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Author's Note: I was kinda sad about the lack of reviews for chapter one…but that's okay, cuz all my reviews were good! Thanks for your kind words and enjoy chapter two!
He Nose Our Secret
Chapter 2: Preparing for the Worst
The next morning the two girls woke up early despite it being the first full day of summer, and were showered and dressed long before eight am. They still needed to call Sesshoumaru and tell him they accepted his bet.
"I wonder why he asked us to do this…" Sango muttered, standing up on the bus, holding on to one of the rails, Kagome next to her. The buses were incredibly crowded for it being so early in the morning, but that's because people had to go to work.
"Maybe he's going to write a story about it…he is a journalist…" Kagome replied. She was standing beside Sango, holding tightly to a rail with one hand, while the other was on her purse. The bus stopped at a red light, causing her to trip and almost fall-if it wasn't for the strong arms that caught her.
She looked up at him and her eyes grew cold. It was the man from the bar last night. She hurriedly got back to her feet and glared at him.
He looked at her and sighed. "You again?" he snapped. "Can't you ever watch where you're going!"
Sango looked on with confused eyes, wondering how her friend knew this…rude, obnoxious guy. Then she laid eyes on the man behind him.
She smiled flirtatiously, and Kagome stared at her disbelievingly. It was then that the bus stopped at the mall, and Kagome dragged her best friend away.
She didn't stop dragging her until they were safely inside of the mall.
"What was that Sango!"
Sango shrugged. "What was what? I should be asking you about the prude guy…"
Kagome sighed, and filled Sango in on what happened at the bar while she was dancing.
"So that was the man that was so "wonderful"?" Kagome asked, sickened that Sango's new "friend" was friends with that…dipstick.
Sango nodded like a school girl, smiling happily. She didn't know his "other" side, but that didn't seem to bother her.
"Sango-" Kagome started, sighing and closing her eyes for a brief moment.
"Oh, come on Kagome. Can we stop picking on me and get some clothes already?"
Now, normally, like most teenage girls, Sango and Kagome loved clothes shopping, but this was a different case. That was because when they normally went shopping, they went to stores that held the newest and latest styles…they never had to buy clothes for guys…
They shuddered at the thought, but knew it would all be worth a million dollars. So, with their heads held high, despite their screaming on the inside, they walked in the store just for guys. Let the worst begin.
"I bet they wear uniforms, so we won't need a ton of things…" Kagome acknowledged, looking at the large baggy shirts for guys.
"True…gosh, this stuff is so ugly!"
Kagome looked at the shirt Sango was holding up and shuddered as well, her nose wrinkling in disgust.
"Put that back!"
It was a shirt that had letters that got smaller as it went down, like an eye chart. But the words were the thing that disgusted them.
The only guy clothes that they actually liked were the button up shirts that had Hawaiian scenes on them. As they were looking through a rack a man working there walked over to them.
"Hello, it's not often that we get girls here…is there anything I can help you with?"
Most guys on shift were hot, with big muscles and dark hair, but he was…nerdy. His hair was red and curly and he wore glasses three sizes too big for his face. His arms were skinnier than Kagome's, and he had a lisp.
They replied at the same time.
"No!"
"Yes!"
Sango won, and she triumphantly smiled. "We're shopping for our…er…cousin, it's his birthday, but we're not sure what to get…"
Kagome had to hand it to her, she could lie on the spot, so she sat back and watched as the man, clearing interested in her friend, handed Sango different things and told her about the sales.
Ten minutes later he was back behind the counter and Sango came back to Kagome with her arms hugging the many items to her.
"He said we should look through this stuff…"
Kagome shrugged and looked through the pile. Baggy shirts that went down just above her knees, some of them longer were the main thing in the pile. They immediately eliminated jerseys, since they were holey, and tried to find something baggy to cover up their…upper areas.
By a half an hour, they had their clothes picked out and were emerging from the store.
"Now we need pants-and belts! Definitely belts!" Kagome said, looking in the window of the next store.
"Whatever, as long as I don't have to wear boxers, I'm fine!"
Kagome laughed and walked inside the other shop, then wrinkled her nose and gagged. The aroma was that of body odor and WAY too much axe spray.
"Let's hurry!" They both said together.
They scanned the racks, looking for pants to actually fit their slim waists. It took them a whole two hours, and the teenage man behind the counter got kind of suspicious when they went into the changing rooms, carrying their clothes.
The pants were four sizes too big, hanging down a little, even with a belt. Sango sighed and leaned against a wall, then slid down it and sat on her butt, exhausted.
"Kagome, we spent three hours shopping for guy clothes that just make us look like transvestites and put us in debt for the next five years!"
