Highschool Dilemma
Epilogue
"Congratulations. You made it." The graduation ceremony had been droned on for a half hour. The audience began to cheer, mainly the students. The names of the students began getting called in alphabetical order. Kagome looked back at Inuyasha. He smirked and winked at her. She smiled at him and winked back. Sango, who was sitting next to Inuyasha, due to alphabetical order, just smiled. Everyone was used to them flirting with each other now. The teachers got use to them showing up a few minutes later to their classes. The students would smile knowingly, sigh dreamily, or roll their eyes at what to them was stupidity. Kagome wore an engagement ring on her left hand. They were still unsure of the date for the wedding, but it wouldn't be too far off. A name caught their attention.
"Miroku Houshi." Miroku walked up to the stage, took his diploma, and shook hands with the principal. Sesshomaru hated having to shake hands with all of the students, but it was tradition. After the battle, things got a lot more hectic. The school had to be rebuilt, files had to be replaced, ECT. The only good thing out of it was that Inuyasha had got out of another detention, because it was dropped. But Sesshomaru got him back for it by making him help with the rebuilding of the school. By now, it was the end of the year, the end of their highschool days. Miroku walked off stage as he turned his tassel. Before he left for good, he gave a thumbs up at his friends and a wink at Sango.
"Miroku..." Sango whispered lightly under her breath as she shook her head. Inuyasha was standing, like the rest of the crowd, except he was way forward so that he could talk to Kagome and hold her hand. Sango laughed lightly as Kagome's name was called, but she didn't hear it. Sango leaned forward.
"Hate to break up your eye-gazing competition, but you're being called Kag." Kagome looked over, did a little nervous shrug and laugh.
"Oops." She went forward, took her diploma, and shook Sesshomaru's hand. "Becoming very off track and become late often, to classes, to party invitations, dinner invitations, this..." He whispered lightly. She laughed.
"Sorry. I have to keep up tradition of your family if I join it." Sesshomaru nodded with a very slight smile and an amused look.
"Move on and don't forget to turn your tassel." Every since the battle, Kagome was able to talk more freely with Sesshomaru. It was odd and neither one of them understood it, but it started with admiration of fighting skills and then to friendship. She turned her tassel and walked down to where the students who already got their diplomas. Miroku hugged her.
"We're graduated now. It kind of feels weird."
"Yeah. But things throughout highschool have been weird." They were and that was the truth. It wasn't normal for a highschool student to join a gang. Not everyone knew that mikos and demons and all of that still existed. It wasn't a common thing to have he school you go to be destroyed by 'unknown causes'. She snapped out of her trance.
"Sango Tajaii." Sango went up. Miroku and Kagome cheered. Sango went through the line of people. Kagome hugged her as soon as she came down.
"We made it without causing to much damage to your boyfriend." Sango laughed and Miroku crossed his arms in front of his chest.
"I'm offended. I quit groping girls after I started dating my dear Sango." Sango nearly gagged.
"Yeah. Other girls, but me." Miroku looked up.
"I deny that statement." They rolled their eyes. Sango hugged Miroku. "You've actually have been very good." He smiled and embraced her back.
"Inuyasha Takashi." Kagome smiled and looked toward the stage. He took his diploma and shook Sesshomaru's hand. She saw Sesshomaru's lips move and Inuyasha got mad. He shoved Sesshomaru backwards and began walking off. Sesshomaru, using his demon speed so that an untrained eye wouldn't see, tripped Inuyasha and he fell down the stairs off of the stage. A few people laughed. Kagome held back a chuckled and walked over to him.
"Had to go out with a bang, eh?" she said as she extended her hand to him. He took it. Kagome thought he'd be grumbling instead of grinning.
"Just wait for the grand finale." He said as he lead her to the back of the group that had gathered. He leaned back against the grand tree where they met at for lunch and pulled her into his arms. Miroku and Sango stood next to them. A few more students were called to get their diplomas.
"Congratulations! You're now all officially graduated. We hope you're all successful for the rest of your lives and now those of you who never want to come back here again, you can leave and never return."
"Damn straight I'm never coming back here again." Inuyasha stated. Kagome laughed and so did many around them. All of the students took off their caps and through them into the air. Inuyasha threw his directly at Sesshomaru instead. Then, he ran off, using his demons speed. Kagome looked around for two seconds until he was back at her side.
