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Chapter 16-A Boyfriend's Trust
Sesshoumaru was getting tired of trying to think of a way to help his idiotic brother Inuyasha. Miroku was having the same feelings as the boy next to him. They both knew what had happened with Kagome, Kikyo, and Inuyasha. Both boys knew that the kiss shared between Inuyasha and Kikyo was not what Inuyasha had wanted, though Kagome didn't believe the story.
"So Miroku, what do you think we should do about Kagome?" Sesshoumaru asked, staring up at the grey sky above him. Both boys now were resting on the smooth green grass that covered Inuyasha's lawn. Miroku had come over to talk to Inuyasha, though Sesshoumaru explained that he had went to the store. Since they knew the store was hardly a mile away, they decided to wait. While waiting, the topic about Kagome and Inuyasha bubbled to the surface, and now the two teenagers were in a pickle.
"We could tie her up and drag her over here. Then after that, we could force her to listen to us, or we'll tickle her to death or something." Came Miroku's foolish idea.
"Miroku."
"Yes?"
"Do you want to die and early death?" Miroku thought for a moment before shaking his head.
"Nope, still haven't proved aliens do exist."
"Well then I suggest that you never decide to tie Kagome up. I've only known the human for a couple days, and I know she could kill you."
"Well we have to do something Sesshoumaru!" Miroku said, sitting up in frustration. He looked around; making sure nobody was in the region before he continued his statement. "If we don't, then that means Kagome and Inuyasha won't get back to whatever they were before."
"And that would affect us why?" Sesshoumaru asked, making Miroku sigh.
"That would mean that you and Rin would no longer be able to hang out. You see, every girl and their friends make this 'pact', I read it in this magazine at the dentist." Miroku stopped when he saw the eccentric look from the boy next to him. "What?"
"Nothing, I just never knew you were 'that' kind of guy." Sesshoumaru said.
"Shut up. Anyways, the girls all promise each other that their friendships will go before their boyfriends. So, if we don't get Kagome and Inuyasha back to at least speaking terms, then you can say goodbye to Rin. She will side with Kagome, and you won't be able to talk to her, since you are the enemy's friend." Miroku let out a deep breath, looking up at the sky as the astounded boy next to him spoke.
"Do all girls do that?" Miroku nodded, but then paused and shook his head.
"Not the sluts, they don't care about their friends that much."
"No wonder Kikyo doesn't have a lot of friends in this town, they all know she is just going to forget about them when a guy walks by." Sesshoumaru said, lazily looking over at Miroku, who now sighed.
"She's the cause of all this."
"Yea, you're right. But it's not like you can do anything to make Kagome listen to us, you are only a human boy." Miroku stood up, a determined look in his eyes. He grabbed Sesshoumaru's arm, hauling him to his feet before he spoke, great stamina in his voice. "Touch me again and die."
"Come on Sesshoumaru, let's at least try to help out friend out!" Miroku said, ignoring the death threat. Sesshoumaru looked over at Miroku, doubt resting in his gold gaze.
"If Inuyasha finds out, you will die."
"Why can't he know?" Miroku asked.
"Because if he does, he might want to come with us and then we'll get nowhere with Kagome. She's not going to want to talk about it, never mind if it's with Inuyasha in the room. " Sesshoumaru said. "Plus, it will show I actually...care...about the hanyou."
"Aw, Sesshoumaru cares about his little brother!" Miroku quickly stepped back as Sesshoumaru glared at him. "...Just kidding. We better do it now while he's at the store. I wonder what he went to go get anyways." Miroku muttered to himself, though Sesshoumaru answered for him.
"A three musketeer's bar. It's his favorite. Got it from our father." Sesshoumaru said simply, making Miroku nod. No explanation was needed between the boys, both knowing the past history of the connection that Inuyasha had once had with his farther. Miroku then walked to the end of the cobblestone path that was in the middle of Inuyasha's yard, though he stopped at the end, looking back at Sesshoumaru and smiling sheepishly.
"Hey Sesshoumaru, do you know where Kagome is now?" Sesshoumaru nearly fell back in surprise, looking at the now laughing boy in front of him.
"You idiot, she just passed us not even a half hour ago. She must have went to go baby-sit for Ayame, since she went to their house. Right after that, Sango and Rin walked by. Didn't you see any of them?"
"Nope, I wasn't really paying attention, I was thinking about what would have happened if I did prove aliens were real." Miroku replied. Sesshoumaru walked past Miroku, slowly walking in the direction he had seen Kagome go to. Miroku followed, thinking of many ways that he could get the stubborn girl to listen to them. Sesshoumaru stopped quickly, making Miroku crash into him. "Hey, you could have told me you were going to stop! What's the hold up anyways?"
"I can smell Kikyo and Kagura's scents mixed with the other girls'." Sesshoumaru said, looking back at Miroku.
"So you mean to tell me that Kagome, Sango, Rin, Kikyo, and Kagura all went into the same house, without supervision!" Miroku asked, making Sesshoumaru nod his head quickly. "Let's go then, they could be killing each other and we couldn't even sell tickets!"
