InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Oboeta On ❯ Just one of those days ( Chapter 1 )
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By: Oboeta on 
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama / Romance | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 06.20.2004 | Pages: 4 | Words: 4.5K | Visits: 285 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama / Romance | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 06.20.2004 | Pages: 4 | Words: 4.5K | Visits: 285 | Status: Completed
A/N: Well, I wrote this a while ago and posted it under the name "Live For The Music" but then A friend and I were talking about possible screen names, and she brought up Oboeta On. I liked it and it fits the musical theme of the story.
I would like to thank my friend Kes for helping me edit this. Hopefully, it's up to standards. ^^
Disclaimer: I own absolutely nothing, besides the plot.
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Oboeta On
Chapter one- Just one of those days
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Frustration.
The perfect word to describe that feeling you get when it's 6 am, and your alarm clock is blaring in your ear, demanding your attention.
A hand came out from under the seven layers of blankets, accompanied by a groan and slammed down on the clock, shutting the alarm off, then retracted back into the burrow of blankets. She knew if she really needed to be up, her sister would come in to get her. So with that decided, she fell asleep again.
Of course, that was an hour ago.
From a haze of sleep, the girl eyed the numbers on the alarm clock. Seven AM? That meant she had limited time to get ready and attempt to make it to first period on time. Oh, was her sister going to be pissed.
Quickly the raven haired girl shot out of bed and stumbled over to her closet. She grabbed a pair of white pants with black pinstripes, and a matching shirt. Then dashed over to the bathroom, making a quick stop at her dresser on her way.
Hastily, she threw her clothing on, chewing her lip in annoyance. She quickly moved down the stairs and grabbed a pop-tart and a can of Dr.Pepper, then ran back up stairs shoving the pastry in her mouth on her way to her room. Looking at her dresser she took a minute to think of the medications she needed to take. Of course this wasn't the first time she'd have taken them... Being late just made her forgetful, even of her everyday routines. Quickly she picked up the bottle labeled Lemictal, and fumbled with one of the blue pills until she finally broke it in half, then found the bottle of Zyrtic, and fought trying to pull one out. After taking her morning medications she ran to the bath room and grabbed her Advair, took an inhalation of it, then proceeded to brush her teeth and rinse her mouth.
Frowning as she ran out of the house to her red KIA sportage, she started the vehicle, and sped off into morning traffic. 'God I hate it when this happens!' she thought, 'Why didn't she wake me up?'
"Oh shit," she muttered, remembering the outing she and her twin sister had with their friends last night. "She had a lot to drink last night..."
After remembering said event, her first thought was to go home and yank her sister out of bed, but [she] knew that'd be a bad idea. She was already late as it is, and she couldn't afford to miss a class, given only 8 absences a semester. With the way her health had been the last few months, she'd probably need to stock up on those absences.
Now tardies... They worked a little different, you only get 4 of them, and then on the 5th one you'd receive Saturday school. During first period the students were given a 15 minute grace period, meaning that if they were any later then 15 minutes after the bell the student would be spending time with Mrs.Acher in the In School Restriction (ISR) room.
She was quite happy when she saw she was only running 5 minutes late when she pulled into her assigned parking space, and ecstatic that the person next to her didn't drive to school that often. She didn't care if she'd parked straight, or took up two spaces at the moment... She had about 10 minutes to make it to class, and that was exactly how long it would take her.
Since she was considered a model student, with good grades and no disciplinary problems, 15 minutes wouldn't have mattered to any of her teachers. So one tardy wouldn't matter to them. By now the whole of the staff knew that Kagome Higurashi currently held second rank, and would likely end up in first. She was also considered an overachiever for all her extracurricular; drum major, chorus ensemble, wind ensemble, drill team, musicals, as well as her own band-a mix between a popish style, and punk-on the side.
The [pop/punk] band had been started two years ago by Kagome, her currently-hungover sister, Sango, and their close friend Ambrosia. All three of them shared a love for music, and they loved showing off in band or choir. After all, if you've got the talent, why not show it off?
Quickly she rushed off to her locker, grabbed the materials she needed for her first hour creative writing course. She absolutely love writing, and was thrilled to take the upperclassman course now that she was a junior.
"Look who's late," Miroku Houshi exclaimed, a smirk upon his face and a mischievous glint in his eye.
Walking by, Kagome gave him a sweet smile, "It's nice to see you too Miroku. Hmm... It seems pretty quiet in here..." she scanned over the room, and brightened as her eyes came upon a one Inuyasha Taisho's empty desk. "Ah, no wonder. Say Houshi, where's your friend," she asked playfully as she continued the path to her seat.
"He hasn't come in yet Kag," a girl with light brown hair pulled back into a sloppy bun answered for him.
"Good morning Ambi-chan," Kagome exclaimed, turning in her seat to face her friend. "But then again... It's not quite 7:50 yet."
