Pieces of You
Chapter 2
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To his surprise before she entered the room she paused and said, "Thank you Miroku." And smiled at him quickly. And in the second of her smile he realized that before that he hadn't seen her smile at all. Indeed she had shown very little emotion at all. He shook himself and followed her into the classroom.
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Kagome felt a quick stab of nervousness as she entered the room. Easily dispelled. Slowly she approached the teacher who had looked up at their entrance in surprise. Then she glanced down at something on her desk, remembering the memo she'd received about a new transfer student. Kagome felt Miroku come up behind her and tap her shoulder. She turned slightly to face him. "I'm going to go sit down. Wait for me after class," he whispered quietly. She nodded slowly. Turning back to the teacher as Miroku moved to his seat.
She could hear people whispering, and felt herself begin to stiffen. To take her mind off it she concentrated on the teacher who had stood up and approached her. "My name is Mrs. Cobb. I'll be your English as well as homeroom teacher. Your name is?" "Kagome Higurashi." Well Kagome I need to assemble your books still so I'll give them to you tomorrow. You can take a seat anywhere you wish for now."
Kagome turned and began making her way towards an empty seat near the back. She felt everyone's eyes following her as she walked towards the seat. Right behind a very pretty with long dark brown hair falling free, and brown eyes with pink eye shadow. She was wearing from what Kagome could see a tight black long sleeved shirt with thick red stripes at the shoulder and elbow, and long baggy black pants with red patches on the knee's. She had a black ribbon tied around her neck that had a small glass charm of a boomerang.
After she sat down, the girl behind her looked up from the book she was reading and leaned forward. Tapping Kagome on the shoulder. When she had Kagome's attention she said, "Sango Hiraikotsu." She smiled slightly at Kagome waiting for Kagome's name. "Kagome Higurashi." "Nice to meet you Kagome. Um, what class do you have next? Cuz if you want I can show you around."
"Well, actually Miroku said he would show me around since we have the same schedule," she replied softly. Sango stared at her for a moment before stating very matter of factly, "Well, as luck would have it I'm stuck in every class with the pervert." She frowned, "You are aware of his…err…habits?" "You mean the lechery? Yes, first hand encounters tend to stick with you."
Sango smiled, "I have nothing against the pervert, were good friends actually." Suddenly her smile grew broader, "Why don't you sit with me at lunch, meet the rest of the gang." "Gang?" "Yeah, at the moment I'm the only girl with way to many guys. There's Miroku, Inuyasha, Kouga, who we actually have this class with. He's sitting over there in the corner by Miroku, the one with the high pony tail and blue eyes. Anyway there's also Shippo, and Hojo. Five in total."
Kagome hesitated whispering to herself, "Why not." The corners of her mouth twitched in what was almost a smile. "Yes, Sango I would love to eat lunch with you." "Alright," said Sango smiling at her undaunted by Kagome's haunted eye's and empty face. "I'll talk to you after class." "Mmm hmm."
Turning back to the front of the room she realized that the teacher had stood up and started writing on the white board. She pulled a notepad out of her bag and began taking notes. Suddenly she got the feeling she was being watched. And looked up to see Kouga staring right at her. His gaze burning with intensity. She shivered slightly uncomfortable with being stared at like that. With great effort she turned her attention back to what the teacher was saying about her expectations on a new project she would be assigning.
"I will be assigning your partner's tomorrow, and no you have no say in who you're partnered with." She said when she saw Sango's hand fly into the air as soon as she said partner's. "I will put you with who I feel you would work best with." There were many groans throughout the room as she said that. Sango the loudest of them all. Kagome could hear her banging her head on her desk muttering about how one of her ancestors must have angered a god or something to curse her with such bad luck.
Then to explain Sango's behavior Miroku stood up and shouted, "Sango, honey. It sounds like we're working together again aren't you excited!" Sango stopped banging her head for a second to respond dryly, "Thrilled, absolutely thrilled." Just as she was about to return to banging her head she smiled evilly and looked back up right at Miroku. "Miroku." "Yes," he said smiling brightly. "Do you remember what happened last time?" Miroku paled visibly but kept his smile on his face, "Why what are you talking about?" he asked innocently. If possible Sango's smile grew eviler, "Well if you really want me to tell them…" she trailed off. "No! Um I mean no need to do that I remember now." "Good, cause I would do it again." With that she turned to face forward again.
Kagome felt herself begin to smile and caught herself just in time. It was going to be difficult to be around them for long without smiling constantly. She shook her head softly ignoring the constant pressure of Kouga's eye's on her back. Unconsciously her hand crept up pulling the lockets hung around her neck out from beneath her shirt. Her fingers crept over the surface of them reading the names etched into the metal. Her fingers curled around one the metal pressing into her skin.
She only realized what she was doing when she felt a sharp pain in her palm from where her nails had broken the skin. She quickly let go, the locket falling back to her chest, with a sharp sound of metal on metal when it hit the other locket. Kagome stared down at the small cuts on her hand for a second watching as blood began to rise to the surface. Before it could spill over she sent a short blast of power to heal her cuts instantly for the second time that day.
She returned her attention back to the teacher in time to hear her say, "Now I have some last minute paperwork to finish before my next class, so go ahead and talk amongst yourselves for the last few minutes." As she returned to her desk the class erupted into motion. Students moving to sit with friends. Kagome turned around to talk to Sango and looking up revealed Miroku and Kouga walking towards their desks.
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Darkchi here, thanks to those of you who've stuck with me. Please read and review, though once again I don't mind at all if you don't. Thanks to those who did review though. Thanks, see you people with the next chapter. Sayonara