AN: Here' the sequel to "Kagome or Kikyo, Inuyasha?" called "Deceitful Lies". The title will make more sense later. Inuyasha is a little OOC, but that'll change later. Enjoy and be sure to tell me what you think so far. I know this chapter is a little slow and has little mention of Tokuno, but I promise that'll change also.
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Deceitful Lies
By: dragon fire
CHAPTER 1: Sesshomaru and Rin
A woman with long, raven-black hair strutted out of her shrine and descended down the stairs. She waved brightly at the people who she passed on her way to school. This was her senior year and happened to be the last, long-awaited week before school let out. Sure, she was going to miss her friends and her boyfriend, but it wasn't as if they weren't ever going to see each other again. They had all planned (or more like Sango and Kagome forcing the guys) to go to the same college after high school.
"Kagome, over here!" she heard her friend call. Kagome looked towards a girl with even longer hair tied up into a semi-high ponytail with a greenish-blue tie. She was waving her arms frantically from across the street to get her attention.
Kagome sweetly smiled as she crossed and joined up with her friend.
"Hey Sango. What's up?"
"I've picked out the college we can go to," said Sango happily. "It's a community one, but it's still really good. That way we don't have to worry about not getting accepted into the same college and we can all be together."
Kagome nodded halfheartedly; something else was on her mind. Sango, knowing her friend only too well, noticed this, but before she could say anything about it, Kagome spoke.
"Isn't that Rin?"
Sango stood on her toes and peered over the crowd to see a girl, almost a year younger than them. Before Sango could answer Kagome, Kagome called out to her.
"Hey Rin!" and they took off weaving through the crowd trying to get to her.
Rin, having heard her name called, turned around, a slight baffled, perplexed look on her face as if she wasn't sure if she heard her name called.
"Rin, over here!" Kagome called out, waving her arms in the air much like Sango had done earlier. Rin grinned when she saw them.
"Hey guys!" giggled Rin, waving back at them. "I just called Sesshomaru and ask if he would come and pick me up. He said he was a little busy, but I know it was because he was afraid Inuyasha and Miroku invite themselves along. He'd lose them if he could though." She giggled some more.
Kagome and Sango sweatdropped, but grinned anyway. They knew Sesshomaru didn't like playing chauffer for his younger brother and his best friend. He tried to avoid them whenever possible when they wanted to go somewhere. They could drive, but just wanted to irritate Sesshomaru as much as possible before leaving for college.
"So, isn't this your twelve month anniversary since you began going out with him?" Sango questioned with a light tone. Rin blushed and hid her face by pretending to window-shop for a new skirt. Kagome smiled weakly, remembering something else that had happened a little over two years ago. It had been the day Kikyo had given them news of…Tokuno, and his…aliveness and thoughts of revenge.
Maybe she had been lying to them. Nothing happened since then to give any proof to it being true…
Sesshomaru and Rin had been boyfriend-girlfriend for awhile now. As to how or where it happened, no one but those two knew. Neither would tell anyone and they couldn't have met in school because Sesshomaru was now in college, making him a whole two years older than the shy and quiet Rin. Inuyasha couldn't believe it when he was told (by Kagome and Sango).
"Yeah, I guess so…" Kagome didn't need to see her expression to tell she was blushing.
"Where's he taking you?" Kagome suddenly asked, poking Sango in the ribs to get her attention. She wanted to know.
"Um…" Rin began, her face now totally flushed, her hand coving her mouth from embarrassment. Kagome knew she was hiding something.
"Come on, tell us!" Sango said impatiently. She knew she was going to be jealous no matter what Rin said so she just wanted her to come right out and say it. "Somewhere fancy? Somewhere famous? Somewhere—"
"Where you two met, perhaps?" When the blush only deepened on Rin's face, Kagome grinned, knowing that to be true. "Care to tell us this time?"
"Come on, spill already! After a whole year you two still keep that a secret?"
"But Sesshomaru made me pro—" Sango patted Rin on the back.
"You don't ALWAYS have to do what he wants you to, you know," she laughed.
"I know, but I'd also like to keep—" Rin began but was caught off by Sango, who seemed a little desperate now. She had been dying to know, just like the others.
"WHY??" whined Sango, exasperated.
