Chapter 9

Kagome was incredibly uneasy.

Her fingers were clammy and she couldn't stop twittling her thumbs and playing with her fingers. Her heart was almost beating out of her chest and she was trying to keep herself calm. She was glad it was dark in car so no one, especially Inuyasha, could see the scared look all over her face. So many things started running through her head, scenarios of what could happen and what it would be like if they found out.

Kagome knew that her past would come back to haunt her, she was never worried about it before, but now that she finally had Inuyasha back, she was afraid to lose him, afraid that if he found out what had happened before they got together, he would hate her.

A lot of things happened the summer when she left for her father's and she wondered if there would ever be a time when she could be honest with every one.

Inuyasha pulled his arm around her shoulder, pulling her closer to him so he could kiss her on the forehead. "Guess who is going tonight?"

Kagome managed to slide her arm around his waist and leaned in to him, as her head rested on his chest, listening to him breathe in and out. She felt like she could fall alseep in that spot. "Who?" she whispered.

Miroku heard them talking and turned his head around to face them. "Kikyo."

At the sound of her name, Kagome opened one of her eyes and looked at him. "I don't think a black eye goes with anything."

Every one laughed and Inuyasha rubbed her arm. It was dark out, the only lights that were visible were the random street lights every few streets. They drove up a steep hill and as they were coming over it, Kouga's house came in to view.

It was a scene; bottles all over the lawn, people passed out on the lawn and in the trees, cars parked everywhere and music blarring from the inside. Sesshomaru parked the car on the opposite side of the road as they all got out and went over to the party, but when they came in, it was worse.

It looked like a scene out of a porn movie. Half naked people running all over the place, dancing so dirty that it was like they were having sex in the middle of the room, people making out and going kagstands every few feet, and the music was so loud you couldn't here yourself think. And they didn't see Kouga. They started to ascend the large staircase, where people were trying to get up and down while being completely drunk, others were sleeping along on step and, again, others were making out.

They finally made it upstairs and it was hard to find Kouga. Each room they went too, there was a different couple or group of people in the middle of having sex. Moans could be heard all over the house and it was awkward walking around and seeing them. They seen that the last door on that floor at the end of the hallway was closed over and they figured it was Kouga's room.

Inuyasha went first and banged on the door, when no one answered, he stepped back, took a running start, and knocked the door down.

Kouga was sitting on his bed in the fiddel-position with a metal baseball bat in his hand, ready to swing at a moment's notice. He gasped when they all rushed in to his room. "Oh thank god," he praised, finally feeling at ease. "They took over my house."

Inuyasha walked over to the window to look outside as people were jumping in to his pool with no clothes on and dropping alcohol in to the pool. "I would give that pool a good cleaning come tomorrow."

Miroku went over to see what Inuyasha was talking about and when he seen the sight of it downstairs, all he could do was laugh. "Man, I thought you said it was only going to be a few people. Not the whole school."

Kouga got up from his bed, and every one noticed he wasn't wearing pants or a shirt. He walked over to his dresser, picked a pair of pants out and started to put them on. "I only invited a few people," he said as he zipped up his jeans. "But then they invited other people and soon it turned into a big orgie in my living room."

Sesshomaru rolled his eyes as he crossed his arms. "Why didn't you just call the cops? They would leave then."

Kouga stared at him with a straight face and then out of no where jumped over his bed and ran full force at Sesshomaru and hugged him. "Thank you." he pulled away from him when he left Sesshomaru growl under his breath.

Inuyasha pulled Miroku with him and walked over to Sesshomaru. "Come on guys, we'll get them out."

Kouga thanked them again and every one followed them out one-by-one. Kagome was the last one in the line and she tried to hurry out of his room, but she froze when she heard Kouga. "Oh, Kagome."

She sighed, trying to put away her nerves and she turned around to see him. She seen his bare chest and almost melted, but kept herself under control. "What is it, Kouga?"

He could tell some thing was wrong with her, she seemed tensed and uneasy. He walked over to her, and she immediately looked away from him, not wanting to meet his eyes. He reached a hand up, touching her chin he lifted her head up to look at him and for a moment she could feel as if he was trying to tell her some thing. She raised an eyebrow at him and he laughed. "Why are you so nerves around me?"

