Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha
A/N Sorry for the wait! Here's a super long chapter! Oh and BIG MESSAGE! I would be very pleased of all of you read this….
To zia9583 who wrote: I swear to fucking god. You're good, but you're facts ain't straight. Kagome's eyes are BROWN! Not blue. You're really freaking good at writing, but I'm tired of you saying that her eyes are Blue. THEY'RE BROWN. Plain and simple.
Here is my reply. Just so you know, I am not the only writer out there for Inuyasha fanfiction who has written Kagome's eyes to be blue. Nope, in fact you can find hundreds of stories like that. Why did I do it? Because in the manga I own, I based Kagome's eyes off of it. They are a blue-grey and so I adjusted them be more like a crystal blue because I preferred it that way and because I wanted to make the story a little different from all my previous ones where I've written them as brown. Not everything is based off the damn anime, I know my facts and this anime is one of my absolute favorites to the point where I painted a goddamn mural in my bedroom when I was in highschool because I adored it so much. As the writer of this FANFICT I can do whatever the hell I want, and if you dislike that so much then please go read elsewhere. Otherwise, fuck off.
If anyone else had issues with me writing Kagome as having blue eyes you can either keep reading just for the story or you can stop and move on to another. Telling me that one of her features is wrong will not have me change my fan-based story.
Now then, here's the chapter…
Awakened Dead
Chapter 12. November 26th
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Snap!
Her eye twitched in mad annoyance.
Grudgingly she had pushed the end of her mechanical pencil with a few clicks to have more led to continue writing her notes. That had been the fifth time she had snapped her led so easily within the first ten minutes of her class. She had made it back just in time and was pretty proud of herself for being better at time management. Now she didn't have to deal with an angry mother. Or any more grounding for that matter.
'Still, that doesn't stop me from being as angry as I am. Even Inuyasha is struggling to keep his cool,' She managed to sneak a look to him then back down to her notes.
-X-
"He was possessed?"
"Very much so," Sesshoumaru's unwavering eyes confirmed.
"And what happened after Inuyasha's sealing?" Kagome further questioned.
"The Tessaiga was first entrusted to the miko Kikyo to be protected. After her demise I returned to take the Tessaiga myself when it disappeared. The woman had given it to another family to be protected, a family of hunters was what I was led to believe. However no matter how much I searched I could not locate it, and the fang was lost," Sesshoumaru crossed his arms and closed his eyes.
"So… you were looking for it to protect Inuyasha?"
"Correction, to protect this world from that mongrel."
Kagome was taken back by his unbelievably stern tone and frowned slightly, "You have no intentions of ever freeing your brother, do you."
"Not the slightest."
"What? You piece of shit son of a bitch! You plan an letting me rot in that rusty thing for eternity?" Inuyasha roared in protest, faint redness returning to his eyes.
"How could you do that to your own brother?" Kagome shrieked as well, "You're such a pig! I can't believe you!" How could someone be so cold? He was family and yet still perfectly content with keeping his own blood and flesh sealed inside a sword forever. The nerve of this prick!
"If you did not hear beforehand, I do recall telling you the consequences of setting my brother free of his restraints. There is nothing in this world that can help him now with this unfortunate curse."
Kagome shook her head stubbornly and held Inuyasha's hand tightly in an attempt to calm him and herself. She really did not want this to be a crappy day. In fact she had been trying her hardest to stay positive and hope to come out of this day alive and happy with nice news on how to set her hanyou free and reunite him with his brother. Instead she had to deal with this very dull but equally infuriating jerk who repeatedly insisted on shooting down her ideas of setting Inuyasha free for good. Without even knowing it, she had been letting her emotions go just as wild as Inuyasha's, her body glowing lightly with untamed powers.
The full demon could not believe the struggle he was currently observing. The girl in front of him was over flowing with abilities hardly comparable to those he witnessed five centuries ago. And next to her he could feel the raw and filthy youki his half brother was emitting due to his own confessions of his desire to let him remain as he was. 'Interesting...'
"…You're wrong…" He heard the girl whisper.
"Hn?"
"In case you didn't hear, oh great dog demon," Kagome spat sarcastically, her crystal blue eyes connecting fiercely with the full youkai's, "You're wrong. I am the one thing in this world that can and will save Inuyasha, you just sit back and watch me." She hissed, tugging Inuyasha away with her. They were moving towards the large doors to exit when Jaken had finally entered with some human looking guards. Inuyasha had later informed her that they too had charms and were full demons. Of course Sesshoumaru had brushed them off and told them that they weren't needed since his guests were just on their way out, leaving Jaken to simply gap as they walked out.
-X-
Snap!
…Why! 'Why can't led just be stronger? Why is it being just… just stupid! Gods Higurashi you are losing it. Absolutely, positively, losing your marbles right now. Just settle down.' Kagome mentally cooed as she pushed her pencil for more led. No sooner had her led returned was when a wonderful note from you-know-who had popped onto her desk. Yes, her ever-observant best friend had finally made her move to ask Kagome why she was consistently breaking her pencil led.
