A/N: At last I'm back! Can't say that I had fun in our province. It was okay but I found it almost boring since there were almost no shows on the television. Limited time to use the one and only computer there because I have tons of cousins having their vacation there too. And I forgot to bring a diskette so I could save any work I might make. Therefore, I haven't made any real progress there.
Anyway, so here is the chapter. I know that Sesshoumaru's a bit of a mystery here in this story, I mean he's been silent and not mentioned always. Now, I'm going to pair him with someone! Yay! We'll get him to his soft side then. You're problem is to guess who it's gonna be because I won't say it until I find the time proper…Wahahaha! But I guess, a friend of mine already knows who it's gonna be…right, Miriae?
Bye for now, just get on with that chapter and review people! No flames please! If you don't like it then just shut the freaking up and don't read and review anymore…or else, I swear I'll curse you so that you'll go to all seven hells…But, I guess, I'm not that mean at all! Haha! R&R, guys!
I'll have to say to you the sitting arrangement...Miroku is in front of Inuyasha, on Inu's right is Kikyou, on his left is Kagome and at the back of Kagome is Sango. Yeah...Miroku is not beside Sango cause you know what'll happen if he is beside her...
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Enemies or Lovers
Chapter 16
"I'm so stupid…" she said, more to herself than to anyone else.
"Why are you stupid, dear?" Akira asked, her forehead creasing slightly.
"I…I ki—" then, Kagome looked up and met her mother's eyes. And she was out of her mind's world. "Nothing mom."
Mrs. Higurashi said nothing.
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"Kagome, I forgot something in my locker." Sango said, zipping her bag close and going outside, giving Kagome no time to respond.
'A few more weeks before semestral break… and it's a Friday, weekend tomorrow, a long awaited rest. How could my day be possibly ruined?' Kagome chanted in her mind as she sat and opened her bag, not knowing that her question will be answered as soon as she asked it.
"Hi!" a man's voice said, making Kagome's heart jump out of her body.
' The last thing I would want is Inuyasha to be here and make a fight out of my situation.' she looked up and smiled at the person skeptically. "H—hello…"
Kouga smiled at her stuttered greeting. "You really don't have to be scared or uncomfortable in my presence…I won't hurt you." He added. Kagome could swear she heard something akin to hurt lingering in that statement of his.
"I'm so sorry. I—I'll get over that eventually, anyway. Please bear with me. I'm really not comfortable with the presence of a youkai." She explained, holding one of her notepads and opening it.
"What about that Inuyasha—"
"He's a hanyou and well there are certain circumstances we can't get rid of." She cut in.
"—and Sesshoumaru."
"We're not that close anyway. He's just—there—but we scarcely speak to each other…And, umm, I don't talk much to any other youkai here either…"
"Okay then…" he said, then paused, thinking twice if he should ask what's in his mind. "Umm, can I go eat lunch with you? I really don't know too many people here."
'Oh gods…why me?' she prayed silently to whoever's listening at that time.
"Kagome?" Kouga said, waving a hand in front of her face. "Are you okay?"
The said girl cleared her throat and thought of something to say. "I don't know if Inuyasha…" her voice faded uncertainly.
"… would permit it? Do really have to be with that guy…I mean, is he always present around you? All the time?" he asked, annoyed of a certain dog hanyou.
"Yeah…quite…"
"Is he your boyfriend our something?" Kouga asked, his fist clenching and unclenching at his sides.
"Oh…ummm…I—" Kagome's mind is frantically thinking of an answer to that. 'Why does he have to ask that question to me?…But, is Inuyasha…?…Of course not!' Kagome opened her mouth to answer the disturbing question but was stopped short.
"No, I'm not his boyfriend." Inuyasha stated firmly as he wove his way to his chair, Sango at his back and Miroku lurking dangerously behind Sango.
"Then why—"
"Unfortunately, wolf youkai, I'm her fiancé. So don't you bug her again." The hanyou cut in nonchalantly, bored of having this conversation with this particular youkai.
'Oh, please…professor or whoever, come in the room now!' Kagome prayed, her eyes looking from one guy to the other.
"I'm sorry if I was bugging you or anything." Kouga remarked sarcastically, turning his back to get to his seat.
"No, you—it's okay. You're not doing anything wrong so—" said Kagome, suddenly holding Kouga's wrist. The wolf-youkai returned his azure gaze to Kagome.
She took a sharp intake of breath as their eyes met, her face beginning to take the color of a light shade of red, and without thinking twice, she let go of his wrist. "Sorry."
"He's always tailing you and talking to you…as if you're the only person who can talk in this school. Why can't he socialize with others rather than badger you everyday of your breathing life!" Inuyasha said, a dangerous glint in his amber eyes as they followed Kouga on his way to his seat.
"He's actually doing nothing wrong, Inuyasha." Kagome said, but she actually doubts what she just said. She knows he's done nothing wrong, really. But she doesn't like him that much…for now.
"Nothing wrong! You're the only one he talks to—"
"He also talks to Sango."
"That's because she's you're friend. And, isn't it obvious to you? He's flirting with you." He finished, his eyebrows hunched together, irked at his own idea and observation.
