InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Remember Me in the Stars ❯ Cold ( Chapter 8 )

Cold

Kagome felt her life was finally going smoothly. She was in a great relationship with Inuyasha,

her aunt was out of the house often, and Kikyo was always with her new boyfriend, Naraku, so

she didn't give a lot of orders. But something in her gut told her it wouldn't last long. During

her time in the house Kagome began to learn more about her miko powers from Kaede. The

old baba was not who she appeared to be. With Kaede's help, Kagome learned more about

being miko. But Kaede said she was puzzled at the power that laid dormant in Kagome. She

said that Kagome had a very powerful and very pure aura, and that was all that the baba

would tell her.

Kagome was dusting the living room when Kikyo walked in. Ever the ice queen, she looked at

Kagome when she passed and turned up her nose. Kagome put down her duster, feeling

confused. That's odd, Kikyo never comes home this early. She is always with Naraku till

evening. Wonder what happened? Kagome found out the next day from the rumours flitting

around the school.

"Sango, whats wrong, why is everybody whispering and talking about Naraku?"

"Hi Kagome, well, it turns out that Naraku was dealing out this new drug to a lot of people and

he got caught. So he was transfered to another city."

"Wow, so Kikyo doesn't have a boyfriend anymore?"

"Yeah. But you can bet she is already looking for a replacement."

Inuyasha finally arrived and put an arm around Kagome's shoulder. They three were chatting

about the rumours when Kagome felt someone staring at her back. Turning around, she saw

Kikyo with...a jealious look on her face? Nani? What's wrong with her? Kagome was still

frowning as she and Inuyasha walked to their class.

When lunchtime came, she noticed Kikyo and Inuyasha talking. Kikyo was touching Inuyasha

a lot and he looked a little uncomfortable about it. Puzzled, Kagome sat down by Sango.

"Sango, why is Kikyo talking to Inuyasha? She never talks to him."

"Er, Kagome-chan. Um, never mind. Maybe it's about class or something."

Taking one last look, Kagome nodded her head. She felt worried, what was Kikyo up to?

Inuyasha never came to eat with Kagome at lunch. And she didn't see much of him the rest of

the day. After school ended she waited at the front of the building, like she always did for

Inuyasha. But still, he never came. After waiting for a while, Kagome gave up and went to her

car. The driver and her had struck up a friendship after Kikyo had stopped taking the car,

since Naraku always picked her up. Today, instead of making conversation, she sat, just

thinking. Where was Inuyasha? I barely saw him today, except in class, and even then, he

didn't really talk to me. Something is wrong. Did it have to do with Kikyo? Maybe not...

Always looking for the best in people, Kagome tried to push thoughts of Kikyo away.

The next day, Kagome looked for Inuyasha and saw him waiting in the front of the building.

"Inuyasha!"

"Hi Kagome."

"Where were you all day yesterday? I waited after school but you never came."

"Something came up, I'm sorry. Come on, class is going to start soon. I'll walk you to it."

Thinking things were normal again, Kagome grabbed his hand and didn't notice how weak the

grip was. During class times, Kagome tried to talk to Inuyasha, but it felt like his heart wasn't

into it. Kagome still ignored her gut feeling and tried to act as if things were normal. But they

weren't. Day by day, Inuyasha seem to drift further. And Kikyo seem to be especially

vindictive, which wasn't helping at all. Kagome found herself getting more and more tired

every evening from the multitude of chores from Kikyo. She never failed to look at the stars

at night, and the longing for her mother grew even stronger. During school time, Kagome

fingered her mother's necklace often, as if drawing strength from it. But Kagome kept her

trust in Inuyasha, still keeping her mother's request. While winter got colder, so did her

relationship. She felt like everything was slipping through her hands and she had no clue why.

*sorry for the short chapter, I'll make it up!*