"Sango, if she doesn't want to tell us, then she doesn't have to. Let it be, alright? Besides, I think I just heard the bell…we better hurry before Mr. H. really decides to kill us!" Sango sighed, almost in defeat, as they walked into our
"Aw, come off it. He's a really cool teacher! Being so young, he can relate to us."
"I've got to go now. I don't want detention tonight…I'll talk to you later. Bye!" With that, Rin sprinted off towards the direction of her class, waving behind her.
"Bye!" the two seniors called after her before resuming their conversation.
"Just because he's young and understands us doesn't mean that he doesn't have to follow school policies. He's suppose to give us a tardy—"
"But he doesn't!" Sango finished with a wide grin.
"He does to the other students…" Kagome gave her a raised eyebrow, but Sango shrugged it off.
"All those times we were late to class he let it slide. He's the coolest teacher, don't you think?" Kagome gave a slight nod, but her mind was on more pressing matters when they entered the classroom.
"Exams…" she moaned when Mr. H. called them forward with a wave of his index finger. "I didn't study."
"Neither did I," Sango whispered with a sigh. They grabbed their tests.
"I'd like to see you two after class," he said before motioning them back to their seats. They glanced nervously at each other but nodded.
"Now go to your seats quietly and take your exam. I think you'll find it to your liking…" he said with an encouraging smile.
Kagome sat down and immediately began clicking her pen as she scribbled down a few answers here and there.
'This is easy…'
But when she heard some groans, she wasn't sure why until she looked over at their exam. It was different than hers…When the bell rang, everyone jumped to their feet, shuffling quietly out of the room.
"Ms. Higurashi and Ms. Hiraikotsu, would you please come here?" Mr. H. said, holding out his hand for their exams. Kagome glanced at her friend, and because of the look on Sango's face, she knew that she must have realized the exams were different.
"Yes, sir?" said Sango nervously as they gave them their exams.
"Now, it's the end of the year and I think there is no need for formalities, do you?" Kagome watched as Sango nodded and bit her lip. "Please, call me by my first name."
"Yes—Steve—?" Sango kind of choked on the word.
"Would you two be interested in coming over a few nights so I can properly prepare you for the college of your choice?" he asked with a smile that was bothering Kagome. Sango didn't take notice though.
"Yeah, that'd be grea—"
"We had counselors for that," Kagome stated quickly. Steve gave her a look of pity before going on.
"Yeah, but they don't tell you everything. Since I'm just out of college unlike that old bat counselor, I could give you a new outlook. College has changed a bit since she's been in it." Sango nodded appreciatively.
"Yeah, how about Wednesday evening? We're busy tonight and have to study tomorrow night for out AP History." Steve grinned in agreement.
"Great! See you then. Now if you'll excuse me…" and he shooed them out the door and closed it behind them. Kagome suddenly turned to Sango.
"I don't think we should go," she blurted out quietly so not to draw attention to themselves. "Being alone with a rather strong-looking man isn't really a great way to go."
"Oh lighten up, Kagome. He's not that type of guy! He really just wants to help us," said Sango dismissively. Kagome was about to protest some more, but Miroku and Inuyasha came up to them, both with glum faces. Kagome didn't want to alert them, not just yet. What if Sango was right? What if he only did want to help them?
'Or him help himself to us…' her mind screamed at her, but before she could think further, Inuyasha wrapped an arm around her shoulder. Feeling someone looking at her, she peered behind her to see the classroom door swing shut, intensifying the uneasy feeling.
"How'd you do on your English exam?" he asked, placing a small kiss on her forehead.
"I…I have a feeling that I did really well compared to the rest of the students," she answered with a feeling or foreboding. "What about you? How's History?" Inuyasha tightened his grip on her and she was sorry she asked.
"Not good…hard as hell."
"No kidding! I even studied for it and I'd probably failed!" Miroku exclaimed. Everyone looked skeptically at him. "Well, I only studied a little bit…"
"Miroku, get your hand—" Sango growled at him, but stopped when he replaced his hand by his side. "Even after two whole years, you still act like—" but she never got to finish because Miroku reached over and pulled her into a passionate kiss. Though Sango denied it every time Kagome asked, she melted into his arms and the feeling of bitterness was replaced with a feeling of ecstasy.
Inuyasha cleared his throat loudly when he realized everyone was watching the two love-struck teens kiss. They pulled apart, Sango blushing, and lead their friends into the cafeteria with a quick pace.
