A/N: sorry for the wait. Yeah, I'm sorry for getting this out late. I've been trying to do as much with my friends lately as possible because I'm going to a new school and all that jazz. So I've been a tad bit busy. I'm sure you all understand.
Disclaimer: Don't own Inuyasha, or the lines from the movie I used.
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Sitsume High
Chapter Six
TaintedMunkeyz
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This place is a prison, and these people aren't your friends… welcome to Sitsume High…
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"Hi."
"Hey." A small smile lit up the brown haired boy's face, his bright brown eyes lighting up. He opened his arms in a friendly-like gesture, the girl willingly stepping into his embrace.
"It feels like it's been forever."
"It was just last month, Higurashi." He said with a smile. She stepped away, her face bright and fresh.
"Yeah, well. It felt like forever." She sniffled and smiled up at him, crossing her arms over her chest. Hojo smiled and opened up the door to the coffee shop.
"Well, then let's not waste any time." He smirked and led her in, watching as she took a seat next to a large window, showing the street and all it's pedestrians and vehicles. A waitress came over and took their orders, surprising them with the quick service. Kagome started emptying contents into her hot beverage, sipping at it meekly, enjoying the taste it left in her mouth.
"So how's everything at school?" she asked to start off conversation, and looked on at the handsome boy across from her. He folded his arms onto the table and looked out onto the street.
"Pretty calm. There's never an exciting day since Sango and you left. I still can't believe you guys left." The ebony-haired girl smirked.
"Me neither. But our principle wasn't in the least bit lenient and she decided to give up on us." Hojo laughed.
"That's right. You guys were always causing trouble though." Kagome raised an eyebrow as he looked back at her.
"Nah. Not causing trouble. Saving the days of the falsely victimized."
"Like I said, always causing trouble." Kagome shook her head and sipped from her caramel mocha.
"So, how is it?" Kagome frowned. 'It' could be a number of things.
"How is what, Hojo?" he rolled his eyes.
"School, Kag. How's the wonderful and divine Sitsume High?" he opened his arms to gesture grandly, making Kagome let out a bitter laugh.
"So, so. The schools are almost the same… only we have thugs, whores and metal detectors." Hojo smiled.
"I'd call that a big difference."
"Depends on how you look at it. I mean, save for the metal detectors I think I could point out a few thugs and whore who can cover themselves up pretty well at Kitasumo." Kagome said with a smirk and narrowed eyes, daring him to challenge her.
"That's where you could be right."
"Could be? I'm always right!" she joked arrogantly. Hojo shook his head.
"Glad to know you haven't changed, Higurashi." She punched his shoulder playfully from across the table and sighed.
"Still the same old me."
"Really? So how's the old love life?" Kagome almost chocked on her drink.
"You sure know how to change to subject smoothly."
"And don't you do the same. How's it going?" Kagome smiled at her friend's chipper mood.
"Well…"
"Well?" he drawled.
"I don't think you could call it a love life."
"Oh, we have an infatuation." He sat back in his chair and crossed his arms, looking at Kagome with all of his interest.
"No, not an infatuation. Maybe a crush."
"Liar." He said simply as he took a drink from his dark mug. Kagome sighed and looked out the window. It was a sunny day, but it was still a little chilly.
Just enough for a light jacket.
She looked down at her skirt and hoodie, cursing the fact she'd have to walk home in the skimpy thing. She hadn't even thought of turning around and changing. She was too excited to see her good friend from school.
"I'm not lying." She said idly. "I just don't know what to call it," she thought about her relationship with Inuyasha. She really didn't know what to call it. She knew that she had an interest in him. And that he made her feel happy. She knew that she loved their kisses – the few that they'd shared. She could see him as a romantic possibility, but she knew better than to get her hopes up. She didn't love him. She was just crushing.
That's what she'd call it.
"So who is this boy that haunts your every waking dream?" Hojo asked teasingly. Kagome threw him a look before looking down at the table and running over the designs with her pointer finger.
"His name is Inuyasha. He's a really cool person. Stupid and funny, smart and diligent. Of course, that's when he wants to be." She paused. "He's a senior, like us." She kept thinking. There was so much else she could say, but at the same time, she realized she didn't know all that much about the silver-haired boy.
"He better not be a meat head." Hojo muttered. Kagome giggled.
"No, he's not." He nodded. The waitress came to the table with their tab in hand, setting it down on the table quietly, as not to disrupt their conversation.
