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Chapter 9: Her

"Hiraikotsu-san, may I have a word with you?"

The voice stopped Sango as she was about to cross the threshold and into the classroom. She quirked a brow and crossed her arms, eyeing the 'princess' of the school. "Kanazaki Kaguya." She paused while giving a quick glance at the girl besides her, "and the mindless servant, Sakasagami Yura. What do you two want?" Instant annoyance filled her voice. "Where's the other servant of yours?"

"Hey—!"

Kaguya raised an elegant hand, signaling for Yura to stop. "Yura-chan and Sara-chan aren't servants. We prefer the term 'friends.' Besides, I simply wish to talk." A polite smile graced her lips.

Sango smirked in amusement at the gesture. "About?"

"That," she paused before shooting a quick glance at Kikyo, who was idly sitting in her seat, waiting for the first class of the day to begin. "Is a private matter that I wish to keep between the three of us."

"And why would I want to have a 'private matter' with you?"

"Because," a sly smile controlled her lips, "I happened to have heard about the incident yesterday and wish to discuss the," she paused to find the right words. "…The unpleasant source of our problems."

Sango paused for a moment, contemplating on whether to at least hear the girl out or just brush her off completely as usual. "Well," she hesitated slightly, "I guess it wouldn't hurt too much to hear your voice."

Kaguya controlled her devious smile from forming, "excellent."

"…yo!"

Kikyo was busy zoning out on the environment around her to notice her best friend voice yelling from down the halls.

"Kikyo!"

Slowly zoning back in on the environment around her, she turned her head towards where the voice was coming from. Not even a minute later, the door slid open with a loud bang as Jakotsu rushed into the room panting for air. Kikyo raised a slender brow, waiting for him to catch his breath.

He quickly rushed towards her desk with a pissed off look. "Why does your phone keep going to voicemail?"

"It died last night and I forgot to charge it, so I left it at home." Her brows were furrowed in confusion.

"And this morning! I showed up and you weren't home!"

She answered slowly, "Because I left for school already? What are you getting so worked up about?"

"Well, if your phone was working then you would know that he woke up!"

Eyes widened. A pause of breath. Countless thoughts ran through her mind, trying to process the new information. A patch of air was trapped within her throat as she managed to squeak out a quiet "what?"

"Higurashi Kikyo."

The classroom was quiet as Shippo called roll. He looked up, searching for the slender arm of the raven-haired girl.

"Odd…" He muttered to himself. "Has anyone seen Higurashi-san?"

"Sensei, I saw her leave with Jakotsu-kun." A girl in the middle row answered.

"Do you know where they went?"

"Nope."

"Alright then, I guess we'll continue on." He said with a sigh as he called the next name.

Inuyasha turned to his left, peeking from his arms at the empty seat. His thoughts were wondering where the piano girl left to and why she left in the first place. He gave a subtle headshake, trying to get rid of any thoughts he had of her. But to his dismay, curiosity was slowly getting the best of him. "Where do you think she went?" He whispered, leaning over towards Sango.

"Who cares?"

He shrugged, "Well she's the annoying honor student type and he's the entertainer of the class."

"So?" She replied in hushed tones. "What does it matter? You never liked either of them anyways." She leaned closer to him so her voice was low. "You've been rather strange lately. Well more strange than usual. What's going on?"

"Noth—"

"Ahem!" Shippo cleared his throat, gathering the class' attention. "You two do know that I can hear every word you're saying right? You two aren't exactly 'whispering."

Inuyasha rolled his eyes and folded his arms. "Whatever, canine ears," he muttered under his breath.

A vein almost popped from his neck, "What was that Inuyasha?" Shippo questioned in a dangerous tone.

He smirked, "Keh. I thought you were able to hear everything?"

His eyes narrowed. "Don't be a smartass. Or else," he warned.

"Ha! Or else what?" A challenging grin etched on his lips.

"After school clean up duty. By. Your. Self." Shippo's winning smirk appeared as he saw Inuyasha's jaw drop and disbelief.

"Are you serious?"

"Oh, a hundred percent serious. I can add another day if you want or you can just sit quietly in your chair and for once and just pay attention to my lecture."

Inuyasha grumbled incoherent words under his breath as he slouched over the top of his desk. Man, this day just sucked.

"Kikyo, we've been trying to contact you but the calls went straight to voicemail and you have yet to add the new house number to the contacts list." Hakushin stated urgently as he saw the raven haired girl and Jakotsu walk into the lobby of the hospital.

"Her phone died, but luckily I finally found her." Jakotsu explained.

"Is he in his room?" Kikyo questioned restlessly.

