InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Engaging Enemies ❯ Chapter 14 If You ( Chapter 14 )

Chapter 14 If You

Kirara's POV

It has been almost two months since I moved to Tokyo with my parents, et c'est super! I have made many friends, all, er, well, most of them Sango's. Some of them are very kind and loving, while the others are still diamonds in the making but are still fun to be with. En fait, there is never a dull moment whenever I'm with them. One can't help but love them all.

There's Sango, of course, ma cousine, who loves a good fight, especially when she's the one giving the hits.

Kagome-chan, Sango's best friend since forever, loves to love and share. She probably has the biggest heart that I know. But she also gets really defensive when people pick at her or others.

Rin-chan is like a tiny psychotic bomb of emotions. She gets très, très, très hyper whenever she's happy. Give her a milligram of sugar or caffeine and she'll go ballistic. As the super genius of our group, if she concocts a plan, there's a 99.9 percent chance of success. The other .1 percent is the slight chance that she decides to abort the mission. Whenever Sesshoumaru-sama is around, however, there's no telling what she might do or what will end up broken.

Ayame-chan is our romantic. Because she is exposed to the musical culture of foreign countries, she loves to synthesize her own music. Despite her extremely short temper, she loves to sit outside and observe nature, animals especially. I'm pretty sure that if she could, she would build her own reservation dedicated to nature and its beauty.

Then there're the guys. Miroku-sama, the all-time playboy, never gives his foolishness a rest. However kind and good-natured he may seem, he can never resist spurting nonsensical romance to other women as his hand finds a mind of his own. Let's just say that he has been officially turned into Sango's personal punching bag.

Inuyasha-kun is one of those arrogant and gruff guys who can't resist a challenge, especially if it's to prove someone wrong, namely Kagome. Despite his lack for manners and wit at times, he actually does know what he's doing, when he wants. Catch him at a quiet moment, and you'll notice that he has a lot on his mind. But what he says a lot of the times make it seems like he doesn't have a brain to use.

Sesshoumaru-sama…How would one describe such an enigma? Mysterious and unpredictable, he is, but he is either one helluva saint or a total insane case to be able to date Rin-chan and not commit suicide. Not to speak ill about Rin-chan, but sometimes you just have to wonder just where did the sanity in the room go. Sesshoumaru-sama speaks only when necessary, but actions speak louder than words. Such as the two weeks when he pretended to be a ninja, and a horrible one if I do say so myself. I had to understand that it was all Rin-chan's plan. But then again, Sesshoumaru-sama doesn't seem to be the type who would submit so easily to such a game. But is Rin-chan really this super mind-controlling mastermind who can bring anyone under her control? I mean, is it possible that Rin-chan could be controlling our every movement and every thought without our knowing it? Who knows.

Getting back on topic, there is Kouga-kun, someone who is very persistent and overly possessive. Somehow, he has this idea engraved into his thick skull that Kagome-chan is his and will be his lifelong mate after graduation. “Whenever I speak to him,” she says, “It's like he has this filter in his ear that lets him hear what he wants to hear. The words don't go through one ear and out the other. They don't even get the chance of reaching the ear half the time.” I just feel sorry for Ayame-chan since he doesn't even notice her, and she's madly in love with the man.

And then there's Shippou-chan. He's the sweetest guy I know, despite the fact that he's a little sharp at the tongue. While Rin is the genius, he's the schemer. He believes that a little mischief is good for the soul, and for the spleen. He's a real gentleman but super shy for some reason. And his tail is so cute and poofy.

After a while, I realized that in our group of friends there're some rules that each of us tend to follow. I have finally realized what each of these rules is and have decided to take note of them.

Rule #1. If you have lemons, TRY to make SWEET lemonade.

“Hey, Kagome! So this is where you've been hiding for the last couple of days,” Sango said as she walked up to her best friend in the library. “So…what exactly ARE you doing?”

