Kagome finished dusting off the desk as she thought about the last week around the house. It had been very quiet lately. Well, as quiet as this house could get.
Sango and Ayame had spent the last couple of days doing every type of research available to them on Kikyo, needless to say they learned their lesson, and their targets had been busy covering for Inuyasha about his absence in the board room.
He still hadn't left his room. It had already been a week and Kaede was starting to get worried. Apparently Inuyasha didn't even want to come down for meals. She was having to put his food outside his door and then he'd snap at her every time she tried to go in. To add more problems for her, the old woman thought that for some reason Kagome should be the one to go up and talk to him. I mean really, what was with that?
Ayame was starting to get on her nerves too. She kept on complaining about not getting any work done. Apparently she had thought she found something a few days before the dinner party and now that there wasn't any time for their targets to worry about their sword, so she was getting nowhere.
"Honestly, does the girl not remember how to do real work?" she huffed to herself as she picked up a book and wiped it down.
Kagome immediately dismissed the thought. She knew why it was taking her team so long, there were two very important reasons that no one seemed willing to talk about. One was of course the Widow issue, but the second…the second was that they both liked it here. They both liked these people, whether they wanted to admit it or not. Subconsciously they were trying to prolong their stay…and she was letting them.
Suddenly the door creaked behind her. She placed the book down and craned her neck a little to see who it was. "Rin? Shippo?"
Shippo immediately smiled and ran up to her, gracing her with a very large hug. Rin came up too, but couldn't jump into Kagome's arms seeing as they were occupied with a certain little boy, "Kagome! Kaede wants to see you in the kitchen," he yelled enthusiastically.
"Does she? Well what about?" asked Kagome as she placed Shippo down. Rin immediately grabbed her right hand once it was free, Shippo grabbed her left.
"I don't know, she just asked us to get you," said Rin happily.
"Well then, we better hurry," laughed Kagome as the two kids sprinted forward and into the kitchen.
When she finally reached them they were standing in front of the legendary swinging door she had had so many issues with. "Is there a particular reason we are waiting outside?"
"They made us do it!" they yelled in unison.
Before Kagome could ask what exactly that little outburst meant, or who made them do what, the two little children were running down the hall and eventually found themselves around the corner and out of the line of fire.
"What the h-" she started as she walked into the kitchen but as soon as the woman looked up and saw her surroundings there was no need to ask what they had meant.
"Those little traitors," she growled.
"No need to growl Kagome, we are all friends here," said Kaede calmly.
Kagome suspiciously looked around as half of the staff stood before her. As she continued her gaze she was shocked at what she saw; Miroku, Kouga and Sesshomaru were there as well, standing next to Kaede. Honestly, you have got to be kidding here! "Sure, friends, because friends always host interventions in the kitchen where they blackmailed two little kids into getting your prey in the appropriate attack zone."
Ana shook her head, "We just want to talk with you Kagome."
"No, you want me to talk with Inuyasha, not with you," she said firmly.
Lilly smiled, "Okay, maybe that's what we want but come on Kagome, you are the only one here that he has ever listened to."
Kagome nearly snorted at that, "Yeah, he listens to me, so he can do the exact opposite."
Kaede sighed, "Kagome child, ye must understand. Inuyasha hasn't stayed up in his room like this since his mother left. Ye have to realize what the boy is going through. Inuyasha is not the most trusting of people, and the boy trusted Kikyo with his future. His whole idea was thrown to the wind in one night."
"So get a new idea, it's not that hard. Heck, maybe he should try one of those dating sites? I hear there are a couple good ones out there," she reasoned with the crowd.
Sango shook her head, "Just go up and get him out of there. He needs someone and he's not going to listen to Kaede or anyone else."
Kagome sent a very direct glare at her teammate, "You don't mean that."
Sango gulped, "Umm…yes…yes I do," she stuttered. Sango, unlike anyone else here, knew what levels of destruction Kagome was capable of and it had taken a lot of convincing before she willingly agreed to corner Kagome like this.
"You shouldn't be arguing with your superiors' woman. Go and talk to my brother, he will at least listen to you," said Sesshomaru calmly as he leaned against the tabletop, eyes closed as if he had no care in the world. How was it someone could look that arrogant and nonchalant in a situation like the one they were putting her in?
"Please just tell me you did not just call yourself my superior," she growled threateningly.
Sesshomaru's eyes snapped open when he heard her threat. Did she just growl at him?
"Child please. Get him out of that room and downstairs, do whatever ye can. This manor is asking you to please do this for us as well as Master Inuyasha," pleaded Kaede in that grandmotherly voice of hers.
"I-I…damit, fine, but don't expect me to be happy about it," she said stubbornly while crossing her arms defiantly. She knew she looked like a little kid stomping her foot because she didn't get the cookie she wanted but damit, she just didn't care right now.
