ATTENTION READERS!!!!!!!!!!!!
*Ahem!!!! As the author of this story! I will try my very best to update this story at least once every 3 weeks or between 3 weeks, (sorry I'm a very busy person, I'm really actually lucky that I even have time to post this chapter up ^ _ ^') and will do my very best to keep you entertained, with long chapters. Does that sound good to you? ^ _ ^
Disclaimer: *Hugs Inuyasha really tightly!!! I've already admitted that I don't own him! But in this story, he is under my control!!!! Muuaaah!!! Fine I'll sign a contract so I can borrow him. What?! I even have to notify you guys when I borrow him?! In any form too?! Including all the other characters?! Geez! Well, as long as I don't have to pay, it's fine with me.*mutters incoherent words.
*~*Chapter 2: First Day of School*~*
*Ring!!!!!!
"Huh?" *Smack! "What time is it?" Kagome opens one eye and sees that the sun hasn't even come up all the way. She looks at her clock and sees that it is 5:00 am. 'I think I can sleep an extra five minutes, I don't need a full hour to get ready..' Kagome falls back into slumber.
'Hm? Is that the sun? I need to get up and ready for school.. Did I have any homework? Hmm. None that I can remember. I wonder if Yuka took notes for me again while I was gone.Stupid Inuyasha...Wouldn't let me go home earlier.' "Wait a second! I'm not even supposed to think of Inuyasha! I left Feudal Japan and Yuka doesn't even go to my new school!" Kagome sits up straight in bed and looks at her clock. 'It's 6:10!!! Setsuko said that classes start at 6:30!!' "I'm already late for my first day of school!!!!" 'On top of that, I don't even know where my classes are and remember where I put my schedule!!!'
After getting ready for the day and searching for her schedule, Kagome runs out of her dorm room dashing along the hall ways in search of a map that would hopefully lead her to her first class. 'Thank goodness that we have to wear uniforms!! It's also a good thing that this is the first day of school because I don't even know where my locker is and don't have my books. Oh Kami! What if this was a regular day at school?!' Quickly glancing at any section of a map Kagome had found while running, she finds her first classroom. "I hope my teacher won't be too mad at me." 'Let's see I have chemistry with a teacher named, Mrs. Kamiya. Oh please don't be too harsh on me!!!' "Made it!" *Ring!! 'Just my luck! I get to the classroom and before I can enter, the bell rings on me!' "Ms. Higurahsi I presume." "Yes?" "I'm so glad you could make it, normally newbies are late, but you were only a second late. Please take a seat." Mrs. Kamiya gestures her hand toward the desks. 'I can't sit next to the Kotaro fan club. I guess I'll just next to the window, hardly anyone is sitting over there. I wonder why.' Unknown to Kagome, some people were snickering in a corner. "Alright class! You will address me as Mrs. Kamiya. The seats you have taken are going to be your seats for the rest of this year. In this class, I expect you to pay attention very carefully, since we will be dealing with chemicals that can and will explode on you if you get a single thing wrong. Two years ago, a popular and very good looking girl didn't pay attention, so she ended up being bald. She was fortunate that her scars are now covered by the new long hair on her head." All the girls in the classroom shivered. "Now! Let's begin with role call."
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The class dragged on and on, until the bell rang. Kagome is just about to leave, but abruptly stops in front of the class room doorway and walks over to Mrs. Kamiya's desk. "Mrs. Kamiya?" "Yes, Ms. Higurashi?" "I don't know my way around the school yet, and was wondering if you had a map I could have or borrow, since the school didn't give me one." "Let me see if I have one." Mrs. Kamiya starts going through her desk drawers. "Ah! Here's one. Hurry up to your next class now Ms. Higurashi, and I hope you will have a good first day of school." "Arigato- Ga- zi- maz Mrs. Kamiya."
'Let's see I have P.E. next. So where are you gym class? Here you are!' Kagome once again barely makes it to class. 'Why did the gym have to be far away from the science wing?' "Hey Kagome! Over here!" "Hey Setsuko!" "I trust that you had a good night sleep. Did you make it to your first class on time?" "Almost." "Ha! Ha! Don't worry, I was three minutes late to my first class. Almost everyone who comes to this school doesn't make it one time on their first day." "Who was the one who actually made it on time?" "Seishichirou" "I should have guessed. He must be Mr. Perfect in everything except social skills huh?" "Yeah, he is. You make it sound like you know him personally. Like as if you've met his past self or something." "Ha! Ha! I've never met this guy before, I'm just very perceptive. I guess you could say I'm just one of those strange people who know things." 'It seems to me Kagome, that you know a little too much for a person who just saw someone. What are you hiding from me?'
Four teachers walked in through the gym doors "Are they always this late?" whispers Kagome. "Yes, they always take their sweet time, so coming to this class after the bell rings is ok. Since, they give you ten minutes to dress and then like ten more minutes for them to come out of their office. Two women along with two students walked over to the sophomore's group. An old and very experienced looking woman started talking to the group. "I am Mrs. Tanaka, those who are my students and are not my students will always call me Mrs. Tanaka. Any other name will get you a detention." "People have called her old lady, grandma, and witch before," explains Setsuko. "When I call you names, you will say present or here, and then you will sit on the other side of the gym," Mrs. Tanaka points a finger to the right side of them gym. "Yoko Fukamori." "Here!" The list went on and on. The only people Kagome recognized in her group when the list was over, was Aika and Setsuko. "Ms. Kentsu, you may take over." "Thank you Mrs. Tanaka. Now class, you will address me as Ms. Kishino. I'm passing a paper with rules that you must follow while in my class and here's another paper for how you will be graded each time when running miles. Please read them. If you have your check for buying clothes and a lock, please stand in line with those other girls. The rest of you may sit here and talk. You may go now."
