"BOYS! TIME TO GO!" Inutashio's voice hollowed through the house. The two young boys ran downstairs to where their father was. Both wearing colorful spring Yukatas. Inutashio held up two masks. They each had a little stick at the side so they could hold the masks up to their face, but it also had strings so you could tie it on.
"What are these for?" Sesshomaru asked.
"Makes us look for formal." Inutashio said.
"I'm not putting that thing on my face. Why should I dare hide this gorgeous face? It's just simply selfish. Father you can't honestly think we're doing the mayor a favor by hiding my face."
"Ugh, Sesshomaru you are so full of yourself. You call me ugly all the time but we look alike" Inuyasha snarled.
"That's because we wear similar clothing. We don't look anything alike. You were the unlucky one. You have neither brain nor beauty. But me, why I'm a handsome devil don't you think?"
Inuyasha simply slapped his forehead. Years of dealing with this arrogant bastard and he keeps sounding stupider and stupider.
"Sesshomaru just take the damn masks so we can get out of here." Inutashio said. Sesshomaru grabbed the mask and put it up his sleeve for later. Inuyasha did the same.
"Now you two be on your best behavior. I expect you two to be well-mannered and not bicker. Understood?"
Inuyasha and Sesshomaru nodded. They walked out the house for an evening they will never forget…
Sango's house
"Sango, dear! Are you ready?" Her mother knocked on Sango's door and cracked it open a little.
"Just a sec mother. I'm still putting on this lipstick. And…done!" Sango looked in the mirror, she had to admit it, she looked good. A beautiful pink kimono, black eyeliner, red lipstick that went so well with her luscious lips, and blush to give her a natural radiance. She felt like she could make any man drop dead.
"Sango you look simply beautiful! If you don't pick up a guy today. I'll think some witch put a curse on all the men in this town!"
"Thanks mother. I don't want to brag but, I did a pretty good job with myself."
"Yes you did honey. I'm so proud of you. Now come, the festival will start soon. We don't want to miss anything good." Sango's mother headed for the door. Sango stood up and headed for the door as well.
"I have a feeling today's going to be a good day." Sango said to herself.
At The Festival
The streets were crowded with all kind of vendors selling games, toys, food, gifts. Just about anything you can think of. There were people dancing in costumes, fireworks just about everywhere, and traditional music. Sango followed her mother through a crowd of people watching some guy on a stilts do some tricks. They stopped a vendor selling rice balls. They bought a box load and ate it on a nearby bench.
"Wow this place is packed, I didn't know there would be so many people." Sango said amazed.
"Yea, it's a bigger crowd than last year. Maybe the mayor's plan is actually working. All these people can't be from this town." Her mother agreed.
"I wonder what plan the mayor had."
"You know, the sumo wrestling will start in a little bit. We should hurry up and grab a good seat."
"Yea, I bet the place is going to be packed."
Sango's mother got up and grabbed her daughter's arm.
"Well don't just sit there, come on" She started running while grabbing Sango's arm.
"Oh mom."
Inuyasha looked around the crowd for any signs of his brother or father. He was suppose to be in the nearby stadium. But who could find it in a crowd this large? Suddenly a hand yanked him by the collar. It was Sesshomaru.
"Will ya let go of me." Inuyasha squirmed.
"No, we have to go to the stadium. We have VIP seats there and we're suppose to sit next to the mayor. If we don't hurry father will be quite upset."
"Why the hell do we have to go to the stadium anyway?"
"Sumo wrestling contest."
"What the hell, who wants to watch two fat sweaty men wrestle around in thongs."
"Apparently the mayor does."
"No wonder he has no wife."
In the stadium
Sango and her mother had gotten 2nd row seats. Not bad compared to how quickly the seats were getting filled.
Soon all the seats were filled. Then the mayor, along with Inutashio and his sons, made their entrance walking down the aisles.
"Isn't that your boss sweetie?" asked Sango's mother.
"Yea it is. Not so surprising he's VIP in this festival."
The mayor and others made their way up to the balcony, good seats for a sumo contest eh? The announcer came onto the stage and announced the first match.
"MATCH 1. AKIO VS. DAI! LET'S GET IT ON!" The bell rung and the match began. Inuyasha slumped in his seat and groaned while staring at the two big guys trying to push each other out the ring. He was bored out of his mind already and the match had just started. He looked over at his father and the mayor. The two were socializing and laughing. His brother was apparently eyeballing some random girl in the audience.
'Hm, looks like not even Sesshomaru can resist the charms of a woman.'Inuyasha thought to himself, He looked around quickly, He saw the exit to the left of him. Great, he can sneak out without his brother or father seeing him, as they were sitting on the right side of him. Inuyasha got up and swiftly went through the exit. Since the stadium was dim he could easily pass through the exit unnoticed until he made it outside. The streets were less crowded with only a few people sitting on benches eating and talking. Inuyasha saw some woods nearby and decided to take a walk.
Inuyasha took note of how green the trees and vegetation looked. It looked just like a rainforest. A few small animals ran by here and there. As he walked future into the woods he could hear running water. When he reached the water he saw that it was a river with a bunch of flowers right before it. The sun was shining nice and high, it was a little hot but being by the river made it cooler. Inuyasha put his mask on and laid down by the river, It wasn't even noon and he was already exhausted.
'A short nap can't hurt.'he thought, He closed his eyes and lightly drifted to sleep.