"I don't even know why you all think he will even listen to me anyways," she grumbled as she tried to ignore their stares. After blinking a few times at their current expectant looks, "Wait? You want me to go now?"
"That was the idea," laughed Miroku.
"But…but, oh fine!" she yelled angrily as she headed out through the stupid swinging door that she had decided was going to be torn off its hinges and sawed in half.
After stomping up the stairs and making it to Inuyasha's door she had finally cooled off a little bit. It wasn't so much that she was having to talk to Inuyasha but what made her mad was that she had been bullied into it. Her! The International Thief! Something was seriously wrong with this situation here.
After taking a few deep breaths, because she really didn't know what she was about to face, she quietly opened the door.
The room was pitch black, even she was having a hard time seeing what was in front of her, though that made sense seeing as how she had been in the bright daylight all day and hadn't had time to adjust to such darkness. Very quietly she stepped into the room and closed the door, careful not to let in anymore light than necessary. Within just a few moments Kagome's eye's found themselves adjusted to the dark room, the shadows were after all, her element.
Kagome surveyed the room. There were papers scattered about, and from what she could deduce they were work related. At least he was doing more than just laying around like everyone thought. She brushed her fingertips over his desk as she summed up how much worked he had seemed to get done. It was quite a lot, it seemed like he had been keeping up his regular business hours.
She was about to head over to the bed, where she could see a pile of blankets and a foot sticking out, when she saw the second big pile of paperwork that was sitting in a box on the floor.
Kagome felt her eyes widen, had he done all this? But this was impossible, even for Sesshomaru's standards this would be way past pushing it. Forget sleep or anything else that was necessary to function. He had to have been working the whole week strait to get this much done!
She turned towards the man's bed, which was up against the back wall in the center of the room, and suppressed a small giggle. His nightstand was covered with various plates and dishes. From what she could see he had the whole week's worth of kitchenware in here. Okay, so maybe this wouldn't be so bad after all, at least he wouldn't be too grumpy.
Walking towards the left side of his bed she sat down on the side of the mattress. What to do? What to do? He was obviously sleeping, she could tell that from the slight up and down movement of the comforter he was wrapped in. She blamed the air conditioning for that one, I mean, come on. Who sleeps with a comforter in the middle of summer?
So now all she had to do was figure out how to wake him up without getting herself killed. She could always open up the heavy drapes that were blocking out the sun, but then the whole dying issue would be her next problem. She could always dowse him with water, but again, the whole death issue would surface once again.
She looked down at the sleeping lump, tracing his outline with her eyes. As she made her way down her eyes landed on his solely exposed foot. She could deduce that he was sleeping on his stomach from the position his foot was in as she continued to stare absentmindedly. In a brief minute of insanity she wondered if he was ticklish, but as the moment passed, the idea seemed less and less insane, and she was truly curious.
After a few more minutes of talking herself into the idea she leaned over and brushed the very tip of her nail against the inside of his foot. Almost immediately she was graced with a response as his foot twitched a little and moved slightly towards the pile.
With a smirk she reached out again and brushed the rest of her nails against his foot. She heard a loud groan and a shift in the bed came from the pile as his foot was immediately pulled into the safety of the sheets and away from her curious fingers.
She nearly laughed out loud, Inuyasha was ticklish! Who would have thought he was ticklish! The rogue, gruff and unpolished, dirty mouthed Inuyasha had a tickle spot! Oh this was just too good to be true.
To excited to wait any longer she let her hand slide under the covers. Very carefully her hand felt around for his foot. Once the object of her desire had been located she smiled as she rhythmically let her fingers dance across his arch. She really couldn't remember when she last had this much fun…well, aside from the dinner party last week.
As she was daydreaming and internally laughing herself silly, Inuyasha found himself suddenly wide awake. Without notice Kagome found herself being flipped over onto the bed. She blinked a few times in confusion as she assessed the situation. Inuyasha was hovering a few inches above her, his body caging hers. Her arms were pinned above her head and she vaguely wondered how they had gotten there. After a few more minutes of looking at her wrists and staring at Inuyasha's own hands that were holding her down, she looked up at her captors face.
She immediately started laughing; the look of shock and bewilderment on his face was priceless. He looked like a second grader being told that two plus two didn't equal four.
"Ka-Kagome?" his voice sounded shaky, like he wasn't sure about what he was seeing.
She just continued to laugh, for some odd and unknown reason she found this whole situation hysterical.
"Kagome, what are you doing here?" he asked skeptically.
Briefly, she was able to subdue her laughter, "I live here you dork…well, you know, not here exactly."
