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The Boyfriend	By : Xakana Category: InuYasha > Het - Male/Female > InuYasha/Kagome Views: 19837 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Chapter List
- 15
- 16
- 17
Disclaimer:
InuYasha, Kagome and anyone else you saw in the manga or anime does
not belong to me. Yukio does. If I saw so much as a shiny penny for
this story, you think I�d be writing fanfiction still? Okay, I
would� Damn other authors and their more interesting universes�
Genre:
Angst, Romance

Rating:
R

Codes: Inu/Kag

Feedback: Keeps my muse talking and the
stories coming! Do tell. But if you have a flame, use it for
something more productive, like setting your clothes on fire.
The Boyfriend

Chapter 16
�Seriously, InuYasha, I can go to the bathroom
on my own,� Kagome assured him as she shoved him out of the small
room and shut the door in his face. She heard him slide down the door
to guard it and sighed. She stared at herself in the mirror and made
a face. The bruises and swelling had diminished, but there were a few
scars that would never leave her now. Thankfully, they were small and
she only noticed them because she was looking.
Unfortunately, the same could not be said for her
body. Repeated beatings by the man who had bought her from the slave
traders and from the traders themselves before she was sold had left
marks on her back, arms and legs that would always be there. She was
just glad that InuYasha had not seen her naked since the ordeal, or
he would be even more paranoid and overprotective than he was now. It
was bad enough that a few of the leg scars showed when she put on a
skirt.
She used the toilet, wondering if he would always
be this way now and was torn in her feelings about it. On the one
hand, she was terrified whenever she wasn�t sure where he was. On
the other, there were times, like now, when she needed privacy and
InuYasha didn�t want to give it to her. He only used the bathroom
himself when she was in her room and he did it so fast she was afraid
he was going to hurt himself.
She looked over at the bathtub longingly as she
stood and flushed, but she knew there was no way he would let her out
of his sight for that long. She needed a bath desperately, but she
didn�t want him to see the scars. Nor did she particularly want him
seeing her naked. She was okay with him kissing her and sleeping next
to her bed, but she was now more nervous than ever about him seeing
her in the bath.
She washed her hands and sighed at the door again.
It was more than just his need to protect her, too. She was afraid he
would find the scars ugly, find her ugly. She was sometimes
surprised that he stayed with her after what happened. She was even
more astonished that he didn�t blame her. She reached out and
turned the doorknob, bracing herself for losing her little bit of
time alone to think.
She opened the door and no one was there. She
immediately went from mildly irritated to panicked. �InuYasha?
InuYasha!� she called, running into her room. He looked up from his
place on the floor and she sighed with relief. He looked so sad
though� She walked slowly to him and knelt in front of him.
�I�m sorry that I keep crowding you,� he
said quietly.
�It�s okay,� Kagome said. �I know that
you�re just worried.� She leaned forward and rested her forehead
against his. �I get afraid when you�re not nearby, too.�
�Kagome��
�We�ll figure this out. But, InuYasha, it
wasn�t your fault. None of it was,� Kagome whispered. InuYasha
grabbed her and pulled her into an embrace.
�I don�t ever want to lose you again,� he
whispered. Kagome went stiff, a little of the panic at being held
captive returning to her and he released her. She felt relief when he
let her go, but it was mixed with disappointment and loneliness. She
reached out and hugged him again, relieved when his arms only lightly
encircled her body and forced herself to relax.
She was tired of the mixed emotions that flooded her every time they were together. It wasn�t InuYasha himself that frightened her, but whenever she felt like she was trapped, no matter how irrationally, she became terrified. She would flashback to the night with Yukio, then the demons that captured her, the youkai that had held her and the man who kept her captive, intending to take her as a wife, and want to run away as fast as she could. But she wanted to run away to be held and comforted, which was what she was running from in the first place. �I need counseling,� Kagome thought, �But how can I get it when I can�t talk about what happened to me in the feudal era?�
�Kagome,� Mrs. Higurashi called, sticking her
head in Kagome�s room. �Eri is on the phone.�
�Okay, Mama,� Kagome said, pulling away from
InuYasha and standing up. He watched her walk away, but didn�t
start to follow until she was almost out of the room. When she saw
that he was keeping her in sight, she relaxed again. He waited at the
top of the stairs while she took the call and she was relieved. He
was giving her distance, but staying close enough that he could come
at a moment�s notice if she needed him. �Hello?�
�Kagome-chan! How are you?� Eri nearly shouted
into the phone. Kagome blinked in pain as she flinched away from the
receiver, then placed it back against her face.
�I�m a little better, Eri-chan, how are you?�
�Who cares about me? How was the US? What
happened? Is it true that Yukio attacked you? Did the treatments at
the hospital finally put your leukemia into remission?� Eri�s
barrage of questions made Kagome close her eyes, but she smiled at
the last part. So, even while she was kidnapped, her grandfather kept
up the whole �Kagome is sick� routine.
�I care about you, I haven�t talked to
you in ages! The US was� uh� well, I never actually got to see
anything outside of the hospital,� Kagome improvised. �Yes, Yukio
