Some executive decisions were made in the wake of me writing this chapter. Won't say what they were but just know they were made. Lol.
Stay tuned for an actual author's letter at the end. A note will be placed like it always is but I felt the need to do this because I clearly should've listened to my gut before I posted the last chapter.
P.S: Sorry for the weird update schedule, you guys were supposed to get this Friday and I was going to work on chapter 10 over the weekend…but your dear author here busted her hip/thigh on black ice Friday morning so I've been in pain all weekend. Sitting up, laying down, bending my knee, couldn't do any of it. I got 25% of this chapter done in pain but couldn't go any further. Im really sorry but once I am fully recovered, I will have a schedule popping for you guys. Thank you and continue on.
Just as fast as it came, the weekend flew on by for the newly renewed couple. Kouga had taken her to get her ID card for their building over the weekend as well. Unfortunately since Kagome had waited so long to do it, the wait line was a mile outside of the office door when they arrived. Most of their day had been eaten by the long wait to Kagome's dismay but Kouga made it up to her by treating her to a quick desert trip the cheesecake factory.
Kagome had decided to listen to Kouga for a little while for the sake of their relationship and lay low from Inuyasha. She did tell him goodmorning the one time she had seen him but other than that, their normal lengthy conversations were non-existent. Although it made her feel bad, she tried to tell herself that saving her relationship was more important. The sad part about that was her starting to not even believe herself when she spoke it into existence.
Once Monday had rolled around, and school had officially started. Kagome had her first and only Monday class scheduled for 9:00 AM in the morning. When she had come to from her restful slumber, she felt Kouga's chest pressed against her back while his hand sat still wrapped around her tummy. They had fallen asleep while watching a movie on Kouga's TV. She reached down to the floor and grabbed her phone that had been charging on the extension cord. The time read 8:09 AM. Her first class was in a building nearby so the walk there wouldn't take too long but she knew that if she didn't get up at all, it wasn't happening ever until the next Monday rolled around.
She unwrapped Kouga's arm from around her torso, and carefully slid out from under his thick blue blanket. With her phone in her hand, she stretched her arms up, popping her shoulders out to get the sleepiness out of them. Finishing that, she slipped out of his room and into her own. She picked out her outfit for the day which consisted of a red varsity shirt that was overly big on her but just enough to stop below her butt. Along with that, she sported her cuffed shorts that came to the middle of her thighs. The outfit itself was loose but it the sun was out and it definitely had to be hot to some degree. She brushed her hair out and up into a clipped ponytail before walking back out to brush her teeth.
Since it was the first day, she had safely assumed she wouldn't need too many school supplies besides something to write with and a notebook just in case there was any important information to take down that wasn't included in the class syllabus. Going back into her room from the bathroom, she grabbed an over the shoulder book bag and put one of her small notepads inside along with a pen that was sitting inside of the pen holder on her desk. Once she figured she was all set, she slipped on a pair of flip flops and considered herself good to go but not before saying goodbye to her boyfriend again.
'To think about it though, it does feel a little weird to be back together.' She thought to herself and she walked back out of her room and into Kouga's room. He was still in the same position she had left him in which Kagome did find to be a bit cute. He always was a heavy sleeper. She gave him a peck on the forehead and another on the lips but almost jumped out of her skin when his lips kissed hers back. He laughed at her sudden scare but didn't open his eyes.
"Love you Kagome. Have a good day." He said before slowly drifting back into dream land leaving his girlfriend with her hand on her hip. She let out a small sigh but couldn't help but smile. Maybe taking him back wouldn't be so bad after all.
The sun was already glistening over the entire campus when Kagome had awoken so it was expected to already be almost high in the sky when she had stepped outside. She took her phone out and pulled up the custom app for the school that could show you where your classes were supposed to be. It was another version of google maps but for the college campus. It came in handy for freshman as well as returning students who had new classes inside new buildings.
Getting to class had only taken her about twenty minutes so she had gotten to class ten minutes early. Fortunately the door was open and there were already a few students here and there sitting down. Kagome took a seat all the way in the back of the large classroom that could probably fit up to sixty people. She pulled out her phone to pass time like she normally does, and opened facebook. As she involved herself in her screen, more students began to pile in. One in particular had flaming red hair and recognized her almost immediately.
"Kagome?" The girl had said, her voice sending chills up Kagome's spine as she recognized the voice speaking to her.
She jumped out of her chair and stood up in self-defense, almost immediately expecting some type of torment. In front of her stood Ayame, the same girl that tortured her for the entirety of her high school years. The same girl that was Kouga's ex. She was a lot smaller than Kagome had remembered her to be but that didn't matter. Her hair was down and center parted like it always was but her outfit wasn't revealing like her old ones. She never thought she would see the day of the high school whore wearing a t-shirt with a pair of sweatpants.
"What do you want Ayame? I am not in the mood for any bullshit today-"
"Oh no! I'm sorry. Yeah. That's actually why I came over here. I wanted to apologize Kagome."
