Man...I miss the internet.. :[
Note: So far..Chapters 23 and up were written when my internet was down. Sucks. Haha.
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Chapter 25
"Do you think he's home?" Sango whispered as she slowly drove the car into the garage.
"He appears not to be..." Kagome looked around.
"He must've been furious."
"How do you know?" Kagome asked as she unlocked her door.
"Brother-sister instincts. And plus, Inuyasha's a hot-headed boy...he'd get angry over anything." Sango shrugged.
"Oh, thank Goodness! He's gone!" Sango sighed with relief as she opened the door to her house to find it empty.
"Where could he have gone?" Kagome asked as she took off her flip flops.
"Beats me. Maybe he's at your house." Sango shrugged.
"Oh, maybe. I'll call Miroku and see." Kagome walked towards the phone and saw all of the opened and half-opened shelves.
"Uhh. .Sango...you might want to take a lot at this." Kagome called out.
"Why? What's wro–" Sango stopped her sentence as her eyes widened. The living room and kitchen were a total mess!
The couch cushions were spread all over, the pillows were on the carpet. The shelves hung open, and everything was just not where they were suppose to be.
Kagome and Sango exchanged confused glances. Sango shook her head as she began to clean the living room.
Kagome placed the phone to her ear and she used her shoulder to support the phone as she helped Sango.
:: RING RING::
"Hello, Higurashi residence. This is Miroku speaking."
"You're such a pretty boy, Miroku." Kagome laughed.
"Shut-up, manly girl. We have caller ID and it says 'SANGO'S' house right here. I figured it was you since you're not home yet." Miroku grunted.
"Anyhow, is Inuyasha with you?"
"Nope.. I left him there about 2 hours ago. He's not there?"
"Nah, me and Sango just got home too."
"Oh? From where?"
'OOH, KAGOME! I FOUND A QUARTER!' Sango's voiced exclaimed and was heard on the phone.
"A quarter? You must be cleaning the mess, eh?" Miroku's voice shot up.
"Yeah. It's so odd, we just arrived and found it like this."
"That must've been me and Inuyasha's doing."
"And what exactly did you two do?" Kagome's hands were on her hips.
She gestured Sango to come listen as she put the phone on speaker.
"Well, earlier he couldn't find his car keys, so we began to look for them. When we couldn't find them, Inuyasha became frustrated and decided he's drive it without it. Sadly, when he went to the garage we found his car was gone. Poor Inuyasha...he was devastated."
Kagome and Sango froze.
'Oh shit! Oh shit! I'm in so much trouble!' Sango mouthed to Kagome.
Kagome took Miroku off of speaker and resumed cleaning.
"Did anything else happen?"
"Nah, he just told me to go home and I did. That's all that happened with me."
"Oh..Okay..well I'm going to help Sango clean now. I'll be home sooner or later." Kagome bit her lip.
"Okay.. Bye Kagome! Tell Sango I said bye also."
:: CLICK ::
"Miroku says good-bye." Kagome said dully as she placed the phone back on the table.
"I AM SO DEAD!" Sango yelled as she threw a pillow on the couch.
Kagome didn't reply. She just began cleaning and cleaning.
"What if he calls the police? Then there will be this big commotion!" Sango threw her arms about.
"Chill, Sango! First of all, Inuyasha wouldn't call the police because he has too much pride. He has a tad bit of trouble asking for help, remember?"
Sango nodded as she calmed down.
"And the big commotion...well...it's been nice knowing yah." Kagome said sadly.
"KAGOME!" Sango yelled in worry.
"I'm just kidding, Sango! Don't worry...he's your brother...which means, he'll never find out." Kagome winked. Sango nodded as she smiled.
"He'll never find out..he'll never find out."
Suddenly, there was a slam of the front door. Sango and Kagome froze as they heard footsteps coming near.
"I hate bikes." Inuyasha mumbled as he ignored the two girls' presence.
"Uh.. H-hi In-Inuyasha. Where did you go off to?" Sango said nervously.
He looked at her oddly, but then resumed looking in the fridge.
"Out. My car vanished so I needed to take a bike to get to my destination. Unfortunately, bike riding isn't my best talent, so not only did I get lost, I got tired and had trouble peddling." Inuyasha brought out a can of soda and drank it.
