Broken Hearts
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22- Naraku Wants To Go Out With Kagome?
Tossing and turning on the large bed, kicking the cotton covers off of her where they fell into a heap on the carpeted floor, Kagome groaned as she tried to sleep. She rolled over as the memories of that day's events at school haunted her mind. She could not get the feeling of Inuyasha's arms around her out of her head and stomach. She felt so normal with him, like she could just be herself around him, and not have to pretend in order to impress anyone. Not that she had to, anyway.
In his arms, around him, she felt safe and at ease. Nothing could hurt her, it seemed. He would protect her as best as he could, and she knew that. But now, his protection, his embrace, everything about him seemed so far away. She was blocking her heart from him, secluding herself away from him. He had hurt her and protested about it being a set up. She just did not know if she should believe it. He had had a reputation of being a lying player, after all, so she had every right to be reluctant to trust him.
Before she had awoken in the middle of the night, tossing and turning, she had been dreaming of Inuyasha. He had been holding her in his arms and she had been snuggling up against his broad chest. He had laid his head against hers. As they lie there like that, on her couch, he had cupped her face in his hands, tilted her head upward and kissed her softly on the lips.
It was one of those dreams that felt so realas if it were actually happening. Kagome actually thought that someone had been kissing her in real life as she dreamt that. Maybe it had been her cat, who knows?
The other thing that she could not get out of her head was the looks that Naraku had cast in her direction on her way home from school. They had been looks of lust and desire. It frightened Kagome to almost no end, and, in order to be away from those looks, she had picked up her pace and tried to make it home as fast as possible.
Why had he been looking at her like that? Did he want her? Her body? She only knew one thing for certain: Naraku really scared her. He had actually been sort of abusive to his old girlfriends and was very commanding.
She rolled over onto her other side and her mind went back to thinking of Inuyasha and how his touch made her feel sort of weak.
Why was she thinking of him like this? She was angry with him, well; at least she told herself that she was. Maybe, deep down, she was really not. Or maybe she did not want to be angry and upset at all. She grabbed the pillow from under her head and placed it over her face. Confusion and sadness was building up again and she just wanted to scream and cry.
"No!" She shouted to no one in particular. "I don't know what to do! I just want to knowtruth and I don't want to be hurt anymore!"
Tears were starting to wet her pillow as she sobbed pitifully. If Inuyasha were there, he would have told her, "Come on, Kagome, please don't cry. I hate it when you cry."
The thought of what he would have told her made her cry harder, her shoulders wracking with every hiccupping sob. By the time she finished bawling and pulled the pillow off of her face, it was about three thirty in the morning.
I'm losing sleep over a guy! She thought miserably
She just lie there, staring up at the ceiling, seeing the shapes that the shadows were making on her wall. Deciding to go get something to drink, she sat up and took a risky glance out of her window and seen his bedroom window down the street.
I wonder what he's doing right now. Is he thinking or dreaming about me? Or of Kikyo?
AT INUYASHA'S HOUSE
Inuyasha was lying on his bed, terribly uncomfortable for some reason. Normally, his bed was quite comfortable and he was able to sleep on it just fine. Not this night, though. Oh, no. He could not get to sleep. He had been awake for almost two hours, his mind thinking of one girl.
Kagome.
He remembered how she had always been kind to him during their entire relationship, always smiling and happy. She tried to be the best she could be for him, but she was just fine the way she was in his eyes. In a way, he blamed their break up on him. He had not, after all, acted in any kind of way when Kikyo kissed him. He was far too shocked to do anything. She had yelled out and then kissed him, so, he had a right to be surprised at her actions, didn't he?
He thought of how they had went out to the movies and she had seen his car for the first time. Her eyes had lit up like candles. It was her favorite care, after all. (Mine, too. )
He tried his best to protect her from Koga and from almost anything else. Too bad he could not protect their relationship or protect her heart from being broken by Kikyo and also, by himself.
He sat up and looked over at her bedroom window, moonlight reflecting off of it. He thought about how he had snuck over to her house and tossed small pebbles at her window, waking her up. She came out and they talked a little, making him feel like Romeo while she was Juliet. Then, she let him in and they shared a passionate kiss.
He longed to be in that position again, with her in his arms, her soft, pink lips against his. He wanted to hold her and tell her that he still loved her very much. You cannot stop loving someone just because of someone else's tricks to break you up.
She was practically his angel. She had taught him true love. He had once been some worthless guy who loved sweeping girls off of their feet, going out with them for a while, and then dumping them. Before he had decided to try to do the same to Kagome, he had already dated almost half the girls in the school. His good looks and charm were the only reasons girls went out with him. And he had never ever dated Kikyo.
That's why she was so jealous when Kagome came into the picture: She was afraid that Kagome would never break up with him and she wouldnever get a chance to try and date him, so, she decided to take things into her own hands and split them up herself.
He laid back down and rolled over, planning on getting some sleep for the next day. He had no idea what he was going to do, however. All he knew was that he needed some sleep. And he went to sleep, and dreamt about Kagome.
