Chapter 7: Souta's Crush
"Are you guys going to the Host Club today?" asked a pretty girl to her friends. Off to the side a young boy stood in worn out looking clothes and messed up hair he heard their conversation and glanced at them.
"Yeah…They are all so cute! I wish one would ask ME out…" a girl sighed. The boy frowned in thought at hearing this and ducked out into the shadows with a determined face.
"Kagome? Are you done with your requests for now?" asked Miroku in surprise. Kagome nodded with a smile and relaxed on a couch. The other members sat around the room still chatting it up with girls. Kagome glanced over at Inuyasha and saw him cupping a girl's face and talking really close to her lips. Kagome gulped and felt a strange tug in her chest; she shrugged it off and turned on her side to have her back to them. Miroku saw the exchange and smiled mysteriously.
"Kagome-san! Kagome-san! May I talk to you!" asked a pretty girl with long brown hair. Kagome sat up and looked at the girl curiously. Kagome smiled and nodded letting the girl sit on the couch. "I was wondering…I know you're probably asked this all the time and I know it is against club policy but…" the girl blushed. "Will you go out with me!" the girl squeaked. Kagome blinked in surprised, she actually hadn't been asked this before.
"KAGOME!" a boy's voice shouted in shock. Kagome turned and gasped seeing the boy in messed up clothes standing at the doorway to the Host Club.
"SOUTA!" Kagome stood and stared at her younger brother, Souta. "What are you doing here!" demanded Kagome glancing around nervously. By now the rest of the club was watching the commotion with worried looks.
"What am I doing here! What are YOU doing here! You cant be a member you're a GI—." Souta's mouth was covered by Inuyasha's hand and he was dragged into a side room by the older boy. Kagome ran into the room with them and by the time they calmed Souta down the rest of the club had come in as well and they all sat on couches spaced around the room and waited for Souta to say something. "So…you're PRETENDING to be a boy? Why?" asked Souta.
Miroku cleared his throat and spoke before Kagome could even open her mouth. "Your older sister accidentally broke a very expensive vase and is trying to pay it off by working here, she has about 780 more requests to fill before her debt is gone."
Souta scowled suddenly and stood up. "You can't do this! It was an accident right? You all have plenty of money why don't one of you pay for it?" demanded Souta looking around at the six wealthy male members of the host club. They all looked dumbstruck by the kid's demands and Kagome ducked her head in shame.
"I agreed to pay it back Souta, you don't have to blame them. Wait…" Kagome looked up at Souta confused. "Why are you here? You obviously didn't expect to see me here so why did you come?" asked Kagome. Souta blinked as if realizing he had forgotten something and turned to face Inuyasha who sat right next to Kagome.
"You! I want to become your apprentice!" Souta said pointing a finger in Inuyasha's face. Inuyasha's eyes crossed as he stared at the tip of Souta's finger and his eyes slowly slid up to Souta's face.
Inuyasha stared at him flatly and scoffed. "And why would you want to go and do something like that?" asked Inuyasha crossing his arms. Kagome stared at Souta like he had lost his little mind.
"I…" Souta faltered and a blush burned his cheeks a crimson color. "Want to learn how to make women happy!" Souta yelled in a rush. Kagome looked like she was going to faint from shock. Inuyasha's face was blank for a minute and then a slow smirk spread across his face. Kagome looked between Souta and Inuyasha in horror wondering what was going to happen next.
"Alright…first thing we need to do is give you an edge…" Inuyasha stood up and walked to the still standing Souta, he began to circle the boy slowly studying him while holding his chin in great thought. "Hmmm…any thoughts Bankotsu…Kouga?" Inuyasha asked looking at the two cousins who sat on a loveseat nearby.
The two stared at Souta with the same scrutiny. "He's isn't much to work with, not like Kagome who has natural cuteness, then again, she's a girl not a boy but you can play the youth card…" said Bankotsu and Kouga. Kagome glanced at them 'It is so creepy when they talk at the same time like that, and they aren't even brothers, just cousins.' Kagome shuddered slightly and looked back at Souta and Inuyasha.
Inuyasha snapped his fingers suddenly. "Ah-ha! I know…wild rowdy boy shall be your theme!" Inuyasha proclaimed. Souta looked at him like he was crazy and before he knew it he was being rehearsed for his debut as a "wild rowdy boy"
There Souta lay crouching on the ground and a pretty high school girl with braids walked by and spotted him. She looked at him worried and crouched in front of him. "Are you alright?" she asked.
Souta looked up with a slight scowl and wiped dirt off his face grudgingly. "Im…Fine." He said gruffly. The girl's eyes got all dreamy and she squealed at his cuteness. In the background everyone in the Host Club except Kagome and Sesshoumaru began to clap enthusiastically. Souta glared at them and stood up suddenly. "You're all idiots! Stop messing around!" Souta ran out of the Host Club yelling over his shoulder. "Forget it!"
"Hmm… I guess wild rowdy boy wasn't for him…" Inuyasha grumbled. Kagome glanced at Inuyasha and stared after her little brother worried.