"Oh no! I forgot my check while I was getting ready for the day!" Kagome hits herself in the head repeatedly. "Baka! Baka! Baka! Bak-" "It's ok Ka- Go-Me!!!" says a struggling Setsuko; she tries to keep Kagome from abusing herself. "How is it ok?! I'm already messing up on my first day of school and it's all in one day too!!!" "Kagome, I didn't bring mine either because tomorrow, that line will be shorter and if we did it today, then we would be doing nothing the next day. Why don't you read your papers... Just calm down and don't hit yourself anymore." Kagome looks at her papers. '1.) Respect others and their belongings 2.) Be on time 3.) Don't talk when the teacher is speaking. 4.) Participate and pay attention' 5.)-' "Never mind, don't bother reading it Kagome. You seem like the type who would be able to do these things. All you need to know for the mile is that every time you run a little faster than your original time or the time before the one you just accomplished, then you will get an A. Any certain amount of time you were behind than the last time, then you will get either an A- or B. Simple huh? The rest, well I'm sure you wouldn't want to get a C or fail the mile." "You seem pretty confident when it comes to running Setsuko." "Well, I'm an unbeatable champion at this school, so I can't fake running. You can though." "What do you mean?" "Since your new here, people won't even know your running speed. You're pretty fast you know. Anyways, you can get eleven minutes and something seconds, just be sure you don't run that slow before a horn blows telling you that you've failed, you have to run under twelve minutes. My point is, that you could pretend to be slow and each time you run the mile, you can improve your time and always get an A." "Wouldn't that be cheating?" "Nope! Just bending the rules. I don't really want you to end up like me anyways." "Why? How's your life as an unbeatable running champion?" "Well, I have to try to stay in shape and Aika always competes with me, but has other people join. She does this because she knows that if she loses, and it's just the both of us, then she'll look like a fool. So when others are in the race, she'll come out looking victorious since she always gets second place, nothing but second place. Hmm, now that I think about it, you could try to break her second place- winning streak and push her to third. Ha! Ha!" "I don't know." "Oh come on Kagome! I really think you can, when we were being chased by those dimwitted Kotaro fan club members, you were able to keep up with me at top speed. Aika can't even do that! I hate to admit it, but you're almost my equal!" 'Wow! Me almost Setsuko's equal?'
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"So what's you next class Kagome?" "I have Home Ed. next." "Great! So do I!" "But aren't there like more than one teacher for Home Ed.?" "No, there is only one. Her name is Ms. Akashi, she is really nice." The two walked out into the courtyard. "Umm Setsuko, why are we in the courtyard? I mean, shouldn't we head for our next class?" "Well, I want to find my locker and after the first two periods, we get a twenty minute break anyways." "Wow!" "So what's you locker number? Mine is...," Setsuko rummages through her backpack and finds her schedule, "436." "I don't know my locker number." "Just look at your schedule, it should say what it is." 'I should have figured that out when I watched her look at her schedule.' Kagome pulls her schedule out from her pocket and scans her schedule. "I have locker number 438." "Cool! We're near each other, let's go check it out."
Setsuko leads Kagome to another entrance in the courtyard. Kagome stops Setsuko before they continued on their search for their lockers. "Setsuko, I'm confused.. Where's the entrance to our school?" "Ok, the courtyard was designed to be a rotunda, so this place is like a giant circle. When we first come out, there is an entrance in front of us, right?" "Yeah." "Well, that is the boy's entrance. If we turned to the left, then we would find the cafeteria. We took the right side, so I think you can figure out where these doors lead to." "The lockers." "Right! Get it now?" "Yeah, I just got confused because the place doesn't look like a rotunda to me." "That's because of all the trees and built in paths, plus man made ponds." "Not only that, but that brick wall over there doesn't appear to have a curve in it either." "Wait until you get closer to it though. Besides, after we find out lockers, we'll go straight over there so you can get a better look. Also, that's where I hang out. Hardly anyone is over at the pond along with the tree. To me, that area gives off a peaceful 'aura.'" Kagome laughed at Setsuko's hands making the quotation sign to emphasize her meaning of aura. "What's so funny?" "Oh nothing, let's just go find our lockers."
Kagome walks inside and is surprised to see 5 doors, each with two numbers and a comma on it. "We want to go to the four hundred lockers..So we have to go through door number two!" Kagome was blinded at first, or so she thought she was. 'Wow! How can these people keep a place so white?! This is more like a giant library with lockers downstairs and upstairs!' (There are stairs along both sides of the walls, which lead to the upstairs lockers. There are also four study places; two are upstairs and downstairs on opposite sides of each other. There is a walk way/pathway, which connect both sides of the second level. A huge window in the shape of a half- moon with three lines going through it diagonally and horizontally is placed on the far end of the wall across from the walkway that connects both sides of the upstairs. Kagome looks in awe while she and Setsuko decide to take the left side of the stairs. She was amazed by the sun roof/glass roof they had. "Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. I guess, we'll just have to walk across the pathway then." 'I hate bridges...If only I had gone with my first instinct of taking the right side, but no...Setsuko said that the right side is not always the right way.' "Made it! Whew! Good thing the walkway doesn't swing a like a rickety old bridge, just like the ones in." '..Feudal Japan..' "Like what Kagome?" "Never mind! Anyways, you see! I was right about taking the right side of the stairs!" "Who cares?!" "I care! You told me my instincts were off and yours has never failed you! Also! The right side is normally always the right way to go, and you said that it wasn't!" "I didn't say my instincts have never failed me! You're just making things up!" "I am not!" "Whatever! Besides, I said the right side is not always the right way, everything in the sentence proves that I never said the right side is always the wrong way." 'Gotcha!' Kagome murmurs some incoherent words.
