Chapter One: The New Kid
Author: Raining Midnight
Her green eyes were reflecting in the mirror. She saw that her black cap that she had on covered up most of her long brown hair. She wore a white jersey that had red trimmings on it that hung all the way down to her knees. The jersey had the number 15 in the front and had "Takacashi" in the back. She had on a black shirt under it. It made her look like she had no breast at all. (RM: But she does) She wore baggy blue jeans with rough looking tennis shoes. She looked just like a boy. She smiled to herself in satisfaction.
"Sango!" her mother called for her. Sango frowned knowing that her mother would not like what she would see once she came down stairs.
"Yes?" she asked.
"It's time, come on, you don't want to be late for your first day of school" she yelled. Sango took a huge sigh as she took one last look at herself and went downstairs. Her mother turned around and made a tight scowl on her face. "What are you wearing?" she asked rudely. She put down the dish she was washing and walked closer to her daughter.
"A jersey?" Sango replied knowing exactly what was coming.
"And what did I tell you about wearing those…things!" her voice rose with every word.
"These 'things' are called clothes, mother." She replied in a harsh tone.
"Not the clothes that a young woman should be wearing." She resorted.
"Well, what if I don't wanna be like other girls? What if I want to be different?" she asked defensibly.
"Sango, you're not going out of the house looking like a boy!"
"I did it back in America," she mumbled as she crossed her arms and slammed down on one of their kitchen chairs, her legs were spread wide open.
"We're not in America anymore, we're in Japan now. They do things differently here."
"Whatever…" the teen said as she looked away from her mother. Her mother sighed and looked at her daughter.
"I don't know what I'm going to do with you, Sango. You make everything so difficult." She said shaking her head regretfully. Sango wanted to hurry and get away from her mother before she said something that she might pay for later.
"Listen mom, I'm gonna be late." She said as she hurried and to the door.
"Sango!" her mother called, Sango stopped in her tracks almost out the door. She didn't bother to look back at her mother; she thought that she might say something else negative about her. "…be careful, and have a good first day of school," she said as she turned away from her daughter and coniuted to wash dishes. Sango felt her muscles slowly relax.
"Thanks mom," she muttered only loud enough for her mother to hear and then she was out the door.
Sango was born in Tokyo, Japan so she knew prefect Japanese. When her father had gotten a new job (when she was 6-years-old) they had to move to America. Sango loved it there, that was basically where she had grown up. Everything was prefect and since she had spent more time with her father and her big brother, Kohaku, she grew up being a tomboy. But when her father was killed on his job that's when things started to change. Sango was heartbroken, she and her father were very close and as soon as she died she became a lot colder. She use to be a very warm-hearted person and cared for everyone around her, but now things are very different. Kohaku had gone to military school after that so she barely got to see him. Since her mother didn't work they started being in debt, and that's when he same along…
Sango and her mother had moved back to Japan in order to get away from Sango's stepfather, Kumara. He was a very abusive man with many personal issues. He tended to take them out on Sango's mother, back when they were married. For some reason he had never touched Sango, maybe because she was younger. Sango and her mother had to move somewhere else. Her school wasn't that far away. She went to Shikon High School. As soon as Sango and her mother had moved back to Japan her mother enrolled her to this school because she heard that it was suppose to be so professional.
She let out a heavy sigh as she thought about how boring school was going to be today. She was let out of her daze when her mother called her.
"Kagome!" she called. Kagome took one last look in the mirror. Her raven long hair was curled at the ends. She had on a baby blue blouse with a white mini skirt. "Kagome, I'm not telling you again," Ms. Higurashi called.
"Yes, mom." She yelled back as she went up stairs to see what her mom had wanted. Her mom was cooking breakfast. She could smell her mother's famous blueberry pancakes. She wanted to eat but knew that if she did she would most likely be late. When Kagome got into the kitchen her mother turned her attention away from the stove and onto Kagome. "Did you want something?" Kagome asked. Her mother couldn't help but admire her daughter. She had grown so much. It was ashamed that her father had to pass away and miss this. "Um… mom?" Mrs. Higurashi snapped out of it.
"Yes, dear?"
"Did you want anything?" she asked again.
"Oh, I'm sorry, honey. Yes, I wanted to see if you wanted breakfast before I drove you to school this morning."
"No thanks, even though I want to, I think I'd better play it safe and go without breakfast. I'm almost late now." She said, as she looked her watch. Her mother turned off the stove and grabbed her keys.
"Well, we won't let that happen," she said as they both went out the door.
Sango was now in her new school. She looked down at her schedule card. How the hell am I suppose to know where my Science class is? She thought to herself as she looked around. People were staring at her a little bit. She could hear people whisper things like, "Have you ever seen that kid before?" or "Hey that must be that new guy from America." She sighed o herself as she went down the hallway, trying to avoid the crowd, that was until she bumped into someone. She fell on her butt as she looked up to see who this guy was. Her eyes got wide. The guy she bumped into had golden eyes, white hair, and…dog ears? She blinked.
