Disclaimers: I do not own Inu-Yasha, so tell those pesky lawyers to back off!
Chapter Four: Stuck on You Thursday
"Please congratulate Miroku Harasaki!" She exclaimed.
"Ha ha! I knew it!" Miroku shouted, as he stood up from his seat.
"Okay, now come down for the prize," Sayuri laughed, Miroku practically was skipping to her. "Okay, sit here," she said, pulling up a green stool. Miroku obediently sat and folded his arms. "Okay, now start asking Miroku questions class, and Miroku you have to answer them all," she said with a sinister smile.
"Wha…?" Miroku exclaimed, trying to get up, but Sayuri shoved him back into the seat.
"Since my class are mixed up, we don't know each other very well, so the winner of the game would answer any questions the fellow classmates had or wanted to know."
"You want me to be interrogated?" Miroku pointed out.
"To put it simply, yes," Sayuri answered. "Now let the questioning begin!"
"What's your full name?" Someone's voice echoed.
"None of your business," he muttered angrily.
"Miroku!" Sayuri chided. "Answer."
"You said this would be fun for everyone," Miroku whined. Pouting somewhat.
"It is, everyone likes it," Sayuri smiled brightly.
"I don't," Miroku said bluntly.
"Well you probably wouldn't, but in this classroom, I am queen, I reign supreme and you will listen. Now answer," she growled.
"Whatever…" He rolled his eyes in annoyance, but was still somewhat scared of his teacher and her sanity now.
"What's your full name?" The voice asked again and boy did it sound familiar.
"Miroku Sakura Harasaki," he mumbled, a slight blush tingeing his cheeks.
"But… but… Sakura is a girl name!" Someone shouted from the back.
"Yeah, well my mom wanted to have a girl, and to rid her disappointment my dad let her give me my middle name," he explained quietly.
"Ha ha, oh my god! That's funny!" A small blond boy laughed, thus bringing everyone else to laugh.
"What's your favorite movie?" Kagome asked, feeling sorry for him and trying to save him from more embarrassment.
"Um… don't have one, I like them all," Miroku replied, giving Kagome a thankful look.
"Do you have any siblings?" Another asked.
"No, I'm an only."
"Why are you such a pervert?" It was Sango that asked. She gave him a meaningful look. Miroku just did mock hurt as he placed a hand over his heart.
"That hurts Sango!" Miroku exclaimed.
"I don't care. Just answer the question."
"Well… everything about girls fascinates me, and I'm intrigued by their beauty… I failed my Algebra test last week because Algebra has the word 'bra' in it," Miroku explained, feigning a serious expression.
The class stared at him in silence before bursting out laughing. Sango just looked like she swallowed a frog, Inu-Yasha groaned from embarrassment, and Kagome shook her head in disgust.
'Why me?' She whined. Then she remembered that she could get him back for his pervertedness. It was times like these that Kagome was glad she was still best friends with Miroku.
"Oi Miroku, whose Mr. Snugglepuff?" Kagome yelled. Miroku turned beet red from embarrassment and anger, glaring pointedly at Kagome, knowing it was she.
"It's my teddy," he whispered.
"What?" Someone asked. Very few caught what he said, and those that did looked at him in disbelief.
Luckily for Miroku, the bell rang.
"Okay class, you're dismissed!" Mrs. Minanome exclaimed. "But I want Sango, Kagome, Miroku, and Inu-Yasha to stay behind," she added. The four exchanged confused expressions before shrugging and making their way to her desk. "It was really close, and you four got most of the votes. I mean, I think that almost every vote went to one of you four. So I wanted to take a winner's picture," Mrs. Minanome explained, pulling out a Polaroid camera.
"N-now!" Kagome exclaimed, being the first to recover.
"Yes, so stand over there," Mrs. Minanome said, gesturing to the window.
"Bu-but," Kagome was trying to find a way out of this. She gave Sango pleading eyes as she and Miroku already made their way over.
"Miss Higurashi, no one is going to care about your hair, the only people who are going to have this is you four and myself. The same goes for you Mr. Hazuki," she said sternly.
"Feh," Inu-Yasha muttered as he went over to the others.
"Fine," Kagome sighed, seeing no one would side with her. She too made her way over to the little group.
