"Kurama I… cant."
"Kikyou you misunderstand me. When I asked you to go out with me, I didn't mean that we should date." She did not understand what Kurama was doing. The way that he had asked her sounded as if he really wanted to date her. It was as if he was asking to be her boyfriend. But she also had to remember that even when they were younger; Kurama used to play a lot of games. And this could be one of those games. Right now they were young adults. Some games just weren't so amusing anymore.
"Kurama you're going to have to explain to me what you meant?"
"I meant that we could hang out more. A lot of years have passed since we actually had fun." Kikyou felt for some reason that he wasn't being honest with her. She knew that she wouldn't mind spending time with him. But she could think of someone who would mind. He would mind a lot. It was obvious that Inuyasha didn't like the fact that they spent time together. He probably didn't even like the fact that they were friends at all.
"Well I suppose that would be okay."
"Oh thanks Kikyou I really missed hanging out with you." He said as he hugged her.
"You do realize that I want you to be closer to my other friends as well." He let her go and turned his attention away from her. He started to gaze into the night sky. She looked at him and then looked to the sky. She didn't see why he seemed to be so fascinated by it. Yes the sky was a beautiful thing. But who wanted to stare at it for hours.
"Kikyou you're friends are very nice. And I have no problem with them. It seems that he has the problem with me."
"When you say he you must mean Inuyasha." She spoke.
"Yeah what is his problem?"
"Well before you came to our school. He and I were always together. And now that you are here; he must feel like you're stealing me away from him." She summed it up perfectly. That was exactly how Inuyasha was feeling. And he needed to try and get her back somehow.
"Wait are you two together?" Kurama asked her.
"No we aren't."
"But you like him, don't you?" That was something that she couldn't deny. She had always liked Inuyasha ever since junior high school. Her feelings were not just going to change overnight. But she wasn't sure how to tell Kurama. She had a feeling that he would be hurt by what she had to say.
"Well yes I do." She answered him.
Kurama remained silent for awhile. He wasn't surprised by this information. It was obvious to him that they liked each other. He knew that ever since the first day of school. Just because he knew that, it didn't mean that he had to like it. And he didn't have to even except it for that matter. The look in Kurama's eyes told her that he wasn't surprised. "Kurama you really don't seem surprised."
"That's because I'm not. It's obvious I've known for awhile. I can see it every time you two are around each other. I'm curious though, why haven't you two gotten together yet?" Kikyou wasn't even sure herself. She didn't know why they hadn't gotten together. She had decided awhile ago that she would just leave it alone. She wasn't even sure if he had even liked her. He had never been too clear on his feelings. That is until Kurama had showed up at their school.
"To be honest I'm not really sure why."
Sango, Miroku, and Kagura sat listening into their conversation. They were each developing their own theories. They were all wondering about this so called Inuyasha, Kikyou, and Kurama triangle.
"Miroku what do you think about all of this?" Sango asked.
"Hm." He stared to think. "Well it appears that Kurama has feelings for Kikyou. It looks like he doesn't wish to share though. And well we all know that Inuyasha likes her."
"I agree, but personally I rather Kikyou and Inuyasha together." Kagura chimed in.
"Since when did you care about the two of them getting together?" Sango wondered. This was all news to her.
"Well I didn't before. That is until I saw the way he acted earlier. He seemed really heartbroken when she left with Kurama." Kikyou didn't wait for Kurama to speak again. Instead she got and turned to leave. Before leaving she went over to Miroku. "Miroku it has been really fun. But I have to get going."
"Where are you going? Its only 11:30." Kagura asked her.
"I'm going home. I have a lot to do before Monday." Miroku got up and hugged Kikyou tightly. She was used to him doing this. He would do this to every girl so it didn't matter. "Have a good night Kikyou."
"Thank…." She started. She stopped as she began to feel that unwelcome hand. She pushed him aside and sighed heavily to herself. She didn't slap him though. "Okay well its time to go. I will see you all Monday."
"Goodbye Kikyou." They all said together. Everyone noticed that she did not wait for Kurama. Instead she left almost immediately. Seeing this happen made them wonder why she didn't wait. Weren't they still close? Or had she finally came to her senses and decided to go after Inuyasha. Kurama made his way to leave too; but not before thanking Miroku for the party.
"Miroku thank you for the party, I had a good time."
"You're welcome."
"Kurama wait a moment. Before you go can I ask you a question?" Kagura wondered.
"Sure what is it?"
