No, I'm sorry I don't own Inuyasha…Not even a strand of his awesome silver hair...Too bad huh? I'd say, "EBay! Here I come!" Just kidding of course!
Author's Note: All right, for my younger readers I feel I must warn you there is a lot of strong language in this chapter…And I mean, a lot of strong language…I encourage you to over look them as much as possible. I'm not encouraging you to not read the chapter, I'm just saying use your best judgment and please enjoy!
Chapter 14: Confessions of a teenage "beat down" queen!
(Friday: A couple of weeks after the Halloween Party)
Sango Pov
Another soul sucking day of school coming my way! Yea! Damn, what's the point of going to all these stupid classes anyways? Like Physical Education is really gonna teach me anything in life? Yeah, so I can throw a ball and yeah I can dodge one too! But how's that gonna help me in Marine Biology? What a waste of time! Oh well, I need to get to class…Maybe I should just skip. No, I guess I better go…I still have finals coming up. I can't believe there are finals in these kinds of classes.
Sango prepared herself for another day of college and descended down the stairs as usual to the bike rack to retrieve her blue Zenon bicycle and ride on to her classes. When she approached the rack though, she noticed something strange and her heart immediately dropped with her jaw as her blood began to boil. What she noticed was nothing more than…
"AHHH! MY DAMN FUCKING BIKE IS GONE! WHAT THE HELL?"
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BANG BANG BANG!
Kagome was quickly awakened from her slumber by the pounding of a stern fist beating across her door in fury. She yawned sitting up and taking a moment to realize she was really hearing noises at the door. Kagome started trudging in a diagonal to her door bumping into various objects on her way.
"Hello?" said the groggy half-asleep Kagome.
"Kagome! You won't believe what happened!" said Sango storming in to her best friend's room.
Kagome shut the door slowly turning towards the figure pacing back and forth in her living room. Did she want to know why her friend woke her up so early? Did she want to know why she was so angry?
"Um, Sango? Do you have any idea what time it is?"
"Of course Kagome! It's 7:50 and I am about to be late for General Sports."
"Ok, good to know you are keeping track of the time and all…But if you know what time it is and you know you are going to be late to class, then why are you here pacing back and forth in my room?"
Sango took a moment to think about what Kagome said and stopped dead center in the room to look at her.
"Well, its simple Kagome…I'd be on time to class this very minute if...Someone hadn't stolen my damn bike!"
"Huh?"
"Yeah, some damn asshole stole my fucking bike, Kagome!"
"Are you sure?"
"Uh well, you know, when you go to the bike rack and you don't see your damn bike there you can only assume it's been stolen!"
"All right already, geeze, calm down! Are you sure it's just not misplaced?"
"Kagome? How can you misplace a fucking bike?"
"I don't know this is you after all Sango."
The red-hot girl could only glare through Kagome and give a sigh to try and calm herself. Kagome offered for her to take a seat; but Sango of course declined saying she was too upset to even think about sitting.
"So, what are you going to do and shouldn't you be getting to class?"
"Hmm, you're right and no I don't know what I'm going to do. I guess I need to go 'walk' to class since I ain't got a 'bike' to ride anymore!"
"That's the spirit Sango, go on to class!" said Kagome once again giving a yawn and shoving her friend out the door while she goes back to bed.
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Later that night at the dining hall, Ayame, Kagome, and Sango enjoy a nice meal with just the three of them for the night while the guys decided to have a night out for a change. As they sat down in a booth by the window they quickly engage in conversation about the events of the morning and the alleged scene of the crime.
"I'm telling you some damn bastard stole my fucking bike!"
"Language Sango, language!"
"Ayame, I don't give a rat's damn ass about language! Someone stole me damn bike for cryin' out loud!"
"Ok, so someone stole your bike! You don't have to use profanity to describe it!"
"This is how I get my anger out all right? You'd do the same if you were in my shoes!"
"Your feet are too big for me to fit in them!"
Sango's mouth fell wide open and she repaid Ayame for her insult by throwing a piece of bread at her. Of course Ayame had to retaliate by throwing a piece of broccoli in her direction; but accidentally threw it passed her landing on the floor in front of an unfortunate student. The student carrying a fresh tray of food slipped on the broccoli and the food was instantly thrown on another student causing an up roar in the dining hall.
