lostdreams: Oh my goodness! I am sooooo sorry for taking so long to update.
Things have just been wild and crazy lately! Grrrr! Well now that things
seem to be calming down a little I should be getting back into a normal
pattern. DON'T expect an update every other day, but I promise to never
have more than a month in between each chapter ever again! I hope you all
enjoy this..Once again I'm sorry for such a long wait!
PS~ There are some Finding Nemo spoilers in here..nothing major, but there are a few minor ones.
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Thursday came very quickly. Inuyasha had gone to all of his classes and was now walking back to Miroku and his room. Miroku had gotten himself in to some kind of trouble, and Sango was ticked beyond all reason.
"Sango please! The girl backed into me! I wasn't grabbing her ass, I swear!" Miroku was down on his hands and knees crawling after a very angry Sango.
"Shut up! I am sick of your excuses!" she growled. Inuyasha, who was walking with them, just smiled. Sango and Miroku got into this kind of spat daily. Miroku could never keep his lecherous hands to himself. But no matter how mad Sango got, she always forgave him.
"Sango please believe me! You are my goddess, my world, my everything!" Miroku groveled, grabbing a hold of her leg. Sango's face softened but she kicked Miroku off all the same. Turning around she glared down at him.
"Get up," she said irritably, rolling her eyes. Miroku cowered a little but timidly got to his feet. Inuyasha stopped and waited for them, a hidden smile on his face.
"Am I forgiven my angel?" he asked apprehensively. Sango heaved a great sigh and shook her head, but when she looked back at Miroku she was smiling.
"Of course," she said defeatedly. "You know I can't stay mad at you." Miroku smiled widely at her words and sidled up to her, placing a tentative hand around her waist.
"Sango you know you're the only one for me," Miroku said, slyly reaching for her butt.
"PERVERT!" she hissed slapping him hard across the cheek. Inuyasha busted up laughing, as did Sango. Miroku even had a sheepish grin on his face. Resuming their walking, Inuyasha, Sango and Miroku headed back to the guy's dorm. Upon reaching their destination, Inuyasha immediately discarded his backpack and headed for the shower. He had called Kagome yesterday and told her to be ready early. He was going to take her on a picnic, but she didn't know that yet.
"Hey Yasha, what's the rush?" Miroku teased. As of yet, Inuyasha hadn't told anyone about him still seeing Kagome. He wanted to keep it a secret as long as possible lest his brother and father find out.
"No rush, just don't feel like sitting around.." Inuyasha said lightly, hoping his voice didn't give him away.
"Hey, do you want to go out with Sango and me tonight?" Miroku asked grinning. "We were thinking of catching a movie." Inuyasha froze a second, trying to think of a good excuse.
"Thanks, but no..you two will be together and I'll just become the third wheel," Inuyasha answered, not making any eye contact.
"Well we can find you a date!" Sango said excitedly. "Honestly Inuyasha you just don't get out enough.." she kidded.
"Ummm, I don't know Sango," Inuyasha faltered, trying to come up with something. "I mean, who would go out with me on such short notice?" he finished lamely. Sango's eye nearly popped out of her head. Was this guy such a dunce that he didn't know how desirable he was?
"Are you kidding?" she asked incredulously. "You should rephrase that into who wouldn't go out with you on such short notice."
"Name one," Inuyasha challenged.
"Hmmm," Sango lapsed into thought. Slowly a wicked smile spread on her face. "Kikyo would be glad to go.." she said slyly. Inuyasha shuddered involuntarily.
"I can handle being friends with that girl but that's about it," Inuyasha said seriously. "Kikyo can be just a little to much for me.." Sango and Miroku laughed. It was so true. Sometimes Kikyo was just too weird for words.
"Fine then," Sango continued after she had stopped laughing. "What about Nazuna?" Inuyasha raised and eyebrow at her.
"First of all, she's not my type. Secondly, she has this inner fear of demons and even though she's friends with me, she really isn't over it," Inuyasha said matter of factly. Sango rattled off ten other names, but Inuyasha had an excuse for all of them. Sango finally threw up her hands in exasperation.
"I give up! You are completely hopeless," she teased, throwing a pillow at him.
"What can I say?" Inuyasha returned good-naturedly. "I know what I want." [And that's Kagome..] he thought to himself.
