Author's Note: This story may shift from different perspectives, and each of them will be properly noted if, and when the point of view changes. Anything in Italics are personal thoughts of the characters.
Disclaimer! I do not own InuYasha, it is the amazing property of Rumiko Takahashi. Also any songs listed or lyrics used will be listed at the end.
Kagome's Point of View
I woke up to my alarm screaming in my ear to get up, and my mom putting laundry in my closet. I rolled over with a groan and shut it off as it ticked to 7:01.
"Good morning dear," mom said as she came out of the closet with the hamper in hand.
"Morning Mom," I replied with a stretch and a yawn.
I dragged my feet to the floor and got out of bed. I grabbed the outfit I had laid out the night before and walked to the bathroom. As I started the shower and turned on my iPod, I heard a knock on the door.
"Hey Sis hurry up!" A voice came from the other side of the bathroom door.
"I just got in here Souta!" I yelled as I walked into the warm stream of water, and started singing along to Fall Out Boy's Immortals.
Twenty minutes later and I walked back to my room, dressed and ready for school. As I was putting my socks and shoes on, I heard the familiar ding of my text notification. I grabbed my phone and as I was walking down stairs towards the kitchen and checked my messages.
Inu: Hey! Meet you at the bottom step in 15.
Me: Grabbing breakfast now! Be out in 10!
Inuyasha is and has been one of my best friends since we were in Elementary School in the fifth grade together. He was a half- dog-demon. Meaning that his mom is human, and his dad is a full bloodied demon.
Having only ten minutes to eat, I grabbed two slices of bread and popped them in the toaster. As I pushed the button down my grandpa walked in with Souta rambling on about something about demons and sutras. Having been raised on the Shrine we live in for eighteen years, I was used to Grandpa's ramblings.
"Now you be careful with those demons at school today, Kagome!" He muttered as he walked past me towards the table.
"Grandpa! I've been going to school with demons, and half demons since I was little. I'm pretty sure if something was going to happen, it would have happened by now!" I hushed his fears.
Just then my toast popped up. I grabbed the two slices and was out the door.
"Bye Mom, bye Grampa, bye Souta!" I yelled as I closed the door on my way out. I ran across the shrine groups towards what we like to call the never-ending staircase. It has 500 stairs to be exact. As I reached the bottom of the stairs, a boy roughly eighteen in age with long seemingly untamable silver-white hair and the cutest pair of dog ears waited.
"Inuyasha!" I exclaimed as I walked up to him.
"Hey Kagome, ready to go?" He said as he stood up, he had been leaning against the torii while he waited on me. His long untamed white hair drifting slowly in the breeze.
"Yup, let's get this day done with and then we're all free for the weekend!"
"Oh don't I know that! I'll be happy to sleep without Sesshomaru dumping water on me to wake me up." He said with a sigh as he pushed his bangs out of his molten gold eyes.
Kami, his eyes. I could get lost in them if I wasn't careful.
"Got any plans yet?" I questioned.
"Don't know yet, maybe." He replied.
"Well come one, we don't want to be late. Kami knows you have enough tardies already." I said with a laugh, as I grabbed him by the hand and pulled him in the direction of school.
"Oh hush!" He retorted as he ran ahead pulling me with him. I couldn't help but laugh as I ran to keep from being left behind.
As we walked up to the school parking lot labeled Skikon International Academy Lot 2, a boy about nineteen years old, with short, jet-black hair, and a bright smile leaning against a black Toyota Soarer waved us over.
"Hey, Miroku!" I said with a smile as we walked towards him.
"Hello, Kagome. I must say you are looking rather lovely today." He said with a big, bright smile as he grabbed my hand and rubbed it.
"Watch it Prevy Monk!" A voice came from the car. A girl about eighteen years in age, with light brown hair, tied back into a high ponytail stepped out.
"Now, now Sango. I was only telling our lovely friend here, that she looks nice today."
We had been friends with Miroku since we were in the third grade together. He's always had this wandering hand that likes to somehow find its way to girls, even as children!
"Yea, sure. Uh huh!" Sango retorted.
Miroku had let go of my hand, so I walked over and gave Sango a hug. Sango and I had been friends since we were babies. Our mothers were best friends when they were our age.
"You're such a perv sometimes Miroku."
"Oh come now my angry friend. You know I would never even try to taint our pure Kagome."
"Ew, just the way you said that is gross." Inuyasha replied with a crinkle of his nose.
"Oh stop picking on Miroku you two. We all know that he meant no harm." I said with a sigh.
RING DING DING
"Welp time for class, I'll see you guys later." I said as I walked inside towards my first class which is music appreciation. I've always loved music, singing it and playing it. As I walked in and took my seat at a table, Miroku walked in, with our friend Rin in tow. Rin is a year younger than the rest of us. While most of us were seniors, she was just a junior.