Thus, this student decided to reward all the laughing teenagers by throwing any type of food he could get his hands on creating the biggest food fight in all of Lamar's history. Students were going crazy trying to hit others with any scrap of food while others hid under tables as well as behind trays. This was getting completely out of hand!
"See…Look what you've done Sango!"
"Me? You're the one with bad aim!"
"I wouldn't have even thrown it if you hadn't have done it first!"
"HEY! Ladies, two wrongs don't make a right! So knock it off!" insisted Kagome ducking under the table as the girls followed.
"So…What do we do now?" asked Ayame watching in horror.
As she said this, a tray of food landed right in front of them with several different scraps of food such as mashed potatoes, rolls, and green beans. Noticing this, Sango took a scoop of potatoes using her finger as a spoon saying,
"Anyone hungry?" She immediately took in the mashed potatoes and licked her finger clean while her friends looked on in disgust.
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The music played while the strobe lights flashed along the walls of the night club/bar. People danced and swayed with the music without a care in the world. Nothing mattered within these walls and it seemed as if the outside world does not exist. Koga, Inuyasha, and Miroku sat in stools at the bar waiting for the bartender to give another round of drinks.
"Hey? What are you drinking Inuyasha?" asked Miroku sipping on his cola.
Unfortunately, Miroku lost the "straw game" ending up picking the longest straw and becoming tonight's designated driver. Inuyasha guzzled down the glass before saying,
"It's a Colorado Bulldog."
"What the hell's that?" asked Koga taking another shot from Mr. Jack Daniel's.
"It's milk and alcohol mixed together."
"Sounds awful."
"Sounds wimpy." Said Koga eating some pretzels in a bowl in front of them.
"This comin' from a guy who's getting drunk off his ass from just too little ol' shots!" quirked Inuyasha taking another guzzle from his drink.
"Hey now! I can hold my damn liquor unlike some people," said Koga starting to sway in his seat.
"Uh huh… Will you be riding strapped to the bumper or strapped onto the top of the roof tonight?"
"Aww man, the roof sounds just fine," said Koga continuing his drunken blabbering.
Inuyasha started giving a half smile while nodding at Koga who was far too gone to even know what he was saying. Miroku gave out a sigh and took Koga's fifth shot away from him before he could take a sip. Koga grabbed an imaginary shot glass in his hands slinging his head back as if he had actually drunk something. Putting his pretend glass back on the counter Koga said,
"Damn! When you get me and alcohol together guys…It automatically disappears!"
Koga shifted in his seat before his head met the counter with a BANG! Miroku and Inuyasha looked at their passed out friend and continued on drinking their drinks.
"Hey…Aren't you supposed to be the designated driver?"
"Yeah, well I've earned this today."
"Aww, trouble with the misses?"
"Yeah…She comes banging on my door after her first class saying her bike was stolen."
"Her bike was stolen?"
"Yeah…And she just paces back and forth in my room all upset about it."
"Hmm…Are you sure she didn't misplace it?"
"Hey man, I was thinking the same thing. You know it's Sango and all. But no, she swears up and down, and I mean swears literally about her bike being stolen."
Miroku took one last drink and left the alcohol alone returning to his cola when he noticed a nice figure from across the room. Hitting Inuyasha with his palm to get his attention he said as getting up from his stool,
"No matter…I think I see salvation…"
"Hey? What about Sango?"
"Come on Inuyasha, we're in college and it's a guys night out! It's ok for us to have a little fun while the girls aren't around."
Inuyasha watched as his lecherous friend moved to the other side of the room to meet his objection. Looking back at his glass and taking another swig Inuyasha said,
"Why do I feel that some day that damn lecher is gonna get himself into some trouble?"
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"Oh my gosh! I finally washed that bread pudding out of my hair!" cried Kagome drying her hair with a towel and sitting beside Sango on the couch.
"I know what you mean, took me forever to wash out all those bread crumbs."
Ayame was busily combing her hair while looking out into space as the girls chattered on and on about the food war in the dining hall.
"I can't believe we got out of there!"
"You said it Kagome! But I have to admit…When you got hit in the face with that pudding I couldn't help but laugh! Then you picked up one of the pies from the dessert table and chunked it at the guy hitting him in the nose…I almost died!"
"He had it coming!"
"Coming from a girl who was telling us that two wrongs don't make a right."
