Chapter 4: UNCHAINED
Kagome woke in the morning to an empty bed. She rolled from her side onto her back and stretched. She then swung her legs off the side of the bed and pushed herself to her feet. She shuffled to the bathroom and looked at her reflection in the mirror blinking several times.
"Oh...that's niiiiice," she mumbled.
Her hair was just past the point of being slightly disheveled. She grabbed a hair brush off of the counter and ran it through her hair in an attempt to tame it. After which she washed her face and brushed her teeth before returning to the bed room. She thought about changing out of her tank top and Sesshomaru's boxers that she wore as pajamas, but decided that she wanted breakfast first and made her way down stairs. As Kagome padded onto the tile floor of the kitchen she noticed Inuyasha's sleeping form on her couch. She smiled and shook her head as she reached the fridge. She pulled out the milk and set it on the counter. She then pulled a bowl from the cupboard, a spoon from a drawer, and a box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch from another cupboard. After pouring herself a bowl of the sugary cereal she poured some milk on it and then moved to sit at the table.
As she happily munched on her cereal, Inuyasha half-heartedly woke up. He slowly opened his eyes, bringing his left hand up to rub the sleep from them. He attempted to roll over, hoping that he would be able to fall back asleep, knowing that it was far too early for him to be awake, but those hopes were quickly dashed when he fell from the couch with a loud 'thud'.
"Sonuvabitch!" He yelled in both shock and pain, since he landed with most of his weight on his hip.
His attention was then pulled to the kitchen when the sound of Kagome's laughter reached his ears.
"Shut up," he muttered as he pushed himself up from the hardwood floor.
"Good morning Mr. Grumpy," Kagome greeted sarcastically in between bites.
Inuyasha staggered to the table and pulled out the chair that was next to Kagome before sitting down with a groan.
"I passed out?" He asked, resting his face in his hands.
"Yep."
"Was it your idea to bring me inside?"
"Yep."
The two were silent for a moment, other than the sound of Kagome's spoon clinking against the side of her bowl every few seconds.
"Can I get something to eat?" Inuyasha asked, knowing he would feel a little better once he ate.
"Sure, I bought you some Lucky Charms yesterday."
Inuyasha stood up and leaned over Kagome, in a rare display of affection, he kissed the top of her head.
"Thank you," he said in an even rarer moment of seriousness. It wouldn't last long though. "What are you wearing?"
Kagome looked down at her clothes. "Pajamas."
"Are those...never mind," he said holding up a hand as he continued towards the cupboard he knew housed the cereal. "I don't want to know how it started or why you wear my brother's underwear as pajamas."
"What's wrong with it?" Kagome asked, truly wondering why he would find it so unnerving.
"Nothing," Inuyasha said as he ripped the box of his favorite cereal open.
"Gah! Inuyasha!" Kagome shrieked as she pushed herself from the table and quickly made her way to his side. "Don't destroy the damn box. You're like having a five year old around. Gimme that!" She shouted as she yanked the mangled box from his hands.
He pouted about the five year old comment while he waited for her to pour him the cereal. When she was done, she slid the bowl down the granite counter top where he carefully stopped it with both hands.
"Thanks," he said automatically as he proceeded to pour half the carton of milk on it and headed back to the table.
"Could you people be a little louder this morning?" Koga hissed as he appeared at the bottom of the stairs, clad in only a pair of bright purple boxers.
"Sorry Koga. Would you like some cereal?" Kagome asked as she turned to face him. "That's an interesting shade of purple."
Inuyasha looked up briefly before digging back into his cereal. Koga moved from the steps and towards Kagome.
"If you like them so much, I'll let you have them," Koga offered with a wink as he playfully pulled at the waistline of the blue ones that she was wearing.
"No...I'm good thanks," Kagome said slightly unnerved by the idea of wearing Koga's boxers.
'Oh...so that's what the little punk's problem was.' She thought about Inuyasha's earlier reaction.
"What kinda cereal do we got?" Koga asked.
Kagome shook her head at his horrible grammar.
"We have Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Fruit Loops, and Lucky Charms."
"Not-uh! The Charms are all mine," Inuyasha protested.
"Lucky Charms sound good," Koga decided, reaching for the box.
"Kagoooome!" Inuyasha whined.
"Inuyasha, you're such a baby. There's plenty of cereal for you both," Kagome chided as she pulled a bowl out of the cupboard and handed it to Koga.
