Teacher's Pet
Chapter 19: Keep Your Enemies Closer
"So how long have you two been dating?" Sota asked, absently chewing on a slice of pizza.
"Don't worry about it squirt." Kagome answered him, stealing a peperoni off of his plate.
"Whatever. I'm going to go play Inuyasha's game now." Sota rushed from the table, leaving Kagome and Sesshomaru alone downstairs.
"So what do you suggest we do about Kanna?" Kagome asked.
"I am not sure, honestly." Sesshomaru said.
"Hmm…" Kagome bit her lip while she thought.
"You shouldn't bite your lip like that miko." Sesshomaru growled.
Kagome smiled and shook her head. "I've got it!" She announced.
"What are you going to do?"
"I'm gonna make her a cheerleader." She said proudly.
Sesshomaru had to admit that he was confused, but he trusted Kagome, so he didn't ask what that had to do with anything. He followed her up the stairs and into his room. Kagome flopped on Sesshomaru's large bed with a deep sigh. She had no doubt that her plan was going to work.
That very next morning, Kagome approached Kanna with a big smile on her face. "Good morning Kanna!" She greeted enthusiastically.
"Hello Kagome." Kanna was polite, but a lot less enthusiastic.
"I hope you slept well yesterday because we have a big day ahead of us."
"What do you mean?" Kanna couldn't figure out where Kagome was coming from, and she knew that would anger Naraku if she couldn't give him the exact details of what they were planning, if they were planning anything. Kanna wasn't even sure if Kagome knew that she was in cahoots with Naraku.
"Well, in addition to showing you around the school, I wanna make you an honorary cheerleader." Kagome said.
"An…honorary cheerleader?" Kanna asked.
"Yeah! We always need more support. You can travel to competitions with us and everything. Do you know how to cheer?" Kagome was smirking in her head. She kenw that Kanna couldn't figure out her angle, and that was what she'd planned.
Kanna shook her head. "I've never cheered a day in my life. And I've never thought about it either."
"Well today's your lucky day! We have practice from 2:30 to 4. Come so I can introduce you to the team and show you some basic steps. I promise you'll have fun. What school did you come from anyway?" Kagome was talking fast, acting like she was very enthralled with the new student.
Kanna shrugged. "Some school in eastern Tokyo. It doesn't matter anymore." Kanna said.
"Oh. Was it Hirodoushi High?" Kagome asked. "I have some friends that went there and they said it was awful."
Kanna nodded. "Yeah, that's it. Most people out here don't even know about that school."
Gotcha! Kagome thought. Hirodoushi High was the rival school for Kagome's school, and it wasn't located in eastern Tokyo. It was actually less than five miles away. But Kagome didn't call her on the error just yet. "Well, we'd better get to class. I don't wanna be late." Kagome hooked her arm in Kanna's and they walked to their first class together.
By the third class of the day, Kagome had gotten Kanna to say that she was born in Hiroshima in a hospital that Kagome knew was in Okinawa and she said that her parents had moved to Tokyo from a small subdivision in Chiata, though they were supposed to be from Hiroshima. Kagome was proud of herself for getting that information, though she didn't like the fact that she was tricking the girl. She gave a mental shrug. This girl was a threat to herself, Inuyasha, Sesshomaru, and even possibly Kagome's family. And Kagome wasn't having that.
Sesshomaru watched as Kanna walked in behind Kagome. He saw that his miko was smirking, and he was quite anxious as to why she was doing that. That morning Kagome still hadn't informed him of her plans, even though he tried to seduce them out of her. As she lay in his arms well into the morning, he pondered what her little mind had cooked up. His woman was so devious that it turned him on in ways she would never know.
"Read pages 542-550 in your textbooks for bell work. That should take no longer than ten minutes." Sesshomaru instructed the class. "Then we will discuss what was read."
The class moved along smoothly, then it was finally over. Kagome and Inuyasha stayed behind, since it had been some time since they did that.
"I really wish you would spill it." Inuyasha said.
