Hi all!! Sorry for the wait. I know, it wasn't that long of a wait, but for me it was! I feel like I have failed you all. I didn't even start working on this chapter or ch. 18 for 'The Dark Side' till Tuesday. Normally, I woulda started the 18th for 'TDS' Sunday afternoon, almost immediately after posting the last chapter of this. It most likely woulda been out Monday or Tuesday if I did. But no, I waited till 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday to start on the story.

And no, I wont tell if Koga gets his ass kicked. You will all just have to wait. I feel bad about that, too. I don't hate Koga. In fact, I think Koga's pretty cool, but I still love my Inu more. Fact of the matter is, I don't hate Koga and I feel bad for making him such a hentai horny bastard in this story. ::sigh:: oh well, whatcha gonna do now that I am over half way done with the story? Nothing, that's what. ::lol::

Now then, the original character, Chastity, is an idea made by my dear friend, Anna, who is obsessive over the color pink. The one color I despise with all my being is the one color she is making me write about. ::sigh:: what did I do to deserve such agonizing torture?? Oh, and!! AND!!!!! IT'S A FUCKING NEKO! I hate them things. Nekos should go to hell and burn!! Yeah some of you may be neko fans, but I hate them with a passion!!

"A Hanyou in the Heart" by Inu Faceness

Chapter Eighteen: Shippo's New Girl

Shippo arrived at school in a very good mood. Actually, that was an understatement. He was in a fantastic mood. He had spent all night talking to a girl. Not just any girl, either. She was Shippo's girlfriend. For three years, they had been dating. Of those three years, they had seen each other ninety percent of the time. For two months out of the summer vacation, she'd leave and visit England. Now, however, she was over there instead of here with him. They could only talk over the Internet at times like this. It broke each of their hearts, but it was worth the wait if he could only see her again. He had learned yesterday that she was coming back that night. They had talked while she was on her laptop at the airport in England.

Shippo walked through the schoolyard, carefree and happy. He only noticed his friends when they were screaming and waving their arms around for him. His face was slightly pink from the attention he had gotten from their behavior. He sauntered over to them, sitting cross-legged beside Inu Yasha, who was leaning against a tree.

All were lazy on this morning: Sango with her head on Miroku's shoulder, Miroku with his arm around Sango, Rin with a large and very bright smile plastered on her face, and Shippo and Inu Yasha both had similar thoughts running through their minds: girls.

Inu Yasha sighed heavily and looked over at Shippo, instantly noticing the content smile evident on his face. "So, what happened with you?" he asked, watching Shippo blush out of the corner of hid eye.

"Wha...?" He blinked a few times, remembering where he was. All eyes were on him. "What? What'd I do?" Sango was the first to burst out laughing, Miroku quickly following. A smile was on the hanyou's lips.

"What are you so happy about?" Inu Yasha said a little slower. Shippo realized how goofy he must have looked and blushed more before replying quietly.

"I talked with my girlfriend last night."

Sango stopped laughing and looked at the kitsune. "You mean Chastity?" he nodded "How is she? Is she having a good time in England?" Sango went to Shippo and sat across from him.

His cheeks were still tinted red. "Yeah, she's coming home. She should be back at about noon." Inside, the kitsune was all a flutter. He couldn't wait to see the neko. Inside, he was ecstatic. Inu Yasha looked around at the group.

"Whoa, wait a sec," he held his hands up. "Shippo has a girlfriend?" Shippo sent him a death glare and the hanyou just laughed. "Just kidding, Kit. Who's the girl?"

"Oh, just a childhood friend, right Shippo?" Miroku said, wiggling his eyebrows suggestively. He chuckled when the glare changed from Inu Yasha to him.

"Actually, we all met Chastity in the eighth grade. She and Shippo hit it off and they've been going out since ninth." Rin informed, smiling brightly at the kitsune.

"Long time. Wedding bells any time soon, Kit?" Shippo's eyes nearly bulged out of his head when Inu Yasha said that. This comment caught Sango, Rin and Miroku off guard, also. They hadn't even thought about it. Would Shippo ask Chastity to marry him?

"Hey guys!" A voice rang out from across the campus and drew the attention of the five. Kagome waved at them and smiled at them. But, just as Inu Yasha was about to wave back, Koga appeared at her side, wrapping an arm around her shoulders. Sango stood and rushed to Kagome's side, Rin following.

"Kagome! Chastity's coming back!" The school girls (A/N: that's weird... calling Sango a school girl... ::lol:: ) latched hands, freeing Kagome from Koga.

"No way! How'd you find out? Who's heard from her?" Kagome stood with her two best friends.

"Shippo. Apparently, they've been communicating by internet..." Sango winked at her friend, "and they talked last night. I guess she's due here by noon."

Rin was about to comment when the bell for school to start rang through the grounds. All headed to their respective destinations.

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"Hey, Kagome," Rin tapped on Kagome's shoulder and then stretched when she looked at her. "You'll never guess what I did yesterday."

Kagome smiled at her friend. "You bought Sango a whip for controlling her new boyfriend." Both started laughing, their noise drowned by the voices of the other students.

"I wish, but this is better." Rin turned completely in her seat, now facing Kagome sitting on her left. "I have a date for the dance tomorrow."

"What? Who could you bring? The only one I can think would be Sesshomaru, but you know as well as I do that older people aren't allowed to go. Who ya taking?"

"Nah, I am taking him, after all, he has been my boyfriend for about a week."

"But how did you get that to happen? Rin, we aren't allowed to bring people outside our school. Last time I checked, Sesshomaru doesn't work here." An evil smirk formed on Rin.

"I pulled a few strings with the principal. That's how. You just gotta know the right people to talk to." Kagome wasn't buying the whole thing. She sent a playful glare to Rin.

"What did you say?"

"I told him Sesshomaru was my fiancée."

END CHAPTER

Dun Dun DUN!!! Hehe... Rin is such a sly vixen, isn't she? Hehe. Sorry for the wait of this chapter. I hope this never happens again. School is VERY slowly coming to a close much to my pleasure, and that means... SUMMER!!! Again, I feel I have failed you all by this late update, but I hope this chapter makes up for it slightly... I appreciate all your concerns for me and my 'not watching Inu on Saturday'-ness. I was on a hyper spree all last Saturday and it kinda killed me. I was at a concert at 10, when the first showing of Inu was on, and I passed out at midnight before the second one. I was so pissed when I woke up the next morning!! . N e way, enough of my babbling. Next chapter will be more or less eventful. You will ACTUALLY meet Chastity and then we will get ready for graduation

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