Chapter 8 of Dateless
A/N: Stupid fish jumped out of the bucket while I was cleaning its tank. Good thing I found it on the floor before it died. Stupid loach…
DISCLAIMER: Everything in InuYasha belongs to Rumiko-sensei. But the fan fiction idea is mine. Steal, I report. (Unless you ask permission…nicely.)
Chapter 8: Sugar Rush (Yeah, the white stuff. You know the pink packets in restaurants that make you all "Whoop!") Packets vary in color.
"Kami…" Kagome breathed as she and InuYasha entered the dance club. Lights blinded her and she thought the loud music was going to make her ears bleed. She covered her ears and looked at InuYasha. He was baring his fangs and his ears were flat against his head.
Kagome was about to step forward when two over enthusiastic girls jumped out in front of her and InuYasha. "Welcome to Dark Moon Club!" they squealed like cheer leaders.
"Eh?" Kagome thought they were going to lunge at her and InuYasha as they jumped closer. She took a step back.
"Oh don't be so shy!" they pouted, throwing a necklace of beads around her neck. Kagome looked up at InuYasha; he was being pawed over by two other girls just like the ones that were greeting Kagome. "Come on! Join the fun!" the girls laughed, putting more necklaces around her neck.
InuYasha growled as two girls put beads around his neck. "Come on hottie, don't be shy! Come in! Dance with us!" They tugged at his wrists. He wanted so much to hit them, but he never hit girls.
"Let go!" he yelled at them, but they didn't listen. "Ouch! That hurt!" He cried as their grip on his wrists tightened.
"Why come alone? You dance with us! Not by yourself!" The girls squealed. Kagome slipped away from the two girls who were bothering her. They had pounced on another defenseless group who entered. "Phew…" She sighed. "InuYasha?" she noticed InuYasha wasn't next to her anymore. "Oh great he ditched me! That jerk!" Kagome stomped her foot and looked around. "Now what?"
"Ow! Bitches let go of me!" InuYasha yelled as the two girls tried to pull him onto the dance floor.
"Dance with us! Dance with us!" they chanted, eyes seeming to glow with optimistic evil.
"Hey!" InuYasha looked over his shoulder for help from Kagome but she wasn't there. "Damn it!" He cursed. InuYasha felt helpless. He didn't want to make a scene or else Kagome would show up and shout in his face for a being an attention addict, so he couldn't hurt the girls. Next thing InuYasha knew was he was standing and the girls were dancing around him.
"Join us! Join us!" They chorused. InuYasha looked around for a familiar face. Sango was in the same building, she had to see him. It wasn't hard to spot a guy with silver hair and dog ears. Right? He noticed surrounding people with uncommon hair color. Dyed no doubt, like something straight out of an anime. That meant he wasn't going to be the only one with silver hair. But his was real, was it easy to spot someone with real silver hair? It was easy to spot wigs.
"Hey! Where are you?" InuYasha yelled into the air, hoping Kagome would hear him. He looked around and noticed the girls weren't really paying attention to him. Maybe I can slip away…InuYasha made sure that their backs were facing him, but he cringed were they pushed their ass' against his hips. He silently and slowly slid away, hoping they'd think he was joining them to dance. He was about 3 steps away when they spotted him. "Where are you going? Dance with us!" they demanded him, dancing towards him.
InuYasha thought quickly. "I'm not leaving! I'm…I'm dancing with you!" He put his hands up half-heartedly and put on a fake smile. He hopped from one foot to the other. "See? I'm dancing!" InuYasha knew he looked stupid as he slowly spun in a circle, fingers pointed in the air, waving them around as he hopped from one foot to the other.
The girls beamed. "Yay!" They danced faster, laughing.
"Yeah see this is fun! We're all dancing!" InuYasha lied and pretended to enjoy it. The two girls continued to dance, and seeming satisfied that InuYasha joined in seemed to forget about him. He inched away into the crowd and bolted off unnoticed and set off to find someone he knew; Kagome in particular. Damn bitches. InuYasha cursed as he looked this way and that for Kagome or Sango.
