Okay, this one took me a while, and so I hope you enjoy.

Chapter 3: The First Day

The warning bell hand rung as all the teens hurried a bit faster to their classes in their uniforms. Kagome stared down at the small piece of paper with the number of her classroom on it. She looked around until she finally found room 3-2 and peered inside to already see Sango talking comfortably with Ayame. Suddenly a girl with very long, black hair pushed passed her and towards the back of the class not even acknowledging her. She sighed a bit in relief as she thought of being in the same class as someone she knew, and walked through the doorway. "Hi guys" she said as she approached the two.

"Oh Kagome, we're in the same class together, that's awesome" Sango replied.

"Yeah, now we can talk more about practice and stuff" Ayame added.

"You know guys, I never…"

"Look!" Ayame interrupted (again), "Its Kouga! The fates must be working in my favor to drive us together!" She said, half-dreaming.

"Yeah, that must be it." Sango said dryly.

And it would just so happen that Kouga walked by the three and Ayame couldn't help but talk to him. "Hi Kouga! We have the same class again this year!"

"Yeah, so I see Ayame" he said obviously not caring, that is until he noticed someone else. "Well hello there" he said turning to Kagome, "And who might you be?"

"Umm I'm Kagome" she answered a bit nervously.

"Well Kagome you're pretty cute" he said eyeing her up and down "How about you and me go out some time?"

"Wh… what?! I…" Suddenly her attention was diverted from the boy in front of her to another as the rest of the class went silent… almost. Three chatting young men walked in. The first was short with a bit of girth, Kagome remembered this boy as Hachi. The next was taller and slim with a suave look about him; this was the same boy who almost pelted her inadvertently the other day, Miroku. And last but definitely not least, was a very tall boy, broad at the shoulders with long silver hair and eyes beholding a golden shimmer.

Kouga became confused by the silent stares and followed them to Inuyasha. "Damn it!" Kouga cried, "Now I have to spend classes with you too? Well that's just great!"

Inuyasha walked up to him with a scowl. "Oh yeah and I'm just ecstatic!" he retorted with a glare. Suddenly he noticed who Kouga was next to, "Hey its you…" he said pointing at the new girl.

"Y…yeah…" she squeaked out with another thump in her chest.

"Hey, back off mutt! I saw her first!"

"No you didn't! I…"

"Alright students settle down" the teacher said walking into class. "Will the new student please come up to front, and the rest be seated." Kagome came out of her own world for a moment to walk up to the front. She looked down at the short, pointy-nosed man. "I'm Mr. Jaken; please introduce yourself to the class."

"Oh right." She turned to the class. "My name is Kagome Higurashi, it's nice to meet you" she said bowing. As she brought her head up she glanced at Kouga who winked at her. She actually cringed a bit as she shifted to Inuyasha who only stared at her and she grew a bit nervous standing there.

Miroku who was seated behind Sango leaned forward next to her ear. "She's quite a looker isn't she?" Sango simply huffed and turned her face opposite of Miroku's. As he noticed this he moved his chin to her shoulder, "Aww, Sango, don't be mad, she couldn't possibly compare to you…"

BAM!

She raised her hand to back-fist him in the face.

"Sango!" Mr. Jaken said. "Stop hitting Miroku! Miroku, stop hitting ON Sango!"

Surprising they answered at the same time. "No". Jaken simply sighed and shook his head. "You can take your seat Kagome, there" he pointed.

And wouldn't you know it… it was right next to Kouga and in front of Inuyasha. 'Great' Kagome thought 'Thanks a lot you little imp'. She walked over to her seat and sat down. She felt a bit awkward sitting there, which was probably due to the stoic face staring at the back of her head, and a smirking face staring at her well… everything else from his view at her side. As well as several other stares from other young males in the class. But little did she know, she was getting a very harsh glare from a specific girl in the back. And during the whole class she felt embarrassed and nervous, as anyone would with people constantly staring at them.

After about an hour or so the bell rang. "All right class you have about 10 minutes until the next teacher arrives" Mr. Jaken said leaving. As soon as the door closed Kagome was surrounded by people, mostly boys, asking her all sorts of questions she really didn't want to answer.

