InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Double Life ❯ The Challenge and Discovery ( Chapter 2 )

Eee..before I forget, I'm going to try not to use too much of the -kun and -chan stuff cuz it might be confusing for people who don't know what it means. Sooo, if you see me use it, just ignore it. I'm trying to write this more Western style, so I'll probably only just write names last name first and first names last (i.e. Higurashi Kagome) that's not...uh...non-Western...erm yeah.

Dark Dragon of the Seven Hells - I have read School Daze before and I can assure you that this story won't be like it either.

I'm getting lazy...I think I'm going to use Inuyasha now and not Inu-Yasha. Less movement of the fingers...

Kagome grabbed Inuyasha's collar. "What?! Why?!"

No, this couldn't be true. She couldn't believe. She refused to believe it.

Inuyasha cocked an eyebrow on his calm face. "I wasn't aware that I had to ask your permission to quit. Now will you let me go already?"

The word, "jerk," cracked through her window of hope. His attitude towards her destroyed her ideal of him. She released his shirt and backed away.

"I-I'm sorry. I guess I overreacted."

He smoothed out his shirt with a slight scowl on his face. "If you're sorry," he replied, "then move out." He stood up and walked away, his shoulder hitting her, knocking her aside. He opened the dorm door and slammed it behind him.

This couldn't be real. Kagome drew up her legs. Just when she thought everything was going well, it shot right back at her with the worst happenings. She now had a dog that could possibly reveal who she really was and her roommate/idol probably hated her now. What's next?

She rested her chin on her knees. Now she wondered whether coming here was a good idea. Should she have stayed in America?

The growling of her stomach interrupted her thoughts. Kagome groaned. Now that she thought of it, she hadn't ate since she left the airport...and the plane food was horrible. She pulled herself to her feet and smoothed out her clothes.

Even though she couldn't befriend her roommate right away, there were others. She sighed. Hopefully, the day wouldn't get any worse.

Kagome opened the door and closed it behind her, only to bump into something hard with an "Ow!" to follow it. Her back hit the door with a heavy thump. She rubbed it painfully. Why did it seem that she had to bump into everyone?

Kagome looked up to see whom she had collided into. He was a tall dark-haired beauty. His hair was cut cleanly short with slightly shaggy bangs. Well, it looked more like a mop of hair dumped on his head, but it still complimented his deep autumn eyes. Really complimented his eyes. They seemed to say how intelligent and clever he was. They were bright but serious. It was probably what made him look so attractive.

Kagome shook her head, realizing that she was staring. This was no time to be checking out guys. Luckily, the boy was too busy rubbing his rear painfully as he staggered to his feet. But Kagome couldn't help but wonder, were all the guys she was going to be good-looking? Apparently, all of them, so far, were.

He looked up at her and let out a chuckle. "Hey, that was pretty good timing, wasn't it?" He smiled optimistically as he stuffed his hands in his pockets. "Are you Higurashi Kagome?"

"Yes?"

"I'm head of the dorm building, sophomore Fukumoto Daisuke. Miroku told me that you got lost earlier--" Kagome nodded in confirmation. "--and I don't want you wandering aimlessly trying to find the dining hall, so why don't I show you around and get you acquainted with everything?"

Kagome agreed and followed him down the hall.

"Well, there's a bath unit in every room, but it closes after midnight," he explained as they talked. "Dinner is from 6 to 9. But you might want to get there fast or you'll get stuck with leftovers. And I think everything else is explained in the pamphlet which I'm pretty sure you got when you came here."

"Yeah..."

"Okay, well you should read it over. Has some pretty important stuff in there. So how's your roommate?" His eyes shined with curiosity. "I heard you got the infamous Inuyasha."

Kagome sighed. She didn't really want that subject to be brought up.

"Well, I don't think we started off really well..." Kagome started.

Daisuke laughed at Kagome's downcast face. "Don't fret about it. Inuyasha doesn't start off with people well that easily. He's like that. You'll get used to it. Don't give up on him yet."

Kagome smiled at Daisuke's reassurance. She liked him already. His smiles and comfort was really encouraging. Maybe life at this school won't be too bad. She probably would feel better if Inuyasha wasn't so mean to her.

