Part 3

The next day, Kagome was in a good mood. Sango and Miroku were puzzled as they saw her smiling and laughing all day. What made their suspicions arise was when they saw Kagome and Kouga talking at PE and being extra friendly…

By lunch, Kagome's two friends realized what was going on between the two. "Why?" Sango asked her. "You don't even like Kouga."

"I never said I didn't like him," Kagome said as she drank a bottle of water. "I do like Kouga."

"More than a friend?" Miroku inquired.

"Yeah…"

"Then how come you never went out with him before?" Sango asked.

"Well, because InuYasha didn't like it."

"InuYasha stopped you from going out with Kouga?" Miroku raised his eyebrow.

"Yeah, because I didn't want to hear him rant on about how I backstabbed him."

"Kinda like how he backstabbed you?" Sango said with a sigh.

"Exactly." Kagome stretched and looked over at Kikyou and her friends. InuYasha was hanging out with them. Kagome felt angry and betrayed every time she saw them now. Suddenly, she felt lips press to her cheek and kiss her. She blinked and turned around to see the smiling image of Kouga. He sat by her and put an arm around her. "Hey, Kagome, how's it going?" he asked politely.

"Ehh, the same as it was during PE," Kagome giggled.

"Hey, wanna see another movie tonight?"

"Sure!"

"I'll pay this time. I wouldn't want you to waste your precious money on me." Miroku made a fake gagging noise. Sango giggled and Kouga just shot a nasty glare at Miroku. Just as Kagome was about to scold her friends, an angry yell from behind her cut her short. She whipped around to look at Kikyou, but the form of InuYasha stomping over to her table blocked Kikyou from view. "Kouga, what the hell do you think you're doing!" InuYasha hollered. "Get your paws off of Kagome!"

"Why should I?" Kouga snarled. "She's my girl now, anyways. Looks like you lucked out!" InuYasha's eyes went as wide as saucers. She stared at Kagome in disbelief and she just simply looked down at her food. She took a bite, looking oblivious to anything that was happening. "Kagome…is this true?" InuYasha asked, his voice barely audible.

"Yes, InuYasha, it is true. Kouga and I are dating," she answered nonchalantly. InuYasha just stood there and stared at her. Kikyou came up behind him and looked at Kagome. "InuYasha, what's the matter?" she asked, not taking her eyes off Kagome.

"Kagome and Kouga are dating now," InuYasha replied halfheartedly.

"Really? Congratulations, Kagome," Kikyou said, sounding more relieved than excited. "It's about time you found someone." Kagome cleared her throat and nodded, wanting to cuss Kikyou out for being rude. Kikyou looked at Sango and Miroku. "Maybe all of us could go out and party sometime," she suggested, sounding quite sincere.

"That sounds like a fine idea, don't you agree Kagome?" Sango said, looking at her friend. Kagome just nodded and continued eating. Kouga and InuYasha glared at each other. "I'd never go anywhere with a bastard like Kouga!" InuYasha snapped.

"And I'd never trust a rude pig like InuYasha around my girl, knowing what a jealous fag he can be," Kouga retorted with a smirk. InuYasha was about to go off again when Kikyou touched his hand. "Now, InuYasha," she said, "don't get so angry. I'm sure Kouga isn't such a bad person since Kagome seems to like him." Kagome bit her lip. She smiled sweetly at Kouga. "And I'm sure InuYasha won't care what we do, Kouga, since him and Kikyou will probably be too busy eating each other's faces off." Miroku choked on his juice and Sango looked away to keep from laughing. Kouga smirked and InuYasha looked horrified. Kikyou kept the same unruffled look on her face as Kagome's angry eyes met hers.

"InuYasha, let us leave your friends to their lunch. We should go off to the library to study," Kikyou said. InuYasha nodded in agreement and turned around, not looking at Kagome. Kikyou looked at Kagome with the glare of a demon and walked off, InuYasha following closely. Kagome stared down at her food. Even though she got the last comeback in, she felt defeated. Kouga patted her on the back. "You don't need that stupid asshole as a friend," he said. "You'll always have me now."

"And that's supposed to make her feel better?" Sango muttered to Miroku.

"I think so, but it'd only make me want to shoot myself," he whispered back.