Summary: Inuyasha, the popular guy in school gets paired up with the school geek. How will things turn out? Will they overcome their differences? Or will the pressure of high school keep them apart?
Chapter 1
"Inuyasha Takahashi and Kagome Higurashi, you two will be partners for this activity."
"What! Mr. Makato, you've got to be kidding me!"
"Inuyasha calm down, it's just a project." I am just sitting there staring at the teacher while he stares at Inuyasha. He has short black hair that he spikes at the back and his bangs are straightened to the side of his face. His dark brown eyes looked sharp and piercing as he looks at Inuyasha with annoyance.
"There's no way in hell I'm working with that!" He points a disgusted finger at me and I look down at my desk so I don't have to look at the person who just insulted me. "Why can't I work with Kikyo?" I roll my eyes, isn't that always the case? I'm not good enough because I'm not Kikyo.
"Because, Inuyasha, she's teamed up with Naraku. This was set so the top students are with the worst. Kagome has the best grades in the class, while you have the worst. She might be able to save your sorry ass from failing."
Inuyasha growls as the teacher continues calling out names. We are having a huge community project during our senior year for our english class; for one month we are going to volunteer at some place. So, afterschool today we go to whatever our place is to volunteer. They'll choose our schedule and tell us after the first day is complete.
"Alright, now one person from each group needs to come up here in front of the class." Without even asking me, Inuyasha determines that he should be the person to go, "To determine where you'll be volunteering, you will pick a slip of paper from this bag that I am holding. You can't look inside the bag at all or the whole process would be pointless. This project is made for you to help your community along with trying something new that you haven't done before. There will be no redraws and you must work to their schedule. If there are any serious issues with the schedule that you absolutely can't do or you can't work in the area for a serious reason, then you can come to talk to me and we'll work something out. No Inuyasha, that doesn't include switching partners, so don't let me here you coming to me to ask if you can work with Kikyo." Inuyasha rolls his eyes and crosses his arms across his chest.
Everyone starts to draw their slips of paper. I watch as my best friend, Sango, picks hers. She was wearing her long straight brown hair in a ponytail so that it reached the middle of her back. She decided to wear a pink t-shirt that sticks to her curves where it should with jeans and pink flip flops. She says what she's gotten out loud. "Exterminator."
Inuyasha was last and I watch as I wonder how this will turn out. He's the hottest, most popular guy in school. He has a killer body that you can see clearly with his red muscle shirt. He was also wearing baggy washed out jeans and black sneakers. His long silver hair flowed down to his waist as his golden colored eyes looked over me in distaste.
I wonder why he hates me so much. We've been in the same schools since kindergarten. All of a sudden Kikyou comes into the picture and he hasn't talked to me since. We used to be the best of friends, until that happened in the seventh grade, now we're in our senior year of high school and can't stand each other.
I look back down to see my baggy black jeans and green baggy t-shirt and green converse. Okay, so maybe I wasn't the most stylish person around, but does that really mean that I'm humiliating to hang out with? Then there was my raven colored hair that was pulled back into a messy ponytail. My hair isn't like all those pop starts with either pin straight or extremely curly. It's just wavy, does that make me ugly? What is it about me that disgusts him so much? I start to play with a strand of my hair as the teacher makes us all stand up. He was going to move our seats around.
After he calls all the other students to say where they would be sitting, I ended up in the second to the last row. It went Naraku, Kikyo, Inuyasha, me. The last row has Miroku, Sango, Ayame, Kouga in it.
Inuyasha completely ignores me as we sit down and turns to talk to Kikyo. I sigh as I take out my journal. Inside the front cover was covered with old pictures. There was one when Sango and I just met. We had our arms around each other's shoulder as we smiled in front of the camera. There was also one of me with my mother and little brother, Souta in front of the sacred tree.
I see out of the corner of my eye that Inuyasha shifted closer to me as I look at the picture of Inuyasha and I together. It was right before he met Kikyo and we were at the pool. He was wearing red swim trunks with a white line going down each side and was shirtless. I was in my green bikini that was tied around my neck and had a tie on each side of my hip. I was flat chested and hardly had anything on my backside either back then. I looked so skinny that I looked like you could break me like a stick. I had glasses and braces back then too. He was holding me up bridle style and we had huge smiles on our faces.
"What do you still have that for?" I look into his golden eyes and get lost as I look into them. At first glance they look cold and shallow, but I knew better than that. They were deep and searching all the time. It always seemed as if he were looking through me to my soul rather than just looking at me. "Well? Our friendship meant nothing to you, so why keep it?"
I was shocked, "What do you mean it meant nothing to me? I treasured our friendship more than anything!"
He rolls his eyes and lets out a "Keh" as if he didn't believe me.
Kikyo cuts in, "Inu-baby it hardly matters anymore. It's ancient history." I roll my eyes and make a gagging noise. What was with that pet name?
I turn to Kikyo's direction, "That name is so stupid, why do you call him that?...Better yet, Yasha, why do you let her call you that? It's so pathetic."