I looked at the book that Kagome-chan had her nose glued to. It was a college-level mathematic book, and it was turned to the trigonometry section. “Wow, Kagome-chan. That's a pretty advanced book to be studying.”

She looked up at us and smiled weakly. “The `end of trimester' exams are coming up, and I want to make sure that I'm ready for them, especially for TRIG. It's been hard enough trying to learn this stuff and doing homework with the book. But Aoshi-sensei won't let us use any notes or the book, so I'm totally screwed if I don't get this soon.”

“How come you didn't ask Houjou-kun for help since he's taking TRIG as well?” Sango asked as both of us took a seat at the table.

“I tried, but Houjou hasn't spoken to me since he found out about the engagement. I tried to call his phone, but he doesn't answer it. I think he really hates me.”

“What a jerk! You apologized and explained the situation, but he's still completely shut you out. Guess he's not as nice as we thought.”

“Don't worry about him, Kagome-chan. If you ask me, I believe he is the one who owes an apology for accusing you wrongly. Why don't you try calling Rin-chan? She is a super genius after all.”

“Tried that as well, but this is all I get.” Kagome-chan pulled out her cell, dialed Rin-chan's cell, and let Sango and me listen.

“Konnichiwa, minna-chan. You have reached The Rin-hime. The Rin-hime is not able to answer The Rin-hime's phone calls for The Rin-hime is having fun with The Rin-hime's prized possession, The Great and Powerful Fluffy-sama of the Western Tokyo. The Rin-hime will return as soon as The Great and Powerful Fluffy-sama of the Western Tokyo catches The Rin-hime and The Rin-hime gives The Great and Powerful Fluffy-sama of the Western Tokyo The Great and Powerful Fluffy-sama of the Western Tokyo's prize for catching The Rin-hime. The Rin-hime and The Great and Powerful Fluffy-sama of the Western Tokyo wish that the caller will leave a message so that The Rin-hime may return The Rin-hime's calls. Ja ne!”

“Ano…that's was…very…very…interesting. Rin needs to find a better way to occupy all her free time.”

I agreed. “So that means that Rin-chan is out of the picture.”

Kagome-chan nodded. “Yeah, and the only alternative was for me to find a book that would slowly break down most of the more confusing lessons. And here I am, studying the book like it's the most amusing manga that I've read.”

“Well, Kagome-sama, it seems that you may need someone whom you can rely on to help you through the problems and solutions of Trigonometry. Someone such as myself.” Miroku-sama suddenly appeared behind Kagome-chan and placed a hand on her shoulder. “Shall we go find a place that is less crowded and more suitable for an intimate study session? You might even learn a few things, seeing as you are very inexperienced in certain areas. But I would gladly become your tutor in all things and teach you the lessons of life and nature. So, what do you say, my fair miko?”

“Sure!” Kagome-chan said and smiled.

“I knew that you would refuse the first time, but I can assure you that…wait…did you say…?”

“Of course I'd be glad to have a tutor such as you, Miroku-sama.”

“Joyous day! My fair miko Kagome-sama has finally accepted my request. Kagome-sama,” he grabbed Kagome-chan's hand, “You will not regret a single moment with me. I will teach you all kinds of things that you never knew could happen. First, I will teach you how to - Ack! S-S-Sango, my lovely Taijiya! How long have you been there? I was just telling Kagome-sama that I was going to tutor her…you know…help her with a couple of things-”

Sango looked back at Miroku-sama on the ground struggling from her hold. “Yamete.”

Miroku-sama immediately became lifeless in her grasp. He whimpered and began to silently crying. “Help,” he whispered before he was dragged into the dark side of the library where Miroku-sama's cruel and unmerciful punishment awaited him.

Eventually Sango returned with a very, VERY satisfied look on his face. But for some reason, I don't think it was because she almost pummeled Miroku-sama to oblivion.

Rule #2. If you can't say anything nice, beware of the consequences.

After Sango left and Miroku-sama managed to crawl from his hole to the exit, I volunteered to help Kagome-chan with her math.

