Dejavu by dwX

Blast from the past

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or Tenjho Tenge.

"" spoken

'' thoughts

iie = no

daijoubu desu yo = I'm fine

sou ka = is that so? / Really?

Ohayou = g'morning

ganbatte ne = good luck! / Hang in there!

Eto = umm

...-senpai = elder student

Hajime-mashite = pleased to meet you (for the first time)

Yoro-shiku = pleased to meet you

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Dejavu

Chapter 1:

The bustling halls of the gymnasium corridor reverberated to the brim with student activity. All the students are in a state of mental alertness and physical pique through various strenuous physical exertions devised by varying sports clubs. The students immersed themselves in total concentration in their chosen sport... all except one. One Higurashi, Kagome.

'Bad time to return. I forgot it's the school clubs' sports-fest today.' Kagome yawned noisily stretching her slender arms high above head. Turning to her side she observes the frantic activities going on around her. 'Like busy drone bees going about their business in a hive.' she mused lightly a lopsided smile working into her pink lips.

Somewhere in her mind a muffled voice repeatedly intrudes into her dreamy realm. Reality smacks her soundly in the face in the form of Ayumi, her high school classmate.

"Kagome! You were like zoned out for more than fifteen minutes.... You not sick again are you?"

"Iie, daijoubu desu yo!.. I was paying attention." Kagome retorted shrugging her shoulders back forcefully.

"Sou ka? Then what was Eri and I talking about eh?"

"Um.."

"Hah! Thought so!" boomed Ayumi pointing an accusing finger at her friend. Eri and Yuka, giggled audibly behind their covered mouths, as Ayumi's tirade continous.

(AN: Japanese girls cover their mouths with their hands when they laugh, it is a habit passed down from the Heian era)

"I mean really Kagome, you've got to start paying attention to what's going on around you!"

"Ne, Ayumi-chan maybe Kagome-chan is just not feeling well today." interjected Eri.

Kagome sighed heavily. "Fine what were you two talking about?"

"The new transfer student!" Cried Yuka with renewed excitement, her eyes sparkling dreamily as she clasps her hands in front of her chest.

"What about him." Asked Kagome in a bored tone. "There's been other transfers here before but you all never made a big deal out of them... why this one?"

"Looks like a certain someone has yet to meet Mr. Perfect." Crooned Ayumi.

"Eh?"

"Oh.. that's right you were absent when we followed him."

"Followed him... God! You are stalkers now?" gasped Kagome. "And here I thought there was only one person for that title!"

"Kagome-chan!"

All the girls turned toward the voice. Kagome shuddered visibly. This was definately not her day! Why did she bother going to school today?

"A-no ne... Ohayou Hojo-kun!" Bowed Kagome.

"Kagome-chan it's great to see you walking again! Your grandfather told me about your dislocated hip and up coming surgery. Ganbatte ne! Oh.. and I got these for you..."

Hojo gives a beaming smile as he proudly holds out a brown paper parcel towards Kagome.

'What the?!..'

"It's fermented tofu!" Beamed Hojo proudly. "It will help with the bone mending. Just be careful not to puncture the package cause.. well as you can tell, it's sealed shut but the smell is still coming out."

"Ahehehe.... stinky tofu huh?" Kagome laughed nervously while dexterously pinching the bridge of her nose. The obnoxious and very pungent odor of the fermented tofu permeating the air.

"Eto, Hojo where were you off to?"

"Oh, that's right! I was to meet with Shin-senpai for kendo practice."

"SHIN-SENPAI!!!!!" squealed Ayumi, Yuka and Eri simultaneously.

'Shin?' Kagome furrowed her brows in concentration. 'Why does that name ring a loud siren in my brain.'

{:o) Shi means death in Japanese.

"Come on! We'll all go with you!" Cheered the three girls dragging Hojo and a protesting Kagome with them.

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CRASH.

THUD.

CRUNCH.

A boy lies sprawled painfully on the ground, his chest heaving frantically with each shallow breath.

"Whaaaa?"

"Shin-senpai is the reigning world champion in kendo. No-one's defeated him since he first entered five years ago." Declared Hojo almost worshipfully. "He moves so fluently, it's poetry in motion I tell you." The teenage boy's eyes adoringly twinkle.