"But what are you doing in my room wench?" he said more forcefully.
"Give it a break Inuyasha, you are terrifying this whole manor with your newly found hermit ideals. I was just checking up on you, I mean, I've got no one to make look stupid when you're not around. Well, I guess I have Kouga but he doesn't hold a candle to you in that department," she finished.
With his arms still surrounding her he huffed, then growled, "You did not just compare me to that wimpy wolf."
"Again with the stupid remarks. I wasn't comparing you to him, I was comparing him to you. Really, get your facts strait," she said while smirking.
He was about to reply to that, with what he didn't know, he just knew he needed to reply somehow, but she cut him off, "So are you going to let me up anytime soon?"
It was then that he noticed their position. He hadn't even realized what he was doing, when he felt someone touching his foot he immediately reacted and did the first impulse that came to his mind. He flipped them over and held them down, giving him the power in any situation that might present itself. He was currently straddling her body, his knees on either side of her, shirtless, while his hips that were covered in a pair of loose sweatpants rested on her stomach. Her very flat, toned and perfectly lean stomach.
He smirked mischievously. This was a very similar position he had had Kikyo in not a week and a half ago when he was over at her place, "No, I'm rather comfortable."
"You would be," she grumbled.
"So what are you really doing here? Kaede send you up?" he asked, this time he wasn't joking around.
"I already told you, the whole place is worried, and while I can tell from those packets of files on your desk that you've been burring yourself into work instead of sulking like everyone guessed, they still want to see you," she answered back truthfully. "So tell me, is this the first time you've slept all week?"
He scoffed, "No, I slept a couple hours a few nights ago too-shit. I mean, no, I've been asleep this whole time," he quickly corrected his mistake.
"You better hope Kaede doesn't find out you haven't slept in the last couple of days or she'll have you under lock and key," she said humorously.
Inuyasha knew he was caught. Kaede would kill him and they both knew it. He had one of two options available to him. Either give into the young woman before him, or face Kaede. He sighed deeply, "Fine, what do you want?"
He would rather take on Kagome than a mad Kaede any day.
He watched as Kagome's smirk grew and he wondered if he made the right decision.
"A nice long ride," she answered back.
"You want a what?" he stuttered back towards her. Was she asking for what he thought she was asking for? At the mere mention of Kagome's little statement he felt his lower half start to stir. This was not good, he was still sitting on top of her.
"I want to go for a ride in that beautiful red Porsche of yours. You can drive, don't worry, I wouldn't dream of taking that away from you. I want to go to this carnival that they are having on the other side of town. It is about an hour's drive away. I heard about it on the radio and I want you to come with me because I think it would be a good breather for the both of us. I mean, I never get out of this house, at least you had work, I on the other hand live at my work. Come on, I need a ride and you need to get out," she finished excitedly.
"You want a ride to a carnival, and you want me to come with you?" he asked suspiciously, though he found himself more than disappointed at her explanation. He was rather looking forward to the idea of what 'ride' meant when she first said it.
"Come on Inuyasha, don't tell me you don't want to get away from this house right now. But I guess if you want to stay here I can always just ring for Kaede." She knew she had won, there was no way that she hadn't.
"You have work, and Kaede will notice if you are missing," he argued.
"I have the rest of the day off, though, you might be a little problem," Kagome scrunched her forehead as she thought. If she would have had the capability to snap her fingers right now she would have, "Hey, I'll sneak you out."
"Sneak out, of my own house?"
"Are you kidding, with how frantic the house is they are never going to let you out, and can you imagine how pissed Sesshomaru would be if he found out you left the manor and it wasn't even for work?" but before she could finish Inuyasha was off her and she was as free as a bird.
She looked up to see Inuyasha walking over to a few drawers and pulling out a black shirt and a pair of jeans, "I take it we're leaving?"
Inuyasha turned around to look at her, "Yeah, we are, so why are you still here? I don't think you want to go to this stupid carnival in your maid outfit."
She looked down at herself, realizing how true his statement was. She didn't want even the other maids seeing her dressed like this, let alone real people. "Alright, meet me down in the garage in ten minutes, I'll make sure the area is clear."
Kagome immediately jumped off the bed and headed towards the door. When Inuyasha turned back around she smiled. Okay, so maybe she wasn't mad anymore for being bullied into this, but she was going to have fun thinking about their faces when they realized he was gone.
Kagome leaned against the red Porsche as she waited for Inuyasha.
In the end it wasn't really that hard to figure out what she wanted to wear, though it felt like ages since she had worn real civilian clothing. Today she wore a simple white racer back tank top that stopped just below her belly button. This was followed up with a pair of low rise hip huggers that managed to show off her perfectly sculpted abs that she was increasingly proud of. After all, she had been out of the game for a month and a half now and she hadn't gained an inch.
