The group went out for pizza. Sango's team had won, leaving them in a celebrating mood. Miroku and Sango had noticed that Inuyasha and Kagome were much closer now, even whispering and laughing at each other. Other than that, they were having a great time.
Kagome had taken off all her pepperoni's, wanting to eat them last. Inuyasha and Miroku had taken them before the blink of eye, making Kagome scowl at the both of them. They had just about finished eating now, Inuyasha buying an ice-cream cone for Kagome as an apology.
They went to Sango's so she could shower and change from her uniform, then they went to the mall, where they discovered the biggest secret about Kagome.
She loved candy, a little too much.
Kagome had just about downed a package of sour gummi bears, a package of chocolate covered nuts, and two oversized lollipops.
She had gotten pretty hyper too. They went to the game store, Kagome going wild on the games. She had pretty much beaten Inuyasha and Miroku, causing more guys to come and challenge her.
She ended, having beaten them all and was burning with energy. Deciding that going to the Arcade wasn't the best of ideas, they went back to Sango's. Sango had a nice home. She had a little brother named Kohaku, a loving mom, like Kagome's, whom she referred all of Sango's friends as her 'other' children, and a stern, but kind father. Sango had a trampoline, thinking that would be a better way to vent Kagome's hyper-activity.
Kagome was having the time of her life, making the rest of them want to join her, which they did. Having all four of them jump made it difficult for the girl's to jump. Miroku and Inuyasha, without consent from the girls, had a jumping contest. Not just any contest of course, they bet who would made the other girl jump higher. Sango and Kagome spent the day laughing nervously and screaming in mid-air as the boys chuckled dangerously, making them 'fly' above them.
Tired and hungry, they stopped their jumping game and sat on the grass for a break. Sango had brought out some water bottles and a few muchies for all of them to snack on. Miroku was staring at Sango with awe, in particularly, at her arms.
"Have I ever told you that I just love your arms?" Sango narrowed her eyes.
"More than once, lecher, more than once." Inuyasha nodded.
"Yeah Sango, you lift weights or something?" Sango smiled, grabbing her water.
"Every now and then, it helps with softball a lot." Miroku just scratched the back of his head.
"Seems to me like you're using it to try to defend yourself. Not like you'd have to or anything."
Sango had stopped drinking her water, bringing the bottle down and swallowing slowly. Kagome stared at Sango, watching as past memories filtered in her mind. Kagome stood up abruptly, cheery as ever.
"Hey um, I think I better go home now. Inuyasha?" He nodded and stood up with the rest of his friends.
They bid Sango good-bye and left in Inuyasha's car.
Inuyasha had dropped off Miroku first, wanting to ask Kagome something as he drove to her house.
Inuyasha glanced at Kagome from the corner of his eye, she was lip singing to one of the songs on the radio. He didn't want to interrupt her, but he lowered the music, causing Kagome to look at him.
"What's the deal with Sango?" Kagome blinked innocently.
"What do you mean?"
They had reached her house, Inuyasha parking on the curb. He took off his seatbelt and turned to Kagome, she looked a little nervous.
"You know what I mean." Kagome shook her head, nervously.
"No, I don't." Inuyasha scowled at her.
"Don't lie to me Kagome, not you." Kagome looked outside then towards her house.
"I think I have to go now." She undid her seatbelt and as soon as she grabbed the door handle, she felt Inuyasha's hand on her other hand, holding her.
"Something's wrong with her, and you know what it is."
Kagome kept her gaze on his hand, then to his face. Inuyasha kept his hand where it was.
"I'm her friend, Kagome. Not some punk who wants to hurt her." Kagome sighed in defeat.
"You don't know, do you? She never told you, any of you?" Inuyasha shook his head.
"Told us what?" Kagome leaned in her seat, feeling terrible.
"I don't wanna be the one to say anything. You'll look at her different."
"No I won't. C'mon Kagome, you supposedly know her better than anyone." Kagome groaned.
"I really don't wanna tell, I feel bad about it already." Inuyasha nodded and shifted in his seat.
"Alright, if you feel that way." Kagome knew he was disappointed.
"Listen, if you really wanna know, as a friend, you'll ask her about it." Inuyasha nodded.
"Yeah, I will." Kagome half smiled.
"She should be the one to tell you, not me." Inuyasha nodded and kept silent. Kagome nodded as well.
"Okay. Um, I'm gonna go. I'll see you later?" Inuyasha nodded, forcing a grin at her.
"Yeah." Kagome smiled sadly and walked out of the car.
Inuyasha watched as she walked towards her house. She opened the door and waved him goodbye before closing it. Seeing her door close, he drove off.
He arrived at his home, going straight to his room. He laid down on his bed and thought about the conversation he had with Kagome, wondering just what the hell had happened.
'They were friend's way before me and Miroku. So they had to have been friend's since…?'
Whatever he thought, he couldn't quite get it. No matter what he came up with, he couldn't grasp it. He'd have to ask Sango about it after all. But first, he wanted to get to Kagome first.
'I'll give her a call tomorrow, see what she's doing.'