Inuyasha sat beside the well silently, waiting for Kagome to return. She had been gone in her era for about a week or two and a lot had happened in her absence. There was some news he had for her, news he had a feeling Kagome was not going to like. Inuyasha knew there was most likely going to be a very painful sit command in his near future.
*Meanwhile in Kagome's era*
"I flunked my history test, too!" 'How depressing, it was on the feudal era as well' Kagome laid her head down on her school desk in utter, painful defeat. She had even studied for this one. "Don't feel to bad, Kagome, it was a difficult exam," her friends told her in an attempt to cheer her up, but, to no avail. "I've failed every single one of my exams this week, and I've been studying nonstop." 'Maybe I'm cursed' Kagome thought to herself sadly. "Well, you are absent a lot with you illnesses, it makes sense that you're struggling in class, Kagome. "haha...Yeah, my illnesses..."
The bell that excused students to leave school for the day finally rang. Kagome slid her books into her yellow backpack and left the classroom. As she walked, she had to dodge many teenage boys as they bolted through the halls, only to be reprimanded by any teachers who witnessed their immature behavior. When Kagome wasn't trying to avoid becoming a human bowling pin, she was trying to pry her way through the large clusters of students who were chattering away about what their plans for the weekend were or the latest gossip. These topics of conversation seemed completely irrelevant to Kagome these days, for she was either studying for a test she was doomed to fail, or she was hunting down the despicable half demon, Naraku and the shards of the Shikon Jewel.
"Kagome!" Kagome turned towards the sound of her name. "Hojo?" He stopped for a moment to catch his breath; He had obviously been running. "Kagome, I've been looking for you everywhere." Hojo said, though he still sounded quite winded. "Oh, how come?"
Hojo stood up straight and ran his fingers nervously through his neatly combed, chestnut colored hair. "Well, I was wondering if you wanted to catch a movie with me tomorrow night?" Kagome didn't know what to say. Tonight she was planning on going back to the feudal era, but she couldn't tell Hojo that. "Sorry, I can't, I have a...a.. 'What can I use as an excuse!? Ummmm, ummmm, oh! I have an idea.' "I have a doctor's appointment this weekend." Hojo looked very disappointed. "Maybe some other time, Hojo." He smiled a weak smile at Kagome, "Yeah, some other time.." "Well, I'd better get going." She waved to Hojo and made her way to the front entrance. "What am I doing wrong" 'Maybe I should try flowers and chocolate in favor of medicine,' he thought to himself quietly.
"WHAT!? Hojo asked you out and you turned him down!? What's wrong with you?!" "Well, I have a doctor's appointment. I can't just cancel it because some boy asked me out." Eri didn't look convinced. " I bet the actual reason you turned him down was because of that no good boyfriend of yours." Kagome could feel her right eye begin to twitch. "He's. Not. My. Boyfriend," Kagome said in the calmest tone of voice she could muster. "Then why won't you give him a chance. He's really sweet, and really good looking, too."
" I just don't think of him that way." Kagome picked up her hamburger and took a bite. It was delicious. She took another bite and savored the hot, juicy flavor. Kagome and her friends were at their favorite restaurant, Whataburger. It was a pretty small burger joint, not very busy at all, and that was one of the main reasons the group loved it so much. Most restaurants in Tokyo were always packed, but not Whataburger( Probably because the food isn't the best).
The girls finished their food and slid out of the red leather booth; Kagome pulled out twenty dollars and left it at the table. They left Whataburger and took their separate ways. "Bye, Kagome!" her three friends called out in unison. "Bye!" and with that, Kagome made her way back to Higurashi Shrines.
"I'm home." Kagome took her shoes off and went into the kitchen where her mother was happily cooking the evening meal. "Oh, welcome home dear. How was school?" Kagome let out a depressed sigh as she remembered all of the failed exams from that day. "School was fine."
"And your exams?"
" Not so fine." Kagome's mother frowned. "Kagome, I thought you studied." "I did, and I did the best I could, but I still flunked all of them. And I mean all of them." Kagome's mother finished stirring the chicken then dried her hands off on a blue rag hanging loosely from the oven door. " I guess you'll just have to retake them then."
"Yeah, I know," Kagome said with a hint of annoyance mixed in with the obvious depression staining her voice. "Dinner's almost ready, are you hungry?"
"Nah, I had Whataburger with my friends. I actually think I'm gonna pack my bag and head to the well."
"Alright, don't forget to study over there."
" I won't."
Kagome went upstairs to her room. She opened up her backpack and pulled out her homework, textbooks, and pens and put them neatly in a pile on her left. She began to pack clothes, a towel, shampoo, and other toiletries that she might need over there. After Kagome's books were safley in her bag, she grabbed the little bottle of purple jewel shards and went to her family's ancient well. She smiled as she leaped into the familiar darkness and fell into the past.
