A/N: And now for Chapter 2 of Transfer! I hope you all enjoy!
Jealousy
Jealousy all consuming
Frothing foaming fuming
One of the seven sins
Oft allied to lust when it begins
Jealousy is it about possession
Like a person eaten away by some obsession
Or can it be taken as a compliment
Or obligation to show intent
The grass looks greener on the other side
The green eyed monster is sometimes hard to hide
Jealously is defeated along with lust
If between two people there is love and trust
By Barry Williams
Ch. 3 Jealousy
School was flying by quickly. Nothing was going any differently for us, and our lives fell into a simple routine.
Inuyasha had become just a passing thought for me. It was true that I felt something at first for the jerk, but I learned quickly to avoid his gaze. He didn't try to talk to me, and of course I didn't try to talk to him either.
Sango and I were trying to find the hidden demons. Unfortunately for us, Sango's sense for them seemed to be weakening, meaning they were probably using more power to hide themselves. Which also leads us to believe that they might have some sense for us being around as well. Sango switched her elective to office aid so she'd be able to check the attendance sheets everyday and learn who the new students at our school were. We were still getting no leads though. It seemed like almost every student in our school wore some kind of multicolored piece of jewelry. Even with a small school like ours it's hard to narrow it down.
We were have no luck and it was frustrating us.
The start of the second week of school seemed to come in a breeze. We were all settling into our new schedules and new lives in Okinawa. Souta and Kohaku were really enjoying their school. They were making friends, and actually having fun. We were really happy for them. I know they deserve it after all the heartache they've been through.
After dropping off the boys, we made our way to Shikon High. I wasn't exactly excited about starting another week of school so I didn't really hurry to get into the building.
Sango wasn't trying to get there any quicker than I was, so we walked into our dreaded school at the same time.
We had only been in the building for about three seconds before my whole world seemed to come to a complete stop.
Standing there was a girl I did not recognize sucked up against Inuyasha. She looked a lot like me, except she seemed more beautiful and graceful. She had flawless features and I couldn't help but to be instantly jealous. Inuyasha didn't look really happy, but there was still something I saw between the two of them that I knew he could never have with me. And when she got up on her tiptoes and kissed him lightly, I felt enraged.
In that instant I envisioned myself grabbing her long, black hair and ripping her off him. I didn't understand my anger towards this girl I didn't even know, and I was extremely displeased with myself for having these feelings over Inuyasha, who was a horribly rude person to me.
All this was running through my head as the girl that was with Inuyasha turned and glared daggers at me. I was so surprised by this action that I gasped.
"Kagome, are you alright?" Sango turned and asked me.
"Ya I'm fine Sango. It's nothing. Let's go." I was still watching the girl as she glared at me.
I felt rather than saw Sango follow my eyes to the girl with Inuyasha. "Kagome, is that girl glaring at you?" She asked.
"Um…ya."
"Is there a reason she's glaring at you?"
"I honestly have no idea Sango. Let's just go to class ok? I don't want to deal with this right now. I don't even know who that girl is anyways." I turned to walk away when I heard a majestic voice call my name. I swung back around to see it was the girl that had been with Inuyasha.
"Hello, I'm Kikyo. I just wanted you to know that Inuyasha is mine, so you can stop staring dreamingly at him all the time ok? Keep those eyes of yours to yourself and we won't have a problem. Do I make myself clear?" The girl, Kikyo, said rudely to me.
"Excuse me? I don't think you really have the right to tell me what-" I started, but she cut me off.
"I can tell you what ever I want and you'll listen like the good little bitch you are. If you insist on sending goo goo eyes to my man everyday then I'll just have to show you what happens when you mess with me. So I recommend you just stop while you're ahead." Kikyo turned to walk away from me. Unfortunately for her, I wasn't about to let someone talk to me like that.
