Chapter 5
New guy
"Okay, there, taken care of," He said into his cell phone.
"And you're sure he won't remember you when he sees you?"
"Positive. No one could have survived that without some sort of mental damage, and I don't think she'll be able to restore the lost memories."
"Well done. You know what to do now."
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Kagome sat in her English 4 class barely able to stay awake. It wasn't that Romeo and Juliet wasn't interesting, but when she'd already read it in English 1, 2, and 3, analyzing the over told story was about as interesting as, say, picking the little grooves in the bottom of your Converse. Not only was this picking of the shoe interesting, it was daring. I mean, who really knows what's hiding on the bottom of your shoes, right?
"Okay, who can tell me what the correct meaning of the line "wherefore art thou," is? Anyone? How about you Ms. Higurashi?"
"yougottabeshittinme" Kagome mumbled into her arms. Why, out of 23 other people, did she have to choose Kagome? They were perfectly able bodies that could answer her stupid question! Could the teacher not realize she was in an intense game of "How long has that been there?" with her shoe?
"Pardon?"
Kagome sighed and began a short summary of the soliloquy of Act II, Scene II also known as "the balcony scene" of Romeo and Juliet.
"It means why are you Romeo? What she's pretty much asking is why he has to be Romeo, why her true love has to be the one person she has been taught all her life to hate. She cries out "why is my only love born of my only hate?" She then follows up with saying what is a name? It's not like its any important part of the body, so why should she hate it? What's the reason for hating a name, when she is so in love with its beholder? She compares her point to a rose, saying if a rose had a different name it would still smell as sweet, so if her Romeo had a different name, he would be the same person."
Kagome finished her speech and sat down, completely unaware of the fact that the whole classroom had gone silent, and was listening intently to her knowledgeable answer.
"W-Well, um, thank, um, thank you, Ms. Kagome," stuttered her teacher.
Kagome laughed internally at her teacher. This was her only teacher that couldn't figure out that, despite her punk/goth look on the outside, Kagome was one of the best students in the school.
The rest of the class went back to sleep after Kagome's little speech and by the end of the period were about as lively as a cemetery.
"Sango….," complained Kagome as she got out into the hallway and met up with her best friend. "Sango! That damn teacher wouldn't leave me alone, and now I'll never know what's really on the bottom of my shoe!"
"Honestly, Kagome, I haven't the faintest idea what in hells name your talking about." Replied Sango, a bit bitterly.
"Aww! Wassa matter, Sanny-Chan? Twouble in Pawadise?" Kagome said to her in a voice equivalent to that of a 2 year old.
Kagome knew what kind of trouble Sango was going through. It wasn't that easy having a boyfriend that sometimes forgot who you were, and just what in the world were you doing to him? Miroku's memory was taking its sweet time to completely return, and he still had no recollection whatsoever of anything before he joined the gang. His memory faded in and out, and Sango seemed to be getting more and more frustrated.
"Kagome!" now Sango was doing the whining. "Last night he stopped right in the middle of…uh…what we were doing and asked me what my name was again! I hate this!"
"Ooooooh, you can almost TASTE the sexual tension in that relationship," Kagome teased.
"Hey, at least I've got something sexual in my relationship," Sango replied bitterly.
They both went silent. That had been a low blow.
"Sorry, Kagome, I'm just frustrated," Sango said after awhile.
"Naw, don't worry about it. Everyone knows it's true. Not that it's my fault, he's the one that keeps disappearing. Or maybe it is my fault. Am I too clingy? Did I need too much attention? Did I smother him? Why? Good God, I sound like a pathetic little prep!" Kagome was nearly in tears. Nearly.
"Kagome!" Sango looked angry. "Kagome Higurashi! What the hell is wrong with you? What have you done with the Kagome me, Miroku, and the rest of the gang know and love? Come back, Kagome! Drive this evil preppy girl out of you! Be gone, evil beast! The power of Christ compels you! THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU!" Sango was now playfully smacking Kagome on the forehead. Kagome was giggling.
"Such forceful love. Now poor Kagome-chan must endure the painfulness that is Sango" Miroku commented as he came up to them in the hall and put his arm around Sango. She was delighted.
"Hey!" Sango started. "Are you saying you don't enjoy the love taps? Cuz I thought you did" Now Sango pouted.
Miroku looked alarmed. "NO! I mean, Yes! Wait…"
Sango giggled.
"Well, I'm glad to see someone not confused for once." Kagome said, referring to Miroku. He smiled sheepishly and became very interested in something down the hall.
"and, come to think of it, Sango," Kagome whispered to Sango. "THAT particular week must have been sooooo hectic. You know considering you were PMSing at the time. And not to mention you had to deal with the whole Miroku not knowing why the hell you were trying to get in his pants…
"Kagome!" If there was anything Sango was shy about, it was her…eh…womanlyness.
