Ok so lots of changes here and I hope they don't make you panic! I'm sorry if it is totally different but it needed it.
Disclaimer: I don't and I repeat I don't own Inuyasha and co. though I wish I did…
Chapter 7 Back To School
Kagome walked down the hallway looking for her first period class. She had just shown Sango to her class and she had no clue where Miroku was seeing as he walked off after the first blonde he saw. She was too worried about her first day to care about his crazy antics. The bell rang and the halls emptied leaving her standing alone as each door to her left and right closed. She was now looking for her class alone. She checked the number on the door to her right and saw it was not the one. She continued down the hall and it was at the end of this hall that she finally found the room marked number 312.
'Finally' she thought as she opened the door and walked in for her first day of school.
"…like you to turn in your test as soon as your finished." The teacher turned to her as she closed the door, it was as if her entrance had pulled the entire class into paralasis. They all sat still in their chairs watching her as if in a trance.
It only took the teacher a second to recover and give her a dry look. "Your late." He stated.
Kagome gave him a look of astonishment, it was after all her first day. "I couldn't find the room." She handed him a note from the office.
He took the paper and looked it over as if scrutinizing it for a flaw that would prove she were tardy. "I see," he turned to the class, almost annoyed at the fact that she was right. "It seems that you have a new classmate." he announced, everyone watched Kagome standing there as if she would at any given moment breakout into song and dance.
Kagome stood there looking at the nameless faces that stared up at her. She knew this was one of the worst ideas she'd ever come up with but she knew somewhere inside that it was worth it.
"Take a seat." The teachers said from behind her, shocking her into movement. She walked down the closest aisle and took a seat at the back, it was one of the only open seats in the room and Kagome was so stunned by the faces watching her she didn't even take the time to find Inuyasha. Kagome knew she could take any one of these people in one on one combat and win, but at the moment she felt she were losing terribly. She took a seat at the back of the room and the teacher carried on about the test. Slowly the faces turned from her and their attention went to the teacher.
Kagome looked down at her desk but she could still feel the stares from her classmates despite the fact that she had sat in the seat farthest back.
"Hi!" The annoyingly high pitched voice of the girl next to her made her turn. "I'm Ayame!" She held out her hand she clearly had no worries about the test she was getting ready to take. Kagome looked at flashy red hair and deep green eyes they seemed fun and exciting and Kagome decided she liked this girl.
Kagome took her hand and shook it, "I'm Kagome." They smiled at one another and Kagome could feel a few stares leave her, which made relief flow through her.
"Nice to meet you." Ayame smiled, "Where did you come from?" Kagome thought quickly, she hadn't really thought about other kids questioning her. She thought quickly and then replied with the first thing she thought of.
Well, it was mostly true. "Florida" she said casually or at least that was what she was hoping for.
"Really? That's cool." Ayame acted like she was doing her test as the teacher glared back at the two. Kagome took that opportunity to look for Inuyasha. She had to admit it wasn't that hard. With his silver hair shining under the florescent lights he stood out easily among his brown and black haired classmates. He was bent over his test and seemed to be doing well. Kagome watched him for a moment as he flipped his pencil and began erasing an answer.
"How long is this class?" Kagome asked Ayame, she was already anxious to be out of here. The confinement was suffocating.
There was a light shining in Ayame's eyes, as if she knew exactly what Kagome was thinking. "An hour why?" She looked back to her test and began filling in bubbles.
Kagome shot a shocked expression at her back, hour long classes? When had it gotten that bad? "Just wondering, I'm bored stiff" She replied cassually causing Ayame to laughed lightly.
"No kidding." Kagome's attention went back to Inuyasha and Ayame's went back to her test. She watched him and wondered at how he spent his free time. What was it he liked to do. Kagome was still thinking up ways to get close to him as time passed slowly. She was just imagining a conversation with him when he abruptly turned around in his seat and looked straight at her. She immediately tried to look away but found that she couldn't.
His amber eyes caught and held hers in a staring contest she was afraid was never going to end. He had her trapped she realized and that was not a feeling she was at all fond of. Then one of his friends tapped him on the shoulder causing him to turn away from her. She blinked thankful of the distaction and watched the conversation.
Kagome read their lips but found the conversation boring; they were discussing where they were planning to go tonight. Kagome decided to keep this information stored in her mind just incase.
Kagome waited for the class to end, she watched as people got up and placed their tests on the teacher's desk and as soon as everyone was finished the teacher allowed them to talk. Kagome sat quietly ignoring the stares she was getting. She could already hear the gossip going around. They were assuming things they weren't for sure about and it was making her feel like an ass.
