Grrr! I bruised my rib or something and I got this nasty cold that won't leave me alone! and I'm positive it's not my allergies because my allergy medicine isn't even working. Besides I got my friends Chan and Sango sick too. Wah!
Disclaimer: I have no idea what disclaimers are for but I just feel like putting one up. Besides, I own no characters in here except Suzu. Aw such a cute little fox cub demon!
Anyway, enjoy chappie 5!
Chapter 5: Morning Mayhem
Sango had an excellent night with Miroku. He had walked her up to her apartment building, saying it would be too hard to say goodbye at her home and she agreed. He has kissed her hand goodbye and left. They agreed to see each other again in school at lunch. Sango couldn't help but giggle as she sniffed the rose Miroku bought her on their way home. "I wonder how InuYasha's date went…?" she wondered aloud as unlocked her apartment door and went inside. She was greeted by her younger brother Kohaku. "Hey sister, how'd it go?" he asked. "…" Sango only blushed and giggled. "Did he kiss you?" Kohaku asked, suddenly very interested on how things went if it got Sango this elated.
"No he didn't and I respect him for that," Sango twirled on her foot and danced all the way to her room. She shut her door rather loudly leaving Kohaku's imagination on how her date went. She leaned against the door lightly spinning the rose stem between two fingers. She put it down on her clean desk so it could dry out and she could keep it for as long as she wanted to. She turned on her radio and sat on her bed and looked around the room unsure of what to do next. Her room wasn't messy but wasn't really even clean. Her bed was made, a dark burgundy comforter, black pillows and her pet decorated her bed. Her walls were covered with posters of anime and bands. But what covered practically all the spaces of her walls were photographs of her and InuYasha. A few photos had InuYasha and Kikyou.
She took one down and looked at it. InuYasha was standing behind Kikyou; arms draped lightly around her shoulders and held her close. His chin rested in her hair tilted to the side. He looked a lot taller than her but he really wasn't. He was standing on a bench behind her. Kikyou was leaning into InuYasha her arms up around his head rubbing his soft velvet dog ears between her fingers. InuYasha looked extremely happy and so did Kikyou. They were perfect together and Sango couldn't help but wonder why Kikyou had dumped InuYasha in the first place. It was also a mystery around the school seeing they were one of the most popular couples in the school. They had been together for three years or even longer with hardly any fights.
Sango put the photo back in its place and plopped back onto the bed causing her 'room mate' to stir and meow. "Salutations Kirara," Sango giggled picking Kirara up and snuggled her. "Have you been a good kitty?" she asked. Kirara meowed and yawned lazily. Sango kissed the limp half asleep twin tailed cat on the head. Kirara squirmed out of her hands and curled up in her lap and snoozed. "Kirara you're no fun," Sango joked laying down with Kirara by her head and fell asleep.
Miroku slid the door shut and removed his shoes. He looked down at the napkin in his hand. He had gotten Sango's phone number and email address. It was a definite yes that they were going to see each other again. This bet is easier than I thought. Not only will I get the girl of my dreams but get money out of it. Smiling he walked through the house and into the kitchen where he retrieved a glass of water. "Hello Ms. Higurashi," he greeted her with a hug. She was still washing the dishes. "Hello dear; did your date go well?" she asked as Miroku let go and sat at the table. "Went perfectly well, we exchanged phone numbers and email addresses," Miroku explained.
"I wish I could say the same for Kagome," Ms. Higurashi sighed as she dried her hands. "Is she home?" asked Miroku as he watched her join him across the table. "Yes. She's in her room," Ms. Higurashi pointed up to the ceiling where Kagome's room was above. "Can you call her down?" Miroku asked looking up. "Why certainly," Ms. Higurashi nodded as she looked up at the ceiling. "Kagome dear! Your friends on the phone!" She lied. Miroku raised an eyebrow. "You don't have to lie you know," Miroku whispered as Kagome's foot steps could be heard. It reminded Miroku of thunder. Ms. Higurashi only faintly smiled and shrugged as Kagome came in. She was royally pissed off. "Liar!" she suddenly screamed causing the two to jump in their seats as Kagome's eyes shifted from one to the other. "…?" Miroku looked confused, but he really wasn't. "No one's on the phone! I didn't hear it ring!" Kagome shook her pointed finger furiously like an insane woman. Miroku looked at her wide eyed like he was saying "okaayyy…" Kagome stared at them before lightly shaking her head as though clearing her mind. "I'm going to bed…" she sighed as she left; shoulders slumped and went to her room. They heard her bedroom door slam shut.
