Forbidden Love Story

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Hey everyone. Here is the next chapter of this story. I know I took a long time to update this story and I'm sorry for that. For starters, I had kind forgotten this story for awhile and my external hard drive crashed so I lost all my files. So please don't be mad at me. Anyways, please enjoy the chapter. And thanks again to all my fans for your support!

Chapter Seven- The Legend

By the time I got home I saw already soaking wet. My dad's car was already in the driveway, so I knew right away that I was late. "Crap," I whispered under my breath before going through the front door. As soon as the door closed my dad appeared in the hallway.

"Where have you been? Do you have any idea how worried I was?" he said in a panic. I sighed and put my board and shoes in the closest.

"I'm sorry dad. I was riding my board when I bumped into a guy at school and we started talking. We lost track of time. I'm sorry," I explained. For some reason I couldn't get mine and Inuyasha's conversation out of my head.

"It's alright. Why don't you go get changed? The pizza will be here soon," he stated. I nodded and went upstairs. I was about to go into my room when Cohin came out of his.

"Look who decided to come home," he stated sarcastically. He started to head down the stairs I quickly caught his arm.

"Cohin, I'm sorry about what I said earlier," I looked away from him. "It's just after living with mom for most of my life I'm use to doing things by myself. Please don't hate me," Cohin sighed and half hugged me since I was soaking wet.

"I could never hate you. You're my baby sister," he replied. A small smile appeared on my face. "But if you ever do need help you can come to me, understand?"

"Of course Cohin... and thank you." With that, Cohin went downstairs for dinner. I went into my room and changed into a pair of grey pajama pants, a dark blue tank top and a grey sweat jacket. I pulled my wet hair into a messy bun and I put a chopstick into it. Turning to look into the mirror I laughed at myself. "I look like an idiot." With that I went downstairs to join my family.

The Next Day

The next day was pretty normal. Hana kept asking me about what had happened the day before when I fainted in Biology. The good thing was that Houjo didn't bring up the fact that Inuyasha had helped me out yesterday. Hachi kept asking why I wasn't in gym. However all throughout the day I couldn't stop thinking about Inuyasha. Did he care for me the way I cared for him? Wait, the hell did I care so much? It wasn't like someone like him would care about me. I mean come on? Compared to him I was pretty much like a speck of dust on a shiny car... Great I've been spending too much time with Shana. He loved cars more than anything, besides my mom.

After school I walked towards my car, still lost in my thoughts. When I reached it I found Kikyo standing there, an angry look on her face. Oh make Kagome's life even worse why don't we. "Kikyo." I sneered. She just continued to glare at me.

"What happened between you and Inuyasha yesterday?" she growled. I froze from opening the door and turned to her. How would she know anything happened between us, we were alone apart from Houjo, and then we left together.

"Excuse me?" I asked as I turned to face her.

"I saw you two leaving school together. So what did you do? Fake having a fatal illness so he'll take you home?" she sneered. My glare darkened. Before I could do anything to stop myself I slapped her. Next thing I knew the two of us were rolling on the ground in an all out fight. Hachi and Houjo came and broke us up. Kikyo glared at me. "I hope you fry Higurashi!"

"Go to hell!" I screamed in return. With that, Kikyo disappeared into the crowd. I pulled loose from Hachi's grasp. Everyone stared at me in shock. With a roll of my eyes, I got into my car and drove home. I knew I was going to be in so much trouble for that but I didn't care. No one was allowed to talk to me that way, no matter how popular they are.

That Night

We sat around the table, eating the pasta I had made. My dad had just finished giving me the whole lecture about not fighting at school. We were all dead silent. There was still something I wanted to ask. "Dad, can I ask you something?"

"What about?" he asked while continuing to eat. I sighed. He was still pissed off at me. This is understandable because I am his daughter and he is the chief of police here, so I was expected to follow the law and be well behaved.

"Where are the good places to hike in this place?" I questioned. Everyone at the table stopped eating and stared at me in shock. I felt very awkward under their stares. "What?"

"Since when are you interested in hiking, Kagome?" Souta asked in surprise. He fiddled with his food.

