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"My name is Kagome Higurashi…I'm in 9th grade. I'm lost and confused. Everyday I question my existence. It seems as though nothing would change if I disappeared suddenly. I had a boyfriend…I had. He broke up with me for this other girl named Ayame. I spend a lot of my time around Higurashi Shrine, where I live, because it's too depressing it be near my friends. Kouga was my everything and when I see him laughing and hanging out with Ayame, I just want to break down and cry, but I'm forced to hold my head up and walk past him with a brave look on my face. There's a voice in my head that keeps yelling "give up! GIVE IT UP! You're pathetic!" Kouga saved me from myself. This kid named Inuyasha likes me, yeah, but I love Kouga. I don't want anyone else but him. Besides, people say that Inuyasha likes Kikyo more than me because Kikyo looks like me and she's kinder than me anyways. My life is trash. "

Kagome closed her journal and put her head down on the desk. Her life was as awful as it sounded. Mitsuki poked Kagome on the arm. "Hey!! You breathin' Kagome-chan?" Mitsuki poked her a few more times with the number two pencil in her right hand. People said that Mitsuki was cute, but she was an ice box when it came to trying to go out with her. She had long red hair, black eyes, a thin body, and she was athletic. The tom boys can get whoever they want, but because they're so career focused and "love is so overrated"ish.

"Unfortunately" was Kagome's one word reply.

Taru walked past Kagome's desk while mumbling something, which Mitsuki must've caught straight on. "Oh, Taru-san?" Mitsuki got up and walked up to the boy with a cute smile on her face. "You say that my shoes are ugly and I probably got 'em at Pay Less ? Well- I saw your mom at the pay less for whores store so shut up and suck a nut you pathetic wannabe." She walked back over to Kagome and sat down at her desk, yawning.

Kagome looked up and scratched her head. "Wow…I wish I was like that Mitsuki-chan," she chuckled and smiled at her friend. Mitsuki was always trying to help someone who was sad, but it seemed that Kagome's sadness couldn't be cured lately. Mitsuki had a dead serious look on her face as the bell rang and they collected their books.

"Kagome, what's really been eating at you? Kouga, right? I'll kick his ass as soon as I see him," she balled her right hand into a fist and growled, "that stupid jerk."

Kagome sighed. "He's nothing. I'm happy! Really!" She put on a huge smile.

"You're a bad liar."

"But I'm no-"

"Yeah, yeah you are. It's obvious."

Kagome sighed and directed her eyes towards the floor. Mitsuki brought her right hand up and patted Kagome on the back as they approached their fourth period class. Mr. Sawagi's Algebra class was brutal. He went over some old things, and he went over some new things.

As soon as they came in the room, the bell rang and they took their seats in the back.

"Good afternoon class. Guess what you have today?" Mr. Sawagi took a piece of chalk and began to write on the board. P-O-P T-E-S-T. "A pop test! Not a pop quiz. This will count two times as much as a quiz would. Separate your desks and take out a pencil. NO PEN OR YOU FAIL FOR THE DAY. You have ten minutes. Mess up on two problems and you fail for the day as well. there's only five questions," He laughed. His laugh was frightening. Kagome swore that he laughed one time and thunder sounded. That was evil.

Kagome groaned and took out a black mechanical pencil. Mitsuki pulled her desk to the right and made it so her back was to Kagome's.

"I hate Mr. Sawagi," Mitsuki whispered, "he's such an asshole. Good luck Kagome." She took out her pencil and scratched her head just as he put the tests down on their desks.

Kagome nodded and began the test, which looked somewhat easy. (A/N: Italics is question, bold is answer)

1) Reduce.

14/2 7/1.

2) Solve for X.

9x(4 - 2) + 5 18 - 3x + 9

Kagome grabbed her head and whispered to herself. "Shit! Too- many- numbers," she sighed to herself and took two deep breaths, "Calm down, Kagome. It's okay. Just figure it out."

