LunchTime!
Note: In case anyone bothers wondering, Jaken was just there to send greetings from InuNoTaisho to his sons
"Riiiiiiiiiing!" the bell rang long and loud as the fourteen students gratefully hurried out to lunch. Lunch was served in the cafeteria, and (much to Rin's dissapointment), they had to stay in the cafeteria. She had hoped she could sit outside, but it seemed the school was determined to keep her inside at all times. Proof? She cast a rather annoyed glance at the now-closing iron and steel bolted gates. She felt like a prisoner in her own school. Why did she let them accept her? Why? Why? Why?
Kagome looked wearily at the cafeteria. This was the last place on the earth she would ever want to eat in. Sadly, she had too. She gazed at the pitch-black gates that had slammed shut once more. She looked at the food. Though it was fit for a king(or queen) she felt like she was being trapped.She glanced around at the four neat, lined up silver tables that the students were allowed to sit at. Kikyo, Kaede, Koga and Kagura occupied one of them. It was like one of the school rules(one that they had made up, obviously) the popular people get their own table. Sesshomaru got a table himself. Half of the reason was that no one wanted to sit next to him (except Kagura). The other half was that he allowed no one to sit next to him. Anyone who bothered trying, he glared at them and growled. If they hadn't left by then. He would threaten to use his poison claws on them. That sent them scurrying for cover. Thus, he sat by himself. Which was fine by everyone else since their opinions wouldn't have mattered much anyway. The next table was taken by Naraku, Kanna, and Hakudoshi. No one bothered sitting there either, since there was always a poisonous cloud hovering over it. The only one who could sit there unharmed, besides that group, was Sesshomaru.(and he didn't want to anyway) At the last table, Kohaku, InuYasha, Miroku, Sango, and herself sat there. They had sat there since their arrival at Shikon Private School. She then noticed Rin sitting by herself on the ground. Kagome decided to invite her over.
"Hey, InuYasha! May I invite Rin to come sit next to us?"
"H , No! Sesshomaru is supposed to show her around and I want to see him get humiliated!"
"But Rin shouldn't have to suffer!"
"So? I wanna see my stupid half-brother suffer!"
"I don't want to see her suffer!"
"So?"
Okay, I'm inviting her over, and there's nothing you can do about it!"
"Hey, wait, what was the point of asking me then!"
"SIT!" Kagome shouted as InuYasha plummeted to the ground. Courtesy of his necklace!
"Stupid girl..."he muttered angrily as she began to walk over to Rin.
Kanna watched with an even MORE expressionless face than Sesshomaru (boy, I thought that that was impossible!) as Kagome began to walk down to the newest student, Rin. This would mean that she was inviting her to join their group. Kanna alerted Naraku; her master. Long, long ago, she had traded her soul for eternal life and power. Now she was his emotionless slave. He thanked her for the information and continued to eat his lunch, plotting on how he could use their friendship to his advantage. Kanna noticed that he had smirked, meaning that he had something extremely devious in that head of his. She carelessly wondered whether or not Rin's soul was pure. She decided to take a look since she had nothing better to do and Naraku had specifically commanded her to practice her soul-seeing abilities. She steadied her emotionless eyes and looked into Rin's soul itself. What she saw shocked her out completely. She knew this knowledge, yet the girl had enough power in her to subconsciously put a spell that prevented all who knew from telling anyone else. Kanna came to a shocking realization. This little fifth grader contained more magick than Naraku. She wasn't even aware of that fact since Kanna noticed in the Magick class she had pathetically told Ms. Coriania that she had no magick. Kanna thought it was rather strange that everyone sensed her magick, and only Rin herself did not. It was one of the many mysteries of life, Kanna decided to herself.
Rin stared into space as she ate her lunch. She had the worst day so far. She had gotten totally humiliated in magick class by saying she didn't know any magick. She blushed deep red at the thought. Then, she had gotten lost on her way to find the cafeteria. After that misery, the person who was supposed to show her around ended up not doing anything at all! In fact she would have rather had a brick wall escort her around the school. It had way more results than trying to talk to him! (meaning Sesshomaru) To top it all off, she had to sit ON THE GROUND at lunch because she was too shy to ask to go sit with a group. Rin had always been treated like a princess, so this was a total change of situation here. She hadn't even made one friend. That would have been very bad for most people but to Rin that was okay. She never really associated herself with other people, demons, whatever. They probably wouldn't want to anyway, thinking of her as a rich, stuck-up, snobby person. She was quite the opposite. Sure, she was rich, but she was kind, caring, gentle, and normally always bittersweet. It was strange since you don't think a mere child could hold that much sadness in her eyes. Thus, she was quite used to solitude.
"Hey! Rin! I'm Kagome! Do you wanna eat with us?"Kagome said rather cheerfully. Rin could not believe her ears. Here, a girl was asking her to eat lunch with her? Unbelievable.
"Ummm... sure. Are you sure about this, though? I mean, I don't think I attract good things..."Rin said, still wondering if it was a really good dream.
"I am totally positive! Beside, it's not like I attract luck or fortune either!' she said a bit too cheerfu. Thus, Rin shakily moved to Kagome's table. She was greeted warmly, though strangely. InuYasha just 'feh-ed' (as usual), Sango smiled at her, and the most unusual one was Miroku. He walked up to her and smiled a rather devious smile.
