10. Maaaeee, maaaee….
NEXT MORNING…
"Kagome! Kagome. Get up" her DhaDhaji whispered.
"Mmmmmm…mmm..mm..m" Kagome mumbled something incoherently since her head was under the pillow.
"Get up child we need to get milk before the sun is up" he whispered near her ear.
Kagome rolled over with a stretched hand. Unfortunately her hand was in perfect angle with her DhaDhaji's cheek so naturally her stretching and rolling hit her DhaDhaji square on the cheek making him do 3 acrobats until he fell to the ground shocked.
Her DhaDhaji looked at Kagome and saw that she was smiling sweetly in her sleep. 'He is angry darn-it'his lips formed into an evil smile. He went through the back door and then came after 5 minutes holding something in his hand. He went straight to where Kagome was sleeping and dropped it on her face and watched as it crawled up to her nose and head.
Kagome was having a nice dream which contained a white kitten that she found in the alley while she returned from work. Kagome took it home and fed the cat. The kitten was happily purring. Kagome laid down with the kitten on her chest, the kitten was snuggling upto her neck and its tail fur was tickling her face and neck.
"Stop tickling kitty, you're so naughty"
DhaDhaji watched as she mumbled in her sleep about stop tickling,'Hee! Hee! Yes I know its tickling, that's what you get for hitting your poor DhaDhaji. Now if only you wake up' he whispered evily.
Kagome felt the kittens tail sneak inside her dress,'huh I didn't know kitties have long rough tails' she grabbed something that was snuggling into her dress in her unconscious state.
Her DhaDhaji smiled and moved 10 feet away from her when he saw her hand grab that thing.
Kagome felt something moving in her hand and was slowly waking from her dream. She opened her sleepy eyes and looked at her hand. Her sleepy mind didn't register what was in it, so she naturally went back to sleep. Kagome lied quietly for maximum 5 seconds and then her eyes snapped wide open like a UFO and then…
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa…co ….roach, roach …. Cockroach. GET IT OFF, GET IT OFF" The rooster that was sleeping on the roof flew off, when it heard the ear piercing scream. She bolted from the floor and ran around all the while desperately rubbing her face and neck off of that insect.
Kagome was almost in tears by the time she was sure that all the insect was gone from her body. She looked around the room and saw her grinning DhaDhaji.
"Im gonna kill you old-man" with that said she went after him but he quickly got up and ran for his life. Kagome chased him for almost half-hour until her DhaDhaji's old age caught up to him and was caught by Kagome,'for an old-man he sure is packed with lots of stamina' she thought with each bump she delivered to his head.
"OW OW don't kill your DhaDhaji child, you don't want to shame the family name. Im sorry, sorry. I won't do it again…aah" he pleaded.
Kagome gave one last hit,"Now why would you do something like that? You know that im scared of …that that… slimy disgusting eeew roaches"
"Well I just want to help you wake up" he said folding his hand and pouting. That earned him another bump on his head,"OW" he rubbed his head furiously.
"Well why didn't you try calling huh? instead you shock me to death"
"Hah! I did call but YOU hit me so I tried a different method and you know what? It worked better that I thought" this earned him anothert bump,"OW, stop it already"
"Anyway, now what pray tell did you wake me at this ungodly hour?"
"I almost forgot, now follow me"
"Where to?" Kagome queried.
"Shhhhh be silent we're on a mission to get milk and I want absolute obedience. Do I make myself clear" he asked in an authorative voice.
Kagome was rubbing her head furiously because of her hung-over from yesterday's party and her unusal wake-up call.
Her head was pounding heavily,"Why don't you get it yourself while I go get somemore of that sleep" she suggested.
"No I need you so that you could carry-on this mission even if I die" he said with emotion.
Kagome was now confused,'Is this village has milk scarcity? No, that can't be it then what is he planning to do?' she saw him again and saw the mischevious glint in his eyes and instantly knew that he's upto no good. But since she was curious herself, she decided to become his accomplice.
"Oook" she drawled.
"Good, now follow me cadet" he made his way towards Kaeda's back-yard.
He suddenly dropped down to the ground and started crawling like a soldier when he was near Kaeda's fence and he was making James bond music in the background.
Kagome followed him and did the same. She quickly crawled upto him,"Hey DhaDhaji I thought we're gonna get milk not licking mud from the ground" she whispered.
"Yes we are going towards our goal cadet be patient" he whispered back.
"Umm, what goal? I don't see any milk factory around here only Kaeda goats and hens" she said looking around.
"That's it that is our goal that "GOAT"" he said enthusiastically as he crawled faster and reached the goat.
Kagome's eyes widened,"Don't tell me you drink goat's milk"
"What do you think is the secret of my youth?" he grabbed the goat's hind-legs and lifted it up.
"MAAAEEE, MAAAEE" the goat was making noise at being disturbed.