"I wasn't talking to you, you freak." A paper ball hits her square in the back of Kikyo's head as Sango looks up at the ceiling innocently. It was obvious that Sango threw it; they've hated each other since they met in the seventh grade, which is how we became friends actually. She helped me against Kikyo's wrath. "Ugh, yeah that was really mature." As they argue, I decide to figure this out once and for all.
"Why do you hate me Yasha? Whatever I did, I'll make it up to you. I valued our friendship more than anything. Then, you just stopped talking to me, no matter how much I begged." I look down again as I said this.
"Yeah as if you don't know what you did." The bell rings and everyone stands up to leave. I grab the edge of his sleeve like I used to when I was scared of something or nervous about something so he can't leave, "I honestly don't know…we're partners now, so we'll have time to talk. Please I don't want you to hate me anymore. This is getting ridiculous." He scowls at me as he shakes my hand away to grab Kikyo's hand and lead her out of the room. I get up quietly as I hug my books to my chest.
"Did he listen?"
I look over to see Sango walking next to me. "No, still won't listen. After five years, shouldn't I be over him?"
"Sorry Kags, but he was your first and, so far your only, love. That's not easy to forget; at this rate…I don't think you ever will."
I walk to my next class and sit in my seat behind Inuyasha. I take a deep breath to get the nerve to write the note to him. Kikyo wasn't in this class, so she wouldn't get in the way this time. I got out a piece of paper and started to write.
(Inuyasha, Kagome)
'Please tell me what I've done wrong. ~Kags'
I throw it over his shoulder to land on his desk. Then, I grab my notebook and begin to take notes for class. I bit my lower lip in surprise when the note was tossed back.
I open it to see that he wrote back.
'Why the hell are you bothering me about this all of a sudden?'
'Because Sango says that I should get everything cleared so that it won't be unbearable to do our project together. Plus, I've been wanting to for years and never had the courage to do anything. This was the perfect excuse to ask you about it.'
I toss it back and begin to hope that we can become friends after all.
'It was in the seventh grade when I met your cousin, Kikyo. She told me how you always mentioned how you despised me because I was a half-demon and that you called me a half-breed. You only hung out with me because you wanted stuff and that your mom told you that you had to. Everything you said was a lie.'
I was in complete shock at this. I never said anything of the sort!
'How could you believe I would do something like that? I thought you knew me better than that Inuyasha. I love that you're a half-demon and I would never call you a half-breed. I've told you practically my whole life that being a half-demon to me was amazing. You get the strength of a demon and the emotions of a human. Don't you remember? Instead of just dropping me like a rock and leaving me alone, why didn't you come talk to me?'
'So, you are telling me that Kikyo has been lying to me all of these years? Come on Kagome, get real.'
I feel water start to swell in my eyes and I blink them away, but I already knew he smelt it.
'So you rather believe her than to believe me? You trusted her rather than me after knowing me for ten years and knowing her for a month. Shouldn't you have trusted me not to say or do something like that by then?'
I see his ears flatten on his head. I hit the mark there; maybe I'll get through to him this time. We never talked this much before.
'Meet me outside, wait a minute so it doesn't look suspicious. We'll talk then Kagsy.'
I grimace at the stupid name. He knows I hate it when people call me that. Last time he called me Kagsy I hit him over the head with a boulder. My eyes widen at the realization of what he said and then he raises his hand. "Yes Inuyasha?"
"I gotta go to the bathroom."
"Alright, go ahead." He gets up to leave the classroom, giving me a look before he opens the door to leave. I wait a minute before copying his actions.
Right when I get outside a hand grabs my arm and I'm pulled to the right and slammed against the wall. Inuyasha had his hands against the wall on either side of me, cornering me. "What is this about Kagome? Are you telling me that you never tried to use me? You never called me a half-breed?"
"Yes that's exactly what I'm saying. Now, don't get me wrong; I'm not calling Kikyo a liar. She might have heard some nasty rumor or something. You know like that game telephone. You should know how rumors work better than anyone." He nods and thinks deeply for a minute. "I would never hurt you like that Yasha."
He looks into my eyes and I got that feeling he was searching my soul again. I let him hoping that he would see that I was telling him the truth. He sighs and runs a hand through the length of his hair. "Keh, fine. I'll do this stupid project with you." I smile and nod happily. "Now, just wait a few seconds to come back in so it doesn't look suspicious. I still have a reputation to uphold."
I grab his sleeve nervously and he looks back at me in surprise. I don't think he's used to me doing that again. I don't mean to do that, but I always felt comforted when Inuyasha was close, "What if I get in trouble for standing out here in the hall?"
"Relax, there's no one out in the halls right now, or I would have smelled them by now." He walks into the class as if nothing happened. I did as I was told and waited a few seconds before coming in to go back to my seat.
I see my note unfolded on my desk and look down at it.
'Glad we have an excuse to be together again Kagsy.' I smile despite him using that pet-name. The only question is, will he be willing to actually be friends with someone like me again? I was the loser of the school; people like him aren't supposed to talk to people like me. Oh well, as long as he doesn't hate me anymore. I throw the note back over his shoulder.
'Don't call me Kagsy, dog-boy.' He growls at that and I giggle.
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