InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Oboeta On ❯ Novi Invitational ( Chapter 6 )
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By: Oboeta on 
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama / Romance | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 08.14.2004 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.9K | Visits: 164 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama / Romance | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 08.14.2004 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.9K | Visits: 164 | Status: Completed
A/N: Okay I know it's not really long.. And I know it took a long time, but I also had pre-camp all last week. SO I was working around 6 hours of time every day, plus I came down with this horrible sinus infection that's been giving me these stupid headaches. So sorry it took so long.
:D I think you'll like this chapter though so enjoy.
p. s: band camp is this week, so you won't be getting an update until at least the week after. :/ sorry.
<3 meh!
Chapter six-
Novi Invitational
The next day a loud smack screamed out through the band room. It was 7 am and everyone was meeting there for practice, then they'd all board buses and drive to one of the area schools for an invitational. For intensive purposes the earlier they woke Kagome Higurashi up, the ornerier she was.
That meant one thing for Inuyasha Taisho - a day of absolute hell...
'Here it comes,' he thought to himself holding a hand to his cheek and glaring at his drum major.
"Inuyasha Taisho, mind explaining to me why there were rats in my locker yesterday?" she fumed. "And while you're at it, the oil based paint that was so nicely applied to my hair?"
"Ah yes... Paybacks a bitch, eh, Higurashi?" He replied, a cocky smile on his face.
"Normally by now you'd be giving me a hundred push ups," she sighed. "But we're not on the field and quite clearly you're not in uniform.. So I can't do anything to you."
"Ten minutes," Mr. Wise yelled from his office.
Inuyasha watched as Kagome glared at him, as she walked over to her podium and wheeled it out the back door. As soon as she was out of the room, he grabbed his snare. He watched intently as he followed her to the field
Inuyasha had to laugh, he wasn't sure why but Kagome was having a fit-and was getting nowhere with her podium. Frowning, he took pity on the poor girl, and walked over to help her out.
"Hmm.. Need some help?" he asked once he was standing in front of her.
"You!" she shouted. "When did you get here?"
"Uh.. A few seconds ago, but you were too busy zoning out to know that," he replied.
"Why do you want to help me anyways?"
"Well, you see... Mr.Wise says that if I don't help he's going to break out some fierce punishment," he said, making up the excuse on the spot.
"I dunno if you remember the last time I fought with him... But let's just say the punishment was dire." he continued his story as he pulled apart the podium, and set it up for her.
"I could have gotten it myself, yanno. You just didn't give me a chance," she grumbled.
"Oh, I know you could have, but we don't have all day," Inuyasha replied with a grin.
"You jerk," she screeched. "Here I thought there was hope for you, and then you go and blow it with your cocky 'I'm better then you' attitude!"
"Woah there, killer" he said grabbing her hand before it met his face. "No need to hit me."
"Now come on! Practice is starting and you know how Wise is on show days," he said pulling her onto the field with him.
"All right, let's get a good stretch ladies and gentlemen, we've got a big show today!" Mike-the senior drum major-announced.
Kagome looked at Mike and the both nodded no light hearted exercises today. "Legs apart," Kagome called. "And go down to the left."
It went on like that for at least an hour and Inuyasha was bored half way into it. He simply went through the motions, thinking about whatever it was that possessed him this morning.
'Why would I want to help Higurashi?' he asked himself.
'Maybe you're starting to like her,' a voice within him answered.
'Maybe...'
He turned his attention back to the front of the block where Kagome was still calling out commands. Stretching was the worst part of practice. Even though it was important to get your muscles stretched out and ready for a hard day of work, it was the dullest part.
"Let's run," Mike called from beside Kagome, then took off at a slow pace as Kagome walked to the side lines to work with those who couldn't run.
Taking one last glance at Kagome, Inuyasha took off at a slow pace. It wasn't that he was out of shape or that he couldn't run fast...he just didn't feel like running today.
