Chapter 2: Dorm Rooms.
Kagome sighed and let her head fall onto the steering wheel as she finally parked in one of the only
available parking spots left on the entire campus. Sighing and shifting her weight slightly, she pulled
her cellphone out of the dashboard and speed-dialing her brothers number, she unbuckled her
seatbelt and rifiled through her purse for the map of the school that was hidden among other
random things that really didnt belong inside a purse. A mini flashlight, though that could be
concidered a good asset to have, Assorted lipglosses in random flavors like cherry garcia and pina
collada, four bookmarks, the tassle from her hat, a few packs of tissue, a thimble... how that got in
there she had no idea. She also found about twenty assorted pens and highlighters, a lighter, a
pack of gum from about five months ago and about five bucks in spare pocket change that was
mingling uncomfortably with a frightening amount of lint.
Sighing as her brother finally picked up his phone, she scrambled out of her seat and leaned on the
hood of the car.
"Hey...I'm here!" She exclaimed happily, taking in her surroundings.
"Good. Was starting to wonder when youd show. So where are you?" He asked, his voice
cracking due to extremely bad interception.
"Uhh... good question. In front of an enormously large building that looks a hell of a lot like
Carnegie Hall." She stated as she looked for markings that would distinguish the buildings from the
others.
"It says B-6..whatever that means" She mumbled, rolling her eyes and picking week old fingernail
polish off and flicking it randomly to the ground.
"Oh. Okay, want me to come meet you?" He asked, somebody screaming really loud from behind
him.
"Umm.. no.. no thats okay, i have my crumpled and coffee stained map with me. Im sure I can find
my way. Though we should meet up later...okay?" She asked, shooing a bee away from her face.
"Kay! I'll call you later huh? Good luck!" Souta shouted through the ruckus behind him.
"Yea. Kay later!" She called, flipping her phone shut and stuffing it inside her rather disheveled
purse. Leaning back on the hood of her car and running her fingers through her hair, she stared at
the clear blue sky as multicolored leaves flew above her head, swirling in random places and falling
to the ground, ending their strange dance. She pushed herself back up and walked around to the
trunk, where she began to pull bags out and set them on the ground. Figuring that she could afford
to make a second trip, she closed the trunk and sighed as a large shadow fell apon her and the few
bags she was able to carry. Looking up and pushing her raven black hair from her face she was
met with chestnut brown eyes and greasy black hair.
"'Lo" He mumbled, watching Kagome as she straightened her posture and glared placidly back at
him.
"Hello..." She said emphasizing the 'hel' in Hello. He smiled at her and flashed not so white teeth.
"Names Koga... and you?" He asked, crossing his arms and smiling at her.
"My Name...is Kagome. But not that it matters much." She said stubbornly. He laughed and rolled
his eyes.
"Your a very curt young lady... but I like it...Your new I presume?" he sleazed leaning a bit closer
to her. She smiled pathetically and sighed.
"Good observation, Sherlock...now, if you tell me who murdered the butler, I will be thoroughly
impressed." Kagome stated, pushing past him and grabbing her three duffel bags and a suitcase,
along with her purse and map.
"Ouch. But clever, I'll give you that. Now then, hows 'bout we drop the attitude and you go on a
date wit' me?" He asked, slumming this for all its worth. Kagome coughed in surprise and stifled a
chuckle.
"Well. Maybe when you learn to speak proper english, Koga, she may concider it." Somebodies
voice said from behind. A rather short Girl with shoulder length brown hair and equally brown
eyes. She had an interesting smirk on her face and a much better kept map hanging limply between
her fingers.
"Dont mind my dim witted cousin. He generally dosent have a clue about anything, though how he
got scholarships is beyond me." She stated Switching the map to her other hand and outstretching
her other, nudging past the boy called Koga.
"Im Rin. Equally new here, but unfortunately, related to this oaf." She pointed her thumb behind
her to Koga, who was now picking his teeth with his pinky.
"Please forgive him... were from the feudal era...though MOST of us have matured enough to
know better." She grimaced at her cousins ill behavior. Noticing she was watching, he immediately
stopped and shot her an unusual smile.
'Feudla Era eh? So...the well and everything... isnt a myth?" Kagome asked, tilting her head to the
side and grabbing the rest of her bags after Rin had silently opted to take a few of them for her.
