Inuyasha and Miroku rounded the corner, deep in conversation. Suddenly, who should Inuyasha bump into other than the infamous Miss Higurashi? Inuyasha and Kagome both fell to the floor in a heap. He quickly scrambled to his feet and extended his hand to her to help her up. Kagome ignored it and slowly stood up, walking away with a blank, hollow look in her eyes.

"Hey, are you alright?" called out Inuyasha, running to catch up with her. He turned to face her, waiting for her to say something.

"Don't concern yourself with me," she said coldly, and continued on her way, leaving a confused Inuyasha in her wake.

Miroku caught up to Inuyasha. There was an awkward silence.

In Gym Class

"Well, this is a first. Miss Kagura never makes us run," commented Miroku, scratching his head, "and three miles at that."

Everyone in the class lined up at the starting line. Inuyasha noticed Kagome and Kouga were also there, standing together. She was dressed in a white shirt and obscenely short red shorts. He had to wipe away the drool. She has legs that go on for miles…

"Listen up, kiddies. Whoever doesn't finish gets an F. Any questions?" barked Miss Kagura.

"I think she's PMSing" whispered Miroku, loudly. A few students giggled.

"See that girl with the straight black hair and pink eyeshadow?" asked Miroku, pointing to a bored and slightly pissed off looking girl next to Kagome. "That's Sango. Someday she'll bear my child." This guy is weirder that he looks.

Miss Kagura blew her whistle, signaling the beginning of the run. Kouga led the group, showing off to Kagome who was smiling and trailing a few feet behind him. Sango was running next to her. Inuyasha and Miroku were at the back.

"So, I take it Sango's friends with Kagome?" asked Inuyasha.

"Yeah. They're like blood brothers. Or blood sisters. Whatever you're supposed to call it with girls," laughed Miroku. They sped up a little and reached the middle of the group.

After about ten minutes, half the class had dropped out of the race.

"They'll all get F's!" exclaimed Inuyasha, ever the nerd.

"Nah, Miss Kagura's always threatening us but she gives everyone A's in the end. It's easier that way, because she doesn't even care to know our names, so she can't give individual grades," explained Miroku. He gestured toward an oak tree that Miss Kagura was sitting under and writing something in a journal. She had headphones on and very obviously could care less about about what her class was doing.

By this time, they were almost done with the run. It was just Inuyasha, Miroku, Sango, Kagome, and Kouga in the race. Kouga was far ahead with Kagome.

"I hate that guy," growled Inuyasha, after Kouga 'accidentally' kicked a whirlwind of dust in his face.

"You think you can take him?" asked Miroku.

Inuyasha didn't answer. He just shot forward, getting closer and closer to Kouga, who was too busy flirting with Kagome to notice him. By the time he saw Inuyasha, he could tell it was too late to catch up. Inuyasha victoriously crossed the finish line, but to tell you the truth, no one was really paying attention. Most people had already wandered back to the locker rooms. The few that had stayed behind were laying lazily on the grass, looking at the clouds. He felt a little dumb, making such a big deal about the run. Only Miroku was shouting and clapping, adding to his embarrassment. Still, he hoped Kagome had noticed him. Maybe she'd be impressed. He turned to see her reaction, but she was walking away with Kouga. Kouga turned to smirk at Inuyasha and lowered his hand from Kagome's waist to her butt. Inuyasha reddened and looked away.

A/N: Please R&R! Also, in case you didn't know Inuyasha is a really good athlete, he just has low confidence so he lets people push him around. But he's starting to stand up for himself