"I think you're actually annoying some students," Sango had written in her note, "What's wrong? You look a little tense."
That was an understatement.
Looking back at Inuyasha, Kagome had huffed and given him a long stare. If anything he was the one who was tense and stressed. So many things were new and confusing for him. 'Poor guy,' Kagome thought as she looked back down at the sheet of paper she had received from Sango. She had written back, "Just stressed with school and tests. No big." She had passed the note back only to get a raised eyed brow from the girl.
Yeah, she was so not biting this.
"Uh huh, sure Kagome. You need to either lie better or just be straight up with me. Or maybe I should call the girls up and we should have an intervention or something." Sango wrote back.
'Cause a session with Yuka, Eri and Ayumi would be great right now. Not. 'I need an excuse.' Kagome thought, "I'm really having a crap day and broke my clock again. I need a new poster to cover the new dent and these classes are driving me crazy! I'm afraid of falling behind and ultimately failing everything. What do I do?" Well, it was mostly the truth, she just edited out the supernatural business. She was worried about school since her life recently took a turn for the worst and was now more focused on the supernatural instead of reality.
And thank god this excuse actually seemed to do the charm. Sango had written back that Kagome needed to calm down and maybe have a girl's night this weekend. Meaning manicures, pedicures and facials at Kagome's! On top of that Sango suggested that whenever she had any trouble with homework, all she had to do was call and she'd be there to help.
"As for your clock," Sango had continued to write, "We can go get another one after school, heck I'd say even two just in case." The note ended.
'Oh Sango, you're the best! But I wish.. I really wish I could tell you everything. I actually wish your bloodline was active, I could use your help with things.' Kagome thought as she finally settled down and continued her notes. The rest of the day had been smooth sailing from there, even with the four teenage ghosts. Though that was only because Miroku had taken the day off to watch them himself due to Inuyasha's temporary condition.
Even after purchasing two new alarm clocks and a poster, Kagome was still rather cheerful and unknowingly to Sango, the girl had been hand in hand with Inuyasha the entire time. 'He's getting worse, as the sun keeps going down… I'm afraid for him.' She thought after she had parted ways with her best friend. 'I have a feeling tonight is going to be one of those nights.'
Which it was, actually.
For one, as soon as the sun had set Inuyasha had gone haywire. He had no control whatsoever over his demon blood and had fully turned into a youkai. Luckily for Kagome, he seemed very fond of her and just simply attached himself to her. But of course with every good thing comes something equally bad, like the phone call from Miroku. Apparently he couldn't stop the ghosts from leaving his house, they were beyond pissed off and wanted to resolve their problem themselves.
"They broke through my sutras, I don't know how but they did," He said over the phone. "I even salted the doors and windows but my guardian had opened the door on his way in and broke the circle."
She was so frustrated right now, "Do you have any idea where they went?"
"If I had to guess, I'd say they're hunting down every possibility for the cause of their deaths, and are taking out their frustration on them." Miroku replied grimly.
"Marvelous. Well, let's split up okay? You take the school, I'll start with some neighborhoods in the area." Kagome said, 'Too bad Bankotsu and his brother aren't here to help track.'
"Right, we'll meet up in a couple hours at my place, alright?"
"Yes, see you then," She clicked the phone off and observed the growling Inuyasha. There was definitely no leaving him behind that was for sure. She left her room with the youkai trailing her until she got to her brother's room. When he wasn't there she had gone downstairs and spotted him in the living room with a sleeping Gramps. She had tried to motion to him to come over to her but her geeky brother was completely zoned into the TV. With a roll of her eyes she had completely walked up to him and stepped between him and the box.
"I need you to cover for me," She whispered to Souta.
The boy ad nodded, trying to peek over to the TV, "Uh huh, sure sis." When he turned to one side of her, he had spotted a very scary looking Inuyasha and had squeaked.
"Don't mind him," The sister waved off with a nervous laugh, winking at Souta, "Thanks I owe you." She whispered and was back up to her room in no time. Releasing a breath, Kagome had closed her door after entering and had walked over to her closet to quickly grab her fall coat. She had changed earlier into some jeans and leggings with a sweater so she was already toasty, but figured the coat would be necessary, especially at night. Snatching up a pair of shoes from her closet, she had closed the door and put them on as she got to her window.
With a nod she had opened it and proceeded to climb out, Inuyasha already waiting for her right outside. She had hesitantly let him take her so they could jump down safely. However he didn't just let her go there, he had kept a firm hold on her and begun to go off in the direction of the sister school.
"In-Inuyasha!" She hissed, "I can't be seen just floating!"
When he had growled back at her, she assumed he was annoyed and soon they were higher up in the air and bouncing off rooftops. At least from this height not many people could see them, plus they were going pretty fast.
