Temporary Home

Summary: Kagome would be the first to tell you that life wasn't easy. She would also tell you that she didn't want it to be. If not for the hard life she had, she wouldn't have the life she did...all thanks to them...

Anime/Manga: InuYasha/Prince of Tennis

Genre: Romance/Drama

Pairing: Kagome (None)

Rated: T

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Kagome was sitting outside under one of the trees reading a random book from a pile which had been brought it earlier that morning, she didn't even look at the title when she'd picked it up on her way outside, but at least it was interesting.

"Nyan nya na~! Nyan nya na~!"

Kagome looked over and frowned, 'He's back...'

"AH! KAGOME-CHAN!"

She closed the book as he came running up to her, for the first time, she noticed the title to be Fire and Ice, a teen fantasy book.

She took note of the woman behind him, she was stunning, truly beautiful. Suddenly being pulled up and onto her feet, she was pushed forward towards the woman where she felt suddenly nervous. 'What the heck, why am I nervous?!'

"Is this her?"

'Her?'

"Hai, Hai! Kagome-Chan, she's so cute, and adorable, and perfect!" The red head hugged her tightly as he smiled.

'Cute? Adorable? PERFECT!? What was his name again? Gigi...Fuji...Michi...Eiji? Eiji...that's right.' Kagome slipped out of the hug before standing straight again, "You came back, why? I thought I told you, no one was going to match that silly list of yours."

"Wah~! Wrong! Wrong!"

Kagome raised a brow.

He pulled out his book, she recalled a bunch of the things on that list, and when he handed it to her and she opened it, it was no longer the same list. 'He...he changed it!' She frowned, "That's a form of cheating, I'm sure of it."

He smiled, "Not cheating, revising and editing!"

'...he's a nut...'

"Eiji, go sit in the lobby, I'll catch up to you."

"Hai, Kaa-San!" He ran off, Kagome watched him flip and jump, and summersault. It was kind of funny, in fact, it even brought a smile to her face to watch, but she quickly hid it at the soft sound of a laugh from beside her. Kagome fell back onto the grass by her book and leaned against the tree she'd been sitting under prior the interruption.

"He's so excited. He's been down lately, I'm not sure why, but I think it has something to do with his doubles partner..."

"Doubles partner?"

"Mm, he plays tennis, doubles, meaning he plays with another tennis player, um, his name is Oishi-San, I believe." She smiled, "Mind if I sit down?"

Kagome looked curiously at her, but shook her head all the same. "Go ahead,"

"So, I was wondering if you could tell me a little bit about yourself. I know, you don't really have any hobbies, have you ever wanted to try something?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well, if you could do something, art, tennis, soccer, swimming...anything at all, what would you want to do?"

"...I guess...I always thought Gymnastics or something like that would be fun..."

The woman smiled, "Anything else?"

"I don't know..."

"What foods do you like?"

Kagome frowned, 'Now I see where Eiji gets his questioning from...' Kagome sighed, "I liked fruit, melons are good, especially Watermelons, I also like Snow Cones."

"Ah! Eiji loves snow cones!" The woman smiled.

"...he does?" It wasn't really a Japanese delicacy, not many people ate it in fact, it was something she had eaten with her dad before the accident. He had brought over a snow cone machine for them after one of his business trips, which they'd utilize every Sunday.

"Oh, I never mentioned this, my name is Kikumaru, Sachiko, please call me Sachiko-Chan, nai?"

Kagome smiled, "Call me Kagome then, please."

"Hai, hai. Can you tell me more about yourself Kagome? What do you normally do on weekdays, or weekends?"

"Mm, you're looking at it. The staff here doesn't like it when we take off or act...like kids. I try to avoid trouble and just read mostly. It doesn't matter what the book is, I'll read anything. That's something I do enjoy, reading!" Kagome smiled, one of the first smiles she'd given Sachiko.

Sachiko took it for all the beauty and happiness it was worth and returned her smile with one of her own. "I like reading too, is there anything that you're really proud of, things you can do? It's a weird question, I know, but I'm just really curious about you."

"...I...well, I'm good at badminton, I used to play with my mom...and, I like running; I'm really fast...I guess I'm proud of those, I'm not all that artistic, drawing and such..."

"What are your favorite subjects?"

"I like Japanese History, English and Mathematics...um...I'm not really good with Science and Chemistry, or Latin...I tried to read books on those once, but they kind of confused me."

"So you know how to speak English?!" She was shocked.

"...a little...I could find my way around America, at least..." Kagome laughed, "I read a bunch of Japanese to English books, and then tried my luck reading a story written in English, I got most of it, not everything though." Kagome blushed.

Sachiko smiled, "How about music?"

"I like pop, but I fall asleep to classical...j-pop makes me want to get up dance and sing, not sleep."

Sachiko laughed at that, "Like Eiji...alright. I think I've stolen away enough of your time, Kagome, I'll let you get back to reading, thank you for keeping me company." Sachiko stood and bowed.

Kagome was quick on her feet, bowing respectfully back to Sachiko, "It was fun talking to you, Eiji and you are a lot alike, thank you for spending some time with me, Sachiko-Chan!"

The woman smiled, nodding her head, then leaving to find her son in the lobby. Kagome sat back down on the grass and returned to reading, her mind was easily becoming distracted by the woman and Eiji, but she forced herself to shake the thoughts to the back of her mind. She had to remind herself that no one wanted an overly blunt daughter, so even if she liked the two and even if they liked her at first too...they would never keep her.

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Me: Hope you all enjoy! Here is chapter two, once I get 20 reviews, I'll update chapter 3! LOVE YOU GUYS!