CHAPTER 5:
MEMORIES DOWN THE ROAD
A/N: I finally decided to update Summer Flower! I'd want to thank everyone who's read this story! Please enjoy!
Inuyasha's face was bright red. He laid on his bed and thought about last night. "I can't believe I said that! How am I gonna face her now!" Inuyasha looked at the clock. It was seven o'clock a.m. "I guess I'll take a walk." Inuyasha got dressed and walked out of his door. No one was awake yet.
Inuyasha gently opened the front door and went out. He started taking a walk and thinking about things. Three years…quite a long time. I can't believe it. How three years can seem like a million years of torture and misery. Inuyasha began to walk around the neighborhood. He sighed and cleared his feelings out.
Three years ago, I liked Kikyo so much. Then Haku…he made the move on her. The two kissed and I ran away from them. Next thingy you know, we're not friends anymore and the Kikyo I liked was gone from my life. It was hard dealing with school and Haku and his 'new' friends picking on me. One day I couldn't take it anymore. I punched and started a fight with Haku. And another thing I knew, I was the 'bad' boy now; picking fights with everyone. When I went to college, that's when I met Kagome Higurashi. Inuyasha smirked.
He looked above to the clear sky. Kagome treated me different. She didn't care if I was a guy who always picked fights with stupid guys. And then Kagome and I met Miroku and Sango. We became one big whole 'groupie' and when I was in a fight, Miroku, even sometimes Sango came and helped me fight off the guys. Kagome would tend my wounds. I was pretty happy again and I began to smile more often. The clouds were disappearing from the sky.
Inuyasha returned to walking around the neighborhood. But, even though I moved on… As Inuyasha realized that he had wandered out of the neighborhood. He began to remember walking on a familiar street. And as often as I smiled…I knew and felt like I was missing something…
He looked at the street he was at. Something came over Inuyasha and a small smile came over his face. I knew that…the one person I wanted to be in my life wouldn't and couldn't be…
A memory popped up in Inuyasha's mind. The one I wanted was Kikyo. I would have given up any times with my friends to be and see Kikyo one more time…and…tell her my feelings. Inuyasha ran his fingers on the rough surface of a brick wall as he walked passed it. And I was probably being selfish but…I forced myself to think that Kagome was Kikyo. So I agreed to be her boyfriend. When I saw Kikyo again in the park, I felt guilty. I told Kagome I didn't want to be her boyfriend anymore and ran off. Maybe fate wanted to be cruel to me but I kept wishing that…that Kikyo would appear in my life again…
A pitiful smile formed on Inuyasha's lips. He felt pity for his selfish wish. And my wish came true. Kikyo did come back to my life…but at the expense of Kagome's feelings. And just last night I told Kikyo that I wanted her near me. Aw man…what's gonna happen now?
Inuyasha looked ahead. He widened his eyes. There, sitting in front of Inuyasha was the old high school he, Kikyo, and Haku used to go to. Inuyasha looked to his side. That wall… Inuyasha smirked at himself. I used to hide behind there and wait for Kikyo to come. I was such a stupid guy… Suddenly an image of Haku appeared in his mind. Haku…he too liked Kikyo. It suddenly didn't occur to Inuyasha that a car drove past Inuyasha and splashed mud on his shirt. Inuyasha got angry. "YOU BASTARD!" he yelled.
Inuyasha decided to head back to his house. He looked at his watch and saw that it was seven thirty. Had it been thirty minutes already? As Inuyasha opened the front door, he was suddenly embraced by someone.
"K-Kikyo!"
Kikyo wiped her tears on Inuyasha's shirt. "I-I was so worried. I-I thought you had-had gotten kidnapped or-or worse…g-got…m-murdered!"
Inuyasha could sense Kikyo had been afraid and panicking. Inuyasha put his arms around her. Somehow…this feels…so right… "It's okay Kikyo. I just went out for a walk." Suddenly, Inuyasha's shame from what he had said last night dissipated. All that mattered right now was that Kikyo wasn't so scared. I'm so glad…that…you're back in my life, Kikyo.
