CHAPTER 4:

REJECT

A/N: Okay. So I had a question that said why Kikyo was so afraid of Inuyasha. Well, answer is: Because he's her crush. I guess. Well, I dunno really. But, don't you kind of get afraid sumtimes of ur crush? I dunno. Well, if I get a better answer, I'll tell you!

Kikyo stuffed Inuyasha's jacket into her backpack. She knew she had to give it to him even if she was scared to talk to him. She took one last look at it and then put it in her backpack.

"Ohayou Kikyo! Wanna ride with me and mom?" Kaede said out of nowhere.

Kikyo shook her head. "No, it's okay. You go ahead."

"Okay." Kaede left downstairs.

Kikyo sighed. "Hm…something's wrong with me. Usually I'd want to ride with mom and Kaede but…I have a bad feeling today. Oh well." She looked at her watch. "Whoa! Better get going to school!" she ran out the door. "Bye mom, bye Kaede!"

As Kikyo ran to school, she saw someone standing by the corner. The figure turned his head. "Oh, Haru!"

Haru smiled at Kikyo. "Hi. I thought I should wait for you." His face turned red. "U-unless you thought that was weird."

"No. I think that's really sweet, Haru." Kikyo smiled at him.

Haru looked the other way. Pink circles formed on his cheeks. Kikyo chuckled a bit.

"Hey…did you know that the dance is coming up?"

"Really? I didn't know."

"And our class is helping the student council set it up!"

"Wow! That's cool!"

"Yeah." Haru said. "Really cool. And we get free tickets."

This day can't get any better! Kikyo thought. The two arrived at the school.

"Well, see ya in first period okay?" Haru said.

"Yeah, o-"

Inuyasha came between the two and pushed Haru down. "Move it!" he said bitterly.

Haru got up. "Must be in a bad mood."

Kikyo sighed. Oh great…how am I supposed to give him the jacket now?

DIIINNNGGG! The bell rang for first period. Kikyo and Haru rushed to get into class. The first thing Mr. Fujiko said when everyone was in class was, "The school dance."

Everyone cheered. People threw papers in the air and made loud noises. But Mr. Fujiko told everyone to hush.

"Okay people. We're gonna be setting up because I am good friends with the student council teacher and they need big help. Okay, pick a partner to help set up. I'll give you ten minutes to be with your partner and silent."
Kikyo sighed. "Well, where's Kagura?" she said to herself. She noticed that Kagura was absent. She had been absent for two days already. That's odd of Kagura…usually she's never late…

Kikyo looked at Inuyasha. Inuyasha looked the other way as crowds of girls were all over him asking him to be their partner. He rejected them all and just sat for a moment. As he turned his head where Kikyo was, he saw her looking straight at him.

"What do you want!" he snapped.

Kikyo blushed and turned the other way. "N-nothing…anyways. Here!" she got out his jacket. "Here's your jacket!"

Inuyasha grabbed it from her. "It's time you gave it to me idiot!" he looked at it for a while then put it on Kikyo's desk. "You can keep it!"

"What!" Kikyo yelled. "Y-You were just yelling at me a minute ago that you wanted me to give it to you and then you tell me to keep it?"

"Yeah…what. Do you want me to do? Apologize?"

Kikyo looked to the ground. "Y-yeah…kind of…"

"No way!" he snapped again. He realized that he kept snapping at her. "Fine…sorry. Okay!"

Kikyo didn't look up at him.

"Look…what I want to ask you is…well…"

Kikyo still didn't look up at Inuyasha.

"I said sorry didn't I! Fine! Ignore me then, idiot!" Inuyasha stomped off in the corner. He took time to calm down then sat down again. As he looked where Kikyo was, he sighed to himself. Kikyo wasn't at her seat. She probably went to ask Haru…ugh. That idiot! He saw Mizuru without a partner. I don't need her! I don't need Kikyo's help anyway! "Hey…Mizuru…um…"

"Yeah, Inuyasha?"

"Wanna be partners?"

"Sure!" Mizuru said happily.

"Great!" Inuyasha said. He got out some paper and pencils.

"Wow! You sure are ready!"

