Only One by Sumiko Shiro (the Red Caterpillar)
Author's Note Thx to Amazing Kiss & Suzuno-chan for reviewing!
New Summery: Kagome felt as if she was fading into the shadows. Whenever she compared herself to Kikyo or her best friend, she only felt worse. Inu Yasha, a ninen-sei punk, attracted both Kikyo and Kagome, but they still have to factor in the fact that Inu Yasha's best friend was a bishojo.
Chapter Two-
I dragged my feet into algebra. As soon as I walked in my teacher started lecturing me:
"Ms. Hirugashi, what are you doing so late? I hope you have a good reason, young lady!"
I handed her the note and walked to my seat. She started yelling at me again:
"Just because you got a trip to the Dean's office doesn't let you off for a bad attitude. 20 minutes of detention!"
You can only imagine my joy right now.
I wouldn't be behind in algebra, but for some reason in middle school I got dragged behind. I can't remember why...
"We finally got all the jewel shards!"
"What should we do with them?"
A figure handed a round crystal to me, "I trust you with the decision."
"I wish for..."
"Ms. Hirugashi, answer this question."
"Huh?"
She sighed, "I was demonstrating how to do a four variable equation. I'm seeing whether this class of slow pokes can handle this. So, get up to the board!"
I walked up to the board, four variables! I can't believe it!
I stared at it for a long time before she gave up and said, "Never mind, you do this page of word problems while I get advanced sannen-seis and ninen-seis to work wit you."
So, I sat down at my desk.
An airplane took 2 hours to fly 600 km against head wind. The return trip with the wind took 1 2/3 hours. Find the speed of the plane in still air.
Our teacher arrived with the group, "Okay, they will now be assigned to you..." I was daydreaming until she came to, "Kagome Hirugashi, you're with Miroku Sen."
I looked up. He's pretty cute with the little ponytail in back...
"Ms. Hirugashi, it'll be an honor to help you."
I blushed, "Uhhh, Arigato, demo..."
"What?"
"Do you have to fondle my legs while you say that?"
He laughs, "Okay, so what do I have to help you with?"
LUNCH! Alegbra...okay, Miroku is a LOT better then Ms. Giru, but much more of a hentai...
I sat down in my seat and ate my ramen as I waited for Tsuyu to join me.
"Hey, Kagome!"
I smiled as her as she walked towards me, she also dragged Kimiko and...Inu Yasha?!?!?! Tsuyu...I love you and hate you right now.
"Sup? I'm Kimiko!"
Forcing another smiled, I said, "Hey, I'm Kagome."
"And I believe you met Inu Yasha?"
"Met isn't the word."
She laughed, "So I heard."
They sat down as they started blabbing about some party. Well, actually, Inu Yasha was pigging out on ramen.
"Did you get the invite?"
Kimiko nudged Tsuyu in the ribs, "She's not 'in' with her remember!"
"With who?"
"Kikyo, of course."
Is Tsuyu lying? I can never tell, still, if she IS telling the truth, it is true.
Inu Yasha stopped pigging out and said, "Kikyo's not throwing the party," Then Kimiko stuffed his mouth with a chicken leg:
"Don't talk with your mouth full."
Hmn...who are they talking about? I'm not exactly one of those people who stick out, so it could be a LOT of people. Judging from these three, it seems like a punk scene, so I doubt I'd be invited.
"So, is she coming?" Inu Yasha asked.
"Of course she is. Why are you saying she like that anyways?"
"Don't want them to know," He mumbled, blushing.
Awwww, he looks so cute when he's blushing!
"Inu Yasha don't be a retard!"
"What'd you say?"
"Nya na na na na!"
"Do you ever wonder how they're childhood friends?" Tsuyu muttered to me.
"Childhood?"
"Yeah, since, like, birth practically."
I looked up and saw Inu Yasha chasing a screaming Kimiko while screaming teachers are chasing him.
"WAHHHHHHHH, SOMEBODY HELP ME! THE BIG MEAN MAN IS TRYING TO KIDNAP ME!"
All the ninen-sei's laughed...or at least I think they're ninen-sei's...
"Hi, um, can I sit here?"
I looked up and saw a boy with short black hair, he's okay I guess, cute, but not that cute, "Sure."
"I'm Nobunaga Takeda."
"Nice to meet you Nobunaga, I'm Kagome Hirugashi, and that's..." Tsuyu was SLEEPING, I grabbed a loudspeaker and screamed in her ear, "WAKE UP!" No luck, she's still snoring, " ... Tsuyu, there's a total bishonen here."
"WHERE?"
"I knew that'd work...anyways, Nobunaga, this is Tsuyu Miyagi."
"No introductions needed, I've known her for a while."
Tsuyu wiped her mouth, "I didn't know you came here! I lost touch with you after we were...I don't know...11?"
"Yeah, how've ya been?"
"Pretty good, you?"
"Same."
"Do you two...?"
"Oh yeah," Tsuyu grinned, "Remember I told you about my first best friend Nobunaga?"
"That's him?"
"Yup!"
The bell rung and I haven't even finished my lunch!
"Kagome, hurry up before the late bell!"
