InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Cruel World ❯ Chapter 4 ( Chapter 4 )

Disclaimer: I don't own the Inuyasha series of characters; they all belong to Rumiko Takahashi.

(This chapter isn't beta'd. I read over it a couple of times, but there's no guarantee I got all the typos and grammar errors. I'll edit it later; I wanted to post this up before school started…Also, i forgot to thank Heartless Lonely Kairi for reading over my first three chapters for me, and finding any errors i made. If i didn't want to get this chapter up so much i would have sent it to her, as well, but i didn't want my readers to wait longer for this chapter.)

This chapter is written in Akiro/Kagome's POV. I wanted to try that out again after attempting it in the previous version of this story (if you never read the original don't worry about it). I thought I did pretty well with that, so I'm trying it again. Tell me what you think in a review!

Note: Kagome will still refer to Souta has Haku when she's with others, but reverts back to Souta when she gets home…just wanted to make sure that was clear, and understandable.

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Recap:

He smiled a little, and chuckled softly. “It's cool. You have to admit, it was a little fun, though.” Inuyasha's head shot up, hearing his words. Holding his hand out across the table, Akiro continued, “Start over?”

Inuyasha smirked, taking the offered hand and shaking it. “Inuyasha.”

“Akiro.”

With things settled, they thought to the year to come, both having the same idea as Sesshomaru…

`It's going to be an interesting year…'

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“Finally! The weekend! I thought it'd never get here…”

Inuyasha's excitement caused many eyes to look over at us, as we headed to his truck in the parking lot; I did my best to ignore it, thinking about how I always seem to make my life complicated.

My enthusiasm was not on the same level as his, because of this complication. Yes, I was glad that it was the weekend, but the situation I just found myself in didn't help any excitement I might have had.

I blame Yash…

Wednesday, Inuyasha invited my brother and me to hang out with his other friends on Saturday. Nothing to horrible with that, but today, at lunch, Inuyasha mentioned my `sister' coming…

And there goes the excitement…as well as the blood in my face…

Lucky for me, though, the bell rang for next class before I could open my mouth. `Not like I was going to say anything…more like stutter over some stupid excuse that would make no sense whatsoever.'

I thought about it for the rest of the day. Both of my personalities wanted to go, but I knew only one would could make an appearance. `I sound like some psychopath with alternate personalities…which is kind of true…damn it!'

I even asked for Haku's advice, but all he had to say was that I got myself into this mess and I had to get myself out of it.

Annoying, know-it-all pest…

I made my decision in my last period, knowing that it would be a bad idea for `Kikyo' to make another appearance right now. The only problem was I didn't have an excuse as to why she wasn't coming.

The end of the day came too fast, and I still didn't have something to say to Inuyasha; at the moment, he was blabbering about some important details about tomorrow. I blocked it out, still pondering about what to say to him if he asked about `Kikyo' again. `Okay…I have to think like myself to get this…what was my first impression of Yash…when I `first' saw him…he was picking on Haku…'

Oh!

I got it! Now I just have to wait for Inuyasha to bring up the conversation again. No way was I just going to randomly blurt it out like some spaz…

“She's not coming.”

So much for that…

Inuyasha looked down at me, confused at what I said. “What are you talking about, spaz?”

`Grr…' A tick formed in my eyebrow, and I decided to forget about it, and go back to the original plan, and let him bring it up. “Never mind, dog boy.”

He scowled, liking my nickname for him, as much as I liked spaz. In other words, not so much…

“So can your sister come?”

I tried to stop my hand from rising, but the urge overpowered my will power, and I hit my forehead in aggravation. `Why does he have to be so dense?'

I glared at him, seeing him confused again, this time by my actions. I sighed, the tension in my shoulders leaving. `The poor boy probably has a short attention span…and a really bad memory; try not to be too harsh.'

“She can't come. I said that, remember? I know you only have half a brain, but still…”

Not harsh at all…

Seeing his ears droop a little, I was about to say I was just kidding, when he asked why she couldn't come, seeming as if he didn't hear the end of my statement.

I looked at him, puzzled by his expression. “She can hold a grudge. She's not really happy with you right now, and isn't ready to forgive your bully antics towards Haku,” I said. “She'll come around eventually though,” I hastily added, as I saw his ears droop even more.

He contemplated that for a little bit, and then raised his puppy ears up again. He smirked a little and looked at me from the corner of his eye. “Only Haku? She's not worried about you?”

“I can take care of myself.”

“Oh, yeah? How well is that going for ya?”

“Obviously better that you think. I'm not a little girl,” Shut up, “and I don't need one to protect me.”

“Is it that, or does your sister just not like you as much as Haku?”

“Yes, it's `that'; and about how well we get along, let's just say we're better at talking to each other than you and your brother are.”

“…”

Hah! I win!

