Broken Hearts

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Hey guys! So, what'd you all think of the last chapter? Good? Or horrible? Oh well, I hope that if it was horrible that this chapter makes up for it. And if it was good that…well, this chapter will be just as great!

On to the story!

Have fun and a lot of laughs!

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7- Life is not fair

No. Kagome could not bring herself to do such a traitorous thing like go on a date with Inuyasha. Even if he was the last male on earth and it was up to the two of them to repopulate the whole planet, she would not do it.

She could not do it.

That's what she kept telling herself, anyway.

She ignored the sad looks that he gave her during her first two classes on Tuesday, but then, he came up to her during lunch and asked her if she had made up her mind. And, of course, Sango and Rin had heard this question and it sparked their interest. "What question?" They demanded in unison.

"Um…" Kagome did not know what to do. She shrugged and said, "Lemme get back to you on that one, ok?"

He nodded, "Sure." And walked away.

"What question?!" Her two friends demanded again. "What does he want from you now?"

"Would you two," Kagome started, slurping some of her drink, "just calm down and shut up for a minute so I can explain?"

They closed their mouths right away and listened intently to what Kagome had to say. Of course, Kagome did not want to tell them. But the truth was bound to be released from the bag anyway, right? No avoiding it. That's just how it is.

"Look, he asked me to go on a date with him yesterday and--"

It was at this point of time that Sango jumped up, "All right. That's it! I should have known that it was going to be about that!" And then, she walked away to sit at a table with Shiori, Sotan, and Nazuna.

Kagome, with fear, sadness, and hope in her eyes, turned toward Rin, "You don't hate me now, do you?" She asked softly.

Rin simply shook her head, "No, I don't hate you. But I am very disappointed that you would even consider going out with that piece of trash." And she went and sat with Sango and the other girls as well.

Kagome sighed deeply and looked down at her unwanted, half-eaten sandwich. She was suddenly not hungry.

Now her two best friends in the whole school were mad at her because she was merely thinking about Inuyasha's sad words from the day before. And she did not even get to that part in her story. All she got to say was that Inuyasha had asked her out. And that was it. That was all it took to get them off the rack. Especially since Inuyasha was the one who'd come over and asked her again.

Life was just not fair.

Not at all.

Deciding to go to class early yet again like she had yesterday, she got up and walked away and out of the noisy cafeteria.

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Kagome went to her locker and exchanged books. Then, she proceeded to Mr. Hiatus class. He was not there. Which left the class very empty. She sat in her seat, which would be, in about ten minutes, be sat next to by Inuyasha.

The homework assignment was already written on the board and she finished it in just five minutes. Mr. Hiatus walked in, startled, "Oh, hello, Kagome. You're here early again, I see. Is something wrong?" He asked, sitting down at his desk.

She shook her head, "Oh, no. Nothing is wrong at all. I am…just not hungry." This was, in fact, a complete and utter lie. But, what her teacher did not know couldn't hurt him, right? "I have finished the homework assignment, sir."

He nodded and looked over it, "Good. Nice work, Kagome. I will let you do whatever you want for my class."

"Thanks." She replied as everyone started to pour into the room from their lunch.

Inuyasha sat in his seat next to hers and gave her a warm smile. This smile, however, was not like any other ones he had given her for the past two weeks. It was kind and caring.

But then again, he could've been pretending like he had been the previous week.

What was he doing? Acting or being totally serious? Should she trust him and possibly lose her friends? Or continue to ignore him and regain her friends' trust?

She looked at Inuyasha with a confused and dazed look during the rest of class while he paid close attention to the teacher. He was kind of cute with his dark eyes and black hair. And it also looked as if he were growing it out. She could see through his T-shirt and took notice of his large abs.

She rolled her eyes and looked out the window. How could she? How could she? Staring at the enemy's abs and hair and eyes…

What was wrong with her? Was she on crack? Going mental? Or was she…in love?

No way. Not at all. She was not in love with the egotistic jerk Inuyasha. She would never ever let herself date him just so he could dump--not to mention humiliate--in front of everyone.

Ring! Ring! Ring!

Finally, school was out for the day. She leapt up and packed her book bag quickly and ran outside. But then, she heard something going on along the sidewalk. "You stupid bastard, you better leave her alone from now on."

"Jeez, Hiten, your little girlfriend can't take a little ass-squeezing?"

Of course, it was Miroku. Who else would talk about squeezing someone's girlfriend's ass?

And since he was talking to Hiten, he was talking about Sotan. She and Hiten had recently started going out and obviously, Miroku decided to mess with her. And Hiten was very protective of his girlfriends. This was shown when he shoved Miroku, who shoved him right back.

