Chapter 2
"WHY THE HELL, ARE YOU TOUCHING MY KAGOME!" A guy shouted out of nowhere.
Kagome and Inuyasha pulled out of their pretend kiss. Kouga rushed over and went in front of Kagome and stood face to face with Inuyasha.
"Hey mutt face, keep your filthy hands off Kagome!" He shouted again.
"Shut up flea-bag, she's my girlfriend." Inuyasha just glared at him.
"Yeah right! Why would she go out with a creep like you when she has me?" He asked.
"Because I'm more handsome than you are. Come on Kagome; let's go to are class now." He walked a few steps away and waited for Kagome and she followed and she wrapped her arms on his right arm. They were about 25 feet away from the others.
"I hope you know that I really hate you." She whispered to him then giggled.
"Yup, out of curiosity, how long till we have a break up scene?" He asked her.
"I don't know. But I have a feeling that people are going to be talking about this." Kagome said with a hint of annoyance. She then released Inuyasha's arm and stopped for a minute. "Inuyasha?" She started to ask.
"Yeah, what?" He asked back.
"Thank you… for making Naraku stop… and for what he said in that class." She looked up at him.
"It's no problem. I could tell you were afraid, and like I said to you in class… I know how it feels like." He explained and removed his jacket. "Here, maybe this time you won't get in trouble if you wear this." He chuckled.
"Uh… Thanks." Kagome replied and put it on.
/ This stands for demon talk \
Third period and Fourth period, Ms. Kaede… English and social studies.
They walked into third period and a few people clapped for Kagome because of what she did to Kikyou. It was mostly guys though of course. Kagome was confused but she sat down in the left back corner and Inuyasha sat next to her since it was free sitting. Miroku and Sango came in and sat in front of them, they were a little confused.
"Inuyasha, isn't that your jacket?" Miroku asked and looked at both of them.
"Yeah, I'll explain at lunch time though." Inuyasha replied in a tired voice.
"Uh… okay." Miroku said confusingly.
"Why is Kouga glaring at you?" Sango asked.
"He's a loser." Inuyasha said a little bit loudly and Kouga heard it.
"What did you say!" Kouga shouted.
"You heard me." Inuyasha stood up.
"I'm warning you." Kouga gritted his teeth and pulled one of his sleeves up.
"I'm shaking." Inuyasha said like he was calm but was in a read position to fight and then looked pissed.
Kagome saw this and didn't want to really see a fight right now. She sighed in her head and then stood up and then placed a hand steady hand on Inuyasha's shoulder. His emotion went from completely pissed off to calm. He then looked at Kagome and pondered why she did that. Kouga, Miroku, Sango, and everyone else were watching curiously too.
"Please don't fight Inuyasha; I'm tired of it as well as arguments for the day." She said in a sad tone.
"Feh, fine… he's not worth the time anyway." Inuyasha snorted and Kouga growled but didn't get to reply for the teacher walked in.
"Hello class, uh… why are all ye standing yonder by Inuyasha and Kagome's table?" Ms. Kaede asked.
"Inuyasha and Kouga were about to fight but Kagome made them stop!" Three guys shouted out.
"Well then… If I had seen the fight, the two of ye would have gotten a referral. Thank Kagome from dismissing that." Ms. Kaede said. "All of ye go to your tables now.
/Yeah right, I don't thank anyone.\ Inuyasha mumbled in demon talk.
"You should… people would be nicer." Kagome said as she was writing something down.
"You understood that?" Inuyasha said confusedly.
"What? I was just saying that people would be nicer if you thank them sometimes." She glanced at him with a smile and then looked at the board to write the information down. "You should be writing this Inuyasha." She said as she kept writing information down.
Inuyasha looked at the board in a bored manner and copied it down, but he was still in thought. And after a while, Kagome was also.
Inuyasha's P.O.V.
