Disclaimer- I don't own Inuyasha...yes, you heard right.

Suzu – HI everyone. I might be starting a new fic soon, so I just thought I'd tell you. I am really happy that this is now chapter 12 of my fanfic...yay! I really love this story.

Suzu – Right, now on with the show...uh....fanfic!

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Chapter 12

Kagome's alarm clock rang at exactly 6:00 o'clock the next day. She couldn't wait to go to Tokyo. Slowly, she got up and out of bed. Rushing over to the bathroom in the hallway, she took a quick shower.

Back in her room, she put on her school uniform, humming happily to herself. Suddenly, the door burst open.

"Nee-chan!" Souta yelled happily.

"Hm? Oh, Souta. What's wrong?" Kagome turned over to look at her brother. She wasn't really a morning person for the first half hour.

"Inuyasha taught me how to kick a guy that's twice your size's ass really bad! He's soooooooo COOL!!!!" Souta yelled, like Kagome didn't know that her brother worshipped the hanyou already.

"Um...Inuyasha?" Kagome wondered aloud.

Souta put on an annoyed expression that was probably also learned from his great and almighty hanyou hero. "Remember Nee-chan? Inuyasha slept over yesterday."

"...Oh! Inuyasha! Of course." Kagome smiled. Her friend, Inuyasha. Of course.

After Souta had left, Kagome packed up everything that the trip to Tokyo would need. It was a three day trip, and the school would sleep over at a hotel. Her mom had said that the extra expenses for the hanyou were no problem, after the mighty protection that he had offered Kagome, which Kagome currently had no clue about.

At the breakfast table, Mrs. Higurashi was setting down bowls of rice on the table. Inuyasha, however, had a bowl of ramen in front of him.

"Morning Mom, Gramps, Souta, and you too, Inuyasha! You look great!" Kagome smiled at the blushing hanyou.

"I know, honey! Doesn't Inuyasha look positively handsome in that school uniform? Oh, I'll bet he looks even better in a tux." Mrs. Higurashi gushed.

Inuyasha was wearing the school uniform, some white gloves, and a random black hat, rosary on neck too. Thank goodness it was a field trip, since hats weren't allowed in school. And, since it was a bit chilly, the gloves were alright. All in all, the strange combo of garments fit together pretty well.

Kagome sat down next to Souta and ate her breakfast. Occasionally, she would look over at the hanyou, who was busily slurping down his ramen. In no time at all, the hanyou was done.

"Hey wench, aren't you done yet?" Inuyasha looked over at Kagome's rice bowl, which was still half full.

"Hey, don't call me a wench, got it?" Kagome glared menacingly at the hanyou.

"Oh, why don't you just 'sit' me, then?" The hanyou smirked.

"Wha--" Kagome started. Oh yeah, she remembered something about saying sit. She sighed daintily, and took a deep breath. "Fine. Inuyasha...SIT!"

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Shippo was sitting uneasily next to the well. He'd been waiting for Inuyasha and Kagome to come popping out of the well.

'Kagome, Inuyasha, and Shippo.' Unconsciously, that was the kit's deepest dream. He wanted a family again, they were like family already. Miroku and Sango were like his aunt and uncle too. The kitsune whimpered.

"Inuyasha, Kagome, please don't leave me here by myself."

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Kagome was sitting in the bus, surrounded by other classmates and random people she'd never even met before. Inuyasha was sitting next to her, sweating like crazy.

"Inuyashaaaaaaaa-kun!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Eri, Yuka, and Ayumi had squealed when they saw Inuyasha. Now they were crowding wherever possible on the bus to be closer to the hanyou, like many other people were doing.

Kagome looked over at the hanyou, who was currently being bombarded with questions. She thought back to the introduction in the morning, when Inuyasha had been introduced to her class. Rumors had then spread all over the school about the hot new student who had beaten the winning champion in the arcade on Sunday.

-Flashback-

"Class, please give a warm welcome to Inuyasha... eh... Shikon," Mr. Yamazaki announced. Kagome had thought up the last name just for the occasion. "He will be joining us for the next few days."

With that, the flustered hanyou had stepped into the classroom. Immediately, everyone began talking at once. Girls giggled and guys talked about how they'd heard that Inuyasha had beaten the defending champ in the arcade.

