At Midlina's request. Hope you enjoy, dear!
Disclaimer: I suppose since these are required, and I must say, "I do not own anything of this fic but the idea!"
xlvix — workout
"How about it, Higurashi-san? Do you feel the burn of youth?"
Kagome's face was contorted with simultaneous pain and determination as she forced her cramping legs to keep moving along.
"Yeah," she shouted with a sharp intake of breath, "I sure do, Lee!"
"At this excellent rate, you'll be in that desired shape of yours days before your wedding!"
"I… I hope so!" Huff, puff, and repeat.
The soles of their feet stamping on the ground in a vicious, never-ending cycle was the only comfort Kagome had available for her ears. Lee yelling out boisterous words of encouragement to her wasn't exactly a source of comfort. If anything it only made her work harder and jog faster, which could be either a good or bad thing.
And if Rock Lee was out exercising this early in the morning, at the break of dawn, then of course—
"My fine pupil!" Gai's baritone exclaimed from behind the pair as he quickly caught up to them. "And what's this, Higurashi-san as well?"
"Gai-sensei! Higurashi-san is utilizing the power of youth to appear at her optimum for her wedding!"
"Ohhh?" Gai's mouth formed a perfect 'o' as he grinned wildly, a twinkling in his eyes that just couldn't mean fair news for Kagome.
"Wait," Kagome interrupted with another huff, "before you start getting any ideas, Gai—"
"Well then, we must do everything in our power to assist her in her goal, should we not, Lee?"
"Hai, Gai-sensei! I wholeheartedly agree!"
Then the two like-minded and near-identical shinobi, jogging on either side of Kagome, each grabbed one of her arms and began sprinting forward in impossible speeds.
"Sttttooooooooppppp!" Kagome managed out, her gums getting slapped and dried by the wind as the skin of her mouth ran back against her teeth.
"For youth!" the two chorused elatedly.
Kagome swore if a bug got in her throat, choked her and killed her before her wedding date, she would rise back up from her grave and sue these two lunatic shinobi.
After she strangled them.
That so few now dare to be eccentric, marks the chief danger of the time.
—John Stuart Mill
Author's Note: Psst, hey… I'll give you a hint for the next upcoming chapter. Kiba & the theme pride.