Okay! Hey everyone! Sorry for the extremely long break...I have been very busy. Also, I would like to apologize for the errors in the previous chapters. I will get to fixing them and post the edited version as soon as possible!
As I am working on that, I decided to go ahead and post my second chapter. I hope it is okay! Please enjoy!
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Chapter Two
Kagome slowly drug herself into the Forks High school Office to receive her schedule for the school year. 'Midoriko didn't mention that I would be going back to school…' Kagome pushed open the office door to see an older looking lady at the front desk. She walked up and noticed that she wasn't paying any attention, so Kagome cleared her throat.
The secretary jumped and looked up, "Oh! Dear. I'm sorry. I didn't see you there. How may I help you?" Kagome held back a laugh, "I need my schedule. I am new this year." The lady looked shocked. "Really? I haven't heard of anyone moving to Forks." She ruffled through some of her papers, "Oh. Here it is. Kagome Higarashi. Correct?" Kagome nodded. "Okay then! So you are transferring from Shikon High in…" the lady paused, "Japan?" She looked up at Kagome baffled, "You are a long way from home. What in the world drove you to Forks?" Kagome sighed, she had a feeling that this would happen…'Stupid people and all their questions…' Kagome sighed again and thought up a quick lie, "Well my family and I decided that because I intend to be in business and Japan does a lot of business with America that it would be a fine idea to get used to the way things are. So they picked out a smaller town so that I wouldn't be too overwhelmed." The lady looked at Kagome in awe, "That is amazing. You must have such a good family!" She looked back down at the papers and grabbed Kagome's schedule, "Here you go dear. Sorry for all that." Kagome took the paper and gave her thanks and was just about to leave when the lady asked another question, "Oh. Kagome?" Kagome turned around with a slightly annoyed look on her face, "Yes? Can I help you?" The lady stood up, "If you don't mind me asking, who you are staying with?" Kagome gave a small grin and looked at the lady, "Well, I am currently living with…"
Flashback to on the plane
Kagome was jolted awake by the intercom on the plane, "Attention passengers! We are about to come in to Seattle. If you would please prepare for landing now, we should land in a few minutes." Kagome set Shippo on the seat beside her and got her things together for the landing and sat back down.
After the plane landed, Kagome and Shippo started to wonder around looking for a sign. Namely a sign with her name on it. She held her bags and Shippo close to her as people ran around all over the place. "My god this place is hectic…" Someone bumped into her and she stumbled, 'Must not attack.' Kagome kept repeating in her head. She started walking towards the exit of the airport when she saw it: A big sign with the 'Kagome Higarashi' in bold letters. She took in a big breath and walked over to the man holding the sign.
As she got closer, the man looked her up and down and then smiled, "You must be Kagome. It is a pleasure to meet you." He put out his hand, "I am so very happy to have you in my household. And I am sure my daughter will not mind the company either." Kagome took the man's hand, "It is an honor Chief Swan."
End Flashback
"Chief Swan? Well I never." The lady looked puzzled. Kagome looked at her, "Is there something wrong?" The lady looked back up, "Oh no. I just can't believe that I haven't heard that Chief Swan had taken in a transfer! This town is so small; I would have expected everyone to know." Kagome laughed and the lady looked at her with a curious look, "Don't worry about not hearing about me. I just got here actually. And Mr. Charlie wasn't absolutely sure if I was going to be staying with him so I guess he just didn't want everyone asking too many questions." Kagome paused and looked out the window, "In fact he is still sitting outside. We haven't gotten to his house yet." The lady jumped up, "I am so terribly sorry! I am keeping you away and keeping poor Charlie waiting!" She walked around the desk, "I would like you to come back to the office when school starts Monday so that I can have someone escort you around and show you the place." Kagome stopped, "I don't think that will be necessary seeing as Bella goes here. I am sure she can just show me around." The lady smiled at Kagome, "Yes. That will work. I will be seeing you." She pushed Kagome out the door, "Now get going. Don't want to keep Chief Swan waiting any longer! Bye!" And the door shut.
Kagome blinked a few times, "Well that was strange…" She looked down at the paper in her hand and sighed a sad sigh, "Great…I have to go through school…again…" Kagome turned to walk away when she suddenly felt someone in front of her. She jumped back right before colliding with said person. She looked up with a defensive stance and looked up at the person.
Kagome was just about to say something when she caught what the person looked liked. Said person was tall, lean but muscular, messed up bronzy looking hair, bright hazel eyes, a perfect face that was so very pale looking, and, what really caught her attention, was the hostile look that was placed on his face. Kagome relaxed her stance a little bit, "I'm sorry. I wasn't paying attention to where I was going. Forgive me." Kagome looked down at her watch, "Oh. I'm sorry once again, but I have to go. Again, I am very sorry. Good bye." Kagome walked past the guy who hadn't moved an inch since she almost ran into him, 'That was strange…" Kagome pushed open the front doors and began walking to Charlie's car when she felt something, someone behind her.