'It's so freaking cold out tonight!' Kagome cringed, snuggling deeper into Inuyasha despite the fact that he could not provide any form of body heat himself. "That way Inuyasha, we should check the neighborhoods around that area." She pointed where they needed to go, but the youkai had grunted and continued in the direction he felt best. "Inuyasha!" She warningly muttered, ignoring the grumbling as they changed directions. 'Jeez, why didn't he want to go this way anyways?' She thought.
When they got to the nearest neighborhoods of the sister school, Kagome was placed down and walking through them with Inuyasha. So far, there was no sign of the ghosts and the houses were quiet. 'Well duh! No bodies doing anything except watching TV or studying like normal people.' Kagome mentally reasoned.
Looking for these guys would be like a needle in a haystack, they could be anywhere in the city. 'Huh, is that one of them?' Kagome narrowed her eyes on a distant figure walking in her direction. Next to her, Inuyasha growled threateningly, even if the other person couldn't hear it. 'From back here he looks kinda cute, and he's definitely not what I'm looking for..' She thought with a small giggle, but then composed herself. 'Yeah, 'cause that'd be too easy.'
She continued walking while being mindful of Inuyasha and soon passed the handsome boy who grinned back at her. He had stunning blue eyes and short black hair pulled back into a high ponytail, something that suited him. She had mentally sighed at how cute he was, but knew he was incomparable to Inuyasha.
What she didn't know was that the boy had turned and frowned at her after walking by, his blue eyes focusing on something next to the girl, 'Hmm…'
-X-
"This is hopeless!" Kagome groaned as she sat on a bench at a bus stop for a break, "We can't find them." She turned to Inuyasha for some help, "What would you do?"
The demon snorted, "Call them…" His deep and menacing voice replied.
'So he talks?' She sighed, "How many times have I told you that I don't know how to call a ghost! I don't even know how I do it with you." She wanted to rip out her hair in frustration. 'I'm not a pro at this stuff, I don't know how to do everything like that priestess Kikyo. I'm just a school girl. A silly school girl.' She was getting depressed now, even her companion could see as much.
"K'gome call them.." Inuyasha repeated.
She had glared at him, "What do you mean by that? What, if I just say their names and—" 'Wait a sec, each time Inuyasha has come, I was thinking of him. Is that what he means?' She thought suddenly.
"To answer your question, you called me last night, so I came…"
That must be what he was trying to tell her. And if that didn't work… She'd cross that bridge when she got there.
'Okay, focus.' Kagome huffed and closed her eyes, 'Think about them Higurashi. Mamoru, Toko, Sosuke, Allen… Here, now.' She mentally called as she imagined the teenagers faces. All too quickly the group had appeared with a shimmer in front of the miko, all of them bickering about the sudden tug to this place. Her eyes had snapped open to look at them and widened in shock, 'Oh my god, that actually worked?' She looked questionably at Inuyasha who simply growled at them.
"Quiet you vermin!" He snarled at them, successfully shutting them up.
The red head called Allen had squeaked, "U-uh-ah guys, what the hell is going on with him!"
"He's scary looking…" Toko whined, hiding behind Sosuke for support.
"Ch, he's just got contacts on or something," Mamoru snorted, "Why the hell are we here anyways?"
Kagome stood up, "You know why! What were you thinking leaving Miroku-san's house! You guys can't go out and about!"
"Why the hell not? Look lady, we're dead right? So we can do whatever the hell we want!" Mamoru argued back hotly.
"And what exactly were you doing? Huh?" Kagome snapped.
"There's this kid that we used to pick on—"
"Ahahaha, that Noegi-nerd and pathetic wannabe dead sister—"Toko cut in.
"Finding him was a piece of cake!" Sosuke chuckled too, "And torturing him with these powers of ours? What a riot."
'Of all the things—Do they even know it was probably him who killed them? … Best they don't know. It's also best at this point to maybe do what Bankotsu-san said after all. Maybe it is best to send them off.' Kagome thought. "You guys are horrible you know that? After all the effort I put into solving your murder, you go around and keep picking on people like you did when you were alive!"
"Well yeah!" Sosuke said, "What else are we supposed to do? Go into the light?" He mocked.
'Frustrating and impossible, that's what this is.' Kagome glared, "If I solve you murder, will you guys go where you're supposed to be?" She asked calmly.
There was a moment of silence where the group had exchanged looks, "I'd agree to that. But only if we get to kill the ass who did us in!" Sosuke said, earning nods from the others safe for Allen.
'Yeah, so not happening,' Kagome mentally laughed. "No deal. Taking a life for a life isn't right."
"What about a life for four?" Sosuke questioned.
"You guys are impossible to work with here," Kagome said.
"No, you are! All we wanna do is get revenge, why can't we do that? It's just one life!" Mamoru yelled, approaching Kagome with a determined and dark looked in his eyes. However he didn't have much of a chance to touch her since Inuyasha had chosen that moment to snap at them himself and tackle Mamoru painfully with a clawed hand around his throat.
"Don't touch her," His face was twisted into a snarl as a ferocious growl escaped his lips. He had wasted no time to claw the boys face up and then proceed to break some bones, grinning madly at the cries of protest.
