Sweet Dreams
by Toorikosu
Chapter Two:
"Miss Shirogane!"
Immediately the jukebox was turned to a lower volume. A small crowd of kids peered back towards the school's entrance. A teacher, unknown to them, stood there with an accusing finger. It didn't matter whom the teacher was for they all knew Cody Shirogane. "Keep that contraption down!" As such was said, the gang looked to Cody. As always, it was up to her.
How could she let them down?
Cody's hand shot up as she waved eagerly to the teacher. Two girls exploded into a fit of giggles. There was a slamming of the door and more laughter.
"Cody, you'll end up in alternative if you piss them off too much." Whispered Shika-Kun. The girl grinned. "Nah, but this might." She pulled the CD boom box to her, ejecting the disc to place in one of her own. It was marked "Cody's Jamz." Pressing the button four times, she then paused.
Cody pushed Shika-Kun from the top of the lunch table. Next, she climbed up it to stand there for all to see. "Play it." Yosaku was there and he gladly pressed the triangle. A devious grin overtook her facial features.
Cody clapped once, and then spread her arms out. She dipped her head down. Her hair cast a shadow over her eyes. A guitar strummed a dark melody and was soon joined by clashing drums. The tune was a dark rock.
"Throw your dollar bills and leave your thrills all here with me. And speak" she pressed a finger to Yosaku's lips. "But don't pretend. I won't defend you anymore you see." Cody pulled away, brushing her hands up the white uniform blouse. "It aches in every bone, I'll die alone, but not for you." A gaze was directed towards the school. "My eyes don't need to see that ugly thing. I know it's me you fear." There was pride in her voice as she cocked her head back. "If you want me hold me" Her arms circled her thin waist. "BACK!" Her arms flung outwards then rose to the air. Her feet stomped the tabletop as her hips rotated in a circular fashion only to dip low every other moment.
"Frail! The skin is dry and pale! The pain will never fail! And so we go back to the remedy." Her hips swung enticingly before Yosaku. "Clip the wings that get you high, just leave them where they lie! And tell yourself 'You'll be the death of me'!"
Cody's blue-violet skirt swayed playfully against her legs. "I don't need a friend, I need to mend so far away. So come and sit," She squatted down now, sweeping her hands in front of her. "By the fire and play a while, but you can't stay too long. It aches in every bone, I'll die alone, but not for pleasure." She was once again on her feet, rocking her body in motion. Her hands were held above her head now. "I see my heart explode! It's been eroded by the weather here. If you want me hold me back!"
A yelp came from Cody as she was jerked off the table. She glared up as Densejin-Sensei. He was the principal, and had been for about thirty years. It wasn't until Cody started that gray had begun to streak through his fading hair. "Would you like to assist me to my office, Miss Shirogane?" Cody shrugged. "Will I get some coffee?" she asked. Densejin growled and yanked on her arm. "Like you need any more caffeine." Rain stood slowly, a sign that she was prepared to defend her best friend, but Cody winked at her. Someone giggled nearby.
Cody followed the elder man into the building. As the double glass doors closed behind her, the boom box came on just as loudly as before. Soon enough a teacher would run out to tell them to turn it down. Then, they would have to come up with their own witty responses for she wouldn't be there. She was being led into an office where she promptly took her usual chair. How many times had she sat in this particular chair? Her initials "C.H.S." were carved into the wooden arm. Densejin sat behind his paper-cluttered desk.
"Well, I can't say it's nice to see you once again." Cody was busy picking at her black painted nails. "Didn't you get in troubles just last week for disrupting the lunchroom?" he asked. Cody looked up then. "No. Last week it was getting caught setting the botany lab plants on fire. You're thinking of the week before that, day after I came to school in my jammers."
The old man groaned, causing a smile to spread to her face. "Yes, I remember. Who could have forgotten the explicit dress code breaking on that day? Now let's have a look at your record, shall we?" She shrugged. Densejin placed his hands into a steeple, laying them on his desk. "Disruption with music, indecent dress, assault on other student-" Cody interrupted then. "I still maintain that he kicked himself in the balls." He started over at her with a look of pure disbelief. "We have you on camera." Cody shrugged once again. The principal picked up a folder and opened it. "Paper fights, food fights, dumping red food coloring into the pool with the health aid dummy…"
"That was original! And expensive…" Cody objected, only to snicker afterwards. She was grinning, musing over the criminal act. They all had a few good chucks on that day. Densejin continued. "Prank phone calls from my office, feeding the lab animals some pheromone chemicals, trespassing into the High School's boy's locker room after their water polo practice." Cody was grinning. "Have you no shame?"
"Yes I do. Though the naked body is nothing to be ashamed of, it's a natural piece of society. It's merely a step in our reproduction cycle." Densejin continued reading rather than arguing with her. "Fighting with teachers, dumping Kool-Aid on the cheerleaders during a pep rally, stealing the mascot suit and using it to act as a peeping tom-"
Once again Cody interrupted him. "At least it wasn't the boy's that time. I just wanted to freak 'em out. They don't have anything to show for anyways." A vein throbbed in his neck. Cody was smiling. The folder was dropped.
"Not too long ago you even broke Mr. Fujiwara's nose." Densejin reported to her. Cody's gaze then hardened. "He sexually assaulted me." Principal Densejin slammed the desk. It was an act meant to scare her, as it would any ordinary student, but Cody was no ordinary student. That was rather obvious. "I personally told him to pat you down to make sure you didn't have any lighters on you. You seem to have a fetish for lighting things on fire…" Cody crossed her legs and leaned back into her chair. "He was groping."
