Kagome was finishing packing her overstuffed suitcase. She packed clothes for each occasion: swimming, parties, elegant places, etc. She was so ready to have the best time of her life while ignoring Inuyasha but still having to go to places with his presence there. How she would manage she still had to figure out. It would be difficult to escape an idiot with the sense of, well, a dog. To hide from him was like hiding blood from a shark, impossible. Although, there were times she had been able to.
Kagome had called Sango as soon as she dismissed herself from the table the day before. Maybe having her there would relieve the disgusted feeling she had when she was with Inuyasha. That or the complete opposite would happen and Sango would just hit her and tell her to get over it. Knowing Sango though, she would probably help her kill him and then party out.
Flashback
Kagome dialed her best friend's phone number on her burgundy cell phone. She knew it by memory since she was ten so her fingers were accustomed to finding the digits on the pad. Kagome had never bothered with speed dial. She felt dumb depending on a machine and there would be emergencies that required the number to be pulled out quickly. Thus, she would memorize all her phone numbers.
'Always like her' thought Kagome waiting for her to answer. 'She's very slow.' Sango could be quick when she wanted but when it came to waking up from a dead sleep due to training it could take ages if it was not important. Kagome drummed her long fingers against her bare thighs. She had some shorts since she took a quick shower after the stupid announcement. She had also chewed on every single nail of her fingers, a habit that she had been trying to break since ninth grade when… well, it did not matter. Point is she would get to chewing, when she was anxious, frustrated, or worried.
It rang 4 times before a lazy and tired Sango picked up. She had obviously woken up from her evening slumber. Sango had been training immensely since she had graduated and there were days that she would go to bed early, like today.
"Hello" answered a yawning Sango. Her voice was muffled by evening sleepiness. She let out a loud moan as she stretched on her queen size bed. Definitely a dead training sleep.
"Hey Sango, can you do me a huge favor?" Kagome asked in a sheepish voice she only used when something big was happening. "Can you come to Las Vegas with me for a vacation?" Kagome led out a sigh when she heard loud screaming on the other side. Kagome had\ thought Sango would squeal in delight but try to make her deaf, not so much.
"Kagome that is not a favor. That is paradise!" Sango said ecstatically. She was literally jumping for joy when her friend asked to go with her. Her evening grogginess had disappeared completely and she was now wide awake screaming her head off. Hopefully the neighbors would not think she was being murdered. It had happened once when Inuyasha and Miroku played a prank on her in her house back in high school.
"There's one thing though" Kagome said nervously trying to decide whether to tell her about Inuyasha or not. Sango tended to be shy towards men—except Inuyasha, who she would beat up if he would hurt Kagome in any way, shape, or form. Miroku as well, as that lecherous fiend was always getting beaten for being, well, a pervert.
Sango stopped squealing and became serious. She knew there was a catch, there always is. "What might that thing be?" Sango asked nervous. She knew it was too good to be true.
"We have to share a condominium with," Kagome paused and took a huge breath, "Inuyasha." Kagome waited for the string of curses and the malevolent plans coming from her best friend's mouth but nothing ever did. She guessed that if she did not mention Miroku then Sango would not completely explode.
Sango's mood plummeted and made a pouty face that Kagome couldn't see but recovered just as quickly. "Bastard" Sango said cynically cold. "Just ignore him, it's not like you have to go everywhere with him, right?" Sango let out another squeal of joy and giggled something to Kagome. "If he tries anything we can send some male strippers to dance for him and if that doesn't work I'll buy an ax and chop off his head. OK?"
"Actually I do have to do some stuff with him Sango. Our parents told us we have to. They want memories or whatever they call the torture for us. I'm also completely sure they'll be calling to check up on us." Kagome was mad at the last thought. The last thing she wanted was to spend time with her arch enemy and now she was to go everywhere with Inuyasha. Maybe she could loose him in the crowd and call the pound on him. It was tempting but her parents would murder her.
