Disclaimer: I hate to break it to you all, but I don't actually own Inuyasha. Bet that was the shock of your life, huh?
A/N I am back again! With a special treat! An insanely long chapter! I hope you enjoy, but before we begin, I, like always, have a few things to say...
Geofount, about whether Sesshoumaru and Rin are actually a couple...ummm...I think right now, they're not...quite...they're just really close ice dance partners and basically each other's bestest, bestest friend; they've shared a lot of adventures together and the potential is there for a hook up, but I think I'll leave it up to the reader's imagination whether or not they get together...I was actually hoping to avoid this question, lol.
Angel of Joy and anyone else wanting another explanation of ski racing, I have for you a proposition. I shall write an extended and more detailed explanation, and if you want to read it, send me your email address in your review and I'll email it to you. If I write it now, it shall delay my update and it would also take up a large chunk of this chapter. Therefore, ANYBODY WHO WANTS IT, tell me your email address and you shall receive your very own ski tutorial courtesy of moi.
D-E-V-L-41, did you read my mind? Although I guess "birthday fun" kinda gives it away, doesn't it?
Nereocystis, that wasn't too long of a wait, was it? I hope not...and let's just say Miroku and Sango somehow managed to get down without anything too perverted going on...
I'd just like to say once again, that I love all of your comments, everybody! They brighten my days and make go up on a little happy high. ^_______^ So here's a new chapter for you all!
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Kagome turned slowly to her right and glared daggers at Kouga who had just blown the loud party favour directly in her ear. He noticed the look and backed away slowly. Once she was satisfied that he had taken the offending apparatus far enough away from her ear, she turned back to the sight she had seen as soon as the lights had been flicked on.
There was a large banner across the entrance reading, "Happy Birthday, Kagome!" with many streamers, ribbons and balloons hanging down from it.
"Wow..." Kagome breathed. She suddenly noticed a stack of presents by the couch in the main area. "Presents!" she squealed and ran towards them.
"I guess that's what we're doing first..." Sango said dryly. The others went and joined Kagome where she was busy fawning over her discovery.
"Can I open them now, huh? Can I? Can I?" Kagome asked eagerly, sitting down with her back up against the back of the couch.
Ayame rolled her eyes. "Yes, Kagome. You can open them now."
"Oh, goody!" she said excitedly and picked up the closest one to her.
"That one's from me," Sango spoke up.
Kagome ripped off the wrapping paper to reveal a charm bracelet. There were miniature figurines dangling all around it; one of a dog, a cat, a wolf, and a toad.
"Aw, how cute!" Kagome proclaimed, giving her friend a hug. She quickly clasped it around her wrist and reached for the next present.
"That's mine," Kouga said sheepishly while rubbing the back of his neck.
Kagome's eyes glittered as she pulled out a beautifully woven headband with wolves loping across its length.
"Now you can have one that matches all of mine," Kouga said proudly.
Kagome giggled and gave him a hug as well. "Thanks, Kouga. I'll be sure to wear it. It feels so soft and warm," she said, snuggling it to her cheek.
"I get them custom made," Kouga said. "Only from the best!"
Inuyasha snorted from where he was on the couch behind Kagome. "Obviously not FOR the best, though."
Kouga smacked him on the arm as Kagome reached for her third present. "Whose is this one?" she asked.
"That would be mine," Ayame said. "Hope you like it!"
"Oh, I'm sure I will...Aqua!" Kagome squealed, pulling out their CD. "I've wanted this for SO long and you finally got it for me! Yay!" she jumped up and caught Ayame in a huge hug.
"You're welcome," Ayame said with a smile. "It might be a bit of an older CD, but it's still good, right?"
"Sure is!" Kagome agreed, scampering happily back to her previous position and grabbing the last present. "So this one can only be Miroku's..." She ripped off the wrapping paper and opened the box underneath to reveal a thin, scarlet red, lacy pair of undergarments.
She stared, transfixed in horror at the contents of the box she was holding, and was unable to move.
"You dolt!" Sango said, smacking Miroku upside the head. "That's not what you got her!"