"Good, now I want the boys in the back and the girls up front," Mrs. Minanome directed. 'Good, and I want you girls to switch and have Kagome in front of Inu-Yasha and Sango in front of Miroku," she commanded. She smiled as they got into position. "Now boys, wrap your arms around the girl's waist."
"What?!" All four teens shouted.
"No way!" Sango and Kagome exclaimed.
"I don't think so," Inu-Yasha scoffed.
"Gladly," Miroku said with a lecherous grin, which earned a slap from Sango.
"Either you do that or the girls can sit in the boy's lap," Mrs. Minanome said. She arched her brow up and gave them a serious look.
"Fine!" Everyone shouted. Miroku happily snaked his arms around Sango, while Inu-Yasha grudgingly did it, muttering curse once in a while.
"Good, and keep the hands where they are, no wandering hands Miroku," she threw him a knowing look. "Now Miroku place your chin on Sango's left shoulder, and Inu-Yasha place your chin on Kagome's right shoulder," Mrs. Minanome said happily. "Good, and now girls, lean your head towards the guy's," she said in a high school girl voice. "Oh, and you better or you'll get a detention," she added as an after thought. The girls groaned as they did as told.
'They really make sweet couples…I'm just giving them a little push.' Sayuri thought happily, liking the look of the pose, grinning like a mad woman.
'She's having too much fun with this.' Kagome, Inu-Yasha, and Sango angrily thought.
'I love this!' Miroku cheered in his mind.
"Now smile or else," she growled. By the look of her face you could tell she wasn't lying.
The four teens gave bright fake smiles, and Mrs. Minanome clicked her camera five times. Then smiled as she laid the five pictures spread out on a nearby desk. The four made their way over and watched as the pose came into view.
"Not bad, not bad at all," Mrs. Minanome murmured. "Here you go," she said, handing everyone a picture.
"Thanks," they all muttered, somewhat shocked by the outcome of the picture and how real and comforting it looked.
"Well bye," Mrs. Minanome said in a sing song voice.
Kagome grumpily made her way up the shrine steps.
"I'm home!" She called out, as she walked through the front door.
"Hey honey!" Mrs. Higurashi called, walking out of the kitchen. "I've been thinking about your new hair style, and I just don't think it's right. That's why I went out today and bought this," Mrs. Higurashi explained, pulling a small bottle out of a pocket of her apron.
Kagome walked over and took the bottle out of her mom's out stretched hand. Color Begone Shampoo was the name on the bottle. Kagome just stared at it until the meaning sunk in. Her eyes widened in shock.
"Thanks mom, you're the best!" Kagome exclaimed, jumping on her mom and giving her a tight hug. She quickly rushed up the stairs and into the bathroom.
Kagome hummed happily to herself as she exited out of the steaming bathroom. She felt like she was floating on a cloud as she ran a hand through her pure black hair, void of any un-natural colors.
"Kagome honey!" Mrs. Higurashi called from the kitchen.
"Yes mom," Kagome said, walking in.
"Bring this to Inu-Yasha," Mrs. Higurashi commanded, giving Kagome another bottle of the Color Begone Shampoo. "I just don't like his multi-colored hair."
"But mom…" Kagome whined.
"No buts Kagome. Just take it!" She demanded, pointing to the door. Kagome just hung her head in defeat as she walked out the door.
'This is so unfair!' Kagome thought angrily, as she pushed the familiar doorbell.
"Coming!" A low voice called from inside. "Welcome to the Hazuki residence," a cheery voice greeted, until it saw who the visitor was. "What do you want?" A gruff voice growled.
"Just to give you this," Kagome growled back, shoving the bottle into Inu-Yasha's surprised hands.
"What is it?" Inu-Yasha asked, looking at the bottle. "Color Begone Shampoo?" Inu-Yasha quirked an eyebrow at her.
"It works."
"Why… what…" Inu-Yasha was becoming more confused.
"My mom thought we dyed our hairs on purpose and she didn't like it much, so she got us this. Don't worry, I didn't do anything to it, you can check… it's never been opened," Kagome explained, answering all of Inu-Yasha's questions.
"Does it work?" Inu-Yasha asked. 'Why would she think I'd do this to myself on purpose.' Inu-Yasha thought confusingly.