She slightly paused in her step and decided that Charlie and Shippo could wait just a few more minutes. She took a quick left and walked behind the school acting as if she was just looking around. After she was safely behind the building she swiftly turned around in a defensive position and was surprised to see the boy from earlier a few steps behind her with a shocked expression on his face. Kagome tensed more and fixed her stance in case she had to take him on, "Why are you following me?" The boy just stared at her and opened his mouth, "How did you know I was there?" Kagome gave him an odd look and was about to speak when she jumped to the side put her hands out as if to hit something when her fist made contact with something quite hard. Kagome heard a grunt and looked at what her fist had connected with. What she saw made her laugh. She couldn't help it. On the ground was a poor unsuspecting guy with a cut on his cheek bone from her fist with an expression of shock, confusion, and angry. "How?" Kagome shrugged. "Guess I'm that good." Kagome grabbed her things, "Well, if you are done following me and trying to attack me, I will be on my way. Good bye." She started to walk off when she stopped and turned around, "Oh. And sorry about the hit…I wasn't expecting you to be right there and I just lashed out." Then she continued on her way to Charlie's car making sure that he didn't follow her.
She jumped into the car when she finally saw it, "Sorry that took so long," she put her schedule in her lap and grabbed Shippo, "The secretary started asking all these questions and I didn't have the heart to just walk away." Charlie laughed, "That sounds just like Doris. She is such a chatterbox. No one knew that you were coming, so I guess she was pretty surprised."Kagome giggled, "You have no idea." Kagome brought Shippo close to her, "Did you behave for Mr. Charlie?" Shippo looked up at her with his big green eyes, "Yes ma'am. He and I talked about all sorts of things!" Shippo began telling her of all the things that were talked about, from what Charlie does to Bella.
The ride continued for about another ten minutes when Charlie spoke up, "Kagome?" Kagome looked up and Shippo stopped talking, "Yes?" Charlie started slowing down, "We are here." Kagome looked outside to the old rustic looking cottage like house that looked so homey and beautiful. "It might not be much, but it is what I call home." Charlie sighed, "Okay. Kagome, there are a few things I need to tell you before you go in and meet Bella." Kagome looked up and listened. "First off, she does know you are coming, but she didn't know when or that you had a child," He looked down at Shippo, "I know he won't be any problem, but just a warning." Kagome nodded. "Second, Bella has this boyfriend of hers that likes to randomly show up and he has also caused quite an upset within my household. Nothing too bad, I just thought I should bring up everything. I will let her tell you about him if she would like." Kagome nodded again. "Third and final, you may not be my child, but you are going to have to live by the rules I set up around here. That means that you have to do all your work and keep up your grades." Kagome smiled, "I wouldn't expect it any other way." Charlie grunted, "Okay then. Let's go inside and introduce you to Bella."
Charlie, Kagome, and even little Shippo grabbed all the bags and drug them inside, "And welcome to my home." Kagome looked on in awe, "It is beautiful Charlie. I love it." Charlie gave another grunt and walked to the end of the stairs, "Bella! Come down here. There is someone I would like you to meet!" Kagome heard a jump and several footsteps. Kagome listened closer and could tell that there were two people in the room. One set of footsteps were louder and slightly clumsy sounding, while the other was soft and almost unnoticeable. Kagome jumped slightly when she heard a voice shoot down, "Be there in a second!" Charlie walked over to Kagome, "She may have been asleep. She looked real tired when she got back from school today." Kagome just nodded and went and sat down on the coach with Shippo.
A few minutes later Kagome heard footsteps coming down the stairs and she laughed to herself when she heard her almost slip and fall when she got to the end of the steps. "Yes dad?" Bella looked up at her father. Charlie smiled down at her and pointed towards Kagome, "Bella, I would like you to meet Kagome." Kagome stood up with Shippo at her side and walked over to Bella and stuck her hand out, "Hello Bello. I am Kagome and this is Shippo. It is so nice to finally meet you." Bella looked at her hand to her to Shippo then back to her. "Who is he?" Kagome's hand fell to her side, "This is Shippo. He is my son." Kagome brought up her hand to silence Bella, "No he isn't my own. I adopted him when I was 16. He had lost both of his parents and had no other family. So, I decide to bring him into my family." Bella shut her mouth and opened it again, "Well it is nice to meet you too." She stuck her hand out and Kagome gladly took it. Charlie cleared his throat, "Maybe Bella can show you to your room and then you two could get more acquainted." Kagome looked up, "That would be nice."
