The next week, Sango, Miroku, Koga, Ayame, and InuYasha were at the Beijing Lotus. Koga had spoken to his father and gotten Sango a job as a hostess, just as Miroku had described it. Answering phones. It was slightly boring, but it payed well. The phone rang and Sango picked it up.
"Beijing Lotus." She said.
"Yes, uh, how much are the Fried Chicken Wings?" A customer asked over the phone.
"Three twenty-five for four of them." Sango answered politely. She started to feel a familiar feeling work in the pit of her stomach.
"Okay, I'll have an order of those, with a side of soy sauce, and Wonton soup, and Fried cheese Wontons, and fortune cookies." The customer ordered. Sango jotted it down as the feeling began to get worse. She swallowed her spit and forced herself to talk as the tightness in her throat go worse.
"Is that all?" She asked.
"We'll also need an order of white rice with garlic sauce, and Hunan Pork, and another Wonton soup." The woman continued. Sango wrote down the order as the woman spoke. "And another order of fortune cookies. That'll do it." Sango nodded to herself, and forced herself to speak again.
"Okay, I have an order of fried chicken wings, with soy sauce, two Wonton soups, fried cheese Wontons," Sango paused for a moment. She suddenly wafted a very strong scent as InuYasha set down a box of food. Her stomach did back flips and she held her mouth, dropping the phone and running to the kitchen and into the bathroom in the back.
"Sango?" Miroku asked as he saw a red blur run past him.
"Ayame, get her phone." InuYasha said as he looked over and saw that Ayame was doodling on her order form and listening to her iPod.
"Kay," She said and pulled an ear bud out, reaching over and began to speak. "Sorry about the inconvenience." She started. She grabbed Sango's order form. "You're total comes to $17.25. Now, is this for delivery or pick up?" Ayame asked.
"Pick up." The woman said.
"Okay, and you're name?" Ayame asked.
"Chika Taka." The lady said.
"Okay, it'll be ready in ten minutes. Thank you for calling Beijing Lotus. Have a great day." Ayame hung up the phone and continued her doodles, sticking her fallen ear bud back in.
"Aren't you considerate?" Koga stated sardonically.
"What?" Ayame pulled out her left ear bud again.
"You're friend just ran out in the middle of a phone call and you don't even care to check on her." Koga clarified.
"Well, what if the phone rings?" Ayame questioned.
"Then I'll answer it." InuYasha chimed from behind the kitchen.
"Hate to break it to ya, Yash, but you don't exactly have the best people skills." Ayame looked to him.
"What the Hell's that sposed to mean?" InuYasha shouted as he punched the wall, getting his fist stuck in the dry wall.
"That's what I mean." Ayame said.
"InuYasha!" The trio heard a screech from the back.
"Now what'd I do?" InuYasha questioned himself.
"Go see and find out. Ya know, as soon as you get your hand unstuck from the electrical wiring." Ayame chimed as her phone rang. "Beijing Lotus." She chimed.
"Son of a-" InuYasha started, then yanked his balled fist out of the hole he had made. Suddenly, the entire restaurant got dark. And quiet. And dark.
"What the fuck did you do?" Koga turned to what he assumed was InuYasha.
"I dunno."
"We're screwed." Ayame said. "Where's Sango?"
"In the bathroom. Throwing up. She blames InuYasha." Miroku said.
"Why me?" InuYasha announced.
"Because you set a plate of food in front of me, and it made me sick," Sango said, leaning against the door frame of the bathroom.
"Feel better?" Miroku asked her.
"Hell to the no." Sango rolled her eyes. "I'm nauseous, pregnant, and the power's out." She said.
"Blame InuYasha." Koga said.
"Next person who blames me for anything, will. Get. Punched." InuYasha said angerly.
"You ain't gonna punch me. I'm pregnant." Sango responded.
"Okay, you, you I'll tickle." InuYasha said threateningly. (A/N Which it's kind of hard to threaten someone with tickling.)
"Oh so threatening." She teased.
"Wanna bet?" InuYasha responded. He stepped to her silhouette in the dark and ran his fingers over her in a tickling notion.