"InuYasha!" Kagome tried to look over the tops of people's heads. They were jumping around to the music and made things harder for her. She thought she spotted InuYasha but realized it was someone in a wig or that they didn't have dog ears like he did. She saw someone close to InuYasha's look but realized it was a girl with long ivory hair and ears rather like a robots. Besides, she was half a foot shorter or more than InuYasha and was being held up by someone. Kagome swore she was a robot. After minutes of searching she found him. It looked like he was looking for her too. "InuYasha!" She yelled his name praying he heard her but he wasn't facing her and was getting farther away. "InuYasha over here!" Kagome hollered but she could hardly hear herself as she jumped up and down waving her hand in the air. It didn't do any good; nearly the entire dance club was doing a very similar thing she was. To no avail, she couldn't grab his attention. She stopped jumping up and down and prepared to push and shove people out of the way. If only there was some command that would get him to hear and obey me. Kagome growled as she pushed one person after another out of the way. "InuYasha!" she screamed again when she caught sight of his ears, but again he didn't hear her. A command like sit would be nice.
"Yo Kagome!" a hand grabbed her shoulder causing the girl to scream but the person didn't notice when he spun Kagome around to face him. It was like a nightmare. None of her friends were, as far as she knew, not there and InuYasha had 'vanished'. Now she was facing Kouga who was wearing a smirk on his wolfish face.
"K-Kouga! What a nice uh…er…surprise!" Kagome stuttered quickly, smiling nervously. Her heart skipped beats when Kouga eyed her like a yummy candy bar.
"Wow Kagome, hardly recognized you in jeans. I've never seen you in pants before."
"Um…eh, heh, heh! Yeah it's only for tonight though. Miroku said it's easier to dance in pants than a skirt," Kagome glanced side ways for InuYasha. He was long gone.
"Probably is," Kouga leaned down to Kagome's ear. "You should wear them more often. I can see more of your beauty," he said loud enough for Kagome to hear alone.
Kagome's eyes grew in shock. No one had ever said anything like that to her and she certainly didn't want to hear it from Kouga. She stared at him as he smiled down at her. "I…I gotta…" Kagome stammered for words bit Kouga's gaze always left her speechless. Damn the stupid beautiful cocky smile.
"Oh come on Kagome. Stay here with me. No use going around by yourself. Not when you don't know what creeps might be lurking around here."
"But…" Kagome's words were cut short when Kouga gave her a look that would make any girl melt. "I…I…I…" She fought for words in her mind that would him to go away. "You're cute!" she blurted like an idiot. Damn! That's not going to work! She kicked herself mentally. Now she was stuck.
"Where the hell is she?" InuYasha growled as he jostled people out of the way. He sniffed the air but couldn't pick out her scent. There was just too many to pick out of. He looked around the area and found no one he knew that could help him. He was about to yell for everyone to shut up so he could think of what to do or just to get everyone quiet so he could call for Kagome, but someone caught his eye. There, up on the loft where he last glanced were the people he was supposed to meet up with. Maybe Kagome had already made it up there but was hidden from his view. InuYasha made a beeline for the spiral staircase to reach them. The closer he got a thought nagged at his mind. He had been thinking about it since he heard that Kikyou was coming too with her date. Who was her date and where was he? He had noticed she was alone besides Sango and her date and possibly Kagome was with her.
He walked up the stair case spiraling around a pole the best he could while people were rushing up and down the stairs. As soon as he made it up the stairs it wasn't hard to reach Sango. She was closer than he thought. He noticed there was no date with Kikyou and Kagome wasn't there. He swerved passed a couple and grabbed Sango around the waist from behind. "Ah!" Sango screamed bloody murder before she realized it was InuYasha hugging her from behind. He always dug his claws into her sides. "InuYasha!" She hissed pushing him off. "You scared me!" She smacked his arm and pouted.
"Too much to resist," InuYasha shrugged. "Hey," he clapped Miroku on the back then looked at Kikyou. "I thought you said you were bringing your date?"
"I did," Kikyou answered taking a step closer so she wouldn't have to raise her voice over the crowd.
"Well who is he? Anxious to meet the bastard," InuYasha joked even though he had a sinking feeling in his stomach.
Kikyou was about to answer but Sango yelped and jumped in front of InuYasha. "Oh it doesn't matter does it? You'll meet him soon! Right now let's just wait until your date comes! She's more important right?" Sango spoke quickly.
