One Simple Spell

KawaiixKesshou

Disclaimer: I do NOT own the characters of Inuyasha, they are only mine to play with.

Chapter: The Forbidden Forest

Author’s Note: Before you all come at me with pointy things, I am very sorry! I know, I haven’t been updating that much lately. I even received e-mails from everyone telling me to update! I’m very happy that you all like this fic, so I shall find time to update and make you all happy. (As long as I don’t have new story ideas popping outta my head)

“Narcissistic dog beast” Kagome mumbled as she started to make way towards the bell tower. It was about 10PM and everyone was supposed to be asleep by now. Once again, Kagome had to take a shower before going up.

“Hey you!” A voice called out, shivers went down Kagome’s spine.

“Oh shit.” Kagome sighed as she turned around. It was a shadow; she couldn’t see the dark figure but, she could make out the outlines. From the looks of it, he was very well built.

“What are you doing here?” The deep voice solemnly spoke as he stepped closer to Kagome.

“I’m sorry! I didn’t mean to, I had to take a shower. And Archery class took such a long time, I didn’t mean to!” Kagome stuttered as she saw the man take out a notepad. ‘Is that a referral? Oh lord, oh lord it’s a referral.’ Suddenly she saw the dark figure take out a pen. “Please don’t write me a referral. I’ll clean the whole corridor, no, the whole library!” Kagome begged as a huge light flashed right in front of her face.

“Wench, you are pretty boring. You worry about your grades too much.” The figure said once more, Kagome grit her teeth. It was Sesshoumaru holding a Polaroid camera. Suddenly, a picture slid out of the camera. “This baby will be for my own uses.” Sesshoumaru smirked as he waved it in front of Kagome’s face. “Look! You look like a cow.” He chuckled as Kagome wanted to rip Sesshoumaru’s lungs out.

“Look you dog beast, I do not have time for this. Because of you, I was taken out of third period and I missed my AP Calculus test. AND I didn’t even study for it!”

“Calm down woman. I have the answers, and I have a name.”

“Dog beast.”

“Wench.”

“DOG BEAST” Kagome screamed as another voice came running towards them.

“Who’s there?!” A midnight patroller screamed as a light came towards Kagome and Sesshoumaru.

“Look what you did you wench. Because of you, the hallway nannies found us.” Sesshoumaru grunted as Kagome looked stunned. Sesshoumaru then remembered, Kagome knew she would get a referral if they found them. He on the other hand, couldn’t care less. Sesshoumaru quickly grabbed Kagome and plopped her on his back.

“What the hell are you doing?! I don’t want a piggy back ride from you!” Kagome violently whispered as Sesshoumaru leaped towards the bell tower.

“Shut up if you don’t want a referral.” Sesshoumaru winced as Kagome’s nails dug into his neck. “WOMAN I DON’T WANT NAIL DENTS ON MY NECK!”

“Sorry.” Kagome quietly said as she closed her eyes. “Hurry up! They might see us!”

“You can get off now.” A voice told her as she slowly opened her eyes.

“Oh, thanks.” Kagome was flustered, she needed to sit down. Everything was spinning, and having to sleep next to Sesshoumaru in the next five minutes is the last thing on her mind.

“No problem. I’m going to be right back, DON’T MOVE.” Sesshoumaru glared at Kagome with a solemn expression.

“What the heck am I? A dog?” Kagome hissed, crossing her arms and rolling her eyes.

“Well, you do have facial hair…” Sesshoumaru smirked.

“GET OUT!” Kagome took off her flip flops and threw it at Sesshoumaru. Before it could hit him, he leaped out of the bell tower. As Sesshoumaru’s shadow disappeared off into the night, Kagome quickly fumbled through her book bag. Rapidly clutching her mirror she clicked it open and looked at herself. “I don’t really have facial hair right…?” Kagome questioned herself. “Oh gosh, why am I even listening to that dog beast?” She quickly shook her head, putting the mirror back into the bag. Suddenly, the same dark figure appeared in front of Kagome once again. This time, Kagome widened her eyes. “What the heck? Do you know what time it is? I have to go to sleep you know!”

In Sesshoumaru’s arms were a pile of books, on each book it had two words that are similar. “Didn’t you say that you didn’t study for AP Calc.?” raising an eyebrow, plopping the books on the floor.

“Well yes, but it’s about 11PM. I have to get up extra early to study.” Kagome retorted, climbing into her sleeping bag.

“I went through the whole library to get these books for you. Be grateful woman.” Sesshoumaru stated, sitting down next to the books. Flipping through pages of the first book he turned to Kagome. “What are you up to?”

“It’s a final, so I have to review everything.” Kagome blinked. ‘He brought those books for me..”

“We have lots of work to do Wench.” Sesshoumaru sighed.

‘We?’ Kagome thought. “Look you dog beast, I can just study tomorrow morning. I have two hours if I wake up at 5:30 AM.” Kagome hissed.

“That’s what you think” Sesshoumaru smirked.