"Ready for another day of beautiful sounds and stimulations?" He asked as he sat down next to me, and pulled out his notepad and pen.
"Of course! Today we're getting our midterm assignments. I hope I get the chance to sing, I've been working hard during my lessons." I said as Rin sat down across from us.
"I don't know why you take those lessons, Kagome. You already have a beautiful voice."
"You really do Kags!" She exclaimed as she played with her signature side pony tail of her medium length light brown hair.
"Really? You think so? I just want to get better. I want to increase my range and pitch."
"Yes! You're doing really well, Kags!"
"Of course! You have been blessed with such a soothing voice, but I am proud you have stuck with the lessons." He said with a smile.
"Alright class listen up! Phones off, mouths closed please." Mr. Aoki blurted.
"Now we all know mid-term time is coming up, and we all know I have to give an assignment. For your mid-term I want you to partner up in pairs and either sing or play a piece of music or a song. It must be at least two minutes long and participation has to be equal from both partners. So today I am going to let you pick your partners and then discuss what you'd like to do for your projects. Alright, come up and grab an information packet and get started."
At that I felt Rin grab my hand, "Come on Kags! We can be partners!" We walked up and grabbed the information packet. Inside were just the requirements for the assignment and some examples for what we could do.
"I have an idea, why don't we sing one of the songs from the play Wicked? There are plenty of duet songs to pick from." I suggested as we walked back to the table.
"I love that play! Let's do that, what role would you want to sing?"
For the rest of the class we planned out what song we wanted to do, and when we would meet to rehearse.
As per the usual, once the bell rang I said goodbye to Miroku and Rin and made my way to my next class which was Calculus. I walked into the classroom, dropped my homework assignment from the night before into the basket on top of the teacher's podium, and then took my seat.
"Please tell me you haven't turned in your homework yet?!"
I looked up to see Inuyasha looking at me with a panicked look on his face.
"Did you forget to do your homework again?" I questioned him with a huff.
"I didn't forget…it just skipped my mind is all." He replied while averting his eyes from mine.
"Uh huh, sure it did. Well I already turned mine in, so I can't be much help."
"Damn! This is the second time this week that I'm not going to get the homework grade."
He plopped into the seat to my right and dropped his head to the table.
"You know at this rate, your grade is going to tank right?" I probed.
"Of course, I know! And if my dad finds out I'm fucked. No more phone, no more car, no more freedom. He's already warned me twice!" He growled.
As the bell rang signaling that class was starting Mrs. Teko started to call the roll. Second period flew by like normal, me taking notes and actively paying attention then Inuyasha of course, napping and passing notes to Kikyo two rows in front of us and then completely missing the fact that we were assigned homework.
Kikyo is a girl that Inuyasha had been dating on and off again for the last year or so. She never seemed to like me or any of Inuyasha's other friends for that matter.
Of course, that's what has him forgetting his homework. I clutched my books tighter to my chest at that thought. I dropped my books off at my locker and headed to the cafeteria, all the while trying to push Kikyo and Inuyasha out of mind.
In the cafeteria, I was met with a glomp from a body much taller than my own. I looked up at the person who had latched themselves to me, only to see that it was Jakotsu!
"Oh my kami! Jakotsu you're back!" I exclaimed, as I hugged him back.
"Ah Kagome darling, it's been too long! England would have been so much more fun had you came with us!" He said as he let me go.
"I know, but I don't have a passport or a visa." I replied as we got in line to get food.
"Well, next time you are for sure coming with us. So how have things been here? Inuyasha still pinning after Kikyo?" He questioned as we grabbed our trays.
"Of course, how did you guess?" I said dripping with sarcasm. I swiped my school ID and exited the line.
"I'm sorry sweetie, one day he'll see what he's missing out on." He tried to soothe soured mood.
I chuckled, "I highly doubt it, but we'll see. He has until the end of the year, then who knows what will happen." I concluded. I didn't want to talk about it anymore.
We walked over to our normal table and joined our rag tag group. That was the good thing about Skikon International Academy, everyone was welcome; human, demon, and anything and everything in between. Our friends were from every different background.
"Ah, Kagome and Jakotsu, glad to have you join us!" Miroku waved to us as he and Sango scooted over to make room of the two of us.
"Hi everyone! How come no one told me that Jakotsu, and his brothers would be back today?!" I questioned them all.
"Sorry Gome, we didn't know until we got in here." Ayame explained as she cut up her food.
Ayame is a white wolf demon with bright red hair, that she usually styled in two twin pony tails.
"When is Dog Turd going to join us, or is he going to sit with little miss stone heart?" Koga asked while he stole food from Ayame's plate only to receive a slap to the hand.
Koga is also a wolf demon, but instead of white, he is from a different branch of brown wolf demons. Commonly known for their dark brown hair, which Koga usually chose to pull his long dark hair back into a high ponytail.
