Disclaimer: Sadly, I still don't own Inuyasha or the Hana Yori Dango idea. (Once again, Meteor Garden is created from Hana Yori Dango) I've been terribly sick over the weekend, and now I'm only stuck with a cough...>_< When I finally crawled to my computer and checked my inbox, I was immediately cured!...well, maybe not. But I was extremely happy, so I decided to update this fic first! To those who want me to not follow the story exactly, don't worry. There's no way I can't do that, I'll be making larger and larger changes as I go on, partially because I want people to grasp the characters' personalities and pasts better before I play around with them! Thanks for telling me about that. ^_^ Note: If any readers have read my 'Not all Fun and Games' fiction, I have writer's block with that story. Any help would be appreciated, just don't give me the ending...I've already got that planned ^_^ A New Friend - Chapter 7 * *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* * "Can you stand?" Inuyasha asked standing a foot away from the shuddering girl seated on the pavement, as he softly reached out a clawed hand. "Here..." Her vision was a tad phased because of the glowing tears in her eyes. She looked up from her slightly smudged makeup and glanced up. Inuyasha was leaning over her, one hand shoved in his pocket and the other offered to her. Kagome reached out slowly to take his hand, and when they were just millimetres apart, she immediately snapped back and gasped. 'Wha...what the hell is this?' She thought suddenly, and used all of her remaining strength to pick herself up and push the man in front of her backwards as hard as she could. His back whammed into the tree behind him with a huge THUD. "Wha - what the fuck are you doing?" Inuyasha demanded when he had recovered from the shock, and was rubbing his head in frustration. "Just whose fault do you think it is that I'm in this mess?" Kagome shook her arm in the air angrily, finally acknowledging the blush on Inuyasha's face and decided to add, "You idiot!" Inuyasha growled. How dare this girl not be thankful that HE, Inuyasha, had just saved her? Then she pushes him into a tree to thank him? "What kind of attitude is that? I saved your ass!" He yelled angrily. She raised both of her palms up to neck-level and choked. "Who asked you to?" From the look on his face, he was not pleased with the reaction he had gotten from this girl, now smiling with arrogance. This was not what he had pictured for being her knight-in-shining-armour. There was a dark aura surrounding Inuyasha just then, causing Kagome to take a step or two back...maybe she went a little bit too far. "No one in this school dares to oppose me...and yet - " He explained, but was interrupted by Kagome. "That's because they're all chickens." Kagome grinned and waved her hands in front of her face, hoping Inuyasha would find that as hilarious as she did. Unfortunately not, he looked twice as angry as before. "Why...you little..." Expecting something threatening like another red card to double the bullying or something stupid, he backed up and pointed at himself. "Just what about me is unsatisfactory? Well?!" He added in frustration. "I ask you, where is there a more perfect man than myself?" Kagome cleared her throat as if she was preparing for a speech. "I hate your stupidity...I hate your weird hair...I hate how you walk around campus in ordinary clothes..." At this Inuyasha looked down at his baggy red t- shirt and loose jeans. She continued, accenting the first one. "...I hate your arrogance...I...I just hate everything about you!!!" Inuyasha felt as if he had been punched hard in the stomach. The redness in his cheeks had disappeared a while ago, and now he was just busy absorbing everything she had criticized about him. While he was deeply trying to figure it out, Kagome dashed by him, running away as fast as her legs would carry her. 'That...that was so surprising...what was he thinking, looking at me like that?' Kagome pondered to herself while speeding away from the gradually shrinking Inuyasha in the distance. '...acting like he had nothing to do with it at all...I was so taken aback I actually started crying...' Slowing down her pace to walk, Kagome was just passing by the school garden, of course exquisite, when she heard someone scream something that caught her instant attention. "Is it true that Kagura is returning from France?" Kagome glanced over and tried to locate the source of the voice. She spotted Miroku and Kouga sitting on the grass chatting. Miroku noticed her and smiled. "Ah...the working girl and virgin..." It was so embarrassing, because several other eyes were on them now. "Stop calling me that, please!" Kouga laughed, signalling for her to join them. "Forget about it. Come over here and have a drink." Not knowing what else she could so, she made her way over to the two Y4 members. She looked over at the whiskey bottle lying next to the pizza they appeared to have had to eat. "Um...is it okay to be drinking alcohol on school grounds?" Miroku held up his clear glass, showing a clear liquid. "Don't be silly, we're only drinking water." He shook his glass. "Kouga and I here were getting bored without any girls." 