InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Protection from afar, only seems to bring me closer ❯ The charm, the fights and Yukkiri ( Chapter 2 )
[ P - Pre-Teen ]
By: Samishii 
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Action / Angst | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 03.08.2004 | Pages: 5 | Words: 5.3K | Visits: 225 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Action / Angst | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 03.08.2004 | Pages: 5 | Words: 5.3K | Visits: 225 | Status: Work In Progress
S.M: Duo, Hiei and I snuk away from the mass fight and are hiding out so this little opening will be quiet.
Duo: Yea, this cool girl here Serenity Madison, to put it shortly she doesn’t own anything. Not me, not that guy (pointing to Hiei) not Inuyasha not anything.
S.M: Thanks for putting it so bluntly, Duo. Well anyway I really hope that you like this chapter. As always I hope that you'll give me some feed back on how I can make this story better and save myself and you from future confusion, as we all know I tend to accidentally get people mixed up. But with your help I hope that won't happen.
Hiei: You think I'm going to let this story begin with out saying anything? I'm not Yue… You must review or I'll sick the demon eyes on you.
???: I'm stronger than you.
Hiei: Who said that?
???: I did.
::Looks all around and sees someone above them.::
S.M: Hello
Inuyasha: (Jumps into our view.) I'm stronger than you, you multi-eyes demon whelp.
Hiei: Why you…
S.M: Boys, boys… Why not try and get a long and not kill each other.
Inuyasha: Why should I listen to you?
S.M: Let see… I can call Kagome.
Inuyasha: You wouldn't.
S.M: O wouldn’t I… O Kag-
Inuyasha: ::Covers her mouth quickly:: Fine I won't fight with your demon mate…
S.M: ::Blushes:: Not so! We’re just friends! You’re the one who love k-
Inuyasha: No such thing, I love no one!
S.M: What ever you say.
Inuyasha: Damn straight.
Hiei: Am I chopped liver.
Duo: Yea what about me?
S.M: See what you’ve done Inuyasha?!?
Inuyasha: Feh… I’ve done nothing.
Dou: You need to choose so those damn mini wars will stop being held because some people are jealous.
Hiei: ::Coughs:: Yu-gi and Gene…
S.M: ::Blush deepens:: I don n- SHUT-UP… Sorry bout’ that everyone I hope you will enjoy this newest chapter. Please let me know what you think. Also I’ve decided to make this chapter Inuyasha’s P.O.V. But I’m not sure whether I should keep the whole story this way, or change from Inuyasha to Kagome, or keep it in general P.O.V, tell me what you think. PLEASE!!! Thanks again I hope you like.
Protection from afar only seems to bring me closer.
@~~The charm, the fights and Yukkiri~~@
By: Yui
Next day…
It was early when the morning light decided to cut into my vision and nearly blinded an irritable me, who was able to find refuge underneath my shirt. With a snarling yawn I rose to my feet grabbing my shirt off of my head, blinking my deep amber eyes adjusting them to the bright morning light. I looked up at the sky and found that it was rather late into the morning and cursed myself as I snuk over to Miroku carefully sneaking out a little crystal charm from his pocket. When the lascivious monk rolled over while moaning and calling for Sango.
"Even in his sleep."
I murmured to myself as I uneasily jumped back afraid he'd wake up and see me. But luckily he only continued to moan not opening his eyes or showing any other signs that he would wake. I took the delicate charm and held it in my hands holding it up to the sky and looking at the fragmented sky as it shone through the object. I held up the object and mumbled something. It was a long and quiet chant, but when I finished a ball a of light emerged from the charm and I was engulfed in an intense dark light. It surrounded me and clung to my body and when it retreated back into the crystal. I stood in place feeling slightly dizzy but wobbly shook it off.
"I WILL NOT GET USED TO THAT!!!"
I yelled angrily to the bitter morning air. I stumbled over to a pool of water next to me and stuck my face in looking at my dripping reflection as I did so. I also wasn't sure of myself when I was like this but I knew I had to do it.
"I- I know I feel for Kagome. I'm jealous of that protective monk, and I want to protect her and make sure she's safe. I don't know how I feel it's so different from anything I shared for Kikyo."
I lectured myself as I thought back to the mishap of only a few days ago.
FLASHBACK
"What are you talking about wench?!"
A familiarly harsh voice yelled. Kagome looked at the Hanyou angrily before the next words came sputtering out of her mouth.
"Osuwari!"
She yelled, and instantly Inuyasha planted his face firmly in the hard dirt. He grumbled loudly as he slowly got to his feet and stared at Kagome.
"I didn't mean to…! You shouldn't make such a commotion when you bathe. Just because Naraku's been defeated doesn't mean that you're safe."
He finished sounding concerned, Kagome noticed the change in his voice but ignored it choosing to treat it as if he were mocking her.
"Believe it or not I am capable of taking care of myself. I have in the past or are you just choosing to ignore that fact?"
She yelled to him, he scowled at her and was quite for a moment.
"Stupid girl… You??? I've saved your weak ass way more often than I can even try to count, Well... OK a few times you've helped us out but I think the number of those occurrences could be counted on 1 hand."
He yelled out of anger and once muttered he'd regretted it. He full well expected to be sat at least 5 times, and closed his eyes waiting. But when he never felt the painful impact of the ground on his face he slowly opened his eyes and saw Kagome walking away from him he also smelt something strange in the air.
