A/N: welcome to October! wow, September went fast, on the bright side though, only 30 more days til Halloween! BOO! i wuv halloween. great excuse to hang ou with friends and get free candy. yes i am a shameless 16-year-old who still trick or treats. and i will until i go to college and go to parties to get wasted instead of hyper. gotta love canada and its low legal drinking age. i should stop talking about halloween-type related stuff.
you know what makes me happy? only need 9 more reviews to hit the 100 mark! w00t!! you all are the best.
Shouty Outies!
Spirit Demon: i wonder why it wouldn't let you review on the site. oh wells, thanks for emailing me your review.
phantomoftheflame: 1st: Thank you! 2nd: lucky you having a beach house. i wish i had a beach house. lol i once told a guy i was loaded and had a beach house in Haiwii. he beleived me too. it was kinda sad. lol! I'll try to email you but im not sure if i can send stuff to people on yahoo, but i'll try.
Northstar2790: Miroku and Sango are a cute couple... probably my second favourite pairing next to Kouga and Ayame. I don't have anything against Inu/Kag, but their such an obvious couple in the anime/manga and i've always been one to look for the not so obvious pairings. I promise there will be more Sango and Miroku now, hope you enjoy this chapter!
MeMe: I always respond to everyones review! you guys take the time and so should i. plus its fun! And i guess it wa a really sweet thing for my brother to do but it was really embarrassing. but my brothers pretty cool. we get along pretty well. i cant hate him right now... he randomly gave me rides to school the last two days so i could sleep in slightly. And believe me... pretty much everyone does. only cuz just about every one knows him. only my friends never knew who he was. great thing about highschool, you get to meet people who have never heard of you.
koga-jr: eep! wow, i dont think i dont think i could walk that far carrying somehting heavy. then again im a complete and utter weakling. i think its the M&Ms, candy tends to do that.
Kagome Lovers Cool: uh.... hmm... updating now!!!
KagomeHigurashi66: I'm sorry i didn't mean to embarrass you. but it is true. brothers are wonderful aren't they?
ok! lets get this show on the road here eh?
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"Come on Kouga, get your ass out here!" Inuyasha yelled from outside Kouga's room. "We aren't gonna wait for you all day!"
"Then go with out my dog shit!" Kouga snapped, his voice slightly muffled, from behind the door.
"Kouga, you have to come out sometime, why not now?" Miroku asked, leaning boredly against the wall next to the door.
"Cuz I don't feel like it now," Kouga said simply, still not coming out.
"That's IT!" Inuyasha kicked the locked door open and stormed into Kouga's room. It was extremely messy in there. Clothes thrown all over the floor, a few dirty plates and a couple of beer cans lying around. Inuyasha made his ways through the mess and grabbed Kouga, who was lying on his bed dressed in a black muscle shirt and grey jogging pants.
"What the hell!" Kouga yelled, as Inuyasha dragged him out of the room by the arm.
"The girls are meeting us at Kiki's at noon, so come on!" Inuyasha snapped as he headed outside to his red SUV.
The ride to Kiki's was uneventful. Inuyasha was busy yelling at slow drivers and Kouga sat in the back half pouting half ignoring everyone. Miroku sat there looking out the window, thinking how incredible childish his friends were. They finally got there, Kagome and Sango were waiting outside for them.
"Took ya long enough." Kagome said as the guys approached them.
"Yeah well someone wouldn't get his lazy ass out of bed." Inuyasha explained, glaring at Kouga out of the corner of his eyes.
Miroku walked over to Sango and put an arm around her shoulders. "So my lady, where are we going today?" His asked with a small wink that went unnoticed by the others.
"Well, there's a new restaurant opening today and I thought it would be fun to go watch the red ribbon ceremony." She explained.
"Why would you think that?" Kouga asked grumpily.
"Well, Mr. Grumpy-guss, we've got nothing better to do." Kagome said rolling her eyes. "And who knows, you just might see someone you know."