"I... Well, a couple kids from school said they're going hiking and I just was curious," I answered. Cohin looked at me curiously.

"These kids you're talking about wouldn't happen to be 'The Blades' would it?" he asked. I blushed slightly. My dad chuckled.

"Just like every other person in the town, you are caught in the mystery which is the Takahashi family," he stated. I blushed a little. "The place they go hiking changes every few weeks."

"Okay, I was just curious," I said quickly and went back to eating. Everyone was glancing at me every few minutes but I ignored them.

The Next Morning

I woke up to an unusual bright light from outside my window. Squinting my eyes, I opened them and saw the sun shining in the sky. I was so surprised to see it that I pinched myself to make sure. After getting dressed I went downstairs to eat before I left for the bookstore. I knew where it was because I had stepped in to look for some good books. However that book store sucked! No offense to the people who owned it. It just didn't have a very good selection of books for someone with my taste. When I reached the bookstore I recognized Houjo's Suburban and Hachi's Sentra. With a heavy sigh I pulled into the parking lot.

When I got out of my car Ayumi glared daggers at me, but I didn't know why. She was standing with Hana and two girls I recognized but couldn't recall the names of. Up until now Ayumi had been the nice sweet one, but now she looked like she was about ready to kill me. What had I done to upset her? Houjo came over to my side. "You came after all."

"Of course I did. I was invited, and I didn't have any other plans." I answered. Ayumi's glare darkened, as did the two girls' that she was with. What the hell was going on?

"And look, it's sunny just like I said it would be." Houjo continued. I nodded in agreement. However though the sun was out, it was still chilly. It was warmer compared to usual, and I didn't understand why we were going to the beach in the middle of winter but I wasn't complaining... okay, maybe a little. Though I was here with all of them I couldn't stop thinking of Inuyasha. I just wished he was here too.

That's when something occurred to me. I liked Inuyasha. Leave it to me to like the one guy I couldn't have. However, there were still too many unanswered questions about him and his family, and I was going to figure them out. How I was going to do that was still a mystery though. While I was lost in my thoughts, it was decided who was going with whom. I was driving Ayumi, Hana, a girl named Eri, and Mikeru. Eri and Mikeru were a couple and apparently good friends with Ayumi, along with another girl named Yuka.

The whole drive there, Ayumi and Eri kept glaring daggers at me. So it was one of those days. I went over everything in my head trying to figure out what I had done to upset them, but couldn't come up with anything. Hana kept rambling on about her date with Hachi, which didn't surprise me in the slightest way. When we got there it had become slightly colder because of the sea breeze.

The beach was beautiful though. There were high cliffs all around us, and a forest as well. The water was a dark grey, almost black and the sand was a pale white colour. It was just like I remembered it. My father use to bring me here a lot as a kid; however, it wasn't all happy times. Being here brought back that horrible memory, the reason I was scared of hospitals. Houjo lead us to a bunch of driftwood, which I remembered from when I was little. "Isn't this great?" Hachi asked as he and Hana came to my side.

"Sure, it looks like it will be fun," I answered. I was still unsure of being here, and I don't even remember how I got roped into it. The boys of the group set up a fire in the middle of the driftwood logs. I smiled and watched the flames. Everyone sat with other people and talked with each other. Houjo sat next to me, going on about random things that I wasn't listening to. I was too busy thinking about Inuyasha and why Ayumi was so pissed at me.

"Do you know why the fire turns blue?" Houjo said, breaking through my thoughts. I sighed and turned to face him.

"It's the salt in the driftwood," I answered him. Houjo blinked in confusion. "I have seen a driftwood fire before Houjo." After a half hour of chatter some of the group wanted to hike up to the tide pools. I had always loved the tide pools so I agreed to hike too. As we went up to the tide pools I glanced up at the blue sky through the tree tops. It was a beautiful sight. The green light made the forest more mysterious then it had ever been before. The whole way there I was extra careful not to trip on the roots below me and the branches above me. I was trying to prove to Inuyasha and myself that I was accident prone. I was just as safe as everyone else... I think... I ended up falling behind the group but I got there at my own pace, which was just fine with me.