"You are such a pretty girl, would you mind-"WHACK! Miroku was cut off in mid-sentence by Sango's whack. She smiled at Rin and sweetly said," It just means that he thinks you are pretty!" Weird, thought Rin as she was welcomed by her new friends. She couldn't believe it. She couldn't believe it; she had friends. She, the 'loner' had finally made some friends.
Sesshomaru noticed that Rin had brightened up since his younger half-brother's friend had invited her to their group. He wondered how in the world she was so simply pleased. He wondered how strong her magick truly was. He wondered when he would find out. He would be shocked at the discovery.
Kagura noticed Sesshomaru had glanced at Rin. She nearly blazed from jealousy. How in the world was that girl getting his attention! What on earth had she done wrong? Why couldn't he like her? What was wrong with her? This sudden rage welled up very strong magick and she gathered it, formed it into a hurricane ball, and mentally threw it at Rin. She knew inside that she had purposely wanted that to happen. But what happened was a real shock to all of the students at Shikon Private School.
Rin turned and saw the hurricane headed straight for her. NO! she thought as she begged the wind to stop and spare her. Amazingly, it seemed that the wind obeyed her, for it stopped immediately and dissapitated. Kagura was shocked beyond belief. How could this little girl that said she could not use magick have stopped her most powerful wind attack with such ease! It was unheard of. Rin seemed surprised at the outcome of her desperate praying, but she gratefully thanked the spirits for sparing her life...at the moment.
"What… just happened? Rin? Are you okay?" Kagome asked in a worried manner.
"Yeah…I'm fine, just fine," she replied rather shakily. She stood up and began to walk toward the door, trying to get outside.
"Hey, Rin, do you need any help? I mean, you don't look very fine. Are you SURE that you're okay?" Kagome asked. She and the rest of her group gasped; a thump was heard. She looked and saw that Rin had fainted. "Oh my gosh! Ummm… TEACHER!" she screamed at the top of her lungs. Artemis ran quickly over and felt Rin's hand.
"Oh, don't worry, dear, Rin here has just collapsed because she used her magick way too much at one time. I suppose she has never used her magick like this before. Oh my goodness! She stopped a direct wind elemental attack! Who did it! Why! " Artemis seemed shocked. All fingers pointed to Kagura who smiled sheepishly.
"What was your name… ah yes, Kagura. Do you know what in the world you just did?"
"Ummm…No?"
"You have just awakened Rin's magickal abilities, and by the pulse of the magick, if it were trained and leveled, it would be greater than mine! Kagura, you absolutely must remember to never, ever, ever use a wind attack on Rin!" Artemis said sternly
"Why?"
"Why! What do you mean by why! Don't you understand! This girl here cannot control her abilities yet, and thus, her magick is basically on autopilot! You will get seriously hurt if you try to do anything to Rin and I mean it!" Artemis said, getting worked up.
"I highly doubt she can do anything to ME! I mean, come on, I can't even FEEL her magickal aura and only level 5 magick-users can actually shroud their magickal abilities!" Kagura said getting angrier by the second. There was NO WAY this fifth-grader was more powerful than her! She wanted to prove that to everyone else too, though!
"But, Kagura…Rin is-"Artemis began and was cut off by Kagura.
"I challenge Rin, when she regains consciousness, to a battle of magick during the second class period! I do hope she will accept defeat or will she just chicken out!" Kagura said with her building rage and anger. This little girl had taken everything from her without knowing it. Her Sesshomaru, her rank, even her magick! Kagura took pride in being the top female magick user in the school. It was her second most-proud position. First? Obviously the second-most popular girl ever to attend Shikon.
"Kagura! You can't do that! Rin is three whole grades below you! It would give you the greatest edge ever!" Sango said, sticking up for Rin.
"If she was normal, I wouldn't, but didn't you hear what Ms. Coriania said! Rin has very strong magick, and I want it!" Kagura said, getting more and more annoyed. How in the world did Rin get that many supporters so fast!
"Ms. Coriania, do something! Rin will get hurt AND get her magick drained from her if you don't do something! You don't know how strong Kagura' s magick is! She uses her spirit, not her body!" Kagome yelled to Artemis. How could a teacher not care for the welfare of her students!
"That's okay, Kagome, don't worry about Rin! She'll do fine, I know she will!" Artemis said and gave her a reassuring smile. "Now, let me inform Principle Kim of the Magick Battle! Oh, and by the way, it will be at the pool!"
Note to all of those who are confused: A magick challenge is when two magick users face off in a duel to test their skills. The winner is able to claim the other's magickal abilities if they want them. The duel is in an elemental zone(pool, forest, fireplace ha ha, windmill, etc.). The two magick users will battle until one of them forfeits, dies, runs away, or successfully knocks the other one unconscious. At Shikon Private School, the duels are a big deal to everyone and classes are stopped just for them!
Oh! In your reviews, if you have time, please write a truth/dare for a character and I might post it up! No swearing though, and nothing disgusting because they are only in 4-9th grade! Just put character name and the truth/dare If I get enough, well, Truth or Dare Time for the InuYasha cast! Bye for Now!
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