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Okay, before you read this chapter, I'd like to ask you guys to read my other stories, please! I'd really appreciate it! Well, here's Chapter 7!

Homeroom

The next morning, Kagome's alarm clock rang at 6:50 a.m. All the girls jolted awake at the sound of Kagome's freakishly loud alarm clock. Kagome pushed the "off" button and stretched.

"I could've sworn that I heard someone fall on the other side of the wall," Ayame said, looking over at the wall that seperated the guys' room from the girls' room.

"They'll be okay," Kagome reassured, waving a hand carelessly. She rummaged through the closet and pulled out a stretchy red blouse, blue jeans, and red ballet flats. Kagome was the type of girl who wore no makeup and isn't high-maintenance. Just a dab of lip gloss and a jeans-and-a-T-shirt outfit and she was ready to go. Currently, she hurriedly raced into the bathroom to change.

Ayame and Sango exchanged bored and tired looks. Seconds later, Kagome came out all dressed up with her blouse stretched down over her hips. She went to the dresser and began brushing her hair. It was still straight from last night and Kagome didn't have enough time to restraighten it.

"You seem to be rushing this morning," Sango remarked, swinging her legs over the edge of her bed to sit up.

"Well, I have to pick up my books, find my locker, and find our homeroom before 8:00 a.m," Kagome explained.

Ayame pulled out a blue T-shirt with a silver wolf on it, blue jeans, and blue flip flops and started singing the song 'I'm Blue'. Most likely because of her blue outfit.

Sango pulled out a pink quarter-sleeved blouse, pink knee-length skirt, and pink flip flops. She would've sang 'I'm Pink' if there was such a song that existed. She shrugged it off. Maybe she'll write the lyrics one day. "Okay. We'll see you in homeroom then. Save us some seats!"

"Okay!" Kagome fixed her hair one last time, slung her black Jansport backpack over her shoulder, and raced out of the room to the library. As soon as she checked out her five books, she ran to the elevator. It took about fifteen minutes to check the books out because the librarian was a complete idiot and fell asleep on the desk. Kagome didn't want to be rude and wake the librarian up, but she accidentally dropped her science book and that woke up the librarian. Kagome pushed the number eight on the elevator wall and tapped her foot impatiently as the heavy, metal doors slowly slid shut and the elevator slowly went up seven floors. During the trip up, she was thinking about what happened last night at dinner.

My heart is still pounding from last night. When Kikyo tripped me, I thought that I was gonna be the school klutz and hit the floor, but then . . . Inuyasha caught me. He held me there in his arms. It was the happiest five seconds of my life. She blushed cherry red and laughed softly at herself. The elevator doors opened to about 150 sophomores standing, chatting with their friends and slamming lockers shut. Kagome, being a shy girl around so many strangers, quietly made her way through the crowded hallway to her locker. Kagome found it and loaded her books, notebooks, and pencil box into it.

As she walked around the floor, trying to search for her homeroom, she was still thinking about last night. Even though Inuyasha was about ten feet away, he still ran over and caught me. The way he held me in his arms and asked me if I was okay was so. . . Kagome drifted off to a daydream, but then she quickly came back down to Earth and shook her head. C'mon Kagome! You're in school now. This is no time to be thinking about boys catching you!

She stopped thinking about last night and finally found her homeroom. Kagome entered the classroom and saw that the teacher hadn't arrived yet, and it was eight minutes before class started. The classroom was half full, too. Kagome sighed. Wow, this school has a sucky staff, she thought, shaking her head. The class was chatting among themselves as two more students walked in. Kagome looked around the classroom, searching for a familiar face until she found one sitting in the middle row by the wall. It was Inuyasha. He was alone, throwing his pencil in the air and catching it.

Kagome smiled. Well, obviously he won't be my boyfriend today, so I'll just be friends with him. He's the first guy friend I'll ever have, so this will be a bit hard. Oh, well, I might as well get to know him better. Kagome took a deep breath, walked over to Inuyasha, and sat down in the seat in front of him. "Hey!" she greeted with enthusiasm. A bit too much in Kagome's point of view, but the boy didn't seem to notice.

Inuyasha stopped throwing his pencil up and looked in front of him. "Hey," Inuyasha responded. "You're in this homeroom?" he asked, resuming to tossing the inanimate object in the air.

"Yeah, I guess. Unless I'm in the wrong classroom. I've never been in a boarding school before," Kagome said, folding her arms over Inuyasha's desk so that she wouldn't turn away from him. She was trying to get into a conversation with him.

