Chapter 10(!)
Sango climbed out of bed and rubbed her eyes, ridding them of pesky sleepies (AN: those yellow things in your eyes every morning). She looked over at the clock to see the bright red 10:37 blinking at her. Wow, I slept late... They were told to be up by ten. Kagome was in the shower; she could hear the water running. She decided to take a shower after breakfast and pulled on some decent beach clothes - a T-shirt and shorts – and put her hair into a ponytail.
As she opened the hotel room door, she heard the shower turn off. "Kagome, I'm going to eat breakfast!"
"Hey! Wait for me! I'll be right out!"
Sighing, Sango stepped back into the room, "Kagome, the last time you said you would be 'right out' you were in the bathroom, we were thirty minutes late."
(AN: yay! 40th page! Party!!!)
"Okay, fine, I'll see you down there." Sango could hear Kagome sigh as she closed the door. She walked down to the elevator and after noticing no one was in the hallways, began to run. Crap, I must be really late... She bounced on one foot and the other while waiting for the elevator. The elevator door opened and she ran in, not noticing Miroku standing there, about to go out.
"Eek! Sorry Miroku..." Sango's cheeks became a bit pink.
"Hey, what's the rush? I just came from downstairs where maybe two or three people are. Coach and Mrs. Youngblood decided to forget the schedule and let everyone know you can do whatever, as long as we stay in groups. We are free to roam the city. Or at least, until eleven, when we report back here. I was just headed back to out room, then your room, to ask if you and Kagome want to come with Inuyasha and I to the shops."
"Oh cool! Wow, that's nice of the teachers...if Mr. Bone were here it would be like boot camp... Anyway, I'm sure Kagome would love to come, and you know I have nothing better to do, so, sure we'll come!" Sango smiled warmly, happy she had a reason to spend the day with Miroku.
"So I'll meet you outside your door in ten minutes." He smiled and Sango turned to walk back to her room. She got that gut feeling, and whirled around to grab Miroku's hand which was about to...erm...do what we all know it was about to do. Miroku winced, a big anime sweat drop on his forehead. Sango waggled a finger at him.
"Mrrrrokuuu...you may be my boyfriend, but I still don't appreciate that." Sango said in a voice so low it was pretty gosh-darn scary. Miroku rubbed the back of his head.
"Hehehe? Oops? It...erm...slipped?"
"Ug. See you in ten." Sango stormed off to her room, or at least she stormed until she was out of sight, when she fell against the wall laughing. She loved acting mean and scary around Miroku. She could tell he didn't love it nearly as much as she did, but it was fun anyway. Slowly, she stood; walking the few feet she was away from her and Kagome's room.
***
"Kawaii!"
"Feh. It's just a golf cart with a different style...get over it, Kagome."
"No, but look at it! It's so cool! And looks to odd... That's what makes it kawaii!"
Sango, Miroku, and Inuyasha all face faulted.
-Each had gotten a key from Mrs. Rice and was told that their mode of transportation was in the first level of the garage. When the elevator door opened, all four of them had gasped. Before them were at least one hundred of what looked like futuristic golf carts-
"I wonder how fast they go..." Inuyasha pondered as the four sat at a stoplight that didn't need to be there.
"Wanna see?" Sango said with an eyebrow raised. Everyone nodded.
"I bet I can beat you to the next stoplight!" Inuyasha said to Miroku.
"Go!" Miroku yelled as the light turned green. Everyone sped off at a top speed of thirty miles an hour.
"And Sango is in the lead!" Sango yelled as she gained maybe an inch over Inuyasha. Miroku was right on Inuyasha's tail and Kagome was...erm...a while back to say the least.
"Hey you guys! Wait up! I got the slow one! Hold on guys! This isn't fair!" Kagome's voice could barley be heard in the far away distance of a few feet.
Meanwhile, the position of first was changed to Miroku, who had a burst of speed and flew past Sango. Almost as soon as Miroku took the lead, Inuyasha came up too. Sango was neck and neck with Miroku when it happened.
Out of nowhere, the three cars started slowing down at a very fast rate. The engines were audibly getting very tired. All three of the leading people's cars slowed to five miles an hour and didn't budge any higher. Kagome flew past them all as the next stoplight came into view. Loud, triumphant laughter could be heard as Kagome screeched to a halt at the red light. After a minute or so, Miroku, Inuyasha, and Sango put-put-putted up to the red light as well.
"You guys are so slow! I won! Yes! The last will be first, always and forever! Na-na-na-na-boo-boo! I beat all your buts!"
