InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Speed Limit ❯ Looks can be deceiving. ( Chapter 2 )

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Speed Limit

= Looks can be deceiving =

She had arrived home later than predicted yesterday, not that she had wanted to, the taxi driver had driven his car too slow for her liking. Even her grandpa could have driven faster than that!

Home, sweet home turned sour the minute she opened the front door to find herself face to face with a very upset and worried mother hen.

She had practically exploded when she heard that her daughter had accepted a stranger's offer for help and that they were now without a car. She had cooled down however when Kagome had told her that the van was going to be repaired for free and to be picked up the following day after school.

Of course Kagome left out the small detail that the whole cause of the mess up had been her speeding. It would be her little secret and no one had to find out. If someone did, her mother would make sure she was grounded for a good amount of time and she didn't relish the fact that she already had to do extra house chores as her punishment. Her little brother's chores to be exact. Her mother could be so cruel sometimes...

"Kagome!"

Said person turned round when she heard her name being called, a smile immediately appearing on her face as she recognized her friends Yuka, Eri and Ayumi rushing over to her across the school grounds.

"What's up guys?" she asked as she watched the three girls skid to a stop in front of her.

"Guess what!" said Yuka barely able to contain her excitement.

"Um...Fujidomo-senpai was hit over the head with one of his mathematics books and now he has brain damage and the test was suspended along with any other math class for the rest of the year?" Kagome suggested hopefully.

Yuka made a face, "No, Fujidomo-senpai is alive and well and no, the test was not suspended neither were the classes."

"Oh," Kagome said rather disappointedly. "Then what?"

"You really didn't hear about the news?" asked Eri with a surprised look on her face.

"I just got to school a few minutes ago!" cried out Kagome a little exasperated.

"Well, we better fill you in then," Eri smiled, a mysterious little glint sparkling in her eyes.

Kagome eyed Eri wearily. Her friend seemed too happy about something. Taking a quick glance at Yuka and Ayumi told her that her other two friends were in a similar state.

Knowing the girls, their happiness was due to either two things: some exciting event or boys. By the looks on their faces it was the latter.

"There is this new guy at school," burst out Yuka who had been dying to pass on the little bit of information to her friend.

"Uh-huh. So what's new?" Kagome replied with a bored expression in place.

"He's absolutely gorgeous," sighed Ayumi.

Kagome giggled at the girl's dreamy eyes as she stared into space. Right now Ayumi was far, far away from planet Earth.

Ayumi had always been like that, she was the dreamer, the naive girl of the group, always quiet and shy.

Yuka was a totally different story. Yuka was loud, loved to gossip, never missed a chance to party and was an addict to everything trendy and fashionable. She wore her hair in a white headband which varied depending the occasion, though lately she had been musing on the thought of changing her hairstyle.

Eri was the athlete. She was on the track and swimming team and was an excellent soccer player. One would dub her as a tomboy, with her hair cut short and her rough act but she also had her girlish interests, which she wasn't afraid to show around her close friends.

Now why was Kagome with these three? Probably because she had always been the one who had bound them together. You see, Kagome was a mixture of the three personalities. She was shy, innocent and naive at times and then a total party animal or super active sports girl at others. She had a strong character and could get very persistent when she set her mind up to something, making it was quite difficult to stop her.

Regardless of their different tastes the four girls have been childhood friends ever since 2nd grade. Sure, there had been a times where their differences had gotten the best of them but they always befriended afterwards.

"What's his name?" asked Kagome.

"Uh?" Ayumi said coming back to Earth form her visit to Pluto. "Who's name?"

"The boy's!" Kagome cried out impatiently.

"Oh yeah! His name is-" Ayumi started to say, her mind finally awake.

"Guys!" called a boy jogging across the front yard of the premise. He climbed up the stone steps to stop by the entrance doors of the large gray high school, where the four girls were standing waiting for him.

"Late this morning I see," teased Yuka. "Don't you go picking up bad habits from Kagome-chan."

"I heard that," Kagome said indignantly. "And it's not my fault that I get here late all the time. My alarm clock has a mind of it's own."

"Yeah, whatever you say," replied Yuka rolling her eyes.

"You know, that was a pretty quick dash you made from the parking lot to here. Maybe you should try out for the track team, Hojo-kun," commented Eri with a smile.

The chestnut colored haired boy blushed, rubbing the back of his head in a nervous gesture. Hojo was the only male in their little group of friends and had never minded being surrounded by girls, not that any boy minded.