'This...this is really weird.' Kagome thought as she planted her knees to the grass a distance away from them. They just carried on their conversation. Kouga started, "Hey, don't you think Kagura has turned into a great woman?" "Yea, her posters are plastered all over the streets because she's the new Japan Airlines Tahiti campaign girl." Miroku smiled and offered Kagome a piece of pizza, but she shook her head. "Umm..." She asked, feeling rude for butting into their conversation. "Just what kind of a relationship does Sesshoumaru and this Kagura have?" "Kagura is Sesshoumaru's first love." Kouga clarified. "She was also his first friend when he was a depressed child. Not even us, his closest friends could help him then." Kagome felt as if an arrow had strung her heart. Why was she feeling this way? She didn't have any feelings for Sesshoumaru... * *~*~*~*~*~*~*~* * "Look! Kagura's in this ad too!" Kikyou spoke extra loud the next morning in class, pointing at a page in the KY magazine Yura and her were reading. Out loud. They were very well aware that Kagome was sitting in front of them. "Wow! She looks so great! I want to become a woman like this too!" Yura gushed. "Anyway, there's a big difference from THAT one." Kagome could feel the two stares on the back of her head. Kagome whipped her head around, only to have the idiots change the subject. Something about the weather...she wasn't completely listening. Storming out of the classroom, Kagome slammed the door hard behind her. She rushed down the hallway just to further their distance more. 'I hate...hate them!!!' She cursed to herself, then suddenly she realised she had just passed a familiar face. "What the...?" Kagome spun around and that person turned around at the same time to look at her. "...oh no...Inu...Inuyasha?!!" "Oh, hey." He replied casually. Inuyasha was in a grey suit jacket and black business pants. The most surprising part was his hair. All his long, silver hair was tucked into a cap, revealing a shorthaired Inuyasha. 'What on Earth happened to him?' Thought Kagome, trying her hardest not to burst out laughing at his attempt. He bared his fangs before she could speak up. "Keh! I didn't do this for you. I just like to make a change once in a while! Got a problem with that?" He added. "Don't misunderstand!" Kagome was inspecting him sharply, forming an 'o' with her mouth and gripping her chin. "It really suits you!" 'Except for the fact that the cap and suit don't exactly match...' she wanted to say, but decided to keep it to herself. Guess the hat was the only technique Inuyasha could think up, or his stylist rather. He stumbled back, shocked at her words. Inuyasha was certain she was going to be making cracks at him... "Is that so?" He blushed. "Well now...hahahaha!" Kagome was starting to ease back. Inuyasha could be so weird sometimes...but sometimes he was cute...she mentally slapped herself for thinking of that. How could she have an interest in this lunatic? He hadn't finished babbling. "It took my hairstylist three hours to think up some way to make my hair appear short, without cutting it. Finally, he lost it and slapped on a hat. Even then it took half an hour to get all the hair up..." He stopped talking when a strand of silver hair dangled in front of his face. "Oh, shit..." Then another, then another...Inuyasha quickly grabbed all his hair and attempted to shove the loose ends back into his hat, but that failed miserably when almost all his hair came flying out. "Damn that hairdresser! I'm going to kill him - " "Pmmghf...phahahaha...HAHAHAHAHA!!!" Kagome just lost it. One more second and she swore she would've burst, grasping her waist with both hands; she started quivering she was laughing so hard. Inuyasha stared at the laughing girl, almost passed out from laughing...at him. "Hey you, don't laugh!" That remark made Kagome laugh even harder. Eventually Inuyasha chuckled along with her, lifting off the cap with one hand. But the rainbow lasts for only so long... "Inuyasha!" Bellowed Kouga and Miroku once they spotted him down the hall. "So this is where you've been hiding." "Kagura's back!" * *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ * Two people stood on opposite sides of the Central Park. One had long, flowing black hair and looked to be a model, while the other person was Sesshoumaru. "Sess...Sesshoumaru!" She yelled, running as fast as she could, wrapping her long arms around his neck for a tight embrace. The same, usual cold smile remained on his face, but this time...he had that smile again. The rare smile nobody but Kagome got to see... She paced away from the school window on the top floor; Kagome didn't want them to see her. How embarrassing would that be? Proceeding down the hallway, she ceased walking when another conversation stroke up. "Kagura is so hot!" "She's the new Japan Airlines campaign girl, right? What's she doing with Y4?" "You don't know?" Gasped another. "They've all been childhood friends since kindergarten. She's one of the few people who can meet Y4 on an equal footing." "Yea. And she's the heiress to the Toudou Company! Her father is the president." Kagome started walking again, she didn't want to listen to these boys babble on about this woman. 'Model, piano, ballet, Toudou Company, France...' Kagome pondered down the hall. 