"You know Kagome, no one likes a sore winner." Sango commented as the light turned green and everyone went a decent speed. Kagome huffed, but didn't say anything.
***
"Well I need to find some food. I skipped breakfast and I am starving!"
"I need to find something for Kohaku..."
"I go wherever you go."
"I don't care. So I'll go with Kagome, Miroku, you go with Sango, and we'll meet back here in an hour."
"Sounds good to me!"
Sango and Miroku got into their cars and drove down the street while Kagome and Inuyasha stayed where they were.
"Hey, lets go into the Mermaid Pier, that place looks cool!" Kagome looked a little more excited about the shopping trip than Inuyasha - but hey, what guy likes shopping anyway? *Random guy raises hand* Oh... well... anyway...
***
Sango and Miroku walked hand-in-hand into a souvenir shop called Wings. When they walked in, they were blasted with cool air. Some local rock band was playing through the speakers all around the store and anything from surfboards to bikinis were displayed on the almost twenty foot walls. What wasn't on the walls was on shelves or racks. Everything was neatly organized, swimsuits in one corner of the store, water toys and rafts in another, souvenirs for the older bunch (sand in bottles, essences, plaques, you get the idea) in yet another corner, and those fun little knick knacks by the register.
After what seemed like hours, Sango and Miroku had each bought at least one thing and spent more than they should have. [AN: But hey, they're teenagers with no parents to tell them what to do for the moment... live a little people!]
"We should probably start heading back to the Mermaid Pier, its almost been an hour and I am sure Inuyasha wouldn't let Kagome drag him around for that long. Knowing him, he probably quit and let her run free after five minutes."
Miroku laughed, she was right. So they headed back to the mermaid pier, met up with Inuyasha and Kagome, and decided to head back to the hotel then head over to East Beach, apparently the place to be.
***
"I don't see why it's so cool. It's just like all the other beaches, except they allow drinking, which we are too young for anyway."
Miroku wasn't that excited, but then again, it wasn't as if he wouldn't go just because of it.
Inuyasha smiled, "But guess who has his old man's I.D.?"
"Inuyasha, you didn't!"
"Yeah so what? I can't help my dear-old-dad leaves these things around for me to take when needed! And hey, this means I can get you guys some too, so you're not missing out on anything!"
"Gee Inuyasha, you aren't as dense as I thought!" Miroku commented. Sango nodded her head in agreement. Inuyasha rolled his eyes.
"Yeah, well at least I don't resolve to middle-school disses."
"Oh yeah? At least I don't look like a girl from behind, what with your hair so long."
"Well at least I don't put mine in a ponytail, Perv boy!"
"You think I'm a perv? You the one who has a secret stash of Playboy Magazines under his bed!"
Ever so slowly, Kagome and Sango inched away from the argument. After they were far enough away, they ran over to the bar and ordered a set of four Dr. Peppers, everyone's agreed favorite.
***
"I love this song!" Kagome shouted to no one in particular as Sugar Ray came on. Kagome, Inuyasha, and the rest of the east beach goers were all crowded up by the stage, listening to Sugar Ray.
There was a loud, off key voice made up as practically the whole crowd sang along to the song.
"Every morning there's a halo hanging from the corner of my girlfriend's four post bed!!!" Sango and Miroku were sitting at a table behind the crowd, watching the band play and talking. Neither really loved the music playing so loud it broke your eardrums. Inuyasha would have stayed behind, but Kagome dragged him to the front of the crowd. Sango pitied him.
"So, how long do you think Inuyasha is going to last?" Miroku yelled over the crowd and band.
"I have no clue! Probably five more minutes max." Sango yelled back.
"You wanna get out of here?"
Sango shrugged, half smiling, "Sure! Why not?"
So they stood and weaved their way through the crowd and out to where the rising tide and sand met. They walked along the beach, hand in hand, enjoying the few moments they had alone together.
They really didn't talk much, maybe they were at a loss for words, or maybe they just had nothing important to say. After a good fifteen minutes of silence, Sango stopped.
"I think we've gone far enough, we should probably head back." Sango muttered, hating to interrupt the silence. She turned to walk back, but Miroku stayed where he was.
"Seriously," Sango said as she turned around, "It's getting la-." Miroku's lips met hers in a kiss. Abruptly surprised at first, Sango tensed then relaxed a millisecond afterward upon realizing what was going on.
Sango yelped as Miroku brought her up into his arms, carrying her bridal style. He spun her around in circles on the sand, her still in his arms. It was probably one of the most oddly romantic things that had ever happened to her, Sango realized.
