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up!!!
Okay that was scary . . .
K: You're telling us!
Inu: And when I thought she had reached the height of her weirdness . . .
D: Sorry it took so long to get this stupid chapter up, but I have had some SERIOUS writers block. Gomen five times over!
Here you are!
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Chapter 3
Tests & Rumbles
"InuYasha!!! I have to back HOME!!!"
"Why?! All you do is take those stupid "tests"!!!"
Kagome rolled her eyes and stomped her foot in frustration.
"It's not like I WANT to do these tests! It's because I HAVE to!"
InuYasha crossed his arms and looked away.
"Looking for the jewel shards is more important." He said firmly.
Kagome growled, he was standing in her way and if he didn't move . . .
"InuYasha! Don't make me say it . . .," she said through clenched teeth.
InuYasha felt nervous, he didn't want her to say the 'S' word, but he didn't want her to go either.
"You're not going!" he said automatically, wishing he hadn't to seconds too late.
"Sit." She said calmly.
The beads around the hanyou's neck flashed quickly with a pink light and then dragging him down to meet his wonderfully close friend.
The dirt.
Oh! Hello, how are you?
Kagome calmly but quickly stepped over the half demon and the newly indented ground.
"I'll see you all in a few days!" she said, waving to the others, who only stood only a few yards away. They waved back at her and she disappeared through the Bone Eaters Well.
Shippo jumped down and pounced onto the still motionless InuYasha.
"You really should consider some of those "anger management classes" Kagome keeps talking about. From what I hear you could really use them."
The hanyou finally recovered and jumped up, snatching the kitsune out of the air. His face was smeared with dirt, as were his haori and pants, but you could distinctively see the popping vein on his forehead.
"You wanna say that again you little shrimp?" he growled.
Before the kitsune could reply a golden staff hit InuYasha smartly on the head.
"Hey! What was that for?!"
"You should really stop giving Kagome such a hard time about leaving." The monk stated, taking Shippo from InuYasha's clutches, "Perhaps then she would not come back reluctant or grudgingly all of the time."
"You do give her a hard time InuYasha." Sango agreed, Shippo jumping onto her shoulder. InuYasha twitched at their continuous bickering, but when he turned to tell them off, they were already half way down the path, back to the village.
"Hey!" he yelled disgruntled, "I'm not finished yet!"
~*~*~*~*~*~
Kagome climbed back out of the well on her side and walked across the stone courtyard to her house. The sun was setting by the time she got to the door, filling the sky with the cool hues of the night.
"Mom! I'm home!"
She didn't hear any response, so she took off her shoes and started her way down the hallway. When she did hear a voice she listened carefully and heard . . .
"No, she is suffering from an acute case of hemorrhoids, she won't be in school for at least a few more days."
Kagome burst into the room, ran over to him, snatched the phone and slammed it down on the receiver.
"Grandpa!!!"
"Oh, Kagome, you're home!' he said cheerfully, smiling at her.
Kagome stood there fuming for a second before she heard the front door open and close. She grabbed her backpack and headed up the stairs, storming past her mother and brother, both of whom were carrying grocery bags.
"Oh, sweetie! You're home! Can I do anything for you?"
Kagome grunted as she stepped onto the first stair.
"Yeah, make sure _Grandpa_ doesn't make up any more of my excuses!"
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InuYasha sat in a tree, thinking about Kagome.
"Why does she always have to leave when we're in the middle of something?" he asked himself. Then he rethought that. She never left when they needed her, only when they weren't doing anything in particular.
He sighed, 'I always miss her so much when she leaves.'
He wouldn't have normally thought these things, but ever since that one fight . . . with that tiger demon.
He had known then, when he died for her, that he felt more then just a deep friendship. Kagome . . . was something else. He didn't have any friends until he met her. Then they had met Shippo, Miroku and Sango. Along with many, MANY other people along the road to complete the jewel shards.
'The jewel . . . I've always sought after it because I wanted to use it to become a full demon . . . now I'm not so sure. I've seen what the power is, and how corrupt . . . I had no control over my actions . . . I don't know anymore.' He sighed and closed his eyes.
