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Think of the madness...won't someone think of the madness!
Chapter 2
"Wait, Shippo's coming too, and Mom said that she'd drive us, but not until after she finished putting a load of laundry away."
"I can drive if that's not a problem. That way I can take my car. I want to put miles on it before I have to return it. It would give your Mom a break from playing chauffeur and Mother."
"That's a great idea Kagome. Come and meet my Mom. She's bound to love you. I know because I do." He grabbed her hand and dragged her across the front lawn.
"Miroku, won't your Mom be offended by what I'm wearing?" Kagome took her hand from his and stood with her arms folded over her chest.
"Naw, Mom's cool that way." He grabbed her again and walked into his house. "Mom?"
Miroku's mom came from the basement. "What is it Miroku?"
"Mom, this is Kagome. She thinks that you'd be offended by her raver clothing. Oh she said she's drive us there, so you don't have do leave and miss any of your shows. Speaking of shows you should see the TV Kagome has at her place! She's got a fucking plasma TV! It's the biggest thing I've ever seen! It came all the way from Japan, and now I know where I'm going to be watching TV." Miroku was so excited that he was panting after; he said the whole thing in one breath.
Kagome laughed. "Now Miroku, you can only come over if it's all right with your Mom. It's a pleasure to meet you," she held out her hand to Miroku's mom.
She took it. "My son can be a handful. Plus he's rude. My name is Meg. It's a pleasure to meet you Kagome. If you have trouble with him don't be afraid to use physical force." She laughed as she placed the laundry basket by the couch.
Miroku thought the moment was getting a little too focused on him. "Kagome what kind of car do you drive?"
"At this moment very moment I have a 2004 Saturn. But I should be getting my cars sometime this week, then I can take this one back to the rent-a-car place. Why?"
"I want to know how flashy we are going to look."
Meg looked up, "Wow 2004, and I thought that my beat up old 1984 Honda was going to be good enough. Don't worry I'm not jealous. I now know where to go when my car breaks down." She gave Kagome a playful look.
Kagome smiled at her, "if you are still sane with a son like Miroku, then I'd only be too honored to assist you when your car breaks down. As long as it's not in the next week. I still need a car for myself." She said just as playfully to Meg. She sat down beside her on the couch waiting for Shippo to come out.
"So what cars are you getting?" Miroku asked slumping down in the chair.
"I'm getting myself a Jag and a Range Rover."
If Miroku had not been sitting already, he would have fell down. "What? A fucking Jag! Those are like thousands of dollars! Where did you get the money like that from?"
Kagome shrugged her shoulders. "I got it when my parents died. They believed that when they died that none of their children should ever work again, and made sure of it."
Miroku didn't like the look of sadness in her eyes. "So Kagome, can I drive the Jag when you get it?"
Kagome shot her head up and laughed, "Not on your life! If you treat cars the way to treat women, I'd have no car left!"
Meg was laughing so hard Kagome could only make out "Too true"
Miroku flushed again. "I'm not that bad. I mean I drive better than Shippo at least!"
"Ya well it's only cause I'm 13 dumbass! I've only sat behind the wheel, I've never driven a car before!" Shippo came walking out. "Hiya Kagome! You look great!"
"Thanks Shippo. Well we better get going." Kagome got up. "It was nice meeting you Meg, I won't keep them out too late. They will come home in one piece."
Meg got up, "Yup I want them home at midnight."
Miroku groaned, "But Mom! This is not fair! It's not school yet!"
Meg took a firm stance, "I'm the mother, now you have to listen, besides you know I have to stand firm in some things. Besides you know that Shippo can't stay up that late, he'd fall asleep."
"Mom!" Shippo blushed.
"I think I might have a solution that would make everyone happy. I could drive Shippo home for midnight, and I could bring Miroku back when the rave ends, or when he wants to leave; whichever comes first?" Kagome wanted everyone to be happy, and thought this was the best solution.
Meg was thinking it over. She liked the idea, but wanted to make Miroku sweat. She liked Kagome. She was smart and resourceful. "Well," She paused for more dramatic effect, "I guess."
