Chapter 18 was pointless, please forgive. Teehee.
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Chapter 19
The drive to the club opening took a while. By the time they had finally reached there, it was sunset. Kagome saw fairly long line of people waiting to get into the opening.
30 minutes later, they entered the club. Kagome marveled at the billions of lights shining in the club. The music was playing loudly and there were several people already dancing. Everybody had the expression on their face that they were having fun. Though there were billions of lights, the club still had it's dark points.
"This is amazing." Kagome said to Sango.
"What?!" Sango yelled over the music.
"I said this is amazing!" Kagome yelled back.
"Oh! Yeah. It is pretty cool, isn't it?" Sango yelled back and smiled.
There were different colored lights shining and blinking everywhere. There were couches at every corner of the room and there were stairs going up to an upper level of the club.
There were several girls there also. Some hardly wore anything, and Kagome and Sango looked at them with distaste. Some wore too much of something, and Kagome and Sango pitied on the heat they must feel.
The guys at the club weren't all that bad looking either. Inuyasha and Miroku caught the two girls looking at the guys, and quickly grabbed their arms to the dance floor.
"So do you remember what to do?" Kagome yelled.
"OUCH! I guess you forgot about these, huh!?" Inuyasha screamed in pain as he pointed to his dog ears.
"Oops! I'm sorry!" Kagome said normally.
"It's okay.. It's fine. And yeah.. I'm pretty sure I remember what to do." Inuyasha smiled. He looked around at the people who were dancing and began dancing himself.
Kagome watched him dance in shock and danced also. The song that was playing was 'Yeah' by Usher. Kagome looked around as she danced for Sango and Miroku and saw them dancing also.
Kagome's mouth dropped as she saw Sango dancing.
'Man! Sango dances really good!' she thought as she saw Sango moved her body perfectly. Kagome looked at Miroku and saw that her cousin was a good dancer as well!
When she turned her head back to Inuyasha, she saw that he was going off in his dancing. His footwork was amazing and his movement went exactly with the beat.
When the song finally ended, Kagome looked at Inuyasha.
"Are you tired?" she asked him.
"Are you kidding me?! Not even!" he said proudly.
Another song began to start. Inuyasha's face glowed as it was a song that had the perfect beat...
....for the Electric Slide.
Kagome started to laugh as she saw Inuyasha begin with the first steps of the Electric Slide. Several heads turned to him and stared. Kagome didn't want anyone to make fun of Inuyasha, so she stood next to him and began dancing too.
Sango and Miroku saw and ran next to them as they started following the Electric Slide. Soon, one by one, everybody started doing it.
"Whoo! Go Inuyasha! You're the life of the party!" Kagome laughed.
"It's only the beginning, Kagome!" Inuyasha laughed as he smiled at her.
"Ohh yeah! Ladies and Gentlemen, go do your thangs! Having fun at the Shikon Club Opening?" yelled the DJ.
'YEAH!' everybody in the club yelled back.
"Oh, right, right. That's good. And congrats to the silver-haired man and his black haired leading lady on bringing back in the classics!"
Everybody in the club screamed and clapped.
Inuyasha began to cover his ears and Kagome noticed that he was going through pain. She gently grabbed his arm and led him to the stairs of the club into the upper level.
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"This is crazy!" Miroku yelled as he laughed.
"I know! But this is really amazing!" Sango laughed back.
"You look beautiful, Sango." Miroku tried complimenting through the noise.
"What?!" she questioned.
"I said you look beautiful, Sango!" he screamed.
"You wanna play the bongos?!"
"No! YOU LOOK BEAUTIFUL!" Miroku yelled with all of his might.
Unfortunately for him, when he yelled it, the DJ had turned the music down for a quick second so everybody heard him yell the compliment to Sango. All of the girls cooed 'awww's and 'that's so sweet!'.
Sango blushed as she realized what had happened. Soon the music started playing loudly again and Miroku was blushing in embarrassment.
Sango grabbed his arm and started to dance again. She pulled him close so that she could whisper something into his ear.
"You don't look so bad yourself." she winked and let go of him and started dancing again.
