Thank you so much everyone for the reviews, sorry it took a little longer to update, I wasn't quite sure where to go from where I left off! But enough of my rambling, I hope you enjoy Chapter 11!
"Ah! Shippou no don't put your finger in the socket!" Kagome rushed to Shippou's side and grabbed him before the curious child could further explore electricity. Shippou giggled with laughter and Kagome heaved a heavy sigh. 'He's being so difficult today…'
She strode over to the small stereo next to the TV. and turned it on. Just as she thought, Shippou started singing along to his favorite c.d., and that seemed to occupy him for a bit. Kagome looked at the clock and realized that Inuyasha would be home soon for lunch. She hummed to herself while she made her way into the kitchen. Bending down, she took a pizza box out of the freezer and quickly got it into the oven. Then she made her way out onto the living room to play with Shippou.
"So Shippou, do you know how to dance yet?" Shippou shook his head and gulped as Kagome smirked.
"It's easy! Come on dance with me!" She bent over a little to reach Shippou's level and took his hands. She laughed as Shippou awkwardly followed her around the room. But after a while, he seemed to realize that all you have to do is move with the music. Soon after it was an all out dance party. They were both too busy dancing to notice the door open, until Kagome felt a pair of arms hug her around her waist. Shippou started laughing and clapped his hands.
"Inuyasha! Don't scare me like that…" But all seriousness was lost from her voice as she blushed slightly from the contact.
"You're quite the dancer, Kagome..." Inuyasha chuckled as Kagome blushed harder.
"Shut up, I don't actually dance like that!" Shippou rushed to his father's side and exclaimed, "Did you see me dancing daddy! Kagome taught me!"
"I'm sure with the moves she taught you; you'll be catching all the ladies..." He rolled his eyes as Kagome punched him playfully in the shoulder.
"Well anyways the pizza's almost done so go sit down" Inuyasha and Shippou took a seat at the counter while Kagome got plates out. At that moment, her cell phone began to ring. She picked it up, not bothering to look at the caller I.D.
"Hello?"
"Kagome?" Kagome's heart started pounding.
"Kagome? It's me, Hojo!" Inuyasha looked up from his game of tick tack toe with Shippou when he didn't hear Kagome's voice. He looked over to her, and she looked slightly pale. Kagome swallowed hard.
"H-hey! Uhm, w-what's up?" 'Could this really be him?' Inuyasha raised an eyebrow but lowered his head once more.
"Nothing…how have you been? I haven't talked to you since-"
"High school." Kagome finished.
"Yeah, listen you want to catch up?" Every being in her body screamed at her to say no, to scream into the phone how much she hated him for what he did to her, to just hang up.
"That would be nice."
"Great! Well then, how about I come over to your apartment tomorrow." Kagome swallowed once more.
"You don't know where I live..." Inuyasha looked up yet again.
'This conversation seems a little off… I wonder who the hell she's talking to…'
"Of course I do! It's been a while but I still remember." He said cheerfully.
Kagome wiped a sweaty palm on her jeans. 'Why am I freaking out!'
"Okay, you can come over tomorrow." She hung up after they had agreed on a time.
"Kagome?" She jumped, and then turned around with the same fake smile he had given her on the first day they met. Ignoring it, Inuyasha went on.
"Who was that?" Kagome shook her head and put her phone back on the countertop.
"No one." Before Inuyasha could inquire more, Shippou exclaimed, "I'm starving!"
And thankfully, Kagome busied herself with serving lunch.
"Hey." Kagome looked away from the TV to look at Inuyasha.
"You've been quite all day, what's up?" It was now late at night, and Inuyasha was home from work. Shippou had been put to bed, leaving Inuyasha and Kagome to watching they're favorite comedy show. But Kagome wasn't laughing at any of the jokes.
'Even if they were stupid she would laugh…' Inuyasha looked at her worriedly. The most she had done all night was bite her lip, looking as if she was in deep thought about something. Kagome smiled and replied,
"Nothing's wrong! I don't know why you keep asking…"
Inuyasha sighed in annoyance and said, "Don't be stupid wench, I know something wrong with you, you've been acting funny since that phone call!"
"I'm not stupid! And if there was something wrong I would tell you alright!" She turned away from him, but Inuyasha grabbed her shoulders and brought her close to him.
