I'm baaaaaaaaaaack! ducks hard metal objects being chucked at her head I'm sooooooooooorry! I have a lot of stuff to do! Ok well instead of sitting her blabbing on I'm gonna get on with the story. This chappie may be a little long considering I hafta finish up Kagome's school day and then go on to her and Inu-yasha's first project night.
Disclaimer: YOU'LL NEVER GET IT OUT OF ME! Lawyers beat her with a herring sob ok ok fine! I don't own Inu-yasha ARE YOU HAPPY!
LAST TIME:
"At least I was going the right way." The blush on Kagome's cheeks deepened quickly and she mumbled something about just touring the school during the passing period before turning herself around and walking quickly the other way. Inu-yasha shook his head in slight disgust. This girl is a nuisance. He told himself. And yet…strangely entertaining. In silence he proceeded to lunch.
CHAPTER FOUR: PROJECT NIGHT!
Lunch went pretty smoothly. Kagome sat with the gang and they chattered on about school matters, mainly asking her how her day had been so far. Everything had been rather peaceful until Koga started hugging Kagome and rambling on about how she was his woman. Kagome had "accidentally" socked him in the nose, causing it to bleed, and sending him to the nurse's office. Sango congratulated her profusely.
After lunch, Kagome proceeded to gym, accompanied (of course) by Miroku and Koga. Luckily for her the rest of the gang also had gym so they could save her from the boys' antics. With the required purple shirt and generic black shorts on, Kagome sat between Sango and Kagura on the girl's side of the gym, listening in on their conversation about martial arts. (A/N no idea how the gym thing works but I've noticed that a lot of coaches don't think we're as good as the guys and separate us anyway cuz they haven't learned the fact that we are just as good as guys. They shall perish.)
A few seconds passed and Kagome found herself distracted by an annoyed voice on the boys' side of the gym. She looked over to see the coach talking angrily to Inu-yasha who was still in his regular school clothes and looking like he was about to murder the coach. The coach rambled on and on while Inu-yasha rolled his eyes impatiently and, ignoring said coach completely, glanced towards Kagome who was still staring. Seeing his gaze meet hers she quickly glanced away, her face turning red. What's wrong with me! Her heart was beating in her ears and she felt extremely flushed. All he did was look this way!
As Kagome inwardly panicked, Inu-yasha snorted to himself and went to sit down even though the coach was still talking. (A/N ok I know Inu-yasha being the "bad boy" type person i.e not wearing gym clothes, is extremely cliché but honestly can you picture him in shorts? Didn't think so.) Noticing Kagome's sudden weirdness, Sango cocked her head questionably. "What's wrong Kagome?"
Kagome jumped, not expecting the question, and gave her a quick smile. "Nothing, nothing…"
Sango raised her eyebrows, mockingly or amusedly, Kagome couldn't tell. Before Sango could delve any deeper into Kagome's behaviour, the girl's coach entered the gym, pulling her shoulder length red hair into a ponytail. She studied the class with a satisfactory gaze before urging them to stand and follow her out to the school practice fields. Kagome sneaked a glance at the three guys she had befriended as they passed. Koga and Miroku were arguing, undoubtedly over some trivial matter, and Inu-yasha was brooding behind them, a referral clutched in his hand. She looked away awkwardly.
Once out on the practice fields, the teacher handed each girl a wooden staff and calmed them down so her voice could be heard. "Quiet ladies! We're starting blocks today, pair up and arrange yourself in two lines, partners across from each other."
Sango shrugged, and gave Kagome a questioning gaze earning herself a nod in return. The two girls faced off watching the coach perform the blocks doubtfully. There's no way I am coordinated enough to do that. Sighing, Kagome got into the starting position and grinned at Sango. "Watch me trip over this thing."
Sango laughed and got into the stance herself. "Don't be surprised if you're not the only one." Taking turns blocking and swinging, Kagome and Sango were included in the few that did actually manage to stay upright.
Wrapping a towel around her sopping hair, Kagome emerged from one of the school's shower stalls, another fluffy towel around her body. She smiled at Sango who had just finished as well, and slipped into her school clothes, examining her blistered fingers. "Owwwww…." She whined to her friend. "These are gonna be bothering me all weeeeeeek…" Sango snorted and held up her own blistered hand.
"Join the club."
Kagome entered her last class of the day, Multimedia, (A/N yes I know her schedule is screwy don't mind it lolz) to see an annoyed Inu-yasha being hammered with personal questions by Shippo. She came up slowly wondering what they were talking about. "Sooooo Inu…d'you think she's cute?" He said in a sing-song voice, poking Inu-yasha in the shoulder. Inu-yasha feh'ed and crossed his arms huffily.
