Ryuu: (reading last chapter and blushing like a girl) oh my god…I ASKED HER OUT ON AN F-ING DATE?!
Ceilo: (sweatdrop) language Ryuu…
Kimi: Aww, that's sooo cute!!! My brother's BLUSHING!! Ryuu and Kagome, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-
Ryuu: (tackles his sister to the ground)
Ceilo: (O.O) uhh, I don't own anything, except for the two idiots on the floor…
Kimi + Ryuu: WHO ARE YOU CALLIN' AN IDIOT?!
Ceilo: (fearing for her life)
Umm, btw, I don't know how much this will actually come up, only once I think in this chapter, but italics in the story are English, ok? Pretend that the rest of the time it's Japanese. ^^;
Chapter 8
Kagome and Kimi stayed up late that night, modelling Kagome's new clothes, eating snacks (made by Ryuu and not his haphazard sister, thankfully) and just generally talking about anything.
Kagome for one, was totally exhausted, and would have preferred to go straight to sleep. After mentioning this to Kimi however, she was promptly told that sleeping right away was out of the question. After all, this was a sleepover, and a sleepover wasn't really a sleepover if the two or more members didn't stay up until at least midnight.
Ryuu had already gone to bed, declaring the two girls crazy to be staying up that late and warning Kimi that he wanted Kagome wide awake for their date the next day.
Date…why did he keep calling it that? Kagome wondered. She was just showing him around, that was…I don't know, more tour guiding than a date! Not that she would be able to tour-guide him for very long, she really had to get back to the Feudal Era. She had been putting it off for far too long, and if she didn't sort things out back in that time, who's to say the modern world won't suddenly start crumbling around her?
Kimi finally seemed to be feeling the effects of a day's worth of shopping combined with staying up until midnight, as she finally collapsed onto her futon with a sigh.
Kagome smiled slightly. "What's wrong, Kimi, you can't possibly be tired, could you? Whatever happened to staying up until midnight?"
"Shaddup." Came the muffled reply in English, and Kagome had to stifle a grin. She hadn't been to many sleepovers before, so it was nice to be able to relax like this and maybe, just for one night anyway, forget about her double life. Also lying down onto her futon, she watched as Kimi finally clicked off the light.
"Hey, Kimi? You came to Japan from America, right?"
"Yeah, our dad is still over there…" Kimi mumbled into her pillow. That's why me an' Ryuu are the only ones in the apartment."
Kagome pondered on this. "Why didn't your father come with you, doesn't he care that his children are the other side of the world?"
Kimi didn't reply for a long time, and when she did, her voice was muffled and thick. "He-he's the CEO of this big company, so it was important that he stayed over there for his work…Ryuu and I can cope on our own."
Something in her voice made Kagome think that she wasn't telling the whole truth, but that something also told her that it was an end-of discussion. Whatever it was Kimi hadn't said, it was something Kagome wasn't welcome in; no matter how fast they had become friends. Kagome sighed softly, before snuggling down into her pillow.
At least she knew that Kimi hadn't stolen the credit card.
***
Feudal Era
Sango and Miroku let out simultaneous sighs. Why, oh why did Kagome have to leave again? It was complete mayhem! They were certain that Kagome had meant nothing but the best when she had extended her help to the Shichinintai, but had she really thought about the sort of effect this would have?
Like them having to squeeze Bankotsu, Jakotsu, Suikotsu and Renkotsu into Kaede's hut, not that Bankotsu was even in there anymore. Kaede had kicked him and Inuyasha out after they proved their inability to discuss anything without resorting to a brawl. That woman was so much tougher than she looked.
Renkotsu and Suikotsu didn't seem eager to pick any fights, however, so they had been permitted to stay inside the hut. But tempers were wearing ever thinner with each snarky comment Renkotsu made, or any strange flux between each of Suikotsu's personalities.
Miroku's eyes twitched. Ah yes. And then there was that problem.
"Jakotsu, get your hand off of his butt!" Miroku blinked in surprise at the sound of Sango's voice, as she beat him too it, and Jakotsu gave a pout before sliding his hand off of the monk's rear.
Miroku sighed in relief. Was this how all the lovely ladies he took the pleasure to…er…examine, felt? So, violated, so unclean? Should he stop his lecherous ways now that he finally understood how those many women felt after he in turn had felt them?
Miroku pondered on it for a minute.
Nah. He was sure they understood.
***
Outside
Bankotsu watched, bored, as Inuyasha paced back and forth continuously in front of the strange old well. What was so special about the damn thing? Maybe it was where he was going to meet Kagome? But why not just meet her back at the old hag's (Kaede's) hut?
