Disclaimer: If you thought I owned Inuyasha...well, sorry to disappoint you. ^_^ AN: Hello again! I had this chapter typed a while ago, but my mom pulled out the Internet connection because my brother wasn't allowed to use it, so I have to use it really secretly, and sadly, less. So that is why I couldn't exactly post it, I'm just using this really quickly while he's sleeping. ^__^ Meanwhile, I tried to start another fic, but it wasn't going anywhere so I decided to save it for later. I was planning to release that with this chapter, but oh well. Well, if you guessed 0, then you were right! List of winners at the bottom...for now, enjoy this chapter! The Red Card The Green Monster, Jealousy *~*~*~*~*~*~* 'School again...who would've thought I'd make it alive through one whole year?' Was all that was on Kagome's mind as she once again strolled through the hallways of Wakashu High. They had only come back from Otami a little more than a week ago, and time had just seemed to fly by as she sat around the house or worked with Sango at the store. "Kagome!" Came a distant shout, and Kagome spun around to see Hojo panting as he ran towards her with a huge smile on his face. "Isn't it great?" "What?" Kagome replied with sarcastic enthusiasm. Hojo skid to a stop before her and grinned. "Well, remember that night we held that dinner thing on deck at night? You know, the day Inuyasha and I got into an argument?" Kagome rolled her eyes. "You mean when he tried to murder you?" "Yea, that's it." He continued cheerfully. "Well, that night, there were smiles all around! Everyone seemed to be having the time of their lives!" "Your point?" Kagome asked with a smirk. Hojo stared at her for a while coldly, but that faded into another full-on smile. "Anyways, it seems that they, being the stuck-up jerks of our school, actually accepted us! And that means they are definitely going to much friendlier towards us now that we - " Sadly, before Hojo could even finish his sentence a pop can, not empty, flew out of nowhere and knocked into the back of poor Hojo's head with a loud thud. "Hey, shut up you 'tard!" Yelled a guy who Kagome didn't recognise. "You'd better not stick around this year, tagged-boy!" Kagome couldn't help but watch this happen. It was always the same old...same old... Sighing, she made her way to him and lightly placed a hand on his shoulder. "Hojo, are you alright? That guy's just being a jerk." Sighing as he attempted to shake the liquid out of his hair, Hojo smiled weakly. "At least it wasn't completely full, right? I mean, that would probably kill me!" "We'd like to hope so!" Shouted someone else. *~*~*~*~*~* "Inuyasha...sir! It's time for you to wake up this glorious morning for school!" Expecting a 'screw off!' or a 'five more minutes...' from his master, the servant glared at the white door as only silence reached his ears. "Inuyasha sir, you must get up for school now, you don't want to be late!" "Oh, if you're looking for the young master, he's already having his breakfast in the dining room." Informed the maid as she trotted by, sweeping the floor. "You're kidding me. In these many years I've worked for his family, not ONCE has Inuyasha gotten up remotely early for school. Is he acting quite alright?" Asked the servant, still in shock. "I know what you mean. He was skipping around this morning, humming something or other. He looked positively ecstatic! I wonder what's wrong with him..." She gripped her chin in deep thought. "A girl, perhaps?" He asked, smirking. "He gets love letters all the time from girls, but he just throws them away. Perhaps he's found the one?" The maid giggled loudly. "Inuyasha? Excited over a girl? I'll believe it when I see it!" "You know, you aren't paid to gossip about your employer's son." Came the blood-chilling voice from around the corner as Inuyasha walked towards them with an odd expression on his face. "Young master! I uh - we...are terribly sorry! We'll never do it again!" The servant bowed, as well as the maid. "Sir Inuyasha, we are so sorry. It is absolutely none of our business to talk about your private life!" She assured him, trembling in fright. It was as if he was going to behead them or something. Normally Inuyasha would have started shouting and threatening them, and that was exactly why all the workers in the mansion knew to avoid him. When he fought with his parents, or anyone else, he normally took it out on the staff, getting them in trouble purposely and kicking them out. And these two certainly knew when they were in some deep trouble... Instead, he just said sternly, "Don't let me hear that again." Spun on his heel, and sped away happily. The maid whispered, in a state of shock. "Was that...just our master Inuyasha?" *~*~*~*~*~*~* Kagome hummed a happy tune to herself as she stalked down the hallways, towards her locker. Hojo had gone to the bathroom to get cleansed off after the little pop incident. Nearing her locker, Kagome pulled out her math textbook to put away, when