really attacked me and yes, they said my leukemia�s in remission.�
Kagome�s heart started slamming into her chest the moment she spoke
Yukio�s name and she realized she hadn�t said it since she talked
to the police. She had written it on the birth certificate, but she
hadn�t spoken it aloud in over seven months.
�I can�t believe they let him off by just
expelling him! Just a �dating violation�!� Eri exclaimed. �I
told them that you told me you were going to break up with him, but
they believed him anyway.�
�I wasn�t there,� Kagome said. �I couldn�t
go� What did he say, anyway?�
�He said that you agreed to� before you broke
up,� Eri said quietly. Kagome heard a noise on the stairs and
turned, but Eri�s next words distracted her. �But at least
someone out there believed you. Besides your mom, that is. She was
there, fighting for you every day. She really believed that you were
going to win and for a while, so did we. I can�t believe he
actually ended up getting away with it! Like I said, though, at least
someone else believed you and got justice for you.�
�What?� Kagome asked, confused. �What do you
mean?�
�You know, the �zainin� incident,� Eri
said.
�The what?�
�You don�t know? It was in the paper and
everyone was talking about it��
�I was already in the US, I guess,� Kagome
said.
�Oh, well, someone beat him up and carved
�zainin� in his forehead with glass. Apparently, he was too
scared to say who did it. I guess you don�t know who, then, huh?�
Kagome was quiet and Eri continued. �I just thought it was your
boyfriend, you know? You�re always saying he�s violent and
jealous. Or� did he not believe you?� Kagome was about to answer,
but the phone was ripped out of her hands.
�Like hell I didn�t believe her! What kind
of�� InuYasha shouted at poor Eri. Kagome grabbed the phone away
from him, but he held on, trying to yell at her some more and Kagome
attempted to cover the mouthpiece.
�I was just going to say that!� Kagome yelled,
trying to wrestle the phone back. �How did you even hear that? I
thought you were on the stairs!�
�I came down when I heard that little fucker�s
name!� he growled, pulling on the phone.
�Are you the one who did it?� Kagome asked and
InuYasha let go. His ears were back against his head and he looked
away.
�You said� you said I could kick his ass,�
InuYasha said, �If the �police� didn�t do anything. I did.�
�So that�s where you were that night,�
Kagome said softly and then remembered the phone in her hand. She
waved InuYasha away as she lifted it back to her face. �Eri? Are
you still there?�
�Yes,� Eri answered quietly.
�I�m sorry about that, I didn�t realize he
could hear our conversation,� Kagome apologized.
�It�s okay,� Eri said. �I didn�t even
know he was there. I take it you�re still together then? I heard�
I heard that you� had a baby.�
�Yeah,� Kagome said, flinching. �Her name is
Tama. She�s still at the hospital, because she was born early.�
�What are you going to do?� Eri asked. �Are
you going to try to make up the school year? Will you be able to with
the baby?�
�I don�t know,� Kagome said. �There�s so
much work� I was barely keeping up last year.�
�Well, the school still accepted you and
everything,� Eri said, reasonably, �And it�s not your fault you
were in the hospital so long. I�m sure they�ll let you make it up
and start classes next term.�
�But it�s the last term,� Kagome protested.
�I�ve missed almost all of my first year!�
�It�s up to you, Kagome, but last year, you
were so determined�� Eri replied softly. Kagome blinked hard and
looked over at InuYasha, who was watching her silently from the other
side of the room. She still had to go back to the feudal era to
search for the last shard of the jewel. InuYasha had told her that
Naraku had collected all but the final shard and had been wreaking
hell on the sengoku jidai. Could she really balance motherhood, shard
hunting and high school?
�Seems stupid that this whole thing started
�cause you were mad at me over your school stuff� if you don�t
go back,� InuYasha said, answering her unspoken question. The phone
started shaking in her hand and her eyes misted over at his words.
�I�m saying that� you won�t be alone,� his words to
her in the hospital came back to her and she made a decision.
�You�re right, Eri,� Kagome said. �I can�t
give up. Not after everything I�ve been through!�
�I�m glad to hear it! I�ll call Yuka and
tell her right away. I hope you get to come back to our class!�
�It�s too bad that Ayumi isn�t with us
anymore.�
�Yeah, but she got accepted into that really
prestigious private high school,� Eri agreed.
�Somehow, I wasn�t surprised,� Kagome said,
sighing. �It�s just not the same without her.�
�Yeah,� Eri said. �I�ll talk to you
later!�
�All right. Bye-bye!� Kagome hung up the
phone. She turned to InuYasha, who smiled at her and she smiled back.
It felt good to have made a decision to return her life to some sense
of normalcy. Whether or not she could handle it� only time would
tell.
To be continued�
A/N: In Japan, you have to make up anything you
fail, period. But you don�t get held back�rather, you have to
take the classes over on top of the classes you have in the next
year. So Kagome�s got to make up all the work she missed until she
passes it. Attendance isn�t a big deal as long as you make up the
work, but not being in class means you miss out on the teaching part
and they don�t make accommodations for that. The classes are fast
paced and school isn�t taken lightly there�their educations are
appreciated. The dropout rate is miniscule and most people go to high
school, even though it isn�t mandatory and you have to pay for it.

Sorry that
this chapter took so long to post! I didn't have internet for a while
and then, when I originally tried to update, I couldn't get the site to
work for me! Argh! So, yeah, sorry about that everyone!
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