(Oh yeah ^o^ I don't own Inu Yasha! Forgot to say that for the prologue,
dang it!)
Chapter One: Sota's school. . .
The day started off as usual for Higurashi, Sota as he walked down the streets of Tokyo hands dug deep into his pockets as he kept his head down looking at his feet. He walked down the streets minding his own business, another boring day at school, he thought listlessly as he went about his morning.
"Hey Higurashi!" He looked up looking over his shoulder at his friend.
"Hey what's up Sachi," he quipped quickly as his friend patted his shoulder giving it a squeeze.
"Nothing much, you still up for going to the movies tonight?" His friend asked as they started to make there way to school again.
"Yeah, my mom and gramps said it was cool. I guess today is gonna be another boring day at school." Sota sighed as they ventured slower than before down the sidewalk losing there drive.
"Yeah I hear ya." Sachi said in a drab voice.
(The schoolyard before the Principal's Tyourei)
Sota stood with his friend chatting in an engrossed conversation about nothing truly important for Sota to give his full-attention to. He yawned lazily and fanned his mouth as he looked around with idle eyes. Another boring and stupid day, he thought in irritation.
"Don't you guy ever get tired of the same routine?" He asked his crew of guy friends, out of the blue. They all looked up at their leader in thought as he frowned and sighed. "I'm dying for something new and exciting!" He exclaimed exasperated. His friends looked at him wide-eyed.
"Are you alright man," asked his best friend Sachi as he placed a hand on the older boy's shoulder.
"Yeah I'm cool, I just need to walk around some, so I'm gonna skip today's tyourei. I'll see you guys later, during lunch 'kay?"
"Of course dude." Sachi and him did their secret handshake and Sota was off. They watched as their leader disappeared into the school before they all turned and started to converse again -
Sota entered the hollow halls of his school walking around with this look of indifference on his usually satisfied, yet grinning face. His backpack slung over one shoulder as he had one hand in his pocket and the other one gliding through his hair. A set of girls saw this and swooned as he ignored their affections. "I have no time for them -," he muttered to himself as the girls seemed to be on cloud nine, as he passed by.
At the current time Sota was the most popular boy in school and the girls all wanted to be his girlfriend, but he found no time to really socialize outside of school since being trained as the next priest at The Sunset Shrine by his wizen, but whacked out grandfather. It was amazing the old man had let him out for the night before (because it was Kagome's birthday) and also for tonight to see movies with his closes of friends. "I bet he's just giving me a taste of freedom now before I'm locked up for some jail downtime of shrine training," he sighed defeated.
No happiness for the good kid, he thought with a rueful smirk adorning his lips. How the hell did Kagome get out of being drafted by the old man?
He walked down the hall looking up as someone turned down the hall he was venturing down. This boy was missing his school uniform; instead he was wearing blue jeans and a white t-shirt. A cigarette dangled from his mouth as another one hid behind his ears. The thing that caught Sota's gaze the most was his eyes. They were a light teal color and almost innocent looking if you ignored his facial expression.
He had short looking light brown almost auburn hair that was kept in a small ponytail. He chewed on his cigarette and then he looked up suddenly with slit eyes, but they seemed to change as he approached closer to Sota. "What the hell are you looking at kid?"
"Nothing," he answered as the boy brushed pass, knocking Sota away. The Higurashi boy frowned and glared at the backside of the retreating boy. "Hey what was that for?!" He shouted at the brunette. Slowly teal eyes glared narrowly at the schoolboy.
"Look kid, don't piss me off." He stated almost coldly.
Sota fumed as he brushed his hair from his face. "Kid?! Who are you calling kid, you look younger than me jackass!" He pointed defensively. He felt his acute six-sense start to tingle at that moment -
With that the stranger fumed as he bared his teeth at the black haired boy threateningly. Sota looked closely noticing a sharp pair of fangs. His dark brown eyes widen in shock, as the boy advanced on him. The brunette pulled the unlit cigarette from his lips as he placed that one behind his ear with the other one. "What did you say, boy?!" He raged as his prey slowly backed up from the stalker.
Once Sota's back hit the lockers behind him he cringed as the boy look turned to a sneer, but then the boy stopped his murderous look as he sniffed the air around Sota as a confused look crossed his face. "Huh," the brunette blinked as he took another whiff of the schoolboy. "You smell like Kagome," he said in a statement/confused question type tone, as the boy pressed to the lockers relaxed some.
