InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Rock This ❯ Late for the Mirror ( Chapter 8 )

* Don't own. Can't afford to own. A/N- Kanna and Kagura are in this story, but they aren't demonic in any way. Kagome would have to be the densest person on earth if she didn't notice their obvious demon traits. It's fairly believable with Koga, and her not noticing or wanting to bring it up, but come on, three separate people that she has interactions with on a nearly daily basis? And she didn't think anything was going on? Yeah, I'm sure... No one could possibly be that blind. Hence, no demon Kanna or Kagura. Mwah. *

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kagome's eyes flew open as she registered the constant noise of her alarm clock. She groaned as her hand flailed uselessly against the contraption. Knocking the damned thing off the table and onto the floor seemed to do the trick as the sound died with a pathetic squawk. Kagome sat up in her bed and took in her surroundings.

 

Apparently her impromptu bedmate had already left. Some part of her was sad that he didn't even say goodbye or thank you, but another part was glad that they wouldn't be having the super fun awkwardness she had been dreading ever since she had first woken up intertwined with him.

 

Kagome stretched and flopped back onto the bed, wondering why this man had such an effect on her in such a short period of time. Maybe it was the fuzzy ears. Maybe it was just the rest of him. She hadn't slept like that since she was back in Tokyo and her father was still alive. Either way she hadn't really minded having him share her bed. Something she hadn't even let Koga do in all the time they were together. `Thank Kami for that, nee?' She chuckled humorlessly to herself before rolling to edge of the bed.

 

Reaching down to gather her alarm clock she instead came in contact with a bit of paper that had apparently been knocked off the nightstand when the dreaded clock had been silenced. She opened the folded scrap to find just a few words.

 

 

`Thanks for everything beautiful.

 

~I'

 

 

Kagome stared at the bit of paper for a minute before placing it down on her nightstand and backing away as though it was going to bite her. This guy was going to drive her nuts. She continued to stare for a moment until the shrill ringing of her cell phone startled her out of her current funk. Popping up she crossed to the kitchen where the thing was currently making all the noise.

 

“Moshimoshi.”

 

“KAGOME!!!” Sango's voice sounded from the little machine, “Where are you? You were supposed to be here over twenty minutes ago!”

 

“Kuso! Are you serious? What time is it?”

 

“Past the time you are supposed to be here! Now hurry and get your ass in here before Kanna shows up and you get bitched out again! She shouldn't be here for another thirty, at the most.”

 

“Kuso kuso kuso…” Kagome cursed aloud as she abruptly ended the call and raced around her apartment. She tugged on jeans and a tiny black tee with “The Mirror” her works logo emblazoned on the front. Hopping on one foot she dragged a brush through her hair and yanked on a pair of chucks. Two minutes later she was on her bike and racing down the street, hoping to get into work before her manager decided she wasn't worth keeping around. Twenty-six blocks flew by in a blur and Kagome popped the stand on her motorcycle before racing into the store.

 

“There you are! She's not here yet and I clocked you in already.” Sango scolded lightly before handing Kagome a cinnamon muffin and black coffee. “Eight minutes forty-two seconds. That's a new record for you isn't it?”

 

“Yeah yeah. Tell me about it. I had one hell of a night.” Kagome shrugged before tearing into the muffin.

 

“One hell of a night? You left early. I didn't even get back from the bar until after three, and you had one hell of a night? Was it Koga again? I'm going to break his freaking legs, I swear it.” Sango started muttering all about the different ways she was going to dismember and maim Kagome's cheating ex and failed to notice the look Kagome was currently sporting.

 

“Nooo…um… it's not that.”

 

Sango stopped her tirade and looked at her best friend quizzically. Kagome sighed; trying to think of a way to word what would come out next.

 

“Kagome? What happened? You're starting to worry me here…”

 

“No, don't worry, it's just…umm… how well do you know Inuyasha?”

 

“Miroku's band mate? Not too well, just the basics. From Tokyo originally, been playing guitar since birth it seems, great voice, great ass… oh and he claims that his hair is all natural. Right.” Sango snorted at this last bit. “I bet it is, and those eyes of his aren't contacts. Why? Did he say something to you? Did he do something? I'm going to kill him!” Sango started muttering again, this time about the many different ways she was going to dismember and maim Inuyasha.

 

Kagome was trying to be serious, she really was, but couldn't help it. She started giggling. Which soon progressed into a full-blown laugh until she was all but rolling on the floor crying. Sango got so worked up over… well… everything. She loved her, but she felt so very bad for Miroku. That poor man didn't know what he was getting himself into with her. Just let him attempt any of his hentai antics on another person, and that wandering hand of his might just become separated from his body. Sango was now glaring at her hostilely and several of the customers in the store were starting to stare as well. Catching her breath Kagome stood upright again and smiled at the few people who were still looking in her direction before turning back to Sango, who now had her arms crossed on top of her staring.

