192Change of Heart
Chapter Two: Track Trouble Tuesday
"Heh heh heh," Kagome laughed. She slowly crept out of the empty boys' locker room. She then stealthily went back into the girls'. She gently placed the bag she was holding into her locker. She turned to Sango and gave her a sweet smile as she placed on her uniform, which consisted of red short shorts, and a white shirt made of thin material.
"Ready Sango?" She asked, tying her hair into a high ponytail.
"Yeah," Sango said, finishing up tying her shoes. The two then exited out of the locker room with the rest of the girls.
"Hello girls," Mutsumi Akiya said. Miss Akiya was dressed like the rest of the girls, and was in great shape. She was the girl's gym teacher.
"Hello," the girls greeted back.
"Good morning," Ikumi Futaka said. He was a muscle-bound man, wearing the forest green shorts and white shirt like the rest of the boys wore.
"Morning coach," the guys replied.
"Today class, or should I say classes, we shall combine both the boys and girls class into one!" Miss Akiya announced. Some of the guys and girls like the idea, while others like Inu-Yasha and Kagome despised the thought of it.
"During stretched, you shall be partnered as boy and girl!" Mr. Futaka said. He smirked watching some of the guys commenting with one another. "But the partnering will be random." He smirked watching them groan. Then he pulled out a black box, with a hole on the top. "You will pull out a slip of paper and on it will be a number. You will find the girl with the matching number. So line them up!" Futaka commanded. The boys rushed over and soon each one had a number.
"Feh! I have number ten," Inu-Yasha grumbled to his friend Miroku. Miroku is a tall, muscular (weaker than Inu-Yasha though,) pervert of a boy who had black hair in which he tied in a short low ponytail, and had brown eyes with specks of black.
"I have eight," Miroku said, looking for a sign of any clue who his partner might be.
"Okay people, Miss Akiya said that each of the girls got a number, so find your partner!"
"Hey Sango, do you know any of the guy's numbers?" Kagome whispered.
"Let's see, Hojo got six, Ryuu got four, Chang got eleven, Iwao two, Daisuke one, Mark seven, Hiroshi twelve, Li five, Kentaro nine, Seto three, Miroku eight, and Inu-Yasha ten," Sango replied. Sango worried when she saw Kagome begin to pale as she told the last few numbers. "Are you okay?" Sango asked, worry was evident.
"Yeah, but I asked if you knew any, not the whole class. Man how did you find that out?" Kagome asked, trying to change the subject.
"Resources, that and I eavesdropped into some of the boys' conversations," she explained, winking at Kagome. The two girls looked around to see that everyone partnered up and only two guys remained... Miroku and...Inu-Yasha.
"Shit!" Sango muttered. Miroku was the first of the guys to notice them as the last two girls. He nudged Inu-Yasha in the stomach and whispered something to him. They both looked over at the two and smirked before walking over to them.
"Ah ladies, it would appear that you don't have your partner yet," Miroku said, giving them what he thought to be a suave smile.
"Really, that's so smart of you to notice, and it would seem that you aren't blind," Sango snapped, rolling her eyes. Kagome gave a little giggle.
"What are you laughing about Jewelly?" Inu-Yasha snapped.
"At how completely stupid you two look standing there," she retorted.
"You didn't find your partner either you know, so you shouldn't be talking."
"Yes, but there's only you two left out of the guys and Sango and I out of the girls, so if you do the math doggie, I think we've found our missing partners," Kagome sneered. Inu-Yasha stared blankly, unable to make a come back, who could.
"Kagome is right, so Sango... what's your number?" Miroku asked.
"Seven digits that will never enter your mind," she snapped. "Come on Inu- Yasha, we've got to start stretching," she said, walking away from the group.
"Kagome, you're number eight?" Miroku asked, getting stars in his eyes.
"Yes," Kagome answered, getting nervous.
"Found my partner," Miroku said. "Inu-Yasha go to yours over there," he said pointing to Sango.
"Feh," was all Inu-Yasha said, before leaving to join Sango. Soon the two began the stretch exercises.
"How about you go first?" Miroku suggested.
"Whatever," Kagome said, sitting on the ground, and spreading her legs apart ready to do toe touches. She started leaning forward while Miroku helped by pushing her forward from the back. He got bored until he looked at her back and noticed the faint outline of her bra through the shirt. Thus causing a perverted smile to come onto his face. But it left as he felt her move back up.
