Disclaimer: I don't own Inu-Yasha!! Geeze!!
K, I really felt like writing a school story for Inu-Yasha. I have yet to write a fic about them actually back in the past but, I'll get around to it eventually.when I feel like it.
k. The school Kagome goes to is the exact copy of the old Jr. High school I went to before they tore it down and put up the new one. Another thing: Her math teacher is just like my math teacher: Mr. Quan. I'm sorry, Mr. Quan, if you are reading this (which I really doubt) but.grow up.
This is another A/U fic and it takes place at SCHOOL! Of course it won't only take place at school because that would tell you all that none of the characters have a life! So.enjoy!
* * * ~*Kagome POV*~
I looked up at the red-bricked building and then glanced at the sign that glistened in the sun.
Yup. This was the school. My new school.
Shikon High.
I couldn't suppress the pit of doubt in my stomach, despite all of the encouraging words from my old friends and my family. I suppose my biggest fear was perfectly normal.
What if they don't like me? What if they HATE me?? What if my TeAcHeRs HATE me??? O.O What if I get lost and can't find my way to my classes? Will they laugh at me?
At that point, a bus pulled up behind me, to drop off students.
I hurried out of the way, not wanting to be trampled on my first day of school and hurried up the steps to the office.
"H-hello?" I timidly asked the person at the office desk. It sounded like I had a fricken cotton ball in my throat.
The attendant looked up and smiled.
"Yes, dear? What can I do for you?"
"I-I'm new here." I covered up my nervousness with a false, cheesy smile. "Are you miss Higurashi?"
"Who? Oh! Yes, I am."
Smooth move, Kagome. You don't even remember your own last name!
"Here is your timetable, and let me nab somebody from the halls who can show you around.ah! SANGO!! SANGO I NEED YOUR HELP!!"
"Hai, Mrs. Ono?"
"Sango, meet Kagome Higurashi. She's a new student. I believe you two may have similar schedules so I would appreciate it if you showed her around."
"Sure!" Sango replied, then to me, "Let me see you timetable. I want to see how many classes we have together."
I put on a real smile and handed her the card. She went over it quickly as I looked over her shoulder.
1st Math Mr. Kinoshita
2nd P.E. Mr. Sukegawa
3rd S.S Mrs. Kaede
4th Science Mr. Myoga
5th cooking Ms. Nakashima
6th L.A. Ms. Yamaoto
"Hey!" Sango exclaimed, "We have math, P.E, Science, and cooking together!" "I can't cook! You do not want me in your kitchen!!" I warned her with a horrified look on my face. My last experience in the kitchen was a disaster. Let's just say that mom had to repaint the kitchen, the fire truck showed up, and Buyo ,my cat, won't eat fish any more.
Sango smiled kindly at me, "I'll see if I can be your partner. I'll help you out."
"Sango!!" We turned to see four smiling girls walking towards us.
"Oh hey you guys! This is Kagome."
They smiled at me and introduced themselves as Sayori, Minami, Yumi and Haruna.
These people smile here A LOT it seems.
"So.what are my teachers like?" I wanted to know.
"She has Kinoshita...first period." Sango told the girls, and they all groaned.
Oh great. A bummer teacher. First period too.
"What's he like." I said it more like a statement instead of a question.
"He's really, REALLY boring." Yumi informed me.
"And annoying."
"And stupid."
"And he makes terrible jokes."
"So you really don't wake up until 2nd period."
"And it appears that you get a jumpstart cause you have Gym second period."
"With me."
"And me!"
"And, like, everybody."
"Mr. Sukegawa is a no mercy gym teacher. He works you hard!"
I hoped Minami was joking.
"Wow! You guys make my head spin! Did you practice that speech or something??" @.@
I couldn't believe these girls.
"Not exactly practiced and rehearsed."
"But they did something like this when I moved in."
"You'll catch on!"
"I never did." A male voice snorted from behind us.
"Miroku-sama!!" the girls exclaimed.
"Thanks for not surprising us." Sango muttered.
I raised her eyebrows in question. I am most certainly glade he didn't surprise us, cause I probably would have jumped a meter into the air and completely embarrassed myself.
"Watch your butt." Yumi was, I think, trying to answer my confusion.
Unfortunately, it only confused me more.
"MY BUTT???" I was beginning to think that they were all mad.
All five girls nodded wisely at me and then Haruna screeched. I heard a *SLAP* as Haruna whirled around.
Miroku stood up with a huge grin on his face as well as a large red mark on his cheek.
"Wha.what did he DO to you???" I have never seen a boy behave like that before.
"He gave me a.massage."
"Mass.age.??" I felt the blood drain from my face. They aren't mad here, they're down right insane!!
"He has an obsession with female butts."
I felt like passing out.
"I take it you've never met a guy like that?" Sango asked with a small grin.
My eyes glazed and I shook my head.
"I'm just one of a kind!" Miroku exclaimed.
"I hope your kind goes extinct soon!" Haruna fired at him. He ignored her.
"So, who's your new friend?" He asked the rest of the small group.
"This is Kagome." Yumi told him.
"Kagome! Welcome to Shikon High! My name is Miroku."
"May I call you Hentai? Or does Mr. Letch sound better?" I quipped.
Miroku ran over to me and put his hand over her mouth.
"SHhhh!! We have a teacher here called Mr. Letch! No joke! I'm serious!! So watch it when you tease about things like that. He could be anywhere!!"
"YOU shouldn't act like that then." Minami told him off.
