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From Hatred To Love
Chapter 34- Prayer Beads
Liko smiled to herself as she watched the sliver haired boy sitting across from her. Inuyasha's head was lowered and he looked at the book before him with a lot of concentration. After a staring at the book for a while he looked up at Liko, who quickly turned away with her cheeks turning pink, and handed her the book.
" You seemed to know what you were doing, since you got all the sums that I gave you right," he said. " Before you said that you didn't know what to do."
Liko looked down quickly her face now red with embarrassment. How was she going to explain herself now?
" Um... well you... I guess that you're a really good teacher!" she said and looked up at him with a smile. Inuyasha turned his head away and looked out the window of the coffee shop. Liko watched as his eyes grew wide and he began growling softly. Soon after the hanyou was getting out of his seat and heading to the door.
" Where are you going?" Liko asked him and stood up to follow him but he didn't respond. She began to walk briskly behind him trying to keep up at his pace.
Inuyasha could feel his blood boiling . He couldn't stand it. There was Kagome happily chatting away with Hobo again. This guy just wouldn't quit. Couldn't he understand that Kagome didn't have any interest in him or was he just plain stupid?
" Kagome!" he yelled. The miko's head whipped around and she looked over at Inuyasha. The hanyou walked up to his girlfriend and wrapped his arm around her waist. " I thought you went home!"
" I am going home," Kagome said. " I just ran into Hojo here, while I was on my way."
Hojo smiled nervously at the guy holding Kagome.
" Hi. I remember you, from the party, right?" Hojo asked. Inuyasha didn't respond. He simply glared at the guy standing before him. Kagome looked at Inuyasha who wasn't looking too friendly at the moment.
" So uh where's Liko?" Kagome asked as an attempt to break the tension.
" I'm right here!" the girl said as she walked closer to the group. Kagome smiled and waved at her.
" Hi again!" Kagome said happily. Liko nodded her head and focused her attention on Inuyasha. Kagome turned her head and looked at Hojo who looked rather uncomfortable standing there.
" So Hojo," Kagome began slowly and glanced up at Inuyasha. " Uh... well it was nice seeing you again. I should be going."
Kagome waved at her friend and began to walk away with Inuyasha right next to her. Hojo was speechless for a while.
" Wa- wait!" he yelled and ran up to Kagome. The miko turned around to look at him, while Inuyasha growled. " Um... I was wondering, well maybe..."
' Oh God,' Kagome thought to herself. ' Please don't ask me out, don't ask me out. At least not in front of Inuyasha.'
" ...if you'd like to go with me and eat... at the restaurant my dad owns and-"
" What the hell!" Inuyasha said loudly and ran up to Kagome. The miko gasped when the hanyou wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her forcefully to him.
' Oh no!' Kagome thought and rested her face in her hands
" What did you ask her!" Inuyasha said cracked his knuckles. " Cause I thought I heard you ask Kagome out."
Hojo looked a bit intimidated by the guy and stepped back.
" I did," he said boldly, not aware of the large mistake that he had made. " So Kagome what do-"
That was the last thing Hojo got out of this mouth before Inuyasha punched his lights out.
" What were you thinking!" Kagome screamed at Inuyasha. They were now at the bottom of the shrine steps. Inuyasha had insisted on carrying Kagome home because he didn't want her to run into anyone else.
" Why are you yelling at me? The idiot knew that we were dating I tried to show him that you were my girlfriend! Either he's too stupid to take a hint or he thought I wasn't gonna do anything about it!" Inuyasha responded.
" Why can't you control yourself? You could have let me handle it but nooo you decided that you wanted to beat him up!"
" He deserved it," Inuyasha mumbled and folded his arms.
" You gave him a black eye! I don't thing that he deserved that!" Kagome argued. Inuyasha turned his back to her and folded his arms. He had expected her to start back yelling at her but Kagome remained quiet. His doggy ears picked up the small sigh and her footsteps and she began to walk up the shrine steps.
He quickly spun around to look at his girlfriend. She was walking up the shrine steps. Her mumbles were easy to make out because of his excellent sense of hearing. Inuyasha grumbled and leaped in front of Kagome, stopping her from going any further. No way was she going to get out of this so easily.
" Where the hell are you going?" Inuyasha asked. Kagome remained rather calm which surprised Inuyasha a bit.
" I'm going into my house, can't you see that?"
" Without saying anything to me?" Inuyasha asked. Kagome shook her head and moved past Inuyasha before making her way up the stairs. " Hey wench! I'm talking to you!"
