Hi guys. Sorry for the long update, I was updating other stories while also trying to finish Strong Love, which by the way as only one more chapter to go and then it is finished! Sighs, oh thank god! But I also have another story on fictionpress that I started, it's called Navigator and if any of you would mind reading and reviewing it that would make me so happy! Well anyway let's get to the next chapter.

Chapter 26: Talent Show!

"I'm crushing on Ash!" Ena shouted as she held her eyes shut.

Kagome and Inuyasha looked at her with wide eyes.

"Wh-What did you say?" Kagome asked softly quite shocked of what she just heard.

"I…" Ena panted as she opened her eyes to look at Kagome and Inuyasha, "Like Ash…okay!?"
Kagome just stared at her before smiling as she chuckled, "Oh really? I had a feeling that you liked him, considering of how you acted around him."
Ena turned a dark shade of red and quickly ran down the hall refusing to become more embarrassed than she already was.

"Wait Ena!" Kagome shouted as she started to run after her.

But before she could go any further she felt someone pull her back.

"Gah!" She yelped as she looked over her shoulder to find Inuyasha with his hand over her shoulder.

She raised a brow, "Inuyasha? Wha-"
"I think we should leave Ena alone for right now." Inuyasha pointed out.

"What!?" Kagome replied loudly as she turned to face him, "Why would I do that!?"
"Kagome, this is really none of our business." Inuyasha replied, "This is her business that she has to deal with on her own and besides she was pretty embarrassed when she said…or should I say shouted out her confession. She may not want to talk about it."
Kagome smiled as she rolled her eyes, "Inuyasha that's a normal reaction." She crossed her arms, "Everyone gets that way when they admit to someone else that they like another. It's perfectly natural and Ena is no exception no matter how brave she makes herself seem like she is."
Inuyasha's cheeks turned a slight pink but shook his head, "But still…" He looked at her while crossing his arms, "I think we should just leave her alone until she wants to talk about it. It's not use pressuring someone to tell you something like that, especially when it's their first crush."

Kagome sighed, "As true as that is…" She shook her head, "I just can't sit back and not help her." She looked up at him, "I really owe her for everything that she did for us and me. I mean if it wasn't for her…"
"Yeah…" Inuyasha replied softly looking at Kagome with soft eyes, "If it wasn't for her…I would have gotten suspended along with Koga and Ayano." 'Not to mention Kagome probably wouldn't be here right now if Ena hadn't talked me out of being mad at her.'

Kagome smiled while nodding her head, "Yep that's right. You wouldn't be here right now if it weren't for her. So the least we can do is offer her our help and support."
Inuyasha sighed as he smiled, "Okay, I see your point. Ena does deserve this after all."
Kagome just smiled, "Yep and now that we are on the same page…" She turned to walk down the hall, "Let's go find Ena and straighten things out."
But she was again pulled back.

She sighed as she looked back at Inuyasha, "What now?"
"I know you want to help her but…" Inuyasha let go of her arm, "Don't you think it would be a better idea if we just met her in the lunchroom. You know to give her sometime to think about this and get herself calm."
Kagome rubbed her head, "Yeah…I guess that would be a good idea." She looked up at him, "People do tend to not talk about things like this when they are embarrassed about it."
Inuyasha nodded, "Good now that you agree with me…" He smiled, "Let's go eat I'm starving!"

Kagome sweatdropped, "Oh so that's the reason why you want to meet her at lunch, eh Inuyasha?"
Inuyasha turned a slight pink as he smiled while rubbing the back of his head, "Hehe…well I didn't really eat anything this morning so I'm really hungry."
Kagome sighed as she chuckled lightly, "Okay we'll go to the lunchroom."
Inuyasha smiled as he pumped his fist up in the arm, "Yes! I finally get to eat!"
Kagome just smiled as she rolled her eyes, "Okay come on before the line gets long."
"Right behind ya!" Inuyasha replied loudly as he walked slightly behind Kagome as they started to walk toward the lunchroom.

"Whoa did…did I just hear that right?" Beniko asked more to herself than Chieka as they walked out of their computer class.

She looked at Chieka, "Did they just say that Ena had a crush on the new boy?"
Chieka looked at her, "I think that's what they said…though I could be wrong or they could be wrong."
Beniko grunted as she narrowed her eyes, "Well I'm not going to trust what those two say. So why don't we just go find Ena and hear it directly from her."
Chieka nodded as she quickly followed Beniko down the hall.

Ena sighed as she opened her locker loudly, regretting of what she just shouted out, 'Damn! I can't believe I shouted that out! That wasn't suppose to happen.' She closed her eyes, 'I bet ya that everyone in the school is now talking about it, yeah I can hear them now "Hey did you hear Ena has a crush on the new boy!".' Ena sighed, 'This will be one heck of a week!' Her eyes suddenly went wide as a thought came to her mind, she looked into her locker as her face became pale, 'Oh…oh no what if…what if Ash over hears them or…what if someone tells him!' She gasped as she quickly slapped her hand over her mouth, 'Oh god! That would be so embarrassing as hell! More embarrassing than the whole school knowing!'

She groaned as she looked up at the ceiling, "Please God…please don't let him hear it!"

"Ena!"
"Mm?" Ena mumbled as she looked down that hall only to groan when she saw Beniko and Chieka walking over towards her, 'What the hell do they think they are doing!? I thought we told them never to talk to us again!'

"Ena we need to talk to you." Beniko said well actually it sounded more like an order.

Ena glared as they walked up to her, "What the hell do you guys want?"
"Now Ena is that anyway to greet your friends?" Chieka asked sounding hurt.

Ena rolled her eyes, "Oh please like you guys dare to call yourselves my friends. Especially after what you guys did to Kagome." 'Not to mention me.'
"Hey she plain well deserved every penny of it." Chieka pointed out roughly as she glared at her.

"How the hell did she deserve it!?" Ena asked loudly, "What the hell did she do to you guys that would-"
"She just plainly bugs us!" Beniko replied as she narrowed her eyes while crossing her arms, "She's just a whore that needs to learn her place."
"Uh…how is she a whore when she hasn't slept with anyone?" Ena asked or more like growled.

"Duh! She's getting all the hot guys!" Beniko snorted out loudly, "I mean come on she has Inuyasha, Koga and Miroku! Who are so not hers'!"
"Whoa, whoa! First off Miroku is not hers', he's Sango's and Kagome would never claim him knowing that Sango likes him she is not that type of person. Second, she hates Koga's guts! And thirdly, she does so deserve Inuyasha! Those two practically belong together, whether you want to believe it or not!" Ena pointed out loudly, "Where do you get the idea that she had all three of them!?"

"Oh she has her ways and she does not deserve Inuyasha! Ayano deserves him because she is much prettier and more interesting than Kagome." Chieka pointed out.

"What the hell!?" Ena shouted making the two flinch, "Ayano doesn't deserve shit! The only thing she deserves is a swirly!"
Beniko and Chieka gasped.

"How could you say that?" Chieka asked softly shocked of what Ena just said, "Especially to Ayano who had befriended you all these years."
"Oh please!" Ena replied loudly, "Actually come to think of it…you guys never even really liked me! All you guys ever made me do was do your homework, make me cheat for you and basically just act like I was your loyal servant!"

"Hey you volunteered to do all that!" Beniko argued while narrowing her eyes, "You could have said no!"
"Oh like I could! You guys would just dump all your shit on me without even letting me get one word in!" Ena shouted.
"So what!? Did you really think we would do all that on our own!?" Chieka replied loudly, "If it wasn't for you we would have failed most of elementary."

"See!?" Ena shouted pointing at them, "You dare call yourselves friends after admitting that!?"
"You just practically used me and you guys are teaming up with Onigumo and Naraku to kill Kagome!" Ena said loudly, "You guys…ARGH! I hate you guys!"
"What the hell is wrong with you!?" Beniko shouted, "Why the hell are you getting all snappy at us all of a sudden!?"
"Because you guys are ruining everything!" Ena pointed out loudly, "If it wasn't for you guys I wouldn't have felt so self-conscious in elementary then I wouldn't have been shy or I wouldn't be shuttering!"
"Oh don't you dare go blaming us for something that you did to yourself!" Beniko grunted.

Ena growled as she clenched her fists while slightly shaking them, she had to admit she was surprised of how mad she was getting but it was thanks to them that she can't even talk to even one guy that she likes and that guy…is Ash.

Ena sighed wanting to keep herself calm, "I…did not do this to myself." She glared at them, "I was a perfectly find person until I met you two and Ayano once that happened my life just went down hill. Once you guys starting saying stuff to me I started become shyer and shyer and soon I didn't want to talk to anyone because you guys made me so self-conscious that I just didn't want to talk to anyone but my family."
"It's because of you guys that I can't even talk to one single guy that I really like!" Ena said loudly.

"Whoa wait a minute!" Beniko jumped in while waving her hands in her face, "Is…that what brought this on? So is it really true…do you like that new boy, Ash?"

Ena gasped as she jerked her head back a bit as she turned pink, 'Oh shit…they heard it too!? Oh man! Now what!? Are they going to blackmail me now!?'

Ena shook her head to gain back her composer, "So…what if I do? What are you guys going to do about it?"
Beniko and Chieka suddenly smiled as they looked at each other.

Ena groaned, 'Oh great here it comes.'

"Well ain't that a big surprise. And if you want we can help you." Beniko replied still smiling as she pointed at herself and Chieka.

"Heh! Yeah right like I would ask you guys for help since you guys are the reason why I can't talk to him!" Ena replied loudly as she slammed her locker before stomping past them.

"Hey!" Ena looked back at them as they glared at her, "We are just trying to make it up to you. We want to help you get this Ash to completely fall in love with you, even if he doesn't like you, which we can't really blame him for."
Ena grunted as she glared at them, "I'd rather eat pig liver than have you guys help me. If I need help I'll ask Kagome and them!"
"Why them!?" Beniko asked loudly, "They can't give you any advice, especially about this!"
"Yeah they don't even know how to deal with this problem." Chieka pointed out loudly.

"And what makes you think you guys give any good advice!?" Ena shouted as she turned to glare at them, "Just stay out of this! This is none of your business so just leave it alone and let me deal with it on my own!"
Ena made a sharp turn down the next hall, "Oof!" She bumped back at bit, she growled and looked up to yell at whomever bumped into her. Hey she was pissed and everyone will feel her wrath!

She suddenly gasped and suddenly her anger subsided, "A-Ash!?"
Ash raised a brow, "Hey what's going on? I heard you yelling down here."
Ena gulped as she felt her heart pound again, "Uh…w-was I yelling? M-maybe you h-heard someone else."

"No…" Ash shook his head, "I heard your voice and you were yelling. Did something happen?"
Ena sighed as she looked down the hall that she was in to still see Beniko and Chieka standing there staring at her.

She glared as she looked back up at Ash, "Yeah I was yelling. Yelling at a bunch of idiots who think they own me!"
She heard the two gasp, she glanced at them before looking back up at Ash, "But really it's nothing to worry about, at least you." She grunted as she walked past Ash, "Now if you don't mind I'm heading to lunch!"

Ash's gaze followed her until she walked down the next hall to the lunchroom.

"Jeez Ena has become a major bitch!"

"Mm?" Ash mumbled as he peaked down the hall that Ena was down to see that Beniko and Chieka didn't even notice that he was there, 'Well…if it isn't Beniko and Chieka.'

"And I bet ya it's all thanks to that stupid Kagome." Chieka grunted as she narrowed her eyes while crossing her arms, "Ever since she started hanging out with her, she has become quite…loud and bitchy."
"I think you are right Chieka." Beniko replied, "Well that will be the last time we ever offer to help her out."
"But…then we would have to start doing the homework ourselves." Chieka whined.