"What?" Kouga shot her a suspicious look.
"Oh you'll see." Sango said as she turned and began to walk in the direction of this new restaurant. "Let's go!"
The gang followed behind her. Inuyasha made sure Kouga stayed in front of him at all times, so as he couldn't just turn around and go home. After a good 10 minutes of walking non-stop, they got to their destination. The ceremony was already started. The owner was giving a small speech, the workers standing behind him. The gang stepped in to the rather large crowd that had formed. All of them stopped and listened to the speech the older man was giving. All of them, that is, except Kouga, who was staring at the group behind him.
His heart stopped when he saw Ayame. She was smiling like a fool, giggling about something a tall blond had whispered in her ear. This guy, he was tall with short bleach blond spiky hair and big bright blue eyes (A/N: do you know who he is? you should... if not go back and read the first paragraph from last chapter). He was wearing a chef's outfit; identical to the Ayame was wearing. Ayame had her auburn hair in two French braids on each side of her head. Her make-up made her look a lot more mature than he remembered her. She had light layer of maroon eye shadow on and her lips were lightly tinted red. He guesses it was to give her a professional look for the job.
The owner mentioned Ayame and some guy named Jacque. The blond wrapped an arm around Ayame's shoulders and hugged her into his side, placing a kiss on the top of her head. Ayame laughed at this and nudged the guy with her elbow. When Kouga saw this, he felt crushed. 'Could she have already moved on so easily?' he thought to himself. He looked over to his friends. He knew that they had planned this. They knew she was back and didn't tell him, instead they dragged him out here for this torture. Seeing that they were all giving their full attention to the speaker, he slipped out to the crowd.
He walked back toward the direction they had came, stopping when he heard her name mentioned once again and the crowd burst into applause. He turned back to see Ayame holding a large pair of scissors with the owner. They cut the large red ribbon that was ties in front of the door to the large restaurant. The crowd clapped wildly, as Kouga gave his smiling ex one last look before turning the corner and heading for home.
The gang cheered their friend on as she smiled looking out at the crowd. Ayame spotted them and waved happily, pointing them out to the blond haired guy. He too smiled and waved before heading into the restaurant with the others. Sango and Kagome looked at one another quizzically. They would have expected Ayame to stop dead in her tracks when she saw Kouga. They looked back to where Kouga had been standing; only he was gone. They looked around but didn't see him in the dispersing crowd.
"Did you guys see Kouga leave?" Kagome asked, looking around for any sign of their missing friend.
"Yeah, he left a few seconds before they cut the ribbon," Inuyasha said calmly.
"Why didn't you stop him?" Kagome asked, her voice raised.
"Because, wench, He would have left no matter what. If I had tried to it would have caused a scene and interrupted the ceremony!" Inuyasha explained sounding more than a little annoyed.
"Don't call me wench!" Kagome yelled. "I have a name. Kagome, remember. KA-GO-ME! How many time do we have to go through this?"
"Well, anyways, what are we going to do now? Kouga's seen her, but she hasn't seen him..." Miroku said, racking his brain for another plan.
"Feh! What good is her seeing him going to do? She says she's over him, do you really think seeing him will change that?" Inuyasha said, his arms crossed over his chest stubbornly.
Both Kagome and Sango gave him a flat looks. "Do you anything about women?" Kagome asked.
"I know as much as I need to," Inuyasha said.
"Apparently not enough..." Sango muttered.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Inuyasha yelled.
"Nothing, nothing. Just trust us on this one ok?" Kagome said, trying to calm him. "We need to get Ayame to see Kouga!"
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Mr. Ookami had insisted on having lunch with his son the next day. He waited patiently for Kouga to arrive at the small, but expensive, restaurant they were to eat at.
"Hey dad," Kouga said sitting down at the table casually.
"Well, it's good to see you finally out of your bedroom." Mr. Ookami said with a small smile playing on his lips.
"Yeah, well you insisted." Kouga said boredly.
