Hello all! I went back and fixed the last chapter. Nothing major, I just made a stupid mistake. Kagome told Inuyasha she was getting the car Labor Day Weekend when we all know she's supposed to get it Columbus Day Weekend. Sorry about any confusion----I guess I just had a blonde moment or something. No offense to blondes!!!! Thanks to Yamashita (cool name!) for finding that mistake and pointing it out to me! ^__^ And thanks to Starry for reminding me how to spell Kagome's last name (Higurashi) and everyone else who has reviewed so far!

I HAVE A QUESTION: Does anybody know the title of the one Inuyasha fanfic story where it's an AU, but it takes place in the past? Kikyo's a witch and she turns Inuyasha into a hanyou and he has to stay that way until someone will love him? And Kagome comes from the future but since she's Kikyo's reincarnation, Kikyo has to kill her. Or something. Please give me the title if you know it, because I can't remember and I really don't feel like searching the entire site until I find it! I loved that story.....moving on.......

Random quote of the day: "This place smells like ass." Yusuke Urameshi, episode 22 (Lamenting Beauty), on the Rescue Yukina DVD.
THIS CHAPTER IS LONG AND POINTLESS. YOU'RE WELCOME!
Disclaimer: witty statement about how I don't own Inuyasha is placed here

Disclaimer: I may have taken one tiny little thing from Two Weeks Notice. Tee-hee...
Chapter Five

In Which A Problem Is Solved, And Several More Arise.
Kagome panted as she wiped her forehead with the back of her hand before standing up triumphantly. "I think we killed him," she told Inuyasha, giving the now unconscious Miroku a look that would frighten a serial killer.

Inuyasha nodded, and, for good measure, punched Miroku in the stomach one last time. Sighing contentedly, he stood and wiped his floury hands on his even floury pink apron. "You know," he began, sparing a slight glance at Kagome, "you're pretty good with that rolling pin. I think one of your blows actually knocked him out."

Kagome nodded happily. "I should hope so. I was, after all, aiming for his head."

An awkward silence passed between the two of them as Inuyasha glared at Miroku while Kagome settled on twirling the rolling pin in her hands and watching it as if it were the most interesting thing in the world.

"So, uhh," Inuyasha began uncomfortably, shifting on his feet, "I get the car Columbus Day Weekend."

"What?!" Kagome exclaimed in disbelief. "Why should you?"

Inuyasha shrugged. "Like I said before, Miroku promised me the car first!"

"You still have yet to give me proof to back that statement up!" Kagome stated, placing her fists on her hips.

"I CAME UP WITH THE DAMN BAKE SALE IDEA! I WAS THERE WITH SANGO WHEN SHE TOLD MIROKU TO START THE BAKING AND I WAS THE FIRST PERSON HE TALKED TO ABOUT IT! *HE* PROMISED *ME* THE CAR *FIRST*!" Inuyasha exploded, his hands curling into fists at his sides.

Kagome stared up at him, a mixture of shock and uncertainty crossing her features for a moment. She blinked several times before turning around and running as fast as she could to Miroku's car that was conveniently parked in his yard. Since the roof was up, she easily jumped into the car and hugged the steering wheel tight to her body.

"WELL, POSSESION IS 9/10THS OF THE LAW! AND I AM IN POSSESION OF THE CAR! SO, THERE!" She then, as was necessary, stuck her tongue out at Inuyasha.

Inuyasha's eyes grew wide with anger. Who the hell did this girl think she was? He ran to the car and grabbed a hold of the girl's arms, trying to pull her out of the Corvette without actually hurting her. He did not, however, expect her to fight back and scream bloody murder.

"Let go of me!" Kagome screamed as she tried to pull away from a very ticked Inuyasha.

"Get out of the car!" Inuyasha yelled back, pulling Kagome to him. She grabbed a hold of the steering wheel and tugged on it as an attempt to pull away from Inuyasha.

"GET OFF!" Kagome exclaimed angrily.

