Not Pretty Enough
Chapter 5: Not
who they used to be...
Disclaimer: I was just thinking about the word sake. In Japanese it's an alcoholic beverage, but in English it's used for something like for god's sake! I know they are pronounced different, but still. For god's sake? Couldn't that have some sort of double meaning? Wow... my whole life... it's been a lie... XD
Anyway, I don't own Inuyasha. On to NPE c5! Hurrah.
Rumiko: -rolls eyes- Freak!
Kasey Chambers: You still don't own me!
The rest of Kagome's day was rather uneventful, except that she checked around the corners before walking around them, keeping a close watch out Kouga. It was lunch when she finally started to let her guard down. She sat with Miroku and Sango, who had a table next to the one where Inuyasha sat, alone.
Kagome couldn't keep her thoughts off him for most of the next period. She didn't know how she was ever going to look him straight in the eye again. He had been accused of trying raping her for god's sake! She shook her head. Inuyasha really seemed like a nice person once you got close enough to him.
"Miss Higurashi?" said a stern sounding voice. Kagome looked up to see her math teacher, Mr. Worm, looking at her, slight anger showing in his eyes. (A/N: Okay people, just so you don't think I'm crazy, Mr. Worm is my math teacher's name. WORM! Like EARTHWORM! I found it rather odd. Anyway...)
"Miss Higurashi? Were you listening to a word I was saying?" He said, looking rather bored with her.
Kagome blushed heavily, and shook her head. What a bad impression to make on her first day she thought to herself, and made a vow to pay perfect attention the rest of the period. She didn't know how hard that was.
5 minutes later she found herself lost in thought about Inuyasha again. His amber eyes and his silvery hair pushing every thought of math from her mind once again. She didn't even look up when the door to the classroom banged open and a cold looking girl walked in as if she owned the place.
"So sorry about my
being late," She said to Mr. Worm, her tone suggesting she wasn't
sorry in the least, "Mr. Naraku wanted to see me." She handed the
teacher a small white pass, and headed to her seat behind Kagome. As
she walked passed her she seemed to pause momentarily, confusion
clear in her dark icy eyes. Kagome thought she must have imagined it,
for the next minute she was throwing her a malicious glare. She
quickly averted her eyes, but didn't even try to concentrate on
math anymore. Her mind was beginning to spin.
Kagome knew she
recognized the girl from somewhere but could not seem to place her
memory. She was beginning to develop a headache from all the
accumulated stress when the bell rang. She stood quickly and was
about to get out of the stuffy classroom when something stopped her.
The girl was talking to Mr. Worm, who seemed to be getting annoyed with her.
"I'll talk about this later Kikyou."
Kagome halted, and quickly turned back. Kikyou? Was this girl really her childhood friend? Kagome wondered what the glare had been all about for a few fleeting seconds before finding herself face to face with Kikyou's dark eyes.
"Yes? Can I help you?" Kikyou said, her voice uninterested and her eyes wandering.
"Um...Kikyou? Do you remember me?" Kagome whispered, wondering what had happened to her. She used to be friendly and somewhat sociable...
"Should I remember you?" She snapped, eyes narrowing.
"I'm Kagome... we used to play together when we were little." Kagome said meekly.
Kikyou snorted and turned on her heel, leaving Kagome standing with a puzzled look across her face until she realized she had a bus to catch. With that, she took off running, only barely sliding into a seat. She closed her eyes to catch her breath, and opened them to look who she slid in next to.
To her horror, she was under the stony glare of Sesshomaru, Inuyasha's brother. Kagome gasped and almost choked in surprise. It took a few seconds for the initial shock to wear off, but when it did she noticed Sesshomaru's look wasn't exactly a glare. It was more of a curious speculation.
"Umm... hi." She said nervously, perfectly aware of how completely stupid she looked.
Sesshomaru gave a crooked sort of smile, and nodded to acknowledge her. The bus roared to life and was just about to drive off when someone began pounding on the door. Inuyasha stepped in, and looked around, eyes lingering on Kagome. She smiled warmly, and motioned to the seat next to her. He gladly took the offer and sat, only then noticing who was in the seat next to her.
"Hello Sesshomaru." He said, venom filling his voice. Sesshomaru gave him a steely glance.
"Good afternoon dear brother. How was your day at school?" He asked coolly, his voice calm and only slightly hinting anger.
Inuyasha turned his back and stared out the window for the rest of the bus ride. When he finally got off, following his brother, Sango and Miroku came to take the seats around her.
"Sorry you had to see the town on its bad side on your first day back..." Sango said sadly, though not fully aware of how horrible her day had actually been.
"Thanks Sango... Can you tell me why Inuyasha and Sesshomaru hate each other so much?" Kagome asked wearily.
Sango sighed deeply,
and turned to Miroku.
"Do you think we should tell her?"
He nodded, and Sango turned back to face Kagome.
"It has to do with a girl. Last year she was Inuyasha's girlfriend, but she was cheating on him the whole time with his brother. Neither of them knew about her cheating until she dumped Inuyasha because she liked Sesshomaru better. Sesshomaru and Inuyasha never really got along too well in the first place, but ever since that Inuyasha has felt nothing but pure hatred for his brother. Sesshomaru is just returning the favor, because I guess that he didn't really like Kikyou all too much anyway. He broke up with her after he learned of her cheating, and she started hanging around Mr. Naraku. Apparently, they were boyfriend and girlfriend, so his teaching license was suspended. I guess he's back now, and Kikyou is probably still his bitch. She still loves Inuyasha though, so Mr. Naraku is fiercely jealous of her. Inuyasha probably loves her too, but he'd never let his pride get in the way..." Sango inhaled deeply, and closed her eyes.
Kagome stared for a few minutes, mouth agape in surprise.
"You mean... Kikyou Onigumo?" She asked hesitantly.
Sango nodded.
"She... she used to be my best friend..." Kagome stuttered as the bus pulled to a stop at her stop.
What had happened to Kikyou to change her so drastically? The Kikyou she knew would never do such things.
Kagome walked slowly to her house, her head whirling with confusion. There was only one thing left to do.
Confront Kikyou.
A/N: Looky! Looky! I finally completed this chapter! It took me an ungodly amount of time to finish, so I'm sorry if anyone wants to kill me now... –looks around shiftily-
I'll try not to do that again, but I'm lazy.
Happy Halloween everyone!
How do you like Sango's paragraph long story? I find that rather amusing, but it was the only real way I could think of to explain what was going on.