Crystaltears41090: I know, I know, we haven't been updating EVEN though it's winter break…this writing stuff is harder then it looks…
D-E-V-L-41: Wow, this has GOT to be a record, more than 3600 words, yeah, i'm too good. I mean, we're too good.
FRIDAY EVERYONE…FRIDAY!!! I BET Y'ALL THOUGHT IT WOULD NEVER COME!!!!
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Chapter 14-PAR-TAY!
Kagome sat in her first period class…she SHOULD'VE been taking notes…but she couldn't help feeling a tad guilty for what she'd said to Inuyasha, it just wasn't like her.
'But I DID have a good reason, I mean…those guys were REALLY bugging me!-You yelled at him though…and you yelled at Brian too…And you slammed the door in Inuyasha's face…which totally goes against what mom taught you…….'
Kagome sighed. She'd never get anything done if she kept scolding herself in her mind!
"Ok…pay attention and take good notes," she murmured to herself. But obviously her mind wasn't listening to her. And soon…she felt her eyelids droop, her head resting on her desk.
"AHEM!!!"
"The answer's the tangent of 56!" Kagome yelled jolting awake suddenly.
Her math teacher face lit up, for the strangest reason ever. You'd think that sleeping in class would get you a week's worth of detention, "My goodness, Ms. Higurashi! You are a genius. Everyone! I want you to follow Ms. Higurashi's example! She can even get the answer to this math question correct in her sleep!"
"Errrr….Sorry, I didn't mean to fall asleep……"
"Oh, no, that's fine Ms. Higurashi. You have proven that you can pay attention in class even in your slumber."
Kagome sweat-dropped.
'Ok…this is weird…'
"MS. HIGURASHI!!!" A loud voice suddenly boomed as thunderclouds somehow broke out in the classroom. And that's when Kagome REALLY jerked out of her sleep.
She was in deep shit now. Almost like that one stupid farmer she'd heard of in that pig joke that Hojo told her a few weeks ago. Except for the fact that she wasn't laughing her head off…
"Ummm….sorry?"
"Ms. Higurashi. I am very disappointed in you. You're usually the one who's paying attention in class. Not the one to be dozing off. Is that boy, Inuyasha was it, holding you back? If he is…I could easily give him detention."
'Oh.My.God. Has the whole school heard of this Inuyasha thing? Even the staff?!'
"I'm sorry, Mrs. Gonzales, it won't happen again."
"It better not. But since you're one of my better students, I'll let you off the hook this time."
"Thank you."
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(Lunch)
Inuyasha was starving. And to make it worse…he hadn't seen a trace of Kagome all day…Was she still mad at him? He took a seat at the usual table.
Soon, everyone, meaning Miroku, Kouga, and Sango were all sitting at the table. The only seat left seemed to be right next to Inuyasha.
"Where's Kagome?" Sango asked.
"Haven't you seen her?"
"Um..no…haven't you?"
"Uh…no…"
But the problem was solved when Kagome took a seat beside Inuyasha.
"Um…Inuyasha……..er…I'm-" Kagome was half into an apology for her abnormal behavior yesterday when Inuyasha suddenly interrupted her…
"Wait! Before I forget…where's Sango's house…like her address…"
"Oh! Yeah! Sango's party. Her house is-" AGAIN she was interrupted...but this time by Bryan. There was a sudden jolt in the table as Bryan plopped down next to her.
"Hey Kagome!"
Inuyasha looked mighty pissed…
"Oh! Bryan…What brings you here?"
"Kagome! I just overheard you and your friends talking about some party…"
"Umm…yeah…" 'Oh god! Please don't let him come!' She pleaded with all her life.
Inuyasha sat still as if waiting for Kagome to invite the stupid kid to the party. 'What if she doesn't want to go to Prom with me because of Bryan? No…wait! Why should I care?! Oh…um…It's just that I can't go without a date to THE Prom…I mean. Most popular guy in school…without a date at highschool's biggest event ever? Besides, I ALWAYS have a date! Not possible, just not possible! My rep would go down the drain!'
"Can I come?" Bryan asked.
