InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Fancy Meeting You Here ❯ There's Some Bad News and Some Good News ( Chapter 13 )

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*@*@*@* There's Some Bad News and Some Good News*@*@*@*

 

 

Although the board meeting was kept tightly under wraps last night, the morning after was an entirely different story. The halls were full of gossiping high schoolers, all wanting to get as much of the juicy information they could out of everyone that had attended, each having their own take on the story.

 

Sesshoumaru had already taken precautions and had Kagura transferred from his class to another so that they would not have to be in the same room together. The school did not complain; the less tension in the atmosphere the better the learning environment.

 

However, they didn't account for all of the rumors that were going to be spread around the school. Although Sesshoumaru was aware of this possibility, it didn't make it any easier to cope with the whispers when he walked into the hallway. Immediately he could feel virtually every single eye of the student body on his person and he wanted to do nothing more than to go home, take Kagome with him, and forget about all of this mess. They could run away to some remote island and he could show her pleasures of the body until she could no longer walk…

 

But he digressed.

 

One feral glance down the hallway was all it took for the students to find something else to look at. No one wanted to be on the receiving end of his glare, that much was certain. He strode confidently down the hallways to his classroom and shut the door swiftly behind him. It was the first time in his long career that he had felt even remotely uncomfortable in the school. Perhaps he should consider taking a short vacation until the students got their fill of all the gossip.

 

Sitting at his desk, Sesshoumaru couldn't help the small smirk that stretched over his lips when he thought of the things he had done to Kagome on the desk. Just thinking about the erotic moans and sighs that had passed through those soft lips was enough for him to become noticeably aroused. She was his, even if the world didn't know it yet. A new line had been crossed when they spoke of love, he could feel it within his soul.

 

He shook his head gently to try and dispel thoughts of Kagome for now; it would not do to become distracted today. His students would not fall behind because of his lack of concentration. There were still a lot of things left to cover before the end of the school year which was only a couple months away. Likewise, his Jujitsu team had a lot of practicing to do before the big match and if they wanted to see the program live on after this year, they had better start winning.

 

As if a light bulb turned on in his head, Sesshoumaru took out a piece of paper and a pen and began writing a proposal. If he got his wishes, and he would, then he could solve two of his immediate problems at the same time. If he could just get Toran to go along as well, then it would help him even more.

 

 

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Sango wrapped an arm around Kagome as she tried, unsuccessfully, to drag her into the school halls. Kagome couldn't explain it, but she just had a feeling that she would regret stepping a single foot into the hallways that day. As she once again got loose from Sango's grasp, she took a step back and put her hands on her hips while she threatened her friend with a glare.

 

“Would you knock it off?! I'll go in there when I'm ready!” Kagome said while furiously tapping her foot.

 

Sango sighed in exhaustion. “Honestly Kagome, I don't know what the problem is with you today,” she said as she began making her way through the hall doors. Kagome deflated a bit and resigned herself to walking after her friend. “I mean, it's not like everyone knows what happened at the meeting last…night.”

 

Both girls came to an abrupt stop when they entered the halls and all eyes turned towards them. It was as if time stood still and Kagome was less than two seconds away from making a mad dash out the door and back home. A couple girls leaned over to whisper in each other's ears and it seemed to have a domino effect on the rest of the student body. The hushed whispers soon erupted into dull roar of accusations and rumors and Kagome glared at the floor that was being uncooperative in swallowing her up.

 

Being the only girl on the Jujitsu team seemed like a novelty before, but after having to be called upon at the meeting last night, it seemed as if many people were just waiting for the chance to stir up trouble between her and Sesshoumaru. Kagome heaved a great sigh and groaned while she tightened her grip on her backpack strap.

 

“Just try and ignore them Kagome,” Sango supplied trying to be helpful. Kagome nodded but otherwise said nothing as she and Sango started making their way down the hall. “Just think, if it's this bad for you, imagine what Kagura's going to go through when she gets here, if she hasn't shown up already.”

 

The thought of Kagura being ridiculed even worse than she was made Kagome feel a little bit better. Well that was until Sango and she had to part ways; then Kagome resigned to keeping her head down. Sango was her comfort zone in this gossip-ridden hallway and now she was alone and couldn't hide behind her friend. She kept her stride quick and was sure she was close to her locker when she bumped into someone's back.

 

She looked up and apologized quickly before she moved to go around the person. Unfortunately for her, this person had other plans that involved being a royal jackass who apparently had something to prove to his friends. The male lizard demon Kagome had run into grabbed her by the waist and guided her backwards until she was pressed against the lockers.