"Here goatie goatie, DhaDhaji will give you nice grass and leave so please be quite"
MAAAEEE, MAAAEE
He then signaled for Kagome who was watching all this,"Kagome come on and grab its leg like this" he said.
MAAAEEE, MAAAEE
"Why would I want to do that old-man? Since you seemed to be doing it every morning you do it yourself. And what if Kaeda finds out?"
He huffed,"Im doing it for you, since you seem like your about to be blown away by wind. And Kaeda won't know since im doing it everyday and I think she's growing this goat just for me" his eyes went dreamy.
"You idiot im not that bad and Kaeda will have our head if she know"
"Don't worry child leave it upto your DhaDhaji" he said and waved her to come catch the goat's legs
MAAAEEE, MAAAEE
'That is the reason im worried' she thought but went to catch its leg anyway.
Kagome was catching the goat's leg while her DhaDhaji squeezed milk out of it into a bowl. Suddenly she thought she heard some noise,"Oi! DhaDhaji did you hear something?"
He lifted his head and said,"No"
"Ohhh I thought I heard some noise" Kagome said looking around.
"Your just imagining things child, now concentrate on your mission" he said.
"Yeah Yeah" she lazily replied and looked towards the sky, the sun is already up,'what time is it?' she wondered.
Suddenly she heard her DhaDhaji yelp and her ear being caught,"OW OW"
"I thought that it must you fellows"
MAAAEEE, MAAAEE
Kagome saw Kaeda holding her DhaDhaji in the other hand,"OW OW Kaeda it wasn't me, it was DhaDhaji. He's the one who brought me here" Kagome pleaded.
"NO! Kaeda I was just checking if the goat was healthy and if it's giving good milk, you know stuffs like that. Since you're my next door neighbour I thought that I should keep an eye on your goa… I mean you" her DhaDhaji defended.
"Now Mr.Josh, Im perfectly capable of looking after my goat. Why would you want to look at it for me?" Kaeda asked sternly.
MAAAEEE, MAAAEE
"Yes that's it Kaeda don't leave him, he's being very naught these days. He put cockroach on me while im sleeping" Kagome complained with an eveil smirk earning a glare from her DhaDhaji.
MAAAEEE, MAAAEE
"See even the goat is on my side" Kagome said.
Kaeda tightened her hold on Kagome's ears,"OW OW".
"Thanks to your screaming I woke up and was able to find the culprit who stole my goat's milk" Kaeda said.
"See I told you to be quiet, but NO! You wouldn't listen to me. Youths have no respect for their elders these days Kaeda" he was having his hands on Kaeda's shoulder and was blaming Kagome as if he was totally innocent.
"Hey old-man I wouldn't have screamed if you hadn't had put cockroaches on me" Kagome retorted pulling away from Kaeda's grasp, she stood nose to nose with her DhaDhaji.
"Well then you should have woken up while I tried to wake you up"
"It's your fault for trying to wake me up at such an ungodly hour"
Both were engaged in a heated battle that they didn't see Kaeda grabbing a bamboo stick from behind the fence and proceeded to hit them.
"OW OW" both Kagome and her DhaDhaji yelped.
"Now both off you, I want you to do hundred sit-ups and clean the stables" Kaeda ordered to the pair who was desperately trying to dodge her beatings.
"Hundred sit-ups are you nuts Kaeda, I won't be able to walk tomorrow if I do that besides its that old-man's fault so make him do a hundred extra since he's very healthy drinking your goat's milk" Kagome said glaring at her DhaDhaji who was poking his tongue out at her.
"You should have stopped him from doing it but you joined him so you should share the punishment" Kaeda said sternly.
"That's not fair" she earned another hit for that,"OW. Ok Ok ill do it. You know I think your being soft on DhaDhaji since you 2 are sleeping together" Kagome said evily looking at her DhaDhaji whose eyes were bulging out.
Kaeda for her part was blushing and then turned and glared at him,"What is she talking about Mr.Josh?" she asked and proceeded to hit him.
"NO No I said no such things this evil child is lying Kaeda, don't believe her. Ouch ouch" he started running to avoid being hit again,'that bamboo is gonna receive some serious damage from me' he thought of all the way he could break the stick into pieces.
Kagome was laughing her eyes out,'that's what you get old man'
FEW HOURS LATER…..
"You know im never gonna be your accomplice anymore" Kagome was cleaning the stables after finishing exactly 100 sit-ups since Kaeda was counting.
"Well im not gonna take you again you ungreatefull child" he said while rubbing the floor furiously.
"Oh my God why did I have to come here and ruin my week end rubbing the floor with this old goose"
"Hey don't call me an old goose, im still charming can't you see that and because of that reason alone Kaeda fell for me" DhaDhaji said proudly.
"What was that Mr.Josh?" Kaeda asked from her place near the door.
