Inuyasha
My So-Called Life
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Author's Note — My first attempt at an Inuyasha story (so please be honest...and kind!) I do not own any of the characters from the TV series; they are sole property of the writers from the show. It's rated for sometimes some language
Summary — This story takes place in Kagome's time and instead of the Shikon jewel journeys, we see the entire gang in the real world as Inuyasha, Kagome, Sango, Miroku, Koga, Kikyo and others go through (dun! dun! dun!) HIGH SCHOOL and discover the facts of life (dating, school, home life) and that growing up can be a living hell! Staring all of our favorite anime stars!
Please give it a shot and much appreciated!
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Greenday4ever18
Introduction
Her blankets drawn over her head, newly 16-year-old Kagome Higurashi's sleep was interrupted as she heard her alarm clock go off. Groaning, Kagome held the covers to her head tighter, wanting the annoying bells to go away when the sound abruptly stopped and she felt a hand on her shoulder.
"Time to get up honey," Kagome heard her mother's voice through the covers before they were suddenly pulled back, Kagome moaning at the sudden brightness of her bedroom.
"Mom..." Kagome shoved her face into her pillow as her mother then proceeded to pull her warm blankets away from her body, Kagome reacting by drawing her knees to her chest, wrapping her arms around her legs to hold them there, hoping in some way that would warm her up.
"You know that expression, honey. The early bird catches the worm. Up and Adam!" Mrs. Higurashi said, taking the bundle of blankets and putting them in a basket with Kagome's dirty clothes, making sure that her daughter's school uniform and notebooks were the for her on her desk, ready for the big day. "Don't want to be late for your first day of being a junior, do we?" Mrs. Higurashi raised her eyebrows at her daughter before picking up the basket of dirty laundry and going out the open bedroom door, closed it behind her.
"No...Wouldn't want that," Kagome muttered, groaning as she slowly sat up, rubbing her eye against the sunlight pouring into her room.
Of all the things Kagome wanted to look forward to, school wasn't one of them. She had an interesting summer though it went by way too fast for her. While Sota spent his time playing video games, sports or having sleep overs with one of his little school friends Shippo and Kohaku, her mother doing the daily housework, and her grandfather sweeping around the family shrine or reading his newspaper, Kagome would either be in her bedroom, writing in her diary or most of the time hanging out with her friends. Of course, Kagome just loved hearing her friends Ayumi, Eri, and Yuka tell her that she needed to hook up with Houjo and that they'd make the cutest couple. Kagome held nothing against Houjo. He was cute and sweet but he was so...dull. It just didn't appeal to Kagome. It was also during that summer, she really started hanging out with her neighbor, Sango. Sango lived in the house just down the street from her and was Kohaku's older sister. The two of them never really talked their sophomore year as they hung out with different people but the beginning of that summer, things changed. Kagome's mom had started talking with Sango's mother and the two would spend afternoons at one another's houses, having tea, going shopping some afternoons while they were in school, and discussing their lives. Kagome liked that her mother finally got out of the house instead of hanging around, watching those mushy soap operas and daytime talk shows on television or at her father's antique store. It was one afternoon when Kagome got home from school early, Mrs. Higurashi was talking to Sango's mom and Sango was with her, all three having tea. The mothers convinced the two teenage girls to spend some time out at the local Wacdonalds and before Kagome knew it, she had become really close friends with Sango. What Kagome liked most about Sango was that she never pressured her to talk about her love life or if she should date Houjo or not. Yes, Sango was a quiet girl but was extremely nice and while she was interested in hearing more about Kagome, she didn't say that Kagome had to date Houjo. She believed that it was Kagome's choice to date whoever she wanted to be with, not somebody her friends said she had to. That was something Kagome respected and admired about Sango. It was because of this, Kagome knew she could always confide something personal to Sango and know that she wouldn't make a big deal about it like Ayumi, Eri and Yuka would. Also over that summer, Kagome met the amorous, and not-afraid-to-be-touchy-even-if-I-do-get-in-trouble Miroku. One weekend while Kagome and Sango were at the arcade in town, Sango was watching as Kagome played one of those dancing games when Miroku, as casual as can be, walked over and before she knew it, Kagome turned and saw Sango slap Miroku good and hard across the face and shrieked 'Pervert!'. Promptly shocked, Kagome didn't understand at first why Sango would slap somebody as good looking as Miroku for no reason when she found out the reason. Miroku had, though he said unintentionally, brushed his hand across Sango's backside. Kagome could understand this and disgusted, told Miroku to leave before she would get an officer, considering that was sexual harassment and the two girls left. Kagome thought would be the last time she saw Miroku but to her shock, he came to her house the very next morning. He had followed her and Sango the night before and came to apologize. Kagome was ready to yell at him for stalking her and her friend when she saw that he wasn't all that bad of guy like she thought and she didn't argue. In fact, she was kinda glad that he had apologized, knowing most guys wouldn't do that and by doing that, it showed he was sweet and, maybe just too lecherous for his own good. Kagome accepted his apology and that afternoon, took him over to Sango's house so he could apologize to Sango himself. Sango was promptly shocked and disgusted when Kagome brought Miroku over to her house but upon receiving a full story and apology from Miroku, she somewhat accepted it but warned him that if he ever thought about touching her backside again, she'd give him something he'd never forget about. Miroku took this as a threat enough and to Kagome's surprise, they all started hanging out at each other's houses, seeing movies, and going to the mall. Sango it seemed even forgot about the rude first-impression Miroku had made and as Kagome watched the two joke around and be affectionate with each other in non-lecherous ways, they made the cutest couple. That was something that made her smile and be somewhat jealous. She wished she was like that with a guy. Kagome knew that she could never be like that with Houjo as they were so different and Kagome found it sad. Houjo really had feelings for her and would always come up to her, asking her how she was and would give her little things like bouquet of flowers or candies. Kagome never meant to lead him on and it was just painfully obvious — she didn't have those feelings for him. He just never seemed to notice.