He knew it too, just grunting in irritation. It was always a competition between us when we were having a verbal war. It was easier than trying to rearrange each other's faces…

Reaching his car, I walked around to the passenger side of it. `It's not a car…it's a truck.' I mimicked Inuyasha's voice in my head, when I told him what a nice `car' he had…all but bit my head off for it…

The radiant red truck almost stuck out of the parking spot, having a very long bed. The pick-up truck had a large cab, too, having two row benches instead of just the one. I asked him what he had to pay for this beast, and the number he gave me had my mouth run dry. He just shrugged it off, saying that $37,071 wasn't a large amount of money to his family.

I had suddenly felt very poor…

Even though he shrugged it off, I didn't push the subject, knowing it bothered him to talk about his family's royalties.

Climbing into the monster wasn't easy. Even with the step to help you into the cab, I still felt like I had to jump up to get inside. The first time, Inuyasha had to lift me up, and never let me forget it and felt the need to tell everyone else at his lunch table. Now, if he saw me struggle and offered help, I'd just glare at him.

It sucked being short…

“Speaking of your brother, where is he? Is he getting a ride from a friend or something?”

“Huh?” I flinched slightly, bringing myself back to the present. I didn't even notice that he had started driving, already turning into my neighborhood. I really got to stop zoning out like that…

“Haku, you're brother. Where is he?” Inuyasha scowled; he was irritated he had to repeat himself.

“Oh, yeah, he's staying at a friend's house for the weekend.” I shrugged. “Something about a new video game he got.”

Inuyasha's ears perked up actually interested about what I said. “Was it Halo 3?” He asked eagerly.

I'll never get the obsession most guys have over video games.

“Don't know, don't care.” I answered him indifferently. “Besides, he was giggling like a girl when he was telling me about the plans. I'm surprised I was able distinguish any words in what he said.”

“Heh…Can't blame the kid.”

Pulling up to my house, I reached for the door handle, unlocking my seatbelt with the other hand. Right when I was about to pull the lever to get out Inuyasha's voice made me pause.

“Hey, tell your sister that I am sorry, and that the offer to hang with us is still open anyways.”

Taken by surprise, I thought for a second as to how to respond back. I smirked, deciding on teasing him. “What's with you? You're acting like you've got a crush on Kikyo.” I laughed, but it faded when he didn't join me. “Dude! You met her, like, once!”

He blushed, looking out his window. “Keh.” He grunted. “I-I never said that I liked her…”

I gave him a flat look. “You didn't have to say it, stupid.”

“Okay, maybe I do. Would you be willing to help me out, with smoothing things out with her?” He gave me a hopeful look, having the most perfect puppy-dog look, and I had to admit, it was hard to deny it, but…

I suddenly felt very uncomfortable talking about this.

I pulled my eyes away from his face, knowing I wouldn't be able to deny him while looking at him. “I wish I could, Yash, but uhm…”

“Aw, come on, man! I'll owe you one!”

I sighed, opting to forgo any argument about it. “Maybe…no guarantees though.” I opened the door, anxious to get out before he tried to ask me to do anything else that would be impossible. Walking towards the house, I waved behind me, and reached into my pocket for my keys.

How do I get myself into these things…?

Choosing to clear my thoughts with food, I headed for the kitchen, after closing and locking the door behind me.

I lingered in the living room though, seeing another backpack sitting next to the couch. Puzzled, I kept walking towards the kitchen. Peering around the corner, I saw Souta exploring through the cabinets, his back to me.

I suddenly had a sneaky thought, and I crept closer to him, making the littlest of noises. Standing right behind him now, I gathered my breath and…

“I know you're there.”

The air rushed out of my lungs, blowing some of my bangs up, and stirring some of his hair on the back of his neck.

“Butt head.” I went to the table, plopping into a chair. Souta turned around, bringing a package of cookies with him to the table, grinning.

“I heard the front door open,” He shrugged, “and I knew you would try something like this.”

I reached for a cookie as he set them down on the table, and bit into it, still looking at him in curiosity. “So why are you here? I thought you were going to a friend's house.”

He grimaced, not liking the fact that I talked with my mouth full. That was the only reason I grabbed the cookie… I lived to gross him out.

Swallowing what he had in his mouth, he answered, “I was dropped off here to collect the stuff I need. I'll be going over there in an hour or so.”

“Hmmm…”

“So did you solve your problem with Inuyasha?”

It was my turn to grimace now, not liking the fact that the brat reminded me of what I was trying to suppress. “Yeah…but then the situation got worse.”

“How'd that happen?”

I dropped my head into my folded arms. “He wants to date me…”

I didn't have to look up to know that Souta was stunned. “Wha…He's in to that?”

Now I raised my head, unsure as to what he meant. “What are you talking about?”