"THAN GET OUT!" Inuyasha exclaimed right back.

The neighbors, being more than a little interesting in what was happening, were slowly leaving their homes to watch the scene in front of them unfold.

This is what Miroku awoke to. He shook his head as an attempt to get his eyes to focus, for he figured it was not a good thing to be seeing four of everything, and slowly sat up.

Inuyasha and Kagome were in a game of Tug-A-War, Kagome being the object the two were tugging----which was awkward to look at, to say the least.

"Hey, guys," he began, rubbing the back of his head as he struggled to stand up.

"No!" Kagome yelled, trying to yank away from Inuyasha.

"Yes!" Inuyasha yelled, pulling her again to him.

"No!"

"Yes!"

"No!"

"Yes!"

"No!"

"Yes!"

"No!"

"Yes!"

"No!"

"Yes!"

"NO!"

"YES!"

"NO!"
"YES!"

"NO!"

"YES!"

"YES!"

"NO!"

"Haha!" Kagome laughed, pointing at Inuyasha. "I tricked you."

Inuyasha growled and yanked on Kagome again.

"Hey, guys!" Miroku tried again, walking slowly over to his car.

Kagome grabbed a hold of Inuyasha's nose and pulled on it hard. Inuyasha responded by grabbing a hold of HER nose and pulling on it as well. So, both were exclaiming, 'Oww oww oww!' over and over again, and yanking on each other's noses harder and harder with each 'oww.'

"GUYS!" Miroku exclaimed when he reached the two of them, placing a firm hand on Inuyasha's shoulders as he pried his friend away from Kagome. "There has to be a mature way to solve this problem."

"Like what?" Kagome asked, rubbing her bright red nose.

"Yeah, Miroku," Inuyasha began in a growl. "I'd like to know how you plan on solving this. Because, as we all know, you promised ME the CAR FIRST!"

Miroku nodded, holding up his hands in surrender. "Yes, yes, this is true."

"SEE!" Inuyasha exclaimed, turning to Kagome and pointing at her. "I told you!"

"I may have promised you the car first Inuyasha," Miroku began, "but I'd personally much rather have Kagome take it away for a weekend than you."

Kagome stuck her tongue out at Inuyasha.

"WHAT?!" Inuyasha exclaimed angrily. "But----but I'm you're friend!"

Miroku nodded in agreement. "Yes, but, well.......Kagome is a heck of a lot prettier than you are."

Kagome smiled sweetly up at Miroku and batted her eyelashes several times. "Thank you, Miroku."

He smiled back down at her. "Anytime."

"You can't just give her the car 'cause she's pretty!" Inuyasha yelled at Miroku. "That's just not fair!"

Miroku nodded. "I am fully aware of this. That is why we have to come up with an ADULT solution to this problem."

Kagome rolled her eyes. "I don't think there IS an adult solution, Miroku. After all, we are working with Inuyasha here."

Inuyasha growled at her. "Watch yourself, bitch."

"Haven't we talked about this? I have a name ya know!" Kagome stated, crossing her arms against her chest and glaring up at the dark haired boy.

Miroku sighed and leaned against his car. He looked from Inuyasha to Kagome and then back again. "Now, why don't the two of you tell me why you want the car? Whoever has the best reason can have it for the weekend."

"You can go first, *Kagome*," Inuyasha told her, a sarcastic smile plastered on his face.

Kagome stuck her tongue out at him for the trillionth time in ten minutes. "Fine....well, ya see....the thing is......I wanted to take the car up to the beach for the weekend. We own a condo up there....we've been renting it out ever since Dad died and....well.....he was buried near there and I planned on visiting his grave.....since I haven't seen it since his funeral....." Her eyes filled with tears as she thought of her father. "Daddy loved Corvettes." At this, tears started to fall from her eyes and form little streams that ran down her cheeks.

Miroku looked up at a stunned Inuyasha and gave him a smug look. "Do you think you can top that?"

