"Kagome… Kagome!" a voice calls dragging me into consciousness and away from my dreamless sleep. I pull the covers over my head as light bursts through the room. "Come on, Kagome. It's time to get up the suns shining, the birds are tweeting and schools going to be starting so get up."
The evil figure pulls the covers all the way off the bed forcing me to get out of bed. I barely pay attention to what I'm doing, just going through the cycle of getting ready. I pull on my skirt while fixing me face in the mirror.
After I'm all done I trudge down the stairs and eat my cereal that's placed out for me. My mind begins to wake up pressuring me to get ready for school faster. I pull my phone out from my backpack. 7:15 time to leave.
"Bye mom." I yell grabbing my lunch and heading out the door.
I look at my phone again trying to figure out what was bothering me about it. Nothing seemed to be wrong though when I touched the screen it went straight to my wallpaper with Yuka and me. Straight to my wallpaper… no notifications, no new texts.
I jump on my bike and ride to school while trying to remember doing anything wrong yesterday. Anything that would make Yuka mad at me. Let's see, I started out by waking up at Yuka's, made breakfast, finally she got up, we cleaned up, talked about how amazing last night was, and then I left. I didn't see anything wrong with that picture.
The only problem is that this memory is kind of fuzzy as if it happened years ago. I'm beginning to get frustrated; this seems to be a recurring theme, not being able to remember anything fully. I just want it to stop because it is starting to get on my nerves.
I sigh and park my bike eager to get to Yuka, Eri and Ayumi. But when I walk through the gates and into the hall, I know something is wrong.
Usually people just ignore me while I walk by. Sometimes they smile and wave but this time everyone turned their backs to me. Their whispers and evil glances make my heart turn cold and make me feel as if I didn't belong. I can make out some of the words they were whispering.
"Did you hear about Kagome?"
"You think it's true?"
"She's such a worthless slut."
A stab in the gut. I want to ask them what I did, why I was a slut but I couldn't I just hurry away looking for my friends. They will back me up, protect me, and tell me what is going on. I mean that's what friends are for right.
It seems that the whispers, the discussed looks follow me around. It's as if I'm a voodoo doll and everyone is getting chance to let all their anger out on me. Making me feel horrible, I feel like they're stabbing me in the back, in the arm, in the leg, everywhere.
Taking deep breaths, I try to calm down hoping that I can find Yuka, Eri, or Ayumi somewhere. Finally I open the door to our homeroom class and see them talking.
I walk over smiling glad that I found them, well I was until I catch Yuki's eye and she quickly looks away.
"If you don't mind guys, I'll be leaving you," Yuki says getting up quickly without once looking back at my direction. A stab in the chest.
Eri and Ayumi turn to each other not looking at me as if they hate me too.
"No offense, Kagome, but your status right now is really low and we really don't want to be pulled down with you. I mean, like, I don't want to seem mean or anything but, like, if you haven't noticed everyone hates you." Eri comments looking directly at Ayumi. A stab in the back.
"Yah I get what you're saying," I sigh taking out my phone and unconsciously slide it open and close. "Can you tell me what the hell is going on?"
"Well, it's not that we believe it. I mean of course you have a side to the story and all. But I would think you would know what is going on or were you to wasted to remember?" Ayami says her voice testing me. Well there goes my friends always back you up theory.
"Of course I remember Sunday! I went to the party. Had a drink or two then Hayate brought me a ton more, he and I went up to Yuki's guest room and . . ." My voice wavers because yet again I can't remember what happened after that.
They both have smirks on their faces as they watch me struggle to think up more.
"Well this is the rumor going around which is way more believable then your little story." Eri says getting ready to tell me the whole tale yet still pretending to ignore my existence. "So apparently you got bored and decided to pull out Yuki's parent's booz. You gave them to some people to pass around. Because of you when her parents got home there was none of their liquor left. Yuki got in big trouble."
She paused, for the first time looking at my face as I sit there dumbfounded.
