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10 Things You Hate About Me

Chapter 3: Let Me Count the Ways

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"Yo, girl," Renkotsu called, approaching Tsubaki as she got some water and began to walk away.

"What?" she asked him sharply.

"Cold," he muttered. "So, how might you be?"

"Sweating like a pig, actually, and yourself?" she asked offhandedly, hoping to detour her annoyance.

"That's new," he replied, easily keeping up with her pace. "But a way to get a guys attention, if I can use myself as an example."

"My goal in life, but I seemed to have struck your fancy, ah! The world makes sense again!" she remarked sarcastically. "What do you want?"

"How about dinner, or something?" he inquired.

"Do you even know my name?" she asked him, eyeing him suspiciously.

He nodded. "I know a bit more than you think."

"I doubt that. Come on, Kikyou!" she called over his head, trying to get to her sister.

Kikyou walked over and they left two rather puzzled guys standing there, watching after them in wonderment.

"She seemed nice, but… she said no," Suikotsu told him.

Renkotsu rolled his eyes. "This is going to be harder than we thought."

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Inuyasha looked up nervously; walking over to the two guys Naraku was paying.

"Uh… I know what you're trying to do with those sisters," he started.

They both looked at him, with a combination of amusement and annoyance. "What's it to you?" the taller, bald one asked.

"Uh, no, its just that my friend Inuyasha here has a thing for Kagome, their sister. And we want to help you so he can date her," Miroku interrupted.

Suikotsu smirked. "What is it with this Kagome chick?" he asked Renkotsu curiously.

"Beer-flavored nipples?" Renkotsu replied, then looking back at the two underclassmen before him. "Okay, find some shit out for us. When you get it, find us."

Miroku nodded and they hurried off. Inuyasha broke away from Miroku when he saw Kagome talking to her friends.

"Hey, Kagome, can I talk to you?" he asked, distracting her from the other girls she was with.

"What is it?" she asked him, looking a little worried while nodding.

He leaned down to whisper in her ear and she nodded.

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"I can't believe we're doing this. You're lucky my grandpa isn't home," Kagome told Inuyasha as she riffled around through her sister's things. She muttered to herself, pulling them out and reading them. "Concert tickets… concert flyer…"

Inuyasha nodded, not really wanting to touch anything in the room.

"Ah-ha!" she cried as she straightened herself from looking in one of the drawers. "Black panties!"

Inuyasha blinked, a flush growing across his face. "What?"

"You don't buy black lingerie unless you want somebody to see it," she explained, giggling. "So they DON'T want to die virgins."

"O-okay…" he mumbled.

"Let's go, I think I hear Gramps," she said, opening a window and forcing him out.

They walked to the park and Kagome, still holding a notebook from school, scribbled down some things that Inuyasha would need.

"There, I hope that helps. Bye!" she said, ripping out a yellow sheet of paper, handing it to him, and running off.

He looked over the paper, then walked off to find Miroku.

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They looked around the bar, feeling out of place until they found who they were looking for. Inuyasha walked over, shoving the list into Renkotsu's hand. "Here. They like Thai food, medical research, Stephan King, political activism, indie rock of the female persuasion, particularly Eisley, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Garbage… there's a lot more but that's all I can remember," Inuyasha told them.

Suikotsu laughed a little. "This is gonna be harder than you thought, eh, Renkotsu?" he asked.

Renkotsu stuffed his cigarette butt into an ashtray. "Can't be too hard for you. I mean, she actually likes you.This Tsubaki chick hates my guts."

Suikotsu grimaced. "That's because you're the one getting paid. I don't really care. You can have the money, Kikyou's cool."

Renkotsu rolled his eyes. "Fine by me. Twice the profit, half the effort."

Miroku sighed. "Okay, you know what you need to. Ever heard of Ace's Basement?"

They nodded. "We don't go there…" Renkotsu said immediately. "Too… Emo."

Inuyasha glared. "Their favorite band is playing, just go and be seen by them, and then leave a few minutes later. Not THAT hard," he growled.

Suikotsu shrugged a little and Renkotsu relented. "Fine, we'll put in a 15 minute stay. But don't expect anything else," he snapped.

They nodded and started away, and then Miroku turned around.

"Hiten's throwing a party Friday night, if you can, invite them along. It'll be fun…" he told them with a smirk.

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Tsubaki and Kikyou gazed at the guitar. Both reached for it, but Kikyou got it first. Sighing in displeasure, Tsubaki went to look at other things. When they finally left the store they noticed two all-too-familiar figures at their car.

"What are you doing?" Tsubaki asked harshly.

Kikyou turned away from Tsubaki and smiled at the other guy on the scene, greeting him quietly. "Hello, Suikotsu."

"Hey Kikyou…"

Renkotsu tilted his head a little. "Oh, nothing, we were just over there at the Laundromat and saw your car and thought we'd come over and say hey, right Suikotsu?" he asked looking up at his companion.

Suikotsu confirmed his tale, but just Tsubaki shoved Renkotsu away from her door and opened it, getting in. "Come on Kikyou," she demanded.

Kikyou nodded. "I'll see you later then?"

"Of course," he replied kindly.

Renkotsu leaned down. "Listen…Tsubaki, I was wondering…" he started smugly before a car pulled up behind the car, loud music interrupting his sentence.

Tsubaki looked out of her mirror. "What is this? Dicks of America day? Do you mind!" she snapped at Naraku as he absently walked out of his convertible and towards the sidewalk.

"Not at all," he answered.

Tsubaki growled, shifting the car into reverse and hitting the gas, ramming her clunker into the door-panel of Naraku's pretty red car. The impact had left a long gash in the side and Naraku looked like he was about to choke.

"YOU STUPID BITCH! What have you done to my CAR!" he shouted.

Renkotsu leaned against a far wall, having backed up while all of this was occurring, and was trying hard not to laugh. Suikotsu was clapping slightly, and Tsubaki peeked out her window.

"Whoops…" she said with an innocent smile.

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"Whoops? WHOOPS!" Grandpa Higurashi exclaimed. "My insurance does not cover PMS!"

Tsubaki giggled. "Tell them I had a seizure. Or that Kikyou was choking and I was trying to give her the Heimlich Maneuver, or something."

Kagome walked in with the phone in one hand, trying desperately to remain calm. "WHAT did you do to Naraku's car?"

"Maimed it," Kikyou replied coolly as they started away.

"Has the fact that you two are completely psycho managed to escape your attention?" she asked them angrily.

They shook their heads in response. "Nope."

"Ugh!" Kagome exclaimed, hitting her palm into her face in exasperation.

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Finally, its FINISHED! YEEEEEEES!