grow even more satisfied, she liked to pick on him. She pressed her ear against his chest, his slow heartbeat echoing in her veins.
Kagome closed her eyes and imagined her and her vampire alone somewhere on a deserted beach at sunset talking away about anything and everything. She wandered what he was thinking about, probably the same thing except instead of her it was Kikyo. Inuyasha had become a part of Kagome's family, if not her only family. He had become something that she could never explain…a loved one perhaps, but she personally felt a stronger bond between her and her nightwalker even if he didn't feel the same.
It had been a strange transition at first, going to a vampire's house everyday after school. But Kagome had come to like the homely old mansion. Of course, she had no idea what sort of force she was dealing with. Kagome had never seen Inuyasha act like the 'vampires' in the movies that she had grown accustomed to, in Kagome's head Inuyasha was just another face in the crowd, no different then the men that surrounded him. But in reality he was so far from the living, there was nothing about Inuyasha that was human…not anymore. There was a bloodthirsty drive hidden inside of him, a wolf in sheep's clothing, a cold-blooded killer. Even though he had skillfully mastered his hunger, the fact still remained…there's a murderous demon buried within him. Can he keep his pure soul strong or will the monster eventually take control?
But Kagome really didn't care. Inuyasha was one of the good guys, that's all she needed to know. He was a good person with a good heart and soul, and that's all that matters.
Kagome leaned her head back and gave her vampire a sweet smile, until she saw the petrified expression on his face. "Are you okay?"
Inuyasha just nodded as he stared down at Kagome's bare neck. He could hear his stomach rumbling; he hadn't drunken any blood in days. His mind roamed back to the Tupperware bowl of the delicious plasma sitting in his icebox in the kitchen. He felt his need growing more and more powerful inside of him, devouring him whole until he couldn't think straight.
His hand slowly crept up to the green-eyed girl's hair, entangling his fingers in her wavy locks. "Kagome," he muttered as his slowly leaned in opening his mouth wide; his fangs bared. "You should get away from me," he growled trying to push her away but Kagome didn't budge. Inuyasha tried to pull away and look in the opposite direction of her, but no matter how hard he tried his demonic urges pulsed thicker and thicker throughout his body, right down to his fingertips. He had a need for her, a desire that ran so far into the pit of his gut that it felt like a knife was twisted within his abdomen.
Kagome on the other hand was unfazed; here was this vampire right on the verge of biting her and she wasn't afraid. She leaned forward and pressed a small kiss on his cheek. She knew he would never hurt her; he was too good of a person. "Are you that hungry? You're not going to have another blackout attack on me again are you?" she giggled. "Why didn't you say so? I filled an empty soda bottle with some extra blood I bought from the butcher and stored it in my locker this morning. I'll go get it."
Inuyasha always did this when he forgot to feed, it was blamed on his guilty conscious of feasting but every time he forgot to fill his belly he would first loose his self control and if he didn't satisfy himself then he would blackout and fall to the floor. It was one of the many downfalls of being a vampire.
Inuyasha winced, before he glanced around at all the bare necks that surrounded him, his ageless heart pounding against his ribcage. He just nodded, his stomach was going to be ripped apart, and that evil voice in his head was telling him to pick a victim and feast. Kagome noticed the painful look in her friend's eyes, she quickly took him, having him lean on her, and led him back over to a spare table, the dancing mob never even noticing.
Kagome gave him a wink. "What would you ever do without me…I swear…I never would have thought I'd end up baby-sitting a vampire," she laughed before she took off to her locker, having to sneak past the row of teachers just to get out of the gym and into the hallway.
Kagome wiped the sweat off her brow. That was way too close. She had almost been spotted by the elderly librarian. Kagome took off down the large hall, twisting in and out of the curvaceous school until she came upon her locker's row. She knelt down and quickly unlocked the combination lock before she flung the short metal door open. Kagome threw book after book aside until she found the bottle buried at the bottom. She grabbed the bloody soft drink before she closed and locked her locker back up and took off back to the gymnasium.
Inuyasha sat in the metal fold up chair, his head pounding miserably, his vision slowly blurring. He knew something like this was going to happen; it always did when he was doing something important to him. It would figure.
His vampiric senses kicked in when he smelt a figure approach him, it was a girl's scent, but it wasn't Kagome's. He opened his eyes and blearily stared up at the advancing female. He could make out a bright off-white dress and black hair. He closed his eyes again as cold sweat trickled from his brow.
"Hi," the figure giggled taking the seat diagonal from him. She batted her eyelashes flirtatiously. "I've never seen you before, are you knew here? I'm Kagura. What's your name?" She offered him her hand but when he didn't take it, she noticed the sickly look on Inuyasha's face. "Hey are you okay?"
Inuyasha shook his head, keeping his eyes closed tight. "I'm fine. Just go away please." His head began throbbing; making it feel like his skull was going to crack from the pressure. Things like this don't happen often to vampires, only when a vampire has neglected to drink, when the vampire's lack of the 'elixir' takes its toll. It is one of the few ways that a vampire can die, without the 'drink of life'; a vampire will fade away into ashes.
