Author's Note: Omggg, writer's block -- This was some random class time cookie baking. Hahah…I would work so hard for this story. I went on the internet to find a COOKIE RECIPE for this chapter... See what I do for you! My brother saw and he was like… "What are you doing?" Hahaha. XD What a nice chapter I have concocted. :)
Brief: Oh wow, the gang bakes some COOOOKIES, and 'stuff' happens. :D Kikyou bakes the cookie dough on her face from the heat that's radiating off of it Conflict with Kouga.
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha and co.
Chapter 10: Naïve
It was third period, Home Economics, and Kagome had this class with the whole crew (Inuyasha, Miroku, and Sango). Their teacher was Ms. Haruka, a kind but slightly overweight woman.
"Hello, class! Today, we will be baking cookies!" Ms. Haruka said excitedly. She turned on the overhead, showing a recipe of chocolate chip cookies. "Now, please copy this recipe down onto a clean sheet of binder paper. After ten minutes, I will turn the overhead off and will explain the recipe."
The whole class brought out a sheet of binder paper and started copying the recipe down. After ten minutes, the teacher turned off the overhead and started explaining the recipe, how to make the batter, how much chocolate chips to put in, the heat of the oven, how long it takes and such. After ten minutes of explaining and demonstrations, she let the class start making their cookies. "Alright now, get with your group and start baking at your kitchen station!"
"Oh, and when the cookies are baked you may keep them and bring them home, or you can always donate some to me!" Ms. Haruka said happily. Kikyou and her group snickered.
"This recipe will make three dozen (thirty-six) cookies!"
There were eight kitchen stations; green, red, blue, yellow, orange, black, white, and purple. There were four people in each group. Inuyasha, Kagome, Sango, and Miroku were one group, baking at the green kitchen station. Each kitchen was supplied with a refrigerator, oven, stove, sink, and washing machine.
Kagome, Inuyasha, Sango and Miroku walked towards the green station and prepared their selves to bake. The girls rolled up their sleeves, tied up their hair, and put on an apron. Kagome forced Inuyasha to tie his hair into a low ponytail, not wanting his 'pretty silver hair' to get dirty. He grumbled as Kagome grabbed her hair and tied on one of her red hair ties. Miroku and Inuyasha rolled up their sleeves, as they reluctantly put on the aprons; it was one of Ms. Haruka's kitchen rules. Damn her. They washed their hands sparkly clean, ready to cook.
Kagome clapped her hands together in enthusiasm. "Let's get started, shall we?" Sango replied with about as much enthusiasm. "Yeah!"
Miroku replied with a huge grin, only wanting to eat the cookies when they were finished. Inuyasha grumbled out a 'yeah, yeah'; cooking was not his thing. He thought cooking was for girls!
"Let's get started!" Kagome said. Sango went over to the oven and preheated it to three hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit, and walked back to the counter.
Kagome walked over to their refrigerator and grabbed a stick of butter; following the wrapper that measured one cup of butter. She cut on that line and placed the butter into a bowl, and then putting it into the microwave.
As Kagome was working with the butter, Sango measure three-fourths cup of brown sugar into the measuring cup, and Miroku poured one-fourth cup of white sugar. The microwave made a 'beep' sound three times, signaling that the heating was done. Kagome carefully took out the warm bowl from the microwave, stirring it and checking if it was melted enough. It was good.
"Inuyasha, could you get the big bowl in the cabinet?" Kagome asked, looking over her shoulder.
Inuyasha complied and walked over to the upper cabinet, grabbing a large glass bowl. Kagome poured in the butter, Sango pouring the brown sugar after, and then Miroku with the white sugar.
"Okay, Inuyasha, do you want to beat in the pudding mix?" Kagome asked him a question again.
"Sure," he replied. Kagome got out the egg beater and plugged it in, then giving it to Inuyasha. He looked at the buttons and switches confusedly. 'Do I put it on number two? Four? Hmm… maybe the cookies will be better if I put it on five!' Inuyasha thought, smiling. He could almost imagine it… Kagome would be on her knees praising his wonderful cookies.
He pulled down the switch to the number '5', and the beater immediately started moving at a very hard and fast pace, making the ingredients splatter everywhere. "No, Inuyasha! Turn it down to number two!" Kagome yelled over the noise. The whole class was staring at their station.
Inuyasha pushed the switch back up to number two, where the beater began slowing down. Kagome sighed in relief, and continued pouring in the vanilla pudding mix, sugar and such still on her face.
During the whole beating charade, Sango was busy cracking two eggs and Miroku was getting out the vanilla extract and the teaspoon. As the pudding mix finally blended in, Sango added in the two eggs and Miroku the one teaspoon of vanilla. Inuyasha kept beating all the ingredients, his arm getting tired. "Kagome, I'm getting tired!" he whined.
