Chapter 3

Kagome woke up to the annoying buzzing sound of her alarm clock. She trudged across the room towards her alarm and angrily hit the "off" button. She dragged herself around her room, gathering up her school items while looking for her school rubbish and shoving them into her bag. She then ran down the stairs while quickly scanning her math book for her quiz that day. She came into her kitchen, grabbed a bagel from her mother and her lunch bag off of the counter and ran out of the house.
"The square root of 144 is 12; the square root of 139 is 13."
"KAGOME!" yelled Val, Kagome's school friend, "I can't believe they let you out of the house! Isn't salmonellosis more serious then that?"
"What's tha- oh, yeah, that! Um, it was a minor case."
"But- oh, look! It's Hojo! I think we might just slip away." Val whispered as she and the rest of the girls snuck away.
"Hi Kagome," Hojo said as he came up to her, "Feeling better already?"
"Um, yeah" Kagome answered as a blush crept up onto her face.
"That's good. Well, maybe if you're feeling better this weekend, we could maybe go out to a movie or something. That is if you're feeling better."
"I'm feeling better, but today is Thursday.I'm not sure if I'll still be here on Saturday.could we do it, maybe, this afternoon? If you're not busy that is."
"REALLY? I mean, sure, that would be great. Is a movie and dinner fine with you?" Hojo excitedly asked.
"Um, sure. That sounds great." Kagome replied, not sure whether she was excited or disappointed. Is it fair to go out with Hojo when I obviously like Inuyasha?
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"That was a.interesting movie," Kagome broke the silence with.
"Really? You liked it?" Hojo asked.
"Um, yeah. Sure I did" Kagome answered as she stared into space.
"You sure you feel fine? You haven't touched your ramen."
The truth was, Kagome couldn't stop thinking about Inuyasha. It kind of pissed her off. He probably wasn't thinking about her, so why did she keep thinking about him, especially when she was out on a date with one of the hottest guys in school.
"What are you thinking about?" asked Hojo.
"Inuyasha," Kagome whispered in a mystified voice.
"What?" Hojo questioned.
"Um, I mean; ah! Inuyasha!" Kagome screamed.
"What?" Hojo repeated.
He looked out the window to see a strange man type person with cat- like ears, huge, red, parachute pants and a funky red coat type thing to match. He must have had colored contacts in, because his eyes were this yellowish color. And his finger nails.this guy must have been some psycho, because it seemed as if he had grown out his fingernails and then filed them into points in order to create a fang like impression.
"Who is he?" Hojo asked.
"It's, it's, it's Inuyasha!" Kagome answered as she ran out the door and started yelling at him for coming. Hojo saw the supposed "Inuyasha" say something back, but couldn't hear what it was, as Inuyasha spoke kind of quietly. That's when Kagome yelled "SIT!" and for some unknown reason, Inuyasha was pulled down onto the ground by some mysterious force.
Hojo, wanting to know what was going on, left some money on the table and walked out to where Kagome and Inuyasha stood.
"What's going on Kagome?" Hojo asked.
"Who the hell is this guy?" Inuyasha questioned Kagome.
"Um, well, this is Hojo," Kagome answered, "and this is Inuyasha. He came to, um, talk with me, but he was just leaving."
"Actually, I wasn't," Inuyasha interjected. "Kagome, you need to come back."
"Go back where?" Hojo asked.
"Um, nowhere," Kagome said, blushing.
"Oh, it's somewhere all right! And Miroku and Sango are in trouble! We need to help them out!"
"Why can't you do it alone?!" asked Kagome. "And why did you have time to come here to get me?"
"Um, excuse me, who are Miroku and Sango?" Hojo interrupted.
"Oh, Hojo, I'm so sorry, but I think I'm going to have to end our date here. It was fun, and I really do want to continue it, but things are becoming a little too.out of hand tonight. Maybe we can do this again some other time, eh?" Kagome stammered.
"Sure," Hojo answered. "I guess I'll see you tomorrow in school then, eh?"
"Um, maybe not," Kagome said with a quick glance towards Inuyasha, "I might be coming down with something.again."
* * * "Sango? Is that you?" a girl with bright red hair asked.
"Um, yeah, I'm Sango, and you are.wait, Akako, is that you?" Sango hastily replied.
"Yeah! Wow! Imagine finding you here! How are you?!?" Akako asked excitedly.
"I'm good. You?"
"Good. I see you're doing well in your life," Akako said with a glance towards Miroku.
"What? Oh, him? Oh, well, um, I don't think it's what your thinking," Sango said with a smile. She had missed her old friend's humor.

"Oh really? That's.interesting. Anyway, what are you doing in this village?" Akako asked.
"I'm awaiting my other friends' return. I visit here often, I'm surprised I haven't seen you around."
"Oh, well, I'm just here for a little while. I was called here for my services."
"And what are those?" Miroku interrupted, not liking being left out when there were women around.
"Hmm, well, they're kind of, um, hard to explain. But I was planning on leaving soon, as they have already been preformed." Akako responded.
"Where are you going?" Sango asked, not wanting to lose her newly found friend.
"I don't know. I usually wander until I find out where I'm needed. Why?"
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