Both find their lockers two aisles away from the wall that held the huge windowpane. Kagome's locker is next to Setsuko's, but is one "level" higher than Setsuko's (basically it's in the middle, their lockers aren't that big). "Hey Setsuko, how do we open them?" "You enter your combination, duh!" "Well sorry Miss. Know- it- all! I'm new here, remember?" "Well, maybe you should look at your schedule again." "Is everything like on the schedule here?" "Afraid so." "Let me guess, save the trees." "Hmm. Never thought of it that way. Anyways, just try your combination on the lock, you never know if the school might have messed up on the combination." 'Mine combination is 25, 27, 7. That's fairly easy to remember.' "Mine works Kagome, how about you?" "Uh I've never worked with a lock before." "Just turn it three times to the right and end at the your first number. Then a full left turn and end at your second number. After that, a right turn all the way to your third number and try to pull open your locker." "Ok then. Three turns...Number one...Left turn...Number two.And right turn..Number 3, then Pull! Yeah!!! It worked!!" "Calm down Kagome! People are staring!" "Oh sorry." "C'mon, let's go back outside.
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"Hey Kotaro!" "What do you want Miyoko?" "My, aren't we in a good mood today? Have you figured out a way to bump into your dream girl and find out her name?" "No.." "Well, just so happens that I know her name." "What's her name?!" "Calm down lover boy. This may cost you." "What?! No way! I'm better off finding out her name on my own." "Are you sure you might be able to bump into her and make it seem like an accident?" ".." "The other times you did this to the other girls, they all knew that you were a destiny fraud." "...." "So I'm giving you a great offer. You see, just by going up to her and knowing her name already, will be best way of getting her attention." "You really think so?" "Well, if someone you didn't know walked up to you and knew your name would make you wonder how they knew your name. Eventually, this leads to a conversation. Are you starting to catch on?" "Yeah I think so." "Alright then, now that I've told you my plan to get you with your girl, I need to set my price for it." "Better not be a lot of money, I'm almost flat broke, unless my dad starts giving me my allowance again." "It's not money I'm after." "Then what exactly are you after?" Miyoko looks side- to- side. "I want you to help me get together with a girl," Miyoko whispers. "Why would you need any problem with that? You've like dated almost every single girl in the school." "Well, this one is different." "Who is she?" "Can't tell you yet, not until we make our deal and also, you've got to get Ichiro to help give me some pointers. Knowing Ichiro, he would just laugh his head off and not help me at all, and not to mention, he has had his fair share of dates, then those dates of his turn into girlfriends, then his girlfriends turn into long term relationships." "Alright, alright." "Now you have to shake on it." Kotaro looks at Miyoko in surprise. "You think my word isn't good enough?" "Like I said, this girl is different." The two shake hands. "What's her name already?" "Whose? Your girl or mine?" "Mine of course!" "Kagome, Kagome Higurashi. And when she does ask you how you know her name. Just play it cool and say that you have your resources." "Thanks Miyoko." "No prob.! Just don't forget your end of the deal." "I won't. Thanks again. See ya!" "Talk to you online then! Later!"
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"The brick wall really is curved and not straight. This school is pretty unique." "Yeah, but then it loses its magic after a while." "Doesn't everything?" "I suppose so." "Is this tree a cherry blossom tree?" "Yeah. Most of the trees in the courtyard are cherry blossom trees." "These man- made ponds look pretty natural to me." "No, not really." "Hmm. You don't think so? I'm just surprised that this pond is so big, like a lake." "Well, it was designed to be as deep as a pond and represent a lake length and width wise." "You surer know a lot about the architecture of this place." "Well, all I did was read about how the person who designed this school came up with his ideas." "What's the guy's name?" "Nobu Takahari." "Is he your idol?" "Yeah, I think I want to be an architect." *Ring!!!!!!!!!!! "Guess our time here is done." Setsuko stands up and leads Kagome to their next class, Home Ed. "What are your other classes anyways?" "I have Health, English, and then math." "Seems like I don't have anymore classes with you after Home Ed." "Wouldn't it have been neat if I had all the same classes at the same time as you did?" "Yeah. Studying would be so much easier. I would just rely on you." Both girls laugh as they enter their next class.
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"Hey Kagome! How was Health?" "Boring." "Ha! Ha! Well, you'll get used to it." "In a million years! Man.I'm starving, how fast does the lunch line go anyways?" "Pretty fast if you ask me." Setsuko and Kagome stand in line with each other. "This line looks like it will never be able to make it in time before our next classes start." "Don't worry, they just haven't opened the cafeteria doors yet." Suddenly, the line starts moving, really fast. "Now Kagome, you have to make quick decisions or else the people will make decisions for you. The food is really good here, so try not to get hung up on two different foods you really want to eat. Remember, you can have only one." "Thanks for the advice. I just noticed that the boys have to stand in another line." "Yeah." "But why? I mean like we both are heading straight into the same cafeteria." "Ask the school board then." "I don't believe it! It took us only about ten minutes to get in here!" "Told you the lines move pretty fast." "Pretty is an understatement. I think it's more like really fast." Kagome was shocked to see a whole bunch of stations of food, all serving the same thing. 'So this is how they move the lines really fast.' "Would you like Ramen or squid?" "Squid." "Would you like Ramen or squid?" "Ramen!!!" Setsuko walks over to the many refrigerators lined up on the side of a wall shaking her head at Kagome's shouting of her food choice. (The refrigerators have clear glass doors.) Both Setsuko and Kagome grab a water bottle and walk outside to their spot.
