Disclaimer - Hey, I don't own Inuyasha.

A/N: What's going on? How was your day? I hope it was as nice as mine was. I truly hope that you're doing well and that everything is okay. I don't want you to think I'm being an ass and just pretending that I care because I actually do care. And even though I don't know you and I probably never will, I care about you and I hope that your day and all your days to come, are wonderful...

I just watched V for Vendetta... Hope that explains my randomness.

Kagome stared up at her ceiling. It was Monday morning and her alarm had just woken her up. Thoughts of the past few days flew into her mind and she shook her head with a smile.

"I never knew that life could be so... nice." She laughed at the words and stretched.

"Kagome...?" Kagome lifted herself up on her elbows to look at her little brother.

"Guess what?" Kagome said to Souta, lifting him up on the bed and wrapping her arms around him then placing her chin on top of his head.

"What?" He asked with a smile.

"It's the last week of school!" She said excitedly and Souta giggled. He didn't really understand why she was so excited, school sounded really fun to him since he hadn't gone yet.

"Yay!" He said, getting up and jumping up and down on the bed. "No more school!" He tried to say, over and over again. Kagome laughed happily and grabbed him around the waist, pulled him down, and tickled him till he couldn't breathe.

"You're just too cute." She said, kissing him multiple times on his cheeks and tummy.

"N-no!" He wailed as he laughed uncontrollably. "Hehe, Kagome! S-stop!" Once she heard the word stop, she did. He laughed a bit more and then he relaxed. "I love you Kaggy." He said, wrapping his little arms around his sister's waist. Kagome sighed and ran her hand through his hair.

"Come on," She said, lightly pushing him off her. "I need to get ready."

"Mmmkay." He said, snuggling into her tiredly one more time before leaving her be and trotting into the kitchen.

"Heh, he's so weird." Kagome said to herself. She opened her closet doors and picked out what she would wear to school that morning. She chose an old pair of jeans and a cream colored T-shirt, which used to be white, with an image of a fish and the words, "Fly Fishing Only." She had no idea why she'd gotten the shirt but she loved it.

"So," She looked up to see her mother at her bedroom door. "You've finally got a life?"

"Kind of." Kagome said smiling. "I'll see ya later mom." She said, walking by her and giving her a quick kiss on the cheek goodbye.

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"Can you believe it?" Sango asked her friends. "Just one more week, this week, until school's out for the summer." She sang the last part like the goof she was. They were all out at the front of the school, sort of secretly waiting for Kagome. Sango threw the cigarette she'd been smoking on the ground and stepped on it.

"School's out for-eva." Miroku sang stupidly and everyone laughed. Kagura looked over at the girl that was walking towards them.

"Would you look at that," She said with awe. Kagome was finally going to them instead of waiting for one of them to pop up somewhere unexpected.

"Hey," Kagome said shyly, smiling.

"Well, hello." Inuyasha said, slightly shocked. "What's up?"

"Nothing." She said with a shrug, shoving her hands in her jean pockets. She sat down on one of the stairs beside Sango. They all stood up and walked in front of Kagome, puzzled looks on their faces. "You guys gotta stop with the looking at me weird." She said, turning slightly. That was when she truly noticed what they looked like for the first time since she'd started hanging out with them. First, she examined Kouga.

"Like what ya see?" He joked and Kagome didn't respond. She noticed he was wearing black, faded jeans and a white t-shirt. She saw a chain hanging from one of his pockets and rolled her eyes. He had blue eyes and his long, brown hair was put up. His hair was clean but had some type of messy edge to it. His shoes were completely dirty so she just gave up on looking at them. Then, she turned to Kagura.

"Hmm...!" She whined slightly, disliking the attention. Kagura had her jet black hair, probably dyed, up in a tight but beautiful bun. Her brown eyes seemed to glow red with a kind of pain; Kagome frowned. She wore little make-up besides some red eye shadow, black eye liner, and clear lip gloss because her lips were already red enough without coloring.

Kagome noticed that she was wearing a few elastics on her wrists and smiled. She did that too, occasionally. But, only when she was annoyed with people to a point where she needed to snap herself awake with the elastics.

Kagura wore navy blue jeans and a white t-shirt that barely had sleeves. The image on the shirt was an actual heart with the words "The Used" at the bottom in fancy lettering. She wore red sneakers that had a slight heel. Miroku laughed at Kagome's odd expressions and suddenly regretted it because he was who she looked at next.

