First off, the title is random. I hate thinking of titles.
Second, yay for lame high school drama filled stories! :D
And third, this story contains language and crap.

Didn't someone write one of these on here? xD Oh well, this is my version.
To clarify some things on the characters...
Jigen is a senior and into sports and drinking and crap. Lupin is a sophomore and is basically just as he is in the show, sort of. Fujiko is a freshman and is sort of the same in the show. Goemon is a freshman and is the quiet loner type. And Zenigata is the same as the manga, probably. Haven't written much of him. I think that's it. Just the five original cast members are in this.
I don't remember much of high school, which is a good thing. And I never involved myself in all the drama that goes on in high school, so I'm sort of exagerrating, most likely. I'm also too lazy to correct the spelling of exaggerating, so there. :3
Also, I'm stuck on my other stuff, so my brain likes to torture me with new ideas and then my body joins in and does what my brain wants it to. Evil, I say! Evil!!

Casting Shadows

by D. Ant

Chapter One

The first bell rang, fifteen minutes until class would start. The students lingered around the halls, standing in front of their lockers while talking to friends, all telling the others what classes they got and what teachers they ended up being stuck with.
The halls were a sea of navy blue and white, the school having a strict dress code. The girls wore navy blue skirts or dresses and white dress shirts. The boys wore navy blue slacks and white dress shirts with navy blue ties. Their socks had to be white and their shoes could be either black or white, but had to be dressy.

Jigen leaned against his car, finishing the last of his cigarette. He grinned when he saw Lupin walking towards him. "You look awake."
"Yeah," Lupin said, continuing the sentence as he yawned, Jigen not getting any of it.
"Better hurry to get your schedule before you have to sit in the office with the other slackers." Jigen dropped the cigarette on the ground and stepped on it, walking with Lupin towards the schools front gates.
"My mom threatened to walk out on my dad again last night," Lupin said out of the blue, his voice slightly angered. "I don't know why they have to involve me in their shit."
"They want someone to agree with their side of the argument," Jigen said.
"I agree that they're both stupid," Lupin mumbled, standing at the back of the now short line to get his schedule.
"Aren't most parents stupid?"
"Yours seem pretty cool," Lupin shrugged.
Jigen scoffed. "Not really."
"Well, at least they don't threaten to leave each other and drag you into it," Lupin sighed.
"Only because my mom is too afraid to leave and my dad has a good thing going. And get this. Last night my dad told me to lead the team to the championship or he'd beat the living shit out of me," he said as they stood at the small window.
The woman behind the window glared up at him over her glasses. "Language," she said in a stern manner.
Jigen grinned and mouthed the word 'sorry' and then rolled his eyes.
Lupin was handed a slip of paper with his schedule on it, the five minute bell ringing in the background.
"Well, I guess it was nice knowing you all these years," Lupin said as he stared down at the paper, the two slowly wandering away from the office. "This years team sucks."
"I know," Jigen sighed. "And it figures when I become the starting quarterback that all the good linemen graduate."
"Misses Perlton?" Lupin groaned.
Jigen grinned and snatched the paper from his hand. "English, Algebra II, Chemistry 1B, European History. Wait, wood shop and metal shop? How'd you get away with that?"
Lupin smiled and shrugged. "Mister Rudman likes me."
"You need to get out of Perlton's class. That woman is a total bitch."
"So I've heard."
"Yeah, well, I gotta go this way, so I'll see you at lunch." Jigen waved and wandered off.
Lupin sighed and shuffled towards his class.

Jigen was able to get through his first class, Advanced Calculus, without falling asleep. His second class, Web Design, bored him. He only took it to have a nice cushy class to breeze through, not wanting to do much work during his senior year. His third class he had been waiting for all morning.
"Hello class," the teacher, a short balding man, said as he stood before the students. "Welcome to Zoology 1A. I'm your teacher, Mister Watts." He turned and wrote his name on the board. "For all you illiterates out there, that spells Mister Watts." He scanned the class, stopping when he got to Jigen. "I'm stuck with you again?"
"I told you that last year," Jigen said as he grinned.
"You finally starting this year?"
Jigen nodded.
"All right, class. If our team loses, it's all his fault."
"Isn't it always?"
"I'm not going to forget that interception you threw last year, you know."
"During practice?" Jigen laughed.
"Hey, an interception is an interception." Mister Watts nodded with a serious look on his face, looking over as the door opened, a student slowly entering.
The student handed the teacher a slip of paper.
"Transferred already? Wow, I got a troublemaker on my hands, I see." Mister Watts stared at the paper, a confused look on his face. "I can't figure out your name, so class, this is new student. Says he's a freshman, so don't kill him. I don't need blood staining my floors."
The student turned to the class. "My name is Goemon Ishikawa," he said, bowing to the students.
"Ah, Goemon," Mister Watts said as he looked at the paper again. "I can remember that. Why don't you take a seat and we can get started."
"Heh, what a douche," a student sitting next to Jigen muttered as he laughed.
"Says the biggest douche in the school," Jigen muttered, getting some laughs from those around him.
The student turned and glared at him.
"Are we finished back there?" Mister Watts asked. "Good. Now, zoology, the study of..."
His words faded as Jigen stared at Goemon. 'Wonder if he's related to that Goemon Ishikawa Lupin did that report on?' he thought. 'Probably not. If so, what would he be doing in a shitty school located in a hellhole armpit like this place?' He shrugged it off, looking away and starting to pay attention once more.

"Holy fuck," Lupin said as he plopped his tray of food down across from Jigen and sat. "Perlton is a total bitch, but there is no way I'm leaving her class."
"Okay..." Jigen rolled his eyes. Sometimes he knew it was better to not ask Lupin about the things he rambled about.
"There's this new girl and she's got these huge tits And she sits next to me, which means we got partnered up for the first assignment." He laughed and grinned big.
"Hey, Lupin," a flirty voice sung out.
Jigen looked at the girl who approached them. She did in fact have huge tits, but Jigen could tell right off that she wasn't his type, so he decided to ignore her.
"Fujiko," Lupin said happily. "Decided to take me up on my offer, huh?" he asked with a chuckle.
"Of course," she said as she sat down next to him. "You're too cute to brush off."
Jigen glanced up at her in disinterest, going back to eating his food even though her presence suddenly made him sick to his stomach.
"Who's your friend?" she asked.
"Oh, this is Jigen. He's okay."
"Thanks," Jigen said.
"So, what are we going to do for our project?" Fujiko asked as she flirted with Lupin.
Jigen sighed, standing and tossing his trash. He noticed a commotion nearby, looking over to see one of the schools bullies picking on Goemon, pushing him around and shouting at him. "Dick," Jigen mumbled, putting his hands in his pockets and walking out of the cafeteria, towards the parking lot for another cigarette.

"I own this school! Got that, pussy?" The bully poked his finger into Goemon's chest.
Goemon only stood and stared at the bully.
"You gonna say something? You some kinda retard? Retard Pussy, that's your new name, Retard Pussy." He looked back at his friends, all laughing. "You still here?" he said, looking back at Goemon. "Get out of my face, Retard Pussy!" He shoved Goemon, knocking him down.
The bullies friends laughed, soon getting quiet when the principle walked up.
"Aw, shit," the bully muttered.
"Come with me," Principle Zenigata said, glaring at the boy and grabbing him by his right bicep.
A chorus of "ooh"s sounded in the cafeteria as the boy was led away.
Goemon got to his feet, glaring at the bully and then silently walking away.