§ ---- AN:: Alright alright, I just got home from a game of bowling, and though I suck, I just had an idea for a fanfic. So.. Read and lemme know what you think. If it's worth reading more than 3,000 words for the first chapter, I'll continue it ^_^

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Passion In A Bowling Alley:

A Teen Love Fic

By ChibiKougaKun

DISCLAIMER: The characters involved in this story are not owned by myself. Don't bother complaining to me or try to sue me. They're owned by the wonderful, Rumiko Takahashi

Chapter 1: A Little After School Fun, And A Midnight Surprise!

"Kagome-chan! It's Friday!!!!! Finally!!!" A young girl exclaimed as she raced down an aisle in between the tables of her high school cafeteria and quickly dropped her book bag by another girl sitting and trying to enjoy her school meal. "What are you doing tonight Kago-chan!?" She asked. The girl sat properly with her knees and legs under the bench, after straightening out her custom high school green skirt and straightened her white blouse. Her dark brown, almost black hair was drawn back into a pony tail and rested roughly half way down her back as she tilted her head and rested it upon her hand which then was supported by her elbow propped on the table as she tried to gain the attention of her friend clad in the same uniform, picking at a mound of mashed potatoes and some other sort of monstrosity.

"Ohayo Sango-chan… I don't know what I'm going to do this weekend. Finals are next week, and I think I'm going to take the time to actually study for something for a change…" Sango stared at her friend with a killer look. She looked straight ahead and wrapped her free arm around her friend, trying not to mess up her beautifully radiant raven black hair which wasn't drawn back such as Sango's but almost as long, and much more extravagant. "Come on Kagome!! Ne, tell you what. Miroku-kun invited me to go to a bowling alley just 20 minutes out of town tonight. He apologized for groping me last week so I'm letting him make up for that little mistake!" Sango explained slowly and calmly with a slight smirk as she giggled that last part with a slight blush to follow as well. "Really! And Miroku wants me to take you with me so you aren't left home alone again on another Friday night. Pleeease!?!?"

Sango leaned closer to Kagome, frowning slightly as she interpreted the sigh coming from her friend as a negative sign. Though that changed to a smile quickly as a "Alright Sango-chan, but I'm spending most of my weekend studying then!"

Kagome and Sango both grunted with a slight frustration as the bell rang for the second half of the day. "Oi, two more classes. I like this 86 minute classes and four classes a day scheduling. But the lunches are nowhere long enough!!!" Sango and Kagome laughed as Sango followed the raven haired junior to the back of the cafeteria to dispose of her tray and off they were to their next classes. After 2 minutes of walking around the giant mall-like school, both girls passed through a crowd of people and entered the same open room and took their seats in the back of the room more or less. Not in the front like nerds, nor the back such as the troublemakers chose.

"Good, now that everyone is here .. Who knows the bonus question from last nights homework assignment!?" The instructor asked. He raised himself from behind his desk and wore black business slacks. A very well picked out Izoc gray sweater and a dark brown pair of penny loafers. He took himself to the front of the white board and grabbed a black expo erasable marker and stared at his students who were all hesitant to answer. "Please, don't all answer the question at once!" He smirked with a smart comment. He pointed the head of the marker towards Kagome and then turned to face the board ready to write the algebraic bonus equation. "Higurashi, answer the formula for me." He wrote a series of numbers multiplied by other numbers squared, mixed in with parenthesis and several different radical numbers and exponents and such.

"Um, if you followed the PEMDAS solution right, you would get .. Er, .. Radical 144, simplified to 12 .. ?" Kagome shifted through several papers in her notebook and broke a sweat just hoping her answer wasn't wrong. Mathematics was not her strength and her Algebra final was next week. "Good job Higurashi! 5 Points on your final test grade! You've come along way with your math skills Ms.Higurashi, I'm very impressed!!" The teacher commented, very pleased with his students work and sat back as his desk and took out his lesson plan. Kagome opened her white, three ring binder and stuck her homework back in there and closed the rings. "Arigatou Sensei-Surama!" Kagome nodded, slightly embarrassed. She smiled when Sango elbowed her and mouthed a 'Good goin!'

After vigorous and brain-frying math equations, the principle came on with his announcement for his precious juniors and seniors.

"I apologize for the interruption, but all seniors and juniors who have a method of getting home at this time, the end of third block will be allowed to leave in hopes of resting up for finals come this Monday. Especially all those juniors who will be graduating early with their respected amount of credits for 'AP' courses! I wish you good luck and please do make good choices!"

