Next Day
I pace outside the door, glancing at my watch every few seconds.
pace...pace...glance. pace...pace...glance. pace..
"Screw this" I said to myself then commenced pounding on the door shouting,
"Yusuke get your ass out of the bathroom NOW!!! I'm gonna be late. Again!"
"Keep your pants on. I'll be out in a few minutes," he yelled back to me.
"That's what you said ten minutes ago, and ten minutes before that, and ten minutes before that! You were in there when I woke up for Kami's sake."
"Yeah, yeah..." Then the door opened and Yusuke strolled out looking fresh as a daisy and jumped in fright when he saw me.
I glared. "It's about time...and don't touch my doughnut if you want to live to see Keiko again."
He looked slightly frightened, "How do you know about Keiko??" he asked nervously.
"I have my ways...." I tried, going for the mysterious answer, but Yusuke just looked at me.
"All right, all right, so she called the other day. Jeez. We got to talking and I gained a lot of valuable information. Ah the blackmail opportunities," I grinned evilly, "So don't cross me or everyone will find out about Puu."
Yusuke paled, but I didn't have time to enjoy it. I only had time to freak out completely, "Ten minutes! I have ten minutes to get ready and get to class. Yusuke look what you've done!" I yelled as I dashed into the bathroom.
I heard Yusuke's "ME!?!" faintly through the bathroom door before I jumped into the shower. I screeched and jumped out again. "YUSUKE!!! You used all the hot water. I'm going to kill you!!"
Outside the bathroom Yusuke jumped in surprise, dropped my half-eaten doughnut on the floor, and then high tailed it out of there.
Meanwhile I looked at the shower, grimaced, jumped in, and took the fastest shower known to man. By the time I got out my teeth were chattering and I was vowing to exact my evil revenge. I threw on some clothes and raced out the door and down the stairs then out another door and zoomed into the commons, up the stairs, down another hall and skidded into the last room on the right, "Am pant I pant latepant?"
Kurama grinned. "Almost."
I looked around. Hmmm apparently all first year students are required to take History of Makai. We eight newcomers were the only ones taking the class. I was seated between Kagura and Kanna. I like Kagura well enough, but Kanna....well she kind of freaks me out. She's got the weirdest vibe about her. Inuyasha sat behind me. But thankfully he didn't say a word. I actually think he slept through the class. I grinned evilly. I can guarantee he'll have plenty to say to me after lunch. Sango and Miroku were seated beside each other. It was quite entertaining. Yes, I know it's wrong to find enjoyment in the suffering of my best friend, but it's so damn funny! Actually the class itself is pretty interesting. Although why they were wasting our time making us learn the history of a theoretical world, I have no idea. Muahaha...lunch is in two minutes. This school's food is really good but, damn, if good food's wrong I don't want to be right. Also, I get to see my prank on Inuyasha go into effect.
Bell rings, goes down to lunch
I was the first one there. I glanced at the pink care bear boxers I had hung in the middle of the room earlier under the guise of a 'bathroom break.' Inuyasha's going to regret saying my pranks were mediocre. I resisted the urge to look surreptitiously around. It would only make me look more suspicious and there's no way anyone could connect me to the prank anyway. So I just headed towards my table to wait. Inuyasha came in and looked at the boxers weirdly, then he just shrugged it off! How can this be! My plan was perfect. He should have been writhing with embarrassment now! He walked up to me, and asked, "What are Sesshoumaru's boxers doing hanging in the middle of the room?"
"Sesshoumaru's!! But they were in your room!" I exclaimed
"How'd you get in my room?"
"err.."
At that moment Sesshoumaru walked in, saw the boxers and went pale.
I sighed and muttered, "I don't know how I get myself into these things," and then I stepped forward and shouted, "Inuyasha!! How DARE you hang my boxers in the middle of the room!" thus attracting attention to myself. Then I walked over and snatched them down, "You should be ashamed of yourself. Stealing a girl's pajamas to try and embarrass her." I looked at the rest of the room and said, "That's right I sleep in boxers. It makes me feel manly." That statement got me several strange looks from the crowd as I stalked back to the table.
"I'm sooo sorry Sesshoumaru. I thought they were Inuyasha's" I said glaring at said person, "Why don't you have any embarrassing underwear and why were Sesshy's boxers in your room?" I asked Inuyasha, quite put out by my error.
"Mom must have put them in my basket by mistake, and unlike Sesshoumaru, I'm not whipped by our little sister Rin, so I can leave the embarrassing boxers she gives us at home with out spending the whole year feeling guilty about hurting her feelings, and this brings us back to how you got in my room..."
"Your little toady roommate, err...Jaken, I think it was, he doesn't get much attention from girls does he?"
"You flirted with my roommate!?!"
I shrugged, "Sure."
The whole time this was going on Sesshoumaru was staring at me.
"What is it Sesshoumaru?"
