InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Reason ❯ Time Passes and a Suprise is Planend ( Chapter 11 )

A/N: Almost done peoples!! Around two more chapters left!

The Reason

Chapter 11 - Time Passes and A Surprise is Planned

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Mina sighed and quietly explained it to him. A look of understanding crossed his face and he said, "Keh! Whatever!"

"That means we'll take the gig" Mina replied.

"Okay! Great! Now that that's decided, I think we should go home." Eri said.

"Bye Kagome!" Arimi said.

"See ya later, Kag!" Yuka said,

"Bye!" Kagome replied as they left.

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And so the months passed. Nothing really new or exciting happened. The dance was being planned and it seemed that everything would go off without a hitch. A few changes were made. The tables and snacks were switched around, the curtains weren't allowed because they were a fire hazard. The principal thought that it would be nice to have a "cutest couple" contest at the dance, so they added that. Nothing too much. It was decided that the band would play along with a DJ. The DJ would mostly be in charge of sound, since the band would play most of the time. But the DJ would mix songs when the band was taking a break. The band also, as it was decided, would play some covers of famous songs (the band really didn't have too many originals either).

Life seemed to have acquired a certain rhythm for the inhabitants of the Higurashi shrine. They'd wake up Kagome and Souta went off to school (at least Monday through Friday, excepting holidays). The rest would set off to work. It was decided that since Miroku was very good with attracting customers, mostly female customers, he would work in the gift shop of the shrine. Except his lechery soon drove away more customers than it gained. So Sango was there to make sure that he didn't grope every female in the store, and she seemed good for attracting male customers. Wins win situation, Kagome and Inuyasha taunted.

Inuyasha would usually work in the yard, repairing something, sweeping, cleaning. The less human contact the better. There was less chance of him being caught without his hat, and as Inuyasha described it, he'd "Scare off even more customers than Miroku's lechery." But actually, there were a quite a few female customers that would hang around and watch Inuyasha work. Enjoying the view, so to speak.

It was a repeat. Kagome's schedule pretty much ran the same. School. Work. Meetings. Practice. Homework. Bed. Repeat. It was like a shampoo bottle. Except things like friends, meals, baths and the calling of nature interrupted those blocks of time. Though it ran like this usually, life was never dull. There was always something interesting going on to make sure that life was interesting.

Like on Halloween when the Shard Hunting Gang wore the clothes they'd usually wear in Sengoku Jidai and went to the Halloween dance at Kagome school. Everyone had complimented them on how they looked. Many girls blushed dreamily and had stars in their eyes when they saw Inuyasha in his red Fire Rat haori. Even more so when they saw Miroku in his monk robes. Inuyasha blushed and just said, "Keh!" and ignored it, but Miroku soaked it up. But that was put to an end when he was about to ask one of the girls there the `special question' and Sango hit him over the head with he Hirakotsu. A lot of guys at the dance were checking out Sango in her demon exterminating outfit, and Kagome too. Many teenage girls would have looked horrible in miko's robes, but Kagome looked really good. Since the dance was family oriented, Shippo and Souta were there too. The girls that weren't swooning over Inuyasha and Miroku were pinching Shippo and Souta's cheeks, yelling about how cute they were. They both hid behind Kagome after that.

Or the time in November when it snowed for the first time in the season and the gang from Sengoku Jidai learned the meaning of a snowball fight. It all started when Kagome and Inuyasha were arguing and instead of saying the `s' word, Kagome threw a snowball at him. But unfortunately, it missed and hit Sango, who retaliated by throwing a snowball back at Kagome. But Kagome ducked and she hit Inuyasha instead, who was trying to dump a bunch of snow on top of Kagome, and he dropped the snow onto himself. Inuyasha then tried to throw a snowball at Sango, but she moved and he hit Miroku, who was trying to grope Sango again. Eventually, when Kagome hit Souta, he got involved in the fight too. Then Shippo when he tried to help Kagome. Then Mina, Kin and Yasuo came for band practice. And when the group saw new targets, well, you can figure the rest. The battle went on for hours and ended when Mrs. Higurashi found them and told them to come inside. Eventually everyone started sneezing and they got sick.