Inuyasha opened and closed his mouth several times as he tried to form words, all the while pointing an astonished figure at the sobbing girl. "She can't pull a sob story! That's not fair! It's probably not even true!"

"It is too true!" Kagome snapped, wiping her tears away angrily. "And if you don't believe me, you can ask my mother!"

"Yeah, well," Inuyasha began unsurely, shoving his toe into the ground, "I lost both of my parents when I was young so THERE! AAANNDD! I'm living in a foster home! THEREFORE, I should get the car!"

Miroku sighed and shook his head. "Why did you want the car, Inuyasha?"
Inuyasha glared at Kagome before looking up at Miroku. "There's a Bowling for Soup concert near the beach I was planning to crash.........and then I was going to camp out on the beach for the weekend."

Kagome sniffled and turned to look up at Miroku. "So, who gets the car?"

Miroku thought about that question for a minute. Inuyasha was an unpopular misfit who's never had too many friends in his life and has never felt as if he fit in anywhere; where as Kagome was very popular and never had a shortage of friends----though she always seemed lonely. This could all be very entertaining.....

A mischievous smile came over Miroku as he turned to the both of them, placing a hand on each of their shoulders. "Both of you."

"WHAT?!" They each exclaimed angrily.

"Well, the way I figure it, you both need to get to the beach which is about five hours away from here. Now, Kagome has a place the both of you could crash for the weekend so you wouldn't have to sleep on the beach, Inuyasha. And, after Kagome's done what she needs to do at the cemetery, you can take her to the concert." Miroku smiled at himself. He done good! One day, his friends would thank him for this.

Kagome and Inuyasha glared up at a very happy Miroku for several long moments before Kagome let out a long sigh and opened the door to the car. Slowly, she stood up and extended her hand to Inuyasha.

"I'm willing to do this if you are," she told him, standing up strait. "Besides, it's the only way either of us will get out of here for the weekend."

Inuyasha stared at her hand unsurely before sighing and shaking her hand. "Whatever. As long as I get to go to my concert."

Kagome smiled up at him. "Then it's all settled! Ooh, but one more thing---- I get to drive!"

Quickly she pulled away from Inuyasha and ran into the house.

After Inuyasha had recovered yet again from the odd urge to giggle, the girl's words registered in his brain. "OH NO YOU DON'T!" He yelled chasing after her. "I'm driving and that's final!"

Miroku shook his head and chuckled as he heard his two friends running around his house. He waved his neighbors back inside their houses before walking to his door. Yes, this should all be very entertaining.....
*~*~*~* (A/N: Bowling for Soup is one of my favorite groups ever! They're a punk group, like Blink 182 or Sum 41. Just thought I'd let ya know.) *~*~*~*
*~*~*~* The Next Day At School *~*~*~*
Kagome sighed as her history teacher, Mister Adams, droned on and on about the War of 1812. Because, no one obviously knew when that war started!

She looked dreamily out the window, wishing with everything in her she could be outside in the sun instead of in her dreary third period history class. She wished with all of her heart that she could be on the beach, the sun setting in the horizon. That she could squish her toes in the wet sand, and clutch on to her father's calloused hand.

"HELLO Shikon High!" A familiar female voice came over the P.A. system, successfully stopping Mister Adams from continuing his lecture.

The class erupted in applause and cheers; Kagome couldn't tell whether it was because they were excited to hear from Sango, or just glad for the momentary pause of their lessons.

"This is your student council president, Sango Yukimura, here to remind you about the football game tonight. That's right----our very own Jewels are taking on the Hapsburgs Hurricanes on what's sure to be a great game. There is no doubt in this girl's mind that our team won't kick the *crap* out of the Hurricanes!"

Again the class erupted in cheers and chants and applause----everyone excited about that night's events.

"For all of you who are interested, we have a Pep Rally scheduled for two thirty in the auditorium. Feel free to come and pump up our team!