"I know, I know!" Miroku protested. "It was only a joke! Here, Kagome; this is your real present...Kagome...?"
Kagome didn't give off any indication that she had heard a word that had been said as she continued to stare at the false present before her.
"Um...guys?" Ayame said frantically. "She's not blinking!"
Inuyasha quickly covered her eyes from the sight with his hands from behind her, but Kagome still made no move.
Kouga quickly removed the offending box and its contents from her limp grasp and Inuyasha removed his hands. Kagome, however, continued to stare at the place where the underwear had been, not registering that it was gone.
"Kagome...!" Inuyasha said. "Snap out of it!"
"Hmmm..." Miroku said thoughtfully. "Maybe if you gave her a kiss..." he left it hanging.
"You pervert," Sango said. "Haven't you already done enough?"
"I can't help it, my dear Sango!" Miroku exclaimed loudly. "I haven't been overly perverted for close to a day and a half now! I'm going into withdrawal!"
Sango rolled her eyes and Kouga stroked his chin thoughtfully after having returned from dumping the frilly underwear elsewhere. "Wonder what could have brought on this change?" he said slyly while regarding Sango and Miroku.
"Don't you turn into Miroku!" Ayame warned him, poking his side.
Meanwhile, Inuyasha was leaning over Kagome slightly and trying to get her to return to her normal self. "Kagome...? Kagome...?" he shook her shoulders slightly and some of his hair fell forward and brushed her cheek.
Kagome seemed to immediately snap out of her daze as the silvery hair grazed her cheek. She shot out a hand and grasped the strands, snuggling them more thoroughly with her cheek. "So soft...so silky...mmm..."
"Uh...Kagome...?" Inuyasha spoke up, somewhat embarrassed. "That's, um...my...hair...?
"It is?" Kagome asked, bewildered. "Can I have it?"
"Uh...I don't think so..." Inuyasha said, trying to pry his precious hair from her grip.
"Mine!" Kagome said possessively.
"Must be the aftereffects of that traumatizing experience," Sango said, glaring at Miroku.
Miroku gave her a helpless expression. "I couldn't resist."
Sango rolled her eyes and snatched the real present from his grip. "Uh, here, Kagome. Another present for you!"
"Really?" Kagome asked, astonished. She immediately let go of Inuyasha's hair in her eagerness to get her present. "Is it a good one?"
"Of course!" Sango said in a patronizing way. "Why don't you go ahead and open it?"
"Okay!" Kagome agreed readily and ripped off the wrapping paper. A beautiful green silky scarf tumbled out into her lap and she squealed in delight. "Oooooh, pretty!"
"Glad you like it," Miroku said proudly.
"Yup, yup, I do, I do!" Kagome babbled.
Ayame rubbed her temples. "I almost think her traumatized state was better than her now child-like behavior."
"How do you think we could snap her out of it this time?" Kouga asked thoughtfully.
"Um..." Sango snapped her fingers. "Kagome! Naraku in a speedo!"
Kagome's head snapped around to stare with wide eyes at Sango. Then she let out a moan and curled up in a ball, rocking back and forth while crying pitifully.
"Way to make it worse!" Inuyasha snapped, trying himself not to think about the image Sango had conjured.
"That'll be hard to explain in therapy," Miroku muttered.
"Kagome!" Ayame snapped. "We're going to play party games now. WITHOUT you if you don't snap out of it!"
Kagome's head shot up. "No! You can't play party games without me, Ayame! It's my party!" she cried out.
"She seems normal enough now," Kouga said, stroking his chin. "Good work, Ayame."
"Why, thank you, Kouga. But I AM a professional after all," Ayame responded, blowing on her nails and buffing them on her shirt.
"What game are we playing?" Kagome cut in impatiently.
"Why, I'm so glad you asked," Miroku said in a truly delighted voice. "Because I just so happen to have here..." he bent down and recovered an empty wine bottle from behind the couch. "...a bottle!"
"And just what exactly were you planning on doing with that bottle, may I ask?" Sango asked in a very threatening way.
"Well, now, there just so happens to be a game I know involving a bottle such as this...I think you guys will really like it," Miroku said earnestly.
