Wise Words from a Fool

Smile, because it's easier than explaining why you're so sad.

Suicide is man's way of telling god, "You can't fire me, I quit!"

Chapter Nine...like is say!

This my friend is an alternate universe. Must be. I mean think about it. In real life are there three legged aliens drinking coffee and talking about 'Sex in the City'? No. In real life are there horses riding humans, as they twirl plates on their ears? Doubting that one. In real life are there teenage murderers posing as the opposite sex while serving ice cream? That would be a big no Johnny boy...well, at least in real life that would be a no. But in my alternate universe, place of birth if you will, that is exactly what went down. Kago, or better known on the news as Kagome, is that very murderer. Me? Why, I am the sucker who fell for her lie for three years counting. What a dope, right? Yeah, its easy for you to judge, what would you have done? Really, I'm serious, when you meet a tore up kid, is the first question you ask them, "Do you have a penis or a vagina? No...really...which is it?" I don't think so buddy. Or maybe you ask, "Have you killed someone in the last hour or so?"

A-N-Y-W-A-Y...back to my alternate universe. So I'm sitting here. In a green mini van unfortunately, but whatever. And I'm thinking, 'what would I have done in her position?' Ok, so I kill someone, and then I try to change my appearance? So I cut my hair, or maybe chop is a better word, sit in a park, alone of course, because I am murderer, and wait for someone to save me? Take pity on my killing butt? Okay, okay back to her position. So I meet another kid, and he offers a hand. To take or not to take? Well, duh, I would take it...especially if I was going to be able to slice it off while he slept. NO...NO...No...stop it Inuyasha...think Kagome style. No slicing, dicing, or any other ways you can use a knife.

Time to think of the really hard question. Why the hell would a person like Kago kill someone? It just doesn't seem possible. In all the years I have known her she didn't strike me as the blood-shedding type. She wasn't even confrontational. Although, now knowing her gender many of my questions have been answered.

"Inuyasha?" I think that's my friend Miroku.

"Yeah."

"Are you really going to just let her walk away?" He asks me. Although I'm not quite sure what it is that he asked. I heard something walking, and...no...that was it.

"Yeah."

"Are you on something by any chance?" Who's on what?

"Yeah."

"INUYASHA!" Ouch. And that would be Sango. I think I am going to actually to her.

"What?"

"Can't you say anything that has more than just one syllable?"

"Yes, when you guys stop this damn interrogation." I hate it when they start rolling out questions that come out longer than a fruit by the foot.

"Good. So here is only one question. Why the hell are you letting Kagome go out, by herself, when you know the cops are looking for her!" That just happens to be the only one question I don't feel like answering right now. Sucks for me.

"They would probably find her even faster if she was with us. They know she has been with us for three years, and they have most likely figured that we would take her back. So then...so then they would come and get her, from us." That makes sense right?

"You sound like Rin when she's nervous. Grow up Inuyasha." How dare she say that to me, I am like, I am like a couple years her elder. And no...I don't care if she's completely and totally right.

"Stop talking to him like. Isn't he your like boss or something? Ever heard of respect sweetheart?" Thank you darling Kikyo. Wait...Kikyo, what had Kago said about Kikyo?

"Don't even think about talking to me you narrow-minded, back stabbing, trashy talking-"

"Sango that is quite enough." And then my dear old brother must step in. "However true those accusations may be, let us keep the name calling in our head and off our tongues shall we? When I am visiting, I pull rank. And I'm going to start by convincing Kagome to come with us, and then I going t go find Rin. Any objections?" Sometimes I find myself growing this warm and fuzzy feeling for my brother, and then he always has to say something stupid. Like- "Oh and I'm closing the shop for awhile.?

"What! No way I object!" What did he mean he was closing the ice cream shop? You can't just close a business like that! We will lose our regulars, all of our precious regulars! They are the ones who keep our shop afloat. Oh god. Oh god. I can't breathe. Must breathe.

