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Chapter 3
As the weeks passed, Kagome steadily got accustomed to her new role in school. She had been dubbed the "Joker" seeing as Sesshomaru was the King, Sango was the Queen, Inuyasha was the Jack, and Miroku was the Ace. Sango had told her that they were basing this off of playing cards so it held no real significance except to inflate their egos.
Kagome paused in her note taking. I haven't seen that boy lately. She pondered. The one who's pants I mended. She shook her head. Maybe he didn't attend this school. That was probably it. She let her thoughts wander. Well, I did have fun with Sesshomaru that one Saturday. She giggled under her breath. They had indeed gone for a leisurely stroll in the park. He had held her hand the entire time and had taken her out for coffee after words. He only spoke to ask her how she was feeling and what she wanted to drink. She had been fine, just a little cold. Taking a walk in mid November without a sweater on was not the brightest move she had ever made. Sesshomaru was a gentleman and offered up his jacket in order for her to stay warm. She smiled at the memory. Life at that particular moment, couldn't get any better.
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"I don't understand why you stay home all the time!" He heard his brother say to him as he worked on his homework on the couch. "I know that you are allowed to work from home, but don't you have any friends?" He looked up from his maths assignment and gazed over to the kitchen. His brother was busy fixing lunch. "I noticed that you came home the other day looking amused, I also noticed that those pants you love so much had been properly patched. Did you take them to get fixed?" He shook his head and put his books on the coffee table.
"Some girl with two guardian characters sewed them up for him! I think that the abysmal patch job irked her!" Snó exclaimed. His brother looked amused.
"En flicka? Broder, är ni vistas hem på grund av en flicka?"
"Shut up! I thought we agreed not to speak that language!" His brother looked somberly at him.
"Nej, broder, ni har gjort att beslut själv." He stood up and marched up to his room.
"I'm not having lunch." He called down before slamming his door. It was true though, ever since his parents had died, he had sworn never to speak his native language. It hurt too much. Moder, fader, he thought as unshed tears pricked his eyes. Jag beklagar. A long as it was in his own head, he had no problem speaking. Maybe one day he would speak that language out loud again, but until that day came, it would stay in his head.
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She rested herself against the railing and let the wind blow through her hair. She had needed to escape the noise of the school and had sought refuge on the roof. Midnight had flown off with the other characters and Bebé-Chan was asleep in her egg. She sighed contentedly as she pulled her sweater closer around her. It was almost December. She groaned at the thought. Who transfers schools during the second trimester? Well,she thought. At least I know I'll have some friends going into my senior year when I come back in April. She shook her head slightly. What am I thinking? I still have the rest of this month, Winter Break in December, and the third trimester from January to early March. Gah! I am such a sap! She rested her back on the railing and tilted her head back and closed her eyes.
"So this is where you were." She opened her eyes.
"Hello." She yawned. "What brings you here?" He sidled up next to her and mimicked her stance.
"Everyone wondered where you were and Midnight started going into hysterics about bad things happening, which in turn excited Nichi and it just got too noisy. So, I figured that I would go find you, bring you back, and everything would go back to being moderately peaceful." She shrugged herself off of the railing and picked up her bag.
"If it is really that bad, I guess I could go and diffuse the situation." he smirked slightly and took her free hand in his and walked her down to the greenhouse.
She was instantly tackled by a violet blur and a red blur.
"I thought that you had been attacked by a giant panda!" Nichi wailed. Midnight bonked him on the head.
"NO! It was a frozen iguana that fell on her head and knocked her unconcsious!"
"But I thought you said it was a giant pink panda!"
"No! YOU said it was a giant pink panda!"
"Woof!"
"Meow!"
"Oink!"
"Moo!"
"Neigh!"
"Polly want a cracker?"
"Hiss!"
"Cock-a-doodle-doo!"
"Cluck!"
"Quack!"
"Hoot! Hoot!"
"Roar!"
"Purr!"
"Ribbit!"
"Tweet! Tweet!"
"Honk!"
"Squeak!"
"Oo! Oo! Ee! Ah! Ah!"
"Blub, Blub, Blub!"
"What kind of animal is that?" Midnight asked indignantly.
"It's a fishie! What other animal goes blub?" Nichi responded equally indignant. Kagome laughed into the palm of her hand as she listen to the two character's silly banter.
"Actually Nichi, fish don't make noise. The "blub" you are referering to could be the sound of bubbles popping as they escape the fish's mouth." Sai said as she took a sip of tea. That shut Nichi and Midnight up for about five significant seconds before they started dickering about something else.
Everyone in the room was laughing whole-heartedly; watching Nichi and Midnight interact was better than TV!
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They walked to the park as soon as school was done for the day. Again, he said nothing, but he did smile upon noticing that she still had his jacket from their first outing. He liked her, to say the least. She was easy to be around and she didn't demand a lot of attention… intentionally. She was a bit of a klutz and had a tendency to fall over if she stayed sanding in the same spot for too long; she also was able to trip over thin air, slip on nothing, and look dead ahead and still manage to walk into the bright orange shrubbery.
