InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Fallen into Darkness ❯ First day Part 2 ( Chapter 4 )

Chapter 4 --First day part 2.

A/N… Sorry I keep posting author notes, but I feel this needs to be said. *Clears throat* I am NOT an English major. I do NOT intend to become a writer. I think I have done a decent job making sure my grammar and spelling are up to par. I have gotten complaints on my style of writing (ex. Run on paragraphs and what not.) I will try to fix those problems to make my writing more appealing. I didn't take that review as a flame, however I do keep wondering how in the hell I managed to pass a college English course with an A. If I sounded a bit upset I'm sorry. Thank you for your insight, if you want to leave more comments please do. This is my first story and I want it to be well written, both in English and in structure. I hope to become a "polished gem."

I don't own Inuyasha.

On with the story…

"So when did you move to Texas Kagome?" Sango asked as she shoved her unneeded books into her locker.

"I moved here before the school year started." she replied. "I was going to start here in August but I was in an accident." She added while rummaging through her backpack for the books she was going to have Sango stuff into her locker.

"What kind of an accident were you in" Sango asked with interest as she took the books from Kagome and place in along side hers in the locker.

"Well my Mom was on her here to drop me off, and a truck ran a red light…" Kagome coughed as she tried to hold back her tears, but she failed as one lone tear trekked down her cheek. She continued and the sadness was evident in her voice. "The truck hit our car, and I got slammed into the dashboard. That's the only thing I remember until I woke up. When I woke up they told me I was blind."

"That's awful, I'm sorry that had to happen." Sango said with pity as she hugged the saddened girl to her. "It must be hard being blind."

Kagome pulled herself from Sango's embrace and gave a mild scowl. " Yes it is hard being blind, but don't pity me." She thought for a moment before adding, "I've worked to hard too get this far, and I don't intend to take pity for my misfortune."

Sango stood there in thought for a moment before she closed her locker and grabbed Kagome's. She started to pull her in the direction of their homeroom. She was halfway there before she decided to speak. "Kagome I know you don't want any pity, you've made that much clear. I won't give you pity, but I hope that I can still be a concerned friend. Everyone has problems that they need help with; remember that." Sango said as she gave her new friend a reassuring hug.

" Thanks Sango, I really needed that" Kagome said through her tears, as she hugged Sango back.

"You're welcome Kagome, just remember that even though we just met I'll be there for you if you need my help." With that said she took hold of Kagome's arm again and just before they reached the door to homeroom the late bell rang. "Shit we're late. Mr. Z hates for his students to be tardy. I don't see why he cares it's only homeroom." Sango whispered as she knocked on the already locked door.

Suddenly the old worn-out wooden door creaked open, and there stood a tall man with salt-and-pepper hair and glasses. "Sango we're not even three weeks into the semester yet and you've been late 6 times. What is your excuse?" Suddenly his gaze fell upon Kagome. Mr. Z stood in thought for a moment before speaking. "Who are you?"

"My name is Kagome Sir. I'm your new student." Kagome answered the man. Then she extended her hand in a friend gesture.

With Kagome's gesture duly noted he took her hand and gave it a firm shake. " Well it's nice to finally meet you Kagome." He said as he took her arm and led her into the room. "My name is Mr. Zambawa, however you may call me Mr. Z. " He told her as he lead her to his desk and turned her to face the class. Mr. Z cleared his throat and the class looked up. "Yes well since I have your undivided attention, I want to introduce your new classmate her name is Kagome Higurashi. Please make her feel welcome." He said as he glared at the class. He knew she was blind. He also knew how the teenagers at that particular high school acted. "Well Kagome tell us something about yourself."

Kagome opened her mouth, then she quickly shut it. She thought for a moment and then came to the conclusion she might as well tell them she was blind. They'd find it out later anyway. " Well I just turned sixteen, I was home schooled for a year of high school. I was going to start here in August, but I was in a pretty bad accident. The doctors tried to help me, but I was left blind." Kagome stood silent for a seconds and listened to the varied gasps and whispers. Kagome cleared her throat and began to speak again. "I also have a brother named Souta and a cat named Buyo." Kagome smiled and stood quietly until the teacher guided her to a seat next to Sango.

"Well class I don't have any team assignments for you today, so feel free to chit chat." Mr. Z stated as he left the room. Seconds after the door closed the class erupted with an array of whispers and loud chatter.