"Stop! I didn't blame you for anything!" Sango screeched.
"No, but you were thinking it." InuYasha assumed, not stopping.
"Knock it off!" She screamed again, trying to push him away.
"Not gonna." He cooed. Sango didn't scream again.
"Yash, stop for a sec." Miroku said. InuYasha complied pulling his arms away from the girl. Her silhouette turned to run back into the bathroom but ended up hitting the wall in the dark. Losing her guts on the floor, near her feet, she quietly called out for Miroku. Hearing the whole thing, Miroku came to her, rubbing her back consolingly. She looked up at him in the dark room, their eyes meeting dimly. She took a deep breath.
"Are you okay?" He asked quietly. She nodded, but held her stomach. He brought her into a hug. "This is all you're fault, InuYasha." Miroku scolded. Without a word, InuYasha went to punch the lecher, but missed in the dark, hitting the door frame.
"Ow!" He yelped.
"Ha." Miroku stated. InuYasha followed the voice and came to him, then fisted his good hand up and connected it with it Miroku's jaw.
"There." InuYasha stated, satisfied.
"Jerk." Miroku muffled, holding his jaw. He balled his hand and swung it towards InuYasha. Of course, he missed, and ended up smacking Sango on the side of the head.
"Miroku!" She shrieked.
"Oh my God, I'm so sorry." He apologized quickly, then kissed her head where his hand had come in contact with her.
"Way to smack your girlfriend." Ayame said.
"I ain't gonna be his girlfriend for long." Sango said, still in his arms.
"Ouch." InuYasha commented on Sango's.
"She's still in my arms, ain't she?" Miroku said. Sango pulled away, walking to InuYasha's silhouette.
"Oh, InuYasha." She said, falling into his arms.
"What are you doing?"
"Shh," She held her finger up to his lips. "Just hold me." She said. "Miroku's okay, but I want a real man." She cooed. She went up to kiss him, but, when an inch away, Miroku's fist connected with InuYasha's face, sending both him and Sango to the floor.
"She's mine, you vile ignoramus." Miroku insulted, lifting his girlfriend off of the silver-haired teen.
"What the Hell? I didn't do a damn thing, Miroku!" InuYasha jumped back up.
"You're trying to steal my woman." Miroku said to InuYasha's silhouette.
"Am not!" InuYasha defended. "I have a girlfriend, thank you very much. You can keep your pregnant skank." He immediately covered his mouth with both hands, trying to take back what he had said. "Sango, I didn't mean it." He spoke.
"Sure." She stated, devastated by the comment.
"I swear. I didn't." He tried to defend himself, but Sango stopped him.
"Just, stop InuYasha." Sango said. Miroku pulled her back into a hug. InuYasha could feel the stares of his friends, even in the dark.
"Not cool, Yash." Koga spoke.
"I didn't mean it." InuYasha repeated, but he knew no one was going to believe him. "I don't need this now. I'm going to smoke." He butted began to but through his friends to leave.
"Wait." A voice said. It was Sango's.
"Really, y'all weren't done neglecting me yet?" InuYasha asked sarcastically.
"No, just, smoking's bad for your health." Sango said. The entire group stood in silence for a moment, before InuYasha spoke again.
"I know." He said.
/
After straddling in the dark for twenty minutes, Koga, InuYasha, and Miroku were trying to fix the wires. Sango was sitting on the floor near the bathroom, in case she needed to puke again. And a bored Ayame stood at the front counter, and after digging through the drawer, she found a flashlight. She neglected to tell the others. She set it upright on the front counter and began to make shadow puppets.
A few moments later Koga came behind her.
"What are you doing?" He asked.
"Shadow puppets." Ayame said gleefully.
"Where did you get that?" Koga asked.
"The drawer." Ayame answered, making a lame attempt at a dinosaur.
"Why didn't you tell us?" Koga asked another question.
"Because I'm bored and my iPod's dead." Ayame replied, making a fish. "Look, it's a fish." She giggled.
"Give me that." Koga snatched the flashlight. Ayame groaned sadly. Someone walked into the dark restaurant.
"Hello?" A voice asked.