Now, all doubt and uneasiness of Kagome is lost, all she does now is…shake.
"Kagome?" Inuyasha asked, reaching out his hand to touch her shoulder. "Do you need to go to the clinic?"
Then—she burst out laughing. Tears are already threatening to fall from her eyes. But, all Inuyasha could do was look at his fiancée, bewildered at her behavior.
Then, being Inuyasha, with just a blink of an eye, he exploded. "What the heck are you laughing about? You look like you're going insane over something and still you're LAUGHING!"
"Mr. Sutoushiro, if you will please calm down. And Ms. Higurashi, do stop laughing please." Mr. Ohtsuki said, placing his things on the teacher's table.
Kagome covered her mouth at once, but this made her face redder than before. She took a few seconds to calm down and breath freely whereas Inuyasha was still fuming.
"Now…" and Mr. Ohtsuki started the morning's discussion.
Kagome tore a page from her notepad, took her pen and started to scribble a short note, biting her lower lip as she did so. With her eyes full of amusement, she reread her short letter then folded the paper twice and passed it to her right, to Inuyasha.
Hey! What crap are you talking about? He's flirting with me? He hasn't done any sexual progress, you know, so how could you say that?
Inuyasha side glanced at Kagome then took his own pen, thought for a moment then wrote what he was thinking.
Isn't it obvious that he likes you? You're the only girl he talks to…well, except for Sango, and that's is because she's your friend and she's always with you. So, he really can't just ignore her, can he? And he seems to hate me too.
He then passed this note to Kagome. Kagome looked cautiously at their teacher as her hand reached out to get the paper, holding Inuyasha's hand accidentally instead of the note. "Sorry." She whispered, pulling the note out of his hand.
She silently read Inuyasha's untidy scrawl then smiled as she read what he wrote at the end.
'What the heck is she smiling at? At first she's laughing without any apparent reason and now she's smiling…about what!' Inuyasha thought, his temper rising again.
Then, Inuyasha has gone out of his reverie when a paper was chucked right under his nose.
But you hate him too, don't you?
Inuyasha took a few moments to absorb her short reply before writing his.
Yeah…That's because he's so annoying, too freaking self-confident and--
He was cut short. And…what?
He's being too friendly with you…?
He's always around you…?
He's showing motives that he likes you…?
'OH HECK! Okay…better be honest. But what on earth will I say!' he thought heatedly to himself.
Inuyasha looked at his left side and saw that Kagome was looking at him expectantly, waiting for his reply. Sweat broke from his forehead as his fingers tensed.
Yeah…That's because he's so annoying, too freaking self-confident and he's flirting with you!
Inuyasha swallowed the lump that was forming in his throat. He made a fast decision in his mind and quickly placed two lines over the 'he's flirting with you!' portion in order to erase and remove it from the sentence. Instead, he replaced it with another one: …I don't like he's very presence!
'Yeah…that's it.' He said to himself, again folding the paper and returning it to Kagome.
Before he could recover his breath, the same paper was again on top of his desk. He opened it gingerly and read what's inside.
What's with the 'he's flirting' accusation again? Are you really trying to emphasize that point? I tell you, he is not flirting with me! And if that will ever happen I will not entertain him. Why are you so worried about this topic? Tell me one thing:
ARE YOU JEALOUS!
Inuyasha's face made its fast progress of changing to different tones of red. From light pink to pink to red to a darker shade of red to a much darker shade of red.
Completely losing all self-control he had at the moment…he—burst.
"WHAT KIND OF QUESTION IS THIS! JEALOUS! IS THAT WHAT YOU THINK IT--!"
And everything went hell.
"Mr. SUTOUSHIRO! FOR KAMI'S SAKE--!" Mr. Ohtsuki shouted throwing a black board eraser across the room, aiming for Inuyasha.
Too bad, the fiercely blushing Inuyasha stood up to storm and rage at Kagome who was, weirdly, just looking and smiling at him.
The eraser then hit Kikyo (who was always placing her chair close to Inuyasha) square on the nose. Having chalk dust all over her face, she shrieked and called for bloody murder.
Miroku left his chair to calm Inuyasha down before he kills somebody in the place, especially his own fiancée. Sango also stood up to help the pervert insert some reason in the hanyou's mind.
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"Just help me, please?" a girl's voice said.
"I can't! Do I have to repeat that over and over again before it sticks to your mind?" the man answered exasperatedly, not meeting the girl's eyes and his face flushed due to their proximity.
"Why not?"
The man heaved a sigh. He felt like he was talking to a three-year-old girl. "What you're asking is totally beyond my control. It wasn't my fault, okay?" he said for the umpteenth time already.
"You're not being cooperative. I thought you could help me…" the girl said, finally taking a step backwards and leaning on the wall.
The guy felt a bit comfortable already, now that they're not that close… But still, the pinkish shade on his face didn't fade away, and he was trying very hard to hide and ignore it.
"He's not the only guy in this world you know…If you will just learn to look around you, I believe you're not blind…" the man said, standing straight and walking past the girl to go somewhere.
