Chapter 2: Mambo Swing
21st century
Kagome aced both her high school exit exam and her College entrance exams. She felt so proud of herself all the late night study sessions in the feudal era for the past months finally paid off… or at least she had hoped so. Eri, Yuka, and Ayumi all treated her out to a celebratory ice cream cone at their favorite food place. She was utterly distracted at the thought of Inuyasha with Kikyo she didn’t realize she was about to bump into Hojo “OUCH!” She said loudly ignoring the stares she constantly got from the ongoing crowd “Oh hi Hojo!” “I see your stomach flu has gone away!” he said in earnest concern “I’m glad it hasn’t kept you from doing your exams!” “Nope! Kagome passed both her exams with flying colors!” Yuka chimed in “She got the best scores out of our entire class!” “You guys stop bragging!” Kagome said trying to change the subject “All I did was ask for extra help and a tutor….” They had gotten their Ice creams and left before Hojo had even noticed he was talking to himself… “Oh REALLY?!” Eri asked a little too excitedly “Who might I inquire WHO you asked to help?” “Um…” Kagome muttered “Inuyasha’s older brother…….. Sesshomaru…” “Kagome!” Ayumi gasped and literally screamed hurting everyone’s ears in the process “I thought you and Inuyasha were together?!” “No… Inuyasha is still in love with his dead girlfriend…” Kagome said like she had been beaten “I can’t compete…. He always compares me to her…. Saying how she was better at well everything…..” “Then forget him and go after his brother!” Eri said with an evil smile “I mean if you can’t have him then go after this Sesshomaru guy! Make him regret his choice of still being in love with the dead girl!” “Eri!” now it was Kagome’s turn to gasp “I can’t do that! And besides I don’t even think he likes me at all anyway… He’s always quiet and cold… I wouldn’t even know how to begin on gaining his interest….”
Kagome’s friends looked at each other ignoring Kagome’s questioning eyes and nodded then looked back at Kagome and smiled an evil smile which made Kagome shudder…. “I had a cold and quiet boyfriend at one point in time…” Yuka said finally “What I was wearing was very important because he couldn’t get enough of it!” They began dragging Kagome into a store which was not known for its ‘proper’ clothing … “Really Yuka?!” Kagome was shocked “I never thought you would be into that type?!” “I used to be” she replied coolly “I was so in love with him and he was with me… but these clothes will have him drooling after you!” “I can’t wear this!! Kaede will kill me if I wear this! Not to mention Koga will have a heart attack….” “Who?! And who?!” Ayumi asked “Who is Kaede? And who is Koga?” “Oh! Um Koga is another guy who actually does like me. Helk he already thinks of me as his wife…” Kagome answers numbly to confused and stunned to put up a fight “and Kaede is like my grandmother she’s um a bit old fashioned and conservative….” Yuka nods still searching for the perfect outfit that would complement Kagome's figure and make her attributes stand out “From what I hear you have a busy work out…. I mean walking around in the vast open space right?” Yuka searched as she asked Kagome only nodded.
“AH HA!” Yuka said with pleasured excitement “here try this on!” she pulled out a fitted red kimono top with white designs on the right shoulder as well as the sleeve tips… then pulled a pair of daisy duke shorts which were blue. Kagome nodded and went into the dressing room and tried on the outfit when she came out she looked at herself in the mirror which sent shivers cascading down her spine, she showed herself to her friends which whistled in response. She smiled went back into the changing room and returned to her uniform, as she came back out she felt a tug at her aura making her want to go back through the well… “Okay let’s see what else?!” Ayumi said as she went and searched for some more clothing suited for Kagome and her Solo man hunt…
**Three hours later**
She was home finally home; she sat on her bed gasping for breath as she turned her head she looked at the piles of bags that held her new man hunting clothes… Kagome let out a sigh she didn’t know she was holding in… “Well I know Sango will support me in my decision to look for a husband….” She said to herself “well at least I hope so….” She sat up and began packing all her new clothes for the past she smirked to herself and thought ‘I hope he likes them and my scent… Who knew there would be demons in the future and who knew one would be my best friend?!’ Morning came faster than she would have thought possible, she got up brushed her teeth, brushed her hair, and took a shower got dressed into the red corset and black skirt she bought as well as the black lace up boots Eri bought her as a late birthday gift. Now she was set to go back to the past to go searching for shards… Her mother bought her a new backpack blue in color and filled it with the things she would need like food, first kit aid, and a few other things… She grabbed the new backpack as she was walking out the door and to the well… she felt the pull but now it was even stronger and more urgent… she stood on the lip and jumped all too soon the same aura pulsed around and caressed her in the all too familiar ecstasy brink and then it was gone.
She was back in the feudal era…