InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Cruel World ❯ Chapter 2 ( Chapter 2 )

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(If you're getting an update for this chapter, its cuz i took it down. I needed to edit some of it. Sorry for the inconvenience!)

Souta's and Kagome's first day of school, and lunch time.

Note: Souta and Kagome will be called by there undercover names most of the time. I'll only be using their actual names if they are alone or at home.

Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 07.20.2008 | Updated On: 08.05.2008 | Pages: 8 | Words: 7.2K | Visits: 234 | Status: Work In Progress

Disclaimer: It's in Chapter one, and if you're too lazy to look back at it, then fine, I DON'T OWN INUYASHA! But boy do I want to…

I'm so sorry, that's been almost a year since I updated last. Not just life attacked me (meaning school and social life), but also evil demons that decided to kill my computer. My computer, that had the second, and almost finished third chapter on it for Cruel World, crashed. I was so mad! I lost so much personal information, and all my story chapters, including my old version of Cruel World, so I'm not sure if I'll be able to finish that version or not. Ugh…so that's the main reason for my absence. Frustration for having to redo everything, depression for losing a lot of my personal interests, and patience for a new computer to replace the old all held me back from continuing this story.

Well, I still don't have a new computer (having to take over my moms for the time being), but I decided that I wasn't going to wait any longer to continue this. My readers deserve to know that I'm still alive, so I'm proving it with the second (redone) chapter of Cruel World.

Recap:

Kagome looked back at the guy in front of her, who still hadn't gotten rid of his scowl on his face. She rolled her eyes and turned back to her brother, nodding forward. Souta started walking, with Kagome right behind him. When she passed by the Lava god, she glared at him from the corner of her eye.

Once they past the small group in the middle of the hallway, the previously quiet hall filled with voices once more. Kagome could somewhat hear the voice of the 'purple dude', over the rest of the student body, as he talked to her lava god. "You're so stupid, sometimes, InuYasha. Did you not notice the holy power coming off of him? If you had pushed him far enough he could have purified your ass."

The Lava god, or formally mentioned as InuYasha, just grunted. "Keh...You worry too much, Miroku...Besides I doubt that little pipsqueak could have hurt me anyways."

Clenching her backpack strap, she tried to hear what Miroku said in reply, but their group had started walking after that and was to far a way for her to eavesdrop on.

'Pipsqueak, am I? I'll show that mutt who the short one is...I just might knock him down a few pegs because of that comment…'

Chapter 2

Kagome sighed as she slouched in her desk, drumming her fingers from boredom. What was the point of homeroom anyways? To keep students at school longer than was really necessary? What, 6 hours wasn't enough? Homeroom wasn't somewhere you learned; all it was a waste of 15 minutes that could be used to do more interesting things then just sitting around contemplating your naval.

“Akiro.”

“Hmm?” She said, without looking up from her fingers.

“You're buddy from the hallway is here. Looks mad too.”

Finally looking up, she could see that to her right, Lava god was sitting two rows over, near the front of the class. Some of the boys that she remembered seeing with in the hall now surrounded his desk, chatting aimlessly with him about god knows what.

Obviously, Lava god didn't though, because he seemed more focused on glaring at Kagome in the back corner.

`Guess he's still mad about what happened in the hall.' She thought. `If he thinks I'm going to apologize, he's got another thing coming.'

And so the glaring contest commenced.

Souta sighed. Starting any type of commotion in their new setting wouldn't help their situation, even if it was just a small fight. They didn't need the attention newspapers and T.V. stations might give to them. `I better stop her before she does anything to jeopardize our new life.'

Easier said than done.

Looking at the teacher to make sure he wasn't looking, Souta stuck his foot out and kicked Kagome's desk, to get her attention. It worked.

Feeling her desk suddenly jar to the left, Kagome shifted her glare from dog boy to her brother.

“What?”

“Do you know what would happen if there was suddenly a fight between two students, at one of the highly thought of high school? Even if it wasn't popular, a fight between a half-demon and mi—uh priest would give enough reason for the news stations to start plastering your face all over the city. Do you really want that?”

