Hey everyone! Hope ur all doing great. First of all, someone asked about InuYasha liking Kagome when he thinks she's a guy. I know that can be confusing, but I'm trying to get at is that InuYasha likes her, even though he doesn't know that she's a girl. And that he would be attracted to Kagome no matter what. Hmm, that is pretty confusing, but that's what I'm trying to get across. Also, someone reviewed and said that I was improving. I just want to say THANK YOU SO MUCH! That review was so wonderful to receive! It's always nice to get reviews that say this is a great story, and keep it up, but what I'm really striving for is to become a better writer, so when someone writes me a review like that, it makes me so happy! So thank you!
Disclaimer: Nope, still don't own Inu.
XxXChapter 6: The Calm Before the Storm
"So, are you going to tell me now?"
"No."
"What about now?"
Kagome growled in frustration. InuYasha had been following her all day long trying to find out what she had been dreaming about. What was his problem anyway? Couldn't she just have a little time alone?
"How about…now?"
"ARGH! For the last time, will you just bug off, InuYasha? Leave me alone!" Kagome turned and screamed in his face.
"Not until you tell me what you were dreaming about last night," said InuYasha innocently. He had cut her some slack the evening before, but now he wasn't intending to give up easily. Kagome sighed.
"You're really not going to stop until I tell you, are you?" InuYasha shook his head happily, seeing that he had finally won.
"All right, I'll tell you." Kagome opened her mouth to spout out a lie about a monster or something stupid, but then found she could not. For some reason, she didn't want to lie to InuYasha any more than she had to. In fact, she wanted to tell him about her dream. And seeing as how it didn't hint at her being a woman, or anything else, Kagome made a split second decision to tell InuYasha the truth.
"I've been…I've been having nightmares for a long time. But last night was different." InuYasha watched her face carefully, and her could tell that she was telling him the truth. Kagome continued, "I was in a hospital…no, it was more like a psychiatric ward. But it was empty, and I was just wandering down the hallway. Then down the hall one of the doors opened, and somebody came out. I…I don't know who, but they were dark…and they wanted to hurt me. I started to run away from them, but then there was a door in the way, and I couldn't get out." Kagome's eyes began to glass over, and her breath started to come quicker just thinking about it. "I couldn't get out. My hands kept slipping on the doorknobs because they were covered…they were covered in blood. And the doors were locks. Then he got me, and the darkness was everywhere. I couldn't get out…I couldn't get out!" Kagome began to hyperventilate, and InuYasha took a step forward, scared.
"Hey, Kageki! Snap out of it, you're okay now." Kagome's eyes focused on InuYasha's face, and the muscles in her face relaxed slowly. She took a few deep breaths and calmed down.
"Sorry about that. It was just…so horrible."
"It's okay. Thanks for telling me. But at least it was only a nightmare, right?" InuYasha smiled at her, and Kagome grinned back weakly, although for some reason she wasn't particularly reassured.
"Yeah…it was only a nightmare," Kagome murmured.
XxXSango sat in the courtyard during lunch trying to choke down the meatloaf from the cafeteria. She still couldn't believe that Kagome was a girl. All this time she had been fooling so many people. And the things she had been through…it was amazing really.
Sango was startled out of her thoughts by a hand placed on her shoulder. She snapped her head up to find Miroku grinning down at her.
"Oh…it's just you Miroku. How's it going?" Sango asked, trying to cover up her blush. Miroku rolled his eyes and sat down next to her.
"It would be going so much better, my love, if you finally agreed to go out with me." Sango's blush darkened.
"Yeah, whatever, you pervert." Miroku placed his hands over his heart and pretended to swoon.
"Ah! Sango, how can you say such things? You wound me, fair lady!"
"Hey, stop that, will you? Someone might hear you!" Miroku lowered his hands and his expression became serious.
"Actually, Sango, I've been meaning to talk to you about something." Now a light blush made its way onto Miroku's features, and he suddenly found his shoelaces very interesting. "I…er…I just wanted to know…do you like Kageki?" Miroku glanced up once, and then back to the ground. Sango stared at him.
"Well, sure I like Kageki. He's really nice, and a great friend, and-"
"That's not what I mean," Miroku blurted out. He finally brought his eyes up to meet hers, and Sango found herself unable to look away. Miroku continued, "Do you…Do you have a crush on him?"
Everything was silent for a split second. Then laughter erupted from Sango's mouth. "Me?" she gasped, "have a crush on Kageki?" She burst out laughing again, while Miroku just looked confused, then his face became angry.
"So you're just hanging around his place all the time because he's a good friend? You're just laughing at every one of his jokes because he's nice? Sorry for suggesting it, but it doesn't seem like you're 'just friends'."
Sango's expression softened. Could it be…that he's jealous? She asked herself. "Look, Miroku. You have to trust me that there is nothing going on between Kageki and me. He's…" Sango grinned again, "he's not my type."
Miroku's eyes widened. "You have a type?"
Sango grinned at him. At times like this, when he wasn't trying to grope her or hit on her, he was actually pretty cute. "Yeah…I have a type," Sango said softly, and leaned forward and kissed Miroku lightly on the lips. He sat there, completely stunned, as Sango grinned at him and skipped away, pausing at the door of the school to call back, "See you tomorrow, Miroku!" Then she disappeared inside.
He sat there for a few more minutes, staring at the spot where Sango had sat, and moved a hand slowly up to his mouth.
"She has a type…"
A grin broke out on Miroku's face as he jumped up onto the bench and raised his fists towards the sky.
"YES!!!"
XxXAlright, not a very action-packed chapter, and I know it took quite a while, but the next chapter is the start of the whole climax. I think probably three more chapters until this is finished. Oh, and just to let you know, my life is getting REALLY hectic right now, what with the school musical performance only 2 weeks away, track and field starting, piano practice, my loads of homework, and skiing up at the local mountain, I have barely any time for myself. So please be patient with me, and I'll get the next chapter out as soon as I am able.