"Rin's going to sit over there with her junior friends. She asked if she could and told me she'd say that she was already sitting with us, but I figured we could talk about where Sesshomaru was taking her easier without her," Miroku mumbled, sitting down on the empty senior table out in the courtyard.
"Good idea. I think he's going to take her where they first met," Kagome shared her thoughts. "If only she would come out and say it! I'm dying to know where they met!"
"I've got an idea. How about we follow them?" When no one disagreed with Sango, she continued. "Do you know when Sesshomaru is leaving?" she asked Inuyasha.
He shook his head.
"Not a clue. I'll give you all a ride to my house right after school. Sesshomaru will suspect something is up, so we'll just make it look like we're studying together."
"You know he's a youkai, so he has the hearing of one," Miroku said. That reminded Kagome of something she wanted to ask.
"Does Rin know about Sesshomaru being one?" she asked, lowering her voice.
"Being one what?" said a voice that sounded horribly familiar.
"Oh, Rin…hey! What's going on? I thought you were sitting with your other friends…" Kagome laughed nervously as Rin joined them at the table.
"I was, but then they were talking about the same old boring stuff," Rin dully said. "I couldn't stand it any longer so I excused myself and came over here."
The bell rang for the next class before the others could comment. Rin sighed.
"I've got my French exam next. Better get there to do some last minute studying. Bye guys."
"See ya," Miroku said.
"We've got Advance P.E. next," said Inuyasha with manly pride. Kagome and Sango rolled their eyes.
"I don't see why you take it. It's so…" Kagome couldn't pick out the word she wanted, but it didn't matter as Inuyasha pulled her into a loose hug and then walked off with Miroku with a red mark across his cheek.
"Good luck!" they yelled.
"Men…" Sango huffed madly. "Ready to go? I heard the Science exam was a breeze. Most people didn't even study for it." Kagome grinned.
"We need more exams like that."
"Then I've got Child Development with Miroku, and you have that AP Calculus with Inuyasha, don't you?" Sango knew the answer to the question when Kagome hung her head. "I'll take that as a yes."
"It's my worst subject! I wish it would just disappear off the face of the Earth!" mutter Kagome angrily.
"I wished Miroku would disappear sometimes, but for some reason he just keeps coming back!" Sango joked lightly, grinning at her friend. Kagome giggled as they headed off towards Science.
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"How'd it go?" Sango asked Inuyasha and Kagome when they met up at the end of the day. Kagome was so flustered that Inuyasha answered quickly for her.
"I thought the History exam was hard…" Miroku winced.
"That bad, huh?" they nodded.
"Well at least you didn't behead your baby…" Sango glared at Miroku, who inched away from her. Inuyasha seemed immediately interested. Sango and Miroku had joined up as mother and father of a pretend baby. Their exam was to show how to take care of it properly, including stuff like feeding, burping, bathing, and changing diapers. "Miroku here was burping her and hit her back too hard and the head fell straight to the ground with a loud thump. EVERYBODY heard it and some pointed and laughed! Not to mention I saw her mark something that looked quite like a 'D' on the paper..." Miroku, sensing Sango getting close to danger, gulped and hid behind his hanyou friend.
"Let's get going home before Sesshomaru decides to leave earlier," Inuyasha said to change the subject to save his best friend.
"Alright…come along Sango." Kagome pulled her away, breaking her death glare at her boyfriend.
The four friends walked out of the school and into the senior parking lot. They hopped into Inuyasha's car and within ten minutes, were at his house.
"Did you bring any books to 'study' from Miroku?" Sango asked him, her anger not fully gone. Miroku nodded and beamed as he pulled out his English book. He had the same teacher as Kagome and Sango. Inuyasha didn't though.
"I'm ready to study!" he said proudly. "You two said it was easy, right?" Kagome glanced at Sango, and then slowly shook her head.
"No, I think you better study." Inuyasha raised an eyebrow suspiciously.
"Why's that? You said you thought you and Sango did better than everyone else…I KNOW you didn't study." Kagome glared at him, ignoring the fact that he was right.
"What makes you think that I wouldn't study! Of course I did!" she lied, not really knowing why. She really wanted to tell Inuyasha the truth, but something stopped her. Sango tried hard to ignore them as the walked into the living room, plopping down onto the couch and turning on the TV. Miroku swiped the button before Sango could and started flipping through the channels. When Sango gave him an evil look, he pulled her into his lap. She was calmed slightly by that.
