Chapter Twelve: Let's Play a Game

Miroku and Sango were sitting on her bed when they heard a thump coming from downstairs.

"What's that?" Sango stood up and walked towards the door.

"I'll go check." As soon as Sango had opened the door, Miroku disappeared outside.

"Hey, I'm coming too!" Sango followed Miroku.

The two of them descended down the stairway and saw Kikyou, Inuyasha, Kagome, and Kouga standing there.

"Oh, here come two more!" Kikyou said sarcastically. "I swear, Sango, had you come five minutes earlier…"

"We heard a thump coming from down here so we came to check it out," Miroku explained.

Kagome snorted.

"I know where that thump came from," Kouga smirked.

Kikyou reached across and smacked Kouga on the head, hard.

"Owww!" Kouga held his head and grimaced in pain.

"Bad Kouga!" Kikyou scolded. "And don't you dare breathe a word about what just—"

"Happened?" Sango finished.

"Don't ask, Sango. Just don't." Kikyou was trying to keep herself together.

Inuyasha stayed to the side giggling.

The front door opened and in came Kohaku and Rin.

"Kohaku!" Sango said happily. "You're back!"

"Yeah, sis, we're back," he smiled.

"Where'd you go?" Sango looked from Kohaku to Rin, then from Rin to Kohaku. "Um, never mind."

"Hey, everyone's back from their honeymoons!" A giggly Ayame stepped out from the kitchen.

Everyone looked around and stared at each other awkwardly for a while, all except for Ayame, who was grinning from ear to ear. "How about a nice little game?" she suggested with a hint of mischief in her voice.

"What kind of a game?" Rin asked excitedly.

"A board game perhaps?" Miroku suggested.

Ayame shook her head and went back into the kitchen. "No, you guys stay here," she said as the others began to follow her.

Everyone was a little nervous to see what Ayame had planned. She was a hopeless romantic, never being able to find true love herself, but trying to find it for almost everyone else.

"Look everyone!"

Everyone turned to look at Ayame as she walked out of the kitchen, looking quite proud of herself. She held an empty soda bottle in her hand.

"Oh no…" Kagome muttered.

"Don't tell me that we're…" Sango half-glared at the beaming Ayame.

"Yep! We're playing spin the bottle!"

Everyone groaned.

"Please tell me we aren't doing this…" Kikyou grumbled.

"Can we have a choice not to play?" Inuyasha raised his hand like a student in a classroom.

Ayame shook her head. "Nope, you all must participate," she said evilly.

A groan escaped from everyone's mouths again.

'How could Ayame do this…' Sango thought.

'Ugh, this is so not a good idea…' Kagome was annoyed too.

'Ayame is SO dying tomorrow…' Kikyou was the most annoyed.

"I won't be playing, so it'll be an even number." Ayame handed the bottle off to the person who was closest to her, which happened to be Miroku. "Here, Miroku. Take the bottle. Now, all of you must sit in a circle! Come on, you can't tell me that you've never played this game before."

A couple of the lied and said that they hadn't just so they could stall time.

"Fine then." Ayame went over and grabbed Kouga on the arm.

"Hey!" Kouga growled.

"Calm down, I'm only placing you guys right now." Ayame led Kouga to a large empty space. "You, sit there." She pointed at the ground and Kouga obeyed.

Inuyasha laughed.

"You," Ayame turned to look at Inuyasha. "You're next. Come over here and sit next to Kouga."

Inuyasha groaned, but listened and sat to the right of Kouga.

"Next, Miroku." Ayame said the names like she was reading off of an attendance sheet.

"Kikyou, Kagome, and Sango."

As the three girls went to sit in their places, Ayame turned to Kohaku and Rin. "I don't think that I should put you in this game just yet. Maybe when you're a bit older." She winked. "What do you guys want to do?"

Both of them shrugged. Kohaku turned to Rin. "I guess we could go back outside. It was pretty peaceful there."

Rin nodded. "Okay!"

And with that, the two of them went outside once again, both looking equally gleeful and not caring that they weren't going to get a chance to participate in this 'game' that Ayame had set up.

After the two of them exited the house, Ayame turned back to the group. "Okay, now, Miroku. Let's go."

Ayame: Well, now, isn't this fun! -grins-

Everyone else: -rolls eyes and groans-

Kyo-chan: n.n;;