The Yin and the Yang Souls
Chapter 6: Oh Thy Sweet Enemy
Kagome watched Sesshomaru tread towards the school entrance. A hand rested gently upon her embarrassed pink cheek. Shippou crawled on her shoulder, waving a hand in front of her face, frantically trying to knock Kagome out of her stupor.
"Kagome? Kagooooome... you're gonna be late... err ... later than you already are!" Shippou said.
"Shippou? Oh shit! I'm late! Shit shit shit shit shit shit... I'm late!" Kagome shrieked.
Kagome leapt up and ran off towards her locker with Shippou flying behind her barely clinging to the fabric of her school uniform. Upon opening the metal container she ripped open her bag, exchanged books, and grabbed a bag of chips stashed away in the back before slamming the door shut and speeding off to her first class all the way on the third floor.
"I'm sooooo sorry I'm late! Something came up and it took a while to fix it! I'll try not to be late again! Just please don't give me detention!" the slayer begged.
"Ms. Higurashi... please refrain from deafening the class with your pointless shrieking. Take a seat before I change my mind about giving you detention," Mr. Bock snapped before starting roll. "Akira?"
"Here," a brown headed girl chirped.
Kagome sat down in her seat and breathed in deeply. Sango smiled sympathetically and slipped a note under her foot. Kagome picked it up and glanced at it tiredly. It simply asked why she was late. Scribbling down a brief answer, she passed it over to Sango and popped a piece of gum in her mouth. Kikiyo nodded a quick hello before returning to her own bag of Lays chips. Kagome opened her bag, retrieved her geography book and allowed Shippou crawl out onto her lap. Then quietly she opened the Doritos and set them in her lap for Shippou and her to share. Mr. Bock was in a semi-good mood and let the class off easy with a chapter assessment due at the end of the hour. Which of course further deepened Kagome's already dark mood.
"What is Antartica's greatest resource? How am I supposed to know that!" Kagome growled at her textbook while flipping through the chapter to locate the answer. Shippou quietly munched on the chips watching Kagome effortlessly try to answer the questions before the end of class. Finally when class ended, Kagome joined Sango and Kikiyo at the door.
"I hate geography..." Kagome griped as she walked down the hall.
"That assignment was easy..." Sango simply said.
"It was nothing to get worked up about. And why did you bring that kitsune with you?" Kikiyo said glancing over at Shippou who was hanging off Kagome's shoulder.
"Because I couldn't bare to leave him at home alone..."
Sango giggled at the fuming Kikiyo. She herself didn't mind the little one around and thought of him as rather cute. She picked up the little kitsune from Kagome's shoulder and gently caressed his hair. When the girls reached the main stairwell, Zephyr and another female neko known as Bairu skipped up the stairs to meet them. Bairu was the same age as all of the girl with short cut brown hair and emerald green eyes. She wore a pair of blue jeans and a pink tank top that said "Cute" on it in glittery text. Though Zephyr looked pretty peeved about something but Kagome couldn't begin to imagine why. The said neko instantly perked up from her temporary depression at the sight of Shippou.
"Shippou! So that's where you've been! Kagome-san's been taking care of you!" Zephyr cooed rubbing his hair softly.
"Yup, she's been taking good care of me!" chirped Shippou and happily enjoyed the full-purpose pampering he was receiving.
"So, mind telling us what had you all uptight about Zephyr?" Kagome asked.
Zephyr's bright happy expression went died extremely fast.
"Some bastard hacked my locker and stole my entire stash of goods!" Zephyr growled. "I'm gonna install a new and improved lock and maim the person when I find out who did it!"
"You do that..." Sango said and shifted Shippou's weight in her arms.
"You don't understand! That stash was everything! Food, materials, games... oh poopie..." Zephyr cried.
"We'll have to see about this later. We've got to head over to second hour. See yah later Zephyr, Bairu," Kagome called.
Zephyr and Bairu left in the opposite direction and Kagome, Sango, Kikiyo and Shippou made their way down the hallway to the Language Arts 9 classroom. Sitting down in their usual seats, they relaxed and brought out their needed items. Kikiyo hauled out another bag of Doritos, Sango dragged out some paper, pens, and pencils, and Kagome retrieved their books from the respective bags.
"Mmmmmm... Cooler Ranch. Great choice Kikiyo," Sango complimented and opened the bag quietly, setting it in between their desks. Shippou, now seated back in Kagome's lap, was playing with one of his leaves contently.
