InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ School Days ❯ Risky Assumptions ( Chapter 2 )

School Days

Created by: Reall-Goodchild

Re-written by: Tai-Chee

The three girls made a beeline for the line-up for food, hoping that they wouldn't have to wait forever. Ayame was first to reach it, almost sprinting to beat a slightly shorter and shrimpy boy looking to take her spot in line. She slid in right behind Kouga, not realizing her mistake until she had actually stopped letting her victory getting to her head. She scowled at his back, hoping that he wouldn't acknowledge her presence. She glanced back at her friends, only to see them giggling like mad. They made their way over to her, sliding in behind her much to the boy's disappointment. Ayame raised her eyebrows up at the two, wondering why on earth they were being so…them.

"A fourth year winked at me!" Kagome said almost squealing like a little girl who had just gotten a brand new dress. She rolled her eyes at her friend, clearly not interesting in that but the food waiting to be annihilated by her. Her stomach growled as she placed her hands on it, trying to reassure it.

"I think you should talk to him!" Sango said, looking back briefly at the boy who had continued his meal and conversation. Kagome was starting to fidget with the end of her skirt, annoying Ayame. She was always grouchy, school just wasn't her thing. She moved up the line, getting closer and closer.

"Really? He could've done it to you! You never know!" Kagome said, brushing her hair out of her eyes. Ayame laughed, she couldn't help but laugh at her friends-they were so original and unlike anyone she knew.

"What's so funny?" Sango asked, shoving her playfully. But that `playful' shove was a little harder than she had meant for it to be, not knowing her actual strength. Ayame bumped into Kouga, making him lurch forward a step. She glared at her friend as she awaited the full blow of Kouga's words. But what surprised her was that he didn't turn around and start to cuss at her, he just continued waiting for his food as if she never had touched him. She gazed oddly at his back before shaking her head and leaning to the left a bit, seeing what was the special on the menu tonight. Her eyes opened wide as she saw some salmon sitting on tiny plates, just waiting for her to devour.

She grabbed a tray from the small counter and prayed that the line would go faster. Then as if she was Moses, the line moved faster and she was practically at the front. She was only barely out of reach of her salmon, the last one calling out her name. She reached forward, hoping to grab it before anyone could, when Kouga's outstretched hand beat her own. He grabbed the plate and set it on his tray before grabbing a drink and heading away. He looked back at the angry wolf, waving with a lopsided grin on his face. She glared at him, hoping that he would explode that very second.

"I hate that wolf." She seethed grabbing a salad and placing it on her tray rather roughly. She grasped a can of coke, denting it slightly from the pressure she had on it. Kagome and Sango grabbed their food, hoping that they didn't have to deal with a trigger-happy Ayame through dinner. Sango took the lead and slowly stepped in front of her.

"Let's go eat outside; the air should be good for us all." Sango suggested, leading them towards the French doors that led to a patio with lawn chairs and tables. The sky was a flush of reds and pinks, giving it the look that made you think of candy canes and summer nights. They took a seat at a picnic table by the tiny pond that they had found to be their favorite landscape add-in that the school had. Ayame looked back to see Inuyasha and Kouga following Miroku to the tree she had been gazing at earlier. She growled lightly, the noise not going unnoticed by their friends.

"I don't know why you're so hard on the guy." Kagome said, always being the positive one of the group. She hardly ever got out line, unless it had to do with a certain hanyou. Ayame turned back to her friends and snorted.

"You should be the one telling him that, he gets what he deserves." She said opening her coke and taking a bug gulp of it. Sango and Kagome looked at each other before focusing their attention back on their friend.

"You know Ayame, that could be the way he likes to show his affection for people…" Sango said, trying not to step onto dangerous grounds, even though she had already passed the warning signs. She spat out some coke, just barely missing them both.

"What did you just say?" She said with wide eyes. "Are you implying that Kouga likes me?"

"You never know Ayame; some people are like that…" Kagome said, trying to back Sango up a little. Ayame glared at them both, knowing that they had just ganged up on her for no reason.

"Well Inuyasha could be hiding his affections for you by sharp comebacks and arrogance. And Miroku could only know how to show his affections through groping, seeing as the man isn't that great with words-even though he thinks so." Ayame said, trying to stop them both dead in their tracks. She must have succeeded since both of them blanched and then started to blush mildly. "Yeah, thought so." She said with a smirk before digging into her `ever-so appetizing' salad.

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"Ah, she looks so beautiful from a far and up close." Miroku sighed as he leaned his head against the trunk of the Cherry Blossom. Inuyasha snorted from above and Kouga gave a grunt as he continued to eat the salmon that he had practically snatched from Ayame's grip.

"Don't you ever get the hint that she maybe doesn't like you?" Inuyasha asked from the branch, picking at his teeth with his claws.

"Maybe you haven't picked up that blush she gets before she hits me, or even the hesitation in it." He said, watching her intensely while he ate his pudding. Kouga finished his food and set his tray down beside Miroku, only so that he could lie down on the grass. The sky was darkening slightly, telling him that it was nearly seven.

"Or maybe you're hallucinating things." He added in, lazily watching the clouds drift by. Miroku looked at his friends, noticing that he wasn't getting his point through.

"Well then Mr. Love-expert. Tell me, have you ever been in love?" Miroku asked, knowing how to stump his friends. Kouga's head jerked forward and his azure eyes opened widely at his friend. Miroku smiled inwardly, satisfied with his work.

"Shut up." He growled, knowing that Miroku was acting all smug now that he had touched a nerve.

"Actually I'm in love…" Inuyasha said, looking towards the horizon. "…with ramen." He smirked down at his friend, watching him shake his head at his poor attempt at humor. Kouga have a light chuckle before he could feel the damp grass starting to seep through his shirt.

"Baka…let's go inside. It's getting late." Kouga suggested as he sat up and wiped off some of the grass that had decided to stick to him. Inuyasha jumped down from the tree with his tray, dropping it on top of Miroku's. Together the three of them set off back towards the cafeteria, wanting to get back to their dorm to waste the night away.

Miroku looked back to see the girls getting up as well, following their lead.

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I wanted to post chapter 2 quickly, because it's the whole thrill of writing this story that's put me in such a writing mood. Thanks a lot to Reall-Goodchild for the review, I appreciate your opinion a lot, and I'm glad that you like it. So chapter three should be coming soon! Goodbye until next chapter!

Tai-Chee