"You, girl, you embarrassed yourself on my account, in front of the entire student body. Why?"
"Well it was kind of my fault, besides I wasn't really embarrassed. I don't care what other people think and I'm used to making a spectacle of myself."
Sesshoumaru looked at me for a minute and then sat down beside me.
"Aww Sesshy you do care!" I said giving him a hug. He stiffened, then relaxed and commanded, "Release me girl."
So what could I do? I released him. "Sesshy, I realize that sitting next to me was a big step for you and I shouldn't push you but, if sometime you could call me by my name, which happens to be Kagome, by the way, that would be great."
Inuyasha spit out his ramen.
"He's letting you call him Sesshy!!! But the only person he lets call him anything but Sesshoumaru is Rin. I must admit that your name for him is way less embarrassing than hers though.
"What does Rin cal..." I broke off that line of questioning when Sesshoumaru growled, "Oops, sorry Sesshy, I didn't mean to snoop in your business."
"That's not why he's growling." Inuyasha told me.
"Then why?"
"Take a look at Miroku."
"He's on the floor unconscious again. He must have groped Kagura."
"Exactly."
"What? Sesshy likes her?"
"Yes"
"Oh, oh I can help, let me help. It's the least I can do after yesterday's incident."
"Girl I can do this on my own."
"I know. I just meant I could help you get into contact with her."
"How? After yesterday she finds me...distasteful."
"By asking her to sit with us," and with that statement I jumped up and raced over to Kagura who was currently scanning tables for a place to sit.
"Hey, Kagura. You wanna sit with us?
"Is the dog there?"
"Who? Oh, you mean Sesshoumaru. Yeah he's there, I'm so sorry about yesterday. It was totally my fault, but you left before I could explain...Sesshy's really a great guy once you get him to loosen up and he's hot too. C'mon give him another chance.
"I don't know...looks aren't everything."
"I totally agree, which is why you should come and sit with us and get to know him better. You can't judge him based on that one experience, especially since I already admitted it was mostly my fault. Oh, and you'll have to give him some time, he's a little stiff at first. It's his 'I'm lord of everything' routine.
"Really? You seem to know a lot about him. How long have you known him?"
"Since around this time yesterday."
Kagura anime falls, but I manage to grab her lunch tray before she
goes down.
"Geez, Kagura, you should be more careful. You were almost lunch
less."
In the meantime, everyone had arrived at the table.
"Guys this is Kagura, Kagura this is the guys. You already know Sesshoumaru, that's his brother Inuyasha. This is Sango, my cousin. Shippo is right over there next to Kanna..."
"Hello Kanna."
"Hey Sis."
"Okay you're related, that's great, moving on. That's Boton, she's Kurama's girlfriend. There's Yukina and she's with Kuwabara. Which brings us to Yusuke, who's pining for his girlfriend at home..."
"I am not pining. I'm doing just fine without Keiko."
"Yeah, sure you are, she'll be glad to hear it," and with that statement I left Yusuke sputtering threats towards me.
The couple in the corner with the disturbing propensity for PDA's is Kouga and Ayame. This is Kikyo and, hey, where's...slap ...Miroku, otherwise known as the pervert. Avoid sitting by him."
"We're acquainted."
"Ah, yes, I saw. Besides I doubt there are many girls in this school who aren't 'acquainted' with him. Now, sit, sit," I said ushering her over to my previous spot by Sesshoumaru. "Now move aside Inuyasha," I said while pushing Inuyasha off his seat on Sesshoumaru's other side.
"Oy, wench. You made me spill my ramen!"
"Awww, poor baby."
"Says the girl who was crying over the applesauce she dumped on my head."
"Sesshy, you teased me! What progress, now if only I could get you to call me by my name...HEY! Wait a minute that was entirely different!"
"Kagome," Sango said patiently, "It's exactly the same."
"Yeah," I nodded sadly "It is."
Everyone anime falls, while I look on confused, "What???"
bell rings
Well, today in math we had a break through. Oh don't worry. I didn't actually understand something, if that's what you're thinking. No, Boton hit Miroku with her textbook. Of course it was pure reflex, and she apologized profusely over Miroku's unconscious body, but when he groped her again as she was apologizing, she whacked him again and was unrepentant. Anyway, class was boring. Who wants or needs to know vertex form of quadratic equations? Mathematicians don't count. They're all nuts. The angry little guy passed me in the hall today. I don't know what came over me but I just couldn't help tripping him. He glared at me and left. I wouldn't be surprised to find a snake in my bed tonight. And not the rubber kind either, it's much more likely to be the poisonous kind. I don't know what possesses me to bait the guy. I even made up with Sesshoumaru for crying out loud. Maybe he's the leader of the penguins and I sense his evil plotting. Yeah, that's it. He's been sent to ensure my mission of ridding the world of penguins is a failure...Muahahaha. Anyway, grins evilly back to my plotting...just because today's prank on Inuyasha didn't work doesn't mean I'm going to give up, and now I'm friends with his brother, sort of. I wonder if Inuyasha's afraid of anything...