"I'm sorry, but we kind of had a power outage." Ayame said.
"I was inquiring about a to go order I placed. Chika Taka." The woman found her way to the counter. Ayame's eyes widened.
"Yes, but um, as soon as we placed the order we lost power. And we don't know when we're gonna get it back on." Ayame said to the lady.
"Ow, Koga! That was my hand!" InuYasha yelped from the kitchen.
"Then get your hand out of the way!" Koga yelled back.
"I can't. Miroku told me to hold this wire here." InuYasha responded.
"Well where'd Miroku go?" Koga asked.
"I dunno. Sango needed help with something." InuYasha answered.
"What now?" Koga cried out, aggravated.
"She had to puke again." Miroku said, walking back.
"That's not what it sounds like. I swear." Ayame told the customer. She turned around to look through the window. "Guys shut up." She hissed.
"It's fine. I'll just go somewhere else." The customer left at that.
"Thanks a lot, you idiots." Ayame hissed again.
"You're welcome." InuYasha responded before getting shocked by a wire again. "Ow!" He yelped.
"You deserved that." Ayame said, turning back around. She began digging through the drawer again. Sango began to stumble her way over to Miroku.
"Feel better?" Miroku asked. She nodded. The shadow of the flashlight made it easier for him to see her face.
"Sorta." She said. He cocked his eyebrows at her.
"Still nauseous?" He wondered. She bit her lip.
"Let's just go with that." She said.
"Seriously, what's the matter?" He asked.
"It's not important." Miroku shrugged, then went back to helping Dumb and Dumber work on the wires.
"Maybe y'all should call an electrician." Sango said.
"Nah, we got this." Miroku said. Sango sat on the counter and sighed. She watched the idiots mess with wires and InuYasha get shocked more.
/
"Okay, we don't got this." Miroku said five minutes later. "Somebody call an electrician."
"'Bout time." Ayame chimed, pulling out her cell phone. She dialed information, then asked for a nearby electrician. Sango was still sitting on the counter, Indian style, bouncing her legs.
"You have a problem over there, Happy McSeizure?" InuYasha asked her.
"Shut up, InuYasha." Sango responded.
"I'm just concerned about the well being of my friend." InuYasha said fakely.
"Well, shut up." Sango repeated.
"Huffy." InuYasha commented.
"I'm not huffy!" Sango screamed.
"Whoa, hold up. Take a chill pill, both of you." Miroku played monk and tried to get the two to calm down. "Sango, what's the matter?"
"Yash won't leave me alone." She huffed.
"Other than that." Miroku said.
"She's bouncing around like a kangaroo over there." InuYasha butted in.
"And that's a problem because?" Sango wondered.
"It's annoying me." He said back.
"Both of you shut up!" Miroku shouted. An awkward silence fell over them all.
"He started it." Sango blamed.
"Shut up." Miroku repeated.
"Excuse me?" Sango rose an eyebrow.
"I don't wanna hear a single word from either of you until the power's back on." Miroku demanded. "I mean it. Or I'll mess with your head."
"How?" InuYasha questioned.
"Like, what if there is no color? What if just your perception of colors, are just what you think they are. I could say your shirt is blue, but it's clearly red. But colors don't exist, InuYasha. Colors don't exist." He spoke monotonically, as if to seep each word deep inside InuYasha. For a moment, InuYasha was unmoved. Then, a split moment later, he looked down at his shirt, then over at a poster, then scanned the entire room. He sighed, and decided to remain quiet.
"But you wouldn't do that to me." Sango said, still bouncing.
"Sango," He started, coming to her, "If a faucet was broken, it would keep dripping. Drip. Drip. Drip. But someone could come along and fix it, right? But no one does. Faucets always drip. Like this one, for example. Ours never stops dripping. Drip. Drip. Drip. But we just ignore it. It's just a faucet. It's just water. Drip. Drip. Dr-"
"Shut up!" Sango screamed covering her ears. Miroku cocked an eyebrow at her, then walked away, satisfied, unaware of what her real problem was. Ayame turned around, not finding anything in her drawer to satisfy her attention. She noticed her friend on the counter between the front and the kitchen.