Miroku gave his Mom a kiss and hugged Kagome. "I love you mom, and you too Kagome, see now I know why you are going to be my future bride!" He saw Kagome's death glare. "Right!" He put his hands up in self-defence, "Sister, younger sister!"
Kagome shook her head and walked back to her driveway and started the rental car. Both boys piled in, Miroku in the front and Shippo in the back.
Miroku gave Kagome directions to the rave. It was a thirty minute drive. Kagome parked the car. She could hear the music from out in the parking lot. She felt the music calling her, and she started to sway her hips to the music as she walked. She paid all their entrance fees and walked in with Miroku on one arm and Shippo on the other. It was just as she pictured it. Young people dancing in a trance, not caring how they looked.
They dragged her onto the dance floor. Kagome felt the music wrap around her body and she swayed with the music becoming a part of it.
*~*~*~*~*~*
A pair of yellow eyes scanned the crowed. He hated being dragged to these events. He wouldn't be here if his father trusted his brother to be alone and unchaperoened at these raves. The last time his brother went by himself he ended up in the emergency room having his stomach pumped. Seemed that his brother couldn't say no to drugs.
So now he had to be dragged along with his brother whenever he came to the raves. He spotted his brother off in a corner making out with his girlfriend. He hated her. She was nothing but trouble. Everything about her screamed trouble, but then again that's what his brother liked.
He continued scanning the room. He could smell sweat and perfume mingling in the air. The smell was enough to make him gag. He didn't see his brother approaching him until he was a foot away.
"Sess, have some fun. Fuck, you look like a cold fucking statue. Geez lighten up already." Inuyasha told him lightly hitting his back.
"I'll be fine once we leave this horrible place. I don't see why you like it here, it smells." Sesshomaru's face was void of emotion.
"Loosen up, we'll leave when I'm ready. Besides Kikyo's having too much fun to leave. Go dance, 'cause I'm not going to be your fucking baby- sitter."
Sesshomaru's eyebrows raised slightly, "Baby-sitter?"
"Feh, whatever! I'm not going to make sure you have a good time! I have to make sure Kikyo has one." Inuyasha left leaving his brother alone again.
Sesshomaru wanted to leave until he looked out on the dance floor. He stopped all thoughts of leaving. He watched her hips sway exotically to the music. Her long black hair was swaying about her, clothes hugged her curves. He stared at her. He was devouring her. He almost wanted to go up to her and grab her in his arms. At that very moment he wanted to know everything about her. She looked like she was having a blast. He wanted to be one of her dancing partners. He recognized them at once. They were friends of Inuyasha. Miroku and Shippo. He gave a low growl.
He started walking towards them when the music changed. People flooded the dance floor. Someone pushed him in their attempts to reach the dance floor. He turned around and the young girl apologized. When he turned back again, they were gone. He frantically scanned the area, but she was nowhere to be seen.
He felt frantic in his search for her. She was nowhere to be found. It was like she never existed. He swore. He knew he didn't imagine her.
*~*~*~*~*~*
Kagome looked at her watch. It was 11:30. She swore. Shippo had to get home, besides he was looking sleepy. She told Miroku that she was taking Shippo home. He nodded towards a group of friends that Kagome wasn't able to see, but she left him.
Shippo fell asleep on the way home. She woke him up. She helped him up the steps. Meg was still up.
"G'night Mom, Kag," Shippo said sleepily as he made his way to his bedroom.
Kagome thought he'd be asleep even before his head hit the pillow. "I'm off Meg, now I have to keep an eye out for your other son."
Meg laughed, "Oh, watch for the wandering hands."
Kagome nodded in agreement, "I found out the hard way."
Meg groaned. "Sorry Kagome, I should have warned you sooner, but then that could have triggered his hands too."
Kagome laughed as she walked out the door.