Kagome leaned onto Inuyasha's shoulder and closed her eyes. The hanyou ran his fingers through her hair and felt her sigh.
"Something wrong?" he asked, concerned, but before she could tell him, Sango grabbed her by the hand and lead her outside.
"DON'T follow!!" She commanded as she slammed the door shut.
"Sango, I think we should tell them—"
"And have them worry? They'll NEVER let us go, you know that! I know—Steve—is just trying to prepare us more than the counselors could! I'd really like to go, so please don't tell!" Sango pleaded softly, taking hold of Kagome's hand. "Please?"
Kagome hesitantly nodded.
"You don't have to come if you don't want to. I can tell you everything when I get back."
"No, if you're going, I'm going as well," said Kagome protectively. She didn't want Sango to go alone if that was really what was on her teachers mind.
Sango looked relieved.
"Thank you Kagome!" Sango hugged her best friend. "You're the best!" They went back inside and the guys looked skeptically at them, as if demanding an explanation.
Instead they got nothing as the girls sat back down with them.
"What was that all about?" demanded Inuyasha.
"Nothing," Sango said firmly. Inuyasha was about to ask again, but the warning look that Miroku gave him made him stop.
Just then, Sesshomaru walked into the room with a lighter step than usual. He stopped and looked at them suspiciously, but before he could question them, Inuyasha answered him.
"Studying…" he said rather convincingly to his older brother. Sesshomaru turned and left the room without a word, closing the front door quietly behind him. Inuyasha jolted up, almost knocking Kagome to the floor.
"I planted a tracking device in his shoe when you two were outside," Inuyasha stated, pulling out his home-made radar. "We'll have no problem finding them now. I expect he's on his way to Rin's. When he leaves her place, we'll start following."
Miroku, Sango, and Kagome nodded, determination showing in their features. Finally after one whole year of wondering, they were going to find out.
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AN: So, REVIEW and tell me what you think! Like I said, I know it was a little slow this chapter, but it'll get better, I promise.
Also, I'd like to mention that I know have started a Harry Potter fic called "Returning". I'd tell you what it's about but it CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE 5TH BOOK. For those who have read Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, go check it out. I think you might find it to your liking. PLEASE review it if you do go read it!
Last order of business: Sesshomaru and Rin won when I asked who I should put him with. Sorry for those of you who didn't want it. I really can't please everyone.
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Deceitful Lies
By: dragon fire
CHAPTER 1: Sesshomaru and Rin
A woman with long, raven-black hair strutted out of her shrine and descended down the stairs. She waved brightly at the people who she passed on her way to school. This was her senior year and happened to be the last, long-awaited week before school let out. Sure, she was going to miss her friends and her boyfriend, but it wasn't as if they weren't ever going to see each other again. They had all planned (or more like Sango and Kagome forcing the guys) to go to the same college after high school.
"Kagome, over here!" she heard her friend call. Kagome looked towards a girl with even longer hair tied up into a semi-high ponytail with a greenish-blue tie. She was waving her arms frantically from across the street to get her attention.
Kagome sweetly smiled as she crossed and joined up with her friend.
"Hey Sango. What's up?"
"I've picked out the college we can go to," said Sango happily. "It's a community one, but it's still really good. That way we don't have to worry about not getting accepted into the same college and we can all be together."
Kagome nodded halfheartedly; something else was on her mind. Sango, knowing her friend only too well, noticed this, but before she could say anything about it, Kagome spoke.
"Isn't that Rin?"
Sango stood on her toes and peered over the crowd to see a girl, almost a year younger than them. Before Sango could answer Kagome, Kagome called out to her.
"Hey Rin!" and they took off weaving through the crowd trying to get to her.
Rin, having heard her name called, turned around, a slight baffled, perplexed look on her face as if she wasn't sure if she heard her name called.
"Rin, over here!" Kagome called out, waving her arms in the air much like Sango had done earlier. Rin grinned when she saw them.
"Hey guys!" giggled Rin, waving back at them. "I just called Sesshomaru and ask if he would come and pick me up. He said he was a little busy, but I know it was because he was afraid Inuyasha and Miroku invite themselves along. He'd lose them if he could though." She giggled some more.
Kagome and Sango sweatdropped, but grinned anyway. They knew Sesshomaru didn't like playing chauffer for his younger brother and his best friend. He tried to avoid them whenever possible when they wanted to go somewhere. They could drive, but just wanted to irritate Sesshomaru as much as possible before leaving for college.