For Inuyasha, today was already going slow. Couldn't the invitational be over with?
Soon rehearsal was over and everyone was loading the bus to travel to Novi, where they'd compete against 6 other bands in their class.
The trip wouldn't be a very long one, but for Inuyasha it'd feel like forever. He didn't necessarily like bus trips, but today he felt calmer. Maybe it was the music-he was currently blasting a CD he'd burnt with random songs-Or perhaps it was the fact that Kagome was sitting across the isle from him, head resting against the window and sleep.
He vaguely remembered her asking him to wake her up when they got closer to the school, then in a matter of minutes she was out.
'Sort of like in Nieb's class,' he thought with a smile. 'She looks so peaceful...'
For the rest of the ride he sat watching Kagome sleep, and reflecting on the past few months, wondering why he'd been such an ass to such a nice person. He remembered the pranks, the hurtful words, all of it...and it made him feel sick.
'I'm sorry,' he thought looking at her sadly. 'I'll try to change.'
Looking up and at his surroundings he realized that they were fairly close and decided it was time to wake Kagome.
"Kag," he shook her lightly. "Wake up, we're almost there."
"Hmm..." she groaned out sitting upright again. "Almost where?"
"Novi..."
"Ohh! Thank you for waking me up then," she smiled.
"Yeah... Your welcome."
As soon as the bus stopped and Mr.Wise had come to talk to each bus to give the normal pep-talk everyone rushed off the two buses they had traveled on and made their way towards their homeroom.
Once in the room, Inuyasha put his things down, looked around for Miroku, then took off to watch some of the other bands. There were a few that had a particularly good show, themes ranging from Pirates of the Caribbean, To Sleepy Hollow. Every once in a while Miroku or Inuyasha would make comments on the guard work or the drills.
"I like this show...but nothing compares to our show this year," Inuyasha heard someone next to him say."I mean Dreams and Nightmares, this has to be one of the best shows Mr.Wise has thought of in a while."
"Yeah... It's all right," he mumbled turning his head to look at voices owner approached him. "K-Kagome?"
"But Rome year was a pretty good year too, I particularly liked the clarinet feature in the ballad."
"You would," he mumbled.
"Hey, shouldn't you be getting ready or hanging out with Miroku or something?" she asked him with a smile.
"Well, I was with Miroku, I didn't even know he left. I guess I just got to into one of the shows. As for getting ready.. Well, I think I still have at least half an hour before I have to be ready."
"I see," she replied. "Mind if I watch with you for a bit longer?"
"I guess it's all right..."
They stood in the same spot for a good twenty minutes talking about the shows that they saw in the amount of time they had left. As soon as the latest band was leaving the field, they took off for their home room to change.
Upon entering the room they both received questioning glances from their peers, all seeming to ask, 'What the hell is going on?' They looked at each other, then back around the room and started laughing their asses off.
Inuyasha watched as Kagome grabbed her body bag and took off towards the nearest bathroom, then turned his attention to his body bag. As he suited up he thought about his conversation with Kagome.
'I didn't think she would be so fun to be around,' he thought to himself. 'I think she's pretty shy so she uses studying as an excuse, and she always seems to be working hard on something when she should be out having a good time.'
'At least I know there's more to her then what meets the eye,' he grinned.
Performing was always fun for Inuyasha, even if he had to be serious he still enjoyed what he did. The first song of the show was called Rites of Tamburo, the second song was called In a Gentle Rain, and the third was called Purgatorio. Out of the three Purgatorio was the hardest, and In a Gentle Rain was the easiest.
As soon as they had finished performing, they marched off the field and met up with Mr.Wise who gave them a quick "good job" then lead them back to the bleachers for Awards since they were the last band in their flight to perform that evening.
After a brief intermission the commentators were back, and began to announce
bands and their ranks. The whole process was quite boring, listening to bands get called out in rank, then being called to attention, only to be called to parade rest moments later.