All of a sudden . . . the birds were chirping loudly in his ears.
'What the hell?' he thought opening his eyes. He found that it was morning.
Well into morning! Almost afternoon!
'Damn!'
He jumped out of the tree and ran back to the village. Running into the hut he burst out without thinking.
"Come on, we've gotta head out!"
The four people (Kaede, Miroku, Sango and Shippo) looked at him curiously.
It was Miroku who told him the news.
"InuYasha . . . Kagome left yesterday, don't you recall?"
Shippo nodded, "He must have lost one to many brain cells that last "sit"."
InuYasha would have pounced in him right then, but he was too embarrassed. He turned on his heel and snorted,
"Yeah, well I thought you might want to go without her, but I guess you don't."
He walked out of the hut before anyone else could retort, but they could guess where he was headed.
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Kagome sat at her desk, glancing every so often at the chalkboard. She had about ten more minutes of the test left and then she could break for lunch. She had had no time to make it this morning and ended up bringing ramen instead.
'X equals twenty.' She wrote, finishing up her last answer. The bell rang just as she handed her test into the teacher. He smiled as she gave it to him and she went back to her seat to pick up her stuff.
'Thank Kami that's over!' she thought putting her books into her bag.
She was about to walk out of room when-
"Kagome!"
She knew that voice. (Dun dun dun!!!) She turned around and saw Hojo jogging down the hall towards her.
"Oh, hello Hojo." She said, smiling.
He finally reached her and smiled back.
"Kagome! I'm glad you're feeling better!"
"So am I."
"Are you going to lunch?"
Kagome nodded, taking the ramen out of her bag and smiling shruggingly.
(Is that even a word? I know you're cringing Shannon, shut up!)
"You mind if I walk you downstairs?"
Kagome shook her head and they walked down the hall together, talking.
"So how's you're little sister?" Kagome asked, knowing she had been on medication for a while for her asthma
"Oh, she's doing much better. She's been missing a bunch of school too, so she knows how you feel."
Kagome laughed nervously.
"She probably does!"
A couple of seventh graders ran in front of them, out into the courtyard. They nearly ran Kagome over in their rush.
"I wonder what that all about . . ." she asked herself out loud.
The two students walked out into the courtyard and found that a large group of people was circled around a smaller group in the middle.
"What the-?"
Kagome pushed through the crowd, leaving the taller and less agile Hojo behind.
What she saw was something she never though she would see. Ever.
She stared at the sight in awe and horror. Three of the juniors and two of the seniors where surrounding a guy in the middle of them. Kagome recognized the two seniors as Yumi's older brothers. They were twins; very popular and they were very protective of their little sister.
And her friends.
'Yumi must have said something.' Kagome thought, pushing past the people in front of her. 'Knowing her she told them a psycho was looking for me and sicked her brothers (and his friends) on him!'
InuYasha got to the "school" Kagome's mom had told him about. He followed her scent all the way to the strange building and found a bunch of other kids their age there as well.
'Damn all these smells!' he thought, crouching down and smelling the ground. One girl in particular looked at him strangely. InuYasha noticed something funny about her scent and got up in her face, sniffing her slightly.
"You! You have Kagome's scent on you! Where is she?" he demanded.
The other two girls there carried Kagome's scent too. They had probably just been in contact with her.
"Kagome? Higurashi? She should be coming out for lunch in a second." One of the other girls replied. InuYasha didn't wait for another word, he had caught Kagome's more recent scent. He pushed passed them rudely and headed toward the school doors.
It took his FOREVER to find his way back out of the building. Kagome had been pretty much everywhere that morning! He went down the back courtyard to the school (she had had gym) when a group of guys called out to him.
"We hear you're looking for Higurashi." The tallest one said.
"Outside Students are not allowed on campus during school hours," continued the one who looked exactly like the first. "We're gonna have to ask you to leave."
InuYasha smirked, flexing his claws,
"Not 'til I see Kagome."
The twins shot each other a glance and looked back at the strange white haired boy.
"Now, see, that's where we don't agree . . ."
