Disclaimer: steps up to microphone and clears throat I DO NOT OWN INUYASHA! Do you really think that I would be on a site like this if I did? Plus, if I did own Inuyasha, Shawn (who I do own along with Harashi and the wonderful plot) would have been part of the actual anime!
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Now on to the story!
Cousin's Return
Chapter 9: Finding the NoteLast time: Shawn looked into the cold black orbs that were Harashi's eyes and screamed.
"Aaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Shawn opened her eyes and sat up covered in a cold sweat. She was hyperventilating with fear. She looked around her room as she continued to breathe heavily. Pale sunlight streamed through her window and she saw that it was open.
"Huh?" she asked herself, not bothering to get up to close it. The sounds of birds twittering and cars going by in the street were comforting. Shawn wiped her forehead and pushed her hair away from her face. She remembered her nightmare with terrifying clarity, "Just a dream," she told herself trying to remain calm. She glanced at her clock. 6:58 am. She hit the off button before it could turn on and start playing the CD that was meant to wake her up.
Shawn climbed out of bed and saw her uniform that she had tossed over her desk chair the night before. She groaned at the thought of having to wear it, when suddenly an idea sprang into her mind. She dove under her bed and pulled out a box marked COSTUMES. She had saved all of her old Halloween costumes and ones her friends hadn't wanted. Shawn opened the box and rummaged through it's contents, pulling out old princess dresses and black witch's robes and plastic bags full of fake diamonds and jewelry until finally she found what she was looking for; a Peter Pan costume. She took the green leggings and compared them to the skirt. They were almost the exact same color. Then Shawn grabbed a pair of scissors and measured the leggings and cut off about 7 inches at the bottom.
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Kagome looked at her watch and glanced up the stairs, "Hurry up Shawn! We're gonna be late!"
"I'm coming!" Shawn appeared at the top of the stairs. She jumped onto the banister and slid down, "Look out!" she yelled.
Kagome realized that she was standing in Shawn's landing area and tried to move out of the way, but was too late. Shawn reached the end of the banister and instead smoothly jumping off the, end she crashed into Kagome and the both went rolling across the floor.
"Sorry!" said Shawn getting up clumsily and rubbing her lower back, "Ow!"
"Mom told you not to do that!" cried Kagome in an exasperated fashion.
"Sorry," Shawn repeated.
Kagome rolled her eyes and looked down. She gasped, "Shawn what did you do to your uniform?"
Shawn looked down as well, confused, "Oh, the tights?" she had cut the Peter Pan leggings into capris and had quickly sewn up the hem. Also instead of wearing those really long socks that she had seen a lot of the girls at school wearing she had simple ankle socks on, "I just put them on under the skirt. Don't worry they were from an old Halloween costume. I didn't ruin anything. Besides, this is very in back home. Except most people have black ones instead of green, but I didn't have any black ones and they wouldn't match the outfit anyway-"
"You can't wear those to school!" Kagome interrupted.
"Why not? There's not rule against it, is there?"
"Ugh," said Kagome, "Not that I know of, but if you get into trouble-"
"I'll be fine. Besides, I cannot stand this Goddamn skirt! It is just too short for me!"
Kagome sighed, "Whatever, but if you get made fun of, it's not my fault."
"Ok," said Shawn cheerily, practically skipping out the door, "Bye, Mrs. Higurashi!"
"Bye Shawn. Cute look, by the way," said Kagome's mom.
Shawn gave a little bow, "Thanks!" she glanced over at Kagome with a look that practically screamed, 'Ha ha! So much for your theory.'
Kagome bit her lip to keep a snide remark from popping out, "Bye, Mom!" she said.
The two girls walked out the front door together and down to the street. After a few minutes of silence Shawn finally said, "So did he come last night?"
"Who? Oh! Inuyasha! Yeah, he stopped by."
"Oh."
Kagome glanced worriedly over at Shawn; "He didn't wake you up did he?"
Shawn shook her head and Kagome sighed and said, "He's such an idiot."
Shawn kept silent and looked down at the pavement.
"I told him to talk to you, because you seemed kind of upset yesterday. He said he would try. Maybe he just doesn't like waking you up," Kagome offered. 'But he never seems to have a problem with waking me up,' she thought.
"Let's just forget about it," said Shawn, "I'll sort it out with him this weekend," she forced a smile.
