High School Days – Chapter 8
The big initiation, the big dance, the big song
Corri: This chappy is the dance. Oh.. and Kura fans, you are warned. (I have three days off school coming up – err, two and a half. Regents week equals updates people!)
Disclaimer: I own nothing in this fic! Not even some of the ideas!
Kurama's PoV (cont.)
Rinny and I walked up to the school hand in hand, and saw Riki, Hiei, Yukina, and Fogg all waiting for us outside the gym doors.
"Hey!" I said, smiling some as they looked up and saw up. I knew that each of them was having a mental jaw-drop, and I couldn't help but laughing to myself as we went over and stood next to them.
"How're y'all doing?" Rinny asked, dropping the Old English thing.
"R-Rinny. . . Why are you holding hands with Kura?" Fogg asked lowly, blinking some and looking at the two of us.
"Oh. He's my date!" Rinny beamed, then scowled some "Just because I don't have a boyfriend like the rest of you doesn't mean I can't have a date to the dance you know."
"Yeah. We know." Yukina smiled some, and looked at Riki, who was looking bored already. "The dance doesn't start for another half hour, and we're still waiting for Kam and Botan. We said we'd meet them at our old turf, so let's go."
Riki muttered something about having to wait in public, and walks off, holding Yukina's hand gently, while Hiei and Fogg trailed behind them a bit, both looking like they'd rather be other places. I smiled and took Rinny's hand again, following the others to our old hang out from middle school.
"What's he mean by old turf?" Rinny asked me in a whisper as we walked past the football fields behind the school and into the woods.
"There's some abandoned and forgotten railroad tracks back here, along with an old boxcar. We used to hang out there after school when we were younger. Sometimes we'd go skip school and just be there all day, it's a good place to hang and think, and totally secret. No one besides the gang knows about it." I knew what was coming next, and didn't want to scare Rinny away by warning her about it. The initiation – the true one – into the gang we had formed was going to happen there. Same as it happened to me when I moved here.
Fogg suddenly walked ahead, and by the time the rest of us got there, she was leaning against the side of the car, growling to herself. "Rusted shut since 8th grade." was all she said. The rest of us nodded and Riki and Hiei went over and grabbed something from underneath.
After about ten minutes they had opened the door, and Fogg hopped in, walked into the back, and came back holding something in her hand.
"We are here on this day to initiate Rinny into our gang. As soon as Kam and Botan get here, the real initiation will begin." Fogg stated, then she hopped down and sat on the edge of the car, kicking her feet gently. Riki smirked and leaned against a tree, while Hiei stood next to the car door and looked for Kam and Botan. I let go of Rinny's hand and walked over, hopping onto a low branch of a tree.
Fogg's PoV
Rinny stood in front of me, her eyes slightly scared, but her face remaining cool. I smirked some and glanced at the others, then went back to kicking my feet and thinking about what I was about to do.
(Begin flashback, no PoV)
Fogg walked home from school during the fall of 6th grade, alone like always. Suddenly, someone walked up next to her and smiled some.
"Hey." She said simply. The other person nodded, and pointed off to the woods. Curious, she followed the boy – Hiei – and saw the boxcar. Deciding right away it was a god place for a gang, she asked his name. After they had gotten acquainted, he mentioned casually that this was a good place for a gang to chill.
"I was thinking the same thing." The girl said, before walking over and pulling the door to the car open, and hopping inside.
About a week later, they had everything set. They had both sworn never to reveal the location of this place to anyone but true gang members, and had both decided to go find some true gang members.
A few days later, they met at the car again, Hiei bringing Riki and Kam, and Fogg bringing Yukina and Botan. The initiation was completed, and the gang formed.
When Kura moved to town, they initiated him too.
(End flashback, Fogg's PoV again)
"They're here." Hiei said, snapping me out of my thoughts. I nodded and stood up again, beckoning Rinny forward. As Kam and Botan walked into the slight clearing and took their proper places for this ceremony, I pulled out the blade that was in my back pocket.
"Rinny. This is the initiation to our gang – which still isn't named" Everyone laughed a bit at that, then went back to silently watching. "Anyways, we have all agreed that you are one who can be trusted to know everything we know. You can be trusted to keep secrets, and to never rat on us – to anyone. This is a commitment bigger then you think. Cops will go after you in connection to any of us, teachers will ask you about us, parents will ask. You have to keep all of this a total secret." I ended my little speech, and hopped down from the car, while Riki and Kam moved in and held her still between them. I flipped out the blade on the knife, and held it to her hand. "Do you agree to never tell?" I asked softly. She nodded, and I grinned, slicing into her hand slightly.