"I'll go talk to her," Miroku broke the silence and excused himself and went up to Kagome. "Kagome?" he knocked on her door. "What?" Kagome voice came through. "May I come in?" He asked, already turning the door knob. "Always open," Kagome sighed and Miroku opened the door and went inside and shut it behind him. Kagome was at her desk, bent over her school books in 'study' and headphones behind her ears. Miroku could faintly hear Final Fantasy which then stopped and changed to Ayumi Hamasaki. "Hey Kagome what are you up to?" Miroku asked even though the answer was obvious. "Studying," Kagome answered dully but Miroku could tell she was greatly annoyed. "Studying what?" Miroku asked sitting on her bed leaning onto his hands. "Math," Kagome answered sticking to one simple worded answer. She didn't want to give away that she had a bad night. A little too late for that. "
"How is it going so far?"
"Good."
"Is there an exam tomorrow?"
"No."
"Then why do you need to study?"
"Because."
"Are you annoyed?"
"Yes."
"At me?"
"No."
"Did your date go well?"
Kagome stopped. Do I say yes or no? I don't want him to think I'm not as happy as he wants me to be. Besides, I won't lose to this bet. Kagome made up her mind and nodded. "Really? Where'd you two go and did you have fun?" Miroku continued to ask questions. Kagome's eye twitched when InuYasha's face and his stupid cigarette flashed in her mind. She could just hear him calling her a bitch. "We didn't eat. We weren't that hungry so we just went to the park instead," Kagome continued to lie as she flipped the page of her math book. "What's your date's name?" Miroku asked taking Kagome's teddy bear and fiddling with the ears. "You already know his name and so I won't tell you," Kagome said coolly as she lazily turned another page. "I'll tell you my dates name," Miroku bribed now pulling at the bears pink bow. A high squeal came out of Suzu's mouth as she cautiously swatted at the pink bow Miroku was fiddling with. "I don't know and I don't really care," Kagome was now getting angry again. Why the hell is Miroku asking me a bunch of questions? Kagome flipped another page rather hard and it teared a little. Seeing Miroku minutes ago calmed her but now he was getting on her nerves. His voice suddenly reminded her of nails against a chalk bored and she gritted her teeth.
"Are you sure? You may know her. She surely knows you," Miroku said. Kagome's eyebrow twitched and she gritted her teeth again. Nails against a board… she thought as she slowly turned in her chair. "Miroku," she began her voice low and menacing. Miroku looked at her innocently. "Get out of my room," Kagome said her voice cold and empty. It gave Miroku the chills. Miroku stood up placing the bear and Suzu on the bed. "Can do," Miroku left after he patted Kagome on the head and pinched her nose. The girl sat there a blank expression on her face as Suzu went to the door as Miroku shut it. She yelped quietly and placed a furry white paw on the door.
Miroku went to his room down the hall from Kagome's. It was the biggest room in the house but it was the same as Kagome because it was divided in half. One side was his and the others were Sota's. Sota's side mainly anything dealing with soccer while Miroku's was random. Posters of shows he watches and bands he listens to and a girl or two. He photos of his past families and a large family portrait of him and the Higurashi's. Kagome's family was and still is the longest family he has ever been with. He has known Kagome for 5 years now. If anyone could see his room they would get the impression of an average guy. But half the things Miroku had were stolen and a few things said false things about him.
Souta wasn't there and Miroku was glad. He lied down on his bed and took out his cell phone from his side pocket and dialed Sango's number. The phone rang 5 times before Sango answered.
"Moshi is this Sango?"
"Yes. Miroku is that you?"
"How did you know?"
"For one thing your voice and another I already put your number in my phone."
"I haven't gotten to that yet. I just called to see how things are and I'm bored."
"Same here. I really had fun tonight," Sango giggled. "So did I. So what are you doing?" Miroku asked, looking up at his ceiling. "I'm watching my pet play," Sango answered. "What kind of pet do you have?" Miroku tried making conversation. "A twin tailed cat. Her name's Kirara," Sango cooed Kirara and Miroku smiled. So cute… he sighed silently.