"Inuyasha you think Kikyo's better than me don't you?"
She asked which surprised him; she was looking in front of her so she didn't see him shaking his head she only heard his voice.
"In some ways… yes."
He told her. She wiped her eyes, which had started to tear and turned back towards him not wanting him to see her tears and feel guilty, but she didn't know that he already did. She stared into his amber eyes threateningly. He stared back almost wanting to back down from her and apologize but his youkai pride would not hear of this, even if only Hanyou. Kagome flared as she spoke to him.
"MY GOD Inuyasha!!!"
She spoke a viscous bite to her voice. He stared at her slightly annoyed by her, but kept quiet.
"My- you- you want to go to hell don't you? You want to be with your precious Kikyo so badly, even if it means condemning your soul to hell. Going to hell for that dead bag of bones and dirt. And leaving all of us who love you."
She seethed with a crudeness that Inuyasha has never before seen in the girl. She looked confused by her own words but chose to ignore them, and his eyes flashed with unknown fury as he retorted to the girl's insults easily.
"Well hell does have one perk that this damn world's missing. You're not there… That's a nice change for anyone who's been forced to be in your presence for however many years I've been forced to you. You heartless insensitive WENCH! I never said I wanted to be with Kikyo that badly, but I do have to protect her."
He said feeling a mix of triumphant regret. He looked at Kagome who was staring at him with a vacant dead look almost like she was hollow.
"Osuwari"
She mumbled carelessly almost like she wasn’t really concerned with Inuyasha.
"INU-! I'll be leaving in a few days. Then it'll be just as appealing as hell for you."
She spat as she turned and walked away. Inuyasha made a move to stop her but he never spoke. He made a motion to grab onto her wrist and just held it quietly and she tuned and looked at him with contempt, and tear filled eyes. She yanked on her hand and he numbly let it go.
"Kagome"
He called to the broken girl. She stopped but didn’t turn to look at him.
"Inuyasha, I just hope that you know no matter how angry I am with you, or how much you hurt me… I- I will always be there for you."
Inuyasha was stunned and couldn't even look at her as she descended away from him.
After that Inuyasha couldn't face her he didn't have the strength to see the pain he'd caused in her eyes. So till the day she left he stayed away from everyone. Not wanting to encounter their pointed words and accusing eyes.
END FLASHBACK
"How could I truly be such an ass? I would hate my existence if I were in her place. But what hurts more is she doesn't hate me she's hurt by me."
I growled to myself, and rose to my feet creeping further away form the others before I finally reached the well. I clumsily climbed to the rim of the bone eaters well and took a cautious look around before I fell inside. It was dark for a moment before I was pulled through an ocean of dry water and emerged slipping onto the dark and damp dirt beneath my bare feet. I shook my head feeling really uneasy but as I said before "it's something I have to do." I repeated to myself once more as I untied my Robes revealing the clothing beneath them. I folded my clothes and removed a big rock in the side of the well and grabbed a bag and some shoes out and put my robes as well everything inside. I really didn't want to part with Tetsusaiga but in order to be in this future world I had to. I sighed as I pounded the rock back in place.
"Mom I'm leaving now."
I started to crawl up the side of the well when I heard a painfully familiar voice yell.
"Honey could you make sure your brother isn’t inside the… well house again?"
My breath caught in my throat when I heard her mother's request and nearly lost my grip on the edge of the well. But I gained my bearings as I heard the faintest footsteps approach the well house that hid me. I fell out of the well and ran and hid in the corner trying to hide from the oncoming threat, but it never came. I heard Kagome yell to her mom and then she ran off, I smelt something in the air. It was familiar to what I smelt in the air the last day I've spoken to her the day we fought.
I felt sad all of a sudden. I jumped to my feet and ran out of the well house and rushed to the High school. I was looking around cautiously trying to make sure Kagome wasn't around me and I felt myself walk into someone. I looked around me and saw a familiar boy in front of me. He gave me a friendly smile, which I immediately returned with a scowl of my own he looked alarmed for a moment but asked me something I never suspected.
"You like Kagome-san don't you?"
I looked at him only able to mutter incoherently before I found my voice, as I shook my head.
"Whose This Kagome wench?"
I asked trying to act dumb which was normally easy for me I must admit, but this boy just gave me a strange and threatening look and continued walking to school.
"Feh"
I sighed and ran to school getting there less than 10 minutes later and went inside and into the first classroom thing I needed to go in. I walked into the room and a bunch of eyes were looking at me. I took my seat ignoring them till a girl came up to me, sitting in the empty seat next to me as she smiled. She had short auburn hair in 2 pigtails on her head, and these weird murky green eyes. I just stared at her expressionless she looked nervous but didn’t move.
"Uhm Shitsuren-san… You're new and everything so I was wondering if- um maybe you would like someone to show you around town and I was wondering if I could-"
She started to ask but I picked up something in the air. In my strange form I still held many of my hanyou powers they were just barely there.
"You might want to move."
She gave me a confused and almost hurt look but I paid it no notice. She continued to stare at me confused, as she began to speak again.
"I wanted to know if I could-"
"Excuse me "
An irritable voice asked from behind the girl. The girl besides me turned and looked up to see a tall shadowed girl behind her.
"Would you please get out of my seat?"
