InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Goin Under ❯ Miss Independent ( Chapter 3 )

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Goin' Under

Chapter Three~*

Miss Independent~*

Kagome officially hated her grandfather. He and Mr. Misatu decided that since they were neighbors, they should spend time together. And the two men also decided that their teenage children should also "get to know each other."

So now she was stuck with Inuyasha Misatu, fro an entire day. Not like this was the first time they got roped into this kind of thing. They had gone to different place together a few times before and had really gotten to know each other. And Kagome hated it.

Inuyasha struck her as a jock, one of the stupid, players. He said he had a girlfriend that was cheerleading captain. He had several friends that had gotten him in trouble, drunk, set him up with other girls, and-to Kagome-needed to get a life. He had made class president for several years, and in Hikaider High, was the most popular guy in school. Heck he was most popular, period.

Kagome on the other hand didn't fir in. It had taken her months to get people to leave her alone at her old school and here she was, a total outcast without any effort. It was easy to be yourself when no one expected anything of you. That's why she never tried to be friendly with anyone, they didn't understand her. Also all the friends she used to have had tried to change her repeatedly and humiliated her eventually-after giving up on her.

In HHS she was often alone, eating her small lunch on a bench by the other tables. A tree shaded her and that seemed to erase her further from her peers' minds. Inuyasha even forgot time after time that she attended his school; they had almost all classes together. Both sat at the back of the classrooms, but on opposite sides.

At the moment, the duo was sitting on a large U-shaped leather couch in Inuyasha's room. A gigantic bowl of extra-butter popcorn sat nestled between them. Kagome watched with mild interest as Samara Morgan pulled herself from the screen of the dude's T.V. She had seen The Ring several times before; in fact this movie belonged to her.

Boredly she ran the ball on her tongue against the roof of her mouth. Her hand blindly groped the bowl for popcorn, shoving pieces randomly into her mouth. Suddenly the phone let loose a wild ring and sent Inuyasha jumping from his seat. To cover his fearful leap, he rushed to the phone answering it.

His eyes went wide, his hand shaking as he looked to Kagome who was watching him intently. He extended the trembling hand with the telephone to her. She carefully took the phone; he was starting to scare her.

"Hello,"

"Kagome,"

"Hi Souta," Kagome knew Inuyasha took the phone thing from the movie.

"Grandpa says you gotta come home and sleep."

"Fine. Fine" It was 11:00 p.m. anyway. "I'm coming.

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Kagome lounged on her bed, her arms folded behind her head. Her mind wondered from her mother's body in the coffin, to her brother's teary face. But it settled on one thing that kept popping up in her head all night: Inuyasha Misatu.

The pair had become amazing friends, and he even started to sit with her at school. His friends of course thought he was insane and avoided her. But she didn't care. She had a friend, a real one who accepted her strange attitude, and life. But Inuyasha and her kept spending a whole lot of time with each other.

Now that I think about, he's pretty cute. Her eyes widened and she shook the thought from her head. "How weird." Getting up she tugged on her black, starry, pajamas. I've never thought-or cared-that a boy was hot or not. "What is it about you?" Questioning herself, and getting no answer, Kagome settled down to sleep.

"Inuyasha!" A high voice echoed through the large house. Inuyasha groaned and rolled over in his sleepy state. "I swear." The same voice murmured.

"AAARGH!" Inuyasha bellowed as bright lights danced in front of his eyes, teasing him.

"Get up Hun," The same unfamiliar voice had a body to go with it now, as Inuyasha adjusted to the morning.

A tall redhead stood at the edge of his bed, staring at him expectantly. She had dazzling red eyes to match her flaming hair. "Who. The. Hell. Are. You?" He enunciated every word as though teaching a mute three-year-old.

"Oh, silly." The seemingly teenage girl smiled almost too wide and giggled at him. "Hasn't your dear father told you about me."

Inuyasha gaped at her, which obviously means, "No."

A shocked expression replaced the grin and she looked almost hurt. "Now, get. Out. Of. My. Room." Shoving her form out his door and slamming it shut, he made his way to his polished wood dresser. "Stupid Bitch." He murmured, "Woke me up at…" Inuyasha's gaze found his digital clock and he growled. "Ten thirty a.m. Dammit!" After slamming all his drawers shut, he made his way to the bathroom. He had really slept too long. He was dreaming though, aobut Kaogme.

Kagome cracked her eyes open and gazed appreciatively at the still shattered alarm clock lying abandoned on the blood stained carpet. Crawling out of bed Kagome perched herself on the edge and examined her foot. It was now just a hard black scab.

