A/N- Just a little one-short. I may add to this story with other cute little one-shorts like this, though I may then have to up the rating to T instead of K+. Anywho, just Inuyash being his unknowingly cute puppy self. ^-^

Recess

1. Use the chart below to give the standard variance for the number of people in house of representative from each state of the United States of America.

"…Yo…"

The formula for standard variance is the sum of Σ when i=1 and n=50 times Xi divided by n-1.

"Hey…Pssst!"

That should equal-

"Oi, Kagome…!"

362….

"Aww, come on…!"

…or was it 361…?

"Kagooomeee..!"

"WHAT ALREADY!?"

Inuyasha fell back on his hands, blinking at her from the middle of her room as she glared at him, turned to face him while sitting at her desk. Inuyasha vaguely realized she had her teeth bared and could hear a low growl vibrating out of her throat. She hung around him too much.

"Yeesh…" He narrowed his eyes. "I'm just reminding you…!" he said in an almost taunting voice, "We're leaving tomorrow," his glare turned to a lazy stare. "I don't want you all tired so we have to stop constantly, like always…" he rolled his eyes before flopping over on his stomach, turned away from her.

Of all the-! Kagome struggled with her anger for a moment. Finally, with a deep sigh, she turned back to her impossible math homework. Tongue bit between her molars, pencil tapping nervously against her skull, her frenzied eyes darted around the page, reading, not absorbing, rereading, the cycle never ending.

He was in her room.

Right behind her.

She could hear the low rush of fabric as he shifted. Footsteps. He was walking toward her.

Her heart sped up.

She felt him looking over her shoulder at a distance before a soft thump dictated his sitting.

Kagome shook her head as a shiver went through her. Darn it! Kagome slammed her hands down on the desk in exasperation. She needed to get this done!

Ok! The sum of all the square, divided by-

She heard a deep sigh from behind her. All rational thoughts left her. With a groan she hit her head against her desk.

Hopeless.

She lay there, slumped for a moment before taking a deep breath. Her tired eyes surveyed her desk's surface. Pencil shavings left a fine dust across it and the paper scattered atop it, buried by the three books lying open. Along with this were a few odd nick-knacks, a cup with pens and various other writing utensils, a small stuffed animal, a tennis ball…

Kagome's eyes stopped at the ball. It seemed out of place. Reaching forward she picked it up and brought it towards her for observation.

She heard a sound behind her.

She turned to look at Inuyasha. It was an odd sound, especially for Inuyasha. An abnormal little squeak, as if in anticipation. Inuyasha was sitting again in the middle of her floor. His expression was unreadable, his eyes wide and locked on the object she held in her hands.

Kagome swung her legs to sit sideways on her chair. His eyes followed the tennis ball as it moved. A smirk played on her lips. She waved the ball in front of her to the right, and then to the left, watching with glee as his ears perked further, his gaze intent on the ball.

'Want the ball, boy?' she thought, not willing to possibly break the moment with her words. 'Do ya? Yea, boy?' a spark suddenly lit in her eyes. 'Go get it!' and with that she rapidly moved her hand to the right, flinging the ball out of the room.

Instinct took over as Inuyasha leaped from his seat on the floor, pouncing forward and out of the door.

Kagome let a smug smile envelope her face fully as she turned back to her desk.

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Inuyasha skidded from the room, his brain only repeating the goal of 'ball, ball ball…!' Dashing down the hall on all fours, he watched the ball bounce down the stairs, following it without hesitation.

Grandpa Higurashi raised his head from the paper he was reading while at the same time his daughter stuck her head out of the kitchen, her hands soapy with water and suds as both their faces showed their confusion at the odd thumps and bumps accompanying the commotion apparently coming closer.

Both eyes followed as a tennis ball harmlessly rolled a few feet into the room before stopping and lying still.

Bursting from the wide doorway, Inuyasha jumped on the ball. Grasping it in both hands, a wide, open-mouthed smile broke across his overly enthusiastic face, his tongue lolling out to one side. He stat crouched as he held his prize up before his eyes.

After another moment of silence, he blinked, losing the smile that once adorned his lips. Normal thought process flooded through him once again and all to soon a look a irritation spread across him. He held up a tight, shaking fist as a tic appeared on his forehead, his eyes shut tight in rage. "Kagome…!" he seethed under his breath.

"Inu…Yasha…?" Mrs. Higurashi questioned.

Inuyasha felt the anger quickly drain out of him. He looked up, realizing for the first time of the others presence in the room.

"Is something…" Kagome's mother bit her lip, struggled with her laughter. "Something wrong…?" her body began to shake with the silent laughter.

Her father blinked a few times, a smile spreading across his face before he started guffawing himself, leading his daughter to let herself go as well. "You're not bad, boy! Eh-hahaha! Not bad, not bad!"

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Kagome heard the noise from her room and quickly leaped from her seat, almost toppling her chair, but catching it before it could fall. She quickly steadied it before running out her room and down the stairs as fast as safety dictated.

"What's going on? Is everything ok?" she asked, a slight panic creeping into her voice as she dashed to wait in the doorway, her eyes quickly evaluated the situation. Her tense body quickly relaxed as she just watched her mother and grandfather laughing. "Eh? What happened?" She looked from each of her relatives to the other.

Inuyasha was crouching down in front of her. Remembering that this was the girl, cause of all the trouble, he stood up to block her view, frustration re-etching on his features. "You!" he accused.

Kagome looked at him as he popped up. "Oh," she exclaimed without much fright.

"What the Hell?! What was that all about? You all of a sudden just-!"

Inuyasha was cut off. "Oh, you caught it!" Kagome reached forward and gently retrieved the ball from him.

"Huh?" Inuyasha was stunned with bewilderment.

"Hear ya go boy, go get it!" Kagome turned and tossed the ball into the next room at the other side of the base of the stairs.

Again, losing all thought, Inuyasha bounded after it, mind blank.

"Oh, dear," Kagome's mother chuckled as she held her chest. "You sure seem to have him trained well."

Kagome smirked at her mother. "Mom…" She turned back with a fond expression as she heard a small sound of victory from the other room, followed shortly by a low growl.

"Damn it, Kagome…!"

Fin