Ayame rolled her eyes. "Oh, come on, Miroku, we're not that naive. And before you continue, I will say right here and now that I will never be participating in such a game."
"Me neither," the other four friends responded automatically.
Miroku sighed and his hopeful expression turned to a depressed one.
"Where'd you get that bottle from, anyway?" Inuyasha asked.
"Well, um...you see..." Miroku stuttered.
"What?" Kouga demanded. "You packed it just in case we happened to meet three girls up here and one just so happened to have a birthday that we got invited to and you had a chance to convince everybody to play Spin The Bottle?"
"Uh...maybe not exactly..." Miroku said. "But it IS always a possibility, isn't it? You have to be prepared for these things."
Inuyasha shook his head in pity. "I don't think there's any hope for you, Miroku."
"Ooooh!" Ayame proclaimed suddenly, waving her hand in the air frantically as if she were in school. "How 'bout we play Truth Or Dare?"
"Yeah!" Kagome agreed.
"But that's a girl game," Inuyasha and Kouga protested in unison.
"Who says?" Sango demanded, hands on hips. "Besides; the birthday girl has chosen and therefore the discussion is over."
The two boys slumped down from their positions on the couch and sulked while Miroku continued to look mournfully at his empty wine bottle.
"Fine!" Sango snapped. "Just to placate Miroku, we'll combine the games! You spin the bottle and whoever it lands on, that's the person you have to ask the question to. Got it?!"
Miroku and everyone else nodded meekly at her imperative tone.
"Alright, then," Sango continued. "Everyone sit in a proper circle." Everyone obeyed. "Miroku place the bottle in the center and since you're holding it, you can go first. And remember, we're playing the extended version."
"Wait-what?" Inuyasha asked in confusion. "What's the extended version?"
"You've never played it before?" Kagome asked him.
"Hey! I told you; Truth Or Dare's a girl's game," Inuyasha responded defensively.
"Whatever," Ayame cut in. "But the extended version is this: truth, dare, double dare, promise to repeat. Then you can add a ton of other options on the end; such as 'kiss command', 'fire in the barn' and 'what if?'."
Kouga looked at her blankly. "What're all those?"
Ayame sighed. "Well, many of them can be interpreted in different ways. But double dare the way we play means both the person asking the question and the person choosing have to do the dare that the person asking chooses. Got that?" Everyone looked at her blankly. "Well, too bad; moving on. Promise to repeat is pretty self-explanatory. The person choosing has to repeat whatever the person asking commands them to say.
"Now; I've heard different versions of kiss command, but the one we play with is the question, 'Who would you rather kiss? This person or that person?' Another version of kiss command that we will under NO circumstances play-" Ayame glared at Miroku, "-is that the person asking commands the person choosing to kiss someone.
"For fire in the barn, we usually play that you ask the choosing person, 'If there was a fire in the barn and you could only save one of these two people, who would it be?' This one can be kinda cruel, especially if you make them choose between friends.
"And the final category: what if? Here you ask the choosing person a what if? question such as, 'What would you do if you were a millionaire?'. Get my drift?" Ayame asked the boys after her lecture.
The boys nodded and Miroku spun the bottle. It landed on Kouga.
"Alright, Kouga; truth, dare, double dare, promise to repeat, kiss command, fire in the barn or what if? ...Jeez, could you make the list any longer?" Miroku protested.
Sango shrugged. "We told you it was the extended version."
"Um..." Kouga looked around trying to decide. His eyes landing on Ayame and deciding this was as good as time as any to impress her, he bravely said, "Dare."
"Okay, your funeral," Miroku said. "Alright, I dare you to..." he smirked, "go out on the balcony and answer some questions that the reporters undoubtably lurking outside will have for you."
Kouga paled considerably and didn't look quite so brave anymore. "H-how many?" he squeaked.
"How many what?" Miroku asked.
"How many questions do I have to answer before I can come back inside?" Kouga asked shakily.
Miroku stroked his chin thoughtfully. "Oh, I'd say about five would do it. Go on, now. We'll wait inside while you go to your doom."
