Disclaimer: ::Heavy Italian accent:: I do not own zee animation or zee manga of zee series of Inuyasha.
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Chapter III
First Day At A Public School
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Inuyasha followed Kagome down the halls of the new school with a slight scowl. This place was so different than what he was used to. There were absolutely no carpet in the whole school, no expensive wallpaper, no nothing. It was just....white. There was a whole lotta white. 'Geez, how do these kids walk down the halls without getting blinded?' He wondered as he passed, yet another blank classroom.
"This place is so boring." He voiced his thoughts out loud. Kagome slowed down as she neared another classroom and got in line; Inuyasha followed her. She looked back at him and cocked her head to the side.
"What do you mean? All schools are like this, besides private and prep schools." She explained. He glared at her.
"If all of them are like this, I'd rather be home schooled by my brother; and believe me, that would be a nightmare." He snorted and closed his eyes, face contorted in annoyance. She gave him a curious look.
"You mean you've never been to a public school?" She asked confused. He opened his eyes and glared at her again.
"I thought Sango would have told you. She seems to have told you everything else about me." He added with a shake of his head. "I was rich once, so I went to a prep school before I got broke." He said with another snort. Kagome stared at him for a moment.
"She never told me that..." She trailed off with a thoughtful look. She shrugged and looked back up at him. "So this is you're first time in a public school?" She asked. He grunted and nodded. She smiled, which threw him off completely. But she looked really pretty when she smiled...Wait where did that thought come from?!
Just then the bell rang, and he sighed in relief. If he had to stare at her any longer who knows what kind of weird thoughts would plague his mind. The line slowly filed into the classroom and they all took their seats.
Inuyasha followed Kagome, and sat in the desk behind her, as the teacher walked into the room. She smiled and looked over the class. Spotting Inuyasha she motioned for him to come up, and he walked to the front of the room.
"So you're the new student? Well why don't you introduce yourself." She said cheerfully. He looked at the kids in the class, and smirked when he heard a few girls giggling.
"My names Daimyo Inuyasha, I live in a crappy apartment on the outskirts of town, and my brother wants to kill me." He said shrugging. He walked back to his seat and sat down with a smirk at the blank looks he was getting. Even Kagome was giving him a strange look. The teacher broke out of staring and smiled nervously.
"Well....it's nice to have you Inuyasha. I hope you have a good time at this school." She said, then took out her clipboard and took role. While the teacher was occupied, Kagome turned in her seat and gave Inuyasha a questioning look.
"Does you're brother really want to kill you?" She asked with a confused look. He shrugged, put on a bored face.
"He probably will when he finds out I demolished another alarm clock this morning." He said closing his eyes with an annoyed expression. Kagome raised an eyebrow but otherwise said nothing. She turned back around when the teacher started class.
"Today, I have decided to have you each draw an important person that was, or still is in you're life. It could be a hero, such as a fire fighter or a police officer, or someone in you're family that is, or was very close to you." She explained. Inuyasha cursed. He just hoped they didn't have to talk about them. The teacher passed out paper, and set the timer on the small clock she had. "Begin!"
A girl sitting next to Kagome, glanced over after a short while of drawing. She looked at Kagome's picture and smiled looking at her face.
"Who is that Kagome?" She asked quietly, as to not disturb the others. Kagome looked up and smiled.
"It's my father. He died when I was young." She said, going back to her drawing. The girl nodded and went back to work. Inuyasha, with his superior hearing, heard everything. He looked at her with a confused face, then shrugged and went back to putting the detail on the woman's face he was drawing. Had he imagined it, or did he see regret in her eyes?
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"Okay class, time to clean up." The teacher said after her timer went off. Inuyasha sat back and looked at his work. A small smile came to his lips as he set his eyes on the woman's face. He had only gotten done with the figures head during the time he'd been given.
Kagome turned in her seat and gave him a curious look. "Who did you draw?" She asked, picking up her drawing and showing it to him. "I drew my dad." She said smiling. He looked at her drawing, and couldn't help but stare in awe. For one, she was a very good drawer, almost as good as him. For another, he looked exactly like her; he even had the long hair that she had, and the large eyes. Like him, she had only gotten the head done. "What do you think?" She asked after a short pause. Inuyasha shook his head to clear it and cleared his throat.
"I-it, looks really good. He looks just like you." He said shortly. She grinned.
"Show me who you drew." She said, and he gave her the drawing. She stared at it for a while before turning back to him, a look of awe on her face. "Are you sure you didn't trace this?" She asked after a while. He smirked.
"I don't trace things. Tracings for people who don't have good eyes." He said looking arrogant. Kagome cocked an eyebrow and looked back at the picture.
"Who is it?" She asked once again. Inuyasha's smirk faltered.
"It's my mom." He said quietly, taking the picture from her. "She died last year."
Kagome's eyes widened, and she looked away. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have brought it up."
Inuyasha glared at her. "If you want to give me pity take it somewhere else." He said hotly. She looked at him with an understanding expression, which once again through him off.
"I don't pity you. I hated it when people pitied me after my father died; It was annoying." She said smiling sadly. Just then, the bell rang and the teacher dismissed them after collecting the artwork. Inuyasha followed Kagome out of the room once again, but instead of walking behind her he walked beside her.
They didn't say anything for a while, until someone called Kagome's name.
"Hey! Kagome, I've been looking for you!" Said a boy with black hair, that wore a plain purple T-shirt, with blue jeans. He ran up to Kagome as she and Inuyasha turned, stopping abruptly. He stared at Inuyasha surprised, as Inuyasha stared at him. Suddenly, Inuyasha grinned and clapped him on the back.
"It's been a while, eh Miroku?" He asked still grinning. Miroku grinned as well, and grabbed his free hand shaking it in American style.
"It sure has!" He said happily. Kagome just stood shocked. Finally she pulled out of her surprise and cleared her throat.
"I guess it's safe to say that you guys know each other." She said with her eyes closed. Inuyasha and Miroku finally acknowledged her presence, and Miroku walked up to her, pointing to Inuyasha.
