Sorry that this is out so late! ^_^() My computer got a virus plus I
haven't exactly been in the update mood. This chapter is just OKAY (mainly
because of my limited knowledge of surefire ways hook up two people who
hate each other) but still read it. My plans might be whack, but if you
have any suggestions, please put them in your reviews.
Sidebar: The Suspicious Meeting in the Library
Sai and Kamilyn exchanged looks as Sango continued to rant about Miroku and his 'idiotic idea of fun'. Of course, they wanted to comment on the fact that she had agreed to participate in his 'idiotic idea of fun', but a mad Sango is not a very nice Sango, therefore, they kept to that thought to themselves in fear of their lives.
After going halfway through lunch of hearing Sango's angry rantings, Sai interrupted her before she could say one more thing about him. "Sango, I'm sick of hearing about him. Can we please talk about something else?" she asked with an exasperated sigh.
Sango blinked once, then twice and looked around. "Huh? Oh, sorry Sai. I'm sure you guys are tired of hearing me complain. So, you guys wanna go to the movies tonight?"
"Tonight? Nah--- the theatres are always too crowded on Fridays for my tastes." Kamilyn shook her head.
Sango looked at her a bit incredulously. "It never bothered you before."
Kamilyn looked at Sai for help. "I wouldn't be able to go anywhere anyway. I'm going to the library to do some research on historical legends." Sai said.
Kamilyn and Sango exchanged confused looks. "What?" they both asked at once.
Sai took another bite of her cookie. "I said--- I'm going to the library tonight, so I can't come."
"Oh." They both murmured; it was always best to just nod and pretend like you understood when it came to Sai. Sai nudged Kamilyn in her side. "Oh, yeah, well if Sai can't go, then I don't want to go. Why don't we just go some other time?"
Sango rolled her eyes at her friends. "You two are unbelievable. Whatever. Call me when you're schedules are cleared." Sango got up and exited the lunchroom.
Kamilyn sighed as Sai slung her arm around her shoulder. "Are you sure we're doing the right thing?"
"Of course we are! She's totally gonna thank us for this five years down the road." Sai said.
~*~*~*~*~
Miwa and Jin rolled their eyes as Miroku walked away, in pursuit of yet another female. "Let's face it, Jin. Miroku has always been a player. He always will be a player. He's never had a serious, steady relationship."
"Miwa, Miwa, Miwa." Jin shook his finger in his face. "All imperfections are meant to be perfected. It's not as if Sango-san is an ugly woman; she's far, far from it. And Miroku can't resist a pretty face, so he's automatically drawn to her. Kamilyn-san and Sai-san will bring Sango-san around. You and I will work our magic, and- BAM! We've got the sweetest couple this side of Tokyo!"
Miwa seemed unaffected by Jin's little speech, however. "You do realize that we'll need to do some intricate planning to pull this off. Matching- making those two will be harder than others."
"Then intricate shall be our plans!" Jin exclaimed. He slapped Miwa on his back playfully. "Dude, they're so meant for each other! You've just got to trust our scheming!"
"If you say so, man." Miwa rolled his eyes and noticed that Miroku had returned to their lunch table, a goofy grin on his face. "What's with you?"
"He got her number." Jin answered immediately, recognizing Miroku's lopsided expression.
"Nope." Miroku said. "I got her number, a date, and a kiss!" Miroku smiled. "So, uh, whatever you two were hoping to do tonight, I'll have to cancel because I've got a date tonight with American transfer student Heather Morales."
"Oh rats." Miwa drawled. "And I was hoping we could hang tonight. Oh well." He shrugged.
"Sorry guys, but I'll call you when I'm home for the details." Miroku ran off to who knows where.
"Well, that takes care of this evening. That pea-brain just unconsciously gave us clearance to plot to hook him up with Sango Tajiya." Jin shrugged and they continued to eat their lunch.