Sliding off her bed she padded over to her closet and pulled out a pair of dark green baggy cargos. Yanking open a drawer on her dresser and retrieved a black t-shirt with Evanescence written in blue and white letters, in front of Amy Lee's image.

Going downstairs revealed a note under a magnet on the Higurashi's refrigerator reading:

Gone to a friends for the weekend,

Sota, you can go anywhere just be with a friend.

Jii-san

Sota had left a not also that explained he was at a Kohaku Riyako's house. "Finally," sighed Kagome. "An entire house just for myself. After treating herself to a pancake, bacon, and egg breakfast, she hopped onto their black, leather recliner. Preferring it to their white and baby blue sofa.

Kicking her legs up she switched on their very-big-screen-television. Sliding in a Kikaider DVD and munching butter-smothered popcorn, Kagome got to view about three episodes before the doorbell shattered the silence broken only by the talking from the T.V.

"Inuyasha?"

Kagome pulled the door open entirely to accommodate the sulky, sullen-faced teen. "You Okay?" A deafening crash, followed by screaming, which was abruptly cut off as Kagome punched the power button on the T.V.

"Hey?" Inuyasha sat hunched over on the recliner Kagome recently resided. "You sure you okay…" She sat gracefully on the armrest.

Inuyasha couldn't believe it, my own fucking father. Inuyasha walked sluggishly in his dazed state. His feet had led him to a mountain of concrete steps, which directed to a miniscule shrine. Weekly he trudged up the steps, ascending closer and closer to the house. Where do I remember this? Inuyasha thought.

The idea popped into his head amid the confused blurs shooting right and left in his jumbled brain. "This is Kagome's…" he breathed to himself.

With only the thought of the attitude challenged, yet picturesque (other than most of her make-up) girl on the other side of the wooden door, Inuyasha shoved his finger up against the round button by her house.

As if cued, Kagome's slightly smiling face appeared in the vacant doorway. "You okay?" was all he comprehended before his legs absently carried him to a black recliner. His mind swam with all kinds of confused thoughts of his father, brother, even his old girlfriend Kikyo.

His entire body felt numb, and icy, and he was contemplating what to do, other than go home. He sure as hell wasn't going back to his hellhole of a house. Abruptly, a warmth spread throughout his arm.

"Inuyasha?" Kagome's concerned voice broke through his confusion. Inuyasha turned his head to look up into Kagome's unmasked eyes, full of worry. "You okay?" He bobbed his head up and down.

"Yeah," His voice was hoarse for some reason. "I'm fine,"

"Okay," Kagome still didn't believe him but she didn't want to press him. "Want something to eat."

Inuyasha's head perked up and his ears twitched happily. "Yeah!"

Kagome gasped and her eyes widened. "Oh wow," she breathed. Her hand snaked forward and her fingers brushed against Inuyasha's right ear before he noticed their purpose.

"Hey!" He clamped his hands down on his head to cover his ears. "What're you doing." Kagome looked taken aback as she stuttered a response.

"W-Well I…I s-saw your ears s-so I uh.." Kagome's knew the reason, but couldn't admit it. 1. it was girly and she wasn't supposed to be girly for her dead mother's sake. 2. It was embarrassing. And 3. The ears mean he's half demon, those are pretty rare.

"Wait," her thoughts seem to have caught up with her. "You're a half demon." Her face was enthusiastic and she couldn't help being excited.

Inuyasha prepared himself for the scream of rejection and dropped his hands from his ears, which he promptly clapped over them again as she told him-loudly and right by his head-that she would cook something for them.

Inuyasha got up and walked towards the front as Kagome waltzed into her sickly white kitchen. As his hand touched the doorknob his hostess's words broke through the jungle of thoughts clouding his brain.

She was inviting him to stay. Wait, that meant that she didn't care about his half demon race, and she wasn't in fear of him either. Actually, he sniffed the air with his nose directed at the kitchen. She seemed thrilled that he was here, or maybe happy about something else.

Inuyasha crept stealthily over to her living room and looked through the window I the wall as she jumped from one cabinet to another and chopped, stirred, and threw things into a large pot. The aroma permeating from the food was almost too much. Inyuasha hadn't eaten all day and had no dinner last night either.

Kagome turned the stove off and heaved the large pot over to their bar-like corner's polished hardwood counter. Sucking in her breath to holler that dinner was ready, she was cut off as Inuyasha came zooming into the kitchen through the vacant doorway.

