Bangin'

Chapter 31

The two of them had been driving in silence. It was an unusual silence even for the two of them. Kagome didn't want to say anything because she felt that the wrong words would come out and that would irritate him more than he already was. Or maybe he wasn't mad at all. He may have something good to say after all. Maybe he was going to tell her why he had been busy for the past couple of days. She saw his fingers tap the steering wheel ever so often. That had to be a good thing since he did that when he was in a good mood.

Inuyasha pulled into Inuyasha's driveway. As the engine died down he grabbed his backpack from the backseat and opened the door. Kagome noticed that he did a movement with his head signifying that he wanted her to follow; Kagome opened the door and followed behind Inuyasha as he opened the door to his house. Walking inside, Inuyasha tossed his bag on the couch and headed towards the kitchen to get him something to drink. Kagome took a seat on one of the couches and waited for Inuyasha to return back into the living room.

Inuyasha walked towards Kagome handing her a bottle of water before he disappeared from the distance. Kagome felt her nerves getting the best of her. Here they were in his house and he hadn't bothered to say one word to her. It was becoming antsy and Kagome didn't like to be in suspense. Her heart was already pounding rapidly in her chest and she felt the blood moving rapidly throughout her body. She opens the bottle of water and took a sip to relax her nerves.

"Breathe Kagome just breathe." She said to herself as she began to inhale and exhale in slow patterns to calm herself down. She took another sip of water as her heart began to slow down a bit. She touched her chest to relax herself and contain the breathing.

Footsteps were heard and Kagome turned around and saw Inuyasha coming back. The expression on his face was unreadable and this caused Kagome to worry. She didn't like being in the unknown and it didn't help that he wasn't talking to her. He was the one who said that they needed to talk.

He took a seat beside her and grabbed the soda that was sitting on the table. He took one long gulp and crashed it down on the table causing Kagome to jump a bit. He looked at her before averting his eyes away from her.

"So what is it that you wanted to talk about?" Kagome began the conversation. She wanted to know whatever it was that was on his mind. He had been acting weird during this whole episode and she wanted to put it all out in the open.

Inuyasha leaned back on the couch closing his eyes as he let out a ragged sigh. Kagome raised her eyebrow in curiosity not really knowing what was going to come out of his mouth. After a couple of minutes of awkward silence, Inuyasha finally opened his eyes and stared directly at Kagome.

"Why have you been hanging around Kouga." It was more of a statement rather than a question.

Kagome looked at Inuyasha tilting her head a bit. "Is there a problem with me hanging with Kouga? He's a good friend of mine."

"You still didn't give me an answer to why you were hanging with him in the first place." Inuyasha's voice was cool and controlled.

"He's my friend Inuyasha. I am allowed to have friends aren't I?"

"I didn't say that, I just don't want you to be friends with him. I don't like him and I want you to stay away from him. Get him out of your life."

"What?"

"You heard me Kagome, I don't like him nor will I ever like him. Since you are my girlfriend I want you to stay away from him. Understood?"

"Yeah I understand…."

"That's good." Inuyasha had a smirk plastered on his lips as he went to move closer to Kagome. "Now…"

"How much of a jerk you are acting."

Inuyasha raised a brow as he looked at Kagome. "What?"

"I can't believe that you are actually doing this Inuyasha. Why is it that I can't be friends with Kouga? He hasn't done anything to you and he has been there for me on countless times."

"Countless times? What do you mean countless times?"

"Inuyasha for the past couple of weeks you have been busy with whatever it is that you do. I have been trying to get in contact with you and I would either have you rush me off the phone with an uninterested tone or have to talk to your voicemail. I was worried about you and wanted to know if you were okay."

"So you run to Kouga just because I wasn't with you."

Kagome stood up her eyes were glaring at Inuyasha. "It wasn't even like that Inuyasha; you are so quick to assume things. Are you jealous of Kouga."

"Like I am jealous of that bastard."

"Then why don't you want me to be around him?"

"Like I said Kagome, I don't like Kouga. You may not understand why I don't like him but I don't want the likes of him messing with my girl."

"Why can't you just tell me why you don't like him? If you give me some insight of your past then maybe I would have a better understanding."

Inuyasha rolled his eyes as he positioned himself in a comfortable position in the couch. "I don't think so."

