Disclaimer: I don't own Inu-Yasha

A/N: ok now I'm just doing this cause I like to write but I am going to start writing a different fanfic in the Witch Hunter Robin category. I'll finish this one but not too speedily. Please R&R.

Chapter 12- Changing

MEEP MEEP MEEP smash Inu-Yasha looked over to his newly destroyed alarm clock. "Arg, damn. Fluffy is gonna kill me. Oh well' His golden eyes fluttered closed again as he settled once more to go to sleep when he remembered what had happened last time he didn't get up.

"GET UP!!" Sesshomaru yelled at the stubborn 16 yr old that was blatantly ignoring him. Sesshomaru was about to grab his ears and yell in them when Inu-Yasha sat up. He looked thoroughly annoyed and said the one thing that would be his ultimate mistake.

"Relax, Fluffy. I'm getting up" He then pulled the blankets off himself and was about to stand when Sesshomaru took his feet and dragged him out of his room with such force that Inu-Yasha bashed into the wall when Sesshomaru turned to then run down the hall and made sure Inu-Yasha's head hit every stair on the way down.

"So, are you up NOW?" Sesshomaru looked furious and then stalked away. Inu-Yasha could have sworn he saw steam coming out of his head.

That was one thing Inu-Yasha had no desire to re-visit. So he reluctantly got up and looked at his calendar. More than half the days on October were crossed out and Halloween was approaching quickly. Inu-Yasha's favorite holiday because of the candy and the fact he could go out of the house without worrying about his dog-ears showing up as they sometimes did.

However something was scribbled on the 24th, which was today. He noticed this and looked closely at the writing. It said 'Lauren's Birthday' with and exclamation point and weird shapes around it. Sango had done it when she updated his calendar. Then it hit him…he hadn't gotten anything for Lauren for her Birthday, they had been friends for a while now and he should have remembered.

"Shit" he grumbled and quickly got ready for school. He inhaled his breakfast, took his backpack, and hopped on his bike. "See ya later Fluffy," he yelled as he sped off down the road trying to think of a store that would be open. 'The convenience store, of course. They would be open'.

BIIIINNNNGGG

"Hmm, wonder where Inu-Yasha is. He's late" Sango said as she sat in homeroom with Miroku, Lauren, Emily, and Skye. They had been congratulating Lauren on making it to her 16th year of life and planned on getting her a stack of two or three cookies that they would put a candle into and pretend it was lit at lunch, it was a sort of tradition for them.

"He wouldn't skip school knowing it was Laurens Birthday. I know he wouldn't" Miroku said "I think Sesshomaru would also kill him if he skipped anymore"

"That's true" Skye voiced "You should have heard the racket a couple weeks ago. It was so early yet they were yelling and fighting about something. I think it was something about Inu-Yasha being…incompetent? I don't know all I know is they made a lot of noise"

The classroom door opened revealing a disheveled and wind burned Inu-Yasha. He had something behind his back and as he passed people they shivered because the cold was emanating from him. "Where have you been? You look like you walked here" Lauren commented.

"Gee, is that how you greet people?" He said but didn't wait for her answer as he held out a brown paper bag. "I got you something for you this morning. That's why I was late and I rode my bike here for that matter"

She opened the bag and took out a pack of gum, a lotto ticket (he can be very persuading sometimes), and a single yellow rose signifying friendship (however he just thought it looked pretty). "Thank you Inu-Yasha. I really like it" She stood up and gave him a hug then put the items back in the bag and put it in her backpack.

"That was sweet of you. What, did you take nice pills this morning?" Sango said and snickered a bit.

"Hardy har har, very funny." He said with the straightest face possible and took a seat.

"I thought so. So really what's up?" Sango asked knowing that something was weird with him.

"Nothing. God do I have to have a reason to be nice?"

"Yes" they all replied in unison, even Lauren said yes.

"Impossible, well I'm going to my locker. See you guys in class" He stood up and simply walked out of the room. The teacher was smarter than to stop him and just issued a warning to get to class when the bell rang.

Sango just stared at the door contemplating what could possibly be the matter. She was only shaken out of her own world by Miroku that was, for once, not being perverted. 'Everyone is acting strange. Even Emily and Skye are really happier since we met Lauren. Maybe Lauren's cheerfulness is just simply catching. That's not so bad, so why am I not feeling particularly nice or anything? Maybe it's because I'm such a bitch anyway…heh heh heh, yeah that's it'

A/N: ok this chapter sucked but it sets up the next chapter which I am going to write soon. See ya.

Tomo