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"So… you're not his dad?" Kagome asked, feeling a bit confused as Inuyasha yelled in her ear.
"Hell no!" Inuyasha grumbled, flopping on the living room couch, crossing his arms as he did. He felt insulted! The nerve of that girl, honestly!
"Watch your language, Inuyasha." Sesshomaru frowned, pinching the bridge of his nose between his forefinger and thumb. Did his brother have to overreact in such a manner?
"He's my half-brother." Inuyasha spat, tilting his head away from his brother in disgust. Kagome laughed nervous, scratching the back of her head.
'Talk about sibling rivalry…' she thought, closing her eyes as she tried not to make eye contact with either one of them.
"Oh, I guess that makes sense. You two do look similar." She responded, now noticing the similarities between the two. Their facial structure seemed very identical, minus their noses and brow structure. Inuyasha's brows were a lot bushier than Sesshomaru's, while Sesshomaru's were thin and elegantly shaped.
Sesshomaru's nose was longer, but not in the obtuse sense. It was more aristocratic, while Inuyasha's was kind of stubby. Other than that, she would have easily said that they were father and son.
"I don't look nothing like that prick!" Inuyasha defended, his brow twitching in annoyance.
"Inuyasha, don't call your brother that!" Kagome scolded, feeling bad for his older brother. Did he really have to put up with this every day? The poor guy!
"Feh, as far as I'm concerned, he ain't no brother of mine!"
"Likewise." Came Sesshomaru's deep baritone. Kagome found herself turning in shock, not believing what she had just heard.
Just what in the world had happened between these two to get them so riled up at each other? Here she was, feeling bad for Sesshomaru… when he was just as bad!
"Uh, so… about that project?" Kagome mentioned, trying to direct the conversation away from what seemed was going to be an all out fist fight.
"Feh, what about it? I told ya, I ain't doin' it." Inuyasha said, standing up and walking towards his bedroom, shutting the door. Kagome huffed, falling back down on the couch, face-palming her head.
"What am I going to do? I don't know anything about the Sengoku Jidai…" She sighed. Well, her whole plan was to get Inuyasha's parents' to force him to do his assignment… peeking over to his half-brother, she saw that that plan had failed miserably.
"Sengoku Jidai? Is that what your assignment is about?" Came the timber of the male sitting across from her, whose legs were crossed as a hand propped on his knee, holding his head in place. Kagome nodded her head, not feeling the need to straighten herself.
"Uh-huh. Our teacher paired us up together because I don't know anything about that era, and Inuyasha blabbed on and on about knowing all about it, but now even he won't help me… this assignment is due Monday!" She groaned. There was no way she was going to get all of the information she needed by then, not with her other home-work piled up!
"Interesting… This one will help you."
Kagome shot straight up, staring at him in disbelief. Seriously?! That's all she had to do?!
"Are you serious? You know about the Sengoku Jidai?" She asked, thankful to have somebody help her!
"I do." He chuckled. If only she knew…
"I'll treat you to free coffee for a month if you'd help me! Please!" She begged, jumping from the couch to land on the hardwood floor, kneeling before him as she bowed her head.
He took his index finger and stretched it towards her, curling her ebony tresses between his fingers. She raised her head, gasping softly as she gazed into his eyes. It was happening again… they were turning gold!
"We have a deal then… Kagome."
She almost fainted from the smile he directed towards her. What had she just agreed to?!
