Chapter 3: hugs and kisses

"Beep Beep Beep!" The alarm sounded suddenly before getting it's morning smack from the young women underneath her sheets. Getting up with a groan she rubbed her eyes and looked out side. She had not gotten to sleep until 2 o'clock in the morning. She had spent all night worrying over whether or not Inuyasha really liked her or not, and who Aiko and Sango had the guts to fix her up with. Sure she wanted an interesting life but not one this stressful! Hopefully Aiko took her interest into consideration when picking the guy.

Getting up with a sigh, she grabbed her uniform out of the closet and left for the bathroom to get ready. She took a shower, got dressed, brushed her teeth and went down stairs for breakfast. Her grandfather was sitting at the table telling her little brother Souta one of the many fairytale stories on the Shrines origin. Her mother was cooking eggs over the stove humming a happy tune before seeing Kagome "oh hello dear why don't you sit down for breakfast." Kagome nodded and complied as her mother turned off the burner and served the eggs on four different plates. Her family dug in for their breakfast but Kagome just picked at hers still deep in thought about what had happen the day before. Her mother noticed this and saw the bags under her daughter's eyes as well as the pale tint to her skin. "Kagome dear?"

Snapping back to attention she looked at her mom "huh? What?"

"Hun you don't look well. Are you feeling alright?"

Kagome put on a fake whimsical smile before catching eyes with the clock that read 7:15. "Oh my goodness I'm late!"

She got up quickly and dashed though the door making it up the school and into her classroom before the bell rang. Sitting down she took in a deep breath and let it go as Aiko looked at her confused. "Are you alright Kagome? Your not normally this late…. Well you are but your not usually panting and out of breath, or pale,… or have bags under your eyes…. OH MY GOODNESS!" Standing up she pointed at her "YOUR SICK!"

Kagome looked at her with surprise. "I'm alright Aiko it's just…." She was about to finish when Hojo interrupted her from behind.

"Kagome your sick? Oh my goodness you shouldn't be in school if you're sick" Kagome turned around to yell at him before he felt her forehead "You want me to walk to home?"

"uhhh…. No it's okay Hojo I'm fine" Sango was right she couldn't find it in her heart to yell at him. He was a sweet guy, it's just he couldn't take the word no. She finally noticed his arm was in a cast and he had a black eye. "Oh my goodness Hojo what happened?" of course she knew what happened but she was so desperate for a change of subject it was the only thing she could think of.

"Oh it's nothing" He smiled in his own naïve way. "Some loon started a fight with me yesterday but I won". He looked at his arm and wiggled his fingers some as she heard Aiko smirk behind her. "The doctor says I can get it removed in a couple of weeks." He looked at Kagome curiously "it's nice of you to worry about me but you should worry about yourself are you sure I can't walk you home?".

She shook her head no and put on her almost genuine fake smile "No it's all right I'm fine".

Hojo frowned before smiling again and pointing to the seat behind him "okay you know where I am if you need me. I'll be keeping my eye on you to make sure your alright" He leaned in and kissed Kagome on the cheek before taking his seat leaving her turning flame red.

"Can't the guy take a hint?" Aiko whispered to Kagome as she sat their still in shock. Lucky enough for Hojo's sake Inuyasha was running late to class. "Oh ya and Kagome…Kagome" She tried to get her friends attention.

"Huh? Uh ya what is it Aiko?" She looked at her friend.

"Your new boyfriend is running late this morning but he'll be here soon" Aiko smiled before looking at the door as Inuyasha walked in, this time making sure she kept quiet. Kagome giving him her death glare as he walked by but it wasn't returned. Instead Inuyasha kept his gaze on Hojo smirking as he walked up to his heat in the back of the class.

It was 5 minutes before the bell when a brown haired boy with green eyes walked in and looked at Aiko who smiled and waved at him "Hey Kouga!" She got up to meet him as Kagome just sat in her seat shocked. Her new boyfriend was him? He was the third most popular guy in the school! Sure he didn't have as much of a fan club as Inuyasha or Hojo did but he certainly was the fastest runner on the whole track team. He often made it to the front of the school newspaper and once or twice into the sports section of the city newspaper. Aiko was right he could make Inuyasha jealous or at least his record could help.

Aiko walked over to Kagome with Kouga in toe right behind as Kagome got up from her seat and held out her hand. "Nice to meet you my names Kagome" She was doing her best to be polite but Kouga didn't have Politeness on the mind.

Before she knew it her hand was used at a vantage point to pull her into a one armed embrace around the waist. Shocked she stood there in his arms to look up as he began to take her into a kiss that when ended left her dizzy and red. "So this is my new woman huh? Not to bad looking I should say so myself" He smiled at her reaction, his arm still around her waist, his face only inches from hers before closing in.

In her state she couldn't see or hear anything as she tried to cope with the fact that her first kiss was taken by this stranger. When she came back to her senses out of her trance Inuyasha was on top of Kouga only inches away from her as Miroku held back Hojo who was trying to get a piece of Kouga's head for himself.

There was a shout from out of nowhere that got the attention of the young men in the middle of their brawl. It was Mr. Komoto fuming as he stood over Inuyasha and Kouga who now had two black eyes and a hand at his throat. "Looks like we've got more desperate young men in for a love affair with the young Hiragashi speaking of which, Hiragashi your in for detention after school."

"What!" She shouted "but Komoto-sensei! I didn't do anything!"

"I separate the cause of the problem Ms. Hiragashi and you're the cause of the problem. Don't like it then tell these young men that you've tricked into fighting." He turned heel and walked back to the front of the class who was conking at the seen before them.

"Now everyone take your seats!" Addressing the class as Kagome got up and sat down doing as he wished not trying to get an extended sentence. Aiko looked at her sadly, knowing well enough that Kagome had never had a detention before but now was punished for something she had never done. She watched as Kouga, Miroku, Inuyasha, and Hojo all took their proper seats all of them glancing at each other.

"Now that that's taken care of take out your homework from last night and turn to page 243 in your math books" As he turned around to teach the lesson. This was going to be a long day.