. : Muichi Motsu : .
: . By Akikazu . :
. : Chapter Thirteen : .
It was to punish her.
She had no reason to wonder any longer, sending her to the Ningenkai was Sesshomaru's form of punishment.
It really shouldn't have work except for one thing…
She had to attend school.
Two of the Reikai Tantei would be there too, she suspected that Sesshomaru had placed her at this particular school so they could keep an eye on her. The only thing that looked even remotely good was that Hijikata taught class there.
"Oka-san do I have to go to school?" Shippo whined as he picked at his uniform.
Kagome ruffled his hair as she passed him on her mission to fix their bag with everything she thought would be required.
"I don't want to go either Shippo but Sesshomaru says we have to."
"B-b-but, I don't wanna go!"
"Shippo you can use this chance to meet new friends and pull tricks on elder people," se saw the mischievous gleam in his eyes and gave him a half hearted glare. "Just don't caught."
He pulled an irresistible 'who me, I'd never' look and Kagome looked away least she actually fall for it.
A car horn blared from out front and Shippo jumped in shock, him never have heard such a horrible noise before. Kagome closed the bags and hefted hers onto her shoulders, careful that she didn't squish Lon whom was camped out in her bag and refused to come out.
"Come on Shippo-chan, Hijikata-san is here."
With minor amount of help Shippo got the bag settled onto his shoulders and they were out the door, racing for the car.
Their first stop was the elementary school, Kagome gave Shippo a kiss on the forehead and let him out. A little girl with a black mop of hair grabbed his arm immediately and dragged him off.
"Rin's reincarnation?" Kagome asked while climbing in the shotgun position.
"She refused to take the immortal potion after Sesshomaru offered it. She wanted to live with a boy she had fallen in love with," Hijikata explained.
"It must have been very hard for Sesshomaru… Who was the boy?"
"Sango little brother, Kohaku."
Kagome's question was put off by their arrival at the school. Hijikata had a parking spot right near the back entrance which he used to sneak in and out of the school, Kagome used this to her advantage sneaking in Hijikata's lecture hall since it was her homeroom, and avoiding all contact with the students. Since Sesshomaru's had been so kind as to have her schedule mailed to her she would forego the tradition first trip to the principal's office and sneak into all the classes under the radar. Hopefully this would give her the advantage she needed to launch a surprise attack on the boys.
"Hello Kagome-sama."
Surprised by the voice coming from directly behind her Kagome jumped slightly before turning back to face the very amused fox.
"Kurama."
With a pout Kagome crossed her arms and gave him a 'cute' glare.
"How'd you know I was here? You're not even in high school anymore."
"I usually come in to sit in on Hijikata's lectures. The really question is why are you here, and why we don't know about it."
With a small huff Kagome collapsed back into her seat, Hijikata was setting up his desk and threw her a smirk. She sent him a mean glare before turning back to Kurama.
"Aniki says I have to go to school and had it all set up already, but I didn't know till late last night so I didn't get the chance to warn you," Kagome put on her best sad look, "please don't be mad at me, I won't do it any more."
Kurama gave her an 'I'm not falling for it look' and Kagome was disappointed that her plot had failed.
"Fine, I just don't want you hovering around me so much. I can protect myself."
"Is that you Kagome-chan?"
Kagome paled and grabbed onto Kurama's sleeve.
She was sure she had found out Sesshomaru's real plan to punish her. He was going to sic Hojo on her.
Oh how could he be so cruel to his only sister?
"It is you!" He squealed happily.
Hojo bounced up the steps and approached the pair with a sunny smile that didn't dim a single watt even when he saw their closeness.
She wormed closer to her only method of salvation, the red head that she had previously been plotting against.
"H-hi Hojo-kun." Kagome turned and whisper to Kurama, "save me and I swear I'll cooperate."
The boy finished his approached and beamed at Kagome. She could feel sweat bead on her forehead and a whimper form in her throat, oh how she hate how pitiful encounters with this particular boy made her.
"Do you know this boy, aijin?" Kurama asked silkily, giving Hojo a hard stare.
She was saved! All she had to do was play her cards right and Hojo wouldn't bother her any more. Kagome sent a thank you prayer to the gods, thank them for every fabulous idea that made up Kurama.
"Shuichi you know Hojo, he's the friend I've told you about," Kagome said playing along. She turned to give Hojo a smile, "this is Minamino Shuichi, Hojo-kun. We just started seeing each other."
Hojo's smile faded and was replaced by an overly dramatic, tragic smile. He was doing his best to appear the tragic hero, and not doing very well.
"I see Kagome-chan, well I'll see you around."
He scampered off and Kagome sighed in relief. Hijikata watched as even more student came into the classroom and witnessed the scene with the school's newest 'couple'.
Kagome had really dug herself into a hole this time, a hole with ferocious beast if he was to believe all the glares she was receiving.