"Excuse me?" She was dumbfounded. Those were words none would ever think to cross the lips of Ayame.
"Yeah Kagome. I was a bitch and I deserved everything that Karma served me. Even down to me losing my first love to you, and you hitting me with a lunch tray. I deserved all of that but you didn't deserve not a single piece of what I put you through. I'm not longer friend with my old crew. I'm on to bigger and better things and after a few summer months in rehab, my exit goal was that if I was given the chance to be face to face with you, I would apologize. I'm not asking for forgiveness because I don't deserve it but you deserve more apologies than I can give you so I hope this one will do." She spoke calmly, but the amount of regret in her voice was evident to Kagome's ears.
Kagome couldn't think of anything to say. What would any person say if their high school bully walked up to them today or tomorrow and gave them a full faced apology? Disregarding her own inner thoughts on the matter, class was to start soon and it would be pointless to carry the conversation any further than it needed to be.
"Yeah. Thanks. I can't say if I forgive you or not because all of this hasn't really crossed my mind that much in the past few months but if I ever know one day, I will let you know." Kagome said.
Ayame nodded and carried on to the front of the class. She was a lot different than Kagome had remembered her. That short, feisty, slutty girl had just walked into the classroom as a nice, sweet, conservative girl.
'No kagome. You can't go judging people off of two minute conversations. Get it together. You already shunned out Inuyasha so everyone else has to get the same equal treatment.'
The classroom was almost filled up but Kagome still had both seats on the side of her empty. She was hoping no one else would come in so that she could have the space to herself. As soon as the last minute ticked by, someone zoomed into the room. Kagome looked over to see who it was because her seat was close to the door. Her face lit up at the sight of her own cousin.
She whispered her name. "Psst! Sango! Over here!"
Sango heard her, and took the seat directly next to her. "Hey! I didn't know you had this class."
"You would have had you not run off to beat up some boy."
"I said I was sorry! I didn't beat him up. I just gave him a piece of my mind."
"You shouldn't put your hands on men anyway. One of these days, one of them might really try to hurt you Sango."
"Yeah but I'm already too trained in the art of kick ass so I can hold my own in a fist fight with any man. I grew up with my dad remember?" She reminded her baby cousin. Kagome didn't respond, she only nodded due to the professor beginning his speech.
He handed out the class syllabus and went over it with the entire class. Although the class itself was two hours long, because the professor has nothing else planned besides basic going over basic class rules, he let everyone out after only about forty-five minutes of class. Kagome and Sango along with the rest of the back row were the first crowd of students to fly out of the room. The two made their way down a set of stairs and out of the building, deciding to take a walk together.
"I am so happy! I have literally no more classes today." Kagome said with excitement.
"Lucky for you because I have two more. I need this break more than anything." Sango said.
"Why would you give yourself so many classes on a Monday?"
"Because they were the only ones available and I kinda need them because I fucked around a little too much last year." Sango ran her fingers through her freshly straightened hair.
After talking for a few more minutes, the two women had found a park bench nearby. Sitting their bags in between them, they decided to catch up and make up for the lost time.
"Kagome, I am really sorry about the other day. I don't even know why I got so upset. I shouldn't have even gone after him." Sango said.
Kagome just shook her head and gave her cousin a reassuring smile. "It's fine Sango. I mean this new you is going to take a bit of getting used to though. I partially feel like I don't really know you know but that's okay because I want to get to know you again…If that makes sense."
"Girl, the new me is someone I don't even know yet. Would you believe me if I told you I slept with Miroku after I jumped in his car and threw a fit?"
"What?! You slut!" She said in shock but couldn't manage to keep the giggles down.
Sango reached over and put her hand over Kagome's mouth. "Shh! I told you I don't know who I am yet!"
Kagome smacked Sango's hand from off of her mouth. "Look Sango, I'm not judging. You can make your own decisions but please tell me you at least used protection."
"Of course! I always keep a condom on me now because Miroku's old excuse was that he never carried a condom around. Surprisingly, I was the only girl on this campus he shared that line with." She admitted, causing Kagome's mouth to drop.
"Wait, the king of pervs according to you has never did it with protection with anyone besides you?" Kagome couldn't actually believe it. Really, she didn't believe it.
"I did my research after we broke up. I made 'friends' with the dumb girls he cheated on me with and got the details about other girls besides them. He always had a spare condom on him no matter where he went according to all of these ladies. They even had the nerve to complain that he would never do them raw." Sango made a noise of disgust as she remembered all of the conversations she held with the women.
"I'm surprised he hasn't stuck it a man yet as much as he sleeps around."
Sango gave her a weird look. "Girl, it wouldn't surprise me if he got wasted one night and did that with a dude. Miroku is way too active for his own good. He's gonna get himself caught up one day."
Kagome looked at Sango as if she had grown two heads after hearing how Sango said what she did. "Wait, are you serious?"
