Chapter 8: The preparations of the Gala festival

It was Monday morning, and Inuyasha was indeed training Kagome. Kagome was running around the track over 3 times before hearing Inuyasha shout "Time!" Kagome stopped and bent over her hands on her knees as she took many deep breaths.

"How...many...did I...do?"

Inuyasha smirked "in 5 minutes you have done 15 laps. Much better than last week"

Kagome smiled and stood up stretching her arms above her head tilting her head back, before bending down to touch her toes. "I guess this means that we're getting closer to you not calling me shorty anymore eh Yasha?"

Inuyasha rolled his eyes as he smirked "Not likely shorty we need to do weights next"

Kagome was confused "Wait, weights? There's a gym in this school"

Inuyasha nodded "Off course, I haven't gone yet since we started, I'll actually do some with you."

Kagome nodded "But is it open during the mornings?"

Inuyasha shook his head but took out his keys and pointed to one in particular "No, it is only opened from 9:00 till 5:00, but because I'm part of the basketball team, coach gives us each a set of keys, since we need to keep up our shape for when we don't have time during the day." Inuyasha bent down and picked up the cones to put them in the duffel bag. Kagome saw this and quickly helped out. Inuyasha shrugged "I also use the gym un the mornings because that way there aren't hardly any people so more equipment for me and privacy"

Kagome smiled "That's fair, I used to do the gym but it was separate to Kurin. I mainly went on the treadmills, the rowing machine, excercise bikes, and occasionally did stretches for my legs"

Inuyasha nodded "Well they are all mostly to work out your legs, which is good since you're a runner. But today I'll be showing you weight lifting, and we are going to see exactly how much weight you can actually hold, little by little we'll build up on the weight and your muscles might develop this time." Inuyasha grabbed the bag and both soon were walking away and headed towards the gym.

Kagome nodded as she tried hard not to blush. She was about to see Inuyash aworking out. Oh fanjita she was about to see those muscles getting to work. Wait why did she care? Why was she always getting flushed and sweaty whenever she thought of naked Inuyasha, or sweaty Inuyasha, or hell even happy Inuyasha. Kagome bit her bottom lip as she thought over Sango's words. Was she right? Did she actually like Inuyasha? Was there a possibility that maybe, just maybe she actually had some feelings for him? But it couldn't be, she had only met him for a week, and wasn't she trying to get revenge on Koga. Kagome smiled nervously to Inuyasha as he opened the door to what looked like the gym. Her eyes widened as she looked around, it was big. Not as big as your local gym, but darn all the machinery looked polished, sparkling and perfect. There were two water fountains, four massive speakers with two plasma TV'S for sound and music, there was two measuring scales on each side of the gym, and at least 5 objects of each stationary, each with their own water bottle holder, there was also a vending machine for all different type of energy drinks such as lucozade, water, vitamin water, revive, poweraid, they had it all.

Kagome spoke "Wow"

Inuyasha nodded "What's wrong, it's like you've never seen a gym before" Inuyasha dropped the duffel bag as he took out two towels from the bag.

Kagome shook her head "Off course I have, it's just that it was never as extravagant as this one. Damn"

Inuaysha shrugged and handed Kazuki a towel. Kagome accepted it thankfully and saw Inuyasha take of his red cardigan showing his black wife beater underneath. Kagome's eyes widened as her cheeks flushed pink 'Oh my sweet baby jesus.' Kagome saw him throw his towel around his neck and took out a bottle of water. She saw his well-defined biceps flex sharply as he threw his cardigan in the bag, he then bent down to tie his laces which were loose and Kagome tried not to squeak as she saw his backside. Kagome closed her eyes 'Oh god Kagome what is the matter with you!' Kagome opened her eyes and then let out a breath as she saw he was now walking over to a weight lifting machine. Kagome followed then heard him speak.

"Now I want you to lie down here" Inuyasha ordered.

Kagome nodded and laid down on the bench, her legs hanging of it. 'Oh god I've seen this in films and they are so hard!'

Inuyasha put on 5KG on each side to start of with. "Okay now try lifting 10Kg. This should only weigh as much as a parcel or delivery box"

Kagome nodded and took a breath before lifting the bar, she smiled as she managed to successfully lift it one then twice and then three times. She put them down and Inuyasha smirked. "Okay let's double it"

Kagome swallowed hard, she didn't have a good feeling about this. But Inuyasha then put 10KG on each side and spoke "Try lifting 20KG" Kagome once again fairly managed to lift the bar easily. Inuyasha smiled "Good, the average weight a person can lift is 60Kg that's like 135 pounds if you like. So let's see how you do with 40KG okay?"