"Why are you bouncing?" She asked. Sango, not wanting to get terrorized by her boyfriend again, didn't answer. She just turned to face her fiery friend. Sighing, Sango reluctantly whispered something in Ayame's ear. "Really?"
"Yea, and I can't." Sango added.
"Why not?" Ayame asked.
"Because the power's out, and we're on well water." Sango said.
"Right." Ayame nodded.
"I don't know how much longer I can last." Sango said. Someone came up from behind her.
"Drip. Drip. Drip. Why do we just let faucets drip? Why? Are we that lazy? They keep dripping, pooling in the sink. Making puddles. Drip. Drip. Drip. Faucets-" Miroku spoke into her ear.
"Miroku!" Sango screamed.
"What? You were talking." Miroku defended.
"I was talking to Ayame." Sango rebutted.
"I don't care. I told you to be quiet." Miroku said.
"Well, I'm telling you to leave me alone." Sango said.
"She has a problem." Ayame told Miroku.
"What?" Miroku wondered.
"Don't tell him." Sango whined to Ayame.
"I figured he could help." Ayame defended.
"Fine." Sango agreed reluctantly.
"What is it?" Miroku repeated.
"She, um. Has to go to the bathroom." Ayame said.
"Then go?" Miroku suggested.
"I can't." Sango said, not looking at him.
"Why not?" Miroku asked.
"Because, we're on well water." Ayame said.
"Right." Miroku remembered. "Why don't you go outside?"
"'Cuz I'm not a dude." Sango responded. "I don't pee on buildings."
"What about going somewhere else?" Ayame suggested.
"We're on like, restaurant lane. Any place I walk into and ask to use the bathroom, I get 'sorry, paying customers only.'" Sango played out the scenario.
"Good point. These are all sit down restaurants." Ayame said.
"I'm sorry, San." Miroku consoled.
"It's partially your fault." Sango hissed.
"I'm sorry, I didn't know." Miroku said. Sango rolled her eyes. The door opened, someone making there way in.
"We're closed." Ayame said, a tad too aggressively.
"I'm the from electrical company. Nori Oni." The man said.
"Back here." Koga called. Miroku led Nori to where the wires were split. He began to examine the wires and the hole.
"How long do you think it'll take?" Miroku asked.
"Well, at least an hour, as my taking. Maybe less, maybe more." Nori answered.
"Okay." Miroku nodded. He went back to Sango as Nori began to work. "Do you think you can wait that long?" He asked Sango.
"I don't know." Sango said, bringing one leg over the other.
"What's the matter?" Koga came over, followed by InuYasha.
"Do not tell them." Sango threatened quietly to Ayame and Miroku.
"Okay." Miroku whispered back. Ayame nodded.
"Nothing." Ayame said.
"Am I allowed to talk?" InuYasha asked.
"Sure, as long as you don't harass Sango." Miroku said.
"Thank you." InuYasha said. "And my shirt is red." He said confidently.
"Or is it?" Miroku asked.
"Shut up." InuYasha growled. Sango moaned under her breath, holding her midsection.
"She kicking?" Koga questioned her actions.
"Yeah. Hard." Sango gasped. She could feel the sweat on her brow.
"Seriously, why are you bouncing?" InuYasha questioned.
"It helps the baby." Sango lied.
"Bouncing your legs helps the baby?" InuYasha asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Yes?" Sango questioned herself. "Shut up." She rolled her eyes.
"I know what's wrong." Koga announced softly.
"No you don't." Sango said, eyes wide.
"You," He came to her, "are nervous."
"Oh, darn, you figured it out." Sango spoke sarcastically.
"Sherlock Holmes." Koga pointed to himself.
"Oh! Can I be Watson?" InuYasha shouted.
"Do you guys have running water?" Nori asked, coming to Miroku.
"No, we're on well water, and now that the power's out. No water at all." Miroku answered.
"I see." Nori said. "Well, the wires are going to take a bit longer than anticipated. I'll get back." He turned back around and continued working on the wires.
"Great." Sango said sardonically.
"I'm sorry." Ayame whispered. "And now that it's the subject on hand, I kinda have to pee, too." She admitted.
