Highschool Dilemma
Chapter 11
Kagome was extremely bored. In front of her was her math teacher, rattling on about proportions and ratios. She yawned. Once the teacher turned around to the chalk board, a note landed on her desk. She glanced around to see who it was from, but no one was giving off the signs. She opened the note and read it's contents.
Meet me in front of the school at 7. Come alone and come quietly. Don't speak to anyone about this arrangement.
Kagome didn't recognize the small handwriting on the paper. She looked at Sango and Miroku and knew it wasn't either one of them. They were too lost in each other, an earthquake couldn't break their trance. She looked to her other side. It wasn't Inuyasha. He was sleeping so heavily that he was almost snoring. Kagome almost busted out laughing when she saw a little drool dribbling out of his mouth. She glanced back at the note. Whoever it was from. She racked her brain trying to think of who it was from and gave herself a headache. She set her hand down on her desk. 'I didn't need this headache.'
"Higurashi!" The teacher shouted from the front of the room. Kagome jolted up and then regretted it. She rubbed her temple to try to ease the pain.
"Yes?"
"Are you not feeling well?"
"No. Can I go to the nurse?" Her teacher looked at the clock.
"There's only a few minutes until lunch. Can it wait?" She nodded. Her teacher turned back to the chalkboard. She looked up to find another note on her desk. Kagome felt like fainting on spot, but she knew that she wouldn't. She sighed as she opened it slowly. This time she recognized the sloppy print on the paper. You alright? She smiled lightly. 'He must of woke up to the yelling.'
Yeah. Slight headache. Did you know that you drool in your sleep? She slid it across the floor and it stopped next to Inuyasha's shoe. He picked it up and read it. Kagome was lucky the bell rang or else she would have distracted the class when she busted out laughing.
"Watching me in my sleep?"
"No, I was looking..." She stopped. The note said not to tell anyone.
"...to relieve myself from the boredom of the lesson." She said quickly to cover up her pause. Inuyasha just looked at her funny.
"Are you sure you're feeling alright?" He asked again.
"I'm fine."
"Maybe, you should go to the nurse. Just to get some aspirin or something."
"That sounds alright."
"I'll walk you down there." He said. Kagome walked down the hall, Inuyasha walking by her side.
"That class is boring." Kagome said, trying to fill in the silence.
"Tell me about it. I still don't understand how to ratio." Kagome laughed lightly.
"Maybe if you didn't sleep, you'd understand it."
"Feh. You obviously were sleeping, too. I woke up to Mr. Tamoi yelling your name."
"I wasn't asleep. I just wasn't paying attention."
"What was it that distracted you?" She could feel his gaze on her. 'Should I tell him?'
"The headache, dummy." She covered. Inuyasha's eye narrowed. He knew she was hiding something.
"Alright." He saw the office door and opened it for her.
"Thanks." She whispered as she walked past him. He nodded his 'you're welcome' to her. Keade looked up when she heard the bell on the door dinging.
"Ah, Inuyasha. Did ye get another detention?"
"Shut up, old hag." Inuyasha commented. Kagome elbowed him in the ribs.
"That was rude." He grunted.
"What brings ye here?"
"I was wondering if I could get an aspirin for a headache I have."
"Sure, child." Just then, the door opened again. Inuyasha saw Miroku glancing in. He stepped outside to speak with him. "I'll be waiting outside for you." Inuyasha said as Keade took Kagome in the backroom with the medicine. Kagome smiled and nodded. When they were in the back room, Keade handed the pill to Kagome.
"Thanks, Keade." The old woman nodded as she filled a cup with water and handed it to Kagome. 'I wonder...'
"Keade?"
"Yes?"
"Can you recognize handwriting of the student?"
"Some of them. Why do you ask?" Kagome pulled the note out of her pocket.
"Do you know who's this is?" Keade examined it closely.
"I believe that's Naraku's handwriting." Kagome froze momentarily. 'Naraku?'
"Thanks again." She said as she waved her good-bye and left through the door. Inuyasha looked as she walked out.
"I told Miroku we'd meet them at our usual spot." He said. He paused as he saw the look in her eyes. "What's wrong?" Kagome thought, 'If Naraku's involved, I better tell them.'
"I'll tell you when we get outside." She stated. He nodded curiously. 'What could it be?'
"Are you feeling alright, Kagome?" Sango asked as she saw her friend walk over to them.
"Yeah, I'm alright."
"What was it you wanted to tell us?" Inuyasha asked.
"You guys aren't going to believe this."
"What is it?" Miroku asked.
"In math class, this note landed on my desk." Kagome said in a quiet tone. With her tone, everyone knew that it was more of a secret. She pulled it out of her pocket and handed it to Sango. Instead of passing it around, she whispered its contents out loud.
