Chapter 5: Gym Class and the Breakdown
Kagome sighed as she slowly removed her black clothes in the girl's locker room. She glanced around at the other girls who didn't seem to notice her and just tittered on and on about their day to their friends as they got dressed out. Kagome opened the packaging of the dress out uniform, basically a white sweater and a red one piece bathing suit whose bottoms weren't covered by the sweater. Kagome blushed slightly as she put them on and she went a near by mirror to look at her self. She felt weird without the mask or gloves and knew that she might have to find a way to sneak disinfectant spray into the gym class.
Kagome saw a smaller girl, a freshman perhaps, join her in front of the mirror, but she didn't look at herself in it but at Kagome. Kagome stared at the girl hesitantly and a little uneasy by the pleasant look she was giving her.
"Hey! You're Kagome right? I've never seen you in such revealing clothes you don't look half bad actually." The girl winked teasingly and Kagome smiled at the girl, finding her sense of humor nice and light hearted. "I'm Rin Hiroshiwa by the way but you can call me just Rin!" Kagome smiled at Rin and noticed the girls leaving the locker room.
"You can call me Kagome. How did you know my name?" asked Kagome as she and Rin exited the locker rooms.
"Ha! Like anyone in this school doesn't! The girl who wears a face mask everyday to school is kinda hard to miss!" Rin laughed. Kagome sweat dropped. "Anyway! What grade are you in?" asked Rin.
"Junior. You're a freshman right?"
Rin pouted with a mock scowl. "I'm a Sophomore thank you very much why does everyone think I'm a freshman!" Rin ranted in a not very angry voice, she was obviously just being playing around.
Kagome grinned down at the girl. "Maybe cause you're so short?" Kagome teased.
Rin grinned. "I'm only a couple inches shorter than you!" Kagome and Rin laughed and as Rin opened the door to the outside fields Kagome slipped out without touching the door. Rin noticed of course and smiled secretively.
Kagome soon found herself out on the baseball field; it was social time for the girls while the boys played. The girls sat in one of the dugouts and watched or talked to each other. Kagome stood not wanting to sit on the dirty benches. Kagome was watching Inuyasha pitch the ball with such confidence and strength that she began to wonder why a guy like him would bother with her, he should be with his girlfriend, one that wouldn't scream in terror at him touching her. Kagome sighed and noticed Rin waving over at her. Rin had a towel over the seat next to her and was pointing at it eagerly. Kagome walked over very confused to meet a grinning Rin.
"The coach gave me this! He said it's never been used!" Rin assured. Kagome looked at it hesitantly and forced herself to sit down though the uncertainty of the cleanliness of the towel was bothering her and making her anxious. Rin watched Kagome sweat slightly in fear and saw the upset look on her face. "…You really are scared…" Rin whispered under her breath. Kagome whipped her head around sharply.
"N-No! I'm fine! Thank you Rin." Kagome said with a smile and forced back her fear. Rin shook her head slowly and the two turned to watch the game. Rin glanced at Kagome and then at whom Kagome was staring at.
"Like Inuyasha huh?" Rin teased. Kagome sputtered and stared at Rin wide eyed.
"NO! We're friends is all!"
"Oh? You were staring at him pretty lovingly for it to have been a friendly stare." Rin said nonchalantly and went back to watching the game with a wide grin on her face. Kagome blushed and went back to looking at Inuyasha.
Inuyasha suddenly heard the whistle signaling the switching between girls and boys and headed towards the dug out as the girls came out slowly. Inuyasha paused when he saw Kagome. Inuyasha smirked and eyed the newly revealed skin of her legs, which were surprisingly semi tanned. Inuyasha walked over to her and watched as she stared up at him with a blush. "Hey kitten. Why don't you ever dress like that for me?" asked Inuyasha innocently. Rin, standing next to Kagome, giggled but covered it with her hand.
Kagome gave Inuyasha a fake glare. "Cause you're a horny mutt that's why." Kagome said with a voice lacking any malice. Inuyasha chuckled and purposefully stared at her legs hoping Kagome noticed where he was looking.
"Nice tan their kitten, how did you get it if you're always wearing long sleeves and pants?" asked Inuyasha.
Kagome blushed. "My mom thought I might not be getting enough expercise because of my condition so my aunt and uncle bought a gym for me to work out in, no one is allowed to enter it but me for contamination purposes." Kagome shrugged at the end of her explanation and Inuyasha raised an eyebrow.
"And that hot tan?"
