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WHAT?!

Now I felt guilty. I was going to work with Miroku. Miroku. Sangos crush Miroku. I shouldn't be allowed to work with a guy she likes. That's against the laws of friendship. And I don't even like him. With his low ponytail, purple t-shirt, and those dumb beads he wears around his hands every day, like a fashion statement. Since when did guys wear jewelry? How could Sango bother to like HIM? The guy who's always around some girl; A different girl every two seconds. If Sango ever went out with him he would have broken her heart. Yet all that doesn't matter. Sango likes him, and I shouldn't even be anywhere near him, yet alone be his partner.

I'm still thinking when someone clears his or her throat. The class is already in their pairs and Miroku is standing in front of me. I scowl. He sits down next to me without a word or maybe I was too upset to hear whatever he did say. But I did hear Ms. Idos next words.

The five foot one Ms. Ido paced, her long milk chocolate ponytail swinging as she walked.

" I know some of you aren't very pleased with your partners. But I know in time you will become good friends."

She has got to be kidding. In order to survive this punishment for living instead of dying, like Sango, I thought up some rules I had to follow.

1. Only reply after he has spoken six sentences. And then make them one-word answers. And if I lose count just restart counting.

2. Do NOT make any eye contact.

3. Get everything done in class. No meeting up after school.

4. …

I was still thinking of rule four when I was interrupted by something.

Rule two broken. Ughhhh!! Somewhere within my head I heard:

'Rules are made to be broken'

I felt my face get hot. This is not going to be easy.

"Well I think that sketching would be pretty easy. We could sketch a mouth, a pair of eyes, or a nose. Maybe eyebrows. What do you think?"

Only four sentences left. My stomach is hurting. God I'm hungry.

"Hello? Are you even paying attention? Dude?"

Do words count as sentences? I don't reply back yet he still has one more sentence to speak, before I can answer.

"I'm talking to you"

"Yeah?"

If I am going to do this project I'm going to do most of it, okay all of it on my own. I don't need his help. And it will save me time from having to talk to him.

Rule one temporarily does not exist.

"Yeah and I'm listening. I don't exactly need your helping doing this project. I can do it on my own."

"Oh yeah?"

Ignorant fool. I imagine his head blowing up, and me smiling because now I don't have a partner and I won't have to talk to him.

"I don't even know you. Why would I trust my grade with you?"

35 minutes until the bell rings for my next class. He is really pissing me off. So I say

"Shhh! Teachers talking."

I pulled out a piece of paper from my notebook and start writing.

'ughhh. I hate my partner. This suks. Art was supposed to be fun'

I look to my right to pass the note, except she not sitting where she's suppose to be. She's not there anymore.

I crumple the note into a tiny ball. And look out the window. It's open and the slight breeze shuffles my already behead hair.

Across the street from the school I can see houses, a whole row, shaped like pentagons. One of them stood out in particular. I can't figure out what it is. It's white accented with blue. The two huge windows at the front made me feel smaller. From those windows could make out what the house looks like from the inside. The one on the right of the front door is the kitchen and it has orange walls. It seems all warm and inviting. I can also see the breakfast nook towards the back of the kitchen. It has a bouquet of flowers at the center, which I note are from the garden, at the front of the yard. I took my eyes away from the kitchen for a moment to look at the garden. I don't know the names of any of the flowers, they all look exotic.

It's still bugging me that don't know what's different from that house compared to the rest, besides the garden, and I know it's something else. The breeze picked up and the note I had been holding in my hand flew out the window the wind carrying it far, far away. I wish I were light enough to fly.

I tore my eyes away from the window in time to hear Ms. Ido's last words before the bell rang.

"I want each of you to do an outline of what you want to do tonight for homework"

She turned to face the bored and started drawing.

"It should include notes in margin."

And with that last sentence the bell rang.

I waited until everyone shuffled out before I packed up and left myself.

The hallway id packed with people and I barely make it to my locker alive. I place my art notebook inside and look at the time: 1:23.