"Kagome-chan," Ambrosia warned. She knew exactly where this was going. Every morning for the last month, Inuyasha would make snide remarks towards Kagome, and she'd playfully return them. It was fun to watch, but sometimes it got out of hand.
"Oh I know Ambi-chan, but it's fun to play with him. He always loses," she grinned at her friend, who grinned back. "Besides, that's part of the charm of this class... the constant entertainment!"
"This is true," Ambi replied simply, then turned to look as the door opened. "Now Kagome... Try not to cause to much trouble..." she warned as Inuyash stepped into the room.
"Oh of course not Ambi-chan! I'd never even consider it," she grinned as she watched the raven haired boy take his seat in front of Miroku. He turned his attention towards her and grinned, his violet eyes lighting up. She returned his gaze with a level stare. "Why do I get the feeling this is going to be a long day?"
"Awe, poor wittle Kagome-chan, doesn't think she can make it through the day!" Inuyasha teased from his seat to her right.
"Oh, honestly Yasha-kun! Like you could do any better! Your just mad because I'm doing better then you! I suppose... If you'd pay a little more attention, maybe you'd be ranked second in our class and not third. BESIDES, it's not that big of a deal," she exclaimed, feeling rather livid.
"Kagome, your better off not even addressing him for the day," Ambrosia advised, resting a hand on Kagome's shoulder. "Brush it off and move on. He's not worth the trouble."
The raven head girl nodded, and thought to herself, 'Ambi-chan is right... That fool isn't worth it... Well, not today anyways!' A wicked glint came to her eyes. Oh yes, trouble would be caused to one Inuyasha Taisho, and she'd enjoy every second of it.
After an uneventful first period, everyone was in a rush to get to their lockers. Kagome thought that In theory, it's better to gather your things then clump together in the middle of the hallway. Yanno... So people with classes on the other side of the school, on the top floor would end up being late.
"This just isn't my day," Kagome muttered as she walked into her honors biophysical science class. Rather then list all of the bad things that she'd encountered so far, she thought of all the positive things that could possibly happen. Sighing, she watched as everyone came in and took their seats, until the one next to her was left. "Ah Kouga-kun," she muttered bitterly as her stalker took the prevously-empty seat. "How lovely it is to see you this morning," she muttered bitterly.
"You know you want me," he said, his icy blue eyes lighting up in pent up laughter. He'd spent most of ninth and tenth grades making similar overtures, despite a total lack of interest on her part.
"I'm sorry, did you not hear me the first five hundred times I told you no? Or is this just a ploy to annoy me further? Because if that is the case, your doing quite well, and if I could get away with back handing you right here and now, I would so do it."
"Thank you Kouga," she exclaimed sarcastically, as she continued to write down the information that was on the board.
"Hmm, this is a first, normally the great Kagome Higurashi hardly ever pays attention in the class. What's so different about today?"
"Well, since Sango, you know the girl that normally sits where your sitting... isn't here today, I'd much rather be paying attention then listen to you babble on about how great your friends are." She teased.
The rest of second period went by quite uneventful, and she rushed out of the room and in the direction of her locker. She needed to hurry and put her things away so she could make it back across the building for her honors calculus class.
Of course, navigating through the halls of Linden High wasn't always the easiest thing for Kagome to do. 'Boy does it suck to be short.' She thought as a really tall boy-whom she didn't know even went to this school-stepped in front of her. Grumbling, she continued her quick pace to her next class.
With 10 seconds remaining she slipped into her seat front and center. She loved math, not only was it her best subject, but is was also a class that she didn't have with Inuyasha and his lackeys. She gave a relieved sigh as she watched Ambrosia and Sango walk in together, right as the bell rang.
"You look like shit," Kagome grinned up at the dark haired girl.
"I love ya too sis," she muttered, letting her hair down to redo her loose bun.
"Honestly, you're always playing with your hair," Ambi joked.
."Yeah, well, it was coming loose," Sango explained.
"No joke!" Kagome exclaimed breaking out into a fit of giggles.
"Hey like either of you have room to speak! Your both constantly playing with your hair, or tugging at your clothes, you especially Kag."
"Okay children, let's not argue over something so stupid," said Kagome, rubbing her temples. Ten minutes with her twin and her head was already pounding.
"Someone is a bit uptight today," muttered Sango, "wanna talk about it?"
"Nah... It's just not been a good day..."
From the front of the room came the unmistakable sound of their band teacher clearing his throat. "Kagome...would you mind taking your seat, please?"
"Sorry Mr.Wise!" she exclaimed as she slid into her seat next to Sango, bass clarinet in hand. "There was a little bit of a hold up in the door way," she turned and glared at Inuyasha standing back in the percussion section.
He just grinned.
"Ahem," Mr.Wise called her attention back towards him. "This is the third time this week Kagome, don't let it happen again."
