A/N: hey guys. Wats crackalakin? Well nuttin ova herr. Lolz. Hyper sorry. Anyway here is the next chapter. I just wanna give thanx to all those very very precious reviewers! I love u all oh so much lolz. And to those who read but don't review...thanks for reading anyway...at least I noe ur interested in some way. Here we go!!

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The A-List

Chapter 3

A Bit About Kagome

A week went by. Exactly six days, and only one until her father and that, that – dare she call her the evil expression for a female dog? Only not meaning a female dog?

Kagome laughed quietly at her thoughts. She thought pretty random things at times. But back to the problem at hand. Its been a week and her father was scheduled to come home from his trip tomorrow or Sunday. Though it was late notice, Kagome decided it was never to late to have a party. Especially if you're one of the richest and most popular girls in school – not to brag or anything.

So, what could she do? Planning would be the easiest thing in the world for her two friends Eri and Yumi, the two being able to make a guest list of about two hundred to three hundred in only twenty-four hour's time.

Kagome thought about her situation. Knowing that her father would never waste the opportunity for a longer vacation or 'business trip' as he liked to call it, she had a pretty good feeling that he would try his best to make it back late Sunday night. And with this in mind, Kagome decided that it was best to have a party. Why the hell not?

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"So how many people do you want on this list?" Yumi said, already whipping out her laptop. Eri was blabbing away on her cell phone, already setting up party decorations, food, beverages, music categories and DJs and other important necessities. Oh yes. Kagome just told these girls and already they had half of it planned.

It was lunch period and Kagome was so excited about having a party that she blabbed it out as soon as they were let out of class. Yumi and Eri agreed most willingly also pumped up about blasting music, dirty dancing, and everything that goes along with adolescent social gatherings.

"Um...lets just invite the whole school. Every class...seniors, juniors, sophomores and even the little freshman, and just anyone who wants to come. We got the space right?"

"This is true. Gosh this was a good idea Kag. I mean seriously, who would have thought. Of course its short notice..." Yumi pondered this while typing away at Word Processor and making a list, already at about fifty. Eri flipped her phone shut and looked over at Kagome with a smile on her face.

"Okay...we have plenty of snacks, including everything from chips to veggie trays to different types of beverages, you know the ones were not supposed to have..." she winked and Yumi sighed.

"Why don't you just say it? Beer. Bacardi. Vodka. Smirnoff...it's okay. I mean it's not like we'll get in trouble."

"You know...we'll be responsible for all those people that drink and don't have a designated driver. I don't want anyone to get hurt." Eri said.

"Oh gods, get a life, Eri. Though we're providing alcohol, doesn't mean they need to give into peer pressure and drink it. And it's their fault if they don't have a designated driver."

"Fine whatever. You totally just rained all over my parade." Eri pouted and looked over at Kagome who was shaking her head. "Anyway...as I was saying...I have the decorations set up too. Your lucky theme colors are...crimson red, white, and black. How's that for school spirit?"

"Wow really. Good job. Do we have a DJ?" Kagome asked twirling a limp piece of lettuce with her plastic cafeteria fork.

"Already working on it. you wanna have the best right?" She smiled. "And we even have employees."

"We have what? Eri I already have maids and hair dressers and cooks and stuff."

"Oh I know. But they're getting a night off. I hired all know, decked out in the theme colors, waiters and waitresses."

"Eri, waitresses? Are you serious? How much is all this gonna cost?"

"Oh don't worry it ain't gonna cost you a dime."

"Eri, how much will it cost?"

"None I promise."

"Eri, how much will it cost?" Kagome repeated again, bluntly.

"Look! It's not gonna cost you anything. If you wanna make some extra spending cash, we can make it pay at the door. How's that?"

"No, people shouldn't have to pay for a welcome back dance. That's just cheap. Let's just finish this, aight?"

"Sure thing." Eri went back to talking on her phone and the little clicking of the keys from Yumi's laptop, started to get to Kagome.

"You guys are doing good. I'll be back, and if I'm not, then I'll catch you guys after school. Late." Kagome got up from her seat and got a slight incline of both heads from the girls, before walking off to her favorite spot on campus. The roof...

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The slight breeze whipped around the trees below, as Kagome sat with her legs dangling off the edge, staring off into the distance.

