From the previous chapter:
"Dang, do they look alike or what .." Ayame whispered, and then suddenly gasped, hearing the entrance door going 'BAM'.
Everybody turned and their eyes grew big: Inuyasha was panting at the door, looking down; when he rose his head up, he instantly froze, seeing the female that looked like Kagome.
And Kagome? Well, she couldn't get more puzzled than she already was.
Chapter 14 - Want to know what's bad?
Inuyasha was still panting at the door, probably because he had run; the door was in such a position, that the whole gang could see him, but he couldn't see them, and even I don't know how, he didn't even sense or smell them.
And before Kagome could open her mouth, she felt something -or someone- storm right pass her, and her eyes instantly grew big, seeing the girl that she though she looked incredibly like her literally jumping on Inuyasha, hugging him as hard as she could, while laughing and saying his name oh so many times.
Inuyasha stood unresponsive for some seconds, but suddenly snapped back to reality, looking down at the smiling girl, who's arms were around his neck; and again, Kagome's mouth got wide as she saw him .. showing her a smile Kagome would have never believed Inuyasha could show.
'He .. I've only seen him laugh once, when we were in the car (A/N: I don't think anybody saw Inuyasha smile up until now, even though he did smile, except when he and Kagome were at the sea ..) ..' Kagome though, but suddenly her eyes narrowed, seeing as he slowly brought an arm around her waist, still smiling, 'The hell, what could you expect from an ex-sex-crazed jerk with marshmallows in his head..'
"Oh, Inuyasha-kun .. I see you've came," an old woman in a kimono suddenly said, smiling, while entering the room.
"Keh, Kaede, old hag, you still alive?" Inuyasha smirked at her, while his grip on the girl in his arms tightened.
"Ahem, Inuyasha-kun, watch your language. And, as well, watch your behavior," the old woman, whom Inuyasha just called Kaede said, giggling, "who knows what these teenagers might think when they see you two like that?"
"Send them to hell if they don't li-" but Inuyasha stopped, as he turned his head and saw five kids looking at him, two with big, pointy ears, two standing together, with their eyes wide and the last, a raven-haired-with-a-green-streak girl .. making an expression that made him gasp again, an expression of utter-disgust and annoyance.
Suddenly, Kagome turned, went where the girl Inuyasha was with's clothes were, picked up a little thing and then started walking towards where the door to the stair-case was. "It's late, I'm tired and I'm gonna go hit the hay," were her last words before she started going up the stairs.
Ayame glanced at her boyfriend, but suddenly turned all her attention to him, as he was still staring at the stairs, with a worried face; she nudged him, but he just gulped and looked down. "Something's wrong with her .." he mumbled, and put an arm around Ayame's waist.
"What the .. What the hell are you guys doing here??!" Inuyasha suddenly exploded, letting go of the female and walking towards Miroku.
"In fact," Miroku answered, "we got here first, and we're here for school business, so I think you should be the one answering that question; or what, did you miss us?" he finished, having a heavenly-happy expression on his face-- well yeah, he had that expression until Inuyasha punched him.
"That is none of your business," Inuyasha hissed, "and anyway, why did they pick you idiots? I mean damn, a fucking bitch and a stupid wimpy wolf?"
And Inuyasha looked at Kouga, but his eyes grew big, as instead of the hard glare he would normally get from the wolf-yokai, this time he was shot by his girlfriend's glare, who also showed her fangs.
"Why don't you shut up and go fuck a worm, Rumihashi?" Ayame said, again glaring at Inuyasha, while Sango gasped and Miroku 'heh'-ed; she then suddenly turned and forcefully pulled Kouga's shirt of him, and then looked him right in the eye. "You're making me worry, please go to your room and sit quiet, while I go and wash this shirt; you made it a mess!", she finished, giggling at him.
