Slowly slinking into the room were two shadows, the phrase "We're sorry, we're sorry" being repeated over and over under their breath. "We swear that this is in fact a new chapter!" Slipping into their seats at the desk they turned on the computer, Dee furiously typing while Ella pointed out mistakes at they went.
I Stand Alone
Chapter 2
By- Darks Mushroom(previously darkchi/forbidden elf)
He weighed a ton. Thankfully most of it was balanced on his hands. The fact that they were on either side of her head hadn't escaped her attention though, and her hands had come up automatically to push him off. The soft brown eye's staring down at her had widened in surprise as her glamourie fell away. Before widening even further in recognition.
"Hello Kagome, long time no see." He murmured softly. Her eye's quickly scanned his face, her eye's narrowing in displeasure as she recognized who he was. "Hojo, get off of me this instant." With a startled glance the boy hurriedly rose to his feet, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry Kagome." Ignoring the boys out stretched hand she rose to her feet picking up her bag and sunglasses as she did so.
Carelessly slinging her bag over her shoulder she turned to confront the boy, who was figiting with his hands, while his eye's stared intently at them occasionally making a furtive glance at her. With a sigh she grabbed his wrist dragging him out of the crowd, into a more open area, before releasing his wrist with a flick of her own. "Hojo, why are you here?" she said calmly. Hojo flinched at her words, mumbling a response under his breath. "Well?" He sighed looking up at her, "Um, Kagome, I uh, wanted to see you so I had my manager look up where you were going to school this year."
Kagome let out a sigh, "Look Hojo, I took a break of this season and next to come here, to get away from you and everyone else. I wish you'd stop following me." She turned quickly on her heel, striding away from him and up the sidewalk towards the booths set up for signing in.
Inuyasha raised an eyebrow in surprise, now that was one hell of a spell, he hadn't even been able to smell it on her, which meant that it was a high level spell. When the girl had stood up the boy all but cowering before her, he'd thought that she'd chew him out, when instead she'd dragged the poor boy off out of spotlight that had been focused on them and just spoken to him he'd been surprised. Hell, he'd have chewed the boy out for less than knocking him down.
His eye's widened as he watched her wave her hand dismissively and turn and walk away from the kid who was standing with a dejected air, his eye's staring sadly after her. The kid had to have known her previously to look after her with a look like that.
His eye's were drawn to the skirt clad figure walking away, to the way the short black fabric moved as she walked. The hair color and skin tone had been a vast improvement to the tan and blonde. But her eye's where what struck him. They were such a vivid cobalt it was amazing. She was beautiful, and so utterly familiar looking it was strange, because he was sure he'd have remembered someone like her.
A gasp behind him made him turn. "What?" He asked Sango who was poking Miroku in the shoulder repeatedly. "What's wrong with him?" The look Sango sent his way made him grin innocently. "What?" Rolling her eyes she stepped away from the shocked pervert, crossing her arms across her chest.
"You mean that you, a guy, don't recognize her? Even I know who The Kagome is." Seeing his still blank look she added, "The supermodel." When he still shook his head in confusion she sighed and reaching into her bag pulled out a slightly folded magazine, quickly unfolding it so the cover showed, "This girl. Kagome Higurashi, she's one of the world's most famous models."
He found his eye's hooked to those of the girl on the cover, she looked so perfect on the magazine, and yet she was posing for the shot, the elegant gown she was wearing spread around her gracefully. Wait, gown? Quickly reading the cover he turned to Sango saying, "Why do you have a copy of Vanity Fair?"
It was almost incredible how red Sango turned, it had to be a record for speed too, not only was she purple, but she did it in point four seconds. Quickly her hand shot out trying to snatch back the magazine, when he even more quickly moved it out of her reach she stepped back recrossing her arms, "Give it to me this instance Inuyasha Taisho!"
"Give what back?" Came a voice from behind them, making Sango freeze before whirling her hand a blur, to hit right on Miroku's cheek. "Keep your hands and your questions to yourself pervert." She said clearly, before turning and glaring at Inuyasha furiously. "Give it back. Now!" Again she jumped at him trying to get at the magazine, only to find herself ramming her forehead into his chin. "Ow! Inuyasha!" She groaned rubbing her chin with one hand the other held out in front of her. "Cough it up now!" "Yeah Inuyasha, cough it up," chimed in Miroku. His face still red on one side.