 

“I'm sorry honey, I just couldn't help it. You're just too cute when you're planning someone else's demise. And at my expense too, I'm touched.” She patted Sango's arms before grabbing her coffee and chugging the rest of the liquid. “In his case though, it's unnecessary. He's fine.”

 

“So you do like him? I knew it, you were staring at him all night.”

 

Kagome sputtered, almost spitting her coffee all over herself before Sango grinned and continued.

 

“Did he call you? I gave him your number after all. He has a great voice, and other…*cough cough* great attributes, I'm sure.”

 

“Hentai! So you did give him my number….” Kagome muttered almost to herself.

 

“So he called then?”

 

“Not really.”

 

Sango's eyebrows arched as she smelled a juicy story, but thankfully for Kagome, Kanna chose that moment to walk in.

 

“Hey ladies! How's my store doing today?” The pale haired girl chirped, earning a confused look from both of her employees. “What? Can't a girl be cheery?”

 

“Well yeah but…” Sango trailed off, not wanting to finish that particular sentence.

 

Kanna seemed oblivious, as she fairly skipped to the back. Kanna's sister, Kagura, ran several Techno and Goth clubs in the city and `The Mirror' sold clothing to reflect that. Kagome actually spun records for one of the bigger rave clubs several times a week. The store was jam packed with insane platform shoes and boots, various leather things, brightly colored clothing, and any sort of thing that flashed or lit up. Not to mention several rare types of glow sticks and things of that nature.

 

“Well that was weird…” Kagome muttered to Sango as she rang out a customer's order.

 

“You're telling me. Maybe she got laid?” Sango placed her hand on her chin and appeared to be thinking seriously until Kagome slapped at her shoulder and laughed.

 

“This new guy must be having some sort of influence on you. I swear, you have had sex on the brain for days… Maybe you're the one who needs to....” Kagome trailed off and started laughing as Sango turned a dark look towards her. “Okay, I get it. So what happened after I left last night?”

 

“Oh well, the last band played, and we all sat around a talked about you.”

 

“Nani?”

 

Sango laughed at her before continuing. “Kidding. Though we did at first, but mostly because that Hojo guy wanted to know all about you…”

 

Kagome gulped before turning to help Sango tag some new things that had come in. “You didn't give him my phone number too did you?”

 

“No. Why did you want me to? Cause I can give it to him the next time I see him…” Sango's chuckle developed into a full-blown laugh at the panicked look on her best friend's face. “I'm guessing that's a no.”

 

“Yeah a definite no. He seemed nice enough, but not really my type.”

 

“And you type would be what exactly? Let me guess. Silver hair, golden eyes, tall and moody in a rock star sort of way?”

 

Kagome did her best tomato impression as she tried to look busy with the next customer. She could feel Sango's eyes on her but studiously ignored her until the customer was well out of the store.

 

“Kagome? What did actually happen last night?” Sango asked in a low worried voice.

 

Kagome squeaked before chirping out “Nothing!! Why would you say something like that?”

 

Sango's crossed arms let he know that she was not amused. “Kags, come on. You two went outside for a bit longer than a minute, and when you came back in you looked flustered or scared or something then lit out of there like someone was chasing you. Then he comes in a second behind you and actually does chase you out the door, but you've gone, and then he comes back in all pissed off. Only after I give him your number does he calm down, but then he leaves right after! So what the fuck happened?”

 

Kagome cringed, looking around for something to save her from having to tell a right out lie to her best friend. She was a horrible liar in the first place. Well half the truth was still the truth right?

 

“He showed up on my doorstep.”

 

“HE WHAT!?!?”

 

“Shh! Keep it down!” Kagome hissed as Sango's eyes basically bulged out of her head. “It's no big deal. He just showed up and we talked for a while. It just got really late so he ended up crashing.” Kagome finished her little run down and moved through the store to try to avoid the inevitable questions that were bound to come out of Sango's mouth.

 

“HE WHAT!?!?!?” There was no shutting Sango up this time. Kagome had never even let Koga stay the night, not once in all the time they were together. Thank Kami, but still, she had let Inuyasha stay? This couldn't be her best friend. This had to be some sort of joke, or she was sick, or something… Sango followed Kagome through the store until she was close enough to feel her head and check for a fever.

 

“What are you doing?” Kagome asked her quizzically.

 

“Checking to see that you aren't sick. Kags what the hell? He said that you two knew each other from Tokyo but… ” Sango leaned back and crossed her arms. She wanted answers and she wanted them right now.

 

“Tokyo? Um yeah Tokyo. He just ended up staying really late and I thought it would be easier to stay that late at night. The taxi's had stopped running and the subway wasn't an option, so he crashed. End of story. He was even gone before I got up this morning.” Kagome's face drifted a little as she remembered how it felt to be intertwined with him, and his sweet note this morning.

 

“Hello? Earth to Kaggie?”

