Chapter 2: Lunch

So far so good, she thought watching all the other students sit in their groups as she sat up in the tree she chose. As she ate her lunch she saw the Kikyo girl that had complained about her taking her seat in their first class.

Watching the girl heading for a group of three she noticed that if she looked into the girls face she could almost be looking in the mirror. There were slight differences though like the other girl was taller and had straighter hair. They both had black hair and pale complections though. From that distance she couldn't get a good look at her eyes. The sight made Kagome shudder for a second but after assesing that the girl was prettier than herself she shrugged it off as a normal occurence.

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Kikyo walked toward her boyfriends group of friends thinking about that new girl from earlier. It got her frustrated to find out the new girl looked just like her except with wavier hair and prettier features. Her eyes were a greenish blue too, almost hazel. Kikyo knew a lot of guys would go for her but as she had watched the girl it seemed to her that Kagome didn't want any friends. But at the rate the girl was going she would probably get the whole school for enemies.

When she got to the group she sat down leaning against her guy. She sighed quietly but her boyfriends acute hearing from his demon father caught the sound.

"What's up, Kikyo?" he asked turning towards her.

"The new girl actually," Kikyo said looking up. She watched the new girl as she gazed around the schoolyard from her perch in the tree. "She's eating lunch in a tree."

"Really?" his friend said. The other guy looked around in the trees hoping the new girl would be wearing a skirt and he could see. Sadly though, his girlfriend figured it out before he could find her. She smacked him upside the head knocking him unconscious for the fifth time that day.

"Geez, Sango do you always have to knock him out?"

"Yes, Inuyasha, I do." Sango said giving him a light glare. "And I think you know why."

Inuyasha shrugged turning his attention back to his girlfriend. Kikyo had watched the whole thing but just took it as the every day occurrence that it was. Seeing that she had Inuyasha's attention again she continued. "She's strange too. She took my seat in first period and I kind of got angry with her. Then as I watched her I noticed during the classes that I had with her that whenever someone talked to her she would just ignore them."

"You're right Kikyo. That is strange." Sango said coming into the conversation. She looked over at Kikyo with a raised brow. "You don't get frustrated with people over a seat normally. Why this time?"

"She looks just like you." Inuyasha stated.

"Yeah 'cept for a few things are different. She looks prettier than me I think." Kikyo said sadly. She looked towards her boyfriend through her downcast lashes waiting for him to say something.

"Nah, you're the pretty one." Inuyasha said looking back down at his girlfriend with a small smile. He kissed her lightly on the forehead before going back to his lunch.

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Kagome watched the short discussion in Kikyo's group with a sad expression. She wished she could have a relationship like that. The last time she even got close was a mistake. It was when they were over in America and he hadn't been willing to wait till she was ready to advance the relationship.

The guy Kikyo leaned against was really cute though. Long white hair and a muscular build he looked to be almost six feet tall. The cutest thing she saw though were the two triangle puppy ears perched on his head.

She knew she would never get to date him though. It looked like Kikyo's relationship was a good one. There was no chance they would break up. Heck, if Japan was anything like what she had seen in America they could already be engaged or sleeping with each other. The thought made her cringe. Every time she thought of people sleeping together it gave her a very perverted mental picture thanks to her group of friends from America.

"Hey!" Snapping out of her thoughts she looked around for the source of the call. Exasperated she finally looked down to the base of her tree. She saw a boy almost as tall as Kikyo's boyfriend though not as cute. He had brownish colored hair and dark colored eyes. He had a muscular build that led down to... Wait, was that a tail?

"What?" she asked raising a delicate brow at him.

"What are you doing up there?" the boy asked her.

"Eating lunch. What does it look like?" she said with a confused tone.

"Ummm...heh hehe," he laughed nervously rubbing the back of his head as he looked down at the ground before looking back up at her. He finally seemed to have made a decision and jumped into the tree beside her. Startled out of her wits she fell backwards out of the tree and would have landed on her butt had her parents not put her through gymnastics. She caught a tree branch and almost held on but having not been in practice for a while her fingers slipped and in the end she still landed on her rump.

"YOU JERK! WHAT DID YOU GO AND DO THAT FOR?" she screamed at him angry as Hades dogs. She stood up rubbing her butt as she went to gather her things looking angry as all get out.

"I...uh..." the guy now occupying her tree stuttered as he watched her. As she looked up she noticed him blushing and normally would have stopped and started apologizing for yelling at him but she remembered her resolution at the last second. She also noticed that her scream had gotten her the attention of the whole schoolyard. She settled for just plain glaring at him before she turned and stomped off towards the school for her next class.

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Sighing sadly he jumped down from the tree. Looking around he saw that the girl had brought the attention of the whole school upon him stuttering like a fool.

"WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?" he yelled letting out a low growl for anyone near who tried to stick around. Of course, Inuyasha's group ignored the yelling and growling and came over to talk.

"Hey Kouga," a female voice said behind him. "What were you trying to accomplish by jumping in the tree beside her anyway?"

He turned around and saw Ayame. She had bright red hair with shimmering green eyes and a very pale complexion. She was the prettiest girl he had ever seen till he saw that bitch up in the trees. He was glad he had been up in the tree when the girl screamed though that hadn't helped much. "I just wanted to talk to her, Sheesh. Most people like to talk when they're on the same level Ayame."

"Sorry, I was just asking." she pouted. Kouga ignored her and just headed into the school avoiding Inuyasha's group as he normally did. Inuyasha was a cool guy to hang out with but he hated when Kikyo was in the picture. The girl was always right next to him and always seemed to have to have at least a hand on him. Apparently with Kikyo physical contact was a must.

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Inuyasha watched Kouga head off and wondered why he had left when he had seen them coming. Glancing down at Kikyo in confusion he suddenly remembered Kouga didn't like her. He sighed quietly and decided he needed to talk to Kouga anyway.

"Come on Miroku," Inuyasha said startling Miroku into taking his hand quickly away from Sango's rear end. "We'll see you girls later."

He gave Kikyo a small kiss on the cheek before heading off into the school following Kouga's sent. He heard Miroku shuffling slowly behind him.

"Where are we going Inuyasha? It's not time for classes yet." Miroku asked.

"We're following Kouga. I wanted to talk to him but apparently he doesn't want to talk around Kikyo." Inuyasha replied.

"Oh, yeah. When are you gunna break up with her anyway?"

"I don't know. I was gunna do it today but then the new girl showed up." Inuyasha said exasperated before they finally caught up with Kouga. "Hey, Kouga, wait up!"

Kouga turned around to see Inuyasha thankfully alone except for Miroku. He waited calmly till the other two caught up to him. "What's up?"

"What were you trying to do with the new girl?" Inuyasha asked.

"I dunno. Just trying to talk, I geuss. Is it just me or does she seem kind of unsocial?" Kouga asked.

"Kikyo said she seemed to be doing that to a bunch of people. She might as well just inform the school she's gunna blow us all up." Miroku replied. "She's hot though ain't she?"

"Yeah." the other two answered sighing as they started to stare into space picturing the new girl.

"She's a bitch though. Did you see the way she acted when I was talking to her?"

"You jumped into the tree without warning Kouga. What did you expect?" Inuyasha asked. Kouga shrugged.

"Oh well. Let's head to class." Inuyasha followed the other two as they started talking about various things. He tried to stay focused but he just couldn't get that girl out of his head. He needed to break up with Kikyo soon if he was going to do anything with the girl even if she didn't want friends.