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Disclaimer: Once again, Inuyasha is not mine... My evil plot has
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Kagome woke with a start and looked up to see Mrs.Trebeck frowning down
at her. Uh-oh. "Really, Kagome! Fallen asleep again?? How exactly do you
think your going to pass the upcoming quiz? You have only a week to
prepare, and you desperately need a good grade to pass. or do you like
the idea of summer school?" Kagome groaned, it was sixth period after a
long day and she needed her rest, but she wasn't about to tell her that.
Mrs.Trebeck was really touchy so she only answered with a meek "sorry
ma'am." She felt more like strangling her teacher, but she was too tired.
"Just make sure it doesn't happen again!" After giving her a good glare
Mrs.Trebeck went back to the front of the room. On with history. Yawn.
Boring. She felt a little guilty though, she had been falling asleep a
lot lately, and she really needed some more rest. As in more than five or
six hours. But it wasn't like she wasn't trying, the main reason she was
always fell asleep was because she was trying too hard, she stayed up for
hours grinding homework and studying for all the tests and quizzes. And
school started so early, Homeroom was at seven twenty! As if that wasn't
enough, it was close to the end of the year, so the teachers were giving
mountains of homework to prepare them for finals, while driving their
students batty. The only one who seemed unaffected was the new guy,
Inuyasha. He had only been here for a while, but he was in her History,
Math, and Science classes. So she saw a lot of him, although he mostly
ignored her, but she shouldn't feel bad, he ignored mostly everyone. He
had reason she supposed, after all everyone else. Her line of thought was
cut off when she realized that she was thinking about him again.
Inuyasha. How had that happened? Why was it that no matter what she was
thinking about, he seemed to creep into her thoughts? Was it just his
looks? How he looks amazingly good in red, which he wore almost every
day? His ears... Reprimanding herself on wandering off on such a silly
subject, (really! A guy's ears?) when she should be listening to the
teacher, (who was giving her the evil eye again) she turned her thoughts
to history, or more specifically Ancient history. Kagome grumbled
mentally. 'I mean, why do I need to know the customs and beliefs of a
people 500 years gone? Who cares?'
Inuyasha pondered. Nothing better to do. Man, this class was boring, and he had such a hag for a teacher too. Ah well. At least he got good grades; history was easy, all about demons and culture. It wasn't like he was going to die from being exposed to a class of morons, and taught by someone who looked liked she belonged in a mortuary. He grinned, and caused several of his classmates' severe alarm. His dad had really done it this time, sending him to one of their schools. And just because he and his brother didn't get along! Okay, maybe that was an understatement. But still. His smirk disappeared at the thought of his brother, Sesshomaru. 'That.' Inuyasha searched for a word, but couldn't come up with something nasty enough. And that was something for him. Inuyasha's vocabulary was not to be taken lightly of. He probably would have thought of a suitable name sooner or later, (sooner) but Inuyasha's mental cursing was cut short by a certain disgruntled history teacher.
