Chapter Six: Summer love, and Summer rivals
One month later
Inuyasha and Mia were at the amusement park, night was beginning to fall.
"Inuyasha! I can't believe you! It wasn't a giant spider! That-was-a-ride!! I can't believe you broke it...well at least no one saw you...I don't know why, but it was sure lucky." Mia was putting a bandade on Inuyasha hand, he cut it attacking the spinning spider ride. "If you want to fit here...you have to not attack everything in sight...I'm still paying off that big robotic dog you broke two weeks ago..." Mia tore off a piece tape and wrapped Inuyasha's hand. "There. Better?" Inuyasha snorted.
"Humph! It didn't hurt in the first place..." Inuyasha was a little embarrassed that he had made a mistake. "Sorry...." Inuyasha got up and pointed to the rollercaoster. "Lets go on that one again!"
"Wha-!? Again? But we just came form there a minu-whoa!" Inuyasha had grabbed her hand and was pulling her towards the rollercaoster. "Inuyasha...seriously, if I ride that one more time I think I might just barf..." Inuyasha had already pulled her into the line. Mia sighed heavily and looked up at Inuyasha's face, he was so excited, it was his favorite thing to do. hmm...maybe just one more time Mia thought as the safety bar was fastened onto both of them. Mia laughed to herself as the man running the rollercaoster stared at a picture of Inuyasha on the wall and told the workers to fasten him tightly.
"Would you like to buy a picture of you two after the ride miss?" Mia was caught by surprise, the woman kneeling next to her runs the picture booth at the end of the ride.
"Uhh..." Mia looked over at Inuyasha. "Sure! How much?" Mia grabbed her wallet out of her pocket and was ready to pay.
"That will be 1,000 yen please?" The woman outstretched her hand to take her money. Mia handed her the money and tugged on Inuyasha's shirt. The lady left and handed it to the man at the ticket booth while he jotted down some numbers.
"This must be new..." Mia looked at Inuyasha, who was already pulling off the restraints they put on him. "But I think I know why..." Mia sighed. "Hey Inuyasha lets take a good picture! You know, as a keepsake! And I have a great idea..." Mia nudged Inuyasha's shoulder.
"Hmm...what?" Inuyasha stared at her blankly. Mia poked his cheek.
"You'll see...oh! Here we go!" The ride started moving, and Mia grabbed Inuyasha's hand to keep him down, she wanted to take this picture. Inuyasha tried to think what she would want to do for a picture...they had taken pictures before in this past month, but he couldn't think of anything she would want to do different. He thought about how much he and Mia had gotten closer over time. He was really starting to like her, Mia had said once to her friends that he was her boyfriend but he didn't know if she was just joking or not...she would do that. They were in the dark tunnel by the time Inuyasha came back to earth. He couldn't see Mia anymore but her hand was no longer in his.
"Here it comes!" Inuyasha heard Mia scream inside the darkness.
"Here comes wha-" Inuyasha was cut off when he felt Mia lips on his and her arms wrapped gently around his neck. He didn't know what was going on, he saw a flash of light through the corner of his eye and Mia released Inuyasha gently. Inuyasha stared into space, he had to process what had just happened. The ride slowly came to a stop and Mia dragged Inuyasha out, who seemed to still be lost in space. Mia tapped Inuyasha on the forehead.
"What's wrong Inuyasha? What are you doing?" Mia said as she dragged him to the picture booth.
"uh! Nothing!! Nothing!!" Inuyasha tried to hide the fact that his face was scarlet red. He watched Mia as she took the picture from the booth.
"Look Inuyasha! The pictures done!" Mia showed Inuyasha the finished picture. Inuyasha blushed. He heard Mia giggle above him.
"Whats so funny!?" Inuyasha asked.
"Well, you. Your so cute...it just makes me happy." Mia stared at Inuyasha.
"What do you mean by that...?" Inuyasha was already kind sure of the answer. Mia folded her arms around Inuyasha, and hugged him tightly.