"You'll be alone forever my friend," Miroku said sadly, placing an arm around Inuyasha's shoulder.
"We'll see.." Inuyasha retorted with a secret smile. "You two have fun tonight. I have some homework to get to anyways.." he lied, heading into the bathroom. Once Inuyasha was gone, Sango looked back to Miroku and shook her head almost sadly.
"He's so picky. He's never going to find someone that suits him," she confided to Miroku.
"I don't know. Inuyasha will be a very eligible bachelor someday. He'll have his choice of women," Miroku said with a hint of jealousy.
"Someday?" Sango echoed. "He is now. There isn't a single girl in this school who wouldn't be interested in him. Except for me of course," she added hastily after noticing the look on Miroku's face.
"Oh well..let him be the social outcast. Gives all the other guys a fighting chance," Miroku joked getting up. "So let's go hit that movie." Sango sighed and nodded.
"Alright..I want to see the new Fast and Furious move or The Matrix Reloaded," Sango said with a grin. Miroku looked a little squeamish.
"Actually Sango darling, there is another movie out that I think would fit both our tastes much better.." Miroku said hesitantly.
"Really?? What??" Sango asked excitedly.
"Finding Nemo." Sango face faulted.
"You're joking right?"
"No, I think it would be a great movie. Quite frankly Sango, I think we see way to much violence this day in age," Miroku said quite seriously, not watching his hands.
"But action is funny! Adrenaline is a good thing!" Sango whined, noticing his hand just a moment to late.
*WHAP*
"Ow! See..I told you..too much violence!" Miroku said case end point. Sango only shook her head in amusement.
"You bring it on yourself," Sango told him matter-of-factly. "Let's get going already!" Standing, Sango gave one last glance at the bathroom, sort of hoping that Inuyasha would come out announcing that he's changed his mind. Inuyasha had never been a social butterfly, but it seemed that lately he was becoming a recluse. Ever since his birthday in fact.. Shrugging it off, Sango dragged Miroku out of the dorm, and the two headed for the theater.
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Inuyasha's super sensitive hearing allowed him to hear Miroku and Sango's entire conversation over the sound of the water. He had to bite his tongue to keep from laughing out loud at Sango's 'never going to find someone' line. In his heart he already had found someone, and even though he wasn't ready to necessarily admit that to himself yet (and most definitely not to her), he was slowly becoming more comfortable with the idea. Hurrying up Inuyasha soon got out of the shower and got ready for the evening. It was already 4 o'clock and he still had to stop by the deli to pick up the food.
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Kagome looked herself over in the mirror a hundred times before she was finally satisfied with her appearance. The bruise around her eye had yellowed out and was not at all noticeable underneath her makeup. Wearing a sleeveless white top and jean capris she finally felt ready to see Inuyasha. He had told her to dress casually; jeans and whatnot would be fine. She wasn't sure where they were going, but Kagome didn't care. All that mattered to her right now was spending more time with Inuyasha. (Koga was the furthest thought from her mind.) Walking down the stairs, she stopped in the entryway of the apartment building. She excitedly scanned the street for Inuyasha's silver car. Her heart sped up when she saw him coming. Running down to the curb, she stood waiting for him. Pulling up, Inuyasha gave her a wide smile. Getting out of the car, he walked around and kissed her lightly.
"You look so beautiful," he said softly opening the car door.
"You don't look half bad yourself," she said with a laugh. It was true. He was wearing a red cotton button up shirt and dark blue jeans. His long silver hair was tied back in a low ponytail.
"Well thank you milady," he teased, jogging around to the other side of the car. He studied her face carefully, not forgetting what he wanted to ask her about from their previous date. He couldn't see the bruise at all, but he knew there had to be some traces of it left. Hiding his frown with a smile, he started the car and shifted into gear. "Ready?" he asked with a grin. Kagome nodded, feeling absolutely giddy.
"Where are we going?" she asked once they were underway. She had been contemplating different ideas, but wasn't sure on any of them.
"It's a surprise," Inuyasha said mysteriously. Kagome just about pulled out her hair.
"Arg! That's what you told me the other day! Come on Inuyasha, I just want to know where we're going..please?" Kagome pleaded, giving him her best puppy dog pout.