Kagome and Sango eyed him nervously. He caught their eyes and began sniffing.
Sango and Kagome froze like statues and watched as he followed a scent. Finally, Inuyasha had come across his car keys.
"MY BABIES! MY SACRED KEYS!" he said as he grabbed them from the table and rubbed them across his face.
Kagome and Sango raised their eye brows and tried to hold back their laughter as they turned away.
"And what're you two laughing a—" Inuyasha was interrupted as he caught another scent.
Kagome and Sango gulped as he began to walk closer and closer to them.
Sango tensed up as her brother turned towards her and sniffed her. She gulped as he looked at her suspiciously.
Inuyasha's amber eyes darted into hers and she gulped several times more.
"The audition.." he began. Sango nearly fainted at the thought of what he would do to her.
"....flyer. Can I borrow this?" he said as he took out the piece of paper that stuck out of Sango's pocket.
Sango and Kagome both sighed heavily with relief. Inuyasha eyed them oddly, but turned his face back to Sango.
"Well?" he asked.
"Sure.. Whatever you want. Go ahead." she smiled uneasily.
"Thanks." he said as he snatched the paper and walked upstairs.
Sango and Kagome sighed once more as they fell on the couch.
'That was close!' Kagome mouthed to Sango.
'You bet it was!' Sango mouthed back.
The two girls laughed and wiped the sweat off of their faces from the suspense.
'What would he have wanted it for, anyhow?' the two girls thought at the same time.
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Two days had passed since Kagome's audition. She stood in the aisle at the CD store waiting for Miroku and Sango to come in.
Kagome smiles as she sees the Evanescence CD on the rack. She has a flashback of when Inuyasha gave it to her the day she returned from the hospital.
The door rings of the store and Kagome turns. She sees Sango coming in, but her arm is pulled back outside by Miroku. Kagome arches and eye brow and goes to see what's up.
Just as she comes outside, Miroku stops talking to Sango and gestures her to turn around.
"Oh! Hey, Kagome! We were just about to go in." Sango smiled.
"What's going on?" Kagome asked.
"Oh, nothing...just...uhh..."
"Couple business." Miroku said as he wrapped his arm around Sango's waist and pulled her closely.
Sango's face turned red, and she forced herself to smile.
"Yes..err.. Couple business." she said as she squeezed his hand hard.
Miroku bit his tongue to hold back the pain.
"Oh, okay.. Are you guys finished?" Kagome asked.
"Just a few more minutes." Sango said as she smiled.
"Okay..whatever." Kagome laughed as she walked back in.
She looked back at Miroku and Sango, they stopped what they were about to say and waved at her.
Kagome walked back and looked through the aisles.
"What are those two up to?" she asked herself. Then she rethought what she said after the words 'Couple business' rolled into her head.
"I don't want to know." she shivered.
"Finished?" Kagome smiled uneasily as she looked at the satisfied faces on her cousin and best friend.
"Yes." Sango replied.
"...sort of." Miroku added. Sango shot Miroku a glare, and he cleared his throat.
"I mean..of course." he smiled.
Kagome shrugged as she looked through the CDs.
"Have you found the one that has your song on it yet?" Sango asked as she tried to help Kagome look.
"I don't even know who the artist is.. All I know is the first part of the song!" Kagome laughed.
"Hmm...where did you hear it from?" Sango asked.
"I heard it on the radio this one day.." Kagome said shyly.
"Wow.. And you already knew the first part? I'm impressed." Sango smiled.
"I have some clue on who the artist is..but I'm not quite sure."
"Hmm..okay.. Well, just to let you know.. It doesn't have to be that song.." Sango comforted.
"Yeah, I know..but that song is just.."
"..perfect?" Sango finished. Kagome smiled.
"I wouldn't call it perfect...it's just...fun to sing.." Kagome looked down
Sango rolled her eyes and smiled.
"I appreciate you doing this for me..." Sango said.
Kagome's head shot up.
"You're welcome." she smiled.
"I bet Inuyasha appreciates it too.." Sango mumbled, but Kagome failed to hear it.
