It Takes Courage

By InuYashaBaby1

Pairings (because, there is A-LOT!)AU: Kagome/InuYasha, Sango/Miroku (Sometimes)

Miroku/O.C., Miroku/Other OC, Sesshomaru/OC, Sesshomaru/OC, OC/Bankotsu, another OC/Bankotsu, Koga/OC, Koga/Other OC Jakotsu/OC (Yes *Gasps* It's a GIRL!)

Rin/Kohaku (Barely in existents….) OC/OC Yeah… That's it''

Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha. I do not own several OC's used in this fan fiction. But it just so happens the owner of said OCS Are my friends and I do in fact have permission to use them.

AN: Heyya, Yash here. I am glad people like this story, I'm just an especially slow updater. It might get slower because I'm thinking of writing a new fanfic. A new one???!! COME ON! YASH YOU ALREADY HAVE LIKE, SEVEN FANFICS!!! . Besides, I had a string of bad ass virus mother smuckers that practically destroyed my computer. However, I did a worship dance to the gods of antivirus software, and here I am good as new! This chapter introduces a character that is already sorta there...? if that makes any sense whatsoever.

Aw, well. On with the chapter! All words in italics are in English!

Chapter 5

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Third Person

"You are having an affair," Kitamika commented as Sesshomaru pulled off of his wife.

"Why would you think that?" He asked as he stood from the bed and stretched. He grabbed a bath robe to cover his naked self. He thought that he had done her good, in fact, he knew he had.

"You were distant." She said, licking her lips. The moonlight shone over her grotesquely skinny body.

"Distant?" He laughed. "I'm sorry, Kitti, but I was thinking about this one student who was giving me trouble." She cocked an eyebrow.

"A girl student?"

"Yes, she's a girl." He rolled his eyes.

"What's the little whore's name? You know, so I know who to kill after you leave me!" Kitamika cried out.

"Calm down." His voice was cold and stern.

"You're not denying it!" She screamed, her hands grabbing at her dyed blonde hair. Tears were streaming down her determined face.

"Baby, please." He pleaded. "Don't hurt yourself again." She started to bite her lip, and she drew blood. He ran over to her. He started to shake her. "What do you want me to do?!"

"Quit your job!" She yelled and blood flew into his face. "Quit it! I want you to never see that bitch again! Just, please don't!" She moaned and threw herself onto him.

"I'll quit my job." He reluctantly agreed.

"Promise me!" She clung to him harder.

"I promise."

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Kimi POV

Sakura smiled to me at lunch. It was awkward. Here, at the lunch table, was blondie Mcblondblond, Kaki and Ms. positive, Sarany. I stared blankly at my food. Anywhere, but here.

"So, do you guys want to hang out after school?" Sakura pleaded. Oh God no! I wanted to scream, Don't you see the pure sphere of utter, I hate these people, get me outta here!???

"I can't!" Kaki exclaimed. "I have cheerleading practice and then I'm going on a date with Bankotsu."

"Have a blast!" I said sarcastically.

"I will!" She smiled genuinely. My jaw went agape. This girl was either as dumb as a pole, or as stupid as shit.

"Well, I really want to get out of the house. So I'll go." Sarany said.

"Anywhere you wanna go, I'm going," I commented dryly. "Hey where's Takahashi sensei?"

"I heard he quit." Kaki stated quietly.

Quit? Why would Sesshomaru have quit? Even when he was working as a doctor he had always wanted to be a teacher. He was only a doctor because that was what his father had done, and his father was the head doctor at Tokyo general. Besides, I had been in his class, I knew he taught well, and I could tell he loved it. I don't understand why he would have quit. So my mind immediately jumped to the bad conclusion. The bad conclusion? A car accident, possibly. Maybe he got suddenly ill. I shivered, and wanted to cry. I didn't understand why this worried me so much, usually I wasn't a worry wart. I never worried about anyone but Sakura, but this was different. He was different.

"I-I'm going to go to the, uh, bathroom."I stuttered and got up. I walked to the hallway and pulled out my cell phone. With shaking fingers, I hastily searched the past calls.

Takahashi, Sesshomaru-There was his number, beautiful and sweet. I pressed call. On the third ring there was an answer.

