InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Away from Home ❯ New Beginnings ( Chapter 2 )

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Chapter 2 - New Beginnings

Shikon High was an unbelievable place. The school itself was a magnificent structure; built on a 200-acre plot of land, situated on a beautiful mountainside. A tall fence enclosed the property to discourage trespassing and escaping. At the base of the mountain was a huge gate, giving entrance to a long winding driveway that lead to the school.

Upon arriving at the school itself, one would be amazed at the architecture and quality. The first building seen was a medium-sized, white, boring building, sitting right next to a parking lot. This was the staff and office building, also known as `The Office'. The front desk, teacher lounge and teacher-access computer labs were located in this building. All administrators and teachers take residence above the office space on the first floor.

To the north of The Office were three, large, purplish buildings. These were the academic buildings. They consisted of all the academic rooms, including science labs, computer labs, libraries and of course, classrooms. Each academic facility was equipped with top-quality equipment, obviously for `top-quality' students.

A smaller, beige building was to the east of the Academics. It contained three gyms, an indoor swimming pool, change rooms, multi-purpose rooms for clubs as well as large storage areas for PE equipment. Outside of the PE building were two tracks, twelve tennis courts and another outdoor swimming pool.

Behind all of these buildings was a semi-circle of twelve smaller, residential structures. Six were painted pink for the girls and the other six were painted blue for the boys. Each building had three floors, with six rooms and two bathrooms on each floor. Each room had two beds, two desks, two closets, and two shelves.

In the middle of the semi-circle of residential buildings was the mess hall. It served as a cafeteria, filled with tables and chairs for mealtimes, as well as a study area.

The entire school was surrounded by acres of grass and forest. About half a mile away from the buildings was a lake surrounded by benches and trees. In the middle of the forest was a hidden hot spring. (HIDDEN HOT SPRING *wink**wink*)

This was the type of boarding school any student would dream of going to. This was the school Higurashi Kagome was invited to.

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Kagome was silent throughout the whole car ride to the meeting place. She watched the trees whiz by, saying nothing, thinking of nothing. Her mother and brother were also silent. Ji-chan decided not to accompany Kagome simply because he didn't `believe in saying good-bye when he would see her again soon'.

It was quite strange to be recruited to a new boarding school in the middle of the school year, but Shikon High staff had decided to pick the best academic students while they were at their prime… In the middle of the year.

There were four other students from her old school who were also recruited. Sadly enough, she didn't know any of them.

Hojo was almost invited. Unfortunately for him (and fortunately for Kagome), he had bombed his last test, allowing another student to surpass him. The poor boy was devastated when he heard that he and Kagome would not be attending the same school. Kagome couldn't help but sigh in relief.

True, he was a sweet, smart and handsome boy, wanted by almost all the girls in school. He was a nice boy too. A little too nice if you asked her. The guy had such a thick-skull it would take a diamond drill to get through to his head. He'd been `after her' since the 7th grade. Kagome had gone out with him a couple times, but that was enough to persuade her that he wasn't `her type'. It wasn't that he was a horrible person… He was just… a little… boring.

Luckily for her, his car didn't have enough room for another person's luggage. Otherwise, he would've `volunteered' his `services' to `Miss Higurashi', and then poor `Miss Higurashi' would have had to suffer through an hour and a half of his conversation attempts.

Kagome picked up the school's information brochure for what seemed like the hundredth time. She had to admit the school looked extremely promising. The pictures were absolutely amazing. It looked more like a hotel than an actual school.

On the front cover of the brochure was a picture of InuTaisho himself. He was a middle-aged man with long white hair and yellow eyes. Yes, yellow eyes. It had freaked Kagome a little at first, but the more she looked at the picture, the more she became comfortable with the colour. Underneath the picture were his personal introduction and the school objectives.

"…The facility will provide top-of-the-line classroom environments for students. Classroom atmospheres will promote student learning and enthusiasm…"

"…The purpose of this school is to create well-rounded, athletic and educated people to provide good leadership for our future generations…"

Sounds promising.

The car arrived at the meeting place, just outside the airport. There were students from all around Kagome's area. Everyone was to board onto the private plane provided by Shikon Corp. together. It was the school's way of allowing the students to "introduce themselves" before classes began.

