Story rating: T For language.

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Chapter 9. Welcome To The Real World

~KAG POV~

InuYasha and I stood stood in the front of our history class finishing our oral report. We were both dressed like we belonged in the late seventeen hundreds; I was wearing a powdered wig and a pale green dress that skimmed the floor and InuYasha was also wearing a powered wig and breeches. He looked so funny as he stood there awkwardly, looking anywhere that wasn't my face. I had made him dress up because it was part of our project. The more effort we put into it, the better grade we got out of it. And thats exactly what I told him. Which is why he was dressed that way. 'Damn, I wish I had a camera...'

"….And so you see, George Washington was one of the best presidents america has ever seen. Thank you." I said, finally finishing that Kami forsaken report. I glanced over to InuYasha who glared at me playfully for making him dress in such a silly fashion.

We both took a small bow while everyone clapped before heading back to our spots. I plopped myself down in my seat and ripped off my itchy wig, letting my hair cascade down my back. InuYasha chucked his own wig at the back of my head and I whipped around to glare at him. He was grinning at me like a mad man and I stuck my tongue out at him to which he replied with pulling on his lower eyelid and sticking out his tongue. Man. Sometimes we were so grown up.

"Good job Inuyasha and Kagome." Myoga commented, jotting down a few notes in his grade book. I turned around from InuYasha who had placed his hands on his head like they were antler's while crossing his eyes childishly.

"Thank you sir." I really really wanted a good grade. I worked my ass off on this project.

"Anyone who changed into a costume may go back to the costume department and get your regular clothes back." Myoga muttered and Inuyasha and I bolted for the door. Im sure InuYasha wanted to get out of his costume as much as I wanted to get out mine. Were the only ones in the whole class that needed to change. I ran out into the hallway had had InuYasha following right beside me.

"We did awesome!" I announced smugly.

"Yea we did! I mean we kicked everyone else's asses. Our grade is going to be the best." InuYasha said, crossing his arms across his chest.

Were walking quietly down the hallway when a song suddenly popped into my head. And out of playful randomness, I started to twirl down the hallway in my flowing dress like I was dancing with someone. InuYasha cocked his head to the side and stared at me like I was insane.

"What the heck are you doing?"

I started to hum softly as I continued to twirl around. "Im dancing stupid."

He chuckled softly to himself and stopped walking so he could just stare at me. I closed my eyes and continued to dance. I was lost in my own little world when InuYasha had silently stepped forward, grabbed my hands in his and stopped my dancing. I was about to ask him what he was doing when he placed one of my hands on his shoulder. He snaked his right arm around my waist and pulled me closer to his chest, allowing me to get a small whiff of his masculine aroma. He slipped my other free hand in his own. A slight trace of a smile flittered across his face and I found myself completely helpless to him. I was completely and utterly helpless.

InuYasha was such a mystery to me. One minuet he was this big, tough guy, with a large wall around him. Keeping people out. And then in another minuet, he was a big teddy bear. Lovable and sweet. And all at the same time he was like the big scary monster and I was the scared little girl lost in the forest. I was his prey. He knew it and I knew it.

But still, when he started to hum the same song Id just been humming and began swaying his body with mine, I didn't stop him. I couldn't. I allowed myself to be twirled around the empty hallway by InuYasha like a thoughtless puppet. My stomach started giving me butterflies and my heart beat sped up when he continued to stare me with those eyes of his.

"What the heck are you doing?" I asked breathlessly as he continued to whisk me around.

"Im dancing stupid." He replied with a charming grin. I couldn't help but nod and smile, leaning closer to his chest. We continued to sway with each other, with no one around to see and no music playing. Just his quiet humming and the beat of our two hearts.

xXx

"Hows it goin' Kagome?" Koga asked, casually leaning up against the locker next to mine before our next period block. I looked up from my locker, slamming it shut.

"Its goin'." I said cheekily and he chuckled.