Kurama stared down at his newly acquired 'girlfriend' his green eyes gleaming.
"Now, I believe that I have held up my end of the bargain. You will no doubt honor our deal."
Kagome sighed in resignation, she really hated losing.
"I will."
What Kagome swore was an evil smirk cross the faces of both Hijikata and Kurama.
"Then you will no doubt be taking lunch with Yusuke, Kuwabara, and me."
The words were nowhere near a suggestion, it was a command.
Kagome made one last attempt to salvage her plans of an attack.
"Can I at least spook them out of their minds, just once?"
"No."
She felt like crying, all her plans ruined! Out of the corner of her eye she saw Hijikata's smirk widen into a grin.
And then she knew that he had a part in this.
It had been a conspiracy!
"But Hijikata-san… You were supposed to be on my side," she whispered.
He didn't make any move to answer instead he shut the door and let the bell ring.
And she was trapped with no chance of escape.
Kagome sat back in her seat next to Kurama.
Life was so terribly unfair.
: Epsilon :
It was so pathetic.
He, the Death, was reduced to a caretaker of the one girl who had brought him down.
And he had to watch her, and help those disgusting detectives.
Not only that, but there was another death running around. He could sense her. All he could think was how much he wished he could rip her apart.
His existence was curse ever since Sesshomaru had locked him in that mirror and now his only chance to escape lay with this sad excuse for a human that had bound him.
If she didn't release him, he would die.
It was only a matter of time before she fell. To demon or age she would fall, and if she didn't release him he had no choice but to fall with her.
: Kagome :
The cursed hour of lunch fell much too soon for her taste and Kurama was now dragging her to restraint to meet his friends. The restraint was nice enough, perfect for student who had neither the time nor money to go somewhere fancy.
Yusuke and Kuwabara were seated in a booth in a corner and spotted them the instant they walked in the door.
"Kurama over here!" Kuwabara shouted as if he couldn't see them.
They made their way over to the booth and Kagome slid into the seat, followed by Kurama. She swore that he did that on purpose and gave him a glare, she wasn't going to skip out on them, that was way too simple a punishment.
"What are you doing here?" Yusuke demanded.
"She was at your school, in Hijikata's room," Kurama answered.
"What! How the hell are we supposed to protect you when you run about with out telling us?" Yusuke shouted, drawing the attention of nearly everyone in the room.
Kagome moved away from him when she felt his power spike, it was burning her slightly. Her eyes teared and she looked up at the angry boy in hurt. Was what she did truly that bad? She only wanted to go to school without people hovering around her.
"I'm sorry," she whispered.
Yusuke didn't hear her apology and continued to rant and his aura grew and attacked her and she could feel it as if it was attacking her physically. She was no stranger to pain but this was really too much for her. Kagome had found her Achilles Heel.
She grabbed onto Kurama's sleeve wildly and tugged as a new wave of pain washed over her.
"Please…"
"Urameshi stop it already, you're hurting her!" Kuwabara shouted.
More people looked at the commotion, and Kagome buried her face into Kurama's sleeve.
"Yusuke you must calm down, if you do not we will be forced to subdue you in order to protect Kagome-chan," Kurama said.
Yusuke huffed and fell back into his seat taking deep breaths and trying to calm himself down.
"Onegai… I'm so… Stop…" Kagome muttered weakly.
Kagome collapsed heavily on Kurama's side and darkness crash over her as her own weak whispers echoed in the inky black of her mind.
: . End Chapter . :
. : Author's Note : .
Alright I need to get all of the couples things straightened out so we can start all of this up already.
Kagome/Kurama
This couple is not going to change! In fact it is the only couple I'm going to reveal at the moment.
You readers have a choice about Hiei. Since I can't think of a plot to make an alternate version of MM, you can
A – Give me suggestions for a plot so I can make an alternate story
B – Send in suggestions for who'll be with Hiei in this story (you can't shoes Kagome, Botan, or Yukina, anyone else is up for grabs)
C – Someone can volunteer to make an alternate version featuring a Kagome/Hiei pairing (If you'd like to volunteer I need the basic of your plot and a writing sample which can be another story that you've already written)
A couple more things, this will not be the traditional Yusuke/Keiko pairing so don't expect that. And Botan is not likely to survive this fic.
Thanks and that's it.
: . Review Responses . :
Anonymous – Nyaa Kurama won! Hope you're not disappointed.
Peeka-chan – I stayed awake for two days straight and then passed out and missed Samurai Champloo.
LKLTB – I know their coloring is very similar. Go Kurama!
Emma – I the fabulous author have updated! Bow before my excellence! … Anou… just kidding.
ookami-san – is that a good o.0 or a bad o.0?
Kiki Smythe – I usually find myself saying the same thing
shadow miko – I'm leaving what happens to Hiei up to you guys, you have choices!
. : Thanks To : .
Jessica
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