InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Dirty Dancing ❯ This was a Great Idea ( Chapter 8 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Kagome stared out the window, on her bed, watching the rain. Perfect weather to suit her mood. Shippo was curled up beside her, snoring softly. She was still puzzled as to why Inuyasha didn't want to dance with her anymore. She didn't remember doing anything to him and he seemed to be getting along with Shippo. What could have made him want to stop practicing with her when the dance competition was in five days? Maybe he would come around and tell her to dance with him. If not, she would sit in her room until this vacation was over. Kagome didn't want to dance with anyone else. Shippo stirred beside her and opened his little green eyes slowly, adjusting to the light. He crawled over to Kagome and was taken back when he saw her eyes brimming with tears. He carefully wiped her eyes and smiled softly.

"Oh Shippo. Thank you."

The little kit gave her a confused look.

"Inuyasha doesn't want to dance with me anymore. Did I do something?"

Shippo looked to be deep in thought. After a second or two he started jumping up and down pointing to the door.

"What is it? You want me to go out there?"

Shippo stopped bouncing and nodded.

"Shippo. Its raining."

The little kit's response was to pull on Kagome's arm. Kagome sighed and got up. She quickly pulled on her clothes and a jacket, saying she would come back and take a shower when she saw whatever it was that Shippo wanted to show her. With Shippo in her arms, protected somewhat by the rain, she set out. Shippo's pointing led her to the window of the auditorium. Kagome wanted to go in to get out of the rain but Shippo whined and kept pointing at the window. He was going to drive her crazy. When Kagome peeked into the window she wasn't at all surprised to see a young woman in there dancing.

"Shippo. Its just some girl dancing." Kagome looked at Shippo.

Shippo pointed at her face then back to the window. Kagome looked back in and when the woman turned to where her face was more viewable, Kagome's jaw dropped. The woman dancing was almost her double. This woman was a bit more skinny than her, like Koga had said, but Kagome thought she was prettier than she was. Who was she? Just when she was about to go in an arm grabbed her from behind and the other hand went over her mouth. Kagome started kicking at her attacker.

"Hey Kagome. Calm down."

Kagome was let go. She turned around and smacked the man.

"Miroku! Are you trying to give me a heartattack?" Kagome asked angrily.

"No. But what are you doing spying on someone?" Miroku asked her slyly.

"Shippo brought me out here. He wanted me to look in there."

"Oh I see." Miroku went over to the window and peered in. He dropped his gaze.

"Come on Kagome. Let's go see Sango." Miroku tried to drag her away but she stayed put.

"Who is she?"

"Kagome..."
"Tell me Miroku."

"Ok. Let's get out of this rain."

Miroku led Kagome to a gazebo not far away from the auditorium.

"Kagome. That's Inuyasha's ex-girlfriend. Her name is Kikyo."

"So is that why he doesn't want to see me anymore?"

"What makes you say that?"

"He told me last night he doesn't want to dance with me anymore. He must have saw her yesterday when he went out with you."

"Probably after he left me by the lake to come back to the auditorium to work on props."

"Does he love her?" Kagome looked up at Miroku.

"Yeah." He sighed.

Kagome felt her heart clench. She thought that Inuyasha was starting to return her feelings. He wasn't as mean to her as when they first met and he had even kissed her. Ok so it won't a really big kiss but it was still a kiss. Shippo peered up at Kagome from her arms, sadly. He wanted to see Kagome with Inuyasha. They helped him that night at the arena and they did make a cute couple. He jumped down from her arms when she started squeezing them to herself.

"I thought that he liked you."

"Why?" Kagome barely managed to choke out the word due to the huge lump in her throat.

"He was started to act like his old self and he sure did look like he was attracted to you."

"Its only because I look like her."
"No. You two may look alike but you are better than her in my opinion. Inuyasha would hang out at my house all the time until he met her here. That's why he's been here so long. After they started dating I hardly saw him. He said he was too busy trying to help Kikyo with dancing or he was trying to buy her something impressive for her birthday or for their anniversary. Seemed to me that whatever he bought wasn't good enough for her. She comes from a rich family so there really isn't anything out there that she can't buy for herself. Inuyasha, well, he didn't have a lot of money to buy her things so whatever he bought was simple. Too simple for her."

"What happened?"

"She dumped him. Said she found someone better that could lavish her with expensive gifts and that could take her out to fancy restaurants. Kikyo said Inuyasha was too plain and simple for her taste and she left him."

