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A/N: Hey! How are you doing? I have another update ready for you, finally. It's a bit short, but it's packed with laughter. Hope you enjoy it, but first-
WNB has a few- very few- changes, but here they are. Everyone that signed up for this, please go through and make sure you are here! I cannot guarantee that you're on here because I have an extremely bad memory... --; Sorry about that...
Main Branch:
President: Me
Vice President: Snowfire the Kitsune
Public Service Director: Mitsuko Maxwell
Treasurer: Yume no Tame ni
Informant: The Weird One
Accountant: Whoobonhooaglo
Executive: The Turmoil Twins
Intern: Kourinoyami
Chief Consultant: Nankinmai
Customer Service Representative: Obsidiansoul
Product Representative: Ominous
Spokesmen: Ame Kurayami
Creative Director: D.g.
Manager: Erica
Assistant Manager: Brat
Advisor: FLaMEChick
Supervisor: Kagome-chan5
Director of Hard Liquor: Hon-doroboo Xanthros
Mascot: superbakagirl
Village Idiot: Ama (Shades of Oblivion
Eccentric Wanna-be: Ice Dagger
International, Bi-polar, Klutzy Editor: Tireth Minet
Greeter: Hawk
Coat Taker: Shadow
Valet: Kinshinanie
Sexy Hammer-Weilding Security Guard: Leah Black
Jester: Inuchick13
Mystical Creatures Department:
Master Trainer and President: Silver Dragon
Supervisor of MCD trainees: QuirkyCellist
Griffin's General: Museless Author
Executive: soulfire2
Chief Consultant: Cryxxy-chan
Army of Insane Gerbal's General: Merayna
Army of Secret Spy Monkey's General: Diana
Spy/Secret Agent Division:
President: Kaze no Kagura
Executive: FreedomFighta06
Spy in Training: Meow the chibi neko
Secret Operative: Rei-chan
Master Spy: NekoYami
Master Sniper: Fokkusu Inuyasha
Consultant: Ebony-chan
Hyper Active Little Hacker Girl: StarLightKagome
Department of Sarcasm and Murder Schemes:
President: Three-Legged Dog
Informant: SakuraMona
Executive: moon neko princess
Schemester: Ipwnzj00
Weapons Master: Rumi ai no Pocky
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Just Dance, Street Rat, and Shadow of a Holocaust (a Witch Hunter Robin fic) by SnowShadowuser
Big Trouble Come in Small Packages by Artemis Moon
The Ad by sailor-scribe (only for those who enjoy lime- and possible future lemon- and a smooth-talking hanyou)
Creature Comforts and The Sinner by Rozefire
Fragments of Eternity (completed) and Mermaids by Maiden of the Moon
Movie House Hanyou by Numisma (DO NOT READ UNLESS OPEN MINDED!!! I love the complexity of the story, but Inu IS BISEXUAL- and a few other characters we know and love have their charms turned in odd ways (and, OMG, the laughs in this- and you should see what Inuyasha does with a barbell through his tongue!)... and I think I'm slowly losing my innocence... I've had a habit of reading the more adult fics lately- but they are more than worth it! If you happen to try this fic out and like it, give me a shout-out, please.)
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Author: Sakura-chan88
Title: Me?
Chapter: Squeal Like a Girl!
You've had quite an eventful three weeks, booked to the max with things to do or bored stiff with nothing to get your mind off of... actually, you haven't really had much to think about even... Until now. You invited the girls over to a girls' night in your hotel room, kid free, and begin to let off the steam building up in you... 'Naive' has her say, then 'revenge' whispers three little words that turn your world upside down. One of the best things in her life that means the absolute most to her is being slowly taken away from her. And you thought you had it bad... What's going on? This world must hate you or something... Oh, 'revenge'!
My heart stopped...
My mind emptied...
My mouth stuttered...
My world shattered.
I felt nothing but confusion, knowing somehow I was just trying to numb the feeling that was about to wash over me. My breath was no more- as if all oxygen had been zapped in a split second and the ability and knowledge of 'breathing' had fled when my brain cease functions momentarily. Cold hands turned icy, blood running became still, eyes misting spilled over.
Then the feelings came.
I cried out in agony, bringing the closest body into a strangling embrace, mind and mouth screaming, "Iie!"
