The Best of Days the Worst of Days
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha in anyway, just borrowing him and the others for a simple fic.
Author's Notes: Thank you to all who have reviewed, you all make writing this worthwhile, and sorry for the bit of delay but here's the next chapter, enjoy.
Chapter 2: A New Friendship Begins"Inuyasha…stop!" called out Sango as Inuyasha suddenly stopped dead in his tracks.
"What?" Inuyasha asked a bit colder than he actually wanted to, considering his mood was still sour from a few minutes ago.
Sango simply dismissed his attitude and using her free hand pointed at their locked up hands. Inuyasha finally realized what the young woman meant as he took notice of their hands.
"Ah…um…oh forget it." The youth release his hold on her and turned away from Sango before she could see his face, which was filled with embarrassment.
If there was one thing Inuyasha lived on, it was his pride. After what had happen earlier in the Principal's Office there was absolutely no way in hell that he was going to be seen as an embarrassed fool in front of the new girl, Sango. If it were to happen he would never live it down.
"You okay, Inuyasha?" asked Sango kindly oblivious to the youth's embarrassment. "Yeah, I'm fine."
He slightly coughed to himself as he regained his lost composure. "It's just down the hall. Follow me alright." Inuyasha turned around quick enough to catch Sango's nod of approval. "Sure lead the way, I'm new after all." Sango laughed at her own lame attempt at humor as Inuyasha rolled his eyes at a fast pace.
"Sure whatever just stay close to me, I don't want to lose you and then have the old man complaining down my throat about how "irresponsible" I am." The sliver-haired youth then continued on his way, only assuming that Sango was behind him.
Sango on the other hand stood silent for a second as her thoughts wondered on Inuyasha. 'I know I'm right about this guy, he acts tough and loud but there must be more to him. Of that I'm positive. I know I can attempt to make at the very least a decent friendship with him.' Thought Sango to herself until Inuyasha's yell broke her chain of thought.
"Damn it what did I tell you!" Sango blinked and ended her deep thinking as she felt Inuyasha grab onto one of the sleeves of her uniform. 'Man this girl is giving me a headache.' Sighed the youth within the confines of his mind.
A minute later the duo found themselves in front of a classroom door there was no doubt to Sango that it was her and Inuyasha's homeroom. Inuyasha decided to go in first and without even knocking merely opened the door for both him and Sango.
As they entered Sango felt a sense of déjà vu as all eyes fell on her and Inuyasha as they entered the room, apparently also disturbing the teacher's lesson.
"Glad to see you could join us, Inuyasha." Said the teacher, Miss Kaede, a semi-elderly and shorter than average woman, as she mildly glared at the sliver-haired youth using her one good eye.
Inuyasha decided to not answer and merely shrugged his shoulders stuck his hands in his pockets and made his way towards his assigned seat choosing to ignore the stares and whispers from his fellow classmates.
"Such a hassle that boy…" the elder woman merely mumbled under her breath as she took notice of Sango walking to her desk.
"Um…hello, Ma'am, my name is Sango Houko and I'm a new transfer student. Apparently I have this class as homeroom." Sango ended her welcome with a respectful bow.
"Ah yes, Miss Houko, yes I have you listed as my newest student. Allow me to welcome you to my class, ye may call me Miss Kaede. Please to meet you my dear." Said the elderly teacher as she shook Sango's hand and borrowed her schedule for moment to make sure everything was correct.
"Same here, Miss Kaede." Kaede then stood up from her desk as she handed Sango her schedule back. "Now class this is your newest classmate, Sango." She took a moment to allow Sango to bow in the direction of the class. "Please make her feel apart of our "family"" the class nodded to the teacher's words.
"Well now she's quite the looker, wouldn't you agree, Inuyasha." Stated Inuyasha's friend Miroku with a crafty smirk as he looked over at his sliver-haired friend.
"Feh…whatever Miroku." Spat out Inuyasha dully while tapping his finger casually on his desk.
"Well aren't we in a good mood, today." Miroku couldn't help but laugh at his humor made at the expanse of Inuyasha. The youth on the other hand didn't find it at all humorous and shot a cold death glare at his friend.