"You know mine are better than Sess'," Koga said matter-of-factly.
Kagome looked at him for a second before she realized that he was back on the topic of boxers.
"His are boring, but I think he would get a little angered if I started wearing yours."
Koga nodded as he dug for a spoon in the drawer and headed to the table, sitting opposite Inuyasha.
"Speaking of the frosty one, where is Sesshomaru?" Inuyasha asked, never looking up from his bowl.
"I don't know," Kagome answered with a shrug. "I suppose he's out in the garage. What time are you guys supposed to start class?"
Koga sniggered at her use of the word class. What they were all participating in that morning could hardly be described as a class.
"He said eleven. What time is it now?" Koga asked turning around to look at Kagome.
She looked to the digital clock on the microwave. "Nine-thirty," she answered.
"Then what the hell is he doing out there now?" Inuyasha wondered aloud.
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Sesshomaru pulled three BMX bicycles from a corner of the garage and pushed them, one at a time, over to the indoor vert ramps that were on the far side of the large building. There were a total of two ramps. One that was your normal, everyday vert and the other was modified. Half of the one side was cut away with a foam pit attached. It wasn't as large as the one outside, since they only used bicycles in it.
Once he had the bikes pulled out, he pulled the tarp that covered the foam pit off and returned to the front of the garage. He made his way to the stereo and turned it on, then pressed the play button. Over My Head by Sum41 came blaring over the six speakers throughout the garage. He shook his head; this was yet another one of Inuyasha's home-made CD's. No matter how many times Sesshomaru threw them away, telling Inuyasha that his taste in music was horrible, they always seemed to reappear in the CD player. Sesshomaru bobbed his head with the beat of the music, vowing never to admit it to Inuyasha, but he actually liked this song. He adjusted the volume lower; the fact that it was set so high was yet another sign that his dear younger brother had been the last to use the system.
'How he can stand it being that loud I'll never know.' Sesshomaru thought as he wandered over to his motorcycle that he would be using in the up-coming competition.
He had decided the night before that he wanted to change the plastics to white from the yellow they were currently. This would also require replacing all of his sponsorship stickers. He walked to the work bench and looked up at the clock that was above it as he grabbed a ratchet.
'Kagome should be up by now. Hopefully she'll come looking for me.' He thought as he walked back over to the waiting bike.
Sesshomaru knew Kagome enjoyed the tedious task of applying the stickers. Why? It was beyond him. He was normally a patient person, but the continuous peeling, sticking, and smoothing out slowly drove him insane. Whereas Kagome could sit there for hours completely engrossed in the task. He shook his head once more as he began the task of removing the front fender.
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Sesshomaru, Koga, and Inuyasha stood next to the foam pit at the back of the garage. Both Koga and Inuyasha were holding bicycles, while Sesshomaru explained what exactly they would be doing. The students stood facing the vert, all holding their helmets, which Sesshomaru insisted they use.
"Safety first is our motto," he had said, causing Koga and Inuyasha to laugh.
"The first thing I think we should do is let you all get comfortable with the ramp and doing something into the pit. Just so you can get the feel for timing. I'm hoping that you all have some type of feeling for this already," Sesshomaru went on, looking at Ginta and Hakkaku.
"Alright, let's get started," he continued as he clapped his hands together. "Inuyasha and Special will go a couple of times just to show that no matter what idiotic thing you do...you won't be hurt. Hopefully," he added under his breath as he turned to face Koga and Inuyasha.
The two made their way to and up the steps of the vert ramp. Once at the top Inuyasha swung his leg over the bike he was holding and prepared for his first go.
"Any requests?" He asked grinning.
"Kiss of death," Koga suggested instantly.
Inuyasha couldn't see it because of Koga's helmet, but he knew Koga was smirking under there just the same.
"Don't hold back now. Make sure it's something really hard," Inuyasha drawled sarcastically.
Koga knew the kiss of death was a trick that Inuyasha really wanted to achieve, but whenever he attempted it, it would turn out less than spectacular.
"We haven't got all day," Koga prodded.
"Don't get your panties in a bunch, I'm going," Inuyasha grumbled.