'Iie! Kohaku nai- Not Kohaku, not my brother, not him! Iie!'
"K-Kagome-chan!" gasped Sango, shoving away from my hold. I just held her tighter. "Kagome- listen-!"
"Oh, Sango-chan..." I heard Ayame whisper in despair.
'Not Kohaku- my brother, my friend. Not him- please-!'
"Kagome-chan, calm down!" Ayame hissed as I drew in a deep breath, tears streaming down my face. "Listen to Sango-chan. We have to be the strong ones."
It took a while for me to calm enough, knowing Ayame was right. I had to be strong. For Sango.
With slightly drier eyes, I looked to my previously sniffling friend to find more terror in her eyes than sadness. She fidgeted and moved from the bed, standing beside the room's refrigerator.
Taking a deep breath, I ventured to ask, "what's wrong with Kohaku, Sango-chan," my voice hitching.
She jumped slightly in nervousness, then grinned. "I- uh- kindatrickedyouforthe- uh -funofit- But- you really reacted and I'm sorry...?"
It took a second for her rushed words to spread out and present themselves to me. And it had me bounding up to strangle the woman as I screeched- "You... lied... about something like that!?"
Ayame stopped my hands inches from her throat with a whispered question. "Are you really pregnant, then?"
Sango's eyes, previously holding a fearful gloom as they had followed the progression of my hands, sparkled and hands instinctively clasped over her lower abdomen, head bobbing affirmatively. My outstretched arms dropped. My lips curled into a gleeful smile.
"That's wonderful, Sango, really."
"Two months along, already..." She smiled, eyes nearly closed from her happiness. "I told mama."
"When?"
"... Before I even let Miroku know," she replied. "Mama took me to the hospital for the check." She shook her head with a rueful grin, "She was happier than I was. You should've seen her when she got a hold of Miroku..."
I think we all grinned at that, eyes unfocused as we imagined (Sango reliving) the amusing sight play out as if right before us. Now that's what I call humor!
"Why hasn't Miroku told the guys yet?" I implored, snapping out of my thoughts.
Sango shrugged. "Says he won't tell unless they bring out details."
"Details?" the naive Ayame repeated.
I gave her a flat look. "Sexual details... Like-"
"AH- nevermind, nevermind!" Ayame shouted, hands closing about her ears. "I don't need to hear it! I get it!"
I smirked at my friend, seeing the violent blush staining her cheeks crimson. "Aw, little Ayame and her virgin ears."
"So?" she said defiantly, stuffing her nose in the air.
"Come on," Sango urged, moving to sit beside Ayame, nudging her in the side with an elbow playfully. "How far have you made it with Kouga? First base? Second?"
"Lalalalalalalalalala!" she sang, shoving her ears closed with her fingers. "I'm not listening, not listening, not listening! I'm not listening to yoouuuuuu!"
I laughed heartily at her display of frustrated embarrassment and Sango's persistent teasing. Soon enough, Ayame had two grown women poking for details about her... well, time alone with our beloved 'Wimpy Wolf.'
... Then I got an idea. A foolish, sordid idea...
"Sango..." The woman paused in her torturous speech about second base with Miroku - ew... "... Want to hear Inuyasha squeal like a girl?"
"Eh?" Ayame and Sango echoed.
"Oh, Ayame, you wouldn't want to hear it. I mean, it involves-"
"AHHH- I don't wanna hear anything about... THAT..."
I blinked. "Okay. Sango, dial the guy's hotel number and put the phone on speaker," I ordered, talking a wine cooler from the fridge. "Want one, Aya-chan?" She declined and I took a seat on the bed, the phone ringing through.
"Hello?" a voice crackled after the forth ring.
"Hey, Kouga," I called, smiling as if he could see me. "Can you put Inuyasha on the phone for me?"
"Sure- just a second. INUYASHA, STOP YOUR FLIRTING- KAG'S ON THE PHONE!"
"I'M NOT FLIRTING! DAMNIT- YURA, STOP! I TOLD YOU 'NO'!" I heard Inuyasha bellow. "'NO' MEANS FUCKING 'NO'!"
"Aw, Inu..." Yura pouted, barely audible through the phone.
