A/N: Story Four! "Spooky Scary Skeletons" - Andrew Gold

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Spooky Scary Skeletons

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"No, no, no! In my time it's just a holiday where people dress up and you get candy and go to haunted houses!" Kagome huffed in frustration as she failed miserably to describe the very commercialized monstrosity that was now Halloween. In hindsight she really shouldn't have explained the history before she got to the good part.

Well shit Kagome! You literally just said it's a holiday about dead people and witches and crap! Now you're making it seem stupid," Inuyasha snapped, hating the feeling that once again something in her era made no freaking sense, "I mean, make up your damn mind!"

"Forget what I said earlier and listen to me now," Kagome snapped back, "All that this holiday entails is costumes, candy, and being scared for fun!"

"So what you're saying is being sacred does it for you?" Inuyasha snidely responded, trying secretly to get his kicks when her cheeks flushed bright red and her eyes flashed dangerously. Oh, that level of passion - positive or not - directed only at him was something he'd crave until he was dead in the ground. Finally someone wasn't afraid to call him out on his bullshit, wasn't afraid he'd maim them if they pissed him off, someone who honestly thought he was just like anyone else...speaking of which...

"I was gunna invite you to a party with me but never mind!" Kagome bellowed back angrily as she stood to head back towards the well as the others merely shook their heads and mouthed the word they knew was coming with knowing smirks on their faces.

"SIT!"

As Inuyasha crashed to the ground, two thoughts crossed through his mind. One - okay, he deserved that one. Two - hold up, she was going to invite him to...to...

Prying his face out of the dirt- by force of will alone - he managed to lift himself up enough to ask her to repeat herself - incredulity written all over his face.

"I said I was gunna invite you to come to a party with me but if you're just..." Kagome clipped back angrily - missing the vulnerable look that flitted across his face and his sharp intake of breath through the pure rage and hurt coursing through her veins.

"You want me to escort you to a party?" he asked quietly, all hostility in his voice replaced with a child-like sense of wonder until he grimaced at how sad and pathetic that sounded. To save face, he quickly and foolishly followed up his question with a snide, "Why would I want to do that?!"

"Hell if I know," Kagome snapped exasperatedly as the hanyou stood and began advancing towards her, "I don't want you to anymore if you're gunna..."

"What?! So you're just gunna ask another guy now?" Inuyasha snapped back angrily - jealousy coursing through his veins, "Over my dead body! If anyone is gunna escort you it's me!"

It took an awkwardly long time in which his amber eyes slowly widened in realization at what he'd said--his ears pinning back on his head as Kagome merely stared at him with shock and indignation that slowly faded to anger.

"LIKE YOU HAVE ANY SAY IN IT!" she bellowed back angrily, "If I want another guy to bring me, you've got no right to tell me I can't! You don't own me!"

"LIKE HELL I DONT HAVE THE RIGHT! You're not...you need...don't you...If I..." Inuyasha spluttered a little less heatedly before finishing lamely with false bravado, "Well tough shit! The only way I'm letting you go is if I'm the one who escorts you."

"What did I just say?!" Kagome hissed, "Why would I drag you to a party you clearly don't want to go to?!"

"Well maybe I want to go!" Inuyasha barked back before adding with increased volume and frustration, "DON'T YOU WANT ME TO ESCORT YOU?!"

"YES YOU BIG IDIOT!" Kagome bellowed right back, "DO YOU ACTUALLY WANT TO GO?!"

"YEAH I DO!" Inuyasha spat back acidly.

"FINE THEN! COME ON! THIS SHOULD BE FUN," Kagome damn near screamed as she clenched her hands into tight fists.

For a moment, the others merely watched the strange standoff with amused grins until a snort escaped them when the two blanched at the realization of what had just occurred as though the words had flown out of their mouths by their own accord without passing through the normal checkpoints from the brain to their lips. Each flushing their own unique shade of crimson the hanyou and miko hurriedly composed themselves just in time for the other members of the Inutaichi to loose their composure to a bout of uncontrollable laughter.