Ash's head jerked back, 'What…!?'

Beniko sighed as she crossed her arms, "Yeah that does pose as a problem. Ena was our easy A, but of course so was Kagome and Kikyo."
"Keh no way am I asking those two bitches for help!" Chieka snarled, "We have to get Ena back."
Beniko narrowed her eyes, "And how to you purpose we do that? Even if we were to do something Inuyasha and those guys will certainly find out."
"Well…" Chieka said as she glanced at the ground trying to think of something.

Ash narrowed his eyes as he listened, 'If they go anywhere near her I'll…'

"Oh!" Ash's ears twitched as Beniko looked at her.

"What? What is it?" Beniko asked hoping she thought up of something.

Chieka smiled, "I have a brilliant idea."
"Well…don't just stand there! Tell me what your idea is!" Beniko ushered.

Chieka chuckled, "Well…maybe she'll come back to us if Kagome's advice doesn't work."
"Mmm…or maybe we could get the guy to hate her." Beniko suggested as she rubbed her chin.

"That could work too." Chieka replied as she shrugged her shoulders.

"But…" Chieka looked at her as Beniko smirked as she pointed a finger at her, "We may need…someone's help on this."
Chieka chuckled, "Oh Ena will so regret ever ditching out on us."
Ash growled softly, 'No…you guys will regret it.'

"Awww man!" Kagome groaned loudly as she laid her head over her math book, "My brain feels like it's going to explored!" She sighed as she leaned her chin on the book, "And to make matters worse I forgot my lunch and I have no money to get anything!"
"Aw…cheer up Kagome you'll get through this." Sango comfort her softly as she rubbed her back, "You've been in much tougher situations than this."
Kagome looked up at her, "But those situations I wasn't being graded on." She sat up and looked at her piles of homework, "But this situation I'm getting graded on!"
"Man you complain a lot."

Kagome growled as she glared up at Inuyasha, "I do not complain all the time!"
Inuyasha sighed as he sat down across from her, "Then what do you call whining about you having too much homework?"
"Hey I don't see you having this much homework. And I'm sure if you had this much homework…that you would be screaming like a banchy." Kagome pointed out with her eyes still narrowed.

"Heh maybe so." Inuyasha grunted as he handed her some french fries, "But I certainly wouldn't be complaining about it all day."
Kagome blinked while looking at the fries before looking up at him, "Mm?"
"What's done is done and there is nothing you can really do about it. You knew you would get homework, since you were gone all week last week." Inuyasha pointed out.

Kagome just stared at him before shaking her head to snap her back to reality, she glared at him, "Of course I knew! But I wasn't expecting this much!"
Inuyasha let out a frustrated sigh as he rolled his eyes, "Kagome get over it will ya!?" He looked at her, "Complaining about it won't make your homework go away any faster."
"And hearing that from someone who does the same exact thing…is now scaring me." Miroku said blankly as he took a bite of his rice ball.

Inuyasha flinched his head forward before glaring at Miroku, "I do not do the same exact thing!"
"Then what do you call last week when we had that one math assignment and you were getting all worked up about it?" Sango asked eyeing him a bit.

Inuyasha jerked back a bit before snorting as he quickly turned his head away, "Keh! I was not worked up about it!" He glanced at her, "And I got over it."
"Yeah…it took you until the end of the day to stop complaining about it." Miroku pointed out.

Inuyasha growled as he glared at Miroku, "You are really pushing it Miroku!"
Kagome sighed while rolling her eyes, "Guys please!" Miroku and Inuyasha looked at her, "Please don't start arguing. I really don't need people screaming at one another while I'm trying to concentrate."
Inuyasha sighed as he looked at her and leaned towards her, "So…need any help with anything?"
Kagome looked up at him while feeling her heart pound but sighed as she looked down at her math, "Yes…" She glanced up at him, "With the whole thing. I just don't get of how to do this."
"Okay let me see the problem." Inuyasha said softly as he turned Kagome's textbook so he could look at it.

Kagome just stared at him as her cheeks turned a light pink, 'Oh come on Kagome he has helped you with your homework numerous times. You don't have to get all nervous.'

"Hey guys!"

"Mm?" Kagome turned her head and raised a brow as she saw Kikyo walking up to them, "Kikyo? Have you been here all morning?"
Kikyo sighed as she sat between Kagome and Sango, "Sadly yes and let me tell you that was one of the longest meeting I have ever had in my life."
"Wasn't that the only meeting you have ever had?" Inuyasha asked as he picked up his head to look at her.

Kikyo rolled her eyes, "Okay, so it was my first meeting. But still it doesn't change the fact that it was long."
"Are meetings ever short?" Sango asked while leaning her chin on her palm.

"I guess that would all depend on what type of meeting it is." Miroku pointed out getting Sango to look at him.

"So did you get everything straightened out with Ms. Keade?" Kagome asked.

Kikyo smiled as she nodded, "Yep, so everything's all set for next week."
"Awesome!" Kagome cheered as she smiled, "I can't wait for you to start coming here. It will be a total blast!"

Kikyo just smiled, "I'm looking forward to it as well. It would be a lot easier to help you if I'm actually here with you other than being apart from you."
"I don't need that much help." Kagome pointed out.

"Yeah but I'm not moving here just because of that." Kikyo replied as she stole one of Kagome's fries, "I'm also here so I can finally hangout with you guys and I mean from Monday to Sunday and not just on the weekends."
"Which means…" Kikyo and Kagome looked at Inuyasha who smiled, "We'll have to show you our favorite hangouts."
Kikyo smirked, "Damn right you do." She then noticed the math book, she raised a brow as she pointed at it, "Are you actually working on homework during lunch?" She looked up at him, "I thought you wouldn't dare do homework during lunch?"
"I'm not the one doing the homework!" Inuyasha pointed at Kagome, "I'm helping her finish her homework."
"Ohhhh." Kikyo said and then she took the book out of Inuyasha's hands.

"Hey I was reading that!" Inuyasha said loudly.

"I think you would have a better chance getting them right if you have me help you." Kikyo replied as she look at Kagome, she smiled as she glanced at Inuyasha, "Since, no offense to you Inuyasha, but you are horrible at math."
"I am not!" Inuyasha argued loudly while narrowing his eyes, "I am pretty damn good when I wanna be!"
"He is right." Kagome replied as she looked at Kikyo while pointing at Inuyasha, "If he is actually serious he can be quite good a math."
"HA! Beat that Kikyo!" Inuyasha said loudly as he pointed at her while smiling.

"Sighs." They became quiet as they looked over at Ena as she plopped down next to Kagome.

Ena sighed as she leaned her elbows on the table and began to sulk.

Kikyo stared at her and then at Kagome and pulled on her hair.

"Ah!" Kagome yelped as Kikyo started to whisper in her ear.

"What is up with Ena?" Kikyo whispered while raising a brow, "I have never seen this down in a long time."
Kagome sighed as she looked back at Ena, 'It must be because of what she just confessed.'

Ena grumbled, 'I can't believe this! The only way I don't shutter in front of Ash is when I'm really angry with someone! That is so stupid!'

"Ena? Ena?"

"Mm?" Ena mumbled as she looked over at Kagome, who raised a brow, "Are you okay? You seem…kinda down about something."
Ena sighed, "Kagome…you should know why I'm down in the dumps. I just told you about it just a few minutes ago."
'I knew it.' Kagome thought as she looked at her friend in concern.

"So you're having problems with Ash I take it?" Kagome asked softly.

"Ash!?" Sango and Miroku repeated loudly.

"Ash?" Kikyo repeated while raising a brow as she looked at them, "Who's this Ash?"
Kagome looked up at them, "A guy that Ena likes."
"Jeez Kagome why don't you just shout it out to the whole world why don't ya!" Ena said loudly as she glared at her.

Kagome's head jerked, "Ena."
"Hey don't go yelling at her!" Inuyasha said loudly narrowing his eyes at her, "You were the one that shouted out that you liked that neko!"
"Gee thanks for reminding me." Ena grunted as she slammed her head on the table, "And that was the most stupidest move that I have ever made in my life!" 'Well…other than deciding to become friends with Ayano and them.'

"How was that the most stupidest move you have ever made?" Inuyasha asked while raising a brow.

Ena sighed as she used her elbows as support beams while leaning her head between her palms, "Because Ash could have heard me." She groaned as she leaned her head more into her hands, "And that would be so embarrassing if he heard."
"So what if it was embarrassing?" Inuyasha replied, "It's now out in the open and if he heard it…"
"Yeah he might feel the same way you do." Kagome finished turning her attention from Inuyasha to Ena.

"But what if he doesn't?" Ena asked, "Then I would never be able to show my face in this school again!"
"Now you don't know that Ena." Kagome said firmly yet softly.

"And you don't know if he likes me either." Ena pointed out as her arms plopped back down on the table, "So you can't go saying I don't know when you don't know yourself."
"Say?" Kikyo said turning her attention towards Miroku and Sango who were holding hands.

"Yeah?" They asked.

"Mind telling me who this Ash is? Other than the fact that Ena likes him." Kikyo asked as she tilted her head slightly.

"Oh well…Ash Koshi is the new guy." Sango informed, "He just moved here last week and he's a hanyou like Inuyasha only, he's a neko."
"Whoa a neko you say?" Kikyo asked as she looked at Inuyasha, Kagome and Ena, "Well that's weird."
"Mm?" Ena mumbled as she looked at her, "How is he being a neko weird?"

"Well…he's a cat and Inuyasha's a dog and normally don't dogs and cats hate each other?" Kikyo asked as she shrugged.

"Hey that is stereotyping!" Inuyasha pointed out loudly as he narrowed his eyes at Kikyo.

"I'm not trying to stereotype you or Ash but…I'm just wondering." Kikyo replied as she quickly put her hands up in defense.

"Well for your information!" Inuyasha grunted as he crossed his arms, "I don't hate cats and I especially don't hate Ash."
"Well that's kinda hard to say especially after what you did to him last week." Ena pointed out narrowing her eyes at him.

"Will you just let that go!?" Inuyasha shouted throwing his arms up in the air, "Like I said before I was having a bad week!" He put his arms down, "We just got off to a bad start." He glanced at Kagome, "But I'm sure we can start over." He looked back at Ena, "That is if you still want to go out with him."
"Heh why bother when he won't even want to go out with me." Ena grunted.

"Ena!" Ena looked over at Kagome, she narrowed her eyes, "Don't go doubting him or yourself before you guys have even got the chance to tell each other how you guys feel!"
"Kagome, how can I tell him how I feel when I can't even talk to the guy?" Ena asked while narrowing her eyes as she raised a brow.

"You saw how I acted towards him last hour. I shuttered when I talked to him. So how can I tell him when I can't even talk to him!?" Ena pointed out.

"Ena that can easily be overcome." Kagome pointed out softly, "I mean you overcame it before, didn't you?"
"Uh…"

"Wait!" Ena and Kagome looked over at Kikyo who pointing at Ena, "Ena actually shuttered?"
Kagome nodded, "That she did."
"Damn you must really like this Ash if he actually got you to shutter." Kikyo pointed out causing the girl to blush, "Especially when you haven't shuttered since…since 7th grade."
"7th grade?" Kagome repeated while raising a brow at Kikyo, "But I thought she stopped shuttering in 8th?"
Kikyo shook her head, "Nope it was 7th. Believe me she was mostly in all my classes that year."
"Whoa hold the phone!" Kagome and Kikyo looked at Inuyasha, who raised a brow, "Are you saying that Ena has shuttered before?"
Kikyo and Kagome nodded, "Yep."
"This maybe hard to believe, especially now, but Ena did use to not talk." Kagome informed while placing her hand on Ena's shoulder.

