Highschool Dilemma

Chapter 12

Inuyasha could feel fatigue enter his body, but adrenaline was one of the only things keeping him on his feet. No matter what he did, he couldn't hit Naraku or get anywhere close to him. More tentacles whipped out at him. He was about to dodge the first few, sliced through the next ones, but the third set was too much. Some of the limbs caught his wrists, others wrapped around his throat. He felt his body smash against the school's thick, brick wall. Naraku smirked.

"What now, half breed?" He taunted as he pulled his body away from the wall and smashed him against it with even greater force. Inuyasha grunted in pain. He felt blood running down his back from the scrapes and cuts in his back. Breathing became harder and more difficult as Naraku's tentacles wrapped tighter and tighter around his throat. The Tetsusiaga was quivering and pulsing at his waist, begging to be used, but his hand couldn't reach it. He looked around him. The school was in ruins. Sesshomaru's not going to like this one. His vision began to blur. His hearing was starting to dull. Much to his pleasure,Naraku's tentacles loosened and released suddenly. He dropped onto the bricks and other materials that was formerly the school. Inuyasha's head was spinning, but he forced his body to stand. As he gasped from breath, he looked up. He could make out the outlines of two figures. One of them was Naraku, but he could tell who the other one was. He rubbed his eyes and blinked several times. He felt his breath return to him and his vision cleared more and more. Miroku had came to his rescue. He hit Naraku in the stomach with his staff. Naraku chuckled as he turned to his new target.

"Well, well, well. It's the son of the monk, aiming for revenge." He smirked. Inuyasha growled as he stood up to full height.

"Naraku! Your battle is with me." He yelled as he unsheathed the Tetsusiaga. It immediately transformed into his father's fang. Naraku turned.

"So, you still have some fight in you after all."

"Shut up and fight."

"Gladly." Inuyasha ran forward, swinging the Tetsusiaga skillfully. He cut of many more tentacles. How many of these damn things does he have? Inuyasha heard Naraku muttering something under his breath. He could only hear some of it. "That damn wench... done... job... hurry herself up..." Inuyasha glanced at Kagome. Miroku had decided to join her instead. Kagura managed to get a good cut on Kagome's arm. It was bleeding quite a bit, but it couldn't have been that bad if Kagome could still draw the bow back with that arm. It was probably healing itself. Kagura seemed to be in between a rock and a hard place, because he was doing more defensive moves that offensive. He noted Sango was gone, but so was Kikyo. They both made their escape. Inuyasha's thoughts were cut off when he heard the faint sounds of sirens. He was the first one to catch it, but almost immediately after Naraku caught it too. He whistled loudly and Kagura stopped fighting. They quickly dashed off to their car and took off. Kagome and Miroku stood there, stupefied.

"The police are on their way. Let's get the hell out of here." He, quickly, ran off with the others following closely behind him. By this time, the sun was almost completely set. Inuyasha ran in the direction of his car. He picked up the faint smell of Sango's scent mixed with Kikyo's. Running down an alley, he saw a form up ahead. Kikyo... She had one hand on the wall behind her trying to stand up. Inuyasha skidded to a stop directly in front of her. He could see a look of dizziness on her face so he put a supporting arm around her back.

"You alright?" He asked. She looked at him.

"Inuyasha?" He nodded.

"Yes, it's me." Kikyo put her arms around him, pulling him close. He felt the deep cut in his arm pulling open again, so he moved to switch arms. H felt someone's gaze upon him so he turned to look at who it was. It was Kagome, who was looking somewhat fatigued and... heart-broken? That's when he realized the position that he and Kikyo were in. He had both arms around her and she had hers around him. Kagome turned and ran away. He opened his mouth to yell her name, but even if she did hear it she wouldn't respond. Miroku came around the corner, looking off in the direction that Kagome. When he saw Inuyasha, his mouth dropped a little too, but he realized that his arm was Kikyo's only support. He walked over.

"We need to help her. She's a miko. Her body should be healing itself, but it's not."

"What about Kagome? And where's Sango?"

"Sango's probably back at my place. That was where we were going to meet up and Kagome's probably halfway home by now." Kikyo opened her mouth to say something, but Inuyasha cut her off.

"Save your energy. Miroku, I'm going to bring the car around. Can you help her?" He nodded as he took her off of Inuyasha's hand.

