Let's just get this started since I took so long:
Chapter 5
New week, new slate. Or so Kagome thought. Ever since Sango had suckered her into playing on the school basketball team, she was kind of mad at her since she was terrible at sports. But she was sitting in literature thinking about what practice would be like.
"Ok class, since we know who our speakers are, shall we begin?" The teacher asked at the front of the class. A few moans was all that he got in reply. "Yep. Figured as much. Ok, Kagome, start us off."
A few eyes shifted to Kagome to see what she would do. But she turned to the first page and began reading.
" 'As I lay in my bed at night, I think about him. I can't help it, but he's the perfect one. I have to admit my mistake…and now I have to face him…tell him what I really think…and I don't think I can do it. But he has to know…Koji has to know…'"
Inuyasha's turn was now. " 'Kyoko is exactly who I need. Though she betrayed me to go with that other man, Yomaru…but I still need her…she's still a part of me…"
(Kagome): "I'm here…at his doorstep…and now its time…As I walk to the front door, my heart pounds…What if he still hates me…what if he says yes…
'But I face my fears and knock. Footsteps tell me someone is approaching. Then the door opens…and there he is…'
"'Kyoko?'"
"'Koji, listen. I was a fool. Please.'"
"'Why would I take someone like you back? You betrayed me…told me that you hate me…and now you want me to take you back?'"
"'Koji…just wait…'"
"'No. You wait. You just wait. You'll see what a –'"
"'But I love you Koji.'"
::silence, by the entire class::
"Um…Inu…yasha?" Kagome asked looking over at the startled hanyou.
"I want a new part. This is…just give me a new part!" Inuyasha bellowed.
"I can't do that. You've already been assigned your lines. It's too late now."
Inuyasha grumbled and slouched down in his chair.
All the girls were shooting around a bit before practice and chatting with each other. Due to Kagome's lack of athletisism, she wasn't looking very good. Air ball here, hit someone in the head…yea. Then the coach showed up. "Alright ladies. We got a late starter today. I'm coach Maru. That's Kagome Higurashi." The coach looked through the crowd of girls and pointed over to where Kagome was standing next to Sango. "Alright, 5 laps. Go!" The coach blew her whistle. The team started around the gym, but the boys' team started in at the same time too.
Kagome ran beside Sango and asked her, "Why are the boys in here?"
"Beats me." She replied, turning a corner of the gym.
Several of the boys had quickly gained the lead, including Inuyasha and another boy whom Kagome didn't know. Medium black hair pulled back in a pony tail, and a few inches taller than Inuyasha. Another guy was following closely behind. This guy Kagome had seen before. He was the one in class, with the short black hair that groped Sango in class one day.
Kagome saw the girls and guys' coaches talking. She turned a corner and watched them from the corner of her eye, not realizing who was in front or behind her. All she saw were a few nods from the coaches and Coach Maru grabbing her whistle, but nothing more…because of some JERK in front of her.
Kagome sat sprawled on the floor half on top of the person that was in front of her at the time. "Ow…jerk…"
"Well excuse me for running!" a familiar girls voice said standing up and towering over Kagome. "I'd expect more from you Higurashi. But I guess you are what they're all saying. Pathetic."
The jerk that made Kagome fall was running off, that witch Kikyo. The one who would make her school life a living nightmare.
Several people passed her, but one man stopped to help her up. "Here, lemme give you a HAND…"
"DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT YOU HENTAI!" Sango said running up behind Kagome and who ever the boy was.
"Sango, how nice it is to see you. I was merely trying to help the girl up." The guy said.
Kagome stood up. "Who are you?"
::whistle tweet:: "Keep running you lazy donkeys! This ain't no ice cream parlor!" Coach Maru yelled.
Kagome, Sango, and the unknown groper started running again. "I'm Miroku." He said after a while.
*mental click* "You're the one who's taking Sango to the dance on Friday! Ha! I knew that! And you're in a few of my classes!" Kagome said as she started coming to a slowing stop.
"…Uh, yea…sure…" Miroku said standing in line for a drink.
"Alright you sad, lazy pansies, we're going to do some hard core basketball today. Coach Bumanotu, here, agreed to have the boys help us. Since they made it to state last year, with the help of some excellent Sophomores this year, we should have an excellent school team. And that's what I expect. No fools that took a bet from their friends to come here and goof off. No doggin' it. I want 160% out of all of you. Now come on, girls versus guys. Girls get jerseys."
A few moans from the girls, since the jerseys looked like maternity clothes…But they quickly got set up. Kagome would be one of the last to come in, thanks to some kind bribing by her, and Sango allowing her to, since it was, after all, her first practice.
Sango was jumping, along with Inuyasha for the boys. They looked really formidable. Coach Maru was the one to toss the ball up. Boys quickly gained the possession.
It was a man-to-man defense, or in this case, woman-to-man. Sango guarded Inuyasha, seeing as they were the best of the best on each team, and Miroku was being guarded by a girl Kagome had yet to find out who she was.
The ball was swung to Miroku's side, he caught the ball and looked high and low, seeing Inuyasha cutting to the basket, but the ball was tapped away by the girl and was heading down the court for a steal-and-lay up. Sure enough that's what it was. Girls led so far, 2-0.
That was soon over taken. Boys were quickly up 26-19. It was the "third" quarter, if that's what you call practicing for an hour already. Kagome had yet to come in.
Her lucky day. Sango went up for a rebound, and came down wrong, twisting her right ankle (ironic, so did i…^_^). "Ah…" She held her leg in pain.
"You okay, Sango?!" Kagome shouted running over to her friend.
"Yea, just sprained it, no big deal…" She attempted to stand up, but the pain was a little much.
