The Story of Us
By: Inu-Tenshi
Chapter Five: All This Time...
Disclaimer: I don't own any Inuyasha characters.
(Quick A/N: This story will no longer be written in two different point of views. At first, it was to tell you all what the two thought of each other, and now that you already know, obviously, it's time to make some changes, so it will be written as any other story.)
The end of the school year was coming closer each passing day. It was currently the month of January. Only six more months of school left.
'Should I be happy?' Kagome asked herself as she walked up the stairs to reach her locker.
Usually, she would be jumping for joy to know that the school year was almost ending, but this year was different.
If school ended, Sesshoumaru wouldn't be here anymore as he would be attending college.
While Kagome continued to sort out her thoughts, she didn't notice that someone was walking towards her from the opposite direction.
It would seem that luck was not on her side today, for the person was also not paying attention. He appeared to be thinking as well.
Minutes later, papers were flying and two people were on the sitting on floor, dazed, no doubt caused by the impact.
"Ah, sorry! I'm so sorry! I wasn't watching where I was going!" Kagome apologized repeatedly with her eyes closed and head bowed.
"It's alright, Kagome. Say, are you up for an errand?" the person asked.
Kagome brought her head up and blinked. "EH? Mr. Takashi? What are you doing here?"
"Now, now, you don't have to be that surprised. I work here now!" he smiled as if he had been working here the whole time.
"I see," she responded, still confused over the whole matter. The rest of the conversation went on as such...
"Well? Are you up for it?"
"Eh?"
"The errand."
"Eh?" Now kagome seemed even more confused. Or clueless.
A sigh here. "I need someone to bring these papers to this address." Here, Mr. Takashi brought out a sheet of paper, neatly typed address and all.
"Hey, this is near my place! Sure! I'll do it!"
"I appreciate it."
"Anything for my favorite teacher!"
"You never change. Well, you should get going now!"
"Well then, see you tomorrow!"
With that, Kagome walked home, hands full of paper. Her only guide was the address she held between her fingers.
When she arrived, she was amazed by the sheer size of the mansion. Yes, mansion.
Moreover, she lived right next door, yet she never noticed. How could this be? It's not like the mansion would appear out of nowhere and land on this very spot.
Ah, well, it's not time for that right now. Might as well get this over with.
Kagome took a deep breath, and rang the doorbell.
Minutes later, an elderly man opened the door.
"How may I help you, miss?" he asked.
"Umm...are you the owner of this house?" she responded with a question of her own.
"Oh, no. Please come in, I will call the master."
Once invited inside, Kagome couldn't help but observe every detail. Who would live in such an elaborate mansion?
Deciding that waiting quietly would be best, Kagome made herself comfortable on the couch.
Not too long after, she heard footsteps.
Not daring to turn around or face the owner of this magnificent residence, she only waited.
When she was sure the owner was sitting across from her, she dared to lift her head up.
"EH?" was the first thing that came out. Kagome had already said that word at least three times today.
Too many surprises in one day, I tell you.
"Why Kagome, to what do I owe the pleasure?"
"Why you..." she seemed irritated at that very moment, then she burst out laughing just as suddenly and confessed,
"You know what the funny thing is? We lived right next to each other all this time, and I never knew!"
"Hn, neither did I."
"Well, here are your papers, Lord Sesshoumaru."
"Why thank you, you may go."
Kagome continued to laugh. After awhile though, she stopped abruptly.
"You can come over to my place anytime you want, though it's not half as nice as your house. Well, see ya!"
When Sesshoumaru was sure she had left, he leaned back on the couch.
"All this time...all this time and I never realized...all that lost time...baka..." he sighed.
Back home, Kagome went over today's events.
"I can't believe I managed to kid around with Sesshoumaru and not get nervous at all. It seemed so natural..."
The next day...
"Is he here?"
"Where? Where?"
"Idiots! He likes ME!"
"No, ME!"
"ME!"
