InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Raya, Dode, Ahava ❯ Set in Motion ( Chapter 2 )

Inuyasha & co =not mine

 

 

Chapter 2~

Set in motion

 

If all the world and love were young,

And truth in every shepherd's tongue,

These pretty pleasures might me move,

To live with thee and be thy love.

 

But time drives flocks from field to fold,

When rivers rage and rocks grow cold,

And Philomel becometh dumb;

The rest complains of cares to come.

 

The flowers do fade, and wanton fields

To wayward winter reckoning yields;

A honey tongue, a heart of gall

Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall.

 

Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy roses,

Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies,

Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten,

In folly ripe, in reason rotten.

 

Thy belt of straw and ivy buds,

Thy coral clasps and amber studs,

All these in me no means can move

To come to thee and be thy love.

 

But could youth last and love still breed,

Had joys no date, nor age no need,

Then these delights my mind might move

To live with thee and be thy love.

 

“The Nymph's reply to the Shepherd”

~Sir Walter Raleigh

 

~.•:'`-*-'`:•.~

 

The first thing Kagome did when she got back to her dorm was throw herself, forehead first, into her door again. In her excitement and freshman naivety, she forgot that the doors automatically lock behind you when you close them. Her heart felt like it was about to pound out of her chest and she couldn't see straight because of all the adrenaline rushing through her veins. By some chance of luck, her roommate was in and let the floating Kagome into the living space they shared.

 

The bewildered roommate looked at Kagome. “Did you just knock? That was some funny sounding knock. You could have just let yourself in, or did you forget your key again?”

 

“Hello, Rin,” Kagome sang to her roommate in a light, melodious voice.

 

“Alright, who hit you with the happy stick?” Rin smiled at her roommate as she watched her twirl around the room.

 

Kagome paused for a minute and gave her friend and goofy grin with a sideways glance. “He asked me out.”

 

There was no further explanation needed. Both girls shrieked and bounced about the room in a moment of unbridled joy. Rin had been following Kagome's blooming romance with the cute upperclassmen and was just as happy as the new girlfriend. The two had grown quite close since they were both innocent freshman.

 

“Congratulations!” Rin managed squealed back.

 

Kagome proceeded to explain the whole story to her giggling roomie. Suddenly, she stopped in mid-sentence. The girls stared at each other before Kagome's eyes darted to the phone before locking once again with Rin's. “Sango,” the girl screeched. Both lunged for the phone, fumbling with it before Rin grabbed it, dialed the number, and handed it to Kagome when it started to ring.

 

“Hello?” Sango's confident voice was heard on the other end.

 

“He asked me out!” Kagome squealed back into the phone.

 

“I knew it! Didn't I tell you he would? I need details now!”

 

Rin and Kagome the story to Sango tag teaming back and forth where one forgot details. Time passed quickly and an hour later Rin and Kagome found themselves lying on Kagome's bed with the receiver split between their ears so they could both talk and listen. As Rin chatted away, her roaming eyes passed over a clock.

 

“Holy jeez! Oh my gosh, you guys, it's almost 5! I really have to go. I have a lab in a few minutes. Let's talk more tonight at the club. I'll be there later after my lab gets out.” With those words from Rin, the three girls promised to meet and hung up so that Rin could go to class.

 

After Rin left, Kagome dragged herself up from her bed and walked down to the bathroom to wash her face. It was still just soaking in. Kagome had her first boyfriend. Soon enough she was skipping back while shrieking periodically to her room to change her clothes.

 

Everything was so new to Kagome, she didn't really know where to begin. Tonight they were going out! Humming to herself while dreaming of her evening, Kagome dressed and primped. Should she be so nervous? What should she wear? Should she call Sango again? She had been on dates before, granted never with a boyfriend. Plus, they were just going to hang out with his friends.

 

It was still half an hour to go until he picked her up. Kagome took her time making sure she looked just right. She surfed the Internet for a few minutes, and finally when only 5 minutes were left, she resigned herself to sit and wait by the window for him to come.

 

Just when she was about to start zoning out, a familiar face caught her attention. Kagome immediately perked up as she watched her new boyfriend enter her building. Suddenly all the nerves and tension were back with a vengeance.

 

`This is it, girl! Pull yourself together!' Kagome giggled at her self-talk. Breathing in and out slowly, her nerves gradually soothed. Breathe in through the nose, and out through the mouth. In with the breath. Out with the stress.