There was the sound of struggling before a new voice exclaimed, "Yura's drunk as a sunk. Dear Dogboy's getting hit hard with her butterfly eyes."
"You better not be taking advantage of it, either, Miroku," Sango stated emotionlessly.
"No, of course not Sango. Never thought of it- kuso! Yura!"
The sounds suddenly died and silence took its brief time of life with a triumphant shout.
"Kagome?"
"Inuyasha, what was that?"
"Yura got herself drunk at the concert tonight. We barely got her here before she went all sluttish," he replied, groaning at his luck. "She just can't get enough of my hair and she isn't exactly-"
"You know you didn't mind it," Miroku quipped.
"Shut UP, Miroku," Kouga shouted before the line beeped. "I put it on speaker. You know I was joking, right?"
"About?" I muttered.
"The whole flirting thing- I mean, we've heard about your whole 'trust dilemma-'"
"Kouga," a voice growled, the sound of knuckles cracking occupying the background.
"Uh... don't mind me."
"So, you've been talking, huh, Inuyasha?" I think I heard him gulp, but I can't be sure. "How much have you told them so far- and what happened to Yura? I don't hear her anymore."
"She passed out pulling my hair," Inuyasha grumbled. "Fell off the bed."
"What were you two doing in bed?" Sango quipped, giggling with Ayame as I frowned. I didn't find that a humorous question.
"Trying to get her drunk ass to sleep! There was nothing dirty about it!"
Kouga and Miroku burst out laughing. I could imagine the blush stretching across his cheeks. But enough of that...
"So, Inuyasha?"
"So, what?"
"What have you told them?"
"Everything but what we want to hear," Miroku admitted, a perverted tone entering his voice.
Perfect. "Oh... I'd be happy to tell- in exchange for a little info..."
"Kagome!"
"Inuyasha!"
"Is that how she squeals it?"
BAM
Kouga winced. "Itai..."
"... Uh..."
"Now, that hurt."
"... Oops... Sorry Yura."
"What happened?" Ayame chirped.
"Oi, Ayame!" Kouga yipped. "You're there? You've been quiet."
"Yeah- what happened?"
"Let's just say, Miroku's seeing stars and Yura's..." he trailed off, letting us finish the picture any way we could. Nothing brought a pleasant sight.
"MI-RO-KU!"
"He's out cold," Inuyasha said. "Don't worry, Sango, he didn't exactly touch anything, just crushed her."
Sango sighed, shaking her head. I snorted. Great, now my fun was out of commission... Or, was it?
"Wake him up!" I commanded. "I don't care how, just do it..."
"But, you aren't really-"
"Yes, I'm really planning on it. You'll see why."
He finally got Miroku awake after a few minutes of imitating thunder.
"Ah, where were we?" the drummer asked. "Oh, right... Kagome, as you were saying."
"Well, you see, we went on this fishing trip..."
Sure enough, Inuyasha was squealing like a little girl.
"Kagome! Don't you DARE!"
"- and he looked in my eyes as he-"
"Ahhh- no, no, no! I don't want to hear any more!" Ayame cried, squeezing her eyes closed and blocking her ears.
"- trailed a finger down-"
"Kagome, I swear, if you don't stop NOW-"
"- along the fins to push them back, but the fish still poked him- a little bluegill!- and he threw it in the air, but when it came down, it landed in his hair-"
"Kag-" Inuyasha shrieked.
"- and he did this little jig before he finally grabbed a hold of it right."
"That's it-!"
"Then, when he got the hook out, the fish closed its mouth around his finger- don't ask how, I don't know- and he started trying to fling it off."
"Please, stop. It's killing me!" Kouga barked in laughter, wheezing for breath.
"I haven't even gotten to the good part," I amended. "See, he was slinging it about and wound up getting a fish in the face! The fish latched onto his nose!"
"Oh my- this is better," Miroku cried, the sound of choking coming with the lack of breath for expressed mirth, "than any 'hot sex' chat I coulda hoped for!"
"Not yet, it isn't," I continued.
"There's more?" Sango asked through gasps.
"Un. See, he had this fish on his nose and he tried to slap it off, but missed and hit his cheek so hard that he stumbled over the side of the boat and into the water-!"
"KAGOME, STOP RIGHT THERE!"