"It means I like you...Inuyasha..." Mia blushed slightly and looked up at him with a smile. Inuyasha blushed but turned away from her sight. She was so confident and bold all the time.
"Well I...I...like you too..." Inuyasha was still not making eye contact. He felt Mia let go and he looked to see what she was doing. She was now in front of him, beaming. She smiled brightly and grabbed his hand.
"Thank you..." said Mia softly. Inuyasha held on to her hand softly, he did like her, but for some reason, once he had told her...he felt guilty. I'm sure it was nothing... Inuyasha thought as he and Mia headed to another ride. Hand in hand.
Meanwhile...
Kagome and the others were riding on Kiarra's back over a river, Miroku was riding Hachi.
"Damn! He could be anywhere...!" said Miroku. Kagome looked back at him but said nothing, she wasn't really talkative these days. She stared at the tetsigua again, she wanted nothing more then to see Inuyasha again, to hand the tetsigua back to him, then she remembered what Myouga the flea had told her.
Flashback...
"The tetsigua keeps lord Inuyasha's demon blood under control, if he is in battle without the tetsigua and is near death, his demon blood takes over in order to preserve his life..."
End flashback
Kagome gasped as she thought of it. Right now Inuyasha could be... Kagome looked around the terrain, she saw no sign of him. If he...no! We have to find him! We have to find him NOW! Kagome motioned Sango to try and go faster.
At Mia's house
Inuyasha and Mia had already come home from the park, Mia was hanging up the new picture they had taken there. She backed up to see it.
"Does it look good right there?" Mia yelled at Inuyasha who was poking the television in the living room. Mia walked, picked up the remote and turned on the TV. "Inuyasha?" Mia put her arms around him from behind. "Whats up?" Mia played with his ears. ding dong "Hmm?" Inuyasha and Mia said at the same time.
"Seira?" Inuyasha asked Mia.
"No...she has work today...I wonder..." Mia said as she walked over to the front door. Inuyasha went with her. Mia opened the door to a young man the age of 17, he had short black hair and was tan from the sun. "Yagami!? What are you doing here? Oh sorry! Come in." Mia motioned Yagami inside. He and Mia walked into the living room, Inuyasha followed.
"Sorry to come so late...but I didn't have your number..." said Yagami.
Inuyasha glared at him. Mia looked form Yagami to Inuyasha, neither of them seemed happy to see the other inside her house.
"No problem, umm...let me introduce you to Inuyasha." Mia put her hand on his shoulder as an indicator.
Yagami seemed uninterested for a moment until he spoke. "Nice to meet you Inuyasha. I didn't relize you already had company..." He shot a glance at Inuyasha. Inuyasha sneered at him in return. Mia was beginning to get alittle nervous with the two of them.
"Actually, Inuyasha's kinda like, permanent company...he's staying with me." Mia looked at Yagami who seemed less then pleased. "So why are you here...?"
"Oh! Right well, I just want to see how you were doing. I didn't get to see you much at school these days...you were always either at work or in such a rush to get home I couldn't say a single word to you. So I was wondering if maybe you wanted to go to a movie this weekend...? That is unless you and Inuyasha are...?" Yagami pointed to Inuyasha but didn't break eye contact with Mia. Mia looked at Inuyasha.
"Well you see Inu-" Mia was cut off when Inuyasha grabbed her shoulder and pulled her closer to him. Mia wasn't surprised by this at all. "He is my boyfriend." Yagami looked like he like nothing more then pull Mia to his side.
"Really? I've known you forever...and you always turned every guy down...you said it was because you were to busy to have a boyfriend." Yagami stared at Inuyasha.
"Maybe...but what about that girl you like Yagami? That girl named...umm...Kagome!" Something jolted in Inuyasha's head. The burning feeling he had suppressed a month ago was back, this time it was more painful. He heard the womans voice again, he knew that name, the woman had said that name before. Forget...FORGET KAGOME!!! The woman was screaming and with every word his breath shortened and his vision blurred. Inuyasha couldn't hear anything, he could still see two figures in front of him but they were blurred. He could make out Mia next to him, he knew he was collapsing when Mia went sideways. He felt her grab hold of him, and then blacked out.
