My pc broke down and I lost this chapter. I had to rewrite it... the first one was better. Also I don't have internet so updates will be slower.. gomen ne. While I get an official account for internet and my computer fixed ejoy this chapter... I wanna cry!!

Disclaimer: Not in the mood. I don't own him.

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Clowns:: Go :: No Star

By: Nova

Betareader: Kaze no Kagura

0601004

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In this time, we don't have Stars... maybe we do, but we can't see them. All the pollution and contamination of these days make it impossible to see the sky as pure as once was. It's sad; I used to think that the stars were the dreams of people, one star was one persona... and now...

But now that I think about it, we do have stars... Have you ever seen the city at night? The lights of buildings, cars, and everything else look like stars from the roof of the school... Maybe, just maybe there's still hope.

What are you thinking, Kagome?! Nonsense... Let's stop thinking.

Inuyasha looked at her. One moment she was serious, then it looked like she wanted to cry. Minutes later she was shaking her head as if she was trying to make something go away..

'Futsu no shoujo ja nai.' (Not a normal girl) He couldn't help the sigh that escaped his lips.

"Thoughtful, aren't we?" Kagome sat against the locked door that was keeping them together for almost two hours now.

"... Maybe so, Kagome-"

She cut him off. "What am I to you?"

A few seconds were left in silence. Kagome didn't look at him, a thing that she alwas did when talking seriously. Inuyasha, on other hand, was looking at her from the corner of his eye. When he saw she was going to talk he used it as a cue to answer her... before she got mad at him for not doing it.

"Anata... (You)"

"Do you hate me?"

"Iie. (No)"

"Do you like me?"

"Iie."

"Then I'm nothing to you, but a mere game." At that moment she looked at him. Bad move. She had him cornered; the only thing he could do was be honest.

"Chigaimasu (you're wrong). I don't hate you, because everytime I pull a prank on you I feel guilty. I don't like you because I want you as far as possible away from me. And you can't mean anything to me because even though I don't want you near me, I try to be near you all the time... You are confusing. That's what you are."

"Sou ka (I see)... Well, let me tell you something then, Inu. Next time you try to pull a prank on me, like making the whole class chase me or make Kiki (you'll see later who Kiki is... hehehe) start to yell at me in the middle of the cafeteria like today in lunch, I'm not going to stay arms crossed. Got it? If you do something like that again, I'll make sure you pay."

"Whatever. Let's try opening the door again." Inuyasha stood up to open the door. As he turned the knob, the door opened.

"Omae (Why you)!! You said we were locked up here!!"

"I say a lot of things, Ka-chan." With only looking at the fuming Kagome behind him, he didn't need to be told twice. The message was simple: Run.

Kagome was behind him as both were going downstairs. "From all the places you could have chosen, why the roof? Just imagine; instead of spring, it were winter!! Baka!"

Inuyasha suddenly stopped, making Kagome fall. "That's for ditching me to be with your 'oh so love, Kouga-kun.'" He offered his hand to help her up already knowing that she wouldn't take it.

Kagome brushed him off and stood up. "Baka. It's late. I'd better go home now."

Without saying a word, Inuyasha walked with her, remembering what had gotten both of them 'trapped' up there.

§§§§ A few hours ago §§§§

"Don't you think pencils are the most interesting thing in the world, Inu?" Kagome asked him while balancing a pencil on her nose.

"And you saying preppy girls are stupid?"

"Oh, I'm kidding. You're no fun." She threw the pencil at him, but before it made contact, he caught it.

"Kagome!! You'll see how fucking funny I am after finishing these exercises and chasing you to beat the hell outta you!!" Inuyasha broke the pencil in two and threw it at her.

"Sugoi (cool), street talk from your mouth... but don't let 'Kiki' hear you, 'cause if she does..."

"Kiki?" Inuyasha stopped writing and looked at her "Who's Kiki?" He asked her, already knowing the answer.

"You know who she is."

He held the laugh inside of him and tried to answer her seriously. "Don't call her that way. She isn't a bird."

"No, she isn't THAT kind of animal." Kagome threw him a playful look before standing up and walking to the window.

"Har har, but don't mess with Kikyo. Get it?" Inuyasha continued his work, but once again Kagome interrupted him.

"Protective, aren't we?" A silence followed the question until Inuyasha answered her.

"Yes. I'm very protective of the people I care about."

She felt a little tug on her chest. She wasn't supposed to feel sad. "How many have you done?"

"Thirty-five. I know, I know. After I've done 50 I can go and you finish the other half." Inuyasha rolled his eyes while reciting the deal both made when the teacher gave the 20 pages of Math exercises for missing the last class and the homework. All thanks to Inu-chan.

"I'll finish. You can go." Kagome went to her bag and pulled out a cellphone and started dialing her house number. "Kaa-chan? I'm gonna be a little late, okay?... I guess I'll take the bus... It's fine. Tell him I say hi... Mhm, Mama... Okay. Ja."

