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An Artist's Heart

Chapter 5-The Discovery

Kagome and Sango walked along the road, the two of them talking and laughing as usual. "Sango-chan! Kagome-chan!" The two girls turned to see Miroku running up to them.

"What is it?" Sango asked. It had been almost three weeks since Kagome had run into InuYasha on the bus and the friendship had become…an interesting one. Miroku was constantly popping up out of nowhere, and InuYasha had made a point of picking Kagome up after school almost every day and driving her home. He claimed that he was on his way to work, but Miroku had told her that InuYasha's work was across town, nowhere near Kagome's school.

"I…thought…ugh, hold on…" Miroku gasped as he put his hands on his knees and tried to catch his breath. As he did so, his green t-shirt fell forward slightly and Sango found herself looking at his well-toned chest. She blushed deeply at the thoughts running through her head and turned around, pretending to look at something before either Kagome or Miroku noticed. "Okay," Miroku said, straitening up, "InuYasha and I thought you might like to go to a concert. You know the one at the club with the stupid name?"

"You mean the Hot Spot?" Kagome asked with a giggle.

"That's the one," Miroku said, smiling, "So, what do you say?"

Sango spun around, nearly falling over, and grinned at the boy, "Tickets? To the concert everyone's been dying to see? The one that's been sold out for almost a week? Of course we'd love to go!"

Kagome smiled as well. "Sure," she said lightly, finding Sango's reaction highly amusing, "What time?"

"InuYasha and I will pick you up at your house at eight o' clock Saturday." He wrote something down on a piece of paper and handed it to them. "Here's our number. Call us sometime, okay?" And with a wink, he spun around and started jogging back, the sound of his shoes fading slowly.

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Kagome stood in front of the full length mirror, admiring her dress. "That looks nice," Sango said, sitting on Kagome's bed, a magazine in front of her.

"Yeah, but do you think it's too…flashy?"

"No, not at all."

"But it looks like I was searching for hours for something!"

"You were." Sango stood up and walked over to Kagome to help her put her hair in a bun. "Trust me-bobby pin, please-you look great."

Kagome smiled and looked in the mirror again. The dress was black with spaghetti straps and fell just above the knee, looking modest and flirty at the same time. On her feet were matching high heel sandals and her mother had applied just the right amount of makeup to Kagome's face, making for a beautiful girl ready to dance and party all night.

As for Sango, she wore a dark blue tank top over low rider jeans and black strap sandals. Her hair was in a high ponytail and she wore almost no makeup, providing for a sporty girl who also looked very feminine.

"Kagome! InuYasha is here!" Ms. Higurashi's voice floated up the stairs.

"Okay, mom! Be down in a second!" Kagome called down and grabbed her bag. "Are you sure it's not too much?" She looked in the mirror again.

Sango rolled her eyes and pushed Kagome out the door. "It's fine," she said.

At the bottom of the stairs, InuYasha and Miroku stood talking to Kagome's mother about the evening they had planned. "Ah, there she is!" Ms. Higurashi smiled at her daughter as she walked down the stairs.

InuYasha followed her gaze and had to stop from dropping his jaw. He'd never seen Kagome so dressed up! "H-Hello, Kagome. You look…absolutely gorgeous!"

Kagome smiled and blushed. "So do you!" She replied, admiring InuYasha's casual dress outfit. He was wearing a nice black jacket over a red shirt and black pants. But his hair was still a tangled mess, she saw.

"Ah, Lady Sango," Miroku smiled, sliding past InuYasha to talk to his date, "I like your choice of clothing. After all, who doesn't love a girl who likes to go out and have fun?"

Sango smirked slightly, an attempted cover-up so they wouldn't notice her blush. "Thank you," she said, "You don't look half bad yourself." Miroku smiled proudly, knowing he looked good in his t-shirt and dark blue dress pants (which were actually InuYasha's).

"Well, shall we go?" Kagome requested and everyone nodded in agreement. Outside, Kagome let out a small squeal when she saw he limo parked in front of the shrine.

"Thought we needed something special," InuYasha explained lightly, opening the door, "Slide on in." Kagome immediately obeyed.

"I've never been in a limo!" She exclaimed excitedly.

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Sango looked around at the flashing lights and packed, dancing bodies with a grin. She'd waited forever to get into this club! "Cool song!" Kagome shouted over the dance song that was playing.

"Yeah!" Sango yelled back.

InuYasha came up behind them. "You guys want some drinks?"

"Sure!" Sango responded. InuYasha nodded and walked over to the bar.

"I hope he doesn't get any alcohol! You know what I'm like with that stuff," Kagome said, laughing. Sango rolled her eyes, secretly praying InuYasha didn't.

"Do you like it?" Miroku asked, grinning.

"Yeah, it's awesome!" Sango told him. InuYasha returned and handed them all drinks. Fortunately for the girls (who were underage anyways), none of them were alcoholic.

A voice boomed over the crowd and everyone stopped to listen, "And now, may we present, the reason you came here tonight, the Enslavers!" (A/N: The whole "Enslavers" thing was not, I repeat NOT, my idea! I couldn't come with a name. All credit for that goes out to my friend.) The club broke into cheers as three girls came out on stage, followed by two guys.

"I love these guys!" Sango yelled out and pulled Miroku onto the dance floor, followed by InuYasha and Kagome.

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"Oh my God! That was so much fun!" Kagome said laughing as she and Sango climbed out of the limo.

"Glad you enjoyed it," InuYasha said, "Feel free to call us any time."

"Yeah, we'll do something else another time!" Miroku agreed.

"Sure! Bye!" Sango and Kagome waved as the limo drove away.

"Was that InuYasha?" The two girls spun around to see none other than Kagome's neighbor Kikyo standing behind them.

"Yeah, what's it to you?" Sango asked suspiciously.

"Aren't you two a little young for InuYasha and Miroku?" Kikyo asked.

"What do you mean?" Kagome said, her curiosity getting the better of her.

"Aren't you aware InuYasha's in college?" Kikyo asked, obviously surprised that they didn't know this.

"WHAT!" Kagome and Sango both yelled.

END

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