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Chapter 26: Sweep Me off My Feet
Kagome's heart beat like a drum in her chest, her fingers were crossed and her eyes had squeezed shut, lips whispering 'please, please, please!'. Inuyasha glanced at her in concern, wondering if the suspense had affected her sanity.
Mr Tippytoes cleared his throat for the umpteenth time, looked over to the dancers with a huge smile on his face and announced,
"Sesshoumaru and Kagura!"
Silence.
The ballroom erupted with cheers and wild applause, mostly from all of those women Sesshoumaru had nearly drowned in back at the Yoru Hotel. Sesshoumaru himself remained impassive, masking the faint flicker of surprise that had somehow escaped over his expression. Other than that he looked as though he had been expecting to win. When Kagura heard her name being called out, her back had stiffened and her eyes had gone wide with astonishment. Quickly regaining composure, she'd taken a sneaky glance at Sesshoumaru's reaction and had almost grinned at the sight of his slightly open mouth before he too hid his surprise.
Mr Tippytoes beckoned to them both with his finger, and at the same time signalled for the trophy to be brought to him. Kagura and Sesshoumaru rose from their seats and as the applause rolled around them; they strode gracefully towards Mr Tippytoes, who was currently struggling with the immensely heavy prize.
Kagome breathed out a disappointed sigh. No wait, she was not meant to be disappointed, it was not the winning but the taking part that counted. Kagome forced a smile onto her face and began to clap along with the rest. Honestly, she had not been expecting Sesshoumaru and Kagura to win so it came as something of a shock when she heard their names. She'd gasped out loud and everything.
She felt a large amount of pressure on her hands and she snapped out of her elevated state, bringing her gaze to the clawed hand clutching hers. Inuyasha was glaring at her angrily.
"Don't applaud the bastard." He growled, then he let go of her hands roughly. Kagome sighed and placed her hands in her lap.
To say that Inuyasha felt pissed was a bit of an understatement, livid was more an appropriate term. He was certain he and Kagome were going to win first place, after all, he thought their fifties jive had been the best performance of the competition. There was only one thing that could have happened; somehow the old judges were threatened with disembowelment by Sesshoumaru, therefore they fixed the results and guaranteed a win for both him and Kagura. Inuyasha growled. How dare he.
Mr Tippytoes handed the large trophy to Kagura, who bent almost double under the weight, and kissed her on the cheek. He took a step closer to Sesshoumaru and spread out his arms to give him a big hug as congratulations. Mr Tippytoes froze when he heard screams from the dancers section, he glanced over to Kagome and her group and found them out of their seats waving their arms around and yelling at him to stop. Mr Tippytoes blinked at them in confusion and, arms still outstretched, turned his head slowly to look at Sesshoumaru who was currently giving him a glare that seemed to say; 'touch this and I will eliminate your little gay ass'. Mr Tippytoes hurriedly lowered his arms, opting for a smile and mumbling a quick 'well done' instead.
Sesshoumaru and Kagura were led out of the ballroom and towards the reception area to have their pictures taken. Oh damn, I forgot to explain what a camera's exact function was, thought Kagome anxiously. Mr Tippytoes coughed loudly and the audience fell silent. With a grin on his face, he licked his lips and readied himself to announce the runners up.
"The runner up couple is…" He paused to let the suspense grow but then somebody threw a pair of used panties at him and told him to get on with it. Mr Tippytoes picked the panties off his head with his thumb and forefinger and tossed them to one side and cleared his throat. He spread his arms and beamed.
"Inuyasha and Kagome!"
The audience cheered and applauded, Kagome shot up from her seat, jumped up and down and squealed loudly. Inuyasha just sat ogling at Mr Tippytoes and at Kagome gone crazy. Kagome kept screaming and jumping and tried shaking Inuyasha out of his daze. Inuyasha seemed to be in shock because his body functions refused cooperate, so let himself be pulled abruptly to his feet. Kagome hauled Inuyasha along the dance floor since his legs had become slightly limp. When they finally reached the spot where Mr Tippytoes was standing, Kagome received – with difficulty- the smaller version of the trophy with one hand and struggled to hold Inuyasha upright with the other. Mr Tippytoes attempted to place the small envelope (containing entries to the spa) in Kagome's already occupied hands and failed since Kagome had become concentrated solely on preventing Inuyasha from falling onto the floor. Mr Tippytoes sighed in desperation.