She asked with an angry yawn. Anyone could tell by the look of her she didn't get any sleep. The auburn girl next to me grimaced and turned back to me seeming to ignore the girl towering behind her.
"YUKKURI-SAN! Will you please move your large ass from my chair."
The girl next to me only smirked and turned her back once again and was looking at me as she spoke behind her.
"Sorry Kagome-san, I'm talking to Shitsuren-kun, here."
I noticed the way she used my name and so did Kagome-san behind her. But she didn't really seem to care. She did something that even I found a little surprising. She put her pack on the desk thing and squatted lifting the girls chair in the air and making her fall face first on the ground. Kagome casually took her seat and faced the front of the room while I think the whole class fell silent staring at her in shock.
The girl rose to her feet quickly and brushed herself off like she wasn’t the least bit embarrassed and the girl was quickly next to Kagome.
"Kagome-san just because I'm flirting with the guy you like-"
Both the pestering girl and I were both shocked when we saw the look in Kagome's eyes. It was fierce I've never actually been afraid of her but at that moment I was but I also saw despair etched within her anger. She stood to face the girl and was an inch or 2 taller enough to make her look more threatening to the auburn girl.
"Yukkuri!!! NEVER say that again. He may be kind of nice, some may think he's cute. But I don't like him and I DEFINITELY DO NOT love him!"
She hissed in a low growl that I could barely hear.
"Not that it's any of your business you high school hump but I'm in love with someone. He may seem like a dog (She paused with a slight laugh). But he's mine even if he'll never know it."
She finished quietly to herself. I could see the auburn girl, Yukkuri wanted to scream, hit Kagome, insult her back and cry all at once and once she made a decision she choose the later and broke down into tears and ran to the back of the classroom to join her friends. But not before Kagome just walked away with small tears pricking through her defenses. I couldn’t help but stare at her with awe.
"Hard to believe we used to be friends."
She muttered before she left the room. I watched her and quickly returned my attention to the front of the room as the teacher came in. But had to keep looking around because I felt something strange. There was a girl next to Kagome's empty seat and she caught my attention. She wasn’t paying me any attention till looked to the side and saw me staring at her. Her cheeks turned pink and she looked away. 'peculiar ears.' I thought to myself. 'There's something about her.' I thought once again but not removing my stare form her. She looked over again and caught my eyes.
"Excuse me Shisuren-san may I ask what you are staring at exactly. There's nothing on me and I'm normal- well. Anyway stop staring."
She yelled. Seeing her made something stir inside me, something that I had no control over. I knew if I wasn't the fake human I was I would be reacting to her but I had no idea why. I gave her a glare and I could feel everyone was staring at me. The teacher went through attendance and didn't seem to care that Higurashi wasn't present and soon the class ended.
She still hadn't come back by the end of class and I grabbed her bag and was going to give it to her. I got out into the hall when a girl ran up to me. She looked familiar 'I think I've seen her when I came to this time before then I remembered her.'
"Kagime?"
I asked slightly annoyed and embarrassed. She looked at me confused for a moment through her dark sunglasses and nodded.
"Uhh- yeah. I came to get Kagome's book bag since she's in my next class."
She said as she went to grab it. I pulled it out of her reach almost defensively. She gave me a funny look and backed away looking at me as if she knew me from somewhere.
"I take it you want to give it to her."
"Feh, I have it so I may as well."
I replied coolie. She looked at me suspiciously and walked away.
"Poor Hojo-kun he was right."
I heard her whisper to herself.
"She's not going to be in her next class either. She might be back for our English class."
I yelled to her turning red.
I went through the day with little discussion or talk of what happened between Higurashi and that girl but these damned girls were still staring at me. It was really annoying. I left my fourth class a little early and bumped into someone again. The halls were empty and I saw a girl in front of me. She had tear stained smoky blue eyes which just stared at me.
"Ka- Kagome."
She gave me a strange look and eyed me like she was supposed to know me.
"What may I ask do you want?"
She asked in an uncharastically harsh tone. I stared at her and she just stared back and I noticed what she was wearing.
"Didn't you wear this yesterday?"
I asked her tugging on her sleeve. She ripped it away and held it like I had wounded it in some way.
"It belonged to the- to the one I love, you jerk."
She mumbled looking towards the ground as hot tears stung at her eyes and made my heart wince. I knew what she was wearing just not why. I could only stare at her and I held her pack out in front of me stupidly. She grabbed it from me and ran off. I hadn't noticed that the bell had since rung. And her friends were staring at us till she left. The 2 guys gave me a glare and the girls just looked puzzled. And Yui stared intently at me as if she was beckoning me for some reason, like she shared a common secret with me. But was soon pulled away.
"Feh…"
I sighed as I turned to leave. I felt Kagome's eyes on me but ignored the burning glare set on my back.
"Kagome"
One of the females called as they ran after her asking what was the matter. I couldn't hear their conversation anymore so I decided to wordlessly head to my next class even when that Hojo guy called for me. The rest of the day went on pretty much as such. If I passed any of her friends in the hall they would glare at me or try to talk to me. Luckily I had managed to avoid Kagome for the rest of the day because I couldn't really take feeling so guilty again. But, before my last class started, I finally decided to leave the school. As I did so I felt someone watching me and I turned to find a girl behind me. Her auburn hair was messy and I was ashamed but she was kind of pretty. I loudly extinguished that thought as soon as it had entered.
