Tada! After working on it steadily for days it's finally here! CHAPTER 3!!This is going to be interesting. The Sohma secret isn't out yet, and just try to imagine Inuyasha in a uniform....... I can't do it, but it seems funny. How will Inu react to school? How will the classes workout? Only I know!! Bwahaha!!!! oh right, and I don't own Inuyasha or Furuba (yet). (evil smile) Sorry, long chapter this is.

Chapter 3

First Day of School

The alarm clock went off at 6:00, and it resounded around the house. It had been a late night for everyone in the Sohma household, due to numerous fights between Inuyasha, Kyo, and Yuki. Needless to say, things got violent and the paper doors had to be replaced 4 times during that afternoon. Each replacement lead to more fighting and the cycle continues.

At 6:30, Shigure got tired of hearing the ringing and went to turn it off and drag everyone out of bed.

"Inuyasha, come out of there, we're going to be late!" shouted Kagome through Inuyasha's door. Everyone had gotten up and ready for school. Apparently Inuyasha had gotten up as well but was refusing to leave his room.

"Feh, I'm not going."

"Sit boy!" (thump)

"I said I'm not going!"

"Sit boy!" (thump) "Sit boy!" (thump) "Sit boy!" (thump) There was indistinct grumbling from within.

"Now are you ready?" said Kagome testily. The door opened a crack, just enough to see one glaring amber eye.

"Only if you won't laugh."

"Just hurry up." Inuyasha opened the door fully and walked out in his school uniform. Kagome involuntarily started giggling.

"You said you wouldn't laugh!!"

"I'm... not.. laughing.." she replied through badly suppressed giggles. Inuyasha glared at Kagome.

"Let's go." said the irritable Hanoi. Shigure burst out laughing when he saw Inuyasha in his uniform. (Imagine how he laughed at Tohru when he found her in the tent)

"Will you shut up?!" shouted Inuyasha. "Oh, great. Not you too!!" Kyo had started laughing at Inuyasha as well.

"Um, excuse me?" Tohru's small voice interrupted the laughter. "We'd better hurry if we're going to be on time."

"We're coming!" replied Kagome, smiling. Walking to school, Kagome couldn't stop giggling at Inuyasha. I can't help it, I've just never seen him wearing anything so skin-tight before. Kagome thought. He looks so different, almost unrecognizable. Also so attractive. She stopped giggling and blushed furiously at the thought.

"So, you're done laughing, finally." said Inuyasha angrily. Kagome looked over at him when he said it and started giggling again. "Not again!"

"L-O-V-E WE LOVE YUKI! YUKI! YUKI! LLLLLLOVE LLLLOVE!" they passed the fangirls in a somewhat awkward silence. More than one person in the group were sweat dropping, but Yuki's was by far the biggest. The rest of the walk was in silence, thankfully there wasn't much farther to go.

Kagome and Inuyasha were introduced to Saki Hanajima and Arisa Uotani, Kyo had already left the group. He couldn't stand to be close to "that damn Yuki". Yuki had also left to put his books away.

"Hey. So, Inuyasha, right? What's with the dog ears?" inquired Uo.

"Oh, those. That's a very long story." replied Kagome. At this rate, everyone's going to end up knowing about my double life.

"What's it to you, yankee." answered Inuyasha.

"Now, Inuyasha, don't be rude." scolded Kagome.

"They're different." said Hanajima suddenly.

"Oh boy, here it comes."

"What do you mean, Hana-chan?" asked Tohru.

"Inuyasha's electrical signals, they don't seem human."

"Why the hell should they? I am a demon, after all." answered Inuyasha. Kagome anime -falled. Inuyasha, you bonehead! Don't you know a secret when it's handed to you?! thought Kagome. A small anger mark appeared on Kagome's head.

"Wait a second, you're a demon?!" the shock was obvious on Uo's face as she backed up timidly. Tohru shyly looked at her feet. She still wasn't exactly used to being around a half- demon. It seemed like a couple people had overheard his comment, because they were sprinting away, banging into lockers and other students.