"Me, me, me!"
"Are you stupid? He will be MINE!"
"Shut up all of you! You're all plain Janes compared to me!"
"Back off! He's mine!"
"Go to HELL! He's mine!"
And so, it went on...and on...and on...
The crowd of female students awaited for their 'beloved' Sesshoumaru, blocking the entrance into the school building.
It seems that more and more girls were willing to take chances after they found that the rumors about him proved untrue, although...there weren't any rumors to begin with.
Once a student spotted Sesshoumaru coming towards their school, it was announced.
That alone arose squeals and screams and shouts of "I love you!" and "Marry me!" and "Let me kiss you!" and so on.
It was enough to make a full grown man yell out in frustration, but of course, Sesshoumaru kept his cool.
He walked right pass all the girls, without so much as a glance at them.
Upon entering, Sesshoumaru noticed there wasn't a soul in the building.
As he arrived at his locker though, he found it wasn't true.
Kagome was there. Conveniently, Sesshoumaru's locker was right across from Kagome's.
He whacked her on the head lightly with his hand.
As expected, she had quick reflexes and grabbed his hand.
"Alright, you..." she trailed off when she saw who it was.
"Sesshoumaru! Hi!"
As usual, Sesshoumaru merely nodded.
He continued to stare at her and for what reason, she didn't know. Until he spoke, that is...
"Can I have my hand back?"
"Eh? Ah! Sorry!" she gave an awkward laugh.
"Well, I have class now! Byeee!"
"What a strange girl," Sesshoumaru looked as his hand and smiled.
Maybe this school year woudn't be so bad afterall.
(I'm going to skip to the climax of the story.)
February 14. Valentine's Day.
It had been a month since Kagome and Sesshoumaru found out they were neighbors.
They even visited each other more often, if just to enjoy the presence of the other.
Today was the day, Kagome decided. Today was the day she would confess her feelings.
But of course, some other people got to him before she did, to put it bluntly. (Sweatdrop)
Luckily for her though, Sesshoumaru rejected every one of them.
Just before lunch, Kagome innocently tapped Sesshoumaru on the shoulder and whispered, "Same location," before walking off as if nothing happened.
At lunchtime, the two met near the cherry blossom trees.
"Ehh...umm...Sesshoumaru! Uhh..."
He waited patiently for what she had to say.
"This is for you!" Kagome shoved a heart shaped box into his hands before he could react and quickly turned away.
Sesshoumaru decided there was more to it and opened the box. On the inside of the cover, in bold pink letters, it said, "I love you" in cursive text.
"Kagome, I thought you would do better than this," he joked.
"I was expecting some stuttering and whatnot."
"Alright, alright! I understand!" she took a deep breath...
"I love you, Sesshoumaru," Kagome confessed and had surprisingly become serious.
"Well, took you long enough," he smiled.
That got her attention. "Hmm?"
He gave her a quick, yet pleasant, kiss.
"You're not normal."
"Neither are you. Girls are suppose to stutter when they confess."
They blinked at each other and burst out laughing.
After that, they were known as the most popular couple in school.
Vocabulary:
-baka: Idiot, stupid.
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 bet you all thought that Kagome collided with Sesshoumaru, right? Heh. Got you there. Anyway, I loved all your reviews! I had even more for last chapter than any other chapters! I wanna huggles you all! Thank you so much!
Answers to some questions I remembered at the last minute:
Will Kouga be in this story? Sorry to all you Kouga fans, but no. I have no intention of bringing him up in this story. Sorry!
Why isn't Kagome popular if so many guys drooled over her? She doesn't want to be. You don't have to be popular for people to like you.
I hope you enjoyed this story so far as I have enjoyed writing it. At first, I was going to stop it and save the Valentine's Day thing for next chapter, but what the heck. Maybe three more chapters until this story is completed. Maybe.
And I'm sorry for the OOCness! But it was necessary. Heh. Can you blame me? Well, Ja ne!