"You leaving?"
She asked sounding not really that surprised. I looked at her and turned.
"Why don't you let me show you around and we can talk."
"I'm going home."
I answered gruffly and continued walking out of the door.
"Shitsuren-san, um- Tsunokirowa Yukkuri desu."
She yelled to me, I just absently waved my hand as I left the school. But I received one more unexpected surprise as I was leaving. I walked into someone. I looked down to see a very familiar black haired girl in front of me looking away with tears in her eyes. She grumbled a gruff apology and was about to continue walking.
"You alright?"
I asked with mock apathy in my voice. She grunted but stood still.
"Where'd you come from anyway? You're coming into school an-"
"So… and you're leaving, now we're even."
She yelled towards me in a mocking voice, I looked up and saw that she was looking at me and it looked like something was wrong with her eye but I couldn't really tell what was wrong because I was trying not to be seen looking at her. She turned to continue walking and I noticed the same smell.
"She's crying…"
I said to myself a little to loudly as realization kicked in.
"It's none of your business."
She called back to me I ignored her and turned to head out of the door. I walked back towards the shrine slowly, taking my sweet ass time, not really looking forward to being forced to give up getting to see Kagome.
I was near the well house and cried out slightly as the spell pulled away from my skin changing me back to me. I looked around when I swore I felt someone watching me, but I didn't see anyone around. And I ran into the well house and jumped to the bottom of the well as quietly as I could. I removed the rock that hid my robes and pulled them from the hole I had hidden them in and put them on quickly, feeling uncomfortable and I continued falling through the dry sea and fell in the bottomless pit of bones of the feudal well. I climbed out slowly and looked around carefully to make sure no one was around. I felt sure that no one was around and jumped out and was scared out of my mind when I heard a voice.
"Inuyasha?"
A voice squealed as it ran at me. I turned to see a small kitsune charging at me. I ducked slightly to the right and he skimmed past my ear and nearly splatted into a tree. He stumbled around for a moment before he shook his head and came to me again this time slowly.
"Did you go to see Kagome?"
The young kit asked with hope seized in his voice. I looked away trying to pull off my usual scowl but it didn't give into the guilty smile that played on my lips. He frowned at me as he continued to walk towards me the whole time never taking his eyes off of mine and stopped in front of me for a moment as if he was trying to analyze something about me. He lifted his nose slightly towards me and sniffed towards me but didn't say anything. I could feel the nervous sweat pouring from every available pore. He looked at me again and jumped on my head.
"Let's go back to the others, at Kaede-baba's house."
He commanded. I looked up at him annoyed and stood in place.
"Get off of my head baka!"
I growled at the annoying Kit. He hung down from the top of my head so his face was in front of mine and smirked at me.
"Carry me."
He asked in a demanding tone. I just growled at him and shook my head but he clung to my hair and nearly ripped it out.
"Just carry me you baka."
He demanded once again. I stared at him in annoyance and he just kept giving me that annoying smirk.
"Inuyasha- I happen to know that you did something today. Although I'm not sure what."
He told me, that damned upside down smile not wiping from his lips. I grabbed at him getting the back of his pants and holding the pesky kit upside down in front of me.
"I didn't do anything, so what are you trying to accuse me of."
"I'm not TRYING to accuse you of anything. I'm out right accusing you of something. You smell funny, like humans a lot of different ones and you also smell kind of like Kagome but not quite it's just wafting in the air but it's faintly there."
I felt myself blushing slightly and released my grip on the kit's shorts and he fell to the ground hitting his big fuzzy head. He sat up rubbing his head and frowning at an unconcerned Inuyasha.
"Jerk! I'm telling Miroku. He'll believe me."
I looked at him guilty annoyance in my glare he shivered but smirked at me as if to taunt "You know I'm right!" I bent down to his level to look him in the eyes with a scowl. And grabbed his tail and lifted him off of the ground.
"Feh… fine if you insist on me carrying you so much I will."
He folded his arms and gave up as I walked back to the village with Shippou's tail clutched in my hand. We got in front of Kaede's hut where I expected to find Miroku, and everyone else and wasn’t disappointed. I tossed Shippou up in the air, and he spun landing clumsily on his feet and ran to the others.
"Inuyasha where have you been all day?"
A perverted monk questioned with the utmost interest. I shrugged my reply.
"I didn't feel like being around you all day you perverted monk. So I took off. Got a problem?"
I asked fixing a cold glare on him and he turned back to his tea on the table.
"Is that why you weren't around yesterday either."
I didn't say anything more to him and took my seat next to the old had quietly.
"What’s the matter with thee?"
"Nothing"
I muttered quietly and listened to everyone as they sputtered on about how I was gone all day and how I mistreat the "poor little kit." I ignored them but my ears still twitched in acknowledgement of what they were saying. But my ears perked when a gruff feminine voice spoke to me.
"Inuyasha- "
I looked to Sango, who had spoke to me. But she stopped as if she was afraid or carefully choosing her words.
"You're going to tell him?"
Miroku whispered to her. I gave them both a furrowing look and questioned them.
"What are you talking abut you monk?"
He looked back at me with a nervous grin on his face.
"Inuyasha, ye Kagome had come to visit."
I couldn't help but show my surprise.
