Hey guys! Yeah I know I updated kinda late again but I have good reasons. One I have other stories that have been trying to stay focused on like Strong Love for example, trying to get that story done and of course school and family have also been keeping me busy too. But another thing that delayed me a little bit was the stupid document manager! It wouldn't let me upload this chapter! Did any of you of that problem? But let's get to the chapter!
Chapter 25: Ash, the New Kid
The weekend had finally come to a close and began a beautiful, bright sunny Monday morning.
Kagome let out a soft sigh as she walked down the street towards school with Inuyasha at her side.
"It's going to be so weird." Kagome said as she looked at the ground, "Being back at school after being gone for so long."
"What are you talking about?" Kagome looked up at Inuyasha who had one of his hands on his book-bag handle and one in his pocket, "You've only been gone for one week."
"I know…but still it was the week after the whole dance fiasco and I was gone during that whole week." Kagome pointed out, she then gave him a sad look, "Were they…talking about me and the dance last week?"
"Umm…" Inuyasha rubbed his head, "Not that I'm aware of." He looked at her, "Why?"
"That's what's worrying me." Kagome replied as she looked back down the street, "Having them come up to me and blaming me for what happened at the dance."
"Why the hell would they do that?" She heard Inuyasha grunt, she looked at him as he slightly glared at her, "What happened at the dance was not your fault Kagome. It was that damn Onigumo and Hojo's fault. So if they want to blame someone they should blame them."
"But…they might not see it like that. They don't know that Onigumo was behind it and again I was associated with it and it was me they were after." Kagome pointed out.
"Yeah…so? That doesn't mean they'll blame you for that." Inuyasha replied.
Kagome sighed, "Yeah but…again some of them might not see it like that."
"Well…then we are just going to have to make them see it that way." She looked up at Inuyasha as he started cracking his knuckles.
Kagome rolled her eyes, "Inuyasha, you can't solve everything with violence."
"Sure I can." Inuyasha replied, "In just one punch I can get anyone to agree with me."
"Inuyasha you're just going to make them fear you." Kagome pointed out.
Inuyasha raised a brow, "And what is wrong with that? Then they'll leave you alone."
"Yeah they'll leave me alone but…that doesn't mean they still won't blame me for what happened." Kagome replied, "They will just keep those thoughts to themselves."
Inuyasha rolled his eyes, "Then just let them think that. As long as we know it's not true then it shouldn't matter, right?"
"I…I guess." Kagome replied softly, sure he might be right but…still the thought that people would blame her for something like that…made her heart sink. She hated the thought of people hating her, especially now when she finally got that stupid curse off of her.
Inuyasha looked at her and noticed that she was still a little depressed by the thought of people blaming her, he sighed as he rolled his eyes, "Don't worry so much about them Kagome…"
Kagome looked up at him as he continued, "You have Miroku, Sango, Ena, Kikyo, Sesshoumaru, Rin, Erena and me remember? So don't worry about certain people that don't matter."
Kagome couldn't help but smile at him, and nodded slightly, "Yeah…you're right Inuyasha. I mean why should I care about what those guys think? They don't even know me unlike you guys." She smiled softly, "And I'm really thankful to have you guys in my life now."
Inuyasha turned a slight pink when she smiled at him, "H-Hey d-don't mention it."
Once he got back his composure he looked back at Kagome, "That's what friends are for."
Kagome just smiled at him, "Then I guess I am really lucky to have you for a friend Inuyasha."
Inuyasha's cheeks turned a darker pink and quickly tarred his eyes away from her while stretching his cheek slightly, "Y-Yeah…"
Kagome couldn't help but chuckle, Inuyasha couldn't help but smile, 'Well…at least she's smiling again.'
"Hey Inuyasha! Kagome!"
Inuyasha and Kagome looked down the street as Ena ran towards them from across the schoolyard.
Kagome smiled, "Oh good morning Ena."
Ena smiled as she stood in front of Kagome, "It's great to see you smiling again Kagome. We all missed your smile."
Kagome let out a soft sigh as she smiled softly at Ena.
Ena smirked as she looked up at Inuyasha, "And I'm sure Inuyasha missed it too."
"Eh!?" Inuyasha said as his head jerked at her comment, his cheeks quickly turned pink again and he quickly turned his head away to glare at the ground, "Keh!"
The two girls chuckled at Inuyasha's reaction.
"But let me just tell you something…" Ena and Kagome looked up at Inuyasha who turned his attention at Kagome and slightly glared at her, "If you do another stunt like that! I'll tie you to a chair!"
Kagome stared at him with wide eyes as he walked away, "Inuyasha?" She then yelled, "Inuyasha!"
She sighed as he ignored her, continuing to walk away, "Is he…"
Ena looked at Kagome who frowned, "Still mad at me?"
"Oh no! Not at all!" Ena said quickly while waving her hands slightly, "That's just…" She looked where Inuyasha walked off too and then looked back at Kagome, "His way of showing that he cares. And you did make him worry when you did that."
"But I apologized! For everything that I did!" Kagome replied looking at Ena.
"Yeah but…" Ena let out a soft sigh, "I guess…he's just…actually we are all still worried that you might try to pull something like that again."
"But…I won't." Kagome replied.
Ena shrugged, "How are we suppose to know that? Especially after what you did on Saturday."
Kagome grunted softly now feeling extremely guilty for what happened, "I really am sorry Ena."
Ena gave her a soft smile, "I know Kagome. I mean I'm not trying to make you feel bad but…you have to realize that decision you made Friday really made us worry."
Kagome just stared at Ena as she continued, "Because you were willing to give up your life and our friendships so you could go after Naraku on your own. And that…scared us because we didn't want to lose one of our dearest friends."
Kagome lowered her eyes to look at the ground.
