Chapter fifteen: Dream Vampire

Kagome was at school now, in history actually, and the teacher was droning on about who knows what. Not that she was really paying a lot of attention.

Right at that moment she was thinking about Inuyasha. The taste of blood in him was scary, but that was the only bad thing she could find about him, except that he was a vampire that is. But even that could be as much as a good thing as it was bad. It all depended on how you looked at it.

And, she suppose, her friends must've thought that something was up because the next thing she knew was that there was a small folded up note on her desk. She looked around at her friends and they nodded towards the paper, urging her to read it now. Making sure that the teacher wasn't looking, she opened it up and read:

Kagome,

Meet us in the hall after history. We need to talk.

Yuka, Eri, and Ayumi

'Oh, no,' she thought worriedly. Wondering what on earth they wanted to talk about she back at her friends and nodded. What was she going to tell them?

'Yeah, guys. I just thought that you wanted to know that there is this incredibly hot vampire staying in my closet and I kissed him. How's that chemistry homework going?'

Yeah, they'll buy that.

After history class, she was thinking about just acting like she never got the note. But she knew that she couldn't do that to her friends. She might not always agree with Yuka, Eri, and Ayumi; and they may not like her idea of a boyfriend… she blushed at the thought. But they were still her friends and she just couldn't run off on them.

So she went to her locker like she always did right after class, opened it, and that's when her friends suddenly appeared.

"Hey, Kagome," Eri greeted.

"Hi guys," she answered a little too quickly before sticking her head back into her locker, praying that her friends wouldn't see how nervous she was getting.

Ayumi took a step toward her. "Um, Kagome listen we…uh…" Kagome thought that she seemed really uncomfortable asking the question.

"We want to know what's going on with you lately?" she finished lamely.

Her fingers tightened around her locker door and frame. She couldn't lie to them. Really, she couldn't. Even when she lied to her family, she wasn't really lying, because she worked hard to make it the truth. So in the end, it wasn't really a lie. Was it?

She took in a deep breath, closed her eyes, and placed my hands at her side. "You really want to know what's going on?" she asked.

"Yes." All three of her friends chorused. "Please Kagome," Ayumi added. "We want to know if you're okay."

She opened my eyes and looked at them. "Well… the truth is… I think I'm in love." she said plainly, before looking back into the metal box that was my locker.

"WHAT?" Eri asked, disbelief in her voice.

"You're in LOVE?" Yuka asked. Kagome shrugged, "It just might be a crush… but… I just don't know anymore."

"Oh, that explains everything!" Ayumi cried. "We were wondering why were where sighing so much lately, and why you seem so distant. Come on Kags, can you tell us who?"

"Ah… I don't know where to begin," Kagome answered truthfully. "I'm not sure if I can tell you."

"What?" The girls all cried. "What do you mean you can't tell us?" Yuka demanded. "You don't trust us anymore? We've known each other since kindergarten! And now you say that you can't trust us?" She then whispered something in Eri's ear with wide eyes. She jumped back like she had been hit by lightening. Eri then whispered something to Ayumi and they all stared at her.

"It isn't Hojo is it?" Eri asked, her eyes locked on Kagome's. "I thought that you said…" But Kagome cut her off.

"NO!" she screamed, fear, sadness, and anger evident in her voice. "It's not Hojo! I told you guys plenty of times before that I think that he's sweet and a really nice guy. I know that any girl would be lucky to have him—but he's just not my type. So don't even think that it's him." Kagome slammed her locker door closed.

"Easy, calm down Kagome." Eri said. "We believe you. We just couldn't be sure."

"Well, it's not him," Kagome said, out of breathe from her screaming. She then noticed that everyone in the whole school was staring at her.

People were peering out of classroom doors, while other people just stood still as statues in the hallway like they had been frozen to the spot. Some of the more popular boys and girls tried to look like they didn't care, but they would stare at her when she wasn't looking anyway, and the teachers were ether worried, or mad at her for disturbing their classes.

She had never been more embarrassed in her whole entire life.

She looked up at her friends; face burning red, before turning around and running. She ran down the hall and out through the school door. There was no way that she would ever be able to show her face in that school again. Although, lucky for her, history was her last class, so she wasn't cutting school, but it wouldn't matter anyway.

She decided not go home right away, because her family would be gone, and she didn't want Inuyasha to fret about what happened to her. It was only 3:00 so she decided just to walk around town for awhile. By the time she finally got home it was already dark. She greeted her grandpa and her mother, and ruffled her brother's hair before she finally went upstairs to her room.

When she got there, the first thing she saw was the open window. She looked over at her closet to see that the door was wide open and Inuyasha was nowhere in sight. She really wasn't surprise… he did say that there was a good chance that he was going to be gone by the time she got back. And she did go out of her way to avoid coming home.

