Hojo stands outside of Class A. Kagome's friends are walking in a
tight group giggling away to themselves. They stop when they see Hojo
standing there. The one with the hair band walks up to him.
"Hey, Hojo. What are you doing?"
"I'm waiting for Kagome. Have you seen her today?"
"No, her grandfather said she had scarlet fever."
"Wow, that's too bad. Oh well. Thanks!"
As Hojo walks away, he grumbles to himself.
"Wow! She's only been here once all week. I hope she's okay."
Kagome is standing on the edge of the well. Shippo is wrapped around her leg.
"Don't go, Kagome!! Please don't go!!"
"Shippo! I have to go. I have a test tomorrow, that I have to be ready for!"
Inuyasha speaks up.
"If she wants to leave us stranded again, then you should let her go. We don't need her anyway!"
He turns his back to her, and folds his arms in front of chest, and when he opens his eyes he sees Miroku and Sango standing there looking awfully angry.
"What?"
Inuyasha skulks away to the edge of the clearing.
"I'm sorry about him Kagome. You go, and come back really soon, okay?"
"Thank you, Miroku. I'll be sure to come back directly after school tomorrow, okay? You guys rest a little. That last youkai really gave us a beating."
Sango reaches over and plucks Shippo from Kagome's ankle. She smiles up at Kagome and gives a sending off gesture. Kagome smiles and hops down into the well.
When she appears back in her own time, she can hear Souta calling her name.
"I'm coming, I'm coming!"
When she emerges from the shrine, she bumps into her little brother.
"Sis!"
Souta wraps his arms around her waist.
"Did you bring Inuyasha?"
"No, silly! He can't just come over whenever he wants to, you know. He has things to do there, and I have things to do here!"
"Oh."
Souta has a small sad look on his face. He suddenly squeezes tighter around her waist, and smiles brightly.
"I'm glad you're back!"
"Yeah, yeah. Me too. I'll be glad to sleep in my bed for once."
When they get to the door of her house, she can see her mother and grandfather sitting around the table. Souta pushes open the door for his sister, and Kagome rings out a cheery "I'm home!"
"My! That was a quick stay. Are you hungry?"
"Yes Mom! I'm very hungry!"
As her mother gets up to prepare some food for Kagome, she sits down opposite her grandfather.
"Hello, Grandpa! Have any of my friends called for me?"
"Just a few, just a few."
"Well, what did you tell them?"
"Huh? Oh, yeah. I told them scarlet fever."
"Grandpa!! You used that excuse last month! You gotta come up with something more varied!"
Her mother came up behind her and set down some food, and handed her some chopsticks.
"Thank you, mama!"
Her mother smiled at her, and left the room.
Kagome is in her room. She has her head propped up, and she is trying her best to study for the math test, but having trouble keeping awake. The clock reads 3:30. She sighs, and closes her book.
"If I don't get any sleep, then it won't matter how much I study!"
She gets up and picks up her book.
"I've read about this. It can't hurt."
She sticks the book under her pillow, and lies down and gets comfy in her bed.
"Well, it's a little hard, but I'm used to stiff sleeping arrangements."
She reaches over and turns off the light, and the next thing you know she's awake again. Souta is at her side.
"Big sis! Big sis! Wake up!"
"What's the matter, Souta?"
"You're late for school!!"
"What? Oh no!"
Kagome jumps up and starts frantically getting her stuff together for school. She rushes downstairs and past her mother who is offering some food. Souta stops and grins at his mom, and takes some food and wraps it up in a bag. He runs out after Kagome, and toward school.
Outside Kagome's classroom Souta peeks into the doorway. He catches the teacher's attention, and whispers in his ear. The teacher nods, and Souta goes up to Kagome and hands her the package. She glares at him in her 'I hate you Souta, for being so good to me' way. Her friends lean in to her.
"Whatcha got?"
"I didn't eat breakfast."
"Oh no! Are you still sick?"
"No, I was late."
"Oh no! Are you pregnant!"
"What?!?"
"Class! Settle down! Time for your test!"
Kagome groaned, and settled into her seat and glumly took her test page.
"Hey, Kagome! How did you do on your test?"
Kagome turned around to see Hojo standing behind her. She smiled weekly and shrugged.
"It was okay, I guess. How'd you know about it?"
"Your friends told me about it."
He leaned over her shoulder and smiled at her friends who were huddled in a group just out of reach. They waved back.
"So, Kagome. Are you doing anything tonight? My grandfather has some stories to tell you about vertigo. He had it real bad when he was younger. I thought you could talk to him, maybe get some tips on how to make it stop."
He smiled really sweetly, and Kagome blanched.
"I'm sorry, Hojo. I'm, I'm feeling a little bit of that vertigo coming on now. I think it's best if I just go home. Maybe next time?"
She turned around and rejoined her friends for the walk back home. Hojo stood there looking a little dejected, when he saw something fall out of Kagome's backpack and he ran up to look at what it was. It was a small bottle with jewels in it.