"How do you know my, sis?" He asked suddenly curious as to know how his sister knew the short-fused boy before him.
"A long story," he answered studying the young priest in-training with wondering light teal eyes. "Now that I've noticed, you look kinda like her." His face inches from the teenage boy, as the schoolboy began to blush. "What's your name kid?"
The young boy felt himself getting angry again. "Quit calling me KID!!" He yelled at the brunette who was currently invading his space, as he now took a good step back from Sota. "My name is Sota, I'm Kag's little brother." He stated proudly as he hitched a thumb at himself as a lopsided grin plastered itself onto his face. "What's your name?"
"Well the name's -," He never got to finish his introduction as the hall monitors came running towards the twosome.
"Hey there he is!!" One yelled as they charged. Right as they were going to tackle the small brunette he hopped into the air planting his feet on the back of one of the men's skulls and spring boarding away gracefully.
As he sailed through the air he gave an alluring, yet charismatic grin in Sota's direction and a friendly, but short wave. "I'll tell you who I am next we meet, Sota!" Sota felt his cheeks warm up -
The boy landed on his feet in a crouched position as he was already on the other end of the hallway. "I already told you bastards that I am not a student. I'm only here to enroll my son, not myself!! Take this jerks!" He raised his middle finger and with his other hand he pulled down his eyelid while blowing a raspberry at the two hall monitors -
The brunette took off in a dead run. Loosing the two pursuing him quickly -
Next he calmly found himself walking towards his parked car in the visiting area. He fished his keys out of his pocket and opened the car door. He got in, then looking up into the rearview mirror in disgust. "Damn you Mai for cursing me to never look over the age of fourteen," he growled in an animalistic way.
He pushed the key into the ignition and started his car as it purred like a cheetah. He backed out with smoking tires and burned rubber on the paved parking way as he peeled out in his electric blue Porsche. "Hmm - Higurashi, Sota," the boyish looking man purred almost musingly with an arched brow as he smirked with fangs protruding out of his mouth.
(Meanwhile)
Sota stood in the hallway awestruck and blushing in the wake of the man who had just fled the hallways from the staff chasing him. "Things are starting to look up," he breathed to himself as a sly, but lopsided grin spread across his face. The bell rung for the first class of the day to begin -
(Sakae's Academy of Art)
Kagome sat bored to tears as she drummed on her desk in Music History class. Jeez, I could die from boredom and the class hasn't even started yet, she sighed mentally to herself. A small tap was felt on her shoulder and she whirled around to be greeted by smiling deep blue eyes and a bright smile. "Malachi!" She gasped.
The boy shook his head 'no' slowly. "Nope, he's got short hair. I'm the other one."
"Oops, I'm so sorry Makalani-kun." She blushed with embarrassment as he slowly removed a guitar case from his back and placed the enclosed instrument on the floor carefully.
"Oh don't worry about it Kagome-san, besides just call me Makalani if you will." He said soothingly as he sat down behind her. She smiled shyly at him as he returned a smile of his own. "How was your birthday yesterday?"
"Oh it was wonderful. Some of my closest friends took me out yesterday for lunch as you already know. Also they through a surprise party for me." She said happily.
"Oh that nice of them. Oh and the guys and I still extend our offer of lunch out to you, as a belated gift." Kagome couldn't help but smile at the man in front of her.
"I don't know we've all just met and I don't want to waste your money." Makalani waved her off dismissively with a small smile.
"Don't worry about it Kagome-san." The bell rang, but the teacher was nowhere to be seen.
"Alright then -. What kind of guitar is that?" She asked curiously looking at the case. His eyes darted from off of her face to the case.
"I play the acoustic guitar, but when I'm playing with my band mates I play lead guitar." Her eyes widen in delight as she beamed brightly at him.
"Really? That's so cool, is Malachi and Sekijuro in the band with you?" The ponytail wearing man nodded his head.
"Yep. Malachi plays base while Seki plays the drums. Then my baby sister plays the guitar like me." He informed her as he pulled a pair of glasses out of his pocket and case. He placed the almost black looking rimmed glasses on his face.
"Oh I didn't know you had another sibling. I have an arrogant little fungus that lives with my mom and grandpa, he suffering through puberty." She said jokingly with playfully flat eyes. "So is your sister nice?"