Kouga rose and started walking unsteadily towards the balcony doors. Just as he was about to open them, Ayame called out, "Remember! It's all just pretend! You're leading them along and stringing a tale that's so far from the truth, your private life's safe!"
Kouga flashed her a brief grin before going out on the balcony and shut the doors behind him. Everyone looked at one another anxiously for a few minutes as they waited for their friend to return. They didn't have to wait long as Kouga soon came charging back into the room, out of breath and with a panicked expression on his face.
"...So?" Sango asked after Kouga came and sat back down in the circle. "How'd it go?"
"Well..." Kouga grinned widely, "I did it! I answered five questions pertaining to the competition and my relationship with Ayame. ...But when I said that was all the questions I was going to answer, they started going crazy and asking me really freaky questions; like if I wore perfume or not!" Kouga said indignantly. Unfortunately for him, everyone else burst out laughing.
"Come to think of it," Ayame said slyly, "you DO smell pretty good, Kouga."
"He does?" Kagome asked, raising an eyebrow.
Ayame realized what she'd just confessed and blushed. "So what? He does," she muttered and Kouga went just as red.
"Anyways," Inuyasha yawned. "It's your turn, Kouga. Spin the damn bottle."
Kouga did just that and it landed on Ayame. "Alright, Ayame, I lay before you the list which I am too lazy to repeat and give you the option of choosing."
"Uh...I'm gonna say truth," Ayame said.
"Uh, okay...um...Ayame, how many boyfriends have you had in total?" Kouga asked.
Ayame blushed and looked down. "Uh...well...not...really any...I guess..."
Making a thoughtful noise, Kouga leaned back with a fairly satisfied look on his face as Ayame spun the bottle.
Kagome watched the nose of the bottle point to her and immediately picked truth.
"Girls are so boring," Inuyasha muttered. "Do you ALWAYS pick truth?"
Kagome glared at him and turned back to Ayame who said, "Alright, Kagome; what do you truly think of Inuyasha?"
Kagome blanched. "Say what?"
Ayame smirked. "You heard me. What do you think of Inuyasha? And your answer must include ALL of his qualities."
Kagome fiddled nervously with the scarf she was still holding and avoided looking at Inuyasha. "Um...well, okay...for starters he's usually a big jerk..."
"Hey!" Inuyasha protested.
"...but, um...he can sometimes...be...um...sweet and funny..." Kagome mumbled. "But most of the time he's really arrogant! Especially when it comes to his ski racing...but, then again...he IS an awesome skier...and-get that smirk off your face!" Kagome said accusingly to Inuyasha before continuing. "And...and...oh, why am I being made to do this! Ayame, this is so cruel!"
"I don't believe you're finished yet," Ayame said with a smirk.
"Fine, but I'll get my revenge later..." Kagome grumbled. "Okay...well, I guess I have to say that he's got the best hair I've ever come across...really smooth and silky...plus his eyes are unlike any I've ever seen before...but he can be a real jerk! Like now; when he's smirking his head off at my humiliation!"
Inuyasha's expression slipped into one of indignation.
"...But when he bought me those ice dancing tickets just to make me happy for my birthday, that was so sweet..." Inuyasha blushed. "And, um...um...well...I can understand why he has a ton of fangirls!" Kagome said all in one rushed breath before blushing and quickly giving the bottle a spin. When it landed on Sango, she picked dare, but in her flustered state, Kagome couldn't think of a good one. "I'll just save it for later," Kagome promised her ominously.
"You can do that?" Kouga asked.
Ayame shrugged. "I don't see why not."
The bottle spun by Sango next landed on Ayame, who chose fire in the barn. Sango leaned back thoughtfully. "Alright, Ayame. This is a tough one so listen carefully... If there was a fire in the barn and you only had time to save one of these two people, who would you choose? Hiten, that creepy snowboarder, or Naraku?"
Ayame looked stumped. "That's cruel, Sango...I mean to make me choose between two incredibly sexy hunks such as them..." At Kouga's incredulous look, she added, "I'm joking! Like anyone could think anything good about those creepy guys... But I think I'll have to choose Hiten to save because at least HE didn't present himself in a speedo!"
