Chapter 7 Isamu's Proposal to Inuyasha
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The next day Kagome awoke to the sun, shinning in her eyes. She made a mental note to remember to close her curtains next time she was going to bed. A quick glance to her clock told her it was 10:30 and time to get up. She noticed Inuyasha was gone and wondered where he had gone. He was always waited until she woke up before he would leave. 'Maybe he's gone back to the feudal era? If so he'll be back soon. He always is.' She went to her closet and picked out an outfit and then headed to the bathroom to shower and change.
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Inuyasha awoke bright and early the next day, like he always does. He looked over at Kagome, still sound asleep in her bed and decided from past experiences it was best to let her sleep. He left her room, and walked through the living room. He was about to enter the kitchen when he saw Kagome's friend Isamu sitting on the couch. He stopped dead in his tracks.
"What are you doing here?" he asked Isamu, clenching his fist.
"I wanted to talk to you privately without Kagome knowing, so I came here early this morning. I figured you were one of those people you got up early." Isamu answered nonchalantly.
"Talk to me? What for?" The hanyou asked the human perplexed. Why would he want to talk to him? Was this some kind of trick?
"I know how you feel about Kagome." Isamu answered plainly.
"What?" Inuyasha wasn't expecting him to say that.
"You love her don't you? But I bet you're afraid to tell her. Something happened in your past to make you this way."
Inuyasha was speechless. Who was this guy? How did he know all these things about him? It was kind of scary.
"I've always been good at reading people. It's one of my many gifts." Isamu replied, answering Inuyasha's unspoken question.
"I-I don't love her. She's just a really close friend." Inuyasha said, lying through his teeth.
"I don't believe you. I can see it in the way you look at her and it explains why you got so angry when I merely kissed her on the cheek the other day." Isamu said wisely. Inuyasha didn't know what to say. He just stared back at Isamu. "Now if you want it we can help you. I know Kagome feels the same way. I can see it in the way she looks at you. All you need is to do tell her."
"Who is 'We,' you and who else?" Inuyasha asked giving in. He knew this was a losing battle so why fight it?
"Me." Came a voice from the kitchen's door way.
Inuyasha turned and saw Mrs. Higurashi smiling at him. Kagome's mother? She was going to help him too?
"You can express many things through dancing," Mrs. Higurashi started, "You got jealous yesterday watching Kagome and Isamu dance because you saw Isamu express his feelings to Kagome while they were dancing."
"…" Inuyasha knew they were right. It was just hard for him to admit it, after all that had happened. It just seemed every time he opened his heart he got hurt. He was afraid and that was something hard for him to face. He didn't think it was fair for Kagome to get dragged into it either. He may just end up hurting her. But he couldn't hide the way he felt for her. It was the one thing he couldn't control.
"So do you have any questions?" Asked Isamu.
"Well yeah. How come Kagome never told me about her dancing before now?" Inuyasha wondered.
"Well…" began Mrs. Higurashi. "Kagome loved dancing. It was her life. Her father was a dancer and he got her into it. It was something the two of them could enjoy together. He never missed one of her recitals or competitions. But one day during one of Kagome's competitions her father didn't show up. And that made her mad. He promised her he would be there. She won and came home angry. As she was coming home she saw police cars by the house. She knew then that something had happened to her father. She walked in the house. I didn't know how to tell her. She looked at me and I looked at her. And she knew. The police had told me he had been hit by a car while crossing the street. He was rushing to see her perform. The car that hit him had ran a red light and didn't see him until it was too late. The impact killed him instantly. We're jus glad he didn't have to suffer before he died. Kagome quit dancing after that. She felt it was her fault her father had died that day. If he hadn't rushed to see her, he may still be alive and with her today. She wouldn't listen to me when I or anyone else tried to convince her other wise." Mrs. Higurashi sighed at the memory.
Inuyasha was silent. He didn't know what to say. She must have been very close to her father. He felt as if he understood on some level what she must have felt that day. She lost someone she loved so dearly just as he once had. It made him realize they were alike in that aspect.
"Inuyasha, would you like us to teach you to dance?" Isamu asked. He studied the man standing before him. He had long white hair and what appeared to be dog ears atop his head. He remembered Kagome had said he was a half dog demon, which was odd because he didn't think demons existed any more. And yet here he was standing before him. The way he dressed, it was like he was from another time entirely! He made a mental note to have Kagome tell him where he had met this strange man.
"It'll be hard work. You'd be practicing for hours a day so you can be ready for the last round." Mrs. Higurashi informed him her voice was stern as if she was really trying to get her point across.
Inuyasha thought about what they had just said. They wanted him to dance with Kagome in the last round? Would he be good enough? Would Kagome get mad at him? Now that he thought about it he knew she wouldn't. She may even be happy about it. "I'll do it."
