Teacher's Pet

Chapter 42: Back to School

"Kagome, c'mon. It's the first day back to school and you're not even out of the bed." Inuyasha yanked the covers from Kagome.

"I don't wanna go!" Kagome whined. She hadn't spoken to or seen Tsubasa since his party. He'd called and texted her enough, but she hadn't returned his calls or replied to his text messages. She had yet to talk to Inuyasha or Kanna about what had happened. She'd mostly kept to herself and that wasn't good.

"Kags," Inuyasha said softly, sitting beside her on the bed, "you know you can talk to me about it."

Kagome nodded. "I know I can. But I don't know what to say!" Kagome bit her lip. "I still love him." She whispered.

"I know you do. But you can't keep moping like this. You've only talked to me and Kanna since Tsubasa's party." Inuyasha moved from Kagome's bed to her closet. "I'm going to get you some clothes so you can get ready for school."

"Yash, I love you, but you are not picking out my clothes." Kagome gave a weak smile.

"Breakfast is ready!" Kanna called from downstairs.

Inuyasha grabbed Kagome's arm and threw her over his shoulder. She was kicking and screaming as she was carried downstairs, but Inuyasha didn't care. He knew that Kagome needed to eat.

Kagome let out a harsh breath as she was dumped into her chair at the kitchen table. "You do realize that I could've just purified you."

"And yet you didn't." Inuyasha glanced at Kanna, who was putting Kagome's plate in front of her. "Now eat."

Kanna had cooked French toast, bacon, and eggs. It all smelled delicious, but Kagome couldn't bring herself to eat anything.

"Kagome, you've lost three pounds in this past week. You need to eat. I'll make Inuyasha hold you down and I will feed you if I have to. But you need to eat." Kanna said, pouring syrup on Kagome's toast. "And you have the back-to-school cheer meeting to lead. That means you have to do new auditions for everyone who's on the team."

"Oh Kanna I'm so sorry. I was supposed to work with you on your routine, wasn't I?" Kagome apologized.

"It's alright. And besides, it's not really fair. You're the captain; you're not supposed to help anybody." Kanna sat down to eat.

"Why do you have to have auditions if people are already on the team?" Inuyasha asked, stuffing his face.

"Because over break some people get worse and some get better. This audition gives some people opportunities to move up in rank and others are sometimes kicked off the team. And then we have try-outs Wednesday for anyone who wants to be on the team. Then Thursday the people who were kicked off the team get to re try-out." Kagome finally picked up her fork and began eating.

"That's a lot of work for cheerleaders." Inuyasha scoffed.

"Kan, this is wonderful." Kagome complimented. "And cheerleading is a competitive sport, Inuyasha. There are people who would probably kill to be on our team. We're the best in Japan. Most of us get cheer scholarships."

"Those actually exist?"

"You can get a scholarship for just about anything. You just have to look for it." Kagome cleaned her plate and got up for seconds.

"Kagome is back." Kanna smiled.

After Kagome finished eating, she took a shower and got dressed. She put on a black sweater, tight dark wash skinny jeans, and some black studded combat boots. Kagome was ready to face whatever the hell was waiting on her at school and she wasn't about to let anyone or anything get in her way.

"Hey Kags! Are you feeling any better?" Sango was immediately worried about her best friend. "We haven't heard from you but Inuyasha told us that you had a nasty stomach virus."

"Yeah. I'm fine though. He and Kanna took care of me." Kagome smiled at her haynou best friend and the white haired demon that was still a mystery to her.

"I'm sorry I couldn't come over. When Kohaku and Sota came back, I told them that they could just stay at the house with me because I didn't want them bugging you. Then my mom had me doing all kinds of dumb stuff." Sango apologized. She hated that she couldn't go and take care of her sick friend.

"It's alright, Sango."

"I really missed you." Sango hugged Kagome.

"I missed you too." Kagome hugged Sango back and they walked into the school arm in arm.

"So are you ready for the auditions this afternoon?" Sango joked. She knew that of all Kagome's captain duties, this was the one she dreaded the most.

"Uuuugh. Don't remind me." Kagome rolled her eyes. "But since you're my co-captain, this is gonna be fun for you, too."

Sango frowned. She had forgotten that half of the responsibility would be on her shoulders too. "Now I regret teasing you."

Kagome laughed. "That's what you get."

