WITH INUYASHA:
Inuyasha was far away, too far away. He was running, but nowhere near fast enough.
He watched his parent's car slow down so they could cross the tracks without jolting the car out of alignment. He heard the engine stop even though there was a large distance between them.
His father wasn't too worried, he tried to start the car up again. When the engine didn't catch, Inuyasha imagined his father would growl, but not curse… he never cursed in front of mother.
He heard the horn on the train blare, signaling that it was coming through town.
The dividers slowly moved down to stop traffic from crossing while the train was coming; his parent's car sandwiched between them.
He tried to make his legs move faster as he saw his father try to unbuckle his mother's seatbelt. After a few precious seconds he slashed the belt with his claws and yelled for her to get out of the car.
She opened the passenger door and got out just as the train made contact, she screamed for only a second as she was slammed between the two metal beasts.
Inuyasha yelled, tears streaming down his face as he realized that it wasn't his parents in the car anymore, it was Kagome.
The train rolled on, not being able to stop at an exact instant after hitting the breaks, dragging the demolished car and everyone he loved along in front of it with pieces flying off at the cars waiting on the other side of the dividers.
"NO!" he heard himself scream as he fell to his knees, "NOT AGAIN!"
Inuyasha was jolted out of his troubled sleep as he heard his own voice yelling.
"Hey man, you okay?" Miroku asked, still half asleep.
"Uh, yeah…go back to sleep…" Inuyasha mumbled, as he stepped out of his sweat drenched sheets on Miroku's bedroom floor.
He picked up his phone on the way to the bathroom and grunted as he saw that it was four in the morning…he and Miroku had only laid down to sleep a couple hours earlier.
He sat the phone down on the counter and wetted a rag, and then he washed his face off with the cold cloth.
As he looked into the mirror he saw the familiar black spots under his eyes. He growled, flipped the light switch off, and went back to bed; trying to catch up on his beauty sleep.
WITH KAGOME:
Kagome laughed manically as she dragged her sister by the hair up the stairs to Inuyasha's apartment.
At the door she reared back and kicked it in…so much for knocking.
She threw Kikyou at a very surprised Inuyasha's feet.
He grinned, seeming quite amused with little fiasco.
Kagome grabbed a rope…which was handily lying next to her on Inuyasha's floor. She tied up her sister's hands and tied them to the heater that didn't work, but was conveniently bolted to the floor.
When she turned around, Inuyasha pulled her against him in a sultry kiss. She smiled into the kiss and began to rip his clothes off him.
He pulled away, laughing and finished the job for her, and before she knew it she was naked too.
She giggled and flopped on the bed, Inuyasha was two seconds behind her.
She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him hotly as he moved his body between her legs.
Kagome looked at her sister who was staring at them from her place on the floor.
She grinned at her sister as Inuyasha slid inside her. She moaned, and lifted one hand from his neck to flip off her sister as he pulled back and thrust into her again.
Kagome sat up ramrod straight in Sango's bed. She blushed, remembering her twisted dream and realized that she was sweating. She sighed and slid out of the bed, relishing in the hypersensitivity of her skin that made the simple rush of the sheets a luscious caress.
She glanced at the clock, 6:00 am… She rolled her eyes at the blatantly ridiculous dream she had just had and went to take a shower, trying to wash off the warm ache that was between her legs from the dream Inuyasha's touch.
WITH INUYASHA:
Inuyasha got dressed in the pants to his school uniform (which he had ripped up and written all over- because he couldn't force himself to wear them otherwise), and a red tank top that highlighted every ripple in his masculine torso. Not forgetting his black beanie and his black vans. He pulled on the gray coat that was as pristine as his pants used to be and walked out the door.
He walked off down the street with Miroku towards the dreaded school building where he was tortured daily by cruel teachers who relished in making dumb kids squirm.
He rolled his eyes at his own train of thought and stepped into the building, not only on time, but a little early.
WITH KAGOME:
She was dressed and ready but Sango was dragging behind.
Kagome surfed through all the channels on the TV in Sango's room, Kohaku sat next to her and told her about this time when he and his friend accidentally broke out a window.
Sango came out in huff, she had her school skirt rolled up, making the skirt shorter and showing off more of her toned legs. She was brushing her hair as she slipped on her shoes and looked at her friend in exasperation.
Kagome frowned, "Why are you making that face?"
Sango pouted, "I DON'T LIKE ANY OF MY CLOTHES!"