Urg. College Bio has been reduced from mildly painful to downright torture. My lab partner is Hiei, otherwise known as the angry little guy...I don't know why I keep calling him little...he's an inch or two taller than me. I guess it's because he's so much smaller than all the other guys I know. But back to the topic at hand...the little jerk almost sliced my hand open with the scalpel we were using to dissect our trout. I swear he did it on purpose too, and with the formaldehyde and everything the cut could have gone gangrenous and I would have had to cut it off, and then were would I be!?! Without a hand that's where. Okay, okay, so maybe I'm over dramatizing it just a little. looks sheepish I actually came closer to slicing my hand open than he did. Sharp objects and I don't get along, and neither do me and hot objects... and, well, the list goes on. I'm just a tish clumsy. On my fifteenth birthday I almost fell into an old well trying to get our cat, Buyo...poor Buyo, he didn't last for a week after gramps passed. But back to Bio...besides his attitude and obvious wish of my death, Hiei is actually an ideal lab partner. He isn't too happy, or chatty, or ditzy, and he doesn't care too much and he doesn't care too little. He's certainly intelligent enough, but he's a little...distracting...I found myself staring at him a couple of times, and noticing little things like the way his eyes went all hard and disgusted when he heard a girly squeal from one of the people in the room (sometimes they didn't come from the girls rolls eyes). I found it...sexy...URG! BAD Kagome BAD! Don't think things like that about your enemy. While you're drooling over his great eyes...and strong hands...and...drools
I shake my head, 'Snap out of it girl. While you're drooling he could be plotting!' I latch firmly onto denial 'What was I thinking!?! Stupid aberrant thoughts. Must be all the formaldehyde fumes. Like I could ever find Hiei attractive. Of course not. But I do think I've found another test subject.' I grin, 'In fact...Miroku's Inuyasha's best friend, and Sesshoumaru's his brother so they probably know all there is to know about him, and Kurama and Sesshoumaru probably know more about Hiei than anybody else here...yes, yes, they will be much help. Not that they'll know it.' gets an evil look face
"Huh!!!" I glance around wildly and see Hiei standing here looking smug. He's gotta be the one who knocked my hand out from under my chin! Ohhh is he gonna get it....
"What was that about!!?"
"Girl. You were scaring the rest of the student body."
I looked around. He was right. Everybody but he, Sesshy, and Kurama had edged away until they were on the other side of the room.
"Oh, come on! I can't be that scary!"
"If you'd seen the look on your face..." Kurama said with a shudder, "What were you thinking about anyway?"
I grinned evilly, "Revenge"
Sesshy looked suspicious, "Revenge on whom?"
"Why, Inuyasha, of course."
"Probably that's not a good idea."
"Why not?"
"Because Inuyasha will get revenge right back."
"You think I'd let that amateur get the best of me!" I sniffled.
"No, no, of course not Kagome..." he said consolingly while awkwardly patting my head.
"Sesshy! You do care!" I exclaimed throwing my arms around him.
Hiei bursts out laughing. "SESSHY!" HAHAHA "You're going soft!"
I scowled, let go of Sesshoumaru, and stalked over to Hiei
"Kagome..." Sesshoumaru said warningly.
"Hmph. Fine Sesshy. I won't hurt him. But this is war. Nobody insults my friends and gets away with it."
"Kagome I can take care of it myself."
"That doesn't change anything, unless you think it's an insult to be defended by a girl. Then I'll back off, a little."
"I do not find it insulting, but I do not wish for you to become involved."
"Very well, I will respect your wishes for now, but don't always expect me to do what you say."
I look up and find Hiei looking at me."
WHAT!?!"
"Hn."
"Ass."
"Hn."
I rolls eyes at him and ignored Hiei for the rest of the class.
Hiei's POV
I've decided that I respect this ningen girl...Kagome. I've been watching her all day, hoping to see an opportunity for revenge. Through the window in the commons I saw her hang up the boxers, then realize her mistake, and take the embarrassment she meant for someone else, to save someone who wasn't even her friend at that point. In a single 24 hour period, she managed to make an enemy of Sesshoumaru, and then turn him into a friend, no small feat. In Bio today she displayed amazing loyalty to try and fight me because I insulted her friend of only a few hours, and she's not as ditzy as she seems. She puts up a good act but I can tell there's something more there. There are moments when she thinks no one is watching and she lets her guard down, and I can see sadness...however, she's still just a ningen, so she will never know the respect I hold for her.
"Yeah, but she's a hot ningen."
"Who are you?"
"You."
Shut up."
"You can't tell yourself to shut up."
"She's really not that hot."
"She is too...c'mon admit it."