*~*~*~*~*~*
Kagome couldn't see Miroku when she got back. She decided that he'd come and find her. She was standing along a wall drinking her bottled water when Miroku found her. She didn't realize that the place was closing until the D.J announced that for the last song, one regular asked for it to be played. She wondered what the song was. She heard the beats and realized that it wasn't a typical rave song. She grabbed Miroku and hauled him to the dance floor.
Kagome became wrapped up in the fast paced song. Kagome and Miroku moved like lovers on the dance floor. Their moves were scandalous. People made a circle around them to watch them dance. Their bodies intertwined in the music. Kagome was grinding Miroku, and Miroku being a lecher grabbed her ass. Kagome was too wrapped up in the erotic dance to care.
Someone did care, but they were too into the music to see a pair of yellow eyes slit into a disapproving stare.
*~*~*~*~*~*
Sesshomaru watched the couple dance on the floor. He felt rage and jealousy flow through him. This was Kikyo's song, and she was off in a corner making out with Inuyasha.
This girl made Kikyo look like a grade school dancer. Before he knew it the song was over. They stepped away from each other smiling and panting slightly. The lights above were turned on slightly signalling that the rave was over. He watched the girl and Miroku laugh and link arms. He still wasn't able to get a good view of her face. It was the only thing about her he hadn't memorized.
He realized as his eyes followed them that they were leaving together. His eyes narrowed even more, and his lips tightened.
"Sess, the rave is over, but Kikyo wants me to go to an after hours party."
Sesshomaru's gaze was broken. He turned to his brother with his mask was replaced. "We are going home."
"Feh! You go home, I'm going to the party." Inuyasha defiantly crossed his arms and stuck up his nose.
"Now." His voice was a sea of calm like before the storm.
Inuyasha knew better than to test his brother when he took this tone.
"Feh!" Inuyasha stormed out.
Sesshomaru had to find out who she was. For some reason she intrigued him. It wasn't often he found someone that peaked his interest. He had to have her.
*~*~*~*~*~*
Kagome was woken up by a loud banging at her door at noon the next day. She dragged herself out of bed. She stumbled down the stairs. She groaned, 'Who in their right mind would be up so early?' Miroku was waving at her. She stopped and laughed, she answered her own question, 'Right mind' was the operative word.
She slid open the patio door. "Mornin'" she said sleepily. She walked to the cupboard and pulled out the essentials for coffee.
"Morning, it's afternoon already. Come on we have to go shopping."
Kagome looked at Miroku, "Shopping for what?" she said after she turned on the coffee to be brewed.
"You need a PS2." He said flatly. "You have surround sound and a beautiful television, but no console for it. It seems lonely." He said with a straight face. Kagome took a seat at the kitchen table.
She couldn't help but laugh. "You just want to play on my TV don't you?"
Miroku sat down beside her and grabbed her hand. "It would be my honor if you would buy one. I would, but those things are expensive, and it seems that you have all the money."
Kagome gawked at his frankness, but she decided to cave in. She could use the company even if he was only using her for the plasma. "We are not going anywhere," she saw the look of disappointment on his face. She chuckled, "Until I have a liter of coffee in my system and a shower under my belt."
Miroku looked like he would burst from excitement. Kagome got up and poured herself a cup of coffee. She took her first sip. It was hot, but she felt herself becoming more awake. "While I drink my morning coffee, do you want a tour of the house?"
"Sure, as long as we get me a PS2."
Kagome shook her head. She gave him the grand tour. By that time she had consumed three cups of coffee, and was ready for a shower.
Miroku was taken aback by the swords she kept in the mini dojo, but he figured that they were for show. He didn't think any more of it. He plopped himself in front of the large screen when she went to take a shower.
Kagome emerged half an hour later, dressed in jeans and a casual T- shirt. She looked completely different from the night before. She had her hair up. She was just going shopping for a system, she felt no need to dress up.
*~*~*~*~*~*
Miroku was like a kid in a candy store, Kagome recalled. She bought the PS2, which came with a free game. She let Miroku pick out the free game and three others that he wanted. He all but kissed her in the store.
