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Wow. She had an interesting future coming up. Oh well, she liked interesting. Life is a continuous rush that heightens when unanticipated things commence. As long as she still had her dignity in the end it was cool with her no matter how she got there. For some reason she dreamt of the DDR competition she had with Inuyasha. The only difference was that no one else was in the room. It was really strange to her, but she didn't care because in her dream there was no storm and she whopped his sweaty ass back to the dog pound where he belonged.

Yep, it was a good dream.

Tomboy Chapter 8

The next few weeks were filled with lazy days. It was July 2 and school was to start in 5 weeks; the second week of August. She kept to her list of things and the first thing she did was check the weather as a habit. She was not having anymore mishaps like the first time she met the guys.

Also she discovered that Koga's 'my woman' shit and Ayame's instant depression were one in the same. She found out that Koga had made a claim on Kagome and decided that she was now his girlfriend. Of course she told Ayame that she had no idea and she didn't even like him. She didn't even know him. She didn't even know what it was like to be some man's woman, but she was sure that it didn't come from a man just stating that you were his territory.

He was lucky that she hadn't had the opportunity to really talk to him or any of the guys in a while. With the exception of watching them from the stands, of course, and the once a week meet up the girls had with the guys for a couple of hours.

And her brother, he did get onto the team. It was amazing. He played so well that he may even have a starter position, but the likelihood of that happening was slim. He would play, but coaches were obligated to put seniors in first for like seniority or something. Oh well, he'll have his day someday too.

The best part though, was when they thought that he was the mystery kid, aka Kagome, because his style was so similar to her own. It was hilarious. Her brother looked like he was going to shit his pants until he put on his fearless face.

They came to the conclusion that it couldn't have been him because Kagome took pity on him and testified that she had left him at home on the date of the 'mystery kid's attack', and he would have had no way to get to the school, or even know where it was at.

They bought it. That was the half truth. That reason Souta couldn't have been the kid was because she was.

On an even better note, Sesshomaru seemed to have completely forgotten about the whole Google search thing. He was too focused on the football teams massive improvements, thanks to the 'mystery kid's' suggestions. The team looked like it could actually stand a chance at the state championships. It was a long shot, especially because she didn't know the surrounding teams, but they had her confidence. She may even slip them a note with some of her play ideas and more improvement suggestions.

"No." She thought. She just got rid of their suspicion and she didn't want to ruin it now.

She hung out with the girls everyday. Thank god there were no more thunderstorms to impede on her fun. Sango and her were quickly becoming best friends. She could feel it. Sango wasn't like Rin or Ayame, who she still liked and was good friends with, but Sango wasn't as girly as them.

Yeah, she still didn't know shit about football, or almost every other sport out there, but when they were together just hanging out they talked about real things. Real problems in the world, movies they wanted to see, things about their pasts, etc. They really just clicked.

Also, all 3 of the girls had made it their mission to teach her every cheer, every step, every flip, everything, about everything about cheerleading. It was fun at first. It had been a while since she just flipped and twirled, but now she was officially annoyed. She was basically on the squad and was going to kill herself if she had to do one more of those stupid, mindless, upbeat chants. They were killing her.

Oh well, it wasn't so bad. She could get used to this for sure.

The only 2 people who slightly unnerved her were Koga and Inuyasha. Inuyasha because he never really never gave up his wench thing. She didn't see the boys more then once a week, but he just wouldn't give up his wench routine. He just loved to push her buttons and he may not be a genius, but he quickly found out all of her pet peeves and used them against her.

At the same time though, she liked arguing with him. He was just like her boys back in Miami except different. He was loud, rambunctious, and aggressive; just the way she liked her boys, but he felt different to her. His relationship was the same as her friends back in Miami and completely different. She never had this weird feeling before and she didn't like it.

