My Dearest Enemy
Summary: Kagome was blessed a second chance at life...but what would she do with it? She had her body from a century ago, and she had her name and her soul...but not her memories. However, she was alive; so...what now? Why, the only thing she seems interested in is Go, and of course this one hottie who enjoys cheating her of a good game.
Anime: InuYasha/Hikaru No Go
Couple: Kagome/Yuki Mitani
Genre: Romance/Adventure
Rated: M
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Let's Play Go
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"It's such a beautiful day, yes...beautiful indeed..." Kagome walked slowly through the busy streets of Tokyo, making her way to school, her hair and clothes were getting wetter and wetter as the rain fall became harsher and heavier. Wind blew ruthlessly and her hair stung her cheeks, neck and arms mercilessly as the rain and winds showed no promises of letting up. She didn't care; the cold shivers that ran down her spine, only proved she was still alive.
"Hey watch it!" Kagome hit the road when a burly girl knocked into her shoulder, successfully catching her off guard. Suddenly the rain no longer hit her.
"You okay?" She glanced up and stared at the umbrella that hovered high above her. She blinked and flinched back when the boy with charcoal black hair, charcoal grey eyes and black block framed glasses reached out his hand. He frowned and crouched down next to her, making sure to keep his umbrella above her.
"Yo, Kimihiro!" The boy jump and turned to see someone she recognized. Standing quickly, she ran behind the taller boy with wild dark red hair and gold amber eyes. "What are you doing?" He asked Kimihiro, who had a look of confusion on his face.
"She was knocked down by some girl, and I tried helping her up. Uh...you know her, Tetsuo?"
"Hm?" He looked over his shoulder; the edge of his uniform was clutched by the girl. "Yeah, she―" He stopped at the feel of her head, moving in a no motion against his back. "She's a girl I play Go with occasionally; Kagome. Never could get her into Shogi, tried once, but it didn't work."
"Oh, I didn't know you played Go with anyone."
"She's the exception. Look, it's raining and its cold, she's freezing, let's get inside. She's getting my clothes wet too."
"Right," The small group walked through the now empty courtyard and into the school where kids were rushing to classes. "She should go to the nurse for a change of clothes or something."
"Nah, it's fine; I'll take care of her. Come on Kags." Kagome followed after Tetsuo and never spared the other boy a glance. "You get to skittish around guys, you need to loosen up."
"I'm not skittish around you, Tetsuo."
"Yes, but you've known me long before that happened." He stopped before the Go club room and turned to her. "Kimihiro is a good guy, he won't hurt you, that you can count on. However, that doesn't mean you should just go and let your guard down. He isn't the strongest, so I doubt he'd be able to put up much of a fight if someone were to try and hurt you. Just, don't go brushin' him off."
"Kay,"
"I'm assuming you brought a change of clothes?"
"Yes, it was raining."
"I know." He opened the door and checked inside. "Mitani, Hikaru, can I borrow you two out here for a minute?"
"Huh?"
"Che," Yuki stood and followed Hikaru out of the room. Hikaru asked what he needed and Yuki listened.
"I need the room."
"What! No way! We're in the middle of a game!"
"Look, just for a couple minutes. Kagome, be quick."
The two looked surprised when a girl walked out from behind Tetsuo's larger form and made her way into the room.
Yuki frowned when the door shut; Tetsuo moved to the front of it. "Who is she?
"No one you need to know."
"Eh? She isn't going to mess with our game is she?"
"Of course not! She needed to change her clothes, she's soaked."
"...no...bathroom, available?" Yuki questioned with a raised brow.
"She...look don't ask questions you're not prepared for." He listened to the shuffle of clothing. "Besides," Tetsuo paused, "it isn't my place to say. She can tell you her issues if she wants, but don't ask me." He opened the door as she walked up to it and she smiled, bowing politely to the boys before leaving them their stunned.
Yuki frowned. "Does she always carry a spare uniform?"
"Heh," Tetsuo started off in the opposite direction as Kagome. "Only when it rains."
"Huh?" Hikaru glanced between Kagome and Tetsuo. "He knows her, but who is she?"
"Don't know, don't care, let's finish that game up, it's my turn."
"What! It is not, it was my turn!"
"You callin' me a liar?"
"No, I'm saying it's my turn!"
Their bickering could be heard throughout the hall. Kagome chuckled and almost bumped into someone. "Oh, you are...Kimihiro. Thank you for earlier." She said, taking the boy by surprise.
"It wasn't much; I only kept you out of the rain, even that wasn't much help."
"Hehe, yes, I was already drenched. But that's what the spare uniform was for."
"Huh?" He looked her over and noticed all that was wet was her hair. "You must have left home before it started raining."
"After,"
"Then why not use an umbrella?"
She began walking with him, both heading towards the same direction.
"Well, I like the rain. I don't know why, I...um, this is my class. Bye Kimihiro."
"Oh, bye." He went inside the class a few doors down from her.
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Kagome sighed; the class was boring, and she hated her teacher. It was like he was glaring at his students every second of the day.
"You'll be writing an essay on the one most influential historian in your opinion. Tell me why, what they did, where their story began and how it ends; dismissed."
Kagome stood and departed from the class before the others had even packed their bags. It was her last class and she wanted nothing more then to get out of the school.
"Hey, careful!" She turned to the guy she had bumped into, and looked to the clattering of stones on the hall floor.
"Sorry...you...you are Tetsuo's friend...right." Kagome asked, getting on her knees before the boy with orange/brown hair and golden brown eyes, picking up the black stones.
"Yeah, Yuki Mitani, you are?" He helped gather the stones he had been carrying to the Go club room.