"I used to work at his mansion before he went bankrupt; It was my favorite job before he moved. Then I had to go work at the local ice cream parlor." He said cheerfully. "But, at least I can give my friends free ice cream! And even some for myself. But the pay will never be as it was in Inuyasha's place." He said, sighing forlornly. Inuyasha cocked an eyebrow with a smirk.
"I don't think you could get any job with as good pay as you got with me." He said arrogantly. Miroku grinned.
"Nope!" He said checking his watch. The grin was instantly wiped off his face as he ran down the hall. "I'm gonna be late!" He shouted rounding a corner, and then he was gone. Kagome sighed and shook her head.
"He's always late." She said, walking down the hallway as slowly as she could. Inuyasha raised an eyebrow once again as he followed her.
"But wouldn't that mean we're late too?" He pointed out, and Kagome shrugged with a dark look in her eyes.
"I hate the next teacher." She said icily. Inuyasha stared at her.
"You mean you're not one of those perfect kids who always get good grades and help out around the school? You seem like one." He said. She grinned up at him.
"I do don't I?" She said. "I'm a lot more complex than most people think. Besides, I hate kids like that." She said with an annoyed look.
"Hate is a strong word." He said with a smirk. "I hate my brother, and look where it's got me." He said, gesturing around the room.
"Har, har." She said before stopping at one of the doors. "Believe me. You'll hate this teacher as much as I do." She grumbled, slowly opening the door.
An old looking lady, with what seemed like a giant tumor sticking out from her stomach, turned her beady eyes towards them. Inuyasha shuddered mentally when they landed on his face. 'Gods I feel sorry for whatever guy had her children...' He thought, trying not to gag. She narrowed her eyes and stood up, glaring at them both.
"Kagome," Her voice drawled. It was high and somewhat squeaky; that accompanied with a heavy Western accent just didn't sound right. "You're late again." She said in a sing song voice, which seemed pleasant. Kagome smiled sheepishly.
"Um, sorry. I was leading a new student around the school." She said stepping into the freezing room. She shivered a bit, and rubbed one of her arms to try and warm it up. The lights in the room were off, so it looked gloomy.
The teacher cocked an eyebrow and looked behind her. "Ah, and you are?" She asked Inuyasha, lowering her glasses so she could see him. He almost lost the control on his throat as her eyes roamed his body, stopping a little too long at a certain place below his belt.
"D-Daimyo, Inuyasha." He stuttered, unconsciously moving behind Kagome, away from her roaming eyes. She narrowed her eyes and pointed to two seat right in front of the air conditioner.
"Go sit over there by Kagome. Oh, and Kagome?" She said writing Inuyasha's name on her clipboard. Kagome looked at her smiling nervously.
"Yes?"
"Detention after lunch." She stated checking off their names. Kagome forced a smile and turned to her desk tensely. Inuyasha had only known her for a few hours, but he already knew that if she didn't start doing something she would explode. He followed her closely trying to ignore the prying eyes he could feel on his backside.
Kagome sat down and dug into her backpack, taking out one of her binders and a piece of paper. She put the binder on the floor and started to copy what was on the board, shivering a bit from the cold. Inuyasha followed her actions, growling in annoyance when he felt the teachers eyes roam his body. He finished copying the work on the board and put a book up to cover his face from the teachers view. Kagome finished and began chewing on the back of her pencil, angrily.
"She's a nice piece of work isn't she?" He asked, glancing over the book to look at her before diving back behind. Kagome suddenly broke her pencil and bared her teeth, which made him slightly nervous.
"That's the seventh detention she's given me in a week." She growled. She sounded somewhat like him at the moment.
"You call that bad? At my other school I got a three week suspension from one teacher in a day. And two weeks worth of detentions." He added with a thoughtful look. Kagome gaped at him.
"What did you do?" She asked. He shrugged and held up his hand.
"I punched a kid for calling me an old man." He said casually and put down one finger. "I put a lizard in my least favorite teachers desk." He put down another finger. "I accidentally ate a test frog that happened to hop in some hot chocolate at lunch. Did you know frogs actually taste good? I threw-"
"Whoa, whoa, that's a bit much. Giving you a detention for eating a frog?" She said making a face at eating something so disgusting.
"Well that bad part is it was a *test* frog, that just happened to have some kind of chemical on it which poisoned the hot chocolate. They thought *I* Poisoned the stuff, but apparently they didn't notice me gone from the rest of my classes that day." He said with a snort.
"Where were you?" She asked, the disgusted look still in place. He shrugged.
"In the bathroom, losing the lunch I had that day and for the rest of the week." He mumbled. "Warning: do NOT eat poisonous frogs, no matter how good they taste. But the frog was nothing compared to this harassment." He said pointing to the prying teacher. Kagome shuddered.
"Yeah. That is worse." She muttered grabbing a book from her backpack and opening it; she put it in front of her face like Inuyasha had. After a while, the teacher stood up from her desk and walked forward, taking out a pointer.
"Now, I want you to correct these..."
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Kagome didn't think that Inuyasha would ever stop twitching after that particular class. In the long forty-five minutes they'd spent in that room, the teacher had managed to touch him in curtain places that shouldn't be mentioned. Now his eye was twitching, even though he tried to hide the absolutely disgusted look on his face.
"I think I'm mentally scard..." He muttered to himself as they walked to their next class. Kagome took pity on the boy. Anyone who'd been touched like that by that lady would be twitching so much their eyebrows might fall out. He was taking it surprisingly well.
"Well our next teacher is a little better." 'I hope...'
Inuyasha turned to her, a little relieved. "What's next?" He asked. She took out the schedule and looked over it.
"We don't have next class together, you chose a different elective than I did. And Sango said we had the same classes." She said, looking at the sheet of paper she was holding. Inuyasha looked at it over her shoulder.
"What do you have?" He asked, stuffing his hands in his jeans pockets. She looked at him.
"I have archery, and you have kendo." She told him; he nodded.
"Where the kendo place?" He asked once more. She pointed ahead of them to a room that sat by itself away from all the others. Somehow it looked as if everyone was deliberately trying to avoid it.
"That's where they teach kendo. There's a romour around about that place though." She shuddered. "They say that someone was found dead in there, the person was in a drug dealing gang, and refused to do drugs. So the boss took him in there and killed him using one of the swords." She explained. "A friend of mine who used to go there swore she saw old blood on one of the blades in the cases." She whispered. Inuyasha narrowed his eyes a bit.