"Hn."
"Close enough."
Kagome's POV-outside, under a tree
"I can't believe that guy! Hmph. Who does he think he is!? I grumbled
"What's wrong with you wench?" came a voice from above me.
"Nothing! Go away, Inuyasha."
"All right, all right, yeesh. I was just asking 'cuz I was hoping you'd stop your whining."
"Right."
"Well, obviously I'm going to have to suffer through your whining anyway, since you won't tell me what's wrong."
"It's no big deal. It's just this guy, who's being a jerk. Ermm Hiei something or other."
Inuyasha jumped out of the tree
"Wait! Where are you going?" I asked.
"To beat the crap out of this guy so you'll stop your whining."
"Aww, Inuyasha. You like me!"
"HUH! How'd you get that out of, 'I'm going to go beat someone up.'?"
"Well, sure you wouldn't normally get 'you like me' from that, but you were going to beat up somebody who bothered me. That's so sweet. It's like having an overprotective brother."
"I just wanted you to stop whining."
"You could have just jumped down and sat a couple of trees over. Then you wouldn't have heard me. But we'll play it your way. Anyway you don't need to beat him up. I have plots."
"Plots."
"Yep. I have some for you too. Don't think that just because you were sweet you're exempt from my revenge."
"Don't think I'll go easy on you because you're a girl."
"Please like I need any favors from you."
"Face it. I'm better than you."
"Riiight."
"I am."
I rolled my eyes and walked away.
"I am!" Inuyasha said indignantly and then he trailed after me saying 'I am' every few seconds even going so far as to still be following me around after I went into my dorm room.
"KAGOME! Just admit that I am better!"
"No."
"I am."
"Hey Sango." I said noticing her sitting on the couch reading.
"Hey I was getting worried. I thought may be you were trying to catch a squirrel or something again."
"Naw. I resolved my squirrel issues long ago."
"Couldn't catch one huh?"
"No dammit! Fast little buggers, and they would have made perfect bait for the penguins too..."
"There are so many things wrong with that plan.."
"Kagome I am, just admit it already." Inuyasha said interrupting our conversation, at this point I'd had it. It was time to take drastic measures
"Inuyasha, if you don't give it up and get out I'm going to start screaming."
"You wouldn't do that."
"Yes. I would. Now get out." When Inuyasha just stood there looking smug, I raised an eyebrow, took a deep breath and shouted, "AHHH. RAPE! FIRE! Guy with a gun! AHHHmmmph" I was forced to stop screaming when Inuyasha covered my mouth.
Yusuke and Miroku came out of their room. "Thank you Inuyasha. Yeesh Kagome, what were you trying to do, deafen us?" they asked
"Mmmph." I glared at Inuyasha who still had his hand over my mouth. Fortunately Inuyasha got the hint and removed the hand, before I was forced to make sure he lost it permanently.
"Blame him!" I said pointing at Inuyasha.
Miroku quirked a brow. "He was raping you, setting a fire, and threatening you with a gun?"
"Well no. But he was being annoying and I warned him what would happen if he didn't shut up and leave," I said pouting
Kurama and Boton from next door burst in holding buckets of water, they look around frantically, "Where's the fire!?!"
I looked sheepish and said, "Sorry guys, false alarm." Kurama and Boton scowl and stomp away, muttering something about not letting anyone or anything else interrupt them any more.
Miroku waggles his eyebrows, "I wonder what exactly they didn't want interrupted. Boy I sure wish I was rooming with a girl like that...smack Oh Sango! You didn't think I'd forgotten you, did you? It's just that whenever I try to take our relationship to the next level you smack" Miroku moaned, "Slap me down.."
"You letch!! Like that's the reason I smacked you in the first place! You were thinking perverted thoughts about Boton!"
"Yeah, for all you know they could be playing Mah Jong. You know how hard it is to get back into the rhythm when you've been interrupted."
Miroku snickered, "That's not the kind of rhythm they're interested in." Sango smacked him upside the head again.
"You shouldn't talk about Boton and Kurama that way!" I scolded.
"Ermm Kagome, judging by the sounds we heard in our room, they aren't playing cards...." Yusuke added.
Sango and I look at each other. "YOU PERVERTS!!" BAM "I can't believe you were listening to them!" CRASH "How could you!?!" BOOM"
Kurama and Boton came in again, "What's all the commotion about this time?"
"They were listening to you guys!"
"So?"
"You don't have a problem with that!?!"
"No. Why should we? Come to think of it why do you care that they listened to us play Soul Caliber 2?"
"Errmm...Eavesdropping is bad??"
She rolled her eyes, "Whatever. Try to keep it down." Boton said as they left.
As soon as they were gone Yusuke and Miroku fell on the floor rolling with laughter.
"Not funny!" I yelled as Sango and I stalked to our rooms. We didn't talk to them for the rest of the night.