"Kindly remove your hand from my mouth." my muffled voice penetrated from beneath his hand, "and while you're at it, remove you hand from my rear." I snarled.
Miroku's hand shot back to its proper place: beside him.
*BRINGGGG!!!!*
"Oh! That's the first bell!" Yumi exclaimed.
"Come on Kagome!" Sango grabbed my hand and yanked me off to math.
Miroku followed.
* * *
~*Authors POV*~
*BRRRIINNGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!*
The tardy bell rung and Mr. Kinoshita stood up from behind his desk and addressed the class.
"Gooooooood Morning!!!" he said in that voice that you would you when you spoke to a two year old.
Silence.
He ignored the silence.
"I.would like to welcome..KAGOME HIGURASHI!!!!!" He said it like a game show. Kinda sad.
"Please come up to the front of the room!" he pretended to have a microphone in his hand.
'He is too old to be that stupid.' she thought dully, 'but the girls did warn me.--'
She stood up from her desk next to Sango and made her way up to him. She ignored predatory looks from the guys that she was getting.
"Would you like to say a little bit about your self? And you know, Aye (yes, he said Aye instead of I) don't mean like, where you're from, I mean what do you like to do? Who do you live with?"
'What is this? Kindergarten??' she thought but she gave him what he wanted.
"K. My name is Kagome Higurashi. I live with my Mom, brother and my Grandpa. Oh. And my cat Buyo too. I read a lot and I do a lot of studying but most of my time is spent with my friends. We used to shop, or run around in the park seeing who could run the fastest but what we did the most..was soccer! My nickname was The Wind." She smiled at the memory, "They voted me most valuable player three years in a row."
"The Wind?" came a sarcastic female voice.
"Yea." She responded, "My team and the guys on the sidelines gave it to me." "Why?" same sarcastic voice.
"Cause I was the fastest on the team and I was really strong. That was the team part. But the boy's wanted it because they said I was really gentle and pretty.like the wind."
"Can I go back to my seat now?" she asked the teacher.
"Yes.Kagome (dramatically said) you may!!"
Kagome quickly made her way back to the back of the room next to Sango. "He scares me!!" she whispered fiercely to Sango.
"I think he scares everyone here.." she muttered back.
"Aaaaaallllllllllll righty!! Today , clllllaaaaaaaasss, we are going to talk about....PAWWWWWSITIVE AND NEGATIVE NUMBERSSSS!!!!!!!"
Kagome sat there looking completely freaked.
"Is this natural human behavior?" she asked Sango who shook her head so much that Kagome was amazed that she could still see straight.
"Look at these numbers:"
+10 + +5 -10 + -5 +10 + -5 -10 + +5
"Here is a BRILLIANT IDEA!! Write down all the numbers first and THEN add the pllussssse and ..the minus signs!!"
"No shit Sherlock!" Kagome muttered under her breath.
The back corner that she sat in, which consisted of Sango, Miroku, Haruna and another boy named Tadashi started to laugh but then tried to disguise it by sneezing.
"Puleeeese try to stop the sneeze! We don't want any..GERMS floating around here!"
'Good lord," thought Kagome.
They wrote down the four equations their own way and then sat back and whispered.
"I'm Tadashi!" He quietly introduced himself, "You said you're good at soccer? Will you join the school team then? We REALLY need you! Our girls are good but I've seen them at practice. I fear for our first game."
"Tadashi! Give us a chance!!" Haruna hissed.
"We're on the team too!" Sango winked.
"And so is Minami," Haruna told her.
"I'd love to join!" Kagome exclaimed, "as long as I can keep up with school, then you can count me in!"
Miroku's face lit up, "I'll cheer you guys on!!" he exclaimed.
"You're only doing that because Kagome's gonna play." Sango muttered. "Do I detect jealousy, Sango-chan?" Haruna teased.
Sango blushed and looked away while muttering at Haruna to mind her own business.
* * *
~*Kagome's POV*~
*BRRRRINGGGGGGGG!!*
The class exploded out of their trance and the bell released them from math.
"He can't be for real." I literally rubbed the sleep out of my eyes.
Sango snatched my hand. My guess was that she didn't want to lose me in the halls. It was like two currents and the direction we wanted to go in was on the other side of the hall.
"Everybody has Gym second period!" she exclaimed.
"urr.what do you mean by everybody?" I pictured the entire school squashed in the gym trying to play basketball.
"I mean Yumi, Minami, Haruna, Miroku, Sayori, Tadashi and I!"
"OoOoOoOoh my gosh!~," Haruna caught up to us, "there is this guy in our gym class who is sOoOoOo H.O.T!!"
We managed to cross through the current.
"What? Oh. Yea." Sango seemed to know who she was going to start babbling about.
"His name is Kouga! He is so good at everything we have done in class!!"
"Haruna.we've been at school for.2 weeks! All we've done is tennis! Maybe that's all he's good at, mind you he did come in 2nd place." Sango reminded her friend.
"2ND??? HE WAS THE BEST!!!"
"Inuyasha beat him, remember?"
"Oh yea.Inuyasha's as hot as Kouga but he's not as social."
"He needs to get a better girlfriend." Sango's face turned dark as they reached the gym.
"So what are we doing in class today?" I asked. You see, I really didn't CARE who was hot and who wasn't. If they can do sports, then they are cool enough for me.
"Excuse me!"
I was pushed aside from the gym doors. I glared up at the person who had pushed me and then blinked. She looked just like me! Only more..bitchy.I then looked up at the guy standing next to her and.just...Whoa! He has GORGEOUS hair!! I really wish I could grow mine like that!! I then I got a mental image of myself in poofy long black hair and then grimaced. How about no.
