Chapter 30
Kagome sighed, hanging her head in relief as the hanyou lay at her feet, his face plowed into the ground.
"Inuyasha….I thought I told you a long time ago to never follow me to school again!" She said, her voice at least a little calmer than before.
"I got bored." Inuyasha said, slowly pulled his face up to meet hers.
"Inuyasha…" She muttered his name again, a hand to her head.
'What am I gonna do now…' She thought solemnly.
"What?" Inuyasha asked, raising a brow.
"Just come inside. I might be able to get you through the day without anyone noticing…if you're good." She replied, standing up and staring down at the hanyou, sighing again.
"Stop sighing! What am I gonna do? Eat one of your classmates?" He said, looking up at her but not bothering to stand up until Kagome reached down a nearly trembling hand that he grasped harshly and pulled himself up.
"Not funny." Kagome replied sharply as she turned back to the classroom door just as the bell let out a loud shriek.
Almost all at the same time, doors came swinging open, followed by streaming lines of girls dressed in white and green uniforms and boys dressed in black suits.
"Oh no!" Kagome cried out, grabbing hold of the hanyou's shoulder and pulling him to his feet.
"What, what!" He cried after her, struggling to stand up as she pulled him so he didn't get his shoulder dislocated.
"Hurry! Come with me!" She said, pulling him after her as she darted through the streams of students who could catch sight of those ears atop his head at any moment at all.
"Where are we going?" Inuyasha asked, dodging whizzing figures of black, green, and white.
"Library." She replied in a rushed tone that was barely audible over the screaming students that rushed past.
"What the hell is that?" He asked as Kagome thrust open the big double doors and the two rushed inside the near-empty and silent room.
"Shh. Be quiet, would'ja! It's a library!" The miko hushed him, her hand slipping down his arm to pull him by the round tables that only about two people sat at, their noses pushed into their books.
Swinging past tables and weaving through long and tall bookcases, Kagome dragged Inuyasha into the back where no eyes could reach them. Back to the very back where Kagome's steps finally slowed and a large breath pushed through her pursed lips as she pushed Inuyasha down into a chair that belonged to a fairly long and sturdy table.
"Now where's the bandana?" She ordered, holding out a demanding hand for the light blue cloth that should have been keeping those velvet dog ears a secret from the world.
"Right here, right here, chill!" Inuyasha replied, pulling the bandana from his haori and giving it to the fuming miko.
"Well if you had just…" Her angry voice gently trailed off as she moved behind the hanyou and ran her fingers through his course, silver hair. She had forgotten what she was talking about. She didn't even bother to try and remember, she couldn't remember if it was that important anyway.
Inuyasha's back suddenly stiffened under her touch. His scalp tingled as her fingers moved through his silver hair. His mouth opened slightly and his head dropped back a bit.
"Why do you gotta put that thing on anyway?" He asked, wishing that she would just keeping running her fingers through his hair and never stop to put a hot piece of cloth over his head to smash down his ears.
"Do you want everyone finding out you're a half demon?" Kagome reasoned, her fingers running down the sides of his neck as she gathered his hair in her hands. It was so much, hardly any of it could fit in her frail fingers. She hesitated, touching his skin and hair just a few more times until it was obvious how she was doing it on purpose.
"Girls dig the ears…" Inuyasha replied, his head gently rolling on his neck with her touch. Goose bumps tingled down his arms, making the hairs stand on end as she moved the light blue bandana over his ears, flattening them to his head.
"Oh, really!" Kagome said, a soft giggle coming forth to shatter the awkward front. That definitely was Inuyasha's humor, but she had to admit that it was pretty funny.
Soon, Inuyasha sweet laugh joined in with her own and his smile formed over the blissful look on his face.
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"Where'd they go?" Yuka cried, sticking close to Eri's side as she led the way into the library.
"I know they came in here!" The leader of the threesome said, skipping through the library, her eyes searching for her friend and her "boyfriend".
"I definitely saw them run in here!" Ayumi piped up from behind them as she jogged to catch up with her other two friends.
