Completely Fubared

Chapter 4: About a Girl

"Do not!"

"Do so!"

"DO NOT!"

"Tama, just get over it and admit you like her. I mean it's obvious." Rikan sat down at his desk, grinning over at his irritated friend.

"Keh." Tama said, glaring away from the other boy. "What do you know?" He grumbled, pointedly ignoring Kagome as she came in.

He ran his hand through his short brown hair. "Come on, you fake ignoring her all the time, you practically break your neck so you're not caught looking at her." Rikan leaned towards him. "You know, it IS okay for you to have a girlfriend. You're only human."

He scowled at his so called friend. "I never see you hanging out with any stupid girls..."

"Are you kidding?" Rikan looked at him. Then realized the boy wasn't joking. "Tama...I have major jones for Maya, one of Kagome's friends. I've been putting moves on her since you and Kagome started becoming such a hot topic."

"SHE'S NOT MY GIRLFRIEND!" Tama shouted at his friend, his temper finally snapping.

The class went silent. Kagome was staring at him. Her friends were staring at him. He felt a hot blush about to cover his cheeks and he ran out of the room. He didn't stop running till he was on the roof. "Stupid Rikan..." He grumbled.

He didn't know why he was so upset. After all, being an item with her wouldn't be a bad thing, right? She was the first person in this damn country to treat him with so much as an ounce of respect, and she really wasn't ugly. She was kinda cute...

GAH! Where did that come from! He grabbed the chain link fence and shook it as hard as he could.

Stupid girl. She made him feel weird. And he had a distinct feeling she wasn't always 100 honest with him. He really couldn't stand dishonesty. And this girl...she was just too hard to read...but there was just something about her. It was irritating and hard to place, but it was there. Dark and unsettling.

He was so engrossed in his own thoughts he didn't hear footsteps approach from behind. "Akuma-kun?"

He stiffened at the sound of her voice. He didn't look back at her. I don't like her...I DON'T like her... "What do ya want?"

She walked up next to him, leaning her back against the chain link fence and crossing one leg over the other. "I was just making sure you're okay." She said quietly. She glanced towards him and saw mixed emotions on his face. She shook her head. "The teacher's pretty pissed off right now. Rikan's in the hall for setting off 'the erruption of mount Vesuvias'..." She grinned at him.

He snorted, his mouth turning up into half a grin. "Good. He deserves it..." He muttered.

"You want to go get a drink or something?" She asked, looking at him. "It might help you relax a bit before returning to class..."

He jumped back away from her. "What for?" His looked like he didn't trust her.

She gave him a puzzled face. Where did that come from. "Because I thought you might need to unwind a bit. You seem a bit high strung today..." She shrugged. "If you don't want to, you can just tell me. No hard feelings." She lied through her teeth. If he didn't take her up on her offer, she was going to be very hurt.

He looked at her and frowned deeply. "Fine. But let's make one thing clear, okay! We're just friends. You better tell Rikan that too."

She blinked. That's what caused the blow-up? She shook her head, laughing silently. "Boys...are SO weird..." She laughed out loud. She looked up at Tama and smiled.

He scowled.

"What's wrong with having a girlfriend, anyways?"

"N-nothing..." Except I have absolutely no idea of what to do around girls and YOU make me feel weird.

She smiled and shook her head. "Tama, I'm a girl, right? And we're friends, right?"

"Yeah..." He gave in. "I guess so..."

"Then guess what..." She said, leaning towards him. "I AM your girlfriend. In the sense that I'm a girl and your friend."

He gave her a funny face. "You're weird..."

"You're the weird one." She said, and gestured for him to follow her and left the rooftop, an almost smiling Akuma Tama a short distance behind her...

After school, Kagome headed down the street with all of the girls in tow. She sighed, thinking she should visit her friends in Sengoku Jidai. She'd just made her decision when Maya glomped her.

"Kagome, we're going to the park for a picnic, wanna come?"

Kagome paused, and smiled awkwardly. Would her friends forgive her? She really should go visit them, besides, it had been ages since she went to his grave. "I...I can't."

Tama glanced towards her, frowning.

"Come on, everyone's gonna be there, we even convinced Tama to come!"

She blinked in suprise. Then her heart fell. "I have an engagement. Family thing. I'm sorry. How about tomorrow?"

The other's shrugged. "The park'll be too crowded. How about the beach?"