"So, isn't this your twelve month anniversary since you began going out with him?" Sango questioned with a light tone. Rin blushed and hid her face by pretending to window-shop for a new skirt. Kagome smiled weakly, remembering something else that had happened a little over two years ago. It had been the day Kikyo had given them news of…Tokuno, and his…aliveness and thoughts of revenge.
Maybe she had been lying to them. Nothing happened since then to give any proof to it being true…
Sesshomaru and Rin had been boyfriend-girlfriend for awhile now. As to how or where it happened, no one but those two knew. Neither would tell anyone and they couldn't have met in school because Sesshomaru was now in college, making him a whole two years older than the shy and quiet Rin. Inuyasha couldn't believe it when he was told (by Kagome and Sango).
"Yeah, I guess so…" Kagome didn't need to see her expression to tell she was blushing.
"Where's he taking you?" Kagome suddenly asked, poking Sango in the ribs to get her attention. She wanted to know.
"Um…" Rin began, her face now totally flushed, her hand coving her mouth from embarrassment. Kagome knew she was hiding something.
"Come on, tell us!" Sango said impatiently. She knew she was going to be jealous no matter what Rin said so she just wanted her to come right out and say it. "Somewhere fancy? Somewhere famous? Somewhere—"
"Where you two met, perhaps?" When the blush only deepened on Rin's face, Kagome grinned, knowing that to be true. "Care to tell us this time?"
"Come on, spill already! After a whole year you two still keep that a secret?"
"But Sesshomaru made me pro—" Sango patted Rin on the back.
"You don't ALWAYS have to do what he wants you to, you know," she laughed.
"I know, but I'd also like to keep—" Rin began but was caught off by Sango, who seemed a little desperate now. She had been dying to know, just like the others.
"WHY??" whined Sango, exasperated.
"Sango, if she doesn't want to tell us, then she doesn't have to. Let it be, alright? Besides, I think I just heard the bell…we better hurry before Mr. H. really decides to kill us!" Sango sighed, almost in defeat, as they walked into our
"Aw, come off it. He's a really cool teacher! Being so young, he can relate to us."
"I've got to go now. I don't want detention tonight…I'll talk to you later. Bye!" With that, Rin sprinted off towards the direction of her class, waving behind her.
"Bye!" the two seniors called after her before resuming their conversation.
"Just because he's young and understands us doesn't mean that he doesn't have to follow school policies. He's suppose to give us a tardy—"
"But he doesn't!" Sango finished with a wide grin.
"He does to the other students…" Kagome gave her a raised eyebrow, but Sango shrugged it off.
"All those times we were late to class he let it slide. He's the coolest teacher, don't you think?" Kagome gave a slight nod, but her mind was on more pressing matters when they entered the classroom.
"Exams…" she moaned when Mr. H. called them forward with a wave of his index finger. "I didn't study."
"Neither did I," Sango whispered with a sigh. They grabbed their tests.
"I'd like to see you two after class," he said before motioning them back to their seats. They glanced nervously at each other but nodded.
"Now go to your seats quietly and take your exam. I think you'll find it to your liking…" he said with an encouraging smile.
Kagome sat down and immediately began clicking her pen as she scribbled down a few answers here and there.
'This is easy…'
But when she heard some groans, she wasn't sure why until she looked over at their exam. It was different than hers…When the bell rang, everyone jumped to their feet, shuffling quietly out of the room.
"Ms. Higurashi and Ms. Hiraikotsu, would you please come here?" Mr. H. said, holding out his hand for their exams. Kagome glanced at her friend, and because of the look on Sango's face, she knew that she must have realized the exams were different.
"Yes, sir?" said Sango nervously as they gave them their exams.
"Now, it's the end of the year and I think there is no need for formalities, do you?" Kagome watched as Sango nodded and bit her lip. "Please, call me by my first name."
"Yes—Steve—?" Sango kind of choked on the word.
"Would you two be interested in coming over a few nights so I can properly prepare you for the college of your choice?" he asked with a smile that was bothering Kagome. Sango didn't take notice though.
"Yeah, that'd be grea—"
"We had counselors for that," Kagome stated quickly. Steve gave her a look of pity before going on.
"Yeah, but they don't tell you everything. Since I'm just out of college unlike that old bat counselor, I could give you a new outlook. College has changed a bit since she's been in it." Sango nodded appreciatively.
