A/N: Hey everyone! I'm still here! This is the new chapter, so please enjoy. The next one for my other story should be up sometime next week or the week after, depending on how long it takes me to write it.
Welcome to Shikon High (The Re-write!)
Chapter 9
The Chorus director entered the room a few minutes before the bell. She surveyed the students before her, searching for new faces. Finding only one, she smiled with a slight frown, hoping to have maybe gotten some fresh voices. Unfortunately, that was not the case, but she would make do. Hopefully, the new girl would bring something unique to the table.
Having taken their expected seats in the back, the five girls waited patiently for the teacher to speak. Meanwhile, Kikyo had chosen three chairs near the front for her "crew".
An authoritative female voice rang throughout the room, bouncing off the walls and silencing the remnants of hushed, pre-class chatter. "Alright, those of you who have had my class before know the drill. For those new to my class and/or this school, I'll explain. I only see one unknown face amongst all of you here, so there shouldn't be too much confusion."
Kagossi cringed at the mention of on person the sensei didn't recognize, knowing it was her and nervous for what she may have to do.
"I am Mrs. Wantanabe, and the first thing I do is have every fresh voice perform a song of their choice so I can place them where I see fit in the main choir. Since there's only one, this should go pretty quickly. Then I ask them to sing the chorus of the same son with previously formed groups to assess who they harmonize with the best, on both a vocal and intellectual level. There will be many showcases, and opportunities for solos in them, throughout the year. With that said," she checks her clipboard for the unfamiliar name, "Kagossi Higurashi, please come forward."
As her name was called, Kagossi decided she was right to worry, she knew she was going to make a fool out of herself. Standing up and inching her way into the unwanted spotlight, she took her time coming up with a song, one that she was sure almost everyone would have heard before and could pick up on.
Finally reaching her destination, with all eyes on her, a song popped into her mind. Whispering the title to Mrs. Wantanabe, she nodded and walked to the nearby piano while Kagossi readied herself. Just as she was about to signal that she was ready, she heard Kikyo tell Kagura, "Watch, she's going to fail so epically."
Mixed emotions swirled in Kagossi's chest at those words. Part of her agreed with the slutty priestess, the other half was angry and wanted to throw them back at her, proving her wrong. Neither side of the internal argument gave up their hold on her, screaming at each other still as the first note sounded and she began singing, trying her hardest to ignore the opposing sides of her mind.
Royals by Lorde
"I've never seen a diamond in the felsh
I cut my teeth on wedding rings in the movies
And I'm not proud of my address
In the torn up town, no post code envey
But every song's like:
Gold teeth
Grey goose
Tripping in the bathroom
Blood stains
Ball gowns
Trashing the hotel room
We don't care, we're driving Cadillac's in our dreams
But everybody's like:
Crystal
Maybach
Diamonds on your timepiece
Jet planes
Islands
Tigers on a gold leash
We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair
And we'll never be royals
It don't run in our blood
That kind of lux just ain't for us, we crave a different kind of buzz
Let me be your ruler
You can call me queen bee
And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule
Let me live that fantasy"
Having closed her eyes after the first line, afraid to mess up, Kagossi cracked a lid enough to see the shocked faces of everyone in the room. Save for Yume, who was smirking at her like she knew Kagossi would blow everyone away from the beginning. The voices in her head vanished as a newfound confidence took over, prompting the teenaged girl to hit each note stronger and louder while starting to move around instead of standing frozen. This time keeping her eyes open to watch the changes in expressions.
Sesshomaru had a free period, meaning he had no class during this time, so he decided to wander around the halls as entertainment. Passing the music room on his rounds, he heard a melodious sound flowing from behind the door. Unable to bypass this, he stood in front of the door and used his sensitive hearing to listen better. Upon hearing the voice clearer, he realized it was Kagossi, not sure how he came to that quick conclusion.
