Kagome sat alone on the bed in her room. She kept sighing every now and then, looking at a picture of her and Kai. She had purposely placed it on the desk, away from her, just to remind her that he was going to go home after all. Although she was well aware of that she couldn't help but feel sad about him leaving.
It had been two days since they first went out and today was the last time she was going to be with him the whole day. At first she had thought that he was just one arrogant and spoilt idiot, but it turned out that there was more underneath this 'shell' of his. Actually he was very intelligent for his age, had an unbelievable sense of humor and could make her laugh or blush from embarrassment every time he wanted.
Ever since they looked at each other there's been this strange feeling of attraction the seemed to come from deep inside her heart. In his presence she felt like some powerful force overwhelmed her and she just couldn't take her eyes away from him. At first she thought it was strange and this even worried her but then this feeling of uneasiness dulled and disappeared. Even Inuyasha hadn't made her feel like that and when we speak about the hanyou – that was the first time she had remembered about him since she first went out with Kai.
"I wonder how he's doing..." Kagome mumbled and looked outside to see the sun just rising. "But I don't have time for this right now!" she said cheerfully and stood up, going to take a shower.
If she had listened to what she had said, Kagome would have gladly smacked her head in the closest wall. She didn't have time for Inuyasha? Now that as really strange, but she didn't seem to care. Right now her head was full of Kai and how nice they were going to spend the whole day together.
After about an hour Kagome was ready to go – she was wearing light-blue jeans and a tightly fitting red top. She hurriedly put on her white trainers and grabbing her jacket, was off. Mrs. Higurashi shook her head and smiled, watching her daughter run toward the stairs outside the shrine. Then she entered the house to get ready for work.
Kagome was at the school, she sat on a bench under a tree, waiting for Kai. If she had listened to her mother and waited a little longer she wouldn't have been there a whole hour earlier. Even Kagome, herself, couldn't think of a reason why she was so impatient and impulsive about Kai, but every time she just shrugged and let that concern go.
"Isn't it a little early for you to be here?" she heard his voice as he covered her eyes with his hands, from behind her.
"And how about you then?" she giggled and removing his hands from her face he moved to sit on the bench, next to her.
"Just couldn't wait to see you." he simply said, grinning at her and giving her a slightly expecting look. "And you were even more impatient than me?"
"No, of course I was not!" Kagome almost yelled, her cheeks reddening from embarrassment. "It was just bad luck that..."
"So, you didn't want to see me?" Kai gave her a disappointed look and her eyes widened, realizing what she had said or rather how it sounded. "I'm hurt, Kagome."
"No, Kai, of course I wanted to see you!" she defended herself. "I didn't mean it like that... It's just... I..." then seeing him smirk she blushed even more than before. "You're making this on purpose!"
"I know." he said and laughed when she hid her face with her hands.
"I hate you." the poor girl mumbled and Kai laughed again, moving closer to her and hugging her. A small alarm bell turned on in the back of her mind, telling her that she wasn't supposed to be allowing him to embrace her so freely. She stiffened and was just about to push him away when a sudden calmness washed over her and she relaxed, forgetting about her worries at once.
"It doesn't look like you do." Kai said and released her to stand up. He offered her a hand and she followed him. "I've got two news to tell you. One is good and the other is bad. Which one do you want to hear first?" he asked while they walked away from the school.
"The good one, please." Kagome said after allowing him to wrap one hand around her waist.
"I invite you to a dinner tomorrow." he said seriously and when he saw her smile, he grinned. "You agree?"
"Mhm." Kagome just mumbled, not really daring to look him in the eyes. She just didn't want to feed his already overgrown ego by blushing again because of him. "Tell me the bad news now." she hurried to say before he made some smart remark about her behavior.
"I'm flying back to New York tomorrow night." he said, disappointment apparent in his voice, and Kagome snapped her head up to look at him.
"Really?" she asked sadly.
"Yeah. My family is moving to Chicago and I'm no longer a part of the student exchange program." he explained calmly.
Kagome sighed and hung her head down. She knew that he wasn't going to stay in Tokyo forever but it was just too soon and sudden. This was his fourth day here and it wasn't fair. She sighed again and felt herself get angry at his family. Wasn't there a way for him to stay a little longer? Tears of frustration started to well up in her eyes and she fisted her hands. Suddenly something inside of her seemed to snap and she frowned.
'What am I doing getting so depressed about him?' she asked herself, feeling rather stupid for almost crying for practically a stranger. Then she lifted her head and the moment their eyes met, she felt like something very heavy had hit her in the head.
"Kagome, you ok?" Kai asked concerned and stopped walking, seeing her slightly unfocused eyes.
Kagome felt weak in the knees and started to slide down but Kai held her around her waist. She could feel him shaking her and heard him call her name but his voice seamed so distant, slowly fading away. Finally, after about five minutes, she started to come back to her senses and her blurred vision cleared. She looked in his eyes and seeing again that strange flash seemed to calm her. Not really thinking what she was doing, she leaned on his chest and relaxed.
"I'm fine now." she mumbled after a worried question from Kai about how she was feeling.
"You are sick again, aren't you?" he asked and pushed her slightly away to look at her face.