"Yeah, how about Wednesday evening? We're busy tonight and have to study tomorrow night for out AP History." Steve grinned in agreement.
"Great! See you then. Now if you'll excuse me…" and he shooed them out the door and closed it behind them. Kagome suddenly turned to Sango.
"I don't think we should go," she blurted out quietly so not to draw attention to themselves. "Being alone with a rather strong-looking man isn't really a great way to go."
"Oh lighten up, Kagome. He's not that type of guy! He really just wants to help us," said Sango dismissively. Kagome was about to protest some more, but Miroku and Inuyasha came up to them, both with glum faces. Kagome didn't want to alert them, not just yet. What if Sango was right? What if he only did want to help them?
'Or him help himself to us…' her mind screamed at her, but before she could think further, Inuyasha wrapped an arm around her shoulder. Feeling someone looking at her, she peered behind her to see the classroom door swing shut, intensifying the uneasy feeling.
"How'd you do on your English exam?" he asked, placing a small kiss on her forehead.
"I…I have a feeling that I did really well compared to the rest of the students," she answered with a feeling or foreboding. "What about you? How's History?" Inuyasha tightened his grip on her and she was sorry she asked.
"Not good…hard as hell."
"No kidding! I even studied for it and I'd probably failed!" Miroku exclaimed. Everyone looked skeptically at him. "Well, I only studied a little bit…"
"Miroku, get your hand—" Sango growled at him, but stopped when he replaced his hand by his side. "Even after two whole years, you still act like—" but she never got to finish because Miroku reached over and pulled her into a passionate kiss. Though Sango denied it every time Kagome asked, she melted into his arms and the feeling of bitterness was replaced with a feeling of ecstasy.
Inuyasha cleared his throat loudly when he realized everyone was watching the two love-struck teens kiss. They pulled apart, Sango blushing, and lead their friends into the cafeteria with a quick pace.
"Rin's going to sit over there with her junior friends. She asked if she could and told me she'd say that she was already sitting with us, but I figured we could talk about where Sesshomaru was taking her easier without her," Miroku mumbled, sitting down on the empty senior table out in the courtyard.
"Good idea. I think he's going to take her where they first met," Kagome shared her thoughts. "If only she would come out and say it! I'm dying to know where they met!"
"I've got an idea. How about we follow them?" When no one disagreed with Sango, she continued. "Do you know when Sesshomaru is leaving?" she asked Inuyasha.
He shook his head.
"Not a clue. I'll give you all a ride to my house right after school. Sesshomaru will suspect something is up, so we'll just make it look like we're studying together."
"You know he's a youkai, so he has the hearing of one," Miroku said. That reminded Kagome of something she wanted to ask.
"Does Rin know about Sesshomaru being one?" she asked, lowering her voice.
"Being one what?" said a voice that sounded horribly familiar.
"Oh, Rin…hey! What's going on? I thought you were sitting with your other friends…" Kagome laughed nervously as Rin joined them at the table.
"I was, but then they were talking about the same old boring stuff," Rin dully said. "I couldn't stand it any longer so I excused myself and came over here."
The bell rang for the next class before the others could comment. Rin sighed.
"I've got my French exam next. Better get there to do some last minute studying. Bye guys."
"See ya," Miroku said.
"We've got Advance P.E. next," said Inuyasha with manly pride. Kagome and Sango rolled their eyes.
"I don't see why you take it. It's so…" Kagome couldn't pick out the word she wanted, but it didn't matter as Inuyasha pulled her into a loose hug and then walked off with Miroku with a red mark across his cheek.
"Good luck!" they yelled.
"Men…" Sango huffed madly. "Ready to go? I heard the Science exam was a breeze. Most people didn't even study for it." Kagome grinned.
"We need more exams like that."
"Then I've got Child Development with Miroku, and you have that AP Calculus with Inuyasha, don't you?" Sango knew the answer to the question when Kagome hung her head. "I'll take that as a yes."
"It's my worst subject! I wish it would just disappear off the face of the Earth!" mutter Kagome angrily.
"I wished Miroku would disappear sometimes, but for some reason he just keeps coming back!" Sango joked lightly, grinning at her friend. Kagome giggled as they headed off towards Science.
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"How'd it go?" Sango asked Inuyasha and Kagome when they met up at the end of the day. Kagome was so flustered that Inuyasha answered quickly for her.