Kagome rolled her eyes, "Maybe you should just wear the uniform…without all your little changes?"
Sango frowned, "I want to be sexy."
Kohaku snorted and looked innocently at the television.
Kagome hit him and looked at her friend, "You look great; though I can see half of your boobs…you should defiantly pull that up so we can go."
Sango frowned and looked down at her cleavage, "You think it's too much?"
Kagome and Kohaku nodded as one and Sango gave frustrated growl and ran back into the bathroom.
Kohaku sighed and went back to the TV.
THIRTY MINUTES AND FOUR CLOTH CHANGES LATER:
Sango was speeding away from the junior high school where she had dropped off Kohaku.
She had ten minutes to get across town and get her and Kagome to school on time.
She honked as an innocent old lady tried to cross the street.
The elderly woman jumped back and Sango flew past; Kagome clutched tightly to her seat belt.
"Uh, Sango?" she mumbled softly.
Sango turned a sharp corner, "Yes?"
Kagome hung tightly to the handle over the window, "Are you okay?"
Sango nodded.
Kagome clung tighter, "Then why did it take so long for you to get dressed this morning? And why…" she paused as Sango slammed on the breaks at a stop sign she had just noticed, "are you driving like a lunatic?"
Sango bit her lip and sighed, "I like Miroku."
Kagome let go of handle in shock and was instantly smacked into the side window as Sango turned another sharp corner. She winced and clutched and her head, "What?"
Sango blushed but refused to look at Kagome, "I like Miroku. And I know we are totally opposites and he can be a real dork sometimes, but he really can be cute at others…and he is always spouting off romantic things when he's around me…and he makes me laugh."
Kagome couldn't stop the laugh that rolled out of her, "Sango, I think we both need therapists."
Sango laughed helplessly and pulled into her usual parking spot in front of the school. "Don't tell anyone okay?"
Kagome grew serious, "I won't but you do realize he is just as much a womanizer as Inuyasha."
Sango nodded and jumped as Kouga appeared in the window next to Kagome.
Kagome saw her face and turned, just as Kouga opened the door for her.
"Hey sexy…" he mumbled and kissed the back of Kagome's hand as he gently pulled her out of the car.
Kagome's eyes weren't looking at him though; they were looking at someone else over his shoulder… someone who was staring back at her with hatred flaming in his gaze, someone who had sexy long silver hair, and someone who was being held back by Sango's crush, Miroku. She bit her lip as she remembered him kissing her sister.
She sighed, "Hi Kouga…" She watched Inuyasha try to walk towards her and she saw Miroku climbing onto his back.
"Did you decide on if you were going to go out with me or not?" Kouga asked as he pulled her hand up to his lips for another kiss.
She looked at Sango for help but decided that her friend had eyes only for the guy on Inuyasha's back as Sango's glazed eyes seemed focused on him.
"Uh, let's go inside and talk about it…" Kagome mumbled as Kouga slid a tongue along her knuckles.
He nodded and wrapped an arm around her as they walked into the school's large front doors.
As they walked inside the building everyone paused to stare at them.
Kagome blushed and turned to Kouga, "Kouga, you are a really cute guy and you're really popular..." She was interrupted by the school's bell.
She grinned, "Oops, I'm late!" she rushed off down the hall towards her class, leaving Kouga standing there watching her.
WITH INUYASHA:
He growled as Miroku tried to pin him against an innocent bystander's parked car.
"Let me go" he said in a deadly calm voice.
Miroku shook his head and jumped as Sango appeared next to him. He grinned in surprise, "Hello my beauty!"
Sango blushed a bit, "Look, I just came over here to tell you," she looked up at Inuyasha, "that you hurt Kagome badly yesterday."
Inuyasha stopped struggling against Miroku and leaned all his weight against the car, "I know."
Sango frowned, "Then leave her alone."
Inuyasha sighed, "It's not that simple."
"He loves her!" Miroku grinned.
Sango stared at the both of them, "Then why were you kissing her sister?"
Inuyasha growled, "She kissed me first! And I was just being…"
Sango growled, "An ass? Stupid? Retarded?"
Inuyasha sighed and the bell rang, "Look, you probably won't understand any of this, but I really do l..love her and I was a..afraid." He looked away so she wouldn't she the embarrassed blush on his cheeks.
Sango knew exactly what he meant, "Look, tell her that. She needs to hear it after what she saw and you beating the shit out of Kouga isn't going to help anything."
