Chapter 14
'What the hell is that noise?!' Inuyasha thought to himself as he woke up to shrieks of laughter. He tucked the picture of Kikyo under his pillow again and started to get up.
The laughter was heard once more.
'Damnit, do they ever shut-up?!' his ears sensed the sounds he heard from downstairs. It wasn't just Sango's. It was also Kagome and Miroku.
He looked at the time and say that it was only 9:45 AM.
'What time do those people wake up?!' Inuyasha rolled his eyes as he wiped his face with his hand. He opened his bedroom door and started to walk downstairs.
In the living room he saw Kagome, Miroku, and Sango all in their pajamas laughing.
"Good-morning, Inuyasha!" Sango said as she heard her brother approaching.
"Feh. What the hell is so funny?" he asked irritated.
"Oh, Kagome was just telling me about her friends back at home and all of the funny things they did." Sango smiled.
"Rise and shine, Inuyasha! It's a nice day today." Miroku patted Inuyasha's back as he got into the kitchen.
"Why are you in your sleeping clothes?" Inuyasha asked as he eyed Miroku suspiciously.
"Kagome just woke me up and told me to come walk with her over here. She was too scared to walk alone. I told her it was only a couple of blocks away, but nooo.." Miroku said as he mocked Kagome. She stuck out her tongue and they both laughed.
"Yeah. It's been a day since I haven't seen Sango and I use the first chance I get just to see her again." Kagome laughed as she smiled.
"You're so romantic!" Sango laughed.
"Hmph. Well the next time you wanna wake someone up early in the morning, give them a warning!" Inuyasha growled.
The two girls rolled their eyes and proceeded to talk. Miroku gave Inuyasha a friendly pat on his back.
Somehow, Miroku budged into their conversation and Kagome nudged herself out of it. So it was only Miroku and Sango's conversation. Kagome pulled Inuyasha out of the living room and brought him by the stairs.
"What do you want?" he asked suspiciously.
"When did you want to start the dancing teaching?" Kagome winked.
"Gah! Do you have to be so loud?" Inuyasha' blushed as he began to whisper silently.
"Oh! Sorry!" Kagome whispered back.
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"So what'd you do yesterday with Kagome?" Sango asked Miroku as they sat down in the living room.
"We basically went shopping for things to wear to the opening." Miroku replied.
"Oh, I see. Did you buy anything?"
"Yeah. Of course, I don't want to be wearing any usual clothing for my dearest, Sango." Miroku crossed his eyes at her and she laughed.
"Darn. If only you didn't come to the mall that one time and then you might've been surprised to see me in something new! Good thing Kagome's doing the same thing." Sango laughed.
"Oh! I bought her something new yesterday too."
"WHAT?! So it's just me?! Aww, shoot." she said as she put her elbow on the table and rested her head on her hand.
"If it's any consolation, I've been hit on the head several times after seeing you in that outfit, so I doubt I remember what it looks like." Miroku smiled his charming smile.
Sango felt a warmness in his smile and she looked into his eyes and gave him a smile back.
"Hey, where'd Kagome go?"
"And where is Inuyasha?" Miroku added.
They looked over at the stairs and saw the two crouching. They were silent, so they figured that they were whispering.
"Wonder what they're talking about.." Sango said as they looked at them.
"No idea.." the two looked at each other and smiled mischievously. They started to get up slowly and tip-toed near Kagome and Inuyasha.
"HEY YOU TWO GO BACK THERE AND QUIT TRYING TO EAVESDROP!" Inuyasha yelled.
Sango and Miroku fell in shock. They picked up their feet and began walking back to the living room.
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"So when and where?" Kagome asked.
"It doesn't really matter. Feh. I could care less." he held his head high.
"Do you want to learn or not?" Kagome said sternly.
"Okay! Fine, fine, fine. Today then. We'll make up an excuse for so-and-so this and that."
"Seems good enough, I guess."
"Good."
"Where would we go though?"
Inuyasha paused. He hadn't thought about where they would've gone for the lessons. He didn't even know what his fake excuse would be.
"I know! There's this place, where people can have their own rooms. It's full of mirrors. I guess you can say that it's meant for dancing. Feh. My friend works there, so I guess we could get in for free."
