Sorry I didn't update as quickly as the other chapters. Well wasn't that an interesting chapter? I thought it was really fun to write about. Yes, this is gonna be an Inuyasha/Kagome, Miroku/Sango, and Sesshoumaru/Rin story, as those are my favorite pairings. ^^. Enjoy the next chapter!
Oh yeh and no hurting yourselves while you read this story. *coughkatiecough*
College is Life & College is Hell
"I didn't know you could fight like that Rin. That was amazing! Where'd you learn how to do that?"
"Well, when I was six I saw this one girl get attacked by this group of teenage men on the street, so ever since then I've been learning how to defend myself."
"I sure wish I could have been there, but I have gym for my last class."
Sango, Kagome, and Rin where excitedly talking about there first classes of the day while making there way to there next class; history. Sango had just said that biology was very boring and the teacher had droned on and on about rules that they had known since third grade. Kagome and Rin, however, were telling Sango about how exciting and cool gym was.
"You should have been there when Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha demonstrated sword fighting," Rin said. "Sesshoumaru was awesome! I don't think anyone could have fought as well as he did."
"I kind of felt bad for Inuyasha, though," Kagome said quietly. "I mean, he's never won once against his brother, and it's really getting to him."
"Well, I thought he was a really good fighter too, but he was nothing compared to Sesshoumaru!" Rin exclaimed. "And who knows, maybe someday he'll win." Sango and Kagome looked at her suspiciously.
"You know Rin," Sango said thoughtfully, "if I didn't know any better I would say that you have a crush on him." Rin sweatdropped and hook her head wildly.
"I don't have a crush on him, I'm complimenting on his good fighting skills. Honest!" Sango and Kagome just smirked. "So what do you think we'll do in history?" asked Rin, changing the subject. Kagome shrugged.
"I don't know. Maybe we'll go over rules and get to know everyone's name," she said. Sango rolled her eyes.
"I hope not," she said. "It was bad enough in biology."
"Why if it isn't my good friend Sango," said a voice behind them. The girls turned around to see Miroku, smiling at Sango. Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha stood behind him. Sango raised an eyebrow.
"What do you want?" Sango asked him, eyeing him hand cautiously. Miroku put on a fake sad face.
"I just wanted to spend time with my new friend," Miroku said innocently. "Is there anything wrong with that?" Sango rolled her eyes.
"I don't mind hanging out for maybe a few hours," Sango said, "but I don't want to be around you 24/7. I don't even want you around 10/3." Miroku hung his head sadly.
"I get it now," Miroku said mournfully. "You don't want to be friends, do you?" Sango rolled her eyes again.
"No you dumbass, I just want some time without you once and a while, it's not like I don't want to hang around with you at all." Miroku smiled at her.
"Then why don't we use this time to get even better acquainted?" he said. You can just guess where his hand was sneaking to…
"HENTAI!" Sango yelled at the top of her lungs, slapping Miroku so hard that he went crashing into the wall. The girls continued on there way to history while Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha followed them, not even bothering to help their friend. Rin fell behind and stood next to Sesshoumaru.
"So where are you guys headed?" Rin asked, smiling up at Sesshoumaru like she always did.
"History," he replied shortly. Rin's smile widened, if that was even possible.
"We're going there as well!" Rin said happily. Sesshoumaru felt a smile tugging at his lips, but he forced it away. Instead, he nodded and looked away. Shrugging, Rin caught up to Kagome and Sango. With them still chatting about gym, they reached their history class in no time. When they entered, Kagome got a huge surprise.
"GRANDPA!? What are you doing here?" Kagome yelled, causing Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru to cover their ears in pain. Sango and Rin noticed this.
"I guess you guys have very sensitive ears," Sango stated. The brothers nodded. Kagome wasn't listening, though, as she was busy staring at her grandpa with a shocked look on her face. Her grandfather smiled at her.
"I just happen to be your history teacher," he said happily. "Your mother and I didn't tell you because we wanted this to be a surprise. I heard your college needed a new history teacher, and I know a lot about history, so the headmaster thought I would be perfect for the job." As soon as he turned away from her, Kagome slapped a hand to her forehead.
"This sucks," she muttered to herself, heading towards an empty table. "This really sucks." She sat down at a table that was big enough for 6 people. *How ironic. ^^* Sango and Rin sat down on either side of her, while the guys sat down across from them. *ok, so 'Yasha is across from Kag, Sess is across from Rin, and Miroku is across from Sango.* Once everyone was seated, Mr. Higurashi clapped his hands to get everyone's attention.
"Hello class. My name is Mr. Higurashi, and I will be your history teacher for this year," he said. Inuyasha smirked.
