Disclaimer: I don't own PoT, the show belongs to Konomi Takeshi or the show Inuyasha, it belongs to Takahashi Rumiko.
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Warnings: mention of male x male relationships, OOC-ness. Story takes place before Kanto so Tezuka is still there and Atobe doesn't know Ryoma or how strong he is. The only difference is Jirou is already a fan of Fuji's.
Pairing : Jirou and Kagome -Forewarning: Because people had been pushing for a Jirou and Kagome fic, I had no time to think of a good plot for it and winged it. I might make another one later in compensation and when I have more time to think about a better plot.
The Hyotei regulars stood around Atobe and were looking in the direction where Hiyoshi was standing speaking with their sensei. Oshitari cleared his throat and turned towards Atobe, "So what's that about?"
Atobe flicked his bangs, "Like ore=sama will know." he responded placing his fingers on his face in the infamous 'insight' pose "But whatever it is Hiyoshi is adamant about leaving practice early."
Finally after what seemed like hours which was in fact only fice minutes they saw their coach nod and Hiyoshi bowed before running towards the gates. The others shared a glance before turning towards their coach who was staring at them with a frown before he turned his head away, taking that as a dismissal, the rest of the Hyotei regulars ran towards the gates to see why Hiyoshi left.
Arriving at the gates they saw Hiyoshi leaning against the wall, his eyes scanning the crowd. A yell made everyone turn in the direction to see a really pretty girl making her way towards Hiyoshi.
The group gaped when they saw Hiyoshi smile and pulled the girl into his arms, the group turned towards their captain who was frowning with a tick beginning to form on his forehead and made a move to walk over there and pull the two apart but was stopped by Oshitari who placed a hand on Atobe;s shoulder.
"Now Keigo, don't be rash, there could be an explanation for this."
"Than enlighten ore-sama to why his lover is hugging another person, Yuushi." Atobe growled out turning to glare at the tensai of the team, who shrugged.
"She could be a family member, Keigo."
While the Hyotei regulars were conversing they didn't notice Hyoshi and the unknown female had seen them and were making there way towards them.
Ohtori noticed them first and tugged on Shishido's sleeve who glanced at his partner before staring in the direction Ohtori was looking in before he elbowed Gakuto who growled at the hit and turned to glare at the scar head but seeing Shishido not paying attention to him, he followed Shishido and Ohtori's gaze and found Hiyoshi and the girl behind them.
Quickly grabbing Oshitari's arm he pulled the blue haired boy effectively cutting off whatever the Kansai was saying.
"What is it Mukahi?" Oshitari drawled as he turned and glanced at the red head.
Gakuto motioned behind them and Oshitari turned along with Atobe and saw the object of their discussion standing behind them,
"What are you guys doing here?" Asked Hiyoshi but before they could say anything he continued. "Never mind, I already knew you'd follow me out of the school." Glancing towards the girl beside him, "This is a friend of mine, Higurashi Kagome. She attended Hyotei Elementary with Ohtori and I." turning towards the boy in question Hiyoshi rose an eye brow "You remember her right. She was the one who hung out with Sesshoumaru-taichou and that brat Inuyasha."
Ohtori smiled and nodded his head, "Yeah. where ever Sesshoumsru-taichou went he would always have a small figure attach to his person. It was cute the way he would always dot on her."
Kagome smiled and rubbed the back of her head, "Yeah, it's nice to see you again, Ohtori-senpai."
Chuckling a bit Ohtori turned towards Shishido who was frowning a bit and grinned, "Kagome is a year younger than us that's why she hadn't joined Hyotei when Hiyoshi and I did. And when she was suppose to attend here, a few months ago, we heard she went left to ttend a school in America with her cousin."
Hiyoshi hummed, "Yeah I was surprise when I got a call from her last night saying she was retunring to Japan and would be joining Hyotei."
"Just her, what about this cousin?" asked Atobe
"He came back a few months ago. He attends Seigaku, said that they have a great team."