They had started a confrontation that would soon enough turn into a rumble. The kids in the school emerged at the sound of an annoyingly loud bell and started to make a mob around the "fighters".
InuYasha cracked his knuckles.
"If that's how you want it." He said, smirking.
The boy to his left dove for him; InuYasha easily jumped over him and pushed him to the ground. He dodged another boy's punch and yet another's kick. He was just about to rank one of the twins face open when he caught a wonderfully familiar scent. Losing all interest in the fight, he stepped over to the source of the scent, causing the boy who had tried to tackle him fall to the ground. He sniffed at the air and turned around to see Kagome standing behind him.
He fought the urge to sweep her into a hug and jumped over to her.
"Finally, I was wondering how long it would take me to find you!"
Kagome frowned, looking very cross.
"InuYasha!" She hissed, grabbing him by the prayer beads and pulling him through the startled crowd. She pulled him quickly into a corner and then turned back to him.
"What are you doing here?" she demanded, keeping her voice down, knowing that the students had ears everywhere.
"I've come to bring you back. You're done with your test, right?"
Kagome started to yell but found that she really couldn't, because she had already finished the test. She had been planning to go back to the feudal era tonight anyway.
"Yes," she began, "But-!"
InuYasha, who didn't wait for her response, turned his back to her and pulled her quickly onto it.
He crouched down, and took a flying leap onto the nearest roof and then ran from there back towards the well.
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Yay!!! I'm good! I finally got past my writers block!!! Yaay me!! I am all powerful. I am all seeing. I am all knowing. Praise me. (srry peeps, inside joke)
K: You finally got another chapter up!
D: aren't you so proud?
Inu: *Snort*
D: Will you do the honors?
K: Sure, ahem, sit.
Inu: *BAM!!!*
D: InuYasha meet floor, floor meet InuYasha.
Thank you to all of my reviewers!!! I love you all sooo much!!! Thank you thank you!!!!
R&R people, I don't know if you like unless you type! On the little keyboard . . . you know? The thing with keys? That you type with? Oh never mind!
I think this the longest chap I have ever posted. And with minimal A/N coooll . . .
Okay that was scary . . .
K: You're telling us!
Inu: And when I thought she had reached the height of her weirdness . . .
D: Sorry it took so long to get this stupid chapter up, but I have had some SERIOUS writers block. Gomen five times over!
Here you are!
~*~*~*~*~*~
Chapter 3
Tests & Rumbles
"InuYasha!!! I have to back HOME!!!"
"Why?! All you do is take those stupid "tests"!!!"
Kagome rolled her eyes and stomped her foot in frustration.
"It's not like I WANT to do these tests! It's because I HAVE to!"
InuYasha crossed his arms and looked away.
"Looking for the jewel shards is more important." He said firmly.
Kagome growled, he was standing in her way and if he didn't move . . .
"InuYasha! Don't make me say it . . .," she said through clenched teeth.
InuYasha felt nervous, he didn't want her to say the 'S' word, but he didn't want her to go either.
"You're not going!" he said automatically, wishing he hadn't to seconds too late.
"Sit." She said calmly.
The beads around the hanyou's neck flashed quickly with a pink light and then dragging him down to meet his wonderfully close friend.
The dirt.
Oh! Hello, how are you?
Kagome calmly but quickly stepped over the half demon and the newly indented ground.
"I'll see you all in a few days!" she said, waving to the others, who only stood only a few yards away. They waved back at her and she disappeared through the Bone Eaters Well.
Shippo jumped down and pounced onto the still motionless InuYasha.
"You really should consider some of those "anger management classes" Kagome keeps talking about. From what I hear you could really use them."
The hanyou finally recovered and jumped up, snatching the kitsune out of the air. His face was smeared with dirt, as were his haori and pants, but you could distinctively see the popping vein on his forehead.
"You wanna say that again you little shrimp?" he growled.
Before the kitsune could reply a golden staff hit InuYasha smartly on the head.
"Hey! What was that for?!"
"You should really stop giving Kagome such a hard time about leaving." The monk stated, taking Shippo from InuYasha's clutches, "Perhaps then she would not come back reluctant or grudgingly all of the time."
