Author's Notes: Tada! The second chapter of the story. It's a bit slow on moving things along, however, I promise it'll get better.
Enjoy and don't forget - R & R.
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any of the characters that rightfully belong to, low and behold, the great Rumiko Takahashi. She's got some mad skills yo.
Melody Mayhem
Chapter 2
"Beep..."
"Beep..."
"Beep..."
"Be-"
Crash. The source of the loud and annoying noise was annihilated against Kagome's wall. Its shattered remains lay crumpled on her pink carpet.
Unaware of what she just did, Kagome woke up and slowly got out of bed, stretching her arms and legs.
It was six in the morning... Way too early to get ready for school.
As she walked to the bathroom to take her shower, Souta was already dressed up in a black tuxedo with his short black hair gelled back. She wondered why in the world he was dressed like that. It wasn't like him.
"Morning sis," Souta cheered out happily while walking out of the bathroom.
"Souta... What in the world-"
"Oh, you're probably wondering about my dress attire."
Kagome nodded, still trying to adjust her eyes to the bright light in the room.
"Well, I thought about what you said to me last night and took it into consideration. I've finally decided to confess my love to the one girl who makes me melt every time she looks at me. Today, Sango will meet her knight in shining armour!"
Wait, Sango? No, it couldn't be... Could it?
All Kagome managed to say was, "EH?!" while having her mouth gaping open and dumbstruck at what he just said.
Finally after recollecting her self, she finally spoke out again.
"Souta," Kagome mumbled still trying to process it into her head, "What do you mean, that you're going to confess your love to Sango. Do you my Sango?"
"Duh, who else has the name Sango?"
"You do realize that she's way older than you."
"Age doesn't seem to matter to me."
"You're only twelve years old!"
"Like I said, age doesn't matter to me."
There was no use trying to change his mind. He was too thickheaded to look at the facts. It was easier letting him do his thing and get it out of his system when Sango came to pick Kagome up.
Kagome turned the shower faucet on. "Whatever Souta... Do what you want."
She shoved Souta out of the bathroom so that she could take a shower. Too bad the water was freezing cold due to her little brother taking his sweet old time.
"SOUTA!"
Souta gave a loud "eep" and ran downstairs before he could feel the wrath of his older sister.
The rest of the morning, Kagome got ready for school. Dressed in her cute green and white sailor uniform, she quickly positioned herself in front of her mirror to evaluate her overall appearance. Her bright blue eyes scanned up and down, left and right, only to come up with the conclusion that she looked pretty decent. Even her locks of raven hair didn't frizz out like it normally did.
From downstairs, Kagome could hear her mother announce that it was time for breakfast.
"Be right down!" Kagome bellowed out.
Kagome collected her school gear, took one final look in the mirror and rushed out of her room and downstairs into the kitchen. Everyone said good morning to each other, and went along eating the rest of their breakfast. Kagome wasn't in the mood for eggs, bacon, or toast, so she settled for some nice hot coffee.
She sat down at the table with Souta and Grandpa while Mrs. Higurashi washed the dishes and cleaned up. As usual, Grandpa was reading the newspaper to get his daily dose of what was going on in the world, and Souta nibbled away at his eggs.
The silence continued for at least ten minutes before Sango came to pick up Kagome and Souta.
Without warning, Sango opened the front door and barged into the kitchen.
"Morning Higurashi family! What's on the menu for today?"
"Eggs... Bacon... And uh, oh yeah, some toast!" Souta said nervously.
"Sweet, bring on the food!"
Sango devoured a whole meal within minutes. Of course it was expected of her, since she was a big fan of Mrs. Higurashi's homemade cooking.
Souta surprised everyone when he quietly asked Sango to come with him into the living room away from everyone else to "talk." This was the moment Kagome was dreading, so she snuck around the corner leading into the living room, and hid herself behind the door. There she could hear their conversation perfectly.
Souta faced Sango with all seriousness. He even blushed a deep shade of red.
"Sango, I have something to tell you..."
Sango didn't seem too concerned with what was going on. In fact, she just thought it was nothing out of the ordinary when Souta wanted to talk privately to her.
"What is it?"
What seemed like a couple minutes of dead silence, Souta finally spoke.
"After many long sleepless nights, I've finally come to realize that..."
