'He came down to Earth as an angel, but after killing so many to find the purpose of his earth-bound mission, he forgot that he was a celestial being, and turned instead into a demon. This is how it was for a very long time, and he forgot all of his emotions as he adapted to a strangely unnatural position as a very powerful youkai lord.'
Kagome smiled brilliantly beneath the water, kicking with diligent vigor toward the very bottom, trying to retrieve the bright red ring. She was on the deep side now, doing a 'breathing exercise' in her swimming class, memorizing the newest addition to their story, which she had given to Inuyasha to work on for the rest of the day. She was so happy!
Her shoulder length hair was forced to latch onto her skull as she beat her legs to reach the bottom, the force pushing the black strands back. This way they did not whip into her face.
She wore a blue an yellow checkered (one-piece) swimsuit, and was one of the most advanced in her class.
She surfaced and took a deep gasp of air, holding the ring triumphantly over her head.
Climbing out of the water, Kagome automatically wrapped herself in a thick fluffy towel and walked, almost stiff with cold, toward the girls bathroom.
"Bye-bye Kagome-chan!" A voice called behind her, and she swung around to respond cheerfully to the farewell.
She bumped into somebody. Spinning back around in a flurry of color, she was about to apologize to the person when she recognized him - for his glare.
"Inuyasha! What are you doing here?!" Kagome exclaimed, stepping back in surprise.
"I came to give you this, wench, since I finished my part of it." Inuyasha barked, turning to leave.
"W-wait!" Kagome yelled, grabbing his arm with her free hand, the towel falling around her feet onto the tiles. "Why did you bring this all the way here?! How did you know where I was?"
"I brought this here because I don't want to be responsible for bringing it in tomorrow. I knew that you took swimming lessons cause you babble about it all the time. I knew which day because you ran out of school today to 'catch the nearest bus to the gym'. I figured it was this one, since it's practically the most popular one in the area." Inuyasha sniffed and turned his nose up, his arms crossed arrogantly across his chest as if impatient to leave.
Kagome was genuinely surprised by his sudden show of intelligence or common sense. It was so unlike him!
"Wow Inuyasha…" Kagome gaped at him, and he peeked one eye open to return her stare.
"What are you looking at? Just cause everybody thinks I'm stupid and ignorant… I'm not!" Inuyasha yelled and spun around to leave.
"Wait!" Kagome cried desperately for the second time, "how did you get here anyway? Did you actually pay for a bus cause you were so impatient?" Kagome looked at him skeptically. Was Inuyasha sick? She just couldn't believe he'd pester himself with finding her and getting off his lazy butt to come deliver a paragraph to her… It was almost sweet.
"Of course not! Why would I spend my money to get on a bus and come to your swimming lessons? I'm not like that you know! Find a different friend that'll worship you!" Inuyasha frowned at her, puffing up his chest more by the second. Maybe he wasn't so sweet after all.
Kagome giggled, and hit him on the arm, "how did you get here then, silly?! I was just wondering! You really haven't changed, it's just like you to jump to such conclusions without any evidence! I don't want anybody to worship me, just to be my friend!" Kagome grinned and waited for his reply.
"If I told you, you'd probably just go swoon over him some more." Inuyasha spat, clamping his mouth together in a disagreeable line.
"Sesshoumaru took you here?!" Kagome yelled excitedly.
"Yeah, he is old enough to drive you know…" Inuyasha said under his breath, studying her.
"Oh! Wait for me then! I want to go thank him!" Kagome cried and dashed into the bathroom, cunningly stealing away his favorite necklace to ensure his waiting.
"Ah! Thief!" Inuyasha shouted disbelieving when he noticed his loss.
But he wasn't… strange enough to walk into a girls bathroom either. So he waited.
Kagome rushed out of the bathroom, dangling the black beads and ivory colored 'fangs' that made up the necklace as she ran for the front entrance, gigantic pink gym bag in tow.
"Idiot!" Inuyasha howled, racing after her. Kagome was faster though, what with her experience in track and the muscle built up in swimming.