~*~*~*~*~
It seemed to take forever, but 5:30 came and Sai and Kamilyn, as well as Jin and Miwa all headed to the library to plot to hook up their best friends. Sai and Kamilyn were talking about different ideas when Jin poked his head out from behind the aisle behind them. "Komban wa, Sai-san, Kamilyn-san." Jin bowed.
"Yeah, yeah, Jin, whatever." Kamilyn rolled her eyes. "Look, are we gonna do this or not? We're limited to two months to get them together. Knowing Sango, it won't be an easy two months."
Miwa decided immediately that he liked Kamilyn. "Finally, someone else who's able to see through Jin's bullshit." Miwa sat across from Kamilyn, and Jin across from Sai.
"Okay. Where to start?" Sai sighed.
"Well, first we have to convince them to stay in the same room without starting World War 3." Jin started.
"And if there's one guaranteed way to do that, is the friend's by association rule." Kamilyn pointed to Sai who immediately pulled out a pen and notebook. "Take note's on this. Idea number 1: Friends by association. Me and Sai are Sango's best friends, and You and Jin are Miroku's best friend. If we're friends, then they're friends."
"But there's no way to guarantee that if we hang together, then they will too. They're both too stubborn." Jin interjected.
"Ah, but I wasn't finished. You see, if we were---more than friends--- they'll be forced to tolerate each other." Kamilyn said.
Sai suddenly stopped taking notes and turned to look at the girl next to her. "Are you suggesting that we pretend to be dating?" she asked incredulously.
"Yup." Kamilyn nodded. "Pretend, I mean!" she added as an afterthought.
"I like the way you think, girl!" Sai exclaimed as she wrote this down.
Jin and Miwa exchanged looks. "But waitaminute. I don't see how this is supposed to work." Jin said.
"Oh ye of little brain." Sai rolled her eyes. "Here's an example of how this works; let's say that we all went to the movies as couples and invited our best friends. It'd sort of be like a double date with guests. While we're all paired up and squared away, they'll be the odd ones out. Knowing Sango, she'd rather die than sit with nothing to do or no one to talk to. And knowing Miroku," she rolled her eyes, "he'll naturally talk to any pretty girl within his line of vision. So there, that's one."
Miwa nodded. "I sorta see what they're saying. But who's gonna be with who?"
"We'll take care of that later." Sai waved. "For our next plan, I think I can handle this one. Isn't Mr. Marshall taking applicants for the beautification committee?"
Jin nodded. "Yeah, me and Miroku and Miwa were going to sign up to get some more service learning hours."
"So were we." Sai nodded. "So, what I propose, is to make up one team; as in all of us working together. We of course won't tell them about it until the right time. There's a limit of ten people per team, so we should be good. But we'd better get our application in soon."
"That's a pretty good idea, Sai-san." Jin complimented.
"Please, just call me Sai." Sai blushed but looked down to write.
"Right." Jin murmured. "Ahem. I think I've got an idea. How about a few coincidental meetings? Arranged by yours truly, of course."
"What did you have in mind?" Kamilyn asked.
"Well," Jin started slyly, "If they just 'happened; to bump into each other at someplace like the mall."
"But what would keep them together?" Miwa asked.
"That's where we come in. If we 'lose' them while we're on one of those double date with guests thingies you two were talking about, they'll be forced to stick together to find us." Jin explained.
"Good idea, except for one thing." Sai interjected quickly. "Since it's a mall they know, they'll be able to split up to look for us. Sango knows the place like the back of her hand and there are a limit of places we can go; she'll find us within ten minutes. That's not enough too long."
Jin scowled at his idea being flawed. "Actually, Jin's idea is credible. And they just built a new mall right outside of town. It's supposed to be one of the hugest malls in Japan. They'd be forced to stick together in there." Kamilyn suggested.
Jin smiled in satisfaction. "Okay then. My plan works!"
"Oh, if all else fails. The 'he said, she said' method always causes confusion. They trust, their dearest friends. Why should they go against anything we say?" Sai said.