"Ok, I know we haven't talked about it, but what's gonna happen when we walk into Mr. Taisho's class and he sees us? I mean…that's gonna be really awkward isn't it? Especially when Ayame walks in." Sango bit her lip, worrying about what might happen.

"You guys!" Ayame called, as if them talking about her had summoned her presence.

"What's up Ayame?" Kagome asked.

"I got taken out of Mr. Taisho's class!" Ayame cried. "I don't wanna take the other history teacher." She whined.

"Don't you think that's better than him having killed you for trying to place a spell on you?" Kagome lifted her eyebrow.

Ayame bit her lip and nodded. "I'm really sorry for the trouble I caused over the break. I'm just glad he didn't call the police."

Kagome shook her head. "Forget about it." She looked at the piece of paper in Ayame's hand and saw that it was her new schedule. "Well at least all of your other classes are the same."

Ayame sighed. "Yeah. I'll see you guys at lunch." She walked away.

Sango shook her head. "That poor girl. She's really got some demons, doesn't she?"

Kagome nodded. "And I don't know how to help her."

"Kags, you can't help everybody. You're only one person." Sango rubbed her best friend's shoulders. "I'm assuming that since I haven't heard from you over break, neither has Tsubasa?"

Kagome frowned. "Nope. I don't know what I'm gonna do about him."

"What do you mean? Did you and Inuyasha get back together or something?" Sango was concerned.

"No. But…" Kagome took a deep breath, not sure how to explain her situation. "I don't think it's right for me to still love my ex and be with Tsubasa." She hadn't really said that it was Inuyasha that was her ex, but she knew that's what it sounded like.

"You have a point. Hmmm…just talk to Tsubasa about it. Maybe he'll understand." Sango suggested.

"You're right." Kagome sighed. "What does it matter anyway? He probably doesn't wanna talk to me since I haven't spoken to him since his party." Kagome opened her locker and put her head inside. "I'm a terrible person."

Sango laughed. "You're not terrible. You're really confused. You're in love with Inuyasha, but things didn't work out and that's not your fault. You can't really help that you're in love with him. Do you think that you're gonna get back together?"

Kagome shook her head.

"Then that's it. You'll always have feelings for Inuyasha, and there's nothing at all that you can do about that. But you can do something about your feelings for Tsubasa. And you can call him when we get out of school. Explain everything to him. I'm really sure that he'll understand everything." Sango rubbed Kagome's back. "Now come on, we're gonna be late."

Kagome took a deep breath and pulled her head out of her locker. She really did love Sango and she hated lying to her. "You're the best. See you in History." They walked their separate ways. Kagome wracked her brain about how she was going to apologize to Tsubasa and get him to see that she really did like him, but she still had feelings for her ex.

Before she knew it, Kagome was walking into her History class. She stood outside the door and took a deep breath, but she didn't feel Sesshomaru's powerful aura leaking out of the door. She walked inside and Sango had a worried look on her face.

"What's wrong?" Kagome asked her best friend.

"Someone said that Ayame was called to the office last period. And Mr. Taisho isn't here." Sango hissed, trying to keep her voice down.

"It's alright Sango. Mr. Taisho's isn't anywhere near Ayame's aura." Kagome closed her eyes and tried to feel out who Ayame was around. But instead of finding Ayame's aura, she found Sesshomaru's and he was walking with another familiar aura not far behind him. Her eyes snapped open. "Oh dear Kami no!"

"What is it?! Where's Ayame?" Sango was worried.

Kagome only shook her head and looked at the door as Sesshomaru walked in first.

"Good morning class. I assume you all had a nice break." He wouldn't make eye contact with Kagome, not that she was even looking at him. She was still watching the door, waiting for someone to walk in. "Higurashi-san, are you waiting on someone?"

"Yes…" she whispered but no one heard her.

Tsubasa walked in the door and his eyes immediately locked with Kagome's. She wasn't greeted with the anger that she thought he would have. Tsubasa actually smiled at waved at her. Kagome's heart warmed. She should've known that Tsubasa wouldn't hate her when he first laid eyes on her. He was kind a forgiving. Like a loveable bear. He took the empty desk beside Kagome that Ayame used to sit in. "Hi there. Long time no see."

"Hi." Kagome breathed.

"Higuashi-san, could you please take your seat?" Sesshomaru asked. There was fire in his veins, but he was sure to keep his voice calm. What the hell was that damned bear doing in his classroom?!

