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Chapter Fourteen: Being the New Girl
Inuyasha had followed Mei Lhi and Kagome to school, making sure they made it safely. He traveled by jumping on lamp posts or trees, or rooftops. He growled angrily when Hojo approached, he stopped and listened to the conversation, almost falling off of the lamp post he was sitting on when Hojo said he'd walk the two girls to school.
'That stupid...Hobo! So this is who else is after Kagome...besides that damn wussy ass wolf...Kagome belongs to me and only me. She's mine-Wait! Where the hell did that come from?! Since when have I ever liked Kagome? I'm so confused...' Inuyasha thought.
He was so deep in thought that he didn't even notice when Kagome, Mei Lhi, and Hojo passed by his lamp post. By the time he realized, the group was a good distance from him.
"Damn it..." He muttered.
***
The bell rang, Mei Lhi walked into the large building, silently following Kagome and entering the seventh grade class, while Kagome went into her class next door. Kagome waved and smiled, then disappeared through the door. Hands shaking, Mei Lhi slid the door open and stepped inside. The class was noisy, and fell silent the moment Mei Lhi walked in. They faced their entire attention on her. The teacher motioned her forward. She walked to the sensei's desk, her entire body feeling oddly numb.
"May I see your papers?" The teacher asked.
"Hai, sensei." Mei Lhi answered, reaching into her bag and placing the transfer papers on the desk.
The teacher took the papers and read them quietly, then smiled kindly.
"Welcome to seventh grade Higurashi Mei Lhi. I'm Kanemori-san. You can sit over in the row by the window, fourth seat." He said.
"Arigatou, Kanemori-sensei." Mei Lhi said, bowing, and going to her seat.
Kanemori-sensei stood up, regaining the class's attention back to him.
"As you've noticed, we have a new arrival. Higurashi, perhaps you'd like to tell the class a little about yourself?" Kanemori-sensei said.
Mei Lhi nodded, and stood up.
'Just remember what Kagome-chan told you about introductions...' She thought.
"I'm Mei Lhi, and I transferred here from the Shinjuku area over here to live with my older cousin, Kagome. So now we go to school together now..." Mei Lhi said, sticking to the story Kagome fed Hojo that morning.
"Thank you, Higurashi. You may sit down." Kanemori-sensei said.
Mei Lhi did as told, and she looked out the window, almost falling out of her seat, but she was able to remain calm and luckily no one noticed her sudden action.
Inuyasha was sitting on the branch of a tree right next to the window.
"What're you doing here, Onii-san?!" Mei Lhi whispered very quietly.
She knew that Inuyasha could hear her. After all, he was half dog demon. He wasn't deaf.
"Keeping an eye on you!" Inuyasha replied, just as quiet as Mei Lhi.
"Let me guess, you followed Kagome-chan and I after we left the shrine, didn't you?"
"Feh. I was only making sure nothing attacked you on your way here. Like that Hobo jerk."
"His name is Hojo not Hobo. Now if you don't mind, I'd like to try and learn, I will see you at lunch, so stay out of trouble until then ok?"
"Fine...I'll go check on Kagome..."
Then he jumped from the tree to the one in front that happened to be nearby the window to Kagome's class.
***
"Then we take the square root of this divided by the square root of this, and then multiply it by the product of two squared and 5..." Kagome's teacher explained.
'Nani?!! I don't understand this...math is so scary...' Kagome thought.
Suddenly the entire class's attention was diverted to the window. Kagome looked, seeing Inuyasha.
'That stupid...DOG! Mei Lhi, I hope you can cover your ears quickly enough...' Kagome thought.
"OSUWARI!!!!" Kagome screamed.
Inuyasha fell out of the window and came crashing into the grass at least five floors below.
***
Mei Lhi was listening to her teacher explain how to one step equations with a variable, when she heard a lot of chatter coming from Kagome's classroom. She caught bits and pieces of what they were saying.
"-look at that guy in the window!"
"-is that a sword he's carrying?!"
'Uh-oh...this can't be good...'
Then she heard Kagome's voice scream the very first syllable of the subduing spell. Without thinking, she clapped her hands on top of her head where her dog ears hid under her hair.
Luckily she was able to cover her ears in time. She heard a loud crash five floors below. Then she raised her hand.
"Yes, Higurashi?" Kanemori-sensei asked.
"May I be excused to the restroom?" Mei Lhi asked. "Also, may I have a note to get my cousin next door?"
"Why would you need the note?"
"Um...family matter..."