"Sorry 'Gome. You'll just have to wait until we get there," Inuyasha told her with a michevious twinkle in his eye.
[Damn he's good..] Kagome huffed to herself. No one had been able to resist her puppy dog pout before. Folding her arms across her chest, Kagome tried to act upset, but wasn't pulling it off very well. It didn't help that Inuyasha would smile at her every so often making her knees feel weak. [It's a good thing I'm sitting down..]
-@--@-
After about 20 minutes, Inuyasha pulled into Sakura Central Park. Kagome looked around in awe. She hadn't been to the park since her parents were alive..it hadn't changed at all.
"Oh Inuyasha.." Kagome tried to keep the flood of emotions that threatened to spill at bay. A large smile adorned her face. Pleased with her reaction, Inuyasha laughed softly.
"If I had known this was all it took to make you smile like that, I would have planned this sooner," he said softly. It was clear he wanted to have an intimate moment, but Kagome was too hyped to sit in the car anymore.
"Let's go! Come on!" Kagome laughed, scrambling out of the car, trying to pull Inuyasha with her. Content to have fun, Inuyasha laughed and followed her. It was very amusing watching Kagome's face light up like a child's at Christmas. She proceeded to drag him around the area, pointing out all her old memories.
"And this is where I was playing with Sota and he accidentally stepped on a beehive. Luckily Dad noticed quickly and got him out of there before he was stung too badly," Kagome's voice began sounding almost wistful. "It's been so long since they died.." Inuyasha walked up behind her and placed his arms around her waist, resting his chin on her shoulder.
"You miss them a lot don't you?" he asked quietly. Kagome only nodded. Inuyasha felt a twinge of jealously. True, as of now Kagome's life was nothing to desire, but he was couldn't help feeling envious of the time she talked about spending with her brother and her father. He would never have such a feeling.. Shaking off his own sobering thoughts, Inuyasha whirled Kagome around and looked into her eyes.
"What do you say we eat now huh?" he asked with a grin. As if on cue, Kagome's stomach gave an audible rumble. Blushing fiercely Kagome nodded.
"Yea, that sounds about right," she agreed with a laugh, walking back to the car with Inuyasha. Within 10 minutes they had a nice picnic set up, blanket and everything. Kagome was surprised at how much thought he seemed to have put into this. Eating and talking, both Inuyasha and Kagome lost track of the time, just enjoying the presence of each other's company.
-@--@-
*Sniffle Sniffle* "That was so sad Sango..Poor Coral..it was just as heart wrenching as the Lion King," Miroku cried, blowing his nose. Sango only rolled her eyes. Coming out of the theater, Miroku and Sango headed hand in hand to Sakura Park across the street just for some togetherness time.
"I liked Gill..He was the best!" Sango said, trying to change the subject.
"Hmph! His stupid plans almost got Nemo killed.." Miroku stated. If it hasn't already become blatantly obvious, Miroku had dragged Sango to see Finding Nemo. "I still can't get over how Coral died and all of her and Marlin's children were lost."
"Not all of them.." Sango corrected. "Nemo lived."
"Yea, but he was gimpy," Miroku said sulkily.
"Well I thought Dory was hilarious..a short term memory fish..classic," Sango said with a laugh. That seemed to pull Miroku out of his poor Coral/Marlin/Nemo stage.
"And then when she tried to speak whale?" Miroku laughed. Sango nodded, laughing to hard to speak. "See I did pick a good movie," Miroku told her after they had calmed down some. Sango relented a little bit, and allowed herself to agree.
"It wasn't that bad," she admitted with a smile. "But next time we are going to a full blown action! Fast cars, big explosions, the works!" Sango said, naming everything Miroku found dull or too risky. After a minute of silence, Sango turned to find that Miroku had come to a full stop a couple paces back. He was gaping at something, his face a mixture of shock and amusement. "What is it?" Sango asked curiously walking back over to Miroku. Finally registering that Sango was still there, Miroku motioned her over rapid while holding up a finger for quiet. Walking slowly over, Sango peered through the bushes where Miroku was pointing and almost fell over in surprise.
"Is that Inuyasha?"
