Part 7

His hands traveled down her bare back. She sighed. His hands stopped. He rested his chin on her shoulder and whispered, "What's wrong?" before kissing her neck.

"…You…show me love; you show me passion…Lots of passion. And we lust for one another, yet…"

"I am still a stranger to you?" She nodded.

"Well, yes and no. I think I know you…"

"You do."

"…But…?"

"Sango, you know this is a dream…" She nodded slowly. "I am not a stranger to you, but you are a stranger to me."

"What?"

"You will understand…But for now…" He pulled her back into his arms and began kissing her around her collar bone.

Sango's eyes snapped open and she sat up, puzzled. "…That dream made no sense whatsoever." She sighed and looked around her room. Her phone was in the small trash can by the door. Papers littered the floor and her books were everywhere. She did all of that Saturday, after the incident in the library. She looked at the clock. 3:47. Only four more hours and twelve minutes until Hell. She rubbed her eyes and laid back.

I can't believe Miroku…He let a bet get in the way of the truth? Doesn't he realize how out of hand things have gotten? I can't walk down the halls without heads turning and some girl whispering to her friends 'There she is…' Sango sighed. …I didn't even ask him if we did anything that night. "I doubt we did," she muttered to herself. "I mean, I didn't hurt or anything." It doesn't always have to hurt. "It doesn't seem to hurt in my god damn dreams…" She closed her eyes. What if my dreams were real? Like, this is all one big dream and I'm really there…with him… "He's so…wonderful…" God, I'm probably only saying that because the sex is good! She groaned. Back to sleep, back to sleep, back to…

It was still the same. No word got around…yet.

Sango was very silent the whole school day. She barely said a word to Kagome, who knew it was wise to also keep quiet, even though she didn't know anything, either. Yet, the school was the same. No one pointed and yelled "SLUT!" or asked her "And what did you do before the game on Saturday?" But Sango didn't let her guard down one bit. And she didn't see Miroku around, still…

At lunch, Sango sat with InuYasha and Kagome. Kouga approached, though, and trouble started.

"Hey, Kagome," he said smoothly. Kagome, who was in deep chat with InuYasha about a history report on the samurai, turned her gaze to Kouga and smiled. InuYasha frowned and grumbled.

"Hello, Kouga!" Kagome greeted.

"Hey, I was wondering, are you busy tonight?"

"Um, not really, why?"

"Well, wanna study for that test coming up in math?"

"Sure!"

"WHAT!" InuYasha bellowed. He was on his feet now. "No way, Kouga! Kagome is studying with me tonight!"

"What!" Kagome cried, shocked. "I am?"

"Yes, you are!" InuYasha growled.

Kouga glared at him. "To me, it looks like she didn't even know about it…"

"I didn't," Kagome grumbled. InuYasha blushed.

Kouga laughed a bit. "Wow, what a pathetic attempt to get Kagome all to yourself…"

InuYasha looked as if he was ready to throw a punch. Sango cleared her throat. "Actually, InuYasha, Kikyou told me in English that you and she planned to study tonight, at your house…" InuYasha blushed and rubbed the back of his head nervously.

"Wow, I actually forgot about that…" he muttered.

Kagome's eyes set aflame. "Kikyou? KIKYOU! And you told me you guys were friends!"

"What! WE ARE!"

Kouga coughed. "Don't sound like it to me…"

"Me, either," Sango chimed in. Kagome growled and threw her milk in InuYasha's face. She threw her trash away and stomped off with her backpack. InuYasha spat and rubbed the milk out of his eyes. "Kagome, wait!" Kouga smirked and went off.

Sango let out a sigh and threw her own trash away. She went to find Kagome, noticing lots of kids with neon blue flyers. Hm, probably an ad for a school assembly or something… She shrugged the thought away and turned into a hall to find her friend.

Today was actually quite pleasant, she thought as she opened up her history text book. Sango hummed a bit to herself and smiled. Nothing too crazy. Maybe things are looking up…There was a knock on her door. "In!" she called. Kohaku ran in, followed by Kagome and Kagura. Why the hell is Kagura here?

"Sango! You have to come, quick!" Kagome was frantic. Sango got up and slipped into her shoes. "What happened?" She frowned. "And why is Kagura here?" Kagura blushed a bit angrily. Kagome smiled some. "Oh, I just ran into her and she wanted to help with this…"

"Help?"

Kagura cleared her throat. "I don't think you did anything with Miroku that night of the party, Sango…" she whispered. Sango smiled at her. Wow… Kagome shook her head. "But anyway, we have a major crisis!"

"What the hell is it!"

Kagome grabbed her hand. "Just COME ON!" She dragged her down the stairs. Kagura followed. Kagome ran at full speed through the living room, Sango floating behind. "SLOW DOWN!" she cried. She grabbed her sweatshirt from the couch as they flew past it. "Dad, I'm going out!" Sango shouted before Kagome sprinted out the front door, Kagura close behind. The three of them rushed to their school, Sango getting very apprehensive…

Before they reached the baseball field, Sango freed her wrist from Kagome's grip and grabbed onto the fence around the baseball field. "Before we go any further," she gasped, "tell me what the hell happened…" Kagome took a deep breath. She started to say something, but it died on her tongue. Kagura sighed and pulled out a folded neon flyer. She unfolded it and gave it to Sango. Sango blinked and read it:

COME ONE, COME ALL,

SEE THE SHOW OF A LIFETIME!

