"Okay, Kagome, this is the classroom. Why don't you go play in the back until the first bell rings?" Pirate-sensei asked. Kagome nodded and dashed into the back of the room.
They play area looked fun. There was a little sandbox, two chests of toys, and a play-house area with a fake oven, table, sink and refrigerator. Kagome wandered over to it and opened the wooden door. There was fake food inside, too. The ice cream looked yummy, even though it was fake. Kagome licked it and giggled, then put it back.
She turned around, and noticed something she hadn't before. In the corner, behind the beanbag chairs, was a little red bundle of clothes. Kagome walked closer, and realized it wasn't a bundle of clothes at all.
It was a boy.
"H-hello?" Kagome asked, crawling over a beanbag chair to look down at him. He was curled up in a little ball, with his feet tucked up underneath him. His hair was long, and a pretty pale silver color. But it was his ears that really interested her. They looked like doggie ears, perched on top of his head.
"Woof woof..." Kagome whispered, running her fingers along the left one. Was it real? She grabbed it and yanked as hard as she could.
"YEEOOWWWCH!" The boy leapt up with a howl, knocking Kagome backwards. She stared wide-eyed at the little boy in front of her, who leapt over the beanbag and landed next to her head.
"What's yuw pwoblem? That huwt!"
"G-gomen!" She squeaked, but the boy didn't hear her.
"Yuw a meanie! I'm going to beat you up wif my tet...my tezzu...this sowd!" He ran around the bean bag and reappeared second later, holding a stick. Kagome leapt to her feet and laughed.
"Silly doggie! That's not a sword, it's just a piece of wood!"
"No!" The boy protested. "It's a sowd! A weal sowd! It's weally shawp!"
"You talk funny, ha ha ha!" Kagome laughed again.
She wasn't laughing anymore when he punched her in the nose.