Inuyasha and Koga have always had this love-hate relationship. They didn't necessarily like one another but they tolerated each other for the sake of the rest of us. And of course, Koga and a few others had taken to calling Kikyo little miss stone heart because of how cold and emotionless is always is to everyone except Inuyasha.
"I have no idea, last I saw he was talking to Kikyo when I left class, I wasn't going to wait on him then have to wait in that long line for lunch."
One thing everyone knew, was that if you didn't rush your ass to the cafeteria, then you would be lucky to get any food before the lunch period was over with.
We all continued to eat our food and talk about what all had happened so far in the day.
"Heads up, here comes stupid…" Koga trailed off as we all saw Inuyasha walking up, empty handed.
"Fuck, no time to get food!" He grumbled.
"You know how things work around here Inuyasha. If you don't rush to get here in time then you don't eat. Not the kitchen staffs' fault that you can't manage time better." Koga tried to put Inuyasha in his place.
"Oh shut it would you, you mangy wolf!" He huffed, as he sat down next to me.
I looked down at the watch I was wearing, 12:27… hmm no point in letting him starve otherwise we'll all have to deal with his bad mood for the rest of the day.
I slid my tray in front of him so that he could finish what was left of my sandwich and chips.
"Here, I'm not going to finish it anyway." I said quietly.
He looked at me in a way that I took as a thank you. Not even two minutes later the bell rang and it was time to go to second period.
"Well is everyone ready to go study the fine world of finance?" Miroku questioned as we walked out of the cafeteria and towards our next class, one that all four of us had together. Miroku, Sango and I, all found our seats and began to do the pre-class work our teacher had put on the board.
I looked to Inuyasha's empty seat next to me and sighed. He's going to get in trouble.
The teacher soon came in and began to explain what our mid-term assignment was going to be.
"Alright everyone, this project is going to be a long one, it's more than likely going to stretch for a couple weeks. This is because I want you all to fully understand each part that you are doing…"
At that point, Inuyasha came walking in, and sat down in his seat. You could tell that Mr. Souo wasn't pleased to have been interrupted.
"…as I was saying before Mr. Takahashi decided to join us. In this assignment, you will be partnered up with another person of the opposite gender as part of a marriage experiment. Now you may pick your partners unless…..as Mr. Takahashi just did, walk in late. If you are late then I will be the one to pick your partner for you. I will be locking the door exactly after the bell rings. If you don't make it in time, well…to bad. Now for the rest of the class period I want you to work on something for another class or read. I'm going to be getting your materials ready for Monday."
At that Mr. Souo grabbed a pack of paper and left to make copies.
I decided to use this time to get a start on my homework for the weekend.
"Hey, what was he talking about partners?" Inuyasha asked as soon as the door closed.
I sighed. "If you were here on time, you would know, but since you're my best friend I'll tell you. It's for a project. We're going to get all the info on Monday, and we absolutely can not be late!"
"Easy enough, want to be partners?"
I laughed, we were always partners for projects.
"Duh!" I exclaimed.
"So whatcha doin?" He said as he scooted closer to me to see what I was doing.
"Homework, so that I don't have to do it later."
"Eww, so hey I have an idea."
"Oh lord, do you remember what happened the last time you had an idea?" I laughed. The last time he had an idea, he ended up grounded for the entire summer.
"Now here me out. My parents are going to be gone this weekend, and I thought we could have some friends over?" I looked up from my homework to see his face. His ears tilted in curiosity.
Kami his ears are so cute! I just wanna touch them! I can't be thinking that way right now!
"Inuyasha, if I didn't know any better, I would think that you are suggesting that we have party at your house while your parents are away for the weekend."
"It wouldn't be a party per say, just a little get together… with drinks and snacks…."
"Inuyasha, you do realize that your parents would kill us all if we got caught right!?"
"That's the thing! We'll have it all cleaned up and everything before they even get back! They don't get back until Monday night!"
"I seriously don't know Inuyasha, I can't afford to get into trouble this year like we have in the past."
"You won't get into any trouble Kags, I promise. Besides, I've already told several of our friends that they could come."
I gasped! He already invited people!
"Inuyasha! You mean that you invited your popular friends is what you meant. I might as well go so that I can keep you from getting into too much trouble, but what about Sesshomaru? Won't he back from college for the weekend?"
"Oh don't worry, he won't say anything so long as Rin is there."
Oh yeah, I forgot that Rin and Sesshomaru kinda had a thing before he graduated last year.
"Okay, fine, but please let me finish this. I have singing lessons tomorrow and then I plan to ask Sango and Rin to go to the mall."
"Yes! I'll go let Miroku and Sango know the plan!"
I sighed and turned back to my homework, I defiantly have my hands full this weekend.
Author's Note: So what do you think? Are they going to get into trouble? What will happen? Stick around for chapter 2 coming soon! COMMENT and FOLLOW so that I know I'm doing a good job!