InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Swallowed ❯ What More Can He Do ( Chapter 7 )

Author's Note: Hey guys I am so sorry that I took so long to update but here it is. ENJOY!!!

 

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Inuyasha

 

What more can he do

 

Kagome was staring at her window as if it held the answers of the world, she had not moved from her spot since Inuyasha jumped out her window. She could hear Kouga in the background trying to get her attention, but whatever he was trying to say to her didn't register. All that mattered to her at the moment was the fact that she had just hurt someone in the worst possible way and it was all her fault. There was no plausible excuse for what had happened and she wasn't even going to try to make an excuse for herself. Kagome's head was about to explode and she knew that she had to put her thoughts on hold if she wanted to get anything done.

Squaring her shoulders and lifting her head she turned toward Kouga who was still standing there with a look of concern on his face. She knew that Kouga needed to understand what was going on and they needed to come up with some kind of solution to the problems that they were having like the fact that there little kiss turned into heated passion which proved that they should really talk about what was going to happen between them now that they knew it couldn't be ignored. But right now she needed some time to herself.

Kouga was worried because Kagome hadn't said a word since dogshit jumped out the window. He was starting to think that she went into shock but then she turned toward him and looked up as if coming to a decision which scared him. He kind of knew what she was thinking about and wanted to stop her train of thought before she came to a conclusion that he didn't like. He walked up to her and pulled her into an embrace.

“Kagome I can't say that I know what you are thinking right now but I really want you to know that I don't want you to make any rash decisions right now, please don't decide on anything right now. Just take sometime to adjust to what happened today but don't block me out. Please just think about it.”

With that said he let her go and walked out of her room. She watched him walk out of her room and didn't know what to do, there was so much that was going on. Her head was in so much turmoil that she knew that she had to find a way to put everything in order or she would drive herself crazy.

The world is going to be shot to hell in a matter of seconds, and I am going to get struck down first. I cannot believe that this is happening. First Kouga comes in unexpected then that happened and to put icing on the cake Inuyasha walks in on us. What the hell am I going to do?

I know that I have to find a way to talk to Inuyasha but she had no idea how she was going to make him listen but she knew she had to try. That brought her to Kouga and what he had said before he had left. She knew that he was right; she knew that there was no way that they would be able to just ignore each other. But what was she supposed to do first?

`I messed up so bad, Inuyasha hates me and he has the right. We may not have decided on whether or not we were a couple we were kind of together. But Kouga is who I know I love and I know what he is to me. But he obviously has reservations about us seeing as he had broken up with me one time already. I mean does that mean that he doesn't love me enough to stay with me or does that mean that he has another girl or maybe he is getting tired of me.'

`And what about Inuyasha? I know that we just started getting along but now that I know that he is nice and that he likes me, I can't just ignore him. I mean there is something there I just don't know what it is and how real it is. It is too new to decide on what kind of relationship it is that we have. Just before my bath I had decided that Inuyasha and I had to take it slow but now there is nothing to take slow. But it is going to be tough because there is this undeniable pull that Inuyasha has on me. Even when he was mean to me I had a crush on him.'

She knew that someone needed someone to know what was going on so that she could have a second opinion. So she picked up her cell phone and left Sango a voice mail on her phone to let her know that they needed to talk today hopefully after school. Having done that, she decided that a nap was in order to put her nerves at ease. She put her comfy black shorts and her red tank top on and got into bed.

Inuyasha ran into his house bringing chaos to anything that came into his line of sight. As he made his way toward his room he didn't notice his mother's eyes as she took in his appearance or there for his lack of. His eyes were bleeding red and there were telltale jagged lines forming on his face. She didn't know whether she should interfere or let it pass. Inuyasha was always unpredictable. She saw him go into his room and slam the door, she decided to let him calm down on his own.

Sitting on his bed he tried to calm down and think about what had just happened. So he had been making out with Kagome at school when Kouga went crazy and bitched her out, then I interfered. Today I went to see if she was okay and she was practically fucking him so I look like an idiot. SO what to do, I can be an asshole like I have always been.