36x - 18x + 5 27 -3x

"Subtract the smaller number…that would be…the five…"

36x - 18x 22 - 3x

"Combine the x's…"

18x 22- 3x

"and…get rid of the smaller X"

18x 22 -3x

+3x+3x

22x22.

X1

Kagome grinned, "Piece 'a cake." She moved to the next problem and her mouth almost dropped open.

3) Solve so C equals Y:

C 3Y+4

"Oh, crap. I'm screwed…I forgot how to do this…" She bit her lip and moved onto the next question.

4) Solve so x equals y:

X 4Y9

NEXT!

5) Solve so Y equals X.

Y 4X7

"TIME'S UP!" Mr. Sawagi walked up to every kid's desk and grabbed the tests off, somewhat grinning as he said, "I trust all of you passed."

"How'd you do Kagome?" Mitsuki asked.

"uh…you first…" Kagome sighed.

"GREAT! It was so easy!"

Kagome sighed louder. "I failed. I only answered two questions…"

"oh…Sorry to hear that Kagome… Um….how about we go to WacDonalds™ (A/N: I do not own WacDonalds Don't sue me!) after school? That'd make you feel better, right? Some Wacdonalds?" Mitsuki poked her with the pencil as she did in 3rd period.

"Sure…sure," Kagome sighed. Her friend was trying so hard to get her to smile, but it was difficult.

5th period- Lunch.

Kagome and Mitsuki walked into the cafeteria on the first floor. It looked like a typical lunch room, only it was worse. Kagome and Mitsuki walked past Kouga, who was sitting with Ayame. Ayame saw Kagome and kissed Kouga even harder on the lips and they kept kissing at a rather fast pace. Kagome looked towards the floor. Mitsuki grabbed her shoulder and pointed off to the right. "Hey, look! There's Inuyasha and Kikyo. Inuyasha is trying to make a move on her again." Sure enough, Inuyasha was trying to make a move on Kikyo. She was smiling at him while he was whispering in her ear, causing her to blush.

Kagome felt like shit. Couples all over the place made her feel like shit run over- twice. Mitsuki and Kagome sat at a table in the back of the lunch room. Kagome took out her Ipod and listened to Avril Levigne- "Loosing Grip". She sighed. Her life…sucked.

After School

Kagome and Mitsuki walked out the school. Mitsuki stretched and yawned, "School is so damn boring! Oh my gosh, do you know who looked totally hot in the hallways today? Sesshomaru Takashi." Kagome stopped and stared at her friend.

"He's in 10th grade…we're in 9th. Besides, a bunch of girls swoon over him. I hear he's gonna loosen up for Kagura. You know, that girl who has the vindictive eyes? They're both cold anyways, they're perfect for one another. Sesshomaru doesn't talk to anyone unless it's mandatory, Kagura always fights someone. They are PERFECT."

Mitsuki sighed, "of course, he couldn't love a chick like me. I'm always cussing at guys and stuff…I'm awful."

"What?! No! you're great Mitsuki! Any guy who got you should be HONORED. I mean- you're the TOUGHEST catch."

"Really?" Mitsuki sniffled.

"Um…Yeah! Of course!" Kagome replied. As soon as Mitsuki walked ahead of her she shook her head. That was a bad lie. Not a bad lie, not even a lie. It could happen. You never know, right?

At WacDonalds

Kagome and Mitsuki sat down at the first open booth they saw. "So, Kagome, do you think he's gonna get 'er?" Mitsuki tilted her head to the left twice. There was Inuyasha, still trying to ask Kikyo out. Kagome shook her head no. Her eye brows were somewhat slanted. She hated how Mitsuki would sound like she was from Old Birmingham at times.

"I dunno," was Kagome's reply with a shrug. The only thing Kagome could really think and focus on was Kouga and Ayame making out right in front of her. She was doing it on purpose, just to make Kagome jealous or make them get into a fight. In reality, Ayame would kick Kagome's ass across the cafeteria floor and she'd be stuck eating a chicken patty off the floor with an Adidas™ sneaker print on her ass. (A/N: I do not own Adidas. I own some of their sneakers!)

