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"Speaking"

Thinking

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Chapter Six: The Entrance Exam

"Haruhi." Her name permeated the veil of sleep surrounding her. She rolled over.

"Haruhi, if you want to go with me, you need to get up now." Kagome told her sleepy cousin.

"Five more minutes..." Haruhi mumbled into her pillow.

"Fine, you can have five more minutes. You won't have time for breakfast, so I guess I'll eat your portion. I did make your favorite sweet egg omelet, with Miso soup, but if your sure you want to sleep..."

Five minutes later

"Wow Haruhi, I've never seen you move so fast before." Kagome teased. "Do your friends know you can be bribed with food?"

Haruhi glared at Kagome, a pink tinge to her face.

"Oh, I see. Haha! They found out your weakness huh?" Kagome laughed.

"Shut up Kagome." Haruhi growled.

"Touchy." she grinned back. She ate another bite of omelet, then said casually, "So what did they bribe you with?"

Blushing, Haruhi mumbled lowly, "Fancy tuna..."

Kagome let out a loud snort of laughter. "You got yourself bribed with that?"

"Shut up." Haruhi said, embarrassed. "Isn't it time to go?"

Kagome looked at her watch. "Yeah it is." she said, "They should be here soon."

"They?" Haruhi asked confused.

"Yeah, Haninozuka-san and Morinozuka-kun." she confided. "They knew I had the exam, and offered to give me a ride, since Suoh-san told them that there was to be an emergency host meeting or something."

"An emergency meeting?" Haruhi queried. "Why wasn't I informed?"

"Maybe the meeting is about you?" Kagome asked.

"I don't know, but I will be sure to ask Tamaki-senpai." Haruhi said with an air of menace.

"Scary." Kagome said as she saw her cousin's eyes change to that of anger.

There was a knock at the door, and before Haruhi stood, Kagome answered it. "Hi guys," she said.

"Are you ready to go, Gome-chan?" Mitsukuni asked cheerfully.

"Yeah, so is Haruhi. She's coming with us." Kagome told the pair, watching Takashi.

"Ah." he said, immediately clamming up.

Kagome giggled a bit at his awkwardness. She winked at him as she walked out the door.

Shocked, he stared after her. What was that for?

"Hi Hunny-senpai, Mori-senpai."

Takashi snapped back to attention. He turned his gaze on the short, brown haired girl in front of him.

"Haru-chan!" Mitsukuni cheered as he hugged her around the middle.

Takashi allowed a small smile to grace his features, "Hi." he said.

Haruhi smiled back, her cheeks pinking just a bit.

"Are we leaving? Or do I have to call Shippou to take me?" Kagome called.

"Shippou?" Haruhi and Mitsukuni asked in unison.

"Ah." Takashi said as he hurried down the stairs to the waiting car.

"Wait for us!" Mitsukuni called as he grabbed Haruhi's hand and dragged her down, following his taller cousin.

The ride to the school was only slightly awkward, for Haruhi at least. Kagome telling her that she had to confess to her Senpai...it was easier said than done. All the advice had done was give her butterflies in her stomach. She didn't like the feeling. She hated being nervous, especially for no reason. It wasn't as if she was actually going to tell him her feelings or anything.

Apparently, her thoughts on the subject didn't matter one bit though, because she could have cut the tension with a knife, had she cared enough to try. Kagome wasn't having any problems conversing with their companions. Look at her over there, just chatting away. Without a care in the world...no. That was rude of me. She's my cousin, and she was just trying to help. She knows what it's like to be scared of confessing. After all, she did tell me about that one two-timing jerk. What was his name again? Something-yasha? And, to top it all off, she got married, and almost instantly, was separated from him by circumstances she hasn't spoken of. To me at least. Haruhi thought miserably. She felt bad now. It wasn't Kagome's fault she couldn't tell him.

She jumped as she felt a hand on her shoulder. She followed the arm with her eyes until she was staring Hunny-senpai straight in the face. "Sorry...what did you say?"

"Gome-chan and Taka-chan already got out...aren't you coming with us?" he asked innocently.

"Ah! Yes. Sorry about that, I was lost in thought." she apologized.

"It's okay. Takashi does that a lot." he chimed happily.

"He does?"

"Yeah, usually at school...I think he goes over history questions in his head. Takashi loves history, it's his favorite subject." Hunny-senpai offered.

"Really? Mine's English...or maybe traditional Japanese." she supplied.

"That's so cool!" Hunny-senpai said happily. "Wanna know what mine is? Guess, guess!" he said jumping up and down.

