Inuyasha: Professor at Shikon High

Chapter Twenty Six: Hell's Fire Burns Inside Ayame

Disclaimer: Ugh these are so tiring to write now! No, Inuyasha doesn't belong to me- he belongs to the wonderful Rumiko Takahashi.

Ayame's P.O.V

"What the hell?"

Koga winces, then nods. "Yeah, she was a cross-dresser. I guess she really hated her hair."

I shudder. "Huh… She's so creepy."

"Well, she's not that bad."

Like you would know.

"Anyways, you have class. C'mon, let's hurry up so you won't be late."

The day passes really, dreadfully slowly for me. You know those days where school won't freaking end no matter what? Yeah, it's one of those days.

So I was already in a pretty dangerous mood by the time Kagome, Sango, Rin, and I walked into Koharu's class. We sat in the back so we wouldn't have to see her face up close, but still, she would sometimes toss this weird look Kagome's way, and I could tell that even rational, bubbly Rin was on an edge here.

Because even though Koharu's been here for only a day now, I knew from the minute I saw her smug smirk that she was willing to turn our lives into living hells just for the kick of it.

And my friends say I have evil plans for people I don't like?

Well, Koharu practically makes me look like an angel.

One of these days, I'm going to expose her as the liar she is and make Inuyasha see how oblivious he was.

But Kagome's right- being rash isn't going to get me the results I want. And I know that being majorly pissed isn't helping anyone except Koharu, but if there's one thing I can't stand in the world, it's people who mess with my friends.

And people who waste food, but that's another story.

"Kagome?" a chillingly sweet voice calls from the front, breaking my reverie.

Kagome looks up at Koharu. "Yes, Professor?"

"I'd like you to read the consequential essay you were given yesterday, not the one that I assigned the class. Would you kindly do so with a strong, clear voice so everyone can hear who your favorite historic figure was?"

"You didn't say whether the figure had to be fictional or not so I wrote about a fictional heroine."

Koharu smiles a tight, nonetheless disarming, smile. "But Kagome, my dear, I did say a nonfiction person. Not a fictional one."

"You didn't say anything of the sort," Kagome replies calmly.

"Are you trying to say that I am wrong?"

"No, I'm trying to say that you must have forgotten, being as busy as you are. Next time, if you want to be sure of what you said, I suggest writing it down on a sticky note."

She leans against her teacher's desk, and lightly taps her nails on the wood. "Don't toy with me, Miss Higurashi. The essay I assigned you and your friends wasn't a hard so you should have done it thoroughly and thoughtfully, not about some fake figure in a book."

"Oh, but I think you'd like to hear about this one. I focused my essay on Shakespeare's Cordelia."

Koharu's nails stopped tapping. "From the play 'King Lear'?"

"That's right."

"Funny that you chose Cordelia over Juliet- a much more famous character- but you're right: I am interested. Go ahead and read."

Kagome clears her throat, and we all watch nervously. "Okay, here it goes. Cordelia isn't my only favorite heroine but she's on my lips of top ten. She's humble, loving, and loyal to her father, King Lear, who has good-hearted intentions but is completely oblivious to the wickedness of his two other daughters- Goneril and Regan.

"You see, Cordelia was the only daughter who truly loved King Lear, but when he was giving pieces of his kingdom to his daughters, he was fooled into thinking that Goneril and Regan loved him the most, because of words. But when it was Cordelia's turn to speak, she couldn't say anything because she loved him more than words could say. King Lear was outraged and didn't give her anything.

"But what I learned from this play was that bad things happen to good people, in this case Cordelia. After all, although Goneril and Regan seemed like the sweet, innocent, beautiful, and loyal daughters, they were actually nasty, evil, cruel, greedy, selfish, and jealous offspring's who have no respect for any other living creatures-"

"Stop right there," Koharu hisses, eyes turning dark. "If I didn't know better," she says slowly, "it would seem that your essay focuses more on the evil of the two sisters than on Cordelia. Your essay doesn't meet the criteria for one and therefore was poorly written. C minus. You're lucking I'm not giving you a D."

Kagome looks slightly victorious in infuriating Koharu like that, but her eyes also get a bit watery. Kagome has always tried so hard to keep her grades up, and by the end of the semester, she would probably fail Koharu's class.

That's it. That's the final straw!

I raise my hand and stand up. "Excuse me, Professor, but I'd just like to say that I personally loved Kagome's essay. It was written with true distaste towards Gongeril and Regan, and with the right empathy and respect for Cordelia. Maybe it wasn't carried out as a proper essay, but seeing as how it's only our first year, I suspect that's understandable. And also, if you don't mind, I would also like to read my essay."

I don't wait for an answer.

"Once upon a time, there was a prince," I start off in a loud, strong voice. "And there was a princess who loved him very much. They were in love and it seemed like nothing could separate them. But then, another princess from a far away land who was friends with the prince when they were children came to visit and immediately became jealous towards the kind princess.