"Are you serious?" Sango asked turning her gaze from Kagome to Ena, "It sure doesn't seem like she never use to talk before."
"Yeah I know. It's hard to believe isn'it?" Kagome replied smiling softly at Sango.

"Got that right." Sango replied.

Inuyasha turned his attention from Kagome and Sango to Ena, "Now why couldn't you talk? Were you cursed as well?"
Ena sighed, "Well if you call Ayano, Beniko and Chieka curses than yes I was cursed."
"What?" Kagome asked softly.

Inuyasha narrowed his eyes, "Okay what did they do to you?"

"Oh they basically just put me down." Ena replied letting out a soft sigh.

"Put you down?" Kagome repeated while raising a brow.

Ena sighed while nodding her head, "Yep, you know they said stuff like, "Oh your nose is too big" or "Your voice sounds really stupid." You know stuff like that."

Kagome's eyes went wide, "They…actually said stuff like that to you?"

Ena grunted, "Yeah and with every single thing they said I became more and more self-conscious about myself. I began to hate almost everything about myself, which led me to not talk because every time I did I would shutter and when I would shutter the other kids would make fun of me. Making me hate myself even more."
"Yeah…I remember that." Kikyo pointed out softly, "Kagome and I never had a day when we didn't tell those kids to back off."
"Yeah…so basically Ayano, Beniko and Chieka plainly attacked…" Ena's eyes went wide open as she turned her head to look at Kagome, "My confidence…"
Kagome jerked her head back, "Uh…why are you looking at me like that?"
Ena quickly turned her gaze to look at the table, 'Is…is that how they managed to get Kagome to go out with Hojo?'

I realized that Inuyasha is way out of my reach.

Ena grunted, 'That must be it.'

"Uh Ena?"

Ena looked back up at Kagome, "What?"

"Are you okay?" Kagome asked while raising a brow, "You just stared at me for a bit and then you go and stare at the table."

"Oh it's nothing." Ena replied while shaking her head, "I was just…thinking that's all."
"Well if those three really were the cause for your shuttering problem…" Kagome and Ena looked at Inuyasha, who crossed his arms, "Then why did you even become friends with them?"
"Well when I met them in kindergarten they really weren't that bad." Ena replied, "But once I met up with Kikyo and Kagome in the 1st grade that's when they became really bossy and just plain jerks. Like making me do their homework, making me do things that I didn't want to do and basically just treated my like I was a servant."
"What the heck!? Were they jealous or something?" Sango asked loudly while narrowing her eyes.

"I guess…maybe but I don't really know." Ena replied while slightly shaking her head, "But for whatever reason they were the reason why I can barely even talk to one guy without shuttering."
"Hey!" Ena looked at Inuyasha and Miroku.

Inuyasha narrowed his eyes, "What about me and Miroku!? Are you calling us girls or something!?"
Ena chuckled, "Uh maybe."
Inuyasha growled, "That isn't even remotely funny Ena!"
Ena just chuckled as her hanyou friend.

"But how did you overcome your shuttering problem before you met Ash?" Miroku asked raising a brow, "Because the way you just told us how the problem started…it sounds like it would have been a very hard thing to overcome."

"Yeah…" Sango turned her gaze from Miroku to Ena, "Especially since you were hanging around them."
Ena sighed, "Well once I started 7th grade I began to avoid them and just hung out with my family instead of them. My mom and I also made sure I had no classes with them and that worked a little bit."
"Weren't you lonely?" Kagome asked raising a brow, "I mean if you didn't talk to Kikyo until you and I started talking again…"

"Again I hung out with my family while also hanging out at home, which to be honest wasn't all that bad." Ena replied, "Sure I would have loved to have some other friends but…I think it was all worth it in the end." She smiled at them, "Considering of where I am right now."

"But why didn't you shutter around us once we met you?" Inuyasha asked while raising a brow.

Ena looked at Inuyasha, "Well when I first met you I was still working on it. To be honest I was planning to come here anyway without Beniko or Chieka, because my parents thought it would be best if I was out of that school. But of course Beniko and Chieka overheard and followed me to this school."

"Keh! What a bunch of dogs." Inuyasha snorted while narrowing his eyes.

"Uh…you do realize that you just called them dogs right?" Kikyo asked while raising a brow.

Inuyasha raised a brow at her, "Yeah…and you're point being…"
"But you're a dog. So aren't you kinda insulting yourself too?" Kikyo asked eyeing him a bit.

Inuyasha's head jerked a bit before quickly turning his head away from her, "Keh! I knew that!"
Kikyo and the others sighed while shaking their heads.
Ena sighed, "So anyway, when I met you, Miroku and Sango…" Inuyasha and the others looked back at Ena as she continued, "I was quiet around you guys, because I didn't know you and I wasn't that comfortable around you guys."
"Yeah I'll admit you were really quiet when you first came here." Sango pointed out, "Even towards Kagome you were pretty quiet."

Ena smiled softly, "But once I began hanging out with you guys, you guys began to grow on me which made me feel comfortable. Which was what really helped me overcome my shuttering problem. At least…until I met Ash."
"But Ena that is just a normal reaction." Ena looked at Kagome who smiled, "You like Ash and you shutter because you like him. You just have to overcome your shuttering problem again, which shouldn't be that hard."

Ena grunted, "Easy for you to say. You never had a shuttering problem."
Kagome smiled, "I know but maybe what you should do…" Ena gave Kagome her full attention, "Is start small, just try building a friendship with him first before going towards the like, like stuff."
"Yeah get comfortable with him first and maybe if you get comfortable with him you'll be able to move to the next level with your relationship." Kikyo pointed out.

"And seeing of how Ash came up to you during history…" Ena looked back at Kagome, "It seems like he wants to be friends with you as well."
Ena just stared at her before looking over towards the windows of the lunchroom to think about what they were suggesting.

After a few minutes of thinking, Ena smiled and looked back at Kagome and the others, "Okay I'll see what I can do."
Kagome and Kikyo and the others smiled at her.

'I hope things will work out for you Ena.' Kagome thought to herself.

Beniko and Chieka once they were finished eating they walked over towards the one of the sophomore tables where the two human boys and the one hanyou girl, who picked on Ena last week, sat.

"And I said…what a dork!" The hanyou girl laughed out getting everyone at the table to laugh with her.

"Okay just let me do the talking." Beniko whispered to Chieka.

Chieka looked at her before nodding her head.

"Oh Remi that was totally hilarious." A full demon girl praised while smiling at Remi.

"Heh who knew picking on freshman could be so…entertaining." Remi replied in a snotty tone.

"Hey Remi." Beniko called out.

"Mm?" Remi and the demon girl mumbled as they looked at Beniko and Chieka.

Remi narrowed her eyes, "What do you freshman want?"

"We just came to…inform you on something." Beniko replied as she stood at the edge of the table while crossing her arms.

"Inform me?" Remi repeated while sanding her nails to make the ends nice and smooth, "Heh what could you idiots possibly know?"
"We know that you like that new boy Ash right?" Beniko asked while tilting her head slightly.

Remi narrowed her eyes, "And how would you two know that?"

"Well we see you flirting with him practically everyday since he moved here." Beniko replied, "So we just put two and two together."
"Heh, well aren't you two so smart." Remi replied sarcastically while rolling her eyes, she glared at them, "And what would me liking him having anything to do with why you are over here bothering me?"

"Well it would seem you have a little bit of a competition." Beniko pointed out while standing her arms up on the table not looking away from Remi.

"Competition?" Remi repeated, "What the hell do you mean by that?"
Beniko smirked, "Well you see there is another girl who also likes Ash and would like to go out with him."
"What!?" Remi shouted as she brutally stood up making Beniko and Chieka quickly step back, she narrowed her eyes, "Who the hell is this girl!? And I swear if she's you…"
"Oh don't worry it's not us." Beniko quickly said while waving her hands in defense, "We would never steal a man that didn't belong to us, especially when it's one that you claimed Remi. The girl who we are talking about is Ena Eliten."
Remi raised a brow as she placed her hands on her hips, "Are you talking about that freshman girl that we tripped last week, the one that is friends with that brat Kagome?"
Beniko and Chieka nodded, "Yep that's right."

Remi narrowed her eyes, "Are you telling me that brat as a crush on my man!?"
Beniko and Chieka nodded, "Yep."
She growled, "Oh that bitch is so getting it!" Remi made the move to walk over towards Ena's table and tell her off.

"Wait Remi!" Beniko said loudly as she grabbed Remi's arm making her jerk back.

Remi glared at her, "What's the deal!? I need to go take care of that good for nothing bitch right now!"
"But Inuyasha is over there!" Chieka pointed out loudly.

Remi gasped as her head jerked, "What…Inuyasha?" She looked over at the table to indeed see Inuyasha sitting across from Kagome and Ena.

"And if you go over there right now when Inuyasha's there…then you will be clawed in half." Chieka pointed out firmly.

"And how would you two know that?" Remi asked while narrowing her eyes.

"Oh come on he is already to claw our eyes out because of how we treat Kagome." Beniko pointed out while narrowing her eyes, "And believe me you don't want to see his angry side."
"And I'm sure Sesshoumaru's around here somewhere too." Chieka pointed out while glancing around for the full demon.

Remi gasped when that name was mentioned, "S-Sesshoumaru?"

Beniko and Chieka nodded.

"Yes so I think it would be best if you try dealing with Ena while her friends are not around." Beniko advised while letting go of Remi's arm.

Remi sighed as she turned to look at them while crossing her arms, "Okay, so what would you two have in mind?"

Beniko and Chieka smirked.

"Well what we were thinking was that you…should attack Ena's heart." Chieka suggested while tilting her head a bit.

"Attack her heart?" Remi repeated while raising a brow.

"You know like doing something with Ash that might break her little heart. You know like…a kiss or…getting him to ask you out or something along those lines." Beniko pointed out.

Remi smiled, "Oh now I see what you are getting at. So I should make her heart break, which will cause her to back off my man because she would think that she lost?"

Beniko and Chieka nodded.

"Exactly." Beniko replied.

Remi just smiled, "Heh you know…I am really starting to like you two."

Beniko and Chieka smiled with pride, 'It's payback time Ena.'

Ena groaned as she walked down the hall away from her science class, 'Man was that class boring!' She rubbed her head, "And I can't believe we got another worksheet! Why can't Mr. Yato just give us a break!?"
"Yo Ash!"

"Mm?" Ena mumbled as she looked up to see a human boy with red hair walk up to Ash at his locker, she gasped, 'Ash.'

Ash smiled at him, "Hey Leon, what's up?"
"Ah nothing. So wanna do something after school today?" Leon asked, "I hear there's this huge ice cream stand in the park that we should probably check out."
Ash sighed while shaking his head, "Sorry Leon but I have plans after school."
"Really?" Leon asked while raising a brow, he shrugged, "Okay it's your lose."
Leon walked away but waved at him, "Hope you'll reconsider."
Ash sighed, 'No I don't think I will reconsider. I got stuff I have to take care of.'

"Mm?" He mumbled as he looked at Ena as she stood there, he gave her a serious look, "Ena…"
Ena grunted as her cheeks turned a light pink.