I turned and started making my way toward my next class when I felt Koga's hand slip casually into mine as he always did. But for some reason it didn't feel as nice as it usually did. Something was wrong. Something felt absolutely wrong. I glanced down and eyed our interlocked finger's. Koga was rubbing small, lazy circles into my plan just like every day but somehow it felt…different. Its almost felt wrong. But I still couldn't find myself to pull my hand out of his. He led me to my next class before dropping me off at the door.

"Hey so Kagome, I was wondering when I should pick you up this friday." He asked, continuing our small talk. I stopped walking, finally able to slip my hands out from his. I felt my face turn into a confused frown and I clutched my school books closer to my chest.

"What are you talking about?" I asked.

His eyebrow's came together and he leaned up against the wall next to my side. "The concert? Remember? Its this friday."

I rolled my eyes at my stupidity. "Oh Koga I'm sorry! Of course the concert! Um, well the concert doesn't start until nine so how about you pick me up around seven so we can go out to eat before it starts?"

He nodded in agreement. "Sounds great. Ill pick you up at seven!" He leaned closer and kissed my cheek; our usual goodbye. But again, I get the feeling that it was wrong. "Bye Kagome." He winked and I forced myself to give a warm smile.

"Bye Koga." He had slipped away and was gone before he could see me slam my head on my desk out of frustration. 'Whats going on? Whats wrong with me today?'

xXx

At the end of my last period, I got up and shuffled my way out of the classroom and down the hallway. I was halfway to the cafeteria when a sudden thought hit me- Who am I sitting by at lunch today? InuYasha or Koga?'

I made my way down the rest of the hallway and pushed my way into the cafeteria. Two clawed hands simultaneously shot up into the air to wave at me. I stopped dead in my tracks and groaned inwardly. 'This is going to be a long day isn't it?'

When Koga and InuYasha realized they were both waving at me, their hands immediately dropped down to their sides and they stared daggers at each other from across the cafeteria.

I just stood there like a blank-faced idiot. I had no idea what to do or who to sit by. Koga or InuYasha? I received my answer when Kikyo wiggled her slutty self over and slid right next to InuYasha at his table. I clenched my fists, holding myself back. Instead of walking over to Kikyo and gouging her eyes out with my bare hands, I made my way over to Koga and sat down in my regular spot.

Koga turned around in his seat and gave InuYasha a proud look, as if to say 'Hah. She chose me.'

I looked away from InuYasha who was glaring at Kikyo with a completely disgusted look on his face and back to Koga.

He smiled and slightly tilted his head to the side. "Im glad your sitting with me today."

"Yea…me to." I bit the inside of my cheek, trying to get myself to relax. So what if InuYasha was sitting with Kikyo? What did I care? Why should I care?

Peeking out the corner of my eye I watched as Kikyo talked InuYasha's doggy-ear off. She was so busy chatting and blathering away to notice that InuYasha wasn't paying attention to her because he was staring straight and my table. He was looking me me. I gave him a small smile but his expression didn't change.

Sighing, I turned myself back to Koga and we start a mindless conversion about how our day was going, what homework we had due. Koga started explaining how his track team was doing and how he thought they might even win the annual championship, I started to zone. My mind was somewhere completely different.

After lunch, Koga lead me out the cafeteria, taking a different route then we usual took. I assumed Koga did it to avoid InuYasha and or Kikyo and I didn't mind in the least. The less I saw of InuYasha and Kikyo the better.

We continued to stroll lazily down the hallway toward the gym when I suddenly felt a hand slip over my mouth, muffling a surprised scream that passed my lips. Koga was completely oblivious to what was happening to me and he left me behind as he entered the main gym door.

My hands are brought together and held behind my back with one single hand while the other hand still covers my mouth. The person, id assumed was a guy considering the large biceps that were squeezing my upper arms to keep me from moving, started dragging me backward, causing me to trip and slip over my own two feet. My sneakers slipped on the flooring as I continue to struggle, causing loud squeaking noises to fill the empty hallway. My heartbeat quickened. 'What the hell is going on? Whats happening!?'

My attacker kept moving backward until we reached the theater, where he opened the door and tossed me inside carelessly. I turned around furiously, trying to get a look at whomever decided to treat me that way but I couldn't see more then a few feet in front of me. All the theater and stage lights are off, save for the tiny red illuminated lights in the isles.

Hands were suddenly on my arms, squeezing them and pushing me back until the back of my shoe was pressed up against the theater's seats. I let out a small, terrified squeak and looked up at the person.

InuYasha.

My mouth opened in shock. 'InuYasha?' My eyes widened as I looked up into his eyes. But they weren't their familiar golden color. They were red and beady. Like a rat.

"InuYasha? What the fuck was that for?" I asked, completely offended. I pressed a cool hand against my forehead and tried to comprehend why he would do such a thing. If he thought that he was being funny hewasn't. He scared the shit out of me!

InuYasha stared down at me, his expression dark and grim. His silvery bangs were covering half of his face. A small and twisted grin appeared on his face, making me flinch. "InuYasha? Whats wrong? What happened?" I asked. Was something wrong?

His grin grew as he tilted his head to the side, earning one of the nots in his neck to pop. "NothingPrincess. I just wanted to talk to you." He muttered with a dark chuckle.

I frowned, my hand drifting uselessly down to my side. Something was wrong. Something was very wrong with InuYasha. He seemed…dark. Like he was warped or something. I didn't like it. I didn't like it at all.

Turning, I moved backward as he take a step forward. He took a step forward and I took took one backward. I felt like a trapped little animal being hunted by its prey. I looked around, hopping someone, anyone, would be in the theater. But I wasn't that lucky. We were the only two people in the dark space. I kept moving backward until my spine was pressed tightly against a wall. I pressed my back against it as close as possible. InuYasha continued to advance forward.

"Wh-what do you want to talk about? Whats wrong with you?" He was starting to really scare me. I felt myself starting to panic as my hands started trembling and my knee's grew weak and noodly.

His grin grew and turned into a warped smile, his unusually sharp fangs staring me in the face. He stopped stalking once he got within an inch of my face. If I was to inhale, our chests would've touched. He brought a clawed hand up to gently stroked me cheek. I flinched and turned my head to the side, avoiding his sudden gentle caress and gaze.

His hand slid down my cheek and he picked up a strand of my hair and gazed at it, as if checking the quality. "Nothing is wrong with me, Kagome. I just wanted to tell you, in person, that I'm madly in love with Kikyo and that I want nothing to do with you anymore."

I jerked my head back and stared at him disbelievingly. His words…they felt like they'd actually struck out and slapped me on the face. Was he joking? Surly he couldn't have been serious. I continued to stare into his unwavering gaze and knew that he wasn't joking nor was he lying. He meant it.

I could feel my eyes starting prick at the sudden sensation of tears forming in my eyes. I blinked helplessly but I couldn't do anything to stop them. "Wh-what do you mean? What are you talking about?" I asked, my voice breaking.

InuYasha moved forward in a fast motion, roughly pressing his lower stomach and pelvis into my body, making me gasp in surprise. He rested both of his hands on either side of my head, forcibly trapping me. He suddenly bent forward and lowered his face closer and close to mine, stopping only when he reached the juncture of my neck and shoulder. Unexpectedly he took deep breath in through his nose, like he was smelling me or something. I shivered as he returned to his full height and stared me own.

"Just what I said. I love Kikyo. Your nothing to me. A pathetic little nobody. The only person I want and need is Kikyo. Not you." He said, practically growling out the last part. He pushed back from the wall, turned and started walking away. "See you later Kagome." He said, giving me a wink and a smile. He then turned and left the auditorium.

I stood there, still pressed up against the wall, trying to control my rapid breathing until my legs finally gave out. My black slid down the wall and I collapsed on the ground, letting a small sob. I looked around, only just realizing that I was completely and utterly alone. I pulled my knees into my chest and allow my tears to roll down my face freely now that InuYasha wasn't around to see them. I started to cry so hard that my sobs rattled my whole body. I cried for me, I cried for what just happened, I cried because I was confused and hurt. I cried because I didn't understand. I was so confused, frustrated, hurt, embarrassed and baffled.

'How could he say those things to me? How could he just do that to me? How could he look me in the eyes and practically rip my heart out? I cried so hard I didn't even notice the theater door opening, someone poking their head in and calling my name into the darkness. I didn't notice them as they ran up to me and knelt beside my weeping body, frantically asking me whats was wrong. I didn't notice them as they threw their arms around my trembling body, wiping my tears away with the pad of their thumb.

I only noticed truly noticed that he was right there beside me when I look up at him through my puffy red eyes.

He frowned and brushed the hair out of my eyes."Kagome? Whats wrong? What happened?" Koga asked me, his voice unusually soft and quiet. Soothing.

I choked back some more tears that where threatening to spill over my eyelids and down my cheeks and a tried to even out my breathing. My throat felt swollen and my mouth tasted like salt. My head was pounding and my vision was blurry. I finally opened my mouth and I found the strength and muster up one word. A word that used to mean so much to me. A word I used to trust and smile at. A word that will forever haunt me.

"InuYasha." I sobbed pathetically, throwing my arms around Koga's neck. Koga rubbed my back as I continued to cry onto his warm shoulder. He just held me, like it was the most natural thing to do. He just held me, allowing me to sob, continuing to wipe away my trembling tears.

xXx

~INU POV~

Something was wrong. Something was very wrong. My bones are itching to fight with someone and my inner demon hasn't shut the fuck up since lunch.

'MATE.' It growled again. It had been going off in my head like a fucking warning signal or something. I knew something wasn't right with Kagome and it was putting me on edge. She didn't show up for gym right after lunch and it was making me uneasy. I changed out of my gym uniform and headed out into the unusually empty hallway. I told my coach that I wasn't feeling well and he said I could go to the nurse. Really I was just going to skip the rest of class to go look for Kagome.

I walked around one of the hallways that lead to the auditorium when I smelt Kagome's scent. It hit my sensitive nose like a ton of bricks. Usually I would've smiled; her scent naturally calmed me. But this time it made me frown. Her scent was mixed with the smell of saltwater. Tears. She'd been crying.

I ran past the main entrance to the auditorium and followed my nose to the front of the theater. As I stopped momentarily to look around for her, a door simultaneously opened and Kagome walked out of the auditorium side by side with Koga, his arm was wrapped protectively around her shoulder.

Her eyes were puffy and red, tear stains streaked down her cheeks. Koga was whispering comforting words into her ear and she nodding. When I made a move to approach her and she finally noticed me standing there watching her, she gave me this look that made me wish I were dead. Rotting, bug eaten, stone cold dead. She looked hurt and betrayed, an emotion I never wanted to see on her face.

Not knowing what else to do, and not understanding what the hell was going on, I jog over to her. "Kagome whats wrong what happened? Did Koga make you cry?" I asked her franticly, letting my eyes instantly narrow on that mangey wolf. I knew something like this would happen. Koga must've done something pretty awful to make Kagome look like that.

I reached a clawed hand out to touch Kagome's arm when Koga jumped in front of her, letting out a very preditorial warning growl. Kagome just sniffed back her tears and stared blankly at the ground.

I jumped back and got into a fighting stance, my claws itching to rip Koga apart. "What the hell Koga? What did you do to her? Why did you make Kagome cry?" I was furious. He wouldn't let me near Kagome or let me comfort her, my mate and it was making my inner demon furious.

Koga looked a little taken back as he continued to stand protectively in front of Kagome. "Oh come on InuYasha, don't play ignorant. She crying because you hurt her!"

My eyes turned into slits. "Koga did you hit your head or something? I would never ever hurt Kago-…" I didn't finish what I was about to say because Kagome walked up to me, drew back her arm and slapped me. Hard.

I brought up a hand up to my cheek, trying to calm my now stinging skin. I looked down at her through wide eyes. She looked furious. Her eyes were narrowed on me and her hands were clenched into tight fists.

