A/N: Hope everyone had a happy new year! Sorry for the short delay I ran into a writersblock...On how Inuyasha, Miroku, and Kagome would meet... _v_ Btw Vivian you were right, this is where the cute lil Shippo comes in. *sigh* I wish I had a younger sibling!
Disclaimer: If I owned Inuyasha I wouldn't be suffering from the nocturnal plot bunnies, but be happily sleeping away days & nights in procrastinating bliss. Now I'm a very lazy person and I don't even believe someone's going to sue for something I write so this is the disclaimer that will apply to the whole story, I don't own Inuyasha or all the characters. Just the unrecognizable twists, turns, original chars, etc.
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~*Chapter III: Transfers and Unwanted Complications*~
Kagome automatically started running toward the alley, Sango close behind and gaining on her. Her thoughts irrational as they were for some reason were screaming that it was a child molester. *Kami-sama please don't let it be a child molester and if it were, let us get there in time... Child molester? Why is that the first thing that comes into my mind? Ugh, it must be because of that stupid pervert earlier..* She ran into the alley to see the back of two boys. Sango came up behind her tapping her back slightly as she tried to catch her breath.
"It wasn't them," Sango said eyeing the two in front of them angrily. Kagome nodded hearing the two in front laughing at what was in front of them, and glared. The guys seemed to be oblivious to the fact that they had company. Sango waved a hand in front of her getting Kagome's attention to a snowball in her left hand. Kagome smiled and looked around for anything she could use.
Finding nothing she sighed and took off her boots as quietly as possible and nodded toward Sango. Seeing that Kagome was ready Sango aimed and threw the snowball at the bald and fat one on the left.
"What the? Hiten-anchan, did you just smash snow on my head?" the bald guy asked as the snowball smashed to pieces falling.
"What are you talking about Manten you baka, I was right here the whole time!" snapped the one on the right turning around suspiciously. Ready for that Kagome threw one boot at his face as he was turning wishing it would hit. Luck was with her along with all the practice she had, it hit. "WHAT THE?!"
"Now Kagome-chan!" Sango said as she ran toward the momentarily shocked Hiten, ducking under his punch and hitting him with a roundkick that pushed him to the side wall. As he hit she used the momentum of her spin to step and side kick him in the chest. (A/N: Sorry I haven't taeknowndo for a long time and I had only learned a few moves so I don't remember the name. .)
"Hiten-anchan!" the other guy yelled grabbing Sango from the back. With his body structure bigger than hers and built, he was able to easily pick her up by the shoulders as she was unwary.
"Sango duck!" Kagome shouted and aimed before throwing the other boot into his face. Sango used this chance to stomp on his right foot, twisting out of his grasp. While this was happening, Kagome ran in and saw a little boy picked him up and backed away toward the park as fast as possible. Seeing that Kagome had grabbed the kid, Sango also started backing away but the two teens there had other plans.
"No! That kid disrespected us and has to pay!" the one called Manten moaned which snapped Hiten to attention as he stood on the other side of Sango. To her horror, Kagome realized Sango would be trapped.
Quickly she turned to the kid she was still holding and whispered, "Look there's a slide in the park behind us. Go climb up and hide in it! Now!" She gave him a slight push to get him started before running into the fray which consisted of Manten holding Sango as Hiten was about to punch her again.
"LET HER GO BAKA!" Kagome's shrill scream resounded as she came up from behind Manten. She stopped a foot away and before he could turn around she shifted all her weight on her left leg and jumped to kick him in the face with her right. This freed Sango, letting her attack Hiten ferociously for unchivalrously hitting a girl, leaving Kagome with Manten.
Kagome backed up a few steps as he turned around. *Ok, I've just got to last about 5 min, Kami-sama please don't let me die!* Pulling her fists up in the guard position she waited as his anger took him and he ran toward her giving her an idea. *Use his speed and strength against him, wait until he's close...Now!* She caught his first punch, twisting around with her weight reinforcing the way he had come to fling him on his stomach. *Note to self, thank Eri for forcing us to take those self-defense classes against street-rape...* Kagome was too busy watching Hiten about to get up she didn't see Sango until she felt herself being jerked around. She was about to scream as she turned until she recognized her friend pulling her back toward the park. Hoping to God she'd have enough stamina to make it, she ran as though her life depended on it.
"Where's the kid?" Sango asked as she pulled Kagome.
"At...the...slide...told..to...hide..." Kagome got out as she tried to gulp air.
"Alright!" Sango said sounding a little winded herself, and they went directly toward the slide. When they reached it Kagome was rejoicing for the respite but Sango just shouted, "You! Kid slide down NOW!"
