Whoa, CHAPTER 5! Weeee!! Thank you for those of you that reviewed, you
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IceDragon'08: Thanks for bearing with me, I had you in mind when I forced myself to get on my computer and write. It takes some effort to start sometimes, but isn't it cool that once you get going you get lots of good ideas and finish really fast?
Southern-Inu: Yeah, I like the clocks too. I truly do believe that they are sentient and want to annihilate all life on earth to further their own evil ends...:P
Tao-fairlight: Another hater of alternate pairings! I am not alone! A little bit of romantic stuff in this chapter, but not much. It'll come, don't worry. ^.^
Mustard Yellow Sunshine: Is this chapter better? Not as scrunched? Should I make the writing larger, or in bold? What are some of the rules for making things show up? It's pretty complicated and weird sometimes. All I know is that for some things you have to do something special for them to show.
Thanks a lot! You really do help!
Disclaimer: Man this is annoying, I have to think of yet another witty disclaimer. Joy. How about 'don't bother suing because it isn't mine and I don't have any money any way you loon!' Cover the basics?
Detention, Kagome thought, isn't all that bad. Like many other things it had its ups and downs, although she had to admit there were a significantly larger amount of downs, namely a certain white haired moron. On the brighter side she did get to finish her homework without any distractions. Other than him, of course. She hadn't cured herself of suddenly going off and thinking about his ears. Just yesterday she just barely stopped herself from sneaking up behind him and jumping to his ears. They were just so fuzzy! 'See' Kagome thought 'I'm doing it again.' Today was the second to last day of detention, (thank god) but it was certainly not the best. Not only was Inuyasha here as usual, but so was Hojo, it was strange. He almost never got in trouble; maybe he did it on purpose so he could stalk her more. She sighed and concentrated on some advanced algebra, it was easier than trying to figure out the complexities of the male mind.
Inuyasha stared at the ceiling. And stared, and stared... He suddenly blinked when he realized that another person had entered the room, it was that girl, the new one. Inuyasha dug around in his memory, fishing for the name. Ah. Sango. He watched her disinterestedly as she walked up to the teachers desk and handed him a note. The teacher yawned, he had been snoozing, and took the note. After glancing at it he pointed her to a seat next to Kagome. Kagome smiled at her and whispered something, careful that the teacher didn't hear. Inuyashas' ears perked as he snooped.
"What are you in for?" Asked Kagome, curious. She had gotten the impression that Sango was pretty straight-laced, not the type to get into much trouble. Then again, that was something that people would say about her too, and look where she was. "It was that history teacher, Mrs. Trebeck; she gave me one for absolutely no reason!" Sango looked upset, "When I asked why on earth I got a detention she said that if I didn't know why she wouldn't tell me. I think she just did it because she was bored!" "I wouldn't be surprised," Kagome replied, "She has been known to do that very thing if she hasn't already ruined some body's day." She smiled at Sango, making her grin back. "Don't worry. The others won't hold it against you, they all know about her." Sango nodded in agreement and took out her notebook.
Sango opened her notebook and took out a pen, she did have some homework to do after all. Besides, it would take her mind off that bothersome hanyou a few seats away. She hadn't been able to figure much out about him, he apparently kept to himself and didn't have any close friends. Her parents wouldn't let her follow him home, insisting that it was too risky until the agents did their job in Kyoto. What a bunch of prehistoric ninnies. How hard could tracking one hanyou be? Sure, she admitted to herself, he had enhanced senses, but so did most demons. Glancing at Inuyasha she still couldn't believe that this, this teenage boy, could be any threat.
