By: Patche
Disclaimer: Umm I do not own/am not in any way affiliated with… Inuyasha, the song "Stay" or any songs I think fit the story perfectly.
Mystery Girl
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I'd been thinking a lot about "Mystery Girl" since that night. I had finally managed to figure it out… I think.
Inuyasha mentioned she had black hair… and that she was in our History class back in sophomore year. There was a girl who fit the description perfectly…
Kikyou Kuragi. She was a transfer student from Osaka just coming to Tokyo for a year or so. She went back at the beginning of this year.
The reason Inuyasha doesn't like to talk about it is because it's a sensitive subject. He obviously misses her
Ooh… it's so sad. I never really saw them talk too much… but there is that love at first sight thing… that I think exists. And… Inuyasha seems to fit the mold of the sort of guy who would fall in love at first sight.
I mean, Kikyou was a very smart, shy, sweet, charming girl. I had spoken to her once or twice… nothing too serious.
But it all made sense now.
…And for some reason, I wasn't all too thrilled with the outcome.
It was probably just one of those "well I've been working on this puzzle so long… now what?" kinds of issues.
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I was on my way to meet Inuyasha at his locker after school. I could see him standing there. He waved to me lazily and I returned the same wave. For some reason, though… the closer we were getting, the more I liked him… as a person.
Before I hadn't really ever noticed how he could be kind and sincere. He always spent most of his time glaring at Taro and me whenever we were together.
I swear I thought he had always hated me.
"Hey Kagome!" I turned around to find who was calling my name. It was usually pretty odd to hear some one calling me at school. But then I saw a girl with two giant red pigtails running to me.
I smiled. It was Ayame. She was my lab partner last year in Biology. We hadn't talked too much afterward. She was very into her boyfriend. He had dropped out of high school a couple of years ago. Ayame was much to young for him, but she didn't care. What isn't attractive about a 20-somethin car mechanic?
I clutched my books to my chest and waited for her to catch up. "Yea?" I asked.
"Are you going to the Winter Ball this year?" She asked giggling like the little schoolgirl she was. "I saw you and Taro there last year. You looked so gorgeous!"
I smiled and shook my head. "No… I can't go this year." I said trying to find some excuse. I knew Ayame would ask why.
"Ooh why not? You'll get to meet Kouga, finally!" She said.
"I umm… have to tutor Inuyasha that night. Besides, I wouldn't have a date…"
Ayame looked down in disappointment. "Oh, well… maybe I'll see you at prom, then?"
I nodded. "Maybe." I said sighing as Ayame ran off.
Inuyasha's ears perked up as I walked towards him.
"You weren't planning on going to the ball, were you?" I asked.
"Why? Were you going to ask me?" He asked in a rough tone.
I just laughed and shook my head. "No, I just kind of said I had to tutor you… and if you show up and I don't, then it'd look like I lied to Ayame." I said more to myself than him.
"You did lie to Ayame." Inuyasha retorted.
"Well…" I sighed. "Yea… but I mean, are you going or not?" I asked feeling a little afraid of what his answer was.
Inuyasha smiled and ruffled my hair. "No, I'm not going. I don't really dig school dances and stuff."
"They're not so bad…" I said, shrugging.
Inuyasha shook his head. "Why don't you go, then?"
I rolled my eyes and looked away from him, leaning myself against the lockers behind me.
"I just… know who I'll find there…" I decided not to mention any names. I knew it pissed Inuyasha off to hear about my lingering feelings for Taro.
I had heard his new girlfriend talking about how they were going together this year.
"The dance is on Friday, right?" Inuyasha asked.
I nodded… that was only two days away. Gosh, it was shocking to think we were already in the middle of winter. Christmas break would be coming up soon.
"Could you come over and help me study for my Chemistry test?" Inuyasha asked.
I sighed and nodded my head. "Yea, no problem."
"Good, because as of now, I think I'd bomb it." I heard him say as we headed out the doors to his car.
I just laughed in response. "What kind of test wouldn't you bomb?" I asked.
"Umm… a History test." He said shrugging.
I cocked my head to the side. "Really? You like History?"
"Oh God! I love it! I love to study all the wars and treaties. It's interesting to find out how the world became what it is."
For some reason, this really impressed me.
"Well that's good. I'm really bad in History." I muttered.
"Maybe I'd get a chance to help you." Inuyasha said smiling as we reached his car.
"Maybe…" I muttered. I could feel some one staring at the back of my head. I turned around to see Taro sitting on a ledge glaring holes into my head.
My heart had completely skipped a beat as I stared back.
Why did he have to have this kind of effect on me… how just one look can make me feel detached from reality completely.
"Kagome?" Inuyasha knocked me out of my daze.
I looked in the car at him in the front seat.
"You okay?" He asked concerned.
I just laughed and nodded. "Yea… I just thought I saw a bunny!" I said smiling.
"A bunny?" He asked groaning.
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A/N: Sorry it's been a while. I've been pretty sick… but anyway, this one's a little short but… it leads up to something. Hrmm… wonder what it could be? Thanks for the reviews as always. I'm so glad you all like this story so much.
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