Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha, simply put, I just don't. Don't force me to say this every single time, it's like a little knife into my heart...
Note: Whatever tips you see written here, I just made up. I am a girl but yeah don't completely trust this stuff, okay? I don't want to be held responsible for any broken, disappointed hearts.
How to Get the Girl
When Miroku arrived at school the next day, he tried very hard to hide how discouraged he felt right now. He knew he was the expert when it came to all things female. He knew it in his bones.
It's just that part wasn't coming out yet. It was a slow process, okay?
But Inuyasha wouldn't get that. And Miroku, though usually not too competitive, could not stand the idea of the smug look on Inuyasha's face if he ever thought he was winning.
No offence to Inuyasha, but this was Inuyasha. He was a girl repellent if Miroku ever saw one.
So, to spare himself some pride, Miroku smiled confidentally when he met Inuyasha at the schoolyard. Inuyasha, up until that moment, had appeared to be his usually sulky self.
But he seemed to break into a noticeable smirk when he saw Miroku. It grated Miroku's nerves, just a little bit. Again, no offence to Inuyasha, but it was quite an ego bruiser to feel like Inuyasha was doing better at snagging girls than Miroku was.
Inuyasha bit his lip as he walked to school. He really didn't understand why his changes didn't seem to have any affect on Kikyo yet. In fact, it seemed like she was avoiding him now. She was refusing to make eye contact.
Inuyasha felt his heart sink at the memory. Maybe it had been a good thing to have had his eyes hidden under his bangs. He personally didn't think he looked that bad, admittedly, but his eyes were invariably different from the eyes of a girl.
However, no matter how discouraged he felt, he couldn't let Miroku know. He could never let Miroku know. After all, Inuyasha had pride to maintain. And despite Miroku's constant claims of being the ultimate ladies' man, Miroku was very, very far from it. And what a blow to the ego it would be, if Inuyasha lost to the unofficial enemy of women.
Especially since Miroku was aiming for Sango, the woman who had declared Miroku an enemy of women.
So, Inuyasha would have to put up a little facade. Just a confident smirk, that was all it took and as long as Miroku didn't actually ask how things were going. Miroku would never find out how things were actually going.
Inuyasha looked up just as Miroku arrived with an irritatingly smug expression. Inuyasha doubted that Miroku had managed to woo Sango in the slightest but Miroku's expression said otherwise. So Inuyasha forced his best smirk.
Ooze confidence, Inuyasha. He thought to himself. Ooze it.
"Oh hey! Inuyasha! Miroku!"
Both Inuyasha and Miroku were startled at the sound of Nobunaga's voice. They turned just in time to see him walk into a tree. And then another tree.
And then another.
Inuyasha didn't even bother to warn him anymore.
Eventually Nobunaga made his way with an excited grin on his face. "So how are you guys doing?"
There was an awkward laugh from both of them. "Well..."
Nobunaga blinked, "Not doing so well?"
"OF COURSE NOT!" they blurted simultaneously.
Miroku cleared his throat, casting a quick glance at Inuyasha from the corner of his eye. "It's just... this whole process takes a lot longer than one would think. Even if I'm the man doing it."
Inuyasha nodded, "Yes. You can't expect instantaneous results after all. It takes time to win over a girl's heart."
Nobunaga's eyes darted between them. "If you say so!" he chirped, "Well, see you guys around! I'm going to try and see if I can run into Tetsuya this morning!"
As soon as Nobunaga was out of the way, after hitting quite a few more trees, Miroku turned to Inuyasha with a raised eyebrow.
Inuyasha narrowed his eyes. "What are you looking at?" he snapped.
Miroku opened his mouth to explain before quickly changing his mind. He averted his gaze, sighing, "Never mind."
It was just then that the girls arrived on the scene. Sango and Kagome seemed to be deep in conversation as they headed towards them. Sango sent a glare over in Miroku's direction before raising her voice.
"WASN'T HIS OUTFIT COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS, KAGOME?"
Kagome gave Sango a look before realizing what it was Sango was trying to do. She nodded, bellowing, "YEAH. REALLY EMBARRASSING."
"AND, THE IDIOT PERVERT TRIED TO HIT ON ME IN THAT OUTFIT! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?" Sango continued, giving Miroku the evil eye.
Inuyasha rolled his eyes; they were overdoing it a bit. But inwardly he smirked. So Miroku was doing just as well as he thought. In other words, terrible.
Miroku shrank under Sango's glare. Was what he had done so wrong? The Purple Pimp had picked out Miroku's duds personally. Miroku still didn't understand how everything had gone so tragically wrong. Or why Sango was still hung up on it.
"I WAS DEEPLY DISGUSTED!" Sango explained before stopping just short of the guys and clearing her throat, "Hello Inuyasha." She turned to Miroku. "Miroku," she replied curtly.
Inuyasha nodded at Sango in response while Miroku looked at her pleading, "Oh forgive me! Fair Sango!"
"Stuff a sock in it!" Sango snapped, turning away.
However, at this point, Inuyasha tuned out of the usual Miroku-Sango antics. He was far too perpelexed by Kagome.
She was avoiding looking him in the eye too. In fact, Kagome had turned her whole face away from him.
Inuyasha's eyebrows furrowed in confusion. What was so bad about him now that girls were refusing to acknowledge his prescence? Well, with the exception of Sango, but Sango was different from most of the girls at the school, so she hardly counted.
Inuyasha averted his gaze as well, deciding to better spend his attention on an idle tree. Rather than think about the damage this stupid bet was doing to his self-esteem.
Aww, poor dense Inuyasha. Oh, and Miroku too.
Sorry for taking EONS to update this story. To be absolutely honest, I forgot about it.
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