I know I said this some time before, but I just have to say it again. I re-read what I've already written and I have gotten so freakin better at this junk.

Guess what I did today! Okay, I'll tell you.

Hunter, a fat and stupid kid, was using a rubber band and shooting paper across the room at Aaron, an annoying kid no one realy likes. It had to go right past me and my friend, and we ended up getting hit a good bit. I got fed up.

"He didn't do anything to you, leave him alone." -me

"I don't want to." -Hunter

"I didn't ask if you did, I'm saying knock it off."

"I want to hit him with 'em."

"What did he do to you? Nothing, right?"

"No, he exists."

"Well you know what? You obesity offends me. Get out." completely straight-faced. Tyler gave me 10 points. He flubbed for a couple of seconds while every one around him is yellin' 'burn!'. Then Cody stuck a glove on his head. Good times, good times.

(just so yall know, it takes me days to write these things, so I give yall a little update every time I get on)

The Next Day

We had a ball game, the last of the season, and I'm in the band so I had to play. Our band is so weird, its all the skaters, emos and goths. Odd band. Any way, I was at the game and this guy just comes and sits down next to me. No reason, just plants his butt. So he gets to talking at me, no invitaion, just talking, and I start to have a good time. Then friggin Ginny comes back from her boyfriend, and of course he had to of put her in a pissy mood, and she acts all demonic to him.

"That's my seat, move." He looks around, cuz it was kinda not cool, and she goes "I'm not kidding, that's my seat, go away." So he has to move, cuz she's a whore, and my friend is on my other side. Sandy, my friend, is like "Wow, that guy was talking to you a lot." I'm like "yeah." She says "I would have killed Ginny." I'm like "Ooooohhhhhh, yeeeeaaaaahhh." I was so friggin pissed! He came back when she left, though. His name is Ricky and he's 17, and realy hot and funny. I got a hug and a number, so the night was real good. I haven't called it yet, should I? Or let him call me? Never mind, my problem, you don't have to bother.

You know how you'll say to a friend, kinda casually, 'that person was hot'? Yeah, I have had to quite because every time I do anymore my friend is like "Did you get his number too?" It's gettin kinda old. She's just jealous though because she's a year older than me and nothing like that has ever happened to her. So I rub it in her face.

Not that any of you care or anything, I just needed to write and this was the only thing I have in progress right now, and I am getting myself into a corner with this one, so I'm having to do some careful manuevering with this story. It's taking a while.

I've been sick for like a week, so just be patient and allow me to be dead for a while.

Yes, I have been making more updates to the story than up here in the casual nothings. A lot more.

OXOXOXO

Dressing the next morning, Kagome noticed her tastes had changed a bit. She wore a black t-shirt, ripped on the sleeves, and old jeans with holes all in them she had only ever used to do realy dirty jobs in, and it showed. She pulled her silver hair back and pinned it up at just random angles, having it off her ears to show her new guitar ear rings. She grabbed her high-top converse, but thought they looked too clean. She got a sharpie after them and did doodles all over. Her name, stick men, quotes from songs, just anything and every thing that would fit. She grabbed her leather wrist band and watch and headed for the kitchen. (Haha! A skater Kagome! Yes, that is my groups style. So don't diss it!)

"Morning Kagome," Gramps said from his seat and newspaper.

"Mornin' all," Kagome said.

"Toast as usual?" her mother asked. Kagome's stomach protested loudly at the thought.

"You mind if I get the works? I'm suddenly starving all the time." She sat at the table after her mother gave a surprised glance. Kagome hadn't been so happy in a long time, sitting among the pile of eggs, toast, bacon, biscuts and orange juice. Souta looked on in wonder as his sister scarfed tens times her normal amount. He decided he wasn't so hungry after all and passed up his cereal.

Kagome grabbed her bag and headed out the door at about three minutes to the first bell. She leisurly ran to the school and was in her first class when the bell rang.

"Hey, girl," Sango said and sat. She gave her best friend's new look a skeptical glance but decided against commenting. "Hey Kagome," she whispered, "what about that... necklace you lost? Did you find it yet?" Kagome shook her head.