"Hey Kagome! Shawn!"
The two girls turned as Hojo came jogging towards them, waving.
Shawn waved back and Kagome said, "Good morning!"
"Hi!" replied Hojo cheerily, "How are you two this morning?"
"Fine thanks," said Shawn.
Kagome nodded in agreement.
"Kagome, I was wondering, if you're not busy this weekend, do you want to go to a movie?" asked Hojo.
Shawn smirked at her friend and Kagome scowled in return, but when she looked at Hojo she smiled apologetically, "Sorry Hojo. We're busy this weekend. We're going to… see some friends. They live quite a way's away so we'll be gone all weekend, maybe even for part of next week."
The brightness in Hojo's eyes dulled a little, "Oh. All right, then. What about next weekend?"
Kagome sweat dropped and Shawn covered her mouth to keep from giggling, "Ugh. I'll… have to… uh … check my calendar."
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'Saved by the bell,' thought Kagome, "Well, I'll see you guys later! Gotta get to class! Bye!" said Kagome, running off at the speed of light.
Shawn doubled over in pain. She was trying to hard to keep from giggling. When Hojo turned to look at her she straitened up.
"Guess we better get to class," he said.
"Yeah."
"By the way, I like what you did with your uniform," said Hojo with a smile.
"Oh thanks," Shawn replied with a slight blush. She scratched the back of her head, nervously.
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A little ways away under the shadow of a tree stood a dark figure. It glared at couple going by. It's eyes narrowed as it watched Shawn laugh at the other boy's jokes.
"You will be mine," it whispered.
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Shawn shoved the door of the house open and practically flopped into the kitchen.
"Hi Shawn. Have a good day at school?" said Mrs. Higurashi.
"I've had better," said Shawn dumping herself into a chair.
"Do want to you talk about it?" asked Mrs. Higurashi suddenly noting Shawn's depressed mood and a rather large stain on her skirt."Not really. I'd rather just forget it," Shawn saw the worried look on Mrs. Higurashi's face, "Oh don't worry!" she quickly added, "It wasn't that big a deal. I'm just having a bit of a hard time adjusting. I've all ready made a few friends, sort of."
"As long as you're OK," said Mrs. Higurashi, "By the way, where's Kagome? And what happened to your skirt?"
"Kagome and Umi went to the library to research for a history project. And my skirt came in contact with large amount of soda at lunch, if you know what I mean."
With that Shawn excused herself and heading upstairs to change.
'Oh God! Who am I kidding? My day was terrible!' she thought, thinking about the quick conversation she had just had with Mrs. Higurashi.
After switching her school uniform with gray sweats, a dark green T-shirt, and a pale green zip-up sweatshirt with two white stripes down each sleeve Shawn sat down at her desk and switched on her computer. She signed on to AIM and quickly scanned her buddy list to see if anyone was on. She clicked on FashionGrl7. It was her old BFF in California whose real name was Natalie Jones.
SportyShawn: Hey
FashionGrl7: HI! OMG! I haven't heard from u in ages! How r u?
SportyShawn: Fine & u?
FashionGrl7: Great! I miss u! How's life in Tokyo?
SportyShawn: All right.
FashionGrl7: U sound depressed.
SportyShawn: Well, duh. My parents just died loser.
FashionGrl7: Yeah I know. I'm really sorry about that. Your mom was soooooo cool. How r u handling it?
SportyShawn: I could be better.
FashionGrl7: Have u made any friends?
SportyShawn: A few. There's this one guy… His name is Hiten. He's ok. Kind of weird though. He doesn't go to school (that I know) but I always see him around.
FashionGrl7: Is he cute?
SportyShawn: I guess. But I have a boyfriend, kinda. Remember that guy I told u about?
FashionGrl7: O u mean that Inu something or other u met last summer?
Shawn had told all her friends about Inuyasha. Not the truth, obviously, but she had told them that she had met him and what he looked like and all that jazz.
SportyShawn: Inuyasha.
It almost hurt to type his name. Why hadn't he talked to her? No. She had to get those kinds of thoughts out of her head. She was talking to Natalie right now. She could worry about Inuyasha later.
FashionGrl7: Yeah him. Have u seen him yet?
SportyShawn: Not yet, but I will this weekend. I can't wait!
FashionGrl7: He sure sounded hot. Send me his picture sometime, k?