"Look! I don't know who you both are but I don't need your help!" came the response as a little boy about four or five peeked out from the slide's ceiling. Kagome looked up in shock at the ungratefulness in those words but Sango just looked back to see the other two teens running after them. Cursing, she ran to the slide's end and climbed it in a few long strides holding the sides for support. Near the top, she grabbed his foot and jerked so they both slid down.
Kagome was waiting, helped Sango up and grabbed the kid before they ran as fast as they could a two more blocks toward the apartment complex.
~*~
"Oh Kami-sama, thank you..." Kagome sighed as she fell onto the couch in her living room. Sango had fallen into the other couch and the kid was just sitting there glaring at each of them stubbornly.
"Kagome-chan, this is why I told you, you should join a more athletic club than archery. Unless you're going to carry around a bow and arrow it won't help you," Sango said cheerfully.
Kagome got up and smiled, "I know that was probably intended as a joke. But I've been thinking I should get more in shape for a while so I'm thinking of joining the girl's boxing team..."
"Girl's boxing?" Sango asked raising one eye.
"Hey! Did both of you forget about me after dragging me all the way here?" a annoyed voice interrupted and turned Sango and Kagome's attention to their new charge.
"Right, awwww don't you look adorable?" Kagome said as she walked toward the kid who was sitting next to a wall near the door. Now that she wasn't worried about the two thugs she could see the kid clearly. He had light brown hair which almost seemed to have a tint orange, blue eyes, and his clothes were dirty. "What's your name?"
"Shippo, and don't even think about hugging me!" the boy snapped and Sango hid a smile.
"So Shippo, what'd you do to tick off those two clowns?" Sango asked as Kagome headed toward the kitchen.
"I don't have to answer that! I'm leaving!" Shippo said going toward the door.
"I'm going to make some ramen, Shippo you want some?" Kagome said and Shippo turned around again.
"Maybe I'll stay... Oh those two baka's were just mad that I told them I wouldn't talk to some idiots like them. They thought I was a stupid kid lost and looking for his parents and was going to ransom me or something. Bakas. Didn't even know to ransom me they'd be guilty of kidnaping." Shippo finished as Sango burst out laughing.
"How old are you Shippo?" Sango asked. "And where are your parents?"
"Five, and I don't have any and I don't need any."
"WHAT?!" came two voices.
"I'm an orphan." Shippo said simply as Kagome came back after setting the water to boil.
Sango saw the look in Kagome's face and had a bad feeling. "Kagome-chan, don't do anything hasty..."
"But Sango-chan..."
~*~
"Inuyasha!" Miroku said as he burst into Inuyasha's dining room. "Ara? Dining alone on Christmas again? Where's Mr. Takami and Sesshomaru?"
Inuyasha glared at him and took another bite of his turkey before replying. "Where else? Dad is in America for business, and Sesshomaru is probably off at the Christmas party his company throws every year. Why want to join me?"
"No, it's ok, I've already had dinner...Oh that's right. Your dad gave up on family dinners three years ago, huh?" Miroku said absentmindedly before realizing what he had accidentally mentioned as Inuyasha's glare became fiercer. "Now, now, Inuyasha! I had a brilliant idea after lunch."
Inuyasha just kept eating, before asking snidely, "Is it like the one where you wanted to join a monastery before realizing that nuns are part of Christianity? Not that the monks even let you say more than you wanted to join before they kicked you out..."
Miroku glared back, "You just don't understand the dilemma of finding yourself is part of finding your religion. I could've sworn Buddha told me in my dream, I'd be going to a room with tons of girls..."
"You're right, I'm atheist what about it?"
"Inuyasha, that's not the point. Aren't you tired of going to an all boys academy?"
"No..."
Miroku smiled, "I went home and called a few people...And from now on I'm going to transfer to Gyong Hwa High."
Inuyasha couldn't care less as he finished eating dinner and stood up. He left the diningroom and started upstairs toward his workroom with Miroku following. Inuyasha knew he couldn't lose Miroku even if he tried because Miroku knew his house just as well as he did. Then they entered the fifth room on the right of the second floor. Inuyasha went to sit at in the office chair in front of the mahogany computer desk in the middle and Miroku jumped into the silver leather couch in front of it.
"So as I was saying Inuyasha," Miroku started eagerly but Inuyasha had lost interest as soon as he knew it was about school. He turned his chair to look out the wall which was made out of glass giving him a beautiful view of the snow-covered backyard. Miroku's words didn't reach him as he suddenly saw a girl running toward the frozen pond in the right side of the garden.
/?/Flash Back/?/
He was about six. He was running after her following her laughter. "Wait! Where are you going?" he yelled at the girl's back.
"Come on! Or are you going to let me beat you? It's a race silly!"