The next day
Inuyasha woke up with a searing headache, his vision was back and he could hear, but he was no longer in the living room, he was in Mia's room. He sat up in bed and looked around the room, he was about to get up to look for Mia when he heard a muffled voice next to him. It was Mia, she was asleep on a chair, her head rested on the bed. He looked down to see Yagami sleeping on the floor next to the chair where Mia sat. Inuyasha tapped Mia on the shoulder to wake her.
".....hmmm?...Oh! Inuyasha!!" Mia sat up quickly in her chair and grabbed his hand. "Thank god...we didn't know what to do...oh I'm so happy...are you okay!? What happened!?" Inuyasha scooted further up on the bed to be closer to her.
"I-" Inuyasha couldn't remember, in fact, he didn't really want to remember.
"I don't know..." Inuyasha replied. Mia looked at him with concern. Inuyasha noticed that her eye's were red and puffy, like she'd been crying.
"Well, I'm just glad your okay...Yagami tried to call the ambulance, but I told him not to. So he knows everything now too...sorry...he demanded an explanation why we couldn't send you to the hospital. But BELIEVE me...if you hadn't woken up by now, I would have sent you anyway!" Mia face was marked with lines from the sheets. She looked down and kicked Yagami to wake him.
"OW! I HAVE THE ICE DAMN IT!! Oh!" When he relized it was morning he turned around. "Good morning Inuyasha, how do you feel?" Yagami got up and pat himself down, his cloths were wet from the ice packs all around him.
Inuyasha nodded in response. "Fine...so you...know about...?" Inuyasha looked at Mia as he talked to him.
"The demon thing? Yeah, well after Mia tackled me when I tried to call an ambulance...I kinda had to know why you know?" Yagami laughed alittle and then looked at Mia. "Also I had to take off your hat to put the ice packs on...and when the ears didn't come off after the third time, I kinda figured it out by myself..." He looked at Inuyasha and then back at Mia. "Umm...Mia. Inuyasha might be hungry...why don't you..."
"Right of course! I'll be right back!" Mia squeezed Inuyasha's hand once more before getting up and leaving the room. Yagami lost his carefree expression and looked at Inuyasha with a serious one.
"Inuyasha." Yagami said seriously. Inuyasha looked over at him. "Listen Inuyasha...take care of Mia okay...?" Yagami sat down on the chair Mia had got up from.
"Wha-" Inuyasha started but Yagami wasn't finished. He stuck a hand in the air, to stop Inuyasha.
"Just listen okay? I've known Mia since we were 10...that's 5 1/2 years now. Mia's been through alot Inuyasha. Haven't you ever wondered why she lives here all alone?" Inuyasha nodded. Yagami continued. "Well, her parents died when she was ten of some rare disease...she was left with her 19 year old brother. Then 3 years ago she lost him too. She got offer's to live with other relatives but...she said..."
Flash back (keep in mind, while this is happening Yagami is telling Inuyasha...sorry if it gets confusing.)
"Mia...why don't you leave this house...it's not good for you to be living alone..." Mia's aunt was sitting on across from Mia and Yagami on the right couch. Mia was sobbing quietly on Yagami's shoulder. Mia lifted her head slightly just enough so her aunt could hear her.
"I'm hic not going to leave this house...sniff Mother and father wrote it...hic that this house was left to my brother and me...sob" Yagami stroked her back as she cried.
"But without your brother here...who's going to look after you...?" said her Aunt. Yagami spoke up.
"I'll come in to check on her from time to time...but I'm sure she'll be fine." Yagami continued to comfort Mia. "She's really responsible..."
"Fine!! If you want to live alone forever be my guest!" He aunt got up and stormed out the house. Mia cried louder when she heard the door slam.
"M-Mia... if you still want to go with her you can..." Mia clenched his shirt.
"No-no...hic I just didn't want to cry this hic way in front of her..." Wahhh! Yagami embraced her while she cried. "I NEVER HIC WANT TO CRY LIKE AGAIN!" She had to speak louder to match her tears.
