Mixed Emotions [Seven]

Author's notes: YARRRRRRRRGHURGHWAK!!!! Once again this chapter has been one week late :(...So much projects for History and Geography...plus some extra-curricular activities...I've been really busy. I'm listening to "The best thing" by Savage Garden [Gotta love this song!] while writing this and reading the reviews...and maybe munching on some chips...lol. Thanks for the wonderful reviews from the previous chapters =D! They all made me happy! ...It feels...nice when people review.

Oh, and by the way, a secret will be revealed in this chapter...a secret made to a certain young woman...

Anyways, here's chapter 7 of Mixed Emotions. Now, you must be wondering what the title means...? "Promise from long ago..." But who's promise is it? And to whom? Read on to the story! =D

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha...:

Mixed Emotions [Seven] - The promise from long ago

Inuyasha, Miroku, Sango, Ayame and Kouga - Quite shocking news

[Previously...]

Inuyasha, Kagome, Miroku, Sango, Ayame and Kouga had gone to the amusement park on a "triple date", that even Inuyasha agreed to. The couples were:(1) Miroku and Sango; (2) Kouga and Ayame; and lastly, (3) Inuyasha and Kagome. Once again, Miroku and the others decided to leave the silver haired hanyou (Half-demon) to go around the park themselves. However, things didn't go well at first, but all is well afterwards. Also, a lot of things happened that Friday night. Kouga asked Ayame to be his girlfriend, while the red head agreed and was rewarded by a kiss. Miroku announced his love for Sango, as he had a long time ago, and gave her a surprising kiss. Meanwhile, Inuyasha and Kagome left the park while these events were occuring. Kagome had recieved a passionate kiss from Inuyasha, who seemed to enjoy it. But, then again, their friends are spying on them!

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[Two weeks later]

Inuyasha sat up on his favourite tree in the park, where him and his friends would go to every weekend. But today was different. He was alone, and told his friends to find something else to do. He needed time for himself...time to think some more and relive that Friday night two weeks ago...

Since that moment, he couldn't sleep at night, or concentrate on his studies. He couldn't look Kagome straight in the eye either, as if he had done something seriously bad. He couldn't bring himself to forget about it, and tried so hard to cover it up. Inuyasha forced himself to act normal in school for the Kagome's sake, or it would be too obvious that something had happened during that weekend between them. He pretended to always be grumpy like his old self, but inside he couldn't help but wonder about why he did what he did on that friday night. To this day, he still pretended that everything was back to normal. He couldn't help but search his thoughts about why he felt as if he had betrayed someone the moment he kissed the 15 year old Kagome...

Inuyasha...

I...

I love...

I love you....

There was a familiar voice ringing in his head. Inuyasha shot up as he recognized who the female voice belonged to. "Kikyo!" he thought silently, opening his mouth, about to shout her name out loud. A few more minutes flowed along, and the thoughts about this female flashed back in his mind. A girl, with pale skin tone, midnight black hair, and chocolate coloured eyes, was smiling at him...although, he didn't feel the warmness of her expression as he did whenever Kagome had smiled at him. At first glance, he had mistaken the girl to be Kagome, but as he suinted his eyes in his mind, he recognized the girl as someone called "Kikyo".

Inuyasha...

Inuyasha...

Why did you betray me?!

You promised me...

promised...

"Wait!! Kikyo!!!"

Inuyasha found himself at the base of the tree, sweating as he snapped back to reality. He had fallen asleep without even knowing that he did. A headache in his head throbbed in pain. As he slightly opened his eyes, a blurred image of someone looming over him came into view. Someone with long black hair tied to a meduim ponytail was knocking him on the head. Another one with fiery red hair was checking his temperature by placing a hand on his forehead. A female, as he recognized, was saying, "Is he alright?" A young man on his right with black hair and a small ponytail behind his neck nodded and glanced at him again. As his vision finally went back to normal, he realized that it was Miroku, Sango, Ayame and Kouga.

"Are you sure?" said Sango, still glancing at Inuyasha. "He doesn't look too good."

"He's burning!" exclaimed Ayame frantically, pulling her hand back as if it was burned real good. "I wonder what's he's doing out here with a fever!"

"Did he say Kikyo?" asked Kouga. "Isn't she the famous "beauty and brains" that everyone's talking about? She awfully looks like our Kagome. Hopefully, no one would mistake her for Kikyo."

"I must say, she is a beauty..." Miroku said dreamily. Glancing at Sango, he cleared his throat and proceeded to her. "But you'll always be the most beautiful woman for me, Sango."

"Anyway, did he come to yet?" asked Sango, changing the subject. "Who knows what Kagome will say if she was here." At the sound of Kagome's name, Inuyasha sprung up into a sitting position, but winced in pain so he slowly lay back down. His back slightly hurts because of the fall, and the tree was not short.

"Lie down, fool," said Kouga. "Can't you see you're sick?"

"Don't worry, we won't tell Kagome. She's pretty busy studying right now. She didn't want to fai-" Sango said, but was interrupted by Miroku.

