Inspired by: MizukixTsukiyomi's "Love Hoop"

I don't own Kuroko no Basuke nor InuYasha

Morning Sun

Chapter One: A Normal Life

"Isn't this a lot of clubs for a new school?" Kagome stood at the gate in surprise when she saw the liveliness of her senpai as they invited everyone who passed by.

Seirin was a new school that opened last year, located near the station. Kagome and her friends—Yuka, Ayumi and Eri—had decided to attend this school together because of the convenient location.

Kagome walked through the crowd, rejecting offers to join clubs when stopped, with an odd sensation. It was odd to be back in school without having any other worries. Without having to collect shards of the Shikon no Tama or fighting Naraku. All was calm. All was peaceful. It was nice, but she couldn't help find it strange.

She loved her time. She really did. Her friends and family were here. The life she built up. Technology and conveniences. Security. But even if it had only been a year a piece of her was given to the past with the friends and life she made there. A part of her was heartbroken that she was separated and couldn't go back.

"It was because of the Shikon that I was able to in the first place. It shouldn't come to a surprise that I can't get back." Despite this thinking, Kagome still tried to return on occasion. She didn't want it to be over. She didn't want to say goodbye. "I didn't even get to say goodbye."

Her thoughts were interrupted as she was hustled by the crowd. It was a relief when she was pushed through to the other side.

"Kagome-chan?"

Kagome looked to her left when she heard her name called.

"Ah. It is Kagome-chan!"

Kagome blinked in surprised to who stood before her. "M-Maki-chan?!" Kagome recognized the girl from her middle school. She had been her understudy for a play once. "You're attending Seirin too?" Kagome asked the cheerful girl as they walked towards the building's entrance.

Maki nodded. "Emi-chan and Tohno-kun too."

"There's so many of us. Eri-chan, Yuka-chan and Ayumi-chan are here too." Kagome thought about all the people she knew attending the same high school. She never thought about it before because she had assumed most would be going their own ways, but maybe high school wouldn't be so different.

"That's a surprise. I'm in class 1-B. What class are you in, Kagome-chan?"

"I'm in 1-E." Kagome sighed. "With everyone here, it would have been nice to have been in the same class as someone."

Maki said, "I know what you mean. Emi-chan and Tohno-kun are in different classes too."

"Yuka-chan and Eri-chan are lucky to be in the same class."

"Eh? They are? How nice. I'm envious."

Kagome tried to look on the bright side of the situation. While it would have been nice to have been in the same class, it wasn't terrible as is. "I guess we'll just have to make new friends. Right?"

Maki's smile returned. "Right." They were walking down their year's hall when Maki asked, "Ano…do you think Seirin has a drama club?"

They stopped outside Maki's homeroom door. Kagome extended her arms and patted Maki's shoulders encouragingly. "Have you seen the crowd? I'm sure one of them is for the drama club."

"Thanks. I'll see you around Kagome-chan." Maki waved as she entered her classroom which door was kept open to have easy access in and out.

Right. Now to go to her class. 1-E. 1-E. 1-E. She arrived to her class three rooms down.

Her homeroom teacher had the class draw numbers for their seating arrangements. Then for attendance, he asked each student to introduce themselves and state something about themselves. It wasn't anything alphabetical or by student number or anything. They just went down rows. Their teacher jotting down something from the front. Probably making a class roaster.

She looked to her left when the person sitting beside her stood up to introduce himself. It was hard not to when his chair screeched across the floor. He couldn't stand still and kept looking everywhere. It was clear that he wasn't comfortable standing in front of everyone. His eyes seemed to meet hers so she smiled encouragingly. He immediately looked the other way. "I-I like…wait, I should say my name first. I'm…" The brown hair teen kept tripping over his words, which he had spoken at a quick pace, and people began to snicker. Kagome felt bad for him. The others shouldn't be laughing. "I'm Furihata Kōki. My favourite food is omelette rice." He blushed from embarrassment as he sat down trying to make himself as small as possible.

A few students later and it was Kagome's turn to introduce herself. Kagome stood and bowed before introducing herself. "I'm Higurashi Kagome. I make omamori."

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At lunch time, Kagome put her class things in her bag and took out her bento. People had begun to group together their desks to each lunch together in groups. Kagome noticed the boy from this morning, Furihata she reminded herself, alone. He was probably still uncomfortable due to his awkwardness during his introduction. She picked up her desk and moved it the short distance to connect it to his. The sound alerted the boy as he looked towards her. Kagome smiled. "You don't mind, do you?"

"No. Not at all, Higurashi."

She noticed that he wasn't going to initiate talking so she said, "You know, this morning wasn't as bad as you think."

His complexion paled as he was once again reminded of this morning. He gulped not being able to believe her. "It was terrible."