"She is to me, but she'll really beat up on Malachi if he's foolish. She's harsher on him than I am. She very caring and motherly for a girl her age, though she is how did you phrase it - 'suffering through puberty.'" He said with a broad smile. "Her name is Tama. You'll like her."
Kagome laughed sheepishly, as Makalani chuckled as well. "Well what's your band called?" She asked as he looked down at his hands before his dark blue eyes looked back at her.
"We don't have a name yet, and also we don't have a lead singer anymore, but we still practice every Sunday at my house. If you want you can watch sometime." He suggested with a small shrug.
"Okay that sounds like fun. I'd love to go one day." She sighed almost contently.
"So umm - can I ask you a question Kagome-san?" He paused as she nodded her head. "Well is this class boring?"
"Let me put it to you this way Makalani, they should include in the supply list: pillow." The glasses wearing boy began to chuckle.
"I thought music history would be more entertaining, that's why I signed up for this class y'know and also I really love music. That's another reason why Seki talked me into coming to this university so easily was because of the music department." He rested his cheek on a slightly balled fist looking at Kagome with lazy eyes. "Malachi only came because of Seki and I were going to attend here. Us three travel together no matter what, as if we were three lone samurai traveling across the Sengoku or better know as the warring states era branded by fate." He spoke so passionately as wanderlust settled in his orbs as his glasses reflected from the light above making his eyes look like a disturbed ocean as he looked at Kagome.
The Higurashi woman eyes snapping in recognition as she thought of her younger teenage years of traveling with her companions and roughing it out in the uncharted areas of the old Japanese world. Inu Yasha, she thought sadly -
"Something wrong Kagome-san?" His soothing voice asked in concern.
"No, nothing is the matter. Wow you three sound like the three musketeers." She smiled weakly.
"Yeah I guess you could say we are a Japanese and modern day version of them. I've been around Seki and my brother since I was pretty much born. Our families are close and besides Seki's dad is like an uncle or second father to my siblings and I. Though Seki's dad is a bit touchy and brash sometimes. When Seki's mother was still around she'd always make Mr. Sugi remove the foot from his butt and then made him eat it when he was being too egotistical or foolhardy."
Kagome thought about it mentally and began to chuckle at the imaginary thought of an older looking Sekijuro or the hanyou she used to know putting a foot into his mouth. Makalani began to laugh as well joining in the banter. After she was done with her much-needed laugh she felt curious. "What happened to Mrs. Sugi?"
Makalani sobered up as a sad look crossed his eyes for the briefest of seconds, but his expression looked pained. "His mother passed away when he was eleven, that was over eight years ago." Kagome felt bad for asking as she looked down at her lap.
"I'm sorry I asked such a personal question, it's really none of my business. Sorry. That was very insensitive of me." He softly reached over placing a hand on her shoulder giving her a gentle squeeze.
"Kagome-san it's alright, you make it sound as if you're the one that has done her in." She looked up meeting his gaze and instantly blushing from the eye contact. She looked away in embarrassment as his gaze lingered.
"I am HERE class!!" The teacher announced at the class, as they (the students) groaned in annoyance -
(Lunchtime)
"I would like a ramen bowl," Sekijuro order and then he shuffled out of the way. "What are you getting Kagome-san?"
"Umm - I would like a personal sized beef okonomiyaki, please." Kagome ordered.
"I'd liked beef sukiyaki please, thank you sir." Makalani said this as he moved off to the side letting his twin study the menu.
"Umm I guess I'll have the sakurameshi and the sakuramoshi." He smiled goofy like as his brother looked wide-eyed at him.
"Chi those are the most expensive things on the menu, bro!!" His older brother cried out.
"Don't worry about it Makalani, remember how we went to go visit mom and dad yesterday?" The more level-headed of the two nodded his head slowly, but he had a slightly bad feeling of where his brother was heading with this conversation. "I 'barrowed' daddy's card." He brandished the plastic waving it to and fro in front of his brother like a baton. Makalani slapped a hand to his forehead as Malachi paid for everyone's' lunch. "Ta da! Like magic it's all paid for by dad's fat pockets and bottomless finances."
Definitely a Miroku, can we say kleptomaniac, she thought incredulously. She remembered the times when Miroku could steal a whole mansion blind in one night, but he'd always give his profits to the less fortunate. Well I guess Malachi views us as the less fortunate, well we are college students after all and most college student survive off of instant foods. Just like old times living off of instant ramen during the Sengoku era, she concluded with a small blanch and a scratch to the side of her head in disbelief.
