Queen Nobody- Chapter 3

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A.n. I was going to update sooner, but I got addicted to this really amazing Secret Window fanfiction by Neon Daises. I'm seriously sitting at my computer praying for an update. If you liked the movie go read it, but not before this story of course... 

(a.n: Sorry about the last part of the chapter being rather unclear. I'm going to take this time to try and sort out the confusion. 1. The ratio static thing was like a –cue twilight zone music- unexplained communication thingy where he heard his mother's voice, even though she was miles away in a hospital (that part will come later) and minutes from dying at that time. 2. It also was a flashback of something that happened in the past before this story took place. I hope that clears it up for all y'all. Heh. Onwards and upwards.)

Kagome watched longingly as Sango stood to talk to her partner, an incredibly handsome guy who had just moved into their school district. She couldn't believe that from all the normal people in her classroom she got paired with Inuyasha. Sure, she barely knew him, but he hung around with Kikyou, something that made him considerably less desirable. She never actually had noticed him before even though he must have been in her class all this year. She snuck another glance at him and noticed he hadn't moved from his crouched over position. Kagome wondered if he was even awake and was considering walking up and poking him when he sat up and stood in a fluid motion, unveiling his face from his mess of silver hair.

Kagome gasped quietly as his hair was pushed roughly behind his ear. He had a well-chiseled face with high cheekbones and stunning golden eyes. Handsome? Very. She walked towards him awkwardly, still rather unnerved by what she thought of him. He also began to walk towards her, and they stopped half-way.

"Eerr... hi. I'm Kagome. You're Inuyasha, correct?" She said, already knowing the answer. He didn't bother to answer, probably assuming that her words were something to fill the ill at ease silence between them, and quite frankly, he was right. He instead opted to nod curtly and sit in a nearby desk, looking expectantly at her as if he expected her to follow suit. She did, and got out her yellow English notebook. The speech they were supposed to be completing was an introduction-type speech like a little biography on their partner's life.

This would surely be interesting. With her notebook she took a half-sheet of paper with the questions they needed answers to typed in small print. There were a lot, and Kagome was already dreading answering most of them with the lies she knew where unavoidable. No one could know the truth. That's what the agent stressed that day three years ago.

She took a deep breath, barely restraining the tears that threatened to break through the barriers she'd built up after all those years. No one could know the truth.

(End Kagome)

A.n: I haven't really included much of Kagome's past in the story. I figured I should.

(Begin Inuyasha)

The girl was looking at the prerequisite for the speech. It was probably something cheesy like "Introduce your partner to the class." Teachers were good with uncreative things like that. Inuyasha wondered how the English teacher had gotten to this position in the first place. He seemed to hate kids. Maybe it was just him. He glanced half-heartedly at his partner… what was her name? It was Kagome. Weird name in his opinion. She wasn't saying anything and she looked bothered by something. He turned his whole head this time to look at her, and noticed her eyes were threatening to spill out tears.

"Girl, what's the matter?" He asked, more roughly then he intended to. She jerked towards him almost angrily.

"Let's just get working." She spat, the sadness disappearing from her face so quickly he wondered if he imagined it. Oh well, not his problem. He gave her half a shrug to show her he was ready and she began to read off questions rather quickly.

"Name?"

"Inuyasha."

"Age."

"18." This answer gained a reaction of mild shock from his interrogator and she actually quit her grilling for a moment before delving back in to some questions of her own.

"Why are you 18? Did you get held back a year or something?" She asked, actually looking slightly interested. Not that she cared, he reminded himself. She was probably just looking for more gossip to spill to her friends during lunch. Inuyasha knew her type. She was ¼ the group of girls that always teased him in elementary school for his different looks and anything they really wanted to make fun of him for. Sure, it wasn't exactly Kagome who had taken part in the early tormenting, but he never took kindly to those he thought would enter into that kind of sick fun.

"None of your business." He answered brusquely. She rolled her eyes and continued her questioning.

"Parents?" He shuddered inwardly. This always seemed to be one of the questions on these stupid surveys.

"No." That answer earned him an annoyed glance from Kagome. She obviously thought he was trying to be funny or something.

"Just answer the question unless you mean to tell me that you really don't have parents." She sighed, closing her eyes and imitating a look Inuyasha had seen kindergarten teachers use when dealing with particularly stubborn little kids that refused to share the green coloring crayons or something.

"I don't consider a dead mother and a father I never see parents." He shot back, not really wanting the reply to come out as it did. He was aiming for the emotionless reply, but he must have used some expression because he immediately got a sympathetic look from this girl he considered somewhat of an "Ice Queen" a few seconds before.

"What do you want to be when you grow up?" She asked, the edge that was in her voice earlier disappearing. It didn't take the sting out of the question though. He slammed his book shut and bit his lip, trying to contain his anger.

"Let's just continue tomorrow." He hissed, refusing to meet Kagome's eyes. He didn't want to face anyone right now. The question was still ringing through his mind. What do you want to be when you grow up? Leave it to a teacher to think up such a lame question. When he was younger the question hadn't been such a problem for him. Back when he was 6 or 7 his classmates all wanted to be teachers, astronauts and firefighters. Little kid dreams that were soon erased and replaced with something more… well, reachable. It wasn't that any of the kids got new dreams. Inuyasha had wanted to be a doctor, and was well on his way to becoming one. He was the top of his class all through high school, and even was getting scholarships from top colleges around the country. Then his mother died, and his dreams disappeared along with Kikyou. It was amazing how one stupid choice could ruin your future. There were no second chances in real life.

It was somewhat of a reflex for Inuyasha to answer doctor whenever that question was thrown his way. Even now, with any hope of ever achieving that goal lost, he almost said doctor when Kagome asked him. The truth was that he didn't know what he was going to do with his life. Before that had been his worst fear. Now it was his reality.

a.n: Eeks. Sorry it's sort of short. Poor Inuyasha…

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