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Chapter 33- A Night at Monique's
"Are you going to tell me what it says?" Miroku looked back at Inuyasha, who was staring at the red piece of paper. He has remained silent for the entire time of preparing for the night, only moving to change. Other than that, he had been on his bed, unfocused as he kept his eyes on the sheet.
"Come on Inuyasha, it can't be that bad." At Kouga's sentence, Inuyasha shook his head slowly.
"You wouldn't understand what's going on." At his weak tone, both boys froze before they looked at Inuyasha, who made his way to his feet. Throwing the note to Miroku's feet, he looked up at Miroku. "Read it if you want, it doesn't make a difference now."
"Oka..." Picking up the red letter, Miroku quietly let its contents slip from his lips. "So it's almost done, the night we've all been waiting for. She knows, you know, I know. Her night at Monique's will be her last. You better keep a leash on her, but it doesn't matter. I will keep my promise..."
"Whoa, who sent you that? Sounds like you made an enemy here." Kouga said, concentrating on the words. He moved away from the paper and sat across from Inuyasha, using Miroku's bed as a bed. "And who were they talking about?"
"We don't know who keeps sending these letters, but they have been trying to get to Kagome through Inuyasha. No matter what we do, we can't tell who they are coming from." Miroku replied, sitting next to his friend. Kouga blinked before shrugging.
"If I were you two, I would just look at the writing." When both teens looked up, Kouga continued. "Everyone writes differently, if you can get a match to the words on that paper, you can tell the camp what's going on. They can't say anything to actual evidence."
"How would we be able to compare the writing if we don't have a piece of the person's writing?" Inuyasha asked. Kouga thought for a moment before snapping his fingers.
"Why don't you just ask Kaede?"
"What do you mean, ask Kaede? How would she have everyone's writing?"
"Well we all had to sign up for the camp, as well as sign the medical sheets that were required for us to participate in the activities. It means that she's got everyone's signatures, including all staff and campers. If there was any way of checking it, she'd have it."
"How much time do we have until we have to meet the girls at their cabin?" Inuyasha asked, moving away from the group and towards the door. Miroku glanced up at the clock before answering.
"About twenty minutes. You're not going to be able to go through all of those signatures in that time." Inuyasha pulled the door open before looking back, smirking.
"Who said I was going to do that? Hell, all I need to do is look at one type of writing and I'll have my proof."
"You mean...you know who's doing all of this?" Kouga asked. Inuyasha only nodded.
"Damn straight. I'll be back; you have to stall for time if I don't get back right away. I'm going to have to break in again; Kaede's not going to let me have those signatures willingly. I won't be long though."
"You can't be caught, our whole proof is that note. If you lose it or get caught, we're going to have the police following us for the rest of the time in the camp." Miroku said.
"Like they'll honestly catch me, I'll just use my demon's benefits to make sure I don't." Inuyasha replied, rolling his eyes. He made a move to leave, though he stopped and glanced back at Kouga. "Thanks."
"Whatever, I'm not helping you because I like you or anything, you're just an idiot. She's too innocent to be hurt." Kouga blinked when the door slammed shut before his sentence was finished. "Well that was a little rude of him."
"And this surprises you?" Miroku stiffened at Kouga's answer.
"Not as much as the fact he just openly admitted his demonic side."
"Uh...I can explain that whole thing." Laughing as he spoke, Miroku swallowed deeply at the look Kouga gave him.
"You better make it quick, and don't you dare lie to me." When Kouga sent a dangerous look Miroku's way, Miroku only smiled.
"Inuyasha is going to kill me." Miroku muttered. Taking a breath, he explained the long story of Inuyasha's secret, mentally chanting prayers of savior as he went on.
Scene Change
Kagome nervously straightened out her skirt, the white fabric flaring down her thigh. Looking up in the mirror, she pulled at her shirt before sighing and releasing the emerald green fabric. Moving away from the mirror and out of the bathroom, she laughed when walking into an awkward scene.
"I can't believe you were chewing gum!" Kikyo screamed, groaning when Sango rolled her eyes.
"Well why were you flinging your hair around? It wouldn't have gotten in there if you had been paying attention to where you're throwing that mop." Sango replied, holding out the lock in question. Pulling out a pair of scissors, she slowly inched the metal towards Kikyo's hair. "Now let me just cut it out and we'll have no problem."
"No way! There must be another way to get it out." Kikyo said, nearly in tears as she tore her hair away from Sango.
"We could always stick peanut butter in your hair, which might get it to come out. I don't know if it works, and you would not only have gum, but peanut butter in your hair. Then Kouga wouldn't want to be seen with you."
"Sango, don't kid around. Kikyo, why don't you just let Sango cut it out? It's close enough to the bottom that it won't be able to be noticed." Kagome's words calmed Kikyo's frantic breathing, though created a small pout on Sango's face before snipping the piece.