Kagome rolled her eyes, as she grabbed his hand and moved it away from her face. "You know exactly why I seem nervous," she whispered, looking behind her to make sure no one heard her. "Now that me and Inuyasha are back together, you're going to tell him about us, aren't you?"

"Why would I do that?" Kouga rubbed his fingers along her arm, going up to her shoulders and down her neck. She cringed away from him and he started to laugh. "I remember when you liked the feeling of my fingers on your skin."

Kagome's eyes went wide, her hand quickly went to his mouth, trying to make him be quiet. "That was only a summer thing, and if Inuyasha found out that me and you hooked up while I was gone, he would be furious," Kouga didn't seem to really care about the seriousness of the situation, because he started to kiss the palm of Kagome's hand until she let go and then continued kissing up her arm. "You want your best friend to hate you for this?"

Kouga stopped kissing her and placed his hands on his hips, pulling her in to him, her arms went up in defense and pushed against his chest. "He deserves to know what happened, you know."

She could see that he was only trying to be close to her, and make her understand that even though it happened two years ago, that Inuyasha still should know about it. But it was the reason why they didn't get together.

When Kagome went out to her father's for the summer, Kouga was there for a job, and being each other's only friend in a city you didn't quite know, they spent time with each other. Things happened and they slept together. After the summer ended, Kagome felt bad that Inuyasha had waited for her all summer and she was off with Kouga, so she ended it. Until now.

Kagome pried his hands away from her waist and set them at his side. Stepping back from him, she nodded. "I know," she turned to leave and then called over her shoulder to him. "Let's help them clean up."

And they went downstairs.

The cops weren't really called, but when you tell one person that the cops are coming, they make sure every one is well aware that they are in trouble. In a matter of minutes the whole house was vacated and all that was left was used condoms, beer bottles and trash everywhere.

The girls were trying to fix the living room, while the guys were in the kitchen, throwing things out if they were too damaged to use anymore.

An hour had passed since the party ended and the house was looking some what better, to say the least. Kouga thanked them for staying to help clean and said goodbye, telling them he would see them at detention later on. Sesshomaru was the first one in his car, looking around for the hand sanitizer, he drowned his hands with it, and the passed it around to every one else to use.

As they drove off, Kagome was sitting on the opposite side of Inuyasha, having a seat seperating them. Sango was sleeping in Miroku's lap and Ayame was curled up in the passenger's seat by Sesshomaru, who was trying to stay awake. Inuyasha could feel that some thign was wrong with Kagome, she wouldn't even look at him, staring out the window, it was like she was ignoring the world.

Inuyasha slowly slide beside her and enclosed the distance between them, as he lightly rested his hand over her own, as their fingers intertwined. "Some thing wrong? You're a bit quiet since we left Kouga's house."

Kagome looked over at him and she could tell that he was genuinely concerned about her, and it almost made her heart break. She smiled at him, leaning her head on her shoulder, and she lifted his hand up and kissed it. "I love you, nothing's wrong."

Inuyasha leaned in and kissed her head.

Sesshomaru drove back the way they came to drop the girls off at the apartment. The sun was just starting to come up, and the town wasn't too busy. A few cars leaving and going places but no heavy traffic. They made the final turn to go on to their street and when they came up to the apartment, Sesshomaru started to slow down.

There they were; Kikyo, Rin and Kagura with spray paint cans in their hands, writing things on Sango's apartment door. Kikyo heard the car coming up, glancing behind her, she seen who it was. She laughed and finished.

Kagome had enough. She got out of Inuyasha's hold, climbed over Miroku and Sango while opening the car door and jumping out before the car fully stopped. She kicked off her heels and walked up to them, waiting for her at the step. "What the hell are you doing here?"

Kikyo turned around and Kagome seen the beautiful black eye she gave her only a few hours ago. She tried to use concealer to cover it up but it wasn't working at all. Kikyo smiled at her. "You're my hero, you know that, Kagome?"

Kagome decided to go along with her game as she raised an eyebrow and placed her hands on her hips. "And why is that?" she heard the car coming to a halt and car doors opening and closing behind her.

