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A/N: Wow…I never thought I'd see the year when my district would allow not one but TWO snow days in one month… well this is good news for you because I swear that later on tonight I'll update once again. To tell the truth I really despise snow…well enjoy! "blah" means that the word came out of Kagome's mouth in Japanese.

Skitzoflame: Thanks for the review!!  Yeah, I kinda suck at leaving cliffhangers…^_^ 

Puppkid: YAY!! Yankees are awesome! But it IS football season and there's usually a huge party and now I have to miss it!!! Yes it is unfortunate for Kagome but it'll get a bit better…I think ^_^; heh heh heh

Chapter 7- School?

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As they stood outside the door of the room they heard the music being blasted. "Ummm…this is Melissa's room, she came here after her mother couldn't take care of her anymore. Well her mother was 15 and just left her at an orphanage. Anyway let's meet her" Emily opened the door and the music blasted in their faces and it was like a whirlwind of music. They staggered in and pulled the door closed behind them. Skye stepped over to the stereo and turned it off. There was an immediate ringing in the ears then silence.

"Heeeeeeyyyyy!! Why'd you turn it off?" the girl was standing on her bed tacking up some more posters of her favorite singer…Christina Aguleria. She wore too tight pants with an even tighter midriff shirt that covered barely anything. She had two huge hoops of earrings in her ears and way too much make-up on her face. She popped her gum that was in her mouth and waited for an explanation.  

"God why the hell must you blast that crap?" Skye said to her

"Excuse me? If you wanna talk about crap why don't you just look at your c.d. collection?" Melissa countered. She stepped off the bed and onto the floor. From there she was not very tall but she still didn't back off even as Skye was glowering over her like a giant. 

"We didn't come to argue about music; this is Kagome she just got here a couple of hours ago" Emily said  as she looked around with disgust.

"Oh, hi! My name is Melissa and welcome. I don't know why you're hanging around those three but if you want I can show you around" Melissa said; then she looked at what Kagome was wearing. She still wore her school uniform from her old school "and while we're at it we'll get you something better to wear" Melissa commented as she took in the green sailor shirt and green skirt.

Kagome took this as an insult so she tried to come back with something but it didn't work out as well as she thought. She meant to say "Why would I want to look like you? You're basically wearing a piece of cloth" but Melissa understood it as "Why would I blah blah blah? You are blah wear a blah of clot" 

Melissa just looked at her for a minute then laughed at Kagome. Kagome turned on her heel and ripped open the door. She was mad…no she was furious!!! She had plainly said an insult but all that slut did was laugh. She felt the blood rising but she took deep breaths and calmed down. She heard the door slam and the other three girls come up to her. "Hey, I told her what you meant to say and she kicked us out" Bry said "If you want to say something that you don't know how to quite say in English you can tell me in Japanese and I'll translate it for you to English"

"You know Japanese?"  Kagome asked

"Yeah, but my problem is I can't write it too well. We should meet the other residents before it gets too late. If you were wondering the other girl that rooms with Melissa is Marisa. Marisa is also small and is a basic clone of Melissa but Marisa has darker skin" Bry finished then Emily went to the door next to Melissa's.

Emily knocked on the door and a girl about the age of twelve opened the door. "Hey Akiko, just wanted you to meet the new girl here" Emily said

Akiko looked at Kagome and finally said "Hi, welcome to our humble home. I hope you enjoy being here as much as I do" Akiko didn't sound too happy or excited. She actually sounded bored. Kagome introduced herself and peered into the room. It was half blue and half pink. There were stuffed animals in the weirdest places. They were everywhere; on top of the bookshelf, on the bar that holds curtains up, and just everywhere on the pink side. "Sara is somewhere, not sure where but you'll find her…it's not hard when she's so loud. Nice meeting you Kagome" Akiko then closed the door leaving the girls staring at stickers of cute fuzzy animals.

In the next hour they met everyone who lived there. It was a total of 13 residents including Kagome; Jill even came out and properly introduced herself. There was Jill- 16 yrs old, Emily-14yrs, Skye-14yrs, Bry-14yrs, Sara-10yrs, Akiko-12yrs, Shippo-12yrs, Melissa-13yrs, Marisa-13yrs, Ben-15yrs, Johanna-17yrs, Keith-12yrs, and Kagome-15yrs. "Oh man! It's already 3:30 pm!! We have to go, right about now!!" Skye said looking at her watch. All three girls dashed into their rooms and a minute later all three came out in identical black shorts, knee socks, kneepads, and sneakers. The only thing really different was the color of their shirts.  Same brand though, Kagome looked at them in question.  