"Um- yea. She said she had a bad incident with a girl and guy from her school. And she needed a break. She didn't look to good and invited us to go with her to school tomorrow for her last day of school for the week. She asked us to invite you."
I paled and closed my mouth just staring at them.
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I Hope that you liked it. I promise to try and get the next chapter up sooner… Please stay tuned.
Duo: Yea, this cool girl here Serenity Madison, to put it shortly she doesn’t own anything. Not me, not that guy (pointing to Hiei) not Inuyasha not anything.
S.M: Thanks for putting it so bluntly, Duo. Well anyway I really hope that you like this chapter. As always I hope that you'll give me some feed back on how I can make this story better and save myself and you from future confusion, as we all know I tend to accidentally get people mixed up. But with your help I hope that won't happen.
Hiei: You think I'm going to let this story begin with out saying anything? I'm not Yue… You must review or I'll sick the demon eyes on you.
???: I'm stronger than you.
Hiei: Who said that?
???: I did.
::Looks all around and sees someone above them.::
S.M: Hello
Inuyasha: (Jumps into our view.) I'm stronger than you, you multi-eyes demon whelp.
Hiei: Why you…
S.M: Boys, boys… Why not try and get a long and not kill each other.
Inuyasha: Why should I listen to you?
S.M: Let see… I can call Kagome.
Inuyasha: You wouldn't.
S.M: O wouldn’t I… O Kag-
Inuyasha: ::Covers her mouth quickly:: Fine I won't fight with your demon mate…
S.M: ::Blushes:: Not so! We’re just friends! You’re the one who love k-
Inuyasha: No such thing, I love no one!
S.M: What ever you say.
Inuyasha: Damn straight.
Hiei: Am I chopped liver.
Duo: Yea what about me?
S.M: See what you’ve done Inuyasha?!?
Inuyasha: Feh… I’ve done nothing.
Dou: You need to choose so those damn mini wars will stop being held because some people are jealous.
Hiei: ::Coughs:: Yu-gi and Gene…
S.M: ::Blush deepens:: I don n- SHUT-UP… Sorry bout’ that everyone I hope you will enjoy this newest chapter. Please let me know what you think. Also I’ve decided to make this chapter Inuyasha’s P.O.V. But I’m not sure whether I should keep the whole story this way, or change from Inuyasha to Kagome, or keep it in general P.O.V, tell me what you think. PLEASE!!! Thanks again I hope you like.
Protection from afar only seems to bring me closer.
@~~The charm, the fights and Yukkiri~~@
By: Yui
Next day…
It was early when the morning light decided to cut into my vision and nearly blinded an irritable me, who was able to find refuge underneath my shirt. With a snarling yawn I rose to my feet grabbing my shirt off of my head, blinking my deep amber eyes adjusting them to the bright morning light. I looked up at the sky and found that it was rather late into the morning and cursed myself as I snuk over to Miroku carefully sneaking out a little crystal charm from his pocket. When the lascivious monk rolled over while moaning and calling for Sango.
"Even in his sleep."
I murmured to myself as I uneasily jumped back afraid he'd wake up and see me. But luckily he only continued to moan not opening his eyes or showing any other signs that he would wake. I took the delicate charm and held it in my hands holding it up to the sky and looking at the fragmented sky as it shone through the object. I held up the object and mumbled something. It was a long and quiet chant, but when I finished a ball a of light emerged from the charm and I was engulfed in an intense dark light. It surrounded me and clung to my body and when it retreated back into the crystal. I stood in place feeling slightly dizzy but wobbly shook it off.
"I WILL NOT GET USED TO THAT!!!"
I yelled angrily to the bitter morning air. I stumbled over to a pool of water next to me and stuck my face in looking at my dripping reflection as I did so. I also wasn't sure of myself when I was like this but I knew I had to do it.
"I- I know I feel for Kagome. I'm jealous of that protective monk, and I want to protect her and make sure she's safe. I don't know how I feel it's so different from anything I shared for Kikyo."
I lectured myself as I thought back to the mishap of only a few days ago.
FLASHBACK
"What are you talking about wench?!"
A familiarly harsh voice yelled. Kagome looked at the Hanyou angrily before the next words came sputtering out of her mouth.
"Osuwari!"
She yelled, and instantly Inuyasha planted his face firmly in the hard dirt. He grumbled loudly as he slowly got to his feet and stared at Kagome.
"I didn't mean to…! You shouldn't make such a commotion when you bathe. Just because Naraku's been defeated doesn't mean that you're safe."
He finished sounding concerned, Kagome noticed the change in his voice but ignored it choosing to treat it as if he were mocking her.
"Believe it or not I am capable of taking care of myself. I have in the past or are you just choosing to ignore that fact?"
She yelled to him, he scowled at her and was quite for a moment.
"Stupid girl… You??? I've saved your weak ass way more often than I can even try to count, Well... OK a few times you've helped us out but I think the number of those occurrences could be counted on 1 hand."
He yelled out of anger and once muttered he'd regretted it. He full well expected to be sat at least 5 times, and closed his eyes waiting. But when he never felt the painful impact of the ground on his face he slowly opened his eyes and saw Kagome walking away from him he also smelt something strange in the air.
"Inuyasha you think Kikyo's better than me don't you?"
She asked which surprised him; she was looking in front of her so she didn't see him shaking his head she only heard his voice.
