~*~You Stole My Heart~*~
A/N: Hello! The chapter you've all been waiting for is finally here! Review!
Disclaimer: I don't own the guy.
Chapter 25: The Best Prom Ever!
Kagome walked through the school entrance with a monk staff in hand.
"The day of the prom," she sighed. She felt someone rub a hand on her butt. "Aaaaaaah!"
slap *THONK* punch
"Miroku! You pervert!" she huffed. She looked over to his side and saw that it was Sango who had slapped him and Inu Yasha who had punched him. "Oh, hey guys!"
Sango's eyes rested on the staff.
"Oh!" she squealed. "That's it, right?!"
Kagome handed her the monk staff. Sango took it gratefully and then looked up at Miroku.
"Sweety, how old are you?" she asked.
"17," he replied. "I thought you knew already."
"I do," Sango grinned. "I just wanted to make sure that-I HIT YOU THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF TIMES!"
"Huh?" Miroku asked confused.
*BAM**THONK**WHACK**THWONK**THONK**BAM**WHACK**THWONK**WHACK**BAM**THONK**THWONK**BAM**WHACK**THONK**THWONK**WHAM*
SLAP!
"What was the slap for?" Miroku pouted and rubbed his lump covered head.
"Merry Christmas, Miroku," she passed him the staff. "The slap was part of your present-the hits were for payback for all those times you groped me."
"Oh. O~kay," he answered slowly. "Now give me a kiss, to top off my present."
She gave him a peck on the cheek.
"Nooo," he shook his head. "I mean this.."
He pulled her towards him and gave her a long passionate kiss. Kagome and Inu Yasha snuck pass them and walked to Mr. Tatewaki's classroom.
…
RING!
Sango pushed away.
"No! We're late!" she moaned. She looked around. "Hey! Inu Yasha and Kagome ditched us!"
"I can see that," Miroku said with a half smile. "Come on, let's go to class."
*****
"Kagome?" Mr. Tatewaki called out.
"Present."
"Inu Yasha?"
"Here."
" Sango?"
No answer.
"Sango?" Mr. Tatewaki looked up from the attendance sheet. "Not here? Very well then. Sango is absent-"
"HERE!" Sango pushed open the door and stumbled in the room with Miroku in tow. Miroku was gasping for air. "Miroku's here too!"
The whole class stared at them.
"Oops.." Sango laughed nervously. "Um, sorry for interrupting, Mr. Tatewaki."
She bowed deeply and Miroku was pulled down with her. He straightened up and glared at her.
"Are you noticing me at all?!" he rasped.
"Of course," she frowned slightly back at him.
"Okay, you two," Mr. Tatewaki said sternly. "On a regular day, I would have marked you both tardy, but since Christmas is this week, I'll let it pass. Now go to your seats."
"Thank you, Mr. Tatewaki," Sango bowed again. She pushed Miroku down with her as well.
"Thank you sir," Miroku sputtered. They both hurried over to their seats.
"How dare you ditch us!" Sango quietly hissed at Kagome as Mr. Tatewaki continued taking attendance.
"You two were-occupied," Kagome answered.
"So?"
"So what? If we DID wait for you, Inu Yasha and I would have been late too."
".."
*****
"Inu Yasha, you call yourself my best friend?" Miroku whined.
"Yes, I do," Inu Yasha replied blankly.
"Would a best friend leave his friend?"
"If the best friend's friend was you, yeah, he would."
"You're cruel."
"I know you are, but what am I?"
"Shut up," Miroku pouted. "I've had enough for one day."
His best friend chuckled. Miroku's mouth tightened and he held up his staff.
*CLANK*
"Ow!" Inu Yasha winced. "You monk, what d'ya do that for?!"
"It was an accident," Miroku said innocently.
"Whatever!" Inu Yasha rolled his eyes. "Do that again, and you'll be seeing me after school!"
*****
"Class!" Ms. Kaede hollered over the students' chattering. "Class! I have big news!"
The gym grew silent.
"The school has finally selected the best two volleyball teams and the two teams will be facing off against each other next week on Friday, December 30. We will not tell you who the two teams are yet until Monday, after your Christmas weekend (here's the deal: it's December 23 and they only get the weekend off and come back on Monday, December 26. I know that students usually get a longer break, but it has to be this way to make the end of this story make sense)."
The class started stirring and whispered to each other of what teams they thought were chosen.
"Whichever team wins will be declared the best volleyball team in the school and since you're all graduating and going to college next year, we'll be rewarding the best team with a plaque for each person and the whole team will receive a trophy which will be displayed in the glass case that holds all the other great volleyball teams' trophies," Ms. Kaede took a deep breath and asked, "Got that?"
"YES!" the students answered.
