InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ School Days ❯ Keeping it Under Wraps ( Chapter 4 )

School Days

Created by: Reall-Goodchild

Re-written by: Tai-Chee

Slowly and carefully her eyelids fluttered open, revealing hazy emerald eyes. She took in her surroundings, wondering where she was. She felt a little overwhelmed with all of the white surrounding her. Quickly, all of the earlier trials came to her and she suddenly flew forward, getting a rather large head rush. Her head started to violently pound, causing her to fall back down onto the pillow. She moaned as she raised one of her hands to her face, too blinded by the pain. The nurse who had been reading a Cosmopolitan magazine jumped up from her post and grabbed a bottle of water from the mini fridge as well as a tiny cup of pain killers.

"Here," She said handing the items to the moaning Ayame. "Take these and the pain will go away. But I'd advise you not to go back to class, just go and rest." Ayame nodded before gulping the pills with the water. The nurse laughed at the young wolf.

"Kids these days." She said shaking her head as she walked back to resume her previous actions.

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Kagome was racing through the halls, trying to get from one wing of the school to the other, determined to see if Ayame was holding up all right. She had just turned a corner when she collided with someone. She looked up from her place on the ground to see a very ornery wolf glaring down at her. Her face lit up at the very sight of her friend, knowing that she was all right.

"Ayame! You're all right!" Kagome practically squealed as she scrambled up from her position on the floor and went to hug her friend. But she was prevented when her hands flew up, disallowing her to get any closer.

"Damn Kagome, do you have to shout?" She asked rubbing her temples where the pain had just started to dissipate. Kagome chuckled rather sheepishly before she remembered why she had come.

"Glad to see you're up, everyone's starting to say that you died." Kagome said, putting some humor in the air. Ayame let a small smile fill her features before she realized that Kagome should be in class at that very moment.

"Aren't you supposed to be in History right now?" She questioned her friend, raising a brow at her. Kagome looked at the ground and started to fidget with her shirt once again, like when she did when she was trying to tell a lie.

"Yeah…but I thought that you were more important than learning about what happened to a bunch of old geezers." She said, putting on a big smile.

"You're skipping!" Ayame practically shouted at her, her eyes widening at the statement.

"No! Are you kidding me?" Kagome said, laughing lightly. "I told him that I had to use the bathroom and he let me go."

"You're such a rebel." Ayame joked, starting to continue her way towards the dormitories. Kagome followed her, the way leading her back to her path towards 422. "You should hurry and get back, before he makes you write an essay on them `old geezers'."

"Yeah, I should. Mr. Dang will probably ask me if I fell in or something." Kagome said starting to walk away. She stopped and turned around when she noticed that Ayame wasn't following. "Uh, Ayame? Aren't you coming?" Now it was Ayame's turn to smile.

"The nurse said in order for me to get better, I must skip all of today's classes to rest." She said in a mock-innocent tone. Kagome rolled her eyes before waving off her friend.

"See you later than, me and Sango might drop by!" She said jogging away and giving one last wave over her shoulder. Ayame walked into the rec room, eyeing the emptiness of the place. She always remembered the room as loud and vibrant, radiating the energy from all the sophomores. Her body started to feel very drained and she could the side effects of the pain killers. She made a detour to the dorm, needing to get to her bed before she collapsed.

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She was so relieved that when she got back to class that her teacher wasn't there. Everyone was talking loudly, a buzz echoing down the hall as she got closer. Immediately she sat down in her seat beside Sango and started to explain to her about her trip to see Ayame. She didn't bother keeping it all hush-hush, everyone will find out somehow. Kouga and Inuyasha were sitting right behind her, keeping their keen hearing on the two of them.

"Ayame's up and about, a little crabby-but that's usually how she is." Kagome said sparing the two boys a glance, watching both of their heads snaps up from their notes.

"How would you know? You were going to the bathroom." Sango said, raising a brow at her.

"I took a detour." She said, laughing nervously.

"Little miss goody-two-shoes lied to a teacher-to the authority? What is this world coming to?" Inuyasha exclaimed, laughing at his own joke. Kagome glared at him, making his laughter come to a halt.

"Anyway, before this jerk interrupted, I was going to say that she got off today." Kagome said, trying to get him out of her eyesight.

"C'mon, she wasn't hit that hard!" Inuyasha explained. Sango turned to him and gave him a flat look.

