InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ A Grudging Loss ❯ UCLA Team Practice ( Chapter 9 )

Team Practice Ch 9

 

Inuyasha and his teammates were wearing their trademark workout clothes for their UCLA team. Everyone was wearing gold lettered UCLA navy T-shirts and navy nylon shorts. Inuyasha was the only team member who wasn't wearing any shoes. They were in the middle of UCLA's `Drake Track and Field' Stadium. It was slightly larger than USC's workout stadium, but it shared similarities with rows of bleachers and a track field. It had an outer field with a red-brown rim made for track running and an inner grass field made for workouts.

 

The UCLA `Demonic Team' was busy working out on the inner grass field. Koga made a swift swipe at Inuyasha who somehow was able to leap backward in order to dodge the blow. Koga kept after Inuyasha with multiple swipes from his claws before Inuyasha rebounded with a `Keh' and sent a claw swipe across Koga's chest. Koga responded by falling backward and kicking up his legs. Inuyasha was smartly kicked in the face and stumbled backwards. He quickly regained his balance and momentarily thought how much he wished he could use his Tessaiga during workouts. Koga wouldn't be able to last very long if he could bring his sword into the picture.

 

“Head Butt!” Inuyasha screamed as his head hit Koga's, surprising the wolf demon as they both now had blood on their foreheads.

 

“Stop!” yelled Myoga as he ran towards his two charges while whistling as loudly as he could. “No blood on the field, you demons! What is it with you macho whippersnappers anyway? Are you trying to prove something?”

 

Inuyasha murmured a `Keh' as he wiped the blood away from his forehead and soon his own demonic healing blurred the redness away from his forehead. Within a few minutes only the telltale signs of blood were left.

 

Koga only laughed at the coach. “Oh, come on Myoga. We were just having fun. Weren't we Inuyasha?” he exclaimed as he elbowed Inuyasha in the ribs, momentarily knocking the wind out of the half-demon.

 

“Yes,” said Inuyasha while he tried to gather his breath. “We were…just…having some…fun…,” Inuyasha continued to pant as Koga slapped him on his back with another laugh.

 

Myoga let out another shrill whistle. “OK, that's enough. Sesshomaru will you please lead the team in a final warm down before we meet in the locker rooms? Today we will have a special presentation by Inuyasha!” Myoga smiled mischievously at his team as Sesshomaru took over the final part of the workout. The dog demon lead the team with some stretches before the sweaty mess of demons walked to their locker rooms.

 

“So, Inuyasha. What's the special presentation all about?” asked Koga as he took a sip from a water bottle that he then tossed to Inuyasha.

 

Inuyasha took a quick swig and then poured the bottle over his head to cool off his sweaty skin and to also clean off some of the blood that remained on his forehead. Inuyasha frowned at the question. “You'll just have to wait and hear about it just like everyone else,” Inuyasha added cryptically.

 

“Oh, since when do you keep secrets?” asked Koga as Inuyasha merely shrugged and followed the team down the cool concrete hallways into the locker rooms.

 

Within the sweaty locker room the all-male demonic team of Sesshomaru, Koga and Inuyasha sat down. They were also followed by some of the lesser demonic teams who were also in the competitions.

 

Myoga beamed as he called Inuyasha forward. “As some of you may know, Inuyasha here has been given special access to the USC team workouts. I wanted him to brief us weekly on what our competitors have been doing.”

 

Inuyasha stepped forward and Myoga happily slapped him on the back with a warm grin on his face. Inuyasha continued to frown and slouched as he sat in Coach Myoga's usual spot in front of the team.

 

“Ah, well. I've been watching the USC `Holy Shikon Team' workout for the past week. There really isn't much to tell. They have a warm-up, then they spar with each other, followed by a stretch down and a one mile jog. That's about it…,” Inuyasha's voice trailed off as he tried to not make eye contact with Myoga or Sesshomaru.

 

“Um, boy, I asked you to watch for Kaede's hand signals. Did you see any?” asked Myoga.

 

Inuyasha shifted in his seat uncomfortably. “Uh, yeah. I think I saw her make a signal like she was making a `J',” said Inuyasha as he made a `J' shape in front of his chest. “It looked like it meant for them to back down when she made that signal.”

 

“Yes, well . Anything else?” asked Myoga hopefully.

 

Inuyasha tried to rack his brains and he shifted in his seat again. “Hum, I think this signal…,” Inuyasha made a jabbing signal as if he was elbowing a hidden person behind him, “means attack the nearest opponent.”

 

“Good, good!” Myoga was grinning.

 

“Little brother,” Sesshomaru interrupted and leaned forward impassively. “You are telling me that you have been spying on the USC team for an entire week and all you can tell us is their workout schedule and two hand signals. What have you been doing while you were there?”

 

Inuyasha sat straight up and his frown changed to a grimace as he faced his older brother. “That's about all I saw Sesshomaru. I was in the bleachers. I can't see everything from there.”

 

Koga looked at his claws with a smirk on his face. “I think he was distracted by a certain miko,” he said. “What does she look like when she's sweating and her t-shirt sticks to her breasts?”

 

“None of your damn business, Koga!” Inuyasha fumed.

 

“Oh, so you were distracted, little brother,” added Sesshomaru.

 

Myoga intervened. “We're all very happy that you had this opportunity Inuyasha and your eyewitness accounts, I am sure…,” said Myoga as he scanned the crowd and looked pointedly at Koga and Sesshomaru, “will prove invaluable to us.” Myoga smiled and then continued as he walked closer to Inuyasha and slapped him on the back. “Now I know it can be hard to pay attention to certain workout details when there are lovely women traipsing about. But I would hope that next week you can come up with some better details for us. You can do that for us. Can't you son?” Myoga asked.

