Three days! It's not THAT long...Well, for me anyway. This is the longest chapter yet. Yes, this is the promise chapter of KIKYO BASHING!! Yes!

Disclaimer: Must I say it again!? ;_; I don't own Inu-Yasha! Or Kouga...T_T *sob*

~Thanks a bunch to Rushyuo for helping me out with the an obstacle I met along the way!~

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Caught In The Rain

Chapter Seven: School, Volleyball, Study Buddies, and the Arcade

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Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.

Kagome woke to the sound of her new alarm clock, as she had disabled her old one. Jumping up, she rushed to the washroom to do her business.

Fifteen minutes later, she came out clad in nothing by a fuzzy light purple towel. Searching through her closet, Kagome pulled out a pair of baggy black pants and a white shirt with elbow length sleeves with a hood. Stepping into her shoes, Kagome grabbed her backpack and poptart, and ran out the door.

Running down the street to the curb, she waved and yelled.

"Inu-Yasha! Sango-chan! Kouga-kun!!"

They turned around to see their friend running towards them. Sango waved and Kouga smiled warmly. Inu-Yasha grinned when Kagome caught up with them.

"Hey!" Kagome greeted. Sango smirked.

"Aren't we cheerful this morning? Since when were you up earlier than 8:30?"

Kagome blushed.

"So what if I'm feeling happy?" Laughing, Kagome grabbed Sango's hand and started running towards school with Sango running behind her.

"Kagome, slow down!!"

Without paying attention where she was going, Kagome ran into something firm, and fell back.

"Ow, ow, ow!"

"Oh, I'm sorry, I wasn't watching where I was going!" The person spoke. Kagome looked up from her position on the ground.

A boy with brown hair and brown eyes was looking down at her, hand extended to help her up. Kagome accepted it and pulled herself up.

"By the way, my name's Hojo."

"Err...I'm Kagome."

"Nice to meet you Kagome."

'Is it just me, or he being too nice?' Kagome thought to herself while shaking his hand awkwardly. Sango hovered behind Kagome, peering over her shoulder. Kouga and Inu-Yasha came running up behind the two girls.

"Don't just take off like tha- uuh...who's he?" Kouga asked, both he and Inu- Yasha frowning at the fact that this stranger was holding onto Kagome's hand. Seeing her friends had arrived, Kagome drew hand back uneasily.

"Uuh...this is...Hojo. Umm, right, now...uuh...gotta be off to class, see yah!" Kagome said, running off with her Sango closely following and Inu-Yasha and Kouga trailing slightly, both eyeing Hojo suspiciously.

Hojo blinked in surprise long after they had gone.

"What?"

(A/N: A little slow on the uptake...)

*

"Class, settle down!" The teacher cried out. Sango and Kagome were all ears while Inu-Yasha, Kouga, and Miroku had tuned themselves out.

"We are having a test this week. Remember to study the notes that you've taken – or, should have taken – so far. This isn't a very big test, but it will affect the marks for first term marks."

The class groaned.

"Seriously! Now, turn to page 136..."

The rest of the class passed by extremely slowly and tediously, in Miroku's perspective.

::Miroku's POV::

*Yawn*

Page what?

...oh well, who cares.

I'll probably get the notes off Sango.

If not, maybe Inu-Yasha.

...nevermind, he's never taken notes. He'll probably borrow from Kagome.

Maybe I'll get a copy of Kouga's.

*Turns around in seat*

Nevermind, he's asleep.

Damn.

Oh well, I wasn't really expecting to get notes in the first place...I'll try Sango before coming to conclusions.

"If x/y is equivalent to a/b and a/b equals...."

...bullshit.

Blah, blah, blah...I'd really rather be hearing Sango's voice...

(A/N: Let's move to another POV before this gets revolting...- -;)

::Kouga's POV::

*Snore*

...

...

*Snore*

(A/N: ....or not....)

::Inu-Yasha's POV::

...Kagome's hair looks soft...