For accessories she had on a simple pair of white wedges and a pair of black sunglasses that rested on top of her head. She had eventually decided to put her hair up in a high pony tail so her hair wouldn't get in her face, but of course she couldn't forget her bangs and the few strands of hair she let gracefully fall around her porcelain skin.
The car made a sudden beeping noise and she jumped slightly. She looked up to see Inuyasha standing before her in a black tight fitting but somehow still hanging off his body t-shirt, car keys in his hand. He wore a pair of light blue faded jeans and a pair of black sneakers.
She pouted, "That wasn't very nice, and here I am going to all this trouble to not tell Kaede what you've been up to."
"I still can't believe you're having me do this," he growled.
"Hey, I wanted out of the house and you are a perfect excuse," she argued, "and wait, we have one more coming."
"What?" he looked at her skeptically once again.
She blushed a little as she was caught, "Okay, here's the thing. I wasn't the one that actually wanted to go to the carnival."
"What do you mean wench. Fuck it, I swear I'm firing you here and now unless you tell me why I was dragged out of my room where I could be sleeping!" he yelled.
"Kagome!" yelled a very excited voice.
Kagome turned around to see Shippo bounding towards them full speed, "Shhh Shippo, Inuyasha can't afford to get caught right now."
Shippo jumped into Kagome's arms as he looked at Inuyasha from over Kagome's shoulder, "What's he doing here? Isn't he supposed to be crying in his room?"
Inuyasha immediately took a swing at the kid but Kagome held him close, "He's not crying Shippo, he's been getting a lot of work done and he needs a break."
"Oh, well that's just what Kouga said he was doing," said Shippo sincerely.
"That mangy idiot said what?" yelled Inuyasha.
"Shhh," said Kagome as she swatted at his arm.
Shippo turned towards her, "So, what are we doing here Kagome? You just said you wanted to meet me down here."
Kagome placed Shippo back on the ground, "I have a surprise for you. Inuyasha has offered to take us to that carnival you wanted to go to," she said enthusiastically but still managed to keep her voice down, unlike the other two.
"Feh," mumbled Inuyasha.
Shippo's eyes became wide as he took in Kagome's words. Were they really taking him to the fair? Him, and Kagome and Inuyasha?
Kagome smiled again as she saw Shippo's shocked face, "You should thank Inuyasha Shippo, he's the one whose taking us."
Shippo immediately got out of his stupor and looked at Inuyasha. Once again the silver haired man found himself in an awkward situation. This little kid, that he had met maybe twice, had his tiny little body wrapped around his legs. "Thank you Inuyasha! I've never been to a fair before, my mommy and daddy were always too busy to spend time with me or take me anywhere."
Inuyasha felt a sudden feeling overcome him, it was sympathy. He knew what it was like to have parents who were too busy, because while him mom had always had time for him when she lived here it was rare to ever see his father. Then he remembered what Kagome had said the other day, this little kid had lost both his parents…just like him.
"…Alright squirt, what do you say we head out?" he asked as he scooped Shippo up and placed him in the back seat of the Porsche.
Kagome grabbed his arm before he could get in, "Are you sure you want to do this Inuyasha? You don't have to if you really don't want to."
"Backing out are we?" he challenged.
She huffed, "Your infuriating."
"And your fun to tease, now get in, make sure Shippo is strapped in and hold on because I don't do slow."
Without another word she went to the other side of the car and buckled herself in. Idly, she listened as Shippo talked excitedly about the fair. Kagome turned to face Inuyasha as he started the car and opened up the garage door, "I don't know how we are going to get past the guard at the gate, you have any ideas?"
"One," answered Inuyasha.
She frowned, "We are not driving strait through the fence."
"I will do whatever I like with my gate thank you very much," he said arrogantly.
Kagome gripped on tighter to the seats as Inuyasha gunned it and switched into third gear.
Kagome laughed as she let the wind give her a rush. It passed through her hair, ruffled up her clothes and made her feel so wonderful. She loved this, it was so refreshing. She turned around to look at Shippo and made sure he was okay with the ride and the speeds they were going at only to find him having an even better time than she was.
He would randomly put his hands in the air and close his eyes. Then he would start to make faces at the various cars that couldn't see him. She could tell he was loving every minute of it.
Inch by inch she could feel the car slowing down as they made their way off of the side road and onto the city streets. Once they slowed down enough for her to talk to Inuyasha without screaming she voiced the opinions she had been wanting to say since they crashed through the wooden gate.
"Thank you Inuyasha," her voice held no sarcasm and Inuyasha found himself mildly surprised.
"Don't sweat it wench, I needed it too," he knew he was acting like he didn't care that she expressed her gratitude, as well as praise, but he also knew it meant more to him than it should have.