"But once you get to know him, I think you'll really like him," he continued. "He's really not too bad of a guy. Ah, we're here."

They turned the corner and entered a large room. Suddenly the noise level increased with chattering and the clattering of utensils and trays. Daisuke tugged Kagome's sleeve.

"Follow me. I want you to meet some people."

Kagome followed him to the other side of the hall to a table of several chattering boys. She noticed Inuyasha and Miroku were at the same table.

"Hey, Daisuke!" Some of the boys called when they caught sight of him. Daisuke waved back in response.

"Hey, guys. I want all of you to meet Kagome here."

Most of the boys stopped talking to look at the new guy. Inuyasha, who was scribbling away on some notes with a large bowl of ramen next to him, didn't spare her a glance. They all, excluding Inuyasha, greeted her cheerfully.

Daisuke pointed at each of the boys, introducing her to them. "This is Miroku, who you met earlier. This is Hojou - best if you just ignore him."

"Hey!" Daisuke ducked the chopstick that was thrown at him.

"Here's Shun--" A stocky figure who had scrawny brown hair. "--That's Chiaki and next to him is Toji." Chiaki was a pleasant faced boy with dark brown hair and Toji was tall and lanky but had a tough edged face. Daisuke continued to name more of the boys, but Kagome tried and failed to remember all their names. Well, half would probably have to do. She had more than enough time to remember the rest. But they were all pretty good-looking. Was she lucky or what?

"I heard rumors about you," Shun said. "You're from America, right?" Kagome nodded. "What school did you go to?" he asked before taking a bite out of his hamburger.

"Evergreen High."

[AN: I made that up so I don't know if there's really an Evergreen High School.]

Chiaki face shot up. "Wait. Evergreen? I know that school. You guys have a hella good track team." He frowned. "Higurashi Kagome, right? Hm, I think I heard that name from somewhere."

Kagome stared at him. Please don't remember, she thought.

"What brings you here?" Shun asked with a smile.

Wow, what an amazing smile. Kagome swallowed before answering.

"I came here for the scholarship program."

Kagome gave a quick glance to Chiaki. He had been silent so far. He was looking down at the table with a small frown. He looked like he was concentrating, or trying to recall something. Kagome silently prayed that he was concentrating on the cracks on the table and not on her.

Shun gave Kagome an approving look. "Really? So are the most of us. It's pretty prestigious though. They only give out scholarships to ten people a year and those are mostly the top of the school."

Kagome gave him a surprised look. "There's a limit?"

Toji nodded. "There's an exam they give out once at the end of every school year. From what I've heard, it's really difficult."

"They don't only look at your scores and grades, but also your extracurricular activities," added Miroku with a serious expression on his face. "They look if you're in sports, clubs, or community service programs, and stuff like that. People who have little extra activities rarely get in."

Kagome looked from one person to another and they all had serious looks. This was so different from America. But Kagome put a determined look on her face.

"It doesn't matter," she said confidently. "I'm going to try my hardest and I'll make it this year."

Inuyasha looked at her without moving his head. But he quickly looked away when she met his gaze.

Miroku clapped her back with a cheery grin. "That's the spirit! But then that's what everyone says at the beginning of the year."

Everyone nodded in agreement. Kagome sent them all a deadpan look. "You all...failed?"

Toji nodded sheepishly. "Yeah, everyone except Daisuke and Chiaki."

Daisuke laughed sheepishly as he scratched his head. Chiaki, on the other hand, didn't respond; he still stayed out of their conversation. The only difference in his movement was he was now lightly tapping his knuckles on his forehead.

"And Inuyasha didn't take it because he transferred in three months after the school year started. They give you the first two months to sign up. After that, you have to wait 'til next year."

Kagome turned her gaze to him but he avoided meeting her eyes. She frowned. What was the matter with him?

"But don't worry about it if you fail this year," said Shun. "They let you take it 'til senior year."

No, she'll make this year. Kagome knew as long as she tried her best, she could do whatever she wanted.

That's what you said only a few months ago, Kagome thought silently as she sneaked a gaze at Inuyasha. She remembered him say those inspiring words on T.V. only a few months ago. It was partly what encouraged her to move to Japan.