"Well maybe because we're currently in the library plotting to get them together." Miwa suggested wryly.
"Well, yeah. But the point is-"
"What they don't know won't hurt them." Jin cut Sai off.
"That was totally uncanny." Kamilyn commented.
"Okay, only one thing left to do." Sai set down her notebook. "And that is, to choose who will be 'pretend dating' who!" she said enthusiastically. "Look, we can it do it fair." She the hat off her head and set it in the middle of the table before ripping a piece of paper into four small shreds of paper. "Everyone write their names down. And put it in the hat." She instructed and they all passed the pencil around, writing their names. After all four slips were in the hat, Sai said, "Okay, we only need one person to draw since it's four people, so Jin, you go."
Jin grinned at being picked and stuck his hand in the hat, fishing around for a paper. He pulled it out with a smug grin and opened it. "MIWA?!" He practically yelled, and the librarian from two aisles over looked about ready to murder him. "I mean--- Miwa? Nuh-uh, there's no way I'm pretending to date a guy." He tossed the paper back into the hat and indignantly crossed his arms.
Miwa rolled his eyes. "Fine, I'll do it." He stuck his hand in and pulled out, "Kamilyn." He shrugged.
Kamilyn smiled. "Goody. I got the sensible one!"
"Guess me and Jin are dating, then." She looked rather pleased compare to her tone. "It's not so bad. Jin's sort of like me!" she squealed in delight.
"Oh god." Kamilyn murmured. "We just got two of the same people together. Just imagine two Jins and two Sais. Oh the horror." Kamilyn sweatdropped.
"Just think of it this way," Miwa shrugged though he too was sweatdropping. "It's only pretend."
Again, apologies for this chapter being out so late; my computer had that internet virus and I couldn't use it for a number of days. Even though I think this chapter was halfway bad, you've gotta review, so get to it! Also, I must sadly announce that I'm going on hiatus for a while. And not just with this story, all the others I have. Sorry, but I start school next week and this year I have to start off real good or whatever.. so um, send any flames and complaints to Ariella.
Sidebar: The Suspicious Meeting in the Library
Sai and Kamilyn exchanged looks as Sango continued to rant about Miroku and his 'idiotic idea of fun'. Of course, they wanted to comment on the fact that she had agreed to participate in his 'idiotic idea of fun', but a mad Sango is not a very nice Sango, therefore, they kept to that thought to themselves in fear of their lives.
After going halfway through lunch of hearing Sango's angry rantings, Sai interrupted her before she could say one more thing about him. "Sango, I'm sick of hearing about him. Can we please talk about something else?" she asked with an exasperated sigh.
Sango blinked once, then twice and looked around. "Huh? Oh, sorry Sai. I'm sure you guys are tired of hearing me complain. So, you guys wanna go to the movies tonight?"
"Tonight? Nah--- the theatres are always too crowded on Fridays for my tastes." Kamilyn shook her head.
Sango looked at her a bit incredulously. "It never bothered you before."
Kamilyn looked at Sai for help. "I wouldn't be able to go anywhere anyway. I'm going to the library to do some research on historical legends." Sai said.
Kamilyn and Sango exchanged confused looks. "What?" they both asked at once.
Sai took another bite of her cookie. "I said--- I'm going to the library tonight, so I can't come."
"Oh." They both murmured; it was always best to just nod and pretend like you understood when it came to Sai. Sai nudged Kamilyn in her side. "Oh, yeah, well if Sai can't go, then I don't want to go. Why don't we just go some other time?"
Sango rolled her eyes at her friends. "You two are unbelievable. Whatever. Call me when you're schedules are cleared." Sango got up and exited the lunchroom.
Kamilyn sighed as Sai slung her arm around her shoulder. "Are you sure we're doing the right thing?"
"Of course we are! She's totally gonna thank us for this five years down the road." Sai said.