He growled and walked off into school, being followed by a blushing Sango and a giggling Miroku.
WITH KAGOME:
Kagome looked at the board and tried not to think of Inuyasha behind her.
She looked at Sango, whom was sitting rigidly in her seat and blushing as Miroku played with a strand of her hair from behind her. Kagome sighed and wrote on a separate sheet of paper.
Hey Sango!
You look like hell over there…poor you- the guy you like is giving you attention… sigh I think we need boyfriends.
Sango read the note, wrote on it, and handed it back.
You don't get it! I mean, I do like him…but I don't want to act on it! You were right when you said that he was a womanizer! I don't want to date someone if I'm going to have to always keep tabs on him to make sure that he isn't fooling around on me! But yes…I do want a boyfriend. What are you thinking?
-Sango
Kagome read the note and sighed, and then she wrote back on it.
I'm going to say yes at lunch. I'm going to go out with Kouga. I want to see how Inuyasha reacts.
Sango read the note and looked at Kagome with an open mouth,
Kagome, I don't think that is such a great idea, maybe you should wait…and cool off before you make a decision with Kouga.
Kagome read the note and stuck her tongue out at her friend. She thought it was a good idea and she was going to go through with it. She hoped that it made Inuyasha squirm like a worm on a hook when he saw her and Kouga together.
Sango watched Kagome and realized that her friend was still hurting from last night's episode. She bit her lip and scribbled on a piece of paper, and then she tossed it over her shoulder onto Miroku's desk.
Miroku grinned and opened what he hoped to be a love note.
Don't get the wrong idea about this… I just thought that you and your friend would like to know that Kouga asked Kagome out and she plans on saying yes at lunch.
Miroku scribbled back on the paper and slid it over her shoulder making sure to brush her neck softly with his fingertips.
Sango shivered and opened the note:
My love,
Thank you for looking out for me and my friend. And I want you to know that I wouldn't DREAM of getting the wrong idea about us.
Ps- Your hair smells beautiful; you have got me hard back here.
Your humble, eternal love slave, Miroku
Sango blushed and refused to turn around and look at him.
WITH INUYASHA:
Inuyasha watched as Miroku and Sango passed a note back and forth, he instantly wished that he and Kagome were doing the same. He tapped her gently on the shoulder and she instantly raised her hand into the air.
"Yes?" the teacher asked her favorite student.
Kagome smiled, "May I go to the bathroom? I need to wash my…shoulder."
"Yes but be quick about it." The teacher mumbled and waved her hand in the direction of the door.
Inuyasha gaped at Kagome's retreating figure and fought the urge to chase after her and force her to listen to him, Sango had been right; he needed to tell Kagome just how he felt.
He sighed and after a few minutes Kagome walked back into the class, her eyes always staying a few feet away from where he sat.
He growled and decided that he would wait till lunch, when he could talk to her without the teacher's interference.
WITH KAGOME:
As class dragged on, Kagome was relieved and yet somewhat regretful that Inuyasha didn't try to talk to her again.
When the bell signifying lunch finally did ring, she was the first out of the class. She glanced behind her and saw that Inuyasha was close on her tail.
She gasped and sped up; the next time she looked back he was gone. She glanced around in a paranoia and then walked towards the lunchroom at a semi-normal pace.
Once there, she walked up to Kouga and gave him a huge smile that she suddenly regretted.
She faltered as she saw Sango walk into the lunchroom, her friend was mouthing "No," but Kagome tightened her resolve and looked back at Kouga.
"Okay." She said in a croaky voice.
Kouga raised an eyebrow, "Okay what?"
"Okay- I will go out with you" she mumbled, becoming less and less sure of her decision.
Kouga grinned and pulled her down onto his lap, "I knew you would come around."
WITH INUYASHA:
Inuyasha walked back inside the building after having made a quick stop at the school courtyard, where he picked a few bright yellow daffodils.
He sighed as he thought of what a stupid and cliché idea the flowers were and moved to drop them in the nearest trashcan.
He stopped in mid-toss and pulled back. Girls liked cliché, right?
He walked into the lunchroom and started to walk towards where Kagome was in the lunch line.
Miroku ran up and jumped in front of him, "Inuyasha! Man, I'm glad I caught you…what's with the flowers? NEVERMIND!"
Inuyasha waved a hand in front of Miroku's face, "Dude, leave me alone, I'm going to talk to her."
