Chapter 16: Scratches
InuYasha's eye fluttered open after about 45 minutes, and he squinted down at the shrine. He spotted someone walking toward the front door to Kagome's house, and he recognized the person. InuYasha jumped down from his "spying-point" and landed solidly on the ground beneath him.
The person looked over, "Hi..."then the person stopped, startled by InuYasha's appearance.
"Don't look so surprised" InuYasha sneered.
The Next Day...
Kagome's alarm went off and she realized that she had practically slept the whole day yesterday into today. She must've really been exhausted. There wasn't anything wrong in the matter except that she needed a shower, but she knew she didn't have time. She scoffed, and changed into a clean uniform, brushed her hair, picked up her book bag, and headed out of her bedroom.
She also realized that she didn't want breakfast, "Mom, I'm not that hungry...I'm sorry"
Kagome's mom looked down at the pancakes she had just made, "Oh, honey, it's alright. Go on to school. I'll tell Grampa and Sota so they don't think you left without saying goodbye"
"Thanks Mom!" Kagome replied smiling gratefully.
Kagome slid the door open, and walked out of the shrine. Something didn't seem right...There was something weird about today...
"OH MY GOD! KAGOME! ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?"
She looked behind her. Oh, her loyal friends.
"What? Why wouldn't I be?"
Another one spoke, "You didn't hear?"
"Hear what?" Kagome asked.
"Oh dear..."One trailed off.
"What? What don't I know?" She asked again, this time annoyed.
"Some dog attacked Houjo last night!"
"Huh?" Kagome said, taken aback.
"And on your property, no less!" The one saw Kagome's puzzled look, "You didn't know, did you?"
Uh...gee...how'd ya guess? Was it all the 'what's I said?
"No...I didn't know...Is he in the hospital?"
"Uh-uh. Just at home for a day or two with some bad scratches...poor Houjo. YOU should go cheer him up! Go visit him!"
"No!" She yelled back.
The three girls looked shocked.
"I mean...uh...not right now. There's, um, school and yeah..."
And not after school, not ever
"Oh. Okay. Right. So we should get on our way"
And they did. But once at school, she wished she could leave. The whole day was filled with "Houjo-gossip". It got old quick. She felt sick by the time lunch came around, all her friends could say were 'Oh god, poor Houjo! I hope that dog didn't scratch up his face!'.
I hope it did, then maybe his confidence would deplete and he could then take a hint from someone who has screamed at him, and slapped him every time he tries to "put the moves" on her
After lunch, the day was a blur. Blur of whispers, that is. Still all that stupid Houjo stuff kept on being said. Kagome felt like screaming at them. It was so pointless. Everyone knows okay? Houjo got attacked by some big-bad dog who scratched him up pretty bad. Oh boo hoo. Scratches.
"Kagome? Don't you just feel for Houjo? I mean...geez...being attacked during the night by some ferocious dog"
"NO! I don't feel for him! I don't even ca-" She stopped at the look on their faces, "I don't even carry...carry...uh....pepper spray...but maybe I should...ya know...with this dog and everything now...it'd be wise...hehe...."
"Yeah Kagome. That's good thinking!"
When the end of the day came Kagome didn't think she was ever happier to leave school. She didn't want her friends walking her home. That would only piss her off more. Then she might end up getting snappy with them, and they tended to make insinuations that were completely false. Like they would probably say, 'Aww Kagome is upset over Houjo! Aww! Go visit him!' So edgy would describe Kagome right now.
She tried to hurry out of that building as fast as she could to avoid any contact with her friends.
"Hey! Wait up!"
"Oh...hi...guys....uh...see I'm not going straight home. I gotta stop somewhere and pick something up for, um, Sota"
"Oh. Need company?"
"No. Not at all. I'm quite fine"
They nodded and walked away from her. Kagome felt so relieved and decided she would have to take the long way home so her friends wouldn't get suspicious. So it was through town she'd have to go. Walking past all the stores she never looked up once, she kept her head down, staring at her feet as she went. Sighing, she thought about going back to the Feudal Era today. Maybe it was best. Then again...maybe it wasn't...
"Ugh! Watch where you're..."He stopped.
