InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Amaterasu High ❯ Inuyasha's Dilemma ( Chapter 3 )

Amaterasu High

A/n: Viruses suck major ass… I lost what little of the chapter I had done. Oh well, people seem to like the story so here it goes! (again…)

Chapter 3: Inuyasha's Dilemma

KAGOME:

We found out about the senior festival on Monday, it's now Friday and the festival is tomorrow! I can't wait! This week has gone by so SLOW! Ugh. Only today and I'm out of here! I'm sleeping over at Sango's tonight so we can go to the festival together tomorrow. GRRRRR! Why can't life just have a fast forward button!!!

~@~

INU:

Dammit! All week! ALL WEEK I've been trying to ask her to the festival but I just can't! Every time I get close to her my body goes numb and my words come out like I'm some kind of retard escaped from Special Ed!

I have to do it today! Today… after school… by our lockers. I have to! If I don't I'll hate myself forever, not to mention Miroku will beat my ass down.

I still remember when he told me to ask her:

"Inuyasha?"

"What do you want lecher?"

"Oh nothing. I just wanted to know when you were going to ask Kagome to the senior festival."

"WHO SAID I WAS???"

"Inuyasha, it's obvious you like her, so stop trying to deny it."

"It is not obvious I like her, because I don't like her," I had lied.

Sango's voice intervened as she walked up behind Miroku," Inuyasha. Stop being a moron, you know you love her."

"I DO NOT!"

"Just ask her!"

"HELL NO!"

"Fine. Well I have to go help her decide if she wants to go with Koga or not."

"WHAT?"

"Oh didn't you hear?" Sango said nonchalantly," Koga was planning on asking her to forgive him and offer to take her to the festival."

"No way is she going to go with a stupid wolf like him! Fine! I'll ask her! But only to see the look on that wolf's face when he finds out."

I walked off to my car preparing to drive home.

PART THAT INU DIDN'T HEAR:

"Is that true Sango," asked Miroku looking at his female friend.

"Well… sort of… maybe… not really. He just really needs to ask her," Sango replied.

"Speaking of asking… would you like to accompany me to the festival?"

Sango eyed him warily before saying," All right… but no touching that isn't necessary when we're there."

"On my honor," said Miroku putting on hand over his heart

"Since when did you have honor?"

~@~

KAGOME:

(A/N: My god damn cat is trying to tear my leg off… HEY! Hold on! I need that toe! ACK!)

When the bell after second period rang I picked up my books and headed for my locker. I made my way through the thick crowd of students until I made it to my locker. Inuyasha was already putting his stuff away when I walked up and said, "Hey," while entering my locker combination.

As soon as I said this his book slipped and fell to the ground, scattering his papers across the floor.

"God damn," he said, stooping down to pick them up.

"Oh here, let me help you," I said, also stooping down to help him.

For a couple of seconds all we did was gather the papers, so I reached for one on his left side and he reached for one on my left side which caused our heads to… collide. Painfully, I might add. Not for him maybe, but for me it hurt.

"Ouch," I said rubbing my head with the palm of my hand.

"I'm sorry! I'm really sorry! I didn't mean to I swear it. I just-"

"It's okay Inuyasha! Calm down! It's not like I'll need brain surgery or something," I giggled as his face turned pink.

He muttered another "sorry" under his breath and stood up, putting his stuff in his locker.

I put my stuff away too and joined him in walking to the oak tree.

I decided to brighten his mood a little bit by saying," So excited about the festival this weekend?"

He waited a few seconds before answering in a voice two octaves higher than usual," Um, yeah! Excited… really excited… oh hey look! It's the gang!"

He ran off in the direction of Sango, Miroku along with Rin and Sesshomaru who had started eating lunch with us now.

How weird. Inuyasha is acting really strange today… Oh! I wonder if it's girl trouble! Oh, I've gotta ask him now! I wonder who the lucky girl is…

(A/n: We wonder… and wonder… and wonder… who on Earth could it be?)

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INU:

That was close. Too close for comfort. Dropping stuff all the time and my new found squeaky voice didn't help either.

GOD! This has never happened with any other girl! Why now? Feh… it's probably just a phase. That's all, just a stupid phase.

I heard footsteps on the grass and looked over to see Kagome sitting down with a large smile- well larger than usual. She poked me and said in a coaxing voice," So-o-o… Inuyasha. Who's the lucky girl?"

"What? What do you mean?"

"You know what I mean silly," she said laughing," Who's the lucky girl who's got you all worked up about the festival? I'm betting you haven't asked her yet huh? Well Inuyasha, you can't leave these kinds of things until the last minute! You've got to tackle them before someone else does. It'll be a miracle if she's still free."

I stopped and stared at her. I'm pretty sure my mouth was hanging open and my eyes were bulging out. I guess I disguised my liking for her pretty good if she was lecturing me on procrastination and asking who the `lucky girl' was.

"Well Inuyasha? Who is it?"

"Uh… Um. You see- uh- It's a secret."

Kagome put on one of her trademark pouts and said," Aw, come on Inuyasha! You know you can trust me! I won't tell anybody! Ple-e-ease Inuyasha?"