"Kags are you alright?" Hana asked me. I nodded and went over to the tide pool furthest from the cliff's edge. I was by no chance taking a risk of falling into the ocean. Not only was it cold but I also was... I shivered at the memory. The others in the group were jumping across the tide pools from rock to rock. When the group got hungry we started to head back to the beach. I was once again behind the group. I loved watching the light shine through the trees from above me. However, a tiny part of me was wondering what Inuyasha was doing right at the moment. I was wondering if he was worrying about me, thinking about me like I was him. I was so enthralled in my thoughts that I didn't notice the root sticking up out of the ground and I tripped, scraping my hands on the ground.

"Crap," I whispered to myself. With a sigh I stood up and continued after the others. Once back at the beach I noticed there were more people with the group. I noticed that Ayumi was still glaring at me. I caught Hana's arm. She turned to face me, a confused look on his face. "Hey Hana, what's wrong with Ayumi?"

"She's mad at you," she answered blankly.

"I noticed that part. I meant why is she mad at me?" I really wanted to know what was wrong so I could fix it. Hana sighed and looked at the upset Ayumi.

"She thinks you like Houjo and are trying to take him away from her, even though they're not officially dating. Ayumi has liked Houjo since middle school, so she's mad at you," she explained. My anger built up inside of me. Ayumi was making an assumption that was incorrect, and I hated it. I quickly went over to Ayumi, Yuka, and Eri. They all glared at me. I took Ayumi's hand.

"Come with me, we need to talk." I said before pulling her away from the others. After a few minutes I turned to face her, and she was still glaring at me.

"What do you want Higurashi?' she sneered.

"You're wrong about me and Houjo." Her eyes darkened when I brought up Houjo's name. "I don't think of him as anything but a friend. And I don't appreciate you making the assumption that I am trying to steal his heart!"

"What are you talking about?" she asked me in confusion. The normal Ayumi shone through her as I smiled at her.

"I already like... someone else. I want to stay friends with you Ayumi... So why don't we try our hardest to win the hearts of the guys we like?" I said as I held out my hand to her. A smile spread across her face and she shook my hand, missing my small flinch. With that we went back to join the others, laughing and joking about anything and everything. Just then I noticed that one of the new people who had joined our group looked familiar. Too familiar. A smile spread across my face. "Kouga!"

"Kagome." A smile spread across his face as he hugged me. "I didn't know you were here."

"I came here with my friends," I replied. He just continued to stare at me, a weird look on his face.

"Wanna go for a walk with me?" Kouga asked. A smile spread across my face and I nodded. As we walked away I heard a couple kids asking why The Blades weren't here.

"The Blades aren't welcome here." One of Kouga's friends said. That caught my interest. I would have to ask Kouga about that.

"So do you still dance like you used to?" Kouga asked, bringing me from my thoughts.

"Uh... yeah I do. Before I moved here I was actually part of my school's dance club," I answered. Dancing was actually very calming for me. It was kind of therapeutic. Kouga chuckled.

"If I recall, that's the only 'sport' you're good at," he stated. I crossed my arms.

"Not true. I'm also good at gymnastics," I countered. We sat on an old tree that was near the beach. "Who were the other two guys there?"

"My friends, Ginta and Hakaku," he answered.

"What were they saying about The Blades?" It was a good chance to find out something about them. Since Inuyasha still wasn't answering my questions completely.

"Oh, they're not allowed here," he replied bluntly.

"Why not?" I questioned.

"We're not really supposed to talk about it," Kouga said while looking away from me. This was like déjà vu for me.

"I won't tell anybody Kouga, I'm just curious is all," I replied. Kouga glanced at me before smirking. He was really thick if he couldn't see that I was 'fake' flirting with him.

"Well, it kind of goes along with an old legend about my people," he started.

"Go on," I encouraged. I had forgotten how easy it was to get Kouga to do what I wanted.

"We have many legends. However the most popular one is that we descended from wolves," he explained. I looked at him confused. Was he serious, wolves? Okay, maybe I did descend from a bloodline of priests and priestesses, but wolves? "Then there are the enemies of the wolves... the great dogs..."

