InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Half and Half ❯ chapter 6 ( Chapter 6 )

[ P - Pre-Teen ]
Kagome grabbed a confused Inuyasha by the arm and dragged him up the stairs to

her room. She scanned the room, before opening the window.

"Go out onto that tree branch. They won't see you then." she shoved him towards

the window.

"Who won't see me? Huh? What's going on?" Inuyasha asked, very puzzled.

"Just go!" she hissed as she began yanking open drawers in her dresser. Inuyasha

meekly obeyed, and watched as Kagome whipped out a small bottle of some flesh

colored stuff, and began smearing it on her cheeks until the blue lines were

covered. She dropped the bottle of foundation back into the drawer and opened up

her closet and searched desperately for something to hide her ears with. She

settled for a headband that she quickly tried to place over her ears, and used

her hair to cover them. It was a little painful, but it would do. She just

barely had time to draw the curtain over the open window before a knock sounded

at the door.

"Kagome?"

She took a deep breath and took a quick glance in the mirror. Confident that she

looked almost "normal," if she kept her fangs out of sight and no one noticed

her eyes, she called out a pleasant, "Come in!"

The door opened and three young girls entered. They all began talking excitedly

at once.

"Oh, Kagome, you've been sick all week-"

"Today's Saturday, so we just thought we'd drop in-

"Kagome, what did you do with your hair? I thought you hated headbands-"

Kagome desperately tried to follow the three conversations, but without much

success. Her friends realized their mistake and giigled, then took turns

speaking.

*A/N: I don't really remember their names, but I'll try.*

"You missed a history test, Kagome. And the section was so interesting, too. It

was all about the myths about demons and onis and gods in the Sengoku Jidai-"

Ayumi started, before she was cut off.

"Oh, come on, Ayumi-chan. Kagome doesn't want to hear about history." Emmi shook

her head at her bookworm friend. Unnoticed by both of them, Kagome had gone a

little pale.

"I'm sure she'd much rather hear the latest gossip about Hojo." Emmi giggled.

"I don't care about Hojo-" Kagome protested, before her third friend broke in.

"Come on you guys, she's been sick for the past three weeks, and you didn't even

ask how she felt!" Ari said, shocked at her companions' rude behavior.

They immediately apologized, and were relieved to hear she was feeling much

better, thank you. Then Emmi began talking again about Hojo and that freshman

girl, and how if Kagome didn't do something soon, she would lose him. Kagome

just rolled her eyes after many protestations that she cared nothing about Hojo

and glanced nervously towards the window. As if on cue, there was a loud thump

and a series of "ite"s from outside. Her friends froze.

"What was that?" asked Ayumi.

"Ahh! A peeper!" Ari shouted. Emmi rushed towards the window, and looked down.

"It's an awefully cute peeper, if he is one." she said thoughtfully. "But he is

dressed a bit funny."

Kagome walked to the window, and looked out. Sure enough, Inuyasha was

crounching on the ground, dusting off his clothes while muttering a string of

curses.

"So who is it?" Ayumi asked.

There was a long silence, before Kagome finally replied.

"That's Inuyasha."

Her friends looked at her in astonishment. A knowing look came on Emmi's face,

and she whispered to Ari. Sudden realization hit Ayumi.

"Is he the one-" she began, but Kagome was leaning out the window.

"Come on up, Inuyasha." she called. He looked at her, still having no clue as to

what was going on, but he leaped up to the tree branch and then to the window

sill. Kagome's friends looked in awe at this display of agility for a moment,

then let loose a torrent of questions.

"Are you really Kagome's boyfriend?" "Does this mean you finally chose between

her and that other girl?" "Are you dressed up for a costume party or something?

'Cause those are really weird clothes." There was a brief respite as Ari

discovered his ears, but then there was another flurry of questions, mainly

asking to touch them or wondering if they were real.

Emmi leaned in towards Kagome. "So where'd you find him? He's so cute!" Kagome

blushed as Inuyasha looked to them, obviously overhearing. He looked surprised.

Kagome whispered back to Emmi, "You won't find another one like him in four

hundred years." Emmi noticed the far away look in Kagome's eyes, and knew her

friend had it bad. She smiled. It was about time.

Kagome managed to get near enough to Inuyasha that she could whisper to him

without anyone else hearing.

"Sit down, and shut up, or else I'll really make you 'sit,'" she muttered just

above her breath. His eyes widened, and he quickly sat down.

Emmi turned to Kagome.

"So, what were you two little love birds planning on doing?"

Kagome looke dup nervously.

"Uh, what do you mean?"

Emmi looked smug. "Well, you were obviously planning something. Why else was he

here?"

Kagome wracked her brain desperately for an answer. She drew a blank.

"I know!" Ayumi said suddenly. "You guys were gonna elope, weren't you!"

Kagome jolted at this. She opened her mouth to deny it, but then she thought for

a minute.

"Yes." she said quietly.

"Oh, how romantic!" Ari sighed. Inuyasha looked at Kagome in confusion, and

started to open his mouth to say something. He thought they had agreed marriage

was out of the question right now. Not that he would mind too much... Kagome

just mouthed "Don't make me say it," to him. He clamped his jaw shut.

"See, Inuyasha's an orphan, and my parents think I'm too young to get married.

So, we're going to run away and live with Inuyasha's brother in Kyoto." she made

up, trying to play her friends' senses of romance. It worked. They all sighed,

with mushy, sappy looks on their faces. Inuyasha just stared at Kagome in

horror. Live with Sesshomaru??!!!

"You'll write us letters, won't you?" Ari asked. Ayumi and Emmi quickly seconded

the request.

"Of course." Kagome said, and realized this was probably the last time she'd see

her friends.

"I'll miss you guys." Tears began to collect in her eyes, and she looked into

their faces, and they all burst out crying at once. They cried and hugged, and

said goodbye and good luck, they made sure her promise she would write letters

at least forty times over again, and Inuyasha just stood in the middle of it,

wondering what was going on. One minute they're all mushy and happy, and now

they're wailing their eyes out? The amount of emotion in the room was making him

sick.

He'd never understand women.