"Well he sure is old enough to know quite a bit of history," he snickered. Kagome glared at him and kicked him hard in the shins, causing him to yelp in pain. "Now, I would like to take attendance before we get started." He took out a sheet of paper with everyone's name on it. "Bunri Kagura." Kagura raised her hand. "Faita Sango." Sango also raised her hand. "Higurashi Kagome." Kagome raised her hand while slumping down into her seat. "Hitori Miroku." Miroku made a peace sign, causing the whole class to snicker. "Ippatsu Yura." Yura wasn't there, as she had taken Kikyou to the hospital wing. "Koji Rin." Rin waved to him. "Ookami Kouga." A boy with black hair pulled into a ponytail and bright blue eyes raised his hand. *Ookami means wolf. Go figure.* Seitai Kikyou."
"I'm here," called Kikyou. She was standing by the door with Yura. "Yura Ippatsu is here as well."
"Good, now please find a seat," said Mr. Higurashi. Kikyou looked over to where Inuyasha was seated, but scowled when she didn't see an available seat next to him. Glaring at Kagome, she sat down at a table at the other end of the room. "Tetsusaiga Inuyasha." Inuyasha raised his hand half-heartedly. "Tetsusaiga Sesshoumaru." Sesshoumaru raised his hand gracefully before setting it back down on the table. "Ussoutaru Hojo." Kagome's eyes widened when Hojo's name was called. 'Oh no,' she thought, looking around. 'He can't be here.' Her eyes fell on a boy with light brown hair and eyes raised his hand. He caught Kagome's eye, grinned, and waved. Kagome put on a forced smile, waved back, and banged her head on the table. Mr. Higurashi called out everyone else's name before putting the list away. "Ok, now take out your green history books and turn to page 23. We're going to learn about Jomon Period." He watched as everyone took out their history books before continuing. "Now, the Jomon Period was way back during 13000 BC to 300 BC, when the inhabitants of the Japanese islands were gatherers, fishers, and hunters." Kagome leaned her head against her hand, trying not to fall asleep as the boring history lesson continued.
"That was the most boring history lesson I've even attended," Inuyasha said loudly, trying to make Kagome angry. "Maybe I should just skip that class from now on." He glanced over at Kagome, but scowled when she didn't show any signs of being angry. Actually, she was laughing at something Rin had said. Miroku rolled his eyes.
"Just give it a rest, Inuyasha. I'm tired of hearing you complaining and making comments to tick Kagome off," he said. Inuyasha glared at him.
"I actually agree with him," Sesshoumaru said coolly. "I wish for once that you could just grow up and stop acting like a kid." Inuyasha snarled at him.
"Well at least I don't look like a girl," Inuyasha shot back. Sesshoumaru glared at him and cracked him fingers.
"Would you mind taking that back," Sesshoumaru asked threateningly. Miroku, sensing a fight coming on, stepped between the two.
"Look, why don't you two apologize and go to World Cultures peacefully?" Miroku suggested. The two stepped away from each other, but didn't apologize. Miroku sighed and shook his head. 'They're going to kill each other before the term is over,' Miroku thought. Kagome, who had heard a part of the conversation, groaned. 'Great, another class with that childish loser,' Kagome thought angrily. Kagome growled while Sango and Rin just stared at her.
"She confuses me sometimes," Sango muttered to Rin. Rin rolled her eyes.
"No really," she whispered back. Fortunately, Kagome didn't hear them. With each of the groups about 10 feet away from each other, they all reached World Cultures without a word to one another. When they opened the door, they were greeted by a woman of about 30. She was smiling toothily at them. "Hello children!" she said, her smile never leaving her face. "My name is Ms. Saezaeshita, but you may call me Ms. S. Now why don't you all go find a seat?" They all went to find seats, all the while wearing a very scared look on their face. *happy people scare me. So do sane people. -.-* They found seats at the back of the classroom. Kagome sat in a seat with Inuyasha in front of her, Sango behind her, Rin to the left of her, Sesshoumaru behind Rin next to Sango, and Miroku on the other side of Sango *Do I confuse you? ~grins~ Good.* The seat next to Kagome was empty, until the guy with black hair and bright blue eyes sat down. He grinned at her.
"Hi, my name's Kouga. What is your name?" he said.
"My name's Kagome," she answered. He held out his hand and she shook it.
"Kagome, that's a pretty name for a pretty woman such as you," he told her. Kagome blushed. Kagome suddenly heard a growl in front of her. She and Kouga turned to see Inuyasha glaring at him. Kouga smirked.
"Why if it isn't Inuyasha," Kouga said smoothly.
"What were you doing?" Inuyasha asked, gritting his teeth.
