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Santa Claus: Ho ho ho, what do you want for Christmas this year, little MizuCrystal?

Mizu: Inuyasha and Fluffy-chan!!!!

Santa: What are you going to do to Inuyasha and Fluffy-chan?

Mizu: *evil face* Make them my sex slaves!!! Bwahahahahaha!!!

Santa: *frowns* Hey, that was my plan! *Mizu faints*

And by the way, Santa's not gay. (I hope. Hey, that rhymed!) Okay, where was I...

^_~

Chapter 7: Pushups, Ropes, and a Painting

"Chill out, Inuyasha, cool down." Miroku patted his friend on the back while the two walked toward their art room.

Inuyasha was still upset from the outcome of the match earlier with Toji. He was walking with his briefcase under his left arm, both hands in his pant pockets. Inuyasha swatted Miroku's hand away and barked, "My body temperature's perfect!"

Miroku scoffed. "No, 'chill out', it means to relax." The monk shook his head. "You've been here way longer than I have, how can you not know any of the modern slang?"

"Fuck you!!" Inuyasha gave Miroku the middle finger.

The monk shook his head. "Out of all the things you could've learned..." He didn't finish the sentence. "Oh, and I don't go that way. What was that expression again? Oh yea, sorry, but I'm straight as a stick."

Inuyasha rolled his eyes. Miroku just continued to talk. "The day I go any other way is the day the sun comes out from the west, the day that Naraku and I become best friends, the day you and Kagome-sama get together..."

Inuyasha stopped walking. "What the hell is THAT supposed to mean?!?"

Miroku shrugged with that same smile pasted on his face. He opened the door to their art class and went in with an "exactly what you think it means."

Toji and his gang were already sitting in their seats. The entire class was talking heatedly; the boys were filling the girls in on what happened in gym class. As soon as Miroku stepped in, everyone turned quiet and looked at him.

Miroku's grin got wider. He bowed dramatically to the area where most girls sat at. "Hello again, my charming ladies, separation from you in P.E. was more than I can bear." He gave them a wink and went to sit on a stool right next to the window. All the girls blushed and giggled. Next to Toji, Marusato was holding an ice pack to his neck and growling as fiercely as Inuyasha could.

Inuyasha followed with an angry frown. Toji's scent invaded his nostrils before he even stepped in. It was not doing any good for his blood. Inuyasha quickly clutched the Tessaiga in disguise and went to sit on a stool next to Miroku.

Toji ignored Inuyasha's deadly stares. He dabbed his paint brush in paint and started to draw on his canvas. The teacher was not yet there.

Inuyasha was growling, staring, and cursing inside his own head at Mikagi Toji. He completely forgot the hentai monk next to him... until Miroku jabbed him hard in the ribcages.

"What the hell, Miroku?!" Inuyasha grasped his chest and gasped for air.

Miroku didn't seem to notice his friend's pain. He was looking outside the window (they're on the third floor) and pointing at the athletic field, the girls' athletic field.

"Inuyasha, look, half naked girls!!!" Imagine an 8-year-old with a bad sweet-tooth looking at an all-you-can-eat candy store. That's what Miroku was like at the moment. In fact, Inuyasha could almost swear that Miroku was drooling all over the windowsill.

Inuyasha rolled his eyes; he refused to sink to the monk's level. But the monk was "generous" enough to share his discovery. Miroku grabbed Inuyasha's neck in a chokehold under his armpit and forced Inuyasha to look outside along with him.

"Shit, Miroku, let go of my head, you fucking smell like crap!!!" Inuyasha struggled under Miroku's arm, neither noticed that their teacher has entered the room and was right behind them, and that the entire class was watching them with the exception of Mikagi Toji.

Miroku's eyes were literately gleaming. "Look at what they're wearing!" All the girls were wearing gym uniforms, and the bottom part of Japanese female gym uniforms looked like briefs. Of course, all the modern boys were used to it. But to Miroku, it's like the kazaana had just sucked him up, and he has entered a pervert's nirvana.

"Hey, I remember those girls!" Miroku pointed at a bunch of girls in the field doing warm-ups. "They were first-graders that were watching our matches in P.E. Hey, I wonder if Kagome-sama and my sweet Sango are going to be there too."

"Nani!?" Inuyasha practically shouted. He broke out of Miroku's chokehold and leaned over to cover Miroku's eyes. "Don't look at Kagome!"

Miroku struggled. He leaned away from Inuyasha and still kept his eyes out on the field. "I'm not looking for Kagome-sama. I'm looking for my dear Sango. Besides, I don't even see them yet."