Tilting her head Kagome smiled. "Hey guys, what's up?" Shippo looked up and smiled, waving a hand. Inu-yasha jumped two feet out of his chair, his face resembling a tomato.
"Wh-where d'you come off scaring us like that baka?" He spat, still blushing.
Kagome narrowed her eyes. "Excuse ME but in case you haven't noticed I've been standing here for at least a minute." She huffed and sat next to Shippo. The boy was currently hunched over laughing his head off causing Kagome even more confusion. What's going on? She gave him a quizzical look. He just shook his head and laughed harder.
Inu-yasha, who was growing tired of this, slammed his fist into the back of Shippo's head, sending him flying into his computer screen. "Shut the hell up, will you?" Kagome sweatdropped.
Glancing at her kitchen clock with a frown, Kagome drummed her fingers on the counter. Where the hell is that jerk? She thought to herself. When he gets here I'm gonna clobber him! A long sigh left her lips and she grabbed herself some Coke which she basically swallowed in one gulp. Gotta love caffeine.
Finally the doorbell rang and the impatient girl bolted for the door looking murderous. Slamming it open she glared up at Inu-yasha who wore his normal, sadistic look. "Why the hell are you late?" She practically roared at him. "I've been waiting for an HOUR! What part of 4:00 do you not understand, baka?"
Inu-yasha lifted his eyebrows. "Cool it. I had some transportation issues."
Kagome crossed her arms. "What, did your car break down or something?"
He shoved past her. "Mind your own business." Kagome fumed and followed him to the kitchen. He looked around critically before shrugging and simply stating, "Nice house."
Nice house? How can he just waltz in her an HOUR LATE and just say "nice house"? What a jerk! She continued to bore holes into him with her glare.
Taking a seat at the counter, Kagome sighed. "So…do you have any ideas for our project?" Inu-yasha dug into his pocket and handed her a crumpled piece of paper. Warily, she took it between her thumb and index finger and unfolded it. As she scanned the messy handwriting, her eyes began to widen. "Did you WRITE this?"
The boy just nodded and averted his gaze.
"Inu-yasha this is…this is…" Her voice trailed off as she tried to find the right words. "Genius!"
Inu-yasha snorted. "Of course. What did you expect?" Kagome didn't answer. She was at a loss. How could someone with such a bad personality be so smart? It didn't make sense.
"Well…" she began, "I suppose we should get started then, huh?" She smiled at him but only got a bored shrug in return. This is gonna be a long night…
"Kagome? Kagome! KAGOME!"
Someone was grabbing Kagome's shoulder and shaking her roughly. "Eh…?" She rubbed her eyes foggily.
"Wake the hell up will you wench?" Inu-yasha all but snarled. "This project ain't gonna do itself y'know."
Kagome yawned, glanced at the clock, and almost fell off the kitchen stool. "OMFG! IT'S 12:30!"
Rolling his eyes Inu-yasha sarcastically stated, "Well duh. And you keep falling asleep, c'mon we have a bit more work to do."
"Why are you still here at 12:30? No wonder I keep falling asleep you idiot!" Kagome grabbed the papers from him. "Go home. We can work on it later."
"But that means I'll hafta come back!"
"Fine. Just LEAVE."
Inu-yasha sighed in frustration and slipped of the kitchen stool he had been sitting on. He started to stride out of the kitchen, grumbling under his breath. Kagome shook her head and jumped down from her stool as well. Unfortunately for her she was wearing socks and right when she hit the tile, her feet slipped out from under her and she fell backwards. Amazingly enough she never hit the ground.
"Wha…?" Kagome looked up to see Inu-yasha's face, his hands around her waist holding her up. She blushed deeply.
"Clutz." Inu-yasha snorted. Suddenly he looked up towards the front door just as it opened revealing Kagome's mom and Ji-chan. Thunder boomed behind them and they stepped inside, shaking off large umbrellas.
"Kagome why—?" her mother began questioningly.
Inu-yasha cursed under his breath, dropped Kagome, who fell on her butt, and muttered something about being late before sprinting out the door.
Kagome glared after him. "Yeah you better leave you jerk!" she yelled after him, getting up and rubbing her backside.
"Kagome was that boy the science partner you mentioned?"
Nodding Kagome headed upstairs. "I'm going to bed. Night." Retreating into her bedroom and closing the door softly behind her, Kagome sat down on her bed, her face still red. What…was that?
AUTHOR'S NOTES:
Again I'm reeeeeeeeeeeaally sorry that it's so late. I promise I'll try to update earlier from now on. Anyway…how was that chapter? Tinsy bit of fluff but it has to start somewhere neh? Love mah reviewers and thank you all! My question is still out there, Bloody Moon, One Song, or Mortal Flame. So far Mortal Flame has 1. Plz review, till later. Bbye
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