A guy came next to Sango and tried cutting in between her and Miroku. He started dancing next to Sango and she looked at him with confusion. Sango shrugged and just carried on dancing. Miroku looked at the guy with distaste and began to move closer so he could cut off Sango and the other guy.
Sango began to struggle dancing as the two guys kept crouching over her. Soon she became fed up and stopped dancing. She walked away from the two and went to one of the corner couches.
"Now look what you did!" Miroku and the guy said to each other at the same time.
"Go find someone else to dance with, she's mine." Miroku fought. The guy just rolled his eyes and walked away. Miroku followed Sango to the couch and sat next to her.
"Sorry about that, Sango." he said as he saw her face was with rage.
"It's okay.. It's not your fault. I'm not really mad.. It's just that a lot of things are on my mind right now.. And the last thing I need is someone to stress me out!" she replied.
"Like what?"
"What?"
"What's on your mind?"
'Telling you that I love you..' she thought to herself.
"Nothing...want to just keep dancing?"
Miroku looked at her suspiciously, but nodded and took her hand.
"Am I tiring you out yet? You know.. With being a great dancer and all." Miroku said sarcastically.
"Oh, psh. Please, don't humor me, Miroku. You know I'm the better dancer, so admit it!" Sango joked back.
The two went back to the dance floor and started dancing.
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"You okay?" Kagome asked gently as she and Inuyasha were in one of the 'Silent' rooms.
"Yeah...thanks." he grunted.
"You know.. You did really great out there.." Kagome said shyly.
"Really?"
"Yeah.."
"Thanks.. You did pretty good too."
"Are you ears okay?" she asked.
"Yeah.."
"So would you like to get out of the silence room and just dance here at the upper level?" Kagome smiled as she held out her hand.
He looked at her smiling, and his heart began to beat faster.
"Sure.." he said as he grabbed her hand and they walked back to dance.
"Wow! The upper level is just as awesome as the bottom one!" Kagome said as she and Inuyasha were dancing.
"Hey look! There's Sango and Miroku." he pointed out.
Sango and Miroku were dancing next to the DJ. Kagome admired how cute they looked as they danced. They stood out from the rest of the dancers.
"Sango sure can dance well." Kagome said.
"Feh. I guess so..." he looked down.
"Is that why you were ashamed to tell her?"
Inuyasha looked up at Kagome, but then looked back down.
Kagome placed her hand on his shoulder and smiled.
"It's okay..now you're a wonderful dancer."
Inuyasha smiled back at her and the dance song ended.
"I'm gonna go and get Sango...I want her to teach me some of her moves!" Kagome winked.
She went down the stairs of the club and made her way out through the people. Tons of guys walked up to her and asked her if she wanted to dance with them, but she just kept shaking her head and pointed to the silver-haired boy upstairs.
When she finally made her way to Sango, Kagome smiled.
"Where've you been?" Sango asked as she stopped dancing.
"We went to the upper level because the loud sounds gave Inuyasha a little headache."
"Ohh!! Where is Inuyasha anyway?" Sango asked.
"He's up there sitting at a table." Kagome pointed to him.
"Oh, hey Miroku. Why don't you accompany Inuyasha? Me and Kagome are just gonna have to girl time." Sango laughed. Miroku nodded and waved good-bye as he made his way to the stairs.
Sango and Kagome walked to the corner to one of the couches.
"So anything happen yet?" Sango asked.
"Besides the dancing.. No." Kagome laughed.
"Ooo, nothing happened upstairs?"
"Nah, we just talked a little bit and danced. Have you told Miroku....yennoe?"
"Nope.. I haven't gotten the time to.. I'm so nervous, Kagome."
"Don't be.. It'll all be okay." Kagome smiled.
"Would you two ladies like to dance?" a pair of two handsome guys came up to them.
Sango and Kagome looked at each other with forced smiles.
"Maybe later...sorry." Sango replied. The two guys shrugged and walked away.
"Man..people are on a dance-craze here!" Kagome laughed. Sango nodded and smiled. The two girls got up and went to the dance floor and began to dance once again.
