Chapter 6
"Kagome honey! Wake up! You re going to miss your bus!" Mrs. Higurashi said as she shook Kagome.
"I m up!" Kagome said as she pushed away her mom and jumped out of bed.
"Breakfast will be ready by the time you get down stairs." Mrs. Higurashi said leaving her daughter to get ready for school.
"I thought I was gonna miss the bus!" Kagome panted as she plopped down next to Sango.
"Overslept?" she asked. Still trying to catch her breath, Kagome nodded her head yes.
"How far away is your house from the bus stop?" Miroku asked.
"About a five minute walk. Not far." She said finally getting her breath back to normal.
"How are we gonna get there?" Miroku asked, "Should we just meet you at the bus stop?" (remember? they are going over to Kag s place on Saturday)
"Sure," Kagome said "Where do you guys live?"
"I live with my aunt not far away from Miroku s place, it s two stops before yours on the way to school." Sango said
"I live with my dad s best friend, as you heard her say, I m close to her place so we get off at the same stop." Miroku said, winking at Sango. She turned away with disgust.
"Last stop. Live the farthest away. I can pick up everyone." Inuyasha said.
"He has his own chaffer, and for some reason he rides the bus." Miroku said.
"You have your own chaffer?" Kagome gaped.
"Feh." Inuyasha remarked, as if it was nothing.
"You don t know? I can t believe Inuyasha didn t tell you. He usually is always bragging about it." Sango said in disbelief.
"Tell me what?" Kagome asked.
"He is like the richest kid!" Sango exclaimed, "He lives in a mansion, gets everything he wants!"
"I don t get everything I want! What I want is Shesshomaru to be gone!" argued Inuyasha.
"Shesshomaru?" Kagome asked.
"His brother, or should I say half-brother?" Sango replied, "They treat each other like enemies. His parents are dead, so don t mention anything about them in front of him." The last part she added quietly.
"That s so sad." Kagome said, "What about Miroku s parents?" Kagome asked, suddenly remembering that he didn t live with his parents.
"All of us lost our parents " Sango said somberly, "I guess that s why we are friends "
What happened? How come they all lost their parents Kagome thought. But she didn t have much time to think about it, for the bus just stopped in front of the school.
"I m sorry," Sango said after she gulped down her drink, "I promised my aunt I would be there."
"It s ok. It s only my archery club, it s not like I ll die if you don t go." Kagome said.
"Well you were there for my karate club, and I ll feel a bit guilty if I don t go." Sango said.
"It s no big deal." Kagome said, "Inuyasha will be there. Plus usually I don t have any friends watching me."
"Miroku s no going?" Sango asked.
"Nope, he said he s busy." Kagome said. "I have to go now. Don t worry about it, I really don t mind."
"Ok bye!" Sango said as Kagome ran towards her archery club.
"Whew! I made it!" Kagome said as she skidded to a stop in front of the archery field.
"And I thought you weren t going to show up." Said a voice from behind her.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome said as she turned to see Inuyasha standing next to her.
"Well now that you re here, shouldn t you be getting ready?" he asked.
"Oh right! I ll be back in a flash!" she said as she ran to the changing room.
"Ok! Today, as I announced two weeks before, we will be testing how you are doing." Kaede, the archery teacher said, "Now I would like you to get into your places, by alphabetical order."
At that the students got in order. Kaede started calling people up to take the test. "The students that are finished testing or haven t tested yet can talk, but I would appreciate it if you watch the students before you. You should study what mistakes they have made and such." Kaede said.
Inuyasha waited for Kagome to talk to him, but she didn t. Instead she watched intently at the students before her. Wow, she must be really into it. Inuyasha thought as he watched Kagome. She looks so beautiful like that wait, bad thoughts!
"Isn t Higurashi-san so beautiful?" someone said next to him. He turned his head to see a boy that seemed to be in the same grade as him.
"Who are you?" Inuyasha asked a little to intensely.
"Huh? Me? I m Kouga. And who might you be?" said the boy who claimed to be Kouga. (A/N: sorry! I don t know anyone s last name except for Kagome s. so I won t be using last names.)
"Inuyasha." He said shortly. "How do you know Kagome?"
"Hmm, you seem to be really close to her. You call her by her first name." Commented Kouga, a little annoyed. "I know Kagome because I am in all of her classes."