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"Ramen or squid?" "Can I say neither?" "Take one or leave empty handed." *Sigh "Squid." "Ramen or squid?" "Squid." Ramen or squid?" "Ramen!!!" "Ramen or squid?" "Ramen." "Man Ichiro! You don't have to get all excited when the guy asks you if you want ramen!" "But Kotaro! You know how much I love Ramen." Kotaro, Miyoko, and Ichiro grab soda cans while Seishichirou grabs a water bottle. "Seishichirou, why do you always get a water bottle? You should try drinking soda. It won't stunt your growth cause' I think you've already stopped growing. Besides, even if you haven't stopped growing, well then start drinking, you're tall enough." "Thank you for the stupid advice Miyoko, but I prefer water over that artificial flavor. I was also wondering, why you and Kotaro would prefer to eat squid for lunch, when squid is actually a measly snack?" "Well, in case you haven't noticed Seishichirou, the plate is loaded with squid, enough to fill one person up and there she is!" "Huh?" "Right there, she is sitting under that tree by the pond laky thing with Setsuko." "Hah! Which reminds me Kotaro. Have you found a way to go up to her making everything seem like an accident?" "Actually, I made a change of plans. Miyoko told me her name, but I had to make a deal just to find out what her name is." 'Drats. How am I suppose to get Ichiro to help me out by giving dating advice to Miyoko?' Miyoko looks at Kotaro, waiting for him to keep up his end of the bargain. "So what's the deal you two made?" "..." "Oh, is it that when you get together with that girl, then he can put his little wandering hand on her whenever he wants to?" "No!!!!!" shout Kotaro and Miyoko. "Wow, doesn't sound like the Miyoko I know." "I'll just tell you online." "Ok then. What is it? Hush, hush stuff?" "I just don't want to talk about it now." 'I rather not get beaten up for asking such a lame favor from Ichiro, best if I just ask him online and stay a distance away from him."
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"Hey Setsuko! Look on the other side of us. Why is such a large group forming over there?" "Think Kagome, think." "Is it those four guys?" "Yep. Always is." "But then, why are guys mixed in with the girls?" "What? Let's go check it out then."
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~Flashback~
"Kotaro, why didn't you ask Ichiro then?" "First off, I didn't want to get beaten up. He is unpredictable." "Ok then." "Secondly, I don't like talking about that kind of stuff in front of Seishichirou. You never know what he is thinking." "True, true." "So who is this special girl already man?" "I can't tell you, not until you get Ichiro to agree." "Alright then." "Anyways, you can give me some advice right now on how to get a girl's attention." "I thought you already knew how to do that kind of stuff." "Uh. Well this girl happens to ignore me a lot and thinks I'm scum, I think." "Well, it has to be kind of drastic I suppose." "You mean do drama stuff? Man! I knew I should have signed up for the drama class!" "No, like a fight or something. Try to catch other's attention-" "Which builds up curiosity when she sees a huge crowd rooting for someone!" Dude, we are always surrounded by a huge crowd." Kotaro gestures to all the screaming girls." "It's a wonder that they can't hear us." "Thank goodness for high pitched voices that scream out different lines that we've heard over and over again." (Sounds wrong, but I mean like. Miyoko marry me! Kotaro you're so cute!! You know.-_-) "Ok then, let's not agree on something and start a fight." "Does it have to be real?" "I'll try to hold back." "You better, you're a belt higher than me!" "Ready?" Miyoko whimpers and suddenly gets his cool back. "Ready!
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Kagome and Setsuko break through the crowd. "This is nonsense! I'm putting an end to this fight! Miyoko! Stop fighting with Kotaro!" "Miyoko looks at Setsuko and forgets that he is supposed to block Kotaro's punch. "Look out!" "Huh?!" Miyoko gets punched on the left side of his face and falls down unconscious. Kotaro is in shock that Miyoko didn't block his punch, he turns his head to see who he was looking at, but sees Kagome. 'It's Kagome!' Before he could leave his unconscious friend's side and run to greet Kagome, she and Setsuko ran right past him to help Miyoko. 'She didn't even see me.' Kotaro shrugs it off. 'Maybe it's because Miyoko is hurt.' The Miyoko fan club members are crowding Miyoko. "Back off girls!!!!" shouts Setsuko. "Hey did you hear me?!!!!! I said BACK OFF!!!!!!!!" As soon as Setsuko gets in her fighting stance, all the girls back away. "Thank you and while you are away, I suggest you shut up." *Lots of glaring at Setsuko, Kagome feels uneasy as she walks with her. 'She is scary. Glad I've never met this side of Sango. Setsuko stands two feet away from Miyoko, she is too scared to get close to him. "Setsuko! Help me." Setsuko hesitates, but obediently kneels besides Miyoko's body, while Kagome is on the other side of him. "Let's get him to the nurse's office or something." "Well, not our nurse, who knows what he'll do to her. Let's just get him to stand and bring him over to the nearest table." "Ok then." But right when they leaned in forward, Miyoko's hands jumped up toward them. (You know where : D) "Pervert!!!!!!!!" shout Kagome and Sango. Kotaro looks furious, but says nothing and does nothing. Miyoko stands up. "Why hello girls. AAHH!!" *Punch *Kick *Punch * Kick "Kagome, I'll let you finish the rest." "Gladly." *Huge Ultimate Kagome Slap! Miyoko falls back to the ground, unmoving. "Oh no Miyoko!!" "Get them!!" Setsuko and Kagome run like mad women from the Miyoko club, only Kiran doesn't chase after the two. Kotaro looks down at Miyoko and turns to leave. "Hey Kotaro aren't you gonna help me?" "Not after what you did." "What did I do?" "You groped the girl I like." "Oops! Sorry, I should have looked before touching . Sorry man." *Sigh "I forgive you." "Now you should be apologizing to me." What?! What did I do?!" "You punched me!" "You were supposed to block it!" "You could have stopped when you noticed my guard was down!" "Whatever! You deserve it now anyways!" "Fine, Guess we're even now. I'm hungry, let's eat." "Yeah, fighting makes me hungry." (Interesting how these two can fight then forget. 0_0)
Author's note: Review? I need tips. Anyways, I know my beginnings for my possible sequel story, are crummy, but I'm trying to improve it each time. This story is also just a test to see if I can build love between characters that the reader can actually understand why these two characters should be with each other. I don't really like a story relationship where two characters meet and start off with I hate you, then I love you all of a sudden, when you, the reader, don't see why the two should be with each other anyways. So I'm going to see if I can somehow manage to build an understandable love connection between all these characters. Please don't hurt me if it doesn't work out, because this is also my first romance story. -_-'
*Ahem!!!! As the author of this story! I will try my very best to update this story at least once every 3 weeks or between 3 weeks, (sorry I'm a very busy person, I'm really actually lucky that I even have time to post this chapter up ^ _ ^') and will do my very best to keep you entertained, with long chapters. Does that sound good to you? ^ _ ^
Disclaimer: *Hugs Inuyasha really tightly!!! I've already admitted that I don't own him! But in this story, he is under my control!!!! Muuaaah!!! Fine I'll sign a contract so I can borrow him. What?! I even have to notify you guys when I borrow him?! In any form too?! Including all the other characters?! Geez! Well, as long as I don't have to pay, it's fine with me.*mutters incoherent words.
