"Is something wrong?" Inuyasha asked her.
"Where is ye friend?" the old woman asked.
"What friend?" the hanyou ask confused.
"The girl. The one that follows you." Kaede answered.
"You mean you saw her too?" Inuyasha asked stunned.
"Of course. But where is she?" the old woman asked again.
"I don't know," the hanyou said thoughtfully as he thought of the feeling that he had all morning. Could it have been cause by her absent? For he had gotten so use to her being there and he almost expect her to be there. But what he couldn't figure out was what had happen to her? Why did she choose now to disappear?
"Maybe ye should look for her." Kaede suggested breaking his train of thought, but that just left him to another.
"I don't know where to find her." he said.
"What do you mean?" the old woman asked.
"I don't really know anything about her. All I know is what she looks like." he said with a sigh.
"Well, I suggest either wait for her to return or find her ye self." she said.
"But how can I find her, when I don't even know her name?" he asked in frustrated.
"Well, ye said ye knew what she look like. So find her body." she said thoughtfully.
"Her body?" a very confused hanyou asked.
"Yes. What you saw was a piece of her soul that had come and found ye. It's most likely that the soul went back to her body." she explained.
"But she could be anyone, anywhere." He said in disbelief.
"Then I suggest ye start looking." she said with a smile.
"But where do I start?" he questioned.
"Do ye know how old she is?" she questioned back and he had the slight feeling that she was enjoying this.
"No, but she looked to be around my age." he said thoughtful.
"So, go to the library and see if ye can find the girl through the schools." she said.
"Do you know how many students there are? And what if she's out of school? Then what?" he said wondering if this was impossible.
"Just start there." she said with that smile that he knew meant that she knew something, but whatever it is she wasn't going to tell. He also knew that she wasn't going to help him out any more.
So with a small sigh, he headed for the closest library. He was lucky that there was a library a few blocks away so that he didn't have to worry about being in the wrong place at the worng time, and they had computers too. Instead of rushing there, he took his time, recalling the memory of the girl.
It didn't take him long to reach the library. It was a tall building that had three floors and a dozen steps that lead to the door. On each side of the steps were two giant loins. He climbed up the steps and entered through the double doors. Making his way toward the sitting area, he was lucky to find the person he was looking for. Sakura was sitting at a long table with four others, was the girl he was looking for. With books scattered all over the table, people moving around to study, he was still able to see her clearly.
She looked up and for an instant their eyes met. Gold met dark chocolate as a smile spread across her face bringing a new light into them. The moment was ruin when her friend had snapped her fingers in front of her face to get her attention. She looked over at her friend and said a few quick words before heading toward where he was standing.
Panic filled him as he watched her come closer. He lost his nerve and tried to hide among the books. But luck wasn't on his side this time and he tripped over a stool. He landed on his bottom just as she entered the rows of book he was trying to hide in. A soft giggle reached his ears and he looked up into Sakura's concern face.
"Are you alright?" she asked reaching her hand down to help him up.
Slowly he reached up to grab her hand but just as he was about to take her hand, he quickly withdrew it. Standing up, he tried to keep his face turned from her so that she couldn't see the light blush that had spread across his face. He heard a light giggle and he turn his attention to the girl in front of him. She looked at him as if he did something funny.
"What?" he growled out and she stopped giggling.
"Sorry, it's just that you seem familiar." she said looking him over.
"Yea familiar, Sakura…" he mumbled to himself but not quietly enough.
"My name is Kagome." she said with her hand out.
He looked at her for a moment. Thinking that he had made a mistake and that she wasn't the girl he was looking for. But when he looked at her, he felt something familiar about her. He slowly reached his hand to her and shake it softly, careful of his claws, before saying, "Inuyasha".
"Inuyasha, can I call you Inu?" she asked with a smile.
He looked at her for a moment and then knew that Sakura had to be Kagome. What could the chances be that two girls, who lived around him, looked exactly the same, and would be nice to him? Normally he would not have thought it true for one girl, but this girl in front of him seemed to be the exception to the rule.
"Yea, sure." he said coming out of his shock.
"Well, would you like to join our study group?" she asked pointing over to her group of friends.
"Ummm…" he said not sure what to say.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
"What are you studying for?" he asked nervously.
"For a test at school." she said, but then her smile falter a little.
"Oh, I guess I'll pass than." he said mumble.
"Why?" she asked curiously.
"I don't…go to school." he said hesitantly.
She looked at him stunned for a moment at the piece of information, before her smile crawled back onto her face. He looked at her questionable.
"Why don't you sit with us any way, that way you might pick up on something." she said.
Inuyasha gave a weak nod as she grabbed his hand and lead him over to her group of friend. As soon as her friends saw her with him, they stopped talking. The four girls watch as the two sat down. Then three of the girls pulled Kagome to the side. The girls all wore the same school outfits. The one closest to Kagome had short black hair to her ears, the other next to her had a headband in her shoulder length black hair, and the last had curly back hair.
The girl left at the table had long brown hair tied up into a pony tail and wearing a pink shirt with black pants. She got up and went over to the others girls as Inuyasha stood at the table not sure what do. But then he heard it. The girls' soft whispers. About him. He listened with his ear pulled back with the feeling of unwanted growing as the girls whispered on.
"What do you think your doing, Kagome?" the girl with the short hair asked.
"What do you mean, Yuka?" Kagome asked confused.
"Do you know what he is?" the girl with the headband asked.
"Oh, stop it Eri." the girl with the ponytail said.
"No, I will not Sango. He could cause her a lot of trouble." the girl called Eri said.
"What are you talking about?" Kagome asked puzzled.
"Kagome, he is a hanyou." the girl with curly hair said.
"What's that got to do with anything, Ayumi?" Sango snapped at the girl.
"What doesn't he have to do with it?" Eri said and Inuyasha got ready to turn around to leave.
"Well, if he's a problem, we'll just leave." Kagome said and everyone looked at her inclueing Inuyasha.
"What do you mean?" Ayumi asked.
"Well, if you don't want him around, them I will go somewhere else to talk with him." Kagome said and Inuyasha couldn't believe his ears.
"No, Kagome, you can't." Eri said.
"Watch me," Kagome said and turned to walk over to Inuyasha, "Would you like to go some place else to talk?" she asked him.
"Umm…what about your friends?" he asked, not sure how to take the situation.
She shrugs, "If they were really my friends they wouldn't treat my other friends like that."
He looked at her for a moment. Did she think of him like a friend? His heart filled with hope at the thought.
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Hey, sorry its been a while. I had some problems that kept me from writing. I hope you enjoy this story. And I'm going try to update my other story soon. If you please drop a review I will be very happy. Cya.
Isabella the White Tiger