Punch!
By: MangoCandy64
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Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, Honda Civic, or Hello Kitty…yet! XD
Warning: Explicit language
A/N: The title below is the actual title of the chapter and not Sex, Drugs, & Violence. ...High School. Apparently this site discriminates against long chapter titles. :(
Chapter 2: Sex, Drugs, & Violence. Welcome to High School Kids!
"Good morning Tokyo! It's Ken Yoshida here on S.N.T fm radio. Let's check what the weather has in store for us this week shall we? Time for your S.N.T's weather forecast update. Looks like we will be kick starting the week with lots of sunshine this morning, with temperatures sitting at a comfortable 35 degrees Celsius with the barometer rising. Couldn't be a better day for all those kids heading back to school today…"
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The young brunette heavily groaned into her pillow as she hit the snooze button with her heavy arm. Dancing rays of light peaked through her half closed blinds and entered the girl's sleeping quarters. The girl made a deep sigh and used all the energy she had to shift her head towards her digital clock. Neon green light flashed the numbers 6:30am back at her hazelnut eyes. The girl then shifted her head back to normal position and hid her head under her cotton pillow to hide from the brilliant light that threaten to disturber her somber slumber. Slowly, the girl's state of mind began to drift back into a world of tranquility; a surreal dream land where reality was no such thing. Suddenly, the girl awoke with a loud scream penetrating her pillow covered ears. Instinctively, the girl screamed too shooting up from her laid position.
"Sango wake up! This is no time to sleep in. Happy first day of school sis!" The young boy said through a fit of laughter.
"GET OFF MY BED KOHAKU!!" Sango yelled enraged.
"Smile!" the boy said in response and pushed a button on his new digital camera.
"What the F…?"
But before she realized what on earth was going on, a great big flash shot at her directly. Then the camera was shoved in her face revealing a messy haired, lip drooling, Hello Kitty pajama wearing monstrosity who was supposedly herself.
"What do ya think? Cool souvenir, huh?" Kohaku said followed with another burst of laughter.
"I'm gunna smash your stupid little head in if you don't delete that picture this instant!" Sango retorted.
"Nope! Gotta catch me first bubble butt!"
And with that, the chase around Sango's jungle-like bedroom began.
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"In!" Sango demanded.
Kohaku reluctantly got into the battered up Honda Civic which was supposedly going to get them to school that morning. Sango slammed her brother's door shut and made her way to the other side of the car. She took another bite of her slightly brunt bagel and fumbled to find the right key on her keychain. When she finally found the right one, she unlocked her side of the car and hoped into the driver's seat. Several minutes latter, after checking all the car mirrors and bickering with her brother to fasten his seatbelt, she entered the key into the ignition and they were off.
The forecast was right on about the weather. The sun sat dead center in the crisp blue sky and the breeze that flew in through the crack of the slightly open car windows was warm and smelt of summer memories. It was a gorgeous day; to bad they would have to be spending it in school, Sango thought to herself. Sango took her eyes off the road for a second to catch a glimpse of her brother in the passenger seat. His gaze was focused straight in front of him through the car's windshield. His smoky chestnut hair swayed softly in the morning breeze and his face held a cute and content grin. As much as the little turd bothered her so, she just couldn't help but feel happy to see him so lively and excited. Her eyes returned back to the road as a chuckle slip through her soft lips. This, of course, captured the attention of the boy who sat beside her.
"What?" Kohaku asked as he turned to face his older sister with a confused expression.
"Can't a person even laugh without having to explain herself?" she said with her eyes still on the road.
"Whatever." Kohaku replied and returned his focus on the windshield.
Sango smiled having won the battle although she knew her brother didn't think of it as one. She found it somewhat hysterical that her little baby brother, the one who refused to wear anything but a diaper until he was five and thought clothing were fancy dish cloths, sat before her wearing a nice, primped high school uniform. It was his first day of grade nine so she understood why he was so excited. It's a whole other level than elementary and was an introduction to a world you may have never known existed. High school was a realm of hardcore parties, essays and exams, underage drinking, girls, sex, and last but not least, mind-numbing violence. So it would come to no surprise if her six foot tall, teenage, testosterone filled little brother said he had been looking forward to this day ever since he was born.