"Damn, why do we have a model going to our school? How is that fair for the rest of us girls? She's going to get all the special treatment." Muttered a group of girls that walked by behind them, making Sango whip around and glare, her magazine momentarily forgotten.
"Shut up!" she all but growled at the girls, "What right do you have to assume she got in here for a different reason than the rest of us." Shaking her head back, and straightening her shoulders she strode past the confused and shocked girls, small duffel bag swaying on her shoulder. Reluctantly Miroku and Inuyasha followed her up to registration.
"What is it?" murmured Miroku to Inuyasha, who with a grin at Sango's stiff back, showed him the cover of the magazine. "What!" he gasped loudly, the noise quickly muffled when Inuyasha stuffed his hand over his mouth.
Carefully Inuyasha removed his hand, "Shut up you idiot."
Kagome stared absently at the back of the girl in front of her's head as she waited in line to sign in. Softly humming to herself, fingers tracing a buckle on her shoulder strap. As the line slowly moved forward, she tried to ignore the stares that were focused on her back, as well as the loud shouts and shrieks of greeting between friends all around her. Kagome was acutely aware of how alone she was in comparison to everyone else. She'd probably not see that girl Sango or her friends again anytime soon, and now they probably knew who she was, well people aren't very thrilled at the prospect of hanging around Kagome Higurashi. That's just the way things were now.
She was next in line now. The folders in their boxes spanning the table, the teachers maning the tables tired looking and bored, their eye's only looking up from the box before them to ask the students name and to hand them their envelope. Looking down the line she noticed how they were all fairly young the eldest in her late forties, maybe early fifty's.
The man whose line she was in asked her name, in a loud voice, trying to be heard over the mass of people. "Higurashi Kagome," she said clearly, her voice carrying despite the noise. With a brisk nod of his head he bent over the box, flipping quickly through the folders, to her relief not drawing any more attention to her. Thanking him for her folder as he handed it to her checking her name off his list, she made began pushing her way back out of the crowd.
As she pushed past a group of people, she felt a hand snag on her bag, restraining her. When she turned to look behind her, she recognized Sango. Who with a grin said, "Wait for me. You don't know where to go."
Kagome smiled, "Sure thing, I wasn't looking forward to wandering around mindlessly." "Cool beans," laughed Sango, "I was here last year, what building are you in?" Kagome flipped the folder open as she and Sango stepped out of the group. Sorting through the pages she found the one about room assignments, scanning the page till she found the building name, "It say's that I'm in Block C, on the third floor." Sango grinned, I'm in the same building, what room does it say you have? I'm on the third floor to I think."
Eye's dropping back to the page she said, "I guess it's 593A, does that mean I'm sharing with someone?" Looking up her eye's widened at the excited look on Sango's face, "What?" "Me! I'm in 593B! How cool is that? I was afraid I'd end up with the same girl as last year. We don't share rooms though, just the bathroom."
Kagome smiled, "I promise, no matter what the stereotypes say, I don't spend hours in the bathroom, barely five minutes." Sango laughed, "I wasn't that worried. You don't strike me as the vain sort." She paused, looking Kagome up and down, "Ok, maybe you just don't look like a primper."
Laughing the two girls walked across the campus making their way towards a large brick building. Meanwhile, a pair of boys stood in the mass around the tables, searching fruitlessly for one specific girl, glancing at each other they groaned saying, "She left us."
"Well...look at that, another chapter finished," murmured Ella. Dee giggled nervously, "Yeah, people better be happy now." Ella sighed, "We didn't mean for it to take so long to come out...we just...got so busy with other things we kinda forgot..." "Anyway," interrupted Dee, "We'll have the next chapter out eventually, don't hold your breath that it will be to near in the future though." Her fingers busy turning off the computer.
"Bye ya'll! Review if you will." They said, disappearing just like they arrived.