However when this thought crossed my mind I was kind of sick to my stomach. My youkai was reacting negatively toward that idea. But what else was I supposed to do; she made me look like an idiot, why couldn't she tell me that she was with him. I was obviously the rebound guy for her. But come to think of it I was always had a problem with her and I never knew why. It was quite apparent that my youkai felt a connection with her which made the idea of making her life impossible very difficult to accomplish. When I saw him with her my youkai was trying to tear me apart, I wanted to kill that wolf and take Kagome with me. But that was before everything had taken place. As soon as she gasped my transformation reversed and I felt like shit. I had to get out of there I was so damn confused.

`What I need to understand is what is going on in my mind, something is wrong with me and it isn't making any sense in my head. I should probably ask someone.'

Standing up he made his way toward his voice of reason, as he came within hearing distance of the kitchen he could hear his mom humming toward herself as though nothing was wrong even though he knew that she had heard and seen him storming into the house just minutes before. He made his way behind her as quietly as possible.

Izayoi felt her baby come in to the kitchen and she knew that he needed some answers but she wasn't sure if he was ready to hear what she had to say but she would try her best to put him at ease. As she turned toward him she could see that he was very confused with something and he looked so sad that it broke her heart just to see that look on his face.

He looked up at his mom and waited for her to say something.

“Inuyasha how was school?”

She noticed how his ears hid beneath his hair.

“I left early.”

Izayoi nodded her head letting him know that he was going to have to explain. “And why would you do that?”

“Something happened yesterday to a friend and I wanted to make sure she was okay because she didn't show up at school.”

“Understandable but that doesn't explain why you didn't go back to school or why you came back so angry what caused that to happen?”

Inuyasha kept his head down and thought long and hard about which way to answer that question, he didn't want t say anything that would embarrass himself but he didn't want to lie to his mom either.

“Well lets just say that my friend was very happy when I saw her and with the least imaginable person.”

“What do you mean the least person imaginable?”

Inuyasha let loose a frustrated sigh smoothing his face with his hands; he knew he had to tell her the complete story.

“There is this girl that I am kind of seeing or I thought that I was seeing and yesterday we made out in school.”

“Well then I would tell you to find a more private place to show her affection”

“No mom! That's not the problem, as we were kissing her best guy friend saw us and went kind of crazy and made her feel really bad about being with me but he said things that didn't really make sense at the time making it seem that she was downgrading by going out with me. That was what confused me and got me so angry because as far as I knew she wasn't seeing any one and secondly he was talking bad about me and you know I don't back down from any fight.”

“Inuyasha I have to interrupt and ask who this girl is.”

Inuyasha raised his head looking straight at his mom and answered her, “Kagome Higurashi.”

Izayoi was quiet as she was thinking about what he had just said now she knew she had to be careful about what she said to him because this made everything a little trickier.

“Well first I must say that I am very happy that you have decided to be nicer to that young lady seeing as how you were so mean to her when you were younger, and secondly what happened today to make you so angry?”

“Well I was worried about her because she had been very sad which I understood seeing as how she had just had an argument with her best friend. When I went to see her I went straight to her window only to see her being consoled by Kouga.”

Izayoi thought she knew what he was trying to say but she needed to hear him say it.

“I know you and Kouga haven't had the best relationship in the past but why was it such a big deal that he was making her feel better?”

Inuyasha stood up so fast that Izayoi moved back.

“The fucking problem is that he is her “best friend” what kind of person practically fucks their best friends?”

“Inuyasha you need to calm down and you need to watch your language. Now sit down and tell me what happened.”

Inuyasha did as his mother asked and finished telling her the story, even repeating what he said to Kagome before he left.

“What the hell am I supposed to do, how could she do that? I thought that she was a good girl and then I see her doing that.”

“Inuyasha now you should know better to go ahead and make assumptions about people. And from what I hear it was apparent that Kouga was much closer to Kagome than you had originally thought and don't blame Kagome, because from what you said it sounds like Kagome felt pretty bad about what happened.