"I get first dibs." Sango demanded.
"I know, I know." Ayame said.
"Gosh, this is so embarrassing." Sango dropped her head.
"What?" InuYasha wondered.
"Do you think you can make it?" Miroku asked again.
"Not with her kicking like this." Sago said, head still down.
"What do you wanna do?" Miroku asked.
"I don't know." Sango said.
"Try stretching, it might help the muscles." Miroku told her.
"I'm not gonna risk it." Sango told him.
"Seriously, what's going on?" InuYasha asked again.
"Whatever you say." Miroku shrugged to Sango. She looked up at him.
"I can wait." She assured. Miroku rolled his eyes.
Despite the fact there was no running water, the faucet was still dripping from excess water in the pipe. Like Miroku had said, it was making a puddle, pooling in the sink. Water. Drip. Drip. Drip. It was driving Sango crazy.
"Sango, you want something to drink?" Koga asked.
"No." Sango said, a bit too fast. Ayame gave the same response, but not as fast as Sango had. Koga proceeded to pour a glass of Coke for himself, InuYasha, and Miroku. It was room temperature, being in the store room to be put into the fridge later on, but it was quenching nonetheless. The three slurped their beverages up, to the annoyance of Sango, and Koga poured more for himself and Miroku. InuYasha denied a second glass. In the silence of the small restaurant, Sango could hear the beverage pouring into the cups and foaming up. Along with the dripping faucet, the entire restaurant was torture.
"How are you holding up?" Miroku came to her and asked.
"Fine. Just leave me be." She said, turning away from him.
"Okay." Miroku said, then took a slurp of Coke.
"That's it, I'm peeing outside." Sango announced, loud enough for the entire group to hear, then jumped off the counter, making a sprint for the door.
"What'd she just say?" Koga asked.
"You heard her." Miroku said, taking another sip of Coke nonchalantly.
/
Five minutes later, Sango still hadn't returned into the restaurant.
"Is she okay?" Miroku wondered.
"I can go check on her." Ayame said. She left at that. Exiting the building, she called out for Sango, but there wasn't a response. She went over into the alley behind the restaurant, and there was no sign of Sango there either.
"Sango?" Ayame called. She decided since she was back there she might as well go to the bathroom. She unbuckled her belt and undid her jeans, sliding them down her legs. She then squatted against the wall and sighed in relief. Standing up, she slipped back on her pants, and went to walk back into the restaurant. But as she walked back over to the sidewalk, she was nearly tackled to the ground by a police officer.
"Can I help you?" She asked him. (A/N In hindsight, that wasn't her best choice of words)
"Yes, you can. You're under arrest for public urination." The officer turned Ayame around and handcuffed her, guiding her into a police car.
"What the Hell? That's not a law." Ayame rebutted.
"Yes it is. It's considered a minor offense." The officer responded. He closed the door once Ayame was in.
"Hi Ayame." A familiar voice said unenthusiastically. Ayame looked over and saw Sango sitting next to her.
"Hi Sango." Ayame said casually, then looked forward to the officer as he got in the car and began to drive. "Wait, Sango?" Ayame questioned herself. She turned back. "You too?" She asked. Sango nodded. Ayame looked back to the officer. "You pervert. What do you do all day? Spy on women who can't find a bathroom?"
"No." The man responded. "Now, be quiet, or you'll be in more trouble."
"Public urination. That's the dumbest thing I ever heard." Ayame lent back and commented.
"I know." Sango agreed. She addressed the officer. "I'm pregnant! I should get the power to pee wherever the Hell I like." She said.
"Hush up, I mean it." The officer warned. Sango slumped back, like Ayame had moments before.
"What are we gonna do?" Ayame whispered to Sango.
"It's like you've never been arrested before." Sango glanced to her red headed friend.
"I haven't." Ayame rebutted.
"That's right, you're a good girl." Sango said.
"Am not." Ayame retorted.
"You haven't been arrested." Sango reminded.
"Well, that doesn't mean anything." Ayame said.
"If you haven't been to jail, you're a good girl." Sango explained her way of thinking.
