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Chapter Nine
It was now after school and Kagome and Sango where both walking home. After Kagome had finished talking to Miroku, she had left him to stand there, obviously in deep thought. When Kagome returned to Sango, she told Sango about her conversation with Miroku. Sango had said something about him being insane for thinking the dreams had any meaning to them, but they soon began talking about other things.
Kagome stole a side-glance at Sango who seemed to be unfazed by the events that had taken place. Kagome gave a small, almost inaudible, sigh. She wished that it wouldn't bother her so much, but she couldn't seem to help it. Kagome was jerked out of her thoughts by a surprised gasp from Sango.
"What is it?" Kagome asked. From the way she was acting, she guessed Sango had just remembered something.
"The dance! It's going to be coming up soon!" Sango stated, realization in her voice and face. The same realization appeared on Kagome's face as she remembered this.
"I completely forgot." Kagome stated to her friend as they walked "So, isn't it this weekend?" Kagome asked. Sango nodded her head.
"Yeah. So that means it is in a couple days!" Said a not-nearly-as-calm Sango. Kagome gave her friend a reassuring pat on the back.
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"Miroku! I can't find anything to eat!" Said an angry Inuyasha. A slamming of what Miroku believed to be the refrigerator door was heard. Miroku gave a sigh from his room where he had currently been doing his homework. Miroku put his things in a neat pile and walked out of his room and into the kitchen. The kitchen was very simple, not to big, not to small. It had white tiles lining the floor in a small effort to make it seem nicer than what it was. It had a stove, a microwave, and a refrigerator. Just the standard things you would see. Inuyasha was currently leaning against the refrigerator with a sour look on his face.
"Did it ever occur to you that maybe you could go and buy food?" Miroku asked, making sure to put the emphasis on the 'you' part. He leaned against a wall in the kitchen as he waited for Inuyasha's answer.
"Why would I need to do that when I could just send you to do it?" Inuyasha said in a deadly calm voice. As he spoke an even more irritated look appeared on Inuyasha's face. Miroku couldn't help but give a small shiver. Inuyasha could be very intimidating sometimes.
"I could, but I am currently doing my homework right now, and I am not feeling very hungry." Miroku said, somehow managing to keep his voice calm in the face of Inuyasha's anger, a task not many could do. He was probably just used to it or something. After all, it seemed to be an every day occurrence.
"Just go." Inuyasha said, his voice remaining deadly calm. Miroku knew what happened next, he either went to get the food, or Inuyasha kicked him out to sleep outside. Knowing he didn't have much other of a choice, Miroku gave a defeated sigh.
"Fine Inuyasha. Let me go get some money." Miroku stated as he left the kitchen for a moment. He returned shortly after with some money in his hands. A smug look appeared on Inuyasha's face as he saw this.
"You can wipe that look off of your face, Inuyasha. Just so you know, you are going with me." Miroku said in a voice that held no questions. Inuyasha paused for a moment, then decided it was okay. After all, this way he would be able to make sure Miroku actually got something good to eat instead of that healthy junk he always tried to buy.
"Fine." Inuyasha agreed. He followed Miroku to the door, making sure to grab his jacket as he walked out. It had been starting to get windy lately; a sign that fall was soon coming.
They both walked out of the apartment and into Inuyasha's car, Inuyasha driving of course.
The car ride was quiet enough, both boys seemed too be lost in their own thoughts to say anything or try to start conversation. Then, Inuyasha decided to speak.
"So, Miroku…." Inuyasha said to get his attention. Miroku turned his head away from the window and faced Inuyasha, showing him that he had his full attention. "What where you talking to that Kagome girl about today anyway? You left me there with Sango and nothing to talk about. I was about to give up on you since you where taking so long." Inuyasha said as he continued to drive. He kept his eyes on the road, but his voice suggested that Miroku still had his attention.
Miroku gave a small sigh. He wondered for a moment if he should really tell Inuyasha what he had found out about this whole dreams thing. Kagome had, of course, told Sango about them and he had found out about them. He guessed it was probably only fair that he told Inuyasha, even though he would probably just say the same thing as Sango. After all, the dreams had him in them, too. So he guessed he should know. Miroku sighed and began explaining what he had found out and about the dreams that Kagome had been having.
When he was finished, there was a sort of silence that hung over the two people. It seemed to last a while, though it didn't really take to long. Miroku thought that Inuyasha was probably just trying to let everything sink in, and who could really blame him? Still, he supposed it was a good thing Inuyasha hadn't just turned down the idea as just dreams. Miroku was a logical person, so if the dreams really bothered him, they meant something.
"So, a half-demon, eh?" Inuyasha said, a small smirk on his face.
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"Look how nice this dress looks!" Came the voice of Sango
Both girls where currently frantically shopping since the dance would be soon. They where currently in the stage of picking out the cloths to try on, though they would soon arrive at the trying-the-cloths-on-to-see-how-they-look stage.
"Your right, it does look nice." Kagome commented as she looked at the dress Sango was holding up. Kagome walked closer to it and began inspecting it for a moment. It was a pretty simple dress overall. It was a sleeveless springtime dress that stopped just above the knees of a person. It was white with a few medium-sized purple flowers on the bottom right corner of the dress.
"It would look good on you, Kagome." Sango commented after a moment's pause.
"You think so?" Kagome asked. She looked she was thinking it over for a moment. She then nodded. "Lets go ahead and put it in the cart so I can try it on later." Sango nodded and did what Kagome said.
"I think this is enough to try on." Sango commented as she looked at the things they had gotten to try on. She had to admit, there was certainly a lot there. Kagome nodded in agreement, also noticing how many cloths they already had to try on.
The two girls quickly spotted the dressing rooms. They walked over to them and grabbed some of the cloths from their carts. They soon found themselves changing into numerous different cloths, trying to find just the right outfit.
When the flurry of cloths was over, both had successfully found an outfit they liked. Kagome had chosen the dress from earlier, since it had fit the best and had looked the best on her. Sango's outfit was simple enough. It was a springtime dress, like Kagome's. Though, Sango's came bearing short sleeves and a plain, light pink star design covering various parts of the dress.
They both gave each other satisfactory nods and placed the outfits they hadn't chosen on a rack. They then took their dresses and brought them to the front counter to pay for them.
The dresses where soon paid for and the girls left the store with a bag in their hand.
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"It is almost time."
The dreary voice came from a cloaked figure that was standing in the middle of a group of a lot of other cloaked figures. From the way he stood, proud and confident, it was easy to tell he seemed to be the leader of the group.
"Soon, they all will pay." The figure said. The others around him remained silent, but there was definite excitement in the air as the leader of the group spoke.
"Of course, Naraku." Came the voice of a female from one of the cloaks.
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Dun dun dun. I have finally introduced Naraku! Now that he is here, some major things are going to start to happen, so you can be expecting a lot of excitement coming up very soon. I have to admit, I was a little disappointed with this chapter. I don't really know why, I just kind of was. Especially when I reread it. Oh well, some important things happened I guess.
Yushia-san