(Chapters will be longer now because the plot is more intense now. Please note that Hanicos is a cereal named after a random stuffie I have at my house. I did not mean to copy anyone, and if I did, sorry.)

The next morning, Kagome gave Kikyo a dirty look as she ate her cereal. It was her favorite brand, Hanicos, but today, they tasted dry and dusty. As she walked to the bus stop, she began to cough loudly. She decided to ignore it and kept rushing along.

InuYasha wasn't waiting for her, and the bus was late, so Kagome drifted into a bad mood. She almost tripped on her way to the principal's office to give her reason-of-tardiness. She heard mean laughter behind her, and turned to see Kikyo getting a book from her locker. Kagome shot her a dirty look as she trudged along.

When Kagome got to the office, it was crowded, so it took an hour for her to even get to Ms. Smitherson. After that, it was a half-hour conversation, and she had missed most of her first class, so Ms. Smitherson wrote a note for her. She walked into the classroom and tried to give her teacher the note, but he wouldn't accept it. "I don't want your forgery, you hooligan!" he whispered loudly, causing the whole class to jeer at her as she walked to her seat.

The rest of the day went by with the same attitude towards her. By the time she got home, she was ready for everything to be over, but school had just been the beginning. When she walked in the door, her mother called to her from the kitchen. Mrs. Higurashi was standing near the chair at the head of the table, where Kikyo sat waiting.

"Kagome," her mother began. "Kikyo tells me that you have been dating her boyfriend behind her back. Is this true?" "I-" she began.

"He's mine!" Kikyo interrupted, her perfect face blotched an ugly red color, and her voice rose to a yell.

"He is completely and totally my boyfriend!" Kagome yelled back at her.

"Is not!"

"Is to!"

"GIRLS!" Mrs. Higurashi cut in.

"What's all the yelling about?" their little brother, Sota, asked from just inside the front door.

"Nothing! Go do your homework in your room!" Mrs. Higurashi called back. Sota nodded as he walked past the open door on his way to his room. Mrs. Higurashi directed her attention back to her daughters. Kagome was shooting her signature death glare at Kikyo, and Kikyo was mouthing something Mrs. Higurashi didn't approve of.

"Kagome! Kikyo!" Mrs. Higurashi shouted in an attempt to get their attention. Kagome flinched, but didn't look away from Kikyo, who didn't bat an eyelash.

"Kagome, call Inuyasha and break up with him! Kikyo, I don't want you seeing anyone either, and neither of you are allowed to go anywhere but home before and after school! Have I made myself clear?"

"Mom," the two girls chorused.

"I won't change my mind until you two sort out your priorities!" She replied.

Kagome shot Kikyo another dirty look as she ran up the stairs to her room. She threw herself onto her bed and sobbed into her pillows. When she calmed herself down enough, she sat up and reached for her phone. When she happened to glance out the window, it was already dark. She checked the time. It was 10:00 pm.

I've been crying for four hours! Kagome thought, shocked. I guess it's too late to call him tonight. I'll call him tomorrow. Thank god it's Saturday tomorrow! She lay back down after setting her phone back down on the nightstand. Sleep claimed her almost immediately. Before she fell asleep, though, a thought crossed her mind: Inuyasha can't be together. Never truly together.