High School
Summer
Kagome perused the racks and racks of baseball bats in the local sporting goods store idly. Her supposed "helpers" had disappeared over an hour ago, leaving her and Sango alone to try and figure out what kind of bat a certain icicle of an inu-youkai wanted. There were wooden bats, aluminum bats, bats of all different colors, short bats, longer bats, bats with the top hollowed out, bats with grips, bats without grips, and the list went on and on. The only Kagome and Sango knew for certain was that the bat she bought had to be a Louisville Slugger, which she assumed was a brand. Kagome sighed irritably. "Which one do you think he'd like?" she said loudly.
Behind her, Sango picked up an aluminum bat painted blue from the rack across the aisle, "How am I supposed to know?" She thumped the thick end against her palm experimentally. "Do you think this could do some damage?"
Kagome turned and gave Sango a look. "Seriously? It's a bat. Of course it'll do damage."
"Yeah, you're right." Sango grinned cheekily. She looked a little demented with the bat and scary grin. "So, why exactly do you need to buy Sesshomaru a new baseball bat?"
Kagome huffed. "That prick pissed me off. He was being a jerk and then I just started hitting him with his bat."
"Damn girl. What happened to you over across that ocean? I thought being violent was my thing."
"He just really pissed me off. He was being such an ass—more than usual," she quickly amended seeing the expression on Sango's face.
Sango laughed as she turned and placed the bat back on the rack. Kagome rolled her eyes and looked towards the wooden bats. She ran her hand along the polished handles and sighed. "Sesshomaru doesn't even play baseball. Why does he need a freaking bat?"
"Because he's psycho," Sango said helpfully.
Kagome growled. "You know what?" she said, whirling to face Sango.
"What?"
Kagome stomped out of the aisle, saying loudly, "I'm gonna order him his stupid baseball bat from the stupid factory and I'm gonna get his name carved onto the side and if he doesn't like it then screw him."
Sango laughed as she followed Kagome out. "Where did you get that idea?"
Kagome cast a smirk back at her. "Americans love online shopping."