"And the fish still didn't let go! All the splashing called an alligator over- oh, Kami-sama, you should have heard him squeal! I mean, he was still struggling with the silly bluegill and saw the gator... He was up in the boat, no fish attached, and had his fishing rod in his hands, trying to slap the gator away-"
"IIIEEEEEEE! DON'T-!"
"- and he accidentally cast and the fishing line wrapped around a tree branch and when he pulled back, he lost balance and fell right onto the tackle box-"
And it just kept getting better.
Squirm, Inuyasha, squirm...
Inuyasha hung up on me when I started to tell Miroku about our wedding night, which I understood very well since it was even more humorous than the fishing trip in Louisiana. (Don't even get me started... All I'll say is, I'll never forget it. For multiple reasons. )
"Now, that was what I call entertainment," Sango giggled, clutching a pillow over her stomach.
"Poor fish," Ayame sighed.
"Poor alligator," I snorted.
"Poor spider."
"Poor boat."
"Poor Inuyasha," we amended in unison, doubling over as laughter claimed us.
"Oh, I wish I could have been there!" Sango said, wiping her watery eyes with the palm of her hand.
"Ah... No, you don't," I told her, worrying my bottom lip as a hot blush crept up my neck.
"Why not?" Ayame inquired.
"You wouldn't listen, wouldn't listen, wouldn't listen. You wouldn't listen if I tried to tell yooooouuuuuu!" I sang, blushing brighter still.
"It was that good, huh?"
Nervous Laugh
I guess you could say that.
Ayame left, as planned, and I returned to work, actually working out a complete scene. Kikyou was back and I have to say, I didn't mind her company. She was very friendly off screen, if not a little too stuck-up for my taste. Yet, not once did I talk to her without getting a foreboding feeling- something was going to happen, sooner or later, and it would hurt either me, or those around me.
And all I could think was of Inuyasha.
It was the second week of filming when I was confronted with something that would change my world forever...
"So, Kagome," Kikyou began as we walked off the set when the director called it a night. Of course, he had to wait until midnight before he let us go. "How is Demonic going for you?"
"Great," I breathed, trying to wake myself up enough to make it to the limo without collapsing. "I love it. I have my best friends with me and..."
'Inuyasha beside me.'
"... I love singing. It's wonderful to see so many people enjoying my work."
Kikyou nodded, smiling with a far off look. "Un. I remember that feeling."
I paused mid-stride to face the woman who looked so much like me. "What do you mean 'remember'? People still enjoy your movies."
"Hai," she laughed. "I just don't have very many friends with me, anymore. Ever since... Well, let's just say I made a foolish mistake in the past. I want to fix it... I've finally decided to try and fix it..."
This is where the foreboding cloud passed over the light at the end of my tunnel. "How?"
"... Kagome, how about we go out for a drink?"
"Uh..."
"I have a story to tell you," she explained, a friendly smile taking over her lips.
Not knowing how to reject her in a way that she wouldn't feel offended, I merely nodded and followed her outside and into the brisk night air.
"So, a few months went by, then a year, and another," Kikyou continued after telling me how she and Inuyasha had met and started dating. "Soon, it was the end of our Senior year- about two years ago- and we had just gotten closer and closer... I moved in with him half way through the year... Anyway, I felt I was in heaven, you know? Here I am, a struggling actress and I just hit my first big break, and here he is, new diva extraordinaire. We kept it hush-hush, of course, because celebrities couples just don't last and the media- well, I'm sure you can guess the damage they'd do."
I nodded, raising my Pepsi to my lips. "Yeah. Vicious parasites, they are. My brother can't talk to his girl friend without the media making it sound dirty."
"That's exactly what I mean," Kikyou stated, calling over the nearest waiter to order another cup of coffee. Why she drank coffee in the dead of night, I never knew. "So we had this little unspoken agreement to never speak about each other outside of our friends- Miroku, Kouga, Yura, and Tsubaki. But... at graduation..."
And my world came crashing down.
A/N: I know this is a short chapter, but I hope that the humor in this makes it worth having to wait for more. Don't you just love cliffhangers?
Ja ne, minna!
