An UnWanted Prize
Chapter Two
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Kagome sat in her second period science class, hovering over the Bunsen Burner, and trying to get comfortable in the little stool she was seated in.
The first month and a half of school had gone by pretty uneventful, unless you count the few suspensions InuYasha and Kouga received for their constant bickering. And now it wasn't just InuYasha and Kouga constantly arguing with each other. Kouga now had Ayame, his new girlfriend, on his side, which could only mean problems involving Kikyo.
But otherwise, it had been filled with nothing more than tests, studying, and tons of homework.
Next week would be pretty hectic, though. It would be Homecoming and there was bound to be fights over who'd be whose date.
"I will be assigning lab partners." Mr. Yokio, the science teacher announced, "You will have this same partner for the rest of the school year, so I don't want to hear complaints. My mind has been made up."
Kagome sighed and tapped her finger on her desk. 'Great, I'll probably be stuck with the biggest geek in the school.'
"Ayame," the teacher began, "you're with Eri."
Kagome tossed a smile to Eri that said 'you're so lucky'.
"Yuka, your partner will be with Serena."
Kagome placed her head on the palm of her hand and continued chewing her strawberry bubblegum until the teacher called her.
"Kagome, your lab partner is...Ayumi"
Kagome sighed contently. 'Thank you, thank you...' she thought, happy that she would be with her long time friend for the rest on the year and not some jerk.
"Oh, wait, my mistake. Kagome, you're with InuYasha."
Perhaps she had spoken too soon.
Gasps were heard from around the class. All eyes were on her. A look of horror crossed her features. "Excuse me, Mr. Yokio."
The teacher looked up from his book. "Yes, Miss Higurashi?"
"You must be mistaken." Kagome whined, hope filling her voice, "I can't be his partner!"
"Why not? Any girl would drop dead to be InuYasha's partner. Or at least from what I've overheard from some of these girls."
Girlish giggles filled the room and Kagome sighed, mumbling under her breath, "Not me." She took a quick glance back at InuYasha, who was smirking at her, and quickly turned back around just as the bell rang. Grabbing her bag, she left the room in a hurry and headed to the cafeteria.
Kagome found Sango easily and they grabbed themselves each a tray of the odd lunch food that was being served and sat down at their usual table. Sango noticed Kagome looked a little down, "What's wrong, Kagome?"
Kagome reluctantly explained the situation to Sango, who sat on the edge of her seat beaming the entire time.
"C'mon Kagome! It's not that bad!" Sango said cheerfully, trying to get her friend's head off the table.
Kagome groaned.
"He's popular! You're lucky! See, it really isn't so bad!"
Kagome finally picked her head up and looked Sango straight in the eyes, "And who do you have for a science partner?"
Sango blushed, "Miroku," she answered shyly, but quickly rushed into the next sentence, "But that's beside the point. Any girl would be dying to be in your place."
Kagome sighed at her friends persistance and rolled her eyes, "Then where are the dead bodies?"
Sango huffed and sat back down in her seat, staring discustingly at the 'mystery meat' on her tray.
"What the hell do you mean you didn't write this!?"
The loud shout interrupted the entire cafeteria and in no time, everyone's gaze was directed toward Kikyo, who was towering over InuYasha with a letter in her hand. InuYasha stood up and faced Kikyo.
"Exactly what it sounds like. I didn't write this. Now, do you mind explaining who wrote this?" InuYasha reached in her pocket and pulled out a letter similar to Kikyo's.
A couple of 'oohs' were heard around the lunchroom
Kikyo snatched the letter from InuYashas hand and quickly read it.
"How can you say this to me? Do you really think I would write this?" Kikyo whispered innocently, trying to sound as hurt as possible.
"Well, I don't know, you were pretty quick to judge me. Maybe you're just guilty and needed a cover-up." InuYasha paused, but not long enough for Kikyo to answer, "Well, ya know what? Goodbye! I don't need some wannabe brat hangin' on me all the time!"