SportyShawn: Sure.
FashionGrl7: Crap. I have to go to school. It's like 7:30 here. R u ahead of us or behind us or what?
SportyShawn: Dunno. But I just got out of school! Ha ha!
FashionGrl7: U suck. G2g. Bye!
SportyShawn: Later.
FashionGrl7 has logged off.
Shawn sighed and leaned back in her desk chair. Suddenly a message box popped up on her screen. She glanced at her buddy list. No one was on.
ThunderBro96: Hey Shawn.
SportyShawn: Who r u?
ThunderBro96: Hiten.
SportyShawn: O hi! Didn't run into u today.
ThunderBro96: No. I missed ya! Lol.
SportyShawn: How'd u get my screen name?
ThunderBro96: Profile search.
SportyShawn: O.
ThunderBro96: How was your day?
SportyShawn: Not so terribly wonderful. Urs?
ThunderBro96: I've had better. What happened to u?
SportyShawn: All things terrible. Minus the part where I got complimented on my wardrobe, by everybody who wasn't Suki the Sucky or a friend of hers. I thought the teachers would flip, but they didn't. (Thankfully.)
ThunderBro96?
SportyShawn: I wore green leggings under my skirt.
ThunderBro96: Aren't u the bad ass!
SportyShawn: Lol! As if.
ThunderBro96: So what were the terrible things that supposedly took place?
SportyShawn: Here's the list:
Got insulted for my wardrobe by Suki the Sucky.
In Art I spilled paint all over my desk and most recent/only project
Walked into a door that suddenly opened in front of me
Forgot my Math homework in Art and had to go back to get it
Spilled soda all over my skirt at lunch
Suki the Sucky just happened to be walking by and laughed
We played soccer again in PE and I tripped and fell in the mud
Totally blew up the experiment in Bio
That enough things to place my day in the 'terrible' category?
ThunderBro96: Ouch! Sucks to be u! Lol!
SportyShawn: Ha ha. Remind me to laugh again later.
ThunderBro96: Sorry, but that day is just too screwed to be real. Is your face ok?
SportyShawn: Huh?
ThunderBro96: From the door?
SportyShawn: Aren't u the funnyman.
ThunderBro96: Sorry.
SportyShawn: It's ok. And yes my face is fine.
ThunderBro96: Good to know.
SportyShawn: I g2g. Homework calls. Later.
ThunderBro96: Bye.
SportyShawn had logged off.
Shawn switched off the computer and leaned back. She rubbed her eyes to try and get them used to regular light again rather than the computer screen glow.
'Feels good to have that all off my chest,' thought Shawn, 'Now on to my piles and piles of homework.'
She rummaged through her desk, looking for her pink notepad. She intended to use it to take notes on Chapter 17 in her history book.
'God damn it. Where is that stupid thing?' she thought. She searched her desk a little more.
Finally she got up and started looking around her room. She came to her bedside table and saw it lying neatly on top of her portable CD player/alarm clock. There was something written on it.
"What the…" said Shawn. She picked up the pad. She didn't remember writing anything down last night.
"What is this?"
Shawn read it.
I love you it said. Her heart skipped a beat when she saw who had signed it.
Inuyasha
"Inuyasha?" she asked, as if he was there to hear her. She repeated it, "Inuyasha. Inuyasha. Inuyasha! Inuyasha! INUYASHA!" she started dancing and jumping around, "He loves me! He loves me! INUYASHA LOVES ME! INUYASHA I LOVE YOU!" Shawn kept jumping for a few minutes and then collapsed on her bed, clutching the note to her like her life depended on it. Nothing mattered anymore. Her whole entire horrible day was gone from her mind. None of it was important. Inuyasha loved her! She was so happy she thought she would melt on the spot from the simple, pure joy of knowing the only man she loved still loved her!
"He loves me," Shawn whispered to herself one last time before she was suddenly called down to dinner.
Author's Note: Ok so whatcha think? Don't tell me that last part wasn't cool! (Well, you can, but I'd rather you didn't.) Ok before I post the next chapter I want at least 4 reviews. More is better though ). I really hope you guys liked this chapter! I just want to thank Sorairo Ryuu for inspiring me to use the whole AIM thing. I got the idea from her story "On My Buddy List?" which is also good if you want to read something other than "Cousin's Return".
Gotta roll,
DramaQueenABZ