"Oh, but lovely Sango!" the boy on the ground protested, "I couldn't help myself"
"Bullshit." Sango sent him a final death glare, and walked towards a booth. Kagome stood dumbly, amazed at what had just happened. "Oh, Shippou...Kirara...c'mout of your little lovey dovey world and say hello to my cousin!" Kirara blushed furiously, while Shippou gave Emi the finger. "Do it again and I will sneak into your house in the middle of the night and steal that poster!" Emi snapped, growling. Suichi put his hand on her shoulder and she scowled at him. "Chill, Em," he said and grinned. She huffed and shut up.
Kagome was speechless. "So many...new people..." she murmured, putting a hand to her forehead and sitting down. Inuyasha's ears flickered into her direction as he listened to her mumbling. 'Emi...does she have panic attacks'
The storm child turned around. "Kagome?" she murmured, striding to the side of her quivering cousin. "Kags, what's wrong?" Kagome looked up, eyes wide and pupils like pinpricks. The group circled around her, until Emi gave them a sharp glare. "Get back. Now!" Immediately, Kirara and Shippou ran to a far corner. Sango and Miroku went to the bar, but Suichi and Inuyasha kneeled down beside the two young girls. "Kag...calm down...S'alright..." Emi murmured, placing a cool hand to her cousin's forehead. "Will she be alright?" asked Suichi. Inuyasha sat, his breathing not even heard. His eyes flickered from Kagome to Emi, and back again. "Yeah...She'll be fine...Later..." Kagome closed her eyes, and stopped shaking. Out of instinct, Inuyasha took her head and set it in his lap, brushing her hair to the side in an attempt to sooth her. Kagome's breathing evened out, and heartbeat slowed from it's incredible speed. Shaking her head and smirking, Emi rose and sat back down at her booth. "She's alseep," the catgirl murmured. "Dun worry, though, she'll be back up and running in a bit"
Inuyasha cocked his head ashe looked her over. 'She looked terrified. Even if she's afraid of meeting so many people at one time, that was a bit much. How'll she survive school? Does she have to have the Guidance Counselor help her or something? I...Ugh, Inuyasha, you're losin' it, bud...' he thought, shook his head, and sighed.
Sango gave the monk-in-training a glare, and turned to Emi. "So, why's she live with ya now?" she asked. Emi looked at the floor. "I'm not sure if she'd want ya'll to know why..." she murmured. "Psh, just go ahead and tell us. It's not like we're gonna use it against her or anything, you should know that," Shippou prodded. Emi's ears drooped and she groaned in defeat.
"Fine. At her old house, she was physically and mentally abused by her father. He was a reckless drunk, and took out most of his frusteration on Ka-chan and Souta-chan, her younger brother. Hell, he even took it out on the family cat!" A small growl erupted from the storm hanyou's throat before she continued. "One day after work, he had some friends over. Played poker, drank whisky and rum like no tomorrow, right? After they leave, he was flat broke. Kagome and Souta had recently gotten some money from our jii-san, who lived with them, for some work they had done for the shrine they lived at. He had stormed up and demanded the money from her, and to avoid conflict, she gave it to him. He went on to Souta's room, but Souta had spent it all." She rested her head on her hand, her eyes downcast, and fiddled with the booth table. Her eyes were misting over from the sadness of what happened. "He started to beat Souta, and when Kagome heard his cries, she had gone to try and calm her father. But he didn't pay any attention. He...he grabbed a katana that was for display in Souta's room...and..." Voice faltering, she coughed. "He stabbed Souta repeatedly, but Souta lived afterwards. He died of blood loss, he died slowly, in pain, in Ka-chan's arms. Jii-san heard the commotion and ran in, along with Ka-chan's mother...Her father killed both of them and, forgetting Kagome was still alive, slit his own throat with her watching..."
Sango gasped in horror, Inuyasha and Suichi's eyes narrowed with anger for what happened to Kagome, and Kirara growled. "Nobody should go through that. Nobody," Shippou murmured, closing his eyes and sighing in frusteration.
Kagome's eyes opened. "Thanks for telling them for me, Emi-chan.." Emi mewed quietly and her ears twitched. Kagome wasn't angry, she really was grateful. "No prob, Ka-chan"
The miko realized where she was after a couple moments. "GYAH!" She nearly jumped out of her skin, and leapt up, blushing furiously. "Uh...um...I...eh..thanks?" she squeaked. Inuyasha was blushing as well, and he huffed, turning away. The rest of the group laughed hysterically.