Kagome nodded "What happens when I can't life them any more?"

Inuyasha shrugged "Well we'll work with the weight you can lift until your strong enough to handle more. You need to take things slow if you want to lose weight, or gain muscle, it's not just dedication but it's also patience, if you give up after a week then you lost. It might be a whole month since you lose anything but slowly those months will feel like nothing and before you know it your even better than you had imagined."

Kagome couldn't help but smile as she admired Inuyasha. He was so perfect. He was so optimistic about everything, he has a deep and sincere passion for sports, for basketball. He is indeed obsessed with it, but it's more than a hobbie to him, and Kagome knew that Inuyasha wanted to make a living out of it. However that was hard, hardly ever would you make money for becoming a famous player, you would have needed to win consecutive times years, and slowly your fame will grow and soon people will hire you for their team and you would earn a hell a lot of money, but that hardly happens, it's a once in a lifetime opportunity, but Kagome couldn't help but compare him to Koga. Koga always played basketball for popularity, he only joined the lynx in order to make a name and title for himself, however Inuyasha has a genuine fondness for the sport and a devotion stronger than she had ever seen in Koga.

Kagome smiled up at him and nodded "Thanks Yasha, for helping me"

Inuyasha couldn't help the small blush and the warmth that shot through his chest uninvited. He just shook his head "Don't worry about it shorty. Now for round 3 try to lift up 40KG"

Kagome took a deep breath and gripped the metal bars, however she felt Inuyasha's hands on hers, gently separating them so they had a distance. Inuyasha then spoke "You need to make sure they are parted equally so you balance each side well, if one side drops then it can fall on you and we don't want any injuries on you." Inuyasha said smirking at Kazuki.

Kagome chuckled "Guess not"

Inuyasha loved when he saw his smile. His lips parted and his eyes filled with joy whenever they had these moments. Inuyasha didn't know why, he couldn't understand exactly why he kept loving all the small things Kazuki did. Whenever he smiled, whenever he laughed, whenever he needed his support, Inuyasha liked it. He knew that Kazuki was a special kid, but he didn't understand just exactly why he liked it.

Inuyasha shook his head "Okay go"

Kagome tried lifting up the weight and it was just mm's off the support handles before she failed. She couldn't 40Kg seemed too much. Kagome tried again and again but never managed more than half way. She tried once more and accidentally let go of it, closing her eyes waiting for the pain, she didn't feel it. Instead when she opened her eyes she noticed that Inuyasha had caught it in time.

Inuyasha breathed a sigh of relief, when Kazuki accidenlty let go of the bar his heart jumped and his breath stopped not wanting him to get hurt. Inuyasha closed his eyes and he shook his mind from those absurd emotions. "Be careful shorty you almost got your face smashed"

Kagome sat up "Thanks, because that is definitely a confidence booster"

Inuaysha stood in front of her "Not even a thank you?"

Kagome blushed "Sorry, thanks"

Inuyasha nodded and patted Kazuki's back "Come on shorty, we've got P.E next so let's go"

Kagome nodded and as they both walked up to their room, Kagome was contemplating of how she was going to shower this time, it'd be embarrassing to come out with her towel over her chest. 'That's it I just won't have a shower'

Inuyasha unlocked their door and allowed Kazuki to walk in first before he went in and closed the door. "So um, you want to shower first?"

Kagome shook her head as she tried to come up with an excuse "Uh, n-no I'm not having one, b-because we have gym first...yeah...and I'm going to get sweaty again so no point"

Inuyasha furrowed his eyebrows in confusion but then shrugged "Well if you say so" Inuyasha went straight to the bathroom to take a shower, and once Kagome heard the door close she breathed a sigh of relief as she threw herself on her bed.