The wannabe! "Gotta find her!" InuYasha rushed off down to the spiral staircase, leaving the others to stare after him in confusion.
With Kagome… (And Kouga too. Oh joy…)
"Kouga I really need to go! I'm already here with someone!" Kagome tried to explain but Kouga had a firm grip on her hand as he led her to his table. Either Kouga couldn't hear her or he chose to disregard her. He led her to his table where his friends sat.
"Hey guys," Kouga smiled at his friends, standing in front of the table. Two boys sat at the table. One had a Mohawk and the other had his hair slicked back and his bangs were blue.
"Kouga where've ya been?" the one with a mohawk asked.
"Just found Kagome here by herself. We're here to show her a good time," Kouga wrapped his arm around Kagome's shoulders and held her against his chest. "Aren't we going to have a good time?" he chuckled down at Kagome who shuddered at his touch.
"Well what about Ayame?" the boy with the Mohawk asked.
Kouga rolled his eyes. "Oh yes that's right Ginta. Ayame…" Kouga put on a fake confused look. He looked down at Kagome. "Heh, this'll make our long story short. There's this girl who likes me but I don't like her. We met a long time ago and she's determined to be my mate."
"And you want to use me in all this?" Kagome asked with loathe. "Why don't you tell her you don't like her?"
"She won't listen. Maybe if she sees that I'm not with her but with another woman, she'll realize it and leave me alone."
"Kouga, she's human. She won't care but she'll rip her head off in the process. I really don't think this is a good idea," Ginta tried to explain.
"No she won't. She doesn't have the guts to do anything."
"But…"
"Fool, Kagome is far more the beauty than Ayame. Kagome has more brains than that ditzy wench too. .Not only will Ayame realize I don't like her but it'll hit her that she's not the most attractive woman in this world and not the smartest as she says she is." Kouga moved his arm down to Kagome's waist. "So that's it. I trust you understand."
"Hey--!" Kagome screeched pushing Kouga away from her. "Don't you dare touch me!" She raised her hand and slapped him across the face.
"Oh!" Ginta and his friend gasped. "She slapped him!" Kouga stared at her in somewhat disbelief.
Kagome's face reddened. "…Sorry, but I'm kinda already seeing some else…" She looked down at the ground to avoid eye contact.
Kouga stared at her, the rusty wheels in his head turning. "Don't tell me it's that mutt face." He guessed.
"Hey! Stop calling him that! His name is InuYasha! Use it!" Kagome divulged, shaking her fists.
"Kouga!" a voice shrieked nearby. "Uh-oh…" Kouga's friends scooted into their seats awaiting the next event. A girl rushed up to Kouga and gave a sharp slap across his chest.
"Ouch! Why is everyone slapping me?" Kouga rubbed the spot where he was hit.
"Why did you abandon me?" the girl cried. She must be Ayame! Kagome thought. The girl, Ayame had red hair that was in pig tails. Her eyes were a startling green that reminded Kagome of the boy Harry Potter from the book she's read. She wore a white jean skirt and a coral tank top. She was more muscular than Kagome but it made her seem like the warrior babe. How could Kouga possibly think she was more attractive than her?
"I didn't abandon you! We got separated!" Kouga lied.
"I don't believe you! Ever since we got together you've been making up lies! We have never had a date where we weren't fighting!" Ayame complained.
Kagome looked between Ayame and Kouga. She was angry too, what kind of boyfriend does that? And didn't he say he didn't like her? So how the hell were they dating. Unless… "Kouga you got paired up with her?" she asked.
Ayame looked at her as though she just noticed her. "Who's this?" she asked Kouga, eyes narrowing at Kagome. Kagome fiddled with her thumbs and took a step back.
Kouga, not wanting to abandon his plan, wrapped his arm around Kagome again and grinned. "This is Kagome; my mate."
"What…?" Ayame's face fell in alarm. "You're…mate…? But how could she be? You and I…we…"
Kagome clenched her teeth. "How many times do I have to tell you? Let go!" She shoved Kouga off her.