I pace outside the door, glancing at my watch every few seconds.
pace...pace...glance. pace...pace...glance. pace..
"Screw this" I said to myself then commenced pounding on the door shouting,
"Yusuke get your ass out of the bathroom NOW!!! I'm gonna be late. Again!"
"Keep your pants on. I'll be out in a few minutes," he yelled back to me.
"That's what you said ten minutes ago, and ten minutes before that, and ten minutes before that! You were in there when I woke up for Kami's sake."
"Yeah, yeah..." Then the door opened and Yusuke strolled out looking fresh as a daisy and jumped in fright when he saw me.
I glared. "It's about time...and don't touch my doughnut if you want to live to see Keiko again."
He looked slightly frightened, "How do you know about Keiko??" he asked nervously.
"I have my ways...." I tried, going for the mysterious answer, but Yusuke just looked at me.
"All right, all right, so she called the other day. Jeez. We got to talking and I gained a lot of valuable information. Ah the blackmail opportunities," I grinned evilly, "So don't cross me or everyone will find out about Puu."
Yusuke paled, but I didn't have time to enjoy it. I only had time to freak out completely, "Ten minutes! I have ten minutes to get ready and get to class. Yusuke look what you've done!" I yelled as I dashed into the bathroom.
I heard Yusuke's "ME!?!" faintly through the bathroom door before I jumped into the shower. I screeched and jumped out again. "YUSUKE!!! You used all the hot water. I'm going to kill you!!"
Outside the bathroom Yusuke jumped in surprise, dropped my half-eaten doughnut on the floor, and then high tailed it out of there.
Meanwhile I looked at the shower, grimaced, jumped in, and took the fastest shower known to man. By the time I got out my teeth were chattering and I was vowing to exact my evil revenge. I threw on some clothes and raced out the door and down the stairs then out another door and zoomed into the commons, up the stairs, down another hall and skidded into the last room on the right, "Am pant I pant latepant?"
Kurama grinned. "Almost."
I looked around. Hmmm apparently all first year students are required to take History of Makai. We eight newcomers were the only ones taking the class. I was seated between Kagura and Kanna. I like Kagura well enough, but Kanna....well she kind of freaks me out. She's got the weirdest vibe about her. Inuyasha sat behind me. But thankfully he didn't say a word. I actually think he slept through the class. I grinned evilly. I can guarantee he'll have plenty to say to me after lunch. Sango and Miroku were seated beside each other. It was quite entertaining. Yes, I know it's wrong to find enjoyment in the suffering of my best friend, but it's so damn funny! Actually the class itself is pretty interesting. Although why they were wasting our time making us learn the history of a theoretical world, I have no idea. Muahaha...lunch is in two minutes. This school's food is really good but, damn, if good food's wrong I don't want to be right. Also, I get to see my prank on Inuyasha go into effect.
Bell rings, goes down to lunch
I was the first one there. I glanced at the pink care bear boxers I had hung in the middle of the room earlier under the guise of a 'bathroom break.' Inuyasha's going to regret saying my pranks were mediocre. I resisted the urge to look surreptitiously around. It would only make me look more suspicious and there's no way anyone could connect me to the prank anyway. So I just headed towards my table to wait. Inuyasha came in and looked at the boxers weirdly, then he just shrugged it off! How can this be! My plan was perfect. He should have been writhing with embarrassment now! He walked up to me, and asked, "What are Sesshoumaru's boxers doing hanging in the middle of the room?"
"Sesshoumaru's!! But they were in your room!" I exclaimed
"How'd you get in my room?"
"err.."
At that moment Sesshoumaru walked in, saw the boxers and went pale.
I sighed and muttered, "I don't know how I get myself into these things," and then I stepped forward and shouted, "Inuyasha!! How DARE you hang my boxers in the middle of the room!" thus attracting attention to myself. Then I walked over and snatched them down, "You should be ashamed of yourself. Stealing a girl's pajamas to try and embarrass her." I looked at the rest of the room and said, "That's right I sleep in boxers. It makes me feel manly." That statement got me several strange looks from the crowd as I stalked back to the table.
"I'm sooo sorry Sesshoumaru. I thought they were Inuyasha's" I said glaring at said person, "Why don't you have any embarrassing underwear and why were Sesshy's boxers in your room?" I asked Inuyasha, quite put out by my error.
"Mom must have put them in my basket by mistake, and unlike Sesshoumaru, I'm not whipped by our little sister Rin, so I can leave the embarrassing boxers she gives us at home with out spending the whole year feeling guilty about hurting her feelings, and this brings us back to how you got in my room..."
"Your little toady roommate, err...Jaken, I think it was, he doesn't get much attention from girls does he?"
"You flirted with my roommate!?!"
I shrugged, "Sure."
The whole time this was going on Sesshoumaru was staring at me.
"What is it Sesshoumaru?"