Kagome felt her hands ball up in a tight fist. This was getting ridiculous. Inuyasha was telling her that she couldn't hang with Kouga yet wasn't giving her any reason to why.

"What happened between you two in junior high?" Kagome said suddenly catching Inuyasha's attention.

"What?"

"He told me that you and he have bad blood and that it dates back to junior high. So tell me, what happened in junior high?"

Inuyasha couldn't believe that Kouga was getting Kagome involved with his past life by telling her that their history goes back to junior high. Inuyasha felt the urge to go find Kouga and kill him on the spot.

"That's not important right now."

"See that is exactly what I am talking about Inuyasha, why is it that Kouga can be so open but you are so closed up?"

"Don't compare me with him Kagome." Inuyasha warned.

"Why shouldn't I? I am your girlfriend after all. There shouldn't be any secrets between us. Kouga has told me that you aren't the guy that you appear to be and I am starting to believe that."

Inuyasha immediately stood to his feet. He couldn't believe that those words escaped out of Kagome's mouth. Just exactly what was Kouga telling Kagome to raise her suspicion in him. Before he knew it Inuyasha had pinned Kagome against the wall. His arms were on both sides of sides pinning her from making any type of movements.

"You are actually going to believe a word that comes out of that wolf's mouth?"

"Why shouldn't I? It's like things that I should know about you, I don't know. We are in a relationship with each other aren't we Inuyasha. There should be no secrets between the two of us." Kagome stood her ground. She wasn't going to give up on this fight.

"You would rather listen to his ass rather than me." Inuyasha growled his eyes narrowing at her.

"I didn't say that…." Before Kagome could say anything, she felt Inuyasha's lips crash against hers in a rough kiss. It wasn't like the other ones that she was used to. This one was hard and rough, like he was trying to get the point across through the kiss. As soon as the kiss started it ended and Inuyasha had removed himself from off of Kagome. She saw that he grabbed his keys and opened the front door.

Kagome bit her lip as she felt her eyes water a bit. She followed after him and got into the car. He drove her home without saying a single word to her. Something had changed between them and the two of them knew it.

Kagome was sitting down in class her mind still reeling from the events from yesterday. She didn't know what was going on with her relationship with Inuyasha. She didn't understand why he didn't want her to entertain Kouga anymore. She knew that jealousy was a factor in it but it wasn't the only one. The bad blood that the two had for each other was her main concern. What on earth happened between them for Inuyasha to react the way he did. Not to mention her lips were bruised from the kiss that she had with him. She traced the outline of her lip and let her mind wonder on countless thoughts that were attacking her head.

"So are you going to tell me what happened with you two?" Sango asked as she took a seat next to her friend.

"I don't know what is going on with us. He has been acting different lately and I don't know what it is that is causing him to act like this. He doesn't even want me to be friends with Kouga."

"Maybe he has a good reason to why he doesn't want you to be friends with Kouga. Kouga is sort of a bad boy if you want to categorize him."

"He wouldn't tell me, I even asked him what is it about Kouga that you don't like. He wouldn't even give me a justifiable reason. All he could say was that he didn't like him and didn't want me hanging around him anymore."

Sango shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know what to say Kagome. All I can say is that just try to find out exactly why he doesn't want you to be friends with Kouga. Keep asking and eventually he will give in."

"I hope you are right Sango, I don't like fighting with Inuyasha. We have a good thing going on and I don't want to ruin that because of some insecurity issue that he has."

The two girls continued to talk unbeknown to them that someone was listening to their entire conversation taking it in like a sponge.

The day went by rather slowly. Kagome had gone to all of her classes and the ones that she had with Inuyasha he didn't show up. It was no surprise to her. He was probably still pissed off from the argument that the two of them had. She sighed to herself. She really did want to talk to him and have some level of peace between them. Now she would have to go on wondering if he was going to pull another stunt and avoid talking to her for a while.

As Kagome waited in her last class, she wished that she could go home and have some time to herself. Unfortunately she had practice after school. Luckily for her it was just for an hour then she would have all the time in the world to sort out the mess that she was in. The bell rung and Kagome grabbed her things and headed towards her locker. She saw her friend Sango waiting for her with a smile on her face.

