Yeh! More reviews! I hope this update was quick enough for ya, and I'm really sorry if you were really disturbed by the ancient woman in the last chapter. It disturbed me too, AND I'M THE ONE WHO WROTE ABOUT IT! Well, anyway, have fun!
College is Life & College is Hell
The rest of the day had gone by uneventful. Once Kagome had gotten back, she, Sango, and Rin had talked, eaten some popcorn Rin had smuggled in, and gone to bed. They had classes the next day, and they refused to be late for their first day. However…
"KAGOME GET UP!"
"Kagome, you need to get up now if you want to make it down to breakfast on time!"
Kagome's eyes opened quickly. Wondering why her alarm hadn't gone off, she looked at it. Her large stuffed cat had been placed on it. Kagome groaned. 'I'm cursed,' she thought. Jumping out of bed, she put on a light blue blouse and white shorts. Sango, who was searching for her bag, was dressed in a thin, purple, long-sleeved shirt and jeans. Rin, who was just standing there watching them, had on yellow matching shirt and skirt, and her hair was up in pigtails. Kagome hurriedly brushed her hair.
"Let's go!" she told the others, and all three of them headed out the door. They were met by their neighbors, who had also just left. Inuyasha spotted Kagome's hurried and tire expression and smirked.
"Aw, did little Ms. Princess not get her beauty sleep last night?" he taunted. Kagome turned on him, her eyes blazing.
"If you don't shut up, you're gonna make us all late, and then you will SOO have to pay the price," Kagome snapped. Inuyasha was so taken aback that he actually did shut up. Kagome rushed ahead and he friends soon caught up to her. Inuyasha turned to see Miroku and Sesshoumaru looked exasperatedly at him.
"What?!" Inuyasha yelled at them. Sesshoumaru shook his head.
"If you keep that attitude, then you'll never have any girlfriends," said Sesshoumaru. Miroku nodded in agreement. Not looking at him, they both past Inuyasha. Inuyasha stared at them angrily.
"Excuse me! Did I miss something?" he shouted at them. *hehe, I love that line. ^^* Neither of them replied, stopped, or turned around, pissing Inuyasha off even more. He stood there for a moment, fuming, but he didn't want to be left alone, so he ran to catch up with them.
"He's such an arrogant little jerk!" Kagome shouted, barely noticing that Rin and Sango were right behind her. "I don't know how I'm going to put up with him for the rest of my four years, and this is only my second day here!"
"Kagome-chan, calm down," Sango said, rubbing her sore ears.
"Gomen Sango," Kagome said. "He just makes me so mad, and he only just met me!"
"Just ignore him," Rin said. "Maybe there's something behind that tough-guy attitude that he's just to scared to show."
"Yeh right," Kagome snorted. She continued to pout while Sango and Rin shot each other exasperated looks. They finally reached the cafeteria; how they knew where they were going I have no idea. Quickly spotting the line for breakfast, they went over to it. They stood behind two girls, one who had the same hair and eye color as Kagome and was wearing a strapless white shirt, a leather jacket, and red pants about 1 size too small, and the other who had short black hair, purple eyes, and was wearing a black shirt that showed way too much cleavage and a black leather mini-skirt. Both girls were gossiping happily.
"So Yura, I've been trying to think up ways to get Inuyasha to like me again. It seems that being popular and cute just isn't good enough. We went out together for 3 years in a row before he broke up with me for some other bitch," said the girl with long black hair.
"Yeh, well I'm still wondering how I can get Sesshoumaru wrapped around my finger," said the other girl. "I mean, he's one of the sexiest guys in college, and we definitely deserve the best, don't you agree Kikyou?" Kikyou was about to reply when she saw Kagome looking at her.
"Stop staring at me, bitch! Get lost!" Kikyou snapped at her, causing Kagome to step back a foot. Kagome was so shocked at the sudden harsh comment that she couldn't say anything.
Suddenly, a voice behind her snapped. "Hey Kikyou, why don't you get lost? She didn't do anything to you." Everyone turned to see who the voice belonged to. It was Inuyasha, who was standing right behind Kagome and glaring angrily at Kikyou. Kikyou smiled sexily at him. *author and readers all gag.*
"But Inuyasha, I thought you like me," Kikyou said with mock hurt in her voice. Inuyasha rolled his eyes.
"I don't like you, I hate you. Now LEAVE!" he yelled at her. Kikyou's smile never once leaved her face.
"Fine Inuyasha, you win this time, but I will have you, no matter what." And with that, she was past him, her hips jiggling so much that there was the fear of them falling off. Of course, this just made her look stupid and slutty. Kagome turned to Inuyasha, who was staring after Kikyou with hate flooding his eyes.
"Um, arigatou," Kagome said, causing Inuyasha to look at her. Inuyasha snorted.