"That's probably just a romour. It's stupid to believe in that kind of thing." He snorted. Kagome nodded a bit reluctantly.
"Yeah. It does sound a little farfetched." She muttered. They reached the door and Kagome turned to face him.
"Ok I'll meet you here after class. And don't go wondering off." She told him, smiled, and turned toward her next class.
"Keh, you can't tell me what to do." He muttered to her back before turning back to the door. If any regular door could be scary, this one might actually take the gold. It was black, unlike the regular brown colored doors around, and it was in a shadowed corner, making it seem even more ominous. The paint was peeling, and it looked like rust underneath. But the scariest thing was, there was a bit of red stained on the doorknob, which was completely rusted over. There was no scent coming off of it, but it would probably be too old for any scent to be on it. He lifted his hand slightly, before mentally smacking himself. 'It's just a DOOR! What's so scary about a DOOR!?'
He opened it with a snort and walked inside.
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Kagome walked down the hall towards her archery lesson. Archery was her favorite subject, though it wasn't much of a subject. The teacher wasn't that bad, but she had her hard points. She didn't like it when her students called her by her last name. She wanted them to call her by her first name. Ms. Mayu.
Kagome walked outside and towards the archery targets where her class was. She soon reached them and turned down the archway and into the locker room for all of the bows. Walking to her locker, she took out her key and opened it, taking out her bow and arrows.
"Kagome!" She heard someone shout. She turned around and smiled as her friend walked up.
"Eri! I didn't know you took archery." She greeted happily. Eri walked up and grinned.
"I switched electives. There's this weird guy that transferred to my other class and was trying to get everyone to join this gang. I didn't want anything to do with that
so I transferred to archery." She told her. Kagome smiled and nodded.
"I'd do the same." She said, setting her backpack on the floor and shouldering her bow.
"I heard that you were like, the best archer in the class." Eri said admiringly. Kagome blushed.
"I'm not as good as Ms. Mayu though." She said waving it off. Just then the bell rang and the girls grabbed their arrows, heading out to the targets. Ms. Mayu stood there with her whistle, pointing out where the students should stand.
"Alright everyone. Were going to practice accuracy today." She said, and everyone listened to her. God help you if you got on Ms. Mayu's bad side....
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It looked like a regular kendo dojo. A few sword cases, some boshi, and a training ring. Inuyasha looked around and snorted. People were idiots if they were afraid of this place. It actually looked welcoming, not forbidding.
"Ah, so you are my new student." Said an elderly voice from behind him. He turned around, somewhat surprised that he couldn't smell the guy. He almost reeled when he saw the face that stared back at him. It was an old man, bit one with a strange jutting chin and big bulging eyes. "Call me Toutousai." He said bowing.
Inuyasha's eye began to twitch all over again. "Y-yeah sure..." He muttered.
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Kagome walked out of the locker room after class and headed toward the school building. She was off to show Inuyasha where his next class was, which was lunch. The best subject of any day, where you could talk to you're friends and no one would care if you were talking about a teacher. She walked along the pathway from outside to the schools office, pushing past some people. As she walked along, she spotted a group of teenagers in the corner where most kids would just overlook. She slowed slightly and arched an eyebrow in curiosity. Eri had told her one of these kids was the one who transferred to her old elective. Suddenly one of the boys pulled out a box and a lighter. Now this Kagome didn't want to be near, so giving them a short glare she walked back along the path.
After going inside she turned down the corridor and headed toward the kendo training class. She'd noticed now more than ever that there were a lot more gangs around this year than last year. Most of the kids family's had been going into dept because of a problem in the city government. There just wasn't enough jobs to go around right now, so a lot of kids lost their jobs and their families depended on them because the city was also laying off many people. The only good paying jobs around now were drug dealers and gang associations. She passed another group of teenagers and they looked her up and down a bit, causing her to involuntarily shudder. She tried to avoid this hall during lunch period because most of the gangs hung around the kendo training class, mostly because no one in their right mind would like to eat near the place.
When she reached the door, she sighed in relief. Inuyasha stood next to it, waiting for her. When she sighed, he gave her a strange look.
"What's up with you?" He asked, pushing off the wall he was leaning against. She stood straight and shook her head.
"N-nothings wrong!" She stuttered a bit. He raised an eyebrow but didn't press any further.
"Where to next?" He asked yawning a bit. She shook herself out of her revere and looked at him.
"Lunch." She told him, walking in the opposite direction of the gangs. His face visibly brightened as he followed her.
"No more weird teachers." He sighed a bit.
They walked through the halls once more, away from the kendo training class and the number of grouped teenagers decreased greatly. Along the way they met up with Sango and Miroku, who were having an interesting conversation.
"I told you Miroku I will NOT bear your child! And I never will!" Sango shouted. Miroku was on his knees in a begging position on the floor, looking up at her pleadingly. He'd attracted quite a crowd....
"Come on Sango! Just one!" He pleaded with big puppy dog eyes. Kagome stood in the back of the crowd with Inuyasha, who was nearly bursting from contained laughter. She covered her face with one of her hands and shook her head. 'Will he ever get it?' She thought.
"Shut up Miroku! People are staring!" Sango hissed under her breath and Miroku seemed to just notice a crowd had gathered. He grinned and waved.
"Hi guys! Did you come to see Sango agree to bear my child?" He asked. Sango nearly exploded. Inuyasha could no longer contain his laughter after that, and burst out laughing. He held his stomach and pointed to them.
"Now you'll never get her to bear you're child!" He called out between laughter. He really shouldn't have said that....
"INU-YASH-AAAAA!!!" Sango bellowed angrily, and right then he knew his mistake. He instantly stopped laughing and began running for his life when the ex-house maid started chasing him with an oversized boomerang she kapt handy at all times.
Kagome nearly died laughing.
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Kagome walked out of math class looking especially peeved. After Sango had her way with Inuyasha, she found that she'd knocked him unconscious. So, they took him to the nurses office and he was able to skip lunch and math. Now she had to go see if he was awake so she could drag him to science class. She hated math. It was the subject from hell. It was also the subject she was failing in. And Inuyasha was lucky enough to skip it, just because he was unconscious. Curse him.
