Wow thanks to everyone who reviewed and likes my story so far! It really does encourage me! ) So here's the third chapter to From Romeo and Juliet!
From Romeo to Juliet
Chapter 3 – Not a Heartless Bastard
A certain hanyou punched the walls of his room, creating a small hole. That bastard, it's all his fault damnit!
Flashback
Inuyasha growled and stood up. He held Kouga's collar to his face and snarled. "You wanna say that again wolf-breath?"
Kagome, as hurt as she was, was confused when Inuyasha called Kouga that. She stood up and ran away from the table to the nearest bathroom.
Inuyasha smirked. "Looks like your bitch ran away. Why don't you run after her you mangy wolf?" Kouga, angered by his words, punched him in the face.
In an instant, the two got in a fistfight in the middle of the cafeteria. Inuyasha immediately ran to him and punched him square in the face, giving him a bloody nose.
Miroku ran to the two raging youkais, trying to stop their fight before an administrator would come. He got in between them, trying to reason. "Hey guys, now's not really a good time for this."
Inuyasha shoved him away, yelling, "Get out of the way Miroku if you know what's good for you!"
Miroku crashed into a trashcan but didn't get angered at all. He knew Inuyasha's temper and was quite used to it. He simply dusted himself off and shook his head. Oh well, I tried.
Within the next five minutes, Kouga and Inuyasha were already out of breath, both beaten up equally.
"HALT!"
At the sound of a booming voice, the students crowded around the fight ran back to their seats. They still looked over to see what would happen. The principal, after finding out about a fight in the cafeteria was not surprised to see Kouga and Inuyasha glaring at each other. Not again… He sighed.
"KOUGA! INUYASHA! MY OFFICE, NOW!" Then, he walked out of the cafeteria, with an angered expression.
Inuyasha stormed out, purposely slamming the door hard enough to make a crack. Kouga stomped out the other door with the same effect.
Loud whispers erupted in the cafeteria about the fight that had just occurred. "What do you think the old guy's gonna do to them?" "Probably just suspension, like always."
Miroku shook his head and walked out of the room, ignoring everyone else.
In the office…
"WHAT! OLD MAN YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!" Inuyasha screamed. He heard Kouga snickering behind him and scowled darkly.
The principal, Mr. Hikaru, sat in his chair without emotion on his face. He turned to Kouga. "Kouga, you may leave now."
His lips curled into a smile. "All right Mr. H. Have fun mutt." Without another second, he left the office.
Inuyasha's frown deepened and slouched in his seat. "Why aren't you making that wolf do the stupid thing? Why me?"
Mr. Hikaru rested his elbows on his desk and looked at the scowling hanyou. "It has come to my attention, Inuyasha, that no matter how many times I suspend you, you will still get into fights. Especially with Kouga. I'm not surprised you boys got into a rumble within the first week of school. Now, instead of suspending you like I always do, Miss Violet, the drama teacher, and I have come to an agreement for you to join the play being held in a few months."
Inuyasha suddenly stood from his seat and slammed his hands on the desk. "BUT WHY! WHY NOT KOUGA?"
"Inuyasha, unlike you, Kouga doesn't get into fights. Actually, his only fights are with you. And from what I hear, you have initiated most of them. Although you boys fight quite a lot, he doesn't pick fights with other students around here."
Inuyasha crossed his arms. "And what makes you think I'm gonna actually do this?"
To his surprise, Mr. Hikaru smiled. "Well… If you do this and do this right, you will not receive any more punishment and I will not notify your brother of this. However, if you do this and screw it up for everyone else… I will not hesitate to expel you from Tokyo High. You have caused enough damage to this school as it is. If you don't want your brother to know of this incident, I suggest you do this right."
Inuyasha muttered under his breath. "And what makes you think I care what my stupid half-brother thinks? Who cares if I get expelled?"
Mr. Hikaru's smile widened, much to Inuyasha's annoyance. "Oh I would think you would care Inuyasha. In any case, be at the meeting for the play on Monday after school. If I hear from Miss Violet that you have not attended, there will be consequences. And as I have said, I will not inform your brother of what has happened today. You may leave now."
