Chapter one got a better turn out than I thought! Thanks to everyone who has supported so far! Here's chapter two! Happy reading! :))
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Chapter Two
"The Welcome"
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Kagome looked out of the window seat of the plane and down at the crystal blue ocean disappearing beneath the cotton scattered clouds. Leaving her family wasn't as bad as she thought it would be. Sure they were all sad that she wouldn't be around except for on the holidays, but she was only a three hour plane ride away. It wasn't that bad.
"Don't come back until you're the owner of the Shikon Jewel, Kagome. Best of luck to you!" Grandpa had waved goodbye to he as she turned in the direction of her assigned terminal.
Kagome chuckled to herself and shook her head. She looked at her watch and took note of the time. It was just tuning 7:10am. Mrs. Higurashi made it a priority to prepare Kagome a full course meal at a peaking 5am to make sure she wouldn't be hungry during her trip and made sure to pack some snacks for her carry-on bag.
"Make sure you eat healthy and take care of yourself, dear." Mrs. Higurashi had said. Kagome had assured her that she didn't need to worry.
Kagome pulled a small bottle of water and a couple of protein bars to snack on out of her bag and her eyes scanned over a comic book Sota gave her for her entertainment during the plane ride.
"Here, sis. In case you get bored. It's my favorite Samurai comic, so don't lose it, okay?" Sota tucked the book in her bag as she bent down to give him access.
"Thanks, Sota." Kagome mumbled opening her water and the first page of the book. "Hm...this actually looks pretty interesting." She wasn't a comic book reader, but checking it out wouldn't hurt since she had three hours of free time.
Once the plane landed, Kagome was well into a good nap. The young man sitting beside her gently nudged her arm to wake her. She thanked him and unplugged her phone from its charger and wrapped the charger up, putting it inside her yellow carry-on. She placed her bag on her lap and took her phone out of airplane mode to check some messages that had been blocked from coming through.
There was a text from Mrs. Higurashi pleading her to be as safe as possible and to call when she landed and another text from Sango saying that she, Misao and someone named Sanosuke were going to be waiting for her at the security checkpoint.
Kagome let out a sigh of relief. Everything is going as planned, so far. She thought. She stood and fell in behind the passengers as they were being let off the plane. As requested, Kagome called her mother to tell her she was safe and let her know of her plans during the next few hours which would consist of moving into her dorm, getting her class schedule and checking out the nearby vicinity with help from Sango and Misao. It was exactly 10:05am on the dot. Kagome had a full day ahead of her.
"Over here, Kagome!" Misao waved her arms to get Kagome's attention. It didn't seem to work. There were people bustling around all over the place, rushing for their own reasons.
"I can't believe she can't hear your loud mouth over all these people, little weasel girl."
"Who are you calling a little weasel girl?!" Misao raised a threatening fist at her good friend Sanosuke.
Sanosuke laughed, standing tall with his arms crossed but stopped abruptly when Misao stood on her toes and pulled his head down by his ear. "Hey, let go!"
"Give me a lift." Misao demanded, trying to put her right leg up onto his shoulders.
Sanosuke knelt down and attempted to help. "Watch the hair, would ya?" His brown hair that used to stand tall like his posture was now tussled by Misao's left hand as she rested it. Her right hand was to her forehead as she searched for Kagome over the busy sea of people.
"Kagome! Ka-go-me!" She hollered once she found her again.
Sango and Sanosuke sweat-dropped. Misao was drawing a lot of attention to them. "Leave it to Misao to embarrass us." She mumbled.
Kagome noticed the group and quickly made her way over to them. "Hey, you guys!"
Misao hopped from Sanosuke's broad shoulders and gave a rather graceful landing. "Hiya."
"How was your flight?" Sango asked.
"Pretty peaceful, thankfully. You must be Sanosuke." Kagome looked to the tall guy hovering above her.
He stretched out his hand. "Sanosuke Sagara. Pleased to meet you."
"Kagome Higurashi. I guess they needed you for the muscle, huh?"
"Yeah, even though they could have managed themselves." He dropped his eyelids and that comment earned him a nudge in his arm from Misao. "Of course, what kind of gentleman would I be if I didn't come help?" He chuckled nervously. "How much stuff do you have anyway?"
"Not much, really. I promise."
Sango quickly showed Kagome where to get her schedule and information for her dorm room as well as her key. After that, they went to the correct building and started to unload Kagome's things from the car.
Sanosuke gave a soft grunt as he placed the last of Kagome's boxes on her side of the small dorm room. The girls each carried small boxes and naturally left the heavier ones to the nice, strong gentleman.
"There, that's the last of them." He brushed his hands together and adjusted his thin white jacket.