Inuyasha was asleep, or nearly so. He was in that place where you half knew what was going on, but everything was sort of fuzzy. His mind was aware of him falling asleep, but it didn't care. As far as it knew that was a good thing. Which made it very, very annoyed when Inuyashas' ears caught a strain of another conversation and woke him up. A couple of girls in the far corner were giggling and whispering to each other in that annoying way that girls do. (A/N: I am such a hypocrite...) "- do you think? Aren't they sweet?" said the girl that had been giggling. "Well yeah," said the other girl. " but doesn't she, like, not like him?" She was obviously a little more mature than The Giggler, but that wasn't saying much. "No, of course she likes him! That's just how things work!" She said this like it was the most obvious thing in the world. Inuyasha sighed, bored out of his wits. "Well, I guess they have known each other forever..." The other girl said reluctantly. Mrs. Giggles started up again enthusiastically. "And their names sound so good together. 'Hojo and Kagome'" Inuyasha jerked slightly. "It has a sort of ring to it, don't you think? The entire school knows about them... What a perfect match..." She trailed off dreamily. Meanwhile Inuyasha was thinking rapidly. Kagome had a boyfriend?! Not that he cared of course. He paused to convince himself that, indeed, he didn't care. Turning his head slightly he glanced at the boy, this 'Hojo'. He would have at least hoped she had some taste, really. He snorted, looking Hojo up and down, Inuyasha figured that he could beat the living daylights out this weakling without breaking a sweat. What did she see in him? What did he have that he- He cut off that line of thought, realizing he sounded jealous? Of some human girl? Just concern, he told himself. 'I'm just too good hearted to see a girl waste her time with this idiot and not do something about it. Yeah, that's it.' Now if only he could figure out why he sounded so unconvincing even to his own ears.
Kagome said goodbye to Sango as the bell rang and started home. Her house wasn't all that far away, but it was pretty hot out and she stopped at a local café to grab a drink. She walked up to the counter and she checked the clock, it was only mid-afternoon so she had plenty of time. Absentmindedly she asked the man behind the counter for a diet coke. After paying him a dollar and sixty cents (what a rip off) she went and sat down at a table to people watch. Down the street came a guy on his bike sporting a few bent spokes, he was going about as slow as a bike can go without toppling. Kagome watched his progress down the busy street, swerving constantly to avoid hitting anyone while trying to stay on his bike. Kagome was wondering if she should call an ambulance in advance when Inuyasha came strutting down the street tossing his book from hand to hand casually. He spotted her and seemed to hesitate, an odd look on his face, and just barely missed being run down by the poor boy. Falling from his bike the kid apologized to Inuyasha in a worried tone, probably because of the way he was glaring at him. Kagome couldn't help it, she started to laugh. Inuyasha shrugged off the boy, still apologizing, and sent a good glare her way. It looked more embarrassed than angry, and there seemed to be something else swirling about in there. Kagome stopped laughing. Inuyasha walked in.
Still blushing slightly, Inuyasha looked around the small café and went to get a muffin while watching Kagome out of the corner of his eye. The little voice in his head was calling him a fool for coming in, not only would he get in the hugest trouble imaginable with his dad, but he didn't even have a good reason for it. He didn't desperately need a muffin, although they did look good, and he could find a better way of getting aback at his dad. Maybe he would leave for a few days and just hang out. Yeah. He paid the guy a couple of dollars and seventy five cents (It wasn't even that large of a muffin, tiny in fact. What a rip off.) Glancing around he went over to a table near enough to Kagome to be able to have a clear view, but not close enough to really be all that obvious. He took a bite out of his muffin.
Kagome peered unobtrusively at Inuyasha; he seemed intent on his pastry. What was he doing here? She had always thought he just went straight home. Sighing she gazed out the window and groaned. Great, just great. Since when was this café so popular? Why is that all she wanted was a drink and suddenly she was being punished so? It was a diet after all... Kagome leaned back and closed her eyes as yet another person she DID NOT want to see walked through the door and sat at her table. Opening her eyes and smiling, she said "Why hello Hojo, what brings you here?"