Kouga first looked at her with his eyes big, then faintly smiled at her, kissed her softly and then rushed up the stairs, leaving Ayame to look after him; when Miroku 'heh'-ed again, she turned to him.
"You got that from Kagome, didn't you? Geez, she's such a bad influence," and he smiled, while Ayame grinned. "And anyway, aren't you gonna go too?", he continued, looking at his girlfriend, who smiled at him.
"Yeah," Sango said, "Kagome wasn't feeling well and she was rather annoyed; I sensed it, you sensed it, Kouga sensed it, so I'm gonna go see if she's fine," and she kissed Miroku, then went up at Ayame and both started going up, with Ayame saying something like 'Huh? She wasn't ok? Sorry I didn't notice it' and Sango answering with a 'Neah, Kagome's a hard-to-get person .. Me 'n the boys have been around her for a long time, so that's why.'
Inuyasha looked dumbfounded at remaining teen, and then suddenly shook his head. "What's with the bitch?", he asked, and Miroku snapped back to reality, only to catch the gasp the girl who hugged Inuyasha made when she heard the question.
"Dunno, it's just that she's not ok; call it my demon-sense," he winked at Inuyasha, who 'keh'-ed.
"I'm gonna go register myself here; I'm stayin' with you girls," Inuyasha suddenly said, looking at the female beside him, who smiled; then, he went pass Miroku, narrowing his eyes at him, and walked to the reception-desk.
Miroku looked a while after Inuyasha, and then turned to leave, but smirked when he heard an 'Ahem' in his back. 'Okay, here it goes-' he thought, and turned, now facing the female that had hugged Inuyasha earlier.
And oh boy; she was like the more mature, the more grown-up and not-so-crazy version of Kagome, with a more calm face and, as Miroku carefully observed, calmer eyes than Kagome's, eyes that now were looking him up and down.
"Hey, please excuse me, but are you friends with Inu-kun?"
'Inu-kun?! ..' Miroku thought, barely holding in his laughter. "You mean it looks like it?" he suddenly said, getting all happy and dreamy, but then shook his head and laughed, "Neah, we just know him, had a drink with him and that's all."
'A .. a drink?' the girl thought, and then looked back at Miroku. "And who's that girl that looks like me, or well, like how I looked when I was younger?"
'Whoa, don't tell me she's gonna say she's 30 or somethin'-' but Miroku snapped back to the female when she said an 'hey'.
"Is she one of his sluts?" she suddenly continued, with a normal expression, while Miroku's eyes grew wide, "Does she sleep with him for money, or what?"
Suddenly, her eyes grew big, as Miroku almost glared at her. "Don't dare something like that about my friends, and even more about Kagome!", but then Miroku calmed down, "Heh, and Kagome wouldn't let him mess with her; if that'd happen, the Apocalypse would be here!"
'And she too sensed some tension that appeared when Kagome saw Inuyasha ..' he thought, looking again close at her.
"Oh, okay, sorry, it's just that lots of types of people go around Inu-kun, and you never know," and then the female smiled, "I'm Kikyo, Hamaki Kikyo, 23 year-old single chick; I used to get along very well with Inu-kun a year ago, until I had to leave to America with my sister over there, Kaede, and now I'm back to Japan."
Miroku smiled too, grabbing the hand the girl, Kikyo as she said she was named, held out. "I'm Miroku, the girl with me, my girlfriend in fact, was Sango, the wolf-girl Ayame and the wolf-boy Kouga. And the one you asked about, as I said, is Kagome."
"Cool. How long are you guys staying here?"
"Umm .. About 6 days or so, I think; we're here for some gathering of the best schools in I-don't-know where, so we're staying here for free."
"Whoa, then please take care of me the next week!" Kikyo said as she bowed, but she suddenly felt pulled up, so she looked at the guy next to her and smiled.
"Oi, get the hell up, what're you doing?" Inuyasha mumbled as he looked at Miroku, who just grinned. "Anyway, Kikyo, we're stayin' up, so let's go get our rooms."
