QJP: Wow. I don't know what it is but it seems that I think of the most popular ideas.
PLP: I don't think its just you. Remember I helped with this idea.
QJP: True, but I thought of IMHIBC and that's also a really popular fic.
PLP: So maybe it's just our combined minds that think of the REALLY popular ideas.
QJP: Yeah, that could be it. I still didn't expect this one to turn out to be so popular.
PLP: Well, lets not deny the readers anymore. Lets start the chapter!
-------------------------------------Chapter 2: Horseback riding----------------------------
"Wake up Kagome, we're going to be late." Sango said, shaking the still sleeping girl.
"Late for what?" Kagome asked sleepily.
"Trail riding. And the barn is 2 hours away so if we're going to get there in time for our appointment then you better get ready now."
Those first two words woke her up in a second. She loved horses and trail riding. "Ok, you got my attention. Give me 5 minutes and then we can go."
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As promised, 5 minutes later Kagome emerged from the bathroom in a mist of steam from the shower all dressed in blue jeans, a tee shirt, and riding boots.
"It's about time you got out here!" Sango commented jokingly. "I'll bet you were wondering why I packed your riding boots right?"
"I kinda figured you had at least a little bit of horseback riding planned during this trip. Now lets go, I want to get there early so that I can scope out all the hot guys working there."
"Well, this IS Hawaii so there's bound to be a lot of them. Lets get going!" Sango stated, grabbing her car keys and walking out of the room.
"Since we won't be able to eat breakfast before our appointment, why don't we stop and get some McDonalds or something through a drive through?" Kagome asked as they walked out of the hotel lobby.
"Sure, I guess we can stop for something. I could go for a cappuccino anyway."
"That does sound good right about now. I think I'll get the same."
So, after stopping at the local drugstore and buying their cappuccinos', the two best friends continued on their way to the riding stable located 2 hours away.
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Koga sighed as he finished feeding the last of the horses. 'Now to go see what the next group of people to go out on the trails are.' He thought as he walked out of the stables and into the small building that served as an office. Looking at the appointment book he saw that the next and first group of the day would be two young women by the names of Sango and Kagome. They had signed up for the walk, trot, canter, and in-hand gallop trail. 'Well, this shall be fun.' Koga then scribbled down the names of two horses that he thought would be best suited for them and went off to find Shippo and ask him if he wanted to go out on the trail with him and this group. He found him in the stables grooming his pony, Sugarfoot.
"Hi Koga. Do you think I could come with you out on the trails sometime today?"
"Actually that's what I want to ask you. Do you want to come with me on the walk, trot, canter, and in-hand gallop trail?"
"YEAH! That's my favorite trial!"
"Well then, when your finished grooming, put a blanket on him and turn him loose to finish eating then I'll have you get Sassy and Moon ready."
"Ok."
"Please remember which bridle is whose this time. I really don't want to spend the whole morning hunting down missing bridles and causing clients to get angry because it takes so long just to have a two-hour trail ride."
"Its not my fault if both Sassy and Moon have Twisted Snaffle bits. Plus that was when I first started working here."
"Then you shouldn't have to worry about that should you? I'll be getting Roscoe ready so when you get Sassy and Moon done bring them out to the hitching post."
"Ok."
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'How can it be this hot this early?' Koga asked himself as he pulled his shirt off and tossed it outside of the stall on his way to the tack room to get Roscoe's saddle and bridle. 'At this rate it'll be 80 by the time we head out to the trial.' When he got to the tack room he saw that Shippo was frantically searching around for something. "Looking for something Shippo?"
Shippo spun around to face an expectant looking Koga, "Uh, yeah. Moons shoe is coming off and I didn't want to bother you so I thought that I would re-attach it."
"You didn't have to do it yourself. Besides Moon is very picky about the days she'll actually let you near her feet and I wouldn't want you to get kicked. I'll get the stuff and reattach the shoe. You can finish getting Sugarfoot or Sassy ready."
"Ok…which saddle is Sassy's again?"
Koga sighed and pointed to a saddle that clearly said 'SASSY' above it. "You do remember which one is her bridle don't you?
"Yup."
"Alright, get her ready and out to the hitching post, we only have a half hour before the group gets here." Koga then went off to re-shoe Moon.
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"Are we there yet? My feet are falling asleep from being in these boots for so long." Kagome complained while looking out the window of their rental car.
"No but we are only about 25 minutes from the entrance, then another 5 minutes from the parking lot. Relax it'll be well worth it when we get there. I signed us up for the most advanced trail they offer, other than the jumping one."
"Will we be able to canter?"
"And in-hand gallop. Plus who knows, we might just get a hotty for our trail leader."
"Well then, I hope we get there soon."
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"Alright mare. We can either do this the easy way, or the hard way. You choose." Koga said as he straightened up for the second time after trying without much success to pick up Moon's left hind foot. Said mare seemed to understand that no matter what happened, her foot was going to be picked up either by force or without, sighed and moved her weight to the other three feet.
"Koga, Sassy and Sugarfoot are all ready. Do you want me to finish getting Roscoe ready for you?" Shippo asked as he led the two horses past Moon's stall on his way to the hitching post.