"I think this is it!" Kagome exclaimed as she held up a CD.
"That one?" Sango pointed. Kagome nodded.
"Okay! I'll pay for it." Sango smiled as she took the CD out of Kagome's hands.
"I don't think that's necessary!" Kagome tried to grab the CD back.
"Nonsense. I'm making you preform.. The least I could do is pay for it." Sango laughed as she handed the purchased CD to Kagome.
"Thanks, Sango.." Kagome smiled as she carried the bag out of the store.
"So are we all finished here?" Miroku asked. The two girls nodded and they were on their way back to Kagome's house.
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'These lyrics are amazing.' Kagome thought to herself as she read the back of the CD.
She played it on her stereo and had completely fallen in love with it. Kagome remembered that Sango was still downstairs and turned off the radio. She made her way down, but found no one there.
"Funny.. They were just here. I wasn't upstairs too long, now was I?" Kagome asked herself.
She opened the door and looked outside. In a distance, she saw Sango, Miroku, and Inuyasha talking with each other. They were all nodding, and Miroku happened to have disappointed expression on his face.
Kagome stepped a few steps forward, but Sango caught her glancing. She tapped Inuyasha's shoulder and he turned around. He looked at Kagome and then at the other two. Kagome couldn't make out the words Inuyasha was saying, but before she knew it he was gone.
Sango and Miroku walked up to Kagome smiling.
"What was that about?" Kagome crossed her arm on her chest.
"Uhh.." Sango and Miroku said uneasily.
"Why..don't we practice your song, Kagome?" Sango finally said. Miroku nodded.
"And I...need to go out for a while. See you two later! Good luck!" and with that, he ran off out of the house.
"Did I miss something?" Kagome asked Sango.
"Uhh.. No.. Well, well, now we must practice! Now, go! Up, up, up! On your way to bedroom! We have a lot to memorize!" Sango began pushing Kagome upstairs.
"But I've already gotten half of the song memo—"
"Nope! No 'but's! Now off you go!"
"Sango! What's the meaning of this?" Kagome laughed.
"It's not time yet!" Sango hinted as she smiled.
Note: So far..Chapters 23 and up were written when my internet was down. Sucks. Haha.
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Chapter 25
"Do you think he's home?" Sango whispered as she slowly drove the car into the garage.
"He appears not to be..." Kagome looked around.
"He must've been furious."
"How do you know?" Kagome asked as she unlocked her door.
"Brother-sister instincts. And plus, Inuyasha's a hot-headed boy...he'd get angry over anything." Sango shrugged.
"Oh, thank Goodness! He's gone!" Sango sighed with relief as she opened the door to her house to find it empty.
"Where could he have gone?" Kagome asked as she took off her flip flops.
"Beats me. Maybe he's at your house." Sango shrugged.
"Oh, maybe. I'll call Miroku and see." Kagome walked towards the phone and saw all of the opened and half-opened shelves.
"Uhh. .Sango...you might want to take a lot at this." Kagome called out.
"Why? What's wro–" Sango stopped her sentence as her eyes widened. The living room and kitchen were a total mess!
The couch cushions were spread all over, the pillows were on the carpet. The shelves hung open, and everything was just not where they were suppose to be.
Kagome and Sango exchanged confused glances. Sango shook her head as she began to clean the living room.
Kagome placed the phone to her ear and she used her shoulder to support the phone as she helped Sango.
:: RING RING::
"Hello, Higurashi residence. This is Miroku speaking."
"You're such a pretty boy, Miroku." Kagome laughed.
"Shut-up, manly girl. We have caller ID and it says 'SANGO'S' house right here. I figured it was you since you're not home yet." Miroku grunted.
"Anyhow, is Inuyasha with you?"
"Nope.. I left him there about 2 hours ago. He's not there?"
"Nah, me and Sango just got home too."
"Oh? From where?"
'OOH, KAGOME! I FOUND A QUARTER!' Sango's voiced exclaimed and was heard on the phone.
"A quarter? You must be cleaning the mess, eh?" Miroku's voice shot up.
"Yeah. It's so odd, we just arrived and found it like this."
"That must've been me and Inuyasha's doing."