"Not paying attention, I see?" Kagome came out of her reverie in a panic, thinking about how much trouble she was going to be in for spacing out again. Detention for sure. 'I am so dead!' She glanced up, ready to grovel, beg, anything, when she realized that Mrs. Trebeck was two seats to her left and addressing Inuyasha. Kagome sighed with relief. 'That was close' Too close. She really needed to be careful, it was pure luck Mrs. Trebeck hadn't noticed her. "I don't suppose you could tell me the answer to problem 16, could you?" Inuyasha colored, and shook his head. "I bet you couldn't even tell me the question!" She glared at her class "What is wrong with you children?" She got a few mutters and groans, but all in all the class remained silent, staring wearily at her. "For your information the problem was on the relationship between the legends and religion of the people in the warring states." Turning her gaze back to her current victim, ah, student, she smiled. A smile that even Inuyasha could not match, but one that he definitely respected, frail old lady or no. She was creepy. Still smiling, she sweetly began to announce his sentence. Inuyasha melted into his chair, afraid for once. "Well then, since you're obviously not interested in what we're learning here today, I suppose you couldn't be bothered to study, or even take the test would you? I guess you would just be happy failing immediately, would that be more convenient? Since you obviously have much better things to do." Inuyasha tried to get a word in but she cut him off. "No? Then I suggest you pay a little more attention in class." "Or else" She began walking off as he sat back up, mentally rejoicing that he had only received a lecture and not a F. Inuyasha tried to seem nonchalant about grades, and he really didn't care, but his mother did. Had. His eyes shadowed momentarily at the thought of his mother, but he shook off the feeling. Inuyasha's relief lasted all of two seconds as Mrs. Trebeck turned to look at him, her sweet charade over. Not that she had fooled anyone with it. Except parents of course. Honestly, parents would believe anything, it was scientifically proved that once you reach a certain age you start losing brain cells. What a pity. Inuyasha stopped thinking of the duped adults and concentrated on his own hide as Mrs. Trebeck opened her mouth to speak. "To assure me that this will not happen again you are going to attend six two hour detentions. You will be expected to be there every day and you will not be late. If you are late you will have an extra detention day. If you miss a detention and you were not literally on your deathbed you will receive another week." Kagome frowned, that seemed harsh. She was about to raise her hand in his defense when the dirt brown eyes of Mrs. Trebeck turned to her. "And to be fair so will Mrs.Higurashi" Kagome knew Mrs. Trebeck hadn't overlooked her being zoned out after all. Kagome flinched, her hand slowly lowering. She looked from Inuyasha to her and back. "I expect improvement out of both of you if you still hope to pass this class." Kagome groaned, absolutely furious at her horrible old teacher. It was as if her life had no meaning without students to torture and lives to complicate. 'What an awful, evil, HAG!' Kagome decided that she hated her life. Well, at least her life at school. At home and with her friends were okay, but thank God the day was almost over. She couldn't wait to get out of her despicable class and its overlord. Three minutes, Gah, forever.
As the bell rang and the students bolted out the door, their fatigue forgotten in the mad rush of people heading home, Inuyasha slowly got up, stretching and thinking about how loud the bells were at this school. How could people hear these things several times a day and not go deaf? His poor abused ears. They were pinned down close to his head and they were still ringing. He groaned, much more of this and he would go deaf. The halls were bad enough with everyone yelling and running around, why was he subjected to this torture? He promised himself that he and his father were going to have a long talk once they met. 'Wonderful' he thought. Another headache coming on. It felt like a thousand needles stuck to his brain. Correction, this was not a headache, this was a migraine. Inuyasha grabbed his stuff off his desk and stuffed them into his bag, not really caring that he was crumpling his homework and probably ruining his books. Things like that couldn't bother him less. All he was thinking about right then was getting home and taking a good long nap. And a shower. Mmmm. The thought of a shower and rest made him feel a little better. His migraine diminished slightly. Walking out of the room and into the near-vacant hallway he realized that someone was following him around. Several someones. He could hear the echoes. He scanned the area, not with his eyes, but with his ears. Inuyasha must have looked funny right then with his ears twitching back and forth. No good though, his ears still hurt. Using his eyes would be more effective at this point. All Inuyasha saw were a few of the slower people leaving, and one person kicking his stuck locker. Ouch, he thought. 'Why oh why does everyone seem intent on blasting my eardrums?' Inuyasha stopped and listened harder and ignored the pain until he could pinpoint the sound. Ah! Now he could tell who it was. He should have guessed. Some guys in Kouga's gang were following him. With Kouga in the lead as usual. "Man." Inuyasha growled. They were trying to be sneaky, but with Inuyasha as their quarry they might as well have been yelling and stomping their feet. It made no difference.