"Did you HEAR me??" The Bitch asked me with annoyance.
"It's not Halloween you know, but great witch costume!" I gave The Bitch the thumbs up sign and then grabbed Sango and pushed past The Bitch, who was standing in shock. I assume that no one had the nerve had dissed her to her face in years. Haruna hurried to the change rooms but Sango struggled free from my grasp and then started stuttering an apology for me.
Unbelievable!
"Please Kikyo!!! S-she's new here!! Don't do anything!!"
The Bitch smirked.
"I'd like to hear an apology from HER."
Oh please. I'm not going to take any crap from some idiot who thinks she's queen of the school. Of course, if she were queen of anything it would be queen of the dead.
"If I felt like apologizing, then I would have." I glared. "You pushed me."
Kikyo (The Bitch) looked like the only brain cell left in her head was going to explode.
"Inuyasha!!" she turned to the boy she was standing next to and whined at him. "DO something!!!" she wailed.
"Kikyo, we're going to be late for class so if you want keep this battle going then that's fine with me but I'm going to go change."
I looked at the clock and noticed that we really needed to hurry.
I turned to her. "Look, if you're sorry for bumping into me and acting like my superior then I'm sorry for calling you a witch." I turned around and Sango got the hint that we were finished and took me to the change rooms. Kikyo showed up about 15 seconds after us. The two of them changed into their gym uniform (gray t-shirt, black shorts) and because I didn't have any, Sango tossed me an extra shirt of hers.
"Just till you get one of your own."
And then she passed me a pair of black shorts. We left the girls room through an opposite door to the gym. Haruna, Minami, Yumi, Miroku, Sayori, and Tadashi all came running up to us.
"Did you guys actually diss Kikyo??" Yumi looked like she had just seen the moon explode. "Tadashi said he heard something!"
"But no..you guys don't believe ME. Hmph!" he looked playfully betrayed, as if he didn't mind.
News travels fast around here.
"So what if I did? She had no right to push me so I called her a witch."
"OoOoOoh!! Kikyo is gonna kill you for that!"
Is it just me or is everybody a sissy here? This Kikyo person had better find something more spectacular to do to me other than whine to her boyfriend.
I looked at Haruna.
"Not if I can help it."
The bell for class to start rang.
This class didn't seem to have any particular order to it so I just stood around with my new friends like everybody else.
Just then, a man walked out of the boys' locker rooms with a clipboard in his hand. I assumed that was our gym teacher, Mr. Sukegawa. He did attendance by calling the names. I looked around when he called 'Okami, Kouga' and saw a muscular guy with hair pulled back in a ponytail.
Ok, what is with guys and long hair at this school?
He came down the list, past 'Shi, Kikyo' *snort*. (In Japanese, Shi means Die so in English, Kikyo's name would be Kikyo Die!!! ^_^ Big thanx to Chibiukyo for providing the translation!~) till the last person. Then he looked up at the rest of us. Yes, he seemed like a strict teacher who didn't take 'I walk to school. Isn't that enough exercise?' from lazy people.
"Is Higurashi, Kagome here? Kagome?"
I raised my hand.
"Kagome, I would like you to know that this is a class that makes you EXCERSIZE. I don't want to see any lying about. The punishment for not doing your best is 45 push ups and it increases by 10 every time."
I gulped. I couldn't do 5 consecutive push ups to save my life.
"Class please start with your warm ups."
I followed the class warm up routine as best as I could and then we were given instructions to go out to the football field were the track equipment was.
I followed the group of girls outside and the boy Inuyasha seemed to make his way to me. How odd. No.He was coming to me. ME! Not Kikyo.hmm..
"Hey, I wanted to apologize for Kikyo's behavior earlier."
Oh Please.
"Thanx but if Kikyo wanted to apologize, then she would do it herself."
Obviously.
"I don't think you understand. Kikyo would drown herself before she apologized to anyone. I'M just saying sorry for the way she treated you."
I decided to make the best of it. I didn't feel like making another enemy especially as he hadn't done anything. I mean, he didn't support me but that's only natural, as he didn't know me.
I looked up at him a gave him a winning smile (or so I hoped), "Thanx for taking the time to apologize. I accept, even though you did nothing to offend me earlier!"
^^ He blinked, turned red, and then muttered something about having to go out to the track courts.or the track.track thingy.@.@
Yea.
Right.
Whatever.
^^
I caught up to Sango as we passed the 'West Hall'. She and Minami were already asking me what Inuyasha had to say to me before I was even beside them. So news doesn't just.travel fast.people WANT it to travel fast.
"So what did Inuyasha have to say to you?"
"He didn't say anything mean to you did he?"
"I mean, it wasn't telling you to stay out of Kikyo's way was it?"
"Will the two of you SHUT UP!!!!!" I blurted.
The girls here just talked WAY too much.
Suddenly they were silent and both of them looked like they were mentally kicking themselves for not giving me a chance to speak.
"Ok." I breathed. "He was merely apologizing for Kikyo's behavior earlier. He seemed like.he owed it to me. And he also said that Kikyo would drown before she apologized to anyone so he decided to do it for her."
The two of them stopped in their tracks.
"What?" I asked.
"I-I-I-Inuyasha.apologized to you??" Minami managed to stutter.
"Inuyasha doesn't apologize. Just like Kikyo." Sango and Minami wore identical expressions of shock. We started walking again.
