InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Best Man Steals the Bride ❯ You Think You Know? ( Chapter 16 )

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The Best Man Steals the Bride

By: Msmelanie (Now being known as Fondest Desire)

Chapter Sixteen: You Think You Know?

Day: Monday

Place: Kadowaki/Kagome's Room

Time: 6:10 P.M.

"…that's it?" Kagome replied.

"Yeah." Inuyasha frowned. "You want details, I want details."

Kagome shrugged her shoulders. "Okay, well Sango was-"

"Not about that." Inuyasha growled. "I want more details to explain why you are marrying Hojo."

Kagome blinked. "Oh."

"Don't Oh me!" Inuyasha snarled. He knew he should wait. Let her take her time, and then find out…but dammit, he'd already been caught with her bra, and the prissy spying around wasn't working anymore. "Kagome, I'm serious." He said in a low voice. "Don't you dare hide this from me anymore."

Kagome gulped. The look in Inuyasha's eyes…he was not fooling around. His stare reminded her of when her mom used to catch her doing something naughty when she was a little girl. 'I can't tell him…' she reminded herself. "Inuyasha, please don't make me do this."

Inuyasha did not back down as he crossed his arms.

Kagome bit her lip and sighed. 'Maybe…' "Well…you see, I want to marry Hojo because…because…'

"Because?" Inuyasha pressed.

Kagome squinted her eyes. She promised Hojo she wouldn't tell! "Because…because I…I-I'm…"

Inuyasha raised his eyebrow. "…you are?" Inuyasha pressed. He was so close!

"I'm sorry!" Kagome cried out as she sailed out of the room.

Inuyasha blinked. He couldn't believe it. He gave her his best damn glare he could muster, and he didn't get shit for information?

He growled lowly as he started to walk out the door. No way in HELL was he going to just let her get away! He HAD to know!

Day: Monday

Place: Kadowaki/First Floor

Time: 6:14 P.M.

First floor…

Kagome sailed right past Sango.

"Kagome!" Sango shouted out as she grabbed her friends hand.

Kagome stopped and looked back. Keeping such a horrible secret was really hurting her. But it hurt so much keeping it from Inuyasha…why was it the hardest with Inuyasha?

Sango dragged Kagome over to a nearby chair. "Kagome, is this about Hojo?" Sango asked sympathetically. "You know, if you don't want to go through this marriage, I completely understand. I know Hojo is doing something to get you to-"

"It's not that." Kagome interrupted. "It's not that at all. It's just…"

"Just?" Sango pressed.

Kagome bit her lip.

Day: Monday

Place: Kadowaki/First Floor

Time: 6:16 P.M.

Inuyasha shook his arm free from the Residential Advisor as she shook her finger in front of him. "Listen, you NEED to have an escort in order to be on that floor." She pointed towards the exit.

"I keep telling you, I HAD an escort." Inuyasha growled. "She just left."

"Sure." The R.A. looked unconvinced as she pointed to the lunch room at the bottom. "Get something to eat and just wait in there. If someone asks for you, I'll tell them to check there."

"Whatever." Inuyasha scoffed as he stuck his hands in his pockets. He watched the R.A. leave back the stairs. 'I'm not waiting for her.' He growled to himself. She left him behind! Dragged out by a damn R.A! Hell, he was going home until she apologized! He started to head to the door.

"DYING!"

Inuyasha stopped in his tracks. In front of him, a few feet away, was Kagome and Sango.

His mouth dropped open.

Sango caught her breath. "Are you sure?"

Kagome shook her head.

"But…" Sango looked stunned. "How long?"

Kagome bit her lip. "No one knows. It could be more or less than ten years. No one knows much."

Inuyasha continued to stare. Kagome and Sango couldn't see him behind the giant plant near the staircase, but he could hear every word.

Sango sighed. "Wow. I never knew."

Kagome shrugged. "I know. It was a surprise to me too."

"How long have you known?" Sango asked delicately.

"Not very long. Shortly before I accepted Hojo's proposal." Kagome replied.

