Chap. 2
After third period math.
"Ah algebra, how do I loath thee? Let me count the ways," Angel said after about one boring hour filled with square routes. (Please excuse me, I saw Kiss Me Kate last night)
"Let me ask you something," Keiko said.
"What is it?"
"How did you know the answer to that equation? It looked as though you were sleeping."
"I was trying to get a little nap in, but that incessant teacher kept pestering me. 'Miss Youkai, what does 18 times the square route of 27 plus 54 times the square route of 48 over 9 times the square route of 3 equal?' I would have to be one completely stupid 14-year-old not to know that it came out to 30." (It does, right? Please tell me I did my math correctly and I'm not just one completely stupid 14-year-old) (Oh, and I don't mean to insult those of you who don't know it)
"Yes, but it usually takes more than two and a half seconds to figure it out."
"It took me that long? I must be more tired than I first thought. What class is next? Maybe I can catch up on my sleep there."
"Let's see," Keiko checked Angel's schedule. "You have study hall next, but I suggest you take that time to do some homework if you don't want to be up all night as well."
"There's homework? For what class?"
"All of them, unless you finished it in the little time they gave us," Keiko said, now realizing she probably did.
"Oh, that." Yep, she did. "You guys have earth science this year, right? You get biology next year, in high school, am I correct?"
"Yeah, but what does that have to do with it?"
"Nothing. I'm going up to the roof until next period." She turned and left.
When Angel got up to the roof who should she see but the four people she left up there over an hour ago still talking about her. She cleared her throat and they all turned toward her.
"Where did you go?" Hiei asked in his not-that-I-really-care voice.
"I had class," she answered as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
"Wait, I thought you said you were from another dimension," Kuwabara said, now very confused.
"I am, but according to the school computers, I go to this school now," she didn't appear pleased with that little development.
"That is strange," Botan interjected. "Even more so because the Reikai doesn't have any information you."
"Really?" she said sarcastically. "I would have never known this was strange if you hadn't told me. Thank you so much, now I know what to classify the situation as: strange."
"No need to get nasty about it," Botan recoiled as if she had just touched something hot.
"Oh really? Let's see how you handle it when you are snatched out of your home and dumped in a place where no one knows you and you have no control over what's going on."
"She's kinda scary," Kuwabara whispered to Yusuke.
"Screw this. I'm leaving," Angel said seemingly out of the blue.
"Where would you go?" Yusuke asked her.
"I don't know, just away from this school." She turned to leave. She knew exactly where she was going. She planned to go a high school to pay a certain youko a visit.
After she was gone, Yusuke turned to the rest of the group.
"What're we gonna do about her?" Kuwabara asked.
"Hiei, follow her, make sure she doesn't get into or cause any trouble," that was Yusuke's answer.
"Why should I? She isn't my problem."
"Do you have anything better to do today?" Yusuke countered.
"Hn." Hiei jumped off the roof and silently trailed the tri-fire demon.
"You're pretty good at hiding your aura, Hiei," Angel said when she sat down on a bench in the park. She had known he was following her a little while. "Why don't you come down so it doesn't look as if I'm talking to myself?"
"How long did you know I was here?" he asked as he jumped from a tree to land in front of her.
"Long enough. I did plan to go somewhere, but I kinda don't know the way. You do. Care to be my guide?" she asked in an almost sweet voice.
"Hn, I'm not a baby-sitter or a tour guide," he answered. Angel mouthed the answer as he said it.
"I figured as much. Here's the deal, you take me where I want to go and I'll buy you an ice-cream," she said playing on his love for 'sweet snow'. It did precisely what she thought it would. She watched his head look up and his eyes light up while studying her to see if she was lying. "What flavor?"
Two points! "Chocolate." His favorite.
"Deal," he said. "Where do you want to go?"
"First I'll get the ice cream, it's closer," she said pointing to the stand a few meters away.
When they both had their ice cream, Hiei asked her again, "Where do you want to go?"
"Kurama's high school, but school gets out shortly, so I can wait. Why don't we just walk around a bit? I'd like to get the feel of the city if I'm going to be here a while. And that way, you won't have to play tour guide again," she said, sounding bit wistful.
"Something wrong?" he asked trying not to sound concerned. ~No, I'm just curious~ he assured himself.
"Do you care?" she quipped.
"Just curious," he answered grateful to have said it out loud.
"I was just thinking about home. I'm not really sure I even want to go back. I didn't really have friends, I didn't get along with my sister, and I had a reputation as a scary overachiever. Is that something you'd want to go back to?" she asked, not really expecting an answer.
"I wouldn't know," he said, almost sadly. "But what is there for you here?" "It was a rhetorical question. At least here, I know what's going on, I know who people are, and I have a chance at. I guess, a new beginning." They continued on in comfortable silence for a while, each feeling out the other's emotions and eating their ice creams.
"I guess we should head over to the school now," Angel suggested when she'd finished her ice cream, breaking the quiet.
"Hn," but he turned in the direction she supposed the school was in.