I crossed my arms and said," No!"

Kagome gave another pout and said," All right… I guess you don't have to tell me…"

I looked over at her and saw she looked really sad… maybe I should tell her…

Whoa! Wait! The `lucky girl' is HER! No way am I going to tell her!

…but she looks so sad.

NO! I'm NOT going to give in! NO!

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KAGOME:

I watched as Inuyasha stood up blushing like mad and muttering something about the library, then starting to walk off in the opposite direction of the library.

"Um, Inuyasha?"

"Huh?"

"The library would be that way," I said pointing to the opposite direction he was going.

His blush deepened and he said," Right. That way. Gotcha."

He left hurriedly in the right direction.

Again I say… strange happenings in Amaterasu High.

Later on that day in PE Sango and I sat in the dugout of the baseball field watching the guys play a game. Inuyasha's team vs. Koga's team, obviously there was going to be some conflict. Koga had already gotten hit "accidentally" by Inuyasha pitches twice. Right now Inuyasha was up to bat against Koga's pitching.

It was so far one strike and three balls so the favors were for Inuyasha. The girls had been pushed to the back of the line up because it was such a crucial game so here I was cheering for Inuyasha.

"Come on Inuyasha! Hit it out of here!"

Pitch. Swing. Miss. Damn.

"Come on Inuyasha! Make contact! You can do it!"

Pitch. Swing. SMACK! Yay! Home run baby!

"Woo! Go Inuyasha! Yeah!"

With his demon speed he reached home base before the throw even reached second base. After a couple more people batted it was Sango's turn but they got her out at first so I was next. There was only one out so I didn't have that much pressure on me. I walked over to the bats and grabbed the one I always used and walked out to home base. I bent my knees and waited for the pitch.

Blink. Pitch. Miss.

"STRIKE ONE!"

Wow… Next one. Next one swing.

Pitch. Swing. Missed it by a mile.

"STRIKE TWO!"

Then a voice said," Come on Kagome! Hit it out of the ballpark!"

I turned and saw Inuyasha standing at the opening of the dugout staring straight at me. I smiled and got back up there, ready for Koga's next pitch.

Pitch. Swing. SMACK!

I dropped the bat and ran but then I heard," FOUL!"

I twirled around and walked back to home, picking up the bat and getting ready again.

"Way to battle Kagome! Come on! Let's do this!"

I smiled and felt the adrenaline rush.

Pitch. Swing. SMACK!

I ran as my team screamed," Round to second! Round to second!"

I rounded on first and ran for second base. I got there and then the throw was caught right after.

"SAFE!"

My team screamed and I smiled. I did it! WOO!

As we were walking back to the locker rooms Inuyasha came up to me and said," Great hit Kagome!"

"Thanks Inuyasha. Not too bad yourself."

"Thanks," he replied giving a cocky smirk.

Woops. Memo to self: stop making Inuyasha think he's great at everything.

Sango stepped in between us with a big grin plastered on her face," So-o-o, whatcha guys talking about?"

"The game," I replied.

I noticed Inuyasha was blushing again. I've never seen him blush so much in one day.

"Well," Inuyasha said," bye guys. Catch you later."

He ran off to walk with Miroku to the locker rooms.

"Hey Sango?"

"Hm?"

"Notice anything… strange about Inuyasha today?"

"Oh, yeah. You'll find out why later."

I gave her a confused look as she skipped, literally skipped, to the locker room.

O-o-okay… insert twilight zone music here.

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INU:

Oh god, oh god, oh god. Please bell… don't ring yet. I'm not ready, I'm not ready to go through with this. Just give me five more-

RI-I-I-ING!

Bitch mother fucker…

Miroku walked up to me and said," The time is now my hanyou friend! Break a leg!"

"You'd do that for me?"

Miroku gave me a look and pushed me out of the classroom.

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KAGOME:

I was putting my books away when a male voice said," Hey Kagome. I was wondering, would you like to go the festival with me?"

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INU:

I felt my heart racing as I made my way down the noisy halls. Until I saw them, there she was talking to Koga.

She was smiling and laughing at something he'd just said and I felt my blood boil.

~@~

KAGOME:

I was trying to be polite and smile and laugh it off. But he wouldn't take no for an answer.

"Come on Kagome. You don't have a date do you? Unless you're going with that filthy half-breed."

That's when my politeness to him disappeared.

"Excuse me Koga, but Inuyasha's my friend. So please don't insult him."

"So you'll go with me?"

"N-"

"KOGA!"

I turned to see a fuming Inuyasha.

"Inuyasha?"

Koga stepped in front of me and said," What do you want mutt? I was just confirming my date with Kagome."

Wait, what? Since when did we have a date?

Inuyasha lunged at Koga. They both went down and started throwing punches and kicks at each other.

"Inuyasha! Koga! NO! STOP IT!"

But they didn't stop. I searched the hallway for something to help me but all I saw was other students staring at the pair on the ground. Gee. A lot of help they were.

Help, help, help, need help… then something in the back of my mind went FIRE EXTINGUISHER!

I ran to it and took it off the wall and pulled the hook. I pointed it at the guys and pushed.

