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The Joke's On You

Chapter Three: Greatful Days

Sw33t-Sorrows

"Sango, don't be mad! What was I supposed to do? Date him just because I felt sorry for him?"

"Kagome, he's liked you ever since you stepped foot in this school. How could you say something like that to him? He's probably crushed." Kagome couldn't find any words to explain herself. Sango was furious as she expected, but what was she going to do? Her best friend was angry with her, Miroku was upset she rejected him, Kikyo was going psycho on her, and Inuyasha was always bugging her about everything.

"Sango..." Kagome whispered as the other girl rushed past her down the hallway.

Sango couldn't understand why Kagome refused to go out with Miroku. He was a great guy! Kagome obviously didn't know what she was missing out on. Where was Miroku anyway? She hadn't seen him all morning. Well, it was probably because he didn't want to create any awkward situations between the three of them. Sango stopped for a moment when she saw a familiar face at the other side of the hallway. "Miroku!" She had never run so fast in her entire life. When she caught up to him, he was in the gymnasium, practising. "Miroku..."

He didn't look up.

"I'm okay, really. You know, I was kind of expecting it." Miroku smiled half-heartedly as he tried shooting the ball into the net. "I just, never expected it to hurt that much." Sango was so angry at Kagome for doing this to him. But is it really her fault? Her heart ached as she saw the hurt expression on Miroku's face, but she couldn't stand being mad at Kagome. Kagome's right, I wouldn't want her to date him out of pity either. Besides, she's liked Kouji since forever. Would I really be so selfish to ask her to be with someone she didn't like? "I don't blame her, if that's what you're here for." Miroku spoke, breaking Sango out of her thoughts.

"I know you don't." She didn't really know what to do next, but her heart wanted to go and comfort him. Sango approached his side, and planted a gentle kiss on his cheek. "But that's not why I'm here."

"Sango,"

"I've known about your little thing for Kagome. I just haven't said anything." And although Sango knew that he wasn't over Kagome just quite yet, she also knew that maybe - just maybe, there was a chance that she and Miroku could make it work.

"So, Kagome." The boy grinned.

"What are you doing here? Class is over. Go away!" Kagome whined as she desperately tried to lose Inuyasha.

"I was just wondering, just why, why why why - are you so cute?" Kagome could hear his quiet chuckle as he spoke his words. For some reason, a blush rose to her cheeks.

"And why, just why why why - won't you leave me alone?"

"You really want to know?" The expression on his face almost made Kagome change her mind. "I like to see girls get frustrated." He had that look in his eyes again. "Especially girls like you." You know, Kagome really didn't understand this bad boy. He was so ... so ... weird. She wasn't sure what the word was to explain it, but whenever he was around, she felt a negative aura surrounding the area. Maybe that's why Sango liked to refer to him as the devil? Kagome almost laughed until she realized she hadn't said anything yet.

"Whatever, I don't have time for this." After her horrid philosophy class, Kagome didn't have any more classes until later on that day. Usually, she would go and find Sango and they would go out to lunch or something. Kagome stopped in her tracks as she remembered the heated argument.

"Kagome, he's liked you ever since you stepped foot in this school. How could you say something like that to him? He's probably crushed."
Sango's words made Kagome feel really low. Was I wrong? "Hey, you." Kagome turned at the sound of the voice coming from behind her. Expecting to see her best friend standing before her, she was unpleasantly surprised when she became face-to-face with Kikyo.

"Kikyo, what are you doing out here?" Kagome sucked in a breath when two other girls appeared. What is she up to?

"I thought I told you to stay away from him."

"Stop it." The girl stopped at the table and that was the only thing she said.

"Excuse me?"

"Stay away from him," When the confused look on Kagome's face stayed there, Kikyo sighed and rolled her eyes. "Inuyasha! Stay away from him."

Kagome recalled the conversation from the other day. "Wait, why are you doing this? I'm not the one who's following him around. He's following me." She tried to be polite, reasonable, and even nice - but the menacing smile on Kikyo's face told her that something wasn't right. The two girls appeared at Kagome's side, each one holding onto an arm. "Hey! What are you doing? Let me go!" Kikyo took a couple of steps closer.

