-I do not own Inuyasha and neither did I come up with using 'Taisho' as Inuyasha's last name or 'Monk' as Miroku's, so credit to those who did. Oh, and I do not own Gucci which is brought up in, I think the third chapter. Anyway, Thanks for the reviews!
"Here we are folks, its 3 o'clock in the afternoon and I'm here with the Kagome Higurashi, running back and sometimes receiver of the school's Varsity Football team." The interviewer paused to show a charming smile for the camera then returned his gaze to the pretty dark-haired girl beside him. "Hello Kagome" he said.
"Hi" She waved.
"Now Kagome, would you mind telling the fans how one such as yourself became a captain of the Panthers." He moved in closely, acting as if her answer would come only in a whisper. 'Oh I'm going to be famous for this!'
"Well, I…"
"Higurashi quit talking. We got a game to play!" A rough voice called, successfully ruining the recording and a couple of spectator's hearing.
"Right coach!" Kagome answered with a commending salute. "Listen Jak, I gotta go," she finished, speaking to the irritated interviewer as she put on her recently cleaned and shined helmet. "We're playin' our rivals today."
"But what about the interview…" Jak aka Jakotsu questioned desperately, though Kagome still turned and ran in the opposite direction.
"Kagome I need the extra credits…Kagome!" He pleaded once more, sincerely hoping she would come back.
"Bye Jak!" Kagome called leaving his and the cameraman's presence and disappearing into crowds consisting of her school peers that screamed "Panthers" wildly, and sadly, for Jackotsu, she didn't come back.
Jakotsu pouted and looked to the cameraman by his side. "See Ban" he whined "that's why I can't work with females."
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"Looks like the Puny Panthers got a new player." A rival team member brilliantly analyzed from the sidelines opposite the topic of the statement, who coincidentally, was Kagome whom most onlookers believed to be male.
"He's so short." Another chimed in with an amazing resemblance to the young man who spoke before.
The two players watched the new Panther with a critiquing eye, trying to decide whether or not he, who in reality is a she, was first-rate.
"We got this in the bag my friends, no worries." A third member spoke, speaking what was on the other's minds.
Apparently, the object of their attention wasn't first-rate after all.
"Right!" The similar looking guys yelled, both in deep synchronized voices.
"Hey twins, get over here!" their captain called and the cocky players now known to be twins immediately complied but not before they faced each other with mirror-image smirks and one said "ready brother" and the other answered "yeah, I'm ready...Panthers, we're comin' for ya."
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"Heads or tails?" the referee questioned
"Tails" Kagome answered with her hand twitching with anticipation as the coin sprung into the air with a 'ping' and flipped gracefully like a diver would until they'd hit the water and in this case the ref's hand.
"Tails it is, Panthers' ball."
Kagome smiled. 'Great we got ball first.' A cry of "Yeahs and Panthers" sounded throughout the field and it made her teary eyed. 'We're so full of school spirit.' She thought.
The kick-off began shortly after the triumphant yell and Kagome watched as the ball flew yard after yard and into Hojo's hands; a guy that badly wanted a date with her, but she never paid any mind to that. So instead she shouted "come on Hojo," and thought of how he was a fairly decent kick receiver and good to depend on and how she wouldn't be shocked if he carried the ball at least 25 yards.
And as her thoughts began to shift topics, Hojo gained those 25 yards, though he got far further than 25; he had scored the touchdown.
"Their defense is horrible. What happened?" A voice commented, obviously confused because it wasn't that long ago that the Panther competition had the best defense in the league.
"Yeah" Kagome admitted then turned to face who she was speaking to, though she wasn't expecting her ambitious interviewing friend and his cameraman. "Jak! You shouldn't be on the sidelines!"
Jankotsu opened his mouth to speak and scold her on leaving the interview, 'Goodness knows she needs some discipline' he thought, but good ole Bankotsu had interrupted with a loud groan and said "Kagome, Jakotsu does need the credits and I just want to leave, so…" Ban aimed the camera so it faced the female football player "talk about their defense a little."
Now Kagome wasn't doing anything right know and they probably wouldn't leave until they got what they wanted, so it made sense to do what she was about to do and that was to abide by their demands.
"Fine" she said as her gaze fell on the field and as her team prepared to make a field goal.
"I wouldn't know much about their defense before, seeing how I just moved here. But it seems like they're just confused about the play." She looked to the camera with a goofy grin then. "They're all running around like headless chickens!" She cried, relating to the many opposing members yelling at each other and running back and forth and as she hopefully wished that that last part would be random enough to keep people's attention.
Kagome sighed, fixing her gaze on the two in front of her. "Was that good enough guys?" she asked doubtfully.
"Yeah I guess, you coming Jak?" Bankotsu closed the viewer on the camera "Jak?"
"Hmm…Oh right." Jakotsu tore his stare off a beautiful boy sitting in the stands his wandering eyes landed on. "Sexy" he mumbled.
Kagome sighed. Jakotsu was the one that wanted the interview and it was only fair that he pay attention. 'I've got a bone to pick with him.' She thought while defense made its way to the field, 'but not now.'
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Inuyasha sat in his uncomfortable spot on the school stands stunned; he had to know why he was just looked at in such a manner.
