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F L I C K E R - - - - - - C H A P T E R 2 - - - - - - Y E A H , I B O A R D

After a short, short school week, the day of the ski trip had arrived. It was early that Friday morning, and Inu was beginning to store his luggage into the back of his car. It was 4am, and he needed to be at the school at 5am to board the Greyhound bus that would take him to the Vermont resort.

Koga had already packed his snowboard and luggage into his car that morning, from watch Inu had seen after taking a glance at his loaded car. Inu, himself, had brought along one of his many snowboards he owned, but never used. Back when he was younger, he was quite the champion snowboarder. As he grew older, he lost interest in snowboarding, and even the snow. He thought maybe today, he'd give it another shot. After all, the best way to hook up with a girl is to show off your skills to her.

Inutaisho, Inu's dad had woken up early that morning to drive him to school. His little sister Rin had also awaken to wave farewell to her older brother for the weekend. Inu grabbed a bagel for breakfast and made his way into the car a quarter to 5 as his father drove him to Aylsha.

"Now Inu, don't get into any trouble now."

Inutaisho, Inu's father, stated.

"I wouldn't, and I won't."

Inu replied with a raspy sound in his throat as he choked it out.

"No drinking, no smoking, none of that such."

Inu sighed,

"Dad, you know I don't do any of the such."

Inu's father chuckled as approached the school,

"Mm true. You'll probably be too occupied hooking up with girls anyways like your old man right?"

Inu gagged a little bit as they arrived at the front of his school,

"Dad, never say that again. You getting with girls is just a disgusting thought. I'll see you Monday. Tell Rin I love her, alright?"

Inutaisho laughed,

"I sure will. What time am I picking you up on Monday?"

Inu took a look at his ski trip schedule,

"Around 9pm it says."

Inu closed the door and waved goodbye to his father, as he met up with Koga within the school building.

Koga wasn't one you'd call a morning bird. His eyes sagged like beanbags and dark raccoon stripes lined up against the bridge of his nose. He sat on one of the school benches with his luggage and bag beside him.

Inu dragged himself over to Koga, with his luggage behind him. With an aggressive shove against the shoulder, Koga finally seemed much more awake.

"What do you want with me you stupid mutt!"

Inu sat himself down beside Koga.

"We're boarding the bus you baka. Get up."

Inu and Koga walked themselves out the front door to board the Greyhound buses. They lay their luggage and other bags in the stock bins of the buses. Inu and Koga boarded the buses and sat themselves at the very back of the Greyhound, next to eachother.

"I just want to go to sleep."

Koga groaned as he made himself comfortable in his seat.

Inu also adjusted around in his seat,

"Can't wait for those girls. You better be right about these younger school girls Koga."

The bus was fully boarded and then began to move. The parents and teachers that came as supervisors on the trip had begun to read the outline of the weekend trip. Rules, events, and others of such. Inu and Koga had already begun to fall asleep. Hours had passed, and soon enough they arrived at the ski resort.

The ski hill was packed and layered in fluffy, white snow. There are over 20 different condominiums lined in rows at the base of the mountains. 4 of the condos had been registered and reserved for his school students alone. 2 for boys, 2 for girls, with intense supervision. That was quite a let down for both Inu and Koga, for they were hoping to get into the girls condos and break out some night parties. It was about 12pm when they had reached Smugg's resort and ski hills. Inu and Koga were paired up as partners, and were residents in Condo 1. They removed their luggage and bags from the stock bins in the bus, and began their way into their condo.

"It's fucking cold out here, Koga."

Inu barked as the two of them trailed their way to the condo. Koga looked at Inu with a smirk.

"You better dress warmly around here, Inu. The ski hill is your web to catch those girls, eh."

Inu and Koga laughed as they entered the Condo. It was a huge condo, space for 14 people on the second floor. The main floor was home to a hot tub and small yet comfortable looking swimming pool. The third floor was home to the kitchen and living room, as well as other homely rooms. The second floor was basically all sleeping area, as well as a game and tv room, which also included a billiards table. Inu and Koga made the last room of the second floor their territory. Inu took the bed, while Koga took the floor with his sleeping bag. Koga had a strange hatred for cushiony mattresses; therefore, the decision for who got the bed among them two was quite a simple choice.

After laying down all their luggage, it was time to get some skiing done of the hills. Inu and Koga carried their boards outside, boots already on and winter gear on as they waited for instructions.