"Don't lie to me wench…" He growled. Kagome stared back defiantly and then suddenly stood.
"My names not wench! It's Kagome! Ka-go-me! Get it straight!" with that she picked up her keys, and stormed her way out of the house slamming the door behind her.
Inuyasha blinked, and lowered his hands from the place Kagome's shoulders had once been. He growled in annoyance, got up, and shut off the TV. Making his way into his bedroom, he stripped down and got into bed.
'Geeze all I asked was "what's wrong," and she freaks out! Whatever, see if I care...' He turned over onto his side and punched one of his pillows, trying to make himself comfortable. When he finally settled down, he stared out into the darkness.
He sniffed the air, and caught a slight hint of Kagome. He sighed and closed his eyes.
'Okay maybe I do care…a little bit…'
Kagome slammed the door to her room and stood against the door. She felt bad for yelling at Inuyasha, but right now Inuyasha was farthest from her brain right now.
'Why, after all these years, why did you come back?'Kagome panted softly as she felt tears well up in her eyes. Her hands turned into fists as she pounded against the bedroom door, taking out all her anger on it.
"Why wont you just leave me alone!" She slowly stopped punching the door and slid down it, crying softly to herself.
"Why did you do this to me? Why did you make me this way?" She closed her eyes and she fell into a fitful sleep, not caring that she was on the floor.
Kagome's eyes fluttered open to the sound of chirping in her ears. She groaned as she stood up off of the floor, being mindful of her stiff neck. She looked at the clock and it read 12:58. She was supposed to be at Inuyasha's house five hours ago. She made her way to her answering machine and sure enough, there she had five messages waiting for her, each one from an aggravated hanyou. As she listened to them, the further she went on the angrier the messages got. She felt bad for leaving Shippou alone, but she would bring him something special tomorrow. Right now, she needed to get ready for Hojo, who would be at her apartment in half an hour.
Kagome checked herself in the mirror, for what seemed like the thousandth time that day. She took a deep breath and made her way into the door, slowly opening it.
Standing there was Hojo Akitoki, (a/n: I don't think this is his real last name, but it just came to me lol) beaming at Kagome. Kagome smiled widely in spite of herself, and Hojo pulled her into a hug. Kagome just tapped his back as he exclaimed how beautiful she looks. Suddenly Kagome was brought back to the time he had told her that so many times in high school. She pulled away from him and gave him a small smile, leading him into her apartment. Shutting the door behind her, she started.
"So, how have you been?" Hojo took Kagome's hands in his and stared into her eyes.
"Miserable without you, to be honest." Kagome gave a fake laugh as she slowly pulled her hands out of his. She sat down on her couch along with Hojo as they talked about what they had been doing these past two years. It was more Hojo talking than Kagome. She mostly just nodded her head and smiled at all the appropriate moments. Suddenly, Hojo got a serious look on his face. He scooted closer to Kagome and asked,
"You don't have a boyfriend do you, Kagome?" Inuyasha flashed in her mind, but then she shook her head. 'Why did he pop up…?" Hojo took this as a no and smiled softly at her, taking her chin into his hand.
"You don't know how happy I am to hear that, Kagome." He lowered his head and gave her a small kiss, and Kagome became rigid. 'No!' her head screamed. She just sat there, and let him kiss her. It felt like forever until he pulled away. But she wasn't reluctant to have him pull away like she had with Inuyasha. She felt relieved. Hojo whispered something about coming to see her again tomorrow, then stood up and left.
Kagome stared at the door, and then burst into tears, wiping her lips off frantically. She started sobbing as she scratched at her wrists.
"I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU I HATE YOU!" she screamed at no one over and over again as she scratched the skin off her wrists. She finally stopped and fell back onto the couch, quietly crying to herself, muttering "I hate you" over and over.
Well there it is, I hope you all enjoyed a little drama, okay, well maybe a lot of drama lol. But hey, it can't hurt once in a while right! I could have been really mean and ended it where Kagome storms out of Inuyasha's house but I didn't! I went on…I know I'm so generous, lol. I'm just kidding of course! But I'm not kidding about reviews! I hope I get lots, because you guys really do inspire me!