"How did he take it?"

"Oh he never left his cabin here and when he was at my place he just sat around. Inuyasha had to stay with me until the next summer because he had spent all his money on her. He wouldn't eat, he barely slept. I tried what I could think of to get his mind off her but nothing worked. About a year after things seemed to be ok but knowing Inuyasha he was just putting on an act. I knew that when he came back here the next season that he wouldn't be ok. Being around him since we were little I kinda developed this sense about him. I know when he's down or when he's trying to surpress his anger. He's not that hard to read. Anyway, after he came back here he put on that mask of indifference and went about work. Then three years later, here you are. I thought that for sure he had gotten over her with the way he was looking at you. Guess I was wrong."

"Miroku?"
"Yes?"

"Could you watch Shippo for me? I want to be alone for a little while."

"Yeah, sure."

Shippo watched as Kagome left him in the gazebo with Miroku. She looked so torn and it made his heart go out to her. He looked up at Miroku.

"Kagome?"

Miroku's eyes nearly popped out of his head.

"So you do speak? Yeah. Poor Kagome. You can tell she's in love with the moron. I don't see how anyone can love that thing though."

"What thing?"

Miroku whirled around to stare into molten gold.

"Ah Inuyasha. You scared me."

"What thing are you talking about Roku?" He growled.

"Um...it was nothing."

"What are you doing out here in the rain? Why is Shippo with you?"

"Kagome wanted me to watch him for her."

"Why would she want you to do that?"

"It might have been because she didn't want to bother you."

"Why? Did I do something?"

"You can be so dumb."

Inuyasha growled at Miroku and flexed his claws.

"Calm down Yash. Kagome saw Kikyo."

"She...she did?"

"Yeah. I told her about you and Kikyo and she wanted to be left alone."

"I don't know what to do Miroku. Kikyo hasn't made a move to come talk to me. Every time I see her she's under Naraku' feet. Then there's Kagome. I kinda felt a connection with her but I don't want to hurt her feelings."

"So you think that Kikyo came all the way here just to take you back? Get a grip Inuyasha. Kikyo doesn't love you. She never did."

"That's not true." Inuyasha whispered, looking at the ground.

"It is true. I have sat back and watched you kill yourself over some girl who wasn't worth your time. She only wanted you for your money. And now that she's back you broke a friendship with one of the nicest girls you will ever meet. Kagome liked you, for you."

Inuyasha ran at Miroku and pinned him to one of the beams supporting the gazebo. Shippo ducked under the bench seats on the other side.

"Shut up Miroku. That's not true. Kikyo did care about me."

"Who are you trying to persuade?"

Inuyasha let go of Miroku and stepped back. "I thought I loved her."

"You were infatuated with her. Everything she did or said was perfect in your eyes."

Inuyasha was totally stumped. Maybe he had tried too hard with Kikyo. Anything he bought her didn't seem to catch her eye and she would look at it and him like they were a waste of her time. She had tried to get him to change his ways from acting like himself to being more dignified. He had even let her. She would take him to her dining room where a man and woman were waiting for them and tried to teach him manners and such. All that rich crap was uncomfortable but she didn't seem to care. He had told her that he didn't want to continue with them after several months and she had dumped him. Telling him how worthless he was and that he would never reach her standards no matter how much money he made or how much he tried to be one of them. He had blamed himself for everything and became short of a vegetable and would have succeeded in sealing himself away from the rest of the world if it wasn't for Miroku. The crazy pervert had made him get out of bed and do odd jobs around the house so he could stay there. And now he was starting to go back into that state ever since Kikyo had arrived.

"Where did Kagome say she was going?"

"She didn't. She walked toward the woods though."

"I'm going to go get her."

"Aw. Are you two going to kiss and make up?" Miroku started making kissy faces at Inuyasha with his hands clasped in front of him.

Inuyasha shook his head. He pulled Shippo out from under the bench and handed him to Miroku with a pat to the head.

"I'll be back with her in a minute."

"Don't stick your foot into your mouth. She's probably upset."

"Gotcha. Later. Oh and Miroku?"

"Yes?"

"I knew you called me a thing...and a moron."

Miroku grinned sheepishly and watched Inuyasha bound away.

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Kagome knew she was being silly for walking out here in the rain. She could have gone back to her room and brooded there but no. She had to come all the way out here, wherever here was, and walk around in the rain thinking about a certain silver-haired man that had happened to catch her attention without even trying. She was thinking about heading back when she slipped on mud and fell down.

