Yeah, I know this chapter iskinda short, but at least I finally updated! Aren't you guys happy? Or do you hate me for abandoning The Grade Race for so long? Either way, here's chapterseven! Sango starts to seeMiroku as more than just an obstacle and Inu and Kags are moving forward with their relationship! But what's going to happen when Sango neglects her studies! Read on! And please review cause I love all you guys who stick with me even though I'm awful at being consistent with my fanfics! And now I'm done rambling.
The Grade Race
Chapter 6
"So…" Sango began, glancing somewhat nervously at Miroku who had driven her home after their lunch together. "Um… thanks." She murmured. Miroku smiled genuinely at her. "No problem. It was enjoyable for me too." Sango blushed a little bit at that, but shook it off. No way could Miroku ever make her feel like that, no matter how nice he acted. "Thanks again." Sango said, a little more confidently that time as Miroku turned to go back to his car. Miroku smiled at her and waved, then walked down to his car. As Miroku got in the car and drove off, Sango ran her hand through her hair and sighed.
"This is turning out to be more troublesome than I thought it would be." Sango said to herself under her breath as she turned to the door and unlocked it. She dashed past her parents who were sitting on the couch reading and ran up the stairs into her room. She threw the door open and slammed it behind her. Once it was closed, she sighed loudly and slid down to the floor, her eyes closed. When she opened them, she saw Kohaku sitting on her bed, her phone in his hand, and his eyebrow raised. "Sis? Are you okay?"
Sango felt her face flush and she sputtered, "Ko… Kohaku!" Then she calmed down and her brow furrowed. "What are you doing in my room and on my phone?" Kohaku shrugged and hopped off her bed. "About ten minutes after Souta left, your phone started ringing. It was annoying me, so I came to see who was calling. I picked it up, and we had been talking for about five minutes when you showed looking like you just ran a marathon."
Sango sighed again, lightly this time and smiled at Kohaku. "Oh, I see." She stood and opened the door, motioning for Kohaku to leave. "If you'll excuse me now, I'd like to talk with my friend." Kohaku smiled handing her the phone and walking out. "Okay." Sango pulled her door shut, then flopped onto her bed, the phone up to her ear, suddenly filling giddy. "Hello? Kagome?" Kagome's happy voice exploded into Sango's ear. "Oh my god! Sango, hi! I'm so glad you're back! I have to talk to you!" Sango stared at the phone, and after a moment of silence, Kagome blurted out, giggling, "And then you can tell me about your date with Miroku!"
"It was not a date! He's my rival!" Sango screeched into the phone. Kagome laughed. "Alright, alright. But seriously, I have to talk to you. I'm so happy!" Sango smiled to herself. Kagome's perkiness was contagious sometimes. "Okay. Shoot. I'm listening." Sango replied, rolling onto her back and putting Kagome on speaker phone since she figured this would be long and she didn't want her ear to go numb.
Kagome smiled and began, "Well, after you left, me and Inuyasha just skated for a while. By the way, he told me that he thinks Miroku digs you. Isn't that funny?" Kagome laughed lightly, while Sango just crossed her eyes in annoyance. "Yes Kagome, it's hilarious. Now please continue your epic tale of romance for me." She said sarcastically. Now it was Kagome's turn to blush. "Shut up." She mumbled. "Anyways!" She began again, loudly. "When we were leaving and about to go to our separate cars, Inuyasha told me I look pretty today!" Sango smiled. "Aaaawww." She responded. "Then what happened?" Sango asked eagerly. Even if she was very organized and professional, Sango still had a great interest in her best friend's love life, like most girls who are best friends do.
"Well, then he started talking all funny like he wanted to say something but couldn't. You know like how Hojo does?"
"Yeah." Sango replied. Kagome squealed and continued, "But it was even cuter when Inuyasha did it because Inuyasha seems more like the big tough guy type, you know? And there he was stuttering and blushing! I loved it!" This made Sango giggle. "So anyways, he finally got out was he was going to say, and guess what he said?"
