Dance by Moonlight – a fanfic by yellownotepaper

Category: Inuyasha

Rating: PG-13

Summary: Kagome doesn't have a date to the school dance. kag.inu

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any of its character's.

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II. Learn.

"Like this?" said Inuyasha, attempting to do a dance move that Kagome had just showed him and succeeded in stepping on her foot.

Kagome's eyes watered a bit with the pain as she groaned exasperatedly. "No, Inuyasha," she sighed. "Keep your hand here," she said, putting her hand on Inuyasha's and guiding it to her shoulder. Inuyasha blushed, and promptly scowled, embarrassed.

"Let's try it again," she said bravely. "Okay…one, two, three, four, one, two three….OUCH!" Inuyasha had stepped on her foot again.

"Inuyasha, can you please try not to permanently injure me?" she yelled, losing her temper as she massaged her foot.

Inuyasha's face reddened with anger. "Well maybe if you were a proper teacher I wouldn't be stepping on your foot!" he shouted, his golden eyes flashing dangerously.

Kagome's mouth fell open. "What!" she screeched, her hair practically crackling with electricity. Inuyasha recognized danger, and began to back away slowly as Kagome approached him.

'Shit,' Inuyasha thought furiously. '"Uh, Kagome," he said weakly. "You know I was just kidding…?"

Kagome glared at him with her deep, brown eyes, and Inuyasha could see anger reflected in them. But there was something else etched onto her face…regret?

Inuyasha blinked, and it was gone. Before his brain could register what he had just seen, Kagome had already spoken, and he was lying face down in the mud for the second time that day.

He sputtered, mud plastering his clothes to his skin. He glared at Kagome, who did not flinch, and got up, spitting mud onto the floor.

Kagome gave him the filthiest glare she could muster, before turning around and beginning to walk away, once again, towards the Bone-eaters well. Inuyasha stared at her disbelievingly, watching the sway of her hips as she moved farther into the distance. He scowled and looked away, his heart beating a bit faster than it should have been. However, a quick plan of revenge hatched in his mind.

"Wait, Kagome!" Inuyasha called, a wicked smile curving the corners of his mouth. She turned around just in time for him to shake like a dog, mud flying off of him in all directions.

"Eek!" Kagome squealed as her attire became splattered with mud. She stared down at her clothes in disbelief, apparently disgusted. "These are dry clean only, you jerk!" she screamed.

Inuyasha stood up, smirking nastily at her. He half-regretted his actions when she walked straight up to him, her hair flying around her face in fury. He knew what was coming now, and as he closed his eyes in absolute fear, a second brilliant idea came to him. He opened his eyes now, all trace of fear on his face gone to be replaced with malicious humor.

Kagome did not notice this sudden switch of emotions, and glared at him with such intensity that some fear entered his mind again, though he knew that she would soon share that feeling. Her eyes flashed maliciously, before she yelled, for the second time that day, "SIT!"

Inuyasha grabbed her as she yelled, and pushed her underneath him just as the spell took effect. His silver hair fell over her face, only inches from his own, their noses brushing as she stared at him in surprise. "Wha –" she began, but it was too late.

The spell slammed Inuyasha slammed to the ground, landing hard on Kagome and coating her in a thick, goopy mud that sprayed up all around them from the force of their fall. Inuyasha was pushed flush against Kagome, her arms reflexively curling around his back. Although already splattered, Kagome was now completely soaked in a disgusting brown coat of earth. Kagome's eyes were closed, her breathing unsteady and her fists clenched. Their faces were still ever so close, and Inuyasha felt himself flush unwillingly.

Her eyes flashed open, filled with such fury that Inuyasha quickly jumped off of her and into the air, landing a few feet away with a soft 'whoosh'. Kagome seemed to still be in some sort of shock; she stood up as well, shaking off her arms and spraying mud everywhere.

"Inuyashaaaaa," she wailed, looking down at her sodden clothes. She looked absolutely miserable, and a flicker of regret twinged in his mind.

This, however, did not stop him from laughing at the sorry state of her uniform.

Before he had time to say anything more, a soft rustling noise behind Inuyasha signaled the return of Sango and Miroku, who were closely followed by Shippo. Miroku and Shippo looked shocked at their appearance, but Sango, who had evidently been expecting something like this, rolled her eyes.

"What happened to you? said Miroku, his mouth gaping open as he pointed a finger at the muddy Kagome. Kagome glared at him, and he wordlessly dropped his hand to look at the ground.

Sango laughed and said, "I think you guys need a bath."

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"Bath time," Kagome muttered bitterly as she walked out her tent, clad only in a white towel, a bottle of shampoo dangling unceremoniously in her hand. She slipped on a pair of rubber flip flops, and began walking down the dirt path to the hot springs.

"Hey," said a voice from behind her, and Kagome turned around to face a grinning Sango, looking very much like her twin in a matching towel and plain black sandals.

"Hey," said Kagome softly, stopping to wait for her. "You're coming?"

"We all are," said Sango, somewhat resentfully.

An icy feeling of dread flooded through Kagome, making her freeze in her tracks. "What do you mean, we are all going?" She faced Sango with a look of desperation on her face. "What exactly do you mean by that?"

Sango almost laughed at the look of panic on her face, and continued to walk as Kagome ran a bit to catch up. "I mean that only one of the springs is hot enough to bathe in, Inuyasha and Miroku are already in it, and we're going into it." She paused, before adding, "And Shippo."

Kagome groaned and clapped a hand to her forehead. "Sango, what were you thinking?"

"It wasn't my idea," said Sango irritably. "You know how Miroku is; he's just looking for a chance to see us naked."

They both froze in their tracks this time, horror etched on their faces. It took them a few seconds to turn around and run back to their tent for their swimsuits.

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A:N:// Nothing much to say here. o)

Erin