“D'accord. Let's start with the basic formulas. What is the Pythagorean Theorem?”

“a-squared plus b-squared equals c-squared.”

“Good. Using the sides of a basic right triangle, how do you solve for the sine of theta?”

“Opposite over hypotenuse.”

“Cosine of theta?”

“Adjacent over hypotenuse.”

“Tangent of theta?”

“Opposite over adjacent.”

“Very good. The reciprocal of the sin equation would be which equation?”

“The cosecant equation.”

“Okay, and what is the opposite of smart?”

“Inuyasha,” Kagome-chan quickly responded after Inuyasha-kun's sudden question.

“Haha, very funny. So what are you doing here? Hoping to regain all the brain cells that you lost?”

“I should say the same thing to you, only I'd be repeating an idiot.”

“Touché.”

“So what brings you into foreign territory?”

“Oh shut up. I'm as free as you are and can go wherever I please. I just wanted to find a book to bury myself in. By the way, you haven't seen Jakotsu, have you?”

“Not since-”

“Oh my ko-Inuyasha! How I've been looking all over for you. You worried Kaasan so much that I had to send Tousan to find you. And here I find you fraternizing with females. No offense, Kagome-sama.”

“None taken, Jakotsu.”

“Come to Kaasan, ko-Inuyasha!”

“Agh, get away from me you freak! I am not your little puppy, and who the heck is `Tousan?'”

“Oi, Kaasan, have you found ko-Inuyasha!” Bankotsu-kun asked as he walked up behind Jakotsu-kun.

“Hai, koishii! I found our chibi koinu here playing around with some girls. It's sad, really. I think he would have made a great third partner. Oh, you know, I never asked you whether you mind having threesomes, koishii. I find it very convenient to have more than one lover…”

Bankotsu-kun's eyes began to overflow with tears. “Y-You don't love me anymore?”

Jakotsu-kun quickly turned and began to smother his Tousan. “Oh, Ban-Ban, you are the only MAN that I could ever want. If you don't want to, then I'll never speak of it again.”

“Y-You promise?” Bankotsu-kun wiped his tears and stared into Jakotsu-kun's eyes.

Jakotsu-kun smiled sincerely. “Of course. I would never do anything to hurt you, my koishii, my Tousan…” Jakotsu-kun cupped Bankotsu-kun's face with both hands and brought their faces closer…

“Oh, Kami-sama, strike me now,” Inuyasha-kun said as he hid behind Kagome-chan.

“Oi, you kids over there, quiet down or get out!” spoke the librarian from her desk.

“What do you think you're doing?” Kagome-chan whispered over her shoulder.

“Ssshhh! If we stay quiet, maybe I can sneak away. Just keep quiet and help me get out of here.”

“And what's in it for me?”

“My gratitude.”

“Deal.” Kagome-chan stood up slowly, and Inuyasha-kun started to follow her lead until…

“Jakotsu! Even though it's lovely to see you and your Ban-Ban make out, our chibi Inu-kun feels abandoned and left out.”

“Oi, wench!”

“Oh, did you hear that, Tousan? Our dear ko-Inuyasha feels abandoned by his owners. We should go cheer him up, nee? Come here to Kaasan, chibi koinu.”

“The only way that I'm getting near you is to shove Tetsusaiga up your ass!”

“Ooh, naughty, naughty. But that does sound enticing. And how cute! He named his manhood! I wouldn't mind at all! Come to me, my horny koinu! And I do mean COME!”

“Oi, I said quiet down or get out!” spoke again the librarian.

“Get away from me, you freak! It's just not normal for men to like me! Kagome, help me!”

Kagome-chan whipped out a piece of paper. “Osuwari!” Inuyasha-kun fell flat to the ground, face first. “There you go, all yours, Jakotsu. You can thank me later.”

Jakotsu gave Kagome-chan a quick hug before glomping Inuyasha-kun while the spell was still effective.

“Come on, Kirara, before Baachan calls security on us too.”

