Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ From Friends To Lovers... ❯ Chapter 8: Festival ( Chapter 8 )

A/n: Hello! So happy you liked the last chapter, this one’s late I admit, sorry. But I do hope you enjoy it! I’m currently working on Chapter 9 as well. It will be longer, more drama, black eyes, jealousy and more. Sorry it’s so short. My attentions been mostly devoted to school. School sucks. Anyway, enjoy.

Disclaimer: I don’t own anything except the plot. And The University of Tokyo is a real school which I don’t own.

*From Friends To Lovers*

Chapter 8: Festival

It had been two weeks since the incident with Kazuma. Kagome felt slightly better having finally talked to someone about it. Really, it had been bothering her. Besides, it was nice to know she wasn’t alone. Now however they were on their way to some festival being set up by The University of Tokyo also known as UT. It was the end of the semester project. According to Kurama, there would be much to do at said festival. Certain clubs would be in charge of hosting their ‘booths’. It was promising some form of entertainment.

Sesshoumaru and Kagome cast quick illusions over themselves and Shippo. Wouldn’t do for people to go around screaming Youkai would it? Shippo, adorable as ever looked almost like a miniature Shuuichi Minamino. Sesshoumaru’s hair turned into a dark sable and his eyes a light evergreen. Kagome’s hair returned to pure raven in color and her eyes stayed a beautiful light shade of blue. Everyone had adorned either a fighting gi, kimono or yukata for the event. Sesshoumaru, refused to change out of his gi. Kagome however surrendered to little Rin’s plea’s and adorned a summer yukata, bearing Sesshoumaru’s crest in a bold magenta. The yukata itself was a brilliant silver-gray with shadowed white crescents and the large magenta crescent on the back with a sword placed behind it. On both Sesshoumaru and Kagome’s hip’s were there weapon of choice.

Sesshoumaru’s tenseiga and toukijin. And Kagome’s Ryuuketsu and Hoshiko. Kagome sighed deeply. Hopefully this festival would cheer Yusuke up. He wasn’t even picking fights with Kuwabara! That in itself pointed as to how bad the situation was. She was troubled. He was troubled. Everybody was troubled. Well...not everybody...

“C’mon Yusuke, You love these festivals, beating people up, laughing your ass off at some of their pathetic displays of ‘art’ and fighting. “ Kagome exclaimed throwing an arm around his broad shoulders not quite reaching all the way across. So she settled for wrapping her arm around his waist. He smiled softly at her attempt to cheer him up. He knew what he had to do...He would. He was Yusuke Urameshi!

“Keh.” Kagome looked up surprised before beaming.

He was returning to normal.

Good.

If he didn’t she didn’t know what she’d do.

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“Hel lo!” A bright-eyed university student dressed in an old-fashioned men’s kimono greeted them at the front.

“Erm...Hi?”

Kurama chuckled at Kagome’s unease causing her to shot a nasty glare at him. Seeing his playful smile she pouted slightly. Yusuke couldn’t help that nasty twinge of jealousy that pierced him at their easy companionship. Pausing he almost tripped over himself. ‘Why the hell am I jealous of him...Feh. I have no reason to be jealous...’ Turning to see Kagome smiling at him his heart fluttered. ‘Do I?’

Kagome hooked her arm around Yusuke’s left arm and proceeded to drag him to a booth. What that booth was he was to busy watching her to know. Not that he much cared mind you.

‘What, is this feeling?’

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“C’mon Yusuke, let’s go watch the fireworks!” Kagome exclaimed just as excitedly as Rin and Shippo. Yusuke followed lagging behind with the other men, watching as Kagome, Rin and Shippo raced each other to the field, playing tag, startling other watchers, tripping people (accidentally) and only Kami-sama knows what other mischief. Yusuke watched her with oddly soft and distant eyes.

“She’ll make a great mother.”

He hadn’t even realized he said it out loud until the other’s nodded simultaneously watching her frolic with the children. They slowly made their way to where the three were laying sprawled out on the grass looking up to the dark moonlit sky. Patting the spot to her right, he lay next to her, enjoying her presence. He smiled.

As fireworks of blue, red, green, yellow, multi colors lit the sky, he saw how beautiful she was. And how beautiful she would always be. She snuggled into his side, enjoying the warmth of his body. He held on tighter to her, as if she was but a dream that would surely fade away if he let go. But she wouldn’t fade away, she wouldn’t leave him, not now, not ever...

And beneath that moon so full, and sky alight with fiery bursts of color, two best friends shared one kiss. One kiss that would change them. Why? Because now...they were so much more.

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Both blushing teens walked behind the group of Reikai Tantei and Sesshoumaru with the children. Yusuke had long ago taken hold of her hand and pulled her back to lag behind the rest of the group. And he had yet to say anything.

“Kagome...”

“Hm?”
< br> “I--I want you too know that I care very deeply for you but--”

Kagome turned to look towards the ground eyes filling with tears. ‘Here it comes, his rejection. Why did I ever let myself kiss him? Why did I just let myself go? How could I let myself love him...?’

“I need to straighten things out with Keiko before we can have a relationship.”

Kagome paused. He wasn’t rejecting her? Yusuke watched her like a hawk, waiting for her reaction. Kagome’s smile lit up the dark night as she wrapped her arms around his neck laughing, delighted. Granting him with a quick peck to his lips she rested her head against his chest, curling up against him contentedly. Taking in his scent, it calmed her, sending her to a floating cloud in the sky she affectionately dubbed ‘euphoria’.

Nothing could bring her down.

Nothing.

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Her shoulders shook with barely suppressed sobs, her head bowed in defeat. Her jaw clenched tightly, fingers clenched into fists, nails digging into flesh. Tears coursed down her face in rivulets. Rage, pain and betrayal filled her eyes. Her heart shattered painfully in her chest. If it wasn’t already broken it certainly was now.

“’Straighten things out with Keiko’ he said...What a fucking piece of shit.”

But she was the fool who believed him.

If she had any idea “straightening things out” would involve the kissing that was going on right now she’d have never--

‘How could you, Yusuke...’
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