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Recap:

"Okay!" Kagome said equally excited. 'I wonder if InuYasha would count as a friend?' she thought to herself. 'He doesn't seem to have any, so I'll be his first friend!'

"I'll go and invite InuYasha!" Kagome said happily.

Chapter 3: Hallway Chat and Roller Disco

It had taken Kagome a little less than five minutes before she had spotted InuYasha; he was walking back to his dorm from use the restroom. She smiled to have found her hanyou so quickly. 'Wait, what was I thinking? He is not mine!' She blushed at the thought.

"InuYasha!" she called out to him. His ears twitched, and immediately picked up her angelic voice. He turned his head to see Kagome jogging towards him, almost fluttering with her ebony hair swaying side to side. Her luminescent eyes shone brightly, as if they were shining just for him.

'WAIT! What the hell am I thinking? As if! Honestly, you're going insane or somethin'! he mentally scolded. She was now wearing a black miny-skirt with a tank top that was of the lightest of pinks; that was when he noticed her chest for the first time; that and her hips were so hot and sexy! A long-sleeved black jacket and boots adorned her wonderful image as well.

"What is it?" he snapped, trying to get those thoughts out of his head. She beamed and continued to walk up to him.

"I was wondering if you would like to go out to the Roller Disco with me and my roommate?" she asked, all of a sudden felling shy. He was so well-built and had those adorable ears at the top of his head. 'Ah! Stop thinking like that! You've dragged him into your problems far enough!' She blushed as all the thoughts whirled around her head.

"Keh! What the hell makes you think I would wanna do that? Just 'cause you're in the mafia business and I am forced to guide ya around this hell of a school, don't automatically make us friends!" he stated bluntly and very defensively. She wasn't about to give up on being his friend, though.

'He really needs a friend,' she thought. 'But after being alone for so long in the dark, it'll probably be hard to convince him that other people accept and to care about him,' she deliberated as she held the fragile jewel-sphere under her shirt. A frown spread across her face and she looked at the ground, feeling her heart race, hoping that he would accept what she was about to say. She gathered up the courage to plead again;

"B-but I… I really wanted us to… to be friends," she said timidly, the blood rushing to both their faces. He was completely shocked at the statement. His mouth dropped to the floor and he became so still, that you could easily mistake him for a sculpture.

'Had she honestly just said that she wanted to be friends? Friends…with me?'

Kagome fought the building fear and looked up to see InuYasha face-to-face. He was still standing stone-stiff with his mouth wide open. Ever so slightly, his ear or eyebrow would twitch silently. She tried hard to suppress the laughter of his visage…but failed miserably.

She started giggling at his bemused expression, which brought him back from what ever planet the comment had blown him away to. He looked down at her; he was now mad, which made his eye brow twitch lightly with anger.

"What's so damn funny!" he demanded, though he already knew she was laughing at his expressions.

"I'm… I'm so s-sorry," she stammered in between breaths, "it's… it's just your face! It was all like," she tried to explain; then she imitated his look of shock very humorously. Abandoning the anger inside him, he began to laugh uncontrollably at her mimicking his expressions.

He was hoping he really didn't look like that! He fell to the floor clutching his aching sides.

After laughing till they both hurt, Kagome just stared down at him and gave him a smile that was just as warm as her look. He glanced up from his place on the floor and returned the smile.

Between the laughs, she thought 'this is my first laugh I have had in…I don't even know how many years! And I'm sharing it with InuYasha of all people! I bet it's his first laugh in a long time too.'

InuYasha was trapped inside his own thoughts about Kagome;

'Kagome isn't like other humans. She's so much more than that…she is so gentle. And her scent. It's delicious! It always smells like sweet herbs. Nothing strong, but not weak; it is simple, yet fragrant…not like that perfume that makes ya dizzy. She smiles so brightly, like all she wants to do is make me--I mean, make other people happy. And not to mention, she's really pretty. She has a very hot body that I would just--what the hell am I thinking!'

InuYasha's smile turned into a frown once he had finished his random thoughts. After a few minutes of horrible silence, Kagome spoke.

"InuYasha, do you still not want to go to the Roller Disco with me?" she asked gently. "That is, with me and my roommate?" she added with a blush. 'I almost forgot Sango!'

After he had heard those words leave her lushes lips, he smiled at her again.

"I'll go… but who is your roommate?" he asked while getting up and patting off any dust or dirt that might have clung to his cloths and hair. He hoped that it was nobody he knew.

The reason why he didn't want to recognize Kagome's roommate is because everyone he did know either made fun of, or harassed, him on a daily basis.

"Sango. She is inviting a friend of hers, too" she said, not thinking it mattered.

'I don't know any Sango…Oh, thank God!' he thought.

"Okay. Then let's get going!" he said with a wide grin.

---------------------------------------------At The Roller Disco-------------------------------------

"Kagome!" She heard her name being called as soon as she and InuYasha entered the skating ring.

"Hey, Sango!" she yelled out over the music, almost falling on her back. Strong arms caught her just in time. She looked up to see InuYasha chuckling at her; to which she just smiled.

"I see you brought your friend!" Sango smiled with some mischief. Kagome nodded and blushed. Thankfully, nobody noticed her face color because it was so dark; the only thing illuminating the ring and crowds of teens was a giant disco ball.

"Well, who is the friend you invited?" Kagome asked. "I do like to meet new people," she stated, trying to shift the subject from herself to Sango.

"Oh! His name is Miroku!" Right then, a young man came up behind her. He was taller than both Kagome and Sango, but shorter then InuYasha. His onyx black hair was tied back into a small ponytail; he had a set of ocean blue eyes.

"So, Kagome was it?" she asked.

"Whom did you bring in your lovely presence?" he asked, causing Kagome to blush again at his comment. He walked up to InuYasha.

The hanyou just glared at the guy from the cheap come-on that he had used on Kagome. His ears pressed down protectively, due to the intensity of the music's volume.

"This is InuYasha!" Kagome introduced excitedly. "He's been guiding me around school all day, and he's done a marvelous job at it, I might add," she commented with pride. At her vibrant words, it was InuYasha's turn to blush.

'She seems so proud of him' the group all thought together.

"Well, we came to skate, so I say we go and enjoy ourselves," Kagome said eagerly, attempting to go out skating to the middle of the crowded ring; she would have made it, too, if she hadn't fallen forwards scrambling on her feet. Luckily, InuYasha sprang forward to catch her again.

"Thanks," she stated coyly, trying to balance herself out with no luck.

"Kagome, why don't you have InuYasha, umm, guide you, around the ring," Sango teased playfully. "He seems to have the hang of things," she finished while passing gracefully past them both.

"If not, you could always wait till the slow songs start," Miroku added with a wink while caching up to Sango. This made the hanyou and Kagome both blush.

"Shut up!" InuYasha yelled out to him, making Kagome giggle.

"What?" he snapped defensively, while still flushed.

"Oh, nothing! You will help me out around the ring, right InuYasha?" she asked with a smile. She took his hand and they steadily tried to skate together.

--------------------------------------------To Be Continued------------------------------------------

Yea! That's chapter 3, and I am so pleased with its' length. Although, I can't promise that all of my chapters will be this long, but please do R&R. Thank you!