"Yes, I did. You've got to stop moping around the house Kouga, it's not healthy." His father said.
"I'm not moping around," Kouga said in his defence. "I just have nothing better to do."
"Right, that's why Miroku and Inuyasha are always over inviting you to go out with them." Mr. Ookami nodded, smiling.
"Feh," was Kouga's oh so smart response. They ordered their meals when the waiter came over. A few minutes later the waiter brought out their drinks, a beer for Kouga and wine for his father.
"So, what's new with you, son?" The elder Ookami asked.
Kouga stopped thinking of the day before. "She's back." He said quietly.
Mr. Ookami smiled. "Well, you didn't expect her to be gone forever did you?" He asked. "Not with her grandfather in the condition he's in."
Kouga looked up at his father. "How did you know about her grandfather?" He demanded.
The elder man smiled and laughed. "I have my ways," He said. Kouga eyed his father wearily. The waiter brought their food over and his father took a bite of his club sandwich. "It's amazing though, isn't it?" He said between bites.
Kouga shot him a quizzical look. "What is?" He asked.
"The power women have over us men." Mr. Ookami stated as if it were obvious.
Kouga went silent for a minute before looking out the window at the busy New York Street. "Yeah... I guess it is."
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A/N: Woah, talk about longer than I expected! geeze! i think this is longer than the last too! lol and here i was saying it was going to be 'relatively short'. boy was i wrong! lol!
i was wrong about when i got it out. sorry its two days late. i just had no enthusiasm for the story on friday night and than i was out all day saturday and today i spent the mojority of it doing homework for english. I've just now realized how much work my englush teach gives us. for instense we have now officially finished 1984 while other classes are only about halfway finished. No wonder i'm all stressed out. I probably wont be able to update most of this week. I need to catch up on all the school work i've been ignoring and what not. but i will try. no garentees though.
Finnish music is really good. i have no clue what the people are saying but its got a good melody and what not.
well i gotta go to bed. its almost midnight and i have school in the morning... unless my wish comes true and i start puking my guts out and get the day off. i think its kinda sad when you wish for sickness... especially the stomach flu. so yeah R&R and goodnight!
you know what makes me happy? only need 9 more reviews to hit the 100 mark! w00t!! you all are the best.
Shouty Outies!
Spirit Demon: i wonder why it wouldn't let you review on the site. oh wells, thanks for emailing me your review.
phantomoftheflame: 1st: Thank you! 2nd: lucky you having a beach house. i wish i had a beach house. lol i once told a guy i was loaded and had a beach house in Haiwii. he beleived me too. it was kinda sad. lol! I'll try to email you but im not sure if i can send stuff to people on yahoo, but i'll try.
Northstar2790: Miroku and Sango are a cute couple... probably my second favourite pairing next to Kouga and Ayame. I don't have anything against Inu/Kag, but their such an obvious couple in the anime/manga and i've always been one to look for the not so obvious pairings. I promise there will be more Sango and Miroku now, hope you enjoy this chapter!
MeMe: I always respond to everyones review! you guys take the time and so should i. plus its fun! And i guess it wa a really sweet thing for my brother to do but it was really embarrassing. but my brothers pretty cool. we get along pretty well. i cant hate him right now... he randomly gave me rides to school the last two days so i could sleep in slightly. And believe me... pretty much everyone does. only cuz just about every one knows him. only my friends never knew who he was. great thing about highschool, you get to meet people who have never heard of you.
koga-jr: eep! wow, i dont think i dont think i could walk that far carrying somehting heavy. then again im a complete and utter weakling. i think its the M&Ms, candy tends to do that.
Kagome Lovers Cool: uh.... hmm... updating now!!!
KagomeHigurashi66: I'm sorry i didn't mean to embarrass you. but it is true. brothers are wonderful aren't they?
ok! lets get this show on the road here eh?
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"Come on Kouga, get your ass out here!" Inuyasha yelled from outside Kouga's room. "We aren't gonna wait for you all day!"