"Whatever Kagome, I'll still go" Sango said getting hyper again beginning to howl with excitement for like the hundredth time in their conversation. The candy she had eaten before going to bed was definitely taking effect.
"Thanks Sango." Kagome smiled and was about to hang up when she forgot something. "By the way Inuyasha is also taking a friend with him and you can just guess who the other bastard is." Kagome said sarcastically.
Kagome hung up and returned to sulking in her bed thinking of what to pack and what to leave behind. She almost had everything but she was sure she was missing something like she always did when she went on trips. She hated packing, no matter how exciting the trip would be. It was such a drag and it only meant she would have to unpack when she came back, which was just as annoying.
The last comment Kagome said had left Sango puzzled. She thought it was only going to be them three but the thought of Miroku—which was the only person Inuyasha would take—was going to be a drag. Sango hated having to fight him off. It was more exhausting than her hardcore training at the instant.
Inuyasha was laying on his silver king size bed with his head in his red pillow. He had just gotten off the phone with Miroku telling him about the whole vacation and to keep his hands off the friend that Kagome is taking with her, Sango. Inuyasha knew Miroku liked to grab her butt and he always ended up getting slapped.
Inuyasha already had everything packed and was just bored. He kept thinking of how to get rid of Kagome once they were there. The problem was that if his parents called and asked for Kagome he'd get into a whole lot of trouble if she was not there. He turned himself around and faced the ceiling. Staring into space made him sleepy and he fell into a haze. He looked at the spots in the ceiling to find any vague shapes. His breathing became shallow and his eyelids drooped.
A loud harsh knock on his bedroom door woke him up abruptly. He sat up and walked, almost dragging himself to the door. He opened it and rubbed his eyes to focus on the large bulky figure in front of him.
"Inuyasha, hurry and get downstairs. We're leaving for the airport," said Mr. Takahashi. His monotone voice held authority and let no one else challenge it. Not even Sesshomaru talked back to the big inu youkai and that said a lot.
Inuyasha murmured a few curse words and closed the door. Did he really sleep for 4 hours? He went into his two door closet and got his stuffed suit case. Inuyasha brushed his hair quickly before going downstairs to meet up with his dad and the "great" Sesshomaru.
On the Plane
Inuyasha and Kagome were sitting together because the seats were numbered. Nobody seemed to want to trade with them so they sat together naturally pissed off. Sango and Miroku were in the middle seats trying to put their hand bag on the top compartment not really paying attention to their angered friends a few seats behind them.
They didn't seem disturbed by the idea of sitting so close to each other. They had known each other before when Kagome´s and Inuyasha´s parents made them go places together and they were invited to go with them. But it had been a very long time since they last seen each other. When Kagome had said that Inuyasha was bringing a friend, Sango didn't actually think that it would be Miroku.
'This is not what I would exactly call a vacation' thought Kagome staring out the window at the cars driving down the runway. She looked across to see Miroku bugging the hell out of Sango. Her friend seemed rather annoyed but for some reason comfortable. It was probably because of the many times those two accompanied them on trips and such. That and Kagome knew Sango had a bit of a crush on Miroku even though she wouldn't admit. It was just a matter of time before Sango would go out with him. The only thing that probably stopped her was Miroku's lecherous ways.
Kagome looked over to the hanyou and noticed he was looking at her straight in the eye. She met him with a glare of her own, one that defied him. She raised her left eyebrow, shrugged and turned forward. She got her ipod out and put it in her ears. She turned towards Inuyasha to see if he was still staring and he was, so she stuck out her tongue to show her disgust.
Inuyasha felt the plane move and looked outside the window. He was currently leaving Tokyo, his home town, for Las Vegas, the sin city, to have the worst vacation with his arch enemy. 'Great' he thought letting out a sigh.
