Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha. That great honor goes to the amazing Rumiko Takahashi and her wonderful mind.
A/N: Hello, everyone! Well, it took a while to get the idea and plot outline on paper, but I did it! Here it is, Changing Our Past! I'm still writing More Than Friends? on the side, but I felt this was a bit more interesting and way easier. So, I hope you guys like what you read!
On with the story!
Inuyasha P.O.V
"ERR-ERR-ERR!" I slammed my hand onto the alarm clock and rolled on my back. I must remember to get a more pleasant alarm clock. Here we are, another day, in the life of Inuyasha Takahashi. That's me, by the way, if you haven't figured that out. Right now, it's about 6:45 A.M., and my morning doesn't start until 7. I suppose I should get ready with the little time that I have to myself.
So, as I'm getting ready, how about I give you a run through of my day? In a few minutes, my best friends Miroku and Koga are going to pick me up and from here, we go to our high school. And from there, I, since fate did not unite me with my brothers, I go to my homeroom, where the torture of sitting next to the biggest pain in the ass in the world begins. Oh, who's this pain in the ass? It's none other than the smartest, sweetest, most innocent, and boy do I mean innocent, girl in Shikon high, Kagome Higurashi. Ugh, just thinking of her name gives me a headache.
You could say we had a difficult relationship growing up. Point it, it was her fault. The girl can't be trusted for anything, trust me. Well, a break down of our current relationship: Mortal Enemies. Yeah, that pretty much sums it up. She's witty, I'll give her that, but there's no way in hell that she beats me.
Every time she said something, I had to come up with something better to say, and that occupied a big part of my time. Now here we are, Seniors in high school, and we still want to set each other on fire. I hate Kagome Higurashi with every fiber of my being. It would take a miracle for me to like such a goody-two-shoes.
Okay, now that I'm all dressed, let's start another day in my life. Hope you can keep up.
I walked down the stairs and found that the house was empty. My mom must have left to work already. Ever since my father died, it seemed like my mom was always stressed. It happened so long ago, too, so I assume that she's always been stressed, even when my father left her and me a great deal of money. I always wondered why she worked so hard but I could never bring it up because I don't see her nearly long enough to ask her.
I grabbed a glass from the cupboard and poured myself some orange juice. Even though I said Miroku gets here with Koga at around 7, it's really at around 7:10. What they do from their houses to mine, is honestly none of my business. But, when I heard the honking outside, all the orange juice nearly spilled on me from how forcefully I jumped. I went from the kitchen and peeked out the window to see Koga and Miroku parked outside and honking. I blinked again but shrugged it off and put the glass in the sink. I grabbed my book bag and walked out the front door, locking it behind me.
"Come on, slow poke!" Miroku's familiar voice yelled from the car, as he added a honk to his sentence.
I chuckled as I walked over to them. "What are you doing here so early?"
"Whaddya mean so early? We always come here at 7:10." Koga responded in his usual coarse voice.
"Yeah, and it's – "I glanced down at my watch to see the numbers '7:10' on it. That's weird; I could've sworn it was… Ah, I'm probably just tired and seeing stuff, that's all. I continued to walk over to the car, when suddenly I feel something rub my leg. I look down and see a cat, with white and brown fur, encircling my leg, and purring. I smiled and picked up the cat.
"Hey there, kitty! Now where'd you come from?"
"Inuyasha put the cat down and get in the car."
"Yeah, yeah." I rolled my eyes and put the cat down. "You should go home and stop wandering around now." I spoke my final words to the cat before getting into Miroku's car and driving off. Weird, how that cat just appeared out of nowhere. I've never seen hat cat before in my 17 years of living in this neighborhood. It's probably just some run away or something. Why the heck am I worrying about some cat I don't even know. I don't even like cats… Or at least I think I don't think so.
"Hey, don't think so hard or you'll pop a vain." Koga joked from the front seat.
"Ha, funny. At least I think." Boo-yah. Inuyasha – one. Koga – zero.
"Alright, knock it out before you start hurting each other." Miroku said, not taking his eyes off the road. He was usually the peace maker when Koga and I got dangerous around each other. He was also a really careful driver, which Koga and I find extremely hilarious sometimes. "Hey, Inuyasha, did you hear that Mr. Shimoto was giving out that assignment today?"
There had been a rumor going on for a few weeks saying that the drama teacher, Mr. Shimoto, and the English teacher, Ms. Takimura, were going to assign their students a joint project. We must pick a one of our favorite literary works and act it out in class; that was for drama. For English, we must come up with a better, or worse, ending for the literary work and act out that ending as well. The grade will count as the whole grade for the whole 4th semester, which is why they're giving us the whole semester to work on it.
"That's today?"
"Yeah, or that's what Sango told me, at least."