"'Meet me in front of the school at 7. Come alone and come quietly. Don't speak to anyone about this arrangement.' Who's is it from?"
"Naraku." Everyone stared at her.
"Naraku? How would you know that?" Inuyasha growled.
"I asked Keade. She knew his handwriting. What are we going to do?"
"You're certainly not going." Inuyasha said.
"Wait a minute. Think about this, Inuyasha. We have a chance to get Naraku."
"I'm not using Kagome as bait to lure him out. What if he hurts her?"
"That's why we'll be there to make sure that doesn't happen." Inuyasha thought it over.
"Naraku will smell us if we're anywhere near her."
"That's why we'll be on the school's roof." Sango said. "He won't be able to see or smell us from there." Inuyasha sighed. .
"How do you expect to help her if she's in danger when we're on the school's roof?"
"If she's in danger, you'll be in your hanyou form so you can easily jump down. I'm sure you'll hold them off long enough for us to get down." That was his last good argument.
"Only if Kagome is willing to do this stupid stunt..."
"I think it's a good opportunity. Let's do it." Inuyasha groaned.
"Alright."
Inuyasha sighed. He really didn't feel right, using Kagome as bait for some sick, twisted moron to come get. 'Maybe he wants to settle this.' That thought went as fast as it came. 'No way.'
"Are you alright?" Kagome asked as she stepped in. He jumped up off of the couch.
"When did you get here?"
"I've been knocking, you didn't hear me. Where were you just now?"
"I'm about a hour ahead of us." He said as he sat back down on the couch.
"Oh, I see... It'll be okay, Inuyasha." Kagome said comfortingly as she sat down next to him.
"I just feel weird, knowing I'm placing you in danger."
"I'll be fine. If they attack me, I can hold them off until you jump down from the roof. I'm a miko, remember?" He nodded. 'That's true. It'll only take me a few seconds to transform and to jump down to them.'
"Just do me a favor."
"What?"
"Don't take any unnecessary risks. After that dream you had, I just... don't take any unnecessary risks, please." He asked. Kagome couldn't help, but smile. He's really a caring guy, once you get to know him. The pleading look in his eyes confirmed that thought. 'He's kind of cute with that look in his eyes.'
"I was about to ask you the same thing." She said. He nodded as he leaned in and pressed his lips on hers.
Sango pulled out her cell phone. It was 6:15. 'We should probably get there a little early, in case Naraku decided to make sure that no one else is there.' She dialed Kagome's number. It rang three or four times before she picked it up.
"Hello?"
"Are you ready?" She heard her friend giggle lightly and whisper, "Quit that."
"Who's with you?"
"Uh... Inuyasha."
"Oh, I see." She said in a 'I-thought-so' tone.
"What happening?"
"Nothing." Her friend said. 'She's a bad liar.'
"Well, tell Inuyasha that we need to get there a little early to get it all set up."
"Alright. See you later."
They sat in compatible silence in the car. His hand tapped unconsciously on the steering wheel. "You've been sighing and tapping your hand for the last five minutes. Will you stop?" Kagome asked, a little irritated.
"Sorry." Inuyasha mumbled as he stuffed his hands in his pockets. He glanced out the window. "Finally." Miroku pulled into the parking lot. Sango was with him. Everyone got out of their cars.
"We'll walk from here." Inuyasha announced as he began to walk off.
"What's wrong with him?" Miroku asked.
"I think he's just worried about if something went wrong." Sango and Miroku both nodded.
"Hey. Wait up." Miroku yelled as he ran ahead to Inuyasha. That left Kagome and Sango walking behind them a little distance.
"So, what's going on?"
"Nothing much."
"Are you worried?"
"No. Not really. I know I have you guys to back me up." Kagome said with a smile.
"Yeah. I'm just thankful you didn't run into this alone."
"Do you think that I'm that gullible?" Sango shook her head.
"No. Not really. I know if I got a note like that I'd probably be tempted to settle it all on my own." Sango said.
"I was at first, but I figured it'd be better not to run into it." There was a small silence. Sango got a devilish smile. Kagome just eyed her suspiciously.
"So, what were you and Inuyasha doing when I called?" Kagome paused for a second.
"I just saw he was uneasy about something so I stopped by his house."
"And..."
"And he asked me not to take any unnecessary risks."
"And..."
"And I told him that I wouldn't." Sango sighed in frustration. Kagome laughed lightly. She knew what her friend was driving at.
"Yes, Sango. We kissed."
"I figured as much."
"So, where you and Miroku together?" Sango blushed lightly.
"None of your business."
"You asked me about Inuyasha and me." Sango sighed and blushed heavier. Inuyasha stopped in front of the school. "I'm going to explain to her how all of this is going to work if she gets attacked or something. Go get into position." Miroku nodded as Sango and him went into the school. Inuyasha took her hand as soon as they were out of sight.
