InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Through the Eyes of Another ❯ Summer Has Ended, School Has Begun - Part 1 ( Chapter 5 )

Through the Eyes of Another

By: TLA

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Chapter Five:: Summer Has Ended, School Has Begun - Part 1

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"Raise and shine, Students! Today is your first day in school!" said the guy on the radio.

{Wh..What?} Aiko stirs under her covers. {Where did that voice come from? Such an annoying voice it is, too!} Peeking out from under her blankets, she zones in on the voice. {Oh. It's my radio. Does that mean I have to get up?} She pulls herself out from under the cocoon of warmth. Sitting up, she gives herself a full stretch. Climbing out of bed, she stumbles to her drawers. Since it was the first day of school, she wanted to look a bit classy. So she took out a short black skirt and a flower blouse. Taking the clothes, and underwear, she walks to the bathroom next door. Stripping, she takes her toothbrush with her as she steps into the showers.

Thirty minutes later, she walks out of the bathroom with a much lighter step then when she went in. Going downstairs, she smells the beginning of breakfast. "Morning, Daddy!" she happily cried to her father as she went and gives him a big morning hug. Yukio has always been the first person up in their household. It's also tradition in the house that the first one up cooks breakfast for everyone. So Yukio has always been stuck with that little chore. Not that he minds.

"Ohayou, cupcake!" He said, as he lends down to kiss her forehead. Looking back at his scrambled eggs, he asked, "So, what's for breakfast?"

"I'll just have my usual, thanks Daddy." She sits down at the closest chair to her father.

"So, is your brother going to take you to school today, or are you taking the bus?"

Aiko sighs. "Dad. I'm a senior. I can't be seen taking the school bus!" Her father laughs. "And to answer your question, yes Kenji will be taking me and Kano to school."

"Well, if that's the case, he better get his rear in gear and come down." Yukio glances at his watch. "School is in an hour."

They both were quiet for a bit. Aiko brakes the silence by saying, "Hey, Dad?"

"Hm?' he replied as he put the raisin bagel in the toaster.

"I've always wondered about this, and maybe I asked you when I was younger but I don't remember what you said."

"What, Sweetheart?"

"Why do you and Mom work, when our family is so rich? It's not like we need the money." She asked, while getting up again to get a glass of orange juice.

"Well, there's a lot of reasons why your mom and I work. One is so we are not bored, doing nothing around here. Another reason is because it gives me and your Mom great pleasure to contribute to our society." He put her bagels on a plate and sits it down in front of her.

"Oh? What do you mean by contributing to the society?" She started to eat, while he made coffee for Kimi and Yuriko.

"While it is true that youkai doesn't need to work, our human half of our society does. They don't have the long life that we have, so they spend money and resources much faster than we would ever need to. So your mother and I, half a century ago, decided to start a company so that humans around here can have a job and support their family." He told her, as he sat down across from her to eat his breakfast.

"Oh, that I can understand. Did Kagome start the first youkai school because she wanted to inform humans that not all youkai are bad?"

"Yes. And that's why Sesshoumaru started the first youkai college, as well. And you'll learn all the details in school." He grins. "I don't want to ruin youkai history for you!" he teases.

"Oh, Dad!"

A few minutes later Kenji and their mother came down. "Ohayou, Everyone!" Kenji said. "It's a beautiful day!" He went and got cereal for himself.

Aiko looks at her parents, puzzled about her big brother's attitude. "What's he happy about?"

Kenji answers for them. "I get to see Ayame today! Without going over to her house! It's great!!" He had a huge grin on his face.

Everyone else just sighs. Kimi looks at her husband. "Yuriko doesn't have class until 10:00 AM today. I told her to sleep in a bit." She sits down with her coffee. "That kid is so into her education, she still forgets to sleep sometimes."

Yukio laughs. "Is that not what you want from all of our children? Why do you complain?"

"Because she hasn't even been on a date! For once, I would like her to be more social with her friends. The only time I know she talks to them are on the net." She smiles at her Mate. Kimi laughs. "I'm bad, aren't I?"

Yukio leans in closer. So close they were, their nose is touching the other. He whispers, "Not bad. Except in bed."

Kimi leans up. She passionately kisses her husband, even though they had so much fun last night. For some reason, she can never have enough of him. With a low purr, she deeps the kiss as he gently grips her head.