"Seigaku great. Don't make ore-sama laugh. That school is not as glorious as Hyotei is." Atobe called flicking his hair.
Kagome frowned. "I met the tennis team, and they aren't as pathetic as you make them out to be, And that's not very nice to put them down when they can easily beat you."
Atobe glowered at that, the only person that could be remotely good enough to beat him was Tezuka and that's only if his arm was 100 percent well which it wasn't so there was no way for a plebeian school such as Seigaku would be able to beat the glorious Hyotei Gakuen.
About to retort Atobe was halted when a loud exclamation was heard and everyone turned to see the usually asleep Jirou, awake and standing beside Kabaji who had been carrying him seconds ago. Jirou's eyes seem to sparkle a bit and the team recognized the look almost instantly. It was the same look he got when he saw Marui Bunta of Rikkaidai or Fuji Syusuke of Seigaku.
It made them all wonder how Jirou knew her, including Hiyoshi.
"SUGOI! Your Higurashi Kagome."
"Senpai" stared Ohtori "Do you know Kagome-chan?"
Jitou nodded excitedly and grabbed his bag, opened it and grabbed a magazine from inside it before holding it up so the group could see it.
Upon noticing the magazine, Kagome blushed a bit with a smile on her lips.
Gakuto reached out and grabbed the issue and scanned the cover which held a picture of the female in front of them dressed in a black turtleneck shirt and white pants. Her hair was left down, the raven tresses glowing blue. Her arm was wrapped around a slightly taller male with a black beanie. Golden eyes seemed to pierce through them. He was wearing a red short sleeve shirt, a black pants and a red studded belt. A smirk graced his lips.
Shifting his gaze to the side, Gakuto read the words printed their.
'Echizen Ryoma and Higurashi Kagome, the youngest tennis sensations has stated that they will be leaving America for an unknown period of times. This announcement has devastated their fans who refuse to believe that their prince and princess of tennis will be leaving them...continue on B1'
"She plays tennis?"
Jirou jumped around in excitement, "She does and she's really good. They call her a princess, but she is commonly referred to as the 'Ace of spades' or just spades." he exclaimed
Gakuto rose an eyebrow, "Why?"
"No one really knows the real reason behind the nickname. A nosy reporter who had been eavedropping on a conversation between Kagome-chan and her cousin heard the boy call her his little spade. And since that spade was uttered everytime Kagome played a match. It's been adopted into Ace of spades because of her amazing tennis style."
Kagome blinked her eyes wonding how this auburn haired boy knew all of that and now that she thought about it, how did he obtain an American tennis magazine. Shrugging her shoulder, Kagome decided not to question it. She had seen weirder things happen before.
"Wow, has she lost any games?"
"The only known person who defeated her was this boy" Jirou pointed to the male beside Kagome on the magazine. "But it was a close match. But if Kagome hadn't sprained her wrist and had to forfeit the match, the win could have gone either way.
Kagome smiled and shook her head, "I don't think so. The result would have stayed the same. Echizen Ryoma would still have defeated me, of the I am sure. But it was nice of you to say otherwise."
Jirou scratched the back of his head and sheepishly laughed.
"Why did you call Hiyoshi to get you. I didn't know you were friends?" asked Ohtori confused. He didn't recall his schoolmate and teammate ever being close to the younger girl.
"I actually ran into Hiyoshi's older brother several days after my return to Japan. I remembered him beung an aquaintance of Sesshoumaru. He was surprised to see me back and asked if I was transferring into Hyotei and when I told him I was, he gave me Hiyoshi's numbe, told me to ask him to be my tour guide." Kagome furrowed her brows "He mentioned something about a narcissitic boy trying to take his brother away and now that I am he would have a taste of his own medicine."
"That is nice of Hiyoshi-san. Though quite out of character for him." murmured Oshitari
Kagome furrowed her brows "Yeah, he was weird though."