"I'm not going. I'll finish this and then I'll go."

"It's okay, I'll do them. Anyway, I'm gonna stay up late." She grabbed all his stuff, put it in his bag, and give it to him. "I mean it. There's no problem. I'm sure you have more important things to do." She smiled at him and started to push him towards the door.

"Kagome-chan?" Both looked at the door from the right side of the room and saw Kouga there.

"Ah, umm. Hi, Kouga-kun. I was just-" She couldn't stop him. He was in front of Inuyasha by now.

"Teme!! You're the one who has been messing with my woman!!" Kouga punched Inuyasha in the face, making him stumble against the wall.

"Your woman?! Don't make me laugh. Are you her little knight in shining armor? Or some kind of fucking hero?!!" What happened to him? Why did he feel so mad at that idiot? Well, he had come from nowhere and started a fight. That was enough reason to be mad, right?

Kagome looked at both of them fighting. One slammed the other against the wall while the other kicked him and threw him at the floor. But why was she standing there and watching.. helpless?

No, she wasn't that kind of girl. Since she stood all the things people said about her, she would face it and deal with it. And here she was watching two of her friends fight. Resolution and stopping the two of them were the only things on her mind at the moment.

"YAMERO (Stop)." Kagome put herself in the middle of the fight, making them stop. "Kouga, thanks for offering to take me home after I finished my Math stuff, but I think you should go home. I'll see you tomorrow."

Kouga looked at her and then at Inuyasha who was standing behind her with a bloody lip. He himself wasn't much better. "If you say so... Matta ashita." He closed the door behind him, leaving once again the other two alone in the room.

Kagome took a Kleenex from her bag and bent down to clean the cut on Inuyasha's lip. He was sitting there looking at nothing. "..."

He flinched when the paper made contact with his wound and stared at Kagome while she was cleaning the blood. "You wanted me to go so I wouldn't find you with Ookami, right?"

She shook her head, trying to answer him, but the words didn't come out. "Does it hurt?"

"No. And your avoiding my question is enough answer to me." He stood up and walked to the door. When he was opening the door he looked at her, saying, "And I told you not to bother Kikyo, 'cause you don't know what she might do to you. That girl doesn't have limits. Like I said, I'm very protective of the people I care about." He walked out the room.

Kagome watched him go... feeling kind of happy. Then it came to her mind; she had said she wouldn't be the crying girl someone had to save. If he was trying to make her feel guilty, it wouldn't work. She stood up and went after him.

Inuyasha heard rushing steps behind him, as he turned to look behind he saw Kagome running at him. He wanted to smile a little but he was mad at her... At least that's what he wanted her to think. "Why are you following me?"

"I'm not following you. I wanna talk to you."

"You're stalking me. Leave me alone!" He laughed and ran faster.

Then the chase began.

Kagome was catching up with him, but still she wasn't as fast as him. Without noticing it, both were running upstairs to the roof, enjoying their little game.

"Ah. Ah. Ah." When they were finally on the roof, both stopped to catch a breath. Kagome sat down while Inuyasha leaned against the door. When a click was heard, both looked at the source of the noise.

"Inuyasha, don't tell me that-"

Inuyasha 'tried' to open the door. "Yup, we're trapped here."

§§§§ Present time§§§§

'It was fun...' Inuyasha was walking beside her with his arms crossed over his head. He looked ahead and saw a temple... That was Kagome's house. He was walking her home... since when was he a gentleman? 'Kuso, I should have let her take a bus. I don't even know how to go back home.'

"Inuyasha?"

"Hm?"

"I- I didn't want you to go so I could be with Kouga" - Kagome stopped for a moment. Had she just hear Inuyasha growl? Weird. - "I knew that if Kouga saw you he was going to get angry... and I wanted to avoid that fight... but I couldn't."

"You're a weak wench. We just stopped for your high-pitched scream. It hurt our ears." He stopped. They were at the steps of the shrine. "We're here. See ya 'morrow." He turned his back to her and walked from where they had come. Good day to not bring his car."

"Matte, Inuyasha." He didn't turn to look at her; he could feel her behind him.

"I also wanted to say this. I'm not gonna stay arms crossed if you start to mess with me again. If you start with the pranks I'm sure to make you pay... but still we're friends. Got it?"

"Whatever. Ja." It was good he didn't turn to look at her, that way she couldn't see the smile on his face.

He couldn't help but smile. She was coming back to herself. In a way he felt even guiltier after pulling pranks on her because she didn't face him. But now... it would only be more fun. And now that he thought about it, all the while both had been on the roof of the school he had just seen her face... if you asked him what her outfit was he couldn't answer. He was just seeing the person, not the tag she had with her and maybe... just maybe she had always seen him that way. He smiled again.. Maybe... his parents wouldn't mind if he was Kagome's friend.. or more. The breeze was gentle. He could enjoy it for a while... He looked up to the sky and saw a star... at least it looked like one.

A new dream was born.