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"Hello, Inuyasha!" Miroku greeted as he sat in the chair across from Inuyasha.
"Hey, Miroku. Where's Sango?"
"She's down there with Kagome. A little girl-time, I suppose."
"Feh. You having fun?"
"Absolutely. It's great here."
"I guess so."
"So how's you and Kagome?"
"Like it's any of your business."
"Hey, Cutie. Wanna dance?" a girl with hardly any clothing on asked Inuyasha as she grabbed his arm.
"Hey, buzz off, wench! I already have a date and she actually wears clothes!" Inuyasha pulled back his arm.
Miroku stared at Inuyasha and smiled.
"What?" Inuyasha asked irritatingly.
"Nothing.." Miroku smiled.
The two guys looked over at the downstairs dance floor and caught sight of Kagome and Sango.
"Kagome can really dance.." Inuyasha said.
Miroku looked at him and nodded.
"Miroku... you're my best friend.. Right?" Inuyasha asked.
"Well.. In my terms we are.." Miroku replied.
"And as best friends... we could tell each other anything, right?"
"Sure. Go for it."
"What if I were to tell you that I...had some sort of feeling for Kagome?" Inuyasha asked as he fidgeted.
Miroku looked at him confused, but then laid back and smiled.
"I wouldn't be surprised."
"And why do you say that?!" Inuyasha asked angrily.
Miroku stood up and patted Inuyasha on the shoulder.
"Because, you're a good guy, Inuyasha. You're a good guy." Miroku walked towards the stairs and looked at Inuyasha.
Inuyasha got up and followed him to the stairs.
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Hours passed and the four danced together non-stop. Eventually, the two groups got lost in their dancing and were separated.
"Okay, Ladies get with yah, man..cause now we're going to play the final song for the night...a little slow jam.." the DJ said as he played 'Slow Jam' by Usher ft. Monica.
The dancers around Miroku and Sango got closer together, and they looked around. Miroku held out his arms and Sango walked closer to him. He held her closely and his arms wrapped around her waist.
Sango took her spot and rested her head on his chest as usual.
"I'm thankful that you're here with me, Sango.." Miroku said gently as they danced.
Sango smiled as she listened to his heartbeat following his words.
"Though we've been through a couple of difficulties, and we haven't known each other for...a year to the most...each day I spend with you has become one important highlight of my life. I think if I were to recall the best day that I've ever had..it would be this one."
Sango looked up at him and blushed.
"Miroku..." she began softly.
"When I first met you.. I have to admit, you did annoy me." she laughed.
"..but when I got to know you.. You seemed more than just a lecher. You actually were the exact opposite of what I thought you were. You were someone...that I could just open up to easily...and not most people can really do that..."
Miroku's heart lifted up as Sango spoke every word to him.
"And I'm also very thankful that I took the time to get to know you. If I hadn't...I would've missed out on something in life that is very important...something that most people can't live without. I wouldn't have found out that I...."
Sango stopped in the middle of her sentence as she grew nervous.
"That you what, Sango?" he asked gently.
"...that I love you."
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'Great, a slow dance.' Inuyasha though to himself dreadfully. Him and Kagome just stood on the dance floor apart, until they started to get closer.
"Do you remember this dance?" she asked.
Inuyasha nodded and held her by the waist.
Kagome's heart began to pound harder and harder as they got closer.
She looked into his eyes, and he looked into hers. Slowly, their faces began to move closer to each other's. Kagome fell into the honesty and compassion of his amber eyes and couldn't take herself away from them.
"Kagome, I'm happy that I'm with you."
"And I'm happy that I'm with you too.." she blushed, but was still mesmerized by his eyes.
"Finally we were given a second chance...I thought I was going to lose you."
Kagome wondered what he spoke about, and then remembered the incident with her head.
"But you didn't, Inuyasha... I'm here.." she said confused, but shrugged it off. Inuyasha hugged her tighter.
"Inuyasha....I need to tell you something.." she said nervously.
"Yes?"
"I....I love you."
Inuyasha looked at her, and Kagome's eyes widened with shock at what she just said.