Kagome sighed and collapsed next to her friend. "We can do it! You just have to have faith!"
A couple of guys walked by, joking around and laughing loudly, some carrying skateboards. Kagome, knowing her way around the mall, knew immediately where they were headed.
"Follow me, I've got an idea!"
Before her friend could argue, she dragged her after the boys and towards the food courts.
When they got there, they found a table, eating the hot French fries they had ordered, and looked around.
"Why are we here? Not that I'm complaining or anything!" Sango said, grabbing a handful of the greasy fries and eating them slowly.
"If we're going to pretend to be guys we should watch them…right?"
Sango only nodded slowly, grabbing more fries. In truth, she hated the idea of all of this. She hated the fact they'd have to dress, look, even act like guys! She just wanted things to go along as usual. But, since Kagome was her friend, and they did need the money, she agreed and set her eyes on the guys.
Some of them were skateboarding on the benches, tables, doing Ollies and rail grinds…then one of them flipped (literally) off of his board and landed with a "thud" on his back.
Groaning in agony and pissed off that people saw, he waved his "gang" away and sulked away. Kagome tried to hold in a snicker.
Other guys were gathered in a group, walking down the aisles and talking about how many girls they had "laid" in the last week. Both girls shuddered.
Other groups walked by in the time they were watching, but they were all the same. A few were running from the mall police, some stolen object wedged in their tightly closed hands.
"This is so pointless…face it Kagome, we're just not boy material…"
Kagome nodded, "But we can do it Sango…we'll be those quiet, mysterious type guys!"
"I think those went extinct with the ice age."
That's when they noticed the boy at the table beside them. He was wearing baggy blue jeans and a black shirt that said "I used to have superpowers, until my physciatrist took them away". His hair was brown and long, parted so that his bangs hung over one eye.
"Well, he looks like one," the younger girl retorted.
Sango nodded, giving him a transfixed look. Something about him gave them hope, so they smiled and nodded, agreeing to do this together.
Of course, before much else could be said the sound of screaming fan girls filled the air. Sango and Kagome looked at each other with cloudy confused eyes.
Girls were running down the hallways, darting from stores, still holding merchandise un-paid for. Confusion and curiosity controlled them and they walked over as well.
"It's Sesshoumaru Takahashi! Ohmigod!" was echoed around the room as girls were pulling off their shirts, handing him bags, pieces of trash, anything for him to sign.
"Oh, just the two I was looking for," he said coolly, walking past his many admirers without signing a single thing.
He stopped in front of Sango and Kagome and smirked. "Hello ladies…I had a maid call your house and when there was no reply, I thought I would look here for you…seems I was correct in my assumption."
Girls were sending Kagome and Sango evil glares, trying anything to get the ex-model's attention…ANYTHING. It started going too far when mall cops had to come and lead all the crazed women away.
"I'm sorry to rush your decision, but I have a plane to catch sometime today, later on, and you wouldn't have a way to reach me…"
Kagome nodded, "We've decided to do it."
He smiled again, "Excellent. I knew you wouldn't let me down. I shall call when I get back in town."
He left, though the air of mystery was still there. The girls had fought past the "human chain" created by the police men and were dismayed when they discovered he was gone.
"Why don't we cut our mall day a little short?" Sango suggested, looking at the millions of angry eyes now looking them over, following their every move.
Kagome agreed and they eagerly left, carrying their large bags out the door.
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"Do we really have to do this?" Sango groaned, staring at herself in the mirror.
Kagome nodded. "'Fraid so…I hate it as much as you."
Sango still looked in the mirror, trying to imagine her image another way-but it didn't work. As foolish as it sounds, she hadn't thought of it when she decided to dress as a man.
She sat uncomfortably in the barber's chair, next to Kagome, as the hair lady walked over to them and asked how they'd like it cut.
"Take it all off," Kagome grumbled.
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The next day:
The two girls stood side by side, dressed in guy's clothes, their hair cut short. Kagome's went just past her ears, while Sango's was parting and cut like the man they had seen earlier in the mall, part of it in hopes to cover up some of her feminine features.
"We look…" Kagome couldn't finish her sentence.
"I know…" Sango agreed, seeming to understand what she meant.
"Wanna go test it out?"
"Not particularly…but I've got no choice now do I?"
Kagome smiled, "Nope!"
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They went back to the mall, wondering what people would think. They walked around, trying their best to ask like men.
"Kagome-should they be staring at us like that?"
Sure enough they were being watched by just about everyone they came in contact with. Some moved to the other aisle, trying to stay as far away as possible, whilst others looked, then whispered to their friends.
"This is going to be harder than I thought…"
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Sorry for another short chapter…next one will be longer, and more interesting! They arrive at the school! Review!
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