A bowl of oden slid into her view. Kagome stared at in surprise. "Here," said Daisuke. "I grabbed you the last oden." She looked at him with wide eyes. She didn't even notice him leave. "I didn't know what you would rather prefer, but that was the only good thing left. Unless you want five month old cheese and crackers..."

Toji smiled brightly and reached over with greedy fingers. "Well if you don't want it, I'll take it."

Kagome shook her head quickly and slapped Toji's hand away. "No, I'll take it. I love oden!"

Daisuke smiled with satisfaction. "Well, I was right to pick oden then, huh?"

Kagome nodded blissfully as she took a seat next to Inuyasha. Ignoring his slightly shocked glance, Kagome picked her chopstick and happily dug in.

Daisuke laughed at her sudden happiness. The boys then resumed their discussion over whether the Final Fantasy 7 characters, Tifa or Aeris, were better. Kagome quickly finished her oden with a satisfactory sigh. Uninterested in others' debate, Kagome looked over her neighbor's shoulder, who, too, wasn't participating in the now raging argument. She noticed he was doing an English assignment. Knowing the English language pretty fluently, Kagome noticed an error.

"Hey, you wrote that sentence wrong." Kagome placed her finger on the incorrect sentence.

Inuyasha blinked in surprise. He suddenly jerked away and snarled at her. "Stop looking over my shoulder!"

Kagome backed away slightly in surprise. "I'm sorry. I just wanted to correct you..."

"Well no one fucking asked you to!"

"Hey, you don't have to yell."

The heated debate between the other boys quieted down as they turned their attention to the arguing pair.

Inuyasha abruptly stood up. "Stop butting into things that are none of your damn business!"

Kagome also jumped to her feet, yet Inuyasha still towered over her. "Well, I'm sorry. But apparently, 'I is training for track meet' doesn't work!"

Daisuke and Miroku bit their lips to hide their growing smiles while the others covered their mouths to muffle their snickers.

Inuyasha glared at Kagome. "No one asked you!"

"Is it a crime to correct someone when they're wrong?"

"Yes!" Inuyasha slammed his book close and stalked away with his books in hand. Kagome stared at his retreating figure incredulously. "Jerk" and "Ass" started ringing bells in her head.

Daisuke patted her back as she sat back down with a huff. "Don't worry. Inuyasha can be short-tempered at times. Words come out of his mouth before he can stop them."

"Unlike a certain green-eyed brunette who's too fragile and weak to argue against anyone," mumbled Toji.

Daisuke turned angrily around. "Aeris is NOT weak! Someone who gives their life to save the world is NOT a weak person!"

"Aeris can't even protect herself. She has to hire a bodyguard because she's too weak!"

"She's been chased all of her life and she hires a bodyguard when she's twenty-two? That doesn't make any sense!"

"You just like her because she acts all innocent and naive!"

"It's not an act, and you just like Tifa because of her boobs!" Daisuke accused.

"I do NOT only like her because of her boobs!--"

Suddenly, Chiaki shot up from his chair. "I remember now!"

Debate interrupted, they looked at Chiaki in surprise and slight annoyance. Kagome hesitantly turned her gaze to him.

"I read an article on this site about the Evergreen High track team whose star member was Higurashi Kagome!" Kagome's eyes widened. Oh shit...

Toji frowned irritably. "Why are you bringing this up now?"

"I--" Suddenly Chiaki frowned. "Wait, they said Kagome was a girl."

All eyes turned to Kagome. She laughed nervously. "Oh yes...that, um..." She needed a lie, a believable one. "Er...you see a friend of mine wrote that and uh, thought it would by funny if he wrote me as a girl...and, uh, yeah."

Kagome cringed mentally. If they fell that one, it would be a miracle. She watched anxiously as they looked at each other but then shrugged it off.

"Oh," said Chiaki, then he smiled. "Heh, well I knew I heard your name from somewhere. Oh, and Aeris is better and Tifa sucks."

"No, she doesn't!" exclaimed an outraged Toji.

Kagome mentally let out a sigh of relief. That was another close call. Sooner or later, if she didn't start preparing with lies, people will start suspecting her gender.

