Disclaimer: InuYasha and company is not mine! Not matter how many time I beg, and no matter how many times, I plea, Santa just did not want to give it to me… *grumbles* InuYasha is the property of the oh-so-great mangaka, Rumiko Takahashi.

Summery: Since childhood, InuYasha and Kagome had always tried to outdo each other with tricks and, most of the time, embarrassing pranks. Upon reaching high-school, Kagome had thought that she had finally outdone him, that is, until he got a dare. The challenge? The oh-so-familiar 'Love 'em and Leave 'em' ploy, guaranteed to humiliate. Given the time span of two weeks to make Kagome fall in love with him, Inuyasha sure got his work cut out for him… especially when falling in love isn't just pretending any more…

Category: Humor, Romance, AU

A/N at the bottom

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Love 'Em Til It Hurts!

By: SilentRain

Prologue: The Claiming

Pompously, with his nose high-up in the air, a dark-haired youth made his way to the front of the Dining Hall, a manic smirk set on his lips. Strolling along the many rows of tables, uncaring of the hundreds of eyes that now watched him, he finally reached the apex of his destination and, with a turn of the heel, stood steadfastly before the now murmuring crowd. The whispering grew louder, only a few were silent, but the skeptical glow alight in their eyes told the boy that they were very much thinking the same thing as everyone else.

With a dignified cough, the room silenced, the boy pleased that they were cooperating quite well.

"I have an announcement to make!" he bellowed, violet eyes scanning through the crowd, staring down anyone who might ruin his moment.

"What's he going on about…," a raven-haired girl mumbled, smoky blue eyes hardening.

"Wouldn't know… do you think he's trying to get back at you, Kagome-chan?"

"I wouldn't bet on it, Sango," she smirked, looking quite triumphant, "I think he's gonna have a bit more trouble trying to top what I did to him last week, so I really wouldn't worry-----"

"From hence until I say otherwise….," the boy started, his grin growing bigger and bigger at each passing second, "… HIGURASHI KAGOME IS MINE!!!!!!"

"…. much…" she finished lamely, the color draining from her face.

"Yeah, that's right!! Mine!! As in, MY girl!!!" he drawled, puffing out his chest importantly, "So, if you dare lay a finger on MY Kagome, that little piggy won't be coming home…"

Upon hearing the dark tone in his voice, the rest of the male students gulped and scooted further away from the claimed 'property', the said girl gaping like a fish out of water. One Hojou-kun, though, had plain out ignored the vehemence in the violet-eyed boy's voice and trotted gaily to the girl's table, unknowing of a pair of amethyst eyes burning through him. Either that, or he had no clue whatsoever.

"Higurashi-san, mind if I ----URK!!!"

Having stomped his way through the stupefied crowd, he roughly grabbed the boy back by his uniform's collar, the young man now dangling a few inches off the ground.

"Inuyasha-kun! I insist that you ---EEP!!!"

Fisting quite a handful of the boy's shirt, he had successfully managed to choke the poor boy by with his shirt, a gleefully frenzied grin spreading unto his face.

"Have you not heard a single word I said, you moron????" he growled, shaking him slightly, "I just said that she's MINE and there you go, prancing your pretty boy self up to her!! I guess you're just gonna have to be an exa----"

THUNK

All eyes turned to the prone form of one Higurashi Kagome, who had fainted away in a dead heap next to her chair.

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Groaning, Kagome mumbled something incomprehensible and opened her eyes, the worried face of Sango shaping into view.

"What was that, Kagome?"

"I said, 'where am I?'" she muttered, rubbing her temples.

"Well, you're in the infirmary and you've been out for about---"

"Oh, Sango!!" she suddenly yelled, grabbing the girl's shoulders, "I had the most disgusting dream!! We were eating in the Hall and suddenly 'The Jerk' just stormed his way up there, screaming and raving about how I was his and oh, gods, it was just--- just so humiliating!!!!"

"… uhm… Kagome-chan…"

"Huh?"

With a shaky finger, she pointed to something behind Kagome's back, a sense of foreboding pooling in the pit of her stomach.

'No, please! Please! Please! Please! It was just a dream! It was just a dream! It was----'

Her thoughts were soon disrupted as the infirmary's door flew open, a familiar face coming into the view.

"Higurashi-san! Thank Kami you're alright! I was so----"

"I thought I kicked you out already!!!!" a voice roared behind the girl, startling her somewhat, "You moron! Don't you get it the first time!??!!?"

"Sango-chan…" Kagome mourned pitifully, "Please don't tell me…."

"Sorry, Kagome… but… who else could have brought you in here?"

"Damn, straight!" he added.

Sango watched as her friend pathetically held back a wail as she turned to see the person behind her, the boy just smirking smugly.

"Higurashi-san?? Are you alright??" Hojou asked worriedly, making his way to her bed in two strides, her hand in his.

With a growl, Inuyasha snatched her hand, with her following suit, and cradled her in his arms possessively, the girl turning into a remarkable shad of red, then purple.

"Don't touch her," he snarled, bearing his teeth in a canine-like fashion, "and go… away…"

"You have no right---"

"I have every right----"

"Prove it!!"

At that, Kagome's eyes widened, dreading the worst to spill forth from the boy's lips.

"I will!!!"

And with that, Kagome was tilted back and was planted a big one by said lips.

Hojou couldn't believe what he witnessed…

Sango wasn't sure of what she was seeing…

Inuyasha assumed he was triumphant…

And Kagome? Kagome saw red.

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a/n: Soooo… I finally got around to doing it! This little bugger has been in my comp for like… ages. And I only got to the part of the dining hall. Mind you, it's 3:44 AM right now, so if there be any error, please kindly tell me so, in a review. Also, this is my first InuYasha fic and I'm hoping it's alright. This chapter was pretty short, so tell me if you want it longer.

Also, I'm kinda stuck at what last names I should give Sango, InuYasha, and Miroku… I'm not very creative with names, so if you have a suggestion and your willing to let me use it, please, pweeeaaaase tell me! =^^=