He smiled softy to himself as he watched run up the path and turn to wave at him before running back and falling face first on the gravel. He walked over and helped her to her feet. Her jeans had ripped and her right knee was bleeding. She laughed and spun around a few times on her injured leg, testing it out. Deeming it a minor injury, she grabbed his hand started running. A few yards later, she tripped over a tree root and fell over, dragging him with her. He fell on top of her and she let out a small "oof!" but laughed at it as he rolled off her. The lay on the grass for a while just laughing and holding hands. She is such a free spirit. He thought as they resumed their walk. I haven't laughed that much since I was in primary school. I haven't laughed at all since primary school. He stopped walking. She stopped as well.
"Yes?" She asked with slight worry. He pulled her to him and embraced her. It was a tender embrace. She looked up into his eyes, but they were closed. He lowered his head and burried his face in her hair. What? She thought. "Are you alright?" She asked. She felt him nod and his grip on her waist tightened. Smiling, she reached up and patted his head. She had to bite back a laugh. If he had a tail, it would have been wagging. When he let go, his face was tinted pink.
"Sorry," he said, his face falling into an emotionless mask. "I got carried away." She tried not to laugh. THAT'S what he calls 'getting carried away?' Awe! He was like a little puppy! Oh My Goodness! Soo cute! She looked her arm through his and clung to it.
"Come on," she said. "Let's get some coffee or some other hot beverage and call it a day, eh?" He nodded silently and they left the park.
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When she woke up, she nearly screamed. Why hadn't anyone woken her up? She took a lightning fast shower, hopped into a random pair of jeans, a green tee with the sleeves torn off, a red hoody , and a pair of cute red boots. She sighed gratefully as she popped a piece of toast in her mouth and ran out the door. Character changing with Midnight had its perks. She seriously did NOT want to be late for her first day of work.
When she got to the store where she was supposed to work, she walked straight up to the manager. She told Kagome to change into the uniform and help customers. As much as she really didn't want to wear a cute elf costume, if she got paid a considerable amount an hour, she'd do her job barefoot if the manager told her to.
It was December, school was out for the month and she needed money in order to buy her friends their presents. She already had a rough outline of what to get everyone. For Kirara, catnip; for Sai, a tea set; for Nichi, a stick (she could pick one up in the grass and tie a ribbon around it); for Daikichi, she still hadn't figured it out yet. For Snó, a scarf. She had no gifts for the humans well, except for Sango. Kagome had her eye on a pair of new trainers that her sports loving friend would adore.
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As she headed home from work, she heard someone calling out to her.
"Excuse me! Miss?" She turned to see who was calling her. A beautiful woman wearing a kimono walked up to her. Behind the woman was a young man who looked highly uncomfortable. Kagome also noticed that both the woman and the boy had guardian characters. Kagome inclined her head to acknowlege that she had heard the woman. "This little girl said that she recognized you." One of the guardian characters flew up to her. Kagome smiled.
"Hello Snó." She said. The little character smiled and threw her hands in the air.
"I'm so glad that you remember me! I saw you in the store but Rayne and Engel said that it couldn't be you. But then I thought, Engel never met you before! Then I thought again, I don't even know who you are! You never told me your name!" Kagome laughed. Midnight and Bebé-Chan emerged from their eggs and Rayne followed suit followed by another character. This new character had brown hair with little red horns poking out of his head. Over the horns floated a gold halo. On his back he had fluffy angel wings, but he also had a devil's tail. He had one blue eye and one red eye. He crossed his arms in front of his chest and nodded to Kagome.
"I'm Engel," he said. "I'm this pansy's guardian character." The woman looked appaled.
"I am not a pansy!" she declared. "I'm just sensitive!" Kagome chuckled and held out her pointer finger.
"Nice to meet you Engel, my name is Kagome. These are my guardian characters Midnight," Midnight twirled once, bowed and said.
"Nice ta meet'cha! ... SPLEEEEEEN!" She looked around suspiciously for a moment before perking right back up. "WOOF!" Kagome and the woman giggled.
"And this," Kagome continued. "Is Bebé-Chan." Bebé-Chan bowed.
"It is a pleasure I am sure." She said smoothly. The woman smiled warmly and held out her hand.
"I am Jakotsu, det är trevligt att träffas." She said. Kagome blinked. Ja – ko – tsu? But wasn't that…? "A boy's name? Yes it is." Kagome blinked again. "Yes, I am male. On the whole I don't favour girls, but my brother has a female character so, I had to adjust. And both Rayne and Snó thought you to be good so, I decided to see for myself." A disgruntled grunt came from behind Jakotsu.
"We're not here to gossip or chit-chat or anything else Jak." Kagome peered around Jakotsu's back and pursed her lips.
"Didn't I mend your pants the other week?" she asked. The boy nodded looking thoroughly put out. Kagome huffed. "You could have at least said thanks." It was thusly mumbled.
"Ban-Ban~!" Snó whined. "That's rude!" Kagome chuckled again.
"That's OK." She said. "Well, I have to go now. It was nice meeting you Jakotsu!"
Translations:
En flicka? Broder, är ni vistas hem på grund av en flicka? - A girl? Brother, you're missing school because of a girl?
Nej, broder, ni har gjort att beslut själv. - No brother, you decided that by yoursefl.
Moder, fader, jag beklagar. - Mother, father, I'm sorry.
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