InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Security? ❯ Back to School ( Chapter 1 )

A/N-this is my first fic but don't run away screaming in fear of the evil that is the "first-timers"! I assure you that I take my writing very seriously and will not put forth anything that is not written with passion and care.

I would really appreciate being able to talk to someone that knows the Japanese culture. It would make this fic all the more believable if I could. I'm Atlantic Canadian so I really don't know a whole lot about how things work over there with their police systems and school structure expect for the one show I saw on "English teachers" many years ago while half asleep. Until  I can find someone to talk to about this the school system will look a lot like a Canadian school system…. Though we don't use labels for the students in the grades so much as numbers.

Now that the general intro is over I would like to warn all readers that this story will deal with the issue of rape. I know that's not very original but the way I express it will be as I'm the one writing it and no one else can read my mind! MUA! *squints eyes and points to a person in the back ground* unless YOU can….? Can you!! Huh!?! Can you!?!?!  *shakes head* nevermind, sorry, I was crazy for a while and it makes a reappearance every now and then. I'm not really happy with the title of the story either so as you get to know about it more suggestions for a change would be welcome!

The italics are that person's thoughts and of course the bold emphases the word.

All other author notes will be considerably shorter but thank you for your time to all those who spent the time to read all this. Now GET! Go read my story and tell me how I'm doing! makes waving shoo-y motions with my hands  go ON! Read!!

Security?

Chap 1:  Back to School

            ; He looked out the window to the school yard below for what had to have been at least the hundredth time in the last hour. He had a particular interest in that one girl. She was, what they would have called back home a junior and at the moment was being cornered by three other young female students. The girl he had been watching didn't seem too overly concerned about them but you could tell that they were trying to get her to tell them something that she was uncomfortable with by the way she kept looking at the ground and trying to get away.  Ah, beautiful peer pressure…

They were really all quite pretty. They all had shinny black hair contrasting sharply to their pale skin and long lean figures with curves starting in all the right places. He loved it then, just before they would start to get the drastic curves of womanhood and the breasts would still be perky under their own accord without the use for one of those push up bras that his wife always uses.

He could still find a fault in the three interrogators, however. One's hair really was too short. Still long enough to get a good hold on but he always preferred it to be longer on girls; of any age. Probably the reason I still won't let my wife get our little girl's hair cut… he mused, They just look better with it long!

The other girl was still built a little too much like a stick; not yet developed enough. Though she was still very attractive she wasn't quite ripe yet. Probably after the summer and definitely by the end of next year she'd be perfect. As long as she didn't cut her hair…

The third had all the right attributes but just seemed too… shy, definitively not confident enough anyway. He could tell by the way she held herself. He liked the ones that he could control easily but they still needed to have a little spunk in them and that one would just cry; if she did anything at all. Still, maybe… one to keep in mind for later if she ever got a bit more secure in herself. He'd have to watch her.

Also, he didn't really have anything against them. Nothing he would be able to dangle over their heads for them to obey. "It was so much easier back home…" he grumbled, there were plenty of bad girls… He always knew just how to bend them.

He looked over to the file cabinet, until that last one anyway…not that she got away with it… her fault though! I did tell her what I would do if anything got out…She made me have to move again though... He left his desk and crossed the room. After a few seconds and a bit of shuffling of papers he had what he was looking for.

I don't get to look through these nearly as much as I did back home, he thought with a sigh. The students here for the most part were really dedicated to their studies so he didn't get the opportunity to know his students as well as he'd like. For a principal the only time you would see a child would be if they got into trouble or were on a committee of some sort; he hated those ones, always too happy all the time, it was sickening.

He sat back down at his desk with her file and looked back out the window to where she still stood with her friends. Now she was perfect! Well toned with long flowing black hair, great big eyes and just the right character traits. Best of all he knew he would be able to control her. Young girls are so easy to manipulate… with a smirk crossing his face.

Her brother would come by all the time for her school work and her grandfather called almost religiously to tell the school she was sick again. He didn't believe that as far as he could throw a cow but he let it pass knowing that this would be the best way to get to her. As time was getting closer to the end of the year he almost thought that he wouldn't get his chance with her. But here she was, right down there talking to her girlfriends about boys and school and hair and whatever else innocent little girls thought about when they didn't know what type of trouble they were in.