"I mean just thinking about it now…I can already feel what Inuyasha's going through." Ena added frowning a bit, 'Considering that the guy is madly in love with you. Man Kagome! Why can't I be you right now!? Having a guy fall madly in love with me and being madly in love with him. Man…how I would kill to be you right now.'
Kagome sighed, "Yeah I know…I understand how you all feel." She looked back up at Ena snapping her out of her thoughts, "But truly…I really am sorry and I promise you I'm not planning to go after Naraku on my own anymore."
Ena smiled as she nodded her head, "Good to hear!"
"Kagome! Ena!"
Ena and Kagome looked to their side and was shocked to see, "Kikyo!?"
Kikyo was standing there smiling as she waved at them, "Good morning you guys."
"H-Hey…why are you here?" Kagome asked while pointing at her still in shock.
"What?" Kikyo asked while placing her hands on her hips, "Am I not allowed here anymore?"
"No! That's not true." Ena replied waving her hands slightly, "We just…thought you'd be in Kyoto, since you did go back yesterday."
Kagome looked from Ena to Kikyo, "And you really didn't give us any warning that you were coming back today. I mean if you did I would have told Inuyasha and the others."
Kikyo smiled as she shook her head, "That's because I wasn't sure if I would actually bump into you guys or not."
Kagome raised a brow, "Why?"
Kikyo sighed as she crossed her arms, "Well…my parents and I have been talking for the past month and my parents finally agreed to let me transfer here to Tokyo."
"Wha!? You're transferring…here…to Shikon High!?" Ena gasped in shock while pointing at Kikyo to the school.
Kikyo nodded, "Yep that's right."
"But…how?" Kikyo looked at Kagome, "How can you be transferred here when you live all the way inside of Kyoto. I mean the only reason why Ayano, Beniko and Chieka were able to be transferred here while still living in Kyoto was because they lived between there and here."
"I'm actually moving here." Kikyo pointed out.
"Whoa wait a minute!" Ena said loudly while pointing at her, "You're…moving here? Since when!? You never told us you guys were moving here."
"Only I'm moving here." Kikyo pointed out, "My mom, dad and Keade are staying where they are."
"Then…" Kikyo looked at Kagome as she raised a brow while pointing at her, "Where are you going to live?"
Kikyo tilted her head slightly, "I'm going to live with my grandmother who lives here in Tokyo."
"Which grandmother?" Kagome asked.
Kikyo looked at her, "My mom's mom."
"Oh cool!" Kagome and Kikyo looked at Ena who smiled, "Now the whole gang is back together, well minus Ayano, Beniko and Chieka of course."
"But add Inuyasha, Miroku and Sango to the mix." Kagome pointed out, "Oh and Sesshoumaru and Erena."
Kikyo and Ena smiled.
"So when are you moving here?" Ena asked looking back at Kikyo.
Kikyo sighed, "Not until next week. You know…so I can gather up all my stuff and give all my assignments and textbooks back to the school."
Kagome nodded, "That's understandable. Oh and when you see your friends tell them I say hi."
"Yeah me too!" Ena replied.
Kikyo smiled, "Will do."
The three girls stood there in silence for a little while before a thought came across Kagome's mind.
"Say…" Ena and Kikyo look at her, "At the dance…did you see Ayano Ena? I mean Beniko and Chieka were there but…I didn't see Ayano or Koga for that matter."
"Why do you bring that up?" Ena asked while raising a brow.
Kagome shrugged, "I don't know. I guess I'm just wondering, actually I've been wondering about it for the past week. I mean I thought Ayano would have came up to me at some point during that dance."
"But…didn't Inuyasha tell you?" Ena asked while crossing her arms.
"Tell me what?" Kagome asked while raising a brow, "Inuyasha didn't tell me anything about Ayano or Koga."
Ena sighed, 'And here I thought he would tell her.' She shook her head slightly and looked at Kagome, "Well the reason why you didn't see them at all was because both of them got suspended the Friday before the dance."
"What!?" Kikyo and Kagome replied loudly.
"They got suspended!? For what!?" Kikyo asked shocked of what she was hearing.
Ena rubbed her head, "Um…well Koga got suspended because he started a fight with Inuyasha…"
"What!?" Kagome said loudly, "D-Did I just hear you right!?" Ena looked at Kagome, "Inuyasha…got into a fight with Koga?"
Ena nodded.
"W-When…why…" Kagome asked shocked of what Ena just said.
"It happened right when Hojo asked you to the dance. And why Koga started that fight well…I don't really know. You would have to ask Inuyasha on that." Ena replied, though she already knew what their fight was about but…she figured Inuyasha should tell her.
Kikyo looked from Kagome to Ena. "Who did Ayano get suspended? Did she wear something totally revealing?"
Ena shook her head, "No, she was the one that planned that whole fight between Inuyasha and Koga, so Inuyasha would be too distracted to smell Hojo near Kagome."
Kagome gasped.
"Whoa…" Kikyo said, "Never thought Ayano would be that smart to pull something like that."
"How the heck did she get Koga to fight Inuyasha anyway? I mean I always thought Koga was the type to have fights after school…not during school."
Ena shrugged, "How should I know? But all I know is that whatever she did…got him insanely pissed off at Inuyasha."
Kagome sighed, "How long were they suspended for?"
Ena looked at her, "Two weeks. So they should be back next week."
"Hey guys!"
The three girls looked behind them as Miroku and Sango walked up to them hand in hand.
Kagome smirked as she turned to look at them, "Looks like you two are doing just fine."
Sango and Miroku turned a slight pink but smiled.
"Yeah…" She smiled up at Miroku, "We are just fine."
Miroku gave her a loving smile before looking back at Kagome, "So…how have you've been Kagome?"
Kagome sighed while giving him a soft smile, "I'm doing a little better."
Miroku nodded still smiling at her, "Good to hear."
Sango started to glance around, "Say?" Kagome, Ena and Kikyo looked at her, she looked at them, "Where's Inuyasha? I thought he'd be with you guys."