Ayame's face suddenly brightened. "No, she isn't!" she jumped in glee. "If she was she wouldn't mind you touching her!" Her face then changed to anger. "Jerk! How come you don't touch me like that?"
With the Frantic InuYasha…
"Wench, getting her self lost," InuYasha grumbled looking around. He sniffed the air and tried his best to get Kagome's scent.
"Hey did you hear what's going on over in the west side of the club? Some girls are gaining up on a wolf for cheating and lying!" a girl gossiped with her friend as they passed by. "The one with the red hair is really pissed. Her boyfriend took another girl and said they were mates. Crazy."
InuYasha ignored it. What did he care? "Witch! Where are you?" He yelled. A few heads turned and looked at him. "Yes?" a girl in all black walked up to InuYasha. "Do you need something?" she asked.
"What?" InuYasha asked confusedly.
"You called my name."
"I wasn't asking you! I'm looking for someone."
"Who is called Witch too? Maybe I can help."
"Her name isn't witch. It's Kagome," the name rolled off his tongue like a foreign word. He felt different saying her name. He had the sudden urge to say it again for that feeling.
"Kagome? Higurashi Kagome? She's with the wolf boy," Witch pointed to the left side of the building. "I saw it earlier."
"Keh," InuYasha walked passed her to where she was pointing without even simple thanks. He heard Witch call him a jackass as he left. Bitch. Going off with Kouga. He doesn't even deserve her. InuYasha growled as he pushed through the crowd. He caught Kagome's scent and picked up the pace. He spotted the top of her head and swerved pass two people.
"Kouga you are the most…the most idiotic jerk on the face of this earth!" Kagome stomped her foot. Gods I suck at slander.
" Ouch that hurt Kagome. I think I'll cry," Kouga held his heart and swayed on his feet sarcastically. "Mutt face?"
"What?" Kagome turned around and saw InuYasha rushing towards her. "InuYasha!" she ran towards him and met him halfway. "Where were you? I've been looking for you!"
"What the hell are you doing running off with Kouga?" InuYasha held Kagome by her shoulders.
"I didn't! He dragged me away!" Kagome explained. InuYasha growled and walked up to Kouga. "What were you thinking? You separated me and her! She came with me not you." He yelled in Kouga's face. He didn't even give him a chance to respond before he turned on his heel and took Kagome by the wrist and led her away.
"She's happier with me and you know it Mutt face!" Kouga yelled after him.
"Sure didn't look like it when she called you an ignoramus!" InuYasha yelled over his shoulder as he and Kagome disappeared into the crowd.
"Next time stay close to me. Don't get lost again," InuYasha scolded Kagome as they got closer to the spiral stair case.
"Is that concern in your voice? Kami-sama, InuYasha finally discovers another emotion other than anger. I think the world's ending."
"Shut up. At least I saved your ass from being turned into another ignoramus."
"Hey what's with all the compliments? You just did the opposite of insulting me."
"…Shut up."
With the Others
Oh where or where could have my puppy dog gone? Kikyou sang in her head as she looked down at the crowd. Her eyebrows knitted in confusion. That tune wasn't right for it. She sang it again in her mind trying to remember the tune but it proved difficult with the loud music in the background. What is the tune? What is the tune? She tapped her fingers on the railing. She felt a hand on her shoulder and absentmindedly leaned into it.
She sighed as she felt arms encircle around her waist. "Here you go," the right hand placed a glass into her hand. Kikyou looked down at the pink lemonade and faintly smiled as she took a sip from it. A little warm but oh well.
"Thank you Sesshoumaru," Kikyou kissed his cheek, leaving a bit of lemonade.
"It was no problem. Except finding my way back. I went in a circle twice without realizing it."
"Kikyou! Sesshoumaru!" Sango ran up to them after she and Miroku had gone off to grab some drinks. She held up a beer bottle and wore a large smile. "Look!" she laughed holding the beer up to them. Miroku walked up behind her holding two beers and he was also smiling.
"Where'd you get those?" Kikyou asked her eyes on the beer.
"Miroku got them at the bar on the other side of the club. You have to be 21 and over to enter," Sango wasn't the type of person to be proud of law breaking, but for some reason she was. Maybe it was because she didn't go in with Miroku and he went on in by himself?
