Take a Shot
AN
My first story hope you like it!
Looking back I wonder if things would've turned out differently if I had turned down his offer 14 years ago. It's funny I can remember everything like it was yesterday...
14 Years Ago
"Kagome!?" Dad yelled from the stairs.
"Yeah Dad?" I asked coming to the stairs.
"Tashio was wondering if you'd like to play basketball for the team he coaches." He told me.
"Um..." I thought.
"Think about it" he said then walked away.
I walked downstairs to the kitchen and saw my older sister, Kikyo, arguing with my younger brother, Souta. Souta was 5, the youngest of us 3, only 1 year younger than me. Kikyo was 10, the eldest sibling. We could be twins if it weren't for the fact that she was 4 years older than I. Yes, I'm the middle child. 6 years old today.
"Kaggie! Happy birthday!" Kikyo said, forgetting about Souta and whatever they were fighting about.
"Thanks Kikyo!" I replied.
"Ha! I said it before you!" Souta said sticking out his tongue. In the morning he had woken me up to tell me happy birthday. I climbed on of the counters to get the cereal on the top shelf of the cabinet. When I heard the door open I freaked out and fell.
I braced myself for the hard impact of the floor, but someone caught me.
"If you're gonna play ball you need to stop being so clumsy birthday girl" a deep voice said.
"Thanks uncle Tashio." I said as he put me down, and gave me a box of frosted flakes.
"Dad! Uncle Tashio and the boys are here!" Kikyo yelled up to him. Soon enough we heard footsteps coming down the stairs.
"Hey you're gonna play basketball?" Inuyasha asked.
"Maybe, I'm not sure yet" I told him.
"Heh, probably not. No way, would a girly girl like you who always where's skirts be able to even dribble?" he asked.
"I'll have you know I can dribble very well thank you very much!" I lied. "Whatever that is" I added to myself. "And I'm going to play basketball"
"You will" uncle Tashio asked. I nodded when I saw Inuyasha roll his eyes and smirk.
Next Day
While my siblings and I were walking to school my friend came up to me.
"Hey Kimi" I said.
"Hey sis" I giggled when she said that.
"Sis?" I asked.
"Yeah well we have the same last name, we must be related" she told me as we reached the school.
"Haha well see you at lunch"
In Class
"Okay everyone partner up we're going to learn something new then work on it with our partners" everyone partnered up with someone. I didn't know who to go to. My friend, Ciara, was with her boyfriend, Inuyasha and his friend partnered up together, Kimi wasn't in my class, leaving me alone. A girl with long brown hair came up to me.
"Do you want to be my friend" she asked me.
"Um sure" I said.
"Great we can be partners now" she said, then we both sat down.
"I'm Kagome." I said.
"I'll call you Kags, I'm Sango." She said.
At lunch and recess me, Ciara, Kimi, Sango, Miroku, and Inuyasha all hung out. We played chase the boys like usual. At one point the boys started throwing tanbark at me and the other girls.
Basketball Practice
I was there earlier than the rest of the team since uncle Tashio picked me up. Me, Inuyasha, and uncle Tashio went in the empty gym and Inuyasha started to shoot some hoops.
"Kagome" uncle Tashio said giving me a ball. "Show me your dribbling"
"Huh?"
"Like this" he showed me. I tried myself.
"Dribble with your fingertips not the palm of your hand" he told me. I nodded and tried again. This time controlling it better.
"Whoa she can actually dribble?!" Inuyasha yelled.
As everyone started to file into the gym the practice started. We did simple drills like: running to the line touching it and coming back, dribbling to the line and back while running, walking, and sprinting with both hands, shooting drills, and passing to different people each time a different way. When we were waiting to do the dribbling drill a guy, Patrick I think his name was, told me how to dribble.
"You don't dribble with your palm, you dribble like this, girl." He told me. I nodded not looking at his demonstration. "Hey girl! You need to learn this so you don't make our team loose when we play our first game."
"I already know how to dribble, boy!" I said frustrated. He rolled his eyes and turned around.
By the end of practice everyone had left and unfortunately no other girls had come during practice. "Great how'd I end up being the only girl on the team?" I thought.
At our first game one of my teammates passed the ball to well, no one, causing it to to almost go out, but I got it before it did. The problem was that I was in the corner, and as soon as I got the ball, number 11 was on me in no time. Number 11 was a big sweaty boy, and he just kept popping my bubble. Many of my teammates called out to me telling me to pass the ball to them. It seemed like forever until a whistle was blown. He got a foul for being too close.
And was way too close for comfort. He was all up on me. I had to keep stepping back, though the refs didn't notice my travel, just to keep from touching him.
AN
Hi this is my first story hope you all like it. This story is based mostly on my experiences. Most of the people represent a person in my life. Though a lot if things will have to be changed from what actually happened to fit the story. Kagome's personality and other things with show more as she gets older. I'm thinking of skipping around for the younger years/grades and doing more for when she gets in 8th grade and high school.
I take constructive criticism eagerly. If you're someone that just says that you don't like the story then at least tell me what I can do better. Please don't leave rude comments either, I just find it pointless. If I spell any words wrong so sorry please correct me on spelling and anything else you find wrong with the story. Thanks leave a comment to tell me what you think