Sango shook her head. "I understand. I don't exactly LIKE it, but…" she shrugged her shoulders. She couldn't judge. Her friend had been put in such a TOUGH spot. "Well, are you going to continue going to college? Or are you just going to get married and become a mother?"

Kagome looked down. "Before this happened, I didn't even consider marriage or children. I just saw the future as my grades at the end of the semester." She put her hands underneath her chin. "Now, I'm not so sure about anything anymore. I doubt Hojo would want to wait long, seeing as we don't know how long it will be."

Sango shook her head. "Kagome, are you positive that there isn't any chance?"

Kagome nodded. "The best doctors in the world couldn't help." She looked at Sango. "That's why you CAN'T tell Inuyasha, no matter what! I don't know what he would do. And I don't want him to leave on some quest for some cure that doesn't exist…" She looked down at her hands. "I just want to spend what little time is left enjoying life with all my friends…you know?"

Sango sighed. 'Yeah. A forced marriage could be thought of as death.'

"Sango, please don't tell anyone I told you? Hojo doesn't want anyone knowing, but I couldn't help it." Kagome begged. "Please?"

Sango sighed but gave a half smile. Fukazawa Kagome. That has a strange ring to it, but if you can live with that ring, then I won't tell."

ring to it.

Kagome gave Sango a tight hug. "Thanks for listening, Sango."

Sango just smiled at her courageous friend. Marrying a dying man because of his last wish. It was so wrong. But unless she was in that position, how could she judge? Still, she wished Kagome could get out of her situation. Sango cleared her throat. "What say we stop all this negative talk, huh? I bet there's a great sale going on somewhere."

Kagome smiled. Shopping with a friend sounded good. Friend! "Oh, Inuyasha!" She got up and looked around the lounge. 'I forgot all about him. I didn't mean to leave him behind, I-'

Day: Monday

Place: Kadowaki/Kagome's Room

Time: 6:22 P.M.

Sango and Kagome went upstairs to see if Inuyasha was still in the room. Kagome's heart started to beat faster when he wasn't there. 'Oh no, did he go downstairs?' "He couldn't have. Where could he be?"

Sango put her arm on her friends shoulder. "Calm down, Kagome. Most times R.A.'s will put stranded guests in the lunch room and then chew you out."

Kagome felt relieved as she smiled. 'Sounds like it's happened more than once for her.' "Miroku a bit of trouble at times?"

Sango frowned. "You know the answer to that." She decided to change the topic. "Let's go to the lunchroom and see if we can find him."

Day: Monday

Place: Kadowaki/Lunch Room

Time: 6:26 P.M.

Kagome felt even more relieved as she saw Inuyasha slouching on a cafeteria chair. "Inuyasha? Hey, I'm sorry I left-"

Inuyasha stood up. "Don't bother." He growled as he walked past her. "Getting late. Read later. Bye."

Kagome moaned. "I guess I made him a little mad."

Sango shrugged. "Well, you did abandon him. Let him blow off some steam."

Kagome nodded her head. "You're right." She looked around the cafeteria. "You hungry, Sango?"

Day: Monday

Place: Kadowaki/Front Doors

Time: 6:30 P.M.

Inuyasha walked slowly out the doors of Kadowaki. When Kagome realized that she left him, he walked back to the cafeteria in a hurry. He didn't want her to know that he knew. He could barely face her as he said a few words and left.

He watched one foot overtake another as he walked. Now it made sense. Why she wouldn't tell him, why she was getting married…

He slowly opened his cell phone up and dialed a number. 'Please be there…'

Hello?

Inuyasha breathed into the cell phone. "Miroku? Need to talk to you."

Inuyasha? About what?

Inuyasha couldn't believe this was happening. He had grown so attached to her. He really didn't mean to, hell who would want to be just FRIENDS with a girl? But she still became a friend. A good friend. They read together. They ate together. Became close. This was hitting him hard. "Miroku. Get something strong and meet me at my place."

Something strong? My friend, what is wrong?

Inuyasha didn't want to say the words. He didn't want to believe it! But it came out of Kagome's own mouth. He heard every word.

"Kitten's dying."