"Where up?" Kikyo asked, grabbing Inuyasha's sleeve while they were going up the stairs, with Miroku behind them.
"Up at the best rooms in this place; what do you fucking think, I'd let you stay in any slimy place?"
Miroku was listening with interest what the two were talking, but snapped back to reality when he heard his name from somewhere up, and he looked to see Sango calling him; he rushed passed Inuyasha who 'Hmph'-ed, but then twitched his ears to hear what they were saying.
"Hey sweets, what's up with Kagome?" Miroku asked, grabbing his girlfriend's hand, and still going up the stairs.
"She's pale, so she's not feeling right, though she still says she's okay; I think she must've gotten something from the air from where we were, I mean we were with the train, and then walked through all the city, and then she spoke so much and with so many people at that ceremony .. Why doesn't she want to admit it?"
"She doesn't want us to be worried about her; I mean, we were the ones who got her here, so she doesn't want to be a burden. But believe me, if it were very bad, she would've told you, you're her best friend. Since she didn't say anything, it's probably because she thinks tomorrow she's gonna be okay."
Inuyasha's ears were twitching continuously, and Kikyo looked up at him confused. 'I know those ears; what's he so interested about?' she thought.
'She's not feeling well? ..' Inuyasha's thoughts rumbled.
"Well, if you say so .. What've you been up to?", Sango continued, her grip on Miroku's hand getting tighter.
"Oh, I've talked with that girl- no, not girl .. Ah geez, she's 23, that means she's not a girl anymore, right?"
Sango's eyes grew big, and then she glared at her boyfriend. "Hey, you didn't-"
"What the hell, now I'm that bad?" Miroku laughed, "No, I didn't make any move on her; you're my only baby," and his hand suddenly started a journey to a certain ass, but Sango just pushed him and showed her tongue.
"That's your room, good night," and she walked towards where her room was, but blowed a kiss his way before she entered.
Miroku smiled. "Yeah, good night-" and he wanted to enter the room, but suddenly stopped when he opened the door, gasped, then got back and slammed it, grinning and starting to walk to Sango's room.
Suddenly, the door opened again, and Ayame got out, glaring at Miroku. "Night, Kouga," she said, and then she looked back at Miroku. "Stupid lech, go to your room."
"Why? Ayame, if you want it that bad, you could stay with Kouga, I don't mind staying with Sango at all-"
"Shut up, meanie, I was just kissing with him," Ayame said while she pretended to glare again at Miroku, but then laughed, "Night, Roks."
"Yeah, night Ayame," Miroku smiled and started walking to his room, which's door remained open; just then, Inuyasha appeared from the stairs, and looked in the room, wanting to say something to Kouga, whom he sensed was there, but abandoned the idea when he saw the wolf staying on his bed and looking down, like something was troubling him.
'What the hell ..' Inuyasha thought when he saw Kouga, but then narrowed his eyes when he saw Miroku smiling at him.
"Night, Inuyasha," he said while passing by him, "and night Kikyo, too," and he entered the room.
'What's up with her ..?' was the last thing Inuyasha thought before he too went in his room, after going up another two more floors; he was alone in the room, with Kikyo and Kaede's room in front of his.
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KNOCK-KNOCK.
Silence.
KNOCK-KNOCK-KNOCK-KNOCK.
Silence.
KNOCK-KNOCK-KNOCK-KNOCK-KNOCK-KNOCK!!
"Ah, screw it, I heard already!" Inuyasha yelled from his bed, while yawning, getting up and going at the door. "Who the fuck is it? Damn, it's midnigh-" but he didn't finish his sentence, because when he opened the door, there stood a someone in a very sassy long night-gown, smiling sweetly at him. "Oh, it's you," he finished, and let the girl come in the room.
"Were you sleeping?"
"Yeah; but it doesn't matter now that I'm up, is it?"