"Argh! I hate teachers!" Kagome yelled out as she carried a boatload of books and notebooks in her arms, "This is totally ridiculous! Why must they give out so much fricking homework!?"
Inuyasha shrugged as he walked down the hall with her, "Who knows. But don't go getting all worked up about it."
Kagome narrowed her eyes at him, "How can I not!? Look at all this!" She tried lifting her arms to get Inuyasha to look at them, she looked up at him, "How can I not get upset at all this!?"

Kagome grunted, "I'm going to be up practically the whole night working on this!"
Inuyasha narrowed his eyes, "Kagome don't you dare overexert yourself! None of the teachers are expecting you to get all your homework done in one week. They are probably expecting you to get them done in, at least, two weeks."
Kagome sighed, "But I doubt I'll get all of this done in two fricking weeks!"

"Kagome, I'm sure you can get them all done in two weeks, you're smart." Inuyasha replied.

Kagome turned a slight pink, "Yeah but…considering of how much I have I don't think I'll get them all done but then."
"Well then we'll all help you." Inuyasha pointed out before smiling, "We won't let you do all of this one your own if you don't want too."
Kagome smiled as she sighed, "That would be extremely helpful." She grunted as she pushed up her books a bit, 'Damn these are flipping heavy!'

Inuyasha sighed as he grabbed some of her books.

Kagome gasped as she quickly looked up at him, "Oh no Inuyasha you don't have to do that."
She moved to get her books back but Inuyasha pulled them away, "Hey if it gets you to stop complaining…then so be it."

Kagome blinked as he continued, "And besides we can't have you dropping all these books making you late to your next class."
She blushed as she felt her heart pound, she smiled, "Thank you Inuyasha."
Inuyasha turned a light pink before looking away from her, "Keh! Yeah you should be grateful."
Kagome let out a light chuckle as she smiled at him.

She looked to her side, "Mm?" Kagome gasped when she saw Ash and Ena.

She quickly grabbed Inuyasha's collar and pulled him to the edge of the four-way intersection.

"Hey what's the big idea!?" Inuyasha asked loudly as he looked down at her.

"Shhh it's Ash and Ena." Kagome whispered while looking from him to Ash and Ena.

"Mm?" Inuyasha mumbled as he looked up to see them, "Well what do ya know."
He looked down at her, "Should we really be spying on them like this? I mean this isn't really any of our business."
"I know but…" She glanced up at him, "I just want to see what Ena's going to do."

She looked back at the two.

Inuyasha sighed as he looked at them, "Do you really think Ena's going to make the first move?"
"Well she's going to have to sooner or later or else some other will come and take him and she'll be devastated." Kagome replied not taking her eyes off of Ena and Ash.

Inuyasha looked down at her for a bit before looking back at Ash and Ena, 'Yeah…since that almost happened to me.'

"Hey Ena." Ash greeted as he smiled at her.

"Ummm…." Ena said as she glanced down at the floor, 'What should I do? I know if I talk to him I'll shutter again.'

Is start small, just try building a friendship with him first before going towards the like, like stuff.
Ena nodded before smiling up at Ash, "H-Hey A-Ash. Um…h-how are y-you?" 'Dammit! Stop shuttering already!'

Ash sighed while rubbing his head, "Good I guess. Though I wish this day would just end already."
Ena nodded, "Y-Yeah me…me too."
"So…" Ena looked up at him, "What class did you just come from?"

"Oh um…s-science c-class." Ena shuttered as her heart started to pound again.

"Heh did you get that stupid science worksheet?" Ash grunted while crossing his arms.

Ena sighed, "Yeah…t-that I d-did."
"Man is that worksheet dumb or what?" Ash replied, "I mean that worksheet as nothing to do with what we are learning."

"T-Tell me about it." Ena replied softly, "I mean I-it makes n-no sense w-whatsoever."
Ash sighed while shaking his head, "Well if you need any help on it I can help ya if you want."
Ena gaped, "You…you would r-really do th-that?"

Ash nodded, "Of course I would. Why wouldn't I?"

Ena looked at the floor, "I…I don't know." 'Maybe because I thought someone like you wouldn't do that.'

They stood there in silence trying to figure out what more to say.

"Uh say Ena?"
Ena looked up at him and flinched when she saw him narrow his eyes, "Have…Beniko and Chieka come up to you at all today?"

Ena raised a brow, "Uh…not since lunchtime." She tilted her head, "Why do you ask?"
"Well they did make you pretty upset and I just wanted to make sure they didn't make you upset again." Ash replied while turning a slight pink.

Ena's heart skipped a beat as she felt her body heat up while her cheeks turned a dark pink.

Ena sighed while shaking her head, "L-Listen Ash…" Ash looked at her as she looked up at him, "Beniko and Chieka are my problem n-not y-yours'. So d-don't worry about them."
Ash glared at her, "How can I not when they are always the ones making you so upset?"
Ena jerked before gulping, "W-Why are you getting all worked up over something th-that doesn't even concern you?"
"It concerns me when they are pissing off one of my friends!" Ash pointed out loudly still narrowing his eyes.

Ena jerked back, "F-Friends?"

"Yeah, we are friends aren't we?" Ash asked while raising a brow.

Ena sighed as she looked at the floor, Start small, just try building a friendship.

Ena smiled as she looked back up at Ash, "Yeah…we are friends."

"Yes!" Kagome cheered softly as she pumped her fist slightly in the air, "That worked out so perfectly."
Inuyasha smiled, "Looks like Ena may have just overcame her shuttering problem."
"Hope so." Kagome replied, "Then things between them will go a lot smoother."

"So then as a friend…" Ena stared at him as he narrowed his eyes, "I can't stand them making you so upset and I won't allow them to make you upset."
Ena gasped as her cheeks turned a light red, "A-Ash…"
"So if they cause you any problems just call me and I'll give them a taste of my claws." Ash replied as he sharpened his claws.

Ena gaped as she watched him sharpen the claws.

Inuyasha smirked, "You know…I'm really starting to like this guy."
Kagome grunted as she glanced up at him, "Figures the only way he can impress you is if he threatens like you do."
"Hey I'm just glad the guy doesn't like Beniko and Chieka." Inuyasha pointed out.

"Yeah…I guess that is a plus for him." Kagome replied as she turned her attention back at Ash and Ena.

Ena soon smiled, "Glad to hear. Someone outta teach them a lesson, besides my friends and me."
"Heh." Ash grunted while placing his hand on his hip, "Glad to hear your friends are on the same page as you."
Ena just smiled before gulping as she started to fiddle with her skirt, "Say Ash?"
"Mm? Yeah?" Ash asked as he crossed his arms.

Ena gulped again as her heart started to pound faster and faster, "Um…I was wondering…" She looked up at him, "If you would…"
Kagome gasped, 'Go for it Ena. Go for it!'

"Like to…"
"ASHIE!"

"AH!" Ena yelped as she fell on the floor in surprise.

Ash looked over his shoulder as Remi ran up to him and grabbed his arm, "Uh Remi!"

Remi smiled up at him, "Hi there I hope you missed me!"
Ena winced as she sat up and gaped when she saw Remi grabbed into Ash's arm.

"Uh actually Remi I didn't-"
"Come on walk me to class!" Remi said loudly as she dragged him down the hall before Ash had a chance to protest.

Ena gasped as her gaze followed them down the hall until they turned down the next hallway.

Ena groaned as her head drooped, 'Damn…I was so close.'

"Jeez! That was totally rude."
"Mm?" Ena looked up as Inuyasha and Kagome walked up to her, "Kagome? Inuyasha?" She stood up while raising a brow, "Were you guys watching us the whole time?"
"Uh…sort of." Inuyasha replied while rubbing his head holding his binder and Kagome's books in one arm.

Ena sighed while shaking her head, "Why must people always eavesdrop on others?"

"Sorry Ena, I just couldn't help it." Kagome replied as she gave her an apologetic smile, "I just wanted to see if you would actually make a move."

Ena grunted, 'I'm still waiting for when you actually make your move.' She sighed, "Okay I'll let you get away with it this time."
Kagome smiled, "Thank you Ena."
"But what was that all about anyway?" Inuyasha asked getting Ena and Kagome to look at him, "That girl popped in right when you were going to ask him something."
"Yeah!" Kagome grunted while placing her hands on her hips, "Talk about rude!"
Ena sighed, "Well…I guess it's no big deal."

Kagome and Inuyasha looked at her with their eyebrows raised, "No big deal?"
Ena smiled, "Well him and I are friends and he does seem to care a lot about me so…I guess just knowing that…I'm not bothered by this."
Kagome smiled, "Yeah, you do have a point." She nudged her, "He may also have a crush on you."
Ena smiled, "I wouldn't say that, at least, not yet anyway."
"You girls are weird." Inuyasha grunted.

"Remi! Couldn't you see I was in the middle of something!" Ash shouted as he rudely pulled his arm out of her hold.

Remi stopped and turned to walk up to him, "But…I wanted to see you. And I didn't want that girl to have you all to herself, you're too good for her."
Ash narrowed his eyes, "Hey she is good enough for me."
"What? Don't tell me you actually like that stupid freshman!?" Remi asked while narrowing her eyes.

Ash grunted while crossing his arms, "Hey I'm a freshman too ya know! And so what if I am? What are you going to do about it?"
"You don't even know that girl!" Remi shouted.

"Hey I know her enough to know that she's a good person inside and out." Ash pointed out with his eyes still narrowed.

Remi growled, 'This might be a little harder than I thought.'

Ena sighed as she walked down the hall, "Wonder what we are going to do in Journalism? Hope nothing stupid like interviewing a boring old teacher or something like that."
She smiled while remembering her conversation with Ash.

We are friends aren't we?
So then as a friend, I can't stand them making you so upset and I won't allow them to make you upset.

Ena giggled, 'Now all I have to do is ask him to a friendly outing and maybe…we could become more than just friends.' She sighed, 'I just hope I can do it.'

Ash's ears perked when he heard Ena's voice, he looked down the hall, "Ena?"

Remi gasped and quickly grabbed Ash's head and placed her lips on his.

His eyes shot wide open, 'What the hell!?'

Ena looked up down the hall only to have her eyes go wide open when she saw…Ash kissing…Remi?

She let out a gasp while feeling her heart shatter and she stood there watching, "A-Ash?"

Her arms started to shake as her vision started to blur, 'No…Ash.'

Ash gasped as he pulled away from Remi to look at Ena, "Ena! This isn't-"

He couldn't get the chance to explain because Ena suddenly dropped her books and ran the hallway she just came from.

"Ena!" Ash shouted while quickly pushing Remi off of him and ran after her, "Ena!"
Remi growled, 'Damn! He didn't even kiss me back!' She sighed, 'But hopefully Ena learned that she stands no chance against me.'

Ena stopped at a wall of lockers and leaned on them before leaning her face into her palm and started to sob, 'I…am such an idiot! How could I have even think I had a chance with someone like him!?'

"Ena!" She gasped as she glanced over her shoulder as Ash ran up behind her.

Ash panted as Ena turned to face him, "Ena that was not what I looked like! I was not kissing that bitch!"

Ena grunted, "Sure looked like it to me."

"Well she was the one that-"

Ena shook her head, "It's okay Ash."

"Huh?" Ash said while raising a brow, "No Ena that isn't okay. I didn't-"

Ena gave him a fake smile while closing her eyes, refusing to let him see her tears, "It's okay if you like another I mean…we are just friends right?"
Ash stared at her and noticed her eyes started to twitch and he smelt the salt of tears, meaning she was resisting to cry in front of him.

He sighed, "Ena I don't-"
Ena couldn't stand it anymore and turned from him and ran down the hall.

"Ena!" Ash shouted, "Let me explain!"

