Fruits Basket Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Better Than Ever ❯ Valentine's Day Chaos ( Chapter 2 )

Better Than Ever

 

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Author's Notes:

Thank you, everyone, for leaving me reviews. I was so excited to wake up and find my mail box filled with some reviews. Hehe, I almost danced. But, you know what I didn't because that would've been the most horrible thing ever, if you've personally seen my “Happy Dance”.

 

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Chapter 2 - Valentine's Day Chaos

 

Kagome sighed, trying to catch her breath as she leaned against her car. Two tears slowly leaked out of her eyes, her heart thumped wildly. Deep inside of her, her heart swelled to know that he cared at all. Kagome rubbed her head; she knew that when she asked for the TA position she would have to see the Sohmas on campus. Her stomach grumbled making her blush; looking at her watch she determined that there would be enough time for her to go grab a sandwich from the Deli[1] across the street and run back to eat it safely on campus. If she was late, who cared, it wasn't like she was in High School anymore. Her community service for the day would be up in one hour, including her lunch break.

 

She took her time crossing the road, watching for cars and helping little kids across the road. Once she crossed the threshold of the Deli she knew the trip was worth it. The smell of fresh baked bread reached her nose, her ears picked up the noise of chattering and slicing.

 

“Whole wheat bread, avocado, turkey, and ham sandwich combo. No cheese and onions please. Oh! I almost forgot extra lettuce.” Kagome said ordering her sandwich. She smiled, her mouth watered at the thought of the sandwich. A drink! She thought, looking around for the one she wanted. Ice tea…Perfect, now some baked chips.

 

“That'll be five hundred and sixty-two yen (about $4.75 in U.S. Currency).”[2] The homely lady at the counter said, ringing up the items. Kagome smiled at her before handing her the exact amount of coins. “Have a nice day.” She yelled at Kagome, who was already out the store and running up the hill with her bag.

 

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“Made it in the nick of time.” Kagome huffed, taking one last step up the hill before falling on the grass next to her. “That's a workout, who knew I was so out of shape.” Her stomach growled, once again reminding her that she had to eat. Sitting up, she searched the brown bag for her sandwich, chips, and bottled ice tea. “Ah-hah!” She was absolutely starving, and the sandwich looked even more delicious. Her teeth tore out a big chunk of the sandwich, while one hand put a chip in her mouth. These actions were continued until there was nothing else to eat. “That was good,” Kagome let out a small burp, followed by a giggle. She patted her stomach, watching the clouds above her pass by. “I guess, I should get back to my college campus now. Fifteen minutes won't do anything, I just have to get off my butt and walk all the way to Principal Nazuna's office.” A moment passed by before she said, “Okay… Kagome get off your butt.”

 

Blue eyes flickered open, her dainty mouth opened to let out a groan. “Good girl,” she told herself as she got up and dusted herself. Grabbing her garbage, she broke into a steady jog. Her destination: Principal Nazuna's office.

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“Hello again, dear.” The lady at the front desk smiled at her, again. What was with people these days? Kagome smiled at her, she was such a sweet old lady, she hoped that the trouble-makers sent to the office didn't bother her. Her feet took her to the sign-out sheet on the old lady's desk. Filling out the blank row on the paper, she began to mull over the day's happenings in her head.

 

“I'll see you later, Ms. Kaede.” Kagome nodded her head at the kind old woman before leaving. It was time to get back to her college campus, to her regular life without the day-to-day drama.

 

Hopefully, tomorrow would be different. Yeah, right, it's Valentine's Day. A snort followed that thought.

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The next day was another day, another opportunity, another day of dodging the Sohmas. Yep, that was all that was in store for Kagome. Yet another sigh escaped through her lips, her hands on her steering wheel tapped to a song that was currently playing on the radio. After a few minutes of driving Kagome was in the parking spot she had been in yesterday at the high school. Slowly, almost as if hesitantly, she swung her legs out of her car and set her feet firmly on the cement ground. Automatically her body propelled forward with the usage of her legs, taking her inside the high school and into Mr. Nazuna's office once more.