Kagome sighed. "Alright, alright, let me do it, then."
As she went to grab the beater, their hands brushed together, making them both blush and stop in the tracks. Right now, Kagome's hand was still touching Inuyasha's and they were staring at each other. Inuyasha started to stammer. "U-uh, could you kind of… let go of my hand and get the beater?" he said hesitantly. Kagome snapped out of it and a blush a deeper pink color formed on her cheeks. "O-oh, yeah…" she grabbed the beater and started working out her embarrassment in mixing the ingredients together. Inuyasha walked stiffly over to the other counter, and sat on it. His heart beat at a fast pace, and he tried to somehow slow it down desperately, taking in slow deep breaths.
Meanwhile, Sango and Miroku were gradually and carefully pouring two and one-fourths cup of flour onto a big piece of paper, also shifting in the baking powder. When they finished, Sango sort of half-rolled the paper and carried the flour over to the bowl, where she poured it in and let Kagome mix it all up.
Inuyasha, somehow knowing the batter was almost done, forgot about his embarrassment and went to get two cups of chocolate chips. When Kagome was done, she turned around to get the two cups of chocolate chips to find only… half. She stared at it.
"Where'd all the chocolate chips go?" she demanded. She looked up to find the guilty faces of Sango, Miroku and Inuyasha. Kagome slapped her hand on her forehead. "I'll go get some more chocolate chips…" she mumbled.
When Kagome walked away, Inuyasha walked over to the uncooked batter. "Hm… I wonder if this batter is good…"
"Inuyasha! Don't! We already ate the chocolate chips," Miroku said.
Sango sided with Miroku. "Yeah, you can eat it when the cookies are baked and not uncooked!"
Inuyasha ignored their protests and proceeded in sticking his finger inside the batter, bringing up a gooey texture onto his finger. He brought it up to his mouth, licking it. Inuyasha had a thoughtful look on his face, finger still in his mouth and next to the batter bowl when he heard loud tapping on the floor. He looked the other way and was met with Kagome's face, her left eye twitching. "And why were you eating the batter…?"
Inuyasha laughed nervously, sweat dripping down his face. He looked down and scratched the back of his neck. "W-well… I just wanted to see if it was good…?"
"And was it good…?" Kagome said suspiciously.
Inuyasha gulped. There was no way getting out now; might as well tell the truth… "Y-yeah."
Kagome smiled widely. "Yay! Now let's put in those chocolate chips," she said.
Inuyasha, Sango, and Miroku sweat dropped. 'It must be that time of month,' they all thought together.
Kagome glanced over at Inuyasha again, and noticed he had a bit of batter near the side of his mouth. She leaned closer, making Inuyasha wonder what she was going to do.
'Is… Is she going to kiss me!' he thought.
He noticed she seemed to be staring at a spot next to his mouth. "Inuyasha, you have some batter on your face," she said. 'Of course, she wouldn't kiss me…' Inuyasha mentally slapped himself. Although, he was a bit disappointed that she wasn't going to kiss him after all. He pondered on the reason why he felt so upset.
She stood on her tip toes and darted out her tongue, which in turn reached out to touch his face. He could feel her small, soft tongue licking off the batter. He felt his stomach coil, feeling a heat rushing through down to his groin. He resisted the urge to groan, biting the insides of his cheeks.
"There you go, all gone!" Kagome said, oblivious to his reaction. Inuyasha blushed and looked down, spotting a growing lump on his pants. He panicked, turning around. Sango stifled a giggle while Miroku fisted his hand and covered his mouth, muffling his laughter.
'Kagome is such a naïve little girl, isn't she…' Miroku thought.
Still unaware of Inuyasha's situation, Kagome dropped in the chocolate chips and stirred, while humming a random tune. She set aside the big spoon. "Could you guys get the cookie sheets ready? Two trays. Oh, and don't grease them!"
The three got to work –Inuyasha ignoring the pain in his lower region-, taking out trays and cookie sheets. Kagome carried the large bowl over to the counter where the cookie sheets are, and started dumping rounded spoonfuls of the cookie dough onto the trays; eighteen cookies each. When she finished, she walked over to the oven and grabbed the oven mitts, bringing the two trays with her to the heated oven. She placed one tray on the top, one tray on the bottom. She set the timer to ten minutes.
They all washed their hands (Or Kagome, her face) and Kagome sighed. "Now all we have to do is wait ten to twelve minutes for the cookies to bake…"
The group glanced around the Home Economics room, looking at each group's progress. Everyone was doing pretty good, with the exception of Kikyou's group; Yura, Suki, Kanna, and Kikyou herself; the queen of sluts. They were all wiping their face from the splattered cookie batter from their faces helplessly, crying out. "Oh my gosh, this is, like, totally ruining my make-up!" Kikyou said, frantically trying to wipe her face clean without damaging her perfect (clown) make-up.
