Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha

Sorry I haven't been updating as frequently as I used to. Things have been pretty busy. Plus tomorrow I'm going to Georgia until Sunday, I'll write out some rough drafts though during my 12 hour car ride….sigh….lol, anyway, on with the chapter

Side note - this chapter will make a lot of the characters seem very ooc. I'm basically apologizing for it ahead of time. But everything has a reason. I know this story has seemed odd so far, but just go with the flow, lol. Don't worry, the events in this chapter are not permanent, and the pairings in the summary will happen!

Chapter 6

"Kagome sweetie. Can you come here a moment?" Kagome heard her mother and headed towards her bedroom. Walking in she sat down on her mother's bed and waited to see what she had to say.

"Kagome, you know your father and I are so proud of you for all your accomplishments in school and gaining your scholarship… It's just that. Well, the American school is still going to be extremely expensive after your scholarship, and well, I'm afraid that we can't afford it now honey. I'm so sorry Kagome." Kagome just stared at her mother trying as hard as she could to keep her tears in. She hated crying in front of anyone. All she could do was nod and walk out of the room. Once she was in her own room she locked the door and threw herself onto her bed. Letting out all her tears was the only thing she could think of at the moment. Soon enough Kagome had cried herself to sleep, her dreams shattered.

"Hey Kagome come over here. Look at this cute little monkey thing!" Rin called down the hallway. Kagome headed over towards Ayumi, Sango, and Rin to see exactly what they were looking at. Sango and Kagome had come up with the idea of going to the zoo for the day just for fun. At the moment Rin had found the pygmy marmosets, and had instantly fallen in love.

"Look how tiny it is. I just want to take one home!"

"Hey look, that one is sneaking up on the other one from behind….o my god!!" Ayumi exclaimed as she was narrating what the marmosets were doing. The girls instantly pressed their faces against the glass to see that a male marmoset was trying to catch a female, meanwhile the female kept hitting and biting the male.

"The marmoset's trying to rape her!" Rin exclaimed as she watched the little monkey.

"I think she just consented," Sango pointed out.

"Um…guys… I think it's time to go look at some other animals." Kagome nervously tapped her friends shoulders as the girls noticed that the other visitors were all staring at them. They quickly picked up their bags and made a hasty exit for the door.

"So guys, do you just want to head back to my house?" Rin asked as the girls left the small mammal house.

"Sure," they all replied. The girls headed back towards Ayumi's car and sang the entire way home as loudly as they could. Kagome smiled to herself as she sat in the passenger seat of the car. It felt really good to just be out with her friends and having fun. Lately she had been feeling depressed about a lot of things. One especially being the fact that she was still single. She had been asked out a few times this year, but not by anyone she cared about. With her luck she was going to graduate high school without kissing anyone first.

When the girls got back to Rin's, they found Hoshi already there talking with her mom. The group decided to go for a walk to the nearest convenience store to get some stuff to eat. Rin called Inuyasha real quick to see if he wanted to come. After she hung up the phone she explained that he said he had chores. Kagome thought that sounded rather lame, but just shrugged as the group left the house.

She and Sango were goofing off with the slushie machine when Sango nodded her head towards the door. Inuyasha was walking inside, eyes searching for someone he recognized. Seeing the two girls over by the slushie machine he walked over.

"Hey, sorry my chores took longer than expected. Rin's mom said you guys left already." All Kagome could do was blush and nod. 'Why am I acting so freaking shy. Just say something already!'

"Hey Inuyasha! You caught up with us." Rin ran over and linked her arm through Inuyasha's. "And to think that my 'brother' was going to ditch us." Inuyasha keh'ed to himself when she called him her brother.

"Aw cut it out. You're being all girly again with that 'brother' stuff." Rin just laughed as the group paid for their belongings and left the store. Back at Rin's they all sat around and just talked about whatever they felt like. Kagome mostly stayed silent and listened, which she was good at anyway. She noticed how Inuyasha lit up when they talked about something that really interested him. He was definitely a conversationalist as he led talks and laughed loudly when Hoshi made a joke about Rin. 'He definitely seems like a happy guy. He has to have a girlfriend. Someone that good-looking and interesting can't be single.'