Inuyasha leaned over more to try to block Miroku's view. "Yea right, and you expect me to believe that?"

"Inuyasha, I'm just trying to get a good look at Sango without going unconscious." Miroku leaned back more.

Now, as mentioned earlier, this was art class, and they sat on high stools, with paint everywhere in the classroom. And is it a good idea to be playing "let's try to cover the perverted monk's eyes" during such a class? Answer: no.

They fell. Simple as that. Miroku and Inuyasha both leaned too much and their stools gave away. Inuyasha collapsed right on top of Miroku, sending their canvas and paint pallets flying. Now Inuyasha and Miroku are in a position where any two straight guys would not want to be caught under. And their art teacher had just received a free multi-colored hair dye.

No one said anything for a long while.

"I'm sorry Inuyasha," Miroku patted Inuyasha's back, the hanyou was still on top of him, "I already have my darling Sango. And I thought I already told you, I don't go that way." Miroku said out loud. Inuyasha had every intention of knocking Miroku out. But he simply stood up and righted his stool. Miroku followed. As soon as the two stood up and fixed themselves, they noticed everyone's stares and their colorful teacher standing right in front of them.

"Oops."

*****Meanwhile*****

"Be careful of Mikagi sensei, Sango." Kagome handed Sango her spare gym uniform before changing into her own. "Not only is she the Mikagi siblings' aunt, but she used to be an army sergeant. She's hard on everyone except for Akiko and her friends."

Sango nodded, not really concerned about an older woman. She held the bottom part of the uniform in her hands and grimaced. "Kagome-chan," Sango turned to Kagome with a pleading face, "please tell me we're having the gym class indoors."

Kagome grinned at her friend. "Don't worry, Sango-chan, everyone's used to it, nobody peeps on a girls' gym class."

Sango gave her friend a deadpan look. "You know who I'm worried about, Kagome-chan."

'Good point.' Kagome sweat-dropped. "But Inuyasha and Miroku have Art right now, they can't see us." But a little voice in her head questioned: 'can they?' Kagome shook the thought away. "Besides, Inuyasha will keep Miroku's wandering eyes away."

"What if Inuyasha decides to look as well?" Sango smirked at her friend.

Kagome grinned evilly, rolled her fists, and said two words which sent a chill down Sango's spine. "They die."

Sango giggled nervously. 'Kagome-chan... can be scary sometimes.'

"Kagome-chan, Sango-chan, let's go!" Yuka's head popped out of the bathroom.

"Hai!" The two girls chimed simultaneously. Sango put on her "indecent" uniform and allowed herself to be dragged outside.

Sango looked around as soon as they got outside. Just like Inuyasha and Miroku's gym class, it's a combination of three regular classes. So that meant all of Kagome's friends and her enemies are there. There were no boys in sight. Sango sighed in relief at that. The girls' gym field is just opposite of the boys'; the two fields are separated by fences and a large grass field. But the girls' field was slightly smaller, and the fences were definitely higher.

Some girls were doing warm-ups, stretching and running in place. But Sango noticed Akiko talking to a buff, tall, middle-aged woman, who was presumably Mikagi sensei, Akiko and Toji's beloved auntie.

As Kagome and Sango approached the teacher, Akiko noticed them. The girl flashed them a suspicious grin and went to join her friends. Mikagi sensei turned around to greet the "new girl".

Sango gasped. She's never seen just a strong looking woman before, certainly not in the Sengoku Jidai. Mikagi sensei was a woman around 40, though she had not a single strand of white hair. She was tall; probably well over 7-feet. And she must've weighted at least 250 pounds. She wore an angry frown on her face, and it seemed to Sango that this woman had never smiled in her life before. Mikagi sensei's attire was a simple gym teacher's uniform, shirt and shorts. But the exposed parts of her body were bulging with muscles. For the very first time in her life, Sango found herself to be scared of a woman.

Sango gulped and bowed politely. She greeted the grumpy looking teacher and introduced herself.

For the next minute, the entire class stopped to watch the silence Mikagi sensei was giving Sango. The youkai exterminator looked back and tried to hide her fear. 'I can't let her get to me.' Sango told herself. 'This silence is just a test.'

But she was wrong. Mikagi sensei finally stopped being quiet. She pointed at the shiny bracelet around Sango's wrist, the one that Kagome saw Sango wear in the Sengoku Jidai but never found out where it came from.

The mammoth woman grunted. "You're not supposed to wear jewelry in gym class. I'll have to confiscate it."

Kagome slapped herself mentally for not warning Sango the rules. 'That's why she was studying Sango so intently. She was trying to find something wrong with her!'

