InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Can't Stop Loving You ❯ Part Three ( Chapter 3 )
"Oh, yes. Did the flight attendant come around already?"
"Yes, but she said she'd come back for you if you were hungry." the old woman said. She was a nice old woman, gray-white hair, and obvious dentures. She turned away, and looked down the hallway to see the woman that had interrupted her and Inuyasha at the gates, and had taken her tickets from her. In her hands was the food cart, and Kagome couldn't help but wonder why she was on the plane.
When she got over to Kagome, the miko ordered a Subway sandwich, a DNL (7up, upside down), and a slice of German chocolate cake.
"Excuse me," Kagome said to the attendant before she could walk away from her, "Weren't you at the gates before?" the attendant looked at her, not surprised that she'd recognized her from the other attendants.
She smiled, "Yes, they didn't have enough attendants on this plane, so I swapped jobs." she said before continuing down the hallway. Kagome watched her walk away, and could have sworn she saw the end of a tail under her skirt. But she turned around, thinking that she was imagining things, and ate her sandwich.
Finally, after a fourteen and one half hour plane trip, and one stop to switch planes, Kagome had made it to Oakland, California. It felt weird, being around all these people that she didn't know, and also that they were all speaking different languages. People were running up and down the hallways, jumping up and hugging missed people, kissing them, saying how much they missed them. But, more than a feeling of being weird. She felt lonely. She knew no one here, and she didn't know what to do.
She felt someone tap on her shoulder, and turned around. Behind her, amongst many other people, was a woman in red. All red, she had a red blouse on, with a red scarf around her neck. On her legs was a knee-length skirt, that had red plaid lined on it, she had red tights on, and on her feet were red stilettos. What was, in Kagome's opinion, the strangest thing on her, though, was her dark red lipstick and dark red eye shadow, along with light red eyeliner, and red mascara.
'Wow, someone really needs to introduce her to the magic's of brown and black eye makeup.' Kagome thought to herself, but still smiled at her.
"Are you Kagome Higurashi?" the woman in red asked. Obviously, her foreign language wasn't Japanese, because she had a very thick accent, but Kagome understood her, nonetheless. "Yes, I am Kagome. Who are you?" she spoke back in Japanese. The woman smiled and stuck her hand out for Kagome to shake, she obliged as the woman answered.
"I am Mrs. Bellna, the principal at Carnuba High. I hope your flight went well. If you will please come with me, I will drive you to our school" Mrs. Bellna told the nervous miko.
She lead Kagome out the doors of the airport, and into it's busy, and very large, parking lot. They walked for what seemed like forever, all the way to the other side of the parking lot. Her new principal stopped at a green SUV, and unlocked the door.
"This is my car. I'll open the trunk for you to put your stuff into," she said as she rounded the back and stuck the key in it's hole, opening the trunk and lifting Kagome's suitcases into the back.
She shut the trunk, and went over to Kagome's side of the vehicle and opened the front door for her. Kagome got in and shut the door, buckling yet another seat-belt.
The trip home from the airport was a lonely one for Inuyasha. along the was, Kagome's mother tried to have a conversation with him a few times, but he'd just answer in short sentences and stare out the window.
'Two years with-ought more than a few vacations with Kagome. Man, this sucks ass! I. . . miss her already, and I just saw her an hour ago. I hope she's doing fine.' he thought to himself, completely missing the sympathetic glance Mrs. Higurashi gave him.
One they were back at the shrine, Inuyasha immediately went up to Kagome's room and thumped down on her bed, face first, inhaling her scent. He turned on his side, and looked at the clock. 12:36. Flipping over onto his stomach, he closed his eyes and feel into sleep.
When he woke up, he immediately looked over at the clock, it was 2:28. Fourteen hours he had slept.
'I don't think that I've slept that long in...well, I don't think I ever have, before I met Kagome. . . She is what helps me sleep at night, I guess.' he thought to himself as he sat up in the bed and stretched his arms, then got up from his stretch and walked down the stairs outside of Kagome's room.
"Inuyasha! Good morning sleepyhead! I don't think I've ever met someone that can sleep until two o' clock in the afternoon! My my. Would you like some ramen?" Mrs. Higurashi spat at him as soon as he entered the living room.
"Uhh. . . Sure." he said, un-inthuseastically. He turned around and flopped down onto the couch, resting his head on his arm as he took the remote, and turned on the 'tele-vi-shun' as Kagome had showed him.
". . . urrently 87 degrees outside in mid-Tokyo, and has a mild breeze. For tomorrows forecas-. . . love you, you lov- . . ." Inuyasha flipped through the channels, becoming afraid once he turned it to Barney, "Please, you can't go, Enriqé, please. Don't leave me just for some stupid job in South America, please stay here, in Spain, with me. I lov- . . ." Inuyasha changed it, suddenly angered with himself, for not telling Kagome to stay. Stay with him. Where she belonged.
"Inuyasha? I'm going to call Kagome now, would you like to talk to her?" at this, he sprung up from his seat, nodded, and followed her into the hallway, where the phone was.