"What?" Sango asked, giddy with anticipation. "He asked me to go on a date with him tomorrow! I'm so happy!" Kagome and Sango squealed simultaneously and then broke into a fit of giggles.
Sango's parents suddenly opened the door to her room, staring at her like a parent would when they caught their kid with their hand in the cookie jar. "What's going on up here that's causing you to be so loud?" Sango's eyes grew huge and she suddenly was very embarrassed. "S…sorry…" She managed to finally say. She returned her attention to Kagome, her parents closing the door and said half-heartedly, "That's great Kagome. Well, I have to go now, so I'll see you later." Kagome's voice was confused and sounded somewhat hurt. "What? What's wrong Sango?" Sango shook her head. "It's just my parents again…" Kagome's voice now sounded more understanding and sympathetic. "Oh, I see. I'm sorry. Okay then, so I'll talk to you later then. And next time, I really do want to know how things went with Miroku."
Sango nodded, smiling and blushing lightly. "Okay. Bye Kagome."
"Bye." Sango hung up the phone and let it fall to the bed beside her, burying her head in her pillows. Now she was perturbed again. How things went with Miroku? Kagome made it sound like they had dated or something. They just went out for lunch once; it wasn't a big deal. Now that all was quiet, Sango had time to finally reflect on her lunch with Miroku. Of course there had been the obligatory small talk and Miroku had apologized again for the set-up thing. Also, Sango had actually found out a lot about Miroku.
For one thing, she learned that he had transferred to Tokyo all the way from Kyoto.And shefound out that he was living with a foster father who was an insufferable drunk he said, and Sango laughed at this. He also told her that most of his ancestors were monks and so he had a lot of old antiques in his house. When Sango had asked why Miroku was living with a foster father, Miroku had told her somewhat sadly that his mother died giving birth to him, and his father died in a car accident when he was four years old. Sango felt sorry for him, and she began to realize something else from talking to Miroku. Underneath his slightly perverse side, Miroku was actually very kind and funny. He was also extremely intelligent which Sango had never doubted considering he had even topped her. Sango regarded this with anger, but it disappeared after a few minutes.
Sango continued to lay on her bed thinking about Miroku in general for another hour or so, and then it was time for dinner. After she ate, she returned to her room, and Kagome called her for the third time that day. "Hello?" Sango said somewhat dazedly. "Sango? Are you okay?" Sango was suddenly awake again. "Yeah I'm fine. Hi Kagome. What's up?"
"I wanted to ask you for a favor." Kagome said sheepishly.
"What's that?" Sango asked. "Well, you know I'm going on a date with Inuyasha tomorrow, and he's picking me up at noon, so I was wondering if you could come over around ten and help me get ready." Sango grinned. "Of course I will Kagome. We have to make you all pretty for Inu or he won't love you anymore." She teased. Kagome laughed. She spent the next few hours chatting with Kagome, and then with Inuyasha too when Kagome managed to get them in a three way conversation.
At around ten o' clock, Inuyasha said, "Hey Sango?"
"Hmm?" Sango said, still laughing after something particularly funny Kagome had said to Inuyasha a minute or so ago. "Do you still hate Miroku?" Sango abruptly stopped laughing. "Do… do I still…?" Sango was having trouble stringing together a sentence, which struck her as odd when just that afternoon she would've screamed that she did. She coughed in embarrassment at her indecision and then she finally managed to reply, "I don't hate him, but we are not friends."
"Not according to him." Inuyasha muttered. "What was that?" Sango asked sharply. "Nothing! Nothing!" Inuyasha said quickly. After another hour, Sango uncharacteristically yawned loudly. "Well, I'm exhausted and I have to get up early tomorrow. Goodnight everybody." Inuyasha smirked. "You go to bed at eleven? Wow." Sango and Kagome said in unison, "Shut up."
"But seriously guys, I have to go. Bye." Inuyasha and Kagome said goodbye to her, and Sango hung up the phone.
Sango placed the phone in its charger and changed into her pajamas. She turned off the lights and crawled into bed, her study papers completely forgotten on her desk.