K.D.Heart
18-01-10, 23:44
Ok, here's another crossover (I'm rather fond of crossovers if you haven't noticed)
Ar trebui sa fac probabil niste precizari pentru cei ce au mai citit din fic-urile mele in recut, in special Shattered Heart. Povestile astea doua se leaga intre ele (cum exact nu voi spune inca) dar pot fi citite separat fara probleme si vor fi ambele continuate odata ce ies din sesiune.
Putting Back the Pieces
One Piece at a Time
It had been the first time she went to classes in two weeks. Officially, she had come down with a very heavy cold since her grandfather had been forbidden to mention anything worse than pneumonia anymore. Unofficially, she had spent the last two weeks of her live running around feudal Japan in search of the last shards of the Shinkon no Tama, the jewel that had turned the last two years of her life upside-down.
She had a hard time keeping up with everyone. Indeed, most of the time she was grateful if she could make passing grades. She could hardly even rely on her friends’ help anymore since long absences and her grandfather’s stories of virulent diseases drove away even the most dedicated. It took more courage to ask Hojo, the boy that had persistently tried to win her over for over a year before he decided she wasn’t worth the effort, for his notes from the last few weeks of classes. That was when she found out about the test. No one told her about the test. Everyone had assumed she had already asked someone else. Even Hojo mentioned it offhandedly, as if he was talking to someone already in the know. It was Math. It always had to be Math. It was in two days time.
Kagome sighed.
“It would be simpler if you kept in touch, you know?” one of her former best friends told her.
“Yeah” said another “Why don’t you get a cell phone? You’re probably the only one our class that doesn’t have one and you probably need one more than anyone else”
“You know my family is more on the traditional side” Kagome explained lamely. It was easier to blame it on her family than on the lack of signal in feudal lands.
“Traditional, smaditional! Most of high school you’ve been to ill to attend. We tried our best to help, but if you won’t let us, there’s nothing we can do about it“said the first one again.
“And we hardly ever see you on-line. We could at least scan our notes and send them to you by messenger, but you’re never on”
Kagome thought it was a good idea, though what stopped them from scanning the notes and e-mailing them to her was a bit of a mystery. “Souta’s computer is the only one with internet and he hugs it all” she said, without lying this time.
“Are you sure you don’t want to come with us for a soda?” asked the third.
“Neah. I have to study for Math” she said, waving the notebook she managed to get from one of them. “You have fun without me!”
“Your loss…”
As they rounded the corner, on their way to the café that had recently become their favourite, Kagome released a sigh. She felt uncomfortable around them. She had adapted her adventures into something she could tell them but, as they grew further apart, she had stopped. Now they had almost nothing to talk about except for what happened in school while she was away.
She walked absentmindedly, flipping the pages of the notebook in her hands and squinting at the foreign signs that plagued every page. She was never going to learn this in two days. A day and a half actually.
Just around a corner, her body slammed into another. The stranger managed to catch her before she hit the pavement. The man looked at her concerned. “Are you ok?” asked a worried voice. She managed to nod.
“I’m sorry. I wasn’t paying much attention” he explained, phone still in hand.
“It was my fault, really” Kagome said, shaking her head. “I wasn’t looking”
“Are you hurt?”
“I’m fine. It was just a start” she assured him. “I’m sorry, I must be off”
She left before he could say anything else and somehow managed to get home without further incidents. If she had looked back right after she left, she would have seen the man looking after her, slightly confused and a little curious. He had stayed there, in the middle of the sidewalk, looking at her retreating form for a few long seconds before he went on his way.
By diner, she had completely forgotten the incident. Stranger things happened to her on a regular basis. The night was spent going over geometry problems. She slept through Literature the next day and left school before her friends so she wouldn’t have to talk to them again. All the way home she couldn’t shake the feeling she was being followed, but there was definitely no one there.
She spent the night studying again. Souta made the mistake to check on her at around 9 and was chased out with balls of paper containing unsolved equations. She remembered to get a couple of hours of sleep this time and managed to stay awake until after the test. It was turning into a routine.
Once the test was over, everyone left fore home. Everyone except her since the teacher felt it was time he had a serious talk about her miserable grades and poor attendance. “I know it’s hard on you. Your health has always been fragile and I can see you’re trying your best” he said “Unfortunately, I’m afraid your best isn’t good enough anymore” His words felt like a sharp knife.
“But-“she wanted to protest.