"Ha! Don't do as I do, just do as I say!"
"Yeah whatever!"
Sango noticed Ayame was being very quiet even for her. She noticed something was different about her and that she was not her usual self. Ayame seemed distant and sad for some odd reason.
"What's the matter Red?"
"Huh?" said Ayame lost in thought.
"What's the matter? You're quiet."
"Oh, I was just thinking."
"About what?"
"Well, next week is Thanksgiving after all…And I was thinking that we'll all have to separate again."
"Oh, you're right…" said a regretful Kagome.
"Well, we don't have to," chimed Sango.
"What are you talking about, Sango?"
"Come on Ayame, you don't wanna go home, I sure as hell don't wanna go home, and well Kagome-" turning to look at her friend then once again saying, "Well, I don't know about Kagome; but we don't have to go…Bottom line!"
"But what would we do?"
"We'd have Thanksgiving supper here and make it ourselves!"
"Are you serious?"
"Yeah, of course; but it would be a little difficult with just two people cooking…"
Sango gave Kagome a wink and a smile hoping she would understand. After a moment Kagome finally sighed saying,
"It might be nice to stay, I mean, we did just get back and all."
"All right! Then we're agreed…We'll stay here for Thanksgiving, just like a family!"
"Hey! We could even ask the guys to stay too! I'm sure they wouldn't mind!"
"That's a great idea Ayame," said Kagome clapping her hands.
"All right girls, we're all agreed again…We stay with the guys and we all have the best damned Thanksgiving ever!"
"Must you always swear?"
"I'm sorry, get used to it!"
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"Well hey there…What's a pretty girl like you doing in this corner all by yourself?"
A very attractive girl with short maroonish hair turned around with a disgusted look on her face.
"Well, besides avoiding creeps like you?"
Miroku smirked and tried to give his best smile attempting to melt her heart in an instant.
On the other side of the bar Inuyasha watched his friend attempt to score with the girl when Koga finally came to, putting a hand on his shoulder.
"Hey Inu…Doesn't this bar seem kinda strange to you?" said Koga still tipsy and swaying as if he were on a ship.
"What do you mean Koga? If you're referring to it being spinny in here that's your own damn fault."
"No! I'm talkin' about…Have you seen any girls dancin' with guys in here and have you seen any guys dancin' with girls?"
Inu Pov
Come to think of it…This scrawny wimp has a point. I haven't seen one man or woman dance with each other all night. Nah, this couldn't be one of those kind of bars…Could it?
"I just couldn't help notice a young lady such as yourself standing here all alone. Would your boyfriend be horribly jealous if I asked you to dance?"
The girl gave him another weird glance and quickly said,
"No…But my girlfriend would!"
Miroku seemed taken back by this saying,
"No, you mean boyfriend."
"No, I mean girlfriend."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah…Gotta problem with it?"
"Me? No, of course not! I don't have anything against you people."
"Huh? 'You people?' We're not a disease! Anyways, didn't you realize this was a gay bar?"
Miroku froze instantly and did not know how to react towards this. He had heard of places like this; but actually stepping into one was another world for him.
"Judging by your look I'd definitely say you're not here with your boyfriend. But um, how could you not tell this was a gay bar? I mean the name gives it away!"
"I heard 'The Pink Flamingo' was the hottest bar in town!"
"Yeah, the hottest 'gay bar' and come on! It's a freakin' pink bird!"
"Well, sorry I messed with your place!"
"My place! Am I some type of freak because I like the same things as you?"
"No! I mean, forget it!"
Miroku leaned back against the wall banging his head against it when the girl noticed how bad he was beginning to feel. For some reason she could not explain, she ended up trying to hold a conversation with him.
"My name's Yukari, what's yours?"
"Huh?"
"I said my name's Yukari, what's yours?"
"Oh…It's Miroku."
"You gotta girl Miroku?"
"Yeah, her name's Sango."
"So what are you doing wasting your time with me?"
"What can I say, these looks are my curse…I have to flaunt them."
"Ok, well, I see nothing to flaunt first off, and you shouldn't do that to her."
"What are you talking about?"
"Girls have feelings you know. You think she'll be happy with you if she finds out you're flirting with other women?"
"I never planned on her finding out, and it was just for fun."
"Not my kind of fun if you ask me."
"Yeah, well no one was."