Sosuke laughed almost sadistically, completely ignoring the berserk Inuyasha and his friend, "Why are we being so nice to this chick anyways? She's nothing but trouble…" He decided to approach Kagome next, not at all fearful of what could potentially happen to him if Inuyasha got a hold of him. Because what could happen? He was already dead, it wasn't like there was such thing as being extra dead or something stupid like that.
'Oh no,' Kagome thought's froze. 'Oh no no no no. This is turning into a crazy fest of supernaturals!' She couldn't even back up unless she wanted to sit back down on the bus bench.
"Hey, you're right," Even Toko agreed, joining Sosuke's side as they both dematerialized and reappeared directly in front of Kagome with equal sinister looks.
'Don't panic. Don't panic. Remember the books… … Uh, okay not so much. What were those Latin incantations? … Um... what else did I learn?' Kagome nervously tried to remember anything that could help her right about now. Letting out a shriek, she had closed her eyes when the two had raised their hands, only to hear them yelp instead. 'I-Inuyasha?' She peeked open her eyes and stared.
He was taking them all on! Growling and snarling, slashing and punching. He was wild with fury and not even hesitating when he snapped their bones and ripped up their bodies. He was torturing them but at the same time successfully keeping them at bay. He was protecting Kagome by any means necessary.
She was just a human girl. So why was he doing this for her? As a hanyou and even as a youkai he was protecting her all the time. On occasion, only she'd have the power to calm him down and most of all he was practically her shadow. He would never let her out of his sight unless he was obliged and only if he was sure she'd be safe. But why? Why was he doing all of this? Did he… Was she... She was positive she was falling for him. Him. Her protector who happens to be a floating, arrogant, but at times sweet, ghost. 'Oh Inuyasha,' Kagome thought and finally looked back to Allen who seemed to be the only one not wanting much vengeance. "Allen-san?"
"I don't really like violence," He answered for her before she could even ask. "I'm more of a trickster than anything," He laughed lightly.
Still, she was worried. The sanity of these ghosts was snapping one by one. No one was safe any more as long as they were thinking of killing. 'Oh god Inuyasha!' Even if he was dead, she still cringed when the ghosts had landed some hits on her hanyou turned youkai. She also had a feeling that none of this was going to end any time soon, that they could go on eternally fighting and torturing each other unless something was done. She needed to help him somehow.
"Allen you baka! Get the girl!" Sosuke yelled as his fist was grabbed mid punch and crushed completely by the demon.
The red head had sighed, "I don't feel like it." He eyed Inuyasha, "I'd cut it out guys, you're getting your asses handed to you."
Kagome looked at him pleadingly, "Would you mind trying to calm them?" she asked weakly.
Allen shrugged, "I don't really want to. But I guess it isn't fair for your guy to handle this by himself.." He had decided and disappeared from Kagome's sight to reappeared in front of badly beaten Toko. She was just about ready to claw at Inuyasha again when Allen had grabbed both of her hands and forced them down. "Whoa, calm try to calm down Toko-chan. These guys aren't our enemies."
That wasn't enough to stop her, in fact it was enough to piss her off even more. "Out of my way!" She pushed him back easily, knocking him over to get back into the brawl, leaving Allen with a bit of a dazed look.
'Allen-san. This is out of control!' Kagome closed her eyes, 'Why can't those three calm down? Or just go away! Leave Inuyasha alone… go away!' She continued to hear the crunching of bones breaking, the ripping of skin and the war cries as they assaulted. 'Leave leave leave.' Kagome mentally chanted, trying to ignore all the disgusting noises, the repetitive sounds and the yelps of her dog demon protector. No, she didn't want Inuyasha to be hurt. Dead or not, he could still feel pain and she didn't want him to suffer. Especially because of her. Because of her desire to help these souls cross over peacefully she had caused so much trouble. She…
She wanted to protect him now.
The girl opened her eyes while being unaware of the pinkish glow her body was emitting, "Stop it! Get away from him!" She bellowed in a very cold voice.
There was an odd wind, very cold and very strong. For some reason the torn up teens had been whisked away by it, struggling but failing to escape it. And soon their souls were no where to be found, just gone with a shrieking shimmer as the wind died down. Everything was still and quiet. Kagome continued to stand almost majestically with this now powerful glow as the remaining two souls stared up at her with shocked faces.
Well, it was mostly Allen who was shocked. As for Inuyasha, he simply stood and stared with his red-blue eyes. His bruises were healing almost instantly, his bloody fists sewing themselves back together as well as every other injury, "K'gome."
Her name being muttered had woken her out of her mini trance to look back at the full demon. She felt her legs go weak for a moment and had fallen back against the bench behind her with a thud. 'What was that? Where…'
'… push them away through the barrier you are successfully banishing them...'
'No, I didn't banish them, did I?' Kagome thought, vaguely aware that Inuyasha had appeared in front of her in a dog style crouch. She felt drained and guilty for what she did, "..Yasha.."