Ena sighed, "The guy walked off somewhere."
Kikyo raised a brow, "Where would he go?"
Ena shrugged, "I don't know…maybe the boys' bathroom or something."
Kagome sighed as she glanced over her shoulder looking to where Inuyasha walked off too, 'I really hope he isn't mad at me.'
Inuyasha narrowed his eyes as he walked around the schoolyard, 'He's around here somewhere! I know it! I can smell him!'
He kept glancing around looking for a certain someone.
"Oh! Hey good morning Inuyasha!" His ears twitched as he heard his name being called out.
He growled softly as he looked down the street to see Hojo walking onto he schoolyard smiling like everything was okay with the world.
Inuyasha narrowed his eyes and in a split second he charged towards Hojo and picked him up by the neck and slammed him into the schools' brick wall.
"GAH!" Hojo yelped in pain closing his eyes and opened one of them to find Inuyasha glaring at him, "Inu-Inuyasha…what…"
"What? Did you really think I would let you off the hook after what you did!?" Inuyasha growled harshly slightly tightening his grip on Hojo's neck, "I was planning to deal with you last week but with everything that was going on, thanks to you, I didn't have time to deal with you last week."
Hojo gulped as he felt Inuyasha's claws slightly digging into his neck.
Inuyasha grunted as he brought up his hand, "But now that the situation with Kagome has settled down…" In a split second his claws sharpened making Hojo gulp harder, "I can now teach you a lesson…a lesson you will never forget."
Hojo swallowed hard, "T-Teach me a…l-lesson?"
"Yep!" Inuyasha growled, "It's not payback time for what you did to Kagome!"
"But I'm sorry for what happened! But I…"
"No making excuses!" Inuyasha shouted slamming Hojo harder into the brick wall making him wince, Inuyasha growl became harsher, "You think that I or Kagome would forgive you after what you did to her!? Not a fucking chance you bastard!"
"Inuyasha?"
Inuyasha's ears perked up as that voice rang through his ears.
He looked over his shoulder, "Kagome?"
Kagome, Miroku, Sango and Ena walked up behind him.
Hojo winced as he opened one eye to look at Kagome, "K-Kagome…"
Kagome gasped when she saw him, "Hojo!?"
"Inuyasha, what are you doing?" Miroku asked as he stood next to Kagome.
Kagome noticed Inuyasha's hand around Hojo's neck and looked up at him as he looked at her, "So…this was why you walked off." Kagome sighed in relief, 'Good…he didn't walk off because of me.'
Inuyasha grunted, "Yeah I smelt his scent near by…" Inuyasha glared back at Hojo, "And I decided to come a pay him a little visit."
Ena sighed while shaking her head, 'And here I thought he wouldn't revert to something like this.' She looked at him with a blank look, 'Considering he didn't go after Hojo last week.'
"Inuyasha…" Inuyasha looked back as Sango stood on the other side of Kagome, "Don't do anything rash."
"Keh!" Inuyasha snorted, "Give me one good reason why I shouldn't be rash!?" He turned his attention back at Hojo, "Since he deserves every beating that I give him!" 'I won't let him get away with hurting Kagome!'
"Please listen!" Hojo shouted getting them to look at him, he started to pant, "I'm really, really sorry for what I did! But you gotta believe me I had no choice! If I didn't do what Onigumo ordered me to do…"
Inuyasha slammed him again into the wall, "Stop making excuses!"
"But…"
"Inuyasha!" Inuyasha's ears tweaked as he heard Kagome yell, him and the others looked back at her, "Put him down Inuyasha."
"What!?" Inuyasha shouted very loudly turning to fully look at her while still holding Hojo to the wall, "Don't tell me you actually believe him!?"
"I'm not saying I do!" Kagome replied, "But please just put him down before you make a huge scene which we don't need right now!"
Inuyasha grunted as he finally let go of Hojo making him fall on his knees.
Hojo started to cough, "Thank you…Kagome…"
"Yeah you should be thanking her." Hojo looked up at Inuyasha who narrowed his eyes at him while crossing his arms, "Because if it wasn't for her…you head would have been chopped right off!"
Hojo gulped as he stared at Inuyasha before looking at Kagome, "Yes…" He ran up to her making her jump a bit as he stood a few inches in front of her, "I am really grateful that you…"
"Whoa, whoa Hojo." Kagome interrupted him as she waved her hands slightly, "Just because I told Inuyasha to release you doesn't mean that I'm forgiving or believing you for anything."
Hojo blinked as she continued, "I just didn't want Inuyasha to get in trouble." Kagome looked at Inuyasha, "Since this time he actually started something that would have gotten him suspended."
Inuyasha looked at Kagome with an eyebrow raised, "What the heck…"
He looked over at Ena, who looked at him, "The fight with Koga, remember?"
Inuyasha's head jerked as he remembered that, 'Oh…that. Heh, I almost forgot about that. Wait!' He looked at Kagome with wide eyes, 'How the hell does she know that!? I didn't even tell her about that!' He grunted once he thought of something, 'Heh, Ena probably told her.'
"But Kagome please!" Kagome looked back at Hojo as he looked at her with sad eyes, "Though I'll admit it was my fault for agreeing to help Onigumo and his gang, but…he gave me no other choice."
"No choice!? That's a bunch of bullshit!" Inuyasha shouted getting them to look at him, he growled, "You so had a choice! If you truly never wanted to hurt Kagome you wouldn't have agreed to help them."
"But Inuyasha…" Inuyasha looked at Sango who gave him a serious look, "There could be a chance that Onigumo could have threatened Hojo."
Kagome's eyes went wide, 'Threatened?'
"So what!?" Inuyasha shouted narrowing his eyes at her, "If he was a true man he would have found a way to reject Onigumo's threat!"
"I sort of doubt that Inuyasha." Miroku replied.