He moved his face towards hers, and Kagome began to relax. His lips were now close to hers and she felt his warmness touching her lips. Then, they had kissed. Kagome closed her eyes as the danced and kissed to the slow song.
When their kiss had broke apart, Kagome opened her eyes to look at Inuyasha.
"I love you too..."
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"Miroku?" Sango asked uneasily as she looked up at him. He still didn't respond to her when she had said that she loved him.
Miroku's grip on her loosened and he became tense.
"What's wrong? Are you okay?" she asked as she let go of him.
Miroku looked at her blankly, his eyes were full of sadness.
"Did you not hear what I said?" Sango forced a smile.
"No, I heard it fine.." he said deeply as he looked down.
Sango was silent for a moment.
"...and I can't say that I feel the same." he finished.
Sango looked at him with shock. Her heart dropped and she began breathing heavily.
Miroku looked up at her and saw that she was holding back her tears. It pierced his heart to see that he was causing her this pain.
"Wh-wh-what?" she asked shaky.
"I can't say I feel the same way, Sango." he said more sternly.
Sango began breathing more heavily. A single tear passed by her face.
"Sango! I—" before Miroku could finish his sentence, Sango was running away.
The last song finally ended, and people were walking for the exit.
Sango passed by Kagome and Inuyasha and grabbed Kagome's wrist as she walked out of the club.
"Wha-wha-what's the matter with you, Sango?" Kagome asked as she tried letting loose from the pain of Sango's grip.
Sango didn't respond. She just kept moving.
"Sango! Are you listening?" Kagome yelled.
"Sango! Kagome!" Inuyasha called as he finally exited the club with Miroku.
Kagome looked back at Inuyasha and shrugged.
"I don't know! I guess she wants to leave quickly." she called out to Inuyasha. He nodded and walked towards his car.
"Okay.. so what's your problem, Sango? What's wrong with you?" Kagome asked sternly.
Sango turned to face her, and Kagome fell into shock as she saw a tear-streaked face Sango.
"That's exactly what I'm wondering..." Sango looked down. Kagome put her arm around her.
"...what's wrong with me?" Sango sobbed into her hands as Kagome hugged her.
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Chapter 19
The drive to the club opening took a while. By the time they had finally reached there, it was sunset. Kagome saw fairly long line of people waiting to get into the opening.
30 minutes later, they entered the club. Kagome marveled at the billions of lights shining in the club. The music was playing loudly and there were several people already dancing. Everybody had the expression on their face that they were having fun. Though there were billions of lights, the club still had it's dark points.
"This is amazing." Kagome said to Sango.
"What?!" Sango yelled over the music.
"I said this is amazing!" Kagome yelled back.
"Oh! Yeah. It is pretty cool, isn't it?" Sango yelled back and smiled.
There were different colored lights shining and blinking everywhere. There were couches at every corner of the room and there were stairs going up to an upper level of the club.
There were several girls there also. Some hardly wore anything, and Kagome and Sango looked at them with distaste. Some wore too much of something, and Kagome and Sango pitied on the heat they must feel.
The guys at the club weren't all that bad looking either. Inuyasha and Miroku caught the two girls looking at the guys, and quickly grabbed their arms to the dance floor.
"So do you remember what to do?" Kagome yelled.
"OUCH! I guess you forgot about these, huh!?" Inuyasha screamed in pain as he pointed to his dog ears.
"Oops! I'm sorry!" Kagome said normally.
"It's okay.. It's fine. And yeah.. I'm pretty sure I remember what to do." Inuyasha smiled. He looked around at the people who were dancing and began dancing himself.
Kagome watched him dance in shock and danced also. The song that was playing was 'Yeah' by Usher. Kagome looked around as she danced for Sango and Miroku and saw them dancing also.
Kagome's mouth dropped as she saw Sango dancing.
'Man! Sango dances really good!' she thought as she saw Sango moved her body perfectly. Kagome looked at Miroku and saw that her cousin was a good dancer as well!
When she turned her head back to Inuyasha, she saw that he was going off in his dancing. His footwork was amazing and his movement went exactly with the beat.
When the song finally ended, Kagome looked at Inuyasha.
"Are you tired?" she asked him.