Kagome quickly turned around, her arms stiffly at her side and her small hands balled into tight fists, her face was stern which scared Inuyasha.
" I've had enough! Lay off me! I do not need to be treated like a child, Inuyasha! I am capable of taking care of myself! You don't always have to protect me! I-"
" Yes I do!" Inuyasha interrupted. Kagome glared at him. Inuyasha was suddenly very close to her. She stepped back a bit, a little surprised at his quick movements. He put both clawed hands on her arms and pulled her into a tight hug. " You get into more trouble than a kid! I need to protect you from all those dangerous people! I don't want anything to hurt you in any way, Kagome."
" Inuyasha," Kagome whispered. " I love you."
She pulled back and kissed him tenderly. She pulled away quickly and touched his cheek.
" You can't always be there Inuyasha. There will be times when I'll have to fight for myself, ok. That's why I told you I don't always need protection," she pulled away completely from him and began to walk to her front door. She stopped and turned around to smile at him. " I am a miko after all."
Inuyasha watched as Kagome smiled once more at him and closed the door behind her.
Inuyasha turned on his back and looked up at the ceiling. His eyes shifted to his digital clock.
" Damn, it's only three in the morning," he mumbled. " and I can't sleep!"
Inuyasha grumbled and sat up. ' What to do now?' he thought and scratched his head and looked over the dimly lit room. His golden eyes scanned the room once more before landing on the balcony.
" I could go out," he said to himself. He slid off the bed and stepped into his closet. He pulled on a baggy jeans and a black T shirt. He opened the door to the balcony and leaped outside.
It wasn't long before Inuyasha found himself standing at the bottom of the shrine steps after going practically everywhere around town. ' Since I'm here, I might as well see how Kagome is doing.'
Inuyasha made a gigantic leap and landed on the large sakura tree in the yard and peered into the room. He didn't see anything. Kagome's pink curtains were blocking his view. He made a small jump and landed on Kagome's windowsill. He slid open the curtains and stepped inside the girl's pink bedroom.
He looked at the bed expecting to find her there but the bed was empty and untouched. He scanned the room before he saw her sitting at her desk, her head resting on a book- the desk light was still on.
Inuyasha walked behind Kagome and lifted her bridal style. Her head and hands hung limply as he carried her to her bed and laid her down on the pink sheets.
The hanyou stared at his girlfriend for a while, admiring her beauty. He looked around the room, wondering what he could do until Kagome woke up. A golden, square box caught his eye almost immediately. He walked to the girl's desk and touched the golden box. He wondered if he should open it to see what it contained. Coming to a decision Inuyasha opened the box and was surprised of what was inside it.
An old looking chain with purple and white beads. It was rested on a small, satin covered pillow. Inuyasha's hand reached out to touch the chain but a small voice in his head told him not and that he would regret it. The hanyou ignored the voice and picked up the necklace.
Inuyasha blinked and examined it. Suddenly the chain began to glow a light purple. Inuyasha remained speechless. It suddenly came towards him and went around his neck.
" What the hell!" Inuyasha said. That caused Kagome to jerk out of her sleep. She looked around the room hastily for an intruder. She relaxed when she saw Inuyasha on the their side of the room. He seemed to be struggling with something around his neck.
" Inuyasha?"
" Kagome!" Inuyasha said and walked quickly to her. " Get this thing off me! It won't come off!"
Kagome looked at Inuyasha's neck to see him struggling with a chain around his neck. Every time he attempted to take it off it glowed pink and stayed in place.
" Oh no! Inuyasha you just touched the prayer beads!" Kagome said. Inuyasha looked panicked.
" The what!"
" Prayer beads. My trainer gave those to me."
" What does it do?" Inuyasha asked as he struggled to get the beads off his neck. Kagome tapped her chin continuously as she tried to remember. She shot her finger up in the air and smiled.
" I remember now! It makes the person wearing it obey the first command that he is given... at least I think that's what it does... or is it..." Kagome trailed off as she struggled to remember. Inuyasha became impatient.
" Do you know how to get this thing off me!" Inuyasha asked. Kagome jumped and shook her head.
" I'm sorry, I didn't learn that yet," Kagome said softly.
" Wait, so I'm gonna have to wear this thing until you learn how to take them off?" Inuyasha said. Kagome shrugged.
" I guess so."
Inuyasha grumbled and cursed under his breath. Kagome touched the hanyou's arm lightly and smiled at him.