He'd have to talk to her today. It was already the last Tuesday before the final exams next week. He wouldn't have another chance and it would be such a shame to let that perfection be lost. Next year she'll be too curvy, too developed and I might not have the leverage I have now. Admittedly, he would have liked to have a bit more time to really play with her, to really own her, but she wasn't going to wait around for much longer. Neither could he for that matter! He hadn't touched any child since he came here three years ago. Now that she had come to his attention he couldn't hold off any longer.

He caught another look at her as the bell rang for afternoon classes. For one who has been "sick" so much she seems lithe enough, bounding up the stairs without using the railing or getting winded. Her friends who to his knowledge hadn't had more then the sniffles were not able to keep up and had to rest at the top of the stairs. Another smirk lilted across his face, this should be fun. He opened the folder in front of him, making sure he had all the valid excuses he'd need to pull this off.

"Kaaaaagomeeeeeee!" Eri squealed upon seeing her friend enter the school yard and rushing towards her, "How are you feeling? We tried to visit you while you home with lumbagos but your grandpa said that you needed your rest." Eri's squeal had of course alerted her other friends, Yuka and Arumi who had now all crowded around her.

"Yeah," Yuka affirmed, "but you seem a lot better today!"

"Yeah," Arumi agreed, "I thought you were going to be out for at least another week with that one. My mother told me it was a bad disease."

Geez! Why couldn't grandpa just ell them I had the flu? He's going to have me at death's door next!  "Um….he must have gotten the sickness wrong….I seem to catch so many…um…it must be getting hard for him to remember which one I'm suffering from…." Kagome responded a little nervously, hoping that they'd buy it and not ask any more questions.

"What did you have then?" Arumi asked.

I knew that was too much to ask for. Kagome thought inwardly rolling her eyes. "I can't really remember what the doctor called it exactly, something to do with the blood… but it couldn't have been all that bad. I'm back to normal now!" That should work well as a back up if granpa messes up again too.

"Does that mean you'll be staying in school for a while? The final exams are next week and you're going to need to catch up!" Eri added.

"They're next week?! They can't be next week! What am I going to do?!" Kagome asked shocked. Has that much time passed already?!

"You didn't remember? Oh, Kagome…" Yuka asked feeling sorry for her friend. Normal tests were bad enough but a week full of them for each written course was even harder; especially if you haven't been preparing.

Seeing the dejected look on Kagome's face Eri quickly added, "Don't worry Kagome! I've been keeping excellent notes and I heard that there are some last minute tutors still available."

"Yeah, Kagome, we can help you. We have to study too anyway, right?" Arumi said backing Eri and they all nodded in agreement.

"Maybe if you talk to principal Pottle he'll be able to help you out. I'm sure if you explain to him how sick you've been he'll be lenient or something!" Yuka added feeling even sorrier for her friend. She really forgot about the end of the year…she really must have sick!

Still feeling low from totally forgetting about the end year and the coming freedom of summer Kagome nodded and tried to give her friends an encouraging smile, chagrined "Thanks! I'm going to need all the help I can get! I can't believe I forgot!"

With the worst timing as ever Houjo seemed to have just materialized beside Kagome with a big dopey grin plastered to his face. "Hi Kagome! Are you feeling better now?" She sure has the worst luck.

All three of her friends immediately squealed, "Houjo!!" and jumped behind Kagome pushing her closer to him not even giving her enough time to register her shock over Houjo's sudden appearance.

Stumbling forward with a distinct blush from her friend's continued reaction to Houjo she could only manage an incoherent bumble, "hmm umfh."

Smiling even more at what he perceives as embarrassment over his presence Houjo takes it as a good sign. "Um… would you like to go to the movies with me this weekend, Kagome?" Still smiling like a fool he adds, "Maybe grab some supper while we're out as well. My treat!"

"OOOOH! A DATE!" the three friends squeal in unison behind Kagome nearly deafening her.

Resisting the urge to shake her head to get the ringing to stop in her ears, "I'm sorry, Houjo but I can't. I've fallen behind in my school work and I have to study for the finals next week." At least I don't have to make something up this time!

