InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Yozora ❯ Conundrums ( Chapter 13 )

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Chapter 13

Conundrums

Kagome sighed heavily as she heaved her books into her room, letting them fall in disarray on her desk. She'd been sure that today would be a good day, but no, they just had to be studying feudal Japan in history! Of course, while everyone else was daydreaming and hoping for some higher power to kill them quickly, the teacher played `Lets pick on a random student and embarrass them in front of the whole class' like Mrs. Hikyou loved doing every day during her class.

And of course, she just had to pick on Kagome. And Kagome just had to automatically say the correct answer… the only answer that had been right all period! Kagome knew anyone who got anythingright in Hikyou's class was branded a nerd, since she always gave out heinously difficult pop quizzes! Sometimes it was random things that weren't even in the text books! She hadn't even needed to think about it, it just spewed out like vomit!

“Ms. Higurashi, Who were the band of seven and why are they famous?” Hikyou asked looking at the girl over her ugly yellow glasses.

“Kyokotsu, Bankotsu, Suikotsu, Jyakotsu, Ginkotsu, Renkotsu, and Mukotsu. They were a band of assassins that wreaked havoc upon feudal Japan.” As soon as it had spilled out, she covered her mouth in horror! She didn't even know how it all slipped out!

Mrs. Hikyou, who had been sipping her coffee, looking quite smug, sprayed it all over the front row of her class, nearly falling over in shock. “Th-tha-that's….right!” She exclaimed. She had been sure the girl would get it wrong! After all, all she did was miss school!!!

Every eye was on Kagome, the question on everyone's mind was `WHAT THE HELL?!?' Kagome sunk low in her seat, her face could have matched Inuyasha's kariginu perfectly. She seriously contemplated getting up out of her seat and running down the halls and back home and down the well as fast as her legs could take her. But she stayed seated, enduring their whispers and snickers.

She was blushing so hard all through lunch, her ears burned. Eri, Yuka and Ayumi obviously already knew she concluded when she saw them rush to her table with sympathetic faces.

“Oh Kagome! We heard what happened. We are so sorry! You're not a geek to us!” Yuka consoled as she hugged her friend.

“Ugghhh… I'm too embarrassed to eat…” Kagome sighed as she pushed her tray away, to the middle of them, placing her head in her arms on the table.

“We've been telling everyone you live on a shrine and your crazy grandpa never stops spewing out historic blabber.” Ayumi tried to encourage the mortified teen.

“Oh, like that's any better!” Kagome practically moaned.

“Say, how did you know that answer?” Eri interrogated.

“Gramps… How else could I know something so out there?” She lied.

She glared at her friends as they burst out laughing. “Good, we thought so.” Yuka said between giggles.

“Yeah, the only other way you could know something like that is if you… traveled back in time or something!” Ayumi joked.

“I agree, I could just see it, school girl in the countryside, taking care of chickens and fighting spirits!! Whoooooo!” Eri said with a fake ghost voice.

Kagome willed herself not to hyperventilate. Did they know, or were they just idiots? She immediately noticed she was the only one not laughing and let out a big fake giggle, trying to play along. “Yeah, but how would I get there?”

“Hmmm, good question! Let's see…. Oh! What about some weird time warp, you know, like a spot you go to and it transports you!” Ayumi replied.

“What about that uber creepy well on the shrine grounds! I mean, if I had a time warp, I'd put it there, think about it, who would ever guess?” Yuka suggested with excitement. Kagome was about to faint. She could feel the panic creeping into her core.

“You?” Eri stated with a hint of sass. “Jeeze, you guys are stupid. We sound like 1st graders. Right Kagome?”

“Yeah.” She said with a gulp, she hoped to any higher power she could think of that they were all just idiots with big imaginations.

She practically ran home after school, desperate to get away from the gossip and drama. And on top of that, for answering the question right, Hikyou gave her extra homework! Kagome just wanted to forget about school! Good thing it was Friday.