She felt good about buying stuff for others, even if it was staying at her house. She even splurged and bought all the extras that could ever be asked for.
That was two weeks ago. Since then Miroku has dropped by everyday to play. It was three days after she bought the PS2 that she had keys made for Miroku. Besides she needed to give her babies a test drive. They were fully loaded and fully automatic. Kagome loved it.
Making the keys was one of the best things she did, she was sick of having him bang on her patio door at 10 a.m. The first morning he used his key, he came upstairs and jumped on her; waking her up he was so excited. Needless to say Kagome wasn't. He acted like a small child: only worse than Shippo. Kagome laughed at the memory. He would still wake her up, but he'd be armed with coffee, and she had no defence against that.
She made one ground rule: no one was to touch her swords. Miroku couldn't find a reason to object, so he agreed. Even Miroku couldn't argue; free food, and free access to the plasma: which he now called 'his baby'.
Kagome continued training and dancing. By now Miroku was like a brother, except he came and went as he pleased. She even bought a walkie- talkie set. One was in her kitchen and the other was in Miroku's house. He was over so often, Meg and Kagome had to communicate over Miroku's eating habits. Most nights were spent at the television playing a game, or watching something on television.
Kagome sighed. It was the night before school. Unfortunately Miroku was going to a public school, his mom didn't have the finances to send him to a private school, and his grades weren't good enough for a scholarship. She kicked Miroku out at 10 p.m. so she could go to sleep. She feared that sleep wouldn't come. She hated starting new schools, they gave her butterflies, and starting school in a new country without any friends was worse.
However, sleep came to Kagome as soon as her head hit the pillow.
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A/N: Hope you liked that edition! Next chapter has been plotted! *sigh* I don't know why I'm uploading the next chapter, no has reviewed it, but the White Plot Bunny says that it's for my own madness, and who really cares about anyone else. I have to agree with the WPB, he's evil! He keeps putting thoughts in my head! Please someone review and tell me what you think, otherwise the WPB will have free reign. That's never a good thing ^_~
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Chapter 2
"Wait, Shippo's coming too, and Mom said that she'd drive us, but not until after she finished putting a load of laundry away."
"I can drive if that's not a problem. That way I can take my car. I want to put miles on it before I have to return it. It would give your Mom a break from playing chauffeur and Mother."
"That's a great idea Kagome. Come and meet my Mom. She's bound to love you. I know because I do." He grabbed her hand and dragged her across the front lawn.
"Miroku, won't your Mom be offended by what I'm wearing?" Kagome took her hand from his and stood with her arms folded over her chest.
"Naw, Mom's cool that way." He grabbed her again and walked into his house. "Mom?"
Miroku's mom came from the basement. "What is it Miroku?"
"Mom, this is Kagome. She thinks that you'd be offended by her raver clothing. Oh she said she's drive us there, so you don't have do leave and miss any of your shows. Speaking of shows you should see the TV Kagome has at her place! She's got a fucking plasma TV! It's the biggest thing I've ever seen! It came all the way from Japan, and now I know where I'm going to be watching TV." Miroku was so excited that he was panting after; he said the whole thing in one breath.
Kagome laughed. "Now Miroku, you can only come over if it's all right with your Mom. It's a pleasure to meet you," she held out her hand to Miroku's mom.
She took it. "My son can be a handful. Plus he's rude. My name is Meg. It's a pleasure to meet you Kagome. If you have trouble with him don't be afraid to use physical force." She laughed as she placed the laundry basket by the couch.
Miroku thought the moment was getting a little too focused on him. "Kagome what kind of car do you drive?"
"At this moment very moment I have a 2004 Saturn. But I should be getting my cars sometime this week, then I can take this one back to the rent-a-car place. Why?"
"I want to know how flashy we are going to look."
Meg looked up, "Wow 2004, and I thought that my beat up old 1984 Honda was going to be good enough. Don't worry I'm not jealous. I now know where to go when my car breaks down." She gave Kagome a playful look.