Sesshomaru sighed, "like I said little brother, I am pulling rank. I don't care if you object. My word is law." I just looked at him. I couldn't really say anything else. I just watched on as he trailed Kago. "Do you want to do the honors or shall I?" He asked me.

"You. I'm pretty sure you notice how much I accomplished last time." Who was I kidding? I think I made things even worse, if that is possible. I shrugged, facts were facts. Somehow Kago breaks one of the ten commandments and I end up feeling guilty for it. How does that work? And what did she mean 'because of her they're looking for me?' Kikyo didn't do anything, right? "Hey babe?" Why not ask her.

I waited until she turned to me, then I asked her straight up. "Kago said that because of you 'they' were looking for her. What did she mean baby?" I laughed uncomfortably as her sweet and innocent gaze suddenly switched to a definite glare.

"Why are you asking me something like that h-o-n-e-y?" I hate it when she exaggerates my pet name as if to threaten me. Can't she just be sweet? Is that too much to ask?

Sango spun in her seat, "Answer the question sweetheart." I could practically tastes the hate in her voice. She could make me pee my pants in fright in a matter of seconds. If Miroku hadn't pulled down her pants that one time I would assume her to be a dude. Fortunately he had, now there are NO doubts in my mind. Sango is a woh-man.

...anyway...

"Butt out of it before I push you out of it." Funny thing love is. I love Kikyo, sure. But oh man there are those moments when I just can't figure out why. Is that a bad thing? Remember don't judge me. You don't know me. Neener-neener.

"Stop it...please...you are scaring me soooo bad." I almost laughed. What? Sango sounds funny when she's being sarcastic?

"I tell you what she meant Inuyasha." Big brother strikes again. "Your little 'innocent' girlfriend alerted the news and the police that Kago was really Kagome. Not to mention she added pretend details about how Kagome really wanted to kill you, and everyone else, and Kikyo did it all for a small fee." Ummmmm...yeah...you might want to repeat all of that for me.

"Funny Sesshy, I see you've gotten that sense of humor thing down. Congrats bro. Now tell me the truth, skip the b.s.!" I am so sick of being lied to.

"Hate to break it to you my friend, but that is as close to the truth as you can handle right now, and its been water down quite a bit." Miroku? Not you too buddy...

"Baby set them straight. Come on, they are joking, right?" I know she will give me the truth no questions asked. So I sat, the van barely moving, every once in awhile I see Kagome send a glance over her shoulder and kind of laugh, but then just walk faster. There was nothing funny about what was going on.

"Don't bother lying Kikyo. He may not know, but we do."

"Shut up Sango. And just tell me baby, tell me they're wrong." I don't think I could take it if she was apart of the conspiracy too. This is just all too much.

"Look Yasha baby. You gotta see from my point of view. It was...I just...I...I was just so upset honey, just so upset. I didn't...I didn't what to do to help-" And all my hopes and dreams of marriage crashed, burned, disintegrated right before my very eyes. Yet again I must say OUCH! I might as well shut her up now.

"Stop. Just stop. I can't take it. I'm getting out." I jumped out of the green mini van so fast that Kikyo didn't even have a chance to register my words. Snap-crackel-pop! I am beside to Kago and steering off the sidewalk and back into the park. Why? I have no clue. What next? Your guess is as good as mine, but I think my brother liked my actions a little more than I would have hoped, because he drove off the second I stepped off the vehicle. I pray that he is going to find Rin. Poor girl.

"What are you doing Inuyasha?" Leave it to Kagome to get right down to the point.

"I don't really know."

"Same."

"Why Kago?"

"Why what? You mean why did I lie? It's pretty obvious Inuyasha."

"I don't care about why you lied, I don't even care that you did right now. I want to know why you killed him?" I have to know...don't you? Or me maybe you already know...and you guys just don't want to let me in on the secret. Not cool man or mans...or womans. SHUT UP!