"Uh…" was all she could get out before she was cut off.
"Watch where you're goin," he spat at her. She just continued to stare. She couldn't help it. She never seen anyone with dog ears before. The boy just looked down at her with a look of disgust on his face. "Are you just gonna sit there on your ass, or are you gonna get up like you got some sense. And why the hell are you starin at me like that, are you gay or something?"
"Huh?" she stuttered out even more confused.
"You heard me," he said. She quickly got up from the floor.
"What do you mean gay? What are you talking about?" she asked dumbfounded.
"You know, gay. When a dude likes another dude. Surely you can't be that stupid." He said as he cocked his eyebrow at her.
He really thinks I'm a boy? She thought to herself. Wow, mom was actually right for once. I really do look like a guy. She thought to herself with a slight grin on her face.
"Yes, I know what gay is, and I'm not gay. How could I be gay if I'm a chick?" she asked.
"A chick?" he said as she backed away a bit. "You're a chick…?" he asked as if it was unbelievable.
"Uh…duh? How is that so hard to believe?" she asked offended.
"No, you couldn't possibility be a chick," he said. "You look just like a guy."
"well, sorry to disappoint you," she said as she was about to walk away.
"Wait," he called. She stopped.
"Why haven't I seen you around before?" he asked.
"I'm new,"
"Oh," he said in realization. "You must be that new kid from America." He pointed out. "What's your name anyway," he asked.
"Sango, yours?"
"Inuyasha."
"So, Inuyasha." She said as she looked down at her card. "Do you have any idea where I can find the Science room?" she asked. He grabbed the card and looked.
"Oh you have Integrated Science, that's on the down the hall to the left." He said as he looked through the other classes. "We have Art, P.E. and Spanish together, and lunch. But you have English, Social Studies, and Health on your own." He explained. She smirked at him. Just a second ago he was so mean to her and now he's…well, friendly. She guessed it was because he thought she was a guy.
"Thanks," she said as she took the card from him.
"No problem," he said. "By the way, why do you dress like that?" he asked her. She was a little taken back by this random question.
"Um, I don't know, I guess it's because I grew up with a lot of boys, and I feel comfortable in this clothing." She responded. He just nodded.
"Well, I'll see you later," he told her.
"Okay," she said as she went to her first class.
"Thanks mom." Kagome said as she got out of the car.
"Your welcome, sweetie and remember have a good day."
"I'll try," she said with a smile on her face. Her mother drove off leaving Kagome to go to school. I really need a car… she thought to herself. As soon as she entered the school Kagome was greeted with a very familiar voice.
"Hey, Kags," the voice said cheerfully. Kagome turned around to see a pair of green eyes staring right back at her.
"Hey Ayame, anything new?" she asked knowing that Ayame always had all the gossip. Ayame practically screamed.
"of course," she said with a very perky smile. "Kagura and Sesshomaru had a little problem this morning…"
"What do you mean?" she asked curiously.
"Well, it turns out that Kagura cheated on Sesshomaru with this junior in college, I think his name was Renkostu."
"Seriously?"
"That's what I heard."
"How did Sesshomaru take it?" she asked wanting to know.
"Well, let's just say they had a nasty break-up." She said in almost a whisper. "What I heard, Sesshomaru called her a slut and sent Kagura crying."
"Wow…" Kagome said thinking about what she would do in that situation. If Koga ever cheated on her she didn't know what she would do. Probably beat him and the hoe that he cheated on her with, but Koga would never cheat on her. He was in love with her and everyone knows it. But the question is, does she love him back?
"Hey Kagome, why are you in 'La La Land'?" Ayame asked waving her hand across Kagome's face.
"huh?" Kagome said startled.
"You just kinda went out of it," Ayame told her.
"Oh, sorry, I was just thinking." Kagome said in a bit of a daze.
"Well, pay attention while you think," Ayame confronted. "Now, back to what I was saying…oh yeah, guess what I heard?" Ayame said in a teasing voice.
"What?" Kagome said very aware of Ayame's teasing notion. Ayame giggled a bit before speaking.
"I heard that Inuyasha Ramashi likes you," she said trying to hold back her innocent giggles. Kagome's eyes widened.
"Are you, actually serious?" she asked.
"Yeah, I heard he's been liking you for a while," she replied. Kagome's face ended up getting redder by the second. Kagome didn't know what to say. She always thought that Inuyasha was cute and everything, but she never really thought that he felt the same way. In fact, he always acted mean to her. Plus, she heard that he had liked her twin cousin, Kikyo. Her dark blue eyes showed confusion and Ayame noticed, so she decided to change the subject.
"I also heard there was a new kid." Ayame told her.
"Oh, you mean the one from America?" she asked.
"Yep, one girl told me that she saw him and that he was hot." Ayame said with a wink.
"Really?" Kagome asked a bit confused. "I heard the new kid was going to be a girl," she informed her.