Inuyasha was not thrilled. He was in fact, very, very angry. Why? He had no idea. All he knew is that he had a sudden urge to throttle Hojo. He took a savage bite out of his muffin, wondering if his day could get any worse. (A/N: They always ask...You'd think they'd learn.) He didn't spy on their conversation, not wanting to listen to any sappy teenage romance junk. He heard quite enough of that in school already, he didn't want any more than he could help hearing. Turning back to his muffin he realized it was gone, and he had eaten the wrapper on the bottom by mistake. Eww... And he had thought that it was just a bad muffin. Feeling stupid, tired, and strangely depressed, he made as if to leave the café. He stopped dead when yet another person walked through the glass doors and made for Kagomes' table. Inuyasha suddenly realized that his day could get worse. The person at the table was Kouga.
"Oh nothing much, just wandering around." Replied Hojo, seemingly delighted she had asked. "Ah." Said Kagome. She looked at him. He looked at her. Kagome started to think about what excuse she would create to leave when Hojo perked up and asked her if she would like to go to a movie that was playing in about an hour. "Uhhh.." Kagome trailed off, not knowing what to say or how to let him down. Luckily, or unluckily as the case would have it, Kouga strolled through the doors right at that moment and headed to her table. Wonderful. What was supposed to be a relaxing stay at a café was swiftly turning into something far more stressful. Kouga sat sown and got straight to the point. "Kagome, come with me to a movie tonight." Not a question.
Poor Kagome! All she wanted was to take a break. Stupid males... Except for Inuyasha of course. Well, maybe he would be included, but he is definitely not in the same category as Wimpy wolf over there.
Cris: Excuse me? No wolf is wimpy!!!! Never say that again. Kouga just has some issues, that's all.
Yeah right. 'Issues'.
Anyway, do you people think I should have Miroku, Shippo, or any other characters? I can't really think of a good way to use them so give me a suggestion. Hey, I need more reviews! MOOORRRE. How can I make my story better or lift my ego without you guys?
Cris: Somehow I don't think your ego needs any lifting whatsoever. Yours is as high as the sky, trust me.
Fine. Be that way. Leave me here, review less to wallow in misery... (sob)
Cris: Gr. Okay people, for the sake of my sanity, please review.
Yay. REVIEW! WHAHAHAHAH!!!
Cya-Lupe Garou & Muse.
IceDragon'08: Thanks for bearing with me, I had you in mind when I forced myself to get on my computer and write. It takes some effort to start sometimes, but isn't it cool that once you get going you get lots of good ideas and finish really fast?
Southern-Inu: Yeah, I like the clocks too. I truly do believe that they are sentient and want to annihilate all life on earth to further their own evil ends...:P
Tao-fairlight: Another hater of alternate pairings! I am not alone! A little bit of romantic stuff in this chapter, but not much. It'll come, don't worry. ^.^
Mustard Yellow Sunshine: Is this chapter better? Not as scrunched? Should I make the writing larger, or in bold? What are some of the rules for making things show up? It's pretty complicated and weird sometimes. All I know is that for some things you have to do something special for them to show.
Thanks a lot! You really do help!
Disclaimer: Man this is annoying, I have to think of yet another witty disclaimer. Joy. How about 'don't bother suing because it isn't mine and I don't have any money any way you loon!' Cover the basics?
Detention, Kagome thought, isn't all that bad. Like many other things it had its ups and downs, although she had to admit there were a significantly larger amount of downs, namely a certain white haired moron. On the brighter side she did get to finish her homework without any distractions. Other than him, of course. She hadn't cured herself of suddenly going off and thinking about his ears. Just yesterday she just barely stopped herself from sneaking up behind him and jumping to his ears. They were just so fuzzy! 'See' Kagome thought 'I'm doing it again.' Today was the second to last day of detention, (thank god) but it was certainly not the best. Not only was Inuyasha here as usual, but so was Hojo, it was strange. He almost never got in trouble; maybe he did it on purpose so he could stalk her more. She sighed and concentrated on some advanced algebra, it was easier than trying to figure out the complexities of the male mind.
