Oh, Please!

Chapter Four

Long-Lost Buddies

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Inuyasha! *sob* Why can't I?! Must hunt down Rumiko Takahashi and STEAL THE… OWNERSHIP… THINGY PAPER STUFF!! WAHAHHA! O.o okie, that's it.

"Oi, wench!" he yelled, followed by the snickering of the circle of friends around him.

I glowered at him as I followed Ayame to a seat. Ayame grinned at me, thoroughly pissing me off.

"What?!" I yelled.

"You're the new girl…" her smile turned to one of pity, "I ache for you."

I raised an eyebrow. She aches for me? What's that supposed to mean?

Before I could ponder this any longer, the teacher jogged into the classroom and positioned himself behind the front counter, coaxing the rest of the class to sit. As soon as everything was in order, he began the lesson.

"Today we'll be continuing our study on plant growth. Kagome Higurashi?" I raised my head from my desk. "I will give you the material you need to catch up after class."

I nodded and set my head back on its resting-place. He started talking again.

"First we'll be looking at the…"

He just drones on and on, doesn't he? Little does he know, we already did this unit at the other school! Mwaha. I wonder what Sango is doing right now. I'm sure she heard about my situation from someone…

"Kagome!" Ayame spoke into my ear, causing me to jump in my seat. I looked around wildly.

"What? Huh?"

She slanted me a flat look.

"You were sleeping."

"And you woke me up? How dare you!" I said, crossing my arms and pouting. She shook her head and sighed.

"You humans are odd… Anyway, I woke you up because we're doing a lab now. Will ya be my partner?" she asked innocently.

"All right!"

"And Kagome?"

"Yes?"

"You have a spot of drool on your cheek."

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"Shut up!" I screamed across the science room. Ayame cowered behind me and Inuyasha leered over me in front.

"Ha! I knew it! You DON'T know the meaning of callipygion!" He smirked and planted his hands triumphantly upon his hips.

"Hah! So WHAT?! YOU didn't know the meaning of fulsome!" I mimicked his pose.

"Well my word's longer!"

"Exactly! It's harder to know the long words, but it's pathetic not to know the short ones!"

He stared at me blankly while he processed what I had said. I saw the feeling of defeat slowly sweep over him.

"Well—I--"

"HA! You have been struck down!" I smirked victoriously and turned away.

Okay, you're wondering how we got into this, right? While I was studying flower, Inuyasha decided to pick on me. He didn't know what he was getting into. We ended up in a battle of wits, shouting long, hard words at each other, and seeing if the other could understand. Okay, it was a lame fight, but I still won. Yay for Kagome!

He stormed off in a furious mood, sending me death glares. Ayame turned to me with wide eyes.

"You… you… you beat him!!!" She sprang into me and muffled my cries of protest in a hug.

"Get—off—Ayame!" I whined. She pulled away but held onto my shoulders, looking me strait in the eyes.

"You are strange, but in a good way."

"Thanks?"

* * * *

At the end of class, Inuyasha approached me with his head down and hands in his pockets. I looked up at him from my papers.

"What?" I said sharply.

"I'm your guide, remember?" he said, his annoyance clear in his voice.

"Oh, right. So what's our next class?"

"History," he said grimly.

"History? Urgh, I hate that class! It's so boring…" I complained, grabbing my books and following him.

"Pfft. Tell me about it. It was my least favorite class," he said.

"Was?"

He shot me a bored look and mumbled over his shoulder, "Was until you got in every one of my classes." He propped his hands behind his head and said casually, "Now school just plain sucks."

I stopped in mid-step and gritted my teeth.

Just when we found something to talk about… something in common… he has to kill it. He killed it, then kicked it repeatedly, then mangled it, then tore it apart limb from limb and—

"You coming, or not?" he shouted impatiently over his shoulder.

Without a thought, I flung my foot at the back of his shin. He staggered a bit and whipped around.

"What was that for?!"

I pursed my lips and glowered at the idiot. Without a word, I kicked him again, shot him a defiant look and strolled over to my locker. I figured he'd stayed standing there, looking dumbfounded and blocked traffic in the hall.