After third period math.
"Ah algebra, how do I loath thee? Let me count the ways," Angel said after about one boring hour filled with square routes. (Please excuse me, I saw Kiss Me Kate last night)
"Let me ask you something," Keiko said.
"What is it?"
"How did you know the answer to that equation? It looked as though you were sleeping."
"I was trying to get a little nap in, but that incessant teacher kept pestering me. 'Miss Youkai, what does 18 times the square route of 27 plus 54 times the square route of 48 over 9 times the square route of 3 equal?' I would have to be one completely stupid 14-year-old not to know that it came out to 30." (It does, right? Please tell me I did my math correctly and I'm not just one completely stupid 14-year-old) (Oh, and I don't mean to insult those of you who don't know it)
"Yes, but it usually takes more than two and a half seconds to figure it out."
"It took me that long? I must be more tired than I first thought. What class is next? Maybe I can catch up on my sleep there."
"Let's see," Keiko checked Angel's schedule. "You have study hall next, but I suggest you take that time to do some homework if you don't want to be up all night as well."
"There's homework? For what class?"
"All of them, unless you finished it in the little time they gave us," Keiko said, now realizing she probably did.
"Oh, that." Yep, she did. "You guys have earth science this year, right? You get biology next year, in high school, am I correct?"
"Yeah, but what does that have to do with it?"
"Nothing. I'm going up to the roof until next period." She turned and left.
When Angel got up to the roof who should she see but the four people she left up there over an hour ago still talking about her. She cleared her throat and they all turned toward her.
"Where did you go?" Hiei asked in his not-that-I-really-care voice.
"I had class," she answered as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
"Wait, I thought you said you were from another dimension," Kuwabara said, now very confused.
"I am, but according to the school computers, I go to this school now," she didn't appear pleased with that little development.
"That is strange," Botan interjected. "Even more so because the Reikai doesn't have any information you."
"Really?" she said sarcastically. "I would have never known this was strange if you hadn't told me. Thank you so much, now I know what to classify the situation as: strange."
"No need to get nasty about it," Botan recoiled as if she had just touched something hot.
"Oh really? Let's see how you handle it when you are snatched out of your home and dumped in a place where no one knows you and you have no control over what's going on."
"She's kinda scary," Kuwabara whispered to Yusuke.
"Screw this. I'm leaving," Angel said seemingly out of the blue.
"Where would you go?" Yusuke asked her.
"I don't know, just away from this school." She turned to leave. She knew exactly where she was going. She planned to go a high school to pay a certain youko a visit.
After she was gone, Yusuke turned to the rest of the group.
"What're we gonna do about her?" Kuwabara asked.
"Hiei, follow her, make sure she doesn't get into or cause any trouble," that was Yusuke's answer.
"Why should I? She isn't my problem."
"Do you have anything better to do today?" Yusuke countered.
"Hn." Hiei jumped off the roof and silently trailed the tri-fire demon.
"You're pretty good at hiding your aura, Hiei," Angel said when she sat down on a bench in the park. She had known he was following her a little while. "Why don't you come down so it doesn't look as if I'm talking to myself?"
"How long did you know I was here?" he asked as he jumped from a tree to land in front of her.
"Long enough. I did plan to go somewhere, but I kinda don't know the way. You do. Care to be my guide?" she asked in an almost sweet voice.
"Hn, I'm not a baby-sitter or a tour guide," he answered. Angel mouthed the answer as he said it.
"I figured as much. Here's the deal, you take me where I want to go and I'll buy you an ice-cream," she said playing on his love for 'sweet snow'. It did precisely what she thought it would. She watched his head look up and his eyes light up while studying her to see if she was lying. "What flavor?"
Two points! "Chocolate." His favorite.
"Deal," he said. "Where do you want to go?"
"First I'll get the ice cream, it's closer," she said pointing to the stand a few meters away.
When they both had their ice cream, Hiei asked her again, "Where do you want to go?"
"Kurama's high school, but school gets out shortly, so I can wait. Why don't we just walk around a bit? I'd like to get the feel of the city if I'm going to be here a while. And that way, you won't have to play tour guide again," she said, sounding bit wistful.
"Something wrong?" he asked trying not to sound concerned. ~No, I'm just curious~ he assured himself.
"Do you care?" she quipped.
"Just curious," he answered grateful to have said it out loud.
"I was just thinking about home. I'm not really sure I even want to go back. I didn't really have friends, I didn't get along with my sister, and I had a reputation as a scary overachiever. Is that something you'd want to go back to?" she asked, not really expecting an answer.
"I wouldn't know," he said, almost sadly. "But what is there for you here?" "It was a rhetorical question. At least here, I know what's going on, I know who people are, and I have a chance at. I guess, a new beginning." They continued on in comfortable silence for a while, each feeling out the other's emotions and eating their ice creams.
"I guess we should head over to the school now," Angel suggested when she'd finished her ice cream, breaking the quiet.
"Hn," but he turned in the direction she supposed the school was in.