How did she understand me right then? She isn't a demon, I would know if she was by her scent if she was hiding it in a human form like me, Naraku, and Kouga are. That stupid bastard, who does he think he is anyway! He even made me and Kagome stop kissing, hell; I was kind of enjoying it too. It feels different when I kissed her… but I kissed her like I did with all the other girls, so why did it feel so different with her! And why did I allow her to use my jacket, and why did I listen to her when she told me not to fight… do I actually… do I… like Kagome…? No wait, it's because she's a Playgirl! But… she doesn't really act like one up close… but still… she is hot.
Kagome's P.O.V. (at the same as Inuyasha's)
Why do I have this strange feeling inside of me? I only started to feel so strange after the kiss me and Inuyasha did. But it wasn't even real, it was fake… but for some weird reason it felt right, but how? I mean… he's a Playboy for crying out loud. Why is it that I'm having a strange emotion for him… is it a Playboy curse or something? If it was, then how come it had no affect on me before? I'm so confused… and this fake boyfriend and girlfriend thing is starting to give me a head ache.
Regular P.O.V.
Kagome sighed and placed her arms down and put her head down on them. She was getting tired of what was now fourth period social studies. It was 5 minutes for her to do that and suddenly.
WHACK A ruler hits the table and Kagome looked up and saw Ms. Kaede.
"What are ye doing sleeping?" Ms. Kaede asked.
"I was not sleeping; I was trying to rid of a headache." She whined.
"Do ye wish to go to the office?" Ms. Kaede asked her.
"Sure… what ever." She stood up then fell back on the chair. "Lost my balance…" She mumbled.
"Ye don't look well." Ms. Kaede checked to see if she was warm and Kagome didn't like that. "Seems ye have a fever." She explained. "Inuyasha, will you take her to the office, she is too unstable to go alone." Ms. Kaede explained to him.
"Sure, I guess." Inuyasha shrugged and stood up.
Ms. Kaede gave them a pass and they left the room and then began to talk as they went toward the office.
"So, you caught a fever did you?" Inuyasha asked walking next to her.
"I guess, I'll have to write an excuse to go home. Then I'll just drive home in my car and when I arrive home I'll go in bed." She smiled weakly and then almost tripped but Inuyasha caught her.
"You know… for a playgirl like you… you're very clumsy. Are you sure you can even drive like that?" He asked her.
"I know I'm clumsy… people seem to notice that if they know the true me… it's hard to say. I only play the person you know me well as for only school, but it's different out of school." She said then tried to shake the dizziness out of her head and almost lost her balance again. "Oops, ha-ha." She said with a little embarrassment.
"So… what you're doing right now… is the actual you?" Inuyasha asked. "I think I should drive you home, or else you'll end up crashing on the street." He snorted.
"Just like mom…" She whispered to herself and Inuyasha had to strain his ears to hear her.
I didn't mean like that. It's just you might get hurt… and, a lot of these stupid guys like you so yeah." He said as he held his head high.
"It's okay… I guess… I should get over them… but anyway… you don't even know where I live." Kagome told him.
"That's why you'll show me." He replied.
"No, it's okay." She said with a slight giggle.
"But if you don't come, I won't know exactly wear your house is." He smirked and she kind of blushed.
"Fine then." Kagome replied as they went into the office.
The nurse in the office told Kagome that she was starting to get sick and should go home. Kagome told her that she would have to drive home so the nurse told the gentleman that was with Kagome to drive Kagome home and take the rest of the day off as well. Inuyasha shrugged with agreement and went back to class to get both his and Kagome's stuff.
Kagome showed him where her car was and he complimented to her black dragon. Inuyasha then asked her for the keys and she gave it to him even though she didn't want to. He opened her door for her to get in then closed the door for her and went to the drives side. Once he got in he didn't have to change the seating of it so he started the car. He asked Kagome her house was and she replied with 128 West Tama Blvd. Inuyasha was amazed, he lived on that street too except his was 277 West Tama Blvd. It was a little creepy at the similarities but didn't say anything about it. To bad for him, Kagome just fell asleep. It got him a little mad at first but then again, he looked at her sleeping body from head to toe.