(A/N: o.0)

::Sango's POV::

I'm guessing the answer is ½, but I'm not too sure. This is Kagome's subject, not mine.

What? She got an A on her paper, and mine had a nice, fat, bold, B- on it.

Yippee...

I suppose it could be worse...

Miroku handed in a blank paper.

Why am I thinking about what he got!?

I know that Kouga got a B+, probably because he swiped some answers off of Kagome.

Cheater!!

T_T No matter how hard I try, I can never get a hang of this stuff.

*Sigh*...

(A/N: ...just like me...)

::Normal POV::

*RIIIIIIINNNNNGGGG*

"LUNCH TIME!!!" Someone in the classroom screamed. Everyone sprang out of their seats, racing towards the door.

*

Kagome, Inu-Yasha, Kouga, Sango and Miroku sat down in their usual seats.

"Ewww...I hate school food...!" Sango whined. Kagome grinned.

"That's why I bring my own!" She pulled out a box of assorted sushi. Everyone whipped their heads from their school lunch glop to the box of heavenly food.

Kagome sweatdropped. "Okies...anyhow."

"Anyhow...do you guys wanna get together and study after school today?" Sango suggested.

"Sure, how about the school library?" Kagome said, nodding.

"Kay. Getting an A for once would be nice!" Sango said, laughing nervously.

Kouga spoke up. "Can I come too?"

Both girls nodded.

Inu-Yasha and Miroku were oddly quiet during this little conversation...

"And you two are coming too." Kagome stated flatly.

Just then, Kikyo came skipping up to their table. Kagome's small smile turned into a scowl. As did Sango's and Kouga's.

"Inu-Yasha sweetie pie!!" She squealed, attaching herself to his shoulders.

He stiffened.

Kagome's face darkened.

"Aww, Inu darling, does your back hurt? I'll- "

"You won't ANYTHING, Kikyo. Now piss off, before I make you." Kagome growled.

Kikyo rolled her eyes.

"I thought I told you not to hang around MY Inu-Yasha. And you're bothering me, so you'll have to leave. And leave my poor Inu-kun alone, he's getting tired of y-"

Was all she managed to get out before she felt a hand come down on her cheek.

Hard.

"Bitch," Kagome spat out the word like it was venom. "Telling me what to do? How about, you piss off, eat crap, and go to hell. Oh yeah, why don't you go screw that stalker of yours, Naraku or whatever he's called. Get outta my sight before I kick you outta my sight."

Kikyo fumed.

"You...you!"

"Yes?"

"You...you...you!"

"It's Kagome, not 'you'. I thought I said to get outta my sight, slut."

Kikyo tried to slap Kagome, however Kagome caught her wrist, and twisted it behind Kikyo's back.

"I said to beat it, but since you haven't, I'll have to help you." Twisting her other arm as well, Kagome grabbed Kikyo by her hair, as well as Kouga's water bottle, ignoring his "Hey!" of protest.

Still gripping Kikyo by her hair, she dumped the water over her face, thus ruining her makeup. Kagome let go of her hair very suddenly, making her fall flat on her face, smudging her makeup.

"Beat it, slut." Kagome snarled.

Kikyo scurried off, whimpering.

Kagome turned around, back to her lunch. Chewing slowly and still glaring, Inu-Yasha was the first to speak up.

"W-wasn't that...a...l-little harsh?" He said quietly.

"So you're siding with her?" Kagome spat. "Then why don't you go running after your little bitch? She's probably weeping in some corner of the school now. If you like her hanging off of you, trying to get you in bed with her, then remind me not to interrupt your next little get-together!"

Inu-Yasha growled.

"It's not like that! I just thought that was a little harsh, the way you treated her."

"Oh, so I should treat her like the queen, and she can treat me like shit!? I don't think so, Inu-Yasha!!" Kagome yelled.

Kouga sighed.

'Why does she even bother...? Why waste your feelings on a player?'

