Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha, but I do own this plot and Fuyuki Akaze!

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A/N: Yeah, yeah… Same bat time, same bat place.

Pre-chapter note: Hanashi simply means "conversation". Nice and simple.

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Wait Till I Can Dream

Chapter 4

Hanashi

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(If you all recall, Kagome just overdosed and Inuyasha found her on the bathroom floor … HEY THAT'S AN MCR SONG… Cemetery Drive!)

He didn't want to call an administrator about Kagome overdosing. He knew they would put her somewhere else, maybe even kick her out of the school, because they might be afraid that they would look bad in the public people's eyes. He knew she had overdosed, even though he wasn't there to see it. He didn't want to call Sango or Miroku, because Sango would probably scream and then it would cause a scene.

…What was he going to do?

He tried to think quickly. He hastily held his hand under her chin and lifter her head to open her airway. He didn't know if he was doing this correctly; He never paid any attention in health class. He pressed his lips against hers and tried to breathe some air into her. He pushed on her chest after, and then breathed more air into her. He knew this was the procedure for people whose hearts were stopped, but he didn't know how serious Kagome's condition was, so he kept on going.

She started coughing while he was pushing on her chest the second time. But immediately she stopped coughing, and started wheezing, as if she didn't have enough air. Inuyasha breathed more air into her again, but this time her eyes snapped open. She bit his lip a little in surprise and he quickly got up.

"You're awake!"

"What the hell were you doing!" Tears swelled in her eyes as memories from the past surfaced in her mind.

"You passed out!"

"You were going to take advantage of me, weren't you!" She sobbed into her hands.

"Kagome, you overdosed! You passed out in the bathroom! I tried to wake you up or something, and I don't know a thing about first aid! I did CPR… It was the first thing that came to mind! It was my first reaction!"

Kagome just cried and shook her head. "It's just like before…"

"Kagome…! Don't cry! Please! I don't want you to cry!" Inuyasha sat on the bed next to her and tried to put a hand on her back, but she flinched as he touched her. Slowly he said," What happened in your past?"

Kagome looked up at him, her eyes glazed over with silvery tears. "You mean it? You're not going to make fun of me?"

"Kagome… no! I'm not that much of a jackass." He put his hand over hers. Even though he made fun of her a lot, he knew when to draw the line.

Just then, the door opened and Miroku and Sango ran in. "What the hell is taking you guys!"

Inuyasha looked at Kagome, who was still crying a little. "Kagome was just upset because of Kikyo," he covered. He knew by the look on Kagome's face that she didn't want to worry Sango and Miroku.

Kagome was very surprised with Inuyasha. After he'd been picking on her, he was now sticking up for her. And another thing, he was able to read her so well! On the first day she arrived, he read her just like a book. Now he just told Sango and Miroku how she felt, even if he didn't know that that was the real reason. It made her feel a lot more comfortable around him, but it also scared her. Would he know her feelings all the time?

As for Inuyasha, he didn't know this was really what happened. He didn't know Kagome was upset because of Kikyo, but he just said it because that seemed reasonable, he guessed. He also felt really comfortable around Kagome. He never really accepted people fast, and he definitely wasn't as nice as he was to her with just anybody. In other words: he was really starting to rate Kagome.

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"Okay, well since you two are, like, way late for class, you might as well take the rest of the day off. We're going to go, but since we're so late, we'll probably both have detention after. You guys can wait up for us and when we get back we'll go down to the library to surf the web, 'kay?" Sango explained as Miroku was waiting for her out in the hall.

"Okay," both Inuyasha and Kagome said.

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"Inuyasha, this is a really random question, but do you think Sango and Miroku like each other?"

Inuyasha's eyes moved from the TV screen to Kagome's. "What!"

"Well I don't know… It would make sense, ne?"

"No!"

"Yes it would! They're always hanging around together! They always sit next to each other at lunch, and Sango –"Kagome didn't want to say more about what Sango said earlier that day, when Kagome caught her smoking.

"And especially Miroku can't find out because he won't date any girl who smokes, he told me!"

If that didn't mean she liked him, then what did?

"Eh, wakaranai. I guess they could… But we do all of those things, and we don't like each other…" Inuyasha thought out loud, with a hint of doubt in his voice. "Oi! What were you going to say before Sango and Miroku barged in?"

"Oh," Kagome's smile faded. "It was nothing."

"What? You were going to tell me about your past! That is not nothing. You're being unfair!"

"Well I just don't want to now. It's too bad for you," Kagome said and got up from the couch to move over towards the bathroom.

Inuyasha stood up too. "Hey! No! I'm not nice like that just for nothin'!" 'Shit, that came out wrong…'

Kagome stood at the doorway of the bathroom, her back to him. "So you were just being nice to me to get some of my background info?"

"No! It came out wrong!" He continued to walk to her until he was standing right behind her.

"Why can't you just take no for an answer?" she whispered.

"Just – aghh! Look at me!" He turned her around so he could see her face, which had tears flowing freely down her pale cheeks. Inuyasha' frustration was erased in and instant. His instinct commanded him to quickly wrap his arms around her and pull her into his chest, and that's exactly what he did. She felt so small in his arms as she sobbed. He felt his black Converse shirt getting wet, but he didn't care. "Shh…" he whispered as he stroked her back. He rested his chin on her head. Her hair smelled so good… 'What the hell am I doing?'

'What the hell am I doing?' Kagome thought and tried to break free of his embrace. Once he let her go she lay on his bed. "I'm lying down for a while."