"Heh, I couldn't sleep; I mean, coming back here to Japan made me remember a lot of stuff, and I just thought so much about it, now I can't sleep anymore!"
"Damn Kikyo, you always kept me awake when I finally had the time to sleep," Inuyasha 'Keh'-ed.
"Not true, you always had the time to sleep; it's just that you were to busy with those sick sluts," Kikyo pouted at him.
"Hey-" but again, the words never escaped Inuyasha's mouth, as he stopped and suddenly rose his nose and started sniffing the air. "Damn wimpy wolf… what's he doing out my room?" he hissed, and twitched his ears again, when he sensed another person coming. 'It's Miroku's girlfriend- wait, since when do I call him Miroku?'
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"Huh? Sango? Watcha'doin'?" Kouga suddenly asked, while Sango was going up the stairs in his back.
"Heh, for a moment I forgot you're a yokai," Sango smiled and went up to him, "But anyway, what are you doing?"
Kouga looked at her, right in the eyes. "Please, she's really not okay; and I'm waiting for this idiotic machine to give me what I ordered," he said and punched the vending machine that was in front of him. "It's stupid that this is the only one in the whole building."
Sango smiled. "What do we do?"
"Well, I think it's not something so bad, that tomorrow she won't be okay, but it still annoys me that she didn't say anything; I know she's awake right now, for an instance."
"I ask again: what do we do?"
"You go to sleep, your eyes are red," Kouga said, patting Sango's head, but then suddenly narrowing his eyes, "I'm gonna go murder that kid for not wanting to let us to help her."
Sango laughed. "Shut up; but yeah, you go and see what she's doing, though I doubt she would open the door willingly even for you. If she's okay, just give me a short beep on the phone, I promise I won't answer, okay?"
"Sure," Kouga answered, and started going down the stairs, with Sango in front of him. "Hey Sango, isn't it incredible how we all got together? I mean, even though I'm with Ayame and you're with that stupid lech, we get along pretty fine; the same is with my girl and your boy, and Kagome .. Kagome gets along with everybody," he finished and laughed.
"Yeah; we're one true gang .. and I think Kagome had a lot to do with this," Sango answered soft, looking down on the stairs.
Kouga smiled, "… Yeah."
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'Huh, so the damn wench still isn't feeling better?' Inuyasha asked himself, while hearing what Kouga said about Kagome.
"-asha .. Inuyasha! Inu-kun!" Kikyo was yelling at Inuyasha, who suddenly snapped back to reality, and looked at her. "What's going on?"
"Nothing, nothing," he answered, and plopped on the bed.
'It's not nothing! I'm pretty sure it's about that girl he called a 'bitch' earlier .. he doesn't call every stupid girl in his way 'bitch'!' Kikyo thought, but shook her head to brush the idea off, and then went to the window. "Inu-kun, remember, a year ago, when we would spend nights just looking at the moon?"
"Yeah; as I said, you were always there to get me pissed because I wanted to sleep, and you just fucking kept on talking!" Inuyasha said, but although he said that, he 'Heh'-ed. "Open the window, it's a pretty clear night."
"Yeah, isn't it-" Kikyo started saying while she opened the window, but when she looked down, she gasped, stopped talking and swiftly closed the window. "Neah, it's cold, it's better if we let the window closed."
"What're you talking about? Open that damn window already!" and Inuyasha rushed at the window, pulling Kikyo, though easy, and trying to open the window.
"No, Inuyasha, please don't-" Kikyo tried to stop him, but she stopped when she saw him looking out the window, his eyes growing big.
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KNOCK-KNOCK.
Silence.
KNOCK-KNOCK-KNOCK-KNOCK.
Silence.
KNOCK-KNOCK-KNOCK-KNOCK-KNOCK-KNOCK!!
"Ah, screw it, you don't wanna open, huh?" Kouga yelled, though easy, so he wouldn't wake up everyone.