"And I guess you're not insensitive?" she retorted.
"I can be…most of the time." He answered truthfully, coming to a stop, his back still facing her. He then added, "Talking about our similarities, aren't we?" and without another word, he turned left to another corridor and was lost.
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'Ah…weekends. I just love weekends…' was Kagome's first thought in the morning as she opened her eyes to meet the early sun's bright rays.
She sat up and stretched her arms with her eyes closed tight. Looking around her, her books and school papers met her eyes. These made her eyebrows tick. "I can always make them later at night, before I sleep. Yeah…I'll make them tonight. For now and tomorrow, I'll just rest and enjoy myself." She said, looking happier than she had been for days.
How could anyone not be thankful for a peaceful day like this? Perfect weather and silent surroundings. Kagome couldn't be anymore grateful.
Kagome got her feet to the floor then she stood up, fixed her bed and went straight to her bedroom window. The raven-haired girl placed her hands on the windowsill, closed her eyes happily and felt the morning breeze lightly touch her face.
Now fully awake, she snatched her towel from a nearby chair and went to the bathroom to take a morning shower.
Minutes later, she got out, headed to her dresser and pulled out her favorite ensemble for weekend mornings like this: a light blue, loose shirt and white pedal pusher. She held her ebony hair with a messy ponytail. Looking at her reflection, she said, "That's me!" with a small smile.
The girl went straight to the kitchen to help her mother out. But upon arriving there, she saw that the table is already set and just waiting for them to sit down.
"Morning everyone!" she greeted cheerfully.
"Good morning, nee-chan!"
"Good morning, Kagome!"
Her grandfather just smiled up at her.
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Having such a good mood that day, Kagome volunteered to clean their yard. And with a determined and happy look plastered on her face, she started sweeping the dried leaves that was scattered everywhere.
Later on, the heat of the sun was beating down on her and she had to wipe her sweat with the back of her arm. She let out a barely audible sigh before continuing with her work.
While working in their yard, her mind was planning on what she wanted to do today with her family.
'A nice lunch-picnic…just outside of the house…hmmm…the shade of the large Sakura tree is perfect. Yeah, that would be nice…' the thought made her smile.
Kagome piled the dried leaves under a nearby tree and set out to sweep on the other side of their yard that she hasn't faced yet.
'And movies from late afternoon 'til late at night…that would be perfect!' and finishing the rest of the yard, she went inside and got a nice, quick wash.
"Hey mom!" she called out across the hall.
"Hmm?"
"I'm going to help prepare lunch, then, let's eat it outside under the Sakura tree and have a simple picnic, ne? Let's have some family bonding!" the girl said, patting her hands with a small towel.
"Hmm…" Akira was thinking. "Okay, then. Let's enjoy the weather…" she remarked happily, giving a soft laugh.
"Yeah! That would be fun!" Souta piped in.
"And guys, I borrowed some movies from Sango, I want to watch them all to day." Kagome is now in the kitchen preparing all the cooking equipment they will need.
"A movie marathon? Tonight?" Souta asked, standing beside his sister, watching her work.
"Yup!" she answered. 'That means I have to do my school work right after lunch…Don't worry! You can do it, Kagome!' she encouraged herself. 'And if I can't finish it, I'll just have to do it tomorrow right after breakfast…okay, that's all planned out…' she added as an afterthought to herself.
The doorbell rang then a knock followed it, making Kagome jump, almost throwing the spoon she's holding, out of her hand.
"I'll get it!" Souta volunteered.
Mrs. Higurashi followed her son to the door to see who could be visiting them today. "Oh! It's so nice of you to come by!"
"Hi, Mrs. Higurashi!" a cheerful voice greeted.
Kagome's body stiffened.
"Call me 'mom' already. You don't have to be shy! It's okay with me!" Akira said, stirring the visitor inside her house.
The visitor smiled weakly as he automatically placed his hand at the back of his head.
Kagome's face seemed like it was plunged in a big bowl of tomato sauce.
'What a perfect weekend…I really shouldn't plan anything anymore in the future…or else I'll just risk it to be ruined…' Kagome thought.
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A nice, long chapter from me…me! Yeah…I think that was my longest. I was inspired…hehe…Okay, I'm really sorry it came out a few days late. I know I should have updated last Thursday or Friday but I was pretty preoccupied. There are too many things in my mind and I'm currently making an original fic so…I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry! Anyway, making a long chapter for you guys is quite hard for me. I'm accustomed to making five pages each chapter with the font size of 12 in times new roman and now my font is 10…Ahaha…and I made a little more than six pages.
Okay! A little more sweet, innocent scenes next chapter. And let's see…MirSan, maybe? I promise I'll try my very best not to make it corny! I guess you know who the visitor is here (It's obvious really). And maybe, it's pretty clear but still a bit blurry (I'm imposible…sigh) to you guys who the 'guy' and the 'girl' is. If not, then too bad…
My blab takes too long in this chap. Maybe I really got many things to say cause I've been lost. Waah! I'm so talkative! Okay…now guys…please review and again…NO FLAMES PLEASE! Thanks a bunch!
xianora