"And finally, in first place... with a score of 67.9 the Linden Eagles Marching band!"
Inuyasha watched as Mike, Kagome, and a random senior walked up to get the trophy, then walk back to their spot. He was feeling pretty good right now, another first place for Linden, and he was still buzzing from his conversation with Kagome.
:D I think you'll like this chapter though so enjoy.
p. s: band camp is this week, so you won't be getting an update until at least the week after. :/ sorry.
<3 meh!
Chapter six-
Novi Invitational
The next day a loud smack screamed out through the band room. It was 7 am and everyone was meeting there for practice, then they'd all board buses and drive to one of the area schools for an invitational. For intensive purposes the earlier they woke Kagome Higurashi up, the ornerier she was.
That meant one thing for Inuyasha Taisho - a day of absolute hell...
'Here it comes,' he thought to himself holding a hand to his cheek and glaring at his drum major.
"Inuyasha Taisho, mind explaining to me why there were rats in my locker yesterday?" she fumed. "And while you're at it, the oil based paint that was so nicely applied to my hair?"
"Ah yes... Paybacks a bitch, eh, Higurashi?" He replied, a cocky smile on his face.
"Normally by now you'd be giving me a hundred push ups," she sighed. "But we're not on the field and quite clearly you're not in uniform.. So I can't do anything to you."
"Ten minutes," Mr. Wise yelled from his office.
Inuyasha watched as Kagome glared at him, as she walked over to her podium and wheeled it out the back door. As soon as she was out of the room, he grabbed his snare. He watched intently as he followed her to the field
Inuyasha had to laugh, he wasn't sure why but Kagome was having a fit-and was getting nowhere with her podium. Frowning, he took pity on the poor girl, and walked over to help her out.
"Hmm.. Need some help?" he asked once he was standing in front of her.
"You!" she shouted. "When did you get here?"
"Uh.. A few seconds ago, but you were too busy zoning out to know that," he replied.
"Why do you want to help me anyways?"
"Well, you see... Mr.Wise says that if I don't help he's going to break out some fierce punishment," he said, making up the excuse on the spot.
"I dunno if you remember the last time I fought with him... But let's just say the punishment was dire." he continued his story as he pulled apart the podium, and set it up for her.
"I could have gotten it myself, yanno. You just didn't give me a chance," she grumbled.
"Oh, I know you could have, but we don't have all day," Inuyasha replied with a grin.
"You jerk," she screeched. "Here I thought there was hope for you, and then you go and blow it with your cocky 'I'm better then you' attitude!"
"Woah there, killer" he said grabbing her hand before it met his face. "No need to hit me."
"Now come on! Practice is starting and you know how Wise is on show days," he said pulling her onto the field with him.
"All right, let's get a good stretch ladies and gentlemen, we've got a big show today!" Mike-the senior drum major-announced.
Kagome looked at Mike and the both nodded no light hearted exercises today. "Legs apart," Kagome called. "And go down to the left."
It went on like that for at least an hour and Inuyasha was bored half way into it. He simply went through the motions, thinking about whatever it was that possessed him this morning.
'Why would I want to help Higurashi?' he asked himself.
'Maybe you're starting to like her,' a voice within him answered.
'Maybe...'
He turned his attention back to the front of the block where Kagome was still calling out commands. Stretching was the worst part of practice. Even though it was important to get your muscles stretched out and ready for a hard day of work, it was the dullest part.
"Let's run," Mike called from beside Kagome, then took off at a slow pace as Kagome walked to the side lines to work with those who couldn't run.
Taking one last glance at Kagome, Inuyasha took off at a slow pace. It wasn't that he was out of shape or that he couldn't run fast...he just didn't feel like running today.
For Inuyasha, today was already going slow. Couldn't the invitational be over with?
Soon rehearsal was over and everyone was loading the bus to travel to Novi, where they'd compete against 6 other bands in their class.