Sango made a final left turn and made her way up a neighborhood. Soon after, she entered the school's underground parking lot and took a few minutes to park her car properly. When she finally felt that the car was perfectly aligned between the two yellow lines of the parking space, she took the key out of the ignition. She pulled a small lever near the bottom of the car to open the car's trunk. She then stepped out of the car and grabbed both her and her brother's backpacks from the disarray of junk in the car's trunk. She then made it to the other side of the car and opened the passenger seat door.
"Out!" she demanded to her brother.
The hazel eyed boy sat frozen in his seat for a few minutes before he grabbed his bag from his sister's hand and stepped out of the car. Sango made a funny expression due to her brother's sudden odd behavior. Sango then shut the passenger seat door and set her car alarm on. Satisfied with the "beep, beep" of the car locking all its doors, she ushered her brother to walk with her out of the garage. As they entered the warm breeze of outside, they made their way to the front of the school campus. Sango once again took a peak at her brother who was staring down at the sidewalk. Sensing what the problem was, she tired to help find a solution.
"Nervous?" Sango asked.
"Who, me? The only thing I'm nervous about is you ruining my reputation."
"It's your first day; you don't have a reputation stupid!"
"W-Well, I don't want you to ruin everyone's first impression of me and…"
Sango tugged on her brother's uniform sleeve, indicating for him to stop moving.
"Look. You've been through a lot of shit in these past couple of years. This is nothing compared to what we've been through squirt. Relax. And I'll try not to ruin everyone's first impression on you…much. Scout's Honor!" Sango said with a reassuring smile and with her right hand placed over her heart.
"But you're not a scout." Kohaku said with a playful grin.
"You're catching on lil bro." Sango said with a giggle as she continued to walk towards the school's entrance.
Kohaku stood on the sidewalk watching as his sister walked ahead to their destination. He couldn't help but smile as he watched her walk towards the school's entrance.
"Thanks" he said to no one in particular and yelled at his sister to wait up as he ran towards the entrance.
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Blue orbs shown in delight as they traced up and down at the soft material. The girl gently stroked the blazer's collar, smoothing out any wrinkles that lurked in its fabric. She was silent for what seemed like hours as she stared in awe at her brand new school uniform. The plaid red kilt, white French cut blouse, the dark rich blazer, matching tie and white knee socks; it was almost too much for the fragile girl to take in. As the car she sat in drove over a small pothole, the young girl snapped out of her stupor and her attention returned to her nagging grandmother who she forgot was sitting beside her. For the past ten minutes her grandmother had gone on and on about how she, her only granddaughter, shouldn't have to attend a public school especially in her case.
"Kagome dear, I don't see why you have to go through with this. I've done everything in my power to provide you with the best education money can buy so why throw it all away for some mediocre education facility they call high school?." The old woman pleaded to her young granddaughter.
Kagome only gave her grandmother a kindhearted smile before she left out a tiny sigh and attempted to explain her reasoning to her grandmother once more.
"Obasan, did you ever go to high school?" she asked with curiosity.
"Don't be silly child. Of course I did! You know how important education is to me." the elderly woman replied a bit insulted.
"What was it like?" Kagome asked as she stared out of the car window.
The old woman was prepared to answer her question in an hour long seminar about her childhood when her granddaughter's words finally seemed to make sense to her. Kagome was different and as much as she tried to insure her she wasn't, the more her granddaughter knew she was. To have lived in a hospital for all her life and to be home schooled since she was seven, was no life any kid would be too happy about. But Kagome was different. Of course she had cried and was scared of what was to come but she never complained. She lived for the moment and always woke up with a sense of accomplishment knowing she was at least here for one more day. Instead of running away from the fact that she was ill, she accepted it and moved forward. What was it like? It was with those four words that she understood what her granddaughter had been trying to ask her for, for all these years.
It was the old woman's turn to sigh as she gave no response to her granddaughter's question.
"Lady Kaede, we have reached Joshibi Academy's main campus." The driver stated from his seat.
"Very well." She responded and turned to see a very ecstatic granddaughter who sat beside her.
"Thank you Obasan. I Love you." The girl squealed as she kissed her grandmother on her cheek and hopped outside of the car.
The old woman watched as her granddaughter skipped up the stairs to the school's main entrance and disappeared through the maroon coloured doors. Kaede could only shake her head with a grin as she lost sight of Kagome through the tinted car windows.
"I'm getting too old for this." She said under her breath with a smirk.