"Hey Inuyasha, I have a question," voiced Kagome suddenly.
Inuyasha looked in his rearview mirror to see Shippo still making faces at passengers, he couldn't help but let past a small laugh, "What is it?"
He looked over at Kagome when she didn't answer back right away, "I was just wondering what the hell happened to Hiten. He just disappeared one day, what, did he seriously piss you off or something?"
Inuyasha nearly rammed into the stopped car in front of him. Piss him off? You could say something like that, not that he would tell her that of course. "He wasn't doing his job, he's gone. Why, you want him back?"
"God no!" she immediately placed her hand over her mouth as she realized how loud she had yelled that, "I was just wondering."
He smirked as he remembered that particular night. Hiten had been all over Kagome as of late and it had seriously pissed him off. He didn't know why he felt that way, he didn't know why he had the sudden urge to hit Hiten with his own fists whenever he saw that lustful look whenever the moron looked at her. All he knew was that Hiten needed to be gone and gone he became.
One night Hiten came home from a party and all his stuff was sitting outside the gate waiting for him, along with a threat that if he ever came near anyone from this house again Hiten would find himself in jail for whatever crime Inuyasha could currently frame him for. Then he wouldn't have to worry about women. He'd be too busy worrying about his own ass whenever he leaned over in the showers.
Oddly enough no one had heard a word from him since.
A ball swished through the net as Inuyasha made another basket. That was a three out of three score. The teen at the stand looked in disbelief. That was impossible. The game was rigged. The hoop was too small. The only way the ball could make it in is if the shot was a perfect spiral and went directly down into the hoop…and this guy made all three baskets!
"Yay Inuyasha! You won, you won! Look it Kagome! Inuyasha won!" yelled Shippo as he excitedly bounced up and down repeatedly.
Kagome laughed as she grabbed Shippo and swung him around, "That he did."
Shippo jumped down and looked at the net, "But really, did you see that last shot? It was perfect!"
Inuyasha watched as the little redhead praised his work, thus inflating his ego even more.
"Umm…" started the worker in the blue shirt, "what prize do you want?"
"Inuyasha, get the green one, get the green. The giant green one with big teeth!" yelled Shippo as he continued to jump up and down.
Inuyasha looked up at the giant green stuffed dog hanging above their heads. The beast of a toy came up to his mid chest so you knew it would be twice as tall, if not three times as tall as the little boy. "I'll take the green one, it will go perfect in my room."
"What! No! I want it!" yelled Shippo at Inuyasha.
Inuyasha yanked the giant stuffed dog down, "No, I think I want it."
"But…but…" it seemed Shippo didn't even know what to say back.
Inuyasha managed a glace over towards Kagome who was laughing behind her raised hand. He could see the twinkle of mirth in her eyes and he couldn't help but continue. "Yeah, I could just see this right next to my desk. It would go great with all of my stuff."
He picked it up and held it above Shippo's head as the little boy tried to jump for it. "I'll tell you what, you beat me in the water horse race and I'll let you keep it, alright kid?"
Shippo stopped jumping as he contemplated the situation. Could he defeat Inuyasha? Inuyasha was really good after all. He might need a little bit of help on this one. He turned to Inuyasha in the most serious voice he could muster, "Alright Inuyasha, I accept your challenge."
"Oh this should be fun," smirked Inuyasha.
Shippo immediately stuck out his tongue at the offending silver haired man as he turned to Kagome, "Will you carry me Kagome?"
"Oh what? You can't even walk? You are some wimpy little kid aren't you?" said Inuyasha while once again, smirking at a little boy not even a quarter of his age.
"Please Kagome?" asked Shippo again, but this time there was a hint of pleading it in.
Kagome, enjoying this moment to the fullest scooped the little red head up into her arms and kissed him on his forehead, "Did you even have to ask?"
Inuyasha huffed as he looked at the pair, "You are going to spoil him rotten."
"Spoiled he is not, completely and utterly loved, why yes, he could very well be that one," she said in defense as she held him closer.
Inuyasha turned and headed towards the water horse race stand.
Kagome immediately put Shippo down and winked once she saw that Inuyasha wasn't looking, "Don't worry Shippo, I'll distract him, you just stay focused on winning. I mean really, what is he thinking? That thing totally clashes with his room. Men really have no taste at all."
Shippo laughed at that comment and then ran up to the already walking away Inuyasha. Kagome smiled as she watched the pair. She really didn't have the heart to tell Shippo that Inuyasha was kidding around and had every intention of giving the giant stuffed animal to Shippo.
Once the three of them made it over to the water horse stand the rules were set. Whoever could get the fake plastic horse to the finish line first would win. The trick of the game was to shoot the water gun at the bull's eye in order move the water horse forward.
