InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Potsmokers: A Love Story ❯ Let's Take A Drive ( Chapter 3 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

By: Chudoku

Author's Note- Hello, I'm back with another chapter. Why do I bother with these notices? The internet is down, so by the time its back up, these chapters will already be finished and typed and all. So you won't have to sit around fret about when I'm going to post the next chapter. Aren't you lucky? My favorite fic has always been “No Life Flower: Remade”, and the last time that was updated? Like 2003 or some bullshit. You guys are lucky, because I wouldn't do that to you.

Oh, and for the record? I don't write shit stories; this story is going to keep getting more and more intense startiiinnngggg…. Now.

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Chapter Three

Let's Take A Drive.

“Mmm…That's good shit. Where'd you get this, Sangs?” Inuyasha lay back on his bed and rested his pipe-holding hand on his chest. Sango laughed. “Florida, Yash. I told you, the Jamaican vendors in Key West are just everywhere. They were selling dimes for five bucks each.”

“Well, I know where we're driving this winter. Shit.” He yawned and stretched, feeling little clicks and cracks inside of his body that felt so good.. “…Hey, has Kagome said anything to you about liking any guys? I mean, is she seeing anybody?”

Sango shook her head. “Nope. Why?”…Silence. Realization. “Oh my god. You do not.”

Inuyasha laughed quietly. “I don't know, I guess I'm just curious. I haven't dated in…awhile,” his voice was a little unsteady, his heartbeat irregular. He was more than interested in Kagome, she was the most beautiful girl he'd ever seen. But he didn't dare mention it.

“Almost a year;” Sango added.

“Don't get into it, I don't wanna think about it.”

Sango apologized and looked down.

“Anyway...she's gorgeous, nice, and she's so…innocent.” Inuyasha tensed at the thought. Sango's eyes were pretty much “T-T” by now. “What the hell is up with guys and innocence?”

“Oh, that isn't the reason I like her. Trust me. Its just sort of sweet, knowing that she's never even done anything.” He smirked, yet the blush on his face was more then evident that he was REALLY interested, now.

“Have you ever even done anything with somebody besides K- I mean, are you even extremely experienced?” Sango mentally hit herself for almost saying Kikyo's name. Inuyasha shrugged. “I touched tongues with this girl Haley when I first moved here.”

“Oh my god, Haley Summers?”

“Yap.”

“Oh my god, Yash, she's the captain of the cheerleading squad now!”

“Hey, it was truth or dare at Shawn McCormick's house. I was pressured.”

Sango's cell phone went off in her pocket. She answered cheerfully. “Hello, Kagome! How are you?” she went quiet. “Oh, okay. We'll be right over.” She hung up. “Inuyasha, get your shit. We're going to Kagome's. Apparently, its worth the gas money to come and see.”

“Oh shit,” Inuyasha jumped to his feet and hurried with her out of the house.”

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“So, why on earth are you here now?” Sango stared intently at Sota from across the room. On one couch was her, Kagome and Inuyasha. On the other couch was Sota and their mom.

“Dad just dropped me off and told me to be good. I don't know why, though.” Sota stated. Kagome shook her head slowly with a troubled look on her face. Sango smiled. “Well, just look at you! You aren't the itty bitty little toddler I remember.”

“I wasn't a toddler, I was five. And by the way, I'm fine with it if you wanna leave the cops out of this. I'd pick you over dad any day.” Sota rested his head on his mom's shoulder. She sighed and wiped her eye, tearing up from stress. “I can't do this. I just can't.” another deep sigh. “This is ridiculous.”

“Mom, why can't we just forget dad? Pretend he was never around, ever? Its not like he does anything for this family.” Kagome narrowed her eyes and Sota nodded. “She's right, mom.”

Their mother rested her face in her hands. “It isn't that simple. It won't work out like that.” Her voice was small and cracked. Within a few seconds, she began to shake as if she were crying. Sota wrapped his arm around her and Kagome glared. “Mom, stop crying! You always cry, and it makes me feel like I did something wrong when I know I didn't.”

“Maybe you should get a job, Kagome!” she snapped back in random assault. Kagome quirked her eyebrow. “Excuse me? Where the hell did that come from?”