She nodded, "Yes sir! It won't happen again."
"Good, with that out of the way, announcements." Everyone groaned. "First, don't forget practice tonight is from 4-6:30 unstead of the normal 6-8:30." More groans came from everyone in the marching band. "Second, concert tomorrow, be here at 6:15 ready to warm up. Alright, that's about, Low tones in B flat."
Warm-ups ensued.
The hour went by as quickly as the rest, and it was now lunch time.' Thank God for small favors.'
"Alright so spill," Sango demanded with the authority an older sister-by 10 minutes might I add-demanded.
"What are you talking about?"
"Kagome-chan, it's not like Sango-chan doesn't know about you fighting with Inuyasha. She sees it all the time," Ambrosia's gentle voice announced.
"I know that, it's just... I don't like complaining all the time, it's not like I'm the only one in the world that has problems..."
"Yeah, but you let everyone drop their problems on you, so you're a special case," Sango winked. "besides, what kind of sister would I be if I didn't listen to you?"
All three of them grinned.
"So what insane plan did you come up with today?"
"What ever are you talking about Ambi-chan? I wasn't aware that I'd even made a plan."
"Quit Bull shittin' and tell us the plan Kag." Sango demanded.
"Okay, fine," and all heads came together in a huddle as she explained. Occasionally there was a giggle or input from the others. "So what do you think?"
"That's awesome Kag!" Sango exclaimed half heatedly.
"But..."
"We'd never be able to pull it off.." Sango announced sounding rather frustrated. "But it doesn't mean we can't attempt it."
Grins ensued.
Choir was always a fun class, for a few different reasons. One, there was a great love for music felt throughout the class. Two, it was always great fun to watch Kagome Higurashi and Inuyasha Taisho fight over a lyric, note, or line. Three, Ensemble just all together kicks royal ass.
Of course, today wasn't any different, so nothing exciting really happened. Other then going over the first act of 42nd Street over and over again. The repetition resulted in numerous complaints from Kagome and Inuyasha, whose characters - Peggy and Billy - had a great deal of interaction in the musical. (A/N: Of course, we won't really go into that right now make sure to read the last A/N very closely, you'll understand ^^)
"Okay that's enough for today," Mrs. Ravert finally announced, five minutes before the end of the class.
"Ring," Kagome muttered to herself, wanting nothing more then to go to last hour so she could take a little nap before her band rehearsal.
Walking into her 6th hour Government class, Kagome sighed with relief. Even if she had to put up with Inuyasha for one more hour, it was worth it to be in this class. Mr. Nieb was one of those teachers who let her do anything she wanted. Granted, every now and then she'd have to yell at the class for him. Even if he should have been the one doing it, it sorta made Kagome feel special.
"Hey Mr.Nieb, is it all right if I take a little nap," she asked as she plopped into her seat at the front of the room.
"I don't know Kag," He said frowning at her.
"Please! I'm always helping you out, so why can't you help me out," she asked.
"Fine, but it's still your responsibility to know the material," he told her, and laughed as she gave a little yawn and laid her head down on the desk.
She was quite oblivious to her surroundings, until she woken up to a loud ringing sound, and being jabbed in her side by someone. Jumping up she grabbed the offending appendage, and looked up to see who it was. Recognizing the person jabbing her, she slapped him across the face. No one woke her up when she was dreaming about beating the shit out of a certain raven haired jerk
"Whatdayawan'," she groaned.
"That was the bell... Yanno the one that you were supposed to leave about 5 minutes before," Inuyasha glared. "By the way, why the hell did you hit me? I was doing you a favor. I could have just left you hear to sleep."
"Get out of my face. Yash, your breath smells horrible. What the hell did you eat for lunch?"
"Eh, lots of onions, just for you babe," he grinned.
"You ever call me that again... And I'll just have to kill you." She threatened rushing out of the door, and towards the auditorium.
Running into the auditorium she stopped in front of an amp one of her friends had set up. She frantically went about plugging in cords for her instruments in. Continuing to the middle of the stage where she screeched to a halt. Quickly she placed a keyboard stand, and a guitar stand, to either side of her, and placed the instruments where they belonged. As usual, she was immensely grateful that Sango had bought her the cases for her last birthday.
"Sorry," she gasped out, looking at her friends. "What are we working on first?"
"Ah, it's quite all right Kagome-chan!"
"I swear if that ignorant asshole did something stupid I'll kill him." Sango muttered looking at her in concern. "Knowing that ass, he probably played some sort of sick joke on you."
"The only thing that bastard did wrong, was wake me up in the middle of a dream-where I was brutally beating his ass-by prodding me in the side. I was not amused."
"As long as he didn't do anything else... I'm happy." Sango said nodding.
"No joke, Anyways... Let us work on 'Hello'" Ambi suggested.
"All right Kagome," Sango said after the fifth repetition. "Try it again from the top, and try to put a little more feeling into it please!"