She looked at Bella and noticed that she had a slightly annoyed look in her eye, "If that is alright with Bella and I am not taking her away from anything?" Bella looked at Kagome with slight shock on her face, "No! No. That is perfectly fine. I would be glad to help." Bella looked like she had been caught with her hand in the cookie jar, "I don't mind at all." She walked over to some of the bags, "Follow me!" Kagome sighed and followed with a curious and cautious look. 'Something is off with this girl…I can't put my finger on it. And what about that boy? I didn't pay attention to his aura. Gah! I can't believe I didn't pay attention. That stupid plane ride messed with me…I wish Midoriko had told me the names of these Vampires, werewolves, and that stupid girl that brought about this mess…' Kagome sighed again as Bella led her up the stairs and to a door at the end of the hall, "Here we are." Bella opened the door to revel a medium sized room that was fully furnished with a bed, T.V., desk, chair, closet, lamps, and dresser. "Wow. This is so pretty. It is so simple and peaceful. I love it!" Kagome looked back to Bella who was standing close to the door. "Thank you very much." Bella smiled, "You are welcome." She looked down the hall, "Well, my room is right down the hall if you need me. I have some homework that I need to get down before school tomorrow." Kagome nodded not wanting to push her any, "Okay. Thank you again. Good night."
Kagome watched as Bella darted out of her room and dashed to hers. Kagome turned to Shippo, "You have been awfully quite sweetheart. Is something bothering you?" She asked as she shut the door and sat on the bed. Shippo looked up, "I am not sure. She smells kinda funny. I don't know what that scent is though. I mean she smells human and all, but she has another, no two other scents on her." Kagome sighed, "I think that she may be the girl that is involved with the vampire and werewolf. That would explain why my senses were kinda weird." Kagome patted his head, "And on top of that, I ran into a boy today that, now that I think about it, also made me feel funny. I guess because I am not use to how a vampire or werewolf is supposed to feel, I didn't pick it out. I didn't notice until I got close to Bella." Shippo sniffed Kagome, "You kinda smell a little off also. You may be right." Kagome nodded, "I will have to be on my guard tomorrow and watch out for them. I may be messed up just a little though." Shipp heard Kagome make a nervous laugh and shook his head, "Momma, what did you do this time?" Kagome rubbed the back of her head, "Well, I kinda sorta punched one of them in the face today at the school when I was getting my schedule…" Shippo laughed, "That sounds like something you would do. I'm not surprised at all." Kagome giggled and picked Shippo up and laid down, "I know. I cut his cheek and everything. It was a pretty good hit. Inuyasha and the gang would have been proud!" Kagome and Shippo laughed.
Shippo snuggled up to Kagome, "Momma, I think I want to go to school. You know like you do." Kagome looked at him, "I think that would be a wonderful idea. You could meet new people, make friends, and have a normal life, a human life." Kagome paused, "Shippo you do realize that if I let you go to school that you cannot do anything, and I mean anything, that could make anyone think you aren't human?" Shippo nodded quickly, "I know, I know. No magic, no tricks, no using my demonic power, no nothing!" Kagome smiled, "Good boy. I guess I will have Charlie enroll you into elementary school. You shouldn't have any troubles keeping up with anyone because of everything I have taught you. You are such a smart boy. You may even be able to skip grades. But I think for our cover you should start first grade. I could easily put you in third or fourth, but because Charlie believes that you are six or seven, I think that would be best." Shippo jumped up and down, "Yay! I'm going to go to school!" Kagome laughed and scooped him up into her arms, "Yes baby, you are. You are my smart baby boy." Kagome was about to say something else when she heard a knock on the door, "Come in!"
The door opened and Charlie came in, "Do you need something Charlie?" Charlie shook his head no, "No. I was just coming to check and make sure everything was in order before I went to bed." Kagome smiled, "Everything is perfect. Thank you so much. I love it." Charlie shifted a little bit, "You are welcome. Good night." Charlie was about to leave when Shippo tugged on Kagome, "Oh! Mr. Charlie, could you do me a favor?" Charlie stopped and turned around, "Yes? What do you need?" Kagome stood up, "Well, Shippo and I were talking, and I would very much like for him to go to school here. I mean I have been homeschooling him, but I want him to meet kids his age and go and have fun." Charlie laughed and patted Kagome on the back, "Good news." Kagome looked up curiously and Charlie continued, "Shippo has already been enrolled in Forks Elementary!" Kagome's and Shippo's jaws dropped. Charlie laughed, "You didn't really expect me to have a child NOT go to school. I'm an officer of the law; it is my job to make sure children are in school." Kagome gave a slight laugh, "Thank you. Good night" Charlie smiled and shut the door behind him.
Kagome sighed and laid back down, "Well, it looks like you and I are both starting school tomorrow." She sniffled and Shippo sat on her stomach, "Momma, what is it?" Kagome sniffled again, "My baby boy is going to school!" She grabbed Shippo and pulled him to her, "You grow up to fast!" Shippo laughed into his hysterical mother's embrace, "It will be okay momma. I'll be careful. And I promise that if at any moment something goes wrong I will come here." Kagome jerked her head up, "No. You can't do that baby. If you have any problems while at school, you need to go to the office and tell them who you are and what the problem is. If they feel the need for you to come home, they will call me or Chief Swan." Shippo slowly nodded, "Yes ma'am." Kagome smiled softly, "Now, let's get changed and go to sleep, we have had a long day. And tomorrow will be just as long. So we are going to need our rest!" Kagome hopped up and set Shippo on the ground and they both got cleaned up and changed. Once all ready for bed, Kagome picked Shippo up and crawled into bed, "This sure beats sleeping in a sleeping bag, doesn't momma?" Kagome giggled, "It sure does. Now get to sleep, you have a big day tomorrow, my little school boy." She leaned up and kissed his forehead, "Good night my angel." Shippo yawned and rolled over, "Night…Momma." Kagome brushed his bangs to the side and then lay down and went to sleep.