"You're new here?" Inuyasha stopped throwing the writing utensil up. He already knew that she was new from the assembly yesterday. He just wanted to get to know her a bit more.

"Yeah, Sango and I were always in public school. Even though there were school uniforms, I still liked that school. Sango and I were like the popular girls around the whole school. When we told everyone that we were going to a boarding school at the end of the freshman year, everyone got all sad. I miss everything: my friends, my school crush . . ." Kagome stopped there. She did NOT want to tell Inuyasha about her old school crush, Hojo. She already had a new crush here in boarding school.

"Why go to a boarding school all of a sudden?" Inuyasha asked, trying to put aside the fact that Kagome may still have feelings for that guy.

Kagome shrugged. "I don't know. It just sounded cool, well, to Sango. And the school was way too crowded, so Sango decided that we should go to a boarding school and our parents were like 'Okay, whatever' so yeah. That's pretty much it." Kagome nodded. Inuyasha looked a little surprised, but not that much. "So, you've been in boarding school for how long?" Kagome asked.

"Since sixth grade, I think." Inuyasha leaned back in his chair.

"Wow."

"Yeah." Inuyasha nodded. They looked away from each other and at the floor.

"So, where's Miroku?" Kagome asked and looked back at Inuyasha.

"I don't know. He fell off his bed this morning 'cause he heard a loud noise," Inuyasha said, crossing his arms.

"Woops." Kagome blushed, and looked down at the floor.

"What?"

"Well, I think my alarm clock made him fall off his bed. It's really loud . . . Did you wake up because of it, too?"

"Yeah, I wasn't planning on waking up at 6:50, but oh well." Inuyasha shrugged.

"Sorry," Kagome said, blushing even more.

"Hey, guys!" Miroku said as he sat next to Inuyasha.

"What's up?" Inuyasha said.

"My head still hurts." Miroku rubbed his head.

"Sorry about that." Kagome blushed again. When will it go away?

"What are you talking about?" Miroku looked puzzled.

"That loud noise that you heard this morning - yeah, that was my alarm clock. Again, sorry."

"Are we late?" Sango panted as she and Ayame ran into the classroom.

"No, you're five minutes early," Inuyasha said.

"Good. Sango couldn't decide whether putting her hair up or down." Ayame rolled her eyes. She sat down in the seat in front of Kagome.

"At least you came up with something," Miroku said, looking at Sango's hair. Sango's hair was about down to her hips in length. She had decided to tie it in her favorite hairstyle - tied around her waist with a white ribbon.

"Isn't Kouga in this homeroom?" Kagome asked.

"No. He has the science teacher," Inuyasha replied.

"Sucks for him," Miroku added.

"Good morning class!" Tsubaki greeted as she walked into the room. She was a 41 year old woman with long nearly-white hair, and wearing a black shirt, gray pants, and high heels.

"Good morning," the class responded.

"Okay, for today, we're just going to get to know each other. I want each of you to talk to someone you don't know or that you've just met," Tsubaki said.

Finally, after about thirty minutes after the first bell rang, Tsubaki excused the class. The whole class stood up and walked out of the classroom.

Is Inuyasha following me? Kagome thought. She was walking back to her locker to get her World History textbook, and it seemed that Inuyasha was following her to her locker. Kagome opened her locker and retrieved her book. Next to her, Inuyasha opened his locker and also pulled out a World History textbook.

"Your locker's right next to mine and you have World History next?" Kagome asked.

"Uh, yeah. I guess." Inuyasha shrugged, wondering why Kagome was so surprised about it.

"Can I see your schedule?" Kagome held out her hand.

"Uh, sure. Here you go." He handed it to her. Kagome scanned through it. Both of them were hoping that they were in the same classes.

"Our schedules are almost the same except you have band for ninth period and language arts for fifth period. Wait, how can you have another PE for tenth period?" Kagome asked while she handed his schedule back.

"Well, tenth period is an elective for all sophomores, and the PE teacher said that PE can be an elective. So Miroku and I signed up for that class," Inuyasha explained, pocketing the paper. "It's also some kind of preparation if you want to be in the basketball team."

Kagome smiled up at him. "I haven't played basketball in a while. Can I play you after school?" She folded her hands together and got closer to Inuyasha.

Inuyasha blushed a little. "Uh, sure. I'll wait for you by the gym."

"Okay, let's get to class before we're late!" Kagome shut both of their lockers, grabbed Inuyasha's hand, and ran off to their next class.

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Kagome was the only one with her hand still raised.

Oh, crap . . . Kagome thought as her classmates and Tsubaki looked at her.