DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN INUYASHA NOR THE MANGA, NOR THE ANIME
SunMoon1285: Well hello again, fellow readers! Here I am with another story... (giggles) and another chapter (snickering)
Sesshomaru: Forgive her... it's the candy
SunMoon1285: Well, I know the story line is kinda weird
Inuyasha: Yes it is...
SunMoon1285: and the characters are quite... um... out of it
Sesshomaru: That is correct
SunMoon1285: (eyes well in tears) But please bear with me! The reason for it is this: Kagome is quite different from Kikyo (A LOT!!!)... so why wouldn't the other be as well?
Chapter 2: A Dream or Reality?
"Kagome... can you hear me?" a voice called from afar.
"Mn..." Kagome moaned as she struggled to sit up, "Where am I?"
She saw three blurred figures in the background of a white room. One of them was Shippo because of his reddish brown hair. Another was the nurse because of her clothing. 'But who's the other one?'
"Shippo, just five more minutes and I'll make you some ramen" she murmured half-awake, thinking she was still in the Feudal Era.
"Thanks for the offer..." Shippo chuckled, "But you have a class to go to"
"CLASS!" she quickly sat up and hit the lamp above her in surprise causing her to fall back again, "Where am I?"
"In the nurses office... you fainted at the sight of..." before Shippo could finish he was gently pulled aback by someone.
"Of me..." a dark haired girl answered, "May I ask your name?"
"Ka-ka-kagome Higurashi" she stammered at the girl.
"Hi! I'm Rin Taishou, I'm a freshman here!" the girl smiled at her.
"Uh..." Kagome mumbled, 'She looks like a grown-up Rin from the Feudal Era... am I really dreaming? Have I done something so bad that I should suffer like this?'
"Taishou..." Kagome said to herself, "Are you the founder's daughter?"
"Oh no... Rin is their adopted daughter! But there are two boys currently attending that are though!" Rin said happily, "Opps... it is I... not Rin..." she corrected herself.
"I heard that one's a senior and the other's a junior" Shippo added, "But they both think they are on top of the world"
"I don't think Sesshomaru's as bad as Inuyasha" Rin teased.
CRASH!!!!
"OH MY GOD!!! HE'S HERE!! AT THIS SCHOOL!!! WE CAN- WE COULD-" Kagome cried aloud nervously as her cheeks turned crimson in color.
Rin became shocked at her reaction. She was utterly speechless of her upper-classman's behavior.
"First day jitters" Shippo said/
Rin only laughed at Shippo's comment, making him blush deeply. 'So Shippo has a crush on Rin...' Kagome thought happily as she calmed down.
"Oh... we must get you to class" Shippo said, quickly snapping out of it.
Shippo and Rin continued conversing amongst themselves as Kagome walked behind them looking at the building in awe. The building had escalators and elevators to each level of the building. Each floor represented the class number. Kagome was at the third floor while Shippo and Rin's were at the fifth. When Shippo stopped at an automatic door he glanced towards Kagome.
"Don't say you're an alternate okay? Rin and I will keep your secret, meanwhile, join us for lunch, okay?" Shippo said.
"All right... thanks Shippo and Rin" she said as she walked at the doors, "Um... Where's Inuyasha?"
"Heh! Having a crush already, Higurashi? I think he's on the same class as you, isn't he Rin" Shippo said.
"He's in this class, but now he's getting ready to speak on the entrance ceremony along with Sesshomaru-sama" Rin answered the older girl before her.
"Thanks Shippo! Thanks Rin" she cried as she turned away, "See you guys at lunch!"
When Kagome entered the classroom she quickly felt inferior to them. The girls wore expensive jewelry, make-up, and designer accessories. The boys, though handsome, fiddled with their laptops, car-keys, and cash money.
"Hey! You there! Come here, don't be shy!" a girl called from the end of the class.
"Who? Me?" Kagome pointed to herself.
"Yeah, new girl! You seem like a nice person, come here!" a boy called.
When she neared at the pair, she froze in her tracks.
"Oh my... This is like the Twilight Zone..." Kagome said disbelievingly, "This school is freaking me out!!"
"Yeah, this school sure sucks!" the girl said, "All they have are snobbish students, powerful scions, and-". She stopped short when the boy groped her backside.
"And disgusting perverts! Miroku, you jerk!" she cried as she smacked the boy away with all her strength.
"My dear Sango! I'm surprised at you!" Miroku said as he held his now swollen cheek.
"Just because we're boyfriend and girlfriend, does not allow you to grope me whenever you feel like it! Hentai!!" Sango yelled.
Kagome already got used that if Shippo, Rin, Kaede, Inuyasha, and Sesshomaru were there, then also Miroku and Sango. She bowed low at them.
"My name's Kagome Higurashi, it's a pleasure" she said politely.