***
Sango climbed out of bed and rubbed her eyes, ridding them of pesky sleepies (AN: those yellow things in your eyes every morning). She looked over at the clock to see the bright red 10:37 blinking at her. Wow, I slept late... They were told to be up by ten. Kagome was in the shower; she could hear the water running. She decided to take a shower after breakfast and pulled on some decent beach clothes - a T-shirt and shorts – and put her hair into a ponytail.
As she opened the hotel room door, she heard the shower turn off. "Kagome, I'm going to eat breakfast!"
"Hey! Wait for me! I'll be right out!"
Sighing, Sango stepped back into the room, "Kagome, the last time you said you would be 'right out' you were in the bathroom, we were thirty minutes late."
(AN: yay! 40th page! Party!!!)
"Okay, fine, I'll see you down there." Sango could hear Kagome sigh as she closed the door. She walked down to the elevator and after noticing no one was in the hallways, began to run. Crap, I must be really late... She bounced on one foot and the other while waiting for the elevator. The elevator door opened and she ran in, not noticing Miroku standing there, about to go out.
"Eek! Sorry Miroku..." Sango's cheeks became a bit pink.
"Hey, what's the rush? I just came from downstairs where maybe two or three people are. Coach and Mrs. Youngblood decided to forget the schedule and let everyone know you can do whatever, as long as we stay in groups. We are free to roam the city. Or at least, until eleven, when we report back here. I was just headed back to out room, then your room, to ask if you and Kagome want to come with Inuyasha and I to the shops."
"Oh cool! Wow, that's nice of the teachers...if Mr. Bone were here it would be like boot camp... Anyway, I'm sure Kagome would love to come, and you know I have nothing better to do, so, sure we'll come!" Sango smiled warmly, happy she had a reason to spend the day with Miroku.
"So I'll meet you outside your door in ten minutes." He smiled and Sango turned to walk back to her room. She got that gut feeling, and whirled around to grab Miroku's hand which was about to...erm...do what we all know it was about to do. Miroku winced, a big anime sweat drop on his forehead. Sango waggled a finger at him.
"Mrrrrokuuu...you may be my boyfriend, but I still don't appreciate that." Sango said in a voice so low it was pretty gosh-darn scary. Miroku rubbed the back of his head.
"Hehehe? Oops? It...erm...slipped?"
"Ug. See you in ten." Sango stormed off to her room, or at least she stormed until she was out of sight, when she fell against the wall laughing. She loved acting mean and scary around Miroku. She could tell he didn't love it nearly as much as she did, but it was fun anyway. Slowly, she stood; walking the few feet she was away from her and Kagome's room.
***
"Kawaii!"
"Feh. It's just a golf cart with a different style...get over it, Kagome."
"No, but look at it! It's so cool! And looks to odd... That's what makes it kawaii!"
Sango, Miroku, and Inuyasha all face faulted.
-Each had gotten a key from Mrs. Rice and was told that their mode of transportation was in the first level of the garage. When the elevator door opened, all four of them had gasped. Before them were at least one hundred of what looked like futuristic golf carts-
"I wonder how fast they go..." Inuyasha pondered as the four sat at a stoplight that didn't need to be there.
"Wanna see?" Sango said with an eyebrow raised. Everyone nodded.
"I bet I can beat you to the next stoplight!" Inuyasha said to Miroku.
"Go!" Miroku yelled as the light turned green. Everyone sped off at a top speed of thirty miles an hour.
"And Sango is in the lead!" Sango yelled as she gained maybe an inch over Inuyasha. Miroku was right on Inuyasha's tail and Kagome was...erm...a while back to say the least.
"Hey you guys! Wait up! I got the slow one! Hold on guys! This isn't fair!" Kagome's voice could barley be heard in the far away distance of a few feet.
Meanwhile, the position of first was changed to Miroku, who had a burst of speed and flew past Sango. Almost as soon as Miroku took the lead, Inuyasha came up too. Sango was neck and neck with Miroku when it happened.
Out of nowhere, the three cars started slowing down at a very fast rate. The engines were audibly getting very tired. All three of the leading people's cars slowed to five miles an hour and didn't budge any higher. Kagome flew past them all as the next stoplight came into view. Loud, triumphant laughter could be heard as Kagome screeched to a halt at the red light. After a minute or so, Miroku, Inuyasha, and Sango put-put-putted up to the red light as well.
"You guys are so slow! I won! Yes! The last will be first, always and forever! Na-na-na-na-boo-boo! I beat all your buts!"