"Sesshomaru Takahashi MD." His voice was swift and cold. However, it sounded wonderful to me. Hell, he could have said Fuck you bitch! And I would still be just as happy.

"Sensei!" I panted into the phone. "How are you?"

"Hatsuki," He sighed, his voice not wavering.

"Call me Kimi, I'm not your student anymore." I smiled inwardly at this statement.

"Well, Kimi, I can't talk to you now I'm at work."

"Work? Where is work?"

"I can't tell you." I could practically hear him grinding his prefect teeth together as he said it.

"Ah, why not?" I prodded, leaning against the stall.

"My wife...well..." I could hear him putting down something. "She doesn't want me to be tempted by other woman." I giggled a little bit.

"Other women, like me?" I said seductively.

"Specifically you."

"You do know how to flatter a girl, don't you sensei?"

"You shouldn't call me sensei anymore, I'm not your teacher anymore."

"I know, so what should I call you? Sesshie? Takahashi-sama? Sesshomaru-kun?" As I said this, he cackled.

"You should call me anything, because this is the last time I'll ever talk to you." His voice turned to ice.

"The last time?" My voice cracked. "The last time?"

"Very good, Kimeku. Yes... the very last time." His voice was just as sweet speaking English.

"Why?"

"Because. I could very easily fall in love with you." He said this and hung up.

I stared at the phone, as I myself hung up. I felt like I was flying. He could very easily fall in love with me. I bit my lip. He could easily fall in love with me. Not with Kimberly, th girl he loved and loves, but Kimeku, the girl that I had become. I reached for the door of the bathroom. He could fall in love with me. I walked until I got to the lunch table. All doubts of mine were gone. He quit, yeah...but he quit because he was in love with me. Suddenly, as I relived the conversation in my head, he had said that I would never see him again. I trembled a little bit. The high was gone as quickly as it had came. I would never see him again. I would never have a Natalie Portman like tendancy to say, "Hello, Stranger." At him when he walked through the door every night. I would never be able to hold him in my arms until he calmed. He wasn't mine.

"Kimi, are you okay?" Sakura asked as I stared down at the table.

"No," I replied quickly. "I'm not." I also very quickly regretted it.

"Oh, no!" Sakura whined. "Do you want some advil or something?"

"No, that's no solution to the clear heart break she has." Sarany said, and for an instant I liked her relatively. I let one tear slip out and wiped it away subtly.

No Sesshomaru. No Sesshomaru. He loved me, but no Sesshomaru.

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"I am so hungry, can we go to the food court?" Sarany asked as we walked past. I actually kind of liked Sarany, she was very quirky. She fit right in with Sakura and I, I guess we were all misfits. Misfits should stick together.

"I'm pretty hungry too, actually." Sakura said before adding. "I could really go for a burger and some fries."

"Eh, I'm not hungry but I could eat." I said as we turned into the food court.

"Sakura!" A booming voice from behind us called. We turned to face the source of the voice. Standing before us was a towering mass of hunk.

He was tall, about 6'3'', and his hair was a shimmering raven black. His eyes were as brown as a bar of chocolate, but it was as if someone had stirred in a little amber. His face was pale, ghostly pale. He was muscular, but he had a feminine build. He was wearing shorts and a baseball jersey.

"Hatsuru-kun!" Sakura said gleefully. She ran to him and hugged him, and he smiled as he looked onto Sarany and I. I was in disbelief. Hatsuru? This was definitely him, I realized. The hair, the eyes, the paleness. My Hatsu.

Flashback

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"Kimi, you know, I..."Hatsuru said quietly as they sat together on her home couch.

"What?" She said as she looked up at him, an apple lollypop hanging out of her mouth.

"Kimi, I think I..."

"What?" She repeated, turning down the volume of the television. "Does it have something to do with you wearing pants today?" She said jokingly.

Normally, Hatsuru would have been carrying his favorite coach bag and a short skirt. He was a cross dresser, but not because he enjoyed being a woman, or because he was gay, no. He wore the clothes because he liked them. Besides, Hatsu was as far from gay as he could ever be.

"Sort of, I guess. Besides, that's what she said." He laughed lightly, and ran his hands through his hair. "Kimi, I have to tell you something."

"Oh, I know I'm getting fat. I've gained like 5 pounds." She replied sorrowfully.