"Do you see any silver in my hair?" Kagome spat.
"No…" Inu-Yasha mused.
"Then I guess it works," she snapped.
"Bye then," Inu-Yasha said, closing the door, but stopped when it got caught in something. "Yes?" Inu-Yasha inquired.
"Aren't you forgetting something?" Kagome asked, raising up her right eyebrow.
"What…" Inu-Yasha stared at her, then the bottle in his hands. "Oh, and tell your mom thanks," he thanked, closing the door fully this time.
"Kagome aped at the door for a few seconds before a scowl made its way onto her face. 'That arrogant jerk!' She screamed in her mind as she stomped home.
Kagome was grinning to herself as she got ready for bed. She just came up with the perfect revenge. Sango's chemistry class had, before that big schedule change, made a paint that had no smell. Grant you that it wasn't the perfect revenge, but hey, Inu-Yasha was a dog and dogs identify everything by smell. So she was positive that something that had no smell would freak him out.
"Just you wait my puppy, this'll teach you," she sniggered. She was about to flip the switch when something on the ground caught her eye. She bent and picked it up and had a small smile appear, seeing that it was the picture they took.
The picture itself wasn't all that bad… but the people that were chosen to do the poses looked like couples. Kagome just shook her head as she threw it into the wastebasket next to her desk. She flicked the switch and got into bed.
Suddenly, the light in Kagome Higurashi's room came back on as Kagome flew out of bed. She rushed over to the trashcan and pulled the picture out. She smiled at it as she placed it in a frame her mom had gotten her a while ago.
'At least Sango and I are in it.' She tried to reason for the sudden action as she again, turned off the light and slipped into bed.
I'll always protect you!" The same voice from the night before called out to her.
"Who are you? Why are you here? Please tell me!" Kagome yelled out.
"Just know I'll always be the one to protect you!"
For some reason, just hearing that made Kagome smile. But there was something about the voice she just couldn't place her finger on.
"I'll protect you!"
Kagome awoke with a start by the feeling of force on her stomach. She looked down to see her cat Buyo lying there, staring up at her with his yellow cat eyes.
'Inu-Yasha…' Kagome thought as she looked at the eyes. "Ugh, what time is it?" She lazily said, turning over to look at her clock. She screamed as she saw she was going to be late.
Kagome jumped out of bed, grabbed a pair of black pants with lots of chains and a baby blue tee which had a bunny on it saying 'Cute but psycho.' She ran to the bathroom for a quick shower praying to any god out there to have mercy on her.
Inu-Yasha moved lazily through the halls, spewing lines of curses under his breath about the stupidity of school. The only good thing was that his hair was back to normal, so no fool made a stupid remark about it like yesterday. Inu-Yasha made a mental note to thank Mrs. Higurashi personally for the shampoo, knowing either Kagome forgot to or just wouldn't. He had just finished lunch, but the three classes before lunch, he had gotten major essays to write on stupid things like our own version of the tale of how Mt. Fuji came to be and depicting at least three meanings out of the real tale. Just leave it to Mr. Myouga to give them impossible assignments.
'Stupid old man. Like I give a damn about Mt. Fuji. It's there and no one cares why.' He thought angrily, turning the lock to its numbers. After hearing the click of the lock, Inu-Yasha slammed out the door against the locker next to him. He looked up just in time to see the trigger of a water gun being pulled as a weird; red looking liquid shot out at him.
"What the hell!" He growled. He bent over to smell the liquid. But to his shock there was no smell. "Wh-what is this crap?!" It was scaring him; everything should have a smell… right? Then why didn't this stuff. Inu-Yasha decided to find who he figured was behind this little stunt… Kagome.
He made his way through the halls, being sure not to touch it and not have other things touch it. In Inu-Yasha's mind, if you can't smell it, you can't touch it. He liked that theory and right now it was working for him. That is… until something collided with him.
Kagome was having a great day, she made it to school just before the bell rang, she got good grades on her test, and best of all she had set the prank up. Now she was on her way to see Inu-Yasha's reaction. But like the saying… all good things must come to an end.
"Kagome!" Sango called out, running to her side.
"Hey Sango. What's up?" Kagome asked, with a little bounce in her step.
"I need to tell you something about that substance I gave you…" Sango started, but Kagome cut her off.