"What did you do?" Inuyasha smirked.
"Sesshomaru caught my cap as I figured, but he didn't catch..." Suddenly, the whole cloth, tent-like roof to the stage fell down, covering the stage and everyone on it. The group of four laughed at the sight of Sesshomaru's scowling as he came out.
"Let's get out of here." Inuyasha said as he picked Kagome off of her feet and ran off to the cars. Sango and Miroku rolled their eyes. Sesshomaru glared in their direction, saw Inuyasha was gone, and rolled his eyes. It didn't matter if he ran... he'd get paid back later. Miroku laughed lightly.
"I guess we better meet up at Inuyasha's."
"Yeah." Miroku took her hand in his. She squeezed it back affectionately and kissed him on the cheek. Miroku smiled as he pulled her into his arms, placing a chaste kiss on the lips. They pulled away from the group of people and headed for the car in a blissful silence. Miroku got into the driver's side as Sango climbed in to the passengers's.
"If you want to, we can stop by your place so we can change."
"Did you bring clothes?"
"Yeah."
"Alright, that's cool." Miroku drove out of the parking lot to Sango's place. He popped the trunk and grabbed some clothes and sneakily put a little gift in his pocket.
"Alright, let's go." Sango lived behind her uncle's place. He had an apartment that he rented out to her. She unlocked the door and went inside, turning on the lights. Miroku followed her silently. She tossed her purse and things onto the table.
"You've been here before. The bathroom's right through there. Go ahead." He nodded and went into the bathroom. He didn't change right away. He took out the gift he had for her out of his pocket. A little velvet box. He looked at himself in the mirror. Man, he was nervous. This was a huge step. He rehearsed what he'd say a hundred times and he did a few more before he changed.
"Are you done?"
"No. Sorry. I'll be right out."
"Don't come out until I tell you alright, Houshi?"
"Alright, but Sango dear, will you do me a favor?" He asked as he began to change.
"Yeah."
"Stop referring to me by my last name?"
"Sorry, Miroku. Old habits die hard. Were you mad at me all those times I said that?"
"No. I started to realize that that's not something that I wanted to known as, as to the meaning of the word."
"I'm sorry. You should have told me. You can come out if your ready." He opened the door.
"No need for apologies." He said. He paused for a moment. She was beautiful. She really was. Not that he never realized that, but he was so nervous at that time that it was too much. She looked at him and then at herself.
"What?" Miroku was at a loss for words, but he snapped out of it soon enough.
"You're beautiful." She blushed lightly.
"You're not bad-looking yourself, Hous... Miroku." She corrected herself. "Sorry." He smiled nervously. "Are you alright, Miroku? You seem tense or nervous or something."
"No problem. Can I ask you something that I never asked anyone nor will I ever ask again?"
"Sure. What is it?" She said as she sat down in a chair. He moved over to in front of her and kneeled before her, in a way that you would beseech a king. Sango's eyes opened in realization of what he was doing. He reached into his pocket, revealing the little jewelry box and open it to reveal a diamond ring.
"Sango, I- You know that- I-" He started several times, but was never able to finish. He laughed lightly at himself at the irony that he didn't know what to say. "I had this all planned out. Every word, but I can't get it out." He took a deep breath and gazed deeply into her glistening eyes. "No words will ever be good enough to express how I feel. I love you, Sango. You're the only one who can take my breath away. So, I'm going to ask you this once in a lifetime question and hope the answer's yes. Will you marry me?" Sango nodded, happily.
"Yes." He stood up and so did she. They kissed passionately, fervently. Miroku and Sango smiled ear to ear as he took her hand and slipped it ono her ring finger.
Eventually, they got to Inuyasha's. Miroku just took the garage entrance. He really didn't feel like going down the alley and pulling out the dumpster. He opened the door and walked into the living room.
"You two are pathetic." He said. "I'm gone for a little while and you can't keep to yourselves." Inuyasha growled.
"Shut up. It's not like we need a chaperone. Besides, what were you two doing that took so long to get here?" He said as he put his arms around Kagome's waist from behind and pulled her to him. Kagome was blushing lightly, not at the fact that she was in his arms, but at the fact that they walked in on them while they were 'almost' making out. Miroku and Sango kept silent.
"You see. At least, we're engaged." Inuyasha said.