Kikyo looked at them racing up to Kagome, closing in on them. Kikyo leaned in to Kagome and whispered to her. "Almost sleeping with Bankotsu in the girls' bathroom, having a summer fling with Kouga and now with Inuyasha the same day you reject Bankotsu's proposal," Kagome was frozen at the thought of her knowing. "Wish I was as big of a whore, as you are."

Kagome was speechless. She could feel her world coming down in pieces, now that she knew about it.

Kikyo walked passed Kagome, hitting her in the shoulder as she went, and waited for Inuyasha to come to them. Before they reached Kagome and Kikyo, Kagome turned around and grabbed a chunk of Kikyo's hair and pulled her to the ground. Kikyo shreched, as Rin and Kagura tried to get Kagome away from her but Sango and Ayame came from behind and took each one and pulled them away, starting their out fights themselves.

Inuyasha and Miroku got between the girls fighting and they broke it up, but they couldn't get Kagome away from Kikyo; Kagome, sitting on Kikyo's stomach, delivered one punch after the other as Kikyo's nose started to bleed. Kagome felt hopeless, that soon Inuyasha would find out about every thing that had happened and he wouldn't beable to forgive her. Maybe killing Kikyo would eliminate one problem.

Kikyo begged Kagome to stop, but she didn't, she only increased the power behind each punch. Seeing enough, Miroku and Sesshomaru each grabbed one of Kagome's arms and lifted her put off of Kikyo while Inuyasha picked Kikyo up and handed her over to Rin and Kagura. Kagome was kicking and screaming and trying to get free of their hold, but they waited until they were gone to loosen their grip on her.

Kagome was gasping for breathe, she felt like she just ran a marathon, her limbs were numb from the adrenaline. And every one was starring at her. "Are you guys brain dead?" she managed to say between breathes.

Miroku shrugged his shoulders, trying to joke with her. "Kinda."

Kagome couldn't believe that she had Kikyo and could of finished her off but was interrupted, again. She whiped the sweat off of her forehead, looking at them. "Why didn't you guys let me finish her? What's wrong with you?"

Sesshomaru joined in with Miroku and carrying on with her, as he shrugged. "Lots of things, what's wrong with you?"

Kagome almost screamed, she leaned down and punched the ground, standing up she looked at them all. "You are my problem. I had her, right there, and you guys took me off of her and let her go. I could've finished her."

Inuyasha knew Kagome was being stubborn, with them and with herself, and he moved passed Sesshomaru and Miroku to look at her. "We all know you can fight her, Kagome."

Kagome raised her arms, inviting some one to come foreward and say anything else. "Then why didn't you guys let me?"

No one answered her.

Kagome was going to loose her mind, so many things were running around in her head, and she couldn't help but yell it all out. "This is stupid! I can't even finish her off without you guys interrupting. It's my life, it's me. Let me live my life. I choose to fight Kikyo, just like I choose to sleep with Kou-" and then she realized what she said. Her hand was immediately at her mouth, wanting to pull the words back in.

Kagome looked at all of them, they seemed shock and disgusted with her, but the one person's expression that almost made she die from pure heart break was Inuyasha. He couldn't even look at her, he had to look away.

"Ah.. I- um, I'm going home." She walked passed them and entered the house, going upstairs, putting all of her stuff in to her bag and turning around and walking back down the stairs. She put on her sneakers, and when she got outside she picked up her heels and held them as she tried to walk by them to leave.

"Why didn't you tell us?" Sango yelled at her. Kagome turned around and seen her face; she was mad when Kagome didn't tell her little things, but keeping some thing this big from her, almost killed her. "Why didn't you tell me?" she whispered.

Kagome closed her eyes. She knew this would happen from the bad feeling she had before and she felt stupid for letting her anger decide what escaped her lips or not. Opening her eyes, she looked up at Sango. "It's my life and I choose what I do, I'm sorry." and she noticed Inuyasha looking at her, before anyone else could say anything she said goodbye. "See you guys in detention."

She started walking down the driveway, turned on to the side walk and began to walk home when she heard Inuyasha's voice yelling to her. She hesitantly turned around and looked at him. There were tears starting to forms in his eyes and he struggled to find his words. "Kagome, is it true?"and when he did, he said them with so much emotion all Kagome could do was shake her head to stop the tears from falling and left. She couldn't bare to hear what he was going to say to her.