"Come on Kagome, you can go farther, just try," Miroku encouraged her. Kagome blushed a little, and just nodded her head as she moved forward again, but going a little farther, giving Miroku a very good view of her bra. Miroku began smiling like there was no tomorrow, that is until something hit his head. "Ow!" He exclaimed, rubbing his now aching head. He looked around for the offender, but all he found was a laughing Inu-Yasha and Sango. "Weird," he mumbled.
"Are you okay Miroku?" Kagome questioned, as she rose up. Wiping the dust off her pants.
"Yeah, any ways Kagome have you ever tried the toe touch while standing?"
"Yeah. Why?"
"It's a great way to stretch. Try."
"Okay," Kagome muttered, bending over, and starting the stretch. Miroku got a lecherous grin, as he pushed some weight against her back, casually tracing his hand down from her back.
Kagome's eyes widened in horror as she felt something against her butt. She growled having a pretty good idea what was going on. The actions that happened next were hard to follow. All the people knew was that Miroku was getting it from everyone.
"Pervert!" Kagome screeched as she slapped him across the face. Not only that, a basketball and shoe were thrown at him.
"Ow!" Miroku grumbled, as he picked himself up off the ground. He knew who the other tow offenders were as he threw a glance at a pair of glaring Inu- Yasha and Sango. Before the two could come over and knock some sense into him, the teacher's voice stopped them short.
"Okay, time to run laps, except now you'll be tied to your partner by hand," Miss Akiya announced. "So come and get a towel and tie yourselves!"
"Okay Pervert, I'm going to warn you now, anymore wandering hands, and I'll make sure that you never have a child in your life," Kagome growled. "Got it?" All Miroku did was nod, too afraid to speak. Kagome liking his answer just nodded cutely as she went to get a towel. "Okay Pervert, let's go," she said, as she wrapped the towel around her left arm and his right arm. They then walked to the track field on the outside behind the gym.
The two began running at an easy pace until Inu-Yasha and Sango ran up next to them.
"Hey there slowpokes," Inu-Yasha greeted.
"Buzz off," Kagome muttered.
"That's exactly what we planned on doing," Inu-Yasha replied, as he and Sango moved on ahead. It miffed Kagome a little that people who started after her were able to pass, but Miroku was angered.
'Why can't she run faster?! Now Inu-Yasha is going to beat me!' Miroku thought angrily. But Miroku became cleared off pissed when the two lapped them twice!
"Step it up," Miroku commanded, as he brought up his pace.
"Wha..." Kagome pushed herself to keep up the pace. They were catching up with Inu-Yasha. Miroku stepped it up another notch to try and pass the half- breed. "Sl-slow down! I'm not good a-a-at running!" Kagome exclaimed. But Miroku ignored her, as he moved to a sprint, practically dragging Kagome behind him. He grinned as they passed him. "Stop!" Kagome screamed as the two began to fall. Kagome slammed her knee into the track, while Miroku softened his fall using the martial arts he knew.
"Kagome!" Sango screamed, rushing to her friend's side, Inu-Yasha right behind her. "Kagome, are you okay?" She asked, as she kneeled next to her.
"Yeah," Kagome grumbled, trying to stand, but hissed in pain as she sat back down.
"Kagome!" Sango gasped. "Look at your knee," she said, pointing to her bleeding skinned knee.
"Why should I look at it, I can feel it," she grumbled. She then picked up a nearby rock and chucked it at Miroku's fallen form. "Thanks a lot Pervert. I told you to slow down."
"I didn't know that you were such a weakling," Miroku mumbled, as he crawled over next to her. But before Kagome could retaliate, Sango slapped him, and... Inu-Yasha punched him.
"Sango is a better athlete than Kagome, so Sango can go at a faster pace you idiot. Besides, it didn't look like she was a weakling when she slapped you in the gym," Inu-Yasha muttered.
"Shut up," Miroku said, flushing a little.
"Kagome, want me to get the first aid kit?" Sango asked, ignoring the bickering boys.
"No, I'll be fine," Kagome murmured, trying yet again to stand. But yet again she hissed in pain and fell back onto the ground.
"Let me look at it," Inu-Yasha said, a little concern in his voice.
"I'm fine," Kagome retorted, getting fed up with the babying.
"No you're not," Inu-Yasha said, as he leaned toward her knee. He gave an involuntary wince upon seeing the injury. 'It's no wonder the girl can't walk.' He thought. He firstly untied himself from Sango, then he took his clawed hand to his sleeve and tore it fight off. Then he torn it into strips and wrapped it carefully around Kagome's knee. The only thing that gave Inu-Yasha acknowledgment that Kagome hadn't passed out was her winces of pain as the cloth touched her knee. "There you go," Inu-Yasha muttered, stepping away.
