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Chapter 9: School Dance
Friday, at four-thirty o'clock, Rin got out of the shower and wrapped up in a towel. She walked over to her closet and started looking for a dress to wear to the dance. She didn't want to wear something that looked pricey, but to her, they all did. She just couldn't decide what to wear.
She stuck her head out her door and called out for Sango. "Sango?! Can you come up here?! I need your help!"
"Sure, I'll be up there in a few." She yelled from down the hall.
"Okay." She walked over and sat down on her bed to wait for Sango.
Shortly after, Sango made her way up to Rin's room and knocked on the door.
"Come in." Rin said.
"So what do you need help with?" Sango entered the room with a warm smile on her face.
"I can't decide what to wear."
"It's formal, right?" She started to look through Rin's dresses.
"Yeah," She sighed. "But they all look too expensive to wear to a school dance."
"You're right, they do look expensive." Sango turned around, leaned back on Rin's vanity, and sighed. "Okay, what time are you suppose to meet Shippo?"
"About six fifteen, why?"
"Put something on, I'll take you to Macy's, so hurry up." Rin nod as Sango walked out of the room and headed down stairs, closing the door behind her.
Rin got up off her bed and rushed over to her drawer, pulling out a blue shirt and a pair of jeans and quickly put them on. She stormed out her door and down the stairs, to find Sango ready to go.
"Hey Kagome, we'll be back in a little while. I gotta take Rin to Macy's." She said as they started walking out the door.
"Okay." Kagome said from the couch.
Then Sango shut the door and she and Rin walked out to the car and drove off.
At Macy's, Rin was looking at all the dresses on the racks and also at the prices. She has seen some good dresses for under $100. She seen this red Trixxi Red Sparkle Jersey Dressfor less than $50 and liked it right away.
"Sango! What do you think?" She held the dress up to herself.
"Go try it on!"
"Okay." She walked over to the dressing room and change within minutes. Soon she walked out and modeled a little bit for Sango.
"So?" She asked waiting for an answer from her.
"It looks good. Do you like the feel of it?"
"Yeah."
"Is that what you want?"
"Uh-huh."
"Okay then, go change back." Rin nodded and went to change.
When she came back out, she was carrying the dress by the hanger and walked over to Sango.
"Now with that dress, you'll need some red shoes. So come on." Sango headed over to the shoes with Rin following and they started looking for the right shoes.
After a while of looking, Sango found a pair of red rhinestone ankle-wrap high-heels that would go perfect for the dress.
"Here Rin, try these!"
"Okay." Rin sat down, put them on and walked around for a little while to get the feel.
"You like them?" Sango asked.
"Yeah. Okay Sango, I'm ready to go." She sat back down, took them off, and placed them in the box.
"Okay." They walked up to the cash register and paid with a charge card.
"Thanks Sango."
"You're welcome."
Once they returned to the mansion, Sango sat down on the couch and petted Kilala, and Rin looked at her watch with it reading 5:30.
"I'm gonna go get ready."
"Hurry up, we're gonna leave here in thirty minutes." Sango and Kagome said.
"Okay." Rin ran up to her room to get ready.
"So what does her dress looks like?"
"You'll see. The dance is from 7 to 11, right?"
"Yeah, so we got four hours to bowl."
"Okay, just making sure."
Elsewhere, Shippo was in the bathroom, finishing getting dressed as Miroku knocked on the door.
"Are you ready to meet up with your friends yet?" He asked.
"Just about. I'll be out in a minute." He buttoned up his shirt and tossed his jacket on.
"Okay, just come out and we'll leave." Miroku said standing at the front door..
"Done." Shippo came walking out all dressed up.
"Then lets go." Miroku said and they walked out, locked up, and left.
Close to 6 o'clock, Kagome and Sango were waiting at the front door for Rin to hurry up to leave.
"Rin, come on it's time to go." Sango shouted.
"Okay, I'm coming." She said as she made her way down the hall, to the stairway. She carefully walked down the stairs and to the door.
"I like your dress Rin."
"Thanks Kagome."
"You're welcome. Now lets get you over there."
"Okay."
"We'll be back later Kilala." Sango said to her pet.
They all went out to the car and left.
When they got to the school, Rin seen all her friends out in front.
"Sango, you can drop me off here." She said.
"Okay," Sango came to a stop, "we'll be parked right out here at eleven for you."
"Okay thanks." Rin got out of the car and started walking up to Aoi and Yuri as Sango and Kagome drove away.
"Hey Rin!" Aoi and Yuri called out and ran to her.
"Hey." She said back.
"I love your dress!" They said.
"Thanks."
"Where did you get it?"
"Macy's, it was on sale."
"Really!"
"Yeah, by the ways, I love your royal blue dress Aoi, it goes good with your blue eyes."
"You think so?!"
"Yeah, when it comes to styles I'm good with the stuff. I also love your black dress, Yuri."
"Thanks Rin."
"No problem. Isn't the guys here yet?" She said looking around for them.
"Not yet, but they should be here anytime." Yuri said.
At that moment, Yuri heard the guys coming their way.
"They're coming, I can hear them." She said.
"Okay." Rin and Aoi said.
"Hey girls." The guys said as they walked up to them.
"Hey, what took you guys so long?" Yuri said.
"You look so beautiful Yuri." Koshiro said as he wrapped his arms around and gave her a kiss as she blushed.
"You're beautiful too Aoi." Yosuke said as he wrapped one of his arms around Aoi's waist and gave her a kiss on the cheek.
"Yosuke!" Aoi blushed a bit.