"Are you kidding me?! Not even!" he said proudly.
Another song began to start. Inuyasha's face glowed as it was a song that had the perfect beat...
....for the Electric Slide.
Kagome started to laugh as she saw Inuyasha begin with the first steps of the Electric Slide. Several heads turned to him and stared. Kagome didn't want anyone to make fun of Inuyasha, so she stood next to him and began dancing too.
Sango and Miroku saw and ran next to them as they started following the Electric Slide. Soon, one by one, everybody started doing it.
"Whoo! Go Inuyasha! You're the life of the party!" Kagome laughed.
"It's only the beginning, Kagome!" Inuyasha laughed as he smiled at her.
"Ohh yeah! Ladies and Gentlemen, go do your thangs! Having fun at the Shikon Club Opening?" yelled the DJ.
'YEAH!' everybody in the club yelled back.
"Oh, right, right. That's good. And congrats to the silver-haired man and his black haired leading lady on bringing back in the classics!"
Everybody in the club screamed and clapped.
Inuyasha began to cover his ears and Kagome noticed that he was going through pain. She gently grabbed his arm and led him to the stairs of the club into the upper level.
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"This is crazy!" Miroku yelled as he laughed.
"I know! But this is really amazing!" Sango laughed back.
"You look beautiful, Sango." Miroku tried complimenting through the noise.
"What?!" she questioned.
"I said you look beautiful, Sango!" he screamed.
"You wanna play the bongos?!"
"No! YOU LOOK BEAUTIFUL!" Miroku yelled with all of his might.
Unfortunately for him, when he yelled it, the DJ had turned the music down for a quick second so everybody heard him yell the compliment to Sango. All of the girls cooed 'awww's and 'that's so sweet!'.
Sango blushed as she realized what had happened. Soon the music started playing loudly again and Miroku was blushing in embarrassment.
Sango grabbed his arm and started to dance again. She pulled him close so that she could whisper something into his ear.
"You don't look so bad yourself." she winked and let go of him and started dancing again.
A guy came next to Sango and tried cutting in between her and Miroku. He started dancing next to Sango and she looked at him with confusion. Sango shrugged and just carried on dancing. Miroku looked at the guy with distaste and began to move closer so he could cut off Sango and the other guy.
Sango began to struggle dancing as the two guys kept crouching over her. Soon she became fed up and stopped dancing. She walked away from the two and went to one of the corner couches.
"Now look what you did!" Miroku and the guy said to each other at the same time.
"Go find someone else to dance with, she's mine." Miroku fought. The guy just rolled his eyes and walked away. Miroku followed Sango to the couch and sat next to her.
"Sorry about that, Sango." he said as he saw her face was with rage.
"It's okay.. It's not your fault. I'm not really mad.. It's just that a lot of things are on my mind right now.. And the last thing I need is someone to stress me out!" she replied.
"Like what?"
"What?"
"What's on your mind?"
'Telling you that I love you..' she thought to herself.
"Nothing...want to just keep dancing?"
Miroku looked at her suspiciously, but nodded and took her hand.
"Am I tiring you out yet? You know.. With being a great dancer and all." Miroku said sarcastically.
"Oh, psh. Please, don't humor me, Miroku. You know I'm the better dancer, so admit it!" Sango joked back.
The two went back to the dance floor and started dancing.
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"You okay?" Kagome asked gently as she and Inuyasha were in one of the 'Silent' rooms.
"Yeah...thanks." he grunted.
"You know.. You did really great out there.." Kagome said shyly.
"Really?"
"Yeah.."
"Thanks.. You did pretty good too."
"Are you ears okay?" she asked.
"Yeah.."
"So would you like to get out of the silence room and just dance here at the upper level?" Kagome smiled as she held out her hand.
He looked at her smiling, and his heart began to beat faster.
"Sure.." he said as he grabbed her hand and they walked back to dance.
"Wow! The upper level is just as awesome as the bottom one!" Kagome said as she and Inuyasha were dancing.
"Hey look! There's Sango and Miroku." he pointed out.