"In some ways… yes."
He told her. She wiped her eyes, which had started to tear and turned back towards him not wanting him to see her tears and feel guilty, but she didn't know that he already did. She stared into his amber eyes threateningly. He stared back almost wanting to back down from her and apologize but his youkai pride would not hear of this, even if only Hanyou. Kagome flared as she spoke to him.
"MY GOD Inuyasha!!!"
She spoke a viscous bite to her voice. He stared at her slightly annoyed by her, but kept quiet.
"My- you- you want to go to hell don't you? You want to be with your precious Kikyo so badly, even if it means condemning your soul to hell. Going to hell for that dead bag of bones and dirt. And leaving all of us who love you."
She seethed with a crudeness that Inuyasha has never before seen in the girl. She looked confused by her own words but chose to ignore them, and his eyes flashed with unknown fury as he retorted to the girl's insults easily.
"Well hell does have one perk that this damn world's missing. You're not there… That's a nice change for anyone who's been forced to be in your presence for however many years I've been forced to you. You heartless insensitive WENCH! I never said I wanted to be with Kikyo that badly, but I do have to protect her."
He said feeling a mix of triumphant regret. He looked at Kagome who was staring at him with a vacant dead look almost like she was hollow.
"Osuwari"
She mumbled carelessly almost like she wasn’t really concerned with Inuyasha.
"INU-! I'll be leaving in a few days. Then it'll be just as appealing as hell for you."
She spat as she turned and walked away. Inuyasha made a move to stop her but he never spoke. He made a motion to grab onto her wrist and just held it quietly and she tuned and looked at him with contempt, and tear filled eyes. She yanked on her hand and he numbly let it go.
"Kagome"
He called to the broken girl. She stopped but didn’t turn to look at him.
"Inuyasha, I just hope that you know no matter how angry I am with you, or how much you hurt me… I- I will always be there for you."
Inuyasha was stunned and couldn't even look at her as she descended away from him.
After that Inuyasha couldn't face her he didn't have the strength to see the pain he'd caused in her eyes. So till the day she left he stayed away from everyone. Not wanting to encounter their pointed words and accusing eyes.
END FLASHBACK
"How could I truly be such an ass? I would hate my existence if I were in her place. But what hurts more is she doesn't hate me she's hurt by me."
I growled to myself, and rose to my feet creeping further away form the others before I finally reached the well. I clumsily climbed to the rim of the bone eaters well and took a cautious look around before I fell inside. It was dark for a moment before I was pulled through an ocean of dry water and emerged slipping onto the dark and damp dirt beneath my bare feet. I shook my head feeling really uneasy but as I said before "it's something I have to do." I repeated to myself once more as I untied my Robes revealing the clothing beneath them. I folded my clothes and removed a big rock in the side of the well and grabbed a bag and some shoes out and put my robes as well everything inside. I really didn't want to part with Tetsusaiga but in order to be in this future world I had to. I sighed as I pounded the rock back in place.
"Mom I'm leaving now."
I started to crawl up the side of the well when I heard a painfully familiar voice yell.
"Honey could you make sure your brother isn’t inside the… well house again?"
My breath caught in my throat when I heard her mother's request and nearly lost my grip on the edge of the well. But I gained my bearings as I heard the faintest footsteps approach the well house that hid me. I fell out of the well and ran and hid in the corner trying to hide from the oncoming threat, but it never came. I heard Kagome yell to her mom and then she ran off, I smelt something in the air. It was familiar to what I smelt in the air the last day I've spoken to her the day we fought.
I felt sad all of a sudden. I jumped to my feet and ran out of the well house and rushed to the High school. I was looking around cautiously trying to make sure Kagome wasn't around me and I felt myself walk into someone. I looked around me and saw a familiar boy in front of me. He gave me a friendly smile, which I immediately returned with a scowl of my own he looked alarmed for a moment but asked me something I never suspected.
"You like Kagome-san don't you?"
I looked at him only able to mutter incoherently before I found my voice, as I shook my head.
"Whose This Kagome wench?"
I asked trying to act dumb which was normally easy for me I must admit, but this boy just gave me a strange and threatening look and continued walking to school.
"Feh"
I sighed and ran to school getting there less than 10 minutes later and went inside and into the first classroom thing I needed to go in. I walked into the room and a bunch of eyes were looking at me. I took my seat ignoring them till a girl came up to me, sitting in the empty seat next to me as she smiled. She had short auburn hair in 2 pigtails on her head, and these weird murky green eyes. I just stared at her expressionless she looked nervous but didn’t move.
"Uhm Shitsuren-san… You're new and everything so I was wondering if- um maybe you would like someone to show you around town and I was wondering if I could-"
She started to ask but I picked up something in the air. In my strange form I still held many of my hanyou powers they were just barely there.
"You might want to move."
She gave me a confused and almost hurt look but I paid it no notice. She continued to stare at me confused, as she began to speak again.
"I wanted to know if I could-"
"Excuse me "
An irritable voice asked from behind the girl. The girl besides me turned and looked up to see a tall shadowed girl behind her.
"Would you please get out of my seat?"
She asked with an angry yawn. Anyone could tell by the look of her she didn't get any sleep. The auburn girl next to me grimaced and turned back to me seeming to ignore the girl towering behind her.
"YUKKURI-SAN! Will you please move your large ass from my chair."