"It's okay Mia...I'll stay here, until you stop crying..." Mia continued to cry in Yagami's lap.
End Flashback
"The next day I woke up on the couch alone...she had already made breakfast, and she seemed perfectly fine already. I stayed with her for a few days to make sure she was okay, and when I thought she was really okay...I left. Although from time to time I would always check on her, that's why I came here tonight." Inuyasha was staring at Yagami, he didn't know what to say. Yagami sighed and continued. "You know, after that night...Mia never cried again...at least, not in front of me...or anyone else. She's always been the type to move forward and make the best of things. She's always so carefree..." Yagami stopped when he heard plates being taken out of the cupboard. "She almost done...well I want to tell you this, but if you ever tell Mia I said this to you I'll lie like a dog! Pardon the expression." Yagami continued. "Inuyasha. I love Mia. I love her probably more than anyone...when I saw you here last night, I was prepared to throw you out, you really didn't seem right for Mia...and I still don't think so, but, when I saw her last night..."
Flashback of last night. (remember he's telling the story as it's happening.)
"Inuyasha!! Inuyasha!! Wake up! WHAT'S WRONG!!" Mia screamed as she struggled to keep Inuyasha from falling to the floor. "Yagami! Help me!!" Yagami ran over and pulled Inuyasha on the couch. "Wha-what's wrong with him!?" Yagami checked Inuyasha's forehead.
"He's burning up!!" yelled Yagami.
"Go get some ice packs in the freezer!! Hurry!!" Yagami ran into the kitchen. Mia kneeled down by Inuyasha's side. She started to speak in almost a whisper. "Please don't leave me...please don't leave..." Yagami came back and put the ice pack on Inuyasha's head. Yagami looked over at Mia with a smile.
"Don't worry, when his fever cools he should be- Mia!?" Yagami saw Mia crying as she watched Inuyasha on the couch. "Mia...?" Yagami stared at her, unsure what to do.
"He-hic can't...Inuyasha...please don't..." Mia collapsed against Yagami's chest. "Please! Yagami...hic don't let him..." Mia was crying as she watched Inuyasha toss and turn in pain.
a few hours later.
Yagami watched as Mia cried herself to sleep holding Inuyasha's hand beside the bed. He looked over at Inuyasha and then back at Mia.
End Flashback
Inuyasha still didn't know what to say. Yagami continued still.
"When I saw her crying over you, I knew that she most really care about you. Now I'm saying I'm giving up on her...I'm not going to let you have her without a fight. If you ever make her cry again, I'll take her from you..."
Inuyasha and Yagami stared eachother down. "Do you hear me Inuyasha! Don't you ever make her cry over you again...I'll let it go when you get hurt or something...but if you ever hurt her...don't expect me to just stand by and watch..."
"......" Inuyasha had nothing to say to that, in fact, he agreed. He didn't want to make her cry, he didn't want to hurt her. Mia came running in with a plate of food.
"Here you go..." Mia set the food tray down on the bed next to him. She looked at Yagami and Inuyasha who were still leering at eachother. "Something wrong...?" Mia looked at both of them. Yagami forced a sweet smile and looked at her.
"Oh nothing, Inuyasha was just telling me to make sure and keep his little demon secret...I've got to go Mia, but you call me if anything happens okay...?" Mia nodded and hugged her friend.
"Thanks for helping last night Yagami, I don't know what I'd do without you." Mia let go and stepped back to see her friend. Yagami smiled, waved and walked off.
"I don't know either Mia, see you later." said Yagami as he left. Mia looked at Inuyasha while he ate the food. Inuyasha saw her and remembered what Yagami had told him.
"Mia..." said Inuyasha as he put his tray to his side. Mia sat down on side of the bed.
"What is it?" Inuyasha reached over and embraced her.
"I'm sorry...I'm sorry I made you worry..." Inuyasha held her tighter, he didn't want to hurt her, not ever. Mia smiled and hugged him in return.
"Yeah...just don't do that again okay...?"
