Unexpected Winds
Chapter Two
Rain was coming down hard by noon. Kagura was holding an umbrella over both her and Kanna's heads as they were walking down the sidewalk on their way towards the karaoke center. The sidewalks were crowded with people holding umbrellas going from one place to another. A man bumped into Kagura which nearly caused her to lose grip of the umbrella. She turned back to get a better look but by then he was gone. Kagura shrugged her shoulders and resumed walking without another thought about who knocked into her.
Once they got to the karaoke center, they met Sesshomaru and Rin in the main lobby. Rin got excited when she saw Kanna. "Over here Kanna-Chan, our room is this way." Rin excitedly dragged Kanna down the hall to one of the doors. "Sesshomaru Onii-Sama Kagura-San this way."
They both looked excited, Kagura thought as she looked at the faces of Kanna and Rin. Kanna normally didn't show much emotion to just anyone, but she looked happy when she saw Rin. Kagura followed the two girls into the room with Sesshomaru following her. It was a small private room with a couch on both sides of the room. A karaoke machine in the middle towards the wall on the opposite side of the door. Sesshomaru closed the door behind him.
Rin picked up a microphone. "Who wants to go first?" Rin asked.
Kagura looked over at Sesshomaru who was sitting down and then at Kanna and then at Rin. "Why don't you go first Rin?"
"Okay" Rin was flipping through the CD booklet until she found a disk. When the music started Rin started singing. When the song was finish, Kanna went next. Kagura sat down next to Sesshomaru while the two girls went back and forth singing. For the next hour Kagura had managed to put off singing. She didn't think she was very good at it.
"Kagura-San" Rin held a microphone up to her. "It's your turn."
"Yes Nee-San, it's your turn." Kanna joined in.
Kagura shook her head. "I'm not any good."
"It's okay." Rin said cheerfully. "Come on, come on. We pick out some songs for both of you to sing." Rin grabbed Kagura's arm pulling her where the karaoke machine was.
"Please?" Kanna gave a look of pleading.
"Okay, okay." Kagura said. Maybe one song couldn't hurt. "What song did you pick?"
"This one for you." Kanna pointed to the track listing. She knew the song. It was called Can You Celebrate.
The minute Kanna pressed play, Kagura could hear the music start playing and see the words appear on the screen. Taking a deep breath, Kagura began singing. "Can you celebrate."
Sesshomaru watched as Kagura was singing. The way her lips move with each word sung. The light blush when she began. There was something about her that caught his attention. Unlike other girls he met, she didn't flaunt herself in front of him to get him to notice her. In fact, before the obvious setup at the coffee shop by Bankotsu and his friend, he had seen her around. The most common place he had seen her was at the library studying.
"Your turn Sesshomaru Onii-Sama." Rin pulled Sesshomaru up to where the karaoke machine was like she did with Kagura.
When she was done both Rin and Kanna had praised her singing. She subconsciously looked over to Sesshomaru before she looked away as Rin was pulling Sesshomaru up to where she was. Kagura gave the microphone to Sesshomaru as Rin was getting the song ready.
"You have a nice voice Kagura." Sesshomaru said softly before Rin got his attention with a song that she wanted him to sing.
Kagura was caught by surprise. She didn't say anything in return in case she thought she heard wrong. The music started and Sesshomaru started singing. The music and lyrics sounded familiar, but for some reason she couldn't place the name. Kagura smiled as she could see that he cared about his little sister to take her to the karaoke center with her best friend and sing after some urging from Rin.
When the music ended, Sesshomaru handed the microphone to Rin and sat down next to Kagura. Meanwhile, Rin and Kanna took turns singing again. In between songs, Kagura and Sesshomaru made small talk but stayed silent when either Rin or Kanna were singing. After the two hours that Sesshomaru paid for was over. The small group made their way out of the building. By then it had stopped raining.
"Can we get some ice cream Nee-San?" Kanna asked Kagura.
"Sure." It wasn't often that Kanna asked to get ice cream. It was something that Kanna and Kagura both enjoyed. Not to mention it sounded good right now.
"Yay, I want some ice cream too Sesshomaru Onii-Sama." Rin started pulling on Sesshomaru's arm. "Let's go."
They went to the nearest ice cream shop that was next to the karaoke center. The small group went to the counter to order their ice cream. Kagura had gotten a simple cone with cherry flavor ice cream. Kanna and Rin both wanted sundaes. Kanna with strawberry ice cream and hot fudge with whipped cream, nuts and cherry and Rin had the same toppings but chocolate chip ice cream instead. While Sesshomaru like Kagura had gotten a simple cone only with vanilla ice cream. After getting their ice cream, the small group found a table near the window.
"This ice cream's yummy. I'm glad Bankotsu-San told us to go here after karaoke." Rin blurted out while talking to Kanna and Kanna nodded her head.
