There was a shift in my body as I crossed school grounds. I was perplexed by the appearance of the new unbalanced feeling and tried to ignore it as I walked inside. But it was relentless and determined to be noticed, so I sought out the girl's restroom.
Facing the mirror, I raised my shirt to find a glowing outline of a circle. It bordered a quarter sized section of skin on my side. For a few moments I could only stand in wonder as the selected area shined in the purest pinkish-purple color I'd ever seen. I gently traced my finger over it and felt it pulse beneath my touch. A sense of power surged through me for a split second, and the instant it was gone I yearned for more. I was lighter and an invisible atmosphere filled me each time I pressed against the mysterious spot.
Growing murmurs began stirring outside and I struggled to push my tight ruffle blouse back down before the door opened.
"Guess who?" Someone placed their hands over my eyes, causing me to nearly jump out my skin.
A twisting knot of fear formed in my stomach as I quickly jumped away from them. I was backed against the furthest wall, which was the most distance I could put between us. "What are you doing in here Koga?" I snapped at him, my voice iced over with loathing. "This is the girl's bathroom, so get out!"
He shook his head, smiling. "Don't be like the, babe," the demon wiggled his eyebrows suggestively. "I can't help that you've got a strong pull I can't resist."
"Stay away from me." I managed to hiss between clenched teeth. "There is no pull, so quit trying to convince yourself into thinking there is. There won't ever be anything between us again."
His brows furrowed together as he began walking in my direction.
Koga was my summer fling. As the fun in the sun days came to a close, I was determined to break things off— knowing he would not let the loving person he was with me be viewed by the school. But then, he told me that he couldn't let me go. That he loved me more than the sun liked rising each morning. That I was different and that he loved me. What girl wouldn't be flattered speechless? However, it didn't go without a catch. Our relationship would be secret. With that said, our hidden relation went smoothly into the school year. Toward the end of our affections, all I could remember was Koga getting wrapped up in drugs. At one point he wanted me to try them with him, but I refused. The following days after his drug tempt was where my memories got foggy. I couldn't remember a damn thing.
It was on a particular day that I recall walking to school, heading to the stop Koga and I always did to make-out before class, and found Inuyasha snarling at my boyfriend. The hanyou had the wolf backed up against the ally wall— fear stricken— and was yelling for him to never come near me again. I'd never seen Inuyasha so far gone in rage as he strangled Koga into unconsciousness. He left without noticing me and I snapped out of it to run to Koga's side. I cradled his head in my lap as he came to. His eyes fluttered open and became hard at the sight of me. He called me a slutty whore for messing around with Inuyasha while we were dating, kicked dirt in my face, and stormed away in a whirlwind.
So as he advanced toward me now, I shakily rushed inside a bathroom stall, locking the door behind me.
Koga chuckled darkly from the other side. "Nice try, but you know that won't keep me from getting you."
"Maybe not," I replied confidently as I got on the dirty ground and began crawling under the other bathroom booths.
Koga was not a dumb man, unfortunately for me, and caught me at the arm as soon as I emerged from my trip down under. I attempted to wrestle myself free, throwing kicks and squirming around. All tactics were useless as Koga caught and blocked everything I threw at him. Realizing this and having no other choice, I went limp in him arms, causing him to react fast in catching me. He let me rest on my knees, head titled down, and hands raised to his lips as he squatted before me.
"Come back to me babe," his lips moved lightly across my knuckles, rising goose bumps on my gratefully sleeve covered arms. I never thought I'd be thankfully to Izayoi for putting me in this silky curtain of a shirt. Yet, here I was almost in tears of appreciation when I couldn't feel the trail of kisses Koga planted up my arm. "I'm not stupid enough to put you through anything I did when we were together." The kisses got to my slightly exposed shoulder, then up to my collar bone, and the dip in my neck. It was when he backed me up against the wall, and found his hands on my sides, that I let out a moan.
He was rubbing his thumb against the place I had found marked by a glow this morning. Its throbbing power combined with his intense kissing was sending me into overdrive and making me a slave in the world of lust. "That's the response I want baby." Koga whispered in my ear as he let a wondering finger find its way up my skirt.
I gasped at his cold touch, about to release another moan, when reason came and hit me. This was not right. Not right at all! Inuyasha would not have been snarling at Koga that day if he thought he was a safe guy. It's not every day you see him doing that unless something up. So I grabbed Koga's hands and shoved him away at the same time. However, he was persistent, putting our foreheads together.
"Do you feel that?" He breathed heavily.
"Feel what?" I heard myself sigh as the tingling hum in my side faded.
"My heart," He uncurled his hands from my grip to flatten my palms against his chest. "I miss how you made me feel Kagome."
I gulped, squeezing my eyes closed and fighting the urge of wanting to give into his words. I realized why I might have agreed to date Koga in the first place. He was everything I wanted with Inuyasha. But the lifetime love I held for the hanyou could not be substituted or filled by another's lust. "Desire does not make a healthy relationship." Koga lips inched toward my neck. I pushed back. "Stop."