Some more 'oohs' and a couple of whistles came from the cafe.
"InuYasha! I'm sorry!" Kikyo whined, throwing her arms around him.
"Get off Kikyo! We're through!"
Kikyo backed away. The room filled with cheers and whistles. Appearantly no one liked Kikyo. The black-haired girl stared at him for a few more moments, before running out of the cafeteria.
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"Please open your books to page 24 and answer the questions at the bottom."
Kagome was in her last period class and the intensity of the room was getting to her, as well as a few other students. Kagome sat beside InuYasha, who was obviously throwing glances at her every now and then. Kagome' seat was adjacent Kikyo, who was sitting behind the seat next to her, boring holes into, both, InuYasha and Kagome.
As for Kagome, she averted her gaze to the clock above the chalkboard. Hoping and praying that the last ten minutes of class would go by as quickly as possible. She felt as if she were going to burst from the looks she was getting from the split couple, if she didn't get out of that room fast.
She took a quick glance at InuYasha, who was looking at her, just as she suspected. She quickly turned her head back to the clock almost getting whiplash in the progress, five more minutes. She raised her hand.
The teacher stopped his reading, "Yes Miss Higurashi?"
"Umm, may I use the bathroom?"
"Certainly, you know your way there."
Kagome stood quickly and rushed out of the classroom. She had no intention of spending the last five minutes of class in the girl's bathroom, so she headed to her locker.
When she came upon it, she saw Sango standing there, reading a letter.
"Hey, Sango, what's that?" Kagome asked, turning to open her locker.
"Oh, hey Kagome, it's a letter Miroku gave me in fourth period. Here. InuYasha gave me this in fourth period also. He told me to give this to you." Sango finished, holding out a folded white piece of paper.
Kagome eyed the paper suspiciously. InuYasha wrote her a...letter? She snatched the letter from her Sango, opened her locker, and stuffed it in the back.
Sango watched amusedly. "Read it!"
"I'll read it later, when everyone isn't surrounding us. I don't want another argument with Kikyo."
Sango looked around and, for the first time, realized that teens were filling the halls, ready to go home.
"Ok, so you'll read it tomorrow, right?" She whispered.
"Yes, I promise, tomorrow."
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Kagome flopped over in her bed one week later and pulled her pillow over her head, trying to drown out the annoying sound of her alarm clock. She flopped over on her back and threw the pillow across the room, staring at her ceiling for a while before finally reaching over to her desk and turning off the alarm.
"Homecoming week." she sighed, knowing that this would be the most hectic week of the year, after prom week of course.
Kagome swung her legs over the side of the bed and stood up, grabbing the pink piece off from the bulletin board above her bed. Her eyes scanned through the words on the page before she placed it back.
"Hm, career clothes." She whispered, rummaging through her closet in search of her gray bellbottom pants and white, long-sleeved, button-up shirt.
"Kagome, are you up?"
Kagome threw a glance at her door, "Yeah, mom, I'm up."
"Ok, good, breakfast is almost ready."
"Ok." Kagome replied, pulling the outfit from her closet and quickly getting dressed.
Once she finished, she looked herself over and pulled her hair up in a clip, making her appearance more similar to a teacher's style. She grabbed her mother's unmedicated glasses and put them on.
"Kagome, breakfast is ready!" Ms. Higurashi's voice drifted up to her room.
"Coming!" Kagome called back, grabbing her book bag and running down the stairs and into the kitchen.
"Wow, Kagome," Souta said smiling, "What are you now?"
"I'm a teacher, for your information. It's homecoming week and we have themes for each day. I don't expect you to understand."
Souta's smile faded and he rolled his eyes, "Whatever."
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Kagome made her way up the stairs of Tokyo High, trying to walk in the heels she had decided to wear.
"Kagome!"
Kagome looked up and saw Sango standing there, dressed in a camouflage outfit, looking very similar to a hunter.
"Sango, you're a..."
"Hunter, father suggested it. But that's beside the point. Did you see her?"