"Get a room!" both siblings said at the same time.

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"Don't forget. If you're not here ten minutes after they bell rings, I'm going to leave and make you guys take the bus home." Kenji yells at them as they were leaving.

"Yes, Kenji," they said, dully. Every year that he takes them to school, he always says that. Not that he doesn't wait even if they were a bit late.

Kano waved good-bye as Aiko leans over and gives a brotherly kiss on Kenji's check. "Have fun in college, and don't do anything I won't do!"

"Yes, yes. Go one now, or you're late."

Stepping out of the car, Aiko grabs Kano's right biceps as Kenji drives to his school. Together, they start to head towards their lockers. As they were walking down the halls, people said hello and good morning. Though Kano does have a popular image in Sengaku Jidai High, Aiko is also popular in her own way. Because of her family, everyone knows her. Also, since she is the best friend of Kano, they didn't want to anger him by hurting Akio. And besides, who would want to hurt a sweet girl? Well, besides her ex-boyfriend, Michio. Actually, everyone still wonders why Akio went out with him in the first place. Only Kano knows the answer to that, and of course he's not going to enlighten anyone on the situation.

They both knew that their lockers were in the "island" area, but not sure where. Both were delighted that their locker was across from the other. Aiko just thought of something, and calls over to Kano. "Hey, guess what we both forgot to ask the other?"

He grunts. {Stupid PE clothes. Sometimes, I have to wonder why I joined the basketball team.} "Oh? What's that?" He finishes unpacking and zips his backpack. Slinging it over his shoulder, he heads to her.

As he heads toward her, she is putting pictures of family and friends inside her locker. When he got to her, his shoulder leans on the locker on her right. Looking up, she asks him, "What's your schedule like?" She went back to putting pictures up. Most of them had Kano doing something or another. Could that be a sign that she likes him more than a brother?

He takes out his wallet. Opening it, he pulls out his folded schedule. "Let's see.. First period I have Ancient Youkai with Uematsu-sensei, then I have Modern History with Iketa-sensei. Third period I have Literature with Koneshi-sensei, followed by lunch. Fourth I have Probability and Statistics with Nguyen-sensei, fifth being my basketball practice." Someone needed to get to his locker, and Kano was blocking the way. "Oh, excuse me." Kano moved over so that he stands in front of her locker.

"What about sixth period?" She asks him as she was finishing unpacking.

"I have nothing that period." They started to move to the stairs. "What about you?"

"Other than Archery with Aoki-sensei, and Choir with Yamada-sensei sixth period, we seem to have the same classes." As they were heading up the stairs, she looks at him teasingly. "Are you dogging me now?"

He gives her an arrogant stare. "Me following you? I think it should be the other way around." He starts to laugh as she hits him on the shoulder.

They were at the top of the stairs when she told him, "Fine. I won't follow you anymore, Your Highness." She turns up her nose at him and picks up her pace to get ahead of him.

"Hey! Wait." He quickly catches up to her, but at the last moment she runs. {Ohh, this will be fun!} He starts to chase her, but at a slower rate.

Ten paces away from him, she turns around and yell, "Come and get me if you can." Mischief possesses her. He suddenly gives her an evil grin, and seeing that, she yelps and ran away with all her might.

Kano finally catches up with her at the door of the classroom. As she was going inside, he grips her wrist and pull. Aiko spins right into his arms. Gently, but firmly, he cages her close to his chest. Resting his forehead against hers, he quietly said, "I never will hold it against you if you follow me."

Looking into his forest eyes, she saw his soul. Equally quiet, she said, "I know." Then she remembers where they were. Pulling away from him, she lightens the mood by saying, "I still say that you are the one following me!" Aiko gently pushes him, and ran inside.

Kano just stands there, with a silly grin on his face. {Well, we finally are getting somewhere. Now I need to go inside before the bell rings.} Unnoticed by him, a pair of eyes watches Aiko and Kano around the corner. Walking inside, he sees Aiko with a bunch of her friends at the other end of the classroom. Looking around, he noticed that there's a few guys that were on his basketball team in the class, so he went over to talk to them until the bell rings.

Ding, Dong, Ding, Dong

After the bell finish ringing, Aiko and Kano went to the seating chart at the front table. Aiko's seat was second row, third chair over from the left. Interesting enough, Cains was third row, third seat from the left. Looking up at each other, they both laugh. Kano held out his arm. "May I escort you to your table, My Lady?"