"That sounds great!"
"SHH! Not to loud!" Inuyasha hushed her.
"Oh! I forgot, sorry." she whispered.
"Anyhow, we can just go.. I don't know. Sometime. Maybe 12:15? So it won't seem so weird."
Kagome nodded.
"I'll just come over to your house, to pick you up." Inuyasha said.
"Okay."
"Remember, not one word!!" he warned. Kagome nodded.
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Sango yawned as they waited for Inuyasha and Kagome to come back to the living room.
"You tired?" Miroku asked as he watched her yawn.
"A little, but not really. What was your life like before you moved here?" she asked as she tilted her head down while yawning.
"It was difficult...I guess that just sums it up." Miroku shrugged as he saw caught Sango trying not to shut her eyes. Her head kept on bobbing frontwards and back. He rolled his eyes and put his arm around her shoulders and gestured her to rest.
She placed her head onto his muscular chest. She heard the sound of his heartbeat and it relaxed her. It was like his heartbeat was her lullaby.
"How so difficult?" she asked.
Miroku tensed up.
"I guess just a lot of things happened before I started to live with Kagome and her mom."
"Like what?"
He tensed up even more.
"Just some problems with my mom and dad. Basically my mom. I've been living with Kagome and my aunt for a long time, but I can still remember what happened with my own mother."
Miroku began to look away from Sango's face. She realized that this was not a subject that was of his interest.
"Do you like it here so far?" she asked him.
"Yeah, it's not so bad. I like that we can walk to a lot of places instead of drive, and that we've made a lot of new friends." he winked at her.
Sango smiled and nodded.
Kagome and Inuyasha entered the living room. They looked and Sango and Miroku. Both raised their eyebrows and shrugged their shoulders.
Kagome and Inuyasha sat by eachother on the couch next to Sango and Miroku. They flipped through the channels of the TV and argued which channel they should watch. Finally, they agreed and watched the Disney movie, 'Beauty and the Beast'.
Kagome smiled as she watched the movie, but Inuyasha just rolled his eyes at the scenes. He wasn't really into any of it.
After an hour and a half, the movie was over. Kagome and Miroku decided to go home. She gave Inuyasha an assuring look and said 'good-bye' to Sango. Kagome grabbed her bag of clothes and was off walking home with Miroku.
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:: DING DONG ::
"I'll get it." Miroku called out as he already opened the door. He stood confused to find Inuyasha.
"Why, greetings, Inuyasha. What brings you here?"
"I...uhh, need to tell Kagome something." he said nervously.
"Uhh-huh. I'm sure you do." Miroku said sarcastically as he told Inuyasha to come in.
Kagome heard the door close and came downstairs. Inuyasha looked at her. He forgot how beautiful she looked in that outfit when he saw her the in the store. She looked even more stunning the second time.
Inuyasha shook his head back to reality and nodded at Kagome. She nodded back.
"Miroku...I uhh, need to go somewhere. Since mom went out with the car, I'm going to need to get a ride with Inuyasha. If mom calls to ask, just tell her I went out, okay?" Kagome smiled.
Miroku looked at his cousin, then at Inuyasha, then at his cousin again. He sighed, but nodded. Kagome hugged Miroku and waved good-bye to him as she exited the house with Inuyasha.
"You're a better liar than me!" Inuyasha said as he closed the door to his car.
"It's not that I'm better.. It's just that you suck." Kagome laughed.
She looked at the radio in Inuyasha's car.
'Alas, we meet again. Sworn enemy.' Kagome gave the radio a cold stare.
Inuyasha caught the stare from the corner of his eye.
"Did you just...evilly look at my radio?" he said awkwardly.
Kagome blushed and Inuyasha shook his head.
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:: RING RING ::
"Higurashi residence, this is Miroku speaking."
"Miroku?"
"Yes? And who is calling?"
"This is Sango.."
"Sango! What brings you here to call?"
"I was looking for Kagome...I needed to talk to her about the opening night.."
"Oh, she went...out."
"Really? So did Inuyasha. What a jerk, he didn't even say anything to me. I asked him over and over where he was going, but all he did was look at me oddly and walk out of the house!"
"Oh? Kagome just went out with Inuyasha. She said that she needed to go somewhere. Didn't tell me where though."
