Disclaimer: So, I don't own Inuyasha, I'll let Kagome and Kikyou fight it
out over ownership or our lovable mutt *grins*
It was almost dark by the time the two girls got back to campus. They had been all over the city - well, as close as you can get to all over in six hours or so, anyway. Katie had taken Kagome to Lincoln Park, they had walked around downtown and went to the top of the Sears tower, taken a tourist trolley to museum campus and Katie pointed out Navy Pier from a bus and promised to take Kagome there on next Saturday when they had more time. Although, by the time they got off the last bus of the day and started walking from the bus stop back to their dorm, Kagome thought that if she never saw another bus or train, it would be too soon.
Walking back, she turned to Katie, "Wow! That was great, but I had no idea it would be so complex getting around in Chicago! I'm so glad you came with me. I would have gotten completely lost!"
Katie smiled at her new friend. "Yeah, Chicago can be a complicated city if you don't know your way around. I'm really glad I came with you too. You seem like a really cool person, we'll have to hang out more often. I'll introduce you to some of my friends later. By the way, do you know who your roommate is yet?" The two girls had been talking all afternoon and Kagome had learned a lot about college life, but Katie had forgotten to mention roommates.
Kagome shook her head. "Nope. Not yet, she wasn't there when I got here this morning. Her stuff wasn't even moved in yet, and I don't know anything about her expect that he name is Sandra; at least, that's what it said on the door. I really hope she's nice." After traveling with Inuyasha, Kagome figured that she could get along with anyone, but she didn't know anything about American girls. She was worried that her roommate might end up being impossible to live with or hating her. She had done her best not to think about it through the day though. She would worry about her roommate later.
"I'm sure everything will be fine!" Katie said as they re-entered their dorm. "Well, Kagome, it's been great hanging out with you today! But I have to run to that RA meeting my sister mentioned earlier. But here, let me give you my phone number, call me sometime and we'll watch a movie or something!" She grabbed a scrap of paper and a pen off a nearby table and quickly scratched down her telephone number, handing the piece of paper to Kagome.
"Good luck with your roommate! Don't worry too much. Oh! Btw, I meant to tell you earlier, tonight at 10:30 every floor has a mandatory meeting with their RA's in the floor lounge to get introduced and go over to general things. Make sure that you go!" And with those words, she was off towards her room. Kagome looked at her watch- 8:58. She hoped that Katie's RA meeting would be close to their dorm, because she was definitely going to be late otherwise.
Kagome walked over to the elevator and pressed the button going up, and when it arrived stepped in and pressed three. She was still not comfortable in this new place, but she could see herself getting there over time. 'Katie seems like a really awesome person, I really hope we get to spend more time together. It's so weird how much she is like Kaede though. And having a sister that looks like Kikyou named Kiki! That's got to be more than just coincidence. Maybe I'll send an e-mail to my mom later once I get back to my room and see if she has anything to say about it.' Kagome thought back on her day as the elevator went up to the third floor.
Just as the elevator reached the third floor, Kagome yawned and it suddenly hit her how tired she was. 'Wow! I'm exhausted! If I set my alarm, maybe I'll have time for a nap before I go to this floor meeting thing that Katie mentioned.' Kagome was calculating in her head just how much time she would have for napping before the meeting when she suddenly heard the loud chords of a guitar followed by a the chorus of a pretty well-known Japanese rock song, both of which were coming from her bedroom.
She slowly opened the door to find a tall, thin, Asian-looking girl jumping about their bedroom pretending to play guitar on an imaginary instrument.
"Hello. I'm Kagome." Kagome couldn't even hear her own voice over the loud music, so she tried again. "HELLO?!" She shouted. But the girl didn't seem to hear her. Instead, it was the door as it slammed behind Kagome that startled her.
"Oh! HEY!" She shouted above the sound of them music. She walked over to her stereo and turned down the volume so that Kagome could hear again. "You must be Kagome! I'm Sandra!" The girl was wearing tight black pants, and a long sleeved black shirt, over that she wore a loose hot-pink shirt tied at the waist with a black belt. Her long black hair was tied in a ponytail high on her head with a ribbon in the same color pink as her shirt. She looked like she had just walked off a rock and roll stage from the 80's.
"Do you like The Pillows? I absolutely adore their music!" Sandra asked, still breathless from finishing her performance.
"Um...yeah, The Pillows are pretty good..." Kagome hesitantly replied. She didn't know how to respond to this girl. Kagome did know The Pillows music, but she wasn't really a big rock fan herself. She listened to pop music a lot more. Regardless, she didn't want a roommate who was going to make her deaf every time she walked into the room, whether it was rock or pop music.
"Pretty good?! Ha! They are the best! She got up and started playing her air guitar again while humming the tune to the song that was just playing. After a minute, she stopped and turned to Kagome again. "Did you get here this morning?"
"Um, yeah. I flew from Tokyo." Kagome responded. This girl still scared her a little bit. And she began to wonder if she would ever get any sleep in their room. "Awesome! I've never been to Tokyo, always wanted to go though. When my family goes, we always go to Okinawa because that's where our family lives. I always want to go to the big cities, but we never have time. You're Japanese, then?" Sandra bounced all over the room as she spoke, never staying in just one place for more than just a few minutes, it was making Kagome dizzy trying to watch her as she moved.