"Once you get busted Chi, don't you dare take me down with you and your half-baked schemes." He warned with a readied fist. The younger brother retreated back with a weak chuckle.
"You worry to much Makalani, besides I know better. I've learned the hard way too many times in the past." He held the top of his head protectively as he cringed remembering past incidents with a lopsided, but weak grin still plastered to his handsomely rugged face. "Besides I got the sakuramoshi for Kagome and me." The said woman blinked in response.
Sekijuro and Kagome stood off to the side laughing at the Kazuo twins' antics. Suddenly she felt her wrist being held tenderly as if being cradled. Kagome looked down at the ringed hand and followed the limb to the owner's body then face. The Sugi man smiled shyly. "Would you like to get a booth?" He almost stuttered.
She blushed brightly as she slowly nodded her head. He took her wrist more securely leading her deeper towards the dinning part of the eatery still holding onto her wrist gently though. "Is this what you expected of your belated birthday outing with us?"
"It's better then what I thought it would be." She said genuinely as they sat down at a booth by themselves. He blushed letting go of her wrist. "I'm glad I'm here." She told him softly, as she averted her eyes.
"I'm glad you decided to come, I enjoyed your company so much the other day that I couldn't wait to see you again." He blurted as he adjusted his glasses, then his snowy cheeks turned red with embarrassment.
Kagome looked up suddenly while her face tinted to a light pinkish-red blush. Impulsive like Inu Yasha when it comes to their feelings for someone they really care for, Kagome thought as they locked eyes in the small booth as the twins could be heard arguing with one another at the front of the restaurant -
(End of Chapter One)
Kyoji K. here ^_^
Thanks for the support and also I forgot to mention in the description of the story that there will be some shounen ai (boy/boy love) in this fic (in the future though! Besides Kagome can't be the only one with someone crushin' on her! ^_^). I don't know how something like that slipped my mind, but I remembered now. Anyways drop me a line and let me know whatcha think about this fic. Also I might change the genre this fic falls under since at the current moment it says Romance/Humor. . . We'll see, but for now enjoy and please review my humble fanfic.
PS: I will try and load a new chapter every week unless if I am really inspired then they might come sooner! 'kay?! Until next chapter. . .
Lay o_O
Chapter One: Sota's school. . .
The day started off as usual for Higurashi, Sota as he walked down the streets of Tokyo hands dug deep into his pockets as he kept his head down looking at his feet. He walked down the streets minding his own business, another boring day at school, he thought listlessly as he went about his morning.
"Hey Higurashi!" He looked up looking over his shoulder at his friend.
"Hey what's up Sachi," he quipped quickly as his friend patted his shoulder giving it a squeeze.
"Nothing much, you still up for going to the movies tonight?" His friend asked as they started to make there way to school again.
"Yeah, my mom and gramps said it was cool. I guess today is gonna be another boring day at school." Sota sighed as they ventured slower than before down the sidewalk losing there drive.
"Yeah I hear ya." Sachi said in a drab voice.
(The schoolyard before the Principal's Tyourei)
Sota stood with his friend chatting in an engrossed conversation about nothing truly important for Sota to give his full-attention to. He yawned lazily and fanned his mouth as he looked around with idle eyes. Another boring and stupid day, he thought in irritation.
"Don't you guy ever get tired of the same routine?" He asked his crew of guy friends, out of the blue. They all looked up at their leader in thought as he frowned and sighed. "I'm dying for something new and exciting!" He exclaimed exasperated. His friends looked at him wide-eyed.
"Are you alright man," asked his best friend Sachi as he placed a hand on the older boy's shoulder.
"Yeah I'm cool, I just need to walk around some, so I'm gonna skip today's tyourei. I'll see you guys later, during lunch 'kay?"
"Of course dude." Sachi and him did their secret handshake and Sota was off. They watched as their leader disappeared into the school before they all turned and started to converse again -
Sota entered the hollow halls of his school walking around with this look of indifference on his usually satisfied, yet grinning face. His backpack slung over one shoulder as he had one hand in his pocket and the other one gliding through his hair. A set of girls saw this and swooned as he ignored their affections. "I have no time for them -," he muttered to himself as the girls seemed to be on cloud nine, as he passed by.