Dream State
Kagome stood up and walked around, "Midoriko, where are you?" She walked into a clearing in a field where she saw Midoriko practicing with a sword. She watched in awe as she moved gracefully and quickly. She walked closer and suddenly she felt a shift in the wind and quickly jumped to the side narrowly avoiding Midoriko's strike, "Prepare yourself Kagome!" Kagome jumped to the side again when she felt a weight on her side. She looked down and noticed that her two katanas were with her. She stopped and grinned slyly, "You shouldn't have given me these swords to fight you with." Kagome slowly unsheathed her swords, "You better be ready Midoriko." Midoriko stopped in the middle of the clearing after hearing what Kagome said, "If you can beat me, I will give you another toy to add to your ever growing collection."
She saw Kagome's face light up, "Really? What?" Midoriko saw her excitement and grinned, "Guess you are just going to have to defeat me to find out then won't you." Right when those words left her mouth she jerked her sword up in front of her blocking Kagome's quick and swift attack. Midoriko looked at her with wide eyes and heard Kagome say, "You shouldn't taunt me with weapons." Midoriko jumped behind her only to have a sword placed at her neck. She looked surprised, "How did you to that?" Kagome grinned again, "I told you that you shouldn't have given me these swords to fight with." Midoriko gave a confused look. "These swords were given to me by Sesshomaru. Therefore they are two of the strongest swords in existence. When I use them, I am able to call on the abilities of the two dragons and they give me courage and strength to fight off any opponent. However, because of the harsh training I went through with him, I am equal to a demon in my state." Kagome gave Midoriko a look of disappointment, "I figured you would have known that I am like that. I mean after all because you turned me immortal my strength did triple. I guess it was to assist me in my task." Midoriko sighed, "I knew you were strong Kagome. But I didn't believe that you would take me out that quickly. I didn't even see you. I had indeed forgotten about your training with Sesshomaru. And being immortal automatically gives you more strength so that you can protect yourself from the constant onslaught of offenders."
Kagome smiled and looked at her sword still pointing at Midoriko's neck, "Do you yield?" Midoriko laughed," I should have from the first attack!" Kagome pulled her sword away and sheathed her katanas. She stepped back and sat down by a tree, "So, what about this new toy?" Midoriko shook her head and mumble something about obsessive girls and toys and quick skills. "Here you go! You may actually recognize it seeing as it did belong to one of your enemies. Well technically Inuyasha's enemy. You and he actually became friends. He told me that you could have it." Kagome looked at the new toy in shock and with tears in her eyes. She looked at Midoriko and back to the toy, "But, how in the world did you get this?" Midoriko laughed, "Shocking I know. But because I am technically dead, I see him every now and then. The time when you summoned me with the complete jewel and I returned back, I ran into him. He had mentioned a stupid half demon that controlled him and his brothers and how a beautiful young miko had set out to help him any way possible. I was struck by his story and asked more about it and discovered that it was you he was talking about and that you had, even though he was killed by Inuyasha and Naraku, had saved him and brought him back to how he use to be. You have him peace in his heart. When I had mention that you were my reincarnation and that I was able to communicate with you he was thrilled and wanted me to give you a thank you for all that you have done. He sends this as a way of protecting the last of the Band of 'Eight' if you had been included, he sent his baby: Banryu.
Kagome held the halberd close to her heart and shed silent tears. She looked up to Midoriko, "Thank you. Thank you so very much. This means the world to me." She picked up the halberd and slung it over her shoulder. "This is only a little bit heavier than my Katsunami." She waved it around a little bit getting a better feel of the weapon. She then wrapped it up and slung it on her back and out of the way. She looked at Midoriko, "I almost forgot the main reason I wanted to talk to you." Midoriko looked at her with a nervous look, "In fact, I feel like this was all just a distraction so I wouldn't ask you anything…" Kagome gave Midoriko an accusing look, "It was wasn't it?" Midoriko sighed, "Nothing gets past you does it," She looked at Kagome, "Nope. Nothing does." She sighed and sat down in front of Kagome, "Well, what did you want to ask." Kagome put her hands in her lap, "What are the names of the vampires, werewolves, and the foolish human that endangered all of them?" Midoriko looked at her with a raised eyebrow, "You already know who the human is, don't you?" Kagome gave Midoriko a look, "Of course I do. I'm not stupid. I actually can't believe that it took me as long as it did. She had two different auras mixed with her own. It wasn't hard to miss. What I can't believe is that I didn't notice the boy that I ran into earlier that day. I think he may have been a vampire. When I hit him he was cold and it was like I hit a rock." Midoriko shot up, "You hit him?!" Kagome snorted, "Well of course I hit him, and he came at me." Midoriko paced around in a circle, "Oh dear. I can't believe you hit one of them. You are supposed to protect them. I guess I should have imagined. I probably should have let you get a feel of what their auras were like before I sent you on this task." She gave Kagome a sheepish look, "Oops?" Kagome just shook her head "Don't worry about it. I know what it feels like now. The wolf's I believe will feel something like Kouga's. So I don't have anything to worry about now." Kagome stood up and started to pull herself out of her dream state, "Oh and I didn't hit him too hard, just enough to cut him." She laughed when she saw Midoriko's jaw drop and then woke up.