"I thought the History exam was hard…" Miroku winced.
"That bad, huh?" they nodded.
"Well at least you didn't behead your baby…" Sango glared at Miroku, who inched away from her. Inuyasha seemed immediately interested. Sango and Miroku had joined up as mother and father of a pretend baby. Their exam was to show how to take care of it properly, including stuff like feeding, burping, bathing, and changing diapers. "Miroku here was burping her and hit her back too hard and the head fell straight to the ground with a loud thump. EVERYBODY heard it and some pointed and laughed! Not to mention I saw her mark something that looked quite like a 'D' on the paper..." Miroku, sensing Sango getting close to danger, gulped and hid behind his hanyou friend.
"Let's get going home before Sesshomaru decides to leave earlier," Inuyasha said to change the subject to save his best friend.
"Alright…come along Sango." Kagome pulled her away, breaking her death glare at her boyfriend.
The four friends walked out of the school and into the senior parking lot. They hopped into Inuyasha's car and within ten minutes, were at his house.
"Did you bring any books to 'study' from Miroku?" Sango asked him, her anger not fully gone. Miroku nodded and beamed as he pulled out his English book. He had the same teacher as Kagome and Sango. Inuyasha didn't though.
"I'm ready to study!" he said proudly. "You two said it was easy, right?" Kagome glanced at Sango, and then slowly shook her head.
"No, I think you better study." Inuyasha raised an eyebrow suspiciously.
"Why's that? You said you thought you and Sango did better than everyone else…I KNOW you didn't study." Kagome glared at him, ignoring the fact that he was right.
"What makes you think that I wouldn't study! Of course I did!" she lied, not really knowing why. She really wanted to tell Inuyasha the truth, but something stopped her. Sango tried hard to ignore them as the walked into the living room, plopping down onto the couch and turning on the TV. Miroku swiped the button before Sango could and started flipping through the channels. When Sango gave him an evil look, he pulled her into his lap. She was calmed slightly by that.
Kagome leaned onto Inuyasha's shoulder and closed her eyes. The hanyou ran his fingers through her hair and felt her sigh.
"Something wrong?" he asked, concerned, but before she could tell him, Sango grabbed her by the hand and lead her outside.
"DON'T follow!!" She commanded as she slammed the door shut.
"Sango, I think we should tell them—"
"And have them worry? They'll NEVER let us go, you know that! I know—Steve—is just trying to prepare us more than the counselors could! I'd really like to go, so please don't tell!" Sango pleaded softly, taking hold of Kagome's hand. "Please?"
Kagome hesitantly nodded.
"You don't have to come if you don't want to. I can tell you everything when I get back."
"No, if you're going, I'm going as well," said Kagome protectively. She didn't want Sango to go alone if that was really what was on her teachers mind.
Sango looked relieved.
"Thank you Kagome!" Sango hugged her best friend. "You're the best!" They went back inside and the guys looked skeptically at them, as if demanding an explanation.
Instead they got nothing as the girls sat back down with them.
"What was that all about?" demanded Inuyasha.
"Nothing," Sango said firmly. Inuyasha was about to ask again, but the warning look that Miroku gave him made him stop.
Just then, Sesshomaru walked into the room with a lighter step than usual. He stopped and looked at them suspiciously, but before he could question them, Inuyasha answered him.
"Studying…" he said rather convincingly to his older brother. Sesshomaru turned and left the room without a word, closing the front door quietly behind him. Inuyasha jolted up, almost knocking Kagome to the floor.
"I planted a tracking device in his shoe when you two were outside," Inuyasha stated, pulling out his home-made radar. "We'll have no problem finding them now. I expect he's on his way to Rin's. When he leaves her place, we'll start following."
Miroku, Sango, and Kagome nodded, determination showing in their features. Finally after one whole year of wondering, they were going to find out.
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AN: So, REVIEW and tell me what you think! Like I said, I know it was a little slow this chapter, but it'll get better, I promise.
Also, I'd like to mention that I know have started a Harry Potter fic called "Returning". I'd tell you what it's about but it CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE 5TH BOOK. For those who have read Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, go check it out. I think you might find it to your liking. PLEASE review it if you do go read it!
Last order of business: Sesshomaru and Rin won when I asked who I should put him with. Sorry for those of you who didn't want it. I really can't please everyone.