InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ What Happened? ❯ Cause & Effect ( Chapter 4 )

Chapter Four

Cause and Effect

The bell rang, ending 3rd period and signaling the beginning of first lunch. Kagome and Inuyasha were the last people out of Algebra 1.

Kagome couldn't figure out how Inuyasha had managed to be in every one of her classes so far. He hadn't seemed very happy in first period when they had to choose groups for a project and he elected to join her and Hojo's group and she could figure out what was wrong. Although he had seemed pretty content during 2nd and 3rd periods. She had yet to put together the fact that Hojo had been around during 1st period but wasn't 2nd or 3rd and Inuyasha's mood swings, let alone the fact that Inuyasha appeared to like her. He had sat right in front of her in every period besides 1st. She hadn't been able to help but play with his metallic-black hair, getting in trouble a few times for not keeping her hands to herself during class.

She and Inuyasha headed for their locker (remember they share a locker). Both of them had 1st lunch.

Inuyasha smiled smugly when he didn't see Hojo waiting by their locker for Kagome. "Oi Kagome, can I eat lunch with you? I don't really know anyone else here."

"Um, sure I guess you could…" Kagome replied, unsure as she open their locker to put her stuff away on the top shelf.

Inuyasha tossed his stuff onto the floor of the locker, shutting it and following Kagome to the lunchroom.

They met up with Kagome's friends on the way there. As soon as her friends spotted Inuyasha they smiled, all of them wondering if Kagome had dumped Hojo for Inuyasha.

The 5 of them got their food and sat down.

Eri leaned across the table to Kagome and whispered something in her ear, causing Kagome to turn a bright shade of red.

"No! Why would I want to dump Hojo?" Kagome asked her in return.

"Well you know what I heard from Tsuya who heard it from Yukari?" Ayumi asked, going into gossip mood.

"No, what'd you hear?" Yuki asked anxiously.

"I heard that Hojo was caught kissing Haniko before and after school yesturday." Ayumi replies. All three of Kagome's friends waited for Kagome's response to that.

Kagome stares at a spot on the table, unable to find her voice. She stood up and went over to the table that Hojo usually sat at with his friends but didn't find him there. She then left the lunchroom in search of Hojo. Kagome found Hojo with Haniko, not far from the lunchroom. His head bent towards her, just pulling away from a kiss. Kagome stormed away headed for the bathroom.

Not too long afterwards Kagome's friends found her in one of the stalls crying. They had told Inuyasha to wait for them outside the bathroom. Just then the bell rang.

"Kagome, come on or we're gonna be late for Chemistry." Eri said soothingly. Yuki was rubbing Kagome's back, trying to get her to stop crying. Yuki was searching through he bag for tissues.

After a few minutes the three of them managed to coax Kagome into coming out.

Inuyasha was still waiting outside the bathroom for them.

As soon as Kagome saw him she threw her arms around him and started crying again. She hadn't even thought before she had done it and was too busy crying her heart out to care if he would mind or not. She began to feel a little better when Inuyasha wrapped his arms around her. She felt safer right then than any time she had hugged Hojo. Shortly her tears stopped flowing and she fell silent.

Inuyasha stood there with his arms around Kagome. He wasn't sure why but it just felt right for him to hold her this way.

"We've got to get to class." Eri said as her and the rest of Kagome's friends ran down the hall toward their lockers and then to their 4th periods.

"She's right Kagome, we should get to class…. Kagome?" Inuyasha looked down at her, finally realizing that the girl had fallen asleep in his arms. Crying as much as she had seemed to have worn her out. Inuyasha sighed and carried her into the office.

He got permission to take her home since none of her family was home to get her. He quickly went to their locker and grabs all of their stuff so that they could leave.