"Yeah…it would all depend on the threat." Kikyo pointed out, "Onigumo or even worse…Naraku could have used something against him to make him follow his commands."
Kagome just started the ground with wide eyes.
Listen Kagome…I…had my reasons for doing what I did to you those years in elementary school.
Mr. Chan…
Yeah, yeah Mr. Chan threatened you a detention if you helped me right? Sorry pal, but I'm not buying it!
Kagome bite her thumbnail, 'Could it be that…Onigumo or…Naraku really threatened Koga somehow?'
"Please Kagome…" Kagome looked back up at Hojo who all of a sudden grabbed her hands, making her gasp, "Please…forgive me!"
A vein popped out of Inuyasha's forehead as his body was engulfed in flames, 'That…little…'
"Uh…" Kagome stuttered before shaking her head back to reality, she sighed, "Hojo…"
"Back off!" Inuyasha growled loudly as he quickly stepped between Kagome and Hojo making him let go of Kagome's hands.
"Inuyasha!?" Kagome gasped in surprise.
Inuyasha narrowed his eyes, "Don't you even think you can touch Kagome after what you did!"
Ena, Miroku, Sango, and Kikyo rolled their eyes as they let out a sigh, 'Why doesn't he just come out with it already?'
Hojo gulped stepping away from Inuyasha, "S-Sorry…" He made a move to walk away.
"Wait Hojo…"
Hojo and the others looked at her, as she appeared beside Inuyasha, she had a frown on her face.
"Kagome?" Inuyasha said softly as he looked down at her, 'Please don't tell me she's going to forgive him!'
"I really don't know if I can forgive you for what you did. Heck I can't even bring myself to forgive Koga for what he did. Though his case is a little more serious than yours'." Kagome replied softly feeling her eyes tear up but she quickly shook her head to gain back her composure, "But…" She looked back up at him, "Have you…actually seen and talked to Naraku?"
"Mmm?" Hojo mumbled as the others looked at her while raising their eyebrows.
'Why is she asking him that?' Ena asked as she stared at Kagome's back, she gasped, 'Wait! Don't tell me she is still planning to take on Naraku on her own!? But…she said she isn't anymore!'
Hojo sighed as he shook his head, "No…I have never even might this Naraku and I only helped Onigumo out last week so I doubt the guy trusts me with anything that the gang knows."
Kagome let out a disappointed sigh, 'So much for that.'
"Sorry if that didn't help much." She heard Hojo say softly.
She sighed as she shook her head before looking back up at Hojo, "No it's okay. I shouldn't have expected you to know anything."
Hojo gave a quick nod before walking towards the school building.
Once he was out of sight Inuyasha and the others looked at Kagome.
"Say Kagome?" Kagome looked at Kikyo, "Are you…still planning to go after Naraku on your own?"
Kagome raised a brow, "No I'm not. Why are you asking me that?"
"Well you just asked Hojo if he knew anything about him." Inuyasha pointed out getting her to look at him.
Kagome crossed her arms looking at them firmly, "I was only going to ask him if he knew what Naraku's intentions were that's all!"
"Huh?" They all asked.
Kagome sighed, "I'm trying to find out what Naraku is truly after and what it has to do with me."
The others stared at her as she continued, "I mean…there has to be a reason why he is trying so hard to kill me, one teenaged girl."
"Yeah…I have been wondering about that myself." They looked at Ena who crossed her arms, "There must be some reason why they are only after Kagome and no one else."
"But…Nagami gave us some reasons already." Sango pointed out.
"Yeah, revenge and jealousy." Miroku pointed out while raising a brow.
"Yeah but I think Nagami was only basing that off of what she knew about Naraku from their past." Kagome pointed out.
"And I seriously doubt he's after her because of those two things." Ena replied while glancing at Miroku and Sango, "I mean it can't be to get revenge on her father and mother or he would have gotten Rin and Souta into the mix. And I don't think someone as old as Naraku would be having this many people and be working this hard to take down one girl."
"Mmm…you do have a point." Miroku replied while crossing his arms.
Inuyasha looked down at Kagome, "So…you're just trying to figure out what he's after?"
Kagome looked up at him and nodded, "Yes…that's the only thing I'm trying to figure out at this point. I really want to know why he wants to kill me so badly." She gave him a serious look, "I'm not going to let Naraku kill me, I've come too far to let him take me down."
Inuyasha and the others gave her a warm smile.
"And that's exactly what we wanted to hear Kagome." Inuyasha replied softly, 'Then I guess…I don't have to worry about her going off on her own anymore.' He narrowed his eyes, 'But still…we're not out of this battle yet. Naraku may have something planned for the future…so I better keep my guard up.'
Kagome, Inuyasha, Miroku and Sango walked down the school hallway until they came across an intersection. (Heh, yeah that's what I call our four-way hallways at school, where there are four different hallways you can walk down. Just so you know).
Sango and Miroku smiled and Kagome and Inuyasha.
"So…see you guys in the cafeteria?" Sango suggested still holding Miroku's hand.
Kagome nodded, "Sure, we'll meet ya there."
Miroku then noticed something, "Hey?" The three looked at him as he started to look around, he looked at them, "Where are Kikyo and Ena?"
"Oh Kikyo is probably in the office with her mom." Kagome replied while pointing her finger back towards the office.
Inuyasha raised a brow, "Why are they going in there for? Heck why are they even here in the first place?"
Kagome looked up at him, "Kikyo's moving here."
"What!? Whoa! When did this happen?" Sango asked tilting her head a bit in shock while raising a brow.
Kagome looked at her, "Well according to Kikyo, her and her parents have been talking about this for a while and they finally agreed to let her live here with her grandmother."
"Oh…so her whole family isn't moving here." Inuyasha replied.
Kagome shook her head, "Nope only Kikyo's moving here. But she won't be here until next week."
"Oh…" They looked at Miroku who smiled as he rubbed his chin slightly, "Then maybe we should have a little welcome to the neighborhood party this weekend when she arrives."