Her mother sat up and placed her clenched fists down on her lap, eyes red and wet. Sota took his arm from around her and laid it on his lap. Kagome watched her actions curiously. It was like watching a four year old child trying to look like hot shit after they'd just insulted their sibling that was much older.

“Yes?” Kagome leaned back. A sudden cry was heard from the other room; Rin.

“You need to get a job and start helping me support this family.” She stated quietly, yet sternly. Kagome stood up with a look of disgust on her face, suddenly enraged. Inuyasha and Sango lightly pulled at her wrists, but she broke free.

“Nyamo Higurashi, how dare you proposition me when you won't even get a job yourself?! You're full of shit and you know it! All you ever do is sit at home, feeding Rin while clipping coupons you don't even use, bitching at dad over the phone then crying about what he says back! You need to get a job. You need to start taking responsibility. I do my homework, my chores, I play with Rin, I go to school. Those are my responsibilities. Not a job. That is YOUR responsibility, and you need to start working on it.” She stared intensely into her mother's eyes.

“Mrs. Higurashi, I don't want to offend you or point fingers, but Kagome is right…And now Sota is here, and you-”

“Be quiet. You're not my kid.” Their mother stood and left the room in a storm. Sango twitched. “Jesus, bitch…” she composed herself. “Kagome, come stay at my house tonight. Please? Sota can come, too…My mom won't mind.”

“And don't even think about leaving this house, Kagome!” her mother exclaimed from the other room.

Kagome clenched her fist and took off towards her mother's room. When she got there, her mom was laying on her bed, crying. “Shut up. You're thirty five years old.”

Her mother sat up, quickly, glaring at Kagome like hell was alive in her eyes. “Your father and I had a discussion after Sota got here. I called him, and he told me that he would throw you in a fucking trash can if I sent you back there.”

“So what the fuck are you going to do, mom? Send me to live with grandma in Japan?” Kagome's finger was outstretched, pointing, as she said Japan- a way of adding emphasis to a place that is many, many miles away from home. Her mother let out a noise- a deep, yet loud growl that sounded throughout the whole room. It quickly turned into a scream. “FUCK, Kagome, I don't know what I am gonna do! I can't afford you, I can't afford Rin, how the fuck am I supposed to afford all three of you?! We're screwed, Kagome!”

After about ten more minutes of this ridiculous fight, her mother decided it was about time to just give up. When Kagome re-entered the room and sat down, the tension was so thick that you could cut it with a chainsaw.

She observed the situation. Sota sat across from all of them, looking bummed out and depressed. Beside her, Sango was going on about how mean her mom was being. To her right was Inuyasha, who was in the exact same stance as Sota, except he was looking straight at her.

“Come on, Kags. Lets all just leave. What is she gonna do? Try to-”

“Inuyasha, I don't wanna risk Sota. If he came with us, he'd be in just as much .trouble as I'm going to be.”

“Kagome, don't even worry about it…I'm exhausted. Can I go sleep in your room?” Sota stood up while rubbing his eye. Kagome nodded. “That's fine, Sota.”

He smiled and left the room. Inuyasha and Sango both looked to Kagome, who was now dumbstruck. “I guess I'll go,” Sango and Inuyasha smiled. “But. BUT. If my mom comes in the middle of the night to find me, I'm screwed.”

“She won't come. She won't want to spend the gas money.” Inuyasha stood up. “Plus, it's getting freezing out there. Don't even worry about it.”

Kagome decided to just say “Fuck it” and leave with them. She was having a horrible day, let alone an awful week. She was ready to pack up her shit and leave. The room, dimmed and cold, was bringing her sad thoughts to a sad realization. Her life was really starting to suck again.

All of the bad things that could have possibly happened to her had happened. She could hear her mother in the other room crying her eyes out. `She's probably on the phone with dad,' she thought to herself with a sigh.

Sango's phone went off. She stood up and walked to the corner of the room before answering the call.

“C'mere, Kagome.” Inuyasha pulled her into a sideways-hug. She wrapped her arms around him, eyes burning with the feeling that she was going to start crying. She held the tears back though, with all of her might, clutching Inuyasha as if she were about to fall off of a cliff and needed something to help her stay up.