"Oh Linds, you just ruined all my fun. She really thought that it was bad too." Sango was currently wearing a pair of black kapris, going hand in hand with a light pink shirt. Her hair was dripping down her shoulders, which set off her normal ponytail. A light pink eye shadow covered her eyelids, a clear lip gloss crossing her lips.
"Well at least someone tells me the truth. I can see where my real friendship lies." Kikyo's eyes were covered with orange eye shadow, the same color as her shirt. She wore a tan skirt which was the same length as Kagome's, but hugged her closer. Soft curls were scattered in her hair.
"Strange hearing that from you, since we hated each other at the beginning of this trip." Kagome replied, watching as Kikyo smiled.
"That was before I stopped being a bitch and realized what did was pretty screwed up." Kikyo admitted, rolling her eyes as the two girls stared at her, pure shock flying into their features. "Yes, I know what I did was wrong. Stop staring or you'll get stuck that way."
"Well it seems like you've grown up..." Kagome said, smiling.
"Just in time too, the boys should be here anyways. Don't think Kouga will find a diaper very attractive." Sango giggled, soon being joined by the other two.
"The boys said they were going to be here a good ten minutes ago, wonder why they're late? Usually Kouga hates being late." Kikyo said, letting her breathing even out from the set of laughter.
"The other two probably decided to get ready at the last minute. You know how boys are." Kagome said, glancing at the door. Impatiently she stood up, slowly grabbing the door and opening it. The warm breeze that shifted through her bangs calmed her slightly as she looked around, eyes lighting up when the boys came into view. The light dimmed when she only counted two.
To say that the boys didn't make Kagome look twice would be an understatement. Though feeling nothing but friendship for either boy, tearing her gaze away from either was harder than she thought. A deep blue shirt that buttoned down the middle hugged Miroku's body nicely, cleanly smoothed out. Moving down, Miroku wore a pair of black dress pants, and Kagome mildly wondered if the heat of the pants would get to be too hot for him during the night.
Kouga was nothing less than breathless. With a cocky green stare, a forest green shirt dragged out the pure emerald of his orbs. Gracing his legs were deep tan pants, which loosely hung over his shoes. The boys cleaned up nicely, and Kagome felt a blush cross her features with anticipation of catching a glance at the third companion to the group.
"Hey Kagome, I see you're looking beautiful as usual." Miroku complimented, making her smile weakly before stepping down the stairs of the cabin. She glanced around again before looking back at the boy.
"Where's Inuyasha, he's coming too isn't he?" Miroku looked down at the ground for a moment before he cleared his throat, glancing up at the girl who questioned his friend's whereabouts.
"I'm sure he'll be along soon, he told us that he had things he needed to do before he came with us. Nothing that we need to worry about, he's going to come."
"That funny, I could have sworn he had finished everything he needed to today." Kagome mumbled, pursing her lips together as she thought. Kouga only snorted, crossing his arms.
"That bonehead would forget to change his clothes every day if we didn't chuck new stuff at him in the morning, you can't expect him to finish everything at once. People like him take a slower time to do things right."
"If you're calling me disabled, I'm going to show you the true meaning of your statement, using you as an example." The three glanced back behind them, watching as Inuyasha walk into sight. Covered by a red button down shirt and black pants, he sent a smirk towards Kagome, who only blushed and looked away. "What's wrong with you?"
"Nothing, I should go get the girls." Before she could hurry inside, Inuyasha clasped onto her arm, sending a look towards Miroku.
"I think that's me and Kouga's job, seeing as we're escorting them tonight."
"Or at least I am. You're just lucky Sango gives you the time of day." When the two boys had entered the cabin, Inuyasha moved his eyes away from the door and back onto the girl in front of him. Glancing once at her outfit, he only shook his head before pulling away from her.
"You're not wearing that tonight." She blinked before looking up at him, eyebrows pushed together in a confused expression. "You heard me, go change."
"Since when did you become my personal clothes inspector?" She asked, placing both hands on her hips. She sent him a warning look, though he brushed it off.
"That thing you call a skirt barely covers anything, do you want people to think you're a tramp?"
"First off, it does cover as much as any pair of shorts would. Secondly, I can't believe you just called me that! I happen to think I look nice, and so didn't Miroku."
"That's because he's soft in the head, he thinks anything looks nice on a pair of legs."
"You've never had a problem with me wearing a skirt before, and my other one was shorter than this. Besides, it comes down to the middle of my thigh, just like Kikyo's. Are you going to make her change too?" He contained a growl of anger as he pulled her closer, looking dead on into her eyes. She met him head on, though it could easily be seen her gaze was weaker.
"Kikyo's not my problem, she's Kouga's girl. And I didn't have a problem with the other skirt because we weren't going into a public area where perverts will be crawling all over the place, and I'm not talking about Miroku either." Kagome paused for a moment before a smile spread across her lips.
