GiGi - Sorry about the long update. I got a new computer and I had to wait a long time before everything was installed correctly. Oh yes, and I changed the rating of the story to PG-13 for a bit of swearing in this chapter.

DISCLAIMER - If I owned Inuyasha, do you think I'd be here, typing this?

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Chapter 6

Dumped.... Then Dead

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"Ye locker is this way," Sister Kaede told me as she took me down to my new locker. "Number 223, it is."

I walked around the crowded hall, students all rushing to their period one classes. I looked back. There stood Sister Kaede chatting with some of the teachers. From her distracted expression, I could tell she wanted me to find my own locker.

Row by row, stood the gray lockers, paint gleaming against the fluorescent lighting in the hallways. Let's see.... I'm looking for 223. 218.... 219.... 220.... 221.... 222.... I froze the second my eyes laid themselves on number 223. Great.... I get a new locker.... But they forget to tell me about the consolation prize that goes along with it.... A ghost.

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"Is this the bitch that's replacing me?" the ghost girl sneered, fluttering her face with a pink silk fan. I assumed that the 'bitch' would be me.... But then who was she talking to? I heard a quiet 'ahem' behind me and whirled around. To my surprise, stood Sister Kaede. "Just as I thought.... You are one of us." She spoke.

"One of us?" I repeated, looking dumbfound. "What do you mean one of us?"

"One who has the ability to see what others cannot. To help departed on their crossing to the other side." Sister Kaede explained. "One that is called a mediator."

"You mean you can see her too?" I referred to the ghost in front of me as I learned I was not the only freak in the world. After the elder nodded, I continued. "Wow.... I never imagined that there was someone else with this ability."

"Ex-cuse me! Are you bitches done chit-chatting or what?" The ghost snapped as she leaned against the cool locker door.

"Hey! Watch the language! The woman's a priest, you know!"

"Well DUH I know! She's been pestering me all week!" She gave me a 'Yuka' type sneer.

"Ehr.... Yes. I've been trying to help Kagura on her way-...."

"-.... I don't need help!" She interrupted.

"Listen! Sister Kaede is just trying to help!" I reminded the ungrateful ghost.

"I repeat! I DON'T NEED HELP BITCH!" She yelled at me.

"Call me a 'bitch' one more time and I swear, I'll dislocate your jaw so fast, you won't even have time to say 'mercy'!" I threatened, waving my finger around her nose to prove my point.

"B-i-t-ch!" Kagura said in a sing-a-long tone of voice.

I punched her so hard; she didn't even see my fist coming at her. Hey, she asked for it. The impact of the blow sent her flying against the locker, denting it in the process. She touched her jaw gingerly, to check if it was still there, before whimpering and running away, dematerializing as she rounded the corner.

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"That was easy." I said, blowing my knuckles, proving I had been victorious.

"Oh my!" Sister Kaede gave a bewildered look as she looked at the damaged locker and the corner Kagura had disappeared to. "Is that the mediator technique they teach ye in America?"

"Sure. Called Kagome's Mediator Techniques for Dummies." I added in sarcasm. "So have you really been trying to get rid of that brat?"

"Ehr.... Yes. I have been trying to bring Kagura to peace for a while. Unfortunately, as ye just saw first-hand, I haven't accomplished thy goal." Sister Kaede shrugged sheepishly. "Now ye best get to class.... We will speak of this matter again."

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Okay? Ghosts? I was Kagome the Ghost Slayer here! I didn't need any help. Going back to class would be the last thing on my To-Do-List. I decided to take a walk around the missionary's courtyard. You know, to take time to clear my head and stuff. Two ghosts.... I had already met two..... Two not exactly friendly ghosts.... In only my first week here in Osaki. Looking at the pink admittance slip in my hand and the time on the clock on the bell tower, I realized three minutes down.... Seven more to go, till the slip expired. I knew I should have started to walk to math class already.... But I just couldn't. The courtyard had a comfy feel to it. Hanging flower pots, vines and stone walkways, it made me feel very at home. Remembering something Sneezy had read to me the night before, about the school, "Osaki Shikon Missionary was built in the late 1700's though the exact date is unclear. Its architectural design is of the Warring States, era of Japan's Muromachi period (Sengoku-jidal, approximately 1476 - 1568 CE). It was once used as a church and to train the natives to trade." Note to self: Ask Sneezy when having trouble with History homework.

