Blast from the Past
Chapter One
Written by: Nymphette
Disclaimer: ::Clings to Inuyasha doll:: NOOOOO!! It can't be true! And yet it is.... Inuyasha, and all his friends, sad to say, are not mine, nor will they ever be.
Author's Note: OMG I can't believe all of the reviews I got for my story! And positive ones at that! OO ::Giggles:: Well, I'm not one to disappoint, so here's chapter 1 of 'Blast from the Past' for my lovely readers! XD
Beep beep! Beep beep!
Kagome moaned unceremoniously and turned to the other side of her bed to halt the incessant beeping. Feeling around for a few moments, she finally found the right button to press. But as she just started to fall back into dreamland, a door burst open, and a young woman yelled her name loudly.
"Kagome!"
In response to this unexpected noise, Kagome subconsciously pulled her pillow out from under her head and covered her face so that her ears were hidden as well. However, the one who had made the noise wasn't finished with completing her objective yet. Kagome moaned again as she prepared herself for the normal morning ritual.
The girl who burst through the door smirked as she placed her hands on her hips. She was tall in appearance with long, dark hair and dark brown eyes. Her black sweatpants swayed with her legs as she moved towards the bed while Kagome lay, unmoving, pretending to be asleep.
Kagome could feel the girl Sango's eyes on her, but she stayed still, hoping that maybe said girl would go away if she just laid there. Maybe if I ignore her she'll just go away, Kagome thought, but somewhere in the back of her head something yelled out that it probably wouldn't be easy. Still, one could hope, couldn't they?
Eventually, Sango left after sighing, and smirked. She knew that Kagome wouldn't wake up by her command alone. She would need… help. Sango smirk transformed into a grin as she walked out of the room and down the hall so that she could put her plan into action.
Kagome felt that she could've jumped for joy on her bed, but she dared not to, for Sango could come back at any moment. However, Kagome knew Sango was planning something, but she didn't know what. She felt that it wasn't going to be pretty however, and rolled on her side, still trying to pretend to be asleep.
Sango came back a few minutes later, as Kagome expected, but she sensed another pair of eyes on her as well. Sango laughed whole-heartedly and said, "Well, go to it, Miroku." Miroku?!
"Good morning my dear Kagome!" Miroku cheered as he walked over to her bed. He knew Sango's plan would work on Kagome of all people, but he didn't like it, because he normally only liked to cop a feel with his girlfriend. However, he would do anything for Sango, and if this is what she wanted, then he would do it for her.
Dark brown eyes roved over the 'sleeping' girl's form as tousled black hair laid in all directions over Miroku's head. He looked all over Kagome's backside, which was delightfully facing towards him, and went right to work as he heard an 'eep!' from the same girl. Knowing fully that she was awake, he kept caressing her backside until Kagome just couldn't stand it anymore.
Damn, lecher, Miroku! Kagome thought. Decided that he was having way too much fun with her butt, Kagome finally slapped his hand away hard and got up. "Geez. I'm up now you guys. Are you happy now, Sango?" she said angrily. Sango smiled and began to leave the room, with Miroku in tow, favoring the red hand that Kagome slapped.
"Yep, pretty much. You have a half an hour before breakfast Kagome," she said, laughter appearing through the command. And with that, she left. Kagome sighed.
"Thank you very much, sir. Have a good day."
"Huh? Oh, yeah, sure," the guy said, distracted. His gold eyes blinked in confusion and as he ran a hand through his long white hair, he left the small book store. His brother, Sesshoumaru, had wanted him to get the book in preparation for his classes. Why, he would never know, for Sesshoumaru never usually wanted Inuyasha to run such errands, but he wanted it, and the white-haired boy complied.
Inuyasha Takahashi, now age 26, climbed up into his Ford F150 and shut the door. Turning on the ignition, he looked at the book that his brother had requested of him to get, and sighed. He couldn't understand what made Sesshoumaru become an elementary school teacher, considering the fact that -- to Inuyasha's knowledge -- Sesshoumaru wasn't really one for little kids. It was probably the woman he was dating, Rin, who had an extreme fondness for children. Shrugging the thoughts off, the white-haired man drove off in search of the school where Sesshoumaru worked at, rock music blaring all the while.
Inuyasha stepped inside the quiet classroom after he had obtained a visitor's pass from the front office and found his way down through the halls. The children, quietly working in their spelling books, looked up the instant the door was opened, and Inuyasha couldn't help but feel oddly embarrassed in front of their curious gazes.
"Inuyasha, thank you for coming." Sesshoumaru Takahashi looked up from his work desk to his younger brother at the sound of the door opening. His amber eyes and white hair, the same as Inuyasha's, turned along with his upper body to face the younger man. "I trust you were successful," he said.
Inuyasha nodded and pulled the book out from his jacket, as the children in the classroom watched with obvious interest. He handed the book over to Sesshoumaru as soon as it left his jacket, and Sesshoumaru took it smoothly. Setting it on his desk, he turned again to Inuyasha and said, "Thank you for bringing the book. I wanted to read it to the children for story-time."