Kagome's eyes soften, and knew that what her brother said was true. They'd have to start all over again, create whole new lives once more. Shaking her head, she answered her brother, “No. Sorry. I got carried away.”

Secrecy was the utmost importance to them; not trying to settle scores with irate demons who thought they were better than everyone else.

Kagome turned back around in her seat, and started her drumming of-the-fingers once more.

`It's going to be a long year.'

“And so I said to the guy, `Swiss cheese!'”

Laughter rang around one of the crowded lunch tables in the courtyard. Girls were present, being able to share their lunch time with the guys. Whoever thought of putting an all-boys school across the street from an all-girls school wasn't very bright, or very generous, depending on the position of the matter.

“Oh, Miroku, you have the bestest jokes ever!” A blonde giggled, batting her eyelashes at him. Her shirt, if that's what you could call it, could barely contain the bouncing contents inside.

Miroku said, without taking his eyes off her chest, “If you like, I could tell you more at my place later tonight.”

“But aren't you're parents out of town?” She questioned, looking confused.

Miroku's eyes glazed over, and breathed, “Thank god.”

Before she could respond, an empty lunch tray smacked down onto the top of his head. Miroku fell to the ground, clutching his head. Trying to focus his eyes, he turned to look up at his attacker.

`...Oh no...'

“You pervert! So much for that promise you made me, saying you'd stop flirting with other girls.”

“Sango, my love! There was nothing perverted about my invitation. You'd be there too, of course.”

“Save it! When you want to admit to your lechery, talk to me. I might take you back.” With that said Sango, stalked off, towards the cafeteria to get her food. Once she did, she started to look for another table to sit at; somewhere she wouldn't have to deal with her so-called boyfriend.

Seeing an almost empty table, she headed for it.

The two boys looked up when they saw another lunch tray at their table. Looking at each other in confusion, they turned back to the girl that suddenly decided to sit with them.

She had long brown hair, pulled up into a high ponytail that swung left and right as she fell into her chair. Her pink shirt was form fitting and overlapped a little bit of her denim skirt. The one on the right to her looked at her clothes longingly, envying the girl's freedom to wear those clothes.

He shrugged, and turned to the girl who was now stabbing the lettuce onto her fork. “Uh… Hi. Do you need something?”

Looking up at him, she snapped, “No, why? Do I need a reason to sit here? It's a free country.”

Taken aback by her attitude, his brother snapped back, “If you're going to take your anger out on us, than you can go. We didn't say you couldn't sit here.” She widened her eyes, not expecting that respond.

She looked back down at her salad, guilty.

The envious one continued, but in a softer tone, “My question wasn't appropriate, and I apologize. We don't know you and wasn't expecting anyone to sit with us.”

Looking up at him, Sango thought, `This guy is sweet, if not a little old fashion. What teenage guy talks like that?' Shaking her head to clear her thoughts, she sighed. “No, I'm sorry. Let's start over. Hi, I'm Sango.”

“Akiro and he's Haku, my brother.”

“Hey.” Not recognizing them, she asked, “Are you the new guys?” They nodded. “So, which one of you stood up to Inuyasha?”

“That'd be me.” Akiro raised his hand. “Why, you know him?”

“Yeah, he's a friend of mine. Just to warn you, Yash won't hesitate to fight you, even if you are human. I wouldn't push him to much, if you don't want to end up in the hospital.”

Akiro nodded, taking the advice to consideration, but still rolled his eyes. “I'm not saying I can take him, but I am saying I'm not afraid of him. If he wants to start something, I won't back down.” Haku kicked him under the table, and glared at him. “Ouch! Okay! Don't worry; I'm not going to instigate him so he has the need to fight me.” Bringing his leg up, he rubbed his shin. “I think you bruised me! Butt head!”

Sango watched all this, not really sure how to make of it. This Akiro guy wasn't afraid to fight Yash, yet it seemed important to Haku that he didn't at all. Why'd did it matter to him at all?

