Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha, yet. But I do own the movies. It's a start isn't it?
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Chapter 2: The Glance
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"Inuyasha! You are late yet again!" Ms. Woods stated as she glared at Inuyasha.
Inuyasha came face to face with his teacher yet again. All Inuyasha could do was smirk at the irritability that he provides his teacher with on a day-to-day basis. And why shouldn't he? He came from the east side of the city and not to mention that he and his brother owned half of it. What's the point of going to school knowing this and not have some fun?
"Meh." Was all he said with a shrug of his shoulders and went and sat down in his usual spot beside Miroku.
"Alright as you all know today is your last day of exams. By the end of summer you shall embark on your last three years of school. Or for some of you," she said looking up at Inuyasha, "this is be the last thing you remember before you ruin your miserable lives and drop out."
A couple of the girls at the front giggled as the turned and looked at Inuyasha dreamily, yet scornfully. They were obviously the teachers pet and swooned over him because he was a rule breaker, something they would never do in their oh so perfect and perky lives. All Inuyasha did was shrug, which gathered him a couple more giggles, and lean back in his desk. Ms. Woods could not understand how a perpetually late miscreant can be the brightest kid in her class. Sighing she handed out the tests and told them that they hand only three hours to complete the test. Sitting back down at her desk Ms. Woods pulls out some last minute marking of the extra curricular project that only one student handed in, Inuyasha.
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The sun was shining in her room making Kagome teeter on that annoying edge of consciousness. Groggily looking at the clock she contently noted that it was a little after eight o'clock. Sinking back down to her pillow and letting her time predicament seep in Kagome suddenly shot straight up with a short gasp.
"Oh no! I'm going to be late for my last test! Why did I have to sleep in?" she said to herself, and rather loudly, as she threw on a pair of jeans and a blue t-shirt and rushed downstairs.
Knowing the routine Kagome's aunt grabbed her lunch and breakfast and held it out for her at the bottom of the stairs, waiting for the overslept teen to come rushing down. '5, 4, 3, 2, 1….' As on cue Kagome rushed by thanking her aunt and rushed out the door. Not taking heed to the fact that she, on several occasions, almost ran into/over something or someone, Kagome actually made it to school before everyone else. Kagome sat down exasperated and put her head down on her desk to catch some more "zs" before her test.
'This has to be some sort of new record? I mean who could figure out the quickest way from point A to point B by using Pi and algebra. Oh why thank you Mr. Bates! 120 percent in Math. Of course I know trigonometry.' Kagome half dreamed to herself.
A tap on her shoulder roused Kagome before more pleasant dreams of obtaining a high standard of excellence came into her dreams again. Opening an eye she saw Sango, her best friend since grade 3, looking at her. She then looked to the clock, which read 10 a.m., sat straight up and thought the worst.
"Uhm Sango, did I sleep through our test?" Kagome said with a weary panic stricken voice. At that comment Sango couldn't help but double over with laughter.
"No you silly, we didn't have to be at school till 10:15 today. Were you here at 8:30? Oh Kagome, I thought that you were an over keener but this?" Sango said and laughed again.
It then dawned on her that she completely forgot that the tests didn't start till later that day. Inwardly scolding herself she was startled when the door suddenly flew open and a gust of wind, knocking some papers to the ground. After that little fiasco Kagura appeared in the class.
"Does she always have to make such a dramatic entrance? She acts like she owns the school. Oh well next year will be different. She will actually have to try and gain popularity instead of threatening it out of people." Kagome said to Sango and both laughed. The comment was louder than normal and everyone joined in on their laughing, except Kagura who was quite furious. Before she could do anything though, Mr. Bates walked in and told everyone to sit down and be quiet.
"As you all know this is your last test of the year and it counts for over half your mark, so don't screw up." He said melodramatically and started to hand out the tests. When he put the test down on Kagura's desk she piped up in her so matter of factly, I'm miss popular voice and said, "I think that I should be exempted from taking this test, seeing as how I am the most popular and have no need to be tested in such menial subjects."
Everyone seemed to roll their eyes at such a comment when Mr. Bates, who was notorious for letting Kagura get her own way, simply stated, "Of course you can Kagura," everyone let out a groan and Kagura let out a triumphant smile, "that means I shall see you next year and you can see whether you are exempted from this test."