"Yeah, my family lives outside of Tokyo. You're Japanese too? I thought from your name..." Kagome let her voice trail off. She felt bad that she had assumed things about her roommate, now that she had met her.
"Yeah, most people don't expect me to be Asian. My parents are both Japanese, but I was born here. My mom named me Sandra so that I would have an American name, but she wanted it to be close to the Japanese name my father wanted to give me. He wanted to name me Sango, something about it being a family name passed down from generations ago when my great-great- great grandmother and her brother were the only surviving members of a village of demon slayers who were killed over some sacred jewel...whatever...like Demons ever really existed." She rolled her eyes as she spoke. Kagome had to think not to let her jaw drop as Sandra told her version of the story.
'So this is Sango's great-great-great-great granddaughter? This is getting to be too much. Who will I run into next? Miroku?!' Kagome was getting a bit overwhelmed by all of these coincidences. Why were all of these people showing up around her?
"Oh, hey Kagome, my boyfriend, Mike, said that he'd stop by later tonight, is there any way that you could go read in the lounge or something for a couple hours while he's here? Normally, I won't ask, but we haven't seen each other in a few weeks, so I'd really like some alone time with him, if you know what I mean." With her last few words, Sandra made some hand gestures that Kagome didn't understand the meanings on, but she knew better than to ask. Besides, she wasn't she if she wanted to know.
"Um...Well, I was planning on going to bed right after the floor meeting..." Kagome started, but before she could finish her thought, Sandra interrupted her.
"Please, Kagome! Just this once, I promise that I won't ask often but I really want some time with him. I'll keep it short, just one hour? Pleeease!" Sandra pleaded with Kagome. As she begged, she came over and grabbed both of Kagome's hands, grabbing them and shaking them slightly as she implored her new roommate.
Kagome was a little annoyed, but gave in. "Alright, but if I'm going to go to bed later then, can I take a nap now so that I won't be as tired?"
"Oh yeah, that's fine. Have fun with that! And THANK YOU SOO MUCH! You have no idea how much this means to me! Oh, you'll have to meet Mike when he gets here though, I think you'll like him – I do!" She said grinning.
Kagome just walked over to her bed and collapsed on to it. She was so tired from her day. It had been a long day; even she had to admit it. She really hoped that she would be able to wake up in time for the meeting. She felt like she could sleep for a thousand years.
A/N: So, I hope someone is reading this. Because no one has said anything... Please R/R. I'd love to know what you guys think of the story!
It was almost dark by the time the two girls got back to campus. They had been all over the city - well, as close as you can get to all over in six hours or so, anyway. Katie had taken Kagome to Lincoln Park, they had walked around downtown and went to the top of the Sears tower, taken a tourist trolley to museum campus and Katie pointed out Navy Pier from a bus and promised to take Kagome there on next Saturday when they had more time. Although, by the time they got off the last bus of the day and started walking from the bus stop back to their dorm, Kagome thought that if she never saw another bus or train, it would be too soon.
Walking back, she turned to Katie, "Wow! That was great, but I had no idea it would be so complex getting around in Chicago! I'm so glad you came with me. I would have gotten completely lost!"
Katie smiled at her new friend. "Yeah, Chicago can be a complicated city if you don't know your way around. I'm really glad I came with you too. You seem like a really cool person, we'll have to hang out more often. I'll introduce you to some of my friends later. By the way, do you know who your roommate is yet?" The two girls had been talking all afternoon and Kagome had learned a lot about college life, but Katie had forgotten to mention roommates.
Kagome shook her head. "Nope. Not yet, she wasn't there when I got here this morning. Her stuff wasn't even moved in yet, and I don't know anything about her expect that he name is Sandra; at least, that's what it said on the door. I really hope she's nice." After traveling with Inuyasha, Kagome figured that she could get along with anyone, but she didn't know anything about American girls. She was worried that her roommate might end up being impossible to live with or hating her. She had done her best not to think about it through the day though. She would worry about her roommate later.
"I'm sure everything will be fine!" Katie said as they re-entered their dorm. "Well, Kagome, it's been great hanging out with you today! But I have to run to that RA meeting my sister mentioned earlier. But here, let me give you my phone number, call me sometime and we'll watch a movie or something!" She grabbed a scrap of paper and a pen off a nearby table and quickly scratched down her telephone number, handing the piece of paper to Kagome.
"Good luck with your roommate! Don't worry too much. Oh! Btw, I meant to tell you earlier, tonight at 10:30 every floor has a mandatory meeting with their RA's in the floor lounge to get introduced and go over to general things. Make sure that you go!" And with those words, she was off towards her room. Kagome looked at her watch- 8:58. She hoped that Katie's RA meeting would be close to their dorm, because she was definitely going to be late otherwise.