"But, Sangoooo! I dunno how many more times I can sing that song, it's really low... And- and my fingers are getting the keys mixed up, and I'm tired, and we still have marching band practice to go to after this," she whined.
"Just do it Kagome-chan, we don't have time to mess around right now, we only have a little bit of time in here, you know that." Ambrosia hollered back to her from her spot next to Sango in the back row.
"Fine, all right, whatever," she said back, and started playing the part on her key board, putting as much feeling as she could, she opened her mouth and poured her soul into the lyrics.
"Playground school bell rings again
Rain clouds come to play again
Has no-one told you she's not breathing?
Hello I'm your mind giving you
Someone to talk to
Hello
If I smile and don't believe
Soon I know I'll wake from this dream
Don't try to fix me I'm not broken
Hello I'm the lie living for you so you can hide
Don't cry
Suddenly I know I'm not sleeping
Hello I'm still here
All that's left of yesterday"
Smiling she pulled her hands away from the key board, and looked out to her friends. "How was that," she asked, hoping for a sign that she didn't have to practice that song anymore for the rest of the session.
"That was beautiful, Kagome-chan! You should sing that way more often," Ambi said as her and Sango made their way up to the stage. "Now, we have enough time to run through another song... Before 'they' come in."
"In that case... What song we work on," Sango asked as she watched Kagome walk over to her guitar. She knew that Kagome had already picked a song, and when the girl had her mind set on something, there was no turning back. "Well, your royal highness, what song do you have in mind now?"
"Honestly Sango, that wasn't very nice of you at all. Do you always have to be so mean?" Kagome asked in mock hurt, then grinned. "Let's do 'Give It Up' by Fefe Dobson." she said as she strummed a few cords on her guitar and waited for an answer from her friends.
"Fine with me... What do you say Sango-chan," Ambi answered looking over to Sango who was now walking over to her drum set.
"Sure," Sango replied, positioning herself behind her drum-set. When she motioned she was ready, they began.
'He wants her
She wants him too
Broken message coming through
Same story for different fools
Give it up, Give it up
That's what they all say, say
Pressure from the boys to give it away
Suck it up, suck it up
Don't treat me that way, way
My heart is gonna tell me when it's time to play, Okay?
She sees him
He stares right through
Nasty rumors
So un-true
There's nothing that she can do
Give it up, Give it up
That's what they all say, say
Pressure from the boys to give it away
Suck it up, suck it up
Don't treat me that way, way
My heart is gonna tell me when it's time to play, Okay?
And you don't even know how to love
And you think you can from up above
And you better know that I'm watching you
Where you go, whatcha do, every move
On to you
And you want her
And you need her
And you beg her
But you deceive her and
He wants her
She wants him too
Broken message coming through
Same story for different fools
Give it up, Give it up
That's what they all say, say
Pressure from the boys to give it away
Suck it up, suck it up
Don't treat me that way, way
My heart is gonna tell me when it's time to play, Okay?
Give it up
Give it up
Give it up
Time to play
Give it up
Give it up
Give it up
Time to play
Give it up
Give it up
Give it up
Time to play'
It was about the end of the song that Kagome noticed her 'favorite' person standing in the back watching them. She was so distracted by the jerk she got lost, and fumbled over lyrics. Finally she decided to stop all together, figuring it was better off that way.
"Bravo," he said as he continued his way towards the stage. "That was... absolutely priceless."
"What do you want, jerk," Sango snapped, attempting to save Kagome from the verbal abuse Inuyasha was about to lay on her.
"To make her life hell," he grinned, placing his hands on either of Kagome's shoulders and placing his head on top of hers.
"Why are you 'touching' me?" she grown out. "What gave you the idea that it was all right to so much as even look at me, or talk to me, or-or-or!"
She was now - once again - very frustrated.
Kagome trailed off, dropping her eyes to look at her feet. She felt so small! Everytime she'd had one humiliation or disgrace, he always seemed to show up, and had she been less upset, she would have inquired about it. Frowning, she desperately fought the tears that started welling up in her eyes. The end result was one shiny little insignificant tear rolling down her cheek. The stage lights, made it glisten even more and there was no possible way he couldn't have seen it.
Since that morning, all the little stresses and frustrations had been building in the pit of her stomach. To think, it all started with an alarm clock, but throughout the day there were still those other encounters, it all festered until she felt as if her whole body was shaking. Certainly he could feel that, too-his hands were still placed firmly on her shoulders, every tremor had to have been felt.
It was just too much for her to handle.
With a frustrated cry, Kagome fell to her knees on the stage, dropping her away from Inuyasha's hands and letting her tears spill free.