"The others shouldn't have laughed," Kagome muttered. She hadn't even meant to say it aloud but she had and Furihata heard her.

"It was terrible," Furihata repeated completely certain that the phrase was true.

"I'm sure people will forget about it soon if they haven't already."

"Then why are we talking about it?"

Okay. So her words weren't really reassuring him at all. She thought about the clubs from this morning. She should just change the topic. After taking a few bites from her bento box, she asked, "Have you joined any clubs yet, Furihata-san?"

"Huh? I want to join the library committee. I also talked to a few of the clubs this morning but I haven't decided yet."

Kagome blinked. "You don't already have something in mind?" She knew her friends knew what they wanted to be involved in. Ayumi wanted to join the choir, Yuka was joining the track team, and Eri was joining the newspaper club. Well, that was their plan. They hadn't been certain whether the school offered those. Even Maki had plans to join the drama club.

"Not really." Furihata kept his gaze on his food. "I just want to be good at something."

Kagome smiled at the admittance. He shouldn't think so lowly of himself. "I'm sure there's something you are good at. You'll find something."

"I'm not so sure, but I'm trying."

"That's the spirit."

Furihata looked towards Kagome. It was odd since he had been looking anywhere but her the entire time. "What about you?"

"Me?"

"Have you decided on a club yet?"

She hadn't really thought about it. There wasn't anything that interested her in particular. It was still odd to be back to school regularly. "I hadn't planned on it."

"Any committees?"

"I hadn't thought of that either."

They changed topics to idle chitchat as they ate their lunch.

"Do you live on a shrine?"

Kagome was surprised. "Huh? Yeah I do. How did you know?"

Furihata replied, "I was remembering what you said this morning, Higurashi. You said you make omamori." Ah. Things came into place as Kagome realized how he knew. Omamori were usually sold during festivals at shrines so it made sense he connected the dots.

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It was Monday morning when everyone was lining up outside the school for their assembly. She was in her class line but she was looking for Furihata. He was becoming a friend of hers but she hadn't even seen him yet. She hoped he wasn't getting sick.

"Is that a student?"

"What's he doing up there?"

"Won't he die if he falls from that height?"

Kagome caught the chatter that began amongst the students and she looked in the direction many were looking and pointing at. She looked up and there was a student standing on the roof's railing. Eh?! What was a student doing up there? Much less on the ledge.

"Class 1-B, seat 8, Kagami Taiga!" He yelled down to the school. "I will defeat the "Kiseki no Sedai" and become number one in Japan!" What was he going on about? Some started to laugh but Kagome kept thinking about what would happen if he fell. The principle who had already arrived left them as he went to put this to a stop. At least someone had sense.

"They're doing this again?" She caught different conversations from the senpai. Again? What kind of traditions did this school have?

The principle and a group of students returned ten minutes later. The assembly should have already begun. More surprisingly Furihata was among them.

After the assembly she bolted to him. "What do you think you were going to do? Please don't tell me that you were going to stand on the ledge too, Furihata-san."

Furihata paled at the thought of doing what Kagami did. If he ever did that he would have to write his will first. He waved his hands furiously in denial. "I wasn't going to do that. Coach said we needed to go to the roof if we wanted to join the club so I went and she said we had to shout our names and goal to the school."

Kagome was starting to get used to his fast talk that he would sometimes slip into. "The basketball coach asked that?"

Furihata nodded. "Apparently it's a ritual. She said we would have to confess naked if we didn't."

Kagome's cheeks reddened. His coach said what? What kind of team were they?

"You've chosen an interesting club, Furihata-san."

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"Kaijō?"

"Apparently they are a good school. And they have a member of the Kiseki no Sedai. Kise showed up yesterday at practice," explained Furihata as Kagome drank her boxed juice.

"Kiseki no Sedai?"

"Apparently they're a group of unstoppable players."

"No one's unstoppable so you shouldn't be so nervous. Plus it's just a practice game. I'll even come cheer you on."

"You don't have to do that. There are much better players and I'm new at playing the sport competitively so I'll be on the bench the entire time." Furihata wasn't delusional that he would get to play. Still…he could remember that brief encounter between Kagami and Kise and he knew he wouldn't stand a chance against either—even if one was his teammate.

"But it's not like you're guaranteed not to play. So I'll come just in case. I would hate to miss your first game." Kagome smiled. Maybe she would even invite her friends. She was limited on her knowledge of the sport from what she had learnt in physical education.

"Higurashi…"

So... just because the outcomes/scores of games happen in canon doesn't necessarily they will be the same in this story. What fun would it be if all the games were the exact same. Especially since I plan on writing some of them in detail (some more than others).

Also, I have a good amount of the plot which you might find at times with foreshadowing (mostly low key foreshadowing) but pairings haven't been decided yet so feel free to share your ideas/ opinions on that.