The Late of Night Chapter 3, an inuyasha fanfic

A.N: I never have any trouble writing for this story lol!

Dedication: Mimi: Thank you for the 25th review

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha, if I did…Kagome and Sesshoumaru would of course end up together.

The Late of Night

Chapter Three: -

(Tsuki)

Kagome sat on the stone steps that lead to the front court yard of the shrine. Technically their house was on shrine grounds, so the Higurashi were in charge of taking care of it.

She was waiting for the bus to come and pick her up with her brother and cousin. They were on the same route since the same bus that would go to her high school would go to the middle school since they were under the same principal's management.

Souta and Rin apparently had made a friend in their homeroom, a boy named Kohaku. Kagome had been happy for the two and glad that they were making friends.

Rin suddenly pulled on Kagome's hand, "Kagome-nee-chan, can you zip of my skirt?"

Kagome smiled and zipped up the side zipper on the light blue version of her own brown skirt. The uniforms for the elementary school which was attached to the middle school, middle school, and the high school were simple overall.

For girls in the spring it was the regular knee length skirts, short sleeved butterfly collared sailor shirts, knee length socks and loafers. In winter, they were allowed school regulated sweaters and the skirts length was restricted to past the knee.

The males had to wear the corresponding color slacks and white button up shirts accompanied by ties in the spring. During the winter they had button up jackets that match the pants they wore.

Kagome called Souta over to fix his tie just as the bus pulled up.

Souta stuck out his tongue and grabbed his books and scampered onto the bus. "Bus is here, too bad!" Kagome rolled her eyes with a small smile and followed suit along side Rin only at a slower pace. "Slow down Souta before you trip. Good morning…" she added softly to the bus driver."

He nodded in response.

Kagome took a seat across from where Souta had taken residence and Rin took the seat next to her.

Kagome leaned against the window and flipped open her English book to read the story that they were going to cover in class.

Rin helped Souta finish the last few problems in his grammar workbook.

And without notice the distance between the school and the bus was quickly ebbed away.

(Tsuki)

The bus pulled in the same time as a Volvo XC90pulled in. Kagome blinked, at first surprised that she even knew what it was called and then she was secondly surprised that a student would drive such a flashy car to school.

The first shocker diminished when she remembered that her brother was the car buff typical male and even though he had already been dropped off, she was still able to guess at the model herself.

The second seemed to dissolve when she saw the six from yesterday exit.

Kagome felt a little hint of amusement as she stepped off the bus.

The other passengers of the bus seemed attracted to the Volvo. They left murmuring about the white multi-passenger car.

"Second day…I guess they do own it. It's kind of fitting though…" A girl with bleached hair nodded towards the car as she mumbled to a raven haired male.

"I can't believe they drive that. One of them must be a senior or something."

Kagome scanned the courtyard to the school for Kouga. She had forgotten where exactly she was supposed to meet him.

In her search, she bumped into someone.

She blushed furiously and apologized quickly, before turning to continue her search.

"Kagome!"

Said person blinked and turned her head to the right.

"Other way Kags…" Kagome laughed a bit and turned around in the indicated direction.

She smiled in relief as she saw Kouga. But then again who else would it have been.

Even though she was such a cheerful person, she could not help but be a little withdrawn around anyone but her family …and Kouga. "Good morning."

Her boyfriend gave her a small kiss, before he sniffed in disdain, "Can you believe that car. They act like movie stars. Hardly anyone drives in on their own. Especially not in a car like that. Those guys really piss me off."

Kagome raised a brow, "They don't seem too bad…flashy but not too bad. I can't really bad-talk them, if I hadn't even spoken to them."

Kouga shrugged, "There's just something about that silver haired one I don't like."

Kagome laughed, "Two of them have the same hair color."

Kouga smirked his arm snaking around her waist, "Well I don't like either one." Kagome made a face at him but smiled nonetheless. "Now come with me to my locker. I'm afraid to leave you alone now, because you might just turn around and key a certain someone's car."

Kouga made an incredulous noise, "Don't you think that's a little extreme...? I'm a gentle guy. Total softie."

Kagome snorted and walked away smothering a smile, "Yeah right."

Kouga looked hurt, "Kagome!"

"Disgusting."

(Tsuki)

"Apparently there was a problem with the schedule system, and the Taishos did not get their schedules made at all, so throughout the day, you might see a new person in your classes, like now, for that reason. This is Sango Taisho. Please be take care of her."

Sango perused the class over with feigned cheer, "Hello, pleased to meet you all."

