InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Life As It Is... ❯ The Tutor ( Chapter 2 )

Life as it is…

-Chapter 2 - The Tutor

 

 

When Kagome woke up Sunday morning, she was excited to be finally going home. Her own home wasn't that far away, maybe a 15 minute drive at most. Oddly, though, no public buses came to this area, and Kagome only had a learners' permit because she only got interested in driving at 17, and now 18 she can take the driving test for a license. But there was still the problem of not having a car that came into that dilemma.
She hadn't seen a silvery wisp of hair of InuYasha since the first night, or rather morning at the pool. She still wasn't sure if it even was InuYasha in the first place. And then, of course, the thoughts of if it was in fact InuYasha, and then she doubted very much that he would remember her after so many years of no contact.

 

“I mean, it's been 8 years, “she whispered to herself as all the thoughts consumed her, for what seemed like the 100th time in the last 2 days.

 

I got up from my bed, backed my backpack with the clothes I brought, leaving some here for next time. I slowly went upstairs, not really paying attention to where I was going until I bumped into a solid body.

“Sorry, didn't see you there,” I looked up and saw my dad.

“Ready to go?” he asked with a smirk on his face, I only nodded.

The drive home was just as boring, and had me yawning the whole time. Night had cascaded fast over the sky, painting it from a beautiful blue to a purple and then finishing at a midnight blue. Somewhere in between, the street lamps started lighting by themselves one by one. Before I knew it, I was home, and Souta was asleep in the backseat.

 

“Well, I guess I'll be seeing you two in two weeks, “my father said trying to start up a conversation.

To his displeasure, all I replied with was a quick, “Yeah.”

 

He sighed once again, and got out to wake up Souta. Then, like always, he left.

 

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“Kagome! Kagome wake up! You're going to be late again!”

 

“Shit!”

I scrambled out of bed and looked at the time, 8:45am. I had 15 minutes to get dressed eat and get to school. Good thing the school is only a 5 minutes walk away or I'd be in deep shit.

 

I was in the last year of high school, grade 12 to be exact. It's not the beginning of the school year, it's already October. I've been in school a little over a month now. I quickly pulled up my black jeans and threw my red and black T-shirt. I was in low math, but I'm supposed to be getting a tutor sometime this week, I really don't have any choice. I don't want to fail my senior year. Or one, my mother would kill me, and then Sango would bring me back, just to have a turn at killing me again, along with Ayame next in line. And this is why I'm getting a tutor.

 

I ran downstairs; she had my breakfast on a plate, holding it as I ran by. I grabbed the toast, thanked her and sped out the door.

 

“Kagome?”

 

I heard her say before I slammed the door. I then felt my phone vibrate and quickly answered it.

“Hello?”

 

“Hello sweetie, I think you forgot something important,” I heard my mom say, and could picture the small smile on her lips.

I drew a blank, what could I have forgotten. Then it dawned on me. “My school bag!” I shrieked and started to run home.

 

 

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I ended up getting to my first class, English, mere seconds before the bell signaled the beginning of class. I smiled as I saw Sango waving me over to the seat beside her near the back of the class.

 

“Hey Kagome. Looks like you barely made it on time… again,” she smiled at me, “stop having sex dreams about Hojo and maybe you'll make it in time, “ she giggled and I glared. “Oh wait, it's the other way around, sorry.”

Just then Hojo, the said boy, walked in late and got scowled by the teacher. That just made Sango laugh more.

“Ha ha ha, you are soooo funny.”

 

“I know and that's why you love me though, isn't it” she smiled.

I laughed and shook my head; Sango was weird like this when she had lack of sleep. Sango and I've been friends since the beginning of high school. I was being picked on and Sango came and kicked their asses. It was wonderful. She then offered to teach me some moves and we became friends when we discovered we actually had a lot in common with one another.