He followed her and lay next to her. "Please, Kagome. Please tell me. I don't mean to pry, but don't you think you'll feel better if you tell someone?"

Kagome turned over to face him. She was still crying. "It started when I was twelve. My mom just got remarried to a man I barely knew. He and I didn't exactly click, but he and my brother, Souta, got along perfectly, so I saw him as a good person. After my mom and he had been married for about three months, she changed jobs to a third shift job, so she worked at night. That meant this man would watch my brother and me. One night he came into my room and crawled in bed with me… He crawled on top of me and took off my pants… and he took of his own… and then he… he…" She started crying into the pillow.

"You don't have to say it… I, uh… I get it," Inuyasha said. No wonder she was scared to tell anyone else. But if got raped, then what got her into Fukuzatsu? Surprisingly, Kagome continued.

"This went on until I was fifteen. I never told my mom about it, because he said if I did, he'd kill me." She paused. "So one night I hid a knife between my mattresses. So while he was, um… with me, I grabbed it… and I stabbed him…" she started crying again.

Inuyasha felt awful for the girl. She was in here for murder, but it wasn't for her pleasure. It was for self defense. But that happened a year or so ago… Why was just getting in trouble for it now?

He pulled her closer to him as he put his arms around her again. This whole experience obviously scarred her, and he knew she found it hard to say. As she sobbed into his chest and clung to his shirt, Inuyasha just felt worse and worse. He didn't like to see her like this. He wanted her to be happy.

"And then-" Kagome continued.

"There's more? My god…" he squeezed her body against his. But they both got stiff at the noise coming from the door.

Keys. Sango and Miroku must've been getting back from detention. "Act like you're sleeping!" Inuyasha said and they both closed their eyes as Sango and Miroku opened the door.

Sango the keys onto the coffee table as Miroku snickered and pointed to the bed with the two lying on it. "What do you think this is about?"

"Who knows? Maybe they fell asleep like that, or maybe they're falling for each other."

"I'm thinking the second one. I haven't seen Inuyasha act this happy in a long time. And I knew him before Fukuzatsu. The only time he was this happy was when he was with –"

"Yes, yes. Don't' say her name," Sango said and slumped on the couch before flipping on the TV. Miroku joined her. "So," Sango said plainly. "Where's Naomi? Why aren't you hanging out with her?"

"What? I don't want to hang out with her."

"Well you like her don't you?" Sango was a little jealous, obviously.

"Well, she's fucking hot, but I'm not too sure if I'm crazy over her personality."

"I don't know what you see in her… she's a fucking crack whore!" Sango yelled, not even meaning "crack whore" as an insult. This Naomi girl really was one.

"Did you hear a word I just said? I don't like her!"

She laughed. "Okay," she said sarcastically.

"Sango… Why are you so pissed about this? Are you jealous?"

"…NO!"

"I don't like her, Sango. You're the only one for me," he said seriously and grabbed her hands in his.

She blushed but said, "I don't' know how many times you've said that. If you loved me, you'd treat me like you treat the 'fucking hot' girls."

"I don't do that because you'll only get mad at me for being a pervert."

"Well…" Sango was caught off guard. He actually thought about her feelings? "If you loved me, you'd kiss me." She knew he wouldn't even bother with this. No one wanted or loved her enough to kiss her. Her mother told her that when she was seven.

But to Sango's surprise, Miroku leaned over and gave her a peck on the cheek.

She looked over at him in shock. She was very happy, but too surprised to realize it.

He smiled. "How about a real one now?" he held her face in his hands and kissed her passionately. She put her arms around his neck. They both started leaning down so Sango was on top of him.

From the bed Inuyasha and Kagome were "sleeping" on, they could get a perfect view of the whole thing. Both Inuyasha and Kagome's faces were flushed. Kagome was no longer crying though. She was smiling. "I told you so" she mouthed at him.

He smirked. "Watch" he mouthed back. He pretended to wake up and he looked over at Sango and Miroku. Sango jumped off him and they were both beet red. "Hey," Inuyasha said casually.

"O-oi…" Miroku wasn't as embarrassed as Sango, but his heart was still pacing.

Inuyasha shook Kagome to "wake her". She sat up and stretched.

Miroku rustled around in his messy binder. He pulled out a pink piece of paper and held it up for both of them to see. "There's a Valentine's Dance on Friday! Sango and I are going-"

"-as friends," Sango finished for him.

Just then there was a knock at the door. Inuyasha walked over and opened it without looking through the peephole. Big mistake.

Kikyo pounced from the door way to Inuyasha. She wrapped her arms around him and cried, "Oh, Inu-kun! Did you hear? There's a dance on Friday! I'm so glad we're dating! We can go together!"

"Feh! I'm not going if you are!" he spat.

"Inuyasha." Miroku stepped in. "You know how the school is. We all have to go. All the staff is going to be there, and you know how they're always trying to watch us…"

"Oh, Inu-kun. We both know if I'm there, and you're there, we will dance together."

"Feh!" he laughed. "You won't dance with me if I have another date!"

Kikyo cocked her head to the side. "Oh? And who would that be?"

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Rate: (sentence: He was really starting to rate Kagome.) To fancy someone or something; to like. (British.

Wakaranai: (sentence: "Eh, wakaranai.") "I don't know." (Japanese)

Oi (sentence: "O-oi.") "Hey." (Japanese)

w00t long-ish chap!