"Well then they've got to be in here somewhere!" Eri cried, her voice higher than it should have been in such a silence stricken place.
"Shhh!" The librarian shushed from behind the desk at the far wall. The three girls giggled in shame, waving slightly to the angry lady.
"Come on!" Yuka exclaimed in a whisper, dragging Ayumi and Eri by the wrists, through the library to find their other friend.
The three twisted through the library, their eyes skimming through every aisle and every corner for the two until Ayumi finally spotted them.
"Oh my gosh! There they are!" She cried out in a hushed voice as the other girls frantically crowded beside her.
"Where, where?" They demanded, their voices a lot louder than hers had been.
"Shh! Over there!" She said, pointing to their best friend who leaned over the boy she always blew steam off about whenever he'd put her down.
"Aw!" Ayumi added, her hands clasping together under her chin as she watched Kagome comb her fingers through her "boyfriend's" long silver hair.
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"Hm…Hm…" Kagome murmured a laugh through pressed lips as she tied the bandana under Inuyasha's thick mop of course silver hair.
"Now you sound like Miroku…" She whispered as his head tilted back to stare up into her face. Amber met Brown and they fell silent for a moment, Kagome's fingers running gently across the hanyou's cheeks and neck.
"I'm no lecher." He replied, a small smile on his lips. What a smile. It was so hard to force a real one, a joyful one onto his features.
"Yeah, right." Kagome scoffed, her eyes narrowed slightly though her weak smile covering the solemn thoughts.
Not a lecher, not a cheater, not a two-timer. He claimed it all, but Kagome's thoughts were different.
'Then why does he always run off to Kikyou whenever her name and whereabouts are mentioned?' She wondered, her smile slowly fading. 'That's right. That's not called two-timing, is it? Because…we were never together. So she's always been the one…'
'But…I can't help but wonder what he has planned. Sometimes…I want to think that it's as long as he lives, he's mine…and after he dies…he's Kikyou's…but that wouldn't be true. He's with her even now. He's always loved her…in life or death, he always will, always has….so I'm not really in the picture…am I?'
"Kagome? What happened? One minute you're all happy dandy and the next you look like sky just fell." Inuyasha said, shattering Kagome's thoughts and bringing her back to him.
"What? Oh, never mind." She said, moving away from the hanyou's face and turning to walk to the table he sat at, the chair pulled a little ways back.
Inuyasha's amber eyes followed her closely, watching her every move as she lifted herself onto the table in front of him and crossed her legs, staring intently at him as if he had done something terribly wrong.
"What is it?" He asked, his voice a bit more serious as he realized the strange look on her pale features.
"Nothing, nothing at all…" She replied flatly, not pulling the subject any farther.
"You are gonna let me stay right? I ain't goin' all the way back home with nothin', just to be bored again!" Inuyasha protested, his thin, black, brows knitting inward as he spoke.
"Hm. Give it a rest, Inuyasha. You can stay." Kagome assured him as she uncrossed her legs, trying to get comfortable as she stared at the boy who she thought would never see the inside of her school.
"Good." He said, looking around quickly with a sigh. "So this is where you go when you're gone." He stated, only halfway sounding like a question.
Eri stepped forward, leading the silent single filed line to Inuyasha and Kagome with silent steps. Slowly, her hand reached out to take Kagome by the shoulder in a gentle touch to get her attention.
"OH MY GOD!" The surprised miko cried out, jerking from the grip and flying off the table. She landed straight in Inuyasha's lap, her head pressed over his shoulder, her heart pounding from her friend's attack. Inuyasha's arm slipped over her waist, holding her protectively as his lips peeled back to reveal ivory fangs. His other arm shot up, his razor blade sharp claws poised above his head in readied attack.
"Uh…K-Kagome?" Yuka sputtered, her eyes on Inuyasha's deadly claws.
"What long nails…" Ayumi said, the others frozen in place with their eyes on Inuyasha's protective and intimidating pose.