"Oh, I'm so sorry!" Kagome said as she went to look up at the person she'd bumped into, but no one was there, "Hmm...That's strange"
She shrugged it off and kept walking home. Once she arrived her mom greeted her with a sweet hello and a 'how was your day?'
"Did Houjo get attacked by a dog in the shrine last night?" Kagome asked feeling foolish.
"Hmm? Yes, he did. I don't understand it. We don't have a dog..." her mother shook her head, "It's rather puzzling"
Kagome nodded, "Yeah it is...Oh well...at least he's okay"
"Are you going back in your room?"
"Yeah"
"Sota's back there. Just thought I'd warn you"
"Thanks"
Kagome opened the door to her bedroom and saw Sota there with Buyo and...
"Sota! What...what...uhh..."
"Sis! I can explain!"
"Sota...start doing that now"
Sota stood up, "Well see, yesterday I found him, and..."
Kagome sighed, "You decided to keep him in the house?!"
"They'd blame the attack last night on him...wouldn't they?"
"Wasn't it him?"
"Well..." He looked at down, "It could've been"
Kagome stooped down to look at Sota's little discovery with adulation. She stared into his big, brown eyes, and smiled as she gazed at the ears.
"Sota, Where did you find him?"
"Outside..." he answered.
She laughed, "I gathered that much. What are you going to do with him?"
He flustered, "Keep him in your room?"
"MY ROOM?! No way!"
"Well he can't be in my room, that's for sure!"
"What? Why not?" Kagome asked mischievously.
"No reason. Just can't be. Besides he likes you more!"
"Fine! He can stay in here! He just better not think he can get all up on my bed and sleep with me at night!"
Sota smiled and hugged Kagome, "Thanks sis! You're the greatest!"
Kagome sat down on the floor and stared at the Akita, "What's his name?"
"I don't know...He's a puppy so he could still learn a new one, right?"
"Sure. I know what I want to name him!!" Kagome grinned and picked him up, "You're my widdle Hoshi!"
Hoshi is Japanese for star
"Alright. So his name is Hoshi." Sota said, kind of cringing.
"Hey, he has to stay in my room. So I name him" Kagome said, sticking her tongue out.
Sota stuck his tongue out too, "Fine..." then he got up and left the room
InuYasha's eye fluttered open after about 45 minutes, and he squinted down at the shrine. He spotted someone walking toward the front door to Kagome's house, and he recognized the person. InuYasha jumped down from his "spying-point" and landed solidly on the ground beneath him.
The person looked over, "Hi..."then the person stopped, startled by InuYasha's appearance.
"Don't look so surprised" InuYasha sneered.
The Next Day...
Kagome's alarm went off and she realized that she had practically slept the whole day yesterday into today. She must've really been exhausted. There wasn't anything wrong in the matter except that she needed a shower, but she knew she didn't have time. She scoffed, and changed into a clean uniform, brushed her hair, picked up her book bag, and headed out of her bedroom.
She also realized that she didn't want breakfast, "Mom, I'm not that hungry...I'm sorry"
Kagome's mom looked down at the pancakes she had just made, "Oh, honey, it's alright. Go on to school. I'll tell Grampa and Sota so they don't think you left without saying goodbye"
"Thanks Mom!" Kagome replied smiling gratefully.
Kagome slid the door open, and walked out of the shrine. Something didn't seem right...There was something weird about today...
"OH MY GOD! KAGOME! ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?"
She looked behind her. Oh, her loyal friends.
"What? Why wouldn't I be?"
Another one spoke, "You didn't hear?"
"Hear what?" Kagome asked.
"Oh dear..."One trailed off.
"What? What don't I know?" She asked again, this time annoyed.
"Some dog attacked Houjo last night!"
"Huh?" Kagome said, taken aback.
"And on your property, no less!" The one saw Kagome's puzzled look, "You didn't know, did you?"
Uh...gee...how'd ya guess? Was it all the 'what's I said?
"No...I didn't know...Is he in the hospital?"
"Uh-uh. Just at home for a day or two with some bad scratches...poor Houjo. YOU should go cheer him up! Go visit him!"
"No!" She yelled back.
The three girls looked shocked.
"I mean...uh...not right now. There's, um, school and yeah..."