Inuyasha sighed, annoyed, tired, and not happy. He turned around, confronting Kouga. Kouga jumped, slightly startled, but he quickly masked the emotion. He couldn't be anything but calm and cool in front of his 'Posse' or he would have trouble bullying them into submission. Typical. "Why hello, imagine meeting you here. At my locker. Nothing better to do than follow me around, eh?" Inuyasha was too tired to be nice. Then again, even if he wasn't tired, being nice wasn't something he did often. Sarcasm and however, was second nature. And it didn't help that Inuyasha's temper had a very, very short fuse. Kouga scowled, "You think I want to be here with you, mutt? I just see it as my duty to inform you that I'm the one that calls the shots at this school, and I'm not going to tolerate some cheeky freak getting my way. We've warned you before, and pretty soon our patience is going to come to an abrupt end." "Really?" Inuyasha started to get annoyed. Or more annoyed, he had passed the 'annoyed' stage the moment he set his eyes on Kouga. He had tried to tell Inuyasha things like where to sit and where he wasn't welcome, but Inuyasha would have none of it. Who did this guy think he was? What an egomaniac. Had to be in control of everyone and everything. He definitely didn't know who he was dealing with. (A/N: Speaking of ego's...) "Better believe it. You put one toe out of line, and me and my boys'll get you. Fight first, ask later. Oh, by the way," Kouga almost snarled this part, "You stay away from Kagome got it? She's mine! And besides, she's way too good for a freak like you. Don't think you can pull anything funny during these detentions, me or one of these guys will be watching for you." Kouga had noticed, along with some others, that Kagome seemed to be paying a little more attention to a certain dog boy than was common. Even for a guy with dog ears and golden eyes. Inuyasha didn't doubt that he would see one of them in detention, in the few days he had been in this school he had realize that Kouga and his gang tended to be in detention most of the time. He didn't care much though, like they could be any threat to him. He just grinned at Kouga, showing off his fangs. "Why on earth would I want to be with that stupid girl anyway? She obviously has horrible taste since she hangs out with you." Juvenile, he knew, but effective. Kouga turned red at this insult and looked like he was about ready to explode. Just then a teacher came trotting past and, sensing trouble, told them all to get home or wherever they were supposed to be. Kouga muttered something that probably wasn't complimentary and turned away, but not before giving Inuyasha a promising glower. Inuyasha just returned a cool gaze and went in the opposite direction, sensing that he was going to have a stressful few days with that girl, Whatsername. Kagome. His migraine was back, full force.
At dinner that night Kagome told her mom that she got detention for falling asleep in class again. Ouch. Her mom got that look in her eye that promised detention wasn't the worst of her problems now. "Kagome...! I can't believe this! What is wrong with you young lady? Another detention?!" Kagome hunched down in her chair, wishing she was anywhere but there. She tried to say something in her defense, she didn't know what, but she needed to say something. Before she could get a word in edgewise her grandfather started up. "Really? Asleep? Kagome, I'm disappointed in you, unless. This has happened a lot now, right? Is there someone at school that doesn't like you? Sleep would be an easy curse to create... Yes, I'm sure of it! All right Kagome, you must follow my instructions carefully. First you must soak yourself in holy..." Kagome stopped listening. She and her mother shared a Look, before they realized they were in the middle of yelling at each other. Kagome became quite interested in the floor and prepared herself for the lecture to come. After a moment she realized that there was no talking directed at her, except for the ramblings of her grandfather. She had learned to tune him out a long time ago. Cautiously looking up (she seemed to do a lot of that. She wasn't very tall.) Kagome saw her mother, hands of hips frowning down at her. She sighed. "Kagome, what am I going to do with you? Nothing seems to make you understand that grades are very important. If you don't shape up soon, you're going to learn that the hard way." "Sorry mom," What was she talking about, she worked her behind off to get decent grades every day! "I'll do better. Don't worry." "But I do worry, that's my job." Kagome's mom smiled, but she wasn't off the hook yet. "Okay, how about this you don't fall asleep again, and get a good grade on this quiz, and I'll shut up." "For now at least" She amended. "Sound good?" Kagome agreed, fervently hoping that she wouldn't have to go through that again any time soon. Arguments with her mom weren't pretty, she had gotten off easily this time.