He saw Kagome staring at her friend fighting with Miroku. 'Typical of Miroku, always being a pervert' Inuyasha thought shaking his head. He looked at Kagome who was still stupefied by the situation. What he didn't notice was that she had changed her gaze and was now looking at him. Once he became aware of her stare he mocked her with his own. She glared and raised an eyebrow, meeting his challenge head on. He was about to say something mean to her but Kagome turned around quickly, completely ignoring his stare.
Kagome tried to busy herself with her music blaring into her eardrums but it didn't work. Her stomach began to give a low growl and knowing Inuyasha he would probably tease her. She looked at the hanyou waiting for his witty remark but it never came. The only thing that was visible was his normal smirk plastered on his perfect silky face. He was enjoying her suffering. How typical of him.
"What are you staring at wench?" Inuyasha snapped coldly waiting for Kagome to say one of her famous comebacks. She was always like that but she seemed different this time. He heard her stomach growl. Maybe it was affecting her brain.
"I'm hungry Inuyasha" she said lowering her hand and rubbing her tummy. She glanced at Inuyasha with big eyes full of sympathy. Inuyasha might feel compassioned enough to buy her something but she doubted it.
To her surprise Inuyasha pushed the button for assistance. Sure he let out a frustrated growl and a few words about how he was going to murder her and then throw her off a cliff but other than that he was being nice. If by nice you mean poking her in the stomach and sticking out his tongue like she did before.
A flight attendant rushed herself down the aisle to get the teens what they needed. She had long black hair and dark brown eyes that held little emotion. She looked like Kagome but only meaner, colder, and shall we say, slutty-er. She looked at them with suspicious eyes trying to sort out if Inuyasha was single. She wanted a quickie with him and to make the raven-haired girl jealous. It was amazing she still had her job.
"How can I help you?" she asked sweetly, giving Inuyasha a flirty smile. Her eyes had become lustful, something that Kagome found rather disgusting. How could they ever contract such a disgusting woman?
Inuyasha noticing her intentions replied without feeling. He really was in no mood to do anything when he knew Kagome was there and that would probably have him slayed before he even got out of his seat. He asked for two sandwiches and soda since there was no ramen. Kagome asked for an additional chocolate bar and gave Inuyasha an innocent thank-you grin. 'The whole altitude thing must be affecting how he thinks because never in his life has he ever been so nice.'
The whore-lady left, which left them in an uncomfortable silence. Both of them stared at each other with scowl on their faces. Great vacation so far.
"Bitch." Inuyasha muttered breaking the silence.
"Jerk." Kagome's scowled deepened and she crossed her arms across her chest.
"Psychotic bunny" Inuyasha countered and let a smirk play on his features.
"Booger eater." Weird names were their thing. Cuss words weren't fulfilling anymore.
"Cat stripper."
"Squirrel rapist."
"Here you go sir" said the attendant lady handing Inuyasha his food snapping both of them out of their silly insult game. She turned to Kagome and gave her a cold glare. She began to talk to Inuyasha again ignoring that Kagome was sitting right by him. "And this if for your lovely girlfriend." The flight attendant turned around and left but not before giving the horrified silver-haired hanyou a quick wink.
They ate in silence, neither of them wanting to say something that would make them be embarrassed. The lady came back; who Kagome noticed she had a silver name tag with Kikyo encrypted in golden letters. They handed her their trash slowly and waited for her to leave. She swayed her hips and let Inuyasha take a peak at her breasts. Kikyo didn't seem to be rushed and picked up the remaining things. When she left, she handed Inuyasha a piece of paper with her phone number on it and her address. She lived in Las Vegas. How…typical.
"Let me see your ipod" said Inuyasha while putting Kikyo's number in his cell phone. An extra number never hurt anyone. "Hurry up wench." Inuyasha didn't like to wait and Kagome wasn't helping with that.
Kagome handed him the ipod but in return he gave her his phone. She looked through his pictures. 'Oh, how cute' thought Kagome looking at the picture of the whole family about ten year ago. Who knew Inuyasha liked to catch up with memories?