"Are you sure? Surely that can't be right. If that girl told me she was a boy then she must have been blind,"
"Well, I guess we'll have to see." she said as she looked at the time. "Hey, I have to go to class or I'll be late, I'll talk to you later." Kagome said as she rushed off to her class. Which was Integrated Science.
Sango was in her classroom with most of the students staring at her as if they had never seen another human being before. It was really annoying her. She cursed under her breath. She put her head down on her desk hoping that she could just die right now. She felt so misplaced. Her head popped up when she heard the door open again. She looked and saw it was just another student, some girl. She looked preppy to her. She sighed as the blue-eyed girl sat next to her. The girl ended up staring at Sango as well, which was really pissing Sango off. She turned to the girl.
"What's wrong with you?" she asked in a very harsh tone. The girl was a little taken back by her sudden question. "You act like you haven't seen a human-being before." The girl suddenly smiled. Sango looked at her confused. The girl suddenly started to giggle. Did I miss something? She thought to herself.
"I'm sorry," the girl said.
"Huh?" she asked. This school is getting weirder by the minute.
"It's just that this school doesn't have many new people, by the way, my name's Kagome Higurashi." She said with a smile. As soon as Sango was about to say something the teacher came in.
"Okay class, today we have a new student, from America. Please, come and introduce yourself to the class," he gestured to Sango. Sango let out a heavy sigh as she went in front of the class, all eyes on her.
"Um, My name's Sango Takacashi. I'm 17-years-old. I came from America about 3 months ago, and that's pretty much it." She said as she was about to sit down but someone raised their hand. Sango looked towards the guy who raised it. "Um, yes?"
"Isn't Sango a girl's name?" he asked.
"Uh, duh. That's because I'm a girl." She replied. Half the kids in the class gasped. She took her seat next to Kagome.
"Well, class, I want you to make a warm welcome for Sango since this is a great change for her, I want you to make her feel at home, do you understand?"
"Yes, sir," the class replied in unison.
"So it's true…" Kagome whispered to Sango.
"Is what true?" she asked.
"You are a girl," she said.
"Yeah," she said with a slight smirk.
For that whole class period they talked and got to know each other. Even though they looked and acted different it turned out that they had more in common than they thought. It was sort of like they clicked together. It also turned out that they had every class together expect 6th period, which was Health. The bell soon rang.
"Hey Sango!" a boy called. Sango turned around and saw a boy with short black hair that was in pony tail coming towards her.
"Yeah?" she asked as she put her hands in her pockets.
"What's up? The name's Miroku." He said with a cheesy grin.
"Um, okay." She said, as she was about to walk away. Kagome looked at Miroku and shook her head.
"Wait," he called. Sango looked back again, still annoyed.
"What do you want?" she asked.
"Are you single?" Sango's eyes widened. Kagome almost laughed. She knew Miroku since 5th grade. She knew exactly what he was up to.
"Uh, why do you want to know?" she asked nervously. He smirked at her.
"I'll see you later my dear Sango." He said with a wink and walked out of the classroom.
"Um…what was that about?" Sango asked Kagome.
"That was just Miroku being Miroku." She said with a slight sigh. "I don't think that boy will ever change,"
"What do you mean?" Sango asked.
"Well, Miroku Houshi is the school's pervert. Don't get me wrong, he's a good guy to hand around with and everything but he'll flirt with any girl that moves," she informed her.
"Oh," Sango said as she made a mental note to stay away from Miroku.
The day practically flew by. She ended up getting to know Inuyasha a lot more, even though she wasn't as close to him as she was with Kagome, he was still a great guy friend. She also met Kagome's friend Ayame. She was beginning to like this school. By this time everyone knew she was a girl (finally)
They were now going to 5th period, P.E. As Kagome and Sango were talking, a boy with long raven hair that was pulled back in a long ponytail with light blue eyes came.
"Hey baby," he greeted Kagome. She gave him a huge smile.
"Hey, Koga." She replied. He gave her a huge and kissed her lightly on the cheek. Then he finally turned his attention toward Sango.
"Hey honey, whose this?" he asked.
"This is Sango, the new girl from America." She told him. He looked at her strangely.
"Wow, she's weird-looking," he said outloud. Sango shot him a deadly glare. Kagome elbowed him.
"Ow, what was that for? I was only telling the truth." Said rubbing his arm. Sango cleared her throat and adjusted her cap.
"Listen Kagome, I'll see you in P.E." she said as she was about to walk away.
"Sango," Kagome called. Sango looked back.
"What?" she said in a fairly harsh tone.
"Um, I thought we were gonna…"
"Well I guess you thought wrong," Sango said cutting her off. Sango was getting very annoyed. She wasn't thinking about what she was saying or who she was saying it to right now. Kagome looked at her with a hurt expression but Sango said ignored it. "I don't want to interrupt you and your boyfriend right now," Sango said as she walked off to the gym.
This is my very first fanfic so I hope you like it. And yes, this is a Sango/Kagome fic. I know it doesn't seem that way right now but please be patience.