"My friends and I we've cracked the code
We count our dollars on the train to the party
And everyone who knows us knows
That we're fine with this, we didn't come for money
But every song's like:
Gold teeth
Grey goose
Tripping in the bathroom
Blood stains
Ball gowns
Trashing the hotel room
We don't care, we're driving Cadillac's in our dreams
But everybody's like:
Crystal
Maybach
Diamonds on your timepiece
Jet planes
Islands
Tigers on a gold leash
We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair
And we'll never be royals
It don't run in our blood
That kind of lux just ain't for us, we crave different kind of buzz
Let me be your ruler
You can call me queen bee
And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule
Let me live that fantasy
Ooh ooh oh ooh
We're better than we've ever dreamed
And I'm in love with being queen
Ooh ooh oh ooh
Life is great without a care
We aren't caught up in your love affair
And we'll never be royals
It don't run in our blood
That kind of lux just ain't for us, we crave a different kind of buzz
Let me be your ruler
You can call me queen bee
And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule
Let me live that fantasy"
The song ended as Kagossi struck her final pose, observing her peers. An uproar of applause exploded a beat of a pause later, save for Kikyo and Kagura who glared. Mrs. Wantanabe appeared at Kagossi's side and hugged her, surprising the girl into freezing on the spot.
Releasing her shortly after, Mrs. Wantanabe silenced the hooting and whistling and announced that Kagossi would be taking the biggest solo in the first showcase of the year without having to audition. Everybody clapped again, completely agreeing that she had the best voice for anything the director suggested.
"Well, now that that's settled, everyone form your groups!" Mrs. Wantanabe had to shout above the noise. Once the students did as told, she turned to Kagossi. "Okay, I want you to try singing with them first, I will be recording each of your group 'auditions' so I can take them home tonight to decide, I'm sure it'll take me a bit longer than usual to place you since I know you'll sound great with everyone," she semi-babbled, pointing to a trio of boys in a corner. Kagossi merely nodded.
After hearing the new student sing with each group, there were only two she really wanted to see her in. A group of four girls she seemed to already be friends with, so she'd get along well with them, and another of three girls who she obviously didn't trust or like, and vice versa. She'd have to take this one home and think it over.
Sesshomaru decided to this was as good a time as any to leave before he was caught. For some strange reason, he could discern Kagossi's voice through everybody else's when she sang with multiple people, and he wasn't sure whether he liked the thought or not. He considered using his free time to listen to her sing instead of just wandering. Maybe he'd follow through with this idea, she had a majestically beautiful voice.
Inuyasha was quite relieved to have at least one class vacant of his overly clingy girlfriend. To add to the refreshing discovery, Kagome was also in his health class, along with his best friend, Miroku, and rival, Koga.
The only downside to this class was that Kagome sat between Koga and Inuyasha. This being because Inuyasha was still in a relationship, albeit not for much longer, and Koga was free and already flirting with her. She seemed to not appreciate the attention though, that was in his favor.
Kagome was caught between fighting off Koga's flirting to her right, paying attention to the lesson in front of her, ignoring Miroku's poor attempt at staying quiet behind her, and sneaking glances at the cute boy to her left. She knew he had a girlfriend, but she couldn't help it, she was drawn to him. Sure, he was annoying sometimes, but deep down she knew he cared, and he showed it when it counted.
That didn't mean she would say yes right away if they broke up and he asked her out. She also wouldn't immediately turn him down either. To be completely honest, she wasn't really sure what she'd do if that happened, but she did know that if she said no on the off chance he asked and he didn't pursue her further, he wasn't worth stressing over.
All this overthinking was confusing and tiring, but try as she might, she couldn't stop her wandering mind. How could a girl like her be distracted so easily by someone she hardly knew? Another question arose as Kagome attempted to write more notes, was it a coincidence that she had every class so far with this half-demon? And if they've had every class together to this point, was it safe to assume they'd have the next, and last, class together as well? She sure hoped so, maybe they could walk with each other.
Inuyasha pondered the same last four questions, and was a bit excited to find out. Okay, maybe more than just a bit excited, but excited nonetheless.