"I didn't do it for you," he denied. "I did it because I hate that bitch and I like picking on her whenever I can." He looked away from Kagome, but not before she saw something other than hate or remorse surface in his eyes. She couldn't tell what exactly it was, but she knew it was better than what she was used to seeing. Inuyasha glanced sideways at her to find her still staring at him. "What?" Kagome blinked and looked away, her cheeks turning slightly pink.
"Nothing," she said. Inuyasha looked at her closely. 'She looks cuter when she blushes,' Inuyasha thought to himself. 'Wo.' He shook his head. 'Where'd that come from?' Just then, there was a loud crash and a high-pitched scream. Everyone in the cafeteria looked over to see Kikyou, on the floor, with a tray next to her, milk poured in her hair, cereal all over her clothes, and a guy standing over her looking apologetically at her. Her face red with anger and embarrassment and her mascara running down her face, she stood up and raised her hand to slap the guy. She was stopped, however, by a middle-aged man wearing a gray suite and glasses. He had grabbed her hand to keep her from slapping the guy.
"Excuse me Miss, but there'll be no violence in the cafeteria," said the man curtly. Kikyou glared at him and wrenched her hand out of his grasp.
"And who are you to tell me off?" Kikyou snapped at him. The man's eyes narrowed.
"I happen to be the headmaster of this college," the man explained while Kikyou visibly paled. "That's two strikes against you miss. I think you'll have to come with me." Grabbing Kikyou by the wrist *he'll have to wash his hands with lots of soap after this! XD* he dragged her out of the cafeteria with her screaming apologies at him. Once the door shut behind them, the whole room burst out laughing before going back to their own business. Snickering, Kagome, Sango, and Rin ordered there breakfast while Inuyasha went to go find the other guys. Once they paid for their food, the girls went and sat at an empty table near the door. When they sat down, they all took out their schedules.
"Uh, I have gym first," Kagome groaned. It wasn't that she didn't like gym; it was just that she didn't want to have it first thing in the morning.
"I also have gym," said Rin, glad that one of her friends would be there with her.
"I have biology," Sango said, sighing. Her friends gave her sympathetic looks.
"Can I see your guys' schedule?" Rin asked them. They both nodded and handed them to her. She studied them for a few minutes before saying, "Well, we all have history, world cultures, English, and music together. Then Kagome and I have gym and mathematics together, you and Sango have biology, and Sango and I have chemistry. That's about it," Rin concluded. Sango took back her schedule while Kagome munched on her banana and poured milk over her cereal. Once they were all done with their breakfast, they headed out for their first classes; Rin and Kagome walked back towards their dorm to change while Sango went in the opposite direction for biology. The girls quickly got dresses in sweatpants and tank tops before heading back downstairs.
It took them about 5 minutes to get from their dorm to the building the gymnasium was in. The building was about the size of the main one. When they entered the gym, they found a large group of people talking and waiting for the teacher to come in. The two girls recognized Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru, who were standing in a corner not talking to anyone. Kagome noticed all sorts of weapons lying around the room. Just what were they going to do today?
Just then, the doors to the gym swung open, revealing a short old woman dressed in archery clothes. Her gray hair was tied back into a long ponytail and an eye-patch hung over her left eye. Everyone stopped talking to look at her. She looked around to make sure that no one was still talking, before saying, "My name is Kaede. I will be your Physical Education teacher for this year. We aren't going to go over rules today; you're old enough to know them by now, so we're going to do something with weapons." Everyone looked at each other excitedly. "I will be teaching archery, sword fighting, and knife fighting. If you want to learn archery, you will stand over by the bows and arrows, and the same thing goes to the swords and knives. If you are already training with one or more of them, you can still do that unless you want to learn how to use another weapon. You may move around now." There was a great shuffling of feet and soon everyone was next to a weapon. Rin had gone over to the knives while Kagome had chosen the bows and arrows. She already knew how to use them, but she wasn't interesting in learning something else. She noticed that Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru were both over by the swords.
Kaede told a group of students something that Kagome couldn't hear. She watched them disappear though a large door and later reappear with targets and mats. They put the mats on one side of the room while placing the targets on the other. Kaede clapped her hands so that everyone would look at her. "Now, for all those who have already learned a certain weapon I will have you demonstrate for us. Raise your hand if you know archery." Kagome and a few other people raised theirs hands. "Good, now…" Kaede was interrupted by the front doors swinging open. Kikyou ran inside, completely out of breath. Kaede scowled at her. "There will be no coming 15 minutes late to this class, miss…
"Seitai Kikyou," Kikyou said.
Well Ms. Seitai, that's one strike against you," Kaede said.
"But the princip..." Kikyou started to explain, but Kaede put up a hand to stop her.
"There'll be no explanations here. Are you training with a weapon?" Kaede asked, changing the subject. Kikyou blinked.