"Alright, alright I get the point. But really what's your relationship to her?" asked the black-haired youth curiously.
"I have no relationship with her, you idiot…" "That's not what I mean Inuyasha, I mean is she a new friend that Kagome and I haven't met?" Miroku asked kindly as he awaited Inuyasha's response.
"No…I wouldn't call her a friend…yet." Said Inuyasha causally.
"I see." Miroku took a moment to think over Inuyasha's words. 'The "yet" came out almost as a reassurance, it was as if he didn't want me to think that he may have helped her, or did some random act of kindness for Miss Sango. After all Inuyasha is not known to many as a "kind-hearted" and "loving" person outside of Kagome and me. You were clever Inuyasha with your words but not clever enough.' Thought the youth with a quick smirk that went unnoticed by Inuyasha.
"Now where shall ye sit…hmm…" Lady Kaede then scanned her classroom looking for an available seat, fortunately she found one, right next to Inuyasha to be precise.
"Now child, why don't you take a seat next to the one who I assume guided you here that being Inuyasha." Said the elderly teacher pointing at the free seat next to the sliver-haired youth.
"Oh well alright. Thank you Ma'am and just for the record yes it was him that guided me here." The young woman then proceeded to make her way towards her assigned seat oblivious to remarks from her new classmates.
Inuyasha was lost in his own little world as he had failed to notice Sango approaching her new seat.
"Hey look what we have here." Stated Miroku with a full smile as he saw Sango take her seat next to Inuyasha.
Inuyasha by chance noticed his friend's smile and decided to speak up about it. "What is it now?" Miroku responded with a simple "look behind you" point of the finger.
"Huh?" Inuyasha blinked confusedly as he turned around and came face to face with Sango.
"Oh hello again Inuyasha. Lady Kaede told me to take this seat since it was the only one that was free." Stated Sango truthfully with a kind smile directed at the youth beside her.
"That so, huh, well fine by me. I got no problems with it." Stated Inuyasha with a simple wave of his right hand. "Isn't that interesting…usually Inuyasha hates for people to sit next to him, much less make conversation with him." Added in Miroku with a crafty smirk directed at his friend beside him.
"Alright then." Sango then noticed the youth that sat beside Inuyasha. "Oh where are manners. Hello there my name is Sango Houko and you are?" the young woman said with a smile directed at Miroku.
"My name is Miroku Maeda, please to meet you Sango." Miroku added in a quick wave of his hand at the end along with a full grin.
"Um…of course pleasure to meet you too, Miroku." Sango as well added in a smile of her own as she quickly waved at Miroku.
"Feh…enough with the fluff…" grumbled Inuyasha as placed his arms on the desk and sat his head down upon them.
"Don't mind him, Sango, Inuyasha doesn't like any type of "fluff" that would make him look less "manly"." Miroku couldn't help but laugh at the cold glare Inuyasha gave him afterwards.
"Shut it, Miroku!" Inuyasha then realized that the class was staring at him questionably.
"Inuyasha, be quiet and just for once listen to my lecture." Stated Lady Kaede sternly with a tap of her ruler on the blackboard.
Inuyasha merely glared at Miroku for once again getting the poor youth in trouble. Silently mouthed a "I hate you…" that made the black-haired teen grin instead of showcase anger, much to the dismay of Inuyasha.
Sango on the other side of Inuyasha giggled mentally as she noticed the "fight" between the two students. 'Poor Inuyasha…this boy Miroku plays him for a fool. But it still seem that he values their friendship, I suppose Miroku isn't that bad a person. But Inuyasha still seem to be a bit of mystery, I still believe his real self is much different than his "tough guy" shell.' Thought Sango as she continued to ponder away…
Soon enough the bell rang, signaling the end of class. As Lady Kaede bit farewell to her students, one by one they began to rise from their seats.
Inuyasha along with Sango and Miroku rose from their assigned seats. "Well it was a pleasure meeting you, Miss Sango." Said Miroku as he took Sango's gentle hand and gave it a soft kiss. Sango was slightly embarrassed with Miroku's farewell and proceed to blush slightly.
