Music From My Heart
Summary: Kagome finished the jewel and is trying to start her life over. She transferred schools in her freshman year, now in sophomore, and is living with Sesshomaru who adopted her after her family moved to London with the man Kagome's mom remarried. Kagome not wanting to leave stayed, the other reason being because she hated her new 'father.' Kagome heard Lili's voice and ended up in the contest, the problem is Kagome gave up music when her father died; her mother hated hearing music because her late husband was a famous musician and taught Kagome how to play various types of music styles and how to play different instruments. After a while Kagome's mother forbid Kagome to play music and had their last name changed so she wouldn't have to be bothered by people looking for any relatives of the famous musician that died. But will Kagome participate in the contests and follow her passion in music, or will she reject it and follow her mother's wishes and never play music again
Crossover: Inuyasha/La Corda d 'Oro
Pairing: Kagome/?
Rating: M
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Chapter Five
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Kagome sighed trying to shake off the bad feeling she had, as she entered the school grounds. Ever since she woke up this morning she had a bad feeling that something was going to happen, and the last time she had this feeling she embarrassed herself at her old school, and she didn't want to go through that again.
Looking around Kagome noticed that everyone around her was either looking at her or whispering to their friends. Shrugging it off she made her way to her homeroom, when she opened the door all the talking came to a stop and stared at her. Frowning Kagome stepped into the room and closed the door behind her, she knew something was up but what?
After she took her seat, she turned to Yuki and Kisa, "Is it 'Stare and Whisper About Kagome Day' or did I miss something?"
The two girls stared at each other, one had stars in her eyes while the other looked hesitant to tell before the latter, Yuki turned back to her friend, "Kagome… I think that you should see this…"
The Gen Ed Princess raised a brow before taking the paper that Yuki handed to her…
Kazuki was in no better when he entered his homeroom. Everyone was giving him the same treatment as Kagome in her homeroom. Once he found Azuma, he went up to him, "Oi, Yunoki? What happened? Why is everyone staring at me?"
Yunoki sighed and handed him the paper, "Here read this..."
Kazuki gave him a confused look but took the paper and read it...
"WWWWWHHHHHHAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTT T !" Two voices broke the silence in the air in the school, on from the Gen Ed, and the other from the Music School.
In the Gen Ed Department, Kagome glared daggers at the photo in the paper, now realizing where she had heard that click from yesterday when she had bumped into Hihara-senpai. Someone DID take a picture of her on top of Hihara! Looking at the end of the article, she found the name of not only the one who had written the article but who also took the photo.
'Nami Amo… oh, she's so DEAD.' At her thoughts, everyone around her just edged away as they felt her anger increase while a few of the guys were almost crying at the thought that their princess was already in a relationship with someone… and from the Music School too.
Kagome sat the paper on the desk and headed toward the door but was stopped by Kisa asking, "Where are you going?" The only answer she got was, "Music school."
Sighing Kagome walked down the halls of the music school, the whispers increasing, stopping Kagome smiled going up to one of the music school girls, "Can you do me a big favor? Can you go get Kazuki Hihara?"
The girl gasped, seeing who was in front of her, and then it turned into a giggle and nodded, running into the classroom to get him.
"Kazuki." Kagome greeted him giving him a smile, adding in a blush for the spectators, "Can I borrow you for a bit?"
Once the Trumpet player agreed, Kagome grabbed his wrist and almost dragged him to where she was sure where the Press Club always meets. Neither of them noticed the Flute player watching after them with something almost akin to envy before shaking it off and going back into the room.
They also never noticed the second violin player staring after them with slight curiosity.
Len could hear a small group of girls talk as he walked down the hallway as they looked at the school newspaper.
"Aww, I'm so jealous that Hihara-sama already has a girlfriend." One spoke.
"Yeah. Not to mention she's really pretty for someone who's a part of the Gen Ed department."
"I have to admit though… they make a cute couple."
Kagome and Kazuki came to a stop in front of the Press Club meeting room, Kagome snapped the door open and entered. "Is Nami Amo, here?" Kagome asked, one of the members.
"Um, y-yes...She's in the back..."One of the girls timidly said. Kagome smiled and thanked her and dragged Kazuki to the back of the room where the girl said this Nami girl was. Opening the door to the back door, she walked in.
