The Story of Us

By: Inu-Tenshi

Chapter Four: Ah, Old Times

Disclaimer: I don't own any Inuyasha characters.

Sesshoumaru's P.O.V.

Back then, Kagome and I already knew each other very well. Must have to do with all the staring.

The most extraordinary thing happened to me today.

Kagome slapped me. Yeah, you heard me, she slapped me.

And the funny thing is, I'm still grinning like an idiot.

Don't ask why, I can't answer that either.

This morning, a freshman came up to me.

She was dressed like Kagome, talking like Kagome, even acting like Kagome.

And to top that off, she was even wearing a wig. A wig!

But I knew she wasn't Kagome. Kagome was real. This girl looked fake.

"Hi, Sesshoumaru!" she chirped.

First mistake. Kagome never greets me in the morning. She simply smiles at me.

"Hi..." I trailed off, waiting for her to give me her name.

"Kagome. You should know my name by now!" What a liar.

"Sorry, I don't know you," I began to walk away. Apparently, the girl was stubborn.

"Really? I thought I had just spoken to you yesterday!" she lied.

"I have never seen nor spoken to you in my life. You are not Kagome. Get out of my sight."

When she wouldn't leave, I could feel my eyes narrowing. Who does she think she is? Obviously, Kagome. But she isn't.

Damn impersonator.

"But Sesshoumaru! I love you!" she whined.

Second mistake. Kagome doesn't whine.

Heads starting turning in the hallway to listen to our conversation.

I could hear people whispering.

"Hey, isn't that Kagome? Why's she with him?"

"Did she just say she loves Sesshoumaru?"

"She's still hot." "Damn straight!"

"Whoa. Am I hallucinating, or did she fill her breasts over the weekend?"

Right. I found the third mistake.

Kagome does not have those damned overly large breasts!

This is so frustrating. She's fooling everyone else, but she can't fool me.

Then someone yelled out of nowhere, "SHE'S NOT KAGOME DAMN DIMWITS! LOOK AT THAT BITCH AGAIN!"

After hearing that, some turned to see who yelled, others obeyed and observed.

Indeed, that was not Kagome. Afterall, if she was Kagome, the janitor would be here by now to mop up the drool.

Right now, the floor was still shiny and clean. Sort of.

Suddenly, the girl jumped on me. Or hugged me. And started...wait...NUZZLING ME?

I flung her off of me as quickly as my arms would allow.

As soon as she got up, I slapped her. Hard. So hard that she landed on the floor all over again.

She stared at me, then started to pull the cursed puppy eyes trick on me.

At that moment, the real Kagome entered the school building.

Not long after, the janitor was running around, trying to get the floors cleaned and waxed.

She looked at the girl, then back at me.

"Did you slap her Sesshoumaru?" she asked.

"She was impersonating you," what a lame excuse.

"I see."

She walked up to me, and that's when she slapped me.

But she wasn't angry at all. Not at all.

To get her angry was like picking up an elephant and carrying it on your back for 12 hours.

She was just that kind of person.

She walked to where the girl was still sitting. The girl didn't seem to want to get up though.

"Hello. What's your name?" she sounded as if she was talking to a 5 year old.

"Arya," well, I wasn't expecting that. I presumed she would lash out at Kagome.

"Well Arya, I slapped Sesshoumaru, so you should be feeling better now."

Arya nodded vigorously and grinned.

"How old are you?"

I was surprised. Wasn't she around the age of 14 since she's a freshman?

"10," I was shocked. I had practically abused a child. Oh, boy.

"And what are you doing here?" Kagome asked as if she knew that all along.

"My mama sent me here. She said she wanted me to graduate college at the age of 18 or something."

"And why are you dressed like me?"

"I like you."

"Good enough for me...well then, you should take out the tissue before they fall out. That would be embarrassing, wouldn't it?" she winked.

Arya flushed and started to take out a whole bunch of tissue.

"Alrighty. Let's get you to class now, shall we?"

They held hands and walked away.

The hallway was silent.

After that 'incident', Kagome and Arya were always together. They were like sisters.

I would never be able to understand Kagome. She is still a mystery to me.

Kagome's P.O.V.

Once, I felt so depressed, I didn't even attend my classes for the afternoon. All because of a stupid misunderstanding.

"Sesshoumaru-sama, please accept this," a cute freshman girl held out a letter.

Sesshoumaru took it, but he didn't take it seriously.

Everytime someone gave him a letter, he felt nothing. Not even caring that so many girls loved him.

Then he started to walk away.

