Wild and Free
Summary: Ryan and Sharpay are ready to enjoy their summer when Fulton announces that they will be playing HOST to a new transfer student. Life is more than a little bit more complicated when Ryan finds himself developing feelings for this girl, and Sharpay just wants to get her out of the way!
Genre: Romance/School Life
Movie: High School Musical
Pairing: Kagome/Ryan
Rated: ...M for Mature
A/N: Takes place at the start of Second Movie!
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"I'm fine, really, thank you but-" Kagome waved her hands as she gave up talking to one of the maids in her room. Standing, she left and chose instead to explore the Lave Springs country club. Being told by Fulton earlier that day that she had access to everything, fully paid for by Mr. Evans, she figured she might as well take full advantage of the offer. And of course, how best to explore, than to grab her sneakers, her yellow backpack, a snack and to head off into the nearest cave or forest, possibly even scale a mountain?
"Oh, and where am I going to find a forest or mountain to scale..." Kagome laughed as she shouldered her backpack. Rounding a corner only to run smack dab into someone else. "Gomen!" She bowed, apologizing in Japanese without even thinking about her location or the fact that the guy in front of her had no earthly idea what she had just said. Until she straightened up and saw Ryan staring at her blankly, completely baffled by what she had just done.
"What did you say?" He asked.
She frowned, before realizing that she had apologized in her native language, "I said Sorry,"
"And then you bowed to me, careful you don't do that to Sharpay, her ego may expand more what it already has."
Kagome smiled, shaking her head as she walked past him. She was going to just keep on towards wherever, but Ryan was following her. "Was there something you needed?" She stopped walking and turned to face him.
"Not really, it's just..." he smiled, "I heard you say something about a mountain or forest..."
"You know of one?"
"..." he held his arm out to her and smiled, "let me escort you, I'll give you the grand tour."
She wasn't sure why she had given into the adorable smile, or the polite charm, but she placed her hand on his bicep and let him guide her down the hall and out of the inn that they were staying in over summer break. Taking her to a nearby golf cart, they stopped when a high pitched voice called out his name. "Your sister seems very..." Kagome stopped, not wanting to insult his sister, since Ryan was going out of his way to show her around.
"Rude? Needy? Loud?" Ryan listed a few words that came to mind.
"Controlling..."
"And much more," he watched his sister storm up to them, her eyes narrowed on the girl by his side, but she shook her head and her hair splayed out in her irritation. "Sharpay, you seem mad."
"Oh, I'm not mad...I'm furious!" She stepped up to Kagome, "I did pay my mother a visit, Daddy sadly will not be available until a bit later, but hear me well new girl...I don't like you, and if I don't like you, that pretty much means your whole school life will suck! I promise you that much."
Kagome frowned, "I didn't ask for you to like me, nor do I care if you do or don't. Sadly for you, I don't validate my existence on whether or not somebody likes me. Really, you should find another way to let off your aggression, try Archery, or Meditation, I find both work well for me...maybe even a little sword play?" Kagome bluffed the last part, she knew only the basics with a sword, and wasn't up for any swordfights, now or ever.
Sharpay thankfully couldn't tell, and stomped off in her fury. "First Gabriella, and the rest of the wildcats, now some Asian transfer!"
Kagome tilted her head a bit, glancing over to Ryan who had his eyes closed. 'He looks as if he's meditating himself. Ah...' Kagome laughed, "that explains how you deal with her on a day to day basis. Breathing exercises."
He opened his eyes and smiled, "well, yelling at her certainly won't make matters better, or easier to deal with for that matter." He led her to the passenger side of the Golf Cart. "Shall we?" He asked.
She sat down and wondered out loud, hopeful for an answer, "so where exactly are we going?"
A smile was the only answer he gave as he started up the Golf Cart and started off in an unknown direction, and according to the Lava Springs map she'd snagged in the lobby, down an unmarked trail.
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Sharpay was nearly growling when she made it to the spa room where she was going to receive a facial and massage. She couldn't figure out why her brother was bothering with the new girl, or why her mother had told her to leave her be, or why her father had brought her to the Inn in the first place. Hell, her whole day was already ruined by the time she left the pool. She had calmed herself down after a few shared words with Ryan, who told her to not think about Kagome, the Asian Queen as Fulton had said she was to be treated like.
It took her a good ten minutes to calm down. Then she changed and left to the pool with her brother and of course her girlfriends. She was enjoying the poolside when she saw Troy walk in with his team following behind him, not even caring that the guys had been hired too! It was when she saw Gabriella, his perfect little girlfriend. Then, as if to top her embarrassment, she fell into the pool only to be saved by said girlfriend. Ryan told her to go cool off, or was it dry off?
Whatever he had said, she chose instead to drag him to Fulton, who told her that he'd talked about it with their parents, then dragged him to their mother, demanded answers, and then left him to do Yoga with their loving mother.
"Today sucks..." she muttered, sitting in her room drying her hair. "Ryan's off with her majesty, Troy's out with Miss. Brains and Beauty, like you need both?" She sneered as she caught sight of her nails, "oh great...my polish chipped..."
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Me: Here is chapter two of Wild and Free! Tell me what you guys think! Also, I have a HSM fic with Ryan and Gabriella as a pairing, if you guys are interested, please read it and tell me what you think, nyan!