"Yes I am but hey, who am I to judge when I have a whole female date to a party this weekend." Sango said, immediately putting her fingers on her ears bracing for Kagome's screech.
"Eeeek! Oh my gosh Sango! Who is it? What does she look like? Do you have a huge crush on her? When did you meet?" She started to bombard Sango with questions not giving her a chance to answer any of them before she asked the next one. Sango, once again, placed her hand over Kagome's mouth again to get her to stop talking.
"Kagome chill! I met her last year in class and I've known her ever since. We aren't really that close but she has had a crush on me for a while so I decided to go to this party with her. That's it. I just wanna give her a chance is all."
Sango didn't even know why she was going out with the girl. The aggression she felt from dealing with Miroku had toppled over after she slept with him in his car. The girl had been the only one she could talk to after it happened. She gave her the party invite as a way to get Miroku off of her brain and instead of thinking things through, she accepted off of the top of her head not evaluating the fact that she knew the girl liked her.
Sango's comment made Kagome tilt her head to the side, right eyebrow lifted. "So you don't like her Sango?"
She tucked her lips in and grinded her teeth in guilt. "I don't but she is really good to me ya know? Maybe this outing will help me get to know her better but enough about me, tell me about you. How is everything going?" She said, quickly trying to change the subject. Kagome noticed this but decided not to say anything. She could sense the topic of conversation was making Sango uncomfortable
That doesn't mean Kagome was comfortable either talking about the messy week she had either. "Well…you won't believe what I did."
Sango reached down and pretended to pull an imaginary teacup. "Spill it girl."
"I got back with my boyfriend-"
She didn't even let her finish speaking before cut her sentence off. "With the cheater? Kagome why?!"
She put her hand over her chest as if she was offended. "Says the girl that slept with her ex in his car after she ditched me."
"Hey! Him and I are single so that means that was simple free game right there but I didn't get back with him!"
"Yeah, whatever you say Sango but still" she said crossing her arms "I haven't seen him do anything and I really just want to trust him. If he shows me any signs that he is cheating, then I will leave him."
"Kagome, I've seen him cheating!"
"But what if they aren't even the same person, this is a really big campus Sango."
"Bullshit Kagome! What other Kouga do you know resides in a dorm with an Inuyasha, a Miroku, a Naraku, and a Shippo? Hm?"
Kagome rolled her eyes. Sango was making sense but Kagome wanted to firmly stand by her decision. "Look Sango, no one isn't perfect and maybe whatever you saw was a misunderstanding or maybe he was really drunk and didn't know-"
"Kagome, how did I misunderstand Kouga putting his throat on another woman's coochie in the middle of a party? How Kagome, how? I want to know." Sango knew she hadn't made the best decisions throughout college so far but she didn't want her cousin following in her footsteps. She knew what would come soon for her if she didn't leave Kouga fast enough.
"Sango..I just want us to work. Like I said, he might have been drunk and doesn't remember anything because he told me he didn't do anything."
If anyone wish they had a thousand hands to slap some sense into a person at that moment, it was Sango. "Kagome, didn't Inuyasha tell you what was going on too?"
"He did but I stopped talking to him. Kouga and I-"
"He told me about Miroku. His own best friend Kagome. He knew me at least, he didn't even know you and he still went out of his way to tell you? Why would someone lie about that?"
"I'm not saying he lied but I don't know him like that. Besides you told me to stay away from him too."
"I would rather you date Inuyasha than Kouga if I had to choose and that says a lot. Inuyasha is a player but I haven't caught him cheating yet."
The younger woman threw her hands in the air and brought them back down to her face. "Ugh! This is frustrating! You are confusing me Sango. Is Inuyasha a good person, is he not?"
"If you wanna see for yourself how good Kouga is, then how about you give Inuyasha the same treatment since you clearly don't want to listen to me." Sango said harshly.
The conversation that had started off so light had turned into a disagreement in a matter of seconds. Kagome wanted out of it as soon as possible. "Look, I'm going to go back home and just chill for the rest of the day. If you need me, just call and try not to sleep with your ex anymore please." She said, not giving Sango much of a chance to say anything back.
'She didn't care when she left me to go sleep with Miroku so oh well. Not my problem.'
After returning home, Kagome decided to make something to eat considering she hadn't ate since the day before. She sat her bags down inside her room and returned to the kitchen making her first stop inside the fridge. Inside wasn't a lot of food but there were a few things to make do with. She pulled out the egg carton and took three eggs from it. As she picked up one to crack it open, she mentally slapped herself for forgetting to take out a pan.
'Okay…but where are the pans? Do we even have any?' She asked herself.
She started to go through the cabinets. She was so set on finding them that she didn't even hear a door behind her open. After searching through all of the cabinets and not being able to find a single, she put her hands on her hips and huffed in frustration. She turned around to see if Kouga had any in his room but was met with the body of a tall white-haired man who appeared extremely irritated as her lack of attention to direction.
"Watch it." He said as he proceeded towards the front door.
