InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Happy Medium or Extreme Aggravation ❯ Semper Fi? I don't think so. ( Chapter 5 )

Disclaimer: If I owned InuYasha she would have stayed dead from the first episode. As it is Rumiko Takahashi is a freakin genius, and we can allow all geniuses one mistake.

 

 

Chapter 4: Semper Fi? I don't think so.

 

InuYasha couldn't sleep and it wasn't just because Miroku's loveseat wasn't big enough to hold him. It wasn't even because the next door neighbors were having a raging party. He was plagued by dreams that he didn't want or rather he didn't want to admit he wanted them. It wasn't Kikyou's face that swam behind his eyelids tonight but Kagome's; quiet and demure. So unlike his girlfriend's loud, in your face self.

 

He kept remembering Kagome's teary face as she ran away from him earlier that day. He felt bad about insulting her. Contrary to his words, he though that she had grown into a stunning woman. Her eyes captivated him, he dreamed of kissing her salty tears from her dusky eyelids. Wanted to drown in the chocolaty pools until he couldn't separate his identity from hers. He wanted, oh how he wanted. A thought, a scene and the true reason behind his insomnia. He and Kagome locked in a passionate embrace, their sweat mingling as he showed her how desperately he needed her . . . InuYasha shook his head as he got up from the makeshift bed. He gave up trying to sleep. He walked out onto the balcony letting the lingering Santa Ana winds dry the sweat that dappled his naked torso. He lit a cigarette and let it burn away the lingering images in his brain. InuYasha wasn't sure what to make of his dreams, he'd always believed in fidelity but he had just committed mental adultery against Kikyou. She was the woman he'd shared that last 3 years of his life with. The woman with whom he'd shared a home for the last year. The woman who has quickly becoming unglued at the seams. No matter what he tried she wouldn't stop drinking. She'd made it clear that she didn't want his help.

 

He sneered at the traitorous moon when he thought about the night he'd taken her to the hospital for alcohol poisoning, how she'd dismissed him from her sight. She'd told him that he was trying to ruin her fun by embarrassing her. He'd just saved her life and she told him to go home. InuYasha took a long drag from his cigarette savoring the feel of superheated smoke traveling to and fillings his lungs. Upon exhaling he followed the smoke shapes with his eyes. What he saw was his life at a cross-road. Down one fork lay anger, heartache and loss, but the other fork was dark and yet strangely inviting. So familiar. He thought back to the last time he'd had that feeling. He had made a choice. The hand holding the cigarette stopped halfway to his opened lips. He had made a choice. . .

 

Flashback . . .

 

It was the summer before his sophomore year of high school. He'd spent the summer doing teenager stuff; going to concerts, hanging out at the mall. Checking girls out. And speaking of girls two in particular were calling to his heart in two different ways. He'd noticed that Kagome, his childhood friend, was blooming into a good looking girl. They'd spent a lot of time together that summer. He became aware of his growing affection for her. But there was also Kikyou who had caught his eye at the same time that he had caught hers. She was the personification of his love of the punk lifestyle without the drugs and alcohol. She was a rebel just like him. Japanese girls with blonde hair were hot in his eyes. She craved attention and she got it with her piercing and wild makeup. The clothes didn't hurt either. InuYasha was attracted by her style. Her shapely legs and well developed chest were a beacon to his adolescent hormones. Her flat stomach and round ass were on display and he enjoyed it as much as the next guy. They had started to hang out together that summer at concerts and parties. She was wild, not hung up on the expectations of family or the propriety of a situation. She made him feel free. Now he had a decision to make. Kagome offered him love pure and innocent. A lifetime of security and friendship. Kikyou offered fun on a silver platter. Endless summers and music as loud as it could go. He had a choice to make.

 

 

 

InuYasha shook himself free of the memory. He finished the move that brought the smoke to his lips but found that the cherry had gone out. Sighing he flicked the butt out into the night air not caring where it landed. He leaned back against the glass door and hissed when he found that it was cold. He raked one hand through his long silver hair and sighed again. He had made a choice that summer. Now he had doubts. Did I make the right choice? Or have I ruined everything. InuYasha left the balcony and hopped back on the loveseat. He grabbed the remote and turned on the TV. The rest of the night was spent flipping channels and listening to the party next door until the sun peeked the horizon and he was finally able to close his eyes.

 

 

Across Town

 

A laughing girl was roughly slammed into a dingy door. Her assailant advanced smashing his lips against hers. She did not resist. After a while they separated while he fumbled for his keys. His vision was unfocused from the alcohol he'd consumed earlier. The girl leaned against the wall waiting for him to find the right key.

 

He was a lanky man with long black greasy hair, sharp features and yellow, crooked teeth. He was wearing ripped and faded blue jeans and a torn wife beater. On his feet were Reeboks that were probably ten years old. He smelled of stale sweat and beer.

 

The woman was of average height with blonde hair and beautiful features. Almond eyes that held a wild gleam were lined in blue eye shadow and her lips were stained with a red, red lipstick, now smeared from the recent suck-face session. She was wearing a hot pink halter top and black micro mini skirt. This was accented with hot pink fishnet stockings and burgundy doc martens. She sported three piercing in each ear, a lip ring, nose ring, and labret stud. She was positively exotic.

 

The man named Naraku had been attracted to her immediately. She was drunk which didn't hurt the chances of a guy like him. So filled with liquid courage he had approached her at the concert. And now they found themselves outside his apartment impatiently waiting for him to find the right key.

 

“Ah, fucken finally.” He fitted the key into the slot and turned the handle. He turned on the light which revealed a filthy room filled with empty beer bottles and unwashed laundry. It was a one room flat with a bed against one grimy window and a couch facing an old TV. “C'mon Kiki.” He waved the girl over to the bed while he shoved dirty laundry off of the surface.

 

“It's Kikyou.” She giggled as she walked unsteadily over to him.

 

“Whatever. Let's fuck.” He grabbed her hard by the waist and they toppled onto the bed.

 

“Fuck yeah.” So started a night of wild sex that neither would remember the next day.

 

 

 

At Rin's apartment

 

Kagome laid awake listening to her friends' quiet snores. She was staring at the ceiling wondering if she was going crazy. Surely her mother would think so once she informed her of what she had done. Because she was going to go through with the plan that she'd been thinking of for the last four hours. Tomorrow would be the day to do it. Sundays were good days for that. It was the last day of the weekend and classes would soon drive it from his mind. She didn't want to cause too many problems for him. She did care about him very much after all. But she wasn't happy anymore. She was confused but determined. Tomorrow would be the day. She had made her choice.

 

With that thought Kagome drifted into a fitful sleep filled with thoughts of InuYasha and a broken heart.

 

 

 

 

(A/N: yeah I know that this one's short too but I think that there was a lot of stuff in it and it's a great segue into the next couple of chapters. I hope that you guys enjoyed it. And once again thanks to those that deigned to review my meager offering. Neko out.)