"Uh…it's not really my party…It's actually my friend's." Kagome said slowly looking over at Sango, who was busily chatting with Miroku, not paying attention to Inuyasha and Kagome.
"Oh well then…Hey Sayo!"
"It's Sango!" Sango rolled her eyes, she really didn't like this guy.
"Oh…well, whatever…can I come?"
"Actually, it's just a small party for friends." She ground out. 'Take a hint!'
"Well…Kag's a friend of mine, so I can come right?"
"Uh…actually, friends of mine."
"Aren't I your friend? I mean…everyone is my friend."
Sango twitched, that egotistical bastard. "YOU are not my friend! I hardly know you and you just barge in with that ego attitude of yours thinking you're the center of the universe? And that everyone just loves you? I don't think so."
'Whew…he's not going…' Kagome and Inuyasha thought simultaneously.
"Well…fine! I don't need YOUR stupid party! I'll have my own; surely everyone will come to my house!"
Kagome, always being the sympathetic one said, "Look, Bryan, I'm really sorry you can't go."
"Kagome, why don't you come to my party?"
Everyone at the table just glared. Talk about clueless; couldn't this guy just take a hint?
"Well…um…er…you see, Sango and I have been good friends since sixth grade."
"What about me? I've been your best friend since kindergarten!"
"Look, you bastard! She doesn't want to go to your loser party!" Inuyasha burst out.
"We'll see about that!" Bryan said, fuming, he stormed off. "You'll all be sorry!"
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After school, everyone was buzzing on about Bryan's party. Girls giggled and guy's asked each other who was guying and all the stuff people usually do before a party, whatever it was.
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Kagome sat in her house, staring at the clock.
"4:40, 4:40, still 4:40." She mumbled, for she was supposed to get to Sango's house at five, so she can help her set up. Since she didn't have a car, she had to take the bus, which arrives at her street at 4:50.
She leaned back against her chair, how slow time goes by.
"Ah, there we go, 4:41," She said to herself, "I'll just walk down now."
Kagome grabbed a jacket and left for the bus station, of course, after she locked all the doors of her house, since her parents were still shopping.
The walk didn't take very long, about thirty seconds.
She glanced at her watch, "4:42, alright! Eight more minutes!" She grunted.
Kagome sat there, listening to the birds chirp, the trees whistle, and watching the flowers dance.
After a very long eight minutes, the bus came. She went in and showed the bus driver, a high school drop out, her monthly card and went in to find a seat. Of course, it is never very hard to get a spot, for the bus is almost always empty.
She took a seat near the front and glanced around the bus. There were four people, her, two old couples, and of course, the bus driver.
Suddenly, the bus was at a stop, the two old couples stepped out. Now, it was just her, and the driver, oh boy.
"Hey honey…" He started.
"…save it." Kagome cut in, every time she was on his bus alone, he would be like this. Doesn't he know when to give up?
"Hey sweetie…"
Guess not.
"Now, bus driver, would you please keep your eyes on the road and drive carefully?" She made a feeble attempt. Kagome was about to continue, when she saw a row of tulips.
"Hey! This is my stop!" She yelled.
The driver hit the breaks, causing Kagome to collapse onto the ground.
"Aw…did I do that?" He walked towards her, "now if you'll let me help you." He stuck out a hand.
Kagome rolled her eyes and slapped it away. She walked to the door, hit the button that opened it, and walked out.
"Phew, that was close." She said, and then headed to Sango's house.
Sango's place was very cool, the front lawn was green, behind it was a row of red and yellow tulips, there was a path that went between the lawn, which ended at the front door.
She knocked.
No one came.
She knocked again.
No answer.
She was about to knock for the third time, when Sango opened the door.
"Sorry, I was in my room, didn't hear much." Sango said, with a grin on.
"Sure…" Kagome rolled her eyes.
"I was! I was setting up for a game." She said.
"Can I come in?"
"Oh, sure, sorry."
They went inside, Sango's already finished half the decorating, and some snacks were already on the table. Kagome rose an eyebrow, "Um…Sango, looks to me like you're already done with the decorating that you were gonna have me to do."