"And what exactly did you two do?" Kagome's hands were on her hips.
She gestured Sango to come listen as she put the phone on speaker.
"Well, earlier he couldn't find his car keys, so we began to look for them. When we couldn't find them, Inuyasha became frustrated and decided he's drive it without it. Sadly, when he went to the garage we found his car was gone. Poor Inuyasha...he was devastated."
Kagome and Sango froze.
'Oh shit! Oh shit! I'm in so much trouble!' Sango mouthed to Kagome.
Kagome took Miroku off of speaker and resumed cleaning.
"Did anything else happen?"
"Nah, he just told me to go home and I did. That's all that happened with me."
"Oh..Okay..well I'm going to help Sango clean now. I'll be home sooner or later." Kagome bit her lip.
"Okay.. Bye Kagome! Tell Sango I said bye also."
:: CLICK ::
"Miroku says good-bye." Kagome said dully as she placed the phone back on the table.
"I AM SO DEAD!" Sango yelled as she threw a pillow on the couch.
Kagome didn't reply. She just began cleaning and cleaning.
"What if he calls the police? Then there will be this big commotion!" Sango threw her arms about.
"Chill, Sango! First of all, Inuyasha wouldn't call the police because he has too much pride. He has a tad bit of trouble asking for help, remember?"
Sango nodded as she calmed down.
"And the big commotion...well...it's been nice knowing yah." Kagome said sadly.
"KAGOME!" Sango yelled in worry.
"I'm just kidding, Sango! Don't worry...he's your brother...which means, he'll never find out." Kagome winked. Sango nodded as she smiled.
"He'll never find out..he'll never find out."
Suddenly, there was a slam of the front door. Sango and Kagome froze as they heard footsteps coming near.
"I hate bikes." Inuyasha mumbled as he ignored the two girls' presence.
"Uh.. H-hi In-Inuyasha. Where did you go off to?" Sango said nervously.
He looked at her oddly, but then resumed looking in the fridge.
"Out. My car vanished so I needed to take a bike to get to my destination. Unfortunately, bike riding isn't my best talent, so not only did I get lost, I got tired and had trouble peddling." Inuyasha brought out a can of soda and drank it.
Kagome and Sango eyed him nervously. He caught their eyes and began sniffing.
Sango and Kagome froze like statues and watched as he followed a scent. Finally, Inuyasha had come across his car keys.
"MY BABIES! MY SACRED KEYS!" he said as he grabbed them from the table and rubbed them across his face.
Kagome and Sango raised their eye brows and tried to hold back their laughter as they turned away.
"And what're you two laughing a—" Inuyasha was interrupted as he caught another scent.
Kagome and Sango gulped as he began to walk closer and closer to them.
Sango tensed up as her brother turned towards her and sniffed her. She gulped as he looked at her suspiciously.
Inuyasha's amber eyes darted into hers and she gulped several times more.
"The audition.." he began. Sango nearly fainted at the thought of what he would do to her.
"....flyer. Can I borrow this?" he said as he took out the piece of paper that stuck out of Sango's pocket.
Sango and Kagome both sighed heavily with relief. Inuyasha eyed them oddly, but turned his face back to Sango.
"Well?" he asked.
"Sure.. Whatever you want. Go ahead." she smiled uneasily.
"Thanks." he said as he snatched the paper and walked upstairs.
Sango and Kagome sighed once more as they fell on the couch.
'That was close!' Kagome mouthed to Sango.
'You bet it was!' Sango mouthed back.
The two girls laughed and wiped the sweat off of their faces from the suspense.
'What would he have wanted it for, anyhow?' the two girls thought at the same time.
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Two days had passed since Kagome's audition. She stood in the aisle at the CD store waiting for Miroku and Sango to come in.
Kagome smiles as she sees the Evanescence CD on the rack. She has a flashback of when Inuyasha gave it to her the day she returned from the hospital.
The door rings of the store and Kagome turns. She sees Sango coming in, but her arm is pulled back outside by Miroku. Kagome arches and eye brow and goes to see what's up.
Just as she comes outside, Miroku stops talking to Sango and gestures her to turn around.
"Oh! Hey, Kagome! We were just about to go in." Sango smiled.
