Chapter 2: First Day of School
As Inuyame walked into the high school building, she wasn't sure what she expected, but it definitely wasn't teenagers just going to their classes and talking to friends in the hallway. After all, it wasn't called Demon High for nothing. But there wasn't any fighting or even yelling, everyone was just doing their own thing. She looked at her first class on her list and smirked.
"Archery 101. I don't think I'll have much of a problem in that class." She said. She didn't realize how wrong she was.
When she first got to class it wasn't that bad, she just had to sit through the teacher telling them the instructions she already knew. Then came game time, it was time for target practice. She was all lined up and was absolutely positive she was going to get a bulls-eye, when he walked in. He was taller than she was by about four inches, had black hair that would fall to his shoulders if it was down but he had it in a high ponytail, a fur headband, a wolf tail, furry calves, and beautiful blue eyes. While she stared, dumbfounded, as the teacher talked to the new student, her fingers slipped and she shot the arrow, straight into the ground.
"Oops…" she mumbled quietly and blushed bright pink as everyone laughed at her.
"Newbie." she heard someone say in the background.
"Ugh. Focus Inuyame." She chided herself and nocked a new arrow. This time, she hit the bulls-eye dead on and everyone went silent.
"Nice shot." Someone said as he came up right behind her.
"Eek!" She jumped and spun around, her hand going to the hilt of her sword.
The new student put his hands up. "Hey, calm down. I just came over to say hi."
"Oh, I um….uh…" For some reason Inuyame found it hard to speak as she gazed into the sea of his eyes.
"You are what?" he asked, a half smile forming on his face.
"I meant, uh, my names-my names Inuyame." She stuttered and looked down.
"Nice to meet you, my names…" he was cut off before he could tell her his name by someone screaming in the distance. The teacher started rushing everyone out to the front of the school and they got separated in the crowd. Somehow she met up with her friends and told them about the strange boy.
"Oh I heard about him. He just transferred from Feudal High. He's a sophomore." Shirara told them all.
"Oh. Well, whoever he is, he's really cute." Inuyame whispered to the two girls.
The girls went into a giggling fit until Mirukosan interrupted by asking "Do you think classes are canceled for today?"
"I think so since everyone's leaving." Sanoku said.
"Then let's get going. I want some ice cream." Shirara.
"You always want sweets." Inuyame said, laughing.
The four of them started walking to the ice cream parlor in town also known as Teen Dream. They were more than an ice cream parlor. They had a jukebox, (one of the new technological ones), café style food, and good company. The four quickly claimed a booth where no one would hear them.
"So, have you guys heard?" Shirara leaned in and whispered.
"Heard what?" Kagome asked, excited. Shirara knew all the gossip in town and most of it ended up true.
"The Shikon No Tama, or Shikon Jewel, has resurfaced." She said meaningfully.
"No way!" They all gasped and leaned back in their seats.
"With who? Who has it?" Sanoku asked.
"No one knows. There've just been people feeling its presence. That's what the commotion in school today was about. Some demon, bad demon, burst into the school looking for it. Apparently the presence is coming from someone at Demon High." She finished quietly.
"Woah. So anyone at school, besides us, could have it. That's heavy." Inuyame said.
"No, it's serious. If a demon, bad demon, gets its hands on the Shikon Jewel, it could mean the end of the world." Mirokusan said.
"You're right, we need to track down who has it and either get it from them or protect them and the jewel." Inuyame said, determination written all over her face.
"Agreed. But we must go about it carefully so demons, bad demons, don't find out we're looking for it or we could be in danger, big danger." Mirokusan warned.
"So it's settled. Tomorrow at school, we begin our search." Inuyame stated.