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Inuyasha simply stared.
And then he stared some more before booming with laughter.
Okay, thought Kagome, not exactly how I expected him to take the news that I'm dating his older brother, but hey, he's Inuyasha. Sango and Miroku-who had two black eyes, a swollen cheek and a large bump on his head-waited patiently for the laughter to subside.
"Y-You've got to-haha-be k-kidding me! S-Sesshoumaru-wahahaha-g-g-going out with y-you, of all people? Oh my God!" Tears began to stream down Inuyasha's golden eyes as he clutched his stomach and rolled off Miroku's bed and onto the ground. Kagome turned smoldering eyes towards her soon to be ex-childhood friend.
But one had to admit, Sesshoumaru did not just go out with any girl. No, he usually picked the sluts and ditz; they were easier to dump without getting slapped too hard.
Kagome twitched. "And what do you mean by that, Inuyasha?" she asked in a sickly sweet voice.
The white haired teenager stopped in mid laugh and slowly looked up to face his childhood friend. "You mean you're not…joking?" he gulped.
He soon got his answer in the form of a punch in the face.
"Really, you'd think that after all these years he'd finally learn that there is no point to angering Kagome." Sango sighed, watching pitilessly at the lump on the ground that used to be known as Inuyasha.
Miroku nodded in agreement, inching closer to the brunette. "Yes, quite."
"Oh, shut up." scowled Inuyasha.
"Don't be such crybaby."
"I am not a crybaby!"
Snort "Whatever you say… crybaby…"
"What'd you-!"
"Come on guys, break it uuuhHHHHPPPP!" Screaming, Sango brought down her hand and delivered a powerful slap to Miroku's up until that moment, uninjured cheek.
Kagome could not suppress the smirk threatening to stretch across her face. "And Miroku, to think that you'd have learned something after that beating you got just two days ago. You never-"
Sango suddenly jumped up from the ground with a panic in her eyes, interrupting her friend. "What did you just say Kagome?"
"'And Miroku'?"
"After that."
"'To think that you'd have learned something after that beating you got ("Hehe…") just two days ag – Whoa!"
Kagome found herself pulled onto her feet by one very ecstatic Sango. "Well, what are you waiting for? Your date is in less than forty-eight hours and we still haven't decided what you should wear!" she exclaimed, practically flinging on hers and Kagome's jackets over both their shoulders.
"Didn't we settle on just a pair of jeans and a shirt?"
Sango shook her head. "Oh my little tenth-grade innocent, this is the Ice King we're talking about! A pair of jeans is not going to impress him at all!"
Inuyasha snorted, "Depends on how low the zipper is."
Kagome shot him a glare. "I'll thank you for keeping your perverted thoughts to yourself."
Miroku chuckled, "A miniskirt will most likely do it-and don't forget to send very detailed pictures so I can approve!" he called out as an afterthought.
The response he received was a loud slam of his bedroom door.
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"Oh Maru honey!"
Sesshoumaru tensed. That voice, he thought, please don't let it be- "Where have you been sweetheart? I've been looking all over for you!" Damn, it was. He sighed and turned around, forcing a twisted smile on his face. Thankfully, Kagura never noticed.
The ruby eyed girl latched herself onto her boyfriend's arm. "Hello Kagura." greeted Sesshoumaru stoically.
"What, not even a kiss for your favorite girl in the whole universe?" giggled the black haired girl. "Or are you saving it for someone else?" she continued in a colder voice. Her playful aura disappeared and Sesshoumaru felt somebody turn down the air conditioning in the mall.
"What the hell are you talking about?" said Sesshoumaru, although he already knew what his current girlfriend would say.
Kagura smiled unpleasantly. "You see, I heard from Kanna, who heard from Ayumi, who heard from Eiri, who was told by Yuka that you've been going out with that Kagome whatshername." She waited expectantly for her boyfriend to say something.
Sesshoumaru vaguely remembered Kagura mouthing off Yuka a few days ago about how careless she was to be caught smoking on school grounds and how she got detention in the library with the principal, otherwise known as the Shikon no Tama Tyrant. Personally, he would have rather Kagura find out through the ever-growing gossip wheel than from him. He almost pitied Kanna (the school's resident fortune-teller, apparently), knowing she must have suffered a lot from Kagura's temper after getting wind of this terrible news. "I have been doing no such thing." he replied emotionlessly.
Kagura's cold demeanor instantly evaporated but Sesshoumaru continued before she could say anything. "Our first date is on Saturday." Suddenly, the air conditioning in the mall seemed to crank up a huge notch once more.
"What?" Kagura asked venomously.
"I said that our first date is on Saturday." said Sesshoumaru slowly, as if explaining that no, one does not get twenty four if they add two and four. He could barely suppress the smirk tugging at his lips.
Kagura pulled away from him like he was a plague. "You're lying." she stated plainly.
Sesshoumaru sighed and looked up exasperatedly. "Kagura, it's not that I don't like you…" Yeah right, his mind snorted. "…but I want to meet other people. It'll be better for the two of us."
Kagura looked as if she had just been slapped. Nobody-nobody-rejects Kagura, especially not for some ugly cow, and a tenth-grader, too! She is usually the one who breaks up with people, not the other way around! "Sesshoumaru that is a lie!" she yelled, drawing attention from curious bystanders.