"And who says that we aren't?" Sango looked down at her ring finger. It still seemed weird that she could say 'I'm engaged', but it wasn't a bad thing. Kagome looked at their faces to see if they were serious. You could never tell with Miroku, but Sango was staring intently down at the ring on her finger. She moved over to Sango and hugged her. Sango hugged back.
"Congratulations." Kagome said.
"Thanks." Sango said. Inuyasha snorted which got everyone's attention.
"Pssh... It's about time Miroku. You've been planning this since what... the ninth grade?"
"Thinking about it and planning it are two totally separated things." Sango looked at them.
"You had a crush on my since the ninth grade?"
"No. You got it mistaken. I had a crush on you since the fifth grade. I never did anything about my feelings until the ninth grade. I didn't actually start planning on purposing until the eleventh. And by the end of the twelfth, today, I did."
"Whoa. It's kind of weird to think that we've all joined up in our gang in the ninth. That's also when The Wolf Clan showed up. The tenth grade we finished our battle with The Stealth Assassins, after we destroyed the school. Eleventh was interesting due to the new school building. This year was surprising due to all of us getting engaged. I can't believe I've only been here for four years." Kagome said.
"Good or bad thing?" Sango asked.
"Good thing. Very good thing." She said as she leaned back into Inuyasha 's chest.
"Oh, I nearly forgot." Inuyasha let go of Kagome and walked into the closet. Everyone looked at each other with questioning looks as they hear Inuyasha rustling through boxes and making a lot of racket.
"Are you okay?" Kagome called out.
"Yeah." He said as he came out. His hand was clenched around something. "Even though our duties as the gang are over, I thought that it'd be nice for a reminder that we still are members of the Demon Syndicate. We still belong together as friends." He took one of each thing and handed it to each person. It was a necklace. The pendant was a dragon That wrapped around into a circle on either a gold or a silver chain. Inuyasha put his around his neck. Miroku followed in his example. Kagome did the same, with a little assistance from Inuyasha. So did Sango.
"Demon Syndicate will never fall." Inuyasha said as he put in a fist. Kagome mocked his movement as did the other two.
Eight Years Later:
Inuyasha now regretted all of the hard time that he gave his high school teachers. It was coming back at him 100 times as hard. Out of irony or just a weird coincidence, Inuyasha worked at the place that he promised never to go back to. The school that he helped destroy and rebuild. The place where his brother worked. The place of his past. He remembered all of the times that they had in that place. The tree where they ate lunch, the gym where Kagome tied (As he so believed) him in their first race. Everything was there.
Inuyasha was currently sitting in front of the class as the students worked on their essays. The last class of the day had just begun. As normal, Shippo, a kid who reminded Inuyasha of him in his teenage years, was sleeping. Inuyasha watched as one of his friends went up behind him. 'This should be good.' Inuyasha said as he just watched. The kid took a rubber band and popped him in the back of the neck. "Ah, shit." He yelled as he looked around, rubbing the back of his neck. Inuyasha would of laughed, but it wouldn't of been right to do so.
"Shippo. Don't use that language again in my class room or else you'll find yourself in trouble."
"Pssh... It's not like I really care. It's not like staying in this school is going to get me into a college, even if I did pay attention."
"I used to be just like you."
"I doubt that. You don't remember, do you?"
"I remember clearly. I slept in class, cause I didn't really care. My best friend and I were troublemakers so we'd would pull pranks and purposefully try to tick off the teacher."
"Oh yeah, what was the worse thing you done?" One of Shippo's punk friends asked. Inuyasha thought a minute.
"Probably would be on graduation day."
"What did you do?"
"I loosed all of the poles that help up the roof and whenever the ceremony was over it toppled over onto the principal and everybody."
"Graduation day. You couldn't get in any trouble at school, not when you're already out."
"My brother was the principal back then and he knew that I did it. He got me back for doing that."
"That's nothing. Have you ever got a detention with in the first week of school?"
"It was a tradition to get a detention on the first day of school."
"Every year, he'd do these things and never get the point." Sesshomaru said from the doorway.
"Shut up, Fluffy." Inuyasha growled in a low tone so the students couldn't hear. Sesshomaru just smirked.
"Is it true, Principal Takashi?" A girl asked.
"Yes, he also tried to pull stunts on me, his own brother and principal." Shippo looked at Inuyasha, who was glaring at Sesshomaru.
"You could have fooled me." He stated.
"What made you change?" Inuyasha thought back.