The bell rang at 9:38 and Ms. Mathews walked in and began the class. Ms. Mathews was a fun lady and allowed snacks in her classroom. She also had that easy-going aura about her which allowed her students to relax. She started class off with a DOL and got into her usual happy-go-lucky attitude. Second hour class was to say their best class all day. After a quick DOL session, the class immediately turned to the play Romeo and Juliet in their books. Their class always roll-played all the plays in the textbook, so Ms. Mathews took the honor of assigning the parts. Kikiyo received the part of Lady Capulet, Sango the Nurse, and Kagome as Juliet. A boy named Marco got the part of Romeo, and Miroku, who was surprisingly in their class, received the part of Mercutio. When the parts were all assigned, the class started the play.
"O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name; Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I'll no longer be a Capulet." Kagome cried, reading her part with such emphasis.
"Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this?" Marco whispered.
"'Tis but they name that is my enemy. Thou are thyself, though not a Montague..."
The play continued until the end of the hour, where the final act was being played. The final hour of Romeo and Juliet.
"Yea, noise? Then I'll be brief. O happy dagger! This is thy sheath; there rust, and let me die." Kagome announced melodramatically.
The bell rang just as the class had finished the play. Kagome gathered up her materials and headed out the door with Shippou on her shoulder and a quick salutation shouted over her shoulder. The girls had separate classes from here on out, save for Home Economics. And so she slowly walked down the hall through the short distance separating her from her third hour class, German I. She knew three people in her class: Sesshomaru, InuYasha and Zephyr. The three already seated when she entered the classroom, although Zephyr bounded up to her as she walked to her desk.
"Guten morgen! Wie gehts?" the neko chirped as she watched Kagome walk past, a faint blush stained her cheeks as she passed Sesshomaru.
"Schlect schlect schlect..." Kagome chanted noncohersively.
"Warum?" Zephyr softly replied.
"Ich weiss nicht..."
Zephyr snorted at the slayer's answer before taking her seat beside InuYasha. Frau Madison walked in and started roll. Following roll, she started a speech on personal pronouns and their correct usage. Kagome instantly could feel her eyelids getting heavier as the Frau began her lesson.
"Why did I agree to take this class?" She muttered beneath her breath and took out her book.
"Now Klasse, personal pronouns are of the following: mich, dich, sein, ihr, euch, uns, sie, and the formal Sie. Learn their correct usage and pronunciation. We'll be quizzing after lunch." Frau Madison said writing the pronouns in a neat little chart with the information just taught.
Kagome read through the three paragraphs about personal pronouns. It was just a bunch of garbled words to her and she didn't really care whether she could understand them or not. Her eyes eventually rose from the pages of the book and scanned the classroom, eventually falling on Sesshomaru. He was reading a book, eyes darting word to word, scanning every page. He looked so regal... and majestic-like in her eyes. She leaned into the palm of her hand and sighed softly.
After a few minutes, Sesshomaru felt eyes watching him. Looking up from his mostly boring novel, his eyes met Kagome's. Her eyes widened in embarrassment causing her to look away and bury her nose back into the German book. Shrugging it off, he returned to his book. The book couldn't keep his attention very long though. To Kill a Mockingbird wasn't all that interesting; it wasn't even about killing a mockingbird. Taking out a note from his pocket, which her received from Zephyr before class started, he opened and read the threat note that he had received from his dearest sister. It ranted on about something with her locker.
Dearest Onii-sama,
Do you know the pathetic little bastard who broke into my locker and ransacked my entire stash from mah locker? If you don't, which I know you do, I'll hunt you down and drag you around the forest letting the forest cut and slice your body up and allow all the precious blood drain painstakingly from your body... I'll be waiting for you at lunch...
Love Always
Zephyr
Sesshomaru snorted at the signature. 'Loving indeed... you don't call yourself loving when you threaten your family... baka neko.' Sesshomaru thought bitterly before incinerating the threat with his poison claws. He'd have to have a word with her about her accusations. The thief was plainly Kouga and anybody could pick the school's locks easily. Glancing towards the clock, which displayed 10:57 and one minute before class was dismissed, he slid his book into his mesh bag. Right as the book hit the bottom, the lunch bell rang and the classroom emptied out. Zephyr came up behind him, as promised in the note, and pounced on his back with a slightly cynical look to her face.
"Oniisan! Who the hell hacked mah locker?" she demanded.
"Talk to Kouga..." Sesshomaru replied.
"Deadpan much?" Zephyr retorted and hopped of his back with her new destination the cafeteria.
Sesshomaru snorted and continued down the stairs. Kagome followed behind slowly. She wanted to thank Sesshomaru for earlier, but she was extremely nervous and didn't know what to say to him. Bairu walked up beside her and smiled softly.
"Why're you so uptight, Kagome?" she asked sweetly.
"I'm just a little nervous..."
"'Bout what?"
"It's nothing..."