"Most of it. The well is actually a lot bigger than they say..." She said with a chuckle. " And as far
as all those silly cartoons go, THOSE..are completely irrational. Prince Charming over there
happens to be a wolf demon, but not a very good one. I'm not anything special.. just extremely
grateful to Lord Se...oh nevermind, im sure you'll meet him later. Come on. If i recall, Your my
dorm roomate. We talked on the phone a few times!" She mentioned, flooding memories into
Kagomes memories.
"RIGHT! OH MY GOSH! I completely forgot! I was having several Emo moments that week and
must admit I can't remember much. Im soooo Sorry! I thought the name rang a bell." She
apologised over and over until Rin was blushing insanely.
"Dont worry about it. Im sure we all have our...Emo days... i guess. Now come on. I have my stuff
up there already I'll help you. Its a bit of a walk otherwise." She stated, Leaving Koga to scratch
his head unattractively.
Getting into the Dorm hall, Kagome was directed by Rin until they reached their specific room.
Room 407. The Carpet, as they had decided, was a dark navy blue color, figuring that it would go
with most things. Everything else was supplied on their own, except for the beds, which they had
ordered for a bit more money. Kagome smiled and set down all of her stuff in a pile opposite Rins.
After a few hours of excruciatingly boring unpacking of boxes and the setting up of boundries,
laptops and assorted random things such as who like whose curtains better and weather a poster
would distract them too much. Finally getting all that they could for the night, they figured whatever
wasnt unpacked could wait until tomorrow. As of now, the beds were made and calling for them
to mess them up again. Kagome slid an extremely large and overly baggy hoodie on over her white
tee shirt and stuffed her hands into the large pocket. Smiling at her roomate, she sighed and
flopped down onto her pillow.
"So, whos this guy your grateful to?" Kagome inquired, tilting her head to the side. Rin blushed and
sunk under a blanket.
"His name is Sesshomaru. Hes a dog demon.. and when I was younger, about eight or so, he
saved me from a bunch of demons and I have no idea why he did. He dosent talk much or show
any emotion whatsoever, but he let me travel with him and eventually come here... your world,
with him. Hes a few states away now in a different college and we talk more... but I dont think he
cares much..." she said, a hint of sorrow in her voice. Kagome smiled and stifled a squeal.
"Your in love with him arent you Rin!" She said loudly, smiling broadly and wriggling back and
forth.
"Ugh.. is it THAT obvious? I mean, the guy is flippin gorgeous and is for some unknown reason,
nice to me... I cant help it." She mumbled, but smiling equally wide. Kagome laughed and sighed,
staring at the pale creme ceiling that matched the rest of the dorms walls. Rin smiled and carried
the subject off of herself.
"So..You like anybody?" She asked, sitting up and wrapping the blanket around her head, much
like an eskimo. Kagome smiled, but soonly dropped it as she shook her head.
"No. I had a boyfriend once, but he was extremely pessimistic and whiny. It wouldnt be good if I
left, he would have cried on the phone daily." Kagome said with a disgusted tone.
"Ew. What was his name?" She asked, confused as to why anyone would date somebody like
that.
"Hojo. The girly-man of my high school. He was always fauning over me, and I hated it." she
complained between yawns and stomach pangs.
"Hungry?" Rin asked amused at Kagomes loud stomach.
"Yea.I've been living on fast food and granola bard for the past four days. " Kagome laughed,
sitting up and holding her stomach.
"Well then, lets go get some food, I could use a walk anyways. Got money?" she asked, pulling a
twenty out of her pocket.
"Yup!" Kagome said hopping up and grabbing her purse off of her bedpost. Rin laughed and
opened up the door, bounding out after Kagome and locking it with a key card.
After about a half hour walk, The two found a small coffee shop a few blocks away from their
dorm. Coming into the warm store after wandering around outside, they placed their orders and
sat down on the numerous bar stools that ran around the counter. Kagome smiled at the guy
behind the counter as she was handed her coffee and an extremely large bear claw and began to
survey her surroundings. Most of the tables were small and large. Coasters sat neatly on each
table and the whole room smelled of french roast coffee. A few people cluttered around tables
near walls, where fake plants were placed to make the tan room seem livelier. As her eyes
scanned the room, they fell apon a particualr person. He wore a red tee shirt, a black zip up
hoodie, and blue jeans that were frayed at the bottom. He had cascading silver hair and small
silver dog ears protruding from the top of his skull. Her eyes widened, but slowly returned to
normal after the shock of his dog ears had faded.