A/N: Hey! How are you doing? I have another update ready for you, finally. It's a bit short, but it's packed with laughter. Hope you enjoy it, but first-
WNB has a few- very few- changes, but here they are. Everyone that signed up for this, please go through and make sure you are here! I cannot guarantee that you're on here because I have an extremely bad memory... --; Sorry about that...
Main Branch:
President: Me
Vice President: Snowfire the Kitsune
Public Service Director: Mitsuko Maxwell
Treasurer: Yume no Tame ni
Informant: The Weird One
Accountant: Whoobonhooaglo
Executive: The Turmoil Twins
Intern: Kourinoyami
Chief Consultant: Nankinmai
Customer Service Representative: Obsidiansoul
Product Representative: Ominous
Spokesmen: Ame Kurayami
Creative Director: D.g.
Manager: Erica
Assistant Manager: Brat
Advisor: FLaMEChick
Supervisor: Kagome-chan5
Director of Hard Liquor: Hon-doroboo Xanthros
Mascot: superbakagirl
Village Idiot: Ama (Shades of Oblivion
Eccentric Wanna-be: Ice Dagger
International, Bi-polar, Klutzy Editor: Tireth Minet
Greeter: Hawk
Coat Taker: Shadow
Valet: Kinshinanie
Sexy Hammer-Weilding Security Guard: Leah Black
Jester: Inuchick13
Mystical Creatures Department:
Master Trainer and President: Silver Dragon
Supervisor of MCD trainees: QuirkyCellist
Griffin's General: Museless Author
Executive: soulfire2
Chief Consultant: Cryxxy-chan
Army of Insane Gerbal's General: Merayna
Army of Secret Spy Monkey's General: Diana
Spy/Secret Agent Division:
President: Kaze no Kagura
Executive: FreedomFighta06
Spy in Training: Meow the chibi neko
Secret Operative: Rei-chan
Master Spy: NekoYami
Master Sniper: Fokkusu Inuyasha
Consultant: Ebony-chan
Hyper Active Little Hacker Girl: StarLightKagome
Department of Sarcasm and Murder Schemes:
President: Three-Legged Dog
Informant: SakuraMona
Executive: moon neko princess
Schemester: Ipwnzj00
Weapons Master: Rumi ai no Pocky
And...
The White Orchid by Beautiful-Stranger01
Just Dance, Street Rat, and Shadow of a Holocaust (a Witch Hunter Robin fic) by SnowShadowuser
Big Trouble Come in Small Packages by Artemis Moon
The Ad by sailor-scribe (only for those who enjoy lime- and possible future lemon- and a smooth-talking hanyou)
Creature Comforts and The Sinner by Rozefire
Fragments of Eternity (completed) and Mermaids by Maiden of the Moon
Movie House Hanyou by Numisma (DO NOT READ UNLESS OPEN MINDED!!! I love the complexity of the story, but Inu IS BISEXUAL- and a few other characters we know and love have their charms turned in odd ways (and, OMG, the laughs in this- and you should see what Inuyasha does with a barbell through his tongue!)... and I think I'm slowly losing my innocence... I've had a habit of reading the more adult fics lately- but they are more than worth it! If you happen to try this fic out and like it, give me a shout-out, please.)
Plus...
I'M DEDICATING THIS CHAPTER!!!! To you, Inugirl0621, for your birthday this fine Monday.
Happy readings!
Author: Sakura-chan88
Title: Me?
Chapter: Squeal Like a Girl!
You've had quite an eventful three weeks, booked to the max with things to do or bored stiff with nothing to get your mind off of... actually, you haven't really had much to think about even... Until now. You invited the girls over to a girls' night in your hotel room, kid free, and begin to let off the steam building up in you... 'Naive' has her say, then 'revenge' whispers three little words that turn your world upside down. One of the best things in her life that means the absolute most to her is being slowly taken away from her. And you thought you had it bad... What's going on? This world must hate you or something... Oh, 'revenge'!
My heart stopped...
My mind emptied...
My mouth stuttered...
My world shattered.
I felt nothing but confusion, knowing somehow I was just trying to numb the feeling that was about to wash over me. My breath was no more- as if all oxygen had been zapped in a split second and the ability and knowledge of 'breathing' had fled when my brain cease functions momentarily. Cold hands turned icy, blood running became still, eyes misting spilled over.
