A/N: I'm back!…Finally…after those long months of torture. I swear…teachers make a student's life hell when the end of the school year is near. I mean, they always demand this and that for you to be cleared and for you to advance to your next level of learning. You have to pay things that aren't really needed and such…They are so EVIL! .

Well, anyway…I'm back. I'm so sorry I made you wait for this chapter too long. Thanks for being so patient!

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Enemies or Lovers

Chapter 13

"KAGOME! It's been a long time!…What happened to you?" Sango aksed, shocked at her best friends current status.

"I heard you want a nice, long chat…we'll have it then." Kagome said, sitting herself in a comfortable position. "Where have you been anyway? You haven't called me for weeks!"

"Look who's talking. YOU haven't called me for weeks either…or even visited me in my house once in a while." Sango answered. "I've been very busy and there is some problem between my parents and the principal of the school I'm in…How about you?"

"Well…I've been busy too. And my weeks are very adventurous and full of action and surprises!"

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Kagome replaced the receiver to the phone, smiling a bit.

"It's Inuyasha, isn't it?" her mother asked of her when she entered the kitchen to help. "He called you five times already." Akira said teasingly, her eyes giving a naughty glint.

"Oh, come on mom. You exaggerate things. He called two times…two times, okay?…not five times. And that's because he forgot to say something in his first call." She explained, feeling herself blush. 'This is foolish.' She said, shaking herself mentally.

"Forgot to say what, dear? Forgot to say that he misses you?" Mrs. Higurashi said, continuing her successful attempt in teasing her daughter.

"Mom, you'll never change…he informed me about an activity in our History subject. And besides, how could he say that he misses me, anyways? We're not that close. We have just met…and—" she paused her face heating up continually. "—more things. What you're saying is impossible, mom. Don't make me laugh."

"I'm not making you laugh. I'm making you," she turned to face the younger lady ", blush!"

"This is getting ridiculous…" Kagome whispered to herself, annoyed but somewhat happy.

The phone rang again making the two women look at the direction of the living room. They looked at each other as if conversing as to who should answer the phone.

"You do it, Kagome. It might be Inuyasha again. Maybe he forgot to say something to you yet again." Akari said, putting enough emphasis on certain words making Kagome blush again.

The girl walked to the living room and looked at the phone very hard, as if wanting it to melt on the spot, before picking up the receiver.

"Hello?" Kagome asked apprehensively, picking with the phone cord.

"Kagome-chan!" Sango's voice said from the phone.

"Sango-chan! Hi…I thought you were—someone. Why did you call?" she said, sighing inwardly in relief.

"I've got good news! I'm going to transfer to your school now."

"Really!"

"Yeah! Remember what I told you about my parents having a problem with the principal of my school? Well, they hit the wall and my parents decided to transfer me to a new school. So, I recommended your school and they were delighted to have an idea of where to transfer me at once…And it's a good thing too... I'll make sure to make my name known to Kikyou so that she'll know who she's dealing with." She finished darkly.

Kagome chuckled at her bestfriend's remark. "I'm just so relieved to have someone to talk to during my time at school. Just be sure to take the same subjects I have."

"Sure." Was Sango's answer. "Hey…don't tell me I'm the only living being that you know in that school of yours."

"No, of course not. Inuyasha talks to me and so is Miroku. Kikyou taunts me every breathing day of my life and—"

"Miroku? Familiar…Miroku-who?" the other girl asked of her friend, interrupting her.

"Do you remember the guy who asked you out on a date then touched your bottom?…the day Inuyasha and I first met?" Kagome said, now sitting on the couch.

"Yeah…you mean—he—he's studying in your school? That hentai!" Sango inquired, totally shocked.

"Yes, that's right."

"Oh, how lucky…" Sango remarked sarcastically.

"Our semester's going to be so much fun!" Kagome said cheerfully to her friend, making Sango sigh from the other end of the line.

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The car's engine came to life and the two are off. They drove off in silence because, basically, there's nothing much to say. They've talked on the phone for the last two days just to know how each other is—uhh…ahem…--just for Kagome to be informed on what's happening in school with Kikyou around and the homework the teachers gave while she's absent.

Kagome is fiddling with hair that was held up by a blue ribbon in a neat ponytail, looking as the cars run past them when she remembered something. "I forgot to tell you…Sango, my bestfriend, is going to transfer to our school. She just told me yesterday."

"Yeah? Then another person will enter the already ridiculous ruckus, I suppose." He remarked.

"That's right! She even told me she will make sure that Kikyou will remember her." Kagome said, smirking. "But I hope she wouldn't exaggerate it."

The hanyou smiled along with her. "It's about time that that Kikyou will learn. She's been such a pain."

