Prodigal Klutz

Summary: Kagome Higurashi; once upon a time, her last name was Kagome Akutagawa. That was before her mom and dad started fighting, and before the divorce. Her mother took her, her father took her older brother, and her mother remarried...now, taking her place by her brothers side in Hyotei, she is going to show him, and everyone else that she is not just a klutz...but a prodigal klutz!

Anime/Manga: InuYasha/Prince of Tennis

Pairing: Kagome/Shuusuke

Genre: Romance/Humor

Rated: M for Mature Content

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"DAAH~!"

"Hm?" A woman turned, her black hair moving around her neck at the motion as she sighed at the loud yell. "Kagome's awake." She turned back to the toddler in the highchair across from her and smiled, "Don't grow up to be like your sister, Souta, okay? She thinks she can walk through walls."

"Kaga. Kaga, Kaga!"

Rai Higurashi turned and watched her daughter stumble on her feet down the stairs only to grab the railing in time to avoid hitting the floor, her feet slid before her and she stood up and took off in a run to the door, coming back quickly enough, she grabbed her bento lunch and toast with butter and jam before running back out the kitchen, only to return again and kiss her brother and mother both on the cheek.

"Bye Kaa-san!"

The door shut as her daughter vacated the house, leaving Rai with a small smile on her face.

"Bai, bai! Bai, bai!"

She looked at her son and laughed, "She seems excited, huh?" Rai knew why though. Today, she would be starting at Hyotei Academy, and her eldest child, her eldest son...Jirou Akutagawa, would be at this school. Her daughter hadn't seen him in seven years, and was looking forward to the reunion. Kagome had taken up tennis after the divorce, a way to stay close to her brother, since she couldn't go and see him, she improved quickly over the years, fighting to make sure she was up to her brothers standards as a tennis player, but being that she herself was unsure of what he considered a good tennis player, she just kept on practicing, and perfecting her play style, never once thinking she was good enough...she wanted to hear it from him.

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"Nii-san, Nii-san, Nii-san... Nii-san, Nii-san, Nii-ah~!" Kagome frowned; looking back, she turned to see what she tripped over, and smiled, "Tennis Ball?"

"Ah, gomen!"

Kagome looked ahead of her and laughed at two boys fighting over a racquet, she stood up and picked the ball up in the same movement. "Wanna play a quick match?"

"Nee-Chan can play?"

'Nee-Chan?' Kagome laughed a little more, they were too cute. "A little..."

"Alright, be we won't go easy on you!"

"How will we play, there is two of us, and one nee-chan!"

Kagome bounced the ball to the boys and walked over to the tennis court they were standing by, "You both, against me."

"HAI!"

Kagome didn't see the dark blue eyes watching her from afar, or the curious look they held either.

"Kay, Kay! Super Serve!" She laughed sweetly as she served the ball over the net, sending it straight to the little boy on the left who easily hit the ball, she turned to return it and double stepped to quickly, causing her to stumble forward, her racquet just barely catching the ball on her racquet, she landed on her side and watched the ball fall to the other side of the net before dribbling off.

"...ah...I, I didn't even try to get it, cuz I though it wouldn't make it." The boy laughed, slightly embarrassed by his lack of action.

"Gomen!" Kagome bowed after pulling herself up.

"It's okay! What is your name, Nee-Chan?"

"Higurashi, Kagome, but call me Kagome, Ka-Go-Me!"

"Kagome-nee! You lead fifteen-love!"

"Ah...hai!

The boy served again, and this time she returned the ball back, a low return that had the boys both running to the net, and both running into each other, missing the ball completely as it dribbled past the two of them.

"Hehe, thirty-love! I'm on a roll, wah-hoo!" She clapped her hands together before fumbling with her racquet a bit, she turned as they hit another ball, her feet twisting in an odd way as she fell backwards in an arch and hit the ball over the net to the farthest left corner, then collapsed to the ground. She rubbed her bottom and stood up, "Itai~!"

"Nee-chan, you keep scoring points on accident, yours a tennis klutz!"

Kagome playfully hit her forehead with her knuckles as she stuck out her tongue, "Gomen, gomen...mada, mada...gomen." Kagome smiled, 'I still...have a long way to go...'

"Eh...?"

"Forty-love!" The boy called, then served, she didn't bother moving as the ball was hit right at her, she smiled, letting gravity take her as she fell slowly backwards, bringing her racquet forward with both hands as she just lightly tapped it, the boys watched in surprise as it landed without any spin on the net rope. "E-EH?!"

Kagome smiled, "...ah...no point...oh, I have to go! Gomen!" She called as she ran off, the ball still sitting motionlessly on the rope as both boys walked up to it curiously, one tapped it and they watched as it fell to their side before they both turned to the direction that Kagome had just run off to.

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Keigo turned back to his limo and climbed back in, he'd stopped only at the sight of a tennis match, and curiously watched, what he saw was not what he'd expected...not at all...

"Interesting..."

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Me: Hope everyone enjoys, I contemplated this chapter for a while, still am actually...but, I will let you guys be the deciding factor for this fic, or, at least this chapter...Nya~!