After managing to avoid Hojo the next morning, which she hoped was a sign that the day would go well, she met up with Keiko in front of the school entrance. At least it had started out fine. She and Keiko took their time going through the halls, gabbing about school, shopping, etc. When they stopped at Keiko's locker to get her books the subject turned to boys. "So," Keiko started, grinning at Kagome's discomfort at the topic, "Who do you think is the cutest boy in... Math?" Kagome thought for a moment. She couldn't not answer, Keiko would think she had a crush on someone and would never stop asking about it. After a few more moments of thought she opted to just say that there weren't any cute boys in her classes, and then change the subject. "Math? Hmm... Nope, there isn't anyone remotely good looking in math, just a bunch of jerks. At least Hojo and Kouga aren't in my class." Kagome smiled innocently. "Who do you think has the best hair in science? Other than the teacher of course." Mrs. Obrauski had a permanent afro from more than a few too many experiments gone wrong. Keiko wasn't fooled into changing the subject though; she had known Kagome for too long. "Hair is interesting of course, but there is more than that to a good boyfriend. Good hair is just a bonus. How about history any cute guys? How about Sean?" Sighing, Kagome tried again to deter her friend. "No, no one in history. You know, we should hurry. We don't want to be late..." Kieko grinned as if she knew something Kagome didn't. She too had noticed her best friend paying attention to a certain furry-eared boy...
I think I like the bottom of the page better, it's much roomier! My muse likes it, since it's much more fun to howl up at the story than to look down upon it. Wait, what? You should probably stop listening to me; I'm not making any sense. Well, I guess this is goodbye to another chapter, (sob) it's all grown up! I remember when it was just a little idea... Now it's already a few thousand words!
(Lupe Garou goes all weepy and weird)
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Ah yeah, thank you for your reviews, they were very encouraging, but
please try not to swear or anything, Okay?
Still, you guys are my first reviewers ever, so you all can have
imaginary sweets! Yay!!!!!
Disclaimer: Once again, Inuyasha is not mine... My evil plot has
failed... Grrrrrr...
Kagome woke with a start and looked up to see Mrs.Trebeck frowning down
at her. Uh-oh. "Really, Kagome! Fallen asleep again?? How exactly do you
think your going to pass the upcoming quiz? You have only a week to
prepare, and you desperately need a good grade to pass. or do you like
the idea of summer school?" Kagome groaned, it was sixth period after a
long day and she needed her rest, but she wasn't about to tell her that.
Mrs.Trebeck was really touchy so she only answered with a meek "sorry
ma'am." She felt more like strangling her teacher, but she was too tired.
"Just make sure it doesn't happen again!" After giving her a good glare
Mrs.Trebeck went back to the front of the room. On with history. Yawn.
Boring. She felt a little guilty though, she had been falling asleep a
lot lately, and she really needed some more rest. As in more than five or
six hours. But it wasn't like she wasn't trying, the main reason she was
always fell asleep was because she was trying too hard, she stayed up for
hours grinding homework and studying for all the tests and quizzes. And
school started so early, Homeroom was at seven twenty! As if that wasn't
enough, it was close to the end of the year, so the teachers were giving
mountains of homework to prepare them for finals, while driving their
students batty. The only one who seemed unaffected was the new guy,
Inuyasha. He had only been here for a while, but he was in her History,
Math, and Science classes. So she saw a lot of him, although he mostly
ignored her, but she shouldn't feel bad, he ignored mostly everyone. He
had reason she supposed, after all everyone else. Her line of thought was
cut off when she realized that she was thinking about him again.
Inuyasha. How had that happened? Why was it that no matter what she was
thinking about, he seemed to creep into her thoughts? Was it just his
looks? How he looks amazingly good in red, which he wore almost every
day? His ears... Reprimanding herself on wandering off on such a silly
subject, (really! A guy's ears?) when she should be listening to the
teacher, (who was giving her the evil eye again) she turned her thoughts
to history, or more specifically Ancient history. Kagome grumbled
mentally. 'I mean, why do I need to know the customs and beliefs of a
people 500 years gone? Who cares?'