*****
"I'll pick you up at 7," Inu Yasha called out to Kagome as he ran down the school entrance stairs. "Bye!"
"Bye!" Kagome waved. Miroku had already left to walk Sango home. "I guess that means I'm alone right now."
"Not exactly," someone sneered. She whipped around and saw-Kikyo.
"What do you want?" Kagome said with annoyance.
"You asked MY Inu to the prom, didn't you?"
"Correction: HE asked me."
"Don't lie to me!"
"I'm not!"
"My fiancé would never cheat on me!"
"Since when was Inu Yasha your fiancé?" Kagome shouted.
"So you have feelings for him.." Kikyo said quietly and then turned her back on her.
".."
"Well, do you?" she demanded.
Kagome stood silently.
"Yes," she finally answered.
"All I'm saying is: you better stay away from him!"
"I'm going to the prom with him! How am I supposed to stay away from him if I'm going to be dancing with him, huh?!" Kagome hissed. "This isn't your business, anyways! You have no right to tell me to stay away from him! Are YOU going to the prom?"
"Of course," Kikyo snorted. "I'm going with Naraku."
Kagome stifled a laugh, "Naraku? You have got to be kidding me! He's a new student!"
"Yes," Kikyo said calmly. "But he is good looking-in a weird way."
"Then why don't you just forget about Inu Yasha and go out with Naraku instead! Everyone can see that he likes you!"
"I have to go to the prom. Since Inu Yasha is taken, there was only one available person left and that person was Naraku. Why didn't you say yes to Kouga? He's new too and he's just as good-looking as any other guy."
"I don't have to answer to that," Kagome snorted. "It's obvious that you're jealous. Kouga already found out that I was going to the prom with your so-called fiancé."
"Oh, really?" Kikyo answered coolly. "Did he say anything?"
"Of course not, he was much more polite than you are," Kagome sniffed. "Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go home."
She walked down the steps.
"You'll pay for this, Higurashi!" Kikyo shouted. "One way or another!"
*****
"You look fabulous, Kagome!" Mrs. Higurashi squealed.
"Um, thanks," Kagome smiled. She was wearing a silky, deep scarlet/magenta dress with thin straps, high-heels, and the necklace that Inu Yasha gave her. She sighed. It was 5 minutes to 7.
"So, when ARE you two going to get married?"
"WHAT?!"
"When are you two going to get m-"
"I heard what you said!"
"Well, then, when are you?"
"Inu Yasha and I aren't even a couple yet! We're just good friends."
"The key word is: yet. And soon you'll be husband and wife, right? Oh, I can't wait till I get grandchildren!"
"MOM!" Kagome stomped her foot. She looked out the window and saw a jeep pull up. "Bye, mom."
"Bye, dear! No curfew tonight! I trust that you and Inu Yasha will not do anything- inappropriate..."
"MOM!"
She ran out the door before her mother could make any more embarrassing comments.
"How embarrassing!" Kagome muttered to herself. She made her way quickly down the stairs. Inu Yasha climbed out and walked over to the bottom of the stairs.
"Hey," Kagome breathed. She slowed down at the last few steps and tripped on the last one. "Eeeeek!"
Strong and warm arms caught her.
"Are you okay?" Inu Yasha asked softly. A look of surprise flickered in his eyes. "You're wearing the necklace I gave you."
She nodded. "Yeah."
"You look nice with it too," he added.
(Okay people, I'm not even gonna bother to tell you what Inu Yasha and Miroku are wearing. Okay, fine. I'll tell you here: they're wearing tuxedos. Isn't it obvious? ^_^)
"Thanks," Kagome looked away and blushed. "Um, should we get going now?"
"Oh, right."
Inu Yasha opened up the passenger's door and gestured an arm towards the inside.
"Please step in my lady. The jeep awaits you."
Kagome laughed and climbed in. He slammed the door shut, walked over to the other side, climbed into the driver's seat, started up the jeep and drove off.
*****
"Miroku, they're here! They're here!" Sango shrieked and pointed towards the door. She scrambled towards the ballroom floor in her strapless, midnight blue dress (hey, there's no color left! Kagome already took magenta &, er, scarlet and black is just too-gloomy. It just wouldn't match with Sango. Black dress, Sango. Black dress, Sango.. Nope. Doesn't match. You know: her outfit from the anime. She wears black and magenta, but I don't want her to wear magenta ALL the time. It'd be too boring. AND you know the prom dress style: puffed out a little at the bottom).
"Kagome!" Sango called out as she ran towards the entrance door. "Kagome!"
"Sango!"
The two girls started chattering endlessly.
"So, my best bud. What's up?" Miroku asked Inu Yasha.
"Not much," Inu Yasha replied.
"Don't worry. The dancing is going to start soon," Miroku chuckled.
"Whatever."
