Highschool Dilemma

Chapter 5

Beep, beep, beep, beep, WHAM! Inuyasha opened his eyes. 'Stupid alarm clock.' He stood up and walked over to his dresser. Pulling some clothes out from a drawer, he kicked a rather large bundle of blankets in the middle of the floor. A barely audible groan came from the blankets.

"Miroku, get up." Inuyasha said. He heard some mumbling from the blankets and he kicked the blankets again.

"What was that for?" Miroku said as he poked his head out of the blankets.

"I heard what you mumbled." They, eventually, got ready and to school and somehow managed to get there on time. Miroku automatically spotted Sango.

"Hey, Sango."

"Hey." she said. "Have you seen Kagome?"

"No. I wonder where she is."

Just then, Kagome arrived on campus. She, literally, had to roll herself out of bed in order to get up. It had been several months since she was tried and proved herself true to the gang. She walked in through the front doors. 'I wonder where the others are.' She quickly walked over to her locker. Jamming her backpack into it, she shut it and turned around to walk away whenever she turned into someone.

"I'm sorry."

"If it isn't the new girl..." a cold and cruel voice said. Kagome froze.

"What do you want, Naraku?"

"Information."

"Well, I don't have any." Kagome began walking away before Naraku grabbed the back of her shirt, pulling her back and pinning her against her locker.

"Are you sure about that?" Kagome stood tall against her locker with her chin raised in firmness.

"Yes." Naraku's eye twitched. He brought up hand up and struck her hard across the face.

"Now... I'll ask you one more time-"

"Naraku." a voice growled from behind him. Kagome looked over Naraku's shoulder.

"Inuyasha." she exclaimed. Naraku looked over his shoulder.

"Well, well. The half breed is here."

"Half breed?" Kagome asked. Inuyasha looked at Kagome, who had a hand print on her cheek and was still pinned. He growled again.

"Naraku, let her go or else."

"Or else what? What'll you do?" Inuyasha's fists started shaking in anger.

"This." He went to swing at Naraku, only to see Naraku put Kagome in front of him. He stopped in dead air. Naraku chuckled.

"You see... you can't get to me." Inuyasha gave Kagome a look. Kagome didn't quite get what it meant. It was a sort of watch out, but an apology at the same time.

"See if I care about that wench." Inuyasha, then, swung again. This time directly for Kagome. Kagome's eyes widened and she ducked. Inuyasha decked Naraku right under the chin. Naraku grasp on Kagome was lost and Naraku flew back into the locker. The hit under his chin rendered him unconscious. Kagome was on her knees in front of him.

"Kagome, are you okay?" Inuyasha asked as he brought her up to her feet. Inuyasha looked into her eyes and could still see the fear. He didn't know what to do, so he hugged her.

"It's okay now. I'm so sorry, Kagome." Kagome nodded. At that moment, she felt so... secure in his arms.

"I'm fine now. Inuyasha?"

"Huh?"

"What does he mean half breed?" Inuyasha froze for a second.

"Kagome, this might freak you out a little. I'm not a complete human. I'm half demon." Kagome, then, got a flashback.

Flashback:

"Why? Why did you kill her?" Naraku shrugged.

"I was in love with her and she was in love with a no good half-breed. She picked him over me so..."

Another Flashback:

"So, you knew Kikyo?" Inuyasha cursed under his breath. He was hoping that Kagome wouldn't ask that. He didn't want to have her leave the gang by telling her that he was her boyfriend that she was mad at when she died.

"Um... yeah. I did."

"How did you know her?"

Kagome, suddenly, stepped back out of Inuyasha's arms. There were tears in her eyes. "So... that's how you knew Kikyo." Kagome turned around and began to run.

"Kagome, wait." He grabbed her arm.

"No. I'm not going to wait for a... an animal like you." Inuyasha simply let go of her arm. That hurt him more than she'd ever know. She ran away from him, not turning back around. Inuyasha's fist clinched together again.

"Damn it." Inuyasha turned back around and saw Naraku laying in the floor. He began walking towards him and had Naraku pulled up by the collar until a voice came up from behind him.

"Inuyasha." Inuyasha spun around.

"What, Sesshomaru?"

"What do you think you're doing?"

"What does it look like? I'm gonna kill him."

"You cannot do that in a school, Inuyasha. I know how tick you and your friends are at him. I agree that he should die a slow and painful death, but not here." Inuyasha sighed heavily as he dropped Naraku.

"But it would have been so easy now." Sesshomaru nodded.

"I know, but you simply can't. I"ll show you a trick I used to do to people like him. Follow me." Sesshomaru grabbed Naraku and slung him over his shoulder like he was a piece of trash. Inuyasha followed Sesshomaru out back off the school. Sesshomaru looked around to see if anyone was looking. He took one hand and grabbed Naraku by the back of the shirt. Then, he threw him into a dumpster. Inuyasha smirked and closed the lids to the trash bin.

