Test of Beauty by SweetnSour715
New School
"Oh, great," Kagome said as she slowly opened her eyes. She had woke up at 6:00 thanks to her alarm clock. Quickly pushing ‘snooze’, rolling over and trying to get some more rest. No sooner than she turned over her younger brother, Souta, burst in the room and started yelling.
Wake up Kagome! Wake up! Today is our first day of school! Hurry!"
Kagome didn’t need to be told again, she had been dreading this day since she had first received the news her mother had given her.
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"Kagome, sweety, may I come in?" Mrs. Higurashi had said to her daughter one sunny morning.
"Sure"
"I have some news," she said as she stepped in the room and slid the door shut behind her, "we’re moving."
"What?!?!" ,Kagome said look blankly at her mother, millions of thoughts running through her head, "why?"
"I got a new job, plus we bought a huge house by the beach," the exhausted mother said, trying to persuade her now fuming daughter who was, obviously, not going down without a fight.
"A new house?……wait how far away are we talking about here?……will I have to go to a new school?…..does Souta know?………
Her mom cut her off before she could say anymore. "Yes dear, we will be moving to Sacramento, California in a month. You will also be attending the Kehai high school there, and your brother doesn’t know yet."
"Oh my gosh", Kagome said, her expression changing from mad to sad in no time at all, "well I guess I can’t argue with your decision, I’ll start packing." With that the depressed girl got off her bed and walked to her closet, pulling down a large black suitcase and began to pack.
Mrs. Higurashi let out a long kept breath of air when she heard that her daughter wasn’t going to protest, and quietly left her child to deal with the sudden news by herself. ‘Well that was easier than I thought it would be’, she thought to herself, ‘now just Souta to deal with.’
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Getting up, Kagome walked across her now familiar room to her closet. She took out a few of her favorite outfits to see which she would wear. Finally deciding on a black sleeve-less shirt and a tight fitting pair of jeans Kagome grabbed a pair of stiletto-heeled black leather boots put them on, and ran downstairs.
She found Souta and her mom sitting at the kitchen bar eating what looked like eggs. Kagome got a plate and spooned some eggs onto it, and took a seat beside her mom. Her mom didn’t look like she was up yet so she guessed it was up to her to start the conversation. "Good morning!", she said, pretending to be cheerful, although not feeling the part considering her day ahead. Kagome doubted they believed her fake smile or cheeriness, so she gave up the act.
After she had finished her breakfast she rinsed off her plate and sat it in the sink, Kagome grabbed her school bag and car keys.
"Well, I guess I’m off,", Kagome said, "see ya this after noon!"
"Bye honey, have fun, and drive safe!", Mrs. Higurashi called after her daughter, but Kagome had already shut the door.
As Kagome slid into the driver’s seat of her black mustang convertible she prayed ‘Please let me just make one friend today’ So with that said she started the car and headed for school. "Ah- man! I forgot to put on my make up! Well at least I’ll have a few minutes before class," she sighed, knowing this day wouldn’t be good already.
After about five minutes Kagome decided she would put the hood down on her car. "Ah, that’s much better" she whispered, letting the wind flow through her hair. What she didn’t notice was a red mustang, just like her own, pulled up in the lane next to her.
Kagome saw a car pull up beside her and turned to see who it was, or in this case who they were. The red car was full of boys, four to be exact, they had the hood down too, and was looking over at the her. She noticed one of them had long silver hair with amber eyes, another had dark brown hair pulled up high in a pony tail with light blue eyes, one in the back had brown hair pulled back in a short pony tail with dark brown eyes, and the last one had regular short brown hair and matching eyes.
They smiled and started to whistle at her causing her to blush. ‘No! No! Don’t blush Kagome!’ she thought, but she couldn’t help it, ‘they’re so immature ‘ but she smiled too, having fun with the little game, so she decided to really show off. She winked at them and gave them a small wave before speeding ahead, leaving them in her dust.
But they weren’t going to give up so easy. The boy with the silver hair who was driving wasn’t going to let her get away he pressed hard on the gas petal, but not going too far over the speed limit.
Kagome could hear their laughter growing louder as they gained on her. She guessed the boys were from her school since they had been going in that direction. Good then, she would be able to talk to them at school. She knew she could have easily left them behind but found herself letting them catch up once more.
"Hey girl! What’s your name?!" the boy with the long brown pony tail yelled.