Miroku smiled a knowing smile. "Would you like to hear my opinion?" He asked his friend as casually as he could make his voice sound between chuckles.
"What is it?" Inuyasha cautiously said.
'To be surrounded by such naïveté' Miroku thought a tad bit bored but his smile grew so far that it should have hurt his face. "You have an admirer."
"What?"
"He likes you."
After some quiet time between the two Inuyasha, clearly embarrassed, changed the subject "what are we talking about this for any way?" He said and Miroku nodded a bit too seriously, "it seems you're right Inuyasha" He answered.
"Feh." 'I'm always right,' came Inuyasha's verbal and mental reply.
"We're here to see if the Panthers are any good" Miroku continued, ignoring Inuyasha's weird grunt "and from my perspective, they are."
"We can beat'em."
Miroku nodded, again emphasizing the seriousness of the situation. "Yeah, but the short one could cause some trouble."
Inuyasha snorted. "What did he do to-Oh."
The short one (aka the new guy, aka Kagome) had, in fact, already added 8 points to the scoreboard when the Panther's gained control of the ball.
Six points being the touchdown and two the conversion, just in the conversation the two friends had and although defense was not the other team's forte, the new guy's feat was pretty remarkable.
"Sango's right, they're good."
"Yes Inuyasha, it seems so" Miroku said grinning in a knowing way, "Looking forward to beating them right?"
"Yeah!" Inuyasha yelled with his hands fisted and stretched high to the sky, all the while scaring someone's five-year old brother in the process.
"Sorry" he mumbled.
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"Ugh" Everything hurt, though that was nothing new. Kagome felt like that after every game and it wouldn't be a surprise if one of the many people see complained to about this very topic wondered why she still played football.
"Hey mom!" Kagome cried entering the home and following that sweet aroma you could only get from cooking something delicious.
"Kagome" Her mother peeked out from the kitchen and smiled, "did you win dear?"
"Yeah…Where are grandpa and Souta?" Kagome asked and plopped down on a couch near the kitchen in a very unladylike way. Not that 'plopping' was ladylike at all.
"There out back and remember you have an interview tomorrow."
"Thanks for reminding me, I probably would have forgotten." Kagome answered and she found that she didn't have the courage to try to get up and travel to her room. So tonight, she was sleeping on the couch and that was a-ok with her.
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'Wow, Mr. Taisho has a huge house.' Kagome noted and turned from the car window to check her appearance in the front mirror.
Teeth white? Check.
Hair done? Check.
Classy make-up with fun touches? Check.
Mr. Taisho, who she hoped to be her soon-to-be employer, had requested that she dress as she normally does but she couldn't help but feel obligated to dress like she felt a business woman would, after all, Sesshomaru Taisho is a business man.
Therefore…businessy outfit? Check.
'Done.' Kagome carelessly shut the mirror and headed out the car to the Taisho home. She questioned how exactly she was going to 'assist' Mr. Taisho. She should know, but she hadn't even found out about the job from Taisho himself, but from her principle, Mr. Myoga. How the principal knew the business man was also another mystery for her to solve, but certainly at a later date. So Kagome took in her last calming breath before her fist connected with the door and a knocking sound was produced.
"Who is it?" An obnoxious voice spoke through the speaker and was probably right now, at this very moment surveying her every move. 'Scary.'
"Kagome Higurashi. I'm here for my interview with Mr. Taisho."
"Higurashi" the voice spoke as if she were beneath it.
"Yes. Kagome Higurashi" she said, predicting that this conversation was bound to get annoying. But she didn't get to claim if that prediction was true or false as the door flung open then and she was greeted with marble floors and paintings that looked as if they were billions of years old. 'Maybe not that old.'
"Girl…girl!" Jaken waited for her response and she hadn't answered. 'She's worthless already.' He scoffed
"GIRL!" He shouted and the high-pitched scream rang through Kagome's head and as intended the yell distracted her from ogling the houses beauty.
Jaken puffed up with pride for what he had done and cleared his throat. "Master Sesshomaru is this way."
Kagome followed the man as he led her to her future boss. 'Why'd he have to be so loud' she whimpered and rubbed her ringing ear.
Jaken had led Kagome to a red wooden door with intricate designs on it. The only thing that made the door a little less stunning was the bright purple mark stretching the width of it. 'Who was playing with markers?' Kagome thought but she hadn't gotten to consider that long though, Jaken's rhythmic knock had interrupted.
Kagome raised her eyebrow; a small laugh escaping her lips. 'They have a secret knock…now that's funny.'
But her amusement was cut short when Jaken turned and snarled at her. "Behave" he said, so she did and watched as Jaken turned the iron knob, slowly pushing the door open, which wasn't too good for her nerves.
Sesshomaru Taisho wasn't known for being kind and tolerant. And the fact that he was sitting behind a massive desk, staring at her with that 'look', as if he were trying to decide if she was worthy enough to be in his presence, was not making her feel any better about this situation than she had ever been before. 'What happened to the times when job interviews were easy?'
"Come" Mr. Taisho commanded and motioned for her to sit. "We will discuss the arrangements."
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