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Note – This was like...as useless chapter...but I needed it. I could have made it longer...but I wanted to save the events for next chapter, so here is whatever so far!
Burned Rivalry
Chapter Summary – Seriously...no chapter summary. You don't really need one for this chapter.
Chapter 11 – Don't Hide
"There has got to be a million Takahashi's in this damn phone book!" Kagome furiously threw the thick book to the other side of the room, not bothering to pick it back up later. She flopped back onto her bed, and lay there for several moments.
It was Saturday. The days were getting cooler and a lot shorter. After being assigned the project yesterday in class, Kagome had been looking through a number of phone books for any clue about where Inuyasha lived. She only ended up finding about a zillion that lived around the area.
'There's no point trying to call each and every one.' Kagome sighed and rolled over on her bed, planting her face into her pink soft pillow, muffling something.
'What a great way to spend a Saturday morning at seven in the morning. If I don't get his address soon, how am I going to get there? Then we'll probably fail the project, he'll just end up yelling at me, and we all lose.' Kagome sat up slowly, her hair messed up and flat from sleeping on one side too long. Carefully, she picked up a brush and started brushing her hair while walking to her vanity table.
She stared at the image that reflected back. The figure was usually happy or content, but not that morning. What Kagome saw was her stressed out self. She decided to dress while she was at it and head over to Sango's house.
'Maybe she can help me. Two is better than one.' Kagome slipped on some tight jeans and a tank top with her old running shoes and a thin sweater. Looking herself over quickly, she walked out casually and down the street where her best friend's house lay. It wasn't far, just about two minutes away by foot.
Sango bounced happily down to the breakfast table. She tried hard to hide that fact, but she couldn't help it. Quickly, she grabbed something to eat, then headed back upstairs to the privacy of her room where she could think things over.
Upon getting there, Sango tripped over a few things slightly because her mind wasn't totally down to Earth. She would have almost even slammed into her own bedroom door if her brother didn't grab her arm in time. Silently thanking Kohaku, she opened her pink bedroom door and walked in, shutting it quietly behind her.
The events of yesterday replayed inside her head. It seemed to be a tape recorder where she could just press rewind, stop, and then play. Just when the day couldn't get any slower, the incident brought time forward quicker than she could ever imagine.
-Flashback-
They finally broke apart in need of air. She and Miroku were staring at eachother once again, then there was an uncomfortable silence. Sango blushed slightly, pushing Miroku off herself and brushing the dust off her clothing, Miroku doing the same. There was yet again another silence as they both wondered what just happened, how it happened, and why.
Sango nervously looked away, seeming interested in the papers stapled on the wall. Her blush would probably rival that of a tomato. She heard from behind that Miroku coughed slightly, and just thinking of that made her blush even more.
'I can't believe I just did that...' Sango was confused. It felt like a totally different her had taken over her body. She shifted over back to her seat, her gaze still diverted from Miroku's eyes, but her mind really wanted her to look his way, to read him and see what he was thinking.
When what seemed like minutes passed, she dared herself to take a quick glance Miroku's way. Just when she turned her head halfway, the door clicked open and in came the annoying principal, signaling their dismissal.
"You guys are done here. I would still like those names though if you are willing," he said hopefully, more to Miroku than to Sango because she was farther behind. "I'll even offer a...reward?"
'He isn't going to bribe me...' Sango thought to herself, carefully picking up her books and piling them neatly into her arm. She forgot her courage and just walked quickly past the principal, not even looking back.
She thought she heard Miroku's voice after that, but she wasn't sure. She just kept on going towards home...her destination.
At that moment, she wanted to get as far away from Miroku as possible so she could think alone about how much she wanted to be with him.
-End Flashback-
Sango slid down onto her floor, just sitting there staring at nothing in particular. Zoning out, nothing around her really mattered anymore. The usual chatter of birds were still there, but lessening everyday because of the season. She paid no mind to the fact that her room was messy, even though usually she was a neat person. She paid no mind to the fact that she had a project due soon, and she didn't care that the doorbell was ringing downstairs.
'Wait...the doorbell's ringing...' Half of Sango's mind tried to register that in her mind, but the other half blocked it out. Sango was in between reality, and her dream world.
There was a loud knock on her door, then a shout. "Sango! Someone is at the door!" It was her brother Kohaku. "Are you going to get it?"
Sango gave him no answer, just blankly staring at the door.
"Well then, I guess not..." She heard him mutter, followed by footsteps down the stairs.
Moments later, she heard a familiar voice downstairs. 'Hmm...'
Then she heard more footsteps.
Then someone knocked lightly on the door saying, "Sango?"
Of course, again no response.
The door had opened slightly, and a head popped in. "Sango?"
Sango looked up.
"Are you okay?" Kagome came in and watched her friend just stare stupidly at her. She picked up a pillow and then threw it at Sango with force, but not too much.
That seemed to do it.
"Ah! Kagome! What are you doing here!"