“No ‘but’s Miss Higurashi! You can’t have everything. Right now, it seems your health should be your priority. Why don’t you simply take the year off for medical reasons and try again next year? You need a medical certificate to attest to your many illnesses – which shouldn’t be hard in your case – and use the opportunity to take care of your health” he offered. It was a better argument then she had expected. There was one problem with the plan though no doctor would attest to her many ailments.
“I’ll think about it, Yamaguchi-sensei” she agreed “But it would be better if I finish high school with my class mates no matter what the results. May I go now?” she asked.
He gave her permission and she was off.
It felt weird. She had gotten so far, it would have been a shame to quit school now or take the year off. The end result would have been the same since not graduating with her class would have been as bad as not graduating at all. All the way home she thought about it. Half-way up the stairs, she decided it wasn’t a solution. She would hope like hell that she’d pass the test, make sure she talked to the girls about e-mailing her the notes and made sure tomorrow passed without incidents. After class she’s make her way back into the depths of time and work her way back from there.
Someone was sitting on the tenth step from the top. He seemed to have been waiting for her, though she wasn’t sure how she knew that.
The man was tall, she could tell even as he was sited. His face bore very delicate features and for a split second she wondered if she wasn’t actually dealing with a woman. Long red hair framed that delicate face, bringing out a pair of stunning green eyes. However, there was something other than the eyes that made her think of Shippou, the little kitsune she had sort of adopted back in the Middle Ages. There was something of a fox about him, but she couldn’t make out what. He stood up when she was a few steps away. Her senses screamed youkai, but she was sure he wasn’t one, not a full youkai at least.
They stood there, almost at the top of the stairs, sizing each other up.
“What are you?” Kagome asked before she could think about manners.
He smiled. It was a charming smile. He was definitely a fox.
“Shuichi Minamino” he said, extending a hand. “We’ve bumped into each other before” he explained.
Something clicked in Kagome’s memory. She had been too distracted to feel him the last time. It almost made her blush with embarrassment. Almost.
She didn’t take the hand. Fore one, she wasn’t sure how her bubbling powers would react. Besides, she wasn’t yet sure what he was. “Kagome” she said “And you’re here because…”
“I’d like to have a word with you, if that’s ok. Don’t worry, I don’t bite… anymore”
End Chapter
Oh, just so you know, reviewing never hurt anyone and it usually makes people feel a whole lot better (unless your chopping them into little bits, in which case it's good to know what went wrong so they don't do it again)
Ar trebui sa fac probabil niste precizari pentru cei ce au mai citit din fic-urile mele in recut, in special Shattered Heart. Povestile astea doua se leaga intre ele (cum exact nu voi spune inca) dar pot fi citite separat fara probleme si vor fi ambele continuate odata ce ies din sesiune.
Putting Back the Pieces
One Piece at a Time
It had been the first time she went to classes in two weeks. Officially, she had come down with a very heavy cold since her grandfather had been forbidden to mention anything worse than pneumonia anymore. Unofficially, she had spent the last two weeks of her live running around feudal Japan in search of the last shards of the Shinkon no Tama, the jewel that had turned the last two years of her life upside-down.
She had a hard time keeping up with everyone. Indeed, most of the time she was grateful if she could make passing grades. She could hardly even rely on her friends’ help anymore since long absences and her grandfather’s stories of virulent diseases drove away even the most dedicated. It took more courage to ask Hojo, the boy that had persistently tried to win her over for over a year before he decided she wasn’t worth the effort, for his notes from the last few weeks of classes. That was when she found out about the test. No one told her about the test. Everyone had assumed she had already asked someone else. Even Hojo mentioned it offhandedly, as if he was talking to someone already in the know. It was Math. It always had to be Math. It was in two days time.
Kagome sighed.
“It would be simpler if you kept in touch, you know?” one of her former best friends told her.
“Yeah” said another “Why don’t you get a cell phone? You’re probably the only one our class that doesn’t have one and you probably need one more than anyone else”
“You know my family is more on the traditional side” Kagome explained lamely. It was easier to blame it on her family than on the lack of signal in feudal lands.
“Traditional, smaditional! Most of high school you’ve been to ill to attend. We tried our best to help, but if you won’t let us, there’s nothing we can do about it“said the first one again.
“And we hardly ever see you on-line. We could at least scan our notes and send them to you by messenger, but you’re never on”
Kagome thought it was a good idea, though what stopped them from scanning the notes and e-mailing them to her was a bit of a mystery. “Souta’s computer is the only one with internet and he hugs it all” she said, without lying this time.
“Are you sure you don’t want to come with us for a soda?” asked the third.
