Hurricanes Can Be Deadly

Chapter 2: Secrets Unveiled and A New Friend

Kagome watched and followed as the boy walked into some woods behind the school that no one honestly knew about, not even the school itself. When Kagome got to where the boy had stopped she hid behind a tree then looked out from behind it and gasped as the boy removed his bandanna. Kagome's eyes widened as she watched the boy with complete and utter shock. 'No way!'

As soon as the boy took off his bandanna, long silky silver hair poured down and two triangular dog-like ears appeared onto his head. Kagome had always noticed that the boy was always wearing a bandanna and wondered why, now she knew. The boy didn't have short hair like most boys at the school, he had beautiful long flowing silver hair that he hid under his bandannas, let alone his dog ears.

The wind blew around him causing his hair to dance playfully in it, to Kagome he was even more handsome than before. His unhappy, miserable expression though, never changed. 'They say hes' a full demon at school but..' Built and ran by demons and humans,Youkai High is a high school not only for humans, but for demons and other creatures too. 'His features some like a demon, but some also like a human. I've heard about creatures that uphold this appearance, they're not a demon or a human, they're a...' Kagome saw the boy's ear twitch as if he heard something suspicious.

"Half-Demon." Kagome said, loud enough for the boy to hear her. Kagome hadn't even noticed that she had walked over to him and stood only a few feet in front of him. When she finally noticed, she saw that the boy's eyes grew wide and were panic stricken. 'Oh no!' The boy quickly grabbed his bandanna and took off running towards the school at full pace. "Wait!" Kagome called out but it was too late, the boy was gone. 'Great, now look at what I've done!' She thought as she headed back towards the school herself when she heard the bell ring.

All the rest of that week the boy was nowhere to be seen, not even with Kikyo. Sitting at the table she usually sat at with her friends during lunch, Kagome overheard one of the cheerleaders shout out to Kikyo. "Hey Kikyo! Wheres Inu-kun? I haven't seen him ever since Monday and todays Friday." Kikyo looked over towards the cheerleader while in line getting her lunch and smiled a preppy smile. "Hes' sick with a really bad cold at home. He'll be back when he recovers from it." Kagome lowered her head down in shame feeling as though it's her fault he wasn't in school. 'What have I done.'

For some kids, the weekend passed by slowly, but for Kagome it passed by really quickly as she dreaded going to school today. When she arrived she decided to head to class early, in fear of facing that boy. Lunch came quickly and Kagome found herself in the hallway watching Kikyo run by. "Inu-bear! Where are you! Where do you go during lunch! Inu-bear!" She shouted. 'Inu? Now I know that can't be his name, Inu means dog. They're calling him a dog not his real name!' Kagome thought as she walked towards the woods where she learned the boy's secret, she had to face him she just had to. She wanted to confront him. Most people dislike half-demons, but she had to let him know she didn't.

When she got to the spot she expected him to not be there, but he was. Not wearing his bandanna and letting the wind flow through his hair like last time. Kagome wasn't going to hide behind a tree this time, so she just stepped out into the open and watched as he looked over at her. Yet again his eyes widened and were full of panic, but he didn't really run this time, he just jumped into a tree to where Kagome couldn't see him.

"Wait! Please don't run away! I won't tell anyone your secret I swear! I just want to talk to you! Please!" Kagome yelled out. She waited to see if he was going to come out of hiding but he wasn't, and right when she had lost all hope and got ready to leave, the boy jumped out of the tree and landed a few feet in front of her, Kagome couldn't help but smile. They sat leaning against a tree and Kagome began talking. "My name's Kagome, nice to meet you."

When the bell rang they both headed off to class. For 2 whole weeks Kagome met up with the boy during lunch at the same spot every time, and every

time they did, the boy never once said anything at all. 'Is he mute or something? It's been 2 weeks since I started coming here and talking to him, but I've always been the one talking, hes' never said anything to me.' Kagome thought as she watched him stare out at the sky, she began to wonder if he was ever listening to her at all.

The next day Kagome figured it was time to try and get to know this boy better. So when lunch came she ran into the woods to the spot where the boy was sitting. "Hi." She said as she took her place next to him by the tree. The boy stared up at the sky like he always did then stared down at the ground, Kagome saw this as a chance to try and get him to talk to her. "Hey um, can I ask you something?" The boy looked at her with a questioning look. "I'm always talking and I've never given you the chance to tell me about yourself, I told you everything so now it's your turn to talk. Whats your name?" The boy blinked then looked back up to the sky, Kagome really did think he was mute now.

"It's Inuyasha." Kagome looked at him with shock as he spoke. "Inuyasha? So, when people call you Inu-kun they're addressing you friendly. Hmm, I thought they were calling you a dog, even Kikyo." Inuyasha looked at Kagome with golden eyes then looked down at the ground. "Well I am a dog. I'm an Inu-Hanyou, as you already kinda know about that." Kagome nodded and began to listen to Inuyasha as he talked to her, telling her about himself. The two had gotten so caught up in talking that they almost hadn't heard the bell ring. Inuyasha stood first and offered his hand to Kagome friendly. "Come on Kagome, or we'll be late for class." Kagome took the offered clawed hand acceptingly and stood. "Yeah." She said while watching him put his bandanna back on to hide his secret from others. Together they walked back towards the school side by side.

Two months passed by quickly and every day at school during lunch Kagome and Inuyasha always hung out together in the woods. 'Man how much I hate Mondays!' Kagome thought when her and her friends finally got to school. "So Kagome what are you going to do about next month? You know that the school dance is coming up soon." Eri asked Kagome as she got out her textbooks from her locker. "Dunno, you know that I can't get a boyfriend so I see no point in even going. Just so I can sit in the sidelines and be mocked by all the others that have a date." Kagome sighed sadly, she wanted to go with Inuyasha but he had Kikyo. Just a few weeks after finally getting him to talk to her, Kagome had started to fall for him, and she knew that it was bad. Specially since hes' Kikyo's boyfriend. Little did she know, he felt the same way she did.

"Hey Kagome don't look now but here comes Kikyo's boyfriend. Without Kikyo!" Yuka said as she pointed at the direction of the school's entrance doors. Kagome looked over and sure enough, coming towards her way was Inuyasha. When he finally got over to her, Kagome smiled a bright cheerful smile. "Good morning!" Kagome's friends were in complete shock at the fact that Inuyasha, Kikyo's boyfriend, had come over to Kagome.

Just as Inuyasha was about to talk they all heard Kikyo call for him down the hall from the classroom door when the bell rang. Inuyasha sighed then leaned over to Kagome and whispered in her ear. "See you at lunch." With that he walked away to class. "What was that about Kagome?" Yuka asked for the other 2 confused girls. "Huh, oh nothing." Kagome said as she headed off to class herself, leaving the confused girls behind even more confused then ever.