"You, girl, you embarrassed yourself on my account, in front of the entire student body. Why?"
"Well it was kind of my fault, besides I wasn't really embarrassed. I don't care what other people think and I'm used to making a spectacle of myself."
Sesshoumaru looked at me for a minute and then sat down beside me.
"Aww Sesshy you do care!" I said giving him a hug. He stiffened, then relaxed and commanded, "Release me girl."
So what could I do? I released him. "Sesshy, I realize that sitting next to me was a big step for you and I shouldn't push you but, if sometime you could call me by my name, which happens to be Kagome, by the way, that would be great."
Inuyasha spit out his ramen.
"He's letting you call him Sesshy!!! But the only person he lets call him anything but Sesshoumaru is Rin. I must admit that your name for him is way less embarrassing than hers though.
"What does Rin cal..." I broke off that line of questioning when Sesshoumaru growled, "Oops, sorry Sesshy, I didn't mean to snoop in your business."
"That's not why he's growling." Inuyasha told me.
"Then why?"
"Take a look at Miroku."
"He's on the floor unconscious again. He must have groped Kagura."
"Exactly."
"What? Sesshy likes her?"
"Yes"
"Oh, oh I can help, let me help. It's the least I can do after yesterday's incident."
"Girl I can do this on my own."
"I know. I just meant I could help you get into contact with her."
"How? After yesterday she finds me...distasteful."
"By asking her to sit with us," and with that statement I jumped up and raced over to Kagura who was currently scanning tables for a place to sit.
"Hey, Kagura. You wanna sit with us?
"Is the dog there?"
"Who? Oh, you mean Sesshoumaru. Yeah he's there, I'm so sorry about yesterday. It was totally my fault, but you left before I could explain...Sesshy's really a great guy once you get him to loosen up and he's hot too. C'mon give him another chance.
"I don't know...looks aren't everything."
"I totally agree, which is why you should come and sit with us and get to know him better. You can't judge him based on that one experience, especially since I already admitted it was mostly my fault. Oh, and you'll have to give him some time, he's a little stiff at first. It's his 'I'm lord of everything' routine.
"Really? You seem to know a lot about him. How long have you known him?"
"Since around this time yesterday."
Kagura anime falls, but I manage to grab her lunch tray before she
goes down.
"Geez, Kagura, you should be more careful. You were almost lunch
less."
In the meantime, everyone had arrived at the table.
"Guys this is Kagura, Kagura this is the guys. You already know Sesshoumaru, that's his brother Inuyasha. This is Sango, my cousin. Shippo is right over there next to Kanna..."
"Hello Kanna."
"Hey Sis."
"Okay you're related, that's great, moving on. That's Boton, she's Kurama's girlfriend. There's Yukina and she's with Kuwabara. Which brings us to Yusuke, who's pining for his girlfriend at home..."
"I am not pining. I'm doing just fine without Keiko."
"Yeah, sure you are, she'll be glad to hear it," and with that statement I left Yusuke sputtering threats towards me.
The couple in the corner with the disturbing propensity for PDA's is Kouga and Ayame. This is Kikyo and, hey, where's...slap ...Miroku, otherwise known as the pervert. Avoid sitting by him."
"We're acquainted."
"Ah, yes, I saw. Besides I doubt there are many girls in this school who aren't 'acquainted' with him. Now, sit, sit," I said ushering her over to my previous spot by Sesshoumaru. "Now move aside Inuyasha," I said while pushing Inuyasha off his seat on Sesshoumaru's other side.
"Oy, wench. You made me spill my ramen!"
"Awww, poor baby."
"Says the girl who was crying over the applesauce she dumped on my head."
"Sesshy, you teased me! What progress, now if only I could get you to call me by my name...HEY! Wait a minute that was entirely different!"
"Kagome," Sango said patiently, "It's exactly the same."
"Yeah," I nodded sadly "It is."
Everyone anime falls, while I look on confused, "What???"
bell rings
Well, today in math we had a break through. Oh don't worry. I didn't actually understand something, if that's what you're thinking. No, Boton hit Miroku with her textbook. Of course it was pure reflex, and she apologized profusely over Miroku's unconscious body, but when he groped her again as she was apologizing, she whacked him again and was unrepentant. Anyway, class was boring. Who wants or needs to know vertex form of quadratic equations? Mathematicians don't count. They're all nuts. The angry little guy passed me in the hall today. I don't know what came over me but I just couldn't help tripping him. He glared at me and left. I wouldn't be surprised to find a snake in my bed tonight. And not the rubber kind either, it's much more likely to be the poisonous kind. I don't know what possesses me to bait the guy. I even made up with Sesshoumaru for crying out loud. Maybe he's the leader of the penguins and I sense his evil plotting. Yeah, that's it. He's been sent to ensure my mission of ridding the world of penguins is a failure...Muahahaha. Anyway, grins evilly back to my plotting...just because today's prank on Inuyasha didn't work doesn't mean I'm going to give up, and now I'm friends with his brother, sort of. I wonder if Inuyasha's afraid of anything...