Kagome sighed, 'Great, more gossip.' "Who?"
"Kikyo," Sango said excitedly, "She's back! And she's changed!"
Kagome mumbled something. Her week had been perfect without Kikyo. The girl hadn't been in school since InuYasha broke up with her and now she was back. Great!
Kagome sighed heavily and walked into the school, Sango trailing behind her. They made their way to their lockers, squeezing through the crowds of career-dressed students that filled the hallways. Teens passed by them wearing all kinds of career outfits; doctors, lawyers, clowns, and even a Wacdonalds worker.
Kagome opened her locker and pulled out her English book before throwing her book bag into the crowded space. She reached to the back of the locker, looking for her loose-leaf paper. She felt her hand brush across what felt like paper and she pulled it out. It was the letter from a week ago. Throwing it to back into the locker, she slammed the door and turned to Sango who was eyeing her suspiciously. And that's when she saw her.
Sango followed Kagome shocked gaze and found Kikyo walking toward them, dressed in baggy black jeans, a tight white long-sleeved shirt underneath of a black t-shirt that read 'Goth Chick' in red letters. Her hair was up in two high ponytails with half of it hanging out in the back. Her make-up and jewelry added the unique gothic touch with black eyeliner outlining her eyes darkly and spiked bracelets covering her wrists with a matching necklace.
"Oh...my...God." Kagome whispered in utter disbelief, watching Kikyo make her way past them and down the hall.
"Hm, wonder what's with her."
Sango and Kagome twirled around to find InuYasha and Miroku standing behind them, staring after Kikyo's retreating form. Miroku was dressed in a monk's outfit, resembling the job of a feudal era village monk. InuYasha was dressed in a suit, as if he were supposed to be a business man.
"I don't know," Sango said calmly "but it's not exactly what I'd call a change for the best. It's more like a ... ACK!"
Sango's body stiffened as she felt a hand brush against her butt. She glanced at Miroku, who was smiling widely at her.
::Thud::
Sango's angry voice rang through out the hall, causing the students to stop and watch the scene.
"You stupid pervert!" Sango yelled, slamming her books against the side of his head continuously.
Kagome shook her head and looked up at InuYasha, receiving a smirk in reply. She quickly looked away and grabbed Sango's arm.
"Comon Sango! We've got to um...get to class! Bye!"
Sango barely had enough time to shut her locker, before Kagome pulled her down the hallway.
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Kagome sat bored in her fifth period class, staring at the clock and twirling her gum around her finger.
'20 more minutes' Kagome thought, 'Great.'
She raised her hand and waited for the teacher to acknowledge her.
"Yes Kagome?" The teacher asked.
"May I go to the bathroom?"
"Write yourself a pass and I'll sign it."
Kagome reached into her book bag and ripped out a piece of paper from her binder. She quickly wrote down her name, date, and the place she was going, and handed to pass to the teacher.
The teacher scribbled a messy signature and handed the pass back to Kagome before returning to the lesson.
Kagome grabbed her book bag and left the room in a hurry and headed toward her desired destination.
She checked herself in the bathroom mirror, making sure her appearance was as it should be and walked back out and headed to her locker, walking through the empty hallways, finding the silence a bit eerie. Her eye's scanned the locker numbers until she came to locker number 444.
Opening her locker, Kagome felt as if she were being watched. She glanced around, but no one was there. She pulled out her science book and noticed the note still sitting in the back of her locker.
Kagome glanced around the hallway to see if anyone was around, then turned back to the letter. She opened it slowly and cautiously and began to read....
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Ok, there...second chapter...well....gotta go! Review!
Hey! Thanks for all of the reviews! You guys are the best! Uhm, ok, I promise to update ASAP! Kay? Okay...and don't forget to thank InuYashasPrincess17 and silentmiko242 (who's still a ditz, ha!) and my friend Amber even wrote a few words...(she's a ditz too)! So, I'll update ASAP, I'm working on the next chapter now! TTYL! And review!