PROOF THAT THE RUMORS ARE TRUE!

Come at 4:15 pm sharp to the school gymnasium.

BE THERE, AND SEE THE FOOTAGE WE HAVE!

Sango's heart sank. Footage? "Oh…god…"

"I figured it had something to do with you and Miroku," Kagome said weakly. "I went and, er, found the source"

"Actually, she went and hounded out the three assholes after school," Kagura grunted. "But I found one of them first…" Sango was silent. Kagura coughed and continued. "They caught me making out with Sesshoumaru behind the locker rooms during the game on Saturday…" Sango giggled softly to herself. Kagura glared viciously. "…so I found one andwas teaching him a lesson," she finished.

"That's when Kagura decided to help me out," Kagome said.

Sango blinked and looked at her watch. "OH MY GOD!" It was…4:16! Sango dropped the flyer and sprinted past the field and across the school. Why the fuck is the gym all the way on the other side of the school! She went down halls and past classrooms. By the time she got there, it was 4:17. I didn't make it… She burst through the side doors.

Nearly all of the student body was packed into the large gym on all four walls. Hundreds of pairs of eyes turned to look at her. The room went silent. There were four TVs in the middle of the gym, each one facing one of the four walls. Sango heard footsteps behind her as Kagome and Kagura ran in after her and stopped on either side of her. Waves of whispers ran through the crowd. Someone finally yelled: "Where's the show?" Agrees followed. Sango let out a sigh of relief. Nothing has happened yet. I guess it just said 4:15 sharp to get as much people here and such…

People started shouting. "Where the hell is the show!" "Hurry it up!" "I have stuff to do, you know!" Kagome grabbed onto Sango. "They'll start a riot at this point," Kagura murmured. Kagome and Sango nodded. A loud screech silenced the students. "Attention, students," a voice said over the intercom. "The show will start momentarily…And by momentarily, we mean NOW!"

The TVs all turned on at once. It showed the other two kids from the media on Saturday pointing around the library and talking. The crowd went silent as the lights turned off. Their eyes were glued to the TV screen. Sango's heart stopped. Kagome gripped her arm tighter. Kagura's eyes went wide. Suddenly, a loud noise was heard from the TV. The camera went towards the back of the library where the closet was. "No…" Sango whispered.

The camera focused on the door as the two kids approached it. Noises and whispers could be heard from behind the door. Sango felt the tears build up. She covered her eyes at the moment the kids' hand went to the door knob. Then, there was a loud ringing noise and lights flashed. Everyone's attention drifted from the TV and water poured from the ceiling, for someone had triggered the fire alarm. Screams echoed throughout the gym. The TVs turned off just as the closet door swung open. Sango looked up and smiled. Kagome cheered as the kids started evacuating.

A cloaked and hooded figure wearing a werewolf Halloween mask ran from the crowd to the TVs. They went to the TV with the VCR and stole the tape from it. "Get him!" someone yelled. The boy ran to Sango and dropped the tape before her. He bowed and ran off into the running crowd. Sango quickly picked up the tape and put it inside her sweatshirt. "We should go!" Kagome yelled. Sango nodded. Kagura was already outside so she wouldn't get wet. Sango and Kagome followed. They all ran back through the school. Wet, screaming teens were dashing through the halls, where more water was pouring on them. Sirens wailed from a few blocks away.

Kagura turned into one hallway and went to the baseball field fence. Kagome and Sango stopped. "What're you doing?" Sango yelled.

"The cops are probably coming!" Kagura replied, stopping before she hit the fence. "If we go back to Sango's and they see us running, then they'll get suspicious!" She started climbing the fence. Kagome ran down the hall and also started to climb up the fence. Sango hesitantly followed. Kagura jumped onto her knees in the field and ran for the bleachers. Kagome and Sango followed suit. They all ran to the bleachers and hid under them. "We can wait here until the cars go by," Kagura panted. She took out a cigarette and lit it up. She puffed on it. Kagome sighed and looked out at the street. Police cars and a fire truck zoomed by and parked as kids were dashing to the parking lot to their cars. Officers stumbled out of the cars and started chasing after kids.

"Should we go now?" Sango whispered. Kagura looked around and put out her cigarette. She nodded.

"Should we all go to Sango's?" Kagome asked.

"Hm, yeah, but we have to walk there and not look suspicious," Kagura replied. She got up and climbed over the fence into the street. Kagome grumbled about her skirt getting wetand followed. Sango sighed and looked at the tape. Damn it, if they have copies, I'll be kicking major ass tomorrow… She grabbed onto the fence and climbed over. They all walked back to Sango's house, relief sweeping over all of them…