'Is this the way she actually acts when she's away from school? I've never seen her sleep before, she looks peaceful… wait… what the hell am I thinking! She's my enemy. Am I really falling in love with her! We've only been faking it for 4 hours!' He yelled at himself mentally but couldn't help it. Inuyasha stopped the car in her driveway and then parked it. 'Holy shit, her house is a mansion like mine! But she's only one person!' His jaw dropped and his eyes began to grow wide. "It must be lonely for Kagome." He said in a low voice.
"Souta…" She said in help sleep and scared the crap out of Inuyasha because he thought he woke her up. "I'm so sorry…" She said again. Inuyasha was now curious.
"Sorry for what?" He asked in a low voice and then a barrier started to form.
"I couldn't save you…" She then was starting to get a little stiff.
Inuyasha was starting to then feel bad. "Kagome, wake up." He said gently so he wouldn't get hurt. He didn't feel like getting punched in the face.
"It's my fault…" She mumbled in her sleep.
"Kagome, wake up!" He said a little loud.
"It was so hot ad knocked me down… I was scared. It was his fault too." She whined as she was still in her sleep.
'What? What does she mean? Who is 'he' and why was she scared? Maybe I can ask her later.' He told himself.
There was still a slight barrier around Kagome but Inuyasha has heard enough from her pain. He then hesitated for a moment; thinking of whether he should try to wake her up. Inuyasha finally decided, he reached his hand and slowly let it go near Kagome. He placed his hand on Kagome's shoulder and was surprised that he wasn't hurt. Kagome then slowly opened her eyes a little sleepily.
"You awake now?" Inuyasha asked curiously.
"Yeah… did I fall asleep?" She asked as if she was confused.
"Yeah, you okay?" He asked her again.
"I am… thank you for taking me home Inuyasha. I know this might be weird to ask but, do you want something to eat? I have some ramen in the kitchen." She smiled weakly.
"You just said the magic word, sure." He smiled and grabbed the keys and opened the door and grabbed his backpack and got out. Kagome got out on her own side and grabbed her backpack as well.
Inuyasha gave her the keys and she opened door. When Inuyasha walked in it was completely cleaned as so he was amazed. She told him to do what ever he wanted while she fixed some lunch. They didn't really much notice but Kagome was getting better somehow but something was hitting her heart but she didn't tell Inuyasha.
Inuyasha shrugged and took a look around. He opened one of the doors and found an inside swimming pool. His mouth dropped yet again because he didn't even have on at his mansion. He went into another room and it was a bathroom that was huge. It had a hot tub, shower, and even a small fountain thing inside, in the corner there looked to be a cupboard of fresh towels. After about 7 doors downstairs he went up stairs. He started at the last door this time and found a miniature library. The next room he investigated blew his mind away. She had a basic game room; she had a 100 inch television and on the side of it was a PS, PS2, Game-cube, X-box, and all the others. She even had DDR pads for the PS. On the other side of the wall was a high tech computer that no one could get anymore. He was afraid of looking at the other wall and did. He was relieved when he only saw beanie chairs. He grumbled and then went into a different room. To much to his surprise it was Kagome's room.
He wasn't really amused on the fact that it smelt like spring blossoms like Kagome did. He looked at a door near her closet and she had her own bathroom and he wasn't amused because he did too. When he looked toward the bed he was shocked for a slight minute. No, it wasn't the fact that she made her bed; he was shocked at what the blanket had the picture of. It was a black dog demon with red eyes; he started at it for a few minutes then looked at the nightstand near her bed. It had a picture frame on it with of course a picture in it. He walked up and sat up Kagome's bed and then picked it up to look at it.
It was a picture of her mother, her brother, and herself. He smirked at it and it grew to a frown and then wondered on how Kagome could be here… living all alone in a big place like that. He was different; he had his brother and a few servants so he wasn't really alone.
"That's my mom and my little brother Souta." Kagome said at the door.