"Eri? Yuka? Ayumi?" Kagome asked, turning back to see her friends staring with wide and horrified eyes.
"Agh!" She muttered, throwing herself off Inuyasha's lap, her cheeks burning a deep red as she turned back to her friends with a somewhat innocent expression.
"H-Hey, guys! W-What are you doing here?" She asked as Inuyasha settled back into contentment with a soft sigh. Sure he had sensed them coming, but had he said a thing? Warned Kagome at all? No…
"We were just wondering where you were and…" Eri's voice trailed off as the all leaned to the side to get a glance at the boy who sat behind Kagome with his amber eyes watching them closely.
"You guys know Inuyasha, right?" Kagome piped up, seeing their interest.
'It can't hurt…I mean….he has the bandana on and he's not one to blow his cover…is he?' She wondered, stepping aside to watch her friend's take over the conversation, thrusting Inuyasha in against his will.
"So it is you!" Yuka shouted.
"The guy at the dance!" Ayumi pointed out.
"First romantic thing you've done for her so far, huh?" Eri scoffed, folding her arms over her chest.
"Huh?" Inuyasha cried out, his eyes shooting wide as he was nearly knocked out of his chair with their sudden jump all over him with questions to make his ears pop.
"Look at his pretty eyes!" Ayumi pointed out another thing, moving closer, the rest following up.
"Pretty- what, now?" Inuyasha exclaimed, pressing against the back of the chair to move farther away from the advancing three.
"Did you come off work just to see Kagome?" Yuka questioned about the romance that she and the two other friends were so obsessed about.
"What in the world? I don't…" Inuyasha started, trying to back off as much as he could.
"What kind of plant is this?" Eri asked, popping up right next to Inuyasha with a rubbery plant in her hands, pot and all.
"How the hell should I know?" Inuyasha shouted back, his eyes widening as he moved off to the side when she popped up.
"I thought you were a flouriest…" Yuka murmured under her breath but not too quiet for the hanyou's sensitive ears to catch.
"Such language!" Ayumi cried, gasping and putting a hand to her delicate lips.
"Wha? Where'd you get that?" Kagome asked, her eyes fixing on the pot Eri had popped up with and shoved into the hanyou's already panic stricken face. Any more and they would leave Inuyasha knocked to the floor, smoke winding from his ears.
"Gimme that!" Kagome said, taking the pot and plant from Eri and shoving her friends away. "Don't give the boy a heart attack."
Kagome suddenly felt herself being pulled by the shirt to move in front of Inuyasha. He tucked his head behind her back, hiding from the three frantic girls as they struggled to move around Kagome to ask more questions of the confused hanyou.
"Kagome? Did your friends rightfully leave the asylum?" He asked, his voice wavering a bit as he hid behind the miko.
"Inuyasha!" She said, accusingly at his mean question. "Girls…I uh think…we sh-"
RIIIIING, The bell cut through the rest of the miko's words. Saved by the bell.
"Oh! Look what time it is! Time for English class!" Kagome cried, snatching up Inuyasha's wrist and pulling him up from the chair. He towered over her and her friends stood in awe. He was a head taller than Kagome. They couldn't help but wonder how old was this boy?
"I'll see you guys around!" She muttered, pulling Inuyasha behind her as she rushed off to the library doors, leaving her friends staring with mouths so wide open that they could have choked to death if a book came flying into their mouths.
"He's so handsome…" Ayumi said, her voice dreamy as she cuddled next to Eri and Yuka.
"Hottie!" Yuka cried, grabbing at Ayumi's white sleeve and tugging at it playfully.
"What a biker boy." Eri said, struggling to keep the awe and dreaminess from her voice. She couldn't help it. He was pretty cool in all their minds.
"What…in all hell and damnation was that about?" Inuyasha asked in a whisper as Kagome led him through the big double doors again.