"Yes, but—"

The moment her question was confirmed, she bolted to the elevators, repeatedly pressing the up arrow button and hoping the doors would open within the next second. Soon enough, she was inside the elevator and on her way to the room of her beloved.

Hakushin sighed and shook his head. "I wasn't finished speaking."

"What wrong?" Jakotsu raised a brow at the elder's sigh.

A wrinkled frown formed on his lips. "It appears that Bankotsu has amnesia."

The door quickly slid open, revealing Bankotsu sitting upright in his bed staring out the window. As soon as he heard the door open, he slowly turned his head to see whom it was that entered.

He watched carefully as he saw a beautiful raven-haired girl with chocolate brown eyes stand before the door's threshold. Her breathing was slightly heavy, indicating that she may have been running earlier. Her right hand was still clutching the door while the left hand, which was previously on the wall, fell limply to her side. Her plump lips parted, sucking in a breath of air and giving out a deep breath of relief. He stared in confusion as the girl's quivering lips slowly curved into a smile. Her eyes watered and softened as she continued to stare at him. He slowly raised a brow, what was her problem?

Not even a second later, the girl zoomed toward the bed and tackled him in a hug, slinging her arms around his neck and burying her face in the crook of his neck. She stood on the bed with her knees beside his legs. Luckily, she was as light as a feather and his body was strong enough to balance the sudden weight that attacked him. Countless questions ran through his mind, but in the midst of those questions was a feeling of guilt. Was he the reason why she looked like she was about to cry? He heard a small sniffle and felt liquid on his skin. Scratch that; was he the reason why she was crying?

She slowly pulled away and wiped her eyes with the back of her hand. "I-I'm sorry. It's just," she tried finishing her sentence with her choked breathing. "I-I."

Hesitantly, Banktosu backed away slightly. "Uh…" he began nervously. Honestly, he didn't know what to say. "I'm sorry?"

Whatever the girl was doing, she stopped and stared at him. Her crying face slowly ceased to remain as it began to form a confused one. "What?"

"Look, whatever it was that I did to you before, I'm sorry. But can you just like, not cry? I really don't know what to do in those situations…especially if it's someone that I don't know."

"You…don't remember me?" A crestfallen look casted on her features.

Aw crap. Bankotsu was mentally shitting bricks as he watched her confused look turn into an emotionless one. If there was one thing he could remember, it was that when girls had an emotionless look on their face, it meant all hell was about to break loose. "Uh…I'm sorry?" He repeated once again as he mentally slapped himself. Why the hell did he say that, again?

"Ah Kikyo! You—" Jakotsu paused midway as he saw the tense atmosphere, confused and slightly panicked patient, and the once again teary-eyed girl. "Oh. You already know." He concluded in a soft and low voice.

Bankotsu looked up at Jakotsu with a brow raised once again. "Who are you guys? Hakushin-sensei, can you explain what's going on please?"

"Ah…Bankotsu, I wanted to tell you when these two were here." Hakushin walked into the room and sat down on the chair.

Hesitantly, he asked, "Tell me what?"

"It seems that from your accident, you're suffering from amnesia."

"So you're saying I lost my memories?" He cast his eyes downwards. "Geez." He muttered under his breath. In the corner of his eyes, he noticed the girl tightly squeezing the bed sheets as her hands balled into small fists. He looked up at her face, noticing as she tried with difficulty to hold back her tears and sobs. For some reason, he had a small urge to hug and soothe her, but he went against it. He waved it off as probably part of his personality, the type to be weak against crying girls.

"I'm afraid so."

"How? When did it happen? How old am I? Do I have any relatives? Friends? Do I go to school? Am I a dropout? Do I work? A girlfriend? Or girlfriends—OW!" He shouted as he cradled his left arm.

"Girlfriend. Non-plural." Kikyo shot him a deathly glare.

"…" He was speechless, shocked. A second ago, she was on the verge of crying and now, she looked like she was about to kill him. He gave a small gulp and slow nod. "Oh, okay…" He said meekly.

Jakotsu did his best to hold back his laughter. Man, even though he has amnesia, he was still the same Bankotsu and Kikyo still treated him as she normally did.

"You were involved in a car accident. You're currently seventeen years old. I believe your family has passed. You have plenty friends back home, but your best friend is this young man standing besides me." Hakushin motioned to Jakotsu.

"Hey." He said with a grin.

"Hey…" Bankotsu replied back awkwardly.

"Yes, you go to school. No, you didn't dropout. You used to work, but since you had your accident, you've been replaced. And you have one girlfriend, Kikyo." He answered motioning to the girl on the bed.