"Well, believe it or not, my wife. Crazy enough." Some of the female students 'aww'ed. He was sort of embarrassed by this time. "Uh... anyways, what did you want Sesshomaru?"
"Kagome's waiting for you outside."
"Bring your wife in here. I want to see what kind of chick could change someone like Shippo." One of his other students said. Inuyasha raised his eyebrow.
"Should I?" His students were interested in his past of trouble making. 'I guess it's normal at that age.' He thought. The class cheered.
"Shh... we don't want to disturb other classes. Tell Kagome to come in, Fluffy." Some of the students laughed.
"Fluffy? Where'd that come from?" Sesshomaru groaned. 'That's going to go around the school.' Sesshomaru stepped outside and Kagome came in. Some of the guys whistled at her. Kagome walked over to Inuyasha and took his extended hand.
"I'd behave better if I could get a woman like that." Inuyasha laughed at Mikagi's remark. Kagome had an inquisitive look on her face. "Class clown. He's really not like Miroku used to be." Kagome laughed lightly.
"I know a class clown when I see one." She said, directed at him.
"We were just discussing how we used to be in highschool." Kagome looked at Inuyasha.
"What all did you tell them?"
"Just that we used to be like some of these students. Lazy, slacker, troublemaker."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa... you were the troublemaker. I was just a friend of yours." Inuyasha looked at his students.
"Don't let her fool you. She was quite the troublemaker herself." She rolled her eyes.
"Okay, I mouthed off a little bit, but normally not to a teacher. A friend of ours and him were worse." Kagome said.
"Who, Sango?"
"No, Miroku." Inuyasha smiled. "Yeah, but I know that I regret some of the things that I did. I know Miroku did, too."
"Like what?"
"His.. eh... habit of... taking a liking too much to women." Kagome nodded.
"That he did." Kagome looked at the class.
"This room has so many memories. This used to be Mr. Myouga's old room. Me and Inuyasha sat there." She said as she pointed. "Our best friends sat behind us." A boy raised his hand. Kagome felt weird, having to play the role as teacher. She looked at Inuyasha, who nodded at her, telling her to go ahead. "What's mine is yours." He whispered lightly.
"Yes?"
"I heard rumors that many gangs used to be here. Is that true?" Kagome didn't know if she should answer that.
"There were rumors of many gangs here back in your day. Two in particular." Kagome shook her head.
"Three."
"What were they? Why were they here?" Inuyasha looked at Kagome.
"You want to see me teaching a lesson?" He asked quietly. Kagome smiled.
"Yeah, let's see if you actually learned anything from school." He growled lightly at her. She smiled away.
"Take my seat if you want to, Kag." She took his seat. He moved next to her.
"Speaking of legends, this one is from this very school. In our day, there was rumors of three gangs. The Demon Syndicate, The Stealth Assassins, and the..." He looked at Kagome. 'Who's the other one?'
"The Wolf Clan." Inuyasha grumbled something under his breath to which Kagome caught. She glared at him and he ignored her and started talking to the class again.
"And the Wolf Clan. It was rumored that these were very dangerous. The Stealth Assassins were merciless. The rumored head leader was a man named Naraku." Kagome looked at him. How much is he going to reveal? Inuyasha saw the look in her eyes. "If you remember, the man who was responsible miraculously disappeared, but that's besides the point, right now. The Demon Syndicate was made up of four individuals, two were male. The other two were female."
"What was their names?" A student asked. Inuyasha choked. Kagome saw that he didn't know exactly what to say. "They were very discreet. No one knows who they were." Inuyasha smiled gratefully.
"What about the Wolf Clan?"
"No one really knew who he was, but it was rumored that the leaders name was Kouga. I never really liked that jerk too much." Kagome rolled her eyes.
"He wasn't a bad guy. Inuyasha... or I mean, Mr. Takashi didn't like him, because he was competition."
"He was no competition. He was a stupid idiot." Kagome rolled her eyes again. She looked at the students. This was of a lot of interest to them. She didn't really know why. Maybe it was because they believe it was true, or maybe because it was in the area.
"Kouga, who was rumored to be the leader, took a liking toward me and he..." Kagome nudged his arm. "... was jealous."
"I wasn't jealous of that wimpy wolf. I simply hated him." Inuyasha said, his face was red, because of anger.