Aiko laughs. "You may, My Lord." She gives a little courtesy. The whole class was laughing through the little play.

Going to their respective seats, everyone waited for Uematsu-sensei to arrive. While they were waiting, everyone quietly talks to their neighbor. Sitting to the left of Aiko was Takara, one of her best friends after joining archery. To the right sat Cho, a close friend from Choir. Takara and Cho were both tora youkai. Takara is the classic tora youkai. Black hair with yellow highlights, eyes that are dilated into slits with a dark yellow rim. Her tail, thin and very cat-like and also the same color as her hair, hangs freely. Her face has four black markings, and her symbol was a solid black star. On the inside of her wrists, she has four little lines, like claw marks. The claw marks on her wrists are the special marking that all tora youkai has. That's how other youkai and humans tell the difference from tora, raion, and normal neko youkai. Takara loves to wear skirts. Today was not an exception. Her skirt was black with red flowers and tan leaves. For a shirt, she wore an Asian blouse that is black with red flowers. Cho, on the other hand, was a rare breed of tora youkai. Also, with black hair, she has white highlights. Sapphire eyes with cat slits and markings like Takara. The only difference was her symbol, which is a small clover. Her tail was also thin, cat-like, and the color of her hair. For this special day, she wore black leather pants and a midnight blue blouse with silver moons printed on it.

One row over, Kano was in a deep discussion about tactics on their basketball games and how they can improve. On his right sat Chokichi, a kuma youkai. His hair was so dark brown that in certain lights, it can be black. Though his face doesn't have any markings, his wrist, ankle, and his collarbone has two blue ones. On his forehead was a heart. Bear youkai in human form don't have tails, but when they're in their real form, they have one. Like almost every guy in school, he wore jeans and a solid black t-shirt. On the left sat Joben, one of the few humans that actually goes to this school. His family can be traced back to Sesshoumaru's time when they were living in a village protected by him. Short black hair, and dark eyes, he was loved by all who meets him. Joben, true to his name, loved cleanness. This guy couldn't stand dirt or anything remotely icky on him. Sweat was the only thing he would tolerate, but only because second of cleanness, was his love of basketball.

Bang! Went the door. "Oh, I'm dreadfully sorry. I can't believe I was late on the first day of school!" A short, white-haired man crashes through the door, and stumbles into the classroom.

Everyone jumped when that door suddenly opened. Deadly quiet, they all watch as Uematsu-sensei went to the front of the room. Aiko noticed that a student that sat in the back silently closed the door after Uematsu-sensei went deeper into the classroom. As Uematsu-sensei was getting everything ready, Aiko studied him. Uematsu-sensei was a short man. She has long white flowing hair, and a little ball of fluff behind him. He has six markings on his face, three each on his check, like whiskers. But what interests her were his eyes. Red, they were. Aiko has never seen anyone with pure red eyes before. Uematsu-sensei was a usagi youkai. Like all male teachers, he wore jeans and a t-shirt with a coat that said Sensei on it.

{How can I be late?! I told myself that I wasn't going to be late anymore! Man, I need to get my nose out of those ancient textbooks more often.} Uematsu-sensei put away all his belongs and looks at the class. "I'm a youkai that doesn't like protocol, so today I'm just going to ask you questions and lets see if you can come up with thoughtful answers. Later this week we'll be getting our textbooks, and.. Well, we'll just see what becomes of this class." He looks at his seating chart. "What I'm going to do is pick a random person, ask him/her a question, and after they answer it, if any of you want to add more go ahead. All right?" The class nods as one. Uematsu-sensei closes his eyes. Randomly roaming his finger around the seating chart, he stops at a name. "Joben-san."

He stands up. "Hai, Uematsu-sensei."

Uematsu-sensei leans on his hands. "Since you are one of the few humans that go to this school, and be proud of that, I'm going to ask this question from a human point of view. What are the similarities and differences between youkai and humans?"

Joben thought for a moment. Everyone also thought on that question. No one really thought of that question before. Joben finally had an answer. "The obvious differences between these two cultures are that youkai has a much longer life span, they have magic, and most youkai are hunters by nature. Humans, on the other hand, have only about 100 years to live, they don't have magic, and though they do hunt, they are not predators. The similarities, though still there, they are more subtle. Both cultures have families, care for their young, have emotions, and are living beings. Blood flows through our veins, and on the inside we are not so different." Joben gives a little bow to show he is finished, and sits down.