He had gotten angry and risen to the bait. Running and overtaking her, after all he was the boy, he couldn't stop and slid on the pond. Hearing more laughter he got up angrily and walked toward her, slipping and sliding on the ice.
"Kikyou! You did that on purpose!" he said angrily but the girl in front of him smiled.
"Inuyasha, you know what I learned from my governess?" she asked cheerfully sliding and twirling around him.
"Inuyasha?! Kikyou?! INUYASHA!"
/?/ End FlashBack/?/
"Really! Inuyasha, are you listening to me?" Miroku asked. "Inuyasha? Inuyasha? You're so quiet today, what are you? Thinking? That's totally not like you?"
Inuyasha growled as he turned the chair around to face Miroku. "What do you want?"
"Well I found out what school she goes to." Miroku said as Inuyasha concentrated on his own thoughts...Why did I just remember Kikyou again? And why then? That was the last time Kikyou was so free and careless...After getting caught on the ice, I didn't see her like that again...That damn governess, turned Kikyou into a walking doll... Inuyasha snapped out of his thoughts when he felt something coming at him and instantly caught it. Looking at his right hand, he saw Miroku had thrown the paperweight off his desk.
"Inuyasha! If you're not going to pay attention, there's no reason for me to talk to you anymore!" Miroku said angrily. "What are you thinking about anyways?"
"Kikyou."
"Oh...That girl huh? Well stop thinking about it, the girl we saw today doesn't even really look like her. Besides Kikyou was never outspoken, she was always proper."
"What girl?"
"I give up."
~*~
"Miroku this was one hell of a dumb idea!" Inuyasha muttered as they followed their class president around the school during lunch. He had already tuned out her voice. Everywhere they went, they heard whispers and giggles from the girls and a few threatening looks from the guys, all of which Inuyasha ignored.
"Well if you didn't want to transfer you didn't have to." Miroku said in a syrupy voice making Inuyasha indignant.
"Well what was I supposed to do?! Stay at Itawa Academy with fools like Naraku and Kouga running around? It's so boring there's no point in even going to school. I wouldn't have even come here but I got an interesting call from Dad saying that he switched me to this school to look after a certain someone so you don't get your ass sued off for sexual harassment!" Inuyasha finished glaring.
"I didn't know you cared–"
"I don't!"
"Now, this is the other stairway you can use to go up to the third floor where our classrooms are..." Yura was saying when Inuyasha noticed a faint glimmer at the top of the stairs.
~*~
"Mo! This was my first time late since vacation! He didn't have to give make me organize the council room!" Kagome said to herself as she tried to keep her balance while carrying two boxes full of files, a binder full of the details on the student activities, the second year's treasury binder, and her books. *Next time carry it one box at a time! You can't even see what's in front of you! Kami-sama help me, at least I borrowed Sango's clip and put my hair up so it doesn't get in my way...Now where was the stairs again? It should be around here, and if I take one step at a time it should be all right... Uh no! It's slipping NO!*
The top box was slipping off dangerously and she couldn't shift the bottom one because of the books she had in her arms. So she tilted the bottom one toward her more while walking to get under the top box when her foot instead of connecting on solid ground fell telling her she found the stairs. "Kyaaaaah!"
~*~
When Inuyasha looked up he saw someone carrying two boxes with binders and books piled awkwardly so that he couldn't see the person's face. He guessed it was a girl because the way she was carrying it all looked like she'd drop it any minute... But the glimmer was a iridescent pendant swinging around as the girl lost the top box tried to regain balance and started to fall. As the boxes fell he saw her face, the hair up, and recognized the necklace. *Kikyou* he thought as he lunged up the stairs to catch the girl.
She fell into his arms jeopardizing his own balance but thanks to his training he had he was able to adjust his weight to account for hers. The books and binders were less fortunate but the boxes had been caught by Miroku not to be outdone. Inuyasha looked at the girl as he set her down, seeing the eyes closed and the frowning mouth, not a bland expression on her face, and then realized he did it again, it wasn't Kikyou.
~*~
Kagome had shut her eyes as she fell by impulse to somehow ward off the pain that she was going to feel when she hit... Instead she was surprised when she felt herself fall into arms that caught her and from her position she felt the rescuer moved down the stairs quickly by the uneven walking and set her down. Opening her eyes in shock, a wave of different emotions hit her.
She was shocked and pleasantly surprised that she was not black and blue. But the silver-hair, smirking mouth that was looking condescendingly at her registered in her memory as irritation, unpleasant shock and surprise that her "knight in shining armor" was that idiot that kept calling her Kikyou! There was of course embarrassment and she didn't know what to say.