Sango sweat dropped, "Heh, sorry Kag, I was so into it today, like when I woke up this morning, the first thing I thought about was, decorate! And so I did, turned out pretty good huh."
"First of all, yeah I guess it did. Second, if you were almost done, then why'd you want me to come over an hour early anyways? And third, what's up with everyone calling me Kag?"
"Well, little Kag, first of all, it's not I GUESS it did, it's 'you did a wonderful job Sango! I'm so proud of you! I love you!'. Second, because coming over early is fun! And third, because Kag is such a cute name, I love how Inuyasha sometimes calls you that!"
Kagome and Sango went into the kitchen, prepared the rest of the snacks and just sat and talked.
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Ding Dong!
"Oh! Kag, could you get that?" Sango asked from the kitchen.
"Sure"
Kagome opened the door and a hoard of people stood before her…actually…all the guests stood together.
"How the heck did you get here all at the same time?"
"Well…me, Miroku, and Kouga were carpooling…but then he brought his new girlfriend Ayame with him…but Ayame just had to bring her friend, Eri. And then Hojo came by at the same time as us with Ayumi and Yuka. So yeah…" Inuyasha tried to explain.
"Okay then…so, coming in?" Kagome stared at the crowd of people. And suddenly, everyone just came rushing through the door.
She yelped and jumped from the doorframe. Didn't want to get squashed now, did she? That'd be no fun.
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Kagome was in the kitchen by herself, making some soup. A party was nothing without soup!
She stirred the delicious smelling pot of soup when out of no where, a bunch of the invitees, were staring at her, with goofy smiles on their faces.
"Um…guys…?"
It looked like drool was leaking out of their mouths. Wait…drool WAS leaking out of their mouths…
Kagome shuttered, 'Eww! Gross!'
She continued stirring slowly. Trying to ignore the drooling dogs next to her…
Seconds afterward…
"Uh, guys? You're drooling on me."
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After dinner, everyone just lounged around, looking around the house.
And some were in the bathroom suffering from a severe case of diarrhea, poor Hojo.
Sango smiled and walked out of the room. "Hey, guys. I'll be back in a sec. I gotta go get something…"
Everyone just nodded, except for Kagome. She saw that mischievous grin on her friend's face, they were getting ready to play Spin the Bottle. 'Gotta find somewhere to hide.' Oh no…Kagome wasn't gonna get her 1st kiss from a stupid 'ole bottle, she was gonna get it when SHE was ready! People said kisses didn't count in a game…but still…it was the experience that counted.
Kagome walked to the screen door and went outside.
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Inuyasha looked up from where he was sitting. 'Now where did Kagome go?'
Sango rushed out of her room. "Alright, peoples, we are gonna play, Spin the Bottle!"
"Oh Sango! I knew you just can't keep your hands off me! You know, you could've just asked me to-" Miroku said in his usual fashion. He wiggled his eyebrows, implying something.
While Sango herded everyone else into a circle, Inuyasha snuck outside.
Kagome was sitting outside. It was already dark out. The moon and stars looked down upon her, and she was looking up at them. She felt someone take a seat beside…and somehow, she knew it was Inuyasha.
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"Alright, now, here's how I want EVERYONE to sit." She said mischievously, everyone looked at her as if she was crazy, guess she really liked this game. Figures, she wants to kiss Miroku.
"Alright, Ayame, you sit there." She pointed, "Miroku, you sit over there."
"But Sango, that's by the wall and I don't want to sit by the wall," He complained and then whispered, "it's bad luck."
"Whatever."
In the end, Ayumi sat next to Miroku, who is by the wall. Ayame sat next to Miroku and Kouga sat next to her. Eri sat on Ayumi's other side, and Yuka by Eri, and Sango and Hojo sat next to Kouga.
Phew! What an arrangement.
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Kagome gazed at the stars in the sky. Just now noticing how the moon was nowhere in sight, there weren't any clouds either.
Inuyasha shifted uncomfortably. Kagome was being unusually quiet. Was she still mad at him? Should he apologize? 'No! You can't apologize to her! It's her fault! It can't ever be your fault!' Well, obviously, Inuyasha was having some trouble, since apologizing was such unusual territory; not to mention, he was also having some man pride issues…
And then…
"Inuyasha? Where do you think the moon's gone? It was here just a second ago, but now it's not here…"
"How the should I know?" Inuyasha said impatiently. His nerves were getting to him.