“So Sango, did you pull another all nighter,” I asked curiously

 

“Yup,” she then paused and looked at me in shock and whined, “Oh no, Kagome…”

 

“I looked at her oddly, “What?”

 

“We have a test today in math,” she sighed and looked at me

 

“My eyes bulged and my jaw drop, “No… NO! You're lying!”

 

“Miss Higurashi, if you please, can you pay attention to the lesson at hand and stop gossiping with Miss Hiratsu.”

 

The look on Sango's face told me that in fact, she was not lying. I gulped and felt like crying. Math was right after this class. So in about 1hr, I'd fail miserably once again. I dreaded as each second dragged on, hoping that 10 would never arrive.

 

By the time the class ended I was on a totally different world. I left class and followed Sango to the next one like a robot. Sure enough, she was right. As soon as we walked in, on the blackboard in big letters was written, “Math Test, worth 10% of final mark” My jaw dropped.

“10%” I whispered to myself, “This is not good.”

 

“Your telling me, so when are you getting this tutor?”

 

“Hopefully soon”

 

“Apparently not soon enough though,” she said in a teasing voice, but yet serious at the same time. She sighed, “It's not that bad, you can pull up your mark, it's only 10%.”

 

Just then, the teacher walked in, “I hope you all studied, you had plenty of time to,” He started passing out the test, and it was 5 pages long, both sides. I really debated whether or not I should just write my name and not even bother trying to do the test.

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“That was awful,” I cried to Sango during lunch. “I would've made a dog look smart on that test.”

Sango and I didn't have the class before lunch together, so I was only able to complain to her now.

 

“It couldn't have been THAT bad,” she said consolingly.

 

“Oh yes it could, it was like grade 1 all over again,” I whined

 

Her eyes bulged, “You don't mean?”

 

“Yep, 2+2=5”

 

She started laughing out loud in the lunch line. Personally, it wasn't that funny when you're 6 and don't know what 2+2 is. Sango wasn't there for that, but Ayame was. Speaking of Ayame, here she comes now.

 

Ayame came jogging over, her red pigtails swinging behind her, and her emerald eyes sparkling.

 

“Hi” Ayame said perkily. “Whatcha guys talking about?”

 

“How Kagome didn't know what 2+2 was” Sango said with a smile.

 

She glared at me, “You failed a math test again, didn't you?”

 

My jaw dropped, “how did you know?”

 

“You only bring it up when you fail a math test,” she stated, “badly, I might add.”

 

I thought about it, and she was right. Damn, am I that predictable? At that thought, InuYasha came into my head again. He was doing that a lot since I saw him Friday. Neither of them knew about what happened 8 years ago. Ayame knew InuYasha, like me, from elementary school, and for Sango, as far as I knew, she still hadn't even heard of him. I don't know what school he goes too, probably some high spending snob one. By the looks of his house, that the kind of person he is.

 

“So how was your first weekend at your dad's new place?” Sango asked suddenly as we were walking towards our lunch table.

 

“Yeah, how was it?” Ayame asked, interested.

 

“It sucked; you guys have to come with me next time to amuse me. I basically stayed in my room the whole weekend.”

 

“Well, I don't mind, and I don't think that my parents would care either, what about you Ayame, care to help me open up Kagome to her new surroundings?” Sango said, trying to sound smart, but Sango was smart, and pretty, she had look ebony hair that was tied in a high ponytail, along with chocolate brown eyes, that were brought out by the magenta eye shadow she wore.

 

“Sure, as long as you don't ever speak that way in front of me again or I'll have to tape your mouth shut,” she smiled innocently as I laughed. Sango just pouted and muttered something under her breath.

-----Meanwhile

 

 

“So InuYasha, how was your weekend?” Miroku asked with a lecherous smile on his face.

 

“Miroku, get that smirk of your face, what do you want me to say? I fucked the entire girl population in this school in the matter of 72 hours?”