"Sorry, but hey Inuyasha. Do you happen to have any pots or pans?" She asked quickly because of how fast he was almost already out of the door.
Surprisingly he stopped but only briefly. Kagome could only see the back of his head so his eye roll was completely unknown to her. With his hand on the door knob, he didn't even spare her a look. "I don't take getting cut off so easily Kagome but if you really want to know, I keep some above the fridge in those small cabinets." He said and with that, he was out the door leaving Kagome dumbfounded alone in the kitchen.
His words made her feel uncomfortable as if someone had just told she was the worse person in the world. The feeling itself was more so out of feeling bad that she had stopped talking to him completely for the past two days. She had seen him a few times after getting back with Kouga but wouldn't give him the time of day for a conversation or even a hello. Based on how well he could read people, she assumed he already knew what was going on between her and Kouga. Although it shouldn't have, she felt somewhat ashamed to be back with the man she have given her all to for the past three years.
It was a weird combination to her. She was happy she could work on her relationship and hopefully get back to a better place with him but at the same time, she felt like it was wrong to be with him. As if not only everyone was judging her, but as if she was judging herself as well. Her self-esteem felt lower than it had ever been in a long time. She didn't feel beautiful in the eyes of her own boyfriend nor did she feel like she deserved anything better for going back to him. Not even a good friend like Inuyasha.
She smacked a hand on her forehead, squeezing her eyes shut trying to numb the emotional pain. 'Why the hell did I even let Sango get into my head?' She thought to herself.
'Sango can't even get her love life together and she is the one telling me about boys. Ugh…but if she's right about Kouga, wouldn't that make her right about Inuyasha? Wait, has she even talked to Inuyasha? Seeing Kouga kiss a girl and Inuyasha kiss a girl is way different. If Inuyasha isn't taken, then what's the problem…maybe I was wrong..but I don't know. I don't feel like I know anyone right now. Everyone seems so different.'
Kagome's mind bottled with conclusions but it wasn't enough to keep her stomach from interrupting her. The tightening of her stomach brought her out of her session of analysis and back to the objective. She checked just above the moderately sized fridge and found the two small cabinets Inuyasha had referred to. Just as he said, there were two small frying pans inside. Although she had a decent height to fully see inside the freezer and fridge, the cabinets above the fridge were still quite a ways above her. She did a little jump to try and reach at least one of the pans inside. After three unsuccessful attempts, she admitted her defeat and went to fetch a chair from the dining to help out. Once she was able to finally reach the pan, she got to work on frying up scrambled eggs.
With her stomach full, she washed out her dishes behind her and returned the dining room chair to its proper place before returning to her room. She shut her door and picked up her phone bag. Plopping down on the bed, she unlocked her phone and saw a few missed texts messages from Kouga. Even though she felt like they were supposed to, excitement wasn't something she felt.
Babe: Hey beautiful. Left to class. If you're back before me, I'll see you later. Love you
Babe: Hey love, it's so boring in here. Missing you lots. Love you
Babe: Why aren't you answering me? You're practically addicted to your phone…I'll let it go this time
Babe: Really wished you would answer me
Babe: Are you ignoring me?
Babe: Kagome what the hell..who are you with?
Babe: You're really starting to piss me off. I hope you know that.
Kagome read the last message and noticed that there was only an hour difference between the time the first and last message was sent. He sent the first message a about half an hour after she had left for class. She was so busy talking to Sango for a while, she hadn't noticed the texts from Kouga. After seeing the last text, she was turned off to say the least.
'When the hell was Kouga always this damn angry?' She thought to herself.
She sent him a quick text back letting him know that she was in class, and sorry for the wait. She didn't think she needed to apologize but didn't feel like fighting. He was always quicker to calm down if she was the first to apologize whenever they did fight but it wasn't as often as it seemed to be now. Sitting her phone down, she retrieved her laptop from her desk. She didn't have a TV like everyone else so her only source of netflix was on her trusty laptop.
She found some random action/romance movie to keep her mind off of her mixed feelings about her boyfriend and her handsome, nice white-haired roommate.
'I wonder what he thinks of me…'
The day went by as normal for most students and professors on campus but for Inuyasha. He couldn't seem to catch a break. After his small share of words with Kagome, his day only seemed to get worse. His first class out of the only two he had on Mondays was only an hour long but the professor went over time because he forgot to show everyone how to do the homework he handed out. If that wasn't bad enough, his second class professor forgot to tell everyone that the assigned classroom was going to be renovated over the course of the month. Inuyasha and others decided to ditch the class because the professor wasn't responding to any emails about the temporary switch in classrooms but he made sure to let everyone know that attendance was a grade in his class and everyone would receive a zero for the day.
Once the day came to a close, Inuyasha had the worst headache of his life. Without thinking, he got into the car and drove to the Akitoki Bar and grill. Of course before he arrived, he sent a text to Hojo to make sure he was working today at his usual time. When the text came through confirming his schedule, Inuyasha made his way towards his happy place.