InuYashazKagome
Chapter Two
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Kagome sat in her second period science class, hovering over the Bunsen Burner, and trying to get comfortable in the little stool she was seated in.
The first month and a half of school had gone by pretty uneventful, unless you count the few suspensions InuYasha and Kouga received for their constant bickering. And now it wasn't just InuYasha and Kouga constantly arguing with each other. Kouga now had Ayame, his new girlfriend, on his side, which could only mean problems involving Kikyo.
But otherwise, it had been filled with nothing more than tests, studying, and tons of homework.
Next week would be pretty hectic, though. It would be Homecoming and there was bound to be fights over who'd be whose date.
"I will be assigning lab partners." Mr. Yokio, the science teacher announced, "You will have this same partner for the rest of the school year, so I don't want to hear complaints. My mind has been made up."
Kagome sighed and tapped her finger on her desk. 'Great, I'll probably be stuck with the biggest geek in the school.'
"Ayame," the teacher began, "you're with Eri."
Kagome tossed a smile to Eri that said 'you're so lucky'.
"Yuka, your partner will be with Serena."
Kagome placed her head on the palm of her hand and continued chewing her strawberry bubblegum until the teacher called her.
"Kagome, your lab partner is...Ayumi"
Kagome sighed contently. 'Thank you, thank you...' she thought, happy that she would be with her long time friend for the rest on the year and not some jerk.
"Oh, wait, my mistake. Kagome, you're with InuYasha."
Perhaps she had spoken too soon.
Gasps were heard from around the class. All eyes were on her. A look of horror crossed her features. "Excuse me, Mr. Yokio."
The teacher looked up from his book. "Yes, Miss Higurashi?"
"You must be mistaken." Kagome whined, hope filling her voice, "I can't be his partner!"
"Why not? Any girl would drop dead to be InuYasha's partner. Or at least from what I've overheard from some of these girls."
Girlish giggles filled the room and Kagome sighed, mumbling under her breath, "Not me." She took a quick glance back at InuYasha, who was smirking at her, and quickly turned back around just as the bell rang. Grabbing her bag, she left the room in a hurry and headed to the cafeteria.
Kagome found Sango easily and they grabbed themselves each a tray of the odd lunch food that was being served and sat down at their usual table. Sango noticed Kagome looked a little down, "What's wrong, Kagome?"
Kagome reluctantly explained the situation to Sango, who sat on the edge of her seat beaming the entire time.
"C'mon Kagome! It's not that bad!" Sango said cheerfully, trying to get her friend's head off the table.
Kagome groaned.
"He's popular! You're lucky! See, it really isn't so bad!"
Kagome finally picked her head up and looked Sango straight in the eyes, "And who do you have for a science partner?"
Sango blushed, "Miroku," she answered shyly, but quickly rushed into the next sentence, "But that's beside the point. Any girl would be dying to be in your place."
Kagome sighed at her friends persistance and rolled her eyes, "Then where are the dead bodies?"
Sango huffed and sat back down in her seat, staring discustingly at the 'mystery meat' on her tray.
"What the hell do you mean you didn't write this!?"
The loud shout interrupted the entire cafeteria and in no time, everyone's gaze was directed toward Kikyo, who was towering over InuYasha with a letter in her hand. InuYasha stood up and faced Kikyo.
"Exactly what it sounds like. I didn't write this. Now, do you mind explaining who wrote this?" InuYasha reached in her pocket and pulled out a letter similar to Kikyo's.
A couple of 'oohs' were heard around the lunchroom
Kikyo snatched the letter from InuYashas hand and quickly read it.
"How can you say this to me? Do you really think I would write this?" Kikyo whispered innocently, trying to sound as hurt as possible.
"Well, I don't know, you were pretty quick to judge me. Maybe you're just guilty and needed a cover-up." InuYasha paused, but not long enough for Kikyo to answer, "Well, ya know what? Goodbye! I don't need some wannabe brat hangin' on me all the time!"