“Mais, Kagome-chan, I don't think that it's a good idea to leave Inuyasha-kun defenseless against Jakotsu-kun. I mean, look at him. He's pathetic.”

“And that's the reason why we are leaving.”

Rule #3. If you give a doggie a bone, he'll want to bury it.

As Kagome-chan and I walked out of the library, we decided to head down to the mall and just relax a bit. There was no use in over-stressing over school (and the idiots, as Kagome-chan put it), so a bit of shopping and hanging out could be good for the both of us. Truly, I don't even think that I was the one stressing, but a good friend never uncovers the horrible and dark truths.

“Kagome-chan! Kirara-chan! Matte, onegai desu!” We heard someone yell.

We turned to see Rin-chan chasing after us, or was it that she was running away? I'm not sure, but that's not the point.

When Rin-chan reached us, she released a deep sigh. “I think I finally lost him.”

“Him? Who? Is someone chasing you?”

Rin laughed nervously. “Yeah, you could say that. It's more like he's hounding me, if you get what I mean.”

“Uh, no, not really.”

“How does one explain this? It's like this. Remember when Rin-chan was chasing Fluffy-sama and Fluffy-sama was pretending to be a ninja?”

Both of us nod.

“Well, it's kinda like that, only now Rin-chan isn't a bounty hunter chasing after a rogue ninja. Fluffy-sama is inu and Rin-chan is neko. And inu chase neko, nee?”

Both of us nod slightly.

“So Fluffy-sama is chasing Rin-chan, and Rin-chan has to escape, get it?”

Both of us shake our heads.

Rin-chan sighed. “It's a game! It's a game! You see? Fluffy-sama and Rin-chan are playing a game called Seme to Uke. One player becomes Seme, the attacker, and has to catch Uke, the other player who is the receiver. If Seme catches Uke during the game before the end of two weeks, then Seme remains as Seme until Seme can't catch Uke during a two week period. Seme gets to pick the role players, such as inu and neko or bounty hunter and ninja, and gets whatever Seme wants from Uke. However, if Uke successfully escapes Seme, then Uke becomes Seme and chooses the role players. Now do you get it?”

Both of us look at each other and shake our heads once more.

Rin-chan sighed. “Never mind. Maybe it's too complex for normal people to understand…”

Suddenly, a silver-haired man appeared behind Rin-chan. Rin-chan reacted before any of us and tried to escape, but he had already grabbed Rin-chan by the waist. His golden eyes glowed as he whispered into Rin-chan's ear. Since Kagome was ningen, only Rin-chan and I heard his words.

“I caught you. Now for your punishment, aoi koneko.” Rin-chan suddenly blushed as the golden-eyed, silver haired guy, AKA Sesshoumaru-sama, whisked Rin-chan off to some hidden place.

“Seems like Rin-chan will still be Uke,” I laughed.

“Why is it that none of my friends have a lick of sense?” Kagome asked herself, and I laughed even harder as we continued to the mall.

Rule #4. If you hate the game, kill the player.

When we reached the mall, we were barely at the entrance when suddenly the wind shifted, and both Kagome-chan and I noticed a familiar youki approaching us. In fact, two.

“Kagome! My beautiful and glorious goddess! How I've longed to meet you again.”

“You just saw me yesterday at school, Kouga-kun.”

“True, true. But those few hours of your absence have felt like an eternity of solitude and sorrow.”

“Really?” Kagome-chan said dully. Obviously, she was never impressed with his poetic tone with her. I felt kind of sorry for Kouga-kun, seeing as his efforts were wasted and yet he never noticed.

“Of course! I've always wished, since the moment that we met that fateful day, that I could spend every second of my life with you. Why, I would give up everything to be with you. Even if it meant my place as the leader of my tribe, I would give it all up just to have you as my mate.”

“N-Now that's not necessary. Really, it's not! You wouldn't just abandon your comrades like that, would you?”