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A/n: So it's not the best... But it's a start, and compared to the last version of this... ^^Anyways, So what'd y'all think? ^^
Anyways, about the 42nd Street thing. I'd write more about it in this story... but that'd ruin "Lullaby of Broadway" Which I had to rename due to personal reasons we won't go into. ^^ I'll be working on that one as soon as I finish filling in the "cast list" So be looking for it. ^^ Hopefully it'll turn out all right as well.
I would like to thank my friend Kes for helping me edit this. Hopefully, it's up to standards. ^^
Disclaimer: I own absolutely nothing, besides the plot.
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Oboeta On
Chapter one- Just one of those days
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Frustration.
The perfect word to describe that feeling you get when it's 6 am, and your alarm clock is blaring in your ear, demanding your attention.
A hand came out from under the seven layers of blankets, accompanied by a groan and slammed down on the clock, shutting the alarm off, then retracted back into the burrow of blankets. She knew if she really needed to be up, her sister would come in to get her. So with that decided, she fell asleep again.
Of course, that was an hour ago.
From a haze of sleep, the girl eyed the numbers on the alarm clock. Seven AM? That meant she had limited time to get ready and attempt to make it to first period on time. Oh, was her sister going to be pissed.
Quickly the raven haired girl shot out of bed and stumbled over to her closet. She grabbed a pair of white pants with black pinstripes, and a matching shirt. Then dashed over to the bathroom, making a quick stop at her dresser on her way.
Hastily, she threw her clothing on, chewing her lip in annoyance. She quickly moved down the stairs and grabbed a pop-tart and a can of Dr.Pepper, then ran back up stairs shoving the pastry in her mouth on her way to her room. Looking at her dresser she took a minute to think of the medications she needed to take. Of course this wasn't the first time she'd have taken them... Being late just made her forgetful, even of her everyday routines. Quickly she picked up the bottle labeled Lemictal, and fumbled with one of the blue pills until she finally broke it in half, then found the bottle of Zyrtic, and fought trying to pull one out. After taking her morning medications she ran to the bath room and grabbed her Advair, took an inhalation of it, then proceeded to brush her teeth and rinse her mouth.
Frowning as she ran out of the house to her red KIA sportage, she started the vehicle, and sped off into morning traffic. 'God I hate it when this happens!' she thought, 'Why didn't she wake me up?'
"Oh shit," she muttered, remembering the outing she and her twin sister had with their friends last night. "She had a lot to drink last night..."
After remembering said event, her first thought was to go home and yank her sister out of bed, but [she] knew that'd be a bad idea. She was already late as it is, and she couldn't afford to miss a class, given only 8 absences a semester. With the way her health had been the last few months, she'd probably need to stock up on those absences.
Now tardies... They worked a little different, you only get 4 of them, and then on the 5th one you'd receive Saturday school. During first period the students were given a 15 minute grace period, meaning that if they were any later then 15 minutes after the bell the student would be spending time with Mrs.Acher in the In School Restriction (ISR) room.
She was quite happy when she saw she was only running 5 minutes late when she pulled into her assigned parking space, and ecstatic that the person next to her didn't drive to school that often. She didn't care if she'd parked straight, or took up two spaces at the moment... She had about 10 minutes to make it to class, and that was exactly how long it would take her.
Since she was considered a model student, with good grades and no disciplinary problems, 15 minutes wouldn't have mattered to any of her teachers. So one tardy wouldn't matter to them. By now the whole of the staff knew that Kagome Higurashi currently held second rank, and would likely end up in first. She was also considered an overachiever for all her extracurricular; drum major, chorus ensemble, wind ensemble, drill team, musicals, as well as her own band-a mix between a popish style, and punk-on the side.
The [pop/punk] band had been started two years ago by Kagome, her currently-hungover sister, Sango, and their close friend Ambrosia. All three of them shared a love for music, and they loved showing off in band or choir. After all, if you've got the talent, why not show it off?
Quickly she rushed off to her locker, grabbed the materials she needed for her first hour creative writing course. She absolutely love writing, and was thrilled to take the upperclassman course now that she was a junior.
"Look who's late," Miroku Houshi exclaimed, a smirk upon his face and a mischievous glint in his eye.
Walking by, Kagome gave him a sweet smile, "It's nice to see you too Miroku. Hmm... It seems pretty quiet in here..." she scanned over the room, and brightened as her eyes came upon a one Inuyasha Taisho's empty desk. "Ah, no wonder. Say Houshi, where's your friend," she asked playfully as she continued the path to her seat.
"He hasn't come in yet Kag," a girl with light brown hair pulled back into a sloppy bun answered for him.
"Good morning Ambi-chan," Kagome exclaimed, turning in her seat to face her friend. "But then again... It's not quite 7:50 yet."
"Kagome-chan," Ambrosia warned. She knew exactly where this was going. Every morning for the last month, Inuyasha would make snide remarks towards Kagome, and she'd playfully return them. It was fun to watch, but sometimes it got out of hand.