She looked like she was going to faint – from fear or pain – but she just let me guild her hand to the side of the car. I pressed the bloody skin against the cold metal, where several other blood-prints were, and then pulled her hand back. Kura walked over with a bandage in his hand, and slipped it gently around her fresh cut.
"Welcome to the gang." I said, and stepped back. Yukina and Botan walked over and both hugged her, while Kam and Riki just smiled a bit and leaned against the car next to me. Hiei just nodded to her and went back to where he was standing, while Kura held her non-injured hand and kissed her cheek gently.
"Well, it's about time for the dance to start, let's get going." Kam said suddenly, taking Botan's hand gently and walking out of the clearing and back to the school.
Kam's PoV
While the others followed, I walked ahead into the school with Botan. The music was just starting up – Linkin Park, one of my favorite bands – so I decided to get right into the dance. Pulling Botan out onto the floor, we began to jump around with some other kids. I forgot about the initiation that had just happened, forgot about everything except the music and the way I was moving around. As the song came to an end, Fogg and Hiei walked up to us and began to dance too, both smiling at the next song. I knew this was going to be a mosh-pit with them, so I grabbed Botan's arm gently and began to jump more. I was glad the teachers didn't care, it would have ruined all the fun of the evening.
As a slow song started up, I slipped my arms around Botan's waist and swayed a bit to the music. This evening was going to be better then homecoming, and that's saying quite a lot. We had already planned to spike the punch, and I noticed Riki over there near the bowl, looking around slowly. I grinned to myself, kissing her cheek, and kept dancing.
Looking up, I saw Kura and Rinny entwined in each other, pretty much, her cast not stopping their fun, and the fresh slash on her hand forgotten. Hiei and Fogg were dancing slowly, heads close, whispering, and Yukina was leaning against the wall near Riki, keeping an extra look-out for him. I saw Yuusuke and Keiko talking to some people, and then my eyes fell on Kuwabara. God damnit he had to be here, didn't he? Oh well. If he dared to try anything, several people would kill him. That was the good thing about being so popular.
The song ended, and Rinny and Kura walked over to us, both smiling some.
"Hey, wanna switch partners for a bit?" Rinny asked, obviously wanting to talk to me. I pretty fast song was coming on, one that I wouldn't mind letting someone else dance with Botan too.
"Sure", we both said, and I took Rinny's hand in a mock date way, while Kura and Botan smiled at each other and he bowed slightly. I smiled at her, and she motioned for us to move father away. I complied, and pretty soon we were dancing pretty fast a bit apart from everyone else.
"What's up?" I finally asked, after she looked pretty relaxed.
"Kura just told me he was bi, did you know?" She looked at me accusingly, and I shrugged.
"I guessed he might be. The way he likes flowers so much and stuff." I shrugged again and kept dancing. "Besides, it doesn't matter as long as he stays away from me."
"Yeah. Oh well, not like he's the only bi person around." She winked and walked off. Now what the – OH! So, Rinny was bi too. Interesting. I walked back over to Botan, and took her arm again, as another song started.
Fogg's PoV
Riki and Yukina walked over to us, a proud smirk on Riki's face, a slightly worried look in Yukina's eyes.
"The punch has its kick too." Riki said, then he took Yukina's hand and walked off, to tell everyone else.
"Awesome." Hiei muttered, dancing with me some more. The school had chosen some good music for the dance. I was singing along half the time. Suddenly, everything went quiet, and a piano started to play something softly.
I'm so tied of being here
Suppressed by all my childish fears
And if you have to leave
I wish that you would just leave
'Cuz your presence still lingers here
And it won't leave me alone
These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
I held your hand for all of these years
But you still have all of me
You used to captivate me
By your resonating light
Now I'm bound by the life you left behind
Your face it haunts my once pleasant dreams
Your voice is chased away all of the sanity in me
These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that Time cannot erase
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
I held your hand for all of these years
But you still have all of me
I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone
But though you're still with me
I've been alone all along
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
I held your hand for all of these years
But you still have all of me
I froze when I heard applause from all around me. I knew I could sing, but I never thought I would for a crowd. Apparently, there had been a problem with the speakers, and they had cut off the song after a few lines. I didn't realize it, since I was so caught up in my singing.
"Fogg, you rule!" Riki shouted from a little ways away. People were crowding around, cheering for me, and asking for more. I shook my head some and walked outside.
It wasn't until I sat down on the sidewalk that I realized the whole gang had followed me.
Rinny's PoV
Fogg had almost knocked me out with her vocal skills. She should sing professional. Make some money and get out of her crappy life.
"Wow . . "was the first thing anyone said after we had sat down around her.