Urg. College Bio has been reduced from mildly painful to downright torture. My lab partner is Hiei, otherwise known as the angry little guy...I don't know why I keep calling him little...he's an inch or two taller than me. I guess it's because he's so much smaller than all the other guys I know. But back to the topic at hand...the little jerk almost sliced my hand open with the scalpel we were using to dissect our trout. I swear he did it on purpose too, and with the formaldehyde and everything the cut could have gone gangrenous and I would have had to cut it off, and then were would I be!?! Without a hand that's where. Okay, okay, so maybe I'm over dramatizing it just a little. looks sheepish I actually came closer to slicing my hand open than he did. Sharp objects and I don't get along, and neither do me and hot objects... and, well, the list goes on. I'm just a tish clumsy. On my fifteenth birthday I almost fell into an old well trying to get our cat, Buyo...poor Buyo, he didn't last for a week after gramps passed. But back to Bio...besides his attitude and obvious wish of my death, Hiei is actually an ideal lab partner. He isn't too happy, or chatty, or ditzy, and he doesn't care too much and he doesn't care too little. He's certainly intelligent enough, but he's a little...distracting...I found myself staring at him a couple of times, and noticing little things like the way his eyes went all hard and disgusted when he heard a girly squeal from one of the people in the room (sometimes they didn't come from the girls rolls eyes). I found it...sexy...URG! BAD Kagome BAD! Don't think things like that about your enemy. While you're drooling over his great eyes...and strong hands...and...drools
I shake my head, 'Snap out of it girl. While you're drooling he could be plotting!' I latch firmly onto denial 'What was I thinking!?! Stupid aberrant thoughts. Must be all the formaldehyde fumes. Like I could ever find Hiei attractive. Of course not. But I do think I've found another test subject.' I grin, 'In fact...Miroku's Inuyasha's best friend, and Sesshoumaru's his brother so they probably know all there is to know about him, and Kurama and Sesshoumaru probably know more about Hiei than anybody else here...yes, yes, they will be much help. Not that they'll know it.' gets an evil look face
"Huh!!!" I glance around wildly and see Hiei standing here looking smug. He's gotta be the one who knocked my hand out from under my chin! Ohhh is he gonna get it....
"What was that about!!?"
"Girl. You were scaring the rest of the student body."
I looked around. He was right. Everybody but he, Sesshy, and Kurama had edged away until they were on the other side of the room.
"Oh, come on! I can't be that scary!"
"If you'd seen the look on your face..." Kurama said with a shudder, "What were you thinking about anyway?"
I grinned evilly, "Revenge"
Sesshy looked suspicious, "Revenge on whom?"
"Why, Inuyasha, of course."
"Probably that's not a good idea."
"Why not?"
"Because Inuyasha will get revenge right back."
"You think I'd let that amateur get the best of me!" I sniffled.
"No, no, of course not Kagome..." he said consolingly while awkwardly patting my head.
"Sesshy! You do care!" I exclaimed throwing my arms around him.
Hiei bursts out laughing. "SESSHY!" HAHAHA "You're going soft!"
I scowled, let go of Sesshoumaru, and stalked over to Hiei
"Kagome..." Sesshoumaru said warningly.
"Hmph. Fine Sesshy. I won't hurt him. But this is war. Nobody insults my friends and gets away with it."
"Kagome I can take care of it myself."
"That doesn't change anything, unless you think it's an insult to be defended by a girl. Then I'll back off, a little."
"I do not find it insulting, but I do not wish for you to become involved."
"Very well, I will respect your wishes for now, but don't always expect me to do what you say."
I look up and find Hiei looking at me."
WHAT!?!"
"Hn."
"Ass."
"Hn."
I rolls eyes at him and ignored Hiei for the rest of the class.
Hiei's POV
I've decided that I respect this ningen girl...Kagome. I've been watching her all day, hoping to see an opportunity for revenge. Through the window in the commons I saw her hang up the boxers, then realize her mistake, and take the embarrassment she meant for someone else, to save someone who wasn't even her friend at that point. In a single 24 hour period, she managed to make an enemy of Sesshoumaru, and then turn him into a friend, no small feat. In Bio today she displayed amazing loyalty to try and fight me because I insulted her friend of only a few hours, and she's not as ditzy as she seems. She puts up a good act but I can tell there's something more there. There are moments when she thinks no one is watching and she lets her guard down, and I can see sadness...however, she's still just a ningen, so she will never know the respect I hold for her.
"Yeah, but she's a hot ningen."
"Who are you?"
"You."
Shut up."
"You can't tell yourself to shut up."
"She's really not that hot."
"She is too...c'mon admit it."