"Oh I know Ambi-chan, but it's fun to play with him. He always loses," she grinned at her friend, who grinned back. "Besides, that's part of the charm of this class... the constant entertainment!"
"This is true," Ambi replied simply, then turned to look as the door opened. "Now Kagome... Try not to cause to much trouble..." she warned as Inuyash stepped into the room.
"Oh of course not Ambi-chan! I'd never even consider it," she grinned as she watched the raven haired boy take his seat in front of Miroku. He turned his attention towards her and grinned, his violet eyes lighting up. She returned his gaze with a level stare. "Why do I get the feeling this is going to be a long day?"
"Awe, poor wittle Kagome-chan, doesn't think she can make it through the day!" Inuyasha teased from his seat to her right.
"Oh, honestly Yasha-kun! Like you could do any better! Your just mad because I'm doing better then you! I suppose... If you'd pay a little more attention, maybe you'd be ranked second in our class and not third. BESIDES, it's not that big of a deal," she exclaimed, feeling rather livid.
"Kagome, your better off not even addressing him for the day," Ambrosia advised, resting a hand on Kagome's shoulder. "Brush it off and move on. He's not worth the trouble."
The raven head girl nodded, and thought to herself, 'Ambi-chan is right... That fool isn't worth it... Well, not today anyways!' A wicked glint came to her eyes. Oh yes, trouble would be caused to one Inuyasha Taisho, and she'd enjoy every second of it.
After an uneventful first period, everyone was in a rush to get to their lockers. Kagome thought that In theory, it's better to gather your things then clump together in the middle of the hallway. Yanno... So people with classes on the other side of the school, on the top floor would end up being late.
"This just isn't my day," Kagome muttered as she walked into her honors biophysical science class. Rather then list all of the bad things that she'd encountered so far, she thought of all the positive things that could possibly happen. Sighing, she watched as everyone came in and took their seats, until the one next to her was left. "Ah Kouga-kun," she muttered bitterly as her stalker took the prevously-empty seat. "How lovely it is to see you this morning," she muttered bitterly.
"You know you want me," he said, his icy blue eyes lighting up in pent up laughter. He'd spent most of ninth and tenth grades making similar overtures, despite a total lack of interest on her part.
"I'm sorry, did you not hear me the first five hundred times I told you no? Or is this just a ploy to annoy me further? Because if that is the case, your doing quite well, and if I could get away with back handing you right here and now, I would so do it."
"Thank you Kouga," she exclaimed sarcastically, as she continued to write down the information that was on the board.
"Hmm, this is a first, normally the great Kagome Higurashi hardly ever pays attention in the class. What's so different about today?"
"Well, since Sango, you know the girl that normally sits where your sitting... isn't here today, I'd much rather be paying attention then listen to you babble on about how great your friends are." She teased.
The rest of second period went by quite uneventful, and she rushed out of the room and in the direction of her locker. She needed to hurry and put her things away so she could make it back across the building for her honors calculus class.
Of course, navigating through the halls of Linden High wasn't always the easiest thing for Kagome to do. 'Boy does it suck to be short.' She thought as a really tall boy-whom she didn't know even went to this school-stepped in front of her. Grumbling, she continued her quick pace to her next class.
With 10 seconds remaining she slipped into her seat front and center. She loved math, not only was it her best subject, but is was also a class that she didn't have with Inuyasha and his lackeys. She gave a relieved sigh as she watched Ambrosia and Sango walk in together, right as the bell rang.
"You look like shit," Kagome grinned up at the dark haired girl.
"I love ya too sis," she muttered, letting her hair down to redo her loose bun.
"Honestly, you're always playing with your hair," Ambi joked.
."Yeah, well, it was coming loose," Sango explained.
"No joke!" Kagome exclaimed breaking out into a fit of giggles.
"Hey like either of you have room to speak! Your both constantly playing with your hair, or tugging at your clothes, you especially Kag."
"Okay children, let's not argue over something so stupid," said Kagome, rubbing her temples. Ten minutes with her twin and her head was already pounding.
"Someone is a bit uptight today," muttered Sango, "wanna talk about it?"
"Nah... It's just not been a good day..."
From the front of the room came the unmistakable sound of their band teacher clearing his throat. "Kagome...would you mind taking your seat, please?"
"Sorry Mr.Wise!" she exclaimed as she slid into her seat next to Sango, bass clarinet in hand. "There was a little bit of a hold up in the door way," she turned and glared at Inuyasha standing back in the percussion section.
He just grinned.
"Ahem," Mr.Wise called her attention back towards him. "This is the third time this week Kagome, don't let it happen again."
She nodded, "Yes sir! It won't happen again."
"Good, with that out of the way, announcements." Everyone groaned. "First, don't forget practice tonight is from 4-6:30 unstead of the normal 6-8:30." More groans came from everyone in the marching band. "Second, concert tomorrow, be here at 6:15 ready to warm up. Alright, that's about, Low tones in B flat."