Sango and Miroku were talking until they saw Inuyasha run off. They began to follow him, but he was too fast.

"I wonder where he went." They began searching around for him, until Sango spotted Kagome running towards the front doors. Miroku eyed Sango.

"I'll go after Kagome. I'm almost positive that if you go in the opposite direction, you'll find Inuyasha." Miroku nodded as he stalked off. Sango walked off after Kagome. She went outside.

"Where could she have gone?" Sango spotted Kagome at the bottom of the tree. Kagome was simply looking up into the tree. For some reason, it made her calmer. She felt peaceful.

"Kagome?" a voice said from behind her. She turned and saw Sango.

"Hey." she said in a monotone voice. Sango sat down next to her.

"Are you okay?"

"Fine."

"Kagome, listen to me. I can tell by your deadened expression that you're not fine. What happened?" Kagome looked up at the tree. Sango saw a tear run down her face.

"Inuyasha... he's... he's my cousin's ex-boyfriend."

"I know, Kagome."

"You did?" Sango nodded.

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"Because of this exact reason. Now, you hate us, don't you?"

"No, I don't hate you. I just..." she sighed. "Inuyasha, I told myself what I would do to Kikyo's boyfriend if I ever figured out who he was. I can't do it. I can't get revenge."

"Yes, you can. Inuyasha didn't kill Kikyo. It was Naraku. He's the one who killed her."

"After what I said to Inuyasha, I don't think he'll even want to see me again."

"I'm sure he'll understand."

"I sure hope so." Kagome and Sango walked to the classroom. Kagome looked around and saw Inuyasha, talking with Miroku. She looked down. 'How could I have said such a thing?' She looked back up at Inuyasha, who now was looking at her, until her eyes caught his. Then, he jerked his gaze away as if she was something repulsive in his eyes. It felt as if her heart sank. She felt extremely awful at that moment. Suddenly, the bell rang. Kagome snapped out of her daze and walked to her seat. On her way up the isle, she felt Inuyasha's intense gaze burning. She looked up at him and her glared at her. She gulped. She meant to say something, but she couldn't speak. Inuyasha sighed. 'So... no apology.' The rest of the school day on, Kagome had went to apologize, but Inuyasha kept ignoring her or dodging from her. Kagome sighed as she walked out to the front door to the school.

"Hey, Kagome." Sango called from behind her.

"Hey." she said.

"Have you talked to Inuyasha yet?"

"No. He keeps blocking me out." Sango sighed.

"Have you tried his cell phone or pager?"

"His cell phone had caller ID, but I haven't tried his pager."

"Why don't you?"

"Now?"Sango shrugged.

"It's as good of a time as any." Kagome shrugged. She pulled out her pager.

"What should I say?"

"Tell him that you're sorry at least." Kagome nodded. She sent him the message: Hey. I'm so sorry. I was upset. We need to talk. Call me.

She sighed. "What did you say?"

"That I was sorry and upset and to call me." Suddenly, Kagome's cell phone went off. She picked it up.

"Hello?"

"Hey, wench."

"I'm so sorry. I feel so guilty right now."

"You should."

"I know I should. I was upset and said things I never meant to say." She heard Inuyasha sigh heavily.

"Why don't you come over? It'll be easier to talk."

"Okay. When?"

"Now?"

"Okay. I'll be there." Both lines hung up.

"So... what's up?" Sango asked.

"I'm going over to his place to meet him."

"Do you want me to walk you over there?"

"No. It's alright. I'll make it."

"See you later. I hope everything goes okay." Kagome walked half-way over there when she began to think. 'What if he's still mad? What if he doesn't forgive me? Is what I did so bad?' She walked down and turned a corner. What she didn't notice was a teenager waiting around that corner with an eye full of revenge and a car next to him that could lead him anywhere.

Inuyasha paced back and forth. She sounded like she was in regret, almost remorse. He sighed. 'She doesn't know about that, though.'

Flashback:

"Quit this, Inuyasha! Quit the gang." Kikyo asked him.

"I won't quit. He killed my family and the gang is my only family now."

"But Inu-"

"No. I said no. I'm not quitting this gang. The only thing that would cause me to consider it would be to kill Naraku."

"Then, you're just going to turn into a cold-hearted killer?"

"If that's what it takes."

"Then, you're no better than the animal inside you."

End Flashback

Inuyasha sighed heavily. 'Kagome didn't know. I'm going to hear her out and apologize.' he concluded. He sat down on the couch until he heard his beeper go off. He looked down at the message.

NARAKU GOT ME!

Inuyasha jumped up onto his feet. "Kagome."

Miroku was at home. He changed out of his clothes into some newer ones. He sighed as he fell back onto his bed. He grabbed the remote and turned on the radio. He tapped his foot to the beat for a little while until his cell phone rang. He looked at the caller ID. It was Sango. He smiled and answered his phone.