Inuyasha on the other hand wasn't amused. "Alright you made your point, see you later Miroku." Adding in a "leave now" motion with his hand and a glare as he finished speaking.
"Alright I see you want to be alone with her, so I'll make my leave." A comment that brought a very surprised and wide-eyed look to Inuyasha's face as well as a slight blush to his cheeks.
"I'll see you later at lunch, Inuyasha." Stated Miroku as he waved goodbye to the sliver-haired youth who was still recovering from his embarrassed emotions, which he hated to show, as well as to a silent Sango who merely waved back at the fleeing teen.
"What was that all about?" asked Sango as she tapped Inuyasha's shoulder. "How should I know, that idiot always says things like that!" Inuyasha was not amused with Miroku's comment at all but choose to ignore it for now.
"Anyway…um could you tell me where my next class is?" Sango asked kindly as she and Inuyasha made their way out of the classroom.
"Sure why not…" He replied as Sango handed him her schedule. "Oh you got to be kidding me!" Inuyasha gave a slight look of surprise as before he handed back the schedule to Sango.
"What is it, Inuyasha, something wrong?" asked the young woman kindly, as she gave him a cute head tilt. "Nothing's wrong, just follow me." Sango nodded in response as she followed the youth through the halls…
As it turned out the two of them ended up sharing another class, something that was just as much a surprise to Sango as it was to Inuyasha.
"Well that was surprise wasn't it Inuyasha?" asked Sango as she and Inuyasha walked out of their second class.
"Feh, all the more proof that Old man Myouga is just using me as your personal guide and nothing else…" the youth grumbled to himself as he failed to notice that Sango had stop on her tracks.
Finally the realization came to Inuyasha as he noticed that Sango wasn't by his way. He then turned on heel to notice Sango walking up to him with her head held down.
Inuyasha took note that the small bangs of her hair that had fallen in front of her face weren't too noticeable but the pain written across her face was very clear. "Sango?" questioned Inuyasha as she finished her walk and stood in front of him.
Sango then proceeded to slap the taste out of Inuyasha. The sliver-haired youth actually cringed as, and after, her hand made impact with his left cheek. Apparently despite her gentle look Sango had a very good amount of strength, a realization that actually surprised the sliver-haired youth.
"You incentive jerk! Did you once think that maybe I liked the fact that I had someone guiding me…I'm new remember. I thought I could actually call you my friend Inuyasha. But I see that your pride clouds you more than anything else…I thought there was more to you than just that. But I guess I was wrong…thanks for nothing…" Sango then turn on heel and was about to make her leave when Inuyasha grabbed a hold of her shoulder.
"Keh, you think I'm letting you get away that easily? Well I'm not. Listen Sango…I…I" he gulped before he spoke up once more. "I didn't mean to…offend you."
Sango could easily tell Inuyasha was not one who was used to apologizing. "Look you have one more class before Lunch I'll show you the way but after class is over meet me by the cafeteria. We'll talk more then, alright."
Sango slowly nodded, as she felt a little embarrassed for lashing out at him without fully thinking it through. "A…alright, Inuyasha. I'm sorry about the…um, smack and the verbal lashing." Sango then slightly sweatdropped as she met him in the eye.
"Feh, forget about it. Just follow me." Sango nodded as she slightly smiled and walked beside him. Inuyasha noticed her smile and couldn't help but smile at Sango as well. Together the two walked towards Sango's next class…
As her class came to an end Sango packed up her books and casually walked out towards the hallway hoping to meet with Inuyasha soon so she wouldn't keep him waiting for too long.
It was then that Sango realized that despite the outburst she had with him earlier she still wondered about him, something about Inuyasha had caught her attention after her backlash.
'Inuyasha seemed to stumble with his words as he "apologized" to me. I suppose it was his "tough guy" image that kept him from saying them at a natural pace. I guess I was right about him living off his pride, but still Inuyasha has shown to me that he doesn't seem to be completely stuck up. Oh well…I should go meet with him anyway. I owe him that much after I slapped him.' She thought to herself as she paused and took a moment to remember the direction Inuyasha had stated that the cafeteria was located at.