The drive to the school was a long one, because Kagome was very nervous, and the woman next to her kept going on and on about her life, and about the school, and the uniforms they wore, and many other things that Kagome was not interested in at all. Kagome watched out the window as they went over a bridge, looking down at the boats that went underneath them, and looked out to see an island, that the principal said used to be a jail. Kagome watched it for a while, then went on to looking out the front window. She was about to ask how much longer until they got to the school, when her cell phone rang. Every Heart, by BoA could be heard playing, until she answered.
"Konnichiwa. Oh, hello mama. . . . . Yes . . . . Yes, I am with her right now, she's bringing me to the school. . . . Mrs. Bellna. . . . Oh, yes please. Thank you!"
Kagome waited until she heard a male voice, "Hello?" Inuyasha asked, uncertain of how a phone worked.
"Ohayo, Koi! How are you?" Kagome answered.
"I was about to ask you the same thing. I'm fine, but I miss you already. How was the plane ride?"
"Lo-ong," Kagome emphasized the o's. Inuyasha chuckled on the other end.
"I figured that much. You sound tired, did you get any sleep on the ride?"
"Mm-hmm. Yup, most of the flight i did, but I'm still wore out."
"Oh, alright. How much longer until you get to your school? Because I can barely hear your voice, and your mom said that it was probably because of the phone your on."
"Oh, I don't know. Mrs. Bellna? I was wondering, how much longer until we get to the school?"
"About 15-20 minuites." she replied, and Kagome sighed, relieved, wanting a bed to be able to sleep on.
"15-20 minutes. Would you like me to call you back when I get there?" the onna asked Inuyasha.
"Sure. I guess. . . I'll talk to you then."
"Okay, Sayonara, Koi."
Kagome clicked the frog covered cell phone off, and put is back into her pocket, feeling alone. . . again.
When they finally got to the school, it took the young onna's breath away. Right smack-dab in the middle of the yard was a sign of events being scheduled, vines grasping to it's ledges. Many sakura tree's circled the school, which, itself was the most amazing part. From what Kagome could see, there were three parts to the school. The dorms, the Gymnasium, and the classes. There was even an outside stage for performances. Mrs. Bellna led, carrying one of her suitcases with her, Kagome to the main office. Sports trophies, band performances, students, and teachers and principal's faces' all up in pictures, framed, and hanging onto the wall, perfectly.
'Wow, it's all so. . . clean. . . I don't think I can do this. But I have to try, or I'm going to fail as a woman. In my world at least, I'm sure Inuyasha would still allow me in the feudal era if I was as dumb as a rock.' the miko thought, as she walked up to the assistant at the desk, and started to fill out papers. She could barely pay attention to what the joshi at the desk was saying to her.
". . . and will you be playing any sports?" she asked Kagome.
'Sports. . . sports. . .' it went in one ear and out the other a few time before remembering she was going to play volleyball. And, according to her brother, she had to play rugby, Souta's new obsession.
"Ah, yes. I will play-" "Then you need to have a physical. Where did you say you lived, Japan? Or China? Do you have any allergies? Do you take any medication that we should know about. You should tell us of any medication you take, besides the normal over-the-counter stuff you get at Longs, and such." All at once, the joshi stopped, expecting Kagome to remember all of the questions.
"Uhhh. . . I live in Japan. I am allergic to dust, and no, I don't take medication."
"Okay, you shouldn't worry about dust here." and then, after that sentence, the joshi gave the scariest, loudest, creepiest laugh Kagome had ever heard.
'How, oh, how am I going to get through this!'
After Kagome was done signing all the papers, the joshi at the desk got up and showed Kagome where everything in the office was, and then brought her up to the dorms.
She led Kagome to D-27.
It was a mildly large five room dorm, and the first thing she noticed was the song "Champagne" by Sugarcult, blasting from the living room.
There was a light-blue tiled kitchenette, with a fridge, sink, pantries, and a microwave-oven.
A bathroom, also blue, with a toilet, bathtub/shower, sink, and small window up in the corner.
The living room, which was a mess, thanks to her roommate, of which she didn't even know yet, and whom was sleeping, sprawled out on the couch, droll and all. There was a desk in the far right corner, with a computer on top of it, and next to it was the radio that now "She's the Blade" was playing from. The assistant joshi walked over and turned down the volume, and walked over to the girl on the couch. Shaking her, she said, "Carol, Carol Anne! Wake up!" the onna grabbed the pillow from underneath her head and flung it over her head. A muffled "Lemme go back to sleeeeep" was heard from the pillow.
"Kagome Higurashi, this is Carol Anne Flowers. She will be your roommate from now on. . . Have fun!" with that she dropped Kagome's bags and left the room.
Baba - Old Woman, Witch.
Baka - Idiot
Chikushou - Damn
Daitoku - Priest
Fujo - Sorceress
Fukurou - Owl
Hanyou - Half Demon
Houshi - Monk
Inu - Dog
Joshi - Women
Kami - God
Kitsune - Fox Demon
Kuromiko - Dark Miko
Miko - Shrine Maiden
Neko - Cat
Nisou - Priestess
Ojii-san - Grandfather
Okaa-san - Mother
Onegai - Please
Onna - Woman
Ookami - Wolf
Seiyuuki - Monkey
Shika - Deer
Shikon no Kakera - Shikon Shards
Shikon no Tama - Jewel of Four Souls
Taijiya - Demon Exterminator
Taiyoukai - Demon Lord
Youkai - Demon