College Life: Chapter 9
"So." Kagome began. "Let's go over this one more time, just to make sure I understand. Sango took advantage of you while you were drunk, and now you're back together?" Kagome asked, not believing one word of the story.
"That about sums it up." Miroku admitted.
"Sango took advantage of you? That's rich!" Kagome said through her laughter. "You must be the lamest punk ever!"
"That's exactly what I said."
"Now let's see. Who was right again? Oh, I remember, I was right. Now if only I could recall who was wrong…" Kagome joked.
Miroku shoved her lightly. "Oh shut up! I admit it, I was wrong! Does that satisfy you?"
"Maybe." Kagome said.
"Well if it doesn't I know a surefire way to satisfy you." Miroku offered, his tone changing to seductive as he wrapped his arms around Kagome's waist.
"No thanks." Kagome denied as she unhooked his arms from around her waist. "You never quit do you?"
Miroku chuckled. "Only a fool would give up on you Kags."
"Hey Miroku! Kagome!" the pair heard a baritone voice cry a little ways off. "Hey!" Kagome and Miroku shot each other a look of perplextion, because neither of them had ever seen the owner of the voice before. "I can't believe it's you! What are the odds that all three of us would go to the same college? In Russia no less!" The stranger threw an arm around the neck of either. "It's been too long!"
Miroku gently shoved the guy aside, wondering if he had some sort of mental disability. "Forgive my asking, but who the bloody hell are you?"
"Don't you recognize me? I am Kuranosuke Ida!" the man answered.
"Oh my God!" Kagome squealed, immediately hugging the man back. "You seriously go here?"
"Wouldn't be in bloody Moscow if I didn't." Kuranosuke replied. "And Miroku! What's up playa?" Miroku just stared blankly back at him. Kuranosuke laughed. "Look, I know I kind of went out on a bad note with you, but I was a stupid kid. It was three years ago, let's just forget. Are you willing?"
Miroku flashed a grin. "Sure. That sounds good." He captured Kuranosuke in a friendly hug. "How have you been dude?"
"Not too bad. Got a good part time job, go to a good school." Kuranosuke said.
"New girl?" Miroku asked, nudging his old buddy in the ribs.
"Not yet unfortunately." Kuranosuke sighed with a rueful smile. "But I still got a good fifty-seven years or so to find one. How about you? Have you finally found the right woman? You were never really much for long-term relationships."
"I'm still with Sango. Three years, with occasional gaps here and there." Miroku stated proudly.
"Awesome! Do you think you can keep up a long-distance relationship like that though?" Kuranosuke wondered out loud.
"Who said anything about long-distance? A lot of Kokurum alums go here! There's Koga, Sango, Inuyasha, plus the three of us." Miroku explained. "In fact, we should meet up with them! That way you can catch up with all of us!" Kuranosuke agreed and Miroku whipped out his cell. He called Sango and Kagome called Inuyasha. All four of them agreed to meet at The Smiling Goat pub in thirty minutes.
"Let's go." Kagome said. "We can walk slowly."
On the way to The Smiling Goat Kagome and Miroku learned that Kuranosuke was majoring in software programming and that he was working a paid internship at Cisco Systems. "How about you Kagome? What're you majoring in?" Curious Kuranosuke asked.
"Both Miroku and I are majoring in Russian Language and Literature. It's pretty interesting." Kagome replied.
"I concur." Miroku said in agreement. "This country is the coolest!"
They got to The Smiling Goat to find Sango had already arrived and ordered them drinks. "Kuranosuke!" Sango gave him a great big hug and kissed him on the cheek. "It's been forever! Last time I saw you, you were standing stock still in disbelief!"
"Yeah, I handled your breaking up with me a little immaturely didn't I? I'm sorry about all that." Kuranosuke apologized.
"Water under the bridge." Sango declared dismissing the topic with a wave of her hand. "Where have you been the past three years?"
When Miroku saw Sango kiss Kuranosuke his hand tightened into a fist instinctively. He drove any jealous thoughts from his mind; they were just friends greeting each other after a long separation. However, he also remembered that Sango was probably the most perfect girl he had ever met, and that Kuranosuke had really liked her, maybe even loved her back in high school. He was convinced that Kuranosuke wouldn't front like that, and besides, he trusted Sango more than he trusted himself. He decided to let it drop.
Kuranosuke told Sango his story and repeated it for Inuyasha when he arrived. He also learned Inuyasha was majoring in Western Civilization and was bartending at this very pub on Thursday and Friday evenings (he always managed to score the group free drinks). Sango was studying Classicalism and didn't have a job as of yet. As the hours ran on Kuranosuke updated his former friends on what he had been doing senior and part of junior year after leaving the group. Kuranosuke laughed as Miroku told him about his and Kagome's little fling summer between junior and senior years. "And you broke it off with Kagome to be with this bitch?" Kuranosuke joked, jerking his thumb at Sango. Sango drew her hand back as if to strike him lightly, but Miroku caught it and said:
"Sango before you do that you better remember I'm the jealous type. I don't want you to jeopardize our relationship by slapping anyone else."
At about three in the morning the fivesome stumbled back to their respective dorms. Miroku had gotten phone numbers from twelve women and Sango made him get rid of each one. Instead of throwing them away however, he thought it would be more productive to give them to Kuranosuke. "You know," Inuyasha said. "We ought to do this more. In fact we should go out partying every weekend! (Hic!) Just like in high (hic!) school!" All agreed.
A/N: This chapter was pretty pointless, I just wrote because I was bored, and to reintroduce Kuranosuke. I don't know if the majors will be important but I figured they might so I thought I'd add those in. I hope those reviewers who asked me to bring back Kuranosuke are happy!