She walked down the halls and headed towards the nurses office, continually cursing Inuyasha and his good luck. She made it to the room just as Inuyasha walked out, an ice pack on the huge lump he'd acquired from Sango. He grumbled as he walked up to her, wincing slightly.
"What's the next class..." He asked sullenly. She looked up at him and her anger was nearly forgotten. He looked about ready to die. She sighed and shook her head.
"That should teach you never to mess with Sango." She told him matter-of-fatly. He nodded grimly, looking even more sullen. "We have science next."
"Great....." He muttered as they made their way to class. Science wasn't that bad...."What's after that?" He asked. Kagome looked at his schedule. After the kendo and archery mix up she'd checked the schedule every class.
"P.E." She said simply. He brightened a bit. "Must be you're favorite subject..." She muttered. He nodded. They reached the room for science quickly since it was only three hallways away from the nurses office. Walking inside, they took their seats quickly. After the bell the teacher walked in and stood at the front of the room, grabbed his clipboard and called role. After that he began the lesson. Inuyasha was slightly relieved that he hadn't called him to the front with an ice pack on his head.
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Well, science was quite uneventful. Now they were off to Gym. Inuyasha's head had stopped throbbing surprisingly fast, considering how long he'd been knocked out. The lump wasn't even there now. Sango and Miroku also had this class, so there may even be some entertainment. Gym was, thankfully the last class of the day, and almost as good as lunch. You could talk with friends and play at the same time. When they reached the Gym, they parted ways and went to their respected locker rooms. Kagome entered the room and smiled as Sango came running up to her. She stopped in front of her and gave her a hopeful look.
"Inuyasha's dead right?" She asked. Kagome looked at her as if she was nuts before shaking her head, still staring. Sango looked like she was in total despair.
"Great! Now I'm in for it! When Inuyasha's mad he shows it." She muttered, walking back to her locker miserably. Kagome shook herself out of her revere, giving
Sango a funny look before going to change. After she was dressed she waited for Sango, who walked behind her miserably and went up to the Gym.
The boys were already there, stretching and talking to each other. When the bell rang, everyone got into their respective group and waited for instructions from the coach.
"Ok class, we're going to play dodge ball today." He said, pulling out a bag and throwing balls to each side. Inuyasha and Kagome were on one side, Sango and
Miroku on the other along with the other students. As soon as the balls were passed out, the coach quickly ran out of the way to avoid getting mauled by flying balls, and blew his whistle. "BEGIN!" He shouted. As soon as that simple word was out of his mouth, the Gym turned into a battlefield.
Inuyasha quickly dodged the balls that flew his way and threw one at Miroku, narrowly missing him. He picked up another ball and ran to the other side of the Gym, aiming for the Ho-something kid that was in his art class. Kagome picked up a ball and singled out Sango, who was currently trying to get Inuyasha. Catching her off guard, she aimed and threw, hitting her square in the back. Now when you hit Sango that's an achievement. Sango was NEVER off guard, but on this rare occasion, se was. Kagome grinned and picked up another ball as Sango huffed and sat down with the other people who had been knocked out.
Soon there was only five players on each team left. Inuyasha, Kagome, Nobunaga, and some other students on the right. Miroku, Houjo, and some others on the left. Miroku took aim once again and threw his ball toward Kagome, who was currently trying to get Houjo out. He didn't expect Inuyasha to intercept it halfway towards her and throw it back at him, all at incredible speeds. It hit him square in the chest and the others stared at him in horror. They'd lost their best player. Miroku walked over to Sango ad sat down next to her sullenly. After Miroku was gone, the left team didn't stand a chance, and Inuyasha's team came out victorious.
After dressing out, Inuyasha, Miroku, Sango, and Kagome met at the bus loop and said their goodbye's. Sango went with Inuyasha to get him a taxi, because there wasn't a bus that went near his apartment, and Kagome went with Miroku to their busses.
As they were walking Sango decided to break the ice.
"So. How do you like it here?" She asked him. He looked at her out of the corner of his eye and snorted.
"It's ok. But still not as good as my old school." He answered. Sango shrugged.
"Inuyasha, there will never be a school as good as a prep school." She told him logically. He just crossed his arms. They reached the road soon and Sango quickly
hauled a cab. After Inuyasha got in she waved and said her goodbye's, shutting the door. But before she could walk away, Inuyasha called out to her.
"Oh and Sango, don't think I forgot about that boomerang incident. She visibly paled. He shut the window and told the driver where to go. And they were off. He didn't really mind this new school. It wasn't as good as his old one, but it was still good. He could understand why Kagome would rather go there than a prep school. Mostly because all of her friends were still at the public school.
Soon, they arrived at his apartment and he got out of the cab, paying the driver and walking up the steps to his room. Finding it, he dug into his pocket and pulled out the key, opening the door and closing it behind him. He walked into the living room and stopped dead. Sesshomaru stood there, holding the destroyed alarm clock. He gulped.
"I found this in you're room brother." He said in his icily calm voice. Inuyasha shrugged, looking as if he didn't care and plopped down on the couch, grabbing the ruler he always left near it and balancing it on his nose. Sesshomaru glared at him. "Inuyasha, how many times have I told you that we barely have enough money for food, let alone a new clock." He said coldly, yet menacingly. Inuyasha winced mentally, but outside he showed nothing.
"S'not my fault the stupid thing was too loud." He said, the ruler dropping from his nose. Sesshomaru shook his head.
"We barley have any food. Now how do you expect we get it?" He asked. Inuyasha shrugged.
"Oh yeah, speaking of food, I couldn't find anything so I ate that fish that you keep in you're room." He said, noncoherently. Sesshomaru, for a rare moment looked positively stricken.
"You ATE Winky?!" He asked, and quickly went into his room. He'd won the fish at a fair when he was six years old and was very fond of it. After Sesshomaru disappeared into the room, Inuyasha hurried out the door. He had to get those papers to Kaede at her shrine today or else they wouldn't be able to lower their apartment founds. When Sesshomaru came back, he was about to give Inuyasha a lesson on tricking him when he noticed he was gone.
"......Inuyasha?"