"No,no! Of course not! You're not fat! You're absolutely stunning!"

"That's nice of you to say." Kimi said bitterly.

"That wasn't what I was gonna say, Kimikimi." He assured her.

"Well?"

"I...I love you."

"What?"

That's when he went in for the kill. He quickly yet gently grabbed her face and kissed her. He had been practicing, so he knew how. He pulled away from her, proud, and sure she would reciprocate his feelings of love. Instead, she slapped him.

"How dare you!" She said roughly. "I don't ever want to see you again!" She started to cry and so did Hatsu.

"But...Kimi..."

"GET OUT!"

"Kimi..."

"OUT, OUT, OUT!"

And he left. He was totally unsure of what just happened. That was the last time he ever saw her. Alive, that is.


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"Hatsuru, these are my friends, Sarany Kokoro, and Kimi Hatsuki." I stared in disbelief as Sakura, with a bright and cheery smile, introduced me to my best friend. Or, my ex best friend.

"Hows it hanging?" Sarany said greeting him with a handshake.

"Hey," I smiled lightly and shook his hand. He stared at me blankly for a moment. I gave him a soft look.

"Hey right back. You look like someone I used to know." His voice was deeper than it had been 4 years ago, and it had become strong.

"That's what she said," I smiled at him and winked, hoping he'd get the hint. He looked at me for a second, a mix of happiness and confusion in his eyes. He mouthed what looked like 'Kimberly' and I nodded.

"What?" Sakura asked, generally confused. "What did she say? And who is she?"

"Uh, Sakura I think it's just a saying." Sarany gently explained, reaching way up to pat Sakura on the shoulder.

"You guys can do the rest of the shopping together, I'm gonna go hang out with Hatsu-kun."

Sarany rolled her eyes at me. Whore! Her gesture seemed to say, and it said it in a brutal way. All like I had for this bruised Shorty was gone.

Sakura stared down and pulled Sarany away. I was left with Hatsu.

"Kimberly?" He asked with apprehension.

"Yeah." I smiled and nodded. He roped his arms around me and lifted me up into the air.

"Oh God Kimi!" He said ecstatically. "You're alive!"

"Yeah, I'm alive!" I said joyously. I felt like crying. But I couldn't.

"Oh gosh, you got tall!"

"You got built!"

"You got boobs!"

"You got...manly!" I laughed and he did too.

"Yeah I did."

"So, how have you been?"

"I've really been fantastic."

"Fantastic?" I paused.

"Well, now I'm fantastic!' He cackled. My lips opened into a big smile. "Are you still mad at me?"

"No. I was dumb." I confessed.

"I'm glad!" he smiled, before adding. "Not that you were dumb, I mean, I'm glad you aren't mad at me."

"Have you seen Kyon?" My mood changed into serious.

"Not in several years, I heard he was moving around with the coven." His voice was just as solemn.

"The coven?" I questioned.

"Uhmm..I'll tell you about it when we're in a more private place." He concluded, pulling me into another hug. "God have I missed you."

"You haven't changed a bit!" I laughed, burying my face in his chest.

"Yeah, I guess. But I'm Mr. Popular now."

"No worries. I'm pretty changed too." I smiled lightly. Although, how I have changed seemed irrelevant now that Hatsu was here. "I have my own gang!"

"A gang? But...your parents died trying to wipe them out." Hatsu's eyes changed from glee to upset.

"Yeah, but it's not that kind of gang." I explained hastily. "We're more like Robin Hood. Except, we don't steal."

"I'm glad, what's the gang called?" His voice suddenly filled with intrigue.

"Americus." I replied. "So, Mr. Popular?"

"Yeah, Mr. Popular! I'm captain of the baseball team, and I am Class President."

"Wow!" I bit my lip. "You got a girlfriend in that package, Mr. Popularity?"

"Not at the moment, no." He smirked. "I have a boyfriend, though." My jaw dropped as he said that. So he really was gay! He burst out laughing.

"I'm kidding, Kimikimi! Just kidding!" He put his hand on my shoulder and whispered into my ear
"I like girls. A lot."