'No I don't want to hear it!' Ena sobbed in her mind, 'I don't want to hear, 'I don't love you.' or 'I don't see us like that.' Or 'We won't be together.' I don't want to hear any of it!'

Kagome and Sango sighed as they walked down the hall.

"This day is going so slowly! I just want this day to be over with!" Kagome grunted still holding her big load of books in her arms.

Sango looked at her, "Do you need any help with those? I mean I can lighten the load for you."
"Could you do that Sango?" Kagome asked while letting out a soft sigh, "That would be a great help."
Sango nodded, "Sure." She grabbed some of Kagome's books and carried them in her arms.

She looked at Kagome, "So Ena and Ash are now friends?"
Kagome smiled, "That's how Ash put it. And I think he may actually like her. He shouldn't so protective of her when he was talking to her about Beniko and Chieka."
Sango smiled, "Well I'm happy to hear that Ena is finally getting what she deserves."
"Hey guys!"
Kagome and Sango looked behind them and smiled as Miroku and Inuyasha walked up to them.

"Hey to you too." Kagome greeted as Inuyasha came up to her side.

"See carrying all those books I see." Inuyasha replied while glancing down at her books and at Sango's.

Kagome sighed, "Yeah, I guess the teachers are all deciding to not give me a break."

Miroku wrapped his arm around Sango, "So how is my sweets?"
Sango turned a light shade of red, "Um…okay I guess." 'Man I'm just not use to being this close to Miroku.'

Kagome smiled, "Nice to see you guys getting all lovey dovey."
Sango and Miroku looked at them, 'And we are still waiting to see you guys get all lovey dovey.'

Inuyasha's nose twitched, "Mm?" He looked down the hall.

Kagome looked up at him, "What is it Inuyasha?"
Inuyasha raised a brow, "I smell…tears."
"Tears?" Kagome, Sango and Miroku repeated as they turned their heads to look down the hall.

Kagome gasped when see saw Ena running towards them, "Ena!?"

Inuyasha narrowed his eyes, 'That scent…is coming from her. Did something happen?'

Ena sniffed, 'I'm such an idiot!'

Ena wasn't paying attention so she bumped into someone and fall right on her bottom.

She winced as she sobbed out, "Ooowwwooo."
"Ena?"
Ena looked up and frowned when she saw Inuyasha, Kagome, Miroku and Sango hovering over her.

"Guys…" Ena said softly as she glanced at the floor.

"Ena?" Kagome knelt down in front of her, "What happened?"
Ena groaned not wanting to look up at her.

"Hey were you the one that Inuyasha smelt tears from?" Miroku asked softly.

Ena looked up at them and then at Inuyasha, who nodded, "Yep she's the one I'm smelling it from."
Kagome gasped as she turned her attention from Inuyasha to Ena, "Ena, what happened? Why are you crying?"
Ena's only response was lowering her head as she started to cry.

"I don't like the looks of this." Sango pointed out softly. She knelt down at Ena's side and looked at Kagome, "I think we should take her into the girls' bathroom to talk."
Kagome nodded as she looked at Ena, "Yeah, good idea."
Kagome looked up at Inuyasha, "Inuyasha, can you bring my stuff to my next class and tell the teacher that I'm going to be a little late?"
Inuyasha nodded, "Sure no problem." Kagome handed him her books.

"Yeah can you do the same Miroku?" Sango asked as she stood up in front of him.

Miroku nodded, "Yes anything for my Sango."
Sango smiled as she handed him her books and knelt down to help Kagome lift Ena up.

Once they got her up they walked towards the bathroom.

Miroku sighed as he stood next to Inuyasha, "Wonder what happened?"
Inuyasha growled before looking down the hall, "I think I may know what happened."

Ena sighed softly as she sat on the ground of the bathroom, too depressed to really move.

"Ena?" Ena looked up as Kagome and Sango sat down in front of her, "Can you please tell us what happened?"

Ena sniffed and gulped as she let out another sigh, "Well…I was walking to Journalism when I saw Ash and…that one girl."
"Girl?" Sango repeated while raising a brow.

"You mean the girl that snatched Ash away from you when you were going to ask him to hangout with you today?" Kagome asked.

Ena nodded, "Yeah her."
"And what happened?" Kagome asked eyeing her a bit.

Ena sighed as more tears rolled down her face, "I…I saw them…k-kissing."
"What!?" Kagome and Sango shouted as their eyes shot wide open.

"Inuyasha! We really shouldn't be doing this!" Miroku said loudly as he followed Inuyasha down the hall, "We should be heading to class."
"Then go to class! I'm not preventing you from going." Inuyasha grunted loudly, he glanced at him, "I don't care if I'm late. I already dropped my books and Kagome's books off and told the teacher that we were going to the guidance office. So I'm good to go."
"But I can't leave you to deal with Ash on your own." Miroku replied, "You might end up killing the guy."
"No I won't." Inuyasha replied while turning his attention back down the hall, "Not until I see what his story is."
He kept glancing on each side of the hallway until he saw Ash walking down the hall very slowly.

Inuyasha grunted while narrowing his eyes, "There he is."
He walked over towards Ash with Miroku following him, "Hey Neko!"

Ash's ears twitched and looked up to see Inuyasha and Miroku coming towards him, 'Great just what I need.' He sighed, "What? Can't you see I'm trying to find Ena?"

"Well you certainly won't be able to find her at the pace you are going." Inuyasha pointed out while crossing his arms.

Ash sighed, "Well I'm trying to figure out how to get Ena to listen to me."
"And why would she need to listen to you?" Inuyasha asked while eyeing him, "I thought you and her were friends?"
Ash narrowed his eyes, "We are friends! We just had a misunderstanding!"
"Oh and what is this misunderstanding?" Inuyasha asked in a slight snarl.

"Inuyasha." Inuyasha looked back at Miroku as he walked up next to him, "Don't get all snappy at him."
"I'm just asking Miroku!" Inuyasha snarled loudly as he looked back at Ash, "And I'm trying to figure out why Ena was crying when we found her?"
"So…she was crying." Ash asked while his eyes went wide.

"Yeah she as crying, and let me tell you that was the first time I have ever seen that girl cry!" Inuyasha snorted while pointing at him, "So you better tell what the heck happened between you two!? Because I'm getting the vibe that she is crying because of you!"
Ash sighed as he leaned his back on the lockers, "Ena…had really bad timing."
"Bad timing? What do you mean?" Miroku asked while raising a brow.

Inuyasha narrowed his eyes, "Oh I see." Ash and Miroku look at him, "Did you so happen to kiss that one girl that asked you to walk her to class?"

"Girl?" Miroku repeated while turning his attention from Inuyasha to Ash, "Did you kiss a girl?"
Ash narrowed his eyes, "I knew I heard some listeners while Ena and I were talking."
"Don't change the subject!" Inuyasha said loudly, "Just answer my question!"
Ash sighed, "Yes! But the girl kissed me I didn't kiss her!"

"And how do we know that you aren't just lying about it so we will let you off the hook?" Inuyasha snarled.

"I'm telling you the truth!" Ash shouted, "I don't even like that girl! She was the one that was picking on Ena all last week and was threatening to hurt your girlfriend once she got back."
"Girlfriend!?" Inuyasha repeated loudly as he turned a dark shade of red, "Sh-She…Kagome's not my girlfriend!" 'At least…not yet.'

His eyes suddenly went wide, "Wh-What did you say?"

Ash sighed, "The girl that kissed me not just picked on Ena but also was threatening Ena that she and her two boyfriends would hurt Kagome."
"What!?" Inuyasha growled while clenching his fists, 'Oh they better not come anywhere near Kagome!'

"So why would I like a girl who does that!?" Ash replied loudly, "And besides I like Ena not her!"

"Mm?" Miroku said while pointing a finger at her, "Wait…you actually like Ena?"
Ash nodded as he let out a sigh, "Yes I like her a lot. She just came when Remi just threw herself on me and kissed me right when I told her I liked Ena."
"So…Ena did just misunderstood." Miroku replied.

Ash nodded, "Yes and I was trying to explain but she just ran off on me and I know she was crying because I smelt the tears."
Inuyasha sighed, "Well if it makes you feel any better…" Ash looked up at him, "Kagome and Sango are talking to Ena as we speak so…maybe the might tell her to confront you and talk to you about it."
"You really think so?" Ash asked.

Inuyasha shrugged, "Maybe, but if they don't just keep trying. Miroku and I will help you, if you want us too."
Ash smiled, "Thanks."

"He…kissed that girl?" Kagome asked shocked of what she just heard.

Ena nodded while hugging her knees into her chest as she leaned on them, "Yes I saw them with my own two eyes!"
Sango and Kagome looked at each other and then back at her.

"Ena are you sure it wasn't just a misunderstanding?" Sango asked.

Ena glanced up at her, "How can you misunderstand when you see someone you like kiss another!?"
"Well…that girl did seem like a cling-on." Kagome replied, "And Ash doesn't really strike me as the type of guy who would kiss a girl, especially after just a week of being here."
"Well he did! He kissed a girl right in front of my eyes!" Ena replied loudly while throwing her arms up in the air.

"Uh…did you just walk up to them right when they kissed or right in between?" Sango asked.

Ena looked at her, "What does that got to do with anything?"
"Well if you saw them kiss right when you got there then you have every right to be mad but…"

Kagome looked at her, "But if you got there when they already kissed, you don't know if the girl kissed him without his consent."
"Yeah the girl could have just kissed him to see if he would kiss her back." Sango pointed out.

Ena narrowed her eyes, "He sure seemed to enjoy it."
"Well how did he react when he saw you?" Kagome asked softly while taking a paper towel and handed it to Ena.

Ena grabbed it and blew her nose, "Well he was quite surprised and he did shout, "This isn't want it looks like!" and then I ran and he ran after me and he tried to talk to me."
"Did you listen to what he had to say?" Kagome asked eyeing her a bit.

"Why should I when I already know what he was going to say!?" Ena shouted, "I knew he was going to say, "Oh I love her not you" or "Did you really think I liked you like that"."

Kagome sighed, "Ena, you just assumed. You had no idea he was going to say that."
"Yeah for all you know he could have said, "Ena I don't like that girl, she means nothing to me"." Sango pointed out.

Ena narrowed her eyes, "And how would you know that?"
"I don't." Sango pointed out, "But I think it would have helped if you would have just let him say what he had to say."
Ena's glare softened before looking at the tiled floor, 'I guess…they are right.'

Ena sighed, "Even if you guys are right. I think I really blew things for not letting him explain."
"Again Ena you don't know that." Kagome replied pretty loudly, "The only way you'll know is if you talk to him."
Ena sighed and looked at the floor for a few minutes before looking up at Sango and Kagome and smiled, "Okay…I'll try fixing things up with him."
Kagome and Sango smiled.

"That's good to hear Ena." Sango replied, "You never know, you guys might actually hook up after this."
Ena turned a dark red when she said that, she groaned, "Sango!"
Sango and Kagome laughed.

"You are so easy to tease Ena." Sango chuckled as she ruffled her hair.

Ena groaned again, "Don't do that! Or you'll mess up my hair!"

Kagome just chuckled before something came to her mind, "Oh Ena I have a little favor to ask."
"Mm?" Ena said while raising a brow, "What is it Kagome?"
"Well Sango told me that there was going to be a talent show this Friday and I was planning on entering." Kagome explained while starting to fiddle with her skirt.

Sango smiled, "So you are finally going to do it?"
Kagome nodded, "Yeah Kikyo kinda got me to agree to it."
"Kikyo? What does she have to do with this?" Sango asked while raising a brow.