"What are you excited about?"

"Miroku is taking me somewhere tonight."

"He is! Oooh the two of you are getting quite cozy."

Sango blushed. "Don't say it like that Kagome, you are going to make my face redder than what it already is."

"Hey it's okay that you like him. I think the two of you are so cute together. It's about time that the two of you become a couple."

"Well he is a sweetheart. I am surprised that I became interested in him. He is a pervert when he wants to be."

"And you love every minute of it when he is fondling you."

"Sshh," Sango held a finger to her lips as if it was top secret information. "just don't tell him that. He doesn't need to know."

Kagome laughed.

"So you have practice today?"

"Yeah but it's only for an hour. I think we have 3 more weeks left and it will be over. The competition isn't that far away either."

"Do you want me to come with you?" Sango asked. Kagome knew why Sango wanted to come. She knew about Tsubaki blackmailing Kagome to do things for her in order for her to keep her mouth shut about Kagome and Inuyasha's relationship.

"No you don't have to come; I don't think that she has told her about the two of us dating. I think Inuyasha set her straight."

"Aww that's your man."

"Yeah and it would be so much better if he just give me insight on his past a little bit." Kagome closed her locker as she swung her backpack on her shoulder.

"Hey you know what they say about the mysterious type with the unknown past."

"No what?"

"I don't know, I was asking you." Sango laughed.

Kagome shook her head. "Whatever Sango, well I will call you later and tell me how your date was."

"Okay, bye Kagome." She gave her a quick hug and headed in the opposite direction.

Practice wasn't anything out of the ordinary. The group had ran some drills and did some standard procedures and moves. Some of the girls who had missed a couple of practice had to stay for an extra hour or two to get the new drills down into memory. Kagome had noticed that Tsubaki wasn't there and breathed out in relief. Things were always easier when Tsubaki wasn't there. She didn't feel as if Tsubaki was going to reveal the news to Kikyo.

Kagome took a seat on one of the benches as she grabbed a towel and wiped the sweat that had accumulated across her brows. She watched as the other girls practiced the new drills and such.

"Hey Kagome." Kikyo's voice said as Kagome turned around to face her.

"Hi Kikyo."

"Looks like the only ones who are practicing are them."

"Yeah." Kagome nodded her head. "So where is your friend Tsubaki at?"

"I don't know. She said that she had to do something for her dad."

"Oh."

"You know what Kagome, I really miss him."

Kagome raised a brow. "Who?"

"Inuyasha."

"Wasn't he your ex boyfriend."

Kikyo nodded her head. "I know that it has been a while since the two of us had broken up but I really do want to get back with him."

"Do you think he wants to get back with you?"

"Yeah he is just playing hard to get. He probably has a whole bunch of girlfriends to keep him entertained."

"Entertained?"

"Inuyasha was known as a cheater. He just couldn't be with just one girl. He had to have variety," Kikyo paused as she rubbed the inside of her palm. "I knew he was cheating I would call him and he would either be too busy and rush me off the phone or he would just forward the call and send me straight to voicemail."

Kagome's eyes widen. That was exactly what she was going through.

"What were some of the other things that he would do?"

"Well he did leave a mark on me. It was with his fangs. I never knew what that was about. It was kind of weird though."

Kagome couldn't believe what she was hearing. All the stuff that Kikyo was telling her was parallel to what was going on between her and Inuyasha.

"I would ask him a lot if he was cheating and he would say no we got into a lot of fights and would usually break up and make up. I guess you could say it was routine."

"So why did you stay with him if you knew he was cheating?"

Kikyo shrugged her shoulders. "I really don't know. Inuyasha is just the unfaithful type. He isn't into the whole monogamous relationship. I guess it was just me wanting to change him and say that he could be broken in."

"Do you think he can change? I mean if he did find the right girl do you think he could be faithful?"

"I doubt that. He is an Inu-youkai so that has a lot to do with it. If he ever tries to run some of his games on you don't fall for it Kagome. Besides you already know that you shouldn't date any of my exes. But I am sure you don't even like him like that." Kikyo glanced at her with a cool expression on her face.

"Yeah." Kagome said lowly.

"Well I should get going. You don't have to stay here, its just for those who don't know the new routines."