Warm-ups ensued.
The hour went by as quickly as the rest, and it was now lunch time.' Thank God for small favors.'
"Alright so spill," Sango demanded with the authority an older sister-by 10 minutes might I add-demanded.
"What are you talking about?"
"Kagome-chan, it's not like Sango-chan doesn't know about you fighting with Inuyasha. She sees it all the time," Ambrosia's gentle voice announced.
"I know that, it's just... I don't like complaining all the time, it's not like I'm the only one in the world that has problems..."
"Yeah, but you let everyone drop their problems on you, so you're a special case," Sango winked. "besides, what kind of sister would I be if I didn't listen to you?"
All three of them grinned.
"So what insane plan did you come up with today?"
"What ever are you talking about Ambi-chan? I wasn't aware that I'd even made a plan."
"Quit Bull shittin' and tell us the plan Kag." Sango demanded.
"Okay, fine," and all heads came together in a huddle as she explained. Occasionally there was a giggle or input from the others. "So what do you think?"
"That's awesome Kag!" Sango exclaimed half heatedly.
"But..."
"We'd never be able to pull it off.." Sango announced sounding rather frustrated. "But it doesn't mean we can't attempt it."
Grins ensued.
Choir was always a fun class, for a few different reasons. One, there was a great love for music felt throughout the class. Two, it was always great fun to watch Kagome Higurashi and Inuyasha Taisho fight over a lyric, note, or line. Three, Ensemble just all together kicks royal ass.
Of course, today wasn't any different, so nothing exciting really happened. Other then going over the first act of 42nd Street over and over again. The repetition resulted in numerous complaints from Kagome and Inuyasha, whose characters - Peggy and Billy - had a great deal of interaction in the musical. (A/N: Of course, we won't really go into that right now make sure to read the last A/N very closely, you'll understand ^^)
"Okay that's enough for today," Mrs. Ravert finally announced, five minutes before the end of the class.
"Ring," Kagome muttered to herself, wanting nothing more then to go to last hour so she could take a little nap before her band rehearsal.
Walking into her 6th hour Government class, Kagome sighed with relief. Even if she had to put up with Inuyasha for one more hour, it was worth it to be in this class. Mr. Nieb was one of those teachers who let her do anything she wanted. Granted, every now and then she'd have to yell at the class for him. Even if he should have been the one doing it, it sorta made Kagome feel special.
"Hey Mr.Nieb, is it all right if I take a little nap," she asked as she plopped into her seat at the front of the room.
"I don't know Kag," He said frowning at her.
"Please! I'm always helping you out, so why can't you help me out," she asked.
"Fine, but it's still your responsibility to know the material," he told her, and laughed as she gave a little yawn and laid her head down on the desk.
She was quite oblivious to her surroundings, until she woken up to a loud ringing sound, and being jabbed in her side by someone. Jumping up she grabbed the offending appendage, and looked up to see who it was. Recognizing the person jabbing her, she slapped him across the face. No one woke her up when she was dreaming about beating the shit out of a certain raven haired jerk
"Whatdayawan'," she groaned.
"That was the bell... Yanno the one that you were supposed to leave about 5 minutes before," Inuyasha glared. "By the way, why the hell did you hit me? I was doing you a favor. I could have just left you hear to sleep."
"Get out of my face. Yash, your breath smells horrible. What the hell did you eat for lunch?"
"Eh, lots of onions, just for you babe," he grinned.
"You ever call me that again... And I'll just have to kill you." She threatened rushing out of the door, and towards the auditorium.
Running into the auditorium she stopped in front of an amp one of her friends had set up. She frantically went about plugging in cords for her instruments in. Continuing to the middle of the stage where she screeched to a halt. Quickly she placed a keyboard stand, and a guitar stand, to either side of her, and placed the instruments where they belonged. As usual, she was immensely grateful that Sango had bought her the cases for her last birthday.
"Sorry," she gasped out, looking at her friends. "What are we working on first?"
"Ah, it's quite all right Kagome-chan!"
"I swear if that ignorant asshole did something stupid I'll kill him." Sango muttered looking at her in concern. "Knowing that ass, he probably played some sort of sick joke on you."
"The only thing that bastard did wrong, was wake me up in the middle of a dream-where I was brutally beating his ass-by prodding me in the side. I was not amused."
"As long as he didn't do anything else... I'm happy." Sango said nodding.
"No joke, Anyways... Let us work on 'Hello'" Ambi suggested.
"All right Kagome," Sango said after the fifth repetition. "Try it again from the top, and try to put a little more feeling into it please!"
"But, Sangoooo! I dunno how many more times I can sing that song, it's really low... And- and my fingers are getting the keys mixed up, and I'm tired, and we still have marching band practice to go to after this," she whined.
