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Kagome bite her lower lip and inhaled sharply. It was time to be brave -- no matter how much she didn't want to be.
'It wont be so bad -- right??' Kagome thought urgently to herself.
' Man up Kags! It's not the end of the world here!!'
"Ok!" Kagome breathed out and rushed forward toward the tall daunting gates of her new home.
When she reached the gates she saw the large SA decorating them -- Shikon Academy for the gifted. Her new home/school/personal hell.
Looking around Kagome became confused -- there was no way to open the gates and no guards standing to help her. Utterly perplexed she reached out and skimmed her fingers against the gates and then nearly screamed. The gate had dissolved into thin air and now she was standing in the middle of a huge circular drive way like thing.
Spinning around Kagome froze wide eyed and breathless as she saw the same gate a good seventy yards away from where she stood at the moment.
"Hirigashi? You're late missy!" Someone growled out behind her nearly giving her a heart attack.
Kagome spun around to face the voice and what she saw was, "Impossible…." Then her world went black.
"Ugh my head!" Kagome groaned and rolled over. It took her a minute to realize she was not in her bed with her warm yet worn comforter instead she was in a bed with silk sheets.
"What the?!" Kagome shot up and was suddenly pushed back down.
"Hey!"
"Calm down! Sheesh you'd think people who just collapsed wouldn't be as lively. Kagome Hirigashi right?" The person who pushed Kagome down asked.
She was the same person Kagome had seen moments before fainting.
She had golden brown hair that hung loose around her face and past her shoulders. Her face was really pale but had freckles all over it and was perfectly symmetrical and -- Kagome had to admit -- she was rather pretty. To complete the look she had two curved triangular ears on the top of her head and a bushy tail. THAT was why Kagome had fainted.
"Who -what- HUH?!" Kagome exclaimed shrinking away from the woman who sighed with understanding.
"You don't know anything about Shikon Acadmay do you Kagome, well let me be the first to welcome and I'll explain everything," The women replied.
"O-Ok…" Kagome stuttered as she looked at the women.
'I wonder if her tail is soft… I wonder what her ears feel like…' Kagome thought as she zoned out.
"Hey did you heart me?!" The Squirrel woman asked hotly.
"Um no sorry, what were you saying?" Kagome answered honestly as she sat up in bed.
"Sheesh! I said that Shikon Academy is a school for the demons -- Hanyou, Youkai, Slayers, and Mikos to be more specific. We find them from all over the world and gather them here -- to teach them to control their powers and to help demons find their soul mates. It's like any other boarding school except you are encouraged to use your powers to defend yourself against others and you are split into cabins rather then real rooms with four girls per cabin. The whole complex would take you close to a month to travel from one end to the other but you wont have to do that any time soon. Are you keeping up so far?" The Squirrel woman paused when she looked back at Kagome's face and it looked horrified.
"De-demons?!" Kagome whispered,
Kagome knew about demons in the past from her childhood at her mothers shrine but she had thought they were myths! Stories -- fairytales! But they were real?!?!
"Oh for Kami's sake! Yes demons -- what did you think I was? A cosplayer?! Don't you know anything -- your mother went here and everything!!!! I mean she was a miko one of the best there ever was here -- and you know nothing!!!" The woman asked obviously running thin on patience.
"Well I mean I know the basics from when I was a child but…. I never believed them and didn't pay much attention….." Kagome admitted.
How am I taking this so calmly? Kagome thought wondering why she wasn't having a heart attack.
"Oh you!! UGH!" The woman groaned out, "So you are completely defenseless here -- that's just perfect! Well I guess I'll have to stick you in a cabin with a Hanyou and Slayer for your safety….."
"Um… Ok?" Kagome said more as a question then anything. "Uh….. I'm not dreaming am I?"
"ARGH!!!" The woman stormed out of the room leaving Kagome laying in the bed in a weird place all alone. Now if it were you in this situation what would you do? Escape right? Well that's exactly what Kagome tried to do.
"I must be dreaming! Fifteen years old and I only heard about this school last month -- yeah it's all a dream! Well since it's a dream I should have some fun then right?" Kagome said talking to herself still smiling.
She got out of bed and headed toward the door. It was locked… She tried again and grumbled to herself something like 'Stupid squirrel,' before turning away from the door. Well if she couldn't get out through a door she'd have to get out some other way. Kagome Hirigashi was not the kind of girl to give up easily.
Turning away from the door she began to scan the room looking for, "Bingo!"
A window.
Rushing over to the window Kagome pushed it up and open. Ha what luck -- no screen and she was only on the third story! Smiling to herself Kagome was glad she wore blue jeans today and stepped out onto the ledge outside the window.
"Now how to….. Ah HA!" Kagome bent down and gripped the edge of the window. A good eight feet down was a rather small ledge and if she could just get to it from here then she could jump.
Lowering herself from the edge she judged the distance from the ledge with the amount of force to push away with. After a moment she let go. If anyone had been in the court yard it would have looked like the girl was dropping to her death but not four seconds later Kagome landed on the ledge.
"Years of sneaking out really do pay off….." She muttered to herself as she judged the drop to the ground. Frowning it was a bit longer then she liked. Then suddenly she grinned a good jump away from the ledge was a branch of a tree that stopped four feet away from the roof or the window ledge she was sitting on.
"One…..Two….. THREE!" Kagome counted as she tensed then sprung forward barely grabbing the tree branch and swinging up onto it.
"Woah… I'm better at this then I thought….." Kagome muttered as she climbed the rest of the way down the tree and brushed off her outfit before looking around. Looking back up at the window she had escaped from she frowned. Why was she put that high up?! No one else was in the building from the way all the windows curtains were drawn shut with no light showing from any room but the one she was suppose to be in.
"Very well done."
Whirling around Kagome turned to face the voice that had come out of no where. Before her stood a HUGE man with cat ears on his head…. A neko demon! Kagome instantly took a defensive stance and glared at the neko. It had been part of her early training -- being able to defend herself with out a weapon.
"I'm not entirely sure you should be in the Miko class -- how you just preformed was almost like a Slayer." The neko drawled out and his tail twitched drawing her attention. "Well either way Ms. Hirigashi welcome to the Miko class of Shikon Academy. I'm your vice principal . And you have just passed your entrance exam."
"I told you she would be good," Replied another voice coming from behind Kagome causing Kagome to turn toward it. "She just has no clue what to expect -- her mother gave her a sheltered life when she was younger." The Squirrel woman replied.
"Yes, yes, you were right Tikha, very promising. Well I'll leave her in your care. Place her in Cabin seventy two… Along with the Slayer from earlier and the young Hanyou…. Yes that should be good." The neko demon -- Mr. Tahaki said before turning away and leaving.
"Well Kagome I think you're going to like it here -- follow me and we'll get you settled." Tikha replied before turning in the other direction.
Looking both ways she decided to follow Tikha since she had no clue where she was. And so began Kagome's life at Shikon Academy.