“But…”

Izayoi waved her hand in front of his face and made her point. “No you be quiet and listen to me. I will say this and make it so that it will appeal to your sense of fair play.”

“It seems to me that Kagome might have had some sort of secret relationship with Kouga but they had broken it off for whatever reason. It is obvious that Kagome really does like you and that she was trying to move on by going out with you. I think that she didn't give herself enough time to get over Kouga before jumping into a relationship with you. From what you said about this morning it makes me think that Kouga felt he was losing Kagome so he went to make amends and made a move to try and get her back. So what I have to say to you is maybe you should take a step back and think about how you used to treat Kagome just last year.”

“What do you mean?”

“What I mean is that you should be ashamed of yourself to have made a move on Kagome knowing that she had been in such a recent relationship with a wolf youkai. I am your mother and I know that your sense of smell is superior to that of your father. You know the rules of relationships among the youkai community and I am surprised that you even made a move on her seeing as how you have always had a problem with the ookami's scent.”

“That's the problem mom; I don't remember ever smelling him on her and believe me I would have remembered.”

Izayoi took a second to process what he had just said as another thought crossed her mind, but she quickly dismissed it. “Inuyasha what I think you should do is try to start over seeing as how you guys jumped into something you were obviously weren't ready for. You know she cares about you so take it from there, what she needs from you right now is a fresh start.”

Inuyasha stood up at his mom's suggestion, “How am I supposed to just be her friend when I can't keep myself in check when I am around her?”

“Well that isn't a real problem seeing as she already saw your true form so she will see right through it, just take it one step at a time and you will see that everything will turn out just fine.”

Inuyasha just nodded his head in agreement as he made his way to his room, he knew his mom was right but he had no idea how he was going to fix things with Kagome. He knew he wanted her to be happy but it was going to be hard because what would make her happy would probably make him miserable.

Then again maybe he owed her at least that much, after all he had made her life impossible ever since she had set foot in their school. So with renewed confidence he decided that he would make her as comfortable as possible, even if he had to suck it up and stand beside her as her new best friend.

Kagome has thrown Kouga out as soon as she could and then she began pacing around her room, she had no idea what she was going to do about Inuyasha but she knew that she; had to do something soon. First thing she had to do was find out if he made it home safe. Picking up her phone she dialed his home number.

“Hello, Takahashi residence”

“This is Kagome, can I please speak to Inuyasha?”

“Yes you may, hold on one moment.”

Before she said her first name Inuyasha was beside his mom reaching for the phone.

Inuyasha had no idea what he was going to say, but he did know that he had to answer the phone and face his problems instead of running away from them.

“Hello”

Kagome had no idea how to start this conversation it was great that he actually answered the phone but what was she supposed to do now that he had.

“Hello” Inuyasha knew that she hasn't hung up because he could hear her breathing but what he didn't know was how he was supposed to handle this situation.

She was about to say something but he beat her to the punch.

“Look Kagome I know that you have every right to be mad at me and I just want to say that I am extremely happy that you decided to call me. Besides all of that I really feel like I owe you an apology I wasn't myself and I think I might of accidently hurt you. I hope you're alright?”

“Inuyasha what are you apologizing for it's my fault that anything happened in the first place I should have told you before we started anything that I had just ended a relationship with Kouga even if it was kind of a secret, I am the one that needs forgiveness not you.”

Kagome couldn't believe that he actually felt that he had something to apologize for, that just proved to her once more that he was an amazing person even though he didn't always act that way.

“Inuyasha I just want to let you know that I haven't really gotten back with Kouga but I am not going to see you either. I was in a relationship with him and it didn't end to well but what today's incident proved was that I still have feelings for him and the fact that you and I clicked just means that I like you too. However I can't just pick one of you just like that so I am going to take a little time off and clear my thoughts to see what I do.”

“I understand what you're saying and I had guessed as much already but the one thing that really gets me is the fact that I didn't know that you were a miko, what is that all about?”

“Well I can say the same for you I knew you were always a little different but I didn't know that you were a hanyou, I was even more surprised seeing as how I am supposed to see through any magical disguise.”