The next morning Kagome received another phone call from Rin wondering what they could do that day. Kagome and Sango had labeled spring break 'spontaneous week,' since they never knew what they were going to do next. Kagome threw some clothes on and started bugging her mom for a ride to Rin's. When she got there she already found Hoshi and Sango there. Her friend Mito was also there. Smiling she walked up to Mito and started talking. They had government together, but Kagome never really got a chance to talk to him outside of school. They all continued talking until the annoying song of a cell phone interrupted the chatter. Sango quickly started rifling through her purse trying to find her phone. With a look of triumph she pulled the phone out and answered it with a smile on her face. With a couple of 'ok's' and a 'see you in a bit,' she hung up and looked towards Rin.

"Ah, so it was Inuyasha. Well you two go have fun." With that said Rin winked as Hoshi and Mito caught on to what she meant and smirked. Sango blushed and muttered a goodbye as she walked out of the front door. Kagome could only stare. What was going on?

"Kag, you ok?" Rin asked with concern as she looked towards her friend.

"What was that all about?"

"O. That. Well apparently Sango agreed to being a fuck buddy, plain and simple." Hoshi and Mito could only smile. "Inuyasha hasn't had a girlfriend in over a year, or so he told me, so I guess he's just looking for some fun. And we all know Sango has well, a history." Kagome could only stare down at the floor.

"Hey Kagome."

"Yeah Sango?" Both girls were talking quietly in the back while Sess drove tuning out Rin's chattering.

"You and Inuyasha should definitely go out. You'd make a cute couple."

"You think so?"

"Definitely."

She had never felt more betrayed. Sure she wasn't technically dating Inuyasha, and she had never told Sango she liked him or anything. She wasn't even sure if she liked him. But just knowing what was probably going on, well, it hurt…a lot.

"Hey guys, I'm hungry. Wanna go grab some food?" Kagome snapped out of her thoughts as she heard Mito mention something about food. Nodding she stood up and followed the others out of Rin's house. Inside the burger place Rin had managed to convince Mito to buy her and Kagome soda's. Everyone knew that Mito would easily comply with a pretty girl. Kagome shook her head as Rin shamelessly flirted only to get a soda.

"Guys I'm bored. Inuyasha and Sango have had enough time, let's go bug them." Rin poked Mito in the back to emphasize her point.

"Ok ok, we're going."

Kagome stood towards the back of the group as Rin knocked on Inuyasha's back door. She never realized that Inuyasha's house was directly behind Rin's. A surprised Sango opened the door, and motioned for them all to go in. Inuyasha's room was directly across the hall from the back door, and the group headed inside. Sango sat down on Inuyasha's bed with Rin by her side. Hoshi walked over to Inuyasha who was sitting at his computer with his headphones around his neck. Kagome noticed Rin giggling as Sango told her something. Kagome slowly sat down on the bed next to Rin. It finally dawned on her why the room smelled…well…odd. A quick glance at Inuyasha's lopsided grin and glazed eyes as he talked to Mito and Hoshi explained it all.

"I can't believe you tried it." Rin whispered to Sango.

"Tried what?" Kagome butted in.

"O, well, I actually tried smoking a bowl. It was weird." 'So I was right. He is into smoking that stuff.' Kagome could only shake her head.

"O crap. I gotta go." Mito searched for his keys as he started muttering to himself. "Stupid curfew…"

"Hey Mito, you know what…I gotta get up early, can you give me a ride?" Kagome didn't like lying, but she knew she didn't want to stay there anymore. All she wanted at the moment was just to get out of this room. She felt like she was going to be smothered any second by her emotions.

"Sure thing Kagome. See ya guys" Everyone waved back to Mito as he left the room. Kagome turned around and looked Inuyasha in the eyes. Saddened, she turned and left the room shutting the door behind her.