Kanemori-sensei sighed, then quickly wrote the note and let Mei Lhi leave to the class next door.
Mei Lhi walked to the next door up the hall and slid it aside. Kagome looked over.
"Mei-chan! What's wrong?" Kagome asked.
Mei Lhi didn't say a word but went to where the teacher stood at the blackboard and handed him the note. The teacher read the note then nodded.
"Higurashi, you may leave for the moment. But return as soon as you can. I'm almost done reviewing everything that will be on the test today."
Kagome stood and left the room with Mei Lhi.
"So I assume we're going to check to make sure Inuyasha is ok, right?"
"Yes. Of course we are! He only fell five floors down! He might be hurt. For all we know there could've been another tree that he crashed into! Or even worse! Another person!"
They walked down five flights of stairs, finally reaching the courtyard where Inuyasha was still face-first into the ground.
"You...wench...Why?" Inuyasha said.
"Onii-san, you're not supposed to be seen! And the other people in Kagome- chan's class saw you!" Mei Lhi scolded.
She took one of Inuyasha's arms and pulled him to his feet.
"Now, please stay out of trouble, ok Onii-san? I was almost 'sat' too. But I covered my ears...I don't want to be sat while I'm in class. So don't do anything stupid."
"Feh. Fine...I'll be on the roof..."
Inuyasha jumped up towards the roof, in a temper.
"Now that we know Onii-san is ok, we can go back to class." Mei Lhi said brightly.
***
Kagome returned to the class and sat at her desk, her teacher setting the test in front of her. Kagome looked at it, in silent frustrated confusion. She didn't understand anything on the entire test!
'I don't know any of this...I'll just guess...at least I have a chance one getting the right answer on at least one question...anything is better than a zero...even a one...' Kagome thought.
***
Finally the test was over, and Kagome turned in her paper, and stretched, dreading her grade. Now it was time for lunch...time to go and visit Inuyasha and the others back in the Sengoku Jidai. She walked out into the hall, seeing Mei Lhi waiting for her impatiently.
"About time!" Mei Lhi exclaimed. "Come on! We need to keep our promise to Onii-san!"
Mei Lhi grabbed hold of Kagome's wrist and half-ran, half-dragged her up the stairs leading to the roof.
Chapter Fourteen: Being the New Girl
Inuyasha had followed Mei Lhi and Kagome to school, making sure they made it safely. He traveled by jumping on lamp posts or trees, or rooftops. He growled angrily when Hojo approached, he stopped and listened to the conversation, almost falling off of the lamp post he was sitting on when Hojo said he'd walk the two girls to school.
'That stupid...Hobo! So this is who else is after Kagome...besides that damn wussy ass wolf...Kagome belongs to me and only me. She's mine-Wait! Where the hell did that come from?! Since when have I ever liked Kagome? I'm so confused...' Inuyasha thought.
He was so deep in thought that he didn't even notice when Kagome, Mei Lhi, and Hojo passed by his lamp post. By the time he realized, the group was a good distance from him.
"Damn it..." He muttered.
***
The bell rang, Mei Lhi walked into the large building, silently following Kagome and entering the seventh grade class, while Kagome went into her class next door. Kagome waved and smiled, then disappeared through the door. Hands shaking, Mei Lhi slid the door open and stepped inside. The class was noisy, and fell silent the moment Mei Lhi walked in. They faced their entire attention on her. The teacher motioned her forward. She walked to the sensei's desk, her entire body feeling oddly numb.
"May I see your papers?" The teacher asked.
"Hai, sensei." Mei Lhi answered, reaching into her bag and placing the transfer papers on the desk.
The teacher took the papers and read them quietly, then smiled kindly.
"Welcome to seventh grade Higurashi Mei Lhi. I'm Kanemori-san. You can sit over in the row by the window, fourth seat." He said.
"Arigatou, Kanemori-sensei." Mei Lhi said, bowing, and going to her seat.
Kanemori-sensei stood up, regaining the class's attention back to him.
"As you've noticed, we have a new arrival. Higurashi, perhaps you'd like to tell the class a little about yourself?" Kanemori-sensei said.
Mei Lhi nodded, and stood up.
'Just remember what Kagome-chan told you about introductions...' She thought.
"I'm Mei Lhi, and I transferred here from the Shinjuku area over here to live with my older cousin, Kagome. So now we go to school together now..." Mei Lhi said, sticking to the story Kagome fed Hojo that morning.