There was no truth to that. She just wanted to go home. She hated these charades. People could be so…She suppressed a shudder and did not continue.

"You can go ahead and take a seat next to Higurashi. It's the only empty seat anyway. Kagome raise your hand."

There was no need for the girl to even do that. Sango knew her all too well. She sat down in the open seat next to the reason she was there.

She pasted on a smile, "Hi there… Kagome was it?"

Kagome turned to her and gave a small smile, "Yes, Kagome Higurashi, hi. Welcome to English."

Sango gave another smile and turned to the book they were using. She sighed inaudibly. This would be no challenge at all.

'No fun…'

This girl obviously did not get her vote…

(Tsuki)

Kouga looked outside the window of the classroom. The end of a stick of strawberry Pocky, compliments of his girlfriend, was in his mouth and a pencil loosely held in his hand.

He half listened to what the teacher was saying, and half watched the soccer scrimmage that the class-less seniors had started.

The teacher, Mr. Yoshiru drawled, "Apparently there is some incompetence in the school system, so we have a new classmate. Try for once and be courteous."

There was a wave of murmuring from a group of girls and Kouga's eyes shifted to the front of the room.

His Pocky dropped from his mouth.

What he saw there was enough to make him snap his pencil in half. He muttered, his brow twitching. "You've gotta fucking be kidding me."

His head dropped to the desk and his Pocky crushed underneath the unexpected weight. He groaned against the desk.

"Fuck!"

Mr. Yoshiru frowned, "Well Kouga since you enjoy attention so much, you can catch up Sesshoumaru on what we did yesterday." He looked over the boy, "And you have …something on your forehead."

(Tsuki)

Sango listened with what outwardly appeared to be attentiveness, as Kagome caught Sango up on what happened in class the day before since they would have a quiz the next class.

Sango smiled, "I appreciate it, I'd hate to do so poorly so early in the year."

Kagome returned the smile and dismissed herself, "I have Phys. Ed, now so I'll have to talk to you later. Bye Sango."

The brunette waved, "Bye."

She stretched her arms behind her head and said once Kagome was out of hearing range, "Have fun with Kikyou…"

There were two different types of Physical Education segments. There was one class that was completely gymnastics and there was the class that covered sports.

Kagome liked sports, but the only program the school had with gymnastics was this.

She put on her gym wear, which consisted only of a leotard. Kagome threw a pair of boy shorts on the attire, and took off her socks and shoes. She put her uniform in a neat bundle in her gym locker.

According to her teacher, she was very good at gymnastics. Kagome did not consider herself to be the class' best, since she was a little shaky on her vaults but she excelled on the balance beam.

When she entered the gymnasium, she was met with a crowd of the girls whom she practiced with.

One of the girls who's name she was still learning turned to her and smirked, "Finally someone who can do a decent vault."

Kagome's cheeks colored a bit, as she looked in the direction of the vaults. The raven haired girl sprinted a neat run and easily managed to spring off the springboard from a handstand position on to her feet.

Her landing was impeccable.

Another girl scowled, "Well of course that Kikyou would be Olympic material. She's a Taisho. I bet when she was two she could master the pommel horse."

Kagome felt annoyed. The pommel horse was an Olympic male event where the hands held up the gymnast while their legs had to perform motions around the 'horse.' To make that kind of comment based on her last name was uncalled for.

"Hey! Leave her alone! I'm sure she worked hard to be able to be that good. Don't cut short her achievements out of jealousy."

Kikyou's head turned sharply in Kagome's direction and she cocked her head to the side her face overcome with confusion for a moment before it blanked away. She wiped her face with a towel even though there was not even one drop of sweat on her ceramic skin.

The girls dispersed murmuring discontentedly and Kagome heard more than a few comments about Kikyou.

She rolled her eyes, "I suppose they'll never learn."

Kagome walked up to Kikyou, "Hi…I'm Kagome. Great vault back there!"

Kikyou appraised her and placed her towel down, "There was no need for you to stick up for me…but thank you."

Kagome blushed, "I started speaking before I could stop myself, but I'm glad I spoke up."

Kikyou sat down on the titled floor and started to stretch. "Care to join me?"

Kagome smiled and mimicked her position, before bringing her legs together in a butterfly.

"How long have you been doing gymnastics?" Kagome was genuinely eager to know. She would have befriended a serial killer if they were capable of doing a vault.

Kikyou's lips quivered, wavering between a smile and a frown and her eyes closed as she admitted reluctantly, "Since I was two."

Kagome laughed a bit, "Five for me."

They stretched on the bars in silence before Kikyou.