"Inuyasha, demons aren't around anymore in my time." said Kagome slowly, her anger mark turning into two, then three as she spoke.

"Huh, they're not?" he said ignorantly.

"No, they're not."

"Then why do Yuki and the others smell like demons?"

"Now that you mention it, their waves are different from the others. Chaotic. But still unlike yours." said Hanajima. She seemed to be the only person not severely affected by Inuyasha's breed. She also did not seem surprised to learn it either.

"Um, I really hate to break off this conversation, but we should get ready for class." said Kagome awkwardly.

All three of them headed off in the direction of their lockers. On the way Inuyasha and Kagome agreed to confront Yuki and Kyo about their scent as soon at lunchtime, despite Tohru's lecture on how her mother said to look at the best in people. When they got to their first class, algebra, the teacher wasn't there yet. Kagome, Tohru, Uo, even Hana were helping Inuyasha cram all of the algebraic concepts into five minutes, not an easy task.

The class was just review for most of the people in the room, however, the little session hadn't crammed everything into Inuyasha's head. When the problem (x6)2 2(x-1) 13 was put on the board, Inuyasha was completely confused. "And remember, if you don't get something, just ask me after class. Don't let everyone know what a bonehead you are." Thankfully he remembered Kagome's word of advise and actually chose to follow it. He just sat back with his characteristic scowl on his face.

The rest of the classes sped by with the cramming in between until lunchtime. Kagome waited outside the classroom, a risky decision because of all the pushing and crowding there was in the hallways.

"Ouch! Oh, sorry! Excuse me, sorry! Ooh, Inuyasha over here! Sorry."

"Hey, Kagome, why do those people push you all the time?" said Inuyasha. Kagome started giggling again at the sight of him in his uniform.

"Aw dammit Kagome! I thought you were over that by now!"

"I'm sorry." She noticed that she was no longer constantly colliding with people. Well, it looks like people are avoiding Inuyasha already. she thought, as three more people avoided where they were standing. I guess it's not easy being a hanyou. Demons pick on you because they think you're weak and people avoid you because you're part demon. Kagome looked up at Inuyasha with a degree of pity in her eyes.

"What's with you?" said Inuyasha. Kagome blinked, not noticing how she must have looked.

"Nothing. Come on, we've got something to sort out." As they walked to lunch, they were arguing on how to ask them about the scent.

"I say we should just ask'm. It'll get the answer out of them quick enough." argued Inuyasha.

"No way! If they really are demons they won't exactly want to go around telling everyone! Imagine how much trouble they'd be in! I say we take them aside somewhere nobody can here their answer, and then ask them nicely."

"How do you ask something like that nicely?!"

"I don't know!" They argued back and forth about it until..

"Feh. We'll take them into the hall once everyone's at lunch, then I'll ask them. Deal?"

"Oh, fine." They got their lunches in an angry silence.

"Um, hey, Sohma-kun? Kyo-san?" Kagome approached their hosts gingerly.

"Huh? Oh, hello Miss Kagome." said Yuki kindly.

"What do you want, hanyou?" replied Kyo. The two were glaring at each other like they had known each other for years.

"Oh, nothing! It's just, we wanted to ask you something, um, in private." Kagome whispered the last part.

"Certainly." replied Yuki, leading the group out. Oh no, they must have found out about the curse. I bet anything that baka neko told them, the idiot. (No need to tell who thought that) Oh great, that demon found out about the curse! That damn rat probably told them everything. (Again, no need.) There was a small awkward silence out in the hall. Then..

"Hey, Sohma-kun, Kyo-san, Inuyasha-san, Kagome-san, what are you doing out here? Don't you want...!!" Tohru tripped herself by kicking herself in the heel.

"Miss Honda!" Yuki ran to catch Tohru and... POOF!

"Oh my goodness, Sohma-kun! Are you alright?!" Tohru said, turning over the clothes to find...

"I turned him into a rat! Ohnoohnoohnoohno! What should we do?! Call a doctor! Call a vet! Call.." and she fainted. Kagome picked up the violet-eyed rat carefully.

"See, Kagome. I told you they were demons." said Inuyasha in that "I-told-ya-so" voice.

