"Definitely."
She replied, picking off more of the paint off the wood as she looked up at the mass of clouds that seemed so annoyed at everyone, thus depriving them of real sunlight. Spring was coming, though. And then she wouldn't feel like she was going to die of hypothermia.
"You probably cut more then half of it, though."
Psychic. Well – not really. You only had to know him for so long that if he came to lunch and said something of that nature, most of the class had probably been ditched from lack of interest or lack of the ability to sit still and not want to murder someone.
Gee golly gosh, the dance. It just seemed /great/. Especially since she didn't really care much about going with anyone. Meanwhile, there would be some attraction in going just to watch her friends and the antics that ensued.
Miroku would hit on every girl in sight, Sango would hit him after each one, and Miroku would leave with multiple contusions and a possible fracture and not a single kiss. Kagome would follow along, trailing a beeline behind her best friend, but doing her best not to act like the trio of remarkably energetic tenth graders.
And Inuyasha .. Inuyasha had always been with Kikyou. So now – oh, it wasn't going to be very good. This /had/ been the first dance in quite a while. Student Council was filled with disinterested seniors who did Leadership at first period, although never went so they could sleep in for an extra half-hour.
Kagome couldn't act as annoying as her other friends even if she /was/ trying. It took too much effort, and it made her feel like she was about to get about sixteen-hundred cavities. Simultaneously. And there weren't going to be any electric drills .. they'd just have to pick ..
It just wasn't a pleasant thing to imagine.
The girl looked with incredulous entertainment at the two boys walking towards her with such purpose. She very nearly expected them to come .. but maybe not at the same time. Wouldn't they ever learn?
Scratch that – reverse it. /Couldn't/ they ever learn?
Oh well. This was just great.
She had gotten herself to be all prepared .. and then the words were in gibberish. Were they taking a second language and trying to impress her?
Wait. Or about homework? Her brows raised, mouth opening and closing as the confusion sunk into her bloodstream. She had absolutely no clue about what was going on, and her face showed it.
Maybe they were sick. They /were/ looking a tad like tomatoes.
"Wha--"
Her question was cut off by Inuyasha, and she half-smiled at him, wondering if that was the basis of what the other two were talking about. If so, he deserved a hug.
My hero.
"Oh. Sure."
Kagome shrugged. She sort-of heard him. So. Maybe she'd come out looking like an idiot.
Eh.
Attention Airforce one, we have Mission Accomplished. I repeat, Mission Accomplished, over.
That wasn't so hard.
He didn't know about being a /hero/, exactly. Just said the right thing at the right time to bail his friend out.
Oh, look at them go.
Kouga was acting more like a freight train that a demon. He just kept going and going.
Take a seat, Energizer Bunny.
Blah blah blah….
"-What?"
The wolf's mouth almost dropped open. He caught himself, and attempted to look as dignified as possible before speaking again. Failure could /not/ be this easy. Here he was, pouring out his innards, trying to be heard over some stupid human male, and all Inuyasha had to do was ask as flatly as humanly possible. And she said yes!
This couldn't be happening.
Hoyjo, meanwhile, stopped on a dime. Just the slightest flick of disinterest from Kagome would have stopped him anyway, but this was more than a slight flick. It was almost too much for the pathetic little guy, being turned down the way he had. Not turned down, exactly. Kagome had just accepted someone else's offer….right in front of him….
He fell back with a thud, out cold. Eri and Yuka were there in record time, crouching by his side and gibbering as incomprehensibly as Hoyjo and Kouga had a moment ago. They looked up at Kagome, eyes flitting from her to Inuyasha. It's not that they didn't like Inuyasha; they barely knew him anyway. But he was /hanyou/; half human, but half youkai too. They weren't entirely sure they could trust even a half demon.
Inuyasha cocked an eyebrow at the girls with that, "What are you looking at?" look. He lost interest in seconds, his eyes shifting to Kouga. The wolf looked none too please, his face flaming red, this time from anger.
"How /dare/ you! Take that back, you half breed!"
Half breed. Hm. He wasn't very original, was he?
"Bite me."
Truly, he hadn't expected Kouga to take him up on that. He was defending Kagome's interests, hai, but he was having fun at the same time. He was surprised when Kouga lunged at him, a bit shocked to dodge before getting pinned to the table.
"I didn't mean literally, you flea-bitten moron!"
The hanyou yelled, fighting the wolf youkai's grip on his shoulders. He curled, lashing out with his feet and jamming them into his opponent's stomach, throwing Kouga off and back into the grass.
You'd think they would have been content with the fight this morning, ne?
It was still heroism.
He didn't /have/ to bail her out.
Kagome promptly began to chew her lip when Hoyjo fell, wondering whether it was her place to help Yuka and Eri or to just sit there .. considering she had sorta been the one to make him pass out. She had knocked him over – not turned him down like the coverlet for a bedspread. Poor guy. She should've remembered how sensitive he was.
"Hoyjo-ku-"
"Shut it, Kagome-chan."
After all, whenever she got sick he was armed with Vitamin C lozenges and countless energy drinks.
Her friends looked like she'd just murdered someone (or something close), and their eyes burned daggers into her forehead. They had always felt decidedly left out because of Inuyasha … but they'd always expected her to pick Hoyjo over any … competition? They were delusional, but it /was/ their idea of the scheme of things.
Before she could even say a proper apology, they had Hoyjo's arms over their shoulders and they were pulling him away.
Kami – was this going to be how all dances were like?
A brawling Inuyasha and Kouga, an unconscious Hoyjo, and two girls who thought she was a backstabber? Joy of joys. Sign her up for the next party committee.
"Eeek!"
With a bit of a startled cry, Kagome popped off the bench and stood to the side of it as Kouga flew back into the grass, dark orbs filled with pleading apologies that she wasn't sure were founded on proper grounds. It wasn't her fault that she didn't like him in that way … but it didn't stop her from feeling bad.
Quickly, Kagome walked over to the fallen Kouga, considering that Inuyasha had been the one to instigate his flight into the earth.
Even though if that hadn't happened they'd probably still be fighting.
Or biting, as the case may be.
"Kouga-kun, are you alright?"
She asked, kneeling beside him.
Miroku, from the far side of the quad, began to walk over with disinterest at the regular act of violence from the rivals. Even if they generally wouldn't admit they were entirely rivals. His violet eyes were amused as he caught the last glance of Hoyjo being taken away by the two smaller girls.
"What happened…or do I even want to know?"