"That'th it, I'll fix thith!" He said determinedly and he slapped Inuyasha hard. Inuyasha's head turned forcefully from the impact and he blinked.
"Ow."
Inuyasha rubbed the pulsing mark on his cheek with a stunned expression on his face. He stared at Mr Tippytoes, the trophy in Kagome's arms and the entries to the spa that were in Mr Tippytoes' hand. The hanyou's eyes widened.
"We win somethin'?"
Kagome's head slumped down onto her chest as a sign of renounce. She sighed deeply. Mr Tippytoes giggled and flapped the spa entries about before handing them to Inuyasha, who in turn received them, cautiously bringing the little slips of paper up to his nose and sniffing them suspiciously. Satisfied that they were neither threatening nor indeed edible, Inuyasha allowed himself be led by Kagome to get his picture taken for the local newspaper. Kagome elbowed her way through the crowd of photographers that had for some reason all gathered in that particular spot.
Pushing through, an acrid smell of burning plastic seared up her nostrils and she noticed Inuyasha gag and cover his nose with his sleeve. The man who had meant to have been taking pictures of Sesshoumaru and Kagura was currently cowering under the demon lord's piercing glare, holding what seemed to be the steaming, almost liquid remains of his camera. Sesshoumaru himself looked as though nothing out of the ordinary had happened but a barely noticeable glimmer of anger resided in his eyes. Kagura was standing at a distance, holding a hand over her nose. Kagome closed her gaping mouth and hoped Inuyasha would do the same.
"…Wh-what…h-happened?" She stammered. Sesshoumaru spoke calmly but without taking his eyes off the hyperventilating camera man.
"He attempted to blind Kagura and me using that strange contraption. I merely used my poison to destroy it. Now if you'll excuse me…I will kill him." He raised his arm and began flexing his claws. Kagome threw herself in front of the poor man and held her arms out by her sides.
"No! He's only taking your picture!"
Sesshoumaru's eyebrow lifted into a perfect arch. "My what?"
"Your picture! It's an image of a present situation that is taken using…" Kagome looked around wildly, grabbed a camera from an unsuspecting photographer and held it in front of Sesshoumaru's face.
"…This! The image is then put on special paper to be kept as a memento also known as a 'photograph', please Sesshoumaru, the guy's just doing his job, don't kill him!" Kagome pleaded.
Sesshoumaru contemplated the idea of his glorious person being kept on paper as a permanent reminder of his power. He slowly lowered his arm.
"So you're saying, a 'photograph' is, in essence, the capture of a moment, which is then conserved on paper, therefore freezing the instant in question and preserving it for significant purposes?" Sesshoumaru enquired curiously. Kagome eyebrows rose of their own accord and she heard a loud 'huh!' from Inuyasha's part. Kagome scratched the back of her head.
"Well…yeah...yeah that's about right. You're a fast learner." She added.
Sesshoumaru stared at her as though it were completely obvious. "I know." He said coolly, holding his head a little higher.
He returned to Kagura's side and stood as elegant as royalty, this time ready for photo taking. Kagome ran a hand through her hair and then turned to help the trembling photographer behind her recover from his state of shock.
"H-he m-melted m-my c-camera!" He stammered, the hands holding the now hardened blob of camera, shaking with fear. Kagome tried to convince him otherwise, trick of the light, she told him, just your imagination etc. Inuyasha huffed and strode towards Kagome, the camera man spotted him coming and let out a little scream.
"There comes another one! I am doomed! DOOOOOMED!" he cried in terror, dropping the camera and hiding behind Kagome. Inuyasha growled menacingly causing the man to whimper in fear.
"There's only one way to deal with baka's like these." Inuyasha said in his gruff voice. He raised his fist above Kagome's head. "Kagome…on the count of three, you duck."
Kagome's eyes widened. "What? NO, Inuyasha! No violence!"
"One…"
"I mean it Inuyasha; you're not hurting this man!" Kagome warned. The said man sobbed into her back.
"Two…"
"Stop it! We're not in feudal Japan! Quit behaving like a caveman!" She shouted.
"Three!" Inuyasha brought his fist down giving Kagome no other option but to duck so as not to receive the full force of the blow, and she let out a little shriek as she bent down. The photographer found himself lacking protection and looking up he received a face full of knuckle. Kagome straightened and caught sight of the now unconscious photographer lying on the ground and Inuyasha standing above him with a smug grin plastered on his face.
