InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ True Love ❯ Back To Normal Life ( Chapter 9 )

Chapter 9: Back to Normal Life

Kagome rolled over in her bed, tears running down her face. It was five o'clock in the morning and Kagome had just had dreamed about Inuyasha. Knowing she wouldn't be able to go back to sleep, she got up and went downstairs. In the kitchen she found her mother sipping a cup of coffee.

"Mama? What are you doing up?"

"Kagome, sit down. I think it's time we talked. When you, Sango, Kirara, and Shippo arrived last week, you all seemed so sad. Especially you. And I hear you crying in your room every night. What happened?"

Kagome slumped in her chair. "Oh, mama, I… it was horrible! Sango and I were taking a bath and we started talking about Inuyasha and Miroku and how we felt about them. We decided it was time to show them." Tears started to flow down her cheeks. "We got back from the stream and Inuyasha started another fight. Only this time, he said some stuff that really opened my eyes. I realized that Inuyasha would never see me as more than a shard detector. I didn't want to stay and Sango, Kirara, and Shippo decided they would rather be with me. I know Sango misses Miroku but she keeps saying when we start school she'll be happier. Maybe I should send her back to him."

"No, I won't leave you, Kagome. No guy is worth a friendship like ours." Sango rushed into the room and kneeled next to Kagome.

"What are you doing up, Sango dear?"

"Oh, Mrs. Higarashi, I couldn't sleep. I'm so excited about going to school today!"

"Sango dear, please call me mama like Kagome. As long as you're here I want you to look at me as your mother."

"I would love to, Mrs. Higarashi… ummm… mama." Sango blushed.

"Kagome, why don't you and Sango go get ready and get to school early so you can show her around. Now I made sure the principal gave you the same classes, so it'll be easier on both of you. Now, shoo, go!"

"Yes, mama!"

The two girls ran upstairs. Sango had her own room, which she waited in while Kagome was in the shower.

`Poor, Kagome! She is so miserable, and although I do miss Miroku, I won't leave her. Inuyasha had better be feeling just as miserable.' Sango stood up when she heard Kagome call to her. She quickly showered and dressed in the uniform for school. She kept pulling on the skirt as she walked into the living room.

"You look great Sango! Don't pull on it; it'll tear. Come on, let's get going." Kagome pulled on Sango's arm. "Bye, mama."

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Kagome sighed as she sat at her desk in school with Sango right beside her, waiting for the first bell to ring. The door opened and three girls rushed in. When they saw Kagome they squealed.

"Kagome! You're in school. Are you feeling better?"

Sango looked at Kagome in confusion. "Better? Kagome you weren't sick."

Kagome laughed nervously. Yuki, Eri, and Aryumi looked at Kagome with raised eyebrows.

"Sango, uh, everybody here thinks I've been sick all year. Nobody knows what's been happening."

"Kagome, details." Just then the bell rang. "At lunch." They sat down quickly as the teacher rushed in. Kagome slumped in her seat. `This day isn't going to be good.'

All through the class Kagome's mind drifted to what Inuyasha was doing. Sango looked over at her sad-faced friend, worried. "Kagome, don't think about him." She whispered. Kagome looked over and smiled slightly. Sango knew that nothing was helping Kagome's heartbreak. `At least the guy I'm in love with never said anything hurtful, he just groped me.' Sango grimaced. `Not the best of memories, but at least I knew he knew I was around.' Sango sat back determined to learn. English class and History class flew by and it was soon time for lunch. Kagome led Sango over to a tree where she usually ate lunch. She saw her friends rushing over to them and she groaned. Yuki, Eri, and Aryumi sat down.

"Okay, Kagome, what haven't you been telling us?" Yuki demanded

.

"Umm… I can't tell you. It's kinda personal." Kagome lowered her head.

"Then how does the new girl know about it?" Aryumi asked.

"I have been with Kagome for almost a year now." Sango said.

"Oh, how did you meet?" Eri asked quietly.

"I was trying to kill Inuyasha." Three blank faces stared at her. "What? I had been told he killed my family and friends, what was I supposed to do? I was trained to do that kind of thing."

"Sango, here they don't know anything about what we went through. They won't believe us if we told them. Besides, it doesn't matter anymore. We aren't going back. Inuyasha saw to that." Kagome muttered under her breath.

"I want to know everything! Even if you don't think we'll believe you." Yuki pleaded.

Kagome started to open her mouth when she spotted a flash of white, red, purple, and black on the school building.

"Inuyasha? Miroku?"

Sango spun on Kagome. "What? What did you just say?"

"There, do you see it?" Kagome pointed but the colors were gone. "Huh? Where'd they go?"

"Kagome, you have to stop thinking about him. It's not going to do us any good thinking about what could have been. They're still in the…"

"I know but I swear I saw them." Kagome cut Sango off. Yuki, Eri, and Aryumi looked behind Kagome.

"Kagome, guess who's coming this way? Hojo and his friend Tsuno! Oh they're so cute! I bet he's going to ask you out again. You guys make such a cute couple."

"Hi, Higarashi-san!"

"Hey, Hojo-kun."

"So…umm… if you're feeling so much better do you want to go to the costume ball with me? It's in three weeks."

"Hey Sango, I'm Tsuno. Wanna go out with me to the costume ball?"

"Of course they will!" Yuki, Eri, and Aryumi enthusiastically replied.

"Great!"

From above them in the tree, Inuyasha almost jumped out of the tree to attack the young man, but Miroku, who was also really tense, stopped him.

"Hey, wait a second! Shouldn't we answer that? I mean they are asking us not you."

"What do you mean? Of course you guys would have said yes!"

"No."

Hojo, Yuki, Eri, and Aryumi stared at Kagome. "What?"

"I can't go out with you Hojo. I'm still in love with someone else."

"I can't either. I'm in love with someone too."

Inuyasha and Miroku froze on the tree branch. They looked at each other.

"What? Who?"

Kagome and Sango smiled sadly. "It doesn't matter, they aren't from around here and we won't be going back. They didn't want us."

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Inuyasha and Miroku looked down on them in shock. It was obvious to them who they were talking about. Not making a sound, Inuyasha pulled Miroku back to the well. They jumped in quickly. On the other side, they stopped.

"They meant us, didn't they?"

"Yeah."

"They meant it, didn't they?"

"Yeah."

"Do we still have a chance do you think?"

"I don't know." Inuyasha pulled out the scarf. "We have to do something. You wouldn't know this but they reeked of tears. They must have been crying since they left."

"They're so miserable! Even I could tell they were about to cry just then. How could they have felt like this and we never knew?"

Inuyasha looked up. "We're not that observant. And I think in their own way they were trying to tell us. How many times did they make dinner, or mend our clothes, or worry over us when we were hurt?"

"We never thanked them either. How could they love us when we always treated them so horrible?"