"Fuck my arms"

Kagome grabbed her shoulder and moved her arm and heard it click, she did the same with the other and also heard them click. "God I'm in so much pain" Kagome had never needed to lift anything as heavy as what she had today, and god did it burn her biceps, she even felt pain to lift them up. 'God I am weak' Kagome then sat up and shook her head 'No Kagome, you aren't. You promised yourself you would prove to Koga that you aren't, and your bloody well going to do it' Kagome nodded her head once as she jumped up, one of her hands fisted "Your going to prove it no matter what, this pain is proof of that" Kagome took out her phone and saw the photo of her and Sango on the screen saver. She smiled again as she closed her phone 'Everyone is counting on me, they are trusting me to do this, and I won't let them down. Pain be damned'

Kagome heard knocking on the door and heard Inuyasha still in the shower, so she walked over to the door and opened it to see Miroku leaning against the frame with one arm crossed and the other on his forehead like a salute "Yo" and Koga who was standing there with his hands in his pockets smiling "Hey, we came over cause we were bored, Inuyasha?"

Kagome invited them in and closed the door "Shower"

Miroku threw himself on the sofa, and Koga was standing next to Kagome. Kagome turned and started conversation "So I'm guessing your week-end was fun? Met that Ayame girl recently?" Kagome hated this topic but if she wanted to bond with him she had to swallow her pain, you know what they say, no pain no gain.

Koga smiled as he nodded "Yeah my week-end was fine, but I didn't meet her, she said she was too busy."

Kagome faked a look of sadness "Oh sorry man, I'm sure you'll meet her soon"

Koga shrugged "Yeah, maybe. Anyway you signing up for the gala festival"

Miroku then chimed in "Oh yeah the Gala festival! I'm signing up ha!"

Koga rolled his eyes "Your just signing up because you have nothing better to do"

Miroku pouted and posed in a very stereotypical girly pose puffing out his lips his hands in his hair "Aren't I girly?" Kagome laughed.

Miroku then felt a bonk on his head, and Kagome saw it was Inuyasha, a towel wrapped around his waist, his eyes closed as he shook his head "You never learn do ya lecher. And no, you ain't near as girly as you think"

Koga chuckled "That's true"

Miroku pouted once again "You guys are mean, man I was just kidding. Kazuki your on my side aren't you"

Kagome smiled as she nodded "Yeah I am, I'm sure you'll be an okay girl"

Miroku smiled "Yay at least someone is on my side"

Koga snorted "He isn't girly, but sometimes I swear he is gay"

Inuyasha snorted "There is no such thing as Miroku and gay in the same sentence Koga" Inuyasha said as he changed into his boxers and gym wear.

Kagome managed to look away from his naked chest and accidentally bumped into Koga and fell backwards, however she didn't fall as she felt arms around her. She opened her eyes thinking it was Inuyasha, but saw it was Koga. Kagome's eyes widened as she looked up at him. She bit her lip to stop from crying as she remembered all the times he held her this way, when they were lying on the bed, if ever she fell much like now, whenever they danced.

Inuyasha tried to repress a growl that was creeping into his chest as he saw how close Koga and Kazuki were. He was about to help Kazuki before he saw Koga grab him first. For some reason he wanted to push Koga out of the way and take care of his room-mate. Why did he have such a fucking strong bond for Kazuki anyway! He's never been like this with any-body before. and especially NOT when they are a guy.

Kagome blushed a little and stood up turning to Koga as she placed a loose strand behind her ear "T-Thanks Koga"

Koga smirked "No problem"

Inuyasha put on his shirt and cardigan as he grabbed his water bottle and packed his uniform a little too harshly. "You all ready to go?"

Kagome nodded as she picked up her own bag, Miroku and Koga both with their own. "Okay let's go"

It was lunch now and Kagome was alone sitting on the lunch table as Inuyasha and Koga were accompanying Miroku in his sign up for the gala festival. Kagome sighed and then felt a tap on her shoulder she turned up to see a blushing Hojo. She instantly smiled "Hojo!"

Hojo smiled back a little "Hi...uh..."

Kagome smiled "You can call me Kagome in secret"

Hojo nodded "So, how was your week-end Kagome?"

Kagome nodded as she smiled "It was nice, met up with friends and family, caught up with information and Inuaysha is with the others signing up for the gala festival"

Hojo nodded "Aren't you going to sign up? Maybe you can be yourself if you enter this competition"

Kagome shook her head quickly "No way, if I do I'll need to have my natural hair out and Koga know's how I look like. I couldn't jinx it. Plus I wouldn't sign up for it anyway even if I was really a guy"

Hojo nodded "Well I need to go back, meeting friends in the library. I'm here for you whenever you need it." Hojo said bowing a little smiling before he left. Kagome sighed as she drank her water looking down at her sandwich.

