Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or its characters; that right belongs to Rumiko Takahashi. Nor do I own My Hero Academia or its characters; that right belongs to Kohei Horikoshi.
Author's Note: My mind would not stay focused, and this was written out of order and random context. But it was too damn cute and full of drama for me not to share.
Eijiro was nervous plain and simple. And any of the people walking by him could see it as he tried to act as if he was relaxed. In the last few weeks, he knew he had caused his classmates and friends to become either worried or suspicious by his behavior, which had become, maybe slightly secretive. Though he had a good reason for it, and when he was ready, he would explain himself.
Then again, scoring higher on the midterm, bumping himself from Rank 15 in the class to rank 11, was a huge jump. Notably, since he had declined to join their study group. Eijiro found himself sighing as he lifted his hand and fussed with his red locks, making sure that they were still standing straight, looking messy yet manly.
Glancing around before pulling his phone out of his pants pocket, he looked at the time, allowing a small smile to appear on his face. It was almost time. A part of him was glad that he had gone and slipped from the Dorms an hour earlier than usual. He was making sure to not alert anyone else to him leaving. Then again, he had asked for permission from Aizawa-sensei for the right to be back later than curfew and got approval as long as he continuously checked it. Though it had been a bit disturbing to see the small smile on his teachers face at his reason why.
If asked, Eijiro would state that his teacher did care about all of them, had proven it several times over since school had started. But he thought to a degree the man could be a sadist in his tendencies.
"Eijiro!"
At the sound of his name, he spun and looked. Eyes widening at what he saw, before swallowing both audibly and visibly. Seeing the warm, sunny smile on a small, pale, oval-shaped face, whose brilliant blue eyes were shining from said smile seemed to make neckline of his shirt feel a bit tight, which was odd since it was partially unbuttoned.
"Hi, Kagome," he said softly as she stopped beside him.
"So, what do you have planned for today?" Kagome asked him.
His mind pulled a blank for a few seconds as he just stared at her. He was taking in the fact that she had her hair pulled up in a high ponytail, a yellow sundress with a square neckline, and green sandals that matched the green ribbon holding her hair up. Giving his head a quick shake, seeing the smile on her face gets wider, Eijiro snapped his head forward.
"I figured we could grab an early lunch at a small cafe that Mina told me about, then see the matinee at the theatre and take a walk in the park and eat a crepe or something?" he said, suddenly not feeling too sure about his plan.
Peeking to his side and down at his companion, Eijiro saw Kagome looking positively happy as she stared up at him.
"That sounds amazing," Kagome said in an excited tone. "And how did you do on your midterms?"
Holding out his arm in a silent offer to Kagome, Eijiro thought how to phrase his response — starting a bit when her arm threaded through his. The feel of his heart beating faster in his chest, Eijiro began guiding them to a small cafe that catered to girls with a love of cute, tiny things.
"I went from Rank 15 to 11," he stated. "Sorry, even with all your help, I didn't get placed higher."
Hearing the soft chuckle from her, Eijiro looked down at her, meeting her blue gaze, to see her shakes her head.
"I am happy you at least raised your rank by four. That is impressive, Eji," Kagome said, giving another soft chuckle at his expense.
He was laughing as he listened to Kagome, recount her thoughts about the double feature. The first movie was a children's classic anime by Hiyao Miyazaki, Kiki's Delivery Service. Something he enjoyed because of character development. That and the young male protagonist was doing his best to succeed at his dreams. The second was the Godzilla remake, and he found Kagome's take on how he looked like an overgrown iguana that had electricity running up and down his back was hilarious.
This also gave him some insight into the fact that Kagome was a closet nerd. The amount of knowledge she seemed to possess from the prior Godzilla movies was impressive. And apparently, she had much higher standards than what this remake had shown.
"Uh, Eijiro?"
Pulling himself from his inner thoughts at Kagome calling his name, he went still.
"They've been staring at us, or rather you, for a few minutes now," Kagome said. "Do you know them?"
Knowing he had been found out, Eijiro let out an exaggerated sigh as he answered. "Yes, they are from my school and my classmates.
Lifting his free hand, as his other arm had been claimed again by Kagome, Eijiro waved them over.
"Oh! I didn't think I would get a chance to meet them so soon," Kagome chirped.
When everyone had stopped an arm's distance from him and Kagome, Eijiro just looked down at his new friend. Seeing her smile and look up expectantly at him, while feeling the heavy gazes of the others, Eijiro knew he had to make the introductions. He hadn't wanted to let anyone know about Kagome for a while. The need to have Kagome to himself for a bit longer.
"Everyone, this is -" he started only to be cut off.
"Kagome! What the hell are you doing here?"
Instantly recognizing that loud voice as his best friends, as well as how his classmates were staring wide-eyed and with open mouths, Eijiro stiffened as he looked down at Kagome, having felt her grip on his arms tightened. Her face had shut down into a cold, annoyed mask. So when she let his arm go and turned around to look at the speaker, Eijiro followed suit.
"Hanging out with a good friend, not that it is any of your business," Kagome hissed.
It was a shock to see the bright girl be so... cold. And from the way Bakugo's face began to turn stormy, Eijiro knew it didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out they knew each other and had a past.