"Oh, silly," Kagome said, her face calm, not seeming to notice Inuyasha's attitude, she continued with a sense of light-heartedness in her tone, "The moon's in an unknown place. And it's a mystery to us. Just like our own futures. We don't know what to expect."
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The first round of the game, Ayumi spun.
The bottle slowed down on Miroku, Miroku grinned.
It got slower and slower and landed on…Hojo.
Hojo bit his lips, he was nervous, while Ayumi looked like she could gag.
"Well, kissy time!" Sango laughed, "Here's my rules, you can either kiss a short kiss in front of us, or go into the laundry room and make out there. Now, take your pick."
Hojo gulped, "We'll just kiss a shor…"
He was cut off, "We're going to the laundry room and that's final!" Ayumi grabbed his shirt and they went into the laundry room.
Once in, Hojo stared at Ayumi, she was really pretty.
"So, I guess we have to kiss?" He said, hoping that she wanted to kiss him, since she wanted to come in this room.
"What? Me kiss you, um…no." She said.
"But it's the rules of the game." Hojo pleaded.
Well, that's too bad huh." Ayumi said, disgusted, no way was she ever going to kiss him.
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"Kagome…"
"Hmm..?"
"Nevermind"
Seconds passed in silence. Neither of them seemed to know what to say.
"Inuyasha?"
"What?"
"Will we still be friends, you know, after Prom?" she was whispering, asking one of those questions that shouldn't be answered, but always got an answer to.
"Do you want to be?" he asked smoothly.
"Well, yeah, I'd like that, Inuyasha."
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After a while, Ayumi and Eri had both spun Hojo, demanding to go into the laundry room. Kouga got Ayame, and well, they also went into the room, but not to avoid the kiss. Hojo had gotten Sango, and Sango refused to kiss him.
It was Sango's turn, she took in a breath, it was now or never.
She spun.
It went slower, and slower, and slower.
Then, went into a complete stop.
She looked up and it was none other than…Miroku.
"Oh great." She said, pretending that she didn't want to do this. "Oh well, let's just get it over with."
"Sango, you know you want to." Miroku grinned.
"No I don't."
"Yes you do, don't try to admit it, I can read you like a book." Miroku teased.
"So, here or room?" Ayame asked.
"Let's go to the room." Sango said.
"How about we stay here and make a demonstration." Miroku grinned again.
"Oh whatever." Sango said, then Miroku grabbed her by the waist and pulled her close.
Sango blushed.
"Finally, some action." Kouga said, followed by laughs.
Miroku pulled his lips down to hers and kissed her deeply and passionately.
Sango didn't pull back and returned the kiss.
It stayed like this for a pretty long time.
"Ahem." Hojo finally said, "I thought it was supposed to be a short kiss, nothing like this, you guys disgust me." With that, he left to the bathroom.
Sango and Miroku pulled apart, Sango refused to look at Miroku.
"Alright, game over, let's go do something else." Ayumi said, since she knew she wasn't getting anyone good to kiss.
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"What're you doing out here anyways?" Inuyasha asked.
"Oh…well, they're playing spin the bottle, aren't they?"
"Yeah, last I checked, Sango was grouping everyone together…is that the reason you're out here?"
Kagome nodded.
"What? Too scared to play spin the bottle?" Inuyasha asked, teasing her.
"Yeah, I know it sounds really stupid, but to someone who hasn't had her first kiss…I don't wanna get it from some silly teenager's game! Sango says it doesn't count…but it does. To me, it would. It's something about the experience…it just IS. You can't cheat and just say that it's a game, so it shouldn't count. Experience counts." Kagome said, still looking at the sky.
"Well, you didn't have to kiss me if I repulse you so much!" Inuyasha said.
"It's not that…I just….well, there ARE three other guys that I COULD go to, not just you! And what if the other guys just wanted to suck face?!"
"Are you saying my friends are perverts?!"