"Wow. Secret get-away." Sango laughed.
"What did you need to ask Kagome about the club?"
"Oh, I was just going to ask her about the outfit, that's all."
"Oh, I see."
"Hey, Miroku. Did you want to go out and walk around the neighborhood or something? You know, since Kagome and Inuyasha are gone?"
"That would be great. I just need to get ready."
"Me too. Well, I'll just call you when I'm done, then eh?"
"Sounds like a plan."
"Okay, bye!"
"Bye."
:: CLICK ::
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When Kagome and Inuyasha had reached the dance studio room, it was pretty big. Thankfully, Inuyasha's friend was a worker there. It was hard to imagine that this trial was free.
"This is amazing!" Kagome said as she walked around the room and looked at all of the mirrors.
Mirrors were practically the walls of the whole room. In the corner there stood a stool with a boom-box on top of it.
"Feh. I guess so." Inuyasha crossed his arms by his chest.
"Okay! Let's get started. So, show me what you know so far." Kagome said as she put her hands on her hips.
"Uhh.." Inuyasha began to turn red.
"It's okay.. Nobody's here to see you.. See, I'll even do something stupid before you do." Kagome began to hop like a frog and moved her head back and forth so her hair would go into her face. Inuyasha laughed.
"Okay.. So let me turn on the boom-box first, and then we can get things started." She turned it on and put the volume fairly low.
"Okay.. Here it goes.." Inuyasha began to step side by side and side by side and side by side.
Kagome nodded and smiled, but when she realized that was all he was doing, her smile faded.
"Try moving your arms a bit, you're too stiff." she instructed.
Inuyasha had no idea how she wanted him to move her arms so he began flapping like a bird. So basically he was stepping back and forth and back and forth while flapping his arms.
Kagome placed her hand on her forehead.
"This is going to take a while.." she smiled as she walked next to Inuyasha.
"Okay.. Let's try something else. Dancing is not something that can be taught.. I mean, it can, but usually it's much more fun if it comes from the soul. It doesn't matter how you dance, it's that you like the feeling when you're dancing." she grabbed a CD from her bag and placed it in the boom-box.
"For example.." she began as she pressed play on the box. As the song began, Kagome began to dance. Her eyes were closed and she bit her lip. Inuyasha bobbed his head at the beat of the music and he kept his eyes focused on Kagome. She was so into her dancing.
When she stopped and opened her eyes, she caught Inuyasha looking at her. He immediately looked away. She smiled.
"So, I'm guessing something like that. Just dance what you feel."
Inuyasha nodded. When he found a good beat in the song to start, he began to bob his head. Then he began to clap and move left to right, left to right, left to right.
Kagome forced and smiled at Inuyasha's dancing.
"Okay.. That was...good, but it seems like we're going to need more than one day for this one."
After hours and hours of trying to help Inuyasha, Kagome began to think that there was no hope. When they were taking a break, Inuyasha was also very irritated with anger.
"JUST GIVE IT UP, I JUST CAN'T DANCE!" he kicked the mirror, but then it vibrated and some of the wooden planks on the floor began to break. Unforunately, Inuyasha was standing on those planks. As each of them began to creak, he started to jump so he wouldn't get caught.
Kagome watched as Inuyasha jumped the planks and there was music playing in the back ground. For balance, Inuyasha's arms were bent a certain way, and his jumping went along with the music. Kagome's face glowed as she realized that Inuyasha COULD dance!
"Inuyasha! YOU'RE DOING IT!" Kagome stood up and smiled.
"DOING WHAT?!"
"DANCING!" Kagome laughed.
"I am?!" he asked confused.
"What you just did...the jumping. That can also be using in a dance. Just move your feet! I have an idea! Why don't I teach the one of the most oldest dances ever?"
"Sure.. What do I have to lose?" he shrugged.
"Okay...the dance is called 'The Electric Slide'."
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"I see that you've changed your cloth to your..curse?" Sango said as they started walking around.
"Yeah. Kagome said it was getting old."
Sango laughed.
"What do you think?" he asked as he held up his hand.
"I think you look wonderful either way." Sango paused, and blushed.
"I mean, I think IT looks wonderful either way." she corrected herself.