"But aren't wolves and dogs from the same family of species?" I was now hooked. Who would have thought that I would get hooked on a legend? Gramps use to tell me them all the time, but I didn't care. This story... legend however has caught my attention.

"Yes, they are. However, this feud has apparently dated back to the time when demons roamed the earth. It is said that the Great Dog Demon of the west came onto our lands and fought with the leader of the eastern wolf tribe. The battle raged on for weeks and many lives were lost. It is said that the feud still exists this very day. Apparently The Blades are descendants of the Great Dog Demon, and my people are descendants of the eastern great wolf demon leader." He continued. I thought for a moment. Gramps had once told me something about The Great Dog Demon when I was young. Why hadn't I listened then? Oh yeah, because I had thought he was insane!

"However, a few hundred years ago a group of dog demons were said to have moved to these lands. Apparently they were different than others of their kind and wanted to live here in peace. Supposedly they didn't hunt like the others did, and they weren't supposed to be dangerous. So my people decided to make a truce. If they stayed off our lands we wouldn't expose them, and have them killed," Kouga finished. This was interesting. I had to say it all sounded familiar to me, but at the same time it didn't.

"What do you mean by 'weren't supposed to be dangerous'?" I asked. Kouga smirked at my question.

"From what it says in the legend, they didn't hunt humans for their meals. They supposedly survived off animals instead," he explained. That made me think back to the first time Inuyasha and I met, in Biology. He looked like he wanted to eat me or something along those lines. And I also thought of the canine tooth I had seen when talking to him in the cafeteria.

"But how does this relate to The Blades?"

"They are the dog demons from the legend," he answered. My eyes widened in shock. They were dog demons! "There are more then what was said in the legend though." I just sat there, trying to make sense of what he just told me. I thought demons were extinct. "You have goose bumps."

"I do not," I replied as playfully as I could mange. "But you're a good storyteller."

"Pretty crazy stuff, huh?" I nodded. "That's why we're not supposed to talk about it."

"Don't worry, you're secret is safe with me. Just like all the others," I answered. Kouga just smiled at me, completely unaware of what was going through my head. Just then, Houjo and Ayumi appeared about fifty yards away.

"There you are Kagome!" Houjo called with a hint of jealousy in his voice. Ayumi and I rolled my eyes. Kouga leaned in closer to me.

"Is that loser your boyfriend?" he asked me in all seriousness. I shook my head.

"No, he most certainly is not." I replied to his question. Houjo and Ayumi were now right in front of us.

"Where have you been?" Houjo asked, glaring deadly daggers at Kouga. I stood and dusted off my clothes.

"Just listening to some scary stories Kouga was kind enough to tell," I answered. Ayumi smiled at me and I giggled. Houjo sighed in relief.

"Well, since it looks like it's going to rain soon we're heading out," Houjo explained.

"Okay, I'm coming," I answered quickly. I still hated the rain. Ayumi linked arms with me.

"I'm going in Kagome's car!" she called happily. I was glad we were friends again. Ayumi was one of the coolest, nicest, and prettiest people I knew. And to think a guy like Houjo almost came between us. I didn't see what Ayumi saw in him, but I was going to help their relationship anyway I could, because that's what friends were for. Kouga stood up too.

"Well, it was nice to see you again, Kagome," he said with a teasing tone. I could tell he was trying to annoy Houjo, and boy was it working. I couldn't help but giggle a little.

"It was nice. We should hang out again soon," I said with a wave. Kouga grinned at me.

"Cool," he said before walking away to join his friends.

"And thanks for the stories!" I called after him. Kouga just waved at me. With that, we started to head towards the cars. Ayumi leaned in closer to me.

"Is that the guy you like?" she asked me. I shook my head.

"Nowhere close," I replied before running away from her. Ayumi laughed and ran after me. The rain just began to fall as we got in the cars. I sighed with relief. 'One tragedy dodged today.' I thought happily. With that in mind, I began the drive back to Awara.

Well there you have. The long awaited seventh chapter. I know I took forever to update this story and I hope you won't hold it against me. I promise the next update will be even faster. Please review and let me know what you think. I love to hear from my fans. Until time, byes^_^