Her thoughts were mangled and sad. All she could think about was how much she hated everything at that moment. That is, until Inuyasha tightened his grip around her. It was then when it hit her that she was being held by a member of the opposite sex for an extended period of time, something she'd never experienced prior. It made her feel warm, inside and out, and it made her eager to get closer to him.

Suddenly her mind began to fuck with her. Inuyasha's hand started to move up and down her back slowly, making her swallow hard. “Inuyasha…” she gripped the fabric on his shirt.

Sango hung up and walked back to the two, almost smiling at the sight. She knew it'd be wrong to do so, but she was also aware of how fond Inuyasha was of Kagome. “That was my mom, guys. She says we need to be home within the next thirty minutes.”

“Why is that?” Inuyasha released Kagome, but his arm was still around her. She sort of warmed up to his affection.

“She's going to sleep soon and she wants to know I'm alright before she does. Its not like she's mad at me, she just has to work early.” She looked at Kagome. “Are you ready to go?”

Kagome nodded. “Yeah…I guess.” She wiped her eyes and plopped her hands down onto the couch. “Lets go.”

3 in the morning

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“Yash.”

He groaned.

“Yash, wake up.” Sango whispered.

Inuyasha opened his eyes. Sango was sitting on the side of the bed, it appeared, in the dark bedroom. Kagome was asleep on the floor. The whole room smelled of weed.

“You wanna hit this?” she offered him her joint. He sat up and reached for the bedside lamp. Sango hit his hand. “No, Kagome's asleep. Don't worry about it. Kagome's asleep.” She offered again. Inuyasha took the joint, brought his lips to it and inhaled deeply, forgetting how good of pot it was. It was obviously the stuff she got in Florida, and he had hit it too hard. Although he tried to hold it in, it was no use- he started to cough like hell.

Sango grabbed her febreeze and began to spray around frantically. “Shit, Yash, pillow!” she exclaimed in a harsh whisper. He smacked himself in the forehead. “I know, I know, I forgot, shit!”

Below the two, Kagome stirred. “What the hell is going on…?” she sat up. The room smelled like wet cement, strawberries, and…well, obviously weed.

Inuyasha and Sango stopped their rushing and Sango hid the joint behind her back. “Oh, hi Kagome!”

“You don't have to hide your pot…I can smell it. It isn't a big deal anymore.” She stated, stretching. Sango sighed. “Kagome, I'm so sorry, it's just-”

Kagome held up her hand, suspended in a stretch. “Mmmh…Sango, shut up. I don't ca-hahhh…” a yawn. “care.”

Inuyasha leaned against the bedroom wall. “Why don't you come up on the bed, Kagome?” he asked, gaining a sudden boldness from his sudden high. Sango lit the joint and took a puff, resting the hand holding it on her upper thigh while she exhaled into her pillow. She submerged with glossy eyes, unseen in the dark. Kagome reached up onto the bed, supporting and pulling herself up by gripping on the blankets. Inuyasha grabbed her wrist and pulled her up the rest of the way, laughing when she fell smack-dab on her face in the weed-blowing pillow.

“This bed is huge. You can sleep on it, if you want to. Remember when we used to cuddle?” Sango nuzzled Kagome's shoulder playfully. “So much fun.”

“Oh, do tell.” Inuyasha said in a joking tone. The three laughed.

Subconsciously, he reached down and touched Kagome's arm, his brain not really processing the event due to the fact that he was stoned out of his mind. He felt her skin quiver slightly beneath his fingertips.

Below him, Kagome's cheeks tinted slightly red. “What is it, Yash?” she asked nervously when he stroked back and forth. He pulled his hand back. “Sorry. Your arm is just…” he paused. Silence. Kagome blinked and watched him. “…My arm is what?” she asked.

He shook his head quickly as he was knocked out of his stupor. “Oh, sorry…I kind of fell into space for a minute, there.” He scratched the back of his head, grinning. Kagome knitted her fingers together, for a moment feeling a warm feeling building up deep inside of her. She wondered what it was for a moment, casting it aside when she couldn't come up with an answer.