"You do give her a hard time InuYasha." Sango agreed, Shippo jumping onto her shoulder. InuYasha twitched at their continuous bickering, but when he turned to tell them off, they were already half way down the path, back to the village.
"Hey!" he yelled disgruntled, "I'm not finished yet!"
~*~*~*~*~*~
Kagome climbed back out of the well on her side and walked across the stone courtyard to her house. The sun was setting by the time she got to the door, filling the sky with the cool hues of the night.
"Mom! I'm home!"
She didn't hear any response, so she took off her shoes and started her way down the hallway. When she did hear a voice she listened carefully and heard . . .
"No, she is suffering from an acute case of hemorrhoids, she won't be in school for at least a few more days."
Kagome burst into the room, ran over to him, snatched the phone and slammed it down on the receiver.
"Grandpa!!!"
"Oh, Kagome, you're home!' he said cheerfully, smiling at her.
Kagome stood there fuming for a second before she heard the front door open and close. She grabbed her backpack and headed up the stairs, storming past her mother and brother, both of whom were carrying grocery bags.
"Oh, sweetie! You're home! Can I do anything for you?"
Kagome grunted as she stepped onto the first stair.
"Yeah, make sure _Grandpa_ doesn't make up any more of my excuses!"
~*~*~*~*~*~
InuYasha sat in a tree, thinking about Kagome.
"Why does she always have to leave when we're in the middle of something?" he asked himself. Then he rethought that. She never left when they needed her, only when they weren't doing anything in particular.
He sighed, 'I always miss her so much when she leaves.'
He wouldn't have normally thought these things, but ever since that one fight . . . with that tiger demon.
He had known then, when he died for her, that he felt more then just a deep friendship. Kagome . . . was something else. He didn't have any friends until he met her. Then they had met Shippo, Miroku and Sango. Along with many, MANY other people along the road to complete the jewel shards.
'The jewel . . . I've always sought after it because I wanted to use it to become a full demon . . . now I'm not so sure. I've seen what the power is, and how corrupt . . . I had no control over my actions . . . I don't know anymore.' He sighed and closed his eyes.
All of a sudden . . . the birds were chirping loudly in his ears.
'What the hell?' he thought opening his eyes. He found that it was morning.
Well into morning! Almost afternoon!
'Damn!'
He jumped out of the tree and ran back to the village. Running into the hut he burst out without thinking.
"Come on, we've gotta head out!"
The four people (Kaede, Miroku, Sango and Shippo) looked at him curiously.
It was Miroku who told him the news.
"InuYasha . . . Kagome left yesterday, don't you recall?"
Shippo nodded, "He must have lost one to many brain cells that last "sit"."
InuYasha would have pounced in him right then, but he was too embarrassed. He turned on his heel and snorted,
"Yeah, well I thought you might want to go without her, but I guess you don't."
He walked out of the hut before anyone else could retort, but they could guess where he was headed.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Kagome sat at her desk, glancing every so often at the chalkboard. She had about ten more minutes of the test left and then she could break for lunch. She had had no time to make it this morning and ended up bringing ramen instead.
'X equals twenty.' She wrote, finishing up her last answer. The bell rang just as she handed her test into the teacher. He smiled as she gave it to him and she went back to her seat to pick up her stuff.
'Thank Kami that's over!' she thought putting her books into her bag.
She was about to walk out of room when-
"Kagome!"
She knew that voice. (Dun dun dun!!!) She turned around and saw Hojo jogging down the hall towards her.
"Oh, hello Hojo." She said, smiling.
He finally reached her and smiled back.
"Kagome! I'm glad you're feeling better!"
"So am I."
"Are you going to lunch?"
Kagome nodded, taking the ramen out of her bag and smiling shruggingly.
(Is that even a word? I know you're cringing Shannon, shut up!)
"You mind if I walk you downstairs?"
Kagome shook her head and they walked down the hall together, talking.
"So how's you're little sister?" Kagome asked, knowing she had been on medication for a while for her asthma
"Oh, she's doing much better. She's been missing a bunch of school too, so she knows how you feel."
Kagome laughed nervously.
"She probably does!"
