I am sosososososoososoosososososososossosososoososososo sorry! I've had so much stuff to do with homework, 2 jobs and practice! I'll never do it ever! Wahhhhhh! Don't hate me!

Disclaimer: I don't deserve Inuyasha after this!

Friday

Fortunately for Kagome, everyone at school had seemed to forget about what had happened yesterday. Well either that or things blew over really fast. It wasn't until about fourth period when she finally found out why.

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Kagome took her seat in English, which was between Inuyasha and Sesshomaru. There was a buzz of chatter circulating when suddenly everyone got silent. In walked Sesshomaru-holding a girl's hand. Her beauty was unique; she had eyes that looked almost ruby and her dark hair had the same crimson tinge to it. It was a nice picture they made in the doorway, a contast of black and silver, garnet and amber. Kagome sighed, realizing that this girl must be Sesshomaru's girlfriend, and continued getting ready for class to begin. As she leaned over to grab a book out of her bag, she heard a voice quietly clear it's throat. When she looked up, she realized it was coming from his girlfriend. He had already taken his seat next to Kagome and the look in the girl's eyes was clear-move, now.

Kagome, not one to be a doormat, glared back at the girl, her eyes turning a frigid ice-blue, as Sesshomaru noted. He was enjoying this exchange immensely, though none could tell. Kagura had a very strong personality and was one who got what she wanted. Such was clear in the fact she was dating him, and it showed that he admired her spirit. But Kagome had caught his eye as of late as one who wasn't about to be trampled on as well. The altercation should prove to be amusing.

Kagura decided that it was time to voice her command, since this girl chose to be difficult.

"Move." Amazingly, Kagome gave a huge smile, but kept the frosty look in her eye.

"No thanks, I'm fine where I am."

This girl was really trying her patience, Kagura decided. "Do you know who I am girl?" Kagome's answer was to shrug and say,

"No. Should I?"

The bell gave an abrupt ring and the teacher asked Kagura to find a seat. She glared at a girl sitting behind Sesshomaru who burst into tears and ran to the back of the classroom, where other seats were available. A puzzled look crossed the teacher's face, but she shrugged it off and began teaching. Kagome gave a sidelong look at Sesshomaru, letting him know that she was aware of his obvious amusement. His answer was to blink, informing her that he did in fact find it funny. She gave a small growl and rolled her eyes. At the same time, Kagura's eyes narrowed as she took in the nonverbal exchange between the two. Oh yes, she thought, this girl was going to have to go.

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The bell finally rang, and everyone stood up and gathered their books.

"Kagome, Sesshomaru. Remember you must serve detention today after school in the Library," the teacher reminded them. Both nodded, showing that they remembered. Kagura took Sesshomaru's arm and practically dragged him out of the classroom. Kagome waited for Inuyasha to finish getting his things together and walk with her to their lockers.

"Her name's Kagura," he said, noticing the distant look in her eyes as she viewed the couple. Kagome nodded, but stayed silent so he tried again.

"They've been dating for about a year now. She had gone to America to study abroad, but found that she missed life over here and came back." By now the pair had reached her locker, Kagome in her thoughtful silence and Inuyasha trying to get her to talk to him.

"We're still on for that Saturday tour right?" he said, flashing her his trademark grin. It earned him not only conversation back, but a smile as well.

"I wouldn't miss it for anything, Inuyasha." He flashed his grin once more and trotted off, presumably to his locker. Perhaps if he had been more perceptive, he would have realized that the smile was fake, and had never reached her eyes.

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Kagome walked into the gym, looking for Inuyasha and Miroku. She glanced around and noticed to her displeasure that Kagura and another girl were leaning up against a wall talking. It sounded crazy, but the girl talking to Kagura looked like she could have been Kagome's sister.

"Kaaagooomeee!"

That was Miroku. He was waving his arms wildly, even though he was about 20 feet away from her. Inuyasha grinned at her and bonked Miroku on the head. She walked towards where they sat and took her place beside Inuyasha, still wary of Miroku's wandering hands. She looked over towards Kagura and the mystery girl again and found that they were both glaring at her. She rolled her eyes and turned back to the conversation of the boys.

