Disclaimer: I don't own Inu-Yasha, if I did the series wouldn't be so popular and I'd probably end up killing everyone off cause I was bored with it. -

A/N: well, sorry for not updating but Track is finally OVER! I liked it but it took up so much time. On with the story!!

Chapter 2- Operation: Cheer Up

BEEP…BEEP…BEEP…BE. Inu-Yasha slammed his alarm clock with one fist unmercifully. It was a sheer wonder it didn't just break on contact. "Ugh" he groaned as he sat up rubbing his eyes and stretching. He collapsed back into bed and was about to fall asleep again when he remembered his Homeroom teacher's words. 'If you're late again I'll not only give you two weeks detention but I will call your brother.' Her voice rang through his head like chalk squeaking on blackboard. He could care less about detention, he had gotten it for almost the whole year already, but if the school called his brother…Inu-Yasha didn't feel like imagining the horrible things he'd go through, it was too early yet.   

He got up and walked out of his room and to the bathroom. He took a shower to further take his mind out of cloudy sleepiness and went back to his room to get dressed which took about ten seconds. The hard part was brushing his own hair. His mother had always brushed his hair in the morning because it was so long. 

1 Hour Later

He finally got his hair to the right silkiness and then put on his bracelet. His hair was now short but had a blinding blondeness (I like the ending –ness. Can ya tell?). He took his jacket, backpack, and c.d. player from different part of his room and walked out. His stomach growled as he laid his hand on the front doorknob but he ignored this and left. He blocked out everything with his music and likewise no one dared bother him. He was the first one at the bus stop and soon everyone that was supposed to be there was.

Shippo being the wiseass 7th grader he was and having nothing better to do till his bus came a half an hour later went up to afore mentioned hanyou and yelled "HEY, INU-YASHA!!" in said persons ear. 

"Go away runt" Inu-Yasha said reflexively while taking his headphones off.

"I see you're in a VERY good mood today" Shippo said not losing the cheeriness in his voice but at the same time sounding uncannily sarcastic. "No matter, before the sun sets I'll have cheered you up" He declared for the 500th time since the 'incident'. 

"How?"

"You'll see" Shippo replied his face sporting a sly smile. Then he happily went back into his house leaving Inu-Yasha to contemplate over this. However, Inu-Yasha just forgot about it once the bus pulled up seconds later. He pulled his headphones back onto his ears and sat at the very back of the bus, keeping to himself.

Now this was all fine and dandy by Inu-Yasha's book, but the thing that always ruined his morning more than anything was "Inu-Yasha, how are you today?"

"Go away you perverted monk" Inu-Yasha retaliated. He did not feel like talking with the stupid Houshi at that time or any other time for that matter. 

"That's no way to greet a friend," Miroku said as he sat down. He was speaking quite loudly since Inu-Yasha had his music up. Little did he know that Inu-Yasha had lowered the volume and was slightly amused. 

"Now it is. I'm not talking to you or anyone. You're wasting your time."

Miroku sighed as he got up and moved his seat to where he would be accepted more graciously.  As he sat down across from Bry he said "Don't worry about it, he'll come around by tonight…I hope" 

"Yeah and what if he doesn't? Hmmm…what then?" She said under her breath. Skye was listening to the conversation and joined in.

"In his state I wouldn't be surprised if in his mind it would be better to commit suicide" Skye said, she was currently taking AP Psychology. Bry and Miroku glared at her. "Or not, you never know. I don't want it to happen just stating a possibility" 

"Well at least he shouldn't be home until 8:00pm tonight, it should give us enough time to…" at that point they pulled up to the school and Bry never got to finish her sentence.

Between 6th and 7th period

Inu-Yasha walked down the hall at an incredibly slow pace. He had no desire to get to the next class; everyone he had wanted to avoid was in there. 7th period was History and it just so happened that all the Becker's in his grade were in that class that also included Miroku and Sango. Despite the crowded halls there was a circumference of about 2 feet around that people avoided like he was the plague. It seemed everyone's image of him had gone down during the summer after they saw the news report. He had acted like a fool on the camera when someone eventually found him and Kagome on the beach. 

Flashback

"Oh my…NED!! COME OVER HERE!" a woman shouted to someone on the shore more. As the person that was called came over she pointed to Inu-Yasha and Kagome. Kagome was face up, dried blood caked on one side of her mouth, and the sand dyed a dark red. Her eyes open and glassy, her skin pale and shined like wax paper. Inu-Yasha was close to her, his had wrapped around her waist as he lay face down in the sand. There was no visible bleeding that had occurred with him.

"Holy shit, go call the police and ambulance." He said when he had gotten a good look. I'll see if they're alive still. At this point Inu-Yasha heard all that was being said but couldn't make use of his muscles. Soon darkness engulfed him again and he let it. Ned kneeled in the sand putting his pointer and middle fingers against Kagome's throat and found no pulse at all. He did the same for Inu-Yasha but Inu-Yasha was still alive, but very close to dying. If not for the woman that found them he would have also been dead; maybe that would have been the nicer thing god could do for him, but it seemed god hated him at that moment in time and he lived. The woman went back and saw the sad expression on her husband's face.

"Are they?"

"Only the girl, the boy still has some life left." He left it at that and they stayed there until the ambulance had come. By this time Inu-Yasha was conscious and was aware that they were taking her away from him. There were cameras and the press but he didn't care. He found a way to move even though his muscles screamed to let them alone.

"No" he cried as he stumbled trying to pry the EMT's away. "You cant! I swear if you touch her, I'll kill you all!" He went into a blind rage and his demon blood showed through as he slashed at everyone. He however was in very bad shape so he hit no one and got himself to be knocked out. 

End Flashback

He sighed in disgust as he went through the door to learn about stuff he really could care less about. 

After School

Inu-Yasha walked down the block from the school to his therapist. He walked into the office and she was waiting for him. It was better to not have him wait because if she did, he'd just leave. As he sat down she put down her notepad and pen. She spoke first, "I am not going to take notes today. So what would you like to talk about?"

Silence

"How about this, how do you feel that no one congratulated you on your getting into the global language honors society?" She offered

"I could care less" He replied keeping the rock of an expression on his face.

"I don't believe you. Only 20 people got in this year, and you were one of them. Did you feel hurt that no one recognized these accomplishments?"

"No, I know I did it and that's all that matters" That was the last thing he said for the rest of the hour he was there. He really did care that no one even recognized the fact he had done something good; but he wasn't about to own up to it.

2 hours later

He took out his key and sighed as he opened the door. The lights were as usual not on but something caught his eye in the living room. No one was there but there was something hanging from the ceiling. He stepped into the room and suddenly the light flickered on and a whole mess of people jumped out at him simultaneously yelling "SURPRISE". Among them were the Becker's, Sango, Miroku, and Jinni. 

A/N: Well what did ya think? Please tell me in a review! Would have written more but I have to EAT! See ya! Tomo