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Chapter 24:
Sango sat gloomily on the step of the inn. 'What is his problem? He was so cold. Does it bother him that I'm going to this ball? Is that it?' Kirara nudged her thigh to notify her that the hanyou and miko were approaching; she looked up. "You're back. I see Inuyasha found you."
"Doesn't he always?" Kagome sighed as she let go of his hand.
"Well if you would just tell me when you're going I wouldn't have to try and find you."
"So you wouldn't go after me?"
"Keh!" He hopped into the inn abruptly. Kagome looked at her friend, sighing once more.
"He just won't admit he was worried, Kagome-chan." Kagome nodded her head.
"I know. Oh here's all the stuff." She dropped what was supposed to be just a 'small' bag of things to the ground. Sango glanced at it then dropped her gaze back to the ground in front of her. "What's wrong?"
"I told Miroku about tomorrow night and he acted strange, like he was upset or something."
"Hmmm, did you tell him what the purpose it served?"
"Hai."
"Jealousy more than likely. Let's just say that for now, ne? Was he in a weird mood before you told him?"
"Nope."
"Hopefully he doesn't tell you-know-who."
"I told him not to."
"Okay we'll trust him for now." She gave her friend a reassuring pat on the back. "Now we gotta rest up." The girls went inside where a bushy- tailed kitsune pounced on Kagome. "Shippo-chan! Do you know what time it is?"
"Nope."
"Bedtime!" He squealed as she chased him into the room to tuck him in her bed. Inuyasha and Miroku weren't in there. "Huh? Where are the boys?" Sango shrugged her shoulders.
"They'll come to bed soon enough."
"Yeah you're right." She yawned and crawled into bed as did the taijya.
"What *hiccup* brings you out here, my friend?" A drunken monk asked as he bathed in the hot spring.
"Miroku? What the hell?" His glazed over expression made it hard for Inuyasha not to smirk. "Man! I can smell your toxic breath all the way over here! Damn you need that stuff Kagome always chews. What was it? Oh yeah gum!"
"Shut up!" He slurred.
"Yo bouzu what's your problem?" Inuyasha wass about to take a bath himself, that's why he had come to the spring this late. He decided to go in anyway, Kagome would complain that he smelled like a dog again. "Okay Miroku why are you acting...like this?"
"Did you know the girls are going to a ball?"
"Yeah so what? You got a problem with that?"
"Hai." He said in a more serious tone. He was regaining a bit of his senses, slowly.
"Why?" Inuyasha said as he scratched his head.
"The reason for the ball is so the Prince, Mr. High and Mighty, can find a wife so he can become King." Inuyasha's eyes widened.
"Are you serious?"
"Why else would I go and act like this? Sango said she loved me, yet she goes off to this stupid ball?"
"kagome's going too...." 'She wouldn't wanna be with the Prince.' His thoughts consumed him and he became a tad jealous.
"Feeling it too, eh?" Miroku elbowed him. "See what I mean?"
"Kagome wouldn't..."
"Then why is she going, without you?"
"Well only women are invited."
"Exactly what if either of them is chosen as his bride? They must obey the Prince's orders, ne?"
"Oh come on Miroku! Your jealousy has gotten the better of you." He got out of the spring and quickly dressed.
"Who are you to talk? What about Kouga?"
"You're a total wreck and you're probably worrying Sango! Get over it!" He left leaving the sulking monk mull over his jealous thoughts.
Kagome heard the sliding door open. She sat up to see Inuyasha sneak in. "Inuyasha why are you so late to bed?" He motioned her to come outside. "Nani?"
"Miroku's lost it."
"Huh? What are you talking about?"
"He doesn't want Sango going to that ball thingy. He's jealous and he's worried the Prince will take her."
"What ever gave him that idea? She could care less about the Prince and so could I."
"Then why the hell are you going?"
"Just for fun." She said flat out.
"Really?"
"What are you jealous too?"