Some more 'oohs' and a couple of whistles came from the cafe.
"InuYasha! I'm sorry!" Kikyo whined, throwing her arms around him.
"Get off Kikyo! We're through!"
Kikyo backed away. The room filled with cheers and whistles. Appearantly no one liked Kikyo. The black-haired girl stared at him for a few more moments, before running out of the cafeteria.
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"Please open your books to page 24 and answer the questions at the bottom."
Kagome was in her last period class and the intensity of the room was getting to her, as well as a few other students. Kagome sat beside InuYasha, who was obviously throwing glances at her every now and then. Kagome' seat was adjacent Kikyo, who was sitting behind the seat next to her, boring holes into, both, InuYasha and Kagome.
As for Kagome, she averted her gaze to the clock above the chalkboard. Hoping and praying that the last ten minutes of class would go by as quickly as possible. She felt as if she were going to burst from the looks she was getting from the split couple, if she didn't get out of that room fast.
She took a quick glance at InuYasha, who was looking at her, just as she suspected. She quickly turned her head back to the clock almost getting whiplash in the progress, five more minutes. She raised her hand.
The teacher stopped his reading, "Yes Miss Higurashi?"
"Umm, may I use the bathroom?"
"Certainly, you know your way there."
Kagome stood quickly and rushed out of the classroom. She had no intention of spending the last five minutes of class in the girl's bathroom, so she headed to her locker.
When she came upon it, she saw Sango standing there, reading a letter.
"Hey, Sango, what's that?" Kagome asked, turning to open her locker.
"Oh, hey Kagome, it's a letter Miroku gave me in fourth period. Here. InuYasha gave me this in fourth period also. He told me to give this to you." Sango finished, holding out a folded white piece of paper.
Kagome eyed the paper suspiciously. InuYasha wrote her a...letter? She snatched the letter from her Sango, opened her locker, and stuffed it in the back.
Sango watched amusedly. "Read it!"
"I'll read it later, when everyone isn't surrounding us. I don't want another argument with Kikyo."
Sango looked around and, for the first time, realized that teens were filling the halls, ready to go home.
"Ok, so you'll read it tomorrow, right?" She whispered.
"Yes, I promise, tomorrow."
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Kagome flopped over in her bed one week later and pulled her pillow over her head, trying to drown out the annoying sound of her alarm clock. She flopped over on her back and threw the pillow across the room, staring at her ceiling for a while before finally reaching over to her desk and turning off the alarm.
"Homecoming week." she sighed, knowing that this would be the most hectic week of the year, after prom week of course.
Kagome swung her legs over the side of the bed and stood up, grabbing the pink piece off from the bulletin board above her bed. Her eyes scanned through the words on the page before she placed it back.
"Hm, career clothes." She whispered, rummaging through her closet in search of her gray bellbottom pants and white, long-sleeved, button-up shirt.
"Kagome, are you up?"
Kagome threw a glance at her door, "Yeah, mom, I'm up."
"Ok, good, breakfast is almost ready."
"Ok." Kagome replied, pulling the outfit from her closet and quickly getting dressed.
Once she finished, she looked herself over and pulled her hair up in a clip, making her appearance more similar to a teacher's style. She grabbed her mother's unmedicated glasses and put them on.
"Kagome, breakfast is ready!" Ms. Higurashi's voice drifted up to her room.
"Coming!" Kagome called back, grabbing her book bag and running down the stairs and into the kitchen.
"Wow, Kagome," Souta said smiling, "What are you now?"
"I'm a teacher, for your information. It's homecoming week and we have themes for each day. I don't expect you to understand."
Souta's smile faded and he rolled his eyes, "Whatever."
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Kagome made her way up the stairs of Tokyo High, trying to walk in the heels she had decided to wear.
"Kagome!"
Kagome looked up and saw Sango standing there, dressed in a camouflage outfit, looking very similar to a hunter.
"Sango, you're a..."
"Hunter, father suggested it. But that's beside the point. Did you see her?"