Miroku looked on boredly.

'This is dull. I'd rather be with Sango somewhere...'

Sango was praying silently Kagome would not get into another of her temper flares.

'Why can't they treat each other like humans? Jeez!!'

"No! Her treating you like shit is wrong too, why don't BOTH of you try to stop treating each other like shit!? And what's with you always yelling at me?!"

"Would you prefer I scream??!!"

"NO!!"

Huffing, they both turned away.

'Them and their stupid rants...' was all that passed through the other three's heads.

*

"Now what class?"

"P.E.," came the dry reply. (Hey, it rhymes!)

Both sighed.

"Okay then. Let's go to the change rooms, then."

"Okies."

Five minutes later, Kagome and Sango were out, dressed in their gym uniforms, which consisted of a pair of black shorts and a white t-shirt. Inu-Yasha, Kouga, and Miroku came out dressed in slightly longer shorts, and baggier t-shirts. The class crowded around their P.E. teacher, Ms. Kaede.

"Class! Today, we'll be doing an assortment of different activities. There'll be volleyball, track and field, and archery. You'll be divided up into groups, and then there'll be some rotation. Got it? Ok!" Ms. Kaede then started to divide the class into three different groups. Luckily, our five friends managed to stay in the same group...

...however, with Kikyo, Naraku, Kagura, Yura, and Hojo. They ended up starting with volleyball first.

"Oh, I'm so gonna kick your sorry ass, Higurashi!!" Kikyo screeched, having washed off her smudged makeup and applied fresh makeup.

"In your dreams, you slutty bitch!" Kagome yelled back. They went on bickering, while the people around them sweatdropped.

"I think that we should stay on the same team, and the rest of them can be on a separate team, hmm?" Kouga suggested.

"Good idea, but I think we all figured that out." Miroku stated. Inu-Yasha snickered, earning himself a death glare from Kouga.

'I really don't like this guy...' Kouga thought to himself. 'What does Kag see in him!?'

Ms. Kaede trotted over to them, having dealt with the rest of the class. She tossed Sango the volleyball. "Here. Alright now – you all know the rules...well, you should know, anyway. I want you all to play fair. And: no getting into fights." She seemed to direct this mainly to Inu-Yasha and Naraku. (A/N: Hmmm...)

"You can start now." And she left, to tend to other things, whatever they were.

"I wanna serve!!" Kikyo screeched, while everyone covered their ears.

"NO!" Sango hollered. "I'M SERVING!!"

They yelled back and forth until Miroku snatched the ball away from Sango and Kikyo's grip, and hit it over the net, to have it bounced back by Yura.

"Not bad, but not good enough!" Kouga said as he knocked it back over with force. It soared over the net, and landed on the ground with a thud.

"Woohooo!!" Kagome cheered. (Kagome then turned into chibi form and started waving around little flags with a 'Go Kouga!' on them ^_~)

Inu-Yasha scowled.

"Heads up!!" Kagura suddenly yelled, as the cheering team saw the ball flying over the net. Kagome jumped up and whacked it over. It hit the ground with a thud.

"Two points for our team!! Yay!" Sango cheered this time. Inu-Yasha grinned at Kagome, who in return, flashed him a smile.

Kouga scowled.

"Don't let your guard down!" Naraku hit it to Hojo, who hit it over the net, to have it hit back by Inu-Yasha. Hard. The ball flew past Yura, barely missing her head, and landed on the ground again.

"Yippee!!" Kagome and Sango cheered. "Go Inu, go!"

Miroku and Kouga scowled.

"You little dweebs!! Take this!" Kikyo shrieked as she hit the ball with all the strength she could muster, only to miss. The ball fell back, behind her, with a dull thump.

Silence.

