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The best years of our lives
Chapter 8: Does it have to come to this?
Kagome tried to gather her composure and get away. Something grabbed her arm before she could escape. It was Sango.
"Kagome! What were you gonna tell us?" Sango asked concerned.
"Huh? What?" Kagome came back to reality.
"The plan. What was the plan that you were gonna tell us?"
"Oh…yeah…that. Well, Sesshomaru was going to do something and—" Kagome began before she cut herself off. This wasn't what Sesshomaru told her. InuYasha was supposed to be by himself, possibly with some other guys.
Kagome stared down the hallway. As usual, Rin was hanging all over InuYasha, but this time it was worse. InuYasha was looking like he actually enjoyed it. Kagome didn't care about the plan anymore, she felt she needed to work on some unfinished business. She let herself out of Sango's grasp and began to walk down the hall.
"Well…I guess we'll have to watch the plan in action." Miroku commented.
Sango sighed. "I guess you're right."
"Wow…you're actually admitting that you're wrong!"
"Don't push your luck." Sango hit Miroku over the head with her notebook.
After taking several steps, Kagome finally reached InuYasha and Rin. Her heart was pounding and palms were sweaty. Sesshomaru wasn't following through with the intended plan which left Kagome out in the rain. Rin was about to speak until Kagome spoke first.
"Well hello there." Kagome snubbed, glaring first at Rin then drawing her attention to InuYasha. He had an emotionless expression over his face. "What are you looking at?" Kagome snapped.
Out of no where a smirk came across his face. "Nothing." InuYasha said softly.
Rin elbowed InuYasha. "What do you want, wench?" Rin glared at Kagome while putting her hand on her hip.
"I want to talk to InuYasha." Kagome retorted back. She looked beyond Rin to see a herd of guys coming. So Sesshomaru didn't back out after all.
"No…he's preoccupied at the moment. So back off bitch." Rin sneered. Little did she know what was coming.
Seconds later the same group of guys that Kagome noticed moments before had finally arrived. They swarmed Rin leaving InuYasha defenseless.
"I think you're wrong. You're the one preoccupied," Kagome laughed. Her mood quickly changed as she grabbed InuYasha's arm. "We gotta talk." To Kagome's surprise InuYasha let her lead him.
Kagome led InuYasha into the courtyard. No one was there but a few butterflies flying around. It was perfect. A warm gentle breeze was felt across their skin and in their hair. The sun shone just right that it made the lone tree in the courtyard cast a comforting shadow. The only thing that was missing was the love between Kagome and InuYasha as they stood far apart from one another.
"I'm sorry for being so upfront like this, InuYasha. But this has been bugging me for so long." Kagome sighed and looked down at the grass. InuYasha didn't say anything. Kagome looked back up at InuYasha to see that his expression didn't change. "I really don't know how you feel about me, but I like you…a lot. You swept me off my feet. But lately things have been kinda weird. What's going on? You never talk to me let alone Miroku. You act like I don't exist. Please. What's going on?"
"HEY! Can I have your number!" A guy shouted.
"I'm free tonight! Come on over to my place Rin!" Another guy said while trying to push his way through.
The group of guys who approached Rin were now swarming her and jumping all over the place like flies on stink. They were asking her all sorts of questions from "can I have your number" to "I heard you were easy."
"ARRGGG! GET OFF OF ME!" Rin shouted at the top of her lungs. "I'll make sure everyone one of you live a horrible life." Rin finally jumped out of the mass and tried to straighten out her outfit. She looked in front of her to see a fairly tall man with long hair leaning against the wall. "Don't tell me you're with those creeps." Rin addressed the mystery man.
"Hardly. I'm not barbaric like them." The man said smoothly, not moving a muscle.
Rin smirked. "And who might you be?"
"You can call me Sesshomaru."
"Is that it?"
"What do you want? An invitation? That's all you need."
Rin's smirk grew wider as she approached Sesshomaru. "Very dashing. The name's Rin. Don't you forget it." She slipped a small piece of paper into Sesshomaru's front pant pocket.
"Hardly. With a girl with enough charm and wit like you, it's hard to forget."
"Heh…well then. Be a gentleman and lead me to my next class."
"Why? We just met."
"Why not?" Rin stood closer to Sesshomaru and started to draw circles with her finger on his chest. "I like you…and I get what I want."
"A pushy, fiery woman. I like it."
"What's not to like?"
"That you're not mine."
Rin's first mischievous look now turned into an evil glare as she took Sesshomaru's hand and led him away.
Kagome stood patiently for InuYasha's response. Everything was dead quiet except for the beating of their hearts. Kagome didn't know what to do so she took a step towards InuYasha. He didn't move. Did he or did he not want Kagome with him? Kagome made a leap with her heart and decided to find out the answer to that question. With a few more steps Kagome reached InuYasha, put her arms around his neck, and her head on his chest.
To her surprise InuYasha almost immediately backed away. His face was still expressionless. Kagome's heart dropped past the ground. What happened? Before Kagome could ask anymore questions, InuYasha finally spoke.
"I'm sorry," He stood in front of Kagome, not changing his mood. "I have feelings for Rin now. I like her."