Author's Note: I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry! Let's get to the point, here's the next chapter for your enjoyment, more notes at the end. Enjoy!

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Chapter Eight

Don't be Silly

Kagome had quickly given up on the idea of cleaning up the mess before classes started once the tower closest to her bed toppled over, spilling packaging peanuts everywhere. With boxes filling every (previously) available space, it was quite the obstacle course getting ready. Pushing most boxes aside, stacking some elsewhere, and climbing over some that just wouldn't budge, she made her way to the bathroom, dashed in and out of the shower, and got dressed, thankful she'd already laid her clothes out.

She had to admit, as she exited through Sango's room, he did a good job. It was an art, this prank war she'd entangled herself in, and he was quite the artist.

She walked to her class, keeping a steady pace to be on time. She pulled the heavy door open just as the bell rang, and quietly made her way to the group clustered around the professor. She kept her ears trained on him while her eyes searched for Inuyasha.

There was the occasional whisper about the TV Girl and the Bleached Boy, but she ignored those as best she could. Which was actually fairly easy, since it was Wednesday – exercise day. Today they were touring the field house, which held the indoor track, pool, exercise room, and a gymnasium.

It wasn't hard to spot the boy, with his silver hair. She caught his eye and he smirked, clearly proud of himself, and expecting her to blow-up or get mad and drag him out again or something. Instead, she simply grinned mischievously.

The game was on.

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"She smiled at you?"

Inuyasha eyed Miroku suspiciously, "Don't start anything. It wasn't just a smile, it was like…this morning didn't faze her at all and she has tomorrow's retribution planned out so perfectly that what I did wasn't even worth getting mad about."

Miroku paused a moment before opening his mouth again "You're thinking too hard. And that was a sentence I never thought I'd utter in your presence."

Inuyasha sat up from his sprawled position on his bed to take a swipe at his roommate, who easily dodged the half-hearted attempt.

"Shut up," he muttered and fell back.

"Well, if it's any consolation, tomorrow's Thursday, so you'll have the last word on Friday."

"Until she retaliates on Monday and gets her own last word next Friday."

"Hey, maybe by Friday you two will have confessed your undying love for each other and be too busy doing other things she won't even remember to have the last word."

Inuyasha stared at him, one eyebrow cocked. "I don't even know how to respond to that harebrained suggestion."

Miroku smiled, "Hey, a week and a half is a long time. You never know what could happen."

Inuyasha snorted. "Whatever you say, bozo."

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"So you think you scared him?"

"I know I scared him, Sango. He was expecting me to drag him out of class or something, not smile at him." Kagome smiled again as the memory of the boy's puzzled expression resurfaced in her mind. The two girls were walking home from a long day of classes and discussing the latest happenings.

"Why didn't you get mad at him? You were furious after what he did on Monday."

"Yes, but now he's playing the game by my rules. The boy may be good, but as long as we play by my rules, there's no way he can win."

"That's mighty confident."

"Of course I'm confident. I grew up with a brother only a few years younger than me. I am the master of practical jokes."

Sango smiled, "I have a younger brother, too, you know. Except we didn't play practical jokes on each other, we just beat each other up." She laughed at Kagome's widened eyes, "Not really, though. We both did martial arts, so we would practice on each other and stuff. No one can take me by surprise."

Kagome laughed as she opened the door to their building. "I don't doubt it." She really didn't doubt the girl would be a fair match for her brother, with such an athletic build. To tell the truth, she would never want to face Sango in a fight.

They rounded the corner and headed up the stairs. Kagome groaned as they neared their doors and she saw the little white styrofoam peanuts on the hallway floor. "I'm not cleaning those up."

Sango patted her arm sympathetically. "Just shove all the boxes across the hall. If the boys aren't home, stick 'em in there. If they are, barricade them in."

Kagome brightened, "That's brilliant! Wanna help?"

Sango laughed and shook her head. "You're on your own, I've got more reading to do."

Kagome could hear muffled voices from Inuyasha's room, so she opted for the barricade idea. Before too long, she'd pushed the heaviest boxes out from her room to block Inuyasha's door. The lighter ones she stacked in a tower that reached the ceiling, with peanuts spilling out all around. She'd left the hallway partially open so she could still get in and out of her room and others could still pass through without any problems, but a certain boy was going to have difficulties. She smirked as she pictured his reaction in her mind. This was going to be good.

She covered up the door so quickly that she still had about half the boxes left in her room. She decided not to give Inuyasha more ammo than he already had and packed them up to take down to the dumpster.