And the intercoms went off. Sango and Kagome gave each other a high five and took off to the front of the building as they both ran to their own separate cars. Kagome followed Sango first as they began blabbing about tonight's plans. "Seriously though, look sharp and we'll pick you up tonight! I promise Miroku is a decent driver so don't get all paranoid! .. And I hope you can bowl girl!!" Sango smiled as she hopped into her hunter green 03 Lexus and drove off. Kagome sighed in defeat and got to her white Volkswagen Jetta she had just put a down payment on with cash from her new job after school at the local novel and manga store not far from her family home. Once home, Kagome parked her car and turned off the ignition and grabbed her book bag and walked up the set of stairs of the family Higurashi Shrine. She made it to her front door and dropped her back as she turned the handle and pushed the door open only to enter her house and drag her bag through. She collapsed on the couch as her mother turned around from the kitchen and put a dark green spatula down on the white counter. "Welcome home Kagome!"

"Konbawa Okaasan!" Kagome mumbled from the pillows of the couch pushed up to her lips. Kagome's mother returned to frosting a heavenly chocolate cake with a thick and creamy chilled chocolate frosting. "Mama, Sango-chan wants me to go out with her and Miroku-kun tonight. Do you think it would be okay to let Kohaku and Souta spend the night together so I wouldn't really have to babysit?"

Kagome rolled herself off the couch and took herself to the kitchen after kicking off her shoes and giving her mother a hug and kiss on the cheek. She smiled when her mother nodded in agreement, as Kagome jogged upstairs to her room to dig out a decent outfit for going out on a Friday night after school. After a four hour nap, Kagome jolted awake and instantly ran to the shower and didn't take time for herself. An in and out job in about 5 minutes. She pulled her hair up into a sloppy but sexy bun and ran back to her room. With her closet open and her bedroom door closed, she dropped her towel to the floor and dug out several different articles of clothing. Two different style outfits. "Well, it isn't a date… I'll stick with the jeans.."

She put back her black skirt with the dark violet blouse and threw a pair of jeans, a black thong, black bra, and a dark blue shirt that in small white but legible print, read "Kitsune!" on the front. Once dressed, she jogged downstairs and grabbed a pair of white socks from her mother who had just washed a set of laundry and sat down on a couch in the living room and put on a pair of white New Balance sneakers. Before leaving however, she ran to her mother, gave her a hug and a kiss. "Arigatou Mama! I'll be home before 12 don't worry!" Ms.Higurashi nodded with a smile. "Have fun honey!"

Kagome shut the door after a simple "I will Mom!" and walked to the front of her house and sure enough, it wasn't more than a minute before Miroku pulled up in a black Mitsubishi Eclipse with Sango in the passengers seat. Kagome opened the back door on her friends side, quickly sat in, threw the seatbelt on and greeted her friends."

"Hey there Kago-chan!" Sango and Miroku said at the same time. Sango was wearing pretty much the same as Kagome though Sango managed to find a tank top with the same shade of blue and nothing was on the front though on the back a large white boomerang shape was printed there. Twenty minutes worth of Miroku's cruise control driving and talking about school, finals, and Miroku's troublesome "Touchies" habit, they pulled up into the parking lot in front of a huge dark gray building with a huge "WONDER BOWL" in red posted up high on the walls.

Kagome, and Sango got out of the car and Miroku turned the ignition off, grabbed his league bag, then got out of his side and locked all the doors with a remote on his key chain and shoved his keys into his right front pocket while wrapping his arm around Sango's waist and walked up to the bowling alley and Kagome following not far behind. "Oooh.. Looks like he's here tonight!" Miroku said with a slight chuckle in his voice. Sango faced her 'on and off' boyfriend with a slight smile. "Who's here ?"

Miroku pointed to the black 04 MG convertible at their side and then climbed the steep set of stone steps up to the alley. "That's a good friend of mine. He comes here to bowl very often. He's really good too. This guys the one who dragged me into joining the league here." Miroku smirked and opened the door like a gentlemen and then walked to the side, out of the way for Kagome to get in the building. "Nice car huh Kagome?" Miroku smirked as he noticed Kagome whistle after spotting the nice, compact but sharp looking sports car. "Nice guy too, I'll introduce you both to him soon as I get our lane set up. Maybe we can play teams if he isn't busy!" Miroku jogged back up to Sango and pointed to a certain empty lane and walked to the control desk to order rental shoes after asking Kagome her shoe size. "We'll play 2 strings, on me and then I think, we'll have a few games with the wiseass over there Louie!" Miroku laughed with the older gray haired man as he handed over three pairs of rental bowling shoes, each a different size as he followed Sango to the lane and circle of seats as he sat down in a chair, set his bag down, and took off his black sneakers and stuck on a pair that suited his feet. He turned around and laughed as a familiar yell echoed on that particular half of the bowling alley. Miroku laughed and waved hello to one in particular. He looked up at the TV's above the ball rack and read down a few lines and found his friends status. "A 283. Not bad!!!"