I threw my food into the trash, "I'll just eat a huge dinner."
"What's your next class again?"
"History, remember, Ms. Genius?"
I looked over and Tsuyu was gone. I sighed and looked back, "Nobunaga, what's your next class?"
He looked on his schedule, "Uhhh, history with Mr. Sho."
"Really? That's my next class, why didn't I see you there?"
"I just came."
"Oh yeah."
While I was walking through the halls, I bumped into somebody and fell on the ground, "Oww..." Whoever did that is in a lot of trouble!
I looked up and saw...KOGA?
"Heyyy, Kagome," He put his arm on my shoulder, "Are you going to the party Friday night?"
"No."
"Heh, meet me after school...a little later, I have detention."
"I have two," I said glumly.
"Well then I'll see ya there!" He rejoined his friends, "See ya later, Kagome!"
"Who's he?"
"A guy who lifted my skirt."
"Oh."
"Here we are," I walked in and took my seat. Oh my gosh, I left poor Nobunaga all by himself!
"Nobunaga, you can sit next to me!"
He sat down next to me, "Thanks."
"No prob, nobody sits there anyways."
Mr. Sho walked in with his ridiculous toupee again. God, if you're bald just accept it, you can spot that fake hair all the way from Pluto!
"I believe we have a late student, Nobunaga Takeda, where were you?"
"I had to go to my Oiji-san's funeral."
The teacher looked sorry that he said anything, "Okay then, today we'll be studying the feudal era. According to legends, there was a legendary hanyou. The story has been recently discovered, but we can't seem to find any details except he wielded a sword, possibly made from a dog's fang..."
Feudal...era...
A girl sat against a wall, a boy's head was in her lap...
Was that me and Inu Yasha? I must be daydreaming...
A flash of light blared into my eyes...
"Ms. Hirugashi are you okay?"
I held my head, "May I go use the bathroom?"
He handed me a hall pass.
"Arigato, Sho-sensei."
I splashed the cold water on my face, what the hell is going on? I looked at my watch, by the time I get back to class it'll only be a minute or two until the bell.
I sat down into my chair and counted away the time.
The bell rang after about 195 and I walked down the hallway. English is so much harder then Japanese. I've spoken Japanese my whole life and now they expect me to learn English! I should've listened to Yuka when she had those American TV shows subtitled...wait...I did...I just didn't get it.
"Ms. Hirugashi, you're early."
"Konichiwa, Yamato-sensei."
She smiled and kept reading her book. As usual, she was sitting on her desk, waiting for the rest of the class. She was raised in America but came back to Japan to teach English.
Another girl, Nazuna, sat next to me. She's from Hokkaido if I'm not mistaken. She has a history of samurai in her family, it's really interesting. A lot of people made fun of her. Most people were from Honshu, so the few who aren't seem a bit...'out'.
"Hi, Nazuna!"
"Hey, Kagome."
"You live in Hokkaido...right?"
Nazuna laughed, it was the first time I ever heard her laugh, "No, silly, I'm from Kyushu."
No wonder people made fun of her, Kyushu would be like the Mid-West in America, sort of rural.
"Cool."
"There's a dojo back home with the family tree tracing back hundreds and hundreds of years. It's great."
Her eyes sparkled when she said that, "That's cool."
Kikyo walked in and walked up to me, "I heard you're going to be late babysitting."
"Babysitting..."
My eyes widened. Shimatte! I forgot I was going to babysit at the daycare center at 5:00! Okay, I should be out of detention by...5:00 exactly! Agh, they won't mind a couple of minutes late will they?
"Is it okay if I come a bit late?"
"Hey, I'm one of the babysitters, if you come more then 10 minutes late, the money is going to me."
"FINE!"
Kikyo walked out as the rest walked in. The guys flirted with her as she smiled at them sweetly.
English dragged on, and then, there it was, gym.
Tsuyu and Kikyo had gym with me. They both seem so calm in our gym uniform, I wonder if they notice the looks the guys are giving them.
"Today's basketball isn't it?" I asked.
"Hell yeah, time for me to kick ass, ooh ooh!"
We laughed as the gym coach came in, "Today we will have ichinen-seis and ninen-seis playing together! So," She blew the whistle, "ninen-seis, get in here!"
A group of ninen-seis came in, and two of them were Inu Yasha and Kimiko!
"Okay, I will give you teams..."
It was the "one" "two" system. I was a one, Tsuyu and Kikyo were twos. I saw that Kimiko had slipped away from Inu Yasha just enough so she was a two with him. So, out of all the people who I know in this room, which is very little, I'm the only one.
I walked over to my team, it was mostly ninen-seis, and they looked frail. Most of the girls were fretting over their manicures and the boys were acting...ghetto I guess.
On the other team, they actually looked like a team. They were cheering, prepping up, and laughing together. Not to mention that most of the best players were on that team!
I'm dead...I don't think I can even dribble a ball...I don't think anybody else on this team can either.
The coach blew the whistle, "Ready? Go!"
Author's Note : I'm going to have to take a shower soon, so I have to make this quick.
Well, there you have it, Kagome's gym class. ï