 

Sango watched Kagome's face with growing interest. Kagome didn't take men lightly, but right now she looked like a freaking schoolgirl. Her eyes had a far away look in them and Sango bet that if she were to nudge her, even a little, then she was going to just fall over. She waved her hand in front of Kagome's face with a sigh.

 

Kagome snapped out of her daze with a jerk. “Sorry Sango. I'm just tired.”

 

“So did anything happen?”

 

“Sorry?” Kagome feigned ignorance.

 

“You know what I mean. Should I go congratulate him or break his legs? I need to know which one to do, or I could just do both I guess…” Sango paused again in the classic “thinker” pose.

 

“Neither please. He just stopped over. I'm sure it will never happen again.” Kagome stated, though her heart dropped just a bit at the thought. `Tell me again why I should really care? It's not like anything is going on. He just wanted to warn me about the way things can be. Which was really nice of him, but then again what kind of pompous ass acts like I….' Kagome's head jerked again as she registered the fact that Sango was talking, and apparently had been for some time.

 

“So for you I'll drop it, but just this once. Anything else happens with him, and you're telling me every last juicy detail. Got it?” At Kagome's automatic nod she continued. “Good. So band practice tonight? We can work on those new songs you wrote, maybe for the show tomorrow night if you want to?”

 

“Sounds good, but there's one song I want to play only if Koga shows his mangy hide there. Which is, sadly, extremely likely. I wrote it especially for him…” Kagome rubbed her hands together in mock evil doctor style.

 

“Wicked I'm assuming? Good. So what do you say we meet you at your place around seven or so?” Sango smiled.

 

“Sounds good. We should order some Chinese food; I have a craving. ”

 

Kagome was cut off by Kanna coming out of the back and pointedly look at them as if to say, `Stop screwing off and get to work!'

 

The two girls nodded in unison and went back to doing inventory, waiting until Kanna disappeared into the back before turning to each other.

 

“So much for her good mood huh? Oh well, Chinese sounds good. I'll call Rin after work, you order the food, and I'll bring some tequila…”

 

Kagome groaned… her and tequila never had been a good combination. She didn't exactly get sick as much as get a little crazy. Okay, so a lot crazy. At least she would be at her own house for a change instead of up on top of a bar, dancing for all she was worth.

 

“Yeah yeah” Sango waving off Kagome's groan with a wave, “At least this time you won't end up trying to explain to a cop how you ended up “swimming” in the fountain in Central Park…”

 

Kagome giggled. “I had almost forgotten about that. What did I tell him again? Oh yeah, “Mr. Ossifer, I was just looking for my penny that I dropped in here. Have you seen it? It's copper and shiny and has some dead guy on it…”

 

“I'm so surprised that we didn't get arrested.” Sango shot back over her shoulder as she hopped over to the register to help out a customer. “It must have been our “charming personalities” or something.”

 

“Yeah or something.” Kagome smirked; recalling how Sango had flirted and Rin had burst into fake, but believable, tears.

 

“So maybe we need to lock ourselves in tonight, just in case.” Sango kidded, finishing with the purchase, and returning to help Kagome with tagging the clothing.

 

“Yeah just in case. But not before the delivery guy gets there.”

 

“You bet honey. I'm excited to hear the new stuff, I bet it's pretty vicious, considering what an asshole Koga ended up being. You realize I'm still upset that you wouldn't let me beat the shit out of him right?” Sango muttered darkly.

 

“All in the past, for me at least. Not that it is for him or anything. The guy just won't take a hint, even if the hint is me picking up the phone and screaming into it “Koga you little prick, I never want to hear from your ass again, so drop dead.” I thought I was being clear, but apparently “drop dead” and “honey I can't live without you” are the same things to him.”

 

Sango smirked and giggled at her. She loved Kagome's stubborn streak. She wasn't quite as violent as Sango, but her mouth was certainly as quick. It was one of the reasons they got along so well. A small frown crossed her face.

 

“So you think Koga really will show up there? Even after you've told him off numerous times, and refuse to answer any of his phone calls or anything like that?”

 

“Most likely. He knows that the club is the one place where I can't really kick him out. Though if he really messes with me there, the bouncers have assured me that he will be getting the memo to not come back.” Kagome smiled wickedly. He may be a demon, but each of the 400lb bouncers loved her. All eight of them. They should be more than able to handle him.

 

“Well then we really will have to lean that song. Can't wait!” Sango hopped around a bit before calming down and smirking. Carefully watching Kagome out of the corner of her eye she oh so casually stated: “Miroku will be there too, he really wants to see the band. Inuyasha will most likely be with him.”

 

Kagome's head jerked up at the mention of his name. She had forgotten about him being Sango's “kind of boyfriend's” band mate and best friend. So she would be seeing him again. Her heart leapt in her chest, though she couldn't say if it was from excitement or dread.

 

Sango's smirk widened. She had done the right thing in giving Inuyasha Kagome's number. He might just be what the girl needed.

 

 

 

 

 

A/N- That damn fountain in Central Park is freaking cold! ^_^