Kagome stood up as Shun shouted. "Tifa's a preppy ditz who should have noticed Cloud when she had the chance. But she too oblivious and wrapped up in her popularity that she wouldn't see Cloud even with six eyes!"

"Yes! Popularity. She's popular, unlike Aeris. Ever wonder why?" Miroku shot back.

"Because she had big breasts!"

"Tifa has more fan shrines than Aeris!"

"That's because you make most of them!"

Kagome cleared her throat to get their attention. "I'm going back now. I'm a bit pooped from the plane ride."

Daisuke looked up. "Do you know your way back? Okay, that's good, then. Oh, and Miroku? Tifa wears a skirt. A skirt. What idiotic martial artist wears a skirt when they're fighting? Eh? Eh?"

"Sakura from Street Fighter wore a skirt!"

Kagome rolled her eyes and left the rising volumes of voices behind her.

She opened her door just in time to see Inuyasha shrug on a jacket. He glanced at her before grabbing a leash off the table.

"Where are you going?" she asked.

"Out."

Kagome watched him silently as he passed her, appalled by his rudeness. Suddenly he stopped at the door and turned around to face her. Kagome cautiously met his gaze. He tossed the leash at her. Kagome caught it and looked at him, puzzled.

He opened the door and as he walked out, he said, "Walk Jirou, will you? I need to run some errands."

Furious, Kagome rushed out after him. She spotted him near the end of the hall.

She called out. "Wait! I don't even know where he is! You can't just--"

"He's outside the caretaker's office." Before she could protest any further, Inuyasha disappeared around the corner.

Kagome gripped the leash tightly until her knuckles turned white as she growled her frustration and irritation. She whirled around and stomped back into the room to grab her sweater. She muttered about unpleasant things she would do to her fellow roommate if he wasn't bigger than she was as she pulled her sweater on.

She trudged out and towards the caretaker's office, remembering that she had passed it earlier on her way from the dining hall.

Kagome propped herself down near the doghouse with the leash held loosely in her hand. Jirou trotted towards her and prodded his nose at her arm. He whimpered and pulled gently on the leash.

Kagome shook her head. "No, Jirou," she said firmly. "You've dragged me all around campus and now I'm tired."

Jirou gave her an imperious snort before trotting to her other side and laid himself onto the ground. Kagome looked down at the Labrador retriever as he rested his head on her lap. She scratched his furry head and laughed when he nuzzled closer to her.

"Did I ever tell you why I came here? The part to meet Yasha?"

Jirou twitched an ear towards her, encouraging her to go on.

"It happened that day, three years ago, when I was bored and switched on the T.V. Then I saw Yasha...He made a huge impression on me at that time because he jumped so gracefully. That was the first time I ever saw him." Kagome directed her hand lower to scratched Jirou's neck. "At that time, I wasn't getting along with my class that well and I started thinking of giving up trying. But every time Yasha broke his own record, I told myself to never give up."

Jirou sighed in content when Kagome's fingers traveled up to his ears. Kagome laughed, unaware of the longhaired figure who stood on the other side of the wall behind her.

"Then I met Saki," Kagome continued. "And she became my best friend ever since."

Inuyasha leaned silently on the wall, his face expression emotionless as he listened.

"So the person who stirred me on, to open my mouth and take the initiative was Yasha. After that, he's been a constant source of encouragement and strength for me." Kagome smiled sadly. "I guess that's why it was a bit disappointing when I found out that he wasn't the person I thought he'd be."

Jirou looked at her sympathetically and gave her a small bark. Kagome laughed as she ruffled the fur on his head.

"Pathetic, aren't I? Having to find comfort in a dog..."

Jirou barked irritably, as to say, "What's wrong with that?"

Kagome shivered as a cold wind blew through her short hair. Suddenly, something warm was dropped over her head and shoulder, causing her to let out a yelp of surprise. She lifted her arms and saw a warm jacket was draped over her.

"You'll catch a cold wearing such thin clothes at this weather and time of night."

Kagome looked up and saw Inuyasha looking at her impassively at her. Jirou jumped at the sight of him and bounded towards him with a happy grin. Kagome stared at Inuyasha. Did he hear what she had said?