Kagome was speechless, as she just stared at Inu-Yasha as if he grew another head. Looks of confusion began to cross Inu-Yasha's face.
"What?!" Inu-Yasha snapped, getting fed up with the staring.
"Why... why did you do that?" Kagome finally spoke.
"Do what?" Again Inu-Yasha was confused.
"Help me."
"I help you and that's the thanks I get. 'Why did you help me?' Geez, you're welcome," Inu-Yasha said in a viscous tone that held a little hurt in it.
"N-no! I am grateful. But... why?" This time it was Kagome who held the confused look.
"Because... because," Inu-Yasha stuttered. 'Damn! I don't even know myself!' He thought in frustration. 'Oh well, how does the saying go? When in doubt lie!' And that's exactly what he did when an idea struck him. "Because," he said in a more confident voice, leaning towards Kagome's face. "If something should happen to you, then all my fun would be gone. I mean who would I prank?" He cooed in her ear. He stood back and watched in enjoyment as Kagome's face flushed a bright red color. From anger or embarrassment he did not know, but when she spoke her next words he knew what she was feeling... she was mad.
"You stupid son of a... I can't believe you... You're such an idiot..." And so Kagome's rambling began as she threw insults left and right at Inu-Yasha. Inu-Yasha rolled his eyes as an old memory rose to the surface of his mind.
"I'll make you pay!" His mind vaguely heard Kagome rant on and on. That's when the idea hit him.
'Oh she'll hate me for this, but it'll all be worth it.' He thought evilly. That's when he leaned towards her, and shut up her mouth with a kiss.
Inu-Yasha sniggered at the thought. 'Can't... do that...now!' He laughed in his mind. 'Let's see... something t piss her off and shut her up.' He mused, tuning her voice out. The good thing about being friends with Kagome growing up was that he was now able to close his mind off to her when she started complaining. He looked at her now wrapped knee and then smiled a mischievous grin. 'Got it!' He moved towards her, and Kagome wasn't paying attention.
"I swear, you're always a jerk... no consideration of others... soulless... idiot!" Was the last word Kagome said as Inu-Yasha picked her up and slung her like a sack over his shoulder. Kagome was speechless from shock. That is, until Inu-Yasha started walking. "Put me down!" Kagome yelled, pounding her fist against his back. "Put me down!"
"No, I'm taking you to the gym. So stop your screaming wench!" Inu-Yasha growled, getting fed up.
"Put me down you stupid dog!" Kagome screamed. As soon as the words came out, she felt wind beneath her. "Ow!" She cried out, as she began rubbing her now sore bottom. "What is this? Hurt Kagome day," she muttered. Then she shot a death glare to Inu-Yasha's smug look. "And you, do you not have a brain in that thick skull of yours?! You can't just treat me like a human rag doll! You can't just throw people around like sacks! You place them gently on the ground, especially the injured! Stupid!" Kagome yelled at his emotionless face.
"You said to put you down," Inu-Yasha replied smugly.
"Yes, but I didn't say throw me down idiot!" Kagome exclaimed.
"Look, the gym is right over there," Inu-Yasha commented, pointing over her shoulder. Kagome looked over and sure enough, there was the gym. "So how about you go the rest of the way, 'cause you sure can't run anymore," Inu- Yasha told her, then he began to make his way back to the track field.
"Jerk!" Kagome mumbled. She slowly made her way to ta standing position and with a stupid grin was happy to find that with the makeshift bondage, she wasn't in much pain. So she began to make a very slow pace to the gym. But low and behold her luck, her leg wouldn't take any more pressure, and gave out on her. She closed her eyes, waiting for the familiar pain on her backside for the third time that day. But it never came; instead she felt a pair of sturdy arms wrap around her waist.
"Need help?" A cocky voice breathed into her ear.
"No," Kagome muttered stubbornly. "I'm almost there."
"I see that. I just went to tell the teacher where I was taking you, and I come back to find you gone. I'm impressed, I didn't think you had the guts to get up."
"Well I did, and now I'm going on my way." But the hold on her waist only tightened.
"Can't have you falling again. Besides, you're too slow!" Inu-Yasha commented, as he once again picked her up, except now he did it bridal style.
"Don't think this little community service act makes up for everything!" Kagome barked, crossing her arms.