"We're goin… Miroku's." Inuyasha grunted, rolling his shoulders until they cracked to his satisfaction.
"I'll see you there," Allen replied, he too suddenly standing next to the crouched dog demon. He gave them both a small nod before dematerializing.
She was gathered in the demons arms shortly afterwards and was looking up at him, "I really don't know what happened but… … I…" She felt him nuzzle her hair and silence her.
"Calm down mate.." His demonic voice tried to soothe. When he felt her settle he had become air born, bounding off rooftops of homes until he got to the city roofs and sped his way across town. They were at Miroku's shortly afterwards and entering his slightly messy home, a tipsy Mushin sitting in the living room and ordering Miroku around.
"Another thing Miroku-chan, if you.. if you plan on help-ing the supernatural…hic… hide my sake…" He chuckled, putting his feet up on the new coffee table as the boy picked up fallen lamps and broken picture frames.
Miroku had narrowed his eyes at his guardian and chucked a frame at Mushin's head, "..Stupid drunk.." He murmured.
A lump had grown on Mushin's head, "H-hey! You're supposed to be respect-hic-ful to your elders…hic.."
Okay, maybe not so much tipsy. More like wasted.
This had been the first time Kagome and Inuyasha encountered the guardian and they both so far were speechless. Allen was also quietly sitting on a chair and just watching the exchange with a small grin on his face. 'Wow, this is interesting.' Kagome thought, freezing momentarily when the older man had turned to look at her.
"Oh? Who's this beautiful goddess? … Heehee…" He stood up fairly well and walked over to Kagome to grab her hand, "Pleasure to meet you… and your demon fellow friend…hic..." He laughed, earning another thump on the head from Miroku.
"I can see where your lecherous ways come from," Kagome looked over to the monk who merely laughed nervously.
Mushin sniffled dramatically and rubbed his head, "Oh the pain.. this is what I get for raising such a boy.. abuse… so much-hic.. abuse.." He walked back to his chair and looked around, "Eh? Where did I put that bottle…"
Miroku sighed, "I apologize for my guardians behavior. He's virtually harmless really."
"It's okay, if anything Inuyasha would have done something," She pointed to said growling dog demon who set his eyes on the giggling guardian wearily. "I take it this place was pretty trashed by the ah.. others?"
Miroku nodded, "Don't worry, Mushin is well aware of the supernatural and in fact would rather ignore it, thus the drinking." Again he laughed then cleared his throat, "So I noticed you brought one back. So where are the others? I checked the school grounds quickly but didn't find much."
"Ah.."
'…Never use this technique unless forced…'
"I'm the only one left," Allen answered for her, "She sent them away."
Mushin had coughed loudly as if chocking on his own spit, "S-sent.." He coughed more, and turned to the girl, "You b-banished them?" That's when he had finally focused on the girl and looked her up and down, "Oh my."
The teenaged girl had nervously backed up into Inuyasha, feeling him wrap his arms tightly around her. 'What's he looking at?' She thought.
"Mushin?" Miroku breathed.
…
He burst out laughing and motioned for them to come closer, "Sit sit! Relax yourselves!"
They all narrowed they're eyes on him and inwardly sighed, safe for the growling Inuyasha whom never let go of Kagome as they shifted to sit around the coffee table. 'Creepy old man…'
"So, how did you go about banishing these spirits my dear?" Mushin asked very seriously, "Incantation? In Latin perhaps? Sutras? Or maybe a spell?"
"N-no!" Kagome shook her head, "I just.. I just wanted them to get…away from Inuyasha." She looked at him, noting his flattened ears as he kept his eyes trained on the drunk old man. Soon he had turned back to Kagome, his ears perking as he stared. "It felt like I was pushing them."
"Oh-ho, so you do have it hm?" Mushin chuckled.
Miroku raised a brow, "Have what?"
Mushin smiled widely, "Quite a friend! Quite a friend you have Miroku-chan. She's just like her! Just like that Midoriko-sama." He nodded to himself. "But different at the same time. I sense you have much turmoil within you my dear. Your soul is struggling with another. How rare indeed, hee hee."
'Midoriko? As in the woman who wrote the book I have?' Kagome thought, "I'm confused, what are you talking about?"
"So, where are my friends?" Allen asked.
"The miss here banished them somewhere on the other side, and not the side with the light if you know what I mean. Trapped in the crack in between the worlds, doomed to suffer in purgatory. Only foul souls are sent there to be punished. She can return them, oh can she, but it could be tricky!" He replied with several nods.
'…The results could be disastrous or even seen as cruel to the spirit whom you are forcing into the next world…'
"If I do, will they still be violent?"
"Undoubtedly, which is why when you do bring them forward again, you must properly send them to the correct world for their souls to rest in peace." Mushin explained.
"These people we believe were murdered Mushin, and the police don't know this. What do we do?" Miroku asked.
"Do you know the one who did it?" Mushin questioned.
