Chapter Four: Before School

Inuyasha looked at the tall, brownish white building. It never bothered him before, but it was looking a bit more daunting now.

It smelled bad to him too. The smell of cafeteria food is not a pleasant one, especially if you are not used to it. Inuyasha pinched his nose shut and continued to look around.

He looked at the wire fence around the school and wondered why the people there needed to be fenced in. Was it really that bad?

"Kagome!" Harumi shouted at them as she and her friends approached.

"Hi guys."

"Ooh! who's this?" Yuka asked while feeling Inuyasha's left bicep.

Inuyasha blushed.

"Hands off." Kagome told her. "This is my friend Inuyasha."

"Tou-chy." Eri said. "So is he single or not?"

"None of your business."

"Oh! That's not fair!" Harumi remarked.

"So... Inuyasha... are you fair game?" Yuka asked him.

Inuyasha looked puzzled. "Um... what?"

"Say no! Say NO!" Kagome whispered in his ear.

Cranky and sleep deprived he decided that he would spite her. How big of deal could it be? "Um... yes. I'm fair game." 'whatever that means.' he thought.

Kagome's eyes bulged, and she growled. "Fine, Inuyasha!" She said. "I'm not pulling you out of whatever trouble you get into then."

"Fine! I never said I needed your help!"

She stalked off grouchily.

He looked a little worried. "How am I supposed to get to class now?" He asked Kagome's three modern friends.

"Let me see your schedule." Said Eri.

"Um.. okay..." Inuyasha pulled a half sheet of paper from his jacket pocket and gave it to her.

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The bell startled Inuyasha and hurt his ears.

"You're first class is in the three-hundred hall. Do you need me to show you where that is?"

"Yes, that'd be nice."

"Okay, well my first class is in the portables, so we're gonna have to rush."

Inuyasha groaned at the prospect of more hurrying, especially at this hour.

"Come on! We haven't got all day! This way!" Eri dragged him by the wrist to his class.

He felt like he could hardly breathe, swimming through the people like that. What was worse is that he could not pick up Kagome's scent in this place. There were so many people, and there was an absolutely awful scent coming from two places in the school. Little did he know, he would be going to both of those places that day: The gym, and the cafeteria.

"It's this classroom right here." Eri told him, pointing at a room three doors away from where he was standing.

"I'll see you later." Eri winked at him and ran off to her class.

Inuyasha waved and blushed slightly. He then began pushing his way through the hallway of other students.

He was really getting annoyed with this. Not only was it incredibly crowded, but some people were walking together or just standing in the middle of the hall.

He pushed his way through the hall, knocking groups of people down at a time.

"Hey! Hey! Hey you!" A man dressed in white wearing a baseball cap and a whistle around his neck shouted at Inuyasha.

Inuyasha looked at the man upsetly. He really hoped that he wouldn't have to go to in-house.

"What?" Inuyasha asked him.

"Come meet me at the gym sometime today! You're a shoe-in for quarterback."

Inuyasha had no idea what that meant. "um... okay." He said and disappeared into the classroom Eri pointed out to him.