Rumiko Takahashi: Are you person who's being claiming my Inuyasha?

Me: Yea, and what are you gonna do about it!?

Rumiko sensei: Fluffy-chan, kill her!

Me: Ahh, okay, okay, I don't own Inuyasha, let me live! I just wanna write about him.

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Oh man, so many reviews to answer. To those that just wanted me to update soon, I won't be answering to them.

Subaruu - I'm more evil than you, so live with it.

Three-Letter-Word - Okay, I'll just explain here. In Japan (and China), there are only 3 years in High School instead of 4 like in America. (But they have 6 years in elementary and 3 in junior high, so we're even). And their freshmen in High School are the equivalent of 10th graders in American schools. They call those freshmen 1st graders of high school. 11th grade here is 2nd grade high school there. 12th grade here is 3rd grade there. Get it? And so Kagome and Sango are in 1st grade (10th grade), and Miroku and Inuyasha are in 3rd grade (12th grade). Okay, that's the best I can do.

Kayarab - haha, you're funny.

Starfruit7 - no, he hasn't figured it out yet. But he'll know later. Who's the youkai? You'll find out today.

MingLay - Kendo is an old sport in Japan. It's like fencing using wooden swords, but the stance is different and it can really hurt you.

Kitsune Hanyou - are you a psychic or something? Read the chapter and you'll see what I mean.

The Unnamed Demon - hehe, yea, sorry about the cliffie. This chapter happens to be one too. *innocent grin*

Keyta - aww, and I like my eyes. Ahh, evil spoon! Miroku? He's gonna be a good boy and not grope girls, not much anyway.

LightHopemayShine - the thing is, in Japan, modern teenagers use the English boy/girlfriend phrases. So when the girls in the class were whispering, they said it in English with a Japanese accent. And since Inuyasha doesn't really understand the significance of the word, he separated it into two words: boy and friend, and translated them individually. And even if you say "boy friend" in English, it can mean male friend.

Dangerous beans - haha, you and your hamster.

Mishi4- haha, Hoho. I'm trying to make this as funny as possible but be serious at the same time.

Katherine9 - Fluffy? I thought about it. Maybe. Even if he does appear, it'll be in later chapters. Guess we'll just have to wait and see.

LuckyLadyCat - I'm usually very descriptive (read my other fics and you'll see). But I wrote most of this fic (actually all of it) at 3 or 4 in the morning. And I just wanted to finish it and sleep. So I'll try to be more descriptive later on. The clothing are just normal high school uniform. When they wear their casual clothes, I'll describe them more closely. K? Don't lose faith in my writing skills.

Lil' Chi Chi - Yup, hyper as usual. I always look forward to your reviews.

Ever Happy - Okay, LISTEN UP PEOPLE, DON'T EAT JELLO WHILE YOU'RE READING THIS FIC! Hehe, you like cliffies? Here's another one.

Silverinuyasha - simple and to the point.

Flint - aww, that's not very original. *read the A/N at the bottom*

Radical Edward - wow, I feel honored.

Bluelily07- jeez, you people are touchy.

Kagome-chan15 - yea, I got confused reading your review. But keep reviewing!

Toku-chan - ooooo, flaming fist of fury, that's a new one. Here's another chapter, don't kill me now!

Sorry if I left some people out. There was just too many.

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Chapter 5: Yucky Worm Guts and an Old Ally

Kagome froze. 'Youkai? In this time? No way!' She looked around and saw that the lab room door was open and their teacher, Tomoeda sensei, was standing on the doorstep, wearing his usual brown suit, apparently in shock while staring at Inuyasha.

"Tomoeda sensei?" Kagome whispered while watching Inuyasha growl at their biology teacher. "He can't be a youkai!"

Inuyasha sneered, not taking his eyes off the man. "He can change his appearance, probably kitsune magic, but I'll never forget his fucking scent for as long as I live."

Kagome gasped. "No way, you know him!?" Kagome glanced at her teacher. Tomoeda was a man around thirty years old. He was one of the nicest and funniest teachers in the school. The only word to describe him would be "cool". He even has a high ponytail that makes him looks like he's part of a rock band. Not to mention he's also a gym teacher and excellent at Kendo. And he calls all the girls in the class by "-chan" and even brings food to classes.

Tomoeda sensei was shocked too at the sight of Inuyasha. But he snapped himself out of it pretty quickly before his students can begin to suspect. 'Shit, I never expected him to be here.'