Kikyo suddenly turned red and broke away from Inuyasha's arms. "I-I'm sorry that I hugged you. That was rude of me."
"It's okay."
Kikyo looked up at Inuyasha. He too was blushing. "Inuyasha?"
"Yeah?"
"Did you really mean what you meant last night? That you wanted me to stay here?"
Inuyasha wished she hadn't brought up that subject. "Um…yeah." He said, a bit embarrassed. "I did."
Kikyo smiled a bit. "I'm really glad…that you don't hate me."
"Hate you? I thought you hated me." Inuyasha said, confused.
"What? Inuyasha…truth is…I-I-" Kikyo felt the tension rise. Her heart beated faster and faster as she saw Inuyasha look towards her with seriouse eyes. "I l-"
RING-RING! The phone began to ring loudly. Inuyasha went to retrieve it. "Hello?"
"Hey, is this Inuyasha?" a voice asked.
"Yeah…who's this?"
"Heh, you're in for a surprise." Then the voice hung up.
Inuyasha raised an eyebrow. He put down the phone and turned around to where Kikyo was. Kikyo looked up. "Inuyasha…forget it."
Inuyasha sighed. Well…this morning was weird. I should go see Kagome and the others today. "Kikyo. I'm going out. I guess I'll see you later then."
Kikyo nodded. "Yeah, I guess so. Hey, next time, don't come home so late like yesterday okay? I was worried about you." (A/N: FYI, I didn't mention what time Inuyasha had gotten back last time in the last chappie but he got home around eleven p.m. Well, yeah. Okay, srry to interrupt your reading)
"Okay…okay. I won't." Inuyasha said. Somehow, he couldn't stop smiling for a while. For some odd reason, just the thought of Kikyo worrying about him made Inuyasha smile. It was nice to know that at least someone was thinking about you.
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Inuyasha rang the bell several times at Kagome's house. Alas, the door opened.
"Inuyasha?"
"Hey Kagome."
Kagome smiled a bit. "Hey, watsup? Something wrong?"
"No. Just thought that I should hang out with my best friends today." Inuyasha smiled.
"Aw. You're so nice. Let me get dressed. You can come inside and call Miroku and Sango if they're free today. C'mon. Let's go."
Inuyasha stepped inside the house. He could see that no one was in the house right now. "Hey, Kagome. Where's your grandpa, your mom, and Souta?"
"Oh, I didn't tell you huh? This morning a five o'clock A.M. they went to my cousin house to spend the night. My cousin lives in Osaka. They're coming back in a week."
"Why didn't you go?" Inuyasha asked, grabbing a chair and leaning on it.
"Of course I'm not going! I hate that cousin. He's a total ass." Kagome grabbed a few eggs from the refrigerator and put it on the counter. "Want something to eat?"
"Nah. I'm okay." Inuyahsa lied. He really was hungry but he didn't want Kagome to take the time to cook him food. "Y'know. Don't want to take the chance to eat your food." He joked.
"Hey!" Kagome laughed. "You big meannie!"
"Just kidding. Sheesh. You're cooking's not that bad. From a rating to ten; ten being the best, I'll give you a one point five."
"At least I can cook. Well, anyways. You wanna call Miroku and Sango now?" Kagome asked, breaking the eggs into a frying pan.
"Okay." Inuyasha got the phone and began calling the two. In a few minutes, Inuyasha smiled at Kagome. "They're free! They're gonna come by here in thirty minutes because they need to get ready."
"They both said that?"
"Yup." Inuyasha said.
"Hey, since no ones gonna be here tonight, why don't we have a sleep over."
"Um…well…"
"Or…or do you have plans?"
"I don't have plans but…" Inuyasha remembered what Kikyo told him to do. Hey, next time, don't come home so late like yesterday okay?
"Please!" Kagome begged. "We haven't had a decent sleep over in a while."
"Kagome! We never had a sleep over. That's why I'm worried."