She then heard chattering and laughing and turned to see Inuyasha and the others walking up to her. She smirked as she high-fived Miroku "So you signed up successfully"

Miroku nodded as he sat opposite of her with Koga next to him, and Inuyasha slipping to sit next to her. Kagome smiled as she nodded "So when are the preparations being set up, if the festival is the day after tomorrow then people need to start decorating"

Inuyasha nodded "They start decorations later today and all of tomorrow. My question is why will the pervert wear"

Miroku grinned "Well mi amigo, I am friends with Masahiko the head of the drama department, and he has allowed me to borrow a dress, heels of size 10 thank god, and a wig not to mention he is doing my make-up. I am surely going to win"

Koga smirked "Not if Kazuki wins first"

Kagome was confused "Huh? I didn't sign up"

All the boys looked at each other smiling and smirking, and Kagome was confused "What is wrong with you guys, why are you all grinning"

Inuyasha sighed "Well let's just say you are competing with Miroku in the gala festival"

Kagome's eyes went wide "What!" Kagome heard most of the lunch room quiet down and she covered her mouth before everyone went back to chattering. Kagome narrowed her eyes at Inuyasha "You better take me of that list" 'He has to take me off! I can't be myself, Koga will recognise me for gods sakes!'

Inuyasha laughed nervously at Kazuki's sudden anger as he scratched the back of his neck "Well you see, the sign up sheet was only up from this morning to lunch time. So they've already taken the sheet with all the names your candidate number 30! so it's cool"

Kagome sighed as she hit her head on the table "Seriously, it's not just that. I don't want to dress up as a girl"

Inuyasha sighed "Look if you do this, I will do anything you want me to do"

Kagome raised an eyebrow "Like a favour?"

Inuaysha nodded "Yeah like a favour"

Kagome thought for a moment. 'Well if nothing can be done about it, then I'll just need to figure out some way, and why not get an advantage out of this' Kagome nodded "Okay you got yourself a deal Yasha"

Inuyasha smirked and slapped her back causing her to choke on her drink from the force "That's the spirit shorty!"

School was over for today and Kagome noticed most of the school were running around everywhere with boxes filled with decorations, she went to the gym to see the stage being set up and the floor being polished and stapled with what looked to be red carpet. She noticed an arch near the back where the person would make the grand entrance, and saw two boys weaving vines onto it as if it was a forest. She then noticed a long black curtain at the back covering one whole wall of the gym. She then noticed how they were stapling decorations on the side of the stage, such as bows, ribbons, streamers. "Wow they seriously go all out" Kagome whispered to herself out loud.

"Yeah they do"

Kagome turned to see Inuyasha they're leaning against the entrance of the gym his hands in his pockets with a smirk on his lips. "They put in a lot of effort, mainly because the school council are hardly doing anything, for once when they are in charge of a big event they go all out." Inuyasha said walking closer towards her. Kagome noticed how his tie was loosely hung around his neck and how his white shirt was not tucked in, along with his messy boyish hair out and free rather than tied up like usual. Kagome tried hard not to bite her lip as she saw just how much of a bad boy he actually looked a that moment.

Inuyasha walked closer to Kazuki and stopped next to him. He looked at the decorations and smiled "I'm sure you'll do good on the day shorty"

Kagome smiled also "As long as you keep your promise"

Inuyasha chuckled "I never break my promises. I never have and don't see a reason why I should. I'll keep my half of the bargain"

Kagome nodded and looked around trying to think up of a conversation to break the awkward moment, and the first thing that popped into her mind was "So, have you spoken with Kikyo recently?" Kagome didn't know why she had asked this but she had already let it out so there was no going back. However she hated when she saw the sadness and anger boil in his eyes. Kagome wished she never asked the question. She didn't mean to make him remember anything about his ex. But why she asked that she didn't know, all she knew was that she was indeed curious if their relationship.

Inuyasha was shocked at the sudden out of character question. He kept his eye son the decorations as he answered. He hated her, he hated remembering all the memories, all the obvious clues of how the relationship was only one-sided. How it always had been one-sided. But he never told any-one, never spoke to any-body about it, because he didn't want to be weak, he didn't want to look or sound to attached, not to mention that he was always tempted to break something when her name was brought up, but maybe, just maybe, he could tell one person. And funny enough Kazuki sounded like the perfect friend to confine in.

