***Disclaimer***: I do not own InuYasha.

A summer to remember

Chapter 8: I challenge you to a duel!

Kagome looked at InuYasha and began to feel hopeless about him liking her. She gave a huge sigh and sank in her seat. Kagome looked back up at InuYasha as he was still staring at something. Kagome looked harder and saw that that 'something' was Kikyo girl.

"Hey. It's ok Kag, if she comes over here, I'll plop her one right over the head." Sango reassured.

"Yeah, ok." Kagome sighed. 'I just wish a guy would like me.'

InuYasha kept staring at Kikyo, who was sitting on a bench near the beach with two of her friends. Miroku looked back at what InuYasha was looking at and then threw a piece of bread at him. Like lightning, InuYasha saw the piece of bread and caught it in his mouth. Kagome and Sango stared at the amazing display of talent.

Sango jumped up and cheered. "Oh my gosh! That was so wicked awesome!"

Kagome felt embarrassed by her overreacting friend and pulled Sango back down. "Seesh! Calm down San!"

Sango giggled. "Sorry. I couldn't help myself. It was so awesome!" She clasped her hands together and smiled (AN: anime style....if you watch anime, you'd know what I mean.)

"Oh, so you're challenging me?" InuYasha boasted.

"I wasn't challenging you, but....I guess I'll take it because I don't like to pass up an opportunity of a challenge."

Miroku and Kagome looked at each other with puzzled looks. They both shook their heads.

"This is going to be most interesting." Miroku said with his hand on his forehead.

"I agree." Kagome replied.

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Twenty minutes later Sango and InuYasha had plates upon plates of various types of food. There were buffalo wings ranging from mild BBQ to Habanero hot, chicken fingers, onion rings, French fries, one large pepperoni and sausage pizza, and two large pickles (one for each of them).

"Sango, you're not going to be able to eat all that!" Kagome shouted.

"Especially that pickle, my dear." Miroku added.

"You guys have not seen me in action!" Sango bragged.

"I guess you're too chicken to eat all this...oh well..." InuYasha insisted.

"Hell no! The bet's still on!" Sango jumped up and looked like she was about to bite off InuYasha's head. "Let's get this show on the road." Sango grabbed two BBQ wings and shoved them in her mouth. She removed the bones and they were as clean as day.

"Feh." InuYasha said. InuYasha took ten onion rings and a large slice of pizza on heaved it into his large mouth. Sango rolled her eyes and began to shovel more and more food into her mouth. InuYasha followed her action and began as well to eat more.

After the two cleaned up every plate on the table, there was but one left; the plate with the two pickles on it. Kagome sat in amazement and yet wanted to puke at the same time. Miroku's reaction was quite different. He seemed very impressed with Sango and InuYasha. Sango grabbed for the first pickle and stuffed it in her mouth. InuYasha went to grab the other one but was stopped when Sango swiftly reached for the pickle and shoved it in her mouth as well.

Kagome fell back in her chair and threw her hand on her forehead. "You are such a pig Sango. You too InuYasha!"

"I think she has you beat, InuYasha my man." Miroku said sophistically.

InuYasha looked over at Sango and she was still as perky as ever. InuYasha relaxed back in his chair. "So what?"

"You got beat by a girl!" Kagome exclaimed.

"I don't give a---"Suddenly out of nowhere InuYasha belches the biggest burp that the four have ever seen. It was so loud that you could hear someone from 100 feet away say "hey! Who burped?"

All went quiet at the table. Kagome let out a huge laugh while everyone else joined in, even InuYasha. "Man, that was great!" InuYasha said.

"Yeah, that was a great contest." Sango replied.

"NO! I mean that burp! It was the bomb!"

"Don't get too full of yourself." Kagome sighed with a tear going down the side of her face (AN: like one of those 'anime tears' when something stupid happens).

Miroku pulled something out of his pocket and threw it over to InuYasha. "Here, you might need this man." InuYasha looked at it and it was a stick of mint gum. InuYasha ate it and then gave a much smaller burp. Sango and Kagome began to giggle.

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Sango looked at her watch and saw that it was twenty after ten. She got up out of her seat and walked over to Kagome. "It's getting late, we should get going now."

Kagome looked up at Sango. "Yeah, it is late."

Kagome began to get out of her seat until Miroku broke in. "Hey Sango, why don't I walk you back to your condo."

Sango gave Miroku a funny look. "I guess." Miroku put his arm around her shoulder and leaded her back.

InuYasha and Kagome were left alone at the table. The table was already cleaned from the plates and Miroku took the tab with his Silver Platinum Charge Card. Kagome went to look at InuYasha and he was already walking away. Kagome scurried to catch up with him.

"Hey! That was great back there, wasn't it?" Kagome asked trying to start up a conversation.

"Yeah, I never met a girl quite like that." InuYasha replied looking down at the boardwalk.

Kagome felt like an idiot trying to be friendly. 'It's no use. He likes Sango and not me, Figures.'

Unexpectedly InuYasha spoke up in a much more friendly tone. "Hey, I need to tell you something."