"Hey Sango, how are you doing today?" asked a familiar voice, Kagome guessed it to be Miroku. Sango muttered an answer to the boy's question. Then all went silent. All of the sudden there was a loud *SMACK*, Kagome had a pretty good guess about the sound. She knew he had tried to grab her ass.

Kagome tried to contain the giggle that escaped her mouth but she failed miserably. "Just what do you think is so funny?" Sango asked in a semi threatening tone.

Kagome held her hands up in defense, "Nothing Sango really…" she reassured her hot-headed friend. "So where did the teacher go?" she asked for the sole purpose of changing the subject.

"Oh he does this on the days that we don't have team assignments. I think he goes out to smoke, or to the teacher's lounge." Sango answered. "So do you want to meet a few of my friends?" Sango asked as she took Kagome's wrist and pulled her out of her seat.

'Doesn't look like I had a choice.' Kagome thought to herself. "Sure I'd love to meet your friends" she answered as nicely as she could muster.

Sango came to an abrupt stop, at what Kagome thought to be the other side of the room. "Hey guys this is Kagome. Kagome this is Miroku, Rin, and Sesshomaru." After each introduction that said person shook Kagome's hand and said a friendly 'hello'.

"So Kagome is it hard being blind?" A bubbly, short, bown haired,and brown eyed girl asked.

"It was hell at first, now I'm getting used to it." Kagome answered. " God knows I sure stub my toes enough. That has to be the worst part." Kagome said with a light laugh.

"So are you a freshman?" Mroku asked.

"No I'm a sophomore. I home schooled last year. What year are you?" Kagome answered.

"Well I'm a sophomore, Rin is a freshman, Sango is a sophomore, and Sesshomaru is a Junior." Miroku answered for everyone.

*Brinnnnng! Bring! Brinnnng* The bell signaling the end of homeroom sounded and Sango grabbed Kagome hand and lead her to their first class. Free period was an uneventful chat fest that lasted 45 minutes, not that Kagome minded she loved to chit chat. The bell rang again, it was finally time for a 'real' class.

Kagome grumbled as she had to introduce herself for the third time that day. She introduced her self and then the teacher showed her to her seat. "Alright class, quiet down and take out your books." The young teacher instructed she was average height and had light brown hair, her name was Ms. Sounders. Ms. Sounders taught history. "Turn to chapter two, do I have any volunteers to read the first page?" she asked.

Kagome found chapter two and stuck her hand up signaling that she wanted to read chapter two. As she waited to be called on she let her fingers read ahead.

Ms. Sounders looked surprised to see Kagome's hand in the air, but she decided to call on her anyway. "Kagome, you may start reading at anytime." Kagome did as she was told she read the first pages and she looked up when she was done. "Very nicely done Kagome. Now who would like to read the next page?" she called out. No one raised their hands so she cleared her throat " Now if no one volunteers I will volunteer you myself." As soon as she said that a swarm of hands filled the air. The teacher smiled and sat back. "Now that's more like it."

The rest of the class went smoothly. The bell rang again, another class done. Kagome heard everyone scurry towards the door, and sighed. She was lost in thought when someone grabbed her wrist. She jumped and held her hand over her heart. "Sorry Kagome I didn't mean to startle you." said a smooth deep voice.

Kagome let out a breath and smiled as she got up. "Yeah right Miroku. Hey where's Sango?" Kagome questioned as she walked beside Miroku, who still had a firm grip on her wrist.

"She forgot her lunch money in her car so she ran out to get it." He answered as she felt him round a corner. All of the sudden he stopped and the smell of food flooded her nose. "We're in line for lunch, what do you want?" He asked as he noticed her giving the air an appreciative sniff.

Kagome was broke out of her daze by Miroku's question. "Uh, um.. What do they have?" Shw asked still giving the air a slight sniff.

"Well they have tacos, pizza, and chicken and noodles." He said as he grabbed two trays. He took a plate of chicken and noodles with mashed potatoes and a roll and sat it on his tray. He looked at Kagome she was still thinking.

"Oh I've got it, I'll have what you're having." she said with a smirk. "It all smells really good, I couldn't decide." Miroku laughed at her and grabbed another plate of chicken and noodles. "Thanks Miroku."

"Oh you're welcome, come on let's go pay." Miroku said as he grabbed her hand and led her to the cashier while trying to balance two trays on one arm. They went and paid then he drug her to a table and guided her to sit down.

