Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha and Co. I do, however, own Natasha, to be introduced later.

CHAPTER 3 - To the dog house

Kagome and Sango were in Kagome's room, at the Higurashi Shrine. Sango was trying to help Kagome understand the math homework they were given. As Kagome growled in frustration, Sango took a deep breath, starting to get irritated herself. They'd been at this for a couple hours.

"Kagome, this isn't hard. Watch again," Sango brought her through it again, and Kagome thought she might be understanding now.

"Sango, you're so patient," Kagome mused. "How do you manage it?"

"I live next door to Miroku," Sango grumbled. "How do YOU think I manage it?"

Kagome chuckled, and sighed with relief, homework finally finished.

"Sango, if you want to go home, you can. It's late," Kagome said, getting tired.

They said their goodbyes and Kagome sunk into her bed, thinking about her day. About Sesshomaru faltering. That wasn't like him. She didn't understand. He was like an unbreakable wall, no one could see his thoughts in his face, he never showed any emotion, never smiled. He was confident, almost cocky sometimes. But, he was just indifferent.

He always fought with InuYasha. Even then Sesshomaru seemed so calm, so collected. So graceful, while InuYasha was loud, easily angered and clumsy. She smiled at the thought. They often sparred, and Kagome watched sometimes when she went to see InuYasha and Sesshomaru. It was always fun to see their personalities clash as much as their fighting style.

Smiling, Kagome drifted to sleep and slept dreamlessly.

The next morning, Kagome woke to Kikyo's quiet, cold voice calling her name.

"You'll be late," was all she said before leaving the room again.

"Late? Oh no! School's in a half hour! I gotta get up!" Kagome panicked as the pulled on her school uniform and got her books together. Kikyo was calmly waiting by the door to walk her sister to school.

And once again, they walked side by side silently. They got along, as long as they didn't say anything. Kikyo would always bring up the one time Kagome kissed InuYasha on the cheek. The ONE time, for getting her down from a tree. It was only her way of saying thank you. After all, she was only six.

"Kikyo! Kagome!" InuYasha's gruff voice rang though the cold silence of the morning. Kagome just walked on, determined to get to class. She didn't care today. She decided she was in a bad mood.

"Kagome," Sesshomaru's voice made her freeze. Turning toward the voice, Kagome glared up into gold eyes. And looked right back at the ground.

"Hi, Sesshomaru," Kagome grumbled through set teeth. "Nice morning. Isn't it?"

"Something is bothering you," Sesshomaru stated. Kagome nearly rolled her eyes. Duh.

"Bad mood," Kagome snapped. Normally InuYasha would be teasing her. Sesshomaru never did.

"You are coming over this afternoon," Sesshomaru wasn't giving her a choice. Kagome tried to back out.

"Uh, that's okay, I'll have homework for sure," Kagome's insides shook as she began to backpedal.

"I'll help you."

Deciding she had no other option, Kagome gave up and sighed. "Fine. I'll come over."

"Good. I'll meet you here after school."

Kagome would be going to Sesshomaru's house after school. She didn't know why she tried to get out of going. She wanted to see him, but at the same time she wanted to run as far away as possible. Something about him made her feel different.