You Promised
Chapter 4- Strangely Familiar
Kagome stalked off to school that morning in a particularly bad mood. Souta has spilled something on her homework in the morning. The liquid traversed around her paper soaking it and ruining a weekends full of hard work.
'Sigh, everything is crashing down, but I guess when I've hit the bottom there's no where else to go but up'
Being optimistic did not help much as her chatty friends came and joined her.
"Kagome! Are you okay? We heard you got a really nasty infection." Yuka asked looking worried.
Kagome sweatdropped, her grandfathers excuses proved to be more and more unbelievable each time she went out of the well.
"Uh. . .oh yeah just fine" Kagome flashed a fake smile and waved them off, "We're gonna be late, so hurry up 'kay?"
She ran all the way to her locker to deposit her books and get the necessary ones for her next class.
Sighing in relief, she got to the classroom just before the bell rang. Situated herself in her assigned seat as usual. Math was her worst subject but a boring lesson was just the thing to get her mind off everything.
Handouts were being passed out, Kagome hardly recognized most of the symbols on it. It was as if it was some strange dead language from years before.
But nonetheless she tried to decipher them. Almost pulling out her hair as she got frustrated not being able to solve a problem.
This was going to be a long class-
* * *
At lunch, she found a nice quiet spot in the shade of a tree. Enshrouded by shadows she sat and began to nibble on her lunch. Something wasn't right here.
The leaves rustled unnaturally.
Kagome dared to shoot a glance up at the tree.
'No way!' she thought.
And before she knew it, she was starting to climb up the tree clumsily. Her footing collapsed, sending her almost tumbling downwards into the ground again. But a hand seized her wrist right in time and pulled her up the tree.
"It's you again, is it cuz' you're stupid or just had an urge to climb a tree at lunch?" the boy said going back to his resting place in the tree.
"Who are you now?!" Kagome asked, "And why are you following me?"
"I've already told you who I was, and if I'm mistaken it's you who bumped into me at the library and you who wanted to climb the tree."
'He's still the same, I won't be able to win this argument' Kagome thought smugly.
"So why are you up here anyway" Atsutane asked, looking at her for a brief moment.
"I. . .um saw you." She replied, "You just remind me so much of someone I once knew, I'm sorry if it seems like I'm stalking you."
She knew that he would not be able to remember anything. But somehow she needed to make him remember. If she could just figure out how.
Kagome sighed, "Since when were you enrolled here? I mean I haven't seen you at least."
"A couple of weeks back, before I moved here"
This was not going to go anywhere. She gave up her frail attempt, with a faint disappointed voice she murmured "Class is gonna start, I'll catch up with you later"
And with that she jumped out of the tree with ease, landing softly. Apparently the students were to busy with their own idle chitchat to notice anything that had happened.
Atsutane gleamed at her with his violet eyes as she walked into the school, there was something about that girl. Something that his mind yearned to remember but in the end, it came back to where he started. . .nothing.
But curiosity got the better of him, he was going to find out why it seemed like that they had met before.
* * *
History was next on Kagome's agenda. It was terribly bland, nothing of interest seemed to appear in the teachers lesson plans at all.
She took notes roboticly, yawning every so often and aching to just fall asleep on the best then and there. She was so immersed by this that she hardly even noticed the classroom door open.
Immediately whispers started out in the room. Ayumi poked Kagome square in her back with her pencil eraser.
"That guy is so cute!" she exclaimed in a hushed voice, pointing her pencil toward the front of the room.
'Oh no, it can't be. . ."
"Class meet Inukai Atsutane, he just moved here so try your best to welcome him" the teachers boring voice spoke in monotony.
Atsutane stared at another new class, all the girls gawking at him. And all the guys sitting there in an aura of jealousy.
'Wait a minute' He thought, as he scanned to where Kagome was sitting, 'It's her!'
Kagome just sat there in shocked silence. She knew that Atsutane was in the school, but what were the chances that he was in her class.
A wave of excitement washed over her face. This was history class after all, and Inuyasha, or rather Atsutane just needed to catch up on his.
"Now I trust you can find a suitable seat here can you not?" the teacher asked.
"Yeah, thank you" he replied
Atsutane sat three desks in front of Kagome, close enough. There was a big project going on anyway. And after all those days in the Feudal Era, Kagome was the only one without a partner.
Or was she?
She immediately snapped at the conclusion. Atsutane just moved here, and Kagome was absent. . .
Meaning that they were the only two without partners. And that means. . .
"Now Kagome since your repeated absences, you have no partner, yes? Luckily for you, Atsutane has none as well, so would you have any objections to working together?" The teacher asked.
Both of them said no slowly and inquisitively.
Kagome was trying her hardest not to grin. This was all falling into place.
'And when the puzzles complete, I'll have my Inuyasha back.' She thought dreamily.