"OH! Higurashi! Hihara! What can I do for you two lovebirds?" A happy voice asked across the room.
Kagome's eyes narrowed, while Kazuki blushed, but said nothing, "We're not lovebirds!"
"HUH? You're not? But you two seemed so close..." Nami started, and then trailed off.
"It's true me and Higurashi aren't dating!" Kazuki said blushing at the very though, and rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment.
After a while of explaining what happened in the picture she took yesterday, the wavy haired high school reporter apologized before saying that she would fix everything and clear all the misunderstanding by the next morning.
Thanking her, Kagome and Kazuki bowed in thanks before leaving to go to class, both relieved that hopefully everything will clear up by then. But Kagome was still dreading on what was to come for the rest of the day with everyone believing her and Kazuki were in a relationship.
At the Teacher's lounge, Kanazawa was drinking his coffee before he heard a couple of the female teachers gossiping.
"Did you see the picture on today's school paper...it was adorable..." one said.
"Yeah Higurashi and Hihara make a perfect couple." the other giggled, and the others did the same.
'Higurashi and Hihara a couple?' Kanazawa though, he shook his head at the gossip. He knew it was a lie; they had only met a couple of days ago, and couldn't be dating already. He ignored the gossip, and went back to sleeping.
It was lunch and Kagome was sitting alone, her friends went off somewhere and she had nothing to do. Kagome was brought out of her thinking by someone calling her name. She turned and saw Kazuki and his arms were filled with food, Kagome couldn't help but laugh at the cute picture he made. 'Cute? Since when have I referred someone as cute?' She asked herself.
When Kazuki made it to where she was sitting, he grinned at her, "Mind if I sit with you? Yunoki said that he had to take care of something before he'll come."
"Sure. Go on ahead." Kagome returned his smile as he dropped the packs of sandwiches and bread, giggling a bit as the third year student started to dig in as soon as he took a seat.
Kazuki looked up to Kagome, seeing that she didn't have anything and offered, "Higure-chan, you're not eating?"
"I sort of forgot my lunch this morning and I didn't bring enough money to buy anything."
Kazuki smiled and handed her some of his food, "eat." Kagome blushed, "it's your food, but thank you for the offer."She gave the food back to him.
Frowning Kazuki gave the food back, by now a lot of people in the lunchroom were looking at them again, and some off the girls were giggling and making 'aww' sounds. "Eat it...or I won't eat either." he put all his food down and crossed his arms over his chest.
"Hey! That's a dirty trick!" Kagome glared. This caused Kazuki to smile, but he still refused to eat, even when his stomach growled.
"Well what's going on over here?" A voice asked cutting Kagome off of her glaring fest. She turned to see Yunoki.
"Nothing." Kagome said, going back to glaring at Kazuki, who waved at his friend who sat down next to Kagome.
"Kagome won't eat. I even offered her some of my food, and she refused!" Kazuki whined to Yunoki.
Yunoki turned to Kagome with a curious yet concerned look, "Why aren't you eating?"
"Like I told Hihara-senpai, I forgot my lunch at home and didn't bring enough money with me to buy anything." She replied still glaring at the trumpet player… although, she could tell that he was almost about to break what with him staring at the sandwich he started eating before he offered her something.
Yunoki chuckled; shaking his head before grabbing one of the other sandwiches Kazuki bought and put it in the girl's hand, "It's not healthy to skip a meal."
Kagome gave him her best puppy dog eyes, "but I don't want to take his food!"
Yunoki sighed, she was really stubborn, "Just eat it; you don't want Kazuki to starve now do you?"
Kagome's eyes softened, and grumbled, "no" she took a the sandwich and took a bit, all the while she glared at Kazuki, who resumed eating as well, with a happy smile on his face. Yunoki looked between the two, his eyes darkened, when her eyes had softened looking at Kazuki. He was jealous, but he would never admit it, it was the first time a girl hadn't swooned at the sight of him, and was actually able to have a conversation with. He watched as the two bickered back and forth, and laughed. The other students around them, he could hear them making comments about the two, and how they made a cute couple, or that they seem to complete each other. It made him, want to just snatch her up, and hide her away from the rest of the world but he knew that was never going to happen.
He was brought out of his thoughts when Kagome called his name, asking him a question.
"Yunoki-senpai?" She asked, her voice laced with worry.