Miroku threw up his hands, "No, listen to me! Sango told me that Kagome-"
He was cut off as Inuyasha stepped around him and started to walk towards Kagome again.
"Inuyasha! You have to listen to me! Kagome is going out with Kouga! She agreed to it!" Miroku said while he ran up next to Inuyasha.
Inuyasha stopped, a mere ten feet from Kagome.
She looked up; her eyes went to his face, and to his hand, and back up at his face.
Kouga walked up and wrapped an arm around Kagome's neck and started to talk to the lunch lady, oblivious to the tension growing in the room.
Inuyasha's eyes were locked on Kagome's as he let the small bouquet of flowers fall to the floor. His eyes narrowed and he fought the demon blood that was now rushing in his ears, drowning out all other noise.
WITH KAGOME:
Kagome bit her lip as she saw the flowers fall. Inuyasha, the biggest hard ass in the school had brought her flowers and here she was waiting in the arms of another man to receive them.
She blinked back tears, thinking that he deserved everything he got after what he had done with her sister, but her heart stopped beating at the harsh look that was now covering his face.
For moments, before Miroku had said something to him, he had looked so hopeful. But now she could see that his efforts to hide all emotions had just doubled and she knew she was the cause of it.
She reached a hand out towards him but he had already turned and around, and was now walking out of the noisy lunchroom.
Her eyes landed on Miroku as he looked at her. She made an apologetic look at him and he softly shook his head before he followed Inuyasha.
Kagome's eyes stung and she wiggled out from under Kouga's arm so that she could run to the bathroom before she cried in front of the entire school.
Sango was behind her in seconds…carrying the flowers.
Kagome turned and saw them, she sobbed and looked away instantly, "Oh, Sango, why did I say yes?"
Sango sighed, "Kagome, you know you don't like Kouga…at least not like you do Inuyasha; I told you not to go out with him."
Kagome frowned and sat on the floor with her head in her hands, "Goddamn it, I wanted Inuyasha to be hurt, the way he hurt me! Is that so wrong?"
Sango sighed, "Kagome, anyone would feel that way if they had been through what you went through."
"Then why do I feel so guilty?" Kagome cried into her lap.
Sango sighed, "I can't believe he brought you flowers, he has always seemed to have such a hard exterior… aren't flowers…sensitive?"
Kagome threw her shoe at her friend, "I KNOW !"
Sango ducked, "Well, you did just what you wanted to do. Now either go fix things with him or get over the fact that you were a tad harsh with your revenge."
Kagome pouted, "I really do like him but I'm afraid to fall too far. I mean like you said, I don't want to always be worrying about whether or not he is cheating on me…and then the stuff with my sister…"
"Kagome, from the looks of things, I don't that Inuyasha would cheat on you again…or ever?" Sango sighed, "But that's just my opinion."
Kagome pouted, "I think I'm going to try things with Kouga, I need to get my mind off Inuyasha but I will go apologize to him."
The girls headed out the door, Kagome unsure of her every step and Sango sighing, knowing that her friend probably wouldn't listen to her if she told her not to continue in with Kouga.
WITH INUYASHA:
Inuyasha growled as he stomped off down the hall, Miroku was following him and trying to calm him down.
"Inuyasha, chill out!" Miroku said as he tried to keep up with the angry demon's quick steps.
Inuyasha pounded a fist into the nearest locker and made a nice big dent.
Miroku flinched, "Dude, I know you don't want your demon side coming out, so CALM DOWN!"
Inuyasha growled, "I can't believe she is going out with that…that…that ASSHOLE!"
"Oy, have you seen my lovely babe of a girlfriend Inuyasha? She seems to have slipped off…" Kouga asked in his usual arrogant voice.
Miroku grabbed Kouga's shoulders and stepped in front of him, "Kouga, now is not the time, call back later, okay?"
Kouga growled, "Get your hands off me, fag." As he said it he gave Miroku a hard enough shove to send him into the lockers on the other side of the hall.
Inuyasha turned, "WOLF, you better fucking apologize to my friend and get the fuck out of here before I kick your ass into next year."
Kouga laughed, "Well someone's in a rank mood, does this have anything to do with the flowers you brought Kagome?"
Inuyasha growled and blinked as his vision clouded with a misty red color, "Kouga, I'm fucking serious, GET YOUR ASS OUT OF HERE BEFORE YOU LOSE A PART OF YOUR BODY YOU CANT LIVE WITHOUT!"
A small crowd had started to gather and was now watching as the two demons squared off.