*~*Chapter 2: First Day of School*~*
*Ring!!!!!!
"Huh?" *Smack! "What time is it?" Kagome opens one eye and sees that the sun hasn't even come up all the way. She looks at her clock and sees that it is 5:00 am. 'I think I can sleep an extra five minutes, I don't need a full hour to get ready..' Kagome falls back into slumber.
'Hm? Is that the sun? I need to get up and ready for school.. Did I have any homework? Hmm. None that I can remember. I wonder if Yuka took notes for me again while I was gone.Stupid Inuyasha...Wouldn't let me go home earlier.' "Wait a second! I'm not even supposed to think of Inuyasha! I left Feudal Japan and Yuka doesn't even go to my new school!" Kagome sits up straight in bed and looks at her clock. 'It's 6:10!!! Setsuko said that classes start at 6:30!!' "I'm already late for my first day of school!!!!" 'On top of that, I don't even know where my classes are and remember where I put my schedule!!!'
After getting ready for the day and searching for her schedule, Kagome runs out of her dorm room dashing along the hall ways in search of a map that would hopefully lead her to her first class. 'Thank goodness that we have to wear uniforms!! It's also a good thing that this is the first day of school because I don't even know where my locker is and don't have my books. Oh Kami! What if this was a regular day at school?!' Quickly glancing at any section of a map Kagome had found while running, she finds her first classroom. "I hope my teacher won't be too mad at me." 'Let's see I have chemistry with a teacher named, Mrs. Kamiya. Oh please don't be too harsh on me!!!' "Made it!" *Ring!! 'Just my luck! I get to the classroom and before I can enter, the bell rings on me!' "Ms. Higurahsi I presume." "Yes?" "I'm so glad you could make it, normally newbies are late, but you were only a second late. Please take a seat." Mrs. Kamiya gestures her hand toward the desks. 'I can't sit next to the Kotaro fan club. I guess I'll just next to the window, hardly anyone is sitting over there. I wonder why.' Unknown to Kagome, some people were snickering in a corner. "Alright class! You will address me as Mrs. Kamiya. The seats you have taken are going to be your seats for the rest of this year. In this class, I expect you to pay attention very carefully, since we will be dealing with chemicals that can and will explode on you if you get a single thing wrong. Two years ago, a popular and very good looking girl didn't pay attention, so she ended up being bald. She was fortunate that her scars are now covered by the new long hair on her head." All the girls in the classroom shivered. "Now! Let's begin with role call."
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The class dragged on and on, until the bell rang. Kagome is just about to leave, but abruptly stops in front of the class room doorway and walks over to Mrs. Kamiya's desk. "Mrs. Kamiya?" "Yes, Ms. Higurashi?" "I don't know my way around the school yet, and was wondering if you had a map I could have or borrow, since the school didn't give me one." "Let me see if I have one." Mrs. Kamiya starts going through her desk drawers. "Ah! Here's one. Hurry up to your next class now Ms. Higurashi, and I hope you will have a good first day of school." "Arigato- Ga- zi- maz Mrs. Kamiya."
'Let's see I have P.E. next. So where are you gym class? Here you are!' Kagome once again barely makes it to class. 'Why did the gym have to be far away from the science wing?' "Hey Kagome! Over here!" "Hey Setsuko!" "I trust that you had a good night sleep. Did you make it to your first class on time?" "Almost." "Ha! Ha! Don't worry, I was three minutes late to my first class. Almost everyone who comes to this school doesn't make it one time on their first day." "Who was the one who actually made it on time?" "Seishichirou" "I should have guessed. He must be Mr. Perfect in everything except social skills huh?" "Yeah, he is. You make it sound like you know him personally. Like as if you've met his past self or something." "Ha! Ha! I've never met this guy before, I'm just very perceptive. I guess you could say I'm just one of those strange people who know things." 'It seems to me Kagome, that you know a little too much for a person who just saw someone. What are you hiding from me?'
Four teachers walked in through the gym doors "Are they always this late?" whispers Kagome. "Yes, they always take their sweet time, so coming to this class after the bell rings is ok. Since, they give you ten minutes to dress and then like ten more minutes for them to come out of their office. Two women along with two students walked over to the sophomore's group. An old and very experienced looking woman started talking to the group. "I am Mrs. Tanaka, those who are my students and are not my students will always call me Mrs. Tanaka. Any other name will get you a detention." "People have called her old lady, grandma, and witch before," explains Setsuko. "When I call you names, you will say present or here, and then you will sit on the other side of the gym," Mrs. Tanaka points a finger to the right side of them gym. "Yoko Fukamori." "Here!" The list went on and on. The only people Kagome recognized in her group when the list was over, was Aika and Setsuko. "Ms. Kentsu, you may take over." "Thank you Mrs. Tanaka. Now class, you will address me as Ms. Kishino. I'm passing a paper with rules that you must follow while in my class and here's another paper for how you will be graded each time when running miles. Please read them. If you have your check for buying clothes and a lock, please stand in line with those other girls. The rest of you may sit here and talk. You may go now."
