Not That Social

Chapter Two

Disclaimer: I just realized that I didn't put this in either the prologue of the first chapter. My bad. I own nothing, obviously. Really, I shouldn't have to say that. If I owned Inuyasha, I wouldn't be writing fanfiction. I do, however, own the story line (however lame and over-used it may be).

AN: Thank you those few who have reviewed, I appreciate it more than you know. The reviews are what give me inspiration to keep writing. So please, I'm practically begging here, be kind and review my story.


'I can't believe we actually got homework on the first day of school,' Kagome thought dejectedly as she sat over an abnormally large Algebra II textbook. They were assigned thirty practice problems for the evening, and Kagome was stuck on number seven. She understood the work; it just took forever to do each problem. Erasing problem seven for the fifth time, she let out a low growl before dropping her head onto her desk.

"I give up!" She was just about to call it a night when her mother knocked on her door. Not waiting for an answer, she walked in with a smile on her face.

"Kagome, dear, a girl named Sango is on the phone for you," she said, half in and half out the door. Kagome's heart skipped a beat. She remembered giving Sango her number when she asked for it earlier that day, but she didn't expect her to actually call.

"Thanks, mama," Kagome dashed past her mom and down the stairs as if her life depended upon it. The phone lay off the hook on the kitchen table, waiting to be picked up. As Kagome reached for the receiver, she began to panic. 'What if she's only calling about school? That's probably it; I doubt she actually called to talk to me. But, even if she did, what would I say?' Questions swirled around her head before she realized that she was keeping Sango waiting. Picking up the phone, she muttered a quiet, "H-hello?"

"Hey, Kagome?"

"O-oh, hey, Sango, right? What's up?" 'Okay, keep it cool, Kagome. You don't want her to know that you're not used to talking to people,' her inner-voice supported.

"Not too much. I was just wondering, what are you doing after school tomorrow?" 'Is she asking me to hang out?' Kagome thought, her heart racing even faster. 'What do I say? Yes, right? No, she probably just wants help with her homework or something…'

"I'm not sure yet, why?" 'Good answer,' her conscious applauded. 'Leave it open-ended so she'll say what she wants from you.' Kagome sighed; her inner-voice could be very depressing sometimes.

"Well, Miroku and I were going to go bowling, and we were wondering if you wanted to come?" Kagome paused. She was actually asking her to hang out?

"I'd have to ask my mom," Kagome answered after taking a deep breath. "But I'm sure she wouldn't mind."

"Great!" Sango sounded seriously happy. "We'll fix out the kinks tomorrow. See you in school!"

"Okay, bye!" The phone line went dead and Kagome hung up the receiver. "I can't believe that just happened," she whispered.

"Kagome? What did she want?" Her mother asked as she walked into the kitchen, preparing to clean up for the night.

"Oh, you wouldn't believe it, mama! She asked me to go hang out with her tomorrow after school!" Kagome squealed with the biggest smile on her face. It had been a long time since she had hung out with anyone. Her mother smiled warmly at her, truly happy to see that her daughter was making friends.

'It's good to see that she'll be able to start all over again,' she thought as her daughter ran up the stairs to continue her homework with newfound energy.


Kagome wasn't as nervous at school the next day. She made her way into the car park with a smile on her face, eagerly wanting to talk to Sango about this afternoon. As she climbed out of her car, however, something caught her eye.

In the front of the building by the main doors there was a crowd of juniors and seniors swarming around in a big circle. A few of them were yelling obscenities and cheering someone on, but Kagome couldn't see past the wall of people to see what was happening. There were mostly senior boys in the group, but there were a few girls speckled here and there, clutching to their boyfriends. Kagome spotted Sango amongst the group of teenagers and made her way in her direction.

"What's going on?" She asked when she reached her side. Sango turned around with a worried expression on her face.

"I'm not really sure, I can't see too well." She answered and then thought for a second. "I think there's a fight going on."

Kagome gasped, her stomach tightening.

"We have to check this out," she told Sango, grabbing her arm and elbowing her way to the front of the crowd. 'I have a bad feeling about this,' she thought, pushing people aside. What she saw there caused her to stop in her tracks.