He then walked up to the bleachers and inclined his head for Kazuki to follow him. Kagome nodded and ran to follow him. Once they both sat down comfortably, he spoke. "No, I haven't spoken to her. It's just complicated"

Kagome nodded "Mind telling me. I don't want to push too much, but your my friend and if it will be better to talk to someone I will listen"

Inuyasha nodded slowly and leaned forward both his elbows on his legs, his hands intertwined in the middle, his head down as his foot tapped on the floor. "It all started two years ago. I met her at a friend's party. It was around the time Koga was celebrating his first year anniversary with his girlfriend Kagome"

Kagome nodded slowly, biting her lip.

"I thought she was the most beautiful woman I'd ever met, yeah she looked a little to underdressed but I was 15 I had always only ever seen girls that were mainly underdressed, so to me it was normal. I was always alone because my parents were always away on business leaving me alone for most of the time. And when I spoke with her, she sounded nice, she sounded caring and I thought that maybe something could happen with this girl. However after a while I asked her to be my girlfriend. She said yes and I was very happy" Inuaysha's lips went into a straight line. "However I didn't know she was already taken"

Kagome looked sadly at the ground remembering Naraku. "Yeah"

Inuyasha sighed "Well anyway, everything was perfect, at least to me. However whenever I wanted to take it further she would always look disgusted, she would always say no that she wasn't ready. I told her I'd gladly wait until she was comfortable, however she never did start anything of the sort. Then when she used to come to my basketball games and tournaments, she would either call saying she couldn't make it for a 'family emergency' or she would sit there on the phone checking her nails rather than looking at me and cheering me on."

Kagome was angry, she felt hatred for Kikyo the moment she saw her. But she didn't know she was this cruel, this egoistical. 'God some girls can be bitches'

Inuaysha leaned back "That's when I started noticing something was off about her. She always cancelled on me, she always started something then left me high and dry. I...I even told her I loved her"

Kagome's eyes widened. He...he had told her, he loved her? For some reason Kagome felt her heart ache harshly at his words. Why? Why was she in so much pain when she heard that. He had said he loved her, it was the usual since they were a couple, so why was she getting...jealous.

Inuyasha not noticing her slight change of emotion carried on. "Even then the only thing she would say was 'me too' she never told me she loved me back, it got to the point that even hugging her, kissing her she didn't have any passion, I knew then that I never truly loved her. I hadn't noticed since...I guess...I was just begging and craving for attention, attention that I was never given from my family since they were always so busy, I just wanted someone other than my friends to confide in you know. I wanted someone to love I guess, yeah sure friends were there, but I wanted to be able to have a relationship with someone I could trust in and know that they'd always be there. Soon I started getting suspicious and a year later I had enough of her falseness, and went to her house, however since I'm a hanyou, my hearing is sensitive and I could hear...noises"

Kagome's eyes were covered by her bangs "What kind"

Inuyasha sighed "Bed creaking, moaning, groaning. I heard her voice, I heard her call that bastard's name, I heard her scream his name and when I heard who it was I knocked on the door roughly, and heard them stop then a couple of minutes later she opened the door. I saw her in just a white shirt and underwear, her hair messed up as well as her lipstick. I remember asking her who was in there, and she lied. She dared to lie in front of my face saying she was about to have a shower that's why she was half-naked. I barge din however and saw him."

"Naraku?" Kagome asked.

Inuyasha nodded "Yeah, I remember punching the lights out of him, I beat him up real good that day and when I finished I screamed at her asking her for how long it had been going on for. And she kept crying saying that she loved him and how she was with him even before she was with me. I asked her why the hell she was still with me then and her answer was because I can't limit myself to one person"

"That bitch" Kagome said before covering her mouth quickly.

Inuyasha chuckled "No go ahead she is, I yelled that to her when I caught her in the act and after that day, I never trusted nay other girl again for a while."