"It's complicate Inuyasha. You might not even believe me after everything else." The way she said, the way she just said it, I already believed her.

"Tell me." So she did. Had I been born without certain equipment I might have cried, thankfully I am a dude. I heard every word, and I believed every part of it. I felt so-so bad. I couldn't, I can't even explain it to you. She told me everything all the way from the beginning to this morning. I knew about Kikyo, and all that she had done. About how my brother had helped her, and Miroku had kept her secret. She ended, tears practically exploding from her eye balls, by telling me how sorry she truly was. And the sap that I am, I forgave her for everything. Just like that...what a weirdo. Go ahead laugh it up. Say it...I am a complete and utter wimp.

"Inuyasha?" I look at her. I more like gaze at her. Its that sap thing again.

"Uh-huh?" I am soooo intelligent.

"Will you ever forgive me. I mean you don't have to be my friend anymore, you know? But I don't think I could live if I didn't know that you could forgive me for all the crap I have done to you." The salt water drops keep spurting out? Doesn't that ever make chicks tired? I'm thinking. What do you say to that?

"I think I already did actually." sap. Sap. SAp. SAP!

"Why?" She whispers. Is it just me or has this chapter been built on questions...no...focus. I am tuning in on Kago-Kagome. Whatever.

"Because...because...I don't just because! Its Kago. What other reason do I need?" That was even cornier than my last line. Am I turning into a soap-opera boy?

She's just looking at me now. We've stopped walking. The only verb I can use is 'staring.' That's it. We are just staring at each other. I don't why. I don't know how long we are going to stay like this, but at the moment I couldn't care less.

"I have got to tell you something, and you are going to hate me for it." She really has to ruin it. Okay, give me your best shot.

"I think I love you." WOAH! Jump back. Which is exactly what I did. More like stumbled. I choked. Rubbed the back of my neck. I think I even shook my head a little. All the evident signs of surprise and disbelief. All the things girls do not want to witness after they confess their true feelings. I don't think I could have reacted any other way. They were MY true feelings. I was too surprised to get it, and because it was Kago saying it, I couldn't believe it.

"It's all right. Don't feel guilty. I'm not expecting anything. I had to say it for me. I'm so tired of lying, and keeping that to myself was unbearable. Don't worry. I know you love Kikyo. It's no biggie." She sounded so hurt. I'm still get over the three words.

"You are wrong."

"What do you mean Inuyasha."

"I don't thnk its no biggie."

"Please don't blow it out of proportion. Its just feelings."

"That's why it means something. It is your feelings."

"Stop it. You are making it worse. Just accept what I said and forget it."

"I can't."

"Do it. Do it for me."

"I don't want to forget it."

"Why not? You are confusing me."

"What if...what if I did too."

"You did what?"

"The...ummm...love thing." I paused when I heard her intake a deep, frightening breath. "For you." I finished and I looked up at her. She was doing the exact same thing I had done. First she jumped back, more gracefully than I had, then she coughed with a high pitch tone, and finally she shook her head.

"I don't-" Everybody should just shut up. And there is only three ways to shut up a girl. Chocolates, flowers, and a spontaneous kiss.

The best kind. Heart-searing. Tongue-tearing. Beat-skipping. Flight-taking. Feet-sweeping. Firework-shooting. Nerve-tickling. Breath-taking. You can't get close enough to the other person, but you try anyway. You want everything around you to disappear, so it does, no questions asked. That kiss. That one kiss...it explodes everywhere.

From that kiss on, I was in love, and I knew with every cell that constructed my body, that I would never feel this way about another human being again.

Kagome.

My beautiful Kagome.

Sadly, I have a feeling that in my alternate universe it would almost too possible for me to feel this way about some three-legged alien.

Let's cross our figures.

"A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous"
-Ingrid Bergman

The End

there will be a sequel for the Rin and Sesshomaru...but only if enough people say that they want it...tell me what you think!

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