"What's going on?" Kagome asked.
"Oh, nothing...just...uhh..."
"Couple business." Miroku said as he wrapped his arm around Sango's waist and pulled her closely.
Sango's face turned red, and she forced herself to smile.
"Yes..err.. Couple business." she said as she squeezed his hand hard.
Miroku bit his tongue to hold back the pain.
"Oh, okay.. Are you guys finished?" Kagome asked.
"Just a few more minutes." Sango said as she smiled.
"Okay..whatever." Kagome laughed as she walked back in.
She looked back at Miroku and Sango, they stopped what they were about to say and waved at her.
Kagome walked back and looked through the aisles.
"What are those two up to?" she asked herself. Then she rethought what she said after the words 'Couple business' rolled into her head.
"I don't want to know." she shivered.
"Finished?" Kagome smiled uneasily as she looked at the satisfied faces on her cousin and best friend.
"Yes." Sango replied.
"...sort of." Miroku added. Sango shot Miroku a glare, and he cleared his throat.
"I mean..of course." he smiled.
Kagome shrugged as she looked through the CDs.
"Have you found the one that has your song on it yet?" Sango asked as she tried to help Kagome look.
"I don't even know who the artist is.. All I know is the first part of the song!" Kagome laughed.
"Hmm...where did you hear it from?" Sango asked.
"I heard it on the radio this one day.." Kagome said shyly.
"Wow.. And you already knew the first part? I'm impressed." Sango smiled.
"I have some clue on who the artist is..but I'm not quite sure."
"Hmm..okay.. Well, just to let you know.. It doesn't have to be that song.." Sango comforted.
"Yeah, I know..but that song is just.."
"..perfect?" Sango finished. Kagome smiled.
"I wouldn't call it perfect...it's just...fun to sing.." Kagome looked down
Sango rolled her eyes and smiled.
"I appreciate you doing this for me..." Sango said.
Kagome's head shot up.
"You're welcome." she smiled.
"I bet Inuyasha appreciates it too.." Sango mumbled, but Kagome failed to hear it.
"I think this is it!" Kagome exclaimed as she held up a CD.
"That one?" Sango pointed. Kagome nodded.
"Okay! I'll pay for it." Sango smiled as she took the CD out of Kagome's hands.
"I don't think that's necessary!" Kagome tried to grab the CD back.
"Nonsense. I'm making you preform.. The least I could do is pay for it." Sango laughed as she handed the purchased CD to Kagome.
"Thanks, Sango.." Kagome smiled as she carried the bag out of the store.
"So are we all finished here?" Miroku asked. The two girls nodded and they were on their way back to Kagome's house.
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'These lyrics are amazing.' Kagome thought to herself as she read the back of the CD.
She played it on her stereo and had completely fallen in love with it. Kagome remembered that Sango was still downstairs and turned off the radio. She made her way down, but found no one there.
"Funny.. They were just here. I wasn't upstairs too long, now was I?" Kagome asked herself.
She opened the door and looked outside. In a distance, she saw Sango, Miroku, and Inuyasha talking with each other. They were all nodding, and Miroku happened to have disappointed expression on his face.
Kagome stepped a few steps forward, but Sango caught her glancing. She tapped Inuyasha's shoulder and he turned around. He looked at Kagome and then at the other two. Kagome couldn't make out the words Inuyasha was saying, but before she knew it he was gone.
Sango and Miroku walked up to Kagome smiling.
"What was that about?" Kagome crossed her arm on her chest.
"Uhh.." Sango and Miroku said uneasily.
"Why..don't we practice your song, Kagome?" Sango finally said. Miroku nodded.
"And I...need to go out for a while. See you two later! Good luck!" and with that, he ran off out of the house.
"Did I miss something?" Kagome asked Sango.
"Uhh.. No.. Well, well, now we must practice! Now, go! Up, up, up! On your way to bedroom! We have a lot to memorize!" Sango began pushing Kagome upstairs.
"But I've already gotten half of the song memo—"
"Nope! No 'but's! Now off you go!"
"Sango! What's the meaning of this?" Kagome laughed.
"It's not time yet!" Sango hinted as she smiled.