It was then that I got a brilliant idea. I had feelings for Sesshomaru, but they weren't for this new, cold Sesshomaru who spent his free time sleeping with 14 year olds. He wasn't the man I so desperately loved. I could fall out of it. I was sure of this simple fact. I could fall in love with someone new. As I thought this, I was reminded of a character from Gone With the Wind, a character by the name of Scarlett O'Hara. She loved one man for many years, and didn't realize until it was too late that she loved someone else entirely (reader's digest editon). That someone else was Rhett Butler. My Rhett was Hatsuru, and I didn't need Sesshomaru anymore. I was sure.

I grabbed Hatsu's face and kissed him. I wasn't sure how long it had been until we parted, but it felt like a long time. He wrapped his strong arms around me and I felt protected.Most of all, it felt right.

"Kimi." He gasped when I pulled away from him.

"Did you not want me to?"

"Oh, no, I definitely wanted you to."

"Good then. Wanna come back to my place? Maybe we could catch a movie later."

"Alright." He said, grabbing my arm and pulling me towards the exit.

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"Wow, Hatsu that was great!" I panted breathlessly as Hatsuru pulled off of me.

"Was it?" He smirked and I cuddled into his arms and kissed his bare chest.

"Yeah." I admitted. "I guess I shudda done you instead of Dad, huh?"

"When I gave you the suggestion, I was hinting at me." He smiled and wrapped his hands around me. "I always thought, someone who is your best friend, and although he is strange and young, he is still a man was pretty obvious."

"Oh. Wow. I guess that is umbelieviably obvious, huh?" I laughed lightly.

"Would you kill me if I told you something?"

"Hmmm...Depends on what exactly it is."

"I still love you, Kimikimi." I looked into his beautiful eyes, and I felt like crying. There was so much emotion in his eyes, I couldn't believe it. I had gone from loving Sesshomaru to being confessed to by Hatsuru in one day. I bit my lip, unsure of what to say next. "You know, it's okay if you don't love me back yet."

"Is it?"

"Of course it is. I love you desperately, but I'm smart enough to know that I have to earn your love. But I'm sure that I can." He smiled and stroked my face with his thumb,

"Does that mean I can be your girlfriend?" I asked jokingly.

"Yes. It does." He nodded and kissed me. When we kissed, I was glad to feel a warm ache in my heart. An ache that didn't feel as if I was losing someone, it felt as though my heart was opening to let someone else in.

"Good then. Because I would really love to love you." I sat up, and looked for my shirt while remaining on the bed. He ran his hand down the length of my back before reaching back up and putting his hand on the crook of my neck. It rested on my scar.

"I've been meaning to ask you this, where did you get this scar?" He asked, as he caressed it. The two small, freckle like dots that where colder, and paler than the rest of my body.

"I don't know." I admitted. "I didn't have it when I was kidnapped, and then after I escaped I had it. It really could be from anything. Me personally, I think it's from a cattle prod, or something like that."

"I suppose that could be it." He smiled at me and pulled me onto his lap. I looked down at my new boyfriend, and I thought about all the good things that could come of this relationship. I pulled some hair behind my ear and something on my wrist caught my eye.

I was bleeding.

"What the fuck?" I cursed as I ran to get a band-aid. The cut that I was bleeding from was small, it appeared as if someone had pulled a needle across my skin. Hatsuru grabbed my arm and pulled me back.

"I'm sorry, that might be my fault." He whispered.

"How could this be your fault?"

He was about to say something when a knock came at the door.

"Kimi?" Kiysku's voice boomed into the apartment as he opened the door.

"Gah!" I shouted at him, shoving me and Hatsu behind the door. "I'm not descent!"

"Oh, gosh, sorry! I thought...well, Kura mentioned that you were with a guy today and we came to ask if you and your friend would like to come to dinner with us." Kiysku replied nervously, and I could tell that he was covering his eyes. "You're not in bed are you?"

"No, we're behind the door." Hatsuru replied.

"Hatsu-kun, do you want to go?" I asked him and he replied with a sure.

" 'Nkay, Key, we'll go. Give me one sec to change, and we'll be right down." I said this, and the door closed. I walked over to the closet and grabbed some jeans and a red blouse before going to my underwear drawer and pulling out a cute matching set of red lingerie.

"OoOh." Hatsu smiled and kissed me on the cheek as I pulled on my lingerie. "I like those."

