Chapter 2
Battle of the Lacrosse Sticks
"Let's head out!" the gym teacher cried, signaling to the gym doors. The kids cheered, happy they were finally able to get out of the stuffy gym and play a good game of lacrosse. Everyone quickly grabbed a jersey, ball, and stick before slipping out into the bright sunshine.
"It's such a wonderful day!" Kagome said happily, stretching her arms as she walked along side her friend Anderea.
"Ya..." Anderea said as they went down the hard steps to the black top, "So, anything happen yesterday?"
Kagome sighed and sneaked a peek over her shoulder. Behind her was HIM: InuYasha. Shaking her head, she responded dully, "Nope. I almost walked into him but other than that..."
"Who's team you playin'?" Anderea asked as they began to drift apart, heading to the courts. They weren't on the same team and had the end courts.
"Red team," Kagome said walking backwards toward her team mates.
"That's HIS team!" Anderea said, smiling widely, "Good luck!" she said before turning around and heading over to her own team.
"Great..." Kagome muttered. It wasn't that she didn't want to play him, no she loved watching and playing with him in gym. But what she hated was his team.
It was a team of all guys. They had all tall members making the game particularly hard. She only knew three out of seven of the members and one of those three was the reason she hated his team.
Derenu. He drove Kagome nuts. He was always trying to show off and didn't have ANY manners. The only other boy she knew was Patsurikuku who was just in a few of her classes, and their lockers were close by.
TWEET! The whistle blew, signaling to start the games. InuYasha, would normally played lacrosse took the ball and threw it to Patsurikuku who was being blocked by a member of Kagome's team. The ball then slipped from the net and bounced off.
'This is gonna be a LONG game...' Kagome thought to herself as she sighed, watching everyone run off to get the ball.
About thirty minutes later they were in the heat of the game. The score was tied, four to four. It had been a tough and hard game, just as Kagome had predicted it and the beautiful day had the hard sun beating down on them. InuYasha was the best on the team and had scored all four points for his team. Kagome had scored one but it was just a lucky break.
"Kagome!" someone cried. Kagome snapped to attention just as the ball came over her head. She threw the stick out and caught the ball. Glancing around, she spotted another member of her team and was about to flip the ball over to them when it happened.
InuYasha's heart flew into his throat when he saw Kagome's slim figure collapse to the ground, her black hair falling after her. Everything was quiet but nothing was still.
InuYasha saw the other members of the team rushing over to her and, breaking the silence, heard the shriek of the gym teacher's whistle. He had failed. Kagome had been hurt. Badly.
The pain was immeasurable. Kagome had had just enough time to glance to her right to see Derenu, a wicked smile on his face, before the darkness consumed her.
In the darkness, the truth came to her and she realized what happened. Just as she had flicked the ball to Jisushika, Derenu had brought his stick down on her side with a sickening crunch.
Kagome couldn't see or hear anything but she knew she was alive. She could feel pain all down her left leg - the leg she had fallen on. Sticky hot stuff clung to the left side of her head and the pain in her side just kept growing.
A loud whistle like sound told her she could also hear. Hundreds of stomps and thumps of the kids surrounding her told her she was on the ground and that they were probably all wondering what happened. But one sound stood out above all of the others.
A heartbeat. A fast, abnormally loud heartbeat. It seemed so close but yet... Kagome couldn't tell who's it was or where it was from.
A soft breath ran down her neck and a shiver went down her spine. Suddenly, she realized she wasn't lying on the ground anymore but someone had picked her up. She felt strong arms holding her, carrying her. But... who's? And to where?
Kagome stopped thinking as she felt herself set onto a soft bed and the strong arms left her. She tried to protest but only a soft moan came. The soft hands seemed to linger, one touching her cheek softly. She leaned into the touch, so soft and unknown yet, so familiar. Who's was it?
But she would just have to wait until she woke up. Then, and only then, would she learn that InuYasha had carried her to a ambulance.
Author's Note: I felt like giving you guys a chapter so there it is. Aren't I nice?
So was it good? We were playing lacrosse in class when I first wrote this chapter. I swear, there's this kid in my class who would LOVE to hit me with a lacrosse stick. GOD DOES HE DRIVE ME CRAZY!
Anyway, sorry if some of the names are confusing. They were originally English names but I wanted this to be pure Japanese so I changed them. I used a translator so I have no idea what the names mean. :);;;
Oh and just to let you know, InuYasha is still his normal, half-demon self. He's got the claws, ears, fangs, everything.
Oh and don't forget! No reviews, no chapters! ;)
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