'Ayame kept kissing Kouga, right in front of me. She was smiling and everything…that look in her eyes…she disgusts me…but I can't hate her for liking him…she probably doesn't even like him…she's probably using him to make me jealous….ugh.'

Mitsuki broke her chain of thought saying, "I'm gonna order some fries, what about you?" Mitsuki stood up from the red booth and stretched.

"Uh…I don't want anything…I'm fine," Kagome laughed.

"Suit yourself," Mitsuki shrugged and walked over to the counter.

I don't hate Kouga…I HATE AYAME! Damn her! She knew I loved him…My life is a WRECK!

Instead of actually ordering ANYTHING, Mitsuki walked over and grabbed Kagome's arm, grabbing both of their bags with her free hand and walked outside.

"Look, you're a bad liar and I know you're miserable. I'm not going to make you stay in that place when you're about to burst into tears." A true friend reason for pulling someone out of there. One of the reasons Kagome was glad to have Mitsuki as a friend. Why did Mitsuki befriend Kagome? What good qualities did she own? She was kind, but she was weak. Mitsuki had an attitude and could kick anyone's ass in soccer. A few guys in their P.E. class hated Mitsuki because she helped the girl's team get a 'come-from-behind' win.

Kagome sighed and nodded.

"Let's just go over my house." Kagome needn't say more. Mitsuki could keep a conversation going by just talking to herself while the other person sat there nodding, and that's what occurred commonly between them. Once again, Kagome nodded.

At Mitsuki's House

Mitsuki's house is the kind of house that you'd think looked like crap until you went inside. The outside is an ugly pale green and the inside is painted white. Mitsuki's house isn't like the houses you'd see commonly where the kitchen doesn't have a separate room, Mitsuki's house has a pathway with no door that leads into the kitchen, which is painted white as well. Her living room has a big TV with surround sound and a stack of DVDs and tapes. She loves to believe that tapes aren't out yet because DVDs are still fresh and not every movie is on DVD. To her, DVDs are too hard to manage and break easier than DVDs. The stupid part about Mitsuki, she still cried during "The Lion King" despite her amazing age of 14. Her birthday was going to be in about two weeks so she MIGHT just decide to switch her life around and get a personality change. Hey, you have your negatives and positives.

Mitsuki's room- Mitsuki's room had no posters, just a bed, a computer, a game cube with this huge box containing games and controllers. She had a PS2 and Game Boy, Game Boy Advanced, and Game Boy Advanced SP. Two windows and a closet containing clothes- mainly jeans and long sleeved shirts. If you looked hard enough, you might just find a skirt or a dress in there.

"What's wrong with you Kag?" Mitsuki was laying on her bed, Kagome was sitting on a bean bag chair that she had dragged out of the closet.

"It's Kouga."

"Fuckin' figures. I hate Kouga. Fuckin' stupid ass bastard." It just occurred to Kagome that when Mitsuki got mad, she started sounding a little British.

"Nah it's nothing."

"Then why are you upset?"

"Because-"

"Because he's with Ayame and not you."

"Well you're upset about Sesshomaru."

"So what? At least I'm not acting like a little brat."

"Don't call me a brat. You're such a bitch that no one would WANT to go out with you even if you were the last person on Earth. Sesshomaru may be an ice box, but you're a fucking BITCH."

"FUCK OFF KAGOME. Get out of my house. Just get the fuck out. GET. THE. FUCK. OUT." Mitsuki got irrational and threw a her shoes at the wall. An obvious warning signal that if Kagome didn't leave soon, some one was going to get hurt, ninety-nine of out one hundred says her. Kagome stood up and stomped out. Simple as that.

She was officially fucked. Her best friend was mad at her and her boyfriend had broken up with her. She needed answers and she needed her best friend back otherwise all hell would break loose. But, of course, Mitsuki always held a grudge and didn't forgive easily. Time for the mental agony.

End of Chap

Next Chapter: Sweet, Sweet Misery.