As each class in the building finished, the bell rang and every student headed to the last lesson of the day, happy to go home soon. It just so happened that Kagome and Inuyasha did have their last class together, along with the rest of their friends and enemies, that class was gym.
Kagome ended up walking with Inuyasha, Miroku, and Koga to gym. Taichi walked with Yume, Kagossi, Sango, Ayame, and Aya-Aki. Sesshomaru arrived alone, having no class previously, but he didn't mind.
Kagome's group got there first, and upon entering the gymnasium, Kikyo was heard running over in her twelve inch hells to drag Inuyasha to her "friends". Kikyo was furious that Kagossi had such a voice that she left a few minutes early with Kagura and Kanna in tow.
Shrugging it off as a clingy girlfriend wanting attention, Kagome headed for the bleachers, Koga and Miroku followed, not knowing what else to do. Not long afterwards, Kagossi's group showed up, laughing about a joke someone told. Noticing her sister sitting in the stands with the perverted Miroku and flirtatious Koga, she motioned everyone to go over with her, wanting to save Kagome from discomfort. Kagome smiled at her twin, silently thanking her for the assistance.
Sesshomaru appeared in the doorway, spotting Kagossi sitting between Yume and Aya-Aki, and made his way over to sit in front of her. Kagossi saw him, but pretended not to, strangely feeling bubbly and happy he chose to sit with her, I mean them, instead of Kagura, er... Kikyo and her lackies.
Passing had now ended with the bell and the gym coach showed up a minute before. She blew her whistle to silence the room, the shrill noise reverberating off the walls.
"Alright everyone! Listen up! I see some new faces, so here's what's going to happen. I am Ms. Kikushi, and we're going to take a tour of the training fields. No need to dress down today. Newcomers' gym clothes will be here tomorrow. Now, get down here and let's get started!" Ms. Kikushi wasted no time with the explanations. Everybody rushed off the bleachers to form and big blob in front of the coach, startled by her rough tone.
Leading her students through the back gym doors, Ms. Kikushi explained the training fields. "Each field is labeled with an arch reading 'demons, half-demons, humans, demons, or monks/priestesses' and all are equipped according to their signs' standards. Anybody in the wrong field, any roughhousing, any smack talk will not be tolerated, do I make myself clear!?" When every head was seen nodding, Ms. Kikushi dropped her tough act and smiled. "Well, if everyone follows my rules, we'll get along just fine. However, as soon as I see anyone disregard these rules, they will immediately be sent to the principal's office."
A collective sigh of relief was heard as the coach reverted to her nicer personality and lead the students back inside where she instructed them to relax for the remainder of the day and do whatever. They still had to follow her rules, though.
The school day finally ended and the halls were once again swarming. Kagossi split from the group to find her locker, wanting to drop off her new lesson books she acquired through each class since it's only the first day. Not only did she not have homework, but the books were also weighing her bag down.
After finding her new locker and placed the books inside, Kagossi closed the door and came face to face with the second ugliest thing she'd ever seen, it just so happened to be Kikyo. Scowling at the offending figure, Kagossi growled, "What do you want, bitch?"
The sultrily dressed prissy princess scoffed, "Better watch what you say and do, skank, or I'll make your life hell. Remember, I know who your brother is."
Before Kagossi could lash out, a strong, clawed hand was placed on her shoulder, halting any movement. A familiar, chilling voice spoke out, "Move along before you piss me off any further... Kikyo."
A flash of fear appeared in the fake girl's eyes, but vanished just as fast and was replaced by a confident smile, "Or what? You know your brother won't let you hurt me."
"I don't give a damn about my brother, he can't stop me," came the quick reply. Kikyo whirled around, a frown forming on her heavily glossed lips, and hurried to her boyfriend's car.
Kagossi's boiling temper simmered down the further away she got. "Thank you, Sesshomaru, but I could have handled her on my own."
Sesshomaru wasn't entirely sure himself why he intervened, so he came up with something on the spot, "I know, but this Sesshomaru does not like that girl." He was semi-proud of himself for the fast thinking and turned away before she said anything else.