Staring at the boy in front of her in their school uniform, she couldn't believe it. Kagome knew if not personally most of the upperclass as well as the lowerclass and she had never seen this kid before except at the café and at Christmas. So being her she said the first thing that popped into her head, "You...WHAT are YOU doing here?!"
Kagome heard a burst of laughter from one side and to her great irritation and dread she turned to see her fears confirmed that the pervert had also appeared in this waking nightmare. The boy in front just scowled at her. "Is that the thanks I get for saving you?" he asked angrily.
Kagome blushed realizing her rudeness but before she could say anything another voice she didn't want to hear spoke up. "Oh Kagome-chan, how can you speak that way to our new transferees? We are supposed to be welcoming you know? I better tell Arimoto Sensei that the 2nd year class president not only almost wrecked months of the student councils working by dropping it down the stairs, she rudely antagonized our new students..."
The day couldn't get any worse. Kagome got redder in anger that of all the people to see her idiocracy with the books it had to be Yura-sempai. Yura had, had it in for her since the beginning of that year when her boyfriend dumped her when he saw her bitching at Kagome after one of the student council meetings. Kagome had turned him down when he asked her out, but he never went back to Yura, and for some reason she's been trying to get Kagome in trouble ever since. Trying to keep her temper, she spoke. "Yura, you know that's not what happened so why can't you keep out of my business for once?!"
Yura just smiled unpleasantly acting incredibly unlike her by being sweet to her, "Oh Kagome-chan you know I was just kidding. I'll won't tell, after all what did you think I am? A snitch?"
Kagome just goggled at her odd behavior but Yura had already walked to Inuyasha's side. "Are you all right Inuyasha-kun? Thank you for helping her. Sorry about that Kagome's one of our more klutzy students and outspoken at that," smiling Yura led him back toward the stairs. "Why don't we go back to our tour, Kagome make sure to clean up, hun."
"Look, don't touch me!" Inuyasha growled at Yura before turning to Kagome, "You wench, what's wrong with your eyes? Can't you see I'm wearing this stupid uniform which means I go to this school? By the way that necklace looks horrible and cheap on you."
Kagome balled up her fists and scowled, she had been about to thank him but he didn't deserve her thanks. "You baka! You already thanked yourself so why do I need to thank you?"
"Now, Inuyasha-kun, don't be so mad–" Yura said holding on to his arm, "Kagome's just like that...Don't worry I'll tell Arimoto-Sensei our school principal she's being uncourteous, she'll probably lose her class president position with that and all her tardies..."
"Let go of me wench!" Inuyasha said angrily as Yura pulled him up the stairs. "AND who are you calling Inuyasha-kun?!"
Miroku watched in amusement at the expressions fleeting across Kagome's face knowing she had forgotten about Inuyasha and himself because of their guide. *This is going to be an interesting year...* he thought to himself and saw that Inuyasha had also noticed something was weird with the exchange between the two girls but knowing him he probably had no clue on what it was. He saw Kagome look at him skeptically and winked, "Nice to meet you Kagome-chan, Inuyasha and I are now students of class 3A. Hope we can become friends." He finished as he turned to walk up the stairs with the other two leaving Kagome speechless at this turn of badluck.
~*~
A/N: Did I ever mention that what I say and what the FEF says always differs? Well I wanted the model scouting to be in chapter but obviously that character didn't agree, same with the third transferee... Instead Hiten and Maten come in uninvited so *sigh* here's this chapter.
***Oh and I'm going to try to get chapter IV out by Sunday but if I can't expect it next weekend. Once school starts up again I can only do one chapter a week, usually weekends since I come home around 6PM everyday.***
Next Chapter: Hmmm most likely model scouting, maybe some club activities? Definitely you'll find out Kagome's brash unthought-out idea.
Thanks to:
Kakera no Yume: Yeah Kikyo died, and well Inuyasha lets just say he's become a spoiled brat who his dad can't even handle...Sad that no one can talk sense into him or at least not yet. ^^
AngelMoon14: Yup she keeps the necklace. ^^ I was going to do it that way too with him seeing her, but sheesh who can argue with the nocturnal plot bunnies when they gang up on you?
Sailor-helios: Hi! Er about the modeling offer, . Like I said earlier I blame it on those infernal plot bunnies! LoL the updating is just because its vaca wait till school starts!
Whitemiko: Yeah, I have to say myself I'm bringing out his stubborn thickness...*sigh* Oh well wait till you see next chapter when they meet...
Vivian: Yup! It's Shippo! Sorry about the delay, New Years.... Thanks for reading though!
Sweet Cherries: Hope you liked this chapter. Thanks for reviewing.
Moodeyes: Thanks! Hoped you liked this chapter too!
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