"Inuyasha you idiot! That was uncalled for! He did nothing wrong!" She screamed. Inuyasha scowled and was preparing himself to throw a juicy insult her way when the sound of groaning reached his ears. The man on the floor stirred and struggled to sit up. He rubbed his sore head.
"Ooooow…What happened? Where am I?" he mumbled. Inuyasha faced Kagome with a grin.
"See? Doesn't remember a thing!"
Kagome opened her mouth to answer but then closed it again when Miroku's voice floated out from the ballroom entrance.
"Congratulations Kagome-sama! I had a feeling you were going to win!" He said happily.
"Um, actually Miroku, Sesshoumaru and Kagura won, Inuyasha and I are runners up." Kagome informed him. Miroku continued to smile.
"Same thing." He said, maintaining his cheerful expression..
Kagome giggled. She soon spotted Sango, Kouga, Ayame, Kikyo, Naraku and the everyone else who had been present at the competition, pour into the reception area. Mr Tippytoes had just informed that a special after party was being held in the ballroom and to have everything properly organised they would all have to wait in the reception area for about half an hour.
Kagome didn't need to look at Kouga to tell he was pissed at not winning and Naraku was currently glaring daggers…no wait…bazookas at Sesshoumaru and Kagura. Kouga stomped towards Inuyasha with the intent of exchanging a couple of non-congratulatory words. Kagome quietly edged out of harms way. Better to be safe than sorry.
"Yoohooo! Kagomeeeeeeeee!"
Kagome was spun round and her face covered with motherly kisses. When Mrs Higurashi finally let go, Kagome wiped her cheeks vigorously with the sleeve of her cardigan.
"Mum! There are people around!" Kagome whispered hoarsely, her cheeks tinged with pink. Mrs Higurashi just stood there, smiling proudly at her eldest. Shippou was sleeping in her arms and making cute little noises, he was exhausted from all the cheering and bouncing up and down. Hakudoushi and Kanna on the other hand, looked ready for homicide and it seemed Kohaku hadn't got back from his errand with Mr Higurashi and Souta.
Mrs Higurashi checked the time and then took a fleeting look at the small trophy in Kagome's hands. She smiled at her daughter.
"Well, Kagome, I think I'll be off now. I need to put these little ones to bed," Mrs Higurashi ignored Kanna and Hakudoushi's protests, "I should take that trophy with me, that way you won't have to carry it all over the place."
"Thanks mum. You ought to take Sesshoumaru's trophy too, it might get stolen or something." Kagome said. Mrs Higurashi nodded. She gave Kagome a warm hug.
"Behave yourself, okay?"
"Okay mum. Oh yeah, before I forget…Inuyasha!" Kagome called. The shouting between wolf and dog was put on hold as Inuyasha turned.
"What?"
Kagome held out her hand, "I need those spa entries."
Inuyasha fumbled through his pockets for a few minutes before he found them and handed them to Kagome. Then he turned back to face Kouga so that he could renew his 'discussion'.
"So, what did you just call me?" Inuyasha growled.
Kagome gave the little, white envelope to her mother. "You have them mum, I can always soak in the hot springs back in the feudal era, but you…you're super and there's never time for you to relax. I want you to take a friend and enjoy yourself at that spa, you really deserve it."
Mrs Higurashi's eyes shone with tears. She smiled broadly and then leaned over to kiss Kagome's cheek.
"Thank you Kagome." She whispered. Kagome handed her little globe shaped prize over and after picking up Sesshoumaru and Kagura's extremely heavy trophy off the floor, Mrs Higurashi signalled to Kanna and Hakudoushi to follow her and she lost herself in the crowd. Kagome smiled to herself.
"Don't drink too much, sweetie!" came Mrs Higurashi's voice above the general noise of the crowd. Her daughter sighed.
The sound of Inuyasha's raspy voice mingled with that of Kouga's could be heard, their tones more than just a bit aggressive. Naraku had his eyes slit and looked determined to win the staring contest he was currently having with Kagura.
Kagome glanced down at her watch and wished the minute hand would move just a teeny bit faster so that she could put this situation in her past.
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It seemed that Kagome got her wish, Mr Tippytoes' voice boomed around the reception area informing everyone that entry into the ballroom was now permitted. Kagome pulled Inuyasha and Kouga apart before they killed each other and dragged the both of them by the ears into the ballroom. The others followed and tried not to get lost in the crowd.