"I've noticed." She answered darkly.

Then, they're silent again, concentrating on their own thoughts of the evil girl. After a while, a question jumped in Kagome's mind.

"Inuyasha, how come she's that mean? Does she—" she began to ask when she felt something crawling on her foot. She looked down and was very shocked to see the most detestable insect in the world.

A cockroach.

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Kagome screamed bloody murder.

"WHAT? WHAT IS IT!" Inuyasha frantically asked as he brought the car to an abrupt stop at the side of the street.

Kagome, freaking out completely, jumped out of her seat and threw herself at Inuyasha. "A—a…c—COCKROACH!" she shrieked, her arms tightly around the hanyou's neck, almost suffocating him.

Inuyasha, blushing furiously at the girl's embrace, opened the driver's door with difficulty so that Kagome can go out as he sort things out. "Silly…it's just an insect." He said, turning his back once Kagome is on her feet so that she wouldn't see his burning face.

"Just an insect! It's a bloody cockroach!" she said, trembling from head to foot.

"Okay, okay…I can see that you hate them. Now, please stop shouting. You're catching too much attention." The hanyou said exasperatedly as he looked around. People are already craning their necks to know what the heck happened that made a girl scream like that. "And how the heck did that roach got in my car?"

"You do clean your car regularly, don't you?" she asked.

"Of course I do." Was his simple answer, still looking for his target that has gotten somewhere in the back.

After a few moments, Kagome heard a disgusting squelch.

The freaking cockroach…is dead.

"Where is it?" the girl asked, still terrified.

"At the back…far away from your feet." Inuyasha assured with a slight smile.

Kagome sighed, clutching her heart. "I swear those insects are going to kill me through heart attack one of these days."

"Then be sure not to eat fatty foods. And may I add that having a diet will make your figure more likable." He said, having difficulty to hide a chuckle.

"Excuse me…I'm not that fat." Kagome replied, narrowing her eyes yet smiling.

The two looked at each other, just smiling for that particular moment. Then Kagome looked at her watch.

Two minutes before eight.

"CRAP! We're going to be late!" she yelled, literally jumping into the car in her panic.

Inuyasha seated himself and then started the engine to resume their interrupted car ride to school.

The weird thing is, he's taking this 'being late' thing calmly when he would usually freak out and bang his fist on the steering wheel.

Maybe because his mind is not on the time and being late at school…his mind is pondering more on a certain girl that is afraid of cockroaches and has a very high energy level at the moment.

He kicked himself mentally for thinking such things.

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The two managed to reach their class. But they're already five minutes late. Breathing heavily, they took they usual seat at the middle of the class.

Mr. Ohtsuki, their Science and Technology teacher, looked around the class and moved to speak. "Before anything, class, I want to introduce you to two new classmates." He turned his attention to the door and looked through the glass. "Ms. Tatsuya…Mr. Yoshiharu, please come in now."

The first to come in is a girl with long black hair. Kagome smiled and waved at her friend.

The new girl looked around her classmates and spotted Inuyasha, and of course, the pervert, Miroku. Their eyes made contact and this made Miroku straighten in his chair.

The next one to enter was a guy with azure eyes and long lack hair that is tied up in a ponytail. He got fangs and claws and his appearance made Kagome draw her breath.

She's always been afraid of youkais. The only youkai she's talking to, no matter how seldom it is (once or twice…she doesn't know), is Sesshoumaru because he is Inuyasha's brother…And Inuyasha, well, he's a hanyou, part youkai and part human, and he's her fiancé, so technically…

"Introduce yourselves to your classmates." Mr. Ohtsuki said, breaking Kagome's train of thoughts.

"Ohayou minna-san…My name is Tatsuya Sango. I'm from Togawa University." Sango said stiffly, bowing her head slightly in respect.

Kouga took her bow as a signal that he could now speak. "Ohayou…I'm Yoshiharu Kouga. I'm just new in the city. I'm from Kawahata Technical University."

"Thank you. Please take your seat." The teacher instructed pointing the two chairs, one at the back of Kagome and one at the corner of the classroom.

Sango, of course, took her seat at the back of her friend and the youkai Kouga have no choice but to seat at the very back.

On his way to his seat, Kouga looked at Kagome, making the girl shiver under his penetrating gaze.

"I don't like that guy…I don't like him at all." Inuyasha whispered to Miroku, looking at Kouga, then at his fiancée.

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I know that a five-page chapter doesn't fulfill the times that I haven't updated. But it's the most I can do. I promised I'd update as soon as possible. Maybe this week, too, or the next…I'm not really sure.

Anyway…please review…Thanks…

xianora