The class was quiet. Uematsu-sensei looks around the class. "Good answer. So, everyone agrees with that, or is there a different opinion?" He waits for a few seconds. No one raises their hands. "All right. We'll go on." Again, he picks a random name. "Aiko-san."

Aiko stands up. "Hai, Uematsu-sensei."

"You might have noticed that no one gave a different opinion on my question. My question to you is, why is that?"

Aiko takes a deep breath. "The reason for that is because all of us were taught from when we are little that humans and youkai can live together."

"I see. And who was the person to teach all humans and youkai that answer, Aiko-san?"

"My ancestor, Kagome, Uematsu-sensei." Uematsu-sensei gives a little nod, and Aiko gives him a little bow and sits down.

"You will notice that Ancient Youkai and Modern History have a lot of things in common. That question will be asked many times, and hopefully as time goes on, we will have more to add to that answer." He was quiet for a moment. "Now I will ask some questions that deal with more of Ancient Youkai." He picks a name. "Cho-san."

Cho stands up. "Hai, Uematsu-sensei."

"Do you know that ancient language of youkai?"

"I only know a few words, Uematsu-sensei. My parents told me that since no one really uses that language anymore, we don't have to learn it." She bows and sits down.

"Is that how everyone here was told?" Everyone nods. "Well, then I guess we have a lot to learn, don't we? But don't worry, it will be fun." The bell rings. "All right. I will see you all tomorrow. Have a good day." Everyone in the room stands up, and bows to the teacher. Then they put their stuff away and went on to their next class.

"We'll catch you guys at lunch, alright?"

"Ok, see ya later!" Aiko and Kano heads to their Modern History class, which was two doors down from their first period class. "So, what did you think of Uematsu-sensei, Kano?"

They got to the classroom, but the door was locked. Standing near the door, Kano draws Aiko close to him to avoid the crowd. "I think Uematsu-sensei is an interesting person. Actually, I think I would like his class. He sounds like a teacher that I can learn from a lot." He looks down at her. "What about you? What do you think of him?"

"I feel the same way as you do. That class will be interesting, ne?" Both smiles. Suddenly a hand was on Kano's shoulder.

"Hey, Kano, my man! How was summer?" a strong, male voice said.

Kano looks behind him. "Hey, Toshiro!" They gripped each other's wrist and gave a shake. "My summer was good. And your's?"

"Boring. Other than playing basketball with the other guys, there was nothing else to do." Both males laugh. Toshiro has long red hair. He was from the raion clan, so he has four markings on each of his checks instead of his wrists. His symbol was four lines, all meeting in the middle. "Listen, I heard from someone that there will be a student teacher teaching this class and not Iketa-sensei."

"Really? I wonder who it is?" Kano said, thinking. He looks at Aiko, and she gives him an I-don't-know shrug

By now, the hallway was almost empty of students except for the students of this class. Aiko didn't know any of the other students, so she just leans against the wall while Kano and Toshiro talk about their summer. Off in the distance, two voices could be heard. Everyone was silent, waiting to see if these two voices are their teachers. Everyone knows about Iketa-sensei. All the students who have had her always have something good to day about her. Iketa-sensei was a urufu youkai. Long gray hair that was always in a little bun, and a smile on her face every day, she was one of the popular teachers. For some reason, urufu youkai doesn't have any markings that anyone could see. Maybe they do and it's in a place where people can't see, but the usual places don't have any. When the two voices came from around the corner, Aiko got a big surprise.

::Yuriko! What are you doing here?::

Yuriko holds up one finger, to signal that she needed a minute before she could talk. Finally, she finishes talking to Iketa-sensei, and looks over to Aiko. ::I'm going to teach your class.::

The two teachers went to the door and Iketa-sensei opens it. She announces, "Pick any place to sit."

While the students were finding their seats, Aiko was talking to her sister. ::Did you know that you were going to teach a class that I was going to be in?::

::No. All I know was that I was going to teach a history class here. That's all:: Yuriko gives Aiko a sad, puppy look. ::I promise. No favourites. Ok?::

Aiko smiles. :: Ok. As long as no favourites::

::Good. Now go get your seat. I see that Kano saved one for you:: She nudges Aiko.

