Disclaimers: I do not own Inuyasha.
A/N ENJOY!
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Circus Dog
Chapter 7. Baking cakes at night really isn't a good idea…
'Aie! That hurt woman!' Mentally yelped a very angry Samoieda dog.
"Well, if you would stop moving about, it wouldn't hurt so much!" Kagome retorted, tightening the bandages around the dog. They were currently sitting on the now dirty kitchen floor. Inuyasha had fussed about his hard cleaning work going to waste but Kagome just silenced him. Once she had tied the final knot, she had leaned back letting out a breath of relief.
"Well, you won't die. Since you are also part youkai, I suppose those will heal a little quicker. Your previous injury is completely healed.." She informed the hanyou dog. "But you still shouldn't move that much. You have a new wound now and I don't want you to make it worse."
'I refuse to stay in this kitchen! I just cleaned these damn floors!' Inuyasha mentally argued. This dog really was a stubborn one.
"Didn't we already talk about this? I'll clean the floors again! First, I'm going to tuck you into bed. Though I really don't know how I'm going to do this… I don't really have that much upper body strength if ya get my meaning.. But I don't want you to move on your own!" She moved to put away some of the extra medical supplies. "If only you were to transform back. Then you would be able to walk." She said softly, picking up the medical kit as she stood.
"I wish.. I really wish you were back to normal. I don't want you to stay like a dog for the rest or your life."
Thump Thump.
"Why do you have to suffer? I want you to be yourself again." She kept repeating.
Thump Thump
'I feel weird..' The hanyou dog thought quietly to himself. He didn't want the girl to keep worrying over nothing. She was already talking to herself as it is!
Thump…..Thump…..
.:.:.:. With Naraku At Cirque de Freak.:.:.:.
"You insolent wolf! You know where they are!" Naraku seethed from his desk, back in his own trailer. "You will tell me at once, or I feed your weak wolves to the bigger youkai."
Kouga glanced down to the floor of the trailer worriedly. He didn't want his wolves to be touched nor did he want Inuyasha to be found. He already felt bad enough for helping Naraku turn him into that mutt. "I honestly have no idea where they are sir. I can try again if you like." He spoke in an even voice. 'I can't let him see me afraid.' He thought as he kept his ice blue gaze on the circus master.
'Still not the answer I wish to hear.' Naraku thought. "I am tired of waiting. I will send others out in search of the dog. In the mean time, I'd like you to post up posters of our missing dog. Surely people would have seen it. It's not very common to have golden eyed Samoieda dogs around." He ordered.
"Yes sir." Kouga replied, giving a slight bow before departing.
"Yura!" Naraku called.
A woman with dark short hair and ruby red eyes walked gracefully out from the shadows. "You called milord?" She said, bowing lightly.
"I have a task for you."
"Name it and I will do my best to fulfill your request."
"Keep an eye on Ookami and help with the search for the mutt. Don't disappoint me Yura." Naraku replied, motioning for her to get out of his trailer. Once the woman had left, he had opened one of the drawers of his desk. He narrowed his eyes at the faintly pink coloured gem that was hidden in the darkness of his drawer. No matter how hard he tried, the jewel just kept purifying itself on its own accord.
"That girl is doing it again. She's purifying my jewel! Tell me now.." He picked up the gem between his fingers, "Tell me Midoriko, who is it that dares purify my shikon no tama?"
The image of a woman reflected inside of the jewel. She appeared to be chained up and held back against her own will. She had opened her blank eyes and frowned, the blurred image of the girl with Inuyasha appeared again, but it was even more distorted than before. "No matter what you wish, it will not come true. Not as long as her wish is strong Naraku. She will over power you." Midoriko spoke.
"Silence! A mere little girl cannot have such powers!" He shouted at the maiden within the shikon jewel. He placed it back into the drawer once again and closed it roughly. "I'm a demon born of many demons merging together. I am much stronger than some school girl."
"I am!"
.:.:.:. With Inuyasha .:.:.:.
Kagome had managed to carry Inuyasha out of the kitchen and place him down in the living room, but she had refused to go any further. For she had nearly keeled over the dog was so heavy. 'I am not heavy wench! If anything, you're the one who weighs a tone!' The dog had mentally snarled at the retreating form going upstairs.