Kagome smiled at her, "if you are still sane with a son like Miroku, then I'd only be too honored to assist you when your car breaks down. As long as it's not in the next week. I still need a car for myself." She said just as playfully to Meg. She sat down beside her on the couch waiting for Shippo to come out.
"So what cars are you getting?" Miroku asked slumping down in the chair.
"I'm getting myself a Jag and a Range Rover."
If Miroku had not been sitting already, he would have fell down. "What? A fucking Jag! Those are like thousands of dollars! Where did you get the money like that from?"
Kagome shrugged her shoulders. "I got it when my parents died. They believed that when they died that none of their children should ever work again, and made sure of it."
Miroku didn't like the look of sadness in her eyes. "So Kagome, can I drive the Jag when you get it?"
Kagome shot her head up and laughed, "Not on your life! If you treat cars the way to treat women, I'd have no car left!"
Meg was laughing so hard Kagome could only make out "Too true"
Miroku flushed again. "I'm not that bad. I mean I drive better than Shippo at least!"
"Ya well it's only cause I'm 13 dumbass! I've only sat behind the wheel, I've never driven a car before!" Shippo came walking out. "Hiya Kagome! You look great!"
"Thanks Shippo. Well we better get going." Kagome got up. "It was nice meeting you Meg, I won't keep them out too late. They will come home in one piece."
Meg got up, "Yup I want them home at midnight."
Miroku groaned, "But Mom! This is not fair! It's not school yet!"
Meg took a firm stance, "I'm the mother, now you have to listen, besides you know I have to stand firm in some things. Besides you know that Shippo can't stay up that late, he'd fall asleep."
"Mom!" Shippo blushed.
"I think I might have a solution that would make everyone happy. I could drive Shippo home for midnight, and I could bring Miroku back when the rave ends, or when he wants to leave; whichever comes first?" Kagome wanted everyone to be happy, and thought this was the best solution.
Meg was thinking it over. She liked the idea, but wanted to make Miroku sweat. She liked Kagome. She was smart and resourceful. "Well," She paused for more dramatic effect, "I guess."
Miroku gave his Mom a kiss and hugged Kagome. "I love you mom, and you too Kagome, see now I know why you are going to be my future bride!" He saw Kagome's death glare. "Right!" He put his hands up in self-defence, "Sister, younger sister!"
Kagome shook her head and walked back to her driveway and started the rental car. Both boys piled in, Miroku in the front and Shippo in the back.
Miroku gave Kagome directions to the rave. It was a thirty minute drive. Kagome parked the car. She could hear the music from out in the parking lot. She felt the music calling her, and she started to sway her hips to the music as she walked. She paid all their entrance fees and walked in with Miroku on one arm and Shippo on the other. It was just as she pictured it. Young people dancing in a trance, not caring how they looked.
They dragged her onto the dance floor. Kagome felt the music wrap around her body and she swayed with the music becoming a part of it.
*~*~*~*~*~*
A pair of yellow eyes scanned the crowed. He hated being dragged to these events. He wouldn't be here if his father trusted his brother to be alone and unchaperoened at these raves. The last time his brother went by himself he ended up in the emergency room having his stomach pumped. Seemed that his brother couldn't say no to drugs.
So now he had to be dragged along with his brother whenever he came to the raves. He spotted his brother off in a corner making out with his girlfriend. He hated her. She was nothing but trouble. Everything about her screamed trouble, but then again that's what his brother liked.
He continued scanning the room. He could smell sweat and perfume mingling in the air. The smell was enough to make him gag. He didn't see his brother approaching him until he was a foot away.
"Sess, have some fun. Fuck, you look like a cold fucking statue. Geez lighten up already." Inuyasha told him lightly hitting his back.
"I'll be fine once we leave this horrible place. I don't see why you like it here, it smells." Sesshomaru's face was void of emotion.
"Loosen up, we'll leave when I'm ready. Besides Kikyo's having too much fun to leave. Go dance, 'cause I'm not going to be your fucking baby- sitter."
Sesshomaru's eyebrows raised slightly, "Baby-sitter?"
