Chapter 7

When Kagome finally opened her eyes she heard people clapping, cheering.

Kagome looked up surprised by all of this. She saw Sango and Ayame standing in a corner both staring wide-eyedly.

'What did I hit it or not? Why are all of them staring at me like that? Did I play so bad?' Kagome questioned herself before she started looking around for the shuttle cock.

"You're selected!" Inuyasha announced amongst the continuous clapping.

"Who me?" Kagome confirmed.

"Yeah! Who else? I have to choose you for this fabulous shot," Inuyasha said with obviousness.

"Thank you," Kagome gave a nervous smile and moved out of the court still confused about what really had happened.

Everyone crowded around her as she stepped out of the court.

"How did you do it?" "Fabulous!" "Give us some tips please," comments kept flooding in.

When the crowd was too difficult to handle Kagome ran up the stairs and to the gallery overlooking the complex.

Now, she had a good view of the selections. As she walked to a suitable spot she felt something hit her foot.

As she looked down she saw a shuttle cock and when she crawled down to pick it up she saw that it was the same one that had been shot her way.

Now, Kagome got a better idea of the whole thing. But one thing that didn't get into her head was how had she hit the shuttle cock so hard that it had covered such a great distance and at such a height?

Kagome put her thoughts aside as she was called down so as to return to class. She silently skipped down the stairs and joined the line moving out of the complex.

Before she started walking down the stairs she turned around momentarily only to meet Inuyasha's direction of sight.

She quickly turned around and fought to hide her blush as she walked down the stairs. Inuyasha simply smiled, slightly shaking his head before getting back to the selections.

Once out of the games complex, Kagome was once again surrounded by crowds of people asking her the formula for her shot.

Finally after much persuasion and explanation from Kagome's non-well wishers, everyone took the shot as something not out of the usual. They simply said that it was by luck that Kagome hit the shot so well and went about their work.

The teachers too were stunned by Kagome's performance though they tried their best not to bring up the topic. Though most teachers avoided the topic some couldn't manage to shut their mouths up and just decided to babble it all out and this once again brought back thoughts about the selections into Kagome's mind.

'How did I do it? I'm such a bad player in general and today I hit such a nice shot! How can this be possible?' Kagome thought in between classes.

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Inuyasha now stretched after finally finishing the selections for the day.

He looked down at the list. The first name on the list was- Kagome Higurashi.

"Kagome Higurashi," Inuyasha read.

A particular thought entered his mind as he walked over to the staff room.

All the other sports teachers were already there.

"Hey! Man what a shot Higurashi played!" Colin greeted.

"Well yeah! That was one damn shot!" Inuyasha replied.

Inuyasha shoved the selections list on the table as he took a seat.

"So, you chose that Ayame girl?" Vick asked picking up the list.

"Yeah-she's pretty good," Inuyasha explained.

"Well I never said she isn't. But be careful she's had an eye on you ever since the day you joined," Vick explained.

"Well I'll take care of that," Inuyasha said before standing up.

"I'll go and check out some things in the locker room," he informed before walking out of the staff room.

'Why do all the wrong people have their eyes on me?' Inuyasha thought as he made his way to the sports locker room.

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As soon as classes were over, Kagome was once again surrounded by the crowd she had shooed off earlier that day. But this time, she didn't have to do much work as they decided to leave her alone as they didn't get any good answers from her.

"I don't understand! I just hit that shot by chance and now everyone's after me!" Kagome complained.

Soon everything was back to normal and all of them were talking as usual. Ayame as usual taking the lead by talking about Inuyasha.

Out of their vision, the group of girls was being watched, watched very intently upon.

Inuyasha watched the girls as they chatted; every word uttered by them entered his ears with crystal clarity. Though he observed the whole group his gaze was particularly focused on one member.

Kagome Higurashi. She was one girl who had caught his attention the first time he set his eyes on her.

He slowly closed the window that gave him a clear view of the girls as he watched his main attraction move away from the group.

With his main attraction out of view Inuyasha was no longer interested in the group of girls. He simply slumped down on the bench after shutting the window.

"Wow! I thought I'd have to cheat to get her into the team but she really made my job a lot easier. That's good, now if everything goes well I'll have no problem to get her by my side," Inuyasha considered loudly.

'I seriously need this girl by my side. She's going to complete me with that one piece of life I don't have with me as yet. I'm so sure of it!' Inuyasha announced in his mind as he picked up his sports kit and walked out of the door.