"Kagome!" she yelled back at him. She knew she was flirting with them but it was just her instinct. Maybe they could help her to find her classes also.
"Do you go to Kehai?" the boy with light brown hair and eyes asked.
"Yes, I’m new. Do you guys? I may need help getting to my classes today."
"Yeah," the other boy with the short pony tail said, " Well if you need any help today just find us!"
"Yeah, we’ll see ya there!" the boy who was driving said, and with that he sped off in the direction of the school, the other boys waving and yelling bye.
Kagome leaned back in her seat. " well maybe today won’t be so bad after all…. …………."
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Kagome pulled into the school parking lot, suddenly regreting not following behind the boys. Now she didn’t know where to go. She saw their car but no one was in it. So Kagome quickly whipped into the parking place next to them, since there were a few minutes before class she pulled out her purse and took out her make up she was going to wear. She decided to wear the black eye shadow and mascara with some deep red liquid lip gloss. "Perfect" she whipered to herself. Grabbing her bag and purse and headed for the front door.
The front of the school was beautiful. It was made of dark red bricks with a long cement stairway leading into the main front doors. ‘It’s looks good so far’, thought Kagome as she remembered her old broke down school. The words KEHAI HIGH SCHOOL were embeded into the front of the building. ‘Well I wonder how good it looks on the inside,’ she wondered to herself, pushing open the doors and taking in the cenery before her.
The hallway was extremely crowded. Everyone was in a rush to get their books from their lockers and get to class before the bell rang. Kagome was supposed to go to the principal’s office first and he was supposed to give her her schedule and introduce her to her first period class.
‘Well first I have to find the prncipal’s office, Duh, Kagome!’ ,she mentally scolded herself, ‘But who am I supposed to ask for directions?’ She looked up and down the hall for any signs of the boys, but there were none.’Now what am I supposed to do?’
Kagome leaned against the lockers and sighed.
"Lost?" said a female voice from behind her.
Kagome turned to see who it was, it was a girl her age with long brown hair.
"Um…….kinda," Kagome responded, "can you help me?"
"Sure" ,said the girl, "hi, I’m Sango"
"Oh, I’m Kagome"
"So what’s the problem?", Sango asked.
"I need to find the principal’s office" Kagome asnswered.
"Oh, well, lets see….go down this hallway until you reach the first staircase, and its two doors down from there.Ya can’t miss it. It says PRINCIPAL’S OFFICE on it."said Sango, laughing at her own joke.
"Thank you,….well I guess I’ll see ya around…."
"Hey you can sit with me at lunch if you want to," Sango offered.
"O.K. sure, at least I have one thing to look forward to," Kagome smiled and walked toward the direction of her destination.
Walking down the looked like never ending hallway, Kagome, carefully following the girls directions, found the office and silently knocked.
"Yes", came a voice inside,"Come in."
"Um….I’m Kagome Higurashi, I’m new here and came to get my schedule" Kagome simply stated.
" Oh yes, Miss Higurashi, I’ve been expecting you," the woman said, " sit down and I get Mr. Gaijin for you."
Kagome found a seat not far from the desk and sat down. She asummed that Mr. Gaijin was the principal, but who was this lady? Tilting forward she saw a name plate on the desk it read, Ms. Keade. ‘I guess everyone calls the teachers by their first names here. That’s weird.’ Kagome also noticed that Ms. Keade had long gray hair and a patch over her eye. ‘That must’ve hurt’ she thought to herself, she also wanted to inquire about it but before she could a man, Mr. Gaijin probably, walked through the door.
"Hello Miss Higurashi, welcome to Kehai High School, here is your schedule," He said handing her a a small sheet of paper, " I will assign you a student to show you around today and take you to your classes." Mr. Gaijin turned his attention toward Ms. Keade "Keade, call Sango Kakera to the office" With that the lady flipped a switch and spoke into a microphone,"Sango Kakera please report to the office."
Not long after that the girl Kagome met in the hall walked in. "Did ya call for me?" she said casually.
"Yes Miss Kakera," he responded, clearly not liking the girl’s lack of respect," this is Kagome Higurashi I want you to show her around today."
"Yeah we met earlier" Sango replied
"Good then you both know each other so no problems", the principal said and waved them off, "good day ladies."
"Well then, lets get ta goin’", the hyper girl said as she pulled Kagome out the door and down the hall.
End of Chapter
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