InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Drama of Edo High: A Modern Tale ❯ Last of the First Day ( Chapter 4 )

CHAPTER 4: LAST OF THE FIRST DAY

The four of them decided to walk together, chattering constantly. Kagome much preferred to listen to them then to join them. I mean she really didn't know what they were talking about. How could she, she barely knew these boys. Though she tried to watch where she was going in the crowded hallway, her eyes kept wandering back to Inuyasha. Just something about him was so magnetic. She watched as his hair flared when he swung his head, two forelocks of his silvery mane landing on each shoulder. She noticed his fangs peek out every time he smiled. She cut another glance his way to find his eyes on her, and she looked away quickly, pink tinting her cheeks.

Inuyasha was about ready to punch a locker in. damn! Why did he keep looking at her? Though he made friendly chat with his pals, inside he was strung tight. That girl…Kagome…what was it about her that drew his eyes? It wasn't the fact that she looked so much like Kikyou, that much he knew. If it had been, he probably wouldn't give her the time of day. However, the similarities ended there. From what he's seen, she's a very energetic girl, lively and friendly. Her eyes sparkled when she laughed, and she was animated when she talked, using her hands for emphasis.

Not like kikyou. He considered her the Ice Queen now. When she laughed, it was more frosty and snobbish, as if what you said was pathetic. He had no idea why he dated her in the first place. Maybe it had been her cold beauty that attracted him. but a few months in, he saw her true colors. Well, whatever colors there were. She was as shallow as a puddle. She had become very possessive of him, threatening the girls who chose to talk to him, and she even tried to get him to stop hanging with Miroku. She considered Miroku, "a bad influence." God, he was stupid then. The final straw was when she had struck Miroku for no reason at all. Yeah, Miroku was a lecher, but not even he would touch her. She thought he was insulting her, when he only said that she looked a little pale one day. Then it just went down hill from there. Inuyasha had been so angered, he took her picture from his wallet and threw it at her feet, and told her it was over. Of course, being the spoiled thickheaded brat she was, she persisted him non stop, begging him to go back to her. He just ignored her as best he could. Its been a few months, but she still came after him, obsessing over him. and frankly, he found it pitiful.

But Kagome, she was totally different. She wasn't bold with him, and was quite shy when ever he talked to her. A nice blush spread across her cheeks when he looked at her directly. And with Sango and Miroku, she teased and laughed playfully, teaming with Sango against Miroku to poke fun at him. he glanced over at her again and was surprised to meet her eyes staring back at him before she quickly looked away and blushed. The bridge of his nose turned red and he mentally smacked himself for being conspicuous.

"Hey man," Miroku held up his hand and he and Inuyasha locked palms for a second, "I got to get to math, the old bird Mrs. Hurokaki is probably getting antsy cause all her `chicks' aren't there yet." Miroku flapped his arms and made them laugh. "Caw-caw caw-caw!"

He waved behind him, leaving the chuckling group to get to their next class.

"Come guys," Sango sped up, "we have to get to bio. I hear there's a new teacher."

With only a few minutes left to get to class, students raced through the teal hallways, jogging over the linoleum floor. Sango led them to room 321-A, one of the science labs. Inside, blacktopped wooden desks were lined up in the middle, three desks to a row. Each had a sink with a faucet, and next to that was a small nuzzle with a handle, connected to the gas line. High stools were tucked under the desks, and posters of the human body, different diseases, plant structures, and educational posters on STD's hung on the light gray walls. A Fichu and a few other plants were tucked in the far corner. A newly added marker board gleamed cleanly. Students milled about, chatting constantly or shuffling through backpacks. The teacher wasn't present.

Kagome and Sango sat in the back row, middle desk, Inuyasha to their right. They were just touching the subject of the new teacher when a very disgusting scent swept up on Inuyasha. His fist tensed and he bared his fangs in a growl.

"Well hey! If it isn't my favorite idiot!" called out a very cheerful kouga. He sneered when Inuyasha whirled around. He looked past Inuyasha. "And the lovely Lady Kagome."

Kouga strode up confidently to Kagome's desk and leaned an elbow down to get close. Kagome sent a nervous glance to the side before meeting his gaze. But a squeak was heard when Inuyasha jumped from his chair, flinging it back a foot, and stood to kouga. Kouga stood straight and met Inuyasha's heated glare.

