Chapter 4

The beginning of a beautiful Friendship

Sesshomaru amazed me. He seemed so nice, yet so cold to everyone. He also hated Inuyasha. This was always beyond me, though, I do remember Inuyasha once saying something about him and Sesshomaru not being fully related. I went over to Koga who was currently lying motionless on the grimy floor. I kneeled on the ground and held Koga's head in my lap until the school nurse arrived to help.

I refused to leave Koga, seeing as this was like, my entire fault. Koga awoke a half an hour later. "Kagome? What happened?" "Oh! Koga! You're finally awake! I was so worried! I can't believe that Inuyasha would do this!" "Oh yeah. That jerk punched me." Koga said, wincing in pain as he touched his head. "Be careful Koga!" I urged. I caught him before he fell off the cot. I sat with him, cradling his head in my arms. I called out for the nurse. She came into the room and she examined Koga. She wrapped his head in a bandage and charged me with the duties of helping Koga. I put my arm around his waist and he put his arm over my shoulders. The nurse wrote us passes and Koga and I stopped by our lockers. We went to our nest class. I opened the door and helped Koga inside. I gave the passes to the teacher and helped Koga to his seat. I ignored the curious stares from our fellow classmates. I heard some whispering. "Hey, isn't that Inuyasha's girlfriend? What is she doing with his rival? I thought she was having Inuyasha's child." My eyes widened. "Where did you hear that?" "Inuyasha himself!" my hand shot up in the air. "Yes Miss. Higurashi?" "May I please be excused from class for a moment." "What for?" "I forgot that I needed to see Mrs. Dean about something." "Very well. Here, take this pass." I took the pass and hurried to the principal's office.

I knocked on the door. "Come in." I entered. "Can I help you with something dear?" Mrs. Dean asked upon seeing me. I nodded. "Mrs. Dean, my ex—boyfriend has been spreading rumors about me." "About what?" "He's telling people that I'm pregnant with his child!" I exclaimed, my lower lip trembling. "Well, it's not true is it?" "NO!" "Well, let's see what I can do about this. Please have a seat." Mrs. Dean said, standing. I sat in a chair across from her chair. "I'll be back in a moment with Inuyasha."

Mrs. Dean returned with Inuyasha. She told him to sit in the chair. "Inuyasha, I don't know why you are telling people that Kagome is the mother of your child, but you must stop. This is unacceptable behavior. You're lucky that you weren't suspended for beating up Mr. Wolfe. You're pushing it Inuyasha. I want to know why you're saying these things about Kagome." "She dumped me." "That's it? Kagome, why did you dump him?" I cleared my throat. "I dumped Inuyasha because he slept with my stepmother." "OH!" Mrs. Dean said, shocked.

Inuyasha was assigned to gum detail. For the rest of the year. This meant that he would be scraping and or chiseling dried chewing gum off of misc. items. The bell rang and Koga, Sango, Monk and I met outside the school. Inuyasha came running towards me. I backed away, scared. Koga moved in front of me. "Leave her alone." Koga warned. "YOU leave her alone! Kagome's MINE!" "No way! Kagome and I are just friends and she is NOT yours!" Koga yelled, pushing Inuyasha away. Koga and Inuyasha bickered. Koga jerked back his arm. I grabbed him around the waist. "Please don't Koga! Don't sink to his level!" I cried. Koga put a hand on my black hair. "I'm sorry Kagome. I won't." he said. Inuyasha left, storming away, totally pissed off.

Koga dropped Sango, Monk and I off. "Thanks Koga. I had a wonderful time with you tonight. And thank you for protecting me from Inuyasha." I said. Koga smiled. "Of course Kagome." "Night." I said, kissing his cheek. I went inside my apartment and to my room. I logged onto AOL. I received an instant message right away. I was unfamiliar with the person, but they claimed to be Sesshomaru.

Hello Kagome

Hi

Listen, I'm sorry about Inuyasha. He can be a jerk. I can't believe he spread that rumor about you

Neither can I

Listen, you want to get Inuyasha back right?

Yeah…

Well, I have an idea.

What is it?

I think that we should team up to really piss Inuyasha off

Go on

I think it would be most effective if we posed as bf and gf and you could hang out over here to get him mad

I don't know. What if he hurts me?

I promise he won't. I'll always be there to protect you. What do you say? Please?

Okay. I guess

Good. Tomorrow I'll pick you up and the plan will begin.

I logged off the Internet, a warm fuzzy feeling surrounded me. I don't know why and it confused me. I rushed into the bathroom to shower and tweeze my eyebrows. I shaved and made myself all pretty. I crawled into bed and soon fell fast asleep.

I woke to my alarm buzzing and I shut it off and went into the bathroom. I washed my face, fixed my hair, brushed my teeth, applied make-up and went into my bedroom. I pulled out a pair of blue jeans. I grabbed a black tank top and flung them on. I grabbed a gray button down shirt and left it hang open. I pulled on my normal shoes, Doc Martens, and I grabbed my backpack and went into the kitchen. Sango was drinking coffee with Monk. I eyed the pair and decided that they were definitely doing it. I filed my nails while I waited for my doorbell to ring. It did. I opened the door and Sesshomaru came inside. "Hey Kagome." He said. "Hi." I said. "Are you ready?" he asked. Sango and Monk came into the foyer. "Hey! Aren't you Inuyasha's brother?" Sango asked. "Yeah." Sesshomaru said, shrugging. Sango eyed him and then me and giggled. "He seems much better than Inuyasha already." Monk said. "Yeah." I said, looking at the floor. Sesshomaru came to my rescue and declared that he and I must get to school. We got in Shesshomaru's convertible and I let out a sigh of relief. Sesshomaru laughed softly.

When we arrived at school, Sesshomaru opened the car door for me. He slid his arm around my shoulders and I snaked my arm around his waist. Let's just say people noticed. By the time first hour ended, Sesshomaru and I were all over the school. At lunch we sat together, talking. Or at least until Inuyasha and his temper showed up. "What are you two doing together?" he demanded. Sesshomaru pulled me closer to him protectively. "Kagome and I are dating now." He said. "WHAT!" Inuyasha bellowed loud enough for the entire room to hear. I moved closer to Sesshomaru out of fear. The ENTIRE lunchroom was watching. "You heard me little brother. Kagome and I are dating." "Yeah, right! You two are doing this to piss me off, aren't you?" "No." Sesshomaru said, calmly as usual. "Prove it!" Inuyasha breathed, angrily. Sesshomaru blinked, then turned to me, lowering his lips to mine. His lips captured mine and at first I was startled, but then, I put my arms around Shesshomaru's neck. It had taken Inuyasha about two years to kiss me this way and on day one, Sesshomaru kissed me with such passion it was unknown to me.