"Yeah…" I was getting ready for…for Kikyo to ask me…but she didn't. Inuyasha was pretty down a bit. But, without knowing it, Kikyo sat directly behind Inuyasha.

He…he asked Mizuru. He was probably going to anyway. I was…going to ask him but…well…I'll just ask Haru then. Kikyo sighed. But when did he ask her? Did he ask her when I bent down under my desk to get my pencil? Yeah…probably. When Inuyasha said "Look…what I want to ask you is…well…"and I didn't look at him, my pencil had fallen on the ground so I bent to pick it up. When I got up, he was partners with Mizuru and must have been meaning to ask her a long time ago. I was probably annoying him. Man, I'm stupid!

Inuyasha didn't know Kikyo had bent down to get her pencil. He thought that she went to ask Haru. Kikyo…

Kikyo didn't know Inuyasha meant to ask her. Inuyasha… Kikyo rested her head on the table. Okay…time to ask Haru! "Haru?"

Haru turned around from his seat. "Yeah?"

"Do you wanna be partners?"

Haru nodded. "Sure! Why not?" he sat down next to Kikyo.

Inuyasha heard Haru's voice and turned around. That idiot Kikyo's with Haru and has the guts sitting next to me! Damn I hate her! I'm never going to talk to her again! Inuyasha clenched his fists. "I HATE HER!" he got out of his chair.

"I-Inuyasha? Daijoubu?" Mizuru asked.

Inuyasha blinked. "U-uh…gomenasai…" his face immediately turned red. Kikyo saw that Inuyasha got embarrassed.

Hm…I never saw him blush before so much. He must really like her… Kikyo bit her lip. Somehow…I feel… Kikyo felt disgusted at herself. Jealous…

"Kikyo? What's wrong?" Haru asked Kikyo.

"Nothing…" Kikyo shook that feeling out of her. "Don't worry about me."

"Okay. Well, we should get started. I think that for the school dance, if we arrange where everything should be, then the drinks and food should be put here and…" Haru drew his arrangements on a paper. "So that way, you don't have to walk half across the room to get your drink."

"Wow, that's great!"

"It's not that great really. It's just, well, last year, that's how the dance was set up. Everyone got upset because the drinks and food were put all the way half across the room and it took so long to just grab a small refreshment or a snack."

"Well. Actually I wouldn't know because…well. I didn't go to the dance last year."

"Really?"

"Come to think of it, I never even went to one. No one ever asked me out."

"Aw, c'mon! You had to come to at least one!" Haru laughed.

"Nope."

"How 'bout I take you to this one?"

"Um…well…it'd be too much trouble."

"Don't worry. I'm going to come anyways but just to hang out with my friends. That's what I did last year. I didn't go with anyone. And we get free tickets. C'mon, Kikyo. Tell me it isn't great."

"Well, you see Haru. No one's ever asked me out and…" Kikyo blushed a bit. "I usually never wanted to go to one."

"Why? It'll be fun."

"Um…I dunno. I can't."

"Just think about it."

"Oh…fine. I'll think about it…and at the end of the day, I'll tell you my answer."

Haru smiled. "Yeah. Now, let's make sure there is a dance first." Haru scribbled some more ideas onto a paper while Kikyo took a time to just think about things.

A dance…with someone I don't even like…well. I like Haru, I do. But…my feelings with him compared to Inuyasha are way different. I dunno. My answer for Haru might be no. It's not like I want to go with Inuyasha. But…if I go with Haru…I just don't know.

"Done!" Haru showed Kikyo a paper. "What do you think?"

Kikyo looked at the paper. It showed where the things should be put and the drinks and food that they should serve and how much it should be and it showed the profit they would make and other calculations. "You're a math genius. You figured this out so fast."

"Not really. Believe me, the one who taught me all this stuff was Inuyasha. He's pretty smart you know. But his grades got low after the 'incident'."

"Incident? What incident?"

"Oh, nothing. Maybe I'll tell you later…or better. Inuyasha will tell you in the future."

"OKAY EVERYONE! ANY ONE HAVE IDEAS?" Mr. Fujiko asked.

"Yeah. We do." Haru held up a piece of paper.

"Very good, Haru and Kikyo. You make an excellent team."

Inuyasha smirked. "You make an excellent team." He mocked. Luckily, Mr. Fujiko didn't hear.

