Hey guys, I'm trying to finish this by Friday! So… we'll see. I have midterms all this week, wish me luck! (I'm even more lost on them than Kagome)
I'm also hoping to start another story with an old storyline but with a Stephanie-twist.
Important! Chapter 6 is revised!
Thanks for all the reviews reassuring me about the story; it makes my ego feel nice and huge. I just didn't like how it went, I never intended this to be a rape fic, but I like the way it's ending.
Thanks to all my awesome and loyal fans!
Chapter 7 (finally!)
"Why to whom do I owe the pleasure of making acquaintance?" The sly, buttery voice made the girl blush.
"I'm Ally." She smiled, showing off her big blue eyes, pushing her blonde locks back behind her ear, her sneakers digging into the ground, "I'm an exchange student." She smiled, "From Tennessee." Her accent trilled, and she blushed even more.
"A real southern belle?" He asked the sky above, "What good luck!" He slung his arm around the girl's shoulder and smiled, "Ally would you bear-"
"HENTAI!" A smack was heard across the campus and Ally looked around at the sound, surprised.
An irate Sango stood behind him, her hands at her sides, clenched into fists, breathing heavily from rage.
"Ah Sango-" Miroku started before an arm yanked him away, leaving Ally in the hands of a jealous (we all know it's true!) high school girl.
"Hello!" She greeted Sango, smiling.
"Yeah." She agreed, glaring, "Hello."
"We have a problem." Inuyasha tugged Miroku away, letting him nurse his face.
"I know." Miroku grinned.
"No. Another one." Inuyasha was dead serious and that in itself was enough to make him sober up.
"Okay, what do you need?" He looked right into his friend's eyes, laying it all on the line, when Inuyasha needed something, Miroku was there for him.
"We need to take care of someone." He muttered, his face growing deadly, "But quietly. No one is allowed to know."
"Not even Sango?"
"No."
"Kagome?"
"No."
Miroku cocked one eyebrow, and nodded his consent. "What are we doing?"
Sango glared at Miroku's back and then sat down. "What are they doing now?" She wondered to herself, kicking absently at the ground as a swarm of teenagers converged wondering what all the fuss was about.
"Hey Kouga." Inuyasha greeted him cordially, watching the girl in his arms carefully from the corner of his eye. She was pretty enough, not as pretty as Kagome, but pretty in a plain kind of way.
Her light brown hair hung around her shoulders; natural highlights making her skin tone lighten. Wearing the latest fashions and make-up, she looked ecstatic to have Kouga's arm around her, any girl would kill to have him be hers.
"Shuttup." He dismissed them, taking his girl away from them, lest she be ruined by them.
"Got it?" He asked his friend beside him once more, watching the girl's retreating back.
"I'll make sure we get there." He nodded once, "Pick me up at 9."
A guy behind them stared at the both of them, open-mouthed,
"I never knew they were gay." (AN:HAHAHAH)
"Hey kids." Inuyasha called into the Higurashi's house. "I brought food!"
"Inuyasha!" Souta bounced into the room, smelling dinner. "Pizza!"
"Yeah, here." He handed him the box. "Save me some." He took his time walking upstairs to Kagome's room, where she was 'sick from school'.
"Hey." He announced, walking softly over to her bed, where she lay, reading a book.
"Hi." She glanced over at him then looked away quickly, not meeting his eye.
He gently took her chin in his hand, dwarfing her face, and turned it back towards him, meeting her eyes. "How are you?"
"Fine."
"Liar."
She sighed, attempting to look down, but being restrained by his hand.
"Not so hot."
"I'm sorry." He was the one to look down, humbled.
"It wasn't your fault," She blew her bangs out of her face absentmindedly. "This time it was all me."
"If I had told you how I felt earlier-"
"You know," she looked at him with a gleam in her eye, "you never did tell me."
"Yes I did the day I picked up my homework."
"You talked to my door."
"You were listening, you know already." He accused,
"Yeah I do." She looked up at him, "but I want you to tell me."
Inuyasha shrugged and looked away, but then looked back at the girl in the bed.
"I love you." He told her, putting all of his love, and fear, and warmth into those three words, "I've loved you for a long time, I just could never tell you. You were like a sister to me; you don't fall in love with your sister. But it was obvious that you were more than that. I hated to see you cry, it hurt me to see you get hurt." He shrugged, "I love you Kagome, and I don't think it's going to stop anytime soon. I could never picture you out of my life. The world would mean nothing without you in it, smiling and bouncing around."
Her eyes shimmered in adoration of the boy sitting on her bed. There was no one else who could ever take his place in her life, and she knew it. It just took so long to get him to tell her what she always wanted to hear.
Flinging herself at him, she started to cry, "I love you more."
He laughed, "I love you most."
"Nu-uh." She pouted, fighting back a smile.
"Yes-huh, want to bet?"
She tackled him to the ground pinning his arms down. "I win."
He flipped them over effortlessly. "I do."
She struggled for a moment but knew she was stuck. Her heart leapt into her throat but she calmed herself down 'It's Inuyasha, not Kouga, Inuyasha not Kouga."
Inuyasha saw the look flit across her face and could have kicked himself. He leaned down and just barely kissed her.
"I so win."
\She pulled him back down to meet his lips again, "I love you so much."
"I know." He smiled cockily as she pushed him away, laughing. 'That's why I got to do what I have to tonight.' He thought, glaring at the clock. Nine was coming up and he had to get out of there.
"Bye Inuyasha! Thanks for the pizza!" Souta called through a mouthful as he made his way out of the door.
"No problem runt."