Kagome sighed, 'Great, more gossip.' "Who?"
"Kikyo," Sango said excitedly, "She's back! And she's changed!"
Kagome mumbled something. Her week had been perfect without Kikyo. The girl hadn't been in school since InuYasha broke up with her and now she was back. Great!
Kagome sighed heavily and walked into the school, Sango trailing behind her. They made their way to their lockers, squeezing through the crowds of career-dressed students that filled the hallways. Teens passed by them wearing all kinds of career outfits; doctors, lawyers, clowns, and even a Wacdonalds worker.
Kagome opened her locker and pulled out her English book before throwing her book bag into the crowded space. She reached to the back of the locker, looking for her loose-leaf paper. She felt her hand brush across what felt like paper and she pulled it out. It was the letter from a week ago. Throwing it to back into the locker, she slammed the door and turned to Sango who was eyeing her suspiciously. And that's when she saw her.
Sango followed Kagome shocked gaze and found Kikyo walking toward them, dressed in baggy black jeans, a tight white long-sleeved shirt underneath of a black t-shirt that read 'Goth Chick' in red letters. Her hair was up in two high ponytails with half of it hanging out in the back. Her make-up and jewelry added the unique gothic touch with black eyeliner outlining her eyes darkly and spiked bracelets covering her wrists with a matching necklace.
"Oh...my...God." Kagome whispered in utter disbelief, watching Kikyo make her way past them and down the hall.
"Hm, wonder what's with her."
Sango and Kagome twirled around to find InuYasha and Miroku standing behind them, staring after Kikyo's retreating form. Miroku was dressed in a monk's outfit, resembling the job of a feudal era village monk. InuYasha was dressed in a suit, as if he were supposed to be a business man.
"I don't know," Sango said calmly "but it's not exactly what I'd call a change for the best. It's more like a ... ACK!"
Sango's body stiffened as she felt a hand brush against her butt. She glanced at Miroku, who was smiling widely at her.
::Thud::
Sango's angry voice rang through out the hall, causing the students to stop and watch the scene.
"You stupid pervert!" Sango yelled, slamming her books against the side of his head continuously.
Kagome shook her head and looked up at InuYasha, receiving a smirk in reply. She quickly looked away and grabbed Sango's arm.
"Comon Sango! We've got to um...get to class! Bye!"
Sango barely had enough time to shut her locker, before Kagome pulled her down the hallway.
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Kagome sat bored in her fifth period class, staring at the clock and twirling her gum around her finger.
'20 more minutes' Kagome thought, 'Great.'
She raised her hand and waited for the teacher to acknowledge her.
"Yes Kagome?" The teacher asked.
"May I go to the bathroom?"
"Write yourself a pass and I'll sign it."
Kagome reached into her book bag and ripped out a piece of paper from her binder. She quickly wrote down her name, date, and the place she was going, and handed to pass to the teacher.
The teacher scribbled a messy signature and handed the pass back to Kagome before returning to the lesson.
Kagome grabbed her book bag and left the room in a hurry and headed toward her desired destination.
She checked herself in the bathroom mirror, making sure her appearance was as it should be and walked back out and headed to her locker, walking through the empty hallways, finding the silence a bit eerie. Her eye's scanned the locker numbers until she came to locker number 444.
Opening her locker, Kagome felt as if she were being watched. She glanced around, but no one was there. She pulled out her science book and noticed the note still sitting in the back of her locker.
Kagome glanced around the hallway to see if anyone was around, then turned back to the letter. She opened it slowly and cautiously and began to read....
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Ok, there...second chapter...well....gotta go! Review!
Hey! Thanks for all of the reviews! You guys are the best! Uhm, ok, I promise to update ASAP! Kay? Okay...and don't forget to thank InuYashasPrincess17 and silentmiko242 (who's still a ditz, ha!) and my friend Amber even wrote a few words...(she's a ditz too)! So, I'll update ASAP, I'm working on the next chapter now! TTYL! And review!
InuYashazKagome