"Sorry, I was lost in thought, what did you say?" He asked placing his smile back on.
Kagome frowned, but quickly smiled to cover it up, "I asked if you were alright, you seemed kind of dazed."
"I'm fine Kagome-san." Yunoki told her, "and you don't have to call me sempai since I can call you by your first name, you can do the same."
"Ehh, that's not fair, Azuma, gets to call you by your first name." Kazuki protested, also wanting to call her by her first name.
Laughing Kagome told him, "You can call me by my first name too"
Kazuki cheered, "Alright Kage-chan!"
"Hey! What's with the pet name!" Kagome asked, it was the first time someone called her that and she was surprised, "If I'm Kage-chan...then your Kazu!"
The three of them laughed as the rest of the students in the Lunchroom continued to watched, making comments every now and then about Kazuki and Kagome. Some even went as far as saying that Yunoki looked like a good match to the Gen Ed Princess, much to the Yunoki Guard's displeasure.
Some were even saying there was a love triangle going on. Kazuki and Kagome were dating, but used to like him before him and Kagome started dating, Yunoki now likes her, but doesn't want to ruin his friendship with Kazuki.
Kagome got up from the table to throw away her trash, but before she could even reach the garbage can the Yunoki Guard intercepted her.
The Banshee Trio blocked her way from the trash can while giving the miko glares that would almost rival Sango's. Almost being the key word.
She gave them an exaggerated tired look before speaking her thoughts, "Oh, great. What does the Yunoki Banshees want with me now?"
"Stay away from Yunoki-Sama! He's too good for you!" the brunette demanded, which made Kagome snort in amusement.
"Why should I? We are friends." Kagome said, irritated. She didn't want to listen to them, they were god damn annoying. "Now if you'll excuse me.." Kagome was cut off when one of the girls grabbed her arm. "We're not done talking."
"I think we are, and if you do not let go in the next five seconds, I will not be accountable for my actions. It will be self-defense." Kagome hissed, her silver blue eyes narrowed, and lips pressed together.
"As if we would listen to you..."
'one' kagome silently started counting.
"Stay away from Yunoki-Sama or..."
'Two'
"you'll pay the price...just because..."
'Three'
"You are in the contest doesn't mean we music..."
'four'
"Students have to agree with the choices, you are..."
'Five'
"Are still a little slut, and- AHHHHHHH!" She was cut off her speech, when Kagome forcefully removed her arm and grabbed her arm and twisted it behind her back.
The cry caught everyone's attention, including Kazuki and Yunoki. The both of the were surprised to see, not only one of Yunoki's fan girls forced into a submissive position as the other two were almost scared yet shocked, but they were surprised to see the purely angry face Kagome made.
The expression alone was enough to make everyone shiver in fear but as Kagome spoke up in downright pissed off voice, everyone just shivered, "Listen and listen well… no one, and I mean no one touches me or even orders me around. If you or your little friends try pulling that stunt you did, I'll personally make sure that you never pick up an instrument again." She then gave a deadly grin, "If memory serves me correctly, one needs every part of their arm from the shoulder to the tips of their fingers to work an instrument."
The three girls paled, and took a step back. They were scared… they never would have thought she could be this intimidating. The other girls in the school were never like this, they were mostly submissive girls, but this slip of a girl had a fighting spirit. Gulping the brunette and her two friends, turned and ran out of the lunch room, all the while they could feel Kagome's glare on their backs, until they were out of site.
The entire lunchroom was silent as Kagome threw away her trash. Noticing how silent it was, Kagome looked around to see everyone, including Yunoki and Kazuki staring at her. She then felt a pang in her chest, thinking that after what she did, everyone would start being scared of her. Her eyes locked onto Yunoki and Kazuki's eyes, there was a flash of fear in their eyes. Her eyes darkened, she wanted to cry, it hurt, why did it always end up like this.
She turned, losing eye contact with them, and ran out of the lunch room.
'Why does everything always turn out like this?' Kagome asked herself, as she ran, she ran up the flight of stairs and onto the roof, no one would find her up here. Sighing Kagome put her back to the wall and sat down, she drew her knees in and sat her head down on them.
Back at the lunchroom, everyone started murmuring about what just happened as Yunoki and Kazuki let it sink in… neither of them thought that someone as sweet as their Gen Ed contestant could be so deadly, especially toward Yunoki's fan club.