"Oh no! I forgot my check while I was getting ready for the day!" Kagome hits herself in the head repeatedly. "Baka! Baka! Baka! Bak-" "It's ok Ka- Go-Me!!!" says a struggling Setsuko; she tries to keep Kagome from abusing herself. "How is it ok?! I'm already messing up on my first day of school and it's all in one day too!!!" "Kagome, I didn't bring mine either because tomorrow, that line will be shorter and if we did it today, then we would be doing nothing the next day. Why don't you read your papers... Just calm down and don't hit yourself anymore." Kagome looks at her papers. '1.) Respect others and their belongings 2.) Be on time 3.) Don't talk when the teacher is speaking. 4.) Participate and pay attention' 5.)-' "Never mind, don't bother reading it Kagome. You seem like the type who would be able to do these things. All you need to know for the mile is that every time you run a little faster than your original time or the time before the one you just accomplished, then you will get an A. Any certain amount of time you were behind than the last time, then you will get either an A- or B. Simple huh? The rest, well I'm sure you wouldn't want to get a C or fail the mile." "You seem pretty confident when it comes to running Setsuko." "Well, I'm an unbeatable champion at this school, so I can't fake running. You can though." "What do you mean?" "Since your new here, people won't even know your running speed. You're pretty fast you know. Anyways, you can get eleven minutes and something seconds, just be sure you don't run that slow before a horn blows telling you that you've failed, you have to run under twelve minutes. My point is, that you could pretend to be slow and each time you run the mile, you can improve your time and always get an A." "Wouldn't that be cheating?" "Nope! Just bending the rules. I don't really want you to end up like me anyways." "Why? How's your life as an unbeatable running champion?" "Well, I have to try to stay in shape and Aika always competes with me, but has other people join. She does this because she knows that if she loses, and it's just the both of us, then she'll look like a fool. So when others are in the race, she'll come out looking victorious since she always gets second place, nothing but second place. Hmm, now that I think about it, you could try to break her second place- winning streak and push her to third. Ha! Ha!" "I don't know." "Oh come on Kagome! I really think you can, when we were being chased by those dimwitted Kotaro fan club members, you were able to keep up with me at top speed. Aika can't even do that! I hate to admit it, but you're almost my equal!" 'Wow! Me almost Setsuko's equal?'
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"So what's you next class Kagome?" "I have Home Ed. next." "Great! So do I!" "But aren't there like more than one teacher for Home Ed.?" "No, there is only one. Her name is Ms. Akashi, she is really nice." The two walked out into the courtyard. "Umm Setsuko, why are we in the courtyard? I mean, shouldn't we head for our next class?" "Well, I want to find my locker and after the first two periods, we get a twenty minute break anyways." "Wow!" "So what's you locker number? Mine is...," Setsuko rummages through her backpack and finds her schedule, "436." "I don't know my locker number." "Just look at your schedule, it should say what it is." 'I should have figured that out when I watched her look at her schedule.' Kagome pulls her schedule out from her pocket and scans her schedule. "I have locker number 438." "Cool! We're near each other, let's go check it out."
Setsuko leads Kagome to another entrance in the courtyard. Kagome stops Setsuko before they continued on their search for their lockers. "Setsuko, I'm confused.. Where's the entrance to our school?" "Ok, the courtyard was designed to be a rotunda, so this place is like a giant circle. When we first come out, there is an entrance in front of us, right?" "Yeah." "Well, that is the boy's entrance. If we turned to the left, then we would find the cafeteria. We took the right side, so I think you can figure out where these doors lead to." "The lockers." "Right! Get it now?" "Yeah, I just got confused because the place doesn't look like a rotunda to me." "That's because of all the trees and built in paths, plus man made ponds." "Not only that, but that brick wall over there doesn't appear to have a curve in it either." "Wait until you get closer to it though. Besides, after we find out lockers, we'll go straight over there so you can get a better look. Also, that's where I hang out. Hardly anyone is over at the pond along with the tree. To me, that area gives off a peaceful 'aura.'" Kagome laughed at Setsuko's hands making the quotation sign to emphasize her meaning of aura. "What's so funny?" "Oh nothing, let's just go find our lockers."
Kagome walks inside and is surprised to see 5 doors, each with two numbers and a comma on it. "We want to go to the four hundred lockers..So we have to go through door number two!" Kagome was blinded at first, or so she thought she was. 'Wow! How can these people keep a place so white?! This is more like a giant library with lockers downstairs and upstairs!' (There are stairs along both sides of the walls, which lead to the upstairs lockers. There are also four study places; two are upstairs and downstairs on opposite sides of each other. There is a walk way/pathway, which connect both sides of the second level. A huge window in the shape of a half- moon with three lines going through it diagonally and horizontally is placed on the far end of the wall across from the walkway that connects both sides of the upstairs. Kagome looks in awe while she and Setsuko decide to take the left side of the stairs. She was amazed by the sun roof/glass roof they had. "Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. I guess, we'll just have to walk across the pathway then." 'I hate bridges...If only I had gone with my first instinct of taking the right side, but no...Setsuko said that the right side is not always the right way.' "Made it! Whew! Good thing the walkway doesn't swing a like a rickety old bridge, just like the ones in." '..Feudal Japan..' "Like what Kagome?" "Never mind! Anyways, you see! I was right about taking the right side of the stairs!" "Who cares?!" "I care! You told me my instincts were off and yours has never failed you! Also! The right side is normally always the right way to go, and you said that it wasn't!" "I didn't say my instincts have never failed me! You're just making things up!" "I am not!" "Whatever! Besides, I said the right side is not always the right way, everything in the sentence proves that I never said the right side is always the wrong way." 'Gotcha!' Kagome murmurs some incoherent words.