" Why don't you sit and-"
Kagome stopped in the middle of her sentence when Inuyasha went crashing down, face first into the ground. Kagome knelt down beside Inuyasha and helped him up.
" Are you ok?"
" I'm fine but I didn't trip or anything, how did I just fall like that?" Inuyasha wondered.
" Um... Inuyasha," Kagome said when he stood up completely. The hanyou looked at her.
" Yeah."
" Sit."
" Gahh!"
Once again Inuyasha went plummeting towards the ground. He grumbled and pulled himself up.
" Why'd you do that?" Inuyasha asked and glared at Kagome. The girl was covering her mouth and looking down at him.
" Ok I think I have an idea what it does now."
" What?" Inuyasha asked.
" Every time I say the word, si," Inuyasha winched. " The "s" word you will crash into the ground."
" Great! This is great!" Inuyasha said to himself and sat down on Kagome's bed. " So how long is this thing gonna be on me?"
Kagome joined him on the bed. " Not very long, I promise."
She smiled and at and wrapped her arms around his waist. Inuyasha sighed contently and hugged her back. ' Maybe this prayer beads thing won't be so bad,' Inuyasha thought as he began to rub Kagome's back unconsciously. ' I don't think Kagome would say that word on purpose.'
Kagome on the other hand had a different idea. ' Those things can work for me! Now I can get back at him when he's being rude or when he wants to get into a fight! Yeah!'
Kagome smiled mischievously to herself and closed her eyes as she thought about how school was going to be a couple of hours from now.
Inuyasha parked his car in his usual spot and stepped out. He began to walk into the building, ignoring all the screaming girls and winks sent his way.
" Hey Inuyasha!"
The hanyou turned around and saw Miroku rushing towards him. He stopped and waited for his friend to catch up with him then continued walking. Miroku was looking at him curiously and was scratching the back of his head.
" What are you looking at!" Inuyasha snapped.
" Sorry but what is that thing on your neck?" Miroku ask and pointed at the prayer beads. Inuyasha tugged at them and growled.
" I can't remember the name of it but every time Kagome saids the word, sit I fall to the ground. It's weird," he said and looked down at the ground with a stern face. " Why the hell did I have to go to her house and touch it!"
Miroku's head turned around as soon as Inuyasha said that. His perverted grin formed on his face and his eyes gleamed.
" You were at her house last night?" he asked with a glint in his eyes.
" Yeah."
" Inuyasha you're getting busy with Kagome already?" Miroku asked in a shocked voice. " And in her house too! Don't you think that her mother-"
Inuyasha tapped Miroku at the back of his head and continued walking.
" We're not doing any of that, monk!" Inuyasha said.
" Hey guys!"
The two boys turned around to see Kagome and Sango walking up to them. Kagome hugged Inuyasha and smiled while Sango kissed Miroku on the cheek.
" What's going on?" Sango asked.
" Nothing," both boys replied. The four began walking together once again in silence. Sango was the one to break it.
" Oh Kagome, Hojo called me yesterday!" she said. Inuyasha growled when Sango mentioned his name.
" Really? Is he alright? Did his eye get better?" Kagome asked and swarmed Sango with questions. Inuyasha's growling became louder and louder until everyone else could hear it and the turned around to look at Inuyasha.
" What's wrong?" Kagome asked.
" Why do care so much about that wimp?" Inuyasha asked. Kagome blinked before her face became emotionless.
" You gave him a black eye!" Kagome pointed out. " I want to make sure my friend is ok."
" He'll be fine! I didn't hit him hard! You worry too much about that wimp, bitch!" Inuyasha said. Kagome faced Inuyasha completely and rested her hands on her hips.
" What did you call me?" she asked.
" I said, you worry too much about that wimp, bit-"
" Sit!" Kagome said. The prayer beads immediately pulled Inuyasha down to the ground. Kagome folded her arms and walked away.
" Wow!" Sango said.
" That spell is powerful," Miroku added. Inuyasha pulled himself up from the ground, muttering curse words.
" You ok?" Sango ashed. " That looked painful."
Inuyasha didn't respond and rubbed his forehead before walking away grumbling.
" I think things are going to be much more interesting from now on," Miroku said.
" Yup. Inuyasha better watch his mouth," Sango said and they both laughed.
A/N: I'm done with this chapter! At last! Sorry to keep everyone waiting. I've been so busy lately that I've barely had time to write. I might update in a week or two.
Neogirl