"Well he acted like he felt he owed it to me and maybe it was because I'm new and I don't know 'the rules' yet but he did it sincerely and I'm not going to think anything of it." I finished firmly.
I noticed the two of them look at each other with suspicion written in neon lettering all over their faces but I ignored it.
Whatever.
"Ok!" Mr. Sukegawa hollered to the class, "I would like you all to get in to groups of two. This person will be your track event partner. When you have chosen your partner, I would like the two of you to come up to me and get this sheet," he waved it around for everyone to see, "and then you may begin. I don't want too many line-ups so spread yourselves apart. Begin!"
I instantly looked around for Sango but right when I saw her, the boy, Kouga, blocked my view. I blinked and realized that he was looking at me.
"Kouga-kun, will you be my partner?" a girl twittered.
"Sorry," he put on a brave face, "but I already have a partner!"
The girl pouted.
He had better not be thinking what I think he's thinking.
He smiled at me.
Damn.
"Come on, Kagome! Let's go and get.our partner sheet!" He grinned stupidly at me.
Ew.
"I already have a partner, SANGO!" I yelled desperately for help.
"Coming, Kagome-chan!" She wore that annoying 'I'm-only-saving-you-because- you're-new-ok?' look but I suppose I was still grateful. He was an annoying boy that claimed me like a lost penny. Grr.
"Come on, Sango. Let's go get our partner sheet." I said with as much ice in my voice as I could muster. Sango shivered but Kouga seemed unfazed by it.
Crap.
"Sango, what makes you think that you can just come up and steal my partner?" Kouga challenged.
Nani? He actually thinks that I left him REGRETFULLY???? HELPPPPP!!!! I decided that ignoring him would be best.
"I said COME ON Sango! We don't want to be caught doing nothing and then be forced to do the push-ups, do we?"
This seemed to spur her on.
But not Kouga.
Now I know why Sango didn't talk about him with fondness in her voice. Why Haruna did, I may never know.
"Listen Kouga," I spat his name, "Go and get yourself another partner, OK??!!"
I glanced over at another quarreling couple and noticed that Inuyasha seemed to be having a tough time with Kikyo. But isn't Kikyo his girlfriend?
@.@
"Listen Kikyo, I have a partner already!! MIROKU!!!!"
Miroku and Tadashi both looked up.
I don't think it was just me but I think Miroku's eyes took on a special light when he looked at Kikyo.
GROSS.
"Miroku's my partner, Kikyo!" He winked several times at the scowling Miroku, who seemed disappointed that he didn't get to partner up with Kikyo. He looked like he was about to protest when Inuyasha cracked his knuckles several times. Miroku gulped and played along.
"But who'll my partner be?" Tadashi complained.
I decided to do him a 'favour'. I dragged Kouga over to them and then shoved him Tadashi's way. I saw Tadashi grimace and then he shoved Kouga in Kikyo's direction. Oh well.
"Come on, Kikyo. Take a break from me, ok?" Inuyasha smiled kindly at her. How could he? How could anyone smile kindly at her?
Kikyo pouted, nodded, and then clutched onto Kouga's arm. The two of them walked up to get their partner sheet. (well, I suppose Kouga kinda wobbled up there from being pushed around)
"That still doesn't put me with anybody." Tadashi pointed out.
"Sorry for making this class have an odd number." I mumbled.
"Don't worry about it," he smiled at me, "I'll go and ask if Miroku, Inuyasha, and I can be a threesome."
Well, to make a long story short, they became a threesome and all of us endured doing running long jump, shot put, high jump, standing long jump, and relay races for 45 minutes.
* * *
My muscles groaned as I passed Sango's shirt and shorts back to her and slid on my bell-bottoms. We had worked hard out there.
"Which class is next?" I wondered out loud as I pulled out my timetable. Sango peered over my shoulder.
"Social Studies, eh? We're studying Pac Rim right now. China."
"Yay." I cheered unenthusiastically.
"I have Science." Sango looked happy.
We left the change rooms and Sango showed me the way to my S.S. class and then left for the science building.
I glanced around the room to see if I knew anybody. Oh great. This would happen to me. Kikyo. Dearest, sweet, QUEEN OF THE UNDERWORLD Kikyo.
I decided to try and get a seat far, far away from her. I walked up to the teacher's desk and introduced myself to the withered old lady sitting behind it.
"Hello, are you," I glanced at my timetable, "Mrs. Kaede?"
The old lady looked up from her computer and smiled at me.
"I am, are you Kagome Higurashi?"
I smiled back and nodded in response.
"I'm afraid that the only empty seat that I have is the one in the back corner." She pointed. I thanked her and made my way to the back of the room. Kikyo was on the other side of the room. Thank you Lord!
~*Authors POV*~
Mrs. Kaede started up the lesson in explaining the culture in China and Kagome, like the rest of the students, found herself fighting to stay awake. Mrs. Kaede wasn't boring like Mr. Kinoshita, but she had her own way of lulling the class to sleep. When she passed out the work sheet, the students unzipped their pencil pouches and took out a pencil and eraser and busily got to work.
Mrs. Kaede sat down at her computer and did whatever teachers do at their computers.
Apparently they read mail.
"Class!" She called out, at about one minute to the bell, "I would like to announce that we will be having a new student join us tomorrow. His name is Naraku."
The name even sent chills up everyone's spine and from the back corner of the class, a gasp escaped from the lips of a very pale Kagome.