"Where did you move from?"

"How tall are you?"

"Are you joining any clubs?"

"Do you like manga?"

"What's your favorite food?"

"Will you go out with me?"

"What are your sizes?"

"ENOUGH!" Kagome yelled, "That's too many questions!"

Kouga stood beside her "Yeah, and besides she only has one she needs to answer…" he leaned down towards her, "When are we going on our date?"

"WHAT?!" Kagome as well as Ayame yelled.

"But Kouga…" Ayame said very quietly.

"Now wait a minute… I never said I'd go out with you…"

"What does it matter anyway…" he said as he leaned in closer, "not like you actually have a choice…" he leaned in even closer trying to kiss her.

That was all it took for a very large hand to plant itself on Kouga's face before it made contact with Kagome's and shove him back towards his desk. Kouga landed loudly with his back against the seat sitting on the floor staring up at the statuesque culprit. "That's enough Kouga! I think it's obvious she doesn't want any part of you, especially the forceful part" Inuyasha said looking slightly ticked.

Kouga stood up enraged, "And how would you know mutt-boy?!" He said getting right in his face. "Oh wait… I get it… you like her too…"

Inuyasha and Kagome's eyes widened and cheeks flushed a bit. And another pair of eyes in back narrowed. "What? Are you kidding, why would I like this wench?!" he said defensively while pointing at her. Kagome felt an almost sharp pain in her chest.

"So if you don't care about her, what's wrong with me going out with her?"

"Because I hate you, and I know how much you want to do that." They growled at each other pushing against one another's foreheads snarling.

"Alright you two, calm down!" The teacher had come in. "Sit down right now everyone!" They all sat. Inuyasha and Kouga still sending hateful glances at one another while Kagome stared down at her empty desk. The rest of the day went on like this, Inuyasha arguing with Kouga, while Kagome mostly kept silent.

After school Sango walked up to her still staring at her empty desk. "Kagome…"

She suddenly snapped out of it "Oh, what is it Sango?"

Sango sat next to her in Kouga's seat facing her. "Kagome… do you really want to join the cheerleading team? Because if you don't want to, I won't force you." She said very seriously but calmly.

"Well…" She looked around the room, seeing they were the only two there. "Heh, it's funny, now I almost expect someone to interrupt me." She looked Sango in the eyes, "Sango, at first I was reluctant, but since you finally asked me and nicely, yeah, I will join" she said giving her a genuine smile.

"That's great!" she said standing up. "Now come on, we have to head to practice." Sango pulled Kagome out of her seat and the classroom. The locker room wasn't very big, but it was clean, and kinda cozy to Kagome's liking. Sango showed her to a locker in-between hers and Ayame's. "This is your locker…oh!" She went into a small back room and came out with a box. Opening it, Kagome saw a blue and yellow uniform saying "MHS" on the front. "And this is your uniform. It should fit, so try it on."

"Wow, thanks Sango." She looked around for another room. "Umm… where's the changing room?"

Sango started laughing. "Kagome, this is a locker room, you just change here."

"What?!"

"Yeah, trust me, it's just us gals here, no guys… oh wait a minute…" She walked over to the door by the hallway quietly, and in a flash turned the knob and kicked the door open.

And to Kagome's surprise, but not Sango's, they heard a loud thud followed by an "OWW!" When Sango opened it again, Kagome saw Miroku sitting on the ground clutching his head. "Damn it Sango, why'd you do that?! You could have given me a concussion!"

"It's your own fault you pervert!" She stepped out into the hallway. "Now get out of here, you have practice too."

"Alright, alright." She stared angrily at him as he sauntered off.

"Excuse us!" She heard behind her. She turned around to see two girls, one with a red ribbon in her hair, and one with blue scrunchy holding in her ponytail. "Is this the cheerleaders' locker room?" the one with the ribbon asked.

Sango just stared down at them "Uhh… yeah."

"Yay!" They yelled in unison.

"My name is Momiji" the one with the ribbon said.