"No, but Inuyasha said he'd help me look after school." She didn't know if she wanted the jewel back. It gave her such a power boost the last time, so what would it do with her now as a half demon? She didn't want to be like some super demon, she was happy being just as she was. Could she protect it with out wearing it? Maybe she could hide it somewhere.

"Damn, Kagome." She looked around and Koga was at his desk staring at her. She shot a cocky smile at him.

"What's up?"

"You. There was a rumor going around when you dissapeared, but I thought they were lying."

"What was the rumor?" She hated rumors, unless she started them. They always got the news distorted.

"You were exposed to a lot of radiation and when mutt-face saved you it blasted off of him and turned you half-demon."

"WHAT?" Kagome said after she anime fainted. "That is the stupidest...!" She looked around at Sango. "Who started that?" Sango shrugged.

"I have no idea. Last time I heard it, the story was toxic waste and you two fell in." Kagome did an anime eye twitch.

"And it didn't occur to you to correct them?"

"Why would I do that? They were getting pretty interesting."

"Soooo, what realy happened?" Koga asked. The whole class was waiting for the inside story now.

"I got attacked and Inuyasha had to give me a transfusion."

"So it's only temporary?" he asked hopefully.

"We don't know. There's no record of a case like this."

"Who attacked you?"

"Naraku."

"That's why every body's looking for him!?!? The news never said what was up, just that if we saw him we should call the police. That slime! What did he do to you?"

"Cut me and banged me up pretty bad. Inuyasha saved me before he killed me, though." She conveyed the message that he was not to bother Inuyasha over this.

"Ah, Kagome. It's good to see you back in class," her teacher said when he came in. "How are you feeling?"

"Much better thanks."

"I like your hair like that. Spunky." He gave her a kind smile. "Alright, let's get down to business."

Kagome tried to spend the hour quietly, but she could feel people looking at her almost constantly. She wished they would mind their own business and back off. But that's how all her classes went. She sat out DC, because that was just sort of ironic. Although, the few she had with Inuyasha were interesting.

oxoxoxo

He walked into class a little late, fairly usual for him. Taking up his seat beside her and in front of Miroku he looked her over and searched her face, seeing if she was alright. Satisified, he noticed her appearel.

"Uh, Kagome?" She turned and gave him her attention. "Feelin' a little emo this morning?" She glared at him half heartedly for a moment.

"Haha. I just wanted to be comfortable."

"Comfortable or cold?"

"One more, buddy, just one more..." she warned.

"I like it. Sexy," he said smiling. She rolled her eyes at him.

"I find her choice extremely interesting," Miroku comented. "Almost as if her tastes mixed with yours through the transfusion. And I must say, she does pull it off well." Koga snorted.

"Thanks," Kagome said, glaring at Koga. He visibly rolled his eyes. "You don't like it, Koga?"

"No, you look cheap."

"What?! Cheap?!? What would you know, any way? It's not like you have any taste, wearing dead beavers."

"Hey, these are traditional wolf skins. Family heirlooms."

"And they smell it."

"Back off the outfit, Kagome."

"Only if you back off mine." They were in a glaring contest for a few seconds before Miroku broke.

"And she seems to have taken your temper, as well." She turned her glare to his smiling face.

"What do you mean, 'temper'? I have good control over my temper!" Inuyasha burst.

"Like now?" Kagome asked, one eyebrow raised.

"Sheesh, you guys argue a lot," Koga said from his seat up the row.

"Oh, it's deffinantly gotten worse in the last three days," Miroku said wearily.

"Watch it, bub." Inuyasha said at the same time as Kagome. They looked at each other for a second, slightly startled.

"Well that was nicely timed," Koga said dully. Miroku burst out laughing, closely joined in by Kagome and Inuyasha.

oxoxoxo

At lunch, Kagome was ravished. There were three lines, human, demon, and smaller than human. Kagome followed Inuyasha into the demon line. With her tray piled high, she sat beside Sango and across from Inuyasha.

