DEPTHS OF THE DAMNED

...Ramen and Phone Calls...

Disclaimer: I don't and never will own InuYasha.

That incompetent, lowly, horrible jerk, Naraku...How could he be like that? Making Sango feel bad about her friend's loss. Well, Sango was already heart-broken of the loss of her life-time friend, Naraku didn't have to go rubbing it in her face! Sango punched a nearby locker and made a small dent in it. She cracked her knuckles and continued to pace back and forth in the hallways, waiting for her boyfriend to come out from his class. He was a senior, only two years older than her. So his classes ended at different times opposite Sango's.

Sango hit the locker again. Practicing to see how hard she could knock out Naraku if she ever met him alone—away from the school, at least. She thought twice about the idea, and imagined what Miroku would say. She put on her best impression of him and muttered to herself, "Sango, you...why would you want to go by yourself and fight Naraku? Look at him! He's three years older than you! You can't go and fight him, if you two ever meet up by yourselves, I just won't let you."

"Who're you talking to, Sango?" came a voice from behind the pacing girl.

"Huh??" Sango nearly had fallen backwards if Miroku hadn't caught her. She hadn't realized he'd been standing behind her that whole time! "Oh, uh, no one, Miroku. Just, uh...Oh, look! There's InuYasha!"

Luckily for Sango, she didn't have to make up an excuse, InuYasha came walking down the hallway toward them and Miroku ran up to him. Sango stood still in her spot and didn't realize it when Kikyou tapped her on the shoulder.

"Sango....Sango....Earth to Sango....Sango! Listen to me!!"

"WHAT? Oh, it's you, Kikyou, sorry. Wasn't paying attention..." Sango apologized nervously.

"Yeah, I can see that. Checking out your boyfriend again, huh?"

Sango blushed and started stammering.

"Uh, n-n-no....He, uh, just wanted t-t-to t-tell me somet-t-thing..."

"Yeah, sure, Sango. Anyways, Ayame wants to know if you want to come with me and her to go somewhere, or something." Kikyou started.

"Uh, okay." Sango responded slowly. "I'll meet up with you in a second, okay? Oh, hold on. Let me introduce you to InuYasha,"

Even though Kikyou protested, although she really did want to see InuYasha, Sango dragged her down the hallway and nudged her into InuYasha. Kikyou felt a blush creeping up on her cheeks and she lowered her eyes as InuYasha stared at her.

.

InuYasha stared. She was the most beautiful girl he'd ever seen! How could he have not seen her? InuYasha suddenly stopped staring and poked her on the shoulder. She gazed up at him. That beautiful snowy-white hair...those handsome golden eyes...Kikyou almost felt she was drooling.

"Hey. I'm InuYasha." The hanyou introduced himself.

"....Uh...." Kikyou suddenly froze and leaned over to Sango. "Sango! I forgot my name!" she whispered.

Sango sweat-dropped.

"This is Kikyou, InuYasha." She answered for her embarrassed friend.

"Cool. Hey, Kikyou. Do you...want to see a movie...or something...?" Kikyou suddenly blushed again and slowly nodded her head. "Cool. See you on Friday?"

Kikyou nodded her head again.

"Cool. Well, I'll see you Friday," Kikyou, again, nodded and waved gingerly after her new boyfriend.

"Bye, my hanyou..." she muttered under her breath.

"Huh? Didn't catch that last part..." Sango grinned at her friend who was shrinking in size in embarrassment. Kikyou looked around and pointed at Miroku.

"Hey, Sango, there's Miroku. Go—talk—to—him."

Sango, the one who was now blushing, walked up to Miroku.

Kikyou stared after InuYasha as she watched him getting his books out from his locker, stuffing them into his book bag, and slung it over his shoulder. He saw Kikyou watching him, blushed, and waved at her. Kikyou waved back.

"...Bye, InuYasha!"

"Bye, Kikyou." He replied.

Kikyou sighed dreamily. She had been spying on InuYasha for a while now throughout the year, and her heart began to melt when he said her name. She never had a boyfriend before. Sure, a whole bunch of the guys liked her for her looks, mostly, for her show-offy clothes, but she hated all those guys. Too stupid for her, she told herself.

Sango tapped Kikyou on the shoulder after she finished talking to Miroku and Kikyou snapped from her daydreams. Sango grinned at her friend.

"I saw you blushing when InuYasha said your name..." Sango teased. Kikyou flushed and stuttered.