Again, he went down-down-down the stairs, until he got in the lobby, where he swiftly jumped from a window down, then started crawling up back to the second floor, where Kagome's room was.
'Hey, is this it?' he asked himself while peeking from a window. Strangely, the only thing he saw in the darkness was something red, but that didn't scare him; in fact, he snickered. 'That's my baby, Ayame-- Sleep tight, doll,' his thoughts spoke for him, while he kissed the window, and then glared at the next window, while jumping to it.
"Now I'm here, damn you! Open up, or else .." he hissed, but no one answered. Mad, Kouga wanted to push the frame of the window until it got down, but exactly one second before his hand could reach it, the window swiftly opened and Kouga suddenly found himself wet and covered in some .. eggy stuff. "Damn you, Kagome! WHAT THE HELL?! .. Eggs??!" he yelled, but again low, and noticed that the window was opening again, so he put his hands in front, just in case he would get 'showered' again.
The window open, just to reveal a mad-and-glaring pale raven-haired girl, looking him right in the eye; Kouga gasped a little, then he looked up, hearing some noise, but chose to ignore it as he looked back at that white face and red eyes.
"Go to sleep," Kagome hissed and wanted to close the window again, but Kouga firmly put his hand in it's way.
"Stupid Kagome, you wanna get away just after you made me a mess?? You wish," and he opened wide the window again, staying still outside and swiftly put a hand on Kagome's chin, forcing her to look at him. "Sigh .. Complain a little, will ya?" he said, softly, smiling at her.
Seeing his smile, Kagome's lips curled up a little too, as she put her hand above Kouga's. "Why won't you leave me alone? I'll be okay tomorrow, so no need to worry."
"A-hah! You finally admitted that now you're not okay! Yay, I score," Kouga grinned, seeing as Kagome lightened up a little, and then he suddenly pulled something out of his pocket, "and shut up and look at what I brought, cartoned milk!"
Kagome's eyes grew big, and now Kouga grinned again, seeing as Kagome's face was now a big smile, while she grabbed the milk. "Yay, I love cartoned milk!"
"Heh, you love everything that's cartoned! And if you have to drink it with a straw, it's even better!"
"Shaddup, I hate cartoned tea; and anyway .. thanks for the milk and, you know, coming for me," Kagome smiled while she took a gulp from the carton, "it's incredible how you knew exactly what type of things you have to bring me to make me feel better, and I'm happy I got to pour eggs on you, muhahah," and she smirked, taking another gulp of milk.
"Yeah, the egg-thingy wasn't in the plan, but hey-- made you smile," Kouga grinned, "you're such an important chick to us all, especially to Sango, who was dead worried, and to me, so just damn let go of your pride and say when it's not going well, please?"
Kagome smiled sweetly and took another gulp, while looking at Kouga. "Hey, umm .. won't Ayame .. you know, get mad 'cause you came here?"
"That .. I don't know," Kouga laughed, "but I hope she doesn't, 'cause she knows she's the one I'm melting after right now .. and besides that, you're already far out of my reach .."
Kagome smiled again at him. "I'm happy I know you guys; and since it's just us two right now, I'm happy I met you, and I'm happy that you didn't let go of me and tried to understand all about me, no matter how many times I kicked your ass 'live', or in a game," she smirked.
Kouga pretended to pout, "Shut up, dammit; you're lucky you're a girl, you know that. Now finish that damn milk and go to sleep, and hear this, I can sense if you're asleep or awake; so if in a half of hour I don't sense a certain stupid girl in the room next to mine snoring her ass off, I swear I'm gonna come here and 'deliver' all of Miroku's wore socks. And believe me, you don't wanna die yet!"
Kagome started laughing, then punched Kouga friendly on his arm and closed the window, while the wolf-yokai smiled one more time and jumped back down, then entered back from the window in the lobby, went up the stairs, but stopped and gasped when he got to his room: there stood his other three friends, all of them smiling and making the 'V' from Victory sign.