"In addition to a great game, we also have a bake sale going on tonight. Feel free to bring your wallets and your stretchy pants and prepare for good sweets! Everything we make tonight funds your Homecoming dance, so spend as much as you can! I would personally like to take this time to thank the cheerleading squad, our lunch lady Bertha, and several members of our student council for participating in the baking.

"Remember, everyone is invited and welcomed to come to the game tonight. Bring friends and family and remember to have a great time and cheer for our Jewels! I'm sure that our team will lead us to victory! Until next time, Go Shikon!"

A slight click was heard as the P.A. system was turned off.

"All right, all right!" Mister Adams began, lifting his chalk back up to the chalkboard. "Let's get back to today's lesson.....now, where were we?"

Kagome sighed and rolled her eyes, slumping back into her chair. Again, she found herself staring out the window.

Just think, next Friday you'll be on the road----nothing but you, that beautiful convertible, and the wind in your hair......oh, and that cute Inuyasha guy.

'He is not cute!' Kagome argued with herself. 'He is rude, arrogant, selfish, inconsiderate, and totally hot.......now where did that come from?'

I told you he was cute! And just think, you will have the entire weekend alone with him. Who knows what can happen in such a romantic setting like that beach condo!

'Excuse me?! What are you suggesting?'

You're attracted to him.

'I'm attracted to him?'

You're attracted to him.

'I'm attracted to him?!'

For some odd reason, the voice her head didn't respond.

'Well, go on! It's your turn!'

The voice didn't have time to respond since the bell rung, signaling the end of third period hell. Sighing loudly, Kagome stood up and draped her backpack over her shoulders.

"Oh, Miss Higurashi!" Mr. Adams called before she could even reach the door. "May I please speak to you for a moment?"

Kagome nodded and walked over to his desk. He absentmindedly tidied up his desk and whistled while the rest of his class filed out the door, most of them chatting away happily.

Once the door closed, he sat down and smiled up at Kagome. "Now, Miss Higurashi----I have a slight favor to ask of you."

"Okay," Kagome nodded unsurely, playing with the straps of her yellow backpack.

"There is a little girl I want you to tutor. Her name is Rin and she's really bright----but she needs a little boost to really get her going." Mr. Adams opened a drawer to his desk and pulled out slip of paper. "This is her address." He leaned over and handed it to Kagome. "You were my first choice for this job, but you don't have to take it. Her foster mother, Miss Kaede, is willing to pay you for your services."

Kagome nodded again and tucked the paper into her pocket. "I'd love to tutor Rin. When do I need to be over there?"

"They are expecting you noon tomorrow." He smiled up at her and then waved to the door. "You don't want to be late for your fourth period class," he told her.

She nodded with a smile and quickly left the room.
*~*~*~* Pep Rally *~*~*~*
The auditorium was over crowded with hundreds of cheering and/or yelling students as Kagome forced her way threw an isle. Why did everyone have to be so loud? It was ridiculous!

The cheerleaders were on stage, doing some sort of number that was only making the noise worse. And the worst part was that the football players weren't even on stage yet! Meaning that the noise level was only going to continue to grow until someone lost an ear or something! Well..ya can't really *loose* an ear----but you get what I'm saying.

"Excuse me," Kagome said as she pushed past three rather large juniors. They, of course, didn't hear her, since they were too busy yelling.

She rolled her eyes and continued down the isle, determined to find a seat somewhere close to sanity. Several people jumped excitedly in front of her as the cheerleaders ended another cheer.

She rolled her eyes again, and with her arms braced in front of her face, she pushed her way threw the small group. When she got to the other side, however, she ran into something hard.

"KAGGIE?!" She heard a voice yell as two hands grabbed her shoulders.

Kagome looked up above her arm barricade only to see Miroku looking down at her, a questioning look on his face.

"Hey, Miroku!" Kagome yelled back, smiling up at him and lowering her arms. "What's up?"

"WHAT?!" Miroku asked unable to hear Kagome above all the noise.

"I said, WHAT'S UP?!"