Her face was kissed by the chilly evening air when she stepped out the door, smiling into the street lamp and speeding cars.
Inuyasha soon appeared beside her, still holding their paper, amazingly, and panting for breath. She smiled calmly down at his bent figure and chastised him cheerfully.
"You can have some pretty dangerous stuff happen to you if you bend over right after you've ran. It's wiser to put your hands behind your head and walk around. You should also walk after sprinting so far!" Kagome grinned mockingly down at him as he glared up through his dripping bangs.
Kagome had caught an elevator down the four floors, Inuyasha had taken the stairs and hallways between. And he had never had to run so much in his life.
"So, where's your brother?" Kagome asked brightly, looking around for a car that looked fancy enough to belong to the Tsukino's.
"The black one." Inuyasha gasped simply, and she was able to see the rest. It was a very high rated car in Japan, also a relatively recent one. Kagome's eyes lit up with stars.
"Did Sesshoumaru pick that car out himself?" Kagome giggled unconsciously.
"Yeah, he did. Why? Does his car catch your fancy too? Let me guess, your boyfriend's dream car since you were young enough to fantasize about such things?" Inuyasha finally stooped up, regaining as much composure as he had ever possessed.
"What do you keep on talking about Inuyasha?! What makes you think I'm in love with your older brother?!" Kagome turned defiant, spiteful, and slightly guilty eyes on Inuyasha. He was grinning like a fool.
She frowned and marched up to the black car, opening the door and kneeling on the pavement to stare in at him.
"Hello again Sesshoumaru!" She cried cheerfully, gasping audibly when she was picked up and replaced after Inuyasha had rudely collapsed into the front seat, clasping the string of beads Kagome had 'stolen'.
He raised an eyebrow at her, waiting for her to continue.
"Thanks for giving Inuyasha a ride! It was generous of you! I'm glad I have this paper again, who knew what might have happened if Inuyasha had it for an entire night!" Kagome laughed over her blush, grinning friendlily into the car at him again.
"I did no favor for Inuyasha." Sesshoumaru said nonchalantly.
"Oh? Then why did you drive him here?" Kagome asked obliviously.
"It does not matter." Sesshoumaru responded stiffly, staring at her daringly.
"Okay then… Well, I'm still glad you came!" Kagome smiled at him, her eyes sparkling.
"Are you walking home?" Inuyasha asked suddenly.
"I've got to walk to the bus stop…" Kagome said, "Of course, it's a while away too…" She was about to ask why when it started to pour.
She yelled and jumped into the car on Inuyasha's lap, trying to avoid being pelted with the dagger-like rain of the monsoon season.
"Oh darn it!" Kagome yelled, blushing when she realized she had just jumped into somebody else's car without permission. "Ah, I'm sorry you guys. I'll have to go now so I don't get too drenched…" Kagome looked warily up at the swirling sky, filled with gray clouds. "I should have noticed this earlier!" She cried hopelessly into the rain shower, the humidity like a damp blanket even from inside the car, the rain splashing at least a few inches into the air once it his the sidewalk. She was not eager to get out of the sanctuary of the car.
"I will give you a ride." Sesshoumaru spoke from the background, and she almost jumped. She looked over her shoulder at him and smiled gratefully. "Thank you so much! I would have died out there!"
He nodded and his eyes sparked momentarily with amusement at her before stricken features, then gestured for her to climb into the back. Inuyasha slammed his door shut and rain jumped on the window, the outside filled with mist.
"We should all go buy slushies while we're over on this side of town! I hear that place is really good!" Her slim hand appeared as well as the top half of her body, she didn't wear a seatbelt, and she pointed out a small shop on the side of the road. Sesshoumaru looked back at her for an instant, then, letting loose a small smile, turned into the parking lot. They all bolted into the small building while the rain tumbled down in bucketfuls.
Kagome laughed cheerfully and proclaimed all three the splitting images of 'drowned rats dragged in afterwards by my cat Buyo!'