"Uh, yes. I'm learning archery," Kikyou said. Kaede nodded.
"Well then, you may demonstrate for the class along with…" She looked around and spotted Kagome. "Yes, what's your name?" Kaede asked her.
"Higurashi Kagome," Kagome replied.
"Well then Kagome, why don't you demonstrate for us as well," Kaede said gently. Kagome nodded and went over to grab two bows and arrows. She walked over to Kikyou and handed her a set. Kikyou snatched them out of the hand and turned away, her nose in the air. Kagome made the loser sign behind her back, causing a few people to snicker. Kaede pretended not to notice. The two girls chose a target and walked about 20 feet away from it. Kikyou was first to shoot. When she shot the arrow, it landed just outside the bulls eye. A few people clapped half-heartedly. Then it was Kagome's turn. She took careful aim and fired. The arrow landed right in the center of the bulls eye. The whole class cheered. Kagome looked over at Inuyasha to see him looking impressed, but he turned away when he saw her looking at her.
"Very well done," Kaede praised her, causing Kikyou to scowl. "Now let's have some volunteers for a little sword fight. Raise your hand if you're experienced with them." A small group of boys raised their hands. "Very well, let's have you two," Kaede said, pointing at Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru. "May I have your names please?"
"Tetsusaiga Inuyasha," Inuyasha stated.
"Tetsusaiga Sesshoumaru," Sesshoumaru said.
"Very well. You may both go choose your weapons," Kaede said. They both nodded at her and went to choose their swords. Inuyasha picked up a large sword that looked almost too big for him. It had some sort of fur lining the hilt. Sesshoumaru picked up a sword that was thinner and more fragile looking than Inuyasha's. Once both of the brother's had chosen their swords, they walked onto a mat and faced each other. They both nodded at each other respectfully before they lunged at each other. The swords both collided and sparks flew everywhere. Everyone was surprised that Sesshoumaru's sword didn't break under the pressure it was being put under. Inuyasha's face became redder with each blow while Sesshoumaru looked as blank as ever. During the middle of the fight, though, a small smirk began to creep upon his face. Inuyasha lunged at him three times, and Sesshoumaru dodged all of the attacks with ease. On Inuyasha forth strike, Sesshoumaru sidestepped him once again, except this time he punched Inuyasha in the back of the head. Caught off guard, Inuyasha fell to the ground, his sword sliding ten feet from him. Inuyasha made after it, but Sesshoumaru appeared in front of him, his sword pointing at Inuyasha's head. Inuyasha glared up at him while Sesshoumaru just smirked.
"A battle very well fought, little brother, but I seemed to have won again," Sesshoumaru said coolly. Inuyasha gritted his teeth.
"One of these days Sesshoumaru, I swear I will get you," Inuyasha hissed. Sesshoumaru just cocked an eyebrow before turning away from him. Inuyasha caught Kagome's eye and she gave him a sympathetic look. Inuyasha gave a small 'Feh' and turned away from her. He picked up his sword and put in on the rack next to the one Sesshoumaru had used. Sesshoumaru looked around and saw Rin grinning widely at him. He had the sudden urge to smile back, but he didn't. He had always told himself that emotions were just something people used against you; he was not about to change that theory. The class applauded.
"Excellent. Very well done young man," Kaede said, smiling. "Now let's go on to knife fighting. You will be using the Sais knives, as it is traditional. *just to let you know, they used these in the Mummy Returns. The knife fight between the two women, I found out, is really a Japanese kind of fight. I like it, so I thought I'd use it in this story. ^^* Let's have another two volunteers." A few girls and boys raised their hand. "Let's use you two," Kaede said, pointing at Rin and another girl that Kagome didn't know. "May I have you names please?" Kaede asked.
"Koji Rin," Rin said, grabbing two golden Sais and a gold mask.
"Bunri Kagura," said the other girl, doing the same as Rin. Kagura had long black hair and bright red eyes. She was also wearing sweatpants and a white tank top. Rin and Kagura both put on their masks, which had openings for the mouth, nostrils, and eyes. The girls both face each other, took three steps back, and then turned their backs on each other. They waited for a few seconds before Kaede shouted; "Begin!" Instantly the knives hit each other. The two girls pushed away from each other before striking again. Soon they just became a blur of arms and knives, making it impossible to tell which girl was which. They both did some impressive flips, splits, and kicks to dodge, attack, and block. Finally, one of them caught the other girl in the back of the knees, causing her to collapse. The class applauded while the girls looked at each other. They both took off their masks at the same time. Kagura was smiling down at Rin while Rin glared up at her.
