About 6 years later...
Kagome walked slowly through the hallway of Lucky Kiss high. She noticed all of the girls in groups with their friends as they skipped to their 7th period classes. She seemed to be the only one by herself. She felt so left out, but she was used to the feeling since no one talked to her ever.
She stopped in the middle of the stairs as the late bell rang. Everyone around her made more noise and sped towards their classes, but she sat on the 6th step of the stairs and took off her bookbag and rested it next to her. She put her head on her hands and elbows on her knees and stared straight ahead. It wasn't even worth running for. She wasn't going to 7th period.
It had been 2 years since she'd said a word and everyone thought she was a mute. She simply refused to talk. Why talk? There was no one to talk to. She'd actually gotten very used to speaking in her mind only.
She waited there for the rest of the period and ran out to the buses when the dismissal bell rang. She sat in the very back.
"THREE TO A SEAT TODAY!" The bus driver announced. Everyone scrambled for a comfortable seat that wasn't cramped. When a large kid asked to sit with 2 people they told them to lose weight or sit somewhere else. The kids were always doing something mean on the bus, so the seniors always sat in the very front so the driver could keep track of them.
No one sat with her. They seemed they would rather die than sit with her. The bus started to vibrate and drive off the bus ramp. A boy with twitchy ears and long silver hair pushed past everyone and walked up to her seat.
"Can i sit here?" He asked beginning to take his bookbag off his shoulders.
She nodded and scooted over. He put his bag on the floor and sat next to her. He was quiet for a minute then he turned to her.
"I think we've met before." He suggested. She only shrugged. He didn't notice. "Is your name Kagarama?"
She shook her head.
"What is it?" He asked.
She shrugged.
He laughed. "Oh i get it. The silent treatment. I bet we have met before-- and i did something to make you mad right?"
She shook her head. His mood dropped from cheerful to annoyed.
"Can't you talk?" He asked folding his arms. Gigi patted his shoulder and he turned. "What do you want, Gigi?"
"She can't talk, she's a mute." Gigi informed him. "Just so you know that you're talking to yourself. No one even talks to her anyway cause she can't say anything."
The boy didn't answer. He turned back to Kagome. "You can't talk? No wonder. Sorry about what i said." He sighed. "Wish i knew that."
She smiled slightly. She did remember this boy. He was the one that fell on her at the party in 5th grade. He hadn't laughed at her when she was caught in a party she wasn't invited to.
"What's it like not being able to say anything? Can you write your name down or anything?" The boy seemed interested in this. "I'm Inuyasha."
She nodded, meaning to tell him that she knew who he was.
"Is that a yes to the writing?" Inuyasha asked.
She nodded because there was no way to explain what she meant.
"Write it." Inuyasha ripped out a piece of paper and handed her a black ink pen. She look startled but she scribbled down her name and gave him the pen.
"Kagome." He read it. He looked up at her. "I don't remember you, but your face. i remember your face." Inuyasha nodded at the piece of paper. "Do you know if we've met?"
She thought about it a moment. If she told him where they'd met and that he'd fell on her, he'd remember her. He would ignore her again. She shook her head.
"Then we haven't met." Inuyasha said.
She shook her head no.
"Well it's nice to meet you." Inuyasha smiled and didn't talk the rest of the way home.