Kagome just stood, transfixed on the upcoming fight. The place that they were located was a little ways from the school, so the administrative offices could not see it. And neither could anyone else other then the people who were there. Which was just Miroku, Hiten, Kagome, and Sotan.

Suddenly, Hiten punched Miroku in the face, causing him to fall back down onto the pavement.

Kagome had no idea what made her do it, but all she knew was that she had flung herself right in front of Miroku and yelled, "Stop it! Leave him alone!"

"Oh, what is this? His girlfriend?" Hiten demanded sarcastically.

What in the world was she thinking, running and defending Miroku--Miroku--like that? She really was going crazy. "No. I am not his girlfriend. You two don't need to fight over something so…well…stupid."

Miroku was appalled by Kagome's behavior, she could tell when she turned to face him, "Look," She said, "Don't mess with Sotan anymore, all right?" Then, turning back around to face Hiten, she let out an exasperated breath and said, "He will not mess with her anymore. So, just please let this one time slide, ok? I mean, he is always that way and--"

She did not get to finish her speech, however, because Hiten had, with a rough jerk, heaved Kagome up to her feet. It looked as if he were about to hit her in the nose. "Hiten! Don't do it! Please!" Sotan begged her boyfriend.

"Shut up, Sotan," He said angrily, "Can't you see that she is with Inuyasha and Miroku? I've heard what they do, break up with the girls that they pick up two days before. I wonder why he hasn't broken up with you, yet." He said the last part to Kagome.
"Wha--?" She was totally mortified. How can she end up doing a strange thing--helping the enemy, Miroku in this case--and then get a rumor started about her? "We are not going out! I don't even like this jerk or Inuyasha!"

Hiten had confused amusement in his dark eyes, "Oh really? Then why did you come to the rescue of this lecher?"

"I…um…well, you see, Hiten…I…" Kagome had no answer. Why had she done it? She hated Miroku and yet, she ended jumping in the way to protect him? Why…? "Because," She said as both an answer to him and herself, "He does not deserve to be beaten up for touching Sotan's butt. You can talk to a guidance counselor in order to resolve this problem, but not through violence…" She mentally laughed to herself. She was starting to sound like a counselor herself. Maybe she could be one, one day.

Hiten had an eyebrow raised as he looked at her as if she were the dumbest thing that ever walked the earth. Well, she could not really blame him. I mean, she had just rescued one of her sworn enemies. And plus, no other girl would want Miroku that much. Other than the younger ones and the ones who didn't know him.

The hand that clenched her wrists clenched tighter, causing her to wince. Great. She had been doing something good--for her enemy--and now, she was paying for it by getting the beating herself? That day was just turning out to be a bad day…

"Hey, let her go!"

Miroku jumped up, but Hiten, dragging Kagome along with him, side-stepped the lecher and caused him to fall to the ground. Hiten laughed, "What's wrong, Miroku?"

Miroku growled in annoyance. Obviously, he did not like it when girls were hurt. Or maybe it was the fact that he might have actually liked Kagome…in that special way, you know?

Just then, someone tapped on Hiten's shoulder. When he turned to see who it was, he took a huge fist to the face. Inuyasha carefully swooped Kagome from Hiten's arms and held her close to his stomach. He cracked his knuckles and waited for his enemy to stand up.

Kagome felt Inuyasha's strong abs through his shirt and could not help but blush. What was wrong with her?

"Are you ok?" He asked quickly before Hiten rose to his feet. All Kagome could do was nod and blush even more!

"You…b-bastard.." Hiten said menacingly, holding his bloody nose. Inuyasha sat Kagome on her feet beside him and ducked when Hiten tried to punch him in the face, then he struck with a low blow to Hiten's stomach. He careened forward and started to gasp for air. Inuyasha smirked at Kagome, but then, Hiten had recovered with amazing quickness and hit him in the stomach as well.

Inuyasha felt all of the air rush out of his entire body. Hiten was about to give another blow when Kagome screamed, "Stop it already! Enough!"

Hiten was momentarily distracted up until a car pulled up next to them. It was Miroku. Obviously, he had slipped away long enough to retrieve his car. He honked a couple times. Inuyasha jumped up and grabbed Kagome--by the hand--and began to run toward the car. He hopped in the backseat, dragging Kagome with him which caused her to fall on top of him in a sloppy mess. "Go, go, go!" Inuyasha cried. Miroku spun out, the tires squealing loudly.

Kagome blushed once again and sat up. "Um…thanks."

"No problem." He replied.

Miroku, surprisingly enough, dropped her off at her house without giving her a hard time. Maybe because she had been through enough all ready and they did not want to burden her any longer. Or maybe, they were pretending to be nice…

But, when she got up on the porch, Koga was standing there, looking very angry and jealous…

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