End Dream State
Kagome sat up slowly in the bed and looked down to her left side to see a sleeping Shippo curled up against her side and then she looked to her right side and saw Bankotsu's Banryu secured next to her. She slowly got up and moved her new baby to her wide collection of weapons hidden from site of her roommates. Kagome sighed as she ran her hand down the halberd, 'Bankotsu…What would I do without you also being there. I'm so glad to have this piece of you with me. You are a part of my family and I will always love you.' At this thought she felt two strong arms wrap around her and heard a faint whisper in her ear, 'And I will always love you. Sister.' Kagome gasped and jumped around and saw a faint glimmer of Bankotsu with his signature smirk on his face, 'didn't expect to see me now did you? I am so glad I am finally able to give you a proper good-bye and without personally accepting you into my band!' Kagome gasped and flung herself into his arms, "Bankotsu, I have missed you so much. You are like my family." Bankotsu wrapped his arms around her, 'And you are a part of mine. That is why you are now considered part of the infamous Band of Eight. The other guys accept you as well.' Kagome looked up and grinned, "I love you so much brother. Thank you so much." Bankotsu grinned down at her, 'Anything for my sister.' He took a step back and started to fade away, 'Now you take care of my sister Banryu and Kagome you better take care of yourself because if I see you where I am at I am gonna kick your scrawny ass.' Kagome smirked and wiped the tears out of her eyes, "I will and like you could ever kick my butt." They both laughed then Bankotsu disappeared.
Kagome stood there for a moment longer and sighed, "Guess I should go ahead and get ready." She grabbed her supplies and started down towards the shower when she heard slight squeal and a hushed voice telling someone to be quiet. Kagome decide that she was not in the mood to start her investigation on Bella so she just went to the bathroom and got cleaned up. As she was cleaning up she heard the bathroom door trying to be opened, "I'm in here. I will be done in just a minute!" Kagome heard an exasperated grunt and footsteps leading away from the bathroom and heard Bella's door slam shut. 'Well I guess she isn't a morning person…'Kagome turned off the shower, dried off, got dressed, and brushed her teeth. She grabbed her things and opened the door only to see a disgruntled Bella reaching for the door again, "I'm all done now. The shower is all yours." Bella brushed past Kagome in a hurry and slammed the bathroom door. Kagome just stared at the door and snorted, "Well that wasn't very nice." With that she turned and walked back to her room. When she walked in she was welcomed with a funny site. Shippo was jumping up and down on the bed, grinning from ear to ear, fully dressed and ready to go. "Good to see that you are ready to go."
Shippo yelped and jumped down to the ground with his hands behind his back giving Kagome a sheepish grin, "Sorry momma. I am just so excited!" Kagome smiled warmly, "It is okay dear. I know you are excited." She looked him up and down, "You look quite handsome my boy. You look ready for everything." Shippo beamed up at her, "Really?" Kagome picked him up, "Yes you do. You look like a regular human. Good job." Shippo hopped down and looked himself over. He had on blue jeans with a long sleeve green shirt and brown tennis shoes. "I was paying attention to what Souta was wearing." Kagome grinned, "You did a great job baby." She set her stuff down and stood in front of Shippo, "Now, what do you think about me? It has been awhile since I had to dress like a normal human." Shippo stepped back to get a better look, "I think you look beautiful momma!" Kagome smiled and walked in front of the mirror. She was wearing tight blue jeans with black high-heeled boots, a tight low cut long sleeved black shirt that hugged all her curves and showed off her accents, and her hair was let down hanging right above her butt. Kagome looked herself up and down and noticed that a few things had changed about her that she really hadn't noticed till now. She was now 5'3 instead of her usual 5'1, her hair was still midnight black, but it now had bluish-silver streaks running through it. Her eyes were still a bright blue but they now had flecks of silver in them. Other than that, she still looked the same.