Inuyasha stomped hard all the way out of the office, putting yet another crack on the door. Mr. Hikaru shook his head. What am I gonna do with that kid?…
End Flashback
The hanyou punched another hole on the wall.
"Master Inuyasha, you should calm yourself before your brother arrives." After receiving a glare, Myoga backed down and walked out of this room. Inuyasha groaned and hit his head on his wall. Agh… Damn Sesshomaru will kick me out if he finds out… Damn him…
Flashback
"One more time that damn principal of yours call me Inuyasha, and I'm kicking you out. I honestly don't care where you go. Don't take it lightly half-breed." Sesshomaru told his younger brother.
When he walked away, Inuyasha silently growled to himself.
End Flashback
Damn him to hell…
Suddenly, the sound of the phone ringing brought his attention back to the world. He picked it up and growled, "What!"
Chuckling was heard on the other end. "Your temper will get you nowhere Inuyasha."
"Shut up Miroku."
"So my friend. What did old man Hikaru sentence you to? Five days? Six days? Ten days? A MONTH?"
Inuyasha rolled his eyes at his friend's sense of humor. "Shut it Miroku, I'm not in the mood."
"Why Inuyasha… Surely it can't be as bad as you think. What did he say?"
Inuyasha muttered something that Miroku couldn't hear. "What's that? I can't really hear you. Speak up." Still, there was a slight tease in his tone.
"He put me in a play."
Silence followed. "…"
A few seconds later, Inuyasha heard laughter on the other end. "ARGH SHUT UP MIROKU BEFORE I GO OVER THERE AND MAKE YOU!"
Miroku's laughter died down to chuckling. "Inuyasha… In a play? Romeo and Juliet no less? That's rich… So are you actually gonna do it? I mean I don't know… I can't see you acting Inuyasha, no offense."
When Miroku didn't hear anyone on the other end, he realized Inuyasha had hung up on him.
By Monday, everyone had found out about Inuyasha's ordeal.
Inuyasha's gonna be in the play? Oh this is just great…
Kagome was deep in thought when she was walking to her class. She jerked her head up when she heard a snobby voice. "Look at her. Can you believe she got the role of Juliet? What was Miss Violet thinking, letting her have it? I'm so much prettier than she is to anyone's eyes. Seriously, I doubt she's any good. I mean like, she's totally gonna ruin the play and make my Inu baby look horrible." Laughter was heard after her comments.
Kagome soon turned around the opposite direction, blinking back tears. She ran down the hallway and unfortunately, had bumped into someone. She looked up with teary eyes and saw amber staring back at her. Without waiting for another comment, she pushed him back and continued to run.
Even though he couldn't see it, he could smell the salt of her tears. Huh? Why was she crying? Shaking his head, he just let it go and found his girlfriend and a bunch of others at the end of the lockers.
He walked up to Kikyo and wrapped his arms around her petite waist. Nuzzling her neck, he growled possessively at others that were too close. "Hey Inu baby."
Inuyasha trailed kisses down her neck and back up to her jaw line. Kikyo giggled and gently pushed him off her. "Baby, not in front of our friends." She gave an innocent look and smiled. Inuyasha scoffed but didn't say anything.
"So what's this I hear about you in the play baby?"
Inuyasha let her go and crossed his arms. "Nothing, the old man's just on crack."
Kagome ran to the bathroom and the tears finally flowed down. She turned around when she heard the door creak open. Luck was on her side because Sango came in and immediately went to her after noticing her.
"Kagome! What happened?" Sango ran to her friend and hugged her.
Kagome took off her glasses and set them down on the counter and wiped her eyes. "It's nothing Sango…"
Sango stared at her, not believing it but didn't press on. Wow she really does have such pretty eyes. I can't wait until the makeover… She's probably crying because of that bitch Kikyo… Sango scowled.
