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Good Times
firefox369
Chapter 13
-----Kagome-----
"Good morning, everyone!!!" I sang as I stepped in to the tennis courts. I could feel Ryoma's anything but good gaze burning a hole through my back and I sighed, turning around to face him. "I said 'good morning'. Besides that, you're late. Where were you?" I asked and he grunted in response before walking past me, completely ignoring me. The butt munch.
"Good morning, Coach" the other regulars stated as they walked past and began their warm-ups. I nodded curtly, watching as they then began their matches and commenting every once in a while. Picking up my racket, I made my way towards the basket of tennis balls and picked one up, preparing to do my part in the coaching (which involved injuring the regulars) when I heard a small meow from behind me. Lowering the racket, I turned to see a white cat with a black tip on its tail and black paws.
"...Kirara?" I asked slowly and the cat meowed in response, scratching at the wire fence. Not being able to break it, it grew annoyed and hissed, bursting into flames. "Whoa!" I exclaimed, running out of the tennis courts and tackling her to the ground before she could be seen. "Bad kitty!" I hissed and she shrunk.
"Mew!"
"Bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, kitty!" I chided and she blinked owlishly, giving me the most innocent look ever.
"Mew?"
I sighed, scratching the back of my head. "Where's Sango when you need her?" I grumbled, standing up straight and watching the regulars continue their practicing before turning back to look at the demon cat in front of me. Kirara sat down and scratched herself for a few seconds before staring at me once again.
"What am I supposed to do with you?" I groaned.
"Mew!"
"Go play by yourself for a little bit, will you? I've got a practice to run."
"Mew" she cried, cocking her head to the side.
"Only for about an hour, I swear that's it! I'll figure out what to do with you after that" I reasoned and Kirara stood up, trotting away. Looks like she agreed to do what I told her to do for the time being. "No more than an hour!" I hollered after her and she mewed back in response.
"Now that the kitty is gone, time to start pelting people with tennis balls!" I grunted, stretching and walking back in to the courts.
----Ryoma----
After practice, I changed into the school uniform and walked back out of the changing room, silent as usual. There was a meow from behind me and I turned around to see none other than Karupin. My eyes widened in surprise and I stepped closer to him.
"Come here, Karupin!" I called softly and he looked at me, blinking a few times before running off. "Karupin!" I shouted, dropping my tennis supplies and chasing after him. The stupid cat.
"Ryoma, where are you going?!" Horio called after me but I completely ignored him and continued to chase after my cat until he ran through a bush that I knew I wouldn't be able to follow him through. Again. Stupid.
The first bell rang and I looked back at the school, debating whether to chase after Karupin or not. Glancing back at the bushes, I shrugged and stepped back a few steps before charging and hopping over it. Screw school. I had a cat to catch.
----Kagome----
"Where is that stupid cat!!!" I screamed in frustration, practically ripping my hair out.
"Ryoma, where are you going?!" I heard Horio shout and a cat raced past me from under a bush a few seconds later. I followed it with my eyes and, not knowing what to do, decided to chase after it. Maybe it had something to do with why Ryoma was running around searching for something.
"Come here, kitty!" I panted, racing off school grounds as I chased after it. Once I knew that I was reaching my limit, I immediately stopped and calmed my breathing down. Okay. I was good now.
"Kirara!" I laughed when the demon suddenly came in to sight as she turned a corner and I saw the other cat from before appear behind her a few moments later. I raised an eyebrow at the sight, greatly amused. Did the little demon kitty finally find a boyfriend? Sango would be so proud of her once she found out!!!
"Mew!"
"Nya!"
"Mew!!!!"
"Nyaaaa!"
They both walked over to me and sat down, staring up at me with huge, begging eyes. I had no clue why the other cat was staring at me like that, but Kirara seemed like she wanted me to get her some food.
"Meeeeewww!!! Mew!"
"Nyaaa!!!"
MEW! MEW MEW MEW MEW MEW!!!!
"NYAAAAA!!!"
"Okay! Okay! Just shut up!!!" I groaned, slapping my hand against my forehead and shaking it, "God, you two are so loud and annoying."
"Mew!"
I sighed and dug around in my pockets to see how much money I had. I pulled out three one dollar bills and a dime and sighed again. My last bit of money was about to be spent on two cats that were too smart for their own good.
"Nyaa!!"
"Shut up!!!!" I shouted, plugging my ears and charging into the nearest grocery store. I had to get away from the two cats. A bell on the door jingled as I walked in and I made my way down a random aisle. The door bell jingled again and I heard a meow from behind me. I turned around to see the two cats running in to the store and following me. The stalkers!!! I swerved and ran down another aisle. They caught up a few seconds later and I walked faster. They followed close behind, not letting me leave their sights.
I stumbled into the pet aisle and I skidded to a stop, picking up the nearest can of cat food and racing to the cashier, still trying to get rid of the two stalker cats that wouldn't shut up.
"That'll be three dollars and nine cents" the cashier informed after ringing it up and my jaw dropped open. No way in hell did it cost three dollars and nine cents to pay for a single can of cat food. One can, not five. Looking down, I groaned. I just had to pick the most expensive one out there, didn't I?
"Miss? It'll be-"
"Three dollars and nine cents" I whimpered, pulling out the small of amount of money that I had and handing it over.