Sango froze. She instinctively took a step back and covered the bracelet with her other hand. 'Why is she picking on me? I just got here!'

"Give it here, maggot!" Mikagi sensei shouted. She advanced on Sango and grabbed her arm. Sango almost cried out in pain, her other arm swung about in reflex and hit the teacher square on the head.

Everyone stopped moving. Not far from Sango and Kagome, Akiko and Sonoko were smirking.

After she recovered from the slap, Mikagi sensei got angry, really angry. 'I was only doing this for my niece and wasn't planning on going too far,' she thought to herself, 'but now I'm going to enjoy hurting this pretty little face.'

Mikagi sensei grabbed both of Sango's arms this time, and only with one hand. Sango gritted her teeth and refused to yell despite the pain. Behind her Kagome was looking on with shocked horror. How can a teacher do something so unethical was beyond her. Of course she'd get away with it, she's chancellor Mikagi's sister. Just like how Akiko is Mikagi Toji's sister. As long as you have connections, you have power, that's how simple it is in this unruly world.

"You assaulted a teacher," the colossal woman grinned with sinister eyes, "but I won't report you." She tightened her grip on Sango. When Sango still refused to show any signs of pain, Mikagi sensei let go of her arms.

"But I will punish you, young people these days must learn to respect their elders." Mikagi sensei crossed her eyes and nodded her head toward the center of the field. "Give me 200 pushups, and do it in less than 5 minutes."

Some girls in the class gasped, it's an impossible task for an average high school girl.

"Mikagi sensei, that's impossible!" Kagome stepped forward to defend her friend. It wasn't hard to figure out what was going on here. Obviously Akiko had a "chat" with her aunt before they got here. 'But why Sango-chan? If Akiko has a problem with me, then let me take the punishment. No doubt Mikagi sensei will give an even more extreme task if Sango doesn't finish the pushups.'

The burly gym teacher only snickered. "Would you like to join her, Higurashi?"

Kagome was now angry. She clutched her teeth hard so she wouldn't go out of control and curse at her teacher, though she wanted to do that more than anything else in the world. She was just about to speak again when Sango stopped her.

"No problem." Sango said those two simple words and moved a few feet away. 'Kagome taught me the basic things students have to do in gym class. Pushups are just ways to strengthen the arm muscles.' Sango took a glance at the bracelet on her wrist before getting into position. 'Houshi-sama, I won't let her take this away from me.'

And she began. As everyone including the teacher watched in amazement, Sango began her 200 pushups with a smile on her face. 'This is too easy. Throwing Hiraikotsu around is much easier than this.' Then Sango remembered once where Miroku complained that her weapon was too heavy. And her smile got wider and she moved faster.

Kagome watched her friend with a huge grin and a proud heart. 'Sango-chan!' Kagome couldn't help but admire Sango even more. In small whispers, Kagome counted: "twelve, thirteen, fourteen..."

Needless to say, the two Mikagi women were stunned.

^_~

"You must be the new students!!!" A short and chubby woman around sixty clasped her hands together. Her eyes twinkled as she studied the two stunned young men before her. It didn't seem like she noticed the new paint on her hair and clothes. Her wrinkles got worse as she grinned.

Miroku and Inuyasha looked at each other and then at their teacher. The same train of thought ran through their mind. 'Isn't she upset?'

Apparently she wasn't. Instead she put a wrinkled hand on each of the two boys' arms and dragged them to the front of the class. Inuyasha was facing everyone with a red face. But somehow, Miroku still managed to keep smiling as though they didn't just made fools out of themselves in front of the entire class.

"Now let me take attendance." The elderly teacher approached her desk and took out her glasses from a drawer. It was then that Miroku and Inuyasha noticed that she had a slight hump on her back and couldn't walk very fast. It didn't take long to mark attendance. The teacher then slipped the glasses to the top of her head and went to stand between Miroku and Inuyasha.

She turned her body and shook each of their hands. "Hello, how are you? Boys, my name is Takenouchi, and I'm your art teacher." She clasped her hand together again and looked at the two proudly. "Oh, I'm so happy to have two such talented students in my class. Look at this masterpiece you made!!!" She was looking and gesturing at her shirt and dress. And Inuyasha and Miroku were looking at her as though she was insane.

And to their horror, she reached for each of their cheeks with both hands and pinched them individually, and I don't mean the cheeks on their faces. After she was done, the class was silent, very silent. Inuyasha and Miroku walked back to their seats with a daze. The shocked monk was mumbling something like: "I've... been... groped..."

