Chapter 1: The New Transfer Student

He was looking at the student file in front of him. He had just received it from Kaijo. The name on the file was one Higurashi Kagome. It said her last year of middle school had been riddled with absences due to illness. She had managed to keep her grades up and had worked extra hard on her math grade. She had been kicked out of three schools so far. The first had been Seirin, the second Shutoku, and the last one had been Kaijo. He was wary about accepting the girl to the school. It said she had been expelled from the three schools for fighting. It didn't have the story about why she was caught fighting. He would meet with her briefly in a few minutes. He didn't want to judge her just yet.

"Sir, Higurashi-san is here," a voice from his desk said.

"Go ahead and send her in." The intercom went dead and his office door opened quietly.

"Ohayo gozaimasu, *Kocho-sama," the girl dressed in the standard Touo uniform of a short dark blue skirt with a white stripe around the bottom, a button up white shirt with red bow, dark blue blazer and matching vest, greeted with a bow.

"Welcome to Touo, Higurashi-san." She stood straight from her bow to see a slight scowl on her attractive face. "I hope you do not cause any issues for me."

"I promise to try to avoid trouble," she said. He nodded.

"I do not know the story behind the fights, but I hope you don't get into any here."

"I promise not to get into any fights." He nodded.

"Get to class now." She nodded and bowed before leaving the office. She made her way down the hall and to the room indicated on the slip of paper in her hand. She knocked on the door and was instructed to come in. She stepped in and the class became quiet. The girls were giving her a dirty look while the boys were checking her out. Only one female in the class wasn't giving her dirty looks aside from the teacher.

"Good morning class, we have a transfer student joining us today. Please introduce yourself."

"Ohayo gozaimasu." She gave a formal bow. "I am Higurashi Kagome." She stood back up. "I hope we can be friends." The slight scowl on her face didn't leave.

"Please take the seat behind Momoi-San. Momoi-san, raise your hand please." A girl with long pink raised her hand. Kagome walked slowly towards her before taking her seat. The girl looked curious about her, but kept quiet as the teacher started with the day's lessons.

Break period came around and the females were talking about why she was transferred halfway through the school year. The boys could only talk about how hot she was. She ignored them as she slowly ate an apple. She could ignore them. She just wanted to learn and not get kicked out of another school. It was giving her a bad reputation. It wasn't even her fault. It was his.

"Welcome to Touo, I am Momoi Satsuki." The pink haired girl was turned around and talking to her. She was wearing a smile. "Don't listen to them. This is the most excitement we get around here, minus the basketball games."

"I am used to it," she said with a sigh. She tossed the apple core into the trash can on the other side of the room from where she sat without a second thought. "They won't take time to get to know me." She gave a shrug.

"I would like to get to know you," she commented. "The scowl doesn't suit your face and you seem like you would be nice." The teacher came back in and everyone took their seats. It was uneventful after that. She ate with Momoi, who insisted she call her Satsuki.

"I am the manager of the basketball team, so I have to get to their practice now, but I'll see you tomorrow, Kago-chan."

"Alright, Momoi-san."

"I told you to call me Satsuki." Her cheeks were puffed out.

"I know." She gave a slight smirk, the scowl momentarily leaving her face. "Just wanted to mess with you a little bit." She walked towards the back of the school. "I'm going to see if the *kyudo club will let me join." She waved and walked away. She found the club and walked in, seeing the captain. It was a third-year girl that was slightly shorter than her with short black hair and grey eyes. She was yelling at a first year to correct his stance. She cleared her throat and the third-year stopped yelling. Two of the girls started whispering to each other. She recognized them from her class.

"What do you want?" She wore a scowl.

"I just transferred here and I wanted to join your club for Mondays." She had a bag over her shoulder.

"This isn't for undisciplined beginners," she scoffed, a scowl on her face.

"Perhaps a demonstration then?" She raised a brow, scowl gone from her face, and a look of seriousness came over her. "I have brought a change of clothes with me."

"Fine. Make it fast."

She went to the changing area and quickly changed into her miko garb. It happened to match the school's colors. She pulled her hair into a high ponytail before grabbing the bow and set of arrows she placed in there before classes started. She walked out and the captain approached. She looked her and the bow and arrows over before signaling to her to move to a target. The others stopped what they were doing to watch. It was mostly females with a few, shyer males. She went to the furthest target and the captain made to correct her, but Kagome had already quickly pulled an arrow from the quiver and had already drawn it back in a fluid motion. She aimed briefly before breathing and releasing. It struck the middle of the target, and they quieted down. The captain lost her serious face and was star struck.

"That was absolutely marvelous." She clasped her hands. "Such a perfect pose for shooting. And you made it look so easy." She turned to the others. "That is how you are supposed to do it."

"I live on a shrine. It is one of the things I do during festivals."

"But why only Mondays?" The Captain asked.

"I also plan to join the Judo team, the Kendo team, and the Bushido team." The Captain nodded. Practice resumed with Kagome setting the example and the captain yelling, but not exactly correcting them, or teaching them the perfect stance. "We have a meet in two weeks and I can't bring you guys if you can't aim properly."

"Perhaps I can help," Kagome said. She seemed relaxed. She came up behind the male student. "Relax." He seemed to swallow and only tense even more. "Relax." She moved down him and moved his feet and pivoted his hips. She moved his shoulders and brought his hand to properly hold the bow. "Keep this arm steady." She moved back and looked over his form. "Now draw and arrow." He did so as everyone watched on. He placed it on the string but had a hard time drawing it back. She came up behind him again and helped him draw it. "Hold this position. I will tell you when to release the arrow." His arm started to shake but he didn't release it. "Now aim down your arrow and release." He did and it hit dead center. "Good." She gave a slight smile. "Keep that up." He sighed and collapsed in on himself.

"Practice is done for today," the captain said as she looked at the time. "Be here next Monday…"

"Higurashi Kagome," she supplied.

"Right. I am Hidao Naoka." Kagome nodded and headed back in to change.

She was at the gate when she saw Momoi. "Satsuki-san," she greeted as she caught up. There was a blue haired, tanned male with her. He was extremely tall.

"How did it go, Kago-chan?" She was holding a clipboard to her chest.

"Great. It took a little bit, but Hadao-san welcomed be openly. She yells a lot." She felt an arm drop around her shoulders, and weight came with it. "Please remove your arm," she requested, eyebrow twitching. "You are being overly familiar with my person."

"Dai-kun." Momoi scolded. "Stop making Kago-chan uncomfortable." Her cheeks were red.

"Eh? Neko-chan?" He looked down at the female.

"Don't call me that." She scowled and shoved his arm from her shoulders. "I'll see you later, Satsuki." She decided to run home instead.

"What's wrong with you, Dai-kun? You scared my friend away."

"What do you know about her?" He was curious.

She pulled the clipboard away from her chest. "I was curious as well. Higurashi Kagome. Was kicked out of three other schools after about two months for fighting. The circumstances of the fights are not detailed, but she was top of her class every time. The schools were Seirin, Shutoku, and Kaijo."

"So, she is smart but fights. Seems interesting." He smirked. "Doesn't hurt that she has a nice rack."

"Dai-kun." She sounded outraged. He smirked and just entered his house with a short wave over his shoulder.

Kagome made it home. She easily finished her homework while also cooking dinner. She had kissed her mother's cheek in greeting before starting dinner. She was comfortable here. She was fine with only having one friend. Less people to hurt her.