With Sango…
Sango leaned on her pillows that she propped against her wall. Kirara was playing with a toy mouse Sango was tossing around on a string. "What about you? Do you have any pets of any kind?" Sango asked as Kirara dove off the bed after the mouse and landed with a thump.
"Our family has a fat calico named Buyo and my foster sister just got a fox cub named she proudly and in a squeaky voice Suzu."
"That's a cute name," Sango was little jealous of the foster sister who had the kitsune.
"So is your name," Miroku teased. Sango blushed and giggled. "You're cuter," Sango teased back. A feeling of strong happiness came over her and she became really relaxed. She sighed as Kirara climbed into her lap chewing on the mouse. She began petting her as She and Miroku got into a deep conversation.
Back with our favorite hanyou…
InuYasha was perfectly well even with all the things that went on that night. That girl really did look a lighter with that dull silver coat. He was relaxing on his bed looking up at the ceiling. His boom box nearly full blast. It pounded his ear drums but it drowned out his unwanted thoughts. Sango hadn't called him yet and it was pass ten. She always called at ten and they'd end up talking pass midnight. He readjusted his position and placed his hands behind his head. On the ceiling were photos of him and Kikyou. He hadn't taken then down yet and currently had no desire to. After all, Kikyou was the one who dumped him a week ago. He still had lingering feelings for her. "Damn her to hell…" InuYasha growled as he rolled over to face the wall and even with the loud music, drifted off to sleep.
InuYasha woke the next morning to hear that his boom box was off. He could hear the shower running and loud thumping noises. Already in a foul mood InuYasha buried his head in his blue pillow.
"InuYasha wake up!" Sango banged her fist against the apartment door. They were going to be late for school and Sango was going to miss her second meeting with Miroku. She wasn't completely ready yet. Her hair was brushed but was put in a sloppy braid. She didn't have time to put on her lotion yet on either, her shoes made her heel hurt since they weren't on all the way. Her crooked skirt made her feel uncomfortable.
Her story: She was up all night on the phone until it died on her with Miroku. At the most, she had 4 hours of sleep.
"InuYasha wake up you lazy ass!" Sango continued to yell. "I am up you Idgit!" InuYasha yelled through the door. "Then what's taking you so long?" Sango said loudly. "We're gonna be late!" She stomped her foot as she tried putting it on right. "Then go on without me!" InuYasha yelled back his voice a little muffled.
"Not without you!"
"I'm not even dressed yet!"
Sango tried opening the door but it was locked. She jumped a little when InuYasha's mom opened it for her. "G'morning Izayoi-sama," Sango quickly bowed and brushed past her to InuYasha's room. With a frustrated sigh she barged in. Sure enough InuYasha only had his pants on. "Hey!" InuYasha yelled in surprise as he stood up right. "Hurry up; get dressed!" Sango commanded as she grabbed InuYasha's shirt. "I was!" InuYasha snatched the shirt from her and pulled it over his head. "There are you happy?" InuYasha hissed as he grabbed a hair tie. "Yeah very much," Sango growled sarcastically as she briskly followed him out of the room. Shoving his feet into his shoes he kissed his mom good bye as she handed him toast. "Bye Izayoi-sama," Sango bowed again and followed after InuYasha.
"Here, braid my hair," InuYasha handed Sango his hair tie. "It's already brushed." Sango took it and began to braid his hair. "Stop walking so fast!" she hissed.
"You're the one who's complaining about being late!"
"Whatever!" Sango jerked on his hair.
"Ow!"
"Stop moving so much and that would not have happened!"
"Shut up!" InuYasha snapped as the two got closer to the school and Sango finished his hair. She undid her braid and combed it out with her fingers. She then put it up in a ponytail and brought the scrunchie down to her waist. "Stupid skirt," She grumbled as she straightened it. InuYasha glanced at her and blushed. He shoved the rest of his toast into his mouth to stop himself from talking.
The two ran into the school and looked around. Most of the students were already in class waiting for their teacher while others were lounging around or eating breakfast in the cafeteria. Glaring at each other the two gave each other the finger before taking different routes.