"We believe it might have been someone named Noegi, he lost his sister a few weeks back in an accident at a house party hosted by these teens," Kagome said, looking over at Allen who perked with interest.
"Seriously? Huh, well that makes sense…" Allen tapped his chin, "To think we had him right there…'
"In this case, I would advise to take caution. You can choose either direction with this matter, but do it carefully. We don't need any accidents."
Inuyasha snorted and wrapped an arm around Kagome's waist, tugging her into him. "Nothing will happen." He eyed them, as if daring them to try and prove him wrong. This girl was his, and he would not let anything take her away from him. 'Mine.'
Mushin chuckled, "Possessive hm?"
"Let's not forget protective," Miroku added.
"And a loud mouth," Allen also said.
If he wasn't in this form, Inuyasha would have hotly argued back. Instead he simply snarled and kept Kagome against him tightly. He rubbed soothing circles with his thumb against Kagome's side and inhaled her lovely scent to try and keep calm. There was nothing to worry about, this girl knew these people and seemed to trust them.
The girl blushed and coughed, "So uh…"
"Why don't you go home and rest up for the night, I'm sure we can continue this conversation tomorrow, yes? We can try to think of a suitable plan of action." Mushin said.
For now they had called it a night. With the three pissy ghosts trapped somewhere else, they didn't have much to worry about. Miroku had said that he'd keep an eye on Allen and had taken precautions like surrounding the boy with salt and some sutras just in case. Luckily Allen didn't seem to mind as long as he had a TV and endless supply of dvds to watch. He was in general easy to please.
As for Kagome, she had returned home in Inuyasha's arms, her head spinning with all kinds of thoughts. Before she knew it, Inuyasha had gently shook her to snap out of it and nudged her to her window. She figured he'd like to come in with her as well and had constructed yet another strong barrier around them in order to both get inside her room quietly. Dropping the sparking and bright barrier, Kagome had heaved a sigh and looked over at her clock on her night table. 'It's a little bit passed midnight. Not so bad,' She thought, "Inuyasha are you okay if I sleep? I-I mean if you don't want me to I totally understand—" She felt the youkai grab her and force her onto her bed.
"Sleep."
"But I don't want you to feel uncomfortable, especially like this. Are you sure you'll be fine?" She asked.
"Sleep K'gome," He ordered, leaving her to finally give in with a nod.
"Alright, just lemme go and wash up first, okay?" She stood from her bed despite his soft growls and eyed him, "There's no way I'm not brushing my teeth before bed."
He had let her go without much of an argument and had crouched down to wait. His demon senses were going haywire around the girl especially since her scent was that much more appealing and her sweet innocence was enough to make him howl. 'Mate…' He ran a tongue over his elongated fangs, feeling a very large urge to mark the girl. 'Make her mine…' Just when he thought he was under a decent control over himself he could feel it just as easily slipping away. It didn't help that when she came back, she as wearing long pajama bottoms with a little tank top. At least her hair was still down, it hid her neck from him for the most part.
"Are you sure you'll be okay?" Kagome asked again as she turned out her lights and crawled onto her bed. She heard a distinct snort and rolled her eyes, 'Common Inuyasha reply.' She thought with a mental laugh, pulling her bed sheets back and snuggling into her bed. She had set her alarm for school and look at him one more time. It was funny, Inuyasha was kind of like a nightlight with his soft glow and his bright red eyes, 'Something that should be frightening me right now, but I don't really mind.' She huffed and closed her eyes, ready to get some shuteye when something cold had touched her forehead. Opening her eyes, she blinked up at the ghost who seemed to be nuzzling her.
"K'gome."
She shivered at his deep demonic voice, "Hm?"
"I…I…"
She raised a brow and soon brought a hand from out of the covers to touch his cool cheek, "What's w-wrong?" She mentally slapped herself for stuttering.
He twitched his ears and moved away from her forehead to look directly at her, "Your afraid." He stated.
"W-well not entirely. Just concerned! And uh I guess a little surprised at this point that you haven't done anything to me since you've turned, or since you've been able to touch me for that matter. I half expected you'd take advantage of that and finally kill me or something." She laughed nervously and really mentally slapped herself for blabbing her inner concerns. 'You stupid stupid girl,' She told herself.
Inuyasha actually started to feel bad after hearing that. Even with his blood boiling this badly to mark her, something he was just about to do he felt like he couldn't do it anymore. Clearly she trusted him and he could not betray or frighten this girl at all. "You're mine," He tried to reassure, "Mine to protect not hurt. Mate."
She blushed darkly at the mention of the word and shyly kept her gaze locked with his, "Why me? I thought you didn't like me. At least back when we met. If it weren't for the fact that you weren't used to your own abilities, you could have easily killed me when we first met."
His ears drooped and he kissed her cheek apologetically, "I will protect you."
"B-but—" Kagome started to protest, her cheeks burning even more now.
"Sleep," He ordered softly.