"Now, I'm used to Inuyasha eating that much, but Kagome! That is an awful lot for such a ladylike person to injest," Miroku said brightly. Kagome looked at her tray then at Sango.

"Was that a fat joke?" She asked. Sango smiled at her.

"I think it was more like teasing. He knows your matabolism is going about fifteen times faster than normal. If you didn't eat that much you'd probably pass out by the end of school."

"I ain't fat, am I?" Inuyasha asked. Kagome grinned.

"Nope, just your head." She smiled sweetly and dodged a potato chip.

"Now now, you two," Sango said placatingly. "Wait till we get out of school."

"Actually, I think it would be entertaining," Miroku said. "We haven't had a good food fight in a long time." He finished and was immediately assaulted by another potato chip and a grape. "Not necesarily with me as the target," he said, smile still in place.

oxoxoxo

Sesshomaru looked over at his idiot little brother and his friends. That one, Kagome, had something about her he couldn't quite put his finger on, but it made him uneasy. She wasn't a threat, he was sure of that, but still. Even before the whole transfusion thing, she was different. He knew about the Shikon Jewel, he wasn't that blind, but that wasn't what caught his attention about her. She was brave, he knew that. Either that or fool-hardy. The day he met her, he would have normaly ignored her, but something nudged at him. Could it be... respect?

Nah, that couldn't be it. He only had that for his all-powerful father. Even then, his choice of Inuyasha's mother over Sesshomaru's confussed and annoyed him. He now understood how a demon could love a human, although he would never admit that out loud, because of Rin. That little girl had whittled her way into his heart and had made a nest there. But that didn't mean he aproved of Kagome for Inuyasha. Inuyasha was, after all, a Tashio. And being a Tashio came with certain responcibilities. Like marrying respectably and having a few lovely children to pose on the front of magazines.

That is what Sesshomaru and Inuyasha had to do as children, smile and act as though they truly loved each other. Now that was a stretch. Their father was always doing something to get his family on the front of some newspaper or news channel. And Inuyasha's mother, Sesshomaru still didn't understand this, collected all the clippings and recorded all the clips from TV and kept everything in a box up in her closet. She was always adding things to that box, like when their father had another section in the paper about him the other week. Something to do with strengthening one of the magical barriers after a demon child was almost spotted.

He finished his below parr food and dabbed at his mouth. He had impecable manners. He got up and left, since he wasn't sitting with friends or anything. What did he need those for? They just got in the way and messed things up. Although, he had to admit it seemed to be working for Inuyasha. Sesshomaru would never know what had possesed his brother to date that emotionless witch. He knew he had been constantly compared to her for that, but he did have emotions. Kikyou was completely absent in that department, where as Sesshomaru just hid his. It was a defense mechanism of some sort, he couldn't realy explain it. He did know that it started when his parents started the divorce papers. He still visited his mother, she lived only across town, but there were more benefits from living with his father.

He openly admitted that, but it's not what it sounds like. He has a nice room admittedly, but what he wanted was the honor and respect from living where he does. He wanted the possibilities for his future that his father could give him. Besides, his mother was happily remarried and living with out children. It would only muddle things up if he got in their way. He honestly did feel loved by her, but it was an odd sort of love, and he shunned even his father's. Love was a weak emotion, so he made sure he took none and gave none. It had worked so far. But, he still didn't know why he stepped in on that fight.

He had followed the smell of his distressed brother, more out of curiosity than anything. He noticed that Inuyasha's seemed to be on top of Naraku's and Kagome's, something that couldn't be good. When he'd gotten to the building and looked through the window, Inuyasha was holding a seriously injured Kagome and the others were fighting losing battles. Inuyasha wasn't moving, stuck to the spot with indecision written all over his face. Sesshomaru had acted on impulse, a wild statement for him. The only thing that had gone through his mind was if he didn't get his lazy brother moving, the girl would die. So he'd helped, and he still wasn't completely sure why he'd done that. Kagome had thanked him for it, and he had felt nothing. So it wasn't her gratitude he was after, and yes, he had considered that. But that was silly and unfounded, an idiot acusation. He then remembered seeing her after school yesterday.

