"Ryo was not happy at all. He saw Kagome eating lunch with Azuma. They seem to be getting along. He knew it was childish, but he kept glaring at Azuma. He doesn't know what is the matter with him. He is not acting like himself at all. Every time he sees Azuma, he want to slug him, it does not matter that Azuma never gives him a reason to. He can't seem to get her out of his head. Yesterday at soccer practice, he kept looking for her in the stands. He really miss her. He occasionally sees her in the hall but that is not satisfying at all.

"It was after school and Kagome saw Azuma waiting by the limo. She went up to him and asked what's going on.
"I was going to give you a ride home, isn't that what boyfriends do?" he teased.
"Azume, I am sorry, I need to run at least five miles after school every day to stay in shape for track. Thanks for the offer," she replied and gave him a kiss on the cheek.
"As the limo was leaving the school, Azuma notice that Hihara was running with Kagome. He knew that Hihara had a crush on Kagome and the thought of it made him uncomfortable. He felt like he could trust both of them, but he would rather she quit running. Once the word gets out of the engagement, she would be at risk for kidnapping to get to his family fortune. It was part of the reason he rides the limo to school. He would run with her but that would not work for two reasons. One is that he is not use to it and would slow her down. He doubt that he could run five miles. The second one is that his Grandmother would quickly put a stop to it. Besides that, he also prefer to limit her time around other males.

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A couple of days later Kagome text Azuma that she could not meet him for lunch because she had a tutoring lesson to give. He did not realize that she tutors in history. He walk by the classroom to take a peek. She had her hand on Keiichi's shoulder leaning down next to his head looking at his homework. They were almost check to cheek. It seems like Kagome has time for everyone but him.

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Kagome has going to his practices when she had time and he was going to repay her by watching a meet. He notices that Hihara was there in the stands with his trumpet. As she came up to the line the crowd started chanting Kagome, Kagome. He did not realize how popular she was or how good. He was amazed he won the state meet easily, after her race she was swarm by well wishers and reporters. He was fighting the crowd to see her and saw Ryo hugging her. Him again.

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They plan on going out on Saturday. He was to pick her up from a lesson at a music store. He was please that she was pursuing something he was interested in. She was learning piano. He used to play piano until he was better than his brother and grandmother made him quit. That was until he saw who her teacher was. Ryo. They were sitting side to side laughing.

"Kagome, are you ready?" he asked.

"I will just grab my things," she replied.

"Ryo,"

"Azuma,"

They both just stared at each other.

Kagome walked back in "Is there anything wrong?'

"How can there be with you at my side," Azuma replied putting a hand on the small of her back escorting her out the door.

"See you next week, " she said to Ryo.

Not if I can help it. In the limo he gave her a bouquet of flowers, he inform her of his plans. A nice dinner and concert.

"I am not dress properly," she said.

"That's OK I plan for that,"he replied as the limbo pulled in front of a store. Kagome felt uncomfortable the store was fancier than the ones she been in before. She felt under dress to be shopping here. At first the sales people brushed her off until they saw Azuma. All the sudden they could not assist her enough. It was getting annoying. Azuma picked out a beautiful blue dress, mentioning this will bring out her eyes. He was right. The next stop was the hair saloon and when they were finish she felt like a beauty queen.

The restaurant he took her was French. She could not read the menu, did not know which fork to use first, and really felt out of place. Azuma was kind enough to order for her the food and conversation was wonderful. He had a total different lifestyle than hers, it would take some getting use to.

They finished with the concert, she found it boring but politely sat through it .Classical music can be mundane sometimes. She prefers music with a beat. She much rather see a rock band.

Azuma can tell that he miss the mark. Most of the girls he took out before really was impress by this. Kagome was different, she was not all about the prestige. He found that refreshing.

As he escorted her inside her mom grabbed the camera and started taking pictures. Azuma ask if he could get a copy, making her mom smile.

"Kagome, next time we let you decide the date," he said as he lean down and kiss her goodnight.

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Monday came and Azuma picked up the school paper. There was an article about Kagome. He took one look at it and crumble it up. That picture made him angry. She has some explaining to do. He hopes his Grandmother does not found out.