Then the feelings came.
I cried out in agony, bringing the closest body into a strangling embrace, mind and mouth screaming, "Iie!"
'Iie! Kohaku nai- Not Kohaku, not my brother, not him! Iie!'
"K-Kagome-chan!" gasped Sango, shoving away from my hold. I just held her tighter. "Kagome- listen-!"
"Oh, Sango-chan..." I heard Ayame whisper in despair.
'Not Kohaku- my brother, my friend. Not him- please-!'
"Kagome-chan, calm down!" Ayame hissed as I drew in a deep breath, tears streaming down my face. "Listen to Sango-chan. We have to be the strong ones."
It took a while for me to calm enough, knowing Ayame was right. I had to be strong. For Sango.
With slightly drier eyes, I looked to my previously sniffling friend to find more terror in her eyes than sadness. She fidgeted and moved from the bed, standing beside the room's refrigerator.
Taking a deep breath, I ventured to ask, "what's wrong with Kohaku, Sango-chan," my voice hitching.
She jumped slightly in nervousness, then grinned. "I- uh- kindatrickedyouforthe- uh -funofit- But- you really reacted and I'm sorry...?"
It took a second for her rushed words to spread out and present themselves to me. And it had me bounding up to strangle the woman as I screeched- "You... lied... about something like that!?"
Ayame stopped my hands inches from her throat with a whispered question. "Are you really pregnant, then?"
Sango's eyes, previously holding a fearful gloom as they had followed the progression of my hands, sparkled and hands instinctively clasped over her lower abdomen, head bobbing affirmatively. My outstretched arms dropped. My lips curled into a gleeful smile.
"That's wonderful, Sango, really."
"Two months along, already..." She smiled, eyes nearly closed from her happiness. "I told mama."
"When?"
"... Before I even let Miroku know," she replied. "Mama took me to the hospital for the check." She shook her head with a rueful grin, "She was happier than I was. You should've seen her when she got a hold of Miroku..."
I think we all grinned at that, eyes unfocused as we imagined (Sango reliving) the amusing sight play out as if right before us. Now that's what I call humor!
"Why hasn't Miroku told the guys yet?" I implored, snapping out of my thoughts.
Sango shrugged. "Says he won't tell unless they bring out details."
"Details?" the naive Ayame repeated.
I gave her a flat look. "Sexual details... Like-"
"AH- nevermind, nevermind!" Ayame shouted, hands closing about her ears. "I don't need to hear it! I get it!"
I smirked at my friend, seeing the violent blush staining her cheeks crimson. "Aw, little Ayame and her virgin ears."
"So?" she said defiantly, stuffing her nose in the air.
"Come on," Sango urged, moving to sit beside Ayame, nudging her in the side with an elbow playfully. "How far have you made it with Kouga? First base? Second?"
"Lalalalalalalalalala!" she sang, shoving her ears closed with her fingers. "I'm not listening, not listening, not listening! I'm not listening to yoouuuuuu!"
I laughed heartily at her display of frustrated embarrassment and Sango's persistent teasing. Soon enough, Ayame had two grown women poking for details about her... well, time alone with our beloved 'Wimpy Wolf.'
... Then I got an idea. A foolish, sordid idea...
"Sango..." The woman paused in her torturous speech about second base with Miroku - ew... "... Want to hear Inuyasha squeal like a girl?"
"Eh?" Ayame and Sango echoed.
"Oh, Ayame, you wouldn't want to hear it. I mean, it involves-"
"AHHH- I don't wanna hear anything about... THAT..."
I blinked. "Okay. Sango, dial the guy's hotel number and put the phone on speaker," I ordered, talking a wine cooler from the fridge. "Want one, Aya-chan?" She declined and I took a seat on the bed, the phone ringing through.
"Hello?" a voice crackled after the forth ring.
"Hey, Kouga," I called, smiling as if he could see me. "Can you put Inuyasha on the phone for me?"
"Sure- just a second. INUYASHA, STOP YOUR FLIRTING- KAG'S ON THE PHONE!"
"I'M NOT FLIRTING! DAMNIT- YURA, STOP! I TOLD YOU 'NO'!" I heard Inuyasha bellow. "'NO' MEANS FUCKING 'NO'!"