"True," Sango said in agreement. "Your turn to spin."
Ayame did just that and the nose of the bottle ended up pointing at Inuyasha.
"Uh...I dunno..." Inuyasha said hesitantly.
"He chooses kiss command," Miroku supplied.
"I-what?!" Inuyasha exclaimed.
"Fair enough," Ayame nodded. "Alright, Inuyasha. Who would you rather kiss? Hilary Duff or-"
"Hey, wait! I never chos-"
"-Kagome?" Ayame finished.
"What?" Inuyasha stared at her stupidly.
"Hilary Duff or Kagome. Who would you rather kiss?" Ayame pressed.
"Hilary Duff? Ick! Definitely Kagome." Inuyasha's eyes widened as he realized what he'd admitted. "I mean-" He caught sight of Kagome's anxious expression. "Oh, whatever..." he muttered and relaxed as he saw Kagome's expression turn to one of relief. He spun the bottle rapidly and it landed on Miroku.
Leaning forward and propping his elbows up on his knees, Miroku said, "Alright Inuyasha; I choose double dare."
"Um...I don't know," Inuyasha said, frustrated. "I can't think of anything."
"What's wrong, Inuyasha?" Miroku taunted. "Surely it's not that difficult to think up one measly dare. I know your brain isn't exactly what we'd call the largest thing on the planet, but-"
"Urgh! I dare you to keep your mouth shut for the next fifteen minutes; if that's possible!" Inuyasha snapped.
"Um, Inuyasha; that was a double dare," Kagome pointed out.
"Meaning what?" Inuyasha growled.
Kagome rolled her eyes. "If you'd been listening earlier you would know that it means you have to do the dare too. Double as in both of you..." Kagome said slowly, trying to make her point.
"Hey! Well, then I want to take my dare back!" Inuyasha protested.
"Too late," Ayame told him. "Your shutting-up time starts now. Neither of you two can talk for the next fifteen minutes."
Both Inuyasha and Miroku crossed their arms and sulked for a moment before Miroku remembered that it was his turn to spin the bottle. The nose ended up pointing at Sango, and, believing it was the only safe option considering it was Miroku dictating what she did, she chose promise to repeat.
Miroku immediately grabbed a pen and a notepad off of the coffee table and began to scribble furiously. After a moment, he handed it over to Sango for her to read.
Her eyes scanned the page before she raised her head and protested loudly, "There's no way I'm reading this out loud!"
Everyone gave her a look that clearly said she would or else... "Fine!" Sango grumbled. "But just so you all know; these words are completely false and not my true thoughts at all!"
Ayame rolled her eyes. "Obviously. That's what promise to repeat usually is. Just go ahead and read it."
Sango took a deep breath and began. "'I, Sango, am so completely enamored by this hot stud here known as Miroku. I feel I must finally accept his advances and date him. I don't know if I can resist his manly physique or boyish charm much longer; I love him so much and must tell him as quickly as possible!'" Sango's face went beet red as Kouga, Ayame and Kagome burst out laughing. Inuyasha was still bound by his silent dare, and was trying his utmost to suppress his chuckles.
Miroku, on the other hand, looked slyly at Sango before scribbling something on the notepad Sango had thrown back at his head. 'Sango, I never knew.'
"Oh, please," Sango said. "You know it wasn't true." Miroku shook with silent laughter.
She spun the bottle and it landed back on Inuyasha. He snatched the notepad from Miroku and wrote, 'dare.'
"Alrighty then..." Sango looked speculatively at Inuyasha. "I dare you to...let Kagome play and do whatever she wants with your hair for the rest of the night."
As Inuyasha's eyes widened in horror, Kagome squealed happily. Inuyasha shook his head frantically.
"Oh, now, come on, Inuyasha. You wouldn't want to upset the birthday girl, now would you?" Sango asked nonchalantly. "What do you say, Inuyasha? Do you dare?"
Inuyasha's eyebrows lowered and he wrote his name, Inuyasha Dareshi, down on the notepad so that everyone could see. Then, he scratched out the last 'hi' of his last name to leave, 'Inuyasha Dares.'