Inuyasha felt the same way. He was constantly picking fights with her for no apparent reason. He just liked it when she got all angry, but he couldn't shake the feeling that she was holding back. She always had this look in her eyes like she was going to pounce on him and attack, but would stop herself and he wanted to know why. He would admit that he was intrigued by her, he didn't like the wench or anything, but he was definitely intrigued by her more than he had been by a girl in a long time.

Koga was another story entirely. He was singlehandedly responsible for the wall blocking her and Ayame's developing friendship. Ayame didn't say anything about the whole Koga claiming Kagome thing, but on the inside it was driving her crazy. She blamed Kagome for his blatant disregard for her own feelings. She wished Kagome would disappear and she wanted to bust into tears every time anyone even mentioned Koga's name.

Kagome had never even had a boy really like her and she certainly had never been in a situation like this before. She really wanted to just sit down and talk it out with Ayame, but Ayame wouldn't even let her get close to her without calling one of the other girls over and fake laughing over something. It was getting ridiculous. Shit was not okay in girl world and she was an amateur to the game; something that she was not used to.

It seemed like she just couldn't catch a break; it's like she took 2 steps forward and fell 5 steps back. She really needed to relax. Maybe she'll go play basketball tomorrow morning with her brother. That always relaxes her.

"News flash… it has just been discovered that a thunderstorm is coming in at a rapid pace from the north. It looks like it is going to be one of the worst ones so far all summer. Our chief meteorologist, who is unavailable at the moment, has estimated the storm to hit our area in about 3 to 4 hours." The TV blared.

Kagome looked at the clock. It was 11:30. She was supposed to go out with the whole group (boys included) at around 12. Damn she'll have to cancel; she was really pumped up for a day of arguing too.

"Oh well," she sighed, "Sucks for me."

She called Rin to tell her to pick up Sango, but don't wait around for her because her mother said she couldn't go out today because the whole house was a mess and they never finished completely unpacking and it was cluttering the house.

She bought it. This was exactly why she didn't call Sango. She would've given her the third degree that she just didn't have the time nor ability to lie through all of that.

After her conversation with Rin, she went downstairs to see her brother getting ready to go out, probably to hang with Kohaku and Shippo, who he had met during his football practices. (which they didn't have today)

She told him the weather report and he didn't even comment, he just picked up his phone on told Kohaku that he couldn't make it because his mom was making him and his sister stay home and clean the house. Wow, they were so in sync, he was an annoying runt, but he was her annoying runt.

At first they thought three hours was a long time and maybe they could hang out with their friends, but no. They knew that if they went out at all, then would lose track of time or have to come up with some elaborate reason to leave. Now they had 4 hours to kill since they had already worked out that morning, it only seemed natural that they play on their skateboards for a couple of hours. They had to wait for Sango and Kohaku to leave first, and when they saw Rin pick them both up they burst out of the house and basically jumped down stairs with their helmets, elbow pads, and cutoff finger gloves.

They were in the street in front of their house and they were falling on their asses. It was hilarious. They were doing all the tricks possible from the curb to the street. Then they had a slap fight; they were having so much fun it really put a damper on them when they saw the dark clouds roaming over their heads. It had only been about an hour and 45 min, but the air was heavy and the humidity was making their hair extremely frizzy.

They went inside and turned on the TV. It turns out the storm was moving at an accelerated pace during the first report that caused the storm to hit them sooner than they'd expected. They now had a 75 min window to prepare themselves and the house for the storm.

That means the storm was likely to hit them at about 3:30 pm. Their mom was a lawyer and didn't get off work until 5 and she was an hour away from the house. This was not good.

They immediately closed all of the windows in the house. They put all their blankets and pillows in the living room and pulled out a flashlight, candles, and any other necessities that they might need if the power were to go out.

The last thing they did as the wind bellowed against their house was call their mom.

"Hey mom, it's Kagome, when are you going to get home."

"Hey sweetie, the storm is really looking bad from here. I don't think I can make it tonight. I hope you two will be alright together. I'm still at the office, but I've been listening to the traffic reports and the wind is really strong. They have about 3 cars reported to have flipped over from the wind. The rain and the wind would just be too dangerous for me to drive in. I was actually about to call you guys to see if it was cool if I just stayed at a hotel near my office for the night."