Inuyasha pondered. Nothing better to do. Man, this class was boring, and he had such a hag for a teacher too. Ah well. At least he got good grades; history was easy, all about demons and culture. It wasn't like he was going to die from being exposed to a class of morons, and taught by someone who looked liked she belonged in a mortuary. He grinned, and caused several of his classmates' severe alarm. His dad had really done it this time, sending him to one of their schools. And just because he and his brother didn't get along! Okay, maybe that was an understatement. But still. His smirk disappeared at the thought of his brother, Sesshomaru. 'That.' Inuyasha searched for a word, but couldn't come up with something nasty enough. And that was something for him. Inuyasha's vocabulary was not to be taken lightly of. He probably would have thought of a suitable name sooner or later, (sooner) but Inuyasha's mental cursing was cut short by a certain disgruntled history teacher.
"Not paying attention, I see?" Kagome came out of her reverie in a panic, thinking about how much trouble she was going to be in for spacing out again. Detention for sure. 'I am so dead!' She glanced up, ready to grovel, beg, anything, when she realized that Mrs. Trebeck was two seats to her left and addressing Inuyasha. Kagome sighed with relief. 'That was close' Too close. She really needed to be careful, it was pure luck Mrs. Trebeck hadn't noticed her. "I don't suppose you could tell me the answer to problem 16, could you?" Inuyasha colored, and shook his head. "I bet you couldn't even tell me the question!" She glared at her class "What is wrong with you children?" She got a few mutters and groans, but all in all the class remained silent, staring wearily at her. "For your information the problem was on the relationship between the legends and religion of the people in the warring states." Turning her gaze back to her current victim, ah, student, she smiled. A smile that even Inuyasha could not match, but one that he definitely respected, frail old lady or no. She was creepy. Still smiling, she sweetly began to announce his sentence. Inuyasha melted into his chair, afraid for once. "Well then, since you're obviously not interested in what we're learning here today, I suppose you couldn't be bothered to study, or even take the test would you? I guess you would just be happy failing immediately, would that be more convenient? Since you obviously have much better things to do." Inuyasha tried to get a word in but she cut him off. "No? Then I suggest you pay a little more attention in class." "Or else" She began walking off as he sat back up, mentally rejoicing that he had only received a lecture and not a F. Inuyasha tried to seem nonchalant about grades, and he really didn't care, but his mother did. Had. His eyes shadowed momentarily at the thought of his mother, but he shook off the feeling. Inuyasha's relief lasted all of two seconds as Mrs. Trebeck turned to look at him, her sweet charade over. Not that she had fooled anyone with it. Except parents of course. Honestly, parents would believe anything, it was scientifically proved that once you reach a certain age you start losing brain cells. What a pity. Inuyasha stopped thinking of the duped adults and concentrated on his own hide as Mrs. Trebeck opened her mouth to speak. "To assure me that this will not happen again you are going to attend six two hour detentions. You will be expected to be there every day and you will not be late. If you are late you will have an extra detention day. If you miss a detention and you were not literally on your deathbed you will receive another week." Kagome frowned, that seemed harsh. She was about to raise her hand in his defense when the dirt brown eyes of Mrs. Trebeck turned to her. "And to be fair so will Mrs.Higurashi" Kagome knew Mrs. Trebeck hadn't overlooked her being zoned out after all. Kagome flinched, her hand slowly lowering. She looked from Inuyasha to her and back. "I expect improvement out of both of you if you still hope to pass this class." Kagome groaned, absolutely furious at her horrible old teacher. It was as if her life had no meaning without students to torture and lives to complicate. 'What an awful, evil, HAG!' Kagome decided that she hated her life. Well, at least her life at school. At home and with her friends were okay, but thank God the day was almost over. She couldn't wait to get out of her despicable class and its overlord. Three minutes, Gah, forever.
