Darkness High
by fairyenchantress
Summary: Kag/ Sessh. He leaned toward her, his fangs gleaming in the moonlight. His hair cast a silver curtain over her face, isolating them from the world around. Her breath caught in her throat as she felt those fangs graze her neck and her eyes widened for the first time in genuine fear. As if from a distance she heard his voice gently murmer, "welcome to Darkness Kagome."
Extended Summary: Kagome and Sota are taken in by foster parents after thier parents die in a car wreck. They are quickly sent to a boarding school. But this isn't any boarding school, it's Darkness. Here Magical beings are taught the art of thier crafts, elfs, monks, witches, gnomes, warlocks, and even... demons. They are rumored to be out of existance but Kagome soon realizes that in one certain case they are very much alive.
Ch.3: Life saver
............On the way to second period.
Several days had passed and still Kagome had not caught a glimpse of.... Sesshomaru. He had acted like such a jerk, making her need to retaliate somehow, and then just, dissapeared? Kagome fumed, her hands fisted at her sides as she stormed into history class and tossed her book bag grumpily into a nearby chair.
Suddenly she caught a glimpse of long, long auburn hair, and her eyes narrowed. Leaping forward Kagome reached him, grabbing his shoulder to spin him around as her voice echoed through the enormous domed chamber.
"Listen buddy, I don't know who you think you are to just drop somebody and dash away like that, and whats with the evil eyes, hu? Just because...." She trailed off as he turned in surprise to face her, his almost golden eyes widened, clearly believeing her to be mad.
"......I thought you were someone else,"
"Obviously," He decided, ducking out of his golden cloak and tossing it hap-hazardly over his shoulder before extending a hand with a wry smile. "I'm Inuyasha."
"Kagome. Listen I'm really sorry about...."
"No foul," He answered nonchallantly, grasping her warm hand in his.
"But you'll have to fill me in on that one sometime, sounds like a story ripe with adventure and betrayal.... can't wait." He took the seat beside her as he spoke, glancing briefly at Sango who sat on her other side, starring moony-eyed at a man on the opposite end of the chamber.
"That's Sango," Kagome introduced with a shake of her head. "And the pervert over there she has her eyes glued to is Miroku. " She finished, as said pervert blew an extravagant kiss her way and Mr. Myoga began to speak.
"....... And so, overcome with deep repentence at the life he had forced his beloved to lead, Asaka hexed his own feet, so that he might be forced to dance every waking moment for the rest of his own life." Myoga finished in a monotone manner, wiping the sweat from his oversized brow.
"Why would he do a thing like that? That's freaking stupid!" Inuyasha's outburst turned heads across the room, Kagome burst out laughing and choked giggles ensued as Mr. Myoga's face reddened in consternation.
Several tense minutes later Kagome said goodbye to Sango before continuing on her way to third hour. "Hey there pretty lady, coming my way?" Kouga asked, his arm slipping with ease around her delicate shoulders.
"Kouga.... come on let go, it's really not funny anymore." Kagome said, beginning the lengthy process of prying his arms away from her.
"No humor in this romance darlin.'" Kouga countered, smiling down at her.
"Hey," Came Inuyasha's voice from behind them, as he lifted Kouga by the collar and tossed him frustratedly aside. "She said lay the hell off her!"
Smiling broadly at Inuyasha, Kagome decided she was liking him more and more already.
....................That weekend...........
Sango and Kagome lay sprawled across Miroku's bed, dreamy, excited looks plastered on their faces. Miroku lay with his head resting on a pillow, pretending to sleep, on the floor. Shippo lay curled in a beanbag, his face serene, half asleep himself while Sota sat in an armchair across the room watching in mild interest. They watched the screen of the platinum television Miroku had insisted on bringing with him from home as the story it showed slowly came toward its' close. Inuyasha, however, paid it no mind. He lay face down, unmoving on the couch, groaning in abject boredom.
"....So what comes after he climbs the tower and rescues her?" Richard Gere asks. "She rescues him right back...." Julia Roberts responds as their lips meet for the perfect end of movie kiss.
"I just love that movie!" Sango announces, propping herself lazily up on her elbows. "Pretty Woman is the perfect romance." She declares.
"Are you kidding me?" Inuyasha demanded, his anger muffled against the plump red couch cushions. "It's idiotic, how can you possibly like that crap? I mean a big business tycoon hooks up with a prostitute, happens everyday, big deal?"
"Yeah, but they fall in love and get married!" Sango argues forcefully.
"That's true, but he's a business man, he's also probably cheap. I bet he just married her to save money, makes better financial sense than paying by the week." Miroku agrees as both he and Inuyasha begin to laugh riotously.
"That's a disgusting thing to say!" Kagome jumps in. "Where is your sense of romance, what about the fact that the two are from opposite ends of life and find each other, find love, despite all the odds?" Kagome insists.
"Oh he found something all right, but I'll tell you right now it wasn't love." Miroku adds, his smile suggestive.
"You men are pigs!" Sango and Kagome exclaim in unison, bounding from the room and throwing them all murderous looks over their shoulders before slamming the door. Miroku and Inuyasha's laughter followed them out.
Sota and Shippo exchange alarmed glances before shrugging. Sota snaged up the remote and began to channel surf.
............... The next week, first period.