"Feh, whatever! I'm not going to make sure you have a good time! I have to make sure Kikyo has one." Inuyasha left leaving his brother alone again.
Sesshomaru wanted to leave until he looked out on the dance floor. He stopped all thoughts of leaving. He watched her hips sway exotically to the music. Her long black hair was swaying about her, clothes hugged her curves. He stared at her. He was devouring her. He almost wanted to go up to her and grab her in his arms. At that very moment he wanted to know everything about her. She looked like she was having a blast. He wanted to be one of her dancing partners. He recognized them at once. They were friends of Inuyasha. Miroku and Shippo. He gave a low growl.
He started walking towards them when the music changed. People flooded the dance floor. Someone pushed him in their attempts to reach the dance floor. He turned around and the young girl apologized. When he turned back again, they were gone. He frantically scanned the area, but she was nowhere to be seen.
He felt frantic in his search for her. She was nowhere to be found. It was like she never existed. He swore. He knew he didn't imagine her.
*~*~*~*~*~*
Kagome looked at her watch. It was 11:30. She swore. Shippo had to get home, besides he was looking sleepy. She told Miroku that she was taking Shippo home. He nodded towards a group of friends that Kagome wasn't able to see, but she left him.
Shippo fell asleep on the way home. She woke him up. She helped him up the steps. Meg was still up.
"G'night Mom, Kag," Shippo said sleepily as he made his way to his bedroom.
Kagome thought he'd be asleep even before his head hit the pillow. "I'm off Meg, now I have to keep an eye out for your other son."
Meg laughed, "Oh, watch for the wandering hands."
Kagome nodded in agreement, "I found out the hard way."
Meg groaned. "Sorry Kagome, I should have warned you sooner, but then that could have triggered his hands too."
Kagome laughed as she walked out the door.
*~*~*~*~*~*
Kagome couldn't see Miroku when she got back. She decided that he'd come and find her. She was standing along a wall drinking her bottled water when Miroku found her. She didn't realize that the place was closing until the D.J announced that for the last song, one regular asked for it to be played. She wondered what the song was. She heard the beats and realized that it wasn't a typical rave song. She grabbed Miroku and hauled him to the dance floor.
Kagome became wrapped up in the fast paced song. Kagome and Miroku moved like lovers on the dance floor. Their moves were scandalous. People made a circle around them to watch them dance. Their bodies intertwined in the music. Kagome was grinding Miroku, and Miroku being a lecher grabbed her ass. Kagome was too wrapped up in the erotic dance to care.
Someone did care, but they were too into the music to see a pair of yellow eyes slit into a disapproving stare.
*~*~*~*~*~*
Sesshomaru watched the couple dance on the floor. He felt rage and jealousy flow through him. This was Kikyo's song, and she was off in a corner making out with Inuyasha.
This girl made Kikyo look like a grade school dancer. Before he knew it the song was over. They stepped away from each other smiling and panting slightly. The lights above were turned on slightly signalling that the rave was over. He watched the girl and Miroku laugh and link arms. He still wasn't able to get a good view of her face. It was the only thing about her he hadn't memorized.
He realized as his eyes followed them that they were leaving together. His eyes narrowed even more, and his lips tightened.
"Sess, the rave is over, but Kikyo wants me to go to an after hours party."
Sesshomaru's gaze was broken. He turned to his brother with his mask was replaced. "We are going home."
"Feh! You go home, I'm going to the party." Inuyasha defiantly crossed his arms and stuck up his nose.
"Now." His voice was a sea of calm like before the storm.
Inuyasha knew better than to test his brother when he took this tone.
"Feh!" Inuyasha stormed out.
Sesshomaru had to find out who she was. For some reason she intrigued him. It wasn't often he found someone that peaked his interest. He had to have her.
*~*~*~*~*~*
Kagome was woken up by a loud banging at her door at noon the next day. She dragged herself out of bed. She stumbled down the stairs. She groaned, 'Who in their right mind would be up so early?' Miroku was waving at her. She stopped and laughed, she answered her own question, 'Right mind' was the operative word.
