Chapter Five: Making it through First
For our favorite cranky young couple, first period was English I. Inuyasha walked into the room and just stood there, in the middle of the room. It wasn't his fault that no-one told him what to do.
The room smelled like tennis shoes and peanut butter. It wasn't entirely unpleasant. There were a bunch of desks and a whole lot of kids talking, writing, sighing, waiting for the bell to ring.
He listened to the noises of the classroom as the other students were getting to their seats. He could hear laughing coming from the back of the room so that's were he focused his attention.
"Look at his hair!" A gay sounding guy said.
"It looks like he got into a fight with a lawnmower." Another fellow said.
"Do you think that he cut it himself?"
Inuyasha stared at them.
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Instead of looking embarrassed they continued to laugh at him.
"What's with that weird rag on his head? Do you think that he's like you, Guy?"
"I sure hope so..." said The gay sounding guy said while licking his lips.
"Eww." said the other guy.
A pretty girl spoke up for him. "Maybe he's just poor. Maybe he has to cut his own hair."
"Oh be quiet, Miwa! You're just hoping that he's NOT like Guy."
"Guilty." She blushed.
By this time everyone but Inuyasha had taken a seat. He felt everyone looking at him. He glared back, but it didn't stop anyone from looking at him. He started to blush, but continued to stand there.
He was looking around and noticed a desk bigger than the others with an old woman in it. She wasn't all that old, but definetly in her fourties. Her hair was short, and had stiff curls with red highlights. She was wanting him to go over to her.
Not wanting to stay where he was he decided to comply.
He stood there a moment.
She sleepily looked through her grade book.
"you're tired too, huh?" He asked her.
"Yuh... you're that Inuyasha person, aren't you?"
He nodded.
"Speak up, boy! Are you Inuyasha."
"I said Yes!"
"No you didn't!"
"I nodded!"
"Well you could see that I wasn't looking at you. Use your common sense, boy!"
Inuyasha grunted.
"There's an empty desk over there. Go sit there and try to keep up." She was pointing to a desk in the back between the three who he caught talking about him.
He groaned and sat down in the forementioned desk.
The teacher got up and walked to the blackboard. It wasn't actually black, it was green, so it should have been called a greenboard.
"Today we are going to be continuing our study of Moby Dick, or The Great White Whale. Would anyone like volunteer what they think the story is mostly about?"
She looked around the room. Only one hand was up, it was the guy next to Inuyasha. Not Guy, the other one.
The teacher rolled her eyes.
"Anyone! Anyone at all! Come on! You read the book didn't you?" The teacher begged of the class, not wanting to call on him.
No-one else raised their hand.
"Me! Ooh! Me! I know this one! Call on me!" The boy called out to the teacher.
She looked over him purposely and decided to call on a random girl in the front.
"How about you, Suzuko?"
"Um... It's about... a Great White Whale?"
"Yes! You're on the right track, keep going!" The teacher coached her.
"I-I don't know! I didn't read it! It was so long and BORING." The girl confessed just to make the teacher go away.
"Me! Call on me!" The boy chanted.
Inuyasha looked at them curiously. He wondered why she wasn't calling on him.
"Alright... what do you think the plot of Moby Dick is, Kyle?"
"I think it's about Moby's"
"NO!" The teacher shouted back.
The class burst into laughter.
"That's lunch detention, Kyle." The teacher glared at him.
The teacher yawned. "Pass out the books, Kyoko. I'm going to get some more coffee in the teacher's lounge. You watch the class while I'm gone."
"Yes Ma'am!" Kyoko called back.
"Suck up." Miwa sneered as the teacher walked out.
"That's it, I'm writing your name down, Miwa!" Kyoko announced.
"Whatever." Miwa told her.
Soon the class was so chaotic that Kyoko had written everyone's name down on her list.
"So, Inuyasha. Don't take offense to this but... Guy and I were wondering... Are you single, and um... who do you like... guys or girls?"
"I don't understand." Inuyasha told her. "What do you mean?"
"I guess you really aren't from around here." Miwa mused.
"I mean... do you have someone really special, or are you still in the market for a lady friend?"
"Or a guy friend!" Guy interjected.
"Well, Kagome is really special... but I think she's mad at me... I could always use more friends I suppose."
"Yes!" Miwa and Guy both cheered.
"I'm sure he didn't mean THAT." Kyle brought them both back to earth.
"Inuyasha... What they mean is do you like to..." Kyle got up and did a couple of pelvic thrusts and made some weird noises. He sat down again. "to guys or to girls... or maybe both?"
"What the hell kind of question is that?!" Inuyasha was grossed out.
"Hey Kagome!" Miwa shouted across the room. "Come here!"
Kagome groaned and walked over to them. She made it pretty obvious that she hated them.
"'Ey KaGOme! Like what's your relAtionshIp with dis guy?" Guy gestured at Inuyasha.
"None of your business, Perv!" Kagome countered and started to walk back to her desk.
"Sheesh! You're rude!" Miwa yelled at her. "We were just asking a question!"
Miwa threw a spit ball into Kagome's hair.
Inuyasha grabbed Miwa by the bangs and slammed her head against the wall behind her.
"OW!" She yelped.
Kagome turned around. "Inuyasha! I told you not to hurt anyone!"
"But she spat something in your hair!"
"Really?" Kagome pulled it out of her hair. "Eww!"
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"Come on, Inuyasha! Let's go to our next class before she tells on you!"
"Okay!" He got up to follow her, glad that she didn't seem mad anymore.
"I'm not going to tell on you!" Miwa told them. "That's not like me. That's like you, ya damn prep!"
"Thanks... I guess." Kagome called as she ran out with Inuyasha.