He placed one foot on a pedal and took a deep breath before he pushed off with the other foot. He had a great deal of speed going down the ramp and carried it through going up the other side. Once air-born, he pulled his feet from the pedals and flung his body upwards, while he brought his face over the handle bars. It was perfect...until his body started falling forward over the bike. He landed in the foam pit on his back with the seat of the bicycle smacking into his helmet.
'Thank God for whoever invented helmets and big chunks of foam.' He thought as he righted himself and drug the bike over to the side of the pit.
It was slow going, but he eventually made it.
"See on dirt, he would definitely not be walking right now," Sesshomaru said, attempting to not laugh.
"Will someone help me out?!" Inuyasha yelled, buried waist deep in the foam chunks.
Hiten and Bankotsu were first to move to his assistance, each grabbing an arm and pulling him out of the pit. They then grabbed the bike and Inuyasha made his way back to the top of the ramp, where Koga waited, laughing.
"Nice variation with the back flop. Although I don't think it will gain you too many points at any competition," Koga laughed as he readied for his go.
"Yeah laugh it up purple boxer boy," Inuyasha grumbled.
"Purple boxer boy? Seriously, you need to work on your comebacks."
"Whatever. Let's see you do a rock solid."
"No problem. I could do those in my sleep," Koga stated as he started down the ramp.
He flew up the other side and into the air above the foam pit. He pulled his feet from the pedals, moved his hands from the handlebars to the seat and held onto it for a split second before letting go. Koga held absolutely no contact with the bike whatsoever for what seemed like minutes, but it was only seconds, before he grabbed the seat with one hand and the handle bars with the other performing a hart attack. He landed with an odd 'poof' sound, sending foam chunks flying in every direction. When his head finally popped up from the depths of the pit, every one clapped. Well, Jakotsu, Ginta, and Hakkaku clapped. The others stood there watching Inuyasha pitch a fit at the top of the ramp.
"Fuckin' show off!" He yelled down.
Koga's reaction was to laugh and flip him off. Once Koga was out of the pit, Sesshomaru turned to face everyone again.
"Okay, I only have the three bikes so-" Sesshomaru started.
"Ooo! Ooo! I call getting one first!" Jakotsu shouted, looking like he would start jumping up and down at any second.
"Alright," Sesshomaru said slowly. "I will go first, just to show you the form. But remember, before anyone tries to do an actual back flip, practice doing some other tricks." He grabbed the third bike that was leaning against the side of the foam pit and carried it up the steps of the ramp. He stopped next to Inuyasha and threw a leg over the bike.
"Let me borrow your helmet," he ordered, holding his hand out towards Inuyasha.
"First of all, no; and second, there's no way my helmet will fit your big-assed head."
Sesshomaru sighed.
"You wear two sizes larger in a helmet then I do Inuyasha. Now, let me borrow your helmet for thirty seconds."
Inuyasha sighed dramatically as he roughly pulled on the strap that tied his helmet on.
"I don't see why you can't just use your own."
Sesshomaru ignored his rambling as he took the helmet from him and pulled it on.
"Okay," He began, loud enough so that everyone below could hear him. "It's just like doing a back flip off of the diving board-"
"I can never manage to do that," Miroku interrupted.
"Then you are going to have a much more difficult time than the others."
"That can be your homework," Koga sniggered. "Practicing back flips off the diving board."
"Shut up Koga," Miroku said, folding his arms across his chest, almost pulling off one of Inuyasha's famous pouts.
"Moving right along," Sesshomaru continued. "The only real difference is that you have to pull the bike with you."
Sesshomaru pushed himself off and went down the ramp. When he started up the opposite side of it, he squatted down slightly. When the bike took off from the lip of the ramp, he tilted his head back, pulling his body and the bicycle around in a flip. He landed just to the far side of the center of the foam pit, both wheels hitting at the same time.
"When doing a back flip you have to be doing three things differently than you do for any other trick you'll ever perform," Inu said as he walked into the awestruck group.
Sesshomaru after all, had made an incredibly complicated trick look as simple as walking in a straight line.
"Hey Mr. Taisho," Miroku greeted with a smile.
"Miroku," Inu replied with a nod of his head.
"What are the three things?" Ginta asked.
"You have to go faster in order to go higher and farther," Sesshomaru said as he jumped down from the side of the foam pit.
"So speed, height, and distance?" Jakotsu asked.
"Yep," Inu said smiling. "I'm sad to see that you've already started for the day. As late as you boys were up last night, I thought for sure that you wouldn't be starting before noon."