"I really appreciate your help, Sanosuke." Kagome smiled.
"No problem." He waved it off. "Need help with anything else?"
"Um..." Kagome gave her belongings a quick once-over and shook her head. "Nope. Everything is here. I can set it all up by myself."
"In that case, I need to take my girlfriend her car so she can get to work. I'll see you ladies later. Bye, weasel girl."
"Bye, rooster head." Misao shot back at him.
"You two must be close." Kagome giggled.
Misao shrugged. "Something like that. So, when do you want to set your things up? It seems like your roommate is already settled in."
All three girls looked to the right side of the small room. The bed was neatly made with plain tan sheets with grey pillows and a duffel bag sat on top of the trunk at the foot of the bed. Sango peeked inside the tall thin closet and clothes hung neatly on the hangers and a few shoe boxes were stacked at the bottom.
"I wonder who she is." Sango said of Kagome's roommate.
Kagome pulled a blue folder from her yellow bag and read over some information. "Hmm...Her name is Ryoko Hakubi."
"Ryoko?!" Misao's voice was full of excitement while Sango's held disbelief.
"Guessing by her name, I'll take a wild shot in the dark and say she's a demon." Kagome simpered with a few chuckles.
"Yeah! I love Ryoko!" Misao went on to say.
"Didn't you fill out a Roommate Request form? How did you end up with someone as wild as her?" Sango was confused. Kagome and Ryoko had two totally different personalities, so this match didn't make any sense to her.
"Sango, darling, you know wild is my middle name. What kind of person would I be if I didn't live up to that?" An average height girl wearing a long summer dress with light blue hair and golden eyes appeared out of nowhere, lying casually on the bed behind Sango and Misao.
Misao jumped up to hug the girl while Sango screamed and jumped to Kagome's side. "Ryoko!" She yelled. "How many times do I have to tell you to stop scaring me like that?" She put a hand over her chest.
Ryoko laughed and sat cross-legged with Misao beside her. "Can't help it. It's too funny. Who are you?" She nodded to Kagome.
"Kagome Higurashi. Your roommate for this year."
"Ohh," she read Kagome's body language and studied her a moment. "A priestess, huh?"
"Yeah, how did you know?"
"I can easily read your spirit. You a senior?"
"Nope. Just a junior."
"Just like these two." Ryoko gestured towards her friends with raised brows. "Nice to meet you, Kagome. I'm Ryoko. A senior. I guess I should have called beforehand to chat, but I've been pretty busy this summer."
"Why are you in this room anyway? I thought you were getting upgraded to a suite this year." Sango asked, running a hand over her long dark brown bangs.
"Feh, that damn Naraku." Ryoko huffed and a tail appeared, scrunching up in annoyance, matching her mood.
"The dean? What happened?" Misao frowned.
"Where did that tail come from?" Kagome whispered absently.
"It shows up when there is childlike emotions coming from Ryoko's demeanor." Sango informed her.
Kagome studied Ryoko's body language just as she had done her just moments ago. Her shoulders were raised and both her hands met at her ankles as she pushed down on them. Her cheeks were puffed and she had a childish frown on her face.
"He said didn't have the correct amount of credits to be moved into a suite but I passed all of my classes junior year!"
"But wasn't it you that blew up one of the science labs during your final exam for that class?" Sango's voice was monotone as she reminded her friend of the incident. After all, she had been in the science lab next door when it happened.
Ryoko scratched the back of her head in realization. "Oh yeah. That little incident. Can't believe I forgot. I never finished my exam." She gave a silly smile, tail still in tact.
"Sesshomaru must be pretty upset about you not moving into a suite and failing that exam." Misao sighed, mentioning Ryoko's very popular and rich senior boyfriend.
"My Sesshy Bear was pretty upset with me." Ryoko whined. "It took forever to get him to forgive me and he even went to talk Naraku into moving me, but it didn't work. So, I'm helping rebuild the labs and I have to take that freakin' chemistry class again." She explained. "The labs should be done in a couple of days."
"Say, Kagome is pretty good in the science department. Maybe she can help you." Sango offered.
"Would you, Kagome?"
Kagome nodded. "Sure. I actually have chemistry class this semester. Chem201 Tuesdays from 9am-10:50am and Thursdays 9am-11:30am." She read off her schedule.
"Wow, me too! Who's the teacher? My schedule didn't say."
"Mine doesn't say either." Kagome shook her head.
"In any case, thanks in advance for the help." Ryoko smiled and winked at her. "I'll see you guys later. I have to go check on Tenchi." With that, Ryoko disappeared right before their eyes.
"She was nice." Kagome decided. Her stomach growled at an annoyingly loud level and she blushed.
"It's a little past noon. Let's go get some lunch." Sango giggled.