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(AN: Chapter 5… Wow, it's been a while since I updated… Sorry about that… Anyways, please review!)

Life Isn't Fair

Chapter Five:

Jealousy Bites Both Ways

The next couple of weeks went by like a breeze. For weeks now, there had been no underwear incident, no over sleeping, no pissed off Hanyou in the mornings, no nothing. Kagome thought it was too good to be true, and that soon there was going to be a downfall to all this peace and harmony going around…

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That day, school went fine. 1st went fine. 2nd was hell thanks to a certain brainless idiot named Kouga. 3rd was 'cloud 9' for Kagome. She was slowly admitting to herself that she was falling for Inu Yasha, another brainless idiot, but at least this one can take a hint and he was more mature than the other dumbass.

Skipping now to 6th period, this was Kagome's highlight of her day. The teacher was just to fun to make fun of! Sango and Kagome would always make fun of the teacher's way of dressing; a long sleeve sweater on, shorts, high white socks, almost to his knees, a very bad twitch in his eye, and the way he would always have an IAMS cup (IAMS is like pet food. I think it's more like cat food ^-^). Oh, let us not forget that he's so cheap he brings his stuff in a little cardboard box that has a picture of a monkey and the words inscribed 'Crack Monkey'. He also has a sticker of panda that says 'WWF' (Don't get me wrong, it doesn't mean World Wrestling Federation, it means 'World Wildlife Foundation' or something close to it). Sango and Kagome would say it was the 'Mighty Panda'. It pretty much was a fun period for both of them.

Throughout the period, you could hear weird noises, like a cat being strangled to death, coming from the classroom. This was all thanks to Kagome and Sango who loved to piss off the teacher. Laughter is heard when all the students start to realize it's their fellow classmates.

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When the school day came to an end, it was still early. Kagome and Sango decided to hang out for a while since Sango's parents weren't due home till later that day. Kagome quickly told Inu Yasha where she was going and to call her if anything happened. Inu Yasha was busily working on his plans for tomorrow and before he could even react, Kagome kissed him on the cheek very softly and left. It took a while for him to realize that she kissed him and he turned a slight shade of pink when he finally did figure it out.

When both girls arrived at Sango's house, she found a note from her brother Kohaku. It said: he was at the neighbor's house. He went to go play some video games and to call him when Mom and Dad came home.

"Little brothers" Sango said and threw the paper away. "They're such a pain."

"I know, tell me about it!" Kagome said as she sat down on one of Sango's big sofas. Ironically, Kagome never realized it, but Sango's parents were wealthy, just like Kagome's mother. It was clearly noticeable since she had very expensive leather and rugs imported from all over the world. Every time Kagome would look around, she would see something new everyday.

"So…" Sango started off bringing Kagome something to drink. "We need to gossip!"

"Gossip? You never change do you Sango?" Kagome eyed her warily. Sango had this big grin on her face that said it all. Kagome sighed; she knew she was never going to make Sango think differently.

"So, tell me. How is your relationship going with the teacher… err… Inu Yasha?" Sango quickly corrected herself. She had to be careful or else people, like administrators at the school, would start suspecting something.

Kagome rolled her eyes. "It's not a relationship. It can't be." Kagome said sadly.

"Why not?" Sango asked very gently.

"Because, Sango, people will start to suspect something is going on. I don't want to ruin his career. Besides, I'm sure his career is worth a lot to him, it's probably worth more to him than anything." Kagome said, her eyes never meeting with Sango's. This always led her to believe that she was either nervous or embarrassed to talk about this kind of thing.

"Kagome, you let yourself be beaten way too easily." Sango said, in a very relaxed tone. "You need to go for what you want. Not what someone else wants; besides, maybe he wants the same thing as you."

"What do you mean?" Kagome said looking at Sango, Sango of course, had her eyes closed, but from the side she saw a very desperate Kagome. A smile crept on her face.

"What if he wants to be with you? Haven't you ever considered that?"

Kagome thought for a while. She never did… In fact she was so sure that Inu Yasha never liked her since the incident with Kikyou. "No"

"Well then, that explains a whole lot wouldn't you say?" Sango said, going to the kitchen to refill her cup. "Hey, you want something to eat?" Sango said changing the subject. Kagome was glad she did. This gave her a lot of time to think about what she said.

Kagome walked over to the kitchen and told Sango what kind of drink she wanted. Time passed and they soon went to Sango's room to eat shit. They went online, checked their emails, and just left the computer there. They went down to Sango's Den and watched a movie or played a video game (Hey! Who says guys get to have all the fun with the PS2's and the Xbox's? Hmm? ^-^ P.S. XBOX kicks ass… ^-^).

To break the silence that fell inside the Den, Kagome decided to ask Sango how her friendship was going with that guy (or professor ^-^) named Miroku.

