Hey, I just wanted to thank all of you who reviewed. I wasn't expecting this to go anywhere, just as an opportunity to express myself, but now I think I'll really enjoy it. In response to one review, this was inspired by the Olympics, but I have always loved ice-skating and had part of this written. I'll just have to edit it as I go for a while. Thanks.

I do not own Inuyasha or any other things mentioned in here.


The next day passed in too much of a hurry for Kagome and couldn't pass fast enough for Kikyo. Finished with all her chores around the shrine, Kagome had gotten dressed in her Miko garb, and shot in the archery range that her grandfather had built at next to the old shed. The tourist had watched her for a while, and then went along with their time in the shrine. Humans, demons, and half demons alike mingled around the shrine in acceptance of a treaty ground.

Once tired of shooting arrows, Kagome went for a short nap. Only problem was she hadn't checked the clock before closing her eyes, because only a few minutes after she laid down Kikyo had walked in the door.

"What do you think you're doing?" Kikyo shrieked, "We have an hour and a half to get to the restaurant and it takes an half an hour to drive there!"

Kagome fell off the couch in her shock of being woke up and glanced at the clock, reading four thirty. She groaned and glanced at the coffee table next to her. I wonder if I hit my head off the edge she'd care enough not to make me go, Kagome thought, leaning closer at the temptation. The motion was stopped when Kikyo grabbed her by the ponytail and started to drag her up the stairs.

"Stop! Stop! I'll walk alright!" Kagome yelled holding her hair while trying to crawl along to avoid pain. Kikyo turned to give her an evil eye.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes! Now let go of me!"

As soon as Kikyo had released her ponytail, Kagome sprinted up the stairs and to their combined room on the second floor. She sat down on the bed until Kikyo reached their room and went into the walk-in closet, and then she laid down and tried to get some sleep while clothes were slung every which way. She sprung awake once again as a sparkling red halter kimono top and loose knee-length black skirt were tossed harshly in her face.

"You really want me to wear this?" Kagome asked pitifully, hoping she wasn't serious. Kikyo glared at her.

"Yes and you'll be wearing stilettos instead of your wedges if you don't get dressed now," Kikyo sneered.

"Fine," Kagome sighed and started to strip. She threw the clothes on and stared into the full-length mirror lining their bedroom wall. Kikyo came to stand beside her in a white ruffle top and black pencil skirt. As they stood, memories flashed by. Both joining peewee cheerleading in third grade, Kagome quitting in fifth grade to become a peewee football player, high school dramas, the years they spent separate because of high school through college, all leading up to this point. Kikyo turned and gave her a sad look.

"Times have really change and past for us, huh?"

"Yeah. But at least we don't hate each other now," Kagome smiled. Kikyo's façade changed almost immediately when she saw they had five minutes to get in the car and pull out.

"Go, go! Get your makeup on and grab your skates and wallet! Go!" She almost shrieked as they both ran to the bathroom. Kikyo did a smoky gray all around her brown eyes as Kagome did blue eyeliner and sparkles around her blue eyes. Kagome grabbed her skates and wallet as Kikyo grabbed her wallet and the car keys and they fought to get down the stairs first.

"Come on!" Kikyo shouted as Kagome yelled a goodbye to their mother upstairs and almost ran Kagome down when she tried to pull the car out before Kagome was in. With both doors firmly shut, they were speeding off to one of the most popular restaurant in town, L'Osier: Ginza. The ride there was silent but as soon as they stepped out of the car, photographers and reporters hit them like crazy.

"Are you the Higurashi's?" A tall blonde woman screamed as a dark headed man tried to get pictures beside her. As if that was their well-rehearsed cue, questions and flashed went flying.

"Is it true you and the elder Tashio are involved?"

"Is it true that your father was in a gang?"

"Did Inuyasha really propose to you?"

"Man, they really try to make a story, don't they" Kagome giggled as they stepped inside. Kikyo laughed as a reply and turned to tell the host they were with Tashio. They were led to an elevator and taken up two floors and out on a balcony to a table with five chairs.

"Guess we're first to arrive, huh?"

As soon as the words had left Kikyo's mouth, Inuyasha walked through the door with a giggling little Rin on his shoulders. Following close behind was a man that Kagome had never seen before, but she stood politely when Kikyo went over and gave Inuyasha a big sloppy kiss.

"Ewe Uncle Yasha!" Cried Rin. Kagome smiled and decided to observe these people since she didn't before. The new guy was taller than Inuyasha by about a foot, and considering Inuyasha was about six foot, he was a giant compared to her five foot four inches. He also had the same silver hair but his eyes were a deeper shade of golden amber eyes then Inuyasha, and he also had strange magenta stripes on his cheeks and a blue crescent moon on his forehead. As she looked over to Inuyasha, she noticed cute, fuzzy puppy ears twitching innocently atop his head for the first time. Her hand started to itch as she struggled internally not to jump him and pet those ears till the fur came off.

"Hello, I'm Sesshoumaru," came a deep rumbling voice next to her as she saw the taller man had snuck up on her to introduce himself. She jumped and tried to play it cool, not wanting to come off as an idiot.

"I'm Kagome, I guess you're my new partner?" I looked him up and down in his silver tuxedo.

"I'm Rin. I saw you skate yesterday! You were really good and you're really pretty…"

"Rin, sit down. Its time to eat," Sesshoumaru said, still in that deep rumbling voice. Everyone took a seat as his or her salads arrived. There was little talk until after everyone had finished all three courses. Stacking the plates neatly to the side, Kagome looked at the two mean in tuxedos and the little girl in a pink sundress. Why does this man look so familiar? She almost felt like screaming because it was so close to being on the tip of her tongue. As the conversation continued on, her mind threw her a few flashbacks of on the football field during high school.