The car began to back up from the school's entrance and made its way out of the school grounds. What was it like? It was with those four words that she understood what her granddaughter had been trying to ask her for, for all these years.
Obasan, don't let me hide anymore.
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"Man, I don't remember the entrance being that far away from the garage." a panting Sango said to no one in particular.
"It's only a block away. Maybe you should lay off the McDonalds." Kohaku retorted with his arms crossed and his head slightly shaking in disappointment of his sister's rotten health.
Sango only stared daggers at him in response to his comment.
"SANGO!!" a voice screamed out of no where.
Sango and her brother immediately looked around to match the scream with a body when a flash of red appear over top of the two. Before any of them could run away, a red haired girl landed on Sango's shoulders and squeezed her with all her might. Kohaku could only stared with utter fear and confusion as his sister piggy backed what look like an over sized child.
"SANGO!! I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU SINCE LIKE FOREVER! HOW WAS YOUR SUMMER!! YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED…GAWD I'VE MISSED YOU…" the emerald eyed girl rambled on still sitting on her good friend's shoulders and squeezing her like no tomorrow.
"Ayame, you're hurting me." Sango struggled to say as she tried to regain her balance.
"Oh." Ayame said in realization and hoped off her friend's back. Her attention then turned towards the petrified boy who was standing next to them.
"No fair Sango. You always get the cute boyfriends." Ayame whined as she crossed her arms in disappointment.
"BOYFRIEND??" Kohaku shouted.
"CUTE??" Sango yelled.
Sango took a few minutes to compose herself before she spoke again.
"Ayame, this is my younger brother Kohaku."
"Is that really you Kohaku? Boy, have you grown. You still afraid of me?" Ayame said with a giggle.
"Pssh No…" Kohaku said terrified as his cheeks turned scarlet.
"So what was the big news that you had to assassinate my back for?" Sango asked as she took a seat on the school's front steps.
"Well I heard from a friend of a friend of a friend of mine…"
"And you wonder why she scares the shit outta me?" Kohaku whispered to his sister.
"…that the mob leader dude that died a few years back has a hot son who's transferring to our school this year! Awesome huh?" Ayame squealed.
"Umm no." Kohaku said as his sister jabbed her elbow into his leg.
Sango spoke as she leaned her back against the steps she sat on.
"But hasn't that guy been like expelled from every school in the district or something. Don't waste your time with him Ayame. He's just another delusional thug who thinks he can fight like the best of them. What was his name again…Inu…"
"INUYASHA!!" Ayame said mesmerized as a sliver haired boy stepped out of a black car.
The boy's amber eyes squinted a bit due to the sun's brilliant rays. He stared at the school that stood before him in utter disgust as he began to make his way to the front steps. He seemed to be wearing the school's uniform but it was hard to tell from the way he wore it. His French cut shirt was untucked from his pants and was buttoned up a little bit more than half way. His tie hung loose around his neck and he held his black blazer in his arm than on himself. His hands were in his pockets as he strutted closer to the entrance way. If it weren't for the day's warm breeze blowing his bangs over top of his face, everyone would freeze from the demonic scowl he wore on his face.
Ayame began to panic as the boy she had just gossiped about was walking in her direction.
"HE"S COMING THIS WAY!! WHAT DO I DO?!" she screamed.
"You could stop screaming?" Sango said irritated.
"Okay, I've got a plan. When he comes this way, I'll stand here while you two chat amongst yourselves. Then I'll hit him with my super deluxe ultra kawaii face and ask him if he knows the time. Then he'll fall in love with me and we can ride off into the sun…hey, where'd he go?"
"He passed us 'bout two minutes ago and went inside." Kohaku said picking his ear with his pinky.
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Kagome buttoned the last button on her cotton white blouse and slipped into her black blazer. She looked once more in the washroom mirror making sure everything was in check. She then tied her tie with incredible speed and ran her hand once in her ebony hair. She was ready. Never before had she worn a uniform before. The school uniform was designed to be worn by members of the school community representing the pride and respect they must show for the academy. Kagome thought otherwise. The uniform to her was a sign that she didn't have to hide anymore and could live a life without IV's or nurses. She wanted to take on the world and what better way to start than in high school. She stuffed her other clothes in her backpack and made her way out of the school washroom. She then reached in her blazer's pocket for a small folded up piece of paper. She unfolded the paper to reveal a school schedule. She scanned over the paper reading every detail to herself.