Kagome was confused "Why not, just because you caught a dodgy one, doesn't mean you won't find the genuine"

Inuyasha smiled as he turned to Kazuki. "Shorty, I wish I could find the genuine one. I want that more than anything, but you don't always get what you want so I just gave up"

Kagome looked at him and gently put her hand on his shoulder, the noises of the decorations and the tables and chairs scraping of the gym floor in the background, however Kagome was only focused on Inuyasha. Inuyasha felt his hand and turned to him seeing his smile. "I think that love comes from finding someone you can feel utterly comfortable with, someone who makes you comfortable with yourself. It's like...finding yourself, or maybe it's like finding the other part of can only be found through the act of loving. Usually when you're searching for that special someone you only succeed when you've given up hope...it's rather fascinating how it always ends up in the last place you'd expect to ever find someone, and that's when you notice that your special someone is hundred times better than you could have ever imagined."

Inuyasha was surprised. Never, never has any-body ever given him such heartfelt words of encouragement. All his friends have always told him that he could have a quickie to warm a lonely night, or that he just needed to be patient. But never has any of his friends truly give him any advice as Kazuki had just now. And he was right, maybe he shouldn't give up, after all it;s always like that in the movies, where the guy tries to find his true love and ends up being the girl he never ever thought would be the one in a million years. But maybe Kazuki was right, maybe he just hasn't sincerely tried hard enough to find that special someone.

Inuyasha turned to Kazuki and smiled "Thank's shorty."

Kagome smiled and jumped up as she outstretched her hand for Inuyasha. Inuyasha looked at the hand before looking up. Kagome smiled "Enough of this mushy talk, you have basketball practice don't you?"

Inuyasha's eyes widened as he jumped up "Shit I forgot we're in the field today since the gym is being occupied" Inuyasha jumped down the bleachers and turned around waving "I'll see you tonight shorty!" he yelled before running to the dorms to grab his bag and head to the field. Kagome laughed as she saw him run. Once she saw him disappear her smile faded, she looked to the ground solemnly. "I give advice that I can't even follow myself. I'm pathetic" Kagome said as she sighed and rested her face in her palms as she leaned her elbows on her legs. After 10 minutes or so, she stood up and stretched once before jumping down the bleachers, she then heard whistles coming from the field, and ran towards the door, and once she made it outside she rubbed her arms as the sudden breeze hit her skin through her cardigan.

"Come on boys faster, and double the speed! COME ON PUT SOME BACK INTO IT!"

Kagome heard the coach say as she saw all the team lynx doing push-ups most with one hand and the others with two. She saw a handful of silver hair, and noticed how Inuyasha wasn't even breaking a sweat. Kagome then saw Koga also using one hand along with Miroku who was using both. Kagome looked at Koga and knew that she needed to come up with something, she's only used laxatives so far, she needed more ideas. Kagome was glad that she didn't need to have another shower

'That's it! The showers!'

Kagome ran back into the gym and ran towards a randomer "Hey excuse me, do you think you can let me borrow some of that glue please"

The boy looked at her quizzically "Why?"

Kagome thought quickly "U-Uh...my friend needs it to glue the decorations on the doors outside"

The boy looked at her once and just shrugged giving him the bottle. Kagome smiled and bowed "Thanks" she ran quickly to the changing rooms and walked down the isles looking for Koga's bag. Kagome found Inuyasha's bag, and saw that the bag next to him had a name tag. She turned the name tag over and saw 'Koga wolfe' written on it. Kagome smirked as she opened it. She turned to make sure no-one was watching her. And she quickly found his shampoo. "You say I'm not clever eh? You say I'm too girly, well how's about this for girly" Kagome opened the top and squirted the glue inside the bottle almost dumping more than half. Once she thought there was enough glue she closed the lid of the shampoo and shook the bottle for around 2 minutes before leaving it back in his back, she did the same with his conditioner just in case, and after finishing of her plan. She quickly ran back out the changing room. She went back into the gym and ran towards the boy handing him the glue. "Thanks"

The boy looked and saw how light it felt "Hey wait!"

However Kagome ran out before he could say anything and ran towards the dorms. Once she entered she ran into her room and closed the door. She took a few breaths before seeing the sofa and jumping on it gladly snuggling into the warmth it was giving. She looked at the ceiling. Now the big question was...what was she going to do about the gala festival. Kagome bit her lip 'I can at least take of the binder and put on a bra of some sort. But what do I wear? How can I not show my true hair colour? If Koga sees me in girl from he would know instantly. I need to think of something and quick' however before Kagome knew it, all the activities from today was suddenly flooding back to her body all in once, causing her eyes to feel heavy. 'I guess I could skip dinner tonight' and soon she fell asleep, her arms on her waist and her legs curled up to herself.