The man cleared his throat and walked to the front of the room and put his dissecting kit down. He obviously tried to ignore Inuyasha deadly stare, but it was kind of hard with Inuyasha's growls.

"Good morning, everyone." Tomoeda sensei's voice wasn't as booming as usual, but the class quieted down anyway. He glanced over his attendance sheet. "Ah, I see we have two new students with us today. Taisho......" He paused before speaking the full name, "Inuyasha-kun, and Kirara Sango-chan. Welcome. Umm, where is Kamiya Sonoko-chan?"

Kamiya's girl friend from earlier replied with a hint of despite in her eyes as she stared at Kagome. "Sensei, Sonoko-chan had a stomachache and had to go to the nurse."

"Ah." Tomoeda didn't press further. "So, um, we start our first dissection today with an earthworm. I guess Taisho-kun can pair up with Kagome-chan. And Sango-chan, your partner will be Yamato-kun."

Sango smiled and nodded to the boy sitting next to her. The one called Yamato quickly blushed and smiled back.

Tomoeda cleared his throat again. "Why don't everyone come up and get an earthworm for every pair?"

Some girls in the class grimaced at the though of touching a dead worm. Tomoeda only chuckled and handed out gloves to everyone.

Once everyone finished reading the procedures, each pair began their journey into unknown worm territory. The earthworms were rather smelly. Kamiya Sonoko's friend went around the classroom spraying perfume. But she came nowhere near Kagome and Inuyasha.

The class was very noisy by now. Everyone was arguing over which partner had the privilege to pin down the worm's head. Tomoeda was walking around checking on everyone's process, he too wouldn't come over to Inuyasha and Kagome's table. Kagome took the chance of interrogating Inuyasha.

"How do you know Tomoeda sensei?" Kagome whispered as low as possible while she took a pin and stabbed it through the poor worm's head. The two girls sitting across from them back away a little as juice squirted out of Kagome's worm.

Inuyasha ignored her. His growl stopped but his eyes were still focused on Tomoeda. He picked up the scalpel and made a smooth cut along the worm's torso without even looking at it. Kagome frowned at Inuyasha's silence and took up some pins and began to pin down the worm's skin so the inside is revealed. But she didn't push further.

Kagome kept on reading the lab sheets. "Now we have to separate each internal organ and pin them down on a cardboard paper and label them." She found the cardboard box and began to draw a grid on it. "Mou, Inuyasha, you can at least help me out here. Inuyasha?" Kagome looked at the hanyou when he didn't answer. His eyes were still on Tomoeda sensei, but there was something different about him.

"Inuyasha, you're turning blue!" Kagome yelled frantically. Inuyasha looked her with some annoyance and didn't move at all. He truly didn't move a single muscle, not even his diaphragm. That's when Kagome noticed it. 'He's not breathing!'

Inuyasha finally couldn't hold in it anymore. He gasped, letting loose some carbon dioxide and began gasping for air. Through his gasps, he managed to stutter: "This.... shit fucking.... stinks!!"

Kagome was relieved. But she also had the urge to sit him. "Baka! I thought something was suffocating you! You had me worried!"

Inuyasha held his nose with his left hand and leaned back, away from the worm. "It stinks so much, Kagome."

Kagome was about to yell at him before she realized that the two girls sitting across from them were giving them pleading looks. She turned her head and asked. "Umm.. Harumi-chan, Yui-chan, what's wrong?"

The girl on the right pointed at their untouched earthworm and complained. "Kagome-chan, can.... can Taisho-kun help us cut open our worm? We don't...."

Inuyasha didn't let them finish their request. While he still held his nose with his left hand, he picked up the scalpel again with his right and made a clean cut on the girls' worm.

Harumi and Yui applauded happily. Inuyasha blushed slightly and turned away with a soft "keh". Kagome grinned. She thought to herself. 'I think he's beginning to like the attention.'

After a small lecture from Kagome, Inuyasha learned to breathe through his mouth at the same time that he's holding his nose shut. (Inuyasha can be so stupid sometimes.) But Kagome was doing most of the work. She looked over the black and white picture of the worm on the lab sheet and tried to locate all the internal organs without avail.

"Ah, Inuyasha, I can't find the esophagus!" Kagome groaned. Inuyasha only shrugged as he pushed his chair back even further.

"We can't find our either, Kagome-chan." Yui cried out as she turned the lab sheet upside down. "Is it the brown looking thing?"

"Mou, Yui-chan, they're all brown looking." Kagome groaned.