"You're impossible." Sesshoumaru tore down the street, not waiting for a reply from the boy as he ran towards the house in question. The sky above growled with caution that a storm was soon to come, though neither boy noticed the noises. It darkened with the fair warning that the gods were not happy, and that panic was soon to come.
Sesshoumaru jumped up onto the level ground, running across the yard and up to the door. He stopped and took a breath before he knocked on the door, just as Miroku had stopped to the side of him. Finally, a loud roar of thunder made Miroku jump with surprise, looking up at the heavens above them. Sesshoumaru only frowned, his instincts telling him something was not right.
Neither said a word, listening to the silence that followed the rumbles. It was the silence that all armies heard before the war begun. It was the silence before the shot heard around the world. It was the silence that let out all emotions, like the clouds that were promising to let their showers pour onto the poor souls under them. The storm was about to begin, though neither knew just how effective it would be.
"Hello?" Kagome's voice ran through the boy's ears, though it was slightly distant, as if farther in the house.
"Hey, it's Sesshoumaru and Miroku, can we come in?" Miroku was greeted with a high pitch squeal and the scattering of feet across the floor inside the house. The door flew open as Kagura jumped onto Miroku, locking her ankles around his waist and tossing her arms to wrap around his neck.
"Miroku, I'm so glad you're here! Sango attacked me for no reason and I had no defense to stop her. Kagome and Rin were there, laughing at me as she hit me. I even have a bruise where she was hitting me." Miroku looked down at the girl who was in tears in his arms, seeing the darkening on her cheek where a bruise was soon to come. Miroku slowly felt sorrow for the girl that he now held in his arms, letting her cry into his shoulder.
Sango soon came running to the door, looking at the scene in front of her. The color in her face was lost as she looked at Miroku, who now held Kagura close to him. She took a step onto the steps that the two were on, making him look over at her. Such anger was in his eyes, and all was directed towards her. She looked at him with surprised eyes, opening her mouth to speak. Miroku spoke before she could let a sound slip through her mouth.
"Sango, why did you attack her?" His voice held no room to discuss the matter of the truth to Kagura's story, though Sango tried to reason with him.
"Miroku, I didn't attack her!" Sango responded, though Miroku held a look of disbelieve.
"She told me the whole thing San."
"And you believe her?"
"Look at her, of course I do!" Sango paused for a moment, looking at Kagura, who was now smirking at her. She growled slightly, letting her gaze dart back to Miroku's.
"Look at her? Look at me; I'm just as bad as she is, if not worse! You go in and ask everyone what happened, they'll tell you. She was insulting Kagome, and I admit that I did get pissed. I'm only human, and I wasn't going to sit there and let her degrade my friend like that. So I hit her, and yes, I admit that it was kind of hard. I also admit I would do it again if I had the choice."
"She was the one who jumped on me. I didn't make it into a big scene, she did. She started the whole damn thing when she made fun of Kagome, and pissed me off. She's always had it in for me, because she always wanted to have the relationship we have! She wanted to frame me with this, and I guess it worked on you."
"Rin tried to stop us, and I did stop. Kagura was the one who started it again, not me. She started to fight me, and I couldn't help but defend myself and try to get her off of me! You don't even wait to hear both sides of the story though, now do you? You're just assuming that I'd attack her or something! So you go ahead and believe her, I'm out of here." Sango turned away from Miroku, both anger and sadness filling her eyes with tears. She pushed them down quickly and walked away from the confused boy, giving Kagome enough time to step in front of him.
"I can't believe you! No wonder why you're friends with Inuyasha. You both know how to play with girls hearts, and then break them. Let's just hope I can help you get her back, but I'm only going to do this if you really want her back." Kagome walked down the concrete steps, glancing back at the boy who now stood on the steps, frozen. His eyes showed it all, the heart that was now broken and on the floor, and the emotions that wanted to come out, though he tried to hold them back.
"I don't want her back." He whispered, making a curious look dance across Kagome's face, and a happy one on Kagura's. "I-"
"Oh I knew that you would believe me Miroku!" Miroku glared over at the girl, who he now pushed off of him.
"I said I didn't want her back for a reason." He replied, walking away from Kagura and next to Kagome. "I don't just want her back. I need her back." Kagome nodded in understanding before she ran in the path the Sango had taken, quickly meeting up with her again.
"Wait a minute Sango!" Kagome grabbed onto Sango's shirt, pulling her back as she stopped. Sango looked at her furiously, though she relaxed when she saw Kagome.
"He really didn't believe me. He couldn't believe his own girlfriend over Kagura, and he just predicted that she was right!" Sango said, making Kagome sigh.
"Yes, I know that Sango, but you can't just throw away everything that you have with him over Kagura. And hey, look on the bright side; at least he didn't kiss her." Sango smiled slightly, knowing who Kagome was referring to.
"I guess I overreacted, huh?" Sango asked.
"Well you did have the right to get mad, you just used it the wrong way. You should be mad at Kagura more than Miroku. He only heard one side of the story, and you didn't give him a chance to really explain."
"Gee, that sounds like somebody we both know."