"Just do it Kagome-chan, we don't have time to mess around right now, we only have a little bit of time in here, you know that." Ambrosia hollered back to her from her spot next to Sango in the back row.
"Fine, all right, whatever," she said back, and started playing the part on her key board, putting as much feeling as she could, she opened her mouth and poured her soul into the lyrics.
"Playground school bell rings again
Rain clouds come to play again
Has no-one told you she's not breathing?
Hello I'm your mind giving you
Someone to talk to
Hello
If I smile and don't believe
Soon I know I'll wake from this dream
Don't try to fix me I'm not broken
Hello I'm the lie living for you so you can hide
Don't cry
Suddenly I know I'm not sleeping
Hello I'm still here
All that's left of yesterday"
Smiling she pulled her hands away from the key board, and looked out to her friends. "How was that," she asked, hoping for a sign that she didn't have to practice that song anymore for the rest of the session.
"That was beautiful, Kagome-chan! You should sing that way more often," Ambi said as her and Sango made their way up to the stage. "Now, we have enough time to run through another song... Before 'they' come in."
"In that case... What song we work on," Sango asked as she watched Kagome walk over to her guitar. She knew that Kagome had already picked a song, and when the girl had her mind set on something, there was no turning back. "Well, your royal highness, what song do you have in mind now?"
"Honestly Sango, that wasn't very nice of you at all. Do you always have to be so mean?" Kagome asked in mock hurt, then grinned. "Let's do 'Give It Up' by Fefe Dobson." she said as she strummed a few cords on her guitar and waited for an answer from her friends.
"Fine with me... What do you say Sango-chan," Ambi answered looking over to Sango who was now walking over to her drum set.
"Sure," Sango replied, positioning herself behind her drum-set. When she motioned she was ready, they began.
'He wants her
She wants him too
Broken message coming through
Same story for different fools
Give it up, Give it up
That's what they all say, say
Pressure from the boys to give it away
Suck it up, suck it up
Don't treat me that way, way
My heart is gonna tell me when it's time to play, Okay?
She sees him
He stares right through
Nasty rumors
So un-true
There's nothing that she can do
Give it up, Give it up
That's what they all say, say
Pressure from the boys to give it away
Suck it up, suck it up
Don't treat me that way, way
My heart is gonna tell me when it's time to play, Okay?
And you don't even know how to love
And you think you can from up above
And you better know that I'm watching you
Where you go, whatcha do, every move
On to you
And you want her
And you need her
And you beg her
But you deceive her and
He wants her
She wants him too
Broken message coming through
Same story for different fools
Give it up, Give it up
That's what they all say, say
Pressure from the boys to give it away
Suck it up, suck it up
Don't treat me that way, way
My heart is gonna tell me when it's time to play, Okay?
Give it up
Give it up
Give it up
Time to play
Give it up
Give it up
Give it up
Time to play
Give it up
Give it up
Give it up
Time to play'
It was about the end of the song that Kagome noticed her 'favorite' person standing in the back watching them. She was so distracted by the jerk she got lost, and fumbled over lyrics. Finally she decided to stop all together, figuring it was better off that way.
"Bravo," he said as he continued his way towards the stage. "That was... absolutely priceless."
"What do you want, jerk," Sango snapped, attempting to save Kagome from the verbal abuse Inuyasha was about to lay on her.
"To make her life hell," he grinned, placing his hands on either of Kagome's shoulders and placing his head on top of hers.
"Why are you 'touching' me?" she grown out. "What gave you the idea that it was all right to so much as even look at me, or talk to me, or-or-or!"
She was now - once again - very frustrated.
Kagome trailed off, dropping her eyes to look at her feet. She felt so small! Everytime she'd had one humiliation or disgrace, he always seemed to show up, and had she been less upset, she would have inquired about it. Frowning, she desperately fought the tears that started welling up in her eyes. The end result was one shiny little insignificant tear rolling down her cheek. The stage lights, made it glisten even more and there was no possible way he couldn't have seen it.
Since that morning, all the little stresses and frustrations had been building in the pit of her stomach. To think, it all started with an alarm clock, but throughout the day there were still those other encounters, it all festered until she felt as if her whole body was shaking. Certainly he could feel that, too-his hands were still placed firmly on her shoulders, every tremor had to have been felt.
It was just too much for her to handle.
With a frustrated cry, Kagome fell to her knees on the stage, dropping her away from Inuyasha's hands and letting her tears spill free.
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A/n: So it's not the best... But it's a start, and compared to the last version of this... ^^Anyways, So what'd y'all think? ^^
Anyways, about the 42nd Street thing. I'd write more about it in this story... but that'd ruin "Lullaby of Broadway" Which I had to rename due to personal reasons we won't go into. ^^ I'll be working on that one as soon as I finish filling in the "cast list" So be looking for it. ^^ Hopefully it'll turn out all right as well.