Disclaimer: Heh heh... I forgot to write this last time, but I own none of the characters in my story until later on, but I don't like them. Don't sue!!!!
Good Times
Chapter 2
firefox369
-----Kagome-----
"HI!!!" I chirped as I slammed the door to my room open and was surprised to find it empty. "Huh?" 'No one's here...' Looking around, I noticed that there was a bunk bed, and that it was placed against the wall to my right. A desk was placed under the window on the side opposite of me and a drawer against the wall on my left. Clothes were all over the floor, one seemed to belong to a child while the other was a few sizes larger. "Two people, huh?"
"What are you doing in my room...?" a voice asked from behind me and I turned around to see none other than Ryoma. "Stalker."
"I'm not a stalker, it just so happens to be that I have to share a room with you, mini-'roh" I countered and he walked past me, setting his tennis bag on the ground.
"Joy..." he sighed.
"You don't sound very excited" I grumbled.
"Neither do you" he replied.
"Can't you see, mini-'Roh? I'm ecstatic..." I stated monotonously, dropping my tennis racket next to his tennis bag and leaving with my schoolbag. "Ugh… not I like I want to live in the same room with you. I'll never be able to marry now… By the way, why are you staying here? You're house isn't very far away from here."
"I have my reasons" he murmured, catching up and walking beside me. "Although for safety precautions, I think it's best if I didn't tell you."
"And why is that?"
"Staaaallllker."
"Right now it seems like you're the one stalking me, Echizen, considering you're the one following me."
"But I don't know where you live."
"I live in the same room you do, moron."
"I was there first."
"I was born into this world first."
"Doesn't matter, I was at this school first" he countered, running ahead of me, leaving me behind. I sighed and rolled my eyes
"Kids these days have no respect for their elders..." I sighed to myself.
"And you, Kagome-chan, are no exception" a voice commented.
"Syusuke-kun!" I whined, glaring at him.
"See what I mean? Glaring at your senpai. What are parents teaching their children these days?"
"I have more respect for my senpai than that brat" I retorted and he shrugged.
"He's treated as a senpai even from the upperclassmen just because he's well-known for his skills at tennis."
"So? Your point? I beat the living daylights out of him earlier today, with my eyes closed, mind you! With. My. Eyes. Clo- Oof! G-gomen!"
"And yet you can't even talk and walk at the same time without running into something... and apologizing to a wall... my, Kagome, how unusual you've become."
"Me? Unusual? This, spoken by a guy that never even opens his eyes! What has the world come to?!"
"What do you mean I never open my eyes?"
"It's true! You never- oh... they're open..." I mumbled, tugging on his cheeks. "Syusuke onii-san should open his eyes more often. It makes him more kawaii."
"Ow!" he hissed and I let go, walking off as he rubbed his cheeks and he followed me. "What do you mean?"
"Onii-san is already popular with the ladies, even with his eyes closed."
"No I'm not."
"If you opened your eyes more often then onii-chan will be even more popular, and finding a girl you like won't be hard."
"What are you trying to say?"
"Oh, come on... Ryoma-kun is getting a girlfriend faster than you are and you're older than him!" I exclaimed and he looked at me uncertainly. "If that were to happen, wouldn't onii-chan feel inferior?"
"...no, not really. Momo-senpai might but I wouldn't."
I sighed and waved my hand in the air in a show of defeat. "Okay, okay, I get it. I won't talk about onii-chan's popularity or his relationships with women anymore." Afterwards, I walked off and entered my own classroom, standing at the front of the room because I didn't have a seat, while Syusuke-kun continued to walk down the corridor to a nearby classroom.
---------Fuji---------
As the last bell rang, I sat down in my desk and pulled out my history book, skimming over what we were supposed to learn about today ahead of time. When the lecture actually started, I began to take notes, not really comprehending what was going on. My mind was not focused, and I often found myself spelling words wrong.
'...Kagome's hiding something...' I erased a word and rewrote it. 'She's hiding something from me otherwise she wouldn't be here right now, in this school. She would still be in Tokyo.'
I set my pencil down and stared out the window. The sky had gotten cloudy and overcast, seeming as if it was going to rain but the weather forecast said that it wouldn't until tomorrow. Then again, you can't really trust weather forecasts very much. The wind was growing, and I was relieved when I realized that even if afternoon practice was canceled, we'd still have gotten an hour of practice in.
'What do you not want me to know? Why do you want me to find a girlfriend now of all times...? Unless...' I felt my blood run cold and the color drained from my face as I tensed. '...no, that can't be it... can it...?'
"Fuji, are you alright?" the teacher asked and everyone turned to look at me. I slowly nodded my head.
"H-hai."
"Why don't you go to the nurse?"
"I'm fine, really..."
He gave me one last uncertain gaze before facing the blackboard again and writing, the occasional screech ringing in my ears as the chalk was rubbed against the black slate. I lowered my head and rested it on the desk, calming down.