Kagome, Sango, Kouga and Miroku burst out laughing, while Inu-Yasha tried to desperately force it down, much to no avail. Soon, the whole team was rolling on the floor, crying tears of mirth. Kagome was on her knees, pounding her fist on the ground. Sango was gripping her stomach while rolling on her back. Kouga was barely standing, knees bent, and one arm was positioned on his knee, the other pointing at Kikyo. Miroku was having a laughing fit, too many positions to name. Inu-Yasha was clutching his stomach too, laughing.

"If you're done laughing, can we continue this game?" Naraku asked coldly. Wiping away tears the remaining tears of hilarity, they got back in their positions.

"I'll serve," Kagura said curtly, taking the ball from Kikyo, ignoring the "What do you think you're doing!?" from her.

"I think you'll be crying tears of humiliation soon, when we're done with you!" Kagura yelled, serving.

"I don't think so!!" Kouga shouted, hitting it to Kagome, who hit it to Sango, who whacked it over the net, in which Naraku pummeled back, only to get have it bounced over the net and onto the ground by Kouga.

"Yes!" Kagome struck the air with her fist. Sango then joined in.

"GO KOUGA, IT'S YA BIRTHDAY, IF IT ISN'T, GO ANYWAY!!" They cheered.

Inu-Yasha and Miroku scowled.

~After the game~

"We won, we won, we won, oh yeah, we rock!" Kagome and Sango rooted. Kikyo came stomping over.

"Oh my god, HiGuRaShI!!"

"Learn to speak properly, KiKyO!" Kagome sneered, imitating her.

"I can't believe you! You MUST have cheated! There's NO WAY you could have beat ME, the absolute BESTEST!!"

"Bestest isn't a word, Kikyo." Kagome said. Kagome turned around fully, facing a fuming Kikyo.

"Catch." Kagome did a very quick, forceful chest-pass to Kikyo, who had no time to react and caught it with her face.

*

"Okies. So we're studying for the math test which is supposedly at the end of this week, right?" Miroku inquired.

"Yes, now will you stop asking that? You seem like that you're hoping for us to say 'No, were going to the arcade!' or something." Kagome said, sighing.

"...How'd you know!? That's what I WAS hoping for! Omigod, you're physic! Please don't tell everyone what I'm thinking!! I beg of you!"

Kagome sweatdropped. "Err...I was kidding about that."

Silence. Awkward, uneasy silence filled their section of the school library. Inu-Yasha rustled his papers for affect.

Sango cleared her throat. "Anyhow. We've gotta hurry. We'll hit the arcade when we're done studying."

"You rock Sango!" Everyone said at once, Kagome among them.

"Kagome!?" Sango asked, taken aback.

Kagome shrugged. "What? I may get A's, doesn't mean I enjoy studying. Besides, I hate math!"

The three boys gaped at her.

"You're kidding." Kouga mumbled. "I thought you knew me better after all these years, Kouga!"

"I thought I did too!!"

Sighing, Kagome went back to her notes. "Oh yeah...did any of you guys get that last part about that...formula thing?"

They all shook their heads.

"If you didn't get it, we definitely did not. I was thinking about asking you about that thing." Sango admitted.

Inu-Yasha shook his head. "I don't have ANY notes."

"Same." Kouga admitted.

Miroku nodded slowly.

Inu-Yasha put on his best puppy-dog face. "May I please borrow your notes, Kagome?" He pleaded. Kagome scowled.

"What the hell were you doing during class?"

Inu-Yasha blushed, looking away.

"I was..." he struggled for an answer. (Hint: What eyes are for. Also, involving the raven-haired girl whose name starts with 'K' and ends in 'e'. ^_~)

When he had a suitable lie for the trick question, he opened his mouth, however to see a pile of papers being shoved in front of his face. He saw Sango, Kouga and Miroku each with a stack of papers in front of them as well.

"Huh?" Was Inu-Yasha's oh-so-intelligent reply.

"Where'd this come from?" He asked dumbly. Kagome sighed, rubbing her temples.

"My notes and the photocopying machine."

"Aaah..." Miroku said. Sango and Kouga merely nodded, both already immersed in the piled of notes of numbers, letters and formulas useful only for that week's test.