He'd been going to his after shcool job after taking Rin home, as usual, when she'd stepped out of the ally. She shouted to him like they were friends, something he wasn't near comfortable with. And then she'd even asked him a question, if school was over. Wasn't that obvious? It was a good thirty minutes after three, and he was out wasn't he? Those were more than perfect pieces of evidence for school to already be out. She was such a dumb human when it came down to it. He knew where Inuyasha got it, his mother.

He headed for the door and took one last glance over at his brother and friends. Kagome was talking clothes with Sango, obvious by the way they touched each piece they wore, and Miroku was whispering something in Inuyasha's ear. Inuyasha suddenly turned bright red and socked his best friend. Sesshomaru turned away and left the lunch room. He needed no one and it was an insult to his last name that his pathetic half-brother did.

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"Hey, what'd ya say?" Sango whispered to a Miroku she knew was only feigning unconciousness. He opened one eye to see if the coast was clear.

"That since Kagome was now a half demon, I was curious what their children would look like. He seemed to take offense." Miroku sniffed indigantly.

"I don't blame him," Sango said with a smile. Kagome glared at them both, having heard their conversation with her new and improved ears.

"You know Inuyasha," she said, "it's a good thing they don't run our lives, or I'd be pregnant with our fourth child by now." He gagged on his sandwich and she laughed at him.

"Maybe her humor shouldn't have mixed with his boldness," Sango observed. Kagome shrugged and grabbed her soda.

"I don't care, long as I'm havin' fun. Anybody wanna go to the mall sometime soon? I got some pictures I need to get developed." Inuyasha snorted and covered his laugh.

"That's and undecided from Inuyasha. You guys?"

"Sounds fun. We can window shop," Sango said.

"If my dearest Sango wants to go, then I suppose I could drag myself through the torture."

"Torture?" Kagome raised an eyebrow. "You always beg to come. You're just taking advantage of the first actual invitation you've ever gotten." He shrugged while wearing one of his ever preseant smiles. Seriously, that guy was just too happy.

"Anyway, Inuyasha and I might ditch you two and hit the sports store." He lifted his chin defiantly and munched a french fry. Kagome and Sango shared a look.

"We'll see how long that lasts," Sango said blandly. "What pictures are you gettin' developed, Kagome?"

"I haven't done it in a long time, so some from my last day at my other school..."

"Realy? Why keep 'em so long?" Inuyasha interupted.

"They're my memories and I want to keep them. Anyway, some more from the lake, some from the hay ride, and some from just random stuff. I got about twenty rolls to find. How bout we do it tomarro?" There was a round of 'kay's and a nod from Inuyasha. "And make sure you show absolutely no emotion whatsoever, alright?" she asked sarcastically.

"Absolutely not," Sango laughed. Miroku gathered the trays to dump them, it was his turn. They take turns taking everybody's trays to get dumped to be as completely lazy as possible.

"You know, I think I missed Halloween," Kagome said randomly.

"Sure did, the second day you were in the hospital. It wasn't all that nice this year. They had a lot of last minute rules, like no masks, certain streets you couldn't trick-or-treat on, dumb stuff like that because the police were every where looking for Naraku."

"And they still didn't find him," Inuyasha said grudgingly. "They're still looking for him, idiot bastards. Like some stupid police force could find some one as powerful as Naraku. He's evil, not stupid, they could never find him in a million years."

"I hate having him out there and no one knows where," Kagome shivered. "I won't ever let him get me like that again, but it's still unsettling."

"You bet he'll never get you again, I won't let him." Kagome smiled at Inuyasha.

"My hero," she said teasingly. He blushed and humphed as he turned his face away and crossed his arms, standard Inuyasha posture.

"Ye two always seem to be fighting, don't ye?" Kaede said as she walked up.

"That's none of your business, old lady," Inuyasha said rudely.