Kagome silently cheered for her teacher, who knew that he could actually stand up for himself. Everyone was looking at Kagura to see what she would do. She crossed her arms let out a small "fine" and then huffed in displeasure. With that out of the way, and the rest of the tests handed out Mr. Bates finally said, "Alright you have three hours to complete the test, you may begin."
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At The Mall
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Kagome and Sango sat in the same corner booth at the food court in the mall waiting for Yuka, Eri, and Ayumi to arrive. They didn't have to wait long; the three girls came up to the booth discussing how they did on their test. Kagome and Sango were then dragged into the conversation discussing the events of the day.
"Oh, Mr. Bates actually stood up for himself today and it was against Kagura of all people. You should of seen the look on her face when he said that he would see her next year if she didn't take the test." Kagome said enticing the other three girls. They all stared at her not sure if she was lying or not. Mr. Bates? Stand up for himself? The two just didn't go together.
"That would explain some of the rumours I heard." Ayumi piped up, obviously thinking about something.
"What rumours I haven't heard anything." Sango said curiously.
"Oh those rumours, that Mr. Bates actually has a girlfriend." Yuka said putting a finger to her cheek trying to remember if she was thinking about the same rumours as her friend.
"Yup the same one, and that he will be transferring to a new school with his girlfriend." Ayumi stated. Kagome was actually tired of hearing about the happenings of school when yet again a new realization dawned on her.
"Hey you guys we are finally on summer vacation! Lets go shopping to celebrate!" Kagome chipperly said, she didn't have to worry about school for two whole months. The other girls agreed and were on their way.
Five outfits and three pairs of shoes later, the girls decided that it was time to head home and plan their summer. They were stopped by a fight in the middle of the mall. Everyone knew what was going on too. It was the age-old battle between the East and West side of town, and Kagome had the unfortunate pleasure of being from the West side of town. That didn't mean she had to take sides, but she did have to prevent other people from the West side from making a fool of themselves and bring shame to them. Sango knew all too well her best friends predicament and grabbed a hold of her shopping bags. Kagome threw her hands up in the air and reluctantly went to go and break up the fight. Sighing Kagome knew exactly who was starting the fight. Kouga. He was always causing trouble, and some of it couldn't be fixed. Walking between them head held high to show that she was a higher rank in society than he was. Kagome didn't like doing this but sometimes it had to be done. She drew in a deep breath before saying a mouthful.
"Kouga! What the heck do you think you are doing? You have some nerve to pick a fight in a public area. Let alone the fact that it's neutral territory! Do you want to disgrace your namesake further than you already have! Oh boy if your mother ever found out about this you would be off in Switzerland in boarding school!" Kagome scolded Kouga and was tapping her foot quickly in irritation.
"But Kagome…wow you look hot when you're mad…" Kouga managed to get in before Kagome went off again.
"Enough now scram before I actually do tell your mother. Oh don't think this will go unnoticed, the ramifications will come later. Now get out of here!" Kagome yelled and pointed to the door. Kouga left with his defeated tail between his legs. 'At least he knows when to give it a rest.' Kagome then turned around to look at the other half of the problem. It was obviously a weakling from the East side of town or else Kouga wouldn't have bothered picking the fight.
"Don't think that you are getting off too easy. You should be lucky that I came here in time before things got out of hand. You should also know better than to pick a fight here!" she scolded, the recipient, a young boy, looked frightened. It was bad enough that he was picked on one of the lesser people from the West side. But to be scolded from a superior from the West side was more than he could handle. Kagome noticed his fear stricken body and changed her tone.
"Sorry about the inconvenience my lesser might of caused you. Sorry for scaring you as well, next time you see him all you have to do is walk away and he won't bother you." Kagome said in a sweet tone and gave him one of his angelic smiles. See that the boy actually breathed she turned and walked to her friends, heaving a sigh of relief. That didn't go too bad. Feeling that she was being watched, Kagome quickly turned around to see two golden eyes looking at her. She blinked and then he was gone. Yuka, Eri, Ayumi and Sango wondering why their friend had turned around quickly ran to her side and looked in the direction she was looking in. They didn't see anything so the shrugged and started to lead Kagome out of the mall before anymore…outbursts…occurred seeing as how half the mall stopped dead to see if Kagome would finally rip the head off that annoying Kouga.