'They most likely made her angry with any accusations they came up with…' Yunoki concluded before he started to overhear some girls who were often picked on by his fan club.
"I can't believe it. Higurashi-san is the first person to ever stand up to Yunoki-sama's fan club."
"Yeah, that was pretty cool."
"And to threaten them by taking away the use of their arms… that's a music student's greatest fear."
Yunoki got up from his seat and silently walked out of the lunchroom, everyone was now staring at him. They had a good idea where he was going. As Yunoki made it to the roof, a good guess where she could be, it was a place very few people went to, and opened the door. The site that greeted him though was one he wished he didn't have to see, it was Kagome sitting next to the door, knees drawn to her chest, and head in her knees, quietly crying. He knelt down next to her, and softly stroked her hair; this action caused her to lift her head. When she saw him, Yunoki saw the look of surprise cross her face, he just gave her a reassuring smile.
"Senpai… why…?" Before Kagome could continue her question in why he was here, Yunoki rested a finger on her lips, stopping her from speaking anymore.
Yunoki just continued to smile at her, touching her cheek in a comforting way before admitting, "That's the first time I've ever seen a girl stand up for her self with such ferocity." As he saw her curiosity, he continued, "Not to mention most of the girls who were often picked on by those three were completely in awe in how you didn't put up with them."
As Yunoki said these words, neither of them noticed Ryotaro Tsuchiura listening in on them from behind the door leading to the roof. The Gen Ed male was surprised to see Kagome become so deadly towards those Music School girls but was almost in shock to see that she could be merciless. And after he watched her run off, he became worried and started to follow her after Yunoki left to look for her.
He figured out when he met Kagome that she was very kind, and didn't like violence, but then again she did defend herself against the banshees. Looking back to the scene in front of him, he could feel his chest clench, he didn't like the way Yunoki was looking at Kagome, or that he was touching her for that matter. He shook it off, and silently left knowing that he wasn't going to be much help here.
"Why would they be in awe, they all had looks of fear in their eyes when I left...they were afraid of me!" Kagome cried, tears escaping her eyes, she saw the looks they gave her, the look of fear and disgust. It hurt her to see that look in their eyes; it was even in Kazuki's eyes.
"Kazuki even had the same look in his eyes, so did you! Why come after me!" She started to cry even harder. Yunoki's eyes softened, and continued to stroke her hair, he sat down next to her and held her in his arms and whispered, "It was surprising to say the least, but I'm not afraid of you, and I don't think Kazuki is either, he was just shocked."
Yunoki made Kagome look at him once more. "You even showed most of the girls, who were always picked on by those three that they didn't have to be afraid of them just because they act all high and mighty. You showed them that those three were no different from them. You inspired them to stand up for themselves. And I'm sure that Kazuki will feel or act no differently around you after what happened in there."
"...if you say so...but I'm not really convinced." Kagome whispered, she closed her eyes, and let her body relax against his, as she slowly fell asleep. Yunoki smiled, and softly caressed her cheek, "don't worry, I'll have a talk with those three later, just relax" He watched her as she slept in his arms, he could only smile. He was brought out of his thoughts when someone came through the door.
Looking up, he saw Kazuki come up to them with worry on his face. "Is Kage-chan okay?" It looked like he had gotten over his shock and soon started to worry about his new friend/contest rival.
"She's fine. Just a little uncertain after what had happened in the lunchroom." Yunoki answered as he continued to watch Kagome sleep peacefully.
Taking a seat in front of them, Kazuki looked at Kagome, "After you left, a lot of the girls from both schools started talking about Kagome…"
Yunoki glanced at his friend, "What have they been saying?"
Kazuki sat down in front of Azuma and sighed, "Most of them were saying how cool she was to stand up to them, or she was really brave and admire her...and some were saying she should learn her place, and that she shouldn't talk back to music students that way...and so on."
"So none of them were afraid?"Azuma asked, remembering what Kagome said not that long ago. Kazuki shook his head, "No, no one was afraid. At least I don't think so."
"That's good." He said relieved, "We should get her to the nurse's office, class will be starting soon." He stood up with Kagome in his arm bridal style, and made his way to the nurse's office, with Kazuki right behind him.