"Hey," Ayame suddenly rushed to him and hugged him, "get undressed, you stink," she finished and kissed him, then whispered at his ear, "and believe me, I'm the one melting every time when we're like this."
Sango chuckled and got close to the couple, suddenly hugging them both, and grinning at them. "Ahem, I looked through your clothes and saw that you don't have another pair of pajamas, so I'm givin' you one of Miroku's, and I want to say thanks, you're incredible; and oh, you two wolfies look so cute together!" she said and hugged them again, giving Kouga a pajama, "Though she's right, you stink."
Everybody laughed, and Kouga kissed his girlfriend one more time, then said 'Good night' to both the girls and started heading towards his room, where Miroku was leaning on the door frame.
"Ahoy brother, I just started the water, so it should be hot by now, perfectly for a midnight shower, along with a midnight snack I snatched from the kitchen this afternoon," Miroku grinned at him, "And yeah, thanks man, I think Kagome's better now, and that means soo much to me and the girls; though damn you, what's with my socks?!" he finished, pretending to throw 'something' at Kouga's most sensible part, while the wolf-yokai pretended to get hit and made a pained face, but then got back to normal, laughing.
"Well, it was the most cruelest thing that appeared in my mind after spending only two hours in the same room as you!"
"Shut up and get in the room," Miroku laughed, kicking Kouga.
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Inuyasha's eyes got back to normal after he saw Kouga leaping back down from Kagome's window, and then running back in the building. 'Keh, stupid wolf .. though he does know how to do some things right too, she's feeling better now ..- Wait, gah, what am I thinking?!'
Kikyo looked at the hanyou in front of her, her eyes narrowed. 'What is going on here??', her mind rumbled, 'Why does he get interested every time there's something concerning those five stupid brats?? .. A year ago, it was just me and him, and oh well, that Bankotsu and those whores, but they didn't really count .. What's happened?', but she snapped back to reality, seeing Inuyasha had closed the door and was now yawning.
"Hey, Kikyo, seriously, aren't you damn tired? You just got here by plane, why don't you go to sleep?" Inuyasha asked, yawning once again.
Kikyo gasped. 'He never told me to go to sleep before! ..', and she continued out-loud, "But hey, don't you want to stay up and talk with me? You know, about us, and about Rin and Sesshomaru, and-" but she was cut off by him.
"Look, I really need to fucking sleep; it's been a long day, so please, let me close my damn eyes for a few hours, ok Kikyo? We'll jabber tomorrow about everything you want," he finished, going to the door.
Kikyo gasped, but then silently went out the door, while Inuyasha faintly smiled at her and wished her 'Good night', then closed the door. Kikyo remained there a few more seconds, but then shook her head and went into her room.
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"…..so, yes, as they say, Americans are reaaaally crazy!" Kikyo laughed gently, and after that she gracefully took a sip of tea out of her cup.
Kaede smiled at her sister, while starting to say something about their trip as well; Inuyasha was slurping some ramen, while paying attention to what the girls near him were saying. He was eating his natural messy-way, which made Kikyo giggle; they were in the eating room, having breakfast
Suddenly, his ears perked up and remained still; Inuyasha slowly lowered then down, continuing to pay attention to the conversation, though with an 'an alert' aura. Kaede just kept on talking, but this didn't go unnoticed by Kikyo. 'I know him very well ..' she thought, but then turned her head when she saw Inuyasha's ears suddenly go up again, and his gaze diverting for a second to the door.
"Aaah geez, it's only morning and I'm already tired!" Sango whined, while entering the room; she was wearing a looong, blue night-gown, because the inn policy was something like 'Home sweet home!', so they let you-- no, they encourage you to walk around like you normally would at home, meaning pajamas and the sorts (Kikyo was in her night-gown as well, along with Kaede; Inuyasha had a half-unbuttoned shirt and a pair of 3/4 plaid pajama pants on him; it was pretty warm inside the building). "Why did you have to give her milk??"