"I had no idea you could sing like that." Yukina stated simply.
"I didn't plan on y'all knowing." Fogg replied, still blushing some.
"Well, now that the school knows, why not make something of it. You could earn a ton of money singing like that." I said calmly.
"No way. I'd mess up somewhere." Fogg looked down at the road and closed her eyes. "Besides, I just like to sing along with the radio. I could never sing stuff that I didn't hear someone else sing first."
"You never know." Riki said, patting her shoulder gently. "Well, anyways, since going back will just cause more attention, why not go hang for a while?" Everyone agreed right away, and we walked back to the hang out.
This was my first chance to really see the place. They had fixed it up with lighting inside the car, beds, chairs, pillows. It was like a miniature house. There was even a small fridge and freezer.
"Does someone live here or something?" I asked, looking around.
"Nope," Riki replied cheerfully. "We just like to keep it up incase someone gets kicked out and can't get to anyone's house. Or if someone pulls a run." He nodded towards the fridge. "I stock up on basics once a week. Milk, cheese, lunch meat, fruits and vegetables."
"Oh." Was all I said, before flopping down into a chair. This place was nice, very warm despite the cold night.
Riki sat down on one of the beds, with Yukina next to him, and Hiei and Fogg leaned against walls. Kam and Botan took the other bed, him lying down on his back looking at the ceiling, and her lying down next to him resting her head on his chest. Kura sat in another chair.
"So, what's the plan for the rest of the night?" Hiei asked, sounding bored already.
"Hmm . . We can relive middle school and spend the night here." Kam suggested.
"No go. Promised sis I'd take her to the park first thing tomorrow. Walking in after spending the night here and breaking the promise again would crush her." Riki said, closing his eyes and sighing.
"That sucks." I said, when no one said anything for a few seconds. The only reply I got was another sigh.
"I wanna get home anyways." Botan said, "Spending two nights away in a row will cause the parents to hit the roof." Everyone else agreed, except Hiei, Yukina, and Kam, since they couldn't say much about parents or being away from home.
We all agreed that spending the night here wasn't worth it, and headed our separate ways home. Kura walked me, and kissed my cheek before he left.
I went inside and straight to my room, where I laid down on my bed, still fully clothed, and went to sleep until the next morning.
Corri: That's it. Dance and some other stuff. Hope you like. I'll update again next week, probably. I just need more ideas and reviews, people!!!!
Corri: This chappy is the dance. Oh.. and Kura fans, you are warned. (I have three days off school coming up – err, two and a half. Regents week equals updates people!)
Disclaimer: I own nothing in this fic! Not even some of the ideas!
Kurama's PoV (cont.)
Rinny and I walked up to the school hand in hand, and saw Riki, Hiei, Yukina, and Fogg all waiting for us outside the gym doors.
"Hey!" I said, smiling some as they looked up and saw up. I knew that each of them was having a mental jaw-drop, and I couldn't help but laughing to myself as we went over and stood next to them.
"How're y'all doing?" Rinny asked, dropping the Old English thing.
"R-Rinny. . . Why are you holding hands with Kura?" Fogg asked lowly, blinking some and looking at the two of us.
"Oh. He's my date!" Rinny beamed, then scowled some "Just because I don't have a boyfriend like the rest of you doesn't mean I can't have a date to the dance you know."
"Yeah. We know." Yukina smiled some, and looked at Riki, who was looking bored already. "The dance doesn't start for another half hour, and we're still waiting for Kam and Botan. We said we'd meet them at our old turf, so let's go."
Riki muttered something about having to wait in public, and walks off, holding Yukina's hand gently, while Hiei and Fogg trailed behind them a bit, both looking like they'd rather be other places. I smiled and took Rinny's hand again, following the others to our old hang out from middle school.
"What's he mean by old turf?" Rinny asked me in a whisper as we walked past the football fields behind the school and into the woods.
"There's some abandoned and forgotten railroad tracks back here, along with an old boxcar. We used to hang out there after school when we were younger. Sometimes we'd go skip school and just be there all day, it's a good place to hang and think, and totally secret. No one besides the gang knows about it." I knew what was coming next, and didn't want to scare Rinny away by warning her about it. The initiation – the true one – into the gang we had formed was going to happen there. Same as it happened to me when I moved here.
Fogg suddenly walked ahead, and by the time the rest of us got there, she was leaning against the side of the car, growling to herself. "Rusted shut since 8th grade." was all she said. The rest of us nodded and Riki and Hiei went over and grabbed something from underneath.
After about ten minutes they had opened the door, and Fogg hopped in, walked into the back, and came back holding something in her hand.