Still sitting on the edge of her bed, Kagome sighed at the thought of having to meet Houjo for their first day back, knowing that he would run up to her and give her some sort of gift or ask her out somewhere. Then, it would get better when Kagome's three friends would run up to her, wanting the dirt of knowing if she and Houjo would be going out and would become positively furious to hear she said no. Kagome got up, stretching as she peered out her window at the family shrine, thinking.
"Well, maybe this year will be different..." Kagome said to herself and knowing that her mother would be yelling for her to be getting done, she walked out of her bedroom with her school uniform and went into the bathroom to get done.
"Inuyasha! Inuyasha, you have to get up!" The sound of his mother knocking on his bedroom door wasn't a welcoming sound for 17-year-old Inuyasha as he rolled over onto his back, his navy blue bed covers falling to the floor in a heap as he stared up at the ceiling. The thought of that day wasn't a pleasant one. So he was starting his junior year at the local high school, big deal. Inuyasha would rather spend his school days working part time for his father and older brother Sesshomaru at the company like he did over the summer. Ever since they moved out of the countryside to the city, Inuyasha's father spoke of big changes. He was one of the C.E.O.'s at the company in town but he was rarely at home. Inuyasha's 25-year-old brother, Sesshomaru worked full time with their father and he had always made that a point to shove in Inuyasha's face. That he was working with father and Inuyasha had to stay at home, helping mother. Oh, that pissed off Inuyasha big time but he never blamed mother. He loved her and although he would've liked to be working with his father, he did enjoy the time he shared with mother and he did find it very humorous to watch his mother yell at Sesshomaru for being exceedingly arrogant and threatened him with taking back that job if he couldn't take it seriously. Of course, Sesshomaru bit down on his lip and apologized, saying that he did take it seriously. Inuyasha had always been home schooled but when mother told him it'd be better if he got a public high school education, he hit the roof. That was another thing that she couldn't stand about her sons – Inuyasha had such a temper (like father and Sesshomaru) and constantly warned him to cool down. Inuyasha promised her but the thought of going to school was irritating. He found home schooling so much easier and laid back. He could do his work and wear whatever he wanted; it wasn't like he was sitting in front of anybody. No, he now had to wear a uniform that reminded him every bit of a soldier or a prisoner or something along those lines and be in a building for so many hours. What fun...
"I'm awake, Mother!" Inuyasha yelled after the knocking on his door became too much for him. At once, the knocking ceased and Inuyasha heard the sound of his mother's footsteps against the hallway floor and descending down the stairs. Sitting up, wearing only a pair of red boxers, Inuyasha put a hand through his black hair as he stood up completely, stretching his back until it cricked into a comfortable position. It really was a time for a change as he had never been to a public school and going in as a junior, it was like diving head first into the deep end of a pool and you weren't that good as a swimmer. Though Inuyasha knew he could be arrogant and was pretty self-assured, even he was worried about this.
What are people going to say to me? Are they even gonna like me? Thinking about this, Inuyasha absent mindedly ruffled his jet black hair. Over that summer, his normally long hair had been cut at the insistence of his mother so now it was below his shoulders but was still long down his back. This was something Inuyasha didn't like as there had been a few guys he met who thought this made him look like a girl and of course, Inuyasha didn't react too kindly to those comments and beat the crap out of them, getting him in even more trouble with his parents. They sternly told him that just because they made fun of him, that doesn't mean he could lose his temper. Shaking his head, Inuyasha had made a promise to his parents that he would try to contain his anger. As Inuyasha stood in the middle of his bedroom, his school uniform neatly folded atop of his dresser, he sighed. All he wanted was to survive this experience and who knew, maybe he'd make some friends.
"School can't be that hard," Inuyasha said to himself and he then proceeded to get ready for his first day of high school.
There you have it! What do you all think! I thought this would be a cool idea to try, Inuyasha as a human going to high school with the entire gang and so on! Most of the more well known characters should make their appearances in this story but in different forms! NoShikon Jewel -- justeveryday life!As this is my first time, I am SO open to suggestions and this is my first time writing an Inuyasha story. As before, I DO NOT own any of the characters (Oh, so sad that Inuyasha dont belong to me!) but are sole property of the writers from the show.
Please review (I WON'T WRITE IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT!)
Thanks and much appreciation for reading!
Greenday4ever18