"C'mon! It'll just be us four; Me, you, Sango, and Miroku. We'll play games, eat, talk about recent news, about advices, about scary stories. Or just stories…real life stories. Maybe even about your old friends."
Inuyasha quickly looked up at Kagome when she said that. Then he smirked. "Oh yeah…that's right. I told you about them before."
"Only a little bit. I just know you had two best friends named Haku and…Kakyo I think?"
"Kikyo." Inuyasha corrected. "It's Kikyo."
"Yeah. It doesn't matter. Kakyo, Kikyo, what's the damn difference?"
"Because Kakyo has an a and Kikyo has an i. Say it right, dammit!" Inuyasha scolded.
"Okay, Inuyasha. You don't have to get all offensive."
Inuyasha realized that he scolded Kagome. "Sorry."
"Hey, I thought you hated them?"
"What!"
"I remember you told me when we first met that you hated them."
"Oh yeah. Well, I just hated-oh never mind. I'll tell you at the 'sleep over'."
"So that means yes then. You are gonna be here for the sleep over."
"Yeah…I guess." Inuyasha sighed. Maybe I'll call Kikyo later that I can't come home today.
"Thank you Inuyasha! Thanks!" Kagome shrieked.
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Miroku and Sango arrived. Kagome had already called them about the sleep over on their cell phone and they both agreed it would be fun. When everyone was together, Kagome got a hat and four papers.
"Okay guys. This house only has four rooms; including the kitchen; and five including the living room. But, I guess no one wants to sleep in the living room because it's the coldest place in this house and in the kitchen because there's hardly room for anyone to sleep in there. The third room, my mom's room will be the hang out room. Souta and mine will be the sleep rooms. That means…"
"Two people will have to share." Miroku said excited.
"Yeah. One room can only hold two people."
"I pick Sango!" Miroku yelled.
"Oh no you don't! I'm staying with Kagome. You're with Inuyasha."
"No, no. Listen guys. In this hat are four papers with each of our names. Two people will draw out a name. Whoever's name they have they will sleep in the same room with! Now I will draw out two names to see who will draw. They are...Miroku and Inuyasha!" Kagome went to those two to pick a name. "That means…it will either be Sango or me."
"Not good Kagome. That means that we will have to be sleeping with a guy!" Sango blushed.
"Yeah." Kagome said. She prayed that Inuyasha picked her.
"SANGO! YES!" Miroku yelled.
"No! Why the horror! Why!" Sango yelled.
Kagome blushed. "That means…"
Inuyasha blushed. "That means…"
"We're…sleeping…" Kagome began.
"T-Together…" Inuyasha finished. His face turned red.
"Hey, Miroku-kun." Sango whispered. "Maybe they'll get back together. So, I guess this is kind of good."
"Kind of! This is great. Aw…Sango…we'll be all alone…he he he." Miroku said, his nose beginning to bleed.
"Disgusting!" Sango yelled, punching him in the face.
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"Okay! Game time! I have the perfect game! I got it when I was small. You will pick your partner. Here are some cards. You have to act it out with your opponent and your partner will try to guess it. You guys understand?"
"Yup." They all said.
"Kagome! You're with me!" Sango said, desperately trying to get away from Miroku.
"Sure!" Kagome laughed.
"Oh great. I'm with him." Miroku said, pointing to Inuyasha.
"What's that mean!"
"Just kidding." Miroku laughed.
"Okay. First up, Miroku and…" Kagome drew out some paper with the four's name on it. "Sango."
Sango sighed. "Damn it."
Miroku picked up a card. "Okay." He whispered something to Sango and then they began to act. Miroku acted drunk and Sango held something invisible and handed it to Miroku.
"Easy. A drunk man and a bartender giving him another drink."
"Correct!" Miroku said.
"One point for The Boy's Team." Kagome said, marking a point down on a paper. She drew some names out again. "Next is…me…and…Inuyasha!"
"Um…o-okay." Inuyasha said, hesitating a bit. He picked up a card, blushed a bit, and then showed Kagome. Kagome gasped and a pink circles formed on her cheeks.