"However, the prince was not able to see how wicked and ugly that the other princess really was and one day the evil princess went so far, she poisoned the nice one. The prince finally came to his senses and revenged his love. The evil princess then rotted in h-"

"AYAME," Koharu warned, fist shaking. "Stop right there. Go down to the office and tell them that I want you suspended for a good three days or so."

Sango, Rin, and Kagome gape at me, in horror at my carelessness, but I'm satisfied with Koharu's fury.

"For what?" I ask.

"For publically showing complete disrespect for your professor!"

"All I did was say my essay."

"AYAME, DON'T PUSH YOUR LUCK. GO DOWN TO THE OFFICE."

I shrug. "If that'll make you stop bullying my friends, then fine, I will."

Koharu ignored me. "Kagome," she says, sweetly. "You're suspended as well, for being in part of this treacherous little act with Miss Wolfe."

Kagome looks stricken. She's never gotten in trouble with a teacher before, let alone suspended.

Anger boils under my skin. "LEAVE HER OUT OF THIS, DAMNIT!"

"Don't you dare swear at me."

"Don't fucking mess with Kagome, me, Sango, or Rin!"

Silence falls over the classroom.

"I told you not to swear at me," Koharu hisses. "But seeing as the only way to get to your head is to hit you where it hurts the most…" She turns to Kagome, who already looked shaken. "Kagome, see me at break. Maybe this school just isn't fit for you-"

I knock down my desk and all the students squeak.

I run out the door.

"And where do you think you're going?"

"I'm going to talk to Koga!"

So I sprint my fastest to the gym, but he's not there. So I run to the field where I find him refereeing a soccer match.

"Koga! KOGA!"

He faces me, surprised. "Ayame? What are you-?"

"It's Koharu. Talk to Kaedae and fire her! Make Sesshomaru come with you if you have to! Just get her out of here!"

I pant tiredly, and he blinks for a few seconds before putting a hand on my shoulder.

He uses his "teacher" voice. "Ayame, calm down. Now tell me slowly what you're here for."

"Don't you see? Don't any of you see how evil Koharu is? I kept quiet for Kagome's sake because she wanted to handle this herself, but she's just beating herself up! Koharu is messing with our lives and we want her out of them! She's just jealous that Kagome got Inuyasha before she could, even though she blew her chance a long time ago. So please- unless you want to see us hating going to school- please get her out!"

"Are you sure…"

"YES!"

"Kagome, Sango, and Rin feel uncomfortable by her, too?"

"YES!"

"Okay, Ayame, I'm going to get Sesshomaru because he's probably the only one who can really convince Kaedae into thinking about something as serious as firing a newly hired teacher- who seems promising, by the way- so just stay here and rest for a while, you know, cool your head. Don't go anywhere, okay?"

He jogs away and I'm left with a sense of pride. Maybe she'll be fired and we'll be back to normal again.

When Koga returns with Sesshomaru, he looks at me funny. Then: "Can I talk to her alone, Koga?"

"Why?" he demands. "She came to me, you know, and-"

But then Sesshomaru fires him this commanding look and Koga shuts up.

So he and I walk off a bit and he opens his mouth. "So Ayame, what is it that I've been called out of class for? Koharu?"

I nod. "You may not understand, but she is such a-"

"Bitch?"

I blink, dumbfounded, but nod again. "Well, yeah. I swear, she irritates me more than Kikyo does! She picks on Kagome especially, who's too considerate to tell Inuyasha; because she's afraid she might hurt his feelings!"

"I see…" He clears his throat. "Look, I don't like Koharu, either, Ayame. Honestly, I don't. But I don't know whether it'll be possible for her to be fired… You see, Kaedae's boss- the head of the education board- is much stricter now and will only allow teachers to be fired if there is solid proof and reason."

"Well, that's easy. I'll just take my video camera to her class and record all the evil shit that she does. And even though Kagome's all upset right now, she's not a weakling and I bet you that by tomorrow, she's going to stand up to her harder than I am."

"Ayame," Sesshomaru says calmly. "How about we discuss this after school? You're obviously still very angry, because you're swearing more than usual, and I think it'll be better for this to be taken care of once you've settled down."

"Don't you see? The longer it takes for her to be kissed goodbye, the hotter my anger's going to burn."

"I understand, Ayame, but there's another thing to think about- and that's Inuyasha's feelings. He won't like it that all of you hate his childhood 'friend.'"

I cross my arms. "Well, then, we're just going to have to show him the truth about her, won't we?"

AN: Yay I updated fast! ^^

I didn't have school today so I thought that I might as well update while I had the chance.

Ayame's rather scary when she's angry, isn't she? Lol

I know that the chapters seem to be moving slow, but all in good time, people- even the chappies that seem like fillers are actually important.

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