Highschool Dilemma

Chapter 4

"Are you sure you want to do this, Inuyasha?" Inuyasha smirked.

"Are you backing out?" Kagome shook her head. She notched her arrow and Inuyasha unsheathed his sword.

"Just making sure you won't." Kagome shot her arrow at Inuyasha. He watched intently as the arrow came towards him. Kagome watched him. 'Why isn't he moving out of the way of the arrow?' Inuyasha swiftly moved his sword back and forth. Kagome shut her eyes. 'Oh my god. He's not moving.' Then, she heard clinking. She looked up to see her arrow cut in half as the arrowhead skidded across the floor, making loud clinking noises. Inuyasha was looking at her.

"Is that all you have?" Kagome was now fully confident that he could dodge it if he needed to. She took out another arrow. After notching it and taking aim, she fired it. Inuyasha dodged this one. This became a continual pattern. Kagome reached up in her quiver. One left... She notched it in her bow. Taking careful aim, she aimed it to Inuyasha's slight left. She fired the arrow. Inuyasha saw the arrow coming towards him. He moved to dodge it. Suddenly, there was a force pulling him backwards and pinning him to the wall. He looked at see an arrow in this sleeve, pinning him to the wall.

"Impressive." he admitted, pulling the arrow out of the wall and his shirt. Sango and Miroku were clapping.

"Whoa. That was awesome." Kagome bowed slightly. "Thank you. Thank you." she said as she laughed. Inuyasha walked over, his face was stern and sort of mad.

"That was good, but..." Kagome rolled her eyes. 'I can just see him now. I want a rematch.' she imitated him in her head. "... you owe me a new shirt." Kagome's eyes opened somewhat widely. Then, she smiled.

"Deal." They shook hands.

"That was some awesome shooting, Kagome." Sango said.

"Well, my grandfather has made me train since I was seven. I always hated it, but now it's paying off." Kagome, then, turned to Inuyasha.

"That was some good defense." Inuyasha straighten his back in pride.

"This sword was given to me by my father as a heirloom when he died."

"I'm sorry."

"It's okay." Inuyasha reached into his pocket. "Here's your cell phone and pager."

"Thanks." She took the items.

"Hey, let me see your phone." Sango said. Kagome handed Sango her phone. Sango messed with it for a few minutes. "Okay, my home phone, cell, and pagers number is in there. Anytime you need me, call me."

"Sure." Everyone exchanged numbers with Kagome.

"Well, what do you want to do? We can hang out here or we can go do something." Inuyasha asked everyone.

"Let's hang out here." Miroku said. Sango nodded her head in agreement.

"Sure. Whatever." Kagome said.

Kagome was having a good time that night. They sat around and talked a little while. When they got bored, they put on one of the many movies that Inuyasha had. Miroku had to leave early, due to the fact he had to ask his parents if he could stay at Inuyasha's place for the night. Sango left so she could go shopping. Only Inuyasha and Kagome were left. "Do you need a ride home?"

"Yeah."

"I'll take you if you want."

"Thanks." Kagome followed Inuyasha to his garage. He had a nice 240SX. It was red with some customized accessories.

"Nice car."

"Thanks. I like it. It handles awesome." he said as he climbed into the driver's seat. Kagome climbed into the passenger side.

"Where do you live?"

"The Higurashi Shrine."

"I know where that is." Kagome watched the garage door open slowly.

"You're a safe driver, right?" Inuyasha took off in his car as soon as the door opened fully.

"Yeah. I speed most of the time, but I used to drag race so I know how to do it."

"You used to drag race?"

"Yeah. I used to race in black Silica until I had a small accident."

"What happened?"