~*~*~*~*~
Miwa and Jin rolled their eyes as Miroku walked away, in pursuit of yet another female. "Let's face it, Jin. Miroku has always been a player. He always will be a player. He's never had a serious, steady relationship."
"Miwa, Miwa, Miwa." Jin shook his finger in his face. "All imperfections are meant to be perfected. It's not as if Sango-san is an ugly woman; she's far, far from it. And Miroku can't resist a pretty face, so he's automatically drawn to her. Kamilyn-san and Sai-san will bring Sango-san around. You and I will work our magic, and- BAM! We've got the sweetest couple this side of Tokyo!"
Miwa seemed unaffected by Jin's little speech, however. "You do realize that we'll need to do some intricate planning to pull this off. Matching- making those two will be harder than others."
"Then intricate shall be our plans!" Jin exclaimed. He slapped Miwa on his back playfully. "Dude, they're so meant for each other! You've just got to trust our scheming!"
"If you say so, man." Miwa rolled his eyes and noticed that Miroku had returned to their lunch table, a goofy grin on his face. "What's with you?"
"He got her number." Jin answered immediately, recognizing Miroku's lopsided expression.
"Nope." Miroku said. "I got her number, a date, and a kiss!" Miroku smiled. "So, uh, whatever you two were hoping to do tonight, I'll have to cancel because I've got a date tonight with American transfer student Heather Morales."
"Oh rats." Miwa drawled. "And I was hoping we could hang tonight. Oh well." He shrugged.
"Sorry guys, but I'll call you when I'm home for the details." Miroku ran off to who knows where.
"Well, that takes care of this evening. That pea-brain just unconsciously gave us clearance to plot to hook him up with Sango Tajiya." Jin shrugged and they continued to eat their lunch.
~*~*~*~*~
It seemed to take forever, but 5:30 came and Sai and Kamilyn, as well as Jin and Miwa all headed to the library to plot to hook up their best friends. Sai and Kamilyn were talking about different ideas when Jin poked his head out from behind the aisle behind them. "Komban wa, Sai-san, Kamilyn-san." Jin bowed.
"Yeah, yeah, Jin, whatever." Kamilyn rolled her eyes. "Look, are we gonna do this or not? We're limited to two months to get them together. Knowing Sango, it won't be an easy two months."
Miwa decided immediately that he liked Kamilyn. "Finally, someone else who's able to see through Jin's bullshit." Miwa sat across from Kamilyn, and Jin across from Sai.
"Okay. Where to start?" Sai sighed.
"Well, first we have to convince them to stay in the same room without starting World War 3." Jin started.
"And if there's one guaranteed way to do that, is the friend's by association rule." Kamilyn pointed to Sai who immediately pulled out a pen and notebook. "Take note's on this. Idea number 1: Friends by association. Me and Sai are Sango's best friends, and You and Jin are Miroku's best friend. If we're friends, then they're friends."
"But there's no way to guarantee that if we hang together, then they will too. They're both too stubborn." Jin interjected.
"Ah, but I wasn't finished. You see, if we were---more than friends--- they'll be forced to tolerate each other." Kamilyn said.
Sai suddenly stopped taking notes and turned to look at the girl next to her. "Are you suggesting that we pretend to be dating?" she asked incredulously.
"Yup." Kamilyn nodded. "Pretend, I mean!" she added as an afterthought.
"I like the way you think, girl!" Sai exclaimed as she wrote this down.
Jin and Miwa exchanged looks. "But waitaminute. I don't see how this is supposed to work." Jin said.
"Oh ye of little brain." Sai rolled her eyes. "Here's an example of how this works; let's say that we all went to the movies as couples and invited our best friends. It'd sort of be like a double date with guests. While we're all paired up and squared away, they'll be the odd ones out. Knowing Sango, she'd rather die than sit with nothing to do or no one to talk to. And knowing Miroku," she rolled her eyes, "he'll naturally talk to any pretty girl within his line of vision. So there, that's one."