Kagome walked him to the door, "I really wish you'd tell me where you're going."
"Me and Miroku are going to a party."
"Can I come?"
"No." Her face fell, "Look Kagome, it's not that I don't want you there, it's just… "He trailed off, realizing he really couldn't give an explanation. "Just trust me, please?" He added lamely, begging like a dog.
"I…I trust you." She conceded, still looking concerned.
"I'll talk to you in school tomorrow, okay?"
She nodded and went back inside; leaving him to whatever business he was up to.
Inuyasha started up his car, clenching his jaw. "This has to be done." He told himself, "It can't be left alone."
"Finally." Miroku muttered to himself, seeing the headlights turn into the driveway.
"I'm going out!" He called to the now-empty house, an edge to his voice after sitting on his couch mulling over what had happened to Kagome; His mind playing tricks on him and picturing Sango in her position.
"Get in." Inuyasha growled at the boy, equally tense. "You made sure we got invited, right?"
"Yeah." He mumbled, staring out the window. "My cousin is one of the players, we don't talk much, but I keep stuff in our family quiet for him. He doesn't like the captain anyways. Kouga pisses him off and never uses him in the game."
"Good." They remained silent until they heard the music blaring. They were out in the woods in someone's house. It was huge and spacious enough to hold the team's party. All the popular people in the school were there.
They arrived late enough that the party was already underway, a few students passed out in the lawn. Walking into the party, Inuyasha and Miroku needed a second to cope, the blaring music and lights were enough to give normal people seizures, let alone epileptics.
"What was her name again?" Inuyasha yelled into Miroku's ear,
"What!" He asked, holding a cupped hand to his ear
"HER NAME!"
"Oh." He pulled the boy with him into the hallway, both of them looking around to see if they could spot the girl from earlier. "Her name is Rina. She's a third year (AN: junior year), and plays field hockey. She's a pretty good student, her teachers love her. Her mom isn't around much since her dad died. She takes care of her little sister, Mika, who's seven. She's in the semi-popular group, and has dated since first year: Hojo, K-"
"Alright, alright, that's enough, Jesus." Inuyasha looked closer at his friend, "Where do you get all this anyways?"
"I have my sources." He grinned, though it lacked its usual perviness, and was decidedly grimmer. "She's a good kid, Inuyasha." He commented, "He doesn't deserve her."
"He won't have her." Inuyasha growled, "Not if I have any say in it." They continued searching the party, not spying either of the two, and went upstairs to look up there, finding no sight of them, and coming to a dead end. The sign hung crookedly off the door, "Do Not Enter!" in girly handwriting.
"What do you think?" Miroku asked, eyeing the door.
"I think we have to find them."
Miroku nodded and opened the door, walking down yet another hallway, darker this time, until they reached a landing. They both started up the staircase, silently, hoping that they would find the pair soon.
A muffled yell brought both of them racing up the stairs; following the shout and bumps they heard, fearing the worst.
"No!" Miroku slammed the door open and immediately felt like retching, Mika was pinned down to the bed, by the exponentially bigger Kouga, and she was crying, a hand covering her mouth, a look of resignation plastered across it. Kouga looked up at the distraction, but smirked. He got off the girl, hitting her across the face for her insolence and faced the two boys, pulling back on his clothes.
Mika cried, her hand going up to hold her cheek, and she rolled herself up into a ball. Miroku glanced at Inuyasha before going to the girl, calming her down and whispering to her, helping her get herself straightened out.
"Kouga." Inuyasha spat, the word leaving a bad taste the longer it stayed in his mouth.
"Move, Dog-turd." Kouga commanded, attempting to leave the room before a fist connected squarely with his jaw, and the irate boy slammed Kouga against the wall, knocking the breath out of the football captain. In a flash, he recovered and tackled Inuyasha, the rest a blur of fists and feet, both not willing to lose. What Inuyasha lacked in strength, his emotions gave him extra power. Normally Inuyasha could have never held his own with Kouga, but his resolve to protect the two girls, and all the others that Kouga hurt made him stronger. Invincible.
"You Bastard!" He growled through clenched teeth, while trying to keep Kouga off of him.
"You know," Kouga murmured, seemingly unworried, though the sweat standing out of his forehead gave him away. "Kagome couldn't move either; I decided she wasn't worth my time though. Too squirmy." He chuckled, "Maybe I'll just have to tame her."
Inuyasha kicked him off of his chest, slamming into him with all his strength, and sending him crashing into the vanity table, pictures flying off to crash to the ground.
"YOU-WONT-TAME-ANYONE!" He roared, pounding him with his fists until they bled. "NO means NO!" He grabbed his shirt and flung him into the bathroom, hearing his head crack against the tiles. Inuyasha looked down at the boy disgustedly, wiping a bit of blood off of his face, his racing heart slowing down bit by bit. Slowly he bent down to feel the boy's pulse. He was still alive and kicking, well still alive and breathing.
Inuyasha turned around to face Miroku and Mika, who was crying in his arms, shaking.
"I-I really l-liked him," She sobbed, "H-he was s-so nice to m-me." Miroku patted her back and looked at his friend, a look going between the two.
"Come on." Inuyasha beckoned both of them, "It's gonna be a long night, we might as well start. He pulled out his battered phone and started dialing, walking Mika and Miroku back to his car.
"911, what is your emergency?"
OH man that took me forever to write! SO I hope everyone liked the long-awaited for chappie. It'll be all wrapped up soon and check out my one-shot- Inuyasha takes a shower, I'm going to put up a few more stories. Tell me how you like it.