"Then go with out my dog shit!" Kouga snapped, his voice slightly muffled, from behind the door.
"Kouga, you have to come out sometime, why not now?" Miroku asked, leaning boredly against the wall next to the door.
"Cuz I don't feel like it now," Kouga said simply, still not coming out.
"That's IT!" Inuyasha kicked the locked door open and stormed into Kouga's room. It was extremely messy in there. Clothes thrown all over the floor, a few dirty plates and a couple of beer cans lying around. Inuyasha made his ways through the mess and grabbed Kouga, who was lying on his bed dressed in a black muscle shirt and grey jogging pants.
"What the hell!" Kouga yelled, as Inuyasha dragged him out of the room by the arm.
"The girls are meeting us at Kiki's at noon, so come on!" Inuyasha snapped as he headed outside to his red SUV.
The ride to Kiki's was uneventful. Inuyasha was busy yelling at slow drivers and Kouga sat in the back half pouting half ignoring everyone. Miroku sat there looking out the window, thinking how incredible childish his friends were. They finally got there, Kagome and Sango were waiting outside for them.
"Took ya long enough." Kagome said as the guys approached them.
"Yeah well someone wouldn't get his lazy ass out of bed." Inuyasha explained, glaring at Kouga out of the corner of his eyes.
Miroku walked over to Sango and put an arm around her shoulders. "So my lady, where are we going today?" His asked with a small wink that went unnoticed by the others.
"Well, there's a new restaurant opening today and I thought it would be fun to go watch the red ribbon ceremony." She explained.
"Why would you think that?" Kouga asked grumpily.
"Well, Mr. Grumpy-guss, we've got nothing better to do." Kagome said rolling her eyes. "And who knows, you just might see someone you know."
"What?" Kouga shot her a suspicious look.
"Oh you'll see." Sango said as she turned and began to walk in the direction of this new restaurant. "Let's go!"
The gang followed behind her. Inuyasha made sure Kouga stayed in front of him at all times, so as he couldn't just turn around and go home. After a good 10 minutes of walking non-stop, they got to their destination. The ceremony was already started. The owner was giving a small speech, the workers standing behind him. The gang stepped in to the rather large crowd that had formed. All of them stopped and listened to the speech the older man was giving. All of them, that is, except Kouga, who was staring at the group behind him.
His heart stopped when he saw Ayame. She was smiling like a fool, giggling about something a tall blond had whispered in her ear. This guy, he was tall with short bleach blond spiky hair and big bright blue eyes (A/N: do you know who he is? you should... if not go back and read the first paragraph from last chapter). He was wearing a chef's outfit; identical to the Ayame was wearing. Ayame had her auburn hair in two French braids on each side of her head. Her make-up made her look a lot more mature than he remembered her. She had light layer of maroon eye shadow on and her lips were lightly tinted red. He guesses it was to give her a professional look for the job.
The owner mentioned Ayame and some guy named Jacque. The blond wrapped an arm around Ayame's shoulders and hugged her into his side, placing a kiss on the top of her head. Ayame laughed at this and nudged the guy with her elbow. When Kouga saw this, he felt crushed. 'Could she have already moved on so easily?' he thought to himself. He looked over to his friends. He knew that they had planned this. They knew she was back and didn't tell him, instead they dragged him out here for this torture. Seeing that they were all giving their full attention to the speaker, he slipped out to the crowd.
He walked back toward the direction they had came, stopping when he heard her name mentioned once again and the crowd burst into applause. He turned back to see Ayame holding a large pair of scissors with the owner. They cut the large red ribbon that was ties in front of the door to the large restaurant. The crowd clapped wildly, as Kouga gave his smiling ex one last look before turning the corner and heading for home.