Rikan coyly put his arm around Maya's shoulders. "The beach sounds fun..." He smiled at her and caught her blushing furiously.

Kagome rolled her eyes. That boy was sneaky as a fox...

"Oi, Rikan, you're disgusting..." Tama grumbled, looking away.

Rikan stuck his tounge at him. "At least I can admit it when I like somebody."

"Shut up." The other boy scowled, looking away from his so called friend and caught Kagome looking at him. He fought off the urge to blush and found the most unintersting thing he could think of to stare at.

"Rikan, lay off." Hojo offered, holding hands with his girlfriend. "Not all guys are comfortable expressing themselves in front of girls."

"Shut up."

Kagome sighed, shaking her head. "You guys go ahead to your picnic today." She smiled at them, and headed towards her house. She sighed, jogging up the stairs.

"Hey, wait up!"

She paused, looking back in suprise. Tama was jogging up the stairs behind her. "Akuma-kun?"

He looked at her. "What?" He stopped, looking at her.

"Aren't you going on the picnic?"

He looked away. "Yeah, maybe..." He shrugged. "I mean, shouldn't I?"

She nodded. "I think you'll have fun...even if you don't admit it." She smiled, gesturing for him to follow her. "If you want you can come up. I probably wont be here long, but everybody's asking about you."

He looked at her suspiciously. "Why are they asking about me?"

"Because, they ask about ALL my friends, especially the ones that are boys." She said teasingly. "It's really no big deal. It's not like-"

"Inu-no-niichan?"

Kagome froze at those words. She saw her younger brother at the top of the stairs and waved her hands. "No, NO, Souta, this is Akuma Tama, remember?"

His eyes widened. "Oh!" He looked down. "Sorry." He started walking away. He looked a bit disappointed.

She looked at Tama apoligetically. "Maybe this isn't a good idea..." She said quietly. "I think the wounds may still be a bit too raw."

He frowned. What the hell was this girl talking about? He scoffed, looking away. "Look, I get that I look like this Inuyasha guy or whatever. You offered, and I hadn't accepted, so don't even worry about it."

She looked at him and almost smiled. She took a deep breath and acted on impulse. She threw her arms around his waist and hugged him tightly. "Thank you, Akuma-kun...for being my friend..."

He froze, unable to move. Suddenly, he had his arms full of girl and wasn't sure what to make of it, so he did what he always did. Threw up his hands to make sure everyone that passed by knew SHE was hugging HIM.

She pulled back and saw the terrified look on his face and shook her head. "I'll see you tomorrow, Akuma-kun..." She flashed him a brilliant smile and ran up the stairs.

He caught his breath and tried to figure out why he suddenly felt warm. Then he realized he was blushing...again. "GAH! I wish she'd stop that!" He turned and quickly left the compound. But somewhere, deep down in a place he would NEVER admit existed, he honestly wished she would do it again. He glanced over his shoulder and watched her disappear up the steps. "Stupid girl...making me feel weird again..."

Kagome packed a small bag of treats to take with her and ran downstairs. Her mother was waiting, a concerned expression on her face. "Kagome, are you sure this is a good idea?"

"Well, they're my friends, too." Kagome smiled brightly at her mom and hugged her. "I'll be back in the morning and then I'll be hanging out with my friends from school."

The older woman smiled. "Will there be boys there?"

She blushed. "Mom..."

"Well? Like a certain reincarnation of an old boyfriend?"

"Yes, he's going to be there." Kagome said shortly. "Along with his friend Rikan, who's trying to get with Maya, and Hojo, Sayuri's boyfriend." She sighed. "Yuki will be there, too." She started walking towards the door. "And by the way, mom, Inuyasha wasn't my boyfriend."

The woman laughed.

Sango sighed, leaning against the post. She was bored. She missed the adventure and excitement that came from traveling with Kagome and Inuyasha. Even bashing in the lecherous monks head was losing it's appeal. Maybe she should leave the village and go slay more demons.

"Ohayo, Sango-chan!"

She froze, then spun, joy filling her. "Kagome-chan!" She ran towards her, hope burning through her. Let's go kill something!

"I'm back for a bit. I have to leave tomorrow morning. I just thought I should visit and let everyone know I'm okay." She hugged the girl. "You look like you're going stir crazy..."