Kagome sat on the edge of her bed… she knew that she wanted to see Inuyasha… but after that outburst in school… she couldn't bear to look at him in the eye. In a way she was almost glad that he left, but…

She lay back on her bed… she couldn't deny it forever. She rubbed her eyes hard; trying to ignore the foreign feelings that took up room in her heart. She lay like that for a short time until her mother called up to her that it was time for dinner. Sighing, Kagome got up—only to knock a small piece of paper to the floor.

Curious, she bent down and picked it up to see that it was a hand-written note from Inuyasha. It read:

We'll meet again.

Kagome always hoped that she would one day fall in love. She just never, in a million years, would have guessed that it would be with a vampire. Not only did she love a blood-sucking creature of the night—but it was also a sarcastic, distrustful, (incredibly hot) egoistical and may she add proud vampire.

Was it wrong? Wrong to love a vampire? She tried to force down those feelings, but every time that Inuyasha crossed her thoughts, which was often, she felt like a little school-girl with a crush.

This is ridiculous. Someone up there is out for her; why else would she fall in love with the one person that you shouldn't fall in love with?

Yet… she wasn't upset. She put her hands over her heart… just thinking about him caused her heart to speed up and a deep red to flush over her cheeks—she was merely confused, it felt like Wham Bam Shock smacking her in the face.

Was this really love she was feeling?

*Inuyasha*

Inuyasha had just arrived home, his friends were bombarding him with all sorts of questions to where he had been the last couple days, and he pretty much had to threaten them all to leave him alone. He always hoped that he would one day fall in love. He just never, in a million years, would have guessed that it would be with a human. Was this right? Was this ok that he loved a human girl?

For years he had been called a loner. That he was like a lone wolf that went on through life day after day. But now he's just Inuyasha groveling on the ground, a dog for the person or to be more specific, girl who did the thing no female vampire could ever do, she stole his heart.

*One Week Later*

All alone, Kagome ran down an alleyway, petrified with fear, running as fast as she was able to in her condition. She then turned a corner desperate to reach a safe haven, away from whatever was chasing her. She was exhausted, and knew that she couldn't keep running for much longer. She then looked back down the alleyway to see if she was still being chased but saw no one.

Kagome took a deep breath of relief. But then suddenly…

"Look out behind you!" a rough but deep voice called out.

Kagome turned around to see a cloaked figure dash towards her, revealing a pair of fangs long and sharp, blood dripping off them as he growled. She screamed in terror, when she took a step backwards she felt to the hard ground. Knowing that this was it, she closed her eyes waiting for those foot long fangs to bite into her.

But as the vampire was about to devour her, another cloaked figure came rushing out of nowhere and with just one slash, killed the vampire.

Kagome slowly opened her eyes to see herself still alive. Panting, she looked over to see her savior standing right in front of her with his arms flung out wide, protecting her. He then and turned around to face her; but Kagome couldn't see his face in the low light. He reached out a hand, and pulled Kagome to her feet.

"You saved my life… thank you," she told the person.

The man flinched back from her kindness as if he had been burned.

"Who are you?" Kagome asked moving a bit closer to him.

The man took a few more steps back.

"Please wait," she told him. She then noticed his hair, long silvery-white… dog ears twitching at every sound made, a face that was as familiar as her own. "You…" she whispered. Inuyasha placed his clawed hand on her cheek and he began to lower his head. Kagome's heart began to pound in her chest as she shut her eyes and waited.

"Kagome? Kagome, it's time to wake up," a voice called.

'Huh?' Kagome questioned. No, not now—just one kiss…

"Kagome. Wake up!"

Kagome then opened her eyes to see Sota staring at her. "What?" she demanded. "I was having a beautiful dream and you interrupted at the best part!"

"Its 8:30! You only have half an hour to get up, get dressed, eat breakfast, and mom has to drive you to school! Mom's saying that you're gonna have to walk if you don't get up!

Kagome shot up from her bed. "Ok! Ok! I'm up!" She then jumped out of bed and ran into the bathroom, trying to pull her school shirt over her head and brush her hair at the same time.

Sota laughed. "You've been sleeping in a lot for a while now Kagome. Is anything keeping you awake or something?"

Kagome then rushed out of the bathroom. She walked over to her dresser and put her shoes on. "I've been having this weird dream lately. Almost every night for a week now."

"What kind of dream?" Sota asked.

"Nothing that you would understand," Kagome replied, tying her scarf around her neck.

"Well, mom isn't going to take that excuse too kindly," Sota told her.

"Yeah, I know," Kagome replied.

"Well then, you better hurry up now before we leave without you."

Kagome nodded, "Ok, I'm sorry. And get out of my room!"

After 5 more minutes, Kagome finally ran out of the house and met with her mom who was looking anxious to leave.

"You're late again Kagome," mom told her.

"I know, I know. I'm sorry," Kagome replied.

"We really have to do something about this sleep habit of yours Kagome," mom began as Sota came out of the house and they all got in the car. "If you keep sleeping in late all the time then we're gonna have to…"

"I know! I said I'm sorry. I promise to go to sleep earlier tonight!" called Kagome.