Next Chapter- Kagome's Chance and Inuyasha new Friends
One month later
Inuyasha and Mia were at the amusement park, night was beginning to fall.
"Inuyasha! I can't believe you! It wasn't a giant spider! That-was-a-ride!! I can't believe you broke it...well at least no one saw you...I don't know why, but it was sure lucky." Mia was putting a bandade on Inuyasha hand, he cut it attacking the spinning spider ride. "If you want to fit here...you have to not attack everything in sight...I'm still paying off that big robotic dog you broke two weeks ago..." Mia tore off a piece tape and wrapped Inuyasha's hand. "There. Better?" Inuyasha snorted.
"Humph! It didn't hurt in the first place..." Inuyasha was a little embarrassed that he had made a mistake. "Sorry...." Inuyasha got up and pointed to the rollercaoster. "Lets go on that one again!"
"Wha-!? Again? But we just came form there a minu-whoa!" Inuyasha had grabbed her hand and was pulling her towards the rollercaoster. "Inuyasha...seriously, if I ride that one more time I think I might just barf..." Inuyasha had already pulled her into the line. Mia sighed heavily and looked up at Inuyasha's face, he was so excited, it was his favorite thing to do. hmm...maybe just one more time Mia thought as the safety bar was fastened onto both of them. Mia laughed to herself as the man running the rollercaoster stared at a picture of Inuyasha on the wall and told the workers to fasten him tightly.
"Would you like to buy a picture of you two after the ride miss?" Mia was caught by surprise, the woman kneeling next to her runs the picture booth at the end of the ride.
"Uhh..." Mia looked over at Inuyasha. "Sure! How much?" Mia grabbed her wallet out of her pocket and was ready to pay.
"That will be 1,000 yen please?" The woman outstretched her hand to take her money. Mia handed her the money and tugged on Inuyasha's shirt. The lady left and handed it to the man at the ticket booth while he jotted down some numbers.
"This must be new..." Mia looked at Inuyasha, who was already pulling off the restraints they put on him. "But I think I know why..." Mia sighed. "Hey Inuyasha lets take a good picture! You know, as a keepsake! And I have a great idea..." Mia nudged Inuyasha's shoulder.
"Hmm...what?" Inuyasha stared at her blankly. Mia poked his cheek.
"You'll see...oh! Here we go!" The ride started moving, and Mia grabbed Inuyasha's hand to keep him down, she wanted to take this picture. Inuyasha tried to think what she would want to do for a picture...they had taken pictures before in this past month, but he couldn't think of anything she would want to do different. He thought about how much he and Mia had gotten closer over time. He was really starting to like her, Mia had said once to her friends that he was her boyfriend but he didn't know if she was just joking or not...she would do that. They were in the dark tunnel by the time Inuyasha came back to earth. He couldn't see Mia anymore but her hand was no longer in his.
"Here it comes!" Inuyasha heard Mia scream inside the darkness.
"Here comes wha-" Inuyasha was cut off when he felt Mia lips on his and her arms wrapped gently around his neck. He didn't know what was going on, he saw a flash of light through the corner of his eye and Mia released Inuyasha gently. Inuyasha stared into space, he had to process what had just happened. The ride slowly came to a stop and Mia dragged Inuyasha out, who seemed to still be lost in space. Mia tapped Inuyasha on the forehead.
"What's wrong Inuyasha? What are you doing?" Mia said as she dragged him to the picture booth.
"uh! Nothing!! Nothing!!" Inuyasha tried to hide the fact that his face was scarlet red. He watched Mia as she took the picture from the booth.
"Look Inuyasha! The pictures done!" Mia showed Inuyasha the finished picture. Inuyasha blushed. He heard Mia giggle above him.
"Whats so funny!?" Inuyasha asked.
"Well, you. Your so cute...it just makes me happy." Mia stared at Inuyasha.
"What do you mean by that...?" Inuyasha was already kind sure of the answer. Mia folded her arms around Inuyasha, and hugged him tightly.
"It means I like you...Inuyasha..." Mia blushed slightly and looked up at him with a smile. Inuyasha blushed but turned away from her sight. She was so confident and bold all the time.