"We've been talking a lot." Sango said very calmly. "He's a really sweet guy. I still had no clue he would be my teacher for Science." She said, laughing a bit at remembering how surprised he was to see her in his class.

"And…?" Kagome urged to go on. Kagome is very, very nosey… ^-^

"Well, I don't know what we'll do from there." Sango ended the conversation when she beat Kagome at a fighting game. "Ha! You lose!"

Kagome slouched on the floor and grumbled to herself. "No fair! I wasn't paying attention…"

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At that same time, still at school, was Inu Yasha was in his class grading papers, helping stupid kids… I mean, learning challenged (Does that exist? @_@) students with their work (if there was any students at that time…) and other stuff that teachers do.

Ironically, over the time that school has started, Inu Yasha had a very good friend inside the school faculty, Miroku Osaka. He was one of those types of friends that would annoy you until you paid attention to them, especially if you were irritated, they irritated you even more…

To speak of the Devil, Miroku himself was walking down the corridor of the Inu Yasha's classroom and stopped when he saw the very annoyed-looking-Hanyou. He grinned to himself and walked in.

"Inu Yasha, my dear pal!" Miroku greeted. Inu Yasha just looked at him from the corner of his eye and cursed at himself for staying after school that day.

"What is it Miroku?" He said, not taking his eyes away from the papers in front of him.

"Oh nothing… I was just passing by… and I wondered if you would want to go on a date." He said still with a grin. Unfortunately, Miroku's brain doesn't work as fast as his mouth.

"Uhh… I'm not gay," Inu Yasha said, slightly confused. He then turned smiled this wicked smile that sent chills down Miroku's spine. "I didn't know you went that way." He said slightly amused.

"I'm not gay either! It was just that that came out wrong!" He protested. "Anyways, it isn't with me… Well technically it is, but you won't be my date, you'll be someone else's"

"And I'm guessing this 'else' is of the opposite gender right?" Inu Yasha said with one of his eyebrows raised.

"Of course! It's this lovely woman…" Miroku started to describe her. Inu Yasha wasn't buying most of the things he was saying, like she was a king's daughter and stuff like that. While Miroku's mouth was racing, so was Inu Yasha's mind. Could he go out on a date in front of Kagome? He wasn't sure. He didn't know how she would take the news.

"So what do you say?" Miroku said, taking Inu Yasha out of his thoughts.

"I don't know. I'd have to think about it." He said uncertainly.

"Well, fine, if you need time just think about it. But here," Miroku wrote his number on the side of Inu Yasha's planner. "Call me when you decide to go on a date."

"Ok…"

"Oh, by the way," Miroku said with a smile. He was heading towards the door. "Just call me before tomorrow night." And with that he left.

"Tomorrow night?! But it's Saturday!" Inu Yasha yelled at him. Fortunately his extra sensitive hearing heard what Miroku said next.

"No shit Sherlock" He mumbled. Inu Yasha was left with his thoughts on how Kagome would react. 'It's not like you're together with her.' His mind stated.

'True… But still…' He responded back.

'But what? Don't tell me you DON'T WANT TO go out on a date with some unknown woman, probably even a Youkai or a Hanyou like yourself… Don't tell me you're turning into a wussy.'

'Shut up! I am not! Why the hell am I talking to myself anyways?'

'I don't know; you're the one who answered back.'

Inu Yasha only grumbled to himself. He would have to go home and talk to Kagome about it. He arranged his stuff, packed it into his briefcase, and left home.

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Later that night was a very…uncomfortable. Dinner was very quiet. All three of them, Inu Yasha, Kagome and Souta were quiet. Well, except for Souta who went on and on about a girl at school who he liked. Neither of them was listening to a word he said…

When dinner was done, and the table needed to be cleaned, both Kagome and Inu Yasha stayed to do the dishes and other cleaning things. Souta went to go play some video games in his room.

Inu Yasha coughed, signaling he wanted Kagome's attention. "Yeah?" she said.

"Uhh…" Inu Yasha really didn't know how to put this into words. "Can we talk?"

"Sure." Kagome smiled at him and went to the living room. She sat down and Inu Yasha sat on the sofa in front of Kagome. "What's on your mind?"

"Well…" He started off. Inu Yasha looked at her. Kagome's eyes seemed to be filled with happiness. It reminded him of the little Kagome he used to know. Somehow, subconsciously, he knew what he was going to say, was going to… well, crush Kagome's feelings.

Kagome waited what Inu Yasha had to say very patiently. She saw that he was fidgeting a lot and decided to make this easy on him. "Well…?"

"Your teacher, Mr. Osaka, invited me to go on a date." Yes, Inu Yasha has stumbled on the same bump Miroku landed on earlier. His statement seemed to tell Kagome that he was gay and she looked at him with a very concerned look.

