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A/N: Okay, I was hoping for more reviews but I don't want to keep you waiting too long. However, before I begin, I would like to mention a certain reviewer who is the only reason I'm taking the time to type this out right now. Kouga's Mate. It is truly a pleasure getting reviews from you and knowing that you appreciate my hard work. You always keep me motivated and ready to type! Thanks! J

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Chapter 8: School?

The sun rose slowly into the cloud dappled morning sky, shedding its brilliant light onto the still sleepy town of Nerima. The faint humming of little birds was the only sound disturbing the peace until….

YAAAAHHHHHH!!!!! *SPLASH*

Ranma got his usual wake up call from his father and was now drying himself by chasing Genma(Panda form), all over the dojo. It was quite a sight for Inuyasha as he groggily stared in disbelief at the Panda, who seemed to have an endless supply of signs, and the redheaded girl, now wrestling each other on the floor of the dojo, shouting out insults here and there. By the time the fight had concluded, the entire household was awake and looking very annoyed at the two.

"Is it impossible to get ANY sleep around here!" shouted a disgruntled Akane, still wiping sleep from her eyes. "It's 5:30! I would have liked to sleep for another hour or so!"

"Let's just go back to bed." said Kagome, letting out a huge yawn.

"No, it's pointless now that we're all awake. Let's go have breakfast." said Kasumi, already looking wide awake.

The only response she got was an unhappy grumble from the tired group as they all wandered off to get dressed.

A half an hour later, everyone was sitting around the breakfast table. Soun looked through the mail and suddenly got very excited.

"Mrs. Higurashi! I got a letter from your father!" He said handing her the envelope. "Hmmm…" Mrs. Higurashi stared at the handwriting on the envelope. "Looks like Souta wrote it" she said as she carefully opened it and started reading aloud.

Dear Mom,

Kagome's friends came through the well yesterday night. We are leaving in the morning and will arrive at about 2:30 PM on Monday.

                                                            See you soon, Souta

She folded the letter up and gave it to Kagome, who opened it again to read it herself. She was surprised to see that there was a lot more to the letter than what her mother had read. After breakfast was over, Kagome went to her room and read the rest of the letter.

We were able to give Miroku some of dad's old clothes, Shippo some of mine, and Sango is borrowing yours. Oh yeah! This weird guy followed them through the well. I think his name was Kouga. Grandpa is chasing him and Shippo around the shrine with wards right now. I think they would have killed him if it wasn't for the fact that he's the only one who knows how to drive.

Kagome was a little shocked at the thought of having to deal with Kouga for two weeks, but cracked up at the image of grandpa chasing him around the family shrine. She was quickly torn from her thoughts by Akane's voice, calling to her from downstairs.

"Kagome! It's time to go to school! Hurry up or we'll be late!"

Kagome slipped the letter under her pillow and ran downstairs to see everyone waiting for her. As soon as they got out the door, Akane and Ranma started running. Without a second thought, Inuyasha picked Kagome up like a sack of potatoes and followed them, catching up easily.

"Hey!" Kagome shouted "What's the big idea you idiot!"

"Well it's not like you'd be able to keep up." He said, evidently enjoying her humiliation.

They got to the school in record time and Inuyasha had just put down an extremely pissed off Kagome when he was confronted by Kuno.

"What do you think you are doing to this poor, innocent, beautiful, young lady!"

   "None of your business you idiot!" retorted Inuyasha, and, seeing Kuno's bokken, placed his hand warningly on the hilt of tetsuaiga.

"I challenge you to a fight!" shouted Kuno, pulling his bokken out of his belt.

At those words, Inuyasha unsheathed his tetsuaiga, careful not to let it transform.

"Ha! You intend to beat me with that rusty piece of junk!" Kuno taunted.

 "No" said Inuyasha, sounding unnaturally calm, almost like Sesshomaru, Kagome thought to herself.

Inuyasha walked forward and held the tetsuaiga out in front of him so that it was around a ruler's length away from Kuno's left arm. Kuno, who was now very suspicious and confused, started to move away. Just then, Inuyasha let the tetsuaiga transform, cutting a deep gash in Kuno's arm. Kuno screamed in agony and looked in horror at the Massive sword Inuyasha was holding. Inuyasha acquired a very bored look on his face, then sheathed the tetsuaiga and turned to walk away. Kuno, in a fit of rage, dashed up to Inuyasha and brought his bokken down hard onto Inuyasha's head. Inuyasha did not even flinch, but his bandanna fell in shreds to the ground, revealing his dog ears. Students who were watching the fight stared in awe and Kuno dropped his bokken in surprise, now clutching his injured arm shouting,

"DEMON! DEMON!"

Akane ran up to Inuyasha and pulled him aside.

"Come on! We're going to be late!"

Suddenly everyone realized that they were supposed to be in school and began to rush toward the building. That is, everyone except Kuno, who had to go home to tend to his injury.

Once inside, Inuyasha started to panic.

"Akane, I don't know what to do!"

"What do you mean?"

"I forgot to tell you this, but I'm from the past, I've never been to school before!"

"How can you be from the past?"

Inuyasha was getting frustrated now. "On the Higurashi shrine, there's an old, dried up well. It leads to the past! How do you think a half demon like me got here?!"

Akane still looked confused, but decided that with all the odd things happening lately, he was probably telling the truth.

"Alright, don't get angry, I believe you. Just stay close to me and do what I tell you to."

The two finally got through the crowded halls into their classroom.

"Now, Inuyasha, you're a new student, so go up to the front where Kagome's standing so that the teacher can introduce you. Oh, and take this." She said, handing him an oversized handkerchief she had just pulled from her pocket. Inuyasha got the idea and slipped it over his ears.

The teacher started to tap a pen on the whiteboard to get the class quiet.

"Good morning students! Today we seem to have two new students. And what are your names?"
"my name is Higurashi Kagome." Kagome said happily.

"Inuyasha." Inuyasha stated with no emotion at all.

"I'm going to need your full name sir." said the teacher.

Inuyasha froze. He hadn't used his full name in…150 years.

'Think, think, what is it!' Inuyasha was looked at Kagome for help.

"H-his name is Kurayami Inuyasha!" Akane said quickly, saying the first thing that came to her mind.

"Yeah! That's it!" Inuyasha almost shouted.

"Okay, please take your seats."

Kagome went to sit beside Ranma and Inuyasha looked for an empty seat near Akane. Finding none, he sat next to Ukyo instead.

The class went by fast, and soon it was time for gym. Inuyasha followed Ranma to the boys' locker room and Ranma let him borrow his extra gym clothes. They walked onto the field and joined a baseball game, which Inuyasha caught onto quite quickly. On the other side of the field, he could see Kagome playing volleyball with some of the other girls. The entire school was amazed at how fast Inuyasha could run. It didn't matter whether he hit the ball 2 feet or 10; he would always clear the bases before the other team even had time to react. Inuyasha's team won hands down. As they walked back to the locker rooms, Ranma was still in awe.

"How on earth do you run so fast!" he asked.

"I told you, I'm half demon." Inuyasha said, holding up his clawed hand as evidence.

"I wish I could run that fast."

"Keh!"

The rest of school practically flew past and before they knew it, it was 2:30. The bell rang and students started pouring out of classrooms.

"C'mon!" shouted Akane to Kagome and the others, "let's go see if Kagome's friends are here yet."

Inuyasha picked up Kagome and they ran back to the dojo.

A/N: That was sort of a weird chapter. Oh well…if you want to find out what happens next, REVIEW!!!