"No. He's still kinda wild so why don't you go wait for the group to get here. Then you can have them sign the legal work. I should be done here in a minute."
"Ok."
Once Shippo left Koga returned his attention to Moon's hind foot. Bending down to pick it up again he was surprised when the foot came up easily. "That's more like it," he muttered to himself as he began to nail the shoe back into place. Just then Moon pulled her foot from between his knees and kicked him right in the butt, sending Koga face first into a huge pile of…sawdust. (A/N: I'll bet you were thinking 'into a huge pile of horse shit' right? SHAME ON YOU! I would never do that to Koga…though that would be pretty hilarious.) "MARE!" he yelled as he pushed himself out of the sawdust and proceeded to smack Moon's hindquarters.
"Koga what happened?" Shippo suddenly appeared outside the stall door, out of breath from having to run all the way from the office to the barn.
"Stupid mare kicked me. Have they arrived yet?"
"Nope, not yet."
"Alright well, I'm almost done here then I'll finish with Roscoe and meet you in the office."
"Ok."
After Shippo left for the second time, Koga managed to put the shoe back on without being kicked or stepped on. After putting away the farrier tools he finished tacking up Roscoe and brought him out to the hitching post only to find the most beautiful women getting out of a small rental car. 'Well, it seems as if our group has arrived.' He declared, smirking to himself as he tied Roscoe next to Sugarfoot and disappeared back into the barn to bring out Moon and get his shirt so he wouldn't have to worry about bug bites or thorns on the trail.
"Oh my god Sango, did you just see that guy?" Kagome asked excitedly as she waited for Sango to get done finding the bug spray.
"No, why? Was he hot?"
"Hell yeah he was. I hope we get him as our leader."
"Well, we still have to sign the forms and stuff so why don't you put some bug spray on and worry about the hot guy later."
"Alright," Kagome took the bug spray from Sango while she went to the office to fill out the paper work. When Kagome was finished using the spray she walked up to the office with the spray in hand. She got there just as Sango was finishing the paper work.
"You just need to sign the paper and we can go."
"Awesome, here's the bug spray." Kagome handed the spray to Sango and signed the paper. Sango put on the spray and then put it back in the car.
Kagome walked up to the horses hitched and pet them just as Koga came out. She blushed in a deep red as she saw how cute he was. Sango was walking up the hill when she saw the hot guy walking towards Kagome. She was jealous that the hot guy was walking up to Kagome instead of her.
"Kagome!" Sango called running up the hill to meet the hot guy.
Kagome turned as Sango came towards her. Once she reached her friend, Sango smiled at the hot guy. "Hello."
"Hi. I'm Koga." He smiled, "Shippo!" he called. Shippo came to him leading a horse. The little fox kit greeted Kagome and Sango.
"Well I'm Sango and this is Kagome." Sango stuck out her hand and shook Koga's hand. Koga shook Kagome's, and she blushed when he took her hand and brought it up to his mouth and kissed it before releasing her.
"Let's get going, shall we? We have a two-hour trail ride ahead of us. Sango you'll be riding Moon and Kagome will be riding Sassy. This is Roscoe; I'll be riding him. Shippo is riding Sugarfoot."
"Well nice to meet you all," Kagome blushed and petted all the horses. She mounted Sassy and Koga untied the mare from the post. He did the same for Sango. They were off for the long and fun ride that was to come.
Leading the group was a blood-bay gelding, Roscoe. Moon, the black mare with four stockings and a crescent moon on the forehead followed. Sassy, a chestnut with a flaxen mane and tail followed Moon as Sugarfoot, an appaloosa, brought up the rear. The four horses went at an easy walk until they hit the trees and then burst into a trot.
Kagome smiled and griped tighter with her legs. She blushed when Koga looked back at her. Roscoe slowed to a walk, so the others did as well.
"Doing okay back there?"
Sango nodded and looked at Kagome. Kagome blushed again, turning away from Koga in order to hide the obvious blush.
"How u doing?"
Kagome blushed once again as Koga slowed Roscoe down so that he was walking next to her and flirted with her. Sango looked at her in jealousy. Koga laughed, 'wow this girl blushes easily, and she's hot. Oh I'll flirt with her.'
"So, I noticed you looking at me earlier. Did you like what you saw by any chance?"
"Uhhh…" Kagome blushed again and looked at Sango desperately for help.
Sango, seeing how much her friend wanted out of answering the question, said, "Hey Koga, can we canter yet?"
"Sure, as soon as we get out of this mud then we can. Don't want the horses to slip."
Kagome thanked Sango with her eyes. Sango nodded and looked at Koga with a little glare. He widened his eyes and smiled at Kagome. She, of course, blushed.
"We can canter now Koga, we are out of the muddy area."
Without cuing, Roscoe flew into a canter and the others followed. Even though the horse stopped cantering after a minute, Sassy continued and flew by him. Kagome tried her best to stop the mare, tried to turn her into a circle but the mare won the tug of war. The reins had now slipped from her hands. She gripped the mare's mane and hung on tight.
