History in Two Words

...or less...

Summary: Kagome Higurashi once lived in America, she and her mom had left her father after he had an affair, and had travelled the world to allow Kagome to participate in Tennis Matches...along the way she met Ryoma, and she became one of the few tennis players his age that he would actually practice with...when she finds out that he is returning to Japan...and he asks her to return as well...Kagome is faced with a choice, go back and face her past, or continue on in America to world lackluster without her best friend!

Genre: Romance/Humor

Pairing: Kagome/?

Rated: M

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Kagome returned the ball, easily so, after seeing the twist serve twice, she had an issue the second time as the ball didn't go over the net when she returned it the first time. But the second, the third time he served, she go it over the net with an underhand volley, sending it over much like a normal return due to its extreme spin. "I GOT IT! Haha~!" She did a little cheer mentally, "Let's go!" She tossed the ball up on her serve and hit it over the net, it hit the corner and bounced backwards out of his reach, she smiled when he leaped forward to get the ball and managed to hit it back, she turned and returned the ball, both were dancing in a silent two step. It was back and forth for them, no parents watching for their every mistake, no yelling or arguing. Kagome laughed, "Hey, teach me that twist serve, Ryoma..."

Ryoma quirked a brow, "No,"

"Oh gee, not even as a birthday present?"

"...mada mada-"

"Dane! I got it," She returned the ball in the rally they were hitting, she turned her racquet in her hand so the strings were flat facing the court, and the frame was level with the net.

Ryoma hit the ball back and watched her bring the racquet up and catch the ball, but it didn't go back over the net, it stayed spinning on her racquet when she brought it down quickly and the hit the ball forward.

Ryoma blinked twice as if trying to see the ball, but he couldn't, it was gone. "Where..."

Kagome giggled, "Behind you."

He turned, and low and behold, the ball was spinning in circles behind him on the court ground.

"...I'll teach you the twist serve." He said, looking at Kagome.

Kagome smirked, "Oh yeah?"

"Yeah...but you have to teach me that."

Kagome walked around the court and picked up the ball that had finally stopped spinning, "Mah...Ryoma, wouldn't that mean more tennis practice matches?"

Ryoma looked at her and frowned, "Hm,"

Kagome turned to face him and smiled, "Then, I guess we'll have to get together again..."

"I'm free tomorrow,"

"Then it's a date. How about we leave and grab a bite, the parents will notice sooner or later,"

Ryoma nodded, "Right,"

"I wonder, am I a bad influence on Ryoma, or is Ryoma naturally like this?"

He raised a brow before realizing what she meant, they had barely played a match. "...we can play a match first, then eat."

Kagome laughed, running back to the other side of the court, she served the ball, nothing special, her serves never were, it was her returns people had issues with.

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Rai sighed, "How many floors have we searched now?"

Echizen-San laughed, "You have an interesting girl there though, I've never seen Ryoma take to someone so quickly, or should I say eagerly."

"Haha, interesting indeed...she doesn't get that from me though, that's all her."

"Oh?" He smiled, "I kind of want to play her too,"

"Echizen-San, you'd completely crush her," Rai frowned, "Or is that your aim?"

"Of course not, but I find being beaten repeatedly gives someone an incredible drive for getting better."

"Oh, is that why little Ryoma looks so serious, he's got a constant drive to get better running through his head? Oh...what am I saying, that's Kagome too. She never smiles anymore. In fact, I haven't seen her smile in almost three years."

"...competitions force them to grow up quicker."

"No...not her, it was more like..." Rai sighed, looking at her hands as she walked up another flight of stairs. "A part of her broke on the day we started to attend competitions seriously...we left behind everything...our families, her father...all of it was left in Japan."

"Ah...she misses her dad?"

"The opposite, he destroyed her...he took away her smile..."

Echizen-San noticed the diming light in Rai's eyes and stopped asking questions as he opened the door for the floor they were on, "Found them,"

"Forty – thirty! Game point...Ryoma!"

Echizen-San laughed, "They are playing well together," he looked at Kagome and smiled, "I see something interesting,"

Rai frowned, "What's that?"

"There's a cute girl playing my son...and she's smiling..."

Rai moved through the door to see what he was talking about and her eyes widened, her daughter was in fact...smiling. "Wow...hm, Echizen-San...could we possibly plan another get together?"

"I think we may be too late for that," he watched his son walk forward and shake the girls hand, both laughing at something Ryoma had said. "Shall we let them be? I'm sure, between the both of them, I'm sure one of them can call us. Shall we go get a coffee?"

"But, what about the kids?"

He laughed, "They're already leaving,"

Sure enough, both Kagome and Ryoma had their bags shouldered and were walking off towards a different exit. Both talking excitedly, well, Ryoma was listening...excitedly...sort of, but Kagome was talking. Either way, they both seemed happy.

Rai smiled, "...oh! I completely forgot!"

"Hm?"

"It's..." Rai blushed, "Kagome's birthday!"

"...hahaha~!"

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Me: Here the next chapter, I hope you all enjoyed it!