"Summer's coming to an end so the nights are gonna be cold. Good boy," Inuyasha said to Jirou as he kneel down to pet him. "You lucky dog, you have a thick coat of fur." Jirou barked in reply.

Kagome shook her head to clear her mind. No, he probably didn't. She looked down at Inuyasha.

"I've been thinking," she said. "Jirou seems to like you a lot, Yasha."

"Yeah," Inuyasha replied as he allowed Jirou to nuzzle him. "That's because I'm the one who found him."

"Really?" Kagome asked, intrigued.

Inuyasha nodded, never looking up at her. "It was about a half of a year ago, right after I moved into the dorm. I was coming home from school when I saw what seemed like two men trying to get the dog into a health care vehicle. Even with two men tugging at it, its legs still resisted 'til the end. When I realized what they were doing, I grabbed Jirou and asked the dorm manager." Inuyasha slowly pulled himself to his feet. "It seems like Jirou was living with a young mother who had two little girls. The mother remarried to a man who hated dogs. So stuck with nowhere to place him, it seems that the mother contacted the health center." Inuyasha gently coaxed Jirou back into his doghouse. "I guess his fear from then hasn't disappeared. He can't be around with any guys but me and the dorm manager since then."

Kagome looked at him with slight surprise. She had half expected him to shove her off and tell her it wasn't any of her business. She'd seen the unexpected side of him. She gazed at him curiously, wondering what caused his change in behavior.

Inuyasha looked up at her and smiled slightly, which really surprised her. "And you don't have to called me Yasha. Everyone else calls me Inuyasha, so I prefer it if you call me that too."

Kagome responded with a smile of her own. "Okay, Inuyasha."

I wonder why he quit the high jump. Kagome stared at him for a moment.

Inuyasha caught her gaze. "What?"

Kagome quickly looked down. "No...it's nothing."

After checking with Jirou, Inuyasha gestured Kagome to follow him. "Come on," he said. "It's getting late. We better get back in before the wind picks up again."

Kagome nodded, a trace of smile still played at her lips. For whatever the reason was, she liked this side of Inuyasha much better.

"Alright, everyone! Gather around! We'll be measuring your sprint times!" yelled the P.E. teacher as he arrived on the track.

Kagome stood on the sideline, her mind not focused on the teacher.

Why? she thought quietly, why didn't I ask that last time?

Kagome snapped out of her thoughts when she heard her name called. "Yes?"

"Hurry up," said the teacher. "Come over so we can measure your time."

"Okay."

Kagome stood behind the line and took her stance.

"Okay, go!" said the teacher as the timer started off with a click.

Kagome shot off, her thoughts still on Inuyasha.

The teacher stared at Kagome's running figure. Whoa, he thought, that Kagome's pretty fast... He looked back down at the timer and his eyes widened marginally.

Hm, I guess he doesn't plan to jump anymore. Same with kendo...

Kagome turned at the corner and crossed the finishing line.

Hn, I'd like to see it.

Kagome turned away, unaware to the look of amazement on her teacher's face.

"Whoa! That's Kagome's time?!" cried a student who looked over the teacher's time.

"What's going on?" asked Miroku as he approached the two.

"Miroku! Look at this! This is Higurashi's 100 meter time, but this is faster than your time, and yours the fastest in the school!"

Miroku stared at the timer in disbelief. He looked at Kagome's retreating figure with a frown.

Kagome collapsed on the ground onto her back in pure exhaustion. Inuyasha stared down at her with a cocked eyebrow.

"God, I'm so tired," she breathed. "The track club's been chasing me all day. They kept trying to get me to join."

"Why don't you?" Inuyasha asked as he flipped through a sports magazine.

"Well, I want to concentrate on my studies right now."

"Can't you do both? I heard you had a really fast time on the 100-meter run. I think it'd be good for the team if you joined."

Kagome rolled onto her stomach. "It'd be really good for the team too if you went back to high jumping."

Inuyasha's magazine dropped to his lap. "Stop trying to bring that up," he snarled.

"I don't see why you shouldn't go back." Kagome said with a frown.

"It's none of your business." Inuyasha turned his back to her, showing her that he no longer wanted to discuss the current subject any further. But Kagome pressed on.

"Didn't you love high jumping?"

