Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha.
A/N: I'm really sorry I haven't been updating! Well I can explain. Well not really. Sorry! Thanks to everyone! I'm glad you guys reviewed.
Also: When Kagome and Sango were gossiping about their love life Kagome didn't tell Sango about her suspicions about him being Inuyasha. So no one knows except Kagome but who knows? It really might not even be him…
Of Broken Hearts and Renewal
Chapter 5: By the By
"So after I got rid" Inuyasha cracked his knuckles for effect. "Of those fan boys of yours, what now?"
"Let me see your schedule," Kagome demanded from Inuyasha. They were in the white halls and grey lockers of section b with the plainest tile floors, light illuminated from the clear windows. "Hmm...looks like we only have 2 subjects together. We have first and fifth. History and Math...Hey Inuyasha are you good in math?"
"Yea, my best subject," Inuyasha smirked arrogantly, his hair in a long braid in the school uniform. Hm, if he had glasses on he would still look cute but more sophisticated... Kagome mused and couldn't help slightly feeling embarrassed about that thought.
"Great then you can help me study!" Kagome said taking his wrist in her small hand and pulled him along into room 309, smiling happily.
"Wait a minute I never agre-" He began to complain but was cutoff by Kagome.
"I'll help you in history!" Kagome countered back knowing that they were studying the feudal era this part of the semester.
"Feh. I never told you I suck at History. How could you know that?"
"Lucky guess?" Her smile broke out into a wide grin.
"Feh."
"Hn...you sound just like him," Kagome sighed under her breath as they walked to a slower pace.
"Him? Who's him?" Inuyasha's attention was all on Kagome now and a bit of an uneasy feeling mixed with jealousy started to makes it way in his chest, creeping into the pit of his stomach.
"Aww... nothing. It's just the past, y'no? So let's get to class!" She smiled offhandedly, trying to avoid the topic, which involved him in many ways.
With that the two quickly entered the room.
"Kagome I think we should have a long talk, I don't want you to have any secre-"DING
Inuyasha was cutoff by the bell.
The silence except the noise of running water and washing dishes were heard until...
Slam
The slam of the door of the Higurashi household and a scuffling of feet stomping up the stair way could be heard. No cheery or tired "Hi mom I'm home!" was heard. No, just angry mad footsteps. Cursing under the breath could be heard going in this order: "Stupid Dogturd, doesn't know crap bout anything, Loserface, should go to hell, rotten little..." and so on and so forth. Ayumi Higurashi knew, yes she knew, her daughter was down right pissed. Maybe Kagome didn't need that vaccine after all...or maybe she did... mood swings weren't actually healthy.
Kagome was downright peeved. That no good stupid Dogturd. Never in her years has she cursed this much and of all the people that stupid boy made her!
"Eeeeeerergh!" Kagome screamed in her blue pillow.
She had rushed in her room, dropped her backpack, plopped herself face down on her bed and screamed, kicked, and punched her bed.
"What a stupid boy! He isn't Inuyasha! He. Can't. Be. Kami, please do not let him be Inuyasha."
Kagome couldn't stop her fuming anger. She had to get away or else she didn't know what she was capable of. Since Sango and Miroku were on their shard hunt again, she thought of seeing Lady Kaede, and help her with some things.
With that she took her usual yellow bag and stuffed some extra things she might need. After gruffly mishandling all the items she planned to take with her to the Feudal Era, with muttering a few nonpolite things towards said 'Dogturd,' she hopped down stairs. Stopping by her mother she yelled a quick "Bye mom!" and a quick slamming of the door.
"And then I came stomping away, came home, and decided to come here," Kagome explained to old lady Kaede while putting some herbs into some jars.
"Aye, child, ye should just forgive and forget, It sounds to me it's just an accident outburst," Kaede said wisely. Her hut was the same, as always, creaking wooden floors, that bothersome yet soothing herbal smell, and the wonderful cooking smells.
"But Kaede, it was really his fault! So he should apologize."
"Listen child, ye must be careful. Don't let anger ruin a blossoming friendship. From the sound of it ye might have already found him again," Kaede said while stirring her herbal tea.
"But Kaede!" Kagome argued, stopping her filing and crushing those herbs to death.
"No buts child, now listen to me. Now go back and say sorry to the poor fellow. He must be worried sick about what you're going to do," Kaede said sagely again.
"Alright, but I'm not promising anything good will come out of it. I'm beginning to doubt if he'll even come now Kaede," Kagome said, her eyes downcast. "Well I guess I'll go now. Bye!"
"Good bye, Kagome, and make sure you bring some of these tea packets again next time. It's so much easier than preparing from scratch."
"Okay, bye!" Kagome left waving. She looked outside and saw that she did stay there for quite awhile. The sun had already set.
"Mom! I'm home!"
"Oh, Kagome! Looks like you're better this evening," Her mom called cheerfully from the kitchen. "Would you like something to eat or had you've eaten at Kaede's?"
"Nah, I ate there already. I think I'm going to go up and study. We've got a big math test tomorrow."
"Okay dear."
Kagome raced up the stairs, went into her room, and plopped back on her bed.
So she lied, she wasn't going to study for that test tomorrow.
Kagome put on her headphones and turned on the CD. Boy, was it stuffy in here.