"So, what's going on? It's early as ever, and you don't have a chick with you. Something up?" His heavy New York accent dancing over his tongue while his hands kept busy wiping his bar glasses clean.
Inuyasha took another sip of his premade drink that was already done when he arrived curtesy of the bartender himself. "This day has just been a load of shit Hojo. If that wasn't bad enough, the same girl I called myself helping is back with that asshole of a wolf demon." He explained.
Hojo sat a glass down. He could hear Inuyasha loud and clear since there weren't too many people in at the time. It was early so that was expected. Great atmosphere for Hojo to tend to Inuyasha's drunken needs and ventilation. "Sounds rough but that's how girls are. They want to be captain save a hoe just as much as guys do. They want to say in the end that they're glad they didn't give up or they stuck by you through thick and thin. Some shit like that ya know? They want to feel special enough to make a guy want to change for them."
"Tell me about it." He said gulping down the rest of his drink before slamming the glad back down to the table. On instinct, Hojo took the empty glass and set it aside for cleaning later before he busied himself with round two for the half demon.
"I just hate shit like that Hojo. How dare she cut me off for trying to help her with sorry ass excuse of a boyfriend."
"Wasn't that boyfriend your friend though?"
"Yeah, was. Some friend to hide something that big for a whole year. I don't care too much about him hiding her but I wouldn't have made friends with him to begin with had I known what he was really like. Shit, had me and Miroku never met when we did, I would have ditched his ass to the curb too. He's been changing on me a lot lately too. I just don't know what's up with these guys."
Hojo gave Inuyasha the side eye. "Pardon me major but you should know the reason behind that more than I do. They aren't really changing, you're just maturing. You're sick of their little antics right? What's that shit you always tell me about? They might have always been like this and their true colors are showing."
The white-haired man closed his eyes and massaged the sides of his head. "I don't even know Hojo. I guess I'm just in a space where I want to do more with life and get more out of it besides fucking a different girl every night you know. Shit gets boring. I can't even hold full conversations with any of them without it turning into something about sleeping with a random bitch or something about dicks and I'm honestly sick of it." He said, his voice growing hoarse from the stinging of the alcohol.
Hojo finished up his drink and sat it in front of him. "Well Inuyasha. Maybe it's just time for new friends or something. Maybe that's why you latched onto that other girl. She's different right?"
Inuyasha opened his eyes, staring Hojo directly into his. "Can I be honest with you for a moment Hojo?"
"Sure, I'm all ears."
"Yes man. Different in every way possible. I'm pretty sure there is much more to her than what I've gotten to know already but damn is she as close to perfect as it gets. I'm excited by the fact that I don't know everything about her. I told myself she was off limits and that I don't wanna get involved with that but when you can sit down with a girl and vibe with her as if you've known her forever…I don't know. There's something about it and I think getting to know her got me a little more caught up than I wanted it to."
The bartender gave his friend gave his friend a slight sided smile. It wasn't the first time he'd done so but Inuyasha felt this smile had different intentions. "What? What's with the look?"
"I get what you're saying. Explain yourself no further my friend. I've known you since Miroku I gave you my card in class. Out of the two years you've been here with this year being the third, I think you finally got a crush you can't shake Inuyasha."
"What? Nonsense. I've dated girls while in the past two years Hojo."
"For how long? They never lasted more than a week or two. You never liked them anyway. They were girls you used to try to get over someone else and it didn't work and you never tried it again since. That was freshman year Inuyasha. Look at you now. Just met a girl and you're at my bar not only mad at the world, but you're mad she took him back and cut you off in the process. She was supposed be yours for the taking. Admit it. You wanted her."
Inuyasha looked away. He didn't want to admit it. He wouldn't say he was head over heels for the girl but he was definitely interested in everything else she had to offer whatever that may be. She was physically to his liking, and she wasn't some clueless girl with no passion or dreams. She wasn't dumb either unless it came to her ex. The same one who she let control her when it came down to him and her being friends.
"Hojo" He finally responded, turning his attention back to the short brown haired boy. "I didn't initially have a thing for her. It was more so she was cute but keep it moving type of thing. When I found out about her and Kouga dating, something propelled me to help but even then I thought that it would end afterwards…but she looked so helpless like she needed me and after just sitting down and getting to know her as someone who wasn't Kouga's girl or Kouga's ex, as just Kagome. She was so amazing Hojo."
Hojo didn't need Inuyasha to tell him that because by the glistening in Inuyasha's eye that he had never seen before, he knew his friend had a thing for the girl. Even if it was slight, it was there and he couldn't be happier for his friend. After knowing what Inuyasha went through in the past with females, he had hoped that one day Inuyasha would take a female serious and go after someone he liked. To Hojo, the circumstances were unfortunate because Kagome was technically supposed to be off limits but if Inuyasha wasn't interested in being friends with Kouga anymore, then Kagome was fair game.
