Disclaimer: Sadly, I do not own InuYasha nor any InuYasha character. So just enjoy the story.
Author's Note(AN): As you can see, I am trying to improve on my writing. Even if you don't stick around for the next chapter, please review so I can see what didn't interest you or why you may have strayed away, perhaps after the first few paragraphs?
- Chapter 1 -
Azure eyes fluttered open at the signal of an alarm going off. A hand reached out from underneath the covers and hovered over the clock for a second, then less than gently thrust down upon the clock. The annoying sound ceased as silence fell throughout the room.
"Kagome!"
'So much for silence,' she thought.
The door suddenly swung open as Kagome was about to get out of bed. A dark-haired boy appeared at her door, with a tired look plastered on his face.
"Ever heard of knocking?" she asked rhetorically.
"Ever heard of waking up and getting dressed on time?"
'Smart ass,' Kagome could see right through his serious façade.
"Kami…get out Souta!"
She grasped an old stuffed animal from the floor and flung it at him. The bear came in contact with the door instead, after Souta had slammed the door behind him, swiftly dodging it.
Kagome climbed out of bed. She was anxious to meet Sango before school since they were to walk together. However, that was not the source of her excitement. Finally she would be out of high school, in a week.
She saw it was already ten past seven when she glanced at the clock. Not having enough time for a shower, she went into the bathroom across her room, still in her blue pajamas. To get the sleepiness out of her eyes, Kagome splashed water on her face. After brushing her teeth to a gleaming pearly white, she went back into her room.
Opening her closet, she peered in. With some quick thinking, she gathered an outfit to her liking, and changed into a low neck black tee shirt, underneath she wore a white tank top, then slipped on a pair of dark jeans.
She walked to the mirror on her vanity and picked up a wide toothed comb, her hair was not badly tangled though. Kagome combed her raven tresses. She ran her fingers through her hair from the roots to the ends of her hair, making sure she untangled most of it.
Kagome ran out of her room and descended the stairs to the kitchen where she found Mrs. Higurashi and her only sibling, Souta who had rudely barged into her room earlier.
"Good morning Kagome," greeted Mrs. Higurashi who was washing dishes from last night's dinner.
"Morning Mom," replied Kagome.
She poured orange juice for herself and grabbed a slice of toast. Kagome placed her plate at a seat next to her brother who was eating breakfast. As she sat down, the doorbell rang.
"I'll get it!" yelped Souta spitting out crumbs of toast between his words.
Kagome was gulping down her juice when Souta returned with her friend, Sango behind him.
"Hey Kagome," Sango said with a quick smile.
"Okay, bye Mom. Bye Souta," Kagome said, finishing her breakfast.
Kagome and Sango went out the front door and began walking to their school, which wasn't too far off.
"Did you hear Kagura is going out with Sesshoumaru?" asked Sango, trying to make conversation to break the silence.
"No, but I'm not surprised. She's such a slut. I think she's been after him since like the beginning of high school, must've finally noticed her. Even though she just wants a new accessory for the week, he's probably going to dump her in like a couple of days."
"And what about Sesshoumaru?"
"That self-centered jerk, what would I think about him anyway…since you asked, he has nothing better to do, but be rich. And acting like some brat, always being chased by girls, do they even care for anything besides his money and looks? Looks aren't everything you know. I wonder how is parents even raised him, actually, no. I don't care for anything that concerns him…"
Sango couldn't help but laugh at her friend's comments to a simple question.
"Maybe Kagura will decide to keep this week's accessory for life. Then they will marry and there's a chance I'll never see them again after high school. I think they'd make a nice married couple, two rich brats will make even more rich brats though."
Kagome opened her mouth to speak once again, "Okay, I get it already!" interrupted Sango.
"I was just going to say we need to cross the street," said Kagome.
"Oh, sorry," Sango apologized with little embarrassment.
When Kagome stepped down off the sidewalk, a black Mercedes rushed past her. She froze, if she would have taken a few more steps, the car would have crashed into her.
"Hey, you asshole! Get back here!" shouted Sango with her hands in fists, "You okay Kagome?"
"Uh…yeah, I think so."
"Sesshoumaru, you could've ran over that poor girl back there," spoke up a man with solid blue eyes.
"I didn't know you cared for pathetic human women, Kouga," replied the driver of the car.
"Her beauty was far from pathetic," ogled Miroku looking back, hoping to get a glimpse of the young lady.
"Miroku, you barely saw her face," laughed another.