He broke off and took a long and deep breath.
"That I love you Sango! You're the girl for me, and together we're a perfect match!"
He took another breath and relaxed a bit, giving a sigh of relief.
Sango was at a loss of words. She just gaped stupidly at him without making any noise whatsoever. What she suppose to be said to her best friend's little brother who just confessed his love to a woman, with her being that exact woman? He was too young. In fact, this kind of thing was definitely not going to work out.
Confused, Sango finally found her voice and began to speak.
"Listen kid, I'm quite flattered, really, but um..."
"Oh my darling Sango, please take pity on me!"
Souta had it really bad...
"Souta, please don't take this the wrong way, but unfortunately-"
"Don't say it!"
"-There is someone else."
Now this caught his full attention right away. He wasn't expecting there to be someone else. In fact, there was no other guy that had an interest in Sango, let alone her having an interest in another guy. This confused Souta.
"Who? What's his name?"
"Er...
Sango was scanning the room for a name. She was put on the spot, and she didn't like it a single bit. Finally, she spotted a golden trophy with the initials "P.T." written on it.
"Um... P-T. Petie! Yeah that's it."
"Petie? Petie who?"
'Man, this kid is way too curious' she thought.
"Um..."
She scanned the room again and this time landed her eyes on a big coffee stain.
"Uh, c-coffee s-stain... Coffstain! Yeah!"
Poor Souta looked awfully defeated when he heard this, but then recovered quickly. He was still determined to get his woman.
"Petie Coffstain, eh? Well I don't think that he's good enough for you."
Sango nearly fainted when she still had to put up with this interrogation.
"You may think that, but he really is a, uh, charmer. Yep, tall and handsome too. Great personality."
Souta couldn't find the words to describe how crushed he felt at the moment.
Sango felt bad.
"Sorry to disappoint you there sport."
"I even wore this silly tux to impress you..."
"It happens to the best of us."
"My heart is shattered into a million pieces... I'm afraid that I won't be able to love again like I loved you."
"Like I said, it happens to the best of us."
"Yeah..."
"Well, if it makes you feel better, I bet that there is a girl out there meant for you. Heck, she might even prettier than me!"
Kagome snorted, unaware that she just blew her cover. Sango looked over annoyed to find the source of the sound. But she didn't need eyes to know who it was that was eavesdropping on their conversation.
"I doubt it..."
"Oh Souta don't be so negative."
Kagome jumped out of her hiding spot and pointed to an imaginary watch located on her tiny wrist to signal Sango that it was time to go. Sango noticed this when she glanced back the second time and quickly wrapped it up with her and Souta.
"Yep, well sorry kiddo, but I'm kind of short on words. Gotta' go to school and all... See ya around."
Souta just gave a small cry of defeat and plopped right on the ground not even saying goodbye.
Sango walked out of the room with Kagome by her side.
"I can't believe that you were there for the whole thing and didn't even take the time to save me!"
The look of mischief was written all over Kagome's face.
"Sorry Sango, but I was in the mood for some entertainment."
"Where in the world do you think your little brother plucked up the courage to confess his love to me?"
(Guilty!)
"Um, no idea. Let's go."
(Guilty again!)
Rushing out of the house with a confused Sango trailing behind her, they slipped into Sango's car and drove to school with no more talk about Souta and his confession.
Sesshomaru was not a happy camper when he walked into Inuyasha's room to wake him up the next morning.
"Oi, wake up little brother."
Inuyasha was still groggy with sleep.
"Wha-"
"You don't want to be late for your first day of school, now do you?"
The young teenager just smiled and rolled on his stomach at this.
"... yes, I would like fries with my shake..."
Sesshomaru rolled his eyes in annoyance at the half-awake Inuyasha. He scooped up the boy in his arms with ease, walked into the bathroom, and dumped him into the empty bathtub. He was not going to deal with the nonsense that Inuyasha was pulling with him.
"Great. Now you can get ready while I leave for work. Take care."
And with that, Sesshomaru left.
"Whatever..."
Inuyasha cranked up the radio hanging on the door and set it to a rock station. He listened to it while he got ready.
The shower was cold (much to his dismay). Assuming that the great Lord Sesshomaru had something to do with it, he quickly went into his room after he was done. He gracefully loosened the bolts holding the older brother's bed up so that when he would set in for the night, he would get an unexpected surprise...
