Chapter Three

Inuyasha came back with a group of females behind him, giggling and whispering. Inuyasha looked furious and agitated, He returned to his seat beside Kagome and gave an exhausted sigh. Kagome looked at him in concern and plucked up her courage to talk to him.

"Inu..yasha?", She said, peering cautiously into his eyes.

Inuyasha turned and looked at Kagome. "What?" Kagome gulped and decided to swallow back her words. Inuyasha was clearly very irritated. First the silly group of girls, now this one beside me. Damn the girls! He glared at Kagome, "Do you have anything to say? If not, STOP staring at me."

Angered by his cold shoulder and treatment, Kagome decided to speak up. "Inuyasha. I just want to befriend you, is this wrong? And stop being so fierce to everyone!" She looked away angrily and folded her arms. Inuyasha's eyes softened. "I.. " He paused and thought for a moment. I'm sorry, but I can't help it. He continued, "I don't care! I... " He spotted Miroku staring straight at him.. He gulped and looked at Kagome, " I.. I'm ... sorry." He looked away and pretended he did not say that at all.

Kagome paused. Did Inuyasha just said sorry, to me? Kagome placed her arms on her desk and said to Inuyasha, "Inuyasha, I know you don't remember the past.." She ignored the expression on his face, " or maybe you're not even the Inuyasha I knew..."

Inuyasha interrupted,"Okay, Ka-gomi. If you're going to bring up the ridiculous 'past' issue, forget it." He sulked and looked away again.

Kagome got really frustrated,"I'm not! I'm just trying to befriend you here."

"And if you want to befriend me, stop talking ridiculously!"

Kagome stopped. "I.. My name's Kagome Hirugashi." She stood up and arranged her green pleated skirt. "Care to join me for lunch at my house after school?" She reached for her yellow backpack and approached the class room door. Inuyasha remained at his desk. "Keh, go home with you for lunch? I've got other better things to do." He glanced away, ignoring her.

"Fine, suit yourself. Inu-yasha. Tsk." Kagome walked out of her class and into the hallway, bypassing many other students in the school. She continued walking, before hearing a loud gasp and people grumbling behind her. She whipped around and saw Inuyasha apparently trying to weave through the crowd and impatiently pushing through the people to get across. When he spotted Kagome staring at him, he froze and blushed. "I.. I'm not going to follow you.."

Kagome's heart skipped a beat. "I didn't say anything. I said, fine. And stop pushing your way through like that, you're hurting other people." She slowly turned and continued walking down the hallway. Suddenly, someone came in front of her, waving a parcel and flowers in front of her. Kagome looked up and saw Hojo's face grinning at her.

"HIgurashi. These are for you." He gently shoved them under Kagome's nose and continued, with his ever charming smile, "There's some health tonic inside, its good for your health." Then, he reached into his pockets and whipped out a pair of tickets. "And, are you free this friday after school? I've got a pair of movie tickets so I was wondering if we could watch it together. AND, please do not turn me down again." He smiled and his perfect set of straight teeth gleamed. Kagome stood there, not knowing how to react to Hojo's offer. Well, I can't turn him down now, I guess... She smiled at Hojo and said," Well...I .." And suddenly, Inuyasha stormed in front of Hojo and shouted, "Who are you?"

Hojo raised his eyebrows, and continued smiling at the furious-looking Inuyasha, "My name is Hojo, and I am Kagome's.." WHACK. Inuyasha whacked Hojo in the face and attempted to kick him. Kagome rushed to Inuyasha and grabbed his arms to try to refrain him from hurting Hojo any further.

"Inuyasha..! Stop it!"

Inuyasha shook Kagome away and Kagome fell on the floor. Inuyasha raised his arms and was about to strike, with Hojo trembling in fear and terror.

"INUYASHA, OSUWARI!"

Instantly, Inuyasha froze and fell flat, face first, on the hard concrete ground. Hojo looked at Inuyasha on the floor, and glanced at Kagome, "Wow, Kagome-chan, thanks.. thanks for saving me... I.."

Inuyasha stood up and brushed his jeans. He glared at Hojo and pointed a threatening finger at him, "Don't you dare go near ...I mean, bully girls." He pout and grabbed Kagome's hands and walked out of the school. Hojo stared at them walking away, "Kagome..." He looked at the tickets on the floor, "How about the movie?"

Outside the school compound, Kagome finally wrenched her hands away from Inuyasha's strong grip. Kagome massaged her wrist and said," What the heck were you doing?" Inuyasha replied, with his back facing her, "I.. Wasn't he bullying you?"

Kagome shot him a you-are-ridiculous look at Inuyasha and retorted, "What? Bullying me with a bouquet of flowers and a smile? You're kidding me."

Inuyasha whipped around and said," Alright, I didn't know okay? So where's the road to your house?

Kagome stared at him, her eyes wide open. "I.. I thought you didn't want to come along?"

"I changed my mind. I wouldn't mind free food."

Surprised, Kagome looked at Inuyasha and smiled. She nodded her head cheerfully."Alright, follow me then, Inuyasha." She grabbed Inuyasha's arms and walked down the familliar pathway to her home. Inuyasha... Kagome thought, a grateful smile appearing on her face. Thanks...

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A/N: How do you find this chapter? (: I was trying to show the same characteristics Inuyasha had in his past life. And the next chapter will be up, soon, hopefully. Sorry if I didn't really talk about Miroku and Sango in this chapter as I'm trying to focus mainly on the relationship of Kagome and Inuyasha.

Anyway, I've got something to ask from you readers. Firstly, what is the shikon jewel for? And how many times can one use it? Please enlighten me. (:

And stay tuned for the next chapter. Cheers!

-Emily