Hi! It's me again. I'm glad all of you liked my last chapter, 'cause it's definitely not one of my best chapters. Well, anyway, here's chapter five! Enjoy!
College is Life & College is Hell
Kagome and Inuyasha walked back to their dorms together, talking about what they thought their next class, biology, was going to be like.
"Sango had biology in her first hour, and she told me that is was really boring," Kagome said.
"Well, I actually like biology," Inuyasha stated. "I find even the most boring classes interesting." Kagome tilted her head slightly.
"Why is that?" she asked.
"Well, we usually get to learn a lot about animals," Inuyasha said. "I like animals. I want to become a vet or something."
"Oh really," Kagome said, interested in the fact that Inuyasha also liked animals. "What animal do you like best?"
"Dogs mostly," Inuyasha said. "But I also like most canines." *XD I wonder why…* "What kind of animals do you like?"
"I like most kinds of animals," Kagome stated as they neared their rooms, "but I hate insects. Water animals are my favorite ones." Inuyasha nodded before entering his room. Kagome followed his example and entered hers. Inside she found Rin and Sango smiling at her.
"So," Sango said, "how did your meeting with Inuyasha go?" Kagome blushed a little.
"I went ok," Kagome said, gathering her stuff for biology.
"Just ok," Rin asked, raising an eyebrow, "or a little more than ok?" Kagome rolled her eyes.
"It's not like we asked each other out or anything," Kagome said, heading towards the door with Sango and Rin behind her. "We just decided to become friends." Sango's grin widened.
"Well friendship is always a good thing," Sango said, winking. Kagome snorted.
"Yeh, well, I'll ask Inuyasha out just as soon as you and Rin ask Miroku and Sesshoumaru out," she said. Sango's eyes narrowed.
"Why the hell would I ever ask that perve out?" Sango snarled. Kagome grinned innocently at her and shrugged.
"I dunno, but hey, friendship is always a good thing," Kagome said, winking back at Sango. Laughing, Kagome walked ahead of them to biology while they headed for chemistry. Kagome suddenly spotted Inuyasha and headed over to him. "Hey," she said, smiling up at him.
"Hi," Inuyasha responded. "What were you laughing about?" Kagome snickered.
"Just something Sango said," Kagome replied truthfully. He nodded and entered the classroom, Kagome right behind him. When they entered, they saw the most peculiar sight. A man with balding, thin, brown hair and wearing freaky looking goggles and a white lab coat stood in the front of the classroom holding a vile filled with a bubbling brown liquid that was threatening to overflow. He was about 7 feet tall and, overall, looked extremely scary. The man was laughing insanely.
"At last, it is ready to drink!" the man cackled, before swallowing the liquid in one gulp. Once it was gone, though, the man choked. "Damn, this Pepsi's expired," he muttered, before noticing the confused-looking Inuyasha and Kagome. "Oh yes, go and find a seat please." He set the vile in the sink and took off the coat and goggles. He had dark brown eyes and was wearing shorts and a shirt that read: Experimenting is fun, especially when it blows up. *hehe, I made that up.* The turned to the class and said, "Hello. My name is Mr. Miller. I'm supposed to be your chemistry teacher, but your biology teacher and I had a bet on who could teach what class better, so we decided to switch classes for this hour. So instead of going over the rules, as Ms. Kumquat did, we're going to be doing something more interesting. We can always get to the rules later. We are going to be playing a game/quiz to get your minds moving a bit. We shall be going over the different names and groups of animals." At this, Inuyasha sat up very straightly in his chair. Kagome had to stifle a giggle. "If you get the name right, then you shall get a jolly rancher. The person or people with the most right answer shall win the big prize. If I point at you, you will say your name and the answer to the question. Are you all ready?" The class nodded. Mr. Miller picked up a stack of cards and began reading. *just to let you know, Mr. Miller is a real person and I actually found this test on the internet. The answers are VERY strange, so I'm not sure if they're even accurate.* "What do you call a female alligator?" A few people raised their hands, including Inuyasha. Mr. Miller pointed at him.
"I'm Tetsusaiga Inuyasha," Inuyasha said, "and a female alligator is called a cow."