"I'm not really that fast, I would need years of practice to catch up with you," Hojo said smiling back at Eri, who in turn blushed. Kagome, Yuka and Ayumi exchanged amused glances unseen by the other two.

"So Kagome, did my notes come in handy?" asked Hojo as he held the school door open for the girls to pass.

"Yup! They were great, you're a real life saver, Hojo. I thought I was doomed, dead, but those notes you took really clarified everything for me," said Kagome and then turned to look through her book bag.

"I got them here somewhere..." she mumbled.

"Don't worry! Keep them, I already had my test last Thursday," said the boy following the girls down the corridor.

"Oh wow! Thanks!" squealed Kagome happily. "Now where are those notes? I need them to revise. My test is after-"

The group stopped walking and looked back at the girl with a questioning look, waiting for her to continue.

"No..." Kagome said quietly covering her mouth with her hand, her face quite pale.

"Kagome? Are you all right?" asked Ayumi with a worried frown.

"I-I...I forgot my notes!" Kagome cried out in despair.

Eri went over to her and patted her back. "Don't worry Kagome-chan, you can go back home at lunchtime and pick them up."

The desperate girl just shook her head. "That would take too long and anyway it would do no good, the math examination is right after break."

"If you want I could help you revise," offered Hojo.

Again Kagome shook her head. "No Hojo-kun. You've done far enough already."

"Why don't you check out the library? I'm sure there will be something that will help you there," suggested Yuka.

"Yeah! That's a great idea," Kagome said brightening up. "How long till the bell rings?"

"You've got plenty of time, classes won't start in another 15 minutes," said Hojo glancing at his wrist watch.

"Great! I'll see if I can find anything. See you guys later!" said Kagome and headed off in the opposite direction.

The library was deserted this time of the morning, there was not a soul in sight, not even the librarian. With a sigh Kagome headed towards the mathematics section of the medium sized library.

"Where to start?" she asked herself and looked up at a tall book shelf stacked with documents. It was huge! How was she supposed to find what she was looking for amongst all this information?

She crouched down, setting her school bag down on the floor and started at the bottom, running her index finger over the book titles in search for the right topic. Finally her gaze fell upon a green cover at the back of the shelf, blocked out of sight by two old books.

In her haste to reach her objective she pulled the offending volumes out of the way and threw them over her shoulder, truly not bothering whether or not the books got damaged in the process. After all, her revision for the exam was far more important than the well being of two objects in her path to good grades, right?

A painful "Omph!" and the thud of two things hitting the floor was heard.

'Since when do books feel pain?' Kagome asked herself as she turned round to see what had happened.

Gray blue eyes met deep purple orbs.

Kagome was stunned, every muscle in her body immobile as she stared at the man in front of her.

There was only one word for him.

Gorgeous.

His waist long black hair was tied into a low ponytail, two strands falling softly over his sun tanned face, while two dark eyebrows were set in a slight frown. He was tall, taller than herself, the lame black school uniform boys had to wear fitting his well built body perfectly.

But what caught her attention most was his eyes. Luscious dark purple orbs with just a hint of gold around the edges staring into her own. She felt her heart speed up.

"Oi, what are you staring at!?" the man in front of her demanded in a masculine low voice. Even his voice was enough to make her knees wobble.

"N-Nothing," she stammered. "I was just a little startled, I didn't know that there was someone else in the library."

"Keh. Well now you know. And next time try aim your books in another direction, you nearly broke my nose with those things, wench," the man said rubbing his nose where just seconds ago he had been hit by one of Kagome's flying books.

Kagome glared at him, the fluttering in her stomach stopping abruptly.

"What did you just call me?" she asked in a dangerous tone.

"Wench," smirked the older boy.

"Why you impertinent little-" she said lifting another book threateningly.

"What are you gonna do? Hit me over the head with that book?" he mocked.

"Who said I wouldn't?" she retorted.

"Nobody," he said and then with a quick movement he had grabbed the object out of her hands. "Because you won't be able to."

"You jerk!" she yelled angrily at him, throwing another thick volume she had been able to get her hands on and failing miserably to hit her target.

She turned her back to him, took the green math book she had been looking for from the shelf and stomped away to the check out counter.

Now why was she all worked up? She didn't know. Maybe it had something to do with her temperamental character?

"Hey wench! You forgot your bag!" called an annoying voice from behind.

Or maybe not.

"Give me that!" Kagome said as she went over to the boy and tried to yank her bag out of his grasp.

But the boy held fast, showing no signs of loosening his hold anytime soon. He yanked back and soon they began a vicious tug-o-war.