"Anyways, The Stealth Assassins and Demon Syndicate were arch rivals. The leader of the Syndicate was mad at Naraku for killing his parents. Apparently, they worked in a bank that was robbed by the Assassins. Naraku killed them for maintaining loyalty and refusing to open the vault." Inuyasha looked at Kagome and smiled. He didn't want to repeat that story and it would of arouse suspicion among the students.
"The other male of the group was believed to be a monk or priest with spiritual powers. His story went back a long ways to when his grandfather was alive. Something happened in between his grandfather and Naraku's father. Enough to kill for. Naraku's father killed his grandfather and his dad wanted revenge for his dad. His father and Naraku's dad killed each other. So... naturally, they both wanted revenge." Inuyasha completed Miroku's story and Kagome took over.
"One of the females had one of the saddest stories among the group. Her whole family worked under Naraku's control. They were going to turn Naraku in for the crimes that he committed. The one day that they had evidence. He killed her parents and younger brother. She barely managed to survive herself."
"The last person of the group was amazingly strong through it all. She had lost her father when she was young. Naraku wanted to use anyway possible to get to him. He killed the leader's girlfriend and made it look like a car accident. The leader's girlfriend, also, happened to be this girl's cousin. Well, by blood they were cousin's, but by heart, they were like sisters and best friends. Eventually, this chick found out that Naraku killed her cousin and had already sworn an oath to find out who it was and get revenge. She joined the Syndicate for that purpose." Kagome took over. It seemed fair to stop there and skip forward to...
"One day, she was heading to the hangout for the Syndicates and she was kidnaped by the Assassins. She must have been able to somehow get a message out to the rest of the gang, because they rushed to the rescue. Can any of you imagine how that would feel? To see your friends running to your rescue just in the nick of time? I can all but see how relieving how that would feel." Inuyasha smirked at her wording. Sneaky, Kagome very sneaky. "By the time, they arrived, she had heard that she was bait for her friends to come and die. She must of been scared for them. When they came in, they tried several attempt to get her back without cause for violence, but eventually it came out into an all-out war."
"It was must have been then that the leader of the Syndicate realized that he had fallen for the capture woman. He freed her and saved her from most of the attacking opponents. Naraku had riled her up a little, but she was alright. Naraku managed to escape, along with his fellow associates. After that... um... what happened. I know there's something of importance in between that battle and the final battle." He looked at Kagome, who was trying to think as well. She snapped her fingers.
"Not to long after that battle, The Wolf Clan showed up. That was a lot for the leader to bear. Having one enemy was bad enough, two was pushing it. The Wolf Clan didn't really have too much of a problem and neither did the Syndicate. Until one day, Naraku trapped them by deceiving the Wolf Gang into believing that the Syndicate attack his gang while he wasn't there. Due to a friendship that arose in between them, they talked it out and figured out the truth behind it, yet they didn't join together to kill Naraku."
"Why not?" Shippo said. "It would have been much easier."
"Listen to the rest of the story. I'll answer your questions afterward." Inuyasha said. The bell rang. Inuyasha looked up and saw only one or two students were leaving.
"I thought you would be long gone by now."
"We want to hear the story." Shippo said.
"Yeah. Please..." Another pleaded. Inuyasha looked at his watch.
"Do we have time?" He asked Kagome.
"What else do we have to do?" He smiled.
"Alright." He looked up and saw Shippo still sitting there.
"Where were we?"
"The Wolf Clan just showed up." A kid said.
"Oh okay. Well, a few weeks later. It was believed that the Assassins got into contact with one of the Syndicate and asked to settle it once and for all. They met up here. That's when they believe that the school was destroyed. Even though that seems impossible. This is a legend, but it is believed that one of the Syndicate was captured and the battle continued somewhere else. It's unknown what happened, but from theories, it's believed that The Wolf Clan and Syndicate eventually joined up and destroyed the Assassins."
"What happened to the girl that was kidnaped?" Mikagi asked
"They rescued her and another prisoner."
"Who was the other prisoner?" Shippo questioned.
"Some believe that it's a complete stranger. Others believe that somehow, the girl's cousin wasn't actually killed and she was rescued. Along with the other girl's little brother."
"So, what happened after that?"
"No one knows." Kagome said. The students sat around and chatted about the story. Inuyasha looked at Kagome, who was fiddling with the necklace that each member of the Demon Syndicate had. Sparing the details about who they were and that they were demons and mikos was hard, but they did a good job. She looked up and saw him looking at her. He winked. She, slyly, winked back and took his hand. Inuyasha sighed.
