CHAPTER EIGHT
He Stuck Up For…Me?
Coach Hiei looked down at his watch one more time; "Alright that's it for today. We'll discuss the rest of the tournament details during our first meeting on Monday; Kagome, Kenji; I want you two to stay after for a few minutes. The rest of you are dismissed."
Kagome watched, as everyone got up and slowly made their way towards the exit, she received a wink and a kiss on the cheek from Spike, before she turned her attention back to the coach.
"Alright you need to get these papers signed." He quickly handed Kagome and Kenji a small stack of pink sheets of paper to each of them, before continuing. "You need to get a parent signature at the bottom where it is indicated. Any questions?"
Kagome timidly raised her hand. "Why did you choose me."
"Like I said, you have a unique style."
"But why me…why not Inuyasha."
"I said it was because you had a unique style…you can do back-flips, Mrs. Hirugashi; Inuyasha cannot. Plus he is already in the weapons division-and according to the hand book, rule 52A clearly states that each student is only allowed to enter in one division other than sparing. Though I will admit I had chosen you for the Style Off long before Mr. Osuwari had signed onto weapons."
"You chose me first but why…he's a way better fighter than me…he's stronger than me and a higher belt than me. Wouldn't he have been a better choice than me?"
"Ms. Hirugashi…I have already given you my answer, Inuyasha is an excellent fighter-yes. But he has no style. He fights with his fists not his mind." He tapped his temple with his index finger for emphasis. "Now unless you want me to change my mind and relieve you of your good fortune you will let me speak."
Kagome nodded and mentally zipped her mouth shut, she was to afraid too disobey by the tone of his voice from his last warning.
Coach Hiei smirked before he continued, "Alright the two of you are dismissed, when you have your parents look over the sheets I handed you and give you permission to enter the Style Off we will continue our discussion…you are free to go."
Kagome hastily stood to her feet, grabbed her boa she had been practicing with during class, and took it over to the 'weapons wall' across the gym; placing it beside the other practice boas before she turned around, and headed for the girls locker room. She was just out the gymnasium door when she turned around and smiled at the boy walking a few steps behind her. "So you're new here huh?"
Kenji just nodded as he kept his head ducked in a humble sort-a-way.
Kagome giggled. He's shy, how sweet. "You'll like it here. This school is kind of weird when you first start-I mean some people here can be sort of mean and all but most of us here at Deep Forest High are relatively harmless. This school can be kind of cool if you meet the right people. I'm Kagome." She quickly offered him her hand flashing him her most friendly smile.
Kenji glanced up at her giving her a small smile as he hesitantly shook her hand softly. "Kenji." She's pretty when she smiles.
"So Kenji have you made any friends yet?"
He shook his head no.
For someone who's supposed to be so strong he seems so shy and insecure…awe. "Well why don't I introduce you to some of mine, you would get along great with Duo and Spike." She gestured towards his AFI T-shirt. "They love that band…so what lunch shift do you have…you can sit with us-if you like."
Kenji's smile widened a little, he liked this girl; she seemed nice. "I have second."
Kagome moaned. "Man." She mentally kicked herself. "We all have first…I'm sorry."
He just smiled as he kept his gaze on the tile floor. "It's fine…" and with that he tried to walk away but Kagome stopped him.
"Wait…after school, do you know where the Creepy Coffin Coffee Club is located?"
Kenji nodded timidly. "Yeah 4-C, my mom works in the store above it."
"Awesome, my friends' band is performing tonight, you should come, I can introduce you to my all my friends. What do you say?"
"Sure…I'll see if I can make it." He whispered before he ventured off to his next class.
Kagome smiled happily as she ran into the locker room and quickly changed before she made her way towards the cafeteria; she had made a new friend. He's perfect for Asuka.
~*~*~*~
Kagome immediately made a beeline for the lunch room; luckily, not all the food was gone. Because she had stayed behind for so long she was literally the only person left in the cafeteria; for some odd reason no one ate in there, everyone always went and ate outside. Once she had gotten her usual pizza and french-fries…and a cookie. She made her way towards the school entrance, out the double doors and onto the front steps. She inhaled the fresh air; she loved it outside in the sunshine. Kagome surveyed the front lawn looking for her friends; she quickly spotted them down by a tree at the edge of the front yard near the road- their usual spot.
With enough balance to shock a tight-rope-walker Kagome slowly worked her way down the tremendously sloped lawn-weaving in and out of people; keeping her eyes on the green grass, making sure to watch her footing.
She was just about halfway to her friends when she felt someone tap her on the shoulder. Slowly she turned around to see Yusuke and his sister Sakuya glaring angrily at her. Here we go again.
Yusuke swung his arm around and knocked Kagome's tray of food to the ground, her pizza landing in the grass. "I heard what you did to my little sister, freak."
Kagome glared menacingly at him, he dare ruin my french-fries.
"What's wrong slut? Cat got your tongue?"