"Speaking of studying, who is this Kikyo that you speak of?" he asked curiously.

"She was a close friend..." Inuyasha blurted out. "...from my old school."

"ONLY a friend? Judging by the expression when we found screaming 'Wait! Kikyo!!!', it seems like she's more than a friend." Sango, Ayame and Kouga became curious too.

"Keh. Fine, she's my girlfriend," Inuyasha replied bitterly. Sango and Ayame gasped.

"Tell us more," Miroku muttered, testing how far Inuyasha would go on with this.

"I met her four years ago. We've been together for three years...until I had to go away to this school. I always loved her, and I was always by her side. We spent every minute together, and we were even in the same classes. I'd always walk her home, and go with her whenever she needs me. I'd do anything for her. Everything was going well...until my father got a new job and we had to move here. That's when everything became abysmal hell for me. School, people...everything...it went down hill...until I met you guys...and Kagome. Somehow, my life seemed to slowly look up when I met Kagome. She's always there, watching out for me..."

"That's so true. Before two weeks ago, she'd always talk about you, and how worried she is about you whenever you're hurt, or whatever. You mean a lot to her, we think," said Sango.

"But now...I regret what I did two weeks ago. Now that I look back at it, I'm kinda like...betraying her...I don't think I can still keep that promise that I made."

"You mean, two-timing her, you dumbass," said Kouga.

"Shut up, Kouga," Miroru commanded. "Anyway, what's this promise?"

"I promised that I'd be engage to her in Christmas this year, and be married in a year's time," Inuyasha answered, blushing, sweating and heart pounding at the same time. "More like...she made me promise..." Miroku and Kouga exchnaged glanced, and Sango and Ayame gasped once more.

"But you're so young! I mean, you're fifteen years old!" Miroku commented.

"I know...I guess I wasn't thinking back then..."

"So...you say that you can't keep that promise. Why?"

"I-I-I think I'm..."

"Inlove with Kagome?" Kouga piped in. Inuyasha turned away, blushing. "Hah! We knew you liked her since you had that conversation with her about yer secret." The demon was speechless. He had nearly forgotten about that time.

"So you know why I think I can't keep my promise to her. Does that help?" he smirked.

"Yes...It does help," said Sango with a funny expression. "Now we know what to do..."

"But now you're two-timing this Kikyo girlfriend of yours!" Ayame exclaimed once again. "Since you asked Kagome out, kissed Kagome, and even walked her home, she'll think that you're really inlove with Kagome and not her!" Sango then covered her friend's mouth swiftly and laughed nervously. Inuyasha turned back to his friends. "Agohmehs gonna ve mab!"

"Kagome's going to be upset when she hears about this. It's best if we keep this meeting a secret," said Miroku, closing his eyes. "She'll be disappointed to hear that the only one that's been keeping her going is inlove with someone else."

"Kagome's going to cry her heart out again..." Sango said. "...like when she really wanted to break up with Hojo because he was really annoying. And they did break up."

"Choose Kagome, Inuyasha! You know that you love her more than this Kikyo!" said Ayame, but not so convincingly. Inuyasha's anger was rising quickly, plus the pain of his headache grew even more painful.

"GET OFF MY BACK, DAMN IT! I'M THE ONE WHO'S IN THESE PROBLEMS, NOT YOU!" Inuyasha yelled in frustration. "SO STOP GETTING IN THE WAY OF MY PROMBLEMS AND GO AWAY!" And without looking back, Inuyasha got up and dashed out of the sight of his taken aback friends.

"I guess we were meddling with his life too much," said Kouga.

"We're only trying to help," said Sango, sighing.

"I suggest that we leave him alone and think things over," Miroku said simply. "Let's go, before people start asking us what's going on." They shrugged lightly but followed Miroku's lead.

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There you go. I know it's pretty short, but right now I have a killer headache because of three major projects this week and last week: P.E., Geography, and History. Damn. I'm lagging behind in my stories. By the way, I've started chapter 8 of "Kouga's disguise." Watch out for it. Might be out in a week or two. Sorry about this chapter being so late. It's just I had been very busy last week and this week and this weekend is the only time that I don't have any homework. Anyways, wait for chapter 8, "Invitations to the special ones." Kikyo's chapter is coming, so wait for it =D. See ya!!

[Chapter 8 preview]

"Here you go."

"I'm invited to your birthday party?"

"Yep. It starts at 7:30PM, so be there, alright?"

"Okay...thanks, I guess."

"No problem, Kagome. All our friends are invited."

"That's great! I just know that I'm going to have fun!"

"And...also a special friend from my previous school...is invited. You'll meet her there. Her name's Kikyo. She's nice."

"I'm sure I'll be friends with her." A small smile appeared in Kagome's face. Excitement ran through her veins...

[end of preview]

You'll regret those words Kagome! Watch out for chapter 8 of "Mixed Emotions!"

P.S. Reviews...please?