"Hey, now how the hell should I have know milk would make her so sleepy?? I just gave her what I knew would make her happy!" Kouga entered the room with an exasperated look, wearing normal pajama pants and no shirt (Miroku's extra-pajama, in fact).
"Shut up, it's your fault," Miroku and Ayame both said at the same time, with an annoyed look, while both kicking Kouga, him dressed in a normal pajamas, her in a knee-length flowery green night-gown.
"Hey, Ayame, on who's damn side are you??" Kouga roared back, while getting up. "Next time, I'll let you guys deal with her!", while starting to walk at a table around there, with the rest following him; for a second, he stopped and glared right at Inuyasha's table, making eye-contact with him, while Miroku smirked and shook his head.
"Sigh, I can't believe we couldn't wake her up .." Ayame sighed while sitting on a chair at that table, besides Kouga. "I mean, we tried and tried, and she just pushed us back; it's not late or anything, but .."
"Yeah, I too can't believe she didn't wake up," Kouga sighed too, "even after I brought Miroku's damn socks in her room .."
"Why you .. STUPID KOUGA!" Miroku roared and glared at the wolf-yokai, who showed his tongue, while everybody started laughing.
Inuyasha didn't pay a great deal of attention to what they were saying, he was listening to what the girls were telling him about America; the only time when he actually looked at them, he met eyes with Kouga, which made him glare.
Kikyo saw that, and she also noticed that even though he was listening to her, he had an ear a little more up. 'So, even though he pays attention to me, he still quietly listens to them, to see if there's something interesting,' thoughts roared through her mind, 'why do they interest him so much ..?'
Suddenly, Inuyasha's nose moved a bit, while Kouga and Ayame's noses and ears did the same; Kouga grinned.
"Mayday, mayday-" he suddenly said, getting up and putting a hand at his mouth, mimicking a radiophone, "I need help-- repeat, I need help .. OH NO!! Mayday-- .. The impact will be made in five .. four .. three .. two .. one .. ZERO!!--" and he turned to the door, just in time to see a certain Kagome entering, yawning and narrowing her eyes at him; he grinned again, and made the peace sign.
"Kags!" Sango started laughing, seeing the again-yawning-girl at the door smiling dumbly, while rubbing her eyes.
And now, Kikyo frowned as she saw Inuyasha's gaze divert to her for almost two seconds, and then looking back at Kaede, though somewhat .. absent-minded. 'What is with him ..?'
And Inuyasha? .. 'Sigh .. so she's really fine ..,' he thought, trying to remember the glimpse of her image he had caught when he glanced at her; she was wearing a peachy furry pajama, the top part having looooong, and I mean long sleeves, and an angel listening to music pattern on it, while the pants were also long, and she had big, also peachy and with some cat-ears slippers on.
Kagome started walking towards the table where the gang was, grinning; her eyes were looking for the owner of then inn, but suddenly landed on a certain silver-haired hanyou. 'Wha .. What's he doing here? .. Did he stay here? .. And what's with that girl ..-' but her thoughts were interrupted by Miroku's hand, that crawled itself around her shoulder.
"Mornin', sleepy-head," he grinned at her, along with the rest of her friends, while she smiled at them too, but then suddenly narrowed her eyes at Miroku.
"Hey .. next time, please, pretty please wash your socks-" but she didn't finish, as he slapped her head easy, and 'Hmph'-ed, sitting down, while everyone started laughing around him.
"See, see! I told you!" Kouga pointed at Miroku, laughing and him, but then patting his shoulder and then showing him something in the menu.
"So .. how're you feeling?" Ayame winked at her.
"Great! Geez, you guys worry too much! Let's damn eat, my stomach's screaming he wants food!"