"No." He mumbled. She gazed into the puppy eyes he had made.
"I love you and only you." She leaned over to the unaware hanyou and kissed him softly on the lips. Kagome drew away from him to go back to bed. "Goodnight, er good morning now." He smiled and leaned on the pole, waiting for the monk to return. 'Nothing to worry about.' Just then the monk came wobbling in. Inuyasha shook his head in disgust. It was morning now. "You know what time it is?"
"I don't care." He held his head and groaned.
"That's what you get."
"Houshi-sama?" His eyes lit up. "What in Kami-sama's name happened to you?"
"Sake that's what happened to him." Inuyasha dragged the hung over Miroku by the collar to another hallway. He smacked his cheek. "Baka! You just confirmed her fears!" He dropped him on the floor and sighed. "Let them have some time without us tonight okay? Nothing will happen!" Inuyasha reassured him. 'Aarrrgghh! What did I do to deserve this?! Why am I the one to give him advice?'
"Arigato, Inuyasha."
"For what?" He said annoyed.
"For being a friend."
"Keh! Now get up and stop complaining. Don't you dare touch anymore sake either! If you so much as thinking about hurling I'll kill you!" Sango and Kagome finally found the hall the boys were in.
"Houshi-sama?"
"Sango-chan I think it's best if we leave them alone for now." Kagome lipped a 'Thank You' to Inuyasha who gave her an exasperated look in return.
"What the hell is wrong with him? He got drunk? Over what?"
"Sango-chan he's just worried and jealous, a very bad mixture if you ask me."
"Can't he just tell me his that instead of hiding his feelings?"
"I feel the same way with Inuyasha sometimes, demo we always seem to work it out. He'll get over this fiasco soon enough."
"Maybe we shouldn't go."
"NO! I want to go and I don't want to go alone! I've missed all of my school dances and this will make up for them! It's a big party; I can't pass it up."
"Okay, but only for a few hours." Kagome hugged her friend and she hoped Miroku would stop this nonsense.
Chapter 24:
Sango sat gloomily on the step of the inn. 'What is his problem? He was so cold. Does it bother him that I'm going to this ball? Is that it?' Kirara nudged her thigh to notify her that the hanyou and miko were approaching; she looked up. "You're back. I see Inuyasha found you."
"Doesn't he always?" Kagome sighed as she let go of his hand.
"Well if you would just tell me when you're going I wouldn't have to try and find you."
"So you wouldn't go after me?"
"Keh!" He hopped into the inn abruptly. Kagome looked at her friend, sighing once more.
"He just won't admit he was worried, Kagome-chan." Kagome nodded her head.
"I know. Oh here's all the stuff." She dropped what was supposed to be just a 'small' bag of things to the ground. Sango glanced at it then dropped her gaze back to the ground in front of her. "What's wrong?"
"I told Miroku about tomorrow night and he acted strange, like he was upset or something."
"Hmmm, did you tell him what the purpose it served?"
"Hai."
"Jealousy more than likely. Let's just say that for now, ne? Was he in a weird mood before you told him?"
"Nope."
"Hopefully he doesn't tell you-know-who."
"I told him not to."
"Okay we'll trust him for now." She gave her friend a reassuring pat on the back. "Now we gotta rest up." The girls went inside where a bushy- tailed kitsune pounced on Kagome. "Shippo-chan! Do you know what time it is?"
"Nope."
"Bedtime!" He squealed as she chased him into the room to tuck him in her bed. Inuyasha and Miroku weren't in there. "Huh? Where are the boys?" Sango shrugged her shoulders.
"They'll come to bed soon enough."
"Yeah you're right." She yawned and crawled into bed as did the taijya.
"What *hiccup* brings you out here, my friend?" A drunken monk asked as he bathed in the hot spring.
"Miroku? What the hell?" His glazed over expression made it hard for Inuyasha not to smirk. "Man! I can smell your toxic breath all the way over here! Damn you need that stuff Kagome always chews. What was it? Oh yeah gum!"
