Last time: Kay and Michelle got through the well, and now they are going to go to school. What will their first, and only, day of school in Japan bring? Chaos? Boys? Watermelon?

Chapter 8: First Day of School

The girls walked to school, ignoring Michelle as she grumbled swear words and continued to adjust her skirt. Kagome's mother had already called the school to see if it was all right, and it obviously was because here they were. Walking to school.

They were supposed to be exchange students visiting Kagome for a while. Pen-pals from America. That's what they were.

They weren't going to get lockers though. But they did look out of place when they walked into the school yard. At least Kay did, with her hazel eyes and lighter hair. Michelle was more 'camouflaged' as Kay put it.

Everyone turned to look at Kay and her odd hair color, realizing that she wasn't from around here. Some also noticed that Michelle wasn't from here either, but not as much as they noticed Kay.

"Kagome! You're back!" Eri said as she ran towards the three girls.

"Who is that with you?" said Yuka, who was right next to Eri.

"They're not from here, are they?" said Ayumi said as she noticed Kay's odd hair.

"Eri, Yuka, Ayumi, this is Kay and Michelle. They are some friends of mine from America," Kagome explained.

"Oh!" said the three girls at the same time, looking at Kay and Michelle carefully.

"Why do you look so Asian?" Yuka asked Michelle.

"I am Native American, so I look different than most Americans," Michelle explained.

"Oh..." Yuka said, looking at Michelle's hair.

The bell rang and Kagome walked Michelle and Kay to the school, bringing them to the first class. History. Michelle and Kay didn't know if they were going to do good or bad... Well, Kay didn't know. Michelle knew that she wasn't going to be able to understand the 'name' line because it would probably be written in Japanese. They were in Japan, after all.

The teacher took roll call and looked up. "I have a note here that says there will be two new students in my class for a short time. Looks like a very short time. Can you both stand up and introduce yourselves?" the teacher asked, looking at a note on her clipboard.

Kay and Michelle stood up, a little bit timidly, and they cleared their throats simultaneously.

"I am Kay, and I'm from America..." Kay said, giving off an embarrassed smile.

"And I'm Michelle, from the same place as she is," Michelle said, pointing to Kay boredly.

"What are your last names?" the teacher asked.

"Last... names?" Michelle asked. "Uh... Well..."

Neither of them wanted to give off their real last names. That would be awkward. Michelle scratched the back of her head.

"Smith. And Johnson. She is Michelle Smith, and I am Kay Johnson," Kay said, pointing to each of them in turn.

"Smith? And Johnson... Well, I won't say how odd American last names are, but welcome," the teacher said, walking back to her desk.

"But you just did," Kay said, glaring at the teacher.

"Oh, did I?"

"Yes," Michelle said, looking at the teacher quizzically.

"Just sit down, you two," the teacher said, grabbing some papers from the desk.

"Uh, miss? My friend can't read or write Japanese, and I can barely do that," Kay said, blushing.

"Don't worry, I'm sure we'll find someone in the school who can read English. They can rewrite your answers for me," said the teacher as she handed out papers.

"But, Michelle can't read Japanese!"

"Than have someone read it for her."

- - -

By the end of the test, Kay and Michelle had answered about half of their questions, about half of that half were right. Kagome did better than they, but she barely passed. They then had another class, math.

Michelle and Kay didn't listen to the teacher. He was worse than their teacher at home. Boring. Annoying. He talked too much too. He would not shut up! Even if Kay and Michelle decided to work, they wouldn't be able to with that moron talking.

They had Literature next, and Michelle and Kay figured they had better chances on acing that test rather than the History test. Maybe. Kagome assured them that some of it would be true and false and another part would be multiple choice. That was a relief.

- - -

"That had to be the easiest test in the history of tests! It was just like those tests in history in fifth grade!" Kay said, biting off a piece of his sandwich.

"I failed half of those tests," Michelle said, glaring at Kay and taking a potato chip from her plate. Kay didn't notice.

"Your school has watermelon?" Kay said, staring at a cart that had just been rolled out.

"Uh, yeah," Kagome said, looking at Kay like she was demented.

"We only have that... every so often... in the beginning of the school year."

Suddenly, Kay jumped up, leaving her half eaten sandwich and milk, and ran over to the cart of piled slices of watermelon. She scared any people grabbing watermelon from the cart and they left almost immediately. Kay came back to the table with a tray with almost a half of a watermelon.

"So... You like watermelon?" Kagome asked. Kagome's other friends walked into the room and took their seats next to Kagome.

"You should see her when our school has watermelon. It's just as scary... Except we can't get as much as we want so she has to take some from other people," Michelle said as she watched Kay shove almost whole pieces into her mouth.

"Do all Americans eat like this?" Eri asked.

"No," answered Michelle. "Actually, the only time Kay eats like this is when she has watermelon."

InuYasha is like that too, except it's with ramen, Kagome thought, watching Kay eat the watermelon without stopping to take a breath hardly.

Yuka put an arm out to grab a piece of watermelon, but stopped when she heard a low growl coming from Kay.

"Are all Americans this fierce?" Yuka asked, pulling her hand back quickly.

Kay closed her eyes and handed a piece of watermelon to Yuka, Eri, Ayumi and Kagome.

"Where's mine?" Michelle asked.

"Get your own, loser," Kay said between bites.

Michelle glared and got up to get her own piece of watermelon, and she wasn't going to share any of it.

- - -

Kay sighed and got out of the bathroom, wearing her kimono that was now washed. Her hair was wet and she had a brush in her hand, having gotten the snarls out of her hair. Kay walked into Kagome's room and grabbed a book and started to read.

"Mom said you're from America," said the voice of a young boy. Kay pulled down her book to look over it and saw Sota standing in the doorway to Kagome's room.

"Yeah? So?" Kay said, glaring at the little boy.

"I was just wondering... I wanna give you something," Sota said, turning towards the door.

"What?" Kay asked. She got up and followed Sota, who was now walking towards his room. He went inside his room, which had a TV and video games, and a bed with a dark sheets. His walls were blue and he had random boy things all over his room, like most other people.

Sota walked over to a dresser and opened one of the bottom drawers. He took out two metal things that looked like those plastic 'light saber' toys. Actually, that's exactly what it was, except for metal and it didn't have any plastic top that would make it look like a light saber.

The kid walked over to Kay and handed her the 'light saber' handles. They were heavy, cold and looked weird. One had a purple crystal-orb thing in the handle and the other one had a blue one.

"Uh... Why did you give me this?" Kay asked, looking at the metal things with a strange expression.

"I just have to..."

"Well, whatever. Thanks," Kay said, turning around and walking back into Kagome's room to read.

Next time: Now that Sota gave Kay the 'light saber' handle, she wonders what it could be used for. Why would she get such a thing?

Michelle: That looks so nerdy.

Kay: What?

Michelle: The 'light saber'.

Kay: Yeah.

Kouga: Michelle, my woman!

Michelle: AGH! I hate you! And you're still not in the next chapter!

Kay: Ohh! Michelle! I think someone likes you!

Michelle: I think I know that since he kissed me! Yuck! I hate you for that!

Kay: He he he. The next chapter, The Two Fire Swords!