"OH!" Miroku nodded, grabbing her hand and pulling her off to the right. "JUST WAITING FOR SANGO'S SPEECH!" He yelled over his shoulder, still leading her somewhere. "YOU?!"

"WHERE ARE WE GOING?!" Kagome asked, looking around her to get a good look at the chaos. It was amazing how rowdy a high school could really get---- and the football team had yet to make their debut.

"WHAT?!" He asked, finally stopping at several empty seats.

"NEVERMIND!" Kagome responded, plopping down on a seat and trying to cover up her ears with her shoulders.
"IS THAT HELPING?!" Miroku asked as he sat down next to her, smiling slightly at her attempt to block out all the noise.

She shook her head. "NOT REALLY!"

"IF YOU THINK THIS IS LOUD, I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO WHEN THE FOOTBALL TEAM COMES OUT!" Miroku yelled to her. They were only about a foot apart, and yet it was almost impossible to hear what the other was saying.

"WHAT WAS THAT?" Kagome asked, slumping her shoulders down and leaning forward to catch Miroku's words better.

He just shook his head. "FORGET IT!"

Kagome nodded and tried to settle in her seat, which was pretty much hopeless. Sighing, she looked around the room in a futile attempt to locate, you guessed it, Inuyasha. She had no idea why she wanted to find him, but she figured she could at least ask him about their trip next weekend.

A slight blush crossed her cheeks.

'Get over it Kagome. He's just a guy. So what if he's cute? Miroku's cute! Hojo's cute! You're surrounded by cute guys everyday and none of them are as rude as that Inuyasha fellow!'

Okay, two things. First off, 'Inuyasha fellow'? That's just gay. And, secondly, you're attracted to him.

'Oh, so now you're here! Suuuure, show up now when it's almost impossible to hear myself think! And, I'm NOT attracted to him----I just wanted to ask him some questions about the trip.'

Then, why don't you ask Miroku where he is?

'Miroku?'

Sure, they're friends. He should know. Besides, what can it hurt to ask?

'Yeah....there's nothing wrong in *asking*. It's not like I *want* to talk to Inuyasha, I just have to ask him some questions.'

Suuuuuure ya do.

Kagome leaned over and tapped Miroku on the shoulder. "HEY," she began loudly and directly into his ear, "WHERE'S THAT INUYASHA GUY?"

"INU?" Miroku questioned. Kagome nodded in response. "WHY DO YOU ASK?"

A slight blush crossed Kagome's face again. "NO REASON!" She responded threw a fake smile. "I JUST NEED TO ASK HIM SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TRIP!"

Miroku smiled knowingly. "WELL, INUYASHA WOULDN'T BE CAUGHT DEAD AT ONE OF THESE THINGS. HE CALLS THEM 'PREP RALLIES' SINCE ALL OF THE PREPS COME HERE! ACTUALLY, HE HATES EVERYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH SCHOOL SPIRIT! I WOULDN'T HAVE COME HERE MYSELF, BUT, I WANTED TO HERE SANGO SPEAK. SHE'S SO TALENTED."

Kagome nodded and sat back into her seat, a defeated sigh escaping her lips. Oh well, she could always talk to Inuyasha Monday. It wasn't a big deal or anything. She didn't care. Nope. She didn't care at all. Not even a little. Nah-uh. This is one not caring girl. She was free of care. You could even dare to call her 'Care-free'! She did not care! She was uncaring. Are you getting my point? She was not caring and that's final! SHE DIDN'T CARE! SHE REALLY DIDN'T!

Okay...so maybe she cared a little bit. But only a little bit! Nothing more! It wasn't like she was *attracted* to that guy or anything.

Well...she wasn't *incredibly* attracted to the guy or anything......oh just shut up and leave her alone already!

Sango walked onto the stage, earning more cheers and applause as she took her place behind the podium----the cheerleaders stepping off to the side for the moment.

"Who's ready to kick some Hurricane butt?" Sango exclaimed into her microphone, a smile she had practiced and perfected plastered on her face.

The crowd went wild, cheering and jumping up and down........some people were just too obsessed with school functions.