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lostdreams: TADA! And chapter six is up! Once again I'd like to apologize for such a long wait! And for those of you who keep up with both of my current fics..Chpt 6 for Wrong Side will be up tomorrow and let me just tell ya..it's a doozy!
PS~ There are some Finding Nemo spoilers in here..nothing major, but there are a few minor ones.
-@--@-
Thursday came very quickly. Inuyasha had gone to all of his classes and was now walking back to Miroku and his room. Miroku had gotten himself in to some kind of trouble, and Sango was ticked beyond all reason.
"Sango please! The girl backed into me! I wasn't grabbing her ass, I swear!" Miroku was down on his hands and knees crawling after a very angry Sango.
"Shut up! I am sick of your excuses!" she growled. Inuyasha, who was walking with them, just smiled. Sango and Miroku got into this kind of spat daily. Miroku could never keep his lecherous hands to himself. But no matter how mad Sango got, she always forgave him.
"Sango please believe me! You are my goddess, my world, my everything!" Miroku groveled, grabbing a hold of her leg. Sango's face softened but she kicked Miroku off all the same. Turning around she glared down at him.
"Get up," she said irritably, rolling her eyes. Miroku cowered a little but timidly got to his feet. Inuyasha stopped and waited for them, a hidden smile on his face.
"Am I forgiven my angel?" he asked apprehensively. Sango heaved a great sigh and shook her head, but when she looked back at Miroku she was smiling.
"Of course," she said defeatedly. "You know I can't stay mad at you." Miroku smiled widely at her words and sidled up to her, placing a tentative hand around her waist.
"Sango you know you're the only one for me," Miroku said, slyly reaching for her butt.
"PERVERT!" she hissed slapping him hard across the cheek. Inuyasha busted up laughing, as did Sango. Miroku even had a sheepish grin on his face. Resuming their walking, Inuyasha, Sango and Miroku headed back to the guy's dorm. Upon reaching their destination, Inuyasha immediately discarded his backpack and headed for the shower. He had called Kagome yesterday and told her to be ready early. He was going to take her on a picnic, but she didn't know that yet.
"Hey Yasha, what's the rush?" Miroku teased. As of yet, Inuyasha hadn't told anyone about him still seeing Kagome. He wanted to keep it a secret as long as possible lest his brother and father find out.
"No rush, just don't feel like sitting around.." Inuyasha said lightly, hoping his voice didn't give him away.
"Hey, do you want to go out with Sango and me tonight?" Miroku asked grinning. "We were thinking of catching a movie." Inuyasha froze a second, trying to think of a good excuse.
"Thanks, but no..you two will be together and I'll just become the third wheel," Inuyasha answered, not making any eye contact.
"Well we can find you a date!" Sango said excitedly. "Honestly Inuyasha you just don't get out enough.." she kidded.
"Ummm, I don't know Sango," Inuyasha faltered, trying to come up with something. "I mean, who would go out with me on such short notice?" he finished lamely. Sango's eye nearly popped out of her head. Was this guy such a dunce that he didn't know how desirable he was?
"Are you kidding?" she asked incredulously. "You should rephrase that into who wouldn't go out with you on such short notice."
"Name one," Inuyasha challenged.
"Hmmm," Sango lapsed into thought. Slowly a wicked smile spread on her face. "Kikyo would be glad to go.." she said slyly. Inuyasha shuddered involuntarily.
"I can handle being friends with that girl but that's about it," Inuyasha said seriously. "Kikyo can be just a little to much for me.." Sango and Miroku laughed. It was so true. Sometimes Kikyo was just too weird for words.
"Fine then," Sango continued after she had stopped laughing. "What about Nazuna?" Inuyasha raised and eyebrow at her.
"First of all, she's not my type. Secondly, she has this inner fear of demons and even though she's friends with me, she really isn't over it," Inuyasha said matter of factly. Sango rattled off ten other names, but Inuyasha had an excuse for all of them. Sango finally threw up her hands in exasperation.
"I give up! You are completely hopeless," she teased, throwing a pillow at him.
"What can I say?" Inuyasha returned good-naturedly. "I know what I want." [And that's Kagome..] he thought to himself.
"You'll be alone forever my friend," Miroku said sadly, placing an arm around Inuyasha's shoulder.
