Highschool Dilemma

Chapter 7

Inuyasha walked into Mr. Myouga's class. He plopped down into his seat. "Someone's tired." He looked over his shoulder at Kagome.

"I wonder why that would be? Hm... could it be that I have to save someone from the Stealth Assassins."

"Well, Naraku is too much of a coward to fight us. I wonder if he's going to be here."

"Feh. I wouldn't mind if he wasn't."

"I wouldn't either." Sango stated as she sat down next to Kagome. Kagome noticed Miroku sat down next to Inuyasha, sporting a red cheek. She rolled her eyes as the bell rang.

"Okay. We must take roll. Who's not here, class?"

"Naraku and Kagura." a random student shouted out. Inuyasha leaned back in his chair, causing it to stand on to legs, laid his head on Kagome's desk, and winked at her. Kagome smiled as she winked back.

"You two, stop flirting and pay attention." They both blushed. "Now, turn to page 133. Inuyasha, you can start reading for us." Inuyasha muttered some words as he opened the book.

Lunch:

The group when to their usual spot at the Sacred Tree. They sat in the shade as they ate their food. "Last time we were eating here was when I joined the gang." Kagome stated.

"So, what do you think?"

"About what? The gang?" Sango nodded.

"It's nice to be in it. I mean... I like all of the members and the cause is honorable." Miroku nodded.

"Trust me. We're glad you joined too. I would have been stuck with broken ribs if it wasn't for you."

"Feh. You wouldn't have had broken ribs in the first place if it wasn't for her." Inuyasha stated. Kagome rolled her eyes as she threw a hamburger wrapper at him.

"Shut up." He caught the wrapper.

"Make me." Suddenly, a cell phone rang. They all looked at their phone.

"It's mine." Inuyasha said as he looked at his caller ID. He answered it.

"What is it, Sesshomaru?" Kagome looked over at Sango.

"Who's Sesshomaru?"

"He's the one that was fighting with us last night. Inuyasha's half brother."

"Oh." A moment of silence passed until Inuyasha jumped to his feet, growling profusely.

"What is the wolf doing back? I thought there was a foul stench in the air." he yelled into his phone. They heard Sesshomaru's voice from the other end, but couldn't make out the words. Inuyasha, abruptly, hung up on Sesshomaru and growled as he threw his cell phone at the tree.

"Calm down, Inuyasha." Miroku shook his head.

"There's no use in telling him to calm down, Kagome. Kouga has always been his rival."

"Kouga?"

"He's the leader of the Wolf Clan. It's another gang of wolf demons. Apparently, they're back." Sango said. Kagome looked over at Inuyasha, who was pacing back and forth, angrily. He was mumbling unmentionable words. Eventually, he talked himself into punching the tree.

"Inuyasha, stop it. What did the tree ever do to you?" The looked at her. Kagome hadn't seen that much anger in his eyes. It probably even beat the anger in his eyes whenever he talked about Naraku.

"It's just there. Kouga's not doing to take you away from me." he growled under his breath. He paused for a moment. 'Why am I taking it out on her?' He looked at her. Her eyes are wide in shock. "Sorry." he muttered. Kagome wasn't surprised by his growl or the fact that he directed his anger at her, but about what he said.

"Uh... it's okay, Inuyasha." He sighed as he plopped down.

"Ouch." He yelled as he jumped up to find a fork. He grumbled as he kicked the fork out of the way and sat back down again. Kagome sat down next to him. Sango and Miroku made an excuse that they had to throw away the garbage and left.

"Inuyasha?" He felt like yelling. Why did the mangy wolf always do that to him? He calmed down his voice.

"Yeah?"

"What- why did you say... uh... what you said?"

"When?"

"You know... what you said about how Kouga's not going to take me away from you?" she whispered softly. Inuyasha blushed.

"Uh... well..." Inuyasha stuttered. 'Did I say that out loud? I really need to watch my mouth when I'm mad.'

"You see... uh..." Inuyasha growled at himself. 'How do I put this?' Inuyasha decided to say what felt right. "That wolf always takes things that are important away from me. I swear he's not going to take you away. If he does, he can burn eternally in hell." Kagome was surprised. She knew him too well. She saw he was trying to put it as 'delicately' as possible. She looked passed the angry remarks, straight to the good. She smiled at him.

