A/N: Here's a new chapter for you! R&R!
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"Do I REALLY have to wear this, Kagome?" Inuyasha whined.
"Yes, now be quiet." Kagome told him as they entered the dance room. Over in a corner of the room, Kagome could see Eri and Shoen sitting together talking. Yuka and Renkotsu were dancing a fast dance, and Ayumi was nowhere in site yet.
"Kagome, why am I here again?" Inuyasha asked running a hand through his black hair.
Kikyou was standing a few feet away, with the tiniest of smiles. "Kagome." She called softly.
"Oh, hey Kikyou."
"So, Inuyasha came?" She asked raising an eyebrow at Kagome's date.
Kagome nodded.
"Not willingly...." Inuyasha muttered.
"Has anyone seen Jakotsu and Bankotsu?" Suikotsu asked, coming out of nowhere.
They all shook their heads.
"...That's odd, I walked here with them." He said, quite confused as to where his friends could be.
Inuyasha lazily pointed to the dance floor. "They're over there."
Suikotsu sighed, relieved. "I was hoping they weren't...well...you get what I'm saying."
He nodded. "I get EXACTLY what you're saying."
Ayumi and Houjo suddenly appeared. They both smiled. "Hi." They chorused.
"Hey guys." Kagome said. Inuyasha was growling softly watching Houjo.
Kagome hit Inuyasha gently over the head and laughed. Suddenly Inuyasha jumped four feet in the air [at least] and looked around wild-eyed. "JAKOTSU!" He screamed shocked. "Never TOUCH ME AGAIN." He growled.
"Sorry Inuyasha." Jakotsu said with a grin. "I couldn't help myself."
Bankotsu glared from the hanyou to his 'date' and grumbled.
"Someone seems jealous." Suikotsu noted, whispering it to Kikyou.
Kikyou nodded blandly and they walked away.
"Well, this is a dance, and I plan on dancing." Ayumi said with a smile and she and Houjo walked off onto the dance floor.
"Come on Inuyasha, let's dance." Kagome begged.
"I don't know how to though."
"Just follow me, it's a slow dance."
"Alright.." he let her drag him onto the dance floor and tried to copy her steps.
"See? It's easy."
"Speak for yourself." he mumbled as he once again messed up.
She put her arms loosely around his neck. And continued to move. "It's hard at first but you'll get better, I promise."
"Ok..."
The song ended. "Let's go find the others." She muttered smiling.
He nodded.
"Well...cannot see any of them...." She muttered.
"Eri's over there." Inuyasha said, pointing over to a corner of the dance floor.
They walked over to Eri. "How're you Eri?"
"Good. Saw you dancing Kagome."
Kagome blushed. "You did?"
"Shoen pointed you two out."
"He did, did he?"
"You weren't that hard to miss...." Shoen mumbled.
"Really?"
He nodded.
"Feh." Inuyasha turned and stared at the floor.
"You two looked really cute out there." Eri told them.
Kagome and Inuyasha blushed and stared at the ceiling.
"And you still do." she teased.
"...Sooo...have you talked to Renkotsu and or Yuka?" Kagome asked trying to avoid the topic.
She shook her head. "They've been dancing the whole night so far."
"...I didn't realize Renkotsu could dance." Inuyasha muttered.
Kagome laughed. "So, Shoen, having fun?" She asked casually.
He shrugged. "I guess."
Eri smiled. "At least you came." She told him.
"At least I did." he said nodding.
"You made me very happy." She informed him wrapping an arm around his shoulder.
"Of course, I haven't yet decided whether to consider that a good thing or a bad thing." he said with a small smirk.
Eri shoved him playfully. "Well! That's not very nice!"
He grinned again. "So?"
"Good GOD! That stupid GRIN! ...Just makes me love ya more." She said smiling.
"She talks more then I probably ever will in my life." Shoen informed Kagome and Inuyasha.
Eri sighed. "Actions speak louder than words, Shoen?"
He nodded.
"Then ACTION the camera's rolling!"
He looked around. "What camera?"
"Figuratively!" She said sighing.
"Oh."
"Well? Where's your action?"
He shrugged.
"...Do I have to take action?" She asked. Eri didn't wait for an answer before kissing her quiet date square on the lips then turning red and staring at the ceiling.
His face was red as well. "I...guess actions do speak louder then words." he said kind of surprised.
"Yep." Eri said still staring at the ceiling, Inuyasha and Kagome had snuck away a few moments earlier.
"Want to...dance?" he asked her hesitantly.
"...Sure." She squeaked her face crimson.
They walked out onto the dance floor. Shoen, even if he was a guy, was a really good dancer.
Kagome smiled. She was happy for all of her friends, they all seemed happy, yet Bankotsu and Jakotsu were again, no where to be seen.
"I wonder where Jakotsu and Bankotsu are...."
Inuyasha shrugged. "Don't worry about them now."
"Well...what if they're doing something...well...they...shouldn't." Kagome asked nervously.