"Oooh, a smart aleck," Sango retorted. Redirecting her attention to Kagome, she said, "Go ahead, Kagome. His hair's all yours."
Kagome, her eyes shining, reached a trembling hand over to Inuyasha's silvery tresses as he regarded her warily. As her hand came in contact with the silky strands, she began running it through them, untangling any tangles as she went. Her other hand soon joined it and she began fiddling and playing with his hair like she'd longed to do ever since she'd first seen it.
Inuyasha soon relaxed under her ministrations and closed eyes. After a few minutes, he heard a loud cough. He opened his eyes to find the others all looking at him expectantly. He snapped out of his trance when he realized it was his turn to spin the bottle. As he did, it landed on Miroku once again and they both fought for the notepad before Miroku finally won and scribbled 'dare' onto it. It was quickly snatched back by Inuyasha who then looked around the room for something humiliating to subject his friend to.
His eyes landed on Kagome's new Aqua CD and he smirked. He remembered something and his smirk grew even larger. Checking to make sure he and Miroku's fifteen minutes were up, he leaned over to Kagome and whispered his idea into her ear. She adopted a sly look and nodded. The two of them turned back to the group.
"Alright...Miroku..." Inuyasha said with a smirk. "Here's your dare: you must sing Barbie Girl by Aqua. You being Barbie."
Miroku just stared at him a moment before trying to speak. "Uh...w-what?"
"Don't play dumb. You heard me fine," Inuyasha said, crossing his arms and adopting a satisfied smirk.
"I refuse! It's irrational; it's impossible; it's against my religion!" Miroku protested.
Inuyasha just waved him off more insistently.
Miroku fumed for a moment before his shoulders slumped and he reluctantly arose from where he was sitting. As he shuffled over to where Kagome had left her new CD, Sango said, "Oh, this should be ve~ery amusing."
"Oh, and Sango," Kagome said, as if an idea had just popped into her head. "I still have a dare to give you don't I? How about you go up there and sing the role of Ken, hmmm?"
"W-what?!" Sango screeched.
"Go on, now. Barbie's waiting," Kagome scolded, shooing her off with her hand before using it to continue to braid Inuyasha's hair.
Sango gave her one last glare before joining Miroku by the CD player he'd brought out from his room. "Alright, lech, let's get this over with."
Miroku popped the CD in the player and selected song three. As the music started up, Sango, looking like she was going to her death said in a false sexy voice, "Hiya, Barbie!"
Miroku spoke up in an excited, falsetto voice, "Hi, Ken!"
Sango rolled her eyes before continuing the song. "Wanna go for a ride?"
"Sure, Ken!" Miroku exclaimed.
"Jump in!" Sango said, then took a step back as Miroku tried advancing towards her.
Miroku spread his arms towards her and sang the first verse.
"I'm a Barbie Girl, in a Barbie world,
Life in plastic,
It's fantastic!"
For the next verse, he pulled out the tie in his hair and let it fall down to his shoulders. Running a hand through his locks, he continued singing,
"You can brush my hair,
Undress me everywhere, ("Don't you even think about it, Miroku!" Sango warned.)
Imagination, life is your creation."
Sango squared her shoulders and sang her line, "Come on, Barbie, let's go party!"
Clasping his hands together in a dreamy pose, Miroku stepped forward once more.
"I'm a Barbie Girl, in a Barbie world,
Life in plastic,
It's fantastic!"
He repeated his actions of stroking his hair for the same verse:
"You can brush my hair,
Undress me everywhere,
Imagination, life is your creation."
Fluffing his hair and fluttering his eyelashes, he sang,
"I'm a blond bimbo girl, in a fantasy world
Dress me up, make it tight, I'm your dolly."
Sango then came forward and sang in an imitation of Ken,
"You're my doll, rock'n'roll, feel the glamour in pink,
Kiss me here, touch me there, hanky panky..."
When she realized what she'd just said, her eyes widened before snapping shut as she winced in preparation for what Miroku would undoubtably do next.
