InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Don't Promises Last Forever? ❯ Confessions and Secret Schemes ( Chapter 4 )

Confessions and Secret Schemes

"So, the asshole showed up after school, huh?" Kagome was in her room talking on the phone with Miroku. When they moved to this house, Kagome took the bedroom above the garage, and made the area her own apartment. There was no bathroom when they moved there, so she built one herself, extending the above-the-garage room further back on the roof. She had put in all the fixtures, done all the piping, titling, dry wall, sheet rock, shell, spackling, and anything else that had to do with that room. Her mom financed it as part of a gift she got for being selected valedictorian that year. That, and she got her new black BMW Z3. (I've always wanted one of those…) She could have had that, or paid for the labor on the bathroom. She chose the car. Smart choice.

"Yeah. Anyway…about those matrixes…" She knew he was starting to go into pre-calculus, her most dreaded subject. She was honestly scared of what college held as far as Calculus went..

"Yeah…mhmm…" She went absent-mindedly, `yessing' him as he tried to spit out some basic (ha! Pre-calc! BASIC!) equations and definitions. She was more intent on watching her little brother, Souta, as he curled up in the corner of her room, trying do get his own homework done.

You see, Kagome's mother and stepfather were at it again. Usually, any child that was in the house got hit with a flying object, fist, or slew of violent words. So the two of them retreated to Kagome's room and locked the door. And secured the bolt. From the sound of it, her and Souta would be going out to dinner tonight, and he might even be spending the night up there with her.

She was very protective of her younger brother; her stepfather hit him once and it took two full-grown police men, and Miroku, to tear her off the drunk. Her own body was a different story, but she didn't really care. As long as Souta was safe.

Suddenly, Kagome remembered something about Inuyasha…didn't Miroku say the bastard showed up at his house today?

"Oh, Mirokuuuu" she said, "Why were you so eager to change the subject when you told me the fuckface showed up at your house today?"

"No reason." Miroku said, nervously. He'd been caught. This girl may have been a bit absent-minded at times, but she never missed a beat.

"I'm sure. Talk, buddy boy, unless you don't value that with makes you a man. I can be there in less than five minutes, you know." Her tone went from maternally loving to cold and hard. Inuyasha was her least favorite subject, next to pre-calc, but she wasn't letting him off the hook that easily.

So Miroku sighed and told her what happened.

"You…you…YOU BASTARD!!!" She screamed at the top of her lungs, which made Souta jump. "Wait, before I do anything stupid, you didn't tell him about Kouga and my stepdad, did you?"

"No." Miroku lied. If she knew Inuyasha knew about that, he would be in for it. "I just told him the basics. Enough to get him off my case."

"Fine." She said, coldly. She knew he wasn't telling her the whole truth, but she couldn't pinpoint where he was lying either. "For that, you owe me and Souta dinner. It's getting nasty over here. And we probably won't be able to get down there to eat."

"Ok…ok…I guess I do owe you one. I'll be over in 10 minutes."

The phone clicked, and she smiled to herself. She was very happy that she was going to go out with the two best guys in the world, her little brother Souta and her big brother Miroku.

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Kagome woke up late the next morning, cursing loudly about being late. She wound up waking up Souta with her racket. He had slept in her bed and she in her old sleeping bag she had used when she went camping. It may have robbed her of beauty sleep, but Souta mattered more. And it wasn't anything a good shower couldn't fix.

She quickly lulled Souta back to bed, she'd wake him before she left; that's when he actually had to get up. Then she jumped back into the shower, and took a really fast, and really cold one. To wake her up. Today was dress-down day for the seniors, (thank god!) so she grabbed the nearest pair of sweats and pulled a beater-like tank over her head and shapely torso. She pulled her hair into a messy bun, threw on some mascara and lip-gloss, and sprinted out the door after giving Souta a quick shake. She didn't have time for breakfast. She usually never did.

She threw herself into her car and sped off, getting to her high school with about 10 minutes to the first bell rang, telling them they needed to get to class. She grabbed her usual coffee, two sugars, no milk, and set out to find Miroku. Sango wasn't there yet; she didn't have class until 9:00, so that's when she came in. Lucky bitch. (said very lovingly!!)

She looked around for about a minute when she saw something that stopped her in her tracks. Miroku…and Inuyasha. Talking as if everything was just peachy. Like her history with that bastard didn't matter.

Just then, the sound of Inuyasha's laughter glided past her ears. Her expression involuntarily relaxed and even a small smile passed across her lips.