Kagome was lost. She stared at the mob of students while her mom and brother took her bags from the trunk. Everyone was wearing casual clothes since it wasn't required to wear their uniforms until classes started.

"Ok sweetie, here's the meeting place. Will you be fine on your own?" asked her mother.

"I guess I'll be fine mom," replied Kagome nervously. She didn't know anyone, she was all alone. It was so frightening she almost wished Hojo was with her. Almost.

"Good-bye nee-chan, don't forget to write! And try not to talk in your sleep again!" teased Souta, receiving a nasty glare from his sister.

"Well then, I guess we'll be going. Good-bye Kagome, we'll miss you lots. Try not to get into any trouble alright?"

"Ok, bye okaa-san, bye brat, take care!" said Kagome as she watched her mother and brother leave.

She turned around to face the mob. With a determined look on her face, she grabbed her bags and marched straight in.

After checking in her luggage at the registration area, Kagome walked around aimlessly. There was still half an hour before they began boarding the plane. She strolled along, looking around her at the various students she'd be attending school with for the next three months. Suddenly, someone accidentally tripped her and she fell right into another equally lost girl.

"Oh my god, gomen ne! Are you alright?" asked Kagome immediately after she righted herself. She couldn't believe how clumsy she was.

"No problem, it wasn't your fault, I saw what happened," replied the girl as she straightened her skirt. She was a little taller than Kagome, with long, straight, dark-brown hair tied in a high ponytail and beautiful brown eyes lined with pink eyeshadow. Her bangs were cut neat and straight, resting right below her eyebrows. The girl wore a slim, black skirt that reached just above her knees and a slim, black tank top with pink straps going across her shoulder and across her breastbone. She had sharp, pretty features and a slender, yet strong frame.

Kagome bowed and said, "Ohayo gozaimasu, I'm Higurashi Kagome, what's your name?"

"Ohayo gozaimasu, my name is Taijiya Sango, nice to meet you Kagome,"

"Nice to meet you too Sango,"

The two girls clicked immediately. They conversed for a while, telling each other about where they came from and how they got here.

Sango was from another school close by to Kagome's school. She was also one of the top 5 students in her grade and was extremely athletic. She won multiple awards for both her academic success and athletic abilities.

Kagome felt a little insignificant after hearing about Sango's achievements, but that didn't matter. Sango was a great person, not one of those stuck-up snobs who think they're the best. It was obvious the two girls would get along just fine.

After twenty minutes, it was time to board the plane. The girls boarded the plane together and sat next to each other. They became fast friends.

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(On the plane)

The plane-ride itself was going to be quite short. They would be at school within the next two hours.

"So, Sango-chan, do you know anyone else who's going to Shikon High?" asked Kagome.

"No, I don't know any of the other students from my school," replied Sango, "how about you Kagome-chan?"

"I don't know anyone else either," sighed Kagome, it was nice that she'd made a friend, but it was still a little lonely, "I hope we get the same room."

"I know, me too," smiled Sango.

Sango took her time assessing the girl beside her. Kagome wore comfortable looking jeans that flared slightly around her ankles. She wore a plain pink T-shirt on top and had her hair down. She was about two inches shorter than Sango, with beautiful raven hair that cascaded down her shoulders like a waterfall. While Sango had long straight hair, Kagome's was just a little more on the wild side. Her face was also a little more petite, as were her curves. The one thing about Kagome that really fascinated Sango was her eyes. They were a deep, royal blue colour, framed by long black eyelashes.

The two new friends talked throughout the entire plane ride, except when they were eating snacks or drinking juice. Before long, the plane had already landed and the two girls were forced to stop talking while the pilot gave out instructions.

"Attention, please stay seated until the seat belt sign goes off. All students are to report to the transportation office to receive rides to Shikon High Boarding School. Please remember to take all your belongings and file out quietly after the plane has parked. Thank you for flying with Shikon Airlines, we hope to see you again."

Sango and Kagome looked at each other, both were obviously nervous. With a determined smile, Kagome took her carry-ons and waited for the students in front of her to begin moving.

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The Masataka brothers weren't on the planes with the rest of the students. They were, of course, escorted by their own private plane and limousine to the school. As the sons of the owner of the school, they were the first students to arrive, and also got first pick for dormitories.