"I was wondering how you felt about Kikyou?" He didn't say anything to them at first. But he soon turned to face them. There was a certain spark in his eyes. "That information is for me to know, and for you to find out." With that he walked away leaving them confused. They all couldn't help but wonder what he meant. By the sound of it; it sounded as if he did have feelings for her. It was possible that he did like her. There was also the fact that he didn't like her. With Kurama it seemed that one couldn't be so sure.
As the months passed Kikyou noticed that Inuyasha was acting strange. He seemed to be spending less and less time with them. He was almost always late for school. After school was over instead of spending time with them, he would just go straight home. She knew that he didn't like Kurama. But was it that out of control to the point where, he didn't want to spend any time with them. One day after school she decided to ask him what was going on.
"Inuyasha we're going to the arcade. Do you want to come?" Miroku asked.
"No can do I got to get home."
"Inuyasha why aren't you ever with us anymore?" Kikyou wanted to know.
"I have to work on my top secret project. I can't talk about it I have to go." He answered her. The only person who knew about this top secret project was Kagura. He was obviously still working on that song. "God how long is it going to take him to finish?" she thought to herself.
"Well just because Inuyasha cant come; that doesn't mean that we cant have fun." Kurama told everyone.
"Kurama's right. We can still go ahead. Although it won't be the same without him." Sango agreed. Inuyasha jumped into his car and drove off like a bat out of hell. He nearly ran over 2 people, a dog, 2 cats, and nearly crashed into someone's car. Sesshomaru, who had been standing outside, couldn't help but notice how badly he was driving.
"Well little brother we're trying to get sued."
"What?" he seemed to be distracted. "Oh well they shouldn't have been in the way." Sesshomaru knew where he was headed next. He was going to his room. He had been spending a lot of time there lately. It wasn't like he cared too much. But he was actually a little curious. He wondered why his brother spent so much time in his room. Was it really that important? Well whatever it was, it was extremely important to Inuyasha. He went straight to his room and picked up his guitar. He had taken Kagura's advice to heart. Only he still didn't have any lyrics to go on.
He sat there mindlessly strumming the chords of the guitar. He had no kind of rhythm either. He turned to look at his Cd's for inspiration. He still couldn't think of anything. He decided that he would seek Kagura's help. She was the one that gave him the idea to write Kikyou a song. She wasn't sure if she could help him musically. But it was worth a shot. On his way out of the house he was stopped by Sesshomaru. "Where are you going?" he questioned.
"I'm going out. What the hell does it look like?" Sesshomaru opened his mouth to say something. Inuyasha had already left. All that could be heard was the sound of the door closing. Meanwhile at the arcade everyone was having fun. Even Kikyou had to admit that the new arcade; was much better than the old one. Sadly she did miss Inuyasha; it would have been much more fun if he was there. "Hey lets try laser tag next." Miroku suggested.
"Okay sure." Kikyou nodded. Laser tag was fun. Kagura tripped and went flying into Kurama; which sent Kurama flying into Sango. Kikyou couldn't help but laugh at them. Kurama looked up when he heard her laughter. "Oh so you think that it's funny do you?" he spoke.
"Well yes I do. I think it's very funny."
"Oh yeah well I'll show you funny Kikyou." He started running after her. Kurama then grabbed her and started to tickle her. She ended up falling to the floor laughing. "Okay I'm sorry you win." The red head helped her off of the ground. She then turned her attention to Miroku, Sango, and Kagura. They were all staring at her. "What? What is it?" She wondered.
"It's nothing. We're starving do you want to go get something to eat?" the black haired boy suggested.
"Sure that sounds good." As they were leaving the laser tag area, they saw Inuyasha. He was leaning up against the wall. He was obviously waiting for them. "Inuyasha you came." Sango said to him.
"Yeah, Finally you guys showed up I was looking for you. Hey Kagura we have to talk." He looked at her.
"What do we have to talk about?"
"You know the top secret project."
"You mean the one that you aren't supposed to talk about. But you're mentioning it right now at this very moment." His face turned red with embarrassment and anger. Kagura was really starting to get on his last nerve. She was lucky that he needed her advice. "Yeah whatever are you coming with me or not?" he asked.
'Sure." Kagura agreed. "Guys I'll see you later." Kikyou watched as the two of them walked away together. It left her wondering what exactly was going on between them. She was sure that they didn't like each other. She wouldn't be surprised if Inuyasha had moved on already. After all she was showing Kurama much more attention than she was him.
"Kikyou are you okay?" Sango asked her friend.
"Yes I'm fine. But you don't think that Inuyasha and Kagura have something going on do you?"