Monday, front of school
Kagome growled. "Why does school haveta start on Monday? Precious hours are wasted as we try to wake up, and teachers try and grind information into our heads..." Emi snickered and shook her head. "C'mon, lets find out where you gotta go..." she said, tugging on her cousin's arm.
Minutes later, they were on the way to Kagome's first period. Language Arts with Kawagazi-san. "After this is...PE with Rinuzi-san, then Math with Chiro-san, Lunch, Art with Fukawa-san...hey, that's with me!" Emi grinned. "And then it's...ugh, Science with Baro-san. I've heard she's a real wench...Fails almost everyone. Try and keep yer head up." Kagome grumbled. "Will I know anyone in any of my classes"
"Well...PE will be with Sango...Language Arts with Miroku and Sango, I think...Lunch is self explanitory, Art is with me, and Science...I think Inuyasha's in there, I'm not sure though." Kagome blushed at Inuyasha's name.
"Well, good luck, Ka-chan!" Emi smirked and ran off to her own first period, Math with Tsuno-san.
Kagome took a deep breath and walked in. The teacher, a man with black hair, slicked back, eyed her suspiciously. "Your name?" The miko cringed. His voice was rather scary. "Higurashi Kagome." He looked down his list, and an evil grin spread over his face. "Ah, yes, Miss Higurashi...How nice it is for you to join us. Take a seat over there," he pointed with a pen, "next to Mr. Inuyasha." Kagome looked up, towards where he was pointing, and blushed slightly. Inuyasha was in a far corner of the room, surrounded by emptry desks. Pieces of paper littered the floor, balled up and such, along with pieces of metal, plastic, even glass. "Hi, Inuyasha!" She smiled slightly, but he winced. She cocked her head and sat down next to him. "Inuyasha? Are you okay?" Recognizing her voice and scent, he looked towards her. She gasped in horror. "Oh my Gods..." she murmured.
His face, which was flawless when she had first met him, was covered with bloodied wounds and scratches. A cut under his left eye was bleeding the worst. She put her books down next to him gently, and ran out of the room towards the bathrooms. Snatching a paper towel and soaking it in water, she bolted back to the classroom and to his side. He was huddled against the wall. More glass littered the floor around him. "Inuyasha, look at me." He glanced towards her, and she put a finger beneath his chin, cleaning his wounds with the towel. 'What the Hell does she think she's doing!' he asked himself, frozen with shock. "Shit, this is insane!" she mumbled, wiping away blood and dirt. She sighed. "Well, at least it's not nearly as bad as it was." She tossed the paper towel into a waste basket and brought a chair to his desk, which she sat in. "Why do you let this happen?" She whined slightly, and brushed some of his silver hair with her fingers. "It's not doing you any good, Inuyasha..." He grunted, but moved closer to her. She smiled, and rubbed his ears. So far, nobody had noticed the two in the back corner of the classroom.
A face peeked around the corner of the door to the classroom. Miroku. Next was Sango, then Shippou, then Kirara. Eight eyes widened with surprise.
"Woah."
"Holy shit!"
"What the.."
"Hmm."
Kagome and Inuyasha either didn't notice them, or ignored them. She continued to sooth him, and he continued to listen to her comforting words.
Same day, same time
In a corner of another classroom, surrounded by cardboard boxes, a feral grown sounded. Something like a cat, with a hint of thunder thrown in.
"Suichi...gimme back my damn hoodie..." came a voice from behind several boxes. A cackle voiced it's way from the inu-hanyou a couple yards away from her. "Or what? You'll attack me?"
The growl grew louder, and Emi pounced out of the boxes, skid across the floor and straight into him. "GYAH!"
Both of them fell over, but Emi shot back up and back to her cardboard fortress, her hoodie and his hoodie in hand. She snickered. "Mine." The boxes shifted, then stopped. She was settled down beneath them.
"Emi, you're gonna fail this class if you don't get up..." Suichi said, moving boxes around to find his companion. He moved another one and rose an eyebrow.
She was asleep, her hoodie acting as a pillow...and clutching his.
A/N: Bwahaha! I finally got around to typing it up. I've been circling ideas in my head and stuff, and just couldn't come up with any ideas that I liked. Still, I got done. Well...Now onto the next chapter!
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I wanna know what it does...o-O Poke it and see what it does!
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