'"Don't worry Kagome, It's school, it won't remind you of him" Pfffftttt that whole last class was ABOUT him! It's getting harder, not easier, I just want him back' Kagome thought as she tried not to cry while she headed to her English class.

"Hey Kagome!" was shouted at the cafeteria as Kagome was walking to a table.

"hmm?" Kagome replied softly. "oh, hey guys." She mumbled as her friends sat down with her.

"hey Kagome?" Ayumi asked

'*Sigh* I miss Inu-Yasha, I even miss him calling me a wench.'

"Kagome? Are you listening to me?" Ayumi asked as she waver her hand in front of Kagome's face.

"huh? Oh! Sorry, I must have spaced out for a minute there Ayumi, what were you saying?" Kagome apologised softly as she began to eat her lunch.

"Geeze Kagome, your spacing out a lot lately, anything wrong- "Ayumi asked.

"yeah, how the family? - "Yuka added

"your health? - "Eri put up as well

"Your overprotective, violent, jealous boyfriend?" they all asked at once.

As they mentioned Inu-Yasha, Kagome's eyes welled up with tears and she got up quickly and ran out of the cafeteria, leaving her friends wide eyed and shocked.

"Kagome!" they all yelled as they jumped up and ran after her.

"Oh Gods. Oh Gods. Inu-Yasha. Why Inu-Yasha? Why did he have to die? Why not me? Why anyone? Why? Oh Gods, Oh Gods, Inu-Yasha" Kagome was mumbling as she walked around outside with tears streaming down her face.

As the three girls ran outside to find Kagome, they heard quiet mumbling and sniffing and followed the sound to find Kagome sitting under a tall tree mumbling and rocking herself as tears streamed down her face.

"Kagome!" they yelled as they ran to her and dropped down next to her as she continued to cry and mumble incoherently.

"It's ok Kagome. We're sorry, did you two break up or something?" Eri asked as she took one of Kagome's hands in hers.

"No" Kagome whispered as more tears leaked out of her eyes.

"has he hurt you?" Yuka asked with wide and scared eyes

"No" Kagome said again while furiously shaking her head.

"then what happened?" Ayumi asked confused.

"He…" Kagome started

"yes?" they all whispered, leaning forward in interest.

"H…he…he's d…dead." Kagome stuttered as she buried her head into her arms.

*Gasp* "was he in a gang? He seems like the kind of guy that would be." Yuki asked as she stroked Kagome's back softly.

"No" Kagome sighed, raising her head slightly. "h…he was murdered." *Gasp* "Protecting me." *Another Gasp*

"Oh." (Yuka)

"My" (Eri)

"God!" (Ayumi) "how long ago did it happen?"

"two Months" Kagome whimpered sadly as more tears raced down her face.

"oh" they all replied, unsure how to comfort their friend.

"Ok Class, I'm your new PE teacher from now on and I don't tolerate any slacking, Ya hear me?" the new PE teacher growled menacingly to the class.

Kagome was at the back of the group barely listening with her head to the ground as she replayed Inu-Yasha's death over and over in her mind.

"this term we are going to practice Archery and Swordsmanship. We will have two groups, one will be doing Archery and the other Swordsmanship for half the term, then they will swap. Got it?" he demanded harshly.

"now I don't care how, but I expect you all to divide into half." The teacher said, as he watched them all passively.

The teacher scared the students into doing what he said, all but Kagome, who was dragged along by Eri to the Archery section.

"good, you lot can at least do that." The teacher growled in a tone that made Kagome finally lift her head. The Teacher was stood in a stance that told the students that he wasn't one to be messed with and that he was ready for anything. Anything it seems, except what happened next.

"Kouga!" was all that was heard before the teacher was thrown onto his back in a tight hug from one of his students no less.

"what the hell?!" was his intelligent reply to the unexpected hug. Kagome lifted her head from where she had buried it in his chest causing him to gasp in surprise. "Kagome?! What's wrong?!" he exclaimed in shock.

"H…he's dead, Kouga. Inu-Yasha's dead." Kagome whispered burying her head into his chest again as he sat up, wrapping his arms around her.

"Oh Sh…*cough* I mean…*Sigh* I'm sorry Kagome" Kouga muttered to her.

"it's been 2 months and I still expect to see him jump in front of me demanding what's taking so long." Kagome cried.

"Shhhhhh…it's ok, everything will be alright. I'm here, I'm here" Kouga muttered as he stroked her hair.

After several moments Kagome got up with a blush and with a mumbled apology walked back to her friends who were standing with their mouths wide open.

"Ahem…well let's get back to the lesson then shall we?" Kouga said "now, as I'm not letting you lot near real weapons for a long time, we're starting off with fakes. Now they're over there so go and get them." Kouga said pointing in a vague direction.

When the students came back with their chosen 'weapons' Kouga saw that they were all looking at them with awe and admiration even though they were fake. Kouga sighed and shook his head before instructing them on the basics of their chosen weapon and then sent them on their way to practice.

After Kouga had seen to everyone, he walked over to where Kagome was.

"Kagome?" Kouga asked gently

"hmm? OH, hey Kouga, Oh! Err, I mean Mr Wolf." Kagome said as she saw Kouga

Kouga chuckled and replied "you can call me Kouga, Kagome. And I have something for you." He said as he brought out a real bow and set of arrows from behind his back.

"huh? But I thought we couldn't use them yet?" Kagome asked as she grasped them

"No. They can't. You can. You know how to use it. Besides, the lot of them can't tell real from fake so they won't even notice." Kouga said causing Kagome to smile slightly.

"I'm going to have to pretend to not know how to do it aren't I?" Kagome asked quietly as she looked at the bow.

*sigh* "I wouldn't ask it of you, but how are you going to explain your skill to them?" Kouga asked gently

"I know." Kagome answered quietly as she quietly readied the bow and arrow.