As the bell rang and the students bolted out the door, their fatigue forgotten in the mad rush of people heading home, Inuyasha slowly got up, stretching and thinking about how loud the bells were at this school. How could people hear these things several times a day and not go deaf? His poor abused ears. They were pinned down close to his head and they were still ringing. He groaned, much more of this and he would go deaf. The halls were bad enough with everyone yelling and running around, why was he subjected to this torture? He promised himself that he and his father were going to have a long talk once they met. 'Wonderful' he thought. Another headache coming on. It felt like a thousand needles stuck to his brain. Correction, this was not a headache, this was a migraine. Inuyasha grabbed his stuff off his desk and stuffed them into his bag, not really caring that he was crumpling his homework and probably ruining his books. Things like that couldn't bother him less. All he was thinking about right then was getting home and taking a good long nap. And a shower. Mmmm. The thought of a shower and rest made him feel a little better. His migraine diminished slightly. Walking out of the room and into the near-vacant hallway he realized that someone was following him around. Several someones. He could hear the echoes. He scanned the area, not with his eyes, but with his ears. Inuyasha must have looked funny right then with his ears twitching back and forth. No good though, his ears still hurt. Using his eyes would be more effective at this point. All Inuyasha saw were a few of the slower people leaving, and one person kicking his stuck locker. Ouch, he thought. 'Why oh why does everyone seem intent on blasting my eardrums?' Inuyasha stopped and listened harder and ignored the pain until he could pinpoint the sound. Ah! Now he could tell who it was. He should have guessed. Some guys in Kouga's gang were following him. With Kouga in the lead as usual. "Man." Inuyasha growled. They were trying to be sneaky, but with Inuyasha as their quarry they might as well have been yelling and stomping their feet. It made no difference.
Inuyasha sighed, annoyed, tired, and not happy. He turned around, confronting Kouga. Kouga jumped, slightly startled, but he quickly masked the emotion. He couldn't be anything but calm and cool in front of his 'Posse' or he would have trouble bullying them into submission. Typical. "Why hello, imagine meeting you here. At my locker. Nothing better to do than follow me around, eh?" Inuyasha was too tired to be nice. Then again, even if he wasn't tired, being nice wasn't something he did often. Sarcasm and however, was second nature. And it didn't help that Inuyasha's temper had a very, very short fuse. Kouga scowled, "You think I want to be here with you, mutt? I just see it as my duty to inform you that I'm the one that calls the shots at this school, and I'm not going to tolerate some cheeky freak getting my way. We've warned you before, and pretty soon our patience is going to come to an abrupt end." "Really?" Inuyasha started to get annoyed. Or more annoyed, he had passed the 'annoyed' stage the moment he set his eyes on Kouga. He had tried to tell Inuyasha things like where to sit and where he wasn't welcome, but Inuyasha would have none of it. Who did this guy think he was? What an egomaniac. Had to be in control of everyone and everything. He definitely didn't know who he was dealing with. (A/N: Speaking of ego's...) "Better believe it. You put one toe out of line, and me and my boys'll get you. Fight first, ask later. Oh, by the way," Kouga almost snarled this part, "You stay away from Kagome got it? She's mine! And besides, she's way too good for a freak like you. Don't think you can pull anything funny during these detentions, me or one of these guys will be watching for you." Kouga had noticed, along with some others, that Kagome seemed to be paying a little more attention to a certain dog boy than was common. Even for a guy with dog ears and golden eyes. Inuyasha didn't doubt that he would see one of them in detention, in the few days he had been in this school he had realize that Kouga and his gang tended to be in detention most of the time. He didn't care much though, like they could be any threat to him. He just grinned at Kouga, showing off his fangs. "Why on earth would I want to be with that stupid girl anyway? She obviously has horrible taste since she hangs out with you." Juvenile, he knew, but effective. Kouga turned red at this insult and looked like he was about ready to explode. Just then a teacher came trotting past and, sensing trouble, told them all to get home or wherever they were supposed to be. Kouga muttered something that probably wasn't complimentary and turned away, but not before giving Inuyasha a promising glower. Inuyasha just returned a cool gaze and went in the opposite direction, sensing that he was going to have a stressful few days with that girl, Whatsername. Kagome. His migraine was back, full force.
