Chapter 1: Small School

Sooo here goes nothing! I'm gonna work really hard on this fanfic!

The small school of Riverside High. There are around 400 kids in total (100 per grade) with a 1:10 teacher-student ratio. And I hate it so much.

Some call me lucky. We don't have some cliche hierarchy like in some other huge normal highschools. We know everyone too well for that. We've known everyone since our first year. There's no one in my grade that I've never talked to or that I've never had a class with. I can name all the kids first names and last names and well, everyone probably knows my first name and last name too considering I perform in my band with my friends Hojo, Eri, and Yuka at the lame school talent shows we have every once in a while.

But while it sounds like some cool family-type school, let me assure you, it's not. Yeah, there isn't any extreme bullies or anything like that. There isn't a real popular girls clique or anything like that. But here, you have one group of close friends and you really can't change that, even if you hate it. And I hate it. My friend group consists of a bunch of jerks pretty much.

There's Yuka, who is extremely egotistical and doesn't like talking about anything that doesn't have to do with her and her opinions and her life and her hobbies/likes and dislikes. She'll get annoyed if you try to talk about something you like that she doesn't or something she doesn't know about or anything that has to do with your life exclusively. She's also funny, but only when she wants to be.

Then, there's Hojo. Hojo has had a crush on me since 9th grade. Yes, 9th grade. But he's a part of the group and anyone a part of the group you have to be friendly with, even if you don't actually like them. You have to act like you're friends and if you don't, everyone gets mad at you. It's how this works. Hojo is extremely creepy with his infatuation but he's really sincere and always tries to impress me, even though it never works.

Next is Eri, who does not care about anyone. She could care less about other people's problems. Tell her personal stuff and she'll probably make some excuse as to why she has to leave the conversation because she hates being forced to comfort people. She doesn't care if your sad as long as you keep your personal life far away from her.

After, we got Ayumi. Ayumi loves to talk crap. She's great at it. She loves arguments amongst herself and others so she can come to me and tell me all about how this person is stupid and how this person should get punched and how annoyed she is with this person (most of the time it's one of our friends.) She just loves to gossip and I know she probably talks about me, too.

We also got Satoru, who does a lot of drugs in his free time. Satoru is just one of those people who talks all the time about drugs and how high he gets. Don't ever be caught around him on April 20th at 4:20 because he will freak out about how cool drugs are and how he gets high and he'll talk about it for hours. I don't like to hang around him much.

Mayu and Hitomi both are geniuses, but they're also one of those "if you watch the movie and don't read the book first, you are uncultured and are probably illiterate with no taste for written art" people. Again, I prefer to not be around them since reading isn't something I like to do much unless it's fanfiction. They're kinda funny and are great to be partners with on projects, but they just make you feel bad about yourself.

Okay, so do I hang out with all of them and have a good time occasionally? Yeah. We're all still 'friends' and they're pretty funny but I don't really feel like they're good friends. And it sucks.

So, English class called my name and I wandered to my seat next to Yuka and Satoru.

"Hey you got eyeliner?" Yuka turned to me. I shook my head and she turned to the little mirror she had in her hand and continued looking, "I got up late and didn't have time to put any makeup on! And I forget my makeup on my dresser and now I'm ugly."

"You look fine." I assured her, although, it didn't really make her feel much better. It wasn't the first time though. She hates being without makeup, "Maybe Eri has some!" She looked up with hope in her eyes.

"Oh Kagome!" She grinned, "You wonderful girl!"

I smiled, glad to help out.

"What's up with you girls and makeup?" Satoru asked, sighing, "You freak out over it!"

Yuka turned and glared at him, "Guys don't have to worry about shit like that so of course it seems dumb but girls do so shut the fuck up."

His eyes widened in horror, "S-Sorry..."

"Hello class." Ms. Tomikasa said, walking in the room, "Today, I want you to write an essay on the rhetorical devices used in the text I asked you to read and annotate last night and how those devices develop the author's thesis. No talking." She went to her desk and sat down, pulling out her little laptop and typing away. I got out a piece of paper and a pencil and began writing about the use of irony...

Later that day, I found myself in the lunch room sitting with Eri, Hitomi, and Hojo. The rest of the gang had gone out to study for some test in a class I didn't have.

"Hey Kagome, how's your day been?" Hojo asked, giving me a huge and rather awkward smile.

I forced one back and replied, "Good how about you?"

His smile widened, "It's been great, especially now that I get to see you!"

Again, he throws out weird and flirty sentenced that I don't know how to respond to. So I just smiled again and started talking to Eri,who had a lot to say about some idiot girl in her math class.

I sped through the rest of the day and went home to take a nap, but couldn't fall asleep.

I'm Kagome Higurashi. I hate my school. I hate my friends. I know everyone. And again, while it sounds so comfy to go to a small school, it is not. Welcome to a world of apathy with no escape and no new people and ugly boys and dumb girls. Welcome to long classes with teachers who pile you with work and guidance counselors who lecture you frequently and relationship issues that everyone knows about.

Most importantly welcome to the world of strict uniforms, no place to skip class, and where all your dreams go to die.

This is a small school and if you're contemplating whether or not to go to that tiny, cool sounding school that has a bunch of cool programs but 100 kids per grade, I'd rethink and run to your nearest normal sized highschool with normal kids and twists and turns in the building. Because they'll make it sound fun and cool, but trust me, it is not.

And worst, you'll miss your old friends. The smart ones that knew better than to put themselves through this misery. You will miss them a lot.

So again, I'm Kagome Higurashi and I hate my school.

So yeah, this chapter is kind of short and boring, but next chapter will get alot more scandalous and will include some old friends! Trust me the rest of the fic will not be as bland as this! :)