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Muted Words §Encounters§

-Sunday-

He stared at her as her eyes pierced his own. Total fear met total shock as the two looked at each other in silence. No one said anything. The stillness hung heavy on InuYasha. 'Why is she looking at me like that? I can't take it. Oh Gods, I have to get out of here.' Before Kagome could even respond to anything, he quickly fled the room. Kagome contemplated what would happen to her if she left the bed and followed him before she made her decision.

InuYasha sat in the vacant hallway in the dark. True, he felt like a jerk for just up and leaving Kagome like that but he was afraid that she would kick him out so he figured that he'd rather excuse himself then be verbally rejected. He sat in the dark wondering what she would have done had he stayed, what led him to where he was, what he might...have...wait. Where was he?

As he took in his surroundings, InuYasha noticed the holes in the wall, the blood that encircled the particularly large indent, and the same crimson substance that was trailed along the opposite wall as though the wounded creature dragged themselves because they had too little strength to carry their own weight. 'This is where...Kagome was attacked.' That simple thought began the war within himself.

'But she should have never been attacked in the first place.'

'How was I to know that she would be attacked by a rich, psycho snob who was in lust with her?'

'My point is that you should have been there.'

'How was I to know that-'

'Dammit not this again!'

'What do you mean not this again?'

'Never mind. You should have been there to protect her.'

'I know that!'

'Then why are you talking to me?'

"I don't know!" InuYasha yelled out in the open.

"Don't know what, InuYasha?" a voice asked in the dark. Emerging from the shadows was Kagome. She still wore the stark white hospital gown and was actually using her IV stand as a walking stick with the IV bag still intact to her arm. Her feet were bare as were what wasn't hidden by the short gown. Her eyes held a tired look to them and her breathing was a bit short. Probably from walking out here.

"Kagome?" He rushed over to her and picked her up. Like hell she would suffer for his stupidity. She was going right back to her room.

"InuYasha, why did you leave me?" her voice was feeble with exhaustion. She laid her head in the crook of his neck, feeling his warm skin against her closed eyes. It felt really good to be there. "Did you think that I would honestly say that I didn't return your feelings?" InuYasha pulled her away a bit, earning a small groan from the young lady who he was carrying, and looked her in the eyes.

"Do you mean that? Do you really...love me?" She smiled. Gods how he loved that smile.

"I wouldn't lie to you InuYasha. I have never trusted anyone this fast." Her voice was still weak but she didn't have to talk much anymore. He swooped down and place his lips over her in a hungry kiss. The intensity was amazing. It warmed them both to the core. InuYasha was just about to take the kiss to a new level when a voice interrupted their 'celebration'.

"My son and his raging hormones," stated Dr. Teki, laughing slightly as he shook his head. The two separated their lips and began to blush slightly. Adults always seem to have the worst timing. "I think that it goes without saying that this is rather embarrassing for you but highly amusing for me. But you really should be in bed Kagome. You're not better yet and you need to rest." Grudgingly, the two followed the older man through the corridor to the correct room. InuTaisho rehooked the equipment to its designated place and left the room. Giving a kiss to Kagome's forehead, InuYasha fell asleep with his head on the side of the bed.

-Monday-

News of Naraku and his group's expulsion flew throughout the school. People all around were creating theories of what happened. Imagine their surprise when a battered Kagome came walking into school with a sling for her left arm. That diffidently created some new rumors.

Yes, Kagome actually chose to go to school. Against the better judgment of her doctors, friends, and family, she refused to lie in bed. She wanted to prove that she wasn't weak. Besides, if she didn't go, InuYasha would have stayed with her and, though that really wouldn't have been a problem, InuYasha still needed to go to school.

The gang walked into Homeroom. Immediately, they noticed the stares that fixated themselves on them. Koharu, who had left the previous night, sat in the back with her new clothes on, a white sleeveless-shirt with a pair of dark purple, baggy pants. Without her glasses on, she really did look pretty.

As soon as Kagome sat down at her desk, Kikyou came up to in a heated fury.

"You are an evil, little bitch!" came her furious whisper. Kagome looked up and smiled.

"Why, hello to you too Kikyou. Nice to see that you got your head out of the trash," she said merrily. Kikyou looked ready to kill.

"You little...I can't believe that Naraku would even want you." This made everyone freeze. Kagome went from calm to emotionless.

That was never good.

It always meant that she was restraining anger, hurt or revenge.

It was a face that she wore when Akira tried to kill the rest of her family. It was a face that she wore when she shot Naraku. It was a face she wore now.

But she wouldn't let that happen to Kikyou. No physical pain would be needed here but she would diffidently scare her. Oh yes, that would diffidently do.

"You knew?" Her words, like her face, were emotionless.