Chapter 4- Strangely Familiar
Kagome stalked off to school that morning in a particularly bad mood. Souta has spilled something on her homework in the morning. The liquid traversed around her paper soaking it and ruining a weekends full of hard work.
'Sigh, everything is crashing down, but I guess when I've hit the bottom there's no where else to go but up'
Being optimistic did not help much as her chatty friends came and joined her.
"Kagome! Are you okay? We heard you got a really nasty infection." Yuka asked looking worried.
Kagome sweatdropped, her grandfathers excuses proved to be more and more unbelievable each time she went out of the well.
"Uh. . .oh yeah just fine" Kagome flashed a fake smile and waved them off, "We're gonna be late, so hurry up 'kay?"
She ran all the way to her locker to deposit her books and get the necessary ones for her next class.
Sighing in relief, she got to the classroom just before the bell rang. Situated herself in her assigned seat as usual. Math was her worst subject but a boring lesson was just the thing to get her mind off everything.
Handouts were being passed out, Kagome hardly recognized most of the symbols on it. It was as if it was some strange dead language from years before.
But nonetheless she tried to decipher them. Almost pulling out her hair as she got frustrated not being able to solve a problem.
This was going to be a long class-
* * *
At lunch, she found a nice quiet spot in the shade of a tree. Enshrouded by shadows she sat and began to nibble on her lunch. Something wasn't right here.
The leaves rustled unnaturally.
Kagome dared to shoot a glance up at the tree.
'No way!' she thought.
And before she knew it, she was starting to climb up the tree clumsily. Her footing collapsed, sending her almost tumbling downwards into the ground again. But a hand seized her wrist right in time and pulled her up the tree.
"It's you again, is it cuz' you're stupid or just had an urge to climb a tree at lunch?" the boy said going back to his resting place in the tree.
"Who are you now?!" Kagome asked, "And why are you following me?"
"I've already told you who I was, and if I'm mistaken it's you who bumped into me at the library and you who wanted to climb the tree."
'He's still the same, I won't be able to win this argument' Kagome thought smugly.
"So why are you up here anyway" Atsutane asked, looking at her for a brief moment.
"I. . .um saw you." She replied, "You just remind me so much of someone I once knew, I'm sorry if it seems like I'm stalking you."
She knew that he would not be able to remember anything. But somehow she needed to make him remember. If she could just figure out how.
Kagome sighed, "Since when were you enrolled here? I mean I haven't seen you at least."
"A couple of weeks back, before I moved here"
This was not going to go anywhere. She gave up her frail attempt, with a faint disappointed voice she murmured "Class is gonna start, I'll catch up with you later"
And with that she jumped out of the tree with ease, landing softly. Apparently the students were to busy with their own idle chitchat to notice anything that had happened.
Atsutane gleamed at her with his violet eyes as she walked into the school, there was something about that girl. Something that his mind yearned to remember but in the end, it came back to where he started. . .nothing.
But curiosity got the better of him, he was going to find out why it seemed like that they had met before.
* * *
History was next on Kagome's agenda. It was terribly bland, nothing of interest seemed to appear in the teachers lesson plans at all.
She took notes roboticly, yawning every so often and aching to just fall asleep on the best then and there. She was so immersed by this that she hardly even noticed the classroom door open.
Immediately whispers started out in the room. Ayumi poked Kagome square in her back with her pencil eraser.
"That guy is so cute!" she exclaimed in a hushed voice, pointing her pencil toward the front of the room.
'Oh no, it can't be. . ."
"Class meet Inukai Atsutane, he just moved here so try your best to welcome him" the teachers boring voice spoke in monotony.
Atsutane stared at another new class, all the girls gawking at him. And all the guys sitting there in an aura of jealousy.
'Wait a minute' He thought, as he scanned to where Kagome was sitting, 'It's her!'
Kagome just sat there in shocked silence. She knew that Atsutane was in the school, but what were the chances that he was in her class.
A wave of excitement washed over her face. This was history class after all, and Inuyasha, or rather Atsutane just needed to catch up on his.
"Now I trust you can find a suitable seat here can you not?" the teacher asked.
"Yeah, thank you" he replied
Atsutane sat three desks in front of Kagome, close enough. There was a big project going on anyway. And after all those days in the Feudal Era, Kagome was the only one without a partner.
Or was she?
She immediately snapped at the conclusion. Atsutane just moved here, and Kagome was absent. . .
Meaning that they were the only two without partners. And that means. . .
"Now Kagome since your repeated absences, you have no partner, yes? Luckily for you, Atsutane has none as well, so would you have any objections to working together?" The teacher asked.
Both of them said no slowly and inquisitively.
Kagome was trying her hardest not to grin. This was all falling into place.
'And when the puzzles complete, I'll have my Inuyasha back.' She thought dreamily.