"Kago-" Inuyasha made him shut up by giving him a glare. He wore slightly baggy, blue, jeans and a black t-shirt. The t-shirt wasn't very loose and Kagome could tell he worked out. She smirked and they could only imagine what she was thinking. She then looked down at his feet and saw he was wearing a new pair of black and white sneakers. She looked at his face seeing he'd just shaved that morning; his face was shimmering slightly with a smooth look to it. His gray eyes bore into hers and she looked away. Sango was her next victim.

"You're so funny." Sango said, shaking her head and smiling from ear to ear. She nudged Inuyasha and Miroku since she was in the middle of them and smirked. She had her dark brown hair up in a high pony tail and was wearing hot pink eye shadow with some type of red lip gloss. She had on brown eye liner that made her eyes pop magnificently. She wore a v-neck, brown t-shirt that, at the v, had a pink lace bow like she was some sort of present. Her shirt had pink polka dots all over it. Kagome then took a look at her pants which were dark blue. They, of course, were jeans. She noticed writing all over the pants and just figured she'd bought them that way and then she noticed it was Sango's writing.

, she thought to herself, Maybe one day, I'll read what it says. Then, she looked down at her brown sneakers and laughed. She couldn't imagine where the hell Kagura and Sango got their shoes. Then, there was Inuyasha. She smiled a small smile and gave him the once over. It was like she was seeing him for the first time.

Inuyasha looked her in the eyes and stuck his tongue out at her. She laughed at him.

"Stand up straight." She demanded and he did, saluting her.

"Yes ma'am." He said, quickly winking at her which made her smile on the inside since she was already smiling on the outside. He was wearing a black, slightly loose, t-shirt. She looked down and saw that he was wearing a black, leather belt around his dark blue jeans which were loose but not baggy. His shirt was lazily tucked in and Kagome truly doubted that he even noticed his entire shirt wasn't tucked in. Of course, that didn't matter though because it still looked good; it made him something more for some strange reason. She then looked at his hands noticing multiple, silver rings. Little did she know, each one was very important and had a story behind them. It was the only reason he'd even wear them. She looked lower and saw he was wearing faded, old, black shoes.

"I wonder what I look like." She said with a small laugh.

"Want us to tell you?" Inuyasha joked and Kagome shook her head.

"I'd rather you not. I'm wearing a really fucked up shirt." She snorted and they all laughed.

"I like it." Kagura said. "My dad and I used to go fly fishing. That shirt's funny."

"I don't even know what fly fishing is." Kagome said with a shrug, her hands up. "But, the fish were hilarious so I had to get the shirt." She said.

"That's nice." Kouga said sarcastically.

"Aww, thanks." Kagome said back, batting her eyes. "I thought they were cute." She said, dropping the act. She pulled on her shirt and looked down at the silly fish with wings. "Nah," She said with a giggle, "They're just wicked weird."

"Oh Kagome," Sango said, shaking her head and taking a seat beside her. "I'm so happy you've opened up to us."

"You quit smoking yet?" She asked and Sango laughed.

"You know," She said, getting up. "I think I'm gonna try."

"Try what?" Inuyasha asked, sitting down to their left and facing them, his back on the wall.

"Try to quit smoking you idiot." Kagura said, smacking him upside the head and taking a seat beside him. She yawned, clearly tired.

"Rough night?" Inuyasha asked, smirking.

"Yeah, kind of." Kagura said, rubbing her neck. She went to lay her head on Inuyasha's shoulder but he'd gotten up and was walking over to Miroku. She looked at him, her eyes widening. No one but Kagome saw this and her shoulders drooped.

"So, are you pumped for the summer, or what?" Sango asked Kagome and she smiled.

"Yeah, I can't wait."

"You know we're all hanging out over the summer, right?"

"Oh, yeah." Kagome said, shocked by the statement. She'd assumed that would happen but, then again, she may have been getting ahead of herself. Then, the five minute bell rang, indicating that they should get to their lockers and get their stuff or, they'd be late. Kouga rolled his eyes.

"I truly, hate that bell." He said sarcastically, making his way into the high school building. The others followed behind him but Kagome and Inuyasha stayed outside.

"I'm glad that you're starting to come around." He said softly, a warm wind brushing their cheeks.

"Mmm, you would be." She said, turning with an all knowing smile.

"And why would I be happy about this?" He asked with a raised brow.

"Because," She began with a sigh. "It means that you won." Then she laughed, walked past him and through the front doors. He stayed there for a moment, watching Kagome walk over to her locker from afar.

"Today is gonna be a good day." He said to himself quietly. "A really good day."