"Miroku's 21?" Kikyou asked raising an eyebrow and looked at Miroku suspiciously.
"I'm not 21, I just have a fake ID and the fact that I'm mature enough as it is, they easily believed me to be 21," Miroku explained, pulling out a card from his pocket and showing it to them. Sure enough, his ID looked real. His birth date had been changed and according to the year, he was 23, not 21. His photo of himself wasn't really what he looked like. It was his face, his nose and hair. But he certainly didn't have a growing beard as he did in the photo.
"Is that fuzz?" Sesshoumaru asked taking the ID and holding up to his eye for a closer inspection.
"Sure is," Miroku said with pride as he took the ID back and stuck it back in his wallet and into his pocket. "But my mom made me get rid of it. Her excuse was I was too young to have a beard at the time. But hey, it grew in on its own," he shrugged as Sango giggled.
"Take it out again!" She reached for Miroku's pocket and before he could protest she pulled it out and stared at the ID. "You're so cute! You should grow it again," her smile broadened and she showed it to Kikyou. "Don't you agree?" She was acting like a cheerleader who just got a new boyfriend.
A/N: No offense to cheerleaders here but the ones at our school get a new one every week or so.
Kikyou stared stonily at the ID. She was completely against things like this. "I can't answer that and my opinion isn't the same as yours," she said. Sango pouted a little and pursed her lips a bit and took the ID back and held it like it was kitten. "Oh where's your sense of humor?" she joked and squealed when she looked at the ID again.
"Is she…?" Kikyou looked as astonished as her face would let her, which wasn't much, but she looked at Sango then to Miroku. Sango gave an innocent look that would rival a baby's.
"I don't know…maybe a little," Miroku put a hand on Sango's shoulder and she responded by shivering and giving a high pitched giggle.
"Wow, I feel really weird. How much did I actually drink?" Sango asked as she looked at the ID. "You drank one bottle," Miroku said with a soft smile. Sango looked at her feet. "I'm sorry…It was supposed to be for Kikyou and Sesshoumaru…" she apologized handing the ID back to Miroku.
"Is she really that out of it?" Kikyou asked, wondering if InuYasha was around to see this.
"It's mainly all the sugar in her system. She ate 5 bars of candy already and two packs of pure sugar," Miroku explained as Sango rocked back and forth on her feet.
"Yeah! I swiped it from some dude who wasn't watching his food like he should! It was awesome!" Sango laughed, feeling a great sense of indulgence at not getting caught at stealing straight from under the candy dealer's nose. The music stopped for a few seconds and Sango looked up confusedly. "What's going on?" she slurred but no sooner had the question left her lips did another song start up and her face beamed. "Ohh! Miroku I love this song! Let's dance!" And she grabbed Miroku's wrist and starting to drag him to the dance the floor.
Sesshoumaru rushed up to them and kept pace with Miroku. "Don't let InuYasha see her like this," he warned in Miroku's ear. "What? Why?" Miroku wanted to ask but Sesshoumaru had already gone back to Kikyou.
"Oh wait!" Sango stopped in her tracks and looked down at the beer in her hands. She grabbed Miroku's and ran back to Kikyou and Sesshoumaru. "Here!" She placed the bottles firmly in their hands and smiled. "This is for you! Sorry I drank yours," She apologized again, ignoring their confused looks. She ran off again and rejoined Miroku and resumed haphazardly leading him to the dance floor. "What did you tell him?" Kikyou asked as she looked at the beer bottle.
"Warned him not to let InuYasha see Sango in that condition."
"Someone has some brotherly love," Kikyou smirked and nudged him in the ribs. Sesshoumaru rolled his eyes. "Nonsense."
"Don't you like this song?" Sango asked Miroku as she pulled him to the middle of the crowd. Miroku shrugged as Sango held both his hands and swayed from side to the music. "It's really good."
Sango giggled again. "Man, all that sugar really has gone to my head. Hey--! I bet there's nothing but sugar in my brain!" She chuckled at the thought.