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Chapter III
First Day At A Public School
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Inuyasha followed Kagome down the halls of the new school with a slight scowl. This place was so different than what he was used to. There were absolutely no carpet in the whole school, no expensive wallpaper, no nothing. It was just....white. There was a whole lotta white. 'Geez, how do these kids walk down the halls without getting blinded?' He wondered as he passed, yet another blank classroom.
"This place is so boring." He voiced his thoughts out loud. Kagome slowed down as she neared another classroom and got in line; Inuyasha followed her. She looked back at him and cocked her head to the side.
"What do you mean? All schools are like this, besides private and prep schools." She explained. He glared at her.
"If all of them are like this, I'd rather be home schooled by my brother; and believe me, that would be a nightmare." He snorted and closed his eyes, face contorted in annoyance. She gave him a curious look.
"You mean you've never been to a public school?" She asked confused. He opened his eyes and glared at her again.
"I thought Sango would have told you. She seems to have told you everything else about me." He added with a shake of his head. "I was rich once, so I went to a prep school before I got broke." He said with another snort. Kagome stared at him for a moment.
"She never told me that..." She trailed off with a thoughtful look. She shrugged and looked back up at him. "So this is you're first time in a public school?" She asked. He grunted and nodded. She smiled, which threw him off completely. But she looked really pretty when she smiled...Wait where did that thought come from?!
Just then the bell rang, and he sighed in relief. If he had to stare at her any longer who knows what kind of weird thoughts would plague his mind. The line slowly filed into the classroom and they all took their seats.
Inuyasha followed Kagome, and sat in the desk behind her, as the teacher walked into the room. She smiled and looked over the class. Spotting Inuyasha she motioned for him to come up, and he walked to the front of the room.
"So you're the new student? Well why don't you introduce yourself." She said cheerfully. He looked at the kids in the class, and smirked when he heard a few girls giggling.
"My names Daimyo Inuyasha, I live in a crappy apartment on the outskirts of town, and my brother wants to kill me." He said shrugging. He walked back to his seat and sat down with a smirk at the blank looks he was getting. Even Kagome was giving him a strange look. The teacher broke out of staring and smiled nervously.
"Well....it's nice to have you Inuyasha. I hope you have a good time at this school." She said, then took out her clipboard and took role. While the teacher was occupied, Kagome turned in her seat and gave Inuyasha a questioning look.
"Does you're brother really want to kill you?" She asked with a confused look. He shrugged, put on a bored face.
"He probably will when he finds out I demolished another alarm clock this morning." He said closing his eyes with an annoyed expression. Kagome raised an eyebrow but otherwise said nothing. She turned back around when the teacher started class.
"Today, I have decided to have you each draw an important person that was, or still is in you're life. It could be a hero, such as a fire fighter or a police officer, or someone in you're family that is, or was very close to you." She explained. Inuyasha cursed. He just hoped they didn't have to talk about them. The teacher passed out paper, and set the timer on the small clock she had. "Begin!"
A girl sitting next to Kagome, glanced over after a short while of drawing. She looked at Kagome's picture and smiled looking at her face.
"Who is that Kagome?" She asked quietly, as to not disturb the others. Kagome looked up and smiled.
"It's my father. He died when I was young." She said, going back to her drawing. The girl nodded and went back to work. Inuyasha, with his superior hearing, heard everything. He looked at her with a confused face, then shrugged and went back to putting the detail on the woman's face he was drawing. Had he imagined it, or did he see regret in her eyes?
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*~^~30 Mins Later~^~*
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"Okay class, time to clean up." The teacher said after her timer went off. Inuyasha sat back and looked at his work. A small smile came to his lips as he set his eyes on the woman's face. He had only gotten done with the figures head during the time he'd been given.
Kagome turned in her seat and gave him a curious look. "Who did you draw?" She asked, picking up her drawing and showing it to him. "I drew my dad." She said smiling. He looked at her drawing, and couldn't help but stare in awe. For one, she was a very good drawer, almost as good as him. For another, he looked exactly like her; he even had the long hair that she had, and the large eyes. Like him, she had only gotten the head done. "What do you think?" She asked after a short pause. Inuyasha shook his head to clear it and cleared his throat.
"I-it, looks really good. He looks just like you." He said shortly. She grinned.
"Show me who you drew." She said, and he gave her the drawing. She stared at it for a while before turning back to him, a look of awe on her face. "Are you sure you didn't trace this?" She asked after a while. He smirked.
"I don't trace things. Tracings for people who don't have good eyes." He said looking arrogant. Kagome cocked an eyebrow and looked back at the picture.
"Who is it?" She asked once again. Inuyasha's smirk faltered.
"It's my mom." He said quietly, taking the picture from her. "She died last year."
Kagome's eyes widened, and she looked away. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have brought it up."
Inuyasha glared at her. "If you want to give me pity take it somewhere else." He said hotly. She looked at him with an understanding expression, which once again through him off.
"I don't pity you. I hated it when people pitied me after my father died; It was annoying." She said smiling sadly. Just then, the bell rang and the teacher dismissed them after collecting the artwork. Inuyasha followed Kagome out of the room once again, but instead of walking behind her he walked beside her.
They didn't say anything for a while, until someone called Kagome's name.
"Hey! Kagome, I've been looking for you!" Said a boy with black hair, that wore a plain purple T-shirt, with blue jeans. He ran up to Kagome as she and Inuyasha turned, stopping abruptly. He stared at Inuyasha surprised, as Inuyasha stared at him. Suddenly, Inuyasha grinned and clapped him on the back.
"It's been a while, eh Miroku?" He asked still grinning. Miroku grinned as well, and grabbed his free hand shaking it in American style.
"It sure has!" He said happily. Kagome just stood shocked. Finally she pulled out of her surprise and cleared her throat.
"I guess it's safe to say that you guys know each other." She said with her eyes closed. Inuyasha and Miroku finally acknowledged her presence, and Miroku walked up to her, pointing to Inuyasha.
"I used to work at his mansion before he went bankrupt; It was my favorite job before he moved. Then I had to go work at the local ice cream parlor." He said cheerfully. "But, at least I can give my friends free ice cream! And even some for myself. But the pay will never be as it was in Inuyasha's place." He said, sighing forlornly. Inuyasha cocked an eyebrow with a smirk.