It was right before the first day of July when they hosted tryouts for the Shikon High School football team. This was the first year they had allowed freshmen on the team, and that was only because they had three varsity players. After going through the tough training prep in all her gear, Kagome stood with the rest of the freshmen guys, her identity hidden thanks to a breast binding. In front of them stood the three varsity players; Naraku, Sesshoumaru, and Inuyasha. All three were beastly, involved in random activities through the school and the best there was in high school football.

"For the final test, we are going to play a scrimmage. Playing to one, the best will be taken," Sesshoumaru shouted as Naraku and Inuyasha started pulling people to either side of the field. Kagome got pulled to the home side and quickly took position in the huddle. One of the bulkier freshmen quickly took charge telling people positions and plays. Kagome got stuck as the running back and ran to her spot at the side of the field, directly over the large white painted forty.

"Hut! Hut! Hut!" Was shouted and the quarterback tossed it to her. Steadying her arm in front of herself, she took off running to the other side. People were taken down around her, she ran some over, and others tried to take her down by kneeing her in the crotch, whether intentional or not.

She made it to the other side, and hollered her joy as she was hoisted onto the shoulders of her teammates. The varsity players looked impressed as they told them to take seats among the stands while the decision was made. Several congratulated her as she sat in a corner by herself. The varsity came back and started to name off kids who made the team.

"Kin Stride."

"Kouga Wolf."

"Miroku Houshi."

"Muso Gumo."

"Hakudoshi Gumo." All came down to meet Naraku who had called their names and received jerseys while high-fiving and slapping butts. Inuyasha stepped forward with his stack of jerseys.

"Jinenji Hos."

"Shippo Kitsune."

"Bankotsu Shichinintai."

"Renkotsu Shichinintai."

"Kyokotsu Shichinintai." These boys stepped forward to receive their jerseys doing the same as the last group. Finally, Sesshoumaru stepped forward with one final jersey making everyone but Kagome nervous about making it.

"Kagome Higurashi," Came his deep voice as she stepped down from the stands and grabbed her jersey. She was clapped on the back by all three varsity players as Sesshoumaru continued speaking, "Never before had we seen any man take so many hits to the nuts, so Kagome Higurashi will be our new running back!" He shouted. Everyone started to cheer, even those who didn't make the team, but Kagome got a small tick above her right eye. Hands started grabbing at her butt and she lost it.

"Wait a minute!" She yelled and every stopped as if a bomb dropped, "What do you mean 'man' and even 'nuts' for that matter! I'm a god-damn woman for god-sakes!" She screamed. She tore off her helmet and threw it to the ground. There was a round of surprised gasp as her long raven locks spilled out of her helmet and her blue eyes surrounded by black eyeliner and mascara were revealed. Sesshoumaru's eyes flashed and he growled.

"You are still expected to be apart of this team, share the same locker room, and expect no special treatment just because you are a women," He sneered in what she thought was disgust. Nobody talked to her after that, thinking she was weak as most other girls.

They were proven wrong at the end of the next game.

They had twenty-three seconds left in the game and nine yards to go. The score was tied up at twenty-one, a third of that being scored by Kagome. Sesshoumaru slapped her butt and whispered into her ear, "Run to that far corner, I'll get the ball to you."

The familiar "Hut!" was her cue to run as she took off at full sprint. She looked over her left shoulder to see the ball flying toward her with a crude group of three bulky men chasing her. The ball started to get closer and she realized it was to high for her to reach. Just as one man dove for her feet, she jumped and used his shoulders as leeverage to do an Axel Jump that she'd been practicing at the ice rink. All three guys dove under into her vacant spot as she caught the ball and tucked and rolled onto the endfield.

Everyone stood up and held their breathe as she slowly stood up, pulled off her helmet with her hair covering most of the view, and then she jumped up holding the football in an iron grip. Screams erupted from the home side as she was once again hoisted up and carried into the locker room.

That went on for the rest of the season, Kagome always getting the last score and ending a tie. They followed that pattern clear into the country finals. Then in the last game, the champion game, everything changed.

Sesshoumaru pulled everyone in for a huddle, stopping the clock at thirty seconds.

"They know our strategy, we are tied and we can't risk losing. So just act as normal but the ball is going to Miroku on the other side. Got it?" He asked. Everyone responded with a positive feedback. Kagome's stomach dropped in the fashion she knew was telling her this was going to go wrong but still kept her mouth shut.

They broke and the clock started on the "Hut!" as she took off sprinting. An older man took out Miroku, coming for her. Her tackled her to the ground as just before she blacked out, the football passed overhead and the oppisite team roared in joy.

"No…"

Kagome had been blamed for that loss, taken brutal hits from everyone including Kikyo and had quit football. She went into ice skating, and went on a scholarship for ice skating to a college far out of reach of the people who had ruined her. Kikyo was speaking when Kagome burst.

"So I was thinking their duet could make it into the nationals…" Kagome's eyes flared up in hatred as she stood up and slammed her fist on the table, distracting everyone from the discussion of the partner contract.

"Sesshoumaru fucking Tashio! The fucking basterd who ruined my football career and almost tore me from my family," she growled. His eyes lit up in response as if he just reconized who she was.

"Kagome 'Twinkle-Toes' Higurashi," he whispered. Inuyasha gasped in shock and Kikyo's face went pale while Rin just sat there wondering what was going on with her daddy, cause he was starting to look really sick.