Chapter 9 – Kagome's Date

On Monday Kagome walked to school. As she was passing over the bridge she saw her friends. She waved to Yuri, Eri, and Yuki ooc: I'm sorry I forget the names at the moment. Apologizes for past mistakes as well. If anyone knows could you tell me. Ic: They were there as usual and began their walk to school together chatting away as girls do. Behind however they did not know they were being watched…or at least Kagome was. "Did you guys understand number 17 in Grammar?" Kagome asked. Eri looked to her. "Do you mean the one with the alliteration in it? Yea…it was structured weird…" They continued talking; however, after a while Kagome stopped letting the others walk past her. She quickly thought, "gasp this is impossible…I…I sense a Sacred Jewel Shard." Her friends stopped and looked back at her. Yuri said worriedly, "Kagome? Is everything alright?" Kagome's senses were brought back after that, "Huh…oh yea…I…I thought I heard someone yell my name…" She gave her Kagome smile. " I guess not." She walked back up to them and continued on though the thought of the Jewel was still in the back of her mind.

The school bell rang. " Good morning class." Everyone replied orderly, " Good morning Mr. Mioni." After this he turned around and talked about what they were to do that day writing everything down on the chalkboard. Kagome sat at the back staring at the chalkboard but not hearing a single word. She thought as the teacher explained the math problem on the board, "Who was following me? I thought that it might be InuYasha, but he doesn't have any shards. I have them all. It can't be Naraku of course. He can't follow me through the Bone Eater's Well. Can he? Don't be silly Kagome. Of course he can't. But then who was it. Another youkai? Maybe I should go back to the Feudal Era and talk to everyone. Maybe they know…" "Miss Higuashi? Miss Higurashi." Her mind snapped back to Algebra class. "Oh…um…" She thoughts quickly, "Oh no. If she got caught not paying attention again she could be in huge trouble…" She looked over to Eri sitting next to her who, looking a bit nervous, held up 4 fingers. "I think…Y 4?" He blinked then turned around. "Yes. Very good Miss Higurashi." He continued on to explain the answer as Kagome smiled to Eri in thanks. She better pay attention now. That was close.

At the end of the day Kagome returned home, however; she went to the God tree before she went inside the house. She sat her large book bag down and then sat down next to it looking to the tree. It was a beautiful spring day. The sun was out in the vast deep blue sky. Fluffy white clouds were gently moving through the cosmic sea. A gentle breeze made the leaves move slightly, but it was very refreshing. The sun seemed to glow on her face here as she closed her eyes and smiled then turned back to the tree. Here was where she found InuYasha. In the past she found him here pinned by Kikyo's sacred arrow as he had been for fifty years. It was hard to believe how long she had known him. How close they had grown. How far they had gotten. What would happen when they had defeated Naraku and gained all of the jewel shards? Would InuYasha still want to become a full demon? Would she stay in the past or return home to her time. After all the only reason she searched for the jewel was because she felt responsible…at least that had been the only reason. She shook her head. No. No Kagome, you won't do this to yourself. She had been battling her feeling for a long time now.

She continued thinking on this fact as she walked down the street. As she strolled down the road, her eyes on the ground, she accidentally ran into something…or someone. "Oh Hojo-kun. Hello…I…sorry Hojo…I wasn't paying attention."

"Oh Kagome. Hey. I was actually hoping to run into you." He smiled brightly. "

She sweat dropped some, "O…Oh you were? She smiled to him. "Well here I am.

"How're you feeling?"

"Oh… much better."

"Well if you're feeling up to it I was hoping you could go on a date with me. You DID leave me the last two times."

"Oh…I…" Kagome stopped for a moment thinking of InuYasha. No she didn't like him. Here was Hojo who was asking her on a date. He's the nicest guy in her whole school. But…

"I would love to go on a date with you Hojo."

"That's great," He smiled. "Please make sure you get enough sleep so you don't get sick. I can't wait." He gently laughed and then waved goodbye as he walked down the opposite road as Kagome toward home.

With InuYasha

InuYasha sat in Sota's room going over the "a. pa. La. Ca. Sion." For a local "gro. Shrey. Store." Sota had thought it would be a good idea if InuYasha would take the job as a laborer. He looked it over. Sota had written it. He had taken forever and InuYasha was feeling extremely impatient by now. Sota had taken the time to write it very neatly; though it could have been better if he were older…it looked fine to InuYasha…just as long as they could get going here! After a few minutes Sota replied with a thumbs up and a big smile. It was done. InuYasha smiled, "That's good kid." He ruffled his hair and picked up the paper, and was about to go off before Sota shoved him down onto the ground. "Hey what the..." Sota hushed him quickly throwing an old sock from under the bed into his mouth. At this InuYasha growled, making Sota kick him. He stood up and smiled brightly as Kagome came up the stairs. "Hey big sis."