The two competitors sat down next to each other, the giant stuffed dog in between them. It really was a comical sight.
With the worker's signal to start the two began their race to the finish line. Shippo's little orange see horse had started in the lead with Inuyasha's lagging behind, but the older man's aim was more accurate than Shippo's and once again Inuyasha found himself winning.
"There is no way you are beating me you little squirt!" yelled Inuyasha as his red sea horse pulled up into first.
"No you're not! I have a secret weapon!" yelled Shippo as he tried to concentrate.
"What? Small hands?" laughed Inuyasha, but his laughter immediately stopped when he felt slim and delicate fingers quickly cover up his eyes. "What the h-"
Kagome's voice cut him off, "Hurry up Shippo!"
"Oh you are not helping him cheat!" he yelled.
"Hurry Shippo, I can't hold him forever!" she yelled as she continued to cover his eyes. He immediately tried to pull her hands off while still trying to figure out what direction to fire the water gun in. He stood up when he realized he was going to have to throw her off if he was going to win the race.
When she felt him standing up she immediately jumped up on his back in an attempt to throw him off balance. Once on properly she quickly covered his eyes once again. "He's getting free Shippo!"
Inuyasha swung around in an attempt to grab her but she stayed on, her legs firmly wrapped around his middle and under no circumstances going anywhere. He could hear her laughing as he attempted to spin around again. "Fine! I'll get you off this way then," he smirked.
He immediately started spinning in circles as fast as he could go in hopes of making her dizzy and falling off so he could win. After a few quick turns he suddenly found that maybe spinning wasn't such a good idea. Not only was he dizzy but he also couldn't see. While trying to gain his bearings he took a few steps backwards, completely forgetting about the plastic duck filled pool right next to them.
Step one, step two…and suddenly this idea really didn't sound like a good plan. Once Kagome got her own senses back in order she dizzily looked up to find out that they were tipping over, right into the water filled pool.
"Oh my God no!" she screamed before she was submerged in a pool full of ice cold water.
Once she was able she let go of Inuyasha in an attempt to resurface but she suddenly found herself pulled back under by a forceful grip. Inuyasha immediately used the propelling force to push himself up and into the clear blue skies.
She immediately surfaced out of the four foot tall little pool made out of, apparently, bendable plastic. She looked to her right to see Inuyasha smirking at her. She immediately splashed him with a tidal wave of water as soon as she saw his grin. "Can you do anything but smirk?"
He just smirked even larger in an attempt to rile her up further, and of course it worked.
"Why you little cheat! How dare you pull me under water like that!" she reached over and tried to dunk him underwater. She managed to submerge him pretty quickly but he was stronger than she gave him credit for and she could only keep him under for so long. All the training in the world won't help you against brute strength.
He was back up in a few seconds, laughing of all things, "I'm a cheat? Let me introduce you to yourself because obviously the two of you have some catching up to do."
While still in the water she jumped on his back determined to drown him. If she couldn't keep him under with two hands then she's keep him under with her whole damn body if she had to.
"Umm…" came a voice from the left.
Both Inuyasha and Kagome looked up at the same time to see the perfectly dry Shippo standing before them with the giant green dog next to him.
"I win," was all he said as he looked at them in an amused fashion.
Kagome smiled, "Here that Inuyasha, we win," and to finish it off she did a very Shippo like move and stuck her tongue out at him.
"Mommy," came a voice from the side, "do we get extra points of we catch the people?"
Kagome looked towards the voice and almost shuttered when she looked around. She didn't realize they had fallen into the duck pool and were currently surrounded by little yellow rubber ducky's with numbers on the bottom to indicate which prize had been won.
She turned to Inuyasha, "Maybe we should get out."
Kagome walked out of the ladies bathroom stall as she looked for the two men she had came with. She had been hoping the hand dryers would help out at least a little but of course they didn't. No, that would be too easy. Why couldn't the fates be on her side for once? She had been good…lately.
She looked up to see Inuyasha, in all his own wet glory, and Shippo smirking like a little boy who was just told he was his father's spitting image. Well, at least they had fun right?
Inuyasha was desperately trying to get his body under control. He hadn't noticed how utterly fuckable she looked when he had helped pull her out of the water before hand because he had been a little too preoccupied with what had happened, but now. Now his thoughts from earlier when he had her pinned under him were surfacing yet again.
Her genes clung so tightly onto her form they look painted on and her white racer back was completely see-through leaving no curve to the imagination. If he had half a mind he would burn that little lavender bra she was wearing. And the woman's hair, she had let it down in hopes of it drying sooner. It was so wild, clinging to her body in every shape and form, he just wanted to throw her down on the dirt floor before them and ravage that perfect body of hers.