"O-okay…" Kagome said to herself.
Inuyasha put his hands on Kagome's waist. Kagome closed her eyes and then began moving left, then right. Inuyasha seeing Kagome do this, followed what she did. Suddenly an image popped up in his head. She looks so much…so much like Kikyo… Inuyasha's eyes fooled him and for some reason, his hands brought Kagome closer to him. Kikyo… He imagined it was Kikyo in front of him right now. Why does Kagome look like Kikyo?
"SLOW DANCING!" Miroku shouted.
Inuyasha popped out of his hallucination of Kikyo. Kagome did look like Kikyo at times. Kagome's face was all red. Inuyasha's face soon turned red. He remembered that he pulled Kagome closer to him. "K-Kagome! Look…I didn't mean to-f-forget what I did okay! Just forget it. I mean…well…y-yeah."
"D-Don't worry. I'll forget it…" Kagome lied.
They four continued to play games, and Inuyasha had to force Kikyo out of his mind; afraid he'd think Kagome was her again.
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"So, let's just talk about stuff now. Any advices or stories anyone wants to tell about? How about your friends, Inuyasha." Kagome suggested.
"Nah…"
"C'mon!" everyone yelled.
"Fine. But don't be surprised and think it was so big. It's really dumb. We were just friends; nothing exciting."
"Who cares. Tell, tell!" everyone shouted.
Inuyasha took a breath and began to tell them the story of his friends…the story of how they met.
Inuyasha's Story (A/N: Okay, Inuyasha's remembering it but telling it too but in his POV but his remembrance won't be in his POV)
Inuyasha rushed to school. It was the first day of his freshman year and he was already late. "Aah! Oh great. I'm gonna be late!"
As Inuyasha was rushing, he bumped into someone.
"Ow."
"Gomenasai." Inuyasha said. The person he bumped into dropped her books. "Here. Let me help you pick it up."
It was a girl with beautiful raven hair. Her lips were pinkish red and her eyes were a deep brown. "Thanks."
"U-uh…n-no problem!" Inuyasha picked up the books and walked with the girl to the school entrance.
"So, what's your name?"
"I-Inuyasha. Y-yours?"
"Kikyo."
"That's…that's a nice name."
"Oh, thanks. Well, see you around Inuyasha." Kikyo walked into the entrance.
Inuyasha watched Kikyo until he could no longer see her. "Kikyo." He fixed those words into his lips.
When Inuyasha got to first period, there was Kikyo. "Kikyo."
Kikyo looked up. "Hey, it's you, Inuyasha."
"Inuyasha?" said a voice. Kikyo and Inuyasha turned around.
"That's a funny name." the voice was a boy's voice.
"What's your's then!" Inuyasha asked, angry at the insult of his name.
"Haku. A normal name. And who are you?" he asked Kikyo.
"I'm Kikyo."
"Oh, what a nice name. And so cute too." Haku said.
"I'm not cute. Just average I guess."
"Nope. You're cute."
Kikyo laughed.
"Heh, Haku. I can see that you're a flirter." Inuyasha said.
"Whatever. Jealous?" Haku asked.
Inuyasha smirked. "Yeah right."
"Hey, guys. Don't start a fight. You guys only met."
Haku laughed hysterically. "Hey, don't worry about it. I wouldn't fight. This guy's okay."
"Yeah, you too Haku."
Haku stuck out his hand. "Truce then?"
"Truce." Inuyasha shook his hand. After that, the two both laughed hysterically. Kikyo chuckled a bit. After that day, the three began to hang out each day. They became good friends until one day in their senior year.
Inuyasha's story end
Inuyasha put crossed his arms. "That's it." He didn't tell them why they broke up.
"Hey, why did you break up?" Miroku asked.
"It's a stupid reason. I don't wanna say. It brings back…bad memories."
"Okay. If you don't wanna say." Kagome said.
"Well, what do you know. It's already eight o'clock." (A/N: Sorry. I kinda sped up the time) Sango said.