"We're going to be watching your every move. I'll try to text message you if anything goes wrong."
"Okay."
"If they want you to go with them, tell him that your already frustrated with this whole rendevous and that you want information now." She nodded again. He pulled her into his arms. She hugged him back.
"You better go." He sighed and pulled her into a kiss.
"Remember you promised me not to take any risks." He whispered into her ear.
"Same goes for you." She said back. He nodded and saw Sango and Miroku already on the roof.
He gave her a half smile and ran off. She sighed and turned around. 'Now, all I can do is wait.' Inuyasha squatted on the roof. He looked at his watch. 6:57. They were there for twenty minutes, but it seemed much longer. Time was felt like it was dragging. '3 minutes.' Inuyasha thought as his hand ran over the hilt of the Tetsusiaga. Miroku had somehow managed to sneak out of his last hour class, get the weapons to the school roof, and get back into his class before the hour was over. He didn't ask, but he was going to if he survived this battle.
"Here they come..." Miroku whispered. Inuyasha looked at the car that came into the parking lot. It slowly pulled to a halt in front of Kagome and out stepped Naraku himself. Kagome's quivered with hate, but held it back.
"What do you want?"
"I want you to leave that half-breed and come with us."
"I'll never ever leave them."
Naraku smirked. "I figured not, unless we have the right persuasion." Kagome put her hand up to form a protective barrier around her, but Naraku just chuckled. "I'm not going to attack, yet. If you come quietly with me..."
"No." Naraku sighed and made a gesture to the car. A car window rolled down. Kagome saw Kagura and another familiar form. It was unmistakable, considering it almost looked like she was looking into a mirror. She gasped. "Kikyo?" At the sound of her name, the woman in the car, gagged and tied up, lifted her head. Her eyes widened in recognition. She began to say something, which came out muffled, until Kagura slapped her across the face. Kagome's fists clenched in rage.
"You..." She moved quicker than anyone anticipated. Her fist connected to Kagura's face through the window. Naraku chuckled lightly and moved toward her. He put twisted her arm around her back. Kagome grumbled in pain, but the hold didn't last too long.
They watched from the roof. No one could hear what was being said and it took everything of theirs to not launch their attack early. Everyone was plain out curious whenever the window rolled down on the car. No one saw what Kagome was staring at, but Inuyasha didn't like the pale look of surprise and rage on Kagome's face. The eye opener of the conversation was when Kagome launched an attack before the enemy did. Inuyasha saw Naraku's movement and that was it. He transformed within a single second and jumped down, running as fast as he could and hit Naraku in the side of the head, sending him flying into the school building's wall. What got everyone's attention was that the wall didn't stop Naraku's body. He went straight through it.
"Kagome, are you alright?" Inuyasha said. He turned around to her and caught his first look at what or more correctly put who was in the car. "Kikyo?" Kagome moved to go around to the other side of the car, where Kikyo was sitting until the door she was standing in front up flung open and hit her in the stomach. Kagome stumbled backwards as Kagura stepped out. Inuyasha was about to attack when a tentacles wrapped around his wrists. He turn and saw Naraku, tentacles for legs and his eyes a burning red. He then realized that he was back-to-back with Kagome.
"Be careful." He said loud enough for her to hear him.
"You, too." She said. He, then, used his claws and slashed the tentacles from his wrists. "Time to die, Naraku."
Kagome glared daggers at the wind demon in front of her. She saw Kagura twirl her fan and mumble some words. 'I know this attack...' Kagome thought. A simple barrier would hold it off for a limited time. She erected one around her, just in time. The tornado's came and came. Kagome felt er power drain the longer she held the barrier. She thought that she wouldn't hold it longer enough, but she was saved by Sango.
"Hiraikotsu." Sango called out as she threw her boomerang. It cut off Kagura's attack short. Kagome nodded her thanks to Sango. She glanced at the car.
"Sango, get Kikyo out of the car and to a safe place."
"Kikyo? How-?"
"I don't know. We'll figure that out later. Just go." Sango nodded and Miroku looked back and forth in between his three friends. He didn't know which one to help. Sango saw his confusion.
"Help Inuyasha." Miroku nodded and ran off. Sango opened the car door and saw Kikyo passed out. She picked her up and ran away from the school. Once they were a safe distance away, Sango set her down and leaned her against a wall. Kikyo groaned and her eyes fluttered open.
"I need some ice." She said as she rubbed the back of her head. Sango nodded.
"Hang on a second." She turned around to go find some water, but felt a hard blow to her head. Kikyo stood smirking at the girl collapsed onto the cement.
"For your head."