"Sounds interesting. Go after him." Kagome snorted, very unladylike.
"You know I never chase."
"That's right. How could I forget." He dodged as Kagome almost kicked him under the table.
"I have standards my friend. Chasing after boys is like a no-no," she pointed out. Hojo nodded his head.
"Right, right. Of course." Kagome rolled her eyes.
"Anyway, besides that. I don't know what to do about him. I mean, it's like he likes me, and then when we get close he backs off."
"Playing hard to get?"
"I guess." Kagome shrugged. "I wish I knew what he was thinking."
"Well, scientists have proven that it's highly unlikely unless said person tells you what's on their mind." He said with a wicked smile. Kagome pursed her lips.
"Such the smartass."
"I try." Kagome laughed and finished off her drink, fishing out some bills from her pocket. Hojo did the same and they met the amount in the middle, each paying for their own drinks. "Well I'd like to meet him." Hojo said as he placed down his bills after Kagome, shuffling them and straightening them out. Kagome looked out the window and nodded absently, studying figures crossing the street at the signal showing them they could. She caught a glimpse of silver hair darting in and out of innocent pedestrians. He was heading straight their way, and rather quickly.
"Shit." Kagome felt her breath leave her and her stomach drop. Hojo glanced up at her with a confused expression on his face.
"What is it?"
"You're gonna meet him sooner than you think." She cursed and scooted out her chair, the wood legs scraping against the tile of the coffee shop loudly. Kagome hurried to the door and met Inuyasha across the street, Hojo at her heels.
"Who the hell is this, Kagome?" Inuyasha asked angrily, looking at Hojo with something that mirrored confusion and irritation in his eyes. Hojo stepped back at the rude behavior and glanced at Kagome.
"No, who is this, and why is he talking to you like that?" Kagome ran a hand through her hair and looked at the two angry boys.
"Hojo, this is Inuyasha. Inu, this is Hojo." Inuyasha sniffed disdainfully and glared at the brown haired boy standing closely to Kagome.
"This is the guy you were telling me about?" they asked at the same time, then glared at each other. Kagome let a puff of air escape her rosy lips and tried to think of something to say to keep them from fighting.
"Yeah."
Well that worked.
Inuyasha turned his glare at Kagome, only it was a little more hurt now. Her stomach dropped even lower when she saw the look, and quickly looked down to escape his irritated gaze.
"I've been trying to reach you all afternoon, and you're out with him?" He asked incredulously. Hojo stepped back up, slightly in front of Kagome, as if defending her. His gaze was leveled as he looked at the boy who appeared to be the same height as him, if not an inch taller.
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"It means I've been trying to get to her, and she's out on a date." He spat. Kagome looked up quickly to protest.
"I'm not on a date! Hojo and I are only friends!" she pointed out angrily. Inuyasha growled.
"Right, come talk to me when you're done frolicking." He said angrily and turned on his heel to stomp off. Hojo opened his mouth in a gape.
"You're gonna let him talk to you like that?" he asked disbelievingly. Kagome glared after Inuyasha's retreated form sadly.
"Whatever."
(Sitsume High)
"So what movie shall we see?" Miroku asked as they walked up to the theatre, their heads craned upwards to see the selections. Sango bit her lip and let her eyes roam over the movie titles.
"I don't know. What do you want to see?" Miroku sighed.
"I don't know. What do you want to see?" Sango sighed.
"I don't think we're getting anywhere with that." She laughed. "Why don't we just choose the best one we like each and flip a coin for the choice?"
"Sounds good. I choose Dark Water. And heads." Sango snorted.
"That looked like the worst movie in the history of movies." Miroku frowned.
"I was picking at random." Sango rolled her eyes and took a coin out of her pocket.
"Sure. Anyway, I choose Be Cool." She flipped the coin and caught it, smacking it onto the back of her hand.
"It's tails. I win. Be Cool here we come!" she smirked as they walked up to the counter and bought their tickets before heading in and getting popcorn and candy. "I hope this movie is good."
"Inuyasha told me it was funny." Sango nodded and they found their seats just as the lights darkened.
An hour and forty-five minutes later, Sango and Miroku were walking out of the theatre sharing jokes from the movie.
"Twinkle, twinkle, baby. Twinkle, twinkle." Sango laughed and shook her head.
"See, aren't you glad we saw that instead of the one you picked?" she joked. Miroku nodded.