Koga shook his head and galloped after the run away mare. He cut in front of the mare and they came to a tight spot between trees and slowed to a walk. Sassy bumped into Roscoe's butt and bit him. She got a kick in response so she threw up her head. Kagome laughed in embarrassment and blushed.
"Uh, thank you very much. I'm sorry she just didn't want to stop."
"Yeah I should have warned you but I figured she wouldn't take off like that because Roscoe is her boyfriend. I gave you her because I figured we could get together."
Kagome blushed, "Um I don't think so. I don't live here. But I appreciate the offer."
Koga frowned and went into an easy four-beat gallop. Sango and Shippo soon caught up. Soon they reached a field and Koga shouted back, "How about we have a little race? First one to get back into the woods gets a free date with me."
"No way Koga. You got the fastest horse. Besides, I don't want a date with you!" Shippo shouts.
"I don't think that should be the prize," Kagome agreed.
"Yeah, not much of a prize," Sango laughed.
"And sorry, but I'm not like that Koga. I know deep down you want me, but sorry Koga, I just don't swing that way." Shippo claimed.
"I'm not gay!" Koga shouted in defense.
"Lets stop arguing about your sexuality and get this race started." Kagome said with a bored tone in her voice.
"Alright, ready? GO!" Koga shouted, breaking into a full-blown gallop and taking up the lead immediately. But, knowing that no one actually thought of a better prize than wining the date with him, pulled Roscoe up so Kagome could get the chance to catch up and pass him. It didn't take her that long and within a minute she was galloping right beside him. "So you do want that date with me after all huh?"
"Oh get over yourself. I happen to be a very competitive person and I never back down from a challenge and always intend to win, no matter what the prize is."
Koga laughed, "Yeah right. Why can't you just admit that you want me?"
"A little full of yourself there, aren't you?" Kagome rolled her eyes.
"I saw the way you looked at me back at the barn. You can't deny it."
"Yeah I think you have a good body but you seem too much of a jerk for me."
"I knew you liked me. Hah!"
"Doesn't mean I want to go out with you! You are such a jerk!"
By this time, both Roscoe and Sassy had slowed down to a fast canter and Shippo on Sugarfoot was coming up fast. Sango was already way ahead of them and actually just about to enter the woods.
"Well, I guess I better catch up with my friend. See ya!" Kagome said, ending the conversation with urging Sassy back into the gallop and leaving Koga behind.
Long story short, (A/N: especially since this is going on 8 pages) Sango won, followed by both Koga and Kagome in a tie, and Shippo bringing up the end. The rest of the trail ride was pretty uneventful, except for the fact that Koga kept on making passes at Kagome and almost getting knocked off of Roscoe once when he failed to see the upcoming low branch. After they got back to the barn Koga asked for Kagome's phone number and so she gave one to him, just not her own number but that of a co-worker named Ayami who was also a wolf demon and who was currently looking for a mate of her own.
"I'm glad that's finally over." Kagome said with a sigh after settling into the passenger seat of the rental car as Sango turned on the ignition and started pulling onto the main road.
"Oh come on. Koga wasn't that bad. And besides, we got to go horseback riding!"
"Not that bad? He made a pass at me every chance he got. I swear, he is the most consistent wolf demon I have ever met."
"We still have the entire day left, so what do you say we grab something to eat and then go sight seeing?"
"Don't change the subject, Sango."
"Well, I'm tired of talking about some wolf who just happened to be interested in you."
"Interested in me I understand, but being that straight foreword is just something I'm not used to."
"Then just forget about him and lets go eat then sight see, then head back to the hotel and go swimming."
"Alright, lets do that, I'm actually really hungry and can go for a nice juicy burger right about now."
And so, Sango and Kagome spent the rest of that night enjoying Hawaii and all it had to offer.
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QJP: Here are the review answers from last chapter:
Inu-Yugi: Wow, the first word huh? Oh and a lot is going to happen to Sango and Kagome, as if you haven't already figured that out already from this chapter…hope you enjoyed it.
PLP: yeah I know that the chapter was almost completely mine. But since it was my idea to start this fic in the first place, I have the most ideas.
Animeshallbrainwashusall: Love the sn. But yeah there are a lot of hot guys in Hawaii, course I've never been there so I wouldn't know and I'm taking your word for it. But I do know that there are also a lot of hot guys in Europe. Anywho, I guess you can say that Sango is somewhat rich because she inherited a fortune from when her family was killed in the fire (see her intro thingy at the beginning of 1st chapter to see what I mean). And thanx for telling me how long it takes to get from Michigan to Hawaii. And I'm glad you thought Naraku was funny.
Angel: Me? A writer? I've never really considered doing this professionally but if you say that my stories are good enough I'll see if I can actually write an entire book…thanx for the rating!
Fanficluv7Inu: Don't worry, they'll meet those two in the next chapter…and it's pretty hilarious too! And I meant for Naraku to be a perv, even though I think I could have done a whole lot better but oh well.
Thanx you 5! Thanx also to Chimeragirl, kougagurllover123, Bleh, and Kevin