“Neah. I have to study for Math” she said, waving the notebook she managed to get from one of them. “You have fun without me!”
“Your loss…”
As they rounded the corner, on their way to the café that had recently become their favourite, Kagome released a sigh. She felt uncomfortable around them. She had adapted her adventures into something she could tell them but, as they grew further apart, she had stopped. Now they had almost nothing to talk about except for what happened in school while she was away.
She walked absentmindedly, flipping the pages of the notebook in her hands and squinting at the foreign signs that plagued every page. She was never going to learn this in two days. A day and a half actually.
Just around a corner, her body slammed into another. The stranger managed to catch her before she hit the pavement. The man looked at her concerned. “Are you ok?” asked a worried voice. She managed to nod.
“I’m sorry. I wasn’t paying much attention” he explained, phone still in hand.
“It was my fault, really” Kagome said, shaking her head. “I wasn’t looking”
“Are you hurt?”
“I’m fine. It was just a start” she assured him. “I’m sorry, I must be off”
She left before he could say anything else and somehow managed to get home without further incidents. If she had looked back right after she left, she would have seen the man looking after her, slightly confused and a little curious. He had stayed there, in the middle of the sidewalk, looking at her retreating form for a few long seconds before he went on his way.
By diner, she had completely forgotten the incident. Stranger things happened to her on a regular basis. The night was spent going over geometry problems. She slept through Literature the next day and left school before her friends so she wouldn’t have to talk to them again. All the way home she couldn’t shake the feeling she was being followed, but there was definitely no one there.
She spent the night studying again. Souta made the mistake to check on her at around 9 and was chased out with balls of paper containing unsolved equations. She remembered to get a couple of hours of sleep this time and managed to stay awake until after the test. It was turning into a routine.
Once the test was over, everyone left fore home. Everyone except her since the teacher felt it was time he had a serious talk about her miserable grades and poor attendance. “I know it’s hard on you. Your health has always been fragile and I can see you’re trying your best” he said “Unfortunately, I’m afraid your best isn’t good enough anymore” His words felt like a sharp knife.
“But-“she wanted to protest.
“No ‘but’s Miss Higurashi! You can’t have everything. Right now, it seems your health should be your priority. Why don’t you simply take the year off for medical reasons and try again next year? You need a medical certificate to attest to your many illnesses – which shouldn’t be hard in your case – and use the opportunity to take care of your health” he offered. It was a better argument then she had expected. There was one problem with the plan though no doctor would attest to her many ailments.
“I’ll think about it, Yamaguchi-sensei” she agreed “But it would be better if I finish high school with my class mates no matter what the results. May I go now?” she asked.
He gave her permission and she was off.
It felt weird. She had gotten so far, it would have been a shame to quit school now or take the year off. The end result would have been the same since not graduating with her class would have been as bad as not graduating at all. All the way home she thought about it. Half-way up the stairs, she decided it wasn’t a solution. She would hope like hell that she’d pass the test, make sure she talked to the girls about e-mailing her the notes and made sure tomorrow passed without incidents. After class she’s make her way back into the depths of time and work her way back from there.
Someone was sitting on the tenth step from the top. He seemed to have been waiting for her, though she wasn’t sure how she knew that.
The man was tall, she could tell even as he was sited. His face bore very delicate features and for a split second she wondered if she wasn’t actually dealing with a woman. Long red hair framed that delicate face, bringing out a pair of stunning green eyes. However, there was something other than the eyes that made her think of Shippou, the little kitsune she had sort of adopted back in the Middle Ages. There was something of a fox about him, but she couldn’t make out what. He stood up when she was a few steps away. Her senses screamed youkai, but she was sure he wasn’t one, not a full youkai at least.
They stood there, almost at the top of the stairs, sizing each other up.
“What are you?” Kagome asked before she could think about manners.
He smiled. It was a charming smile. He was definitely a fox.
“Shuichi Minamino” he said, extending a hand. “We’ve bumped into each other before” he explained.
Something clicked in Kagome’s memory. She had been too distracted to feel him the last time. It almost made her blush with embarrassment. Almost.
She didn’t take the hand. Fore one, she wasn’t sure how her bubbling powers would react. Besides, she wasn’t yet sure what he was. “Kagome” she said “And you’re here because…”
“I’d like to have a word with you, if that’s ok. Don’t worry, I don’t bite… anymore”
End Chapter
Oh, just so you know, reviewing never hurt anyone and it usually makes people feel a whole lot better (unless your chopping them into little bits, in which case it's good to know what went wrong so they don't do it again)