"So what if I call her by her first name? I am her friend after all." Inuyasha said angrily. What s wrong with me? Why am I being so tense? Why would I care if this guy knows Kagome?
Kouga ignored Inuyasha and continued to watch Kagome.
"Higurashi-san!" called Kaede, signaling it was time for Kagome to take her test.
"Ganbade Kagome-chan!" called her fellow student.
"Ganbade!" called Inuyasha and Kouga in unison.
Kagome stepped up. She picked up her arrow bag and slung it over her shoulder. She took out an arrow and placed it by her bow.
"Whenever you are ready, Higurashi-san." Kaede said.
With that Kagome strung her bow, letting the arrow whiz toward the target. Hitting it directly in the middle.
"Hmm doing good." Said Kaede, "Take it back a few feet!" she called out to the student who were placing the targets.
Kagome concentrated on the middle of the target, blocking out everything else. Aiming directly at the middle, just then there was a shriek from the students that pierced the air. It threw Kagome a bit off balance, sending the arrow sideways. Hitting the area outside of the middle, of the target.
"You need to concentrate more, so even when there is a large sudden sound, you can block it out and keep your concentration. But it was well done." Kaede said. "Last one. Move it out a bit more!"
This time Kagome totally concentrated on aiming toward the center of the target. Blocking out all the noise, she sent the arrow flying towards the center.
"Bravo. See? This time you concentrated more." Kaede said. "Ok let s see next is "
"That was great!" Kouga said rushing toward Kagome, one step ahead of Inuyasha.
"Thanks." Kagome said.
"You were so graceful and beautiful when you gently sent the arrow towards the target. It felt like you were sending towards my heart, giving me a tingling feeling, like when Cupid shoots his arrow." Kouga said with a soft and smooth voice.
"Thank you, that was very sweet " Kagome said blushing.
Inuyasha looked angrily from Kagome to Kouga. "That was amazing Kagome! I ve never seen anyone do as well as you!" even though he has.
"Really?" Kagome said excited, "Not even Kikyo?"
Inuyasha wasn t sure what to say to this, he could lie for Kagome s sake he decided. "Yea! Definitely! She never had the swiftness you have."
Kagome smiled at this comment. "Thank you Inuyasha"
"So Kagome are you doing anything this Saturday?" Kouga asked.
"Yea, I m having Sango, Miroku and Inuyasha here, over." Kagome declared happily, "Why do you ask?"
"Oh nothing. Just wondering." Kouga said disappointed. Great! My perfect planned weekend with Kagome is ruined by Inukolo here. (A/N: I think Inukolo is what Kouga calls Inuyasha in the series.)
Kagome saw that all the student were filing toward the changing room. "I got to go change." She said as she ran toward the rest of the students.
"Wasn t that sweet of Kouga-kun?" Kagome said as she sat next to Inuyasha. Because it was the after school club bus there weren t many people on the bus, so Kagome was sitting next to Inuyasha.
Inuyasha grunted. But Kagome didn t notice and went on saying how Kouga was so sweet. Inuyasha turned away, pissed off of the fact that Kagome like this Kouga person. Great! Now she s calling him by his first name!
Kagome finally noticed Inuyasha s discomfort, and changed the subject. "So how much do you know about archery?"
"Huh?" Inuyasha surprised at the question, "Oh. Not much really, just a little."
"Good enough to tell if the person s doing good or bad?" Kagome asked.
"Feh! Anyone can tell! If the person misses the target then the person is bad, if the person hits the target then the person is good." He said.
"It s not as simple as that. Even if you are really good, at some times you will miss." Kagome said.
"Whatever." He said, not entirely interested in the subject.
"Is there anything that you can have a conversation about?" Kagome said annoyed.
"Feh." Inuyasha said.
"I ll take that as a no." she said. Slumping in her seat she looked around in boredom. Then suddenly those beautiful amber orbs caught her eye once more, just like they did the first time she saw them. I just could look at them forever. Kagome sighed in content.
Inuyasha noticed someone looking at him. Out of the corner of his eye he snuck a glance at Kagome and saw that it was her that was staring at him intently. I wonder what she s staring at. Do I something on my face? He thought. But then he noticed that it was his eyes that she was staring at. Blushing, he turned so that his eyes were out of Kagome s view.
Disappointed that Inuyasha turned away from her view, Kagome slumped even more. This time sighing in discontent.