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Kagome could barely pay attention in class. All she wanted to do was get to lunch and talk with her friends. She smiled at the thought and kept shaking herself out of daydreams. Then, a new thought entered her mind. Was Kagura in love with Inuyasha? She frowned and began to tap her pencil on her desk. Nah, no way. Her inner self chuckled at the thought. And yet, there was a part of her that said it could be a possibility. She'd seen what had happened that morning and for some reason she felt a pang of guilt.

"Who am I kidding?" She asked herself in a whisper. There was no way that Inuyasha liked her, Kagome, of all people. That wasn't why he'd pulled away from Kagura. No, he just hadn't noticed it. But, Kagura did

"Kagome, would ya stop tapping your pencil?" Kouga asked from behind her. Kagome looked down at her right hand and smiled goofily at him.

"I completely forgot I was even doing that." She said, snickering quietly. Kouga rolled his eyes.

"Eh, it was just bothering me." He said, crossing his arms and she turned to face him fully. That was when she noticed that everyone was talking and the short lesson for that day was done.

"Huh, that's funny." Kagome said to herself, shaking her head. "I never noticed that you were in this class." He laughed out loud.

"All year long, I've sat behind you." He said, looking at her as if she were insane. She shrugged.

"I don't think I noticed anything this year or any year, for that matter, since high school began." Kagome said frankly and Kouga smirked.

"How could you resist lookin' at a guy as attractive as me?" He joked and Kagome blushed. She didn't know how to respond, she was never in a situation like that before. Kouga felt an awkward silence settle, realizing he'd put her in a strange position.

"Well, Kouga," She began, folding her hands in front of her. "You sat behind me." She said, smiling. Kouga stared at her for a few moments then burst out laughing.

"That's true," He muttered, still laughing quietly. "Least you know I'm here now." He said and Kagome shrugged.

"You still sit behind me." She said with sarcasm and he smirked.

"Right, I guess I'm just going to have to sit in front of you from now on." He got up and took the seat in front of her which was conveniently empty.

"Nooo, that's not your assigned seat." She said, holding in a laugh. Kouga looked around the room and rolled his eyes.

"Like any of them are following the seating chart." He said and Kagome nodded her head.

"You're right; maybe I should tell the teacher." She said with mock worry but Kouga shook his head.

"No need. She's the one who told everyone to go off and do their own thing." He shrugged and Kagome put a finger to her chin. After a moment of thinking she gave up.

"Alright, alright. Sit where you want. But," She bit out with sarcastic seriousness, "I'll be watching you." She said.

"That was the plan, wasn't it?" He asked with a smirk and Kagome rolled her eyes and smiled at him.

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When lunch finally came along, Kagome didn't know where to sit. Was she supposed to go the cafeteria or was she supposed to go out in the front of the school? She went over to the cafeteria door to see if anyone was in there but she couldn't really see the entire room.

"Hey Kagome, what are you doing?" Someone asked beside her and she jumped so high she thought she might have a heart attack.

"Oh," She said, breathing fast and clutching her heart. "It's just you." Miroku laughed.

"You say that like it's a good thing." He said creepily. Kagome's left brow twitched.

"Could you not?" She said after a moment and Miroku dropped the act with a sigh.

"Fine." He said unhappily. "Where is everyone anyways?" He asked himself more than her.

"I was trying to see if they were in the cafeteria when you scared the shit out of me." She said with a snicker and he frowned.

"Oooh, so that's what you were doing." He said, nodding his head and she nodded hers in return.

"Yep."

"Hmmm," Miroku mused. He raised an arm and wrapped it around Kagome's shoulder. "Walk with me."

"Hey, wait a sec!" Kagome protested as he dragged her along. "Where are we going?"

"I'm just taking us to where I believe they all are." He said as if it was obvious and she nodded her head, accepting his answer.

"Alright, lead the way then." Kagome said, taking his arm off of her. He laughed and just kept on walking. He finally reached a door that had the faded words, "Reading Lab" on it. Miroku opened the door and Kagome shook her head, confused, but followed him anyway.

"Hey, we were wondering where you two were." Sango said. Kagome looked around the small, dark lit room and almost passed out. What the hell was going on? She noticed they had a few tables set up and a couple chairs here and there. There was also an old looking couch at the far right side of the room. She almost passed out with amazement.

"What is this place?" She asked softly, walking over to Sango who was seated on the couch. She sat down beside her and Sango laughed.

"It used to be this old Reading Lab, or whatever." Sango said, getting up and walking over to a refrigerator that was actually working. She pulled out a coke and offered one to Kagome who accepted the offer.

