Star Crossed Lovers
Chapter 1 Meeting and Returning"Domino High? Well that's a weird name for a high school," Kagome thought sullenly as she gazed up at the building of her new school. After all that she had been through, school was the last thing on earth she wanted to do. She looked down at her ring in painful sadness. Despite the wonderful yet painful memories this ring brought to her mind every time she gazed at it, she would never part with it, never take it off. The ring symbolized what could have been, and for that, it had become her greatest treasure.
After returning from the feudal era, Kagome had surprisingly managed to not only keep up with her grades, but to even improve into some of the top marks, especially in History, though not without some hard work.
'Well, when more than half the class is on an era that you've spent the last year in, and with the added bonus of living at a shrine full of history, it's to be expected,' she had thought. She refused to talk about how and why she had returned to her era, especially when she had worked so hard to go back to Inuyasha. Instead she avoided it at all costs and threw herself into her school work. That is, until the well opened up again, throwing once more into its abysmal portal and through space and time.
As the days past and her family grew more and more worried, they began checking the well every day, hoping and praying for some sign of her return. Their prayers were answered after just a week, when her mother went to check the well, only to have Kagome literally being thrown out of it and falling on top of her.
"Kagome! Oh, thank goodness," her mother had exclaimed at the sight of her but had to take further notice. Her daughter was dressed in strange garments and her left ring finger had, by far the most breathtaking ring she had ever laid her eyes on. The band was a light gold. On the sides of the band were eyes; one on each side that held an odd look to them. Above them were two tear shaped diamonds that were on both sides of a huge blue diamond; the biggest she had ever seen, at least 6-7 carats. She hated to estimate what a ring like this would cost in this day and age. She simply couldn't take her eyes off of it.
"No. Why?"
Her haze was broken at these words spoken so softly, she thought she heard wrong. However, the tone of the voice was what brought worry to her features. The words came out in almost a struggled sob. It caused her to look down at her daughter with furrowed eyebrows.
"Kagome?" she urged softly, giving her a soft shake.
Kagome brought her head up and her mother felt as though her heart was breaking at the sight of her. Her face, which usually held a bright smile and kind eyes, had contorted into a look of utter pain and sadness. Tears stained her face and were continually pouring out of her grey-blue eyes. The makeup she wore was leaving black streaks down her face. All in all, she looked like someone who just had her heart ripped out.
Before her mother could speak, Kagome threw herself at her, burying her face in her chest and continuing to sob.
"Oh mom," she sobbed. "How could this have happened to me again? Why always me? I was happy mom! I was finally truly happy."
Her crying went on and her mother, regretfully not being able to find the right words to soothe her daughter's pain, simply held her in a tight embrace, her own face twisting into sadness of a helpless parent.
She would never find out what made her daughter so sad. When Kagome realized that only had week had gone by she was shocked. She divulged that she had been wherever it was she was for over a year. That was the only piece of information she gave about where and when she was. She would get visibly upset and near tears if anyone kept asking her to the point where everyone just stopped asking. Kagome fell into a depression of sleeping most of the day and night away; only getting up to go to school and eat with the family. Her grades slipped and eventually, her mother thought it best to relocate to a new city. She made arrangements with relatives on her late husband's side in town to move in with her father-in-law, seeing as he was staying behind to keep up the shrine. She had found an apartment easy enough that was more than big enough for the three Higurashis in the Domino City, a city just an hour and a half away from Tokyo. Schools were also easy to find and luckily she had pulled Kagome out of school before her grade had dropped too much. Kagome had no desire to return to school and offered to simply get a job and help pay bills, however, at her mother's urging, she gave in and decided to go back.
'Hopefully,' her mother thought. 'This will help her move on from whatever happened. It's all I can think to do!
Kagome inwardly winced at remembering the events that happened just a few months prior that lead her here. She knows that her mother is worried, and is truly grateful to be away from the shrine, but she had no idea how to start over in a new school and just thinking about it made her queasy. Her gaze floated from the ring on her hand to the school building in front of her and sighed.
"Well, no better time like the present. Can't put it off forever," she said aloud as she shuffled her way towards the doors, her eyes on the ground.
"Well finally, I was wondering if you were ever going to come in," a cheerful voice called with amusement.
Kagome looked up startled trying to find the person behind the voice and her eyes landed on a middle aged woman with a kind smile and amusement filled eyes. She had to be in her early forties, dark brown hair and hazel green eyes. She had glasses resting on the bridge of her nose and her hair was up in a bun, leaving her bangs and some of the longer curly hair falling around her face. While she was professionally dressed, Kagome could tell she must be really popular with the male population of the school.
'Hell maybe some of the girls too,' she thought with a laugh.
She suddenly blushed when she noticed the woman raising an eyebrow and waiting for her to speak.
"Oh I'm sorry," she stuttered out. "First day gitters you know; New school and all," she ended with a nervous laugh while scratching the back of her head with her hand.
The older woman chuckled.
"Hehe don't worry I'm not here to bust you. You must be Kagome Higurashi. Your mother called and gave a heads up that you would be coming today and I wanted to make sure you didn't get lost. I'm the principal Mrs. Hikaru," holding out her hand for Kagome to take.
"Oh yes hello nice to meet you," Kagome sputtered taking her hand and blushing harder.
'Mom called? Really? Oh how embarrassing! I can't even go to school on my own? What am I five?'