"Why do you continue this… this torture? It looks bad on your record and I doubt your parents appreciate restocking the pool and botany lab. Don't you get in trouble for destroying everything? Densejin watched her with exasperation. Cody was engrossed in carving "Luvs Daaku" under her initials on the chair arm. "Hand over your knife." Cody snapped the butterfly blade closed and tossed it onto his desk. "I don't care about stuff like that. Besides, my parents are rich so it doesn't matter."
Densejin groaned loudly. There was no way to reason with Cody, it was simply impossible to get through her thick skull. Rather than replying, he removed a blank documentation and slid it across his desk. "You're to be suspended for two weeks. The next time I catch you, I'll expel your pretty face from my school." Cody whipped out a flashy pen and signed her name as a witness. "What, no I.S.S?" The old man chuckled merrily. "The last time you had I.S.S., you painted the room red to make it look like a suicide scene… with stolen paint supplies from the art room which I still do not understand how you managed to sneak into." Cody's eyes lifted up momentarily from the signature form. "Of course you don't. A magician never reveals her secrets." There would never be a day when she would reveal that she astral projected herself into a body, manipulating the teacher to unlock the door and bring the paint supply to her personally. The teacher then went and destroyed all school film footage to clear the robbery act. The thought made her grin. "Don't forget the throttled dummy. Boomer and I had a few good chucks that day." The term "chucks" was a little term coined from Cody's favorite book, Stephen King's "It".
And again the principal was forced to mentally assure him that the she-devil would be gone soon… 'So soon'. It didn't matter now. She'd be gone soon… for two whole weeks!
"Call your mother and have her come pick you up." With a stubby finger, Densejin scooted the phone towards her. "Me mum's not home." Actually, Hideki was at home. It was just that ever since Aya, the infamous father he was (Cody scowled at the thought), had gone on a White Flag assignment and had been gone for a month that Hideki had been falling back into a nocturnal phase. Hideki wouldn't be too thrilled to have to come and pick up a trouble-making daughter. 'Heh, I'd rather walk.'
"Who else could come pick you up?" he asked softly, trying to hide the eagerness in his voice. A new grin refreshed her face. 'Why my babysitter of course!' Rather than taking the office phone as indicated, she whipped out her own emolicious-, another word she so ingeniously created, designed cell phone. She had so many babysitters… but who to call? As she punched a single button repeatedly, her eyes scanned the list of names. She couldn't call Gypsy for the green cat had no wheels. Trinity didn't own a car either, since the satanic scholar sensei had guys to bus her around all day. Not only that, but Trinity would scold her and that would prove Principal Gray-Hairs right satisfied, so Trinity was out of the question. She had two other options: Kira Kurasaki, also known as yours truly Echo. Echo did seem to be the better choice. She would probably congratulate Cody and treat her to some wine coolers, but… At the same time Echo would also report her actions to Cody's other sensei, Eclipse. '…Eh-heh… heh?' Echo was out. Cody then dialed the last option, the number that shouted: 1-800-SAVE-MY-ASS. The dial tone buzzed in her ear, ringing three times before a man answered. "Urameshi residence." Cody couldn't help but grin with evil intent. "Ayuh, I'd like to order one knight in scruffy green armor. Dash 'em up with hair gel and wicked wheels. My address is Hell-Con Middle School. The order is under Cody Shirogane."
She was answered with laughter. There was then a fumbling on the other line as Kuwabara yelled in the background. "Urameshi! You need to pick Cody up from school." More rustling took place as the phone switched hands. Yusuke answered on the other end. "What'd you do?" he asked with a teasing tone. Cody glanced at her suspension sheet. "Says here I was offensive to teacher and disrupting lunch with criminal-high music." She snickered. Yusuke was also laughing, but his voice was bouncing around the receptor. More than likely he was pulling a jacket on. "Did you do it?" She could hear Kuwabara still laughing in the background. "Okay, okay, I'll be there soon enough." The line clicked.
Cody turned slowly, an arrogant grin upon her face. "My guardian," she spoke with slow ease, "Will be here soon enough." Then without asking permission, she told Densejin that she would be going to fetch her things. She was practically waltzing down the hall, humming the beat to a Missy Elliot song. As she opened her locker, a leather coat, gym sneakers, a green hoodie, and a letter fell out. Cody pulled on the coat, stashing the shoes and sweater back into the locker, and then picked up the letter. Lastly, she removed her backpack and slung it over her shoulder. She slammed the red metal shut while she gazed down at the note. It was from Yosaku so she shoved it into her pocket to be read later.
She was returning up the hallway when a door clicked open. Rain peeked out, slowly escaping the classroom. "Yo." Cody called. Rain smiled shyly. "Are you okay?" Her voice was soft while Cody's chuckle echoed throughout the halls. "Easy smeezy, lemon squeezy." The statement caused Rain's smile to widen. "So then, how'd it go?" There was a slight shrugging of her shoulders. "Suspended for two weeks, so I'm gonna take a trip to Konoha and see Sasuke. I'll spend the night with TenTen or Ino, and be back by tomorrow." Rain slowly nodded, that smile still on her face. "Then I'll see you tomorrow then." And then she did the oddest thing. Rain rushed to her, slinging her arms about Cody's waist, and squeezed. "Chill, dah'lin. I ain't going off to die or anything." Rain giggled. "Be safe." Her arms tightened again. 'Kai…' Cody hugged Rain hard. "Later, Rain." They then parted and Cody walked away. "Don't do anything I wouldn't do!" And there was such a foreboding sense within those words, Rain couldn't help but shudder.