"How so??" asked Hiyoshi
"Well he said something really strange. I think he was talking to himself when he said it though. Byt he mentioned something about a narcissitic boy trying to take his brother away and now that I am he would have a taste of his own medicine."
"Aa" Oshitari pushed his glasses up higher on his nose. as he glanced towards his best friend who was fuming but for those who didn't know Atobe as well as he did, they wouldn't be able to see the difference. "Calm down Keigo. Hiyoshi is not going to leave you for Kagome, besides I think Jirou might have a thing for the famous tennis star."
Atobe turned towards the sleeping beauty of Hyotei and had to agree with the blue haired teens statement, Jirou did look to be enamored by the girl.
Turning towards the girl, he scanned her person. He would make sure the girl was worthy of his friend for anyone that does not meet 'ore-sama's expectations is not worthy enough to be graced with his glorious self and the same went for any of his friends.
"Let's go do something tomorrow!" Gakuto exclaimed wrapping an arm through Oshitari's. "We should all hang out and get to know Kagome better, since she will be hanging out with us."
Hiyoshi nodded his head and faced Kagome, "Well you have to ask Kagome if that will be alright, though. She probably have to ask her brothers as were always protective over her."
Kagome tilted her head to the side, "Well, Sesshoumaru is not here. He left Yesterday for a business trip. Inuyasha is never home it seems. But i told my cousin, I'll hang out with him and his teammates."
"Then what if we tag along as well. We should get use to hanging out together, especially if we are going to be spending so much time in each others company." replied Oshitari pushing his glasses higher up his nose.
"I see no problem with that. I am sure my cousin will mind but he'll ignore you most likely so it doesn't really matter, I guess."
"Then it's decided. Where do we meet up than?" questioned Gakuto
"I was going to meet up with Seigaku at Kawamura's sushi restaurant. But we can meet here tomorrow and than head towards Kawamura's together.'
Jirou bounced around, "That's great. I can't wait to see Fuji again." he called with a smile.
Kagome turned and stared at the auburn haired male a bit now that she was actually she found he was quite adorable really. He had such a childish glow about him. Turning her eyes towards the others and inwardly slapped herself, how could she have spent at least ten minutes with these males and had not noticed how good looking they were.
Shaking her head, Kagome smiled and bowed her head, "We were never officially introduced to each other. So before we do anything else, I would like to know each of your names. My name is Higurashi Kagome, though I have been adopted by the Taishou's since I was young."
"Akutagawa Jirou" he grinned.
"Gakuto Mukahi" the red head waved his free hand, the other still linked through Oshitari's.
"Shishido Ryou, and you already know Choutarou, already." nodded the brown haired boy wearing a cap.
Kagome smiled with a nod of her head.
"Oshitari Yuushi and the one standing beside Jirou is Munehiro Kabaji" spoke the blue haired male.
"Usu"
Kagome waved her hand.
"And ore-sama is called Atobe Keigo."
Blinking at the familiar name, Kagome nodded, "The Atobe heir. Aniki told me about you. Well it's nice to meet everyone."
Hiyoshi sighed, "Well you guys can come I guess. I was going to show Kagome-chan around."
Jirou and Gakuto cheered and linked arms with the smaller girl and began pulling her towards the tennis courts first. Behind them Hiyoshi sighed again before feeling an arm wrap around his shoulder. "We should get going before Jirou and Mukahi get themselves lost with Higurashi-chan, nah Kabaji?"
"Usu"
Oshitari chuckled as they began to follow the trail Jirou and Gakuto left.
~..~Major time skip~..~
Nearly a year passed since Kagome's arrival to Japan and the Hyotei and Seigaku team didn't know whether to be amused or annoyed by the lack of a relationship between Jirou and Kagome. It was obvious, well it was obvious to everyone except the mentioned two, that they liked each other.
Even the most oblivious of people had seen the attraction, though he didn't much appreciate anyone going near his cousin he couldn't deny her her happiness and that was the only reason he was going to help his senpai-tachi get them together.