"Okay, three ten..." she mumbled, typing it in. "And your change comes to one cent. Here you go, miss!" she chirped, dropping the penny in the palm of my hand and I whined like a puppy before picking up the can of cat food and walking out the door, moping the entire time. I had spent my lunch money on a can of cat food that was a large as a tape measure.
"Rip off..." I grumbled, squatting down and grudgingly opening the can of food.
"Mew!!!"
"Nyyaaa!!!"
I placed the food on the street and watched as the two cats began to eat, making sure to glare at them as coldly as I could. The scowl quickly faded and I whimpered, dropping my head. I can't believe it. I had been manipulated by two animals that couldn't make noises other than 'mew' and 'nya'.
"Karupin!!!!" a voice shouted and I looked up, hoping that the cat in front of me would do the same. It didn't. "Karupin!!!!!" Ryoma came running around a corner, panting as he hollered the name and I looked at the cat in front of me.
"Hey, Karupin, your owners calling" I stated and the cat looked up at me, licking the fur around its mouth before lowering its head again and continuing to eat. The annoying cat. It wasn't even mine!!!
"Karupin!!!!!!!"
"Hear that, kitty? Go back to your master!" I growled, pointing at Ryoma and the cat glared at me. GLARED! I growled lowly, clenching my hand into a fist and biting my lower lip in frustration. I began to tremble with barely contained anger and hatred, and resentment. Couldn't forget resentment. Oh! And self-pity! Yep, self-pity.
I pointed at Ryoma again.
"Go" I commanded and the cat looked at me before standing up and beginning to walk towards Ryoma. It sat down and looked both ways before crossing the street. That was a reeaaallly smart cat Ryoma had there. There was suddenly a screeching noise as a car came swerving around the corner and straight towards Karupin.
"Karupin!!" Ryoma shouted in surprise and I swore under my breath. Sure, I hated the cat, but I didn't want it to die. I raced into the middle of the street and tackled the cat, rolling out of the way of the car a split second before I was run over. The car screeched to a halt and the driver ran out, panicking.
"Oh my god, are you alright?!" the man exclaimed and I looked up and blinked, surprised.
"...Nanjiroh?" I asked and his eyes widened.
"Kagome."
I gritted my teeth before hopping to my feet and throwing Karupin at Ryoma and tackling Nanjiroh over.
"You stupid old geezer!!!!" I screamed, smacking him over and over again. "LEARN HOW TO DRIVE, DAMMIT!!!!! YOU ALMOST KILLED ME, ALONG WITH YOUR CAT! DAMMIT, YOU COULD'VE KILLED RYOMA IF HE HAD TRIED TO GET KARUPIN OUT OF YOUR DAMNED WAY, DAMMIT!"
"Language, Kagome" he chided and I smacked him as hard as I could one last time before standing up and stomping on him once. I turned around, grumbling under my breath and storming off in the direction of the school. Today was not a good day. I got tricked by two cats, I missed the first half hour or so of school (possibly more), and I almost got hit by a car only to find out that the person driving it was my best friend's dad. Definitely not a good day at all
"Hey," Ryoma hollered, running after me. I turned to look at him, a huge scowl on my face. He stepped back a little, my glare making him a little nervous.
"What?" I growled.
"Thank you" he stated hesitantly and I forced a smile.
"No problem" I grumbled, continuing to glare. "Damned cat"
He looked own at Karupin, then back at me. "My thoughts exactly" he stated bitterly. "He always runs away from home."
"He enjoys making me suffer" I mumbled. "Kirara! Get over here!" She obeyed and hopped on to my shoulder, mewing. "Don't you 'mew' me, you're going to regret making me waste all of my money on you two, got that? If it weren't for you I'd still have lunch money!" I complained, completely ignoring Ryoma as I walked back to school.
"You're late" the teacher stated monotonously as I walked in and I glared.
"My cat ran away" I growled, making him flinch at the tone of my voice. I plopped in to my desk and stabbed my paper with my pencil, extremely annoyed about what had just occurred. "Stupid cats, never shutting up and stalking me all day. They just had to stalk me, didn't they? Why couldn't they stalk someone else? Then stupid Nanjiroh almost runs me over. What the hell was he thinking, driving that fast? He should get his license torn to tiny little pieces so he can't drive anymore. The idiot. Moron. Baaaakaaaaaa!!!!"
"Higurashi."
"Yes?"
"Shut up."
"Now the stupid teacher is telling me to shut up because I'm grumbling about how bad my day is.. stupid teacher. Stupid, stupid, stupid teacher... Doesn't know that I don't even have a lunch and that I only have a penny... I need a job but I can't get one and-"
There was a knock on the door and I raised my head as the door slid open. Ryoma came in, holding a cloth that looked like it held a very large bento. I growled under my breath, wanting to crawl into a corner and die.
"Is Kagome onee-chan in this class?" he asked and I perked up. 'Onee-chan?' Since when did he start calling me that?
"Higurashi, raise your hand" the teacher commanded and I obeyed.
"Right here, Mini-'roh" I stated and he walked in to the room, placing the bento on my desk.
"From my cousin. She made it for you as an apology for my dad almost running you over this morning. He doesn't even have a permit."
"Figured that out" I sighed, taking the bento from him. "Tell her I said 'Thank you'."
"Sure, onee-chan" he replied flatly before walking out of the room. A smile forced its way out of my scowl and I let loose a tiny bit of quiet laughter, smiling like an idiot.
"Onee-chan, huh?"
"Higurashi!"
"Yes?"
"Would you please shut up?"
To be Continued...