"Let - it - GO!" she yelled getting tired of the tugging session.

With a smile he suddenly let go of the bag provoking her to loose her balance and stumble backwards. In one desperate attempt to avoid her fall she reached out and grabbed the boy in front of her by the shirt only managing to bring him down with her.

Kagome yelped out in pain, closing her eyes shut as she felt herself crashing into the wooden bookcase behind her. She hit the floor feeling a heavy weight fall on top of her, along with a downpour of books raining from the now very empty looking bookshelves.

A grunt was heard from above. Wasn't life great? The 'heavy thing' that had fallen on top of her was none other than Mr. Annoying and boy did he weigh a ton! If he didn't move soon she would suffocate!

"Get off of me!" she managed to get out even though her lungs were being crushed right, left and center.

But the boy didn't move.

Opening her eyes, she caught him staring back at her intently, a barely visible pink tint covering his cheeks. That was when she noticed how close they were, her breath stopping completely.

"What is going on in here!" demanded an authoritative voice coming from the library's entrance.

The dark haired boy pulled himself up in a flash trying to get as far away as possible from the girl he had being lying atop. Kagome wasn't far behind. Getting up on her feet she smoothed out her white and green uniform, trying to recover what was left of her dignity and turned to face the newcomer.

Her face turned beat red as she realized who had intruded into one of the most inadequate moments of Kagome's little encounter with jerk face.

'This is not good. Certainly not good,' she thought to herself as she gulped loudly.

The school principal stood looking at the books littered everywhere on the floor, an expression of discontent etched across her facial features.

"So Mr. Nakamura, getting aquatinted to the students around here pretty fast I see," the woman said walking over towards them. "That's nice and I'm glad to see you being so friendly but I will be forever grateful if you prevent from destroying my school on your first day of class."

Nakamura glared at the principal and opened his mouth to speak but was silenced as she held up her hand.

"You will explain later, " she said and then turned to Kagome. "But I must say, I'm quite surprised Miss Hirugashi, I never expected this out of you. You two have made quite a mess of this place."

Kagome looked down at her feet guiltily, feeling ashamed for all the trouble she had caused. Nakamura, however, wasn't about to be scolded much less be blamed for the spill on the floor.

"It was all her fault! If she hadn't been such a clumsy klutz none of this would have happened!" he yelled at the school principle.

"Clumsy klutz?! Now wait a minute!" Kagome snapped, her rage surging to the surface with new found energy. "If you hadn't thrown me off balance I wouldn't have fallen backwards!"

"Well, if you hadn't thrown those books in my face I wouldn't have-" Nakamura started to say but was cut off by the school principal.

"Children! I think that is enough. Both of you will stay at break to clean this mess up," the principle stated firmly.

"But I have to stu-" Kagome began to protest.

"I will have no excuses. I don't care who caused it, nor do I want to know how, all I want is for this library to be intact after break time. If either of you don't comply with your jobs I will be forced to give you a detention," the principle said sternly. "Or do you want to stay after school and wash out the toilets?"

Both teens shook their heads.

"Good. Now that that is all cleared up you better get going to class," the principal said leading both students out of the library. "Miss Hirugashi, please show Mr. Nakamura to class 11B. He is new and won't know his way around."

Kagome nodded her head and began to lead the boy down the corridor in silence. She stopped in front of a door with '11B' written in black bold letters across the top of it's frame.

Thankfully Kagome didn't attend this class, it was for students a year higher then herself. It was a relief to know she wouldn't have to put up with Nakamura's obnoxious self for an entire period. In fact she felt pity for those who would. Now if there was only a way to avoid the guy outside class...

"You better show up at break, or you'll regret it," she said as she turned to leave.

"Oh really? Is that a threat little girl?" he asked her with a smirk, as he stood in front of the door.

"I would say so," she said.

"And if I don't show up? What would you do to me?" he asked still smirking.

"Something you wouldn't like," she answered walking away just as the bell rang and students started to bustle around the corner heading towards their designated classrooms.

Kagome left him, standing in the doorway blocking his classmate's entrance as he watched her disappear into the mass of young people walking in the corridors.

"Hey man! Move it!" someone yelled.

He stepped aside, finally letting people through. With one last glance in Kagome's direction he entered the class.

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Kagome came thundering out of the library.

The Nakamura guy hadn't shown up and she had been left to clean the mess up all by herself.

And as much as she would have liked to go out looking for the annoying jerk and drag him back by his ear, she didn't have time. If she didn't find him, which she was 100% sure she wouldn't since he'd be probably hiding somewhere or other, both would have gotten detentions. Though he definitely disserved one.