::Stop that. You know that there's nothing like that between us:: After giving Yuriko a parting Look, she went to her seat.

Yuriko settles in the back of the classroom while Iketa-sensei gives a little speech. "Well, this seems to be a good class. Unfortunately, or fortunately, I'm not going to teach for the first half part of this class. This honor will go to Higurashi-sensei. She used to be one of my top students, and I know that she has a lot to offer all of you. So, without further ado, I would like to introduce you all to Higurashi-sensei."

Yuriko walks to the front of the class. Passing Iketa-sensei, she whispers, "Thank you." At the front of the class, she takes a deep breath. "Well, it's good to be here. First think I would like to do is answer the two questions that I bet are on everyone's mind here. Yes, I am Aiko's Onee-san. Secondly, no, I will not play any favourites here." She looks around the classroom. "Now that business is taken care of, I would like to point out that I don't know almost anybody here, and you don't know me. I propose that we play games to know the people around this classroom. How does that sound?" Everyone cheers.

They spent the period playing games, and everyone was having a good time. When the bell rings, most people didn't want to leave. But like all good things, they have to end. "All right everyone. I'll see ya tomorrow!" Everyone stands up and bows, and then left.

After saying good-bye to her sister, she and Kano walk to the stairs. ::So, how do you think my sister will be at teaching?::

::I think she'll do a good job. Anyone can see that she enjoys teaching, and her heart and soul was in it::

Aiko laughs. ::That was a good time, wasn't it. And I never would have thought I would be talking about things that I didn't want people to know. Oh, well. It was just childhood things::

::Yeah, childhood things. Did you have to mention about that summer when we were eight? For goodness sakes, it was the first time I have hunted anything. It was only a little bumble bee::

::Oh, poor thing. Did I hurt Your Majesty's feelings?::

Kano mockingly growls. ::Let's not get into that, shall we?::

::Oh, you are so easy to tease!:: Seeing one of her friends, Aiko said, "I'll meet you in the classroom, ok?"

"Sure. I'll even save you a seat." Kano gives her a brotherly hug and watch her go meet her friend. {I'm only easy to tease when you do it. Only you.}

To say that Literature was a bit boring compared with Modern History was an understatement. Koneshi-sensei was a nezumi youkai. Smaller than Uematsu-sensei, she barely reaches cabinets. Koneshi-sensei has light brown hair highlighted with strands of black. She has two marks on her face, and her symbol is a leaf. Throughout the class period, Koneshi-sensei talks about the different types of reading materials they are going to cover, and to expect homework every night. Actually, their homework for tonight was to pick a novel from the packet she gave to everyone and bring it to class for tomorrow. When the bell rang, everyone gave a quick bow then left. Everyone, that is, except for Aiko. She was too busy picking out a novel from the list that she didn't hear the bell ring.

Finally, Kano taps on her shoulder and said, "Hey. Are you leaving any time soon, or are you going to sit there until school ends?"

Aiko got her head up and glances around her. The class was empty except for her, Kano, Koneshi-sensei, and her aid. "Oh! I'm sorry. I didn't hear the bell ring." She quickly packs everything. "Ok. Lets head for lunch."

Everywhere they look, people were in groups all over the Commons and Cafeteria. "Hey, guys! Over here!!" Takara and Chokichi yell at them.

Weaving around the tables, they finally got to the table in the middle of the cafeteria. "Hey, guys! Man, is this crowded or what, ne?" Aiko jokingly said. She sat in the middle of Cho and Joben, while Kano sits across from her. Everyone else left to get their lunch.

The little group was talking about how their classes went so far, when a voice behind her sneerers, "I'm surprised that this tart showed her face in public again."

A/N: Hey Everyone! I know, I know. I left you all in a cliffhanger, but I needed to cut this chapter into two. So, leave me some reviews. And find out what happens to Aiko and Kano on their first day of school! Here are some words that I used in this chapter:

* ohayou - Good morning

* sensei - teacher

* hai - yes

* tora - tiger

* raion - lion

* neko - cat

* kuma - bear

* usagi - rabbit

* urufu - wolf

* nezumi - mouse

On a side note, all the different clans of youkai I'm going to use Japanese names for the animal that they represent. I know that on the first chapter I said bear youkai instead of kuma youkai, but I wanted to be more tradition in the story, and I decided that way after I posted the first chapter.

Catch ya laters!