She slid open the patio door. "Mornin'" she said sleepily. She walked to the cupboard and pulled out the essentials for coffee.
"Morning, it's afternoon already. Come on we have to go shopping."
Kagome looked at Miroku, "Shopping for what?" she said after she turned on the coffee to be brewed.
"You need a PS2." He said flatly. "You have surround sound and a beautiful television, but no console for it. It seems lonely." He said with a straight face. Kagome took a seat at the kitchen table.
She couldn't help but laugh. "You just want to play on my TV don't you?"
Miroku sat down beside her and grabbed her hand. "It would be my honor if you would buy one. I would, but those things are expensive, and it seems that you have all the money."
Kagome gawked at his frankness, but she decided to cave in. She could use the company even if he was only using her for the plasma. "We are not going anywhere," she saw the look of disappointment on his face. She chuckled, "Until I have a liter of coffee in my system and a shower under my belt."
Miroku looked like he would burst from excitement. Kagome got up and poured herself a cup of coffee. She took her first sip. It was hot, but she felt herself becoming more awake. "While I drink my morning coffee, do you want a tour of the house?"
"Sure, as long as we get me a PS2."
Kagome shook her head. She gave him the grand tour. By that time she had consumed three cups of coffee, and was ready for a shower.
Miroku was taken aback by the swords she kept in the mini dojo, but he figured that they were for show. He didn't think any more of it. He plopped himself in front of the large screen when she went to take a shower.
Kagome emerged half an hour later, dressed in jeans and a casual T- shirt. She looked completely different from the night before. She had her hair up. She was just going shopping for a system, she felt no need to dress up.
*~*~*~*~*~*
Miroku was like a kid in a candy store, Kagome recalled. She bought the PS2, which came with a free game. She let Miroku pick out the free game and three others that he wanted. He all but kissed her in the store.
She felt good about buying stuff for others, even if it was staying at her house. She even splurged and bought all the extras that could ever be asked for.
That was two weeks ago. Since then Miroku has dropped by everyday to play. It was three days after she bought the PS2 that she had keys made for Miroku. Besides she needed to give her babies a test drive. They were fully loaded and fully automatic. Kagome loved it.
Making the keys was one of the best things she did, she was sick of having him bang on her patio door at 10 a.m. The first morning he used his key, he came upstairs and jumped on her; waking her up he was so excited. Needless to say Kagome wasn't. He acted like a small child: only worse than Shippo. Kagome laughed at the memory. He would still wake her up, but he'd be armed with coffee, and she had no defence against that.
She made one ground rule: no one was to touch her swords. Miroku couldn't find a reason to object, so he agreed. Even Miroku couldn't argue; free food, and free access to the plasma: which he now called 'his baby'.
Kagome continued training and dancing. By now Miroku was like a brother, except he came and went as he pleased. She even bought a walkie- talkie set. One was in her kitchen and the other was in Miroku's house. He was over so often, Meg and Kagome had to communicate over Miroku's eating habits. Most nights were spent at the television playing a game, or watching something on television.
Kagome sighed. It was the night before school. Unfortunately Miroku was going to a public school, his mom didn't have the finances to send him to a private school, and his grades weren't good enough for a scholarship. She kicked Miroku out at 10 p.m. so she could go to sleep. She feared that sleep wouldn't come. She hated starting new schools, they gave her butterflies, and starting school in a new country without any friends was worse.
However, sleep came to Kagome as soon as her head hit the pillow.
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A/N: Hope you liked that edition! Next chapter has been plotted! *sigh* I don't know why I'm uploading the next chapter, no has reviewed it, but the White Plot Bunny says that it's for my own madness, and who really cares about anyone else. I have to agree with the WPB, he's evil! He keeps putting thoughts in my head! Please someone review and tell me what you think, otherwise the WPB will have free reign. That's never a good thing ^_~
Beta-reader: Ooo, Sesshy's got it bad ^__^