"Hee! Hee! Nothing Kaeda I was just saying how kind you are"
"No Kaeda he's lying, he's telling me of ways to get back at YOU" Kagome shouted making her DhaDhaji hit the floor.
"I would never do that Kaeda, I swear" he said bowing desperately in the direction Kaeda was standing only to see that she's no longer there.
Kagome was laughing from the background,"I didn't know that your this much scared of her DhaDhaji, its really funny you know"
Her DhaDhaji sighed,"Well she's the one giving me company when your not here. So I should naturally be scared of my only other sweet heart"
"Whatever, my shoulders are aching from all the scrubbing, hey DhaDhaji why don't you kiss and make up? So that we could escape her so called punishment" Kagome suggested.
"Easy for you to say but it's me who'll be doing the hard work"
"Hmm that's true, you're not bold enough for that" Kagome said disappointedly.
"What did you just say? I'll show you who's brave when she comes here" he said.
"When who comes where?" Kaeda asked from the door way.
DhaDhaji looked at Kagome who was having a,'show me your bravery' look on her face, gulping he walked up to Kaeda with his head raised. He looked into her eyes and she was looking into his eyes too. Kagome was watching anxiously holding the broom in her hand.
Finally he bent down and,"We finished the cleaning Kaeda" he said making Kagome fall to the floor.
'I should have known that he's no better than a goat' Kagome thought from her place on the ground.
"Hmm good work both of you now why don't you come and have lunch with me" Kaeda asked with a kind smile.
"Oh sure thing Kaeda I'd love to, Kagome why don't you finish sweeping and clean-up for lunch" he said and walked with Kaeda to her house.
"Hey your supposed to be helping me you old goose, your punished too you know" she shouted but he paid no mind and walked along with Kaeda.
"That old man, wait until I get my hands on you" she gritted.
Kagome sighed; she thought how Kaeda and her DhaDhaji looked together. Kaeda is in her mid 40's, she and her DhaDhaji have a wonderful chemistry between them,'I hope they end-up together' Kagome thought while she quickly finished up her chores.
MAAAEEE, MAAAEE
"Yeah Yeah I know your happy that we're caught, but don't be too happy because you'll end-up in my dinner someday and your MAAAEEE, MAAAEE won't help you goatie" Kagome said rubbing her hands together.
MAAAEEE, MAAAEE
"I was just kidding ok, no need to be scared I don't like goats meat anyways" Kagome patted the goat's head and went towards her DhaDhaji house to clean up for lunch.
They all chatted together during the lunch mostly her DhaDhaji and Kagome were accusing eachother and were having an eating battle which ofcourse was won by her DhaDhaji. Finally they decided to go to her DhaDhaji's small vineyard (which will earn a small income for her DhaDhaji besides what Kagome gives), where they spent the reminder of the afternoon until it was time for Kagome to go back.
Kagome packed all her bag and got ready to leave,"Ok DhaDhaji I'll be off now. Be a good old man and don't trouble Kaeda too much"
Her DhaDhaji was crying dramatically,"Don't leave me, please don't leave me. I'll be a good boy" he grabbed her hand and was pulling hardly.
Kagome rolled her eyes this happens all the time,'really he needs to change tactics'
"Don't be so childish old man" but he wasn't relenting his hold on her. Kagome looked at Kaeda for help.
"Come on Mr.Josh if you'll be a good boy and behave ill make those chocolate cookies for you" that got his attention he quickly left Kagome's hand and caught Kaeda's.
"Really, you'll make that just for me Kaeda" he asked with an innocent looking eye.
'I can't believe that old-man; he traded me for cookies' Kagome thought and left quickly. After a few steps she turned and shouted,"BYE DhaDhaji"
That brought him from cookie-mode to normal and knew he was tricked so he sighed, "Bye sweet heart, takecare" he waved back. When she was out of sight his shoulders slumped as if his youth had left him.
"She'll be alright Mr.Josh, don't worry" Kaeda said from beside him. It's the same always he'll look like he lost half off his heart when Kagome leaves.
"She shouldn't be suffering like this Kaeda, she should live like a princess in our home, but not like this carrying burdens on her small shoulders. My son would hate himself for doing this to his little princess" he said looking into the sky.
Kaeda patted him on his back,"Come on we should go inside"
He just nodded and gave one last look in the direction Kagome went and followed Kaeda inside.
Kagome reached home around 8 at night, because of some problem in the railway station her train was delayed. She dropped her bag in the futon and took a long bath; she started drifting in her bath so she decided to end it. She dried herself and tried to towel dry her hair, but it was taking a long time to dry (since her hair is so thick). So she prayed for today and sat down on the futon and flicked the small TV and then tuned to cartoon network and watched tom&jerry. Her head was nodding off as she was flicking between dream and reality, finally sleep won and she drifted to sleep on the futon that was in her hall.