Instead of what she expected, however, she felt a light touch from his arm around her waist and a warm, tingling sensation as his lips pressed lightly to her cheek.
Backing away from the startled girl, Miroku continued the song as if nothing had happened.
"You can touch, you can play, if you say: 'I'm always yours!'"
Flipping his hand at the laughing audience, he teased, "Uu-oooh-u!" before mimicking his previous actions for the next chorus.
Finally snapping out of her daze by Miroku's antics, Sango suddenly jumped into her role with energy.
"Come on Barbie, let's go party!"
Strutting back and forth, Miroku added, "Ah-ah-ah-yeah!"
"Come on Barbie, let's go party!"
"Uu-oooh-u!"
"Come on Barbie, let's go party!"
"Ah-ah-ah-yeah!"
"Come on Barbie, let's go party!"
Uu-oooh-u!"
As Sango forcefully made him walk and then moved his jaw with her hand, Miroku continued the song,
"Make me walk, make me talk, do whatever you please," Miroku spread his arms wide, "I can act like a star, I can beg on my knees!" He fell down to his knees in front of Sango and clasped his hands together in a begging gesture.
Trying not to giggle, Sango gestured for him to come to her as she sang,
"Come jump in, bimbo friend, let us do it again,
Hit the town, fool around, let's go party."
Still on his knees, Miroku shuffled towards her, his arms spread wide in a comical fashion, and sang in a pleading tone,
"You can touch, you can play, if you say: 'I'm always yours!'
You can touch, you can play, if you say: 'I'm always yours!'"
Sango laughed before grabbing one of his outstretched hands and pulling him to his feet.
"Come on Barbie, let's go party!"
"Ah-ah-ah-yeah!"
"Come on Barbie, let's go party!"
"Uu-oooh-u!"
"Come on Barbie, let's go party!"
"Ah-ah-ah-yeah!"
"Come on Barbie, let's go party!"
"Uu-oooh-u!"
Running his hands through his hair again, Miroku repeated the chorus once more. During the next repetition of the chorus, however, Sango joined in and sang it with him, also running her hands through her hair. Most of their words were incoherent, however, since they were laughing so hard.
For the last little exchange, Sango and Miroku started to do a bit of a funny tango together, Sango acting as the male and Miroku as the female.
"Come on Barbie, let's go party!"
"Ah-ah-ah-yeah!"
"Come on Barbie, let's go party!"
"Uu-oooh-u!"
"Come on Barbie, let's go party!"
"Ah-ah-ah-yeah!"
"Come on Barbie, let's go party!"
"Uu-oooh-u!"
At this point, Sango dipped Miroku and they stayed in that position as they spoke the final few lines.
Gazing up at Sango from his awkward position, Miroku said in high voice, "Oh, I'm having so much fun!"
Sango looked down and attempted to suppress her giggles. "Well Barbie, we're just getting started."
To end the song with a bang, Miroku spread his free arm wide and exclaimed to the room, "Oh, I love you, Ken!"
The music ended and Ayame quickly shut of the stereo before collapsing on the ground in a fit of giggles. None of the other audience members were doing much better, as they were all on the floor and couldn't stop laughing enough to utter a single word.
Sango pulled Miroku up out of the dip and they bowed elegantly before returning to their places and looking around innocently.
"It's my turn to spin now, right?" Miroku asked as if nothing had transpired.
Kouga waved his hand vaguely at his friend and managed to get a "No more! No more!" out as he wiped tears from his eyes.
"I agree," Kagome giggled. "I think we'd better stop playing Truth Or Dare now before we all die of laughter!"
"So what should we do, then?" Sango asked.
A loud grumbling of Inuyasha's stomach ensued.
"I guess that answers that question..." Miroku said dryly.
"Hey!" Inuyasha protested. "I never got to have lunch and now it's pressing supper time!"
"That's right!" Kagome recalled. "You were going to make my a birthday lunch! What ever happened to that?"
"Uh...well, it was really only a way to get you inside," Inuyasha said uncomfortably. "Plus it was way past lunch when I said that anyway. I'll make you a birthday dinner, how 'bout that? With these guys as kitchen aids, of course," Inuyasha offered.
