Chapter 5: Do You Think I'd Do That to My Sister?

"Yes, this is Kikyo. Who's this?"

"Hi, Kikyo. It's Inuyasha."

"Oh. Hi!" She sounded very surprised. "Kagome and I were just talking about you."

Inuyasha's smile faded. "Oh. Is she there? In the room with you?"

"No, Kagome is downstairs. Want me to get her?"

"No!" Inuyasha replied quickly. "I wanted to talk to you, actually."

"Me?" Her voice wasn't soft and velvety like Kagome's. Kikyo spoke loudly.

"Kagome said you might be interested in singing with our band." Inuyasha said, smiling over at Miroku. Miroku just sprawled on the bed, flashing him an a-okay sign for encouragement.

Kikyo laughed scornfully. "Me? Sing with a band? You're kidding!"

"Want to try?" Inuyasha asked.

"No way!" Kikyo cried. "Why would Kagome say that?"

Inuyasha chuckled. "I don't know. But that's what she told me."

"Weird." Kikyo said. "Well—no thanks. I sound good only in a big group. Or in the shower."

They both laughed.

Miroku sat up, listening intensely to Inuyasha's side of the conversation.

"You busy Saturday night?" Inuyasha asked casually. Silence at the other end. He could imagine the stunned expression on her face.

"Want to go to a movie? You know. At the Movieplex?"

More silence. Then finally, Kikyo replied in a hushed tone just above a whisper. "But, Inuyasha, you asked my sister out for the night before."

"Yeah, I know." Inuyasha replied.

He could hear her short, rapid breathing on the end. He knew she expected him to say more. So he didn't.

"I don't think Kagome would like it if I went out with you the next night." Kikyo said, speaking thoughtfully.

"She doesn't have to know about it." Inuyasha suggested, his voice steady and low. He listened to her breathing, trying to determine what her reaction was.

"Is this a dare or a bet or something?" She demanded angrily. "Did someone dare you to go out with us both? Is that it?"

"No. No way!" Inuyasha insisted. "I've been thinking about you. I mean, I see you in homeroom, and I thought—"

"It's not a dare?" She demanded suspiciously.

"No. No way. I swear, Kikyo."

A long silence. Inuyasha waited patiently, his eyes on Miroku.

She is going to say yes. He thought to himself. She's hot for me and she knows it. She is stoked. She is no different from all the girls at school. She wants to go out with Inuyasha the Man.

"Inuyasha." She said finally. "Do you really think I would do that to my sister?"

"Sure you would." Inuyasha urged. "Sure you would. You know you're dying to go out with me—right?"

"You're really conceited." She replied.

"Yeah, I know." Inuyasha told her. "It's my best quality."

Kikyo laughed appreciatively. "I like conceited guys!" She declared.

I've got her! Inuyasha said to himself gleefully.

"So would you go out with me Saturday night?" He urged.

"Yeah. Okay." She replied. "To the movies, right?"

"Right." Inuyasha said, flashing Miroku a two-fingered victory sign. "And it'll be our secret? I mean, your sister—"

"What she doesn't know won't hurt her—much." Kikyo said.

It struck Inuyasha as an odd thing to say. He didn't quite get her meaning. He decided to let it pass. "Maybe, we would better meet at the mall." He told her. "So Kagome won't know."

"Good thinking, Ace." Kikyo replied. "And we can wear masks so no one will recognize us."

Inuyasha laughed. "That was a joke, right?" She had such a strong delivery, it was hard to tell if she was joking or not.

"Yeah. A joke." She replied dryly. "Uh-oh. I think I heard Kagome. I've got to go."

"Meet you Saturday at eight." Inuyasha said quickly.

"Bye." She whispered. A sexy whisper.

The Line went dead.

Inuyasha tossed the cordless phone into the air. It landed softly on the plush carpet. He turned to Miroku, a triumphant grin on his face. Then he began to do his strut step around the room in celebration.

"I wish I was double-jointed so I could pat myself on the back!" He cried

"You did it!" Miroku cried. "I don't believe it! You did it! This is the coolest thing I ever heard of!"

Yeah, it is, isn't it!" Inuyasha agreed.

He and Miroku did some more celebrating, the two of them strutting around the room, shouting and whooping.

Finally Miroku stopped. "Kikyo isn't going to tell her sister?" He asked.

Inuyasha shook his head. "It didn't see, to be a problem for her at all." He grinned. "Kikyo seems really cool. I mean really cool!"

"Wow!" Miroku murmured. "Wow!" and then he added. "I wonder why Sango was so bent out of shape about this."

Inuyasha shrugged. "Who knows? Sango is weird. I warned you, man."

Miroku shook his head. "But why did she think it was so important to warn you not to go out with the Higurashi twins?" He demanded.

"I don't know what Sango's problem is." Inuyasha replied. "I really don't. I mean, what could happen, man? What could happen?"

To Be Continued

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