"Shut up!" He slurred.
"Yo bouzu what's your problem?" Inuyasha wass about to take a bath himself, that's why he had come to the spring this late. He decided to go in anyway, Kagome would complain that he smelled like a dog again. "Okay Miroku why are you acting...like this?"
"Did you know the girls are going to a ball?"
"Yeah so what? You got a problem with that?"
"Hai." He said in a more serious tone. He was regaining a bit of his senses, slowly.
"Why?" Inuyasha said as he scratched his head.
"The reason for the ball is so the Prince, Mr. High and Mighty, can find a wife so he can become King." Inuyasha's eyes widened.
"Are you serious?"
"Why else would I go and act like this? Sango said she loved me, yet she goes off to this stupid ball?"
"kagome's going too...." 'She wouldn't wanna be with the Prince.' His thoughts consumed him and he became a tad jealous.
"Feeling it too, eh?" Miroku elbowed him. "See what I mean?"
"Kagome wouldn't..."
"Then why is she going, without you?"
"Well only women are invited."
"Exactly what if either of them is chosen as his bride? They must obey the Prince's orders, ne?"
"Oh come on Miroku! Your jealousy has gotten the better of you." He got out of the spring and quickly dressed.
"Who are you to talk? What about Kouga?"
"You're a total wreck and you're probably worrying Sango! Get over it!" He left leaving the sulking monk mull over his jealous thoughts.
Kagome heard the sliding door open. She sat up to see Inuyasha sneak in. "Inuyasha why are you so late to bed?" He motioned her to come outside. "Nani?"
"Miroku's lost it."
"Huh? What are you talking about?"
"He doesn't want Sango going to that ball thingy. He's jealous and he's worried the Prince will take her."
"What ever gave him that idea? She could care less about the Prince and so could I."
"Then why the hell are you going?"
"Just for fun." She said flat out.
"Really?"
"What are you jealous too?"
"No." He mumbled. She gazed into the puppy eyes he had made.
"I love you and only you." She leaned over to the unaware hanyou and kissed him softly on the lips. Kagome drew away from him to go back to bed. "Goodnight, er good morning now." He smiled and leaned on the pole, waiting for the monk to return. 'Nothing to worry about.' Just then the monk came wobbling in. Inuyasha shook his head in disgust. It was morning now. "You know what time it is?"
"I don't care." He held his head and groaned.
"That's what you get."
"Houshi-sama?" His eyes lit up. "What in Kami-sama's name happened to you?"
"Sake that's what happened to him." Inuyasha dragged the hung over Miroku by the collar to another hallway. He smacked his cheek. "Baka! You just confirmed her fears!" He dropped him on the floor and sighed. "Let them have some time without us tonight okay? Nothing will happen!" Inuyasha reassured him. 'Aarrrgghh! What did I do to deserve this?! Why am I the one to give him advice?'
"Arigato, Inuyasha."
"For what?" He said annoyed.
"For being a friend."
"Keh! Now get up and stop complaining. Don't you dare touch anymore sake either! If you so much as thinking about hurling I'll kill you!" Sango and Kagome finally found the hall the boys were in.
"Houshi-sama?"
"Sango-chan I think it's best if we leave them alone for now." Kagome lipped a 'Thank You' to Inuyasha who gave her an exasperated look in return.
"What the hell is wrong with him? He got drunk? Over what?"
"Sango-chan he's just worried and jealous, a very bad mixture if you ask me."
"Can't he just tell me his that instead of hiding his feelings?"
"I feel the same way with Inuyasha sometimes, demo we always seem to work it out. He'll get over this fiasco soon enough."
"Maybe we shouldn't go."
"NO! I want to go and I don't want to go alone! I've missed all of my school dances and this will make up for them! It's a big party; I can't pass it up."
"Okay, but only for a few hours." Kagome hugged her friend and she hoped Miroku would stop this nonsense.