I deducted that from one of the students shouting, "hey stupid, you're blocking the way!"

I felt his stare- which was a mixture of anger and confusion- burn at my back. I didn't care- let him stare all he wants!

I slammed my locker shut and more than walked- but less than stomped- over to him. He was still getting his supplies ready. I tapped my foot impatiently.

The next thing I saw surprised and disgusted me to no end.

He turned to the mirror hanging on his locker door and primped! He primped! I watched in horror as he finished adjusting his bangs and shot himself a devilish grin. I suppose he thinks that any girl would just melt when he flashed that smile at them.

Pfft. The macho idiot.

Apparently he saw (and misinterpreted) my sickened expression through the reflection of his mirror, because he grinned wider and said, "you like what you see?"

I slanted him a flat look and kicked his shin a third time.

"Ow! That's gonna bruise, you know. Well, it would, if I wasn't such an awesome demon," he said, clearly proud of himself.

A group of girls passed by, giggled and shyly waving at him. He flashed that readily prepared smile and they all blushed. Now that's enough to drive a lesser mind insane with mental disturbance.

Oh, great. This guy is wonderfully equipped with pretty-boy habits and an ego the size of Russia. And girls STILL drool all over him! No wonder it's such an amazing feat to 'beat' him.

I glanced around me to find myself alone besides the steams of students rushing to class. I panicked and followed the first glimpse of silvery long hair I could get. I'm lucky it was Inuyasha.

I walked up beside him and leaned forward to look in his eyes.

"You left me," I stated as if I was surprised. He looked down at me and blinked.

"So? You need to learn how to hurry up," he replied, and quickened his pace.

Wait a minute, wasn't i just the one telling him to hurry up?

Before I could comment we were in the classroom. Inuyasha, of course, ran over to a group of buddies so I was left to sit alone in a desk until the teacher arrived.

I picked out one of the back seats—I don't like the excessive attention you get in the front. I set my books down and… well… sat there. Realizing I looked like an idiot just watching everyone, I picked up my textbook and paged through it.

"Boring… boring… boring…" I mumbled as I flipped through.

"Do you enjoy reading school textbooks?" a voice over me asked playfully. I looked up and saw a boy sporting a big toothy grin, staring down at me. He sat in the seat in front of me backwards and propped his elbows on my desk. His high, black ponytail swished back and forth with his movements.

"I suppose you're new here?" he questioned. I nodded, blinking at his tan face and turquoise eyes.

Hey, he's kinda cute…

"Cool. I'm Kouga. It's nice to see a new face around here." He looked around the room as if searching for something more to say. Once he found it, he opened his mouth again.

"So what do you think of those humans? I think they're inferior. Demons are definitely the dominant species." He laughed. "Those humans can't do a thing in this world! In a fight, I could beat any human into a little ball of flesh in one swipe!"

He jabbed at the air as if in an intense battle and looked down at me for approval. What he found was a really pissy girl clutching her textbook rather tightly.

He noticed and said, "oh, hey, sorry, you must be friends with humans, right?"

I stared at him with disgust for his stupidity.

"I am a human!"

With that, I picked up my books and walked to an empty seat on the other side of the room. He watched me in confusion, shrugged, and walked off to bother someone else.

Pfft. Stupid. Cute, but stupid.

I sighed and resumed flipping through the textbook.

Today's taking too long…

* * * * *

The final bell rang (yes!) and I said my goodbyes to Ayame. I skipped down the school's front steps, excited to meet with Sango. I didn't really care if Miroku was there or not.

Unfortunately, Inuyasha's new route home was near mine. Oh, goody.

"Kagome!" a voice called excitedly from across the street. I gasped and smiled.

"Sango!" I called back. I ran into the street to give her a hug and she hugged back.

"How was your day? What was it like? I heard about it from Kaede!" she asked eagerly.

I strolled proudly to her the sidewalk and greeted Miroku, purposefully leaving Sango waiting.

"Hi, Mirkou!" I said cheerily.