"Whatever dog boy. I'm going to go take a nap. I'm exhausted. I just cleaned this whole house, fought a demon, bandaged you up, re-cleaned the kitchen floor and carried you into the living room. This girl, needs a break." She said as she slowly walked up the stairs. "Man.. I'm sore everywhere…" She mumbled to herself as she walked down the hall to get to her room. "Why do I have to be the one to take care of a dog wanted by big monsters!" She groaned crashing on her bed in her room. "Oh well… I shouldn't dwell on the past.." She whispered, instantly falling asleep.
She had slept for hours that day. The whole time she slept, she dreamt of Inuyasha's hanyou form. She also dreamt of his full youkai form and how protective he was around her. He was a strange boy with many different personalities.
Kagome didn't realize just how tired she was, for she woke up in the middle of the night to the sound of her grumbling stomach. She had stared at her clock for a moment reading that it was close to nine thirty that night. She had immediately jumped out of bed shrieking, "It's nine thirty!"
A pair of dark eyes stared at the girl from the shadows. He had held his breath and started praying to the gods that she wouldn't discover him. He really didn't feel like hearing her shriek like that again. His ears still hurt from the last one! So he watched her. She had moved off of her bed slowly, placing her hands in front of her to she wouldn't bump into anything. "It's so dark.." He had heard her mumbled as he watched her search for the light switch.
Now he was in trouble. If she were to flick that switch, who knows how she'll react. Well, either way, she was bound to find out anyways huh? "Oh right, it's because it's the new moon tonight, right?" He heard Kagome mumbled to herself.
'Some priestess she is, she didn't even sense my presence!' Thought the boy. "Oi, girl! The light switch is below your hand."
Kagome yelped, finding the switch and turning on the lights. She turned around and came face to face with a dark haired boy wearing Inuyasha's clothing? "Wh-who are you--! And why are you wearing Inuyasha's clothes!" She questioned.
The boy snorted crossing his arms. "Maybe because they're mine? Jeeze, you really are stupid." He muttered.
"Hey! Who are you calling stupid!"
"You wench!"
"Why you--!" She fumed clutching her fists. She blinked looking at the boy's stance and instantly cooled off, "Is that you Inuyasha?" She asked.
"Keh, who else would it be? I wouldn't have let anyone get in this place no matter what, so you shouldn't have to worry."
"W-wait, you're acting almost… human."
"I am human idiot. I forgot tonight was the night of the new moon. No matter what, I always transform and look like this. So, not even Naraku's powers can affect me. I have absolutely no youkai powers for the entire night." He explained. "I felt my transformation coming earlier today. So that told me I would look like this.." He shrugged, 'No, that wasn't what I felt. That pulsing feeling was different. But I better keep that to myself..' He thought. "Anyways, I'm starving! You said you would only take a nap! So hurry up and go make dinner already girl!"
Kagome just stared blankly at him. 'So, he can be turned into a dog, hanyou, demon and human? Wow, that's a lot of forms..' She thought. "Hey! You can't order me around in my own house! If you're hungry, then go get the food yourself!"
"I can't cook idiot! I've been a dog way too long. I don't remember how to really do much of anything." He said.
She just sighed and walked out of the room, "Fine you lazy ass. We'll go out to eat."
"Oo! Where!" He asked, walking after her. "Can we eat burgers?"
Kagome nodded, "Yeah sure. Though I think we should change your clothing first."
"What's wrong with wearing this?" He asked, raising one of his dark brows.
"Well, for one people will look at us strangely. And what if someone from the circus place recognizes you as we're walking?" She said as she walked back into her parent's room.
"Oh.." He replied in a mumble, following close behind her.
"You can wear my dad's clothes." She explained her body already half way within a closet. She had tossed out a red t-shirt and searched for pants inside some of the boxes in the closet. She had managed to also pull out some dark jean pants and then walked out of the closest towards her mother's desk. She had yanked out a pair of socks and embarrassingly pulled out some undergarments for her friend, while blushing like a tomato.
"H-Here, I'm sure you can wear these for now. I'll go look for some shoes for you to wear downstairs, ok?" She said quickly before leaving the room and rushing down the stairs.
"Uh, ok..?"
.:.:.:. With Kagome .:.:.:.