Kagome thought about it before smiling, "That's brilliant Miroku!"
Miroku smiled proudly, "Of course I am."
"Just don't get too cocky there Miroku." Inuyasha replied in a blank tone as he stared at his friend.
"So…that explains Kikyo…" Kagome and the boys looked at Sango, "But what happened to Ena?"
Kagome shrugged, "I guess she went to her locker."
"But isn't her locker next to Sango's locker?" Inuyasha asked while raising a brow.
"Mmm…maybe she took a different way this morning." Kagome replied as she looked up at him.
"Thanks for the help Mr. Yato." Ena said loudly as she waved at him while walking out of the science room.
He yelled a welcome as Ena walked down the hall.
She sighed, "Well…now that's out of the way." Ena dug her hands into her jacket pockets, "Now it's off to my locker, drop my stuff off in my class and then…try finding the others." 'Since they are probably wondering where I am right now.'
"Oh hey Ena."
"Mmm?" Ena hummed as she picked up her head. There in front of her stood a very handsome neko-hanyou boy with mid-length raven black hair, beautiful purple eyes, with little black neko ears on top of his head, was the same height as Inuyasha, was well built and had fangs and claws.
A soft gasp escaped her throat as her cheeks turned a slight pink, "A-Ash!?"
Ena quickly shook her head to get herself back to reality, she smiled, "G-Good m-morning Ash."
Ash returned the smile as he stood right in front of her, "Good morning to you too Ena."
Ena gulped as she rubbed the back of her head, "So…um…uh…h-how was you w-weekend?"
Ash tilted his head as he let out a sigh, "It was okay…I guess." He looked at her as he placed a hand into his pocket, "Got a tour of Tokyo."
"Oh…what…d-did you see?" Ena stuttered softly starting to feel herself shake, 'Dammit! I am totally screwing this up! Okay Ena now…stop stuttering!'
Ash rubbed his head, "Not much." He stopped rubbing his head and put his hand back in his pocket, "We just saw the park and some of the important places, like the hospitals and…stuff like that."
"Oh…w-well that sounded fun." Ena replied now feeling her body heat up with each and every pound her heart made.
Ash rolled his eyes, "Yeah if you call being trapped in a four-doored car with an older brother and an annoying little sister fun then…I guess I had a lot of it."
Ena lightly chuckled, "Y-Yeah…I h-had gone through that t-too. Only I h-have two older brothers."
"Well that sounds a little better than having a sister who can't sing, sing loudly in your ear KNOWING that my ears are sensitive." Ash grunted as he looked up at the clock, he sighed, '7:50.'
He sighed again as he looked back at Ena, "Well I guess I should head to my locker now."
"Oh…right." Ena replied softly slightly disappointed.
"See you around then." Ash replied as he walked past before giving her one last smile before he walked down the hall.
Ena turned to watch him walk away, she groaned, 'Dammit…I acted like a complete idiot! ARGH! Can't I at least talk to him without stuttering!?'
"Ena?"
"AH!" Ena yelped jumping in surprise. She quickly turned around to find Kagome standing right behind her.
"Gah! Kagome!?" Ena said loudly shocked and surprised as her cheeks began a darker shade of pink, 'Did…did she see us!?'
Ena gulped when she saw Kagome raising an eyebrow, "Um…who was tha-"
"Oh look at the time!" Ena cut in quickly while looking at her wrist before smiling at Kagome, "I got to go to my locker and head to class. And you know me…heheh…I hate being late."
Ena quickly ran down the hall.
"Wait Ena!" Kagome shouted as she watched Ena ran down the hall, she raised a brow, 'What was that about?' She looked down the hall where Ash walked down, 'And…who was that?'
Since it was second semester the class schedules have changed and Kagome and Inuyasha were now in geometry together.
Kagome sighed as she looked at her textbook trying to figure out this one equation as her classmates were in the middle of a test. She tried to concentrate on her homework but her mind kept wondering.
'Wonder what was up with Ena this morning?' Kagome thought while leaning her chin on her palm as she looked up at the chalkboard, 'I have never seen her so jumpy like that before.'
Then the boy flashed into her head, 'But who…was that boy she was talking too? I don't think I've seen someone like him around here before.'
"Hey."
"Mmm?" Kagome mumbled as she looked up at Inuyasha standing in front of her desk, she raised a brow, "Inuyasha?"
"Shhhhh!" Inuyasha hissed as he knelt down in front of her, "Do you want us to get in trouble?"
"Well…you are the one that will get us in trouble!" Kagome pointed out softly, "I mean you are the one sitting in front of me, talking to me!"
"Hey I asked her if I could!" Inuyasha pointed out narrowing his eyes slightly, "And she agreed since it looks like you are a little lost with what you are doing."
Kagome narrowed her eyes a bit, "I am not lost! I'm just…not in the mood for math right now."
"Well…you're going to have to be if you want to get the math homework you missed last week done." Inuyasha pointed out softly.
"I am well aware of that Inuyasha." Kagome whispered.
Inuyasha sighed, "Then let me help you."
Kagome raised a brow, "Do you even know what you are doing?"
Inuyasha narrowed his eyes, "Of course I know what I'm doing! This lesson was a piece of cake for me."
Kagome let out a sigh before smiling at him, "Yeah…I guess I could use a little help." She looked back down at her textbook and looked at the equation, "This equation…is a little hard."
Inuyasha took one of the chairs from an empty desk and sat in front of her, "Okay tell me what you don't get."
"Um…basically the whole equation I don't get." Kagome replied softly while still leaning her head on her palm.
Inuyasha nodded as he looked from her to the equation, "Well…this is how you do it…"
"Say Inuyasha?" Inuyasha looked back up at Kagome as she stared at him in the eyes.
"Yeah?" Inuyasha asked.
"Um…can you tell me what happened last week?" Kagome asked tilting her head slightly.
