InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Jealous Spy ❯ The Scheme ( Chapter 1 )

[ P - Pre-Teen ]
Chapter 1: The Scheme

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Disclaimer: No one, including me, owns Inuyasha, but the great Rumiko Takahashi.

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Brrring!

The bell rang shrilly, signaling the end of school. Kagome Higurashi looked up, practically crying with relief. Finally! I thought this awful day would never end.

Walking down the sidewalk, her brief moment of elation faded away, to be once again replaced by sullenness. Two tests to study for- geometry and English, both of which I hate; six other homework assignments, and a two page essay on Japanese exports to write. How am I supposed to get this all done by tonight? It's impossible, she groaned inwardly. I might as well just slit my wrists right now and-

"Hey, Kagome, wait up!" a voice called, breaking through her troubled reveries.

Turning, she saw her friends Yuka, Eri and Arimi running towards her. "Oh, hi guys, what's up?" she asked as they caught up to her.

"You'll never believe what's happened," Eri said excitedly. Kagome looked at her quizzically.

"What?"

"Hojo the mega- hunk is sick with a cold! He's had to stay at home all week," Yuka practically crowed.

Kagome stared at her as if she were nuts. "The poor guy- But why are you telling me this?"

"Come on, don't tell us you didn't even notice he was missing from class!" Arimi chided.

"Well, no- But how could I? I was too busy trying to catch up from when I had-" She wracked her brain. What did Grandpa say?

"Beriberi," she ended lamely, silently berating her grandfather's seeming lack of common sense.

"Well anyway, he obviously needs his homework by now," Yuka began.

"And can't get it to him, since he hardly even looks at us- " Eri continued.

"When you're around!" Arimi finished. All three giggled.

A look of comprehension dawned in Kagome's eyes. "You mean, you want me to- ? But I don't wan- I
can't! I've still got tons of homework to do myself and-"

Yuka cut her off. "Look, Kagome," she flared. "Hojo's a nice guy, and he could use some help right now, unlike your
psycho maniac boyfriend, who gives you anything but help!"

She's talking about Inuyasha! Kagome realized. It was the same story over and over.

Arimi shook her head. "Honestly, Kagome, why not just dump the guy if he's so rotten to you? You really do deserve
better, you know."

"Oh she will, once she wakes up. You're going to Hojo's Thursday afternoon," Eri said firmly.

"And that's that!" the persistent trio barked.

Kagome realized she didn't have any other choice. She surrendered.

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Later that night...

Kagome blinked furiously and stared down at the page, trying to make sense of it all.

Which sentence is correct: Jack and Jill are brothers and sister, Jack and Jill are brother and sister, or Jack and Jill
were brothers and sisters?

She sighed. An easy one, thank goodness. She wrote down the middle choice.

Name the receiver of the object in the next 20 sentences...

Kagome nearly screamed. It was her first subject, and she wasn't even half- way done with it. How was she supposed to do everything here? It was impossible. She was totally dead.

She dropped her head into her hands and shook it, as if trying to fling out an answer.

Sota opened the door with Buyo hanging off his shoulders. "Hey, sis, how's homework going?" Seeing her apparent
migraine, he looked sympathetic. "Not too well, huh?"

Kagome rounded on him, eyes blazing. "Yes, and if you don't mind, I need my privacy to think! So get out! OUT! NOW!"

Sota looked properly terrified and fled, tossing "Meanie!" over his shoulder as he ran.

Kagome turned back to her book and did her best to concentrate, but every small noise grated on her nerves; her mother washing dishes downstairs, the faint bleeping from her little brother's video game, an insect chirping somewhere outside.

She shook her head and hunkered down, trying to muffle the noises.

Please brain, work- work- work-

Kagome nodded off to sleep, papers gently wafting down to the floor.

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