Inuyasha stared at the ceiling. And stared, and stared... He suddenly blinked when he realized that another person had entered the room, it was that girl, the new one. Inuyasha dug around in his memory, fishing for the name. Ah. Sango. He watched her disinterestedly as she walked up to the teachers desk and handed him a note. The teacher yawned, he had been snoozing, and took the note. After glancing at it he pointed her to a seat next to Kagome. Kagome smiled at her and whispered something, careful that the teacher didn't hear. Inuyashas' ears perked as he snooped.
"What are you in for?" Asked Kagome, curious. She had gotten the impression that Sango was pretty straight-laced, not the type to get into much trouble. Then again, that was something that people would say about her too, and look where she was. "It was that history teacher, Mrs. Trebeck; she gave me one for absolutely no reason!" Sango looked upset, "When I asked why on earth I got a detention she said that if I didn't know why she wouldn't tell me. I think she just did it because she was bored!" "I wouldn't be surprised," Kagome replied, "She has been known to do that very thing if she hasn't already ruined some body's day." She smiled at Sango, making her grin back. "Don't worry. The others won't hold it against you, they all know about her." Sango nodded in agreement and took out her notebook.
Sango opened her notebook and took out a pen, she did have some homework to do after all. Besides, it would take her mind off that bothersome hanyou a few seats away. She hadn't been able to figure much out about him, he apparently kept to himself and didn't have any close friends. Her parents wouldn't let her follow him home, insisting that it was too risky until the agents did their job in Kyoto. What a bunch of prehistoric ninnies. How hard could tracking one hanyou be? Sure, she admitted to herself, he had enhanced senses, but so did most demons. Glancing at Inuyasha she still couldn't believe that this, this teenage boy, could be any threat.
Inuyasha was asleep, or nearly so. He was in that place where you half knew what was going on, but everything was sort of fuzzy. His mind was aware of him falling asleep, but it didn't care. As far as it knew that was a good thing. Which made it very, very annoyed when Inuyashas' ears caught a strain of another conversation and woke him up. A couple of girls in the far corner were giggling and whispering to each other in that annoying way that girls do. (A/N: I am such a hypocrite...) "- do you think? Aren't they sweet?" said the girl that had been giggling. "Well yeah," said the other girl. " but doesn't she, like, not like him?" She was obviously a little more mature than The Giggler, but that wasn't saying much. "No, of course she likes him! That's just how things work!" She said this like it was the most obvious thing in the world. Inuyasha sighed, bored out of his wits. "Well, I guess they have known each other forever..." The other girl said reluctantly. Mrs. Giggles started up again enthusiastically. "And their names sound so good together. 'Hojo and Kagome'" Inuyasha jerked slightly. "It has a sort of ring to it, don't you think? The entire school knows about them... What a perfect match..." She trailed off dreamily. Meanwhile Inuyasha was thinking rapidly. Kagome had a boyfriend?! Not that he cared of course. He paused to convince himself that, indeed, he didn't care. Turning his head slightly he glanced at the boy, this 'Hojo'. He would have at least hoped she had some taste, really. He snorted, looking Hojo up and down, Inuyasha figured that he could beat the living daylights out this weakling without breaking a sweat. What did she see in him? What did he have that he- He cut off that line of thought, realizing he sounded jealous? Of some human girl? Just concern, he told himself. 'I'm just too good hearted to see a girl waste her time with this idiot and not do something about it. Yeah, that's it.' Now if only he could figure out why he sounded so unconvincing even to his own ears.
Kagome said goodbye to Sango as the bell rang and started home. Her house wasn't all that far away, but it was pretty hot out and she stopped at a local café to grab a drink. She walked up to the counter and she checked the clock, it was only mid-afternoon so she had plenty of time. Absentmindedly she asked the man behind the counter for a diet coke. After paying him a dollar and sixty cents (what a rip off) she went and sat down at a table to people watch. Down the street came a guy on his bike sporting a few bent spokes, he was going about as slow as a bike can go without toppling. Kagome watched his progress down the busy street, swerving constantly to avoid hitting anyone while trying to stay on his bike. Kagome was wondering if she should call an ambulance in advance when Inuyasha came strutting down the street tossing his book from hand to hand casually. He spotted her and seemed to hesitate, an odd look on his face, and just barely missed being run down by the poor boy. Falling from his bike the kid apologized to Inuyasha in a worried tone, probably because of the way he was glaring at him. Kagome couldn't help it, she started to laugh. Inuyasha shrugged off the boy, still apologizing, and sent a good glare her way. It looked more embarrassed than angry, and there seemed to be something else swirling about in there. Kagome stopped laughing. Inuyasha walked in.