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NYAHAHAHAHA!! So.I'll ask u all what I ask at the first chapter of all of my fics: did u like it? ^^ Please review with your comments and constructive criticism! I accept no flames!! So if you flame me, then basically I will laugh at you and ignore it. Please *deep breath* reviewreviewreviewreview!!!
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K, I really felt like writing a school story for Inu-Yasha. I have yet to write a fic about them actually back in the past but, I'll get around to it eventually.when I feel like it.
k. The school Kagome goes to is the exact copy of the old Jr. High school I went to before they tore it down and put up the new one. Another thing: Her math teacher is just like my math teacher: Mr. Quan. I'm sorry, Mr. Quan, if you are reading this (which I really doubt) but.grow up.
This is another A/U fic and it takes place at SCHOOL! Of course it won't only take place at school because that would tell you all that none of the characters have a life! So.enjoy!
* * * ~*Kagome POV*~
I looked up at the red-bricked building and then glanced at the sign that glistened in the sun.
Yup. This was the school. My new school.
Shikon High.
I couldn't suppress the pit of doubt in my stomach, despite all of the encouraging words from my old friends and my family. I suppose my biggest fear was perfectly normal.
What if they don't like me? What if they HATE me?? What if my TeAcHeRs HATE me??? O.O What if I get lost and can't find my way to my classes? Will they laugh at me?
At that point, a bus pulled up behind me, to drop off students.
I hurried out of the way, not wanting to be trampled on my first day of school and hurried up the steps to the office.
"H-hello?" I timidly asked the person at the office desk. It sounded like I had a fricken cotton ball in my throat.
The attendant looked up and smiled.
"Yes, dear? What can I do for you?"
"I-I'm new here." I covered up my nervousness with a false, cheesy smile. "Are you miss Higurashi?"
"Who? Oh! Yes, I am."
Smooth move, Kagome. You don't even remember your own last name!
"Here is your timetable, and let me nab somebody from the halls who can show you around.ah! SANGO!! SANGO I NEED YOUR HELP!!"
"Hai, Mrs. Ono?"
"Sango, meet Kagome Higurashi. She's a new student. I believe you two may have similar schedules so I would appreciate it if you showed her around."
"Sure!" Sango replied, then to me, "Let me see you timetable. I want to see how many classes we have together."
I put on a real smile and handed her the card. She went over it quickly as I looked over her shoulder.
1st Math Mr. Kinoshita
2nd P.E. Mr. Sukegawa
3rd S.S Mrs. Kaede
4th Science Mr. Myoga
5th cooking Ms. Nakashima
6th L.A. Ms. Yamaoto
"Hey!" Sango exclaimed, "We have math, P.E, Science, and cooking together!" "I can't cook! You do not want me in your kitchen!!" I warned her with a horrified look on my face. My last experience in the kitchen was a disaster. Let's just say that mom had to repaint the kitchen, the fire truck showed up, and Buyo ,my cat, won't eat fish any more.
Sango smiled kindly at me, "I'll see if I can be your partner. I'll help you out."
"Sango!!" We turned to see four smiling girls walking towards us.
"Oh hey you guys! This is Kagome."
They smiled at me and introduced themselves as Sayori, Minami, Yumi and Haruna.
These people smile here A LOT it seems.
"So.what are my teachers like?" I wanted to know.
"She has Kinoshita...first period." Sango told the girls, and they all groaned.
Oh great. A bummer teacher. First period too.
"What's he like." I said it more like a statement instead of a question.
"He's really, REALLY boring." Yumi informed me.
"And annoying."
"And stupid."
"And he makes terrible jokes."
"So you really don't wake up until 2nd period."
"And it appears that you get a jumpstart cause you have Gym second period."
"With me."
"And me!"
"And, like, everybody."
"Mr. Sukegawa is a no mercy gym teacher. He works you hard!"
I hoped Minami was joking.
"Wow! You guys make my head spin! Did you practice that speech or something??" @.@
I couldn't believe these girls.
"Not exactly practiced and rehearsed."
"But they did something like this when I moved in."
"You'll catch on!"
"I never did." A male voice snorted from behind us.
"Miroku-sama!!" the girls exclaimed.
"Thanks for not surprising us." Sango muttered.
I raised her eyebrows in question. I am most certainly glade he didn't surprise us, cause I probably would have jumped a meter into the air and completely embarrassed myself.
"Watch your butt." Yumi was, I think, trying to answer my confusion.
Unfortunately, it only confused me more.
"MY BUTT???" I was beginning to think that they were all mad.
All five girls nodded wisely at me and then Haruna screeched. I heard a *SLAP* as Haruna whirled around.
Miroku stood up with a huge grin on his face as well as a large red mark on his cheek.
"Wha.what did he DO to you???" I have never seen a boy behave like that before.
"He gave me a.massage."
"Mass.age.??" I felt the blood drain from my face. They aren't mad here, they're down right insane!!
"He has an obsession with female butts."
I felt like passing out.
"I take it you've never met a guy like that?" Sango asked with a small grin.
My eyes glazed and I shook my head.
"I'm just one of a kind!" Miroku exclaimed.
"I hope your kind goes extinct soon!" Haruna fired at him. He ignored her.
"So, who's your new friend?" He asked the rest of the small group.
"This is Kagome." Yumi told him.
"Kagome! Welcome to Shikon High! My name is Miroku."
"May I call you Hentai? Or does Mr. Letch sound better?" I quipped.
Miroku ran over to me and put his hand over her mouth.
"SHhhh!! We have a teacher here called Mr. Letch! No joke! I'm serious!! So watch it when you tease about things like that. He could be anywhere!!"
