A/N- And here we are again!
I hope you all like this story so far!
Disclaimer- I don't own InuYasha, but it sure is fun to borrow the characters every once in a while!
'Thoughts'
Enjoy!
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Chapter Two
Having A Really Bad Day
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Today was a little different from all the others for Kagome, as she passed under the sacred tree she felt a soft touch on her cheek. It was as if InuYasha was reaching out and stroking her gently even across time, Kagome smiled at that thought as she pulled her backpack on and ran quickly to school so she wouldn't be late.
Hours latter Kagome was stuck in her gym class, ‘today just had to be the mile run, man I knew I should have stayed home!’
Kagome finished tying her shoe and joined her friends by their teacher. The end of the year finals had begun, in gym class the passing requirement was getting six minutes and twelve seconds, for the girl's at least. The teacher told them to gather in their class groups as they prepared to start running, Kagome let out a heartfelt groan as she stood next to Eri.
"It's not that bad Kagome, you never know, maybe this time you'll actually finish under ten minutes."
Kagome turned to look at her friend as Eri began to chuckle silently to herself, fighting the urge to growl at her, Kagome just snorted in annoyance. She nearly jumped when she heard the blaring, high pitched shrill from her teacher’s whistle and turned to look at her.
The woman was looking directly at her, Kagome could just tell. Kagome scowled at her teacher and wished nothing more than to disappear at that very moment.
"Alright ladies, this is the defining point in your afternoon. If you are all able to pass that finish line within the allotted time limit, then you’re free to go to an early lunch."
Half the other students started to chatter as the teacher went over to the bleachers and withdrew a stopwatch from her bag. Coming to a stop before the class, she cleared her throat and waited patiently for the talking to cease.
"Now, who wants to go first?"
As expected, Yumi was the first to step forward. Smiling happily to herself, Yumi took up her position and prepared. As soon as the whistle sounded, she shot like a light down the track, flipping up a couple pebbles as she started her run.
Kagome looked away, 'I know we need to take gym to pass, but why track? Oh well...maybe I can try that trick I've been dying to, no big deal right?'
Knowing that she would probably be the last to run Kagome crouched low and picked at the grass at her feet. Her mind began to wonder after a few minutes, she started remembering all the times she had outrun demons and a small smile lit her lips. She had enjoyed track back then, it kept her in shape and also she was hardly there in the first place.
Hearing her named called, Kagome shook herself out of her daydream and got up, dusting off her knees. Sure enough, all the other girls had departed, leaving Kagome and the teacher. Taking up her position, Kagome waited for the whistle.
When it sounded, Kagome took off as fast as she wanted at the moment, which turned out to be a leisurely jogging pace. She smirked at the teacher as she rounded the first turn, after a few long minutes passed and the bell for lunch had already sounded, Kagome came to a walking stop at the finish line.
"Miss Higurashi, are you trying to fail my class?"
Kagome looked away as she bit her lip, 'you think?'
Hearing her teacher sigh, Kagome started to walk away, she stopped when a hand was placed on her shoulder.
"I expect to see you here after school, you had better be faster, or I shall have to fail you. You may go now."
Not bothering to acknowledge her teacher Kagome just continued as if she had never stopped. After changing, Kagome made her way onto the rooftop of the school. Pulling out her lunch, she ate in silence as she waited for the next bell to ring, telling her to go to her next class.
Hearing the bell, Kagome quickly ate the rest and hurried down the stairs and through the halls, heading towards her most dreaded math class. As she was rounding the corner she ran face first into someone, finding herself laid out on the floor, Kagome grumbled to herself as she got back to her feet.
"Hey, who do you think you..." she trailed off when she saw who she had inadvertently run into.
'Great, it's Hojo.'
Silently cursing her luck, Kagome tried to smile but it only came out as a twitch in her lips.
"Hey Kagome, sorry about running into you like that..." a light blush lit his cheeks as he spoke, Kagome only shrugged as she started past him.
"Oh...well, I guess I'll talk to latter Kagome, see yah."
Kagome shook her head as she neared her classroom door, 'why does he even try. There's no way I want to go out with him...' shaking those thoughts out of her head, Kagome entered the room and took her seat.
As class started, Kagome looked out the window, silently longing to see InuYasha glaring back at her.
'He's gone Kagome, just get over it, your never going to see him again. You have no reason to, he's got Kikyou. For all you know he's forgotten about you and has moved on with Kikyou.'
Feeling her eyes sting with unshed tears, Kagome looked up in time to see that during her spacing, the teacher had not only handed out the quizzes but gathered them too.
Looking at her hand she noticed that she had grabbed her pencil and was drawing little cartoons of InuYasha on her desk.
Grumbling, Kagome quickly erased the drawings and continually cursed herself for being so ignorant of her surroundings. As the day ended, Kagome drug herself from her seat and was about to leave when the teacher called her name. Glancing over she saw her teacher gripping her quiz in his hand, sighing, Kagome made her way over.
Minutes latter, Kagome was making her way out of the main building towards the girls dressing rooms, her quiz clenched in her hand. Apparently she had doodled all over it and failed to answer any of the questions whatsoever.
After dressing, Kagome went out onto the field and spent the next two hours running. Once her teacher was satisfied with her time, she dismissed Kagome and let her go home for the night.
Kagome felt utterly exhausted and depressed, all she wanted to do was go home and curl up in bed. Reaching the shrine steps, Kagome noticed an ambulance leaving the scene, slightly worried Kagome ran up the remanding steps nearly falling a few times before she reached the top.
Once up there she looked about and found nothing out of the ordinary, shaking her head for her stupidity, Kagome slowly made her way into the house. After dropping her bag on the couch, she walked into the kitchen to see if dinner was ready yet, what she found nearly made her heart stop beating.
Her Grandpa was sitting at the table rocking a sobbing Souta back and forth, in an attempt to calm him.
Approaching tentatively, only one thought ran through her mind, 'where is my mother and what happened to her?'
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A/N- Well, that's it for now!
See ya'll next time!!
Ja Ne!