Kagome sighed contently and stepped away from the mirror and looked at Shippo, "Are you hungry?" Shippo nodded his head vigorously and they both grabbed their things and made their way down stairs only to be welcomed by an empty table and a quite house. Kagome looked around and sensed the house for anyone. She felt that Bella was still in her room and Charlie was getting ready for work. "Well, it looks like I'm doing breakfast." Kagome went into the kitchen and started digging around till she found six eggs, bacon and bread. She turned on the stove and started cooking. After about five or so minutes she heard footsteps coming down the stairs slowly and looked up to see Bella. "Morning! I hope you are hungry!" Bella looked at Kagome as if she had grown a second head, "You cooked?" Kagome gave a curious look, "Yes I did. Is there something wrong with that?" Bella gave Kagome a hard look, "No. There isn't, I was just shocked that you cooked." Kagome sighed, "Well, would you like some food or not. There is no way Shippo and I can eat all of this." Bella paused for a moment then, almost reluctantly, agreed to have breakfast with her and Shippo.
Kagome, Shippo, and Bella all gathered around the table and began eating. After a prolonged silence Kagome finally spoke up, "So, Bella, I was wondering when we should be leaving for school." Bella looked up with a start, "Oh. Well my boyfriend normally comes and picks me up and takes me to school." Kagome gave her a curious look, "Can you tell me anything about your boyfriend?" Bella opened her mouth to speak when Charlie came stumbling down the steps with a look of surprise on his face, "Bella, did you cook?" Bella made a small noise, "No I did not. Kagome did." Charlie looked at Kagome with surprise, "Kagome, you didn't have to do that." Kagome smiled, "It was no problem. I like to cook. I am use to it." Charlie seemed to take that answer and sat down and fixed him so food.
They started eating again when Kagome heard the quiet roar of an engine quickly approaching, "Looks like your boyfriend is here to pick you up Bella." Bella jolted up at Kagome with surprise to see her looking down eating her food, "Um. Okay. Thank you for breakfast. I will see you at school in a few minutes." Kagome just nodded and watched as she left. Charlie set his fork down, "Kagome, why didn't you ask Bella to take you to school?" Kagome looked up and was about to answer with a retort about how Bella had acted but decided that she didn't want to start trouble…yet. "Well I had just thought that because I had to take Shippo to school also it would just easier and better for him if it was just me." Charlie slowly nodded his head, "What are you planning on driving?" Kagome suddenly grinned, "Well, I have my bike here." Charlie looked up her with a strange look, "Your bike? You didn't come here with a bike." Kagome stood up with her and Shippo's empty plates, "Yes I did. I had it in my suitcase. It was taken apart so that I could take it with me." Charlie's eyes bugged, "How in the world? What kind of bike?" Kagome smiled, "Just look outside." Charlie grabbed his plate and set it in the sink and walked towards the window, "A motorcycle? Did you put it together?" Kagome gave a hurt sound, "Of course I put it together, and it is my baby. I put that puppy together piece by piece. I took random and spare parts and made my own high-powered bike." Charlie gave a low whistle, "Nice job. I think you should meet Jacob Black. He is the son of a long time friend of mine, Billy Black. Jacob works on all that mechanical stuff. He might be able to teach a few things." Kagome snorted and grabbed her things and told Shippo to get his things and his helmet.
As she and Shippo made their way towards the door she heard Charlie say, "Be careful Kagome. If you need me just call." Kagome turned her head, "Thank you. Have a good day." And with that she and Shippo hopped on her bike. "You ready for your first day of school?" She asked as she started her bike. Shippo sat against her, "I sure am!" Kagome smiled and drove off towards the elementary.
It took about five minutes to get there driving Kagome speed. Kagome pulled up into the elementary parking lot and turned off her bike. She led Shippo inside and walked into the office, "I am dropping off my son. He is new and needs to know where to go." The secretary looked up and gave Kagome a look of disapproval thinking the obvious, "What is the name?" Kagome scowled at the lady, "His name is Shippo Higarashi and mine is Kagome Higarashi." The lady started shuffling through some of her papers until she came across the right one, "Okay Miss Higarashi, here is his homeroom and a list of the times he has lunch, P.E., that sort of thing." Kagome grabbed the paper and looked at the secretary, "Thank you and have a nice day." She gently pushed Shippo out into the hall. Shippo looked up at her, "Momma, are you okay? You have a very hostile look right now." Kagome took a deep breath and looked down at him, "I will be okay. I just hate what people always assume." She smiled softly, "Now, let's get you to class." Shippo jumped with joy and started pulling on Kagome's hand to hurry up. When they finally came across the right room, luckily, the teacher was getting things set up for class to start, "Excuse me?"
