Chapter 28
"Are you kidding me?!" Rin exclaimed on the phone.
"No! I couldn't believe it myself." Kagome replied.
"So were you planning this too, Sango?" Rin asked.
"Yep.. Actually it was all Inuyasha...me and Miroku were just...I guess we were some sort of stunt doubles." Sango laughed.
The three girls were on three-way and had been talking about Kagome's summer so far. Kagome introduced Rin to Sango and found it wonderful that her two best friends were acquainted.
"So you had to dress like a boy?" Rin's eager voice asked.
"Sort of, yes. I had to play as Miroku." Sango laughed.
"Why couldn't you play me?" Kagome asked.
"Inuyasha said it would've been too weird if his own sister played the one he loved...and he figured if he used any other girl you would've gotten mad." Sango replied.
Rin's laughing was heard on the phone.
"He knows you so well, Kagome!"
"Excuse me? You two have got it all wrong!" Kagome replied defensively.
"Oh, please, Kags. Don't tell us that you weren't jealous for a spick of the moment!"
"Yeah, Kagome! Admit it!" Rin and Sango laughed.
"Fine! But it all went away when I found out it was my own cousin!" The three girls laughed.
"I wish I could've been there! I miss hearing you sing!" Rin spoke.
"She was amazing, Rin. I think there's a video tape that's going to be sold soon. Would you like one?" said Sango.
"THERE'S A VIDEO TAPE?!" Kagome's voice popped out.
"Yup!"
"Did they get everything?!" Kagome's voice cracked.
"Yep! Even that little personal thing. Teehee!" Sango's giggles were heard.
"Excellent! Now I'll be able to see this Inuyasha dude!" Rin said happily.
"Anyway...so is that why you and Miroku were ignoring me for so long?" Kagome changed the subject.
"We weren't ignoring you, Kagome. We were rehearsing our dancing and trying not to make anything too obvious."
"Well, it worked! I almost thought that my cousin was a cross-dresser!" the girls laughed.
"He told me about that! You don't know how many times Miroku wanted to rat out on the secret...but a couple of knocks on the head did him good." Sango laughed.
"What I would give to see Miroku in a dress!" Rin exclaimed.
"Well, you're in luck when you see it on tape, Rin!" Kagome laughed.
"In a halter top...showing off his muscles..." Rin praised.
"He did look.. Very attractive." Sango informed.
"Yennoe...long distance relationships aren't so bad are they?" Rin said as she thought.
Sango was silent, and Kagome's heart began to beat. She imagined Sango trying her best to hold back saying anything rude.
"Well...you see.. Sango and Miroku are sort of..." Kagome said slowly.
"We're dating." Sango finished sternly.
"Oh! I feel horrible! I'm sorry, Sango! I hope I didn't offend! I'm sorry!" Rin panicked.
"It's all right, it's all right." Sango laughed.
"So, Rin.. You have a thing for me, eh?" Miroku's voice suddenly arrived.
"MIROKU!" Sango and Kagome exclaimed.
"What? I needed the phone to call Inuyasha..and instead I found a goldmine!" Miroku laughed.
"One second, girls." Kagome said irritatingly.
"Anyhow...so, Rin...got a thing for me?" Miroku said flirtatious.
"Err..." Rin said hesitantly.
"MIROKU YOU JERK! I AM JUST RIGHT HERE, YOU KNOW!" Sango's voice yelled.
"SANGO! My lovely! My dearest! My sweet heart!" Miroku said shockingly.
There was a pounding heard on the phone.
'OPEN THE DAMN DOOR, MIROKU! EITHER THAT OR I'M GOING TO BUST IT OPEN! HANG UP THE PHONE!' Kagome's voice thundered.
"Hang on, Ladies.. I have a pest to take care of."
There were several thumps heard on the phone.
"What do you think she's doing to him?" Rin asked.
"Something very similar to what I will be doing.." Sango said viciously.
"Wow..you really are protective over him, huh?"
"I wouldn't say protective...what can I say? I love the perve." Sango and Rin laughed.
"Hello? Who's here?" a deep voice came suddenly.
"Inuyasha?" Sango asked.
"Sango? What're you doing on the phone? I need it to call Miroku." Inuyasha replied/
"Miroku is a little.. Pre-occupied." Rin laughed.
"Who's that? Who are you?" Inuyasha asked.
"Her name's Rin.. She's Kagome's best friend back at her old home."
"You must be Inuyasha.. Kagome's boyfriend, right?" Rin assumed.
"Feh. I guess."
"Sorry I took so long you guys. Anyhow, so what were we saying?"
"Kagome?" Inuyasha's voice came out.
"Inuyasha! What're you doing in here?!"