The gang cheered their friend on as she smiled looking out at the crowd. Ayame spotted them and waved happily, pointing them out to the blond haired guy. He too smiled and waved before heading into the restaurant with the others. Sango and Kagome looked at one another quizzically. They would have expected Ayame to stop dead in her tracks when she saw Kouga. They looked back to where Kouga had been standing; only he was gone. They looked around but didn't see him in the dispersing crowd.
"Did you guys see Kouga leave?" Kagome asked, looking around for any sign of their missing friend.
"Yeah, he left a few seconds before they cut the ribbon," Inuyasha said calmly.
"Why didn't you stop him?" Kagome asked, her voice raised.
"Because, wench, He would have left no matter what. If I had tried to it would have caused a scene and interrupted the ceremony!" Inuyasha explained sounding more than a little annoyed.
"Don't call me wench!" Kagome yelled. "I have a name. Kagome, remember. KA-GO-ME! How many time do we have to go through this?"
"Well, anyways, what are we going to do now? Kouga's seen her, but she hasn't seen him..." Miroku said, racking his brain for another plan.
"Feh! What good is her seeing him going to do? She says she's over him, do you really think seeing him will change that?" Inuyasha said, his arms crossed over his chest stubbornly.
Both Kagome and Sango gave him a flat looks. "Do you anything about women?" Kagome asked.
"I know as much as I need to," Inuyasha said.
"Apparently not enough..." Sango muttered.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Inuyasha yelled.
"Nothing, nothing. Just trust us on this one ok?" Kagome said, trying to calm him. "We need to get Ayame to see Kouga!"
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Mr. Ookami had insisted on having lunch with his son the next day. He waited patiently for Kouga to arrive at the small, but expensive, restaurant they were to eat at.
"Hey dad," Kouga said sitting down at the table casually.
"Well, it's good to see you finally out of your bedroom." Mr. Ookami said with a small smile playing on his lips.
"Yeah, well you insisted." Kouga said boredly.
"Yes, I did. You've got to stop moping around the house Kouga, it's not healthy." His father said.
"I'm not moping around," Kouga said in his defence. "I just have nothing better to do."
"Right, that's why Miroku and Inuyasha are always over inviting you to go out with them." Mr. Ookami nodded, smiling.
"Feh," was Kouga's oh so smart response. They ordered their meals when the waiter came over. A few minutes later the waiter brought out their drinks, a beer for Kouga and wine for his father.
"So, what's new with you, son?" The elder Ookami asked.
Kouga stopped thinking of the day before. "She's back." He said quietly.
Mr. Ookami smiled. "Well, you didn't expect her to be gone forever did you?" He asked. "Not with her grandfather in the condition he's in."
Kouga looked up at his father. "How did you know about her grandfather?" He demanded.
The elder man smiled and laughed. "I have my ways," He said. Kouga eyed his father wearily. The waiter brought their food over and his father took a bite of his club sandwich. "It's amazing though, isn't it?" He said between bites.
Kouga shot him a quizzical look. "What is?" He asked.
"The power women have over us men." Mr. Ookami stated as if it were obvious.
Kouga went silent for a minute before looking out the window at the busy New York Street. "Yeah... I guess it is."
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A/N: Woah, talk about longer than I expected! geeze! i think this is longer than the last too! lol and here i was saying it was going to be 'relatively short'. boy was i wrong! lol!
i was wrong about when i got it out. sorry its two days late. i just had no enthusiasm for the story on friday night and than i was out all day saturday and today i spent the mojority of it doing homework for english. I've just now realized how much work my englush teach gives us. for instense we have now officially finished 1984 while other classes are only about halfway finished. No wonder i'm all stressed out. I probably wont be able to update most of this week. I need to catch up on all the school work i've been ignoring and what not. but i will try. no garentees though.
Finnish music is really good. i have no clue what the people are saying but its got a good melody and what not.
well i gotta go to bed. its almost midnight and i have school in the morning... unless my wish comes true and i start puking my guts out and get the day off. i think its kinda sad when you wish for sickness... especially the stomach flu. so yeah R&R and goodnight!