Miroku laughed shyly at her correction. The two were silent for a while as they started to walk.
"So you're going to be going to school here too?" she asked as she broke the silence.
"I guess so, I'm not looking forward to it though."
"Why not?"
"Because..a new school.. Being a new kid isn't exactly the best thing."
"But you're not a new kid..me and Inuyasha know you guys." she smiled.
"True."
Miroku looked at Sango as she smiled and faced forward. In the corner of her eye she caught him staring and looked at him.
"What's the matter?" she smiled.
"Nothing.." he looked away and blushed. Miroku's heart started to pound faster.
"Are you sure?" she asked as she flicked his ear.
"Yeah." he smiled at her.
'Damn, I love it when he smiles. It's so cute.' Sango thought to herself.
As they were walking, Rio from the ice cream parlor was coming their way. Sango eyes widened as she caught a glimpse of him. Miroku's hand started to ball up in a fist when he saw him.
"It's Ri–"
"I know." Miroku interrupted her.
"What do we do? He won't leave me alone!" Sango said as laughed.
"Then we'll make him." Miroku winked at her.
He grabbed her by the waist and pulled her close to him. She saw what he was doing, and followed his plan by placing her hand in his and interlacing their fingers. They began to walk slowly, and Miroku placed his head above Sango's.
Sango sighed and began to take deep breaths.
'In...out...in...out..' she said to herself. Her heart was pounding faster than ever. It began to beat triple times when he held her waist. It felt weird, but so right at the same time.
As they passed Rio, they tried not looking at him and cooed each other. From the corner or their eyes, they could see the eye-daggers Rio was shooting at Miroku and laughed.
They stayed holding each other and made sure Rio was out of sight. When he was, the two still didn't let go. It wasn't until a few minutes, and then Miroku began to clear his throat and loosened his grip on Sango. He pulled back his hand and removed his arm from her waist.
She looked at him with confusion.
'Why did he let go of me?' she asked herself.
Miroku just straightened up his chest as he began to walk a bit in front of Sango. She could tell that he looked at her with uneasiness from the corner of his eye, but decided to ignore it. Sango caught up with him and they began to walk around once more.
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"Okay.. One more time!" Kagome called out as she replayed the song.
"Now, one..two..three.. GO INU!"
Inuyasha began to listen to the music and attempted to do the Electric Slide.
'Step..step..together..step..step..together..back..back..back..front step..back step..and curve!' he said to himself.
"YAY! INUYASHA, YOU DID IT!" Kagome jumped with excitement.
"I did?!" he said after he stopped.
"YES! YES, YOU DID IT!" Kagome ran towards him and hugged him.
Inuyasha wrapped his arms around Kagome, and hugged her back. After 5 seconds, the two were still hugging. Soon, they let go of each other and blushed.
"You did great! See! You can dance after all!" Kagome said as she smiled.
"Did I do it well?" he asked.
"Why don't you see for yourself?" she said a she began to play the song again.
She ran next to him and mouthed the count down. The two began dancing the Electric slide together. Inuyasha looked at himself in the mirrors and was proud that he had learned his first dance.
"This is only the beginning! Tomorrow I could teach you more! Is that okay?" Kagome asked happily as they finished their dance.
Inuyasha nodded.
"Great! Whoa! Look at the time! It's almost 9!"
Inuyasha looked at the clock, and she was right. It WAS almost 9. He felt a little embarrassed. It took THAT long for him to learn something as simple as 'The Electric Slide'?
The two grabbed their things and went out of the dancing studio.
Kagome waited out of the door as she watched Inuyasha talk to his friend about tomorrow's lesson. She felt happy that she had taught him a dance and knowing that he would have a bit more pride in himself. She liked being with him.
On their way back home, Inuyasha seemed a lot happier.
"Thanks, Kagome." he said.
"You're welcome. It was a lot fun for me, too." Kagome smiled.
Inuyasha smiled back at her, and began to play the radio. He stiffened as the song that was playing was 'The First Cut is the Deepest' by Sheryl Crow.
'I still want you by my side
Just to help me dry the tears that I've cried
But I'm sure gonna give you a try
'Cause if you want I'll try to love again
Baby, I'll try to love again but I know..
The first cut is the deepest..'