Harumi suddenly raised her hand. "Tomoeda sensei, we can't find the esophagus!"

Inuyasha and Kagome both stiffed. Tomoeda sensei glanced over to their table with a slight frown. But finding no way out of it, he walked over, taking as much time as possible.

Tomoeda leaned closer, not looking at Inuyasha. He took the girls' scalpel and pointed at some brown-yellowish thing. "You have to remove the fat first; they're covering most of the organs."

The girls thanked the teacher but Tomoeda said nothing. He began to walk away. Without turning his head, Tomoeda whispered so that only Inuyasha can hear. "Ask to go to the bathroom and meet me outside in the hall."

Inuyasha's fake human ears remained still, but his invisible dog ears shifted on top of his head. "Kagome, I have to go take a leak." He said emotionlessly.

Kagome stared at him suspiciously. But she nodded anyway and let him go. Inuyasha rose with his cringing hands inside his uniform pant pockets and exited the room. He leaned on the hallway wall and waited for Tomoeda to come out.

"Class, I left something in my office, I'll be out for a minute, be good!" Tomoeda gave his lame excuse and exited as well. He gave no care though his class was already throwing worm guts around before he even completely walked out.

Sango took the opportunity of the general mayhem and went to chat with Kagome. But soon she noticed that Kagome wasn't focusing. "Kagome-chan, what's wrong?"

Kagome looked around to make sure that no one was within earshot and whispered to Sango. "Inuyasha says Tomoeda sensei is a youkai, and they apparently know each other."

Sango gasped as the news. "But he looks human. Can he be... Naraku?!"

Kagome stiffed. 'I haven't thought of that. Naraku can change his appearance at will.' She sighed. "I don't think so, if it was Naraku, Inuyasha wouldn't care about everyone in this room and would've chopped him up already."

*~Meanwhile~*

Inuyasha didn't give the man a chance to talk. He grabbed Tomoeda's collars and lifted him up. "Fucking wolf, what the hell are you doing posing as Kagome's teacher?!"

Tomoeda rolled his eyes and pried Inuyasha's fingers off his collars. His feet reached the ground and he straightened his suit. "I'm not posing, Inuyasha, I have a master's degree. And watch your language and behavior. I'm your teacher."

Inuyasha crossed his arms and hissed. "Wolf, explain."

Tomoeda sighed. "If you won't call me by my last name, at least call me Kouga. I see 500 years haven't changed you at all. How come you still look the same? And your manners haven't improved either."

Inuyasha blinked. "Wait, how old are you exactly?"

Tomoeda Kouga patted the place where Inuyasha touched him, as though he has been contaminated. "Considering the fact that you're about 50 years older than me, what do you think?"

Inuyasha growled. "I don't know. Just gimme a number!"

Kouga rolled his eyes. "The last time I saw you I was 107. Add the 500 and some odd years, I'm about 631 years old. But my human ID says I'm 31, since I look like it." Kouga began to stare at Inuyasha with intense fascination. "Which kitsune put that disguise on you? Not only are your dog ears and claws gone, but you don't look a day over 18 in human years. I'd put you at 100 in youkai years too."

Inuyasha sniggered. 'So this is what Kouga would look like in this time. At least he doesn't call me dog face anymore. Should I tell him that I didn't actually live through all these 500 years?' "Why haven't you confronted Kagome?"

Kouga seemed surprised at Inuyasha's question. He didn't answer or quite a while. "At first I wasn't sure if it was really the Kagome I knew. It's been 500 years since I last saw her. Kagome was human, I thought she died. Besides," He lifted his left hand to show Inuyasha the ring on his finger and smirked, "I'm married."

Inuyasha gagged. "MARRIED?!"

Kouga simply shrugged. "Married, mated, same difference. I asked Ayame to be my mate four centuries ago. I have a couple of great-great-great-great- great-grandchildren too. You wanna see their pictures?" Kouga began to take out his thick wallet. "I also have pictures of my cubs, and their cubs, and my cubs' cub's cubs, and their cubs, and...."

"Okay, I get the point!!!" Inuyasha screamed. "So your entire clan mates like rabbits."

Kouga rolled his eyes and put his wallet back into the pocket. "Not rabbits, wolves. But what's going on? Why is Kagome still alive? And what the hell are you doing posing as a high school student? And that taijiya girl too. Wasn't she human as well? How did you all...."

Inuyasha raised his hands to stop him. "We aren't as old as we look. Wolf, argh, Kouga, if I don't go back in now, Kagome will get worried. But I have P.E. and then lunch. I'll come find you during lunch."