She couldn't stop blushing. Honestly, she was hanging around Miroku way too much these days. She couldn't even stop picturing Inuyasha changing into her father's old clothes. 'Gah! Bad bad Kagome! Stop thinking bad things!' She mentally yelled. She could hear movement behind her as she searched within the downstairs closet. The only thing she figured would be comfortable for Inuyasha was the pair of sandals she found. She grabbed the black sandals and crawled out of the closet, dusting herself off and standing.
'Don't look at him. Don't look at him.. Don't.. Aw! You can't help it! Look at him already!' She mentally said and daringly glanced up at the human boy.
He was handsome.
No.
He was damn hot!
"Is everything on right?" Asked Inuyasha, as he spun slowly around, waiting for her approval.
"Uh, yes! You have it on all right." She smiled, trying her best to hide her blush for the second time that night. "I f-found sandals! You can wear these!"
"Thanks." He grinned at her, 'Eh heh, I made the girl blush eh? I'm good..' He thought and took the sandals out of her hands. "Let's go then!"
She shook her head. "Not yet, I have to freshen up and I want to do something to your hair."
"W-what? Why?" He whined childishly.
"Well, it's not every day I find someone with such long hair! I really want to brush your hair and braid it…" She mumbled the last parts and fidgeted.
"I see.." He narrowed his eyes at her, 'Women…'
"Well, I'll just.. um .. Go find a brush.. Now.. Yeah.." She stuttered walking off in the direction of the stairs not daring to risk a glance back. She knew that if she were to just look at him just one more time, her head would explode! That's how badly she was blushing back there…
Soon after, Kagome had returned wearing a new outfit and had a brush in her hand. She wore a black sleeveless shirt that read 'My boyfriend is out of town' along with a plain white skirt. Her hair was up in a messy bun and she had on a bit of lip gloss and makeup on her face. "Come on, I have an elastic and brush. Sit down on the couch and I'll braid your hair." She said without even looking at him. She was too embarrassed to even look up to see his reaction to what she was wearing. 'Darn stupid blushing habits!' She mentally scolded.
He was gaping at her and followed her orders, walking into the living room and sitting down. She looked better than he did! All this, just to go get a bite to eat? He was one lucky man!
When he felt her presence behind him he closed his eyes and let her brush the knots out of his jet black hair. It felt good to have someone brush his hair. He could soon feel her fingers tangle themselves in his locks to form three separate locks of hair to braid. He couldn't help but feel entirely relaxed as she did this. He didn't even realize she was done until she told him it was time to go. He had reluctantly gotten off the couch and followed her around. She had snatched her purse and keys and walked out of the shrine house closing and locking the door after him.
"So, you want hamburgers, right?" Kagome asked as they both made their way to the shrine steps.
"Yeah, I heard that those were tasty! Kouga used to eat 'em all the time while I was in my dog form. I remember their scent.." He told her once they began to walk down the stairs. "I've never had anything decent to eat. It was always raw meat. Disgusting really. They treated me like a wild beast!" He growled, crossing his arms.
"Wow, I had no idea. Come to think of it, what time era were you taken from again Inuyasha? How long has this circus been in business for!" She asked.
"Well, I think I'm around roughly seven hundred years old. Naraku took me about four to five centuries ago. I haven't aged since because of the spell. Otherwise I would have aged at least a little. I have demonic abilities. So we age differently, though it doesn't make us immortal either." He replied, glancing over at her to see her reaction. Well, she was shocked. He chuckled inwardly at the face she was making.
'He's been alive for seven hundred years! That's insane! That means that Naraku has been making him suffer for so long.. The poor guy. Hey wait, I let a seven hundred year old dog into my house! Yikes! My home is practically a bigger landmark than it was before!' She thought to herself. 'But, no ones gunna believe me..' Yup, there goes her idea of making more money to fix the shrine. "You.." She began, anger slowly rising.
"Me..?" Inuyasha asked in confusion, one of his delicate brows rising. "Me what?"
"You.. It's your fault I have to repair the shrine! When mama comes back, she won't believe me if I tell her how it really happened and I'll have to pay for the damage anyways! It's your fault! If these idiotic circus jerks weren't after you, I'd still be living a normal happy life!" She shrieked, pointing an accusing finger at him.