"That's...not...true...I...I was getting hot, that's all." Kikyou stated matter-of-factly.

"Yeah, sure you were!" Sango playfully hit Kikyou in the shoulder and the two walked outside the school vicinities, where Ayame was waiting for them. She kept waving them to hurry.

"C'mon, you two slowpokes! The bus was about to leave without you!" Ayame exclaimed.

Sango and Kikyou exchanged looks and dashed after the bus.


As Sango entered her home, she threw her book bag onto the floor and led Ayame and Kikyou inside.

"Wow...nice place you got here." Kikyou sighed.

"It suits me enough." Sango replied shortly.

"Enough?" Kikyou repeated astoundingly.

"Well, Miroku's place is plenty bigger than this,"

"Well, of course, Sango! His grandmother was a millionaire and she gave him the house!" Ayame said. "I swear, it's like a mansion!"

"It's not a mansion, Ayame." Sango muttered.

"Well, everything that's bigger than my house, I consider a mansion." Ayame sniffed.

Sango shrugged and led them into the kitchen.


"You know, Kikyou. InuYasha looooooooves ramen. I suggest if you want to get on his good side, give him a lot of ramen. And potato chips." Sango gulped through swallowing ramen noodles.

"Sango, I think every boy on this planet like potato chips!" Ayame laughed.

"Yeah..." Kikyou agreed. "You don't mind if a take a couple of this ramen stuff to InuYasha tomorrow, do you, Sango?"

Sango shook her head.

"Take as many as you want! I need to get rid of some. I have a life-time supply! Take as many you'd like! Please!"

Kikyou smiled and stuffed containers of ramen into her bag.

"I can't wait to see the look on his face tomorrow."

"He'll be drooling, that's for sure." Ayame mentioned. "Hey, did you see that new guy, Kouga? He was in my class today. He kept staring at me during geometry."

"I think someone in this room has a crush on a certain someone..." Sango and Kikyou sang together.

Ayame blushed and shook her head furiously.

"No! The guy's a total dunce!" she stated.

"But, Ayame, I could've sworn you liked guys that were dumber than you...?"

Ayame shot a look at the giggling girls and frowned.

"Well, at least I'm not all like, 'Oh, look there goes InuYasha!' or, 'Oh, hiiiiiiii, Mirokuuuuuuu...'"

Both Sango and Kikyou frowned.

"Not true. You're just jealous because we have boyfriends and you don't."

"Oh, yeah? Well, for your information, Kouga just asked me out this afternoon!" Ayame exclaimed, frustrated.

Sango gasped.

"You like Kouga, don't you? Huh? Don't you?"

"Well...I...Oh, well, whaddya know? Look, there goes the phone."

Sango swung her hair out behind her and held the phone to her ear.

"...Hello?"

"Hi, Sango. Is Kikyou there? Not that I care or anything..." Sango grinned to herself.

"Why, yes, INUYASHA. As a matter of fact, she is here right now..." Sango answered as Kikyou nearly fainted.

"Well, could you give her the phone?" InuYasha asked impatiently.

"Yeah, but I think she's just fainted..." Sango muttered.

"Huh?"

"Nothing, just...here she is!" Sango spluttered and pushed the phone in Kikyou's direction. She held a shaky hand up to the receiver and her voice quivered a bit.

"H-h-hey, I-I-InuYasha..."


Kikyou hung up the phone after their conversation as Ayame and Sango flooded her with questions.

"What'd he say?" Ayame prodded.

"Did he want to say he looooooooooooved you?" Sango cooed.

"No, Sango. Wait. Actually, he did want to say that..." Kikyou blushed.

"Ah-ha! I knew it!"

"InuYasha and Kikyou—sitting in a tree—K-I-S-S-I-N-G—First comes love—then comes marriage—"

"Shut up, Ayame!" Kikyou mumbled under her breath and sighed. InuYasha had just told her that he loved her more than anyone else in the entire world. Kikyou felt as if she'd faint. As a matter of fact, she did.

"Kikyou? Kikyou, stop sleeping on the floor." Ayame said. Sango sweat- dropped.

"...Ayame, she's not sleeping. She fainted!" Sango replied. "Kikyou...Oh, Kikyou..."

Sango continued to fan her friend's face, but Kikyou wouldn't budge.

"She fainted because she thought of InuYasha." Sango stated. "How sweet. Widdle Kikwo fainted because of widdle old InuWasha..."

Ayame burst out laughing and rolled on the floor as she clutched her sides.