On her way back, she changed directions midway and decided to check out the convenience store that was about a block away to see if it would have any fun toys for her to play with tomorrow morning. The bell above the door dinged as she walked in, and she gave the store a once-over. There wasn't really much in there, just snack foods, shampoo, frostees, basic party supplies, etc. She wandered over to the party supplies, thinking to maybe pick something up for the hall party Thursday night.

'Who's idea was it to have a party on Thursday night, anyway?' She thought to herself. 'It's not like everyone already has the rest of the weekend booked already.'

'But then again…' she mused as something caught her eye. 'Maybe it's not such a bad idea after all…'

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Back in the dorms, Inuyasha was just opening his door to leave for dinner. Or more accurately, he was trying to. He shoved it, but it won't budge.

"What the…Oi! Miroku! Did you break the door or something?"

"I didn't do a thing! Why?" He called from his room.

"It…won't…open…" Inuyasha grunted as he threw his weight against the door.

Miroku got up from his desk and came over. "What did you do to it?" He accused.

"I didn't do a freakin' thing!" Inuyasha said, frustrated. "Go see if your door opens!"

Miroku complied, only to find that his door wouldn't open either. "No good!"

"We'll have to break one open and see what on earth is blocking them," Inuyasha stared in disgust at the offending door and back up, preparing to run and slam into it.

Outside, Kagome was just coming down the hallway with a plastic bag of goodies in hand. She saw the boys' doors shaking with each attempt to open them. Stifling her laughter, she quickly entered her own room and pressed her ear to the door. She could hear muffled shouting and cursing with each dull thud.

Suddenly, the door gave way and toppled all of the boxes over with a loud BANG. All the doors in the hallway flew open to see what caused the noise, including Kagome's.

Inuyasha's startled face greeted her, along with boxes and foam peanuts strewn all over the hall. Once he got over his surprise, he could still only stare at the mess he had inadvertently created. Kagome burst out laughing, as did everyone else in the hall. Miroku appeared behind Inuyasha, equally stunned.

"Oh, your face!" Kagome held onto the doorframe for support. She couldn't help it, Inuyasha's face, normally so proud and smirking, was now sporting the look of utter confusion. He looked like a little lost puppy. Kagome snorted as she pictured Inuyasha as a puppy…yeah, little puppy ears would suit him.

The image of Kagome almost doubled over in laughter seemed to snap Inuyasha out of whatever had entranced him. He blinked a couple times, and then glared at Kagome.

"You…" He started to stomp towards her with every intention of strangling her until she couldn't laugh anymore, but only succeeded in tripping over the masses of cardboard. "I am so going to kill you!" He growled.

"Ha, I'm sure you are," Kagome winked. "Stay out of my room," and she closed the door, still laughing, leaving a fuming and still confused boy standing in the hallway.

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Kagome tip-toed out of Inuyasha's room having just completed another morning "wake-up." Granted, she didn't exactly wake him up, but it was more fun for him to discover these things on his own. And considerably safer for her. She had just eased the door closed and begun to turn to finish getting ready when it swung back open, revealing a very pissed Inuyasha.

And his hair was absolutely coated in silly string.

Normally, this image would have caused Kagome to burst out in another fit of laughter, but the expression on Inuyasha's face seemed to suggest that that would have been a very bad idea.

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AN: I finally updated! I deserve a cookie or something. I really am SO sorry I took so long. The holidays were madness and school has been one stress factor after another this semester. I'm also trying to get ready for Study Abroad Japan (YAY!) both financially and academically, so I don't have a lot of free time. And I've just been having a hard time lately, and it's difficult to write humor when you feel like crap. But I get your reviews pleading for updates, and they make me feel loved. So I hope I didn't disappoint too much. And I had the silly string idea a long time ago, but thanks for the suggestion. Thanks for all the other ideas, too, but Friday is the turning point (and a little bit of Thursday), so the pranks will be a little bit different.

I will try very very hard to update again soonish (not after two and a half months) but I'm not promising anything. I also apologize if this chapter seems dysfunctional. I've been writing bits and pieces here and there as opposed to doing it all at once like I normally do. Thanks for all your support and please REVIEW!

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Fun bloopers:

Marital arts

Miroku's song Brad Paisley's "Me Neither." I got this CD for Christmas and was listening to it as I wrote. And this song fits so well. It made me laugh anyway. Go listen to it somehow. At least look at the lyrics if you can't stand country. (Hey, I'm a Kansas girl) I need to make a soundtrack for this thing. I keep hearing songs that remind me of it.