Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Inuyasha characters

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Inuyasha characters.

"Kagome Higurashi! If you aren't going to pay attention and learn enough English, you will not go on the trip to America!" Mr. Fallon said, slamming his book down on her desk.

Maybe I don't want to go! Kagome thought in her head. I could never leave Inuyasha for a full semester! But as Kagome thought this, who should appear outside but Inuyasha in all his red kimono glory. Kagome glared at him for showing up at her school after being told not to. Who wants a repeat of what happened last time?

He started tapping on the glass, and mouthing to her asking her why she's glaring at him, and if she was going to sit him. Students started to turn to look at what was making the noise, but Kagome freaked before they could, pulling out a few pieces of paper and screaming at the top of her lungs.

"OH WOE IS ME! SIT, SIT, SIT BOY, um, THEE! ROMEO, ROMEO, SIT BOY! AND WAIT, I SHALL BE THERE SOON. SIT, SIT, SIT, SIT BOY AND STAY, I SHALL BE THERE IN A MOMENT!" Kagome pretended to read from the blank papers in her hand. Everyone fell for her act.

"Ah, Kagome, such wonderful English grammar, and a classic play as well! But those lines, I must have missed them when I had to read the play." Mr. Fallon picked up a copy of the book and told them to read a book in English, or to translate the first eight chapters of a Japanese book. Most chose the English book. Kagome took out her Twilight book.

"Kagome, would you come up here for a moment?" Kagome did as she was told, and went up to the teacher's desk. "Kagome, you are one of my best students here in English class, and I really do want you to go to America for a semester. Should money be a problem, I can organize a fundraiser to get some of it, but you and your family would have to come up with the rest."

Kagome inwardly smiled. So even with all the school that I have missed, I'm still one of the best English students? Wow, I guess that means my classmates need to skip more often!

"But do not forget it is a full semester that you will be gone. Or you can choose to stay for a semester, their summer vacation, and the next semester, or to even finish out high school. You do only have one more year to go before you get to graduate. Just think about it."

"I will, but I doubt that I could go. There are some things here that I need to take care of. And with all these illnesses, I don't know if I could make the trip." Kagome said, thinking of the excuses for her being out of school, and of Inuyasha and the others in the feudal era.

"Yes, you do have many sick days, and the only way that you could possibly get to go is to be totally caught up on all of your work. That could be a problem, but I'll bet that you could do extra credit projects and get your grade up. The teachers all know how hard it must be for you to not fail all of your classes." Mr. Fallon paused. "I think you would do well to go to America, and the quaint town of Mclean County is absolutely beautiful, with its forests, and I know how much you love to run. The fresh country air would do you well, and maybe clear up some of your illnesses."

"Maybe," Kagome gave up on trying to convince him that she wasn't going to go. "I'll think about it, talk to my mother and my grandfather, and I'll get back to you. Sound good?"

He nodded, and the bell to go home sounded, and the classroom cleared. Who in their right mind would want to leave Japan and go to another country, when their life in absolutely perfect? Well, other than the occasional spat with InuYasha, but what couple doesn't have a few demons? In the literal and proverb sense of the phrase. Kagome smiled as she walked up the steps to the roof. Inuyasha is harmless, and so far we haven't had a fight so big he'd lost his temper and attacked me, and I don't think that we ever will.

Kagome ran smack into the door, because she wasn't paying attention. It was promptly opened by no one other than Hojo himself, and for the first time in ages, he looked to be in a particularly sour mood.

"Kagome, if you had a boyfriend that was so cruel, you could have told me. And you also could have told me that you hated me guts. It would have saved me a lot of effort when I was trying to get you all those medicines to make you feel better." And he walked off, and Kagome growled, and waked out the door, looking for Inuyasha.

"Kagome, Hobo is annoying, I don't see how you put up with him, or why you won't just give in and become mine." Kagome turned around and found Inuyasha standing on the edge of the roof.

"His name is Hojo, not Hobo, and what did you say to him?"

"Only that you hated his guts, that you were already mated to someone, and that if you had wanted to use the medicines from his mother's store, than you would have went and bought them yourself."

"Why would you tell him that? It was cruel, Inuyasha!"

"I figured that you would have come back sooner, that's why I came to your time in the first place, to bring you back. You are taking too long. You have been here for almost a week, it's time to go back."

"Ugh, whatever, let's just go." Kagome stormed off, and jumped off the building, knowing that Inuyasha would catch her on his back, and they went off to the shrine. "Inuyasha, I am not yours, I have not made my decision just yet. You can't claim me until I agree." Kagome knew that she would agree, but she wanted to wait till she was sure that it was what she wanted, until she was sure what she was giving up, becoming a demon, and Inuyasha's mate.

"Kagome, why are you so reluctant to become mine? I know that you love me." Kagome didn't answer. She was waiting for the part about him loving her too, but it never came.

"What if it's not what I really want? I'm too young to be mated to anyone!" Inuyasha looked shocked at her outburst, and muttered something under his breath she didn't quite understand.

Kagome walked to the kitchen, and began packing her backpack with food and supplies that her mother had left out for her. Then she walked ahead of Inuyasha, and jumped down the well.

"Look, Kagome, there's something that I have to tell you."

"Yes? What is it?" He's finally going to do it! He's finally going to tell me that he loves me! He's going to drop Kikyo from his mind forever!

"Kagome, I didn't mean," He sighed, "When I asked you to be mine… I didn't mean-"

"Inuyasha darling! Oh, Inuyasha!"

"Oh god, it's Kiki-hoe." Kagome grumbled.

Kikyo appeared through the bushes, and she came up and clung to Inuyasha's arm. "Kagome, I don't want you to talk about my mate that way, she is no hoe."

Kagome stood shocked, and stared at him, straight into his amber eyes, trying to see if he was playing around with her. Tears fell from her eyes. She felt so betrayed. She shot him a look and ran to Kaede's hut. Sango and Miroku were waiting for her, knowing the Inuyasha was going to tell her, and that she would be broken.

"Kagome, we are so sorry. Its spring, Inuyasha is in heat, and you weren't here to become his mate, he hadn't even asked you yet, and Kikyo was here. He lost control; he couldn't help himself, Kagome. You have to understand that. We told him that you would be really hurt about it, and he said that he would fix it, but I don think that he can, Kagome. From what Sango has told me, a demonic mating is forever, even in the after life." Miroku gave her a hug, and didn't even touch her butt, like he normally would, and Kagome knew it was bad.

"Sango, why don't ye take young Kagome inside?" old Kaede said, getting Kagome off the knees she hadn't realized she had fallen on. Kagome started crying, and found she could