"Miroku, if Sango told you the sky was falling, you'd go and buy and umbrella for the two of you." Koga joked. I laughed out loud. It was true; Miroku did have a thing for Sango. Sango, coincidentally, was Kagome's best friend. How my best friend and her best friend get along is always going to remain a mystery to me, but it's his life… and probably his funeral.
"Yeah, alright, you got me. I like her, is that such a crime?"
"It might be if you start doing her laundry." I chuckled out.
"Laundry? Hey, that might not be such a bad idea." We all laughed at that. Ah, Miroku. No matter how much he likes a woman, he'll always be a pervert.
Miroku pulled into the parking lot of the school and we all got out of his car. The groups that were usually gathered outside of the school were already heading inside, which means that we're right on time. As I walked up the stairs to the entrance, I called out my good byes to my friends and walked to the doors. As I reached for the door handle, someone reached for it as well.
"Oh, sorry."
"Oops, Excuse me." We looked at each other and a horrible feeling filled my stomach.
"Oh, Higurashi, it's you."
"Inuyasha, should've known that you're a doorknob hog." She said with enough disgust to make me puke as she opened the door, nearly hitting me in the face with it. I took a deep breath and kept myself calm as I walked through.
"Kagome," I said as I caught up to her. "I must say are looking far more disgusting than usual. Did you do something with your hair?"
"Inuyasha, for the last time, I am not a reflection of your personality. Now, why don't you go bother someone else?"
"Oh, you see, I can't because I have to unleash my undying wrath upon you for even existing."
"Oh, ha! You should write a book about those insults. Call it: The insults that never got me anywhere in my depressing life. It'll sell millions, I'm sure."
"Yes, well as 'depressing' as my life is, according to you, at least I have one."
"If existing to make me suffer is what you call a life, trust me, I'll be better off without one."
"Keh, not like you could get one if you tried." We reached the door to our homeroom. "Oh, look, homeroom. Let me be the respectable one of the two of us, since I already am, and open the door for you." I grabbed the doorknob and opened the door. "After you, witch."
"Thank you, dog." She walked through the door and I was just glad she wasn't in front of me anymore. If I heard just one more remark come from her mouth, I think I would have strangled her. I walked into class and sat down in my seat.
What was really horrible about school was that even in your Senior year, you still have assigned seats. Meaning, I got placed right next to Higurashi, again, for the 4th year in a row. And trust me, it doesn't get better as the years progress. Oh, no, it just keeps getting worse and worse.
As Kagome watched me sit down, she giggled. "For a second I was happy. I forgot you sit next to me."
"Oh, I didn't know evil brats like you could attain happiness."
"I didn't know mutts like you knew what the word 'attain' meant." I barely chuckled. It's only morning and I was running out of comebacks.
"Inuyasha," Kagome said in a sigh. Oh no. Another insult and I haven't come up with a counter yet. This would end ugly for me. "Could we, just for one day, act like friends? This whole 'I insult you; you insult me' thing, it's getting kind of tiring, don't you think?" I stared at her quizzically. She can't be serious. "Can we call a truce for today? Then we can go back to ripping each other's throats out tomorrow." She's plotting something, I'm sure of it. Oh, but she won't get me that easily. I gave her a charming smile and nodded.
"Alright, Kagome," The name rolled off my tongue like venom. "I accept our temporary truce. It'll actually be nice being friends with you for a day." I tried my hardest not to burst out laughing. She gave me a smile and nodded.
"Same here."
"Okay, misfits, eyes up here." The homeroom teacher called out to the classroom. An announcement? This ought to be good. "Your joint project assignments are being given out to you during this period. You'll get your papers and who you're being partnered up with. Sorry, kids, who you get is who you get. Take it up with your teachers, not me."
I watched as kids began getting up and receiving their papers. I assumed that everyone was paired up with people who were in both their drama and English class. I had perhaps one person in my English class and maybe three that were in my drama class. However, I felt like I was missing someone.
Suddenly, it hit me like a pile of bricks. I felt sick to my stomach at the realization. I looked over to Kagome, who was still watching everyone get their stuff. I had just realized that Kagome's in my English class… and my drama class. I tried to calm myself down. Assumptions aren't always right. Remember, Ass U Me, that's what will happen if I assume, I'll just make an ass of myself and someone else. I could be paired up with anyone in the entire school. Just because I have those classes with Higurashi, doesn't necessarily mean –
"Higurashi! You're paired up with Takahashi!" Oh… No…
"T – Takahashi?" I heard Kagome stutter next to me and I just wanted to die.
"Yeah, Kagome Higurashi, you're paired up with Inuyasha Takahashi."
Dear Kami, if you can hear me, please just kill me now.
Nothing could be worse than this.
A/N: Okay, and there you have it! Hope you liked it! It may have been a bit too short, but I promise next chapter will be longer. Reviews are always appreciated ;)
UNTIL NEXT TIME!
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