Highschool Dilemma

Chapter 8

Inuyasha leaned onto his car. "So, what do you want to do?"

"I don't know. Any ideas?" Sango said with a shrug.

"I have to do a few things around home, but I can meet up with you later." Kagome said.

"Okay. We'll plan something later, just call us when you're ready."

"Okay. Well, I'll see you guys later."

"Do you need a ride, Kag?" Inuyasha asked. Kagome shook her head.

"No, my car's out of the shop now."

"What do you drive?" Miroku asked.

"Subaru Impreza WRX." Inuyasha looked at her.

"Subaru WRX?" Kagome nodded.

"I want to check this out." Kagome nodded as she led them to her car. Inuyasha and Miroku circled the car, slowly. Sango just shook her head and laughed.

"What are they doing?" Kagome asked her.

"They're checking everything out. By the time they're done, you'll know if you have a 'good car' or not." she said. Kagome nodded her head and grinned. She knew they'd like this. Inuyasha looked up at her.

"What did you have to put it in the shop for?"

"I had some wires replaced."

"What mechanic did you go to?"

"The shop on main street." Inuyasha nodded.

"Do you mind popping the hood?"

"No." Kagome said as she did so. Inuyasha and Miroku lifted the hood.

"Clumsy dude is still a rip off."

"What?" Kagome said as she looked under the hood.

"You see this..." he said as he pointed. She nodded. "These wires are still loose. All he did was try to reconnected the same wires and he did a very poor job at that."

"Dirty, rotten, son of a..."

"Chill out, Kag. I can probably fix it for you." Miroku said.

"You could?" He nodded.

"How about we meet up at Inuyasha's in about 20 minutes?"

"Sounds good. I'll see you all later." Kagome said as she and Sango got in the car and took off.

"Hey, we're here." Kagome called out through the place.

"Uh... do you mind pulling your car into the garage?" Inuyasha's voice rang out.

"Sure." she said.

"I'll wait in here." Sango said.

"Okay. Be back in a minute." Kagome pulled her car into the garage. She turned off the engine and got out.

"Uh... Inuyasha? Miroku? Where are you?" Suddenly, two figures appeared in front of her and she jumped back.

"Don't do that, you jerks." Kagome said. Inuyasha smirked as he flipped down from the rafters. Miroku jumped down as well.

"He force me to do it, Lady Kagome." Miroku said. "I swear that I wouldn't have done it on my own." Inuyasha rolled his eyes.

"Quit playing innocent. What can she do to us?"

"Inuyasha?"

"What?" he asked as he turned around. Suddenly, his face got smeared with oil. Miroku's eyes opened in shock.

"Uh... I think I'm going to go check on Sango." he said as he rushed off. Inuyasha stood there with a dumbstruck look on his face.

"Did you just-?"

"Yep."

"You know you going to get it now?"

"Yeah right." Inuyasha use his sleeve to wipe some of the dripping substance from his eyes.

"I forgot that this was a good shirt." he said as he took it off. Under neath was a muscle shirt. He use the damaged shirt to wipe the rest of the oil from his face. Then, Kagome saw clearly that he had a grin on his face. "Oh no." She ran to the other side of the car to get away from him as he grabbed the oil.

"You're turn, missy." he said. As he moved toward her. She moved in the opposite direction.

"Inuyasha, put it down. This is one of my nicest shirts."

"Well, so was the one you so elegantly ruined. That's two shirts you owe me."

"What?" she said as she stopped moving around. She seemed to have forgotten that he could tap into his demon powers and he was now directly behind her. She moved to run, but he grabbed her around the waist. "Just going to give you a touch-up." he said as he moved to smear it on her face. His had jolted back as it hit the barrier that she used to protect herself. Inuyasha stood, dumbstruck again and she took the opportunity to hit the bottom of the oil can, causing to it spill all over him. Then, she ran away from him into the living room. He wouldn't kill her if their were witnesses.