Lunch today was really no different than yesterday, minus the 'Tuna Surprise' and soup throwing. Sango, Miroku and I ate lunch (leftovers from dinner for me, an apple for Sango and sushi again, for Miroku) at a table near the end of the room. While Miroku talked to Sango about their geography report, I looked around the lunchroom. There I saw Sneezy and Dopey, it was actually the only time I saw the Aikiawa's outside of the house. It was interesting to observe them in their native environment. And I as pleased to see that I had been right in my predictions of their characters. Sneezy hung around a crowd of nerdy-looking kids, many wearing glasses, some with their own laptops perched on their laps. Sneezy, along with a few others had wads of used tissues surrounding them as they read textbooks and did homework. Dopey hung around the jocks, all of them who flocked (like seagulls) around Yuka and company. However, it was the guy sitting next to Dopey that caught my attention. He was a good-looking guy who did nothing except stare out the window with a look of sadness all over his face.

It occurred to me that Dopey and that guy could be drug addicts. That would sure explain Dopey's diminishing brain cells and abililty to be really stupid.

I asked Sango who the guy was and if my assumptions were true. She snorted and patted my shoulder. "That's Sesshomaru Hishinuma. And no, he's not on drugs. Well..... none that anybody knows of. He's just sad, you know. His girlfriend died during summer vacation."

"Bummer," I muttered, twirling my fork in the container of fettuccini alfredo. Yesterday night's theme for dinner had been Italian. After giving Sesshomaru one last glance, I turned back to Sango. "How'd she die?"

"Slit her throat with one of her beloved Chinese fan things. Yeah she got one that had steel tips and yeah, she killed herself. Blood gushing everywhere, he head practically falling off." Miroku explained, being the gentleman he was by kindly leaving out the bloody details. Ha ha ha.

I blinked, slowly chewing the garlic bread I had stuffed in my mouth before swallowing. "Why'd she kill herself for anyways?" I asked, wondering if this girlfriend was the same ghost I had met in the morning.

"Sesshomaru broke up with her." Sango spoke up.

One of the girls from the table in front of us, leaned in and whispered. "I heard he did it at the mall too. Can you believe it?"

Another girl from the same table as the other also added, "Yeah, it happened three days before Kagura's birthday too."

Oh... so it was her.

The first girl continued, "They were shopping together, like they always do, and then they passed by Tiffany's and then she like pointed to a diamond ring on display and was all like 'I want that'. And I guess he just freaked, 'cuz it was obviously an engagement ring-....

"Twelve carats, I heard."

"-.... and then he just broke up with her on the spot."

"So she decided here and there that life wasn't worth living and then just 'off'ed herself?" I snorted, finding this story slightly farfetched. Or maybe Kagura was just some drama queen.

"Not right away," Sango took over the story telling. "She tried to get back with him for a while. Called him every ten minutes, you know. Sent him emails every hour, text messages whenever his cell was on. But then his parents told her to stop and you know, leave their son alone, 'cuz she was practically stalking the poor guy. Then she started to get really deadly, sending him threats in the mail, plastering them over the front door, over his car. Said if they couldn't be together, there was no point of living. When he didn't respond, I guess she realized that she needed to prove her intentions physically. Grabbed her fan and her dad's Jaguar and got over to Sesshomaru's place and rang the doorbell-...."

"-.... His parents' are really rich and stuff," Miroku took over the story telling, meaning what I was about to hear wasn't going to be a PG rated conversation. "Real societal, you know. So when she got to their house, they were hosting some country club party. Yeah... so when they open the door, they find this crazy-ass teenage girl on their welcome mat, waving a metal fan in this faces. Saying if they didn't get Sesshomaru down to see her, she's slit her frikkin' throat. But they couldn't get the guy 'cuz they had sent him down to the Caribbean with his sister Rin-...."

"-.... Hoping to give him a chance to relax, you know. To just get away from it all. He didn't need pressure from a crazy ex-girlfriend stalker." Sango interrupted, taking a sip of water afterwards.

"Yeah yeah.... But turns out that wasn't what Kagura wanted to hear. As soon as she heard her dear boyfriend was unreachable in another country, she slashed herself, blood and her guts splattering all over the guy's place. On the ground, the floor, the windows, even all over the parents' fancy clothes."

Everyone winced when Miroku said the 'gross' part, but I had other things on my mind. "The empty seat in math class.... Next to Yuka. That belonged to the dead girl didn't it?"

"Yuka had put her purse on it, sorta like claiming it so no one would take it. Everyone was surprised when you didn't sit in it. It was like you knew that it had been Kagura's seat." Sango prophesized.