"Hey, we have everything?" she asked him. The park was closing down and it was time to leave, though Shippo seemed prone to staying the night until they opened up again tomorrow.
He was about to answer her back when he saw something out of the corner of his eye. It was a man looking straight at Kagome. It was relatively obvious what the man was thinking. Not only did he have that lust filled look but his pants seemed to be sporting a small tent. It took a lot of will power, more than he thought he possessed, not to go over and punch the jack ass to the ground, but he restrained himself, Shippo was with them after all.
And then he noticed something else, Kagome had more than one admirer. Damit, did the woman not know how damn sexy she was? Even when not dripping wet she was by far one of the most delicious women he had ever met.
Without another word he reached over to the nearest vending table and put a 50 dollar bill on the counter. "I want a large men's jacket."
Kagome walked over to him with a mischievous look, "What, little baby get cold?"
He grabbed the jacket, forgetting about the change and draped the blasted thing over her shoulders, "No, but you are. Now let's head back."
Kagome looked at the extremely large cover-up he had thrown at her. Did he just buy her something? Out of his own free will? Without hesitation she put in on and walked up to her small group. After a couple of seconds she smiled and looked at her current savior, "Thank you."
He did his usual response and feh'd but she would take what she could get.
Inuyasha on the other hand was still having a hard time. They were still looking at her and he didn't like it. He needed to do something to get them to stop before he did something they would regret. Without another word, because he couldn't think of anything else to keep the stairs away unless he made a direct claim on her telling the others that she was spoken for and not to try anything, he wrapped his arm around Kagome's waist and pulled her closer to him.
She eeped in surprise but didn't say anything else, and for that, he was grateful. He himself didn't know why he was so possessive at the moment and he had no intention of letting Kagome know that.
On the way home Shippo had pointed out that none of them had really eaten anything besides junk food all day and how excited he was about that. Kagome, of course, had played the nurturing roll and asked Inuyasha if they could pick up something on the way home. Much to Kagome's surprise Inuyasha was more than willing.
She was a little curious with the way that he rushed to the bathroom like that. He had just been in one to dry off hadn't he? All that had happened was her coming out of the restroom and them leaving. Speaking of which, she really was grateful that he had bought her the jacket. She was used to the stares and the bodily reaction of men around her but that didn't mean she liked it.
Inuyasha stood in front of the bathroom sink and watched his reflection. He needed to get a hold of himself, he needed to gain control. He had a woman already. Even if Kikyo and him were fighting they still hadn't officially broken up. He, under no circumstances should be thinking of Kagome like this. He shouldn't be so possessive.
Inuyasha reached over and turned on the facet to cold. Once he filled his cupped hands with water he splashed the substance onto his face, determined to gain control of himself.
The waitress immediately sat them down and Kagome flagged Inuyasha once she saw him looking around. There must have been a line, he was in there for a good five or so minutes.
He sat down across from her in the booth, Shippo sitting on her right near the window. "I hope you don't mind, I ordered you a Coke."
"That's fine, so what do they have here?" he asked while looking at the menu.
"Well this is Red Robin so I'm guessing burgers," she said while smiling.
Shippo looked up from his coloring, "Can I get a milk shake?"
"Ask Inuyasha," answered Kagome. Shippo looked at the silver haired man before him expectantly.
Inuyasha looked at Kagome and then the kid, "I don't mind."
Shippo immediately brightened up and returned to his vigorous coloring project.
Kagome put down her menu, "You know what you want?" she asked while looking at both of the men sitting around her.
"I do, I do!" yelled Shippo, "I want the Bacon Cheeseburger for Kids! It comes with chips!" he yelled excitedly.
"But you're of course getting the fruit," finished Kagome.
Inuyasha humorously looked over the top part of his menu as he saw Shippo's face drop at the thought. Fruit over chips? Kagome was hard core.
"Don't start Shippo, you've had junk food all day, one little bowl of fruit isn't going to kill you," she said authoritatively.
"Yes mam," finished Shippo with a sigh.
Inuyasha couldn't help but laugh, he was glad he wasn't a little kid anymore. No one told him what to do.
"Don't worry Shippo, Inuyasha will be having a bowl of fruit too," said Kagome while taking a sip of her water.
"What?" yelled Inuyasha as he placed down his menu.
She gave him a stern look, "You've had just as much as he has, and you need to set a good example."
Inuyasha heard Shippo snicker back at him and he found the sudden urge to aim for the little brat's shin under the table, but then Kagome would find out and he'd be in real trouble then. After much deliberation he decided to take the mature rout, "I'm not going to eat it."
Kagome finished sipping her drink, "Yes you will."
"No I won't," he said while crossing his arms.