'I thought people like that belonged only in novels and movies...there's no way in hell I can compete...' * *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* * Kagome's father picked up his wooden chopsticks and told the family surrounding the table. "When I was young, I had to sell blood at a University hospital just to get by." "Kagome dear, are you alright?" Her mother instantly noticed the gloomy look on Kagome's face when she had come home. Now it looked even worse. "No - nothing!" She defended, taking another sip of her Miso soup. Her dad continued. "Then I had Amnesia and had to be hospitalized! Hahahaha!" Souta sweat dropped. Then their mother's attention turned to him. "Hey Souta! Eat the rest of your sashimi! These fish pieces cost two dollars a piece!" "Aww...c'mon. I'm stuffed already." Souta replied, turning around so he wouldn't have to face her. Kagome's dad looked up from behind his thick glasses. "By the way dear, do you think you can raise my allowance a little?" "Ask me again when you're section chief! What you earn now doesn't go very far!" Her mom growled back. "Maybe you should start selling blood again!!!" Kagome shook her head. She couldn't compete. Not when she was raised in a family like this. 'Their world is so different; Wakashu High is like a miniature high society. It's time to end this.' She thought of Sesshoumaru and her that joyous day on the balcony. 'Before it gets too serious...before I get miserable.' Kagome lightly lowered her lids. 'I'm going to separate myself from the Y4 and return to the old me...' * *~*~*~*~*~*~*~* * "You guys know the strangest places." Kagura sat at a table with the four guys; they were in a dinner and dance restaurant, but much fancier. Two waiters stood nearby. The newbie asked. "Hoo, is that the famous Y4?" He pointed. "Is it true they all carry around gold cards?" "Hey, don't stare at them!" The other waiter warned. "The last waiter that did was fired." Kagura smiled. "So, Inuyasha. How's your sister doing?" "Keh! Got married last year, living in the US someplace now." He took a sip of his beer. Miroku interrupted. "He's got another girl to replace her. Higurashi Kagome." "...Bastard..." Inuyasha grabbed the collar of his friends' shirt and started shaking him. "You think I'd go for a poor girl like that?" "Sesshoumaru..." Kouga asked. "Why do you look so depressed? Kagura's back!" "I know she's back..." He grumbled out, not bothering to look up from his position. "She's sitting right in front of me." "Hah!" Inuyasha teased. "Fluffy's always angry when he's actually happy." Sesshoumaru shot Inuyasha a look that could kill, and turned to Kagura. "Why did you let them take pictures of you like that? It looked like you were naked!" "Mmph." The other three just stood back covering their laughs. Only her shoulders were bare in the posters. "Sesshoumaru...It'll be good for my future career to get my face known." She explained like an adult to a child. "No." He answered in a slightly lower tone. "You're different from those other models!...Sorry...I'm acting like a little kid." "You're always looking out for me, Sesshoumaru...I love you." She replied, placing a quick kiss on his forehead. She loved Miroku, Kouga, and Inuyasha too...he wasn't any different. * *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* * Forcing her eyes open, Kagome stood in front of the mirror in the morning. Unconsciously, she had braided two braids in her hair again. 'My monthly allowance isn't enough to go to a beauty parlor...' "I like your hairdo today!" Piped an annoying voice once she had reached hell, also known as Wakashu Private High. "It suits a poor person perfectly." Inuyasha laughed and pointed at her. "Have you finally given in to Y4?" More laughing from the obnoxious idiot... "Looks like you're accepting your reality at last!" 'Argh...Not him...' Kagome thought, slapping herself mentally. "Whut'cha gonna do? Huh?" He asked, kneeling in front of her, waiting for her reaction. Unknown to her reaction, her legs carried her away. She had nothing to defend herself with...and she promised herself that she would stay away from the Y4. Inuyasha was even more confused. Walking down the stairs in a deep slumber, Kagome could hear some students running away from her again. Not everyone was nice to her now, but almost everyone because she was seen sometimes with Y4. "Higurashi-san!" Screamed a voice. "Ah! I thought it was you Higurashi-san! It's me, Hojo! We were in the same class in Elementary school!" "Hojo-kun?" Kagome scrounged through her brain. The little boy that ran around covered in mud, making the prissy girls scream. The boy eventually grew out of that and became friends with her, and attended a different middle school. They lost contact shortly after to continue their own lives. "You remember?" He asked, excitedly, clapping his hands together. Hojo rushed around the corner and Kagome realised just how little he had changed since when he was little. His blond hair was now a short, dirty sand colour, and he was a head taller than Kagome. Overall, his facial features were a tad more adult, but his body was still thin, not well built. Kagome stepped back, gasping, "Wha - what are you doing here, Hojo?" His family had never been too well off. He smiled, revealing a glowing white smile. "I transferred here." Hojo informed her. "My family made a lucky business choice and so we're rich now!" Tears pooled in Kagome's eyes because she was so...overwhelmed. This was