'Ugh…I can't believe I am doing this…' Kagome thought with a pout on her face. She stood in a middle school sailor uniform and the same wig from the Christmas Party. She looked over at Shippo who wore an elementary school uniform and was staring out into the hallway from their hiding spot behind a corner. They stood in the middle school building, which was between the high school and elementary school buildings all connected by hallways and all private schools.
"Ok…we need to find where your brother goes during breaks and so far Bankotsu and Kouga's research says he comes to this school…" said Shippo a serious look on his cute face. "Our mission is to find what has got your brother bummed and to fix it!" said Shippo excitedly. Kagome opened her mouth to say something about the whole "mission-thing" but Shippo suddenly grabbed her arm and dragged her into the hall of short middle schoolers, most of whom were taller than the 18 year old Shippo. Following secretively behind the two was the rest of the Host Club. Inuyasha sat crouched on one corner of a hall and Bankotsu and Kouga on the other corner all three stared at Kagome intensely. Seeshoumaru, and Miroku stood a little ways behind them, not really sure why they had to come in the first place. 'Damn…Kagome is cute in a skirt.' Inuyasha thought with a blush. The cousins noticed him blush and smirked.
"Someone is having dirty thoughts about Kagome…" they whispered together. Inuyasha glared at them and then led them all in pursuit of the two undercover Host Club members.
After looking for awhile Shippo spotted Souta. "There he is…!" Kagome looked through the hallway windows into a room filled with a sorted instruments and middle school kids, and the one high school kid was Souta sitting on a counter with a bored expression on his face.
"What is he doing at the middle school during their club time? And why the music club?" asked Kagome softly. Shippo shrugged. They watched as a pretty middle school girl walked up to Souta and held out some sheets of music.
"Hey Souta…since you're hanging out here again do you want to learn to play the piano with me?" the girl asked shyly. Souta stared at her a blush crossed his cheeks but he shook his head.
"No thanks, I'd rather watch." The girl looked disappointed but went to play on a near by piano anyway. Souta watched her play and a soft look crossed his features.
Kagome blinked in curiosity at this turn of events but suddenly she heard Inuyasha's flirting voice behind her and she turned to see him crouching in front of a middle school girl with a rose in his hand. Where he got the rose no one knows…
"Excuse me miss…but do you happens to know that girl playing the piano?" he asked giving the girl the rose. The little girl blushed and nodded slowly.
"Yes, that is Hitomi she's moving to Germany in a few days I think…" said the girl. Inuyasha stood and a slight scowl crossed his face. Kagome watched with morbid curiosity as Inuyasha stormed into the classroom took a startled Souta over his shoulder and stomped out while the boy kicked and screamed and Hitomi stared on in confusion.
Three minutes later Inuyasha stormed into the Host Club meeting room and walked through a side door where two grand pianos sat side by side. The rest of the gang followed Inuyasha and watched from the doorway as he set the yelling Souta on a stool and then went to the other. Inuyasha lifted the cover over the keys and glared at Souta. "You came to us saying you wanted to learn how to make WOMEN happy, but that wasn't your real game you wanted to make ONE GIRL happy, there is no trick for that." Souta visibly slumped and Inuyasha gave him a sympathetic look and then looked down at the keys of the piano infront of him with his eyes shadowed by his bangs. "If you want to make her happy before she leaves for Germany then I think you should learn to play."
"It's too late for that though!" said Souta.
"You say you would rather watch her play but you're trying to make her happy and she wants you to join her…so if you really want to show her you care before she leaves then you will learn how to play…" Inuyasha lifted his hands and they came down on the keys. A soft melodious tune filled the room as his fingers uncharacteristically gracefully played the piano. Kagome stared in awe at this different side of Inuyasha and felt her heart skip a beat and her throat tighten. Souta stared in amazement as Inuyasha played the piano so well. Inuyasha completed the song and gave Souta a goofy grin. "You have two days to learn to play like that, lets get started!"
Two days later Hitomi stared down at the mysterious letter she received and then up at the sign over the door. 'The Host Club?' she thought in confusion. She looked up sharply as the doors opened and there stood the Host Club lined in crisp suits and their arms out to greet her as she slowly entered. As she got deeper into the room she spotted two pianos and at one sat Souta looking down at the keys shyly.
"For today's recital it will be Souta Higurashi and you princess playing in a duet." Inuyasha said indicating the other piano and the empty stool infornt of it. Hitomi's eyes lit up and she quickly sat on the stool and smiled at Souta. The Host Club stood off to the side and watched them play with satisfied looks on their faces. 'Helping people isn't so bad.' Inuyasha thought with a smirk.
"So you and Hitomi write to each other every day?" as high school girl asked with a giggle.
"Yeah, we're really close, so that's why my meeting with you lovely ladies must be kept secret." Souta said and winked at the gushing high school girls who sat around a table in the Host Club meeting room. Inuyasha scowled at the freshman who so expertly handled the ladies and Kagome shook her head slowly in and sighed.
A/N: FINALLY! Sorry it took so long guys! Oh and if anyone still wants to see the pics of the host club in my story than email me I have a cute pic with Sess, Rin, and Shippo now too! From Danielle