The ballroom looked completely different. It was lit by strobe and laser lights, there were streamers strategically thrown all around the room, six or seven tables placed end to end forming one single extended serving area for refreshments, a bar had somehow appeared in one corner of the ballroom and various bartenders stood behind it setting clean glasses on the bar top. The DJ had his own elevated stand above the crowd, it was an impressive sight, had the DJ not been so geeky looking and badly dressed. He wore a baseball cap placed sideways on his head, a t-shirt that was waaaay too big for him and equally sized baggy pants. His glasses were so thick it looked like he had a pair of binoculars on the end of his nose and the music he was playing sounded crappy but so loud that everyone could feel the rhythm in their bodies like a second heartbeat. Well, at least there was a bar full of alcoholic drinks.
The room was full of colour; most of the people in it were the dancers who were still wearing their outfits from the competition. Kagome felt a little foolish with the bow in her hair and the cardigan, not to mention standing right next to the bad boy from the fifties. Inuyasha's eyes were screwed up because of what to us humans is music but to him seemed like a bear demon being whacked with a dying cat demon on a stormy day in the middle of the ocean. Sesshoumaru was also feeling the same way, and so were many people in the crowd. Soon everyone was shouting and booing and throwing things at the poor, nerdy DJ, until one empty beer bottle knocked him out and he fell down from the stand.
A guard picked the poor geek up from the ground and threw him effortlessly across his shoulders and proceeded to carry him out of the ballroom. The bad music still thumped away and Mr Tippytoes, who had been chatting up one of the male dancers, began to chew his bottom lip anxiously because there was no DJ to cover for the first one. He gestured with his hand at one of the guards posted at the entrance of the ballroom. The guard left his post and strode across the strobe lit dance floor towards Mr Tippytoes.
"Yes?"
"I need you to find me a DJ!" Mr Tippytoes said desperately wringing his hands. The guard blinked stupidly.
"Huh? Where?"
"I don't know! Jutht find me one! And fatht!" the gay man told him, flapping his hands about anxiously. The guard nodded and began to scan the crowd for a potential DJ.
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Inuyasha spotted, both Miroku and Sesshoumaru (surprisingly) standing in the same little area near the bar. Sango and Kagura had gone to look for Kagome in order to ask her where the bathroom was and had left the guys in the same spot. Miroku could feel those creepy glowing eyes boring into the side of his head. He'd tried to make light conversation but it proved impossible due to the terribly loud music, plus he was a little scared of Sesshoumaru.
"Whatever, Kikyo, you do what you want; I'm not going to stop you!" Naraku shouted as the priestess floated through the crowd and towards the bar. Naraku shook his head.
"Jeez, what a whiner." He mumbled to himself. He caught sight of Inuyasha, Miroku and Sesshoumaru. "Well, well, well, looks like you're all enjoying yourselves." He said, and their bored expressions stared back at him. Inuyasha stepped forward and cleared his throat. He gave them all mysterious looks.
"So…you all still got those bags with you?"
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Taking advantage of Inuyasha's absence (and ignoring Ayame completely), Kouga yelled above the crappy beat, "So, Kagome…"
Kagome shook her head and cupped her ear, "What?"
"I SAID…SO, KAGOME!" Kouga bellowed. Kagome gave him the thumbs up sign.
"THIS IS MUSIC, HUH?"
Kagome nodded. She scanned the crowd at the same time to look for Inuyasha, who had seemed to have disappeared.
"WHERE IS THE MUSIC COMING FROM?" Kouga shouted. Kagome pointed to the stand where the geeky DJ had once been. Kouga peered up at it.
"OH. WHERE'S THE GUY THAT WAS UP THERE BEFORE?"
Kagome nodded. She cupped a hand around her mouth, "YOU MEAN THE DJ?"
Kouga blinked at her in confusion. He leaned closer. "HUH?"
Kagome took a deep breath, "YOU MEAN THE DJ?"
Kouga frowned and tried to decipher what she had just said, the loud music wasn't helping.
"ME THE DJ?" he asked, at the top of his voice. Suddenly he felt a heavy hand on his shoulder; Kouga twirled around and found himself face to face with a well built guard in uniform. The guard stared at him closely.
"You're a DJ? Come with me please!" he shouted, pulling the confused wolf demon along as he marched towards the music stand. Kagome and Ayame exchanged baffled looks but neither did anything to help. Kagome turned to the red head.