"Inuyasha…Inuyasha, just because I didn't see her face, doesn't mean I was blind to anything else," Miroku shook his head.
"Wait, wasn't that Kagome?" Inuyasha looked back, but couldn't see since he was in the passenger seat.
"Oh my," shuddered Miroku.
Everyone knew exactly what he was imagining in his perverse mind, but they didn't care for details.
Kagome took her seat in her English class, the bell had rung already. A few minutes ago, she had just been talking to Sango who sat a couple seats behind her.
Mr. Hoshino began to discuss the novel they finished reading around last week. Kagome was paying attention, she staring out the window, watching a few leaves sailing in the breeze.
'Like a sailboat gently being propelled by the oceans waves,' she thought to herself.
Her daydreaming was interrupted by what seemed to be a shout for joy, more like a shriek to Kagome.
"Sesshy!" squealed someone behind her.
She looked up and saw a certain silver-haired demon walking in, wearing a smirk on his face. Mr. Hoshino stopped his conversation with a student and turned to the sound of an opening door and footsteps.
"Why if it isn't Sesshoumaru. Thank you for finally joining us."
"Your welcome," he replied smoothly.
"Please take your seat Mr. Taisho, you may ask Kagome what we have been working on for the past twenty minutes, other than that, I don't want to hear your voice," said Mr. Hoshino strictly, ignoring Sesshoumaru's reply.
'I wish I could slap that smirk right off his face,' Kagome began thinking of ways to abuse him.
"Hey Ka-go-me," said Sesshoumaru pronouncing each syllable in her name.
"Hello Se-sshou-ma-ru," she mimicked, adding a phony smile.
"Pssst…!" Kagome heard from behind her.
She turned around and might as well have barfed of pure disgust. There was Kagura with puckered lips, blowing a kiss in the direction of Sesshoumaru. You could see her twinkling red eyes filled with adoration when he turned around, but he chose to simply ignore her.
"So, stubby legs, what's up in this classroom?"
"Um…I –"
"Oh, so you weren't paying attention? I've got better things to do anyway."
"And what would those things be?" she asked, wondering if she even wanted to know the things he did in his spare time.
"Like this," he smirked as a paper ball sailed threw the air and collided with his hands, he quickly enclosed it in his fingers.
'Show off.'
Kagome didn't care for what the paper ball contained. Instead of staring at the clock above Mr. Hoshino's desk for the rest of class, she began writing the summary due tomorrow after reading the board. She completed her assignment before class was over and sat back in her seat.
"Kagome…blah blah blah…Sango."
"What! Give that back to me," she hissed, trying to be quiet as possible after realizing the paper ball must have been a note from Sango.
"Sorry, no can do. Going to be late for my next class," Sesshoumaru said with false sadness in his voice as he pointed to the clock.
He stuffed the note into his jeans' pocket and left right when the bell rang with Kagura practically drooling on his arm.
Sango had left with her dad earlier, leaving Kagome to walk home alone after school. She was arguing with herself on what had happened in English as she passed by several houses.
"I never take his notes."
'Not like he gets any,' she giggled.
"But he sure attracts a lot of attention."
'Must be the hair.'
Kagome closed her discussion and started humming. Then a black Mercedes whizzed past her. Through the tinted window, which was slightly open, a glint of silver caught her eye.
"What an ass," Kagome muttered.
She made her way home in anger, which quickly faded away before she opened the front door with her key. No one was home since Mrs. Higurashi wouldn't be off work till later and Souta probably wasn't home from school yet. So Kagome put her backpack aside, near the door and plopped down on the living room couch. It was silent for a while until Kagome heard the ring of a phone. She dashed into the kitchen hoping it wasn't another telemarketer.
"Hello?" she answered.
"So are you coming?" it was Sango's voice.
"Coming where?"
"Didn't you read my note?"
"Um…not really. What did it say again?" Kagome tried not to sound suspicious.
"I was wondering if you wanted to go to The Kage with Ayame and me."
"Oh, sure. Call me an hour before you leave."
"Okay, call you then. Bye."
"Bye," she heard a click on the other end of the phone.
Kagome sighed as she went up the stairs to the bathroom. It wasn't much of a tough day, but she seriously needed a shower after running in gym. Fifteen minutes later, she stumbled into her room. She put on some loose clothes and wrung her hair with a white towel.
She sprawled down on her bed and yawned, then slowly drifted off to sleep.
AN: I apologize if it may seem a bit rushed. Review please?