Midoriko Academy
Chapter 2- A New Beginning
Kagome could feel the eyes staring at her as she pulled up to the enterance of her new school. 'Why on my birthday, of all days should I have to start school?' she asked. Kagome's car door creaked as she swung it slowly open and began wandering around the school, hoping to stumbel upon the addmissions office. However, what Kagome found wasn't the addmissions office at all; It was the detintion hall.
~a while later~
Inuyasha sat where he usually sat there wondering how much time he had before the teacher returned when he herd a knock on the door; And then he smelt it, the blood of the women who trapped him in this hell. As the door slowly creept open, it reveeled what looked to be his ex-girlfriend Kikyo.
"What are you doing here Kikyo? Where have you been?" He sneered at Kagome.
"Kikyo? Well whoever that is, it's not me because my name is-" Kagome tried to explain.
"What are you doin in here? I don't remember seeing another name on the detention list." The teacher exclaimed, walking in behind her.
"As I was trying to explain sir, I was trying to find the addmissions office."Kagome anwsered turning her head toword the teacher.
"Addmissions office? What are you talking about Kikyo?" Inuyasha said emeditly forgeting that Kagome said she was not Kikyo .
"Like I was saying I was trying to find the addmissions office, because I am name is Kagome not who ever this Kikyo person is."Kagome anwsered starting to get irritated.
"Your right," Inuyasha said stiffing "your not her."
"Well, follow me to the addmissions office Ms...?" The teacher said turning to leave.
"Higurashi." Kagome finished, sending a glance InuYasha's way.
Kagome quickly turned and followed the teacher to get away from the boy who adressed her so rudely before.
Inuyasha sat in detention wondering how this Kagome person could resemble and smell so much like Kikyo and yet not be her.' That wench was just as pretty as Kikyo but in different ways; Kikyo was like a porcelain doll: pale, beutiful and cold, where as the Wench was like a sunflower: gorious, warm and radiated with her sence of self.' With that tought Inuyasha sat there wondering how this girl -that he just met- could occupie his mind for such as lengthy period of time. He tryed to convince with himself that it was because she reminded him of Kikyo. He thought over and over again trying harder each time to convince himself, even though he knew that's not the reason this girl interested him. The real reason was because Kagome was not afraid of him, or anything else in the school; A school full of the most powerful teenagers in the country.' I only got a wiff of joy, confussion, and power on that little Wench. Well Im going to have to look into this Kik-Kagome Higurashi person.'
~Later; With Kagome~
Kagome had history. She was finding it rather slow place for a high school; Considering the facts that the class was learning about the feduel era and the shikon no tama, and her grandfather already taught her about this as a young age, due to the fact of his unhealthy obsession with that age. Kagome just sat there and nonchalantly glanced out the window while other mikos, monks, demon slayers, and demons tried -unsucsesfully- to pay attention to the teachers lecture.
The next class on Kagome's schedual was English. 'Why are there so many normal-everyday-boring classes here?'Kagome thought walking into the classroom. The class was reading Romeo & Julite. Kagome was dissapointed because she had already read this play many times last year in drama. That feeling quickly vanished as said they would each read aloud because at her old school, the drama teacher was the only person who was allowed to read. Soon became Kagome's turn; She and cleared her throat and begain to recite the page she was assigned:
"'Tis but thy name that is my enemy;
Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.
What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot,
Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!
What's in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet;
So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name,
And for that name which is no part of thee Take all myself." Kagome read, getting into the character of Julite.
The teacher fell slilent as Kagome finished, as the rest of the room started with a slow and small applause thinking 'Not bad".
"Wonderful, just wonderful." Exclaimed the teacher, tilting his head slightly to the side, "Most student's struggel with William Shakespeare but you seem to be quite well versed in this. Tell us Kagome, have you ever been in a play before?" The Teacher asked with hope soaking his voice.
"No, I haven't?" Kagome said timidly, suddenly feeling uncomfrotable under everyone's eyes.
"Well, you just wait until we have are annual shakespearean play Im sure we could find a part for you." He said in a cheery voice.
"Alright..." Kagome said unsurely.
~Later on~
After english Kagome had a free class and so she went and sat under a large oak tree in the school yard. Head in her math book, trying to decipher all the problems before class hoping she wouldn't look like a fool on her fist day.
"Hey wench." She heard someone all from above slowly looked up seeing the boy she had meet in the detention hall.
"Oh,...hey. Don't call me that." She replied unsure of how to react.
"It's Kagome right?" Inuyasha asked smelling her uneasyness.
"Yeah. So, who are you? I didn't catch it last time we -er- talked." Kagome trying not to argue and possibly make a new friend.