Now what angered her more about the whole situation was that cleaning up the library had been very time consuming, meaning that she hadn't had the time left to revise and once she had placed the last book in it's place the bell had rang indicating that break was over.

"So, did you have fun?"

Kagome snapped her head up and glared in Nakamura's direction. He was leaning against the wall, arms crossed and sniggering at her.

"What do you think?" she spat venomously.

"By the looks of it you had a blast, too bad I wasn't there to enjoy the fun with you but you see, I had other matters to attend to," he said with an air of superiority.

Kagome seethed. He was so going to get it. He'd regret the day he was born!

"Kagome, what are you doing here? We've got to get to class before the test starts without us," Yuka said turning up at her friend's side.

Kagome ignored her and kept on glaring at Nakamura. Yuka followed her gaze and gasped.

"That's Nakamura-sempai!" she whispered into Kagome's ear excitedly.

"So I've heard," she said her tone warningly low.

"Isn't he a hunk? He's the guy we were trying to tell you about earlier," she said still gazing at him appreciatively.

Kagome didn't answer, instead she steered her friend away toward the room in which the test was to be held.

"Hey Kagome, is something the matter? You didn't comment," asked Yuka confused by her friends weird behavior. "So what do you think about him?"

"Let's just say looks can be deceiving," she said stopping by her locker to grab her stuff.

Ayumi walked up to them with a smile on her face.

"Kagome-chan, did you get to study?" she asked oblivious to the angry aura that surrounded the girl in front of her.

Kagome gritted her teeth and closed her locker door with a slam.

"No," was her answer before stomping off.

"What's gotten into her?" asked Ayumi watching Kagome storm down the hall.

"I have no idea," replied Yuka.

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Kagom e sat at the back of the bus, looking out of the window as it headed into the outskirts of the city.

Ayumi and Yuka had informed Eri about Kagome's foul mood and the three girls had come during lunchtime to comfort her. After she had told them about the incident with Nakamura she had felt much better and the fact that she wasn't alone but had her friends supporting her was a weight off her shoulders.

Her exam had gone well, considering she hadn't had time to revise and for the rest of the day she hadn't seen Nakamura at all, which was a good sign. In other words, she was feeling a lot perkier than she had been this morning.

The bus finally pulled to a stop, calling out the area's name over the speaker phones. Getting up from her seat she picked up her bag and stepped onto the pavement. The garage wasn't far away, if she remembered correctly, just two blocks down and then a right and she'd be there.

Looking around she realized that the neighborhood actually looked quite homey, with little shops here and there and a few two story apartments, with neat little gardens up front. The sidewalks were clean and the only sound to be heard was the barking of dogs and the cheerful shouts of some kids playing a game of tag in one of the streets. She had to admit it was a pleasant break from Tokyo's hectic streets.

Rounding the corner to the right she soon found herself standing outside the Sengoku Jidai's garage.

On the outside it looked like a concrete warehouse, with a large sliding metal door and a few billboards advertising motorbike brands and models. Reaching for the door she found it open.

Unlike the garage's exterior the interior was much more sophisticated. It was a large, polished, modern looking room with a set of spiral stairs appearing to the right just as you walked in, leading up to the small apartment she had seen yesterday. To her left was a small corridor with two doors facing each other and at the back of the large room was another metal door similar to the one she had just come through.

"Kagome! What are you doing here?" Miroku asked as he came out of the metal door, a little surprised at finding her there.

"Hi there Miroku! Just came to pick up the car," she said smiling. "Is it ready?"

The mechanic cleaned his oily hands on a dirty cloth. His face and clothes were all stained with black smears and grease, his usually neatly combed hair sticking out in disarray.

"I'm sorry," he said regretfully. "I couldn't get around to fixing your car till now. One of the bikes needed it's suspension changed and another had a problem with it's engine. If you are willing to wait a little bit longer I will be able to do something for your van, even if it's only temporary. You'll have to bring it in tomorrow, though. I'll have to get it finished up."

"Well...You really shouldn't worry about it, I can always take it to someone else who deals with cars," she said frowning, hoping she wasn't bothering him with her problems. "I really don't want to cause you any trouble..."

"No, you're no trouble at all!" he said reassuringly. " I've just got caught up on some unexpected work, that's all."

"Sure? I mean, if I'm a burden just-" Kagome began to say.

"Burden? You're not a burden! It's a pleasure to help out such a pretty lady as yourself, how could that ever be a burden? Anyway I promised I'd fix this car up for you, did I not?" he asked her and when he saw her nod he continued. "Then I'll finish what I promised to do."