Kikyou and Kagome were forced to join the group when the teacher came in. Her name was Yuri, and she was a recent graduate of the school. "I suppose you've all met Kikyou so let's begin the first class of the year!"

(Tsuki)

The first class of Chemistry was scheduled to be spent doing a harmless Chem. Lab.

At the front of the room when Kagome walked into the class after showering from gym, were, along with the ingredients for the lab, the raven haired man and the genuine sibling of the Taisho family.

Kagome blinked a bit. They were surrounded by several girls and a not sprinkle of guys. Come to think of it…there were only a couple of handfuls of guys in the class not counting the two at the table.

Kagome cringed. That was never good.

She sat down at a desk and pulled out her Chem. things.

The teacher walked in and with a reprimanding tone he lightly scolded, "Take a seat and stop treating the new students like zoo exhibits."

The girls laughed a bit and Kagome almost cringed.

Mr. Hirota was the most popular teacher among the faculty with the girls, and possibly the most down to earth. And while Kagome thought he was a great teacher, it was like having three slabs of meat in the classroom among hungry lionesses.

'I've never felt more male in my life…' she grimaced, thinking of how she probably was sharing the thoughts of most of the guys in the class.

Mr. Hirota put his arms around the two boys.

"Okay, guys, say hello to Inuyasha and Mirouku. They're new so treat them well." Mr. Hirtota suddenly smiled, (Kagome could practically hear the swoons) "And since they are new, how about we have them pick their lab partners first. Since there are thirty of you, three per group."

One of the girls blinked, "But then there'll be almost twenty groups…"

Kagome turned in her seat and stared.

Mr. Hirota cleared his throat, "So now that we've determined the level of math abilities…Go ahead and pick guys."

Kagome opened her book and began to pursue the contents of the index.

Suddenly she felt someone's arms wrap around her shoulders, "I choose this one!" He might as well have said teehee at the end of that.

Kagome's jaw dropped and the silver haired one gave a shrug. "I guess I'm with those two, then."

"I deliberate!" The same girl from before smacked her hands against the table and her friend rolled her eyes, "Disagree maybe?"

"That too!"

Kagome's jaw flew down further and she detangled herself, "But!"

Mirouku grinned and, "Yes, it's quite nice."

Kagome fell out of her seat.

Mr. Hirota put his head in her hands, "God help me…"

(Tsuki)

The class went outside carrying bottles of soda and packs of Mentos.

Mr. Hirota lit a cigarette, "Get into your groups and a bottle of Pepsi and some Mentos. The group who gets the best reaction gets five points on their first test."

Kagome kept herself distanced from Mirouku as she picked up the Mentos. Inuyasha took the Pepsi, "I'm pretty sure this was on YouTube…"

Kagome cocked her head to the side, "Now that you mention it…"

Mirouku smiled, "So, lab partners, how exactly are we doing this?"

Kagome sat down on the grass, "Well if we make the diameter of the bottle hole just small enough for the Mentos to go in, I'm pretty sure it'll make the soda shoot higher."

Inuyasha looked at the closed lid and then her, "And how exactly do we do that?"

Kagome shrugged, "Make a hole in the cap with something?"

Mirouku grinned, "Then Inuyasha can handle that while Kagome drops in the Mentos. I'll replace the lid."

She could not help but smile back, "Okay."

(Tsuki)

By lunch Kagome had five extra points to fall back on her next Chem. Test and a uniform covered in Mentos scented Pepsi.

It had rained that afternoon, but unfortunately it had not been water.

One group had spewed their experiment at the audience when they had knock it sideways, another tried to recap it while it was gushed out, and the rest has just been quite messy.

Therefore, she had been forced to change into her a tee-shirt and her gym shorts and had showered again in the locker room.

It had been fun, but by the end of the experiment she had been forced to slap Mirouku at least five times.

He was like a sexual harassment case on legs…

Kagome shuddered, but felt relieved when she saw Kouga. He looked her over, "I thought you had gymnastics second period."

"I had Chemistry with Mr. Hirota."

Kouga snickered. "Enough said. Hungry?"

Kagome's stomach growled in response, "Yeah actually. It was a long morning."

Kouga wrapped an arm around the raven haired girl, "I hear ya. I started my day with one hell of a shocker. I have two classes with Sesshoumaru," he spat the name. "It's like he had a damn sign on his forehead that says, 'High and mighty: Don't touch, and in every class, I was asked to catch him up with the notes.'"

Kagome gave him a look. "He can't be that bad. I'm sure he's just shy."

Her boyfriend scoffed, "And cacti are huggable…"

She giggled. "Go get your lunch."