"I was going to Naraku's place to 'talk' to him, but I was caught by some of his personal bodyguards who had chased me all over the town. They somehow managed to blow out one of my tires and I spun out of control, crashing into a guardrail. They left thinking I was dead, but once they left I barely crawled out of the car and collapse next to crash sight. Next I knew, I was at the hospital after an 'amazing' recovery." Inuyasha gave a slight laugh. "I miss that car." Kagome laughed a little. She looked out the window at the new home she was living in. 'He is fast. I didn't even think we were going that fast.'

"That sounds bad, though."

"Yeah, at least I was unconscious." Inuyasha stopped the car at the steps in front of the shrine. Kagome turned.

"So, you knew Kikyo?" Inuyasha cursed under his breath. He was hoping that Kagome wouldn't ask that. He didn't want to have her leave the gang by telling her that he was her boyfriend that she was mad at when she died.

"Um... yeah. I did."

"How did you know her?" Just then, a little boy screamed Kagome's name from the top of the steps. He came running down the steps. Kagome opened the car door.

"Hey, Souta." Souta looked past Kagome. "Who's this?"

"This is Inuyasha."

"Is he your boyfriend?" Kagome blushed.

"No! What would give you that idea?"

"The fact that you didn't get out of his car immediately."

"Uh... Goodnight Inuyasha."

"Goodnight." Inuyasha spun out as he drove off, power sliding at the next turn.

"Show off." Kagome mumbled under her breath. She looked to see Souta grinning at her.

"Aw... you had to watch your boyfriend drive away and he was showing off for you." Kagome stood there, tapping her foot.

"I'll give you three seconds." Souta darted up the steps, Kagome nipping at his heels.

Kagome woke up to the sound of her pager going off. She looked over at her clock. 3:38. 'It's way to early. That must mean... it's an emergency.'

She ran over to her pants, pulling out the cell phone and pager from the pocket.

She clicked the small button on the pager. It had one message:

Meet at Inuyasha's quickly.

Kagome pulled out some pants and a shirt, quickly putting them on. She looked down the steps. She could hear her grandpa in the living room. 'What the hell is a old man staying up passed 3 for?' She went over to her window. She climbed out onto the roof and tiptoed over to the tree limb that was over the roof. She pulled herself up and climbed over to the tree trunk. From there, she climbed down a few branches and jumped down. Then, she vaulted over the fence and ran towards Inuyasha's. She wasn't too far away when even she sensed something. She felt as if someone was watching her. She looked around and saw someone in a black trench coat following her. She walked quickly, but every time she changed her speed the person would match. So she began running. The person followed her. 'I can't go to Inuyasha with someone following me.' she thought. Kagome eyed a corner. She ran around it. She quickly looked around. She saw nothing to hide behind. She saw a door and ran to it. It was unlocked so she went inside. She quickly hid behind the door in a shadow. Pulling out her pager, she sent a message to the others.

Help! Being followed!

She heard the person turn the corner. Foot steps came closer and closer to the door. She saw the shadow of the person in the doorway. They walked in slowly, looking around the room for her. As soon as they came far enough passed the door. Kagome shut it. As the person turned around, Kagome hit them in the head. The next thing she knew the person was laying, apparently, unconscious on the floor. Kagome left quickly running to Inuyasha's house.

Kagome looked down the alley, spotting the dumpster. She pulled the dumpster back, quickly entering the room. She pulled the dumpster back, shutting the door so to speak. She was in the complete dark.

"Hello?" Suddenly, the light flicked on and Miroku and Sango were sitting on the couch. Sango looked down at a watch.

"Nine minutes and forty seven seconds." she said.

"Huh?" Kagome mumbled, confusingly.

"It was a test, Kagome. You finished it in nine minutes and forty seven seconds."

"Who was following me?"

"Me." A voice said from behind her. There stood Inuyasha in a black trench coat. "We wanted to see if you would come here if you were in any danger which you didn't. You did trust us enough to send a message, which was good and you did it in under ten minutes. You are good."

"You mean... this was all a test?"

"Uh... yeah."

"You woke me up at 3:30 in the morning for some damn test?" she yelled.