A/N: A special bonus somewhere-around-650-word drabble. Aren't you lucky? (Ok, so it's not a drabble. Let's just pretend it is.)
Why Are We In A Bad High School AU?
Inuyasha shut his locker and turned to his friends. "You know, guys, I've been thinking…"
Kagome and Sango turned their attention to him, while Miroku leaned over towards Sango. "Uh-oh. He's been thinking. Not a good sign." Sango shook her head.
Inuyasha just glared at him and went on. "Why is it we don't wear school uniforms?"
Sango frowned. "You're right. We're pretty much the only high school in Japan where it's not required."
Miroku nodded. "It's really odd, come to think of it. Not even Kagome wears one."
Kagome looked confused. "Me?"
He shrugged. "I have this strange mental image of you as someone who'd wear a uniform."
Eyes narrowing, Kagome looked at him suspiciously. "Is this some pervert-thing?"
"Actually, I have that image too," Inuyasha said thoughtfully, and Sango nodded as well.
Their train of thought was interrupted, though, as the door to the hall opened, and Inuyasha's older brother entered. With a whole gang of girls who were hanging on to his ankle being dragged along the floor behind him. The gang stared as Sesshoumaru calmly stopped at his locker, completely ignoring both them and the girls.
The door opened again, and another girl entered. She walked up to Sesshoumaru and gave him a book, thanking him for letting her borrow it. She, too, ignored the girls and smiled and waved at him as she left again.
Inuyasha couldn't keep quiet anymore. "Sesshoumaru, you got a girlfriend?"
Sesshoumaru gave him a haughty look. "Yes."
"Isn't she a bit young."
The look this time was, if possible, even more haughty. "That wasn't her."
"Well, who was that then?"
"Rin. She has been our neighbour for years, you idiot."
"Oh. I thought she looked kind of familiar." He pointed to the girls at his feet. "What are those?"
"Fangirls." The voice came from behind them, and the gang turned around, not having noticed the newcomers until now. The voice apparently belonged to a red-eyed girl, who was looking decidedly amused. She was standing next to a short boy with pale skin that looked almost green and extremely thick, round glasses that made his eyes look enormous.
"You forgot your fangirl-off again," the girl told Sesshoumaru scoldingly, walking up to stand beside him---or as close to him as she could with all the girls laying in the way.
He nodded to her. "Kagura." You could hear a collective hiss from the girls at his feet.
The boy sighed and pulled out a spray can from his bag, using it to spray something over Sesshoumaru. And as if by magic, all the girls suddenly blinked as if waking from a dream, got up looked quizzically at Sesshoumaru and quietly walked away.
Sesshoumaru turned to the boy. "Thank you, Jaken." Jaken nodded, a long-suffering look on his face.
"You always forget!" Kagura's voice still sounded scolding, but you could clearly see she was amused. "Jaken never forgets it."
Inuyasha snorted. "Why would Jaken need fangirl-off?"
Kagura turned to him, raising an eyebrow. "You have clearly never seen Jaken when he's not wearing it, then."
Sesshoumaru smirked. "Let's go to class." He and Kagura turned in unison, walking off. Jaken rolled his eyes and followed them.
Miroku scratched his head. "So that was the girlfriend, then?"
"I guess."
"And the guy?"
"Jaken is my brother's best friend. Only friend, come to think of it. I always thought Sesshoumaru kept him around to make himself look better. Seems he has some other uses as well."
"I still don't get why he'd need something called fangirl-off."
"Not to mention why my stupid brother needs something called fangirl-off!"
Kagome and Sango coughed. "Yeah, I wonder…" Kagome mumbled. "Anyway, shouldn't we be getting to class?" she went on brightly.
Inuyasha nodded. "Yeah. That reminds me, I've been thinking…"
The others rolled their eyes.
"Why is it we change rooms between classes anyway? They don't do that anywhere else, either."