Takenouchi sensei then went to a closet and took out a slide machine. It seemed to be very heavy, but no one made an effort to help her carry it. Finally she set it up on her desk and plugged it in. Next she took out a gigantic box from a drawer and retrieved some slides.

"Oh dear, where are the ones of Eastern art?" The woman looked everywhere for the specific slides, mumbling to herself. "Hmm, I need my glasses. Oh dear, where are my glasses?"

They never got to watch any slides of Eastern art. The teacher spent the entire period searching for her glasses. No one informed her that they were right on top of her head. The girls went back to chatting and flirting with the boys. And Mikagi Toji was still painting on his own canvas.

Inuyasha and Miroku were stunned for quite a while. But Inuyasha finally snapped out of it. He jabbed Miroku hard in the ribs, and repaid him the jab he got earlier. But it seemed as though Miroku was too out of it to noticed pain at the moment.

"Oi, bouzo," Inuyasha stared at Miroku wearily with a smirk, "why don't you ask Takenouchi sensei to bear you a child? I think she'd be happy to say yes."

Miroku's constant smile disappeared, and a very evil frown was on his face. He said in the most serious voice Inuyasha has ever heard from him: "Don't joke about such a thing."

Inuyasha gulped. To distract Miroku's attention, he looked outside onto the girls' athletics field and announced with relief, "hey look, it's Sango and Kagome!"

Miroku's smile popped back instantly. His head peeped out the window. Inuyasha grumbled a little "just don't look at Kagome."

"Hai, hai." Miroku was too focused on Sango to even look at any other girls. "Wow, look at her."

Over in the athletic field, Sango was doing pushups while everyone else was watching her in a daze. Inuyasha took a look as well and noticed Kagome standing not far from Sango with a big grin on her face.

"Why is Sango the only one doing pushups?" Inuyasha only glanced at Sango. His eyes were on Kagome, or more precisely her thighs. 'I'm not Miroku. I'm not Miroku. I CAN'T BECOME MIROKU!!' It was absolutely futile to shift his eyes away. 'Damn it, Kagome, why are your legs so nice?!'

Inuyasha was on the side berating himself for looking at Kagome inappropriately, and Miroku was too focused on Sango to notice. But it was a good question. Just why was Sango the only one doing pushups?

^_~

"A hundred and ninety-three, a hundred and ninety-four, a hundred and ninety-five." Kagome's count was getting louder and louder. And now Yuka, Emi, and Ayumi joined her as well. Sango had slowed down somewhat after a hundred and fifty pushups, but she was still doing it.

The look on Mikagi's face was priceless. The behemoth of a woman had her eyes wide open and her jaws dropped so low that both of her chins disappeared. Across from the field, Akiko looked at Sango in horror.

'How... is she doing this...?' Akiko thought to herself. Her best friend clutched her elbow just a bit too tightly, but she was too distracted to notice the pain.

Sango turned her head and she finished the hundred and ninety-fifth pushup and flashed Kagome a smile. Then slowly, she lifted her left arm and put it on her back. With only her right arm, Sango completed the last five pushups and stood up with a relaxed sigh.

Everyone cheered. And not just girls. Apparently boys from other classrooms also had the same idea as Miroku, and they observed Sango's achievement in their individual windows as well. Sango ignored their catcalls and went to face her teacher.

Mikagi sensei snapped herself out of the daze and shock. She cleared her throat and grunted. "Not bad."

Kagome was so happy she almost went to hug Sango. But their trial was not yet over.

"But your punishment isn't through." Mikagi sensei's sinister grin was back. She pointed somewhere on another side of the field and barked to Sango: "climb that rope."

Sango looked over her shoulder and found Mikagi Akiko standing next to a giant swing set. Actually, it was a swing set without the swings. Four fourty-feet ropes dangled from the top bar.

'Climb those ropes?' Sango grimaced. She was a strong girl, it was necessary for a youkai exterminator. But everyone has their limits. Already her arms were beginning to soar from the two-hundred pushups she just finished under four minutes. Sango rubbed her biceps and walked slowly over to the ropes, trying to buy herself some time.

Kagome was now permanently pissed. She darted in front of Mikagi sensei and just about yelled at her teacher. "Mikagi-sensei, I don't think it's very fair for you to set Sango these impossible tasks. She's new here and don't know the school rules. Can't you let it slide for once?"

Sango heard her friend's pleads and turned to look at Kagome appreciatively. But Mikagi sensei didn't like this. She shoved Kagome forward and growled ferociously. "You don't think it's fair, Higurashi? Then go join your friend." She dared Kagome to say no.