"Okay boys! All of you can hit the showers!"

Inuyasha, Miroku and Koga jumped for joy at the sound of 'shower' "Man am I sweating, that was some work-out" Miroku said.

Inuyasha wrapped his towel around his neck before wrapping his arm around Koga's neck "What about you Koga, heard from that Ayame girl yet?"

Koga nodded as he wiped hi eyebrow and took a sip of his water. "She want's to meet me this Saturday"

Miroku smiled as he wiggled his eyebrows "Well well well, is our wolf boy getting himself another sexy señorita"

Inuaysha sighed "Miro what the fuck is up with you and the Spanish all of a sudden?"

Miroku smirked as he tapped Inuyasha's shoulder "Well my dear friend I am glad you've asked, you see girls adore boys who can speak foreign languages, and one famous language is the Hispanic one, soooo I'm testing it out. What do you think? Is it working?"

Inuyasha bonked him on the head "First look like a Hispanic person and then girls will like the accent"

Koga laughed as Miroku grumbled about how harsh and mean his friends were. Soon all boys stripped naked with only a towel on their shoulder and as they all entered the showers, they began to do their usual routine. However 5 minutes later...

"WHAT THE FUCK!" Koga yelled, causing all the boys in the shower to laugh.

Inuyasha tried hard not to laugh "You Koga what's up with your hair?"

Koga growled as his hair was stuck upwards in some sort of Mohawk. Koga tried to wet his hair, but there was so much glue that he couldn't get it out easily. "FUCK SAKE!" Koga tried the conditioner only realising that it had the same texture again. "I'M GOING TO FUCKING KILL WHOEVER HAS DONE THIS!"

Inuyasha and Miroku both kept laughing as they tried to calm their friend down "Relax mi amigo I'm sure everything will be fine. Just use hot water-"

"Don't you think I haven't tried that you dipshit" Koga said pissed off. He would kill whoever did this.

Inuyasha stopped laughing at seeing how angry his friend was "Okay look we'll go to the nurse, he should surely have something that could help take the glue off"

"Who the fuck did this?! That's what I want to know!" Koga said hearing all the laughing and chuckling form the other guys who were walking out getting changed. Inuyasha sighed and finished off his shower before saying goodnight to Miroku and praying that the nurse was there. Luckily he was and after leaving Koga there, Inuyasha walked back to the dorm his duffel bag on his shoulder. He laughed quietly at the joke. "I have to give the person credit"

Once Inuyasha reached the dorm building he could hear the silence, and as he jumped up the flight of stairs he took out his keys and opened the door to the room, only to be seen with Kazuki's small figure huddled in a ball on the sofa, sleeping soundlessly and deeply by what Inuyasha could tell. Inuyasha smirked and closed the door silently placing the bags down on the floor, he walked over to the kitchen and realised Kazuki hadn't eaten. "He's going to get hungry later on" Inuyasha managed to find some cereal bars he bought the day before summer ended and took two and put them on Kazuki's bedside table. He then turned around and saw Kazuki shiver every now and then. 'He must be cold' Inuyasha was pondering whether to shift him to the bed or leave him there, but then he thought of how uncomfortable the sofa was and decided to repay him the favour for this afternoon.

Slowly Inuyasha walked over to Kazuki, and gently place one arm below his shoulders and the other under his legs. Inuyasha counted to three and slowly picked him up, his eyes wide 'Damn he's so light! I never even thought of how light his weight must be.' Inuyasha then slowly walked over to the lower bed of and skill-fully opened the covers as much as he could, before placing Kazuki on the mattress, feeling him snuggle into the pillow. Inuyasha halted his movements until Kazuki relaxed. One he did he proceeded to grab the covers and gently out them over him. Inuaysha saw him smile and smirked himself. 'He's such a kid. Shorty' Inuyasha saw Kazuki's bangs on his eye, and thought twice about moving it for him. He outstretched his hand slowly, but as soon as he was about to pull them away, he stopped. 'No just leave him alone.' Inuyasha then got up and changed out of his gym wear before jumping on the top bunk. Inuyasha could hear Kazuki's light snore, and smirked as he himself fell into the depths of sleep.

"Come on everyone! It's already Wednesday and the festival is about to start in 3 hours!" Demanded one boy from the school council.

