InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Darkest Child ❯ Chapter Five - I'm SUPER Thanks For Asking! ( Chapter 5 )

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A/N *yawns* Been working on my second novel today. I'm SOOO tired. I don't own Inuyasha, and I don't own South Park (you'll see why I have to say this later in the chapter) Also, as I read back on this, I realize that it might offend some people. I didn't intend it to! Its all in good fun. So if you're mad, please don't hurt me! *cries* Please enjoy!

Science went by quickly enough. Kagome had studied ahead when she was home schooling herself and had learned the whole class last year. While everyone else focused on the teacher (or the inside of their eyelids like the blond boy at the desk across from them) Inuyasha was watching Kagome from the corner of his eye. Every time the teacher asked a question he would call on a student to answer and so far none of the kids had been right, but as soon as the question was out of his mouth Inu would hear Kagome softly whisper the answer.



She said them so softly that Inu could hardly hear her with his hanyou ears and he was right next to her. No matter how hard or obscure the question (“Stevenson, how much does the sun weigh?”) Kagome would murmur the answer and it was always right. The strange thing was she never once raised her hand to answer a question, even though she would have gotten extra credit if she did. When the teacher came to him with a question, “Inuyasha, how long can penguins stay underwater?”, he answered with what he had heard her say.


The teacher, a crinkly old man with wispy white hair, gave him a lopsided smile and told him he was correct.

“You're welcome” Kagome said, her voice a faint whisper Inu hardly heard.

“Feh” he shot back, but he smiled. They didn’t talk for the rest of the class.


When the class ended Kagome, headed off with Sango to archery. They went to a field at the back of the school where a bunch of targets were lined up a few yards away. ‘Man’ Kagome thought, ‘these targets are about four times closer then the ones I train with’. For a moment she contemplated doing badly on purpose but decided against it since she knew Inu would find out. ‘Besides, what would it hurt to show I’m good at something?’


Kagome stood next to Sango and pulled back the string of the cheap school bow. ‘I’ll bring mine next time, these things are crap’. She let off four arrows in rapid succession, each hitting the bull’s-eye, one after another. The teacher came up to her and examined her work.


She was an old woman that wore robes that looked old and Asian (AN: that’s right, in my fic they live in America cause I do and I know squat about Japanese life. I seriously don’t want to make an ass out of myself. Well . . . at least no more that I already have). The robes looked like those her ancestors used to wear. The woman also had a leather patch over one eye, while the good one sized her up.


“You didn’t even wear the arm guard girl, I’m suspecting this isn’t your first time shooting?” Kagome smiled at the woman who reminded her so much of her dead grandmother.

“No Ma'am, this isn’t my first time but I will wear the guard if you wish me to”

“Call me Kaede child, and no, I will not make you use something you do not need, but since you are skilled, would you be willing to help one of our . . . how shall I say . . . slower students?”

“Who?” Kagome asked, glad that she could be of some help.

“Sango” Kaede said looking at Sango who was currently trying to get an arrow out of a girl's hat (that was unfortunately for her, still on the girls head) while chanting 'Sorry'.

Kagome looked at her friend and sighed. Sango was a born fighter, she could tell already, but she just wasn’t meant for the bow. “I don’t believe I can, Kaede, she just isn’t suited for the bow. Perhaps a sword or mace.”

“Perhaps something that can be used for hand to hand combat as well as from a distance?” Kaede asked innocently. All the while she was searching the potential of this girl.


She was strong and had very good instincts. She also had spiritual powers even though she was currently masking them. ‘Yes, this Kagome could be the one I’ve been waiting for’. Kagome was unaware of Kaede’s train of thought and instead simply agreed to the last question she had been asked.

“Yes exactly” Kagome thought for a moment after answering.



It seemed as if there was something she should do for Sango’s weaponless state but wasn’t exactly sure what. This happened a lot and she knew that the information wouldn’t come until it was time to use it, so she pushed it out of her mind while studying Sango. Now she was holding the bow upside down and backwards.



“Well” Kaede said “You could at least convince her to give up the bow. For every ones sake” Kaede stopped and watched as Sango’s misfired arrow had somehow ended up killing an opossum. “That’s the third one this week” Kaede said with a sigh and walked off. It didn’t take much to convince Sango to give up the bow. A single joke about how three dead opossums in a week must be some kind of school record and they were off to the next class, Sango promising that she would simply help Kaede with odd jobs during that class and that she would NEVER shoot a bow again. To say Kagome felt relived at that promise would be a huge understatement.
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After archery Kagome and Sango headed off to math. Everyone sat down when the teacher came in. “Hello class, I would like to introduce a new student who will be joining us in our adventures in advanced geometry. Kagome could you please come to the front of the class and introduce yourself?”

Kagome got up and walked hesitantly to the front of the class. “Hi, my name is Kagome Higirashi, I just moved here from the country, and my least favorite subject in school is math.” Kagome walked back to her seat accompanied by laughs from the students and a glare from the teacher. Inuyasha, who sat across from her in this class, gave her a pointed look.

“What,” she asked him “it’s true!”. She couldn't contain a devilish grin.

He turned away but couldn’t help the smile that touched his lips. Kagome noticed it and smiled wider.


‘So the hard-ass can smile, he should do it more often. It makes him look sexy.’ When she finally caught up with her thoughts, she almost screamed. ‘He is not sexy. He’s a jerk. A big pompous jerk.’ But no matter how many times she tried to remind herself of this, her mind kept coming back to that smile. In the end she simply turned her thoughts completely away from him. At least that’s what she tried to do.