Inuyasha raised an eyebrow, "Why you wanna know?"
"I'm just wondering. I mean I was gone the whole week and…things could have happened." Kagome replied softly.
Inuyasha looked away from her for a minute to think about last week, he looked back at her, "I…don't really know if anything interesting happened last week. I've had other things on my mind that I didn't really pay attention to a lot of things last week."
Kagome sighed, 'I should have known…'
"But…" She looked up at him, "You could ask Sango or Miroku or even Ena. They might know."
Kagome sighed as she walked to science, 'I know I can't really ask Ena…considering she ran from me. So…maybe Sango or Miroku will tell me."
"Hey Kagome."
Kagome looked up and smiled as Sango walked up to her, 'Speak of the devil.'
"So how was geometry?" Sango asked while holding her books tightly towards her.
Kagome sighed, "Horrible! I have so much math homework that I think by the end of the night my head will explored!" Kagome smiled, "But…Inuyasha was a big help."
"You mean…Inuyasha helped you?" Sango asked while raising a brow.
Kagome lightly chuckled, "Yep and he knew exactly what he was doing."
"Wow…never knew Inuyasha was so good at math. I thought he hated it." Sango replied while blinking a couple times.
"Well…I guess there are something's about him that we keep learning every passing day." Kagome replied as she started to walk towards the science room with Sango following.
Sango looked at Kagome as they walked, "Say Kagome?"
Kagome looked up at Sango, "Yeah?"
"I'm wondering if you have heard about the talent show this Friday?" Sango asked.
Kagome blinked a couple times before shaking her head, "No I haven't." 'Well then…I guess she might know who that boy was'
"Well the announced it last week Monday." Sango replied, "The winner gets a trophy and 200 dollars. Maybe you should enter Kagome."
Kagome smiled as she smiled while shaking her head before looking at Sango, "Have too much homework to do to go and get ready for a talent show."
"But Kagome you barely have to practice anything." Sango pointed out, "All you have to do is play your guitar and sing."
"But I still have to figure out a song and get the courage to actually sing in front of a huge crowd." Kagome pointed out, "I don't think I'm ready for that big of a crowd."
Sango shrugged, "You won't know until you try Kagome, and besides if you do this you might get the school to be so amazed that they might actually forget you were ever mute."
Kagome stared at her before looking at the ground, 'Mmm…could that really happen? Maybe…I could give it a try.'
"And if you need help picking out a song I'm sure we can help you with that." She heard Sango say.
She looked back at Sango and smiled, "Oh don't worry. I'm sure I'll come up with a song by then. But…"
Sango stared at her as she continued, "I would like to know more about what happened last week while I was gone."
Sango smiled, "Sure…well the talent show was one thing. But nothing else major really happened. The only thing that was new last week was…"
"Oh hey Sango."
Sango and Kagome looked as Ash walked up as they arrived at the science door.
Kagome gasped, 'It's the boy from this morning. The boy…that Ena was talking too.' She looked at Sango, 'Does Sango know him?'
Sango smiled, "Oh good morning Ash."
Ash nodded, "Morning. In for another day of boring notes?"
Sango sighed, "Who could ever be into that is beyond me."
Ash chuckled as he walked inside the classroom.
"Uh…Sango?" Sango looked at Kagome who raised a brow, "Who was that?"
"Oh that was the new thing that I was talking about." Sango replied as Kagome looked at her with interest, "That boy is Ash Koshi, and he moved here last week."
"Oh…no wonder why I didn't recognize him." Kagome replied as she looked into the science room as Ash sat down in his desk and noticed his ears.
Kagome looked at her, "And I'm guessing by his ears…that he's a demon?"
Sango nodded, "Yep a hanyou at that. He is a neko."
"Neko huh." Kagome replied as she looked back at Ash, "First time I've seen a boy cat hanyou before."
"Yeah…but he's pretty cool once you actually talk to him." Sango replied getting Kagome to look at her.
Sango smiled, "Well…we should go in a get ourselves ready for a full hour of notes."
Kagome groaned, "Great…just what I need."
Sango chuckled.
"God! My wrists are so sore!" Kagome said while rubbing her wrists, "And it's all thanks to my first and second hour classes! For making me write so much."
"Well that's what you get for missing a whole week of lessons." Inuyasha replied simply as he crossed his arms.
Kagome narrowed her eyes, "Gee thanks for the concern."
Inuyasha shrugged, "Hey I'm just stating the facts. And personally I think the teachers make you go through all of this so next time you won't want to miss anymore days."
Kagome sighed, "Well then I must say they are really cruel! They should be showing me at least some sympathy. I was just attacked by some gang members who could have killed me!"
"Well I guess some of these teachers just don't give a damn." Inuyasha replied as they walked into the history room.
Kagome sighed as she sat down in her desk while Inuyasha sat in front of her, "So…"
Inuyasha looked at her as she stared at him, "What did I miss in this class?"
Inuyasha sighed, "Notes, worksheets, a review packet and a test on Friday."
Kagome groaned, "Awwww! Not another test! I've already missed like…three tests in one week!"
"Hey don't get mad at me!" Inuyasha replied.
"I'm not mad at you, I'm just…getting really, really frustrated!" Kagome replied laying her head on her desk, "I already got tons of homework and a lot of notes to catch up on, not to mention tests and quizzes that I missed. How the hell am I going to make all this up in one week!?"
Inuyasha sighed as he ran his fingers through her hair trying to comfort her, "Don't worry Kagome…you'll get through this."
Kagome sighed as she looked up at him, "Well I really have no choice but to go through this. But I know I'm going to have a late night tonight."
"Just don't overwork yourself." Inuyasha advised narrowing his eyes slightly.
Kagome just sighed, "I'll try…but I can't make any promises."
She glanced towards the door as Ena walked in. She sighed as she remembered this morning, 'Ena…why were you so jumpy this morning?'