"Okay! We'll start after Kagome and Isamu leave to go over the routine they're doing for round two. Isamu taught me the routine for the last round." Said Mrs. Higurashi clapping her hands together. She seemed overly excited bout this. Inuyasha had yet to decide if that was a good thing or a bad thing.
Inuyasha simply nodded his head. He could hear Kagome in the bathroom showering. He had a feeling today was going to be a long day. He only hoped he would be able get through it in one piece!
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Around 11:30 Kagome and Isamu left. Inuyasha had no idea where they were going and he really wished her did. Even though Isamu was helping him Inuyasha still didn't trust him to be alone with Kagome.
Minutes after they left Mrs. Higurashi began her lessons. The worst part was that she made him get dressed in the clothes of this time period. Man they sure were uncomfortable! Especially the shoes! She had told him he needed to get used to them because he couldn't dance bear foot. It just wouldn't look right. She had told him everything was about appearance. If he made a mistake he should act like nothing was wrong and continue on to the next move as smoothly as possible. "Dancing is an art," she had told him. "And it's all about her. You must make your lady partner stand out. She is what makes the dance come together."
Inuyasha sighed. He was doing this for Kagome. He had to keep telling himself that. But still how was he supposed to remember it all? How did Kagome remember it all? There were just too many rules! How was he supposed to learn it all in time? This was definitely not going to be easy!
"Now first we will start out with something simple." Mrs. Higurashi began. "Now place one hand on the small of my back." Inuyasha reluctantly complied. "And the other in my hand, like this. Good, Good. Then you lead….."
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After hours of practicing, Kagome and Isamu were sitting together in a secluded area of a nearby park. Both were very tired and decided this was the perfect place to take a break. They sipped on slushies, neither saying a word.
Minutes passed before Isamu broke the silence. "Kagome, you never told me why you acted so strangely that day you suddenly shouted 'sit.' And I'd also like to know how you met Inuyasha. Obviously he's not from around here."
"If you only knew." Kagome said sighing heavily.
"Try me." Isamu persisted. His curousit
Kagome gazed into Isamu's engaging blue eyes. Should she tell him? Would he even believe her if she told him? It's such a bizarre tale. But something told her he would believe her. She had known him since her childhood, how could he not? That decided she began the long but entertaining tale of how the met Inuyasha on that faithful day. "Well on my fifteenth birthday…" And she retold the tale of how she fell into the well and when she came out she was no longer in modern day Japan, but in Feudal Japan! She explained how she found Inuyasha sealed to a tree and that she broke his seal. Immediately after words he had tried to kill her to get the Shikon no Tama that came from her body, then how a necklace was placed around his neck, by an old priestess called Kaede, allowing her to utter a single word, sit, to subdue the demon. She told him how she broke the jewel and how she and Inuyasha were trying to collect all the shards, along with friends they made along the way, of the jewel to return it to its normal form. She also told him she was the reincarnation of a priestess named Kikyo that Inuyasha once loved or more accurately still might since she was resurrected by Urasue another demon.
When she finished Isamu stared at her with his mouth wide open in shock. What a strange tale! How could something so…so way out there, be true! But they way Kagome looked at him, made him believe it had to be. Why would she lie about something like this? It was just not something the Kagome he knew would do. And her eyes told him it was all true and that was all he needed to believe her. "So that day when I came to get you and you suddenly shouted 'sit,' was because you saw Inuyasha following us and didn't want him to?"
"Yes. Does this mean you believe me?" Kagome asked her eyes hopeful.
"Well yeah. As farfetched at it seems it has to be true, after all Inuyasha is living proof himself." Isamu chuckled at the thought.
"Thank you! I feel so relieved to finally tell someone other than my family!" she said wrapping her arms around him. He hugged her back enjoying the closeness.
Well what she told him had helped explained why Inuyasha seemed so unable to express how he felt. I mean how would you feel if you lost a love one and then she suddenly was resurrected? He didn't know the details, but it was all he needed. He was going to help Inuyasha. Help him express his feeling toward Kagome. Inuyasha had it in him he just needs a push or in his case a shove to get him there and Isamu was the right guy for the job.
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Mrs. Higurashi had finished her lessons with Inuyasha and said he could rest until tomorrow. She had also told him to practice and that was exactly what he was doing. He was back in Feudal Japan, heading toward the village. He was practicing his moves as he walked.
His friends looked up from the fire they were sitting before and watched him walk so strangely towards him.
"Why is he walking like that?" asked Shippo.
"I don't know. This is Inuyasha we're talking about. He does a lot of strange things." Miroku answered.
"Inuyasha? What are you doing?" Sango asked him, trying hard not to laugh.
"How much of that did you see?" The hanyou asked his face turning a shade of bright red.
"Enough. Now why were you walking like that?" Sango asked again.
