"Sorry if we're kind of early. Have to set up. Eh, I guess you could help out by getting me a bottle of water to drink on stage. Otherwise you could get your dress dirty. Wait, there's Sango. You two could talk. Oi, Miroku! If you break another guitar case I'm gonna strangle you with a set of the strings!" InuYasha rushed off to greet the rest of the band.
Kagome and Sango watched as the students slowly filed into the gym. The two girls stood front row center to listen to the songs. The band struck a chord as the small crowd of high schoolers cheered.
"Glad to see you could all make it here tonight. We're going to open this thing and after that you can do whatever that crap you want. So here goes." InuYasha began to play as the rest of his group followed in. It was amazing to see him play with those claws and never cut a string. The band finished their thirty minute set and InuYasha had drank his entire bottle of water. He ran off to the bathroom and changed into his red haori and matching pants.
"That was great!" Kagome told him after he came back out.
"So what do you want to do? They've got games, food, dancing, and I heard they might do fireworks tonight." He asked as they walked down the little midway.
"I'd hoped to win something for my brother at one of the game booths." She replied as they stopped in front of one of the games. Kagome noticed it was dart throwing. She'd done that before and won. They had a little stuffed dog Souta would like. She went to lay her money down on the counter when InuYasha beat her to it.
"You are my date, which means it's my treat. Go on." She won the little dog easily and had Anami hold it for her until the festival was over. They wandered a little further and InuYasha noticed one booth had some nice paper fans you could win if you could catch one of the little goldfish with one of the fans. It was harder that it seemed but InuYasha knew hr could do it. He paid his fare a caught the goldfish on first try. Kagome selected a red fan to match her dress. They played games for a while, until it was time for fireworks.
They found a good spot outside and sat down at the bench that was et up. It was fairly warm out, but Kagome still shivered in her silk.
"You cold? Here." InuYasha took off his heavy haori and put it on Kagome. He was warm in his white shirt that went underneath the coat, and Kagome seemed warmer. He looked at her and realized he really liked her. A lot. More than just some friend, maybe. She stared back up at him. His face highlighted by moonlight, amber eyes glowing. They both leaned in when...
BANG! The two jumped back when a firework shot into the air. InuYasha cursed his bad luck as Kagome sat next to him and watched the fireworks. The show of fire in the sky was beautiful, though InuYasha thought it would have been better if they hadn't been scared crapless by that stupid rocket. He went inside to change into his concert clothes as Sango and Kagome met up again.
"Kagome, what's wrong? You look disappointed." Sango patted her friend's red clad back as the band mates climbed back onto the stage.
"N-nothing. Ooops! Here! InuYasha!" She tossed a fresh bottle of water up to him as he caught it expertly in one hand, the other remaining rested of the pickguard. She noticed the old guitar she had played with last week sitting on the stage. 'Wonder why?' She thought as InuYasha spoke into the microphone.
"These are our last songs of the night so I'd like to say thanks for coming and ask the Higurashi to get up here. Come on Kagome." She waved her arms no, but in vain. He grabbed her by the wrist and lifted her up next to him as easily as he had lifted a rag doll.
"Here." He muttered in her ear and took the haori off and tossed into the corner. "Might want to take off that fancy over coat too." She undid the ornate gold top, leaving only the yellow undertop on.
"What are you doing?!" She whispered to him, placing the jacket into Sango's waiting hands. InuYasha spoke into the microphone again.
"I taught Kagome a song last week and tonight she'll be our guest player. Give it up fot her!" He placed the guitar on over her shouldars and settled the strap on her."Might want to take this out" He murmered, pulling the pins and chopsticks out of her hair and giving them to Sango. Her raven hair flowed free.
"Why are you doing this to me?!" She muttered.
"To give you some...excitement." He smirked at her and begant he notes of the melody. It was a simple one with easy to remember words. Kagome knew it well even though it hadn't been that long since she learned.They played well and she even sang along to part of it. Afterwards he placed her back into the crowd of students.
"So that's what you did over the weekend! You were at his house when the snow hit! No wonder you wouldn't tell me!" Sango gushed. Kagome was about to give a smart remark when InuYasha spoke again.
"This is the last song and I want to dedicate it to Kagome. She was pretty brave to play up here eventhough she's only just learning. And this was the song that she caught me playing over the weekend and since she liked it I decided it would make a good closing song." He took a drink of water and began... "I got no regret right now..."