Inuyasha downed the next drink in a matter of seconds, once again letting it burn the back of his throat. He was counting the time mentally in his head before he knew the liquor would start kicking in and he would need a ride home. Making sure he was still on track with the time limit he set for himself, he continued his conversation with Hojo after he requested some more shots. He leaned his body over the counter, resting his body of his forearms.
"I'm feeling her just a little but I know there are gonna be problems if I do anything with her. After seeing how Miroku straddles the fence too, I don't know if Kagome is something that's worth it. Naraku fortunately doesn't pick sides because he doesn't like to get messy and Shippo won't be here till next weekend because of family related issues. Even still, the fact stands that Miroku and Kouga have been getting closer all of a sudden and I feel like at this point if I do anything Kouga doesn't like, because him and Kouga are hoes that treat their women like shit, they would stand together against me."
"Aha, so that's why you're already on the edge with Miroku. When did they even start getting this close because now that I think of it, I haven't seen him in my bar in ages and he used to be a regular."
The half demon rested his face in his palm. "If I had to say, it would probably be towards spring break of last year. Kouga became the king of getting girls and even topped Miroku for a bit so Miroku's excuse to me was if he couldn't beat him, he might as well join him. That's what he did and has stuck by Kouga ever since. I tried to ignore it but it's been rubbing me the wrong way for the longest time now."
"Have you tried to talk to him about it?" Hojo asked.
Inuyasha shook his head. "No but more so because I feel like he wouldn't understand where I'm coming from. I've never been a jealous friend but me and Miroku have been best friends for a long time. Miroku hasn't been the greatest friend nor the best influence but he has been there with me through some really tough times. He has had my back majority of the time as well."
Hojo heard another customer call out to him. He put up one finger to let the guy know that he would be right with him as soon as he finished with Inuyasha. He finished up the last drink for Inuyasha and placed it in front of him. "I gotta go take care of these other customers but to be honest man, you sound a lot like that Kagome girl. You both are so stuck on what people used to be that you aren't looking at who they are now. No amount of good a person has ever done will excuse them to even once treat you shit. Remember that and I'll see you around buddy." He said, patting Inuyasha's shoulder before moving on to help the other customers.
He would never say it aloud but he realized that he had been hanging around Hojo too much. The bartender was starting to pick up on his way of thinking and was beginning to beat him at it. Not too good for his ego but definitely made their conversations interesting. It isn't often you'd hear your own advice from another person but hearing it from someone else put it into perspective. His last words stuck with him and he could see himself never forgetting that from here on out.
He downed the drink before deciding it was probably best to leave and head home. He spanned out of his chair and landed wobbly on the ground. All of a sudden, the room started spinning and his balance became nonexistent. He leaned against the bar stool with one hand while he held his hand in the other. With a sigh of irritation, he came to one final conclusion.
"Shit…guess I need to call Miroku. Fuck my life."
He gave his friend a call who was in the middle of something sexual with a female. This didn't surprise Inuyasha and was one of the reasons he didn't want to call Miroku but unfortunately he was his only close friend with a car. Miroku told him that he would come but it would be about half an hour. Although he told him that's fine, that didn't stop him from flickering his eyes against the top of his eye lids.
He took a seat back in the bar stool. Since he would be there for a little while, he saw no point in going to wait outside when he was already half past wasted. He pulled out his phone and covered one eye with his hand to try and help him see straight. He was able to partially focus on his phone and in the middle of his concentration, he noticed he had three missed text messages and they all were from Kagome.
'Pfft. What now, boyfriend still treating you like shit? Not my problem anymore.' He thought to himself, still deciding to open the messages and see what she said. What he saw or at least tried to read made him feel agitated.
Kagome: Hey, I'm sorry about everything. I know I'm not even supposed to be texting you but Kouga isn't trying to listen to me right now. Honestly I'm a little scared and I don't know who else to really talk to.
'Yeah, It's called a mental abuser. They make you get rid of everyone in your life so you have no one else to rely on but them even if they are the ones causing the problem.'
He was upset to see that she had texted him in the first place but slowly became more agitated with the fact that Kouga was doing something to scare her into texting him. He continued on to read the rest.
Kagome: I don't know if I did something wrong but I locked my door just in case. I told him some things and I guess he didn't like what I said…it's just a lot. Can I call you?
Kagome: Sorry. Don't answer that. I don't deserve to call you. Texting you this is probably going to make him even more mad at me. I just can't shake the feeling that everyone is wrong about you. Is that weird?
After that text, there was nothing else. The texts were from about ten minutes ago so they were pretty recent. Kouga is a full demon so Kagome locking the door could do nothing but make him worse enough to kick the door down. Judging by the fact that the door was still intact, Inuyasha assumed that they had either been texting or talking on the phone. What happened though was something he couldn't figure out. One thing he knew for sure was that it was most likely not Kagome's fault directly.
'Still partially her fault though for going back to him but for whatever they got into about is probably not her fault.' He thought to himself.
