Life Isn't Fair

By Shippousfire

Chapter 3… Lunchtime!

"Olivia? Hellooooooo! Time to go up for lunch! Hey! Livy! Anyone home?"

"Wha…? Oh! Lunch. Hrmm… guess I should go up and get that, huh?"

"Yes, and hurry up or we'll be last in line!" snapped Jamie, who was still grumpy about Livy's snide remark about not sitting on her hair. Sometimes she wished she could yank Livy's wavy, thick, poofy hair out and feed it to one of those horses that she was always talking about. It was as close to being hay as humanly possible.

As fast as they could, the three girls charged up to the lunch line. It had to be the longest lunch line in human history, the girls all agreed.

.:.*~Meanwhile…~*.:.

"We're heeeeeeerrrreeeee! I TOLDJA I could get you back, didn't I? … Shippou? Are you okay?"

"Yes…::pant:: I'm…. ::pant:: fine... thank you…." Shippou replied as he sat down to rest after their 21-mile run.

Twenty minutes later, Shippou was back on his feet. "It is time for me to go. I must find Kagome. Alone." He then stopped, blinked, and looked up out of the well at Keru. "Unless you want to come, of course. I mean, I don't want to leave you alone, of course… and all… and…." Geez, why did he find it so hard to talk to Keru? She was only a girl… Kagome was a girl… and he could talk to her! What was wrong with him today?

"Could I? Really? Okay!" Keru replied happily, bouncing into the hole. "So… what do we do now?"

"Um… let's-" But before he could reply, they were enveloped in a strange, dark sensation.

.:.*~At the lunch table with the girls~*.:.

"Oh my gosh, you guys, is my face red? See, I got hit in the-"

"Face with a basketball this morning. I know. He always does that to you. I think he likes you…."

Livy turned and glared at Caroline. "No way! You know it's so not true!"

"Yes way! And you know it is too true!" Then she turned to Jamie and said, "So, how was TKD?" Jamie was a 2nd degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do.

"It was fun-ish. Master Kim made us run weird… We had to hit our feet to our butt… It was really odd."

"I see… Hey Terki!" Then Caroline and Terki chatted away, dead to the rest of the world. Terki had brown hair which reached down to the middle of her back and was very, very pale. She was another one of Livy's very closest friends. Terki was funny and a little perverted, and very much loved by most people who knew her.  She was always good for a laugh.

Livy relaxed and began eating her lunch, deep in thought. She looked over at Jamie, who was picking at her food and watching her beloved Matt. More like gushing over him. Livy giggled under her breath. That Jamie, there was just no hope left for her…

From that point on, everything happened fast.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Screamed Livy. "JAMIE! THERES AN ANIMAL IN YOUR-" ::thud::. "EEEEEEEEEEK! GET IT OFFA ME!"

Everyone turned and stared at the two screaming girls who were rolling all over the floor… both had some sort of little human/animal things somewhere near them (not on them, seeing as both girls had flung the animal-things off). One of the animals, a little boy with a fox tail, jumped on the lunch table where everyone could see him. Then he spoke.

"Um… hi-"

"LIVY, ITS SHIPPOU! AWW! HES SO CUTE!!!!" squealed Caroline.

"Then… who's this?" Livy whispered, pointing to the little girl standing next to him.

"I'm Keru." The girl said. "And I like you! What's your name?"

"I'm… Livy…"

The little girl- Keru- began laughing. "WHAT A FUNNY NAME!!! Oh well. I guess it could be worse. Can I come home with you?" Without hesitation, Keru hopped into Livy's arms.

And Shippou just stared.

Well, that's all for now! I'll write more later, dear friends. Thank you for your reviews! J