"No, I mean it. Really soon."
As if on cue, the music started up. Miroku straightened his bow tie and marched up to his girlfriend.
"Would you care to dance?" he asked.
Sango giggled, "Sure, just don't grope me!"
She took his hand and they walked over to the dance floor. Kagome smiled after them.
"What a cute couple."
She looked over to her side and saw Inu Yasha smiling at the couple too.
"Let's just see if this will last long before the groping starts," he said aloud.
"Yeah, let's see," Kagome laughed.
A moment of silence.
"Do you want to dance?" Inu Yasha asked with hesitation.
"Sure."
They walked over to the dance floor and stopped near Miroku and Sango. Kagome layed a hand on Inu Yasha's shoulder and he wrapped an arm around her waist, pulling her closer. He held her hand in his firmly. A waltz came up.
"How old is this music?" Inu Yasha mumbled. "As old as Ms. Kaede?"
"Probably," Kagome replied. They started dancing with all the other couples on the floor. As they danced, Kagome saw Kouga and Ayame dancing together.
'How adorable,' she thought. 'They look perfect together.'
A face caught her eye. Kikyo was glaring at her as she danced with Naraku.
'How pathetic,' Kagome thought.
Sango and Miroku danced nearby and watched their two friends silently.
"Ah, love before our eyes," Sango sighed.
"Do you think they'll ever be a couple?" Miroku asked.
"Of course, they already are. They just don't know it yet."
*****
"O~KAY, EVERBODY! IT'S TIME FOR A LITTLE SINGING! WHO EVER WINS GETS A LOT OF YEN!" a teacher yelled into a microphone. "Any volunteers?"
"You have got to be kiddin' me," Inu Yasha muttered.
"Kagome," Sango suddenly said. "You should sing."
"Why?" Kagome gave her a puzzled look.
"You sing great, that's why," Miroku answered. "And look-Kikyo is participating too."
"Go kick her ass, Kagome," Sango urged.
"Let that bitch get what she deserves," Miroku agreed.
"Let the slut have it," Inu Yasha added.
Then all together, "We're rooting for you."
Kagome sweatdropped.
'I didn't even say a word about doing this!' she thought to herself. She took a deep breath in and walked over to the very, VERY small group of volunteers.
*****
"Only four volunteers have volunteered!" the teacher called out. "Any more people willing to sing?"
All the people in the audience shook their heads.
"Okay then!" the teacher announced. "First up is Miss Yura!"
Miroku spit out his punch. Sango patted him on the back.
"Why did Yura join?" Inu Yasha asked. "Everyone knows that she can't sing. She even knows it herself."
"Probably because of Kikyo," Sango said wryly. They watched Yura grip the microphone and take a deep breath. A screen in front of her turned on and words appeared. A beat started and everyone waited patiently. (YOU know. Karaoke..)
"I was once in love with you," she started. Her hand began shaking violently. "I-I'm sorry! I can't do this!"
She handed the teacher the microphone and scrambled down the steps. Kikyo stared after her.
"Well, erm, next is Miss Ayame!" the teacher gave Ayame the microphone.
Ayame walked to the center of the stage and took a deep breath in. She was wearing a light pink dress and had stuck an iris in her reddish hair. Her green eyes sparkled in the spotlight. New words came up on the screen and a new song vibrated through the speakers. Ayame opened her mouth and sang (The song is called "Moonlight Shadow (remix)" by E-Rotic. I love listening to this song!).
"The last that ever she saw him
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
He passed on worried and warning
Carried away by a moonlight shadow.
Lost in a riddle that Saturday night
Far away on the other side.
He was caught in the middle of a desperate fight
And she couldn't find how to push through…"
(A/N: You know the part, "He was caught in the middle of a desperate fight.."? Doesn't it sound like they they're talking about Inu Yasha? He's in the middle of a fight between Kagome and Kikyo for both the anime and this fic.)
Kagome couldn't believe her ears. Ayame had a great singing voice!
"She sings well," Kagome smiled.
"The trees that whisper in the evening
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
Sing a song of sorrow and grieving
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
All she saw was a silhouette of a gun
Far away on the other side.
He was shot six times by a man on the run
And she couldn't find how to push through
I stay, I pray
I see you in heaven far away
I stay, I pray
I see you in heaven one day
Four a.m. in the morning
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
I watched your vision forming
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
A star was flying in the silvery night
Far away on the other side
Will you come to talk to me this night
But she couldn't find how to push through
I stay, I pray
I see you in heaven far away
I stay, I pray
I see you in heaven one day…
Caught in the middle of a hundred and five
The night was heavy and the air was alive
But she couldn't find how to push through…
Carried away by a moonlight shadow…
Carried away by a moonlight shadow…moonlight shadow….moonlight shadow."