"Yes, he told me about it after Wednesday night."

"You mean after I kicked your ass?"

"He told me that he wanted you because you would be the perfect person to break and I would love to mend that damage with insults."

"Don't try to fix me Kikyou, I'm not broken. Besides, you can barely save yourself from the ever-growing hole you keep on digging yourself into."

"What did he try to do to you, anyway?"

"Rape me." Kikyou's eyes widened slightly.

"Raped...you?" Her voice seemed a bit far off.

"Yes Kikyou, and in return, I shot his hand with an arrow."

"You...shot him?"

"Yes, now if you would please, leave." Kikyou didn't even acknowledge her as she walked away in a daze.

'She survived that! I have to find someway to get her to bring her down. Kagura recorded that assembly last week, maybe there's something on that.' Kikyou's thoughts stayed with her until a plan formulated to regain her control.

The day, like the other days, were rather uneventful except for the fact that Koharu was getting some appreciative glances and Kagome was being stared at in curiosity. Lunch rolled around and Kikyou strode up to the gang with a familiar confidence that was enough to catch the attention of everyone in the vicinity.

"Kagome! I have reason to believe that you were lip-syncing and that you're guitarist here is a fake," Kikyou spoke loudly and gestured to Kouga, who had his acoustic guitar with him like he always did.

"Why do you say that?"

"My friend saw that there was some sort of box that could have changed your voice and that Kouga wasn't playing the right strings for the chords that was heard." Kouga looked to Kagome for a second and they both nodded. He turned around and began to unpack his guitar. Kagome moved to sit next to him. "What are you doing?" was Kikyou's question.

"Simple, we're proving you wrong." Kouga began playing the same chords that 'Going Under' had as Kagome began to sing.

" Now I will tell you what I've done for you

50 thousand tears I've cried

Screaming deceiving and bleeding for you

And you still won't hear me

Don't want your hand this time I'll save myself

Maybe I'll wake up for once

Not tormented daily defeated by you

Just when I thought I'd reach the bottom

I'm dying again

I'm going under

Drowning in you

I'm falling forever

I've got to break through

I'm going under

Blurring and stirring the truth and the lies

So I don't know what's real and what's not

Always confusing the thoughts in my head

So I can't trust myself anymore

I'm dying again

I'm going under

Drowning in you

I'm falling forever

I've got to break through

So go on and scream

Scream at me I'm so far away

I won't be broken again

I've got to breathe I can't keep going under

Drowning in you

I'm falling forever

I've got to break through

I'm going under

Going under

Going under"

Ahh, revenge is sweet.

-Tuesday-

At the beginning of homeroom, Kikyou didn't come up and start running her mouth like she usually did. The gang thought that she had finally let the thought sink in that she was dethroned as the Queen of the Vocals. After the bell for first period had rung, Miss Sora began her class.

"All right now, students. Since we saw that the last project was such a great success, we decided to do it again but this time, there has to be some sort of instrument used. In addition, the group has too have at least eight people to it. You have to present on Halloween. It's October third. You'll have plenty of time. The same rules apply, begin."

The gang looked to each other. Now this was a project they could really sink there teeth into.

"So," began Rin, "how are we going to divide this?"

"We could have Kagome and InuYasha do a duet or something," suggested Sesshoumaru. "But we should also know what everyone can play." Rin looked to him with worried eyes.

"You do know how to play an instrument other than the guitar, right?"

"Yes, I can play a bit of guitar."

"Would you hate it if I played the drums? It's the only instrument that I can play." Sesshoumaru melted at her vexed gaze.

"Sure. But we'll leave Kouga to the lead guitar. I can do the rhythm guitar. Sango, can you play some thing other than the bass?" Sango nodded.

"Yeah, I can play the piano. Miroku can play the bass. But what does that leave everyone else with? What are you thinking, Kagome?" she asked. Kagome and InuYasha were huddled close to one piece of paper with some words on it. She looked up at the question, and then down at the words that were written and tried to focus on the sound they were trying to make.

"We need string instruments. At least a violin and a cello. Can you guys do that?" she questioned Ayame, Ginta, and Hakakku.

"Sure," Ayame answered, "but what are you two doing over there?" Kagome leaned back onto InuYasha and had a mysterious smile on her face.

"You'll see."

Ah, yes, this would be perfect.

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A/N: I'm sorry that the chapter was so short. It's just that I have a friend that is convinced that she's useless and tells me that I shouldn't care about her anymore. It's sort of depressing me a bit so that's why my writing isn't as long as it used to be. As promised, I no longer have self- confidence issues (I got 100 reviews, that's like wow!) but I still have one issue that will be even harder to divert. So here it goes:

REVIEW BECAUSE I HAVE ABANDONMENT ISSUES (please don't leave me now).