Kouga nodded. "Good idea. And if my hearing is correct, someone's currently daring Yutaro-kun to swallow a worm's heart." He turned to open the door. "And Inuyasha, no need waiting for lunch, I'm your P.E. teacher as well."

And so, Kouga went back in to stop a kid from possible stomachache, and he left Inuyasha standing outside, stunned at his words.

'Dammit, he's my P.E. teacher too?!' Inuyasha followed Kouga's steps with a deep frown. Sango had already retreated back to her seat, Inuyasha's seat was unoccupied until he sat back down. The smell of death worms was still bothering him, but he had more on his mind to care about disgusting earthworms.

But Kagome looked worried. "Inuyasha, you talked to Tomoeda sensei, didn't you? Who is he?"

Inuyasha patted Kagome's hand while making sure that nobody saw his gesture. "Stop calling him Tomoeda sensei. Fucking wolf is more like it."

Kagome's eyes were wide open now. There was nobody else in the world that Inuyasha would refer to as "wolf" except for.... "Kouga-kun!!!"

Inuyasha growled. "And stop it with the 'kun'."

Kagome shivered. 'Kouga-kun? Tomoeda sensei is Kouga-kun? No way!' She shifted her body so she can glance at her biology teacher without other people noticing the surprised look on her face. Inuyasha still had her hand in his, and she clutched it with all her energy.

But it seemed as though Kouga heard her saying his name. He turned to her direction, meeting her eyes at the same time. Kouga gave her a nervous smile which made her gulp.

Kagome turned back to Inuyasha. "I don't believe it."

"Well, believe it." Inuyasha scoffed. "And I have him for P.E. Just my luck. I'll have to explain to him why we're here, and why you and Sango are still alive."

The bell rang for the end of both periods of lab. The rest of Kagome's class had lunch, but Inuyasha, being a third grader, was heading toward the locker room to change for gym class. Kouga told him to wait for him by his desk. The room became empty pretty quickly. Sango, Kagome, and Inuyasha were staring at Kouga while he cleaned up the room.

When he was finally done, Kouga was still looking for something to do. It was unnerving for him to see Kagome standing there, the same Kagome he used to obsess over.

"Hey, girls, don't you have class?" Kouga asked nervously as he picked up his dissecting kit.

Sango already heard about the situation from Kagome. Though it was strange, there was no doubt that the man before them was the older version of Kouga from the Sengoku Jidai. "We have lunch." Sango replied dryly.

"Oh, okay." Kouga led the three out the classroom. "Well, Inuyasha and I are heading to P.E."

"Sango-chan, I don't think I can eat anything." Kagome said to Sango with a sick look on her face.

Sango nodded in agreement. "I don't think I want to eat either after that whole worm ordeal."

Kouga was slightly numbed. "Well, okay. Then would you girls like to come to the school yard and observe the gym class?"

Inuyasha frowned. "Dammit, Kouga, stop calling them 'girls' like you're older or something."

They continued to walk down the hallway, which seemed pretty empty now that the bell has rung for quite a while. "I AM older, Inuyasha. But I'll stop, it's just habit."

"Umm, Inuyasha, me and Sango-chan are going to the school yard while you change." Kagome grabbed Sango's arm and began to turn away. "I'll see you later."

Sango smirked as Kagome dragged her down the stairs at the speed of light. "Feeling a little awkward?"

Kagome sighed. "Wouldn't you? And can you believe Kouga-kun, I mean, Tomoeda sensei is married to Ayame-chan?"

Sango laughed aloud. "Well, it was you or Ayame-chan. And since you disappeared..."

Kagome hit Sango playfully. They've reached the schoolyard now. The third grade girls' gym class was by the other end of the school yard. The boys and girls were at opposite ends. Except for some schools, girls all wore uniforms for gym class that revealed their thighs. And with all the hormone- driven high school boys around, it's quite necessary to separate the two fields with a grass field and fences.

Kagome led Sango toward the boys' gym field, only to find Mikagi Toji there.

Kagome nudged at Sango and pointed at Toji, who had his backs to them and was chatting with some other girls that were watching them just like Kagome and Sango. "Sango-chan, that's him, that's Mikagi Toji."

Sango stared at Toji for quite a while. Finally she nodded. "This would be a good chance to study how he fights and his strengths."

"People these days don't really have different ways of fighting. They just throw punches. But I heard that Mikagi Toji has been taking Karate ever since he was little. So I guess he has to be pretty strong."