"I don't think you could get any job with as good pay as you got with me." He said arrogantly. Miroku grinned.
"Nope!" He said checking his watch. The grin was instantly wiped off his face as he ran down the hall. "I'm gonna be late!" He shouted rounding a corner, and then he was gone. Kagome sighed and shook her head.
"He's always late." She said, walking down the hallway as slowly as she could. Inuyasha raised an eyebrow once again as he followed her.
"But wouldn't that mean we're late too?" He pointed out, and Kagome shrugged with a dark look in her eyes.
"I hate the next teacher." She said icily. Inuyasha stared at her.
"You mean you're not one of those perfect kids who always get good grades and help out around the school? You seem like one." He said. She grinned up at him.
"I do don't I?" She said. "I'm a lot more complex than most people think. Besides, I hate kids like that." She said with an annoyed look.
"Hate is a strong word." He said with a smirk. "I hate my brother, and look where it's got me." He said, gesturing around the room.
"Har, har." She said before stopping at one of the doors. "Believe me. You'll hate this teacher as much as I do." She grumbled, slowly opening the door.
An old looking lady, with what seemed like a giant tumor sticking out from her stomach, turned her beady eyes towards them. Inuyasha shuddered mentally when they landed on his face. 'Gods I feel sorry for whatever guy had her children...' He thought, trying not to gag. She narrowed her eyes and stood up, glaring at them both.
"Kagome," Her voice drawled. It was high and somewhat squeaky; that accompanied with a heavy Western accent just didn't sound right. "You're late again." She said in a sing song voice, which seemed pleasant. Kagome smiled sheepishly.
"Um, sorry. I was leading a new student around the school." She said stepping into the freezing room. She shivered a bit, and rubbed one of her arms to try and warm it up. The lights in the room were off, so it looked gloomy.
The teacher cocked an eyebrow and looked behind her. "Ah, and you are?" She asked Inuyasha, lowering her glasses so she could see him. He almost lost the control on his throat as her eyes roamed his body, stopping a little too long at a certain place below his belt.
"D-Daimyo, Inuyasha." He stuttered, unconsciously moving behind Kagome, away from her roaming eyes. She narrowed her eyes and pointed to two seat right in front of the air conditioner.
"Go sit over there by Kagome. Oh, and Kagome?" She said writing Inuyasha's name on her clipboard. Kagome looked at her smiling nervously.
"Yes?"
"Detention after lunch." She stated checking off their names. Kagome forced a smile and turned to her desk tensely. Inuyasha had only known her for a few hours, but he already knew that if she didn't start doing something she would explode. He followed her closely trying to ignore the prying eyes he could feel on his backside.
Kagome sat down and dug into her backpack, taking out one of her binders and a piece of paper. She put the binder on the floor and started to copy what was on the board, shivering a bit from the cold. Inuyasha followed her actions, growling in annoyance when he felt the teachers eyes roam his body. He finished copying the work on the board and put a book up to cover his face from the teachers view. Kagome finished and began chewing on the back of her pencil, angrily.
"She's a nice piece of work isn't she?" He asked, glancing over the book to look at her before diving back behind. Kagome suddenly broke her pencil and bared her teeth, which made him slightly nervous.
"That's the seventh detention she's given me in a week." She growled. She sounded somewhat like him at the moment.
"You call that bad? At my other school I got a three week suspension from one teacher in a day. And two weeks worth of detentions." He added with a thoughtful look. Kagome gaped at him.
"What did you do?" She asked. He shrugged and held up his hand.
"I punched a kid for calling me an old man." He said casually and put down one finger. "I put a lizard in my least favorite teachers desk." He put down another finger. "I accidentally ate a test frog that happened to hop in some hot chocolate at lunch. Did you know frogs actually taste good? I threw-"
"Whoa, whoa, that's a bit much. Giving you a detention for eating a frog?" She said making a face at eating something so disgusting.
"Well that bad part is it was a *test* frog, that just happened to have some kind of chemical on it which poisoned the hot chocolate. They thought *I* Poisoned the stuff, but apparently they didn't notice me gone from the rest of my classes that day." He said with a snort.
"Where were you?" She asked, the disgusted look still in place. He shrugged.
"In the bathroom, losing the lunch I had that day and for the rest of the week." He mumbled. "Warning: do NOT eat poisonous frogs, no matter how good they taste. But the frog was nothing compared to this harassment." He said pointing to the prying teacher. Kagome shuddered.
"Yeah. That is worse." She muttered grabbing a book from her backpack and opening it; she put it in front of her face like Inuyasha had. After a while, the teacher stood up from her desk and walked forward, taking out a pointer.
"Now, I want you to correct these..."
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*~^~After Class~^~*
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Kagome didn't think that Inuyasha would ever stop twitching after that particular class. In the long forty-five minutes they'd spent in that room, the teacher had managed to touch him in curtain places that shouldn't be mentioned. Now his eye was twitching, even though he tried to hide the absolutely disgusted look on his face.
"I think I'm mentally scard..." He muttered to himself as they walked to their next class. Kagome took pity on the boy. Anyone who'd been touched like that by that lady would be twitching so much their eyebrows might fall out. He was taking it surprisingly well.
"Well our next teacher is a little better." 'I hope...'
Inuyasha turned to her, a little relieved. "What's next?" He asked. She took out the schedule and looked over it.
"We don't have next class together, you chose a different elective than I did. And Sango said we had the same classes." She said, looking at the sheet of paper she was holding. Inuyasha looked at it over her shoulder.
"What do you have?" He asked, stuffing his hands in his jeans pockets. She looked at him.
"I have archery, and you have kendo." She told him; he nodded.
"Where the kendo place?" He asked once more. She pointed ahead of them to a room that sat by itself away from all the others. Somehow it looked as if everyone was deliberately trying to avoid it.
"That's where they teach kendo. There's a romour around about that place though." She shuddered. "They say that someone was found dead in there, the person was in a drug dealing gang, and refused to do drugs. So the boss took him in there and killed him using one of the swords." She explained. "A friend of mine who used to go there swore she saw old blood on one of the blades in the cases." She whispered. Inuyasha narrowed his eyes a bit.