"Hey Rin...whos that?" She whispered very low. Rin looked and smiled.
"Him? Thats Sesshomarus half brother, Inuyasha. Hes a Hanyou... half demon. But dont waste
your time, he dosent talk to anyone really, and when he does, its normally snide and rather rude."
She stated as Kagome watched him. His silver ears twitched at the voices talking about him and a
frown played across his lips as he flicked his eyes up to where they were sitting. He had gorgeous
amber-like, golden eyes. They were cold, but not heartless and Kagome knew that there had to
be something more to him than snide comments and rude remarks. Shrugging and turning back to
her coffee. Inuyasha continued to watch her for a few more minutes before he realized what
exactly it was that he was doing. Closing the paperback that rested underneath his clawed hand,
he left a few dollars on the table and left, a small bell dinging when the door opened and closed
behind him. Kagome watched his turn left and dissapear around a corner. She smiled, surprising
herself and turned quickly back to Rin, who was blabbing about a movie she had seen. Kagome
smiled and nodded as if she had some sort of idea as to what exactly it was she was talking about.
After about an hour in the coffee shop, they headed back for their dorm, Saturday coming far
sooner than they would have liked. Reaching their dorm door at about ten thirty, Kagome sighed
and fell flat onto her already mussed bed. Rolling the covers around her like a cocoon, Rin smiled
and turned out the light, the room sacrificing itself to complete and utter darkness.
"Gnight" Rin mumbled as she slid elegantly under her covers. Kagome tossed around heavily and
sighed into her pillow,
"nghfft" She mumbled incoherently. Rin laughed and sighed, the room fell silent. If only for a few
hours. Kagome was woken up about three hours after shed finally crashed to find that Rin had a
very annoying sore...which was more like a yelp to be more precise. It sounded somewhat like a
swimmer gasping for air, a mouse that was choking and sneeze at the same. It was the most
peculiar sound in the world and to top it all off, Kagome could catch the faint words of her undying
love for Sesshomaru escape her lips.
"Great." She mumbled.
"She talks WHILE snoring. " She complained while getting out fo bed and fishing through her
toilettries bag for cotten balls. Not finding any she quickly shoved her headphones on and blasted
whatever CD was in there. It happened to be one of the many compelation CDs Sango had
burned for her, the first songe being a scream your head off and headbang songs. Perfect.
Kagome smiled and rolled back into her little cocoon, quickly falling back to sleep.
Waking up around ten the next morning, Kagome groggily made her way to the bathroom and
started a shower.(A/N: Lets say each dorm room has their own bathrooms. Wouldnt that be
marvelous?) Using as much hot water as she could spare, she left the bathroom in a sauna like
state and smiled at Rin, who was sitting at her laptop and tapping her fingers on her chin
impatiently. Looking up she rolled her eyes and smiled.
"Morning. Damn computers being slower than sin this morning. I hope yours is faster." She said
heading over to Kagomes laptop. Before she could get to it Kagome quickly sped across the
room and dove onto her bed, pulling her laptop under her chest.
"No offense to you, but I dont like people using my laptop. This thing cost more than my car did."
She said looking up at Rin from the awkward position on her bed. Shrugging, Rin frowned and
scratched her head.
"Kay. Whatever." Rin mumbled as she shuffled back over to her computer and sighed as the file
she was trying to open finally finished loading.
The rest of the day continued as such, Rin, Kagome had found out, complained an awful lot about
how the feudal era was much easier than this. She also talked to herself, which was a tad bit
creepy. By mid-afternood, a pile of compressed boxes lay in a corner of the room. Everything was
set up to each of their likings and not many complaints were made otherwise, feeling that said
complaints would just cause arguments. Around five, Rin had gone out to meet up with some
friends, leaving Kagome to have the first amount of alone time since she came here. Taking her
key card and shoving it in her pocket, she left the dorm and began to wander around campus
randomly. Coming across a huge feild, she saw several students playing football, one of those
students being her brother. Smiling widely, she began towards the field and stood there, leaning
against a lamp post, contemplating weather to interupt the game or not. Figuring that it wouldnt
hurt, she shoved her thumb and forefinger in her mouth and whistled loudly, a thing her and her
brother used to do to get one anothers attention.Turning his head quickly, he smiled and threw the
ball towards her, catching it with ease.
