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Bitter or Sweet?

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Chapter 4: New Years Fun!

Sometimes its black
Sometimes its white
Sometimes she's wrong
Sometimes I'm right
Sometimes we talk about it or we figure it out
But then she just changed her mind
Sometimes she's hot
Sometimes I'm cold
Sometimes my head wants to explode!

~LFO: Every Other Time

KAGOME'S POV

"You're a big asshat, Inuyasha!" I call, panting from running around the house. Thought I hate to admit it, he's much too fast for me to catch. "And a coward! Don't you run away from me! I'll find you sooner or later!"

"Ha!" Inuyasha's voice snorts from a distance. "You wish!"

"Where are you?"

I turn around, and jump back when he lands right in front of me, after jumping down from who-knows-where. "Oh my God, how did you do that?"

He rolls his eyes. "Half demon, remember?"

Oh, that's right. "Lucky!" I grin. "What else can you do?" I ask excitedly. "Can you camouflage into your surroundings? Or maybe you can teleport to other dimensions! Oh, I know- you're telekinetic! Even better, I bet you can-"

Inuyasha's right eye twitches. "Kagome, shut up. Your annoying, squeaky voice is bothering my brain and I can't hear myself think. And for your information, I'm not a chameleon, I'm not telekinetic, and I can't teleport."

I frown. "My voice is not squeaky."

He arches his eyebrows, and suddenly trips my feet so I begin to fall backwards. Then he snakes an arm around my waist and I yelp in surprise. I blink when I realize that my face is merely inches away from his. Inuyasha smirks.

"See, what'd I tell you?"

My eyes narrow. "I only squealed because I was surprised. Now let me go."

He laughs and withdraws his arm, causing me to fall flat on my ass. "I didn't mean like that!" I groan, rubbing my back.

Inuyasha starts walking towards the kitchen. "As you wished," he calls and I blink.

He's read the Princess Bride?

Why didn't he tell me when I was showing my book to him earlier in my bedroom?

Boys.

I'll never understand 'em.

I enter the kitchen as well, surprised to smell the buttery goodness of popcorn coming from the microwave. "What are you doing?" I ask, leaning against the counter. He looks pointedly at the microwave and I roll my eyes. "Okay, so you're making popcorn. What's the occasion?"

Inuyasha shrugs. "There's not really an occasion. But I'm going to watch a movie, and there's no point watching one if you don't have popcorn, right?"

"Not everyone likes popcorn," I point out.

"Well, I'm definitely not one of them. Hey, what movies do you have?"

"What genres are you thinking of?"

"Horror."

Huh. So he wants to watch a scary movie. "Um, let's see… the Relic, Halloween, the Grudge, the Ring, House of Wax, and some other ones."

He takes out the popcorn, pours it into a large bowl (which he took out of a cupboard- wait, how did he even know where it was?) and flops down on the couch in my living room. "Man, those movies suck. You sure do watch some sissy films."

I cock an eyebrow. "Oh? Then what would you watch, smart one?"

"Oh, I don't know… maybe something I haven't watched already a million times?"

I growl at him, sitting down on the couch besides him and meeting his gaze defiantly. "Well, I'm so sorry that we don't have any movies suited to your taste, oh-great-one! You could try having a bit more respect for other people instead of being rude all the time."

"Well you could try giving people some peace and quiet instead of being annoying all the time!"

"You know what? This is stupid. All our conversations go in circles. I'm going to turn on 300 so just shut up and watch, okay?"

Inuyasha mutters under his breath, "You're telling me to shut up? That's a new one."

I ignore him and turn on the movie. And we watch all of it without uttering a single word to each other. And for those of you who're wondering: no, we did not touch hands (as Sango would ask) and I didn't fall asleep and end up leaning against his shoulder or in his lap. First of all because I made sure to only reach for the popcorn when he wasn't, and because I wasn't tired, and even if I was, you'd catch me dead before I fell asleep on him! By the time the movie finished, though, Mom and Izayoi were back.

"Hey, you two, had fun?" asks Mom.

I smile. "Yup, sure did."

Inuyasha scoffs when the two mothers smile back. "She's obviously lying."

I kick him in the shin and he barks. "What was that for?" he hisses.

"So, how was your day?" I ask.

"Great," Izayoi tells me. "Kagome, I have a present for you. And before you protest, I just want to say that I really, really, really want to give this to you, and if you don't accept it, it'll hurt my feelings." Izayoi pauses dramatically and ignores my pout. She reaches into her big bag and pulls out a rather large, rectangular white box. She hands it out towards me and I gratefully accept.

"What is it?" I ask curiously, lifting the box top. Izayoi immediately stops me.

She shakes her head. "Open it on the day of the festival!" she says.

Festival?

What festival?

Inuyasha seems to read my mind. "Stop with the confused faces and get in tune with the rest of the freaking world, Kagome. You know, the festival that's coming in less than two weeks? The one that the entire town's been talking about this month?"

I blink and tilt my head.

He groans. "Haven't you seen the posters?"

"I wasn't aware that there were any posters to be looking at in the first place."

"God, you are impossible."

Izayoi and Mom look at each other, then laugh out loud. "You guys are so cute!" they smile. Then Izayoi grabs Inuyasha's arm and hauls him out the door. Wow, every single time.

"So Kagome, after the festival, I was thinking of going to our shrine. Since it would be too much work for Grandpa to do everything, do you mind helping out?"

Oh yeah, the shrine.

The reason why Gramps is rarely home is because our family also owns the biggest shrine in Tokyo (it was passed down for generations) and he likes to watch over it.

I shrug. "Sure. But can I bring Sango and Ayame? I don't want to be all by myself on New Years."