He turned to re-enter the door he had just come out from, the one which Kagome supposed was his workshop and hesitated as if realizing something.

"Hey," he called. "While you're waiting why don't you go check on the guys? That way you won't get bored."

"Ok," she said. " Where are they?"

"In the training room," he said. "See that corridor? Well it's the door to your right. They should be there."

"Thanks!" Kagome said and headed to where she had been directed to. "Just don't over work yourself !"

"I won't!" he said cheerfully before disappearing into the room and sliding the door shut behind him.

Stepping into to the 'training room' she spied a large machine connected to a motorbike and many sports utilities lying around on the floor. It would have looked like a mini-gymnasium if it hadn't been for the weird techno object at the side of the room.

"Come on Kouga! A hundred and eleven... Keep those muscles moving! A hundred and twelve..."

Kagome turned to see Kouga doing a set of push-ups with Shippou walking around him keeping count of his progress.

"Minamoto-san! Ayabito-san!" she called out to them as she waved.

Kouga stopped what he was doing as soon as he heard his name being called, his eyes falling on an approaching girl. And there they stayed, as if someone had glued them to her, watching her midnight black hair sway with every step she took and her happy little smile brighten up the room as if it were the sun itself. Why did this girl have such an effect on him?

"Hi Kagome! You came to pick up your car?" Shippou asked as he left Kouga to go greet the new arrival.

"Yeah, but Miroku wasn't able to fix it, so I'll be coming back tomorrow," she said.

"Well that's no problem, as long as you come pay me a visit. It gets sort of boring being surrounded by such dull people," Shippou said taking a glance at Kouga.

Kouga caught the young boy's gaze and glared at him in return.

"Sorry to break the news to ya but you're the only dull one here," Kouga said as he got up from his position on the ground.

Kagome watched the racer stand, his bare chest covered in little droplets of sweat glistening in the light, his black hair tied into a high ponytail while his bangs were kept out of the way by a brown headband. Come to think of it Kouga was kind of cute. Now why hadn't she noticed this before?

Kouga wiped his face with a towel and then rested it round his neck.

"Say Kagome, while you're waiting for Miroku to finish why don't I give you a guided tour of the Sengoku Jidai's layout?" suggested Kouga.

"Why thank you Minamoto-san, I would love that, " Kagome replied happily.

"Just call me Kouga," the racer said giving her a dashing grin.

Shippou rolled his eyes at Kouga's charming antics.

"Why don't we start with the motorbikes?" Kouga said leading Kagome out of the room.

"What kind of motorbikes do you have?" Kagome asked curiously.

"Why don't you see for yourself?" Kouga said next to her as they came to a stop in front of the wall at the end of the hallway. "Shippou? Would you do us the honor?"

"My pleasure," Shippou said with a little bow and then turning to face the wall. "Area Sengoku Jidai 3321B. Code name, Kitsune 56119, password, Ya can't out smart the fox digital 443."

Suddenly the wall started to move, sliding upwards to reveal a hidden room behind it.

"Oh my..." Kagome said in awe as the room was completely revealed to expose to the world what it held inside.

The room held 25 or so motorbikes each a different size and style. All of them looked in fine condition, up to date and ready to use anytime. Kagome was sorely tempted to take one and try it out.

"Aren't they something?" Kouga said as he watched her fascinated expression. "That's why we keep them well hidden."

"Yeah and it's not too often we show people were they are kept, but you are an exception and we trust you not to say anything," Shippou said looking at her for her reaction.

The fact that they trusted her, moved her, making her feel special and proud.

"I won't tell a soul, I promise," Kagome said seriously. "You have my word on that."

Shippou nodded, happy with her answer and proceeded to lead her inside.

Kouga was just about to show Kagome the bike he usually rode when an angry yell was heard from behind.

"What the heck is going on in here?!"

All three of them turned to face a very furious looking man.

Kagome stared in shock, her heart skipping a beat before a different feeling took it's place.

Anger.

"You!" Kagome exclaimed eyes glaring directly into his.

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You know I'm really disapointed in all of you who have read my story and haven't reviewed. I get more reviews than this is ff.net. And I got 93 visitors! One damn review won't kill you!

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Answers for the wonderful people who reviewed (thank you so much! You guys are the best!!!!)

--Lady Scorpio: Weeeeheeee! My first person to review at mediaminer!!!! Yey! Anyway Inu will come up soon...*grins* Very soon...

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