"Well Kikyo and I were talking and we thought it would be cool if we did a gig at the talent show together." Kagome replied while smiling.

Sango smiled, "Hey that's a good idea."
Kagome smiled, "I know and…" She looked at Ena, "We were wondering if you would what to join us?"
Ena's head jerked back a bit, "Whoa that was unexpected."

"So will you?" Kagome asked, well actually it was more pleading than actually asking.

"Well…I don't know Kagome." Ena replied while shifting her body a bit, "I mean…I don't really know what you guys are going to do and-"

"We were planning on doing a band gig." Kagome replied.

"Band gig!?" Ena repeated loudly as her eyes shot wide open, "Whoa, whoa okay now I really don't know if I want to do it."
"Aw come on Ena, it will be fun." Kagome replied.

"Kagome I don't even know how to play an instrument, heck I doubt I can even sing!" Ena pointed out loudly.

"You play the drums don't you?" Kagome asked while raising a brow.

"Well…yeah but I'm not that good at it." Ena replied.

"Well we can help you practice, since we'll all be practicing together." Kagome replied as she smiled.

"But Kagome I don't think I can even sing as good as you." Ena complained, "And I doubt I'll be able to sing or play in front of this whole school!"
"We won't know until we try." Kagome pointed out softly, "And besides this won't be just your first time going up in front of an audience. This will also be mine and Kikyo's first time in front of an audience."
"What does even play?" Sango asked while raising a brow.

Kagome looked at her, "She learned how to play the guitar and the electric guitar like me."
"When did this happen?" Sango asked with her eyebrow still raised.

Kagome shrugged, "She told me she started once she started 7th grade."
She then turned her attention back at Ena and gave Ena her famous puppy dog face, "Please Ena! Please, join Kikyo and me! PWEASEEEEE!"
Ena jerked a bit before rolling her eyes as she smiled, "Argh! Curse you and that dog face!" She sighed as she smiled in defeat, "Okay, okay I'll do it! I'll join your band with Kikyo."
"AH! Thank you, thank you!" Kagome screamed as she hugged Ena, "I promise you, you won't regret this!"
Ena smiled as she returned the hug, 'Well who knows…I might impress Ash.'

"Yes! Ena agreed to join us?" Kikyo asked as she walked with Kagome and Inuyasha down the street after school. Kikyo wasn't able to hang out with them all day because of that meeting with Ms. Keade that took almost the whole day. First it was talking about the transfer and then after lunch Ms. Keade gave her and her mother a tour of the school, which she personally didn't need at all. But of course, with her mother's permission, she decided to hangout with Kagome and Ena today along with the other three.

Kagome nodded as she smiled, "Yep she agreed. So we are meeting at her place around 5."
"Awesome!" Kikyo cheered as she pumped her arm up in the air, "This will be so sweet!"
Kagome smiled, "And it would be a good way to welcome you into the school."
Kikyo smiled, "Awww thank you Kagome!" She hugged Kagome, "You are seriously my best friend!"

Kagome chuckled as she returned the hug, "Likewise Kikyo."
"I swear you two get weirder and weirder by the second."

"Hey!" Kikyo and Kagome shouted as they looked up at Inuyasha.

"So what if we are weird!" Kagome replied.

"Yeah that just means we are different from everyone else and that's perfect for us." Kikyo pointed out while crossing her arms.

Inuyasha rolled his eyes, "Keh! Whatever!" He looked down at Kagome, "But how are you going to get all the homework done when you are practicing for the talent show?"

"I'll just bring my homework with me to Ena's house and when we are on breaks I can work on it then." Kagome replied.

"Sure I wouldn't mind helping Kagome with her homework." Kikyo replied while wrapping her arm around Kagome's shoulders, "It'll just be like old times."
Kagome smiled, "Got that right."
"So did you talk to Ena about Ash?" Inuyasha asked changing the subject.

Kagome sighed, "Yeah we did so hopefully she'll straighten things out with him." She raised a brow, "Why did you talk to him or something?"
Inuyasha nodded, "Yeah me and Miroku talked to him and it was all just a big misunderstanding."
"I knew it!" Kagome grunted, "So what was his side of the story?"

The week went by and it was finally Friday, which met it was finally the day of the talent show.

All the contestants were all in the gym getting ready for the show, gathering up all their supplies, their team-members and basically everything they need for their talent.

Ena sighed as she leaned on the stage wall, 'It was been a full week and I didn't get one chance to talk to Ash.'

Yeah, this week didn't really go as well as Ena hoped it would be. She was ready to talk to Ash and straighten things out but every time she got one chance that stupid Remi girl would pop out of no where and drag him away. But when that didn't work she would have random people appear in her way so she wouldn't be able to get anywhere near Ash. But what made matter worse was that Beniko and Chieka kept coming up to her as well, which was another reason why she couldn't talk to Ash.

Ena narrowed her eyes once they popped into her head, 'I wonder…'

"Hey Ena."
Ena's glare softened as she looked up as Kikyo and Kagome walked over towards her while carrying their guitar cases.

Kikyo smiled as she put her case down in front of Ena, "Isn't this exciting?" She looked up at the stage, "I have been waiting for this day for a while now."
"Really?" Ena asked while raising her brow, "Because I haven't."
"That's only because you are nervous. Everyone gets like that, heck I bet ya even Kagome's nervous." Kikyo pointed out while waving her hand towards Kagome.

Kagome sighed, "Well this will be the first time that I'm playing in front of people other than my family."
"Well, well if it isn't the freshman."
Kagome, Kikyo and Ena mumbled as they looked behind them as Remi walked up behind them.

Ena narrowed her eyes, "Remi!"
Remi giggled, "Yep that's my name don't wear it out."
"Argh! That line is so old that I'm already getting sick of it." Kikyo grunted out loudly.

"Well good I'm glad. Then that'll teach not to mess with me." Remi snorted in a snotty way.

The girls glared at her as she walked away.

"Man is that girl a bitch." Kagome pointed out while crossing her arms as she watched her walk away.

"Tell me about it. If it wasn't for her Ash and I would be having a problem." Ena replied with her eyes still narrowed.

Kagome sighed, "But let's forget about it her." Kikyo and Ena looked at Kagome as she smiled, "To us she is nothing but the sound of the wind."
Ena and Kikyo smiled, "Right!"
"Ena?"
Ena gasped when she heard that voice and looked over Kagome's shoulder to see Ash walking towards them, "Ash!"
"Ohhh hey Kikyo?" Kagome nudged Kikyo getting her attention, "Let's go see when we are up."
Kikyo stared at her and gasped, "Ohhhh right." She looked back at Ash and then back at Kagome, "Let's go take a look."
Kagome gave Ena a quick wink, making her blush before walking away.

Ena gulped before looking up at Ash as he stood in front of her, "Uh…h-hey Ash. Um how are y-you?"
Ash sighed, "Ena we need to talk."
Ena nodded, "Yeah…we do."
"Well first off-"

"Okay people!" They heard Mrs. Witchman shout.

Ash and Ena groaned, 'Not again!'

Everyone looked up at her as she stood on the stage, "The show will start in just 2 minutes so everyone get up on the stage and good luck tonight."
Once she made her announcement everyone started to gather around the stairs that led up to the stage.

Ash and Ena sighed as they turned their attention back towards each other.

"I guess…we'll just have to talk later." Ena said softly as she started to walk away.

Ash sighed, "Yeah…later."
Ena groaned, 'Damn! Why must everyone interfere!? I swear I think the whole world is against me or something!'

The Talent show was about to begin and almost every student in the school were now sitting down in the gym waiting for the curtains to go up with the first act.

"I wonder what song Kagome and them chose?" Sango asked as she sat between Miroku and Inuyasha.

"Aw who cares as long as it's something good." Inuyasha replied while crossing his arms.

Sango looked at the program that was given to them and read all the contestants, "Whoa there's a lot of them."
Miroku and Inuyasha looked over her shoulder to see who was in the talent show.

"Whoa Ash is in the talent show too?" Miroku asked while raising a brow.

"You didn't know that Miroku?" Sango asked as she looked up at him while raising a brow, "I knew that."
"Yeah he told us that you moron." Inuyasha grunted.

Miroku narrowed his eyes, "Well hey I didn't hear him!"
"Either that or you just weren't listening." Inuyasha pointed out blankly.

Miroku crossed his arms, "Like you're the one to talk. You barely ever listen."
Inuyasha narrowed his eyes, "I do to!"
"Yeah right." Miroku grunted.

Inuyasha growled while shaking his fist, "Do you want my fist in your mouth Miroku?"
"Guys!" Sango said loudly getting them to look at her, she glared at him, "Please don't fight! This is Kagome, Ena and Kikyo's time to shine along with Ash so the least you can do is not fight."
Inuyasha and Miroku sighed as they looked up at the stage.

"Hey Inuyasha! Miroku! Sango!"

"Mm?" They mumbled as they looked behind them and smiled when they saw Saika, Senior Higurashi and Souta. They also saw two other parents and a 19 year old boy and another set of parents and a young girl about Souta's age.

Inuyasha smiled as he turned slightly, "Hey Mrs. Higurashi, so you guys finally show up."
"Of course. Did you honestly believe we would miss Kagome actually perform for the first time?" Saika asked smiling at him as she sat down behind him.

Inuyasha shrugged, "Well I thought you would be too busy working."
"Well we are here we are." Senior Higurashi replied as he sat next to his daughter-in-law.

They smiled at them.

Sango looked towards the others and smiled, "Oh hey Mr. and Mrs. Eliten."
Mr. and Mrs. Eliten smiled at Sango, "Hello."
"Long time no see." Mrs. Eliten greeted.

"Likewise, haven't seen you guys since last summer." Miroku replied while smiling at them.

"Hello, I'm here too ya know."

Miroku and Sango looked over at the 19 year old and smiled.

"Hey Daisuke." Sango greeted, "How are you?"
Daisuke smiled, "Not bad. I finally got a job."
"Really where?" Sango asked with interest.

"I work at WcDonalds." Daisuke replied still smiling at her.

"Oh, well…that's nice." Sango replied giving him a weak smile, 'Couldn't he have gotten something better?' She sighed, 'Oh well…at least he got a job.'

"And get this I already met a very cute girl." Daisuke replied sounding so proud of himself.

"Oh really?" Sango replied now eyeing him as she smiled, 'Ahhh so that's why he took the job at WcDonalds.'

"Oh and I'm sure you haven't met those guys yet." Saika cut in as she pointed towards the two parents with the young girl that was Souta's age.

Inuyasha smiled and raised his arm slightly, "I have!"
"I know that but Miroku and Sango haven't yet." Saika pointed out.

Miroku and Sango looked at her as Saika smiled, "Well those people are Kikyo's parents, Mr. And Mrs. Rumika and that girl is their other daughter Keade."
Miroku and Sango smiled while turning their attention from Saika to Kikyo's family.

"Well it is certainly nice to meet you." Miroku said as he shook their hands.

"Likewise." Mr. Rumika replied smiling at them.

Suddenly the room became dark.

"Oh looks like the show will finally begin." Inuyasha said as he turned his attention up towards the stage.

Everyone else did the same.

Mrs. Witchman walked out onto the stage while pushing the curtains behind her, "Hello and welcome to our traditional talent show and I must say we have a lot of really good talents this year. Now our first act is a comedy routine by two of our junior boys, Han Burnwick and Chion Earwig."

"Oh this should be good." Inuyasha grunted with his arms crossed.

-A few minutes later-

"Thank you Fusa for that wonderful dance routine." Mrs. Witchman said loudly through her microphone.