The two fell silent for a moment till Yukari continued,
"Are you uncomfortable around me?"
"What are you talking about?"
"Because I like women, are you uncomfortable around me?"
Miroku took some time to think about this and tried to word his phrasing carefully.
"Well, I mean…I don't know."
"You know…I'm damn proud of who I am and I'm damn proud I can admit to myself what I like and don't. There's nothing wrong with it."
"It's just not something-"
"You're used to hearing, yeah, I know. Listen…You look like you're still in college, am I right?"
"Right."
"I don't know what your girl's like and all; but I think you should go home to her and tell her you really appreciate her."
"Why?"
"Well, you're with her for a reason aren't you?"
"Yeah, she's my Sango, my love, my…Heart."
"Don't tell me, tell her ya dumbass!"
Miroku looked a little puzzled and began,
"Why are you helping me?"
"Because…I am a woman after all. I know what it's like to have a guy hurt you."
"I thought you said you were gay?"
"Yeah idiot! This was before! I used to date guys; but I got tired of being treated like crap so I changed pace and I found I was much happier with the result."
"So, you're telling me I should quit my ways if I really feel all this love for Sango and I should tell her I really appreciate her?"
"You never know…She might like it."
"Maybe you're right…Thanks."
"Don't mention it."
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(Later in the weekend)
"You look really nice today Sango," said Miroku giving a smile to his lovely companion sitting in the passenger side of his station wagon.
"Flattery will get you no where, Miroku."
"I'm just saying that I really think you look beautiful and I really appreciate you."
"Miroku? What do you want?"
"Nothing but your love my darling."
Miroku smoothed back his hair giving Sango a goofy grin in return. All she could do was glare at him and soon enough soften her gaze placing an innocent peck on his cheek. As they were driving Sango noticed someone along the side walk riding none other than…
"Hey! That's my bike!"
"What?"
"Miroku! That old man has my bike! Stop the car!"
Miroku did as he was told and Sango jumped out of the station wagon calling out to the older man who looked as if her were in his middle forties riding her bike along the sidewalk,
"HEY! YOU! YEAH YOU ON THE STOLEN BIKE! GIVE IT BACK YOU DAMN BASTARD!"
Miroku's mouth was wide open and he motioned for Sango to get back inside the car.
"Sango! That's an old man! How do you know that's your bike anyways?"
"Dammit Miroku! I know that's my bike because I personalized it with a plate with my own damn name on it! See!" Sango pointed at the bike and sure enough on the back of the bike her name was spelled out in big black letters as plain as day, "S-A-N-G-O."
When the man noticed that Sango was not backing away he quickly took off at top speed down the street to get away from her. She jumped back in the car yelling,
"STEP ON IT MIROKU!"
They quickly engaged in a high speed chase with the man going through every twist and turn to try and lose them. He even managed to cut through the park; but Miroku went around catching up to him on the other side and still in hot pursuit all the while. Finally though, the man ended up ditching them through some alley ways. Miroku parked the car and Sango jumped out watching her bike ride off beyond the fence and into another street she could not get to. The man stopped the bike looking back at her with a wave and smile, and began riding the bike out of her sight. Sango cried out while shaking her fists,
"IF I EVER FIND YOU BASTARD, I'M GONNA BEAT YOUR ASS!"
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After Church, Sango went and took a seat in behind the curtain waiting for the Father so she could begin her confessionals. The Father was soon seated and Sango began,
"Forgive me Father for I have sinned…"
"And what sin is that my child?"
"Well Father, it's kind of complicated and long."
"I'm listening."
"Ok Father…You see, on Friday I noticed my bike was gone from the bike rack over at Lamar, and well, I knew someone had stolen it. Then today I found it!"
"Yes my child, please continue."
"Well, I found it with an old man somewhere around his forties. We had a chase and well it turns out in the end I said somethings to him Father."
"And what did you say?"
"I said, 'If I ever find you bastard, I'm gonna beat your ass!"
No movement or sound came from behind the curtain. Sango waited patiently for the Father to respond; but it seemed as if he was never going to speak, possibly from shock.
"Father Thomas?"
"Oh-Yes my child! I'm sorry…Well you did the right thing by confessing for your sin and as long as you are regretful and feel wrong and you pray my child…God will forgive you."
"Well, I've prayed Father, and I do feel regretful and I do feel wrong; but I don't think it's the way I'm supposing to Father."