"I'm not going anywhere, Inuyasha." she said. He looked into her eyes as she looked into his. 'No matter what form I can get lost in his eyes.' she thought. He smiled as he leaned forward and kissed her gently. Kagome kissed him back. He ended up wrapping his arms around her waist, drawing her closer. She rested her head on his chest and he set his head on top of hers. Kagome smiled and began to close her eyes until Inuyasha growled.

"What is it?" she asked.

"The Wolf Clan." Inuyasha growled. Kagome looked around to see a group of people, turning the corner. One of the wolves looked over at them.

"The one that's looking in Kouga. He's a-" A sudden gusts of wind formed around them.

"-very delightful fellow. Are you speaking so highly of me behind my back, Inuyasha?" the guy finished. Inuyasha snorted.

"No, I was going to say a pain in the-"

"Inuyasha, do not curse in front of women. Especially this beautiful lady. May I ask your name?"

"Kagome."

"Ah, my fair lady." Kouga said as he kissed her hand. Inuyasha growled loudly, Miroku and Sango, then, arrived on the scene.

"Kouga, you do know that you are flirting with a member of the Demon Syndicate?" Miroku stated.

"You have been fortunate. I have nothing against any member of this gang, other than Inuyasha." Inuyasha tried hard not to beat the guy into a bloody pulp right then and there. His fists clenched together and his countenance began to fall.

"Besides, I've seen numerous times that two members from different gangs can fall in love. For instance, Romeo and Juliet or West Side Story."

"You didn't notice that in each of those the guy who takes the girl away dies?" Inuyasha said lowly and threateningly. Kouga just looked at Inuyasha.

"I can see you're trying to keep control, Inuyasha. Why is that? Are you afraid of losing a precious gang member or is it that you've fallen in love?" Kouga asked. It wasn't really a question that he wanted answered. It sounded like a taunt or like he was going to take Kagome away.

Inuyasha didn't answer. He simply ignored it as his nail began to draw blood from his palm and his knuckles turned white. Kagome, who was standing in front of Inuyasha, backed up into him. Inuyasha, promptly, put his arms around her (making sure not to touch her with his bloody hand) as he glared at Kouga.

"You interrupted our lunch, Kouga." Kagome said as she leaned her head back onto Inuyasha's shoulder. Kouga smirked as he nodded.

"I apologize. I'll see you around, Kagome." he said as he walked away.

"Oh, and by the way, Kouga... while you're gone, please find a mint of something cause your breath stinks." Sango yelled out after him. Kouga's eyes darted over to her and Sango simply stared back at him. Miroku moved in the path of Kouga's gaze and glared at him. Kouga smirked and walked away. Kagome didn't really notice until Kouga walked away how comfortable she was. She didn't really want to move, but she knew all good things came to an end. Kagome looked down and saw blood on one of Inuyasha's hand.

"What is that?" Kagome asked as she turn over Inuyasha's hand. She saw the nail punctures and shook her head. "Let's sit down so I can fix that for you." she said as the bell rang. Sango and Miroku, hesitantly, looked back up at the school building.

"You two can go. This won't take but a minute." Kagome said. Miroku and Sango nodded as they left to go to the school building. Inuyasha sat with his back against the tree; his right leg fully extended rightward and the left one bent at the knee. Kagome sat in his lap as he rested his arm with the injured hand on te bent knee and held it in front of Kagome. Kagome closed her eyes for a moment as she placed her hand firmly in his. She opened her eyes and released her hand. The four nail marks were gone. She smiled.

"Now... to get back to class on time." she murmured.

"Here, get on my back. I can get us there in time." Inuyasha said with a smirk.

"Inuyasha, slow down! Slow us the hell down!" she screamed as Inuyasha ran through the school building. He skidded to a stop in front of the door for their next class. They went inside and sat down as the bell rang.

"Just in time." Miroku said. Inuyasha nodded.

"I figured as much." Sango looked over at Kagome.

"Are you okay? You seem a bit pale."

"Yeah. I'm okay." Inuyasha took out a piece of paper from his note book.

Are you okay? he wrote and set it on the edge of his desk. When the teacher wasn't looking he flicked it across to Kagome's desk.

Yeah. I'm okay now.

Did I scare you? Kagome rolled her eyes.

What the hell do you think?

Sorry. I'll make it up to you later. ; ) Pay attention now, Kag.

Kagome looked over at Inuyasha. He smirked as he pointed towards the teacher, who was lecturing them on something or another.

Like you pay any attention.

So the conversation continued. Miroku caught the paper in mid air and put in his say so. Sango did the same. The note was passed among the gang for the whole class period.