White foam shot out and doused the two of them. They stopped fighting and looked around to see the person they were going to kill. Their eyes landed on me and I could feel my blood boiling.

"You two IDIOTS! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU! BRAWLING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HALLWAY! I CAN'T BLIEVE THE STUPIDITY OF YOU BOTH! YOU'D THINK YOU'D HAVE SOME SORT OF COMMON SENSE BUT NO! YOU OBVIOUSLY DON'T!"

I was satisfied to see both of them looked very put out and Inuyasha's ears were plastered to his skull obviously trying to drown out the intensity of my yelling.

Someone yelled," Kaede and Yoshimaru are coming! Run!"

I stayed there staring mainly at Inuyasha before turning and running down the hall with some other kids.

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INU:

That little bitch. I'm going to give her a major piece of my mind. I knelt down to ground making sure no one was watching and sniffed the ground.

Yep, she was here. By the smell of it she was heading for the park.

I leapt into the tree and raced off to the park.

~@~

KAGOME:

I can't believe those two idiots. Why can't I just be normal? Not be a miko who goes to a demon/ human high school? Even not having some prophecy hanging over my head would be nice. I swung a little in the swing I was sitting in and brought back the memory.

(FLASHBACK)

"Kagome?"

"Yeah mom?"

"Sit down dear. We need to talk."

"Mom, listen. I've taken health so the whole "Sex Talk" is a little late."

"No, no, no, sit down. I need to give you something."

I sat down and waited as she pulled out a small, old-looking box.

"This was given to me by Grandma Higurashi."

"Grandma Higurashi? She's dead though isn't she?"

Her mother gave a sad smile and said," Yes. But she gave this to me on her deathbed and said to give it to you when you turned eighteen. She also said that it was very special, it increases a miko's powers, for it once belonged to another very powerful miko. She also said it would help you find your true love."

I felt a blush creep up onto my face as I said," T-true love?"

"Yes. It is said that when a miko receives this she must meet her soul mate and the jewel will shine as bright as the stars when they kiss. I know it may sounds cheesy but it was Grandma Higurashi's wishes."

"Right. What is it?"

My mom opened the box and pulled out a small, pink orb the size of a large marble. It was on a beaded necklace and I gasped at how it glittered in the dim light of the setting sun.

"It's beautiful isn't it?"

"Yeah…"

"It's yours now. Since you turned eighteen it's now yours."

"Oh, wow."

I took it and clasped it around my neck,

"It's looks lovely on you."

(END OF FLASHBACK)

I fingered the small jewel and sighed," Why couldn't I just get a car for my eighteenth birthday?"

I heard a rustle in the bushes next to me and I stood up facing them.

"Who's there?"

Another rustle and I began to back away until my back hit something behind me.

I screamed and spun around, losing balance and falling on my butt.

"Jeez. Paranoid much?"

I opened my eyes and saw Inuyasha standing in front of me staring down at where I was.

"Jeez! Sneaky much?"

I stood up and noticed he was scowling at me.

"What," I asked replying to his expression," Did I step on your toe or something?"

"No. I just wanted to tell you that you're a little slut."

I blinked," Excuse me?"

"Read my lips bitch. You. Are. A. Slut."

I felt tears beginning to well up in my eyes.

"Come on Inuyasha. Stop kidding around. It's not funny."

"I am not kidding around you stupid girl. I never want you to talk to me again, got that? You stay out of my way. And when that bastard Koga uses you like a Kleenex don't come crying to me."

"Is this about me going to the festival with Koga? Because I wasn't-"

"SHUT UP!"

I took a step backwards at his sudden outburst and felt my heel catch onto something causing me to fall on my butt again. I looked up feeling my tears trickling down my cheeks.

"Inuyasha…"

"Shut up wench, I don't want to hear your lame-ass excuses."

He turned and walked away, leaving me there to sit and stare at the back of his head, which never turned and looked back at me.

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Cruel To Be Kind…

(by: Letters To Cleo)

Oh, I can't take another heartache

Though you say you're my friend

I'm at my wits end

You say your love is bonafide

But that don't coincide

With the things that you're doing

When I ask you to be nice

You say: you gotta be

Cruel to be kind, in the right measure

Cruel to be kind, it's a very good sign

Cruel to be kind, means that I love you

Baby, you gotta be cruel to be kind

Well, I do my best to understand dear

But you still mystify, and I wanna know why

I pick myself up off the ground

To have you knock me back down

Again and again

And when I ask you to explain

You say: you gotta be

Cruel to be kind, in the right measure

Cruel to be kind, it's a very good sign

Cruel to be kind, means that I love you

Baby, you gotta be cruel to be kind

Well, I do my best to understand dear

But you still mystify, and I wanna know why

I pick myself up off the ground

To have you knock me back down

Again and again

And when I ask you to explain

You say: you gotta be

Cruel to be kind, in the right measure

Cruel to be kind, it's a very good sign

Cruel to be kind, means that I love you

Baby, you gotta be cruel to be kind

I was listening to my 10 Things I Hate About You cd and this song seemed perfect for this chapter. So there ya go. Please review!