A few of the boys had gathered together. "Weenie…" A few of the whispered. "Whimp…"
Coach Maru and Coach Bumanotu were quickly at her side helping her up and taking her to the sidelines, where they soon had ice on it. "Higurashi, you're in." Maru said pointing to the court and adjusting the ice on the girl's foot.
"M-me?!" Kagome stammered.
"Yes, you, now go!" Maru yelled.
Kagome nodded nervously, but walked out on the court with some confidence in her. Girls possession. Kagome was the out of bounds taker. She stood at the sideline with the ball in her hand, looking for someone to get it open to. She saw that Kikyo was open, much to her dismay, but threw her the ball nonetheless. Well, let's say TRIED to throw her the ball. Miroku snatched the ball out of mid air and took off down the court. Easy lay up.
"Come on, Higurashi, turn things up a bit!" Maru yelled from the side.
Kagome ran down to the other end to inbound the ball. But once again was stolen away, and an easy lay up scored.
A girl walked up to Kagome and snatched the ball from her hands. "Gimme that. Like this, idiot." She said pushing Kagome into the crowd of people trying to get a hold of the ball. She saw an open target and tossed it to her with ease. "Like that." She said running by Kagome and taking her place at wing.
Kagome had her own little mumble grumble fit, but continued to the other side of the wing. Now it was her job to guard Inuyasha, but with his demon speed, he was no match for her.
It was the boys' possession, and Inuyasha was just about to cross the half court line, and Kagome was going to pick him up for defense. She approached him and got down and ready, but as soon as she moved to set a screen, he wasn't even in sight, anymore. He had stepped around her to go in and shoot a three, and get nothing but net.
"Swoosh, Higurashi. Show me the MONEH!" he teased running down the court once again.
Kagome was furious. The one guy she wanted to impress…wait…impress?! When'd that happen? Anyway, she went to take the ball in, and she did. But looked to her point guard and yelled "I'm open!" and was going to get the ball, when she managed to trip on her own feet!
"Higurashi, come here!" Maru yelled. She sounded kind of angry…
Kagome got up and walked over to the coach. "Yea?"
"I don't want anymore of your goofing off. Got it? Or you're off the team. And I mean it."
Kagome looked Coach Maru squarely in the eyes. "Yes."
"Good. Now get back out there. We still have an hour left to go."
Kagome quick glanced at Sango, who was sitting just a few feet from her, hearing the entire conversation, who gave her a sympathetic look. But she turned right back around and went back on the court.
"Whoa, that was really weird!" Kagome said walking out of the school with Sango at her side.
"What was weird?" Sango asked opening the door to the outside.
"The whole practice thing. I mean, I totally embarrassed myself there at the end. When I got passed the ball, shot it at Inuyasha's head on accident, knocked him down, making a few others fall, and Coach Maru just exploding." Kagome said shifting her bag on her shoulder.
"Yea, that was kind of funny," Sango said with a little limp in her walk.
"Well, enough of my practice, how was yours? With that sprained ankle and all?" Kagome asked pointing to her friends swollen ankle.
"I'm fine. I just won't be able to practice for a while. And I'll have to miss one or two games, but it's no big deal. Really. You guys are really good with out me. I know you'll win." She said smiling.
"Yea. Me and my clumsy nature." Kagome said teasing a bit.
"You aren't clumsy." Sango said, trying to liven up her friend. "You wanna go grab a quick something down at the café?"
"Huh? Sure. I don't see why not. My mom doesn't really care how late I stay out. Heck, she doesn't even hardly know I exist!"
"You're funny, Higurashi, you know that?" Sango said a little jokingly.
"Really? I try hard not to."
Without realizing where they were headed, Kagome had already seated herself in Sango's car. Unfortunately for the poor girl, it was a good ol' 94 white Bonneville (that's my car! Actually my dad's…soon to be mine….XD if I don't crash it first…) "Nice car." Kagome joked.
"Yea, it gets me from A to B." Sango started up the engine, but a quick knock was at her window.
"Sango!" came a muffled males' voice.
She quickly rolled down her window. "Wadda ya want, jerk?"
"Chill…Inu boy (a "hey" heard by Inuyasha in the back ground) and me here are going to the café for a quick somethin-or-other. You girls care to join us?"
"…listen, hentai…we were just heading there ourselves. So I guess if we see you we see you. Bye-bye…" The girl instantly took off.
"Well, I think she likes me." Miroku said smiling and walking over to his friend. "Okay, Inu boy, let's go."
*eye twitching* "Don't call me that…"
"Oh, but your girlfriend can?"
"That's different!" Inuyasha said getting a little red.
"Oh I see…there's someone new?"
"There never was a first! And no, there's no one "new"! So get off my back!"
"Come on…" Miroku said grabbing the shirt of his hanyou friend and pulling him away.
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A/N: SORRY FOR THE LONG WAIT! I have had NO TIME what so ever to work on this, or any of my other stories.
As for review answers…I still haven't picked out a slow song…^_^ so I'll ask you guys for help! Im debating between "This I promise you" by Nsync and "Dearest" by Ayumi (um, something or other) that one ending song…yea. Tell me which one you think is better. I, personally, and leaning towards Dearest, but that's just me ^_^ don't let me influence you. You all have a right too…
I promise to update when I can…though it might be a while because of Confirmation…and volleyball…and dance…and school, cuz school is an evility that should be killed. Who ever invented the thought and idea of school, should be killed. I mean, sure, my teacher don't grade half our papers like a normal teacher should…but then again, how's it gunna help me in the long run?
I'm blabbering… ^_^ I tend to do that when im tired…. ^_^ yep. I'm typing this at 1:30 just for you guys….and I even had to babysit…yes, I decided to since I was bored when I got home.
ACK! I did it again. I'm going now. Bye!
-animeblonde10