"You should really lighten up on the sugar," Miroku suggested while keeping an eye out for InuYasha or Kagome. If Kagome knew that he let his date get to beer he would never hear the end of it. The way her temper was she'd probably rip his tongue out so Miroku would never suggest beer to Sango again. Not that he would anyway…he didn't even say to drink it. He only did it for the thrill. His eyes were locked Sango's. Honey glazed and they were bright with excitement, not to mention the effects of sugar and beer. But it was only one bottle, who knew it would affect her this much? Maybe it's the sugar…
Sango put her arms around Miroku's neck. "Hey. Miroku?"
"Yes?" Miroku tried not to blush. The only other girl that got this close to him was Kagome, but even then, she didn't flirt with him.
"What do you think of me so far?" she asked thoughtfully. "Hm…" Miroku pursed his lips and thought, "So far…I think the woman clinging to my neck is nothing I thought she would be."
Sango wasn't sure if she was to take this as a compliment or an insult. But her mind was buzzing and she chose the positive. "Really?" she asked with grin.
"I think you're fun to be around and a little crazy," Miroku locked eyes with her again as her grin grew bigger. "I think you're t'coolest, most, awesomest, boy I have ever met," she giggled, planting a sloppy kiss on his cheek.
Miroku blushed but he grinned too. He was probably closer to winning the bet than Kagome was. Wonder where she is right now…
Sango gasped and groaned. "Aww, damn. I got lipstick on you face…!"
------------------------------ With Kagome and InuYasha----------------------------------------
"Wait…this isn't the right stair case…" InuYasha said to himself as looked up. The stair case they stood at was on the opposite side of the building and went counter clockwise. "What the hell…?" he was sure he was going the right way. All he had to do was to retrace his steps and watch his surroundings. The dancing teens must have moved…damn.
"What? You're not lost again are you?" Kagome asked, recalling when they couldn't even find the place they were suppose to eat. She looked around hoping to spot Miroku but didn't see him. "Well…can you spot anyone else you know?" she looked at InuYasha for reassurance, but it didn't look like he heard her at all; it was so loud she could barely hear her own thoughts.
"Sango's not on any of the lofts I can see…neither is that guy," InuYasha talked out loud, a bad habit he had that he needed to take control off. Kagome tried reading his lips to see what he was saying. "I don't see anyone; not even Kikyou." A strong wave of jealousy erupted in Kagome and her heart clenched. For a brief moment she felt like slapping InuYasha, but the feeling went away as quickly as it came. "What do we do now?" InuYasha looked over to Kagome, who made a face at him. "What makes you think I know what to do?" she asked. InuYasha rolled his eyes and stuck his nose in the air, attempting to pick out Sango or Kikyou's scent. Suddenly…
"Come on Miroku!" a voice chirped happily. InuYasha whipped his head to where he heard Sango; fortunately he didn't have to turn far. She was running right towards him, or more correctly, pass him. "Hey!" he snapped as Sango ignored him and pulled Miroku by the wrist. They were going so quick Miroku didn't even notice InuYasha or Kagome.
"Miroku!" Kagome called out to him but he was already too far into the crowd to hear her. (3 feet away and growing.) "Come on! We need to reach him!" Kagome hastily said and took off towards them.
InuYasha drew in a breath and shouted: "Hey! Did you forget someone here, witch?" There was a tap on his shoulder and turned around.
"Yes?" It was her again. In all her pointed hat, black, chained "glory". Witch flashed him a smile before returning to the look of no emotion. InuYasha groaned and rolled his eyes and took off after Kagome, leaving Witch confused and irritated. "Jackass," she growled and returned to her business with her friends.
"Damn it woman!" InuYasha cursed as he tried his best to keep an eye on the back of Kagome's head. Passing crazed teens moving to an up beat tune, ducking under arms that swung near by, and dodging trampling feet, InuYasha caught up with Kagome, who, by the looks of it, lost sight of her friend. "What did I say about sticking close to me?" InuYasha scolded, holding onto a handful of Kagome's hair.
"Why would you care about where I am-ow!" Kagome hissed as InuYasha gave a sharp yank on her hair. "What are you doing with my hair?" she grabbed InuYasha's fist. "Let go!"
"Pulling you over to Sango and her mate!" InuYasha gave her another sharp yank, pulling her away from the direction she was originally going.