"Oh, hi Sota. How was your day? You got home from school quickly." He smiled, "Oh well…ya' know me…gotta get on that homework. After all I'm almost caught up to you by now." He laughed some as he kicked InuYasha again who was moving. Kagome smirked gently to her younger brother. "Alright, alright," she laughed and walked to her room. Sota sighed in relief as InuYasha groaned for Sota to take his foot off his back.

That Friday

"Oh my gosh…what am I doing!" Kagome thought to herself loudly as she went through her closet for the millionth time that morning. "My date is tonight! I can't even remember what I'm supposed to do! The last date I was on I DID leave half way through it. And for who? She sighed. She couldn't bring herself to even think it. But it was true. She was starting to miss InuYasha. She didn't have to worry how she looked in front of him. She worried how she fought when she was with him. It could be a matter of her, her friends', or his life in danger then. But Hojo was a really nice boy. And as a teenage girl wasn't she SUPPOSED to care what he thought of her. Well she was…wasn't she? Eri, Yuri, Yumi, and practically the entire rest of the school seemed to think so! Why shouldn't she be going on this date? Yeah…InuYasha wasn't her boyfriend. She SHOULD go. AAND have a GREAT…no no…WONDERFUL time with one of the hottest guys in her school. Yeah…so there. She turned for the final time that night to look at herself in the mirror. In it she saw the reflection of herself, her long raven hair down. As she looked into the mirror she quietly brushed her hair looking over the outfit she had picked out for the day as she thought about before, when she thought she had sensed a jewel shard. Today she wore a dark pink skirt with frays at the bottom, brown boots that went to her knees, a brown short-sleeved shirt with a pink Aeropastle moose at the right top corner, and a few silver bracelets. She looked it over and smiled deciding that she looked good and went over to her makeup dresser and put on a light cover of a shimmery pink eyeshadow, masquera, and lip gloss. She had always loved her skin. She had always had a wonderful complexion. She sighed and decided she had done her best. She smiled after thinking this. "Inu…" She shook her head. "Hojo eat your heart out."

With InuYasha

InuYasha walked toward a small restaurant that had hired him to carry boxes in for them. The gro. Shrey. Store hadn't worked out very well. The girls at the front had guns that seemed to fire red lasers. InuYasha had tried to save the woman buying all the food. Some thanks he got. The woman screamed and hit him and some guys threw him out. He sighed at looked at the restaurant. Souta had given him some advice. First off he had to wear the outfit that consisted of brown pants, a black polo shirt with the name of the restaurant,"Deemer's", on the top corner in gold. The next thing he had told him was to smile. That would be the hardest. First off he rarely smiled anyways. Plus lately he was still depressed…about…well…do we really need to elaborate. You know. Kagome. That's right. He sighed. The last piece of advice was to just do what the bosses told him to do without any backtalk. Just do it and do it with a smile. He looked at the big clock on the front of the store as he sat on the bench in front of Deemer's. He began at noon. He had fifteen minutes left. He ate the lunch he had gotten from Souta that day. He sat there watching everyone walk around. He had grown to like to watch the people of Kagome's time. When he went to the park he would just sit there under his tree and watched the children play, the adults…mostly moms…talk, and the teens talk and walk around. He noticed that whenever he saw a girl that she would never be alone. Teen girls always walk in packs. Like wolves. He sighed. Why do they do that…huh? I mean…his thoughts were shifted away from the park as the clock stroke twelve. DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING He thought, "SHUT UP ALREADY!"

With Kagome

………DING! Her grandfather clock rang, as there was a knock on the door. She went to answer it and found Hojo in her doorway smiling his Hojo-kun smile holding a thing of wild flowers in colors of yellow, purple, and pinks. She smiled to him. "Hello Hojo." He smiled brightly, "Good Afternoon Kagome. Um…I picked these up for you." He offered her the flowers, which she took smiling back to him. "Oh thank you so much Hojo. They're beautiful. " She went to the kitchen and filled a vase with water setting them in it. She walked back out and looked at Hojo. He looked very good she had to admit. He wore jeans. They weren't all that baggy but not tight either. Along with that he wore a dark blue shirt and a red and black windbreaker. She smiled to him and walked to the door putting on a pair of pink sandals and saying goodbye to her family before her mom tried to take pictures, took his arm and walked out the door with him.