'Oh my god he can be so confusing!' She thought, "You d-didn't answer me! A-and why do you keep calling me mate—" Her protests were silenced when she felt him kiss her on her lips. 'He's… kissing me!' She thought, closing her eyes to surprisingly return the kiss. She was in a daze when he pulled away from her, but she distinctly remembered the smug look on his face and he ordered her again to sleep, and that time she had closed her eyes without another word of complaint.
When he was sure she had fallen asleep, he had placed himself next to her and stuck his nose against her neck to breathe in her scent for the rest of the evening. 'Mine!'
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The next morning Kagome awoke to the sound of her alarm clock and had happily turned off the alarm. She had found Inuyasha to be standing in front of her window, just staring off into space until she had moved to successfully capture his attention. The look he gave her was strange to say the least, but then he had quickly broken it to look outside again. 'Weird much?' The girl thought with a shrug, getting up to go and take a quick shower seeing as she never got a bath last night. When she got back, he was already gone.
'Very strange, I wonder why he's acting so weird?' She thought.
Though she pretty much already knew the reason, and that annoying little voice in her head had equally pointed it out, 'Duh, he's freaked out from kissing you!'
'That is, if he remembers all that.' She cleverly replied, though honestly there was no clever reply when you were clearly talking to yourself. 'Oh god I have to stop doing that.'
She had dressed for school and walked most of the way by herself, but somehow knew that the hanyou was near by despite that. He wouldn't really leave her by herself like this. And for once she actually wished he could just use his weird supernatural powers to help her escape her foaming-at-the-mouth crazy girl friend trio. They practically swarmed her once she set foot onto the school grounds.
"Where have you been Kagome-chan! We haven't seen you in ages!" Yuka bellowed.
"You aren't getting into drugs are you?" Eri worriedly asked.
"Or maybe you have a super secret boyfriend you aren't telling us about?" Ayumi pried with a wink.
Kagome had laughed nervously inwardly but smiled brightly at them, "I've just been busy, honest. As for the boyfriend thing.. I don't know if you'd call us a couple. It's been on and off…sorta." She said, deciding that at least this excuse would keep them satisfied for a while.
"Oooh, what's he like?" Yuka immediately asked, taking the bait.
"Come on, we have time before class, let's go sit inside and talk!" Ayumi tugged Kagome.
She just went with it and decided to describe Inuyasha to them as much as possible minus the whole half demon ghost thing. "…Positively handsome and all but that mouth of his," Kagome sighed, "He can be so rude it isn't even funny but at the same time can be the nicest guy. And he's so protective of me, makes me feel safe."
Eri looked closer at the girl and smiled mischievously, "You like him Kagome-chan, I mean really like like him." She gasped, "You kissed him haven't you?"
She blushed, "Well um, ya maybe.." She mumbled under her breath.
"This sounds so romantic!" Ayumi sighed dramatically.
"Romantic? He sounds like a troublemaker to me… No good boyfriend material." Yuka snorted.
"I don't know, I kind of like the sounds of him. Gives off that bad boy vibe…" Eri grinned.
"Bad boys aren't healthy!" Yuka began to argue.
'Uh oh,' Kagome could feel the argument coming. 'This is my chance… The perfect getaway.' She thought sneakily. Slowly inching away from the girls who started to hotly argue about the perfect boyfriend. Eventually she had made a full dash and got down a couple of hallways before locking herself into the girls washroom to catch her breath. There was no one else in the washroom at the time so she didn't have to get any strange looks from girls as she tried to calm herself. Looking into the mirror Kagome had made note of the drop in temperature in the washroom looked around sharply.
Thank god no other girl was in here, because the mirrors were beginning to crack unexplicably.
'What with this feeling? There's a change in pressure… the place is cooling and the mirrors are cracking.' She thought, turning sharply when a figured at materialized into the room. She had calmed herself when she realized it was only Inuyasha, but the pressure in the washroom didn't change any. It couldn't be… "Inuyasha?"
He was looking at her with furious golden orbs and not even the faintest sight of purple stripes on his cheeks. With the full moon now passed, he was having an easier time controlling his blood. "Who is he?" He asked, holding back a snarl, "Bankotsu maybe?"
She raised a brow, "Uh what are you talking about?" Was it her, or was Inuyasha's powers growing?
The room felt a little more chilly, "The guy you were with, the one you kissed. It was that pathetic hunter wasn't it?" He sneered.
"Calm down! And don't insult Bakotsu-san, he isn't all bad." She soon realized that she shouldn't have said that.
"So it was him," His aura flared momentarily. "I'll kill him." He said darkly, reminding Kagome of his demonic voice.
Just when he was starting to dematerialize Kagome had reached out to him, "No! Stop! It wasn't him!" But he was already gone. Most likely in search of the hunter to fulfill his vow. That was something she certainly did not want to happen. Inuyasha was not allowed to kill a human, he wasn't allowed to go all demonic on her. Especially on her friends. 'Inuyasha!' She mentally yelled, trying to call him back. But no matter how many times she mentally screamed his name, he wouldn't listen. He never came back.