She looked at the audience and smiled, "Now our next act is…" She looked at her program and smiled as she looked back up, "Remi Yuni who will be singing a song."
"Remi!?" Miroku, Sango and Inuyasha said loudly.

Inuyasha looked at them and whispered, "I never knew Remi even had a talent, other than seducing boys."
"Well I guess everyone has some sort of talent." Sango pointed out as she looked up at him, "Even if they are total bitches."
"What was that!?"

Sango eeped as she smiled back at Saika, "Heheh…uh sorry about that Mrs. Higurashi."
Remi was now standing in the middle of the stage in a pose and once her song came on she started to dance to the music.

Inuyasha, Miroku and Sango looked at her in awe.

"Well…she's a good dancer, but that's all I'm giving her." Sango pointed out while crossing her arms.

"But I bet ya that is all she can do." Inuyasha grunted.

(Song: Don't Cha. By: Pussycat Dolls)

Remi smiled as she brought the microphone to her lips, "I know you like me I know you do. That's why whenever I come around. She's all over you and I know you want it. It's easy to see. And in the back of your mind I know you should be on with me."

Remi then started to move in a sexy way, "Don't you wish your girlfriend was hot like me. Don't you wish your girlfriend was a freak like me. Don't cha Don't cha. Don't you wish your girlfriend was raw like me Don't you wish your girlfriend was fun like me Don't cha Don't cha."

Miroku, Sango and Inuyasha gave her an odd look as she continued to sing and move with the song.

"Real confident isn't she?" Miroku pointed out in a blank tone while letting out a soft sigh.

Sango gave her a blank stare, "Yep got that right."
"Shouldn't she get disqualified for dancing like that?" Inuyasha asked while looking at Sango and Miroku as he pointed his finger up at Remi.

"You'd think, but I guess not because not anyone from the staff is coming up to her and stopping her." Sango replied.

Once Remi's song was done the people clapped, she laughed as she bowed, "Thank you, thank you! I'll be back next year!"
Inuyasha and the other two groaned, "Great…"
Remi blew kisses as she walked off the stage.

Inuyasha sighed in relief, "Good she's finally off the stage." He looked at Sango and Miroku, "And I really hope she doesn't win."
"I'm with ya there." Miroku grunted.

Remi smiled as she walked onto on of the sides of the stage and walked up to Ena, Kagome and Kikyo who were getting ready, "Did you hear me out there?"
They looked up at her and raised their brows, "Yeah…?"
"Now that was real talent." Remi pointed out, "And I doubt anything you guys have all set up will ever beat that!"

"Oh just you watch. We'll blew up this joint with our talent." Kikyo snorted while narrowing her eyes.

"Heh like that'll happen in a million years." Remi grunted as she walked away.

Ena, Kikyo and Kagome shook their heads.

"She seriously calls that talent?" Kagome asked while looking back at Ena and Kikyo, "Sure it's good but the only people who will see that as talent…are the boys."
"Yeah the horny boys." Kikyo pointed out.

"EWWW!" Ena and Kagome said loudly in disgust.

"Did you really have to point that out Kikyo?" Ena asked looking at Kikyo in disgust.

Kikyo shrugged, "I was just saying…"
"Next up is Ash Koshi!" They heard Mrs. Witchman shout out.

Kagome, Kikyo and Ena looked up as Ash walked past them and onto the stage.

"Wonder what he's going to do?" Kagome wondered out loud.

"Who knows. But I bet ya it is something good." Ena replied.

Ash waved as he got on stage, "Hey there looks like we have a full house tonight." He sighed, "I want to dedicate this song to someone very special to me…"

They heard some people in the crowd gasp or go awe when he said that.

Ash looked over at Ena's side of the stage, "Telling her that…I'm really sorry."
Ena turned a dark shade of red.

Kikyo and Kagome smiled when they turned their attention from Ash to Ena.

"Oooo sounds like the boy likes you Ena." Kagome teased.

Ena looked at her while turning more redder, "Kagome!"

Kikyo and Kagome chuckled.

(Song: It's Not Over. By: Chris Daughtry)

"I was blown away
What could I say
It all seemed to make sense.
Your takin away everything
And I can't do without." Ash sung out catching the attention of Kagome, Kikyo and Ena.

They looked at him in awe.

"Wow…he sounds…really, really good." Kagome said softly amazed of what she is hearing.

"Yeah…" Ena replied softly more to herself than Kagome.

"I try to see the good in life.
The good things in life are hard to find.
We're blowin away, blownin away
Can we make this something good?" Ash started to walk across the stage as he sang but kept glancing at Ena.

"Well I'll try to do to it right this time around
It's not over,
Try to do it right this time around
It's not over
But a part of me is dead and in the ground.
This love is killin me
But your the only one
It's not over."
Inuyasha, Miroku and Sango went wide eyed when Ash started to sing.

"Holy shit he sounds really good." Inuyasha said softly in shock.

Sango smiled, "Well…" She looked up at him, "He might be trying to impress Ena."
Inuyasha looked at her while raising a brow, "How would you know?"
"Duh! The guy likes her! And it's usually natural for guys to impress the girls they like." Sango pointed out like it was a matter of fact, "I mean let's take you for example, you fight and protect Kagome to impress her don't ya?"

Inuyasha turned red, "I…I do not!"
Miroku smirked, "Of course you do Inuyasha, it's written all over your face."
"Shut up Miroku!" Inuyasha snarled glaring at Miroku.

Sango and Miroku chuckled.

"I've taken all I can take
And I cannot wait
We're wastin too much time
Bein strong, holdin on
Can't let it bring us down."

Ash took at deep breath before he started again, "My life with you means everything
So I won't give up that easily
Blowin away blowin away
Can make this something good?
Cause it's all misunderstood?"
Ash stood in the middle of the stage and started to tap his foot to keep the beat with the song, "Well I'll try to do to it right this time around
It's not over,
Try to do it right this time around
It's not over
But a part of me is dead and in the ground.
This love is killin me
But your the only one
It's not over."
Ena kept staring at him with wide eyes, 'He…is sooo good.' She smiled, 'He really is perfect. At least for me anyway.'
Ash looked over at Ena and smiled, "You can't let this get away
Let it out, let it out
Don't get caught up in yourself
Let it out.

Let's start over
Well try to do to it right this time around
Its not over
But a part of me is dead and in the ground.
This love is killin me
But your the only one
It's not over.

Lets start over
Its not over
This love is killin me
But your the only one
It's not over."
Once the song was done everyone in the audience stood up to applaud Ash on a job well done, even Kagome, Ena, and Kikyo stood up to clap.

"Bravo! Bravo!"

Ash smiled as he bowed before going off the stage.

"You know I think Ash might actually win." Sango said as she looked at both Miroku and Inuyasha.

"I wouldn't doubt it but…we still have one more act before anyone can decide anything." Miroku replied.

"Well even if he doesn't win, I'm sure he'll get some reward, since that song was dedicated to Ena." Sango pointed out with a smile.

Ash smiled as he started to walk towards Ena and the other two.

Ena smiled as she stood up, "That was really great Ash. I never knew you could sing like that."
Ash grunted while keeping his smile, "Well there's a lot of things you don't know about me."
Ena smiled as she stood a few inches in front of him, "Well I…"
"Ash I accept your apology!"

Ena and Ash jerked when Remi stepped in between them with a smile.

"Uh…that apology wasn't for you." Ash pointed out while narrowing his eyes.

"Oh don't be shy of course it was. And I accept your apology." Remi replied as she twirled a bit still smiling at him.

Ena rolled her eyes, 'The girl doesn't know when she has lost.'

"Hey girls." Ena, Kikyo and Kagome looked over at Mrs. Witchman.

She walked over towards them, "You girls are up next so get ready."
They nodded and started to walk towards the stage.

"Ena!" Ena looked over her shoulder and smiled when she saw Ash smiling at her, he gave her thumbs up, "I'm wishing you the best of luck!"
Ena smiled as she nodded, "Yeah thanks!"

She ran onto the stage to catch up to Kikyo and Kagome.

Mrs., Witchman stepped onto the stage, "Now our last and final act is a band of girls called LifeSavers!"
The curtains moved up as Mrs. Witchman walked off the stage to reveal Kagome and Kikyo with their guitars, both electric and Ena on the drums.

Inuyasha and the others smiled when they saw them.

"BOOOO GET OFF THE STAGE!" Inuyasha growled and looked over to his side to see Beniko and Chieka were the ones shouting that out while giving them a thumbs down.

Inuyasha snarled, "Ya know…"
Beniko and Chieka heard the snarl and looked over at Inuyasha only to gasp when they saw him glaring at them, "If I were you guys…I would shut up unless you want a fist in your mouths!"
Beniko and Chieka gulped and turned their attention back at Kagome and the other two now silent.

Inuyasha looked back up at Kagome, 'Go for it Kagome, show these bastards what you can do.'

(Song: Rush. By: Aly and AJ)

Ena then started to beat on the drums while Kagome and Kikyo started to play their guitars.

Kikyo started, "Into your head, into your mind
out of your soul, race through your veins
You can't escape, you can't escape."
Kagome opened her eyes and started to sing, "Into your life, into your dreams,
Out of the dark, sunlight again.
You can't explain, you can't explain."

Inuyasha smiled when he heard most of the students' gasp when they heard Kagome sing, 'HA! Take that you bastards.'

Remi's eyes went wide while her mouth hung open, "What…how…the hell?"
Ash smiled while glancing at her, "Looks like you misjudged them." He smiled at Ena, 'Who knew you could play the drums like that.'
Then both Kagome and Kikyo started to sing as they stayed with the beat of the drums and their guitars, "Can You feel it, can you feel it,
Rushin' through your hair,
Rushin' through your head,
Can you feel it, can you feel it,"

Kagome and Kikyo then jammed onto their guitars and Ena joined in to sing, "Don't let nobody tell you, your life is over,
Be every color that you are,
Into the rush now,
You don't have to know how,
Know it all before you try."
Daisuke smiled with pride, "You know I basically taught Ena everything she knows about playing the drums."
"Really?" Sango asked while turning to look at him.

Daisuke smiled as he leaned towards her, "Yep, heck I was the one that helped them out on this song."
Sango smiled, "Well that was really nice of you."
Kagome started her part, "Pulling you in, spinning you 'round,
Lifting your feet right off the ground,
You can't believe it's happening now."

Kagome, Kikyo and Ena sung together again, "Can You feel it, can you feel it,
Rushin' through your hair,
Rushin' through your head,
Can you feel it, can you feel it,

Don't let nobody tell you, your life is over,
Be every color that you are,
Into the rush now,
You don't have to know how,
Know it all before you try."
Kagome, Kikyo and Ena took a breather before starting to sing again, "It takes you to another place,
imagine everything you can.
All the colors start to blend,
Your system overloads again."
They stopped so they can play their instruments and then Kagome sang, "Can You feel it?"
"Don't let nobody tell you, your life is over,
Be every color that you are,
Into the rush now,
You don't have to know how,
Know it all before you try."
"Don't let nobody tell you,
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Don't let nobody tell you,
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah."
"Don't let nobody tell you, your life is over,
Be every color that you are,
Into the rush now,
You don't have to know how,
Know it all before you try

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah." Kikyo and Kagome made one last jam before stopping and Ena slowly stopped drumming and when they did every and literally everyone stood up to applaud them.

"YEAH!!! YOU GO GIRLS!"

"YOU WERE SO GOOD!"

"YEAH THAT'S THE WAY TO DO IT!" Inuyasha shouted smiling up at the girls.

"Yeah that's my grand baby!" Senior Higurashi cheered.