Kagome's eyes glowed. 'I'll show her! What kind of teacher is she?!' With a loud "fine", Kagome approached Sango and dragged the puzzled youkai exterminator toward the ropes. The young miko spat on her hands and looked over to Sango. "Let's do this, Sango-chan!"

Sango looked astounded, but also happy inside that her friend was with her. She gave Kagome a cheerful nod and placed her hands on the ropes.

^_^

"Hey, stop that!" Miroku shouted as he tried to stop the boys from other classes from whistling at his Sango. Inuyasha had to pull him back to make sure that he doesn't fall off.

"Miroku, calm down!" Thankfully, other teachers were different than their Takenouchi sensei, and had the sense of dragging their male students away from the windows.

"Wow, did you see that? One hand!" Miroku rested her hand in his kazaana palm; the right elbow on the windowsill supported his head. He was beaming at Sango's figure.

Inuyasha sighed and shook his head. His silver hair flowed smoothly. The women down below were now talking about something. But they were far away so even the hanyou couldn't hear. "What's up now?" Then both of them noticed Kagome stomp away toward Sango, and the two had their hands on two rather high and unsafe-looking ropes.

"Are they going to climb that?" Inuyasha asked again, though Miroku gave no answer. "What if they fall?" Truthfully, he was more worried about Kagome. Sango had proper training, and can endure such strenuous activities, but Kagome was shelter for most of her life.

Miroku finally responded. "I hope they don't fall. They don't have any grass to break their fall."

Inuyasha growled angrily. "And why are only those two doing it?" By this time, Kagome and Sango had already started to go up. Sango was ahead of Kagome, but only by a foot. Kagome's feet were just above the ground, and from the look of it, she was having a hard time.

Sango stopped in midair and looked down on Kagome. She yelled something at her friend, and Kagome began to shake her head.

Inuyasha's leg was shaking, he couldn't sit still. Miroku noticed this for once and patted his friend's shoulder. "Don't worry, they're our girls. They can handle themselves."

Miroku managed to say that with a normal heartbeat, but Inuyasha blushed crimson. "Wha... what are you talking about, 'our girls'?"

Miroku smirked back. He shrugged at Inuyasha. "If you can't even figure that out, then you're really hopeless."

"Aa, shut up!"

*_*

"Kagome-chan, give up if you can't do this! It's going to get really high!" Sango stopped moving and yelled back down at her friend. She was already in the middle, but Kagome had just barely left the ground.

Kagome clutched her rope tightly and shook her head with all her might. "Iie, Sango-chan, I can't give up! It's my fault that you're involved in this. I won't let you go through this alone!"

Sango sighed inwardly. She knew about Kagome's stubbornness, and there was no way for the young miko to give in so easily. The only thing Sango could do is to keep going and trust in Kagome's abilities.

Kagome bit on her lips hard. 'I can do this. I'm NOT weak!' Her mind flashed back to all those times Inuyasha had to come to her rescue in the Sengoku Jidai. 'I can't have Inuyasha save me every time.' Then she thought about the two ambushes from the Mikagi siblings. 'I'm strong too, I have to prove myself.' Her skinny arms trembled, but she wouldn't let go. 'UP!!!!!!!' Kagome screamed inside her head and her arms moved up, dragging the rest of her body along the rope.

Her palm burnt as it clutched tightly onto the rope. Kagome squeezed her eyes shut so she wouldn't look down. 'I'm moving!' Down below, she can hear Yuka, Ayumi, and Emi's cheers. 'I can do this! I'm strong too!'

Far away inside a noisy art room, a certain hanyou was gazing at her with unexplainable pride. And another drooling monk was eyeing Sango's exposed thighs.

Sango approached the top. 'Itai!' She groaned as her biceps ached with pain. But she didn't move. She looked down calmly and waited for her friend to reach the top as well. 'C'mon, Kagome-chan, you can do this!'

Slowly but surely, Kagome managed to pull herself up. She opened her eyes and smiled at Sango. "I knew you'd wait for me."

Sango smiled back with semi-teary eyes. "What are friends for?"

Kagome giggled joyously. "Ready to go back down?"

"Hey, Kagome-chan," Sango had one of her rare mischievous grins, "how about we do this youkai exterminator style?"

Kagome's smile got wider. "I'm not sure if I can do it. We're pretty high up." She only hesitated for another second. "But I'll give it a try. On three. One, two..."

"Three!" Sango yelled and the two let go simultaneously. The crowd below gasped as the two girls' feet reached the ground at the same time, their right hands landed as well, their bodies crouched up, and their right knees made contact with the ground after their feet did.

Kagome wavered a little, but Sango remained steady. Yuka, Emi, and Ayumi rushed up to them.