Kagome took her seat, everyone in the class watching her and the new boy and wondering what their connection was. The ones that weren't looking at Kagome looked at Inuyasha. To their knowledge, nothing had changed in his relationship status with Kagome so why was this new boy obviously taken with her, and she with him? Inuyasha caught Kagome's eyes and saw the happiness within those blue depths. This semester was going to be interesting, that was for sure.

"If I could have everyone's attention, please." Sesshomaru said. He knew that he had to pretend that he didn't know the new student that was occupying his classroom and obviously Kagome's mind. "Could you please bring your schedule to me?"

Tsubasa rummaged through his backpack and grabbed the piece of paper the lady in the office had given him earlier in the day. "Here you are." He handed the paper to Sesshomaru. He was sure that he felt anger radiating off of him in waves, but when he looked into the inu youkai's eyes, there was none of the anger he felt. Maybe Tsubasa was imagining things. He walked back to his desk and sat back down. "So is there a reason you've been avoiding me the past week?" He whispered to Kagome.

Kagome smiled at the bear demon beside her. "I'll tell you later. Mr. Taisho doesn't like people talking in his class."

"You are correct Higurashi-san. And since you and your friend do not know when to be quiet, you will write a ten-page report on the Code of Hammurabi due on Wednesday." Sesshomaru told them, beginning his lesson.

Kagome narrowed her eyes at Sesshomaru's turned back, but didn't say anything else otherwise. The rest of the class went on without a hitch, no one said a word as they'd never seen Kagome get disciplined by a teacher. The bell rang for the end of class and Kagome walked out with everyone else, not even glancing back at Sesshomaru.

After class Sesshomaru growled in frustration. He threw the papers off of his desk is rage and slammed his fists on the desk. Kagome hadn't bothered to stay after class. He would've welcomed her anger. Her yelling at him for giving her and that damned bear an assignment. But she hadn't stayed. She hadn't even looked at him. Sesshomaru bent to pick the papers up he'd caused to scatter over the front of the room and tried to think of what he would do. Because something had to be done. He refused to lose Kagome. That was not an option.

At lunch, all eyes were still on Kagome and the new boy. He was with her at her table with all of her friends and they were talking and laughing.

"So is Mr. Taisho always that mean?" Tsubasa asked.

"No. Actually that's the first time we've ever seen him discipline anyone." Sango admitted.

"Yeah, just like that's the first time that Kagome has ever gotten in trouble." Koga narrowed his eyes at Tsubasa. "You're tarnishing her perfect record." He teased.

Kagome laughed. "Oh please. It wasn't perfect. I was late to study hall one day because I forgot my phone charger in my locker."

"I'm leading you down a path of wrong-doings and delinquency." Tsubasa smiled and bumped Kagome's shoulder with his own.

"I think I can handle myself. Besides, I could always-" Kagome was interrupted by a girl by the name of Ai coming to the table and standing at the end of it, staring at Kagome. "How may I help you Ai?"

"I was just wondering who the new guy is." She said nervously.

Kagome knew that Ai was a freshman and she wanted to be on the cheerleading team. She'd tried out at the beginning of the year and had barely missed the mark. Kagome looked at the table she'd come from and saw that there were three sophomores who were already on the team waiting and watching. "Would you mind telling Akemi, Cho, and Eri to come here, please?"

Ai quickly left the table and went to relay the message to the girls. Kagome watched as they all shared varying looks of shock and fear. They got up from the table and Kagome beckoned for Ai to follow them.

"Yes Kagome?" Eri asked, trying to be nice.

"I don't appreciate you sending Ai over here to find out information for you. Just like you know I don't like my business in these hallways, so I wouldn't have told her anything anyway." Kagome said calmly. "Have you forgotten that today is the day you have to re try-out for the team? I didn't think I needed to remind you that Sango and I look at personalities as well as talent when it comes to picking who will be on the team. So even if you're better than me or Sang,-"

"Fat chance!" Sango interjected.

Kagome glared at Sango. She wasn't helping her case. Sango stuck her tongue out at Kagome and went back to silently watching her lay into the idiotic girls. "So even if you're better than me or Sang, if you have a disgusting personality, there is no way that we will let you on this team."

"Kagome, we didn't mean it like that. We were just like you know, wondering what's going on between you because Eri likes him." Cho whined.

Kagome turned to Eri, then back to Cho. "No she doesn't. But you do. Which is odd since you don't know anything about him, who's name is Tsubasa." Kagome paused. "If you three keep your spots on the team, you're on probation effective immediately. You won't be cheering at the first few basketball games. Is that understood?"

