Chapter 2 – Lunch

"Over here," Sango said, touching Kagome on the arm gently to guide her over to a corner table. There sat Koga, Inuyasha and Miroku.

"Feeling the absence of your mate, Koga?" Inuyasha was asking with a smirk on his face.

"Alright boys, remember your manners," Sango called, "We have ladies at the table."

"I don't see any ladies," Inuyasha chuckled. He was rewarded as Sango very calmly hooked her foot under his chair leg and yanked it out from under him.

"Hey! Why do you always find that so funny?!" he demanded, as Miroku and Koga chuckled.

"So, Kagome," Koga asked as she sat, "How are you finding this school so far?"

"It's… well…"

"Boring," Sango supplied.

Kagome blushed. "Little bit."

"Ah, well, no to worry," said Miroku. "We have Sports after lunch."

Kagome's head snapped up in panic. "What? What did you say?"

"Woah, chill!" said Inuyasha irritably. "It's only a game."

"I'm not… I can't…"

"It's alright Kagome," Koga said, grinning. "You won't be in the same class as us demons. You'll be with… who's she with today?"

"All humans," Sango supplied.

"Eek. Volleyball against the demon slayers. Good luck. They have a vicious spike on them."

"I can't play," Kagome said nervously.

"Keh, why not?" Inuyasha huffed.

"B… because… I…"

"Nothin' to worry about," Koga said lazily. "It's only volleyball. People don't die from volleyball."

Kagome stuck her nails into her palms. Crap.

They continued eating. Kagome stayed silent as the boys discussed their upcoming classes. All of a sudden, someone grabbed her hand and pulled it open.

"Don't do that, idiot," Inuyasha's gruff voice said. "You'll break the skin."

Looking down at her hand, Kagome saw the deep welts her nails had made. She looked back up, but Inuyasha had gone back to talking.

She was just about to say something, when Sango shrieked, "Hentai!!"

She leapt from her seat, and Kagome panicked.

Somewhere in the back of the lunch hall, a glass shattered.

She tensed, looking around. Thankfully no one had noticed.

"You stupid, lecherous, perverted, idiotic… idiot!" Sango shrieked. "If you ever touch me like that EVER AGAIN then I swear to God I will smash your head in with my Hiraikotsu, do I make myself clear?!"

"Mmf mmf mmf…"

"What was that?!"

"It's quite hard for him to speak, Sango, if you have his head smashed into the table," Inuyasha pointed out reasonably.

"I'm sure he'll manage," she spat. "Won't you, monk?"

"Monk?" Kagome asked Koga curiously.

He nodded. "Miroku's a monk, Sango's a demon slayer, Inuyasha's a half demon and I'm a full demon."

"Half?"

"Mother human, father demon. Simple stuff."

"Oh," she murmured.

He looked at her suddenly in concern. "Don't worry! It'll be nice to have a normal human in the group! A nice change."

"Yeah," Kagome muttered. A normal human. Right.

Miroku's pretty face was literally saved by the bell. The bell for the end of lunch went, signifying his freedom… unless Sango wanted to be late for class.

She was still fuming as they walked down the corridor.

"Of all the irrational, stupid people at this school, I get stuck with the most perverted womanizer of the lot."

"Why are you friends with him, then?" Kagome asked curiously.

Sango blushed. "Here we are," she said quickly. "The changing rooms."

Kagome changed into her kit slowly, with a growing sense of dread. She remembered all too well what had happened last time she had tried to play sports. On a team. With a ball…

Don't think about it, don't think about it.

"Sango," she said desperately. "Sango, I really can't play."

Sango frowned at the urgency in her friend's voice. "Don't worry about it, if you've never played volleyball before. I'm on your team; I'll show you the ropes."

"No no no, it's not that, it's-"

"Are you sick?"

"Not exactly… i…"

"HIGURASHI!!! SUIKATSA!!! STOP NATTERING AND GET TO YOUR GAME!"

"You're gonna have to grin and bear it, I'm afraid," Sango whispered to her. "I'll keep an eye out for you."