"We'll see.." Inuyasha retorted with a secret smile. "You two have fun tonight. I have some homework to get to anyways.." he lied, heading into the bathroom. Once Inuyasha was gone, Sango looked back to Miroku and shook her head almost sadly.
"He's so picky. He's never going to find someone that suits him," she confided to Miroku.
"I don't know. Inuyasha will be a very eligible bachelor someday. He'll have his choice of women," Miroku said with a hint of jealousy.
"Someday?" Sango echoed. "He is now. There isn't a single girl in this school who wouldn't be interested in him. Except for me of course," she added hastily after noticing the look on Miroku's face.
"Oh well..let him be the social outcast. Gives all the other guys a fighting chance," Miroku joked getting up. "So let's go hit that movie." Sango sighed and nodded.
"Alright..I want to see the new Fast and Furious move or The Matrix Reloaded," Sango said with a grin. Miroku looked a little squeamish.
"Actually Sango darling, there is another movie out that I think would fit both our tastes much better.." Miroku said hesitantly.
"Really?? What??" Sango asked excitedly.
"Finding Nemo." Sango face faulted.
"You're joking right?"
"No, I think it would be a great movie. Quite frankly Sango, I think we see way to much violence this day in age," Miroku said quite seriously, not watching his hands.
"But action is funny! Adrenaline is a good thing!" Sango whined, noticing his hand just a moment to late.
*WHAP*
"Ow! See..I told you..too much violence!" Miroku said case end point. Sango only shook her head in amusement.
"You bring it on yourself," Sango told him matter-of-factly. "Let's get going already!" Standing, Sango gave one last glance at the bathroom, sort of hoping that Inuyasha would come out announcing that he's changed his mind. Inuyasha had never been a social butterfly, but it seemed that lately he was becoming a recluse. Ever since his birthday in fact.. Shrugging it off, Sango dragged Miroku out of the dorm, and the two headed for the theater.
-@--@-
Inuyasha's super sensitive hearing allowed him to hear Miroku and Sango's entire conversation over the sound of the water. He had to bite his tongue to keep from laughing out loud at Sango's 'never going to find someone' line. In his heart he already had found someone, and even though he wasn't ready to necessarily admit that to himself yet (and most definitely not to her), he was slowly becoming more comfortable with the idea. Hurrying up Inuyasha soon got out of the shower and got ready for the evening. It was already 4 o'clock and he still had to stop by the deli to pick up the food.
-@--@-
Kagome looked herself over in the mirror a hundred times before she was finally satisfied with her appearance. The bruise around her eye had yellowed out and was not at all noticeable underneath her makeup. Wearing a sleeveless white top and jean capris she finally felt ready to see Inuyasha. He had told her to dress casually; jeans and whatnot would be fine. She wasn't sure where they were going, but Kagome didn't care. All that mattered to her right now was spending more time with Inuyasha. (Koga was the furthest thought from her mind.) Walking down the stairs, she stopped in the entryway of the apartment building. She excitedly scanned the street for Inuyasha's silver car. Her heart sped up when she saw him coming. Running down to the curb, she stood waiting for him. Pulling up, Inuyasha gave her a wide smile. Getting out of the car, he walked around and kissed her lightly.
"You look so beautiful," he said softly opening the car door.
"You don't look half bad yourself," she said with a laugh. It was true. He was wearing a red cotton button up shirt and dark blue jeans. His long silver hair was tied back in a low ponytail.
"Well thank you milady," he teased, jogging around to the other side of the car. He studied her face carefully, not forgetting what he wanted to ask her about from their previous date. He couldn't see the bruise at all, but he knew there had to be some traces of it left. Hiding his frown with a smile, he started the car and shifted into gear. "Ready?" he asked with a grin. Kagome nodded, feeling absolutely giddy.
"Where are we going?" she asked once they were underway. She had been contemplating different ideas, but wasn't sure on any of them.
"It's a surprise," Inuyasha said mysteriously. Kagome just about pulled out her hair.
"Arg! That's what you told me the other day! Come on Inuyasha, I just want to know where we're going..please?" Kagome pleaded, giving him her best puppy dog pout.
"Sorry 'Gome. You'll just have to wait until we get there," Inuyasha told her with a michevious twinkle in his eye.