'I am so gunna miss my first class, and all because of this over reacting stupid dog.' She thought with a huff, closing her eyes to focus more intently. If she had to, she would do what she did to the teens last night when she pushed them away. Except she would do the opposite and forcefully rip Inuyasha forward to be with her. 'I will not tolerate this! So you come back, Inuyasha. Come back now!' She clenched her fists, "Inuyasha, come here!" She just about shrieked, mentally reaching out to him and imagining herself pulling him to her.
She hadn't realized he was back until he had yelled at her to stop what she was doing. She had no idea what he meant by it but when her eyes had opened she found her hands to be glowing. And not just her hands, but looking at herself in the mirror she could see her whole body glowing pink. She gaped and let go of all thoughts, her body ceasing its glow quickly.
"The hell was that! How did you bring me back!" Inuyasha questioned hotly.
"You saw me last night! I did it to those guys!" Kagome replied, "And don't you take that tone with me buddy!"
"I can do whatever the hell I want! And what the fuck are you talking about 'last night'," Inuyasha practically howled.
She quieted and stared wide eyed at him. 'So he doesn't remember after all.' "You don't know? Don't you even remember th-the kiss?" She muttered.
His ears had perked at this, and the death aura around him had dropped completely, "W-what are you… I don't remember.. No matter how hard I try, I can't remember anything. And I… I mean we.. we kissed?" He frowned.
Now that wasn't the expression she was hoping for. Maybe a blushing idiot or a smug smirk. But a frown? 'Oh no… He didn't mean to… He doesn't…'
After all that boasting of belonging to him. All the claims. All the times he called her mate!
"Did I do anything else? Did I mark you?" He was in front of her in seconds and looking her over. He didn't seem to notice her depressing aura until after his inspection and had softly lifted her chin to lock eyes with her, "Are you okay? I didn't hurt you did I?"
'He doesn't hate me. He's afraid that he took advantage of me, hurt me in his other form.' Kagome thought, "Actually you did a good job of protecting me. You only kissed me so I'd stop talking and go to sleep." She laughed nervously. She'd been doing that a lot lately…
"Anything else?"
She thought for a moment and tried her best to ignore how he continued to just keep her chin up with one of his clawed fingers, "Uuhm… Besides the whole mate thing again.. Nope, nothing! Haha I should really get to class—"
He grudgingly dropped her chin and nodded, "You're late wench. You had better run."
"Right! See you in class?"
"What else am I supposed to do? Those guys aren't here anymore…"
"Well, Allen-san is. But he isn't someone to worry about."
"Right, well get to class already you idiot! We're gunna hafta stay later if you get one of those red papers!"
She rolled her eyes and booked it out of the washroom, 'Detention Inuyasha, it's called detention.' She wanted to tell him, but figured she'd let him off the hook, for now.
When she reached the classroom, she had come in just in time to sit and set up her notebooks for the lesson. Strange, she thought she'd be late for sure. It was a good thing her teacher was late today, otherwise she was positive she'd get a detention after school and further frustrate Inuyasha.
She was just writing down the date in her notebook when she heard the door open and close, signaling the teachers' arrival. However when she looked up, to her surprise she was exchanging looks with a gorgeous substitute teacher that looked awfully familiar. 'Those eyes, so blue… and black hair…'
"Hey guys, I'll be your Substitute Teacher today. The name's Ookami Kouga, but call me Kouga-sensei, alright?"
"Hai!" Came the reply of all the students that weren't in a daze staring at the dreamy teacher.
Before Kagome knew it, Inuyasha had materialized next to her and was cracking his knuckles while stating yet again his claims over the miko. "Kouga, you had better keep your hands offa what's mine! Ya damn flea bag!"
Kouga's eyes had briefly trailed over to Inuyasha and then down to Kagome whom he shot a sexy grin at, "I'm glad to meet you all. Now If you'll all pull out your textbooks and turn to pages—"
"Don't you ignore me!" Inuyasha bellowed.
Kagome sighed, "Osuwari."
Kami, why her? Why does every sexy guy have to be related to some abnormal supernatural slash spiritual world.
'Just my kind of luck,' Kagome opened her textbook and decided for now she would keep calm and figure things out later.
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A/N Since you guys waited quite a bit, I decided to make this extra long. Ya forgive me yet? Haha, I hope you enjoyed the chapter. Honestly though, the reason for the long wait was cause I was for once being a big nerd and playing Sonic Unleashed on the Xbox. My first ever time using that game system and I was blown away by the graphics and stuff. Plus you know I suck at video games, so compared to an epic gamer who could have easily finished a game in like three nights, it took me one month to do. And that's when I was glued to the tv for about a minimum of eight hours daily. You guys have no idea how much I suck! But at least I got the job done and beat it. It took about seventy lives for me to beat Eggmanland and the three bosses (No joke, I went and collected all the lives before hand. And that's excluding my three attempts when I started with five lives.). Yeah. Well then… R&R!