"Well I...I...like you too..." Inuyasha was still not making eye contact. He felt Mia let go and he looked to see what she was doing. She was now in front of him, beaming. She smiled brightly and grabbed his hand.
"Thank you..." said Mia softly. Inuyasha held on to her hand softly, he did like her, but for some reason, once he had told her...he felt guilty. I'm sure it was nothing... Inuyasha thought as he and Mia headed to another ride. Hand in hand.
Meanwhile...
Kagome and the others were riding on Kiarra's back over a river, Miroku was riding Hachi.
"Damn! He could be anywhere...!" said Miroku. Kagome looked back at him but said nothing, she wasn't really talkative these days. She stared at the tetsigua again, she wanted nothing more then to see Inuyasha again, to hand the tetsigua back to him, then she remembered what Myouga the flea had told her.
Flashback...
"The tetsigua keeps lord Inuyasha's demon blood under control, if he is in battle without the tetsigua and is near death, his demon blood takes over in order to preserve his life..."
End flashback
Kagome gasped as she thought of it. Right now Inuyasha could be... Kagome looked around the terrain, she saw no sign of him. If he...no! We have to find him! We have to find him NOW! Kagome motioned Sango to try and go faster.
At Mia's house
Inuyasha and Mia had already come home from the park, Mia was hanging up the new picture they had taken there. She backed up to see it.
"Does it look good right there?" Mia yelled at Inuyasha who was poking the television in the living room. Mia walked, picked up the remote and turned on the TV. "Inuyasha?" Mia put her arms around him from behind. "Whats up?" Mia played with his ears. ding dong "Hmm?" Inuyasha and Mia said at the same time.
"Seira?" Inuyasha asked Mia.
"No...she has work today...I wonder..." Mia said as she walked over to the front door. Inuyasha went with her. Mia opened the door to a young man the age of 17, he had short black hair and was tan from the sun. "Yagami!? What are you doing here? Oh sorry! Come in." Mia motioned Yagami inside. He and Mia walked into the living room, Inuyasha followed.
"Sorry to come so late...but I didn't have your number..." said Yagami.
Inuyasha glared at him. Mia looked form Yagami to Inuyasha, neither of them seemed happy to see the other inside her house.
"No problem, umm...let me introduce you to Inuyasha." Mia put her hand on his shoulder as an indicator.
Yagami seemed uninterested for a moment until he spoke. "Nice to meet you Inuyasha. I didn't relize you already had company..." He shot a glance at Inuyasha. Inuyasha sneered at him in return. Mia was beginning to get alittle nervous with the two of them.
"Actually, Inuyasha's kinda like, permanent company...he's staying with me." Mia looked at Yagami who seemed less then pleased. "So why are you here...?"
"Oh! Right well, I just want to see how you were doing. I didn't get to see you much at school these days...you were always either at work or in such a rush to get home I couldn't say a single word to you. So I was wondering if maybe you wanted to go to a movie this weekend...? That is unless you and Inuyasha are...?" Yagami pointed to Inuyasha but didn't break eye contact with Mia. Mia looked at Inuyasha.
"Well you see Inu-" Mia was cut off when Inuyasha grabbed her shoulder and pulled her closer to him. Mia wasn't surprised by this at all. "He is my boyfriend." Yagami looked like he like nothing more then pull Mia to his side.
"Really? I've known you forever...and you always turned every guy down...you said it was because you were to busy to have a boyfriend." Yagami stared at Inuyasha.
"Maybe...but what about that girl you like Yagami? That girl named...umm...Kagome!" Something jolted in Inuyasha's head. The burning feeling he had suppressed a month ago was back, this time it was more painful. He heard the womans voice again, he knew that name, the woman had said that name before. Forget...FORGET KAGOME!!! The woman was screaming and with every word his breath shortened and his vision blurred. Inuyasha couldn't hear anything, he could still see two figures in front of him but they were blurred. He could make out Mia next to him, he knew he was collapsing when Mia went sideways. He felt her grab hold of him, and then blacked out.