Both find their lockers two aisles away from the wall that held the huge windowpane. Kagome's locker is next to Setsuko's, but is one "level" higher than Setsuko's (basically it's in the middle, their lockers aren't that big). "Hey Setsuko, how do we open them?" "You enter your combination, duh!" "Well sorry Miss. Know- it- all! I'm new here, remember?" "Well, maybe you should look at your schedule again." "Is everything like on the schedule here?" "Afraid so." "Let me guess, save the trees." "Hmm. Never thought of it that way. Anyways, just try your combination on the lock, you never know if the school might have messed up on the combination." 'Mine combination is 25, 27, 7. That's fairly easy to remember.' "Mine works Kagome, how about you?" "Uh I've never worked with a lock before." "Just turn it three times to the right and end at the your first number. Then a full left turn and end at your second number. After that, a right turn all the way to your third number and try to pull open your locker." "Ok then. Three turns...Number one...Left turn...Number two.And right turn..Number 3, then Pull! Yeah!!! It worked!!" "Calm down Kagome! People are staring!" "Oh sorry." "C'mon, let's go back outside.
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"Hey Kotaro!" "What do you want Miyoko?" "My, aren't we in a good mood today? Have you figured out a way to bump into your dream girl and find out her name?" "No.." "Well, just so happens that I know her name." "What's her name?!" "Calm down lover boy. This may cost you." "What?! No way! I'm better off finding out her name on my own." "Are you sure you might be able to bump into her and make it seem like an accident?" ".." "The other times you did this to the other girls, they all knew that you were a destiny fraud." "...." "So I'm giving you a great offer. You see, just by going up to her and knowing her name already, will be best way of getting her attention." "You really think so?" "Well, if someone you didn't know walked up to you and knew your name would make you wonder how they knew your name. Eventually, this leads to a conversation. Are you starting to catch on?" "Yeah I think so." "Alright then, now that I've told you my plan to get you with your girl, I need to set my price for it." "Better not be a lot of money, I'm almost flat broke, unless my dad starts giving me my allowance again." "It's not money I'm after." "Then what exactly are you after?" Miyoko looks side- to- side. "I want you to help me get together with a girl," Miyoko whispers. "Why would you need any problem with that? You've like dated almost every single girl in the school." "Well, this one is different." "Who is she?" "Can't tell you yet, not until we make our deal and also, you've got to get Ichiro to help give me some pointers. Knowing Ichiro, he would just laugh his head off and not help me at all, and not to mention, he has had his fair share of dates, then those dates of his turn into girlfriends, then his girlfriends turn into long term relationships." "Alright, alright." "Now you have to shake on it." Kotaro looks at Miyoko in surprise. "You think my word isn't good enough?" "Like I said, this girl is different." The two shake hands. "What's her name already?" "Whose? Your girl or mine?" "Mine of course!" "Kagome, Kagome Higurashi. And when she does ask you how you know her name. Just play it cool and say that you have your resources." "Thanks Miyoko." "No prob.! Just don't forget your end of the deal." "I won't. Thanks again. See ya!" "Talk to you online then! Later!"
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"The brick wall really is curved and not straight. This school is pretty unique." "Yeah, but then it loses its magic after a while." "Doesn't everything?" "I suppose so." "Is this tree a cherry blossom tree?" "Yeah. Most of the trees in the courtyard are cherry blossom trees." "These man- made ponds look pretty natural to me." "No, not really." "Hmm. You don't think so? I'm just surprised that this pond is so big, like a lake." "Well, it was designed to be as deep as a pond and represent a lake length and width wise." "You surer know a lot about the architecture of this place." "Well, all I did was read about how the person who designed this school came up with his ideas." "What's the guy's name?" "Nobu Takahari." "Is he your idol?" "Yeah, I think I want to be an architect." *Ring!!!!!!!!!!! "Guess our time here is done." Setsuko stands up and leads Kagome to their next class, Home Ed. "What are your other classes anyways?" "I have Health, English, and then math." "Seems like I don't have anymore classes with you after Home Ed." "Wouldn't it have been neat if I had all the same classes at the same time as you did?" "Yeah. Studying would be so much easier. I would just rely on you." Both girls laugh as they enter their next class.
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"Hey Kagome! How was Health?" "Boring." "Ha! Ha! Well, you'll get used to it." "In a million years! Man.I'm starving, how fast does the lunch line go anyways?" "Pretty fast if you ask me." Setsuko and Kagome stand in line with each other. "This line looks like it will never be able to make it in time before our next classes start." "Don't worry, they just haven't opened the cafeteria doors yet." Suddenly, the line starts moving, really fast. "Now Kagome, you have to make quick decisions or else the people will make decisions for you. The food is really good here, so try not to get hung up on two different foods you really want to eat. Remember, you can have only one." "Thanks for the advice. I just noticed that the boys have to stand in another line." "Yeah." "But why? I mean like we both are heading straight into the same cafeteria." "Ask the school board then." "I don't believe it! It took us only about ten minutes to get in here!" "Told you the lines move pretty fast." "Pretty is an understatement. I think it's more like really fast." Kagome was shocked to see a whole bunch of stations of food, all serving the same thing. 'So this is how they move the lines really fast.' "Would you like Ramen or squid?" "Squid." "Would you like Ramen or squid?" "Ramen!!!" Setsuko walks over to the many refrigerators lined up on the side of a wall shaking her head at Kagome's shouting of her food choice. (The refrigerators have clear glass doors.) Both Setsuko and Kagome grab a water bottle and walk outside to their spot.