"Miroku's club. Where your wildest dreams become reality."

"Ha ha. You wish, monk."

"What's up?"

"I was wondering what Inuyasha said."

"From the sounds of it, Sesshomaru stopped him from killing Naraku even though Naraku was knocked unconscious. That was after Naraku pinned Kagome to her locker trying to get information. Somehow, Kagome figured out that Inuyasha was Kikyo's boyfriend and that he was a hanyou."

"Oh... no wonder why Kagome was so shaken up."

BEEP BEEP, BEEP BEEP.

"Hang on." they both said at the same time. Miroku smirked.

"Pager?"

"Yeah." They both read their pager.

"Meet you at Inuyasha's." Miroku and Sango rushed to Inuyasha's house. Inside, they saw Inuyasha pacing nervously in front of the door.

"What happened?" Sango asked.

"I don't know. She was walking this way when I got the message."

"How are we going to find her? I mean..."

"We'll find her. If it's the last thing I do." Inuyasha said as his fist clenched together. 'Damn it all...' They stood in silence for a few seconds. Then, it was Inuyasha who spoke out.

"She was walking this way from the school. Maybe if we walk the route I can pick up a scent."

"Yeah, but that means you will have to go into your other form." Sango said.

"I know."

"If you do that..."

"I know the risks, Miroku. It's my fault that she in danger now so I have to rescue her."

"I don't see any other way." Miroku sighed. "We'll have to find someway to hide you dog features."

"That's easy, monk. It's called a hat."

"Well, I suggest that you get a hat before the scent wears off." They went into the training room and picked up their weapons. Sango took the liberty of picking up Kagome's. Inuyasha went into the closet and grabbed a hat.

"Okay. This might freak you out a little." Inuyasha's face held a look of pure concentration. His lips grew thin in determination. His eyes closed. Suddenly, his eyebrows furrowed together as if he was in pain. Miroku saw dog ears appear on the top of his head. His mouth grew fangs and his fingernails became hard and corse. Sango look at him in fascination. Miroku simply watched. Once Inuyasha finished, his hair changed to a silver color and when he opened his eyes, amber orbs stared at Miroku.

"Is it complete?" Miroku nodded. Inuyasha took the baseball cap and placed it over his ears.

"This stupid hat itches." he mumbled. "Okay, let's go."

Inuyasha pulled out of his garage. He, slowly, went by the sidewalk searching for any clues at to the presence of Kagome or Naraku. He slowly turned down a street until he saw something ahead. He pulled to the side and stepped out of the car. His hands were in his pockets as to hide the claws he had grew. Miroku and Sango stepped out as well. He noticed Kagome's cell phone laying on the cement, next to her bag. Miroku picked the items up.

"Do you smell anything?" Inuyasha looked around. He saw marks of the road, caused by burning out or taking off real quick. He smelled around.

"Yeah. It was Naraku, for sure. I would know that smell anywhere. Kagome's is along with his."

"Can you track it?" Sango asked. Inuyasha nodded.

"Yes. I think so. Let's go." They followed the scent for about seven or eight minutes. Inuyasha's eye twitched slightly.

"We're here." Miroku and Sango looked ahead and saw an old warehouse. A wall was surrounding it.

"How are we suppose to get in?" Miroku asked. Inuyasha smirked.

"I can simply jump over it, but leave the your way in to me." Inuyasha walked over to the wall.

"Feh. It's not even sturdy." He took a step back and then used all of his body weight in the punch to the crumbing barrier. One hit and the wall had a breech in the wall. Inuyasha smirked as he stepped over the rubble to the inside. Miroku and Sango followed him to the inside. In the court yard was many guards. They all surrounded the three teens.

"Prepare to die." one shouted. Inuyasha laughed.

"You know what? How about I made this even? I'll fight with one arm."

"Why you-" The group began a charge them. Inuyasha rolled his eyes as he placed one arm behind his back. He hit the first one in the face, causing him to fall backwards into another. One tried to sneak up at him from behind with a dagger in his hand. Inuyasha ducked as the guy swung and grabbed his arm, flinging him over to knock over at least 5 people. More men charged him.

"This is getting annoying." he stated. "Iron Weaver Soul Stealer." In a blink of the eye, the men that tried to attack him fell to the ground. He looked back to find his friends finished with their attackers.

"Inuyasha, what took you so long?" Miroku said as he looked at his fingernails in boredom.

Eventually, they made it to the inside of the warehouse. Inuyasha looked around. He saw shadows all around that anyone could hide in. There was a hallway on the opposite side of the room. Inuyasha sniffed the musky air.

"She's in one of the rooms and she's injured." Inuyasha said as his voice shook. He went into the hallway and caught the scent of Kagome. "Here." he said as he opened a door to find Naraku standing in front of a tied up Kagome with a grin on his face.