"Oh. Im Inuyasha Takahashi. Yeah... About before, I thought that you were- It dosen't matter. Why are you studying? It's the fist day ya' know." He said with a raise of his eyebrow.
"Well let's just say that math isn't my best subject." Kagome replyed with embaressment plastered on her face.
"Oh! Well math happens to be one of my best subjects." Inuyasha said while his stomach groweled, demanding food.
"Are you hungry?" She asked hearing Inuyasha's stomach.
"Now that you mention it..." Inuyasha trailed off thinking about what he wanted to eat.
"Well Im pretty hungry too. I think there is a taco stand down the street. Do you want to go get some with me?"
"I guess." Inuyasha anwsered while jumping out of the tree, feeling as though he were being lured into a false sence of security.
Kagome and Inuyasha started walking away from the school, erning sideways glances from the other students passing by. It wasen't a far walk, but to them it was unbarable because of the silence that was shadowing over them. Kagome was the fist to break the horrible emptyness.
"So, Inuyasha how long have you been at this school?"
"Humm? Oh, I've been here for two years. But it feels alot longer." Inuyasha said mumbling the last part.
"Why? Don't you like it here?" Kagome asked hearing everything.
"No reason, I guess." He stated.
"Ohh, ok. So why were you in detention anyway?"
"My ex-girlfriend blamed something on me a while ago and im still paying for it now. Even though she transfered."
Kagome didn't know why, but she felt a little weird after hearing InuYasah had a girlfriend. Kagome realized that she shouldn't be stressing over nothing and quickly pretended to forget about it for now. She snapped her head toward Inuyasha as fast as she could, trying to blur her mind.
"That's horrible! What did she blame on you?" Kagome asked conserend.
Inuyasha sighed knowing the ending to the story already. "She was the school's treasurer, and she said that I stole the money that was raised that year. She transfered school's and I have haven't seen her sence she broke-up with me..." Inuyasha finished while looking at the ground. "And now," Inuyasha continued looking up with a enraged look upon his face "people are still trying to find the money."
Kagome was almost in tears by the end of Inuyasha's story. 'Why would someone do that, breakup with them, and then just leave? You would have to be special kind of mean.' Kagome thought to herself. Inuyasha slowly looked over at her smelling something salty. And then he saw why; A singel tear rolled down Kagome's cheek while she sniffeled trying to hold the rest back. Inuyasha just stared at her asking himself why she would be crying, coming up with no anwser he decided to ask her himself.
"Hey wench, why are you crying?"
"D-don't call m-me w-w-wench Inuyash-sha." Kagome blubbered
"Fine! Why are you crying?"Inuyasha asked sencerly
"B-bec-cus-se, th-that-s so me-mean. W-why wo-would-d so-someone do that t-to y-you? Wait w-was she that Ki-Kikyo persons that y-you were calling m-me when we first m-met?" Kagome asked in a shaky voice.
"Yeah. You two look so much alike I could barely tell that you weren't her."
Kagome sobbed even harder. 'I would never do that.' Kagome thought over and over hoping it would come out in words so Inuyasha could hear her. Inuyasha hated seeing woemn cry, and so he did the first thing that came to his mind that he thought would help calm Kagome down. He reached over and pulled Kagome into a tight hugg and started stroking the back of her head.
"It's oh-kay Kagome. Calm down please. I hate seeing women cry. Everything is fine." Inuyasha said while continuing to stroke her hair.
"B-but it's just s-so sad inuyasha! Are you alright?"Kagome whispered.
"Im fine women! Calm yourself and we can go and get some taco's." Inuyasha said while pulling away, slightly blushing.
"Oh-kay sorry for being such a burden."
"Lets's just go. Im really hungry." Inuyasha said while patting his empty belly.
"Alright, Inuyasha. I'll race you there!" Kagome finished as she took off running.
Inuyasha of course reached her in a matter of seconds and quickly ran past her. Inuyasha leaned agianst a telephone-poll while waiting for Kagome to catch up. Kagome finaly caught up with him and was baffeled at his speed.
"H-how did you... get here so...fast Inu-..Yasha?" Kagome said panting.
"Well thats easy girl, Im part demon." Inuyasha said eyeing the taco stand.
"Oh. I never really thought of you as anything like that. That was stupid of me I guess; You go to M.A. I just thought of you as any regular person." Kagome said eyeing the taco stand herself. "Well, Im starving let's get some taco's and head back to school Inuyasha." Kagome tossed a look at InuYasha and started walking to the stand.
Inuyasha stood there mouth hanging open. 'How the hell could she just treat everyone the same? Everyone else called people like me names or forced us to fight. Well other than Kikyo. So alike and yet un-alike..' Thought InuYasah before following after Kagome to get something to eat.