"She'll need this."
He picked it up, and set off after Kagome toward her house.
"Hey, Hojo. What are you doing?"
"I'm waiting for Kagome. Have you seen her today?"
"No, her grandfather said she had scarlet fever."
"Wow, that's too bad. Oh well. Thanks!"
As Hojo walks away, he grumbles to himself.
"Wow! She's only been here once all week. I hope she's okay."
Kagome is standing on the edge of the well. Shippo is wrapped around her leg.
"Don't go, Kagome!! Please don't go!!"
"Shippo! I have to go. I have a test tomorrow, that I have to be ready for!"
Inuyasha speaks up.
"If she wants to leave us stranded again, then you should let her go. We don't need her anyway!"
He turns his back to her, and folds his arms in front of chest, and when he opens his eyes he sees Miroku and Sango standing there looking awfully angry.
"What?"
Inuyasha skulks away to the edge of the clearing.
"I'm sorry about him Kagome. You go, and come back really soon, okay?"
"Thank you, Miroku. I'll be sure to come back directly after school tomorrow, okay? You guys rest a little. That last youkai really gave us a beating."
Sango reaches over and plucks Shippo from Kagome's ankle. She smiles up at Kagome and gives a sending off gesture. Kagome smiles and hops down into the well.
When she appears back in her own time, she can hear Souta calling her name.
"I'm coming, I'm coming!"
When she emerges from the shrine, she bumps into her little brother.
"Sis!"
Souta wraps his arms around her waist.
"Did you bring Inuyasha?"
"No, silly! He can't just come over whenever he wants to, you know. He has things to do there, and I have things to do here!"
"Oh."
Souta has a small sad look on his face. He suddenly squeezes tighter around her waist, and smiles brightly.
"I'm glad you're back!"
"Yeah, yeah. Me too. I'll be glad to sleep in my bed for once."
When they get to the door of her house, she can see her mother and grandfather sitting around the table. Souta pushes open the door for his sister, and Kagome rings out a cheery "I'm home!"
"My! That was a quick stay. Are you hungry?"
"Yes Mom! I'm very hungry!"
As her mother gets up to prepare some food for Kagome, she sits down opposite her grandfather.
"Hello, Grandpa! Have any of my friends called for me?"
"Just a few, just a few."
"Well, what did you tell them?"
"Huh? Oh, yeah. I told them scarlet fever."
"Grandpa!! You used that excuse last month! You gotta come up with something more varied!"
Her mother came up behind her and set down some food, and handed her some chopsticks.
"Thank you, mama!"
Her mother smiled at her, and left the room.
Kagome is in her room. She has her head propped up, and she is trying her best to study for the math test, but having trouble keeping awake. The clock reads 3:30. She sighs, and closes her book.
"If I don't get any sleep, then it won't matter how much I study!"
She gets up and picks up her book.
"I've read about this. It can't hurt."
She sticks the book under her pillow, and lies down and gets comfy in her bed.
"Well, it's a little hard, but I'm used to stiff sleeping arrangements."
She reaches over and turns off the light, and the next thing you know she's awake again. Souta is at her side.
"Big sis! Big sis! Wake up!"
"What's the matter, Souta?"
"You're late for school!!"
"What? Oh no!"
Kagome jumps up and starts frantically getting her stuff together for school. She rushes downstairs and past her mother who is offering some food. Souta stops and grins at his mom, and takes some food and wraps it up in a bag. He runs out after Kagome, and toward school.
Outside Kagome's classroom Souta peeks into the doorway. He catches the teacher's attention, and whispers in his ear. The teacher nods, and Souta goes up to Kagome and hands her the package. She glares at him in her 'I hate you Souta, for being so good to me' way. Her friends lean in to her.
"Whatcha got?"
"I didn't eat breakfast."
"Oh no! Are you still sick?"
"No, I was late."
"Oh no! Are you pregnant!"
"What?!?"
"Class! Settle down! Time for your test!"
Kagome groaned, and settled into her seat and glumly took her test page.
"Hey, Kagome! How did you do on your test?"
Kagome turned around to see Hojo standing behind her. She smiled weekly and shrugged.
"It was okay, I guess. How'd you know about it?"
"Your friends told me about it."
He leaned over her shoulder and smiled at her friends who were huddled in a group just out of reach. They waved back.
"So, Kagome. Are you doing anything tonight? My grandfather has some stories to tell you about vertigo. He had it real bad when he was younger. I thought you could talk to him, maybe get some tips on how to make it stop."
He smiled really sweetly, and Kagome blanched.
"I'm sorry, Hojo. I'm, I'm feeling a little bit of that vertigo coming on now. I think it's best if I just go home. Maybe next time?"
She turned around and rejoined her friends for the walk back home. Hojo stood there looking a little dejected, when he saw something fall out of Kagome's backpack and he ran up to look at what it was. It was a small bottle with jewels in it.
"She'll need this."
He picked it up, and set off after Kagome toward her house.