"I'm Kagome. He didn't tell you?" Kagome frowned. Normally, if Tetsuo didn't tell someone who she was, it was for a good reason. "I need to go, I'm sorry for bumping into you." Kagome stood suddenly and rushed away.
"Wait!"
"Hey, leave her alone. Mitani, I don't particularly like you, or trust you. Stay away from her."
"Or what, Kaga. Look, who is she? Kagome, I got that, but you seem awfully protective over her."
"..."
"Is she your girlfriend?"
"...No."
"Childhood friend?"
"Not really."
"Fated lover?"
"Don't make me hit you."
"Then answer me! Or I'll find out myself."
"It isn't―"
"Your place, I know." Yuki left with the stones, both the white stones and black stones held in both pots in his arms. He left in the same direction the girl had and when he caught sight of her walking out of the school doors he stopped. "Uh, hey." He called a girl over.
"Hm?"
"Could you take these to the Go club, I would do it myself, but uh...something came up." He pushed the pots into the girls' arms and left her crying out in protest, running to his locker; he threw on his shoes and grabbed his bag before taking off after the girl.
Tetsuo watched him and sighed, 'You hurt her, and you'll regret it.'
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Yuki had been following her for a while, and finally, he lost her.
"Girl moved like she was dodgin' bullets."
"Kagome!"
"Huh?" Yuki moved past a large fence and froze. A large three story house in white with pale blue shutters and a light blue door, stone circles for a walk way and a picket fence, was what he saw. It was almost hidden behind the flourished trees of lush leaves. 'She...lives here?'
"Kagome, you're back!" A girl with blond pigtails and grey blue eyes smiled brightly as she latched onto Kagome's hand.
Another child, a boy; with brown hair and green eyes latched onto her other hand and cried out, "Play with us! You promised you would!"
"Ah, I did? Alright then, what do you want to play?" They cheered with her words.
"Kagome!" The kids were silenced by the cold cracking voice of the elder woman who now stood at the door.
"Oh, yes ma'am."
"You are late..."
"...I...ran into someone, I had to help pick up―"
"No excuses! Get started on your chores, Mary needs her room cleaned and Molly needs her clothes changed. That boy you took in is an absolute menace, I want you to fix the broken vase in the breakfast room and afterwards...did...you bring home a classmate of yours and not tell me?"
Yuki felt his eyes widen when Kagome turned in surprise and then back to the elder.
"He...is working on a history project with me. I'll get on my chores right away, ma'am."
"No, no, go do that schoolwork of yours, but after that, come see me immediately."
"Yes ma'am."
"Take your brat with you." The woman held a little boy by the arm, the only one struggling to get away from the old woman. He had shoulder length orange/red hair and green eyes, maybe three or four years old.
"Yes, Shippou, come here." The boy took off running to her, and Kagome bowed to the elder and turned away, walking up to Yuki who moved out of her way. "Come on." She said, her voice was suddenly cold, her left hand was holding the boys gently but her tone had turned hard.
"..." Yuki silently followed, not saying anything as he made his way down the street with her. He almost bumped into her when she stopped abruptly at the playground.
"Why did you follow me?" She released the hand of the child who ran off to the slide. "Not only will I get in trouble, but now you will too. If you come near that woman's home again..."
"What is the old lady going to do?"
"Anything she can to ruin a person's life, and I just happen to be her favorite victim to terrorize."
"You were surrounded by ten's of kids, whose were they?"
Kagome turned to the playground and sighed, walking forward; she sat on the playground pebbles and waited for him to join her. "Who knows, they were all orphan's. That woman, Lady Kaga, Tetsuo's grandmother on his father's side...she took them all in, and me as well. When I was a baby, she found me lying in a well, dry of any water. She told me I was a silent baby, and that when she saw me, she knew I was destined for a great many things, but sadly...that woman died when her son died, this woman is heartless, and cold. Tetsuo no longer receives the kind smile that had once drawn us to the elder woman. Now, I am the house keeper, and in exchange, I live under her roof and she supports me. Tetsuo know doubt refuses to tell everyone, and that's because I asked for his silence, please, don't be mad with Tetsuo. He's the only family I have...oh, hey, you were holding Go stones earlier; you play, right?"
"Mm, yeah, I do."
"Would you play me?"
"I play for stakes."
She thought about it for a while then smiled. "How does 20,000 yen sound?"
"Sound's like an easy game."
"Hehe, we'll see."
"No board."
"Hm? Sure there is, over there." She pointed a ways away. On the other side of the park was a permanent Go table. "See?"
"Yeah, let's go."
"Shippou, come along." Shippou seemed to be contemplating whether he should go or stay on his swing; he quickly ran after her.
"Alright,"
Shippou peeked over the table.
"Any handicaps?"
"Do I look like I need one?" Yuki looked her over and smirked.
"Not at all." He took handful of stones and she placed two down, "Two, four, six, seven."
"I'll be white."
"Then I'll go first." The two switched jars and Yuki placed his first piece down. "D-16, corner star point."
"E-3, ascending." She said as she placed her piece on the board.
Shippou smiled and picked up a stone from the ground before slipping it into Kagome's pot.
The pieces began falling quickly to the board, his and her's mingled in a checker pattern until they were taking pieces on every turn, one right after the other. Kagome occasionally would grab a stone and flick it to the side before grabbing another and placing it on the board. Finally, no more moves could be made.
"Territory count."
Kagome watched him move hers with his but she didn't care.
"56 and a half."
"54," Kagome smiled and handed him the neatly folded money. "Good game, next time though..." She stood and took Shippou in her arms. "Play me without your cute tricks." She laughed when his cheeks became tinted with blush; walking back to her home to do her chores.
Yes, that game may have ended on a cheating note, but their game...had just begun. Kagome knew, she was going to enjoy this game.
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Me: Hope you all enjoyed! ^_^''