"Yeah, yeah whatever." He pouted and they walked down the street, bundling into their small jackets. Miroku unconsciously reached out and grabbed Sango's hand, happy when she wrapped her fingers around his. A warm feeling he'd never felt before spread through his entire body and he smiled.
"It's a really nice night, tonight. Don't you think, Miroku?" she asked as she walked closer to him, laying her head on his shoulder. He hummed his response, happily taking in Sango's presence. "I'm glad we decided to take it slow." She whispered. Miroku nodded as he looked down at the girl.
"Me too." He let go of her hand and wrapped his arm around her waist, walking away from the movie theatre under a blanket of stars and a bright big moon.
(Sitsume High)
Kagome and Sango walked down their school's halls and listened to the thump of their backpack's hitting their backsides.
"So…" Sango started quietly, and chanced a glance at her sister. Kagome raised an eyebrow and looked at the brown-haired girl out of the corner of her eye.
"So, what?" she asked. Sango sighed and pushed a hand through her hair, wondering how to bring up the half-demon that was a topic of tenderness.
"Um, how are things?" She asked stupidly. It was the worst conversational starter in all of history. Well, when you've known someone your whole life. Kagome swallowed and flicked her gaze towards the lockers they were walking by. Her flip-flops smacked the tile of their school hallway, and her baggy black track bottoms dragged lazily on the ground.
"Great, Sango. Cut to the chase." Kagome stated bluntly. She placed her hands on the straps of her backpack up by her shoulders and turned her head to look at her. Sango mirrored the action unconsciously, and glanced back at Kagome.
She cleared her throat.
"Um…" she tugged down on her t-shirt which was hugging her every curve and let a soft breath of air pass her lips. "What's up with you and Inuyasha?"
"I don't want to talk about him." Kagome stated and sniffed disdainfully. Sango rolled her eyes, knowing that with her next question Kagome would ramble off all the information she needed.
"What happened?"
"He basically called me a whore. I mean, saying your frolicking with boys. Who says that? I mean, I thought he liked me. Honestly. I thought we felt the same about each other. And I only went out with Hojo-"
"You were out with Hojo?" Sango asked stopping in her tracks. Kagome turned around and nodded.
"Yeah, so?" Sango shook her head.
"You realize that this is the boy Inuyasha found out about from mom, and thinks you're still having a "relationship" with, because you lied and told him it was a bad breakup, when in reality it wasn't and you two are still friends?" Kagome rolled her eyes.
"I wanted to get off the subject. I didn't even know Inuyasha then."
"Doesn't excuse your actions. You handled the situation poorly. You and Inuyasha have been friends for a while now, and I'm sure the topic has come up once or twice. Am I right?" Kagome narrowed her eyes.
Of course she was right.
"Yes, Sango. But that doesn't mean he had to call me a whore."
"Kagome, the word 'whore' probably never came out of his mouth. Frolicking has a number of different meanings. Bunnies frolic. In fields. He probably meant it a whole other way then how you're seeing it."
"Don't take sides!"
"Kagome! That's not the point!" Sango placed her hands on her hips and shook her head, continuing down the hallway, leaving Kagome's only options and following her or staying there. She trailed after her sister and dodged around a few stray students before sighing.
"Okay. I'm sorry. You're right. He probably didn't even mean it that way." Sango slowed down, allowing Kagome to catch up.
"So, you're just going to ignore him?"
"I don't know! What should I do? I mean, he was pretty upset."
"Well, talking to him would probably work."
"Sango…" Kagome trailed off and Sango stopped once again, only this time at their lockers.
"Look, sis. Inuyasha is protective and the type to get easily jealous. The boy would get pissed off if he saw you with someone you supposedly have no romantic interest in, but have had a history with. Obviously, he's an insecure guy. His feelings need to be reassured. If you really want to have a relationship with him any time in the near future, you need to secure his insecurities, and let him know."
"Thank you, Dr. Phil." Kagome rolled her eyes. "But I did try to tell him. I told him that Hojo and I are just friends."
"Yeah, well sometimes words aren't enough." Sango said easily and closed her locker, walking off towards her next class. Kagome sat there leaning on her locker, wondering how she was going to get it through Inuyasha thick head.
This was one mission she didn't feel like going on.
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A/N: sorry it's so short! Honestly, I am. But I'm leaving for a few days, and I just wanted to get this out. Hopefully by this time next week I can have out a new chapter for Hard Knock Life, and my new story for you guys. Read and review please!
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