InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ A Grudging Loss ❯ Back at UCLA ( Chapter 6 )

Back at UCLA

 

The morning light was streaming into an apartment in Westwood. The yellow beams fell onto a hanyou with silver hair, two white dog-like ears and golden eyes. Inuyasha was laying on his bed staring at his cell phone. The picture he had taken of her last night was pretty cute. Her ebony hair looked windswept as it hung over her shoulders and her silver corset showed off her lovely figure. He looked briefly at her huge chocolate colored eyes and her pouty pink lips. Then he pulled out a picture he had printed out this morning from the USC athletics department website. It was Kagome's press photo that had been emblazoned on all of the electronic bulletin boards the day of the game. It was strange to see her in miko robes, he preferred her in a mini-skirt. But now that he started to look at the photo he could see something that he never saw before. Her eyes sparkled and he found that he liked the way her black hair dipped over her shoulders before being drawn into a pony-tail behind her back. She was gorgeous. And even more surprisingly she didn't seem to have any problem with demons. She had even gone so far as to almost tear his head off when he said something derogatory about them. And then to add to all of this she had practically declared that she had a crush on him. “Maybe…,” he thought as he looked at her photo and smiled. Then he sighed and put the printout away. “What am I thinking?” he thought. “She's a rival. Nothing more. Get this out of your system.” His thoughts then started to focus back on his original plan. “I need to fuck her and humiliate her. That's all!”

 

He was left to his reverie for a few more moments before he heard the front doorbell ring. “Koga! Will you get it?” barked Inuyasha.

 

All Inuyasha heard was moans from his roommate under the tossed covers of Koga's bed across the room. Koga must have been drinking or smoking something last night because he didn't look too good. “Ginta? Hakkaku?” he called. All the he got was more groans and cries that it was too early in the morning to be getting out of bed.

 

“Dammit,” he said as he pulled himself out of bed and made his way to the front door. There standing regally in front of him was his brother Sesshomaru. He was dressed in black slacks and a white dress shirt that was partially unbuttoned. For some reason he had never seen Sesshomaru in any casual clothes and he wondered wryly what his brother would look like in leather rocker gear. He suppressed a laugh as he led his brother inside.

 

“What's up Sesshomaru?” said Inuyasha as he crossed his arms in front of him.

 

“Last night,” intoned Sesshomaru. “What did you find out? Were they there?”

 

“Oh,” said Inuyasha as he scratched his head. He had actually forgotten that Sesshomaru had sent him to spy on the USC team. “I met up with Kagome, Miroku and Sango. I had some beer and burgers with them. We talked a little about the game…”

 

“Details, little brother, details,” said Sesshomaru impatiently.

 

As they were talking Koga wandered into the room with bleary eyes and groaned at the sight of Sesshomaru. “Dude. I'm not practicing today. Give us a break.”

 

“I'm not here for you right now, I'm talking with my brother. He was supposed to get us information about the USC team last night.” Sesshomaru's attention reverted back to Inuyasha, “Well?” he asked.

 

Inuyasha smirked and took out his cell phone and flashed the photo to Sesshomaru that he took last night. “I got her cell phone number and she wants to see me again.”

 

“Who?” asked Koga who was rummaging through the refrigerator, which was only filled with beer and take-out leftovers.

 

“Kagome,” said Inuyasha with a smile.

 

Koga dropped what he was doing. “No way, I was going to ask her out.” Koga ran over to peer at Inuyasha's cell phone. “You got a picture of her? After you yelled at her? And that's her cell phone number? Woo wee.” He whistled. “That's the outfit I saw her in before the match. It really shows off her…”

 

“Can it Koga!” interjected Inuyasha before Koga started to talk about Kagome's body.

 

“Wait man, I want her number. Let me get my cell phone,” said Koga as he quickly ran to get his own cell phone.

 

“So you have a picture of her and her cell number,” added Sesshomaru unimpressed.

 

“And she invited me to her team practice and her next choral concert,” said Inuyasha with a smirk. “Her team works out every weekday after five at Cromwell Field.”

 

This last piece of information seemed to impress Sesshomaru. “Hummm, then we need to get you to her team practice sessions so that you can observe the team.”

 

“Oh no,” said Inuyasha. “No can do. She met me as a human remember? And I'm only human once a month. There's no way I'm showing up there as a hanyou on USC grounds. Do you want to get me tarred and feathered?”

 

Sesshomaru paused for a second. “Well, it's a bit of a challenge, but I think Coach Myoga will help us with this one. Follow me.”

 

“Help us? Help us with what?” asked Inuyasha as they started to head out the door. The door closed just as Koga made it around the corner. “Inuyasha, what was her cell phone number again? Inuyasha?!”

 

Koga just stood there with his cell phone in his hand wondering what happened to Inuyasha and his chance to talk to Kagome again.

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It had been a long afternoon. Sesshomaru had met up with Coach Myoga and let him know about the unique spying opportunity that had been presented to them. Inuyasha just spent the time crossing his arms and snorting when appropriate. There was no way his `spying mission' was going to be extended. He was not showing up at USC as a hanyou. They would kill him. His stubbornness made everything all the more surprising when he found out that there was a way to get hanyou's to take on their human form when it wasn't their time of weakness. Inuyasha didn't like the way this was going, but he knew that if Coach Myoga was ordering it, that he would have to comply or he would be off the team.

 

Soon they found themselves at `Totosai's Weaponry' shop in South Central Los Angeles. Totosai was a legendary metal smith and Inuyasha knew that his father had his sword, the Tessaiga, specially commissioned from Totosai many years before.

 

Coach Myoga was the first person to speak. “Totosai, I'm here to ask you a favor.”

 

“Hummm,” murmured Totosai as he scratched his chest under the green and black stripped shirt that he wore. “What sort of favor?”

 

Coach Myoga leaned over the counter and looked at Totosai conspiratorially. “I need a concealment charm that keeps this hanyou here in human form.”

 

“Why would you need that?” asked Totosai in confusion.

 

Coach Myoga whispered across the counter. “He's spying on the USC team, but he needs to be human to do it. You want UCLA to win the next round don't you?”

 

Totosai looked thoughtfully at Inuyasha. “Spying you say? Hummm, well I might be betting on the next game. And if this could give UCLA the winning edge….But you are asking for a very expensive relic Myoga.”

 

“Box seats for the rest of your life at all UCLA sporting events,” added Myoga.

 

“Hummmm,” said Totosai.

 

Myoga started to add in desperation, “VIP access to all UCLA events. A plaque with your name on it near the chancellors office…”

 

“No,” added Totosai. “I think I need something more relaxing. A bath in a hot spring?”

 

“Oh, I'll throw in a bath and spa package to Palm Springs!” said Myoga.

 

“To the one that the UCLA Alumni own and I want a lifetime pass,” added Totosai.

 

“Done!” yelled Myoga. “Now when can we pick it up?”

 

“Give me three days,” said Totosai as he made his way to the back of the store. “You will have it by then.”

 

Soon the trio walked out of the shop and Inuyasha was both troubled and elated by the turn of events. He realized in the back of his mind that he was actually looking forward to seeing Kagome on a regular basis. But now he was having second thoughts about spying on her. And for some reason he found that troubling.