The trip wouldn't be a very long one, but for Inuyasha it'd feel like forever. He didn't necessarily like bus trips, but today he felt calmer. Maybe it was the music-he was currently blasting a CD he'd burnt with random songs-Or perhaps it was the fact that Kagome was sitting across the isle from him, head resting against the window and sleep.
He vaguely remembered her asking him to wake her up when they got closer to the school, then in a matter of minutes she was out.
'Sort of like in Nieb's class,' he thought with a smile. 'She looks so peaceful...'
For the rest of the ride he sat watching Kagome sleep, and reflecting on the past few months, wondering why he'd been such an ass to such a nice person. He remembered the pranks, the hurtful words, all of it...and it made him feel sick.
'I'm sorry,' he thought looking at her sadly. 'I'll try to change.'
Looking up and at his surroundings he realized that they were fairly close and decided it was time to wake Kagome.
"Kag," he shook her lightly. "Wake up, we're almost there."
"Hmm..." she groaned out sitting upright again. "Almost where?"
"Novi..."
"Ohh! Thank you for waking me up then," she smiled.
"Yeah... Your welcome."
As soon as the bus stopped and Mr.Wise had come to talk to each bus to give the normal pep-talk everyone rushed off the two buses they had traveled on and made their way towards their homeroom.
Once in the room, Inuyasha put his things down, looked around for Miroku, then took off to watch some of the other bands. There were a few that had a particularly good show, themes ranging from Pirates of the Caribbean, To Sleepy Hollow. Every once in a while Miroku or Inuyasha would make comments on the guard work or the drills.
"I like this show...but nothing compares to our show this year," Inuyasha heard someone next to him say."I mean Dreams and Nightmares, this has to be one of the best shows Mr.Wise has thought of in a while."
"Yeah... It's all right," he mumbled turning his head to look at voices owner approached him. "K-Kagome?"
"But Rome year was a pretty good year too, I particularly liked the clarinet feature in the ballad."
"You would," he mumbled.
"Hey, shouldn't you be getting ready or hanging out with Miroku or something?" she asked him with a smile.
"Well, I was with Miroku, I didn't even know he left. I guess I just got to into one of the shows. As for getting ready.. Well, I think I still have at least half an hour before I have to be ready."
"I see," she replied. "Mind if I watch with you for a bit longer?"
"I guess it's all right..."
They stood in the same spot for a good twenty minutes talking about the shows that they saw in the amount of time they had left. As soon as the latest band was leaving the field, they took off for their home room to change.
Upon entering the room they both received questioning glances from their peers, all seeming to ask, 'What the hell is going on?' They looked at each other, then back around the room and started laughing their asses off.
Inuyasha watched as Kagome grabbed her body bag and took off towards the nearest bathroom, then turned his attention to his body bag. As he suited up he thought about his conversation with Kagome.
'I didn't think she would be so fun to be around,' he thought to himself. 'I think she's pretty shy so she uses studying as an excuse, and she always seems to be working hard on something when she should be out having a good time.'
'At least I know there's more to her then what meets the eye,' he grinned.
Performing was always fun for Inuyasha, even if he had to be serious he still enjoyed what he did. The first song of the show was called Rites of Tamburo, the second song was called In a Gentle Rain, and the third was called Purgatorio. Out of the three Purgatorio was the hardest, and In a Gentle Rain was the easiest.
As soon as they had finished performing, they marched off the field and met up with Mr.Wise who gave them a quick "good job" then lead them back to the bleachers for Awards since they were the last band in their flight to perform that evening.
After a brief intermission the commentators were back, and began to announce
bands and their ranks. The whole process was quite boring, listening to bands get called out in rank, then being called to attention, only to be called to parade rest moments later.
"And finally, in first place... with a score of 67.9 the Linden Eagles Marching band!"
Inuyasha watched as Mike, Kagome, and a random senior walked up to get the trophy, then walk back to their spot. He was feeling pretty good right now, another first place for Linden, and he was still buzzing from his conversation with Kagome.