"Eek, eek, eek, EEEEK! My dress, it's so, like, RUINED!" Yura shrieked.
Kanna looked relatively calm from her expression, but inside she was screaming. 'My hair! My BEAUTIFUL WHITE HAIR!'
Suki was no better. "Ack! I think this batter is, like, stuck inside my ears!"
Inuyasha, Kagome, Miroku, and Sango couldn't hold their laughter any longer; they burst when they heard the comment about batter being stuck in her ear.
The slut gang stopped their complaining and shrieking as they heard them laugh. Their furious glares were directed at the four laughing teenagers; the ones that made the whole class laugh at them. They were the Home Economics laughing stock!
"Shut, UP!" Yura yelled.
Kagome stifled her laughing a bit to reply. "Why? It's funny," she said. "Right, class?" Everyone nodded, all stifling laughs and giggles also. "See, Yura? This is only a little comedy," Kagome reasoned.
Yura and Kikyou fumed, their faces burning as red as a tomato. You could practically see the batter sizzling on their faces, as if they were baking it right there and now.
Everyone burst out laughing once more, thinking of cookies growing on Kikyou's and Yura's faces.
Kikyou screamed out in frustration and defeat, stalking out of the Home Economics room and out to the nearest bathroom. Her lackeys followed her, intent on cleaning their 'gorgeous faces' too.
"Why, I never!" Ms. Haruka said. "Those four are definitely getting detention; they are going to clean this mess up!"
Kagome grinned, and then heard the timer of their oven ringing. She ran over to the oven and opened it up, checking the edges of the cookies if they were a golden brown color. Inuyasha and Miroku smelled the aroma and thought they went to heaven.
Kagome put on the oven mitts and took out the two trays, placing them on top of the stove. "Yay, they're done! Now all we have to do is wait for it to cool down, and then we can eat…" Kagome sighed dreaming of the delectable cookies, tiny melted chocolate pieces running down her throat and traveling to her stomach, where she would feel the warmth residing inside. She was anxious as ever, always poking the cookies to see if they were cool enough.
Sango let out a little laugh and sweat dropped. "Kagome, it's only been fifty seconds and you've poked the cookies twenty three times; be a little more patient," she said.
Kagome scratched the back of her head, her hair now free from the pony tail. "Eh heh heh… I guess."
After another minute, the cookies were finally cooled down. Kagome, Inuyasha, and Miroku rushed towards to cookies to gobble them like the Cookie Monster, except they were stopped by Sango. "Hey, you guys!"
They stopped in their tracks, looking over their shoulders in impatience, wanting to eat the cookies. "Let's be fair and split all to cookies for four people."
Kagome did the math in her head. "So… we each get nine cookies?" Sango nodded. Inuyasha and Miroku looked at each other, and said "Awesome!" simultaneously.
Sango took for plates and plastic Ziploc bags, and placed nine cookies in each plate. She gave one plate to each person; one for Inuyasha, one for Kagome, one for Miroku, and one for herself.
"Whee hee, cookies!" Kagome shouted in joy. Sango sweat dropped once more. 'So enthusiastic… she's definitely PMSing.'
Kagome unzipped the plastic bag and stuffed a cookie in her mouth, savoring the chocolate taste in her mouth. The others did the same, grinning in delight.
"These cookies are so freaking good… we should become bakers," Miroku grinned.
It was now lunch, and the gang was sitting outside under the Goshinboku. They were all eating their lunches in peace, when Kouga ran up to them with dust trailing behind him. Ginta and Hakkaku, his friends –or what Inuyasha liked to call his 'minions'- were following behind him, panting from all the running.
Kouga kneeled down to Kagome's level clasped her hands in his. "Kagome, my woman!" he said, acting as if the cheating had never happened. Suddenly, he looked at Kagome's clothes. He went closer, his nose almost touching the fabric of her shirt. To say that it was invading and disturbing for Kagome was one huge understatement of the year. "What the hell are you doing in that mutt's clothes!" he yelled.
Kagome fumed with anger. First, he talked to her as if he had never cheated on her. Second, he had invaded her 'personal space'. And now, he was yelling at her for wearing Inuyasha's –who is not a mutt- clothes as if she was some possession he had control over! She slapped his hands away from hers. "You can't tell me who's clothes to wear, flea bag!" she yelled, using Inuyasha's little nickname for Kouga. Inuyasha raised his eyebrows at hearing that. 'She has definitely been hanging out with me/Inuyasha too long,' Inuyasha, Miroku and Sango thought in chorus.