"If I have to spoon feed you in public I will Inuyasha, don't forget that," she challenged.
He paled, how embarrassing would that be? The last thing he needed would be for the press to get a hold of something like that! Damit, she got him again!
The waitress who was dressed in a blue Red Robin shirt walked up to them and politely asked for their orders. After each had made their request Shippo turned back to his coloring and Inuyasha looked over at Kagome.
"You seem preoccupied," he voiced.
Kagome was snapped out of her daze, "Oh, I guess so huh? Sorry, I'm not trying to be."
"Anything in particular?" he asked.
Kagome shook her head after a brief smile, "No, just one of those…million different thoughts days but nothing seems to stick. Does that make any sense?"
"No, but I can go with it," he smirked back.
"Oh shut up," she laughed while taking another sip of her water.
"Why'd you get water?" he asked out of the blue.
Kagome looked down at her drink in a confused manor, "Habit I guess. Why, is there something wrong with water?"
"No, I just don't really see you drinking anything else," he concluded. It was true; she always did tend to drink water didn't she. "What, do you just not like anything else?"
Kagome smiled, "No, I just don't like to drink anything I didn't pour myself."
"What does that have to do with water?" asked Shippo. Apparently their conversation was more interesting than coloring. How that was possible she had no idea, they were talking about water for Christ sakes.
"Water has a very distinct flavor," she left out the part that you could usually tell if it was drugged because water was so bland, "it is clear," this time leaving out the part about needing a dissolving drug that instantly become blind to the eye if someone was trying to drug her, "and it is cold." Most drugs dissolved faster when placed in lukewarm temperature. In fact, some chemicals turned different colors when in different temperatures.
Any other assassins would need at least one of a few very distinct water soluble drugs if they made it past these three little tests, furthermore, Widow had personally made sure that her apprentice had built up immunities towards all of those particular drugs.
"All in all, I see no downsides to water," she finished. She wasn't about to point out that other, more powerful drinks are much easier to spike and as one of the most wanted criminals in the world she couldn't take her chances.
Shippo rolled his eyes, "My milkshake is much better."
Kagome laughed at Shippo's naïve response. Trust a kid to only think of what they want and assume it is what everyone else wants too. Shippo took a rather large slurp of his milkshake and placed it back down on the table, unaware of the chocolaty substance covering his upper lip. With another laugh Kagome leaned down and picked up his napkin, determined to get the sinfully delicious substance off of him.
As Inuyasha was watching he suddenly felt someone pull on his hair. He looked up to see a little kid looking down at him. The boy couldn't have been older than three or four and he was hanging off of the back of the booth separating their two tables. "Hey mister?"
"…Yes?" needless to say Inuyasha wasn't sure how to take this whole situation.
"Can I play with your son some time? I like your family, you guys are funny," finished the boy with a grin.
"Sano! Please tell me you are not harassing that poor family!" the mother from the other side yelled.
The little boy, now identified as Sano, just ignored her. It seemed this was a very common occurrence, "Do you have a dog? Mom says we can't get a dog until I'm responsible, whatever that means."
By this time Kagome had finished wiping off Shippo's mouth in order to look up and see a little boy hanging himself over Inuyasha's head, "You make a new friend?"
"I swear if you don't pull him down you are sleeping on the couch, husband or not!" yelled the mother's voice again. Before another word could be said a large manly hand slowly made its way up to the little boy's collar. The hand yanked the boy up off the seat as the boy's father stood up.
"Sorry about that, he tends to climb. I hope you and your family didn't mind," said the man as the boy clung to his father's body joyously without a care in the world.
Kagome shook her head happily, "No, it was no problem at all. He's adorable."
The father beamed. What parent doesn't want a complement about their children? "Thank you and I'm really sorry about that."
The father sat back down with his son in tow but not before Inuyasha heard a very distinct, "Now dear, since I did that do I still have to eat my fruit?"
He turned back towards the rest of his table in disbelief. Kagome sat their smiling, "Well wasn't he cute?"
Before he could reply their food was brought out to them.
They drove home in a quiet but comfortable silence. Kagome had somehow managed to get both of them to eat their little bowls of fruit and Inuyasha stole the last of Shippo's milkshake. As soon as they managed to make it to the car Shippo crashed. It seemed even the hyperactive little boy could only take so much. Who would have thought that one?
Kagome and Inuyasha's clothes had dried, thankfully, while they sat in the restaurant so it was a very pleasant and very dry ride home.
Although Inuyasha was driving his mind was in a completely different world. A family, his family, that is what both the little boy and his parents had called him, Kagome and Shippo. They had called them family. The word he had always wanted attached to his name.
Was that what they had been today? It was, wasn't it?
They had been a family.
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