"What the fuck am I thinking?" she thought, once she realized what the smile was about. But in the back of her mind, she couldn't help if there was a small hope that things between her and the silver-haired boy could change….

She straightened herself out, forgetting her coffee. It gave her bad breath. She up on a mask of pure seduction; she never turned off, even this early in the morning. Even if she was in just sweats. Hell, so was every other senior. She looked good even in sweats or pajamas. It was great being beautiful. Kagome secured her purse over her shoulder and her books in her arm, and walked over to where Miroku and Inuyasha sat.

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Their conversation had changed to the subject of Kagome. Inuyasha knew she was in here, she could smell her. Not that anyone else knew that he was half-demon, but still. He didn't know how people felt about the demons here. So he kept it a secret. He wanted her to hear some of this….although she was so dense she may not care. But then again, he now understood her hatred toward him, and sympathized with her to the best of his ability without becoming emotional. Emotions were for pussies and girls. He was neither.

"Anyway. About Kagome. She's changed a lot." Inuyasha said, inconspicuously looking the girl up and down as she walked in.

"I know. She's become more independent, stronger, not to mention much more of a flirt." Miroku said, as he ticked off each quality on his fingers.

"No. That's not what I mean. She grew out of that little girl body I knew her as. Even today, mind you she's in sweats…"

"How do you know?" Miroku asked. He didn't even see her come in, and he was facing the entrance. Inuyasha's back was to it.

"Oh-uh, I saw her walk to get the coffee." He said, nodding towards where she was, indeed getting coffee. "Anyway, what I meant was that she's become absolutely beautiful. Like if she didn't hate me then I'd walk up to her and ask to fuck her."

"Well, it looks like you wont have to wait long…" he motioned towards Kagome, who was coming to their table. She had her trademark smirk on her face. It looked like Inuyasha was today's kill. Not that he knew that, but Miroku did. He silently wished the tease and temptress good luck as he slowly got up.

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"Hey, Kagome, you want something to eat?" he asked, as he passed her.

"Miroku, you know I don't eat breakfast." She said, smiling brightly. She was genuinely happy - she was getting payback on Inuyasha finally. "I'll take my usual coffee, 2 sugars, no milk though, if you don't mind. Souta slept up with me last night. You know him and his nightmares."

Miroku nodded and left. He knew it wasn't nightmares that had Kagome sleeping on the floor last night.

"You know, that isn't exactly healthy." Inuyasha remarked, leaning back in his chair, and usual hat over his face. His knees were propped up on the edge of the table. If he wasn't careful, he might had fall backwards.

"And since when have you been concerned about me?" Kagome snapped. She then mentally hit herself on the forehead. *Seduce, not shred to pieces, you idiot* she thought to herself.

"Wow. You're definitely a morning person." Inuyasha snapped back, his guard now up.

"I'm sorry. I didn't sleep well last night, I allowed my brother to use my bed. He had a nightmare. Plus, I'm used to my usual morning coffee."

"What about the one you had before?" he inquired. He didn't smell anything that smelled remotely like coffee on her breath.

"Oh, I already had that one. I wanted another." Kagome said, a little too quickly. "Anyway, what morning classes do you have?"

"Um…in the morning, I have Pre-calc with Miroku, American Gov't, free, this co-ed gym class and then lunch." He read off the classes from his schedule. Then it hit him. Was he actually having normal conversation with Kagome? This was too good to be true. Even though his great despise for her ran deep, it was immediately blocked up when he saw her this morning. All he could think of was how he could get her, which he knew would be difficult because of her previous problems with Hojo. He met that kid yesterday. Didn't like him from the start. He was a wolf demon, and more arrogant that him. Also the fact that instantly they were rivals, because everyone was torn between who was hotter, him or that wolf turd.

But no matter what, he had to try with Kagome. Not now, but he was going to get this girl for all she was worth. And she wasn't the only one to pick up a few tricks while they were gone.

"Great!" said Kagome, leaning over the table to snatch his schedule out of his hands. He got a very good view of what was down her shirt.

Yep. He was definitely going to get this girl before school ended. It was just a question of how.

"I have pre-calc with you and Miroku. And we have gym/free together. Today's gym. And Lit,of course…and we have the last period free together too, but I usually go home. If you want I can give you a ride." Why was she being so nice to him? But hey, whatever lured him in.

The bell rang, and they found Miroku coming back to them, two bagels for him and Inuyasha and Kagome's coffee.