"So, Ayame…"
Ayame cupped an ear with her hand. "WHAT?"
Kagome sighed, and waved a hand dismissively. "NOTHING!"
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Kouga was pushed into the small stand and he gawped at all of the electrical equipment. He turned to face the guard and opened his mouth to protest but instead got a mouthful of t-shirt. Kouga stared at the clothes that had been thrown to him and recognised them; they belonged to the geek that had been there previously. Kouga's eyes widened and he gulped, he looked up at the guard standing right in front of him.
"What are you lookin' at? You're the DJ, start DJ-ing!" the guard told him.
"I-uh, I don't really-"
The guard let out a loud belch and he patted his belly. He glanced up at Kouga. "'Scuse me!" he said, grinning apologetically. Kouga nodded once and quickly pulled on the oversized t-shirt and pants on top of his Irish dancer outfit. Whatever I do, he thought, I must NOT screw up or this guy might eat me. I think that's what happened to the skinny dude. Man, Kagome's time is weird.
The guard left as soon as Kouga leaned over to pick up the headphones. Of course, the wolf demon hadn't the faintest idea of what he was holding in his hands. He turned them over and inspected the padded earpieces and fingered the cable hanging from them. He sniffed at the headphones cautiously and then slowly brought them up to his ear. He jumped in surprise; there was sound coming from the inside!
"Holy Moly!" Kouga cried. He dropped the headphones and backed away from them bit by bit until he bumped into the DJ deck. He spun around to face it and squinted, buttons, switches and small flashy light bulbs blinked back up at him, he saw various rotating disks that were being held down by strange needles and stacks of thin cases where presumably, more disks were stored.
Kouga grabbed at his hair desperately. What to do? He leaned over the music decks and peered down at the people below standing around on the dance floor, some clutching drinks, others staring up and shaking their fists, complaining about the bad, bad music. They were beginning to get just a little hostile. Kouga straightened up and took a couple of calming breaths. He turned around gazed down at the immobile set of headphones lying on the floor. He edged closer to them and crouched; he poked them once with a clawed finger and waited for any sort of reaction. Satisfied they wouldn't try to attack him; Kouga lifted them off the floor and carefully placed them on his head and over his ears, so that he could hear the sounds coming out of them better. He shuddered involuntarily; he'd never done anything like that before.
Kouga turned to watch the one of the revolving black disks on the deck. He scratched his head. He inclined himself and with a finger he gently prodded the circular object. The bad music stopped for a second and then continued, Kouga's eyebrows shot up. He went to the stack of narrow cases and picked one out at random. He peered inside and found another black disk; he pulled it out and held it up for inspection. Hmmmm…
He returned to the spinning disk and lifted the needle off it cautiously and he picked up the disk from under it with great care. He could hear relieved murmurings from the crowds of people below and he heaved a sigh. He threw the disk containing the bad music into a corner and placed the new disk under the needle. It started to rotate and Kouga flicked a random switch, causing a light bulb to flicker on. Sound began to flow from the speakers, fortunately for the wolf demon, that disk contained modern hip hop, the people below cheered and some were seen dragging their partners out onto the dance floor.
Kouga wiped off the beads of sweat that had gathered above his brow and breathed in shakily. He grinned, if only Inuyasha could see him now, Kouga the wolf demon, figuring out how to work all this by himself. Kagome would be proud.
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Kagome gazed up at the music stand as soon as the song started playing. In the semidarkness, it was a little difficult to see who was up there, but she could plainly make out a long black ponytail and a glimmer of a white fang. Kagome groaned, yes, it was Kouga. She glanced at Ayame who was peering up in the direction of the music stand.
"Hey! What's he doing up there?" She asked in annoyance. "He's always finding ways of escaping from me!" she said angrily, placing her hands on her hips.
"Shall we get some drinks?" Kagome suggested. Ayame shrugged, and then nodded.
"Good, let's go."
The two girls weaved their way through the crowd in order to find the bar, Kagome forever glanced around in an attempt to spot Inuyasha but she failed upon reaching her destination. She signalled to the bartender. The young man appeared and set down the dish cloth he was holding.
"Yes? What will you be having?" He asked with a smile. Kagome smiled back.
"Uh… just two cokes please. Diet." She replied. The bartender disappeared under the counter and came back up clutching two cold cans of the drink. He placed them on the deep blue surface along with two clean glasses. He opened the cans and poured both of them simultaneously into each glass. Ayame's jaw dropped open. The bartender got rid of the cans and pushed the glasses of coke towards the girls.
