Chapter 2
Kagome let go of Inuyasha. She blushed, backing away. "I, I didn't know. Sorry," she looked up at Inuyasha, her eyes clearly showing hurt and betrayal, but she broke the gaze. Kikyo only smiled. She grabbed Kagome's hand, beginning to walk again.
"It's okay. You didn't know. So, um, you wanna hang with us at the park? It's something we promised we'd do before saying goodbye to our innocent middle school years," Kikyo said. Kagome suddenly stopped.
"No. I forgot I had to, um, help mom with my school paperwork. I also have to unpack. Bye. It was nice seeing you guys," Kagome broke loose from Kikyo's grip and hurried the opposite direction of where they were heading. Kikyo stared after her. She frowned, wondering how she could explain this to her. She did love Inuyasha. It was all in her diary. And maybe, Inuyasha had loved her too. But now that was broken. And Kikyo looked down, feeling guilty.
Inuyasha watched his girlfriend concentrating as they slowly and silently walked along. Sango took out her MP3 player, but wasn't dancing or singing, just listening; Miroku started tapping again, this time without any energy. Everyone seemed so shock by what happened. Inuyasha sighed. Maybe he hadn't actually consider how Kagome would feel when he told her about them dating. And maybe he forgot all about how they had once felt for each other.
But that kiss was magical. And it seemed like a long awaited kiss. He couldn't say he didn't enjoy it, but with his girlfriend right there, it was too awkward.
Kagome shook off her shoes, throwing them in the closet of her room. She got a box from her closet and set it on the bed. She began unpacking, her thoughts wondering. A few minutes into the next box, her phone rang. She picked it up, cradling it on her shoulders and began to unpack once more. "Hello, Kagome Higurashi speaking."
"Hey, Kagome. I'm sorry for not telling you about Kikyo and I. You know, when you left, I was kind of miserable. But then Kikyo started hanging out with us more and more. I guess it happened when we were at the movies with Sango and Miroku," Inuyasha's voice came. In the background, kids were laughing.
"I understand, Inuyasha. I'm perfectly fine with everything. Now, I have to finish unpacking," Kagome was about to push end.
"You didn't let me finish!"
"What else is there? You forgot about me! You forgot what you said to me at the airport! You got with my sister and now you're a happy couple! What more is there?"
"I thought you were fine with it!"
"I am!"
"Could've fooled me."
Kagome didn't answer for a while. He was right. This bothered her. But she'd never tell him that. "Look, Inuyasha, I just got back home. I need to unpack. I have better things to do then to argue over something so stupid!" Kagome chose that time to push the end button. She slammed the phone on her bed and angrily unpacked. You'll never understand how I feel at this moment. And I'm not about to explain.
It was around five when Kikyo finally arrived home. Kagome was in the living room, typing on the computer. She muttered a hi and continued. Kikyo stopped, turned, and retreated from the stairs. She watched Kagome work on her letter to the Shikon High. "You know, I really feel bad about dating Inuyasha without telling you. But it's over between you two. It's your fault for leaving. Get over it."
Kagome stopped typing. She swiveled around in the gray office chair. "How dare you! It is NOT my fault that I left. You know what happened! You and everyone else knew why I had to leave! There was no say in my part. They made me go! But I expected to-," Kagome was cut off. Kikyo suddenly felt angry, even furious.
"To what, Kagome! To come back and just pretend you never left! To start from where you left off? To pick Inuyasha back up and expect him to love you again after what you put him through? He's lucky to have me, sis! Because I would never leave him. You DID have a choice! But you chose to go," she argued back. Kagome was silent. How could she actually believe what went on? After all, she didn't know what her parents REALLY said.
"We're sending you to your grandmother's. It's time you spend less time with that Inuyasha boy and bring up your grades. You may come home as soon as you get at least a B average."
I had been so mad, I felt like crying. But no one listened. I had no say in it. And to lie to all my friends about it, saying I had to visit my grandma because she was sick, tore me apart. Especially saying goodbye to Inuyasha. Of course I had no choice, but that's not what I told Kikyo, or anyone else.
"You're right. I shouldn't be angry or hurt over this. I did have a choice. And to think I could pick up were I left off, that's stupid of me," Kagome admitted. She wasn't going to fight over something like this. Kagome stood up, passing Kikyo. But just as she was four feet away from her and without turning, she muttered, "But if I find out that you hurt him in anyway, you better believe it's on."
Sango was picking out something to wear for the first day of High School. What she wore said something about herself. If she wore black, obviously she was not preppy. If she wore pink, everything in her life was okay. If she wore nothing but gray and white, she was a sporty girl. All she wanted to be was a teenager, normal but fashionable. Show me the color for that, she sighed mentally.
Her phone rang. She dropped a blue tube-top with yellow swirls on it and dug for her cell. It was stowed away deep in her purse. She finally got it, flipping it open. "Yellow, which is not my favorite color," she answered. Someone snorted on the other line. Sango began stuffing papers back into her purse.
"What kind of greeting is that?"
Sango smiled. "Hi, Kagome. I don't know. I started doing it when it was the middle of the school year. I guess I got use to it. It's better than my ringtone."
"What's your ringtone?"
"The Starwar's theme song."
Kagome began to laugh. She didn't stop until Sango cleared her throat. "It's not funny! I don' t have enough time to change my ringtone!" Kagome shook her head.
"Sango, let's go shopping for the first day of school together. I want to show people that I got hot while I was away in a skirt and a nice top. Meet ya at Hot Thing?" Sango giggled, tossing a pink frilly top to the side.
"That'd be perfect."