"Well I WAS going to call Miroku...but this is more interesting." Inuyasha replied.
"...at least SOMEBODY understands my point!" Miroku's aching voice came back.
"I thought I shut you up!" Kagome's yelled.
"It takes more than kicking, punching, biting, spitting, yelling, and...uhh...hurting to shut me up!" Miroku replied proudly.
"So let me get this straight.. Kagome's with Inuyasha.. And Sango's with Miroku?"
"Yup!" Kagome said happily.
"Got it!" Sango said.
"Feh." Inuyasha shrugged.
"My one and only Sango. How I love her."
"Love?! Pah! After your little scene earlier I'm reconsidering your love!" Sango said mockingly.
"But, Sango! Please! I love you!" Miroku pleaded.
"Feh. Get a grip, Miroku. You say that you love her so freely." Inuyasha snorted.
"Inuyasha! Can't you see? He's telling her he loves her in order to regain her forgiveness! He's not JUST saying it!" Kagome defended.
"Feh. Love is hopeless."
"EXCUSE ME?!" Kagome yelled.
Run sat back on her couch and listened to the four.
"Nope! Maybe I shouldn't have forgiven you that time so easily! I mean, anyone could've brought a cardboard box and played the guitar!" Sango fought.
"But, Sango! I love you! I'm sorry! Please forgive!" Miroku begged and begged.
"So.. Hopeless, huh?! So what're we? Just a hopeless couple?!" Kagome yelled.
"No..no..uh... WOULD YOU STOP BITING MY HEAD OFF!" Inuyasha yelled back.
"I mean.. Anyone also could've sang to me and swept me off my feet.." Sango carried on to make Miroku beg.
"Aha, but alas sweet Sango. Would anyone of dressed like their female cousin in order to help a falling relationship?" Miroku said slyly.
Sango laughed.
"You got me there, Miroku." the two laughed.
Rin sighed as she realized how cute Sango and Miroku resolved their argument.
"Take it back!" Kagome exclaimed.
"No!" Inuyasha fought back.
"TAKE IT BACK!"
"NEVER!"
"FINE THEN! I'll make you! Hey, Sango!"
"Yes?" Sango replied.
"You want to know something about your brother? Exactly why he dances so well?" Kagome hinted.
"You wouldn't." Inuyasha said half-worried.
"Wanna bet?" Kagome warned.
"You wouldn't!"
"Oh, I SO would!" Kagome laughed evilly.
"I don't believe you!" Inuyasha replied.
"Oh? You don't? Well.. Inuyasha.."
Everybody was silent to hear what Kagome had to say.
"...he originally.."
Inuyasha gulped.
"...can't..."
"...da-"
"GAH! FINE! I LOVE YOU, KAGOME! I LOVE YOU!" Inuyasha gave in.
"Ha! I love you too, dearest." Kagome said innocently.
"How do you guys do that!?" Rin said eagerly.
"Do what?" Sango, Miroku, Kagome, and Inuyasha replied.
"I don't know.. you guys are all completely in love.. It's.. admiring!" Rin replied.
"Feh. Anyway. Miroku, I'm going to go return that suit today. You wanna come?" Inuyasha grunted.
"That suit wasn't yours?" Kagome said disappointed.
"Are you kidding me?! You think I'm going to spend hundreds of dollars to wear something like that.. Just once!?"
Kagome sighed at her boyfriend's cheap-ness.
"Sure, Inuyasha. I'll be on my way now. Later, Ladies." Miroku clicked the phone and hung up.
"I'll talk to you later, Kagome. Don't stay on the phone too long, Sango." Inuyasha then soon dropped the phone.
"Yeah...I'd better be going also. I haven't jogged in weeks!" Sango laughed.
"Oh! I'll come with you, Sango!" Kagome said happily.
"Okay.. I'll be over in a few minutes! See you later, Kagome! It was nice meeting and talking to you, Rin! Bye!" Sango clicked the phone and hung up.
"Wow, Kagome.. You're summer seems to have been amazing.." Rin laughed.
"Yeah.. I suppose it was pretty great." Kagome smiled.
"GREAT?! That's not just it! It's WONDERFUL!" Rin exclaimed.
"What makes it so wonderful, Rin?" Kagome asked.
"You've managed to find another best friend...and if it couldn't end at just that...you also found the love of your life!"
Kagome paused and looked at the toy heart Inuyasha had given her.
"I suppose you're right, Rin...it has been a wonderful summer.."
"I'm glad that you're happy, Kags. I'm happy that you've found a lot of important things over there." Rin said kindly.
"I never thought of it that way until now, Rin. Now it really shocks me.." Kagome laughed.
"...and to think that I found all of this...just a couple of blocks away."