Kagome froze. Whoa, that was fast. "Um…" She hesitated. "Dinner's ready." Her voice was suggestive.

"It smells sooo good." Inuyasha's voice was low and he was sniffing the air.

"Go ahead and sit down." She waved her hand towards the large dark wood table in the center of the kitchen. "I'll serve the stew."

Doing as he was instructed, he slouched down into a chair on the side of the table. Kagome walked over to the table holding two large ceramic bowls with spoons protruding from the dark broth contained in the bowls. Setting one in front of Inuyasha she fell into the seat parallel to his and spooned the tasty broth into her mouth, slurping as she swallowed it.

Inuyasha just stared at her. Feeling his eyes on her, she turned and caught his gaze. "What." His heated gaze never left hers as she dropped her spoon unceremoniously into her soup. "Inuya " she was cut off as he leaned in and captured her lips gently. Pressing closer he wound a hand to the nape of her neck deepening the kiss.

Kagome moaned as his tongue broke through and ravaged her mouth. He stood up suddenly but Kagome's legs seemed to be dead or just full of cotton, because she couldn't stand. His tongue pressed onto her tongue ring and sent shivers trailing down both their spines. Lifting her through the doorway to her living room, he lay her down on the couch.

Kagome whimpered as he stood over her leaving her cold without his body heat. He lie down next to her and hugged her close. Placing another heated kiss to her lips. His hand blindly found their way to the hem of hem of her black T-shirt and crawled under it. Kagome gasped and reached his shirt hem pulling it roughly over his head.

"Kagome?!" A small voice broke Kagome's blissed thoughts.

"Oh shit." Whispered Kagome. "My brother's home." She explained to Inuyasha who immediately rolled off the sofa and tugged his shirt clumsily back over his head. This just helped to mess up his hair even more.

Kagome stood up as well and straightened her shirt out. Then the duo raced to the kitchen and awkwardly perched into their chairs. Sota strolled into the kitchen at that moment with a little boy about his age. The boy had freckles splayed over his nose and under his dark eyes. His long, dark brown-almost black-hair was pulled into a ponytail at the back of his head. "Kagome?"

"Yeah?" her usual monotonous voice was in place again. "Can I use the T.V. to play Gamecube?"

"Sure."

"Oh Yeah," he continued once his friend was in the other room. "Your boyfriend's shirt is on backwards."

Sota then ran as his sibling chased him down the hall promising a brutal punishment. Meanwhile Inuyasha was twisting his shirt back into place. He suddenly heard shrieks and giggling emitting from the floor above him. The little boy from before walked cautiously and stared at the ceiling above him just as entranced as the light-haired teenager next to him. The shrieks died down leaving silence hanging like a haze in their midst.

"Hey." The two males turned their heads simultaneously at Kagome's sweet and innocent voice.

RING!

"I'll get it." Kagome walked briskly towards the silver phone on the counter and lifted it out of the cradle. "Higurashi residences…yes…alright…your welcome." Laying the phone down roughly on the cradle. "Sota and I have to leave. Sorry kid." The crestfallen boy walked slowly towards the door.

After hearing her brother's good-bye and phone call promise Kagome turned to her hanyou companion.

"Do you have anywhere to be?" She kind of blushed at her statement. Inuyasha shook his head. "You wanna come with us?" He nodded.

"What was that… all about?" He conducted his finger at the ceiling. She responded with a simple "Tickle War" before she tugged him by the hand towards the foyer. "Sota! We gotta go pick up grandpa." Within minutes the trio had picked up he old man from his demon-hating-friends house. After much shouting, cursing, and ripping of demon wards; Inuyasha ended up in the passenger seat and Sota and Jii-san ended up in the back of Kagome's beat up black car. After referring to a scribbled on piece of notebook paper multiple times, the odd group arrived at a large brick building with the words Tokyo Police Department in shiny black letters.

Once Kagome parked, they all walked up the concrete steps while her brother clutched one hand and her hanyou friend gently held her adjacent hand. The foursome strolled into the dim police department. "Higurashi?" The group turned their heads and was summoned to follow a dark brown haired cop.

"Our department has been doing some research after Miss Higurashi died. We were wondering how she died since passerbyers said she was going out of control. And we discovered that she was dead before her car crashed on the highway. Her body was examined and we found out some startling news."

AN:

Soon to come on Goin Under: Fights, suicides, and runaways. R&R

Thanx ~Demonchic-K