"Yeah, thanks for it, I'm gong to check on Inu-Yasha now," she said cheerily, turning around and began walking backwards.
"But Kagome the substance has turned…" But Sango's voice trailed off as Kagome walked into Inu-Yasha.
"Watch it wench," Inu-Yasha growled, looking down at her.
"Well excuse me grouch, and my name isn't wench," she hissed.
"Just get away from me, and tell me what the hell you put in my locker," he said in a gruff tone. He tried to push her away, but she wouldn't move. "Move," he commanded, as he once again tried to shove her aside.
"I can't…" Kagome said with a pale face.
"What do you mean you can't?" Inu-Yasha kept trying to push her away, while at the same time Kagome herself tried to pull away.
It was quite a comical sight, and Sango couldn't help but laugh. She doubled over in laugher as she began to wipe tears of mirth away.
"You!" Kagome yelled. "What was in that crap?!"
"I tried… to tell… you…" Sango said between laughs. 'The substance turned… into… a type of… new super glue… you're stuck," she laughed.
"What?!" The two yelled. They tried to pounce on her, but fell from the weight.
"Just go to the office. I hear Vice Principal Kaede is the only one that can remove things stuck to the glue!" Sango called over her shoulder, as she walked to her next class, still laughing somewhat.
The two grumpily made their way off the floor and down the hall towards the office… though couldn't quite well do it, seeing a the two wouldn't agree on whose stride to use. Falling and meeting ground was becoming frequent to them.
Inu-Yasha angrily kicked the classroom door open. Everyone stared at it in shock, before laughing. It was weird to see Inu-Yasha standing there with Kagome's back to him, and him holding her legs up into the air. He strode into the gym room and handed Futaka the note Vice Principal Kaede gave him to give his last two teachers of the day. Futaka read it and laughed.
"Well we're only playing dodge ball today, so it would seem that you will have a shield Hazuki!" Futaka barked, before laughing again. Inu-Yasha growled and snatched the note back.
'Stupid Grandma Kaede!' He thought angrily. Yup, the Vice-Principal was his grandmother and the Principal his grandfather. When Kaede saw the mess-up the two were in, she didn't help. She knew of their feud and said that as punishment they had to stay like that for the rest of the day. 'Maybe ye shall learn to put the past behind and become to a mutual agreement of friendship again. Mutual agreement of friendship my ass. The day I do that is the day hell freezes over.'
Kagome wasn't too happy about the 'punishment' either. 'Stupid old with. Uses any chance she can get to try and make us friends again.' Kagome huffed. Remembering a time when she was suppose to baby-sit Inu-Yasha's little brother Shippou, but when she got there, she was instead locked in a room with Inu-Yasha. Let's just say Kaede didn't try that method again.
Inu-Yasha walked over to his and Kagome's team which was pretty strong seeing as it consisted of Inu-Yasha, Kagome, Miroku, and Sango.
"Pst… Kagome!" Sango whispered.
"What?" Kagome snapped, turning her head to face her. When she heard Sango's next comment, she wished Sango were on the other team so she could pummel her with the ball in her hands.
"Kagome, there's an Inu-Yasha on you."
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A/N: First off, the poems in the previous chapter did not belong to me, I borrowed them out of Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II, but I'm proud to say that I own at least the volume. Also, the idea for the prank and the last line in the chapter are all thanks to Hououza, so let's all give Hououza a round of applause. Next, I like to be big thanks to rabidotaku22 and ngelwing71 who broke my review streak of getting 4 reviews per chapter so thank you two. Also, wasn't quite sure if this chapter was quite that good… oh well. LASTLY YOU MUST READ THIS!
From this moment on, all of my fics will be suspended until further notice. For I shall be spending all of my time on the following: The Heart's Solemn Vow, A Journey Through the Mind, Beautiful Soul, Change of Heart, and Nightingale's Voice. So all fics that were not listed will not be updated until these are finished. Sorry to inconvenience anyone. Thanks for all the reviews from all my stories! Sayonara for now! Oh, and someone please tell me what Author Alert list is…. Or some similar name like that. I keep seeing more and more people add me to it, and sadly I have no clue what it is, so I would really appreciate it if someone told me. Sayonara for real this time!