"So what do you guys wanna do now?" Inuyasha asked.
"Well, we can just talk." Kagome suggested.
"Okay. Let's talk some more then." Miroku sighed.
"Well, what else do you suggest." Sango said angrily.
"Wanna take a shower with me?" Miroku asked. (A/N:I think I'm making him too gross)
"You sick bastard! Why do I have to sleep in the same room with him!" Sango complained.
Kagome laughed. "Hey, we can't change now. We finished drawing already."
Sango sighed. "You're are not staying near me at all when we go to sleep."
Kagome glanced at Inuyasha. He was tapping on the table and seemed somewhat anxious.
Man…okay. I have to call Kikyo that I won't be coming back tonight. She won't worry right? She's not the type…or is she? I don't even know her that much. I only knew her for four years…yeah. But that's a long time right. But wait, she was gone for three years and what if she changed! What if…what if she starts crying on the phone cause she wants me to come home cause she's worried. Or…worse! What if she's gonna go home again! Damn! That's it, I'm calling! Inuyasha got up. "Kagome! I'm gonna use your phone. Where is it?"
"Um…well, you can use the one in the kitchen."
"Okay!" he stormed into the kitchen and picked up the phone. Slowly, he dialed his home phone. RING-RING! Inuyasha gulped. "Okay."
Inuyasha could hear someone pick up the phone. He hoped it wasn't Sesshomaru.
"Hello?" said a girl's voice.
"K-Kikyo?"
"Yeah. Who's this?"
"It's Inuyasha."
"Inuyasha! Hey, it's already eight o'clock. I thought you'd be coming around three o'clock but you never came. Don't scare me like that."
"Kikyo…were you really worried."
"Of course. Why wouldn't I be?"
Inuyasha smiled a bit. There was that feeling of someone worrying about you again. No one had never worried about him anymore ever since his parents died. Not even Sesshomaru. "Kikyo. I'm sorry I didn't come home but-"
"You will be coming home right? Well, please do. I made some dinner for you and Sesshomaru." Kikyo's voice sounded a bit embarrassed. "I-I wanted to see if it was good by someone's opinion. You see…Sesshomaru's not home right now and won't be till tomorrow. He said he went somewhere."
"He's not home!" Inuyasha yelled. "That means…you're all alone."
"Y-yeah. But I'm not scared…really. I just want…" Kikyo paused. "I kind of wanted…c-company…f-from you if it's not too much to ask…" her voice lowered.
Inuyasha felt a sudden feeling of guilt. Here he was, having fun, while Kikyo was by herself, cooking dinner, hoping he or Sesshomaru would be there. Inuyasha wanted to ditch the sleep over right now and go home and see Kikyo's face. He hoped she hadn't been lonely like he had, or had been crying. But…he didn't think Kikyo would be so weak. He had seen her try her hardest not to cry, like when her mother past away from an accident. Her father wasn't home often and she had to always take care of Kaede all the time. A month after her mother died was when her father decided to leave.
"Kikyo…I'm sorry but…" Could he ditch the sleep over? Or would that be too harsh? "I can't come home tonight. I'm with my friends…at…at a sleep over."
Inuyasha didn't hear a response from the phone. "That's okay. Really, you should have fun. Well, good night Inuyasha. I'm gonna go to sleep right now."
Inuyasha felt really guilty. "Wait! Kikyo! Can you…" he thought he sounded stupid by saying this. "Can you save the dinner and wait till I get back tomorrow. I really want to try it."
He could tell Kikyo was smiling. "Okay. I will."
"And one more thing, Kikyo." He took a breath. "Don't be so lonely. I-" he put the phone near himself so that no one else but Kikyo could hear this from the phone. "I was t-thinking about you today. So don't get so lonely okay? If you are, just feel free to call my cell." Inuyasha told her his cell phone number.
"Um…okay…" Kikyo said before turning the phone off.