"Miroku got up and out of his chair and walked over to the next lane over and shook his friends hand. Miroku wore black jeans and a short sleeved black button down shirt. He shook hands with a young man maybe a year older than him who wore black steel toed boots. Dark blue baggy jeans, a white wife beater and a yellow Izoc shirt that looked almost silk the way it shimmered lightly on the ceiling fan lights. The black palm trees on the shirt making it look very Hawaiian.

"You bring you're woman here for a few games Miro-kun?" The young man stretched out with a slight yawn as he pulled his long silvery white hair back into one pony tail with a black bandana.

"Yeah, and one of Sango's friends came with us. Sango didn't want Kagome to spend all Friday night alone." Miroku went back to his lane and took his black ball out from his violet bowling league custom made bag and placed it on the rack after giving it a quick polish with his black cloth. He welcomed the girls back with a light smile as he entered in their names and the number of strings they were to play.

"Sango, you've met InuYasha last time you came to one of my tournament games remember?"

Sango waved Hi to InuYasha as she sat down and stuck on her bowling shoes. Kagome sat down and did the same, only to catch the gaze of two beautiful, masculine amber eyes. She shook her head and was only forced to use the excuse that Miroku was doing his introduction thing to look back at InuYasha.

InuYasha and Kagome looked at each other with priceless faces, almost emotionless, though both in their own little world as Miroku introduced them. Sango elbowed Kagome and giggled while InuYasha cancelled his records on the other lane and stuck his name on Miroku's.

"You gonna play with us Yasha-kun?" Sango asked while walking up to fetch her 10 pound, navy blue ball. Sango elegantly took her stance, walked up to the line and threw simultaneously, taking down 7 pins on the first shot and nailing the spare the second time around and sat down. "Good Job Sango!" Miroku said, trying not to snake his hands where they don't belong. Miroku got up, took his 12 pound purple ball and did the same with a little twist in his wrist and nailed a perfect strike. He sat down and high fived Sango and his bowling partner during tournaments. Kagome was up. She shyly stood and took her red 9 pound ball, and still a little shaky, threw the ball. As slow as it went, it nailed a pin on the very side. The ten pin. InuYasha held back a small laugh and Sango smiled and waved. Miroku just sat there with a smirk keeping his eye on the TV mocking her. The score board shifted to an animation where the ball flew down the aisle and one of the pins grew eyes and legs, walked up the aisle slightly and made a brick wall causing the ball to swirve into the gutter to avoid smashing into the brick wall. Sango and Miroku bawled into laughing and InuYasha kept his ground and only smirked. Kagome growled at the TV and then threw the ball again. The same animation popped up and Kagome only got two pins in two turns. She sat down in defeat and InuYasha was up. InuYasha took his 14 pound all white ball and quickly took his turn. His ball sped right down the right side of the lane, curved enough to strike through the center of all ten pins. With enough force to send all the pins flying into the air and back down to the oiled lane. The TV changed again and it pictured a middle aged man with a cannon. Once fired a bowling ball with an evil smirk flew right into all the pins. The scene cut right to 'heaven' where all ten pins flew straight up slowly with wings and halo's. InuYasha walked back to his seat and high-fived his partner again and took his strike with pride. Another few rotations of turns and Kagome finally gave up. She looked at the scoreboard. Miroku had a 219 by the 10th frame. Sango had 148, InuYasha with three more strikes would have a perfect game. Kagome had 28 pins altogether and had her chance to at least make over 30 pins. The last turn before the end of the first string. She cursed at each one of the humiliating animations. InuYasha stood up and grabbed her ball. He stood behind her, wrapped his arms around and her placed the ball on her middle and third finger and then the big hole on her thumb. He took her left free hand and placed it on the under side of the ball and extended his and her arms enough to place the ball around 6 inches away from her face. Both of them stopped moving, and their breathing slowly sped up. Kagome swallowed hard and blushed, InuYasha shook his head after taking a deep breath, exhaling with a smile. He moved forward with her, which got her slowly stepping forward with him. He moved her arm with his and at the end, got the ball to move in a straight line, slowly but edging on the lane and gutter, which curved and hit the pins and scored a strike. She ended the game with more than 30 points! Kagome turned around and hugged InuYasha and then ran to her seat and bounced about like a hyper 5 year old. "Arigatou InuYasha-kun!!"

InuYasha sat down and folded his arms. "Keh..I just felt bad for you.." Miroku and Sango looked a little worried and Kagome's mood dropped 6 feet into the ground.

She laughed and ignored the smartass smirk from Sango and Miroku looked at Sango with an innocent look. Sango gave him a death look in retort and Miroku threw his hands on his lap with a sigh of defeat. After all three games, Everyone grabbed their stuff. InuYasha yawned and called it a night and left with them at 9 oclock. "I've got studying to do Miroku so I won't be staying here 'til closing time." InuYasha said while turning in his shoes and lugging his black bowling back over his shoulders. Miroku pointed to Kagome who was yawning and nearly falling asleep on Sango's shoulder. He tapped InuYasha's shoulder.

