Chapter Thirteen
On Christmas Day, they all woke up at 7 and went to the tree. They gave each other the gifts and they all loved it.
"Oh Inuyasha, thank you so much! I love it." Kagome hugged Inuyasha who hugged her back.
"Thanks for the watch; I needed one for some time now." Inuyasha said after they let go.
"Thank you for the necklace, Miroku." Sango kissed his cheek.
"You're welcome." Miroku said followed with a kiss.
When they went back to school, it was chaos. Rumors, rumors and even more rumors about Inuyasha and Kagome. These were some of the whispers heard around the school…
"They're still going out!"
"I heard that they still live together!"
"I heard that they haven't been on a real date!"
This went on the whole day. By the end of the day, everyone got so tried of it that Kagome and Inuyasha had to be sent out of the class for having a temper with their teachers.
"AH! What is wrong with this damn school?!" Kagome said with a temper. They were on their way home from school with Miroku and Sango trembling behind Inuyasha and Kagome.
"I know! All they care about are other people's lives, why don't they worry about their own?!" Inuyasha screamed. They got on their street, Miroku and Sango ran into their house as Inuyasha and Kagome slammed their door.
"What's wrong sweeties?" Inuyasha's mom asked.
"Where is everyone else?" Inuyasha rolled his eyes.
"At work, they'll be home soon. So what's wrong?"
"Rumors! This school is full of them, and about us!" Kagome said and ran upstairs.
"You better go cheer up your lady." Inuyasha told Inuyasha.
"Yeah, fine, and she's not my [i]lady[/i], mom" Inuyasha walked upstairs. When Inuyasha got into their room, he met a pillow that Kagome threw at him. "Hey, it's not my fault that those rumors started."
Kagome sighed and cooled down, "You're right, I just can't wait for Valentine's Day."
"Why?"
"Because, Valentine's Day always calms me, it's so cute to see people pair up and everyone is nice to each other, maybe by then, the rumors will stop." Kagome smiled.
'Wow, what a beautiful smile she has. What is wrong with me? She's practically my step-sister! But we aren't, we're friends and that's all we are, and it's going to stay that way.' Inuyasha thought and then ran across his coat pocket. 'Then why did I buy this?'
"Inuyasha, is something wrong? Don't you like Valentine's Day?" Kagome went over to her desk.
"Yeah, I guess Valentine's Day is ok, what are you doing?"
"Homework, you've got some, too." Kagome started on her work while Inuyasha went over to the other side of the room where his desk was.
Every day drew closer and closer to Valentine's Day and people were already starting to pair up and it was 2 more days until the holiday. The rumors did start to calm down, but more were made before that, ones that weren't true, but they eventually disappeared.
"So, are we going to the Valentine's social/dance?" Sango asked the gang in History class.
"As a group or what?" Inuyasha asked.
"Or what..." Sango replied.
"Or what?" Kagome joined the conversation.
"Class, please settle down and leave your conversations until after class." The teacher said behind her desk.
The bell rang and they were headed for Orchestra. "Well? Or what?" Inuyasha said They saw the gym coach run towards them.
"Inuyasha, Kagome, I forgot to tell you, the next track meet is today."
"Ow, ow, ow." Kagome grabbed her knee.
"Kagome are you alright?" Sango went over to her side.
"I think I pulled a muscle, I didn't sleep right last night and I think it's getting back at me."
"Well, then I guess you have to stay home and help her, Inuyasha. Since you two live at the same residence and you can help her get around. Well, since we already took group pictures and this is our last meet, you can relax and take it easy." the coach said and then left.
"Kagome, you slept fine last night, you were sleeping like a baby." Inuyasha looked at Kagome. "You faked the whole thing didn't you?"
"I learned from the best." Kagome laughed.
They got to Orchestra with their question unanswered. The bell rang again and they went to art. "So, Sango what were you saying about the social?" Miroku asked.
"We're going right?"
"[i]We're[/i] as in…" Kagome said.
"As in, Miroku and I are going together so are you two?" Sango looked at Kagome and Inuyasha who looked at each other and back at Sango and Miroku.
"Wait, we're going together?" Miroku looked over at Sango. "But I haven't even asked you yet."
"So you [i]were[/i] going to ask me?" Sango gave him a little evil smile. "Well, too late. Miroku, will you go to the social with me?"
"Hmm, I'll have to think about that, so many girls have asked me already." Miroku said childishly and Sango punched his arm, "Ow, why are girls so violent? Oh, well, I'll go with…you!" Miroku squeezed Sango with clay in her hand so she mashed it on Miroku's head.
"So, are you two going together or not?" Miroku asked trying to take the clay out of his hair.
"Uhh…" Kagome stuttered.
"Sure we will, the social ends at 8 so we can go somewhere after that." Inuyasha looked at everyone and then Kagome whose expression was dumbfounded.
"Seriously? We can go?" Kagome couldn't quite find the right words to say, but she was thinking, 'Oh my gosh! What has gotten into you?! Are you saying we're actually going on a date?! Everyone knows a real date, consists of a dinner and an event, wait, what are you planning? And what is that glint in Miroku's eye? You two are planning something aren't you? I must tell Sango!'
"Sure, why not? I think I'd be fun." Inuyasha said. And though, 'Fun all right. Plus it'll piss off all the other girls who asked me out.'
Kagome gave him an evil smile and a questioning look, "So you asking me to the social?"
"Kagome will you go to the social with me?" he held his hands together and pleaded her in a joking way and pouted.
"Oh, how can I resist a face like that? Of course I will." Kagome said and pinched his cheeks.
The announcements came on and everyone kind of tuned them out until they heard, "Student council will be selling carnations at lunch in the cafeteria for $1 each. Send them to your friends, crushes, secret admirers, boyfriends, girlfriends, anyone you would like in this school. We will be handing them out to your 7th period teacher on Valentine's Day. So you have to know who their 7th period teacher is so send it. And hurry! You have tomorrow to buy them before they are being sent out." And then the bell rang.
The girls walked ahead of the guys on the way home and were chattering soft enough so the boys couldn't hear.
"We have to pick out dresses for the dance." Sango said.
"Yeah, I know, and I think the guys are planning something and I don't know if it a bad thing like a prank or a good thing like something sweet." Kagome looked over her shoulder and saw that the guys were whispering too and turned away when they saw Kagome looking at them. "See? They're planning something."
"Ok, so this is going to be your first date with Kagome?" Miroku asked.
"This is going to be my first date ever, remember, we went to an all boys school?" Inuyasha said.
"So, what are we going to do? This is my first date with Sango too."
"We have to worry about the dance first, it's not a formal social so no tuxes, so…"
"Tux with no overcoat but a long black trench coat?"
"There you go."