"What the Hell! I thought we talked about this!" Leave it to Sango, the hardass, to be embarrassed at that. She punched Kagome on the arm.
Kagome snickered and looked at Miroku.
He wasn't even paying attention!
Kagome's eyebrow twitched. "Oi, Miroku. I'm trying to embarrass Sango and you're totally missing it. What the hell are you staring at!"
"That guy over there, talking to the principle…he looks familiar…hmmm… oh well! What were talking about?"
Sango looked over at him, too.
"Hunh. He's cute."
Miroku whimpered at Sango while Kagome studied the mysterious guy.
"Wait, he does look familiar! But I can't place him…hunh."
Just then the principle looked at Kagome and a look of relief filled her face.
"Ms. Higurashi!" She called over to Kagome.
Kagome walked over to where the principle stood with the dude. (since nobody knows his name right now, we'll just call him dude)
"Yes, ma'am?" Kagome said respectfully.
"Ms. Higurashi, this is Inuyasha Takashi. He just recently transferred to our wonderful school and I need you show him around, befriend him, and whatnot. I would love to do it myself, but I am late for a meeting. Toodles!" and with that the principle was gone.
"Hey" said Dude, AKA Inuyasha Takashi.
"Uh, Hi." Kagome couldn't stop staring at him. She couldn't shake the feeling that she had met this guy.
About 2 minutes of utter silence passed.
"OH, right, um, I'm Kagome Higurashi and uh…"
More awkwardness...
"KAGOME! HE'S DOING IT AGAIN! MAKE HIM STOP!" Sango cried as she ran over to Kagome and pointed at a completely dumbfounded Miroku.
"Err…" Miroku said. He then turned and walked in the other direction.
"Wait! Miroku! Don't do this to me! Come back! COME BACK! MIROKU!" Sango yelled at his retreating form.
"LEAVE ME ALONE, YOU CRAZY!" Miroku yelled back at Sango and started running.
"Miroku…" Sango whimpered. She looked at Kagome with big watery eyes. "Kagome, what do I do?" she sniffled.
"I know, how about a latte, after school? Will that make you happy?" Kagome said to Sango in a gentle voice.
"I suppose…" Sango said, clearly being happy she got what she wanted.
They turned and looked to see Inuyasha Takashi staring at them in confusion and amusement.
Sango brightened. "Hello! I'm Sango, and you are…?"
"oh, I'm Inuyasha"
"of course you are." Sango turned to Kagome and said happily "well, I'm off to strangle a certain someone. Ciao!"
"Sango, make sure you get him to remember you before you start, y'know, eating each others faces off. I don't want him to file a lawsuit against you for sexual harassment…"
"Will do! See you after school, 'Gome!" and she was gone.
"Err…"
More awkwardness.
"OH! Right, um, let me see your schedule, so I can show you to your classes and locker and stuff." Kagome said to him.
"Here."
"Hmmmm…okay this class is on the second floor. Make sure you get a seat in the back, this teacher spits when he talks. This class is in the Fine Arts building, down through there, and with this teacher, the more weird and artsy you act, the more she'll love you. If she doesn't like you at first, try replying to her questions with deep, poetic answers. She'll love you after a week. With this class, sit in the back, because the teacher is really judgmental and the second the old bat sees you she'll think you're a 'hooligan' and fail you. Don't worry, she does it to lots of people, so don't feel like your getting picked on or something. This guy…" Kagome continued with her description of all the teachers Inuyasha had as they walked down the hall to his first 4th period class.
"Okay, the only classes we share are 3rd period, lunch, and 6th period. 6th period is our last class and we can take off and go home after that. Or you can just ditch it. Lots of seniors do it because they really don't need the credit and psychology isn't the funnest of classes. So any way. Well. Here's your stop! Okay. Later."
As they went their separate ways, Inuyasha noticed a fingerless glove on Kagome's hand. He'd seen about 10 other kids with them, and 2 more in the class he was about to enter. He knew it was a fad, but then he also notice them all look at Kagome with a sense of respect. In dog sense, she seemed to be the pack leader. Just how many were in her 'pack', he wasn't sure. But he knew it was his job to find out.
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Well, here you go. I was pissed to find out how little reviews i got from the last chapter but oh well. I'll deal. I love writing, so i continued. Plus i also love where this is going. i have so many ideas pop into my head at night, its great! I'm sorry i couldnt update sooner. My summer was full of suckyness and i sadly but truly forgot all about this. I've already started on the next chapter, but i cant garuntee that it will be done soon, cuz i started this chapter in ...er...March. Hehe. ah well. I know you'll forgive me. the reason i know youll forgive me is because i am the only one who knows how this story ends! Bwahahahahaha! k, I'm done. anyway. if i could get at least like5 reviews for this chapter, you can expect to see another soon. toodloo.
-Kurisuti Kame-