Hey!! Thanks to all you wonderful reviewers, I've hit 50 reviews!! I'm so happy. I thought that only my friends would review this cuz it totally doesn't have to do with anything anime related except for the names. But I love you guys!! Special thanks to my bestest friends: Skywolf, Americanstarryknight89, and Kody Leigh. But I still love all you other reviwers!! Now the chappie, but first, the reviews!!!
Kuronue: thanks so much! I'm so glad you like my story. Yes, Kagome only has some vampire characteristics because she only ingested some vampire blood. If I answered your other question, I would ruin the story...
Silversorceress: thanks for the compliment. I'm so glad you can relate, so can I. If you want, you can check out some of the websites listed under my bio, including the Sanguinariun support page.
BlackScarab: I'm so glad you liked it! And yes, I did write the poem myself, during math class actually. I hate math...and I suck at it.
Americanstarrynight89: thank you!! I'm so glad you picked up on the fact that now he has been invited into her house, he can come and go as he pleases. Great job!! Yes, Sango does have Ryn qualities.
Skywolf: Thank you!! I love you!! Don't worry, Torn is not forgotten. I'm just writing in this a lot cuz I know exactly where I'm going with the story, while Torn is starting to get confusing. Yeah, you mean Mr. Robertaccio, he was creepy!
Kita the Hanyou: Thanks!!
Jaclyn: Thank you!! I'm really happy that you liked it!
Mariahbaby: THANK YOU!!!!! I consider that a very high compliment considering I've seen how Inuyasha- obsessed my friends are. I actually have a friend coughkodyleighcough who thinks I made inu ugly!!
Inu and kagome: thanks!!
Inuyasha's Fang: thank you!! I love nice reviews!! Sure, you can use the poem as long as you credit me somewhere in the story. Thanks!!
Rykokitty: Thank you!!!!
Inuyasha-59: Thank you!! I'll let you know!
Don't eat yellow snow: Thenk you! I'm glad you liked the poem. I loved your stories. So keep on updating!!
Kody Leigh: Thanks!! I know they haven't known each other for very long time-wise, but this is already the seventh chapter and I don't wanna drag the story out forever. Loved the presents!! Ttyl!!
Harei Sky: lol. Yes, Inuyasha is still wearing makeup. I love the makeup!! Sorry if it creeps you out, but I like it too much to take it away. N e ways, thanks for the review!!
Now, on to the chappie!!!!!
Inuyasha sat at the back of the english class in stunned silence. He'd known Kagome didn't exactly love life, but he hadn't picked up on the fact that she was outright suicidal. He put his head in his hands and sighed. As much as he didn't want to admit it, he was falling in love with Kagome.
Inuyasha snuck a glance at Kagome, she was scribbling something on a piece of paper. He returned his gaze to the front of the room where another student was reciting a poem about flowers. Inuyasha sighed again. Suddenly, he felt a tap on his arm. Kagome handed him a folded piece of paper. Inuyasha unfolded it slowly.
What did you think of my poem?
Inuyasha thought for a second before scribbling a reply and handing the paper back to Kagome.
Kagome unfolded it slowly, she didn't know why his opinion mattered so much to her, but it did. She took a deep breath and focused her eyes on the slanted handwriting in front of her.
I need to talk to you after school. Can I come by your house?
Kagome sighed and nodded. She really hoped this wasn't another suicide lecture. She got enough of those from Sango and Miroku. She quickly stuffed the note into her binder as the english teacher walked around the classroom, checking that everyone was paying attention. Kagome snuck a glance at the clock and groaned inwardly. There was still over an hour left!
(a/n: sorry about the change in perspective, but I really needed both character's p.o.v to make it work!)
When the bell rang Kagome sat bolt upright in her seat. She had dozed off in class . . . again! Inuyasha was asleep with his head on his desk. Kagome reached over and poked him in the ribs. Inuyasha twitched and opened one eye.
"What?" he demanded. Kagome giggled.
"The bell rang, come on." Just then, Sango poked her head inside the classroom.
"Are you two coming?!"
"Just a sec." Kagome got up and left the class, leaving Inuyasha to pack up his stuff.
Once outside the classroom, Kagome joined Miroku, Sango, and the new boy, Kouga. Kagome turned to Kouga.
"I'm sorry, what was your name again? I really suck at remembering people's names."
"It's Kouga, and your's is Kagome."
"Yes, that's right." Kagome couldn't remember telling him her name, but she supposed she just forgot.
