Title: Broken Heart
Author: Katreal
Disclaimer: Must I say this again?
Key:
"Blah"- Talk
:"Blah": - Talk in Japanese around non Japanese speakers; POV of a non Japanese person.
:Blah:- Mutant Telepathy(Prof. Xavier or Jean; people responding to said telepaths)
/Blah/- Youko Telepathy
'Blah' – Kurama's Telepathy; other people's thoughts
;Blah; - Hiei Telepathy
Chapter 10
It was morning; the sun shining through the still open window fell across Hiei's face. The fire apparition growled in annoyance, snapping his ruby red eyes open and sitting up against the window frame. He glances quickly out the window, noticing that it was not long after dawn; the sun had just cleared the tree-line surrounding the Institute; thus explaining Hiei's rude awakening.
Remembering the night before, the black-haired apparition shifted his gaze to the bed, not quite surprised to find his friend still huddled up. Apparently Suuichi still wasn't over his talk with Youko.
Hiei just sat and watched over his 'friend' for the remainder of the morning. The sun climbed higher and higher as time passed. At approximately 9:00 am Hiei's posture suddenly stiffened; he heard approaching footsteps outside of the room. The apparition's hand went instinctively to the hilt of his katana; it was currently hidden underneath his cloak.
The footsteps stopped in front of the door. A knock followed by Logan's voice passed through the room, "Rise and Shine! You two want breakfast or not?"
Hiei relaxed slightly, removing his hand from his sword hilt; though he kept his ruby eyes trained on the door. Noticing that Suuichi had not moved at Logan's declaration, the fire apparition decided to take matters into his own hands ;Oi Fox! Wake up and take over already, I'd like to get this mission over with;
In response Kurama's form relaxed, the expression of pain and sorrow melting away leaving his customary cool and collected expression. He rose into a sitting position and opened his eyes; Hiei was amused to note that his friend's usual emerald green irises had a ring of gold around the outside rim. Hiei's observant gaze also picked out random strands of silver in Kurama's hair. To an educated observer those two details would tell anyone what Hiei already knew, that Youko was in control. The Kitsune allowed a small smile to cross his face as he gazed at the fire apparition, "Good Morning Hiei."
Hiei snorts from his perch on the windowsill, "Hn…Baka Fox. I'm guessing Suuichi is still out of it?"
The smile vanished and (Youko)Kurama half-closed his eyes, "Yes. He is in no shape to participate in an undercover investigation. Koenma couldn't have picked a worse time for this type of mission."
"When has he ever picked a right time?"
Kurama's lips twitched in response, "Good Point."
"Are you up to it?"
"Hmm..?" Kurama opens his eyes lazily, "Up to what?"
"The mission." Replied the fire apparition curtly.
The Kitsune nods, "Aa..."
Meanwhile down the hall the other two new students were getting a similar wakening; only it was Jean who was acting as the alarm clock. Sango, being a light sleeper was the first to wake; at first she was suspicious of the voice, but then she recognized it as the red-haired telepath from yesterday. She reached to the bedside table and picked up her translator device and placed it in her ear. Sango first dons her taijiya armor out of habit before she gets changed into a spare outfit Kagome had given her, an ankle length navy blue skirt and a blouse of a matching color. Kagome had offered the youkai taijiya other things but Sango had refused the shorter skirts and jeans. She liked something familiar and her current outfit reminded her of her kimono.
With practiced ease Sango sweeps her long black hair up into a high ponytail, securing it with a black hair tie. Finally prepared she gently shakes her miko companion, "Kagome…"
"Wha…?" Kagome's blue-grey eyes cracked open, gazing wearily up at the taijiya.
"Grey-san said that it is time to wake." Sango replied, moving away as Kagome sat up.
The miko yawned once and rubbed her eyes, "Okay…"
Sango then busies herself with straightening her bed; she heard the bathroom door click shut and the splashing of water, signifying that Kagome had begun her morning ritual.
