The whole cafeteria was completely transformed. The once dreaded eating facility was currently decked out in dark blue streamers with small lights and above the dance floor hung a mirrored disco ball surrounded by smaller rainbow disco balls. All the ugly, rusted metal tables were gone. They were replaced with tiny round wood tables that lined the dance floor, covered in light blue plastic tablecloths. Behind those was one long buffet table with punch, cookies, cupcakes, and a huge bowl of candy, which was almost gone due to the kids 7-12 that had left to go back to the cabins an hour earlier.
"I never thought that it was possible to turn this place into a night club." said Kagome.
"They even have a DJ!" Sango was ecstatic.
"Are you ready to partay!" shouted the DJ.
"Yeah!" screamed the crowd.
Loud music started to pump through the building. All the teens ran onto the floor and danced to the music.
But Inuyasha walked over to a table and sat. Kagome followed suit with a worried look on her face. "Come on Inuyasha, let's dance!" He shook his head firmly. "Why not? I mean, this is a dance isn't it?" she said.
"I do-,"
"Alright everyone! Time for the swing dance contest! So grab a partner and get started!" interrupted the DJ.
"Come on," Kagome grapped his hand and dragged him to the floor. Inuyasha was glad that this wasn't a modern dance contest. The best way to put it was that he wasn't hip to the latest styles of dance, though he would probably master them in 50 years or so. But he had won a few swing contests in the 50's. This will be easy, he thought.
When you hit the dance floor you gotta be jumpin'
Jump on in, jump your lady!
Inuyasha caught Kagome's hand and twirled her close to him, then grabbed her waist and threw her into the air, just before capturing her again and placing her onto the ground. He saw the look on her face and it took all his will power not to burst out laughing, but managed only a smirk instead.
Kagome loved to dance, she had taken many classes in ballroom, salsa, rumba, hip-hop, and, her favorite: swing. Many of her teachers said she was naturally gifted in the arts. But when she started to dance with Inuyasha, she was so surprised she hardly managed to keep her footing. How did he learn to dance like that? She thought.
Oh, come on Kagome, show him how much all those lessons paid off! Don't just let him have all the fun! Her mind screamed at her. So, that's exactly what she did.
Kagome released his hand and spun in the other direction, then came in close and pressed her cheek to his and said, "Is that all you got? Show me what you can do,"
Inuyasha could tell that she knew what she was doing. So he pulled some more advanced moves. He grabbed both her hands and swung her underneath him then grabbed her waist and spun her in the air, where she landed perfectly, several feet away, beckoning him with one finger.
They danced each other in circles, all the way to the end of the song, when Inuyasha dipped her low to the ground. She smiled up at him, swung her arms around his neck and kissed him passionately. Everyone else seemed to have disappeared when they were dancing. Now, the crowd that had formed around them to watch the show cheered and whistled and clapped. That was when they realized that had an audience. They both blushed deeply, as they broke the kiss and laughed at what had happened.
"It looks like we have ourselves some winners!" the DJ shouted.
The cheering only increased when Kagome and Inuyasha received their trophy. They held it high in the air in triumph, and bowed as one, both grinning like fools.
"Will the winners care to start off our slow dance?" asked the DJ.
They both nodded and headed to the middle of the dance floor.
And I'd give up forever
to touch you
Cause I know that you feel me somehow
You're the
closest to heaven that I'll ever be
And I don't want to go home
right now
As the song began, Kagome wrapped her arms around his neck and lay her head down on his chest. Inuyasha slipped his arms around her slim waist and pulled her close, tightening his grip, almost as if to hold her like this forever, never letting go.
And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
Cause sooner or later it's
over
I just don't want to miss you tonight
Kagome loved this song. Ever since she first heard it on the radio, the Goo Goo Dolls had become her favorite band to listen to. But what was more, she enjoyed even more in his arms, swaying to the rhythm. It was the happiest moment of her life, dancing to the song she loved, in the arms of the one she loved…
'Love?' she asked herself. 'How can I love him?' she questioned herself. 'I've only known him for one week!' her mind screamed. Kagome thought it to be impossible. Yes, it was true that she liked him a lot, that her mood always perked up at the mere thought of him, that she yearned for his touch, that she wanted him…more than she was ever willing to admit out loud. 'Could I be in love? Was anyone ever this lucky? That their first sweetheart could be the one?'
And I don't want the world to see me
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's
made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
Verse 3
And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
Or the
moment of truth in your lies
When everything seems like the
movies
Yeah you bleed just to know your alive
"I love this song," Inuyasha heard her whisper. He smiled that rare smile, the one he had never let anyone see; not even Kikyo. But he had let Kagome see it, just as she let him see hers, everyday. She was more open with him than anyone had ever been before, so genuine and pure. It was then that he realized that he would do anything to be with her, every moment of everyday. He wanted to hold her, to kiss her…
'Hell, if you want her that much, then why don't you just take her into the woods at night and…'
'Don't even finish that sentence,'
'Hello, wimpy half.'