“If you spoke it, then it will come to pass, my darling. Believe that every word I speak is-”

“-Bullcrap! You can't just leave your comrades like that over a girl, especially not over me! I'm not worth that much for someone like you to abandon your followers. Your tribe believes in you as a leader and look up to you for guidance. How could you even say something like that?”

“Because he's a baka!” shouted Ayame-chan. Kouga-kun turned around to see Ayame-chan in tears. Knowing that Ayame-chan had such a huge crush on Kouga-kun, I realized how hard that confession came down on her, and I knew that Kagome realized it too.

“Ayame?”

“You're always swooning over Kagome like a hopeless lovesick case. You're too busy trying to get her to like you that you don't even notice the simple fact that Kagome can't return your feelings. Or are you so blunt?”

“Ayame, what are you talking about?”

“Leave me alone. You don't understand!”

“Well if you'd stop yelling, then maybe I could figure out what the hell's wrong!”

The wind shifted as Ayame-chan summoned a mini-tornado of leaves to keep him back.

As Kagome-chan and I watched this hopeless scene, she turned to me and said, “How about we just forget about the mall and go home? I need some rest, especially having to deal with people like him.” Kagome-chan pointed to Kouga-kun. “Will that be alright, Kirara?”

I nodded. “I don't mind. Go and take some time off. After all that studying, you'll be needing it.”

“Arigatou. Jaa.”

“Jaa.”

Kagome-chan walked off, and Kouga-kun snapped out of his little quarrel with Ayame-chan to follow after Kagome-chan. “Matte, onegai, Kagome-chan!”

Suddenly, Ayame-chan rose from her depression and turned into something of a maniacal nature. “Kouga! Where do you think you're going? I have this nice warhead that has your name written all over it.”

Now, I'm not sure about my knowledge on current Japanese laws, but I'm pretty sure that running around with a loaded bazooka threatening someone is not a good idea. In fact, I'm pretty sure it goes into the bad category. `Better leave before someone gets their guts blown all over me.'

Rule #5. If you want something done, never let a guy do it. He takes too long.

Even though Kagome-chan went home, with two crazed maniacs chasing after her, I decided to just window shop. I was looking at a gorgeous, red, knee-length dress, adorned with ribbons on each shoulder, when someone called me. I turned around and saw Shippou-chan.

“Shippou-chan! What are you doing here?”

“Just looking around and found you here.”

“What a coincidence. Want to sit and chat for a while.”

“S-Sure.” For some reason, Shippou-chan's face turned a few shades pink, but I didn't dwell on it too long.

After buying two smoothies, we sat and just started random conversations. About thirty minutes later, I realized that it was almost dusk and began bidding Shippou-chan goodbye, but he stopped me.

“Ano, Kirara…?”

“Hm?”

“Ano…can I…ask you something?”

“Anything.”

“Well, there's this movie coming out next week, and it looks pretty interesting…and…well…”

“What is it called?”

“Chaos. It's from the same guy who did Ringu. It's a horror movie…and…ano…” Shippou-chan kept turning a new shade of red with each word. Finally, I sighed.

“Shippou-chan, would you like to go see Chaos with me next week?”

Shippou-chan looked up in surprise. “Ano…”

“A simple yes or no would do.”

“H-Hai! I would love to.”

“Good. I'll call you later and tell you what time and day. Okay?”

“Yoshi!”

“Good. Ja ne, Shippou.” I pecked him on the cheek and ran off. After about 20 paces, I turned around and waved. He had a goofy grin on the whole time.

But life in Tokyo, Japan, is much livelier than life in Europe. Sure, there were the missions and the training to go through that kept life going, but nothing is better than going out with close friends, especially when each one has his or her story to share.

“Kirara?” Shippou calls to me.

“Oui?”

“Let's go. Everybody is waiting. If we don't hurry, we'll miss the opening trailers. Besides, I don't think Kagome and Ayame can hold back Inuyasha and Kouga for long before someone gets hurt.”

“Ah, gomen nasai. I'll hurry.”