Kagome could only nod helplessly and take her place next to Sango.

She tried really hard to loosen herself, to let go, but it wouldn't work. Calm down, relax. Nothing's gonna happen. It's just a game of volleyball. Perfectly harmless…

"OK! PRELIMINARY GAMES ARE OVER!"

Kagome practically went limp from relief. Thank God.

"GIRLS VERSUS BOYS!! ALL DEMONS INCLUDED!!"

Dammit. Dammit dammit dammit.

"We'll have girl demons, plus us, on our teams," Sango whispered to her. "They stay on the left side of the court, we stay on the right."

"Err… ok…"

"Try and aim at Miroku; he's worse at volleyball than he is at being charming. Are you alright?"

Kagome's face had gone pale.

"I have to-"

The whistle blew.

Spike.

Hit.

Spike.

Hit.

Spike.

Hit.

Hit.

Hit.

Hit.

Hit.

Spike.

Hit.

It all seemed to happen in slow motion. She saw Inuyasha jump to spike the volleyball, a grin appearing on his face. His eyes locked with hers as he sent the ball irrevocably and unfalteringly towards her. She felt a surge going through her; she wasn't strong enough to control it, to stop it, she raised her arms to protect her face-

The next thing she knew, she was lying on the ground, hearing frantic voices above her.

"Did you see what she did?!"

"Blasted the ball to ashes and knocked all the boys to the back of the hall! Some of the demons still haven't come round!"

"She threw a barrier over the whole building!"

"I wonder if Inuyasha's ok? He's gonna be so pissed at her…"

"Kagome?! Kagome, wake up!"

"Huh?"

Sango's face swam into focus. She was hovering above Kagome, a frantic expression on her face.

"Thank God! Are you ok?!"

"I… yeah… what…?"

Oh no. It had happened again. She knew it had.

"What did I do?! Was anyone hurt?!"

"Here, can you sit up?"

Kagome slowly pushed herself into an upright position. She felt drained.

"You threw a barrier over the whole school! Then you blasted the volleyball to pieces and knocked everybody to the back of the hall! Kagome, it was amazing! Why didn't you say you were a priestess?!"

"Is anyone hurt?!"

"Oh, some of the demons are probably a bit fuzzy – that was really an incredible amount of power you threw out there! Spiritual power; you probably blew up some of the pieces from the science lab."

She groaned, and covered her face in her hands.

"HIGURASHI!!!"

Oh crap.

"KAGOME HIGURASHI, THAT WAS THE MOST RECKLESS ABUSE OF POWER I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY TIME AT THIS SCHOOL!! WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY FOR YOURSELF?!"

"I-I'm sorry, I…"

"She didn't know it would happen Miss, she tried to warn me," Sango intervened. "She's never had any training."

A pair of hard eyes appraised her. "Never been trained?"

"No Miss," Kagome said truthfully.

"Well, we'd better get that seen to. Is she ok with you, Sango? I need to go explain this to the Head."

"She's fine, Miss."

Kagome flopped back in relief. Sango eyed her doubtfully.

"Are you sure you're alright, Kagome?"

"Yeah, just worn out. By the way, Sango, thanks for helping me."

"It's ok. Kagome, I hate to bring out the skeletons from the closet, but," she lowered her voice, "Is this why…?"

"Yeah," Kagome said sadly. "Yeah, this is why."

"LET ME AT HER!"

"Oh shit," Sango muttered. "It's Inuyasha."

"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU THINK YOU WERE DOING?!"

"Err…"

"I HAVE A POUNDING HEADACHE AND BLOODY SCORCHMARKS ON MY CLAWS THANKS TO YOU!"

"Inuyasha, she-"

"DON'T TRY AND COVER FOR HER SANGO!"

Kagome had had enough.

"I'm off."

She pushed herself up off the floor, but she had moved too fast, too soon. She staggered and fell; her vision swam and then went black.

The last thing she saw was a swirl of silver hair running forward to catch her.

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