He sighed and complied. "I swear, I'm keying their car one day…"

Hands found hips as Kagome smirked, "And what happened to Mr. Gentle?"

Kouga handed her a tray, "Well what do you know! They have kiwi slices. Don't you like those?"

Kagome rolled her eyes fondly. "Idiot."

(Tsuki)

Mrs. Tsukari smiled, "Alright guys, snack time. Sit at the back round tables, and I'll distribute your snacks."

Rin grabbed Souta's hand, "Let's sit here, kay?"

Souta nodded and called Kohaku over, "Hurry up so we can eat," he rushed playfully.

Kohaku smiled in response and sat down at their table.

Rin blushed a bit when he sat next to her.

Souta put his hand on her forehead, "Hey…you sick Rin? You're all red," She shook her head furiously and squeaked out, "No! I'm fine."

She changed the subject quickly, "I wonder what Kagome-nee-chan made for today." The first day the school had snacks already made for them, but from then on in the parents had to make them snacks.

Kagome insisted on doing theirs.

Souta scrunched up his nose, "Hopefully it's edible…"

Rin hit him. "You're so mean."

Kohaku asked in his normally quiet tone, "Kagome's your sister Rin-san?"

Rin shook her head, the red creeping back, " No but Kagome-nee-chan said she'd be my nee-chan since I'm the only child."

Souta nodded, "Yeah, Kagome's my sis, though. She's in high school so she's act all mature, except she's really just as bad as us though," he nodded matter-of-factly.

The teacher came over and handed them their homemade obentos, but when it came to Kohaku, she frowned, "Your sister didn't drop off a bag with you Kohaku… did they know about snack?"

Kohaku smiled, "I guess not."

Rin gasped, "Well Kohaku-kun can't go hungry! We'll share with him, right Souta-chan?"

Souta snorted, "Call down Rin, of course.. That's what friends are for…"

Kohaku looked a little shocked, "Friends?"

Rin and Souta nodded in unison and poured out the contents of their bags.

(Tsuki)

"Kagome…would you care to join us for lunch? Your boyfriend is welcomed as well, of course."

Kagome looked at Kikyou and smiled, "That's really nice of you. We'd love too." She elbowed Kouga who looked like he was going to key something when he remembered what exactly 'us' meant.

Kikyou gave him a glance for a second and held back a grimace.

It was as if she knew what he was thinking of at that moment in regards to a certain silver haired classmate.

Kagome and Kouga followed the tray addled Kikyou as she led them to the table where Inuyasha, Mirouku, and Sango sat.

Kouga could have knelt and prayed at the moment…

They set their trays down and gave their greetings.

Mirouku grinned, "Kagome-chan. Wasn't last period fun?"

Kagome cringed at both the cheerfulness and the remembrance. "No."

Kouga raise a brow, "You met him?" Kagome nodded and bit into an apple, "You could say that…He and Inuyasha are my Chem. partners."

Kouga pointed his thumb at Kikyou, "That one?"

Inuyasha choked on his lemonade and Kikyou patted his back. Mirouku laughed as Sango stared at him, "Is there something wrong with your head?"

Kagome gave a nervous giggle and brought her hand up over Kouga's mouth.

Even though on the outside the whole affair seemed to be easy, light banter, there was something plastic about the conversation.

The conversation came a complete halt at the table when Ayame and Sesshoumaru walked into the room. They headed for the lunch line.

Kagome felt more than uncomfortable.

Kouga suddenly looked at his watch, "Sorry we have to go. Kagome needed help with one of her homework problems and lunch is halfway over."

He saluted, "It's been fun."

Before Sesshoumaru and Ayame could reach the table, Kouga had pulled Kagome out of her seat her beloved kiwi halfway to her mouth.

Kagome whimpered as it fell to her tray. With a hurried glare at Kouga, she turned to the occupants of the table and said her goodbyes, "Thank you for having us. Bye."

Kouga gave her a gentle tug and Kagome quickened her pace. "He's not the pariah, you know."

Kouga smiled warily, "I don't hear you complaining about not being there any more."

Kagome crossed her arms as Kouga threw out what was left over on her tray, "Well I'm going to complain about those kiwis…"

Kouga laughed, "I'll make it up to you. I'll slice some for you for tomorrow."

Kagome hugged his torso as they exited the room. "Now about that homework… I do need help. I didn't finish one problem."

Kouga only snorted.

(Tsuki)

A.N: Words come so easily when it's for this story lol. This is a personal record, 3,500+. I haven't written that much in months.

Have a good night all! )