Kagome loved this place, in truth, because it was the only place she could go to get away. Being so high up cleared her head and she also felt on top of the world. She had the greatest view of the campus from where she sat.

Searching through her black Jansport backpack, she fished out her black and red Walkman CD player and hit play, her favorite rock song coming on. She put her hands behind her, leaning on them for support and closed her eyes, thinking about all the things running through her mind, stopping at each little thing and jogging her memory slightly.

I'm about to lose control

I, I don't know why
Why you need some reason to feel lost inside
You, you know that I'm alright
You know that I'm just the kind of girl that feels so hurt and smiles

I don't use excuses
Don't ask why
It's just a breakdown
It happens all the time
So get out of my face
Don't even try
Ya wanna help me, just let me cry

She thought about her dad and Rikku, his future wife. She thought about school, her very exceptional grades – which she was pushed to get by her father because B's and C's were just not going to be accepted – and that detention that she and her brother received? Burned as soon as they got home. She thought about her little brother and his life, how he was made fun of for not having a mother.

At this Kagome frowned. She was teased too, when she was younger. She attended one of the most prestigious prep grammar and middle schools in all of Tokyo, Japan, where only the best were accepted. She grew up concentrating her central focus on school, since she didn't have very many friends. Life as she knew it was very hard, going through everyday having to watch her back and every night crying herself to sleep. She remembered how some of the kids in her class would make fun of her and tease her because she was different because she didn't have two parents, only one. Because of the way her mother died, how it wasn't thought highly of, not an honorable way to go out of life.

I don't use excuses
Don't ask why
It's just a breakdown
It happens all the time
So get out of my face
Don't even try
Ya wanna help me, just let me cry

I don't use excuses
Don't ask why
It's just a breakdown
It happens all the time
So get out of my face
Don't even try
Ya wanna help me, just let me cry

Not only was she different because of the fact that she only had one parent, but she was thought differently of because of what she was. She was a miko. A punk miko and even at that age, she could tell what she was. She knew she was different and that someone with a higher power was trying to make her life difficult.

Even in this society, where mikos, humans, demons and half-demons frolicked together in a "joyous" atmosphere, she knew that she would be picked on because she was different. Kaogme herself really didn't give a damn about all that. To her she saw black and white, no gray in the middle. Everyone and everything was equal. Now that's not to say that she didn't believe that there were some people and some demons that are evil. But she did believe that it shouldn't matter. For example, she was going to school with them...different types of demons, different mikos, and there were some that even used their power, their strength to commit evils.

Kagome sighed to herself. Why the hell was she thinking these depressing thoughts? She should be thinking about the party she was having and how much fun everything would be. She should be thinking of a way to escape the hellhole, known as her bobforsaken life.

I had a bad day, I'll cry if I want to, cry if I want to, cry
I had a bad day, I'll cry if I want to, cry if I want to, cry
I had a bad day, I 'll cry if I want to, cry if I want to, cry
I had a bad day, I'll cry if I want to, cry if I want to, cry

Just let me.... cry

Just let me cry, I'm crying, I'm breaking down.........
I'm breaking down just let me cry

Kagome was tired of being what she supposedly "was" and wanted change. But she didn't exactly know how. She just wanted to live freely, not being followed by paparazzi, when she hasn't even done anything. She was tired of not having a name, only known as Sito Higurashi's daughter, or just a Higurashi. Didn't people get tired of her? She didn't even do anything worthy of a medal. She was just a punk princess with a fucked up life.

...yeah...that pretty much summed it up...

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Inuyasha was walking down the barren halls, while everyone else was at lunch. He really thought it was annoying, all the little conversations, besides the one he was having with his friends, what with his super hearing. He could hear every giggle, every hearty laugh, and every bad name that was being sounded and to tell you the truth, it was pissing him off to no end.

So, he decided that it would be just as fun to just sit on the roof and think to himself for a while.

But as he reached the top, and opened the door, he realized that he was not only alone, but that it was his very beautiful detention buddy. Inuyasha smirked. 'Beautiful. Right, when the day turns cloudy.' Just then the sky seemed to have puffy gray clouds sneaking in and hiding the sun, and rumbling from a distance. 'Shit...'