Kagome splashed her face with water, effectively banishing any lingering feeling of sleep. She grabbed a small washcloth and dried her face quickly. After blinking some water out of her eyes she folds the towel and hangs it up on the towel rack. Kagome quickly changes out of her yukata and into a pair of loose jeans and a white shirt.
Grabbing her hairbrush Kagome turned toward the mirror. She furiously attacked her tangled hair, pulling and yanking till most of the knots were removed. After getting her midnight black hair in some semblance of order she places the brush on a shelf and turns away from the mirror and walks out.
She wasn't surprised to find Sango waiting for her. The youkai taijiya was ready to greet the day. Kagome smiled at her friend and slipped her shoes on before opening the door to their shared room. The two girls exit in silence and Kagome locks the door behind them.
By the time Kagome and Sango made it to the dining area, all the other students were already there. Kagome smiled and waved a greeting at a few that she remembered; a girl with a brown pony-tail named Kitty, a fuzzy blue demonic looking elf (In fact Sango had mistaken him for a demon at first) named Kurt, and a dark-skinned teenager named Evan.
Kitty grinned and gestured to the two seats beside her, "Good morning you two."
Kagome took the offered seat, "Ohay- er…Good Morning."
Kitty giggled at Kagome's slip. Sango smiled slightly and took the seat next to her friend. Kagome sighed in mock exasperation; it wasn't her fault that Inuyasha had kept dragging her away from school so that her English wasn't perfect, she was lucky if she could even participate in a conversation and have people understand her.!
Sango remained silent while her friend talked with Kitty. The youkai taijiya found amusement while having the miko struggle over the English words. After a few minutes Sango's attention wandered, her gaze roamed over the other people in the room, there were a few she hadn't met before. One person who drew her chocolate brown gaze was a girl sitting in the corner. The first thing that Sango noticed about her was how pale she was. The tajiya still wasn't used to how pale people were in this era. In her time everyone spent a lot of time in the sun; even the women and children.
Sango sighed and closed her eyes; if they were in Japan she would have gone over and introduced herself to the pale girl who had white streaked brown-hair, but even if she tried; she doubted she'd be understood.
Kagome paused in her conversation as two more people walk in; it turns out to be the two other Japanese students. The miko smiles and calls over, :"Suuichi! Over here":
There was no sign of recognition from the red-head, at least not right away. Kagome's brow furrowed, from what she had gathered from their meeting Suuichi was very polite. She opened her mouth to call again when she saw it, a flash of silver. Kagome froze and tried to pinpoint the metallic color. To say she was surprised was an understatement when the miko found the source. She had been half-expecting Inuyasha to appear to drag her away again; and yet it turns out the silver came from Suuichi's red locks.
Kagome was now puzzled, she was quite sure that his hair had been all red the day before. Shaking her head slightly she calls again, :"Suuichi!":
(Youko) Kurama glanced around the room; mentally assessing all of the occupants. He could recognize quite a few from Suuichi's memories of the day before, but better safe then sorry right? He was snapped out of his surveillance by a jab in the ribs. He looked questioningly at the shorter fire demon. Hiei 'Hn'ed and jerks his head slightly to the side. Kurama follows his gaze to see the black haired girl from the plane. Hiei explained, ;She had been calling you;
Kurama looks at his friend with concern, since when did Hiei care was the 'baka ningens' did? Shrugging Kurama searches Suuichi's memories and found the girl's name; he walked over to her, trying to act as much like Suuichi as possible, :"Ohayo Kagome-san":
A/N: Sorry but I have to end this now. I should have been in bed 15 minutes ago. Sorry that it's kinda short but I had to rush to finish my science project this weekend; it's due tomarrow -.-; it's worth 1,000 points too…
Anyways…I thought that you guys deserved another chapter relatively soon after the 2 almost 3 month break. So I hope you enjoy it. Don't forget to review.