"Inuyasha! Show some respect," Kagome ordered. He rolled his eyes. "Hello, Kaede. Did you need something?"

"Just to tell ye that I am very sorry about ye experience the other day. I have a hard time dealing with the fact it was in thy school under thy nose that ye were snatched and harmed. I just hope ye can forgive me." Kaede bowed her head to Kagome.

"Oh, I don't blame you! How could I? I know it wasn't your fault, you would never do something like that. And I'm sure you didn't plan to let it happen." Kagome gave her a friendly smile which the older lady returned.

"And how are thy other charges?" Kaede asked, looking at Miroku and Sango.

"Wonderful, Lady Kaede. But you know, if you wanted to be the coolest teacher here, you could let us out early today," Miroku said flirtingly.

"Thy has such a way with words, Miroku, but I am afraid I can not. I apologize," she said with a content smile. She had much experience with Miroku and his trying to get out of detention and other various punishments.

"I suspected as much," he said in a disapointed voice.

"I am afraid I must return to the office. It is a very busy day. Good bye," she said as she left.

"You know," Sango said, "I've known her since before I can remember, and I still don't know why she talks like that."

"How did you know her? I thought she was just the high school principal," Kagome asked.

"She was the elementry pricipal until we were in fifth grade. Then she was vice principal for junior high for two years before getting this job. We couldn't get away from her. I think they moved her up because she's the only one that knows how to handle Inuyasha," she said and ducked a potato chip.

"More like the only one immune to Miroku since about seventh grade. He can get the women worked up when he wants to. I'm almost positive our eighth grade science teacher had a crush on him." Inuyasha finished his bag of chips and tossed them into a trash can.

"Ah, Bradly, the devil," Sango said mock dramatically. "I remember him well." Kagome and Inuyasha burst into laughter.

"Sango dearest, do not mock me so. Ms. Bradly was a very nice young lady, and very well built. It's a pity she moved to third grade in our ninth grade year."

"You mean the Mrs. Bradly from third grade? The one with the bad dye job and pot belly?" Kagome asked. Her brother had her.

"The one and only," Sango said. "I guess she has gone a little down hill."

"A little? That was only three years ago. She sure got ugly fast," Inuyasha said in a bored voice.

"Well that's harsh," Kagome said. "I hope you don't see me in another three years and say, 'Boy you're ugly, why did I ever hang out with you?'"

"Well I'm not exactly going to be able to stray too far from Demon City, so if you just hang around here where I can see you pretty often then I won't think about how you're getting so ugly."

"Well that was dashing. But you got a point. I'm a lot uglier than I was a week ago." She smiled and waited a moment for him to get the insult.

"Hey!" He flustered for a moment but couldn't think of a good come back.

"She got you Inuyasha, I think you better just pack it all in," Miroku said and patted and angry Inuyasha's back. The bell rang just then.

"Oh, do we have to?" Kagome whined.

"Unless you wanna skip, yes," Inuyasha said nuetrally. Kagome's face lit up.

"Hey, that's..."

"A bad idea you had better forget," Sango interupted Kagome and glared at Inuyasha.

"Fine, fine, but if I die of boredom I'm gonna tell you I told you so."

"I'll keep that in mind," Sango said dully and pushed Kagome through the doors.

(Read the author's note at the bottom or I'll hate you forever.)

OXOXOXO

Finaly! Took dang long enough.

I HAVE A MISSION FOR YOU, SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO ACCEPT.

It's about those pictures Kagome is developing, I want some of my better fans, that's just about every one cuz I don't realy keep up, to draw a picture or two that you think should be in that stack of photos. Especially that one with Miroku and Sango on the couch, evil grin. And because of this, I won't be posting a chapter for at least a month, so you have plenty of time. It'll get rid of my adress if I type it out, so put the 'at' sign and the hotmail and the com at the end on your own, okay? It's diskdame . So email them to me as an attachment or something. Or you can review and tell me where on the net your picture is posted. I'll mention the best in the chapter and I'll give a shout out to the authors. Pens and pencils ready? Alright, draw!