"I think I do," Bakugo growled. "Since I am your cousin."
This news stunned Eijiro as he thought about where Kagome lived. She said she lived in Shizuoka Prefecture, and he knew that Katsuki lived near it, as did Midoriya, since the two knew each other as children.
"Yeah, like you ever cared before, Baki!" Kagome snipped. "The only reason you would care about me is that you are acting as a concerned family member, or he is your friend and doesn't want me saying something embarrassing about you."
The way Katsuki's face went red, Eijiro was sure it was not the latter. He knew that Katsuki was a nice person; he just took a little (a lot) to get him to show it. And Kagome, he knew, was beautiful. And the snickering and smothered laughter from behind them wasn't helping matters either.
"Hey, why don't we go to the park? Kagome and I were heading there anyway... and there are fewer people around," he spoke up, trying to defuse the growing tension.
His suggestion had those behind him and Kagome quieting down, and Katsuki narrowing his red eyes at him. But the fact that Katsuki's fists were relaxing was very telling.
"That is fine with me, not that it would matter," Kagome said as he felt her thread her arm back through his.
Eijirio forced a small smile on his face at the slight nod of Katsuki's head. Though he was curious what Kagome had meant by it didn't matter.
It had been an hour since they arrived at the park and sat around the benches. He only shook his head to indicate he wouldn't be answering any questions until the practical screaming and insulting match between Katsuki and Kagome was done. However, he was rather impressed that Kagome could keep up and one-up Katsuki.
"Try it, Baki, try it! I dare you," Kagome said as he watched as she crossed her arms over her chest.
When Katsuki lifted his fingers, Eijiro tensed, knowing the others were. They were technically forbidden from using their quirks outside of the school. But that had never stopped Katsuki before. But when the fingers snapped and nothing happened, except a smug, triumphant smile on Kagomes face.
"Dammit, I hate when you do that," Katsuki said, his voice a resigned, defeated mutter.
"Yeah, well, you have always been explosion happy since we were little," Kagome said, her voice returning to its usual soft, friendly tone, though it was apparent it held affection for her cousin. "It is a good thing I can nullify all quirks, Keeps property damages to a minimum where you are concerned.
Her admission had Eijiro sitting straighter as gasp came from all around him. Katsuki was looking horrified.
"Idiot!" Katsuki muttered.
"Miss Kagome, what do you mean you can nullify quirks?" Ishida asked.
Eijiro just stared at the raven-haired girl as if he was seeing her for the first time in the three months he had known her. Watching as she turned away from Katsuki and looked at all of them, then focusing on him.
"Oh, well... you'd have learned in the fall when I started at UA," Kagome said. "It isn't a quirk, rather an innate born talent due to my family lineage. I am a practicing Priestess. And I am the real deal as you just saw."
Eijiro found he was unable to say anything, and going by the growing silence around him, none of the others had anything else to say either. He knew which prefecture she lived in, that he met her by dumb luck at the library when he was researching something, and she had just seen one of her former classmates and friends off.
"It kinda is a big deal, you dummy," Katsuki groused. "There are people who have that ability. Our teacher, Aizawa, is one thought he has to make eye contact with you first."
"It is not, and you will be wise to leave it at that, or I will make you miserable, Katsuki," Kagome muttered. "Now, if you don't mind, I was enjoying my date, may I return to it?"
Eijiro felt heat flood his face at her admission and the fact she wanted to continue it after everything that had happened. And the soft laughter from around him let Eijiro know his classmates found this situation amusing.
"No! He may be my friend, Kagome. But you are my cousin, and you are too young to be dating!" Katsuki said.
When Kagome reached a hand into her small purse and pulled out a piece of paper, a thin smile on her face, Eijiro felt shivers run down his spine as she waved that piece of paper at Katuski, who seemed to go very pale.
"Really? I think fifteen is more than old enough to date," Kagome stated while trying to put the piece of paper on Katsuki.
"Woman, you keep that thing away from me!"
Seeing Katsuki panic, Eijiro stood up and walked over to the duo and placed himself between them.
"Katsuki, it is a date between friends for clarification. It is because of Kagome that I scored higher on the midterm. This was my way of thanking her for helping me. Please allow us to finish this date," he said, meeting that hard red gaze straight on. "And I promise to be nothing but a gentleman like I have been. Don't wanna lose my manliness."
He wasn't going to tell his friend that he liked his cousin. Hell no, that was asking for a quick and excruciating death, if he was lucky. Only to get a soft tsk as Katuski shoved his hands into his pockets, giving a hard, pointed look at the group now to Eijiro left, before turning and leaving. It was clear he wasn't happy but was allowing them to finish their date.
"I would like to ask that you all let us finish out our date as well," Kagome asked politely. "And if Eijiro wants to talk about it later, you all can ask the questions I know you have. But that is only if he wants to talk about it."
Once more, he felt heat suffusing his face at Kagome's words. The girl had no clue what she was doing, which was why he could guess that Katsuki was so worried about her, not just that they were family. Slowly turning his body, Kagome moving with him, Eijiro gave an imploring look to those gathered, before having his gaze held by one, in particular, Mina. Knowing that he wouldn't be allowed to keep anything from his childhood friend, he smiled his usual smile before Kagome tugged on his arm.
THE END!