At the current time Sota was the most popular boy in school and the girls all wanted to be his girlfriend, but he found no time to really socialize outside of school since being trained as the next priest at The Sunset Shrine by his wizen, but whacked out grandfather. It was amazing the old man had let him out for the night before (because it was Kagome's birthday) and also for tonight to see movies with his closes of friends. "I bet he's just giving me a taste of freedom now before I'm locked up for some jail downtime of shrine training," he sighed defeated.
No happiness for the good kid, he thought with a rueful smirk adorning his lips. How the hell did Kagome get out of being drafted by the old man?
He walked down the hall looking up as someone turned down the hall he was venturing down. This boy was missing his school uniform; instead he was wearing blue jeans and a white t-shirt. A cigarette dangled from his mouth as another one hid behind his ears. The thing that caught Sota's gaze the most was his eyes. They were a light teal color and almost innocent looking if you ignored his facial expression.
He had short looking light brown almost auburn hair that was kept in a small ponytail. He chewed on his cigarette and then he looked up suddenly with slit eyes, but they seemed to change as he approached closer to Sota. "What the hell are you looking at kid?"
"Nothing," he answered as the boy brushed pass, knocking Sota away. The Higurashi boy frowned and glared at the backside of the retreating boy. "Hey what was that for?!" He shouted at the brunette. Slowly teal eyes glared narrowly at the schoolboy.
"Look kid, don't piss me off." He stated almost coldly.
Sota fumed as he brushed his hair from his face. "Kid?! Who are you calling kid, you look younger than me jackass!" He pointed defensively. He felt his acute six-sense start to tingle at that moment -
With that the stranger fumed as he bared his teeth at the black haired boy threateningly. Sota looked closely noticing a sharp pair of fangs. His dark brown eyes widen in shock, as the boy advanced on him. The brunette pulled the unlit cigarette from his lips as he placed that one behind his ear with the other one. "What did you say, boy?!" He raged as his prey slowly backed up from the stalker.
Once Sota's back hit the lockers behind him he cringed as the boy look turned to a sneer, but then the boy stopped his murderous look as he sniffed the air around Sota as a confused look crossed his face. "Huh," the brunette blinked as he took another whiff of the schoolboy. "You smell like Kagome," he said in a statement/confused question type tone, as the boy pressed to the lockers relaxed some.
"How do you know my, sis?" He asked suddenly curious as to know how his sister knew the short-fused boy before him.
"A long story," he answered studying the young priest in-training with wondering light teal eyes. "Now that I've noticed, you look kinda like her." His face inches from the teenage boy, as the schoolboy began to blush. "What's your name kid?"
The young boy felt himself getting angry again. "Quit calling me KID!!" He yelled at the brunette who was currently invading his space, as he now took a good step back from Sota. "My name is Sota, I'm Kag's little brother." He stated proudly as he hitched a thumb at himself as a lopsided grin plastered itself onto his face. "What's your name?"
"Well the name's -," He never got to finish his introduction as the hall monitors came running towards the twosome.
"Hey there he is!!" One yelled as they charged. Right as they were going to tackle the small brunette he hopped into the air planting his feet on the back of one of the men's skulls and spring boarding away gracefully.
As he sailed through the air he gave an alluring, yet charismatic grin in Sota's direction and a friendly, but short wave. "I'll tell you who I am next we meet, Sota!" Sota felt his cheeks warm up -
The boy landed on his feet in a crouched position as he was already on the other end of the hallway. "I already told you bastards that I am not a student. I'm only here to enroll my son, not myself!! Take this jerks!" He raised his middle finger and with his other hand he pulled down his eyelid while blowing a raspberry at the two hall monitors -
The brunette took off in a dead run. Loosing the two pursuing him quickly -
Next he calmly found himself walking towards his parked car in the visiting area. He fished his keys out of his pocket and opened the car door. He got in, then looking up into the rearview mirror in disgust. "Damn you Mai for cursing me to never look over the age of fourteen," he growled in an animalistic way.
He pushed the key into the ignition and started his car as it purred like a cheetah. He backed out with smoking tires and burned rubber on the paved parking way as he peeled out in his electric blue Porsche. "Hmm - Higurashi, Sota," the boyish looking man purred almost musingly with an arched brow as he smirked with fangs protruding out of his mouth.