Sango smiled at her calmly. "Hey, if all else fails, we can always have Miroku suck him up with Kazaana."

Just before Kagome was going to protest any ideas of hurting Toji, Miroku's head popped out behind the fence. "Did I hear someone say my name?"

Kagome and Sango were startled for a second but they settled down quickly. They ignored his question.

"Houshi-sa..." Sango stopped herself before finishing, "Houshi-kun, guess who your gym teacher is."

Miroku smiled in that sly way of his. "Kouga." His grin got wider as he saw the surprised looks on the girls' faces. "I saw him and Inuyasha in the locker room. They filled me in. And we also filled him in on why we're here. Kagome-san, Kouga's concerned about this as well."

Tomoeda sensei, or Kouga stepped onto the field and blew his whistle. "Oh, gotta go!" Miroku waved cheerfully as he ran to his appointed spot. Kouga was taking attendance. Soon a very grumpy Inuyasha in shorts stepped out as well and went to stand behind Miroku. Apparently Kouga had to borrow some girl's pink hair band and have Inuyasha tie his hair up.

"Umm... Kagome-chan," Sango was sweating and gulping nervously.

"Sango-chan, what's wrong?"

Sango stifled a laugh. "What is Houshi-sama wearing?"

Kagome looked over to Miroku, but couldn't find anything wrong with his attire. "Just regular gym cloths, Sango-chan. What's wrong?"

Sango couldn't hold it in anymore. She was shaking with laughter. "He... he has... hairy legs!"

Kagome looked over to Miroku with some mild surprise. Soon she began to laugh as well. Not at the amount of hair on Miroku's legs (which wasn't much compared to Kouga's), Kagome was actually laughing at Sango's reason of cracking up.

While the girls were over there laughing their hearts out, Inuyasha was focusing on Mikagi Toji, who was standing on the other side of the line, looking bored now that he can't talk to girls. A single thought was floating around Inuyasha's mind.

'He must die!'

And die he will, just not today.

Kouga, or Tomoeda sensei glazed at Mikagi Toji as the class did their warm- ups. 'So he dared to hurt Kagome-chan.'

*****Flashback (in the boy's locker room) *****

Miroku was changing into his shorts. The locker room was empty. Inuyasha and Kouga were having a staring contest. Now that they've finished their story, Kouga was looking angry.

After a long moment of silence, Kouga finally stood up, grabbing his attendance book and whistle. "I can't do anything about Mikagi Toji. His father is technically my boss."

Inuyasha growled at him. "I knew it. You were always running away."

Kouga was really angry now. He grabbed Inuyasha's collar and growled back. "Let me finish, dog-face!" He released Inuyasha and sighed. "Inuyasha, this time is not as simple as the Sengoku Jidai. You can't just go around hurting people and expects to get away with it. So even if you want to hurt Mikagi Toji, you can't do it without getting into trouble."

Inuyasha barked back. "I don't give a crap! That fucking bastard hurt Kagome! You should've seen how her arm bled. They fucking threatened to kill her!!!"

"I know, you told me already!!" Kouga howled. "And dammit, she's my student and I worry about her too!! Inuyasha, you never think about the consequences of your actions. You can't hurt Mikagi Toji without getting both you and Kagome into trouble. And not to mention your other friends!"

Miroku left them to argue and went to take a leak in the adjacent bathroom.

"I don't want to hurt the bastard." Inuyasha was turning red. "I wanna fucking kill him! I wanna cut both he and his bitchy little sister to pieces!"

Kouga looked around worriedly, even though his senses already assured him that no one else was around. He turned back to face Inuyasha. "Look, Inuyasha, you can't kill him. If you want to hurt him, I'll help you, but there's no way I'll let you kill him."

Inuyasha felt much better after hearing that Kouga will help him. "Fine, I won't kill him. But I'm gonna hurt him, bad. So how are you gonna help me?"

Kouga groaned slightly. 'I'm supposed to be a teacher.' He sighed before answering. "I am your gym teacher too, don't forget that. And Inuyasha, people get injured in gym class all the time."

Inuyasha blinked, but he caught on quickly. For the very first time in more than 500 years, the two shook hands.

*****End Flashback*****

Kouga sighed inwardly as he blew his whistle to signal the students to line up again. 'I am going to regret doing this. And I'm supposed to be a teacher, too.'

Behind Miroku, Inuyasha chuckled evilly. 'Let the fun begin!'

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