"I see…" He said quietly. /I wish I could've helped her.\ He growled to himself.
"It doesn't matter; there would've been nothing anyone could do for them." She said with a hint of sadness in her voice.
"Kagome… are you demon?" Inuyasha asked curiously.
"No? I'm just a human." She spun around. "See, no demon ears, claws, or teeth." She smiled and walked and sat a little near him. "Why did you ask?" She questioned.
"No reason, but why is it that you have a black dog on your blanket that looks like a demon?" He asked her.
"My mom use to tell me stories about demons, hanyous (this is like the only word I'll write like that, I'm use to it), and humans. I liked her stories a lot, but the only thing funny is… my mom would tell me a story about a hanyou and then we would cry. I never understood why but that's what always happened; tell me a story…we would cry… and then she would hug me." Kagome smiled and Inuyasha handed her the picture. "I remember telling her that I wanted to see a hanyou up front, she always laughed and so I laughed along with her. Mom told me that my fathers' side always had the pride of a dog and so that's why I have this blanket I guess." Kagome smiled and then set the picture back on her nightstand.
"So… you actually would like to see a hanyou?" He asked confusingly.
"Yeah… but I guess it would be just a fantasy wouldn't it?" She walked to the door and Inuyasha still sat on her bed. "I think I understand why we would cry after my mom told me a story about a hanyou." She said and Inuyasha turned his head to hear what she would say. "The hanyou was never really accepted from either side, neither from humans… nor demons. And that's why I cried at least, no matter what, I would always find a hanyou… amusing." She then giggled lightly. "I forgot to tell you… your ramen is done, it's in the dinning room." She smiled and went done stairs.
"She would actually like a hanyou… does that mean… she would actually like me?" He asked himself out loud but she was already gone so she couldn't hear him.
He shook that out of his head and went downstairs into her dinning room. When he went inside he was so confused… paintings of dog demons were on each wall… The east side had one that was black fighting wolves, south side had tan fighting birds, west side had white fighting panthers, and the north had dark brown fighting bats. How could she have the four dog demons he wondered curiously? Kagome was at the entrance of the dinning room.
"Is there something wrong?" She asked him.
"Not really, but why do you have four dog demons on the walls?" He returned the question.
"I don't know… my family always had them. Lord Shituko of the east, Lord Shinto of the south, Lord Inutashio of the west, and Lord Kujo-kawaji of the north..." She smiled.
"How do you know my… I mean the western lord?" He asked suspiciously.
"Hmm? I don't know… He has two sons, a demon and a hanyou is all I know. Lord Shituko had a son and daughter; both hanyous. Lord Shinto had a daughter that was a demon. Lord Kujo-kawaji had a son that was a demon. Mom told me that the east and west only cared for some humans. I admire them both though." She smiled.
Inuyasha was a little pale. 'I hope she doesn't know anything else about my dad!' He shouted to himself.
"I remember mom saying that Lord Shituko had married a priestess and had kept in charge of a sacred jewel, though I think the jewel is a myth but it's not. Grandpa told me that he actually had it, but my grandpa is weird, anyway I'll be in the archery room while you eat your ramen." She bowed then gave a humble smile and left.
When Kagome left the dinning room Inuyasha was so confused. 'How can she know all this, it's not possible! Even I don't know all the lords other than my father and the east! I'm so god damn confused! Oh crap!... My ramen is going to get cold.' He then attended to eating the greatly cooked ramen.
After a while he finished it and then placed the bowl in the kitchen room in the sink. He was about to knock on the door where he assumed that she was in but a phone rang. It was her phone in the living room. Inuyasha was going to tell her that but instead he answered it so he wouldn't have to bug Kagome for the moment.
"Hello?" He said waiting for a reply.
"Who are you? What did you do to my Kagome? Tell me what you did to my granddaughter!" A person said that sound like an old man.
"Relax old man; she's in a different room practicing archery I think." Inuyasha replied to the somewhat angry old man.