They continued their walk towards the nearest WacDonalds in silence after Kagome little outburst. The wind had kicked up a notch and it had started to get cold out. That's when it hit her. Honestly, it hit her in the face! Well, a flyer hit her in the face anyways. The wind must have blown it off of a post or something while they were going to the burger joint. Kagome had angrily ripped away the paper from her face and glared daggers at it, expecting it to go up in flames.
Her face had soften lightly as she read the flyer and then it twisted into a worried face. It was a flyer with a picture of Inuyasha on it in his dog form! "In-Inuyasha? I think you'd better take a look at this.." Kagome said, handing him the flyer.
Inuyasha grunted at her, snatching the flyer from her hands mumbling curses under his breath. "Bastard hasn't given up eh?" He growled reading over the flyer.
It read…:
'Attention all civilians, there is a mad dog that has recently escaped from the Cirque de Freak. It is a limited white furred Samoieda dog with golden eyes and is proven to be very dangerous and vicious. Those whom are able to catch and return the dog will be granted one thousand dollars in cash. Bring the dog back alive in no matter what kind of condition.
Sincerely, The owner of the Circus, Naraku.' "Idiot, does he really think humans will try to find me? They could care less about some dog." He muttered crunching up the paper and tossing it away.
"He's paying one thousand dollars Inuyasha! Of course people are going to look for you!" Kagome shot back. "Maybe we should go back to my shrine, it isn't a good idea to be out here."
"Bull, this is the only time that I get to act human. I am going to enjoy myself for once!" He argued. "And besides, I'm still pretty strong as a ningen, I can protect myself and you. Piece of cake." He said, his ego obviously flaring. "Oo! Could we get cake?" He asked suddenly excited. "Please!"
Kagome scowled, "You're going to make me go broke!"
"No I won't!" He replied.
"Oh yes you will!" She replied hotly as they entered the fast food restaurant.
"Nooooo!" He drawled.
"Yess!"
They're childish argument had lasted throughout their whole time together. Kagome brought up various points of when she would have to spend money on him versus just the cost of paying for herself. He just snorted and demanded to have his cake. He really was a stubborn. " Can nothing satisfy your hunger?" Kagome groaned as she crumbled up the foil and sipped the rest of her drink. She placed all the garbage on her tray and walked out of the booth towards the nearest garbage.
"Hey, I'm a growing boy! I keep going through.. Erm.. Weird stages! And I need to keep my energy levels up if you want me to keep saving your ass." Inuyasha replied with a grin.
"Keep saving my ass eh? Ha! Who asked you! I never asked for your help! And if I remember correctly, I was the one who saved your ass at the end of that one little… battle. Plus, I keep tending your injuries each time you get a blow. So really, you do cost a fortune to keep up and running. I'm almost out of medical supplies and I have to buy more 'cause of you. I buy you meals and now I have to find a way to pay for the damage on my property, 'cause I hardly think that insurance will cover the damage done by a rampaging scorpion demon terrorizing me." She noted smugly, walking steadily out of the building followed by a gaping boy.
"Grr… touché.." He muttered crossing his arms. "Fine, we won't get cake."
"Well, I said we weren't going to buy any. But that doesn't stop us from making some. I never used the boxed cake mix in the cupboards. Remember? We bought a tone of it. I suppose we could make cake. It doesn't take that long to bake the box mix cake." She said thoughtfully, glancing over at Inuyasha to see his reaction.
Well, he was smiling. 'Finally! I can taste cake!' He thought. "That sounds good to me." He nodded to himself.
"So, we shall attempt to bake a cake together! It should be easy enough. I mean, no harm ever came from baking a cake with cake mix before." She said.
Oh how wrong she was. It was like hells kitchens once they arrived back. Kagome had put away her coat, and first off checked Inuyasha's wounds. He said that they were bothering him a little, but all in all, they were ok. So once they had that done, the two had washed their hands in the kitchen and started to pull out bowls and the needed equipment to bake a harmless cake.