The girl next to me only smirked and turned her back once again and was looking at me as she spoke behind her.
"Sorry Kagome-san, I'm talking to Shitsuren-kun, here."
I noticed the way she used my name and so did Kagome-san behind her. But she didn't really seem to care. She did something that even I found a little surprising. She put her pack on the desk thing and squatted lifting the girls chair in the air and making her fall face first on the ground. Kagome casually took her seat and faced the front of the room while I think the whole class fell silent staring at her in shock.
The girl rose to her feet quickly and brushed herself off like she wasn’t the least bit embarrassed and the girl was quickly next to Kagome.
"Kagome-san just because I'm flirting with the guy you like-"
Both the pestering girl and I were both shocked when we saw the look in Kagome's eyes. It was fierce I've never actually been afraid of her but at that moment I was but I also saw despair etched within her anger. She stood to face the girl and was an inch or 2 taller enough to make her look more threatening to the auburn girl.
"Yukkuri!!! NEVER say that again. He may be kind of nice, some may think he's cute. But I don't like him and I DEFINITELY DO NOT love him!"
She hissed in a low growl that I could barely hear.
"Not that it's any of your business you high school hump but I'm in love with someone. He may seem like a dog (She paused with a slight laugh). But he's mine even if he'll never know it."
She finished quietly to herself. I could see the auburn girl, Yukkuri wanted to scream, hit Kagome, insult her back and cry all at once and once she made a decision she choose the later and broke down into tears and ran to the back of the classroom to join her friends. But not before Kagome just walked away with small tears pricking through her defenses. I couldn’t help but stare at her with awe.
"Hard to believe we used to be friends."
She muttered before she left the room. I watched her and quickly returned my attention to the front of the room as the teacher came in. But had to keep looking around because I felt something strange. There was a girl next to Kagome's empty seat and she caught my attention. She wasn’t paying me any attention till looked to the side and saw me staring at her. Her cheeks turned pink and she looked away. 'peculiar ears.' I thought to myself. 'There's something about her.' I thought once again but not removing my stare form her. She looked over again and caught my eyes.
"Excuse me Shisuren-san may I ask what you are staring at exactly. There's nothing on me and I'm normal- well. Anyway stop staring."
She yelled. Seeing her made something stir inside me, something that I had no control over. I knew if I wasn't the fake human I was I would be reacting to her but I had no idea why. I gave her a glare and I could feel everyone was staring at me. The teacher went through attendance and didn't seem to care that Higurashi wasn't present and soon the class ended.
She still hadn't come back by the end of class and I grabbed her bag and was going to give it to her. I got out into the hall when a girl ran up to me. She looked familiar 'I think I've seen her when I came to this time before then I remembered her.'
"Kagime?"
I asked slightly annoyed and embarrassed. She looked at me confused for a moment through her dark sunglasses and nodded.
"Uhh- yeah. I came to get Kagome's book bag since she's in my next class."
She said as she went to grab it. I pulled it out of her reach almost defensively. She gave me a funny look and backed away looking at me as if she knew me from somewhere.
"I take it you want to give it to her."
"Feh, I have it so I may as well."
I replied coolie. She looked at me suspiciously and walked away.
"Poor Hojo-kun he was right."
I heard her whisper to herself.
"She's not going to be in her next class either. She might be back for our English class."
I yelled to her turning red.
I went through the day with little discussion or talk of what happened between Higurashi and that girl but these damned girls were still staring at me. It was really annoying. I left my fourth class a little early and bumped into someone again. The halls were empty and I saw a girl in front of me. She had tear stained smoky blue eyes which just stared at me.
"Ka- Kagome."
She gave me a strange look and eyed me like she was supposed to know me.
"What may I ask do you want?"
She asked in an uncharastically harsh tone. I stared at her and she just stared back and I noticed what she was wearing.
"Didn't you wear this yesterday?"
I asked her tugging on her sleeve. She ripped it away and held it like I had wounded it in some way.
"It belonged to the- to the one I love, you jerk."
She mumbled looking towards the ground as hot tears stung at her eyes and made my heart wince. I knew what she was wearing just not why. I could only stare at her and I held her pack out in front of me stupidly. She grabbed it from me and ran off. I hadn't noticed that the bell had since rung. And her friends were staring at us till she left. The 2 guys gave me a glare and the girls just looked puzzled. And Yui stared intently at me as if she was beckoning me for some reason, like she shared a common secret with me. But was soon pulled away.
"Feh…"
I sighed as I turned to leave. I felt Kagome's eyes on me but ignored the burning glare set on my back.
"Kagome"
One of the females called as they ran after her asking what was the matter. I couldn't hear their conversation anymore so I decided to wordlessly head to my next class even when that Hojo guy called for me. The rest of the day went on pretty much as such. If I passed any of her friends in the hall they would glare at me or try to talk to me. Luckily I had managed to avoid Kagome for the rest of the day because I couldn't really take feeling so guilty again. But, before my last class started, I finally decided to leave the school. As I did so I felt someone watching me and I turned to find a girl behind me. Her auburn hair was messy and I was ashamed but she was kind of pretty. I loudly extinguished that thought as soon as it had entered.
"You leaving?"
She asked sounding not really that surprised. I looked at her and turned.
"Why don't you let me show you around and we can talk."
"I'm going home."