Miroku walked into the living room and saw Sango, sitting on the couch. He grinned since she hadn't seen him. He, slowly and quietly, began to creep across the floor to the area behind her. He made it there and his grin became wider and wider.

"Don't even think about it, Miroku." Sango said. Miroku face faulted.

"How did you know?"

"I am trained to hunt, you know."

"How did you know it was me?"

"I'd know if it was you no matter what."

"Oh, really?"

"Yes." He sat down next to her and leaned his head back, closing his eyes. Sango looked at him out of the corner of her eye.

"Um... Miroku?"

"Yeah?"

"Why did you move in front of me whenever Kouga was glaring at me?"

"Huh?" He said as he opened his eyes and looked at her. "Oh, I well... I simply didn't want him to injure you in anyway."

"I can fend for myself."

"I know you can. I just... felt the need to warn him to back off." Sango nodded.

"So, you were warning him to stay away?"

"Technically, yes."

"I see."

"If he wanted to get to you, he'd have to fight me first." Miroku said as he laid his head back down. Sango looked over at him again. Miroku was looking at her out of the corner of his eye, but quickly looked away. Sango smiled and leaned her head on his shoulder. Miroku looked at her, but she just smiled.

"Thanks."

"For what?" Sango shrugged.

"Everything. For being there for me, for staying with me, for protecting me."

"You would do the same for me." Sango smiled. Miroku looked down into her eyes. They were twinkling with happiness. He smiled back at her and leaned closer to her. 'Is he going to-?' Sango thought as she lean toward him. She felt his lips lightly brush against hers and she responded back. That was... until Kagome came running into the room. They both shot apart and Kagome hid behind the couch. Sango gave her a look.

"Don't tell him where I am." She whispered. Sango nodded as she looked back to the door and saw Inuyasha, fully covered in oil.

"Where did she go?" he bellowed. Sango and Miroku bursted out laughing. Inuyasha's eye twitched as he growled lowly.

"Will you just tell me?"

"We didn't see her, Inuyasha."

"What were you doing if you didn't see her come running in here?" Just the thought of what they were doing brought blushes onto their cheeks as they glanced at each other. Inuyasha shook his head. "It's about time you to did something about your feelings for each other, but god, does it have to be at my place?" Miroku grinned. This would be interesting.

"It's not like you don't have feelings for Kagome? I don't know. Have you expressed them yet?" he said.

"Miroku." Two people growled at the same time. Inuyasha grinned.

"I heard you, Kagome. I should have known you couldn't hide. Your mouth will always be open."

'That's it.' Kagome thought as she jumped up.

"You can't say anything about having your mouth open."

"At least I don't have a high pitched, annoying voice."

"Do not."

"Do too."

"Do not."

"Do too."

"Do not."

"Do too." Miroku and Sango watched as the two argued. They could tell that neither one of them meant a word they were saying. It was actually the sort of argument that showed how much you care, in their case. Miroku and Sango both smiled at them and, then, Inuyasha glared.

"Are we amusing you two?"

"Yes, very much so."

"Feh."

After a long while, all of the arguments stopped and Inuyasha and Miroku fixed the car. Miroku came in, wiping the oil off of his hands. "That'll be $21.79." he said. Kagome shrugged as she pulled out her wallet.

"I was kidding, Kag. I don't want you to pay me."

"Why not? You did the work."

"Consider it pay back for saving me many months of agony from a broken rib." Kagome nodded. Inuyasha stuck his hand out. Kagome glared at him.

"I doubt that you did any of the work."

"Want to bet?"

"Yeah." Inuyasha looked at Miroku.

"Prove me right, buddy. Did I not work hard?"

"No." Inuyasha glared at him. "You little liar." Sango cleared her throat.

"So, what are we going to go?"

"I figure we could head over to Ikon Lake." Inuyasha said.

"Alright. Everyone want to do that?" Miroku and Sango nodded.

"Let's go."

