Chapter Six: Sliding Through Second
It was a pleasant change, being rushed around by Kagome instead of Eri. Her touch was a much happier one for Inuyasha. Eventually, Kagome changed from grabbing his wrist to linking arms with him. She said that they were not in that big of a hurry since they were going to the same place.
For second period they had Social Studies. Releasing his arm, they walked side by side into the classroom.
They walked directly to the teacher's desk. The teacher of this Social Studies class was a handsome man. He had sky blue eyes, and silver gray hair. His was another nothing class. Paying any attention whatsoever brought you to the top of the class immediately. Mr. Hayashi was the flirtatious type. He flirted with some of the female teachers "secretly" and shot playful winks at good-looking female students. Kagome shuddered whenever he did this.
Kagome and Inuyasha waited for him to look at them.
"This is Inuyasha, Today's his first day of public school." Kagome told him.
"Oh... I can tell from the haircut." Mr. Hayashi smiled playfully.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Inuyasha asked menacingly.
"It means that no-one can really get through public middle school with something unique about them. These kids are really mean!" Mr. Hayashi told him insightfully as a paper airplane landed on his desk.
"Take a seat over there, the one behind Kagome's desk." Inuyasha smiled and the two sat down.
For the first fifteen minutes or so Mr. Hayashi just stayed at his desk dawdling and doing anything besides teaching while the class made a lot of noise and threw stuff. Inuyasha just sat there, blowing his jagged bangs up and letting them fall out of boredom. He was already pretty good at tuning the backround noise out.
Finally, Mr. Hayashi got up and spoke. "Okay... pass up your homework papers from last night."
Inuyasha watched with interest as Kagome got out a crumpled, muddied paper from her binder and set it on her desk. She must have done that in the feudal era.
"Come on..." Mr. Hayashi nagged.
he waited.
"This one!" He grabbed the paper off Kagome's desk and flung it around.
"....... oh..." a few people pretended to have it.
"You mean this one?" A boy held up a map colored with map pencils. It was obviously not the same paper.
"No!... This one!" Mr. Hayashi walked around the room shaking Kagome's paper around violently.
A few more people pretended to be enlightened by his display.
"Pass them up!" Mr. Hayashi insisted.
A few papers were passed forward up the rows and toward the teacher.
He grabbed them and counted aloud.
"One,... two.... three... Come on! I have like thirty people in this class."
One more person walked up and handed him a mostly incomplete paper, probably done on the spot.
"Four!" Mr. Hayashi took them back to his desk to grade them.
"By the way... read Chapter 32 and do the questions for the first two sections."
The class returned to its chaos.
Inuyasha went up to Mr. Hayashi's desk. "I don't have a book." He told him.
"Oh..." Hayashi said. "Just take this one." He handed Inuyasha a book from a stack behind his desk.
Inuyasha smiled slightly and took the book back to his desk.
Kagome turned around and beamed at him. "I'm really proud of you, Inuyasha. You're doing really well."
"Are you supposed to be talking to me?" Inuyasha looked worriedly at her.
"In this class... you can get away with a lot more. Don't try talking or anything in third period though... It's Pre-algebra, and the teacher is a little..." Kagome did the 'mixed-up-in-the-head' gesture, followed by the 'psycho' gesture.
"Oh..." he said. "Hey... do you have another one of those..." Inuyasha made a strange gesture.
"Pencils" Kagome finished his sentence for him. She handed him a pencil, pen, and a piece of paper.
"Thanks." He said.
"Oh, and don't worry, I packed you a lunch too, it's in my locker. We should get you a lock for you locker soon too."
He nodded and started to read the chapter.
It was something about the Huns driving other barbarian tribes east toward the Roman Empire. He sighed. This was a lot less fun than killing things with his bare hands. Why couldn't they do that in this time?
He looked at the chapter. He started reading... then he looked up at Kagome, who was almost finished with the first section. He looked down at the book again and realized that he hadn't actually read or remembered anything.
He started again. He sighed. He flipped through the book to see exactly how long this section was. Ten pages... and the second one was eight pages...
"Kagome..."
"Huh?" she turned around.
"How can you be almost done?"
"Oh! You don't ACTUALLY have to read it, Inuyasha! You can just look at the questions and skim through the chapter for the answers."
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"I didn't finish it. What do I do now?"
"Just write the assignment down on the paper and bring the paper and the book with you. You'll have to carry it around until we get a lock for your locker. You can finish it at home."
"Sections 1 & 2, Chapter 32." He wrote down. He grabbed his stuff and walked with Kagome towards their next class.
"Remember, Inuyasha. She's not nice at all. You'll really have to stay on your toes for this one."
Inuyasha disbelieved her and just smiled. This was a piece of cake. He didn't know what she was talking about.