She hugged her pillow to her chest and screamed into it, hoping it would help relieve her of the stress, but alas, to no avail. She groaned hopelessly as Buyo began to walk onto her back and found a nice spot to camp out and sleep. The poor girl barely even noticed her overweight cat as she fell asleep. Tomorrow would be better, after all, what was more fun than planning surprises?

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Inuyasha had similar feelings of emotional fatigue. He just couldn't understand Shippo. Why was it all the sudden he wanted to be around him 24/7? It wasn't as annoying as it was confusing. The kid hated him, so why did he wantto be apart of everything he did now?

Shippo had always made it abundantly clear that he disliked him and took him for an idiot. So why the hell did he seem to be attached to his hip? He was just getting used to Yozora and now the kit was getting mushy on him too.

He sighed, why was this so hard? He thought he'd figured out things a long time ago. Shippo was attached to Kagome and didn't like him, so what had changed? He decided to go take a bath, things were always better when he took one.

“Sango, can you watch her for a while?” He asked. “I'm gonna go take a bath.”

Sango looked at him like he'd grown a second head. “Ummm, sure… But, will she be okay with that?” The surprised taijiya asked.

Inuyasha gave Yozora a quick growl, saying “Stay with Sango for a bit, I'm going to the baths.”

She whined back with, “But… I don't know her…”

“Don't worry, she's nice.” He assured her. He looked to Sango and nodded. “Thanks.”

Miroku got up with him. “I'll come too.” And they exited, making their way to the hot springs.

Inuyasha shrugged, he'd been hoping to go by himself, but it didn't really matter.

What most didn't know about him was that he was a very fastidious creature by nature. He didn't like to be dirty; in fact, he hated it, being that if he went more than a day or two without a bath, he started smelling like wet dog, not exactly pleasant.

When they reached the springs, Inuyasha stripped, putting his clothes up along with Tetsusaiga. He slipped into the water with a sigh of relief. It felt so damn good! He could feel his muscles finally relax, something that was more than welcome.

Miroku had a similar look of contentedness as he stepped into the water. The two spent a few minutes lying in the water, until Miroku tried to make conversation.

“So, any idea what's up with Shippo?” The monk asked curiously.

Inuyasha shrugged, “No idea. Suddenly he's trying to make me pay attention to him. I thought that was Kagome's arena.”

“How is Yozora-chan taking that?”

“I think she's pissed.” He chuckled. “She's more possessive than I would've pinned her for.” Although he could understand it, after all, her mother died and she was with strange people and now had a new parent. She was just trying to find stability in him.

Miroku laughed, “Like father, like daughter!”

Inuyasha didn't find that comment quite as funny. “Shuddup, bouzo…” He glared and sunk deeper into the water. “I can't figure out what Shippo wants. I thought the kid hated me…”

“Perhaps he's jealous.” Miroku suggested none too subtly.

Inuyasha snorted, “Yeah, and maybe Sesshoumaru has a heart. Please, why the hell would he be jealous? He said it himself that he hates me and I make a pathetic father.”

“Or, maybe he wants you to be his father. Think about it, you've never really acted like one, so he never saw you as such, but now that Yozora is here, it's a whole different story. He's realized that you can be nice and wants in on it too.”

Inuyasha sat quiet for a while, thinking. Could that really be the reason the kit was acting so strange? Did he want him to be his father too? What the hell was up with him and kids? Never mated, but has two pups! At this rate, he'd adopt a village and still be alone! He sighed… There was only one way to clear this up.

As the half-demon got up, Miroku smiled, sure that he'd gotten his point through his thick skull at how thoughtful he looked.

A/N: Wanna kill me yet? Sorry to all those who have been reading and then were suddenly cut off for oh, six months. I'm such a bad writer… Yeah, I can't even keep the chapters coming steadily… Oh, well, what the hell… I'll try to be better about this in the future. I promise you, I WILL finish this story one way or another! Chapter art is where it always is on my FF.net profile. Hikyou- cowardice, unfairness, meanness