InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Nagataka ❯ Chapter 8 ( Chapter 9 )

Nagataka

Chapter 8

Inu Yasha couldn't sleep. He didn't know what was keeping him up, but there was something, and it was persistent. Heaving a sigh, he got up and walked out, sitting on the Botans's porch. He sat on their porch swing and let his feet dangle as he slowly rocked back and forth, his mind wandering, not really thinking of anything. Inside, he knew how the family was. Mr. and Mrs. Botan were asleep in their room, Miroku in the room he now shared with Inu Yasha. They didn't have to deal with the things he was having to.

'It's not fair,' he thought, to many feelings to name coursing through him. 'Why I am cursed with this life?' He sighed, knowing it would be a long while until he could sleep, so he sat on the swing, watching the moon. He was lulled into a half sleep when a loud crash made his eyes shoot open.

"Kagome, where have you been?" "So we're not your friends anymore I guess?" "Come on, the princess is waiting and we can't keep her waiting." "Look, it's her, she thinks she's so high and mighty," Kagome heard the voices say in her head as she dreamt. She sat up and looked around her room, wishing that it wasn't so pink. 'Puck pink,' she thought to herself. She sighed and got dressed, knowing she'd never be able to sleep, grabbing her keys as she left the room. Finding herself bored, she drove around, hoping to find something to do. She wasn't paying to much attention adn found herself hitting another car. Both cars stopped and the drivers got out.

"I'm really sorry, " she apologized. She looked at the guy and thought she'd seen him before.

"It looks like it's just a fender bender," he replied.

"Really, I should I have been paying better attention," she answered. "Let me give you my number so you can contact me." He shrugged, and said, "Sure, why don't I give you mine as well." They wrote down each others phone numbers and exchanged them.

"By the way, my name's Kagome," she told him as he walked back to his car. he stopped and turned around.

"Kagome Higurashi?" He said, almost not believing what she'd told him.

"Yeah, how'd you know my name?" She asked.

"It's me, Sesshoumaru," he said, clearly hearing her gasp. "Kagome, what are you doing out so late?" He asked, about half an hour later at the coffee shop that was open 24 hours a day. She looked into her latte, and took a drink.

"I couldn't sleep," she sighed. He smiled and the two chatted for a long while. Sooner than they realized the sun was rising. He smiled and said to her, "Well, good bye Kagome, it was interesting chatting with you."

Inu Yasha looked down the street and saw that two cars had hit each other. The drivers were talking, and it looked like they knew it each other, because they drove off, one following teh other. He shrugged adn went in, getting himself a bowl of cereal. He personally detested the kinds of cereal Haru Botan bought, but it was all they really had that he could eat without waking the house. When he finished the bowl, he went upstairs and was finally able to get to sleep after a bit.

The next thing he knew, Miroku was shaking him awake. He groaned slightly, but got up when Miroku threatened to bring out the super soaker. Looking out the window as he drove himself, Sango and Miroku to school, he felt the day feel dreary already, rain pouring. The four walked inside, Kouga being sick having caught his brother's cold, or at least, that was what they told Inu Yasha.

"Teachers, please let the following students out of class: Inu Yasha Akemi, Miroku Botan, Kagome Hiragashi, Kikyo Hiro, Naraku Tama, Sango Tama, and Kouga Watage. They will not be returning to class," the principal's voice crackled in through the PA system. Inu Yasha could practically hear the class's thought's as he left, Sango coming with him because they had fifth hour together. The little group met up in front of the office and filed in together, not looking at one another.

"Hello, please, have a seat," the principal told the students. Each one sat in a spot, though Inu Yasha opted for his spot. Seeing Inu Yasha's feet on his desk, the principal rolled his eyes. The group looked at each other, not including Naraku, shooting looks at the others.

Finally, Miroku cleared his throat, and asked, "Umm, sir, why are we here?"

"Ahh, yes, it's about a nasty rumor floating around that concerns two of our students, Mr. Akemi there, and Miss Hiro also," the principal told them.

"And what would that be?" Miroku asked, though he knew.

"Well, apparently, someone is saying that Miss Hiro is pregnant with Mr. Akemi's child," the principal said after a few moments of uncomfortable silence.

"It's not a rumor," Kikyo spoke softly. The principal paled visibly when she said that.

"If it's just about the two of them, why have all of us come down here?" Miroku asked, clearly speaking what was on everyone's minds.

"Well, most of you are friends of the two and we wanted to inform you as well," the principal said, coughing slightly. "Well, why don't you return to class," he dismissed them. The students walked away, going off to their different classes.

That night, Kagome drove over to Kouga's, Sango and Miroku in her car with her, Inu Yasha sitting next to her in the front, seemingly out of it, which he had been since they'd left the principal's office that afternoon. She pulled into Kouga's driveway. They got out, and when they walked in, they were surprised to find out how much work Kouga had done. Inu Yasha's spirits were lifted somewhat, though he was still pretty down. It wasn't much longer that Kagome bailed. She felt like an outcast there. Driving out to the lake, she sat on teh rock. She was finding herself coming out here more and more often.

A young girl, around ten or eleven sat at on the steps of her home, crying softly. She could hear her mother's sobs inside, her little brother playing with his blocks in the living room, not really getting why his big sister and mother were so sad. A boy about the girl's age was walking by her house when he heard her crying. Not even bothering to ask why she was crying, or if he could even come in her yard, the boy ran up to the girl, and gave her a hug, drying her face for her. She buried her face in his shoulder.

"Ka, what's wrong?" He asked.

"Dad, he left us. He left us for good like he always threatened he would," she sobbed, soaking his sleeve. They sat like that for a while. Finally, after many minutes, she stopped, glad Inu, her best friend was there for her.

"Ka, wanna go to the lake? We can go sit on our rock and look at the lake," he offered. She smiled, he knew how she loved looking at the lake. It was their spot they'd found when they were little. The only other person who knew of it was Sesshoumaru, but he never went to it. They walked the distance, and climbed onto the rock. She shivered and leaned on him, like she always had. he was her unbreakable pole that kept her from flying out to far and hurting herself. Teh two didn't really have other friends, they didn't feel they needed any other friends.

"Inu, I love you," she whispered to him, though so softly, she doubted he'd heard it.

Kagome sat up, hearing someone climbing up the side of the rock. It was Inu Yasha. He sat down next to her. They watched the lake, full moon over head.

"Do you remember what you said to me when your dad left you guys?" he asked, breaking the silence.

"No," she answered.

"You said you loved me," he told her. Form where she sat, she could smell faint traces of alcohol on his breath. "Is it true now?" He asked.

"Inu Yasha, are you drunk?" She asked, almost fearfully.

God, my life's going down the drain," he said to himself. Just then, a cell phone rang. It was Kagome's.

"Hello?" She asked.

"KAGOME WHERE ARE YOU! GETTING YOUR ASS HOME NOW!" Her mother's voice yelled at her. Kagome turned off the phone adn set it down on the rock, which was a good thing because almost as soon as she did, Inu Yasha pushed her into teh water. She glared at him, but tugged on his foot, pulling him into the water as well. He grinned and splashed her, which she did back at him. The two played in the water, under a full moon's gaze, unaware that something big that would change everyone's lives was just around the corner.

A/N: Hey everyone, how are you. I'm happy. Out of the two websites that this is posted on, I've got 24! reviews for this story at this moment. I was hoping to get maybe a dozen or so by the time it was finished.

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