Sesshomaru shrugged, not bothering to wonder why this would upset his father.
"I have a late student to add to the class," Inu explained. "I'm surprised they're not here yet actually."
"You allowed someone else in?" Sesshomaru asked both surprised and angered.
"Yes. Well, I normally wouldn't interfere, but this was a special circumstance," Inu explained with a smile. "This person shows such dedication; so much heart, I could hardly turn them away."
"You at least charged him for it right?" Sesshomaru asked.
"Oh don't worry about that," Inu said with a dismissive wave of his hand. "I'll take care of it."
"That would be a no then," Sesshomaru said lowering his head slightly. "Well, when he decides to show up, I'll catch him up. Here Jakotsu, I believe that you wanted to go first."
"Yeparoonie," Jakotsu said taking the bicycle from Sesshomaru and heading for the stairs of the ramp.
"Alright, Naraku and Hakkaku can take the other two bikes. Just do something to get use to the ramp and what not and then you can all take a crack at a back flip," Sesshomaru said as he walked towards the foam pit.
Inuyasha and Koga stood at the top of the ramp with Jakotsu, Naraku, and Hakkaku.
"Okay Jak," Koga began, slapping a hand on Jakotsu's back. "Let's see something fancy."
"Oh it'll be fantastical alright," Jakotsu said as he tightened his helmet before pushing himself off the top of the ramp.
He aimed for the center of the ramp, easily catching a good amount of air off of the lip on the other side. He took his feet off of the pedals and pulled both the bike and his body vertical. Then he bent his legs at the knees over the front wheel of the bike. Then pushed the bike back to a normal position and brought his feet back onto the pedals before he landed in the center of the foam pit.
"Whoo!" Bankotsu yelled. "Nice Tsunami fruit cake!"
"That was insane. I can't do something like that," Miroku complained.
"No one's expecting you to," Sesshomaru said.
"What's funny is you've never done any kind of freestyle in your life. Yet here you are...learning to do a damn back flip."
Miroku, as well as everyone else, turned to see Sango and Kagome standing next to Inu.
"Sango...I didn't know that you were planning to watch," Miroku said nervously.
"Oh I wouldn't miss this, for a million bucks," Sango said smiling.
"Miroku's going to do fine," Koga said confidently. "You're up Naraku. Make us proud," he added with a slap to Naraku's helmet.
"Right. I thought this was just to get use to the ramp. Not show off our arsenal of tricks."
"Ooo touchy. Fine do what you want," Koga said holding his hands up in submission.
"It's not like we've never seen your bag of tricks before," Inuyasha said from his position leaning against the wall.
"Shut up and go already," Hakkaku said impatiently.
Naraku didn't waste any more time and started down the ramp. Once he was in the air he pulled both his feet up and around his hands over the handlebars, clicking his heels together. He landed almost exactly where Jakotsu had.
"Oh a heel clicker," Jakotsu drawled from next to Inuyasha. "How original."
"Shut the hell up you freak!" Naraku yelled from amidst the foam.
"He is a testy little thing isn't he?" Jakotsu commented to Inuyasha as Hakkaku pulled his helmet on.
"Knock it off," Sesshomaru said coolly, bring the minor squabble to an end.
"Do something fierce Mohawk," Jakotsu cheered as Hakkaku walked his bike to the edge of the ramp.
"Mohawk?!" Hakkaku whined, turning around to look at Jakotsu. "That's what nick-name you've decided on? Come on, there's got to be something better than that."
"We've only been here a day. Give me some time. For now you shall be known as Mohawk," Jakotsu said seriously.
"Get on with it Mohawk. We haven't got all day," Inuyasha said with a snort.
"Mohawk..." Hakkaku mumbled under his breath. "Of all the lame..." he continued as he rolled down the ramp.
He caught major air off the other side of the ramp, going almost as high as Sesshomaru had for his back flip. He flung his feet off of the pedals and moved them out away from, but parallel to the bike. Then he did a 'scissor kick' with his legs.
"Oow baby! An Indian Air. He did an Indian Air. I didn't know he knew how to do those," Jakotsu rattled on.
"Yes, yes. Fantastic. Now you all seem pretty comfortable with the ramp, so go ahead and attempt a back flip," Sesshomaru said as he helped Hakkaku from the foam pit.
"Okay boys. Here we go," Jakotsu said as he prepared to drop onto the ramp.