"That's probably just a romour. It's stupid to believe in that kind of thing." He snorted. Kagome nodded a bit reluctantly.
"Yeah. It does sound a little farfetched." She muttered. They reached the door and Kagome turned to face him.
"Ok I'll meet you here after class. And don't go wondering off." She told him, smiled, and turned toward her next class.
"Keh, you can't tell me what to do." He muttered to her back before turning back to the door. If any regular door could be scary, this one might actually take the gold. It was black, unlike the regular brown colored doors around, and it was in a shadowed corner, making it seem even more ominous. The paint was peeling, and it looked like rust underneath. But the scariest thing was, there was a bit of red stained on the doorknob, which was completely rusted over. There was no scent coming off of it, but it would probably be too old for any scent to be on it. He lifted his hand slightly, before mentally smacking himself. 'It's just a DOOR! What's so scary about a DOOR!?'
He opened it with a snort and walked inside.
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Kagome walked down the hall towards her archery lesson. Archery was her favorite subject, though it wasn't much of a subject. The teacher wasn't that bad, but she had her hard points. She didn't like it when her students called her by her last name. She wanted them to call her by her first name. Ms. Mayu.
Kagome walked outside and towards the archery targets where her class was. She soon reached them and turned down the archway and into the locker room for all of the bows. Walking to her locker, she took out her key and opened it, taking out her bow and arrows.
"Kagome!" She heard someone shout. She turned around and smiled as her friend walked up.
"Eri! I didn't know you took archery." She greeted happily. Eri walked up and grinned.
"I switched electives. There's this weird guy that transferred to my other class and was trying to get everyone to join this gang. I didn't want anything to do with that
so I transferred to archery." She told her. Kagome smiled and nodded.
"I'd do the same." She said, setting her backpack on the floor and shouldering her bow.
"I heard that you were like, the best archer in the class." Eri said admiringly. Kagome blushed.
"I'm not as good as Ms. Mayu though." She said waving it off. Just then the bell rang and the girls grabbed their arrows, heading out to the targets. Ms. Mayu stood there with her whistle, pointing out where the students should stand.
"Alright everyone. Were going to practice accuracy today." She said, and everyone listened to her. God help you if you got on Ms. Mayu's bad side....
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It looked like a regular kendo dojo. A few sword cases, some boshi, and a training ring. Inuyasha looked around and snorted. People were idiots if they were afraid of this place. It actually looked welcoming, not forbidding.
"Ah, so you are my new student." Said an elderly voice from behind him. He turned around, somewhat surprised that he couldn't smell the guy. He almost reeled when he saw the face that stared back at him. It was an old man, bit one with a strange jutting chin and big bulging eyes. "Call me Toutousai." He said bowing.
Inuyasha's eye began to twitch all over again. "Y-yeah sure..." He muttered.
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*~^~After Class~^~*
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Kagome walked out of the locker room after class and headed toward the school building. She was off to show Inuyasha where his next class was, which was lunch. The best subject of any day, where you could talk to you're friends and no one would care if you were talking about a teacher. She walked along the pathway from outside to the schools office, pushing past some people. As she walked along, she spotted a group of teenagers in the corner where most kids would just overlook. She slowed slightly and arched an eyebrow in curiosity. Eri had told her one of these kids was the one who transferred to her old elective. Suddenly one of the boys pulled out a box and a lighter. Now this Kagome didn't want to be near, so giving them a short glare she walked back along the path.
After going inside she turned down the corridor and headed toward the kendo training class. She'd noticed now more than ever that there were a lot more gangs around this year than last year. Most of the kids family's had been going into dept because of a problem in the city government. There just wasn't enough jobs to go around right now, so a lot of kids lost their jobs and their families depended on them because the city was also laying off many people. The only good paying jobs around now were drug dealers and gang associations. She passed another group of teenagers and they looked her up and down a bit, causing her to involuntarily shudder. She tried to avoid this hall during lunch period because most of the gangs hung around the kendo training class, mostly because no one in their right mind would like to eat near the place.
When she reached the door, she sighed in relief. Inuyasha stood next to it, waiting for her. When she sighed, he gave her a strange look.
"What's up with you?" He asked, pushing off the wall he was leaning against. She stood straight and shook her head.
"N-nothings wrong!" She stuttered a bit. He raised an eyebrow but didn't press any further.
"Where to next?" He asked yawning a bit. She shook herself out of her revere and looked at him.
"Lunch." She told him, walking in the opposite direction of the gangs. His face visibly brightened as he followed her.
"No more weird teachers." He sighed a bit.
They walked through the halls once more, away from the kendo training class and the number of grouped teenagers decreased greatly. Along the way they met up with Sango and Miroku, who were having an interesting conversation.
"I told you Miroku I will NOT bear your child! And I never will!" Sango shouted. Miroku was on his knees in a begging position on the floor, looking up at her pleadingly. He'd attracted quite a crowd....
"Come on Sango! Just one!" He pleaded with big puppy dog eyes. Kagome stood in the back of the crowd with Inuyasha, who was nearly bursting from contained laughter. She covered her face with one of her hands and shook her head. 'Will he ever get it?' She thought.
"Shut up Miroku! People are staring!" Sango hissed under her breath and Miroku seemed to just notice a crowd had gathered. He grinned and waved.
"Hi guys! Did you come to see Sango agree to bear my child?" He asked. Sango nearly exploded. Inuyasha could no longer contain his laughter after that, and burst out laughing. He held his stomach and pointed to them.
"Now you'll never get her to bear you're child!" He called out between laughter. He really shouldn't have said that....
"INU-YASH-AAAAA!!!" Sango bellowed angrily, and right then he knew his mistake. He instantly stopped laughing and began running for his life when the ex-house maid started chasing him with an oversized boomerang she kapt handy at all times.
Kagome nearly died laughing.
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*~^~2 Hours Later~^~*
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Kagome walked out of math class looking especially peeved. After Sango had her way with Inuyasha, she found that she'd knocked him unconscious. So, they took him to the nurses office and he was able to skip lunch and math. Now she had to go see if he was awake so she could drag him to science class. She hated math. It was the subject from hell. It was also the subject she was failing in. And Inuyasha was lucky enough to skip it, just because he was unconscious. Curse him.