"They look even better on the floor."

"I can't wait to see that later." He winked at me and we both finished getting dressed.

I couldn't help but worry if this is what a rebound boy feels like. I quickly switched my minds subject, smiling. Smiling because I had a boyfriend, smiling because he was someone I could trust.

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Third Person POV

"So, two guys walk into a bar. You'd think the second one would see It or something." Hatsu joked and they all laughed lightly. they were on their way to the restaurant, and the light was fading from the sky, leaving them with the dull, dark night. Sakura and Kiysku were innocently holding hands and Kimi and Hatsuru were roped in each other's arms.

"I like your shirt, Sakura." Kiysku commented. "And you're shirt too, Kimi." Hatsu's grip tightened.

" Thank you sweetie. I think Kimi's is very nice too." Sakura smiled. "Where did you get it?"

"Don't remember." Kimi commented slyly, wanted to change the subject. (Although, she did remember that she had got it at the Limited, if you were just so curious.)

"Gosh, you too are just so close! It appears as if you two had known each other for ever!" Sakura joked light heartedly.

"It feels like we have." Kimi smiled lightly. "I guess we're meant for each other."

"Yeah." Sakura bit her lip. "It just kinda hits you."

"Oh!" Kiysku smiled and pointed. "We're here."

"Awesome. That didn't take too long." Kimi smiled at Hatsu.

"Why don't you guys go in and get some seats, okay, and we'll follow right after." Hatsu said while unwrapping his arms around Kimi.

"Kay Kay!" Sakura said giddily and replaced Kiysku's hand with Kimi's. The beautiful duo entered the restaurant.

"So? What do you want to talk about, Sucker?" Kiysku spat.

"I should have known you were in the AVIATORS, Kiysku." Hatsu replied with anguish. "You're girlfriend does have Leukemia after all."

"She's in remission." Kiysku sighed. "Besides, my little sister was probably killed by a vampire."

"You do understand that we're not vampires, right?" Hatsu questioned condescendingly. "We're night demons, you shouldn't judge, you're a demon, right?"

"Me being a demon is hardly the point. You suck blood, you don't have a pulse, and,"

"Oh, stop you know that's not true." Hatsu spat. "How could I be standing here if I had no pulse? It just so happened that we need to drink blood to keep our pulse. It's a disorder, really."

"Shut up. I don't like you dating Kimi."

"Why not? Did you date her?" Hatsuru asked harshly.

"Yes, but I don't care that way. You can have as much sex with her as you'd like, really. I only have eyes for my Sakura. Kimi looks like my sister." Kiysku confessed. "A lot."

"I would never hurt Kimi." Hatsu said, his voice changing from anger to comfort. "I love her."

"Love her blood, you mean."

"That too, but I loved her long before I tasted her blood." Hatsu said.

"But what about the coven?" Kiysku questioned roughly. "Don't they believe that humans are just throwaway toys?"

"Yeah, precisely why I am not part of the coven." Hatsu said.

"Can I see your wrist please?" Kiysku demanded, but he demanded quietly.

"Sure thing, officer." Hatsu joked and pulled up the sleeve of his jacket to reveal no insignia on his perfect wrist.

"Okay." Kiysku nodded. "Okay. Can we put this behind us then?"

"I guess. But aren't the AVIATORS against all types of night demons?"

"Yeah, the AVIATORS are against all, but me personally, only the covens. I've known some good vampires in my day. So, as long as you're good to Kimi, I'll be good to you. The minute you hurt her, I hurt you, got it?" Kiysku declared.

"All right, man." Hatsu smiled, knowing that he had no intent whatsoever to harm Kimi. The two walked into the restaurant. They were flagged down by Sakura who waved them to a small table in the corner.

"You too have a nice chat?" Kimi asked suspiciously as Hatsu pulled himself into the seat next to her.

"Yeah, we did." Kiysku confirmed.

"Well that's nice." Sakura smiled.

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AN: Okay I know, kinda a weird chapter. A lot happened. So, to recap, Sesshie and Kimi have 'no chance' because Kitamika is suicidal, and Kimi started to date hatsu who is apparently a rogue vampire...? Anyway, so AVIATORS is an acronym, can you figure out what it is? If you get it right, you get a teaser! Yay!