Inuyasha and another boy were locked in a heated battle. Punches were being thrown and dodged, and everyone around was cheering it on. Kagome noticed that most of the shouts weren't in Inuyasha's favor. The boy he was fighting had waste length black hair tied up in a tall ponytail, and the brightest blue eyes Kagome had ever seen.

"Sango, who's the boy with the black hair?" Kagome asked, not taking her eyes from the fight.

"That's Kouga Wolff, he's the captain of the football team." Sango explained, her eyes also trained on the fight. "He's been known for giving Inuyasha shit."

Just then Kouga kicked out with his right foot, nailing Inuyasha right in the face. His body hit the ground with a thud and the crowd cheered even louder. Kagome couldn't believe that they were actually cheering this on.

"Feh," Inuyasha spit a gob of blood out of his mouth before climbing to his feet again. "Don't cheer this loser on, folks. I ain't down, yet." Her rushed at Kouga and punched him in the stomach, causing him to double over in pain.

"You little freak, you're going to pay for that!" Kouga ran at Inuyasha and was just a foot away from attacking when Kagome decided that she had seen enough.

"Stop this!" She yelled, running out in between the two brawling teenagers. Kouga slid to a stop inches from her body, shocked and appalled that someone would stand up for Inuyasha. "Don't take another step."

"You must be the new kid, right?" Kouga asked with a sly smile on his face. "Do you know who it is you're standing up for?"

Kagome looked over his shoulder, where Inuyasha was staring back, equally as shocked as Kouga was a moment ago. "Yes, I do. What are you going to do about?"

"Oh, nothing…" Kouga laughed, turning to the crowd. "Well, what do you make of this, guys?" The whole crowd laughed. Kagome wasn't sure what was going on, but Inuyasha quickly shoved her behind him, glaring daggers at Kouga's back.

"Leave her out of this, Kouga." He yelled, and Kagome could have sworn she heard a low growl emitting from his chest.

"Oh, so dog breath has a new girlfriend!" Kouga smiled and the crowd laughed again. "I didn't think you would get over your last one so easily."

'What does he man by that?' Kagome thought.

"That's none of your business, Kouga." Inuyasha spat his name out like poison. Kouga snarled at Inuyasha and raised his fists, signaling for the fight to continue. Inuyasha was happy to oblige, and got into a fighting stance as well.

"No!" Kagome shouted again, once more pushing herself between the two. "What did I just say? Cut this out!"

"Listen, wench," Inuyasha growled, grabbing her arm. "I don't need your, or anyone else's, help. You got that?" The intensity of his eyes frightened her, and she didn't know what to say. Her mouth hung open and she stared at him with shock written all over her face.

"You heard the freak," Kouga smiled. "Back off."

'What should I do?' Kagome thought. 'I don't want to see anyone get hurt, but if I don't back down, I might get hurt myself.'

"I'm sorry, Kagome," Inuyasha whispered, low enough so only she could hear. She didn't know why he was apologizing, but then he roughly pushed her back to the edge of the crowd. Sango quickly grabbed her friend and pulled her out of harm's way.

"Kagome, are you alright?" Sango asked.

"I think so, I just don't understand why—"

"I'm going to kill you, Kouga. Right here, right now." They rushed at each other again and began to beat the hell out of each other. Kagome couldn't tell who had the upper hand; both of them were speckled with cuts and bruises. Just when she was about to jump in between them again, the principle pushed through the crowd.

"Break it up boys!" He shouted, pulling them apart. "I was hoping that we wouldn't have this trouble again this year, but I guess that was too big of a dream. In my office—now!" Both boys muttered something under their breath before following the principal back inside the building. As the crowd slowly began to break up, Sango and Kagome spotted Miroku standing by his car and rushed to his side.

"I can't believe I just witnessed a fight," Kagome whispered, slightly out of breath from running across the lawn.

"It's nothing new," Miroku answered with a groan. "That was practically a daily occurrence last year. I'm surprised they weren't at each other's throats yesterday." Kagome couldn't believe that two people could hate each other that much, but decided to keep her mouth shut.

"So about this afternoon…" Sango spoke up, obviously desperate to change the subject. They continued to make plans to go bowling after school before heading into the building for class.


AN: Alright, I'm not very good at writing fight scenes, as you could probably tell. But there's the second chapter, I hope you enjoyed. Oh, and be a doll and review, will you? It's not that difficult. Love ya!