Ch. 3 New friends and overexposure

Later in PE class, the overweight, hung-over gym teacher told the students to stop running and start playing volley ball. Inuyasha and Miroku were chosen as the two captains. It was time to choose teams.

"Ok Let's see." pondered Miroku. "Kagome have you ever played before?"

"Well I was on the volley ball team at my old school." She said modestly.

"Than you're definitely on my team." he replied.

"What! That's not fair! I was gonna pick Kagome!" barked Inuyasha. "And what makes you think that you get the first pick!"

"Inuyasha just pick someone else!" said Miroku massaging his temples. Inuyasha growled.

"Fine! Kikyo get over here!" He ordered. Kikyo who was slowly becoming suspicious of Inuyasha's new behavior walked over to his side of the net. She looked at him waiting for him to give her that playful wink he had always given her which she returned. No such luck.

As soon as the teams were picked, the game began. Miroku and Inuyasha were up in front while Kikyo and Kagome were serving for they're separate teams. Kagome held the volley ball in front of her with her left hand, tossed it in the air and punched it over the net. Inuyasha bunted it back over the net where it reached Miroku who gave it a hard spike scoring his team a point. Kagome cheered him on.

Inuyasha passed the ball under the net and gave Miroku a piercing glare. Kagome served the ball again and this time Inuyasha spiked it over the net. "In your face Miroku!" he yelled while performing a little victory dance. Miroku rolled his eyes and passed the ball under the net to kikyo. She served it. Miroku then attempted to give it another spike but Inuyasha bunted it back over the net where Miroku tried to spike it again but his plan was foiled by another bunt from Inuyasha. This exchange continued for about five minutes and everyone else on the court decided to leave and let the two boys settle their own scores.

"What's up with them?" asked Kagome to Kikyo. Kikyo sighed and flipped her hair.

"They're just boys. They always feel the need to prove themselves." she replied with a careless shrug. Kagome looked back at the two competitive males. She couldn't exactly agree with Kikyo. Deep down she felt this was somehow her doing.

Two periods had past and it was now lunch time. Kagome wandered through the court yard carrying her spinach salad looking for a familiar face. This school was so different than her last one. At her old school there were separate lunch periods depending on what grade you were in while at Shikon no tama high the whole school ate during fourth period.

Just then she spotted a girl with dark brown hair wearing a good charelotte T-shirt and tattered jeans sitting all alone. It was Sango. Kagome thought for a moment. Maybe Sango wouldn't be as frightening when she was sober. She approached the table.

"Mind if I sit here?" she asked. Sango looked up from her sandwich in alarm. She then gave Kagome a confused stare.

"Do I know you?" asked Sango cocking her head to the side.

"Well, I met you this morning in the bathroom. I'm Kagome. Don't you remember me?" Sango narrowed her eyes.

"Just because I met you, does NOT mean I know you." She declared.

"Well you could get to know me." Suggested Kagome.

"I don't think we'd get along. I tend to not get along with…your kind." said Sango grabbing her sandwich and standing up to walk away.

"What's my kind?" asked Kagome sternly. "And don't judge me and assume that I'm a kind of person!" she said following Sango.

"I saw you with Kikyo." said Sango solemnly. She turned around to look Kagome in the eye. "Kikyo and I don't get along. So if your friends with her, we don't get along. Got it?"

"No! You're judging me on something stupid! Just because I'm friends with her doesn't mean we wouldn't get along! Now sit down and eat lunch with me!" she screamed. Sango sighed and patted Kagome on the shoulder.

"I appreciate the offer, but you're gonna have to choose between me and kikyo. We can't both be your friends." Suddenly, Sango's face lit up like a light bulb. "Unless…"

"Unless what?" said Kagome excitedly.

"We could hide it in public and be secret friends." Kagome's happiness vanished.

"Alright. Secret friends?" Sango forced a smile on her face.

"Secret friends. Now go pretend that you don't know me."

"Wait I need your Phone number so I can call you." said Kagome. Sango's eyes shifted from left to right and she pulled out a crumpled up piece of paper from her pocket.

"Here you go."

"Thanks. Gotta go!" said Kagome with a wink.

"Oh hi Kagome!" said a sultry female voice as Kagome walked by. Kagome looked to her right to see a table containing Eri, Arimi, Yuka, Kikyo, Miroku, and Inuyasha. "Sit with us." suggested Kikyo.

"I'd love to." said Kagome cheerfully. She set her salad on the table and took a seat. "So did you guys have fun playing volley ball all by yourself?" she said teasingly to Miroku and Inuyasha.

"We sure did. We didn't even realize you were gone till the bell rung." said Miroku teasing her back.

"So Kagome, where are you from?" asked a very intrigued Inuyasha. Something about Kagome just turned him on. Maybe it was because she reminded him of Kikyo except she was less self absorbed which was always a plus.

"Well I just moved here from Malibu yesterday. I honestly thought I was going to hate it here. But actually, this is better." she said sweetly.

"I'm glad you like it here." said Kikyo.