"I wouldn't dream of it! No, this is to help you heal faster. It just wouldn't go well on my guilty conscience to know that I picked on the injured!" Inu-Yasha boasted.
'Guilty conscience my ass!' Kagome thought angrily. She turned her head defiantly downwards, but soon shot it up as she heard something bang. She saw the gym door wide open and Inu-Yasha's foot frozen mid-air.
"You idiot! You can't go around kicking school property!" Kagome yelled, slapping his arm.
"How else was I suppose to open it? Drop you, then open it with my hands?" Inu-Yasha barked. Kagome just stayed silent, unable to think of a comeback. "That's what I thought," he said smugly, walking into the gym. He quickly crossed it and lifted his foot... ready to kick open the girls' locker room.
"What are you doing?! You can't go in there!" Kagome screamed into his ear.
"God woman," Inu-Yasha said, wincing from pain. "Are you trying to make me deaf?"
"You can't go in there." Kagome repeated, oblivious to his question.
"And why the hell not?"
"Because it's the girls' locker room numb nuts."
"So..." Inu-Yasha looked down at her like she was stupid.
"What do you mean 'so?' You're not a girl are you? I mean that would explain a lot if you were. I can't wait to tell Sango my findings!"
"Shut up! I'm not a girl! I'm saying that all the girls are outside and you're the only one whose going to be in there and I'm positive that you wouldn't undress in front of me," Inu-Yasha explained.
"Ah, but you know that you want to see my body," Kagome teased, trying to hide the hint of a blush from embarrassment from not reasoning the situation like Inu-Yasha had.
"Yeah right, I've seen your body," Inu-Yasha muttered.
"You what! When?!" Kagome screeched, eyes widening in surprise.
"Just joking wench," Inu-Yasha laughed, as he kicked the door. He moved swiftly through the room and placed Kagome on a bench in front of her locker. "Later wench," he said as he left the room.
"Thanks," Kagome whispered, but she knew that he didn't hear. 'Hm... maybe I can get a little shut eye.' She thought as she lay back on the bench. 'After this I go home.' She smiled. She closed her eyes and was about to enter dream world when she heard someone burst into the room.
"Kagome! Are you okay?!" Sango shouted, as she rushed in.
"I'm fine," Kagome grumbled, sitting back up.
"Good," she said as she took a seat next to Kagome. "It as nice of Inu- Yasha to help you today, wasn't it?" She asked. She started undressing as the rest of the girls came in.
"Whatever," Kagome grumbled, not really caring about him.
"You know, during the stretches, it was all Inu-Yasha's idea to torture Miroku." Sango commented.
"Like I care," Kagome snapped.
"I knew you wouldn't. But, I was just thinking that since he was so nice, that maybe you could be nice back," Sango mused, giving Kagome a knowing look.
'Maybe...' Kagome thought. 'Oh no! His locker!' She screamed in her mind. Red light began going off in her head.
"I've got to stop him!" She yelled, pushing herself up and running out of the locker room, ignoring the pain in her leg. She just reached the door on the other side of the gym when she stopped and froze from fright as she heard a yell that promised pain.
"Is Kagome okay?" Miroku questioned his best friend, as he packed an ice pack on the nice bump he was sporting.
"She'll live," Inu-Yasha mumbled.
"I know that fool!" Miroku retorted. "I meant... never mind. Any ways, why were you being so helpful to our young maiden? Could it be that you still have feelings for her?" Miroku joked.
"Feh! You know damn well that I have a girlfriend," Inu-Yasha shot back.
"Yes, but you know that I'm the only one that knows the real reason you're going out with Kikyou," Miroku sniggered, with a hint of blackmail coming towards me.
"What real reason? I'm going out with Kikyou because I love her," Inu-Yasha snapped.
"You just keep telling yourself that Inu-Yasha," Miroku laughed, placing his gym clothes into his locker.
"Watch it Miroku," Inu-Yasha snarled, taking his shirt off. He moved to his locker and opened it and that's when things turned chaotic. "What the..." Inu- Yasha started, but was cut off as his locker door started the mechanism that snapped a string. The string had been holding a mini catapult and with the tension gone, the catapult let loose a balloon heading for Inu-Yasha. It busted upon impact with face and hot pink was all on his face and front hair. Then tubes of something, Inu-Yasha couldn't read the label, started squirting at his backside. They were colors of blue, purple, green, yellow, red and black. "Agh! What the hell is going on?!" Inu-Yasha, wiping his face with his gym shirt shouted out in anger.