"What's wrong Koinu? Bug crawl up your ass?" kouga quipped.

"Me? What do you think your doing? Who said Kagome wanted to talk to you?"

"Well, I thought it was my right to talk to who I wanted when I wanted. And I want to talk to Kagome and get to know her better. You got a problem with that?" kouga's spine stiffened, and a hard glint shone in his eyes.

"Maybe I do," Inuyasha growled, "listen you wimpy wolf, she doesn't need your bullshit the first day she gets here, so back off. And if you don't, I'll make sure you do." Inuyasha held up a hand and cracked a few knuckles.

"Is that a challenge?" kouga hissed. They were almost nose-to-nose, glaring death at each other.

"Eh, wouldn't be much a of a challenge with you. Now how many times have I whooped your ass?" Inuyasha smirked as kouga growled deeply.

Meanwhile, the class grew quiet, unsure of what to do without the teacher around. Though it was nothing new to them, possible injuries could result if one of them took a wild swing. Sango watched tensely, ready for action. Kagome's lungs refused to draw breath, so she did the only thing that came to mind.

She stood up suddenly and planted herself between them, a hand on each chest to keep them apart. She spared each a deadpan glare before speaking. "And what do you two think your doing? Cause if you're about to fight, don't let it be over a petty thing like this."

"Kagome!" kouga put a hand to his heart dramatically, "why would you call yourself petty?"

"Spare me kouga," she rolled her eyes, "now, if you don't sit down, I'm going to knock you both senseless and I really don't want to deal with two unconscious bodies." She crossed her arms smartly, still standing between them.

However, they didn't move, stunned too much to do so.

She rolled her eyes again. "I'm waiting!"

Slowly, Inuyasha made the first move. He backed up, feeling for his stool along the way, and sat down stiffly, keeping his eyes on kouga. When Kagome looked to kouga expectantly, Inuyasha took the chance to mouth and point to himself then kouga, and held up four fingers. `You, me, four o'clock.' Kouga acknowledged it with a nod and sat at the desk in front of Sango and Kagome.

Satisfied, Kagome sniffed and sat back down. Secretly, Sango exchanged a high five with her.

The door opened and a woman came in. "sorry I'm late, I got a little lost on the way here."

Her accent was strange to the students. She turned around after she plopped her papers on the teacher's desk provided. She turned and smiled, white teeth flashing. She had dirty blonde hair, and blue round eyes. Interestingly enough, she wore a tan skirt, black worn combat boots, red shirt, denim jacket, and had numerous piercings in both her ears. She went and stood in front of the class.

"Hello, kids, I'll be your new biology teacher. My name's Ms. Puglia, and I'm from New jersey, United States."

"Um, excuse me?" a girl with short black hair raised her hand.

"Yes? What's your name miss?" Ms. Puglia replied.

"Um, Aymi Kanaka. Um, how do you say your name again?"

Ms. Puglia laughed. "Yeah it may seem a bit weird. It's Puglia. Poo-li-ah. Just to let you know, I learned Japanese when I was in grammar school, and been speaking it whenever I get the chance. So I'm pretty fluent."

"Oh its okay," Sango spoke up, "we've been learning English recently."

"Well that's good, cause many terms here in this class might be in English, and you'll need to know them. Now, to give you your text books." Opening a cabinet to her right, the teacher pulled out green books, making sure they were passed around. The rest of the class was spent getting to know their foreign teacher, and her getting to know them. By the time the bell rang, many students thought she was funny and nice.

Strolling through the halls to History, Sango, Kagome, and Inuyasha commented on the strange teacher. Kagome and Sango liked her, and Inuyasha said she was okay for an American. When they got there, Miroku was waiting for them out in the hall, flirting quite openly with a cute girl. Sango saw this and sighed in disgust.

"Stupid pervert," she muttered under her breath.

"Well, I think he just needs someone to get him in line," Kagome muttered back to her and gave her a wink. Sango's eyes went wide and she turned slightly pink. Stiff, she went to sit next to Inuyasha, but Kagome had other plans. Make that pay back. Swiftly, and surprising the hanyou, Kagome slipped into the seat next to him. Miroku came in and sat in front of them. Taken off guard, Sango looked around for a seat, and dread clenched her gut when she saw the only one left was next to the lecher.

When Sango realized what happened, she glared coldly at Kagome. Kagome only grinned. "I told you."