 

“What's the rush? I heard about you giving `favors' to the Jujitsu instructor; why not let me show you how someone your own age treats someone like you?” the too-cool-for-this-school player wanna-be said as he lowered his face into her neck to take a deep sniff.

 

Kagome narrowed her eyes and pushed the demon roughly away from her. “If you want to keep all your bits in working condition, I suggest you keep your hands off of me,” Kagome warned him.

 

The demon put his hands up in mock surrender. “Hey relax woman. I just figured we could show each other a good time; ya know, since you give it to the dog demon. I could show you how a lizard uses his tongue.”

 

Kagome looked at him in disgust and walked away. She could hear them all laughing at her expense as she made her way down the never-ending hallway to her locker. Along the way, she was propositioned for sex eight times, accosted twice, and sent a guy crying to the office. Now more than ever she wished she could just get away from the school while all of this settled down. The whispers and giggles were continuous and showed no signs of stopping any time soon.

 

Kagome rushed down the hallway to get away from the piercing gazes of the students. With a quick decision she turned down a hallway with less student traffic and slowed her pace to catch her breath. This entire debacle was ridiculous and once again she reminded herself that she was, indeed, in high school. Things like this were fodder for the drama-craving teens that couldn't get their fill with the soap operas they watched or the trouble they caused on their own volition.

 

She leaned against the wall and closed her eyes to try and escape the hectic scene that lay waiting for her once she walked back into the hallway. Standing up straight Kagome steeled her nerves and lifted her head. She wasn't going to let the speculations stop her! She was Kagome Higurashi, daughter of the Sunset Shrine, one of the top competitors of the Jujitsu team, all-around badass who would not take this lying down! She, Kagome Higurashi…

 

…was a giant chicken who just ducked into a room because a group of people were coming.

 

She quickly slammed the door shut and braced herself against it. With her ear against the door, she listened as the group of students walked by and laughed about, who else? but her. She gave off a small growl of frustration, but froze when she heard a throat clear. She closed her eyes and prayed to any god that would hear her out that she didn't just step into a class that was in session; that's all she needed right now.

 

Kagome stayed perfectly still and repeatedly told herself that if she didn't make any sudden movements then no one would see her. She realized it was quiet in the room though that was no surprise; they were probably all staring at her. She worked herself up to turn around and face the music, but before she could a pair of arms encircled her waist and she was pulled gently towards a firm chest.

 

She closed her eyes and covered the hands that were on her stomach as warm lips descended on her neck. Kagome instinctively knew who it was and took this time to revel in his attentions, knowing that they would soon have part ways.

 

Sesshoumaru sucked gently on her throat maybe while his tongue took in the flavor of her slightly salty skin. It had been quite a surprise when she stumbled into the room, and at first he was going to ask her what in the world she thought she was doing. However, when he saw that she obviously had no idea which room she ran into, he couldn't help but want to play with her a bit.

 

Her back to him had given him the perfect view of her lithe form and he once again both cursed and thanked the school for requiring the girls to wear those skimpy looking uniforms. Her long legs looked smooth and pale and he could feel his hand twitch involuntarily at the though of lifting her skirt up to reveal more of her flesh to him.

 

Being in a frisky mood since the proposal he wrote earlier was accepted readily, Sesshoumaru had then made his way over to the small female who had captured his every thought and cleared his throat. He smirked when he saw her stiffen and then stay perfectly still as if she was wishing she could disappear. Sesshoumaru could only imagine what she was thinking, but when she made no move to turn around, he took matters into his own hands.

 

When he put his arms around her, it wasn't just she that relaxed. It felt like it had been days since he last held her, when in reality it was only a few hours ago.

 

Sesshoumaru smirked against her skin when he heard a light moan escape her lips. He pressed her further into his body so that she could feel that she was not the only one this chance encounter was having an effect on. Kagome bit her lip to stifle another moan that his radiating body heat caused.

 

She turned around quickly in his arms and jumped so that her legs wrapped around his waist. He caught her easily and backed her up against the door while her lips descended greedily on his. He followed her lead and kissed her back with fervor, their tongues entwining while Sesshoumaru ground his hips into her.

 

Kagome tangled her hands in his hair and she held his head there as if she were afraid he would let go. His hands moved in small circles against her exposed thighs and made their way back to her firm cheeks and he gave them a nice squeeze. She responded by flexing her leg muscles around him, pressing herself closer to him.

 

With one more squeeze to her rear, Sesshoumaru reluctantly pulled his mouth away from hers and leaned his forehead against her own.

