Well, here is the third chapter for Undeniable Love. I put the third chapter up for "A New Leader" as well. I hope you like them! (In case anyone is wondering, I felt bad waiting so long to update and just putting up chapter 2 wasn't enough. So I put up chapter 3 today and I'll put up chapter 4 on Wednesday.
So, current "update" days are Sundays and Thursdays.
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Undeniable Love
Chapter 3 - Tears
By: Scaevola
Published 8/25/05
Updated 8/28/05
Kagome had trouble concentrating during class throughout the day. Everything she saw and heard somehow reminded her of InuYasha.
She knew that she was madly in love with InuYasha, but she also knew that he'd never return her feelings.
'He's too busy with that clay-pot, Kikyo' She thought bitterly. 'He doesn't even notice me when Kikyo is around.'
Kagome's day continued like that, full of bitter thoughts, heartbroken sighs and daydreams of her discovering that InuYasha truly did have feelings for her. 'Who am I kidding? InuYasha only protects me because I can see the jewel shards. He'd never have any real feelings for me.'
It wasn't until much later in the day that Kagome began to get her mind off InuYasha. 'I never thought I'd be so happy to be going on a date with Hojo!' thought Kagome.
It was 6:30, and Kagome was running a bit late. She'd probably end up making Hojo wait downstairs while she finished up.
When Hojo arrived, at 7:00 exactly, Kagome did indeed make Hojo wait until 7:10 before she was finally ready.
Hojo didn't appear to mind however, he was his normal polite self as he offered Kagome compliments on how good she looked and how it was such a pleasure to be with her for the night.
"So where are we going, Hojo-kun?" asked Kagome as they descended the steps of the shrine.
"Well, I was thinking that maybe we could see a movie…" Hojo trailed off.
Kagome gave a nod and smiled, "That sounds fine."
They both walked together to the movie theater, which wasn't very far away. Hojo took Kagome's hand in her own as they walked. Kagome looked up at him when he did this, but said nothing. She was kind of still wishing that InuYasha was the one going to the movies with her tonight. 'No! I have to keep my mind off of InuYasha! Hojo is really nice and polite. He cares about me, unlike InuYasha.'
"Kagome?" Hojo leaned over and whispered, "Is something wrong? You seem troubled."
Kagome shook her head and answered him quietly, "No, everything is fine Hojo-kun. I'm just tired."
"Hojo nodded in understanding. "Yeah, you've been sick a lot lately. If you don't feel well, I can take you home…" he looked at her with concern.
"No, Hojo, I feel fine. Let's just have fun tonight." She gave him a smile while she spoke, as if to reassure him.
When they finally reached the movie theater, Hojo bought a large popcorn and some soda for the both of them before they went off to find their seats.
As the theater dimmed and the movie began to play, Kagome was finally at peace from her thoughts about InuYasha as she watched the movie.
The movie continued, and Kagome sat through it quietly throughout. She didn't even notice when Hojo put his arm around her, or when he held her hand. When she did though, she leaned closer into him, glad that someone really did care about how she felt. 'Why did I constantly reject him? He's perfect.'
After the movie ended, she hugged Hojo tightly. "Thank you, Hojo-kun!"
He smiled and blushed at the sudden embrace. "I'm glad you had fun, Kagome." he said.
"He offered his arm, which Kagome took, and they both set off towards Kagome's house.
They walked in silence, each enjoying the other's company. When they finally approached the door to the shrine however, Hojo turned towards Kagome and brushed his lips against hers.
Kagome stood shocked. She hadn't expected Hojo to kiss her. 'My first real kiss.' she thought, touching her lips softly. She looked up at Hojo, and smiled before quickly catching his lips with her own.
Kagome lost herself as they deepened the kiss. They only broke for air before catching each other's lips again. Hojo ended the kiss with a sigh.Kagome was left in a daze from the heated kissing that had just passed and she missed Hojo's question.