Kagome was with Hojo helping him prepare for the festival also, mainly with the decorations. She stood up and saw Inuyasha along with Koga who still had his spikey hair causing Kagome to laugh every time she saw it, helping carry the wood and the metal boards for where the lighting will go and the stands to decorate around the arch. Kagome smiled as she saw him look at her direction, she waved at him and he smirked back waving also. Kagome then crouched down and went back to gluing hearts and flowers for the banner.

"So Kagome, what are you planning on wearing tonight?" Hojo asked kindly, helping Kagome.

Kagome smile faded to one of sadness "I don't know, I'm kind of stuck on some things"

Hojo looked at her quizzically "Like?"

Kagome bit her bottom lip as she stuck another small flower in the middle of a cut out heart. "Well, Koga know's my female side perfectly, if I come out with dark hair he'll know it's me, I don't need all the fakery since I am genuinely a...you know" Kagome said not wanting to say anything out loud. Hojo nodded and Kagome carried on "so I need a wig or something, to cover my natural hair. But what? I don't have any dresses or clothes either. I wish they never signed me up."

Hojo nodded and thought for a moment "Well I am friends with Masahiko, I've even worked with him on occasions, I could borrow a wig and some clothes for now."

Kagome beamed happily "Oh thank you Hojo, thank you so much. I would hug you...but...yeah"

Hojo smiled and nodded "I'll meet you by the back of the dorms with everything at 5:00 the festival starts a 6:00 and since you're the last candidate, that should be plenty of time to get ready"

Kagome nodded happily. "Thank's Hojo, I really appreciate this"

Hojo smiled and shook his head "Don't worry about it, I'm glad I could help. Plus it;s nice to have a friend."

Kagome smiled and both were happily laughing and enjoying in conversation until she felt a hand ruffled her hair. She looked up to see sweaty Inuyasha smirking "What you guys chatting about. How's the banner coming?" Inuyasha said crouching between Hojo and Kagome.

Kagome smiled "It's going well, just talking about tonight and my outfit and such. How's the lighting going?"

Inuyasha smiled and winked "Perfect, just need to carry some more empty boxes into the recycling. I'll see you tonight okay shorty, I know you'll do good" Inuyasha said ruffling his hair again. Kagome tucked her head in her shoulders again at the contact and smiled.

"Okay, but don't think I've forgotten about the deal" Kagome said smirking and with that a laughing Inuyasha walked off.

Hojo nudged Kagome and smiled "Was that a blush I saw Kagome?"

Kagome blushed again and punched his shoulder "Oh shush you"

Hojo chuckled "Hey I'm just saying the truth"

Kagome punched his shoulder again and Hojo chuckled. Soon all the decorations were done and the banner was being tied up with the help of Inuyasha at the top stapling it to the wood frame that was built around the stage. Another team were nailing the sign 'Gala Festival' at the back of the wall on the curtain and Miroku was wrapping lights all around the stage and the frame. Kagome was nervous for tonight, how would it feel to be a girl again. Even if it was for just a few minutes, seconds even. How would it be to actually be able to freely be a girl, and what would Inuyasha say after seeing her. 'Cut it out Kagome, he doesn't see you that way, your just his room-mate!' Kagome saw the lights of the gym turn off as the glowing white lights of the stage turned on, making the wooden frame glow brightly. Everybody clapped as they were finally done, checking all the lighting at the top and making finishing touches, and they were done and ready for tonight.

"Well done everybody! LET'S ENJOY TONIGHT!" Daisuke one of the school council representatives said shouted from the stage. Everybody laughed and clapped hooting. Kagome smiled nervously. 'Shit this is actually happening!' Kagome took deep breaths as she looked around and automatically started panicking again for tonight.

'Yep this is definitely happening, oh shit!'

And there you have it all! ^^ I was originally going to add the next scene here, but it would be too long, and plus it would be a harsh cliffhanger so I made the cliff hanger as less painful as I could. Now this chapter has a lot of context in it, mainly because Kikyo will be in the story later on, and I wanted to slowly bring her back in without the change seeming to drastic, and it's also good to get a bit of history behind Inuyasha's love life. Well another prank for Koga and I hope you all liked the idea. I am so happy with all the reviews I got up to 103! ^^ YAAAAAY. Now if I miraculously get up to 120 I will be crying and over the moon, and will definitely update in like a day or two depending.

SO it all depends on you guys. More reviews faster update! ^.^ but most importantly read and enjoooooy!