"Well ever since you left and Inuyasha..." She paused. "Well...you know...we've just been kinda sitting here...I guess since the houshi's friggin cured he doesn't feel the urge to roam beyond the reach of a beautiful woman..."

"KAGOME!"

Kagome gasped as a small ball of fur wrapped itself around her neck. "Oh, Shippou-chan..." She smiled. "I brought you some candy..."

The small group walked towards the village and entered Kaede's hut. Everyone inside looked up at her in shock and smiled. "Kagome-sama!"

"Ohayo!" It was good to be back, but there was a small pain in her heart that felt like it opened just a bit more with each passing moment in this time. She knew the pain began at the base of the Go Shinboku tree. When darkness finally came, she stood, walking from the hut, holding her bow and arrow, heading towards Inuyasha's final resting place.

Funny word for it, especially considering how little Inuyasha actually rested.

She picked wild flowers on the way, pulled a small jug of sake out as well as some inscence. She reached the base and looked at the fresh earth there. Carefully, she sprinkled sake on the grave and lit the inscence, finally kneeling and placing the flowers on the earth. "Ohayo, Inuyasha." She said softly.

No response, of course, the dead don't talk back...She smiled fondly, touching the earth. "I'm in school again. It's harder than I thought. Even though I love my time, I do miss how carefree I felt whenever I was here. I really do think that my happiest memories are here." She smiled. "But I have to make new memories, huh? I'm trying. I've already met your incarnation. His name is Akuma Tama..." She felt a bit odd, telling Inuyasha this. Yet, he deserved to know. Especially after what she'd said as he died in her arms. "He's alot like you, but at the same time, nothing like you at all. He seems very awkward, especially when it comes to girls. He's got your bad temper, your tendency to run off whenever irritated."

She sighed, laying down on the earth beside his grave. "Oh, Inuyasha, I miss you so much."

Tama walked into his apartment around nine, and at first was going to head to his room. He glanced towards the study and saw his cousin's light was on. He crept towards it, pressing his ear against the door. He was certain to keep extra quiet, since Datsu always seemed to know when he was trying to spy.

Evidentally he was preoccupied.

"Sesshoumaru-sama, it has come to our attention that Naraku has returned to the earthly plane."

There was a long silence. "Without the shikon no tama, we can't defeat him this time."

Another silence.

"Please Sesshoumaru-sama-"

"Shut up." Datsu's voice. "Inuyasha defeated that cretin without the help of the jewel."

Tama froze. Datsu knew Inuyasha? Something fishy was going on here.

"But sir, Inuyasha was different, you know that! He was..." Whispering.

"I know what he was. He was my brother." Datsu said irritably. Suddenly there was silence. "Tama, get in here, now."

He groaned. At least it took him longer to notice. He turned the doornob and walked in, looking at his cousin. "What, Datsu." The man glared at him.

"What have I told you about eavesdropping when I'm in my study?"

"Not to do it on pain of death."

"I'm going to amend that. Don't do it, or I tell Kagome and she can deal with you."

Tama opened his mouth, about to object.

"You all may leave. I must deal with this." The cloaked men and woman walked out, casting Tama disdainful looks. Tama growled at them and cracked his knuckles. They jumped, looked at each other and fled.

"Hmph." Tama sat in one of the previously occupied wing-back chairs. He looked at Datsu, waiting for him to start.

"How much of our discussion did you hear?"

"Somthing about a cretin named Naraku, whatever that is." He grumbled. He looked away.

"Then I assume you heard me mention Inuyasha."

Tama shrugged, uncomfortably. He wasn't sure he wanted to know.

"Yes, Inuyasha was my brother. He was hot headed, arrogant, and a lousy fighter. But he was bad at giving up. Had something to do with that girl..." Datsu shook his head. "Now, Tama, I want you to understand, I can't and wont give you the whole story. You're not ready to know yet. When you are, both myself and Kagome will sit down and make light of it to you. We've both only got half of the story." He grinned, which always terrified Tama for some reason. "I'm afraid the more interesting portion is in Kagome's head."

"I just want to know one thing." Tama said evenly. "Kagome told me this Inuyasha guy went away. What really happened."

Datsu looked at the boy over the rim of his glasses. "You'll know soon enough. I'm afraid I can't share that with you." He looked at his watch. "Go to bed, Tama. It's getting late."

Tama scowled.