Kagome nodded her head as she grabbed her stuff and headed out of the gym. It was a little after 5. There were still a couple of students at the school and several of the teachers were still there also. Kagome was walking across the student parking lot. Her thoughts were on the conversation she had with Kikyo.

"Kikyo must know about Inuyasha and me. But if she did why did she act as if she didn't know? What is going on? Maybe it's a coincidence that Kikyo told me that information about Inuyasha." Kagome's mind wondered.

Kagome hadn't realized that someone was calling her name.

"KAGOME!"

"Huh?"

"You really must be thinking huh?" came the familiar voice of Kouga.

"Oh hey Kouga, I didn't hear you calling me. What's up?"

"Are you just getting out of practice?"

"Yeah, it was a short practice. So I am free for the rest of the day."

"Do you need a ride home?"

Kagome hesitated for a moment. She didn't know whether or not she should get in the car with him. Yet she did want to get some answers and it seemed that only Kikyo and him were the only one giving her something with the exception that Kikyo didn't even know that she was dating Inuyasha.

"Sure."

"Then hop on in." he unlocked the door and saw Kagome run to the passengers side. Once she entered inside and closed the door, he drove out of the parking lot.

As Kouga approached Kagome house, Kagome's mind wondered to how she was going to approach him with her question. Would he even tell her? She hoped that he did. There was just so much that she wanted to know.

Kouga noticed that Kagome was silent and spoke. "What's the matter Kagome? Is something wrong?"

"Um," Kagome played with her hands trying to form the words. "It's just."

"You can tell me anything, you know that." He kept his eyes focused on the traffic ahead but his voice reassured Kagome.

"It's about Inuyasha and what you said about him and you having bad blood."

"Oh."

"What do you mean exactly by that?"

Kouga shook his head as he let out a sigh. "It's a long story Kagome."

"You can tell me I just want to know."

"We never really got along in junior high. He didn't like me and I didn't like him. I don't know why we didn't like each other, we just didn't." Kouga started. "The two of us would get into a lot of fights and it got pretty ugly. It wasn't a typical fight. The two of us wanted to see the other person bleed. To see the other person in complete agony."

"Why?"

"I don't know, I just couldn't stand the look of his face. He always pissed me off for some reason. So something had happened between us and this time it caused me to go to a correctional facility for a couple of years."

"What happened?"

"I was involved in a gang. Inuyasha was in one too but it wasn't anything serious. Well it wasn't anything to me. We got into a huge fight; it was epic to say the least. I don't remember the fight in details but the next thing I know I was being hauled to jail and I saw Inuyasha's smirking face. I think he set it up on purpose so that I could take the fall. I was pissed off when I had to spend my time at that stupid facility. They did change me though put me on the right track and stuff."

"You and Inuyasha were involved in a gang in junior high."

"Yeah we were some badass." Kouga smirked. "But I came back this year on a clean slate. I wasn't looking for any trouble. I thought that maybe Inuyasha and I could just put the past behind us and try to be civil to one another. That wasn't the case."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Do you remember when I was in the hospital for a couple of months?"

Kagome nodded her head wanting Kouga to continue.

"Well Inuyasha had said that he wanted to be friends with me. That all of the bull that we did in the past should remain in the past. I felt the same way and thought nothing of it. So I went by his house and next thing I knew it I was being beaten an inch of my life by the bastard."

"Inuyasha was the one who put you in the hospital?" Kagome couldn't believe her ears. It couldn't be true. It just couldn't.

"It wasn't just Inuyasha but he also had some of his friends to help him out. They are all affiliated with the Killer 7 gang. A notorious gang in the whole city and surrounding areas."

"Why did he beat you up?"

"He said something about not to mess with what belongs to him. Probably his girlfriend or something. I knew he was talking about Kikyo. I was friends with her and she was pretty cool but they guy went absolutely nuts and almost killed me. After that the bad blood between us has reached an all time high. I don't fool with him anymore. He is just too dangerous."

Kagome didn't say anything as she took it all in. It was just too much for her it was an overwhelming process and she didn't want to believe it to be true.

"People shouldn't be involved with the likes of him. He is in one of the worst gangs and I wouldn't be surprised if he has killed someone. That's just how dangerous he is. If I were you Kagome, I wouldn't want to be friends with someone like him."