By: Patche
Disclaimer: Umm I do not own/am not in any way affiliated with… Inuyasha, the song "Stay" or any songs I think fit the story perfectly.
Like a Disney Movie
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It was Friday night. I had to work until six, but Inuyasha told me to be there at 7. This test must have been really important to study for.
I felt kind of bad for not going to the dance. I mean… everyone would be there and they'd see Taro and… I don't know. Not that I expected the news hadn't gotten around. Although, it wasn't ever really that clear to the rest of the world that we were together.
"Oh… you're still here?" Miroku asked me as he walked out of the bathroom after half an hour of God only knows what.
I just laughed. "Yea… still here."
"Don't you have some lovely little dance to go to, Cinderella?"
I rolled my eyes. "It's not like this job is keeping me from it. It's the fact that Taro's there…"
Miroku nodded. "Right, right… I must have the wrong movie. Ahh… umm how about a little private ball to go to with the beast you have found yourself falling in love with?"
I just chortled. "Miroku… quit it, okay? Inuyasha wants to study with me tonight… that's about all I'm missing."
"Oh." Miroku said with a smirk etched on his face.
"What?" I asked not liking the way he was thinking.
"You like Inuyasha, huh?"
What? Geez… sometimes… I just wanted to smack Miroku upside the head.
"No! That is not the case at all… We're hardly even friends yet. Besides, didn't I say he wanted to study with me? Not the other way around?" I plopped down in the chair infuriated with how Miroku thought.
"Ooh… so he likes you, then?" Miroku suggested.
I scoffed and folded my arms. "No."
"You asked?" Miroku laughed.
"No… he just. I know he's in love with this girl who used to go to our school. Her name was Kikyou and… I mean, he claims he broke up with some one for her."
"And he told you all this?" Miroku asked nodding.
"Well… everything but who she was. I figured that out by myself." I said feeling somewhat proud of my accomplishments. After all, it did take a lot to finally get that much together.
"So, I could still be right, right?" Miroku asked.
"Sure… why not?" I shrugged.
"Uhh… well it's six, lil lady. You should probably get onto that carpet ride and enjoy your man!" Miroku said mocking yet another classic from my childhood.
"Uh…" I shook my head and left without so much as a 'good-bye'. I was really in a foul mood today. I couldn't tell why.
Just something about the fact that at the moment, the boy who I had given my heart to a year ago was sexing up the dance floor with his latest pin-up babe.
And here I was… on my way to go study with his best friend.
Talk about fighting for the one you love.
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I arrived around 7. It wasn't too dark. But definitely cold as a tundra. I was completely shivering in my boots as I rang the doorbell.
A little girl of about twelve or so answered the door.
"Oh… hi… I'm here to help Inuyasha study." I said to her, hoping it wouldn't take too long for me to get inside that nice warm mansion and thaw out.
"Oh! Yes!" She shouted, grabbing me a little too quickly for me to understand what was going on.
After being dragged all across the house, we finally arrived, in what I assumed to be, her room. It was very pink and lacy.
She cocked her head to the side. It was so cute how her little ponytail swung as she did so. Her brown eyes were wide and she looked as thought she was thinking pretty hard about something.
"C…can I help you with something?" I asked her… a little concerned with her intentions for me.
"I'm trying to think about your hair… I think I should leave it down, since it's a strapless dress… but I'm not…"
Dress?
"Whoa… wait!" I said coughing a little. "Dress?" I asked.
She smiled. "Oh yea! See… I heard you were coming over to help Inuyasha study for some test. But the truth is he had the test two days ago… and he only wanted you to come over. So, then he told me about the Winter Ball and stuff that you're missing, so I thought I could make a little ball for you guys here."
She smiled a toothy smile.
I couldn't help but just look at her like she was growing another head. Her bubbly attitude was kind of too much to take when in such a situation.
"It's okay… just sit back and relax…" She giggled as she shoved two hands into my hair.
This would be interesting.
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After all the work was done… I really did look pretty. She had picked out a lime green dress, which was my favorite color. It was strapless and not too puffy, but long. My hair was only half up. The rest was left down in a pretty little half-bun thing.
The girl, who later told me her name was Rin, led me out of the room and down a set of spiral stairs into a giant dining room, I assumed.
It was pretty dark, but I could hear some one singing. It almost sounded kind of like Miroku singing "Girl" by the Beatles.