At dinner that night Kagome told her mom that she got detention for falling asleep in class again. Ouch. Her mom got that look in her eye that promised detention wasn't the worst of her problems now. "Kagome...! I can't believe this! What is wrong with you young lady? Another detention?!" Kagome hunched down in her chair, wishing she was anywhere but there. She tried to say something in her defense, she didn't know what, but she needed to say something. Before she could get a word in edgewise her grandfather started up. "Really? Asleep? Kagome, I'm disappointed in you, unless. This has happened a lot now, right? Is there someone at school that doesn't like you? Sleep would be an easy curse to create... Yes, I'm sure of it! All right Kagome, you must follow my instructions carefully. First you must soak yourself in holy..." Kagome stopped listening. She and her mother shared a Look, before they realized they were in the middle of yelling at each other. Kagome became quite interested in the floor and prepared herself for the lecture to come. After a moment she realized that there was no talking directed at her, except for the ramblings of her grandfather. She had learned to tune him out a long time ago. Cautiously looking up (she seemed to do a lot of that. She wasn't very tall.) Kagome saw her mother, hands of hips frowning down at her. She sighed. "Kagome, what am I going to do with you? Nothing seems to make you understand that grades are very important. If you don't shape up soon, you're going to learn that the hard way." "Sorry mom," What was she talking about, she worked her behind off to get decent grades every day! "I'll do better. Don't worry." "But I do worry, that's my job." Kagome's mom smiled, but she wasn't off the hook yet. "Okay, how about this you don't fall asleep again, and get a good grade on this quiz, and I'll shut up." "For now at least" She amended. "Sound good?" Kagome agreed, fervently hoping that she wouldn't have to go through that again any time soon. Arguments with her mom weren't pretty, she had gotten off easily this time.
After managing to avoid Hojo the next morning, which she hoped was a sign that the day would go well, she met up with Keiko in front of the school entrance. At least it had started out fine. She and Keiko took their time going through the halls, gabbing about school, shopping, etc. When they stopped at Keiko's locker to get her books the subject turned to boys. "So," Keiko started, grinning at Kagome's discomfort at the topic, "Who do you think is the cutest boy in... Math?" Kagome thought for a moment. She couldn't not answer, Keiko would think she had a crush on someone and would never stop asking about it. After a few more moments of thought she opted to just say that there weren't any cute boys in her classes, and then change the subject. "Math? Hmm... Nope, there isn't anyone remotely good looking in math, just a bunch of jerks. At least Hojo and Kouga aren't in my class." Kagome smiled innocently. "Who do you think has the best hair in science? Other than the teacher of course." Mrs. Obrauski had a permanent afro from more than a few too many experiments gone wrong. Keiko wasn't fooled into changing the subject though; she had known Kagome for too long. "Hair is interesting of course, but there is more than that to a good boyfriend. Good hair is just a bonus. How about history any cute guys? How about Sean?" Sighing, Kagome tried again to deter her friend. "No, no one in history. You know, we should hurry. We don't want to be late..." Kieko grinned as if she knew something Kagome didn't. She too had noticed her best friend paying attention to a certain furry-eared boy...
I think I like the bottom of the page better, it's much roomier! My muse likes it, since it's much more fun to howl up at the story than to look down upon it. Wait, what? You should probably stop listening to me; I'm not making any sense. Well, I guess this is goodbye to another chapter, (sob) it's all grown up! I remember when it was just a little idea... Now it's already a few thousand words!
(Lupe Garou goes all weepy and weird)
(Lupe Garou gets better, much to her muse's relief.) Go! Read! Review! Read! Review! Etcetera!
Cya, Lupe Garou
(Just pretend it's a cool signature with lots of loops and wiggly lines :)