"Please." Ayame scoffed. "I just haven't been caught."
"Doing what?" Sango questioned.
"Stuff." Ayame said.
"What stuff?" Sango asked.
"Bad stuff." Ayame lied.
"Can it." Sango rolled her eyes. "We're getting out of here. Follow my lead and don't say a word." Ayame nodded. Sango leaned forward to get the attention of the officer driving the car.
"I hate to be a bother, but unless you want throw up all over the back of the car, I'd suggest you pull over. As you remember, I'm the pregnant one." Sango spoke.
"Roll down the window." The officer said.
"How'm I supposed to do that? I'm handcuffed." Sango retorted. She then pretended to gag.
"Okay, okay, I'm pulling over." The officer pulled the car over to the curb and helped Sango out of the car. She doubled over, gagging. The officer kept a close eye on her, as she gagged, and had lacked to close the door of the car. Ayame got the hint, and snuck out quietly, behind the car as Sango kept coughing.
"Are you gonna puke or not?" The officer urged. Sango stood straight up, looking at the man, sympathy in her eyes.
"I think I'm fine now. But the other girl got away." Sango spoke. She pointed in the car the best she could with her hands behind her back.
"What?" The officer shouted in shock.
"She ran that way." Sango acknowledged the opposite way that Ayame was, the way of the station.
"Towards the station? Amateur." The officer commented.
"Maybe you should run now. She's probably gonna cut off in the neighborhood up there." Sango suggested.
"Get in the car." The officer said. Sango doubled over again, coughing.
"I think-" She gagged. "I'm gonna puke. Maybe you should go without me." She coughed.
"I don't think so. You're just coughing. You'll survive. Get in the car." The officer demanded. This called for drastic measures. Sango doubled down, kneeling her knee up into her gut, a trick she'd used before. She then was able to throw up. She moaned, and continued gagging, hoping to get the man to run off without her. She'd done it before, a few times actually, and it was hard, but worth it.
"Ma'am, please, can you get in the car now?" The officer asked. Sango shook her head, choked up some spit and continued gagging.
"Just go get her. I promise I'll be here, when you get back. At this rate, I'll be puking for another hour," She said, then forced herself to throw up again. The officer sighed.
"You better be here," He inquired for her name.
"Mariko Tanaka." Sango lied. Rule number one when running from police: use a fake name. "I'm, on vacation from up north." Rule number two: Have an alibi ready. She gagged again.
"I have your information down, young lady, and if your not here when I return, you're in big trouble." Sango rolled her eyes. She's heard that before. Then, the officer reluctantly got into his car and drove off quickly, Ayame jumping off into a bush as he drove. Sango kept doubled for a minute, until the car was out of site. She then regained her composure.
"You can get out of the bush, now, Ayame." Sango said.
"Okay, Mariko." Ayame joked, getting out of the shrubbery.
"What? I've done this more than once, you know." Sango shrugged. "I've been arrested, eighteen times. But Sango Taijiya has only been arrested twice. It would have been once but at one point it was the same cop twice and he remembered me, so yea."
"But don't they take mug shots?" Ayame asked as the two began walking back to the restaurant.
"Well, yes. But they never bring them back up unless they know you're name." Sango said.
"Who bailed you out?" Ayame asked.
"Other members of a gang. Or my current boyfriend." Sango answered.
"Oh." Ayame nodded.
"You've never done something illegal?" Sango speculated.
"Well, I've peed on a building." Ayame said.
"I mean something's that's really illegal. Like, something the cops should be worried about." Sango rephrased.
"No." Ayame shook her head and spoke with obviousness in her pitched voice. Sango smirked. The roads weren't busy at all, which didn't surprise the two. This part of Tokyo is rarely busy around sunset. Most people are either working or at home.
"How'd you get yourself to throw up like that?" Ayame asked out of the blue.
"I know a few tricks. Like I said, I've done this more than once. I've had to pull the 'I'm about to throw up' trick a few times. I've escaped the cops more times then I can count." Sango said.
"Really?" Ayame asked.
"It's not like it's hard." Sango said. "It's harder to get these damn handcuffs off." Sango said, shaking the metal behind her back.