"Hmm…new students must report to the main office. This place is huge! How on earth am I gunna find the office..." she said softly to herself as she looked at her wrist watch.
"…IN FIVE MINUTES!" she said in shock. Great, her first day here and she was already going to be late.
'So much for a smooth start.' she thought to herself.
Kagome ran around the magnificent school hallway passing the large cafeteria, even larger gymnasium, and the largest auditorium she had ever seen. She panicked when the warning bell rang and she had no idea where in the school she was. Her attention was then drawn to two girls and a young boy who just entered the school. Desperate, she ran up to the trio and asked for directions.
"Excuse me, do any of you know where I can find the main office?" she asked exhausted.
Sango only smiled as she thought it was so cute that the newbie was trying so hard to be on time.
"Yup. As a matter of fact, my brother here has to head over there too. It's just around the corner past the guidance office. Why don't you escort her Kohaku?"
Kohaku shivered at how polite his sister was behaving but quickly shook it off and turn his attention to Kagome.
"Sure. Nice to meet you…" Kohaku stalled as he realized the girl hadn't introduced herself.
"Kagome. Thanks so much." She smiled in relief.
"NO PROBLEM! AWW YOU'RE SO CUTE!! YOUR HAIR IS SO SHINY…WHAT SHAMPOO DO YOU USE. OH, MY NAME'S AYAME!!" Ayame blurted suddenly.
All three just stared with nervous smiles.
"Umm yeah, you guys better get going. Our principal is kinda strict. Name's Sango. Welcome to hell." Sango said holding her hand out towards Kagome.
Kagome shook her hand along with a confused expression.
"But I thought this was Joshibi Academy?" Kagome replied innocently, unaware of Sango's attempt to be funny.
"You'll soon learn there's no difference." Sango said with a grin and walked off with Ayame in the other direction.
"Well, we better get going." Kohaku said shyly to the girl next to him.
"Right!" Kagome said with a smile.
The two walked in silence for most of the way as they passed the guidence office. Kagome finally broke the silence between them.
"Is this your forth year too?" Kagome asked the shy boy beside her.
Kohaku was a little shocked realizing the girl was in grade twelve. 'Better luck next time.' he thought.
"Umm actually its my first but everyone says I look older than I am." Kohaku said with a shy chuckle and his fingers scratching the back of his head.
Kagome responed with a smile.
"No, I think it's your height. You gotta be at least 5'9."
"Try 6 feet." he said with pride.
The two continued there little conversation untill they reached the end of the hallway.
"According to your sister, the office should be just around this corner." Kagome stated.
As she began to turn the corner excited that her high school life was about to begin, she sudenly walked into a cloud of deep smoke that had been puffed in her face. Kagome coughed as the smell of tabbaco entered her lungs making her feel woozy inside. As she rubbed her watery blue orbs, a familiar silver haired boy stood before her. He leaned against the wall next to the main office door and his deep amber eyes stared back at her as his scowl turned into a devilsh grin. As she stood there trying to recollect her thoughts while attempting to figure out why this boy seemed oh so familiar, the boy spoke helping her to remember.
"Inuyasha. Nice to meet you."
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A/N: MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE! Sorry it took so long to update but with x-mas parties to attend to and this wicked cold that I've had for about five days now, it was hard to find time to finish this chapter. I'm content with the chapter but I feel like I slacked off a bit. Anyway, I'm gunna take the time to clarify some things in this chapter.
Number 1: The S.N.T in S.N.T fm Radio stands for Shikon no Tama for anyone who was curious. As for the school's name, Joshibi Academy, it's a random high school in Japan.
Number 2: You will learn about Kagome's illness later on in the story so please be patient.
Number 3: If you refer to chapter 1, Kagome tells Inuyasha her name. So the last comment Inuyasha makes, "Inuyasha. Nice to meet you.", is to response to Kagome's comment in Chapter one.
By the way, there school uniforms are those like in the manga Happy Hustle High. I always wanted a uniform with a blazer :D but unfortunately I don't :( so I am forced to live out my dream in this fanfic :) Links for the uniform are located on my profile.
Umm yeah. This chapter was all about introducing characters and one of the setting's of this fic; high school! Thank you to White-Snow-Winged-Angel for the review. APPRICATE IT! R&R ppl. Now if you don't mind I'm gunna eat some chicken noodle soup.
Later Dayz.