"Don't you dare say you would never ever hurt me." She muttered darkly in voice I could barley recognize.

"What? What are you talking about? I would never make you cry." I tried to reach out to her but she took a step back.

"Thats bullshit InuYasha and we both know it!" Again I moved to reach out to her, to comfort her is nome way, but she flinched away like I would hurt her.

I frowned and slowly brought my hand back down to my side. 'Kagome whats wrong? Whats happening?'

"Kagome what the hell are you talking about? Is this because I sat with Kikyo today at lunch and because I've been spending more time with her? Because if it is you shouldn't be jealous of her."

Kagome flicked her gaze back up to me and once again she slapped me across my face. Only this time she used the back of her hand. "Don't you dare think I am jealous of that bitch! If you want her, fine! You can have her!"

She turned on her heel to walk away but I grabbed her wrist to stop her. I wanted to ask her what was making her think that way, ask her why she would think I loved kikyo.

'Kagome don't you know that I-'

She turned back around, glared at my hand grasping her wrist, brought back her other hand and slapped me. Again. What the hell was up with this girl and hitting me?

I released her wrist and pressed my hand to my cheek. Once I was finished trying to soothe the stinging sensation, I looked back to her face and noticed that Kagome was starting to cry again.

'Kagome, don't you know how much I care about you?..

"I never EVER want to see you again Inuyasha." She wiped her eyes and glared at me with a deadly expression through her tears. "I never want to talk to you or look a you or speak to you ever again. I HATEyou!" She growled out through clenched teeth, her words dripping with intense venom, scorching me with every drop of poison she had. She looked at me once more with disgust on her face, turned and stormed through the main entrance of the school and left.

My mouth hung open as I tried to figure out what the fuck just happened, when Koga walked up to me and got into my face, jabbing one of his finger's into my chest. "Don't you ever hurt Kagome again, or Ill kill you." He turned to follow Kagome though the front door before he stopped and turned back around. "By the way, nice going you stupid half-breed." Sneering, he pushed the door open and left the same way Kagome had.

I couldn't even follow him and beat the living shit out of him because I was to stunned to move. My ears dropped down on the sides of my head, feeling completely and utterly alone.

'What the fuck just happened? Why is Kagome so angry with me? What the hell did I do? This couldn't be happening. How could she hate me so much?

When the final bell for the last period rang, I put myself together and walked out the main doors and out into the parking lot. I climbed onto my motorcycle and ditched the rest of my classes for the day. 'Should I go over to Kagome's and try to talk to her again? What if that just makes her more mad? Maybe I should just go crawl under a rock or something.'

I couldn't focus. I don't even know how I made it home. I don't know how I walked into my house or how I got myself upstairs. I don't know how I took of my jacket and boots and crawled into bed. I don't know how I could even move my body. My mate had just told me she hated me. I was just to numb to notice anything around me until my body enveloped me into darkness and I fell into a painless sleep.

'MATE.'

~SECRET POV~

She continued to bite nervously on her fingernails, pacing. Her long dark hair flowing behind her. "Did you do it? Did you make her think InuYasha no longer has any feelings for her?" Her voice was eager and impatient.

I grinned. "My dear, the job you asked me to do has been done. Kagome hates InuYasha and InuYasha will soon be put into a state of shock and panic. His inner demon will force him to shut down completely without Kagome near. This will be the perfect time and opportunity for you to swoop in and take what you desire." I sat down and folded my hands in my lap. I was quite impressed at myself for my earlier performance. Kagome would never suspect a thing.

She stopped pacing and looked into my eyes. "Are you sure? Are you sure we can do this? Because I want that bitch to pay for what she took from me."

My grin only grew. "Of course I'm sure. When have a proved you otherwise?"

A/N: MWAHAHAHAA. I'm evil, no? So yea, there you have it. This chapter is short because I obviously have a lot to write in the next chapter and I wrote this one pretty quickly. Once again hope you enjoyed it :)

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Updated: 1/21/13