I had had my reasons for not taking a seat next to Yuka; I could tell from the moment I had entered the classroom that she was the Queen B. See, I had my reasons for sitting where I did, and none of them made me physic or anything. Because I knew I wasn't. I stared at Sesshomaru, who was still off in space, gazing out the window. A few kids running past him caused a breeze to blow around his silver hair. The breeze also blew at Dopey... but that only caused his to ask stupidly, "Who's blowing at me?" He was answered by a sigh from Sesshomaru.

"He has no idea" I muttered to myself as the others went back to discussing Yuka and her stupidity. He has no idea at all. He thinks his life is bad now? Well.... just wait....

He was in for the ride of his life.

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GiGi - Okay, just to clear up a few things, in this fic, Sesshomaru has no family relationship with Inuyasha, meaning they're not brothers.

Inuyasha and Sesshomaru - =D

GiGi - Oh, but Sesshy is human in this story too.

Sesshomaru - Noooooo!

Inuyasha - Hahahaha! Who's superior now?

GiGi - ¬.¬ Yeah.... But you're dead.

Sesshomaru - Ha! Dead loser!

Inuyasha - Mortal loser!

Sesshomaru - Oh yeah? Well at least I'm alive!

Inuyasha - So? I'd rather be dead than stupid human!

Sesshomaru - .... (thinking of a comeback)

All the 'stupid' humans - Oh really?

Kikyo - Inuyasha!!!!!!!

Kagome - SIT!

Inuyasha - (face vault) ".

Kikyo - Inuyasha.... That time you said you would become human! You told me you wished to be with me! I believed your words! That day, as I brought the Shikon jewel with me-.... (Inuyasha pushes her off a random cliff)

Miroku - Where'd that come from?

Sango - (shrug) I thought he loved her?

Inuyasha - Blah! The walking clay pot has a story to tell and suddenly she's preaching to the world on top of her soapbox.

Kikyo - Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..... (voice fades as she falls down....) SPLASH!

Inuyasha - Hmpf! Good riddance.

Kagome - Good job!

Sesshomaru - (finally comes up with a comeback) Oh yeah? Dead loser! Dead loser! (both go back to their fight)

Inuyasha - Mortal loser! Loser!

Sesshomaru - Stupid half-breed!

Inuyasha - Oh yeah? Now you're NO breed!

Sesshomaru - Grrrrrrrr.... I challenge you to a round of Inuyasha PS2!

Inuyasha - ?.? Inuyasha PS-wah?

Sesshomaru - (very proud of himself and his mortal knowledge) It's a video game!

Inuyasha - (starry-eyed) I'm.... a..... video game? Cool!

Kagome - (shakes her head) Oh dear.... This is going to go straight to his head.

Inuyasha - (looking very proud) You're on! I'll beat you anytime!

Sesshomaru - (looking 'proud'er) Never!

Inuyasha and Sesshomaru - (totally obsessed with the game)

Inuyasha - (staring at his character) I look good!

Sesshomaru - (scoff) I look better!

GiGi - ¬.¬ Yeahhhh.... Okay....

Kagome - (sigh) Sibling rivary.

Inuyasha and Sesshomaru - We're not sibings!

GiGi - Whatever! I have two new ideas for fics, but I haven't decided which or if I should use them at all. So my faithful reviewers, that's shall be your job! Which summary should I use for my next fic, or should I even use any of them?

Ghost In My Eye

After a tragic accident claims the life of Koga, Kagome's husband, during their honeymoon, she feels as if the world has ended. But after the same accident, she realizes she has a gift. She can see dead people with her left eye. Many ghosts learn of her abilities and start harassing her until she helps them fulfill their last wishes. Inuyasha, a ghost of a former classmate who when he was thirteen, is one of those annoying ghosts, except that he doesn't know what his last wish is. The two develop a bond of friendship, each wanting to help the other. However, is Inuyasha who he claims to be?

OR

The Voice Within

Kikyo Higurashi is Hollywood's 'It' Girl. With chart topping hits from her multi-platinum CD, it seems, as the sky's the limit for her. Kagome, her kid sister is also in the music biz too.... As Kikyo's personal assistant. Inuyasha is a suspicious singer who has sung a duet with Kikyo. He can't shake off the feeling that Kikyo isn't all she claims to be. What if he finds put the truth behind Kikyo's voice? Is Kagome more than what meets the eye?

Everyone - (watching the battle between Inuyasha and Sesshomaru)

Inuyasha - Ha! Wind Scar! I'm gonna whip your ass!

Sesshomaru - Ha! I just grabbed Tetseigia from you!

Inuyasha - Curse you and your stupid human arms!

Sesshomaru - Haha! I'm beating you!

GiGi - ¬.¬ Yeah.... Review!