"You don't want me to."
So? "Yes I do… G-g-g-get off me!"
Suddenly, I again found myself spread out on the floor. Only I wasn't playfully wrestling with my best friend this time around. Koga's body hovered over me, his hands pinning mine above my head, and his lower area restraining my legs from moving. He lowered his lips to ear, "I will have you." The wolf demon whispered just as I felt a spark.
My side blazed with a fury. I rolled over, writhing on the cold tile as the intense fire spread throughout my whole being. I took a peep through my eyes, finding Koga had been thrown off me by an unknown force and was knocked unconscious. Yet, I didn't feel relief. My eyes widened in horror as I looked down at myself. My entire body radiated that same pink-purple glow I saw on my side earlier. In the following minutes, I let my heart rate calm down. As I did, the glow around my trembling body slowly began to recede.
I stood on wobbly legs and bolted for the door. It seemed as if I had rounded every corned before I found a certain hanyou.
"Kag—" His words were cut off as I threw my arms around him.
I wasn't sobbing— though I felt like I could. Just having him respond by wrapping me up in his chest was all the support I needed to keep it together. Inuyasha placed his head beside mine so that his mouth was level with my ear.
"What happened?" I heard his nose sniff the air. Inuyasha stiffened and pulled me back by the shoulders, giving me a look that said he was attempting to hold back his anger. "Why the hell do you smell like arousal?"
"I-I-I don't know," I stammered quietly, not wanting to be wrongly accused. "Koga came into the bathroom… and there was this buzzing… and…" my memory of just moments ago felt so far off and clouded. I was overwhelmed and barely able to speak as I realized how horribly wrong my words came out. I opened my words to correct myself but was beaten to it.
"What did I tell you about that guy?" Inuyasha roared, releasing his hold on me like I was contagious with a fatal illness. "Do you have any idea of what he's done?"
"No, I don't actually." I grew defensive, forgetting my earlier trauma to stand up for myself. "Because you never told me anything! What am I supposed to do when I'm told that my best friend broke up with my boyfriend for me?" It's hard knowing he did something so drastic without consulting me first. Up until now, I trusted his judgment. Now that he's fighting with me over what he thinks just happened between me and Koga, I'm starting to question it. "What do you expect me to do?"
"Not hook up with a guy only to get hurt again!"
"Again?"
Inuyasha gave me a grave expression, debating whether to tell me by the looks of it. "He was drugging you, Kagome." He finally said.
"Excuse me?"
Inuyasha broke eye contact to gaze out the window, probably wishing he were anywhere but here. "Every day after school, when all of us at home thought you'd actually found some people to hang out with, you were really getting high with that bastard. You'd come home more ditzy than usual. You wouldn't eat. Or think to keep up on your hygiene. Even when you came and slept all day you looked tired as hell. It lasted a week into school before I figured out it was that mangy wolf messing you up. God," Inuyasha put a hand over his wrathful eyes. "Who the hell knows what you two did. Sorry that I was looking out for you."
"I don't understand though." Somehow I managed to find a strong voice. "It's been a month since all that happened and he's treated me like crap. What would make him come back to me now?"
Inuyasha narrowed his eyes, taking a full look at my clothing. I might've blushed had he not spoken his next words. "Maybe if you quit being eye candy for the whole school and stop flaunting the assets you think you have he wouldn't bother."
My foot had a mind of its own as I let it swing freely. It hit a satisfying mark and I watched as the hanyou fell to the ground, clutching his assets. "How dare you say that?" I felt the heat from my side ignite my body, covering me in that pure glow.
The beeping of the intercom sounded before a robotic voice began speaking. "Attention students, today is a training day, please report to yours designated areas."
With that, I stormed off to the gym, remembering that I had gymnastics. I also recalled that I forgot to take my practice bag with me this morning due to the insecurities Inuyasha just reminded me of.
"It's rare to see a fat gymnast." Some girl in her training bra murmured, purposely loud enough for me to hear as I entered the gym. She and her friend were on the floor stretching, taking glances my way.
"Yeah, I know, but you also don't see a talentless student attending here either. Stupid human doesn't have a reason to be here at all. If she's not a demon or a slayer what good will she be if there's another war?"
"We can always have her roll over on our enemies!"
This made her friend laugh. "Or have her jump and create a crack in the earth so they fall in."
"Hopefully the crack would be the gateway to Hell. That way we can push her in and never have to see her again!"
"Brilliant!"
Both girls turned to smirk at me as I passed and went into the changing rooms.
If I had known the day would be this bad I would have never gotten up this morning.
A/n: So... I feel like I'm moving a bit fast in this story. Anyone else think so? I don't want to slow it down and have people think it's dragging. Opinions please! Thank you xXxAddicted2ChocolatexXx for the birthday wish and review ^0^ Also to bee1313 and KikyoResurrected b/c you guys are fun to PM. I don't have much to say about this time so I'll end the authors note here :B Hope that anyone who experienced the rough tornado's we had yesterday are okay!