Kagome realized that there was someone on the roof with her. She also realized that it was a demon, or half-demon for this matter. But she really didn't give a shit. As long as it wasn't that Inuyasha guy.

"Hey Kagome." Kagome frowned some more. She could have sworn she heard her name. Inuyasha rolled his eyes when she didn't respond. "Hey wench?" She still sat still and Inuyasha could hear the rock music that was blasting into her ears. "Hey WENCH!" Kagome started slightly and her eyes slid open as she searched around, then looked up, at the silver haired half-demon. She slid off her earphones, so they hung around her neck and she sighed.

"Can I help you?"

"Yeah, you can leave."

"Inuyasha, I'm not leaving."

"But I want to be alone." He said as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.

"Not now, please." She whispered as she looked down again, closing her eyes, a single tear dropping onto her black cargo pants.

'Is she crying?' Inuyasha sucked in his breath and sat down next to the black haired girl. If there was one thing in the world that bothered him to no end, it was a crying woman – or young woman in this case. In the past few days that they had to spend together in different classes, Inuyasha was beginning to warm up to the girl. It was a lot more than could be said for Sango. Though Inuyasha barely knew her, he still had a weird feeling that he was supposed to do something for this girl or remember something and that he was supposed to help her in some way, that he owed her something. And he hated the feeling because he felt vulnerable.

"So what's up?" he asked, situating himself, so his legs were dangling next to hers.

"The dim, dark and cloudy sky..." she sighed and looked upwards towards the cloudy sky. She actually loved days like this. They were her favorite. She loved when it stormed and the sound of rain droplets pitter-pattering against the windows. She loved it when thunder cracked in the sky and she loved just the color. Now, don't think she's like a depressed soul or anything, she just thought that when it thunder stormed, it was more lively than a sunny day, if that makes any sense. She highly doubted it was going to rain, because if it did, it was going to be one of the first ones signaling that autumn was just around the corner. Inuyasha smiled in agreement.

"This is true. But what's up with you?"

"Why would I share my personal information with you?" Inuyasha's face went serious and he shrugged keeping his eyes on the sky above.

"Why not? I mean, I'm here and you're here, and you obviously look like you got a lot on your mind. So?"

"Sorry, but I know that the first second I even utter a syllable, you'll be off this roof and gone to tell the school about how the thought to be, oh so perfect Kagome Higurashi has troubling problems." She looked over and gave him a sly look. "I don't think so, buddy." Inuyasha gasped dramatically and put a hand to his chest.

"Miss Higurashi. Do you know who I am? That hurts to think that you think that I'd go tell something as precious as your feelings to the whole school." his eyes widened in feigned shock.

"Oh get over yourself." She rolled her eyes, but couldn't keep the smile that was on her face hidden. Inuyasha shrugged again as he dropped his act.

"Well, just keep in mind that if you do need to talk, I'll listen and I'm here when you feel like you can open up to share." Kagome frowned slightly and looked over at the boy, knowing he wasn't lying. Why he was offering help when they were supposed to hate each other, she didn't know, but she liked the feeling it gave her.

"Thanks." He nodded and he smiled another rare smile, now being shared with three people instead of just his closet friends, but he was kinda happy he shared it with her. He felt he could let his guard down around her. "Well I gotta get out of this hellhole. I'm ditching, so I'll see you around." He stood up and waved slightly, before heading off of the roof and heading back down to school.

"Hey Inuyasha?" Kagome stood up and walked over to the boy. "I'm having a party. It'd be cool if you went and though we're sworn enemies, I would be honored to have thy majesty accompanying." She curtsied and smiled.

"Sure thing. See ya round, kid." Inuyasha waved again and headed off of the roof a smile playing on his lips and a new thing to look forward to this weeked.

You don't even know a thing I feel inside
No, by the look in my eye
That I'm just fine but I might need you to hold me tight...

A/N: okay guys...was that good? Sorry if it aint long. There's a hella lot of explaining in there so I figure it's the quality not the quantity. Anyway here it is. If you guys don't get an update from me by Sunday like afternoon, sorry, but im goin to a football game todai and I'll try to work on it on Saturday sometime! See ya!

Later Dayz, TaintedMunkeyz