Without further ado, Inuyasha dressed in a red clean-cut tee shirt that showed off his nicely toned muscles. His dark blue jeans fell so far below his hips that his boxers stuck out a bit, a bit of a fashion statement that young teenagers like him had a tendency to follow.
Finally, after a long morning of getting ready and trying to look presentable, he quickly headed out of the door and drove to school in his yellow and rusted pickup truck.
A strange yet handsome young teacher walked into the classroom with a look of vengeance in his eyes. According to every other morning, this wasn't out of the ordinary for him. He was, after all, a sourpuss.
"Morning 'children of the corn'," he venomously spat.
He slammed the door behind him, snapping a chattering Sango and Kagome out of their conversation to sit at attention. They did so obediently.
"Good morning Mr. Naraku," everybody in the classroom said in unison.
Naraku was a homeroom teacher, and the official history teacher. He wasn't very much liked in the school, due to his sour attitude and meek personality. But everyone was able to put up with him because if they didn't, then they would be expected to fail. No questions asked.
There was a slight pause as Naraku scanned the classroom with distaste and landed his eyes right on Kagome. His face looked a bit predatory.
Kagome's eyes bugged out at this, and silently 'eeped' when he moved closer to the back row where she was sitting next to Sango. Sango saw this and immediately straightened, never taking her gaze off of him.
"Miss. Higarashi, I've seemed to forgotten that you need to make up a test in my class first period. Come by after school to take it."
Kagome relaxed a bit, relieved that all she had to do was make up a test. Sango relaxed a bit too, and so did everyone else in the class. For some odd reason, they thought something bad was going to happen to her.
Naraku was about to go on again, when a slightly puzzled young boy opened the classroom door and stood in the doorway with a confused expression. Everyone in the classroom shot their heads in his direction and stared.
"Ah, fresh meat," Naraku bitterly spat while taking a note from Inuyasha's hand.
Inuyasha gulped.
"Today we have a new student by the name of..."
Naraku squinted to read the bad handwriting.
"Ern-ewi-Yasha Tookiehooshi. What an odd name."
Everyone snickered at this, making Inuyasha blush a deep crimson red. He turned his attention towards his shoes in embarrassment. To everyone's surprise, he retaliated by making a smart-ass comment.
"Excuse me, sir, by it's pronounced 'Inuyasha Takahashi'."
Naraku gave him a deathly glare, enough to make a person cringe in fear. However, Inuyasha seemed tough enough and stared back, giving him his own taste of medicine.
Deciding that it was better to just leave it at that, Naraku assigned Inuyasha a seat in the back, right behind Kagome.
"This will be your seat permanently, no 'if's, and's, or but's'."
For a long while, both Kagome and Inuyasha stared at each other while Inuyasha took his seat behind her.
"Psst!"
Sango was trying desperately to get Kagome's attention, however she was too distracted thinking about the new kid. Finally, after doing it numerous times, Kagome finally snapped her attention to her friend.
"What?" she whispered in a low voice.
Naraku began writing some random history nonsense on the blackboard whilst his back was turned. Sango took this opportunity to chat with Kagome.
"Do you want to go to the movies tonight with Rin and I?"
Sango put on her puppy dog frown and started to pout while she begged Kagome to come. Kagome giggled until she finally gave in. Sure, a night out with the girls sounded like fun. She needed a break anyways from working so many long grueling hours at the salon.
"Hey girl," Inuyasha whispered from behind Kagome, interrupting the discussion between her and her friend.
Kagome turned around, giving him an annoyed look of dislike.
"The name's 'Kagome'."
"Yeah, whatever, Kagome. Do you have an extra pencil I could have?"
She dug around in her purse for a pencil. After a short time of finding nothing but some useless lint, she finally gave him a look that meant 'no' and went back to talking with Sango.
And then out of nowhere, a young girl around Kagome's age (maybe even younger), popped into the classroom and nervously handed Mr. Naraku a note. He took time to read it, sending the poor girl off to presume her errands.
"Aha, Higarashi, they want you in the office pronto."
With a small nod and a worried look on her face, Kagome rushed out of the room with her purse and books and headed towards the office to await her doom.