“I think I'm gonna go to sleep, guys.” She crawled under the blankets and snuggled into the bed's warmth, facing Inuyasha. He was eyeing her, which was, for whatever reason, fine with her all of a sudden.

Sango leaned down and kissed her cheek.

“Love you, Kags.” She whispered. Kagome smiled.

It was then when the thoughts kicked in. What was it like to be high? She'd been thinking this same question over and over again in her head for weeks. Is it fun? Is it cool? What does it do? What's it like? Then she remembered telling Inuyasha about how she'd considered doing it when Sango got home. Yet she hadn't done it, not once. She figured Inuyasha'd just forgotten about it.

She tried not to let it get to her too much. She didn't want to smoke…or did she? She didn't want to think about it, because smoking would mean going against everything she ever promised herself. It'd be hypocritical. Yet she was so fascinated… Plus, Inuyasha didn't seem mortified when she'd admitted to wanting to a few weeks earlier.

That night she dreamed of what it would be like.

6AM

The room was chilly, but the three troubled teens had happily sought comfort and warmth under the feather-stuffed blankets on the bed. Sango slept on the end, with Kagome in the middle, and Inuyasha on the side against the wall.

Inuyasha was the first to rise.

While he would normally sit up, stretch, have a smoke and take an innocent piss, there was one little barrier that was keeping him from getting up…Not that he'd want to after he saw what was going on.

Sprawled out beside him, with gorgeous black hair pillowed beneath her, was Kagome. One of her arms was resting on her stomach, the other, over by Sango. This wasn't the unusual part.

Her leg, her right leg, was swung over Inuyasha's left, deathly close to pressing between his legs. Her other leg was sprawled to the left, making her wide open. Easy access, he thought with a boyish smirk. That was the stoner in him, making him hungry to hook an arm behind her neck, hold her chest up against him, and stare into her eyes while feeling her up for the first time. He swallowed hard at the thought, watching her, taking in her beauty without a second thought.

Shit, he thought, feeling desire starting to build up within him. He'd found Kagome amazingly beautiful since the first time he saw her, it wasn't like he just wanted to get in her pants. He could honestly see himself being in a relationship with her…taking her out on cute little dates, buying her flowers, driving her to the lake, taking her right then and there by the water- Shit! Stop it, Yash! Control yourself. He sighed and bit his lip, waiting for that which ached below the belt to simmer down to a respected size.

Kagome moaned lightly as she stretched in her sleep, her leg creeping up and almost touching his aching member. He purposely slammed his head against the wall in sexual frustration.

“AH-!” Kagome and Sango both awoke with a start. Kagome instantly felt where her leg was and tore it away from him, trying to play it off like it had never been there in the first place. Her face was vibrant red. “What the hell was that, Inuyasha?!” she exclaimed, extremely embarrassed. He crawled over them like a mad dog over a fence, mentioning something slurred about taking a shower on his way out. When Kagome looked at Sango, her eyes were saucers, and her hand was over her mouth.

“What?” Kagome inched closer to her. “What is it?” she laughed. Sango removed her hand and started cracking up. “Oh my god! Hahahahahahaha!” she howled. Kagome shook her. “What? What happened?!” she pleaded. Sango wiped her eye, still breathing laughter. “Oh, god…that made my day, and its hardly even started yet!”

Kagome nodded slowly, as if to say, “Go oonnnnn…”

Sango shook her head. “Oh my god. He wants you so bad.”

Kagome's eyes widened. “What?!” she looked around, then leaned in and whispered, “Inuyasha?”

Sango nodded in her stupor. “Jesus Christ. He wants you so bad.”

“Sango, shut up before I hit you. Just fucking tell me.”

Sango stopped laughing and lowered her voice to a whisper. “He just had the BIGGEST hard-on. All because of me.”

Kagome blinked twice. “Wait, I thought you said he…” she lowered her head and her voice- “wanted…me.”

Sango smirked and Kagome felt her breath as she inched closer to her face- obviously a way of staging her long-anticipated drama. Her eyes were dark. Sensuous. Yeah…she was definitely up to something.

“He does want you, Kagome.” She flipped her fringes out of her face and smiled, ever-so-deviously. Kagome began to feel uneasy, swallowing hard.