"Very good Inuyasha," Mr. Miller said, throwing a jolly rancher at him. "What do you call a group of frogs?" He pointed at a young man with light brown hair and hazel eyes.
"Smith Travis," the young man said, "the answer is an army."
"Good." Another candy flew through the air. "What's the name for a female fox?" Kagome rolled her eyes and raised her hand. This one was so simple.
"Higurashi Kagome," Kagome said when she got pointed at. "A ." She caught the candy with one hand.
"What's the name for a male panda?" He pointed at a boy with dirty blond hair and blue eyes.
"Talus Bryan," he said. "Um, a bear?"
"No, a boar," Mr. Miller corrected him. "What do you call a group of raccoons?" The game went on for the rest of the hour. Kagome only got one more answer correct; what do you call a group of dolphins. Inuyasha and Travis had gotten most of the answers and both now had a small pile of jolly ranchers on their desk. They didn't even know who was in the lead. Mr. Miller put the cards away and said, "Ok, now it's time for our winner, or winners. Drum roll please." Some of the students giggling slightly, they all banged their hands against their desks. "And the winner(s) is/are," Mr. Miller paused slightly, before saying, "Inuyasha and Travis!" The class applauded while the two boys looked extremely pleased.
"Great job Inuyasha!" Kagome praised. Inuyasha gave her a small smile, causing Kagome's heart to skip a beat.
"Class is dismissed," Mr. Miller said, and the students started packing up right away. "The winners may come and collect their prizes." Kagome waited for Inuyasha while he and Travis went to get the prizes. They both headed out of the building together and started for English.
"Hey, Inuyasha!" Kagome and Inuyasha turned around to see Travis jogging after them. He held out his hand to Inuyasha. "I never got to congratulate you." Inuyasha gave him a friendly smirk and shook his hand.
"Congratulations as well," Inuyasha said. Travis grinned at him.
"Thanks," he replied. He turned around when a girl with short brown hair and glittering brown eyes grabbed his arm.
"Travis, hurry up or we're going to be late," the girl said. Travis smiled at her.
"Ok Alison." He headed off with her, but not before giving Inuyasha and Kagome a final wave and grin. They both waved back before also turning away.
"Looks like you've made a new friend," Kagome grinned up at him. Inuyasha looked off into the distance, smiling slightly.
"Yeh, guess I have," Inuyasha said. Kagome suddenly spotted Sango, Rin, Miroku, and Sesshoumaru and dragged Inuyasha over to them.
"Where're you guys headed to?" Kagome asked them.
"English," they all said.
"Jinx, you guys all owe me a soda!" Rin exclaimed happily, giggling madly. Everyone rolled their eyes.
"So how was chemistry?" Inuyasha asked them. Sango and Rin gagged.
"We had the same teacher that I had for biology," Sango said, scowling. "She and the real chemistry teacher switched on a bet, so it was just as boring as biology. What's the real chemistry teacher like?"
"Fun," Kagome stated.
"Insane," Inuyasha muttered.
"Yeh, that too," Kagome agreed. "We played this biology game and Inuyasha and this other guy won. His name was Travis." She looked at Inuyasha. "By the way, what did you guys win anyway?" Inuyasha pulled out a piece of paper.
"Pass to the front of the lunch line," Inuyasha said, showing it to them before pocketing it. They all nodded and entered the English classroom. The room was full of books, dictionaries, encyclopedias, etc. A woman in her mid-20's sat at her desk reading a novel. The six of them took their seats and waited for the lesson to begin. Inuyasha and Kagome spotted Travis and Alison at the opposite end of the classroom. They waved at them and Travis and Alison waved back. A bell told them that class was about to begin. The woman marked her book and stood up.
"My name is Ms. Krueger. First off, I want to tell you that there'll be a play put on earlier this year. It will be performed, directed, and set up by all of you. We can't do it later this year, unfortunately, due to the little field trip you all will be taking. The subject of the play will be up to all of you. The field trip will be in a few months, and it will last a good 2-3 months. You will also be studying a lot for the final exams at the end of the year, so those are the reasons why we have to have the performance this fall or winter. Each class will perform a different play, so you will have to limit how many people will be performing. Now then, I will be handing out packets discussing more about this. On it will have a list of topics about what the play should be about. You will all look at it and right down one that you think would be interesting on the little cards I'm also going to be handing out. I will choose the topic with the most votes. After you all get to know each other a little, and I pray that you do, you will all choose a director. The director has to be good at giving directions and making sure everything is going smoothly." As Ms. Krueger said all of this, she was handing out the packets and the cards. Kagome looked at the list carefully and soon found one that she thought was interesting. Pulling the card closer to her, she wrote: Feudal Japan. When Ms. Krueger was done talking at the end of the hour, she collected all of the cards and dismissed them.
