Hey folks, disclaimer. Do not own Inuyasha and company, Rumiko Takahashi does. Do not own Cloud and and company, Square Enix does. And another thing, I do not own or control any of the band names (or bands) that make an appearance in this chapter as well as latter ones (unless my band makes an appearance). However, I do own three characters who will be making their appearances in this chapter; Piers, Lana, and Alicia. And REVIEW, PEEPS! Jeez!
Chapter 2: Rebirth
"Class, take your seats," A middle-aged man with black hair, brown eyes hidden behind thick, square-framed glasses, wearing a black jacket over a white dress shirt, black pants and white tennis shoes said, "Today we will be taking an exam. But first, I need to introduce you to three new students. Come in, students."
Kagome looked up from doodling in her notebook to see three people standing in front of the class, two young women and a young man. One of the young women had long blond hair, blue eyes, wearing a black T-shirt with the name of a band on the front, Bad Religion, along with plaid pajama pants and white tennis shoes. The other young women had long brown hair , brown eyes, wearing a baseball cap with another band name, The Offspring, on the front, along with a white tank top, blue jeans and black high heels. The young man had black dread locks, green eyes, wearing a blue T-shirt, with a denim vest that had patches from multiple bands, from Operation Ivy to the Dead Kennedys, overlapping the shirt, along with black jeans that also had multiple patches and black boots.
"Mr. Onigawa, there not dressed appropriately for school." A young man with brown hair, brown eyes, wearing the generic school uniform; black button up shirt, back slacks and black dress shoes.
"Of course not, Hojo," Mr. Onigawa said, "their uniforms haven't been delivered to the places they're staying at yet. They just arrived yesterday, they're foreign exchange students. Anyways, go ahead and introduce yourselves."
The young woman with blonde hair was the first to introduce herself, "Hello, I am Lana Cramer, and I am from Germany." The class clowns called out rudely to the girl, saying things like 'baby's got a nice backyard' and 'go back to Germany, you fascist.'
"How dare you," Mr. Onigawa exclaimed, "damn you kids and your stupid stereotypes! First, you need to learn your manners when in the presence of a lady. Second, if you paid attention in class for a single second or even had any common sense at all, you'd realize that Germany's not in the political status it was over sixty years ago." The class was in such a state of shock that they went silent.
The next to step forward and introduce their self was the young brown haired girl, "Hi, my name is Alicia Lockheart, and I'm from New Zealand." Somehow, Kagome felt like she knew this person, like she had been helped by this person somewhere before, like someone who had helped her out once, but the memory was blurry.
"Well," Mr. Onigawa said to the boy with dreads, "go ahead and introduce yourself."
"The name is Piers." The young man said under his breath.
"Please," Mr. Onigawa said, "speak loudly so the class can hear."
Kagome looked upon the young man with pity. He almost seemed lost in this class, like a deer staring straight into the headlights of a truck. And the glare in his eyes, the reflection of his face made him look so much older; his eyes had seen true pain, and his face was worn from the struggles in his life. He was nothing more than a ghost standing in front of the class.
"My name is Piers Lindon," the young man said with a sigh, "and I'm from England."
"Thank you," Mr. Onigawa said, "and now you may take your seats."
Lana sat next to Hojo, Alicia sat next to Kagome, and Piers sat in the back corner of the class. As Piers walked by a bunch of people in the class said rude comments, stuff like 'freak', 'fag' and 'retard'. Piers, however, seemed to take absolutely no notice of the things around him, even when people were throwing stuff at him, which gained an occasional 'Stop that' from the teacher.
'How can people be so cruel,' Kagome thought, 'how can people see his agony and still do what they do? I'll have to see what I can do to make his stay at the least bearable for him.'
"Class, clean off your desks," Mr. Onigawa said, "It's time for the exam."
The class obeyed but with a melancholy delay. The teacher went around to pass out the test, but was teased by a couple of students as he passed. By the time the teacher handed out the paper class was halfway over.
The test went by rather fast, Kagome found, which was shocking for her, considering how little notice she had of the exam, for she had only found out yesterday. Before she knew it she was on the last problem, with only ten minutes left.
'And I'm finished,' Kagome said, 'Either I did really well, or I bombed the exam. Guess I'll just have to wait and see.' When she got up she realized she was the last person to turn in her test.
"Woops," Kagome said, "Sorry it took so long."
"That's all right," Mr. Onigawa said calmly and politely, "You always do decent on your exams. I'll tell who got the top score in a second. Meanwhile, go talk amongst your classmates."
It was a good thing that none of her friends besides Hojo was there, otherwise she wouldn't be able to talk to the new students, not like it would really matter, for she would be hading back to the feudal era. But still, there was something that made her attached to these new students. Hojo was talking to the two new girls, but Piers stood alone in a corner. Before Kagome could go over to talk to Piers, a group of boys went over to harass Piers.
"What's the matter?" one of the boys teased, "You wanna go home to mommy?"
"Leave me alone, please," Piers insisted, "I don't want any trouble."
"And what will you do if we don't leave," another boy asked, "take us all on? You're nothing."
And then the boy attempted to push Piers, but Piers dodged it, stuck out his foot to trip the boy, and drove his knee into the boy's stomach.
"Why you--," the other boys charged.
"That's enough!" Mr. Onigawa said, "Get in your seats immediately!"
"B-but--," one of the boys stuttered, "Piers-"
"Acted out of self defense," Mr. Onigawa responded. "anyways, time to announce the high score of the class. The winner will get a free meal at Wacdonalds."
The class sighed with an "Again" to which Mr. Onigawa shot a sharp look at the students, then looked down at the scores.
"This is rather awkward, we have a tie at 96/100 for the high score." Mr. Onigawa said, "The winners are… Kagome and Piers!"
At that point, the bell rang, signaling the end of the school day.