she heard snickering next to her. Whipping around, she saw Inuyasha and the other two members of Y4 leaning against the lockers next to hers. "Hey." She greeted cold-heartedly without looking their way as she decoded her lock. God, the last thing she needed the first morning of school was Inuyasha and co. To top it off, she had physical education first block, and her teacher hated...no...loathed latecomers. The popular group mumbled back something that sounded like, "morning" and continued to stand around casually. Inuyasha's face was flustered and he looked as if he was about to just blow up in laughter. And that sparked the curiosity in Kagome. "What? What are you guys standing there for? And why is Inuyasha about to laugh?" No response, except Kouga pointed to Inuyasha behind his back and mouthed, 'idiot'. She giggled as she grabbed her gym strip whilst Inuyasha snapped around viciously and was about to punch Kouga, when... "Hey! Where are my runners?" Instantly Inuyasha's anger towards Kouga disappeared, and his mouth turned into an evil smile. Now that scared Kagome... "Inuyasha? Where did you hide my shoes? Come on, gimme! I'm going to be late for P.E.!" He didn't answer her, but only continued to smirk. Flustered, Kagome stormed up to him and grabbed him by the collar, sighing. "Inuyasha...give me my goddamn shoes NOW or I'll have detention for the rest of my given life!" Inuyasha stayed still, only keeping that annoying smile on his face. Now she was desperate. "Please...?" Receiving no response, and giving up, Kagome released his shirt collar and dropped her head in pure annoyance when she noticed...Inuyasha was wearing her shoes! Not only that, but the backs of the shoes were snipped out to accustom his large feet! "INUYASHAAAA! NOOOOO...!" Now finally Inuyasha moved, a lot. He started cackling madly and punched a nearby locker for the effect. The locker wasn't the only one about to be beat up... "Inuyasha..." Kagome exclaimed sweetly before a dark aura rose from behind her and her face started glowing with anger. "WHY THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT? YOU...YOU JERK!!! NOW I HAVE TO WEAR THESE SHOES TO P.E.! GO TO HELL!" She banged into him with all her might, sending him into a nearby locker and swept up the cut-up shoes with one hand before storming away, leaving her locker open. For some reason Inuyasha seemed to think this was the most hilarious thing he'd ever seen. His laughter hadn't died down a bit. "Did...*wheeze* did you guys see that? Did you see how mad she was? God, that was a classic!" "Um...Inuyasha." Miroku stated, yawning. "Is THAT your 'brilliant idea'? What you woke us up so early in the morning for? Sometimes..." He shook his head sadly. Kouga sighed. "Inuyasha...funny is funny. And that was the least funny thing I've ever seen! Not to mention this Kagome thing is old! You can be so freakin' embarrassing! Come on, Miroku, let's go." "What?" Inuyasha stared at his friends' retreating figures in confusion. "Come on, guys. That was funny stuff! What the hell is wrong with you guys?" Now he felt as if he shouldn't have gotten out of bed that early for this. But it sounded amusing when he thought of it last week... *~*~*~*~*~*~*~* "Did you hear that?" Kikyou shrieked from behind the row of lockers directly behind Kagome's. Yura gripped her binder tightly. "No way! We're not even allowed to talk to Y4 on a friendly level at school! Why does Kagome get to? God, she pisses me off so much!" Smiling, Kikyou pulled the video camera from her locker carefully. "Don't worry, we've always got this..." She proclaimed as she patted the case. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~* 'Damn Inuyasha and his stupid jokes...because of that idiot I have detention today after school. And my stupid gym teacher wouldn't believe me when I told her he cut my shoes. What the hell does, "Inuyasha doesn't do stuff like that!" mean? Of course he does! This whole school is against me...' Kagome was mumbling to herself as she stomped through the hallways once again. Everyone made careful note to avoid her as well. Finally, having enough of everyone and everything, she ran for the stairways. For some reason it was always so calming... Pushing aside the heavy door, she took one step onto the balcony when some silver locks flashed into her sight. Sesshoumaru was leaning against the wall, looking oblivious to the world. Her heart started pounding incredibly fast, and she felt her breath quicken. The last time she had spoken to him... "What're you standing there for? Sit down." It sounded more of a command than anything, but she did so anyway. "Nice weather, huh?" Kagome asked, and she knew when people asked that question when it was cloudy, they were seriously desperate for conversation. He just grunted in reply and stared back out at the clouds. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Inuyasha was having a terrific day...no one was pissing him off, and he couldn't get Kagome off his mind. It was confusing to him because no girl had ever attracted his attention as much as her. And even though he could choose from some of the most beautiful woman around due to his looks and place in society, he chose the plain, aggressive one. Maybe it was because she was the only girl who's ever fought back instead of stayed in the back and admired him from afar. And for some reason right now, he wanted to speak to Kagome. Wanted to see her smile, see her laugh. Just thinking about it warmed his heart. "Hey, you." He tapped a random guy on the shoulder from behind. Maybe he would know where Kagome was... "Yea?" The boy snapped back, and almost lost his breath when he glanced at the person talking to him. "...I - Inuyasha! I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry!" He was now practically on the floor begging. His friends have long ago backed far, far away and were looking at their terrified friend with pity in their eyes. "Hey, shut up for a sec, ok? I just wanna know if you've seen Kagome." He asked calmly, and sighed when the boy looked up, still quivering. What the hell was up with this guy? Just like all the other morons at this school... "Ka - Kagome?" He asked, and for a second he was desperately banging his head to remember where that dreadful girl was. "She...I saw she, I mean her go up the stairs...to the balcony." "Alright. Thanks, man." Inuyasha started heading away with a grin on his face, gleefully looking forward to seeing Kagome. The boy's friends ran up to him, who was still bawling, "I...I TALKED TO INUYASHA! I can't believe it!" "You were pretty damn lucky!" Informed one of his friends with fear in his eyes. "I heard he's never talked to anyone he didn't know and not beaten them up for it. Normally you would've been kicked just for that. I wonder what's up with him..." *~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Inuyasha jumped the stairs three at a time easily, wondering why Kagome would come up here to begin with. Finally, he reached the top floor and glanced out the glass window in the door and spotted the back of Kagome's head. About to walk out and join her, he noticed she was...talking to someone. Immediately, Inuyasha's heart quickened, and he had a sudden urge to strangle that person. Not being able to see from this angle, he decided to slip open the door a tad to hear their conversation. Kagome spoke light-heartedly but happily. "You know, isn't it great up here? I thought you wouldn't want me to come up again, but it's just too nice to miss." Suddenly, she burst into a huge smile. How come she never smiled for him like that? Jealousy was already starting to seep into his veins... Then suddenly, he caught a glimpse of the stranger. It was no other than...Sesshoumaru. He couldn't catch what he said next, and frankly, he really didn't care. Holding back the urge to run up there and kill his former friend, he dashed back down the stairs. There was someone else he had to talk to first... "Did WE know if Kagome was meeting Sess at the balcony everyday? Of course not!" Miroku glanced at Inuyasha oddly. Kouga just shook his head. "Sesshoumaru was doing that? How come he didn't tell us?" Inuyasha looked spaced out, and he was busy staring at nothing. A big frown was plastered on his face, and his face was pale. "It's true." Came a voice out of nowhere. "Kikyou! Yura?" Exclaimed Kouga with a pestered look on his face. "What are you two doing here? Go away, we don't need you here right now." "Oh, but you do!" Kikyou smiled, and pulled out a video camera in front of Inuyasha's face. She flipped the tiny screen around so he could view it, even though he looked blanked out, she could tell he was slightly interested. "Inuyasha, take a little look at this." Miroku and Kouga crowded behind them to catch a glimpse as well, and kept silent as the film rolled... Kagome was staring off at Sesshoumaru with tears almost running out of her eyes. They could barely make it out because it was so dark. "Please...don't hate me." "If I hated you then why would I have picked you up that day and saved you?" Sesshoumaru answered quietly. Inuyasha just turned away after, biting his lower lip nervously, before a drop of blood dribbled down his chin. Then, he snapped around and slapped the video camera out of Kikyou's hands. It landed with a smash, and tiny pieces of metal flew everywhere. "My camera!" Yura screeched, crouching down to gather the loose bits and ends. "I just got that!" Kikyou didn't seem to care much about the camera. She was just pleased at the anger shining in Inuyasha's eyes. "You know, Inuyasha." She added. "Kagome's been into Sesshoumaru since the beginning, and was just playing with you - " SLAP. Inuyasha had backhanded her, and Kikyou stumbled back, holding onto her unblemished cheek in sheer pain. "You...slapped me..." He hadn't even looked her way once. Yura quickly appeared out of nowhere snatched Kikyou's arm along with her destroyed video camera and scrambled away. "Come