GiGi - Thanks to all the reviewers who well.... reviewed, and the ones who gave me birthday wishes..... sort of.

Inuyasha - (still wearing the part hat from last chapter) I WANT OFF!

GiGi - No.

Inuyasha - B-b-but! You can't say 'no' to me!

GiGi - NO.

Inuyasha - GiGi owns nothing, NOT the plot, NOT the characters. Nothing! Now get this thing off me!

Chapter 9

Showdown at the School

A snippy voice appeared. "So.... It's you....."

I whirled around, instantly recognizing that voice. "Hi Kagura."

She leaned over against her; I mean MY locker and whipped out a fan from behind her. She started fanning herself, slowly as if she dared me to make the first move. She was dressed in the same school uniform I had except her's had short cuffed sleeves, while mine, on the other hand was long sleeves fall wear. How stylish of me.

I took my chances. "Kagura. Sorry to bother you," I started off, very politely I might add. It's always to make a good first impression on ghosts. But since I had already screwed up my first, I vowed the second would be better.

She stared leering at me, eyes shrinking to a glare, her red eyes focused on me.

"I think we got off on the wrong start. I'm Kagome-...." I tried to smooth talk her.

"-.... I know who you are!" She snapped, taking a step towards where I was standing, her right hand flicked the fan closed. "I know who you are! You bitch! You're trying to take over my life!" She accused eyes now wide open. I swear, you could see fire dancing around her crimson pupils.

This was ridiculous. Out of all the things the ghost has said to me before, this was the funniest. I had to bite on my tongue, which may I add, really hurt, to keep myself from laughing out loud. "I.... am not trying to steal your life, okay? I got my own, already."

She continued to glare, her eyes turning into slits. "I know he asked you out. Sesshomaru! Makes me wonder if he was ever faithful when we were together."

I felt guilty. She knew? That's not good! "Ehr.... Sesshomaru is just moving on. Don't you want him to have a good life?"

She snorted. "Oh yeah. He should have a great life!" Her expression darkened. "He's already forgotten about me. Typical. It's his fault I'm dead!"

I stared at the moody ghost in front of me. "Yeah, sure. What the guy did was wrong. But…. But…. Look Kagura. You can't really force him to like you. You can't kill the guy." My heart started to ache for the girl…. It really did. She didn't really want to go and off herself. It had been a spur of the moment type thing.

"I'll make him like me again…." She spoke quietly, the uncertaincy in her voice, quite clear. "We'll be together for a long time…. He'll have to be with me. He'll have to!" She spoke sharply, voice full of hope.

I winced…. Someone was going to have to explain to the girl how it really worked. And it was going to be me…. Great. "Kagura…. Look. I'm sorry. But it doesn't work that way." Kagura whirled around to face me, eyes glued to my mouth. I took a breath, "just because you're both dead…. It won't guarantee you'll be together. He might move on, you know, heaven, hell, whatever. I don't know, I've never been dead before. All I know is that killing him won't solve anything."

There was a silence between the two of us. Kagura stared at me for a while, the words registering in her mind. Then she blew. "What do you mean it won't do anything? It's not fair!" She bellowed, the fire danced around her eyes again.

I tried to explain it again. "I know it's not fair…. But you did this to yourself. You sliced yourself. And that sucks, I know. I'm sure; you wouldn't have done it if you knew this was going to happen. And like I said…. It sucks. But you did this to yourself. So you have to live with the consequences."

She glared at me as I continued. "But you can make it better. You can start over again."

She looked at me hopefully, a smile tugging at the ends of her mouth. "You mean I can have my life back?"

"Yes-… No…. I'm sorry Kagura, you misunderstood me. I said you could have a new life; you can never go back to your old life. Because, face it…. You kind of ended it for yourself."

As I tried to reason with her, she started taking deep breaths, her teeth barred at me. "You told me I could have my old life back!" She screamed. "You lied to me!"

I took a step back, and another, and another. I now knew why Sesshomaru's parents sent him away. It wasn't for the vacation; it was to get away from this crazy girl. And now I wished I could be in some sunny, tropical place too…. You know, far away from Kagura.

