It All Began With A Bus Ride
Practicing since school began, it was finally Kikyo's time to shine with her band and newly formed flag team at San Francisco's Columbus Day Parade. All the excruciating pain that Kagome put everyone through since school began had finally paid off.
It all began the second Sunday of October, peaceful, yet cold. Many of the band members had just awakened up from their sleep-deprived slumber.
"Oh joy! I get to sleep in a bus with no music!" Kikyo sarcastically commented with a cheesy, fake smile on her face. "Oh well but at least this year I'm close friends with more than one band member, unlike last year. And then the flag team! I know most of them-don't like some, but I know them"
Kikyo decided to sit next to Jaken, just as she always did, since Kagome sat next to Myoga and Ayame was with Shippo. Mostly everyone else preferred sitting in the front of the bus, but to Kikyo's satisfaction, she was sitting next to her best friend and behind her current infatuation. At the time, Ayame was also infatuated with Inuyasha. But after that day, Ayame had found a new love interest: Koga.
It all started with a random conversation of- well, who knows what that conversation was about, everyone seemed to tune Ayame out when she brought it up. But by the time they got there, everyone was getting into their thermal heated uniforms, Ayame was head over heels with Koga.
At the time, Kikyo was helping everyone get into their uniforms, for they were too complicated to put on by oneself.
"I saw that," Ayame gaped with an accusing finger at Kikyo.
"What did I do?" Kikyo asked innocently.
"You know what you did!" Ayame accused.
"What? Our uniforms are harder to get on than yours," Kikyo explained.
"Sure," Ayame gave Kikyo a sly look, but couldn't help but to laugh.
The band practiced for about an hour and then the parade began. By the end, everyone was sulking in pain. When they got the bus, no one hesitated to change out of their uncomfortable shoes and internal-heated uniforms, then race over to Burger King.
Ayame spent Kikyo and Shippo's precious time eating obsessing over how cute everyone was.
Kikyo just sat there trying not to laugh, shaking her head, "I told you to join band."
Next to them were Koga, Jaken, Kagome and Myoga stealing everyone else's food. Kikyo just shrugged and kept her food well protected.
Time passed, and everyone was back on the bus. Everyone in the front was singing Disney songs while Kikyo and the others sat in the back being amused at their humorous act. Normally, Kikyo would join in, but at this time what she really desired was to listen to some good, pure rock music. Jaken sat next her rambling about something useless as Kikyo was off daydreaming about something completely opposite. Until Jaken said something to catch her undivided attention:
"I think Hojo likes Kagome."
This intrigued Kikyo, seeing that she is a parasite and lives for words like these. That had been the light switch to turn on Kikyo's brain of teen spectacles to happen.
"Hmm, I think you're right," Kikyo observed the two towards the front end of vehicle singing "A Whole New World" from Aladdin .
"Well this ought to make a manifestation of this year," Kikyo thought.