InuYasha went to the cafeteria, where he always went in the morning. He had 25 minutes to eat and relax. Damn it, why was Sango so worked up about being late? InuYasha thought as he cut in front a group of chatting girls waiting in line for food. They hadn't noticed InuYasha even when he stole their tray that was sitting next to them. "Keh, stupid gits," InuYasha smirked as he grabbed random foods, filling up the tray to almost the point where he had to get another one. He paid for his food, costing him over 5 dollars.
As usual people stared at him and whispered about how much food he had bought. He ignored them the best he could and sat down at his usual seat in the corner of the room. He stared at the tray of food and frowned slightly like he was trying to remember something. Damn it! Forgot Sango and Kikyou aren't with me; guess I'll be eating this all by myself. He thought as he started to eat as much as he could. He watched the group of girls he had stolen the tray from. "Hey! Where'd my food go?" A girl clad in pink asked loudly to her friends who were as confused and shocked as she was. InuYasha shoved an entire chocolate muffin in his mouth to stop from laughing.
"Oh that's so mature InuYasha," a voice said coldly beside him. "Mmf?" InuYasha looked up and gulped nearly choking on the muffin and swallowed the rest with ease. Kikyou was standing there with her arms crossed. Her eyebrows were slightly furrowed. Great she's going to blame everything that went wrong between us on me. InuYasha groaned as he waited for the upcoming yells. But to much to his surprise, Kikyou didn't yell or anything but sat down next to him. "What are you doing?" he asked with suspicion. "You're up to something, I can tell with that look in your eye," InuYasha's own gold eyes narrowed at her. She looked mesmeric to InuYasha. Her hair was up in a high ponytail and she had curled her hair at the end. Her ears sported black barbed earrings. She had a white tight shirt with a black jean jacket. It was what she wore when she broke up with him. "What are you doing?" InuYasha asked again as Kikyou took one of the three milk cartons. "Is it not obvious? I'm eating with you as I always do," she explained as she drank from the carton. "You didn't come over the past week," InuYasha snapped. "Why come now?" He asked. Kikyou reached over to grab an apple. She looked seductively at InuYasha with her eyes and purposefully made sure he would a good look at her cleavage. (Even if it was for a few seconds) She grinned faintly at InuYasha's reaction. He blushed furiously and would've said something if someone hadn't butted in. "Really InuYasha, looking at other girls right in front of me?" a new voice asked in irritation and false jealousy. InuYasha looked up again the blush slowly faded away. Kagome had shown up her arms were also crossed. Kikyou sat back down in her seat with a smug look on her face. "Kikyou why are you flirting with him?" Kagome asked taking a seat next to InuYasha. Stunned slightly at Kagome's interest, Kikyou only chewed on the apple. And you," Kagome's eyes darted over to InuYasha. "Why are you goggling at her boobs for huh?" Kagome asked rather loudly. The hanyou blinked confusedly at her. "What?" he asked harshly. Kagome frowned at him.
"…" Kikyou examined the apple. "I see," she said peacefully. She placed the apple on the table and stood up and brushed what crumbs that were on her shirt and pants. "Now if you excuse me," she turned and walked away. As soon as she was out ear shot InuYasha turned back to Kagome. "What are you doing here?" he hissed. "You can't just ignore me through the 3 months," Kagome took the apple Kikyou was eating and started to eat it herself.
"I have for the last three years," InuYasha said as he took the apple back. "And I'll keep ignoring you for the rest of the years of my life," he continued as Kagome watched the apple go into his mouth. She tried to laugh as he bit off a chunk where Kikyou and Kagome had bitten off. InuYasha eyed her distrustfully and swallowed. "What?" he asked with another mouth full of apple. "Nothing," Kagome sighed innocently taking two mini-muffins. "Just want to know why you have too much food," she said as she shifted around the foods. "I share food with Sango and Kikyou," InuYasha answered reaching the core of the apple. "So…where is this Sango?" Kagome asked having her fill of food.
"None of your damned business."
"Suit your self," Kagome stood up to leave wiping down her jean skirt to rid of the crumbs. "Oh and by the way: instead of actually eating that apple, I spit on it," Kagome revealed why she was giggling earlier. She walked away laughing when she saw InuYasha's eye twitch as he swallowed the rest of the apple. He gulped again and looked like he was going to be sick. "Guess I'll see you when I see you!" She mimicked what InuYasha had said the night before and went to find Miroku. But much to her dismay the bell for class had rung and she had to leave.