Sesshoumaru was allowed his own room, considering how he was so much more "refined" than his younger brother. His room was on the top floor and overlooked the entire campus. Inuyasha's room was in the same building as Sesshoumaru's, but on the bottom-most floor. His roommate would be arriving with the other students.

Within 30 minutes of arriving at his dorm, Sesshoumaru had unpacked, arranged and personalized his room. It was almost a mirror image of his room at home, except much smaller. At least he didn't have a roommate.

Sesshoumaru looked around his room. It was quite large compared to some of the other rooms, and had the nicest view. Each building was to be supervised by a student prefect. All prefects had the largest, most furnished rooms. Needless to say, Sesshoumaru was the prefect of Building A1. He had his own personal bathroom as well as a couch and television.

His bed was situated on the wall opposite of the couch. The couch could be seen upon entering the room. The entrance to the room was a small hallway, with a coat closet right next to the door. After exiting the `hallway', the real closet was on the right hand side, as was the bed. Next to the wall opposite of the closet was a fairly large desk. On that desk was a top-of-the-line computer, monitor, printer, scanner, Internet modem and keyboard. He even had one of those swivel chairs.

His bathroom had a `blue' theme. It was the same as every regular house bathroom. Actually, it looked more like a hotel bathroom than anything else.

Inuyasha's room is… much smaller than Sesshoumaru's. After an hour upon arriving, he was still not finished cleaning up his room. Actually, he only got as far as opening his suitcase and rummaging through his clothes.

His room is basically a mini-version of Sesshoumaru's, minus the computer, bathroom and coat closet, plus an extra bed and two small desks. An hour and a half after arriving, Inuyasha was struggling to put his clothes in his closet. His bed was already a mess and loud grumblings could be heard from down the hall.

Sesshoumaru took the elevator down to the ground floor. He was going to go inspect the school. Even though he had been against the purpose of it in the first place, the Masataka family still funded it. Thus, everything had to be perfect.

Walking out the door, he stopped and took in his surroundings. Clean, fresh air. Clean, spotless ground space. Nothing like Tokyo.

Sesshoumaru kept walking, "Hm, this Sesshoumaru may actually find this place acceptable."

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It had taken all the students exactly an hour to get off the plane and get their bags, another half-hour to load the buses, and another two hours to get to the campus.

"Oh my god! Sango-chan, look! It's our school!" squealed Kagome, suddenly coming out of her coma-like state. She had been sleeping since she sat down since she didn't get much sleep the night before.

Sango looked out the bus window, "Wow, that's very very impressive…" She had been reading a book, but somehow, she suddenly found the window much more interesting.

Throughout the whole bus, random statements of awe could be heard.

"Wow, I heard it's full of the best equipment in Japan,"

"It's supposed to have TWO swimming pools!"

"I wonder what our rooms will look like"

"Look over there! It's a lake!"

Kagome stared out the window. This was going to be her new school. This was going to be her new life. This was going to be her new beginning.

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Well, there's the second chapter… I've made it a little longer than the first =). Anyhow, erm… yeah, I've had a request to put in the Japanese definitions… Sorry, I completely forgot!! -_-… Here they are for the first chapter and this one =)… I don't know much Japanese by the way… All I know is the stuff I've learned from fanfiction and some from my friends. So, if I've made a mistake, PLEASE let me know.. thankyou! ^_^

Arigatou gozaimasu: Thank you very much

-kocho: Suffix for "Principal" (unsure)

Ji-chan: Grandfather

Okaasan: Mother

Kami-sama: God

-sama: Formal title

Oniichan: Brother

Oneechan: Sister

Otousan: Father

Gomen ne: Sorry (unsure)

Ohayo gozaimasu: Good afternoon (Formal)

I've also had a request for the grades of the characters… they are as follows:

Kagome: Grade 10, 15 years old

Inuyasha: Grade 11, 16 years old

Sesshoumaru: Grade 12, 17 years old

Sango: Grade 10, 16 years old

I'll add in more once more characters appear =)

Also, I realize that this chapter is saturated with description… Well, as a warning, the next one will be too… Please, just bear with me here… Chapter 4 will be much better, I promise =)… But for now, I need to stress the fact that Shikon High is an ub3r school… ub3r dub3r school…

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