"…You're going off topic Sango." Kagome's blush was apparent, though she ignored it the best she could. They both knew who Sango was speaking of, and Sango laughed after a short pause between the two. Slowly, Sango started walking back to the house that she had just run away from.
"I guess I should go talk to him. You have to promise something though if I do." Kagome looked over at her friend, slightly confused.
"Okay, what do I have to promise?" Sango smiled bashfully before she made her deal known.
"You have to be there if I talk to him."
"San, don't you think that this is something between you and Miroku? I mean, it's not like I'm a part of this relationship, and I don't really have a reason to be there. You can talk to him; he is your boyfriend after all."
"Yea, I know that. It's just, if you're there, then Kagura can't make up anything about this."
"Well okay, but that's the only thing I'll be there for. When you are done explaining what happened in the story, you are on your own." Kagome said, walking back up into the green grass of the yard. Sango was next to her, looking up slightly at the sky.
"Kagome, I think it's going to rai-"Sango was stopped when a rain drop dropped onto her nose. Kagome looked over at her, feeling the sprinkle of light rain slowly descending on the two.
"Not again!" Sango said, running into the house. Kagome laughed at her friend, walking up onto the porch. She tensed slightly when a cold shiver ran down her back, though she was now in a warmer area. She looked out towards the yard, passing it with her eyes and fixing on the road. Her eyes unfocused slightly as she grabbed her torso, right over her heart. The soft nagging of Sango was heard, though she ignored it as she walked over to the window and placed her other hand onto it.
The rain trickled down the glass, and she followed it with her eyes. A slight pain was tugging at her heart, begging her to go outside once again. She felt the tug get stronger, as if her heart was aware of something she wasn't. The gods seem to laugh above the house, their bellows of thunder heard throughout the area. Her mind was as fogged up as the window that she now breathed against, though her heart pleaded with all sanity to go back outside again.
"Kagome, come on!" Both Sango and Rin screamed, sticking their heads outside of the house and passed the open doorway. Kagome looked over at them, slightly snapping from the spell she had been put under.
"Alright, alright, I'm coming." Kagome said before tearing her mind out of the fog that it was once surrounded with. Her heart throbbed, though she ignored it and walked into the house. As she stepped into the living room, she looked at the scene in front of her. Rin had a sleeping Shippo on her lap. Karan was sitting on the couch, watching the television with Miroku and Sesshoumaru. Sango shifted slightly on the rug next to Rin before looking up at Kagome.
"It's about time you came back in." Sango said, making Kagome smile slightly.
"What did you girls want?" She asked, leaning against the living room wall.
"We wanted to let you know that Hitomi needs someone to go get her at your house, she just called." Rin said, watching Miroku try to take the remote from Louis, who just hit him on the head with it. Miroku let a pout cross over his lips, making Louis and Rin laugh.
"Anyone want to come with me, I don't feel like going out in the rain alone. Besides, it's kind of dark now." The summers, though it didn't get dark till later on in the day, still had dark sunsets that would tell anyone that dark was soon to come.
"I'll go with you." Miroku said, hopping off the couch and walking past Kagome into the porch.
"You sure you want to come with me, it's pouring outside now." The rain was coming in buckets, promising a step outside would leave them soaked. Miroku nodded.
"I need to get away from the little runt." Miroku was referring to Louis, who had been testing his patience ever since he had gotten there. Kagome laughed as she walked onto the porch with Miroku. "Ready, because I have absolutely no clue where we are going."
"So you volunteered to go get Hitomi even though you have no clue where I live?"
"Um, you can say that." Miroku said quietly. Kagome just sighed and walked out into the rain. Miroku followed her into the now clouded night.
"So why did you and Sesshoumaru come over anyways?" Kagome asked.
"Oh we um…" Miroku started, but stopped.
"Um?"
"Look we came to talk to you about-"
"Inuyasha!" Kagome's shriek startled Miroku, though he nodded.
"How did you know?" Miroku asked, looking at Kagome. The fright in Kagome's eyes stopped the boy dead in his tracks, as well as in his thoughts. He followed the ghostly stare that Kagome now held until it hit something in the road. Or, more like someone.
Oh, and this is where I stop now. I know that people that read both of my stories must be wanting to strangle me right now since I like totally did the same thing for each one. Cliffhangers are fun though! Hey, at least this story gets a flipping preview! That last preview had you all worried, huh? Well, here is the next one!
"Inuyasha, what are you doing!" Kagome asked slight alarm etched in her voice. He only shook his head and sat up completely, now staring at the girl in front of him. Her eyes pled for him to lie back down, though she knew his stubbornness wouldn't let him. His eyes now caught hers, and even though his body was in bad shape, his eyes were still as sharp as ever.
"I thought you were mad at me?" He asked softly. Kagome bit her lip before she tried to look away, though Inuyasha's hand caught her chin and pushed it back to look at him. A warning look from him told her that he wasn't in the mood to play any games. "I thought you were mad." He repeated, as if daring her to try and look away.
"I was." She replied.
"What changed?" She stayed quiet for a moment before she answered.
"You did."
Chapter 17- With Disaster Brings Truth