Hi guys. Yeah, it's been a while. I noticed that when I wrote the last chapter I put a lot of 'the Coach Matthins' or 'the Coach Strots' instead of 'the coach' or 'Coach so-and-so'. I'll try to fix that in this chapter.
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Chapter Four
Kikyo passed Kagome on her way to her table. Kagome glared at her from under the rim of her cap. She was wiping a table clean for B lunch. Kikyo sent her own nasty look toward they spy.
For once, they were even, Kikyo thought as she walked up behind Inuyasha and sat down beside him. Kagome had her info, and Kikyo had hers. They both knew that the race was heated again and both were waiting for the other to make a risky move.
"Hey babe." Inuyasha said as Kikyo scooted into the seat.
"Hey." She sighed tiredly.
Naraku eyed them from the other side of the table as he slowly chewed his food. "You two together?" he asked pointing toward them.
Inuyasha and Kikyo eyed each other before Inuyasha answered. "Well, we're trying to get to know each other better before we go out."
Kikyo gauged Naraku for his response.
The dark haired male nodded. "Tell me how that goes." He said, returning to his food.
Kikyo's eyes narrowed. Knowing him, he meant it literally. He wanted insight on everyone he came in contact with. Her dating Inuyasha was probably the best way for him to get info on her. Not that she'd let that happen. Inuyasha just happened to be her ticket to disenabling the target; mainly him.
"Do you want me to wipe the table down before you eat on it?"
Kikyo looked at the end of the table where Kagome stood. She had a hand on her hip and a rag on her shoulder.
Sesshoumaru, who sat by Naraku, lifted his tray and everyone else soon followed.
"That was an interesting trick you did the other day. I'm surprised they didn't suspend you." Naraku said, following her every move as she cleaned the table.
"Yeah, well you'll be surprised what begging can accomplish." She said with a grunt. Her hair fell to the side of her shoulder, brushing Sesshoumaru's chest.
"You smell familiar." He said.
Everyone looked at him as Kagome kept on cleaning, cursing herself on the inside. Of course he would remember her smell if she got too close. She couldn't have been completely covered in the locker room.
"It may be my perfume. Lots of girls wear it." She said, standing up.
"No. It's a natural scent. I can't place it."
"We do pass each other in the hall a lot." She slung the towel back over her shoulder.
"You two haven't been secretly meeting each other, have you?" Koga joked from the other side of Naraku.
"Yes. All we need is a secret love affair." Naraku said sarcastically. His voice almost breached the point of scary, causing Kagome and Kikyo to glare.
Sesshoumaru's nose still twitched as his eyes blanked out into a stare towards Kagome.
The air grew still as Naraku stopped eating. He motioned his head to the right and Koga hastily got up and grabbed his tray.
Kagome followed him with her eyes until she was jerked down by a hand.
Sesshoumaru had grabbed her wrist and had pulled her down to sit between him and Naraku. His arm traveled up her arm to settle around her shoulders.
Naraku turned towards her with a warm smile on his face. "Kagome, why don't you sit down and talk."
Kikyo squeezed her eyes shut and held her breath. They both knew it. Kagome was caught.
"But, I'm not done cleaning yet." Kagome said, standing up. The janitor had conveniently not come to work that day, leaving her with a lot to do during her lunch time and after school. The muscles in Sesshoumaru's arm tightened and he pressed her closer to his body.
"When did you and Sesshoumaru start dating? You've only been here a week." He said loudly. He tilted his head to the side and let his wavy hair fall into her line of sight.
"Wait. You just said…"
Sesshoumaru bent his head and shushed in her ear.
She stilled, not only from Sesshoumaru's warm breath on her neck, but because her surroundings had changed.
The cafeteria was full and people were staring. Girls were glaring at her, and people were looking to see what was happening with the popular group.
Something clicked in Kagome's head. She shot a look at Kikyo who chanced one back out of the corner of her eye. They were trying to make a scene, but not a bad one.
Why? They were sober just a minute ago.
