Chapter 5 – Class

Kagome slammed her locker door shut. How dare he?! Ever since… he had not said two words to her! Well, she was lying a bit. He said hi and bye and don't tip the water into the acid or it'll blow up, but nothing important!

Ugh. Men!

Sango bounded up to her, a foolish smile plastered across her face. A smile which faltered slightly when she noticed the storm gathering on Kagome's face.

"Err… hey, Kags?" she said, somewhat hopeful.

Kagome grunted and slammed shut the door on her locker. "Wonderful day," she growled. "What do we have next?"

"Err… maths."

"Perfect. Absobloodylutely perfect. I hate maths."

"Why? You're not exactly bad at it."

Kagome shot Sango with a Glance. If looks could kill, she'd be pushing up the daisies.

"I… just… do."

"Yes, yes," Sango gulped. "Very good."

"Hello, my lovely ladies!" came a smooth voice. Kagome growled, Miroku. Just who she didn't need to see.

Sango shrieked, and gave Miroku a whack which would have sent a lesser man to the floor. It would have sent Miroku to the floor too, if he hadn't been caught by the silver haired Hanyou standing behind him.

"Idiot," Inuyasha muttered, standing the monk against the lockers. "Hey girls."

Sango looked relieved at the relatively… well, not cheerful, but neutral company. "Hey Inuyasha! How are you this fair morn?"

"Keh, can't complain," he shrugged. He turned to Kagome, carefully avoiding her eyes. "Hey."

"Hey," she bit back.

A flash of confusion crossed his face. "You ok?"

"I'm fine," she snapped at him.

Inuyasha blinked. o...k... He breathed in noisily through his nose. Then he frowned. "I smell blood."

The others looked around in confusion. Nobody was hurt…

"SHIT!" yelled Kagome, and turned to leg it towards the girls' bathroom. She faintly heard Sango behind her as she sprinted down the hall.

"That explains so much…"

…

God, it was killing her. Pains in her stomach, and the tops of her legs. how the hell could she concentrate on something like this stupid math when she was in agony?! And who the hell was Pythagoras?!

A small piece of paper landed on her desk. She picked it up. Just a ball of paper. She turned to chuck it back to whoever had thrown it to her…

Inuyasha rolled his eyes and frantically mouthed the words, open it.

Right. A note. She knew that.

She opened the piece of paper, and saw Inuyasha's untidy scrawl.

Sorry if I embarrassed you.

S'ok. What's up?

Feh. Just bored. What's up with you?

Do you really want to know?

Yep.

*sigh* I have cramps, I can't walk and I feel like throwing something. This is just so BORING!

Err… I can empathise… with the last one. Funny, I've never experienced menstrual cramps… but I'd imagine from the amount of beating Miroku gets from Sango at 'that time of the month', they're quite painful.

I would imagine the first onslaught is somewhat akin to you being kicked in the crown jewels.

Wow, PMS hits makes you pissed, doesn't it?!

Shut up Inuyasha.

But it's so much fun being a pain!

You want pain? I'll give you pain!

Easy tiger.

Grr.

It's scarier when I do it. I would imagine my fangs add to the effect somewhat.

Shut up Takahashi.

Where are Kouga and Ayame today?

They're in the north for some kind of discussion between their tribes. I think they're trying to settle the dowry. You know, for the arranged marriage.

Ugh. I can't believe Kouga agreed to that.

I don't think he had a choice…

Who would willingly tie themselves down to a woman?! It doesn't make any sense!

Kagome's heart stuttered.

You're an arse, Inuyasha.

What did I do?!

Bugger off. I'm busy listening about Greek weirdos.

Wasn't Pythagoras roman?! What the hell is your problem?!

None of your business.

Thank God the bell went. Kagome grabbed her bag and stamped out of the room. God, he was such an idiot! But such a cute idiot.

The scene from Saturday's party kept playing in her mind. He was so… sweet… under the water… the look in his eyes… she had been so close… SNAP OUT OF IT. she shook her head and felt the warmth in her cheeks. No way was she gonna be caught thinking about Inuyasha Takahashi. No way. No way was she gonna fantasise about running her hands through his soft silver hair… touching his fuzzy ears… feeling the warmth of his palm against hers… the soft brushing of his soft lips… nope. No way was she gonna think about that. It wasn't as if she really wanted to, anyway. Nuh uh.

Ah, crap.

Why was she thinking about this anyway? Seriously.

You like him, said the voice in her head.

No. No, she didn't.

There was no way she could be…

Falling for him?

…

Stupid Kagome. Stupid lockers. Stupid floor. Stupid homework. Stupid school. Stupid sky. Stupid lunch. Stupid… damn, he was running out of things to insult.

What was her problem?! He hadn't done anything! All he'd commented on was Kouga's extreme idiocy, and everyone on this hemisphere knew about that! Come on! Well, she was delicate at the moment. But still, she had no right to talk to him like that! And she had called him an arse! For no reason at all! Maybe she was angry about… but no, that was a mistake! They were just caught up in the heat of the moment! It wasn't like anything was ACTUALLY going to happen. She was pretty… she was beautiful… but… but… it just wouldn't have. It wouldn't have. That's right.

He didn't even believe himself.

What exactly was Inuyasha's problem with her anyway? Why couldn't he get her out of his mind?! The feel of her face against his hand… he had been so close… her soft lips, barely brushing against hers…

GOD, STUPID LAWS OF PHYSICS!

Why was he thinking about this anyway?! What did it matter to him?!

Was he… could he be…

Falling for her?

…

She let herself in. her mother had left a note in an empty milk bottle, to say that she had taken Souta and Jii-chan shopping. They would probably be a few hours… food, clothing, and then dinner. There was money on the table if she wanted to order a pizza, or she could just make herself some food.

She crumpled the note. Who cares?!

She dumped her bag at the bottom of the stairs and trudged up to her room. God, she needed a break. She needed to think.

Turning on the light, she blinked.

Her heart stopped.

There was a note, pinned to her pillow.

On it were two words.

Found you.

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Hey, I'm hoping this is going ok. I realise it's moving a bit fast - i don't really have the knack for slowing it down. Btw, does anybody have any tips on how to write longer chapters and generally stretch out the action? If so, i would really appreciate some tips - clearly I'm not very good at this! XD

Any feedback, ideas etc, I would really appreciate. Also, I hope you liked the way I ended this!

Thanks guys.

Libra Sorceress xx