"Are you telling me you're gay?" Kagome finally spat out, knowing of Inu Yasha's sexual interest was one thing she DIDN'T want to know… "Umm… ok…"

"No! Wait! That wasn't what I wanted to say!" Inu Yasha felt himself becoming frustrated.

Kagome could only laugh at his reaction. "You do have a way with words…" She said and giggled some more.

"Look, what I meant to say was that Miroku wanted me to go out on a date with some woman." He started off; well the look on Kagome's face said it all. Her giggle died down and just looked at him with an 'Oh' kinda look.

Kagome felt part of herself feel crushed. 'He's going on a date… with some other woman…' Her mind kept repeating. Then, another part of her mind kept saying 'You're not together with him, so it doesn't bother you.' Kagome felt herself getting jealous and she didn't even know who the woman Inu Yasha was going to date was!

"Oh." She said out loud. The happiness that showed on her face moments before was gone. It was now replaced with some sort of sadness. Inu Yasha saw that and it made him kind of guilty.

"I wanted to tell you this so it won't come to you as a shock." Was all he could say.

Kagome was struggling herself. She wanted to tell him something to. Her mind said since he said something like this to her, it was only fair that Kagome say something like this to Inu Yasha as well. So, she decided to follow her mind.

"I have something to tell you to…" She started off. She had to think quick before her mouth started moving again. Kagome needed a good fib, and what better fib than to tell him about Kouga!

Inu Yasha had a sense of foreboding. "Yeah? What is it?" He asked; something inside him knew she was going to tell him something she didn't like.

"Well, I don't know how to tell you this… but…" Kagome started off. 'Think Brain! I need a good fib about me and Kouga!...' She thought.

"But…" Inu Yasha urged her to go on. This time it was Inu Yasha who saw Kagome fidget in her seat.

"Well, Kouga asked me out. And well… I'm going out with him tomorrow night." She finished up. Kagome hoped it was something Inu Yasha would fall for. Fortunately, he did.

"WHAT?! YOU'RE GONNA GO OUT WITH KOUGA?!" Inu Yasha yelled out. He got up from his seat and started to pace the living room. "I CANT BELIEVE THIS!" Now, full-fledged jealousy was overtaking him.

Kagome expected some hostility from Inu Yasha, but she didn't expect him to be raging with anger and jealously. She, then, got angry too. "What are you babbling about?! I didn't say anything about you going on a date with someone else!" She yelled.

"That was different!" He yelled back. He was only trying to figure out what was different between him going on a date with someone else and Kagome going on a date with Kouga.

"How is it different?!" Kagome yelled at Inu Yasha, since he was yelling back at her.

"I don't know!" He bellowed. This made Kagome confused.

"Then?! Why are you getting so worked up over Kouga?!" Kagome shouted. This made Inu Yasha think for a minute, the yell again.

"Because I don't like him!" Inu Yasha quickly thought about what he just said. 'Whoa, this means I really do like Kagome…' he thought. He shrugged off the thought and continued to fight with Kagome about her going out with Kouga.

"So? I don't like the person you're gonna go out with but I don't say anything! Now DO I?!" Kagome yelled; she quickly covered her mouth. She didn't want Inu Yasha to know that part of information. Yes, but by being so thick headed, Inu Yasha didn't listen.

Sensing a lot of screaming coming from downstairs, Souta quickly left his room to go to the railing of the stairs. There he saw a very pissed-off-looking Inu Yasha and a very agitated-looking Kagome. "What's going on?" He said. Both sets of eyes looked at him very angrily. Souta gulped and still stood there.

"Nothing!" They both said in unison, and left towards their room. Neither of them would say a word to each other till tomorrow.

Souta was still confused and scratched his head. "Damn those hormones…" he mumbled to himself and went back to his room.

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Inside Inu Yasha's room, he called Miroku who answered the phone. "Miroku, I'm up for the date!" he said.

"Great! It's going to be tomorrow night at 7 p.m." Miroku was filling in Inu Yasha on how the woman looked like and where it was going to be and all that junk…

A little while later, Kagome decided to call Kouga, who answered it very happily. "Hi Kouga…" Kagome said, very unenthusiastically.

"Kagome! My dear! To what do I owe this call?" Kouga cheerfully said over the phone.

"Are you doing anything tomorrow night?" Kagome asked. Well, skipping her phone call, she now hangs up the phone and lies on her back on her bed. 'What did I just do…' she says to herself. Somehow, tomorrow night isn't going to be a pleasant one.

(AN: Well, there you go. It's long, and it's probably one of the longest chapters I've written. *feels proud* Well, hope you like it. Now, I'm off to work on the chapter for 'The Golden Rule'. Buh Bye!

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