A few minutes later the bell rang and Kagome rose and fought her way out of class with all the eagerness of the rest of her classmates. She quickly found her locker and tried yet again to get it open. After yelling at her locker on the second try she felt a hand where it shouldn't be. She immediately turned and slapped Miroku, knowing it was him, across the cheek.
He hit the floor with a thud that got the attention of everyone on that side of the hall. She looked up at them and smiled while he groaned loudly.
"How many times do I have to tell you to keep your hands to yourself?" She glared at his still body and sighed heavily irritated.
Miroku groaned in response.
"Serves you right." A nearby girl who had obviously seen the whole thing remarked. "Hi!" she smiled at Kagome. "I'm Jamie."
"Hello, Kagome." They shook hands and greeted each other. Smiling still the girl looked down at Miroku.
"Are you having problems?" She wanted to know, as if she knew just the cure for lecherous creeps.
Kagome rolled her eyes in Miroku's direction and gave the girl a knowing smile. "No, he's my friend." Kagome glared down at him, "Sadly." She added as he started to get up.
"Some friend." she commented before turning back to her own locker.
"You're tellin' me" Kagome looked away from Miroku not giving him a second thought, she still had a locker issue to work out, "Could you help me with my locker?"
"Sure!" She quickly showed Kagome the around the world trick and then said goodbye and left to go to class. After grabbing a notebook for the next class amd getting rid of the book her last teacher had bestoed to her Kagome turned to Miroku who was waiting for her.
"We need to talk." Kagome glared hard at him, but instead of waiting for him to respond she grabbed his shirt and pulled him to a door at the end of the hall. The room was empty so she shoved Miroku in and closed the door behind herself locking it just in case. "What are you thinking?" Kagome yelled in frustration.
"…" Miroku took a step back preparing himself for her wrath. He knew just how well she could kick his ass and he wasn't going to set himself up for it.
"No wait let me rephrase that," Kagome cut in just as he opened his mouth to speak, "You weren't thinking! You're my brother remember?" his eyes went wide in realization, she was right he wasn't thinking, he could have blown their cover. "You see you can't just go around groping your sister, it's just not right. This is why I don't like working with guys." She sighed and frustration pushed her to punching the wall. Not that it helped any.
"Can I grope Sango?" He asked hopefully, still not taking her completely serious, which was a seriously bad thing to do.
"No!" she yelled he just had to push her buttons and that was ticking her off.
"But…" but he had no room to speak, she was locking him in.
"No! You can think of this as a punishment for your lack of judgment." Kagome pointed a finger at him, oh and if looks could kill.
"But…" He was speechless and she knew he wouldn't disobey.
"Don't start with me!" Kagome warned, still not enjoying her day. "Now let's go before we get caught in here." Kagome crossed to the door but before she got to it it opened and a teacher walked in. She quickly spotted Kagome and Miroku.
"Excuse me, what are you doing in here?" Her voice was crisp and knowing.
"We got locked in." Kagome quickly responded, her poker face doing the job.
"The lock is on the inside." The teacher wasn't completely stupid, too bad.
"We're new." Miroku spoke up from behind her 'Nice save.' Kagome thought but that didn't mean he was off the hook.
"Get to class." The teacher didn't want anything to do with them. They quickly walked out the door and headed up a set of stairs to their next class, which unfortunately for Kagome they had together.
"I hope Sango got to class in one piece." Kagome sadly remembered how lost Sango was and how frustrated she got when she didn't get a map.
"She'll be fine." Miroku reassured her, but it didn't boost Kagome's confidence in Sango's ability to navigate.
She smiled anyway. "You're probably right," Kagome grinned, walking on in front of him. "for once." Kagome looked back at him. She laughed at the look on his face, then suddenly bumped into someone and was sent flying backwards into Miroku. Who thankfully caught her.
"Kagome! Hi!" It was Ayame. Miroku helped Kagome stabalize herself and then gave her a face that said 'WTF?'
"Hey Ayame." Kagome sent him a glare that he shrugged off.
"Sorry I bumped into you but I gotta run and get my homework." She ran out the door and down the stairs they had just come up, apparently Ayame had alot of classes with Inuyasha.
"Don't ask." Kagome didn't want to take the time to explain and just left Miroku standing there with a lost look on his face, "And don't touch."
"But you said only Sango." He whined knowing his punishment was going to be a life sentence.
"Right now the only person I want you to even think about groping is Kikyo," Kagome gave him a look, "you got it?"