She looked around the classroom and saw that while the teacher prattled on, only one kid was paying attention. He was a demon, kinda of small and green. He looked like a toad and Kagome thought he might be able to win the award for ugliest man in the world. That was, if that thing was in fact male. She couldn’t be exactly sure.



Most everyone else was talking, drawing, sleeping or simply staring off into nothing (that would be Miroku). Inuyasha had headphones on while Rin (who was sitting to Kagome's left) actually had a mini T.V.

“Hey Rin” Sango said from in front of Kagome “what’s on the tube today?”

“My soaps” Rin said, half concernedly while her eyes stayed fixed on the tv drama.

“Sango, why isn’t anyone getting in trouble for not paying attention, I mean I know I’m not all that experienced when it comes to schools, but I didn’t think teachers would like it when their students go comatose in their class.” she said, looking at the unmoving Miroku. Sango laughed and looked back at her.

“Mr. Sweeney is too full of himself to admit that his teaching sucks so as long as we turn in our work and get good grades he acts as if we pay attention.” Kagome just smiled and got out her book.


When the class was over, Kagome had finished her book and the class started filing out. Kagome saw that Miroku was still in a daze so she walked over and gave the arm that was holding his head up a shove. His jaw was almost an inch from hitting the desk when he came back from the dead. “I’m up I’m up I don’t want any waffles!” he mumbled.

“Um, Miroku class is over”

“Oh.” He said with a dazed look. He got up, moving stiffly because of his previous position, and left with the rest of them.


As they walked to language Kagome saw that everyone moved out of their way. She looked at Rin who seemed to understand. “The boys have a lot of power in the school, and so do we, but the boys are people that most don’t want to get on the bad side of, so they stay out of their way. They’ll probably do the same for you.” Kagome looked at Rin as if she was crazy.

“Why me? I just got here.”

“I can answer that” Miroku said moving to walk in-between Kagome and Sango. He placed an arm over each girls shoulder and continued. “You stood up to Inuyasha, and we have accepted you as part of the group. That in itself is enough, but you, Kagome, are the kind of person who makes people respect you. It would have happened sooner or later anyway” Kagome smiled at Miroku’s comment but it quickly turned to a frown when the hands that had been on the two girls shoulders traveled to their asses.

“HENTI” the two girls screamed, while hitting him with various blunt objects. They turned and walked into language, leaving an unconscious Miroku in the hall.


That class went smoothly, and Kagome was very happy to learn that most of the work would be on reading. ‘Good thing its reading and not spelling tests, I can’t spell for shit’. Kagome quickly checked her schedule and saw that she had drama next.

“Me and Miroku will take you to the stage” Rin said happily. She grabbed Kagome's arm and skipped (literally) down the hallway to the stage where class was held.


When they got there Rin dragged her over to middle-aged man who was sitting in the first row of seats in the audience section of the room. “Mr. Gary, this is the new student Kagome” Rin said smiling brightly at the man who was dressed completely in lavender and pink with a few baby blue scarves as accents.

“Well hi Kagome, welcome to the wonderful world of theater!” he said it with a smile and a wave of a limp wristed hand. Kagome couldn’t help but smile at the teacher who was an obvious stereotype. It seemed she’d be getting a lot of laughs this year.


“Well Kagome, right now we’re going over short scenes and such since I haven’t picked a play yet” he stood up and started walking to the steps that led to the stage while Rin and Kagome followed. “There are just so many good ones I just can’t choose! Now Kagome how are you doing so far?”

“I’m doing good, and I’ve already made some friends” she said smiling at Rin who happily returned it. “How are you Mr. Gary?”

Kagome had asked the question purely to be polite, but the response she got was shocking. Mr. Gary turned on the stairs so that he faced the two girls and threw his hands in the air. “I’m super! Thanks for asking!”

Kagome shared a confused look with Rin but the slightly shorter girl simply smiled and whispered "He does that a lot.” After that, the class started and by the end Kagome and Rin had already had to beat Miroku 5 times for twisting the lines he was given so that he has an excuse to grope them.


“Have a wonderful day and pleasant dreams darlings, and come back tomorrow for another fun-filled afternoon!” with that final word from Mr. Gary (which he said every day, from what Miroku told her) they walked through the hall heading for the lunch room.

“Come on Kagome, there’s something me and Sango have to tell you that you probably aren’t going to like.” Rin said. Kagome was confused but followed obediently behind her.

‘I’ve already had a shouting match with a silver-haired boy, I’ve been groped several times by a lecher, I’ve made friends with five very *interesting* people, which includes the one I’ve screamed at and the one I’ve been groped by, I’ve been accepted on the student council, and my drama teacher is gay (not that there’s anything wrong with that), what else could possibly happen?’

As it turned out, a hell of a lot. And not a lot of it was good.

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Awww, come on, 66 views and no reviews? *pouts* Oh well, I'll keep putting the story up regaurdless. Cause I just love you guys that much. *smooches* Oh, and if you didn't know, this story used to be called 'Learning the Power of Body and Mind' Err, it was sort of long and boring, so I changed it! Yay for me! More chapters soon!

NEXT CHAPTER: Something funny is going on. . .Dorms? Nobody told Kagome anything about Dorms! She's gonna confront Momma soon, and it ain't gonna be pretty.