Inuyasha sighed. He felt so stupid saying that. As he walked into the living room where everyone was, he was expecting Kikyo to call him. He thought he had been lonely. Up until eleven o'clock, he kept thinking that Kikyo would call him but everytime he was turned down. I think…I think that Kikyo has grown. She's not as lonely. So that's good. She's not lonely. I think…or maybe she's afraid to call me…why am I so worked up anyways? Inuyasha shook Kikyo out of his head. "You guys tired yet?"
Everyone nodded slowly. "Let's go to bed." Everyone went upstairs and went to sleep. As Inuyasha was sleeping, he kept thinking of Kikyo.
"Inuyasha?" Kagome asked when they were together, alone, in the room.
"Yeah."
"Um…good night."
"Good night Kagome."
"Wait…Inuyasha." Kagome got out her bed and sat near Inuyasha's. "Today was really fun. I'm glad that I got to spend a day with you and…I just want you to know that…well. Even though you said that you didn't want to be my boyfriend anymore because you weren't ready…I…I." Kagome struggled to say the words she wanted to say. "I still love you."
Inuyasha was speechless. "Kagome…I told you already…that…well. Look Kagome." Inuyasha sat up on his bed. "I don't love you."
Kagome's throat became dry. "I should've known that. I d-didn't know why I told you this. It's not…not that I thought you're feelings would change. No…" tears fell out of Kagome's eyes. "I-I just wanted to tell you…because…oh Inuyasha! I'm so sorry…I shouldn't have told you! I'm sorry!" Kagome went back to her bed. Inuyasha…! I love you so much…! Why can't you love me back? Kagome was silent for a long time.
"Kagome…are you awake?"
Kagome didn't answer. She pretended she wasn't.
"Don't take it personal. I like you…but…in a friendly way. We're only friends. I don't…I don't love you. Okay. You'll always be the one I can turn to when I have well…maybe girl problems in the future. Okay? I know you're listening. Got it Kagome? Don't feel bad."
After a long time, Kagome answered. "Okay…Inuyasha. Okay…"
Inuyasha smiled, then laid back in his bed. He closed his eyes and began to think. I thought I loved Kagome. But I didn't. The one that I wanted to hear say 'I love you' to me was…was Kikyo. Man I'm stupid. I hope Kikyo won't get so lonely…well…better go to sleep now… Inuyasha quickly fell into a deep sleep.
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RRRRRRIIIIIINNNNNGGGG! RRRRRRIIIIIINNNNNGGGG! Inuyasha quickly got up. It was his cell phone. Inuyasha's eyes were all tired and he tiredly reached for his cell phone. He hoped it had not woken Kagome up, and luckily, it didn't.
"Hello." Inuyasha said, his voice was raspy.
"I-Inuyasha?" said a low voice that sounded a bit terrified.
"Who is this?" Inuyasha was tired and couldn't recognize the voice.
"I-It's me…Kikyo."
"Kikyo!" he softly yelled to himself. He sat up on his bed and straightened his back. Inuyasha was shocked that she called him at this hour and almost dropped his cell phone. "K-Kikyo. S-so what's wrong? Your voice sounds a little scared."
"I-Inuyasha!" Kikyo said, bursting into tears.
"Kikyo! W-what's wrong?" Inuyasha asked, only hoping he could be there right now.
"C-Can you come home…?"
"Now?"
"I-I'm s-sorry to ask you so early in the morning b-but…c-can y-you?" Kikyo was now whispering.
"Hey, wait. Sesshomaru's not home yet?"
"N-no…"
"Okay. I'll come right now. Just tell me what's the matter first."
"Inuyasha…t-there's a stranger in the house right now and…" Kikyo dropped the phone. Suddenly Inuyasha heard a loud scream.
"KKKKIIIKKKKYYYYOOOOO!" Inuyasha yelled. He put on his jacket and ran outside. His house was too far from Kagome's house so he ran all the way home. Kikyo! Hold on! Hold on!
A/N: This chapter was kind of long, sorry. But I hope you enjoyed it. I will start trying to update Summer Flower as fast as I can. I hope that this long chapter made up for the time i didn't update this story. Well, see you in the next chappie!