"Sango Taiija and Miroku Lee" Sango replied at the girl.
"You don't seem like a snob..." Miroku said, "More like an alternate"
"Um..." Kagome said nervously, "Do I?"
"Don't worry... hang with us... Miroku and I got affluent immediately... kinda like Hong did..." Sango explained.
"You know Shippo?" Kagome asked enthusiastically.
"Yes, we're the trio at this school. Oh, and also Rin, she comes by from time to time" Sango answered.
"Unless the 'Great Taishou' is around... she then latches herself to him" Miroku said sarcastically.
At that moment, the P.A. system played a tune. ALL STUDENTS REPORT THEMSELVES TO THE THEATER FOR THE ENTRANCE CEREMONY. I REPEAT...
"Guess it's time!" Sango said as she stood up from her desk, followed by Miroku
"Come sit with us, Higurashi" Miroku offered the nervous girl. Sango looked at her expectantly, not taking 'no' for an answer.
"All right!" Kagome said as she followed them. 'I'm finally going to see Inuyasha!!! I just hope he's the same as before' she thought happily.
Meanwhile, in the theater, two figures sat on their respective chairs in the podium as one looked at the approaching students and the other was looking over some notes in his speech. They both had matching blonde hair and skin. The only thing the held different were their somewhat difference in height and their eye color.
"This is lame..." the slightly shorter boy said as his purple eyes glared at the students.
"You think everything is lame, Inuyasha" the older boy said as he took out his highlighter and eliminated a paragraph, "but for once I agree with you"
"Wow! The Great Sesshomaru has agreed with me!! Now I feel loved!" Inuyasha said sarcastically.
"Please do not embarrass me like you did the year before" Sesshomaru reminded Inuyasha.
Flashback...
Inuyasha was finishing his part of a speech when he caught sight of someone looking down on his chair. His dark bangs were covered completely from his face and completely ignored his speech. 'Why that little-" he thought angrily.
"Now to the welcome speech by Sesshomaru Taishou" Principal Kaede said to the students.
Sesshomaru raised himself from his chair and approached the microphone.
"I would like to say-" Sesshomaru was cut off by a dashing hannyou that jumped off the podium.
Sesshomaru kept his stoic mask as Inuyasha tackled the snoozing student to the ground.
"Pay attention jackass!" Inuyasha cried before the boy looked at him angrily.
"I wasn't sleeping! I was merely writing my report for the school newspaper about this speech!" the boy cried.
"Opps..." Inuyasha said as he hoisted himself up, looking back at a stoic Sesshomaru, who inside was fuming.
End Flashback
"He deserved it! And more when he wrote the report: 'Taishou gone on a rampage'" Inuyasha snorted.
"You're an idiot..." Sesshomaru said as Principal Kaede approached them.
"Here are the patents for the speeches" Principal Kaede said as he gave them the papers.
"Psst... Sessho! Were we supposed to develop a speech?" Inuyasha whispered.
"What did you think we were doing here, you half-breed!" Sesshomaru said icily.
"I thought I was supposed to look good and shake the hands of the new students..." Inuyasha said.
"Here... take my speech. I'll try and improvise mine as I go at it" Sesshomaru murmured as he rubbed his temples in annoyance, "And I'll deal with you when we get back home" 'Stupid half-brother!'
"Hey... there's a new girl in my class..." Inuyasha said aloud as he looked towards his class section, "That one... the girl with dark hair sitting next to Rin's friends"
"Whatever..." Sesshomaru said as he tried to focus himself and develop a whole new speech.
Kagome sat down next to Sango and Miroku as she stared at the podium. She became instantly entranced by the two blonde men on the chairs. She heard them speaking indistinctly about something, before the taller one gave the other a speech. Suddenly, she met the violet depths of one of them. She blushed furiously under his gaze.
"That's Inuyasha..." Sango said as she pointed the right person, "He's like the school's rebel! And a little proud if you ask me. All the girls adore his carefree nature"
"And the other is Sesshomaru... he's somewhat of the model student here... He's had good grades, excellent athleticism, and he never shows his true feelings" Miroku commented.
"Hush... it's starting..." Sango whispered as Kaede walked towards the microphone, announcing Inuyasha Taishou to begin his speech.
"Fellow students, faculty, and every newcomer to this institution, I am here at this moment to address you of a great happening. This institution has been known for it's propriety, traditionalism, and excellent academics. If you are here, then it means that you are the best, and not only because of your background, but for your own true strength. If you are here..." Inuyasha trailed off as he read the speech quietly before turning his face to his brother's.
"I'm not saying this shit!" Inuyasha mouthed.
"Deal with it" Sesshomaru mouthed back.
"If you are here then it's because you are the... foundations of the future. And not those grueling beggars just outside of the school" Inuyasha continued.