Once her mother looked satisfied, Kagome leaned back into her seat, rubbing her arm, very sullen. Kagome was trying so hard to keep up with everything that had been happening. She hadn't seen or heard from Inuyasha for a least a week and she was really beginning to worry about him. Every night she had the same dream—the dream that she was being chased and almost eaten by some kind of evil vampire before Inuyasha showed up and saved her. But when he did save her, she was always shaken awake when he would lean in about to kiss her.

"So, what were you dreaming about Kagome?" Sota asked. "Whatever it was, it must've been good."

"I told you," Kagome said grumpily as she was staring at the gloomy, cloud-covered sky. "You wouldn't understand."

"How do you know?" Sota demanded. "I won't understand if you don't tell me."

Kagome sighed in annoyance and said, "Fine, if you really want to know, it was about vampires."

"Vampires?" Sota cried. "Oh, I knew it! I knew that you thought vampires were scary! It was a nightmare about a vampire sucking your blood wasn't it?"

"No," Kagome said simply.

"NO?"

"No," Kagome repeated. "It wasn't like that at all. See? I told you wouldn't understand." She went back to staring out the window.

*Inuyasha*

"Don't you love dark mornings?" a hooded figure said to his companion, both sitting on the roof of a house, covering themselves with black cloaks.

"You know, I don't remember asking you to come with me Miroku!" the second figure replied.

Miroku chuckled. "I wanted to see what you've been up to Inuyasha. You've been coming here every day watching something—or should I be so bold to say someone?"

"Shut it!" Inuyasha exclaimed looking over at him. He then resumed watching the cars go beneath him—waiting. "There, over there," Inuyasha pointed. "That girl."

Miroku looked over his shoulder. A young woman was getting was getting out of a car in front of the high school. "Gods," Miroku whispered. "She really does look like Kikyo doesn't she? I see what Shippo was talking about, there is no way that this can be a coincidence."

Inuyasha continued to watch her as she walked up the steps to where a group of girls were talking. "No, she's nothing like her."

"No? Inuyasha open your eyes! She and Kikyo look like sisters! Twins sisters!" Miroku told him. "I mean, why else do you like to watch her?"

"I don't watch her!" Inuyasha shouted at him before muttering under his breath, "I just like to see her from a distance."

"From a distance is all you'll be able to do. She's a mortal after all and we're vampires."

"I know that!" he snapped at Miroku.

"But it might not always be that way. We still have time…" Miroku said.

"We only have a few months until the eclipse comes. What makes you think that we can find the stupid thing? We've been searching for it for the last 500 years!" Inuyasha demanded. "We're never gonna find it in time!"

"Never say never Inuyasha. We still have a few more months until times up. And even if we miss it, we'll get another chance."

"I don't want to wait another 500 years!" Inuyasha shouted.

"Try to think positively for once."

"You be positive, I'm being realistic."

Inuyasha went back to looking at Kagome as if hypnotized by her face. Miroku looked from him to the girl and back again.

"If Naraku ever found out that you-"

"Well Naraku won't find out!" Inuyasha interrupted.

"He will eventually if you keep this up. You better be careful that she doesn't become his next victim."

"Don't you have some errands to run for Sango?" Inuyasha snapped and he was glad to see the smug smile wiped from Miroku's face. "Oh, hell! I forgot! Sango'll never speak to me again!"

"She never talked to you before!" Inuyasha called after him. "How will this change anything?"

He then left Inuyasha alone to keep staring at Kagome. He watched her talk to the girls for a short time, before an idiotic looking boy with a goofy smile came running up and started talking to her.

Inuyasha clenched his fists. He glared at the guy itching to go down and tell him off. That guy, whoever he was…he had to go.

But to his surprise, Kagome suddenly looked up and noticed him. Inuyasha gasped and quickly hid, wondering if she had spotted him.

Inuyasha slid down in between the two sides of the building, and didn't look up until he was sure that all the students were inside. He sighed in disappointment, yet was glad at the same time that she had noticed that he was there. Inuyasha left soon after that. He hadn't fed in a long time, and if he didn't get any blood in him soon, he could end up losing his mind.

However tonight … he decided that he would pay Kagome another visit.

*Kagome*

Kagome had suddenly looked up from talking to Hojo, praying that he would take the hint and stop bugging her about being his girlfriend. Honestly, doesn't he have an ounce of common sense in his head?

But as she looked up at one of the buildings, she saw a dark hooded figure watching her. She blinked and the next second he disappeared. Was that…? It couldn't be an Inuyasha…could it? She watched the spot for a few more seconds until her friends pulled her inside. She let them drag her off to their first class… but she was smiling the whole way.

(Hey, i hope you enjoyed this chapter. Sorry for taking so long, but i've been at major writer's block. I'm planning to put up another Inuyasha/Kagome story up soon. If you want a preview then look it up on my profile and tell me what you think. Thanks again and please leave a nice review)