"YOU shouldn't act like that then." Minami told him off.
"Kindly remove your hand from my mouth." my muffled voice penetrated from beneath his hand, "and while you're at it, remove you hand from my rear." I snarled.
Miroku's hand shot back to its proper place: beside him.
*BRINGGGG!!!!*
"Oh! That's the first bell!" Yumi exclaimed.
"Come on Kagome!" Sango grabbed my hand and yanked me off to math.
Miroku followed.
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~*Authors POV*~
*BRRRIINNGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!*
The tardy bell rung and Mr. Kinoshita stood up from behind his desk and addressed the class.
"Gooooooood Morning!!!" he said in that voice that you would you when you spoke to a two year old.
Silence.
He ignored the silence.
"I.would like to welcome..KAGOME HIGURASHI!!!!!" He said it like a game show. Kinda sad.
"Please come up to the front of the room!" he pretended to have a microphone in his hand.
'He is too old to be that stupid.' she thought dully, 'but the girls did warn me.--'
She stood up from her desk next to Sango and made her way up to him. She ignored predatory looks from the guys that she was getting.
"Would you like to say a little bit about your self? And you know, Aye (yes, he said Aye instead of I) don't mean like, where you're from, I mean what do you like to do? Who do you live with?"
'What is this? Kindergarten??' she thought but she gave him what he wanted.
"K. My name is Kagome Higurashi. I live with my Mom, brother and my Grandpa. Oh. And my cat Buyo too. I read a lot and I do a lot of studying but most of my time is spent with my friends. We used to shop, or run around in the park seeing who could run the fastest but what we did the most..was soccer! My nickname was The Wind." She smiled at the memory, "They voted me most valuable player three years in a row."
"The Wind?" came a sarcastic female voice.
"Yea." She responded, "My team and the guys on the sidelines gave it to me." "Why?" same sarcastic voice.
"Cause I was the fastest on the team and I was really strong. That was the team part. But the boy's wanted it because they said I was really gentle and pretty.like the wind."
"Can I go back to my seat now?" she asked the teacher.
"Yes.Kagome (dramatically said) you may!!"
Kagome quickly made her way back to the back of the room next to Sango. "He scares me!!" she whispered fiercely to Sango.
"I think he scares everyone here.." she muttered back.
"Aaaaaallllllllllll righty!! Today , clllllaaaaaaaasss, we are going to talk about....PAWWWWWSITIVE AND NEGATIVE NUMBERSSSS!!!!!!!"
Kagome sat there looking completely freaked.
"Is this natural human behavior?" she asked Sango who shook her head so much that Kagome was amazed that she could still see straight.
"Look at these numbers:"
+10 + +5 -10 + -5 +10 + -5 -10 + +5
"Here is a BRILLIANT IDEA!! Write down all the numbers first and THEN add the pllussssse and ..the minus signs!!"
"No shit Sherlock!" Kagome muttered under her breath.
The back corner that she sat in, which consisted of Sango, Miroku, Haruna and another boy named Tadashi started to laugh but then tried to disguise it by sneezing.
"Puleeeese try to stop the sneeze! We don't want any..GERMS floating around here!"
'Good lord," thought Kagome.
They wrote down the four equations their own way and then sat back and whispered.
"I'm Tadashi!" He quietly introduced himself, "You said you're good at soccer? Will you join the school team then? We REALLY need you! Our girls are good but I've seen them at practice. I fear for our first game."
"Tadashi! Give us a chance!!" Haruna hissed.
"We're on the team too!" Sango winked.
"And so is Minami," Haruna told her.
"I'd love to join!" Kagome exclaimed, "as long as I can keep up with school, then you can count me in!"
Miroku's face lit up, "I'll cheer you guys on!!" he exclaimed.
"You're only doing that because Kagome's gonna play." Sango muttered. "Do I detect jealousy, Sango-chan?" Haruna teased.
Sango blushed and looked away while muttering at Haruna to mind her own business.
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~*Kagome's POV*~
*BRRRRINGGGGGGGG!!*
The class exploded out of their trance and the bell released them from math.
"He can't be for real." I literally rubbed the sleep out of my eyes.
Sango snatched my hand. My guess was that she didn't want to lose me in the halls. It was like two currents and the direction we wanted to go in was on the other side of the hall.
"Everybody has Gym second period!" she exclaimed.
"urr.what do you mean by everybody?" I pictured the entire school squashed in the gym trying to play basketball.
"I mean Yumi, Minami, Haruna, Miroku, Sayori, Tadashi and I!"
"OoOoOoOoh my gosh!~," Haruna caught up to us, "there is this guy in our gym class who is sOoOoOo H.O.T!!"
We managed to cross through the current.
"What? Oh. Yea." Sango seemed to know who she was going to start babbling about.
"His name is Kouga! He is so good at everything we have done in class!!"
"Haruna.we've been at school for.2 weeks! All we've done is tennis! Maybe that's all he's good at, mind you he did come in 2nd place." Sango reminded her friend.
"2ND??? HE WAS THE BEST!!!"
"Inuyasha beat him, remember?"
"Oh yea.Inuyasha's as hot as Kouga but he's not as social."
"He needs to get a better girlfriend." Sango's face turned dark as they reached the gym.
"So what are we doing in class today?" I asked. You see, I really didn't CARE who was hot and who wasn't. If they can do sports, then they are cool enough for me.
"Excuse me!"