Kagome walked over to her windowsill and raised it up.
That's when she felt the demon presence.
"C-come out! Who ever you are!" Kagome removed her headphones forgetting to turn it off.
-Silence-
It was quiet...too quiet...no crickets, no birds, nothing.
"I know you're out there, show your self!" Kagome shouted out her window. She was going to protect this shrine and everything in it. If this demon was after the shards than she'll protect it with her life.
Kagome looked at the tree near her room. It was the tree where she first met Inuyasha. And the presence she sensed was just like his or similarly familiar. She wished he were here to protect her now. Knowing that he always was perched on that tree to protect her even if he didn't tell, she knew. She felt protected...and suddenly she felt it now. But she was wary.
"Show your self!" Kagome shouted again. She heard a rustling in the tree. Her hand began to feel around for her bow and arrows.
Suddenly an image came to sight, upside-down on her windowsill.
"Aaaah!" She shrieked, jumping back.
"Shit!"
"Inuyasha?"
"Kagome...don't scare me like that wench!"
"ME? You're the one perching upside down on my windowsill! On my property! Don't scare me like that again!"
"Actually the government owns everything, all that's happening is that they're just letting everyone live on their land for a price."
"There you go with your idiocy logic again."
"Shut up, it's common logic."
"Yea, in your head...ever heard...if it makes you sleep at night then just dream on?"
"No."
"Yup, just as I concluded: spoken like a true idiot."
"Shut up, all I came here was to tell you I'm sorry. I came earlier but you were entering that well house over there and then you didn't come out like forever."
"Are you saying you're sorry?"
"Yea..."
"Sorry for what?"
"For scaring you and you know the thing before..."
"Okay you're for-"
"AAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" A dark eerie voice moaned and yelled, it wasn't pleasant and it couldn't be pin pointed to where it came from.
"In-Inuyasha? Was that... you? Oh please tell me it was you..." Kagome whispered meekly.
"Stop toying with me wench... if you don't forgive me just say it."
"No, I'm telling the truth…. Someone just cried out a bloodcurdling scream... and it wasn't me..."
"Are you shitting me? I thought it was you... if it wasn't me...and it wasn't you..." The two teens eyes widened with fear suddenly agreeing and realizing something. One teen leaning against the windowsill and the other upside down, this was not good.
"MY THUMB! MY THUMB!"
"AAAHHHH!" They both screamed.
"In-Inuyasha...I kind of remember a tale my gramps once told me...about this shrine being haunted by a killer ghost demon..."
"Kagome." Inuyasha growled warningly, "Don't try me."
"No I'm serious. So the story goes as this:"
"He was human once and his master lived on this land. The master was very cruel and made the slave do many wrong things and many chores. Then one day the slave misplaced his master's most favorite possession and then the master ordered his thumb cut off. For the slave misplaced his favorite thumb ring. Then the slave was so angered knowing that it will take him twice as much time and strength to do everything of his masters bidding again, looked for demons to help. So he sold his soul and body to demons in return for revenge on his former master. Except the demons double-crossed him also…and he died with out his revenge. And you know ghost are dead people who have unfinished business..."
"NO shit , Sherlock!" Inuyasha said hoarsely.
"I'LL GET MY REVENGE ON YOU! ALL OF YOU!"
"Oh My Gosh! IT'S THE GHOST KILLER! It's really really him!"
"KAGOME...DON'T BE TOYI-"
"AYUMI GET THE FIRE READY! I'M GONNA BURN THESE HAMMER AND NAILS!"
"AAHHHHHH!"
"Okay Dad, but you don't have to be so overly dramatic!"
"But my thumb! Look at what they did to my thumb! It's throbbing!"
"Dad, who was holding the hammer and nails?"
"I- hey, but-"
"No but's dad, it was your fault and those are the good nails and hammer."
Right then the two teen's faces faltered as they huddled on the ground of Kagome's bedroom. Inuyasha some how managed to get into Kagome's rooms. Before they were in an embracing –scared-as-hell hug and then the next they stared at each other in disbelief.
"Kagome. You know you really scared me."
"I scared myself."
"Mind if I kill that gramps of yours?"
"I'll go get the hatchet."
"Where should we burry him?"
"Far, Far, away."
"Good idea."
"Bye Inuyasha!"
"Bye Kagome."
The two looked a bit dirty form digging up the-ahem- grave but their clothes were a bit scruffy from being held back from killing gramps.
"See you tomorrow! Oh and I forgive you!"
"Okay. See ya! Bye Souta, and Mrs. H. Bye gramps!"
Gramps was cowering behind his daughter and his grandson and was staying clearly away from his granddaughter and her crazy friend.
"He's a demon I tell you. And he's possessed Kagome!"
"Dad, he's such a sweet boy. He kind of reminds me of someone but I can't put my finger on it. But, all I care is: he seems to make Kagome happier. I wonder what my grandchildren will look like...They'd be so adorable!" Ayumi mused to herself, in her dream world of grandchildren.
By then Inuyasha was out of sight and their 9:00 crisis was soon forgotten and in dreams... but what really did Inuyasha do to make Kagome so downright pissed?
And that folks is the chapter! So please read and review! Please! And that is kind of a cliffy. But the question is. What did Inuyasha do? Thanks to all of you who reviewed!
Safreil