"Nothing. Just a typical encounter with my friends. Don't worry, they think you're cool." Kagome assured him as she dropped his wrist, moving into the crowded hallways. Quickly, she moved her arm around his, intertwining her fingers with his. She was afraid to let go. She couldn't imagine what mess Inuyasha would get himself into if she lost hold of him.
"K-Kagome…" Inuyasha sputtered softly, his eyes moving downwards at their hands. His voice had been so protesting yet when he looked down, he found his fingers gently intertwined with the miko's, willingly accepting her warm hand in his own.
She ignored his small and unconvincing protest as she walked him through the halls, praying to god no one would notice her holding hands with the hanyou. And just as if the devil had heard her prayer, a harsh hand gripped Kagome's shoulder from behind, whirling her around and breaking her hand from Inuyasha's.
"J-Jokku…please…not today." She pleaded to the large, hulky boy who stood before her, staring down with a mischievous look in his dark brown eyes.
Her pitiful hazel orbs turned to Inuyasha in a pleading glance as the football player's grip tightened on her shoulder.
"Shouldn't you be in bed? Don't wanna give the whole school a disease!" Jokku, the bully of the school, teased, his tough-guy bullies backing up close behind him.
"Ow, Jokku! You're hurting my sh-shoulder!" Kagome cried, attempting to wriggle away from his grip as one of his three buddies mocked her in a high pitched voice.
"Dude, wash you're hands after this, she probably has A.I.DS, bein' sick all the time!" One of the three boys behind him called to him with a taunting grin on his face.
"Ow!" Kagome shrieked, the jock's grip tightening over her throbbing flesh.
A deep, throaty, laugh cackled up from the boy's throat. He laughed and laughed as Kagome's eyes began to fill with tears. People were starting to crowd around and watch her struggle helplessly against the strongest guy in school.
"Don't touch her." A menacing voice warned as a clawed hand suddenly gripped Jokku's arm that held to Kagome, twice as hard as he held her.
Slowly, the long nails biting into the boy's skin, he moved the arm away from Kagome's frail form as he stepped into view. Inuyasha snarled, his amber eyes daring him to try another move.
"Gonna sic your boyfriend on me, Ka-go-me?" Jokku taunted, mocking her name as he glared back at the hanyou.
"Shut up." Inuyasha barked, his grip tightening and his anger feeding off the small wince that the jock gave off.
"Dude. What's up with the big kimono and long hair?" Jokku retorted, his dark eyes gleaming with the same daring attitude.
"I said shut the hell up." Inuyasha replied, his anger fueled with every word the jock said as Kagome stood behind him, her brown eyes gleaming with shock.
"The 80s are over. Stop livin' in the past, tree hugger!" Jokku continued, cutting another chunk off his life while the hanyou's fuse began to burn further downward.
"Wanna run that by me one more time, big guy?" Inuyasha dared, his nails biting even deeper into the stranger's skin before finally releasing his arm to poise his claws beside his face, cracking his knuckles loudly.
"Inuyasha, please!" Kagome pleaded, her voice cracking as she frantically pondered on what to do. Inuyasha was serious. He could kill the kid if he really wanted to. Then what?
"Stay outta this, Kagome!" He barked back, clenching his hand into a fist as more and more people crowded around and Jokku's friends backed off.
"Ooooh, don't break a nail! C'mon, gimme your best shot!" Jokku taunted even further, another inch down Inuyasha's wick, another inch of Jokku's life cut short.
"Inuyasha, don't!"
Inuyasha raised a fist, quickly clenching the other by his side to ready it for another attack as he aimed for Jokku's face. He struck forward, his hand whizzing towards the boy's face to clock him upside the head when Jokku suddenly pulled up an open palm and caught the hanyou's fist. Inuyasha smirked, he was falling for it. The hanyou's other fist sped forward in silence just as Jokku thought he was completely safe from attack.
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I still just can't get over my little ending dashes and dots. They're just so...so...CUTE!
Okay, I'm fine.
Time to eat breakfast...and let the dog out...and pick up the clothes from the stair...and upload more chapter...hmmm...busy, busy, busy. -shakes head-