I answered gruffly and continued walking out of the door.
"Shitsuren-san, um- Tsunokirowa Yukkuri desu."
She yelled to me, I just absently waved my hand as I left the school. But I received one more unexpected surprise as I was leaving. I walked into someone. I looked down to see a very familiar black haired girl in front of me looking away with tears in her eyes. She grumbled a gruff apology and was about to continue walking.
"You alright?"
I asked with mock apathy in my voice. She grunted but stood still.
"Where'd you come from anyway? You're coming into school an-"
"So… and you're leaving, now we're even."
She yelled towards me in a mocking voice, I looked up and saw that she was looking at me and it looked like something was wrong with her eye but I couldn't really tell what was wrong because I was trying not to be seen looking at her. She turned to continue walking and I noticed the same smell.
"She's crying…"
I said to myself a little to loudly as realization kicked in.
"It's none of your business."
She called back to me I ignored her and turned to head out of the door. I walked back towards the shrine slowly, taking my sweet ass time, not really looking forward to being forced to give up getting to see Kagome.
I was near the well house and cried out slightly as the spell pulled away from my skin changing me back to me. I looked around when I swore I felt someone watching me, but I didn't see anyone around. And I ran into the well house and jumped to the bottom of the well as quietly as I could. I removed the rock that hid my robes and pulled them from the hole I had hidden them in and put them on quickly, feeling uncomfortable and I continued falling through the dry sea and fell in the bottomless pit of bones of the feudal well. I climbed out slowly and looked around carefully to make sure no one was around. I felt sure that no one was around and jumped out and was scared out of my mind when I heard a voice.
"Inuyasha?"
A voice squealed as it ran at me. I turned to see a small kitsune charging at me. I ducked slightly to the right and he skimmed past my ear and nearly splatted into a tree. He stumbled around for a moment before he shook his head and came to me again this time slowly.
"Did you go to see Kagome?"
The young kit asked with hope seized in his voice. I looked away trying to pull off my usual scowl but it didn't give into the guilty smile that played on my lips. He frowned at me as he continued to walk towards me the whole time never taking his eyes off of mine and stopped in front of me for a moment as if he was trying to analyze something about me. He lifted his nose slightly towards me and sniffed towards me but didn't say anything. I could feel the nervous sweat pouring from every available pore. He looked at me again and jumped on my head.
"Let's go back to the others, at Kaede-baba's house."
He commanded. I looked up at him annoyed and stood in place.
"Get off of my head baka!"
I growled at the annoying Kit. He hung down from the top of my head so his face was in front of mine and smirked at me.
"Carry me."
He asked in a demanding tone. I just growled at him and shook my head but he clung to my hair and nearly ripped it out.
"Just carry me you baka."
He demanded once again. I stared at him in annoyance and he just kept giving me that annoying smirk.
"Inuyasha- I happen to know that you did something today. Although I'm not sure what."
He told me, that damned upside down smile not wiping from his lips. I grabbed at him getting the back of his pants and holding the pesky kit upside down in front of me.
"I didn't do anything, so what are you trying to accuse me of."
"I'm not TRYING to accuse you of anything. I'm out right accusing you of something. You smell funny, like humans a lot of different ones and you also smell kind of like Kagome but not quite it's just wafting in the air but it's faintly there."
I felt myself blushing slightly and released my grip on the kit's shorts and he fell to the ground hitting his big fuzzy head. He sat up rubbing his head and frowning at an unconcerned Inuyasha.
"Jerk! I'm telling Miroku. He'll believe me."
I looked at him guilty annoyance in my glare he shivered but smirked at me as if to taunt "You know I'm right!" I bent down to his level to look him in the eyes with a scowl. And grabbed his tail and lifted him off of the ground.
"Feh… fine if you insist on me carrying you so much I will."
He folded his arms and gave up as I walked back to the village with Shippou's tail clutched in my hand. We got in front of Kaede's hut where I expected to find Miroku, and everyone else and wasn’t disappointed. I tossed Shippou up in the air, and he spun landing clumsily on his feet and ran to the others.
"Inuyasha where have you been all day?"
A perverted monk questioned with the utmost interest. I shrugged my reply.
"I didn't feel like being around you all day you perverted monk. So I took off. Got a problem?"
I asked fixing a cold glare on him and he turned back to his tea on the table.
"Is that why you weren't around yesterday either."
I didn't say anything more to him and took my seat next to the old had quietly.
"What’s the matter with thee?"
"Nothing"
I muttered quietly and listened to everyone as they sputtered on about how I was gone all day and how I mistreat the "poor little kit." I ignored them but my ears still twitched in acknowledgement of what they were saying. But my ears perked when a gruff feminine voice spoke to me.
"Inuyasha- "
I looked to Sango, who had spoke to me. But she stopped as if she was afraid or carefully choosing her words.
"You're going to tell him?"
Miroku whispered to her. I gave them both a furrowing look and questioned them.
"What are you talking abut you monk?"
He looked back at me with a nervous grin on his face.
"Inuyasha, ye Kagome had come to visit."
I couldn't help but show my surprise.
"Um- yea. She said she had a bad incident with a girl and guy from her school. And she needed a break. She didn't look to good and invited us to go with her to school tomorrow for her last day of school for the week. She asked us to invite you."
I paled and closed my mouth just staring at them.
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