Inuyasha just shrugged and said, "No problem. I have to get going now, though, so I'll see you at home later." He waved and left the room almost as quickly as he had entered it as Sesshoumaru turned back to look at the little boys and girls, who were now staring at the closed door.
"You may all now return to your work."
Having dropped the book off to his older brother, the white-haired man left the school, still feeling pretty odd. He didn't mind coming to the school that much, but the kids could sometimes be scary. Opening the doors, he stepped outside, but held the door for a young woman as he left. When he heard her mutter, "Thanks," and saw her walk inside, he let the door bang shut. He detected something oddly familiar about that girl that he couldn't figure out, but since he couldn't at the moment, he instead shrugged it off and walked down the steps to his truck.
Kagome sat on the hard wooden stool in front of the counter as she crunched the Cocoa Puffs from the bowl in front of her in her mouth. As she ate the cereal, her droopy chocolate eyes lacked their energetic sheen, and her face showed the same. She was still really tired, and supposed it was because she was still getting used to going into school so early now that summer was over. Even though being a teacher had it's regrets, it did have it's ups, and she didn't really mind as much as she thought she would.
The 23 year old woman had just started teaching at Rush Elementary School, and since she was fresh out of college, it was extremely hard for her to adjust to the different times. She figured she'd get used to it with experience, but some other people had different plans.
As for Miroku and Sango, they were obviously awake long before they decided to give Kagome a wake-up call, and had already left for their separate jobs, which left the dark-haired girl an opportunity to steam over what they had done to her. They, apparently, thought that she still wasn't capable of waking up on her own, and so they had 'helped' her every morning since the new school year started. Frankly, it was really beginning to annoy her, since she knew that they knew that she was very much capable of waking herself up.
Damn them… she thought, and with that, Kagome got up to get her things ready for school.
It was then that she had decided to notice what time it was, and immediately screamed in shock. "Oh my God! I'm ten minutes late!" she announced, shocked. Hurriedly trying to find her keys, she rushed out the door with the last of her things for school, and locked the door. She ran down the steps of the house that her friends owned, down to her silver Mitsubishi Eclipse, and got into the car itself.
Quickly turning on the ignition, Kagome sped off in the direction of the school in which she worked, hoping that she wouldn't be too late. If I hurry, she thought, I'll only be a little bit late. She hoped and prayed that it would be enough, and also hoped that traffic would be a little bit merciful to her, for it took her at least a half an hour on a good day to make it to the school. Kagome shuddered at the thought of having to deal with another traffic-laden trip to school.
When she got to the school, Kagome suddenly panicked when she saw a multitude of various cars and trucks parked in the lot in front of and around the school, but when she checked her watch, she sighed in relief, noticing that she wasn't too late. However, since she was late, she figured that there would probably be a temporary substitute with her students until her arrival. Quickly finding a parking spot for her car, Kagome got out and ran for the door, noticing a silver-haired man opening the door. Thinking that it was Sesshoumaru Takahashi, the grade five teacher that she knew, she muttered a quick, "Thanks," and hurried inside, eager to get to her class.
Kagome managed to stumble into the main office of Rush Elementary at 8:30 a.m., which brought about a couple of confused stares, as well as some angry glares. Bashfully smiling, she hurried to her mailbox to see if she had received any new memos for students and whatnot. However, as she grabbed her mail and turned around, she ran head-on into a short man in a suit. Looking down, she gasped and backed away a couple of steps.
"P-Principal Totosai! Excuse me! I'm very sorry sir!" Kagome apologized. She bowed down deeply.
Principal Totosai Tetsu looked at the young teacher with an angered eye. "Miss. Higurashi. You are late again I see." As the principal of the small school, Principal Totosai liked to keep a watch on all of the people, young and old, that entered his building. He knew that Kagome had often been late since she started working here as a teacher the year before this school year. And even though this normally was not a good thing, he knew she was fresh out of college, unlike most teachers, so he felt a bit of sympathy for her.
Kagome bowed again. "Yes, sir. I'm sorry. It's just that I'm not very used to getting up at this time yet, especially since it's the new school year and all. I'm sure I'll get used to it with time, though."
The old man nodded in agreement with her, and said, "Yes, I'm sure you will get along just fine. And as much as I like this conversation we're having, I assume you have a class to attend to, so get along, please." Totosai patted Kagome's hand and went to walk back into his classroom, bracing himself for the inevitable meeting with Kagura Sora, the vice principal, about why there was a food fight in the school cafeteria the day before.
Kagome, smiling at the old man's gesture, went the other way out the door of the office, and looked down at the memo that she had just gotten from her mailbox. It said:
Miss. Kagome Higurashi,
We are pleased to inform you that you will be receiving a new student today. Shippou Tsune. His medical information and other things have been given to the right people, so you need not worry yourself with that. Please welcome him with the love that our school is known for. Thank you.
Your principal,
Totosai Tetsu
The young teacher smiled in anticipation of meeting her new student. She absolutely loved when new students came, because that meant that there would be a new face to meet, and especially, a new friend to make. Deciding that she had already kept her class and new student waiting long enough, Kagome hurried at a running pace to get to her classroom.