"Hi Kagome." He leaned over and whispered, "who's that?"

I looked up to see Inuyasha glaring at us over his shoulder, walking behind his brother. Slowly, Inuyasha's glare softened to a form of awe. He blinked and turned all the way around to face us.

I watched in suspicious terror as he made his way towards Miroku, still sporting that dumb look.

"Miroku…?" he mumbled while blinking multiple times. Miroku also caught the deadly 'dumb look of awe' and blinked back.

"Inuyasha!" Miroku leapt in for a manly hug and Inuyasha openly received it. (A.N. I'm not a fan of Yaoi, sorry folks.)

Sango and I sniggered in the corner and pointed at them. Our laughing increased when they immediately looked at each other in disgust and shoved away. Miroku awkwardly coughed while Inuyasha examined the pavement.

It took a while for us to finally stop laughing, but once we did, we had a few questions for the 'lovers'.

"Miroku, what's going on? Are you not telling me something?" Sango asked suggestively.

Miroku looked shocked and hurt.

"Why I would never lie to you, Sango dear! Ouch!" Miroku pathetically rubbed his newly received bump on his head and gave Sango his puppy eyes. She glared back and snorted.

"That's not the answer we were looking for! That's not even an answer! What's going on?" I asked, exasperated.

"We were friends when we were young, then we were separated, and now we are back together. Is that good enough, your highness?" Inuyasha sneered.

I ignored his rude comment and began to walk again. Sango followed and continued the questions.

"So you guys were really good friends, huh?" she asked, as Miroku and Inuyasha joined us.

"Yeah, you could say that," replied Miroku, giving Inuyash a knowing grin, who put on an identical expression.

"Keh! You got us into a ton of trouble back then, you numbskull!" Inuyasha laughed, bonking Miroku on the head. (I'm beginning to notice how incredibly abused Miroku is…)

Sango and I shared suspicious looks and we walked on.

* * * * *

Sango decided to come home with me so we could gossip while pigging out on Ramen and Pocky. (A.N. *drools* Yummm… *-*)

We climbed upstairs with arms full of food and plopped down on my bed. The first thing that came out of her mouth was the thing that shocked me the most.

"So?! Are there any cute guys?" Her eyes gleamed eagerly.

I blinked at her for a moment. You see I'm not the type that goes crazy over every boy I see. I'm just not that way! I'm not extremely open with my lovey-touchy-feely feelings.

"Well… there was one… but he was a jerk. So no, not that I noticed," I replied honestly. Sango gave me a deadpan look and stuffed Pocky in her mouth.

"You're hopeless," she sighed through a mouthful of food. She gave me an evil look and swallowed.

"Houjo looked pretty lost without you there," she commented, watching me out of the corner of her eye.

"Pfft. He always looks lost!" I commented back. Sango snorted a laugh and reached for more Pocky.

"So what did happen today?" she questioned.

I described to her my entire day, including Ayame, whom I suggested she meet. Sango agreed right away, dying to meet someone new. She was always fascinated by demons, and Ayame has to be the nicest one I've met yet!

"I'll call Ayame, we'll meet up tomorrow and we'll go to a movie together!" I announced my plans to her. Suddenly, I sneezed violently. I grumbled as I wiped the snot off my hand and tossed the kleenex into the trashcan.

"Someone must be talking about you!" Sango said cheerily, unknowingly participating in one of my grandpa's old superstitions. Poor, poor Sango…

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And that is Chapter 4! All done! I'm so glad that Sakura-chan88 reviewed and promoted my story! Thank yooooou!!! ^^ I really appreciate it! Oh, and if anyone wants to read a great fic, read 'You!' and then 'Me?', written by her. (wow, I don't have very good grammar in this… :/ oh well.)

I'm so excited that people actually like me fic! (I'm sorry, I just don't get attention for my work often. T_T) ^^ keep reviewing guys, I love you all! ^_~

P.S. For those of you who don't know, callipygeon means beautiful buttocks and fulsome means offensively flattering. The words fit together, don't they? And there are reasons why each would know the word. ^^