'What the hell is that noise?!' Inuyasha thought to himself as he woke up to shrieks of laughter. He tucked the picture of Kikyo under his pillow again and started to get up.
The laughter was heard once more.
'Damnit, do they ever shut-up?!' his ears sensed the sounds he heard from downstairs. It wasn't just Sango's. It was also Kagome and Miroku.
He looked at the time and say that it was only 9:45 AM.
'What time do those people wake up?!' Inuyasha rolled his eyes as he wiped his face with his hand. He opened his bedroom door and started to walk downstairs.
In the living room he saw Kagome, Miroku, and Sango all in their pajamas laughing.
"Good-morning, Inuyasha!" Sango said as she heard her brother approaching.
"Feh. What the hell is so funny?" he asked irritated.
"Oh, Kagome was just telling me about her friends back at home and all of the funny things they did." Sango smiled.
"Rise and shine, Inuyasha! It's a nice day today." Miroku patted Inuyasha's back as he got into the kitchen.
"Why are you in your sleeping clothes?" Inuyasha asked as he eyed Miroku suspiciously.
"Kagome just woke me up and told me to come walk with her over here. She was too scared to walk alone. I told her it was only a couple of blocks away, but nooo.." Miroku said as he mocked Kagome. She stuck out her tongue and they both laughed.
"Yeah. It's been a day since I haven't seen Sango and I use the first chance I get just to see her again." Kagome laughed as she smiled.
"You're so romantic!" Sango laughed.
"Hmph. Well the next time you wanna wake someone up early in the morning, give them a warning!" Inuyasha growled.
The two girls rolled their eyes and proceeded to talk. Miroku gave Inuyasha a friendly pat on his back.
Somehow, Miroku budged into their conversation and Kagome nudged herself out of it. So it was only Miroku and Sango's conversation. Kagome pulled Inuyasha out of the living room and brought him by the stairs.
"What do you want?" he asked suspiciously.
"When did you want to start the dancing teaching?" Kagome winked.
"Gah! Do you have to be so loud?" Inuyasha' blushed as he began to whisper silently.
"Oh! Sorry!" Kagome whispered back.
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"So what'd you do yesterday with Kagome?" Sango asked Miroku as they sat down in the living room.
"We basically went shopping for things to wear to the opening." Miroku replied.
"Oh, I see. Did you buy anything?"
"Yeah. Of course, I don't want to be wearing any usual clothing for my dearest, Sango." Miroku crossed his eyes at her and she laughed.
"Darn. If only you didn't come to the mall that one time and then you might've been surprised to see me in something new! Good thing Kagome's doing the same thing." Sango laughed.
"Oh! I bought her something new yesterday too."
"WHAT?! So it's just me?! Aww, shoot." she said as she put her elbow on the table and rested her head on her hand.
"If it's any consolation, I've been hit on the head several times after seeing you in that outfit, so I doubt I remember what it looks like." Miroku smiled his charming smile.
Sango felt a warmness in his smile and she looked into his eyes and gave him a smile back.
"Hey, where'd Kagome go?"
"And where is Inuyasha?" Miroku added.
They looked over at the stairs and saw the two crouching. They were silent, so they figured that they were whispering.
"Wonder what they're talking about.." Sango said as they looked at them.
"No idea.." the two looked at each other and smiled mischievously. They started to get up slowly and tip-toed near Kagome and Inuyasha.
"HEY YOU TWO GO BACK THERE AND QUIT TRYING TO EAVESDROP!" Inuyasha yelled.
Sango and Miroku fell in shock. They picked up their feet and began walking back to the living room.
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"So when and where?" Kagome asked.
"It doesn't really matter. Feh. I could care less." he held his head high.
"Do you want to learn or not?" Kagome said sternly.
"Okay! Fine, fine, fine. Today then. We'll make up an excuse for so-and-so this and that."
"Seems good enough, I guess."
"Good."
"Where would we go though?"
Inuyasha paused. He hadn't thought about where they would've gone for the lessons. He didn't even know what his fake excuse would be.
"I know! There's this place, where people can have their own rooms. It's full of mirrors. I guess you can say that it's meant for dancing. Feh. My friend works there, so I guess we could get in for free."
"That sounds great!"
