(AN) On Kevin's behalf, I'm trying to name the point of view. Tell me what you think!

(Disclaimer) Don't own them.

5

Later

(Kagome)

Well, there was Hojo. I was going to go apologize to him, but Hojo had a hard, resolute face on and he was plainly staring at the space above my head. Well, I might as well try.

"Hey Hojo!"

He looked surprised. "Hi."

"So, I'm um… sorry about what happened."

Hojo stared at me with a blank look on his face.

"You know… at the movies?"

"Oh right… it's really no problem. I couldn't compare to Inuyasha anyway."

"Well, I didn't really plan to meet him there, you know. I just got caught up in the moment… Hojo?"

Hojo was unusually quiet. Usually, he was hyper active. Now, he seemed like a sheep that had caught a glimpse of his mutton-like future. (AN: He looked depressed, is all that means.)

"Yeah?"

"You're really okay? Do you want to go out again some time? I promise Inuyasha won't be there." As soon as the words were out of my mouth, I regretted it. Why would I ever want to go out with Hojo again? I was just setting him up for failure.

However, Hojo brightened up. A brilliant smile spread on his face. "Well, okay! This time let's go to dinner! How about next weekend?"

"Okay…" I muttered. What had I gotten myself into?

(Inuyasha)

Holding Kagome in my arms was a new experience. I hadn't had a girl in my arms since… well… yesterday. BUT it had never felt like that before. It seemed like Kagome and I had a real bond, unlike some of my other girlfriends. The only problem was that Kagome wasn't even my girlfriend. And she certainly wasn't my friend either. She was annoying, nosy… I didn't want her.

(Kagome)

I walked home from school. Rin followed behind, bugging me about what had happened between Hojo and me. Of course, I was hiding the facts from her otherwise she would go berserk. She would never believe Inuyasha put his arm over my shoulder. Even if she did, she would still go berserk. Anyway, at the moment, she thought that Hojo and I had made out or something. She didn't even know that Inuyasha had been there in the first place.

"Nothing happened!" I exclaimed repeatedly.

Rin knew something had happened and started asking with new zeal. "You're hiding something from me, I know it! I bet you did something with Hojo. He made his move? You don't need to hide this from me… I'm your best friend."

"I'm telling you, nothing happened. Absolutely noth—," I stopped in my tracks. There was Inuyasha crossing the street. He called a taxi and drove away, but not before his golden eyes settled on me for one fleeting second.

Rin's eyes followed my gaze, but all she saw was a taxi driving away. "What's wrong with you? Who was in that taxi?" When I didn't respond, she demanded that I tell her.

"Inuyasha," I said, the name sticking in my throat.

(Inuyasha)

There was Kagome on the sidewalk with her friend. Everywhere I turned, I seemed to see her. I couldn't stop thinking about her. 'I don't like her,' I thought hesitantly. 'Of course not!' But as I looked out of the taxi window, my reflection stared back at me, knowing I was lying.

(Kagome)

Well, there it was. Rin seemed to know everything that had happened on the date, even if she was still pressuring me for more details. As I neared home, I walked faster in anticipation. I couldn't wait to get away from Rin's prying words.

"Hello there… Ms. Higurashi." I knew it was Kikyou before I turned to look behind me. She seemed to have been waiting for me behind a bush, but there was not one hair on her head that was out of place. She looked tidy and almost… perfect, like a porcelain doll.

"Oh, please. Call me Kagome."

"Yes, well, Kagome. I was wondering if I could squeeze in a tiny interview about what you've been talking to your friend about." Then, I knew it. I was stuck. The whole world would know that I had snuggled up to Inuyasha in a movie theatre, watching a sappy movie, and all fan girls would come to my house and attack. I decided to play dumb.

"I don't think what I said was of any interest to you, Kikyou."

"Oh, no? Well, you did say that Inuyasha was really a big jerk yesterday. I was wondering if you thought the same after that despicable act he pulled on you."

"Yes, he's a huge nuisance, I can't believe he pulled such a sly and sneaky act on an innocent girl such as I!" I said almost too quickly.