I slam my locker shut. And run all the way down the hallway to the exit. I run across the field into the second building and open the door. This building is behind the main building and it is only used for gym. It is also next to another building, which is auditorium. I run to the girls locker rooms and change into my gym uniform: white t-shirt with the schools logo at the center, and royal blue shorts, which barely cover my bottom. White and royal blue the schools official colors.

Slipping my hair into a high ponytail I shove my clothes into the locker. Beside me Sangos locker was still closed, and the space next to me empty.

I can't hear anyone in the locker room anymore.

I sigh and leave the room.

I walk into the gym and everyone is sitting on the bleachers so I go and sit. Undetected by the gym teacher for my lateness.

I sit away from everyone else. Today I have a sub, the usual Mr. Yamamoto is still on vacation. In front of everyone Mr. Sato stood wide legged, with his baldhead and announced what we would be doing in Mr. Yamamoto's absence.

"Today you will be running laps across the gym. Your partner will record how many laps you have completed, and then when you are done your partner will run laps with you writing them down. Any questions?"

Haneko's hand flew up.

"You are only allowed to work in groups of two no more no less. Any other questions?"

Today is turning out to be longer than I expected.

"One of you in each partnership come and this sheet of paper to fill out for you and your partner."

I got up and got one. Everyone is already paired up. Not that I had looking for a partner, mine is long gone. The gym is really big and there is enough space for all of our groups times 4.

I walk over to a secluded area, where no one is around. I place my sheet of paper on the floor and start doing laps.

"1………2………3………4………5…"

I'm on my fifth lap when I see someone sit where my sheet of paper had been, now it is being held in between his fingers, whoever he was.

When I'm done with my fifth lap I can see his face clearly, and his silver hair.

"What are you doing here?"

I ask. I can feel everyone's stairs as I ask.

"You're not done running. Unless that's all you can do?"

I choose to ignore him and go on with my laps. Around my twenty-fourth lap my chest started hurting, but I continue, because I don't want to have to talk to him.

When I reach lap 46, I'm at my limit. And I collapse on the floor beside him.

"Done ignoring me then"

What a smart ass. I'm slowly dying, slowly, very slowly, and painfully. My wheezing slows down. I can barely stand up.

But I do anyway to get a drink from the heavenly water fountain. In front of me are two girls I don't know and already behind me is a gaggle of people I have never seen. I drink my share of the water and over hear one girl whispering to someone else.

"What's he doing hanging out with her?"

"I don't know, maybe it's her big boobs?"

I covered mine up. I knew they were talking about me. I could feel it. I slow my pace, so I can hear their conversation.

"Yeah they are pretty big. Anyway she's not even that pretty. I thought he liked Kikiyou?"

"Yeah me too, even though she's a cold hearted bitch. That girls got tough competition."

I'm now too far to hear the rest of their conversation.

"Took you long enough!"

I snapped back to reality. I snatch the paper from his hand and looked at the sheet.

Partner 1

Name: Kagome Age: 16 Class:

Laps: 46 Height: 5'3 Weight:

"Go do your laps"

But he's way ahead of me and almost most done with his second lap.

I sit down cross-legged as he does his laps. And fill out the rest of the sheet.

Partner 1

Name: Kagome Age: 16 Class: D-3

Laps: 46 Height: 5'3 Weight: 128

I glance at his side of the paper when his voice distracts me.

"Are you even counting?"

"Yes, I can multi-task. You are on lap 15. And even if I am, you should count for yourself, you shouldn't be so dependent on people"

I disregard his comment and look at his side of the sheet again.

Partner 2

Name: Inuyasha Age: 16 Class: D-1

Laps: Height: 5'11 Weight: 156

His handwriting is horrible. Like chicken scratch.

I'm getting tired. And he is already on his 77th lap, showing no signs of stopping. When he finally gets it to his 82nd lap, with everyone watching, he stops. I fill the empty blank on sheet of paper. I stand up to stretch my muscles and crack my back.

Mr. Sato blows the whistle and tells everyone to hand in his or her sheet of paper.

"One of you in each pair, place the paper in this box. The rest of you go to your lockers."

I pick up the sheet of paper and hand it in and turn around to go to my locker.

I see girls surrounding Inuyasha.

"How typical" I mutter and head of toward my locker.

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