"If I lit your hair on fire, do you think Inuyasha would still be interested in you?" Kikyo pulled out a lighter and smirked. Kagome could hear her heart beating loudly in her chest as she squeezed her eyes shut. All of a sudden, she heard a very loud splash. Her eyes snapped open.

"Oops. Sorry, I was cleaning." Kagome saw that Kikyo and her friends were soaked from head to toe, and the caretaker stood before them, holding an empty bucket in his hands. "What are you girls doing out here?" He had a playful sparkle in his eyes and he grinned childishly. He glanced at Kagome, "Bullying your fellow classmate? That's not nice."

"What's it to you, old man?" One of the girls screamed.

"Old man?" He looked hurt. Kikyo and her friends rolled their eyes as they passed Kagome one last threatening glance before turning around and leaving. The caretaker approached Kagome slowly, "Are you okay?" Kagome nodded, but let out a loud, high-pitched scream when the man hugged her. "Oh, you don't need to thank me! It was my pleasure!"

"Ahhh! Help me! Pervert! Let go of me!"

"Hey!" The man released Kagome out of his grip and they turned at the sound of the voice. "What the hell do you think you're doing, old man?"

"Inuyasha!" The man's grin grew wider. How does this guy know Inuyasha? Kagome thought to herself. "I cut my trip short because I heard you were ill. What happened?" The man said excitedly as he ran towards the much younger boy.

"Don't touch me you old fart!"

"Inuyasha, you're such a shy child. Why can't I share my fatherly love with you?" Kagome's eyes widened, FATHERLY LOVE? Sango was right, Inuyasha's father looked a lot more nicer than Inuyasha himself did. "And, why can't you call me Dad rather than the other horrid names you've given me?"

"Why the hell are you going around harassing people?" Kagome watched as the scene unfolded before her. Although Inuyasha was - yelling - at his father, he seemed calmer than usual.

"What do you mean harassing people?"

"Her! Didn't you hear her screaming for help?"

"Oh, I couldn't help it! She reminds me so much of my fiancée." Inuyasha rolled his eyes. "They look so much alike, no? They're both so cute!" Kagome panicked slightly when the man came running towards her again. Inuyasha tried to catch up and stop him, Kagome ducked - the father and son ended up embracing each other. "Eh? Inuyasha?"

"Don't you have work to do?"

"Oh yes! Fine, I'll see you when we get home."

"Whatever." Inuyasha rolled his eyes. "And stop dressing like the janitor, it's embarrassing."

"It's fun. Anyway, bye now!" The man waved at both of them, and as he was leaving, Kagome slowly got up.

"Your dad works here?"

"My dad's the principal." Kagome never knew Inuyasha's father was the principal. She expected him to be some high class businessman or something. But she guessed that since the city they lived in was pretty small, it wasn't hard to be the most wealthiest man there.

"What? Then why was he -"

"Dressed up like the janitor? I don't know, really." A smile danced acrossed the girl's features. "What are you smiling about?"

"Even the almighty Inuyasha can't do anything about his father."

"Shut up, stupid." Kagome found that this bad boy was becoming more and more intriguing as she got to know him. Although he had insulted her just now, Kagome couldn't help but let a small smile travel up to her lips. Wait, what am I doing? She remembered that moment before she knew that man was Inuyasha's father, InuTaisho, it seemed as though Inuyasha was protecting her. What if that guy wasn't his dad, would Inuyasha have come up to help me? Kagome shook her head. Why am I thinking this?

Before she could finish her train of though, Kagome found herself standing in front of her small apartment building of a home. She frowned when she saw her mother struggling with a large bag of groceries. "Ma!"

The older woman turned around. "Oh, hi honey."

Unlocking the door to their home, the mother and daughter proceeded to put away the groceries. "Ma, we just bought groceries two days ago. Why are you buying them again?" Kagome sighed as she began to place the fruits and vegetables in the fridge.

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner, don't get mad." Kagome looked up with a confused expression. "Kagome, please accept us." What is she talking about? The younger girl bit her lip as her mother took in a breath to speak, Kagome could feel her heart beating loudly in her chest. "I'm getting married!"