"You know what Kikyo, I don't really think I like how you're talking to me. Now let me tell you something and make it very clear. I have no intent on listening to you 'demands.' Trust me when I say I have no interest in Inuyasha in the first place, but you confronting me like this only pissed me off. Now run off to your jackass boyfriend and continue being the little whore you are. I just want to make sure you understand that I am not your bitch. Do I make myself clear?" I smiled smugly at her then headed towards my class. I heard Sango follow asked me laughing.
"That was awesome Kagome! Wait to tell that stupid girl off. She was so rude to you! She definitely deserved what you said to her. I've never heard you talk to anyone like that before though." Sango seemed very proud of me.
"Ya well it was obvious no one told her how it is before so I needed to step in and do it. She really thought she was hot shit, but I'm sure I changed that." I was still smiling from the confrontation with Kikyo. I was proud of myself too.
When I got into class the first bell had just rang. People were slowing starting to fill the room while Mr. Toshi graded papers. I sat down in my normal seat and pulled out my writing notebook. That's when I started to feel someone staring at me. I felt their eyes boring into the back of my head. I turned around and saw a boy I hadn't noticed was in my class. When he realized that I had caught him staring at me, he quickly looked the other way. He seemed to be pretty muscular and had long black hair pulled back in a ponytail. His eyes are what caught my attention more than anything though. They were a beautiful, piercing blue. They were the prettiest eyes I had ever seen.
My thoughts were interrupted by the late bell signaling the beginning of class.
Mr. Toshi waited for the last few stragglers to take their seats before starting the lesson. "Good morning everyone. Last week we spent most of the time talking about what we will be doing in this class. Now as I said before, your final will be of your choice, but it has to be of a substantial length. So at the end of class today I will hand out some materials that we will work out of to get you ready for your final. Right now we will start our first section, which of course is poetry. Now poetry is something that must come from the soul. You can't just throw words together and write them down. Most poetry contains some sort of rhyme scheme that is followed throughout the poem…" I started to tune out Mr. Toshi and his lector on poetry. Everything he was talking about were things I already knew. I had taught myself the beauty of poetry long ago.
It took me awhile to notice that Inuyasha wasn't in class. I realized it after looking over towards his desk to see if he looked upset from my fight with his girlfriend. Soon after I realized that he was missing, he showed up. He whispered what must have been his excuse to Mr. Toshi and took a seat at his desk. Mr. Toshi seemed to believe his excuse and carried on with the lesson. I couldn't help but to stare at Inuyasha and wonder what he had been up to.
I kept watching Inuyasha until I felt the boy from behind me staring again. I turned around, but this time the boy just kept staring and didn't look away shyly like he did before. I turned back towards to front once I heard Mr. Toshi's voice coming closer to me. He stopped to the right of my row and started to give us instructions. "Ok everyone. We have about forty minutes of class left. I would like you all to spend the next twenty writing a poem. It can be about anything you want. Apply everything you have just learned to it. After that we'll spend about five minutes sharing and then use the last fifteen to pass out workbooks and some poetry books. So get started."
It took me almost no time at all to get my poem going. I new exactly what I wanted to write about. I finished pretty quickly then just waited for Mr. Toshi to start asking for volunteers.
Apparently Inuyasha was again not participating because I glanced over to see him looking unamused and bored. He noticed me looking then, so I quickly looked away. I was starting to space out again when a paper was thrown onto my desk. I opened it curiously.
Kikyo is not my girlfriend, just so you know. She seems to think we still have a thing, but we've been broken up forever. But you really shouldn't have said all that rude stuff to her.
I was taken aback from the note from Inuyasha. I quickly wrote back.
Why do you even care if I think she's your girlfriend? I really have no interest in you or that girl. I had every right to say all that to her because she was being horrible to me first. So shove it.
I watched Inuyasha eyes open wide in surprise from my note, and I felt satisfied with myself. I was really curious on what he would say back. But before he got a chance to, Mr. Toshi ended our time.