"Where is everybody?" Kagome asked as she shoveled a spoonful of mashed potatoes into her mouth.

"They should be getting here any minute." Miroku answered as he started to eat. "Oh here they come." Miroku said excitedly. " Hey Sango, guys"

The group muttered a 'hello'. " Kagome I want you to meet Inuyasha. He's another friend of mine." Sango said as she lead the silver haired boy over to the table.

Kagome looked in her direction and smiled. "Hi I'm Kagome" she said as she extended her hand. "It's nice to meet you."

Inuyasha eyed her carefully. Where had he seen her before? Oh yeah it was the bitch that bugged him this morning. He set his face into a scowl and dismissed her hand and introduced himself. "I'm Inuyasha." Then he sat down.

Kagome growled and turned her head. "Jerk." she muttered under her breath, before she when back to eating.

The name calling was not missed by Inuyasha as he whirled around and grabbed her wrist and screamed into her ear. "Bitch I am NOT a jerk. Understand?" He tightened his hold on her wrist and she whimpered in slight pain. His eyes widened and he let go. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you."

She closed her eyes and began to rub her wrist as tears threatened to spill for the second time that day. "It's ok I'm fine" She managed to grind out. She got up from the table and walked blindly through the lunchroom.

Sesshomaru flashed Inuyasha a dirty look as Sango and Rin got up to follow Kagome. Inuyasha looked to Sesshomaru and Miroku, "What?" He snapped.

Miroku hit Inuyasha on the back of the head as started to explain. "Inuyasha, Kagome has had a really rough day. I know that she pissed you off earlier when she asked you to help her find the principles office. The reason she asked is because she's blind. You should be nicer to people." He said as he slapped Inuyasha again.

Inuyasha got up and went out the way that Kagome had gone. He followed her scent and found her with Sango and Rin, she was crying. "I have no clue what I did to him. All I did was ask him for help this morning and he got all shity with me and called me a bitch. So I called him a jerk and walked off. I was trying to be nice to him in there and he was all snobby and, and, and…." Kagome babbled on until she broke out into a sob, clutching her bruising wrist.

Inuyasha came up to her and stopped. Her looked to Sango and Rin who were shooting him death glares. "Um Kagome can I uh talk to you alone. Please." Inuyasha asked. "It'll only take a second."

Kagome thought about it for a minute. "Yeah I guess" she replied. Sango and Rin nodded and left. "What do you want? Kagome asked in a bored tone.

"Um I wanted to apologize. For this morning, I didn't know you were blind. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to snap. I had a really bad weekend." Inuyasha said as he grabbed her hand. Her new it was a lie, but it would work. "Let's start over. I'm Inuyasha." he said as he shook her hand.

Kagome smiled and shook his hand back. "I'm Kagome, it's nice to meet you." She got up and they walked hand in hand back to the cafeteria. Inuyasha couldn't stop starring at the bruise he had left on her wrist. He felt horrible.

"Kagome I'm really sorry that I hurt you." Inuyasha said with his ears pinned to his head.

"It's ok Inuyasha, I've already forgiven you" she said as she gave him a tight hug. All of the sudden she reached up and started to touch his face and his hair. She moved up a bit and found his ears. ' My God he feels gorgeous.' she thought as she rubbed his soft ears.

"What are you doing?" Inuyasha said with a blush. He took her hands and removed them from his ears. "I don't like my ears messed with." he said. He was inwardly glad she couldn't see his face at the moment.

"Oh I'm sorry I was trying to imagine what you looked like. I kinda fell in love with your ears." She said as heat rose to her cheeks.

"Oh yeah did you like what you imagined?" Inuyasha asked with an arrogant tone in his voice.

"Actually I did, especially the ears." Kagome answered. "Will you explain your looks to me?" Kagome asked.

Inuyasha explained what he looked like and lead her back to lunch. The rest of their lunch was spent in silence. The bell finally rang signaling 5th period. They all went to their next classes.

The rest of the day was pretty uneventful. Sango offered to drive Kagome home and she accepted, so Sango drove her to her home and walked her to the door and said her goodbyes.

As soon as Sango was gone Kagome sunk down onto the couch and cried. It had been a crappy day. Granted it got better after lunch, the first part of the day was enough to make an already depressed Kagome weep. Kagome went to bed without supper and cried herself to sleep.