Today's task was supposed to be easy. They were simply supposed to change other class members uniforms green while moving around. It was supposed to help thier accuracy in spell casting, and against moving targets. Obviously all hell had broken loose. Spells were going everywhere, the entire room was a rainbow of colors, and seven kids had been carted off the to the nurses in the past four minutes. Kagome was staying well out of the way.
When a magenta beam came flying toward her Kagome's eyes widened. With a small "eek" of alarm she prepared to dive to the side. A golden sheild popped in front of her and reflected the attack back at its sender whose skin turned a lovely shade of puse.
"Thanks, you're a life saver," Kagome began, with a warm smile for her savior. "Oh... it's you." She added, her voice hitting a sour note.
"Yeah, Sesshomaru, and you're Kagome right?" He asked. She noted that his eyes were a very light amber today, not nearly the boder-line cobalt they'd been the last time they met.
"Uh hu."
"So... you're new here aren't you?" He asked, his tone casual, though Kagome knew that he was perfectly aware that this was her first year.
"Yes."
"Where you from.....?" He continued, unfazed, his smile devastating. Kagome felt her anger lessen as she looked into his eyes.
"The U.S, my brother and I moved to Japan after... our parents died." She finished, turning several uniforms a heart-stopping shade of green.
"I'm sorry," He said simply, but Kagome could here the unspoken question, 'how?' in the silence.
"It's okay, it was a car accident, and nobody's fault," She answered, blocking several attacks before glancing over at him, and noticing for the first time the intensity of his stare. It was like he was trying to see inside of her, but what was he looking for though?
"So, have you been sick?" Kagome asked, telling herself it was conceited to think his absence had had something to do with her.
"You.... could say that," His answer was vague, his pose tense.
It was almost as though he were forcing himself to talk to her, Kagome realized, slightly angrily. What, was he trying to prove that he could tollerate her pressence for over five minutes or something?
"Sorry about letting you go last week." He said finally, after several tense moments had passed.
"I got over it."
When the bell rang they parted wordlessly.
............................. First hour, days later.
What was wrong with him? Kagome wondered as she slipped into the little shorts and tank top that composed her gym uniform. The other day he had practically died in an attempt to force himself into talking to her, and then he just pretended that she didn't exist altogether. Annoyed she slammed her locker shut and blocked Sesshomaru's face from her mind. The sight of everyone trooping upstairs in misery was enough to get her mind off that topic in any case as she thought of what lay ahead.
She really did prefered the magical combat days to the P.E days. She groaned aloud as she headed outside, they were going to play baseball. She'd despised the game in America, and she didn't like it any better in Japan, from the look of those around her she guessed they agreed.
Naraku led the class out by the lake and began to divy them up in their teams. Sesshomaru was in outfield, well thank goodness for that, on a campus lawn this large he was practically miles away.
Kagome felt Naraku's eyes on her as she lined up by the lake for her turn at bat, she wrapped her arms around herself in a defensive gesture and turned to glare at him.
"Kagome, isn't it?" Came the snobbish voice of a tall red-haired girl at Kagome's side. Kagome glanced toward her before responding. The girl was stunning. Her spiraling red hair bound back in a riotous bundle, her emerald eyes piercing.
"That's right," She answered, her voice friendly.
"Well, you little homewrecker, i'm Ayame. That's right Kouga's girlfriend!" She announced, as though Kagome knew exactly who she was and what she'd done.
"Oh? He never mentioned you," She answered honestly, deciding to ignore the homewrecker comment for the time being. Ayame's face fell, then flushed in embarrasement.
"Well I can see why not, with a hussy like you seducing me from his thoughts!" She responded loudly.
"A.... hussy like me?" Kagome began, feeling her own anger rise. She had never once come on to Kouga, and had no interest in doing so.
"Oh don't you play dumb, just....... just shut up and back off my Kouga!" Ayame shrieked in dismay, a deep frown wrinkling her brow as she furiously gave Kagome a heartfelt shove.
The shove, amd the magic in it, sent Kagome tumbling, down the rocky side to the lake and deep under its' cristal clear surface.
Kagome felt her lungs immediately cry out for air as the force of Ayame's push sent her deeper and Kagome, in her dissoriented state, could not stop the momentum it had started.
Feeling as though her lungs would explode she began to franticly kick toward the surface, her leg caught on a thick band of metal attached to an anchor near the bottom. In a panic Kagome grabbed at the chain and found it knotted and so heavy, even in the water she could hardly move it.
She continued her struggle toward the surface, trying desperately to free herself from it as air rappidly escaped her. In the green murkey water she felt frozen to the bone, her movement slowed and leaden, she began to choke.
Suddenly Sesshomaru was beside her, his eye locked on hers, and she saw concern. He took her hand in his and gave her a light tug, then noted the chain engulfing her ankle. With a look of fury he took the chain in his hands, and Kagome could have sworn she saw claws, before it was quickly snapped in two. Turning back toward her he slipped an arm around her waist and another under her knees. He proppeled them toward the surface as Kagome's choking ceased and her conciousness left her.
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A/n: Chapter three is done! Sorry about the sort of cliffy, but chapter four is coming up soon.
Please make sure to review and let me know how you like it so far. :-)
See you real soon!
fairyenchantress