"You aren't going to read it, are you?"

He paused and said nothing.

"Every letter you receive is like a waste of time and paper to you, isn't it?"

Still, he said nothing.

"Why? Why can't you just take into consideration what others feel for you?"

By now, the girl was crying, tears rolling down her cheeks.

Then, as if she had just realized it, the girl asked, "You already love someone right? That's why you would never read any letters."

Sesshoumaru didn't deny it.

The girl only cried harder when he walked away, not even glancing back.

I was there. I saw everything, heard everything.

Sesshoumaru was in love with someone already.

I felt as if my heart would break. As if he had shattered it.

That afternoon, I sat below a cherry blossom tree, crying silently, as if to give comfort to myself.

But sitting here only made me feel worse. It made me remember all the memories we shared here.

Happy memories. We smiled, we laughed.

But now...now...all of that was in the past. Sesshoumaru loved someone else.

Just thinking about it again, more silent tears poured out of my eyes.

No one was here to see me cry anyway. Why bother trying to hide it?

I hugged my knees closer to my chest and rested my chin on top.

How stupid I was...to think that sometimes I even thought that I may have a chance, no matter how slim.

To think that I thought he liked me if only a little...

To think that he would have even given me a chance...

How ignorant I was. What a fool I had been. How could I not see that someone had changed him?

He smiled more, laughed more, joked more.

He was different. He had changed. He had gotten softer.

Why didn't I see it all before? Why did I even think for a second that he would have any interest in someone like me?

I wasn't worthy. Even those cute girls who went up to him were rejected.

How could I even compare myself to them?

If they were nothing to him, what made me think I was any different?

Why did he have to be so nice? Why did he have to make me think that he liked me?

I wasn't crying anymore. I guess my tear supply had been squeezed dry.

I dried my eyes, then opened them. Someone was in front of me. Who would be here? Were classes over already?

As soon as I lifted my head up, I regretted it.

It was Sesshoumaru. Looking at him, the tears came back, full blast.

He knelt down slowly and gently lifted my chin.

"Why are you crying here?" Strange. I thought I saw pain and concern in his eyes just a second ago.

I didn't reply.

Unexpectedly, Sesshoumaru hugged me. And I didn't push him away.

I don't care if he likes someone already. Right now, I just want to be in his embrace.

After awhile, my crying died down.

"Now tell me Kagome, why were you crying? Is it because of someone? I swear I'll kill them."

I almost laughed out loud. I don't think he would want to know who made me cry.

It'll make him feel bad. Besides, it can't be a good thing if you try and kill yourself, can it?

So I merely shook my head and just leaned against him. This feels really good.

I feel as if I can stay like this forever...

But that's impossible. It's just a stupid fairy tale that will never come true for me.

It's all in my head. Not wanting this moment to be broken just yet, I hugged him tighter.

And after all that, I went home and immediately dropped on my bed. I had cried so much that my eyes were drooping.

But I knew...when I woke up in the morning, no matter how beautiful the day was, I would only cry once more.

Cry because I knew I would never be able to win Sesshoumaru's heart.

Cry because I hated myself for being so weak.

Cry because I could feel myself wanting to hate the girl Sesshoumaru liked, but finding I couldn't.

Cry for what is lost and for what could never be.

There were so many reasons. I would continue to cry, no matter how much I wanted to stop.

I would cry for the dreams I had, ones that would never come true.

I knew all this, but still, I couldn't bring myself to stop loving him. I had no control over my feelings.

I cried for a whole week straight at home. Afterall, you could say that Sesshoumaru was my first, and will be my only, love.

Love. How I hate that word. The word that brought so much pain to me, while it brought others joy and happiness.

Since when had I become so spiteful, so full of contempt?

Now I hate myself even more. Why was I even born in this world to begin with?

My life has no purpose. No future. Nothing. It was all an empty void.

Those were my last thoughts before I drifted off into deep slumber.

Yes. Now that I think back on it, I was pretty dense back then. Really, really dense.

Author's Note:

If you have any questions regarding this chapter/story, for example, things that confuse you or things you don't understand, please, feel free to ask me.

The plot of this story is created through my own imagination. There is absolutely no stealing, using, or borrowing unless you have been granted permission by myself.

I'm so sorry for this crappy chapter. My vocabulary totally blanked out on me that day. But I needed to get this out as soon as possible for the sake of my wonderful reviewers. I promise next chapter will be better. Much, much better. By the way, I loved all of your reviews! They really helped me sorta speed up my writing process. Love you all!