Disclaimer: The characters of Inuyasha are owned by Rumiko Takahashi, but this story belongs to me.
Chapter Three: An Invitation You Can't Refuse
Beep…. Beep…. Beep… Bee…
Inuyasha ripped the alarm clock off of his nightstand and threw it across the room. With a groan he kicked off the covers.
There has to be a better way to wake up.
After a stretch and a yawn he turned on his computer. As usual, Kagome had left him an offline message. Well, an offline smile at any rate. He wished that he knew what she looked like. After all, he knew what Miroku, Shippo, and Koga looked like. Those three weren't shy about putting their pictures on their profiles. Miroku DEFINITELY wasn't shy about his. Inuyasha was a little surprised that the adult content filters hadn't caught that one yet.
Neither Sango nor Kagome put their pictures on their profiles. Sango had a picture of a cat on hers, and Kagome had a picture from her favorite anime. The boys had wondered if the girls really WERE girls. That had been a very disturbing conversation. And the girls hadn't been very adamant about denying it either. In fact, they seemed to get a sadistic pleasure out of being intentionally vague.
Inuyasha yawned and headed for the bathroom.
Nah, Kagome is a girl. I know it.
After brushing his teeth and doing his morning business, Inuyasha threw on the cleanest clothes from his hamper and darted down the stairs. He grabbed the toast his mother was buttering and ran out the door.
His first two classes went by unnoticed. It's no wonder he ended up with detention. Which, of course, made him think about Kagome. What in the world would SHE have been given detention for?
Lunch was miserable as usual. He quickly ate the Ramen he brought then headed for the library. If he was lucky Kagome would be online too. Chatting with her during lunch was his favorite part of the day. Their conversation the night before had been interrupted, probably by Sango, and he really wanted to continue it.
Turned out it wasn't Inuyasha's lucky day after all. The only one of his gamer friends who was online was Koga.
BigBadWolf: You just missed Kagome.
DogDemon01: Like I care.
BigBadWolf: You're just jealous that I claimed her first.
DogDemon01: You can't claim her, you moron. She's not yours.
BigBadWolf: She will be.
Inuyasha was too ticked off at Koga to even bother answering him, he just kicked the power cord out of the socket. Granted, he could have just clicked on the little X to exit the window, or even close down the Internet connection, but being Inuyasha, he just had to turn off the power to the whole stupid thing. That, naturally, led to a scolding by the librarian on how to appropriately treat school equipment.
During detention he doodled pictures of a dog tearing apart a wolf. He even used his red pen to add a nice touch of splattering blood. All in all he was quite satisfied with his work of art.
The walk home was about the usual. The good thing about detention was that most of the other students have already left for the day and weren't hanging around being annoying. The less people he had to deal with the better.
"Mom! I'm home!" Inuyasha yelled as he walked into the kitchen.
There was a mumbled reply coming from the backroom over the sound of a vacuum. Inuyasha grabbed a soda and a sandwich from the refrigerator. As he was about to head back upstairs a manila envelope on the table caught his attention.
It had his name on the front.
Stuffing the sandwich into his mouth, Inuyasha ripped open the envelope and starting reading aloud.
"Dear Inuyasha Taisho: Congratulations, you have been selected to participate in a new gaming experience."
He continued to read as he went up the stairs to his bedroom.
"You and five other gamers have been chosen to be the first to sample the newest form of gaming. The Virtual RPG."
Inuyasha turned on his computer and quickly went to Miroku's chatroom. Everyone but Kagome was already there. And from the looks of the conversation, they had received the same letter that he did.
DogDemon01: I got a letter like that.
DemonSlayer18: That is too weird. It can't be a coincidence.
Houshi4Hentai: Maybe someone noticed our group always plays together.
DemonSlayer18: But why us?
FoxFyre: Because we're good?
MikoMaiden joined the room
DemonSlayer18: lol
Houshi4Hentai: lol
BigBadWolf: lol
MikoMaiden: Looks like I just missed something funny. What's up?
DogDemon01: Did you get an invitation in the mail today?
MikoMaiden: I don't know, I'll go check. Brb.
Inuyasha barely registered the rest of the conversation as he waited for Kagome to come back. He was just as wary and suspicious as Sango was. They weren't the best group of gamers out there. There were others who played better, and had played together longer. Why was their group singled out? It gave him an itchy feeling.
MikoMaiden: I'm back!
BigBadWolf: wb
DemonSlayer18: wb
FoxFyre: Kagome, tell them to stop picking on me!
MikoMaiden: Stop picking on Shippo.
DogDemon01: Did you get an invitation too?
MikoMaiden: Yes.
The group was silent. Every last one of them received an invitation. They were invited to test a new virtual reality role playing game. It was an all expense paid vacation to Tokyo, Japan.