Inuyasha went through all the songs Kagome had and none of them seem to satisfy him. He decided on a love song he liked a long time ago. He looked over at Kagome who had a small smile. Her eyes were lost in thought, not really paying attention to her surroundings.
'Wonder what she's looking at.' thought Inuyasha now interested in what Kagome was doing. He leaned in a bit and saw that Kagome was looking at a picture of their families taken about 10 years ago when they went camping for Kagome's birthday. It had been one of the best trips since the most exciting pranks were played there. Inuyasha had one the prank game for the trip.
Kagome went through Inuyasha's phone numbers and saw Kinky-hoe's number. She was deciding whether to delete it or not. 'Why not? That hoe doesn't deserve to be with him. And if it annoys him even better.' Kagome smiled evilly and clicked delete on the phone. Hating slutty bitches were higher than hating Inuyasha. She handed Inuyasha back his phone with nonchalance, trying not to hint anything about the phone number being deleted. She didn't want a scene on the plane but she knew that she would be getting one once they arrived at the condominium. She fell asleep to escape his glaring when he noticed.
Inuyasha looked through his phone. 'That wench had better not done anything to it' he thought going through the phone book. He noticed that Kikyo's number was missing. 'That little…ugh!' Inuyasha thought angrily as he looked toward her. He was already planning to pop her ear drums but she was sound asleep leaning against the back part of the seat. His gaze softened as he saw her steady breathing. 'Now, why can't she be that sweet and angelic when we are awake?' he thought remembering their constant rivalry.
The plane rocked to the sides and it moved Kagome. Her side was jabbed by the arm rest and let out a displeasured moan. Inuyasha pushed the arm rest up and Kagome slid against him, falling on his lap. He was surprised but got used to the extra heat. He put his hand on her head and began to stroke her hair, something that seemed to relax her until she gave a little pleasured moan. Inuyasha loved her scent and a smiled crept on his face.
'This is not good' he thought. There were little fuzzy feelings he was not fond. No way in hell would he allow himself to feel any type of compassion with the wench, 'over his dead body if that were to happen' Inuyasha thought reaching over to grab Kagome's ipod from her hand. He fell asleep with music blaring in his ears and Kagome on his lap. If anybody saw he would be dead, probably murdered by Kagome herself. She would eventually find out when she had to get herself up but when that time came he would pretend to be asleep.
Kagome woke up when the plane hit the ground. She felt something hard and at the same time soft. She looked at what she was leaning on and realized it was the sleeping hanyou. 'Shit. How did I get here?' thought Kagome as she leaned on one of Inuyasha's legs. 'Oh gross' she thought at the proximity of parts that she was definitely not comfortable with.
Kagome shook Inuyasha until he began to murmur stupid things. Something about gummy bears invading the world. Kagome snorted and moved him again.
"Five more minutes Miroku please. I'm still tired from getting laid." Inuyasha turned over and fell on Kagome. He snuggled in her warmth and put his nose to her stomach. He let out a small purr and fell back to the deep trance of sleep. The earphones slipped from his dog sensible ears.
"Wake up Inuyasha! We're here already. Get your lazy ass off me!" Kagome half yelled in Inuyasha's ear. Being so close to him did not suit her, especially so close down there.
He shot straight up hitting Kagome in the head. She rubbed her forehead in attempt to soothe the pain. After about a minute in dulled to a small throb.
"Ow! Could you watch it next time?" Inuyasha covered his ears, rubbed his forehead, and looked up at Kagome. His eyes looked pained. He murmured a string of curse words, mostly aimed at Kagome; ones that Kagome had learned to ignore.
Kagome rolled her eyes and looked out the window. The view wasn't much but there was a lot of traffic surrounding the airport. 'I can't wait to see where I'm staying. I'm pretty sure ignoring dog breathe won't so hard in such a huge city' Kagome smiled and looked at Inuyasha who had already taken down their bags from the top. She laughed at him when the bag that he was struggling with let out and hit him square in the face.