'He reminds me of a certain midget toad.' Thought Kagome.

The five students proceeded to make their way toward the school dojo. Kagome gulped with each step, as she compromised her strides, walking over the crumpled forms of groaning students who littered the wooden floors. She swallowed the golf ball lump on her throat, the scene looked so familiar.

Yuka nudged her forward until she was placed in front of the group, facing an elegant figure whose back is turned to her.

"Ahem.. Shin-senpai! I would like you to meet a close friend of mine.. Higurashi Kagome."

The figure turned slowly.

"KYAAAAA!!!!"

Hazel eyes narrowed in her direction, momentarily flickering in slight annoyance at the disturbance.

"Kagome, this is ..."

"Sesshoumaru.." Mumbled Kagome in a terrified voice. Her hands shook visibly as she slid slowly down on the floor.

Her friends looked on in bewilderment but remained silent.

"Higurashi!"

Hojo made a move toward her but was cut short when Shin strode toward Kagome.

The proud kendo champion stood beside her, his face somewhat cold and yet strangely serene in composure. "You look familiar to me, have we met before?" He asked coolly offering to help her stand with one hand, while he held the bamboo practice sword with the other.

As the elder teenager aided her a shot of electricity shot through the miko's frame. 'Strong chi!' Kagome sucked in a sharp breath, turning to the tall young man. The magenta markings were gone, so was the cobalt blue crescent moon.

Shin returned her intent gaze. A silent recognition shocks him to the core. The misty form of a girl with a bow aiming at him appeared in his mind, within the blink of an eye it was gone.

Shin grasps her hand firmly but not tight enough to hurt her. "Who are you? What did you call me earlier?" He murmured huskily in her ear. Not receiving any responses he braced her slight form to himself maneuvering her so that she can walk alongside him while still leaning on his chest.

"Come." He beckoned as led her away from her gaping friends, out of the dojo and onto a century old sakura tree.

The gnarled roots nearly tripping her, but Shin's firm grasp stayed her from falling over. Quietly Shin rested the bamboo sword against the trunk, while he himself seated underneath the cherry tree, sheltered from the sun by the cool shadow the tree had cast. Kagome seated herself an arms span away, still studying his face.

"I have heard of the name you spoke of before." He said by way of an explanation. Languidly he drew one hand through the silky platinum silver tresses. "Though I must admit it was only due to a baka fortune teller friend of mine."

He locked eyes with her again. "But at that time, there were only the two of us. Again I ask you, how is it that you have come by that name?"

Kagome shifted nervously averting his honey colored eyes. Licking her dry lips, she twiddled her thumbs on her lap. "I uh was mistaken ....you sorta just reminded me of someone."

"Interesting. The name itself isn't a popular one. And the fact that you have mistaken me for a person of similar name and appearance, is of great intrigue to me. I do hope that I haven't got a long lost twin somewhere." He paused thoughtfully, before breaking into a playful grin. "Of course my said friend also said that I had some karmic connection nonsense to the Sesshoumaru of legends." He remarked, his voice almost purring in a baritone timbre. "My friend also mentioned that I looked like the my name-sake. Perhaps you too, are familiar with the myths surrounding that name?"

His sudden smile catching her off guard.

"Breath-taking.." Whispered Kagome totally unnerved.

"Huh?"

"Ah.. betsu ni!" Jumped Kagome, vigorously shaking her head. Her face flushing a furious shade of red.

"Mou! You are jumpy!" He laughed jovially, as the filtered sunlight reflected from his hair, making him give off an aura of radiant light that encased his whole being.

'He looks so carefree, so unlike the Sesshoumaru I know.' Kagome thought.

"Sorry about earlier, I'm a totally different person when I'm practicing. Let's start again shall we?" Shin said in an apologetical tone.

Kagome got up and bowed respectfully. "Higurashi, Kagome.... Yoroshiku."

He got up and stiffly bowed in the formal manner.

"Natsume, Shin Sesshoumaru. Hajimemashite."

Kagome's face blanched white. 'He's not Sesshoumaru... but if not then.. his reincarnation?!!'