"Oh, I am very sorry about that. Never heard a guy at a Higurashi residence before really so I suspected you were a robber." The old man said apologetically. "Are you her boyfriend of some sort?" The man said curiously.
"Uh, I guess you can say that." Inuyasha sweat dropped.
"Ah, I see. Anyways, can you be kind enough to tell Kagome that a letter should be coming in for her?" The man asked.
"I guess I could tell her mister…?" Inuyasha pondered what to call him.
"You don't need to call me Mr. Higurashi; you can just call me gramps like everyone else does." Gramps replied.
"Alright then, I guess." Inuyasha replied.
"I hope Kagome doesn't take it that hard though." He mumbled to himself on the phone by accident.
"Sir?" Inuyasha said questionably.
"OH! NOTHING! Uh… please do her a favor and when the mail comes that you will leave the mansion okay?" Gramps said. "I'm sure it will be enough pain already." He mumbled again on the phone accidentally.
"What are you talking about?" Inuyasha asked him.
"Ah! Nothing, don't pay attention to this old fool." He sounded calm. "I better get off the phone so the bill won't bother anyone, bye." He said and immediately hung up.
"Uh… bye…" Inuyasha was confused and then hung up the phone as well.
"Who was that Inuyasha?" Kagome asked and almost gave Inuyasha a heart attack.
"WILL YOU QUIT SCARYING ME LIKE THAT!" He shouted.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to, but anyway who was on the phone, a company?" She asked curiously.
"No, it was you gramps… hey wait a minute, you know some companies!" Inuyasha asked very loudly.
"Yeah, papa ran a company called Shikon. But when he died my mom took care of it. But now their both dead, I took care of it for about 3 weeks and got bored, I had more then enough money so I gave it to your brother." She smiled.
"You… know my brother?" He asked nervously.
"Yeah, my mom told me that your father was close to mine and so I let him be the president of Shikon." She smiled but poor Inuyasha still looked confused. "Never mind, let's not talk about it then okay?" He nodded still trying to figure a few things out.
"Um… what did my grandpa say?" She asked.
"Oh, he said that some mail would be coming in. I have a question for you." He said in a bored tone.
"Okay, let's hear it." She said curiously.
"How many rooms do you have, like… guest room?" He asked.
"Um… I think I have 22 downstairs and 13 upstairs?" She tried to think. "Why?" She asked.
"Do you… like being here, alone?" He stuttered to ask.
"Um… it's annoying sometimes, even sad, but I try to find something to get that out of my mind." She smiled warmly.
"You know… if you wanted… you could ask Sango to live here with you… you know… so you wouldn't get lonely." He tried to find right words to say. "Heck even Miroku though I think you would need a basement for him." He laughed.
"That would be true." Kagome laughed also "But, don't they have a place to live or something? Or do they live in apartments?" She asked.
"They live in apartments. Sango's dad tempts to throw her out when he gets mad. Miroku gets annoyed by his drunken friend who always takes care of him." He explained.
"But, if it's true… then how come you never asked them to move in your mansion?" She asked him curiously.
"Well… I don't have any more rooms for them, see… I have servants at my house and so yeah. It's no good for them." He said with a sigh.
"Hmm… I guess it would be nice… but… it would be weird to ask them." She looked down to think.
"We can go to their places and ask them, I know where they live." He smiled.
"That sounds fun." She said happily.
A weird noise was heard coming from outside the door, they looked outside and it was the mailman delivering the mail. Inuyasha grabbed it and handed it to her. Kagome then saw a tan letter that was from her grandfather.
"Well, I better go, my address is 277, same street, you can meet me there in 3 hours. Then we can go to their apartments and ask them if they want to live here with you." He told her.
"Okay, that sounds like a good plan. I'll just take a shower and read my mail and then head over. To let you know, if I'm not at your place within 3 the hours, I'll be at the park… you know the one about a block away?" She asked him.
"Yup, alright then, see you later Kagome." He grabbed his backpack then waved goodbye and walked toward his place.