"Oh, that's right! They're next week aren't they. Well maybe afterwards? As a celebration for having made it though another year?"

Forcing the smile that she had plastered there to remain, "I don't know, we'll have to see. I still have to make it though the finals first."

Satisfied by her answer, "Ok then! I'll ask again after the finals are over! See ya later Kagome!" he shouted back as he walked off to catch up with another friend before afternoon classes.

With Houjo gone her friends had her cornered again. "Why didn't you accept the offer Kagome?" Arumi asks quickly.

"It's not because of the other guy is it?! He's really no good for you!" Eri adds before Kagome could even take a breath to answer Arumi.

"You could have afforded a couple hours for Houjo!" Yuka adds, "You have been doing the work that's been sent home to you haven't you?"

Finally they stop though Kagome isn't quite sure how to answer them all. Inuyasha's a good guy! Even if he's a little gruff! And I do have to study. I have no clue how I'm going to pull this off…

"Well….!" They say in unison, sounding like one voice they matched so perfectly…creepy.

"Um…" Kagome stammers. I fight youkai all the time and these three make me nervous…figures… "Really! It's because of the exams! Honest! I have been doing the work sent to me." She assured them. "…most of it anyway," she added mostly to herself glancing down at her feet as she did. Looking back up at them, "but I can't afford to fail these exams. My marks really aren't that great…"

"Yeah, but we're go-" The bell rang sufficiently cutting Arumi off.

"Oh look! The bell! I have to get to my afternoon classes!" Kagome said quickly and very relieved as she dashed up the two flights of stairs to get to her classes that suddenly have never looked better in her life; leaving her friends long behind and winded trying to catch up with her.

Resting at the landing, "You know, "Eri said though huffs to catch her breath, "for someone… who is sick all the time… she sure seems to be in shape…" The others merely nodded.

Kagome took a seat in the front row of her final class for the day as a way to keep her mind on her school work and away from Inuyasha; not that it worked. As soon as she sat down to wait for the class to begin her mind started to drift. Inuyasha is so not going to like this! I told him I'd be gone only for a couple days when I left and that was hard enough to get! Shuddering at the mental image of another one of his tantrums, he's really going to go ballistic when I tell him I won't be able to get back for another two weeks…maybe it'll be better if I told him that afterwards I won't need to go back for nearly three months… groaning, yeah right! That'll just mean that I'll never be able to go home for even an hour to see mom and the others! Screw that idea! Her anger started to boil at just the thought of Inuyasha trying to keep her in the past. Before she could go any further with that train of thought however a large ruler came cracking across her desk.

"Eeeep!!" startled, Kagome nearly fell out of her chair

"Ms Higurashi! Perhaps you don't need your textbook? Then, would you please tell the class what we have been studying this week!" Mr. Pottle looked down his nose at her.

Gulping down her embarrassment she stood, "We've been studying the Senko Jidi, sensai."

Mildly impressed that she had been at least keeping up on her school work he continued in a gruff and annoyed voice that was eerily familiar, "and where are we now in the text Ms Higurashi?"

Gulping again, "I-I don't know sensai." She could feel her face getting redder by the minute.

"Take your seat Higurashi. Stay behind after class, I want to talk to you."

"Yes sensai," she bowed and did as told quickly taking her seat. Just great! Gah!

"I suggest that you pay attention from now on Higurashi." Mr. Pottle added as turned back to the black board letting a quick smirk cross his face, this is going to be easy!

Kagome paid close attention to the rest of the class but still managed to mentally curse Inuyasha over and over again for distracting her and getting her trouble without his even being there.

The bell rang signaling the end of class. Kagome closed her books and waited for the rest of her classmates to file, or rather, rush out. When the last straggler finally left after asking a quick question to Mr. Pottle he signaled her to come to his desk.

Mr. Pottle leaned back in his chair and let a few heavy moments pass as he watched the Kagome girl squirm letting his eyes rove her slim figure appreciatively. Sighing het sat up and placing his patented disappointed look on his face, "I had expected more of you Ms. Higurashi. You have been out of school a lot this year that I would have expected you to be very eager to learn all you could before you took sick again." He let that last sentence and all that it implied hang between them for a few seconds before he took another deep sigh at her dejected expression before continuing, "I know you haven't really been sick Ms. Higurashi."