"Thanks," Kagome muttered, opening the can and then taking a sip. "Don't you worry someone will find this place?"

"Nah, no one's ever caught us and we've been in here since freshmen year." Kouga piped up and Kagome looked over at him. That's when she noticed he and Inuyasha were playing a game of chess. She smiled at Sango then got up and walked over to them.

"What are you doing?" She asked them, though it was quite clear. Inuyasha looked up at her and rolled his eyes.

"You're kidding, right?" He asked and Kagome crossed her arms.

"Just tell me whose turn it is."

"Mine." Inuyasha said with a smirk and Kouga growled slightly.

"Yeah, and he just won." Kouga said, leaning back in his chair with anger. "It's cause you came over." He joked and Kagome laughed, pulling a chair over to sit on it.

"Yes, I was the cause of it all." She said, smiling at Inuyasha. "I made you win."

"Nope, that was alllll me." He teased and Kouga sighed.

"They always play." Kagura said, coming over and leaning on Kouga's chair. "And, they always take turns."

"On what?" Kagome asked, sipping on her coke. Kagura gave her a puzzled look and Kagome clarified, "I mean, what do they take turns on?"

"Oh!" Kagura said, beginning to walk around the table. "They always take turns on winning." She took hold of Inuyasha's shoulders, went down to his ear and whispered something.

"That's a lie!" Inuyasha boomed but he didn't seem angry.

"No, no it's true." Kagura said finding her way over to Kouga. Then she bent down and whispered in his ear, the entire time looking at Inuyasha. Kagome feels anger sweep over her. What was Kagura doing? Kagura's warm breath on Kouga's ear was driving him crazy he could barely think straight and then he'd realized what she'd said.

"Duuude, you're lying." He said, shock slightly evident in his voice.

"What?" Kagome asked in defeat. "What is she lying about?"

"She thinks that we let one another win." Inuyasha said, shaking his head. "It's a lie." Kagome rolled her eyes.

"And so what if you two let one another win occasionally?" Kagome asked and all three of them glared at her like she was nuts.

"They're very competitive." Miroku said and Kagome turned to face him while Kagura sat down to watch Inuyasha and Kouga play another game.

"Ah, I see. And is Kagura the one that always pushes them to more games?" She asked with a smirk and Miroku nodded his head.

"It's something that they always do. Otherwise, I think they'd just stop playing." He shrugged and Kagome understood what he was saying.

"Niiice." She said with a snicker and Miroku joined her.

"How's your day been?" Someone asked suddenly and everyone looked at Inuyasha then Kagome.

"Wh-what?" She asked, puzzled.

"The question was for you." Inuyasha said with a smirk. Kagome almost fell off her chair.

"Dude, you're playing chess, you didn't look up, and you didn't say my name. How was I supposed to know that that question was directed to me?"

"Hmmm?" He asked, feigning confusion and she gave up.

"Never mind." She looked at him, her brow furrowed, and answered his question. "My day has been excellent." She said and Inuyasha nodded his head.

"That's good." He said simply and Kagome laughed.

"Yes, I think that it's good too." She walked over to him took her chair with her. Her arm accidentally brushed his and he seemed to burn her. "What the hell?" She muttered, touching her arm. She felt him again and that time on purpose. "Um, Inuyasha are you feeling alright?" She asked and he looked at her.

"Um, yes Kagome. Are you?" He smiled and she rolled her eyes.

"You're burning up." She took his long bangs and pushed them away, quickly kissing his forehead without thinking. "Huh," She said, perplexed. "Nope," She sat down. "You're fine." That's when she noticed all eyes were on her. "What!?"

"You just kissed his forehead." Sango said and Kagome put a hand to her mouth.

"Really?" She asked and they all nodded their heads. Kagome laughed. "Guys I was being sarcastic, I knew I kissed his forehead."

"But why did you do so?" Miroku asked, smirking and Kagome gave a heavy sigh.

"It's an easy fever check." She said simply and they all nodded their heads.

"Oooh," They said at the same time and Sango nodded her head.

"Riiight, when I was younger that's what my mom would always do if I told her I wasn't feeling to hot."

"Yep." Kagome nodded her head. Inuyasha touched his forehead.

"I feel fine." He muttered and then he touched his arm. "Maybe not so much there..."

"Yeah, which was why I checked." Kagome replied and Inuyasha nodded his head, accepting her answer. "I do with Souta whenever he's sick."

"Awww, that's so cute." Kagura said, sitting down with Kagome. "How's that kid doing?" Kagome beamed.