"SHH! Not to loud!" Inuyasha hushed her.
"Oh! I forgot, sorry." she whispered.
"Anyhow, we can just go.. I don't know. Sometime. Maybe 12:15? So it won't seem so weird."
Kagome nodded.
"I'll just come over to your house, to pick you up." Inuyasha said.
"Okay."
"Remember, not one word!!" he warned. Kagome nodded.
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Sango yawned as they waited for Inuyasha and Kagome to come back to the living room.
"You tired?" Miroku asked as he watched her yawn.
"A little, but not really. What was your life like before you moved here?" she asked as she tilted her head down while yawning.
"It was difficult...I guess that just sums it up." Miroku shrugged as he saw caught Sango trying not to shut her eyes. Her head kept on bobbing frontwards and back. He rolled his eyes and put his arm around her shoulders and gestured her to rest.
She placed her head onto his muscular chest. She heard the sound of his heartbeat and it relaxed her. It was like his heartbeat was her lullaby.
"How so difficult?" she asked.
Miroku tensed up.
"I guess just a lot of things happened before I started to live with Kagome and her mom."
"Like what?"
He tensed up even more.
"Just some problems with my mom and dad. Basically my mom. I've been living with Kagome and my aunt for a long time, but I can still remember what happened with my own mother."
Miroku began to look away from Sango's face. She realized that this was not a subject that was of his interest.
"Do you like it here so far?" she asked him.
"Yeah, it's not so bad. I like that we can walk to a lot of places instead of drive, and that we've made a lot of new friends." he winked at her.
Sango smiled and nodded.
Kagome and Inuyasha entered the living room. They looked and Sango and Miroku. Both raised their eyebrows and shrugged their shoulders.
Kagome and Inuyasha sat by eachother on the couch next to Sango and Miroku. They flipped through the channels of the TV and argued which channel they should watch. Finally, they agreed and watched the Disney movie, 'Beauty and the Beast'.
Kagome smiled as she watched the movie, but Inuyasha just rolled his eyes at the scenes. He wasn't really into any of it.
After an hour and a half, the movie was over. Kagome and Miroku decided to go home. She gave Inuyasha an assuring look and said 'good-bye' to Sango. Kagome grabbed her bag of clothes and was off walking home with Miroku.
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:: DING DONG ::
"I'll get it." Miroku called out as he already opened the door. He stood confused to find Inuyasha.
"Why, greetings, Inuyasha. What brings you here?"
"I...uhh, need to tell Kagome something." he said nervously.
"Uhh-huh. I'm sure you do." Miroku said sarcastically as he told Inuyasha to come in.
Kagome heard the door close and came downstairs. Inuyasha looked at her. He forgot how beautiful she looked in that outfit when he saw her the in the store. She looked even more stunning the second time.
Inuyasha shook his head back to reality and nodded at Kagome. She nodded back.
"Miroku...I uhh, need to go somewhere. Since mom went out with the car, I'm going to need to get a ride with Inuyasha. If mom calls to ask, just tell her I went out, okay?" Kagome smiled.
Miroku looked at his cousin, then at Inuyasha, then at his cousin again. He sighed, but nodded. Kagome hugged Miroku and waved good-bye to him as she exited the house with Inuyasha.
"You're a better liar than me!" Inuyasha said as he closed the door to his car.
"It's not that I'm better.. It's just that you suck." Kagome laughed.
She looked at the radio in Inuyasha's car.
'Alas, we meet again. Sworn enemy.' Kagome gave the radio a cold stare.
Inuyasha caught the stare from the corner of his eye.
"Did you just...evilly look at my radio?" he said awkwardly.
Kagome blushed and Inuyasha shook his head.
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:: RING RING ::
"Higurashi residence, this is Miroku speaking."
"Miroku?"
"Yes? And who is calling?"
"This is Sango.."
"Sango! What brings you here to call?"
"I was looking for Kagome...I needed to talk to her about the opening night.."
"Oh, she went...out."
"Really? So did Inuyasha. What a jerk, he didn't even say anything to me. I asked him over and over where he was going, but all he did was look at me oddly and walk out of the house!"
"Oh? Kagome just went out with Inuyasha. She said that she needed to go somewhere. Didn't tell me where though."