The teacher jumped slightly and turned around to face Kagome and Shippo, "Yes? How may I help you?" Kagome gently pushed Shippo in front of her, "This is my son, Shippo. He is starting you class today." The teacher walked to Shippo and bent down in front of him, "Well aren't you the sweetest looking thing." Shippo beamed. The teacher stood up and looked at Kagome and stuck her hand out, "I am Miss Sarah Smith." Kagome took her hand, "My name is Kagome Higarashi. Shippo and I come from Japan if you are wondering." Sarah smiled softly, "I was wondering that, but what I was really wondering is whether or not you are Shippo's biological mother." Kagome gave her a look of respect, "No. I am not his real mother. I adopted him when I was 16. Both of his parents had been killed in an accident and he was all alone. I had saved him from being attacked and I and he became attached and after a few years I decided to adopt his as my own." Sarah gave Kagome a look of admiration, "That is truly one of the sweetest things I have ever heard of. You are such a strong person." Kagome looked down at Shippo, "I would do anything for my baby boy." Sarah smiled again and clapped her hands together and looked at Shippo, "So, how would you like me to get you caught up on what is going on in class. You aren't too far behind see as the school year just started, but we have covered a few things that you might now understand." Kagome walked up to Sarah and Shippo, "Thank you. Take care of him for me." She bent down to Shippo and gave him a big hug and a kiss on the forehead, "Now don't you give Ms. Sarah any trouble. Be a good boy. I love you." Shippo hugged her back, "I will momma. I love you too." Kagome stepped back and up and walked out the door leaving her baby with Ms. Smith.
Kagome sighed as she approached her bike. "Now, for my first day." She started her bike and head towards the high school. She drove for about five more minutes till she approached the school. She was about 30 minutes early but the school was already being populated by the whole 125 students in the high school. She parked her bike and started towards the office to see Doris. She opened the office door and saw the lady shuffling through some papers, "Hey Mrs. Doris! How are you doing this morning?" Doris jumped up and looked at Kagome, "Why Kagome! I am doing just fine. How are you? Do you need anything?" Kagome smiled warmly, "I am doing fine and no, I don't need anything, I was coming to thank you for all your help yesterday." Doris gave her a warm look, "You are very welcome dear. Now, if you need anything, don't you hesitate to ask. I will be here if you need me." Kagome nodded her thanks and walked out the door to find her classes, without the help of Bella who was off to wonderland with her boyfriend.
She looked down at her schedule and noticed that she was taking seven courses including P.E. and study hall. She had Calculus, English IV, Biology II, Spanish II, and American Government. Kagome shook her head, 'Great…I have already taken all these courses. I was hoping for something at least a little new.' She sighed and readjusted her book bag and started searching for her first class: Calculus. She was walking for seven minutes until she was finally approached by a young boy about eighteen years old, "You look new, and are you lost? Do you need any help?" Kagome gave him a look saying, 'was it that obvious?' and just said, "Yes. I am new. Yes. I am lost. I have no idea where I am going." The boy asked where she was trying to go and the boy smiled, "I am in that class also! This is cool." He gave a boyish grin, "Oh and by the way, my name is Mike Newton. What is yours?" Kagome blinked a few times before answering, "My name is Kagome Higarashi, nice to meet you." Mike smiled big and was about to bombard her with tons of questions when he looked up and saw someone walking up to him. Kagome noticed his pause and looked behind her and noticed that it was that boy staring at her. Kagome gave him a sweet smile and turned her attention back to Mike, "So, where is the class?" Mike snapped his attention back to the beauty in front of him, "Right this way ma'am." He and Kagome started walking towards the Calculus room. "What other classes do you have?" Kagome handed him her schedule and he looked it over. "Well it looks like you and I have almost every class except for Spanish II and American Government together." Kagome smiled, "Well it looks like I have myself an official escort."
Mike laughed and Kagome joined along with him. They walked for a few a little bit longer till he showed her into a small old fashioned classroom that could hold around twenty or so students. "This is where we have Calculus." Kagome sighed not looking forward to this class and asked where she should sit. Mike gave her a sad look, "Well because the school year has already started, we have already chosen our seats." He noticed her fallen look, "But, the teacher will be sure to place you around whomever you chose seeing as you are new." Kagome sighed, "I think I will just let him place him where he chooses. I don't want everyone knowing my personal life and I don't want to start drama." Mike nodded slowly accepting her answer. Kagome watched as he opened his mouth to ask something only to shut it again. "Is there something you want to ask me Mike?" Mike gave her a startled look, "Well, I don't want to pry, but can I ask you a few questions?" Kagome laughed softly, "I figured that I would have to answer some questions eventually. So, why not? What do you want to know?" She saw Mike think things through, "Where did you come from? I mean you look foreign and your name sounds like it too." Kagome gave him a funny look, "Yeah, I am not from around here. I am from Japan." She laughed when she saw Mike's jaw drop. "Japan? Why are you here?" Kagome sighed, "Well it was a family decision to send me here." Mike seemed to take that answer and was just about to open up another round of questions when the bell rang and students began to fill the class and the teacher walked in.