"What the hell are you talking about, we aren't demons!" shouted Kyo furiously, his signature cat ears poking up.

"Not exactly. We're possessed by the vengeful spirits of the zodiac, well, all 12 plus the cat from the legend. I'm the rat, Kyo's the cat, and Shigure's the dog. It's something of a family curse. The other members of the zodiac are in the family too."

"So, how does this possession thing work?" asked Kagome curiously.

"Well, whenever a member of the zodiac is very weak or is, for some reason, hugged by a person of the opposite sex, they transform into their respective animal. After a while we change back, but then..." POOF! "we're completely naked."

"EEEEE!!" Kagome screamed and looked away blushing.

"Put some clothes on, ya dirty rat!" said Inuyasha, looking away as well. Yuki hastily put his clothes back on.

"Ahem, well, what should we do about Miss Honda? My transformation seems to have given her a shock." said Yuki, concerned.

"We'll have to tell Shigure the secret's out. He'll call Hatori to take care of it." said Kyo.

"I don't know if it will work. I mean, it'll work on Miss Honda but I don't know about that demon, or Kagome-san. She seems to have special powers."

"So then what the hell are we supposed to do, rat boy?!"

"I don't know, stupid cat. Have an idea for once in your life." Both Inuyasha and Kagome were getting tired of Yuki and Kyo acting like they weren't there. Inuyasha, the more angry of the two, was about to interrupt, but then...

"That's it! You wanna fight?!?!!" Kyo got into a fighting stance.

"No I want to eat." Now all I need is for Kaede to put those subduing necklaces on those two and I'll be set. They fight every time they see each other and Kyo's worse than Inuyasha! thought Kagome.

"Bring it on, sissy boy!!" Kyo aimed a (round-house)kick at Yuki's head. Yuki (outside)blocked him and did a well-placed (side)kick to Kyo's stomach and sent him... flying into the wall. (A/N Sorry people, but I'm in martial arts and some of my friends are too so I can't help naming the kicks and blocks. Gomen nesai.)

"That idiot, he should know better than to pick a fight in school." said Yuki testily. Kyo slowly slid down the wall and onto the floor. He was grumbling incoherently as he picked himself up. The only thing that could be discerned was the phrase "...damn rat...". Both Kagome and Inuyasha sweatdropped, but they understood this behavior to be at least somewhat normal.

"Um, so, what, should we go home now? What should we do about Tohru? I mean, she's dense enough we could probably tell her she hallucinated Yuki's transformation and that'll be that, but should we?" Kagome was full of questions with no obvious answers. And in her nervous state Kagome was babbling all her questions and speculating out loud about the answers and talking insanely fast.

"And what about us, I mean we found out the big family secret so what will happen to us? And if we get to stay at the Sohma's house we can't stay there forever. But then how can we get home? How am I supposed to get back to Sango and the rest of the gang? And, and ....." Kagome's eyes had turned into spirals and she slowly sank down onto her knees. Oh no. How am I going to get home. she thought sadly. I didn't think I'd get this homesick. They're probably worried sick. I wonder if they think we're dead! Oh, what's going to happen. Her eyes filled with silent tears.

"Well, for a start, let's go home and talk to Shigure about it." said Yuki softly, as though he thought that he might break Kagome in her fragile state.

"Okay." replied Kagome, standing up and wiping a tear. "Inuyasha, you carry Tohru." she abruptly resumed her commanding nature.

"What?! Why the hell do I have to do it?!" he argued.

"Because you're always the one who carries people. Unless she's too heavy for you." she taunted.

"Hmf. If I can carry you around she must feel as light as a feather." Two little anger marks popped up on Kagome's head.

"So let's go already." said Kyo, leading the group out of school. Inuyasha walked right past Tohru.

"Inuyasha..." Kagome growled.

"Feh." he went back and put Tohru on his back. And we still didn't get to eat lunch. thought Inuyasha, his stomach growling.

The troupe walked back to the Sohma household in silence, each thinking of their own troubles. All except Tohru, who still hadn't woken up yet.