`They're hiding something…'

“Aw, man! I think she cracked my skull this time!”

“You deserved it, you perv. I would have done the same thing if I hadn't seen her heading towards us.”

“You saw her, and you didn't warn me?! Some friend you are Kouga.”

Kouga rolled his eyes. “Like I said, you deserved it.” Turning away from the moaning lecher, he focused on the red haired babe cuddling next to him. “Hey Ayame, do you want to hang out tonight? My car is working again.”

Ayame looked up at him, and then glanced over at the direction she saw Sango go. “As much as I'd love to see you struggle turning that piece a junk on, I think I'm needed more at Sango's house. She'll probably want to rant about her stupid, cheating boyfriend.”

“I'm not cheating!”

Ignoring him, Kouga also looked at the cafeteria doors Sango disappeared behind. He sighed. Women. Why did they always have to talk about their problems? “Okay. Tomorrow then? That movie you wanted to see is coming out, we could go see that.”

“Uh…actually, Kouga baby, I've already have plans to go see it with the girls.” She looked up at his, apologetically. “You wouldn't want to see it anyways, it's a chick flick. There's no action to it at all.”

Sighing again, he leaned down to kiss her forehead as a sign of forgiveness, and looked back at the guys sitting at the table. `Guess I'm stuck with these losers tonight. They really need to get girlfriends.'

Glancing at one of his single friends, he saw that he was glaring at his fists, looking like he was trying to contain his anger. “Yo, Yash, what's stuck up your ass?”

Everyone turned to look at the said hanyou. He looked up himself, seeing everyone staring at him. Glaring at Kouga, he grunted. “Keh…none of you're business, wolf.”

“You still mad you got told off by some short human?”

“Keh.”

Kouga rolled his eyes. Just because someone ran into him in the hall, he has to get pissed off. The guy seriously needs some anger management.

“This isn't like you Yash. You would have let it go if it was one of the freshmen that ran into,” Miroku chimed in, forgetting his pain for the moment.

Yash turned his glare to him. “Shut up, I'm not mad about that.” Looking back at his clenched fists, he continued. “Something about that guy…I don't know...he just pisses me off. Not only that, but his scent seemed kind of off. It was like he was trying to hide it…his brother too.”

“Yeah I noticed that too. I wonder what they're trying to hide, if they got to mask their scent.” Kouga agreed.

Inuyasha flexed his fingers, thinking one thing.

`I might not know now, but I'm determined to find out.'

After talking to the brothers a little more, she decided that they weren't so bad to hang out with. She found out the Akiro was the older of the two, and was a junior like her. Haku, though, was just a sophomore.

Sango studied Akiro, as he ate his lunch. Something about him was different, but she couldn't figure out what it was. Glancing over at Haku at her left, who was also eating, she tried to compare the two, to see if she could figure out what was bothering her with Akiro.

One thing she noticed, was that, compared to his brother, Akiro's facial features were softer, not as pronounced and defined as Haku. It was very feminine.

Sango shrugged it off, not thinking anything of it. Akiro wasn't the only one she knew who had a certain feminine shape to their appearance. Although, Sesshomaru looked manly compared to Akiro. Sango giggled at the thought.

Akiro looked up at Sango, and was about to ask her what was funny, when another lunch tray was placed on the table, across Sango. Looking to the right, he saw another girl that decided to join them.

This girl had light brown hair as well, but had only part of her hair in a ponytail. Her outfit was the same as Sango's but her shirt was white, and had a picture a monkey's head on it, with headphones on.

“Oh my gosh, Sango! I just heard from Kelly what happened with you and Miro. He is so stupid, I can't believed he flirted with her, even after all that he said to you, so you know what I was thinking? We should get the girls together and jump him after school. That'll show him!” The girl rambled on, making it hard for the rest of them to keep up with all that she said.

