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Chapter 3
"Eh?" Sango blinked. "Kagome, where did Buyo go?"
Her friend's hand instinctively reached upwards and ghosted across the bare area in her hair before it returned to her side accompanied by a gleeful smile.
"I gave him away." Kagome answered, pretty cerulean eyes sparkling as she turned to look out of the classroom window.
Sango gaped at her friend's calm demeanor.
"You…gave him away!?" she repeated dumbly.
Kagome merely nodded in response, and Sango stared at her for a moment before heaving a deep sigh. Though Kagome had been her best friend for over four years now, she sometimes still found it hard to read what the other girl was thinking. Kagome had a smile for every situation, no matter what it was; sometimes, Sango wondered if her friend could even remember how to express her own concerns.
"And?" she prompted warily at last. "Who did you give him to?"
The other girl tapped her pencil against her lips thoughtfully. "…A puppy." She answered, looking entirely too pleased with herself.
Sango was faced with the challenging decision of choosing between strangling her best friend and taking her to the doctor to get her cranium examined. Oblivious to her friend's inner conflict, Kagome flashed Sango another dazzling smile, and the taller girl collapsed against her seat in a sign of surrender.
As unfair as it was, there was just no winning against Kagome.
The girl lived life at her own pace and had a tendency to drag the ones around her into it as well.
Seeing her friend's drained form, Kagome's expression switched to concern, and she pressed their foreheads together gently.
"Are you okay Sango?" Kagome asked worriedly, drawing back once she was convinced her friend wasn't supporting a fever. "You don't look too well."
"It's nothing. I just can't keep up with you anymore." Sango chuckled, pushing her friend away.
The raven-haired girl blinked. "…But I'm not trying to go anywhere." Kagome frowned.
"Hai, hai." Her friend laughed, shaking her head. "Everything's okay as long as you're happy, Kagome."
Her friend shot her a sidelong glance. "You're strange, Sango."
Says the girl who just gave away her most prized possession to a 'puppy', Sango mused though she kept her thoughts to herself. Kagome seemed fine with it, so she was fine with it as well.
"Everything's not fine, wench."
The new voice surprised them both, and they turned to find Inuyasha scowling down at them menacingly. Sango tensed at what she perceived as a threatening atmosphere, but Kagome merely cocked her head to the side as she stared quizzically up at the new speaker.
"What's wrong, Inuyasha?" she asked.
"You gave your hairband to my brother. That's what's wrong." Inuyasha deadpanned, invoking a gasp of surprise from Sango who had been listening.
"Kagome, you can't be serious." She demanded, turning to her friend. "You gave Buyo to Sesshomaru?"
The raven-haired girl looked back and forth between her two friends, obviously uncertain as to why they were making such a big deal out of her decision.
"…Yes?" she answered hesitantly.
Sango face-palmed and suddenly understood (and agreed with) Inuyasha's ire.
"Kagome." She stated flatly. "He's a demon."
"So are half of the students at this school!" Kagome's brows furrowed stubbornly.
"Not a literal – ! Oh for goodness sake." Sango sighed. "Haven't you heard the rumors? He's a heartless bastard who only acts out of self-interest. Nothing good will come from involving yourself with such a person!"
"…He's also blown up my car multiple times." Inuyasha added rather unhelpfully.
"Sesshomaru found Buyo and returned him to me." Kagome replied mulishly, the corners of her mouth twisting downwards. "If it wasn't for him, I would have never been able to find Buyo again!"
"You could have always asked me, ya know." Inuyasha huffed, feeling insulted. "I still have a damn good nose, remember?"
There was a moment when Kagome simply stared at him, the idea clearly occurring to her for the first time.
"Regardless." She resumed, dismissing his statement with a jerk of her chin (Inuyasha looked down gloomily at being so easily overlooked). "I appreciated the gesture and thought Buyo might be better off with him."
Inuyasha snorted disbelievingly. "I don't know where you got the crazy idea from, but my brother doesn't need nor want a hairband." He shook his head. "If it's important to you, Kags, I advise you to get it back from him before he trashes it. That's the kind of asshole he is."
"I think you're both just being silly." Kagome grumbled, rolling her eyes. "And overdramatic." She added when Sango opened her mouth to protest.
"Well, don't come crying to me when he disappoints you." Inuyasha sneered.
"Eh?" Kagome's brow furrowed. "I don't think I've ever run crying to you before? I'm glad we're such good friends though, Inuyasha!"
"It's a figure of speech!" the hanyou scowled, jamming his hands into his pockets. He stomped away, muttering about confusing bitches underneath his breath as Sango leaned forward and rested her cheek on top of her desk.
"I feel tired." She confessed to Kagome, who was once again gazing at her concernedly. "I don't think my brain can take any more excitement for the day."
The raven-haired girl pouted as her best friend dozed off.
Just why was everybody being so difficult today?
"Kagome." Eri called from the front of the room, her face painted a deathly white color.
"Hm?" the girl in question responded, her chin propped on top of her hands.
"Sesshomaru wants to see you in the hallway." Eri whispered before promptly passing out.
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AlexandriteSky: Next chapter: Sesshy and Kagome finally meet again! Review and it shall happen! I love you all!