"Never thought I'd have to say this to anyone of you, but get out of here." He yelled, jokingly. All of them laughed and gathered their things.
A Week Later:
Kagome came in and sat down on the couch. The job at the shrine became habit, but it was still hard work. Things weren't always easy. Especially when Gramps was still arguing over simple requests, such as to place an air conditioner in the shop. Kagome shook her head. All well. She looked around. 3:30. She still had a while before Inuyasha came home. She closed her eyes. I'll just take a quick nap before he gets back. She closed her eyes and drifted into a light slumber.
Inuyasha came in through the door. He was tired and he envied Kagome, who was still on the couch, sleeping. He went over and kissed her forehead. She moved in her sleep, but Inuyasha hoped she wouldn't wake. If she needed sleep, she needed sleep. Let her have it if she can nap, even though he couldn't take naps. He went upstairs. into his study. He blew out his breath as he opened his brief case with each students essay of some sort of myth or legend. He looked over the paper, briefly. Not to many spelling errors. The grammar wasn't bad. He read the first portion of Mikagi's paper. It was on the Legend of the Shikon no Tama. 'This kid is good at legends, I'm sort of shocked.' He was also a class clown, but he didn't mind him at all. He finished marking his paper. "Excellent work" he wrote on the top. He was a good student. The next paper belong to Shippo. Inuyasha's eyes widened. It was lengthy and was actually done. He started to read over it, but on top was a note.
'You didn't say that it had to be about an ancient legend.' Inuyasha was kind of confused until he started reading the article. It was about The Demon Syndicate. Inuyasha looked through it with surprise. There were only two grammar or spelling mistakes and those were simple ones that Inuyasha caught himself doing once in a while. He read through the paper. It was very thorough as to the details that were given. He smiled. He had helped someone like him. Someone who never paid attention, paid attention. Someone who never complete his word, completed his work. Someone who didn't use his full ability, use it. "Whoa." He heard the door open. Kagome came in to his office.
"You didn't wake me up."
"I didn't want to wake you up. I've had an interesting day today."
"Oh, yeah. What happened?"
"Do you remember when you came into my class last week?"
"Yeah, how could I forget?"
"Shippo, the student who was slacking off. The one that was like me. I think that we help him."
"What do you mean?"
"That day before you came in, I had assigned them essays. It had to do with some legend or myth. Well, he was sleeping in class. Didn't give a crap about the assignment. He stayed after to listen to the story. His report is remarkable."
"What myth was it on?" Inuyasha looked at the title.
"The Legend of The Demon Syndicate." Kagome took the paper out of his hands.
"Are you kidding me?"
"No." She looked through it. "Wow! This is like as full of detail as possible without the demons and our names and things."
"I know. It's really a damn good essay." The doorbell rang. "That's amazing." She said as she head out to the front door. "Wait a minute. Aren't you forgetting something?"
"What?"
"This..." He said as he leaned forward and passionately kissed her. The doorbell rang again. Inuyasha eventually broke it off, due to lack of oxygen and the doorbell ringer rang for a third time. "Persistent." Then, the doorbell went berserk. Dingdingdingdingdingdingdingding- It was cut off whenever Inuyasha opened the door and punched Miroku in the nose. Kagome sighed and took Inuyasha's arm.
"What if that was someone different?"
"Then, I'd feel a little worse, but not much."
"Inuyasha!"
"I saw it was Miroku through the window. I just though he'd still know how to block a punch." Sango helped her husband up off of the ground.
"I do, but am I suppose to be hit by one of my best friends?" Inuyasha grumbled.
"Just get in here, monk." Sango rolled her eyes as she stepped in and shut the door behind her and Miroku.
"Hey, Kagome."
"Hey, Sango. What do we owe this visit, too?" She asked as she hugged her friend.
"Miroku." She stated bluntly. Kagome looked confused. Inuyasha looked at Miroku.
"What did you do this time?"
"Nothing that I shouldn't have." Inuyasha rolled his eyes.
"Can I get you anything to drink?" Kagome asked.
"Sure. A coke would be nice." Sango asked.
"How about you, Miroku?"
"An ice pack for my nose would be great." He said. Kagome giggled.
"Anything to drink?"
"No, thank you." She went into the kitchen.