Bairu glanced at Kagome with a disbelieving look before hopping down the stairs after Zephyr. Kagome took a deep breath before entering the cafeteria and into the long line to buy lunch. After picking her foods and paying for it, she sat down at their usual table. Zephyr and Bairu joined her about two minutes later. There were only about five people that sat at their table, so it wasn't very crowded.
"So Kagome... anything new?" Zephyr started taking a swig of her milk.
"Besides German being boring... nothing really," Kagome snapped a carrot stick in half and popped one side in her mouth.
"Any guys?" Bairu asked while nibbling on her pizza.
"Maybe..."
"Sitting behind you?" Zephyr took a bite of her cheeseburger.
Kagome choked on her carrot stick and looked behind her quietly. There, in all his regal state, was Sesshomaru. Oh and Kouga, Miroku, and InuYasha were there too. They were talking about something that had to revolve around hoards of blood and gore, for Kouga was slightly drooling. Kagome returned to her meal slightly disgusted and disturbed.
"I'll take that for a yes..." Zephyr smiled but frowned as she spotted Kouga. "Excuse me for a second..."
Zephyr tiptoed around the table and up behind Kouga. Putting finger to her lips, she motioned silence. Kagome and Sango were just barely keeping their laughter in. The sight of Kouga getting chewed out was fairly humorous. By the hand of Zephyr made it friggen hilarious.
"Ohhh Kouga, love..." she cooed.
Kouga appeared mildly shocked, but hid it well. Instead, he wrapped his arms around Zephyr's waist from behind his back, earning a small squeak from the enraged neko.
"Yes, love?" he asked modestly.
"Would you happen to know anything about why my locker is bare?" she purred, running her fingers through his silky brown hair.
"No, why would you ask?"
"Because a little birdy told me that you robbed mah stash!" Zephyr snarled digging her claws into his scalp.
"Ow... easy love... easy!" Kouga yelped as her grip increased with her anger.
By this time, Kagome and Sango were roaring with laughter. InuYasha and Sesshomaru glanced questionably at the spazmadic actions of the two girls. InuYasha shook his head and returned to his meal, but Sesshomaru watched Kagome laugh. Her joyful laughter rang out happily and her cheeks were red from laughing. His attention slowly returned to his lunch, the sound of Kagome's laughter ringing in his mind.
Zephyr returned from the boy's table examining her nails. Sitting down, she picked out her nail file from her ID chain and began to clean the dead skin from under it.
"Ewwww! Zei, clean your lover's skin from under your nails somewhere else!" Bairu whined, flicking a stray piece of skin away from her tray.
"He's not mah lover..." Zephyr snarled.
"Coulda fooled me..." Kagome sneered, dodging a flying fork as it zoomed past her ear.
Zephyr ate the rest of her lunch in silence, a small blush visible upon her face. Kagome, noticing this, smiled softly but returned to the matter at hand. She had to thank Sesshomaru somehow. And through the final four classes, she pondered on how she'd accomplish her task. At least once per hour her hand found it's way to the now complete yin yang around her neck and traced the details of the exquisite design. By the end of school, she had settled on a simple thank you. She stood, waiting by the wall, for him to exit the building. Zephyr was the first to walk out. She skipped around for a while before being tackled to the ground by Kouga. InuYasha walked up and sneered at Zephyr before moving around the tumbling duo. Kouga grinned and kissed Zephyr on the tip of her nose before getting up and offering to help her up... but it turned into another wrestling match as Zephyr tackled Kouga back onto the ground. Then finally he came stepping out into the sunlight. Sesshomaru grimaced at the sudden brightness, but forcing himself to ignore it as he walked on. He walked past Zephyr and Kouga, whose positions had once more switched, and headed towards the gate. Kagome saw this as an opportunity and walked over to join him. He acknowledged her presence with a slight nod and kept walking.
"Ano... I wanted to say thank you... for saving me. Arigato," Kagome softly said.
"Your welcome," he replied, still walking.
"Well... umm... I was wondering if... you'd like to go out for coffee or something?" Kagome asked slowly, trying to see his reaction.
Sesshomaru's stride slowed down and finally stopped. He turned around to face Kagome, studying her emotions. He found himself nodding his head subconsciously at the slayer.
"Hai, I'd like that very much," he replied smoothly.
Kagome's face immediately flushed as she ran to catch up with Sesshomaru. She could only wonder where they would go...
Zephyr Notes: Well, I finally got off me lazy ass and revised this chapter. I'm currently working on a new chapter for the story. I was preoccupied with a co-authored story I volunteered for. It took a bit longer than I suspected but I hope that you'll bear with me a little longer until I finish revising the last chapter and finally getting the new one up. I have about two pages for the new chapter written. Thanks for waiting everyone. Ja matte ne!