"Oh great. First I was wet now I'm all muddy. This was a great idea." She said sarcastically.

Kagome moved to get up and was rewarded with a sharp, red hot searing pain in her right ankle. She collided again with the ground clutching her ankle, wincing.

"I suppose that's what I get. Hopefully the rain will stop soon until I get walk again."

Who was she kidding? It didn't look like the rain was going to let up at all. She curled her legs up under her, wrapping her jacket more securely around her. Maybe Miroku would come looking for her after a while.

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Sango opened her cabin door and promptly shut it. She slowly opened it and stared up at Miroku.

"Sorry Miroku. It was a reflex."

"That's okay. I know my past behavior may have led you to slam doors in my face."

Miroku waltzed in and jumped on Sango's bed, snuggling his face into her pillow. Sango boiled in anger by the door and looked down at Shippo when he walked in. She shut the door, gently this time, and walked over to the bed and pulled on Miroku's foot causing him to grab the headboard.

"Sango! What are you doing?" Miroku questioned, surprised.

"Get your wet self off my bed!" Sango yelled.

"Do you suggest I take off my pants?"

Sango let go of him.

"Hell no!"

"Why not? We are dating now." Miroku wiggled his eyebrows suggestively at her.

"I'm not doing anything with you and not while Shippo is here either."

Miroku feigned hurt.

"Sango, your words wound me."

"Tough. Get off my bed!"

Miroku got off the bed and sat on her wicker chair.

"Better?"

"Much."

The pair continued to stare at each other while Shippo curled up on Sango's bed. These two were stubborn like Inuyasha and Kagome, if not more so.

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Inuyasha had been walking in the rain for about thirty minutes now with no sign of Kagome.

"Where in the fucking seven hells is that wench? I'm going to kill her for coming all the way out here."

Inuyasha kept cussing at the rain because it dulled his sense of smell. If it wasn't raining he would have been able to pick up Kagome's scent no problem and would be back at the resort, in his cabin, all nice and toasty by the fireplace. Inuyasha was just about ready to call it quits and leave the girl out there when he caught site of something yellow. The closer he got to it he could determine it was a jacket. That jacket was wrapped around the person he was searching for. She was a complete disaster. The wind had knocked the hood off her head, plastering her hair to her face. The jacket wasn't doing much good anymore since she was sitting on the ground anyway. The poor girl had huddled as close as she could to the tree she was sitting under trying to get some proctection from the elements. Inuyasha squatted down in front of her and moved some of her hair from her face.

"Kagome."

Kagome moaned and opened her eyes.

"Inu...?"

"Yeah its me. What do you think you're doing out here?"

"Relieving stress."

"In the rain?"

"I wasn't thinking."

"That's for damn sure. Come on."
Inuyasha moved to grab her to haul her to her feet but she moved back on the tree.

"What's the matter?"

"I don't want you to help me."

"Why the hell not? Don't be stupid. You're going to get sick out here."

"Why did you come out here?"

"Miroku told me you came out here after he told you about Kikyo. Kagome. I really don't know how to explain things to you now but I need to get you back to the cabin."

Inuyasha touched Kagome's ankle to pull it out from under the tree root when she yelped and started crying. He gently pulled down her sock and saw one hideous bruise.

"What did you do?"

"I fell."

Inuyasha laughed a little. "You sure are a clumsy one, aren't you?"

Kagome stared sourly at Inuyasha. He gulped and picked up Kagome bridal style and ran back to the resort.

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Sango and Miroku all but screamed when Sango's cabin door was thrown open. Miroku stood up from the chair.

"Inuyasha?"

Inuyasha walked in and deposited Kagome on the bed.

"She passed out on me."

Sango went over to Kagome and felt her forehead.

"She burning with a fever. You two, get out!"

"What? Why?" Inuyasha barked.

"I need to get her out of these clothes."

Inuyasha blushed.

"Come on Yash. We'll go to my room."

Inuyasha picked up Shippo on his way out after Miroku and the two went next door.

"She's going to be ok, isn't she Inuyasha?"

Inuyasha stared wide-eyed at Shippo.

"Uh...yeah. Kagome will be just fine."

Shippo nodded and smiled a little. Inuyasha smiled back and ruffled the kit's hair.

"Everything will be just fine."