Chapter 3
Can't get any more chapters uploaded for a whole month because I'm going to Taiwan.
And sorry this chapter is so short.
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Kagome struggled to hold up the banner. It was still wet with green paint. Already, she found a stain on her new sweater.
Ugh.
Only to make the moment worse, Kikyou strolled by.
"Need help?" she asked sweetly.
Kagome could see that Inuyasha was nearby.
Oh please, she thought to herself. Could she get more obvious?
"No!" she growled. "I'm fine."
"Oh no you're not," Kikyou protested, tugging part of the banner.
Kagome fumed. How dare she touch that banner? The banner Inuyasha had been working on for an hour, coincidentally? And the one he personally told her to hang up?
Acting like a stubborn little kid, she pulled the other side back. Kikyou glared, doing the same thing.
They dragged each side until they heard a resounding rip.
"Uh oh."
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Sango stared at her watch, waiting for Kagome to finish. How long could putting up a banner possibly take?
"Why is she taking so long?" she mumbled to herself.
Kikyou's friend Mayura heard it. "Because," she said snidely, "she's a loser."
Sango seethed. "I wasn't talking to you, you stupid big-mouthed freak!" She paused. What did I just say? It sounded like what my brother would say...and he's nine years old. Okay, she needed to learn to control her temper.
Mayura rolled her eyes. "Sango," she said in a lightly innocent tone. "Please. Is that the best you can do?" She waved her manicured hand carelessly, pretending to inspect her nails. Well, since this was Mayura, she probably wasn't pretending—she probably actually was examining her nails.
Sango ignored her. Inside though, she wanted to punch Mayura.
She felt even angrier when Kikyou strutted into the room, trailed by a weary Kagome, knowing she should prepare herself for bad news.
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"Now look what you did!" Kikyou shrieked.
Kagome snarled. "Me?"
Kikyou smiled. "No."
Kagome blinked. "Um..."
Kikyou looked devious. "But that's the way it will seem to Inuyasha."
Kagome didn't have time to say anything else before she heard Kikyou's voice.
"Oh, Inuyasha!" Kikyou sing-songed, making Kagome feel like she could hurl right then and there.
Inuyasha looked at her. "What?"
"Oh, it's terrible! I was going to hang up your banner for Kagome because the poor thing looked so tired, and then she goes and grabs it away from me and tears it!" Kikyou wept in a melodramatic voice.
Kagome smirked at the blatant lie. It was so stupid. How could anyone fall for that?
Inuyasha glared at her and Kagome felt her smile fade ever so slowly.
I guess some people do fall for it, she thought, watching Inuyasha's angry stare.
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Kagome grimaced. They were doing a play for the little kids—Pirates of the Caribbean. And Kagome was forced to be in it. Although it could have been stupider.
"Now," Sango yelled. "Shut up! All of you!"
Is she in a crabby mood or what? Kagome thought.
"I will now read your parts. I haven't chosen them so don't blame me; the teachers have," Sango continued. "Inuyasha?"
Inuyasha nodded.
"You will be...Jack Sparrow." Sango said.
Kagome nodded. Understandable that he would get a good part.
"Now read this line," Sango ordered, handing him a script.
Inuyasha looked at it and raised an eyebrow. "This is stupid. Okay, here goes: But why is the rum gone?" he said in a dull monotonous voice.
Sango glared at him, then snatched the script from him. "Ugh, never mind. You can be Will Turner. I'll tell Mrs. Feathergrass that I've changed that. Okay?"
Inuyasha grumbled. "Fine."
Kikyou raised her hand and waved it widly. "Can I please, please, please, please be Elizabeth?"
Kagome rolled her eyes. She stared at a random ladybug, bored. Wait, the role of Elizabeth? She wanted to play that. (And not because Will Turner was Inuyasha.) Great. Now Kikyou was going to get the part, then get Inuyasha, and leave Kagome with zero. As usual.
Kagome tuned out, not sure she wanted to hear it.
"And the role of Elizabeth will be..." Sango began happily.
Oh please, Kagome begged silently. Please let it be me. I just want to get something I want...for once.
Kikyou was smiling confidently. Mayura had the same expression as Kikyou did.
Sango paused. "Kikyou."