The two women walked to the office, making only small chit chat which was usually Mrs. Hikaru talking and Kagome giving one or two sentence replies.
They met in Mrs. Hikaru's office and sat down.
"Now first let me say that I am very glad you will be joining us this semester. However, taking a look at your grades from your last school has me a little worried. I understand if everyone has their own demons so I won't pry, however, I hope that down the line if you notice your grades slipping you can feel comfortable to talk to me about getting some tutoring. You seem like a smart girl with a bright future," Mrs. Hikaru stated, ending with a soft, reassuring smile that had Kagome strangely at ease.
Kagome stared at her curiously. There was something she noticed lately and Mrs. Hikaru was another example of it. She was beginning to notice that a lot of people older than her seemed to be going out of their way to help her, both men and women. Whether it was holding the door open for her, helping her with groceries, crossing the street you name it. At first she took it as common courtesy, but she also took notice that they weren't being as overly friendly with others as they were with her. Complete strangers, as if they knew something she didn't. This woman was the same way.
At Kagome's silence, Mrs. Hikaru pressed on.
"By the way, I also have a daughter who attends here. She's in your grade and I made sure to put her in most of your classes. Her name is Shizumi and she's volunteered to be your tour guide. She will be in your second, fourth, sixth, and seventh classes. We have seven classes a day, each 55 minutes long. Your testing puts you in a Calculus Level math course, which is average for a seventeen year old. Here is your schedule and I will show you to your first class," Mrs. Hikaru said as she and Kagome stood and walked out.
Kagome looked down at her schedule with a blank expression.
'After everything I've been through, this seems so tedious now. I mean, it used to be a big deal to me but now? I don't know... my heart's just not in it.' Her expression turned to puzzlement as she half glared at the paper, as if expecting it to burst into flames.
Kagome almost bumped into the principal when she came to an abrupt stop in front of a classroom door.
"Here we are! Junior English! Seems the class is working in groups, which is good cause there won't be silence when you first walk in," Mrs. Hikaru said with a amused chuckle, sensing Kagome's anxiety.
"Have a good day Miss Higurashi and know that my office is just a short distance away." And with that she was gone, leaving Kagome all alone in the hallway.
'I could make a run for it. It'd be so easy with all the school exits.' Somehow though, she couldn't bring herself to do it. And with an agitated huff, she opened the door and stepped into the classroom.
'Time to put on a happy face,' she thought with a groan.
It was a typical classroom; Nothing special. All the students had their desks in group and were talking about whatever topic they were given amongst themselves. She looked over to the teacher who gave her a bright smile and ushered her over.
'Once again overly perky adults around me,' she thought with unease as she walked over.
Her teacher was another average looking teacher. Looked to be in her early thirties. Brown hair and eyes with a smile plastered on her face.
"You must be Kagome! I'm Miss Mitsuya, your teacher. Welcome to my class. Now I don't know if you've read Hamlet yet—"
"I have."
"Oh excellent! Well that's what our groups are discussing now so let me put you in group three and just join on in," she finished smile, to Kagome's surprise, extending even more.
"Thanks." 'Ok that one's a bit too perky, borderline creepy. Nope scratch that, creepy creepy.'
She made her way over to her group and was instantly welcomed.
A blonde boy noticed her first and his face went out into a grin.
"Well looks here, seems we got ourselves a newbie."
All other members in the group turned their heads to follow his gaze and looked up at her, making her feel awkward.
"Name's Joey Wheeler nice to meet ya!" The blonde boy, Joey, said getting up to shake her hand.
"Kagome Higurashi, hi," Kagome said with a small voice and smile, making Joey's grin get wider.
"So you part of the best group in class then?"
"Hehe I guess."
"Then pull up a chair."
Kagome looked over and noticed an empty chair right in front of her. Just before she could sit down however, she was stopped by a brunette girl with blue eyes to the right who blocked the seat.
"Oh no, that's Yugi's seat, sorry," she said quickly.
"Oh no that's fine don't worry." 'Calm down now.'
Kagome instead pulled up a seat a few chairs left of "Yugi's seat," which happened to be next to Joey and sat down.
"Jeez Tea, possession!" a brunette male sitting next to the girl, Tea, called out in a teasing voice.
Tea blushed with embarrassment.
"I am not Tristan! It would be rude for Yugi to come back only to find someone has taken his chair."
"Not is the person was a hot girl. He'd probably be more than happy to,""Tristan" shot back with a laugh looking over at Kagome with a wink, earning a grin from Joey and a smile from the boy sitting next to her, who white hair vaguely reminded her of a certain hanyou, though the similarities end there.
"Yea I'm sure if Yug was here right now; he'd get up and offer the girl his seat himself." Joey said with a grin, getting him a glare from Tea and laughs from the other two boys in the group
"Give who my seat Joey?" a voice from behind Kagome asked.
Ok everyone! I am adding this note at the end of chapter 1 to give you all a heads up that I am changing the look of Kagome's ring. One of the points of the ring was to symbolize Atem's, or rather his father's, wealth and reach/influence as well as showing that no price was too great for his love. I'll find a picture, or draw one, with what the ring would look like to give you an idea. I also know that once I show it you're all gonna say that it wouldn't be possible for that time but IDC muahahaha lol. I'll further explain its origins and how it's possible to look like that; it's an obvious one but I feel the need to say it.