"But they went that way!" Kagome pointed ahead of her and tried walking, but the more she tried the harder InuYasha pulled her hair. "Ouch! Damn it InuYasha!" she clenched her teeth in pain; her head was throbbing from the force InuYasha used on her hair.
"Tch," InuYasha let go of her and grabbed the beaded necklaces that were around her neck that the girls from the entrance of the club had given her. He pulled Kagome by those instead of her hair. "Come on."
"Gah! InuYasha!" Kagome gasped and held her throat. "You're choking me!" She hissed as the beads cut into her neck. She tried to loosen the beads from her neck but it. Was he trying to kill her? She felt a lump form in her throat every time she tried to breathe or swallow. InuYasha continued to pull Kagome the opposite way, oblivious to what damage he was causing her. To make matters worse for Kagome, no one seemed to notice them. Gritting her teeth, she pulled as hard as she could away from InuYasha, attempting to break the beads. Owwwww! She bit the bottom of her lip as one necklace snapped, then another, and finally the third one snapped and sent her reeling forward. "Eep!"
"Eh?" InuYasha's arm swung forward at the lack of weight he once held, the beads went limp and he turned around to see Kagome staggering forward. "What are you doing?" he asked over the loud music as Kagome regained her balance.
She stood up straight and turned on her heel and glared daggers and InuYasha. "What the hell were you trying to do? Kill me?" she held one hand at her neck and massaged it as InuYasha walked closer to hear her better.
"What did I do?" he demanded.
"You were practically strangling me with my own necklace!" Kagome pointed to the dangling beads in InuYasha's hands.
"…?" InuYasha looked down at them and then scowled at Kagome. "Well if I was hurting you, you should've told me to let go!"
"I did tell you to let me go! When you were pulling my freakin' hair!"
"You didn't say anything about the beads!" InuYasha waved the beads in her face.
"Yes I did! But barely since I had all the air blocked from going to my lungs!" Kagome yelled, getting closer to his face.
"Well speak louder next time!"
Kagome drew in a sharp breath, clenching her fists, "FINE! I'LL SPEAK LOUDER!" She yelled at the top of her lungs, making those around them go quiet.
InuYasha drew in a breath, "YOU DON'T HAVE TO YELL! I'M RIGHT HERE! NOT ON THE OTHER END OF THE WORLD YOU FOG HORN!" People around them stopped what they were doing to watch or to see (or hear) what was going on.
"YOU TOLD ME TO SPEAK LOUDER!" Kagome yelled, then raised her voice louder than normal. (If that was possible) "AND THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING!"
-----------------------------------------------With Kikyou and Sesshoumaru-------------------------------------------------------------
"What's going on?" Kikyou asked while looking over the railing with Sesshoumaru.
"Can't see from here, but it is all the way on the other side of the room," Sesshoumaru strained his eyes to see. All the different colored lights hurt his eyes and he was having trouble just keeping his eyes focused. The beer that Sango had given them sat at their feet forgotten as a commotion stirred and nearly everyone turned to look. Whoever was yelling rivaled the music.
"Should we go check it out?" Kikyou asked, practically hanging off the railing to see over the other people who were trying to look. She looked up at Sesshoumaru, waiting for his answer.
"It wouldn't hurt to look, but remember not to care," he answered taking Kikyou's hand and they began walking over to the scene.
------------------------------------------Back with Kagome and InuYasha---------------------------------------------------------------
"WELL I DIDN'T MEAN FOR YOU TO YELL YOUR FUCKING HEAD OFF!" InuYasha bellowed, his eyes locked on Kagome's. Her face was red from screaming, and to his shock, InuYasha could see the imprints of beads around Kagome's neck. Did I really do that?
"I WOULDN'T BE YELLING IF YOU HADN'T STRANGLED ME!"
"AS I SAID: I DIDN'T HEAR YOU!"
"YES YOU DID! YOU CHOSE NOT TO LISTEN! I KNOW YOU DID! WHAT ELSE ARE YOUR STUPID DOG EARS FOR?"
"FINE!" InuYasha threw his hands up in the air. "I DID HEAR YOU BUT I CHOSE NOT TO LISTEN!" he yelled sarcastically hoping Kagome would shut up. A circle had formed around them and people watched their argument. Behind Kagome, Witch stood laughing silently at InuYasha.
