Kagome slipped into their shared consciousness, trusting Tom to warn her if a ball comes flying at her head. Having heard that Kagome was barely recovered from some type of hemorrhagic fever, her sensei had her sit at the sidelines. The phantom was currently faced away from her.
"Kagome-san, so good to see you here but...would you mind changing into something more….well, more...substantial."
"What's wrong?"
"I am just very much puzzled about Japanese uniform attire. I was led to believe that Asians were conservative."
Kagome tilted her head to the side. She had come to his side and he leaned away.
"Oh for goodness….just put on some trousers! Or a long skirt! Or a wrap a bloody towel around your waist or something! I don't understand how you could possibly be running around school in your undergarments!"
Comprehension dawned on the girl and she put her hands on her hips. "Not pants! This is my gym uniform! Buruma desu yo!"
"By no definition are those bloomers! Those are not appropriate length for school! There IS no length!"
"Well, I can't change my school's uniform policy Tom!" She was on the border of exasperation, amusement, and pity at Tom's state of distress. It was rare that he lost composure.
He was mumbling to himself now. "If they're going to make you sit out for gym class, I don't understand why you can't go off and do something else. Go study in the library or something…."
"I am studying! Meditation! I thought Tom-san would be happy!"
A/n: pretty much an omake or filler. I'm sure a lot of you have seen those Japanese high cut gym short burumas in anime. Thankfully, they stopped using those ridiculous excuses for shorts in the 90s. If you don't know what they look like, just google Japanese buruma or Japanese bloomers. Tom knows bloomers as something completely different.