I knew grampa would get me in trouble with all those fake illnesses!  Lowing her face so her bangs covered her eyes she took a shaky breath to respond before being cut off by Mr. Pottle's annoyed voice once again.

"I don't want to hear any more excuses Higurashi! Do you know that I could have expelled you long ago for all the time you have missed?"

Kagome gasped snapping her head up to look him in the eye, "W-wha--! A-are you going to- to--?" She couldn't finish as she felt a lump get stuck in her throat. Not after all the hard work I've done to keep two different lives together! It's all going to go for naught!

Pleased by her reaction Mr. Pottle let his voice and face soften, "Now it would be a little cruel to do such a thing this close to the end of the year, wouldn't it? I didn't expel you before because you had managed to keep your work up and even asked for extra to help keep your grades up. Though you haven't been here much your marks are still reasonably well."

Kagome relaxed a little at the praise and the assurance that he wasn't going to expel her now but her stomach was still doing flip flops, "Arigato sensai."

Letting a little more sternness enter his voice as he continued, "However, as of late your marks have been slipping even further and you've been showing up even less frequently. Now I don't need to know what is really going on here but if you want to go on to your final year of high school next year you're going to have to pass all your tests with at least a 75%. Do you think you can do that?"

I knew there was more…the butterflies that were tickling her stomach a moment ago were now creating a storm. She could feel her entire face burning crimson, "I-I think so… I mean… I guess I have to, right?"

I'm really going to enjoy this one! "Yes, if you intend to go on. There is one tutor left if you think you could benefit from the extra help however. And I would suggest that you take the help Ms. Higurashi…"

The butterflies had started to ease a bit. If she could study with someone that really knew what was going on in her classes she might be able to get that 75%! "I would very much like the extra help sensai. What is the name of the tutor? I'll try to catch them before I leave to work something out."

"Well that would be me. I wanted to make sure that you wanted the help before I offered it. It's a waste of time trying to teach someone when they have no motivation to learn, and I hate wasting my time. We can start tomorrow after school. That way it will give you time to tell your family that you will be late coming home so they won't worry. Also tell them that I'll give you a drive home as I imagine we will have a few long cramming sessions ahead of us." He answered her with a the stern brightness that only teachers and mothers seem to possess.

Lighting up at his kindness for not expelling her and offering his help she beamed at him, "Oh thank you sensai!"

Sitting back in his chair and folding his hands behind his head, "Very well then. I'll see you tomorrow and I expect you to pay more attention in classes as well! You are dismissed Ms. Higurashi."

"Thank you again sensai!" She called over her shoulder as she hurried out of the class room hoping that she wasn't too late for her bus and thinking how lucky this turn of events were. Sure, she had to get a 75% in all her classes but at least she was going to get the proper help for it; who better to have as a tutor then the principal!

Smiling contently to himself as he rocked in his chair he watched the short skirt flip up over and over in his mind, this is going to be so fun!

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Review notes:

Babmidnight-- I really like how you started off this chapter starting with the principal. Most writters start with Kagome or some other character close to her. I like how you go into why the principal picked her. The detail is good, and the style. What confused me is how the principal is also the teacher. when I saw him in the classroom I thought "wait, I thought he was the principal?" I would check on the japanese culture to see if the principals teach still or if they only do it to step in if the teacher can't be there and the sub isn't there or it's so last minute they can't find one. I have to wonder how Kagome will react to the teacher tutoring her. I don't mean the help, but the offer for a ride come, especially since she's at an age to know better than to be careful who she gets a ride from. Onto next chapter :)
Brenda

I have very little knowledge of Japanese culture actually and I don't even know where to begin looking. I've been picking things up here and there from different sources and I imagine as I learn more about things will get tweaked. But as for the principal here also teaching I was planning on making a note of that in a future chapter to explain it a bit better. What I can tell you about it now is that the principals don't normally take over teaching a classroom but this one decided that he wanted to. Again that will be touched on in a future chapter. And from my meagre understanding of what I do know of the Japanese culture is that the teachers are highly valued and greatly trusted.  That was my base thought for that but there will be further explanation as to why she would accept a ride home in a further chapter. But thank you for giving me such an in depth review!