“You know…guys?”

My jaw dropped, unable to believe my brother was this dense.

“Baka, he wants to date Kikyo!”

“Oh!” Souta blushed, embarrassed he made that mistake. Shaking it off, he looked at me, suddenly serious. “You're the one that showed up at school dressed as a girl. You're the one making friends, even though, on the first day of school you said not to! You're such a hypocrite!”

I glared at him, and then grabbed a cookie from the package. Looking at it intently for a second, I looked back him. Taking him by surprise I suddenly attacked him, falling to the ground as the chair tipped back. Holding down his head, I shoved the cookie into his mouth, making him choke a little.

Kid's to smart for his own good…

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“You guys are lucky I'm still letting you two go out this weekend. What a mess! Waste of cookies too…”

Souta and I winced, sweeping up the crumbs covering the tiled floor in the kitchen. Our mom had come home from worked, to see us on the floor, wrestling with each other, both trying to shove more cookies into the others mouth. Once or twice one of us was successful, but the majority of the cookies ended up in pieces scattered across the floor.

It wasn't the first food fight we had been in with each other…

Once I was done cleaning up, I raced up the stairs to my room. Time to do a little thinking…

The kid had a point. I completely contradicted myself, making friends with Inuyasha like I did. I felt drawn to him, though. Plus, it's not easy for me to NOT make friends. Sango was an example of this. She became my friend on the first day of school!

I'm just irresistible like that, heh…

In the beginning, though, it was hard trying to be a friend with Yash, without overly insulting him like I knew I would; letting my tongue slip would have probably end any kind of truce we had. It was better, but it was still a struggle. It didn't make it any easier that his ego inflated to the size of a hot air balloon when you complimented him on something.

His arrogance brought out the worse of me…

“Akiro!”

Blinking to clear my head, I looked at Souta in my door way, holding a phone out to me. I looked at him, confused, wondering why he called me Akiro in the house, and grabbed the phone from him.

“Hello?”

“Hey! You're going tomorrow, right?”

Ooh…that's why…

“Hey, Sango. Yea, I'm going. Why?” I knew why, but I had to ask…

“Oh, uh…no reason…”

I rolled my eyes. “I can't protect you from Miroku forever.” Ever since Sango stood up for me two weeks ago, on our first day of school, Miroku has got some stupid idea in his head that Sango and I are close…closer than he'd like. Sango used it to her advantage, hanging on my arm, and flirting with me, just to make him jealous even more.

Like there was anything for him to worry about…

“Humph…By the way, I want to thank you for going along with this…if you get uncomfortable, tell me.”

“It's cool Sango. I think it is fun to act like I'm into girls.”

Damn my big mouth and my inability to think before I speak! It was the first week of school still when I almost blown my cover. Sango and I had been hanging out one morning, waiting for the rest of the group to show up, seeing as how early we got there. Souta had to go see a teacher about an assignment, so left me alone with Sango, who was always early to school, in the courtyard. We had been talking, and had started to plan Sango's revenge against Miroku, when she said, `I think it's cute when a guy gets jealous and starts to show off just to prove they're they're better guy to be with.'

That's where I made my mistake. I had giggled, and agreed with her, saying that it was hard to tell if the guy was seriously interested if he didn't react that way.

She just stood there staring at me. It took me a moment to realize what I had said, and I panicked, stumbling over my words. She just stopped me and said it was okay, that she understood. I had stared blankly at her, saying, `you do?' She just nodded, and then said, leaning closer to me to whisper in my ear, `It's okay if you're gay. I don't discriminate against sexual preference.' I was stunned, but relieved too, that I was still safe from being revealed.

Sango laughed on the other end of the phone. “Okay. Well I'll see you tomorrow.”

“Yea…hey, wait; do you know what we're doing tomorrow?” I should have listened to Yash earlier…

“Nope, Inuyasha has kept our plans to himself. I asked him, and he just smirked and said it was a surprise…oh, he did say to bring your bathing suit, though.”

“…bathing…suit...?” Oh…crap…

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Well there's chapter four. I wanted it to be longer, but I wanted the suspense to fill first, haha

I made Inuyasha's car on Toyota's website as if I was going to buy it, so the price in the story is pretty accurate, at least if you were going to do it online. I added as many accessories I thought fitted, to get large sum of money it'd be worth. The price of the truck was just a small show of Inuyasha's riches…

This might be my last chapter for the summer but I will try to update once school starts, though they won't be very long. If I don't, then you know why, and I'll update on my next break where I have enough time to write another chapter. Sorry for the long wait that may, and probably will, come.

Review, tell me what you think about the first person POV. If it's not good, then I'll go back to third person, with only a couple of chapters in Kagome's POV (honestly, it's easier for me to write in her POV, but I want to make sure that the story is still enjoyable)

KC