However, Kikyou didn't seem to notice. She already had her notepad out and was scribbling frantically. "Yes, yes… good."

"Well, I mean, at first I thought it was sweet of him, before I realized he was just luring me into his trap. I can't believe he thought I would fall for it."

"Ah, yes. So… what happened?" Kikyou asked politely. She apparently hadn't really heard half of my conversation with Rin.

"Well," I said, "He…" I had to think of some kind of innocent story. "He bought me a 24 carat diamond necklace."

Kikyou gasped. "WOW! So, you're saying he was trying to get you to say good things about him. Bribing you? That's absolutely appalling!" Kikyou kept writing furiously.

"I couldn't believe that he would think I would fall for his silly trick!" I continued repeating indignant remarks about Inuyasha. Soon, Kikyou had around 5 pages worth of notes about Inuyasha. I laughed inwardly because around half of them were saying the exact same things as before, just with different wordings.

"Well, I suppose you'll want such a wretched story published?" Kikyou inquired.

"I don't know… Should I really ruin his entire reputation?"

"Well, you did say he was a jerk," Kikyou said. I knew that she was going to publish it whether I wanted her to or not.

"All right… but make it a small article, please? I still have to work with him, you know. I don't want him to be totally uncooperative."

"Yes. All right dear, buh-bye."

"Bye."

Rin looked thoroughly confused. "He bought you a 24-carat diamond necklace? You never told me that!"

(Inuyasha)

I wandered around the mansion aimlessly before bumping into Miroku.

"Hey, Inuyasha! Where are you going?"

"I dunno," I answered lamely.

"Well, do something because you've passed by me 10 times, and I've just been standing here for a few minutes."

"All right, I guess."

"Do some painting, perhaps?"

"No… I'm just going to stay here for today."

"Okay…" Miroku said, eyeing me strangely.

I went up the stairs to walk around the next floor aimlessly. However, before I knew it, I crashed into Sango who fell over.

"What's wrong with you, Inuyasha?"

"Nothing, nothing."

"Really?" Sango said, disbelieving.

"Yeah, nothing's wrong. I'm just fine."

"Right… fine people don't just walk around in circles for hours on end. You know that?"

"Mmmhmm," I said absently.

"Come on, just do SOMETHING!"

"Yeah, I will. Maybe later."

(Kagome)

After explaining everything to Rin, she seemed even more confused. How was I getting so much publicity? I had no idea, but it seemed to me that Kikyou was stalking me.

Rin left, and I realized that I had to call Inuyasha to tell him that Kikyou was about to defame him. Well, it's not like he couldn't stand some bad rep. All the girls would still be wild for him anyway. However, there was a problem. How was I going to get Inuyasha's number? I had absolutely no clue.

I called up Sango, the number on her business card, and she picked up immediately. I suppose it was her cell phone number. "Hello?" she said briskly.

"Hi, it's Kagome. I was wondering whether Inuyasha was there?"

"Oh, well he just ran into me. I'll go get him for you." I heard her yelling Inuyasha as loudly as she could and I heard some loud thumps on the other end of the line.

"Hello?" Inuyasha said, panting.

"Umm… hi." Now that I thought about it, this phone call would be pretty awkward.

"So, what's up? Why do you want me?"

"Umm, well I just wanted to tell you that I just told Kikyou a wacky story about you and she's going to publish it tomorrow."

There was a silence. "What kind of story?"

I went through the entire story and I found Inuyasha howling. "What's so funny?"

"Oh… nothing. I bet Kikyou's jealous."

"Well, she is going to publish it…" I said.

"Ahh, who cares? I'll just let my agent handle it. Anyway, nice thinking, at least she wont write anything about us going out to the movies."

"Thanks…" I said.

"Yeah," Inuyasha's voice suddenly became harsh. "I'll talk to you later."

"Right… later," I said.

(AN)

That was an unsatisfying ending, wasn't it? It just took too long, and I wasn't really concentrating.Sorry, I'll get to the reviews later.