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It was early the next morning when Kagome awoke from her light sleep. She got up, got dressed and brushed her hair and went downstairs to get some breakfast. As she ate, she watched television, mostly just the news to see what was going on in other peoples' lives instead of her own.
She finished eating, brushed her teeth, and sat down and watched cartoons, bored and sort of tired from her loss of sleep the night before. She was lying on her back on the couch when the phone rang, making her jump a little. She picked it up a little reluctantly, hoping it was not Inuyasha. It was not.
"Hey," Sango said after Kagome said, "Hello?"
"Oh, hey," Kagome replied groggily, "What's up?"
"Nothing really. How are you doing?"
"Good." Kagome lied, trying to make it sound like the truth.
Sango believed it and said, "That's good. You want to go to the mall with me? It'll just be me, I promise."
Kagome considered her offer for a moment before deciding and saying, "Yeah. Can you come by here and we'll walk up there?"
"No problem." Sango replied, "Just wear something warm. It sure is cold out there!"
"Ok. Thanks. See you in a few minutes." Kagome said, hanging up the phone after Sango said, "All right. Bye."
Kagome raced upstairs, glad that she had an agenda for the day, and quickly got ready before coming downstairs, getting her house keys, and heading outside with a thick coat on. She waited and then, after Sango arrived, the two headed toward the mall.
They arrived about ten minutes later, instantly headed toward the CD section and began flipping through the CDs.
After looking for what seemed like ages, Sango said, "I have to go to the bathroom. You wouldn't mind waiting here for a minute, would you?"
Kagome shook her head, "No. Go ahead. I'll be here if you need me."
"All right." Sango replied before turned and leaving, heading toward the bathrooms.
Kagome went on about her business and continued to flip through CDs, looking for anything interestingsomething she usually did when she could not find any CD that she wanted.
As she was doing this, however, someone came up behind her and grabbed her by the shoulder. She jumped, having been startled by the sudden appearance of a person. She turned around and her heart gave a nervous lurch and her stomach churned. Naraku smiled as he regarded her with his piercing eyes.
There was nothing at all friendly about his smile, either.
"Well, it certainly is a surprise to find you here, Kagome." Naraku said, "I thought you were at home, mulling over how Inuyasha had dumped you."
It took almost all of Kagome's energy not to hit Naraku for his uncalled for remark. She replied, quite heatedly, "Well, as you can clearly see, I'm not. I am perfectly fine and over Inuyasha." This was, of course, fabrication. She felt that she was not over him and, for some reason, had a strange urge to find Inuyasha, run into his arms, and forgive him. Not that she really planned on doing it.
Naraku smirked, "Well, if you're so over Inuyasha as you claim to be, why not go out with me?"
Kagome felt her breath hitch in her throat and her mouth drop open in surprise. She had been unsure of what he had been planning on saying next, but after he said, she was utterly shocked. "Wh what? You want me to go go out with you?"
"Of course I do." Came his annoyed reply. "That's what I asked, is it not?"
"But…I…I mean that, well…" Kagome could not speak. Naraku wanted to go out with her! She knew that a lot of mean, snotty, rich girls loved to go out with Naraku, but she was none of those things. And she sure as heck did not want to be anywhere near Naraku. So, she simply said, "No, I do not." And walked away.
She knew she had left him, standing, shocked at the fact that she had turned him down. She snickered a little, remembering how she had turned Inuyasha down when he first started to try to date her. He was extremely shocked because he was not used to girls ignoring him it simply never happened to him! All girls adored him and would die to date him, other than Sango and Rin, of course.
She ran back to the back of the store, where she found Sango near the bathrooms, getting some water from the fountain. When she seen Kagome running up to her, she stood up straight, sort of concerned, and asked, "What's wrong? I thought I told you to stay at the CD section."
"I know," Kagome replied breathlessly, slowing down when she reached her friend, "But Naraku was there."
"Naraku?" Sango looked puzzled, "He was there? Did he see you? Say anything to you?"
"Yes, he seen me," Kagome said, answering Sango's first question, "And yes, he said something to me."
"What did he say?"
"He asked me to go out with him."
"What!" Sango looked as if she were about to collapse onto the floor. It was odd that Naraku wanted to date Kagome. Normally, he was not interested in those types of girls Nice, not really rich, snobby, or preppy but obviously, he was.
"Yeah, I know," Kagome said, agreeing with Sango's reaction it was the same way she felt. "Look, can we just leave? I want to get home and get away from him."
"Sure." Sango nodded and they left the store without purchasing anything.
They walked home through the freezing, wintry air, just discussing subjects such as school, parents, and what they planned on doing for Winter break, which was just around the corner about two weeks away.
They stopped at the sidewalk that led up to Kagome's porch, said goodbye to one another, and Kagome watched as Sango left. She went inside of her own house afterwards, sat on the couch for a moment, contemplating over what to do, then reached a decision.
She stood up, walked to the door, hesitated, but opened it anyway. She had a little apology to make…
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