"Yea, and my nose itches." Ayame added.
"Once we get back to the restaurant, the guys can cut off them off. Hopeful-" She paused suddenly.
"What?" Ayame asked.
"I have to pee again." Sango said. "Fuck pregnancy." Ayame's eyes widened at Sango's confession.
"Really?" She asked.
"Yeah, I do." Sango nodded.
"Well, we're a good twenty minute walk from the restaurant, do you think you can make it?" Ayame asked.
"What if the power isn't back on?" Sango said.
"Good point. Maybe you should go over there in the forest." Ayame suggested.
"How'm I sposed to get my pants down?" Sango asked.
"Follow me. You're good at breaking out of prison, but I'm good at breaking out of embarrassing situations." Ayame stated smugly.
"Where were you when I needed you?" Sango asked as she followed Ayame down into the forest, out of sight of the road. Ayame turned around.
"Come closer, and get the buckle of your pants where my hands are." Ayame instructed. Sango did as so and after a short and awkward confrontation, Sango's pants were unbuckled, and she was able to slip them down to her mid thigh.
"Ayame, I love you." Sango said as she lent against a tree.
"No problem. Just pee fast." Ayame said. Before long Sango was done.
"Okay, captain genius, how do we get my pants back up?" Sango inquired. Without saying a word, Ayame was able to somehow pull Sango's pants up and get them buckled.
"Well that was awkward." Sango said as the two started walking again.
"Don't think too much of it." Ayame assured.
"I know, I know. It's just, for like ten seconds my mind was lesbo." Sango commented, a slight blush on her cheeks. Ayame stopped in her tracks. "Is there a problem?" Sango asked quickly. Ayame was trying not to burst out laughing from Sango's comment.
"Sorry, sorry," The red head managed, stifling her giggles, and caught up with her friend.
"Oh, ha ha." Sango rolled her eyes.
"I'm sorry." Ayame said, still chuckling as she spoke. She sighed. "Do you think that cop's gonna come back for us?" She asked.
"It'll be at least ten more minutes before he realizes that your not in that neighborhood." Sango said.
"But won't he go to the station and call a search team?" Ayame wondered.
"Not for a minor offense. That's when I knew we were on the safety line. Cops here don't care about minor offenses." Sango said. "Believe me."
"Okay." Ayame agreed with a nod. The pair came up on another intersection, and they crossed quickly, avoiding a car.
"We're getting there." Ayame commented, breaking the silence between the two.
"Yea." Sango agreed.
"The guys will never let us live this down." Ayame said.
"You bet." Sango nodded. She looked down to her belly, where her tiny baby was actively flipping. "She needs to take a break in there." Sango said.
"What do you mean?" Ayame asked.
"She won't stop flipping, and it's hurting my back." Sango said.
"How does it hurt your back?" Ayame wondered.
"Well, the doctor was saying that she's resting more back, that's why I haven't 'popped.' So when she goes and does a flip, it tends to hurt my back more." Sango explained. "And these damn handcuffs aren't helping." She added. Ayame nodded.
"Don't worry, there's most likely something at the restaurant to chop these things off." She said.
"It'd be better to get them unlocked, unless you're into the whole bracelet look." Sango said. "By cutting the chain the best you do is make two clunky pieces of nineties jewelry."
"How do you suppose we unlock them?" Ayame asked obviously.
"You have bobby pins in you hair, don't you?" Sango inquired, a smug smile on her face.
/
"Where on Earth did they go?" Koga wondered.
"You'd think they went to pee in China." InuYasha commented.
"Now, now, give the girls some privacy." Miroku said.
"You aren't the least bit worried about your girlfriend?" Koga asked.
"Well," Miroku started, a hand to his chin in thought. "I guess I should be." He concluded.
"Duh." Koga commented.
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The girls finally made it back to the restaurant. When Sango went to open the door, she found it locked.
"You don't think they left, do you?" Sango asked to Ayame, who tried the door.
"No. They probably locked it so no one else would come in." Ayame pounded on the door. "Let us in, you bastards!" She shouted.
/
Inside, the guys heard a pounding from the door.