"Then it's their problem, not yours."
"...Okay...."
Inuyasha smiled. "Good."
Kagome smiled.
"This is fun." She told him.
"I guess."
"Being with you, I mean." She told him.
"Of course." he said. "Who wouldn't enjoy being with ME?"
Kagome playfully hit him over the head. "I don't know, I love being with you."
"So do I."
Kagome blushed. "Really?"
He nodded.
"Ya know what else I love?"
"Ramen?"
She laughed. "No."
He tried again. "Pizza?"
"No silly!"
"Then what?" he asked confused.
"You!" She said blushing and laughing at the same time.
He blushed.
She smiled and kissed him on the cheek.
His face turned even redder. "M-me too."
She blushed and hugged him. "AW!"
He smiled, then noticed that Renkotsu had been watching the whole thing.
Renkotsu was laughing at the pair and Inuyasha growled. "GR! STUPID BALDY!" He yelled.
Renkotsu turned away, but it was obvious that he was still laughing.
"What's so funny?" Yuka asked him curiously.
He gestured to Inuyasha and Kagome. "Those two were acting so stupid...."
"How so?"
"They were acting like lovebirds out in public...." he imitated them. "'You know what I love?' 'What?' 'You!'"
Yuka giggled. 'Well, Kagome's happy.' She thought.
"What do you say we take a break? We've been dancing all night."
She smiled. "Are you psychic? You read MY mind." Yuka laughed.
"I'll take that as a yes." he walked over to a table and sat down.
She sat down too.
"What made you come to our school?" Yuka asked, trying to make some conversation after the silence had lasted for awhile.
"I don't know." He admitted truthfully.
"So you just came here randomly?"
"Well, we just got here and they pulled us into school...I guess." Renkotsu said rolling his eyes.
"Where did you use to live?"
"We moved a lot."
"Oh."
"Yeah." He said sighing.
"But I think that we're staying here." He added thoughtfully.
"That's good...." she said happily.
"...Really..." he said raising an eyebrow.
"Yes, really."
He smirked a little. "That's good, I'm bored." He said, adding the 'bored' as an afterthought.
"Well, if you're bored then we can dance some more."
"Nah. My feet hurt."
"Ok."
"...Hmm...I wonder where Jakotsu and Bankotsu are." He thought aloud. "I mean...I hope they don't do anything regrettable." He added.
She nodded.
"...What's the point of this?" He asked. "I mean this dance, is there a point?"
"Nope, none whatsoever."
"Then why am I here?"
She shrugged.
He shrugged too. "Whatever."
"Yep."
"Well."
"Well?"
"Well."
Ayumi and Houjo were sitting down at a table. They had tried dancing, and Houjo failed miserably at it.
"It's okay Houjo, I'm not a good dancer myself." She told him.
"But I stink at it...." he mumbled.
She put an arm around his shoulder and smiled. "Just think about it this way, we can talk!" She said happily, trying to stay upbeat.
That cheered him up a little. "I guess so."
She smiled, happy to keep her date a little happy.
"What do you want to talk about?"
"I dunno." Ayumi shrugged.
"Me neither."
They looked at each other for a minute before bursting into giggles.
"Sorry to interrupt the moment, but have either of you seen Jakotsu or Bankotsu?" Suikotsu asked them.
"No Suikotsu." Ayumi said sighing. "Everyone's looking for them, why?"
"We want to make sure that they aren't...doing inappropriate things."
Houjo looked a little baffled. "They're both guys, why would they do something 'Inappropriate'?"
Ayumi looked at him for a moment. "Never mind Houjo..." to Suikotsu she added. "I guess we'll help look."
"No, don't worry about it. They're around here somewhere."
"Oh, ok."
Suikotsu strode off.
She turned back to Houjo.
Houjo sighed. 'This is getting weirder and weirder.' He thought to himself.
"Guess I'm not that much fun today." Ayumi said, pretending to be hurt.
"Hey! You're lots of fun!" He said wide-eyed.
"Then why do you seem so bored?"
"I dunno." He admitted.
"Me neither."
They again burst into laughter. "Why do we keep laughing?" He asked curiously.
She shrugged.
He smiled. "This is fun."
"Yep."
"I'm glad I came with you Ayumi."
"Me too."
Houjo smiled, boyishly, and kissed Ayumi on the cheek. "You're really cool. I like that." He informed her.
"Knew that already," she said with a nod and a smile.
"I'm so glad you came back with Kagome...." Suikotsu murmured to Kikyou where they were sitting. "You don't know how happy that made me."
"You're right, I don't." She muttered monotonously. "...So tell me, how happy DOES that make you?"
He thought for a moment. "Very."
"That's good." She said, a small smile creeping onto her feature.
He smiled a little himself. "So...we already decided against dancing for the moment...."
"We did." She nodded.
"And now we're most likely going to sit in silence because neither of us can think of anything to say...."
"Maybe."