"That's fine, sweetie."

My weekend passes boringly because Ayame's out of time visiting some of her relatives (she has, like, thirty cousins, by the way) and Sango's too busy finishing the book "Brave New World" for her literature class to hang out with me.

Therefore, I'm actually happy- for the very first time- when Monday arrives.

When I get up, I take a shower and brush my teeth like always but after I dry my hair and reach back to pull my long locks back into a ponytail, I realize that my hair's not there anymore. Damn, I miss my elongated tresses. With the only feature I was actually proud of gone, I can't help but feel a tiny bit nostalgic. Oh well. It'll grow back sooner or later. And anyway, this change makes it easier to distinguish me from Kikyo which is always a good thing.

Don't know who Kikyo is? Let me explain.

She's a freshman, like me, who everyone adores because she's athletic, rich, and delicate. At least, that's how she appears. Only a handful of people know how devilish and sadistic she really is. You see, my dear friends, the most evil people in the world are the ones that pretend to be all nice and sweet, but are mean and cold to you. And even if you try to convince others that she's not actually as perfect as she seems, no one will believe you except for your best friends. That means there's no point hating her in public because too many people love her.

So basically, Kikyo is a two-faced itchy bee… if you know what I mean. Trust me- you do not want to be an enemy of this girl, but then again, it's better than being a part of her clique.

Anyways, back to my morning:

I quickly brush through my hair and after dressing into my uniform, I waltz down the stairs (because it's cooler than walking, of course) and after grabbing a blueberry muffin, I jog out the door.

Not wanting to face Mom's wrath, I wait patiently for Inuyasha.

After five minutes I hear a loud thud. Then I hear a series of small thumps and laughter, followed by yelling.

What the heck is going on in there?

Inuyasha finally stumbles out the door, his uniform all messy and out of order, with his long hair in tangles. I laugh and start walking. "Nice bed hair," I snicker.

He scowls. "I slept in, okay?"

"Let me guess: you fell out of bed, fell down the stairs, and your parents laughed at you so you shouted back."

"Uh, how'd you know that?"

"You're predictable, Inuyasha."

"I am not! You're just- hey, are you gonna eat that?"

I blink. "What, the muffin?"

"Yeah."

I grin wickedly. After waving it in front of his face, I bite into it. "Mmm, tastes good. What is it Inuyasha? Slept too late to get any breakfast? Aww, poor baby."

He narrows his eyes. "You're a sadist."

I roll my eyes. "If you want some that much, then fine." I tear off a chunk and push it into his mouth. "There, happy?"

*Click*

I pause at the noise and pull my hand back. "Hey, Inuyasha, did you hear that?" I ask. He nods. "What do you think it was?"

*Click*

*Click*

Then it stops.

We walk to school, slightly confused to what happened earlier, but I decide to simply shrug it off. However, during first period, I get all sorts of weird looks, and during third period, Sango and Ayame tackle me before class starts.

"KA-GO-ME!" Sango yells likes she does whenever shouts my name. "What's the meaning of this?"

"Yeah, Kagome, I thought you called him the 'rudest, most obnoxious idiot ever'! Since when were you two dating? How come you didn't call us the within sixty seconds it happened?" Ayame demands, shaking me so hard I swear I can hear my bones rattle.

"What are you guys babbling (AN: Yuuki-chan- yes, babble is a word xD) about? I'm not dating anyone!"

Sango slams the school newspaper on my desk, and as I read it, the two of them start doing this crazy elephant dance we made up- don't ask; we're strange like that.

Shikon News:

INSTA-POPULAR INUYASHA SEEN WITH UNKNOWN GIRLFRIEND?

After a sudden disappearance during middle school, Shikon's sophomore Inuyasha Takahashi has returned after three years and the girls are all crazy about it! (Rate this article five stars if you're one of them) And although many have already confessed their love for him, so far he has accepted none… at least, that's what we all thought. But then, who is this lucky female?

*Picture of Kagome feeding Inuyasha what appears to be breakfast*

After questioning several people at random, Inuyasha's mysterious girlfriend is identified as freshman Kagome Higurashi, class 2A. With their secret love life exposed, the two are bound to undergo some romantic difficulties.

Why did Inuyasha keep his girlfriend a secret?

Were he and Ms. Higurashi spouses in Middle School?

For more information and pictures, visit the school website!

Oh my God.

This cannot be happening to me!

I read the newspaper article five more times and let out a shrill scream the moment the teacher walks in.

Ayame and Sango quickly sit down at their desks and even when the lesson starts (thankfully, the professor ignored my screech), I just sit there, gawking at the headlines, too numb to say, do, or think.

Darn it!
The clicking in the morning had been some good-for-nothing prying school geek, lurking around neighborhoods in the morning, trying to get some dirty scopes on innocent students with his/her camera!

Why did it have to be me and Inuyasha?

Why did I wait for him?

Why, oh why, did we make the front page?

That's when the classroom door is thrown open and there stands a fuming red Inuyasha.

I'm dead.

AN: M'wa ha ha! There's been a scandal at Shikon High! (*insert evil face*) Lol

Anyways, I hope you liked the chappie guys ^^ I'm not sure if I left you guys with a cliffy, but if I did, I humbly apologize -_-;

Love you all tons, and I have to say that I'm really pleased with how my chapters are continuously error-free in this fanfic, much thanks to my ninja beta Daichi ;D (PS: my nickname is Ninja Ny which is short form for Ninja Nyony)

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~Nyony

Ninja Beta Daichi: Haha, that'll be my new name for this story! I hope you guys liked it too because I'm still on the lookout for you guys who don't review! I will come after you. . .