"AHAH! YOU ADMIT YOU WERE TRYING TO KILL ME!" Kagome pointed at InuYasha with a bit of a conquering smile on her face. A warped looking smile but a smile all the same.
InuYasha blinked. "What? HEY! I NEVER SAID I WAS TRYING TO KILL YOU! WHERE IN THAT SENTENCE SAYS I WAS TRYING TO KILL YOU?"
He threw the beads at Kagome.
"Hey!" Kagome held her hands up to avoid being hit in the face and picked the beads up and threw them back at him. InuYasha caught them and threw them back. This continued for the next five minutes until Kagome just dropped the beads and attacked InuYasha knocking him to the floor.
"Ack!" InuYasha breath caught in his throat when he hit the floor. Kagome hit him across the face. "Ow-!" InuYasha shoved Kagome off him and stood up rubbing his face. Kagome stood up trying her eyes gleaming with anger. They stared at each other then they lunged at the same time. "Bitch!" InuYasha snapped.
"Mutt!" Kagome yelled as they both pathetically slapped each other repeatedly. The 'audience' watched astonished at the weak fight. Witch found this hilarious and was rolling on the ground holding her stomach laughing. The fight died down until InuYasha held Kagome by the hair as she knelt down on one knee. Kagome had InuYasha by the ear and had him on his knees as well. They were still calling each other names at this point.
"Let go!" InuYasha demanded pulling harder on Kagome's hair.
"N-never!" Kagome whimpered and twisted InuYasha's ear harder causing him to yelp like a dog but he didn't release her hair.
"Let go!" InuYasha demanded louder giving Kagome a sharp tug that sent Kagome onto both her knees.
"Okay, on 3 we let go," Kagome bargained.
"Not until you say I wasn't trying to kill you."
"Fine! Whatever, you weren't trying to kill me! It was the stupid music that blocked your pathetic hearing!"
"…Close enough to an apology."
"I'm not apologizing!"
"Fine! Okay, on 3."
"One…"
"Two…"
"Three!" They said at the same time and let go. They jumped back from each other and stared at one another. Kagome rubbed her head and InuYasha held his throbbing right dog ear. Now they were doing a stare down.
"…"
"…"
At this moment Sesshoumaru and Kikyou emerged into the circle. "InuYasha?" Sesshoumaru looked at InuYasha as Kikyou looked at Kagome. "Kagome that was you yelling?" she asked.
"Sesshoumaru what are you doing here?" InuYasha asked his older half brother, taking a glance at Kikyou who held onto Sesshoumaru's hand and he realized why.
"Whheeee!" a pathway appeared into the circle as Sango came waltzing through with Miroku as she danced to the forgotten music. Miroku looked like he was going to be sick from spinning, and much to his relief Sango slowed down and let go. He held his head and waited until his eyes stopped spinning and for his organs to settle. All eyes were on them.
A/N: Oh boy. We still have a ways to go before everyone knows who's dating who even if they're all standing in the same room. Let's go over who knows who. Sango knows about Sesshoumaru and Kikyou; this doesn't bother Miroku since he doesn't know them. InuYasha just found out about it. They yet still have to know that Kagome's with InuYasha and Sango's with Miroku. AND that Miroku is Kagome's foster brother.
Snoochie: You're welcome for Suzu, take good care of her! (Whispering so Kagome can't hear) and to help you on your mission to switch Suzu, the real Suzu spends her time in the kitchen with Mrs. Higurashi when Kagome's at school. At night she sleeps at the foot of Kagome's bed.
A COOKIE FOR CHAPTER 9 (since I have no idea when I'll finish or post It.): When InuYasha can't handle seeing Sesshoumaru and Kikyou together, and Sango with another guy, he leaves the club and goes home…with an unpleasant surprise waiting for him. Over the next week InuYasha isn't his normal self, and this even concerns Kagome who has a secret she's been keeping for 3 years. And that very secret deals with the hanyou she hates and now it's leaking out.
ohhhh a dramatic chappie! sorta...there will be "ha ha"'s. lol.
CHAPTER 9: SECRETS OF A LOVER
LadyDragonStar