It was a pleasant change, being rushed around by Kagome instead of Eri. Her touch was a much happier one for Inuyasha. Eventually, Kagome changed from grabbing his wrist to linking arms with him. She said that they were not in that big of a hurry since they were going to the same place.
For second period they had Social Studies. Releasing his arm, they walked side by side into the classroom.
They walked directly to the teacher's desk. The teacher of this Social Studies class was a handsome man. He had sky blue eyes, and silver gray hair. His was another nothing class. Paying any attention whatsoever brought you to the top of the class immediately. Mr. Hayashi was the flirtatious type. He flirted with some of the female teachers "secretly" and shot playful winks at good-looking female students. Kagome shuddered whenever he did this.
Kagome and Inuyasha waited for him to look at them.
"This is Inuyasha, Today's his first day of public school." Kagome told him.
"Oh... I can tell from the haircut." Mr. Hayashi smiled playfully.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Inuyasha asked menacingly.
"It means that no-one can really get through public middle school with something unique about them. These kids are really mean!" Mr. Hayashi told him insightfully as a paper airplane landed on his desk.
"Take a seat over there, the one behind Kagome's desk." Inuyasha smiled and the two sat down.
For the first fifteen minutes or so Mr. Hayashi just stayed at his desk dawdling and doing anything besides teaching while the class made a lot of noise and threw stuff. Inuyasha just sat there, blowing his jagged bangs up and letting them fall out of boredom. He was already pretty good at tuning the backround noise out.
Finally, Mr. Hayashi got up and spoke. "Okay... pass up your homework papers from last night."
Inuyasha watched with interest as Kagome got out a crumpled, muddied paper from her binder and set it on her desk. She must have done that in the feudal era.
"Come on..." Mr. Hayashi nagged.
he waited.
"This one!" He grabbed the paper off Kagome's desk and flung it around.
"....... oh..." a few people pretended to have it.
"You mean this one?" A boy held up a map colored with map pencils. It was obviously not the same paper.
"No!... This one!" Mr. Hayashi walked around the room shaking Kagome's paper around violently.
A few more people pretended to be enlightened by his display.
"Pass them up!" Mr. Hayashi insisted.
A few papers were passed forward up the rows and toward the teacher.
He grabbed them and counted aloud.
"One,... two.... three... Come on! I have like thirty people in this class."
One more person walked up and handed him a mostly incomplete paper, probably done on the spot.
"Four!" Mr. Hayashi took them back to his desk to grade them.
"By the way... read Chapter 32 and do the questions for the first two sections."
The class returned to its chaos.
Inuyasha went up to Mr. Hayashi's desk. "I don't have a book." He told him.
"Oh..." Hayashi said. "Just take this one." He handed Inuyasha a book from a stack behind his desk.
Inuyasha smiled slightly and took the book back to his desk.
Kagome turned around and beamed at him. "I'm really proud of you, Inuyasha. You're doing really well."
"Are you supposed to be talking to me?" Inuyasha looked worriedly at her.
"In this class... you can get away with a lot more. Don't try talking or anything in third period though... It's Pre-algebra, and the teacher is a little..." Kagome did the 'mixed-up-in-the-head' gesture, followed by the 'psycho' gesture.
"Oh..." he said. "Hey... do you have another one of those..." Inuyasha made a strange gesture.
"Pencils" Kagome finished his sentence for him. She handed him a pencil, pen, and a piece of paper.
"Thanks." He said.
"Oh, and don't worry, I packed you a lunch too, it's in my locker. We should get you a lock for you locker soon too."
He nodded and started to read the chapter.
It was something about the Huns driving other barbarian tribes east toward the Roman Empire. He sighed. This was a lot less fun than killing things with his bare hands. Why couldn't they do that in this time?
He looked at the chapter. He started reading... then he looked up at Kagome, who was almost finished with the first section. He looked down at the book again and realized that he hadn't actually read or remembered anything.
He started again. He sighed. He flipped through the book to see exactly how long this section was. Ten pages... and the second one was eight pages...
"Kagome..."
"Huh?" she turned around.
"How can you be almost done?"
"Oh! You don't ACTUALLY have to read it, Inuyasha! You can just look at the questions and skim through the chapter for the answers."
#RRRRRRIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGG#
"I didn't finish it. What do I do now?"
"Just write the assignment down on the paper and bring the paper and the book with you. You'll have to carry it around until we get a lock for your locker. You can finish it at home."
"Sections 1 & 2, Chapter 32." He wrote down. He grabbed his stuff and walked with Kagome towards their next class.
"Remember, Inuyasha. She's not nice at all. You'll really have to stay on your toes for this one."
Inuyasha disbelieved her and just smiled. This was a piece of cake. He didn't know what she was talking about.