Miwa nodded. "I sorta see what they're saying. But who's gonna be with who?"
"We'll take care of that later." Sai waved. "For our next plan, I think I can handle this one. Isn't Mr. Marshall taking applicants for the beautification committee?"
Jin nodded. "Yeah, me and Miroku and Miwa were going to sign up to get some more service learning hours."
"So were we." Sai nodded. "So, what I propose, is to make up one team; as in all of us working together. We of course won't tell them about it until the right time. There's a limit of ten people per team, so we should be good. But we'd better get our application in soon."
"That's a pretty good idea, Sai-san." Jin complimented.
"Please, just call me Sai." Sai blushed but looked down to write.
"Right." Jin murmured. "Ahem. I think I've got an idea. How about a few coincidental meetings? Arranged by yours truly, of course."
"What did you have in mind?" Kamilyn asked.
"Well," Jin started slyly, "If they just 'happened; to bump into each other at someplace like the mall."
"But what would keep them together?" Miwa asked.
"That's where we come in. If we 'lose' them while we're on one of those double date with guests thingies you two were talking about, they'll be forced to stick together to find us." Jin explained.
"Good idea, except for one thing." Sai interjected quickly. "Since it's a mall they know, they'll be able to split up to look for us. Sango knows the place like the back of her hand and there are a limit of places we can go; she'll find us within ten minutes. That's not enough too long."
Jin scowled at his idea being flawed. "Actually, Jin's idea is credible. And they just built a new mall right outside of town. It's supposed to be one of the hugest malls in Japan. They'd be forced to stick together in there." Kamilyn suggested.
Jin smiled in satisfaction. "Okay then. My plan works!"
"Oh, if all else fails. The 'he said, she said' method always causes confusion. They trust, their dearest friends. Why should they go against anything we say?" Sai said.
"Well maybe because we're currently in the library plotting to get them together." Miwa suggested wryly.
"Well, yeah. But the point is-"
"What they don't know won't hurt them." Jin cut Sai off.
"That was totally uncanny." Kamilyn commented.
"Okay, only one thing left to do." Sai set down her notebook. "And that is, to choose who will be 'pretend dating' who!" she said enthusiastically. "Look, we can it do it fair." She the hat off her head and set it in the middle of the table before ripping a piece of paper into four small shreds of paper. "Everyone write their names down. And put it in the hat." She instructed and they all passed the pencil around, writing their names. After all four slips were in the hat, Sai said, "Okay, we only need one person to draw since it's four people, so Jin, you go."
Jin grinned at being picked and stuck his hand in the hat, fishing around for a paper. He pulled it out with a smug grin and opened it. "MIWA?!" He practically yelled, and the librarian from two aisles over looked about ready to murder him. "I mean--- Miwa? Nuh-uh, there's no way I'm pretending to date a guy." He tossed the paper back into the hat and indignantly crossed his arms.
Miwa rolled his eyes. "Fine, I'll do it." He stuck his hand in and pulled out, "Kamilyn." He shrugged.
Kamilyn smiled. "Goody. I got the sensible one!"
"Guess me and Jin are dating, then." She looked rather pleased compare to her tone. "It's not so bad. Jin's sort of like me!" she squealed in delight.
"Oh god." Kamilyn murmured. "We just got two of the same people together. Just imagine two Jins and two Sais. Oh the horror." Kamilyn sweatdropped.
"Just think of it this way," Miwa shrugged though he too was sweatdropping. "It's only pretend."
Again, apologies for this chapter being out so late; my computer had that internet virus and I couldn't use it for a number of days. Even though I think this chapter was halfway bad, you've gotta review, so get to it! Also, I must sadly announce that I'm going on hiatus for a while. And not just with this story, all the others I have. Sorry, but I start school next week and this year I have to start off real good or whatever.. so um, send any flames and complaints to Ariella.