She's Lookin Through Me

Chapter Thirteen – Regret

By Patche

Disclaimer – Inuyasha isn't mine… (Le sadness)

Summary – A girl who moves to a new school to be with her cousin, Utada Yuki. Yuki is the most popular boy in his whole school, so, thanks to him, Kagome is granted with that same luxury. In her new school, she has grabbed the attention of every boy... even our favorite hanyou. Rated-T for some cussing and minor limeyness?

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The following Monday, Inuyasha gave Kagome a ride to school. He had returned to his half demon state and wasn't even half the romantic Kagome remembered him to be two nights ago. They were at school now, and Inuyasha was more uptight than before.

"Boo!" Sango shouted once she and Miroku arrived behind Inuyasha.

He nearly shot up through the roof and grabbed Kagome. They both laughed at his strange behavior, but Kagome was fairly lost.

She placed a hand on his shoulder, calming him down a little.

"Is something wrong?" She asked, concerned. Inuyasha just huffed and turned away from her.

"No. I'm just…" He sighed. "You can't protect yourself that well, wench." He said. Kagome raised an eyebrow.

"Oh, I can't? And what… now that you're my boyfriend you have to protect me from all the horrors of high school?" She asked laughing. She stopped once she noticed Sango and Miroku staring at the two.

"What?" They asked in unison causing a blush to creep onto the new lovers' faces.

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Yuki took in a deep breath. He couldn't stand it. After the report two days ago, he was certain it was Naraku that was in town and he was after one person. The problem was, though, that he could disguise himself as anyone he wanted to.

So, without Inuyasha's nose, Yuki would never know who Naraku was.

'Damn that stupid half demon… why did he have to quit on me? Right when Naraku came too?'

Yuki gasped in realization. 'Am I that naïve? Is he working with Naraku?' He stroked his chin with his index finger and pondered the idea. 'It's possible… Naraku could have bribed him…'

He sighed sitting in the cafeteria all by himself. Since his fight, he'd lost much of his popularity. Kouga didn't allow him to sit at his old table and he didn't dare ask Kagome to join him… even if he knew she'd say yes.

However, a curious sight distracted his thoughts. He watched Kagome and Inuyasha both walk off to the abandoned courtyard.

Yuki shook all the thoughts from his head. 'No, remember… he has feelings for her…' Yuki smiled.

'Well, she could never love him back.'

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Kagome sat under the tree they usually sat under and watched Inuyasha on a branch above. Her mind was, for once, very open. She didn't have much clustering it. She was happy. She was in love and all was right. Inuyasha was the only thing she wanted.

However, she did wonder why he was sitting so high above her.

"Why don't you join me, Inuyasha?" She inquired looking up at him on the branch.

"Keh! I don't want to." He folded his arms across his chest and looked away from her.

'Are his human and hanyou halves that different?' She asked herself. Kagome looked at the ground, suddenly she wasn't so happy. Even though she was well aware the human Inuyasha said things Inuyasha usually wouldn't say, she didn't think he'd be so adamant about keeping his distance from her. The only contact they'd even shared all day was when he grabbed her after being scared out of his wits.

It troubled Kagome, now… did only his human half love her?

She'd been so lost in thought that she didn't even notice Inuyasha had moved from his perch on the branch above, to right beside her.

"What's wrong?" He asked her. He sounded somewhat concerned about her, but showed it in his usual rough tone. She sighed and looked at the ground.

"Did you mean what you said the other night?" She asked, bringing her knees up to her chest and wrapping two arms around them. Inuyasha's amber eyes softened as he watched her.

The sun shone through the leaves of the tree and gave a blue tint to the highlights in her hair. Her brown eyes, though sad, still sparkled in the sun's light.

However, his heart panged as the smell of salt drifted into his nostrils. 'She's crying…' He thought. 'But why?' Inuyasha wrapped an arm around her and let her head rest on his shoulder.

"I meant every word." He said softly. It was the truth. He didn't regret it or wish anything would have happened differently. It was just that now he had to protect her… he was too worried to think about being her boyfriend. This issue was deeper.

Kagome sniffled and looked up at him with her tear-stained face. "Really?" She asked. This must have really gotten to her. Inuyasha hadn't realized how much he'd been pushing her away up until now. He sighed and pulled her into a soft, simple, sweet kiss. One that, though it was short, proved to her his feelings hadn't died down in the least. He did love her and he wanted to be with her. But he could never live with himself if she died.