"Thank you, Higurashi. You may sit down." Kanemori-sensei said.
Mei Lhi did as told, and she looked out the window, almost falling out of her seat, but she was able to remain calm and luckily no one noticed her sudden action.
Inuyasha was sitting on the branch of a tree right next to the window.
"What're you doing here, Onii-san?!" Mei Lhi whispered very quietly.
She knew that Inuyasha could hear her. After all, he was half dog demon. He wasn't deaf.
"Keeping an eye on you!" Inuyasha replied, just as quiet as Mei Lhi.
"Let me guess, you followed Kagome-chan and I after we left the shrine, didn't you?"
"Feh. I was only making sure nothing attacked you on your way here. Like that Hobo jerk."
"His name is Hojo not Hobo. Now if you don't mind, I'd like to try and learn, I will see you at lunch, so stay out of trouble until then ok?"
"Fine...I'll go check on Kagome..."
Then he jumped from the tree to the one in front that happened to be nearby the window to Kagome's class.
***
"Then we take the square root of this divided by the square root of this, and then multiply it by the product of two squared and 5..." Kagome's teacher explained.
'Nani?!! I don't understand this...math is so scary...' Kagome thought.
Suddenly the entire class's attention was diverted to the window. Kagome looked, seeing Inuyasha.
'That stupid...DOG! Mei Lhi, I hope you can cover your ears quickly enough...' Kagome thought.
"OSUWARI!!!!" Kagome screamed.
Inuyasha fell out of the window and came crashing into the grass at least five floors below.
***
Mei Lhi was listening to her teacher explain how to one step equations with a variable, when she heard a lot of chatter coming from Kagome's classroom. She caught bits and pieces of what they were saying.
"-look at that guy in the window!"
"-is that a sword he's carrying?!"
'Uh-oh...this can't be good...'
Then she heard Kagome's voice scream the very first syllable of the subduing spell. Without thinking, she clapped her hands on top of her head where her dog ears hid under her hair.
Luckily she was able to cover her ears in time. She heard a loud crash five floors below. Then she raised her hand.
"Yes, Higurashi?" Kanemori-sensei asked.
"May I be excused to the restroom?" Mei Lhi asked. "Also, may I have a note to get my cousin next door?"
"Why would you need the note?"
"Um...family matter..."
Kanemori-sensei sighed, then quickly wrote the note and let Mei Lhi leave to the class next door.
Mei Lhi walked to the next door up the hall and slid it aside. Kagome looked over.
"Mei-chan! What's wrong?" Kagome asked.
Mei Lhi didn't say a word but went to where the teacher stood at the blackboard and handed him the note. The teacher read the note then nodded.
"Higurashi, you may leave for the moment. But return as soon as you can. I'm almost done reviewing everything that will be on the test today."
Kagome stood and left the room with Mei Lhi.
"So I assume we're going to check to make sure Inuyasha is ok, right?"
"Yes. Of course we are! He only fell five floors down! He might be hurt. For all we know there could've been another tree that he crashed into! Or even worse! Another person!"
They walked down five flights of stairs, finally reaching the courtyard where Inuyasha was still face-first into the ground.
"You...wench...Why?" Inuyasha said.
"Onii-san, you're not supposed to be seen! And the other people in Kagome- chan's class saw you!" Mei Lhi scolded.
She took one of Inuyasha's arms and pulled him to his feet.
"Now, please stay out of trouble, ok Onii-san? I was almost 'sat' too. But I covered my ears...I don't want to be sat while I'm in class. So don't do anything stupid."
"Feh. Fine...I'll be on the roof..."
Inuyasha jumped up towards the roof, in a temper.
"Now that we know Onii-san is ok, we can go back to class." Mei Lhi said brightly.
***
Kagome returned to the class and sat at her desk, her teacher setting the test in front of her. Kagome looked at it, in silent frustrated confusion. She didn't understand anything on the entire test!
'I don't know any of this...I'll just guess...at least I have a chance one getting the right answer on at least one question...anything is better than a zero...even a one...' Kagome thought.
***
Finally the test was over, and Kagome turned in her paper, and stretched, dreading her grade. Now it was time for lunch...time to go and visit Inuyasha and the others back in the Sengoku Jidai. She walked out into the hall, seeing Mei Lhi waiting for her impatiently.
"About time!" Mei Lhi exclaimed. "Come on! We need to keep our promise to Onii-san!"
Mei Lhi grabbed hold of Kagome's wrist and half-ran, half-dragged her up the stairs leading to the roof.