"Are you kidding me?!" Rin exclaimed on the phone.
"No! I couldn't believe it myself." Kagome replied.
"So were you planning this too, Sango?" Rin asked.
"Yep.. Actually it was all Inuyasha...me and Miroku were just...I guess we were some sort of stunt doubles." Sango laughed.
The three girls were on three-way and had been talking about Kagome's summer so far. Kagome introduced Rin to Sango and found it wonderful that her two best friends were acquainted.
"So you had to dress like a boy?" Rin's eager voice asked.
"Sort of, yes. I had to play as Miroku." Sango laughed.
"Why couldn't you play me?" Kagome asked.
"Inuyasha said it would've been too weird if his own sister played the one he loved...and he figured if he used any other girl you would've gotten mad." Sango replied.
Rin's laughing was heard on the phone.
"He knows you so well, Kagome!"
"Excuse me? You two have got it all wrong!" Kagome replied defensively.
"Oh, please, Kags. Don't tell us that you weren't jealous for a spick of the moment!"
"Yeah, Kagome! Admit it!" Rin and Sango laughed.
"Fine! But it all went away when I found out it was my own cousin!" The three girls laughed.
"I wish I could've been there! I miss hearing you sing!" Rin spoke.
"She was amazing, Rin. I think there's a video tape that's going to be sold soon. Would you like one?" said Sango.
"THERE'S A VIDEO TAPE?!" Kagome's voice popped out.
"Yup!"
"Did they get everything?!" Kagome's voice cracked.
"Yep! Even that little personal thing. Teehee!" Sango's giggles were heard.
"Excellent! Now I'll be able to see this Inuyasha dude!" Rin said happily.
"Anyway...so is that why you and Miroku were ignoring me for so long?" Kagome changed the subject.
"We weren't ignoring you, Kagome. We were rehearsing our dancing and trying not to make anything too obvious."
"Well, it worked! I almost thought that my cousin was a cross-dresser!" the girls laughed.
"He told me about that! You don't know how many times Miroku wanted to rat out on the secret...but a couple of knocks on the head did him good." Sango laughed.
"What I would give to see Miroku in a dress!" Rin exclaimed.
"Well, you're in luck when you see it on tape, Rin!" Kagome laughed.
"In a halter top...showing off his muscles..." Rin praised.
"He did look.. Very attractive." Sango informed.
"Yennoe...long distance relationships aren't so bad are they?" Rin said as she thought.
Sango was silent, and Kagome's heart began to beat. She imagined Sango trying her best to hold back saying anything rude.
"Well...you see.. Sango and Miroku are sort of..." Kagome said slowly.
"We're dating." Sango finished sternly.
"Oh! I feel horrible! I'm sorry, Sango! I hope I didn't offend! I'm sorry!" Rin panicked.
"It's all right, it's all right." Sango laughed.
"So, Rin.. You have a thing for me, eh?" Miroku's voice suddenly arrived.
"MIROKU!" Sango and Kagome exclaimed.
"What? I needed the phone to call Inuyasha..and instead I found a goldmine!" Miroku laughed.
"One second, girls." Kagome said irritatingly.
"Anyhow...so, Rin...got a thing for me?" Miroku said flirtatious.
"Err..." Rin said hesitantly.
"MIROKU YOU JERK! I AM JUST RIGHT HERE, YOU KNOW!" Sango's voice yelled.
"SANGO! My lovely! My dearest! My sweet heart!" Miroku said shockingly.
There was a pounding heard on the phone.
'OPEN THE DAMN DOOR, MIROKU! EITHER THAT OR I'M GOING TO BUST IT OPEN! HANG UP THE PHONE!' Kagome's voice thundered.
"Hang on, Ladies.. I have a pest to take care of."
There were several thumps heard on the phone.
"What do you think she's doing to him?" Rin asked.
"Something very similar to what I will be doing.." Sango said viciously.
"Wow..you really are protective over him, huh?"
"I wouldn't say protective...what can I say? I love the perve." Sango and Rin laughed.
"Hello? Who's here?" a deep voice came suddenly.
"Inuyasha?" Sango asked.
"Sango? What're you doing on the phone? I need it to call Miroku." Inuyasha replied/
"Miroku is a little.. Pre-occupied." Rin laughed.
"Who's that? Who are you?" Inuyasha asked.
"Her name's Rin.. She's Kagome's best friend back at her old home."
"You must be Inuyasha.. Kagome's boyfriend, right?" Rin assumed.
"Feh. I guess."
"Sorry I took so long you guys. Anyhow, so what were we saying?"
"Kagome?" Inuyasha's voice came out.
"Inuyasha! What're you doing in here?!"