Kagome dropped the bag of groceries.

A few minutes later, Mrs. Higurashi was seated at the dinner table, with a guilty look on her face while Kagome leaned against the table, while giving her mother an accusing glare. "Married? Ma, you never even told me you were dating. And now, you tell me you're getting married? This is unbelievable. I can't believe you would go and do something like that! I don't even know his name, I don't know where he's from, I don't know his background, I don't know anything about him in fact. I haven't even met him, isn't that right?"

"I'm sorry, sweetie. But it's just that the mood was right and he proposed, I couldn't reject him. It was just so romantic!" Kagome's angry expression almost immediately faded away when she saw the dreamy look in her mother's eyes. She hadn't seen her mother look like that since when her father was still alive.

"I..." Kagome glanced at her feet, this time, feeling guilty herself. "It's okay, Mom. I'm happy you're with someone, it's just that, I just wish you would have talked to me about it first." Mrs. Higurashi glanced up from the table and at her daughter. "Remember? We said we wouldn't have any secrets between us." They both recalled a certain chain of events, shortly after Mr. Higurashi had passed away.

"Kagome, that silly girl. I told her the story about how her mother and I met." Mr. Higurashi said with a bright smile to a friend of his as they were walking down the streets. "It was because of this album that I was able to capture Hitomi's heart. When the girl heard the story, she wanted to hear the album as well. Since it's her birthday soon, I decided to get it for her."

When the two parted ways, he noticed there was a young girl out in the middle of the street, a car was quickly approaching. Without warning, he ran out onto the street and held the little girl in his arms as if she were his own, shielding her from the pain she would have suffered with. Kagome was only fourteen at the time.

"Mom, is it...my fault?"

Mrs. Higurashi made sure that Kagome never blamed herself for her father's death. She also made sure she knew everything that Kagome had gone through, for Mr. Higurashi's only wish was for the both of them to be happy. Hitomi was determined to make that happen. She had promised Kagome that there would be no secrets between the two of them, no matter what happened. "You're right, but I was afraid you wouldn't accept it." Hitomi finally spoke.

"What matters now is that I get to meet him. But if he doesn't meet up to my standards..."

"Oh, Kagome," Hitomi's eyes began to water as she saw the smile on her daughter's face. "Thank you." As they held onto each other's hands, Hitomi suddenly remembered something. "Oh my goodness!"

"What is it?"

"I've invited them over for dinner, that's why I bought so many groceries today!"

"Really? Oh that's so exciting - wait, them?"

"Yes, he has a son. A little bit older than you actually. I heard he goes to your school, but I must warn you, he might come off a little strong." Kagome opened her mouth to ask questions, but before she could even get those questions out, the doorbell rang. "Oh no, they're here and I haven't even prepared dinner yet. Do you mind keeping them busy as I make dinner, dear?"

"Uh, sure?" Kagome hesitantly got up from her position at the dinner table and proceeded to the front door. She could hear voices outside.

"What if I say the wrong thing and make a bad impression? What will her daughter think of me? I wonder if she's as cute as her mom? Hey, I did tell you her name, right?" Why was that voice so familiar? Kagome furrowed her eyebrows as she listened harder. She heard a sigh coming from the other person.

"Actually, no you didn't. What is her name?" Kagome's eyes widened at that voice. I know, now! Kagome turned the doorknob and swung open the door. Her jaw practically dropped to the floor as she saw who stood before her. "Ka-Kagome?"

"Yes! That's her name! Uh..." Kagome was stunned as she was face-to-face with two silver-haired men with golden eyes. She was never going to forget this day.

"Inuyasha!" For once, Inuyasha's reaction was the same as hers.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE?" They screamed.

This was going to be an interesting night.

Author's Notes: So, now I've revealed that Inuyasha and Kagome are about to become siblings! Kagome's mother and Inuyasha's father are getting married. Isn't that just so exciting? Well, anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and Chapter Four shall be written very soon since it's the long weekend. Consider the next two chapters my Easter present to all of you. Happy Easter, eat lots of chocolate and I hope you have an absolutely wonderful long weekend.

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