Kagura groaned. I waited until Higurashi finally disappeared so I could flirt with this guy and then he just goes and gets sick, figures…well he is cute, hmmm. "Here let me help you," Kagura gasped in an over exaggerated voice, she ran to his 'aid' grabbing a paper towel by the punch bowl at the snack table and a glass of water. "Here drink this," she offered him the water, but Inuyasha just pulled his head away.
"I don't need help." Water will just make the pain worse.
"Nonsense," Kagura insisted demandingly. She held the glass up to his lips but Inuyasha just tried to pull away again. She finally knelt over him, pinning him to the back of his chair, she forced the water up to his lips, but he continued to refuse. If Inuyasha would have been able to see he would have realized what position he was in, her chest was literally pressed against him.
Kagome sneaked through the back door with the bottle hidden behind her back, she grumbling all the while. This was the third time Inuyasha had pulled the starvation stunt with her; she had learned first hand just how famished he could make himself. It was a little known fact that a vampire must digest at least a pint of blood every two days or they will literally fall apart, and Inuyasha was known for not drinking for weeks.
The raven haired-girl glanced around the dimly lighted room until she spotted Inuyasha in the corner…with Kagura almost on top of him. "Don't give him water it'll only make him worse!" Kagome ran over to Inuyasha and handed him the blood, completely ignoring the stunned look on Kagura's face.
Kagome slowly pulled Kagura off of Inuyasha and helped him to his feet. "Come on lets get you to the bathroom." She led him back to the restroom where he had been in earlier; Kagome disregarded the 'boys only' sign and guided him up to the sink. Inuyasha sat down on the counter as she unscrewed the bottle's cap hastily, throwing it to the side before she handed the blood to Inuyasha. He gulped down the refreshing elixir.
He felt his energy running back to him rapidly. "Is that better?" Kagome asked worriedly gazing up into his slowly focusing eyes. She giggled as she wiped a small trickle of blood from his chin. "What would you do without me?"
Inuyasha snorted. "No clue."
Kagome and Inuyasha both turned their heads in unison when they heard the bathroom door swing open. Hojo peeked his head through with his bloody nose, but the second he recognized Inuyasha he hightailed it in the opposite direction, sprinting through the door.
Kagome looked up at Inuyasha with a raised eyebrow. "What was that all about?"
He smirked knowingly and shrugged his shoulders. "Hell if I know."
Kagome yawned as Inuyasha carried her up the mansion's front steps. She had fallen asleep on his shoulder during the bus ride home. He laid her down gently on the lush living room couch. A small smile carved into his gentle features. He grabbed a spare blanket, which was draped over the back of his armchair, and tucked it around the sleeping girl. He grabbed a throw pillow that Kagome had found at a yard sale and laid it under her head before he brushed her bangs away from her face.
He sighed, vampires never sleep…never dream…never rest. For the rest of the night Inuyasha sat in the chair across from his new companion's sleeping form and stared at her, never letting himself tear away from her closed eyes, flushed cheeks, and small breaths during her sensual slumber. And through his long and watchful eyes of the night he realized what it was like to love someone again, someone who couldn't love him back.
Kagura groaned angrily. "How dare that Higurashi." She screamed forcing Kana to have to cover her ears. I was just about to help that guy when she came tramping up to us and interrupted."
Kana just rolled her eyes as she twirled a lock of her curly white hair around her finger. She stretched out in her pajamas trying her best to ignore the other girl beside her. Why I ever agree to these sleepovers is beyond me.
Kagura slowly crawled out of her bedroom window from the first floor before she glanced around looking out in the darkness, she couldn't see anything. "You coming?" she snapped up at Kana as she slowly stepped through the window.
"Honestly," Kana snapped. "Hojo's your boyfriend. Why in the hell are you dragging me out just to go see him? Why do I have to come?"
"Because I said so!"
A young man in a long black trench coat slowly walked along the pitch-black streets of the small suburban town. He laughed to himself running his long fingers through his long white hair. "Man it's good to be home!" His voice was rough and stern yet soothing in a seductive way. He glared across the street as two young girls walked across the sidewalk. They didn't seem to notice the man in the black leather trench coat; their attentions were directed elsewhere.
"I wanna go home." One girl whimpered.
The other, taller one just growled at the smaller girl beside her. "We're going to go see Hojo and that's final!"
I'm a little hungry. He admitted to himself as his red beady eyes scanned the girls through the darkness.
Okay I know what you are thinking, Kagome and Inuyasha are way out of character, they fell in love way to fast, and why did I put Kagura dating Hojo instead of Kouga; I have answers for all of these. #1…oops is all I have to say, I didn't mean to put them so much different then what they used to be. I'm sorry. #2 I know they fell in love too quickly and I apologize. I'm just used to my stories starting out with them hating each other and I wanted to do something different. I don't think I've ever written anything that was romantic before so I had to do it…and I'm sorry that he's a vampire too. I don't write a whole lot of fanfiction and even though it's probably been done, I've always wondered what Inuyasha would be like as a vampire. #3 I can't help it…I love Kouga, next to Inuyasha he's my favorite character…so I couldn't bare to make him be an asshole. So poo…I'm sorry.