InuYasha shoved a remaining muffin down his throat before he threw the rest of the untouched food away. That was a waste of money and 15 minutes of my life. He keh'd as he walked around other students quickly to get to class.
He took his usual seat in the back. Their teacher's hearing wasn't that great and so whispering was an option. And his soft heart made it easy for his students to walk over him. InuYasha took this to his advantage and spent a large majority sleeping or talking to Sango. Where is Sango? He wondered looking around the room and laying his eyes to the empty seat next to him. He sat in the corner against the wall. He and Sango, aside from talking or sleeping, cuddled with each other in the corner ("You two make such a cute couple!" commented their teacher) all through class. Sango didn't come in even when the tardy bell rang.
The teacher hadn't noticed and when he had his back to the class as he wrote on the board, Sango silently slipped in to the room and took her seat next to InuYasha. "Hey," she whispered slightly out of breath. She took out two pens and a notebook and put her side bag on the floor next to her. InuYasha glared at her then opened his notebook. 5 minutes went by and Sango turned to talk to him.
"Sorry I was late," She apologized to him tapping her pen. "Keh," InuYasha responded sheepishly. "What took you so long anyway?" he asked leaning his chair onto two legs. "I was talking to Miroku," Sango explained as she glanced up at the board.
"Who?"
"My match. His name's Miroku."
"So?"
"What bout your match? How are things with her?"
InuYasha thought a moment. Sango gets really competitive and the last thing I need to hear is her gloating about how well things are with her that she'll be 200 dollars richer. And before InuYasha realized it, he was lying. "Probably better than yours," he smirked. "…" Sango pursed her lip and looked out of the corner of her eye. "Really," she said daringly.InuYasha hid his gulp; he knew what was going to happen. Sango was going to challenge him. Sango looked at him and grinned evilly. "What?" he asked cautiously. "Nothing," Sango leaned back into her chair, twirling her pencil. "Don't nothing me, I know that look in your eye," InuYasha leaned closer to Sango trying to get it out of her. "You'll find out soon enough," Sango sighed leaning onto InuYasha as he reclined back into the corner. "Keh," InuYasha coughed and looked up at the teacher as he taught about history. This lesson was about the Tale of the Bamboo cutter and the Celestial Maiden. Not like he hadn't heard of it many times before…he drifted into a light sleep.
InuYasha's dream…
InuYasha yawned loudly as he watched the teacher walk around the room talking about the celestial maiden. All he could hear was "blah, blah, blah, and blah blah blah blah." Nothing was making sense to him. He looked down at Sango who had her back against his chest her arms crossed and she was staring off into another world. Feeling tired he closed his eyes. "Hey!" something jabbed his stomach. "Don't fall asleep!" the voice said as InuYasha opened his eyes. Kagome had taken Sango's spot. But Sango was now resting on InuYasha's other side. "Where'd you come from?" he asked Kagome. As though she didn't hear him, she reached into her pocket and somehow pulled out a muffin the size of her head. "Muffin?" she asked sweetly offering it to him. InuYasha's mind said no but his mouth said yes. He took it and bit into it. "Thanks," he mumbled dully. Kagome smiled and leaned against him. No sooner than he swallow a piece did Kagome say something again. She stood up and put her hands on her hips. "Hey!" she snapped. "What?" InuYasha asked. Kagome stomped her foot. "How dare you go off without me?" Kagome screamed. "What?" InuYasha said again eye brows furrowing in confusion.
"Don't what me! I just saw you walk out of the room!" Kagome accused pointing out of the classroom. "No, I was right here," InuYasha pointed to the floor underneath him. "InuYasha, babe, you shouldn't lie to her," a new voice beside him suggested in a soothing voice. InuYasha looked to where Sango should've been and saw a woman he didn't know. "Who are you?" InuYasha asked his voice pitch rising. "Don't you know me?" The woman asked with a cute pout. "I'm Cho!" she reminded him, running a finger along his jaw line. InuYasha's looked at wide eyed and confused. What the hell is she doing? "Celestial Maiden Cho!" Cho looked up at him with sparkling purple eyes. Kagome growled. "How could you forget your own wife InuYasha?" Kagome asked in out rage. "Wife?" InuYasha jumped up in his chair. "I have a wife? What the hell is going on?"