Kagome looked over at Inuyasha, who was playing close attention to the road. Just his presence was enough for her to feel oddly secure. It was amazing how quickly it took for them to get to know each other. She joined the gang and, then, feelings started to arise in her heart for him. Kagome smiled at the thought of him coming to her rescue. She saw him in a form not everyone got to see. She like the idea of knowing both sides of him. One was the hanyou side. His long silver hair and amber eyes. Not to forget the dog ears on the top of his head. The other side was the normal human teenager that she was looking at, at that moment.

Kagome smiled as she thought of the idea of her being in the passenger seat in her own car. She never thought that she wouldn't drive her own car, but Inuyasha wanted to test drive it. After a argument on both parts (and promise not to do stunts on Inuyasha's part) Kagome handed the keys over to him and that's how they got there. Inuyasha felt her stare and glanced over at her.

"Is something wrong?" he asked. Kagome ended up turning and blushing.

"No. Everything's okay. I was just thinking." She said as she looked at the road ahead.

"What about?" There was a short pause.

"You." she said softly. Inuyasha looked over at her.

"Perv." he commented jokingly.

"I'm not the pervert. That's Miroku's job." Inuyasha laughed slightly as he glanced in the rearview mirror at Miroku's car. 'Yep. He's still behind.'

"So, what about me were you thinking about?" Kagome shrugged.

"Nothing in particular. Just you." Inuyasha smirked.

"So... you have it for me that bad?" Kagome coughed.

"Excuse me."

"You heard me." He glanced at her out of the corner of his eye and winked. Kagome simply shrugged.

"Do you have it that bad for me?" Inuyasha swerved a little on the road.

"When did the subject change to me? We were talking about you."

"I changed it to you." Inuyasha smiled at her as he slowly turned into a empty parking lot.

"Uh... we're here." he said quickly. Kagome looked at him as she unbuckled her belt and got out.

'He avoided the question.' she said as she began to doubt if he had similar feelings.

Miroku looked at Inuyasha as he got out of the car. "Why did you swerve?"

"Oh. Nothing. Not use to the control in her car." Inuyasha said as he scratched the side of his neck. Miroku knew that was a sign of uneasiness coming from Inuyasha. He shrugged it off. Sango looked over at Miroku and back to Inuyasha, who were just standing there.

"Uh. What are we going to do?"

"Oh. We're going for a little hike." Inuyasha said as he snapped out of his stupor. Miroku nodded.

"Let's go." he said as if he knew what Inuyasha was thinking.

They walked for a little while in silence, but then a conversation was struck up about nature and other things. Inuyasha was unusually silent as they walked down the path. Kagome looked back at him and he was just looking in the woods as if he was searching for something.

'He's been acting weird since the car ride.' she said as she looked ahead. "Don't you think so, Kagome?" Sango asked her. Kagome didn't have a clue what was being said, but she nodded anyways.

"Ha. You see. I'm not the only one who thinks so." Kagome tuned out the conversation once again as she continued to walk up the path a little ways. Suddenly, she felt a hand pull her to a stop. She turned to see Inuyasha, who nodded to a smaller, less traveled, obscure pathway. Kagome followed Inuyasha down that path until they reached a tunnel.

"I want to show you something." he said quietly as he went through the tunnel. Kagome followed him. Inuyasha reached the end of the tunnel. At the end of the tunnel was an amazing view of the forest.

"Whoa. This is nice." she said. Inuyasha nodded as he sat down.

"I used to come here whenever I wanted to be alone. I was the only one who knew about this before now." Kagome looked at him as he climbed a 6 or 7 foot rock with a flat top. She followed and he leaned her a hand whenever she reached the top. He sat down with his feet hanging over the side. She sat cross legged.

"Yes." he said suddenly.

"Yes what?"

"Yes, I do have it bad for you. To be honest, I have never trusted someone so much." he said quietly. Kagome sat there.

"I have it bad for you too, Inuyasha. Ever since Kik-" She cut herself off. She didn't feel like reopening that subject of their lives at that point in time.