"Us too!" said the other three girls all at the same time. Kagome smiled. She then saw Sango in the corner of her eye still sitting all by herself. Her smile disappeared. This was going to get complicated.

After what seemed like forever to Sesshomaru, the final bell rang. As he looked around the hallway which was swarming with teens of all sorts, he noticed Kouga was still trying to win over that naïve sophomore girl Kagome. Kouga had her cornered against the wall and it appeared that he had the charm turned on full force. Yet Kagome still hadn't even begun to swoon over him. Sesshomaru walked over to Kouga so he could finally go home. Not that home was any better. He heard the final snippets of the conversation.

"I'd love to come but I really don't think I'll know anyone there." she explained.

"That's alright. You could bring a friend. Please? It would mean so much if you were there!" said Kouga who might as well have been on his hands and knees licking her high heeled shoes.

"Well, okay. I'll come with a friend." she said giving in.

"Great! See you there beautiful." He said with an explosion of joy. He then let her pass. Sesshomaru approached the proud looking Kouga.

"Please don't tell me you invited her to the bon fire tonight." said Sesshomaru.

"So what if I did. Come on man she's hot, sweet and funny! Besides we've got to teach her how to surf. Not to mention it'll be the perfect opportunity for me to…you know…with her."

"Don't take this the wrong way, but she doesn't seem that interested in you."

"Just you wait. I'll get her to want me so bad she'll never forget It." assured Kouga.

"If you say so Kouga. Now can you please just take me out of this hell hole that everyone calls school!" begged Sesshomaru.

"Of course man." said Kouga patting Sesshomaru on the back.

When they had reached the Taisho's luxurious home Kouga locked the doors of his white dodge ram. "Why are you doing that?" asked Sesshomaru coldly.

"I need to ask you something." said Kouga with a grave expression.

"Ok." Said Sesshomaru feeling a bit worried.

"Do you want to get with Kagome?" Sesshomaru rolled his eyes at the question.

"You know very well that I'm done with the female species forever."

"Cause if you do…then I would let you have her." interrupted Kouga. Sesshomaru's head told him that he would never want another girl again but his heart made him remember how sweet this girl was. But no matter how sweet or beautiful she was he couldn't let another girl steal his heart and step on it.

"I don't. She's all yours." he replied in his same bland voice. Kouga unlocked the doors and Sesshomaru hurried out of the car. He couldn't stand when Kouga got serious with him. It just made him uncomfortable.

"You can't go out tonight," said Sesshomaru's father. "you have school tomorrow."

"You've never made me stay home on a school night before." argued Sesshomaru.

"Well it's about time I started." Sesshomaru didn't feel like talking to his son of a bitch father anymore. He nodded and went to his room. Perhaps sneaking out was in order. Indeed it was.

He opened his window at around 7:30 and climbed down the fire escape. He then went to the backyard to where his father kept all the cars. He didn't feel like taking his own BMW Z4 roadster. He felt like pissing someone off so he took Inuyasha's future Cadillac Escalade which his father had stupidly left unlocked and kept the keys in the glove compartment. It was all too easy. As he placed the key in the ignition and gave it a twist the engine began to growl and he was off.

Sango's face was plastered to the window of Kagome's red limousine. "What are you looking at?" asked Kagome in a confused tone of voice.

"I wanna make sure everyone sees me in this sweet limo!" explained Sango. Kagome adjusted the straps to her pink bikini top and rolled her eyes. "What? I've never been in one before!"

"That's fine." said Kagome laughing silently to herself. As they arrived at the beach the first thing they noticed was a roaring fire and muscular boys waxing surfboards. The driver opened the door for the two young ladies and they walked onto the sandy beach. Kagome took in the sights. The starry night, the waves collapsing, and of course the men. Tons of strong handsome men with muscles gleaming with ocean water. Nothing could go wrong tonight.

"Hey Kagome!" yelled a familiar voice. She turned to her left to find Kouga wearing nothing but swim trunks and carrying a surf board. His long black hair was dripping wet and his torso was like that of a god. But even without a shirt on Kouga didn't phase Kagome's emotions like he did to other girls. "You ready to learn how to surf pretty lady?" She removed her white soffe shorts as well as her pink flip flops.

"You got a board I can borrow?" she answered confidently.

"Of course babe." he replied placing a hand on her shoulder. He then noticed a rather gothic looking girl standing right next to Kagome. She was wearing a black halter bikini and lace up combat boots which were covered with patches from bands like the ramones, incubus, green day, guns n roses, slipknot, system of a down and more. "And what's your name?" asked Kouga to this strange looking girl who for some reason appeared to be Kagome's guest.

"What's your name?" she snapped.

"Kouga. Now what's yours?" he said remaining calm and collected.

"Sango. Not like you care though." She said looking away with arms folded across her chest.

"Would you like to learn how to surf too?"

"I don't think so." She replied firmly.

"That's fine. Come on Kagome Sesh's waiting to start the lesson." Kouga said grabbing Kagome by the hand.