great! "Wow! This is so cool, I can't believe you're here!" She squealed excitedly. "Actually," He admitted, rubbing the back of his head. "I was a little nervous at first about entering a prestigious school like this, but some of our friends from elementary school told me you were here...boy, was I relieved!" Kagome grinned at her childhood friend. She was finally going to have someone at school to talk...oh no! She had completely forgotten about her being red-tagged, and it wouldn't be smart for anyone to hang around her. She looked up at him with worry in her eyes. "Umm...Hojo-kun, you probably shouldn't talk to me to much..." Kagome explained, hoping he would listen. He was way too innocent to be caught up in this. "HUH?! BUT WHY?" He practically screamed. "You're the only one I have to depend on here! You've always looked out for me in Elementary school!" Kagome stared at his darkened face, full of concern. 'Maybe they won't mind Hojo, I mean, I rarely get attacked anymore, just ignored. And gradually people are starting to talk to me more...' She thought while nodding her head. "Never mind. Gotcha." She said, smiling. His face immediately lit up once Kagome informed him. Parading around the school happily, Hojo was admiring the sons and daughters of famous people. "Hey, Kagome, why are those people not wearing uniforms?" Kagome snapped around, and hoped it wasn't who she hoped it wasn't. It was. Y4 was standing by the main doors, and unfortunately Hojo had yelled that question a little bit too loud. Snatching his wrist, Kagome escaped for her life, dragging poor Hojo along with her. Once they were a good mile away, (not literally) both of them collapsed on the floor and started wheezing. "Listen..." Wheezed Kagome. "If you want to survive at this school, stay away from those guys!" "Why?" Asked a tired but still interested Hojo. Kagome hollered in his ear. "Never mind why!" "Still..." Added Hojo calmly. "This is really nostalgic. Remember that time we built that crappy tree house in somebody else's backyard because we both didn't have trees in our backyard?" "Oh yea!" Kagome remembered, grinning widely. "And then that man came out and started yelling at us, then he chased us with a broom." She lost it and started having a fit of the giggles. She was laughing so hard that she started coughing, covering her mouth with her hands. Hojo came over and patted her back. "Kagome, you okay?" "Yea." She coughed again. "Sorry, it's just been a while since I've talked like this." Deep inside she was hysterical. 'This feels so good! This is what I've been missing at Wakashu!' She pondered, and decided to laugh some more. * *~*~*~*~*~*~*~ * "Higurashi Kagome is hanging around some guy." "Who would have the nerve?" "I don't recognize him." "Another middle-classer? Hahaha." The word of their friendship spread like the common cold around school campus by lunchtime. * *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* * "This is my first time in the cafeteria." Explained Kagome, taking another bite of the lunch Hojo bought for her. "I don't have money, so I normally just eat my box lunches." "Don't worry." Hojo replied, smiling smugly. "I got the money from my grandfather. Remember? We're rich now!" He said with a childish smile on his face. Kagome giggled and took another bite of rice. "You like to say that a lot, don't you?" The tables around them once acknowledging their faces, decided to all leave their lunch and strut off. Hojo didn't seem to notice anything out of the ordinary. "Say Kagome," He asked, laughing "Remember when we used to do all these stupid experiments with pop cans, and cut them up and stuff?" "Your mom wanted to recycle the cans for the nickels, remember? Now she's rich!" Laughed Kagome. "Yea. She's even going to Hong Kong and Hawaii now." Hojo continued, chuckling. Standing by the cafeteria, a pair of golden eyes peered over at the hysterical duo. A large frown was forming on his face, revealing sharp fangs. So the rumour wasn't a lie... * *~*~*~*~*~*~*~* * "Hojo! Let's walk home together!" Kagome yelled at her friend by his locker, turning the blue lock with his fingers. "Sure!" Hojo answered happily. "Just wait a sec. I gotta get my math binder." "Ok!" Kagome wanted to start skipping because she was overjoyed. Finally, she was going to have someone to share her problems with, talk to, and hang out with... "Kagome, there's a red piece of paper in here...what is it?" * *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ * Goodness this was long! Sorry about the cliffie! ^_^ and I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter! To those who don't like Kagura, don't worry, she's not a major character. I don't exactly like her too much either. By the way, I know I never use Japanese words like, "-chan" or "-kun" or "- san", but it was hard not to picture Hojo say "Higurashi-san." Once he's more familiar with her, he starts calling her Kagome, and Kagome calls him Hojo. If you are interested in getting an email every time I update this fic, just sign up at my bio page. ^_^ Once again, I appreciate every single review. I want to thank every reviewer who boosts my spirits. Thanks so much! Now, please review for more chapters. This chapter was almost twice as long due to excessive reviews! ^_^ *~sorena27~*

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