Only…Only…

There is no you there is only me! Oops…I love 9 Inch Nails! Do I speak for everyone? "Only" is one of their best songs evah!

Hmn….(Moves arm)) ouches! It be hurtin'! But oh well…next week the cast comes off! Woohoo! Be happeh! Anywayz, we're still rebellin' and stuff on this "no answering reviewers" shit! We'll show 'em! I miss 2004…at least you could post song lyrics and stuffz! ONTO THE CHAP—.

((chapter interrupted))

(Funeral clothes) Shel's crying… "DEARLY BELOVED! We are gathered here to day to honor—that's a wedding opener isn't it? Oh well—gathered here today to honor the gayest guy eva!

JAKOTSU-KUN!"

Sob sob.

Lai sniffles. "He was soo…GAY!" Brookkei nods. "An inspiration of gayness to us all!"

((Ok…back to our regularly scheduled chapter…))


"I don't wanna go!"

"Kagome-chan, calm down"

Sango faithfully walked beside her decision-in-making: date-or-not-to-date friend. Kagome growled frustrated. "I should cancel! I should! But how would that be fair…?"

Sango sighed. "I'll give you some advice: stay away from Ayame. She's extremely pissed at you." Kagome looked up. "How come?"

"Well…Ayame has had a "thing" for Koga since the eight grade. I heard they dated once but it didn't last even a month. But you had no way of knowing, of course!" Sango added quickly seeing as Kagome's face had gone extremely pail. "Oh god…she's gonna kill me…"

Sango patted her friend on the shoulder. Kagome wobbled to the left but kept walking blindly. "I'm canceling…" She decided. Sango protested. "Kagome, you shouldn't do—."

Her sentence went unfinished. Someone yelled "Move!" and both girls froze at the corner. Two boys flew past them, breathing heavily and looking absolutely panicked. Kagome did a double take. She recognized them both as InuYasha and Miroku.

"Get back here dumbasses!" Bankotsu, followed by Koga rounded the corner next. "Slow it down!"

"No chance!"

Sango and Kagome blinked. "What just happened?" Sango shrugged. "Nothing unusual. Those two are always ticking someone off. Usually it's Bankotsu and them."

Trashcans being knocked to the ground was heard as the girl gave a sweatdrop. The boys came back and heroically hid behind the girls. "Save us!"

Bankostu, now with a banana peal on his head jumped a fence twitching insanely. "ASSHOLES! You're both assholes!"

"Actually," Miroku corrected. "I'm the asshole. He's the dumbass." InuYasha nodded. "Yup."

Bankostu growled. Vein. Vein. Vein, vein, vein, vein! "SHUDDAP!"

The boys had the decency to squeak. Bankotsu clenched his fist. "You're both gonna paaay!" Kagome and Sango blinked in response. All 3 guys were acting like 4 year olds. But…oh well, as long as no one was watching.

"Run Miroku!"

"Right behind you!"

"Get back here dumbass and dumber-ass!" Bankotsu pushed passed the two extremely confused and disturbed girls. Koga appeared behind them smelling like dumpster and panting. "Those—guys—need—to—die!"

"What they do?" Sango asked after Koga caught his breath. He straightened up. "Notice Bankotsu's hair?"

The girls turned to see that half of the retreating Bankotsu's hair seemed messily chopped off. "They cut his hair?"

"No…" Koga smiled. "They burned it." Kagome gaped, half shock half oh-my-god-that's-hilarious!. Sango covered her mouth. "Why?-!"

Koga sighed. "Basically Bankotsu punched Miroku and called InuYasha a bitch. Bankotsu had no way of knowing he had a lighter though…" He added in his friend's defense. Kagome giggled. "That's great!" Sango 'heh heh'd'. "InuYasha set Bankotsu's hair on fire?-! Does the guy have a death wish or somethin'?"

"Obviously." Koga answered just before the 3 returned. InuYasha stopped suddenly and Miroku hid behind him. "Back Bankotsu! I'll do it again!"

The innocent bystanders all stepped to the side. Bankotsu growled. "Try it! I dare you!" He himself took a step back. "You asked for it!" InuYasha reached into his pocket.

Bankotsu covered his head with his arms. "Not my hair!" He looked right. Looked left. Then stuck his tongue out. "We'll settle this Monday!" Turning on his heels, he grabbed Koga's arm. "C'mon let's go!" Koga didn't hesitate. "See ya tonight Kagome."

"Before the girl could protest, they disappeared behind the corner. "That's right! Run!"