Naraku tilted his head back, now talking to Inuyasha. Kagome glimpsed a boy dressed in black with a cap shielding his eyes. He had scooted his chair closer to their table as if to listen to the conversation. Koga was coming towards him along with two other guys.
Sesshoumaru squeezed her shoulder, trying to get her attention. She turned towards him just as Koga jumped towards the boy, grabbed him, and shot out of the cafeteria without anyone seeing.
So that's what they were trying to do, Kagome thought, as Sesshoumaru started a conversation.
Kagome took off her janitor's shirt and cap and placed it on a hook before stepping out the closet door and locking it. She straightened her shirt and walked down the hallway.
She passed teachers and subs and finally passed the office before exiting the building.
She took a sharp left and turned the corner, out into the side court yard. No one used it anymore, since the east court yard was cleaner and sunnier during the morning.
Now, the sun was setting and casting a red glow over the stable chairs and tables. She jumped over the six foot wall that separated the court yard from the storage at the back of the building.
She landed crouched on the other side but didn't stand. She was in the cool shade and a breeze blew tossing her hair across her shoulder. Silver hair blew against a storage building across from her.
"Waiting for someone?" she said, slowly standing up.
He straightened from where he was leaning against the wall. "Not anymore." He walked towards her.
She slightly circled him as his long strides carried him towards her.
His bangs covered his eyes, giving her only his body to read. He walked at a leisurely paced with his hands in his pockets. The top three buttons of his shirt were undone, showing his collarbone. He didn't look like he was going to attack…but that didn't mean he wouldn't.
He stood to her side, close enough that the tips of his wind blown hair tickled her arm.
With lightening speed, she circled him, twisted, and aimed a fisted hand for his head.
Not alarmed, Sesshoumaru caught her wrist inched from his neck. "That won't be necessary." he said in a deep, alluring tone as he guided her to his front.
"So, you know what I am." She said in her own seductive tone.
"All I know is that you're a girl who moved from God knows where with a few good self defense moves. Besides that, I don't care."
Kagome opened her mouth to mention that she had a name but shut it as he glared at her.
"Naraku got me in a mess by saying that you and I are dating and now everyone in the school is spreading rumors."
Kagome cocked an eyebrow. "So just tell them that we aren't."
"It's not that simple because then Naraku will get mad."
"And that matters because…?"
Sesshoumaru smirked and then caressed her face. "Believe me. You don't want Naraku mad at you. You do like this pretty face of yours, don't you?"
Kagome decided to play along since he was so nice to compliment her in a sick, twisted way.
She placed a hand over his and the other on his chest. "So what do we do?" She played with the collar of his shirt as he brought his face closer to hers.
"We act like this until we break up."
Kagome smirked. Two leads in the bag. Her boss and her boyfriend; how convenient.
"That's simple. It's like the real deal." She said.
Sesshoumaru pulled away. "It'll only be for school. Don't expect to come home with me."
Kagome shook her head and turned to walk away. "Of course not." She said with a giggle.
She jumped over the next wall leading to the soccer field, leaving Sesshoumaru to stare after her.
Kikyo landed from her back hand spring and jumped into a high V. Coach Matthins yelled and clapped out the counts as each girl tried to hit her spot and keep a smile on her face.
Kikyo jumped into waiting hands on count 3 and was thrown into the air on count 4. She spread her legs out for a toe touch but her concentration broke when she saw a dark figure run across a rooftop. She fell out of formation and the whole team had to scatter to catch her.
Coach Matthins ran over. "Kikyo! Are you hurt? What went wrong?" she said as she helped her to her feet.
"Uh…..Oh..oo..I think I broke my wrist. I have to go see a doctor. Bye!!" and with that she ran off toward the distant figure.
She ran faster as the team yelled after her. She turned a corner and sprang into a dead sprint.
Whatever it was, Kagome had gotten a hot lead. She wasn't missing an opportunity to beat her to it.
Okay…so I think that's a good place to stop. I know some of you are probably thinking… "someone had to have seen something when they were moving fast." My answer to that is that they are just SUPER ninja.
Tell me what you think in a review!
Sincerely, straightjacket