Inuyasha actually blushed even though she couldn't see. “You are probably the only person besides Kouga in our school who knows that I am a hanyou so I would hope that you could keep this a secret?”

“Definitely this just means that I have something to hold over your heard, like for example if you decide to call me a whore ever again I will make sure to take that mouth of yours and use it to scrub my cat with.”

Inuyasha was frozen and disgusted all at the same time. He didn't have anything to say to that after all he was exceptionally ruthless when he said what he said; he deserves whatever she dished out.

“Are we clear Inuyasha?”

Then again he was always hardheaded. “Hey bitch I was just calling it as I saw it would do you some good to keep your business to your damn self.”

“Excuse me if I remember correctly you were the one that came in un announced so sit your ass down and count to ten before I hurt you the next time I see you and I promise I have the training to take you're ass on.”

“Feh whatever like I am going to be scared of a weak human girl like you.”

“Well this weak human can purify a full fledged youkai so what do you think I can do to a hanyou, digest that for a while.”

Inuyasha was furious who the hell did she think she was.

Kagome shook her head this conversation had deterred way off. “Look Inuyasha I didn't call you to fight…”

“You could have fooled me” he mumbled under his breath.

“Well that's the truth I was calling to apologize and hope that just because we aren't dating that we could at least be friends.”

Inuyasha knew that he should take his mom's words in to consideration and take her up on her offer so that they could get to know each other.

“Whatever”

Kagome was smiling on her side because she knew enough of Inuyasha to know that his feigned indifference was really acceptance.

“Well as a peace offering I would like to invite you to the regional martial arts tournament.”

“You fight?”

“Sometimes but I am not competing this time, this is for the hands on only division I am more hands off.”

“Well I guess I would be up to see a good fight, anyone I know?”

“Actually there is, you know Sango?”

“Why am I not surprised?”

“Well then I guess I'll see you at school tomorrow and I'll call you when I know all the details okay?”

“That sounds fine… oh and Kagome?”

“Yes”

“Do you think you can keep my secret?”

“Sure Inuyasha don't worry about it what are friends for?”

“Yeah thanks” he hung up still blushing.

Kagome was so happy that they had worked everything out, she felt so much better now. Inuyasha and her were officially just friends and Kouga and her were going to try to be friends until they figured something out or until he came clean to her exactly what it was that he felt he needed to hide from her.

Kagome was about to start her homework when her phone rang.

“Hello”

“Hey Kagome, are you feeling any better?”

“Yes Kouga and for your information I already spoke to Inuyasha and everything between him and I are fine.”

“Well I wasn't asking, I was just calling to tell you again that I love you and that I am not going to stop until we have what we had before this whole mess.”

“What mess you mean the time when you broke up with me and I decided that I would see other people and you decided that if someone else was going to have me that you just could not stand it, SO YOU DECIDED TO PRETTY MUCH PEE ON ME IN FRONT OF SAID COMPETITION.”

“What are you talking about?”

“Don't ask stupid Kouga I know first hand how good your senses are and I know for a fact that you sensed Inuyasha coming which meant you had more than enough time to back up and not let him catch us in such a state.”

Before he got the chance to answer her accusations his call waiting beeped

“Wait I have another line” he said switching.

“Hello”

“Hey baby I am just calling to set up a day and time for our date…”

Kagome just stood there listening to the dial tone. That ass had the nerve to click on me well she would show him.

She let herself sit down for a moment knowing that there was no way that she could concentrate on homework now.

The good thing was that she fixed things with Inuyasha but the thing that had her worried was the situation with Kouga she knew that she had feelings for him there was no denying that but what was she supposed to do about that. There was clearly a problem with him if not then why break up with her in the first place. She just didn't know whether he could be trusted or whether he deserved a second chance.

She stopped her train of thought there and decided that she better do her homework so that she could get to sleep and commence another day at school tomorrow just to get swallowed in more inevitable drama.

 

 

 

Author's Note: If there is anyone that has some idea as to what they would like to happen let me know. Please remember to R&R