"Wow, you guys were like samurai!!"

"No, more like two graceful ninja!"

"Kagome-chan, Sango-chan, that was great! Not a lot of girls can do that!"

Everyone else applauded as well. But the cheerful mood was soon interrupted with Mikagi sensei's cough. The woman cleared her throat and barked at her class: "what are you doing? Keep moving! This is still class time!"

Then she disappeared. Probably went off somewhere to take her anger out on an innocent student. Kagome gave Sango a sweaty hug.

"Kagome-chan!" Sango laughed at her friend's excitement. "She left! She gave up!"

Kagome laughed as well. "That's because she can't do anything more to you, Sango-chan! You beat Satan's wife!"

Yuka, Emi, and Ayumi joined the fun. They spent quite a while talking about Mikagi sensei behind her back. Since their teacher was nowhere in sight, nobody else bothered to do any activities. They didn't notice a steaming Akiko staring at them like an eagle.

"Wow, today is just too exciting!" Yuka sighed dreamily. "First those two oh-so-hot new third graders last period, and now you guys actually defeated Satan's wife!"

"I knew high school had to be more interesting than work, work, and more work." Ayumi started to jump around Kagome and Sango. The three didn't notice the fake laugh coming out of Sango and Kagome when Yuka mentioned Miroku and Inuyasha indirectly.

Emi's eyes lighted up. "Speaking of those two hotties, I remember the first one winked at you, Sango-chan."

Sango's face turned red instantly. And then she began to stutter. "Oh, yea, we're um... all friends."

Yuka gasped. "And so you know that white haired boy too?!"

Sango smiled and pushed Kagome forward. "Yup, didn't you guys hear? That white haired boy is actually Kagome's boyfriend. He announced it in math class!"

Kagome was on the verge of fainting again. Her three old friends were more than delighted. "But I thought your boyfriend was arrogant, mean, violent, selfish..." Emi began listing all the bad things Kagome ever said about Inuyasha. Kagome started to sweat. She covered her friend's mouth.

"Umm... no... I was... that was a different guy..." She suddenly noticed that she shouldn't have said that.

Ayumi gasped. "Kagome-chan! How many boyfriends do you have?!"

"I... uh..." Kagome sighed and lowered her head in defeat. 'I've talked myself into a dead end.' Next to her, Sango laughed at her embarrassed expression. "If my arms weren't so tired, I'd kill you, Sango-chan."

"Hai, hai." Sango replied with a tone that was too close to Miroku's.

^_~

"See? Told you they can handle themselves!" Miroku gloated as Kagome and Sango landed smoothly on the ground.

Inuyasha ignored him. 'Our girls, hmm...'

The two ignored the girls' pointing and whisperings and focused on "their girls". The class was still noisy, the teacher was still looking for her glasses. Inuyasha yawned. He was so at peace that he almost forgot about Toji's presence.

Toji himself was also focused on something else. His brush stroked the canvas. It seemed like he's been working on that painting for a long time. The long black hair in a ponytail, the oval shape face, and the small cherry lips slightly curled so the face was smirking. But the most noticeable feature of the person in his painting was the eyes. They had no color, Toji had left them blank on purpose.

"Hmm, five more minutes 'till class ends." Inuyasha glanced at the watch Kagome gave him. He's now very skilled at reading time, and was very proud of it.

"So the girls should be getting ready to change." Miroku sighed. "I don't want my darling Sango to be out of those clothes."

Inuyasha rolled his eyes. Down in the girls' field, a colossal figure was approaching "their girls", it was their teacher who left earlier. The giant woman grabbed Sango's wrist and seemed to be twisting it. Even if Inuyasha couldn't hear what was happening, it was clear that Sango was in pain. Kagome stepped up and attempted to help Sango, but she was shoved back by the teacher.

Inuyasha growled fiercely. Next to him, Miroku tensed up as well. The teacher seemed to have taken something away from Sango and was stomping on the object.

"Sango!" Miroku and Inuyasha gasped. They picked up their briefcases and made a dash for the door. "Sensei, we have to go!" Lucky for them, Takenouchi sensei was still concentrating on looking for her glasses and they left without a glitch. The entire class stared after them. Mikagi Toji was mixing some green paint with white, he noticed the two's abrupt exit but went back to his painting right away.

-_-

"Sensei!" Kagome cried out in vain as Mikagi sensei ripped Sango's bracelet off her wrist and threw it on the ground. She ran forward to help her friend but was shoved away once more.

"My bracelet!" Sango made a grab for the bracelet on the ground, but the teacher still had a hold on her wrist and she couldn't move since her muscles were so tired out.

