Ghostly Loners
Chapter 3
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Chapter 3: Demon?
"Why is he a demon?" Kaede asked. She had felt a girl studying demons her entire life might recognize the signs.
"Well, you see, Sango..." Jennifer said, jumping in with what Kaede thought was going to be help. But both her and Inuyasha cringed at her next words. "When a mommy human and a daddy demon want a baby they..." She trailed off, leaving everyone staring at her in disbelief.
"What she means to say is, Inuyasha is a half-demon?" Miroku asked. He was as perplexed as everyone else in the room at how Jennifer was acting.
"Kinda. What I really meant is, he was born a half demon. He is a half demon because he was born that way." Jennifer said.
"That still doesn't explain why he is at an all-human school. And where are his claws? What about his other demon attributes?" Sango asked.
"They are hidden beneath a spell that I myself put on him, when he was just six years old. His parents did not want him to be shunned. The only demon attribute you can see is his silver hair." Kaede stated flatly. Jennifer nodded.
"But why is he here? Aren't you worried about him mauling a student that gets him angry?" Sango pressed further. Inuyasha's eyes narrowed, as did Jennifer's.
"He isn't like that!" "I'm not like that!" They shouted at the same time. They paused to glance at each other, then they turned away. You could almost see a pale flush on Jennifer's cheeks.
"It is as they say, Sango. You do not need to be so worried. Inuyasha is still to guide you around the school. You are to be kind to him and not tell the secret. Agreed?" Kaede asked. Her no-nonsense tone was back, and Jennifer shivered at its sharpness.
"Agreed." Miroku said as Sango was opening her mouth. She gave him a pointed look and walked out the door.
"Okay, Inuyasha, time to go." Jennifer said, standing up and walking out... er, through the door. Kagome and Miroku soon followed, Inuyasha taking the time to half-heartedly glare at Kaede.
"Where to go first?" Jennifer asked.
"So, Inuyasha, what's your last name?" Kagome asked. She had thought he was cute from the beginning, but was still too afraid to show it.
"... It's Shiro." He said cautiously. He knew she wasn't bad because Jennifer and Kaede trusted her, but he couldn't put down his walls that easily anymore. After the accident, he hadn't trusted anyone but Kaede and Jennifer.
"Shiro, huh? Mine's Higurashi. Kagome Higurashi." She said. Up ahead Jennifer was showing Sango and Miroku where their second period class was.
"... And over that way is the gym. You guys have that sixth period. After forth period, you guys have lunch, and the cafeteria is over this way..." Jennifer said. She was more than happy to finally be talking to someone else. Just her, Inuyasha and Kaede could get kind of... well, really boring.
"Hey, Jennifer..." Miroku started. He had always wondered, but because she might consider it rude, he was cautious.
"Yeah?" Jennifer said, turning around. She continued to glide over the floor, though, still leading them through the school.
"What is it like... I mean, um..." Miroku started. He was trying, but he couldn't form whatever he was going to say.
"What's it like to die?" Jennifer said for him.
"Yeah." He said.
"Very painful." Jennifer said, smirking. She remembered her own death, and how much it had hurt for the few remaining seconds of her life.
"Er..." Miroku started. Sango, who had been listening the entire time, smiled at the look of pure terror on his face.
"Well, it depends on how you die. I was shot through the lung and heart. But I think you don't really feel anything if you die by natural causes."
"What's being a ghost like?" Sango asked. Demon genius, sure. Anything about ghosts? Zilch.
"Well, it's like living, only you aren't restricted by physical limitations. But you can't talk to many people. There's also another place, I don't know what it's called, but it's a place where only ghosts and one person have gone. After you go there, you can't come back."
"I guess the other place is Heaven, right?" Sango asked.
"No. More like an alternate universe." Jennifer said. "Every single dead person is there. Entire families meet up and talk about what happened. People even fall in love over there. I don't want to go there, though. As a five year old, nobody wants to die. Also, when you're a ghost, you aren't stuck to one age. If I was alive now, I'd look like this, but since I'm not, I can change my shape, size and age. It comes in handy sometimes."
"It must." Miroku said. He checked his watch. Thirty till eight. And the thought that Jennifer had died at the supremely young and tender age of five.
While their conversation was going on, the first of the busses had gotten to school, and people were hanging out or going to their classes. Kagome was also trying to break Inuyasha out of his shell more.
"Lets get to class." Jennifer suggested, turning back around and pointing. "English, away!!"
"Fricken' lech..." Kagome muttered after hitting Miroku on the head again. English had been a breeze, but with it, came Miroku's close proximity. Not only to her, but to the other girls in the class. Surprisingly, though, Inuyasha had joined in with the pounding of Miroku.
'Already, he's coming out of his shelter...' Jennifer thought. Just a week ago, he wouldn't have answered a question about world history, but now he's finally answering a personal question. From a girl, no less!
"So, where to next?" Sango asked, looking at Inuyasha.
"Home Ec." Inuyasha said. His voice still sounded rough, but he had talked more today than he had in the past week. He was going to get used to it.
"I think we're sewing..." Jennifer said. Kagome looked over her shoulder at her, though one of the biggest rules was to not acknowledge her in public.
"She can... I don't know how to explain it. She can send out her presence or something. I dunno." Inuyasha explained.
"Or I can walk to the room and back while you guys are reading." Jennifer said. "But he's right. I used to connect my senses to the electronic system and travel to the next room to see what they're doing. It keeps you prepared."
"So, are we sewing?" Miroku asked. They were at the locker bay now. This school was different from their last, one of the differences being the lockers. Instead of being lined along the hallway, there were little 'Bays' that held about 75 lockers per bay. You had a different bay for each grade, and a row of ten extra lockers near the gym. By mere coincidence, their lockers were almost right next to each other.
Another difference, and a big one, was the teachers. But that comes later.
"Just down this hallway, third door on your left." Jennifer said, opening their lockers instantly. She had told them about this little trick earlier. It was a true timesaver.
"Okay. Let's go." Sango said, pulling out her next set of notebooks. 'I hate Home Ec.' she thought.
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