"Hey, Sango. I can put some special ingredients in your coke if you want." Sango shook her head.
"No. No whiskey for me. I can't drink now."
"Why not?" Then, she caught on to what Sango was saying without saying it. She walked to the kitchen doorway with a grin on her face.
"You're pregnant?" Sango nodded. Kagome went over and hugged her friend again. Inuyasha looked at Miroku.
"You never could keep your hands to yourself."
"Hey... we're married for what 6 years now. You can't say that I shouldn't of."
"I never said that it was a horrible thing." He said as he extended his hand to his friend. They shook hands. Kagome went over and hugged Miroku. Inuyasha took his turn and hugged Sango.
"And may this baby turn out to have your charming qualities instead of his father." He said to Sango. She laughed.
"Thanks, Inuyasha."
"Congratulations, Miroku."
"Thank you, Kagome. I have to say... it's your turn." Kagome flushed with made all of them laugh.
"Are you implying with very little words that it'd be awful to have my child?" Inuyasha asked, jokingly. Kagome glared at him.
"Who said it'd have to be yours?" Inuyasha knew that she was about to comment back, but he wasn't expecting that one. He stood in shock. Kagome saw his expression and walked over to him. "But, of course, it would be. I wouldn't have it any other way." Inuyasha smiled. He didn't doubt her loyalty to him, not in the least. He just never expected her to joke about that. Miroku was chuckling and Sango was laughing really, really hard. Inuyasha growled at her, lightly. She smiled and kissed him. She wanted him to be absolutely sure that what she said was a joke and nothing more. He kissed her back full-heartedly.
"Okay, we're not teenagers anymore. No make out sessions." Miroku said. Kagome was waiting for Inuyasha to pull away first since she was trying to reassure him, just in case. He kissed a few more seconds and pulled away. Kagome sighed. He put his arms around her waist and pulled her to him. Kagome looked at the clock.
"I think we're just going to order some pizza so if you want to stay for dinner, that would be awesome." Miroku looked at Sango and Sango looked at Miroku.
"Sure." Miroku said. "It's about time we got to hang-out."
After dinner, they drove down to the old hang-out. After Inuyasha and Kagome got married, they had moved, but they could never sell this place. It had most of it's old things. The weapons were still there. The couch and t.v. and everything was still there. Inuyasha looked around. He would stop by this place at least once every two weeks. He wasn't about to lose his fighting abilities so he'd practice. If he ever got bored, he'd call someone to give him a challenge. Inuyasha took up his sword.
"Hey, Miroku. How about a match?"
"Okay, just one though. I got to get going."
"Alright." Miroku took up his staff. The wood was still strong. It felt good to have it in his hands. Inuyasha tried to sneak up behind him, but Miroku could hear him and countered his attack. Inuyasha had practiced, but Miroku never quit either. Sango and Kagome rolled their eyes. This would take a while. Kagome looked behind them. The couch was still there and t.v. She looked at Sango and then looked back. Sango accepted the silent invitation to have a little chat and play some cards. Kagome took out a deck of cards from the cabinet.
"So, what's been going on for you?" Sango asked.
"Nothing much. Just work, really." She said as she began shuffling the cards. "Oh, I almost forgot to tell you. You see last week, I went to the school. I was planning on just talking to Inuyasha if he wasn't to busy, but apparently. Inuyasha was telling his class about how we were when we were younger."
"Like what?"
"Like how he was a troublemaker. He was trying to get through to a student who is like how he was in school. Careless, not caring about his work, lazy... You know establishing a very common ground."
"I heard that!" Inuyasha yelled from the training/battle room. He appeared in front of the door for a second in his demon form and then launched into another attack.
"Whoa. I haven't seen him in his demon form since... that last fight Sesshomaru and him got into. Miroku must be giving him hell. "
"Trying to!"
"Anyways, but as I was saying... Whenever I arrived we were talking about how it was whenever we was there and a student asked about the rumored gangs that existed."
"We're still rumored about?"
"Apparently, and not only us, but the Assassins as well as the Wolf Clan. But anyways, Inuyasha turned into a lesson." Kagome leaned forward and whispered. "You wouldn't believe it, but he's a very good teacher."
"I know. He seems devoted to it."
"He is, but anyways..." Inuyasha and Miroku came in. Sweating and breathing heavily.
"So, who won?"