 

“We have to stop,” he said huskily. “You need to get to class before someone comes looking for you.”

 

Kagome nodded slowly in agreement then looked at her watch. “I'm not late yet, I still have a few minutes to get there.” She disentangled herself from him and he lowered her gently to the floor. He leaned down to give her one last lingering kiss to help him make it through the day.

 

“I will see you at practice after school,” he told her. When he straightened himself back up he added, “I have good news to announce, so do not be late.” She nodded and smiled before turning towards the door. Sesshoumaru couldn't resist and gave her a gentle slap on her butt before she looked out into the hallway to make sure it was clear.

 

“I love you,” she said before dashing out into the hallway and off to her class.

 

Sesshoumaru stared at the door for a moment and then went back to his desk. `I love you as well, Kagome.'

 

 

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If Kagome remembered correctly, school was supposed to be a place of learning and a chance to make friends. What it wasn't supposed to be was a gathering of the harpies to tell her either how much of a loose woman she was or how much they envied her. Hell, even her literature teacher was glaring at her! Bitchy old bat had probably thought to catch Sesshoumaru all for herself. As if.

 

Just short of banging her head on her desk, Kagome had already chewed her bottom lip raw. It would just make things so much better if she could hear the things being said about Kagura, then maybe she could find some solace in the idea that the crazy broad was suffering a bit more than she was.

 

`Finally the gods must be smiling down on me!' Kagome though as she caught wind of Kagura's name from a conversation being held next to her. She discretely leaned over a bit and listened in closely.

 

“…and then to pretend she was with him? Geeze, how desperate can one person be?” one girl said.

 

“I heard while she was in the backseat of Naraku's car she screamed out Mr. Taisho's name. I bet that girl has a set of lungs on her, she looks like a screamer,” a guy said.

 

“You're such a pervert Ginta. Besides, she's probably seen way too many backseats if you know what I mean.”

 

“All the more reason to get in on the action! You, my friend, need a good lay and she's pretty much guaranteed for a good time,” Ginta told his buddy.

 

“What self-respecting man would go anywhere near that? The other one would be much better. Do you really think that there's nothing going on between her and Mr. Taisho? I'd like to get in on th-”

 

“Shhhh! She's right there you idiot!” the girl who had been left out of the conversation butted in.

 

Kagome's good time was spoiled when the conversation took that turn. It was going so well too and then they had to bring her into it. She moved her attention back towards the front of the room where the teacher was droning on about how `kids these days didn't appreciate the classics anymore', and while was sort of true, she just didn't want to hear about it during their supposed “learning time”.

 

The bell rang after what seemed to be the longest class period ever and Kagome dashed out of the room so quickly she was almost running. The day was not getting any better and now more than ever she wanted to just run away. She smiled in relief when she saw her friends waiting for her at her locker; at least she didn't have to walk to the gym alone.

 

“Hey girls!”

 

Her friends all smiled at her and Kagome wanted to turn around and walk the other way at the pity she saw in all of their faces. She knew that her day was awful. She didn't need her friends reminding her about it, she needed them to help her forget it. As if reading her thoughts, Kikyo smiled a bit more genuinely and ushered her over.

 

“You know Kagome, if it makes you feel any better I heard that Kagura was suspended from school for a month,” Kikyo informed Kagome who smiled wickedly, but soon deflated with a thought.

 

“If she's suspended then she doesn't have to listen to all this shit-talk going around. That's just an easy way out for her.” The girls all gave the sad smile again, but Ayame added her two cents.

 

“She also has detention for the remainder of the school year, plus she won't be allowed to participate in the graduation ceremony either.”

 

“Well,” Kagome began, “that does make me feel a little better.” Ayame smiled triumphantly at her ability to make Kagome feel better and patted her friend on the back.

 

“That's the spirit!”

 

Sango took Kagome by the arm and led her down the hall to the gym with the other girls following behind closely. “I heard that last night after everyone left the meeting, when Kagura received her punishment she totally lost it and started yelling at the school board members.”

 

The girls all shared a giggle at that and continued on to the locker rooms. “She's lucky she didn't get expelled for that,” Kikyo said. “Leave it to her to make an even bigger ass of herself.”

 

Feeling a hundred times better, Kagome quickly dressed into her practice clothes and said a short goodbye to her friends before heading to the dojo. She had made sure to get to practice on time since Sesshoumaru told her he had good news to share. She slid open the screen and walked towards the center of the room where some of the team members were sitting already performing stretches.

 

She joined them and waited in anticipation for Sesshoumaru to come and make his announcement; after the rotten day she had, she could use some good news. When the more members of the team were finally there they each helped one another stretch.