Right before he could text her back, she texted him again.
Kagome: He says he's not coming home tonight anymore because of me. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have even texted you. Bye.
'Well damn.' Inuyasha thought. Just when he was going to give her a few minutes out of his day, she shut him down again. Although he could care less about their relationship problems, he was curious as to what happened to have her so shaken up so he did the unthinkable. He called her.
'I don't know you all that well yet but I know you well enough to know you'll answer me.'
He was right. After a few rings, he could hear her tear-stained, hiccup infected voice.
"Hel-hiccup-lo?" She answered sadly. She clearly had been crying.
"You should be lucky I'm even talking to you right now but I care enough to make sure you're okay. What's wrong? Tell me what's going on." He said trying his best to hide the slur in his voice. He closed his eyes because he saw no use for them when he only needed to hear Kagome. They were also making him dizzy the longer they were open.
"I know but-hiccup-I don't even know what I-hiccup-did wrong Inuyasha." She said trying to speak over the tears running down her face and the hiccups fighting inside her throat.
"Just start from the beginning. Tell me everything and we'll go from there."
Unbeknownst to Inuyasha, Kagome felt relieved to have him talking to her. "Well, I was out with-hiccup-Sango earlier when he was texting me. I didn't get to read them until later but by then he was already-hiccup-mad at me. I tried to apologize but he didn't want to hear it. Then when he seemed calm, I told him-hiccup-about the girl Ayame I ran into earlier. That's his ex before me and the girl who used to bully me in-hiccup-school. He was upset I said anything to her even though she was the one that approached-hiccup-me."
Inuyasha was following along with what she was saying but couldn't piece together why Kouga was mad at her. "Yeah, and what else?" He urged her on.
"She was apologizing for everything and all I said is-hiccup-that I would get back to her on how I feel. That was-hiccup-it and he got really upset with me."
"What do you mean by upset?" He asked her.
"Cussed me out, and called me-hiccup-names. He said some pretty hurtful-hiccup-things."
"Ah, I see." Inuyasha didn't like what he was hearing but he knew better than to tell her to leave him. She wouldn't listen to him. The most that he could do was be an ear for her problems. She would have to work up the courage on her own to leave him.
"Well look, I'll be home soon. Miroku is on his way to come get me. When I get there, if I'm not too fucked up, we can watch some of my Christmas cartoons to take your mind off of things. Kouga will come around when he feels like it. Just give him time." He told her.
"O-hiccup-kay."
"But on one condition. You don't have to tell Kouga but I'm not some lackee for you to call only when you need. Either I'm around or I'm not." Inuyasha was never one for being kept a secret but he didn't feel like going through the whole battle with Kouga. He had too much going on and would cross that bridge when he got to it.
'Eventually I won't be a secret but for now, it's cool.'
"That's fine. I didn't want to cut you off anyway in the first place." She said clearly, her hiccups finally leaving as Inuyasha's voice calmed her down.
He wasn't surprised she agree so easily. He had known all along that Kouga was the plot behind it all. Inuyasha told her he would see her soon and hung up. He had thought he would've been able to hold a longer grudge against her considering how hot she made him when he spoke to her and she ignored him that Saturday morning in the kitchen while she was with Kouga. After hearing how sad and scared she was, he couldn't help but cave. His weak spot for tears in the end is what caught him.
Another ten minutes had gone by and Miroku had told Inuyasha he was outside through text. Inuyasha had gotten into the car with his friend, and had almost told him what had happened only moments ago. He stopped himself after remembering the conversation he had with Hojo. There was already something serious Inuyasha wanted to talk to Miroku about concerning his loyalty so to talk to him about something as crucial as Kagome was a no go until Inuyasha knew he could fully trust his friend again.
When the two had gotten home, Miroku was the one that had to let them in and get them into the elevator. Inuyasha had been too dizzy to even see straight, let alone tell an up button from a down button. When the two had reached the 19th floor, Miroku took out his keys to the front door and helped Inuyasha keep his balance as they walked down the hall. When Miroku opened the door, out stormed an angry wolf demon past the two men. Inuyasha sobered up slightly causing his ears to pick up on a wimper coming from inside their home. He stood firmly to his feet and rushed in as Miroku took the opposite route and ran after Kouga.
Inuyasha saw Kagome's room door open and she was on the ground covered, and shaking in tears and her hair was tousled about. She was rubbing against her right shoulder as if it was in pain. Inuyasha crouched down beside her immediately and pulled her into his arms making sure to stand clear from her shoulder just in case it was hurting.
"What happened? Are you alright?" He asked her softly.
She didn't respond. All she did was shake her head. Inuyasha didn't like the sound of hearing nothing from her. He had a bad feeling that something had just gone down from the time he had hung up the phone to the time Miroku picked him up.
Inuyasha was about to try and ask her again but she spoke before he could. The next thing she said made his heart stop.
"He grabbed me…" She said, causing Inuyasha to spaz out of control.