Kagome, Kikyo and Ena smiled at the audience and then at each other.

Ena smiled when she saw Ash clapping, "Yeah you go Ena!" She chuckled.

"Well I hope you all enjoyed all of our students with all there interesting talents." Mrs. Witchman said as she stood in front of the all the students that participated in the talent show.

"But now it is time to announce the winner." Mrs. Witchman said as she grabbed the envelope from the judges and began to open it.

The students held in their breathes while crossing their fingers.

"And our winner is…" Mrs. Witchman smiled when she saw the name, "LIFESAVERS!"
Kagome, Kikyo and Ena screamed and hugged on another.

"We did it!" Kagome shouted smiling at her friends.

Ash and most of the other contestant smiled and applauded their success, while Remi just grumbled as she glared at them.

Ash smiled at her, "Looks like they smoked ya."

Remi glared at him, "Oh shut up Ash."
Inuyasha and the others cheered as they applauded.

Kagome, Kikyo and Ena walked up next to Mrs. Witchman to accept their trophy.

"Thank you so much!" Kagome said to Mrs. Witchman and smiled as she looked at the audience.

"Well I don't have really much to say only to thank you all of our friends and family."
Inuyasha and the others smiled, 'Damn right she should thank us.'

Everyone applauded as they and the other students walked off the stage as the curtain closed making the lights go back on.

Kagome, Kikyo and Ena squealed as they got off the stage.

"Can you believe it! We actually won!" Kagome said excited while holding her trophy.

"Yeah I seriously thought Ash was going to win." Ena replied while holding hers'.

"Aw did you want him to win, Ena?" Kikyo asked while nudging her in a teasing way.

Ena turned red, "Kikyo! It's not like that! I just thought he was better."
"Sure you did." Kikyo replied in a teasing tone.

Ena glared, "I'm serious!"

"Congrats girls!"

"Mm?" They mumbled as they looked and smiled when they saw Ash walking up to them.

"Thanks Ash." Kagome replied as she smiled at him, "But you were pretty good yourself."
"Yeah I seriously thought you were going to win." Ena pointed out as she walked up besides Kagome.

"Pff, I wasn't nearly as good as you girls were." Ash replied while waving his hand, he smiled, "You girls were totally the bomb out there."
The girls chuckled as they smiled at him.

Inuyasha and the others gathered around waiting for the girls to show up.

"Whoa who knew Kagome was that good." They heard one of the student's say to another as they walked out of the gym.

Inuyasha smirked, "Good to see that Kagome left a major impact on this school."
"Yeah no kidding." Sango replied while crossing her arms, "So hopefully things will get better for Kagome."
"Hope so." Miroku said softly.

"Hey guys!"
They all looked over their shoulders and smiled when they saw Kagome, Kikyo, Ena and Ash walking towards them.

Inuyasha ran over towards Kagome and picked her up and twirled her around.

Kagome gasped as she turned a dark shade of red, "Inuyasha!? What are you-"
"HA! You were totally awesome Kagome!" Inuyasha shouted.

The others just stared at them slightly confused of why Inuyasha was doing that.

Inuyasha set her down while Kagome was still blushing from that sudden action.

He smirked, "You girls showed all these punks what you guys can do."
Kagome smiled, "You really think so?"
"Keh! Of course we just heard a couple of them say that you were totally awesome." Inuyasha replied while pointing his thumb towards the doors.

Kagome smiled, "Oh that is so awesome!"
"Yes you girls were just wonderful." Saika said while walking up to her daughter and gave her a hug.

"Aw thank you mom!" Kagome said while returning the hug.

Saika sighed as she let go and brushed some of Kagome's hair out of her face, "I'm sure your father would have been so proud."
"Of course he should! I mean he was the one that taught me almost everything I know about music." Kagome replied while placing her hands on her hips.

"Yeah I'm sure you made dad very proud." Kagome turned her attention to Rin and Sesshoumaru as they walked up to them.

Kagome smiled, "Thank you. So I'm guessing you liked our gig as well?"
"Liked it? No girl I loved it!" Rin replied as she hugged her sister and then the other two, "You guys were totally awesome!"
"But we weren't as awesome as Ash here." Ena said while waving her hand towards Ash smiling.

The others smiled.

"Yes of course he was awesome! Considering he sang one of my favorite songs!" Sango pointed out smiling at Ash.

"Oh which reminds me." Ash suddenly said while gently grabbing Ena's arm, he looked at her, "We need to talk."
Ena smiled, "Sure okay." She looked at the others, "We'll be right back."
The others just stared at them as they walked away.

Kagome and the others smiled, 'Go for it Ena.'

Kagome tilted her head while quickly walking towards the door that Ena and Ash walked out of.

"Kagome!" Inuyasha called out loudly as he ran after her.

Sango and the others sighed.

"Should we stop them?" Miroku asked in a blank tone.

Sango smiled, "No I don't think we should."
Miroku looked down at her with a raised eyebrow, "Why not?"
Sango looked up at him, "Well…maybe those two need to hear it. Maybe if they do…they might get together."

"Are you saying that Ash and Ena will get together?" Rin asked raising a brow.

Sango shrugged, "Maybe."

Ena and Ash were in the hall outside of the gym.

"So…what do you want to talk about?" Ena asked as she stood near the door once Ash let go of her arm.

Ash sighed while turning to face her, "I want to talk about us."
"About us?" Ena repeated as her heart started to pound.

Ash nodded, "Yeah…"

Kagome slightly opened the door.

"Kagome!" Kagome flinched as she looked over her shoulder as Inuyasha walked up to her narrowing his eyes, "You really shouldn't be spying on them."
"SHHH!" Kagome hissed narrowing her eyes slightly, "I just want to see Ena or Ash make their move."
"Kagome you are such a busybody." Inuyasha pointed out softly while crossing his arms.

"So sue me." Kagome replied while turning her attention back to the couple in the hall, "Is it really a crime to make sure that one of your closest friends' is happy?"
Inuyasha sighed, "I guess not." He then rolled his eyes as he leaned in to join Kagome.

Kagome smirked catching Inuyasha's attention, "What?"
"See? You're curious too, aren't ya?" Kagome asked.

Inuyasha turned a dark red, "No! I'm just making sure you don't end up making a fool of yourself!"
Kagome rolled her eyes, "Sure you are."
Inuyasha softly growled.

"Ena do you know who I sang that song too?" Ash asked while digging his hands into his pockets.

Ena gulped while nodding, "Yeah, it was to me telling me that you were sorry. But really I should be the one apologizing. I was the one that wouldn't listen to what you had to say."
Ash sighed, "But you had every right to not want to hear it."
"I did?" Ena asked while raising a brow, "How did I have the right." She then gasped once she realized something, 'Hey…I'm…I'm not shuttering anymore.' She smiled as she looked up at Ash, 'I guess I'm not so nervous around him anymore.'

Ash stood a few inches in front of her, "You assumed I kissed that girl since you walked down that hall to go to your next class. If I were you I probably wouldn't listen to me either."
"But Ena…" Ena looked up at him and felt her cheeks warm up when she looked into his eyes that were filled with passion and seriousness, "That kiss met nothing. Remi just jumped on me when I heard you coming down the hall. She caught me off guard or else I would have pushed her away before she even had the chance to kiss me."
Ena smiled softly, "I had a feeling of that. You never stroke me as the type of guy to have a girl kiss you right away, especially not on your second week here."
Ash smirked, "Oh really?" He then leaned down and placed his lips on hers'.

Ena gasped as her eyes shot wide open, 'A-Ash…?' Her eyes slowly closed as she returned the kiss, 'Ash.'

Kagome and Inuyasha gasped when they saw Ash kiss Ena.

"Whoa…that was…fast." Inuyasha said.

"Not to mention unexpected." Kagome replied not taking her eyes off of them, 'I figured those two would wait a little bit before kissing!' She glanced at Inuyasha.

Ash and Ena pulled away and chuckled lightly as they smiled.

"So…now do I strike as the type of guy to kiss a beautiful girl on his second week here?" Ash asked softly as he leaned his forehead on hers'.

Ena smiled as she leaned into his, "You still sorta don't but…I guess I can live with it."
Ash smirked as he looked down at her, "Are you implying something?"
Ena turned a slightly pink as she held her hands in the back of her body, "Maybe, if that kiss was implying something."
"I would say, yes it was implying something." Ash replied softly as he gave her another kiss and then pulled back, "I'm implying that we should go out."
Ena smiled, "Are you serious? Are you actually asking me out?"

"If I wasn't why would I be asking?" Ash asked while placing his hands on his hips.

"Well it's just that…" Ena rubbed the back of her head, "I never imagined that someone like you would ask someone like me out."

"Why wouldn't I?" Ash asked while raising a brow, "You're smart, your pretty, your way more interesting than any other girl in this school and I really like you."
Ena turned red again, "Ash."
Ash smiled as he held her hands in his, "And I really want to be together with you. You and no one else."
Ena smiled, "Oh Ash." She looked up at him, "I really don't know what to say."
"How about a yes I would love to go out with your handsome self?" Ash suggested.

Ena chuckled and rolled her eyes at the "handsome self" part, she nodded, "Yes Ash I would love to go out with you."
Ash smiled, "Good." He leaned towards her and whispered in her ear, "Because I don't take no for an answer."
Ena shivered as his hot breath blew against her ear, she smiled, "You know if I didn't like you I would assume you would be trying to sleep with me."
Ash raised a brow, "Now why would I do that? I'm not like all those other man whores in the world. I would never convince a girl to have sex with me, at least not until I'm married to the girl."
Ena smiled while nodded her head, "Good, then I won't have to slap you if you do."
Ash chuckled as he placed his lips on hers' again.

Inuyasha grumbled, 'He makes it look so damn easy.'

Kagome blushed, 'Wow…this is all happening so fast. I mean I'm happy for Ena I really am. It's just…'

Her and Inuyasha looked at each other straight in the eyes.

They both turned a dark shade of pink, but once they realized what they were doing they quickly gasped and looked away from each other.

"Well…I'm glad to see those two finally together." Kagome replied softly.

"Y-Yeah same here." Inuyasha replied softly.

Ash's ears twitched and sighed while pulling away from Ena and leaned his mouth down by her ear again, "We have a couple of eavesdroppers."
"Mm? Who are they?" Ena asked softly instinctively leaning into his chest.

"Kagome and Inuyasha." Ash whispered.

Ena smiled, "Aw let them be. They need to see this anyway." 'Since it may just give them to boost to finally make their move.'

Ash smirked, "Well good, because I don't feel like moving from this spot."
Ena chuckled, "Neither do I. So let's just stay like this a little longer. At least until we have to go home."
Ash nodded while wrapping his arms around her and held her tightly and they stayed like that off in their own little worlds.

END OF CHAPTER

ARHG! THIS IS NOW THE LONGEST CHAPTER THAT I HAVE EVER DONE IN MY WHOLE INTIRER LIFE! I mean I swear this is like almost 30 pages! Damn I think I need a life! But anyway I must say I like how this chapter came out. It had it's ups and downs, it's funny moments, it's sad moments and awesome moments and some romantic moments. And….ENA HAS A BOYFRIEND! ENA HAS A BOYFRIEND! And yes I know their band name was sorta...lame but it was the only thing I could come up with. But now we just have to get Inuyasha and Kagome together and get Kikyo with someone! Okay I did a little estimate and Kagome and Inuyasha will get together in 3 or 4 more chapters, of course it would depend on how long the chapters are but…yeah. So next up for chapters is Tutoring Troubles.

Well hope to see ya next time!
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