 

The room stilled when Naraku entered and Kagome looked over her shoulder at him. She knew that he would be at practice today, but it still didn't prepare her fully for his presence. He stood still in the entry way and then cleared his throat to work up some courage.

 

“I realize that you are all surprised to see me here and may not even want me here. However, I just wanted to apologize for my behavior a couple days ago and hope that you can all forgive me; especially you Higurashi.”

 

Kagome blushed when the attention of the room fell on her and she waved her hands in front of her. “Heh heh…water under the bridge,” she said nervously. She was in for even more of a shock when he walked quickly up to her and took her hands into his.

 

“Kagome, I honestly am truly sorry for bringing you into this. I will make it up to you, as well as the rest of the team. I promise,” he said smoothly before gently kissing the backs of her hands.

 

A throat cleared and everyone turned from Kagome and Naraku to see Sesshoumaru standing with his arms crossed over his chest and clipboard in hand. “Am I interrupting anything?” he asked sarcastically.

 

Kagome quickly drew her hands away from Naraku and blushed an even deeper red. “No sensei,” she said quietly. Sesshoumaru looked over at Naraku and waited for his response.

 

“I was merely apologizing to the team, sensei. Pardon my interruption of practice,” Naraku said in deep voice befitting his dark appearance.

 

“Hn. Since you all believe it is okay to disregard your valuable practice time, my good news can wait until after practice. Twenty laps around the room, now.”

 

Sesshoumaru was particularly brutal to them during the practice and they could each feel their muscles protesting the over-usage. He had been furious to walk into the dojo to find Naraku giving affections to Kagome, but because no one knew of their relationship, he couldn't very well tell him to keep his filthy hands off what was his. So he settled for torturing Naraku even more so during practice in the guise of his punishment for striking him.

 

When the team could no longer lift their arms to throw decent punches, Sesshoumaru relented and told them that practice was over and also to take a seat on the floor so he could share his news with them. A mutual groan of appreciation was given and although he had taught them not to show their weakness in such a way, he allowed it this once; he had been pretty rough on them.

 

“The next time any of you decide to make practice time into your own personal play time, you will be making it up to me with twice the amount of effort you put in today. Is that understood?”

 

“Yes sensei,” was the collective response.

 

“Now then, on to more positive things. As you are all well aware, our tournament is coming up in about a month. You have all been practicing hard and have showed vast improvement in your skills. Therefore I have taken the liberty to schedule scrimmage matches against our opponents next week.”

 

The team looked confused as to why this was such fantastic news and Sesshoumaru nearly chuckled at the looks on their faces. “What this means of course, is that we will be traveling next week to these schools.”

 

That got the response he was looking for. The team was all smiles and they were high-fiving one another for the chance to get away from school for a week. Kagome was incredibly grateful for the opportunity to allow all the gossip and rumors to die down; it was like Sesshoumaru had read her mind.

 

“Now that I have all of your approval I will need you to have your parents sign these permission slips and return them to me by the end of the week or you will not be traveling with us. Do not assume that this is time to slack from your school work. You are each expected to finish the allotted work from your classes,” Sesshoumaru told them strictly.

 

“You will all be assigned two per room at the hotels; you may choose your own roommate-”

 

“I choose Higurashi!” one of the boys joked. Kagome rolled her eyes and punched him on the arm.

 

“Moving on,” Sesshoumaru continued, “Ms. Toran Yamamoto will be accompanying us as the female chaperone; she will be rooming with you Higurashi. As for the rest of the details, I will inform you of those at a later time. You are dismissed.”

 

The room cleared out quickly, save for a couple stragglers, and Kagome gave a pointed look at Sesshoumaru to which he nodded slightly. She left to retrieve her things out of the locker room and then made her way to his car after she saw the last of the team members leave.

 

Sesshoumaru met her there and opened the door for her and soon they were on their way to her home. When he reached the shrine he put the car in park and was nearly jumped on by Kagome. She gave him a searing kiss that made him feel weak in the knees and grateful he was sitting down. Just as he started to trail his hands across her lithe body, she broke away and gave him a sly smirk before she opened the car door.

 

“Thanks for the ride,” she said as she stepped out of the car. She blushed and looked away while she whispered, “I love you.”

 

Sesshoumaru grabbed her hand and pulled her back in the car far enough to give her one more kiss. “I love you.” She smiled and he let her go. Once again he had to watch the woman he loved walk away from him at night; it was getting more and more difficult to do so.

 

Soon, he kept telling himself. Soon they would not have to hide anymore.

 

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