Kagome glared up at him "glass roof, plenty of sun, now if you don't mind I need to go over for team picking." Kagome walked around Inuyasha who smirked over his shoulder after her. Rin jogged after Kagome happily. Inuyasha took a seat in the dug out and watched as the teams were picked, Kagome last of course for obvious reasons. The two teams played and the girls weren't very good at the sport which made the game a little boring. Inuyasha was just about to fall asleep when one of the girls in the outfield called. "HIGURASHI'S AT BAT!"
Inuyasha's eyes snapped open to see Kagome walking to the home plate with a bat in hand; he noticed her shaking and nervous look knowing that she was having difficulties with not throwing away the dirty bat. Inuyasha frowned. 'What are they thinking? She can't do this!' Inuyasha sat up straight and stared at Kagome in concern.
Kagome got into position to hit the ball and she gulped nervously. The pitcher threw the ball so fast Kagome wasn't even ready for it.
"STRIKE ONE!" the coach yelled.
Kagome gulped and got a determined face. Another pitch thrown, this time Kagome swung but missed. "STRIKE TWO!" the booming voice of the coach rang in her ears and Kagome whimpered. She glanced around and saw Inuyasha who smiled at her reassuringly and Kagome suddenly knew she'd hit it this time.
The pitch was thrown…Kagome swung the bat as hard as she could…AND IT HIT! Kagome gasped and watched as the ball soared high in the air. Kagome dropped the bat and made a dash for first base. The ball still airborne when she crossed second, it hit the ground when she neared third. A girl in the outfield scooped it up and threw to the player on second who was closer than the one on third. Kagome was nearing home plate and saw her team yelling for her to slide. Kagome jumped and slide three feet onto home plate just before the ball made it in the catcher's mitt.
Kagome's team cheered as she was pronounced safe but no one but Inuyasha noticed that something was terribly wrong. Kagome suddenly gave a blood curdling scream and everyone gasped when they saw the girl thrashing on the ground and clutching herself. Kagome was sobbing and tears were rolling down her face. Everyone moved to help her but were pushed back by the coach. Kagome screamed in horror on the ground, covered in dirt and dust.
Kagome's eyes snapped open and she suddenly say thousands of maggots and worms crawling all over each other and the feel of dirt surrounded her. The smell of death and decay hung the air and Kagome screamed in terror, but her voice was much higher, like if she were younger. "MOMMY! MOMMY!" Kagome's younger voice cried in horror.
To those standing around her Kagome was losing it. She clawed at her arms desperately trying to get the dirt off, but to Kagome she was trying to get the disgusting maggots and worms crawling all over her.
Inuyasha pushed through the crowd and past the coach roughly. He grabbed hold of Kagome with no restraint and held her, making sshing sounds to calm her. He suddenly smelled a coppery smell and removed his hand from her to find small trace of blood on his hands from where they touched skin.
Inuyasha looked down at Kagome in shock to see blood seeping from her skin as she screamed in pain. Inuyasha felt the prickling of tears in his eyes and he couldn't take it anymore. Inuyasha swooped Kagome up into his arms and ran from the gym class. The coach called after Inuyasha angrily but soon got over it and ran up to the school. The coach pounded on the windows of the nearest classroom, scaring everyone inside. "CALL 911!" He yelled to the confused female teacher.
Inuyasha ran with Kagome who now was bleeding even more, from where the blood was coming from he didn't know but he knew that she needed to get clean. Inuyasha kicked the boy's locker room open and ran inside to the showers in the back. Without a care for his clothes or Kagome's Inuyasha turned on the water and jumped in.
The cold water rushed down him and he looked down at Kagome who suddenly began to quiet a little but she was still crying. Kagome buried her face into his chest and sobbed and Inuyasha sighed in relief when the bleeding began to stop. Inuyasha leaned against the tile walls of the shower and looked down at Kagome, paying no mind to the water cascading down his body. Inuyasha hugged her tightly to him and Kagome whimpered.
"Everywhere…" Kagome whispered.
Inuyasha looked down confused. "What Kagome?"
"Disease…everywhere! I thought I was going to die…" Kagome whispered.
Inuyasha didn't say anything to this just stared on in confusion. The faint sound of ambulance bells and police sirens rang from the outside world and Inuyasha looked down at Kagome, who had now cried herself to sleep. Inuyasha placed a gentle kiss on her forehead and turned off the water.
"I should have protected you…" he whispered bitterly as he exited the locker rooms.
A/N: O.O where the heck did that come from! Dang that wasn't how I pictured it ending to be honest but my mind wanders and I guess I wanted to end it on a dark note! Oh and to whoever is wondering, yes im going to include Kagome's mom she will be in the next chapter, I wanted everyone to meet her with Kagome's dad. shrug anyway! PLEASE REVIEW! I everso love to read them! from Danielle