Kami's phone rang. She awoke with a start, her blankets falling gracefully to the floor while she groaned and held her head. "What time is it..?" She murmured aloud. She felt a throbbing pain aching in her head, as if in rhythm of her heartbeat. The phone remained ringing persistently, as loud as ever. "Okay, okay!" She growled in frustration as her legs feebly tried to support her weight after a night's deep sleep. She reached for the phone and mumbled a quiet hello while glancing at her alarm clock, but her eyes soon widened. "I'm going to have to call you back," she said quickly, and frantically shoved her messy blankets back on her bed and hurried to her bathroom. It was 7:45 already! She was going to be late for her first day at her new school! A few minutes later, she grabbed her car keys and slammed the front door shut.
She arrived at High School and parked her car quickly. Though she caught her skirt in the door of her car as she was frantically rushing to get out of the car, she didn't mind-she had more important issues that she was thinking about.
"Class, please welcome Kami Kyuba. She is a new student here, and please treat her with as much respect that you would like to be treated." A few students sniggered at this statement, but most just stared at their new classmate. Kami smiled awkwardly; she hated being in situations like this one. 'That girl over there looks nice, maybe I should sit next to her..' Kami thought, glancing at a girl with brown eyes and mid-length hair. She had a plain kind of prettiness, but at the same time she looked very kind. Kami shyly walked down two isles of desks and sat next to the Friendly Girl. The girl smiled friendlily at Kami and Kami smiled back. "Hi, my name's Kagome. Nice to meet you. Maybe at lunch I can show you around," the girl named Kagome said. Kami smiled at her again, happy that she made at least one acquaintance her first day.
The school bell rang. Kami collected her books and walked outside, happy that she made some friends on her first day of school.
The bell rang. The students eagerly collected their books and hurried out of the classroom, as if it were some sort of prison cell.
"So, Kami, where did you move from?" Kagome asked curiously, putting her writing utensils in her bag.
"Actually, I've come from the orphanage.. I've been there practically my whole life-since I was a baby." Kami said quietly, and she could tell that Kagome regretted asking her the question.
"I'm sorry, I didn't-"
"No, it's all right. Of course you didn't know. Anyway, it doesn't really bother me." Kami walked out of the classroom with Kagome and to her locker. She glanced at the slip of paper that had her combination on it for a second, then started to turn the knob. "You read fast.." Kagome commented, then blushed. "Sorry, what I said was stu-" "No, it wasn't. Thanks," Kami said, then as she finally tugged her locker door open, she neatly arranged her new textbooks in line and admired the organized effects. "If you want, Kami, you can sit with my friends and I. I'm sure they'd be happy to meet you!" Kagome said enthusiastically and Kami grinned. "That would be great."
The rest of the day passed like a dream. Kami didn't seem to have any trouble in her classes-in fact, it seemed that she was one of the top students there. At the end of the day, she felt a strong thankfulness towards Kagome's friendliness. Without her, the day wouldn't have nearly been great as it had with Kagome. Kami stepped out of her car, and fumbled for her keys but surprised herself when she felt no jingling or metal in her pocket. She looked around the floor near her feet, hopeful that she might have dropped them there but then sighed in exasperation. Looks like she'd be locked out. Again. She closed her eyes and leaned against the front door of her house and attempted to remember as much as she could of her last dream. She'd been having both disturbing and happy dreams recently, and she didn't understand why. "Maybe this is why I keep forgetting little stuff.. Like my keys, for instance!" She sighed again when she saw a shadow stretching on her lawn. She turned and saw Kagome with a concerned expression on her face. "Kami.. Are you okay? You look sad," she said worriedly. Kami waved her hand in reassurance. "No, no, I'm fine. By the way, what are you doing here? I don't think I told you where my house was.." "Oh, I was just looking for my cat, Buyo. He always seems to get lost…" "Oh."
Kagome looked at Kami again but this time suspiciously. "Are you sure you're okay? I can see you got locked out," she said with a joking smile, and Kami grinned at her. "If you want, you can stay at my place-we can do homework together!" Kagome suggested happily, and Kami gladly accepted her offer.
Kagome's mother greeted the door and smiled at Kami. "I see we have a visitor tonight! What's your name, sweetie?" she asked, ushering them both in. "Kami Kyuba, thanks so much for letting me stay at your house tonight.." Kagome's mother waved away the thought. "Don't you worry, any friend of Kagome's can stay over whenever they want to!" Kami saw that Kagome turned a bit red when her mother seemed to get bubbly. Kagome's mother turned to Kagome, "You and Kami can sleep in your room tonight, I'll make dinner!" Then she walked off to the kitchen, leaving Kami, Kagome, and the stairs. "Well, we might as well get up the stairs!" Kagome said, and, with a grunt, heaved her backpack over her shoulder.
Kagome's room was very pleasant, a lot more neater than Kami's. "How do you manage to keep your stuff so organized?" "Well, I don't like messy places.." However, their conversation was cut short when a blur of red whizzed past them both. Kami had a shocked expression, at both the thing that just went by, and Kagome's sudden change in emotion. "INUYASHA!" She yelled, "SIT!" Suddenly a thump was heard from down the hall. A boy walked in while rubbing his head. Kami dropped her backpack and clasped one of her hands over her mouth. "Wench, what was that for! I only came because you're wasting everyone's time while we try to find Naraku!" The boy named Inuyasha yelled.