"Okay, students. Welcome to Smuggler's Notch, one of the finest ski hills around the Vermont area. 3 parents and 5 teachers and myself are here to make this trip the best you'll ever have. If you need any help, you come to us. If there is an injury or an emergency, we are also the people to come to. You must report all injuries, and you must follow our instructions. Today, your ski and snowboard sessions will start from now until 4pm. We require that you go back to your dorms and shower and prepare for dinner at the buffet which will start at 5pm. Everything else after your dinner will be in your day schedules which you'll find on your dorm doors. Well, thanks for coming with us and have a great weekend!"

Inu and Koga high-fived eachother as they straped on one of their feet to their snowboards and made their way to the chairlift.

"How many girls do you think I'll be able to get this weekend?"

Koga playfully demanded Inu as he laughed.

"I'm guessing none."

Koga punched Inu.

"I'm just joking! I say 5?"

Koga nodded,

"Yeah, that's better."

Inu and Koga boarded their ski lift chair and made their way up to the top of the hill.

"Well we're going to have to split up if we want to get any girls. Chairlifts are pretty good for hookups, because after you get down the hill, you'll never have to see the girl ever again."

Koga chuckled.

Inu and Koga got off the chairlift and they gave each other a tackle hug.

"Best of luck with the ladies, Inu!"

"You too, Koga, you'll need it!"

They both laughed as they took different trails of the ski hill. Inu strapped his left foot onto his board as he made his way down the black diamond hill.

I hope I can still do this right.

He bent down, getting ready for one of the more difficult jumps. As he reached full speed and caught air off the top of the jump, he did a full 360 and landed back down on snow surface.

Bystanders clapped for him as he continued down the hill. As Inu began to slow down towards the end of the hill, he felt a huge thump against his backside and almost completely collapsed over, but he kept his stance and turn his head around to check up on whoever just hit him.

"Hey, whoa watch—"

A rather younger girl with dark black hair and starry brown eyes looked up at him with red blush cheeks.

"Ah, sorry. I'm just starting out skiing and I don't really know how to fully stop yet. Sorry!"

The girl looked to be around 15 or maybe 16 years old. She stood about 5'3, with the most pretty face Inu had ever seen.

"Don't worry about it. I'm Inu, I could help you out if you want."

The girl smiled the most innocent smile and giggled,

"I'm Kagome. And thanks, I'd like that."

She followed Inu up the chairlift, and started a conversation with him,

"Oh, are you a snowboarder?"

"Yeah, I board."

Inu coughed out, with a manly shrug of his shoulder as he looked in the opposite direction of the girl named Kagome.

"But I ski, how could you help me when you snowboard?"

Inu let out a chuckle,

"Well you see, I used to be a ski instructor but I always preferred snowboarding."

Kagome looked up at Inu, as if he inspired her. She blushed and smiled at him,

"Thanks for offering to help me."

Inu slid himself over to Kagome and put his arm around her, hoping to make a move.

The girl slid over to the opposite side of the chairlift and blushed.

They got off the chairlift and Inu pointed to the easy direction route of the ski hill.

"So here's what you got to do. The easy way to stop on skis is to make it seem as though their somewhat crossing each other, in a pizza slice shape. The other way to stop is a hockey stop, but that's a bit more difficult. You have to put your skis parallel to one another and you put your knees together and do a bit of a turn."

Kagome looked at Inu as she attempted to stop the way Inu had instructed her to. She began to slide a bit and got a bit scared as he held onto Inu's hand.

Make a move, dammit!

Kagome laughed as she began to get the hang of it,

"Hey, I think I've got it!"

Inu playfully began to teach her other way to ski. He slowly taught her to glide, side to side, and to get the hang of edging on her skis. The two of them reached flat surface on the hill as Kagome bumped into Inu as he put his arms around her and smiled.

Time to make a move ..

She looked up at him, blushed, and yelled out,

"Hey! Race you to the end of the hill!"

Inu sighed, but went along with her request and smiled,

"Okay, let's do this."

Are all younger girls like this? .. This kind of annoys me that she's acting interested, by shifting away at the same time. But .. it does leave me with some mystery .. she sure knows how to keep a man interested.

Inu chuckled and shook his head.

I'll get her tonight.

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Chapter 3 – Finished

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