"I was dancing." He mumbled.
"What?" They all asked leaning forward so they could here him better.
"Dancing! Kagome's mom was teaching me how to dance!" He said in a small voice.
"Why?" Questioned Shippo. Why would Inuyasha want to learn how to dance? This was the strangest thing he had ever heard come out of Inuyasha's mouth and boy had he heard Inuyasha say many strange things in the past!
"Because I want to!" Inuyasha snapped at the young Kitsune. Why was he getting so mad? Shippo was only a child and yet he was able to get him so worked up sometimes!
"Okay no need to get so uptight about it! But it sure looks like you need more practice!"
"Why you!" Inuyasha said, knocking little Shippo on the head.
"OW! If Kagome were here you'd regret hitting me!" Little Shippo pouted and crossed his arms.
"Well she's not. And she won't be coming back for a while now." Inuyasha informed them.
"Why?" Everyone asked, ready for Inuyasha to tell them she was mad at him again.
"Because she has this dance competition or whatever it's called that she has to do." Inuyasha answered. Glad to for once be able to tell them he was not the reason she was staying home this time.
"Oh." They all said in unison. Kagome wasn't staying home because she was mad at Inuyasha? This was new! They wanted to hear more about this dancing competition.
"I hope she dances better than you," Shippo replied earning another bump on his head
"So why are you so anxious to learn how to dance?" Sango asked Inuyasha.
"I don't know! I just want to that all!" Inuyasha answered uncomfortably.
"We were just wondering Inuyasha." Said Miroku in an attempt to calm the over excited hanyou. "It just seems like there is something you're not telling us. Is there another guy involved in this that Kagome is seeing?"
"NO!" Inuyasha replied all too quickly.
"Ahhh so there is another guy!" Teased Miroku. "And you're jealous of the time he gets to spend with lady Kagome!"
"Shut up you stupid monk! It's not like that! I just want to learn more about Kagome and her time so Mrs. Higurashi offered to teach me how to dance like they do it that era." Inuyasha lied.
"Right." Was all Miroku said. He didn't want to get Inuyasha any more riled up that he already was. It was best to let him think he had everyone fooled. That they believed the lie he fed them. He only hoped the others understood that too. Lucky for him they seemed to because no one teased Inuyasha or questioned him about the dancing for the rest of the night. They left him alone and sat in silence around the camp fire.
Soon they all began to get tired and decided to get some rest for the rest of the night. Inuyasha decided to sleep in a tree for tonight while the others piled into Kaede's hut. She was already inside sleeping so they quietly entered and took their sleeping places. Within a few minutes everyone was deep in sleep.
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As Inuyasha sat in the tree he pondered what would happen when Kagome found out she would be dancing with him and not Isamu.
"Would she sit me in front everyone? There sure were a lot of people there yesterday what if mess up? Kagome would probably get mad at me, after all her mom said dancing is her life. This is probably a very important competition for her I don't wanna mess it up. But what if I do? Will she hate me? I hope not. I don't want to do anything to make her mad at me. I want her to be happy. That is my one wish for her." Inuyasha sighed. Why did things have to be so hard? Couldn't one thing in his life be easy? And the answer was simple: no, because if it were life would be so boring.
Not being able to get any sleep Inuyasha jumped down from the tree and left to go find a place to practice, far from the village. He didn't want anyone to see him and make fun of him like his friends did tonight. If he was going to dance with Kagome he was going to make sure he did it right and made her happy.
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A/N Yo what up people……how did ya like this chapter? If ya didn't like this chapter I am going to have to send Ingrid the Hammer (A. K. A me) out to hurt you! Lol. Please Read and review. We have been working really hard to get you this chapter. SO please review! Sorry it took so long to get it updated but we (Berii) have been really really busy. I mean after all she runs five kilometers a day at nine in the morning. I know I wouldn't be able to do that! I'm just not an athletic person! I do like to be outside but sports are just not my forte.
Clouds of the Sky
Hey hey hey homies! Wassup! Sorry just tying to be Gangsta after all I have a Gangsta name (cracker)well anyway Sky mostly did all the writing on this one he he. Guess what! This chapter was 7 pages long! Omg! Party! We are lucky if we get 4 pages so we are extra extra lucky today! As Clouds of the sky has said I have been very busy running, and with marching band, and I will be busy with school when it starts so there will be less updates most likely. Anyway please review and tell us your thoughts and comments! Pretty please otherwise Ingrid will come after you,
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Clouds of the Sky
Yuppers it's Berii again! We are now up to 8 pages! Omg super celebration! Yeah so it's tradition before school starts for Sky to sleep over at my house. It's also a tradition for her to forget to bring pajamas when she comes over, she sleeps in her clothes (nothing kinky). School will be starting tomorrow so good bye vacation! I'll miss you! TT.
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