With a merciless sneer, Mikagi sensei placed her over-sized left foot on the fragile object, again and again until it was in pieces. All Sango and Kagome could do was watch.

"Class is ending, go change!" Mikagi sensei announced routinely. She let go of a teary-eyed Sango and walked toward the school building.

Everyone left without a word. Yuka, Emi, and Ayumi wanted to stay, but Kagome told them to go before they're punished too.

Sango went over to her broken bracelet. She picked up the pieces and held them tightly in her palm. The girl squeezed her eyes tight so tears wouldn't come out. Kagome bent down next to her and put her arms around her friend's shoulders.

"You shouldn't mess with my best friend." A voice mocked them. Kagome and Sango's heads shot up and faced two grinning girls. One was Kamiya Sonoko, the other, Mikagi Akiko. "Your boyfriend does the deed, your best friend pays the price. It's as simple as that." Akiko snapped her fingers and walked away. Sonoko followed like a lapdog.

"I don't believe this..." Kagome whispered. "This all was because Inuyasha offended Kamiya Sonoko in the hallway. I should've seen this coming."

Sango shook her head. "I should've been more careful."

Akiko walked out the field toward the school building, only to bump into Inuyasha and Miroku.

"Well, hello." She pasted on her best smile and studied Inuyasha from head to toe. Behind her, Sonoko scoffed.

"Move, smelly bitch." Inuyasha shoved her aside none too gently. Miroku didn't even bother looking at them, and that's more than we give him credit for.

"Akiko-chan?" Sonoko touched her shoulder.

Akiko tilted her head and laughed. "Let's go, Sonoko-chan." She turned her head and walked away, to hide the sadness in her eyes.

"Miroku, Inuyasha!" Kagome called out as the two boys approached them. "Sango-chan's bracelet..."

Miroku rushed to Sango's side in a flash. He saw the pieces in her palms and sighed. Kagome got up to give them more space and she walked over to Inuyasha.

The hanyou glanced at Sango and then shifted his attention back to Kagome. "Go change."

"Huh?"

"I said, go change. That's not proper clothing." Inuyasha said with a flush on his cheeks. Kagome smiled appreciatively. She walked back to Sango and whispered to her that she'll meet her in the locker room and then allowed Inuyasha to walk her back.

Now there were only two people left in the field.

"Gomen, Houshi-sama. I couldn't keep it in one piece." Sango whispered, her attention was still on the pieces in her palms.

The monk only smiled and shook his head. Reaching over to Sango's cheek, he slid a strand of hair behind her ear. Then he whispered to her only: "It's alright. I'll get you another one."

Sango finally looked at him. Her eyes were watery, but she was smiling.

Miroku touched her wrist, it was red from when Mikagi sensei grabbed her. "Does it hurt?" His other hand went too low as it caressed Sango's exposed thighs.

Sango's smile disappeared in the speed of light. She slapped him, hard, and then asked in an innocent tone: "does that hurt?" Finally she added another bump to his head.

The monk tipped over, his eyes rolled back and he fainted. Sango left the pervert there, unconscious, and went back to the locker room to change.

-_-

The bell rang and Takenouchi sensei finally gave up her attempt to find her glasses. "Okay, class dismissed. Huh, where are Taisho-kun and Houshi-kun?"

Nobody said anything and they all exited the classroom. Toji moved to the sink to clean his brush and pallet. Marusato was looking at his painting of a girl with an amused smile.

"Yo, Toji, is this the girl of your dreams?" Marusato teased him.

Toji's face was hard to read. He kept on washing his brush; light green paint flowed into the pipes. "Look closely, at the eyes."

Marusato leaned in more. "Oh, you finally colored the eyes. They're green" His eyes flashed. "Hey, she looks just like Akiko-chan."

Toji smiled. "Because it's supposed to be her."

"The green is just her contacts though. Your contacts are green too. You're supposed to have brown eyes, right?" Marusato scratched his chin. "Why not blue? That's what her real eye color is."

"Because," Toji dried the brush with a paper towel and answered with an inaudible sigh, "she's my little sister."

Marusato apparently didn't understand what he meant. Toji shook his head at his friend's stupidity. "Let's go, we got lunch, I'm hungry." Marusato followed obediently.

The painting of the girl with green eyes remained in the room, still smirking.

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 Now for the reviews:

Celeste - wow, author alerts. Does that even work? I'm going slow with the fluff for now. I have just so much things to explain. But I managed to squeeze in that little part with Sango and Miroku in this chapter. More fluff will come. I guess I'm just not a fluffy person.