“IT’S ONE IN THE MORNING, CAN WE GO TO BED NOW?!” A feminine voice boomed from the bell tower. The moon was high up in the velvet sky. Everyone was sleeping except for two teenagers studying in the middle of the night. “ I swear to god, if I see another variable I’m going to uppercut you.” Kagome glared at Sesshoumaru coldly. Bags formed under her eyes, it was clearly seen that she was dead tired. However on the other hand, the demon next to her seemed to be having the time of his life.

“You have to study.” Sesshoumaru smirked.

“Do you get your happiness from seeing me mad?” Kagome groaned.

“Why how ever did you figure out?”

“Listen here and listen good. You are in no position to tell me what to do. Thank you for the books but I know this stuff already. I am one of the top twenty students in the senior class. It’s not fair how even the damn egg gets to sleep, but I don’t. If I pass out tomorrow during the exam, I’m going to rip something out of your pants and pin it to the wall. Now why don’t you take your studying somewhere else.” Kagome hissed at Sesshoumaru.

“Okay okay, calm down. Non-violence woman. You should read up on Ghandi sometime.”

“I’ll take his cane and shove it up your ass.” Kagome climbed into her sleeping bag, closing her eyes.

“Why are you women so grouchy?” Sesshoumaru asked, putting the books away.

“Because you men are a pain in the ass.” Kagome retorted, this time her voiced wasn’t so violent. Sesshoumaru peered at her as Kagome’s eyes were still closed. Waving at her to see if she was sound asleep, Kagome stirred but didn’t answer.

“Night wench.” Sesshoumaru chuckled, looking at Kagome before he went to bed himself.

The bell tower rung as clouds darkly formed in the sky. Students were rushing to their next period class unless they were seniors; they just finished taking their AP Calculus exam. A variety of expressions filled each test taking room, but there was one expression that was important to Sesshoumaru. And that was Kagome’s. As he leaped from building to building, he peered inside room 5B, hoping to see Kagome there.

“Kagome!” A high pitched voice called out across the room. Kagome instantly recognized the feminine tone, it was one of her best friends Rin.

“Rin! How was the test?” Kagome asked gleefully.

“Horrible.” Rin pouted, crossing her arms. Rin was always the childish one in the group. “There were so many topics that we didn’t cover in the class! I mean, we did cover it but it was so brief!”

Kagome smiled. “Well yes, but even the professor said in the beginning of the year that we must study ourselves, ya know?” Suddenly a shadow caught her eye. Kagome shook her head as she thought to herself that she was seeing things.

“How did you do?” Sango asked Kagome from behind. “You seem like you did a lot of studying, you have dark circles!”

Kagome sighed as she looked out the window again, she could have sworn she saw something pass by. “I did fine, and yes I did study…a lot.” From outside the classroom a certain youkai smiled from ear to ear.

“Dog beast, what are you doing?” Kagome jabbed the pencil onto her looseleaf paper. “We never covered this topic, this shouldn’t be important.” It was 12 AM, and the two bell tower buddies had been up for an hour already.

“Wench, listen to me. Study the topics I tell you to. This years test is meant to catch you seniors off guard. Since all of you are all smartasses, they needed something to bump you down.” Sesshoumaru stated. “Now listen do this problem. And when you’re done, tell me.”

“How the heck am I suppose to do it? I never learned it!” Kagome exclaimed. Oh how she wanted to jab the pencil tip into him.

“How idiotic can you be? Build off from what you know.” Sesshoumaru glanced at his watch. “You have 5 minutes.”

Kagome rubbed her temples. This is not what she signed up for, and for the love of God she has no idea how to solve this problem. Suddenly, Sesshoumaru’s voice filled the air. “ We can’t cover all the topics on the test, so there will be some stuff that you don’t know tomorrow. So, you have to build off on what you don’t know. There is always a solution once you know the basics.”

“God, since when did you become all Einstein-y?” Kagome questioned looking up at Sesshoumaru. The moonlight reflected upon his hair, making it glimmer in the night. Half of the moon’s light covered Sesshoumaru’s face, giving him a mysterious aura. Kagome couldn’t stop looking at him.

“DO THE PROBLEM!” Sesshoumaru roared as Kagome winced.

“The results are out!” Rin squealed. It has been two weeks since the seniors took the AP calculus test. Many of them groaned as the loudspeakers announced the place where the scores are posted. Getting an 85 or higher meant they didn’t have to take it again. For the unlucky ones who scored below an 84, they must take the class again. The wonders of a prestigious school.

Inuyasha’s ears perked up as he heard Rin’s comment. “Don’t remind me.” Inuyasha groaned, taking a bite out of his sand which.

“Why not Inuyasha? Didn’t you cheat off of someone?” Miroku asked, spearing another broccoli and popping it into his mouth.

“Cheaters never prosper…unless they get caught.” Sango giggled. “And, it’s not a surprise Inuyasha. The main reason why you’re even a senior is because of all the cheating you to pass those exams.”