'Hey, just because I'm a human doesn't mean I just take what I want and throws it away, like you do does not make me wimpy,'
'Ok, ok, I can tell you really like this girl, so why don't you take her as your bride of the night?'(that doesn't sound too cheesy, does it?)
'Because, you dufus, I don't know what it would do to her!' Inuyasha mentally shouted at his bloodthirsty brother.
'Oh, yeah forgot for a moment that she is the queen of the rigias and all. Well I guess all you can do is wait and see what happens, but don't you come crying to me when your Bitch is in heat,'
And with that final note, his 'brother' as Inuyasha liked to call his other side, was gone. This side of him was like a Miroku, only 10 times more perverted. (If you could even imagine that!)
And
I don't want the world to see me
Cause I don't think that they'd
understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want
you to know who I am
Chorus
I don't want the world to see
me
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When
everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know
who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to
know who I am
The song ended and the couple broke apart and went and sat down.
"You two were really amazing," greeted Sango.
"Yeah, Inuyasha, I never knew you could dance," said Miroku.
"You never asked," answered Inuyasha.
The gang continued the casual conversation like this for over an hour, laughing at some wise cracks and Miroku's mischievous hand.
Unknown to the gang, they were being watched.
"Did you see that girl's arm?" a girl with long red hair asked her partner, both sitting in the concealing shadows in a corner.
"Yes, she bears the mark," he answered. They had come in search of the new queen, the tribe having heard rumors of the Birth. He didn't think, that in all the tribe's history, had there been a chosen queen so young. It was most confusing. Why would the previous queen, after so long in her passing, choose this girl, he asked himself.
"How can you be so sure?" asked the girl.
"It has to be, how many girls her walk around with that tattooed on their arm?" he let the question hang in the air for a moment.
"Come on Ayame, let's go introduce ourselves," he said, rising from his seat.
The two mysterious figures walked over to their table. The conversation ceased as the two came closer, and the eyes of the occupants were all starring in their direction.
"Hey," said Kagome, "What's your names?" she asked.
"I'm Koga and this is Ayame," they smiled at the table.
"This is Sango, Inuyasha, and Miroku," she answered for the group, "And I am Kagome," Kagome introduced herself last.
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"I don't ever recall that happening," said Miroku
"Oh yes it did. He groped our eighth grade gym teacher, Ms. Hemingway," Sango laughed along with the rest of the group. Miroku found this anything but amusing.
"It's not like I was trying to grope her, I mean do you remember her?" Miroku said exasperated. "She had a huge nose and a double chin. And the most hideous wart known to man. Besides it was your fault I groped her anyway."
"Yep, I moved out of the way just in time." Sango was tearing from laughing so hard.
The dance had ended a half an hour ago. The six teens: Sango, Miroku, Inuyasha, Kagome, Ayame, and Kouga had all agreed to stay behind and act as the clean up crew. No one had expected to have as many laughs as they did. Now that they were finished they were just sitting around, around remembering fond memories.
"Hey you guys look what I found," Kagome held up an empty bottle of red wine.
"It looks like someone had a good time tonight," commented Kouga.
"I've got an idea, who wants to play spin the bottle?" Ayame suggested.
They all reluctantly agreed. So they sat in a circle placing the bottle in the middle.
"Not it!" called Kouga.
"Not it!" chimed in everyone else but Miroku, who was too slow.
He extended his arm and jerked the bottle to the left. It landed on Inuyasha. "There is no way in hell," was his remark. So Miroku spun it again and it landed on Sango.
The rest of the group pushed them outside the building, and locked the doors. "We're not gonna let you back in until we see some smooshing," said Kagome.
I'm gonna kill her later, thought Sango. She was shivering. Miroku, being the polite gentleman he was carefully wrapped his arms around her. This embrace warmed her in more ways than one.
"They won't let us back in-," Sango was interrupted. Lips were suddenly placed on her own. She put up her arms to push him away, but found that when her hands met with his chest, they slowly slip up and wrapped around his neck. Sango had known him practically her whole life, and never had she felt this way towards him.
His touch made her giddy and weak as if she were drunk as he put his arms around her waist. She deepened the kiss.
This surprised Miroku. He had thought that if he gave her a quick kiss that he could get her out of the cold night air. It was true that since he had reunited with his middle school companion that she had looked more beautiful than he had imagined any woman. She surpassed all his expectations, he looks, her grace, her intelligence... the list went on.
This kiss held meaning for the both of them, and the two only broke for air when the doors of the complex were re-opened to the groups smirking faces.
"I knew it!" claimed Kagome. "You owe me 5 bucks Ayeme."
"I thought that Sango wouldn't let him near her," complained Ayeme handing over the money.
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