"Which subject did you choose?" Kagome asked Sango and Rin once they were all out of the building.
"Feudal Japan," they both said.
"Same for me," Kagome said.
"I haven't read a lot about it," Rin said, "but I heard that demons and monsters lived in the feudal area. I think that's pretty cool."
"My grandpa talks about all these made-up legends," Kagome said, rolling her eyes. "Even the cheese we eat for dinner has this 'interesting history.'" Rin and Sango snickered. Once they entered the mathematics room, they had an old woman barking at them.
"Go find and seat and sit down. No talking!" she snapped at them, before walking away towards her desk. The gang all sweatdropped and took their seats. They were lucky enough to get a seat in the back. "My name is Mrs. Myers. There are a few main rules that I would like to point out. No talking of any sort, pay attention, and turn your homework in on time. If you don't follow those rules, the consequences will be severe. Now get out your books and turn to page 2," she snapped at them all. Rolling their eyes, the class took out their math books and turned to page 2 as instructed.
"Miserable old bat," Inuyasha muttered under his breath as her and his friends left for their last classes. He and Kagome had chemistry, Rin and Sesshoumaru had biology, and Sango and Miroku had gym. "I got detention just because I dropped a pencil while she was talking about multiplication. I mean, who doesn't know how to multiply?"
"Well, I did hear you swear when you dropped it," Miroku stated. Inuyasha rolled his eyes.
"Who doesn't swear at one point in their lives? Besides, I thought I heard her swear when she dropped the stapler on her foot. I can't believe I have to listen to her every day for the rest of my college years."
"I feel your grief Inuyasha, I really do."
"Shut up Sesshoumaru! Just because you picked up the stapler for her doesn't mean you're an angel child!" *My science teacher called me that once; my friends looked at her like she was crazy. ^^. Hehe*
"Oh, so you're implying that since I'm the devil you're the saint?"
"…"
"Thought so."
"I told you to shut up!"
"What if I don't really feel like it?"
"Inuyasha, chemistry is this way!" Inuyasha looked over at Kagome.
"Ok, I'm coming." Giving Sesshoumaru an 'I'll see you in hell' glare, Inuyasha turned around and followed Kagome. "Damn he pisses me off!" Inuyasha shouted once they were out of Sesshoumaru's hearing range.
"Calm down Inuyasha. He just does it because he knows he can. If you just ignore him then he'll get the message that you don't care and leave you alone." Inuyasha snorted.
"Trust me Kag, that guy'll never stop 'til he gets what he wants." Inuyasha turned to see Kagome giving him an odd look. "What?"
"You just called me Kag," Kagome stated, blinking. Inuyasha went slightly pink and looked away.
"Yeh, so what?" he asked. Kagome shrugged and looked down.
"Nothing." Silence, then…
"Is it ok if I call you Kag?" Kagome looked up and smiled at him.
"Sure, it's ok. It's kind of nice to have a nickname. Do you want me to call you Inu, or Yasha?"
"Nah, just call me Inuyasha. I've never been the one for nicknames, since they're usually given to me by my brother." The two stopped their somewhat awkward conversation to find seats. They were fortunately able to find seats at the front of the classroom this time, since Mr. Miller was the one teaching. Everyone stopped talking once he entered the room. He smiled at everyone.