(Meanwhile)
Sota stood in the hallway awestruck and blushing in the wake of the man who had just fled the hallways from the staff chasing him. "Things are starting to look up," he breathed to himself as a sly, but lopsided grin spread across his face. The bell rung for the first class of the day to begin -
(Sakae's Academy of Art)
Kagome sat bored to tears as she drummed on her desk in Music History class. Jeez, I could die from boredom and the class hasn't even started yet, she sighed mentally to herself. A small tap was felt on her shoulder and she whirled around to be greeted by smiling deep blue eyes and a bright smile. "Malachi!" She gasped.
The boy shook his head 'no' slowly. "Nope, he's got short hair. I'm the other one."
"Oops, I'm so sorry Makalani-kun." She blushed with embarrassment as he slowly removed a guitar case from his back and placed the enclosed instrument on the floor carefully.
"Oh don't worry about it Kagome-san, besides just call me Makalani if you will." He said soothingly as he sat down behind her. She smiled shyly at him as he returned a smile of his own. "How was your birthday yesterday?"
"Oh it was wonderful. Some of my closest friends took me out yesterday for lunch as you already know. Also they through a surprise party for me." She said happily.
"Oh that nice of them. Oh and the guys and I still extend our offer of lunch out to you, as a belated gift." Kagome couldn't help but smile at the man in front of her.
"I don't know we've all just met and I don't want to waste your money." Makalani waved her off dismissively with a small smile.
"Don't worry about it Kagome-san." The bell rang, but the teacher was nowhere to be seen.
"Alright then -. What kind of guitar is that?" She asked curiously looking at the case. His eyes darted from off of her face to the case.
"I play the acoustic guitar, but when I'm playing with my band mates I play lead guitar." Her eyes widen in delight as she beamed brightly at him.
"Really? That's so cool, is Malachi and Sekijuro in the band with you?" The ponytail wearing man nodded his head.
"Yep. Malachi plays base while Seki plays the drums. Then my baby sister plays the guitar like me." He informed her as he pulled a pair of glasses out of his pocket and case. He placed the almost black looking rimmed glasses on his face.
"Oh I didn't know you had another sibling. I have an arrogant little fungus that lives with my mom and grandpa, he suffering through puberty." She said jokingly with playfully flat eyes. "So is your sister nice?"
"She is to me, but she'll really beat up on Malachi if he's foolish. She's harsher on him than I am. She very caring and motherly for a girl her age, though she is how did you phrase it - 'suffering through puberty.'" He said with a broad smile. "Her name is Tama. You'll like her."
Kagome laughed sheepishly, as Makalani chuckled as well. "Well what's your band called?" She asked as he looked down at his hands before his dark blue eyes looked back at her.
"We don't have a name yet, and also we don't have a lead singer anymore, but we still practice every Sunday at my house. If you want you can watch sometime." He suggested with a small shrug.
"Okay that sounds like fun. I'd love to go one day." She sighed almost contently.
"So umm - can I ask you a question Kagome-san?" He paused as she nodded her head. "Well is this class boring?"
"Let me put it to you this way Makalani, they should include in the supply list: pillow." The glasses wearing boy began to chuckle.
"I thought music history would be more entertaining, that's why I signed up for this class y'know and also I really love music. That's another reason why Seki talked me into coming to this university so easily was because of the music department." He rested his cheek on a slightly balled fist looking at Kagome with lazy eyes. "Malachi only came because of Seki and I were going to attend here. Us three travel together no matter what, as if we were three lone samurai traveling across the Sengoku or better know as the warring states era branded by fate." He spoke so passionately as wanderlust settled in his orbs as his glasses reflected from the light above making his eyes look like a disturbed ocean as he looked at Kagome.
The Higurashi woman eyes snapping in recognition as she thought of her younger teenage years of traveling with her companions and roughing it out in the uncharted areas of the old Japanese world. Inu Yasha, she thought sadly -
"Something wrong Kagome-san?" His soothing voice asked in concern.
"No, nothing is the matter. Wow you three sound like the three musketeers." She smiled weakly.
"Yeah I guess you could say we are a Japanese and modern day version of them. I've been around Seki and my brother since I was pretty much born. Our families are close and besides Seki's dad is like an uncle or second father to my siblings and I. Though Seki's dad is a bit touchy and brash sometimes. When Seki's mother was still around she'd always make Mr. Sugi remove the foot from his butt and then made him eat it when he was being too egotistical or foolhardy."
Kagome thought about it mentally and began to chuckle at the imaginary thought of an older looking Sekijuro or the hanyou she used to know putting a foot into his mouth. Makalani began to laugh as well joining in the banter. After she was done with her much-needed laugh she felt curious. "What happened to Mrs. Sugi?"