"Yeah, yeah, whatever." He muttered as they walked to the back of the room and took a seat. Kagome was a bit shocked by his lack of interest. Kagome scanned the room looking for Inuyasha but she didn't see him. Then he walked in the door with a girl at his side, 'Kikyo' Kagome immediately thought and for some reason Kagome found herself jealous, Miroku tapped her on the shoulder and she turned to him.
"Are you okay?" He wanted to know, they had taken the seats at the back of the classroom, mostly to avoid the stares they'd both been getting.
"Yeah, why?" she looked confused by his question.
"You just looked like you were ready to tear someone limb from limb that's all." After all he would know what that looked like.
"I'm okay." She assured him, her attention went back to Inuyasha and Kikyo, "Miroku do you see her?" Kagome wanted to know that he'd been on the look out for his target. It had been a while since Miroku had done actual work for the job. He mostly just drove the car and provided great information that made you wonder what kind of books he read.
"Yeah." He muttered comprehending what she meant. Kagome watched as Ayame walked into the room and spotted her at the back. She waved and walked over to join them, after grabbing her book off one of the other desks.
"Hello again." She said cheerfully, she took a seat next to Kagome, pushing her things aside. "Is he your friend?" she whispered, as she pointed to Miroku.
"My brother." Kagome replied, she found herself rolling her eyes again. It always seemed to happen when Miroku was brought into any conversation.
"Oh!" She looked hopeful, and Kagome felt instantly sorry for the girls lack of judgement.
"Don't even think about it, trust me you don't want him." Kagome informed her new friend, better to spare her now then have her learn the hard way.
She dropped her jaw and asked the one question Kagome could have never expected. "Why is he that small?" Kagome burst out laughing shocked by the question. She laughed so hard that she couldn't breathe. Her face was turning red and she was almost in tears. It just figured Ayame would have thought that's what she meant.
"No…it's not…that…it's just…" Kagome couldn't keep it together.
"Kagome?" Miroku watched Kagome in shock, "What happened?" He looked to Ayame for an explanation, she shrugged her shoulders, trying to figure out what she had said wrong. Miroku was still lost. The teacher looked up from his desk as did everyone in the room. Ayame looked away pretending she didn't know Kagome and Miroku just sat there with a stunned look on his face.
The teacher cleared his throat and Kagome's laughter subsided, as she realized for the second time that day everyone was looking at her. "Sorry." she said wiping her eyes.
"Would you care to share?" the teacher gave her a wondering looked that wasn't at all curious. She shook her head, and turned away. "Okay then now that you've had your fun would you like to tell me your name?" Kagome hated this part.
"Kagome Yoshi." She recited and she almost went on but the teacher cut in.
"And you?" he said indicating Miroku with a finger.
"Miroku Yoshi." Miroku cheerfully replied. His head was still cocked in Kagome's direction the look in his eyes askance.
"Related?" the teacher inquired, as if he really cared to know.
"Not technically." Kagome muttered under her breath.
"Yeah." Miroku spoke up loud enough to block out Kagome's truth.
"Well, I'm Mr. Smith," the teacher said, "Now if you don't mind let's get to work." The teacher got two books from the cabinet and had them passed back then he opened his book and began writing notes on the board while discussing what would be on the next test. Miroku sat watching the teacher but not really listening, as Kagome watched Inuyasha and Kikyo. Her plan was still at its early stages and wouldn't go anywhere until she had a class with Inuyasha alone. Meaning no Kikyo and no Ayame.
She saw Kikyo pass Inuyasha a note and watched him open it, scan it and write back. The jealousy was there again and Kagome found herself tearing the paper that was in her hands. She couldn't identify the reason for her actions only knew that they were out of pure jealousy, which wasn't like her. She did know what part of it was, they had a life she never could have had. She wanted to know why she didn't have that. Maybe she could've had that, maybe she shouldn't be doing this, be following her father's footsteps, carrying out his dream, being him. Why had she done it? That was easy, she had become a thief in hopes of one day being good enough to be just like her father, to be famous in a way that celebrities couldn't, to be read about in the paper, to be seen on tv. She could remember her father, the way he looked the way he smelled. How he'd go away for months at a time and then come back for a day or two. It was his safe haven, yet it wasn't safe enough. It tore her mother apart and it was obvious. Kagome could remember little of her mother. Just her warm smile and the way she always supported Kagome no matter what her interests were. There was one other part of her mother she remembered, the worry. There were always people stopping by the house asking for dad. She never knew if they were good guys or bad, and they never knew where he was. Kagome could remember the last time she saw him, the last present he had given her. She was twelve at the time.
Flashback
It had been raining that day, raining so hard that school had been canceled because of the slick roads and the heavy fog. She had spent most of the day looking out the window waiting on her father to get home. He was due home within the next week, and she was hoping it'd be that day.