"Neither. I just wanted him to hear this story and to know what you were whispering so I couldn't hear."
"I'll tell you that later." Miroku sat in the recliner. Sango smiled and moved off of the couch and sat on his lap. Miroku stowed an arm around her waist. She could feel his breathing slow down a little. Inuyasha laid down on the couch and put his head in Kagome's lap. She smiled at him and started playing with his silver hair.. She saw his piercing golden eyes again.
"As you were saying..." Miroku said. Kagome looked up.
"Oh, yeah. We're still legends around here. There's rumors in the schools about us and the Assassins."
"Really? I thought those all died down years ago."
"Guess not, but anyways. Inuyasha was talking to a slacker about how he was and how we used to be and someone brought this up. Inuyasha turned it into a myth and legends story, which they had been studying about. Somehow, we managed to not give away any details of demons or mikos."
"Whoa, but you didn't tell them that you were the Demon Syndicate, did you?" Sango asked.
"No. They have no clue. We did drop Naraku's name." Inuyasha said
"You did what!" Miroku and Sango yelled at the same time.
"Naraku is dead. We said that he vanished. No one knows what happened to him."
"How you explain us and everything?" Miroku inquired.
"We gave little descriptions of all of our backgrounds and we only told them about when Kag was kidnaped, when the wimpy wolf accused us of attacking his clan, a "rumor" that the Stealth Assassins and Demon Syndicate destroyed the school in a battle, and the last battle with very few facts. Like we freed you and another prisoner and that Naraku disappeared."
"Whoa. It's pretty impressive that you skipped everything that was needed to be skipped and still gave it in almost full detail."
"The amazing part was that our story in a sense changed the lives of one of my students."
"How?"
"The slacker... well, they had an essay to give the story line and results of and myth or legend. He did his on the Demon Syndicate. It was complete, on time, and very precise."
"Whoa. Our rumors will probably pick back up again now that you told a bunch of highschoolers."
"Yeah. That's not a big deal. It's just amazing that I was able to help a student by tell him a "rumor" about us, but like I said 'Demon Syndicate will never fall.'" They both smiled and Miroku glanced at his watch.
"Oh, we got to go. What are you doing tomorrow?"
"I got a little grading to do, but I got all weekend for that." Inuyasha said. "I don't have to work on the weekend."
"How about you come to our place tomorrow around say... five 'o clock?"
"Sounds good. See you then." Miroku and Sango moved to leave.
"Oh, by the way, this place is ours as the gang. Don't be afraid to come here at anytime you want." They smiled.
"We can appreciate that. See you." They left. Kagome looked down into Inuyasha amber eyes. Out of nowhere she started singing.
"Whoa. Amber is the color of your energy. Whoa. Shades of gold displayed naturually." He smiled.
"It was nice to have them over."
"Yeah. It was and Sango's pregnant. It'll almost feel like having a nephew or niece." He was still laying his head in her lap.
"Oh, yeah. I have a bone to pick with you."
"What?"
"About your little comment about having a kid."
"I was joking, Inuyasha. You know that." He sighed and closed his eyes.
"I just don't know if I can believe that." She smirked. She knew he was just begging for a kiss. She pushed his head off of her lap and stood up.
"If you really think that I would go and actually do that, I don't know why we got married." She said in a false act of anger. She moved to walk off. Inuyasha stood up.
"If you walk out that door, then our marriage is washed down the drain." He said in mock anger. She glanced over her shoulder once before walking to the door and opening it. At the last moment, she would have turned around and leaned on the door frame, but Inuyasha used his demon speed to get over to her and put his arms around her waist. "I'm not about to let you ruin my life and throw our marriage down the drain." He whispered into her ear from behind. She felt him breathing in her scent. He felt a chill go down his spine. He began to kiss her neck.
"Let's get home." Kagome said. He stopped kissing her neck and nodded.
"Yes, love."
A/N: Celebration! My second fanfiction is complete! Whoa... it's aweseom that I've got so many people reading my stories and things... now for those who read it, but don't review. I urge you to do so. It's finished and done. By the way in a weel or so this story is going under so construction. I'm going to shorten it, not by taking any information out, but by squishing more chapters together. Like pushing Chapters 1 and 2 together, then 3,4,5 and so on. Hope you enjoyed this fic and you check out my other one, Fading Memories, which will be back up in buisness soon. 'Til next time, TheUltimatePrankster