Queen Nobody

Chapter 4

Disclaimer: I still do not own Inuyasha.

n: Sorry for the slow update... I really want to try and take my time on this so it comes out nicely... I hope all y'all understand!)

(Begin Kagome)
Her head was practically throbbing by the time English was over. That Inuyasha guy was a tough person to try and interview. He was always building barricades to keep her from his private life and worming his way around her questions. She supposed she would have to be the same, although she actually had a reason besides being difficult. Ever since that terrifying, confusing day when she was only in 8th grade her life had been one big avoided question. Not even her friends knew the truth. They all were fed the same B.S. story about an accident on a rainy night that everyone besides her and her mother believed to be true. Not even Souta or Rin knew the troubling truth behind their family, and Kagome knew that lying to them was the only way to allow them to live a normal life. Some days Kagome wished she had been a few years younger and could shrug off her father's disappearance as a death. It was really something much more complicated, totally top secret, and way beyond what most people would consider average. Kagome's mother had never quite bounced back from the information given to her on that perfect sunny mid-August day. Even though the event had happened so long ago that Kagome sometimes had trouble pulling up most memory of it, her mother seemed to be living that day over and over again as if stuck in some cruel suspended animation. Every day her touch grew more distant as her once radiant face grew older and older. It almost killed Kagome to see such things happening to one of the only members of her family that actually knew the real truth. The thought seemed almost like matricide, but Kagome knew her mother would soon be gone, even farther and more unreachable than her father was.

Her second period would be starting soon, yet she couldn't find the motivation to continue onto her culinary skills class. All these memories were coming back at a time where she really couldn't handle them and her only real worries were of her mother and what would happen to her already shattered family unit if her mother were to die. She slumped against a cool metal locker with a thump, shutting her eyes and trying to deafen herself to the dull roar of the student body passing her and surrounding her rigid body. Her breath came in deep gasps, and she tried as hard as she could not to cry. That's the funny thing about tears though. As much as one tries to hold them back, suppressing them somewhere deep inside themselves, the tears will always catch up to them at one time or another. Kagome couldn't handle it any longer. She ran through the halls blindly, unable to hear the shouts of annoyance that followed her as she rushed through the front doors. Normally, people would only stare if such a thing happened, and it was rare if someone were to follow the retreating person if they were not close friends. Today, however, something different happened. An almost complete stranger was part of the busy halls that day that witnessed Kagome's break down.

Instead of cursing at her back or shrugging it off, however, he chose to follow her.

(End Kagome, Begin Inuyasha)

He didn't know what he was getting into. When he followed that girl (What was her name, Kagome?) down the halls and out the front of the school building he hadn't really had a purpose for his actions. It was merely because he was interested, even if he did feel something twinge deep within himself when he thought of the girl's broken face as she pushed past him earlier. Something definitely was up with her, and it looked as if she could really use a friend. Inuyasha was surprised that none of her little girl-posse had followed her outdoors. Couldn't they see she needed them more than ever now? The weather outside was crappy to say the least. Heavy black storm clouds showered him in cold, partially frozen rain as he stepped out of the school's entrance doors. He instantly spotted her bedraggled shape, merely a hunched outline fading quickly into the ever darkening storm. He ran after her, knowing weather was perfect for some kind of trouble.

The wind had picked up tremendously before he finally caught sight of Kagome again. She was sitting in the deserted play area on one of the swings, looking like a tiny rag doll as the ferocious wind whipped her now soaked black hair around her head. She still had no idea anyone was watching her, so she continued to swing slowly back and forth as Inuyasha walked up behind her and took the swing next to her.

"What's wrong?" He asked rather gruffly, not meeting her eyes. He knew if he saw any trace of hurt, sadness, or confusion he would melt and she could easily use him for anything because he would be completely in love with her. It wasn't just her looks, though she wasn't even close to being ugly. Something attracted him to females that needed his help, almost like a twisted sort of superhero. Luckily for him she wasn't going to get all sappy and teary-eyed anytime soon.

"What do you want? Why are you out here?" She yelled over the storm, jumping when she heard his voice. Her voice sounded stronger than she looked, however. Raindrops coursed down her face, giving her face an ethereal shimmer when lightning cut through the ever-blackening sky.

"Just get inside. The storm is going to get really bad before you know it." He said earnestly, actually removing the indifferent look that usually was on his face. She sat stubbornly, crossing her thin legs that were barely covered by her soaked kapris.

"I'm not going back in there. I can't face them now…" She said finally, though her small voice was almost lost in a roll of thunder and the ghoulish howl of the wind. Inuyasha suddenly had an idea, though he wasn't sure if she would really go for it.

"I live around here. Come up to my apartment. It's only down the block." He called, and before she could answer he plucked her off the swing and into his arms, running her off school grounds and down the sidewalk to his apartment building.

When they arrived at Inuyasha's room they were both soaked. Kagome's waterlogged clothes clung to her small figure and she shivered as Inuyasha fished his keys out of his pocket.

"Remind me why I'm coming here again…" Kagome whispered, mostly to herself, but Inuyasha heard her. His back was turned to her, but he assumed she was looking around at the hallway. He admitted the place was beginning to fall to ruin. The once cheery blue paper was peeling, and starting to have a slight yellow tinge. The carpeting was a rainbow of mismatched colors and the result was an overwhelming array of different hues due to years of dirt, trash, and other random things. At least the rent was cheap he sighed as he unlocked the door with a click. They stepped inside the dingy apartment and Inuyasha swore he saw Kagome's nose wrinkle in disgust. He reminded himself that she was probably used to being greeted by a smiling mother, a maid, and a proud father whenever she walked into her perfect Hollywood home. Heck, her mother was probably a movie star or something. He walked towards his living room, moved a pile of clothes to one side, and motioned for Kagome to sit. She did so hesitantly, the look of disgust never leaving her face.

"I don't even know why I'm here. I barely know you, and you're some stoner pervert guy from what I've heard about you." She whispered shakily, running her hands over her dripping wet clothes. Inuyasha could only glare. What could she possibly know about him or about anyone he hung around with? She was right about the druggie part if she made that EX druggie, but the pervert part? It came to him suddenly. She probably meant Kikyou. Why was this girl acting as if she knew everything about Kikyou too? He could feel his temper escalating, but only bit his tongue.

"Let me get you some dry clothes."

an: Yay, end of the chapter! I kind of rushed this chapter because I was slacking off too much, so I'm sorry if it seems that way. I finally planned out where this story is going, so you can look forward to more of a plot coming out in later chapters!
Thank you sooo sooo much to my reviewers! I feel the love!