"Aw, Inu..." Yura pouted, barely audible through the phone.
There was the sound of struggling before a new voice exclaimed, "Yura's drunk as a sunk. Dear Dogboy's getting hit hard with her butterfly eyes."
"You better not be taking advantage of it, either, Miroku," Sango stated emotionlessly.
"No, of course not Sango. Never thought of it- kuso! Yura!"
The sounds suddenly died and silence took its brief time of life with a triumphant shout.
"Kagome?"
"Inuyasha, what was that?"
"Yura got herself drunk at the concert tonight. We barely got her here before she went all sluttish," he replied, groaning at his luck. "She just can't get enough of my hair and she isn't exactly-"
"You know you didn't mind it," Miroku quipped.
"Shut UP, Miroku," Kouga shouted before the line beeped. "I put it on speaker. You know I was joking, right?"
"About?" I muttered.
"The whole flirting thing- I mean, we've heard about your whole 'trust dilemma-'"
"Kouga," a voice growled, the sound of knuckles cracking occupying the background.
"Uh... don't mind me."
"So, you've been talking, huh, Inuyasha?" I think I heard him gulp, but I can't be sure. "How much have you told them so far- and what happened to Yura? I don't hear her anymore."
"She passed out pulling my hair," Inuyasha grumbled. "Fell off the bed."
"What were you two doing in bed?" Sango quipped, giggling with Ayame as I frowned. I didn't find that a humorous question.
"Trying to get her drunk ass to sleep! There was nothing dirty about it!"
Kouga and Miroku burst out laughing. I could imagine the blush stretching across his cheeks. But enough of that...
"So, Inuyasha?"
"So, what?"
"What have you told them?"
"Everything but what we want to hear," Miroku admitted, a perverted tone entering his voice.
Perfect. "Oh... I'd be happy to tell- in exchange for a little info..."
"Kagome!"
"Inuyasha!"
"Is that how she squeals it?"
Kouga winced. "Itai..."
"... Uh..."
"Now, that hurt."
"... Oops... Sorry Yura."
"What happened?" Ayame chirped.
"Oi, Ayame!" Kouga yipped. "You're there? You've been quiet."
"Yeah- what happened?"
"Let's just say, Miroku's seeing stars and Yura's..." he trailed off, letting us finish the picture any way we could. Nothing brought a pleasant sight.
"MI-RO-KU!"
"He's out cold," Inuyasha said. "Don't worry, Sango, he didn't exactly touch anything, just crushed her."
Sango sighed, shaking her head. I snorted. Great, now my fun was out of commission... Or, was it?
"Wake him up!" I commanded. "I don't care how, just do it..."
"But, you aren't really-"
"Yes, I'm really planning on it. You'll see why."
He finally got Miroku awake after a few minutes of imitating thunder.
"Ah, where were we?" the drummer asked. "Oh, right... Kagome, as you were saying."
"Well, you see, we went on this fishing trip..."
Sure enough, Inuyasha was squealing like a little girl.
"Kagome! Don't you DARE!"
"- and he looked in my eyes as he-"
"Ahhh- no, no, no! I don't want to hear any more!" Ayame cried, squeezing her eyes closed and blocking her ears.
"- trailed a finger down-"
"Kagome, I swear, if you don't stop NOW-"
"- along the fins to push them back, but the fish still poked him- a little bluegill!- and he threw it in the air, but when it came down, it landed in his hair-"
"Kag-" Inuyasha shrieked.
"- and he did this little jig before he finally grabbed a hold of it right."
"That's it-!"
"Then, when he got the hook out, the fish closed its mouth around his finger- don't ask how, I don't know- and he started trying to fling it off."
"Please, stop. It's killing me!" Kouga barked in laughter, wheezing for breath.
"I haven't even gotten to the good part," I amended. "See, he was slinging it about and wound up getting a fish in the face! The fish latched onto his nose!"
"Oh my- this is better," Miroku cried, the sound of choking coming with the lack of breath for expressed mirth, "than any 'hot sex' chat I coulda hoped for!"
"Not yet, it isn't," I continued.
"There's more?" Sango asked through gasps.