"Hi Souta!" she called, watching as he ran towards her and enveloped her in a hug.
"HEY! How've ya been!" He asked excidedly. Stepping back a few feet she smiled and stared up
at him.
"Good. Roomate can be a bit annoying, but good. My GOD Your tall. When did that happen?"
she joked, walking around him a few times.
"Hey, ive been gone..what...four years now? Cut me some slack." He sighed with a fake pout.
Looking behind him and turning back to his sister, he smiled and led her towards the four others
standing randomly on the feild.
"Hey Guys. This is my sister, Kagome." He stated as Kagome glared at one boy in particular.
"Kagome... This is Ginta and Hakkaku... twind obviously." He pointed. "Naraku" he said,
pointing out a rather tall individual with raven black hair much like Kagomes. He nodded with a
slight smile and folded his arms across his chest.
"And this... i think you know... is Koga..." Souta trailed off, watching as Koga smiled greasily at
Kagome.
"Hellooooo Kags..how've you been?" he asked, taking a step closer to her. Kagome stepped
back a few and stopped.
"Well. I was doing quite fine until i saw you... now im not to sure."she stated coldly. Souta and
Naraku stifled a laugh as Ginta and Hakkaku openly laughed in his face.
"Heheh... wow. Nice. Thanks." Naraku smiled, shaking her hand briskly. Kagome smiled and
leaned into Souta.
"Well. I like almost everyone here. But I must admit, im not fond of slugs. Never did like bugs"
Kagome stated as her brother gave her a questioning look. Once again, the four laughed lightly as
Koga just stood there, taking the punches.
"You know, in the feudal era, woman like you would be beaten." he stated, looking back to his
comrades for support. All of them looked away.
"Yea... and in THIS era, women like me have pepper spray and know kung fu. So you lay a finger
on me and ill be kicking your butt to next month." Kagome stated curtly. Souta smiled and
wrapped his arm around his sisters waist.
"Anyways. Can i play with you guys.. i have nothin to do anyways. " Kagome asked, picking up
the ball from in front of her feet. Everyone but Koga seemed fine with this idea.
"Sorry sweetie, this is a boys sport..." Koga stated angrily, trying to take his pride back. Kagome
smiled.
"Riiight...so are Swords, which explains why I have three and know how to use them correctly, I
believe baseball is a boys sport too, but that dosent stop other girls from playing. Ive been playing
football since I could walk. Its time to grow up dude." Kagome griped, picking up the ball and
throwing it perfectly to Naraku who was far enough away to make it noticable. Koga huffed and
mumbled something
"Fine...but your on their team." he grumbled, pulling Ginta and Hakkaku towards him. Kagome
smiled and tossed the ball to her brother who started the game. By the time the sun was so low on
the horizon that you couldnt make out much but the outline of trees, They stopped the game.
Kagomes once blue jeans were grass stained and ripped at the knees, Her shoes were tattered
and grass stuck to them due to the wetness of the ground. Her hair was plastered to her face and
Souta, Naraku and Kagome had won by a longshot.
"Next time, were on Kagomes team." Ginta stated as he and his twin brother helped her up off of
the ground.
"Next time?" she asked, pushing hair out of her eyes. Souta and Naraku smiled.
"Yea! Theres no way were losin you now. I told you you'd like them. With the exception of Koga
of course. Id love to know what he did to deserve your loathing...thats not normal for you." Souta
stated, picking up the ball and tossing it towards Naraku.
"I'll explain later. Anyways. I feel and probably smell as bad as you do. So I'm gonna go. It was
fun meeting you all!" She waved, hugging them all quickly.
"Later Kagome!" They all said in unison as everyone stalked off in different directions.
Maybe things were going to turn out better than she had expected after all.
Huzzah! Chapter two done! Okay, i know its unusual, but i wanted a different bad guy in
this fic, so Naraku is good. SHOCK! lol, but yea, hes a good guy and i think i may make
Koga a potentially bad person... sorry Koga. Anyways. I hope you liked this chapter and
please review otherwise i dont know if i should post more! Soooo until next time..
Ja Ne!
Kirralle
