Author's Note: This chapter is quite descriptive, I think. Hope you don't mind.

Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha or Copeland's or Subway

Heal Me

Chapter 13

Thursday afternoon everyone was hanging out at Kagome's house. "Everyone" included Sango, Miroku, Kouga, Ayame, InuYasha and Kagome. They had just eaten their afterschool lunch and were watching TV in the den.

"Hey Kagome, we should get our nails done today," Sango said.

"Yeah, and we should make hair appointments for tomorrow. Shouldn't we? Or should we just do our own hair?" Ayame asked.

"I think we should do our own hair to save time and money. I have curling irons, rollers, hair products, and flat irons. So we're set. I know how I want my hair; what about you guys?" Kagome said.

"I think I have an idea," Ayame said. She and Kagome turned to Sango.

"I'm not really sure," Sango said." I was planning on wearing it up somehow… but not how I normally do."

"How about you braid it and then twist the braid into a bun in the back. Then you braid the bangs on one side of your face and pin it behind your ear or in that general area or whatever," Kagome suggested.

"Yeah Sango, that'd be really pretty. The braided up-do may look really nice with your dress," Ayame said. That twinge of jealousy for Kagome was coming back again. 'Jeez. First Kouga likes her and pays no attention to me. Then she looks perfect in the dress she finds. Now she's giving great fashion and hair tips. Doesn't she have any flaws?' Ayame raged mentally. 'But…she's my friend. I shouldn't be thinking such awful things. But still…I just wish she would have something bad happen to her. Just so I can know that not everything's perfect in her life.'

Of course Ayame hadn't known about Kagome being raped by Naraku. The only people that knew were the ones who were involved. Kagome hadn't told anyone else. But her jealousy will cause Kagome a little more pain than she deserved; not that she deserved much in the first place.

"So Ayame, how exactly did you plan to do your hair?" Kagome asked her.

Ayame flinched, feeling guilty 'She's always so nice,' she thought. "Um…either just straight… or I'll braid it so I can let it down with some waves to it. But I know I wanted to wear it down," she responded.

"Hm. Waved or straight? It would look nice either way…" Kagome said thoughtfully. "What do you think Sango?"

"I think you should straighten it since in your usual pigtails your hair is wavy. But, then again… if you braid it the waves would be tighter and there will be more of them. That could be really pretty, especially if you put it in several small braids instead of just one big one. Yeah, so you should use the small braids and let it down wavy," Sango nodded.

"Alright, I'll do that," Ayame said.

"Okay! How 'bout we ditch the guys and go to a nail place that allows walk-ins. But first we should plan Friday out with them. Since we're doing our hair ourselves, we have one less thing to worry about," Kagome said. "...Yeah, let's do that," she said to herself.

Kagome, Sango, and Ayame all went into the kitchen to find the boys trying fruitlessly to appease their bottomless pits.

"Guys, really? We just ate when we got here after school. It wasn't that long ago," Kagome said, shaking her head at the superabundance of food wrappers and chip bags littering her kitchen.

"We were hungry," InuYasha mumbled around a mouthful of sour cream and onion chips.

"Yeah, I see," Kagome muttered. "Well, clean up this mess so we can plan tomorrow out. After we do that, we girls are going to find a nail parlor type thing."

"Okay," the boys said as they set to work on cleaning up the junk yard they had created. After the mess was gone the girls joined them at the table.

"Alright," Sango started, "school gets out at 2:40. We girls and you guys go our separate ways. Or actually, we could go eat together! I doubt they'll provide more than snacks, if any food at all, at the dance. So after school we all go out to eat. Where should we go?

"Copeland's!" Kagome exclaimed. "I like that Western, New Orleans style food. It's good."

"Okay, Copeland's everyone?" Sango asked. Ayame stayed silent and the boys gave noncommittal grunts. "Come on you guys! We have to plan this now so everything works out and we get to the dance at a good time! Now is everyone good with Copeland's or not?" Sango said, losing her patience.

"Yeah, sure," everyone but Sango and Kagome said.

"Alright then. Copeland's it is. How far away is it Kagome? If it's too far we have to go someplace else. The dance begins at eight. Actually… since we'll have five hours and 20 minutes, it should be fine, unless it's in another city. So how far?"

"It's about 40 minutes away," Kagome said.

"Okay, that's good. So right after school we go to Copeland's. Then we're dropped off here and the boys go wherever they go to get ready," Sango said.

"Whose car are we taking to Copeland's?" Kouga asked.

"I can get my dad's Lexus. That'll fit all of us comfortably," InuYasha said.

"Good. Alright so then after we get home it's just a matter of getting ready," Sango said.

"Great, so that's settled. Now let's go get our nails done. InuYasha, you guys can stay here. Just don't make too much of a mess. Our parents are coming back here around seven," Kagome said.

"Alright," InuYasha responded.

"Okay, let's go," Kagome said to Sango and Ayame.

The girls had been driving around in Sango's car for a while before they found a good nail place that allowed walk-ins. When their turns came they got manicures and pedicures. Sango got gel nails and polish on her hands. Her fingernails were painted a pinkish purple with a black strip lining the tips. She also got light green designs that were just lines flaring out like long grass from the sides of her nails. On her toes she got the same thing, except no gel and the designs were only on her big toes.

Kagome got a lovely burgundy color for her polish and gel nails on her fingers. She didn't get designs on her hands, but on her big toes she got designs similar to Sango's. Instead the color was silver and she got little dots that were placed in lines between the solid ones.

Ayame got gel nails with a very light pink color. It was almost the same color as her natural nails, just the tiniest bit pinker. She got a silver strip on the tip of her nails, but no other designs. On her toes she got the same pink color with flower designs on her big toes; there was one big flower in the middle of each toenail. The petals of the flowers were silver, and they had tiny centers that were the same emerald green as her dress.

After they finished being pampered and their nails dried completely, they went to eat Subway and then went back to Kagome's place.

Author's Note: Ayame needs to chill. Gosh. She's so annoying when she gets like that. Now she's gonna go and cause a whole bunch a trouble. Jeez, I mean, just go sit down somewhere. Shut up.

And I know those restauraunts aren't Japanese... and they probably don't even have them in Japan. Or maybe they do... Or maybe they have Subway, I doubt thay have Copeland's. Oh, how I love Copeland's. So good(:

Don't you think it's interesting how it's "we girls" instead of "us girls". I didn't know you'd say it like that until 7th grade. So it's like 'Toys R Us' It's supposed to be, as far as proper grammar goes, 'Toys R We'. Well, I just thought that was kind of interesting. Anyway...

The dance is most likely going to be in the next chapter. Please R&R.