"Ok that's the end of your twenty minutes. Who would like to share first?" Mr. Toshi asked. The boy who had been staring at me was the first to raise his hand. It surprised me since I hadn't even noticed him until that day. "Ah good. Koga, stand up and read your poem please."
The boy stood and seemed to purposely look straight at me. And he stayed that way the whole time he read.
"I walked in
and in an instant
time stood still
in a moment my heart was filled
with every wonderful feelin
gone can feel
I stood in amazement
I stood in awe
I never knew my heart could swoon
until I saw you from across the room."
Everyone clapped for Koga once he was finished. I really didn't care much for love poems, but in a weird way it made me feel good knowing that he looked at me while reading his love poem.
"Good Koga. Your play on words was very well done. I could tell that came from the soul. Ok, who's next?" Mr. Toshi said.
Inuyasha seemed to have noticed the looks Koga had been sending me while reading his poem. I saw a spark of jealousy in his eyes. I was happy to see it, even though I shouldn't have been. Then Inuyasha raised his hand. I definitely wasn't expecting him to volunteer, since Mr. Toshi had said he never participated. I was curious on what he was going to read since he didn't have any poem written down to read.
"Inuyasha? Are you actually going to give some participation in my class?" Mr. Toshi was extremely surprised.
"Keh. Don't sound so surprised old man. It's just something off the top of my head. I didn't write it down so don't expect it to be turned in." Inuyasha walked to the front of the room in an angry manner.
"Tentacles of fear wrapped around a soul,
dragged closer to the precipice of nothingness.
War rages within, a destructive battle, Armageddon.
Thoughts of surrender, hover nearby,
waiting to extinguish the last vestiges of hope.
Ravaged by devastation, a soul is lost.
Final acceptance of darkness and death,
ghastly screams go unheard,
the grim reaper wins again."
Again, everyone clapped and Inuyasha sat down quickly.
I looked at him, astonished by his poem. I didn't know what it meant, but I really wanted to know. It was dark, but somehow I knew it reveled something about him, and I felt like it read it for me to understand more about him. I just couldn't interpret his message.
"very good Inuyasha. I'm happy you decided to actually do something in my class this year. I am very pleased with your participation. Any other volunteers?" Mr. Toshi scanned the room, but no one raised their hand. "Kagome, why don't you read yours? You did very well last week." Of course I couldn't say no to my teacher so I stood up and went to the front of the room to recite my poem.
"Pleasure is just an illusion
Unfeeling, restless, lifes' outcast
Unnoticed snowflakes fall silently
Forever lost in winters' grasp
Dancing to the music of death
Spiraling, alone, numb with fear
Relentless north winds blow
Like dark laughter in your ears
Icy cold pierces beating hearts
Painful destiny now arrives
Forgotten, entombed, frozen grave
No one hears loves final cries."
"Interesting rhyme scheme, but again, very compelling. Well done Kagome." Mr. Toshi complimented. "Does anyone else want to try to beat those last three?" No one raised their hand. Mr. Toshi laughed. "Alright then. Let's start handing out materials." Mr. Toshi went to the back of the room where all the cabinets were. He called us back one at a time off the role sheet. We finished a few minutes early, so he let us leave before the bell.
It had become a habit to wait for Rin and Sango so I stood by the door right outside the room. As Inuyasha walked out he looked at me like he wanted to say something, but didn't. I almost asked him about his poem, but then Koga walked out behind him, and he stopped me and started talking to me.
"Hey baby, I'm Koga." Koga winked at me. I looked at him skeptically. His antics might work on other girls, but I wasn't impressed. He continued talking anyways. "I've been admiring you this past week and I just love your poetry. And I actually wrote my poem for you and I know you'd just love to go out with me so how bout it?" Koga said, seeming much too cocky for my liking.