"Just save the team and me the trouble and join," he snapped over his back. "Stop pestering me about it."

Kagome rested her chin on her arms. "Tell you what, I'll join the track team if you go back to high jumping," she said. "So then we both get what we want."

Inuyasha gave her a cold look and said firmly, "No." He pulled the curtain and it covered his whole bedside.

Kagome sighed. Well, it was worth trying.

A knock on the door made Kagome to hoist herself to her feet and trudge to the door. She opened it and was surprised to see Miroku there with a serious expression on his face.

"Miroku?"

"Would you come with me for a minute?"

Before Kagome could say anything, he turned around and walked away, expecting her to follow. Kagome turned to look at the curtain-closed bed. She half expected him to come out but there seemed to be no movement. Kagome sighed disappointingly and closed the door behind her as she walked out. She didn't even know why she expected that of him.

"The rules are simple. The first person to get a shot into the goal wins," said Miroku as the soccer ball rolled between his feet. "Got it?"

Kagome nodded as she rolled up her sleeves. If she was a guy, she had to accept his challenge, despite that all her instincts was telling her that this was not good at all. She didn't even know why she had to do this. No matter how many times she asked him, he'd somehow avoided the question.

"Damn, the field's taken."

Kagome looked up and noticed that the field was covered with girls tossing Frisbees to one another.

"What are they doing?" she asked.

"It's the Otsaku's Girls' Ultimate Frisbee Team. They use our field to practice."

Otsaku. She knew that name. It was the all girls' school near Yusako that also had a scholarship program; the one that Renko tried to persuade Kagome into attending to instead of Yusako.

Kagome raised an eyebrow. "They have a team for Ultimate Frisbee?"

"Yeah. It started like two years ago, so it's still pretty new. But so far, it's an all-girls sport since none of the guys seem to want to play it. Seems like they're playing a mock game." Miroku's eyes suddenly lit up. "Ah, and here she comes."

Kagome followed his gaze in puzzlement.

A very pretty girl, who wasn't too far away from them, jumped up high and caught a Frisbee one handed. She immediately swung it towards her teammate in mid-jump. Kagome stared in awe. She had never seen anyone do such a feat. The girl landed on her feet and immediately set off to the other side of the field where the Frisbee was heading. Her long dark hair was held up in the ponytail and her brown eyes were bright with excitement and concentration.

Once she had reach the other side of the field, she stopped and waited, with her slim body in a stance ready to leap. The colorful Frisbee sped its way to her at an amazingly speed but she caught it before the opposing girl was able to block it. The girl's teammates cheered at their earn point before a shrill whistle was heard.

"Pack it up!"

The group of girls chattered excitedly, discussing the play. Suddenly, Miroku stepped in front of Kagome and yelled with his arms waving. "Hey, Sango!"

The ponytail-haired girl turned around at the mention of her name. She spotted her caller and with a frown, approached him.

With her hands on her hips, she said, "What are you doing here, Miroku?"

"To see you, of course!"

Sango rolled her eyes but then spotted Kagome before she could say anything further to Miroku.

"Oh, hello!" she said as she brushed her bangs out of her eyes. "I've never seen you here before. Are you a new student?"

Kagome nodded. "I'm Kagome."

Sango opened her mouth but stopped when Miroku draped his arm over her shoulders. "And this is my beautiful and gorgeous Sango."

Sango looked at him with a raised eyebrow. "Yours?" She shrugged his arm off her.

"What school did you go to?" she asked to Kagome with a smile.

"Evergreen High in America."

Sango's eyes brightened with shock and excitement. "Really?! The Evergreen High? You guys have like one of the best track teams out there! I heard they might even have an Ultimate Frisbee!"

"Oh, really?..." Kagome noticed Miroku's hand slid down from Sango's shoulder to her arm. Kagome looked up at Sango. Maybe she was too excited to noticed Miroku's sliding hand.

"Yeah! If your team and mine make it to Internationals, we'll probably be competing each other! Were you in track?"

"Yeah..." Slowly, Miroku's hand slid from Sango's arm to her waist. Should she say something? Or was Sango already aware...?

"Wow! I never thought I could meet someone from the Evergreen High Track Team! What brings you here to Japan?"