And not after school, not ever
"Oh. Okay. Right. So we should get on our way"
And they did. But once at school, she wished she could leave. The whole day was filled with "Houjo-gossip". It got old quick. She felt sick by the time lunch came around, all her friends could say were 'Oh god, poor Houjo! I hope that dog didn't scratch up his face!'.
I hope it did, then maybe his confidence would deplete and he could then take a hint from someone who has screamed at him, and slapped him every time he tries to "put the moves" on her
After lunch, the day was a blur. Blur of whispers, that is. Still all that stupid Houjo stuff kept on being said. Kagome felt like screaming at them. It was so pointless. Everyone knows okay? Houjo got attacked by some big-bad dog who scratched him up pretty bad. Oh boo hoo. Scratches.
"Kagome? Don't you just feel for Houjo? I mean...geez...being attacked during the night by some ferocious dog"
"NO! I don't feel for him! I don't even ca-" She stopped at the look on their faces, "I don't even carry...carry...uh....pepper spray...but maybe I should...ya know...with this dog and everything now...it'd be wise...hehe...."
"Yeah Kagome. That's good thinking!"
When the end of the day came Kagome didn't think she was ever happier to leave school. She didn't want her friends walking her home. That would only piss her off more. Then she might end up getting snappy with them, and they tended to make insinuations that were completely false. Like they would probably say, 'Aww Kagome is upset over Houjo! Aww! Go visit him!' So edgy would describe Kagome right now.
She tried to hurry out of that building as fast as she could to avoid any contact with her friends.
"Hey! Wait up!"
"Oh...hi...guys....uh...see I'm not going straight home. I gotta stop somewhere and pick something up for, um, Sota"
"Oh. Need company?"
"No. Not at all. I'm quite fine"
They nodded and walked away from her. Kagome felt so relieved and decided she would have to take the long way home so her friends wouldn't get suspicious. So it was through town she'd have to go. Walking past all the stores she never looked up once, she kept her head down, staring at her feet as she went. Sighing, she thought about going back to the Feudal Era today. Maybe it was best. Then again...maybe it wasn't...
"Ugh! Watch where you're..."He stopped.
"Oh, I'm so sorry!" Kagome said as she went to look up at the person she'd bumped into, but no one was there, "Hmm...That's strange"
She shrugged it off and kept walking home. Once she arrived her mom greeted her with a sweet hello and a 'how was your day?'
"Did Houjo get attacked by a dog in the shrine last night?" Kagome asked feeling foolish.
"Hmm? Yes, he did. I don't understand it. We don't have a dog..." her mother shook her head, "It's rather puzzling"
Kagome nodded, "Yeah it is...Oh well...at least he's okay"
"Are you going back in your room?"
"Yeah"
"Sota's back there. Just thought I'd warn you"
"Thanks"
Kagome opened the door to her bedroom and saw Sota there with Buyo and...
"Sota! What...what...uhh..."
"Sis! I can explain!"
"Sota...start doing that now"
Sota stood up, "Well see, yesterday I found him, and..."
Kagome sighed, "You decided to keep him in the house?!"
"They'd blame the attack last night on him...wouldn't they?"
"Wasn't it him?"
"Well..." He looked at down, "It could've been"
Kagome stooped down to look at Sota's little discovery with adulation. She stared into his big, brown eyes, and smiled as she gazed at the ears.
"Sota, Where did you find him?"
"Outside..." he answered.
She laughed, "I gathered that much. What are you going to do with him?"
He flustered, "Keep him in your room?"
"MY ROOM?! No way!"
"Well he can't be in my room, that's for sure!"
"What? Why not?" Kagome asked mischievously.
"No reason. Just can't be. Besides he likes you more!"
"Fine! He can stay in here! He just better not think he can get all up on my bed and sleep with me at night!"
Sota smiled and hugged Kagome, "Thanks sis! You're the greatest!"
Kagome sat down on the floor and stared at the Akita, "What's his name?"
"I don't know...He's a puppy so he could still learn a new one, right?"
"Sure. I know what I want to name him!!" Kagome grinned and picked him up, "You're my widdle Hoshi!"
Hoshi is Japanese for star
"Alright. So his name is Hoshi." Sota said, kind of cringing.
"Hey, he has to stay in my room. So I name him" Kagome said, sticking her tongue out.
Sota stuck his tongue out too, "Fine..." then he got up and left the room