Still blushing slightly, Inuyasha looked around the small café and went to get a muffin while watching Kagome out of the corner of his eye. The little voice in his head was calling him a fool for coming in, not only would he get in the hugest trouble imaginable with his dad, but he didn't even have a good reason for it. He didn't desperately need a muffin, although they did look good, and he could find a better way of getting aback at his dad. Maybe he would leave for a few days and just hang out. Yeah. He paid the guy a couple of dollars and seventy five cents (It wasn't even that large of a muffin, tiny in fact. What a rip off.) Glancing around he went over to a table near enough to Kagome to be able to have a clear view, but not close enough to really be all that obvious. He took a bite out of his muffin.
Kagome peered unobtrusively at Inuyasha; he seemed intent on his pastry. What was he doing here? She had always thought he just went straight home. Sighing she gazed out the window and groaned. Great, just great. Since when was this café so popular? Why is that all she wanted was a drink and suddenly she was being punished so? It was a diet after all... Kagome leaned back and closed her eyes as yet another person she DID NOT want to see walked through the door and sat at her table. Opening her eyes and smiling, she said "Why hello Hojo, what brings you here?"
Inuyasha was not thrilled. He was in fact, very, very angry. Why? He had no idea. All he knew is that he had a sudden urge to throttle Hojo. He took a savage bite out of his muffin, wondering if his day could get any worse. (A/N: They always ask...You'd think they'd learn.) He didn't spy on their conversation, not wanting to listen to any sappy teenage romance junk. He heard quite enough of that in school already, he didn't want any more than he could help hearing. Turning back to his muffin he realized it was gone, and he had eaten the wrapper on the bottom by mistake. Eww... And he had thought that it was just a bad muffin. Feeling stupid, tired, and strangely depressed, he made as if to leave the café. He stopped dead when yet another person walked through the glass doors and made for Kagomes' table. Inuyasha suddenly realized that his day could get worse. The person at the table was Kouga.
"Oh nothing much, just wandering around." Replied Hojo, seemingly delighted she had asked. "Ah." Said Kagome. She looked at him. He looked at her. Kagome started to think about what excuse she would create to leave when Hojo perked up and asked her if she would like to go to a movie that was playing in about an hour. "Uhhh.." Kagome trailed off, not knowing what to say or how to let him down. Luckily, or unluckily as the case would have it, Kouga strolled through the doors right at that moment and headed to her table. Wonderful. What was supposed to be a relaxing stay at a café was swiftly turning into something far more stressful. Kouga sat sown and got straight to the point. "Kagome, come with me to a movie tonight." Not a question.
Poor Kagome! All she wanted was to take a break. Stupid males... Except for Inuyasha of course. Well, maybe he would be included, but he is definitely not in the same category as Wimpy wolf over there.
Cris: Excuse me? No wolf is wimpy!!!! Never say that again. Kouga just has some issues, that's all.
Yeah right. 'Issues'.
Anyway, do you people think I should have Miroku, Shippo, or any other characters? I can't really think of a good way to use them so give me a suggestion. Hey, I need more reviews! MOOORRRE. How can I make my story better or lift my ego without you guys?
Cris: Somehow I don't think your ego needs any lifting whatsoever. Yours is as high as the sky, trust me.
Fine. Be that way. Leave me here, review less to wallow in misery... (sob)
Cris: Gr. Okay people, for the sake of my sanity, please review.
Yay. REVIEW! WHAHAHAHAH!!!
Cya-Lupe Garou & Muse.