 

“Hello Ms. Kaede, are those flowers I spot on your desk? Do you have a secret admirer?” Kagome teased the old woman, a blush colored Kaede's cheeks. Kagome's feet brought her to the receptionist's desk, signing herself in and grabbing a name tag for herself. She brought her nose to a lovely white rose, taking a whiff; she smiled as the scent danced around her nose. How come she's got a man and I don't? Oh, that's right… I didn't want one. While keeping her noise in the white roses was enjoyable, she really had to get moving. “I'll see you later Ms. Kaede, one piece of advice though, make sure to put some aspirin in that vase of flowers. It makes the flowers live longer.”[3] She sauntered out of the office with a smile on her face. Maybe today is going to be a good day…

 

She wandered through the halls just to take a walk, or maybe she had something else in mind.

 

“Did you give some chocolate to Yuki?”

“Of course, did you?”

“Isn't Kyo just cute?”

“Kyon!”

 

Once again she heard snippets of some sort of conversation. After hearing Yuki's name, Kagome's mood had desinagrated in a matter of seconds leaving her with a flurry of thoughts and emotions. Her feet had once again carried her unconsciously somewhere, this time to the last place on her she wanted to be at this moment. Shiraki-Sensei wouldn't be in class for another six minutes. Yuki hadn't come into the class yet she noticed; she wandered aimlessly around the room. Her eyes darted to the windows, the wind softly playing with the blossoms of the tree next to the window.

 

“Yuki…” a girl behind Kagome breathed out.

 

Great... Let the show begin.

 

Kagome turned around quickly, her hair billowing around her like a black cloud. Her eyes caught Yuki's own violet eyes; they acknowledged each other with a nod.

 

“Yuki! These are for you.” The girl had her hair up in buns; she shyly pushed her little bag of chocolates into Yuki's hand. One by one, girls began to pop up. Each of them leaving a bag of chocolates on Yuki's desk, some of the bags had little notes attached to them. Some said things like, “Marry me.” “Go out with me?” etc. Kagome almost laughed out loud at expressions Yuki's face made when he got yet another chocolate bag. He would occasionally smile at a girl, being the ever polite person, he always said thank you.

 

“Kyo, here's some chocolate for you.” Miyu smiled while handing him his chocolate bag. Her friends following her lead, dropped bags of chocolates on his desk. Here Miyu was trying to act all innocent, everyone in the school knew she was anything other than innocent. Analyzing Miyu's outfit, Kagome finally decided that the uniform that the girls had to wear was shorter than it usually was. Or maybe Miyu had just shortened it? When Miyu had handed Kyo his bag, Kagome had seen the look on Kyo's face as Miyu lowered herself, giving him an eyeful of her boobs. The expression on his face was priceless, something akin to disgust and shock. If only I had a camera…Kagome couldn't stop the laughter that bubbled out of her now, this was just too hilarious. Her laughter started out soft and then progressed in seconds into a very loud audible laughter. Everyone turned silent; it was so quiet you could hear almost hear the wind passing by your ears.

 

“What?” Kagome smiled as everyone continued to stare at her. She rolled her eyes, “Oh, quit looking at me. I'm not going to explain to you guys. You wouldn't understand with your—” She stopped herself before she said even more.

 

I forgot how she used to laugh… She used to laugh like that, she was so happy then… Yuki thought to himself, his eyes a little hazed over, his mind gone to back to memories. Kyo however, was thinking much more violent thoughts.

 

She better not be laughing at me… Is today Valentine's Day…? It's the 14th…

 

“Oh shit!” Kyo smacked himself in the head, “I need to get away. Stay away for a few days… Yeah, that sounds good.” He gathered up his stuff, he ran for the door. Too bad he never made it out the door, he ran right into Ms. Shiraki's clipboard.

 

“Where do you think you're going?” She asked him in a clipped tone. “You'd better not be skipping school like you tried a couple of years ago, punk.”

 

“Why you…” Kyo grit out.

 

“What makes you think you can talk to me like that? I'm ready to die that thing you call hair, black. Oh, look, you even got chocolate.” Sensei smiled, she had fun teasing him.