Kagome wondered how Sango could do it. Her little brother was in the hospital, recovering from a major operation, and yet here she was leading the school's pep rally. It just didn't make any sense to Kagome. Of course, most things didn't make sense to Kagome----like, liquid soap for example. How was it soap? How did they make it liquid?? It was just too confusing....

"Let's bring out the football team!" Sango yelled. "Ladies and gentleman, here to introduce our Jewels, Coach Miller!"

She stepped aside and applauded as a middle aged balding man with a slight gut took center stage at the podium, the cheerleaders leading the mob in a round of applause also.

He waved at everyone once he reached the podium in an attempt to quiet down the auditorium full of teenagers. Once the noise had settled down so that one's ears weren't constantly bleeding, he cleared his throat and leaned towards the microphone.

"Hello Shikon High!" He exclaimed loudly, causing the cheering to start up again as the cheerleaders started jumping up and down. "There is no doubt in my mind that this is the greatest football team our school has seen in years!"

More deafening screams from the mob of excited teenagers.......that sounded wrong.

"You are all probably wondering why I am so sure in our football team?! Two words: Your quarterback, the unstoppable Naraku Johnson!"

Kagome wasn't certain, but she was pretty sure that was more than two words. However, no one else seemed to notice.

The said quarterback came running on stage, geared up completely for a game in his red and white uniform, his helmet in hand. He ran passed the cheerleaders who jumped up and down and high kicked excitedly as he went passed, causing the mob to scream louder.

He had long, stringy black hair and the darkest eyes Kagome had ever seen. He was tall, and semi-buff----and let off the weirdest *creepy* vibe.

She shuddered slightly and sunk further down in her seat.

"Let's also not forget your amazing guard," Coach Miller began loudly, "The Rock!"

The gruff, large, and somewhat *dim witted* football player came running out, earning cheers and yells of encouragement as well----but Kagome couldn't take her eyes of that Naraku dude. He was just so........creepy.

He was looking around the auditorium as Coach Miller continued to bring out the football players, his eyes scanning for something while his hands run up and down his helmet.

For some reason, Kagome couldn't take her eyes off of him as the screams got louder when Coach Miller brought out Hitten (the Sophomore President, and the Shikon's best wide-receiver). Everything went mute around her as Naraku's eyes seemed to land on her and her alone........and then he smirked.

Not a friendly smirk.........or even an arrogant smirk......but one that seemed to promise pain and betrayal.

Kagome shook her head hard, which enabled her to hear sound again---- however now the sound was almost unbearable. The noise was making her ears throb and for some reason her stomach began to do jumping jacks and made her incredibly nauseous. She threw Miroku an apologetic look before standing up and almost running out of the auditorium, practically maiming several freshmen as she did so.
She ran down the halls of the deserted school building, her ears still throbbing and her stomach still turning. She burst threw the doors that led to the outside and inhaled the sweet scent of freedom deeply into her lungs.

As soon as she left the building, all of her pain subsided. She let out a loud sigh and shook her head.

Okay, that dude was definitely on her Weirdo's List. He was number twenty seven, right after 'The Lobster Claw Man' from the Circus, and right before Anna Nicole Smith.

She shook her head and started her trek home.
A/N: That was a long chapter. Whew, I'm exhausted.

Well, there ya have it. Kagome and Inuyasha are going away on weekend trip together, and Kagome has the hots for him. Oooh, and lets not forget the fact that she's going to tutor Rin. This can only mean a world of fun! And, what's up with Naraku *Johnson*? Why is his last name Johnson? I mean, Johnson is not a Japanese-y last name........could it be because the authoress couldn't think of anything else? And why did she have to introduce a villain? They only complicate the story! Could she have introduced a villain because she finds them fun in her own demented way? Is he an evil mastermindy type villain? Or, more of an idiotic villain like Doctor Evil? Hmm...well, ya won't know unless you review will ya?

Please forgive any spelling and/or grammatical errors!
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