And Christmas, of course. The gang from Sengoku Jidai never had Christmas before, so it was definitely an event to be remembered. The Hoshiko and Tanaka families spent Christmas with the Higurashi's, with introductions of the Shard Hunting gang, of course (Sango was a cousin, Miroku, Inuyasha and Shippo were the grandchildren of a family friend). With most of the Higurashi's in festive Santa hats, they had a real good time. They ate dinner, the adults drank (at least the men) and sang karaoke. They even got Inuyasha to sing, and he ironically got the high score. Miroku picked up a piece of mistletoe and tried to get Sango to kiss him, and he almost succeeded, but he ruined it when he tried to grope her; he ended up with a red handprint instead. It was a family tradition to stay up `till midnight and then open presents. So they did exactly that, although the Tanaka's and Hoshiko's left earlier. Kagome received jewelry from her mother and Sango (a necklace and a bracelet), clothing from Souta and Shippo, a journal from Miroku, a stationery and pen set from Inuyasha (which she suspected her mother bought for him), CD's from the Hoshiko's and Tanaka's (they worked for a music production company) and money from her grandfather. Sango, Mrs. Higurashi, Souta, and Shippo basically received the same things, except the jewelry was replaced with toys and video games. Inuyasha received a CD player, which was bought for him by the Higurashi's, some new guitar strings from Sango, and CD's from his band mates and Miroku and Shippo.

And so life went on. Since the band was learning songs, more famous songs, Inuyasha found a song he decided he really liked. One day, he was listening to a CD that he received for Christmas. It was mid-January and he was shoveling snow while listening to the CD. He had liked the songs so far, but this song really caught his attention. He had a few more steps of the innumerable number of steps the Higurashi's had, all of which had to be shoveled by hand because the steps were to small for the snowblower. He had gone through two CD's already. He was listening to this one now, it was a band called Hoobastank. It confused him at first, but he let it go when he learned that it was a made up word. He heard the first few lyrics, and already he knew he wanted to play the song. Soon after, Mina, Kin and Yasuo came trudging up the stairs and he jumped at them and yelled, "I have a song to play at the dance."

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"So, lemme get this straight." Kin said after listening to the song, all the while rubbing the bridge of his nose as if he was getting a headache. "You want us to learn a new song for the gig in February?" Inuyasha nodded. "Right now?" He nodded again.

"I don't know Inuyasha. What if we can't learn the song in time? I mean, it is January already." Mina said.

"Yeah, you sure that you just don't wanna play the songs we already know now?" Yasuo pointed out.

"No. I wanna play this song at the dance." Inuyasha insisted.

"You sure?" Kin said.

"Yep." He replied.

"You really wanna play this song that badly?" Yasuo said.

"Yep." He replied.

"Okay, lemme ask one thing okay?" Mina said.

"Shoot," he replied.

"Why?" was her only question

"`Why'? `Why' what?" he asked.

"Why do wanna play this song so badly that you insist on us learning it so near the date of the gig?" Mina asked.

Inuyasha mumbled his reply. No one heard it. everyone leaned closer and said, "What?"

He mumbled something more audible, but not understandable. It sounded like "emanna ple fr kame"

"Inuyasha, if were gonna learn it we have to know why at least." Yasuo said.

"I wanna play it `cause" that was all they really understood. The rest sounded like, "zits fer kagme"

"Inuyasha! We still can't hear you!" Kin yelled.

"I said, `I wanna play it `cause its for Kagome'." Inuyasha ground out unhappily, emphasizing each syllable.

They looked at him with a mix of surprised and pleased faces. Mina sighed and said, "Okay, Inuyasha. Now lets go look if we can find some tab for that song."

A/N: wooooooo!! There's about one more chapter left. That's the big dance everybody!! Get ready for some serious Inu/Kag fluffiness!! Although it may be really, really bad. Oh well.

And also, it has been brought to my attention (one way or another) that some people may have not gotten the K-I-S-S-I-N-G thing in chapter 8. I think just about everyone got it, but this is an explanation to anyone who didn't. I'm American and it's a pretty universal thing here. I don't know if its in any other country, but its here and I think its basically self-explanatory. Its basically just a little rhyme thing for grade school girls. Some of my friends and classmates use it (even some guys), even though were seventh graders. But it's a taunting kind of thing, and kids yell it out when there like a rumor about two kids liking each other. So since its Kagome and Inuyasha, they'd all sing , "Kagome and Inuyasha sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G. first comes love, then comes marriage, then comes baby in a baby carriage" even though it doesn't sound like much its pretty annoying and embarrassing (trust me, my friends did it to me when they thought I liked this guy *shudder* looong story). And since little kids don't usually like the opposite gender for a long time, its pretty, well, mean. I'm sorry if it caused any confusion, and if it didn't. please just ignore me. ~_~ and REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!

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