Kagome smiled. She'd told Kanna that she would meet her in the lunchroom, but she was aware of the girl standing on the outside of the door. Kagome grabbed a piece of paper and wrote on it in her beautiful manuscript. 'Kanna's standing outside the door. But my plan is to keep your enemies closer than your friends. She doesn't have her backstory together and I can tell. Naraku didn't prepare her to handle me correctly.'
Sesshomaru read it quickly, but it took Inuyasha a couple of extra seconds. Kagome laughed at her friend for being slow.
"What does that mean?" Inuyasha asked.
Kagome smiled. "You'll see." She walked out of the classroom to find Kanna fiddling with a random locker, trying to play off her eavesdropping. "Oh! I didn't know you were out here." She lied with a straight face.
"Yeah…I left my Physics book in my locker." Kanna lied, but Kagome knew she wasn't telling the truth.
Kagome didn't even call her on the fact that her locker was right beside the Physics class. "Well, since we're all together, let's go to lunch.
"Hey Kags, are you coming over after practice? I need help with my History homework." Inuyasha said.
"You always need help with homework Yash." Kagome laughed. "But I'll pick you up and you can come to my house. Kanna, would you like to come? We can make it a study date for all of us. I'll even invite Sango and Miroku."
"Uh…sure." Kanna figured that going to Kagome's house would be something that Naraku would want. But she didn't know what to do when she got there. Perhaps she should ask him.
"Sango, you wanna come over my house after school for a study night?" Kagome asked her best friend when she got to the lunch table.
"Sure. Can I spend the night?" She asked.
"Duh. My mom's gonna be out of the house tonight anyways. So anybody can spend the night really." Kagome said with a shrug.
"I'm spending the night!" Koga piped up from his side of the table.
"Whatever." Kagome rolled her eyes.
"How often does everybody just spend the night at your house?" Inuyasha asked.
"Actually, normally it happens often. Last year my mom was rarely at the house and I had a sleep over like every weekend." Kagome said.
"That's awesome Kags." Inuyasha laughed.
"If you say so." Kagome thought for a second. "Well Inuyasha, I guess I'll help you with your homework before everyone gets to the house."
"Fine with me. I just gotta pass the class." Inuyasha shrugged.
Lunch was over, then they got to Physics, but as they were leaving out of that class, Inuyasha and Kagome noticed Kanna lingering around while everyone else was filing out.
"We should stay to hear what they're saying." Inuyasha whispered.
Kagome shook her head. "I learned how to use the venom Naraku injected me with against him."
"That should be flushed out of your system by now." Inuyasha said.
"I kept enough of it so I can still get the visions of him and Kagura. I need to keep up with what they're doing." Kagome said.
"What's this new stuff you've learned then?" He asked.
Kagome walked around the corner away from Kagura's class and leaned up against the wall with her eyes clothed. She channeled the aura inside of her mind that belonged to Naraku. She used it to find Kagura and watched what was going on through her eyes.
"I'm going to Kagome's house after school What should I do?" Kanna asked Kagura.
"Get anything that can be used against her." Kagura answered.
"Like what?"
"Like…uh…I don't know! Fine some shit!" Kagura yelled at Kanna. "You can't be this damn dumb!"
Kanna flinched as Kagura raised her hand.
Bingo! Kagome opened her eyes and willed her heartbeat to slow down.
"Are you back?" Inuyasha asked.
"Yeah."
"Good. Don't ever do that again." His heart was beating fast too. If something had've happened to Kagome, he wouldn't have forgiven himself.
Kagome smiled.
"So what did you get?"
"Kanna is abused a lot by Kagura. I'm not sure if Naraku knows or not, but Kagura scares the hell outta Kanna." Kagome said.
They were sitting in their next class, copying definitions out of the glossary. Kagome was in the middle of Inuyasha and Sango, so she knew that they couldn't continue with their conversation. When the final bell rang, Kagome and Inuyasha rushed out of Naraku's class and to Sesshomaru's.
"Kagura abuses Kanna. Kanna is terrified of her, but she's even more afraid of Naraku for some reason. That's why she didn't ask him for help. She wants to please him out of her grave fear for him." Kagome deduced.