“You see…” she was using her back-handed palms to slowly inch her way towards Kagome's body. “Last night, I went to get a glass of water. When I came back, you looked so…” she smiled. “Radiant, laying there. And I could see hunger in Inuyasha's eyes. His closed, lusty eyes. So I gently took your leg and laid it as gently as I could over his. My god, his boxers jumped up a foot.”

Kagome was beginning to sweat. Sango was over her now, her upper body an inch away from her own, slowly moving her back onto the bed. It was purely sexual, and she didn't know what to do. “S-S-Sango…” she stated uneasily.

Sango sat up, away from Kagome's body, and laughed. Kagome heaved a great sigh of relief and sat up. “What the hell was that about?” she tossed her fingers through her hair in an effort to “fluff” it.

“How far have you gone, Kagome?” Sango asked with another devious smirk. Kagome blushed. “I've…done…things…” she looked away, embarrassed. Sango smiled. “What things?”

“I've…”

“You've what? Done what?...Nothing. I knew it!” Sango laughed. “Nothing!” she tossed her head back and howled.

“Well, what the hell have you done? We're kids, Sango! We're KIDS.” She leaned against the wall, anger visible in her eyes. Sango sighed. “Well.” She lay on her side, facing Kagome. “I haven't had sex. I haven't had an orgasm. Well, I've masturbated, but no guy or girl has ever gotten me off. Just myself.”

“But you've…” Kagome moved her hands around in cloud-shaped circular motions, searching for words. The two girls spoke in unison. “Done stuff,” Sango finished alone, “yes. I've done shit with a guy. I've been finger-fucked, licked up and grinded on like I was a fucking dog in heat. But it was only with one guy. We broke up awhile ago…Like a year ago…Because he was always too sexual with me.”

“Why did you stay with him to begin with?” Kagome scratched her head and lay on her side, as well. Sango shrugged. Her eyes went misty, and her voice grew deep. “I don't know, Kags. I guess I just liked the feeling of being wanted, you know? Like, sex was some sort of an…icebreaker, for me.”

“What was the guy's name?”

“Miroku. Miroku Takenawa. I loved him more then you'll ever know...” she paused, then continued. “We were together for a little over a year. And here's the thing… I let him be sexual with me, because, well, I wanted it too. I loved how it felt. And Kagome, when you finally get to experience it, you'll love it too. I broke up with him for being a horn dog… But really, I was just as bad. He was just… addicting. And so good with his hands, mouth, etcetera… I really miss him…” she trailed off. Kagome could see that Sango's eyes were growing distant. She almost wanted to hug her, but was eager to hear more.

“The only problem is…Inuyasha is like, his best friend. And they hang out all the time.”

“What? Why have I never seen him?” Kagome didn't believe her.

Sango laughed. “He's been doing charity work in China for a full-paid scholarship to Tokyo U. He's been gone for two months. Have you never heard us talking about it? He'll be back next week.”

“That's the guy you guys have been talking about! I thought he was Inuyasha's brother or something, from the way you guys have been talking about him…” Kagome recalled the many times she'd over-heard their conversations.

“Yeah…Well,” she adjusted the hem of her shirt and cuddled against the blanket, seeking warmth in her distant sorrows. “Every time they hang out, I find something else to do. I've spoken to him…once. Once, since we broke up.”

“What did he say?” Kagome was getting into it.

Sango coughed, clearing her throat. She sighed and closed her eyes. “Man…He and Inuyasha were stoned-”

“Jesus, does everybody smoke here?”

“…Anyway.” She continued reluctantly, “they were stoned, downtown. I was with a few people at this restaurant- Culpeppers- sitting at the outside tables on the patio. Downtown gets pretty busy with high schoolers on weekends. This was a Saturday.”

“What happened?”

:”Let me tell the story and maybe you'll find out.” Sango's tone was frustrated. Kagome smiled innocently. “Sorry.”

Sango sighed. “Anyway. There's this sidewalk thing that goes past the patio, and kids walk past it all the time. Suddenly, Inuyasha and Miroku just show up out of nowhere, walking past us, stumbling around because they were stoned out of their minds. Inuyasha said hi, because he wouldn't just ignore me, you know?” Kagome nodded. She continued. “But Miroku just shouts, in this ridiculous black guy voice, `I like dem JEANS on you, girl!'”

Kagome cracked up. “Hahaha, wow, why?” she asked, still tickled. Sango yawned and opened her eyes. “No clue. Fuck, I don't even know if he was talking to me. All I know is I had a horrible night because of that…And it was just because I made eye contact with him again. Now, Yash's got this stupid fucking plan. He wants to have me and Miroku over, get us stoned together, and see if it works out.”

Kagome imagined the situation. “That's just strange. You haven't talked to him, suddenly you're gonna get stoned with him?”

Sango rolled back over on her side, grinning. “Kagome Chan, did you just say “stoned”? Ahahaha! That's so cute!”

Kagome blinked. “Erm, alright?” she looked down. Sango laughed. “Sorry.”

“It's okay.”

“Alright, so, I agreed to do it. To head to Yash's house and smoke with Miroku. Because I, my dear Kagome, am a dumbass. And I'm going to fuck myself over. Again.”

Inuyasha curled his neck in a perfect circle around the base of his shoulders, cracks and pops sounding from within his muscle area, as he stepped out of the shower. It was a beautiful Friday morning. He wasn't in the mood for school, and he was ready to voice this to the girls. So, after putting his hair up in a towel and wrapping a second towel around his waist, he made his way to the bedroom.

“Good morning, beautiful ladies! Today's the day we get in the car, drive halfway across the state and drive right the fuck back!”

“Why, prêt ell?” Sango turned towards him, saw he was half-clothed, glanced back at Kagome (Who, at this point, had her red face smashed into her pillow), giggled, then looked back at Inuyasha. “God, are we gonna skip today and drive to fucking Pierre Marquette?”

“Pierre Mar-what?” Kagome blinked. She glanced at Inuyasha. His perfectly formed abs were glistening with droplets of water, eyes glossy and soft. She saw him smirk.

“Pierre Marquette is across the river in Illinois. Past Alton. Nobody goes there, unless its middle-aged couples going to hike or some shit. But its fucking amazing. Me and Sangs drive up there once a year, get st-” he stopped. “We have a great time.”

Kagome's thoughts of being high and smoking weed began to circulate again. Except, this time, it was out of control. She needed to tell somebody…But she didn't want to tell them! They'd get pissed at her for being a hypocrite.

It was for three minutes straight that Kagome didn't realize she was being completely silent in thought.

“Kags? You okay?”

“Whoa, yeah, I'm fine!” she jumped a little, recovering with a smile. Her friends blinked. “Sango, can I talk to you alone for a minute?” she asked, standing. Sango smiled. “Sure, Kags. Back porch. And you.” She pointed at Inuyasha. “No eavesdropping.”

Inuyasha smirked. “Fine.”

The girls made their way to the back porch, sliding the doors open, shivering as they were hit with the cold air. “Jesus…it's cold. I'll be quick.” Kagome shut the glass door and looked Sango square in the eye. “I need to confess something.”

“You want to smoke.”

Kagome's eyes widened, lips curling into the strange, awkward pucker that is your body's natural reaction to a strange occurrence. “Wait-” she held up her hand, quickly setting it down. She looked around, blushing, trying her hardest to look anywhere but AT Sango.

“I know you do, Kagome. I knew last night. Inuyasha told me you said something about doing it, but I saw the way you watched him, too. I didn't need his assurance… I saw your curiosity. And the second he fell into space, when he was talking about your arm, you smiled…no…grinned, with this glint in your eye. THE glint. The glint everyone gets right before they smoke and get high for the first time. I saw it, Kagome. I know.” She had this shit-eating grin on her face like no other, and Kagome felt humiliated.

“B-but I don't want you guys to think I'm a hypocrite, I just…I'm fucking curious.” She mumbled the last line, hanging her head. Sango smiled. “Kagome, Inuyasha has been waiting for this day since the moment he met you. He wants to get you high. Stoned. Blitzed! Blazed until you can't even stand.”

Kagome's cheeks darkened. “He does?...” she went quiet for a second while Sango nodded. “…Sango, what is blitzed?”

She smiled and wrapped her arm around her shoulder, laughing as they walked inside. “You'll see, Virgin Lungs. You'll see.”

2 hours later

Kagome stared out the window of the back seat of Sango's car. It was a blue, '99 Dodge Neon. Used.

Inuyasha knew Kagome wanted to smoke. She'd told him, the first time they ever hung out, on his porch. “When Sango comes home, I will.” He remembered her words.

“Hey, guys? Since, Sango, you just got your car this year and all, how did you guys come up here every year and smoke weed and stuff?” she was a little quiet near the end. Inuyasha and Sango laughed. “We've had this tradition going to about three years. Since Sango started smoking weed- remember?” Inuyasha asked Sango. She laughed. “How could I forget?”

“Anyway, we'd come up here with these two guys that used to live here. Joel and Astrid.”

“Astrid?”

“He's from North Carolina…They're fucking weird over there. That's where they ended up moving, too. North Carolina. That's why we're coming up solo this year. They were cool guys, but honestly, the only reason it was so hard to say goodbye was because of their weed. It was good shit.”

Kagome didn't want to reply in fear of embarrassing herself in front of Inuyasha. But why, she couldn't comprehend. Here was this gorgeous boy, a year older then herself, with stunning blue eyes long, black hair. She'd gotten a glance at his body that morning when he'd come out of the shower, and she wasn't surprised that the sight was captivating.

Inuyasha took a moment to recognize the surroundings. The air was chilly, warmed slightly by the sunlight which shone through the few clouds in the sky. It was the perfect day for Pierre Marquette. The sky was blue, the trees were faded colors of red, gold and orange, and the river was glowing with sunlight as they crossed the bridge that led to Alton, Illinois. Alton was a small town that had been flooded over at least a hundred times, a fact that was visible on the old buildings with faded paint and stained bricks.

It was a historic town, home of the ever-popular “Argosy's Alton-Belle Casino”, and probably Inuyasha's favorite town to pass through.

Once the gang reached Alton on the other side of the river, they continued through the town until they reached the long stretch of highway along the Mississippi River. There were no turns, no houses, no roads branching off- just a long highway that took you along the river for miles towards Pierre Marquette.

However, there was one stop. Inuyasha and Sango knew it well. The giant gas station beside the river, a place where they'd stopped to get munchies for three years straight before their smoking escapades. Once they reached the station, Inuyasha got out of the car and opened Kagome's door for her with a huge grin on his face. His grin turned into a shy smile when he saw her blush. He just loved that innocence.

While he went ahead and sped up to get inside, Sango and Kagome stayed far behind with linked arms.

“Kagome;” Sango began, “I just think it's so weird that we found each other. I mean, after all these years. It's insane!”

“I know, right? I didn't think I would ever see you again. I don't think I ever went one week without wondering if we'd see each other again.” Kagome replied.

“I know!” Sango opened the gas station door and they continued inside. “I feel like its some sort of miracle. Suddenly, you're back. And you live here. By me. By Yash. It's amazing!”

Kagome pulled a 32 oz. Styrofoam cup from the dispenser and began filling it with ice and fizzing Dr. Pepper. “I actually have this old coloring book somewhere buried in one of our moving boxes that you and I drew in when we were like, seven. Isn't that bizarre? It's like we were just little kids yesterday.”

Sango filled her cup with Minute Maid Cherry, pulling out two plastic lids and handing one to Kagome. “I have to ask you something. Not to change the subject or anything, because I swear to god, I'm listening.”

“It's cool, what is it?” Kagome put the lid on her Soda and poked a plastic green straw through the punch-hole. Sango repeated the gesture and leaned closer to her. “Are you gonna smoke today?” she asked in a quiet, yet hearable voice. Kagome tensed, not even knowing the answer, herself. Right as she was about to answer, she felt a hard pat on her right shoulder, and screamed.

“Whoa, Kags, you okay?” Inuyasha asked, glancing around to make sure nobody was freaking out. She turned red and looked up at him. Sango smirked, watching. “I'm gonna go pay for this.” She interjected, walking away. Inuyasha smiled, watching Kagome's shy expression. “I-I was just about to go pay for-”

“Oh, hush up and gimme that. I'm paying.” He took her soda and followed Sango. Kagome had to fan herself to make her face return to its natural color. It was right then, next to the soda dispensers, when she realized that she had a huge crush on Inuyasha. It was confirmed now. And she wasn't very good at hiding it, because when she got back to the car with Sango, all hell broke loose.

“So.” Sango faced forward in the front seat, sipping her soda. “I bet you'd rather be up here. In the front seat.” Her voice was casual, yet accusing. Almost jealous, when she really wasn't jealous of anything. She was trying to play Kagome's emotions until she could get her to crack.

Kagome had never been so uneasy. She knew that Sango could tell. She just knew. However, she swallowed her fear and her pride and gained the courage to shoot one back.

“So.” Kagome began in a mock-tone. Sango raised her eyebrows quickly, sipping slowly at her soda, a way of gesturing for her to go on.

“I'm not smoking with you guys today. I decided.”

“WHAT?” Sango jumped up and turned in her seat, clinging to the sides and staring at Kagome like she'd just seen a person get sawed in half. Kagome blinked. “What?”

“But Inuyasha and I had this huge fucking talk when we dropped you off to get your shit this morning! We thought the only reason you came was to get high!”

“Can't a girl hang out with her friends just to, I don't know, hang out?” Kagome crossed her arms. “Don't get pissed at me over drugs. I will not stoop to my mother's level.”

Sango raised and slammed her arms down on the seat. “Damn it, Kagome, pot is not a drug.”

“All the potheads say that!” Kagome mocked her in the same tone that she said “pot is not a drug” in. Sango huffed loudly.

“Maybe if you tried it you wouldn't be so shitty.” She stated neutrally. Kagome furrowed her brows. “Are you kidding me? Sango, you're fucking pressuring me!” she exclaimed. Inuyasha opened the door and sat in the driver's seat. The girls hadn't even seen him coming. “What is going on?” he asked.

Sango and Kagome both huffed, but Kagome was the first to speak. “Remember what I told you that night on the back porch, Inuyasha? About smoking weed?” she asked. He laughed. “Yeah. You said you'd smoke with me and Sango. That is the plan, right? I know you probably wanted to spring it on us, but if this is a problem-”

“It is, Inuyasha! I mean, I'm curious about…erm…getting high, but I don't wanna be pressured when I already had the plan to smoke in the first place.”

You could literally cut the tension in the car with a knife.

Sango rolled down her window. Kagome could only see the two split sections of the right and left sides of her body on either side of the front passenger seat. The next thing she saw was her hand handing Inuyasha a twenty dollar bill. He took it, smiling.

Kagome never found out why she handed him that money.

Later that day, after much debate and quarrelling over weed and drugs in general, Kagome had made her comfortable protest zone sprawled across the back seats with her belly half-exposed and her left leg draped over the back seat. Any arguments thrown at her were responded to with a quick, knowledgeable response, boosted by the sexiness she felt by being sprawled about in the back seat. It was one of her strange hormonal days.

Sango and Inuyasha sat up front listening to Dresden Dolls and sharing a bag of hot fries. Kagome had been pasting together the conversations she'd overheard in the front seat. She couldn't hear them well, considering the fact that all of the windows were down and the music was blaring. It was frigid outside, and although Kagome got verbal with them over it, all they could say was, “It's part of the experience! On the way back we'll buy a blanket!”

Finally it came to the point where they had to turn right on a road that went past a beautiful lodge and up a large hill.

“We're almost there…I'd say, about two minutes.” Inuyasha stated. Kagome sat up when her name was called.

“Kagome, we're going to need to know now…I mean, if you're going to smoke with us.” Sango turned and looked at her. The fear and hesitation in Kagome's eyes was evident, however, it always is for a first-timer.

Kagome looked away, thinking to herself as the car began to travel through the woods up that steep, steep hill. She sighed and looked back at Sango, not even sure herself of an answer.

That's when she finally decided.

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Jesus Christ. I never do cliffhangers. What the fuck is my problem? You tell me.

Notes- I was lied to over the weekend. Led to believe my good friend died from heroin overdose. It was a big fucking lie. So expect the next chapter to be deliciously brutal. In a deliciously sexy way.

xKatie Blue. -Add me on myspace, man.