'I don't know how he'll manage that.' "Fine."

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The next morning, Kagome woke up to her mother yelling, spraying saliva in her face. "Wake up now!"

"I'm awake."

"Get your butt to school, now!"

Kagome quickly lept out of bed and started to dress, so her mother left the room. 'Finally.....' Kagome thought. She quickly ran to the bathroom to shower as fast as she could, and ran back to her room to dress. She had put some neosporin on the cuts from last night, and placed bandages over them.

"Maybe I can cover up the bruise with some concealer." she said.

"It will take alot more than that to cover it up." said a voice from behind her.

Kagome gasped. She had forgotten about Inuyasha!

"Feh....I know what you're thinking, and no, I didn't look. Why would I want to, anyways?"

It was all she could do to hold herself back from saying the 's' word.

Inuyasha smirked. "Tempted, are we?"

"You may not want to come with me to school." Kagome said.

"Why is that?"

"I'd probably si...say the 's' word all the way there and back."

"Feh."

"Also, you'll have to wear a baseball cap."

"Huh? o.O"

Kagome reached up inside the top box in her room. She retrieved a bright red, NC State hat. "This." she said.

"Oh. Why would I have to wear one of those?"

Kagome walked up to him and rubbed his ears, causing him to purr. "That's why."

"Feh.." he took the baseball cap from her and put it on, after having Kagome show him how it was worn.

"If you're coming with me," she said, after slipping her seemingly two ton backpack on her shoulders, "We better get going or I'll be late."

"Not with me." he said. He quickly swept her up and ran out as quietly as he could.

Once outside, Kagome shook her head. "Inuyasha, you don't even know the way to school!"

"Just tell me the directions." he said, running.

"Left." Inuyasha turned abruptly to the left.

"Left." Once again, he turned.

"Slow down Inuyasha, it's a school bus crossing!" Kagome said.

Too late. A school bus pulled in front of them. Inuyasha wasn't slowing a bit. The children inside the bus just watched in awe as Inuyasha lept over the bus and on his way.

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Once at school, Kagome demanded that Inuyasha set her down due to all the stares they were getting.

One girl, apparently, one of Kagome's friends, ran up to her. She was soon followed by two other girls. "Hey, Kagome!" she called. "How's your artheritis doing?"

Kagome spun around. "Oh, hi Eri. It's fine." 'I didn't even know I had artheritis. Probably another one of mom's lies.'

"That's good." Eri said with a smile, but not really paying attention to Kagome. "Who's your friend?"

"Oh, him? His name is Inuyasha."

"Weird name." one of them whispered to the other girl.

"Yeah.....I mean, who do you know that is named 'dog demon'?"

Inuyasha let out a low growl, snapping the girl's attention back to him.

"Well, I'd better go or I'll be late for class. Bye!" she said, putting on a fake smile as she tugged Inuyasha along.

She sighed once she was inside the building. Then she looked at a clock on the wall. "Hmm...five minutes to spare. Just enough time to grab something for breafast and unload my backpack." she smiled as she walked down the hall a little ways.

Inuyasha looked curiously along side the walls. There were people shoving things into what appeared to be a tiny hut. He didn't realize where Kagome had stopped, so he bumped into her.

"Ow!" Kagome said, rubbing her shoulder.

"Gomen nasai, I didn't m-"

"It's okay, Inuyasha." she smiled and finished putting things into her locker.

"Come on, let's go get some breakfast." she said as she felt her stomach growl.

Inuyasha nodded and they walked further down the hall until they came to a large mettal thing with alot of good smelling food inside. The thing was, with their smells mixed together, it wasn't so appetizing to Inuyasha.

"Pick one." Kagome said. Inuyasha sniffed the air and pointed to a bag of M&M's. "Good choice." Kagome said. She then kicked the machine a couple of times, and a few items, including Inuyasha's M&M's, fell down. "It's all in a matter of how you kick it."

"Oh. Can I try?" Inuyasha asked.

"No. I shouldn't do it eather, but I don't have any money today. If I get caught I'd be in serious trouble." Kagome smiled and handed the confused Inuyasha his candy and she shoved the rest into her backpack after chosing a honeybun for herself. She then looked up at the clock. "Oh crap. I'm gonna be late!"

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Dull? Yes. Boring? Yes. Pointless? Somewhat.

It will get better after this. More action with Kagome's mother, and more questions from her friends, and don't forget about Hojo-kun.

Until next time, Ja!