"That sounds...nice," Kagome smiled.
"And we can eat it while watching a movie!" Ayame squealed.
"No more stupid scary movies!" Sango warned.
"A comedy!" Kagome exclaimed. "I get to pick! ...You guys do have some movies with you in here, right?" she asked the boys, unsure.
Inuyasha scoffed. "Of course we do. What do you think we were gonna do every evening if we hadn't met you guys?"
Kagome held up her hands in an appeasing gesture. "Fine, fine. I'll check out what movies you guys have, then, while you all make a special birthday dinner!"
"Oh! Kagome...aren't you forgetting something...?" Inuyasha asked as he suddenly remembered something.
"...What?" Kagome asked uncertainly.
"Oh, I don't know...something about a certain person who you promised to call on your birthday because you were sure to be skinned alive if you didn't...? Any of this ringing a bell...?" Inuyasha asked slowly.
Kagome looked at him puzzled for a moment for adopting a panicked expression. "Oh, my gosh; I forgot to call my mother! Okay, you guys cook and I'll call her!"
Inuyasha chuckled as she dashed to the phone and he led his kitchen staff to the kitchen to prepare a meal.
As Kagome chatted with her mother, the others were hard at work in the kitchen, conjuring delicious smells as they cooked lasagna. To compliment the lasagna, Ayame and Sango also made a caesar salad under the direction of the head chef, Inuyasha, who had coincidently found a large, pouffy chef's hat somewhere and placed it on his head.
Once Kagome got off the phone, she selected The Emperor's New Groove as their movie to watch and the others came out one by one with a plate of food along with drinks and utensils.
Sango and Miroku sat together on one of the couches while Kouga and Ayame claimed the other. Kagome and Inuyasha were content to sit on the floor with their backs against Sango and Miroku's couch.
They started the movie and were soon laughing their heads off. Their meals were gone in the blink of an eye and they all sat them down on the coffee table in order to deal with them later.
At one point in the movie, Kagome laughed so hard, she fell against Inuyasha and neither he or Kagome noticed how his arm naturally slipped around her waist as they continued to laugh their heads off.
Sango was curled around one of Miroku's arms and giggling into his shoulder, and he was too absorbed in the movie to try anything perverted.
Kouga attempted the trick of yawning and placing an arm around Ayame's shoulders, but unfortunately, she noticed. Fortunately, however, she only giggled and snuggled into his side.
Once the movie was over, Sango lazily turned of the TV and VCR since the remote was closest to her hand. Nobody, however, seemed inclined to move from their positions.
On the contrary, Sango sleepily noticed that everyone had basically fallen asleep once the credits had started rolling. Either that, or they were all faking it in order to have an excuse not to move...
Sango looked at Miroku's potentially sleeping face and shrugged. 'Works for me!' she thought as she laid her head down on Miroku's shoulder and started to doze off. 'After all, he can't be perverted in his sleep...'
How wrong she was...
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A/N IMPORTANT: I realize that the karioke song situation is similar to a few other fics; such as 'You!' by Sakura-chan88 (the fact that Miroku sang karioke to one of the girls on her birthday) and 'The School Trip From Hell' by Beautiful-Stranger01 (the fact that it was the song "Barbie Girl"). I, however, thought up this idea before I read their awesome fics, so I did not steal their brilliant ideas. Just to make sure it was okay, though, I asked both of them, and they readily consented. Just wanted to clear that up if any of you just so happened to be about to flame me for stealing (which I don't think any of you would be, since you're all super nice! ^_^).
*lets out long breath* Wow, that is my longest chapter yet. It's on its twelfth page! That's almost double the length of my usual chapters! Don't ya just love me right now? Fluff, humour, singing; it had it all, didn't it? And just think...they still have to wake up and face the fun adventures of the next day...^_~ Hope to hear your thoughts/comments/fav. parts of this chapter so give me a shout! And remember, if you want to read the ski tutorial I'll be writing (it won't be ridiculously long just too long to write right now), just give me your email address in your review and I shall send it your way. Okey dokey, that's enough out of me for this chapter; talk to ya later!