Ena smiled as she walked up to Kagome and Inuyasha, "Hey guys, what's up?"
Kagome raised a brow, 'Okay now what is going on? This morning she was willing to run from me and now she's talking to me like nothing happened?'
Inuyasha returned the smile, "Nothing much." He pointed at Kagome, "Just Kagome stressing out on how much she missed out on."
Kagome looked at him, "Can you really blame me? I mean I have like…five math assignments, three science assignments not to mention notes and three tests and a quiz that I missed!"
Ena sighed, "Yeah…sounds like the teachers are trying to kill you."
"Seriously…I think they are." Kagome replied, "And I have to get this done by Friday!"
Ena raised a brow, "Who said you hadta get this all done by Friday?"
Kagome sighed, "No one really…but I'm assuming they want them all done by then."
"Kagome I'm sure they aren't expecting you to have all of those assignments and this weeks assignments all done by Friday." Inuyasha pointed out.
"Well…I'm going to at least try to get them all done by then." Kagome replied leaning her head on her palm.
"Don't over exert yourself." Ena replied looking at Kagome in concern.
Kagome glanced at her, "I'm not making any promises."
"Hey."
Ena and the other two looked as Ash walked over towards them.
Ena gasped as she felt her cheeks heat up, 'Ash!' She quickly turned away from Kagome and Inuyasha to smile at him, "Uh…h-hey A-Ash."
Ash smiled, "Hey yourself." He looked beside him to look at Kagome and Inuyasha, he waved, "Hey."
"Hey…?" Inuyasha and Kagome replied while slightly waving at him.
"A-Ash these are my…f-friends." Ena stuttered feeling her body heat up again, "I-Inuyasha and…"
Kagome raised a brow, 'Ena's stuttering? Never heard her stutter like that in a long time.'
Ena pointed at Kagome, "This is K-Kagome."
Ash nodded looking back at them, "Nice to meet you Kagome and Inuyasha." He looked at Inuyasha, "Yeah…you were the one that shouted at me that one time."
Kagome and Ena looked at Inuyasha with wide eyes before narrowing him.
"What did you do Inuyasha?" Ena asked glaring at him clenching her fists.
Inuyasha flinched a bit when he saw Ena glare at him, "Uh…well we bumped into each other in the hall last Wednesday and…I called him a retard for bumping into me."
"WHAT!?" Ena shouted, "How dare you call a new kid that when you don't even know him!"
Inuyasha jumped when she yelled before standing up shouting, "Well hey I was in a bad mood last week so give me a break!"
"Yeah but that didn't give you an excuse to yell at him!" Ena shouted still glaring at him.
Ash and Kagome stared at them as they continued to argue.
Ash looked at Kagome and pointed at them, "Do they always argue like this?"
Kagome sighed, "Yep, pretty much." She smiled up at him, "But don't worry they'll be good in a few minutes."
Ash blinked before looking back at Ena and Inuyasha who were still arguing, he looked back down at Kagome, "So…"
Kagome looked back up at him as she continued, "Are you new here?" He raised a brow, "Because I don't remember seeing you last week."
Kagome let out a soft sigh before smiling at him, "No I'm not new. I was just gone that week."
"Oh sick I'm guessing?" Ash asked while digging his hands into his pockets.
Kagome turned her eyes away from him, "Yeah…I guess you could put it that way."
"Will you just get off my back Ena!?" Inuyasha shouted.
"Not until you say you're sorry to him!" Ena shouted back pointing a finger from him to Ash.
"Ena! Inuyasha!"
The two flinched as they looked back at the history teacher who gave them a cold hard glare.
"Stop your bickering and sit down!" She yelled making the two jump and quickly sit down in their sits along with Ash.
She sighed and smiled, "Okay class now today we are going to start a brand new chapter."
"But what about our tests?" a female student asked.
"Oh we still have one more student who needs to take it." She pointed out before looking at Kagome and smiled, "But we'll give that person a few days to study."
Kagome blushed in embarrassment, 'Sure stare at me why don't ya! Make the whole class stare at me, making me more stressed out than I already am!'
As the history teacher continued to talk Ena found her gaze moving to look at Ash's side as he listened to the teacher talk.
Ena sighed.
Ena was pushing through the halls to get to her class, "Jeez! Will you people move! I have a test next hour and I barely studied!"
But the students ignored her and just either walked slowly or just started to cram the halls.
Ena let out a frustrated sigh, "Damn you people!" She moved to the side to walk around some of the people and someone stuck their foot out making her trip and fall on the ground.
"AH!" Ena yelped as she landed on the ground as her stuff flew on the ground, she winced, "Ow!"
"Oops sorry about that."
Ena glared up at a human boy with another human male and a girl hanyou at his side, "You did that on purpose you jerk!"
The human boy did a fake gasp, "No I did not. How dare you accuse me for such a thing? I would never do something like that."
The three laughed making Ena's glare go hard.
"This should teach that next time…don't tell us what to do." The hanyou girl said as she crossed her arms as she smirked.
"And tell that mute girl that once she gets back…" The other human boy glared, "That she will get a payback for ruining the dance!"
"You idiots!" Ena shouted, "That wasn't her fault!"
"Sure it was because it was her that they were after." The first human boy replied while glaring at her.
Ena placed pressure on her teeth as she glared at them, "I swear if you touch her…"
"Hey!" Someone yelled getting them to look back.
'Inuyasha?' Ena thought expecting him to be behind her but only to find Ash standing there glaring at the three in front of Ena, 'That certainly isn't Inuyasha.'
"Who the fuck are you?" The first human boy asked while raising a brow.
"Ohhh but you are cute." The hanyou girl said smiling at him.
The boys glared at her, "Oh please."
Ash glared at them, "Who I am I really none of your business but…" He walked up until he was standing next to Ena who as still kneeling on the ground, "I won't just stand around as you pick on this girl who, may I mention, didn't do anything to you."