But by the looks of things, our stories will have changed by the end of this year. I think…

~Chiisaineko Kirara

Translation Notes:

Most people know about the honorifics that are used in daily the Japanese language, but I will explain to those who are not familiar with them. Since Kirara is still not too close to Kagome and everyone, she still uses -chan and -kun after almost everyone's name, except of course Sango's. “-chan” is used to show friendliness and familiarity between two people, especially towards girls. It's like a child-like show of affection. On the other hand, “-kun” is used most often for boys, with the same implications as “-chan”. “-sama” is used to show a greater respect for someone who is more than likely of a higher level. When Kirara speaks of or to Shippou, she uses “-chan” instead of “-kun” because he more childish than his male friends and because, as we can see, Kirara has a secret crush on him. Note, however, that at the end of Rule 5 she begins leaving off “-chan” after his name.

-hime - used for respect for princesses. Rin purposely uses this to refer to herself.

ja ne - see you later

ano - Um…

miko - maiden shrine priestess

Taijiya - demon slayer

koinu - puppy. Since Inuyasha's name is what it is, Jakotsu found it cute to put “ko-” in front of his name to make him puppy Inuyasha. “Ko-” can be used for the infant stage of most any animal it is placed in front of.

Kaasan - Mother (Jakotsu named himself this)

Tousan - Father (Jakotsu named Bankotsu this and Bankotsu just goes along with it)

Koishii - Cherished (Equivalent of the English “Dear” or “Honey”)

chibi - little, tiny

Kami-sama - God

Oi - hey!

nee - is it so? right?

Baachan - Grandma, Old Lady/Woman

“Matte, onegai desu” - “Wait, please”

inu - dog

neko - cat

Seme to Uke - “Attacker and Receiver”; Just as Rin said, Seme means “attacker” in Japanese martial arts while Uke is referred to the “receiver.” In fandom and other interesting things, it is also used to refer to sexual partners. Just picture the male as the “attacker” and the female as the “receiver” in the missionary position. (Plz don't ask why I know this. I just do.)

ningen - human

aoi koneko - blue kitten; other than the fact that Rin is part blue snow leopard, Sesshy's also referring to Rin's name, “Aoikone”

youki - energy that youkai and ningen give off, kind off like a signature in which each person has his/her own unique one.

baka - idiot

arigatou - thank you

jaa - see you

hai - yes

yoshi - alright, understood

gomen nasai - I'm sorry

Chiisaineko - small cat

Kirara's French:

“et c'est super” - and it's cool/awesome

“En fait” - In fact

“ma cousine” - my cousin (female)

“trés” -very

“D'accord” - Okay, Alright

“Mais” - But

A/N

Chaos is a real movie that came out in 1999, and it really is made by the same person who the Japanese version of The Ring, called Ringu. I just randomly looked that up.

This is dedicated to Starrilight-Hotaru, my bestest-est friend in the whole entire universe. Happy Birthday!

I know I said that EE was gonna finally get back on track, but this is basically another filler chapter, if there are such things. I got all these crazy ideas while on the phone with Star, and I just had to type this. Besides, it was pretty fun typing in Kirara's POV, despite the fact that all those honorifics were horrific. But I did manage to add an important plot point in this chapter, though you probably wouldn't know what it would be until next chapter.

The whole trigonometry part, don't know how I remember such useless crap, but I guess it isn't so useless since it helped me in this chapter. Go ahead and say it, I'm a nerd. But math, other than foreign language, is my fav subject. I was one of the few people who actually understood what I was doing. Sad, but true. Oh well, c'est la vie.

I have two fav parts of this chapter, Jakotsu's appearance and Rin's little game with Sesshoumaru. And I agree with Kirara, Rin will have to be Uke for another 2 weeks, even though I don't see how she could be Seme seeing as she's a girl and everything…But that's how my twisted brain works. Well, till next time!

(It's inconvenient not to have a hole to fuck when I'm in the mood.

Yuki - Gravitation)