"I just came in. You were in your own little world."
"Really, didn't notice." Sango got up from sitting on the floor and sat on her small bed.
"Is your father in New York again?" Kagome picked up a pen she had stepped on and started to fiddle with it. "I didn't see him when I came in."
"Yeah. More business. He's suppose to come back around next week, stay with us for a week, then head off again." Sango's voice sounded sad, but filled with hope.
Kagome knew how hard it was for Sango, having her mother dead and her father having to support the family. He often had business trips to different places, commonly New York, and hardly ever spent time with Kohaku or Sango.
"So, what did you want?" Sango was back to being herself, and she turned to her friend, waiting for an answer.
"Oh, can you help me?" Kagome had brought a bag along with her at the last minute filled with a few phone books.
"Uh..." Sango took a book and opened it.
"You see...I'm looking for someone's phone number, but...every phone book has like a million pages and they are all like different! I don't even know if his name's in here..."
"Who's name?" Sango questioned.
"Inuyasha...Takahashi."
"Why the hell do you need his name? You aren't going to ask him out or anything are you –"
"NO!" Kagome cut in. "I mean, we were assigned a project together and it has a very early due date so we need to work on it as soon as possible, a.k.a today. But I don't even know where he lives!"
"And the phone book helps...how?"
"It's a phone book, it should help...right?"
"You do realize that there must be a thousand pages in these things."
"That is why you are going to help me. You can either give me his address or number."
"But in that section, to figure out which one is his, you need either his address, or his number at least. And we have neither."
There was a silence as Kagome silently planned in her head to kill whoever invented the stupid phone books if they weren't going to be any use.
"OH THAT IS JUST GREAT!" Kagome shouted. She felt like tearing the book in half, but she knew she couldn't because it was too thick for her to rip.
"You can always try phoning someone."
"I don't know anyone that might know Inuyasha!"
"What about your cousin? Aren't they dating?"
"Yeah...okay then I'll call Kikyou." Kagome asked to borrow Sango's phone, then quickly dialed the numbers of her cousin's house. Waiting for a voice, she sat patiently in silence along with Sango.
"The person you are trying to call is not available, at this moment. Please try again later, or leave a message after the beep. –BEEP-"
Kagome just hung up. "She's not home." She sighed and looked to Sango for hope. Sango shrugged and then, the phone started ringing again. They both stared at it, then Kagome reached out slowly.
"Maybe it's Kikyou calling back because it's possible she couldn't reach the phone in time." Kagome picked it up and pressed the small button 'talk'.
"Hello?"
"Uh...hi..." A masculine voice said over the phone. Confused, Kagome asked politely to identify himself.
"Who is speaking?"
"It'...Miroku, Sango." He said nervously.
"Uh-huh..." Kagome couldn't think of what to say or do next. She almost handed the phone to Sango when he blurted out something really fast.
"I was just wondering if you were doing anything tonight...and if you aren't then great but if you are then I won't bother you then...?"
"Excuse me?" Was Kagome's reply. 'He's...asking Sango out?'
"I mean...if you aren't doing anything," Miroku started again slowly, "Then maybe...we could go watch a movie?"
Kagome held the phone out in front of her, then, after a moment of silence, she started to laugh hard, rolling on Sango's bed, tears almost coming out from her eyes. Sango stared confusingly at her awkward friend and proceeded to pick up the phone when Kagome snatched it first.
"Very likely she will!" Kagome laughed into the phone.
"Uh...she?" Miroku wondered if he had the right phone number that he got from yesterday. 'I'm pretty sure I dialed it right...'
"You are talking to Kagome Higurashi you baka." She said into the phone. Then, a logical idea came into her head. "Hey, you are like best friends with Inuyasha, right?"
Miroku had no clue how the subject switched from him asking Sango out, to him talking to Kagome, to him being best friends with Inuyasha.
"Uh...yeah..." 'Why the hell did Kagome pick up? This is suppose to be Sango's number!'
"Do you happen to have his phone number? The jerk didn't leave me with one bit of information about where he lived or anything!"
"You want Inuyasha's phone number because..." Miroku forgot totally about Sango for a moment, wondering why Kagome wanted his best bud's number. 'Is she after him?' He thought.
"Don't think of it that way! I need it for a project!"
"Your project is Inuyasha?"
Kagome growled into the phone. "No! He got assigned as my partner, unfortunately."
Miroku, giving up on figuring it out gave Kagome the number, then they both hung up.
"That was weird."
"Who was it?" Sango asked. She had been sitting on the side, only able to catch bits of information.
"It was Miroku! He called to ask you on a date or something." Kagome didn't seem to notice that Sango froze when she said 'Miroku'. Kagome just seemed to be relieved that she finally got Inuyasha's phone number and could call him to figure out where he lived.
"Look, I'll see you later Sango!" Kagome got up and showed herself out, leaving Sango by herself once again, thinking of Miroku.
And he in turn, thought of her.
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