Chapter 8
Safe in His Arms
Kagome slowly opened her eyes to the annoying sound of her alarm.
Slowly she turned her head to check the time.
"Oh my gosh," she said jumping out of bed, "I'm so late, Sango, SANGO!"
"What Kagome?" Sango replied from the kitchen.
"Oh, good your up, we got to go."
"I know, I'm already ready."
"What, why didn't you wake me up?"
"Well, I figured you'd had a rough night after talking with Inuyasha and I didn't want to wake you."
Kagome's eyes widened, "How did you know...I mean...ya of course...he was a real jerk."
She had lied on the last part, remembering their conversation, he hadn't been to bad.
"Hmm, if you say so?" Sango said eyeing Kagome suspiciously.
Kagome turned her head to she couldn't see Sango.
Sango resumed cooking and Kagome quickly got dressed in a layered outfit.
"That's cute," Sango complimented, looking at Kagome's outfit.
"Yeah, Miroku gave it to me," Kagome said.
"Um, yeah speaking of Miroku, how's it going, ya know the whole boyfriend secret stuff?"
"He still doesn't know, but he keeps trying to flirt with me, well, that's Miroku for ya."
Sango smiled and began to eat her omelette.
After breakfast Sango and Kagome quickly left for their first class they had together.
"I hate chemistry," Kagome said sitting down at one of the desks.
"It's okay, I'll be your lab partener that way you won't flunk," Sango said giving Kagome a friendly smile.
"Very funny," Kagome said hitting Sango lightly on the shoulder.
Kagome looked around the room to see who she was suffering through Chem with.
She saw a couple of cheerleaders, some geeks who were hovering over a science book snorting, and some other unimportant students.
"Good," she thought, "no Inuy..."
Just then the dorm slammed open and Miroku rushed in followed by Inuyasha.
"Your late!" Came the voice of their female teacher.
"Sorry," they apologized simultaneously.
Kagome rolled her eyes and banged her head on her desk.
"Oh, come on Kagome, it's not that bad, look they're way in the back," Sango said trying to cheer her up.
"Just kill me now," Kagome moaned.
"Ms. Higorashi, please keep it down during class!" The teacher ordered.
"Sorry, Mrs. Northy," Kagome said with her head still slumped on the table.
"Today, I will assigned Lab parteners that you must be with 'till the end of the school year," Mrs. Northy began.
"Uh oh, what if I don't get to be with you Sango," Kagome whispered.
Sango shrugged her shoulder's in a helpless manner, "I don't know."
"Annibel and Kithe, Jack and Linda, Sango and Miroku, Jill and Taylor, Meranda and Robert, Kagome and Inuyasha, Kikyo and Kohaku, Yoni and Luke, Piere and Wetherly, and Kithome and Talon." The teacher paired.
Kagome mouthed, "KILL ME!"
Sango pitied her but did not seem disappointed herself.
After the teacher had assigned the seats where each group would go, Kagome was relieved she had ended up sitting right across from Sango.
"Ah look, Kagome got to sit with her boyfriend," Miroku teased.
Kagome gave him a fake smile then turned to Inuyasha, "Don't blow it!"
"Tsh! Whatever," He said crossing his arms.
"Please, begin to make your solution, when you are done raise your hand and I will check to see what your solution turned out like. In order for it to be correct it must be a light blue liquid and I want a full well-written paragraph explaining what you figured out your solution does." The teacher assigned.
Kagome nodded and began to read the instructions.
"Well," Kagome whispered.
"What?" Inuyasha asked.
"Aren't you gunna help this is your work too."
Inuyasha let out an annoyed huff then began to help Kagome, both of them feeling uncomfortable being next to each other.
Sango had begun work on her solution also, but Miroku, unlike Inuyasha, was willing to help Sango.
"Blue, red, then some white and stir 'till magenta," Sango read reaching for the blue.
Miroku to reached for the test tube containing the blue.
Their hands lightly touched.
Sango blushed and grabbed the blue and quickly pouring it in, careful not to let Miroku see her blushing.
When time was up and the solutions had been made the teacher began to inspect.
Sango and Miroku's was, of course, the perfect solution.
Unfortunately, Kagome felt queasy as she starred at the thick dark blue goop she and her partner had created.
"Just great this is all your fault, I told you, you added too much red," Inuyasha blamed.
"Yeah, well at least I was the one trying to make it right. All you did was moan about how stupid chemistry was," Kagome snapped back.
"Sango, Miroku, very nice! And Kagome, Inuyasha...um...you may want to get some lessons from these two marvelous students," the teacher said pointing to Sango and Miroku.
Sango smiled at Kagome in a friendly way.
Kagome smiled back, although she was obviously irrated with the way things had turned out.
"Look, I hate being here as much as you do, so stop feeling sorry for you self," Inuyasha whispered.
"I don't feel sorry for myself, I fact I pity for having to sit next to me, because one day I'm going to...errr," Kagome yelled.
With that she turned in her paper and stormed out the door.
Sango rushed after her.
"Kagome class isn't over for another five minutes," Sango said urging her to go back in.
"I'm leaving early, If you want to go back then go back, but I 'm staying here there is no way I'm sitting next to HIM any longer," Kagome yelled walking down the hall to the cafeteria.
Sango sighed and followed Kagome.
5 Minutes later:
"Sango if you want to sit with Miroku I don't care," Kagome said watching Sango gawk at Miroku.
"What, I...I don't want to eat with him...he's just a pervert...like you said," Sango said blushing.
"I did say that but he isn't that bad, why don't you go talk to him, I think he likes you."
"Your crazy Kagome he is still totally in love with you."
"Maybe, but has he ever been a one woman guy?"
Sango smiled then asked, "So, your absolutely okay with me being with him?"
"Yes, we're just friends remember, I'm over him."
"Okay, I guess I can believe that since you already have the hots for someone else," Sango said smiling.
"What on planet earth are you talking about?"
"I know you like him."
"Who?"
"...Inuyasha," Sango laughed, then rushed off towards Miroku before Kagome could "get her" for what she said.
"Why you," Kagome said angrily, then laughed.
Sango slowly made her way towards Miroku then stopped as she heard a loud sharp scream from the other side of the lunch room.
Not many were in the cafeteria but the few who were gathered around the body with now lay on the ground moaning.
Sango, who was quickly followed by Kagome, made her way towards the crowd.
When they got their they could see Kagura lying on the floor holding her ankle.
"What are all you staring at, leave me be," She cried as she attempted to stand, but due to her injury, she fell to the floor again.
"Go back to you lunch," She said not wanting to draw attention, although, she already had.
With that the crowd disbursed and only Sango and Kagome were left.
"Come on Sango we have to get her to a doctor," Kagome spoke leaning over to pick Kagura up.
"No, I'm going to my dorm, and I don't need your help," Kagura said standing up.
She began to walk down the hall, but from the pain she fell to the ground.
Before Kagome and Sango could get to her they saw someone come around the corner.
"Sesshomaru..." Kagura managed to say before falling unconscious.
Sesshomaru knelt down beside her gently cradling her in his arms.
He retreated around the corner with Kagura in his arms.
Kagome smiled at Sango, "Hmm someone likes someone we know."
Sango grinned back, they both knew Kagura would be safe and taken care of.
"Alright, we have to get to Sociology now," Kagome said dragging Sango down the hall towards their next class.
