Dom: *sighs* Sorry for disappearing in you, but didn't know my last year in highschool would be so tough and hectic which kinda brings me in another news, I'm gonna start college next Monday so yeah.. I'm gonna be disappearing again because of my schedule. My free day is only during Sundays so that sucks balls... But I'll try posting new stories and updating my other ones, so yeah. Anyway, hope you enjoy the second chapter :)

Disclaimer: I don't own

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The two teens found out that they were going to the same place so Mito kindly offered Kagome to accompany her along the way.

"Thank you for letting me go with you, Youhei-kun," Kagome smiled gratefully at the taller teen.

Mito laughed, "It's nothing, Kagome-chan. I'm going there as well and since you obviously don't know where you are going, I'm going to walk with you."

"But still thank you."

Mito returned the smiled.

When the two arrived at a gymnasium, they didn't expect it to have a lot of people nor did they expect to see teams from different schools. From different regions.

"Heh? There's so many people…" Kagome sounded quite scared and nervous.

Mito glanced at her by the corner of his eyes and saw the slight clenching and unclenching of hands. He was amused, "Not a big fan of crowds? Kinda weird for a city girl."

"I'm not really fond of them," Kagome said slowly. "Actually I hate them."

"How did you survive?"

"I have bodyguards."

Mito chuckled then he saw her expression, "Oh, you were serious."

"Yeah. My cousins and my older brother can be overprotective and they know my distaste for it."

"Mito!" One of Mito's friends, Chuichirou Noma, waved at him and beckoned him to come over to them.

"C'mon," Mito held Kagome's hands, not realizing that he did so.

When the three plus Haruko Akagi saw her, they became curious as to whom she was, but Haruko was the one who voiced it out loud.

"Ano, Youhei-kun, is she your girlfriend?" Haruko asked hesitantly, fearing that they might be angry at her for asking such thing. Her eyes though were directed at their connected hands.

"Nani?" Kagome tilted her head to the side slightly in confusion.

"Iie!" Mito shouted.

"Nevermind," Haruko just giggled to herself.

Someone cleared their throat and the two dark-haired teens redirected their gazes at the "Three Stooges".

It was Nozomi Takamiya.

"Hello, pretty lady. May I have the pleasure of knowing your name…?" He held her hand and brought it to his lips.

Kagome chuckled awkwardly, "M-My name is Kagome Higurashi." She slowly took her hands.

"I'm Nozomi Takamiya," he introduced himself then adding, "Will you be my girlfriend?"

"U-Uh, um, sorry, but I have to decline," Kagome rejected him, trying very hard to not hurt his feelings.

Takamiya froze when he heard the statement while his three friends laughed at his misfortune.

"I'm Chuichirou Noma." The teen with the mustache said.

"Yuji Ohkuso." The one with blond, bushy hair said.

"NICE TO MEET YOU!" they told her in sync.

"It's nice to meet you too," Kagome sent them a dazzling smile. She turned to the only girl in the group, "And you are?"

"I'm Haruko Akagi," Haruko offered a hand.

Kagome took the offered the hand and shook it, "It's a pleasure to meet you."

"Likewise."

"Do you happen to be related to Takenori Akagi-san?"

"He's my brother."

"Ah."

Mito looked in between the girls and gestured to the seats, "Well, shall we take our seats?"

When Kagome took her seat, she found herself between Haruko and Mito. She didn't mind; she doesn't mean offense to Mito's other friends, but she rather sits next to him than to them seeing that she's more comfortable with the dark-haired teen while she wants to sit with Haruko as to not feel out of place in a group full of boys.

"Ara, this practice game of Shohoku…many people are treating it a like real game," Kagome commented offhandedly. "Your school's getting more popular. I wonder why."

"You mean—" Ohkuso cut off Takamiya with a none-too-gently nudge to his stomach.

"Nani?"

"Nandemonai," Mito shook it off.

"Okay," Kagome looked at the boys weirdly and took out her camera. She's glad that the seats are right by the railings. She took her position and looked behind her and saw no people occupying and sighed in relief. It'd make her task harder if she's blocking anyone's view.

"So Higurashi-san—"

"Kagome," the girl interrupted Haruko. "Call me Kagome. Higurashi is for my mother and that goes for all of you."

Haruko blinked before nodding with a smile, "So Kagome-san, are you a photographer?"

"I guess you can say that," Kagome looked through the viewer and pressed the button once her lens showed her the Shohoku team doing their warm-ups. What caught her attention is the redheaded guy arguing with a guy that could be passed as her brother. Then two males with the number of 7 and 14 on their jerseys broke them apart.

"Are you doing it for a newspaper for your school?"

"Something of the sorts."

"WAIT A MINUTE!" Takamiya shouted again, "How do we know you're not a spy for another school?"

"You don't," Kagome gave them a mysterious smirk before laughing out loud when she saw their expressions. "I'm kidding. I'm kidding. Geez, you guys can't take a joke. I already told you Youhei-kun my reason. It's for a project slash school newspaper," the girl lied smoothly. She didn't want anyone to know that she's a photographer for a famous sports magazine.

Kagome laughed again before returning to her camera. She told her companions for the day—and hopefully new friends in the long run—that she'll go a little bit closer to the side of Shohoku and they nodded understandingly. She was doing fine when she felt something loomed over her.

"Excuse me," a boyish voice rang out to the side of her and her jaw dropped a little when she saw whom the person was exactly.

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Dom: Okay, anyway, about my poll. It seems that more animes then *nervously laughs* Well, this is gonna be a challenge for sure especially for the basketball ones. But I'm not going to focus on the games, if that's alright with you guys. More on Kagome's interactions. Is that fine? Anyway, hope you enjoyed *smiles* Oh and I'm thinking of making a Twitter account for my account in fanfiction so at least you guys know what's up so should I? Just tell me what you think :)