 

Inuyasha just nodded, trying to keep his emotions from showing as he got up and headed towards the showers. He was lost in thought as he let the warm waters crash over him. Soon he found himself dressing and putting on blue jeans and a black T-shirt. His long silver hair was tied up in a ponytail, but it still dripped against his shirt as he grabbed his gym bag and walked back towards the playing field. He was so lost in his own thoughts that he never even noticed a beautiful black haired demoness who was sauntering up behind him.

 

“Inuyasha,” she called out. “Inuyasha!” she finally yelled before he was out of his trance and he turned to look at the young demoness behind him. She had short black hair that was cut like a china doll. Her face was alabaster white and her eyes were demon red. She wore a short black mini skirt and a black wife beater. She quickly ran up to him once he stopped.

 

“Where the hell have you been, Inuyasha? You're not at your apartment. You don't return my e-mails or calls. Have you dropped off of the face of the Earth?” the young woman yelled at him.

 

Inuyasha stared at her blankly. She had been one of the girls he fucked occasionally. When he had started at UCLA not a single demonic woman on campus would give him the time of day, since he was a half-breed. There were the occasional desperate women who tried to use him to get to Sesshomaru, but none had been interested in him. Then he joined the `UCLA Demonic Team' and followed his older brother's footsteps. He was amazed at how natural it was for him to compete. Myoga had been extremely impressed with his fighting skills and prowess. Soon he became one of UCLA's star athletes. By the middle of his Freshman year the women were starting to notice him, he even had a small `fangirl' following. Once he had ended his Freshman year he was no longer a virgin, but the women he was with were questionable. He never had sex without a condom. Who knew what they might be carrying. He shivered at the thought and then brought his attention back to the demoness in front of him.

 

“Sorry, Yura. There's been too much going on lately. I really don't have time for our little get-togethers anymore,” he added while he ran his fingers through his hair.

 

Yura only stared at his long silver hair and smiled as she tried to reach over and stroke his hair. She knew it was something that he loved her to do. “What silliness is that Inuyasha? Don't you want me to brush your hair before we tend to more personal pursuits?” She smiled at him wickedly. “Don't tell me that you don't want these lips to suck on you?” she asked as she brought up one hand to stroke his hair and another hand to cup the crotch of his pants. “My mouth and the rest of my body can give you ample pleasure,” she added coyly. Her lips reached up to his and she pressed her warm lips against his.

 

“She smells of plastic,” was all Inuyasha could think. Her tongue tried to gain entrance to his mouth as she languidly licked his lower lip. “And she tastes like plastic,” he thought in disgust.

 

Inuyasha pushed the demon woman backwards. “No, Yura. It's all over.”

 

“What? Is some other woman getting to touch your hair? Who else are you fucking?” she screamed.

 

“Stop it Yura. Just leave me alone!” was all he could muster as he hefted his gym bag back on his shoulders and walked away from her.

 

“No one breaks up with me, Inuyasha! You're going to pay for this!” she screamed. “I'm going to find out who the little bitch is and then she'll pay.”

 

Momentarily Inuyasha's eye's shifted from golden to red. Purple marks flared up briefly on his cheeks. Yura was soon shoved up hard against the concrete enclosure that led to the locker rooms. “Don't you ever threaten my bitch,” he yelled in her face. His red eyes flickered amber to ruby. His purple marks on his cheeks faded and solidified again and again.

 

Yura could only swallow and nod as she held her own hands in protest. She gasped as he dropped her on the hard concrete floor. He then turned and walked away from her, his demonic aura flaring in power and his eyes glowing red. It wasn't until he had made his way to his red motorcycle that his eyes faded to amber and what little composure he had left resumed on his features.

 

Next Chapter: My longest chapter to date and it's already written. The Gig. Inuyasha's band plays in a public venue and something unexpected happens…

 

Special thanks to Blackdeathmessenger for being my beta.

 

Author's Notes:

#1:I find it so funny that most of my ficts are primarily written from Inuyasha's perspective. I'm a girl and I'm certainly not a teenager. I have passed the drinking age long ago. There's just something about Inuyasha's conflicted personality that just makes it so fun to write. He passionate, but he also has so many blind spots. There are aspects about him and other people that he really has no idea that they even exist. It can add up to a lot of dramatic irony.

 

Special Thanks to the Following Reviewers:

Hedanicree: Thanks for your wonderful review. It made my day again! As far as your questions go, yes, there will be some fallout from what Inuyasha is doing. But I can't tell you what's going to happen without spoiling the story. I can tell you that one of your comments was dead on. You'll just have to wait for the last three chapters to see what I'm talking about. So re-read your own review when the story ends. Thanks for your compliments on my writing. I actually thought my descriptions were my weak point. I always write the dialogue first and then I go back to write the descriptions. I can actually hear the characters talking in my head and all I can do is write down what they're saying. The descriptions are harder to write when I try to translate what I see in my mind into the written word.

Diamond369: Ha ha! Inuyasha better tell her, huh? All I can tell you is that the guilt of what he is doing is starting to get to him (which I hope you can see in this chapter). I can't tell you how it's going to pan out though. Wait and see…

sofiakalaughable: I'm assuming your question is about the manga? The final chapter of the manga was both wonderful (the artwork was breathtaking in a few scenes) and a little disappointing as well. I don't want to spoil it for any fans, but please do a Google search for `One Manga' and then read Inuyasha chapter 558. All you need to know is that Naraku was defeated and the jewel was destroyed before this chapter takes place. I'm probably going to write something later on that expands on this final chapter. Damn! I wanted a sex scene! And there is no way that Rumiko Takahashi would ever put that in her manga.

Blackdeathmessenger: I'm glad that you liked the chapters and thank you for all of your beta work. The next chapter really needed your expertise on bands.