"Uh...scholarship..." Now Miroku's hand slid to Sango's hip. Maybe this was a good time to say something. "Um, Sango?"

"Yeah?"

Suddenly Sango's bright face blanched and turned vibrant red. Kagome's ears then rang with "Eeek!!" and then SLAP!

Kagome watched pitifully as Sango stomped away with a hand held protectively over her rear. Kagome turned to Miroku with a deep frown, whose face shined painfully with a red handprint. "You're such a pervert," she said with disgust.

Miroku smiled sheepishly. "I couldn't help it. It was calling out to me. Well, let's start." He placed the soccer ball firmly to the ground.

Inuyasha walked beside the wired fence with his hands in his pockets and a leash circled around his wrist. No matter how many times he tried to push it away from his mind, he couldn't help but wonder what Miroku wanted with Kagome. He told himself over and over that it was none of his business and he shouldn't worry over silly stuff like that. But it kept coming back at him. What were they doing right now?

Inuyasha stopped when he noticed that Jirou had stopped. He looked down at the dog whose paws were on the fence and his tag was wagging wildly. Inuyasha looked up and started.

It was Kagome, or what seemed like Kagome. He couldn't really tell because he seemed more like a blurry figure racing down the field with a soccer ball, with Miroku close behind.

"Dammit," swore Miroku. He quickly sprinted ahead and stole the ball from Kagome's feet. "Got it!" He pumped his hand in triumph, unaware of how close Kagome was to him.

Jirou let out a bark of warning, but it was too late. Miroku's elbow connected with Kagome's face in a violent collision.

"Kagome!" Inuyasha blinked in surprise, realizing it was he who called out.

Kagome fell onto the ground in an unconscious heap as Miroku spun around in horror. He quickly kneel down and patted Kagome's face.

"Kagome! Kagome!"

"I'll take him. You go ahead and get the doctor."

Miroku whirled around in alarm. "Inuyasha!" Miroku turned away and grabbed Kagome's arm. "No way! I'll take him! It's my fault that--"

"Dumbass!" Inuyasha yelled. "You run faster, right? So you should go get that rotten Doctor Izumi!"

Miroku looked from Inuyasha to Kagome. "Okay," he said and shot off towards the doctor's office.

Jirou crawled towards Kagome, whining and whimpering.

"He's fine," Inuyasha assured, why to a dog was questionable. "He's probably knocked out."

Inuyasha slid his hands under Kagome's knees and armpits and lifted him up. "Geez, you're one troublesome idi--"

He froze and his eyes slowly looked down. His eyes widened in shock and pure horror.

"Oh...dear...God..."

"Just knocked out," Doctor Izumi said as he pushed up his glasses. "That's all."

"Thank God!" Miroku cried as he sank down to the ground.

"Quit getting all worked up because someone got knocked out. Calling me in on my way home," Izumi muttered as he turned away.

Kagome groaned as she lifted her arm to her face groggily. "Nn..."

Izumi glanced at Kagome then started to shove Miroku and Inuyasha out. "Spectators. Leave. Now."

"Hey! Wait!" Miroku cried. "What's the--Inuyasha?" Inuyasha grabbed Miroku by the collar and started to drag him out.

"Come on," he muttered. "Let's go."

Izumi watched as Inuyasha half-dragged Miroku out the door. Once he felt it was safe to talk to his patient, he turned around to Kagome. "Are you fully awake now?"

Kagome looked up to the doctor. Oh, that's right. Miroku smack her with his elbow and she had passed out. "Um, yeah."

"That's good."

If she didn't get out of the health room now, the doctor might...

"I'm completely fine now, so I'll just leave."

Kagome rose, but gasped in surprise as Izumi walked in front of her, placing a hand on the couch she sat on, blocking her escape.

"Well, then, how about you answer something with that completely fine head of yours. What's a 'girl' like you doing here in an all boys school, hm?"

End of Chapter 2

AN: Dun, dun, dun... Well since ff.net was all weird, I crammed a lot of stuff here. ^^" Hehe, sorry if it's too long from your liking.

Well, school's over! Summer's here! And that means more and faster updates! Whoohoo! Well, that's if ff.net doesn't act up again...Which I highly doubt will happen. -_-