 

*Knock knock*

 

Forget composure. Kagome careened around her dorm, grabbing keys, lipstick, purse, and other essentials. Quickly pausing to check her reflection in the mirror by the door, Kagome smoothed her top and took in one last deep breath before plastering on a million-dollar-smile and opening the door.

 

There he was, standing outside her door in his entire hunky splendor. He turned to look at her. Apparently he hasn't expected her to be so prompt in opening to the door for him. His face broke into a happy-go-lucky grin as he took in her appearance and stepped inside her dorm.

 

“Hey there, gorgeous,” the wolf cooed at her. He pulled her into a tight embrace before taking one of her hands in his. “Are you ready to go?”

 

“Of course,” Kagome blushed.

 

With that, the demon led her out the door and out the building to where his car was parked. He opened the door for her in the true gentleman style and closed it carefully behind her. Kagome thought to herself that she could really adapt quickly to having a boyfriend. This wouldn't be bad at all. Kouga let himself into the driver's side and with the turn of a key, the pair was off.

 

~.•:'`-*-'`:•.~

 

He was still knocking. Was she okay? She knew they had a date. She wouldn't just leave.

 

“Kikyou?”

 

There was still no answer. Inuyasha started pounding on the door.

 

“Are you there, babe?”

 

His voice was becoming panicked. Inuyasha dialed her dorm number and cell phone, but she wouldn't grace his frantic ears with her soothing voice.

 

Inuyasha took off his coat and hung it on the doorknob. Giving one last desperate knock on the door, Inuyasha reluctantly turned and sprinted down the down the three flights of stairs to the ground floor.

 

Once on the ground floor, Inuyasha grabbed a handful of gravel off the walk and tossed them gently at her window. Wait. Was her window…open? Inuyasha didn't hesitate one more second.

 

A small crowd was gathering. In just seconds the few bystanders had become a massive pack. All stood transfixed with their chins pointing toward the sky. Many more, curiosity aroused, were joining the crowd by the second. Some half-crazed student was inching himself up the brick building. He had a couple of missteps, but with the encouragement from his audience, it looked like he might make it.

 

Inuyasha pulled himself up the last few inches and gripped the windowsill with all that was left of his strength. Balancing his weight on his forearm, Inuyasha used his other hand to push the window the rest of the way open. As he swung one leg inside the miniature apartment, the crowd below went wild, but the boy didn't hear any of it. His mind was only focused on one goal.

 

“Kikyou?” Inuyasha couldn't restrain himself from screaming. He darted around her dorm room calling her name. She wasn't in either bed or on the couch. Just when he had decided to call the police, Inuyasha saw it.

 

The door to one of the closets was open.

 

There was a shoe sticking out just past the door.

 

It was a shoe with a foot in it.

 

Screaming her name again, Inuyasha closed the small distance and threw the door out of the way to expose his girlfriend's motionless form. He was at her side in a second. Gently touching her face, her eyes scrunched then flickered open.

 

“Hello, Inuyasha,” Kikyou breathed quietly. “What's going on?”

 

“Don't move! Don't worry! I'm going to call and ambulance. Just relax!” Inuyasha was still suffering the effects of his adrenaline rush and he wasn't about to stop. Kikyou's pure, perfect laughter soothed his nerves and got his full attention immediately.

 

“I'm so sorry, dear! I was looking for an outfit for tonight and I just got tired, so I decided to lie down. I must have fallen asleep! You know I'm a sound sleeper. I'm so sorry I made you worry, but I'm fine, really.” She smiled at him. His heart didn't feel quite right, but he had no reason not to trust her.

 

“Well,” Inuyasha said, standing up and looking a bit sheepish, “put this on and let's leave before we're late.” Inuyasha handed her an outfit that was to his liking and went to look out the window while she changed.

 

“Yeah! Go, Monkey Boy!! Again! Again!”

 

Inuyasha looked down. He blushed and gave his adoring fans a wave.

 

“What's that?” His curious girlfriend asked, “Who's `Monkey Boy'?”

 

“I had to get up here somehow since I don't have a key. Hey, you done changing yet? Let's leave.”

 

“Should we use the door or is using the window really that important to you?” Inuyasha chuckled as he led the way out the door, grabbing his coat on the way.

 

Kikyou paused before the mirror. She bent her right arm up, touching her right shoulder, to reveal a quickly purpling elbow. She winced as she realized that it would soon be twice its current size and a beautiful green-black color.

 

“You coming?” She quickly pulled her sleeve down as low as it would reach.

 

“I'm right behind you.”

 

 

 

 

A/N: so I didn't get too much of a response from the first chapter, but maybe this will help :)