Kouga was taken aback. How dare she yell at him like that! She was his woman! "Well I don't want you in that dog crap's clothes! Now you smell like that dog!" Kouga yelled.
Inuyasha stepped in front of Kouga, blocking Kagome's view. Although, she got a really nice view of Inuyasha's butt… but it wasn't time to stare at it, no matter how sexy. (She's sitting down, remember? )
"Hey, wolf boy. She can wear whatever she wants, so stop bothering her," Inuyasha said, raising his fist. Although he was half dog demon, he didn't exactly like being called a dog, mutt, and especially dog crap. A vein popped out on his forehead, showing he was angry.
"Yeah? Well I can say what I want, LITTLE DOGGY," Kouga said in a cocky voice, placing his hands on his hips. Kagome thought strange thoughts of Kouga being a girl and in a pink dress… she shuddered. He definitely shouldn't put his hands on his hips.
Inuyasha shut his eyes closed and growled, clenching his hands so hard his claws were drawing slight blood. Kagome instantly became worried. "Inuyasha! You're blee-."
"Yeah, I know. I'm going to take care of little wolfy boy here…" Inuyasha said gruffly. Kagome stared at him, still worried. 'He isn't going to start a fight, is he…?'
As she was thinking this, Inuyasha threw a punch at Kouga's face. Kouga's head turned to the side from the impact, and staying there due to his shock. He clenched his jaw and started throwing punches at Inuyasha. Not too much later, there was a big fight going on. They were kicking, punching, and clawing each other. It was as if they would do anything to hurt each other.
Kagome ran up to them and stepped into the middle, making Inuyasha stop mid-way in his punch. Kouga, unfortunately, didn't stop fast enough and ended up hitting Kagome in the neck. She winced and automatically shot her hand out to touch her neck, feeling it pound under her sensitive fingers. Kouga's eyes widened and Inuyasha turned Kagome around to look at her neck. He removed her fingers from her neck, and examined it.
He could see a bruise forming, and his eyes flashed red. He instinctively shot out his tongue and licked it, trying to heal the wound. Surprisingly, Kagome thought, it felt much better.
When he was done, he glared furiously at Kouga. "You… you son of a bitch! You hurt her!" he said, preparing to throw a fearsome punch. Kagome grabbed the front of his shirt and wrapped her arms around his waist. "Inuyasha, don't! He didn't mean it!" she shouted.
Inuyasha's eyes softened as he looked down at her. "But… he hurt you really bad! It gave you a bruise!" he shouted in defense.
Kagome shook her head and dug it into his chest. "He didn't mean it though, its okay, Inuyasha… please don't fight…" Kagome's muffled voice sounded out.
Inuyasha sighed and wrapped his arms around her and then glared at Kouga again- who was looking quite frightened at the moment. "I'm letting you off this time, Kouga… but don't expect it to happen the next time."
Kouga nodded and ran off with his tail between his legs (no pun intended), Ginta and Hakkaku following him. As he ran, thoughts ran across his mind. 'What was that change in his scent? It sort of smelled like Sesshoumaru's blood… it was as if… he turned full demon…'
After Kouga left, Inuyasha and Kagome were still in each other's embrace. Kagome savored the feeling of being in his warm arms, missing it after those long years away in Kyoto.
There was the sound of someone clearing their throat, interrupting their sweet moment together. "Um… Are you two going to stop hugging any time?" Miroku asked while plastering on a perverted grin.
The two best friends formed a blush a deep pink color spreading on their cheeks, and separated somewhat slowly.
"Oh, no, no. I didn't say you two had to stop hugging, I mean you two could have started ki--…" Miroku was interrupted rudely, in his opinion, by being knocked unconscious by two strong fists. Of course, these fists belonged to Inuyasha and Sango.
"Stupid pervert," Inuyasha muttered.
Miroku had somehow miraculously awoke from his unconsciousness to hear Inuyasha's muttered comment.
"Inuyasha, I don't think you should be talking because in Home Economics there was quite a large bo--…" Miroku was once again knocked unconscious even harder, this time by Inuyasha alone. His fist trembled as two veins popped on his forehead.
Kagome stood there, still confused to what Miroku meant. "Hey, what was Miroku going to say, Inuyasha?" she asked.
Inuyasha blushed and walked away silently, not wanting to answer.
Kagome stared at him, and then ran. "Hey, why are you running away!" she yelled, trying to catch up to Inuyasha who was now running.
It was quite impossible with his hanyou speed.
Inuyasha was definitely going to give Miroku another harsh beating.
Heehee Hope you liked. 3,385 words. An (almost) average amount of words in FT. :O Yay!
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