Inuyasha had assumed wrong. Kagome wasn't anywhere near her house. She couldn't have gone home in the condition she was in. She was too shaken up and injured. Instead, she went to the park. She strolled down to abandoned path. Eventually, she veered off of the sidewalk to a more secluded area. She sat down onto a bench. She didn't realize it was as late as it was. The stars were overhead, shining brightly. She knew it'd still take a while for her to heal, regain her strength and energy, and think about everything that was going on. She pulled out her cell phone and called home.

"Higurashi Shrine."

"Hey, mama." She said in a fake, cheery voice.

"Kagome? What's going on?"

"Nothing. I'm... going to stay the night at Sango's."

"Oh, okay. Are you sure everything's alright?"

"Yes, mama."

"Alright. See you tomorrow."

"Goodnight." She flipped her phone shut and sighed. She was drained of her energy and had to recharge before she could heal her injuries. She rested on the bench, just staring up into the starry sky. What's going on? Kikyo's alive. I don't know how yet. Inuyasha seems to be pleased that Kikyo's alive. So am I, but... who is Inuyasha going to go with? What was the point of that fight with Naraku? Why did he want me to go with him? If Kikyo's alive, where'd my dream come from? What's Kikyo's condition? How are the other's doing? What's their injuries? Everything lead to the one thing she didn't want to do at that moment. She had to go to Inuyasha's. She sighed as she laid down on the bench. She closed her eyes as a tear slipped down her cheek. What if Inuyasha wants to go with Kikyo? What if... he leaves me? She wiped the tear away. She opened her eyes to see someone's face directly above hers. She jumped up.

"Whoa, Kagome. Chill. What happened to you?"

"Sorry, Kouga. I didn't see you."

"It's alright. What happened?"

"Uh..." She didn't know what to tell him. "... why are you in the park at this time?"

"I sensed a demonic aura at the school. When I got there, the police had arrived. I smelled your scent and followed it here."

"Oh... well. We had a rendevous with Naraku. I knew that I could go home like this so I came here." Kouga nodded.

"Do you want to come over to my place? I can help with your injuries and we can talk more there." Kagome thought about it momentarily.

"Sure." He helped her to her feet and they walked back to the sidewalk and out of the park.

"Kagome, I just wanted to say I'm sorry for accusing your gang for the attack on my people."

"It's alright, Kouga."

Kagome looked around Kouga's home. "It's nice." Kouga nodded.

"It's alright for one or two people." He said. "Take a seat." Kagome sat down on his couch.

"Can I get you something to drink?"

"Sure."

"I got water, Coke, juice, or milk."

"Just water, please." He nodded as he walked over into the kitchen. Kagome looked down at her arm. The cut wasn't exactly deep, but it bled copiously. She went into the bathroom and wiped up most of the blood, washing the nasty cut out. She began to focus her energy to that one area of her arm. It, slowly, began to heal itself. She walked back into the living room, where Kouga was waiting with a glass in hand. She smiled and took the glass from his hand as she sat down next to him.

"Let me have a look at that cut on your arm."

"It's fine, now. Really."

"Just a look." he said as he pulled her sleeve back from her injury. When he didn't see it, he them caught on to why she was in the gang and what powers she had.

"You're a miko?" She nodded. That explains a lot...

"So, what happened at the battle?" Kagome didn't exactly know what to say. She didn't know if she wanted to tell him absolutely everything. Especially if one of them left her as a single woman, in his mind.

"Well, Inuyasha took on Naraku and I took on one of his strongest companions."

"Alone?"

"For a little bit. She tried to hit me with an attack, but I erected a barrier around myself. I didn't think I could hold it long enough, but Sango distracted Kagura for me. After that, I was on my own for a little while again. She managed to hit me in the arm with a blade." He nodded. "After a while, Miroku joined me in the fight. We almost had her pinned down when Inuyasha and Naraku heard the police sirens. They got away."

"Sounds like a rough night."

"A little."

"Listen. I know that I was a jerk before and I shouldn't have hit on you so damn much, but I want to be friends and ONLY friends." Kagome smiled.

"Who's the girl?" Kouga gave her a look.

"What?"

"It's obvious, Kouga."

"Her name's Ayame. She's part of my gang now."

"Wolf demon?"

"Yeah."

"I hope it all goes well." Kouga nodded.

"Thanks." Kagome smiled. She heard her phone go off. Taking it out of her pocket, she looked at the caller. Inuyasha. She sighed and flipped the phone open.

"Hello?"

"Where the hell are you?"

"Why do you care?"