"Um..." Haruhi thought. "Do you like...science?"

"Bztt! Bztt! Wrong." he giggled. "It's math!"

"Math is fun isn't it Senpai?" Haruhi agreed.

"Yep! Super fun!" he grinned.

"Mitsukuni." They heard Takashi call.

"Let's go Haru-chan! Takashi took Gome-chan to the testing room already. Let's go to the meeting!" Hunny said as he grasped her hand and loped her toward the school.

"Hey...Hunny-senpai?" Haruhi asked. "Why wasn't I told of the meeting? Was I not supposed to come?"

"You didn't know about it?" Takashi asked her.

"Hika-chan and Kao-chan were supposed to call your phone and let you know." Hunny said.

"Oh." Haruhi said. Those jerks. They did it on purpose didn't they? She asked herself. "Well...I'll be sure to 'discuss' things with them later..."

Hunny-senpai edged away slightly. "Haru-chan! You look scary like that..."

"Huh? Oh sorry." she said. "Those bothersome twins just irritate me, that's all."

Hunny laughed. "It's okay, Haru-chan. I understand."

They finished climbing the stairs, and as they reached Takashi, Hunny moved so that she was in the middle.

"Lets go, Haru-chan, Taka-chan!"

"Okay."

"Yes."

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Kagome rested her head on her hand, as she quickly computed the calculus equations in her head. It was one of the things she was good at. She had had problems with math during her stay in the feudal era. Studying was easy, when she was at odds with Inuyasha, because they were always fighting, therefore giving her unlimited amounts of time. As a result, she had gotten very good at it.

Easily completing the math portion, she set it aside, and picked up the last test. This one was in English. There was English vocab, reading and solving riddles in English, and finally, the English speaking portion of the exam. She was confident about this as well.

The chairman watched as the girl completed her exams easily. She had taken the longest for the science portion, and completed the history exam the fasted he had ever seen. Even faster than the current honor student, her cousin, Fujioka-san.

It had been the first exam, and he'd taken it and graded it on the spot, the girl had gotten one hundred percent. Astounding, since even his son, who liked Japanese history, had only gotten a seventy.

He stood, and walked over to collect her math test. He noticed, while he was standing next to her, that she was nearly done. "Are you ready for the speaking portion of the test, Higurashi-san?" he asked.

"Hai." she said. "I just have this last problem to finish.

"When you're ready then." he collected her paper and turned to return to his desk.

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"Haruhi! We're sorry!"

"We forgot to call you!"

"Please forgive us!" they said in unison.

"Fine." she said numbly.

"How could you forget to tell my lovely daughter that we had a meeting? She might not have come and then I wouldn't get to see her!" Tamaki cried.

"Um...Senpai? I'm here now, so there's no reason to cry..." Haruhi attempted to comfort her Senpai.

"Oh Haruhi! I'm so happy you're here!" he clutched at her, "Thank you Hunny-senpai, Mori-senpai! Thank you for bring my daughter home to daddy!"

Haruhi struggled to free herself from her friends grasp. "Let go! You're not my dad!" Haruhi growled angrily.

She began to struggle, kicking out and squirming in an attempt to get away.

She saw Mori and threw out her arms toward him. "Mori-senpai! Help me!"

He rushed toward her, and without thinking, lifted her out of Tamaki's grasp.

The door opened. "Hey guys, I'm done with my exams..." Kagome stared at the scene set before her. "Um...Takashi-kun? Why are you holding Haruhi like that?"

Takashi blinked and looked down at his arms. A slight tinge of pink fluttered across his cheeks. He'd picked her up bridal style without realizing. "Ah." he gently set her down, but kept a hand on her shoulder, to ward off Tamaki.

"Hm..." Kagome said to herself. "Eh...doesn't matter."

"Gome-chan!" Mitsukuni yelled happily, launching himself at her. He stopped just before he would have ran into her, and gave her a gently hug across the stomach. "Are your tests done? How did you do?"

"Ah...I passed." she said. "I'll be a third year."

He grinned, "Yay! Just like me and Taka-chan!"

Takashi let out a breath of relief. Now he could keep an eye out for the miko. He glanced down at Haruhi, relaxing for a bit, as he saw her smile happily for her cousin. She looks cute when she smiles.

Kagome was looking at Takashi with a knowing smirk. She couldn't wait to have a little talk with him, preferably soon. Look out, Takashi-kun, Kagome wants answers, and answers is what I'll get.

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