Sango and Miroku were dancing next to the DJ. Kagome admired how cute they looked as they danced. They stood out from the rest of the dancers.
"Sango sure can dance well." Kagome said.
"Feh. I guess so..." he looked down.
"Is that why you were ashamed to tell her?"
Inuyasha looked up at Kagome, but then looked back down.
Kagome placed her hand on his shoulder and smiled.
"It's okay..now you're a wonderful dancer."
Inuyasha smiled back at her and the dance song ended.
"I'm gonna go and get Sango...I want her to teach me some of her moves!" Kagome winked.
She went down the stairs of the club and made her way out through the people. Tons of guys walked up to her and asked her if she wanted to dance with them, but she just kept shaking her head and pointed to the silver-haired boy upstairs.
When she finally made her way to Sango, Kagome smiled.
"Where've you been?" Sango asked as she stopped dancing.
"We went to the upper level because the loud sounds gave Inuyasha a little headache."
"Ohh!! Where is Inuyasha anyway?" Sango asked.
"He's up there sitting at a table." Kagome pointed to him.
"Oh, hey Miroku. Why don't you accompany Inuyasha? Me and Kagome are just gonna have to girl time." Sango laughed. Miroku nodded and waved good-bye as he made his way to the stairs.
Sango and Kagome walked to the corner to one of the couches.
"So anything happen yet?" Sango asked.
"Besides the dancing.. No." Kagome laughed.
"Ooo, nothing happened upstairs?"
"Nah, we just talked a little bit and danced. Have you told Miroku....yennoe?"
"Nope.. I haven't gotten the time to.. I'm so nervous, Kagome."
"Don't be.. It'll all be okay." Kagome smiled.
"Would you two ladies like to dance?" a pair of two handsome guys came up to them.
Sango and Kagome looked at each other with forced smiles.
"Maybe later...sorry." Sango replied. The two guys shrugged and walked away.
"Man..people are on a dance-craze here!" Kagome laughed. Sango nodded and smiled. The two girls got up and went to the dance floor and began to dance once again.
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"Hello, Inuyasha!" Miroku greeted as he sat in the chair across from Inuyasha.
"Hey, Miroku. Where's Sango?"
"She's down there with Kagome. A little girl-time, I suppose."
"Feh. You having fun?"
"Absolutely. It's great here."
"I guess so."
"So how's you and Kagome?"
"Like it's any of your business."
"Hey, Cutie. Wanna dance?" a girl with hardly any clothing on asked Inuyasha as she grabbed his arm.
"Hey, buzz off, wench! I already have a date and she actually wears clothes!" Inuyasha pulled back his arm.
Miroku stared at Inuyasha and smiled.
"What?" Inuyasha asked irritatingly.
"Nothing.." Miroku smiled.
The two guys looked over at the downstairs dance floor and caught sight of Kagome and Sango.
"Kagome can really dance.." Inuyasha said.
Miroku looked at him and nodded.
"Miroku... you're my best friend.. Right?" Inuyasha asked.
"Well.. In my terms we are.." Miroku replied.
"And as best friends... we could tell each other anything, right?"
"Sure. Go for it."
"What if I were to tell you that I...had some sort of feeling for Kagome?" Inuyasha asked as he fidgeted.
Miroku looked at him confused, but then laid back and smiled.
"I wouldn't be surprised."
"And why do you say that?!" Inuyasha asked angrily.
Miroku stood up and patted Inuyasha on the shoulder.
"Because, you're a good guy, Inuyasha. You're a good guy." Miroku walked towards the stairs and looked at Inuyasha.
Inuyasha got up and followed him to the stairs.
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Hours passed and the four danced together non-stop. Eventually, the two groups got lost in their dancing and were separated.
"Okay, Ladies get with yah, man..cause now we're going to play the final song for the night...a little slow jam.." the DJ said as he played 'Slow Jam' by Usher ft. Monica.
The dancers around Miroku and Sango got closer together, and they looked around. Miroku held out his arms and Sango walked closer to him. He held her closely and his arms wrapped around her waist.
Sango took her spot and rested her head on his chest as usual.
"I'm thankful that you're here with me, Sango.." Miroku said gently as they danced.