"Whoa, I managed to hook a beauty like you?" His mouth fell open from the surprise.

Jakotsu couldn't take it anymore. He threw his head back as he let out all the laughter that he was holding in. Guess people really do never change.

Kikyo smacked her forehead in a facepalm motion. She shook her head at his remark. Geez, that guy really didn't change. "It's good to see that at least you're still the same." She said with a pained expression on her face as she tried to smile. The tears she tried so hard to hold back were beginning to fall.

Jakotsu ceased his laughter and exchange looks with Hakushin.

The elder gentleman stood up as quickly as possible and briskly and quietly walked out of the room with Jakotsu trailing behind him. They closed the door to the room and Hakushin walked away, getting away from the tense atmosphere and giving the couple some personal space. While Jakotsu on the other hand, pressed his ear on the door, hoping to be able to listen in on their conversation.

"You really don't remember anything?" She asked in a low voice.

"No…the only reason I know my name is because everyone keeps calling me that."

"I see." The more she tried to hold back her tears, the more they fell.

He pursed his lips, unsure of what to do or say. "Look, it's okay, you don't have to cry—"

"I'm not crying!" A blush of embarrassment tinged her cheeks as she turned her head so that he couldn't see her face.

A small, amused smile graced his lips as he watched her reaction. "It's okay. Crying is—"

"I said I'm not crying!" She turned her back to him and brought her hands to cover her face. Geez, she was too embarrassed to face him!

Bankotsu chuckled as he watched her.

"Don't laugh!" She said with a flustered look.

But this just made him laugh even harder.

"Stop!" Her cheeks reddened from embarrassment. She grabbed the pillow and threw it square at his face before running out the room.

"W-wait!" He called after her, but it was too late.

"Wow, with amnesia, you really still are the same." Jakotsu said with a grin as he walked into the room once again. "Well actually, usually you handle those situations better, but I'm sure you'll be able to relearn that some time soon."

Bankotsu sighed. "I'm really sorry. I don't know what to say to her."

"Well that's a first."

"What do you mean?" He raised an intrigued brow.

"Before, you always had something to say to her. You ran your mouth like no tomorrow when you talked to her." Jakotsu took a seat in the chair with a grin. "Honestly, I don't know how she wasn't annoyed by it since you wouldn't shut up and Kikyo, herself isn't much of a talker to begin with." He ended with a chuckle.

"Geez," Bankotsu sighed. "What do I say to her? I'm supposed to be her boyfriend right? I don't know…it's too weird and awkward. Besides, ever since the first time I saw her, all she's been doing is crying and I can't help but think it's my fault."

Jakotsu shrugged. "Figure it out. You can either sit here and do nothing or just go and talk to her."

He paused for a moment, contemplating his decisions. "Well…I got nothing better to do. Do you know where she went off to?"

"Hm…" He tapped his chin, pondering on the options. "Most likely the rooftop."

"Rooftop?" He raised a brow.

Jakotsu nodded. "Yup."

Bankotsu threw over the blankets and moves his legs to the edge of the bed. Unsteadily, he slowly eased himself off the bed and stood on the ground.

"Are you okay?" Jakotsu asked with a worried look. "Are you sure you can stand or walk?"

"I'm fine. I have to get used to walking again anyways." He kicked his legs a little, allowing for more blood to flow through his legs. "So how do I get to the rooftop?"

"Go out, make a left and go to the elevator. Press 'R."

Bankotsu nodded, "Thanks. And you're my best friend right?"

"Yup!" He answered with a wide grin. "Best friends forever!"

Bankotsu chuckled, "Wow. Well, you are…"

"Jakotsu. Remember it."

He nodded, "I will. Thanks again Jakotsu." And with that, he went on his hunt for Kikyo.

Jakotsu jumped onto the bed and put his hands behind his head. A small grin formed on his lips. "And once again, the day is saved, thanks to Jakotsu."

"Found you."

Kikyo stayed silent as she stared at the view over the city with her back facing him.

Bankotsu walked over to her and leaned his back against the fence as he sat to her right side. "So…"

She still said nothing.

Bankotsu sighed. He decided to follow her and stay silent as well. The two sat there, sitting in moments of silence. It was until Bankotsu couldn't take it anymore. He was itching to speak to her. "I'm sorry."

She eyed him in the corner of her eyes and quickly turned back to watch the scenery. "For?" She said quietly.

He leaned his head back and stared at the sky. "Laughing at you. Forgetting you." He did a quick glance at her and then turned back to the sky. "Honestly, this is weird. Awkward. I don't know what to do. I don't remember having a girlfriend, so I don't have a clue on what I'm supposed to do or how to act. It's just," he paused searching for the word.