Kagome…
Bankotsu had wanted to speak with her more about her promise. He needed to know what had made her say it, why she wanted to help them. Outwardly, it would seem to anyone that she was simply kind, maybe even a little too kind and trusting for her own good. But Bankotsu didn't believe that, no one was that kind. There was always an ulterior motive—but what did him and his brother's have which Kagome could possibly want? Was it money? Protection? Bankotsu didn't know, but he was going to get to the bottom of the situation.
***
Modern Era
Kagome was woken up the next morning by Kimi throwing her new clothes all over the place, several of them having hit Kagome in the face. She groaned before pushing the clothes off of her in order to stretch out, yawning. Kimi paused for a second in what she was doing to glance over her shoulder at Kagome.
"Ahh, good you're finally up. We need to sort your outfit for your date!"
"d-date?" Kagome murmured, still half asleep. Oh, it made such a change sleeping on a bed in the modern era…
Kimi rolled her eyes, and turned back to the piles of clothes around her, "oh right, sorry. I meant we have to pick out an outfit for your friendly little tour around the city with my sibling who just happens to be a boy." She smiled triumphantly as she picked out two items of clothing. A pair of jeans with silver and blue embroidery, and what looked like a ring of cloth.
No, not a ring of cloth. A boob-tube top.
Oh no. no, no, no, no, no.
Kagome was wide awake now, a horrified look on her face. "Kimi, tell me you're joking. Tell me that it's a horrible mistake and you didn't even mean to buy that thing, let alone make me wear it!"
Kimi smirked.
And Kagome somehow found herself dressed in the clothes Kimi had picked along with a pair of strappy sandals, walking down a street with Ryuu. Her cheeks were bright red, and she was staring as hard as she could at the pavement.
Ryuu glanced at Kagome, and let out a sigh. Was his sister deliberately trying to make this as difficult as possible for him? How was he supposed to get to know Kagome when she was too embarrassed to even peel her eyes off of the pavement?
"Uhh…look Kagome…I'm sorry about my sister, we can reschedule this for another day if you feel really uncomfortable about it." He said, though he was really hoping she wouldn't want to reschedule. Kagome finally lifted her head to shoot a surprised look at him, she was sure that he would have enjoyed seeing her embarrassed! Maybe she was still thinking too much of Bankotsu…apart from the small amount of time they had spent in the cave together, he had always been so cocky and provoking. He had loved jibing at Inuyasha…
And if they rescheduled, she could head back to the feudal era! Kagome thought, she could sort out the problem with the Shichinintai! No, that wouldn't be fair to Ryuu. Especially when he didn't even know about her double life. The others would understand.
She grabbed Ryuu's hand cheerfully, completely missing his face go red. "don't worry, Ryuu, i-it's not THAT bad! And I promised to show you around, so let's just do it, okay? And try to enjoy it as much as we can!" all this was topped off with a brilliant smile, and Ryuu was left feeling slightly overpowered.
'how can she be so damn cute without even trying?!" he thought, averting his gave from Kagome's utterly cheerful (if somewhat oblivious) face.
So the 'tour' began, with Kagome leading him around town, pointing out all the different places of interest. All of them. Ryuu rolled his eyes, this was a bit of a drag…but at least she was still holding his hand! (Kagome seemed to have forgotten that she was still doing that) she was just in the middle of talking about some shrine, and Ryuu decided that he had to resort to desperate measures.
Giving her hand a squeeze, he leaned in to whisper in her ear, "hay Kagome, want to grab a bit to eat? This tour guiding thing has left me hungry. After that, you can show me where the cinema is, okay? I'd love to see a Japanese film whilst I'm here!"
Kagome blushed when he did this, she had indeed forgotten about the fact that she had still been holding his hand. 'Lunch and the cinema? That sounds like a date…' she thought, but didn't resist, as Ryuu pulled her over to a fast food restaurant. 'but would that really be so bad? It's not like I'm going to get much other dating in. and Inuyasha won't mind. He's probably got Jakotsu all over him at the moment…' she giggled, and the image of Jakotsu glomping Inuyasha was replaced with one of Kimi glomping him. 'I wonder how he would react if it was Kimi instead of Jakotsu?' the two 15 year olds were now seated at a table, Ryuu holding a tray with an assortment of food on it. He smirked at her "your gourmet dinner is served, Lady Kagome," placing the tray in front of her with a flourish.
Kagome laughed, "Why thank you," she replied in the best English she could, thankful that she had taken that class. Her smile dropped however, as she heard a familiar voice from the other side of the restaurant.
"Kagome?"
Ok, so maybe it's the date part 1. a slight cliff-hanger I guess? Tell me who you think it is!
Ehem…I'd like to just say that Miroku isn't being homophobic when he said he felt violated. It's just he is a womaniser, woman being the key word here, and will probably feel very uncomfortable with another man interacting with him in such a way. To him, the idea of being attracted to another man just doesn't make sense. That's why he said that.
Oh, and enjoy my tragic attempts to inject humour into this chapter. Please review!