"Hn."
"Close enough."
Kagome's POV-outside, under a tree
"I can't believe that guy! Hmph. Who does he think he is!? I grumbled
"What's wrong with you wench?" came a voice from above me.
"Nothing! Go away, Inuyasha."
"All right, all right, yeesh. I was just asking 'cuz I was hoping you'd stop your whining."
"Right."
"Well, obviously I'm going to have to suffer through your whining anyway, since you won't tell me what's wrong."
"It's no big deal. It's just this guy, who's being a jerk. Ermm Hiei something or other."
Inuyasha jumped out of the tree
"Wait! Where are you going?" I asked.
"To beat the crap out of this guy so you'll stop your whining."
"Aww, Inuyasha. You like me!"
"HUH! How'd you get that out of, 'I'm going to go beat someone up.'?"
"Well, sure you wouldn't normally get 'you like me' from that, but you were going to beat up somebody who bothered me. That's so sweet. It's like having an overprotective brother."
"I just wanted you to stop whining."
"You could have just jumped down and sat a couple of trees over. Then you wouldn't have heard me. But we'll play it your way. Anyway you don't need to beat him up. I have plots."
"Plots."
"Yep. I have some for you too. Don't think that just because you were sweet you're exempt from my revenge."
"Don't think I'll go easy on you because you're a girl."
"Please like I need any favors from you."
"Face it. I'm better than you."
"Riiight."
"I am."
I rolled my eyes and walked away.
"I am!" Inuyasha said indignantly and then he trailed after me saying 'I am' every few seconds even going so far as to still be following me around after I went into my dorm room.
"KAGOME! Just admit that I am better!"
"No."
"I am."
"Hey Sango." I said noticing her sitting on the couch reading.
"Hey I was getting worried. I thought may be you were trying to catch a squirrel or something again."
"Naw. I resolved my squirrel issues long ago."
"Couldn't catch one huh?"
"No dammit! Fast little buggers, and they would have made perfect bait for the penguins too..."
"There are so many things wrong with that plan.."
"Kagome I am, just admit it already." Inuyasha said interrupting our conversation, at this point I'd had it. It was time to take drastic measures
"Inuyasha, if you don't give it up and get out I'm going to start screaming."
"You wouldn't do that."
"Yes. I would. Now get out." When Inuyasha just stood there looking smug, I raised an eyebrow, took a deep breath and shouted, "AHHH. RAPE! FIRE! Guy with a gun! AHHHmmmph" I was forced to stop screaming when Inuyasha covered my mouth.
Yusuke and Miroku came out of their room. "Thank you Inuyasha. Yeesh Kagome, what were you trying to do, deafen us?" they asked
"Mmmph." I glared at Inuyasha who still had his hand over my mouth. Fortunately Inuyasha got the hint and removed the hand, before I was forced to make sure he lost it permanently.
"Blame him!" I said pointing at Inuyasha.
Miroku quirked a brow. "He was raping you, setting a fire, and threatening you with a gun?"
"Well no. But he was being annoying and I warned him what would happen if he didn't shut up and leave," I said pouting
Kurama and Boton from next door burst in holding buckets of water, they look around frantically, "Where's the fire!?!"
I looked sheepish and said, "Sorry guys, false alarm." Kurama and Boton scowl and stomp away, muttering something about not letting anyone or anything else interrupt them any more.
Miroku waggles his eyebrows, "I wonder what exactly they didn't want interrupted. Boy I sure wish I was rooming with a girl like that...smack Oh Sango! You didn't think I'd forgotten you, did you? It's just that whenever I try to take our relationship to the next level you smack" Miroku moaned, "Slap me down.."
"You letch!! Like that's the reason I smacked you in the first place! You were thinking perverted thoughts about Boton!"
"Yeah, for all you know they could be playing Mah Jong. You know how hard it is to get back into the rhythm when you've been interrupted."
Miroku snickered, "That's not the kind of rhythm they're interested in." Sango smacked him upside the head again.
"You shouldn't talk about Boton and Kurama that way!" I scolded.
"Ermm Kagome, judging by the sounds we heard in our room, they aren't playing cards...." Yusuke added.
Sango and I look at each other. "YOU PERVERTS!!" BAM "I can't believe you were listening to them!" CRASH "How could you!?!" BOOM"
Kurama and Boton came in again, "What's all the commotion about this time?"
"They were listening to you guys!"
"So?"
"You don't have a problem with that!?!"
"No. Why should we? Come to think of it why do you care that they listened to us play Soul Caliber 2?"
"Errmm...Eavesdropping is bad??"
She rolled her eyes, "Whatever. Try to keep it down." Boton said as they left.
As soon as they were gone Yusuke and Miroku fell on the floor rolling with laughter.
"Not funny!" I yelled as Sango and I stalked to our rooms. We didn't talk to them for the rest of the night.