"I was just talking to Kagome here," Kouga replied. "You got a problem with that, mutt face?" Inuyasha's mouth dropped open in anger.
"Well at least I'm not a wimpy wolf," Inuyasha shot back. Kouga's smirk faded only to be replaced with a glare as fierce as Inuyasha's.
"Shut up! At least I'm not an albino!" Kouga snapped. Everyone was now watching them with interest.
"You oughta be put down for rabies," Inuyasha hissed at him. Some people had pulled snacks out of their pockets and where munching on them as if they were at a movie theater. Kouga was just about to reply with another comeback, but the teacher had just started talking.
"Can I get everyone's attention please?" she asked sweetly. Some people had turned around, but most were still watching Inuyasha and Kouga. When they didn't do what she asked, her facial expressions turned ugly. "I said LISTEN!" she yelled at them. Everyone shut up and turned to face her. Seeing that she had gotten everyone's attention, she smiled again. "Good, now my name is Ms. Saezaeshita. I'm hoping that this will be a very interesting year. First off, I want to tell you that later in the year there will be a field trip. This, however, won't be like any other trip you have ever taken. This trip will be two to three months long. You will get to go around to world to learn about other countries. You will be studying their cultures and their histories, so this trip will not only count for your World Cultures grade, but for your history grade as well." Most of the class had started muttering excitedly to one another. They all went quiet when they saw Ms. S. give them a look. "We will be talking more about this later on this month, but I just wanted to tell you all now so that it won't come as a major shock to you all later in the year. Now then," she took white book off of the desk behind her, "please turn to page 14. We will start learning about the American cultures." For the rest of the hour she talked about the cultures and behaviors of the Americans before the bell rang for the end of class. "Please read pages 26-36 for homework. Have a lovely day!" Ms. S. said over the rustling of people packing up and heading out the door.
"I thought that the American culture was interesting," Rin said as she and her friends walked to the cafeteria for lunch. "Maybe we should go there for the field trip."
"I can't wait until we go," Sango said excitedly. "I've always wanted to visit the Bahamas. Maybe we can go there."
"What I thought was interesting was that our teacher has a double personality," Kagome said with a strange look on her face. Her friends nodded in agreement. Ms. S. had talked in this really happy voice for most of the class, scaring most of the students. But the thing that scared the crap out of everyone was when she suddenly got this evil look on her face whenever someone was talking. She would suddenly start shouting at them, threatening to give them suspension for a month and fail them, and then she would revert back to her cheerful self when they shut up. It was enough to scare the shit out of anyone. Once they had gotten their food, they went over to the table they had sat at for breakfast and sat down. They began talking again until they heard a cough. Turning around, they saw Miroku, Inuyasha, and Sesshoumaru looking at them. Miroku smiled.
"Is it alright if we sit here?" Miroku asked them. The girls nodded and they sat down. Miroku sat down next to Sango, Sesshoumaru sat next to Rin and across from Miroku, and Inuyasha sat next to Kagome. *sorry if you guys are getting annoyed at me for describing the seating arrangements, but I want to be as specific as possible.*
Wanting to have a friendly conversation with him, Kagome asked Inuyasha, "So how was your day so far?" Inuyasha shrugged, picking at him salad.
"Ok, I guess," he replied shortly. Kagome sighed. This wasn't going anywhere.
"So, what's up with you and Kouga?" Kagome asked him. "Why don't you like each other?" Inuyasha didn't reply. He just glared at his food. Miroku answered for him.
"They've hated each other ever since grade school. On the first day of third grade, Kouga dumped his tray of food all over Inuyasha and embarrassed him in front of the whole school. On the same day, during art, Inuyasha dumped a whole bucket of brown paint on him. It turned out that the paint wasn't washable, so Kouga had to go around for a whole week with paint stuck to him." Miroku grinned at the memory.
"So I guess you too have known each other for quite a while," Sango stated. Miroku nodded.
"Yeh, we've been friends ever since Preschool. Inuyasha called it 'Hell Prison' and he wanted to get out so bad that he started coming up with ideas on how to escape. I saw him sitting by himself and asked if I could join him. He agreed, so we both plotted on how to get out of the building." Miroku chuckled and took a sip of his coke before continuing. "We almost made it, too, except that we got caught while I was half-way out the window. Inuyasha was already outside and tried to run for it when the teacher opened the door. He almost made it to the gate when the teacher caught up to him. We were in time-out until our parents came." The whole table laughed, even Inuyasha, who had stopped pouting. Once the laughter had stopped, the group started on their lunch. Inuyasha was already half-way done with his ramen when Kagome started on her hamburger. Kagome rolled her eyes and bit into it. 'It's a good thing I'm used to my brother's eating habits,' Kagome thought, chewing slowly on the burger, 'or else I would have been totally grossed out because of Inuyasha.' Once she had finished her burger, she turned to Inuyasha again.