Kagome's eyes narrowed as she heard Sakuya snicker at her brother's remark. But Kagome was not going to let them get the best of her…not now-not ever. She just smiled maliciously at him, before she dropped down to her knees and began to gather up her things. Suddenly she grabbed a big handful of pizza sauce and grass and smeared it into Yusuke's light colored-brand new-Khaki pants. Take that ass-hole. And then stood up again with another handful and introduced it to the shirt of Sakuya's cheerleading uniform. She had seen someone do that in a movie once and had always wanted to try it. (Princess dairies-except it was ice-cream.)
Yusuke's eyes filled with anger, as he had to physically hold himself back from slapping Kagome across the face; instead he just pushed her down and laughed at the 'fallen freak.' Luckily, even though Kagome was on the ground and being laughed at she didn't loose her temper or her verbal insulting skills: "Jackass." Kagome growled.
Yusuke glared at her, "Why you little…tramp. Who the hell do you think you are-learn some manners, bitch." And with that all knowledge of right and wrong was erased from Yusuke's memory as he did something he never thought he would do to a girl. He spit on her.
In that brief moment Kagome forgot all of her martial arts training, her ability to fight was basically just flushed down the toilet as her eyes filled up with tears. She couldn't believe what Yusuke had done to her. She could hear people laughing and cheering as they formed a tight circle around her and the siblings. Kagome glanced around. She felt so helpless as her vision began to blur, where were her friends? Why hadn't they come to help her? Someone had just spit on her.
Kagome looked from face to face hoping for just a glimpse of a friendly expression-not one. The tears were spilling down her cheeks, dripping onto her T-shirt by the time, she had spotted her friends; they were at the back of the crowd pushing and shoving, trying to get to her, but the mass just wouldn't let them near her…on purpose. She could see some people even holding Spike back as he frantically tried to reach her, screaming death threats at his captives. The last person she saw was Kouga, before her sight finally went too blurry to see. He was trying to pull people out of the way but they pushed back. Kagome could hear his voice echo in her ear "GET OUT OF THE DAMN WAY. THAT'S MY GIRLFRIEND, BASTARD."
Yusuke knelt down in front of Kagome and smirked, "How sweet she's crying. I didn't now bitches had feelings."
"Yeah." Sakuya chimed. "The whore's not as tough as she acts."
Yusuke went to spit on her again when he felt a fist meet his face. He fell backwards as warm blood trickled down his chin. He looked up as shock filled his facial features.
Kagome felt a hand rest on her shoulder as she made out a black figure kneeling down beside her. She still couldn't see real well, but it was getting better. She didn't know who was beside her, all she could see was a black blur, but she was already grateful to whoever it was.
"What in the hell." Yusuke's eyes filled with rage as he realized who had just dented in his nose.
Kagome could hear Sakuya shriek in shock, "You're siding with her…you trader."
"Shut up." The black blur snapped. It was a guy's voice, with a strong husky-sort of harshness to it. He sounded really angry, almost furious. Kagome recognized that voice; well it sounded incredibly familiar. She still couldn't see who it was but she knew she had heard his voice before…it sounded so…so obvious, like it was on the tip of her tongue.
Sakuya glared angrily at the figure before her as she repeated herself. "I can't believe you're defending her…how can you tell me to shut up, your own girlfriend."
Kagome's mind froze instantly your own girlfriend…no it couldn't be.
"Inuyasha you jerk." Sakuya whined.
Kagome's eyes widened as that voice in her head finally found a face. She immediately wiped the tears from her eyes with her hoodie sleeve and looked up into her black blur's face, Kagome watched in astonishment as the black slowly formed into raven colored hair and a black T-shirt. INUYASHA!!!!!! There he was, knelt down beside her, with an arm around her shoulder and a napkin in his hand.
"Here." He handed the napkin to a very stunned Kagome, and then turned back to glare at Yusuke. "What the hell is wrong with you, Yusuke?"
"What the hell is wrong with me? What the hell is wrong with you? What are you helping trash like her for, Inuyasha?"
"She's not trash."
Silence.
"Inuyasha I'm your girlfriend…how can you do this to me?" Sakuya shrieked.
"Shut up, Sakuya."
"Quit telling me to shut up." Sakuya demanded. "How can you touch her after all she's done to me."
"All she's done to you? You're not the one with spit on you."
"Look what she did to my uniform."
"And my pants."
"I don't care what the hell she did, nobody deserves to be spit on."
"She called me a whore this morning." Sakuya protested angrily.
"…Yeah well the truth hurts." Inuyasha growled as he slowly helped Kagome to her feet. "You alright?"
"I'm fine." Kagome grimaced as she glared angrily at Yusuke. "Dumb ass preps." She growled under her breath.
"I can't believe you, Inuyasha." Yusuke barked. "I thought you were better than this…helping sluts like her. Boy you've really sunken low. Come on Sakuya we're leaving." And with that he walked away with an outraged Sakuya close on his heels, her nose stuck up so high in the air that it looked like a sky scraper.
"We're through Inuyasha." Sakuya's nasally voice roared back at him as she stomped away.
