A/N: My entry for deviantart's thattime-again fanfiction contest. Thank you for using my idea!
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or co. All I own is the plotline.
:-: White Day Troubles :-:
"Kagome, let's go!" Inuyasha said impatiently, leaning against the door of her bedroom with his arms crossed.
"One minute, Inuyasha, I have to finish packing some clothes!" Kagome said, shoving three or four shirts into her yellow backpack.
"Give me a break, you never wear anything besides those strange green clothes anyway, why bother packing more?"
"If you behave yourself, I'll give you a surprise when we get to Kaede's," Kagome said, looking at him out of the corner of her eye.
He growled low in his throat. "Fine, but it better be a good surprise."
--
Half an hour later, Inuyasha and Kagome were sitting around a fire with Miroku, Sango, and Shippo.
"Okay, Kagome, what is this surprise you said you had for me?" Inuyasha said.
"Well, it's not just for you. It's for Miroku and Shippo too," Kagome said, reaching for her backpack.
"Hey, that wasn't the deal and you know it!" Inuyasha snapped. "If I had known it was for the monk and the brat I never would have agreed to keep quiet!"
"Sit boy," Kagome said calmly, unzipping the top of the backpack.
CRASH
"Dammit, Kagome!"
"For that remark, I shouldn't give you anything, but I spent so much time on it that I'd hate to let it go to waste." In her hands she held three packages wrapped in pink and red paper. "For Shippo," she said, handing him the smallest.
He unwrapped it, revealing a baseball-sized piece of chocolate in the shape of a leaf. "Wow, Kagome, thank you!"
"For Miroku, I made this." She handed the monk the second package. It was a slightly larger piece of chocolate shaped like a sutra with prayers written in white icing.
"Very beautiful, Kagome. I thank you."
"And, last but not least, for you, Inuyasha." She gave him the final piece of chocolate.
He opened it slowly. It was shaped like . . . . him? It was in the shape of his head, dog ears and all. Written across it in red icing was . . . . Inuyasha bit back a laugh. She had written 'Osuwari' on it.
"Well, aren't you going to say thank you, Inuyasha?" Sango asked, tilting her head to the side, feigning innocence.
"I hate this stuff, why would I say thank you?" he asked. Kagome smiled.
"Oh, you don't have to say thank you. In one month, you will have to give me a present worth at least twice as much as that chocolate."
"Do I have to?" Inuyasha asked.
"Yes. If you don't . . . something bad will happen." Kagome knew it was wrong to lie to him, but she couldn't help it. She knew she had to say something to get him to respect White Day, and lying was the only way she knew how.
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One month later, Kagome pulled herself up out of the well, looking around for Inuyasha. She had snuck away in the early hours of the previous morning, somehow managing to sneak past the sleeping hanyou.
"It's about time you got back, Kagome," a voice said from a tree beside the well. Inuyasha jumped down, glaring at her. "Who said you could go home?"
"I had to, Inuyasha. Mom wanted me to come home for a little while."
"Feh. Come on then," he said, walking towards Kaede's village.
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Shippo met her at the door. "Here, Kagome, I made this for you!" he said, putting a wreath of flowers around her wrist. "For White Day!" The day after Valentine's Day, she had explained the tradition to everyone, and why White Day was important.
"Thank you, Shippo, it's the best thing I've ever gotten," she said, kissing him on the cheek.
Miroku was next in line. "Here, Kagome. It isn't much, but I hope you like it." He handed her a small package. "I went out yesterday after you left, and managed to pick up these."
She unwrapped it to find two gleaming shards of the Shikon Jewel. "Wow, Miroku, thank you!"
"Did you get Kagome anything, Inuyasha?" Shippo asked, hopping up on Miroku's shoulder.
"Yeah right, why would I get her anything?" he asked, turning his head to the side.
Kagome sighed in disappointment. "Well, I just came to give you that," she said, walking out the door towards the well.
A few seconds later, she felt a strong hand wrap around her wrist. She was spun around, and suddenly, Inuyasha kissed her.
"There. That's my present," he said gruffly.
Kagome smiled. "Thank you, Inuyasha. That was the best White Day present ever."