Kagome quivered as she responded, "You're really not coming."

"No, I'm sorry sweetie. You should see it right now; it's really ugly out there. I just hoped that you two would be together because I know you guys don't want your friends to see you like last time."

"Yeah, we'll be fine. Just be careful yourself."

"Okay. Got to go now. Bye. I love you."

Souta motions to the phone. "Love you too mom. Wait, Souta wants to say something." She handed him the phone as he put his two cents in then hung up.

About ten minutes later they heard a crash and the water began pouring down. They were huddled together in their blankets watching television, trying to calm their nerves.

It was 4:00 in the afternoon. The rest of the group was now rushing from their cars to the door to Inuyasha and Sesshomaru's mansion. It was pouring hard and their original plan had been washed out so they retreated to their usual spot in the Takahashi's massive hang out room.

Kohaku and Shippo were with thim because after Souta had canceled on them they just didn't feel like getting out of Rin's car when she went to drop them off at the movies on the way to wherever she was going.

They were currently playing a game of boys vs. girls (and Shippo) game of pool. Inuyasha sat out, but made sure to make as many snide comments as possible.

Inuyasha was feeling off since he left the house in Sesshomaru's car. He couldn't shake the feeling that something was not right. He glanced at all of their faces and then realized what was missing.

It was like he had an epiphany, "Where's the wench?" he asked.

Everyone looked confused for a second then Miroku confirmed, "Yeah, where is she? I thought for sure she would be here right now especially because of the storm. I didn't think she'd want to be alone."

Sango looked guilty. She didn't even notice her growing best friend wasn't there. Then Rin spoke up.

"She said her mom said she had to clean the house." Rin finished.

Kohaku agreed, "Yeah, Souta called me right before we were supposed to go out and said he had to clean the house. No questions asked."

There was a contrast of feelings within the group. Shippo who was totally ignorant to the cause of the disturbance, didn't understand why it was such a big deal that Kagome and Souta were alone right now.

Sesshomaru on the other hand was already making connections in his head. There was a correlation between the stories and the storm. He had already decided that they were going to go over there to get them, but didn't voice his plan until a few seconds later. He used regular English because he didn't want to have to explain himself more than once.

"I think the cleaning was a cover. I think they knew the weather report and stayed home so they wouldn't embarrass themselves again. Really, it's been like 4 or 5 weeks since they moved in and Kohaku you were already over there once, did you see any unopened boxes."

"No."

Sesshomaru paused and waited for Rin to pick up what he didn't want to say. She was always right on his level, it was one of the things he loved most about her.

"We should totally go over there and wait the storm out with her."

"Yeah"! Screamed all the girls and Kohaku and Shippo.

Well, maybe they were on the page, but they were off by a line or two, but who was he to get between 3 crazy girls and some equally crazy sophomores. That could be a deadly combination.

Inuyasha was oddly quiet, whereas Koga loudly voiced his support with the new plan. He was going on and on about how his woman needed him and stuff.

Ayame twisted her cue stick in her hand. She was going to break it if she squeezed it any harder it would break. She had this weird feeling of anger, hate, and sadness. Not a good combination. Their little rescue Kagome from the storm plan was not looking so good in her eyes anymore.

Before anyone could say anything Inuyasha did something very uncharacteristic of him. He solved a problem instead of creating one.

"Will you shut up you stupid wolf. God if we leave will you just shut the fuck up already."

And just like that, everyone put their sticks down and started to walk out the door. They talked the whole way then raced to the cars, but were still soaked when they got inside. The wind was really harsh and they had to drive much slower than usual because the combination of all of the bad weather made it near impossible to see out the window, but at last they made it to the Kagome and Souta's home and they counted to 3 before they made a mad dash for the door. They were soaked and banging on the door as hard as they could.