"Inuyasha, Miroku IS a pervert." Kagome said flatly.
"Er…well, good point…"
"But, also, my parents, they told me to always respect myself, and my feelings because they're a part of me too. Especially my dad, he used to tell me that love is no game, so I shouldn't play it like it is one…ya see what I'm getting at here?"
"He used to tell you?" Inuyasha asked, clearly confused.
"He passed away a few years ago. He died of acute leukemia." Her voice quivered and her chin trembled.
"Look, Kagome, I'm-"
"And you know what hurts the most?" she cut in, "that I'm such a braniac, but I couldn't do a thing when he was lying on his death be! I couldn't do anything to help him!"
Inuyasha panicked. He could see Kagome's eyes shining, tears threatened to fall at any given moment, and , frankly, he sucked at comforting girls.
'What if I make her cry more?' Inuyasha though, 'Why do I care?! Every other girl, even if I made her cry…it was uncomfortable…' And he knew, even before he thought it, that if Kagome cried, it would be unbearable.
God, Inuyasha was panicking! He had a sniffling girl by his side and didn't know what he should do.
He put a tentative arm around Kagome's tiny frame and pulled her a little closer, letting her lean on him for some support, and for comfort of course.
"Kagome, it's ok. Everything will be ok…" He whispered.
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BLOOPERS ARE AT END OF AUTHOR'S NOTES!
Crystaltears: And…the chapter stops here…sorry. No more for now. The next chapter should be out in two weeks or so, since we already have most of it ready. Our prize to you for being so patient…and well…if we don't update on time, you may unleash the update song on us! Haha, if you know what it is…
D-E-V-L-41: Ah, another chapter, and I finally helped out (actually, just on the kagome being bored, the bus scene, setting up for the party, and all the spin the bottle…but that's helping to me!) no more guilty feeling. I realized my writing's so different from crystaltears and angevils, hehe, theirs is more funny and mine's just light humor, too light to laugh anyways. Well…now that I think of it, my survivor story has more than just light humor, oh yeah, I'm good. (Crystaltears: Yeah, right. Not for me…I laugh at everything…haha…)
Thanks to:
hanyou angel, Chibi-Inu-Hikaru, Enchanted-Princess, inashosetai, unicornlover-2007, Koga's-Woman, inukuramaRmine, Dark angel313, Kagome M.K, inulova4lyfe, humble-bumble, VainRhinosCarDen, inu girl, tracey mathus
Wow, not a single response…that's gotta be a record right there.
Bloopers….moment spoilers
Double colons signify the beginning and ending of an action ::stands::
Ok…starts at the scene where Kagome's crying and Inu is pulling her closer to comfort her.
Take 1:
Kag: Oof! ::mumbles:: Inuyasha, stop pulling so hard! You're messing up my hair!
Inu: Oh shut up! You are the most annoying person I've ever met! SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!!!! ::stands up abruptly and knocks over the fake background and scenery::
Director: CCCUUUUUUUTTTT!!!!!!
Take 2:
::Inu pulls Kag closer::
Kag: ::sniffles:: ::3 seconds laters…face is turning blue:: Pah! Inuyasha! Go home and take a freaking shower! You reek!
Inu: The mighty Inuyasha never showers!
Kag: Ewww!!! ::shudders:: Then go put on some fucking deodorant!
::scene setter-upper hands little red bottle over::
Kag: HOLY SHIT! Is that Red Spice?! Gimme!!!
Inu: Uh…I think he was giving it to me…
Director: CCCUUUUUUUTTTT!!!!!!
Kagome gets high and rehearsals are cancelled
Take 3:
::Pulls Kag closer::
Kag: ::moves her hand to scratch her face, accidentally wacks Inu:: Uh..oops, sorry?
Inu: Kagome! You're skin feels as dry and coarse as demon's skin!
Kag: NANI?! LOTION!!! I NEED LOTION!!!!
::scene setter-upper hands little lotion bottle over::
Kag: ::opens bottle:: Ooohhhhh gooodddd! This is Sweet Pea!!! Ahhhhhh. ::sniffs hands::
Kagome gets high..
Director: Oh god…not again!!!!