"With an arm like yours I'm surprised that you didn't give her a concussion." She said, giving it to him straightforward.

"Well it's not all my fault! Kouga could'a pushed her out of the way! And it was also her fault for just wandering out onto the field like that when she could clearly see me throwing that ball." He said over getting a little angry with their accusations.

"Me? How is it my fault? I warned her!" Kouga suddenly intervened, fighting for himself.

"Then clearly if it wasn't this mangy wolf's fault, it was clearly hers." Inuyasha stated, crossing his arms over his chest and leaning back in his chair as if the conversation was ended.

"It wasn't her fault!" Kagome shouted, standing up.

"Yes it was." He stated simply, looking at the fuming girl with an arrogant smirk.

"No it wasn't!" She growled, eyes alight.

"Yes it was."

"No it wasn't."

"Yes it was."

"Actually it wasn't…" Kouga said to himself almost, not really paying attention to their brawl. The both of them stopped and looked at him, both clearly wanting to know what he meant.

"If you've got something to add in, then be my guest." Sango said, not feeling up to dealing with another fight between the two of them.

"She smelt like weed, meaning that she must have inhaled too much smoke and her vision was blurred…it wasn't her fault. It was whoever was smoking that joint." He stated before getting up and going to go see Miroku for a help on a certain question. Kagome gave him an odd look before sitting back down, giving the baka behind her the silent treatment.

"We should get her something to eat from the cafeteria incase she gets hungry. Also maybe an excuse to go see her." Sango suggested before the teacher returned to the class, papers stacked under his arm.

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It had taken a little longer to get Ayame something then they had planned, having to wait in line for almost the whole lunch hour waiting for all three of their lunches. The only thing that would probably look the least bit appealing to their friend was the tuna sandwich that Kagome held in her hands as they entered their house. The recreational room was empty, leaving only one option left. They walked up the stairs to the dorm and were surprised to find Ayame sitting on the side of her bed talking to herself.

"Uh…Ayame?" Sango asked, close to bursting out in a fit of laughter. "Are we interrupting something?" Their friend looked up at her with tired eyes.

"Glad you two could drop by." She said giving them a cold look. They approached her with mild caution, knowing what she was capable of.

"How do you feel?" Sango asked as she sat down next to her friend. She shrugged.

"Like I always do…like crap." She said, giving them a look of obvious dissatisfaction. Kagome approached holding the sandwich out for her friend to take.

"Brought you some food, incase you were hungry." She said with a bright smile. Ayame took the food and placed it on her side table, knowing that she would get to it later. Before another word could be exchanged the bell rang rather loudly and Sango and Kagome practically bolted out of the room, needing to get to their classes.

"See you later Ayame!" Sango said as she ran after Kagome. Ayame watched them go and realized that she had the whole house to herself, for her pleasure. As if a light bulb was floating above her head, it suddenly illuminated and a smile spread across her face. She bent down and started to reach under her bed for the one thing she kept under there-apart from garbage. Her hand landed on the hand cover of the binder and she withdrew it out. She eyed the black binder with carefully eyes, the one that she had kept for as long as she had started playing the piano. She held it tight to her side as she made her way down to the piano tucked away in the corner of the rec room. She opened the binder, already having a song in mind to play. She had started playing the piano when she was a little pup, and later she developed the talent of a beautiful singing voice. It was her hidden talent that only Kagome and Sango knew, only having to spy on her without her knowing.

She placed the book open in front of her, and lifted the cover over the over the keys. She ran her fingers absentmindedly over them, feeling their smooth surface. She remembered that she had forgot a pencil in case she needed to add something in and went up to her room quickly to retrieve one.

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As soon as he had stepped into the geography room he noticed the missing textbook. He mentally cursed himself and set his stuff down at his desk before approaching the teacher. He had a stern look on his face, and cold eyes beneath his thick rimmed glasses.

"Yes Kouga?" He asked with arms folded across his chest.

"I forgot my textbook, can I go get it?" He asked rather coolly, making the teacher secretly envy him.

"Yes, but hurry back." He said before turning back to the chattering class.