"Oh I get it now, you're afraid that someone will make a pass at me like at the talent show, aren't you?"
"I'm not afraid of anything, especially not some creep hitting on you." She raised an eyebrow as he glared off into the air, her smile still streaking her face. She let her gaze soften as she leaned up, gently placing a kiss on his cheek to calm his nerves. She could instantly see the tension disperse from his shoulders as he looked back at her.
"I don't want you to think that I'm wearing this to attract anyone's attention except yours." She tapped her finger against his lips, beaming before moving away from him. The cabin door opened to show Kikyo and Kouga, who were linked by the arms. Kikyo only giggled when Kouga walked down the stairs first, grabbing her hand and leading her onto the ground.
"Well it seems like someone's feeling romantic tonight." Kagome said, watching as Kouga glanced across at Kikyo.
"How can I resist, I haven't been able to do it because we've kept it a secret. Better now than never." His kiss added the final touch to the act, making Sango sigh before walking out into the outdoors. She looked back to make sure that Miroku had closed the door to the cabin.
"Oka guys, you ready to go have some fun?" Sango asked. Kagome only nodded eagerly, moving towards the direction of the buses. Letting the giggling girls run ahead of them, the boys slowly moved together to talk about recent events.
"Well, what'd you find?" Miroku asked, glancing once more at Sango before concentrating.
"Nothing, it wasn't a match." Inuyasha replied as he shoved his hands in his pockets. "I was sure that I knew who was behind all of this too."
"Why, who'd you check?" Kouga's curiosity got the better of him.
"I really thought that Naraku was the one who was doing all of this, but the handwriting doesn't match up to his."
"Wait, so you're saying there's no way that Naraku was involved with the notes?" Inuyasha shrugged at Miroku's question.
"Well there's no proof that he is. I thought that since he kept coming after Kagome that he was the one behind all of this, but if we can't link him to the actual threats, then he can't be connected."
"But you still think that he's in on all of this?" Inuyasha remained silent, watching Kouga sigh. "Well we better not let the girls know about what you did, or else they'll get really freaked out."
"Well Kagome would have a right to be scared, it's her life that's on the line." Inuyasha halted at Miroku's sentence, looking at the two with a determined stare.
"I made a promise to her mother that nothing was going to hurt her. And I'm not going to bring her daughter back broken because of some psycho that wants her dead." They all remained silent until Miroku placed his hand on Inuyasha's shoulder, pulling him along as he walked.
"I'll make sure to keep an eye on her too. I just can't think of how much it would affect the girls if Kagome got hurt."
"Yea the same goes for me, I don't feel like seeing Kikyo in a blubbering fit because of some creep that hurt her friend. With all of us making sure she's Oka, there isn't a way that someone will lay a hand on her."
"You don't have to touch someone to kill them though." Inuyasha said, the silence that followed showing the others knew he spoke what they were thinking. The group quickly filed onto the bus that Rin had arranged for them, dropping in the seats as it began to pull away. Kouga and Kikyo sat the farthest back, Sango and Miroku sitting onto two seats ahead of them. Kagome and Inuyasha were farther from the others.
Sango sighed slightly as she felt the bus jump, her mind assuming they had hit a bump in the road. Shaking her head before making herself comfortable, she moved her concentration back on Miroku. Watching the deep blue eyes stare off concerned her so much that she had to shake him in order to put her fears to rest. He let his eyes focus again, looking at Sango in confusion.
"I'm sorry, were you talking to me?" Miroku asked. Sango only shook her head.
"I'm just making sure that you keep your hentai thoughts out of your head tonight. That far off look gave me the creeps, and so I decided to make sure everything was Oka. You alright?"
"Though I thank you for worrying about me, there's nothing that should bother you. I'm just thinking about things, it's really nothing." She pursed her lips together as she laid a hand on his arm, catching his full attention.
"I can tell that there's something going on that you aren't telling me, and I wish you would." Miroku paused before covering her hand with his own, wrapping his other arm around her shoulders and pulling her closer. Her face felt hot, though she quietly accepted the random act.
"If I didn't think it would hurt you I would. I just don't want to take the chance of someone getting injured because I couldn't keep my mouth shut." His reply was soft, and Sango sighed. She looked around at her friends before resting her chin on his shoulder.
"Are you saying that something is going to happen tonight?"
"I'm just telling you that I don't want you leaving my sight tonight, Oka? Anything can happen, and if push comes to shove, I don't want you in the middle of the danger." She looked up at him in wonder, catching her gaze with his. He smiled weakly before leaning down, letting his lips press gently against her forehead. "I promise I'll tell you after alright?"
"Miroku-"The slowing of the bus caught his attention.
"Well at least we got to the town sooner than I thought we would."