 

“Shut up!”

 

“Get in your seat.” Sensei pointed at his seat, “Now.”

 

“Old bat.” Kyo mumbled under his breath, which earned him another smack in the head.

 

“Anyone else want to copy the punk?” Sensei asked the class, heads shook to answer her question. “I thought so.”
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A group of kids waited at the corner of the sidewalk. The group consisted of Kyo, Yuki, Tohru, Momiji, and last but not the least important Hastuharu (Haru). Cars passed them on the road, blocking the crosswalk area. The cars stopped when the light turned red, leaving the crosswalk area cleared all the way to the other side. The group began to walk, only stopping when Kyo suddenly stopped almost as if frozen to the spot.

 

“She's here.” Utter disbelief entered his voice. Almost as if hearing his voice, her grey eyes looked his way. Her dark brown hair fluttering a little because of the breeze that danced across the street.

 

“Ah… Kyo…” she let those words float out of her mouth, her gaze kind, her attitude seemed loving and caring. A light blush powdered her cheeks. She began walking towards him. Her arms opened, as if beckoning him into her embrace. Not wanting to be in her embrace, Kyo turned around and ran. She followed him, chasing him like a cat would chase a mouse.

 

The group watched her chase Kyo around and around, unable to anything for the poor boy. Cars honked, telling the kids to either move or be run over. The group moved back to the sidewalk to wait for Kyo.

 

Good job Kagura. I can always count on you to distract Kyo, which will distract the whole group. This'll give me some time to do what I originally wanted to do. Thanks for showing up to do what I knew you would do Kagura. Kagome mentally gave Kagura her thanks, promising herself that she would later voice her thanks to her in person. Now… If only my car would start, my plan would be perfect… Her hand twisted the key in the ignition, the engine making pitiful sounds before roaring to life. I have to get a new car soon.

 

Here I come, ready or not.

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He'd seen that car before; he knew he'd seen that care somewhere before, and very recently. Right now he just couldn't think where. He and the rest of the group trudged up the path to Shigure's house, hurrying to get inside the house since rain clouds hovered in the skies that were once clear.

 

“Hey, Yuki, open the damn door before we get there!” yelled Kyo who at the moment was very irritated. Kagura was currently holding onto his right arm with pincer like grip. Yuki didn't answer; he just quickened his pace so he could get to the door faster. He slid open the door, dropping his stuff off inside and quickly took off his shoes. He pulled up his head, his ears tried to pick up the laughter of an unknown woman, whose laugh he had just heard seconds before. He could hear footsteps coming closer to him inside and outside of the house.

 

“Shigure, it was nice seeing you again.” She said, her back was facing him. She hugged Shigure, Yuki closed his eyes thinking Shigure would transform into his zodiac animal. It never came. Yuki opened his eyes slowly; her back was still to him. Shigure hugged her back.

 

“It was nice seeing you as well.” Shigure said smoothing the back of her hair. Finally she slipped out of his embrace, turning around, she was ready to leave.

 

“Yuki…” the word came out in a gasp.

 

“Kagome,” he asked his eyes wide. “What are you doing here?”

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Tea Room -

You remember these numbers in the chapter right? These exact numbers… With the [?] and all.

[1] - I had to westernize it, I don't know if there is an actual Deli… Whatever… You understand, right?

 

[2] - There's this great site I found online that changes any amount of any kind of currency into yen. If you want to know what that website is e-mail me!

 

[3] - I just heard that if you put aspirin in water it helps the roses live longer… It may not be true.

 

Nuh-nuh, I had to break it off there. This chapter without the author notes in the beginning and end is more than 2,000 words.

 

I have bad news, the updates will be slower after this because I'm going to take gothic fuzzies advice and watch FB episodes on youtube(dot)com. Until then, no more updates. Okay maybe…

 

And, people keep telling me to continue writing Zodiac Love… I never knew it was so popular.

 

Thank you everyone for the reviews, I know I forgot some of your reviewers. I'm so sorry, but in my rush to finish my chapter… Well you know. BUT! I am very sorry.

 

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