"Anything else?"
Kagome shook her head and reached for her glass, nudging Ayame to do the same. They both left the bar and proceeded to search for a suitable place to drink their coke.
"Kagome! Hey, Kagome!"
Kagome swallowed her mouthful of coke and looked up in the direction of the voice. She could vaguely see Sango's sequinned dress. Sango waved at her and gestured to Kagura and Kikyo. Kikyo was the only one holding a drink in her hand. Kagome waved back at Sango and at the same time wondered why they lacked the company of their dancing partners.
"Hey, Sango," Kagome smiled, "Why are you all here?" she asked curiously.
Sango leaned in to whisper, "We need the ladies' room." Sango straightened and stared at Kagome with pleading eyes. Kagome giggled.
"Okay, I'll take you. I know, let's just all go, we won't get lost that way." Kagome said. Sango smiled gratefully and nodded.
Huddled together in a tight group, the girls zig zagged their way to the bathroom, Kagome took care not to spill her coke and still kept an eye out for the un-appearing Inuyasha.
Thankfully there was no queue for the ladies' room, Kagome, Kagura and Ayame hung around the mirror fixing themselves up a bit, while Sango attended her call of nature. Kikyo poured the rest of her drink down the toilet and flushed it because she didn't like the taste. After a couple of minutes, Sango left her cubicle and went to wash her hands. Shaking off the excess water she smiled to Kagome.
"Okay, all done."
Kagome downed the rest of her coke in one large gulp and left the glass on the imitation marble surface.
"Let's go then! The guys must be around here somewhere." She said, plucking a hair off her pale cardigan.
The girls exited the bathroom and pushed past a group of girls that had gathered in front of them. Demon eyes as well as human searched for a few missing guys, but even with Kagura and Ayame's well developed sense of sight, it proved difficult to find them amongst the seas of people washing over the dance floor. Kagome fidgeted with the sleeve of her cardigan, where has that baka escaped to?
Her eyes wandered upwards to the music stand. Maybe Kouga can see them from up there. Kouga was wearing a baseball cap and was jerking his head in time to the beat, holding the headphones up to one ear and with his free hand, increasing the bass and flicking a few switches. Kagome grinned to herself.
She began to walk towards the stand but stopped dead when she saw Inuyasha appear at Kouga's side and tap him on the shoulder. Kouga turned to face him.
Oh no, please don't tell me their going to start brawling. Kagome prayed. She watched Inuyasha tell Kouga something, in a non aggressive way amazingly, and Kouga nodded. The wolf demon pulled a disk out of the stack and showed it to the hanyou, who peered at it for a moment and nodded, tapping the cover with his clawed finger. Kouga pulled the disk from the cover and set it down somewhere on the deck, Inuyasha patted him on the back and told him something else; Kouga waved a hand dismissively at him and continued to concentrate on what he had been doing. Kagome felt more than a little confused. Not only that, she had never seen Inuyasha treat Kouga that civilly before or vice versa. She blinked her eyes a few times to make sure she hadn't imagined the whole thing, and when she focused on the music stand again, Inuyasha was no longer there.
"You're right Kagura, they're not here." Sango sighed. Kagura tapped Kagome lightly on the shoulder.
"They must have bailed. Or found other partners. If I ever find them…" Kagura said in an ominous tone. Kagome dragged her eyes away from the music stand and gazed at each of those in her company. Kikyo was staring at the ceiling absently and bobbing up and down a few inches off the floor. Kagura looked as though she were capable of Sesshoumaru's murder if she ever found him. Ayame looked oddly happy. Maybe Diet Coke's not meant for wolves, Kagome thought. Sango had an expression similar to that of Kagura's.
"So, Kagome…?" Sango asked, seemingly attempting to control herself. If it were up to her, she would search the building, find the cursed houshi and beat him in front of all the girls he was probably flirting with.
Kagome stayed silent, and then slowly crossed her arms over her chest. She stared back up at the music stand and narrowed her eyes.
"What are they up to?"
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A/N: Sorry for the long wait! I've had so much to do. Plus, I have a broken finger from that blasted volleyball. Damn the P.E teacher, I shall have his blood. Thanks for all the reviews! There's about one chapter left for this story to end. Or two. I dunno. Whatever. Please R and R! Kyuuketsuki-san, thankful.