Kagome calmed herself down and saw her friend with a scowl on her face. She raised her eyebrow and questioned, "Is something wrong Sango?"
Sango heard the concern in her friend's voice and shook her head, giving her a small smile. "I'm fine Kag. I'm just worried about you."
Kagome sighed. "It's alright… I'm used to it…" Then, she perked up and gave her a big smile. "Come on Sango, we should go back to class!"
After school…
"All right everyone. Thank you all for coming out here this afternoon. Just a second dears and I'll get you your scripts." Miss Violet strolled out of the room they were meeting at.
Kagome sat in her seat without looking at anyone else. Especially a certain silver-haired hanyou.
Inuyasha sat far away from everyone else, arms crossed with a frown on his face. He noticed Kagome on the other side of the room by herself. Keh, stupid wench. What's she doing here?
Kagome looked up from her seat, feeling someone's gaze on her. As soon as she lifted her head up and saw the same amber eyes staring at her, she looked away.
Inuyasha slightly blushed and no one noticed. Keh, why am I blushing?
Miss Violet took this time to enter the classroom again. She handed everyone a script and sat down on an empty seat.
"Okay, as you all know, Romeo and Juliet is our school's annual play performed in the beginning of the school year. Our leading roles are Kagome Higurashi as Juliet and… Let's see… Oh yes. Inuyasha Taisho as Romeo."
At his name, he popped his head up and stared at the teacher with wide eyes.
Everyone else in the room, with the same shock on their faces stared at their teacher as if she was crazy. Kagome, hearing this, grew nervous. Inuyasha? As Romeo? Oh no… This can't be happening…
"Hey! The old man I had to be in this play but he never said I had to take leading role!" Inuyasha interrupted Kagome's thoughts.
Miss Violet turned her head to him and smiled at him, making him angrier. "Well Mr. Taisho, I think you should consider it an honor to play the leading role in our annual play. It is quite a big part. I thought about it and concluded that you would be good to play the part of Romeo. The bigger the part, the more responsibility. And I am aware that Mr. Hikaru already told you of the consequences if you cannot take this responsibility. Am I correct?"
Inuyasha looked around the room and noticed everyone's attention on him. "Quit staring!"
The other students, afraid of his temper, kept their attention elsewhere. All, except one.
Kagome stared at him without knowing what she was doing. He's… Romeo…
Inuyasha held a growl at his throat. "What are you staring at wench?"
Kagome came out of her thoughts and frowned. "My name is not wench. It's Kagome. Ka-go-me, got it?"
The other students stared at her with their mouth open. No one really talked back to Inuyasha except Kouga and some other youkais. People normally kept their distance from him especially with his short temper.
"Keh," Inuyasha snorted. "Whatever wench."
Kagome fumed, but managed to calm herself down. She muttered, "Jerk."
Inuyasha heard it with his sensitive hanyou ears that were covered by his hat and muttered, "Annoying bitch," under his breath.
Throughout their small 'talk', Miss Violet watched in amusement. How interesting… She clapped her hands once to bring focus back to her. "So anyways. Why don't we read through our lines once for today and then I'll announce some news after."
So for the next two hours, despite Inuyasha's constant grumbles and complaints, they had managed to get it through.
"Okay students! I want us to meet here every Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays to practice the play before actual dress rehearsals. The play will be performed several weeks from now so please try to learn your lines as soon as you can. Any questions, comments, or concerns?"
"How the hell are we supposed to memorize all this?" Inuyasha complained.
Miss Violet raised her eyebrow at his choice words, but disregarded it. "It's not my responsibility Mr. Taisho, but yours. So I suggest you get to it if you don't wish to mess it up for everyone else. Maybe you could practice it with Miss Higurashi? It might help."
"Keh."
"Alright then. That's all for today. You can go home now."
Everyone started to grab their stuff and walked out the door. Inuyasha had stormed off rather quickly. Kagome took her time gathering her stuff and walking out the door. Before she was completely out however, she heard Miss Violet speaking out to her. "Kagome?"
