InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Stay With Me ❯ Punished ( Chapter 11 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha! The Frustration! All the Characters belong to Rumiko Takahashi. Thank her for the wonderful characters I have terribly used.



Chapter Eleven

'Hold it together Kagome. You can do this. Think of Takeru. Stay calm. This is to help Takeru. Whatever you do don't yell.' Kagome chanted to herself over and over as she waited for the Principal to come back into his office. He had been called away because a little water youkai had blasted all the water out of the toilets. Aparently this wasn't the poor little guys first offense, judging from what the principal had been mumbling before he left.

Trying to calm herself down, Kagome gently followed the path of a scar in the wood with her finger. She wondered absently how many tiny students had sat in this chair and dangled their little feet as they waited for the principal to come.

"I'm so sorry to make you wait so long. A minor problem with one of our 'special students'. Now what are you here for ma'am?"

The tall principal shook her hand so quickly she barely had time to grasp before he let go. He shuffled over to his large desk and plopped himself into the wide chair. A bright smile adorned his face, did he not know what she was here about?

"To what do I owe this honor?" The man had no clue did he? How had he managed to rule over an entire school?

"I'm here concerning one of your teachers. A Mr. Nagasaki? He was saying some foul things about me in the school yard. My son, Takeru, heard him and bit him on the...leg I believe it was?"

The jubilant smile dropped almost instantly.

"Ah, yes. Mrs. Taisho. Thank you for coming. I believe we need to discuss your sons lack of control. His temper has never shown itself quite as clearly as it did yester-"

"My SONS lack of control?!?!?!?! My son wasn't the one to resort to name calling in front of a fellow teacher and a group of children. My son was doing what he felt was right! My son has never ever hurt someone before. He heard someone calling his mother a bad name and immediately let his instincts take control. You work at a school that allows all types of students to learn together, yet you know nothing about how they grow in different ways? Over half your school is filled with youkai!"

Kagome sat back down as she breathed deeply. Her hands clasped the arms of her chair. The principal across the desk just watched her with widened eyes. He leaned over carefully and hit the intercom button. After asking that two teachers please come to his office he sat back quietly.

Kagome sat silently glaring at the principal until a very familiar face appeared. She couldn't help but grin at the wolf youkai.

"Kouga? You became a teacher?" Kouga's head jerked to the small chair to find the friend he hadn't seen in 7 years.

"Kagome? Wow. How are doing? What are you doing here....." He let his words trail off as he realised what was going on. "It was you he was talking about? Why that stupid little bastard! Damn. I'm glad your son bit him. Keeps me from going to the trouble." He crossed his arms and nodded to himself.

A deep cough interrupted them.

"Hello Mrs. Taisho. How are you today?"

Kagome's face drained of all color. She turned her head slowly towards the door. There stood a man who she had once been so close to. A man who had turned against her long ago.

"Houjou."

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Takeru followed his teacher to the school office. He'd seen his momma's car so he knew she must still be here. His feet shuffled across the shiny floors. One shoe lace was untied, flopping around with each step. His amber eyes stayed glued to the floor, his tiny silver ears flat against his head making them dissapear into his thick hair.

The secretary spoke quietly to the teacher who had brought him here before she turned to him. She gave him a bright smile and told him to go on into the principals office. He sniffed lightly and knew everyone was waiting for him inside. He could smell the new teacher along with the pricipal and his momma. Something was wrong though. Momma smelled mad. The only time she smelled like that was when a cook at home sad something mean.

Takeru walked into the room and headed straight for his momma. She smiled at him and hugged him tight. He snuggled into her lap before turning his attention towards Mr. Nagasaki. He showed his tiny fangs to the teacher as a low growl came from his throat.

Kouga laughed outright when he saw that. Nagasaki just gave the young hanyou a bored look. The principal looked terrified. Kouga smiled to himself as he watched Takeru snuggle with Kagome. The little hanyou looked like an exact replica of Inuyasha. And it seemed he had the same attitude also!

"Takeru? Do you know why everone is here?" Head principal asked.

Takeru bobbed his silver covered head. "Yeah. I got mad an bit Mister Nagasaki. I'm gonna get punished huh?"

Kouga wanted to growl at the look of satisfaction on Nagasaki's face.

Head principal continued. "That's right Takeru. It's never good to lose your temper. Can you tell us why you did it?"

Takeru looked at him as if he was being stupid. "Mister Nagasaki called my momma a bad name. She wasn't there either! So I had to teach him that he shouldn't say things like that. Especially since she wasn't there. Momma always says it's not nice to call people names." Takeru nodded his head solemly as he crossed his arms and relaxed against Kagome.

Kouga growled proudly at the little hanyou so that only he would hear it. Takeru looked at him for a second before grinning back at him. At least somebody understood him! Even if it was a nasty wolf youkai.

The head principal tried to keep from grinning. The young child was alot smarter than most 7 year olds.

"Well because you attacked a teacher you are going to have to stay after school and help your teacher clean her classroom for two weeks. Now say goodbye to your mother son. You need to get back to lunch."

Takeru nodded obediently. He hugged Kagome, nodded to Kouga and then stopped beside Mr. Nagasaki. His words were quiet, but loud enough for everyone to hear him.

"I know I should never hurt someone, but if you say anything about my momma again I'll do worse than bite your leg. I'm not just any hanyou. I am Takeru son of Taisho Inuyasha. "

With that the hanyou proudly left the office.

Kagome waited until Takeru was completely out of the office before she turned to the principal with a dark look.

"So what are you going to do with Houjou? Takeru was not the only one who did something wrong."

"Well....um.....we have already discussed this problem with Mr.Nagasaki and have...uh...agreed on a suitable course of action." The principal nodded his head as if that was the end of the matter. Kagome had other plans.

"And what action would that be?" Kagome was stiff as a board. She kept congratulating herself on not losing her cool.

"I'm sorry Mrs. Taisho, but the way we handle in school difficulties is not under discussion." Kouga growled slightly in obvious annoyance.

"She was the one brought under fire by Houjou. I think she has a right to know what's being done about it don't you?"

Nagasaki Houjou glared daggers at both Kouga and Kagome. Once this was all sorted out and things settled down he was going to make them both wish they had never been born.