"What do you mean?" Sesshomaru asked looking at Rin while Rin realized her mistake. "Rin?"
"Remember when Bankotsu-San was at the house when I asked you if we could go karaoke and I wanted Kanna-Chan and Kagura-San to come too. He told me to get you two to sing certain songs and go get ice cream afterwards."
"Jakotsu told me the same thing." Kanna admitted. "He said it was the only way to get you to go on a date."
"Oh really." Kagura said with a hint of amusement. Although she was annoyed at Jakotsu. He did it again and this time he got Kanna involved while his bandmate had gotten Rin involved too. She went to look up at Sesshomaru to apologize but noticed he wasn't looking at her nor at the girls. He was looking out the window. She followed his glaze and after a minute she could see two guys obviously watching them from across the street.
It was obvious who it was. The two masterminds, although she couldn't see their expressions. Out of the corner of her eyes she saw Sesshomaru pull out his cellphone and the next thing she saw was the two masterminds running away. She couldn't help but snort out a laugh. She knew she was going to get Jakotsu later. But now she thought it was funny they found out that they were busted.
Jakotsu and Bankotsu ran for their lives. Not literally as they both were laughing. "Looks like we were caught."
"Too bad we didn't get the chance to see them kiss before then." Bankotsu said as they slowed down from a run to a walk.
"I know I wanted to get a picture of their first kiss." Jakotsu held a camera in his hands. Although they both knew chances of a first kiss was low. But it was worth the effort. Both of them had seen the way Kagura and Sesshomaru had looked at each other. Jakotsu was well aware of Kagura's crush and Bankotsu knew Sesshomaru well enough and it wasn't everyday he seen his best friend look at a girl like that. When they were at band practice a month ago, both members had decided to get them together as they weren't making the moves themselves.
"Hey maybe we'll play at the wedding." Bankotsu winked at Jakotsu. "Oh shit." It had started raining again. The two moved faster to get out of the rain.
After the ice cream it had started raining again. Sesshomaru had offer to drive them home. Thinking more of Kanna, Kagura accepted the ride. It didn't take long before the car stopped in front of her house.
"Thank you for the karaoke and ice cream and the ride." Kagura said while the two girls said bye to each other. Kagura got out of the car opening the umbrella and holding it over her head.
"Bye bye Kanna-Chan" Rin said. "See you at school."
"See you at school. Bye" Kanna said to Rin getting out of the car and under the umbrella Kagura was holding. Rin quickly got out of the back seat and into the front seat.
"Kagura" Sesshomaru said before Rin could close the car door.
Kagura handed Kanna the umbrella. "Go inside, i'll be in in a minute. Hurry." Kagura watched Kanna rushed into the house before looking back at Sesshomaru.
"Would you like to go out to a dinner and movie next Saturday?" Sesshomaru asked. Kagura nodded. "I'll pick you." Sesshomaru said giving Kagura a time. Kagura shut the car door for Rin. She waved as the car began to move. Kagura turned casually walking up and into the house. It didn't mattered if she hurried or not. It didn't take her long before she got completely soaked.
"Kagura Jakotsu is on the phone." Kaguya said as soon as she saw her daughter come through the door. She handed the phone to her daughter.
"Thanks Mom." Kagura said as her mother walk away. She put the phone up to her ear. "Jakotsu I just got home."
"Didn't I teach you anything? Wearing jeans and a tee shirt on a date?" Jakotsu voice came on the other end.
"Did you know it was rude to spy on people Jakotsu? And who said it was a date?" Kagura said. "All we did was take our little sisters to karaoke."
"In other words, a date." Jakotsu said. "And don't say it wasn't a date because Kanna and Rin were there."
"And you're so sure of it?" Kagura asked.
"So when is your next date?" Jakotsu asked. When Kagura stuttered he continued. "He did ask you out on another date. Spill, when is it?"
"First today was not a date." Kagura said. "And second, he asked me to a dinner and movie next Saturday."
"Definitely a date." Jakotsu giggled. "I want details. Did you guys kiss yet?"
Before Kagura could answer, she saw her mother coming back to her with a couple of towels. Kagura took the towel and began drying herself while taking the other towel and laid it on the floor where it had gotten wet. "Hey listen, i'm going to get change. I'll talk to tomorrow." Kagura hung up the phone. She smirked thinking he might suffer a little bit not knowing the answer of whether or not she and Sesshomaru kissed yet.
Was today a date? She thought to herself. No, they had Rin and Kanna with them. But still he did ask her to a dinner and movie. Damn it, now Jakotsu already has her thinking about it. Kagura shook her head. Right now the only thing she needs to do is to get out of these wet clothes. Kagura grabbed the towel off the floor and hurried up to her room.