Meanwhile Inuyasha stood waiting for Sango's arrival by the wall next to the doors leading towards the cafeteria.
"Yo, mutt-face!" greeted Koga, the one person Inuyasha didn't expect to see as well as the one person that could irate the youth extremely quickly.
"Feh, what do you want, wolf!" growled back the silver-haired teen. He was in no mood for Koga at the moment, especially when he was more concern with patching up loose ends with Sango instead of dealing with the "wolf".
"Well just came by to say that its official me and Kagome are going to the School Prom together, just spoke with her a minute or two ago." Koga added in an aggorant smirk as he finished speaking to the youth in front of him.
"Like I give…I don't control Kagome and she's free to do as she wishes. But listen to me wolf-boy. You screw up this up and I find out Kagome is hurt in anyway, and your ass is mine. Got it?" Inuyasha then glared sharply at Koga.
Koga not being one to back down simply nodded to Inuyasha's words. "Yeah I got it, but I thought you said you didn't care about Kagome." "Don't twist my words around. I mean it as a long time friend that's all." Spat out Inuyasha sternly.
"Yeah well just so you know, I'm known as a gentleman…I'm sure that's something you are never told but none the less, I will treat Kagome with respect."
Koga then took a moment to poke his finger at Inuyasha's forehead. "I like her, mutt-face, and nothing is going to change that so it'll be a cold day in hell before I allow Kagome to be harmed. I suggest you find yourself a woman as well. Maybe then you would be less moody and grumpy every time I see you."
Koga then walked away from Inuyasha with a confident smirk on his face, "Well see yea later, mutt!" he said as he opened the cafeteria doors and allowed himself in.
"Damn that guy…" mumbled Inuyasha as he stared at the roof of the building. 'Of all the guys to go with? Why him, Kagome…ah well as long he doesn't harm her its all good I suppose, still pisses me off though…now where the hell is Sango?' wondered the teen as he then took notice of a figure fast approaching him.
"Hey Inuyasha!" called out Sango as she paused in front of Inuyasha to catch her breath, the youth figured that she must have been running at a quick pace since she took in some deep breaths.
"Yo Sango, you okay?" Sango then met Inuyasha in the eyes. "Yeah it's just that I got a bit sidetracked…" she giggled to herself before she continued. "I went down the wrong hallway that's why."
Inuyasha merely gave a small roll of his eyes as she finished speaking. "Figures, you're hopeless without me." The cocky teen added in a quick smirk, as he looked her straight in the eye.
"Sure I am…anyway so what did you want to talk about?" she questioned him with a curious look.
"I'll tell you but not here anyway…how about we head towards the roof instead." "The roof?" Sango blinked twice as she stared at Inuyasha for making a slightly out of the norm request.
"Yeah the roof, look just come with okay." "Well…okay but you better not try anything, Inuyasha." Said Sango with an icy glare that actually made the youth blink in surprise.
"Uh…yeah sure Sango, anyway I'm not leech…I have some morals." Stated Inuyasha with a confident tone of voice as he awaited Sango's response.
"Okay with that settled lead the way then, Inuyasha." Sango smiled purely as she walked up to Inuyasha's side. For some reason, despite the incident from earlier, she felt happy and complete around Inuyasha. It was almost as if something just didn't feel right when he wasn't showing her around the school, just as she had gotten slightly lost without his help.
Once again Sango found herself lost in her thoughts as Inuyasha called out to her. "Hey snap out of it Sango, if not we'll never make to the roof." Inuyasha tapped his foot on the floor to show empathize that she should hurry.
"Oh right coming!" called out Sango as she broke away from her thoughts and continued walking in Inuyasha's direction.
A.N. Well that's all for now, I hope I still made Sango sound in character(hopefully she doesn't sound too Kagome-ish) same goes for Inu and the rest. So with that said please tell me what you think with a review. Oh and next chapter if all goes as it should Sesshoumaru shall make his appearance and I'll try to update soon.