"Inuyasha, can I see your schedule?" she asked. Inuyasha nodded and handed it to her. Picking a piece of ramen off of it, she compared it to her own. Her eyes widened when she realized how many classes they had together. 'I have ever single class with him?' Kagome exclaimed in her mind. 'How the hell am I ever going to make it through the year?' She handed back the schedule, a shocked look still on her face. Inuyasha noticed this.
"Something wrong Kagome?" he asked her. Kagome shook her head.
"No, everything's fine," she said. Inuyasha turned back to his tray, which was now empty. He looked over at Kagome's tray and noticed that it was also empty, but she hadn't thrown it away yet. "Hey Kagome, do you want me to throw your tray away for you?" Startled by his generous offer, she didn't answer right away. "Hello?" Inuyasha said, annoyance now mixing into his voice. "Earth to Kagome." Kagome blinked and shook her head.
"Yeh thanks," she said, smiling at him and handing him her tray. Her fingers brushed his and they both felt a tingling sensation running through their hands. Blinking in surprise, they held each other's gaze for a few seconds before Inuyasha turned away to dispose of the trays. Kagome, not noticing that she was blushing, also turned away. She saw Sango, Rin, and Miroku smiling at her. Sesshoumaru was just concentrating on his food. "What?" Kagome asked, looking from one grinning face to the next.
"We knew it!" Sango exclaimed triumphantly. Kagome looked at her, confused.
"You knew what?" she asked.
"You do like Inuyasha!" Sango said. Kagome's face went even redder. "See! You're blushing!" Sango exclaimed.
"I do not like him," Kagome muttered, looking down at the table.
"Right," Rin said, smirking.
"Don't worry Kagome," Miroku told her. "Inuyasha liked you as well.
"I do not!" yelled Inuyasha, sitting back down next to Kagome. Miroku just grinned knowingly at him.
"Inuyasha, I've known you for 16 years. I know when you have a crush on someone," Miroku said, causing Inuyasha to go as red as Kagome.
"I guess that solves the mystery of Inuyasha's love life," Sesshoumaru spoke up, smirking at Inuyasha. Inuyasha growled at him.
"Do you want to take this outside?" Inuyasha snarled. Sesshoumaru shook his head.
"No, I don't feel like wasting my energy on a weakling like you," Sesshoumaru replied. Inuyasha stood up angrily.
"Damn you guys piss me off, every single one of you!" Inuyasha shouted, causing half the cafeteria to look at him. And with that, Inuyasha stormed out of the lunch room. The five blinked.
"Well that went well," Miroku muttered. Kagome got up.
"I want to see if I can calm him down," she said. Miroku shrugged.
"Good luck," he said, watching Kagome exit the room after Inuyasha. Kagome looked around for a while before she found Inuyasha sitting on a stone bench outside the entrance to the maze. She walked over and sat down next to him.
"Look," Kagome said after a few moments of silence, "I know that they were just trying to get on your nerves, but you need to ignore them. I bet they're just teasing you because they knew you'd react like this." Inuyasha snorted.
"I'm always the one who has to be picked on," Inuyasha said angrily. "I'm always first to be picked on, always the first to be blamed, and always the first to be punished!" Kagome sighed.
"That sometimes happened to me as well," Kagome admitted, trying to make him feel better. "But I ignored them until they left me alone, and after a while they got to know me better and I got to be really good friends with some of them. Maybe if you do that as well, then people will want to get to know you better." Inuyasha shook his head.
"I'm different from everyone else," Inuyasha said stubbornly. "Everyone hates me because I'm different."
"I don't hate you," Kagome said truthfully. Inuyasha looked at her.
"But I thought you did," he said. Kagome smiled slightly at him. "Not really. You can make me really angry some of the time, but the thing I like about you is your difference. You're unique, and that's the first thing that caught my eye." Kagome held out her hand. "So do you want to be friends?" she asked him. Inuyasha looked at her hand and smiled.
"Sure," he said, shaking it.
Hiding in the hedge maze, someone narrowed their eyes in anger and clenched their fists.
"That bitch," the person muttered angrily. "She can not get close to him. Inuyasha is mine; I'll make sure of it."
Ok, there ends chapter 4. Sorry if the Inu/Kag relationship is going too quickly for you. I bet most of you can figure out who was hiding in the maze. This chapter wasn't one of my better ones, but I hope it pleases you none the less. I hope you all have a great 4th of July! Bye!
~Mewchild