*

"Go Inu!! Go Kouga!! Yah!!" Kagome cheered. Inu-Yasha and Kouga decided to have a match at...

..car racing!

Not literally, the game. Currently, Inu-Yasha was in the lead, Kouga slightly behind him.

"You – will – not – win!" Kouga strained out. If you hadn't already guessed, this whole match was to try to impress Kagome.

However, being so blind as she was, Kagome had no clue.

"Yay Kouga!"

"Go Inu!"

Kagome kept cheering back in forth. A crowd was gathering. Mainly because of Kagome cheering.

You'd think: she's just cheering. Wow. Cheering.

But if you knew she was wearing a white tubetop and navy blue miniskirt, waving her arms around in the air, above her head, thus exposing her stomach.

Sango noticed this however, as all their eyes were on Kagome's abdomen. Sango nudged her in the ribs.

"Eh? What?"

Glancing at one strange guy, she followed his gaze...and landed on her own –

"YOU PERVERT!! ALL OF YOU!! HENTAI'S!! YOU'RE ALL MIROKU'S!! OH MY GOD, STOP LOOKING THERE!! SICKOS!! PERVS!! EWWW, YOU BASTARDS, STOP CHECKING ME OUT!!!" Kagome screeched, ducking behind Inu-Yasha and Kouga's seats.

Upon hearing 'stop checking me out', both Inu-Yasha and Kouga stepped on the 'brakes' so hard that both their cars crashed. They whipped around in their seats.

"Who's checking you out!?" They yelled at once, before their eyes too, fell on Kagome in her odd position. Kagome's face flushed red.

"AAAAH!! YOU TOO!! I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS! YOU'RE ALL SICKOS!! PERVERTS!!!! HENTAI'S I TELL YOU, HENTAI'S!!" Kagome screamed. Grabbing Sango by the arm, she ran out of the arcade, Inu-Yasha, Kouga, and a dazed Miroku following.

^_^

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'AMY ONEE CHAN': Thnx, I'm glad you like my fic. ^.^

DemonFireGirlHotaru: Well, I'm glad that you like K/K pairing. I do too, but at the same time, I am also a very big fan of IY/K. This is currently a very frustrating situation, which pairing it should be. However, I'm sorry to hear you are a Kikyo fan, and I'm not sure if you'll even get this far into the chapter. I am, by no means, a Kikyo lover. I apologize if you like her – however I despise her. I have no idea why Inu-Yasha likes Kikyo in the show, she tried to convince him to turn into full human. Why change him? Why don't you accept them for who they are? I know that you are a fan of Kikyo, and there are more in the world. However, that doesn't stop me from hating Kikyo. You don't have to hate her either, but this fic still, will continue to include Kikyo bashing, if you want to read that or not. Once again, I respect your opinion, however, I am firm with mine. Even if this does end up Kag/Kouga, I will by NO MEANS pair KIKYO up with Inu- Yasha. If you don't mind Kikyo bashing, then by all means, I'd be honoured if you continued reading my fic. I'm just worried in case you start flaming me just because I hate Kikyo. It's a matter of opinion. ^.^

Sihara: So I take it you area all for Kag/Kouga? Okies then. ^.^ Hmm, I'm guessing you don't really like IY/K? Don't worry, I respect everyone's opinion. Thanks for reviewing!

c-dog: I agree with you on Kouga!! XD Yes, Inu-Yasha does deserve to be punished for being a player, however, it's necessary in this fic for the...plot to unwind...^_^;

Zero2-the-scyther: Yeah, I was thinking along the same lines. If you only have the thoughts, that takes away some affect than actually having that POV. Here's your asked update. =)

Rushyuo: LOLZ. Okies, here's the update, and no more threatening! Thanks for helping me out, by the way, I'm really thankful for that. I'm a reader for many fics, but when it comes to my own...I just...blank out. o_O;