Mr. Fujiko walked up to Haru and Kikyo and grabbed the paper. "This is very good. Has anyone else made anything with ideas for the dance?"

"Well, we, me and Inuyasha, actually made a lot of ideas but we didn't right them down. We're happy to tell you." Mizuru said.

"Okay. Tell me." Mr. Fujiko said, putting his hand on his chin.

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Kikyo walked out of first period. She was glad Mr. Fujiko complimented them but she was still jealous about Mizuru and Inuyasha.

"Hey, you!" said a voice from behind.

"…Inuyasha!"

"Yeah it's me! So what now huh!" he crossed his arms and walked with Kikyo to second period.

"What do you mean?"

"You going out with Haru for the dance?"

"No…well I dunno yet. He just asked me. It's not like I'm saying yes. I'm still thinking about it."

"What's up with you? Every girl would just say yes when a guy asks them out for the dance. Well, if it's a cute guy." Inuyasha said. "I'm not saying Haru is cute, but girls think he is."

"Hey…!" Kikyo suddenly felt a bit angry. "H-How about you and Mizuru! Aren't you going out with her for the dance?"

"I didn't even ask her. I already have someone else in mind. Hey, it's none of your business anyways!"

"Same to you. Why do you keep bugging me anyways?" Kikyo began to walk faster. Omigod. I can't believe I just said that. Maybe I was being too mean…I was just jealous, really.

Inuyasha was stunned at what Kikyo had just said.

Kikyo stomped into her second class.

:X:X:X

The day finally ended. Kikyo sighed. For some reason I have an awful feeling today.

"Kikyo."

Kikyo turned around. "Haru!"

"Hey."

"So where's your friends? I haven't been seeing them with you lately." Kikyo asked.

"Oh we still hang out after I walk you home and at school. But, today they're going somewhere today later. I forgot where it was."

"Oh really." Kikyo said. So that means Inuyasha too then.

"Hey, can you answer my question this morning?"

"Oh um…well, the answer will have to be- suddenly, she saw Inuyasha talking to Mizuru. She could read his lips. 'Wanna go to the dance with me?' That was what he said. Mizuru smiled and said 'Of course!'

Kikyo felt like a big ball of jealousy and REALITY hit her. Of course…why do I keep thinking about Inuyasha anyways. He likes Mizuru. Not me. Of course… "Yes."

"What?"

"I-I guess yes then." Kikyo said. I have to move on.

"Really! Oh, that's…g-great! Um. Oh yeah, sorry but I can't walk you home today. Have to go to my uncle's funeral today and my dad's picking me up." He said a bit disgusted. "See you later."

"Y-Yeah." Kikyo said, feeling all funny inside. Kikyo decided to get something to eat because she hadn't ate lunch. She walked around the neighborhood too because she didn't have homework and didn't ever really have a decent time to walk around her neighborhood. When she arrived at home at around five o'clock, her dad was an hour home early. He usually came around six. "Hey, dad. You're home."

Her dad looked at her. "Kikyo. I have some bad news."

"Bad news? What happened?" Kikyo also noticed that her mom and Kaede wasn't home yet. Usually her mom would rush to her father when he said bad news cause that must've meant he got laid off or something and she would comfort him. But she wasn't around.

"Mom and Kaede are in the hospital."

"What! What happened!"

"An accident. They were coming home from school after Kaede was being picked up until a gang of high school students from your school came, were driving their car and slammed into the car where your mom and Kaede was."

"No way!"

"And the worst news is…your mom might not make it. She got a blow in her head from glass. The car went on fire and Kaede hurt her eye. I'm sorry Kikyo."

"Omigod…this is not happening." Kikyo said, tears falling down her cheeks.

"Honey…let's go see them right now." Her father rushed to the car with Kikyo.

Kikyo feared what would happen to her mom and sister. Kikyo didn't know how much her life would change from then on.

A/N: Okay, so I hope that this chapter will make you wanna read the next chappie. I guess. See you in the next chapter! you will see what happens to Kikyo's mother later. Sorry to leave you in a cliffhanger even thought it really wasn't much of one. MWAHAHAHA! Juss kiddin. Heh, I can't think right now. Well, bye.