"Because I stopped by the shrine and your mother said that you were at Sango's and I know that you aren't."

"How do you know that I'm not?"

"Because Sango's missing."

"She's what?"

"Yeah, if you hadn't ran off, then you'd know these things."

"Where are you at?"

"Right now, I'm parked outside of your house."

"Well, I'll meet up with you at the park."

"Fine, but I want some answers whenever you get there." Kagome rolled her eyes and shut her phone. That'll piss him off a little more... She put her phone in her pocket and her head hung low.

"What's wrong?"

"Sango, she's missing... no one's seen her since the battle."

"You're meeting up at the park?"

"Yeah." Kagome swore that she wouldn't cry, so she was holding back tears at the moment. Kouga put an arm around her shoulders.

"I'll get some more help and take you over there." She hugged him.

"Thanks."

"Hey, that's what friends are for."

"What the hell are they doing here?"

"There here to help, Inuyasha. Don't be jumping down their throats."

"Yeah, dog-breath."

"I'm in the perfect mood for kicking someone's ass. It's a good thing that you and your whole gang is here." Kagome grabbed Inuyasha by the sleeve and pulled him off into another corner so they could speak more in private.

"I don't know what's going on in your head, but the more help the better. Have you checked with the police?" Inuyasha growled lowly.

"Yes, I checked the police. I've tried her cell and pager. Miroku is in the process of checking all of the hospitals."

"Good. You do have some of a brain." Inuyasha smirked wickedly.

"You're searching with me." He said as he walked back to the others. Two more cars pulled up. One was Miroku, who looked forlorn, and the other was Sesshomaru. "Oh, great." Inuyasha said rather loudly. Sesshomaru glared at him.

"What have you been doing this evening, little brother?" Inuyasha growled. Kagome sighed and walked over to Sesshomaru.

"I'll explain everything to you." By the time that Kagome did explained everything to Sesshomaru, there was a few more fights in between various people and Inuyasha, Kouga being his main target. Kagome had never seen him in a worse mood than he was at that moment. Even though he was extremely attractive whenever he was mad. She swooned.

Flashback:

"What about Inuyasha?"

"He seems alright. I only got to say hi to him." Sango nodded in agreement.

"He's okay. Just watch out if he gets mad or has a temper." She whistled to emphasize her point. Kagome laughed.

"I'll take that as a warning."

Kagome sighed. Just knowing that Sango was missing, and could be injured or even dead was unbearable. She couldn't imagine how Miroku was feeling. She could see how he was taking it. He was pale and zoned out to the world. He was obviously worried. Kagome was taken out of her thoughts whenever Inuyasha pulled her by the wrist into his car.

"Come on. Let's go." As soon as they got into the car, they were yelling and screaming so much that they couldn't even hear themselves. Once they both stopped to breath, there was a silence. Kagome took that time to calm down a little.

"Why don't we take this one question at a time?"

"Sounds good to me."

"Okay, how's Kikyo and where is she?"

"She doing much better. She's at my place. Last time I saw her, she was sleeping. My turn. Where were you?"

"I ran into Kouga and he saw the condition I was in and asked me over to his house."

"WHAT?"

"He's not interested in me anymore, Inuyasha. He has a girl, now."

"He better."

"Are you hurt from the battle? What about Miroku?" His voice and intense, suspicious glare softened... a little.

"Miroku got away without a cut. He has a few bruises, but that's it. I'm almost completely healed since I was in my demon form. How about you?"

"I'm fine. I had a bad cut on my arm, but it's already healed completely."

"Why did you run off and not meet back at my place? Kikyo was asking for you." Kagome didn't want to answer. She knew she'd have to admit it all to him.

"I believe it was my turn."

"Was not."

"Was too."

"Was not."

"Was too."

"Was not and don't try to change the subject." Kagome sighed. She knew that she'd have to tell him eventually. She decided to use her turn for a question.

"You're still in love with her, aren't you?" He sighed.

"It's a little weird to have someone you formerly loved come back from the dead, but I've moved on. It can't be the same whenever that love has died once and your heart belongs to another." He looked over at Kagome. She was staring at her feet. I feel like a complete moron.

"Sorry..."

"For what?"

"Doubting you. It's just..."

"I would have thought the same thing if I saw you in the position I was in with Kouga. I was helping Kikyo stand whenever you came around the corner. I was switching arms to support her with whenever you came around the corner." That made her feel even more stupid.

"I'm sor-"

"There's nothing to forgive."

"Thanks."