"Five bucks he does a header," Inuyasha whispered to Koga.
"You underestimate the little flame boy," Koga said with a laugh.
"Ten bucks says that I do it," Jakotsu said as he rocked the bike back and forth.
"Fine," Inuyasha answered.
Jakotsu dropped down into vert and went about six feet above the height that Sesshomaru had gone, pulling the bike around. He spotted his landing and ended up landing with the front end slightly up.
"Oh. My. Friggin'. God," Inuyasha said slowly.
"Told you," Koga said with a smirk. "He can do things in the air you couldn't even think about."
Jakotsu struggled out of the foam and jumped onto the concrete floor of the garage. He held his hands in the air above his head and snapped his fingers while he did an odd sort of shimmy thing.
"Skiddlydoo!" He shouted.
Everyone was laughing at his reaction.
"That's ten dollars you owe me you little twit," Jakotsu said pointing up at Inuyasha.
"Big deal, I did one on my first try too."
"You don't have to be all snarky about it. You're just angry that you were wrong."
"Snarky? That's not even a word you dumb ass," Inuyasha said laughing.
"Yes it is. Google magic my friend. Google magic," Jakotsu said placing a hand on his hip and turning towards Sesshomaru. "So when do I get to do it on dirt, on a real bike?"
"Whoa, slow down there turbo. This is just the first step. Maybe a week," Sesshomaru said still laughing about the skiddlydoo dance.
"Aw man," Jakotsu pouted as he handed the bike off to Sesshomaru.
Naraku then went for his first attempt at a back flip. It was a total failure. He didn't have enough speed or height, there for only got half a rotation before landing on his back.
"Damn it!" He yelled, slamming fist into the innocent foam.
"Not everyone can get it the first time," Inu said from his spot between Kagome and Sango.
"Still, I should have," Naraku said as he climbed out of the pit and headed to the top of the ramp once more.
"Look, so we're not here until midnight, everyone can have three attempts today. Then we'll start fresh in the morning," Sesshomaru said as Hakkaku dropped into the ramp.
His first attempt was about the same at Naraku's, although he did manage to achieve the right height. He just lacked enough rotation to complete the full revolution. Ginta helped him from the pit and Sesshomaru handed the bike he was holding to Hiten.
"Might as well get another one of you up there. Don't forget to do a warm up trick."
"Alrighty," Hiten said as he pulled on his helmet and pushed the bike towards the stairs of the ramp.
Naraku attempted a back flip once more and achieved the same results as the one before.
"You need more speed going in," Sesshomaru commented as Naraku walked past him towards the ramp once more.
Naraku simply nodded and continued on his way. Hakkaku went again and achieved almost a full rotation before landing face first into the foam.
"Keep spotting the ground the entire time," Sesshomaru offered.
"Okay," Hakkaku replied as he crawled from the pit.
It was now Hiten's first attempt at the vert that afternoon. He took a deep breath before pushing off and rolling down the ramp. He did a perfect Shaolin. Naraku went down the ramp as soon as Hiten was clear of the foam pit, this time he achieved the right amount of rotation, and landed well. He jumped from the side of the pit smiling as he pulled the bike out and wheeled it to Sesshomaru.
"Better," Sesshomaru said simply. "Here Ginta, you're next."
Hakkaku took his last shot of this session and also performed the back flip perfectly, landing with the bike just slightly vertical.
"Good Hakkaku," Sesshomaru said as he took the bike from him. "Okay Ban here you go."
Bankotsu took the bike from Sesshomaru and headed up the steps to the top of the ramp while Hiten attempted his first back flip. Just like Jakotsu, he managed to get it right the first time.
"Well this is sure speeding up the day," Sesshomaru commented as he took the bike from Hiten and handed it to Miroku.
Ginta dropped into the ramp for the first time and did his warm up trick. Letting his feet come off of the pedals and pulling his hands from the handlebars, performing a double grab on the seat of the bike. Bankotsu rolled into his first trick shortly afterwards, hooking his shoes under the handlebars and arching his back, letting his head fall back towards the seat.
"That was a really nice Cordova," Kagome commented as she walked towards Sesshomaru.
"That's why he's always challenging me for points at the events," Sesshomaru commented as he watched Miroku roll into the ramp.
He had barely any speed and went straight up into the air before he freaked out and let go of the bike completely, flailing his arms around as he fell into the foam.