Sango smiled as she listened to his heartbeat following his words.
"Though we've been through a couple of difficulties, and we haven't known each other for...a year to the most...each day I spend with you has become one important highlight of my life. I think if I were to recall the best day that I've ever had..it would be this one."
Sango looked up at him and blushed.
"Miroku..." she began softly.
"When I first met you.. I have to admit, you did annoy me." she laughed.
"..but when I got to know you.. You seemed more than just a lecher. You actually were the exact opposite of what I thought you were. You were someone...that I could just open up to easily...and not most people can really do that..."
Miroku's heart lifted up as Sango spoke every word to him.
"And I'm also very thankful that I took the time to get to know you. If I hadn't...I would've missed out on something in life that is very important...something that most people can't live without. I wouldn't have found out that I...."
Sango stopped in the middle of her sentence as she grew nervous.
"That you what, Sango?" he asked gently.
"...that I love you."
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'Great, a slow dance.' Inuyasha though to himself dreadfully. Him and Kagome just stood on the dance floor apart, until they started to get closer.
"Do you remember this dance?" she asked.
Inuyasha nodded and held her by the waist.
Kagome's heart began to pound harder and harder as they got closer.
She looked into his eyes, and he looked into hers. Slowly, their faces began to move closer to each other's. Kagome fell into the honesty and compassion of his amber eyes and couldn't take herself away from them.
"Kagome, I'm happy that I'm with you."
"And I'm happy that I'm with you too.." she blushed, but was still mesmerized by his eyes.
"Finally we were given a second chance...I thought I was going to lose you."
Kagome wondered what he spoke about, and then remembered the incident with her head.
"But you didn't, Inuyasha... I'm here.." she said confused, but shrugged it off. Inuyasha hugged her tighter.
"Inuyasha....I need to tell you something.." she said nervously.
"Yes?"
"I....I love you."
Inuyasha looked at her, and Kagome's eyes widened with shock at what she just said.
He moved his face towards hers, and Kagome began to relax. His lips were now close to hers and she felt his warmness touching her lips. Then, they had kissed. Kagome closed her eyes as the danced and kissed to the slow song.
When their kiss had broke apart, Kagome opened her eyes to look at Inuyasha.
"I love you too..."
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"Miroku?" Sango asked uneasily as she looked up at him. He still didn't respond to her when she had said that she loved him.
Miroku's grip on her loosened and he became tense.
"What's wrong? Are you okay?" she asked as she let go of him.
Miroku looked at her blankly, his eyes were full of sadness.
"Did you not hear what I said?" Sango forced a smile.
"No, I heard it fine.." he said deeply as he looked down.
Sango was silent for a moment.
"...and I can't say that I feel the same." he finished.
Sango looked at him with shock. Her heart dropped and she began breathing heavily.
Miroku looked up at her and saw that she was holding back her tears. It pierced his heart to see that he was causing her this pain.
"Wh-wh-what?" she asked shaky.
"I can't say I feel the same way, Sango." he said more sternly.
Sango began breathing more heavily. A single tear passed by her face.
"Sango! I—" before Miroku could finish his sentence, Sango was running away.
The last song finally ended, and people were walking for the exit.
Sango passed by Kagome and Inuyasha and grabbed Kagome's wrist as she walked out of the club.
"Wha-wha-what's the matter with you, Sango?" Kagome asked as she tried letting loose from the pain of Sango's grip.
Sango didn't respond. She just kept moving.
"Sango! Are you listening?" Kagome yelled.
"Sango! Kagome!" Inuyasha called as he finally exited the club with Miroku.
Kagome looked back at Inuyasha and shrugged.
"I don't know! I guess she wants to leave quickly." she called out to Inuyasha. He nodded and walked towards his car.
"Okay.. so what's your problem, Sango? What's wrong with you?" Kagome asked sternly.
Sango turned to face her, and Kagome fell into shock as she saw a tear-streaked face Sango.
"That's exactly what I'm wondering..." Sango looked down. Kagome put her arm around her.
"...what's wrong with me?" Sango sobbed into her hands as Kagome hugged her.