The students began to sit in their seats and Kagome moved away from Mike and up to the teacher in the front. "Excuse me?" The teacher looked down at her, "Yes?" Kagome rolled her eyes 'Stupid uniformed teachers.' "Yes, I am Kagome Higarashi. I am new here." The teacher looked her up and down slowly and Kagome's eye twitched, 'Don't kill the teacher Kagome. Whatever you do, do not kill the pervert.' The teacher looked at her schedule and down at his paper, "Oh yes. I forgot you were coming in today. I'm sorry." The teacher introduced himself as Mr. Durham and looked out at the class, "Okay class. Be quiet. We have a new student that I would like you to meet." He motioned for Kagome come to the front of the class and told her to introduce herself. Kagome grunted, "Hey. My name is Kagome Higarashi. I transferred from Japan to here for family reasons. I am happy to be a part of Forks." Kagome mentally rolled her eyes at what she just said. "Thank you Kagome." Mr. Durham looked out across the class for an empty seat, "Now, if you would please have a seat next to Mr. Cullen we shall begin class. Mr. Cullen please raise your hand so that Kagome knows where to sit." Mr. Durham walked behind his desk and Kagome looked out to see a pale hand up in the air and followed it and sat down in her assigned seat.
She unpacked her books and got comfortable in her desk. That was when she felt it. It hit her like a ton of bricks. She felt her senses tingle and she felt someone or something trying to enter her mind. She quickly blocked off her mind and lifted her head to look at where the source was coming from: beside her. Kagome looked up to see who this 'Mr. Cullen' was and was surprised to see the boy from yesterday. What surprised her most was the hostile look that he had on his place. It wasn't just a hostile look; it was look of pure hatred and confusion. Kagome sighed, 'Great. The vampire I am supposed to help hates me. This isn't going to be easy. I have to think of a way to get around that barrier of his. Judging by that look, he was the one that was trying to get into my head.' Kagome's musings were cut short when Mr. Durham called on her to answer the problem. She turned her attention towards the teacher and quickly answered his question without working out the problem. The teachers jaw dropped and he was about to say something else when the bell rang and she swiftly gathered her things and walked out of the classroom.
She was halfway down the hall when she heard a voice calling out to her. She turned around to see Mike Newton running up behind her, "I thought I was supposed to be your escort?" He grinned. Kagome laughed, "I'm sorry Mike. I just don't like Calculus that much." Mike took her response and they headed off too Biology II. "Okay, this is gonna be just like in Calculus." Kagome just nodded her head and walked into the class and watched as Mike sat down beside a bubbly looking girl she heard him address as Jessica. Kagome soon watched as the room filled up with students all sitting at their assigned tables. The teacher finally walked in after three or so minutes of waiting, "Okay class. Be quiet. I would like to introduce you to our new student, Kagome. Now if you would be so kind as to help her get caught up that would be great." Kagome was thankful that this teacher knew that she was here and didn't have to go through what she did this morning. The teacher, Mr. Crawford, looked around the class for an empty seat. Kagome also scanned the classroom and found two empty seats. One beside a boy with glasses and freckles and the other was beside none other than Mr. Vampire. "Okay. Kagome I would like you to sit next to Mr. Cullen." Kagome sighed, 'Great…Mr. Stoic himself. I have to deal with another class with this guy. I guess, technically it is for the better…that way I can get closer to him and talk him into letting me help.' Kagome walked up to the table and set her things down and took her seat. Kagome heard the teacher say that they were doing a lab that would take the entire class period. Once she heard what they were supposed to do she was thrilled that she had already done it so that she didn't have to work very hard.
She heard a sigh next to her and looked over at the vampire. Kagome took a deep breath and decide that she should bring up the incident and introduce herself, "Um…Hey. My name is Kagome Higarashi. I didn't expect to see you after what happened yesterday…and sorry again about the hit to the face." He gave her a strange look and opened his mouth and spoke with an alluring voice, "Don't worry about it. It is very nice to meet you Ms. Higarashi. My name is Edward Cullen. I also did not expect to see you as much as I have today." Kagome smiled at him and nodded her head, "So, now that we have been properly introduced, do you mind if I ask you a quick question after we finish this lab?" Edward gave her a curious glance and nodded, "Sure. This lab is supposed to take us a few days yet you act like it will only take you a few minutes." Kagome gave him a sly grin, "Well it isn't that difficult." Edward gave her a look saying that he needed more than just that, "I have done this before." He gave a crocked smile, "So have I." Kagome raised her eyebrow, "Well then this should take even less time then I had expected. I can just say that I have done it before as an excuse." Edward nodded and they quickly finished the lab and set the results aside. "So, what is it that you wanted to ask me?" Edward had a smile on his face. Kagome gave an even bigger smile and asked too sweetly, "How did the cut on your cheek heal so quickly? It isn't even there anymore." Edward's smile quickly faded and was replaced with a slight frown and his eyes became guarded. "Oh. So you don't want to answer that question." Kagome packed up her things, "That is okay. I already know the answer to it." She gave Edward a wink and the bell rang and she walked out leaving a very confused and disgruntled Edward in her wake.
And that is the end of chapter 2! Please review and tell me what you think. Any and all coments are wanted/needed. I would really like some ideas on how to work through the rest of her first day. haha.
Thank you again!!!