The three girls nodded, tears forming in their eyes. They felt like they were little children getting scolded by mommy. But more than that, they knew that if they lost their spots on the team, they probably wouldn't be able to get them back. And since they were on the best high school cheerleading team in Japan, they didn't want to lose their spots.

"You three are dismissed." Kagome excused them from the table. "Ai, I suggest you find better friends because they're more trouble than they're worth." Kagome smiled at her. "I hope you're coming to try-outs this week. I remember you from the beginning of the year. You're really good."

Ai nodded and smiled. Kagome wasn't mean like those three girls had told her. She was really nice and very fair. "Thank you."

"Now go finish your lunch. I don't want you to be late for your next class." Kagome watched as Ai left the table.

"What are you, their mom?" Inuyasha asked.

"Hell no. But I know that they look up to Sango and me. So I feel like it's my responsibility to make sure that they stay on the right path." Kagome said, drinking some of her bottled water.

"I can't believe they sent her over here though." Sango said, frowning. "We're seriously gonna let them back on the team?"

"We can't kick them off because of that. But if they aren't on top of their game at try-outs, then we can kick them off. They're good, but they aren't great. And in a month we have to get everyone's progress reports." Kagome reminded her best friend.

"You check their grades?" Tsubasa asked.

"Mmhmm. It's not enough to be a good cheerleader. You have to be a good leader. And that means making good grades and presenting yourself in a positive way." Kagome explained to Tsubasa.

"Wow. The cheerleaders at my old school just thought it was enough to be pretty. Most of them were bullies." Tsubasa said.

"Speaking of cheerleaders from your old school, how's Mimiko?" Kagome smiled thinking about the friendly, energetic girl.

"She's asked about you a few times since the party. I've been talking to her today about how everything's going. She's really protective like that. She always wants to know what's going on and if I like the school. She even asked if there was anyone being mean to me." Tsubasa laughed.

"She's a sweetheart." Kagome paused. "What about the other one?"

"Saseko? She's been texting me too." Tsubasa watched Kagome frown. "But I haven't replied. Now what was it that you needed to talk to me about?"

Kagome smiled at him. "We can talk about that at my house when you come over so we can start our reports."

"What if I don't wanna come over?" Tsubasa teased with a smirk.

"Oh, but you do. Because I'm making lasagna and my lasagna is the shit." Kagome told him.

"She isn't lying." Sango said. "I don't know how she does it but her lasagna really is amazing."

"Hmm…well I might just have to take you up on that offer." Tsubasa said.

"I know you will." The bell rang, signaling it was time for them to go to their next class. "What's your next class?"

"Um…" Tsubasa tried to remember what his schedule said. "Physics."

"Oh cool. You're gonna be with us." Kagome told him and got up from the table. "Follow me."

"I have no problem doing that." Tsubasa said with a smirk, looking down at Kagome's behind.

"Tsubasa, I'm gonna need you to stop gawking at my ass." Kagome said without turning around.

Tsubasa laughed. As he was leaving the cafeteria, he noticed that there were a lot of people staring at him. "Uh, Kagome…why are there so many people looking at me?"

Instead of Kagome answering, Inuyasha did. "Because people are nosey as shit and you're obviously attracted to Kags. They think that we're still together so they wanna know why I'm not killing you right now."

"Oh." Tsubasa said. He didn't really care though. He just wanted all of the staring to stop. "So how's the next teacher? Is she nice or what?"

"I'll let you be the judge of that." Kagome said, taking her seat beside Inuyasha. Tsubasa sat on her other side and Sango and Miroku filed in after him.

Kagome watched Tsubasa's face as Kagura walked in the room and she was pleased with what she saw. Kagura was wearing a black shirt that was almost sheer and her red bra was visible underneath, along with a black skirt with a very explicit thigh split and some red high heels.

Tsubasa frowned. "Why's she dressed like she's on a corner and not at a school?" He whispered to Kagome.

Kagome shrugged. "I have no idea."

"She's hot though." Tsubasa smirked.

"You're disgusting." Kagome rolled her eyes.

"Don't worry. You're way hotter. And you don't dress like a slut." He leaned down and whispered in her ear.

Kagome fought the shiver than ran down her spine and tried to focus on what Kagura was writing on the board. She had to say that she was surprised that Tsubasa had transferred to her school. But it was a good surprise. A very good one. Perhaps she could forget about Sesshomaru.