Chapter 3: A Warning
"I'm late! I've got to run." Koga said. He slid his keyboard into the cabinet. "My mom is going to be waiting in the street."
"Good practice." Inuyasha commented, his eyes on the heavy grey clouds outside the music room window. "Maybe you guys won't embarrass me Friday night."
"The two Tommy songs need work." Koga said, hurrying to the door. "We weren't together. And they tempo was way too slow."
"Yeah." Inuyasha agreed. He played a fast riff from one of the Tommy songs. "I've been listening to the CD. That's the right tempo. Same as The Who."
"Who's on first?" Miroku chimed on.
"What's on second?" Was Inuyasha's reply.
"I'm out of her." Koga said.
Inuyasha unplugged the white Fender Strat from the amp. He grinned at Miroku. "Think the Higurashi twins are still around?"
"You're really going to do it?" Miroku asked.
"You can have them when I'm done." Inuyasha told him.
"You're a real friend." Miroku joked. He started a drum roll but dropped a stick. It clattered to the floor and rolled in front of Inuyasha. As Inuyasha bent over to pick it up, he saw Sango step into the room.
Inuyasha tossed the drumstick at her. "Think fast!"
Sango let out a surprised squeal and ducked out of the way. The drumstick hit the wall and bounced across the floor. "Give me a break." Sango said. She bent over to pick up the drumstick, then scowled at Inuyasha.
Inuyasha laughed. He watched Sango as she crossed the room to Miroku. She was a tall girl, athletic body, she has waist-length straight black hair, and a beautiful smile that could make any guy crazy for her.
Inuyasha had fallen for that amazing smile. The previous spring he had gone out with Sango for nearly three months, a record for him.
But Sango stopped smiling at him when discovered he was dating other girls behind her back. She broke up with him immediately, tears running down her face. She hadn't smiled at him since.
Now she was going with Miroku but he still likes to check out the other babes, sadly he checks them out while she is around and gets beaten pretty bad.
Just as well. Inuyasha thought. He really didn't like the emotional ones. Why did she have to cry the night she broke up with me? He wondered. Was she trying to make me feel bad?
Inuyasha watched her as she handed the drumstick to Miroku. She looked great in those tight jeans. He thought. She wore a silky black vest, open, over a golden yellow shirt.
Not bad. Inuyasha thought to himself. If she would stop being so emotional, I might even ask her out again. I mean, when Miroku is finished with her.
Sango and Miroku were chatting quietly. Inuyasha carried his guitar to its case to put it away. "You coming Friday night?" he called to Sango.
"Miroku is forcing me." Sango replied.
"It's going to be great." Miroku told her. "We had a great rehearsal today. Didn't we, Inuyasha?"
"Awesome." Inuyasha replied, clasping the guitar case.
"What do you think we should we wear?" Miroku asked. "We never talked about that."
"How about bags over your heads?" Sango suggested. She snickered. "You know. Just incase your music makes the crowd ugly."
"A bag would mess up my hair." Inuyasha muttered. He carried the case to the cabinet and shoved it inside.
"I was just kidding!" Sango exclaimed. She groaned. "You are the vainest person I ever met!"
"Takes one to know one." Inuyasha shot back. He unplugged the amp and started to roll up the cord.
Sango and Miroku talked quietly again. Inuyasha carried the amp to the cabinet and lowered it to the cabinet floor.
He heard girls' voices out in the hall. The Higurashi twins?
"Got to run." He called to Sango and Miroku. He started to the door.
"Hey, Inuyasha—" Sango called to him. "Don't do it."
"Huh?" He turned back. Her dark eyes were trained on him, narrowed in disapproval.
"Stay away from Kagome and Kikyo." Sango warned.
Inuyasha couldn't keep a grin from spreading across his face. "Miroku told you?"
Sango nodded. "Inuyasha, I'm warning you." She said. "I know those girls. They're not what you think."
Inuyasha laughed scornfully. "I can get along without your advice, Sango."
"I'm serious." Sango insisted. "Stay away from them."
Inuyasha shook his head hard, as if shaking away her warning. "I'll leave you two lovebirds alone." He said sarcastically.
He hurried out of the room. The long corridor was empty. His sneakers squeaked against the hard floor as he started to his locker.
Sango's warning repeated in his dog ears. What is her problem anyway? He thought. He decided she was still messed up because of breaking up with him.
Sango hasn't gotten over me yet. He thought to himself. Well—who could blame her?
As he turned the corner, he nearly banged into an open locker door. He stopped short—and a startled girl appeared from around the other side of the door.
"Hi." He said, recovering quickly, turning on his smile. "Are you Kagome or Kikyo?"
To Be Continued
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