"You know Kagome, no one likes a sore winner." Sango commented as the light turned green and everyone went a decent speed. Kagome huffed, but didn't say anything.
***
"Well I need to find some food. I skipped breakfast and I am starving!"
"I need to find something for Kohaku..."
"I go wherever you go."
"I don't care. So I'll go with Kagome, Miroku, you go with Sango, and we'll meet back here in an hour."
"Sounds good to me!"
Sango and Miroku got into their cars and drove down the street while Kagome and Inuyasha stayed where they were.
"Hey, lets go into the Mermaid Pier, that place looks cool!" Kagome looked a little more excited about the shopping trip than Inuyasha - but hey, what guy likes shopping anyway? *Random guy raises hand* Oh... well... anyway...
***
Sango and Miroku walked hand-in-hand into a souvenir shop called Wings. When they walked in, they were blasted with cool air. Some local rock band was playing through the speakers all around the store and anything from surfboards to bikinis were displayed on the almost twenty foot walls. What wasn't on the walls was on shelves or racks. Everything was neatly organized, swimsuits in one corner of the store, water toys and rafts in another, souvenirs for the older bunch (sand in bottles, essences, plaques, you get the idea) in yet another corner, and those fun little knick knacks by the register.
After what seemed like hours, Sango and Miroku had each bought at least one thing and spent more than they should have. [AN: But hey, they're teenagers with no parents to tell them what to do for the moment... live a little people!]
"We should probably start heading back to the Mermaid Pier, its almost been an hour and I am sure Inuyasha wouldn't let Kagome drag him around for that long. Knowing him, he probably quit and let her run free after five minutes."
Miroku laughed, she was right. So they headed back to the mermaid pier, met up with Inuyasha and Kagome, and decided to head back to the hotel then head over to East Beach, apparently the place to be.
***
"I don't see why it's so cool. It's just like all the other beaches, except they allow drinking, which we are too young for anyway."
Miroku wasn't that excited, but then again, it wasn't as if he wouldn't go just because of it.
Inuyasha smiled, "But guess who has his old man's I.D.?"
"Inuyasha, you didn't!"
"Yeah so what? I can't help my dear-old-dad leaves these things around for me to take when needed! And hey, this means I can get you guys some too, so you're not missing out on anything!"
"Gee Inuyasha, you aren't as dense as I thought!" Miroku commented. Sango nodded her head in agreement. Inuyasha rolled his eyes.
"Yeah, well at least I don't resolve to middle-school disses."
"Oh yeah? At least I don't look like a girl from behind, what with your hair so long."
"Well at least I don't put mine in a ponytail, Perv boy!"
"You think I'm a perv? You the one who has a secret stash of Playboy Magazines under his bed!"
Ever so slowly, Kagome and Sango inched away from the argument. After they were far enough away, they ran over to the bar and ordered a set of four Dr. Peppers, everyone's agreed favorite.
***
"I love this song!" Kagome shouted to no one in particular as Sugar Ray came on. Kagome, Inuyasha, and the rest of the east beach goers were all crowded up by the stage, listening to Sugar Ray.
There was a loud, off key voice made up as practically the whole crowd sang along to the song.
"Every morning there's a halo hanging from the corner of my girlfriend's four post bed!!!" Sango and Miroku were sitting at a table behind the crowd, watching the band play and talking. Neither really loved the music playing so loud it broke your eardrums. Inuyasha would have stayed behind, but Kagome dragged him to the front of the crowd. Sango pitied him.
"So, how long do you think Inuyasha is going to last?" Miroku yelled over the crowd and band.
"I have no clue! Probably five more minutes max." Sango yelled back.
"You wanna get out of here?"
Sango shrugged, half smiling, "Sure! Why not?"
So they stood and weaved their way through the crowd and out to where the rising tide and sand met. They walked along the beach, hand in hand, enjoying the few moments they had alone together.
They really didn't talk much, maybe they were at a loss for words, or maybe they just had nothing important to say. After a good fifteen minutes of silence, Sango stopped.
"I think we've gone far enough, we should probably head back." Sango muttered, hating to interrupt the silence. She turned to walk back, but Miroku stayed where he was.
"Seriously," Sango said as she turned around, "It's getting la-." Miroku's lips met hers in a kiss. Abruptly surprised at first, Sango tensed then relaxed a millisecond afterward upon realizing what was going on.
Sango yelped as Miroku brought her up into his arms, carrying her bridal style. He spun her around in circles on the sand, her still in his arms. It was probably one of the most oddly romantic things that had ever happened to her, Sango realized.
***