"Oh but Sweetie, don't forget about our daughters!" Cho stood up and laced her slender arms around InuYasha. InuYasha's eyes went wider as Kagome beamed up at him when Kikyou joined her at her side. Kikyou was smiling too. "Oh and InuYasha we something to tell you," Kikyou began as Sango appeared and stood between them. They looked at each and started giggling. Then, looking between Cho and InuYasha they linked arms. "We're all getting married!" they blurted out and then joined into a circle holding hands. They started jumping up and down screaming in laughter. "Isn't that great Sweetie?" Cho asked InuYasha. The hanyou stared down at Cho. Her skin was pale and her hair was dark purple and so were her eyes. "Our daughters Kikyou and Kagome are getting married! And to Sango none the less!" Cho beamed with pride and joy.
Unable to take all this in and in pure confusion and shock, InuYasha felt himself falling. "Oh!" Kagome, Cho, Sango, and Kikyou stepped out of the way in surprise as InuYasha fell to the floor…
InuYasha jerked violently causing Sango to jump too as he gasped. "…?" Sango looked up at him her eyebrows raised. "What?" she asked in a whisper. A few other classmates turned to see what happened but turned back around again. "N-nothing," InuYasha stuttered as he pulled Sango back into his lap so she couldn't see him blush. Kami that was weird… InuYasha sighed, now too awake to fall back asleep again. He looked up at the clock. Five minutes were left in the class. He turned back to listening to the teacher who was now talking about dragons. "So…when the comet collided with the earth the dragons had no where to go but into the ocean. As the land seemed dead with nothing to eat, dragons hunted and lived under water. They adapted well to their new habitat, their feet became webbed and their wing size decreased," The teacher pulled out a large board with a drawing of a dragon. "Their bodies became pole like shaped and tails developed a flat like flipper along it to help them swim. After centuries of the earth repairing its self dragons moved out onto land. On the continent of-" the teacher stopped as the bell rang. "Ah, we'll continue next period," the teacher gathered his stuff and left as another teacher came in. She put her belongings on the now bare desk. "You two, in the back, keep off each other," she said casually to InuYasha and Sango, who both groaned and leaned on their desks. "Alright," the teacher clapped her hands. "All rise!" she instructed and the whole class stood up. "…and bow!" she continued and the class bowed. "Sit," the teacher sat as the class sat. "Today's lesson…" the teacher stood up and went up to the board and started drawing a series of graphs and a long list of equations. The class groaned. InuYasha leaned over to Sango. "When is Yumada-sensei going to move onto something else?" he whispered. "Hey!" Yumada hissed to InuYasha. "No talking!" she snapped and continued to write on the board.
A/N: (sighs) ah…I feel satisfied. A page or so shorter than the last chapter but at least I finished. I had to change it a lot because the original (on paper) I didn't like so I added the dream and didn't have Kagome give a series of poor insults to Kikyou at breakfast. Well anyway…thought I'd note that there is no uniform in their school. But, to give it a more "Japanese" feel I'm having the teachers move around to class instead of the students. (Why can't America be like that?) But…to the true reason for this authors note…
Snoochie: Glad I could make the chapter longer for you! And there's a lot more comedic misfortune for Kagome and InuYasha to come:p!
TheChanMan: Yeah, yeah, you're proud now but Snoochie may beat you someday to the review. I bet she will 'cause you hardly go on the 'net anyway. (Kiss, kiss!)
Kiernan, Kailie, and JJR: Thanks for reviewing! Oh and JJ, I couldn't find your InuYasha fic so I couldn't review for that, and I didn't get a chance to read your HP fic. (Mean mommy monster kicked me off so she could work of the bills and stuff at the new house. Boo mommy monster!) But I'll be sure to read it next time! And I'm looking forward to your Adventures of Mary Sue fic!
Thanks again to all the reviewers! Well…on to Chapter 6! (Wow! I can't believe how far I've gotten!)
LadyDragonStar
P.S Did any one else see that documentary of dragons on Animal Planet a few weeks back? Just wondering 'cause I wanna see if they have it on DVD/video 'cause they put Walking with Dinosaurs on video/DVD. Me want more dragons!