Watching him leave, Kagossi decided to go home and check on Souta. She wanted to make sure he was okay and nothing had happened already since Kikyo had threatened him twice today, maybe tell him to call her if something occurred and she wasn't there. Overthinking the situation, she rushed home, stressing herself out.
Pulling up in their driveway, Kagossi grabbed her bags, got out of the car, and locked it, speed-walking to the front door. She swung the door open, nearly slamming it into the wall behind it, calling out for her brother. When he came running downstairs at the urgency in her voice, her face softened at the reassurance that he was unharmed.
"What is it, sis?" he asked, startled by his sister's tone.
Kagossi dropped her bags on the floor and hugged him, "Thank Kami you're okay!" She pulled away, "I just wanted to make sure you weren't hurt or anything."
"Are you okay, Kagossi? You aren't usually this worried unless something happened," he countered.
"Where's mom?" she asked, disregarding his question.
"Uh, in the kitchen, why?" he didn't think that was relevant to their conversation.
"She can't hear what I'm about to tell you, let's go to my room," she whispered. Souta had mixed feelings about this. On one hand, he was excited to see his sister's room, he hadn't been in there since he helped her bring boxes up when the first moved here. She had found out that it was soundproof while unpacking when she turned on her music loudly like she always does when working on projects or just relaxing. On the other hand, what was so bad about what she had to tell him that their mother couldn't know? He was about to find out. Souta gave a short nod and they hurried to Kagossi's room.
Upon entering, Kagossi threw her bags on her bed haphazardly and shut the door. Souta smiled at how like his sister her room was. The walls were painted her favorite shade of grey, the posters of her favorite bands above her bed, drawings and paintings she's done littered the other walls, the grey sheets and blankets with black pillows and stuffed wolves on her bed, her black vanity and dresser set, white closet and French doors, the ceiling painted black with glow-in-the-dark stars and a moon. He loved how his sisters contrasted so much, Kagossi the tomboy and Kagome the girly-girl. Souta imagined Kagome's room painted pink, green, and white, he hadn't been in there either.
Kagossi broke him out of his thoughts by directing him to sit on her bed. "Alright, now, Kagome doesn't know about this either, and as I tell you I want you to decide whether or not she should know too, got it?" when he nodded, she continued, "Okay, well, there is the typical 'popular group' at this school, and the girl 'in charge' has threatened you twice today by name. I haven't said your name anywhere near her so I don't know where she got it. What I do know is that if she knows your name, then she can definitely follow through with her threats. I just want you to be extra careful, and call me if anything seems out of the ordinary."
Now Souta knew why Kagossi was freaking out, someone she didn't know was out to get her and knew to threaten and/or hurt somebody she was close to in order to do so. If Souta knew anything about his family member, it was that she didn't care what happened to herself after the incident years ago, but as soon as anyone mentioned doing anything to people she cared about, she'd snap.
"Okay, sis, I'll be extra careful. And I think we should tell Kagome, she'd be able to help," he assured her, trying to calm her down while being scared himself. She agreed and they told Kagome when she got home a minute later. Kagome was surprised, to say the least, when her siblings explained, but she thought it best to keep quiet until they needed outside help.
Meanwhile, Inuyasha had just dropped Kikyo off at her house. He always thought it was weird that he had never been inside her house in the two years they've been together, but didn't think too hard about it. It didn't really matter now that he planned to break it off soon.
Kikyo entered her home and headed to her master's room upon earlier request to find him, Kagura, and Kanna waiting. "Did you complete your task," his deep voice demanded of her.
"Yes, master, soon the boy will be ours as well," the oldest "sister" replied, looking over to Kanna as she spoke.
"Very good, you three are dismissed."
The trio responded in sync, "Yes, thank you... Naraku."
A/N: Alrighty then! This chapter is done! It was a little late, but that's not bad considering how much time I usually take when I'm late. Anywho, thank you for reading, please review! Also, I'm going to start writing a Rise of the Guardians story soon, so please check it out when it's up, it would be much appreciated.
Peace!
StoryNinja101