 

Miroku looked like he was about to blow up, I laughed and punched him off his head, “Yeah, you wish. I did nothing, but I did scare the crap out of the girl next door, and man… Miroku, you wouldn't have been able to keep you r hands off her.”

 

“Ooh, I like the sound of this story, so… did you get a cup-o-feel?” he smiled again while a piece of drool hung from the corner of his mouth.

 

I punched him of the back of his head again, “No, I wouldn't have minded though.” I couldn't get that girl out of my head since I last saw her, my god; I've been even having wet dreams about her. I blushed at the thought, and cleared my throat with a cough to hide it.

 

Miroku looked at me oddly, and then asked, “So, what are you doing tonight?”

“Nothing, apparently I have to go to the main office after school though,” which still confused me, because me and Koga haven't gotten into any fists face `in' school lately. Other than that, I don't think I did anything wrong.

“Are you in trouble?”

“Don't know, I don't think so at least.”

 

“So, when can I come over a check out this babe of yours?”

 

“When you promise me to never use the word `babe' again” I said, laughing.

 

“Ok, I promise.” And then he pouted playfully.

“Don't do that either, that look my work on the girls in this school, but not me my friend.”

“Aww, you're just not fun.” Then he went on pouting again, but I guess that's just Miroku for you.

 

 

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The day went by beyond slow, but finally last period came, and it was P.E. I like P.E. for two reasons, one; I don't have to sit on my ass all day in those hard chairs, and two, this was one of the two classes that me, Sango and Ayame had together, the other class being art.

Half way through the lesson, in the middle of volleyball an announcement rang through the gym area.

<Excuse me; is a Kagome Higurashi present at this time?>

My P.E. teacher looked at me oddly, and then replied, “Yes she is.”

 

<Can you send her down to the main office, with her books>

Now my teacher looked really confused, a bet he didn't look as nearly confused as I was right then.

“Yeah, she's on her way.”

<Thank you>

 

The whole class went “Oooooooh, Kagome's in trouble.” Sango and Ayame looked at me oddly and mouthed a, “What did you do?” I looked at them with bulged eyes and shrugged my shoulders with an “I don't know.” And then I left to change back into my clothes, and out of the stinky gym ones.

 

I arrived at the office and was told to sit on the chairs outside the principal's office, and wait until he was ready for me.

“Umm, you wouldn't happen to know what this is about, do you?” I asked the secretary politely as I could.

 

She looked at me sincerely and said, “I'm sorry, but no.” She smiled, and I nodded and walked away towards the chairs.

 

I waited there a good 15 minutes before I was told to go in, and when I did, did I get the shock of my life. All I saw, was the silvery white hair the sat in one of the two chairs in front of the principal. My jaw dropped.

“No way..” I whispered to myself.

 

“Ah, Miss Higurashi, please take a seat, don't worry, you're not in trouble.” He said with a smile on his face, he reminded me of my grandfather. He was old and balding, also short and plump, but he looked like he couldn't hurt even a flea if he wanted to.

 

I slowly took my seat next to InuYasha and felt his eyes burn into my flesh, but I dared not look at him. I just cleared my throat and asked, “Umm, sir, Mr. Myoga. May I ask what all this is about?”

 

He smiled and chuckled and said, “Of course, I'm sorry if the message made you nervous.” He chuckled again and I heard InuYasha growl.

“Get to the point geezer!”

 

Myoga just ignored InuYasha's remark and said, “Kagome, I see you've requested the help of a tutor for math due to your low grades.” I just nodded slowly. He then looked at InuYasha, “no matter how rude you are young man, your marks are the highest in the senior grade, and therefore I'm assigning you to tutor Miss Higurashi, 3 times a week, and today will be your first session.”

 

My jaw dropped and my mouth opened an closed, trying to think of someway to get out of this arrangement. I kept thinking to myself, this can't be happening, it's just a bad dream and I'll wake up any minute, please wake up, please.

“You are dismissed.”

 

 

 

 

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