A/N: Yey! You guys liked the last chapter! You didn't forget me! big grin I'm feeling much, much better and thanks to everyone who sent out their 'get well's. I'm just on cloud nine from the reviews I got, so, I think I'll just stop it here…I can't think of anything else I want to say right now… :-}
About the chapter: Okay, so this chapter is kind of…well, not pointless, but just necessary to move the story along, I guess.
Disclaimer: sigh If I owned him, do you really think I'd be writing fanfic?!? NO. It would be called, writing a screenplay, and it'd be going to some nice voice actors and incredibly talented artists who would be drawing it up in little papers and making it move so that it would show up on the screen and it would probably STILL BE PLAYING ON ADULT SWIM SO THAT I COULD GET MY FREAKIN' FIX!!! clears throat uhm…that is all.
Rating: Oh, yeah…it's probably a little late for this, but this fic might not necessarily be PG-13 anymore. It might be moderate R because of language and adult situations.
Not that those situations are citrus fruits of any kind yet (no, it's not a promise that I will, just that I might, but I probably won't, but you know what they say, "never say never" because it might end up…oh, you get the point.) but because of the drinking and the clubbing, and mostly because it's stuff I wouldn't want my baby sister to read about…if I had one, which I don't. Maybe NC-17? Wait…is that higher than R? Well, whatever. I don't know much about ratings, anyway. I wouldn't necessarily call it R, though, but maybe that's just because I'm jaded. Well, whatever, it's got colorful language in it and adult like themes, so…you be the judge, it's on your head, don't go running to tell your mommy you learned the language and behavior from Emania cause I'll stomp on you. (See? Violence.)
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Chapter 9: One Way Or Another"One way or another I'm gonna lose ya / I'm gonna give you the slip, a slip of the lip or another / I'm gonna lose ya, I'm gonna trick ya"
-One Way Or Another, Blondie
Kagome had stalked all the way to the bar and had ordered a shot of tequila by the time Sango found her.
"So, how'd it…" Sango trailed off as Kagome took the shot in one gulp and slammed the small glass on the bar as she swallowed, grimacing on the slice of lemon. She watched as Kagome spit out the lemon and chucked it into the garbage can on the other side of the bar. "That bad, huh?"
"That…that…" Kagome faltered, her voice lost in barely controlled rage, and motioned for another shot. She took it in her hand but Sango's hand covered it before she could take it.
"What happened?"
"He thinks I'm his personal jewel detector and that it gives him the right to tell me what to do!" Kagome exploded, forgetting the shot. "I won't let him, Sango, I can't!"
"Kagome," Sango started, but was interrupted by the appearance of Yuka, Ayumi, and Eri…en masse.
"Kagome!" they all exclaimed at once.
"We've been looking everywhere for you!" Yuka exclaimed, taking Kagome's hands in hers. "You're not going to believe…"
"We're getting into Gash!" Eri pre-empted her friend.
Yuka glared at the slightly inebriated girl but then went back to grinning at Kagome.
"Gash?" Kagome asked, her frown slowly turning into a grin as a thought entered her mind. "You're kidding! How?"
"Jackie just told us that Ping's at the door," Ayumi explained, just slightly more calm. "But he'll only be there for another hour, he's covering for some other guy," Eri added, practically bouncing in her joy.
"Then we've gotta go!" Kagome grinned, looking at Sango. "We're going!" she announced. She turned back to the bar and drowned the shot, making a face as the tequila burned down her throat.
"I knew you'd be with us!" Yuka chanted. "Let's go!"
Sango didn't like the look on Kagome's face. It was a look that bred trouble, a look that said she was getting tired of just dealing with what she got dealt and was seriously considering doing some of the dealing herself. "We're going where?" Sango asked, suspiciously.
"Not home," Kagome winked. She led Sango toward the exit along with her friends. "We're going to another club, just down the street some, it's called Gash."
Sango made a face. "It doesn't sound like a pleasant place," she commented as they fought their way to the doors.
Kagome laughed. "It's only *the* hottest club around." She shrugged. "It's a different type of music, and a slightly different crowd, but it'll be a new experience, definitely."
Sango took her jacket which the man behind the counter handed her when she produced her ticket. She knew there was something about this she should be objecting to, but she felt too damn good to think of what it was. And the thought of continuing the adventure seemed like just the trick. Still, a place called Gash? She put on her jacket and shrugged. "Okay, sure."
There was a cry of joy at her declaration from Yuka, Eri, and Ayumi. They wound their arms around Sango's arms and waist and started to lead her out the door, Kagome on the other side of her.
"We like you, Sango," Yuka said seriously. "You're up for new experiences."
Eri frowned suddenly, stopping the procession just as they punched the button for the elevator. "Oi, Kagome," she called, squeezing in next to her. "What about the guys?" she asked, clearly disappointed.
"Yeah," Yuka piped up. "Shouldn't we tell them where we're going?"
Kagome shook her head. "They'll find me," she answered.
"Without us telling them where we're going?" Ayumi asked. "That doesn't seem probable." She turned around as if looking for them.
Kagome stopped her with a hand on her arm. "Don't worry about them, they'll find me," she insisted.
"How?" Ayumi asked.
"Because he *always* does," Kagome said as if that should explain everything.
Ayumi and Yuka looked at each other significantly. "Really?" Ayumi prompted. "And how does *he* do that?"
Seeing as how Kagome's attention was presently being diverted between trying to help Eri put on her jacket when she couldn't find her sleeve and keeping the leering man at her side from seeing too much of her thigh as she half-chased, half-helped Eri on with the garmet, Kagome heard the question only with half of her conscious, through a haze of distractions. "Because he can smell me," she finally replied absently, glaring at the man at her side.
"He can…" Yuka started.
"What?" Ayumi finished.
"Uh," Sango spoke into the sudden silence of Kagome's friends. Kagome was still blissfully ignorant of the looks she was getting from her friends at her declaration, only of keeping Eri's clutching hand from pulling her own overcoat off her shoulder. "Oh, look!" Sango pointed ahead of her. "There's the elevator," she said as the doors slid soundlessly open. She started pulling the group toward the moving death box as Mirouku had so colorfully dubbed it.
Kagome finally looked at her friends, eyebrows raised in complete innocence at the sudden silence amongst them. "What?"
Eri looked up from picking at the sash that held her jacket closed. She smiled brilliantly. "I think they're yummy."
Sango somehow managed to withhold a groan. "So," she said smiling brightly. "What *exactly* is this place Gash like?" she asked as the doors closed behind them.
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A/N: Eheh…short chapter, huh? I hadn't realized how short it actually was…clears throat… damn cold…
Oh, yeah, I remember now…the dance scene is coming up next. I promise! It's already written. It might make it up to ff.net tonight. Notice I say might…it might not, seeing as how it's nearly midnight and I want to get a final edit done of it before I post it.
But anyway, hope you like, it's a little silly, I guess, but…oh, well, I didn't really think too much about this chapter, I just wrote it to get them from point A to point B. You guys'll understand why I needed to get them to a different club in the next chapter!
So…um…review! Make me happy!