"How the fuck would a hanyou like you know!?" The other human yelled, "How do you know she didn't do something to us!?"
"I highly doubt that, considering that I saw the whole thing and heard it too." Ash replied as he tweaked his ears a bit, he narrowed his eyes as he picked up his claw and sharpened his nails, "So I suggest you walk away before I am forced to take some action."
"Heh!" The first human snorted before turning around, "Let's go guys we are just wasting our time here!"
The two jerked a bit before nodding their heads as they followed him.
Ena gasped in awe, 'Wow…' She glanced up at him, 'He almost sounded like Inuyasha there…though with a different angle.'
Ash sighed as he knelt down next to Ena, "Are you okay? They didn't hurt you did they?"
Ena's cheeks turned a slight pink once she saw his eyes before shaking her head, "No…they didn't hurt me. They just tripped me that's all." 'I should probably warn Inuyasha about them, since they are sort of threatening Kagome.' She glanced at her stuff and started to collect it, "Well…so much for studying."
She suddenly heard shuffling beside her, she turned her head to gap as she saw Ash picking up some of her papers.
Ena looked at him with wide eyes with her mouth slightly opened, 'He's…actually helping me?'
Ash looked at her, "You don't mind me helping you…do you?"
Ena jerked her head back as more blush appeared on her face and quickly shook her head, "No, no I don't mind at all really." 'You just surprised me…that's all.'
Ena looked at him again, "Um…"
"Yes?" He asked as he looked back at her after picking up one of her textbooks.
"I…don't think I have seen you around here before…" Ena started eyeing him a bit.
Ash chuckled a bit, "Oh so you noticed. That's because I just moved here a week ago and didn't come to school until this week."
"Oh…so you're new." Ena replied.
Ash nodded, "Yep." He took out his hand, "I'm Ash Koshi nice to meet you…um…"
Ena smiled and took his hand, "Ena…my name's Ena."
Ena just sighed, 'And ever since then I have acted like a total fool around him. Every time I try talking to him…I stutter like a complete idiot. That hasn't happened since I began friends with Inuyasha, Miroku, and Sango along with Kagome and Kikyo. But now…I'm going back to my old shy self again…why?'
Kagome sighed as she took down some of the notes and glanced at Ena to find her looking at Ash, "Mmm?" She heard Ena sigh and looked from her to Ash, 'You know…Ena has been acting weird today. Could it be because of…Ash?'
Soon the bell rang and it was time for fourth hour or lunch depending on your schedule.
Kagome sighed as she sulked, "It's finally lunchtime! Finally I really need a break from all of this homework, notes and all this catch-up work."
"Why don't you bring some of you catch-up work to lunch and we can help you?" Inuyasha suggested while glancing at Kagome.
"I was planning to do that anyway." Kagome replied as she glanced up at him.
She then heard a depressing sigh from the other side of her.
Kagome looked at Ena who was also sulking, but it wasn't because of the classes, "Ena?"
Her voice snapped Ena out of her daze and looked at Kagome, "Yeah what is it?"
"You okay? Because you look kinda depressed." Kagome asked while raising a brow.
"Depressed?" Ena repeated slightly panicking as she smiled weakly, "Who's depressed? I'm not depressed I'm just hunky dooey!"
"Then how come you look so…down in the dumps?" Kagome asked.
Ena sighed while rubbing her head, "It's just classes these days are just getting more and more boring and I just can't take it anymore!"
"You said it Ena." Ena and Kagome looked over at Inuyasha who sighed, "A lot of these classes are so boring that I'm sure, even the really smart kids, would fall asleep."
"See? I'm not the only one who feels that way." Ena pointed out pointing at Inuyasha while looking at Kagome, "So really I'm not depressed."
Kagome narrowed her eyes, "Ena…you are seriously a bad liar."
"Eh!?" Ena gaped as she jerked back at bit.
"I know something is bothering you and you and I both know it isn't the classes." Kagome replied firmly, "Now just tell me what is going on? And why are you acting like you are hiding something?"
"Hiding? I'm not hiding anything!" Ena replied quickly starting to feel her heart pound as she felt her body heat up with embarrassment.
Kagome narrowed her eyes, "I'm not buying it Ena."
Ena jerked before looking up at the clock, "Oh look at the time…" She smiled back at Kagome, "I have to do that…thing before I head to lunch." Ena started to walk backwards, "So…see you guys at lunch."
Ena quickly turned around only to be pulled back, "Gah!"
"Oh no you don't Ena!" Ena gulped as she looked over her shoulder to look at Kagome, "You are not going anywhere until you tell me what is with you and that guy Ash!"
Inuyasha just stood there totally oblivious to what was going on, 'Am I…missing something here?'
Ena jerked again once Kagome mentioned the neko hanyou, "I…" She looked away, "I have no idea what you are talking about. There is nothing going on between me and him."
"Yeah right Ena. Only a really stupid person would believe that." Kagome replied letting go of Ena's arm.
She crossed her arms, "There is something going on and I want to know."
Ena sighed in defeat, 'Guess I have no choice, because knowing Kagome she won't drop the subject until I come out clean with it. But I guess…maybe she can help me.' "Well…there really isn't anything going on but…I…" Ena lowered her head.
"You…what?" Kagome asked as Inuyasha stood behind Kagome.
Ena gulped before closing her eyes while shouting, "I'm crushing on Ash!"
END OF CHAPTER
Ooooo Ena has a crush, Ena has a crush. Well someone did suggest that Ena should find someone and she did. I thought this chapter was pretty sweet, sad, yet funny at the same time. Now again this chapter was a filler and the next will be another filler and it will be about Kagome and Sango helping Ena catch Ash's eye but someone gets in their way but let's not forget about the talent show. That will also happen in the next chapter. Well hope to see you guys next chapter. Mmmmm.…now I have to figure out someone for Kikyo…any ideas?
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