"Un. See, he had this fish on his nose and he tried to slap it off, but missed and hit his cheek so hard that he stumbled over the side of the boat and into the water-!"
"KAGOME, STOP RIGHT THERE!"
"And the fish still didn't let go! All the splashing called an alligator over- oh, Kami-sama, you should have heard him squeal! I mean, he was still struggling with the silly bluegill and saw the gator... He was up in the boat, no fish attached, and had his fishing rod in his hands, trying to slap the gator away-"
"IIIEEEEEEE! DON'T-!"
"- and he accidentally cast and the fishing line wrapped around a tree branch and when he pulled back, he lost balance and fell right onto the tackle box-"
And it just kept getting better.
Squirm, Inuyasha, squirm...
Inuyasha hung up on me when I started to tell Miroku about our wedding night, which I understood very well since it was even more humorous than the fishing trip in Louisiana. (Don't even get me started... All I'll say is, I'll never forget it. For multiple reasons. )
"Now, that was what I call entertainment," Sango giggled, clutching a pillow over her stomach.
"Poor fish," Ayame sighed.
"Poor alligator," I snorted.
"Poor spider."
"Poor boat."
"Poor Inuyasha," we amended in unison, doubling over as laughter claimed us.
"Oh, I wish I could have been there!" Sango said, wiping her watery eyes with the palm of her hand.
"Ah... No, you don't," I told her, worrying my bottom lip as a hot blush crept up my neck.
"Why not?" Ayame inquired.
"You wouldn't listen, wouldn't listen, wouldn't listen. You wouldn't listen if I tried to tell yooooouuuuuu!" I sang, blushing brighter still.
"It was that good, huh?"
I guess you could say that.
Ayame left, as planned, and I returned to work, actually working out a complete scene. Kikyou was back and I have to say, I didn't mind her company. She was very friendly off screen, if not a little too stuck-up for my taste. Yet, not once did I talk to her without getting a foreboding feeling- something was going to happen, sooner or later, and it would hurt either me, or those around me.
And all I could think was of Inuyasha.
It was the second week of filming when I was confronted with something that would change my world forever...
"So, Kagome," Kikyou began as we walked off the set when the director called it a night. Of course, he had to wait until midnight before he let us go. "How is Demonic going for you?"
"Great," I breathed, trying to wake myself up enough to make it to the limo without collapsing. "I love it. I have my best friends with me and..."
'Inuyasha beside me.'
"... I love singing. It's wonderful to see so many people enjoying my work."
Kikyou nodded, smiling with a far off look. "Un. I remember that feeling."
I paused mid-stride to face the woman who looked so much like me. "What do you mean 'remember'? People still enjoy your movies."
"Hai," she laughed. "I just don't have very many friends with me, anymore. Ever since... Well, let's just say I made a foolish mistake in the past. I want to fix it... I've finally decided to try and fix it..."
This is where the foreboding cloud passed over the light at the end of my tunnel. "How?"
"... Kagome, how about we go out for a drink?"
"Uh..."
"I have a story to tell you," she explained, a friendly smile taking over her lips.
Not knowing how to reject her in a way that she wouldn't feel offended, I merely nodded and followed her outside and into the brisk night air.
"So, a few months went by, then a year, and another," Kikyou continued after telling me how she and Inuyasha had met and started dating. "Soon, it was the end of our Senior year- about two years ago- and we had just gotten closer and closer... I moved in with him half way through the year... Anyway, I felt I was in heaven, you know? Here I am, a struggling actress and I just hit my first big break, and here he is, new diva extraordinaire. We kept it hush-hush, of course, because celebrities couples just don't last and the media- well, I'm sure you can guess the damage they'd do."
I nodded, raising my Pepsi to my lips. "Yeah. Vicious parasites, they are. My brother can't talk to his girl friend without the media making it sound dirty."
"That's exactly what I mean," Kikyou stated, calling over the nearest waiter to order another cup of coffee. Why she drank coffee in the dead of night, I never knew. "So we had this little unspoken agreement to never speak about each other outside of our friends- Miroku, Kouga, Yura, and Tsubaki. But... at graduation..."
And my world came crashing down.
A/N: I know this is a short chapter, but I hope that the humor in this makes it worth having to wait for more. Don't you just love cliffhangers?
Ja ne, minna!