Kagome walked over to the elevator and pressed the button going up, and when it arrived stepped in and pressed three. She was still not comfortable in this new place, but she could see herself getting there over time. 'Katie seems like a really awesome person, I really hope we get to spend more time together. It's so weird how much she is like Kaede though. And having a sister that looks like Kikyou named Kiki! That's got to be more than just coincidence. Maybe I'll send an e-mail to my mom later once I get back to my room and see if she has anything to say about it.' Kagome thought back on her day as the elevator went up to the third floor.
Just as the elevator reached the third floor, Kagome yawned and it suddenly hit her how tired she was. 'Wow! I'm exhausted! If I set my alarm, maybe I'll have time for a nap before I go to this floor meeting thing that Katie mentioned.' Kagome was calculating in her head just how much time she would have for napping before the meeting when she suddenly heard the loud chords of a guitar followed by a the chorus of a pretty well-known Japanese rock song, both of which were coming from her bedroom.
She slowly opened the door to find a tall, thin, Asian-looking girl jumping about their bedroom pretending to play guitar on an imaginary instrument.
"Hello. I'm Kagome." Kagome couldn't even hear her own voice over the loud music, so she tried again. "HELLO?!" She shouted. But the girl didn't seem to hear her. Instead, it was the door as it slammed behind Kagome that startled her.
"Oh! HEY!" She shouted above the sound of them music. She walked over to her stereo and turned down the volume so that Kagome could hear again. "You must be Kagome! I'm Sandra!" The girl was wearing tight black pants, and a long sleeved black shirt, over that she wore a loose hot-pink shirt tied at the waist with a black belt. Her long black hair was tied in a ponytail high on her head with a ribbon in the same color pink as her shirt. She looked like she had just walked off a rock and roll stage from the 80's.
"Do you like The Pillows? I absolutely adore their music!" Sandra asked, still breathless from finishing her performance.
"Um...yeah, The Pillows are pretty good..." Kagome hesitantly replied. She didn't know how to respond to this girl. Kagome did know The Pillows music, but she wasn't really a big rock fan herself. She listened to pop music a lot more. Regardless, she didn't want a roommate who was going to make her deaf every time she walked into the room, whether it was rock or pop music.
"Pretty good?! Ha! They are the best! She got up and started playing her air guitar again while humming the tune to the song that was just playing. After a minute, she stopped and turned to Kagome again. "Did you get here this morning?"
"Um, yeah. I flew from Tokyo." Kagome responded. This girl still scared her a little bit. And she began to wonder if she would ever get any sleep in their room. "Awesome! I've never been to Tokyo, always wanted to go though. When my family goes, we always go to Okinawa because that's where our family lives. I always want to go to the big cities, but we never have time. You're Japanese, then?" Sandra bounced all over the room as she spoke, never staying in just one place for more than just a few minutes, it was making Kagome dizzy trying to watch her as she moved.
"Yeah, my family lives outside of Tokyo. You're Japanese too? I thought from your name..." Kagome let her voice trail off. She felt bad that she had assumed things about her roommate, now that she had met her.
"Yeah, most people don't expect me to be Asian. My parents are both Japanese, but I was born here. My mom named me Sandra so that I would have an American name, but she wanted it to be close to the Japanese name my father wanted to give me. He wanted to name me Sango, something about it being a family name passed down from generations ago when my great-great- great grandmother and her brother were the only surviving members of a village of demon slayers who were killed over some sacred jewel...whatever...like Demons ever really existed." She rolled her eyes as she spoke. Kagome had to think not to let her jaw drop as Sandra told her version of the story.
'So this is Sango's great-great-great-great granddaughter? This is getting to be too much. Who will I run into next? Miroku?!' Kagome was getting a bit overwhelmed by all of these coincidences. Why were all of these people showing up around her?
"Oh, hey Kagome, my boyfriend, Mike, said that he'd stop by later tonight, is there any way that you could go read in the lounge or something for a couple hours while he's here? Normally, I won't ask, but we haven't seen each other in a few weeks, so I'd really like some alone time with him, if you know what I mean." With her last few words, Sandra made some hand gestures that Kagome didn't understand the meanings on, but she knew better than to ask. Besides, she wasn't she if she wanted to know.
"Um...Well, I was planning on going to bed right after the floor meeting..." Kagome started, but before she could finish her thought, Sandra interrupted her.
"Please, Kagome! Just this once, I promise that I won't ask often but I really want some time with him. I'll keep it short, just one hour? Pleeease!" Sandra pleaded with Kagome. As she begged, she came over and grabbed both of Kagome's hands, grabbing them and shaking them slightly as she implored her new roommate.
Kagome was a little annoyed, but gave in. "Alright, but if I'm going to go to bed later then, can I take a nap now so that I won't be as tired?"
"Oh yeah, that's fine. Have fun with that! And THANK YOU SOO MUCH! You have no idea how much this means to me! Oh, you'll have to meet Mike when he gets here though, I think you'll like him – I do!" She said grinning.
Kagome just walked over to her bed and collapsed on to it. She was so tired from her day. It had been a long day; even she had to admit it. She really hoped that she would be able to wake up in time for the meeting. She felt like she could sleep for a thousand years.
A/N: So, I hope someone is reading this. Because no one has said anything... Please R/R. I'd love to know what you guys think of the story!