"He's changing the speech the damn hannyou!" Sesshomaru whispered to himself.
"This school had never had an alternate in the past.... do you know why? Because they are not good enough to share our education! This school is pure! Untouched and untainted by common society" Inuyasha sneered.
"You're wrong!" a voice cried from the crowd.
Even Sesshomaru attention was spurned at the melodic voice that emanated from someone.
"May I ask who is against me?" Inuyasha asked.
"I am..." Kagome answered, "I am an alternate here..."
"Oh no..." Sango and Miroku murmured as the entire student body became uproar with cool comments.
"You almost had me there... I never thought you would be a... common wench" Inuyasha said.
"Silence!" Principal Kaede tried vainly to calm the audience.
Papers, pencils, and trash were thrown towards Kagome. Sesshomaru remained seated as his hand balled up in a trembling fist, trying to keep his composure. Sango and Miroku managed to avert some of them. Shippo and Rin arrived to Kagome's row and helped Kagome to take her out of there.
"Then I have not choice Inuyasha, than to try make you my friend" Kagome said low enough for Inuyasha to hear, "And prove that we are not the people you think you are..."
The students continued to throw things at the group. When a notepad landed smack on Rin's face, Sesshomaru lost all control.
"DESIST!! Inuyasha, fellow students... What are you more afraid of: Of the fact that an alternate may become better than you? Or the fact that you may become alternates yourselves?" Sesshomaru inquired bitterly.
At that moment, the school became quiet at his comment. The role model of the school has finally shown a glimpse of his true self. Sesshomaru quickly turned away from the audience and left the podium, followed by a cursing Inuyasha.
"The school is dismissed for the day" Principal Kaede said at the audience.
The audience yelled in joy at the dismissal. They quickly left the auditorium leaving only Kagome, Sango, Miroku, Shippo, and Rin. Principal Kaede made her way down the podium and approached the students.
"I admire your courage, Higurashi. But it may have cost you a week's detention. Starting tomorrow" Kaede said sternly as she left the auditorium.
"I don't blame her... The school didn't even listen to her... only to Sesshomaru" Miroku thought aloud.
"I'm sorry for all that you guys had went through... for me..." Kagome managed to say.
"Don't worry... We're all sticking together from now on..." Shippo said happily.
"But... Sesshomaru-sama's comment... didn't you notice that it was more towards Inuyasha than to the students?" Rin asked.
"It was..." Sango said, "Well... we've better go"
When the group reached the entrance of the school, a Rolls Royce was waiting for one of them.
"I'll see you tomorrow everyone!" Rin cried as she opened the door revealing a fuming Inuyasha, "Come join me, Shippo!"
"Okay! Until then good-bye you guys" Shippo said happily as he quickly got in the car.
"How did you get here, Kagome?" Miroku asked the dark-haired girl, "You need a ride?"
"In my bike... just around the corner" Kagome confided.
"All right, maybe next time!" Miroku replied as he ran to get his car.
"Well... I'll leave you to it, my friend. Tomorrow Miroku and I will get on detention on purpose to join you" Sango said with a smirk.
Sango and Kagome watched as Miroku brought his Mercedes to the entrance of the school. Sango got inside, before the car speeding away, waving to Kagome.
"Well... now to get my bike" Kagome said to herself.
When she got to the rail, it was empty. Only the chain remained. There was a note attached to the chain that said: "Get out, you don't belong here". Kagome sighed in defeat. The school clearly didn't want her there, but she had no choice. It was this or be home-schooled. 'I shouldn't let them defeat me! If I defeated a great demon in the Feudal Era, then I shouldn't have a problem getting through school' she thought determinately.
"I'll have to walk here from now on..." she spoke aloud to herself as she got up with her chain. 'But my journey with Inuyasha and the others made me used to the long walks' she thought.
When she turned around she met a pair of amber orbs that stared down at her intently.
"OH! You surprised me..." Kagome said to the upperclassman.
"I've spoken with Principal Kaede... and I managed to get a trade... Instead of having detention, you will help me with my work before and after school" he offered.
"I really have no choice, do I? All right" Kagome answered him.
"I haven't formally introduced myself, my name is Sesshomaru Taishou..." he said as he turned back to the school with Kagome behind him
SunMoon1285: Yay! Another chapter good and done..
Sesshomaru: I'm a sissy!!! THIS SESSHOMARU IS NOT LIKE THIS...
SunMoon1285: I already explained in the summary AND at the beginning that appearances can be deceiving and that the characters may be... off a little bit.
Sesshomaru: A what's wrong with the hannyou?
Inuyasha: YEAH!! WHY AM I SUCH A JACKASS?
SunMoon1285: You'll see why in later chapters... Please review and no flames