I was pushed aside from the gym doors. I glared up at the person who had pushed me and then blinked. She looked just like me! Only more..bitchy.I then looked up at the guy standing next to her and.just...Whoa! He has GORGEOUS hair!! I really wish I could grow mine like that!! I then I got a mental image of myself in poofy long black hair and then grimaced. How about no.
"Did you HEAR me??" The Bitch asked me with annoyance.
"It's not Halloween you know, but great witch costume!" I gave The Bitch the thumbs up sign and then grabbed Sango and pushed past The Bitch, who was standing in shock. I assume that no one had the nerve had dissed her to her face in years. Haruna hurried to the change rooms but Sango struggled free from my grasp and then started stuttering an apology for me.
Unbelievable!
"Please Kikyo!!! S-she's new here!! Don't do anything!!"
The Bitch smirked.
"I'd like to hear an apology from HER."
Oh please. I'm not going to take any crap from some idiot who thinks she's queen of the school. Of course, if she were queen of anything it would be queen of the dead.
"If I felt like apologizing, then I would have." I glared. "You pushed me."
Kikyo (The Bitch) looked like the only brain cell left in her head was going to explode.
"Inuyasha!!" she turned to the boy she was standing next to and whined at him. "DO something!!!" she wailed.
"Kikyo, we're going to be late for class so if you want keep this battle going then that's fine with me but I'm going to go change."
I looked at the clock and noticed that we really needed to hurry.
I turned to her. "Look, if you're sorry for bumping into me and acting like my superior then I'm sorry for calling you a witch." I turned around and Sango got the hint that we were finished and took me to the change rooms. Kikyo showed up about 15 seconds after us. The two of them changed into their gym uniform (gray t-shirt, black shorts) and because I didn't have any, Sango tossed me an extra shirt of hers.
"Just till you get one of your own."
And then she passed me a pair of black shorts. We left the girls room through an opposite door to the gym. Haruna, Minami, Yumi, Miroku, Sayori, and Tadashi all came running up to us.
"Did you guys actually diss Kikyo??" Yumi looked like she had just seen the moon explode. "Tadashi said he heard something!"
"But no..you guys don't believe ME. Hmph!" he looked playfully betrayed, as if he didn't mind.
News travels fast around here.
"So what if I did? She had no right to push me so I called her a witch."
"OoOoOoh!! Kikyo is gonna kill you for that!"
Is it just me or is everybody a sissy here? This Kikyo person had better find something more spectacular to do to me other than whine to her boyfriend.
I looked at Haruna.
"Not if I can help it."
The bell for class to start rang.
This class didn't seem to have any particular order to it so I just stood around with my new friends like everybody else.
Just then, a man walked out of the boys' locker rooms with a clipboard in his hand. I assumed that was our gym teacher, Mr. Sukegawa. He did attendance by calling the names. I looked around when he called 'Okami, Kouga' and saw a muscular guy with hair pulled back in a ponytail.
Ok, what is with guys and long hair at this school?
He came down the list, past 'Shi, Kikyo' *snort*. (In Japanese, Shi means Die so in English, Kikyo's name would be Kikyo Die!!! ^_^ Big thanx to Chibiukyo for providing the translation!~) till the last person. Then he looked up at the rest of us. Yes, he seemed like a strict teacher who didn't take 'I walk to school. Isn't that enough exercise?' from lazy people.
"Is Higurashi, Kagome here? Kagome?"
I raised my hand.
"Kagome, I would like you to know that this is a class that makes you EXCERSIZE. I don't want to see any lying about. The punishment for not doing your best is 45 push ups and it increases by 10 every time."
I gulped. I couldn't do 5 consecutive push ups to save my life.
"Class please start with your warm ups."
I followed the class warm up routine as best as I could and then we were given instructions to go out to the football field were the track equipment was.
I followed the group of girls outside and the boy Inuyasha seemed to make his way to me. How odd. No.He was coming to me. ME! Not Kikyo.hmm..
"Hey, I wanted to apologize for Kikyo's behavior earlier."
Oh Please.
"Thanx but if Kikyo wanted to apologize, then she would do it herself."
Obviously.
"I don't think you understand. Kikyo would drown herself before she apologized to anyone. I'M just saying sorry for the way she treated you."
I decided to make the best of it. I didn't feel like making another enemy especially as he hadn't done anything. I mean, he didn't support me but that's only natural, as he didn't know me.
I looked up at him a gave him a winning smile (or so I hoped), "Thanx for taking the time to apologize. I accept, even though you did nothing to offend me earlier!"
^^ He blinked, turned red, and then muttered something about having to go out to the track courts.or the track.track thingy.@.@
Yea.
Right.
Whatever.
^^
I caught up to Sango as we passed the 'West Hall'. She and Minami were already asking me what Inuyasha had to say to me before I was even beside them. So news doesn't just.travel fast.people WANT it to travel fast.
"So what did Inuyasha have to say to you?"
"He didn't say anything mean to you did he?"
"I mean, it wasn't telling you to stay out of Kikyo's way was it?"
"Will the two of you SHUT UP!!!!!" I blurted.
The girls here just talked WAY too much.
Suddenly they were silent and both of them looked like they were mentally kicking themselves for not giving me a chance to speak.
"Ok." I breathed. "He was merely apologizing for Kikyo's behavior earlier. He seemed like.he owed it to me. And he also said that Kikyo would drown before she apologized to anyone so he decided to do it for her."
The two of them stopped in their tracks.
"What?" I asked.
"I-I-I-Inuyasha.apologized to you??" Minami managed to stutter.