The next day
Inuyasha woke up with a searing headache, his vision was back and he could hear, but he was no longer in the living room, he was in Mia's room. He sat up in bed and looked around the room, he was about to get up to look for Mia when he heard a muffled voice next to him. It was Mia, she was asleep on a chair, her head rested on the bed. He looked down to see Yagami sleeping on the floor next to the chair where Mia sat. Inuyasha tapped Mia on the shoulder to wake her.
".....hmmm?...Oh! Inuyasha!!" Mia sat up quickly in her chair and grabbed his hand. "Thank god...we didn't know what to do...oh I'm so happy...are you okay!? What happened!?" Inuyasha scooted further up on the bed to be closer to her.
"I-" Inuyasha couldn't remember, in fact, he didn't really want to remember.
"I don't know..." Inuyasha replied. Mia looked at him with concern. Inuyasha noticed that her eye's were red and puffy, like she'd been crying.
"Well, I'm just glad your okay...Yagami tried to call the ambulance, but I told him not to. So he knows everything now too...sorry...he demanded an explanation why we couldn't send you to the hospital. But BELIEVE me...if you hadn't woken up by now, I would have sent you anyway!" Mia face was marked with lines from the sheets. She looked down and kicked Yagami to wake him.
"OW! I HAVE THE ICE DAMN IT!! Oh!" When he relized it was morning he turned around. "Good morning Inuyasha, how do you feel?" Yagami got up and pat himself down, his cloths were wet from the ice packs all around him.
Inuyasha nodded in response. "Fine...so you...know about...?" Inuyasha looked at Mia as he talked to him.
"The demon thing? Yeah, well after Mia tackled me when I tried to call an ambulance...I kinda had to know why you know?" Yagami laughed alittle and then looked at Mia. "Also I had to take off your hat to put the ice packs on...and when the ears didn't come off after the third time, I kinda figured it out by myself..." He looked at Inuyasha and then back at Mia. "Umm...Mia. Inuyasha might be hungry...why don't you..."
"Right of course! I'll be right back!" Mia squeezed Inuyasha's hand once more before getting up and leaving the room. Yagami lost his carefree expression and looked at Inuyasha with a serious one.
"Inuyasha." Yagami said seriously. Inuyasha looked over at him. "Listen Inuyasha...take care of Mia okay...?" Yagami sat down on the chair Mia had got up from.
"Wha-" Inuyasha started but Yagami wasn't finished. He stuck a hand in the air, to stop Inuyasha.
"Just listen okay? I've known Mia since we were 10...that's 5 1/2 years now. Mia's been through alot Inuyasha. Haven't you ever wondered why she lives here all alone?" Inuyasha nodded. Yagami continued. "Well, her parents died when she was ten of some rare disease...she was left with her 19 year old brother. Then 3 years ago she lost him too. She got offer's to live with other relatives but...she said..."
Flash back (keep in mind, while this is happening Yagami is telling Inuyasha...sorry if it gets confusing.)
"Mia...why don't you leave this house...it's not good for you to be living alone..." Mia's aunt was sitting on across from Mia and Yagami on the right couch. Mia was sobbing quietly on Yagami's shoulder. Mia lifted her head slightly just enough so her aunt could hear her.
"I'm hic not going to leave this house...sniff Mother and father wrote it...hic that this house was left to my brother and me...sob" Yagami stroked her back as she cried.
"But without your brother here...who's going to look after you...?" said her Aunt. Yagami spoke up.
"I'll come in to check on her from time to time...but I'm sure she'll be fine." Yagami continued to comfort Mia. "She's really responsible..."
"Fine!! If you want to live alone forever be my guest!" He aunt got up and stormed out the house. Mia cried louder when she heard the door slam.
"M-Mia... if you still want to go with her you can..." Mia clenched his shirt.
"No-no...hic I just didn't want to cry this hic way in front of her..." Wahhh! Yagami embraced her while she cried. "I NEVER HIC WANT TO CRY LIKE AGAIN!" She had to speak louder to match her tears.