“This time it’s fool proof. I am BOUND to pass that test! I cheated off of Kino.” Inuyasha smirked with his hands on the back of his head, leaning back on his chair. It was lunch time in Kyoui Prepatory, for lunch students are enabled to go out to the campus to eat. On campus ground, there is a field with round tables and an umbrella in the middle to block the sunlight. Surrounding the field were rose bushes, there was only one entrance into the field, and that was through a golden gate in the middle. But, in order to get in, one must swipe their ID card. If they don’t have the lunch period, they will face detention.

“Woah, you mean that ‘suppose-to-be-sophomore’ who’s in our grade?” Kagome raised an eyebrow.

“Yeah, I heard he’s super smart. And plus, with him around. I probably passed with a breeze.” Inuyasha smirked, rocking back and fourth on the back legs of his chair.

“Forbidden forest.” Sesshoumaru smirked. Everyone turned to him with a confused expression.

“What about it?” Kagome questioned.

“Whoever gets a 85 or higher goes into the forbidden forest you fools.”

“Fluffykins, didn’t we do that already? We crossed out that rule we need to break already.” Inuyasha said making a mental note to himself.

“No you douche, I did not mean that. You’ll see later.” Sesshoumaru smacked his forehead with his palm. Out of all the half breeds God could have chosen to be his brother, it had to be Inuyasha.

“ATTENTION! ALL SENIORS MUST REPORT TO THE EAST WING TO GET THEIR SCORE” The loud speaker boomed once again. Everyone groaned as they threw out their lunch and pushed in their seats.

“Well, time to head out.” Sango sighed. “Lets go!”

“Yeah..woo..” Kagome plastered on a fake smile as she linked arms with her best friend.

Seniors from across campus gathered at the east wing as the headmaster stood at the podium. Dark clouds still hovered over the school, rain droplets started to fall at a steady rate. On the left there was a huge horizontal white board with names written from left to right. If you scored high, your name would be most likely on the left. If you scored low, your name would probably appear near the fail or right side.

“We have caught many cheaters in the past year.” The man with long silvery hair started to speak. His features were similar to his sons, Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha. As he said this, he looked at one of them and smiled.

Inuyasha gulped. “Oh shit.”

“In order to make sure that none of you are cheating, the professors have devised a test for everyone.” He continued. Everyone groaned, it was lucid that no one wanted to sit through another 5 hours of calculus. “The forbidden forest” Suddenly, everyone quieted down and ears perked up.

Kagome looked at Sesshoumaru as those words came out of InuTaisho’s mouth. ‘That’s what Sesshoumaru said.’

“There will be 90 paths since 180 students passed this year. For each student who passed, they will have a partner. Their partner will be the person who’s score is completely opposite of yours. For example, if your score is 100, your partner’s is 0. If your score is 90, your partner’s score is 10. Thus, this will educate the students who failed, and see if the passing students really did pass.” InuTaisho took a deep breath and suddenly, spoke in a dark voice. “Each pair must get out of the forest in a week. There will be a map provided, on each map there are 40 directions. You must figure out the answer to the equation to find out each direction. If not, you will encounter deadly youkais that will kill you with ease.” The crowd suddenly started to grow loud with excitement. “For the students who did average, please report to Prof. Kino. You will be going on the non co-ed trip that was planned earlier. This is a challenged designed for the ones who did extremely good and failed. I apologize for the inconvience.”

Kagome looked around, many students were worried now. This is the first time the school has ever taken risks like this, but hey Kagome knew she passed so she had nothing to worry about. All she had to do is to get out of the forest safe and sound. Kagome suddenly had a ominous feeling, the last time she went into the forest was to gather herbs for herbalism class. That was just at the tip of the forest, and a creature attacked her. A shiver went up her spine, and she then had another thought. 180 students only makes up about 10% of the senior class, therefore not a lot of people will be in the forest. Plus, if 180 gets paired up with someone that makes 360 students. Half of them are math failures, and half are geniuses. ‘Today is going to be a long day..’ Kagome thought as she looked at InuTaisho.

“For the first pair, the highest score is a 99% , Kagome Higurashi” Everyone’s eyes fell upon Kagome as she jumped with joy.

“Figures, all she does is study. She probably never brushes her hair since she doesn’t take a break from all that studying.” A voice laughed. Kagome recognized that voice. It was Yura.

“Hey! Watch it you dweeb.” Sango stood up for her best friend. “You probably failed.”

Yura rolled her eyes as she went back to filing her nails and looking at InuTaisho.

“Higurashi will be paired up with Sesshoumaru Taisho, who scored a 1%” Suddenly cries of jealousy came out from the crowed.

“Why does she get to be paired up with Sesshoumaru?!” Yura exclaimed, stomping her heels onto the ground.

“Its not fair!”

“I want to be with Sesshoumaru!”

Girls continued to bicker as Kagome sighed and looked at Sesshoumaru. He was smirking at her. ‘What the hell? He studied WITH me. There is no way he got a 1%. You get a 5 for just writing your name. And that’s 1%!” Kagome cocked an eye, she knew it. He knew it. Sesshoumaru was up to something.