"And why is that my child?"
"Because I regret not beating his ass and I feel wrong for not getting my bike back!"
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Sango Pov
The Father's right…I need to just push this aside and not let it get to me. Those thoughts will only get me into a bad mood of course. But still…I'd like to have my-
"Miroku! What are you doing?"
Sango peered at him from the Church steps and watched in disbelief as he was holding an old man up against his station wagon. Not just any old man, the exact old man who stole her bike earlier and took off with it right in front of their eyes. His shirt was in very tight clenched fists in front of Miroku with a terrified expression on his face.
"And if you ever take my woman's bike again, I'll make sure to break the two reasons for you to steal it in the first place! You get me?"
The old man looked on with fear putting his hands up in the air admitting defeat. Sango could not believe how Miroku was behaving. Never had she thought he could be more gallant or brave than what he just displayed in front of her.
The man took off running leaving the bike on the ground. Miroku picked it up with two hands and shoved it into the back of the station wagon. Dusting his hands off and giving a sly smile to Sango he went on her side and opened her door saying,
"Your car my lady."
Sango looked on in amazement and finally said,
"How did you get my bike back Miroku?"
"Well, I saw him coming down the street, so I got out, grabbed him and threw him up against the car…Threatened him a little and well, I guess you saw the rest."
"I can't believe you did that…For me."
"I would do much more for you Sango, much more."
A blush crept up on her cheeks and Sango instantly sat down on the passenger side while Miroku closed her door. They headed back to Lamar and while they parked Kagome and Inuyasha were sitting on the steps in front of Phase Four getting a breath of fresh air.
They noticed their friends unloading the bike from the back of Miroku's car and immediately questioned its whereabouts.
"I knew it! I knew it was misplaced! Only Sango!"
"You're right Kagome…Figures…She probably left it by a building nearest to one of her classes."
The two carried on and on about the bike until Sango and Miroku ventured up to them walking the bike back with two of the biggest smiles ever to grace their faces.
"Well, I see you got your bike back Sango."
"Sure did Kagome."
"Uh huh, so…Where was it?"
"Oh, well, it really was stolen…An old man took it…But Miroku beat him up and got it back for me. Well, later guys, I gotta put my bike away."
Miroku and Sango took off upstairs leaving Inuyasha and Kagome in wonder. Neither of them expected to hear the phrase which passed Sango's lips. Had they heard correctly?
"I can't believe Miroku beat up an old man," said Kagome in shock.
"I can't believe Miroku didn't get beat up," said Inuyasha in a huff.
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(Later that night in Inuyasha's room)
"Hey? How'd you really get that bike back?"
"What do you mean Inuyasha?"
"You know what I mean. How'd you get the bike back?"
"Sango told you…You were there."
"Yeah, I heard what Sango said; but I'd like to hear it from you Miroku. So, how'd you do it?"
Inuyasha folded his arms across his chest waiting for Miroku to cave like he normally did. Watching his friend finally lose his strong physique and sigh as if getting something off his chest he began,
"All right Inuyasha…You got me. It turns out the guy was passing by while I waited for Sango to get out of confessional. I saw him, approached him and told him I'd give him twenty bucks if he returned the bike. When he agreed I then offered to give him thirty extra if he pretended to let me play hero. Seemed fair…Sango got her bike that old man got some cash, and I look pretty damn good to my girlfriend."
"Yeah, well, be happy Sango doesn't know you like I do."
"Why's that?"
"Because I've seen your own grandmother beat you up!"
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End Chapter 14!
Thank you guys very much for reading and reviewing. Lamar students are finally on a Christmas Break so I should have some time now to catch up on the story. I hope you liked this fluff chapter…The bike incident was inspired by an actual event at Lamar which happened to one of my friends. Unfortunately, she hasn't been able to get her bike back yet. So, I decided to give Sango a chance to not meet the same fate. I would also like to thank Jess, my sister, for helping me with this chapter! She's awesome!
All right…One more fluff chapter awaits us guys and then we'll get back into the real drama of the story…Just remember…Detours are not always necessarily a bad thing. To be honest…If it hadn't have been for finals…I know probably three of these chapters would never have been written…So, YEA! Anyways, please keep reading and reviewing because I love hearing from you guys! Thank you so much! Next – Chapter 15: The Wishbone.