"Hey, Inuyasha! Let me go!" a voice shouted and I recognized it as Kagome's. My head shot up and I watched as a boy dressed in red clothing with bleached, silver hair and a baseball cap dragged Kagome down the hallway. She looked frustrated, but also seemed to know the boy.
"Inuyasha! SIT!" she shouted as she was out of sight and a loud crash was heard. There was the sound of stomping and Kagome stormed back to her classroom, slamming the door shut behind her. There was a red blur and banging was heard.
"Get out here, Kagome!" he shouted.
"I wouldn't even if it meant saving my own life you stupid mutt!!!!"
There was a bright flash of light and the boy screamed "WIND SCAR!" before there was a loud crash and screams echoed across the hallway. "Get over here Kagome!"
"No! Inuyasha, let me go! Abuse! Abuse! Harassment! Sexual Harassment!!! PERVERT, GET YOUR HANDS OFF O' ME!" she screamed as she was once again in view.
"Ow! Stupid girl! Stop yanking my hair, dammit!"
"Don't make me use the 'S' word, Inuyasha!"
"Fine! Stay in this stupid place, but I'm picking you up after school!!!!"
"Deal! Buh-bye Inuyasha!" Kagome cooed, turning him around and shoving him in the proper direction before going back to her classroom. There was a squeak and the door to our classroom slammed open. "G-gomen... but... I think... we need a hospital..." she laughed timidly. I could now see the state that she was in and noticed that she was trembling.
"What happened?" the teacher asked, oblivious to what had just occurred.
"M-my class..." she stammered, pointing, and everyone shot out of their seats to see what had happened except for me. I was worried.
"Will you be okay, Kagome?" I asked when we were the only two in the room and she looked at me before giving me a nod.
"Just a little bit surprised that he showed up is all. He wasn't supposed to come until next week..." she replied, calming down. "Not until... next week" she repeated, leaning against the wall and sliding onto her butt. "I'm not... ready yet…"
I sighed and walked over to her, placing my hand on her head. She hadn't been like this since... not since at the orphanage where I first met her. I wasn't adopted, I knew that for a fact. I also wasn't sure if Kagome was also adopted or if she just ran away from home and ended up staying there for a while only to be found by her parents later on. Whatever the case was, I hadn't seen her in this state since her first days there, alone and the only child at the orphanage. It didn't seem like that long ago, and in reality, it really wasn't. The last time I saw her at the orphanage was just one or two years ago, the first time was three or four years ago. She was always running away and finding refuge there, and sometimes I wondered if she ran away just for the purpose of being found again.
She raised her head to look at me and I felt my lips curve into a soft, comforting smile.
"Would you like some juice, Kagome-chan?" I asked and she gave a shaky, but genuine laugh.
"Only if Echizen is the one to buy it. Then his juice money won't be spent on himself alone."
"Hai, hai... he does buy a little bit too much. I find myself wondering how he can possibly fit it all in that stomach of his. He must have to go to the bathroom hundreds of times a day."
She laughed again and I took my hand off of her head, satisfied that she was feeling better. I was suddenly knocked over and I felt Kagome sitting on top of me. Her hand reached for my cheek and she pulled on it.
"Onii-chan is so kind!!!" she laughed, tugging on it and I winced, repeating 'ow' over and over again. "Onii-chan, onii-chan, onii-chan!" she chirped and I sighed, giving up and letting her tug on my cheeks as much as she wanted. There was no way to avoid it, anyways. If I didn't let her do it now then she would do it later on. It also seemed to calm her for some reason, so I let her do whatever she wanted with it for now.
"Oh! Onii-chan?"
"Hm?"
"You're cheeks are red."
"..." 'Why do I make myself go through all of this abuse...? I don't know how much more my poor cheek can handle...' I sighed again as she let go and got off of me and I sat up, looking at her. She stared blankly at the ground, thinking about something. I poked her cheek and she looked at me.
"Hm?"
'Nothing… never mind." 'She seems normal enough…'
"Don't worry, I'll be fine in a few minutes, just let me sit here for a while longer…" she whispered and I nodded, watching as she stared out into the distance, deep in thought. Her hand rose to her chest and squeezed part of her uniform until her knuckles were white.
"…Scared…?" I asked and she looked at me, a nervous smile on her face.
"H-hai, a little."
"About what?"
"What'll happen when I leave after school today… I know that Inuyasha won't do anything to me, so it's not that… it's just… kind of nervous…" She looked at me, smiling, before standing up and stretching. "Well, I think I should go and start helping my classmates now, goodbye, onii-chan."
I watched her leave the classroom and couldn't help but feel that she said 'goodbye' a little too sadly.
'You're not going away forever, are you Kagome…?' Dismissing that thought, I got up and rubbed my sore cheek. She had used a little less strength this time, but it still hurt… If she kept it up my cheek would eventually become as stretchy as a rubber band… I shivered at the thought. It wasn't exactly one of the most pleasant ones I've ever had, and it also scared me a little.
'Hope she doesn't pull on my cheek as much as she did today… if she does…'
To Be Continued...