"Hm-Hm," Miroku cleared his throat for attention. "I think this might explain some things..." Miroku suggested, holding up a picture of Kagome giving the camera the victory sign. Inu-Yasha's eye twitched some what as he growled out a blood-chilling yell.
"KAGOME!"
"KAGOME!" Kagome shuttered as she heard the yell emanate from within the boys' locker room. Lucky for her the bell had just rung. "When I get my hands on you!" Inu-Yasha threatened.
"Shit!" Kagome moaned, as she turned to run home. But she bumped into Sango who came to investigate the scream. "Bye Sango! Please drop my stuff off at my house. See you soon if I don't die!" Kagome exclaimed, as she ran out of the gym, and soon the school property.
"Where the hell is she?!" A shirtless Inu-Yasha shouted, as he busted from the locker room door.
Sango just pointed to the open gym doors, too speechless to make a sound. Inu-Yasha just glared at the open door and took off at a sprint, yelling Kagome's name once in a while.
'Damn!' Sango thought. "What happened to his hair?" She muttered, still in a daze from seeing Inu-Yasha's bare chest and multicolored hair. "Didn't think Kagome would actually go through with the hair dye."
Kagome ran. That's all she could do. She breathed a sigh of relief as she neared the shrine steps. But that's when her stupid knee started to bug her again.
"Crap! How am I going to make it up these stupid steps with this screwed up knee?" Kagome muttered angrily. "Guess I'll have to take it slowly." Kagome began to try to climb the stairs. "Ah!" She yelled as she fell backwards, luckily a strong pair of clawed hand arms caught her. "Shit!" She exclaimed, having a good idea who the arms were attached to.
"I don't believe your mother would like that kind of language," a deep throaty voice said.
"Heh heh," Kagome laughed a little. She turned to see, as older version of Inu-Yasha, except you could tell this guy was a full demon. He had a crescent moon on his forehead, and stripe markings on his cheeks. His hair was longer and had more of a silverish color rather than Inu-Yasha's white hair. "Oh, hi Sesshomaru!"
"Are you injured Miss Higurashi?" Sesshomaru questioned, looking at her injured wrapped knee.
"Ah no! It's nothing," Kagome murmured. "And it's Kagome, remember?"
"Yes you are. How did this happen Mi... Kagome?" He asked, as he swept her up bridal style.
'Wow! Two cuties helping me in one day, aren't I a lucky one?' Kagome blushed a little at the thought, then a look of horror reached her face. 'What am I thinking?! Inu-Yasha isn't cute!' She thought defiantly.
"So how did this happen?" Sesshomaru finally broke the silence.
"Oh just a track accident."
"Was Inu-Yasha involved?" Sesshomaru asked, still showing no emotions.
"Kind of," Kagome mumbled, finding her hands interesting at the moment.
"Do tell," Sesshomaru demanded, still showing no emotions. So Kagome went into the story of what happened in gym class.
Inu-Yasha made it just in time to see Sesshomaru pick Kagome up and her face turn a little shade of pink.
"Idiot brother," he muttered. He went over to the set of stairs next door and began making his way into the house. He decided to heat up water for some tea. Just as he was putting it on the stove, he heard the door opening. He went over to the door to see Sesshomaru stepping in. Sesshomaru took one look at him and had to use all his will power not to laugh.
"Kagome explained to me what happened. It was very considerate of you to help," Sesshomaru smirked.
"Feh," Inu-Yasha said, rolling his eyes.
"You know, I would've expected that from your old self, but since you and Kagome started whatever it is you started, I would've asked someone if they were on crack for even suggesting you were nice to her."
""What are you blabbing about?" Inu-Yasha asked, taking the hint.
"I think you have feelings for Kagome, that's all I'm saying," Sesshomaru muttered, walking out to the kitchen.
"I do not have feeling for her anymore!" Inu-Yasha shouted.
"Ah, I believe you," Sesshomaru said sarcastically.
"I don't!" Inu-Yasha yelled back, trying to convince himself more than Sesshomaru. 'I don't...right?'
A/N: That's it for chapter two. Wow, this is really strange doing, cause I don't usually do author notes after chapter one. Oh well! Thank you guys bunches for the reviews. I'm glad to hear that people like the story. Now for why I'm doing this... if you can, please suggest a prank to me in your review, cause I'm running out of ideas! That, and if you have a sassy remark you want a certain character to say, then tell me. Well, that's all. Sayonara and please review (with ideas!)