"I don't know..." she said weakly.
"You didn't have to come if you felt bad." the boy scowled at her and she looked sadly at him. "Come on, I'll take you home." he said and she silently agreed.
"Let's sit here for a while." Kagome suggested when they reached the stairs to the shrine.
"Ok." Kai shrugged and helped her sit down, then followed her. "How are you feeling?" he asked and touched her forehead with the back of his hand to see if she had a fever.
"I'm alright." she smiled at him and leaned on his shoulder. "I'm sorry I lost your time."
"Hey, that's not a reason to apologize for!" Kai said and made her look at him by holding his hand under her chin. "I really like being with you."
"Really?" she asked a little shakily, nervous by the closeness of their faces.
"Who wouldn't want?" he asked, his voice low and soft.
"I wish Inuyasha was like you..." Kagome whispered, not really thinking about what she was saying.
"Too bad for him then..." Kai whispered back and leaned closer to her.
His head lowered slowly to hers, as if wanting to see if she would pull away. When she didn't protest and even closed her eyes, her lips slightly apart, Kai took this as a sign to continue. His lips just touched hers lightly, he didn't press her too mush afraid that he might scare her off or she might remember about her boyfriend. He was about to pull away when he felt her lean toward him. She felt him smirk against her lips and caught herself, backing away a little.
"Kai..." she started breathlessly but he interrupted her by placing his hands on both sides of her face and pulling her again toward him.
The second kiss that followed wasn't like the first tender and gentle one. This time he added more force – he kissed her hard, trying to taste her. Taken by surprise, Kagome's lips parted and he ran his tongue over her teeth, encouraging her to open her mouth to his. She obeyed to his demand and felt like the whole world around her was spinning. A powerful and overwhelming feeling of calmness washed over her – like she had removed a great weight from her shoulders.
Not caring what she was doing, she shyly moved her tongue into Kai's mouth, following his lead and deepening the kiss even more. When it was over he pushed her slightly away and smirked at her, seeing her flushed face. If Kagome wasn't so dazed she would've gotten really angry at him because of his arrogant behavior. She blinked a few times and quickly turned her head aside.
"You seem to have practiced a lot with that Inuyasha." Kai said mockingly.
"Actually we've kissed only once." she said quietly, talking only about the kiss in Kaguya's castle.
"What kind of an idiot is he?" the American boy laughed and stood up.
Kagome lifted her head to look at him wide-eyed in surprise. She stared at him for a moment, before seeing that he was offering a hand to her to help her stand up. She took it and he pulled her up so that she came close enough for their lips to touch. This time she didn't feel even a bit of attraction toward him and backed away a little. All this seemed strange to her but she thought that she was just tired.
"I will be going now." she said and turned to leave, but Kai held her hand.
"I'll come to take you tomorrow at six, ok?" he said smiling.
"Ok." Kagome smiled back and he let her go.
When she entered the house even her grandfather wasn't at home. She sighed in annoyance for being left alone and walked to her room, yawning at least ten times until she got there. This tiredness was so sudden that she wondered if she wasn't possessed by a dream demon too. Not really having the strength to think about anything at all, Kagome just slumped on her bed and immediately fell asleep.
Back in Feudal Japan, our group of friends was sitting around the fire in Kaede's hut. The sun had already set but the old Miko still hadn't returned. A man from the village had come earlier and told them that she had decided to spend the night tending to his sick wife. The villager had also said something about an angry and unreasonable hanyou but hadn't really understood what it meant. However, Miroku and the others knew perfectly well what Kaede was afraid of, and actually they were too.
"So, he's most likely to wake up tonight?" Sango asked stroking Kirara's fur as the small cat demon was lying in her lap.
"Yes." Miroku nodded and glanced at the still unmoving like a statue hanyou.
"And how do you know that?" Shippo, who was sitting in front of Inuyasha, asked. "I mean, didn't you say that he was going to be like this for a week?"
"I know I said that, Shippo." the monk turned to the kitsune that was starting to get really annoying with all his questions.
"So? Only three days have passed." the kid insisted and sighing heavily, Miroku decided to explain.
"Alright, I'll start from the beginning." he said and shifted to sit more comfortably. "The ofuda on Inuyasha's forehead serves as an energy drainer. It drains the energy the dream demon feeds of, in Inuyasha's case – his demon powers. When all the energy is drained the demon dies and the victim wakes up."
"Oh, now I get it." Shippo nodded and looked at his hanyou friend. "Now there are no demon powers in him and that's why he is human, and he will wake up, right?"
"Yes." Miroku nodded and wondered how much stupid someone could be to have to ask such questions. But when he thought about it, Shippo was still just a kid.
"But he's going to turn back to his hanyou form, right?" Sango asked concerned.
"Of course." the monk said. "After a day or two..."
Suddenly a quiet groan was heard and everybody turned toward Inuyasha. They all went closer to him and saw the ofuda fall in his lap. Then his whole body seemed to relax and he fell to his right side on the floor. Miroku and Sango moved him to lie next to the fire and let him sleep. They didn't really want to face the angry and unreasonable hanyou Kaede had talked about.
TBC