Cursing hotly under her breath again, she flopped down next to a smirking Miroku and nudged her chair away from him. "I'm only telling you this once Miroku, I feel anything near the area of my ass, its on your head."

"Point taken," Miroku agreed cheerfully, and rested his head back on his hands.

"Welcome students. This year we'll be learning about Wars of the World, including wars from Europe, America, Africa, and South America. Please come up and get a book." Mr. Myouga, a short balding old man, his frizzy white hair sticking up everywhere, gestured to the books on top the empty desk in the room. His specs hung from a thin gold chain, and he slumped forward slightly in his old age. To Kagome, he looked past the age of retirement. She asked Sango about this, and Sango said that Mr. Myouga refused to leave, saying teaching was what kept him alive.

One by one, the students went up and got a thick history book. Miroku was very tempted to put his hand where Sango's seat was when she went to get a book, but thought twice when he realized she would have a very handy weapon in her hands if he did.

As the teacher's voice droned on, Kagome found it hard to center her attention on the teacher, and not the boy next to her. Giving up on her patience, Kagome grabbed a sheet of paper, and wrote a note. She folded it and slid it to him. Inuyasha was about half asleep when the paper appeared before him. Curious, he opened.

`God help me if the class is always like this. Please tell me it gets better.'

Smiling, Inuyasha wrote back and slid the paper back. `don't worry, he gets pretty witty as time goes on.'

Kagome `thank god…hey I was wondering what kind of demon are you?'

Inuyasha's eyes flicked her way, nervous, but saw she was preoccupied with her boredom. `I guess it doesn't take much to figure it out.'

Kagome `well, I've had experience with demons. My family lives in a Shinto shrine.'

Inuyasha `oh…well, I'm a dog demon, like my name says.'

Kagome `is that it?'

Inuyasha `what do you mean?'

Kagome `well, you seem different from other demons. Your not like Kouga.'

Inuyasha `and that I consider a blessing.'

She laughed. `No seriously, what's different about you?'

He stared at the paper for a second. Should he just tell? No point in hiding it, she was perceptive. She'd figure it out anyways. `I'm a hanyou' he slid the paper to her nervously, watching for any change. She read it and wrote back.

`Really? Half human? Cool. Never met a hanyou. …Will that bell ever ring!'

He read the note a little stunned. She didn't care? She didn't mind that he was half a demon, half as good? Or did it make no difference to her? He faced her again, his gaze roaming over her face. Her brown eyes were drooped in boredom, and she twirled a lock of raven hair between her fingers. She rested her chin in her palm and he could see her knee bouncing.

Though blushing a bit, he leaned close. "Hey!" he whispered, "you really don't mind?"

She turned to him and whispered back, "about what?"

"You know about me being…"

"A hanyou?" she sighed, "no I don't. Makes no difference to me. You're still Inuyasha, so why should it matter?"

He was about to answer when a very aggravated cough came from the front. They looked up to find Mr. Myouga, arms akimbo, staring intently at them. At the change in his dragging pace, the students turned to look in their direction.

"is there something you'd like to share?" Myouga teased. Both Kagome and Inuyasha turned red. In unison, they shook their heads.

Miroku and Sango were the last to turn back around, and Miroku gave her a wink. She smiled and glanced back at the couple behind them. She pulled out a paper and wrote a note. He became very interested when she passed it to him.

`Miroku, you want in on the plan?' she wrote.

`What plan?' he wrote back.

`To get Dog Boy and the lady back there together.'

Miroku grinned when he read it. With a flashy wave of his hand, he wrote back. `I am so in.'

When the bell rang, they practically flew out of their chairs to get to their lockers and out of school. They found that Kagome's locker was right next to Miroku's, and Sango and Inuyasha were a ways down. Throwing her books in and slamming the locker, she met up with snaog and Inuyasha, Miroku following, and they walked out together to the buses out front. Miroku and Sango got on, and Kagome turned to Inuyasha.

"It was pretty neat to find that we're in the same school," she tucked a lock of hair behind her ear.

"Yeah," he said. Good one dog boy, you have a great vocabulary.

She waved and turned, "see you tomorrow!" she got on the bus and sat next to Sango.

Inuyasha got on the bus two behind theirs and sat in the back. With a sigh, he leaned his head on the seat in front of him. What a day.