"Ne' InuYasha-kun, do me a favor and give Higurashi a ride home ? I want to spend some time with Sango before I take her home."

InuYasha stopped in his tracks and gave Miroku a sarcastic smirk. "You just want to get laid you sick bastard!" He laughed and shaked his head while heading to the door again. Miroku growled quietly. "I just want to make up for being an asshole last week, that's all."

InuYasha put the back of his hand on Miroku's forehead and then stuck his hand in his right pocket and dug for his car keys. "Well, your temperature is normal…" InuYasha laughed again and nodded. "Alright, I don't normally give rides for free but I'll do it since your asking."

"Arigatou!" Miroku said, and jogged ahead to catch up with Sango at his car and explained that InuYasha would give Kagome a ride home. "He lives closer to her so I can get you home earlier and he can get her home earlier!" Miroku winged it off and Sango bid good night to her friend as Kagome walked off to InuYasha who was standing sorta of, in the middle of that aisle of the parking lot, and then followed him to his MG. He unlocked her side first and then walked to his side of the car and sat in. He waited for her to get in and close the door and then ignored her putting on her seatbelt as he revved the engine after turning on the car. He rolled the shift into reverse and peeled out of his little parking spot and then into first car, maxed a 52 mph before reaching the exit of the parking lot and entrance way to the street. Miroku went one way, and InuYasha went the other way, with a very nervous girl in his passenger seat. Eventually, Miroku pulled up into Sango's driveway, and got out of his car and walked around to her door. He opened it like a gentleman and let her out, and closed the door behind her. He led her to her front door and then kissed the back of her hand. Sango blushed slightly and turned to her door. Not leaving Miroku hanging though, she pecked his cheek with a light kiss. "Thank you Miroku, I really enjoyed being you tonight…"

Miroku smiled and congratulated himself on his efforts for cutting back on pervertedness. Miroku left for his car and then drove himself home. Meanwhile, after passing through tons of streets on a 65mph cruise control on 2nd gear, InuYasha nearly had to clean up 'white chunks' and tried not to laugh at his riders pale face but rolled down the windows with the electric switch on his door. "InuYasha stop driving LIKE A MANIAC!!!" She growled and turned red. "Oi Kami-sama! I'm gonna be sick!"

InuYasha slowed down to 35 miles an hour and slowly passed his house, following directions from Kagome. InuYasha raised his eyebrow though. He noticed a silver Ferrari in his driveway. Though shrugged it off and didn't bother to tell Kagome which was his house. He stopped by her house at the front 'gates' and then gave her a concerned look, completely unaware of it. He got out of his side after turning the car off, and ran to her side, opened the door and helped her out. Her body was nearly limp from his driving.

"Jesus Kagome, I didn't know you get sick THIS easily.." He joked. She elbowed him limply in return.

"Baka! I didn't know you drive THAT recklessly!" She wrapped her arm around his neck as he lifted her bridal style and walked around a bit before finding the house itself and then set her down on her own two feet, several yards from her house. She straightened her clothes and stood straight. "For a proud wiseass, you can be nice when you want to be I guess."

"Keh.. I don't know why you went bowling if you can't bowl though.." He came back with. He smirked and expected to get slapped but she just gave him a dirty look.

"Baka!!!!!!!" InuYasha's laugh didn't last long when she turned pale again and fell against him. He crouched down and lifted her back up.

"Look who's the baka now!… You okay?" .. He asked with a raised eyebrow and then picked her up the same way again. "Yeah, just let me sit down and catch some fresh air.. I'll .. Be fine.."

He took her heed and walked over to a bench not from far from the house and sat down, she curled up into a ball and leaned against him. He laughed slightly. "You cold ?"

He shrugged when she didn't reply but wrapped his arm around her and growled slightly.

Kagome nearly fell asleep right against him, the small summer breeze of June not bothering them at all. InuYasha laid his head back against the patio bench and stared up at the stars. "What'd I do to end up here.."

Kagome shifted slightly and got a little more comfortable, nuzzling her head on his shoulder, completely oblivious as to what she was up to. He jumped slightly and then calmed right back down, and yawned. He tilted his head onto hers and tightened his grip on her, and closed his eyes. "I guess a nap won't hurt…."

Kagome yawned and her hair fell apart and spread down her back. "G…night…Inu..Yasha.."

"Good Night, Kagome-chan.." InuYasha replied, he smiled softly and took another deep breath. And nearly fell asleep instantly on her bench, with Kagome Higurashi cuddled up into him.