[Damn he's good..] Kagome huffed to herself. No one had been able to resist her puppy dog pout before. Folding her arms across her chest, Kagome tried to act upset, but wasn't pulling it off very well. It didn't help that Inuyasha would smile at her every so often making her knees feel weak. [It's a good thing I'm sitting down..]
-@--@-
After about 20 minutes, Inuyasha pulled into Sakura Central Park. Kagome looked around in awe. She hadn't been to the park since her parents were alive..it hadn't changed at all.
"Oh Inuyasha.." Kagome tried to keep the flood of emotions that threatened to spill at bay. A large smile adorned her face. Pleased with her reaction, Inuyasha laughed softly.
"If I had known this was all it took to make you smile like that, I would have planned this sooner," he said softly. It was clear he wanted to have an intimate moment, but Kagome was too hyped to sit in the car anymore.
"Let's go! Come on!" Kagome laughed, scrambling out of the car, trying to pull Inuyasha with her. Content to have fun, Inuyasha laughed and followed her. It was very amusing watching Kagome's face light up like a child's at Christmas. She proceeded to drag him around the area, pointing out all her old memories.
"And this is where I was playing with Sota and he accidentally stepped on a beehive. Luckily Dad noticed quickly and got him out of there before he was stung too badly," Kagome's voice began sounding almost wistful. "It's been so long since they died.." Inuyasha walked up behind her and placed his arms around her waist, resting his chin on her shoulder.
"You miss them a lot don't you?" he asked quietly. Kagome only nodded. Inuyasha felt a twinge of jealously. True, as of now Kagome's life was nothing to desire, but he was couldn't help feeling envious of the time she talked about spending with her brother and her father. He would never have such a feeling.. Shaking off his own sobering thoughts, Inuyasha whirled Kagome around and looked into her eyes.
"What do you say we eat now huh?" he asked with a grin. As if on cue, Kagome's stomach gave an audible rumble. Blushing fiercely Kagome nodded.
"Yea, that sounds about right," she agreed with a laugh, walking back to the car with Inuyasha. Within 10 minutes they had a nice picnic set up, blanket and everything. Kagome was surprised at how much thought he seemed to have put into this. Eating and talking, both Inuyasha and Kagome lost track of the time, just enjoying the presence of each other's company.
-@--@-
*Sniffle Sniffle* "That was so sad Sango..Poor Coral..it was just as heart wrenching as the Lion King," Miroku cried, blowing his nose. Sango only rolled her eyes. Coming out of the theater, Miroku and Sango headed hand in hand to Sakura Park across the street just for some togetherness time.
"I liked Gill..He was the best!" Sango said, trying to change the subject.
"Hmph! His stupid plans almost got Nemo killed.." Miroku stated. If it hasn't already become blatantly obvious, Miroku had dragged Sango to see Finding Nemo. "I still can't get over how Coral died and all of her and Marlin's children were lost."
"Not all of them.." Sango corrected. "Nemo lived."
"Yea, but he was gimpy," Miroku said sulkily.
"Well I thought Dory was hilarious..a short term memory fish..classic," Sango said with a laugh. That seemed to pull Miroku out of his poor Coral/Marlin/Nemo stage.
"And then when she tried to speak whale?" Miroku laughed. Sango nodded, laughing to hard to speak. "See I did pick a good movie," Miroku told her after they had calmed down some. Sango relented a little bit, and allowed herself to agree.
"It wasn't that bad," she admitted with a smile. "But next time we are going to a full blown action! Fast cars, big explosions, the works!" Sango said, naming everything Miroku found dull or too risky. After a minute of silence, Sango turned to find that Miroku had come to a full stop a couple paces back. He was gaping at something, his face a mixture of shock and amusement. "What is it?" Sango asked curiously walking back over to Miroku. Finally registering that Sango was still there, Miroku motioned her over rapid while holding up a finger for quiet. Walking slowly over, Sango peered through the bushes where Miroku was pointing and almost fell over in surprise.
"Is that Inuyasha?"
-@--@-
lostdreams: TADA! And chapter six is up! Once again I'd like to apologize for such a long wait! And for those of you who keep up with both of my current fics..Chpt 6 for Wrong Side will be up tomorrow and let me just tell ya..it's a doozy!