(Boom. That's it. I made this a little longer than normal for you guys because of all the days I missed…Yall, I been up since this morning writing. I would pick up the computer and put it down again. I was on and off writing all day because of the pain and uncomfortability of it all. I had a lot more planned for this chapter but I decided this would be a good cliff hanger to get you guys excited for the next two chapters because I have a lot more action and surprises coming in the next two chapters. Now im off to sleep this pain off…)
A/N: Thank you all for reading this, and keeping up with it. It is my pleasure to write for you and to keep you entertained. Your reviews means the world to me, as well as your views themselves. I cannot count how many times a day I reread all of the reviews or how many times I check to see if the view count went up for the latest chapter because that means you care enough to continue on reading and that makes me really happy. I will do my best to make this my first ever 100% completed story on . (Also, I love how all of y'all reviews be having me cracking the f*** up! Yall commentary and vision about the story is crazy and I love it oh so much! Y'all know I had to make Hojo a real one in here because I did not feel like writing some annoying extra love interest for Kagome. Hojo likes money and good customer service so he is a really good side character to work with in this story.)
With that being said…all of my lovers, my consistent reviewers, you can feel free to read on ahead on what I have to say because there will be details you may care about but this letter isn't directed to you guys.
Author's letter:
Dear "Guests" and future "Flamers",
I had a lot of this written out to put in the last chapter but erased all of it without saving it because I thought it would do no good with only one person leaving me a comment so…weird.
I am a woman of many opinions. That being said, I am an open supporter of people being able to express their opinion without getting put down or battered for them no matter how much we disagree. I am flawed though because although I believe this, I believe more in having an opinion you can back up more than something absurd you have no reasoning for. This is why I am open to flames as much as I am open to love. It is okay not to like my story, my character development, or even me as an author! It is okay and I will never be mad at you for feeling how you do. I just wanted to get that out of the way before I hit you with the facts.
1. This is an UNCOMPLETED STORY
If you don't know what that means, that means I am 9 chapters in with maybe 50-60 more to go depending on how I feel whatever day I'm writing. It also means that whatever I had planned yesterday to put in the story might be put in at a later date or not all or replaced with something else. Any character is subject to change, any setting is set to change, ANYTHING could change. They are called plot twists, character development, resolutions, ect! The list goes on so if you want to flame, PLEASE leave me be if you are going to come down my throat about a character's decision as if my story is done. Example being: "Ugh! Why are kagome and kouga together when its supposed to be about Inuyasha and Kagome!" Honey bee, well how did you think we felt when kikyo wouldn't die and let Inuyasha and Kagome be great? But when the two finally got together, who was happy? WE WERE. Just because Inuyasha and Kikyo had something going on didn't mean that they were going to come out in the end together. Moving on.
2. This is an INUYASHA X KAGOME STORY
If you want Kouga and Kagome to be together (MINOR SPOILER ALERT), IT AINT HAPPENING. I thought I made that clear by putting Inuyasha and Kagome's name in the pair brackets. has a thing now where you can basically let the readers know who the main pairing will be that way you don't have a story with Inuyasha, Kagome, Sesshomaru, and Sango and go into the story thinking Kagome and Inuyasha are going to be together but turns out the story is about Sango and Inuyasha or Kagome and Sesshomaru being a pairing. So that is a little FF lesson for you all out there. If you haven't been on here in a while and you are trying to get into the hang of things again, yeah. Pairing brackets are a thing. But SECONDLY, this is INUYASHAXKAGOME, no amount of Kouga will ever change that. Do not insult me as an author or bundle me up with the other dozens of FF Inuyasha authors that like to give an undeserving character the rewards. This links back to my first fact, this story isn't done. What is happening now will not be where the story ends. Thank you.
3. KAGOME IS MY BITCH, I LOVE HER TO DEATH
No matter how annoying Kagome was in the anime sometimes or how bad she used to get under my skin with that sit command, THAT IS MY BABY. Excuse me for going out of my professional demeanor really quick but there is no other way to write this last paragraph…or at least not another way that I want to go about it. She is loyal AF, kind hearted, she doesn't play when it comes to people treating my man Inuyasha like shit, and she's down to ride when it's drama time. Although she should've slapped Kikyo on a few occasions, that is another conversation for another time. The reason I am including this is because for some reason, the last two flames I received, although they were on two different opinion levels, they had one thing in common. They both insulted Kagome. Call her what you want to call her but she is the main character as of now. She won't be going anywhere. If you don't like what she is doing, just say that and keep it moving, that's fine. I don't like half of the stuff I make her do either but she is a character. Or if you don't like her at all…why are you here? She is the ONLY female I included in the character list. There is nothing more I can say on this topic. If you don't get it, you just don't get it. It's whatever. I said my piece and that's that.
Flame on, review on, and do what makes you happy but please do not take up space in the reviews with something completely irrelevant to the actual story itself.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and I will see you all in the next chapter.