Makalani sobered up as a sad look crossed his eyes for the briefest of seconds, but his expression looked pained. "His mother passed away when he was eleven, that was over eight years ago." Kagome felt bad for asking as she looked down at her lap.
"I'm sorry I asked such a personal question, it's really none of my business. Sorry. That was very insensitive of me." He softly reached over placing a hand on her shoulder giving her a gentle squeeze.
"Kagome-san it's alright, you make it sound as if you're the one that has done her in." She looked up meeting his gaze and instantly blushing from the eye contact. She looked away in embarrassment as his gaze lingered.
"I am HERE class!!" The teacher announced at the class, as they (the students) groaned in annoyance -
(Lunchtime)
"I would like a ramen bowl," Sekijuro order and then he shuffled out of the way. "What are you getting Kagome-san?"
"Umm - I would like a personal sized beef okonomiyaki, please." Kagome ordered.
"I'd liked beef sukiyaki please, thank you sir." Makalani said this as he moved off to the side letting his twin study the menu.
"Umm I guess I'll have the sakurameshi and the sakuramoshi." He smiled goofy like as his brother looked wide-eyed at him.
"Chi those are the most expensive things on the menu, bro!!" His older brother cried out.
"Don't worry about it Makalani, remember how we went to go visit mom and dad yesterday?" The more level-headed of the two nodded his head slowly, but he had a slightly bad feeling of where his brother was heading with this conversation. "I 'barrowed' daddy's card." He brandished the plastic waving it to and fro in front of his brother like a baton. Makalani slapped a hand to his forehead as Malachi paid for everyone's' lunch. "Ta da! Like magic it's all paid for by dad's fat pockets and bottomless finances."
Definitely a Miroku, can we say kleptomaniac, she thought incredulously. She remembered the times when Miroku could steal a whole mansion blind in one night, but he'd always give his profits to the less fortunate. Well I guess Malachi views us as the less fortunate, well we are college students after all and most college student survive off of instant foods. Just like old times living off of instant ramen during the Sengoku era, she concluded with a small blanch and a scratch to the side of her head in disbelief.
"Once you get busted Chi, don't you dare take me down with you and your half-baked schemes." He warned with a readied fist. The younger brother retreated back with a weak chuckle.
"You worry to much Makalani, besides I know better. I've learned the hard way too many times in the past." He held the top of his head protectively as he cringed remembering past incidents with a lopsided, but weak grin still plastered to his handsomely rugged face. "Besides I got the sakuramoshi for Kagome and me." The said woman blinked in response.
Sekijuro and Kagome stood off to the side laughing at the Kazuo twins' antics. Suddenly she felt her wrist being held tenderly as if being cradled. Kagome looked down at the ringed hand and followed the limb to the owner's body then face. The Sugi man smiled shyly. "Would you like to get a booth?" He almost stuttered.
She blushed brightly as she slowly nodded her head. He took her wrist more securely leading her deeper towards the dinning part of the eatery still holding onto her wrist gently though. "Is this what you expected of your belated birthday outing with us?"
"It's better then what I thought it would be." She said genuinely as they sat down at a booth by themselves. He blushed letting go of her wrist. "I'm glad I'm here." She told him softly, as she averted her eyes.
"I'm glad you decided to come, I enjoyed your company so much the other day that I couldn't wait to see you again." He blurted as he adjusted his glasses, then his snowy cheeks turned red with embarrassment.
Kagome looked up suddenly while her face tinted to a light pinkish-red blush. Impulsive like Inu Yasha when it comes to their feelings for someone they really care for, Kagome thought as they locked eyes in the small booth as the twins could be heard arguing with one another at the front of the restaurant -
(End of Chapter One)
Kyoji K. here ^_^
Thanks for the support and also I forgot to mention in the description of the story that there will be some shounen ai (boy/boy love) in this fic (in the future though! Besides Kagome can't be the only one with someone crushin' on her! ^_^). I don't know how something like that slipped my mind, but I remembered now. Anyways drop me a line and let me know whatcha think about this fic. Also I might change the genre this fic falls under since at the current moment it says Romance/Humor. . . We'll see, but for now enjoy and please review my humble fanfic.
PS: I will try and load a new chapter every week unless if I am really inspired then they might come sooner! 'kay?! Until next chapter. . .
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