A smile spread across Inuyasha's face, "Ah-I'm finally free of some dead weight…you okay Kag?"
Kagome nodded shyly as she looked up at him, he still has his hand wrapped around my waste, INUYASHA HAS HIS HAND AROUND MY WAIST…and I like it…oh God…Oh God, it's the end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it. It's the rapture. Just then, Kagome felt a hand tap her on the shoulder; she turned around and smiled at Sango. The crowd had finally cleared allowing Kagome's friends near her.
"Are you alright Kagome?"
Kagome smirked and nodded, "I'm alright…just pissed off."
"You know Kagome you could get him for assault and battery."
Kagome shook her head; "No…their dad is head of the school board, remember, they always get away with everything-I wouldn't be surprised if I'd get busted for not allowing him to spit on me again, suspension's just not worth it. But don't worry one of these days I'll get them back, I may have to wait until I'm a fifty year old woman but I will get 'em' back." She flashed Sango an evil filled smirk, but that didn't last for long…
"Wait a second…why in the hell did you help me…I thought you hated me." Kagome growled at Inuyasha.
Inuyasha sweat dropped, scratching the back of his head in nervousness "…."
"I knew it." Katsumi giggled. "Inuyasha's a big softie."
"I am not." Inuyasha moaned.
"Oh-yes-you-are." Spike grinned as he draped an arm over Inuyasha's shoulder. "Thanks man." Spike whispered so no one but Inuyasha could here, "I would've saved her if I could've gotten to her, but…"
Inuyasha smirked. "I know."
~*~*~*~
After everything had died down Inuyasha, Kagome, and everyone else had settled back down by their tree, after getting Kagome another lunch of course.
Kagome giggled, as she finally returned to her usual self. Spike and Kouga where once-again arguing over Kouga's base guitar. Ah! So goes my life.
"Damn it Kouga give it here." Spike groaned as he grabbed the dark brown six-string guitar from Kouga and began to play her, a sweet tune flowing from her until…he hit a string that was off tune. "You're doing it wrong…and you really need to tighten this string-it's off man. Don't you know how to take care of a guitar?" And with that, Spike began to tweak it without permission.
Kouga moaned, "I don't know what the heck you're talking about-hey what the hell are you doing to my baby…give it back you'll break her."
But Spike didn't listen, in actuality he probably knew more about guitars than anybody did, he had been raised on one. Ever since he was little he had either had a camcorder or a guitar attached to him. In all honesty he was probably better suited for PACK than anyone, but he had refused when Inuyasha had asked him. Spike had done it for Kagome, and everyone within a hundred mile radius knew it-but her. Spike did it because he knew she wanted Kouga to become a punk like them and he had figured that letting Kouga join PACK was the best thing he could do. Spike would do anything for Kagome…maybe even die for her. He only wished he could do something about Sakuya and Yusuke, he had tried many times to beat Yusuke to a bloody pulp, but Kagome had always stopped him. I'll get him…if it's the last thing I ever do.
Duo just shook his head in despair, "honestly Spike…one-of-these-days." He sighed and tightened his grip around Kitty's waist as she leaned her back against his chest laying her head in the crook of his neck while he rested his chin on the top of her head. He smiled while he pulled her closer, holding her against him as she sat in his lap; he leaned his back against the tree and observed his friends.
Well-well-well Kagome Hirugashi you have three guys obviously in love with you. Kouga who by some miracle became your boyfriend, for now; Spike who has had a crush on you ever since you walked through those doors. And Inuyasha who although he could never admit it has had you on his mind since that day you went to his party, where you unfortunately meet Yusuke, so which one of these eligible bachelors will you choose in the end.
Shippou took a big bite of his chicken sandwich. "Kagome you're going to 4-C tonight right?"
Kagome giggled and nodded, "Didn't your mother ever teach you not to talk with your mouth full? Yeah I'm going-wouldn't miss it for the world-why?"
"No reason." Shippou gave Kagome the biggest innocent face possible, which she just saw right through.
"What are you hiding, Shippou?"
"Nothing."
"SHIPPOU!"
"Well…I was just wandering when are you ever going to get up on stage and sing…you're really good Kag…and you write all the songs anyway."
Kagome snorted. "There's not enough alcohol in the world to get me on that stage…no way Shippou you know I have stage fright. Besides that's Katsumi's job not mine."
Duo and Katsumi both protested together as they entered the conversation, "I don't know, Kagome; I think you would be awesome up there, you have what it takes…I've seen you." Katsumi nodded.
"I agree with Kitty…you did great at my dad's Fourth-of-July bash." Duo added as Katsumi gave him a kiss on the cheek.
"Yeah." Kagome began. "But there was a sugar high involved."
Katsumi giggled. "You can't hide behind Pixie-Sticks forever. You really should try it sometime it can make you feel so much better-when I sing up on stage it always seems to just wash all my troubles away. And you have been under a lot of stress here lately Kag…I think it would do you some good."
"There-is-no-way-in-hell…"