"Anyway from what Hayate says you found him and gave him quite a few drinks. Not knowing it was off limits he drank it. You got him drunk not the other way around. You began to hang all over him pushing him into kissing you. He didn't want to but after a few more drinks he really didn't have any control over his actions. Even if he had a girlfriend-"
"He had a girlfriend?" I almost yell furious with what I am hearing. He came on to me when he had a girlfriend! What the hell?
"Ummm, yah don't you remember last Friday. They hooked up. You were even like 'To bad he's taken. He's so hot!'" Ayumi says. They both aren't looking at me making me look like I'm talking to thin air.
"But what about Yuki? She didn't know that they were together." I object not quite sure what to do with all the information I am finding out.
"That's because she wasn't here on Friday. Anyway I want to finish the story before the bell rings so can I keep going?" Eri asks not pausing long enough for me to reply. The truth is I don't really want to hear the rest I just want to go home, be by myself and wake up from this nightmare.
"So Hayate wants to stop after a few minutes of kissing you. You don't want to give up that easily so you say sure and tell him you want to show him something. You take him to the guest bedroom. You pull him into having sex with him. Then this other weird kid goes to find you. I mean I don't know if you remember him but he was totally weird he had this kimono on and long silver hair, pretty eyes though. He also had these fake dog ears on…. He was weird. I think you called him Inuyasha. Anyway you ran down stairs after him in your bra and underwear and people say they saw you do him too…. Kagome? Are you alright?" Eri asks.
"Stop," I whisper, "please stop."
I put my pounding head on the cool desk. Everything is fuzzy, I feel like I have a fever. I… I feel like everyone decided to stab this voodoo doll all that the same time. As I take deep breaths in and out I can still hear people whispering lies about me. And I absolutely positively hate it.
Mr. Doi walks in and tells everyone to quiet down. Never in my life have I ever been so glad to see a teacher.
The day goes on like this everywhere I go people who I used to call my friends avoid me. Whispers fall me around. Everyone hates me.
When I sit at the usual lunch table no one will sit by me. They all get up and leave.
Except for Yuki she stays.
Hope fills me. Maybe she doesn't believe the lies maybe she'll still be my friend. But nope, I'm wrong.
"I hate you so much you lazy whore." She mouths me and then she gets up and turns away.
"Thanks for the update," I yell back.
I sit and look at my lunch realizing that I am all alone. I never realized how big this lunch table is and as I look around at everyone it seems that I'm the only one alone and disserted.
No one's looking at me for once no one's whispering about me. But I can still tell it's there. The hate toward me is hovering over my head like a storm cloud. It's driving me insane. I can't stand another minute of it.
I get up to leave and just as I'm exiting the cafeteria everyone in there shouts "BYE SLUT."
Their yell echoes off the walls of the cafeteria forever haunting me. I run out of the room. Tears that I've been trying to hold in all day break free and start to run down my face. I'm running. Running away from these people, running away from my best friends, from the place I used to call my second home.
I'm so incased in my sorrow that I don't realize where I'm going or who I'm passing. I end up running straight in to Hayate.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Come on Kagome I thought you were so much stronger than this I mean look at you crying over a few rude comments," Hayate says trying to make me feel even more horrible about myself. Well I'm not going to let him.
"This is all your fault you know and all these people that hate me well their hatred is nothing compared to mine. I hate you so much," I reply beginning to walk away.
"Hey sorry that I told all these people the lies," Hayate says not sounding the least bit sorry. "I just couldn't make myself look bad 'cause you know I am Hayate and well everyone loves me."
"Not everyone," I whisper loud enough for him to hear. I walk away not wanting to hear anymore of his crap.
I walk out the door of the school and towards the gate. Just as I pass through the gate I see him across the street, his silver hair sparkling in the day light. Although he's not facing me or anyone in particular I know he's waiting for me.
At first I want to run away having nothing to do with him. I mean he's really weird and my status is already low enough.
But then I realize even though when I see him my head aches, I need him. He is the only one I've got left to help me and be there for me.
I jump on my bike and call, "Inuyasha!"
My heart lifts when I see him turn around smiling. For the first time today someone is glad to see me.