"I told you Kagura. I'm really sorry, but you can't go back to your old life!" I repeated, trying to sound tough as I continued to step back. She followed, hot on my pursuit. I could literally see her hair on fire…. Haha…. (insert pun here).

I walked back, until my back was against the wall of Mr. Yoshi's classroom. She came face to face with me, having to tip-e-toe to stick her nose in front of mine. "You lied to me…. You won't get away with it!" She snarled, whispering hoarsely.

I barely had time to duck, when her fist connected with the wall and the spot I had been standing. I had crouched over, hands covering my head and the back of my neck. And with her supernatural powers giving her an extra edge, she went all Super-Saiyan on the poor ol' wall. It cracked under all that pressure, leaving a fairly large hole in the wall. Hmmm….at least the hole would give us better air circulation?

I jumped back up and faced the deranged ghost girl.

"That was so not cool!" I stated, ducking each blow she sent flying my way. She caught me off guard when she sent a flying jagged piece of plaster my way. It hit my arm, scrapping it, leaving a bit of blood all over the plaster. I looked down at my arm, blood dripping down, each drop of blood staining the linioum floor underneath all that rubble.

I took a deep breath, planning to try and reason with her. But that thought left my mid when Kagura lifted her arm again, to punch. I grabbed the fist, twisted it around and hit her dead centre in the face with my spare fist. I didn't want to give me a chance to rebound, so I elbowed her in the gut, then pushed her into the row of lockers. She gasped and winced as she rubbed her stomach. She growled and then went all Catwoman on me. She practically pounced on me and started beating the daylights out of me. I, with the last of my strength, threw her across the room, her back crashing painfully at the steel gym doors, her body slumping against the floor. Phew…. She was unconscious!

I crawled into Mr. Yoshi's room, and collapsed next to the door that I had locked. Not that it would have made a difference…. Ghosts can go through walls after all, and not to mention there was a neat hole to get through now too.

A wack of deep breathing helped me a bit…. I was sure I wouldn't make it back to the house. And right on cue, someone materialized beside me. I would have shrieked or something, but the ghost covered my mouth with their hand. I looked at the owner of the hand and my jaw dropped. Inuyasha?

"What are you doing here?" I whispered.

He ignored my question and started muttering to himself. "Said you could take care of yourself…. Blood everywhere…." He looked at me, his golden orbs flashed a hint of worry. But that was ridiculous! Inuyasha worried about me? No! Couldn't be-…. Or could it?

He looked at me funny, I think I may have zoned out, and shook me back to Earth. "Get a grip on yourself!" He whispered harshly.

He left my side and looked out the newly formed hole. "She's still unconscious."

He gave me his hand and started to help me balance as I stood up. The room started to spin and I guess I started to rock back and forth, until Inuyasha again, steadied me. He led me out the window and we found the bike, where I had left it. I sat on it while Inuyasha did the 'dragging me home' part. He hoisted me up back into my room when we got to the house.

"You said you knew what you were doing…." He muttered, as he opened the first aid kit he got from the bathroom. With the aid of my nightlight, he was able to clean my wound and bandage it, while I lay on the bed, still in my 'work' clothes. After the bandages had been tightened and he was done lecturing me, he stared me with a great sadness in his eyes.

"Thanks," I muttered, not wanting to really accept that I needed a ghost to help defeat a ghost…. Sort of. That sadness in his eyes, it really confused me. Was he sad because of me? Wait… what am I saying? We hate each other! Right?

He 'hmpf'ed, clicked off the nightlight and then dematerialized…. Leaving me in the dark….

Alone….

GiGi – And that's the end of Chapter 9! Phew…. Finally! Sorry to everyone who had to wait for this chapter, high school isn't really a walk in the park, if you know what I mean. But art class is fun! I got to draw chibi and anime versions of myself…. (nods) yeah, that's fun! D Oh and I will most likely not be posting up any chapters during October 18 – October 30, because I have a provincial literacy test I have to take sometime during that week…. And if I don't pass…. I don't graduate….. (dun dun dun dun). So yes, I must devote my time to studying for that. Sorry, again.

GiGi - Oh and I'd like to thank etarango2 for personally emailing me with a review. Thank you for taking the time to do that! And thanks to everyone who read, reviewed and supported this story. I love you guys! (Yes in the 'not-weird' way….) (cough cough)