Wakadori Ramen - whatever happened to Lil' Chi Chi? Hehe, of course I'm a nice person! *cough* Oh, and thanks for the comment you left in my guestbook!

Toku-chan - argh, the English version of any anime sucks. Especially CCS!!! It drove me crazy!!

The Unnamed Demon - Glad to help.

Zonza - wow, I'd say I've touched a reader with my ordinary little ficcy. *sniff* Eh, did you have an urge to kill Mikagi sensei, the gym teacher, after reading this chapter? I hope your computer can take your trashing.

LightHopemayShine - hey, just because you're male doesn't mean you can't say you want more fluff. C'mon, *nudge* admit it, you wanna see more fluff, right? Well, comedy, that's the toughest thing for me. But I'll give it a whirl.

Barrelmaker's Princess - something started with a "u"? Can you give me the precise word? Was it "imooto"? That would mean little sister. I don't remember anything that started to "u".

Lady Hawke2 - Haha, you're a guy! J/K. Don't kill me! More IY/Kag moments. You don't need to tell me that. I'll guaranteed you I'll gave tons of those moments.

LuckyLadyCat - ahh, no problem. If you didn't win the contest, that means you weren't cruel enough. Did you read the other threats? Now those people are cruel.

EmeraldDragon - Haha, you like to see Toji crumbles under Inuyasha's feet, don't ya? Sorry, ain't gonna happen. Toji and his sister are both complex characters. But they're strong willed. You'll see eventually.

Kitsune Hanyou - argh, you Cali people. I went there once, it's so sunny over there. Not fair.

Sizzlinghotcat - no dance. I'm writing this fic as close to the real Japanese school as possible. And I don't think they have school dances over there. But I'm gonna give you something better. But I won't spoil it. It'll take a few chapters (if you haven't noticed, it's been 3 chapters, and they're still on the first day, I'm slow). But something very interesting will happen, I promse!

Jiao-chan - aww, and I thought I found a fellow Chinese companion. *sigh* Oh well. Fluffy-chan? He'll be here soon, be patient!

Ever Happy - Your very own chapter! And it's 15 pages long!!! I'm better, if you don't count the 6 cavities.

Dark Whispers - *Mizu is whispering* thank you for reviewing. And don't be so humble about your fics. You want fluff? Okay, I'll try my best.

Three Letter Word - I actually like "Back to the Future". Michael J. Fox is one of my favorite actors. Too bad he's sick. Which movie do you mean? I saw both of them. They're soooooo goooooooood!!!!!

Dracoluver1 - ah, the evil Draco Malfoy! I actually think Draco Malfoy will become good later.

Bebe-jinx - ah, Kikyo, yes, I'm still not sure. She's not really important to the plot. And my site? Well, ff.net has problems. The real link is above.

Princess Athelia - I'm a goddess. Bwahahahaha!!! Are goddesses supposed to laugh so evilly? Oh, and it's 'jealous'.

Majel - aww, thanks so much. I want to put up translations, but I hate going back and read my stories until a couple of days later.

Azn-anime - ha, I'm so happy! ^_^

Kenkaya - *laughing* I find it hard to believe that Kouga would end up with Kagura considering the fact that Kagura killed just about all his comrades and that he wouldn't hesitate to kill her. But I enjoyed reading your review, both of them. You sound older than most of my reviewers, meaning your writing sounds very mature. I personally love writing fighting and sad scenes, and comedy and fluff is the toughest for me. I've read "Present Time", in fact, Alandrem is one of my favorite authors. O god, if you posted before the contest was over, you would've won. Haha, advance Calculus, boy do I feel sorry for you. Naraku's sex slave? *shudder* And thank you for not speaking that evil purple dinosaur's name. And as for the Kenshin Seishouhen, well, I hated it. I seriously did. I was tempted to fall asleep in the middle of watching it. And the end was just too sad. It made me think about it the entire night how fragile human beings really are. And no matter how strong we are, one day we'll all grow old and die. That's the message I got, and it was just too depressing for my taste. And Kaoru, she should've lived on, for Kenji. But she chose "to share Kenshin's pains". I really don't understand her. (wow, that was the longest review response I ever wrote.) I don't know why, but I feel a connection to you. So if you don't mind, I'd like to make the next chapter dedication to you.

Seraphim Wings - ahh, shredding machine! You sound mature for a twelve-year- old. And you've got good taste if you like my fic. (hehe, I'm not modest at all, am I?)

Ses - *gasp* another male reader?! That makes two! Woohoo. I proved those people wrong. There are guys that read fanfiction!

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