She walked down the halls and headed towards the nurses office, continually cursing Inuyasha and his good luck. She made it to the room just as Inuyasha walked out, an ice pack on the huge lump he'd acquired from Sango. He grumbled as he walked up to her, wincing slightly.
"What's the next class..." He asked sullenly. She looked up at him and her anger was nearly forgotten. He looked about ready to die. She sighed and shook her head.
"That should teach you never to mess with Sango." She told him matter-of-fatly. He nodded grimly, looking even more sullen. "We have science next."
"Great....." He muttered as they made their way to class. Science wasn't that bad...."What's after that?" He asked. Kagome looked at his schedule. After the kendo and archery mix up she'd checked the schedule every class.
"P.E." She said simply. He brightened a bit. "Must be you're favorite subject..." She muttered. He nodded. They reached the room for science quickly since it was only three hallways away from the nurses office. Walking inside, they took their seats quickly. After the bell the teacher walked in and stood at the front of the room, grabbed his clipboard and called role. After that he began the lesson. Inuyasha was slightly relieved that he hadn't called him to the front with an ice pack on his head.
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*~^~After Class~^*
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Well, science was quite uneventful. Now they were off to Gym. Inuyasha's head had stopped throbbing surprisingly fast, considering how long he'd been knocked out. The lump wasn't even there now. Sango and Miroku also had this class, so there may even be some entertainment. Gym was, thankfully the last class of the day, and almost as good as lunch. You could talk with friends and play at the same time. When they reached the Gym, they parted ways and went to their respected locker rooms. Kagome entered the room and smiled as Sango came running up to her. She stopped in front of her and gave her a hopeful look.
"Inuyasha's dead right?" She asked. Kagome looked at her as if she was nuts before shaking her head, still staring. Sango looked like she was in total despair.
"Great! Now I'm in for it! When Inuyasha's mad he shows it." She muttered, walking back to her locker miserably. Kagome shook herself out of her revere, giving
Sango a funny look before going to change. After she was dressed she waited for Sango, who walked behind her miserably and went up to the Gym.
The boys were already there, stretching and talking to each other. When the bell rang, everyone got into their respective group and waited for instructions from the coach.
"Ok class, we're going to play dodge ball today." He said, pulling out a bag and throwing balls to each side. Inuyasha and Kagome were on one side, Sango and
Miroku on the other along with the other students. As soon as the balls were passed out, the coach quickly ran out of the way to avoid getting mauled by flying balls, and blew his whistle. "BEGIN!" He shouted. As soon as that simple word was out of his mouth, the Gym turned into a battlefield.
Inuyasha quickly dodged the balls that flew his way and threw one at Miroku, narrowly missing him. He picked up another ball and ran to the other side of the Gym, aiming for the Ho-something kid that was in his art class. Kagome picked up a ball and singled out Sango, who was currently trying to get Inuyasha. Catching her off guard, she aimed and threw, hitting her square in the back. Now when you hit Sango that's an achievement. Sango was NEVER off guard, but on this rare occasion, se was. Kagome grinned and picked up another ball as Sango huffed and sat down with the other people who had been knocked out.
Soon there was only five players on each team left. Inuyasha, Kagome, Nobunaga, and some other students on the right. Miroku, Houjo, and some others on the left. Miroku took aim once again and threw his ball toward Kagome, who was currently trying to get Houjo out. He didn't expect Inuyasha to intercept it halfway towards her and throw it back at him, all at incredible speeds. It hit him square in the chest and the others stared at him in horror. They'd lost their best player. Miroku walked over to Sango ad sat down next to her sullenly. After Miroku was gone, the left team didn't stand a chance, and Inuyasha's team came out victorious.
After dressing out, Inuyasha, Miroku, Sango, and Kagome met at the bus loop and said their goodbye's. Sango went with Inuyasha to get him a taxi, because there wasn't a bus that went near his apartment, and Kagome went with Miroku to their busses.
As they were walking Sango decided to break the ice.
"So. How do you like it here?" She asked him. He looked at her out of the corner of his eye and snorted.
"It's ok. But still not as good as my old school." He answered. Sango shrugged.
"Inuyasha, there will never be a school as good as a prep school." She told him logically. He just crossed his arms. They reached the road soon and Sango quickly
hauled a cab. After Inuyasha got in she waved and said her goodbye's, shutting the door. But before she could walk away, Inuyasha called out to her.
"Oh and Sango, don't think I forgot about that boomerang incident. She visibly paled. He shut the window and told the driver where to go. And they were off. He didn't really mind this new school. It wasn't as good as his old one, but it was still good. He could understand why Kagome would rather go there than a prep school. Mostly because all of her friends were still at the public school.
Soon, they arrived at his apartment and he got out of the cab, paying the driver and walking up the steps to his room. Finding it, he dug into his pocket and pulled out the key, opening the door and closing it behind him. He walked into the living room and stopped dead. Sesshomaru stood there, holding the destroyed alarm clock. He gulped.
"I found this in you're room brother." He said in his icily calm voice. Inuyasha shrugged, looking as if he didn't care and plopped down on the couch, grabbing the ruler he always left near it and balancing it on his nose. Sesshomaru glared at him. "Inuyasha, how many times have I told you that we barely have enough money for food, let alone a new clock." He said coldly, yet menacingly. Inuyasha winced mentally, but outside he showed nothing.
"S'not my fault the stupid thing was too loud." He said, the ruler dropping from his nose. Sesshomaru shook his head.
"We barley have any food. Now how do you expect we get it?" He asked. Inuyasha shrugged.
"Oh yeah, speaking of food, I couldn't find anything so I ate that fish that you keep in you're room." He said, noncoherently. Sesshomaru, for a rare moment looked positively stricken.
"You ATE Winky?!" He asked, and quickly went into his room. He'd won the fish at a fair when he was six years old and was very fond of it. After Sesshomaru disappeared into the room, Inuyasha hurried out the door. He had to get those papers to Kaede at her shrine today or else they wouldn't be able to lower their apartment founds. When Sesshomaru came back, he was about to give Inuyasha a lesson on tricking him when he noticed he was gone.
"......Inuyasha?"
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