"And I'm Botan" the other said. "We'd like to join the team."

"Really?" Sango asked.

"Yeah!"

"Well… alright!" She went back to the box and pulled out two smaller uniforms. "Here you go" she said giving them to the girls while leading them inside and closing the door. The four of them headed out towards the hill overlooking the team when they were done changing. There was plenty of space there for them to practice. On the way there, Kagome saw four girls waiting there for them. She recognized Ayame, but not the other three, at first.

"I was wondering when you two would show up" Ayame said, "Hey, who are the two 1st years?"

"This is Botan and Momiji" Sango said turning to said girls and Kagome. "And they are Eri, Yuka, and Ayumi."

"Hey you're that new girl in our class Kouga tried to ask out!" Eri said.

"How could you Kagome?!" Ayame butted-in, "I thought we were friends, and you go and try to steal my Kouga!"

"Hey, now wait a minute, I didn't try to steal anyone. He wouldn't leave me alone. Seriously Ayame, I don't want to be with him at all, he's all yours, honestly." Kagome retorted.

Ayame got a bit of a sad look, "Really? You're not trying to steal him?"

"No, you can have him."

"As if she ever had him in the first place." Yuka said.

"Hey, what do you mean by that?!" Ayame said.

"Enough Everyone!" Sango yelled getting everyone's attention. "We came here to practice, not jabber-on, so let's get to it!" For about the next hour or so they went over cheers and simple motions, mostly arm movements. "Alright it's been long enough, let's take a break!" They all sat on the grass and chatted.

"Hey Sango, is there some water somewhere around here?" Kagome asked.

"Oh I forgot to bring it out today. But there's a bunch of water bottles down by the football team, they never mind when we help ourselves to some, there's always plenty."

"Oh, okay." She stood up and walked down the hill where she saw several green water bottles and helped herself. "AHHhhh…" she let out a very refreshing sigh after a long swig.

"Oooh, I like it when you make that sound." She turned around and saw a full-padded, very sweaty Kouga. "I knew you couldn't stay away from me." He stopped for a moment and thought. "That does it; I've decided that now you're my woman."

"What?!" she yelled.

"Now hold it right there you mangy wolf!" Kagome glanced to Kouga's right to see an angry Inuyasha.

"Interrupting us again mutt-boy, she's my woman now, so stay away from her!"

"She ain't your woman you bastard! Now get in the shed, Coach Myoga's giving an Offensive chalk-talk."

As if on cue, they heard an annoyed voice from in the shed. "Kouga! Get your mangy ass in here now!"

"Coming! See ya later Kagome" he said with a wink. She felt a familiar cringe run up her spine.

"Didn't I tell you to be careful wench?!"

"Shut up! Why do you bother doing something nice for me when you just turn around and call me names?"

"Names? Oh, you mean the whole "wench" thing, I call every girl that. I guess you can say it's a bad habit I picked up from my father."

"Oh" Kagome said staring down. "Th…thanks for helping me… again."

"Yeah sure" he said nonchalantly.

"Hey Kagome! Are you coming back or what?!" Ayame called.

"Guess I should be getting back too" Inuyasha said, half-way turned around.

"Wait" Kagome said. She walked up to his side that was facing her, got to her toes and quickly kissed his cheek. "Really… thanks". She didn't look in his eyes; she just turned and ran up the small incline with a hidden smile blush on her face. Inuyasha stood there with a blush of his own, staring at her as she walked away.

"Inuyasha!"

He walked back to the defense still looking at the hill where she had just been, that is until Sesshomaru smacked him upside the head. "Hey, what was that for?!"

"Focus little brother" he said as his face grew to a scowl.

And unbeknownst to any of them, that far away another pair of eyes had seen the whole thing and held a scowl themselves.

OOoooohh who is this mystery person? Well, I already know, anyways, I've decided that there will be no update at all until I get at least 5 more reviews for this story. I work my butt off writing these chapters during my classes and typing them in time I could be studying, so I'd like some reviews. I think I'm entitled to that.

Update: I still need 3 more before the update. NO REVIEWS NO NEW CHAPTERS