Miroku sweat dropped. "What the hell man, I know you dropped the thing back behind school." InuYasha nodded. "I did!"

Miroku got all bug-eyed. "You coulda killed us!" "Bankotsu's and them aren't not that smart!" "……You're right…he's not."

Kagome looked at Sango. Sango shook her head sadly. "The people you have to deal with." Kagome nodded. "Frustrating isn't it?"

Vein. "We're right here ya know……"


Kagome flopped on her bed, her bag promptly rolling off and on to the floor. "I've waited all this time for someone to notice me and it's Koga."

She rolled onto her side. "On one hand, he's pretty cute. On the other…he's friends with Bankotsu. Who's friends with Jakotsu…who's…creepy. But who's also friends with Kikyou and Ayame."

Ayame…one girl she did not want to meet in a dark alley. "Maybe…" she rolled back onto her back, arms stretched out to her sides. "…Maybe I'm ready for the idea to have a boyfriend…but not ready to have the actual boyfriend." Kagome sat up. "I guess…I'll give it a try."

Maybe if she didn't dress up he would get the idea. But then…

… Kagome sighed. InuYasha was right…they weren't that smart.

Giving up on any idea she had, Kagome pulled on some jeans and a green top. "They can make me wear red at school…but I'll never get used to it." Their uniforms were green at her old school. Ah, the old school…she couldn't believe how much she missed it. Compared to the other people, Ayumi, Yuka, and Eri bonding time seemed really, really good right now.

The front door slid open and two 8 year old voices were heard. "Does Souta have friends over?" Kagome groaned. Babysitting…that would really make her day.

Wait a minute…babysitting! The perfect excuse! "Souta!" Kagome nearly knocked her chair over, flying over to the door and stomping downstairs. "Do you have friends over?" She called hopefully.

"Yeah!"

Kagome followed the voice into the play room where Souta's video games were set up. She could hear where Tekken 3 was blaring through the door. She slid it open. Souta was connecting another controller to his Play Station. A boy with red hair and his hair and a green hair tie sat there staring back at the teen with equally emerald green eyes.

He looked so cute! Kagome grinned. Heheh…Babysitting. "Who's your friend?"

Souta sat down next to the boy handing him a controller. "This is Shippo. He's new here."

Shippo nodded. "I moved here with my gramma over the weekend." Kagome's eyes sparkled. His voice was just above a squeak! It was adorable! "That's great…!"

"Not if you have to be so close to your cousin. Shippo sent a disgusted look at the floor. Souta nodded in agreement. "Not to nice of a guy."

Kagome didn't ask. The phone rang in the kitchen and Kagome left to answer it. "'Scuse me a second, okay?"

The door slid behind her. Both boys blinked. "Hey Souta…who was that?"

"My sister, Kagome." Shippo didn't move his eyes from the closed door. "Oh. She's pretty."

Souta shrugged, also magically mesmerized by the closed door. "I guess so."


Kagome picked up the phone from the receiver. "Higurashi residence."

"Kagome?"

She nearly dropped the phone. "H—hojo?-!"

"Yeah it's me! Yuka told me; you're really not coming back?" Kagome slumped against the wall. "Yeah, it's true. So what's up?" she quickly changed the subject, not wanting to talk about the past two weeks. She also wondered why it took Hojo two weeks to just now realize she was gone…oh boy.

"What do you mean? I haven't seen you in days!"

Weeks… Kagome thought.

"At any rate, I was wondering if I could see you. Maybe in an hour?"

Kagome banged her head against the wall. "Actually…I sorta have plans already."

"A date?"

"Well yes. I mean no! I mean…I'm babysitting."

""Well I see. Maybe later."

"Su-u-ure. Later, yeah." Kagome slammed the phone back down on the receiver. "I hate my life…"

Not even two seconds later, the phone rang again. Half scared, half annoyed, Kagome grabbed the phone and pounded her fist on the counter beside her. "What?-!"

"Ka—gome?"

Kagome froze. "San—go?"

"Hey I knew it!"

Kagome relaxed and slid into a chair. "How'd you get my number?"

"You're brother's friends with Kohaku. We found him in the front yard." Kagome sighed yet again. Souta was giving out random people their number? At least it was Sango…and not Koga.

"Did you cancel yet?"

Kagome rubbed her forehead. "No not yet. But I have the perfect excuse!"

"Well make another one. Me and Miroku are coming with you."


OUCH MY ACHING HAND! (throb throb, sniff) Well this is all for today! I shall be making more updates after Tuesday! Laterz!