"Hello students. As some of you may know, my name is Mr. Miller. Today we are going to be going over some of the things you've already learned about chemistry, but in a fun way. We are going to be playing Chemistry Jeopardy!" Some of the class cheered and Mr. Miller did a mock bow. "Yes, thank you all. Now, I'm going to be separating you all into 3 groups. You will all choose a group captain, and the captain will be the one to give me the answer. The winning group with the most points at the end will be rewarded. I'm going to number you all off now, so remember your numbers." He went around numbering off every one. Kagome and Inuyasha were fortunate enough to be in each others group. Once he was done, Mr. Miller told the groups where to go. Once they had all gotten into their groups (Inuyasha and Kagome are in group 3 by the way) they all nominated a girl called Tsuyu to be their captain. Mr. Miller got all of the captains' names and wrote them on the board; Hiten, Nobunaga, and Tsuyu. Mr. Miller chose Tsuyu's team to go first.
"Metric base units for 100 please," Tsuyu said. Mr. Miller erased 100 off the little jeopardy board her had drawn on the white board.
"What is the basic unit for mass?" Mr. Miller asked, reading off a card he had in front of him.
"Grams," Kagome muttered to Tsuyu.
"Grams?" Tsuyu questioned. Mr. Miller smiled.
"Correct. 100 points for your team." He wrote 100 under Tsuyu's name on the board. He turned to Hiten's team.
"Experimental design for 100," said the boy with long black hair tied into a braid and strange red eyes.
"What's the part of the experiment where the experimenter changes called?" The jeopardy game went on like that until class was nearly over. The following scores looked like this: Hiten-32,150 *trust me, the scores can get that high with daily doubles* Nobunaga-29,550, and Tsuyu 32,100. Mr. Miller put his cards away and smiled at them. "Now it's time for final jeopardy," he said. "The final jeopardy will have nothing to do with chemistry, but with music. I'll be putting on a song of my choice and before that you will all decide on how much you are going to bet. Once you have that down, I will find out how much you are betting, and then I will put the song on. If you get the song and the artist write, the number of points you betted will be added to your score. If you get one or both of the answers wrong, then the points will be taken off of your score. Are you all ready?" The class nodded. "Now choose how much you're going to bet. But the song I'm choosing is in the pop category." Some of class groaned while some looked very confident. Tsuyu's group decided to bet 16,050 points. Mr. Miller went around and found out how much everyone was betting before he walked over to his computer and put on a song. Kagome was very happy to announce that she knew the song. She grabbed the card that they were supposed to write the answer down on and wrote 'Grip! By Every Little Thing.' *I'm listening to that song right now^^* Mr. Miller turned off the song after a few minutes and gathered all of the cards. Looking at them, he finally said the final scores. "The song was called Grip and the artist was Every Little Thing. Hiten's group bet 30,000 points and got the song wrong. Nobunaga's group be 15,000 points and got both answers right. Tsuyu's group bet half of their points and got the answers right, so Tsuyu's group wins." The group cheered while the other two groups looked put out. "The winners can come out and choose a bar of candy, while the non-winners can each take one jolly rancher. Class dismissed."
Kagome and Inuyasha emerge from chemistry looking extremely happy, both munching on a Crunch bar. They spotted their friends heading back to the main building for dinner and quickly caught up with them. Their friends eyed the chocolate bars jealously.
"Where'd you get those?" Rin asked them. Kagome grinned.
"Chemistry," she replied. "We got to play Chemistry Jeopardy to review what we knew so far. Our group won." Sango scowled at her.
"We had to listen to our biology teacher ramble on about why she was a better teacher than Mr. Miller. She kept coming up with these ludicrous ideas that she was a fabulous teacher and that all students love her." Sango snorted. "Only brain-dead students could ever like her." The whole group snickered at Sango's comment. They all got their dinners and sat down at the same spot. They mostly concentrated on doing the homework they had gotten in math and history. The only funny thing that happened was when Kikyou stupidly ran into a wall and dumped her dinner all over herself. Once she had fled from the room, everyone had had a good laugh before going back to what they were doing. Once they were all done with their homework and dinner, they threw away their trays, packed up their stuff, and headed back to their dorms for a good night's sleep. They all entered their rooms, changed, and got into bed, but not before Kagome made sure no cat was sitting on the snooze button.
Yeh, I know the ending was lame, but I have softball playoffs soon and I wanted to get this done before hand. I'm pitcher for my team, and pitching isn't very fun some of the time. *flashbacks to the line drives connecting with Mewchild's head, shoulder, and hand.* That hurt. Well, I gotta go. Bye! Review!