"That's…amazing you came up with that Kagome." Inuyasha said.
She shrugged. "It's a gift."
"What are you talking about?" Sesshomaru asked.
"Kags went inside Kagura's mind and saw her talking to Kanna." Inuyasha explained.
When Sesshomaru growled, Kagome glared at Inuyasha.
"What?" Inuyasha asked.
"What do you mean she watched Kagura talk to Kanna?" Sesshomaru's question was for Inuyasha, but he was looking at Kagome, who was looking at her feet.
"She said she kept some of Naraku's venom to-"
"Shutup Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled.
Sesshomaru rushed to Kagome and grabbed her arms. "Do you know how dangerous it is for you to keep his venom inside your body?"
Kagome nodded, still not looking into Sesshomaru's eyes.
"Then why do you still have it?" Sesshomaru was furious. "Look at me!"
"Because I'll do anything I can to protect you! Even if that means putting my life in danger, as long as you're safe then it was all worth it." Kagome said, tears forming in her eyes.
"And have you ever thought of what would happen to me, were something to happen to you? Where would I be then?" Sesshomaru asked.
Kagome scoffed. "You've got women lining up for your attention! You'd be fine without me."
"You obviously have no idea how much you mean to me, then, my little miko." He crushed her body to his in a fierce hug. "Without you, there would be no point in me being here."
Kagome gasped.
"I love you Kagome, and I want nothing to happen to you. I want you to be safe." He whispered in her ear.
"Sesshou, I can handle myself." Kagome said, burying her face in his chest. "Naraku's venom can't hurt me. It would only hurt if I was completely pure. As you know, I have studied with a dark miko and I have some darkness inside of me. Naraku's venom has molded itself with that, so I am fine." Kagome kissed Sesshomaru's lips. "I promise."
Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes. He still didn't like what Kagome was doing, but he knew that there was no way he was going to convince her to do anything else. Once Kagome's mind was set, there was no changing it. She was stubborn, but he loved that about her.
"So I need to change clothes for practice in here since I only have like two minutes and I'm not gonna have time to go to the bathroom." Kagome said.
"You can't be late?" Inuyasha asked.
Kagome was offended. "Of course not! Who do you think I am Inuyasha? Higurashi Kagome is rarely late. Now turn around."
Inuyasha faced the door while Kagome changed into her practice clothes. Sesshomaru only smacked him on his head once for trying to look at Kagome.
"Ok. I'm ready now. Kanna should be by my locker." Kagome and Inuyasha left the room. And Kanna was indeed waiting beside Kagome's locker. "You ready?" She asked the pale girl.
Kanna shrugged. "I guess."
"Girls, we have a new cheerleader. I'm sure you all know Kanna. She's new here." Kagome announced to her squad.
"What about her?" One freshman girl asked. Kagome already didn't like the girl, but she had to admit she had talent. Her attitude was what made her a horrible person, though.
"She's a new cheerleader, like I just said." Kagome said, glaring at the girl.
"We don't have any open spots."
"That's funny. When did you become captain of this team?" Kagome crossed her arms.
The unimportant freshman named Izuko rolled her eyes at Kagome.
"I think you need to recognize that just because you're good, doesn't mean I can't put your ass off this team." Kagome said.
The girl stepped up to Kagome. "I'm better than you, and you know it."
Kagome laughed in her face. "Fall back before I hurt your little feelings girl."
"You can't do a damn thing." Izuko said.
"Have you forgotten that I tumble as well as cheer? I can flip circles around your little bony ass." Just to prove her point, Kagome did a double standing back tuck without any hesitation.
When the girl tried to do it, she fell on her back.
"If you weren't good, you'd be off this squad. Right now you're on probation. Kanna will be taking your spot. Anybody else have any objections?" No one said anything. "Good. Now, let's begin practice."
Sango shook her head and laughed. That was her best friend, but she was wondering what was going on through her head with this new girl on the team. She'd talk to her about it later. Right now, it was time for practice.