"I'd never forget the name of a girl as beautiful as you." Kouga said, looking deep into her eyes with the blackness of his own. Kagome could feel a strange tingling sensation in the back of her head. Then it slowly began to spread, working its way around her mind, enclosing it. The loud noises of the hallway seemed distant and unimportant. The only thing she could focus on was the black eyes in front of her.
Kagome's knees felt weak and a numbness was beginning to work its way up her lower body. It was getting increasingly harder to stand. Kagome was about to fall over when a strong arm wrapped around her waist. She sagged gratefully against Inuyasha's chest. Inuyasha leaned over and whispered in her ear.
"Close your eyes." Kagome did as she was told. She closed her eyes and immediately felt fine. She straigtened so she was no longer depending on Inuyasha to stand. But he kept his arm around her waist.
She looked around to see that no one seemed to have noticed her little episode. Sango and Miroku were talking to Kouga. Sango turned around.
"Hey Kagome, Inuyasha, wanna go to the movies with us Friday night?"
"Sure," Kagome replied. Just then, the bell rang and the group broke up and hurried to class. Kagome and Inuyasha had P.E Kagome despised P.E and never did anything. (a/n: Kagome's schedule is history/math/spanish one day and english/p.e./chemistry the next with art last every day.)
Kagome and Inuyasha sauntered into P.E 15 minutes late. The teacher, Ms. Parker, simply rolled her eyes and marked them both tardy. She had long ago given up the fight to get Kagome to participate. Kagome was failing the class and the teacher knew she didn't even care.
Kagome and Inuyasha sat on the sidelines while the rest of the class played basketball.
"Y'know what happened when Kouga looked at you earlier?" Inuyasha asked.
"Yeah, it was weird. What happened?" Kagome asked, remembering the tingling sensation in her head.
"Kouga is a vampire too," Inuyasha explained. "Only he doesn't feed on blood, he feeds off of people's auras. He's an energy vampire."
"Oh." Replied Kagome. "But how do you know him?"
"It's a long story." Inuyasha protested. Kagome pointed at the clock on the gym wall. There was over an hour still left of P.E. Inuyasha sighed.
"He went to my private school in Maine, we used to be best friends, and roommates because it was a boarding school. I had always known there was something weird about Kouga, but it never really bothered me. However, it seemed to bother everyone else. They shunned him, and me because I was associated with him. No one had any real reason to hate him, it was just human instinct kicking in. Humans subconsciously steer clear of vampires.
One night, Kouga confessed to me that he was an energy vampire and I confessed to him that I was a blood sucking vampire. Blood sucking vampires have very well hidden auras, so Kouga could never drain my energy, as he attempted to do to you today. And energy vampires do not have auras, so I could never read that he was a vampire. We were both thrilled to discover that we had even more in common then we had first thought.
Together, we began to hatch a plan to pull a huge prank on the big upcoming dance at the school. Energy vampires have a natural ability to control fires, so we were planning to encircle the dance floor with gasoline, then light it to create a ring of fire, then Kouga would keep it from spreading and have it die down. It would be just enough to really scare the people at the dance. But Kouga, unbeknownst to me, got drunk that night. He couldn't control the fire and it got out of hand."
Inuyasha paused and took a deep breath. "638 people died that night. They were burned to death. Have you ever smelled burning flesh before?" Kagome shook her head. "It is the most awful smell you can ever imagine. I threw up more then Kouga that night. And he was the one who downed six beers. I think he did it on purpose. I don't think he wanted to control the fire, so he got drunk so he would have an excuse not to. But you know what eats at me the most?" Again Kagome shook her head. "The prank was my idea."
Kagome was quiet. She felt really sorry for Inuyasha. His life sucked. It really did suck. And he had to live it forever, he was never able to escape from the memories.
Kagome was sitting cross legged on her bed when the doorbell rang. She could hear her mom's high heels click across the hardwood floor. Murmered voices and then the front door slammed and the key clicked in the lock. A car engine started and Kagome could hear it driving away. Her mom was going on another date.
Less than five minutes later, the doorbell rang again. Kagome jumped up to go get it. It was Inuyasha. She had told him to wait for her mother to leave before he came over. She let him in.
"What did you want to talk to me about?" Kagome asked, shutting the front door behind them.
"Kagome, I want to turn you."
So, do you like it? I know it's not super long, but just click on the little () thingee in the corner of the screen and it will seem longer because it makes the type bigger!! Thanks for reading and please review!! I love you all!!