"Huh?" she asked stupidly.
"I was wondering if you'd like to go out with me again sometime." Hojo fidgeted nervously.
"I'd Love to Hojo-kun!" squealed Kagome.
"I'll see you tomorrow, okay?" he asked.
"Hai."
"Bye." with that, he turned around and hurried down the steps, humming some nameless song.
Kagome hurried inside and ran to her room. She squealed and jumped on the bed, smothering herself with a pillow. She'd never felt so happy.
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InuYasha arrived earlier through the well. Whatever courage that had come to him to help him get through the well quickly disappeared once he got near the house.
He was relieved to find out that Kagome wasn't home as he sniffed the air for her scent. 'She's been gone for awhile now…' InuYasha turned and jumped into the Goshinboku to wait for her return. He needed the time for calm himself anyway.
He smelled Kagome's mom start cooking dinner, and the smell of the hot meal assaulted his nose. His mouth began to water as he thought about the food Mrs. Higurashi was cooking. The growling of his stomach reminded him that he'd had little to eat that day, and he had the sudden urge to join Kagome's family for dinner. But he would feel awkward accepting food from Kagome's family without Kagome there, so he remained silent in the tree, daydreaming about the delicious foods that the Higurashi family must be eating.
The time passed slowly, and it was a good two hours or more after the Higurashi family ate that InuYasha was woken from his daydream about piles of Ramen by Kagome's scent.
InuYasha nearly leaped out of the tree to talk to her, but was stopped when he smelled a second scent with Kagome's. InuYasha sat back in the tree to wait for Kagome and the person with her to come into view. He'd have to wait for the other person to leave before he could approach the girl.
He barely suppressed his growl as he saw that Hobo guy walk to the door with Kagome, hand in hand. When the boy kiss Kagome lightly, he dug his claws into the tree and bit his lip. Anger began to overtake him, but it was replaced with a heartbroken sadness as he watched Kagome return the kiss. 'I was right, she loves someone else. She'd never love a hanyou like me.' It was with that thought and a heavy heart that InuYasha leapt from the tree and began to walk to the well house.
InuYasha would have went through the well and left Kagome alone if he hadn't mistaken Kagome's squeals of delight from her bedroom as screams. He drew his Tetsusaiga and leapt to through her open window. "Kagome! Where's the demon!" he shouted searching her room, looking for the cause of her "screams".
InuYasha saw the pillow over Kagome's head. 'It must be possessed!' He ripped the pillow off of Kagome and slashed it in two with his Tetsusaiga. "Kagome! Are you alright?" he asked.
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Kagome lay on her bed in shock. It took a moment for her to process what had happened. She would have laughed at InuYasha's concern, especially the way he just attacked her "Demonic pillow" but she was still too angry at the Hanyou for her to do that.
"InuYasha! SIT!" She yelled, getting up from her bed. "I don't know what your doing here, but If you expect me to go back with you then your WRONG!" she screamed, heading towards her door.
InuYasha lifted his head from the floor, "Kagome, wait."
Kagome stopped and turned around, but she didn't give InuYasha a chance to speak. "I just had the perfect evening with Hojo, he's nice, polite, and he cares about me! He doesn't treat me like so jewel shard collector! And you know what, InuYasha? You just ruined my evening. I don't want to see you again, you disgusting half-breed!" she finished her ultimatum with a glare that could kill any human before she stormed out of her room, slamming the door behind her.
InuYasha was in shock. He'd never seen Kagome so angry, nor had Kagome ever spoken to him like that. 'So she thinks I'm disgusting filth also…' Kagome always told him that she didn't care that he was half-demon, but apparently that wasn't true. InuYasha held leapt out of Kagome's window and went back to the Goshinboku. It wasn't until he was sure that nobody would see or hear him that he let his tears fall. He never let anyone see him cry, he didn't want people to know how much of an effect they had on him. He only let his tears show once before, when he'd thought Kagome had died.