"He's great. He's so smart too." She said nervously but happily at the same time. "He can't wait to go to school, it's ridiculous." She laughed and then she noticed that everyone was smiling at her. Everyone besides Inuyasha and Kouga, they were too into their game to notice anything else. "What?" She asked sweetly and they all laughed, wanting to hug her.

"You really love him." Sango said with a shrug. "You're a great sister."

"Oh." Kagome said, slightly sad. "Yeah," Then she looked at them and smiled.

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At the end of the day, Kagome was feeling happier than ever. Everyone had been so nice to her at lunch, like she was one of them. And she had no idea why but she wanted to be their friend. It was a great feeling to be needed and to be wanted.

Kagome finished getting everything she needed out of her locker and sighed. Summer kept hitting her in little, unexpected moments and she loved it. She, for the first time in her high school life, wanted summer to just hurry up. The seniors were already gone and it was kind of strange with such empty halls. She was happy that all of her new friends were in the same grade as her. That way, they would all leave at the same time. The thought, for some reason, made her shudder.

"Hey Kagome." Someone whispered in her ear and turned, finding Inuyasha. And Kouga, Miroku, Sango, and Kagura. She shook her head, laughing on the inside.

"Hey." She laughed out.

"Need a ride?" Inuyasha asked her and she thought for a moment. She could either walk home or catch a ride from Inuyasha. She shifted from her right foot to her left foot and then back again. They were killing her. She'd never noticed it before but her feet were always killing her.

"Yes." She said, slightly dramatically and Inuyasha chuckled.

"Alright, you and I can take my car." Then he began to walk past her Kagome jogged after him. Then, Inuyasha turned around and began walking backwards. "Anybody else need a ride?" Kagura squeaked.

"I do!" She said and Miroku rolled his eyes.

"I thought you were getting a ride with Kouga." He said and Kagura sighed.

"I completely forgot." Kouga smirked.

"Of course you did." Kagura stuck her tongue out at him with a pout.

"I reeeally did!" She said in her defense and they all sighed.

"Right." Sango said with a small laugh, putting her arm around Kagura's shoulder. "Let's go before you remember you have English homework and need to go back to your locker." Kagura's left brow twitched.

"Oh, that's right." She said, her voice high. "I do have some homework I need to do tonight..." She snaked her way out of Sango's grasp and ran towards her locker, quickly grabbing everything she needed.

"Why'd you even say anything?" Miroku asked Sango as Kagura closed her locker. But, Sango was looking after Inuyasha and Kagome who were slowly disappearing. She smiled and looked over at Miroku.

"Were you saying something?" She asked and he stared at her for a moment, shock in the form of a lump in his throat.

"N-no." He said, shaking his head. He lips twitched and then he smiled at her. She gave him a confused smirk and then walked ahead of the others, leaving the building.

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Kagome layed her head against the car chair, trying to relax. She shut her eyes, calm and content.

"Hey, you gonna pass out on me?" Inuyasha asked and her eyes flew open. She was breathing heavily and grinning up at him like an idiot.

"I'm freezing." She said, stretching and sitting up fully.

"There's a sweatshirt in the back." Inuyasha pointed and Kagome unbuckled to get it. She touched the material and sighed. She put the navy sweatshirt on, shivering.

"I don't know," She yawned, "Why I'm so cold." She said through clenched teeth. She took in a deep breath and was overcome with what could only be described as a male scent. But, it wasn't bad it was good. She loved it. "Who's is this?"

"Mine." Inuyasha said, rolling his eyes.

"It's comfy." Kagome muttered, snuggling into the sweatshirt.

"I know." Inuyasha laughed. Kagome looked up at the sky and shut her eyes. The clouds were rolling in, it was going to rain.

"Those clouds," Kagome pointed at them, her long fingers looking somewhat beautiful in the dark thunder clouds. "Are so amazing." She said simply and Inuyasha nodded his head. He looked over at her and was confused at what he saw. It was like she was happy and yet she looked so depressed it hurt him.

"What's wrong?" He asked her and she looked up at him like it was the last moment in time.

"Nothing." She said, slightly shocked. He parked his car outside the front of her house. "Hey, you wanna meat my brother?" Kagome asked suddenly and Inuyasha's left brow flew up.

"Sure." Was all he said before they left his car and went into the house.

A/N: I wish sooo badly that I could keep going b/c it's been so long since I've updated but I can't. If I didn't stop there I would've done an entire chapter's worth more. Any who, I hope you liked it! Please review. I'll fix the grammar mistakes when I get back from NH. I was packing this morning and only had time to post this!!! Lol, laterrr.