"Go ahead Kagome." he said.

"-Kikyo I didn't really know what to do. Kikyo was my biological cousin, but she was my sister at heart."

"Kikyo was someone who honestly did care about the world and it's condition." he said. Kagome nodded and there was a silence.

"Did you love her?" Inuyasha froze for a second.

"In a way. I did love her. Kagome, can I tell you the whole story?" Kagome nodded slowly. Inuyasha laid down on his side, facing her.

"Kikyo and I knew each other for a while. She worked at the store and I used to be a bagger. We talked and eventually I asked her out. She agreed to it. We were going out for four months and Naraku somehow figured it out. We made our dates less obvious. On our four month anniversary, we 'bumped' into each other. We were talking and eventually we got on the subject of Naraku. She asked me to quit the gang. Ever since, we got the gang started, I was dedicated to it. Plus, Sango and Miroku are the only family I have besides Sesshomaru. I told her the only thing that would make me remotely consider quitting is if I killed Naraku. She asked if I was just going to become a murderer. I- basically told her yes and she I was no better that the animal inside of me."

Kagome gasped at the all to familiar phrase. "I'm so sorry. I didn't-." Kagome was cut off by Inuyasha's lips against hers. She calmed after a second and Inuyasha pulled back.

"It's okay, now. I'm fine with it."

"I still shouldn't have said those things." she whispered as she leaned her head into his chest. Inuyasha felt her body rack in silent sobs. He wrapped his arms around her waist and set his chin on top of her head.

"Don't cry." he said with a small laugh. "I didn't mean to make you feel guilty."

"I know." she said quietly. "I can't believe I was so stupid."

"I can't believe you were either." Kagome smacked his arm.

"You're not suppose to agree with me."

"I was told to always agree with a crying woman." Kagome couldn't help but laugh.

"Kikyo did talk about her cousin."

"She did?" Kagome said as she pulled her head out of his chest.

"Yes. She told me about her sweet innocence and her caring attitude. So that can't be you." He said as he poked her side. Kagome restrained from laughing, but it came out as a giggle. Inuyasha looked in Kagome's eyes. "Did I find your ticklish spot?" he said with a daring look in his eyes.

"No. Don't you dare."

"I dare." He said as he continued tickling her.

Miroku and Sango walked ahead talking about this and that. Miroku looked back and noticed that Kagome and Inuyasha had disappeared. He smiled slightly. Sango looked at Miroku who was smiling back and looked back.

"Where's Kagome and Inuyasha?" Miroku looked at her.

"I don't know."

"Should we look for them?"

"No. They'll be fine." he said as they continued to walk up the trail.

"The lake is just up ahead. We can wait for them there." He said. She nodded in agreement. They saw the lake and sat down on the grass by it.

"So, Sango?"

"Yeah."

"I want to ask you something."

"What is it?"

"Do you... never mind."

"What is it?"

"Would you go out with me?" Sango looked at him. He looked a little on edge. 'He must be scared of rejection like I have been.'

"When I was little, my dad told me dating is when two people do things together when they have a romantic interest in each other. I know I have feelings. Do you?" Miroku looked up at her.

"Yeah. I have had feelings for you for a long time." H said as he brushed a loose strand of hair from her face. She smiled.

"Then, the answer's yes." Miroku smiled as he put an arm around her shoulders. She leaned against him. Miroku's beeper went off at that moment. He pulled it out of his pocket.

ISN'T THAT A TOUCHING SIGHT?

Miroku laughed as he showed it to Sango. Sango looked around. They were no where in sight. Miroku typed something in a sent it. He show that to Sango.

HOW ABOUT THE WAY YOUR ARM IS AROUND KAGOME'S WAIST?

Sango looked at Miroku. "You know where they are?" she whispered. He shook his head.

"Gut instinct."

SHUT UP! was the reply. Miroku laughed again. "You see. He's predictable." Miroku felt a head ache come quickly due to the fact a fist has just struck there.

"Shut up."