"Oh yes, so very happy that I didn't miss this," Sango said with a giggle as both Sesshomaru and Kagome helped Miroku from the pit.
"Okay, next time, get some speed-" Sesshomaru started.
"That wasn't fast enough?!" Miroku snapped.
"Not even close," Kagome said sympathetically.
"Holy hell," Miroku commented breathlessly.
"Okay, get back up there and try something simple. Like...a Nac-Nac," Sesshomaru said as he pulled Miroku's bike out of the foam.
As Miroku started towards the stairs, Ginta dropped back down into the ramp to try his luck at the back flip. He got about half a rotation before he landed with a 'whoosh' into the foam chunks.
"You've got to keep looking the whole time," Sesshomaru said when he walked past.
Ginta nodded and stopped to watch Bankotsu go. He too managed to get the back flip right on his first try.
"I swear you three have done this before," Sesshomaru said as he helped Bankotsu from the pit.
"It would seem that way wouldn't?" Bankotsu said with a chuckle.
"You can totally tell who has the natural talent," Kagome whispered to Sesshomaru.
"Alright Miroku, try again," Sesshomaru said turning his attention to the top of the ramp as he nodded in agreement.
"Okay. I can do this," Miroku said to himself.
He dropped down into the pit with more speed than he did the first time. He achieved a good amount of height and pulled off the Nac-Nac with ease. Thankful that all he had to do was pull his right leg over the bike and hold it out before pulling back over to the right side and fall into the pit for a landing.
"I did it," he cheered once he was out of the foam.
"Yep," Kagome agreed smiling. "Now go for that back flip."
"Yeah...the back flip," Miroku said sounding nervous once again.
Ginta went again and managed to get almost a full rotation before landing in the foam. Inu chose this moment to walk over to Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru turned to face his father.
"So where is this guy?" He asked.
"Oh she's been here for a while now."
"She?" Sesshomaru asked confused. Then he turned to Kagome, who smiled sweetly. "No."
"Look, I'll pay for the school if that's the problem-" Inu said before Sesshomaru cut him off.
"That's not the problem. I don't want her doing a back flip."
"Why not?" Inu asked, glaring at Kagome when she opened her mouth to protest.
"Because it isn't safe."
"Ha. Good one," Kagome said, receiving another glare from Inu. "You've taught me countless tricks that I would consider to be unsafe."
"None of them had you inverted," Sesshomaru said coolly as he watched Miroku go down the ramp once more.
He again went straight up into the air before landing in the safety of the foam.
"Okay Miroku. We're going to backtrack with you. Let's go to the pool after lunch alright?" Sesshomaru said with a sigh.
"That's not a good sign huh?" Miroku asked Koga as he helped him from the foam.
"Yeah, not so much."
"Great," Miroku said.
"Can I try?" Sango asked.
"Try what?" Sesshomaru asked her in return.
"Nothing really, I just want to go down the ramp and land in the foam."
"Sure, knock yourself out," Sesshomaru said pointing to the bike that Miroku was still holding.
Miroku took his helmet off and placed it on Sango's head.
"I'm not joking when I say it's harder than it looks," he said as he tied the strap on the helmet.
"You sure proved that," Sango teased with a giggle.
"I'm serious," Miroku warned, looking her in the eye.
"Relax, I'm just going for a little ride. No big deal."
Sango started walking the bicycle over to the steps.
"Can I do something?" Kagome asked and then quickly added. "Not a back flip."
Sesshomaru sighed and turned to his father.
"See what you've started. Go get Inuyasha's helmet, Kagome."
"Really?!" Kagome squealed, jumping past Sesshomaru and towards Inuyasha.
Sesshomaru grabbed her arm.
"Promise me that you won't attempt a back flip."
"I promise," she said sweetly before she turned and continued to make her way towards Inuyasha.
She took his helmet from him, without any protest from him whatsoever Sesshomaru noticed, and pulled it on. She then took the bicycle that Ginta was holding and climbed the stairs. She stopped next to Sango.
"Do you want to go first?" Kagome asked.
"Um, sure."
"Just sort off roll off of the top, but make sure that you have enough speed that you'll actually make it into the pit."
"Easy-peasy," Sango said before she pushed herself from the top of the ramp.
She glided down the ramp and up into the air, she even managed to make the part where she fell into the foam look graceful.