"Inuyasha! That's a cool name!"

"Wanna hang out some time?"

"He's soooooooo hot!"

"Oh! What's your number? How come you can't stay for the rest of the year?"

"C'mon we'll show you around."

"Wow. It's that guy who beat up Takhishi at the arcade. He's strong."

Inuyasha, of course had practically ran down the aisle and sat down next to Kagome, ignoring the offers to sit next to some of the most popular kids in school.

"Kagome!" he hissed. "What are they...mad?"

Upon Inuyasha's five word conversation with Kagome, the class started muttering full force again.

"Is he Higurashi's boyfriend? Wow, looks like Higurashi lucked out."

"Whaaatttt? Why would someone as hot as him choose Higurashi? I'm stealing him this field trip for sure."

"Maybe they're just friends, yeah, that must be it."

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Kagome sighed. A little twinge inside was making her confused. Why did she feel uncomfortable with so many people around Inuyasha?

Inuyasha growled. He had had enough. Why were these people crowding around him? And what was his 'number'?

"Look, you guys. Just leave me alone, okay?" he growled.

That earned lots of sighs of disappointment from the large crowd. Oh well, the bus driver would have noticed sooner or later. Most of them turned back to their own business, and all of them shut up.

"Whew. I'm glad that's over Inuyasha." Kagome gave him a smile of gratitude.

"Feh. Not as glad as I am." The hanyou snorted. "Crazy morons." Luckily, no one heard him but Kagome.

"Mm. I just hope we get to Tokyo soon. I hear we're having lunch there. I packed ramen for you, although I would like to think you'd get tired of it by now." Kagome indicated her bag.

Inuyasha shrugged. "What are we doing in Tokyo?"

Kagome thought a bit. "We're going to be touring Tokyo Tower and some other sites. And I heard rumors that our hotel had an indoor pool."

"Pool? What's that?"

Kagome was a little confused. 'He didn't know what a pool was?' "It's like a manmade pond. Remember that swimsuit we bought you yesterday? I brought it, just in case." Kagome looked intently at the hanyou. "You can swim, right?"

"Feh? What did you take me for, wench? Of course I can swim," the hanyou retorted.

"What did we say about 'wench', Inuyasha?" Kagome leaned over and smirked devilishly at Inuyasha, although her devilish glare was pretty angelic.

"Uh...." Inuyasha was more focused on how close Kagome's face was.

Just then, a head butted through. It was Hojo.

"Hey, Higurashi! Who's this guy?" Hojo inspected Inuyasha back and forth for a while.

"This is Inuyasha, Hojo. Inuyasha, this is Hojo." Kagome indicated the growling hanyou beside her. Sheeesh...leave it to Hojo to not know a thing about what everyone had been talking about for the last 2 hours at full force around him.

"Oh. Inuyasha, do you know Kagome well? Childhood friend, perhaps." Hojo raised his eyebrows.

"None of your business." Inuyasha retorted, crossing his arms across his chest.

"Let me ask you, Inuyasha, what are your true intentions with Kagome?"

Inuyasha glared at Hojo, who backed away a little at the intensity of those amber orbs. "Just step away before you get hurt, got it?"

Hojo looked at Inuyasha like he was some madman. "Well, Kagome. I'll be seeing you." Hojo turned around and went back to his seat.

Inuyasha turned to Kagome. "Who was that guy?" the hanyou asked menacingly.

Kagome frowned sternly. "Inuyasha, don't go around threatening people, even if they are people like Hojo. You know that I don't have any special relationship with him. And why are you so jealous anyway?"

Inuyasha turned away quickly. He wanted to tell her his feelings, make her know how he felt. But he couldn't do it, not now.

Kagome dismissed the thought with a shrug. Ah, well...not up to her to pry into a normal friend's lifestyle. Meanwhile, an unpleasant, tugging feeling was nagging her. She blinked a little.

'It doesn't matter. There's nothing wrong, Kagome. Nothing wrong in this era I live in...'

Then why did her heart tell her different?

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Suzu - Whew! I haven't updated in quite a while. Be sure to leave a review and also check out my new story, 'I'm Falling Into You'. Inuyasha, of course! I've been depressed since I lost my 71 reviews, I hope it gets made up soon...