"Sorry, the cashier couldn't figure out what she was doing." Miroku said.

"No problem. I brought your bag." Kagome said, heaving his rather heavy bag into his arms after she took her coffee. "Inuyasha has class with us this morning."

"Yeah, I know. I met him in American Gov't yesterday morning." Miroku said.

"Well, apparantly I have pre-calc with you guys too." Inuyasha mused.

"Cool. We have another crusader on the destroy-O'Donnell-crusades." Miroku said, laughing slightly.

"And who else is on these `crusades'?" Inuyasha inquired, an eyebrow raised.

"Anyone and everyone who's ever had her. She's fucking evil." Kagome said, a hint of malice in her voice.

"And you're not?" Miroku asked, turning to her.

"Oh, shut up. At least I'm not the one who caused Sango detention yesterday on grounds of her shriek and slapping you in Physics yesterday because <b>someone</b> grabbed her ass."

Inuyasha smiled. "Yeah, I remember that."

"How would you know? You weren't there." Kagome said, whipping her head to face him.

"Just because you refused to acknowledge my presence yesterday doesn't mean I wasn't there." Inuyasha said curtly.

"They walked into the classroom and sat down. Miroku sat on one side of Kagome, and Inuyasha behind her. He still liked tugging on a single strand of her hair and timed how long it took her to react. That, and though he wouldn't admit it, her scent was strongest when he sat there. He liked her scent. No, he didn't. Yes, he did. No, he didn't! A little voice chimed in the back of his head, almost tauntingly. "Yes you doooo!"

Pre-calc passed boringly, almost painfully slowly. But eventually it ended. The boys had global, and she had free. During Pre-Calc, her and Miroku had a written conversation and she explained to him her plan. He advised her against it, saying there were too many things at risk and too many things that could go wrong. But she wouldn't hear it. She said she was going to do as she wanted, and he knew not to stop her. So, he said he'd do her a favor and leave the two of them alone after pre-calc.

"So, you have Gov't next?" Kagome asked when the bell rang.

"Uh, yeah. Room 309. I should go with Miroku, he's with me in the class."

"Oh, um, he's not going there right away. He needed to give something to Sango. But I can walk you there if you like." Kagome said, innocently as a baby. Yeah. Right.

"Fine." He said, indifferently. What was with the sudden mood change? Yesterday, she hated him. He still couldn't get over it.

They walked to the class, and on the way there they talked about - suprisingly - Kagome's and Inuyasha's favorite subject. Karate and Martial Arts.

"Yeah, I've been studying since I was about 7. I know how to fight. Not only that, but I also have street fighting under my belt." Kagome said proudly. It was all true. However, she being a small person, sometimes got into more than she could handle. And she also was not easily willed to hurt other people. Just as long as those she loved weren't hurt. By the time she had attempted to push off Kouga, it was already too late. She was pinned. She shuddered at that thought.

"But what about K-" he cut short. He almost forgot - he wasn't supposed to know about that. Whoops.

"But what?" she asked, genuinely curious.

"Nothing. Never mind. Is this the room?" he asked, desperate to change the subject.

"Yeah, it is." She regretted saying that. She was actually having fun with him too. Maybe people do change.

Wait. Did she just think that?

"Ok, I guess I'll see you in gym then." He said.

"Yep! See you around!" And with that, she turned to leave. She took two steps, and then stopped. She turned around and walked quickly up to him, almost like an eager schoolgirl. "I forgot to give you this." She said, and rose up on tiptoe to kiss him on the cheek. She then turned around and walked off coolly, not once looking back.

He was left standing there, dumbfounded by her for the second time today. He found his hand on his cheek, on the spot where kissed him when Miroku's voice snapped him back to reality.

"Dare I ask what happened?" Miroku asked cautiously. He remembered too freshly the sting of Sango's slap the day earlier. He found his hand there after that event. He hoped Kagome wasn't stupid enough to do that. He actually hoped that Inuyasha wasn't stupid enough to try and cop a feel.

"She kissed me." He said coolly. It wasn't like he liked her or anything. But he couldn't help thinking…

`This is gonna be easier than I thought.'

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A/n: Yeah, I know I posted like, three chappies at once. I have this posted on FanFiction.net, but thought I should post on here, too, cuz I wanna know what other people think. I want to catch you guys up to where they are, which is a lot further. So the updates will be coming way faster. Yeah.

Ja ne.