"Kagome, darling, get down from there." Her mother said. The puppy ran over to her and jumped on the couch to join her in looking out the window. She picked up the puppy and walked over and sat next to her mother on the couch.
"When's daddy coming home?" she asked in a small voice. It was always hard to talk about father with mom. She wasn't very good at hiding her worry. The pain was always one look away and Kagome feared that most times she was the cause of that pain.
"Today." Her mother replied, she knew it was just a guess, a reply to make her shut up, but it still made her smile.
"Really?" Kagome asked excitement in her tone, her ability to be so niave would only make it worse in the end. When he didn't come.
"Really." Her mother brushed a strand of hair out of her eyes, and rose from the couch to grab a blanket. She put in a movie and then they cuddled on the couch to wait on her father. To pray and wish that he'd make it today. By the end of the movie Kagome had fallen asleep, in all of her anticipation she hadn't slept at all the previous night and now it had caught up to her. Her mother carried her to bed, all the while thinking of the disappointment she would recieve in the morning.
"Daddy?" Kagome stirred in her sleep but slept on. It was no use waking her fully to inform her, so she let her sleep on thinking of her father.
"I'm sorry Kagome," her mother said a tear trickling down her cheek. She laid Kagome in bed then went to her own room and allowed the rain and her tears to lull her to sleep. The only thing she could do was worry. If he weren't here by the end of the week she'd know for sure if he were finally dead or not.
"Kagome!" the male voice was urgent, "Kagome wake up."
Kagome stirred, and rolled over. "Daddy?" Disoriented from the sleep she rubbed her eyes to get a better look.
"Yeah honey it's me, wake up." Kagome sat up in bed rubbing the sleep from her eyes, she suddenly jumped up with an energy she didn't feel and hugged her father as tightly as possible hoping he'd stay longer this time. She'd tried time and again to do everything perfectly when he was around, but it only made him smile and leave. He hugged her back with the same feeling in his old bones.
"Honey, I need you to do me a favor." Kagome kissed his cheek, something was wrong and he wasn't trying to hide it this time. Fear spiked in her heart and she was ready to do whatever it was he asked of her.
"What?" she asked seriously, for a 12 year old she was very mature and that fact scared him. He didn't want to leave her with her mother alone, but for their safety he had no choice.
"I need you to take care of mommy and I want you to watch over her for me." He finally spoke after a long pause, she watched a tear slide down his cheek, and felt tears of her own coming on. "Okay can you do that for me?"
She nodded and she watched as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a small package. She glanced at it but she was more concerned with the fact he was leaving again and so soon.
"I want you to have this." She took the box from him and opened it. It was a silver necklace with a teardrop pendant. She didn't want it, she wanted him, but to keep him happy she smiled.
"It's pretty." She remarked taking it from the box and putting it on.
"Just like you." He said helping her with the clasp. "Now go back to sleep, and tell your mother I love her."
"Okay daddy, I love you." She said lying down after giving him another hug and kiss. She knew there was no point in trying to stop him. She'd tried that every time in the past and it'd only succeeded in him bringing back bigger presents the next time he came. And Kagome didn't like that, especially knowing what it was he went through to get her her presents.
"I love you too." He sad then he rose from her bed and walked out the door, and out of her life forever. He never turned to look back and she was sadly thrown into his world because of that. Because of not knowing if he was alive. She wanted to find him, dead or alive, and return him to her mother, who now laid buried in the Hanging Hopes Cemetary. She owed her mother that much.
End Flashback
A tear trickled down her cheek as she traced a finger over the pendant that she still wore. She felt Miroku lay a hand on her shoulder she could feel his concern radiating off him in layers. And then she noticed that Inuyasha had also turned and was looking at her too. She saw concern in his eyes too. She glanced at Miroku and wiped at the rears on her cheeks. Embarrassment flushed her cheeks and she looked away from both of them.
'Tell me later?' Miroku mouthed, when she looked his way at last, the tears gone and a new resolve in her mind, she nodded.
The bell rang startling Kagome but she recovered and quickly rose and ran for the door Miroku on her heals doing his best to keep up without knocking someone over. Inuyasha's curiosity got the best of him and he left Kikyo there alone in order to find out what had made the new girl cry. He had smelt her tears and it had made his gut twist, and he hated that feeling. Another strange feeling inside of him had just burst and that was one reason he'd ditched Kikyo for a girl he'd never even talked to or even met before. 'What's wrong with me?' he asked himself, but he was too busy catching up to care.
A/N: yay so another chapter fixed for the win! hope you liked leave a review, pm me if you have a question! later!