Kagome turned around. "Yes Miss Violet?"
"I apologize for this. I hope you're okay with Inuyasha having the role of Romeo."
Kagome smiled and shook her head, ignoring her thoughts. "No… It's alright Miss Violet… Bye, see you tomorrow!" Then, she left.
Kagome walked out the doors to find that it was raining. "Oh great… It's raining… I didn't even bring an umbrella." Wrapping her jacket closer around her and holding her bag tightly, she stepped out into the rain and started to walk towards her home.
Not a minute later, she was soaked. Unconsciously, Kagome shivered at the sudden chill. She noticed the rain stopped falling on her and saw an umbrella shielding her from the rain. Surprised, she looked next to her and found herself face to face with the emotionless face of a hanyou. Her eyes widened. "Inuyasha?" When he didn't reply back, she kept quiet, pondering why he would help her.
Time seemed slow as the two of them walked side by side. Kagome tried to talk to him again. "Inuyasha?"
He didn't turn to her. "What wench?"
Kagome didn't say anything when he called her a wench. Instead, her curiosity took over her. "Don't you… Have a car?"
Inuyasha snorted. "Keh of course wench. But Kikyo took it after school."
Kagome looked down. "Oh…"
A few minutes later, she talked to him again. "Why are you walking with me?"
His response surprised her but made her smile a little. "I'm not a heartless bastard like my stupid half-brother wench." He still didn't make eye contact with her.
Soon, they had reached the shrine where Kagome lived. Inuyasha seemed interested. "You live here?"
Kagome nodded. "Yup. My mom, brother, and I moved in with my grandpa over the summer. He owns this shrine." She looked up to meet his face and smiled. "Well… Thank you Inuyasha…"
Inuyasha looked away. "Keh."
Kagome smiled and walked towards the steps to her house. When she turned back, she saw him walking away. I wonder… Why he was being nice to me… I thought he hated me… Something he said came back to her. I'm not a heartless bastard…
Kagome shook her head and headed inside.
Mrs. Higurashi saw her daughter come in the door drenched. "Gasp! Kagome dear, you're soaked!"
"It's okay Mama… I had a… friend who walked me half way home with an umbrella. I'll be upstairs."
Mrs. Higurashi watched her go up to her room and smiled.
Kagome, in her room, was on the phone with Sango after a long bath.
"WHAT! INUYASHA!"
Kagome rolled her eyes. "Yes Sango. Inuyasha Taisho."
"Inuyasha helped you and said he wasn't a heartless bastard!" Sango screamed over the phone.
Kagome laughed. "Calm down Sango… You make it seem like he's the devil himself asking an angel for help." She heard her friend sigh on the other end. "I know Kag… But it's just that… Well… Inuyasha never really thought of cared about anyone else but him. He's a self-centered, arrogant, conceited jerk."
Kagome laughed again at her friend but had to agree with her.
Somewhere else…
Inuyasha lay on his bed, thinking. Why did I help that wench? What is it about her that… Inuyasha shook his head. "Keh, whatever." But he still couldn't help but to think back to what he did.
Flashback
Inuyasha stormed out of the building and found his car missing. To make matters worse, it was raining. He growled in anger, but found an umbrella where he had left his car last. There was a wet note by it. It read:
Hey Inu baby. Hope you don't mind me taking your car since you're staying after for the play business. I'll bring it back in the morning baby.
Love you
Kikyo
Inuyasha crumbled the note and tossed it aside. He took the umbrella and walked away from the school. A few minutes went by and he noticed someone walking by. He hid by a tree and saw who it was. It's that wench. Keh, she's walking in the rain without any protection. She's stupider than I thought.
Then he saw her shiver and felt himself moving out of hiding and walking towards her. He got nearer and put the umbrella on top of her head and his. He saw her surprise and watched as she moved her gaze from the umbrella to him.
End Flashback
He didn't know why he left his place behind the tree and helped her and walked her home. Keh, stupid girl.
There you go! The third chapter! Hope you guys liked it ) RR please!