"Oh well. My mind is at peace...." he said and closed his eyes for the moment.
Kikyou smiled a little. "Silence speaks to people louder than the volume of any conversation." She informed him cryptically.
He nodded.
"You two look so bored!" A female voice squeaked. It was Yuka, she was blushing a little and had a big smile on her face, she was practically GLOWING.
"So much for silence..." he murmured before opening his eyes and looking up at the intruder of the silence. "Hello Yuka...."
She was still grinning. "Hello Suikotsu."
"What made you so happy? Did Renkotsu propose to you or something?"
She rolled her eyes. "Nope, not yet." She said shrugging. "he got thrown out, but I got a very large very public kiss as the security dragged him away." She added with a little laugh.
"I see...what did the ol' grump get thrown out for?"
"He had a lighter with him." She told them sheepishly.
"What for?"
"He claims to be an obsessive pyromaniac."
He chuckled. "So true...."
She started to walk away. "He's waiting outside. And he says you need to find Jakotsu and Bankotsu before something happens, I'm gonna go see him." She told them, leaving.
"Well," he said getting up. "Best we find those scoundrels before anything happens...."
[With Jakotsu and Bankotsu...]
"Are you SURE we're not gonna get caught?" Bankotsu asked.
"Of course we won't!" Jakotsu replied.
"Ok." He said sighing. They snuck over to where the music was playing, no one could see them. "Hey! Renkotsu is getting thrown out!" He laughed. And they then proceeded to push the HUGE stereo system that they were behind over, cause a lot of sparks, screams, and cracking noises.
"Hey! You kids!" a voice called from behind them. "What do you think you're doing?"
"Holy shit!" Bankotsu cried, they began to run, and escaped to the outside. "OK! THAT'S UNHOLY!" He yelled upon seeing two figures at the side of the building, one he identified as Renkotsu, making out.
"Ahh! It burns!" Jakotsu said, looking away.
Suddenly Renkotsu looked up. "JAKOTSU! BANKOTSU!" He yelled.
"Hi Renkotsu."
"What are you doing out here?!"
"Gettin' chased by the fashion disasters?"
"I should ask the same of you, Renkotsu." Bankotsu asked.
Renkotsu shrugged. "I got kicked out, so I decided to have fun outside."
Jakotsu looked like he was going to be sick. "Renkotsu...what compelled you to be in the vision range of anyone that could happen by?!" He asked incredulously.
He shrugged again.
"Well, continue on continue on. We're not here." Bankotsu said with a goofy smile.
He glared at them.
"Aw, stop being so high-strung Renkotsu." Yuka said dragging him back into the shadows.
Jakotsu disgustedly turned away.
Bankotsu looked at him. "What's the matter with you?"
"He's making out with filth!"
"Not everyone is opposed to the opposite sex Jakotsu, and, its not like it matters, its him, not me or anything."
"I suppose...."
He slung an arm around Jakotsu's shoulders. "Look at it this way, maybe he'll be in a better mood later."
"Hopefully."
Bankotsu laughed just a little. "I mean, if it can put Inuyasha in a better mood, it can put Renkotsu in one."
"Most likely."
Bankotsu rested his head on his taller friends' shoulder. "We'll be together forever right?" He asked.
"Yep," he said nodding.
"Really?" He asked again, the almost childish curiosity showing through.
"Really really."
"How long?" He asked beginning to fiddle with Jakotsu's hair.
"Till the end of time."
He hugged Jakotsu a little tighter. "Good, but its still not long enough."
"I know." he said with a nod.
"Yeah, lets go home." He added with a yawn, he started to say something else but fell asleep, his head still resting on Jakotsu's shoulder.
Jakotsu couldn't think of anything to do but carry his smaller companion home, which he did without waking him. When he got home he laid Bankotsu down his bed, then collapsing beside him and falling asleep.
Renkotsu and Suikotsu could be heard talking as they walked into the house. "No I'm NOT a pyromaniac!" Renkotsu retorted to what Suikotsu had asked. Then he walked away mumbling, "Now where did I put those matches...?"
Suikotsu sighed. "And people think I'M crazy." He said shaking his head.
Renkotsu returned a few minutes later. "The freakish one is too quiet. I'm gonna go check up on 'im. Want to come?"
"Yeah." Suikotsu nodded. It was a bit too quiet....
The walked over to the bedroom and Renkotsu walked in, only to walk out a moment later. "Should've known...the only time he's EVER quiet is when he's asleep..."
Suikotsu scratched his head. "Where's Bankotsu though?"
Renkotsu jerked a finger towards the room he had just came out of.
Suikotsu peeked in, suppressed a smile and pulled his head out. "Well."
"Yeah."
"They must be worn out."
"Probably."
"Are YOU tired Renkotsu?" Suikotsu asked, with a hinting smile.
"Don't even joke about that." he growled and went into his room, slamming the door behind him.
Suikotsu chuckled, going into his own room for some well needed rest.
End of chapter 3