Chapter 3: Mystery Student
The next day Inuyame rolled over in her bed and groaned as the sun shined in her eyes. "Ugh. Morning already?"
"Inuyame! Time for breakfast!" Kagome called up the stairs.
"Okay! Coming mom!" Inuyame called down and rolled out of bed.
She walked over to her closet and grabbed her robe. She slipped her pink pajama bottoms and top off and slid the robe over her head and tied it at the waist. Today she decided to wear her hair up so she grabbed a red ribbon and tied it into her hair. She grabbed her bow and arrows and Tetsuseiga from her weapons rack and put them on. Then she ran downstairs and sat down at the breakfast table.
"Good morning mom. Morning dad." She said as Kagome set a plate of breakfast in front of her.
"Morning sweetie." Kagome said.
Inuyasha just nodded in her direction, seemingly distracted.
"Dad, what's wrong?" She asked him.
"Oh, well, have you heard anything about the Shikon Jewel?" He asked her.
"Yeah, Shirara said something about it resurfacing. People seem to think it's at Demon High." She said.
"Yeah, that's the dam—" he was cut off by Kagome.
"Watch your language!" she said, giving him a meaningful stare looking at the beads around his neck. Inuyasha grumbled for a moment then continued on.
"That's the problem. I can't go after it because of the student laws." He said.
"Well, Mirokusan, Sanoku, Shirara and I all decided we were going to find out who has it and either take it and protect it or just protect them." Inuyame said.
"Oh. Well, good luck then." Inuyasha said as he finished his breakfast and grabbed Inuyame's book bag and held it out to her.
"Thanks dad." She smiled, grabbed her book bag, stood up on her tiptoes to give him a peck on the cheek and ran out the door. Inuyasha stood there blushing while Kagome smiled and put her hand on his shoulder. "We raised her right, didn't we?" She asked. "Ye-yeah, we did." He said then leaned down and kissed her.
Meanwhile, Inuyame and the group had split up to go to class and she was just getting to her archery class. When she walked out onto the target range, she was surprised and a little upset to find someone sitting in her spot.
She walked over there and with purpose tapped them on the shoulder. "Excuse me, but that's my seat you're sitting in." She said with force. She gasped as the demon turned around and she was pierced with bright blue eyes.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't know." The new student said as he got up. "Oh, it's you." He said and smiled.
"Yeah, and you are..?" She asked as she stood there awkwardly.
"Oh, my name's Kovu." He said and flashed his teeth.
Inuyame whistled low as she looked at his sharp canines. "Nice to meet you." She said and flashed her teeth back at him. For a daughter of a human and a half demon, she had some pretty impressive canines herself.
"So you know how to shoot huh?" He asked, but said it more like a statement than a question.
"I'd say so. How about you?" She asked, wondering what his talents were.
"Nope. I'm afraid I'm new to the whole archery thing." He said.
"Oh. Well, it isn't as hard as it seems." Inuyame said and proceeded to show Kovu how to hold the bow, nock an arrow, and aim. "And from there you just shoot." She said as she let the arrow fly straight to the middle of the target.
"Wow, impressive." Kovu said as he nocked an arrow in one of the schools bows. "Let me try." He said and took aim at one of the other targets. When he let go, Inuyame was sure the arrow would miss, but when she turned around, his arrow was dead center of the target.
Inuyame's jaw dropped as she stared in disbelief. "Beginner's luck." She said as she composed herself. "Why don't you try again."
Kovu smiled, knowing he'd hit a nerve. He knew very well that she was known for her phenomenal archery skills, which was precisely why he had asked his father to get him a private instructor so he could learn how to shoot. He had thought she'd be impressed, but he'd made a mistake by telling her he had never shot a bow before so he decided to play dumb. "Alright, here goes nothing." He took aim, knowing his hold was sloppy, and let go. The arrow, as expected, veered way left of the target, and, just as he'd hoped, some of the fletching from the tail of the arrow had gotten caught in his hand. "Ouch!" he grunted.
Inuyame gasped and went over to Kovu's side. "Are you okay? Let me see." She said and grabbed his hand.
"I guess I kinda messed that one up huh?" He asked with a crooked smile.
"Maybe just a little bit." She smiled back as she slowly pulled the plastic out if his hand. "There, since you're a demon you should be good as new in about an hour. But just to be on the safe side…" She trailed off as she ran over to her book bag. "We better wrap it." She said and took some white gauze wrap from the first aid kit her mom had put in her bag. "Here." She said and wrapped his hand.
"Thanks. That feels a lot better." He said and gave her another prize-winning smile.
"Oh, it was nothing." She said and smiled back, her cheeks turning bright red. Just then the bell rang, signaling time for lunch. Since their first hour class was actually three hours long, lunch was right after it. "Well, I have to go meet with my friends. See ya later." She said and waved as she merged into the crowd.