But as I entered the room a little more, I saw it was him. And Sango stood right beside him, playing the cello.
Sango stopped for a second to run up and grab me in a tight embrace.
"You look gorgeous!" She shouted, holding onto my arms to look me over. Miroku stopped singing and walked up to me as well.
"Well, little Rin did a good job after all." He remarked.
"Is that… Kohaku's Rin?" I asked. Sango nodded.
"She told us that she was the maid here… and she wanted to throw you and Inuyasha a little dance thing since you two are both dateless on this lovely Winter Ball night." Sango said.
"Told you that you'd make it to your ball after all, Cinderella." Miroku said smiling.
I just laughed and shook my head.
"So… then where's Inuyasha?" I asked. As if on cue a loud crash was heard upstairs along with some yelling and "I'm not gonna wear that!"
I rested my face in the palm of my hand.
"It doesn't seem to be going too well, huh?" Miroku asked Sango.
"So… this was all Rin's idea?" Sango smiled looking at Miroku out of the corner of her eyes.
"Well… it was, but I'm not going to doubt he had a little say in this."
I heard a slight rustle coming down the stairs behind me. Turning around, I found Rin and Inuyasha both standing there. He had his hair back in a low ponytail and a nice tuxedo on, which kind of made him look a little like a monkey.
But I tried my best to contain the laughter.
Rin smiled. "Here you go…" She said throwing her head to the side before running off to stand beside Miroku and Sango.
They started to sing another Beatles song, one I recognized but couldn't put my finger on the name of.
Inuyasha walked towards me.
"So much for that test, huh?" I asked. Inuyasha grumbled.
"Yea… well, Rin always gets her way with Sesshoumaru. So, I kind of have to obey her wishes. Sorry you were suckered into this."
"Who's Sesshoumaru?" I asked.
"My brother…" Inuyasha said looking away from me.
Rin piped up from back where Miroku and Sango were "performing".
"You guys! You have to dance!" She shouted.
"What if we don't want to?" Inuyasha shouted back. I noticed a little tinge of pink on his cheeks.
"But, Inu-niichan! If you don't dance then it won't be like my favorite movie! I wanted to make it like Beauty and the Beast and they danced, remember? You have to dance!"
Inuyasha looked completely dumfounded. "Why do I have to act out your stupid Disney-"
I'm sure he was taken aback when I took his hand in mind and placed it on the small of my back. The other hand I clasped with his.
"Just for smiles?" I asked. He only blinked, still caught off guard. His cheeks grew even rosier, however.
"Uhh… yea… sure…" He said softly as the Sango and Miroku started playing again. This time, it was one of my all time favorites, "Hey Jude".
"You know… you kind of look like a monkey…" I said softly, laughing.
Inuyasha huffed. "Well… I thought you looked beautiful until you said that!"
Beautiful?
"Really? You think I look beautiful?" I asked.
His cheeks grew red again as he tried to find a way out of what he just said. "Well… ya know… I mean… you're always beautiful… and… yea… whatever."
Now I'm always beautiful?
If I were holding a plate, it would have fallen and shattered… I was a little too shocked to reply. My mouth just froze.
I couldn't even think of anything to say, I just mumbled out "you too…" to try and avoid any awkward silences. It wasn't a very smart thing to say.
Inuyasha just laughed in response. "Thanks." He said smiling.
I just it my bottom lip wondering why he would say something like that… something that could completely ruin our friendship. I mean, Taro used to call his girl friends 'cute' but that was just Taro…
Inuyasha probably just picked up some of his habits.
After all my thoughts had vanished, the song crept back into my ears.
I hummed along with it until I heard Inuyasha singing it softly.
I joined along.
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A/N: So, to compromise for my lack of a lengthy chapter last time... here's this one. Umm just to let you guys know, as far as the people who keep complaining about my shorter chapters, I know absolutely nothing about consistency… at least in length. So… not to be mean, but what comes out is what comes out…
Anyway, in regards to the chapter… Inuyasha is a little on the OOC side… especially with Kagome, but that's okay. I kind of had this whole character planned out for a creative writing project… but I ended up going with a not love story so… I used this one for a fanfic. Isn't it squishy, though? I'm all into the Beatles right now.
Anyway, uhh… new chapter should be up soon… don't know how long. I know the next major major squish chapter isn't so far away.
Enjoy
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