Fuji grinned when everything settled. "Alright lets hope this will get them to admit their feelings for each other."
"Are you sure this is alright?" asked Ohtori glancing towards Shishido who shrugged and wrapped an arm around the younger male.
Oishi nodded his head, "Yeah, what if something goes wrong with the plan? There is a lot of things that could go wrong. What if we read the siggns wrong and Kagome-chan doesn't love Akutagawa-kun in that way. If you haven't noticed Kagome acts the same way with everyone and the only person who gets special attention is Ryoma-kun and that's because they are cousins."
Everyone paused and stared at each other. Oishi brought up a good point. What if Kagome didn'r have those sorts of feelings for the auburn haired boy.
Ryoma crossed his arms and leaned against Tezuka, who wrapped an arm around the smaller boys waist in response, while Fuji who sat on the other side of the Seigaku's wonder boy, smiled his everlasting smile and tapped the boy lightly on the shoulder, "Ne, Ryo-chan, you know your cousin better than anyone else. Does she like Jirou in that way?"
Turning his head away, Ryoma debated whether or not to tell them.
Tezuka allowed a small, barely noticeable, smile grace his lips as his boyfriend pouted. He knew the answer to the question and he knew Ryoma didn't want his cousin dating anyone. Claiming no one was good enough for her.
After a while, Ryoma sighed, making up his mind. He would tell them the truth and if Jirou ever hurt his cousin he would personally see to it that he suffered. With a nod of his head Ryoma stood up and grasp Tezuka and Fuji's hands. "Tell your teammate that should he ever think of hurting my cousin, I will be the least of his worries. He will have to deal with her adoptive brothers as well. they are over protective of Kagome." With that said the three left the restaurant first followed by the rest of Seigaku.
Hyotei blinked at their departure before shrugging it away before standing and leaving as well.
~..~Next Day!!~..~
Jirou leaned against the chair and yawned, "When are they coming Kei?" asked Jirou
"Soon, Jirou.' came the soft replu as theAtobe heir glanced out the window to see Seigaku walking through the gates with Kagome walking between Tezuka and Ryoma, looking harassed. Raising a brow Atobe stood up. "Speaking of, Seigaku has just arrived with Kagome-chan."
At the mention of his crushes name, Jirou jumped to his feet, "Kagome is here!"
"Oh, didn't we tell you, Jirou" smiled Gakuto "Seigaku was bringing Kagome with them."
"Let's go, ahn" stated Atobe "We can't let guess wait, nah Kabaji."
"Usu"
With that the group headed towards the front doors.
~..~
Greetings were passed when Hyotei met with Seigaku, well minus the insults passes between Eiji and Gakuto. Hiyoshi rose an eyebrow at Kagome's appearance asking her what had happened.
Kagome frowned and ran a hand through her hair while dusting off her outfit. Seeing how annoyed she still was because of what hapened earlier, Fuji told them that some guy had taken liberties with Kagome's person.
Jirou's eyes flashed at that, "What do you mean by that Fuji-kun? Like some pervert decided to touch her?"
"Yep, that and he had asked her to bear his children. It would have been funny had that happened to someone other than Kagome."
"But Ryoma dealt with that hentai." laughed Eiji "You should have seen it. Ochibi-chan was really mad. He delivered a twist serve to the boy's face. That hentai was knocked out and we later found out that boy was a friend of Kagome-chans brother, Inuyasha."
Kagome rolled her eyes "Go figured the baka would have a hentai for a best friend. Anyways, what are we going to do?"
"Hang out." smiled Fuji
Kagome rose an eyebrow at that before shrugging, "And do what?"
"Well, anything you want. There is a pool just out those glass doors. A game room upstairs with several video games, table games. Several doors down from there is the library, which you can enter if you want. And the chiefs has been notified of your arrival so if you are hungry they have been asked to prepare food for everyone."
"Sugoi" yelled Momo as he took off "Come on Echizen, lets see what kind of games Atobe has."