"So what if it is?" asked Sesshoumaru icily. He watched in mild satisfaction as Kagura's face contorted with what seemed like pain, before whirling around and running to the exit. Sesshoumaru ignored the harsh glares being shot in his directions and turned in the other direction to get as far away as possible from his now – finally! – ex-girlfriend.
Sesshoumaru was not necessarily a completely heartless jerk – most of the time anyway – but he could not help wanting to jump for joy now that he was rid of the Queen Bee. That was the last time he dated anybody with nails as long as a telephone pole.
"…so what do you think?" He paused outside United Colors of Benetton. That voice sounded strangely familiar.
"No way Kagome! That covers too much skin."
Oh right, her.
Sesshoumaru peeked in the store just in time to see a familiar black haired girl standing with her arms crossed across her chest, facing a long haired brunette who was attempting to shove some rather skimpy looking clothes in the former girl's tightly closed hands.
He could not help but notice how well the short frilly, white shirt fitted Kagome's waist, nor how well the lime green tank top went together with it. Even the red ribbon tied around her hair was marvelous!
Ew, he just complimented a ribbon and called it marvelous, just because it was in that girl's hair. Someone call in a doctor, he'd been hanging with Miroku for too long.
Sesshoumaru snorted, thinking about what he'd say if there actually was a doctor in the vicinity. No doctor, I'm not feeling mentally ill, you can call off the men in the white coats now…I said I'm not crazy damn it!
Note to self, he thought, find some way to prevent that perverted monk from influencing me anymore before I snap. Oh, and get new loafers, these ones are scuffed from kicking Miroku all around the school field two days ago.
"-nd what the hell is that supposed to cover! My face? 'Cause Sango, you are asking me to wear piece of over priced cloth about as big as a slip of paper, and with about a dozen strings attached to it that's supposed to keep it up!"
A mild blush slowly crept on Sesshoumaru's face as he recalled seeing Kagura catwalk through the school with a similar article of clothing once.
"Exactly!" chirped Sango enthusiastically.
Kagome threw up her hands in frustration and stormed back to the change room calling out behind her, "I would probably sooner use it as a handkerchief than wear it! I don't care if Sesshoumaru'll be impressed or not, I'm taking this and that's it!" with that, she slammed the door behind her, drawing a few reproving glares from the store employees.
Sango huffed. "Fine! Don't come crying to me when the Ice King decides to dump you on the spot!"
Kagome sticking her head out of the door, she stuck out her tongue and laughed, "He could dump dirt on me for all I care."
Sesshoumaru blinked. Did girls really think he wanted a front row seat of boobs twenty-four seven? He really needed to find some way to refine his image a little more and still get to play around. What was more important though, was Kagome's obvious uncaring attitude about their new 'relationship'.
This is a first, he thought amusingly. He stepped into the store just as Kagome was exiting the change room. "Hello Higur-Kagome."
Both girls jumped and whirled around. "Sesshoumaru! Hi!" she greeted. "Fancy meeting you here." She smiled.
"Y-Yeah." joined in Sango sheepishly. "What brings you to Benetton?" she asked pleasantly.
Sesshoumaru shrugged. "Oh, just wandering around the mall." He glanced at the clothes bundled in Kagome's arms. "Are you ready for our date on Saturday?" he asked.
Kagome nodded. "Yup! I'll see you at two o'clock then. Bye!"
"Bye!" Sango waved a little too dreamily at the silver haired teenager, before being pulled to the counter.
Sesshoumaru waved back politely and ambled out of the store. This will be interesting, he smirked, maybe trying to win Higurashi's heart would be the tiniest bit worth while.
Miko-sama: …and there it is! I really do love my part in adding the humor :cackles evilly: eheheh, Sesshoumaru and the men in white coats, love torturing people I do.
Otaku no Hime:sigh: you must really have a wicked sense of humor. Both literally and figuratively. Oh and before we forget, meet our newest addition to our ever growing co-editor list. I give you Starlight!
Star: Hi:waves: I'm here to catch the little stuff, like 'did' 'do' and so on and so forth.
Miko-sama: well guys, that's it for this round! See you again in chappie five! In which a brother intervenes and a date is screwed up. Cheer me on guys!
Otaku no Hime:cough: Cause it will probably be slow in coming what with going to Austria and having to finish a lot of stuff before we all leave! Therefore you guys probably won't get chappie five for a couple of days, and knowing Miko-sama and her procrastination-
Miko-sama:glares: like you can talk!
Otaku no Hime:ahem: She might not even get it out before we leave next week. Which of course, then means that if it's not out before next Monday, you guys will most likely not get it until sometime near the end of the week after that (mid Feb, about the 17-19, because of jet lag and catching up with work and whatnot).
Miko-sama: Sorry guys! But I'm pretty sure we can't bring laptops to Europe. I'm not even sure if we could get connection there --"
Star: Bye! We'll see you again once those two lazy duo-authoresses :points to Miko-sama stuffing her face with candy and Otaku-san doing a face plant in the table snoring: decide to get of their bums and start the next chappie :sees the murderous glances being shot her way and laughs nervously: well, umm……please review :runs: