InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Potsmokers: A Love Story ❯ Stand By Your Man ( Chapter 9 )

Notes: I understand this story is about Kagome, her life, her struggles, and her situations. The only reason I have incorporated Sango so heavily is because I'm trying to stress the importance of Sango as she grows more and more strongly into Kagome's life. She is an essential asset. And although this story is not about Sango, she is a part of it. Keep in mind, I don't write like other authors on FF, because I have my own style.

Kikyo will be back … I haven't forgotten about her. >:)

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Chapter 9

Stand By Your Man

            ; -1 in the morning-

            ; Miroku's grandfather Mimosa had an impressive house. Not only was it huge, but every room was different, and huge. The room that Sango and Miroku had chosen was not in fact the theater room, but a different room on the second floor with a large fan with leaf-shaped blades. There was an assortment of Japanese paintings on the walls, featuring beautiful Geisha women and Samurai with long sheathed weapons. The light switch by the door was covered with one of those souvenir shop Buddhas, with an arm that covered the switch itself. When the light was on, his arm was up in a show of peace.

            ; The bed was a massive heap in the back center of the room, with a large feather cover and down pillows. Anyone would want to lay there forever if they ever tried. Around 9:30 or so at night, the couple had decided to make their way to a separate bedroom because the room full of “Love-Sac”'s was a little too open to the public. A few hours later, Sango had not slept. All she could think about was her future. What if she had a baby? It would destroy her life. It would take her out of school, keep her from being able to get a steady job. She didn't even have a job. She'd be forced out of smoking weed, which although studies have proven it wouldn't harm the baby, she would be paranoid.

Torture.

After the few hours that had seemed like days, Miroku finally turned onto his other side, releasing Sango from his arm's stronghold. With a deep breath, she slowly scooted her way over to the edge of the bed. She was definitely paranoid to wake him up, although her paranoia was pointless. For when she'd gotten up around 11 to go pee, he didn't even remotely stir. And she made no effort to be quiet when she got up. But still she panicked, and it took her a good two minutes to scoot her way off of the bed, cringing when the slightest noise came from the springs.

By the time she had finally made her way out of bed, she was out the door, and out in the hallway. She walked with her weight falling onto the outer sides of each foot so that she wouldn't make any sounds, not that there were any sounds to be made whatsoever. The floor was mostly imitation marble tile. She walked slowly for three or so minutes and finally found the sitting room, a large room on the second floor with a large open entry and no doors. On the opposite side of the room from her was a sliding door with a small balcony. She made haste to the door and slid it open slowly to a small opening she was just able to fit through sideways. When she realized that she was stepping barefoot in snow, she crept back inside, pulling out her cell phone and flashing its light around the room. She opened up the closet slowly and flashed the phone inside, finding a large, bulky pair of slippers. She slipped them on and pulled a small décor blanket off the back of one of the chairs, making her way back onto the balcony.

She stood there and looked at the lights from the small town Eureka in the distance, wondering if people would notice if she drove out there. It was a ten minute drive, and she was feeling depressed-

`You better LOSE yourself in the music the moment you want it you better never let it go!' her Eminem ringtone at 1 in the morning. Of course.

A wave of panic spread through her as she rushed to grab her phone from her pocket. The ringtone was on full blast. “Fuck!” she whispered harshly once she finally got it out and answered it. “Hello?”

There was no one on the other line. It said “Mom”, meaning her mom must have fallen asleep with her Blackberry phone in her pocket and it called Sango when she turned over or something. “God damn it.” She closed her phone.

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-3 minutes earlier—

Kagome stretched as she walked down the hall way of the house searching for a bathroom. It was so hard to find a bathroom in a huge house full of closed wooden doors. She had to turn around at the end of the hall and make her way back to the other end. On her way back, she noticed a tile on the ground with the engraving “BATH” directly in front of a door.

“Oh, how convenient…” she reached for the knob. Her hand stopped short when, suddenly, she heard music that sounded like it was coming from outside. A large, open-entry room was diagonal from her across the hall. She walked down and glanced inside, only to see Sango standing on the balcony looking like she was having a major freakout with her pocket. “Sango?” she tilted her head and walked to the door. She pushed it open slowly. “Sango? What are-”

“God, FUCK! Jesus!” she whispered harshly. “Kagome. Jesus, I thought you were someone else.” She slipped her phone back in her pocket and re-wrapped the blanket around her chest.

“Why are you out here? Are you smoking again?” Kagome rubbed her eye with the palm of her hand. Sango shook her head. “No, I told you that was a driving thing… Kagome, I have to tell you something. Can I tell you something without you getting extremely pissed at me?”

Kagome felt worry wash over her in a hurried wave. Did she fuck Inuyasha? Had she been abusing heroin? Did she murder her mother? Well, one thing was for sure. She had to stop with the Inuyasha/Sango fucking scenarios in her head. She supposed it was normal, this being her first relationship and all, it was natural to be jealous every once in awhile. But there was nothing between Sango and Inuyasha, that was for sure. She rolled her shoulders and closed her eyes, half-asleep. “Yes… What?”

“Look, I'm serious. I'm fucking freaking out right now…” Sango lowered her head. Kagome was shocked when she began to cry. “Fuck.” She mumbled. “This is hard.”

“It's best to just let it out, Sango… It's okay. I won't be mad, I promise.” She stepped out to give her a hug, but yelped when her foot touched the freezing snow. “Come inside. We can talk in here, okay? Come on.” She reached out and put her hand gently around Sango's forearm and pulled her inside, sliding the door shut afterwards. She led Sango to a small day bed against the wall and they both sat on the edge. “Now tell me. What is it? You're fucking freaking me out.”

“I didn't go get that pill today, Kagome.” She sniffed and looked up at her. Kagome opened her mouth in surprise and shook her head slowly. “What, the Plan B pill? What the hell happened?” she asked in shock. Sango sighed. “We drove up to Planned Parenthood and sat out in the car talking about it. I got so pissed at Miroku, because he kept on leading me to think that us having sex at all…” she wiped her nose with the blanket. “was my idea. Which, yeah. It was my intent when I brought him home last night, but I did it because HE is always the one trying to get me to fuck around with him! All the fucking time.” She sobbed and began to shake again. Kagome wrapped an arm around her and pulled her close. “Go on, I'm listening. And I know he does, Sango. I know he does.”

She took a breath and continued. “Well, here's what went down after that. I went in with twenty bucks. I mean how much can it cost for a single pill, right? It was 30 bucks. I could have gone out to the car and asked Miroku for a ten, but I started to fucking flip shit because all these anti-death activist fags started pulling up out front.” She made interesting hand gestures to represent the activists.

“I couldn't do it. I had to go. I was sitting out in the parking lot when I called Inuyasha asking you guys to hang out. Which, by the way, I'm so fucking sorry we took off on you like that… I started to panic when you got all upset about the weed. We didn't even smoke. We spent the whole damn afternoon helping my mom set this new living room set up.”

“It's okay…” Kagome felt fifty pounds being lifted off of her shoulders. She'd been wanting that apology all day.

“And I'm sorry about the cigarette thing… That cigarette you saw me smoking today was the only cigarette I've smoked since like middle school. Back when it was cool… you know?” Kagome nodded. She continued. “I don't smoke… I was just having anxiety attacks left and right.”

“Sango, it's okay. I want you to know I'm here. I am fucking here, and I'm going to stay at your side through all of the bad shit that may come up. I'm going to be here for you.” She patted her back softly. Sango smiled and thanked her.

“So you couldn't possibly know for a fact that you're pregnant. It's only been 20 something hours.”

“No, I mean I don't know for a fact, but what are the odds of having unprotected sex and not getting pregnant? I'm so… fucked.” She whispered the last part, and Kagome could see tear drops falling, even in the dark.

“You and Miroku smoke a lot of pot. That's really bad for sperm production, and I think it makes it hard for a woman to get pregnant, too.” She assured her. Sango sighed. “Are you s-sure? I don't want a baby… It will ruin my life.”

“Yes, I'm sure. I know it. When's your period?”

“I don't know… My periods are fucking irregular. I'll never be able to tell.”

Kagome rolled her eyes. She felt very confident that Sango was going to be okay. As if God was going to deliver her from suffering and nip the kid in the bud. Sango wasn't born to be a mother… It really would fuck up her life if she had a kid. “Would you calm down, Sango? You need to think of this. Even if you are pregnant, which, I doubt you are. You could put the baby up for adoption! You don't need to focus on all this shit right now. We're on break. We need to just enjoy ourselves… Worry about this when it's actually a problem.”

“I wanna go to that own over there.” She stated. “Eureka. It's like ten minutes away. I really just wanna go, and get some fucking… I don't know, fruit gushers from the Super Wal*Mart, and just hang out and eat them at Wal*Mart for like ever. We could go to the gas station and get a bunch of junk, we could TP some rich person's house… God, I just wanna fucking leave. Will you leave with me until like, six or something?”

Kagome stared at her for a moment with pure wonder going through her head. She was extremely tired, but… that sounded fun. “Oh my god. We have to do that, Sango. Let's go.” She urged her, grinning. Suddenly she was all excited, ready to go out and have a good time with her best friend. Sango grinned in surprise. “Oh my god. Come on!” she got up, and Kagome laughed when she saw the giant slippers she dawned on her feet. “What the hell?” she gestured. Sango shrugged. “It's freezing outside. But I have my own damn shoes.” She walked back and put them in the closet, then draped the blanket over a chair. “I am so excited, are you?”

Kagome giggled and ran over to her. The took each other's hands. “We can't let anyone know. We'll just come back and get in bed like we never left!” Sango kissed her cheek and then went extremely stiff. “Fuck.” She mumbled. Kagome blinked. “What?”

“My coat. It's back in the room with Miroku… It's like ten degrees outside.”

“Oh, god damn it. Wait…” she pointed towards the closet. “We can borrow a couple of his! We can stop by my house, I can go in through my window and get some pants… And get us like, a couple blankets. Oh my god, this is the best idea we've ever had.”

“I've ever had,” Sango corrected. Kagome smirked. “Let's go. We have to be uber quiet though.” She paused. “And I have to pee, like, real quick. So meet me at the door.”

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It was two in the morning, five thousand degrees below zero, and icy outside When Kagome and Sango climbed into the icy car. “Oh, fuck!” Kagome felt herself shaking and shivering all over. “It's like sitting on an icicle. Why the hell did I wear a skirt? I am an IDIOT!”

“Wow, dumbass. Congrats on the skirt. Were you trying to give Yash some easy access or somethin'?” she cracked, flashing her a grin. Kagome blushed. “No! I wanted to look hot, yes. But it's not like I've decided to start sleeping with him.”

“Okay, alright… Well. What have you done with him? Anything yet?” Sango's voice was coy and sexy. She was so ballsy, Kagome always envied her for that. “Well, jeez, I guess…”

“Oh my god! What did you guys do that you haven't even told me about!”

“Well, all we did was, well, all he did was… Erm, he went down on me… um…” she felt her face heating up like a nuclear war. Sango's jaw dropped and she looked over at Kagome. “Are you for REAL? How was it! I'm so happy for you, damn!”

“It was… amazing. I was really high. I mean it was just last night. He was probably doing that to me while… You know, you guys were having sex.”

Sango turned the key in the ignition and started the car. “Hm, well, I'm really happy for you Kags. That's hot. Did he get you off?” The radio immediately came on, playing some horrible Avril Lavigne song. Sango pretend-gagged and clicked another preset. It was Green Day's “When I come around”.

“Classic.” Kagome smiled. Sango agreed. “And yeah… he got me off.”

Sango nodded in approval and reached over to pat her best friend on the leg. “There's a lot more where that came from. Touch his penis, he'll know you're in it for good.”

Kagome gasped. “Sango! I'm afraid to touch that thing, it's giant!”

“You have seen it then?” she grinned deviously. Kagome blinked. “Yes, well… He had morning wood under his boxers today.”

“HAAAAHHH. Nice! Nice. That's amazing. Sex with him is going to be amazing…” she stopped short. Kagome could tell it was probably because she was thinking about being pregnant again. It was a little upsetting. But she was right, sex with Inuyasha was going to be amazing. Too bad she was going to have to wait awhile. She didn't want to jump right in.

They began to drive down the long paved road to the street they'd take to get to the town. A little animal scurried in front of the car as they were reaching the street, which scared the shit out of Sango. It was obvious because she screamed a swear at the top of her lungs. The animal was unharmed, but it freaked the two of them out.

“So, what are we going to do first? Mom gave me permission to spend a hundred bucks on her credit card this week for like, food and shit. I figured, what the hell am I going to spend a hundred bucks on? So we can totally buy like, a candy bar with the credit card and ask to get 98 bucks in cash back. Hahaha! Owned.”

Kagome laughed at her friend's strange sense of humor. “That's an amazing idea. I'm so excited.”

The two drove all the way back to Kagome's house in Kindlewood, where she climbed through her window and picked up some supplies as quietly as they could. Then they got 25 bucks worth of gas and assumed the half hour drive to Eureka.

It was such a strange time of morning/night/day, give or take, that there were absolutely no cars on the road. The two blared that obnoxious “I kissed a girl” song and sang along until they got to Eureka. It was a cool town, one of those towns that you'd pass through on your way from Tennessee to California, and assume that the random stores and gas stations were only to suit the travelers going through. There was a Six Flags, too, another assumption that it was a tourist town. These things cannot be assumed about Eureka. There were neighborhoods scattered about, and more teenagers than you could imagine. It was a town, not a tourist destination.

Kagome felt so secure then, sitting in the passenger seat of her best friend's car, listening to ridiculous music and laughing about past memories that she could never forget. The lights of gas stations, fast food joints and car sales buildings flashed by the window and into the car, which was toasty and warm from all the driving and the amazing heater. Everything seemed so right.

“Hey, we're almost at the Wal*Mart. Give me some ideas for the shit we're going to buy.” Sango turned the radio down and glanced over at Kagome to make sure she was awake, which she was. Tired, but awake. The walking in Wal*Mart would help.

“I think we should get those new Cheddar Baked Potato Ruffles chips, some of that canned coffee that gets hot when you press the bottom of it, a box of doughnuts, and some Tostitos and bean dip.”

“Sweet Christ, Kagome. That sounds perfect.”

“I know it! I know it!”

They pulled up to Wal*Mart and scoped out the situation. There were like twenty cars in the parking lot, which was a joke. However, some people were addicted to bargains, enough so to head to a 24 hour bargain store at almost 3 in the morning.

“Let's get some FUCKING Mountain Dew.” Sango implied. Kagome agreed that this was a good idea, and they parked in one of the five thousand handicapped parking spots just because it was a Wal*Mart and they didn't give a fuck WHAT you did there.

It was like torture- the twenty foot walk from the car to the sliding doors. There were no old men dressed as Santa giving out money, no girl scouts sitting out there teasing you into getting their delicious cookies. But Wal*Mart was still as bright as always. When the two got inside, Kagome felt an itch on her arm, so she reached to scratch it when she suddenly felt the thick covering on her wrist. She'd completely spaced out on the fact that she'd sprained her wrist. Her other wrist had luckily been doused with enough Neosporin to keep her from noticing it all too much, but her sprained wrist was hurting her. She didn't want Sango to notice, so she went ahead and grabbed a basket for her.

“So, I've seen two people since we walked in. What do you think they're getting?” Sango was smirking. “One of them was like, really old and heading for the `care' aisles. Do you think his wife sent him up here to get some Viagra or something? PFFT HA!” she laughed at herself. Kagome raised an eyebrow. “Wow, Sango. You are a character… Let's get those chips.”

So they walked through the nearly empty Wal*Mart and observed all of the food on either side of them as they waltzed down one of the main aisles that branched off into the aisles containing all the sections of food. Sango was very quick about getting to the chips, and she got Tostitos Scoops and Cheddar Baked Potato Ruffles. Kagome made sure to grab the bean dip, and they tossed the food into the basket. “What next?”

“Some coffee that gets hot or something. Where the hell do they sell that?”

“It should be over here, I've only had it once. I mean, who goes to Wal*Mart, right?” Kagome stated dully. She and Sango burst out laughing. They found the canned coffee at the end of the aisle with a bunch of other Starbucks brand drinks. However, the coffee can they were purchasing was not in fact Starbucks. Peculiar.

“So what do you do that makes it hot, do you shake it?” Sango tapped on the sides of her can and wondered. Kagome showed her the bottom. “You press the bottom up and it gets really hot. They stole the idea from the Japanese, because they have sake that does the same thing if you get it out of a vending machine.”

“Really? Strange.”

“I know. We really just need to get a big-ass box of doughnuts and some fucking Mountain Dew. Than we can peace out, and go do something else.” She tried to move her arm around to make her wrist stop hurting, and ended up moving the basket to her other hand, with the cut wrist. Her tendons were sore, but it was better than her sprained wrist.

“I think we should go and seriously play around at some park. That would be so much fun.” Sango chimed in an excited voice. Kagome bit her lip and widened her eyes. “I have the most amazing idea.” She stated. Sango pursed her lips in curiosity. “And what's that.”

Kagome thought for a moment. “I'll tell you in the car. Let's get those doughnuts!”

The twosome held hands and skipped down the long hall to the bakery section. An employee had to stop them once and tell them it wasn't allowed for them to be skipping in such a way. But it didn't matter to them, they slow-skipped all the rest of the way.

The doughnuts they picked out looked especially delicious. They got a dozen and a half dozen, the half dozen consisting of only glazed doughnuts. They filled the dozen with things like long johns, custard filled long johns, chocolate iced with sprinkles, chocolate iced without sprinkles… Name it. They stuffed them into that box and paid for it in the express line. The chick working there was some kind of New Age Goth with black lipstick and a single piercing- a stud on her bottom lip were a beard would go if you were a guy. Her long black hair was obviously dyed, because her strawberry blonde roots had to be showing like, an inch out of her scalp. “Is that gonna be all for you?” she asked as if she were a dying breed. Sango blinked a few times and handed her the visa card. “Yep. This is all!” she said in an overly cheerful voice. The woman rolled her eyes and swiped the card. “Sign the screen. It's asking you to sign- would you sign the fucking screen? I need to go home. I can't fucking go until you guys are gone.”

Kagome burst into laughter. “Oh, my GOD.” She laughed. Here she was, dressed in her big black Tripp pants and a puffy black coat with black eyeliner. Visibly into more of the “Gothic” style, herself. But she never tried to act as dumb and moronically evil as this bitch. “You're pathetic.” She grabbed the bag of chips with dip and Sango grabbed the doughnuts after the got her card back.

“Go fly a fuckin' kite, poser.” The gothic Wal*Mart badass stated. Kagome didn't even acknowledge it. People at Wal*Mart were so full of shit that it wasn't worth it.

So the two ventured the horribly freezing 20 foot walk to the car. Kagome was very relieved at the fact that it was still kind of warm.

“I can't believe Elvira in there was trying to call you a poser. Did you see those roots? Ew.”

“Hey, I don't even care. I am what I am. Some Japanese girl in Tripp pants that has a fondness for classic theater.”

“Again with the classic theater cracks. You're a weirdo.” Sango joked, starting up the car. The heater was a little cold at first, but it warmed up quickly. Kagome opened up one of the boxes of doughnuts and pulled out a plain glazed one. “Delicious.” She took a huge bite. “I love these things. Want one?”

“You know, I'm really glad we didn't venture to the baby section. I would have felt like this thing was a done deal.” Sango reached over and took out a long john. “I really fucking hope my eggo isn't preggo, it would seriously ruin my life.”

“Okay, please stop with the `ruin my life' comments. You could put it up for adoption. And again. I'm pretty damn sure you aren't pregnant. Now just pretend you don't, and never did, think you were pregnant.” Kagome devoured the rest of her doughnut. Sango made a clicking sound with her tongue and veered out of the barren Wal*Mart parking lot. “So what was this incredible idea of yours again?”

Kagome threaded her fingers together and bit her lip. “Okay, well, hear me out… you're way too stressed, and-”

“You want to get high, don't you?”

“Well, um. If you want to.” Suddenly she was extremely nervous. She was about to get bitched at and she knew it.

 

“I don't know, Kagome.” Sango looked out the window and turned onto the highway. “It doesn't seem right. What if I am pregnant? I'm fucked.”

“Have you done any research? It's been proven that smoking weed while you're pregnant does nothing to you. Sure, it's still harmful on you, but your

potential embryo  is… it's okay.” She pushed her bangs out of her face and pulled out the bag of chips, just to give herself something to do to distract herself from the awkward funk of the conversation. Sango wasn't saying anything. However, you could always tell when she didn't want to talk because she'd turn the radio up to a respectively loud level and bob her head to the music.

            ; “Okay. Okay. I want to. I'm fucking stressed… I think we should.” She finally stated. Kagome got extremely excited. “Oh my god, yay. Trust me, you won't regret it.”

            ; “Don't talk as if I've never smoked before. I know I'll enjoy it.” She flashed a grin. “Let's find a park.”

Kagome looked around. “How the hell are we going to find a park?”

“We'll have to drive around.” She made a right onto an overpass, and there was a sign that said “Old Towne Eureka” on the side of the road. There were nice, decent houses with large yards on either sides of them, and a big Baptist church. Suddenly they were driving down a hill. There were two middle-aged hippies walking across a set of train tracks at the base of the hill, and on the opposite side of the tracks was a cool looking little town with small shops and businesses. A Shell Station glowed in the distance, and there were a couple of roads that just had to lead to a park.

Kagome felt confused when they pulled up next to the hippies. “Roll your window down, Kags.” She commanded. Kagome panicked. “What? Why?”

“DO IT.”

She rolled her window down.

“Hey guys!” Sango called out. Kagome began to wonder what two middle aged men were doing out walking the streets at 3:30 in the morning, but it occurred to her that they were probably wondering the same thing about two sixteen year old girls. It wasn't even legal for them.

“Can we help you ladies?” one of them asked. He had a kind face and a tye-dye shirt. His friend was a bit more stern looking, as if he were being caught in some sort of crime. Sango nodded. “You guys know any parks around here?”

“Yeah, you got three parks over that way.” He said, gesturing towards the right. “There's Lions park, which is like, really out in the open, and the other park's like an elementary school playground. If you're looking to chill, without cops comin' around and patrolling the area, go to Drewel Park over in Shaw's garden. You're gonna make a right up here, and a left at the next street. You're gonna make a right at Shaw's and keep goin' to the next street, then you're gonna make a right then a left and keep going straight. Drewel's right there. It's a minute and a half drive.” He was sure to make heavy hand gestures at each turn in directions. “You got all that?”

Sango and Kagome exchanged grins. “That sounds great. Thanks guys!”

They took off down the street and made a right at the first street. There was a Texaco gas station on the corner and a couple of old buildings. One of them was labeled as an antique shop. There were a few houses-turned-small businesses, like a little trailer with the sign “T-SHIRT PRINTS” out in front. Now, before you assume they're going to get caught up in some strange horror movie freaktown, no. It's just a regular town they happened to see from the big house.

“There's Shaw's Garden! Turn in there.” Kagome pointed. Sango turned in and started to laugh. “Look at all these houses, there's like, kids toys and bikes and shit in every yard. What the fuck?” she pointed out a torn up dinosaur stuffed animal in the front yard of the house on the corner where they were turning. “Are we supposed to make a left up here?”

“Yeah, I think. See? That section up there is a dead end and it looks like there's going to be a park over there.”

In a moment, they were in the parking area of a really sweet looking park. “This is awesome.” Sango stated. “But I think we should park in that neighborhood area over there, in case a cop comes. He won't see any cars over here and will feel like it's okay. Grab my backpack from the back when we park.”

So they parked their car in the neighborhood and walked on a sidewalk back to the park. They made sure to gather a couple of blankets and all their food, which although it was difficult to carry, it was going to be worth it. When they arrived, they scoped the situation.

The park was pretty vast, like there had once been a huge field there and they decided to throw a park in it. There was a pavilion for like, graduation parties, a building with a men's and a women's bathroom, a jungle gum, a big sandy area with the weird things you sit on and lift the shovel to pick up sand, a couple of big slides, a swing area, a merry-go-round, a tennis court, an area for playing basketball, and a big weird thing that was shaped like a half-circle and connected with a bunch of colorful iron rods. The park and field rested against the woods. “This is the most amazing thing I have ever seen. OH MY GOD, look back there, it's perfect!” Sango pointed at a smaller pavilion in the back of the park right next to the woods.

Kagome was so happy that they stopped back at her house or else she would have frozen alive by now. “I wish it were warmer. We can push two of those picnic tables together and put a blanket on them, and smoke on top.”

“Great plan. I was thinking we could do it in the bathrooms, but it's probably all nasty in there.”

They cut directly across the park to the pavilion and were pleased to see that there were no traces of snow under the roof. “Awesome,” Sango stated as she set her stuff on the ground. Kagome followed suit and set the two boxes of doughnuts and Sango's backpack on the ground. Sango tsk'd her. “Kagome, we need the backpack right now, dork.” She laughed. Kagome shrugged and smiled. “We need to put the blankets up on the table first.”

So they spread one blanket on top of the table, then set the other bigger blanket on top for them to huddle together in. “This is awesome. Grab the backpack for me?” Sango kicked her boots off and climbed up onto the table. Kagome took the backpack and climbed up there with her. It was frigid outside, but they were both getting used to it. The weed would help.

“So, Mrs. Higurashi, what should we smoke out of?” Sango unzipped her backpack and began to pull out three items. A bong, a pipe, and a box of cigarillos. Kagome eyed the pipe like she was looking into the eyes of Christ himself. “I really want to use the pipe. I haven't tried that yet.”

“Excellent choice.” Sango placed the bong and cigarillos into the bag and pulled out a bag of weed that she had already broken up at some other time. “This is going to be amazing, because it's probably been frozen in my car all night. Nice and fresh.” Kagome smiled and watched her pull out the weed and pack it into the bowl. “Man, I'm so fucking cold. I can't wait to light this up, Kagome. You have no idea.”

She finished packing the bowl and placed the bag back in her bag, pulling out a lighter in return. Kagome tilted her head. “Shouldn't you use water in a bong?” she asked, noticing that, had she chosen the bong, they would have been smoking out of an empty bong. Sango reached in her bag and pulled out a half-frozen bottle of water. “I always come prepared.” She smirked. Kagome giggled. “Nice.”

“Here, you get greens.” She handed it and the lighter over to Kagome, who took the pipe and held it to her lips. She lit up the top and inhaled deeply. It felt so hot, making her whole body tingle. She held her breath and handed it over to Sango. After a few seconds, she exhaled deeply. The combination of all the smoke mixed with her breath in the cold air was amazing, it looked like an entire cloud forming before her eyes. Sango hit it hard and grinned when she was finished. “Damn.” She said, smoke coming out of her mouth with her words.

Kagome took a hard hit and erupted into a coughing fit for a few seconds. It was so embarrassing for her. She pretended she was finished coughing, but was just trying desperately to keep her throat under control. Sango raised a brow at her while she was taking her hit, something that looked so funny that Kagome burst out laughing. “We are so weird! Jesus!”

They continued the puff pass limbo for about ten minutes. They were both stoned by the time it was finished. Sango stuffed the pipe in her bag and zipped it up. “This is fucking amazing. I'm so glad we had these ideas…” she leaned her head on Kagome and sighed deeply. “Damn…” she whispered. Kagome stared at the back porch light of somebody's house that they left on. She was so fascinated. “This is so odd.” She stated, wrapping the blanket around herself. I can't believe we did this, but I'm glad… Fuck.” She stepped off the picnic table and pulled her shoes on, feeling every bit amazing as she did happy. Just jumping off the picnic table made her feel like she was repelling down a mountain, if only for a second. She closed her eyes and stood there for a second. She could hear herself breathing like it was being played in a headset. “Wow.” She said. Sango stood up and walked up beside her. “Close your eyes and jump up. Pretend you're flying into space.”

Kagome did as she said. The second she jumped, she gasped and covered up her mouth, her eyes opening wide. “Holy shit! That was fucking scary amazing!” they hugged tightly. “This is amazing, Kagome…” Sango mumbled. They were both obviously blitzed. “We have to go on that merry go round. Then we'll come back here and eat some shit.”

They ran over to the merry go round, giggling and laughing like fools. Kagome felt like she was driving on the Talladega speedway just from running. When they got to the contraption, they began to push snow off of a couple of segments and sat down. Kagome focused on the freezing metal she was sitting on and started muttering obscenities. “Fucking… freezing!”

Sango began to kick at the ground, causing them to turn. Kagome nearly screamed. It was the most incredible feeling on earth- like she was inside of a whirlpool, spinning at top speed. Like she was inside of one of those astronaut testing facilities where they strapped you inside of a compartment and spun you around extremely fast. “Wooowwww.” She grabbed the bars and held her legs out. “Wa-wa-wa-wa-wa-oh-wa-oh-wa-ohhh.”

Sango burst out laughing. “What the fuck are you doing?!” she cried out. Kagome laughed with her. “I don't know. I am so high!” she exclaimed. The two just cracked up for like ten minutes straight. Suddenly, Kagome fell flat off of the merry go round and onto her face in the snow. The feeling was so terrifying, she felt like she was being shot out of a cannon. When she landed, visions of herself landing in a warm, comfy bed flooded her thoughts. She suddenly envisioned herself asleep in her room, and almost fell asleep.

“Kags? Are you o-”

“Oh my god, I'm not in my room! Shit! Fuck!” she scrambled up to her feet and stared at Sango like it was the most shocking incident. Sango had a straight face, which slowly distorted into a sheepish grin, holding in laughter. She held up her finger and pointed. “You are STONED.” She stated blatantly, beginning to crack up again. Kagome nodded. “I know! Holy shit! BLAHH!” she exclaimed, jumping towards her best friend, who jumped backwards. “Fuck! You're freaking me out and I'm starving!”

They ran back to the pavilion and ripped open the chips and dip, stuffing their faces like there was no tomorrow. “Fucking delcious, this is the best meal I've ever had. Shit.” They said together, devouring the entire bag of Tostitos. While she ate, Kagome couldn't focus on anything but the incredible taste of food. All the salty, bean goodness and crunching between her teeth. She savored every taste. It was outstandingly amazing. She would take a Tostitos chip and dip it into the bean dip, then put it in her mouth upside down and crush the bottom of the Tostitos against the top of her mouth, all of the bean dip covering her tongue. She continued the technique until they'd eaten the whole bag. Sango suddenly got a brilliant idea.

“I have a brilliant idea!” she announced.

Kagome got extremely excited. “Oh my god, what?”

“Let's eat the doughnuts next! So that we'll have the sweet, and not be used to the salty! We can eat the doughnuts until we're totally used to the taste of sweet shit. Than we'll eat the other bag of chips and have the salty flavors back! We'll nail like every craving!”

“That IS a brilliant ideer!” Kagome exclaimed. Why she said `ideer' was a mystery, even to her. She just felt like it was perfect to say at the time. She giggled at the thought of how retarded she probably sounded. “This is so amazing.” She wiggled her hands in front of her face and cracked herself up. “Oh Jesus.”

They pulled up the box of doughnuts and began to stuff their faces again. Kagome was sure to grab a custard-filled doughnut. She bit into the outside, and took another bite, chewing on the bread and chocolate from the outside. The could see the center, and the custard oozing out. She bit directly into the center and felt an explosion of flavor throughout her entire body. “Dear god, it's like my mouth is having sex with food. Fuck.” Sango pointed out. Kagome definitely agreed with her and patted her back. “This was the best idea we've ever had.”

They ate the entire dozen, and saved the half dozen for later.

After eating half of the bag of ruffles, they fell onto their backs laughing and cuddled together under the blanket. “I love you so much Kags.” Sango stated. Kagome kissed her cheek. “I love YOU so much.” She responded cutely. “Best friends forever.”

That's when Sango lunged forward and gave Kagome a kiss, right on the lips, in front of God and everyone. Kagome stared at her like she'd just whipped out Miroku's penis right in front of her or something.

“Oh, dude, don't worry. I'm not like in love with you or something, I totally just wanted to see your reaction!” Sango burst out laughing. Kagome laughed with her. “Wow, that was so weird!” she exclaimed. Sango agreed and they laughed for a long, long time.

It was almost six in the morning when they decided to pack up and head back to the house.

Still high, the entire walk back was nothing but mindless blubbering and talk about how they felt as if their stomachs had doubled capacity.

“This was the best night ever. When it gets warm we'll do it again.” Sango pointed out. Kagome agreed. `As long as you don't lez out on me again.' She thought, giggling to herself. That was definitely one of the strangest things she'd ever experienced, and it was just a peck! That just was not her idea of enjoying herself while she was high. It wasn't a big deal, she'd just never bring it up again.

They got in the car and began to drive. All Kagome remembered about the whole ride home was the sound of the radio, and a bunch of blurriness.

When she found herself awake in bed with Inuyasha at nine o'clock in the morning, she hadn't even remembered getting home, going upstairs, or taking her pants off to keep from having to sleep in jeans. It was all a blur. However, she remembered all of the fun she'd had with Sango perfectly. It was the best time that she'd ever had with Sango, practically with anyone.

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Inuyasha woke up and stretched, happy to feel Kagome's arm around his chest. He kissed her lips softly, wanting nothing more but to be with her. “I love you.” He whispered. He'd assumed she was asleep, but was proven wrong when he felt her arm tighten around him. “Get up here.” She mumbled. He blinked, confused. “What do you mean, love?”

“On top of me.” She still had her eyes closed. Inuyasha crawled on top of her, surprised when he felt that she was only wearing panties. He himself was only wearing boxers and a t-shirt. This was a little too risqué. The night before, they hadn't done anything but make out and go to sleep. He didn't want to.

He took a sharp intake of breath when she wrapped her legs around him. “I love you too… I love you so much. And I want you to know I trust you… I love you.” She whispered to him. He smiled and kissed her. “I love you too. I feel really good… hearing that. I trust you with my life.”

Within a moment, they were making out again. Lost in passion, entwining tongues, however you want to put it. They were lost in each other. Inuyasha groaned when he felt himself getting hard, so he started to roll over onto his back. Kagome stopped him and pulled him back up. “Don't.” she wrapped her legs around his waist and actually pulled him… against her.

“Whoa, Kags, wha… what are you doing?”

She smiled up at him and blushed. “You've got me all riled up… Don't go away yet.” She stated in a cute, innocent little voice. Inuyasha felt weak and nearly groaned, she was so innocent and beautiful, perfect. And here she was, with a small bit of cotton being the only barrier between them. Inuyasha was not about to sleep with her. “Kagome… No. It isn't right, we haven't been together-”

“This isn't intercourse, now shut up.” she kissed him, and he felt her legs tighten. Then, she grinded herself against him, causing him to take another sharp breath. “Kagome…” he kissed her again. Her cheeks were pink and her eyes were half-open, her lips parted. She wanted him… But why? She'd gone from somebody that was afraid to kiss, to this horny little deviant below him. It just didn't seem right.

“I can't… it's just, I don't know. I feel like if we keep this up than we're going to end up getting too involved with this shit, too early, and we're going to become addicted to sex shit. That isn't the relationship I want with you.”

Kagome rolled her eyes. “Would you stop acting like a girl? I've been doing a lot of thinking, and we love each other. Okay? We love each other, and we're old enough to fool around. We don't have to fool around all the time like you keep saying we would…” she pushed his bangs out of his eyes. “Or we can enjoy being teenagers, and savor all the crazy shit we're still allowed to do.”

Inuyasha raised his eyebrows. What had happened that turned Kagome this way? He didn't know, but the ballsy attitude and sharp whit were really kind of a turn-on. He did in fact fear at times that she would always be this innocent little girl that always made everyone choose for her, but just this behavior was showing him that she was getting stronger and stronger. He loved it.

“God, I love you.” He smirked and nuzzled her cheek. “You're fucking amazing. Just for that speech, I don't wanna smoke all winter break. I just wanna spend all my time devoting myself to you.” He stated boldly, his eyes serious and never leaving hers. Kagome got this glint in her eye and lifted her head up, opening her mouth slightly to bite his lip. “That sounds like a plan. Devote yourself. I'm a whole new girl… I wanna start having some fun with this life.”

 

Inuyasha felt her tighten her legs around him again. He started to feel overly aroused, and suddenly just didn't give a shit. “How do you wanna do this?” he leaned his head down and nuzzled her neck, than nipped it, earning a gasp. “Like this?” he rocked his hips against hers, his entire length searing her with his heat. “Ahh…!” she moaned, and he felt her wrap her arms around him. “Keep doing that…”

“Mmmh… is this what you wanted?” he began a steady rhythm against her. In his head he kept thinking about how this was like torture for a guy, seeing as he'd much rather just rip off his and her clothes and take her right then, but he was smarter than that.

Kagome was going insane beneath him, almost like it was torture for her, too. He was confused, seeing as this was her decision. She looked so frustrated. This obviously wasn't working. And he knew that she felt that way when she made him stop. She, instead, took his hand and guided it down her body. All the way, to her panties. “Eh..?” he went red. Something that wasn't normal for him. He just wasn't used to being controlled.

“I want you to do this… Please?” she smiled innocently. He was unbelievably shocked at this point. So much, that he didn't even protest. He pushed her panties aside and pressed a finger into her folds, earning a sharp gasp. His eyes widened. He had so much more control over her than she knew. “Do you want me to… go… in?” he asked nervously. Now, he'd done a lot with Kikyo. But the one thing he never did was finger her. She never wanted him to… She was always demanding sex.

“Yes, yes, please don't ask me, this is really embarrassing…” she reached up and covered her face with her hands. He knew it was to hide her blushing, and it was just adorable to him. “It's okay gorgeous…” he slipped a finger inside of her. To his immense surprise… She was almost too tight to fit even a finger inside of her. It was fascinating to him. “Wow…” he mumbled. “You're really…erm… fragile,” he commented. Kagome looked woozy and laid her head back. “It's okay… I want you to do this, so when it comes time for us to… have sex, it won't hurt as bad.”

Wow, this girl really knew her shit. He leaned down and began to kiss a trail from her jaw to the top of her cheek, to her forehead, and back to her neck. Soft, gentle kisses, to keep her from being scared of anything she might possibly be scared of. He began to slowly force a second finger, and she looked really uncomfortable when he did it. “Are you okay?” he asked. She shrugged. “It's okay. Don't stop, just keep… going.”

He didn't even have his fingers entirely inside of her, there was still the bottom of his fingers which were thicker than the tops. He managed to get them both inside, but when he did, he could feel a stretchy, thick layer way in back. That's when he realized that Kagome was still intact, she was still physically a virgin. Kikyo didn't have a hymen, which is probably why she didn't seem to act like it hurt very much when they'd had sex. He shook his head quickly and erased the painful thought.

Inuyasha began to finger her slowly, in and out, his palm facing him. Kagome shook and breathed saccade beneath him. “Ahhh…” she moaned quietly, wrapping her arms around his neck. “This is… ahh… amazing…” she whispered. Inuyasha began to feel like he was in fact some kind of god, after seeing the immense joy Kagome was experiencing. His ex had never acted this enthusiastic. He loved it.

So he began to move his fingers, in a kind of “Come here” motion, up against the top of her on the inside. Kagome's hands flew over her mouth and her eyes got wide. He grinned. “Is this good? Am I doing okay?”

In response, she grabbed the pillow from behind her head and covered her face, moaning loudly, arching her back, all the nonsense. He quickened his ministration and leaned down to nibble at the base of her neck, whilst simultaneously using his exposed thumb to rub at her clit- sending her over the edge, obviously. She went mad. Inuyasha could feel her clamp around his fingers on the inside, and something that felt like an intense pulse all around them. He continued for another twenty seconds and pulled his fingers out, wiping the remnants onto the blanket of the bed. “Sorry, dude.” He subconsciously muttered to Miroku's grandpa.

Kagome was half asleep when he lifted the pillow from her face. He smiled huge. “How was that?”

“Jesus fucking Christ. You drained all of my energy.”

“So I was good? You liked it?”

She responded by leaping on him, and drowning him with kisses. “Yes! Yes! Thank you so much Yashie… I love you so much!” she exclaimed. He laughed and kissed her softly. “You're mine. Okay? Mine.”

“And you, kind sir, are mine.” She poked his nose and got on the floor to pull her pants on. He did the same. It was about time they got up and did something, it was like 9:30 and everyone else was probably awake by now. Going to Miroku's grandpa's was a great idea.

`BURN the sun! BURN the light! TAKE TAKE TAKE TAKE TAKE TAKE IT AWAY!” his ringtone sounded off. It was Miroku, as he could identify from the front screen.

“Yo?”

“Dude, what the hell have you guys been doing all morning?”

“It's fucking winter break, man. I can sleep as long as I want.”

“Well, dude. There are funner things to do than chill in bed all day unless you're fucking.”

“'Funner' is not a word. And we'll be down there in a minute, chillax.”

“CHILLAX IS NOT A WORD EIT-”

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