"Really." He said after they pulled away. She gave him a weak smile and decided to cuddle up into his chest for the rest of lunch, in the privacy of their courtyard where no one dared to bother them.

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School hours were over and a boy with black hair and green eyes covered with tiny square-framed glasses waltzed into the registration office.

"Hello." A woman greeted him smiling. He returned the warm smile and set down a pile of papers dealing with registering a new student.

"I've filled them all out. Do you think it will be enough to let me start tomorrow?" He asked. The woman read over many of the papers and typed information from them into the computer. However, she scrunched her face at his request glaring at the computer.

"Sorry Narita-san, but you'll have to start next Monday. Currently, the classes you enrolled for are all caught up in the middle of exams this week. You'd be terribly lost if you started so suddenly. So, I'll set you up for a week. You think you'll be ready by then?" The receptionist took a pile of male-uniforms and dug out a small for the boy in front of her. He smiled and nodded, pushing up his glasses from the tip of his nose.

"That would be a fine time to start." He said giving her a smile as he left the building.

'Damnit!' He cursed to himself, upon exiting. 'I can't start later… There's not doubt that someone is already aware of my presence here…' He thought, but took a moment to glance at his reflection in the glass of the door.

'Luckily, this disguise should keep people from wondering…' He admired it. 'After all, I didn't have to steal it from anyone who was alive already.' He thought remembering the recent corpse he dug up to steal his identity from.

'The plan's just on hold for now…'

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"So, you guys…" Sango started as they sat in their famous ice cream shop, slurping down smoothies. Inuyasha and Kagome sat next to each other as usual with Miroku and Sango on the other side of the table, in the other booth.

"Hmm?" They both asked, looking up at the girl with the straws still in their mouths. She could help but laugh at their wide eyes as if she were tearing their precious attention away from the ice cream would kill them.

"How did it happen?" Miroku asked, smirking. He knew Sango wanted to hear the details, but he was hoping for something a little juicier than just 'will you be my girlfriend?'.

Inuyasha and Kagome both blushed madly at their request for information on something they hadn't spent much time talking about.

"Umm… well… we just kissed and then I asked him to be my boyfriend." Kagome said smiling. Inuyasha looked over at her. Under the table, he slid his hand on top of hers and squeezed lightly. She smiled and turned to him. His amber eyes were so deep at that moment as if there were a hundred things to read from them, but Kagome could read them all.

They were all signs of love.

"Aww…" Miroku said obnoxiously to tear his cousin and Kagome from their reverie. They both looked away from each other, the blushes returning to their faces.

"Miroku, would you just leave them alone for half a second?" Sango asked him. He sighed.

"But they're just so cute together." He teased glancing at Inuyasha. Sango and Kagome both laughed.

'Even so…' Kagome thought, looking at her embarrassed half demon's face. 'I don't think I could make this moment any better…'

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"Goodnight…" Inuyasha said softly as Kagome hopped off his bike. She turned to face him looking confused.

"What? You're not going to walk me to my door like a gentleman?" She asked, teasing him. Inuyasha scoffed and stood up off his bike to walk the two extra steps to Kagome's door.

"Goodnight." He repeated as she stood on the tips of her toes to kiss him lightly. It was intended to be a quick peck, but as Kagome began to pull back, Inuyasha, pressed his lips harder against her's, holding her in his arms as she brought her hands up to his cheeks and they, once again, lost themselves in the throws of young love through one kiss.

Kagome breathed in as their lips separated once more and looked at him with a hint of sadness. They were parting again, and she didn't want them to. She wished they could just never leave each other's side. But, they had to… and so, she spoke the words that would end their night together.

"Goodnight…" She said sadly. Inuyasha nodded and hopped back onto his bike, giving her one last glance to make sure Kagome made her way into the house. She had opened the door and turned to wave goodbye to him. He waved back and sped off to his own house.

Kagome watched him leave before turning her back. However, she quickly turned around.

'I could have sworn…' She said looking around. 'I felt eyes on me…' She finished continuing her search around for whoever was spying on her. However, she found no one and shrugged it off, disappearing into the house.

'Heheh… now that I found where she lives… I can make her mine that much easier.'

AN – I'm so sorry about the last chapter. I don't know why I wrote it… but here's the new one to compensate for it. I think I was kind of depressed when I wrote it and I don't really write too terrifically when I'm down. So, enjoy this one. I put some much needed fluff in there and some shocking twists. Naraku is now going to their school? Oh boy… Thanks for the reviews again! I really really appreciate it.

Review please… even if it's about something I did wrong… I love reviews.

Love always,

Patche