"We are here on this day to initiate Rinny into our gang. As soon as Kam and Botan get here, the real initiation will begin." Fogg stated, then she hopped down and sat on the edge of the car, kicking her feet gently. Riki smirked and leaned against a tree, while Hiei stood next to the car door and looked for Kam and Botan. I let go of Rinny's hand and walked over, hopping onto a low branch of a tree.
Fogg's PoV
Rinny stood in front of me, her eyes slightly scared, but her face remaining cool. I smirked some and glanced at the others, then went back to kicking my feet and thinking about what I was about to do.
(Begin flashback, no PoV)
Fogg walked home from school during the fall of 6th grade, alone like always. Suddenly, someone walked up next to her and smiled some.
"Hey." She said simply. The other person nodded, and pointed off to the woods. Curious, she followed the boy – Hiei – and saw the boxcar. Deciding right away it was a god place for a gang, she asked his name. After they had gotten acquainted, he mentioned casually that this was a good place for a gang to chill.
"I was thinking the same thing." The girl said, before walking over and pulling the door to the car open, and hopping inside.
About a week later, they had everything set. They had both sworn never to reveal the location of this place to anyone but true gang members, and had both decided to go find some true gang members.
A few days later, they met at the car again, Hiei bringing Riki and Kam, and Fogg bringing Yukina and Botan. The initiation was completed, and the gang formed.
When Kura moved to town, they initiated him too.
(End flashback, Fogg's PoV again)
"They're here." Hiei said, snapping me out of my thoughts. I nodded and stood up again, beckoning Rinny forward. As Kam and Botan walked into the slight clearing and took their proper places for this ceremony, I pulled out the blade that was in my back pocket.
"Rinny. This is the initiation to our gang – which still isn't named" Everyone laughed a bit at that, then went back to silently watching. "Anyways, we have all agreed that you are one who can be trusted to know everything we know. You can be trusted to keep secrets, and to never rat on us – to anyone. This is a commitment bigger then you think. Cops will go after you in connection to any of us, teachers will ask you about us, parents will ask. You have to keep all of this a total secret." I ended my little speech, and hopped down from the car, while Riki and Kam moved in and held her still between them. I flipped out the blade on the knife, and held it to her hand. "Do you agree to never tell?" I asked softly. She nodded, and I grinned, slicing into her hand slightly.
She looked like she was going to faint – from fear or pain – but she just let me guild her hand to the side of the car. I pressed the bloody skin against the cold metal, where several other blood-prints were, and then pulled her hand back. Kura walked over with a bandage in his hand, and slipped it gently around her fresh cut.
"Welcome to the gang." I said, and stepped back. Yukina and Botan walked over and both hugged her, while Kam and Riki just smiled a bit and leaned against the car next to me. Hiei just nodded to her and went back to where he was standing, while Kura held her non-injured hand and kissed her cheek gently.
"Well, it's about time for the dance to start, let's get going." Kam said suddenly, taking Botan's hand gently and walking out of the clearing and back to the school.
Kam's PoV
While the others followed, I walked ahead into the school with Botan. The music was just starting up – Linkin Park, one of my favorite bands – so I decided to get right into the dance. Pulling Botan out onto the floor, we began to jump around with some other kids. I forgot about the initiation that had just happened, forgot about everything except the music and the way I was moving around. As the song came to an end, Fogg and Hiei walked up to us and began to dance too, both smiling at the next song. I knew this was going to be a mosh-pit with them, so I grabbed Botan's arm gently and began to jump more. I was glad the teachers didn't care, it would have ruined all the fun of the evening.
As a slow song started up, I slipped my arms around Botan's waist and swayed a bit to the music. This evening was going to be better then homecoming, and that's saying quite a lot. We had already planned to spike the punch, and I noticed Riki over there near the bowl, looking around slowly. I grinned to myself, kissing her cheek, and kept dancing.
Looking up, I saw Kura and Rinny entwined in each other, pretty much, her cast not stopping their fun, and the fresh slash on her hand forgotten. Hiei and Fogg were dancing slowly, heads close, whispering, and Yukina was leaning against the wall near Riki, keeping an extra look-out for him. I saw Yuusuke and Keiko talking to some people, and then my eyes fell on Kuwabara. God damnit he had to be here, didn't he? Oh well. If he dared to try anything, several people would kill him. That was the good thing about being so popular.
The song ended, and Rinny and Kura walked over to us, both smiling some.
"Hey, wanna switch partners for a bit?" Rinny asked, obviously wanting to talk to me. I pretty fast song was coming on, one that I wouldn't mind letting someone else dance with Botan too.