Everyone, except for Kikyo, clapped loudly.
"You were great Ayame!" Kagome exclaimed as Ayame walked towards her and Kikyo.
"Thanks, Kagome," Ayame smiled brightly. "Good luck."
As she passed her, Ayame whispered so only Kagome could hear. "Beat this slut."
"I will," Kagome muttered back.
"Next, Miss Kikyo!" the teacher called out. A few people clapped.
Kikyo took a deep breath as the screen showed new words and the speakers boomed out a new song. (Next song is called, "All That I Am". Sort of gloomy at the beginning and end, but that's why I chose it! Kikyo is NOT going to sing any favorite songs of mine so..I just chose one that I had the lyrics to...)
"I once BELIEVED in your dreams
The ones thAT WE wouLD Share
BuT alL thaT WAS left
Was mY HeaRT in MY Hands…"
Every covered their ears at Kikyo's shrill singing.
"Uh, miss. You can stop singing now," the teacher yelled over the music. "We're going to choose the winner now!"
Kikyo stopped screeching and looked hopefully at him, "Does that mean I won?"
The teacher walked over to her and grabbed the mike.
"It means you won the losing contest," he answered and handed Kagome the microphone. Kikyo pouted and stomped off the stage.
"Last, but not least…Miss Kagome!" the teacher shouted. The whole audience clapped loudly. Kagome blushed.
'Were they ALL there at the festival and heard me sing?' she wondered. She awaited the screen to show new words. When it finally did, a new rhythm pounded through the speakers. (This song is called, "Total Eclispse of the Heart". I love this song as much as "Moonlight Shadow".)
She took a deep breath and sang along with the music.
"Turn around, Every now and then I get a little bit lonely and
You're never coming round
Turn around, Every now and then I get a little bit tired of
Listening to the sound of my tears
Turn around, Every now and then I get a little bit nervous
That the best of all the years have gone by
Turn around, Every now and then I get a little bit terrified
And then I see the look in your eyes
Turnaround bright eyes, Every now and then I fall apart
Turnaround bright eyes, Every now and then I fall apart
And I need you now tonight
And I need you more than ever
And if you'll only hold me tight
We'll be holding on forever
And we'll only be making it right
Cause we'll never be wrong together
Once upon a time I was falling in love
But now I'm only falling apart
There's nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart
Turn around, Every now and then I know you'll never be the
Boy you always wanted to be
Turn around, But every now and then I know you'll always
Be the only boy who wanted me the way that I am
Turn around, Every now and then I know there's no on in the
Universe as magical and wondrous as you
Turn around, Every now and then I know there's nothing
Any better and there's nothing I just wouldn't do
Turnaround bright eyes, Every now and then I fall apart
Turnaround bright eyes, Every now and then I fall apart
And I need you now tonight
And I need you more than ever
And if you'll only hold me tight
We'll be holding on forever
And we'll only be making it right
Cause we'll never be wrong together
We can take it to the end of the line
Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time
I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark
We're living in a power keg and giving off sparks
I really need you tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight
Once upon a time I was falling in love
But now I'm only falling apart
There's nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart…"
Everyone clapped loudly.
"There is a tie for the winner," the teacher grinned. "We'll have to split up the money."
'Oh, man," Kikyo thought. 'Higurashi tied with me.'
"One of the two winners is Miss Kagome!" the teacher exclaimed into the microphone. "The other is.."
"Miss Kikyo," Kikyo said knowingly (that's what you think, slut. Hehehehehe.).
"…Miss Ayame!" the teacher called out. Kikyo fell anime-style.
*****
"A pouch full of yen," Kagome said cheerfully. "Can't wait to use them all."
"When you go shopping, call me," Sango winked and then walked off with Miroku.
"Kagome, you want to dance one last time?" Inu Yasha asked suddenly. She turned around and smiled.
"Sure."
*****
A slow song came up.
Inu Yasha wrapped his arms around Kagome's waist and she wrapped her arms around his neck.
"Inu Yasha," she said softly. "I just want to tell you that I'm glad I got to go to the prom with you."
"I'm glad I got to go with you too," he replied simply. She leaned her head against his chest. He blushed.
"Thank you for everything," she said quietly as she closed her eyes. "For the necklace you gave me, for asking me to the prom, for our friendship-even for bumping into me on my first day of school here."
Inu Yasha looked at her with a surprised expression.
"Kagome?" he asked softly. She didn't answer. He sighed silently and wrapped his arms tighter around her.
'I want to thank you too,' he thought. 'For a lot of things.'
His expression softened, 'Kagome…I've fallen in love with you."
A/N: Yay! He finally said it, er, to himself at least. Warning! Warning! Fluff coming VERY soon in this story. Sorry for the long update..Review please! ^_^