Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha. He solely belongs to the wonderful Rumiko Takahashi.
Chapter three:
First Encounters
Kagome heaved a sigh. Today was the last day of practice before her class's performance and she still needed one more dance move. She walked down the sidewalk with her dance bag on her shoulder. Hearing a bunch of voices, Kagome turned to see what the ruckus was about. It was a group of guys playing basketball. She watched them for a few minutes when an idea came to mind. Kagome walked over to the fence and sat her bag on the ground. She watched their footwork and other various moves. She smirked as she pieced the dance together in her head. Kagome was so busy thinking about her choreography that she never noticed one of the guys come her way.
"Lose somethin'?" the guy asked, snapping Kagome from her muse.
"No," Kagome replied, looking up. "I was just checkin' out….your...moves."
Kagome stared at him. He was about a full head taller than she. He had on red basketball shorts and no shirt, showing off his tan, muscular body. His hard chest was glistening with sweat. He had long silvery-white hair down his back and golden amber eyes. Nestled in his hair were two dog ears of the same color. D-dog ears? Kagome thought. Inuyasha stared down at her.
"You look just like her," Inuyasha mumbled, unconsciously.
"Like who?" Kagome asked, looking from his ears to his eyes.
"Nobody, wench!" Inuyasha snapped.
"Wench?" Kagome repeated. "You-!"
"Yo, Yash! We got a game to finish!"
Kagome looked around Inuyasha to see another man walking toward them. He was about three inches taller than her with long black hair in a ponytail and piercing blue eyes. He, too, had no shirt on along with a pair of black basketball shorts. Inuyasha glanced behind him.
"Alright, Koga," he said, turning back to Kagome. "Now if you're done checkin' out our moves, then you can leave."
"You can't tell me what to do!" Kagome yelled. "It's public property, and if I wanna stand here, then I will!"
"Keh, whatever," Inuyasha said. He turned to be face to face with Koga.
"What's going on?" Kouga asked, his eyes falling upon Kagome. "Well, hello."
"Um, hi," Kagome gave a small smile.
"Koga Genke," he smiled, shaking her hand through the fence.
"Kagome Higurashi," she replied.
"Nice to meet ya'," Koga nodded. He turned to Inuyasha. "We've got a game to finish, Mutt."
"Well, I better go," Kagome said, backing up from the fence. "Sorry for interruptin' your game."
"You don't have to go," Koga grinned.
"Oh, but I do. I've got somewhere else to be," she explained. "It was nice meeting you, Koga. And you..." Kagome looked at Inuyasha. "Not so much."
Kagome picked up her dance bag and pulled the strap onto her shoulder. She turned and headed down the sidewalk. Inuyasha growled.
"Bitch!" Inuyasha yelled at her retreating back.
"Bastard!" Kagome yelled back, flipping him off above her head.
"Feisty," Koga grinned at Inuyasha. "I like her."
Inuyasha growled and followed Koga back to the courts. He glanced back in the direction Kagome had gone.
"Stupid bitch," Inuyasha mumbled. "Who does she think she is?"
"Idiotic bastard," Kagome muttered. "Had no kinda manners. Just 'cuz I don't dress like a girl doesn't mean I ain't one."
"Rin, sweetie," Kagome said, stacking her CDs on top of one another, "who's pickin' you up today?"
"My uncle," Rin answered from her spot on the floor next to her dance bag. "He can be a complete bonehead sometimes, but I love him."
Kagome smiled and sat beside Rin. They went over the attire for tomorrow's performance. About five minutes later, the bell on the door rang signaling that someone had entered. Kagome and Rin stood up. Kagome adjusted her beater.
"Must be him," she said, walking behind Rin.
Kagome looked up and her brown eyes met golden ones. Kagome and Inuyasha's eyes widened as they stared at each other.
"YOU!" they yelled, pointing at each other. Rin stared up at them.
"You two know each other?" she asked.
"Kinda," Kagome replied, dropping her hand by her side.
"Hm," Inuyasha grunted, letting his hand fall. He looked down at his niece. "Sorry I'm late, Rin. Basketball ran over."
"That's why you're late?" Kagome questioned. "You could play basketball anytime!"
Inuyasha looked up at Kagome and narrowed his eyes at her.
"I'm a coach!" Inuyasha stated, grabbing Rin's dance bag.
"Oh," Kagome said in a slightly surprised tone, "well that's different then."
"C'mon, Rin," Inuyasha said with a shake of his head.
"Bye, Miss Kagome!" Rin called, following after her uncle.
"Bye, Rin," Kagome smiled. "Hey, next time Bonehead's late we'll do freestyle dance."
Inuyasha narrowed his eyes at the 'bonehead' remark. Rin stopped and looked at Kagome.
"Really?" Rin questioned.
"Song of your choice," Kagome nodded.
"Oh, yeah!" Rin cheered, running outside after door.
Kagome grinned. She placed her CDs into her bag, zipped it up, and turned off the lights. Pulling the strap onto her shoulder, she walked out and locked the door. Kagome walked down the street and the image of a short-tempered hanyou popped into her head. She shook her head.
"If I ever see that bastard again," Kagome mumbled, "it'll be too soon."
There you go, chapter three. Thanks for reading, folks. They have finally met. So what's next? Why to leave a review of course. Go on you know you want to. I would appreciate it greatly.