"Inuyasha doesn't apologize. Just like Kikyo." Sango and Minami wore identical expressions of shock. We started walking again.
"Well he acted like he felt he owed it to me and maybe it was because I'm new and I don't know 'the rules' yet but he did it sincerely and I'm not going to think anything of it." I finished firmly.
I noticed the two of them look at each other with suspicion written in neon lettering all over their faces but I ignored it.
Whatever.
"Ok!" Mr. Sukegawa hollered to the class, "I would like you all to get in to groups of two. This person will be your track event partner. When you have chosen your partner, I would like the two of you to come up to me and get this sheet," he waved it around for everyone to see, "and then you may begin. I don't want too many line-ups so spread yourselves apart. Begin!"
I instantly looked around for Sango but right when I saw her, the boy, Kouga, blocked my view. I blinked and realized that he was looking at me.
"Kouga-kun, will you be my partner?" a girl twittered.
"Sorry," he put on a brave face, "but I already have a partner!"
The girl pouted.
He had better not be thinking what I think he's thinking.
He smiled at me.
Damn.
"Come on, Kagome! Let's go and get.our partner sheet!" He grinned stupidly at me.
Ew.
"I already have a partner, SANGO!" I yelled desperately for help.
"Coming, Kagome-chan!" She wore that annoying 'I'm-only-saving-you-because- you're-new-ok?' look but I suppose I was still grateful. He was an annoying boy that claimed me like a lost penny. Grr.
"Come on, Sango. Let's go get our partner sheet." I said with as much ice in my voice as I could muster. Sango shivered but Kouga seemed unfazed by it.
Crap.
"Sango, what makes you think that you can just come up and steal my partner?" Kouga challenged.
Nani? He actually thinks that I left him REGRETFULLY???? HELPPPPP!!!! I decided that ignoring him would be best.
"I said COME ON Sango! We don't want to be caught doing nothing and then be forced to do the push-ups, do we?"
This seemed to spur her on.
But not Kouga.
Now I know why Sango didn't talk about him with fondness in her voice. Why Haruna did, I may never know.
"Listen Kouga," I spat his name, "Go and get yourself another partner, OK??!!"
I glanced over at another quarreling couple and noticed that Inuyasha seemed to be having a tough time with Kikyo. But isn't Kikyo his girlfriend?
@.@
"Listen Kikyo, I have a partner already!! MIROKU!!!!"
Miroku and Tadashi both looked up.
I don't think it was just me but I think Miroku's eyes took on a special light when he looked at Kikyo.
GROSS.
"Miroku's my partner, Kikyo!" He winked several times at the scowling Miroku, who seemed disappointed that he didn't get to partner up with Kikyo. He looked like he was about to protest when Inuyasha cracked his knuckles several times. Miroku gulped and played along.
"But who'll my partner be?" Tadashi complained.
I decided to do him a 'favour'. I dragged Kouga over to them and then shoved him Tadashi's way. I saw Tadashi grimace and then he shoved Kouga in Kikyo's direction. Oh well.
"Come on, Kikyo. Take a break from me, ok?" Inuyasha smiled kindly at her. How could he? How could anyone smile kindly at her?
Kikyo pouted, nodded, and then clutched onto Kouga's arm. The two of them walked up to get their partner sheet. (well, I suppose Kouga kinda wobbled up there from being pushed around)
"That still doesn't put me with anybody." Tadashi pointed out.
"Sorry for making this class have an odd number." I mumbled.
"Don't worry about it," he smiled at me, "I'll go and ask if Miroku, Inuyasha, and I can be a threesome."
Well, to make a long story short, they became a threesome and all of us endured doing running long jump, shot put, high jump, standing long jump, and relay races for 45 minutes.
* * *
My muscles groaned as I passed Sango's shirt and shorts back to her and slid on my bell-bottoms. We had worked hard out there.
"Which class is next?" I wondered out loud as I pulled out my timetable. Sango peered over my shoulder.
"Social Studies, eh? We're studying Pac Rim right now. China."
"Yay." I cheered unenthusiastically.
"I have Science." Sango looked happy.
We left the change rooms and Sango showed me the way to my S.S. class and then left for the science building.
I glanced around the room to see if I knew anybody. Oh great. This would happen to me. Kikyo. Dearest, sweet, QUEEN OF THE UNDERWORLD Kikyo.
I decided to try and get a seat far, far away from her. I walked up to the teacher's desk and introduced myself to the withered old lady sitting behind it.
"Hello, are you," I glanced at my timetable, "Mrs. Kaede?"
The old lady looked up from her computer and smiled at me.
"I am, are you Kagome Higurashi?"
I smiled back and nodded in response.
"I'm afraid that the only empty seat that I have is the one in the back corner." She pointed. I thanked her and made my way to the back of the room. Kikyo was on the other side of the room. Thank you Lord!
~*Authors POV*~
Mrs. Kaede started up the lesson in explaining the culture in China and Kagome, like the rest of the students, found herself fighting to stay awake. Mrs. Kaede wasn't boring like Mr. Kinoshita, but she had her own way of lulling the class to sleep. When she passed out the work sheet, the students unzipped their pencil pouches and took out a pencil and eraser and busily got to work.
Mrs. Kaede sat down at her computer and did whatever teachers do at their computers.
Apparently they read mail.
"Class!" She called out, at about one minute to the bell, "I would like to announce that we will be having a new student join us tomorrow. His name is Naraku."
The name even sent chills up everyone's spine and from the back corner of the class, a gasp escaped from the lips of a very pale Kagome.
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