"Woo Sango!" Kagome cheered from the top of the ramp.
Once Miroku and Koga had Sango out of the pit everyone looked up to Kagome expectantly. She took a deep breath before she pushed herself off of the ramp. Once she was in the air, she pulled her feet away from the bike moving them vertical to roughly a nine o'clock position before she did a scissor kick and then landed in the foam.
"Holly shit Sesshomaru. Your chick can do a freakin' Nine O'clock Indian Air?" Bankotsu asked with his mouth agape.
"Yes," Sesshomaru answered.
"And why won't you let her do a back flip?" Jakotsu asked arching an eyebrow at him.
"It's none of your concern and I do not want to hear another word on this subject from any of you," he warned looking to each and every member of the academy. "If I do, you'll be packing your bags and leaving without a refund," he added for good measure.
"Okay, point taken. Don't talk about the cutie pie doing inverted tricks. Got it," Jakotsu said turning to his brother with a slight shrug.
"How about you guys call it a day? Izayoi will fix you all something for a late lunch," Inu suggested.
The guys started filing out of the garage, leaving Kagome and Sesshomaru alone. Kagome sat on the side of the foam pit as she took off Inuyasha's helmet.
"Well?" She asked.
"It was alright," Sesshomaru said with a bored tone and a shrug of his shoulders.
"Alright my butt!" Kagome said throwing the helmet she was holding at him, which he easily caught. "It was perfect. Probably better than any you've ever done." She pouted.
"Don't pout. You're worse than Inuyasha."
Kagome smiled slyly at him.
"So?" She asked.
He sighed.
"It was the most spectacular Nine O'clock Indian Air I've ever seen," he said slowly, mocking her.
"You're lucky I don't have another helmet to throw at you," she said narrowing her eyes at him.
"Ooo. I'm quaking with fear," he teased with a chuckle as he turned around to leave.
Kagome picked up a chunk of the foam and chucked it at the back of his head. It hit him dead on, bouncing off and falling to the floor. He slowly turned around as she pushed herself from the foam pit and ran towards the front of the garage. He smiled as he took off after her, easily catching her.
"That wasn't very nice," he chided once he held her in his arms.
She simply stuck her tongue out at him.
"Neither was that. I'm going to have to punish you," he said smoothly.
"Oh yeah?"
"Mmm hmm. I think having to re-decal my plastics sounds fitting."
Kagome's face lit up. "Stickers?"
Sesshomaru nodded.
"The whole bike?"
He nodded again.
"You know, this is supposed to be your punishment," he pointed out with a chuckle. "You're not supposed to be excited about it."
oxoxoxox DIRT xoxoxoxo
Kiss Of Death: When the rider moves their head towards the front fender, as if to kiss it, whilst bringing their legs upwards from the bike.
Rock Solid: When the rider moves out from the seat, doing a double grab, then letting go of the bike, moving hands away, usually out to the sides of the bike.
Hart Attack: Named after its creator, Carey Hart, the rider puts one hand on the handlebars and the other on the grab hole and extends their body upwards. (okay in this chapter they're on BMX bikes...yeah there aren't any grab holes so that's why I had Koga just hold onto the seat.)
Tsunami: When the rider moves the bike and their body vertical, then curves their legs over, resembling a tsunami.
Heel Clicker: The rider moves their legs above the handlebars and clicks their heels, whilst holding on to the handlebars. This trick is perhaps the most basic trick of FMX (freestyle motocross)
Superman: When the rider moves their feet out parallel to and above the bike.
Indian Air: When the rider performs a 'Superman' but scissor kicks their legs.
Double Grab: When the rider uses both hands to grab the grab holes (or seat) and extends their body upwards.
Cordova: When the rider hooks their boots under the handle bars and arcs their back to the front of the bike, whilst holding onto the handlebars with their hands. The rider may also put hands onto the seat instead of the handlebars.
Nac-Nac: The rider moves their leg over the bike, extending that leg out, whilst keeping the other leg on the foot peg. Invented by supercross legend Jeremy McGrath.
9 O'clock Nac: When the rider moves their body to the 9 o'clock position, extending out wards from the bike. The rider can go up to the 12 o'clock position on occasions.
9 O'clock Indian Air: The rider does a '9 O'clock Nac' then does an 'Indian Air' scissor kicking their legs.
Re-posted on: October 14th 2016