"Come on you two, we're not going to wait for your lazy asses to get up." Inuyasha was already out of the bus, as well as the other three. Sango couldn't move for a moment, snapping through her haze as Miroku pushed up onto his feet. Neither discussed the previous conversation as they stepped off.
"Why'd you two take so long to get off? Is everything Oka?" Sango smiled at Kagome's concerned look, nodding.
"Oh yea, Miroku was just helping me look for my earring. I didn't realize that it was on the seat." Sango replied.
"Whatever, can we go now?" Kikyo asked, giggling as she grabbed Kouga's hand. Being pulled forward, Kouga barely had time to catch his balance from the unpredicted jolt.
"Well she seems happy about tonight." Sango said, trying not to laugh at the helpless expression Kouga had placed on himself.
"You've got to feel bad for him. Knowing her, she'll want to dance all night long." Miroku glanced up at the sky as he spoke; walking in the direction the others had migrated.
"I have no remorse. If he didn't want to put up with her, then he shouldn't bother going out with her."
"Inuyasha you wouldn't feel bad for him even if he was on his death bed with some disease." Kagome said,
"It'd probably be his fault for catching it." The group continued to talk as they walked through the town, trying to find the building.
Scene Change
"Is everything Oka over here?" A calm voice made the chattering group look up, each nodding. "I hope that you have enjoyed your dinners tonight, the floor will officially open in a few moments."
"Well he was nice." Kagome said, watching the waiter leave before taking another bite from her ice cream.
"He has to be, it's his job." Sango was staring at the chocolate cake placed on her head, trying to savior the delectable treat. She glanced across the table, watching Kouga shrug before he took a sip of his milkshake.
"I don't know, he seemed too fake for his own good."
"You're only mad because he tried to hit on Kikyo." Miroku said.
"No, that would be Inuyasha and Kagome. I don't get jealous of people I know can't get with my girlfriend. He could get jealous of a leaf." Inuyasha only glared at Kouga, who was smirking.
"You just keep pushing my buttons, and you won't have any fingers left to push with."
"Oh, I'm so scared. You're all talk and no bite, I'm not worried." Feeling Inuyasha's hand fist next to her, Kagome quickly scooped a small part of her ice-cream into her spoon.
"Here, try the strawberry!" Before he could start with Kouga, she shoved the spoon into Inuyasha's mouth. The group fell silent for a moment as he glanced over at her. Surprisingly, her face matched the ice-cream she now toyed with. "I-I just thought you would want some. I didn't mean to feed you or anything..."
"Whatever." He crossed his arms over his chest, facing the other way before the lights dimmed.
"Ladies and Gentleman, the dance floor is now open to any and all dancers. Please have a fun time." A blast of music swiftly shot through the air, making Kikyo's eyes light up.
"Oh! Time to dance!" Moving out of her seat, Kikyo didn't notice Kouga groan.
"I thought you had to wait thirty minutes after eating before you could dance?" Inuyasha smirked at Kouga's attempt to stall.
"Nope, that's swimming. Have fun you two; don't tire her out too much, since we all know you love to dance." Feeling the sweet taste of revenge, a long bark slipped by Inuyasha's lips when Kouga flipped him off. Leaning back in his chair, he let his hands support his head before the sound of someone clearing their throat caught his attention. Shifting his eyes, he focused on Kagome, who was looking down at the table. He blinked before sitting back up.
"Inuyasha um...would you want to..."
"Want to what?" He really is thicker than a wall isn't he? Kagome thought miserably, watching Inuyasha tilt his head to the side slightly. The cute pose made her smile lightly. But I can't help but notice he makes up for it in looks.
"I just wanted to know if you wanted to dance, but we don't have to. We can always just stay here or something." A moment passed before Inuyasha was on his feet, pulling Kagome to her own. When she didn't move, he rolled his eyes and pulled her towards his friends. "Wait, you mean you actually want to dance?"
"Just because I didn't ask you doesn't mean I hate doing it." He quickly looked around as they walked, stopping towards Miroku and Sango. He didn't relax until he also caught sight of Kouga, who was not far away. Feeling Kagome wrap her arms around his neck, he glanced down to catch her smile. Staring at her for a moment, he pulled her closer to him, letting his chin drop on the top of her head before circling her waist, his thoughts wandering on their own. I may not be able to figure out just who's doing it, but I'll never let them kill her...
Oh, and you all thought that you knew who was writing those notes didn't you? Well I FOOLED you all! Mwhahahahaha! Yes that's right, Naraku did not write the notes to Inuyasha, and I bet you're all at step one again. But don't fret, the culprit WILL be told...next chapter! Which means this story is going to end soon. I think it's going to be around 40 chapters in total so...Who is out for Kagome's blood? Why are they really after her? Is someone behind the scenes? Kouga's actually smart! Who knew? Find out soon!
Chapter 34-One Bullet Too Late
