InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Nagataka ❯ Chapter 7 ( Chapter 8 )

Nagataka

Chapter 7

Kagome drove herself home, strangely happy. When she got home and looked at her messages on her phone, she sighed at the number of them and turned them on to listen.

"Hey Kagome, where are you? I've tried calling your cell phone but I guess you've got it off. You forget about our date yesterday or something? Call me." Hojo's voice said.

"Kagome! Hey girl, Hojo just called me adn asked if you were at my place. Where you at? It's not like you to have your cell off. Well see ya tomorrow!" Eri's voice told her.

"Kagome, so, where are you? You still sick or something. Remember, you and me are going shopping tonight, so you better be there or I'm coming after you," Yuka told her.

"Kagome, so, are you mad at us or something? Everyone's looking for you. You've got us worried, so will you please come and tell us that your fine." Ayumi pleaded.

"Hey girl, Yuka again. You missed out on some good entertainment. Remember when I called you to tell you we found dog boy? Well, you missed out on beating him up. Man, he was like a pathetic little puppy. Hahahahahahaha," Yuka's laughter filled the room, Kagome feeling sick.

"Hey, it's Kouga," Kouga's voice came on. "And Sango!" Sango's voice joined in. "Hey Kagome, I, Miroku am here as well," Miroku's voice said. "We were wondering if you'd like to come over to my place and throw a party for Inu Yasha, you know, with them releasing him form the hospital in a few days and all. We're not inviting that many people, so it'll be, you know, small and quiet, just a few friends having fun," Kouga's voice said. Kagome looked at the machine in interest. "You have my number, so just call me if your interested," Kouga's voice finished. Her phone rang at the exact moment the message finished, and Kagome looked at her caller id, inwardly groaning when she saw that Hojo was her caller.

"Hey Hojo," she greeted.

"Hey sweetie pie," Hojo's voice said. "Listen, we missed out date last night, but let's go out tonight."

"Sure, I guess," she answered.

"Good, I'll pick you up at seven," he answered, the phone clicking in her ear. All to soon, Yuka came by to pick Kagome up to go shopping.

"Yuka, how about next weekend, I've got a date with Hojo tonight," Kagome told her friend.

"Sure," Yuka replied. "I wish I had a boyfriend," she sighed. "Well, later girl, you have to tell me about what you do!" Yuka said, leaving. Kagome went to her closet and started pulling things out, trying to decide what to wear. It was then that she realized she hadn't showered for a few days. Hopping into the shower, she cleaned herself, though when she got out, she felt the same. Pulling on a pair of hip huggers and a small, tummy showing shirt. Just so her mother wouldn't notice, Kagome put on a denim jacket and buttoned it up, glad that the spring evening was cool enough that her jacket wouldn't seem out of place. She got into Hojo's car and he drove them to the movies. Getting them a bucket of popcorn and a large drink to share, the couple settled into watch the movie. It wasn't until later, when they were making out in the back of his car that she noticed she wasn't excited about being with him like she normally was. No, she felt bored.

"Goodnight my darling," Hojo said to her when he dropped her off at her home. They shared a quick good night kiss, then she went inside. Going into the bathroom she and Sota shared, she looked at her reflection in the mirror. 'I still look the same, but I'm not the same. When did I start to change? When did I start to become real?' She questioned herself, knowing that until that moment, her life had been one big fake play, and she was only an actor in it. 'And a crummy play it was too,' she thought, a faint smile on her lips.

She went into her room, and dressed in her pj's, knowing what she'd do tomorrow, hoping it was the right decision to make. 'Tomorrow, I begin my new life, I become the real me.'

Inu Yasha was worried, how was he going to pay for the hospital bills? Luckily, he was able to contact Sesshoumaru, who'd paid for them for his little brother.

"So, you gotta place to stay?" Asked the older Akemi son.

"Yeah, here," Inu Yasha retorted.

"You can't stay here forever, you need somewhere to stay for good," Sesshoumaru told his little brother.

"You know a place that let's people stay for free and will let me stay at the same school. I am not going to a homeless shelter!" He yelled at his brother.

"What about your friends?" Asked Sesshoumaru.

"Miroku would be the only one," Inu Yasha sighed. He called Miroku's house, letting his brother explain his situation to Mrs. Botan, Miroku's mother. Luckily, the teen was released the next day, adn which he went to living with the Botan's Wednesday, he was back in school, a feeling of dread in his stomach.

"So, Kouga, I'll go," Kagome told the teen boy at school on Monday.

"Great, it'll mean something to Inu Yasha if your there," Kouga said, running off. She watched as he met up with Sango adn Miroku, telling them. They both flashed grins her way.

"Hey Kagome," Ayumi's voice said form behind her.

"Hey Ayumi," Kagome greeted, her voice somewhat dull.

"What's wrong?" Ayumi asked.

"Nothing," Kagome told her friend. She turned around and found Eri and Yuka with Ayumi.

"So, you guys want to go shopping on Thursday?" Yuka asked, who Kagome secretly called a shopaholic.

"I can't, I've got other plans," Kagome told her friends.

"Oh, well the three of us can go," Eri said.

"Sounds good to me," Ayumi agreed.

"Kagome, what are you doing Thursday?" Yuka asked.

"Oh, not much, just hanging out with a few friends," she blurted out, not realizing what she'd said until she saw the shocked looks on her friend's faces.

"So, we're not your friends anymore are we?" Eri asked, all in Kagome's face.

"You guys, I didn't mean it like that!" Kagome tried desperately.

"Come on, I think it's easy tell Kagome doesn't wan us around, since we're not her friends anymore," Yuka went on to say. The three walked away, not looking at her, other than Ayumi's sparing glance as the three rounded the corner. Kagome sat on the floor, shocked that her so called "friends" would just dump her like that. 'But isn't that what you did to Inu Yasha when his mom died four years ago?' A nagging voice in her head said to her. She went to class, and the rest of the day, hoping to get home without having a small breakdown. She had just reached her car when Hojo called.

"Hello," Kagome said weakly.

"Kagome I think we should see other people," he said, hanging up almost immediately. She looked at the phone in shock, but instead of being sad, she felt strangely happy, as though a weight had been lifted.

A/N: And that's where I'm going to end this chapter. Well, things are looking a little better fro Inu but they're looking bad for Ka. Of course, knowing me, that will change soon. I mean, I've got part of the ending already finished. Heck, it was finished before this story was made. everything in this story leads up to one scene that's firmly implanted in my head. I can't wait until it's time to write the scene. Only, I'm coming at a lose on how to make Inu's life miserable. I've already got a Kikyo thing ready, you know about the baby, only, wait until you learn the truth! "Evil Laugh" Where has Kikyo been anyways, she hasn't shown up for a few chapters now. What's she up to?

Disclaimer: I do not own Inu Yasha the anime, I'm just using it's characters names in my own original story, thus making my story an AU.