"New?"

"Yeah!"

A small smile etched the corners of her lips. "You said something similar when we first started going out."

"I did? What was it?"

She pursed her lips in thought. "It's a secret."

"What? Not fair. You can't just say that and then not tell me." He frowned, giving a small huff as he crossed his arms in displeasure.

"Well then, you'll just have to regain your memories."

"Wow, rude."

Kikyo let out a small chuckle and shrugged him off.

He smiled to himself, it was nice to finally see her not crying. "So what now?"

"Hm?"

"Us. What are we going to do? Are we going to continue being together or…"

She bit her lip in thought. "Let's take things slow."

"But won't it be weird? I don't remember you and right now I—"

She stopped him before he could finish the sentence. "Then, I make you fall in love with me all over again. It wasn't hard the first time." She gave him a small grin.

"Hm…"

"Yes?"

"So the first time, you made me fall in love with you? So you were chasing after me? Am I that desirable?" He questioned with a cocky grin.

She rolled her eyes. "Not. Even. Close."

He laughed, "Well, how did it happen?"

"Regain your memories and you'll know." She stuck her tongue out at him with the smartass remark.

"That's not fair, rude."

She smirked and shrugging him off once again.

"Well, in case you're wondering; I'm in."

"Really?" Her face lit up with lights as she lunged forward, wrapping him in a hug.

Slightly taken aback, he froze; hesitating on what to do. So he decided to awkward pat her on the back.

Kikyo pulled away and slightly bowed her head in apology. "I'm sorry, was that too sudden?"

"Yeah…I think it's a little too early for physical contact of the sort." The moment that phrase left his lips, he came down with regret. He saw her lips quiver as she tried shielding her watery eyes by turning her head. He immediately began blurting out whatever he could think of to stop the waterworks. "I mean, well, like, I'll probably get used to it soon! It doesn't mean I don't like your touch. Like, you're a woman of course I like your touch. Especially since—"

A small giggle was heard and she wiped away her tears.

"No more crying?" He asked with a hopeful look.

"It's fine." She let out a breath. "I just need to get used to it and be patient."

Bankotsu took in what she said and gave a sigh of relief as the corner of his lips turned up. Maybe, this won't be so bad after all.

"I'm new to this, having a girlfriend thing. So, if I screw up or piss you off or make you cry; damn I hope that never happens, but if that does happen, just let me know. Tell me what I did wrong so that I can fix it. I don't want to ruin something or lose you because of my stupidity."

"Why me? Out of all your fangirls, why me?"

He pondered for a moment, recalling his memories as a smile crept up on his lips. "I passed by you once day and since then, I couldn't take my eyes off you. Before I knew it, everywhere I went, I searched around for you, hoping you were somewhere close by so I could finally talk to you."

"You were nervous to talk to me?" A small chuckle escaped her breath. "You're never nervous though, especially with the female population."

"Exactly. It was something new that I didn't understand. All I knew was that I really wanted to talk to you and I was too nervous to even gather the courage."

"Oh really?"

"Really."

"You didn't seem so nervous the first time we talked. Or should I say, the time you almost killed me with the soccer ball."

He threw his head back in laughter. "My palms were so sweaty the moment I saw it was you. Honestly, I'm glad I almost killed you with the soccer ball."

"Hey!" She shot him a look.

"Calm down, you didn't let me finish. I was saying, I'm glad I almost killed you with the soccer ball because if it had not been for that, I probably would have never spoken to you."

"Sounds hard to believe since you're an expert at talking to girls."

He sighed and pouted, "Believe what you want, but it's the truth."

A small grin etched her lips. "Alright, alright, I believe you. So drop it." She pecked a kiss on his cheek. "And what happened in your mind after?"

"Hm…I thought, wow, she's a real bitch."

"Bankotsu!"

"Ha-ha!" He laughed, shielding himself from her punches. "I'm kidding, kidding!" He planted a kiss on her forehead to ease her pout. "I thought, I'm gonna make her fall in love with me. She's the one, Higurashi Kikyo. Her."

Yay chapter 9 is up! Sorry it took FOREVER. I've been super busy. After school let out, I started working, and there's family problems. But yeah, I managed to finally find time to update! And right after my birthday! haha

Hope you guys liked it, I dunno, but it felt a little too rushed. I might edit it later on, who knows. REVIEW PLEASE!

And as for the other stories...I honestly on wrote like a sentence for Fate and that's it...I'll try getting to the soon!

anonymous: It's up! :)

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