"Wow. Secret get-away." Sango laughed.
"What did you need to ask Kagome about the club?"
"Oh, I was just going to ask her about the outfit, that's all."
"Oh, I see."
"Hey, Miroku. Did you want to go out and walk around the neighborhood or something? You know, since Kagome and Inuyasha are gone?"
"That would be great. I just need to get ready."
"Me too. Well, I'll just call you when I'm done, then eh?"
"Sounds like a plan."
"Okay, bye!"
"Bye."
:: CLICK ::
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When Kagome and Inuyasha had reached the dance studio room, it was pretty big. Thankfully, Inuyasha's friend was a worker there. It was hard to imagine that this trial was free.
"This is amazing!" Kagome said as she walked around the room and looked at all of the mirrors.
Mirrors were practically the walls of the whole room. In the corner there stood a stool with a boom-box on top of it.
"Feh. I guess so." Inuyasha crossed his arms by his chest.
"Okay! Let's get started. So, show me what you know so far." Kagome said as she put her hands on her hips.
"Uhh.." Inuyasha began to turn red.
"It's okay.. Nobody's here to see you.. See, I'll even do something stupid before you do." Kagome began to hop like a frog and moved her head back and forth so her hair would go into her face. Inuyasha laughed.
"Okay.. So let me turn on the boom-box first, and then we can get things started." She turned it on and put the volume fairly low.
"Okay.. Here it goes.." Inuyasha began to step side by side and side by side and side by side.
Kagome nodded and smiled, but when she realized that was all he was doing, her smile faded.
"Try moving your arms a bit, you're too stiff." she instructed.
Inuyasha had no idea how she wanted him to move her arms so he began flapping like a bird. So basically he was stepping back and forth and back and forth while flapping his arms.
Kagome placed her hand on her forehead.
"This is going to take a while.." she smiled as she walked next to Inuyasha.
"Okay.. Let's try something else. Dancing is not something that can be taught.. I mean, it can, but usually it's much more fun if it comes from the soul. It doesn't matter how you dance, it's that you like the feeling when you're dancing." she grabbed a CD from her bag and placed it in the boom-box.
"For example.." she began as she pressed play on the box. As the song began, Kagome began to dance. Her eyes were closed and she bit her lip. Inuyasha bobbed his head at the beat of the music and he kept his eyes focused on Kagome. She was so into her dancing.
When she stopped and opened her eyes, she caught Inuyasha looking at her. He immediately looked away. She smiled.
"So, I'm guessing something like that. Just dance what you feel."
Inuyasha nodded. When he found a good beat in the song to start, he began to bob his head. Then he began to clap and move left to right, left to right, left to right.
Kagome forced and smiled at Inuyasha's dancing.
"Okay.. That was...good, but it seems like we're going to need more than one day for this one."
After hours and hours of trying to help Inuyasha, Kagome began to think that there was no hope. When they were taking a break, Inuyasha was also very irritated with anger.
"JUST GIVE IT UP, I JUST CAN'T DANCE!" he kicked the mirror, but then it vibrated and some of the wooden planks on the floor began to break. Unforunately, Inuyasha was standing on those planks. As each of them began to creak, he started to jump so he wouldn't get caught.
Kagome watched as Inuyasha jumped the planks and there was music playing in the back ground. For balance, Inuyasha's arms were bent a certain way, and his jumping went along with the music. Kagome's face glowed as she realized that Inuyasha COULD dance!
"Inuyasha! YOU'RE DOING IT!" Kagome stood up and smiled.
"DOING WHAT?!"
"DANCING!" Kagome laughed.
"I am?!" he asked confused.
"What you just did...the jumping. That can also be using in a dance. Just move your feet! I have an idea! Why don't I teach the one of the most oldest dances ever?"
"Sure.. What do I have to lose?" he shrugged.
"Okay...the dance is called 'The Electric Slide'."
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"I see that you've changed your cloth to your..curse?" Sango said as they started walking around.
"Yeah. Kagome said it was getting old."
Sango laughed.
"What do you think?" he asked as he held up his hand.
"I think you look wonderful either way." Sango paused, and blushed.
"I mean, I think IT looks wonderful either way." she corrected herself.