"It's okay Mia...I'll stay here, until you stop crying..." Mia continued to cry in Yagami's lap.
End Flashback
"The next day I woke up on the couch alone...she had already made breakfast, and she seemed perfectly fine already. I stayed with her for a few days to make sure she was okay, and when I thought she was really okay...I left. Although from time to time I would always check on her, that's why I came here tonight." Inuyasha was staring at Yagami, he didn't know what to say. Yagami sighed and continued. "You know, after that night...Mia never cried again...at least, not in front of me...or anyone else. She's always been the type to move forward and make the best of things. She's always so carefree..." Yagami stopped when he heard plates being taken out of the cupboard. "She almost done...well I want to tell you this, but if you ever tell Mia I said this to you I'll lie like a dog! Pardon the expression." Yagami continued. "Inuyasha. I love Mia. I love her probably more than anyone...when I saw you here last night, I was prepared to throw you out, you really didn't seem right for Mia...and I still don't think so, but, when I saw her last night..."
Flashback of last night. (remember he's telling the story as it's happening.)
"Inuyasha!! Inuyasha!! Wake up! WHAT'S WRONG!!" Mia screamed as she struggled to keep Inuyasha from falling to the floor. "Yagami! Help me!!" Yagami ran over and pulled Inuyasha on the couch. "Wha-what's wrong with him!?" Yagami checked Inuyasha's forehead.
"He's burning up!!" yelled Yagami.
"Go get some ice packs in the freezer!! Hurry!!" Yagami ran into the kitchen. Mia kneeled down by Inuyasha's side. She started to speak in almost a whisper. "Please don't leave me...please don't leave..." Yagami came back and put the ice pack on Inuyasha's head. Yagami looked over at Mia with a smile.
"Don't worry, when his fever cools he should be- Mia!?" Yagami saw Mia crying as she watched Inuyasha on the couch. "Mia...?" Yagami stared at her, unsure what to do.
"He-hic can't...Inuyasha...please don't..." Mia collapsed against Yagami's chest. "Please! Yagami...hic don't let him..." Mia was crying as she watched Inuyasha toss and turn in pain.
a few hours later.
Yagami watched as Mia cried herself to sleep holding Inuyasha's hand beside the bed. He looked over at Inuyasha and then back at Mia.
End Flashback
Inuyasha still didn't know what to say. Yagami continued still.
"When I saw her crying over you, I knew that she most really care about you. Now I'm saying I'm giving up on her...I'm not going to let you have her without a fight. If you ever make her cry again, I'll take her from you..."
Inuyasha and Yagami stared eachother down. "Do you hear me Inuyasha! Don't you ever make her cry over you again...I'll let it go when you get hurt or something...but if you ever hurt her...don't expect me to just stand by and watch..."
"......" Inuyasha had nothing to say to that, in fact, he agreed. He didn't want to make her cry, he didn't want to hurt her. Mia came running in with a plate of food.
"Here you go..." Mia set the food tray down on the bed next to him. She looked at Yagami and Inuyasha who were still leering at eachother. "Something wrong...?" Mia looked at both of them. Yagami forced a sweet smile and looked at her.
"Oh nothing, Inuyasha was just telling me to make sure and keep his little demon secret...I've got to go Mia, but you call me if anything happens okay...?" Mia nodded and hugged her friend.
"Thanks for helping last night Yagami, I don't know what I'd do without you." Mia let go and stepped back to see her friend. Yagami smiled, waved and walked off.
"I don't know either Mia, see you later." said Yagami as he left. Mia looked at Inuyasha while he ate the food. Inuyasha saw her and remembered what Yagami had told him.
"Mia..." said Inuyasha as he put his tray to his side. Mia sat down on side of the bed.
"What is it?" Inuyasha reached over and embraced her.
"I'm sorry...I'm sorry I made you worry..." Inuyasha held her tighter, he didn't want to hurt her, not ever. Mia smiled and hugged him in return.
"Yeah...just don't do that again okay...?"
Next Chapter- Kagome's Chance and Inuyasha new Friends