For our favorite cranky young couple, first period was English I. Inuyasha walked into the room and just stood there, in the middle of the room. It wasn't his fault that no-one told him what to do.
The room smelled like tennis shoes and peanut butter. It wasn't entirely unpleasant. There were a bunch of desks and a whole lot of kids talking, writing, sighing, waiting for the bell to ring.
He listened to the noises of the classroom as the other students were getting to their seats. He could hear laughing coming from the back of the room so that's were he focused his attention.
"Look at his hair!" A gay sounding guy said.
"It looks like he got into a fight with a lawnmower." Another fellow said.
"Do you think that he cut it himself?"
Inuyasha stared at them.
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Instead of looking embarrassed they continued to laugh at him.
"What's with that weird rag on his head? Do you think that he's like you, Guy?"
"I sure hope so..." said The gay sounding guy said while licking his lips.
"Eww." said the other guy.
A pretty girl spoke up for him. "Maybe he's just poor. Maybe he has to cut his own hair."
"Oh be quiet, Miwa! You're just hoping that he's NOT like Guy."
"Guilty." She blushed.
By this time everyone but Inuyasha had taken a seat. He felt everyone looking at him. He glared back, but it didn't stop anyone from looking at him. He started to blush, but continued to stand there.
He was looking around and noticed a desk bigger than the others with an old woman in it. She wasn't all that old, but definetly in her fourties. Her hair was short, and had stiff curls with red highlights. She was wanting him to go over to her.
Not wanting to stay where he was he decided to comply.
He stood there a moment.
She sleepily looked through her grade book.
"you're tired too, huh?" He asked her.
"Yuh... you're that Inuyasha person, aren't you?"
He nodded.
"Speak up, boy! Are you Inuyasha."
"I said Yes!"
"No you didn't!"
"I nodded!"
"Well you could see that I wasn't looking at you. Use your common sense, boy!"
Inuyasha grunted.
"There's an empty desk over there. Go sit there and try to keep up." She was pointing to a desk in the back between the three who he caught talking about him.
He groaned and sat down in the forementioned desk.
The teacher got up and walked to the blackboard. It wasn't actually black, it was green, so it should have been called a greenboard.
"Today we are going to be continuing our study of Moby Dick, or The Great White Whale. Would anyone like volunteer what they think the story is mostly about?"
She looked around the room. Only one hand was up, it was the guy next to Inuyasha. Not Guy, the other one.
The teacher rolled her eyes.
"Anyone! Anyone at all! Come on! You read the book didn't you?" The teacher begged of the class, not wanting to call on him.
No-one else raised their hand.
"Me! Ooh! Me! I know this one! Call on me!" The boy called out to the teacher.
She looked over him purposely and decided to call on a random girl in the front.
"How about you, Suzuko?"
"Um... It's about... a Great White Whale?"
"Yes! You're on the right track, keep going!" The teacher coached her.
"I-I don't know! I didn't read it! It was so long and BORING." The girl confessed just to make the teacher go away.
"Me! Call on me!" The boy chanted.
Inuyasha looked at them curiously. He wondered why she wasn't calling on him.
"Alright... what do you think the plot of Moby Dick is, Kyle?"
"I think it's about Moby's"
"NO!" The teacher shouted back.
The class burst into laughter.
"That's lunch detention, Kyle." The teacher glared at him.
The teacher yawned. "Pass out the books, Kyoko. I'm going to get some more coffee in the teacher's lounge. You watch the class while I'm gone."
"Yes Ma'am!" Kyoko called back.
"Suck up." Miwa sneered as the teacher walked out.
"That's it, I'm writing your name down, Miwa!" Kyoko announced.
"Whatever." Miwa told her.
Soon the class was so chaotic that Kyoko had written everyone's name down on her list.
"So, Inuyasha. Don't take offense to this but... Guy and I were wondering... Are you single, and um... who do you like... guys or girls?"
"I don't understand." Inuyasha told her. "What do you mean?"
"I guess you really aren't from around here." Miwa mused.
"I mean... do you have someone really special, or are you still in the market for a lady friend?"
"Or a guy friend!" Guy interjected.
"Well, Kagome is really special... but I think she's mad at me... I could always use more friends I suppose."
"Yes!" Miwa and Guy both cheered.
"I'm sure he didn't mean THAT." Kyle brought them both back to earth.
"Inuyasha... What they mean is do you like to..." Kyle got up and did a couple of pelvic thrusts and made some weird noises. He sat down again. "to guys or to girls... or maybe both?"
"What the hell kind of question is that?!" Inuyasha was grossed out.
"Hey Kagome!" Miwa shouted across the room. "Come here!"
Kagome groaned and walked over to them. She made it pretty obvious that she hated them.
"'Ey KaGOme! Like what's your relAtionshIp with dis guy?" Guy gestured at Inuyasha.
"None of your business, Perv!" Kagome countered and started to walk back to her desk.
"Sheesh! You're rude!" Miwa yelled at her. "We were just asking a question!"
Miwa threw a spit ball into Kagome's hair.
Inuyasha grabbed Miwa by the bangs and slammed her head against the wall behind her.
"OW!" She yelped.
Kagome turned around. "Inuyasha! I told you not to hurt anyone!"
"But she spat something in your hair!"
"Really?" Kagome pulled it out of her hair. "Eww!"
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"Come on, Inuyasha! Let's go to our next class before she tells on you!"
"Okay!" He got up to follow her, glad that she didn't seem mad anymore.
"I'm not going to tell on you!" Miwa told them. "That's not like me. That's like you, ya damn prep!"
"Thanks... I guess." Kagome called as she ran out with Inuyasha.