"Well I WAS going to call Miroku...but this is more interesting." Inuyasha replied.
"...at least SOMEBODY understands my point!" Miroku's aching voice came back.
"I thought I shut you up!" Kagome's yelled.
"It takes more than kicking, punching, biting, spitting, yelling, and...uhh...hurting to shut me up!" Miroku replied proudly.
"So let me get this straight.. Kagome's with Inuyasha.. And Sango's with Miroku?"
"Yup!" Kagome said happily.
"Got it!" Sango said.
"Feh." Inuyasha shrugged.
"My one and only Sango. How I love her."
"Love?! Pah! After your little scene earlier I'm reconsidering your love!" Sango said mockingly.
"But, Sango! Please! I love you!" Miroku pleaded.
"Feh. Get a grip, Miroku. You say that you love her so freely." Inuyasha snorted.
"Inuyasha! Can't you see? He's telling her he loves her in order to regain her forgiveness! He's not JUST saying it!" Kagome defended.
"Feh. Love is hopeless."
"EXCUSE ME?!" Kagome yelled.
Run sat back on her couch and listened to the four.
"Nope! Maybe I shouldn't have forgiven you that time so easily! I mean, anyone could've brought a cardboard box and played the guitar!" Sango fought.
"But, Sango! I love you! I'm sorry! Please forgive!" Miroku begged and begged.
"So.. Hopeless, huh?! So what're we? Just a hopeless couple?!" Kagome yelled.
"No..no..uh... WOULD YOU STOP BITING MY HEAD OFF!" Inuyasha yelled back.
"I mean.. Anyone also could've sang to me and swept me off my feet.." Sango carried on to make Miroku beg.
"Aha, but alas sweet Sango. Would anyone of dressed like their female cousin in order to help a falling relationship?" Miroku said slyly.
Sango laughed.
"You got me there, Miroku." the two laughed.
Rin sighed as she realized how cute Sango and Miroku resolved their argument.
"Take it back!" Kagome exclaimed.
"No!" Inuyasha fought back.
"TAKE IT BACK!"
"NEVER!"
"FINE THEN! I'll make you! Hey, Sango!"
"Yes?" Sango replied.
"You want to know something about your brother? Exactly why he dances so well?" Kagome hinted.
"You wouldn't." Inuyasha said half-worried.
"Wanna bet?" Kagome warned.
"You wouldn't!"
"Oh, I SO would!" Kagome laughed evilly.
"I don't believe you!" Inuyasha replied.
"Oh? You don't? Well.. Inuyasha.."
Everybody was silent to hear what Kagome had to say.
"...he originally.."
Inuyasha gulped.
"...can't..."
"...da-"
"GAH! FINE! I LOVE YOU, KAGOME! I LOVE YOU!" Inuyasha gave in.
"Ha! I love you too, dearest." Kagome said innocently.
"How do you guys do that!?" Rin said eagerly.
"Do what?" Sango, Miroku, Kagome, and Inuyasha replied.
"I don't know.. you guys are all completely in love.. It's.. admiring!" Rin replied.
"Feh. Anyway. Miroku, I'm going to go return that suit today. You wanna come?" Inuyasha grunted.
"That suit wasn't yours?" Kagome said disappointed.
"Are you kidding me?! You think I'm going to spend hundreds of dollars to wear something like that.. Just once!?"
Kagome sighed at her boyfriend's cheap-ness.
"Sure, Inuyasha. I'll be on my way now. Later, Ladies." Miroku clicked the phone and hung up.
"I'll talk to you later, Kagome. Don't stay on the phone too long, Sango." Inuyasha then soon dropped the phone.
"Yeah...I'd better be going also. I haven't jogged in weeks!" Sango laughed.
"Oh! I'll come with you, Sango!" Kagome said happily.
"Okay.. I'll be over in a few minutes! See you later, Kagome! It was nice meeting and talking to you, Rin! Bye!" Sango clicked the phone and hung up.
"Wow, Kagome.. You're summer seems to have been amazing.." Rin laughed.
"Yeah.. I suppose it was pretty great." Kagome smiled.
"GREAT?! That's not just it! It's WONDERFUL!" Rin exclaimed.
"What makes it so wonderful, Rin?" Kagome asked.
"You've managed to find another best friend...and if it couldn't end at just that...you also found the love of your life!"
Kagome paused and looked at the toy heart Inuyasha had given her.
"I suppose you're right, Rin...it has been a wonderful summer.."
"I'm glad that you're happy, Kags. I'm happy that you've found a lot of important things over there." Rin said kindly.
"I never thought of it that way until now, Rin. Now it really shocks me.." Kagome laughed.
"...and to think that I found all of this...just a couple of blocks away."