The lesson began on land with Sesshomaru teaching Kagome how to stand up on the board. Kagome's reaction time was off and every time she slipped she would let out a child like giggle. Sesshomaru was getting impatient but he couldn't help but notice that she looked rather cute in her pink bikini. But he still dared not to feel even the smallest bit of lust for her because she was still a girl and girls were heartless beasts.

"Kagome, if you can't get this right on land, what makes you think you can get it right in the water?" he said coolly.

"I'll get it sooner or later. You don't have to be a bitch about it." teased Kagome. Sesshomaru rolled his eyes.

"Let's just try this again." Sure enough the last few times Kagome stood up on her board, she did it perfectly. "Alright, let's try in the water now." said Sesshomaru.

In the mean time Kouga was watching the two go at it until he felt a cold clammy hand touch his shoulder. He jumped at the chilly sensation. "Excuse me Ayame, but could you please not touch me?" he said sternly.

"Don't talk to me like that. You know you want me to touch you." said the red headed girl letting her hand slide down his back. Ayame was cute but Kouga couldn't stand her. She was pushy and insisted that just because her grandfather was some millionaire that she deserved to date Kouga. But Kouga just wasn't interested. She may have been pretty and an incredible surfer but she just wouldn't do.

"I am absolutely positive that if I wanted you to touch me I wouldn't have asked you not to touch me!" He explained while removing her hand from his back.

"Kouga, you know that you like me. You just don't want me because I'm not going to let you play me!" she argued.

"Yep, that must be it. Good bye now." said Kouga waving her off. Ayame stormed off fuming and mumbling inaudible curses.

Kagome had almost landed a perfect wave but fell face down in the ocean and belly down in the sand. She stood up and everyone let out a gasp. Then most of the boys there let out hoots and whistles. Her bathing suit top had fallen off completely revealing her C cup breasts. Confused, she looked around seeing nothing particularly amusing then felt a breeze blow past her. She looked down in horror. She was half naked. She froze in utter humiliation. It was like every muscle in her body shut down at that very moment. Sesshomaru saw the look of fear on her face and felt a sudden wave of sympathy hit him. He quickly swam over and blocked the view with his body. He looked her in the eye.

"Come on, I'll give you a ride home." He said soothingly. Sango rushed over with a towel and Kagome quickly grabbed it and gave her a look of gratitude before she covered herself up.

"Sango, could you tell the driver that I'm getting another ride home?" said Kagome solemnly.

"Of course I will." comforted Sango. "I know how you feel right now. Just thought I'd let you know." Sango smiled her first smile in ten years that was not caused by marijuana. It felt good to know that Kagome wasn't perfect either. Maybe it wasn't going to be so bad being her friend.

Sesshomaru guided Kagome to his car and away from the noisy crowd. He couldn't help but wonder why he was helping her. Women were blood sucking monsters were they not? She was a woman, why did she deserve his help? Even with all the doubts racing through his head, he carried on to his car with this sad looking, mortified girl.

He opened the door for her and entered through the other side. Once he was buckled in and began starting the car, Kagome placed a dainty hand on his. "Thanks for that." She said in a weak, tired sounding voice. "I can't believe I made such a fool out of myself."

"You'll be fine. At our school, things like this get a girl noticed." He said attempting to comfort her. Kagome looked at him with her twinkling brown eyes. He couldn't help but get hypnotized by her beautiful stare. She leaned in closer and closer with her lips partly opened. She brushed her lips against his and nibbled gently on his lower lip. Sesshomaru opened his mouth just wide enough for her to slide her tongue in slowly. As she massaged the roof of his mouth softly with her moist tongue he closed his eyes and let himself fall into the kiss. This kiss was different than others he experienced. This kiss was sweeter, slower, and a lot more pleasant. All his other kisses were rougher while this was like one from a fairytale. No wonder Kouga wanted to have this girl so bad. Kouga!

Sesshomaru pulled away from the tongue wrestling match he was in and shifted the car from park to reverse. He backed out of the space, shifted to drive and rushed out of there. Thank goodness the SUV had tinted windows. And besides, she was just another woman anyways.

"Where do you live?" he asked quickly changing the subject. She gave him her address and stared at him confusedly. This Sesshomaru guy was a mystery. A mystery she wanted to solve.

"Why did you pull away?" she asked feeling sad again.

"Kagome, you're a nice, pretty, and adventurous girl. I like you. But it wouldn't work out. Enough said." he responded coldly. She stared at him with longing. But she understood.

After Sesshomaru had dropped off Kagome and parked his brother's car where it belonged, he thought he was home free. Until he walked in the house.

A/N I'm soooooooooooo sorry I took so long to update! I had the OGTs, then I got lazy, then I had to prepare for my drivers test which is on April 1st !(wish me luck) I promise I will tell you in advance from now on if I'm going to make you wait a long time for and update. Which reminds me that I am going to NYC next weekend so you'll have to wait two weeks for the next chapter. Again I'm really sorry. Now to respond to reviews

Anna: Don't we all wish we were Kagome at least sometimes?

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i-wish-i-was-kagome: kikyo's not really going to be a slut, just a cruel, heartless, bitch. That's all.

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