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"Ok class! Today we're going to begin the unit on archery!" Coach Kentaro boomed. Kagome sat up straighter, maybe today was going to be saved.

"I will partner you up, but one group will have three because of an odd number of students," he continued. So he started to call the names of everyone randomly:

"Ito, Inuyasha and Houshi, Miroku. And our group of three will be Higurashi, Kagome, Akimoto, Kagura and Ichiro, Kikyo. Ok folks, out to the archery field."

Kagome was stunned; Of all the people in the class, she was with the two who looked as though they wished her to drop off the face of the earth. She had a feeling this class wasn't going to be pleasant.

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"Kikyo, please demonstrate the proper technique for the class," asked Coach Kentaro. She obliged and with a resounding thud, shot the arrow into the center of the target. She demonstrated this a few more times and soon everyone was hard at work trying to figure out how the heck those bow- things worked. Kagura stepped up to a target and shot an arrow into the ring just outside of the bull's-eye. Coach congratulated her on the excellent shot, as well as a few students looking for brownie points. Several students had already made a few arrows onto the targets when Kagome took up a bow. She frowned at its weight; it was too light to have good pull. She grabbed a few arrows, a quiver, and went in front of an unoccupied target. She warmed up with a few bull's-eyes and shot a double (two arrows right after each other with barely a pause between them). She was startled when Coach Kentaro noticed.

"Very good Kagome. I didn't know you were a student of archery," he said with a smile, and walked away to help the students who were struggling. Kagome felt something being pulled through her hair from behind her and whirled around to see Kagura standing behind her, with her yellow orchid clip in her hand.

"Well it seems that some of us get mighty full of themselves just because they can shoot a stick into a circle," she taunted, her voice full of malice. Kagome made a lunge for the clip, but Kagura danced away.

"Ah, ah, ah," she cooed wagging her finger at Kagome. " You don't get this back until we make a deal, ok?" Kagome nodded warily, looking murderously at the girl in front of her. "If you can outshoot Kikyo here, I'll give you the clip back." The girl Kikyo had her eyes downcast and clearly wanted away from the situation.

"And if I can't?" Kagome questioned, eyes level and voice cool.

"Well then I keep it, and you leave both Inuyasha and Sesshomaru alone." Kagome's eyes practically fell out of her head at that one.

"What?! I barely talk to Sesshomaru and Inuyasha is one of my good friends!" Kagura just smirked at her, brushing off the comment, and told someone to get out of the way of a target.

"Kikyo, you can go first. Why not start with a triple?" The girl mentioned indulged Kagura and got two arrows in the bull's-eye, but one outside of the line. Kagura nodded to Kagome who shot the same thing. When it was declared a tie, an ugly look crossed Kagura's face.

"Quad"

Both Kagome and Kikyo looked at each other in disbelief. How could she expect them to hit four when neither had hit three? Only the most experienced archers could hit a quad. As a matter of fact only advanced archers could hit a triple. Kikyo was again chosen to be first. She hit two in the bull's-eye and the other two outside. Kagome took a couple of deep breaths. She felt a sort of power well up in her as she approached the line. She lifted her bow and shot, the arrow hitting dead center. She grabbed the second arrow as the first was still in the air. Kagome didn't bother with aiming now; the target was in her mind and she felt where it needed to go. As she was grabbing the fourth arrow, a gasp of disbelief sounded breaking her concentration and chasing the power away. The fourth arrow hit the line separating the bull's-eye from the circle around it, the only one not directly fixed into the center of the target. She shook herself out of the daze, whirled around, snatched her clip from Kagura, who had made the noise, and put it in her hair.

"I win," Kagome said, and walked away.

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Hope you like! I made it extra long, but it seems weird to me. IDK, whatever. I'll mail you a cookie if you can guess what I have to practice (ex. Sport, instrument, etc.)

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