Kagome had placed all the ingredients in the bowl, not wanting Inuyasha to accidentally drop eggs or anything. He had pouted the whole time as she measured out the oil and water, so she decided he could mix the batter. Everyone knows how to use a mixer, right? That's where it all started to go downhill. Inuyasha had turned on the mixer after placing it in the bowl of wet batter. Not only was the noise loud for the human, it was also scary. He had never seen a mixer in his life! How could Kagome trust him with this? Really? How! That's when he had yelped and dropped the mixer suddenly, causing the bowl of ingredients to tip over the counter and splatter onto the floor.
'Shit.' Was his only thought as Kagome came in to see what had happened. He had earlier convinced her that he could do the rest of the things himself. He was able to read the instructions and knew basically what to do. Or so Kagome had thought.
"M-my floor…" Kagome sighed from the doorway of the kitchen. She slowly dropped to her knees and groaned. "That will be the third time we have to clean it!"
"Uh.. I'm sorry..?" Inuyasha laughed weakly, scratching the back of his neck nervously.
Kagome sighed loudly again and nodded her head, "uh huh, sure you are. Let's clean this up and start over. But this time I get to mix everything.. You can put it all together. And afterwards we can decorate it. Unless we're too impatient to wait and we just eat it when it comes out of the oven. Ok?"
"Alright. But if it weren't for these loud contraptions of yers, this wouldn't have happened." Inuyasha defended over the loud noise the mixer was still making, for it was still on.
"Uh huh.." Was all she merely said as they got back to work and started to clean up the mess.
Take two.
Inuyasha cracking open eggs.
A dud.
One egg had splattered onto the floor causing Kagome's right eye to twitch lightly. "Fourth.. Fourth time I have to clean the floor.." She counted, as Inuyasha snorted and apologized weakly again. He had managed to get the rest of the eggs in the bowl required and then had moved on to measuring oil.
"Ok.. erm… like this.." He blinked, looking at the numbers on the measuring cup. Yep, that was good enough. He poured it into the bowl grinning. He had done it without dropping anything on the floor that time! With still a grin plastered onto his face, he had snatched up the veggie oil bottle ready to put it away. He was about to put the cap on as he turned to put it in the cupboard when he had, unfortunately, slipped over the spot Kagome had just washed. He went crashing into the floor with a thud.
Including the open oil bottle.
"Damn.." He groaned into the floor.
The oil mess was once again picked up by Kagome, her right eye twitching even more. "Five.. Five times I've had to clean this damn floor!" She grumbled as she scrubbed the floor with her cloth. "Inuyasha can't you be a little more careful!" She shouted.
"Feh, the floor was wet! It was your fault wench!" He countered, pouring the water he had gathered, into the bowl. "Once you're done cleaning, you can mix this. Then put it in the oven. Bye bye now!" He waved walking out of the kitchen.
"Y-you jerk!" Kagome shouted. "Gah! This damn vegetable oil is so hard to clean!" She said through grinding teeth as she scrubbed.
"Baking cakes at night really isn't a good idea.."
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A/N That's all for now! Sorry it took so long. I tried to come up with something.. But it wouldn't come. Then I got this! Buwhahaha! I would have written it sooner. Like when I was on vacation in Quebec, but I couldn't. Because my good for nothing, selfish, ass, idiot brother hogged the computer. I got it for one night and it was to check my mail and finalize plans with some friends. He is such a prick. Said that I would be hogging the computer this whole trip when in actuality, I had gone on it once! For about two hours at most! Mehenoeiuojsnjphh.. jerk. Oh well. Enough rambling… Big brothers are there to piss us off right? Well he's doing a perfect job.. Anywho, R&R! Until next time!
Inu: Hey I have a plan!
Kag: Really? You have a plan?
Inu: -glares and mutters-
Kag: Ok ok, I'm sorry. What's the plan Captain?
Inu: We do a surprise attack on her brother!
Kag: Hmmmm, I haven't done that in ages..
Mir: Ooo! Ooo! –waves hand frantically- Count me in!
San: Me too, I want a piece of this fun.
Me: You guys are my heros.
Everyone: We know!
Me: -narrows eyes at Miroku- Except Miroku. Perv…
Mir: -sniffles- I'm wounded… you just plunged a dagger in my heart!
Me: Yeah.. you can pull it out yourself! –smiles innocently-
Mir: I'm wounded again!
San: Oh shut your pie hole monk. –sighs- …wimp..
Me: R&R!