A couple of seventh graders ran in front of them, out into the courtyard. They nearly ran Kagome over in their rush.
"I wonder what that all about . . ." she asked herself out loud.
The two students walked out into the courtyard and found that a large group of people was circled around a smaller group in the middle.
"What the-?"
Kagome pushed through the crowd, leaving the taller and less agile Hojo behind.
What she saw was something she never though she would see. Ever.
She stared at the sight in awe and horror. Three of the juniors and two of the seniors where surrounding a guy in the middle of them. Kagome recognized the two seniors as Yumi's older brothers. They were twins; very popular and they were very protective of their little sister.
And her friends.
'Yumi must have said something.' Kagome thought, pushing past the people in front of her. 'Knowing her she told them a psycho was looking for me and sicked her brothers (and his friends) on him!'
InuYasha got to the "school" Kagome's mom had told him about. He followed her scent all the way to the strange building and found a bunch of other kids their age there as well.
'Damn all these smells!' he thought, crouching down and smelling the ground. One girl in particular looked at him strangely. InuYasha noticed something funny about her scent and got up in her face, sniffing her slightly.
"You! You have Kagome's scent on you! Where is she?" he demanded.
The other two girls there carried Kagome's scent too. They had probably just been in contact with her.
"Kagome? Higurashi? She should be coming out for lunch in a second." One of the other girls replied. InuYasha didn't wait for another word, he had caught Kagome's more recent scent. He pushed passed them rudely and headed toward the school doors.
It took his FOREVER to find his way back out of the building. Kagome had been pretty much everywhere that morning! He went down the back courtyard to the school (she had had gym) when a group of guys called out to him.
"We hear you're looking for Higurashi." The tallest one said.
"Outside Students are not allowed on campus during school hours," continued the one who looked exactly like the first. "We're gonna have to ask you to leave."
InuYasha smirked, flexing his claws,
"Not 'til I see Kagome."
The twins shot each other a glance and looked back at the strange white haired boy.
"Now, see, that's where we don't agree . . ."
They had started a confrontation that would soon enough turn into a rumble. The kids in the school emerged at the sound of an annoyingly loud bell and started to make a mob around the "fighters".
InuYasha cracked his knuckles.
"If that's how you want it." He said, smirking.
The boy to his left dove for him; InuYasha easily jumped over him and pushed him to the ground. He dodged another boy's punch and yet another's kick. He was just about to rank one of the twins face open when he caught a wonderfully familiar scent. Losing all interest in the fight, he stepped over to the source of the scent, causing the boy who had tried to tackle him fall to the ground. He sniffed at the air and turned around to see Kagome standing behind him.
He fought the urge to sweep her into a hug and jumped over to her.
"Finally, I was wondering how long it would take me to find you!"
Kagome frowned, looking very cross.
"InuYasha!" She hissed, grabbing him by the prayer beads and pulling him through the startled crowd. She pulled him quickly into a corner and then turned back to him.
"What are you doing here?" she demanded, keeping her voice down, knowing that the students had ears everywhere.
"I've come to bring you back. You're done with your test, right?"
Kagome started to yell but found that she really couldn't, because she had already finished the test. She had been planning to go back to the feudal era tonight anyway.
"Yes," she began, "But-!"
InuYasha, who didn't wait for her response, turned his back to her and pulled her quickly onto it.
He crouched down, and took a flying leap onto the nearest roof and then ran from there back towards the well.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Yay!!! I'm good! I finally got past my writers block!!! Yaay me!! I am all powerful. I am all seeing. I am all knowing. Praise me. (srry peeps, inside joke)
K: You finally got another chapter up!
D: aren't you so proud?
Inu: *Snort*
D: Will you do the honors?
K: Sure, ahem, sit.
Inu: *BAM!!!*
D: InuYasha meet floor, floor meet InuYasha.
Thank you to all of my reviewers!!! I love you all sooo much!!! Thank you thank you!!!!
R&R people, I don't know if you like unless you type! On the little keyboard . . . you know? The thing with keys? That you type with? Oh never mind!
I think this the longest chap I have ever posted. And with minimal A/N coooll . . .