"Put your mask back on," Kagura said in a taunting voice. "We wouldn't want to scar that pretty little face of yours." *yeh, that line was from the Mummy Returns, but I just wanted to use it.* Rin sprung back onto her feet and lunged at Kagura. Taken off guard, Kagura didn't have time to shield herself and was knocked over. Both of her knives flew from her hands. Rin posed her knives on Kagura's neck and stomach, smiling innocently at her. The class clapped again. Rin got up and offered Kagura her hand, but Kagura just pushed it aside and stood up on her own.
"Very good," Kaede praised. "I think that our demonstrators all deserved a free lunch ticket. Meet me after class and I shall give them to you. Now, if any of you have any questions answered, just come to them or me and we'll try as best we can to help you. Now you may try and practice with the weapons you chose." Everyone picked up a weapon and began to practice with them. Kagome went around helping people with things like their poses, grips, aim, and other things like that. Kikyou just stood in a corner scowling at everyone. She could see Rin giving some advice to a girl who was having trouble blocking her opponent. Kagome then spotted Inuyasha, who was by himself, not looking at anyone. Kagome walked over to him.
"Hey," she said. Inuyasha didn't say anything back. Kagome decided to try again. "You were really good; I was impressed," she said, hoping that he would say something this time. He did.
"I'll never be as good as Sesshoumaru. No matter how hard I try, he'll always be the one who wins," he said sadly.
"Well I don't know about you, but I don't think anyone could resist Sesshoumaru's attacks for as long as you can. Just keep trying. I'm sure some day you'll beat him. And if not, just be glad that you're one of the best fighters here," she said soothingly. He looked her in the eye.
"Really?" he asked, hope rising in his chest.
"Really," Kagome said, smiling widely. Then Inuyasha did something that she had never seen before; he smiled. It wasn't one of those smirks or sneers that he had been giving her, it was a true smile. Kagome's smile widened even more. "You know," she said, "you need to smile more often. You look cuter when you do." And with that she walked off. Inuyasha's eyes widened.
'She thinks I'm cute?' Inuyasha thought wildly to himself, a slight blush forming on his cheeks. Kagome was also blushing, except that she looked like a ripe strawberry.
'Don't tell me I said that out loud!' Kagome thought desperately, lowering her head so that no one could see her face. 'What's wrong with me?!' Suddenly, she heard a loud false cough in front of her. Looking up, she saw Kikyou standing right in front of her, looking furious.
"Look," Kikyou said angrily, "I don't know what you're trying to do to Inuyasha, but stay away from him; he's mine!" Kagome blinked.
"I wasn't doing anything to him," Kagome said. "And isn't it up to him to decide who gets him? He's not a dog you know." *A.N. ^^ hehe.*
"Shut up bitch!" Kikyou yelled at her. She turned her back to Kagome and started walking away, but she ended up walking right in front of a target. Unfortunately, the arrow that was shot at her didn't kill her, it only grazed her back, but it did get close enough to rip her clothes and draw a thin line of blood. Kikyou screamed as if she had been ripped in half. She started crying, her make-up running down her face. "It burns!" Kikyou screamed, thrashing around. "I'm going to die of blood loss!" Everyone rolled there eyes.
"Oh for heaven's sake Ms. Seitai, it's only a little scratch," Kaede said to her over the painful screams. "You should know better than to walk in front of a target while people are practicing. That's another strike against you. Ms. Ippatsu, please take her over to the hospital wing on the third floor of building 6." Yura went over and helped her sobbing friend up, whispering something to her while leading her out of the building. Once the door closed, Kaede turned back to the class. "Ok class, I think that's enough for today. Please head to the showers and wash up before you head to your next class. Have a lovely day. Oh, and the demonstrators can come and get their tickets now." Everyone put their weapons away and headed towards the showers. Kagome, Rin, Inuyasha, Sesshoumaru, and Kagura and went over and grabbed their free lunch tickets before following everyone else to the showers. The girls went into their bathroom while the boys went in theirs. Washing the sweat off, they came out five minutes later fresh and ready to go. Making there way back to the main building to grab their supplies, they chatted happily about their first class. They had a tell Sango when they next saw her.
Japanese Vocab.
Gomen: sorry
Arigatou: Thank you
Sayonara: Goodbye
Last name meanings.
Rin- Koji: orphan
Kikyou- Seitai: living body
Yura- Ippatsu: a hair
Kagura- Bunri: detachment
Sango- Faita: fighter
Miroku- Hitori: alone
Naraku- Hyakuhei: all evils
Hojo- Ussoutaru: dense
Ok, I think that's about it. If I forgot anyone then I'll say later. I didn't put in Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha, and Kagome's last names because I don't know what those mean.
Ok, that's gonna be it for this chapter, 'cause I have a softball game in a few minutes. I'm sorry for all those who thought Sango and Miroku's relationship in the last chapter was too quick; I'll try to make things slower between them. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, but I promise not to make all of the classes this active. Bye!