"Wow Rin! You look like a movie star or something!" Shippo said nervously scratching the back of his head.
"Thanks Shippo."
"You're welcome. Hey Rin, can I...ask you...something?" he shuddered.
"Yeah."
"Come with me." Shippo grabbed her hand.
"Okay."
They walked a couple yards away from the group and Shippo turned around, looking into her chocolate eyes.
"I know we have only known each other for a week, but I'm wondering if you would like to go out with me? Be my girlfriend?" He said nervously.
She was silent for a minute, stunned that he asked her out. She wasn't prepared for him to ask her out so soon, but then she decided.
"Shippo, I will." She said.
"Really?!" He said in surprise.
"Yeah." She leaned into him and gave him a kiss on the cheek, leaving a red kiss mark, making him blush. "Come on." She pulled him back to where the others were.
"Where did you two go?" Yuri asked.
"Nowhere special." Rin said.
"Well then lets go get in before the line gets too long." Yuri said and everyone else nodded.
Once they all got in the gym, they all rushed over to get pictures taken. Aoi and Yosuke, Yuri and Koshiro, and Rin and Shippo all took a couple pictures. And took group photos.
Once done with taking the photos, they rushed onto the dance floor and began dancing.
Two hours later, they were all getting hungry.
"Hey, how 'bout you guys go get us something to eat?" Aoi and Yuri said.
"What would you want?" They asked.
They looked at each other and said, "Spicy chicken sandwiches and root beer."
"Okay." The guys went off to the little snack bar and came back with their orders.
"Thanks."
For the last half an hour of the dance, the dj was playing all slow love songs. The three couples wrapped their arms around their partners with the girls laying their head against the guys shoulder.
As the final dance ended, Rin raised her head off Shippo's shoulder and their faces were coming in closer until their warm, soft lips met. They put so much feeling into it and slowly parted. They looked into each others eyes and noticed a flicker of affection within them. They were stuck in a gaze and didn't realize that their friends walked up to them.
"Hey, what's up you two?" Yuri said happily.
They didn't respond. So the four looked at them and noticed that gaze, they're in love.
"Hey you two love birds! Snap out of it." Yuri said louder.
"Huh? What?" Rin and Shippo said looking around to see that they were surrounded by their friends. They turned back to each other, quickly let go of one another, and a crimson red blush spread like a wild fire across their faces, with their friends laughing.
"Well lets get going. My mom will be picking me up soon." Aoi said.
"Yeah." They all headed out of the gym and to the front gate of the school.
"I think all of our rides will be here soon." Yuri said.
"Oh there's my mom. I'll see you all Monday." Aoi said as Yosuke gave her a little kiss before she rushed over to the car.
"Okay. Bye." They all said and watched her leave.
"Hey Koshiro, did your parents say it was okay for you to come over tonight?" Yosuke asked.
"Yeah, they know they don't have to worry about picking me up tonight and that I'll be home tomorrow."
"Okay. Well there's our ride then. We'll see you three later." They walked over to Yosuke's mom's car and left.
"Well now, it's just us three left."
"Yeah." Rin said quietly.
"Why are you two being so quiet now? Or is it that you two are thinking about the last few seconds of the dance?" she said looking at the two.
They nodded slowly, looked up at each other and blushed again.
"Don't worry, you'll get over it soon and won't get embarrassed."
"If you say so." They said.
"Opps, there's my ride now, see ya later."
"Bye." They said as Yuri took off and left.
"Well Rin, did you have fun?" He asked.
"Yeah."
"I'm glad you enjoyed it. You know what?" Shippo took her hands into his and faced her.
"What?"
"When we kissed at the end, I felt something inside of me and when I looked into your eyes, I seen something flicker, an affection that was telling me it was your first kiss." He said looking into her eyes once again.
"I...I know I felt it too and it was the first time I've ever been kissed." Their faces begun moving closer together once again as their lips met and stayed like that for a minute.
Unaware to them, Sango and Kagome were watching from one car and Miroku and Inuyasha in another, but three of them were in aw except for Inuyasha. All he cared for was to have something to tease Shippo about.
After the two broke their kiss, they wrapped their arms around each other. Shortly after he heard Inuyasha yelling at him.
"Hey runt! Time to go!"
'Oh shit, Inuyasha and Miroku must have seen us.' "I gotta get going, my cousin's here. I guess I'll see you Monday. Bye."
"Okay, bye." She watched him leave and seen Sango's lights flickering at her. So she walked over to the car, got in and left.
"So how was your night?" Sango and Kagome asked.
"It was fun."
"I hoped you would have fun." Sango said.
"So what did you two do?" Kagome asked.
"Well danced and talked. How was your night?" Rin said to get off the subject of the dance.
"Well I won five of eight games. Three of them I scored 300." Sango said.
"That's good and how about you Kagome?"
"I only won three games and none of them were perfect scores." Kagome sighed as Sango and Rin begun laughing.
"Well at least you have your archery." Rin said.
"Yeah, at least." Kagome sighed again.
Once they got inside the mansion, they all were exhausted so they went to bed to get a good night's rest to prepare themselves for their concert.
Okay here's the end of this chapter. I hope you enjoyed it. To let you all know I'm still having a problem doing the wedding chapter for 'A New Life for Kagome' so I'll get that up whenever I stop getting writers block on it. I also have a fresh new idea for another story, but you gotta read my profile to see the summary and if you like the summary, e-mail me personally and tell me if I should make it or not. I'm counting on you. Okay I'm done talking for now so I'll let you all do some talking through your reviews. Please Review.