"Someone's at the door." Koga said.
"Leave it." InuYasha stated, figuring it was a customer, and the power was still out.
"Let us in, you bastards!" They heard a familiar voice shout from the door.
"That's Ayame." Koga said blandly. He went to the door, and opened it up.
"What happened?" Miroku asked, coming to the door.
"We'll tell you in a minute. For now, listen closely. One of you morons take a bobby pin out of Ayame's hair and undo these God forsaken handcuffs. Just slip the narrow end into the the keyhole." Sango said sternly.
"That's what she said." InuYasha whispered to Koga, who snickered.
"Shut up, you two." Ayame hissed.
"Sorry." InuYasha forced himself to stop smiling. Miroku pulled one of Ayame's pins out of her red hair, then attempted at unlocking the handcuffs.
"It's not working, San." Miroku said. Sango sighed.
"You're not doing it right." Sango huffed.
"That's what she said." InuYasha said to Koga again, who laughed again.
"Shut up." Sango yelled.
"It's too hard to see in the dark." Miroku said.
"Do you have anything to cut the chain, then I can get it. I've done it plenty of times, light or dark." Sango said.
"What can cut handcuffs?" Miroku asked.
"Pliers? Or something along that line?" Sango asked.
"Umm, we can ask the electrician dude." Koga said.
"Okay." Sango nodded. Koga stood for a moment, waiting. "Now." Sango said, obviously.
"Oh, now!" Koga said, then walked over to Nori. He came back with a pair of wire cutters. "Will these work?" He asked.
"Give them a shot." Sango said, turning her back to him. Koga came to her with the cutters, then she stopped him.
"Wait, I don't trust you without some sort of protection around me. Give them to Miroku." Sango said.
"Here." Koga handed them over to his raven haired friend. Miroku stepped behind Sango and slipped the wire cutters over the chain of the cuffs, then yanked them in an attempt at a cut.
"Careful," She started loudly, "my scars." She mumbled the last part, only loud enough for Miroku to hear. He decided not to say anything at the moment, and gave another attempt at the chain after apologizing. On his second attempt, the chain snapped, and Sango was free.
"Thanks, Roku." Sango leaned up and gave him a passionate kiss on his lips.
"What about me? I'm still over here in handcuffs." Ayame chimed.
"That's what-" InuYasha started.
"If you say 'that's what she said' one more time, I'll make sure both of you are never able to have kids." Sango threatened. InuYasha and Koga back away simultaneously in fear. Sango grabbed the bobby pin and was able to unlock Ayame's handcuffs with ease. She then was able to uncuff her 'bracelets' that were left when Miroku cut the chain in hers.
"So, what happened?" Koga asked, now that the handcuffs were off.
"We got arrested." Ayame said casually.
"Why do say that as if it's a normal everyday thing?" Koga asked.
"It is for me." Sango commented, making all eyes turn to her.
"Anyways, what happened?" Miroku asked, coming back from returning the wire cutters to Nori.
"We got arrested for peeing on a building." Ayame said.
"What?" The three guys asked in unison.
"Apparently it's a minor offense." Sango said.
"How the Hell did you get away?" Miroku asked, making sure to keep quiet to make sure that Nori didn't hear.
"Magic." Ayame said, grabbing a fortune cookie from the box of them on the counter. "Why is it still dark?"
"How did you get away from the cops?" InuYasha asked.
"We distracted him, then lied to him. Then tricked him. He's gone now." Sango said, biting into half of the cookie Ayame was holding. "I've done these things before. The moment he said 'minor offense' I knew we were off the hook." Sango said.
"You guys are crazy." Koga said.
"Well, yeah." Ayame agreed. She looked at the fortune. "Hey Sango, apparently we 'never run away from danger. We face true to ourselves.'" Ayame read the slip of paper.
"Screw that." Sango said. Miroku stepped to her. She smiled.
"I'm glad you're safe." He said, placing a gentle kiss on her lips. "But I have one question."
"What's that?" Sango wondered.
"Why on Earth, did you pull to InuYasha, then try to kiss him?" He asked. Sango smirked.
"Just to see you'd get jealous. And you did."