"Hoi! Hoi! Wait for me, Momo-chan, I want to go as well, nya" shouted Eiji turning towards his fellow cat-like boy, the red head grinned and wrapped an arm around his shoulder, "Let's go ochibi!" with that said the acrobat stated dragging Ryoma while ignoring the complaints uttered by the younger male.
Oishi ran after his partner telling him to be careful and to release Ryoma before he ended up hurting their younger teammate. Fuji, Taka, Inui and Kaidoh trailed after the group. Inui scribbling something into his notebook while Fuji grinned fingering his camera.
Gakuto glared at the steps where his rival had just been on moments ago. Turning he grabbed his boyfriends hand. "Let's go Yuushi, we can't let Seigaku have all the fun, especially that carrot head Kikumaru."
Oshitari sighed and allowed the smaller male to tug him along.
Soon enough everyone was drifting off to do whatever it was that caught their fancy, leaving two people alone in the room.
Kagome turned and blinked at the auburn haired male, "Your not going to play games?"
Jirou shook his head and walked over to sit on the couch, unaware that Kagome's eyes followed his form before a light sigh escaed her lips, before she headed towards the couch across from the one Jirou occupied and plopped down upon it, lying on her back, tucking her arm behind her head as she stared at the ceiling. "So, how are you doing today, Jirou?"
Jirou glanced over at the younger teen and grinned, "I'm fine."
~..~
Ryoma sat on the stairs staring down into the living room where Kagome and Jirou sat talking. They probably didn't even noticed but they had been talking like that for nearly two hours. Feeling arms wrap around him he turned his head and stared at one of his boyfriend. "Kuni-bu" he whispered before turning his attention back towards the oblivious couple down their. "Kagome looks happy talkling to that Akutagawa."
Tezuka nodded his head, he knew Ryoma was worried that Kagome might get hurt and he could relate to him. He knew that his whole team thought of the girl as a sibling and none of them wanted to see her hurt. "Aa"
A soft chuckle caused the two to look over towards the sound and saw the last of their lover making his way over.
Fuji smiled as he sat beside Ryoma, wrapping an arm around his waist while leaning against Tezuka's legs. "Jirou-kun is nice, Ryo-chan. He won't hurt her."
Ryoma frowned and looked back down only to gape in shock, eyes wide. "Nyarou" (1) was the soft hiss from boy wonder as he glared at the auburn haired boy.
Fuji smiled widened and Tezuka ran his fingers through the younger boys hair trying to calm him down. "It's fine Ryoma. You knew it was oing to happen."
"It doesn't mean I have to like it." Ryoma whispered with a pout.
Tezuka stood up and helped Ryoma up, "Come on, we shouldn't be watching this."
Fuji pouted a bit but obliged and followed after his two lovers with a soft chuckle.
~..~
Jirou didn't know what happened but one moment Kagome had been telling him about pranks that she and her cousin had done to their teachers in America and the next thing he knew he had leaned in and kissed her.
Kagome froze had the contact and stared in wide eyed wonder. "Jirou?"
"I'm sorry Kagome-chan." Jirou whispered lowering his head "I..didn't mean to..."
Kagome continued to stare in shock.
"It's just that...I really like you..."
Blinking her eyes Kagome smiled a bit and interupted the volley specialist before he could continue with his apologies by placing her lips upon his own before pulling back a bit, "Don't mind Jirou."
A wide smile formed on Jirou's lips which was returned by Kagome.
"So..."
"Let's date!" stated Kagome bluntly and the only thing Jirou could do was nod his head.
Like I stated before this one shot was a rushed one and I might revise it when I have time.
(1) Nyarou: Yarou: bastard. If you watched Tenimyu you'll know this word came from the first PoT musical
And if you didn't read the AN above, here it is again.
AN: For those of you who read ANIMELUVER2008 fics, she is sorry to inform you all that she won't be able to update any of her fics until her computer gets fixed. She is really sorry and hopes that all of you remain patient until she can update any of her fics. Thank-you!
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