The ride back to her house (remember she is living with her aunt and uncle) seemed to fly. Kagome just half listened to what the girls were talking about in the car. She couldn't get those eyes out of her head. It seemed to her that they were intrigued by her actions yet mocking in a way. She didn't even realize that she was inside her house until her aunt greeted her. Kagome snapped back to reality. She took off her shoes and before she could go upstairs her aunty squealed in delight when she saw Kagome's shopping bags. Her aunt was always a materialistic girl at heart and thrived on seeing the newest trends and at most times owning them. She was consumerism at it's best. Although Kagome didn't mind her aunts interest in her clothes she did mind the fact that she did throw out everything that was more than a month old. Kagome had to hide her old favourite clothes so that this didn't happen to her unsuspecting garments. Kagome showed off her three pairs of pants, one light stone washed jeans with a crystal encrusted "K" on the back pocket, a black pair silver thread pants with crystals here an there all on the pant legs and her tan Capri's that scrunched up at both sides to adjust the height. She then took out her two skirts one was a plain jean skirt that went down to the to of her knee and a cute black mini skirt, but no too mini. She showed off her tops next; two v-neck tees one white and one lavender, a baby pink halter-top, a black tube top and a light blue blouse that was a ¾ length sleeve. Kagome had managed to hide her shoes because she knew that they would be there another hour while her aunt inspects every shoe to make sure that they were up to her standards. Putting everything back into her bags she scooted upstairs. She was then called down for dinner and then indulged in her tale of the day starting from her being early at school, to Kouga and his actions at the mall making sure that she left out those golden eyes that intrigued her.
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Inuyasha quickly left as he saw that the little scene was taking care of. He was about to step in when he smelled another presence there, defiantly a female who demanded respect. Who was that girl? And how was she able to get rid of Kouga so easily? He had been trying for months to get Kouga to leave his lessers alone. He didn't see much of her considering there was a crowd in front of him, but he did remember those hazel eyes that were so sincere and innocent it didn't seem fathomable that she just yelled at someone. Inuyasha looked at his watch and noticed that he had to get home before his brother would send a search party.
Inuyasha just opened the door to his and his brother's mansion when his brother Sesshomaru hung up the phone.
"Who was that?" Inuyasha asked curious at who would be calling this late.
"If you must know little brother, the was one of the lessers from the West side of town. They were calling to apologize on their sons behalf for the behaviour he exerted towards one of out lessers." Sesshomaru stated in his drowsy tone.
"Wow that was fast…" Inuyasha mumbled. This heightened Sesshomaru's curiosity as to why his brother knew about some of the happenings in his domain. Before he could pursue his curiosity the phone rang again. Sesshomaru reluctantly picked it up and said only one word every so often.
"I shall go see them in the morrow and tell them this, thank you for understanding our situation." With that said, Sesshomaru hung up the phone. He turned to his brother, "How did you know about today's events at the mall. I'm surprised that you even know something that is happening."
"I was there that is how I know." Inuyasha shrugged off the comment like it was something he heard everyday, well it actually was something he heard everyday.
"May I ask why you did not intervene?" Sesshomaru asked hinting at Inuyasha's supposed cowardice.
"By the time I got there the situation was taken care of by someone. The lesser of our side looked relieved when he saw that damn wolf Kouga leave and the fact that the superior didn't strike out at him." Inuyasha simply stated leaving out the fact that the superior was a girl. To him it didn't feel right to include her into this, almost like he had to protect her…what was he thinking? He only saw her eyes, yet it just seemed right.
"That makes more sense as to why a lesser request that we should thank the West side for their superiors actions. Given the tensions between us two you shall stay here tomorrow and watch over the happenings. Hopefully I can instil a sense of concern for the well being of the people here." Sesshomaru said and gave an inward smile at his brother's displeasure. He then departed upstairs and got ready for bed. Inuyasha was soon to follow. While lying down in his bed he couldn't get those eyes out of his mind. Sure they looked like hers but they were more caring and compassionate. How can those eyes get mixed up in the battle between the West and East side of New York City?
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A/N: Uhm yeah sorry that it's long, but hopefully this will offer some ideas as to what is happening. Okay I know that Sesshomaru is Lord of the Western Lands but in my fic I wanted them to have ocean front property. Hopefully you like it and sorry for my extravegent use of long words, I just like them. Let me know what you think!