on, let's go." "Hey man, come on, don't hit girls..." Miroku commented, patting Inuyasha's shoulder. Suddenly, Inuyasha brought up his hand and swept off his friend's hand forcefully. "Get...your goddamn hands off of me..." He growled, starting to pace forwards, shoving them both back when he stalked between them. "What's wrong with him?" Asked Kouga, who had his hands shoved nonchalantly in his pockets. "He's overreacting a little, don't you think?" Miroku gulped silently. "I...I just hope it's not the same as what happened four years ago. Now that wasn't pretty..." "What happened again? I can't remember." Kouga asked stupidly, before the flashback flashed before him and his face whitened. "Oh shit..." *~*~*~*~*~*~*~* "Hey guys, check this out!" His friends surrounded a male student as he showed them an auto magazine and pointed to a specific car. "This is the baby I'll be getting for my birthday, and it'll be all mine!" "Lucky you! I'll only be getting a Mercedes! My parents aren't that rich, which sucks ass!" The other guys joined in the laughter, before a creepy voice joined their conversation from behind. "Nice car you'll be getting." "Yea, and what's it to you?" The boy originally holding the magazine chuckled, until he noticed the petrified looks of his friends standing in front of him. "What the hell's wrong with you guys? Who is it?" Whizzing around, the boy's face tightened. "Inuyasha? Holy shit! I'm sorry, man, I thought you were - " It was too late. Inuyasha grabbed the boy tightly by the neck, and dangled him high in the air, baring his fangs. "What's it to me? I'd tell you, but there's no point in that, because you're lower than shit!" "Ahh...Orry..." The guy was straining to breathe now, let alone apologize. Inuyasha screamed angrily. "Sorry? Is that it? IS THAT FUCKING IT? Well, 'sorry' isn't going to cut it this time! And I'm goddamn sick of hearing 'sorry, sorry' all fucking day! Does no one have any more originality anymore? Does saying sorry fix accidents? Deaths? Anything?" He was practically hollering and laughing at the same time now, and a large crowd had gathered, including teachers. But they couldn't do anything...they just hid behind their desks waiting for their pathetic paychecks. The boy hanging in the air was almost blue in the face, and was struggling for air, even his friends were afraid to help. What a bunch of cowards...that reminded him, the guy who gave him directions to Kagome today would have to be taught a lesson as well... This power was like drugs to him. The power of being able to control all these unimportant beings, and make them feel a little higher in the world by talking to them. What a group of ants, can't do anything alone. That alone wanted to make him squeeze this boy's neck a little harder, and make him beg for his life... "Inuyasha! Stop it, you're going to kill him!" Miroku yelled, tackling his insane friend from behind. Kouga took this opportunity to hold back Inuyasha's arms, as hard as that was. He wouldn't stop budging, threatening to kill everyone. Luckily, Inuyasha did drop the dying boy passed out unconscious on the floor. "Somebody call the paramedics!" Somebody screamed while pointing at the limp body. "He's going to die!" *~*~*~*~*~*~* Kagome left the balcony after her little chat, and she was as cheerful as ever. Well, as cheerful as she ever got....It was so enjoyable to just sit there and enjoy Sesshoumaru's company, even if they barely spoke to one another. Moments later, as she walked down the hallways, a large crowd had gathered. The first thought that popped into her head was, 'Please don't tell me it's another rumour about me...' But Kagome being as curious as a cat, found her way to the back of the crowd, and gaped at the sight she took in. Inuyasha. Was. Holding. A. Boy. By. His. Neck. What in the world was he thinking? And she recognised that boy as well. He was one of the many that enjoyed harassing Hojo. She could barely make out what he was mumbling, but she knew something was wrong when she saw it. Inuyasha's eyes were blood red. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* AN: Inuyasha's gone mad! Stop him! Hahaha, evil cliffhanger again. Just when you all thought this story was winding down too...^_^ Thanks to all those who participated! I'll post another one when I feel like it! I wasn't too specific, but for those who guessed zero, you are right! If you included the drugging part...if you didn't get it right, nice try! You can always try in my next challenge! Now, here is the winner's list: Satsuko Sprout Hiei's foxy hot demon chik Dark Dragon of the Seven Hells Kagie-chan Eimaj Angel-Kitten Gueshoo Christy Kay Lirael Snowgirl ArtemisMoon Cin of an Angel Kalli Nikki Seishi Shino hibiscus Congratulations! ^__^ I apologize for not having prizes, but my heartfelt congrats to you all! Once again, big hugs to all my great reviewers! You're the bestest of the best! ^_^ *~Sorena~*

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