"We all went shopping for our volleyball stuff together…obviously" Bry said as she noticed that Kagome was looking at each of them.

'Oh wow…that's just weird' Kagome thought as she took in each outfit that was basically the same. "You had better go then if you needed to leave a couple minutes ago" Kagome said. All three went running past her, down the stairs and out to a car where Mr. Becker was already waiting. Kagome went into her room and closed the door. She flopped down on the bed and soon fell asleep amongst the fluffy pillows and comforter.  

When Kagome woke up it was already dark and someone was gently shaking her awake. "It's time to eat dinner, come on wake up" Someone said Kagome opened her eyes fully and saw Emily. Finally, I thought you would never wake up. Let's go eat, it's hamburger night. Dad's making it on the grill because it's a little warmer" Emily walked to the door and left without another word. Kagome got up and followed Emily to the dining room where everyone was already seated around the huge table. There were two seats open and Kagome sat at one while Emily sat at the other. There were mass amounts of food piled up on the table. There were buns, French fries, Potato salad, Macaroni salad, Hamburgers, Cheeseburgers, and various other things Kagome couldn't quite tell what it was. When the clock struck 7:00pm everyone dug in and it was an all out war to get as much food as they could. Kagome was taken aback by it and was timid but Bry shoved food onto her plate and it wasn't a little. 

"You can't be timid, you have to just get the food then you can eat" Bry said to her stuffing bread into her mouth and washing it down with a brown soda in the glass in front of her. Soon everyone stopped fighting for food and ate but there was still a lot of food left on the table. In the next hour everything was finished off and there wasn't a speck of food left on the table. As Kagome got ready for bed she felt she could be maybe happy here. It sure was eventful and fun, and there were a lot of people her age. She slipped under her covers and eventually fell asleep.

~~The Next Morning~~

"Kagome!! If you don't wake up NOW we're going to be late" Kagome heard Emily yell from her dresser.

"Huh? What am I going to be late?" Kagome asked puzzled

"It's Monday!! We have to go to school you know" Emily replied

"School? I have to go to school?" 

"Yes, you do. Everyone does. You might not be able to answer a lot of questions in English but you can understand it" 

"Oh, Where is my uniform?" Kagome asked looking puzzled at Emily who had on a pair of loose jeans, and a pullover sweater. She was pulling on socks as Kagome sat up.

"Uniform? There are none, you wear whatever you want to wear. We go to the public school not a catholic school" Emily replied shoving sneakers on her feet and grabbing her backpack. "You have exactly ten minutes to get out to the bus stop" Emily turned and walked out of the room closing the door behind her.

Kagome then scrambled out of bed and went over to her drawer. She pulled out a green tee shirt and a pair of faded jeans. She pulled her sweater on and grabbed her backpack. She ran down the stairs and pulled on her shoes, then ran outside just as the bus pulled up. She saw everyone get on and the doors were closing as she got there. The doors opened and she stepped on the bus. She looked for a place to sit but there weren't any open seats. Almost everyone was sharing a seat with someone else and the bus was extremely crowded. The only person sitting alone was a boy with silver hair that was a little on the longer side. She went up to him and said, "Could I sit with you? There are no other seats available"

He looked at her and she noticed that he had golden eyes. "Feh! I guess but you have to sit by the window" 

Kagome nodded her head 'ok' and sat down by the window. She stared out the window watching the houses and trees go by. Then as the bus pulled onto the main road she watched all the stores go by. The main road was more like a highway; there were so many cars. The bus eventually pulled into a bus circle and she got a look at the school. It was fairly big and had pillars holding up a section of roof at the main doors. 'It doesn't look too much bigger than my old school'

The doors to the bus opened and everyone filed out. When she got outside she looked for Emily or someone and finally found Bry talking to other girls. "Bry!" Kagome shouted as she caught up to her "Can you tell me where I have to go?" 

"Sure, you should probably go to the main office and get your schedule. I'll go with you, maybe you'll be in some of my classes" Bry answered she then turned to the girls she was talking to and said something to them, probably in another language. They waved goodbye and left to go inside the school. "Let's go" Bry started to walk inside and Kagome followed. They entered the doors and turned left in the lobby, at the end of that hall they turned left again and Bry pushed one of the double doors open and walked in. Kagome entered after and they walked up to the big desk. There were teachers milling around and one said hello to Bry. They got the secretary's attention and she came over.

"What can I help you with?" She asked in a honey sweet voice.

A/N: YAY!!! Another chapter done…it's really cold out!!

Yomi: Brrrrr…yes Tomo just state the friggin obvious!!  

Tomo: OK!! Well hope you liked this chapter and don't forget to Read and Review!!! ^_^