Koura hurried through the halls, ignoring the rule to `not' run in the halls. He sped into the recreational room and quickly went into his dorm, not noticing the change to do with the piano. He spotted the blue and black cover sitting partially under Inuyasha's bed and picked it up, intent on getting back to class before the teacher did anything that he was going to miss. He was starting towards the rec room when he heard music suddenly start to play. He walked a little bit further and saw Ayame sitting at the piano, to into her music to acknowledge his presence. Before he knew it, she had started to sing, and her voice stopped him dead in his tracks-stilling both his mind and his heart.

Memories consume

Like opening the wounds

I'm picking me apart again

You all assume

I'm safer in my room

Unless I try to start again

I don't want to be the one

The battles always choose

Cause inside I realize

That I'm the one confused

I don't know what's worth fighting for

Or why I have to scream

I don't know why I instigate

And say what I don't mean

I don't know how I got this way

I know it's not all right

So I'm breaking the habit

I'm breaking the habit

Tonight

Clutching my cure

I tightly lock the door

I try to catch my breath again

I heard much more

Than anytime before

I have no options left again

I don't want to be the one

The battles always choose

Cause inside I realize

That I'm the one confused

I don't know what's worth fighting for

Or why I have to scream

I don't know why I instigate

And say what I don't mean

I don't know how I got this way

I know it's not all right

So I'm breaking the habit

I'm breaking the habit

Tonight

I'll paint it on the walls

Cause I'm the one at fault

I'll never fight again

And this is how it ends

I don't know what's worth fighting for

Or why I have to scream

But now I have some clarity

To show you what I mean

I don't know how I got this way

I'll never be all right

So I'm breaking the habit

I'm breaking the habit

I'm breaking the habit

Tonight

He was practically frozen in his place, standing there with his textbook clutched against his side. She had stunned him beyond anything imaginable. He had known that she had taken piano lessons when she was younger, but he didn't know that she had evolved into something so beautiful that he couldn't even voice it. On the inside, he didn't want her to stop. It didn't matter the topic of the song, but just her voice brought unknown feelings into his perspective. She picked up the pencil and started to scribble some notes along the bottom on the page; it was then that he came back down to earth. He tucked the book under his upper arm and then started to clap-as if on impulse.

Ayame's head whipped around to stare at Kouga in pure horror as he applauded her. Her face turned red and she just stared at him, completely bewildered by the fact that he had heard her sing and play. He expected her to feel embarrassed and then thank him for the applause, but instead she turned back and grabbed her binder, snapping it shut rather loudly. Anger was boiling up inside of her and she couldn't believe that she didn't sense him nearby.

"What the hell are you doing here?" She asked harshly, pushing back the bench as she stood up. It scraped against the ground, giving off the sound of nails on chalkboard. He was taken back by her sudden outburst, wondering why she was acting the way she was.

"I came to get my textbook…but then I heard you-I didn't know you could play like that! You have amazing talent." He said, the shock of her talents still not having worn off. "Did you write that?"

"Maybe, but you shouldn't have been here!" She said loudly, her anger visible. He looked at her perplexed-he wasn't sure why her reaction had been such.

"Why? You shouldn't hide a talent such as yours!" He said pushing the barriers. She kept her gaze firmly on him, her embarrassment and anger swirling around in a tsunami of emotions.

"If I wanted someone to listen, I would've played when someone was here!" She barked at him. He took a step forward, still not getting her point.

"Maybe you should!" He answered back, matching her volume only using a hand gesture or two.

"Don't patronize me Kouga! I'm not some dumb girl that you can mess with." She nearly screamed at him, unable to put a leash on her anger.

"I'm not! If you would listen then you would realize that I'm fucking complimenting you, not outing you down!" He roared.

"You don't know anything! I messed up on four chords and hit the wrong notes! I'm like a broken record!" At that moment Sango chose to walk in, a puzzled look on her face. Ayame looked at her friend and then to the boy staring at her friend. Then she took off for the dorm, leaving the two of them alone.

"What exactly was going on in here?" She asked raising a brow at Kouga.

"I-she-never mind, just forget it." He said running his free hand through his hair. He started back for class and Sango followed him shortly after giving the scene was last review.

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There's chapter 4! I'm really sorry about all the delays in updating, but I've got Volleyball and homework. You know that teachers are giving out projects so early and holy! So here's the newest update and I'll try to continue later. BUT if I don't update for a long time, that means that I'm either A: moving or B: my dads home and wont let me on his computer. So apologies and once again a thanks to Reall-Goodchild!!! See you later! Cheerio!

-Tai-Chee