Miroku laughed shyly at her correction. The two were silent for a while as they started to walk.
"So you're going to be going to school here too?" she asked as she broke the silence.
"I guess so, I'm not looking forward to it though."
"Why not?"
"Because..a new school.. Being a new kid isn't exactly the best thing."
"But you're not a new kid..me and Inuyasha know you guys." she smiled.
"True."
Miroku looked at Sango as she smiled and faced forward. In the corner of her eye she caught him staring and looked at him.
"What's the matter?" she smiled.
"Nothing.." he looked away and blushed. Miroku's heart started to pound faster.
"Are you sure?" she asked as she flicked his ear.
"Yeah." he smiled at her.
'Damn, I love it when he smiles. It's so cute.' Sango thought to herself.
As they were walking, Rio from the ice cream parlor was coming their way. Sango eyes widened as she caught a glimpse of him. Miroku's hand started to ball up in a fist when he saw him.
"It's Ri–"
"I know." Miroku interrupted her.
"What do we do? He won't leave me alone!" Sango said as laughed.
"Then we'll make him." Miroku winked at her.
He grabbed her by the waist and pulled her close to him. She saw what he was doing, and followed his plan by placing her hand in his and interlacing their fingers. They began to walk slowly, and Miroku placed his head above Sango's.
Sango sighed and began to take deep breaths.
'In...out...in...out..' she said to herself. Her heart was pounding faster than ever. It began to beat triple times when he held her waist. It felt weird, but so right at the same time.
As they passed Rio, they tried not looking at him and cooed each other. From the corner or their eyes, they could see the eye-daggers Rio was shooting at Miroku and laughed.
They stayed holding each other and made sure Rio was out of sight. When he was, the two still didn't let go. It wasn't until a few minutes, and then Miroku began to clear his throat and loosened his grip on Sango. He pulled back his hand and removed his arm from her waist.
She looked at him with confusion.
'Why did he let go of me?' she asked herself.
Miroku just straightened up his chest as he began to walk a bit in front of Sango. She could tell that he looked at her with uneasiness from the corner of his eye, but decided to ignore it. Sango caught up with him and they began to walk around once more.
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"Okay.. One more time!" Kagome called out as she replayed the song.
"Now, one..two..three.. GO INU!"
Inuyasha began to listen to the music and attempted to do the Electric Slide.
'Step..step..together..step..step..together..back..back..back..front step..back step..and curve!' he said to himself.
"YAY! INUYASHA, YOU DID IT!" Kagome jumped with excitement.
"I did?!" he said after he stopped.
"YES! YES, YOU DID IT!" Kagome ran towards him and hugged him.
Inuyasha wrapped his arms around Kagome, and hugged her back. After 5 seconds, the two were still hugging. Soon, they let go of each other and blushed.
"You did great! See! You can dance after all!" Kagome said as she smiled.
"Did I do it well?" he asked.
"Why don't you see for yourself?" she said a she began to play the song again.
She ran next to him and mouthed the count down. The two began dancing the Electric slide together. Inuyasha looked at himself in the mirrors and was proud that he had learned his first dance.
"This is only the beginning! Tomorrow I could teach you more! Is that okay?" Kagome asked happily as they finished their dance.
Inuyasha nodded.
"Great! Whoa! Look at the time! It's almost 9!"
Inuyasha looked at the clock, and she was right. It WAS almost 9. He felt a little embarrassed. It took THAT long for him to learn something as simple as 'The Electric Slide'?
The two grabbed their things and went out of the dancing studio.
Kagome waited out of the door as she watched Inuyasha talk to his friend about tomorrow's lesson. She felt happy that she had taught him a dance and knowing that he would have a bit more pride in himself. She liked being with him.
On their way back home, Inuyasha seemed a lot happier.
"Thanks, Kagome." he said.
"You're welcome. It was a lot fun for me, too." Kagome smiled.
Inuyasha smiled back at her, and began to play the radio. He stiffened as the song that was playing was 'The First Cut is the Deepest' by Sheryl Crow.
'I still want you by my side
Just to help me dry the tears that I've cried
But I'm sure gonna give you a try
'Cause if you want I'll try to love again
Baby, I'll try to love again but I know..
The first cut is the deepest..'