Akiro shook his head, not even bothering to try to figure out anything the girl said and its meaning. All he could get out of it was that she knew Sango, and that some guy was flirting with a girl that he wasn't suppose to.

He looked to Sango, for some type of explanation for this strange girl.

“Uh, hey Rin. This is Akiro, and Haku. They're the new guys at the school.” Sango mentally sighed, wishing that Rin hadn't brought up the pervert. She didn't want to talk about him, and hopefully her quick introduction of the brothers would distract her from the topic Sango didn't want to discuss at the moment.

“Oh my gosh, I am so sorry! Where are my manners? Hi, I'm Rin.” She said, while shaking their hands. “Wait…new guys? The ones that almost fought Inu?”

Akiro rolled his eyes. It seems he's already earned himself a reputation, and only on the first day no less.

"Yeah, that's him." Sango said, pointing to Akiro.

"Wow...I don't think I've ever met anyone to do that...well outside of his friends, of course.” She looked back at her food. A second later, her head shot back up and looked at Sango. "Oh! You know what, Sango? Sesshy is taking me to dinner tonight! I can't wait! You should come over to help me get dressed; I don't know what to wear, or what to do with my hair. Gosh why is it so hard for girl's hair to cooperate the way you want it I mean seriously!"

Rin continued to chatter on about difficulties girls go through, but Akiro blocked her out, knowing that trying to follow Rin's train of thought would be a useless feat.

Akiro and Haku stood from the table. "We've got to go. It was nice meeting you two." They nodded to the two girls and then left the cafeteria. Rin didn't stop talking as Akiro spoke, instead just waved at them. Sango waved as well, but looked up at them as they left.

Akiro dumped his tray in the trash, setting it on top the counter next to the can. After Haku did the same, they left the cafeteria, heading towards the courtyard.

"That was interesting." Haku commented, as they walked out the doors to the outside. "Would you consider them new friends?"

Akiro looked at him from the corner of his eye. "Let's stick with acquaintances." Looking forward again, he continued. "I don't think forming any type of relationships would be smart. We don't know how long we'll be here before He finds us again."

"Do you really think He'll find us this time? I don't think He was expecting us to leave the country. Maybe we'll finish high school before he shows up again.”

The hope was evident in Haku's voice, and it pained Akiro to know that it was his entire fault they were living this lie, this secret life. His brother deserved a normal life, yet because of his one stupid mistake, neither of them could live as themselves any longer.

Stopping at where he was, he turned to his brother. Grabbing his shoulders, he said in a whisper, "Haku...I'm not going to stop you from creating friendships, but just know that at any moment He can show up, no matter what country we hide in. With His resources, He could find the Holy Grail if He wanted." He paused looking into his brother's eyes. "I'm only warning you, because I know how hard it is to leave your friends, and especially..." he took a deep breath, "...especially those that you've created a relationship with, as more than friends."

Haku looked at his brother, seeing him struggle with what his life had been like in the past. Grabbing his brothers shoulders as well, looking around to make sure no one was close enough to hear him, he whispered back, "If you weren't suppose to be a guy right now, I'd hug you." Haku grinned.

Akiro laughed, and let go of his shoulders, Haku doing the same. Slinging an arm around his shoulders, he said, "I think this will do for now." Leaning closer to his ear he whispered, "When we get home, you can hug me."

Haku chuckled, and nodded his head. Even though they were in hiding, being people they weren't, at that moment, he and his brother knew that no matter what happened, they'd have each other and would never feel alone.

With that thought, they walked to their next class, unaware of the golden eyes that watched them, and the moment they had together a few minutes before.

Okay, so thats the second chapter. I wrote it all in one day, too. I'm so proud of myself. lol. So tell me what you think, and if you have any questions at all, anything i didn't make clear in the chapter. Like i said, i wrote this in one day, and i posted it without it being read over. The only think i checked was spelling. I was just too excited to finally have the second chapter up.

Sorry again for the long wait, and i'll definitely be working on the third chapter. I promise that you won't have to wait another year for it to be posted.

Review please!