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"Ramen or squid?" "Can I say neither?" "Take one or leave empty handed." *Sigh "Squid." "Ramen or squid?" "Squid." Ramen or squid?" "Ramen!!!" "Ramen or squid?" "Ramen." "Man Ichiro! You don't have to get all excited when the guy asks you if you want ramen!" "But Kotaro! You know how much I love Ramen." Kotaro, Miyoko, and Ichiro grab soda cans while Seishichirou grabs a water bottle. "Seishichirou, why do you always get a water bottle? You should try drinking soda. It won't stunt your growth cause' I think you've already stopped growing. Besides, even if you haven't stopped growing, well then start drinking, you're tall enough." "Thank you for the stupid advice Miyoko, but I prefer water over that artificial flavor. I was also wondering, why you and Kotaro would prefer to eat squid for lunch, when squid is actually a measly snack?" "Well, in case you haven't noticed Seishichirou, the plate is loaded with squid, enough to fill one person up and there she is!" "Huh?" "Right there, she is sitting under that tree by the pond laky thing with Setsuko." "Hah! Which reminds me Kotaro. Have you found a way to go up to her making everything seem like an accident?" "Actually, I made a change of plans. Miyoko told me her name, but I had to make a deal just to find out what her name is." 'Drats. How am I suppose to get Ichiro to help me out by giving dating advice to Miyoko?' Miyoko looks at Kotaro, waiting for him to keep up his end of the bargain. "So what's the deal you two made?" "..." "Oh, is it that when you get together with that girl, then he can put his little wandering hand on her whenever he wants to?" "No!!!!!" shout Kotaro and Miyoko. "Wow, doesn't sound like the Miyoko I know." "I'll just tell you online." "Ok then. What is it? Hush, hush stuff?" "I just don't want to talk about it now." 'I rather not get beaten up for asking such a lame favor from Ichiro, best if I just ask him online and stay a distance away from him."
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"Hey Setsuko! Look on the other side of us. Why is such a large group forming over there?" "Think Kagome, think." "Is it those four guys?" "Yep. Always is." "But then, why are guys mixed in with the girls?" "What? Let's go check it out then."
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~Flashback~
"Kotaro, why didn't you ask Ichiro then?" "First off, I didn't want to get beaten up. He is unpredictable." "Ok then." "Secondly, I don't like talking about that kind of stuff in front of Seishichirou. You never know what he is thinking." "True, true." "So who is this special girl already man?" "I can't tell you, not until you get Ichiro to agree." "Alright then." "Anyways, you can give me some advice right now on how to get a girl's attention." "I thought you already knew how to do that kind of stuff." "Uh. Well this girl happens to ignore me a lot and thinks I'm scum, I think." "Well, it has to be kind of drastic I suppose." "You mean do drama stuff? Man! I knew I should have signed up for the drama class!" "No, like a fight or something. Try to catch other's attention-" "Which builds up curiosity when she sees a huge crowd rooting for someone!" Dude, we are always surrounded by a huge crowd." Kotaro gestures to all the screaming girls." "It's a wonder that they can't hear us." "Thank goodness for high pitched voices that scream out different lines that we've heard over and over again." (Sounds wrong, but I mean like. Miyoko marry me! Kotaro you're so cute!! You know.-_-) "Ok then, let's not agree on something and start a fight." "Does it have to be real?" "I'll try to hold back." "You better, you're a belt higher than me!" "Ready?" Miyoko whimpers and suddenly gets his cool back. "Ready!
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Kagome and Setsuko break through the crowd. "This is nonsense! I'm putting an end to this fight! Miyoko! Stop fighting with Kotaro!" "Miyoko looks at Setsuko and forgets that he is supposed to block Kotaro's punch. "Look out!" "Huh?!" Miyoko gets punched on the left side of his face and falls down unconscious. Kotaro is in shock that Miyoko didn't block his punch, he turns his head to see who he was looking at, but sees Kagome. 'It's Kagome!' Before he could leave his unconscious friend's side and run to greet Kagome, she and Setsuko ran right past him to help Miyoko. 'She didn't even see me.' Kotaro shrugs it off. 'Maybe it's because Miyoko is hurt.' The Miyoko fan club members are crowding Miyoko. "Back off girls!!!!" shouts Setsuko. "Hey did you hear me?!!!!! I said BACK OFF!!!!!!!!" As soon as Setsuko gets in her fighting stance, all the girls back away. "Thank you and while you are away, I suggest you shut up." *Lots of glaring at Setsuko, Kagome feels uneasy as she walks with her. 'She is scary. Glad I've never met this side of Sango. Setsuko stands two feet away from Miyoko, she is too scared to get close to him. "Setsuko! Help me." Setsuko hesitates, but obediently kneels besides Miyoko's body, while Kagome is on the other side of him. "Let's get him to the nurse's office or something." "Well, not our nurse, who knows what he'll do to her. Let's just get him to stand and bring him over to the nearest table." "Ok then." But right when they leaned in forward, Miyoko's hands jumped up toward them. (You know where : D) "Pervert!!!!!!!!" shout Kagome and Sango. Kotaro looks furious, but says nothing and does nothing. Miyoko stands up. "Why hello girls. AAHH!!" *Punch *Kick *Punch * Kick "Kagome, I'll let you finish the rest." "Gladly." *Huge Ultimate Kagome Slap! Miyoko falls back to the ground, unmoving. "Oh no Miyoko!!" "Get them!!" Setsuko and Kagome run like mad women from the Miyoko club, only Kiran doesn't chase after the two. Kotaro looks down at Miyoko and turns to leave. "Hey Kotaro aren't you gonna help me?" "Not after what you did." "What did I do?" "You groped the girl I like." "Oops! Sorry, I should have looked before touching . Sorry man." *Sigh "I forgive you." "Now you should be apologizing to me." What?! What did I do?!" "You punched me!" "You were supposed to block it!" "You could have stopped when you noticed my guard was down!" "Whatever! You deserve it now anyways!" "Fine, Guess we're even now. I'm hungry, let's eat." "Yeah, fighting makes me hungry." (Interesting how these two can fight then forget. 0_0)
Author's note: Review? I need tips. Anyways, I know my beginnings for my possible sequel story, are crummy, but I'm trying to improve it each time. This story is also just a test to see if I can build love between characters that the reader can actually understand why these two characters should be with each other. I don't really like a story relationship where two characters meet and start off with I hate you, then I love you all of a sudden, when you, the reader, don't see why the two should be with each other anyways. So I'm going to see if I can somehow manage to build an understandable love connection between all these characters. Please don't hurt me if it doesn't work out, because this is also my first romance story. -_-'