I'm sure it would be fun but-" I was not going to go out with this over confident guy. But then I saw Inuyasha stop and turn to listen to us. It seemed pretty harsh, but I wanted to make him jealous. So instead I finished by saying, "But I'm really busy all week. Maybe we could get together Saturday?" I glanced at Inuyasha to see just what I wanted. The jealousy was written all over his face. I At first I didn't think he'd be jealous, but it was starting to become obvious that he wasn't showing how he really felt about me. I felt sorta bad about using Koga, but he was the one who was over confident so it couldn't hurt him too much.
"Oh that'd be great! I'll give you my number later! See ya!" Koga smiled brightly at me then walked away right as the bell rang. I turned back to Inuyasha only to see him stalking of towards Kikyo, who was practically running at him.
I was now the one feeling jealous, but released it after Rin and Sango walked up to me. As we started to head over to our lockers, I whispered to Sango. "We need to talk. Now."
"Um Rin? Could you go grab that book I left in your locker for me? I need it for next period." Sango was flawless with excuses.
"Oh ya of course! I'll be right back." Rin walked back over to her locker while I tried not to talk myself out of telling Sango.
As soon as I had Sango's full attention, I didn't hesitate because I knew that if I did I would chicken out. "I got asked out today and I said yes." I blurted as quickly as possible.
"You did what? Didn't we just talk about this last week Kagome? I mean are you crazy! I thought you of all people would follow the rules!" Sango tried to keep her voice down so others around us couldn't hear.
"I know and I'm sorry, but-" And for the first time in my life, Sango was angry enough at me that she cut me off.
"No, save it Kagome. You are ridiculous." She turned and walked away from me.
Sango was aggressive, but she had never been like that to me. I was so upset, I ran to the bathroom and burst into tears. The first and late bell rang, but I just sat there and cried until I couldn't anymore. I had let my best friend down. That hurt me a lot.
When I finally had control of my emotions again, I left the bathroom for class. I was about to turn the corner when I heard someone get slammed into a row of lockers. I stayed where I was and listened.
"You bastard! I can't believe you'd do that." I looked and saw it was Inuyasha holding Koga against the lockers and Miroku was trying to get them away from each other.
"Inuyasha stop! You can't do this here! You're going to get yourself into trouble!" Miroku stepped even closer and tried to pry Inuyasha away from Koga. Miroku's sounded tight with fear.
"Miroku just tell this ass to get over himself. He has the lovely Kikyo for himself anyways. He doesn't need Kagome as well." Koga smirked, obviously not threatened by Inuyasha.
Before Inuyasha could respond, Kikyo walked up and pried Inuyasha away from Koga. Inuyasha didn't resist like he had with Miroku. "You are very right Koga. Inuyasha needs to learn that and quickly." Kikyo glared at the three men standing around her. "Now you all know why I'm here. You're not doing your jobs at all what so ever so I have to come babysit you. So stop screwing around and do your jobs."
They all murmured their "yes's" and "we understand's."
Inuyasha didn't look satisfied though. I could see the blood lust in his eyes. He wanted to hurt Koga, and it scared me.
I never knew jealousy could be so harmful to a person.
I was quickly realizing that jealousy fuels a person to do horrible things.
Including myself…
And there you have it! Chapter three is done! Just in case someone reading this really is good at poetry, I'm just kind of going off what I think so please don't be offended if I describe it all wrong. And now I'll give credit to the real poets of this story: Koga's poem-Across the Room by Raynie Andrewson. Inuyasha's poem-Unknown name by Sylvia A. Kagome's poem-Dance of Death by Cynthia Graver. I'm hoping to get another update going soon so please review and let me know what you think! This was my last rewrite so the rest of the chapters will be originals so they will take longer. I'm warning you all now the only time I will ever update is weekends because I have a full load of AP classes this term and too much homework on the weekdays plus basketball so I don't have time to update or write. I really would love some constructive criticism so I know how to make this story better! Lots and lots of it please! Oh and I'm sorry if it seems like there's to much poetry but I'm just trying to tie all of it in with the story. Next chapter should have almost none! Anyways, please review! Please please! I haven't been getting a lot of reviews and it's kinda depressing :(