"Sure", we both said, and I took Rinny's hand in a mock date way, while Kura and Botan smiled at each other and he bowed slightly. I smiled at her, and she motioned for us to move father away. I complied, and pretty soon we were dancing pretty fast a bit apart from everyone else.
"What's up?" I finally asked, after she looked pretty relaxed.
"Kura just told me he was bi, did you know?" She looked at me accusingly, and I shrugged.
"I guessed he might be. The way he likes flowers so much and stuff." I shrugged again and kept dancing. "Besides, it doesn't matter as long as he stays away from me."
"Yeah. Oh well, not like he's the only bi person around." She winked and walked off. Now what the – OH! So, Rinny was bi too. Interesting. I walked back over to Botan, and took her arm again, as another song started.
Fogg's PoV
Riki and Yukina walked over to us, a proud smirk on Riki's face, a slightly worried look in Yukina's eyes.
"The punch has its kick too." Riki said, then he took Yukina's hand and walked off, to tell everyone else.
"Awesome." Hiei muttered, dancing with me some more. The school had chosen some good music for the dance. I was singing along half the time. Suddenly, everything went quiet, and a piano started to play something softly.
I'm so tied of being here
Suppressed by all my childish fears
And if you have to leave
I wish that you would just leave
'Cuz your presence still lingers here
And it won't leave me alone
These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
I held your hand for all of these years
But you still have all of me
You used to captivate me
By your resonating light
Now I'm bound by the life you left behind
Your face it haunts my once pleasant dreams
Your voice is chased away all of the sanity in me
These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that Time cannot erase
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
I held your hand for all of these years
But you still have all of me
I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone
But though you're still with me
I've been alone all along
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
I held your hand for all of these years
But you still have all of me
I froze when I heard applause from all around me. I knew I could sing, but I never thought I would for a crowd. Apparently, there had been a problem with the speakers, and they had cut off the song after a few lines. I didn't realize it, since I was so caught up in my singing.
"Fogg, you rule!" Riki shouted from a little ways away. People were crowding around, cheering for me, and asking for more. I shook my head some and walked outside.
It wasn't until I sat down on the sidewalk that I realized the whole gang had followed me.
Rinny's PoV
Fogg had almost knocked me out with her vocal skills. She should sing professional. Make some money and get out of her crappy life.
"Wow . . "was the first thing anyone said after we had sat down around her.
"I had no idea you could sing like that." Yukina stated simply.
"I didn't plan on y'all knowing." Fogg replied, still blushing some.
"Well, now that the school knows, why not make something of it. You could earn a ton of money singing like that." I said calmly.
"No way. I'd mess up somewhere." Fogg looked down at the road and closed her eyes. "Besides, I just like to sing along with the radio. I could never sing stuff that I didn't hear someone else sing first."
"You never know." Riki said, patting her shoulder gently. "Well, anyways, since going back will just cause more attention, why not go hang for a while?" Everyone agreed right away, and we walked back to the hang out.
This was my first chance to really see the place. They had fixed it up with lighting inside the car, beds, chairs, pillows. It was like a miniature house. There was even a small fridge and freezer.
"Does someone live here or something?" I asked, looking around.
"Nope," Riki replied cheerfully. "We just like to keep it up incase someone gets kicked out and can't get to anyone's house. Or if someone pulls a run." He nodded towards the fridge. "I stock up on basics once a week. Milk, cheese, lunch meat, fruits and vegetables."
"Oh." Was all I said, before flopping down into a chair. This place was nice, very warm despite the cold night.
Riki sat down on one of the beds, with Yukina next to him, and Hiei and Fogg leaned against walls. Kam and Botan took the other bed, him lying down on his back looking at the ceiling, and her lying down next to him resting her head on his chest. Kura sat in another chair.
"So, what's the plan for the rest of the night?" Hiei asked, sounding bored already.
"Hmm . . We can relive middle school and spend the night here." Kam suggested.
"No go. Promised sis I'd take her to the park first thing tomorrow. Walking in after spending the night here and breaking the promise again would crush her." Riki said, closing his eyes and sighing.
"That sucks." I said, when no one said anything for a few seconds. The only reply I got was another sigh.
"I wanna get home anyways." Botan said, "Spending two nights away in a row will cause the parents to hit the roof." Everyone else agreed, except Hiei, Yukina, and Kam, since they couldn't say much about parents or being away from home.
We all agreed that spending the night here wasn't worth it, and headed our separate ways home. Kura walked me, and kissed my cheek before he left.
I went inside and straight to my room, where I laid down on my bed, still fully clothed, and went to sleep until the next morning.
Corri: That's it. Dance and some other stuff. Hope you like. I'll update again next week, probably. I just need more ideas and reviews, people!!!!