And the gang ordered their food from the owner, an old but gentle lady, which had gotten .. a strange attachment to Kagome, bringing her an extra-desert.
Inuyasha, Kikyo and Kaede had finished their meals almost when the gang started to eat theirs, but chose to stay and chat some more.
"So, Inuyasha-kun," Kaede started, after they talked some more about America, "what have you done this year?"
"Keh, old hag, you know I did nothing, what's the point of still asking?"
"Inuyasha," Kikyo pretended to be mad at him, "that's no way to talk to my sister! Anyway, if you don't want to speak about you, tell us how're the others .. Bankotsu, for example."
"He's ok, he just got out of hospital yesterday-" but Inuyasha's sentence was interrupted by a round of loud laughter from the 'Happy Table', how the owner named the table where her 'new fluffy bunny', meaning Kagome, was.
"Whoa .. I'm stuffed," Sango laughed at Kagome, who said something about Miroku's socks again, and again he slapped her head, playfully.
"Yeah, now that we've finished, let's go crush those sons of some bitch-" but Kagome didn't finish her sentence, as Kouga poked her forehead, while the others started shaking their heads.
"You're staying home today!" they suddenly said simultaneously, and started walking towards the door.
"What the .. Whaddaya mean?? Shut up, I'm goin' with ya-" but again Kagome was interrupted by Miroku and Sango making the 'No-no' sign with their fingers. "Aww, come one, guys .. !" and, yet again, Kagome didn't finish, as everybody heard a squeal coming from somewhere outside; Kagome suddenly stiffened, and then grinned. "I .. I know that voice .. ! I know that damn voice!" she suddenly yelled and rushed to the door, just to see it being opened by a petite, cute female, who had her eyes big.
"KAGOMEEEE!!"
"RIIIIIIN!!", you could hear the two squeal and jump one in other's arms, giggling and hugging; a smiling silver-haired young man suddenly appeared behind them, and went to hug Kagome after Rin had finished, while the others had their eyes big.
'Shoot, does he look like Inuyasha / that stupid mutt (depending on who was thinking it) or what .. what the hell is this, 'Meet your look-alike' Day??' Sango, Ayame, Miroku and Kouga thought at the same time, while the girl Kagome had just called Rin looked curious at them.
"Hey, Kags, which one of them is Sango?" Rin suddenly asked, grinning.
"Heh, that's her," Kagome answered, motioning towards Sango, while Rin playfully waved her hand at her and smiled. "And anyway, what's up? What're you guys doin' here, eh Sesshomaru?"
"Oh, we're fine, we're just passing by," the yokai in question asked, him too smiling at the group in front of him, while Rin went and introduced herself and him to them. "What about you? Damn, don't you have school? .. What will be Japan's future, if you guys skip school like this??"
"Oh, shut up, you sound like Jii-chan," Kagome nudged him, while Sesshomaru chuckled. "We're here for a school thing, we have to attend some meetings with some weird people, and just now I was in a damn fight with them-" and she pointed to where the gang was, or well, where it used to be. "Hey- What the, where the damn-- COME BACK HERE!!" Kagome suddenly roared, seeing as her friends swiftly passed by them and started to run towards the door.
"Bye, Kags! Go take a bath and be a good girl!" Miroku shouted, winking at Kagome.
"Stupid guys! Don't you dare go without me! And what about your clothes??"
"We'll change there, like we did yesterday!" the four simultaneously said, while getting out, one by one.
Kagome had her mouth wide open, while Sango, who remained last, turned and winked and grinned at her. "Okay, Rin, Sesshomaru, please take care of our Kagome!!" she said, and went out, leaving Kagome with her mouth still opened, Rin waving happily and Sesshomaru barely abstaining himself from laughing.
Kagome's veins suddenly started to pop, while she closed her eyes and started talking low, "Now, now-- there's no problem, you can laugh all you, Sessh, after all .. I'VE JUST BEEN FOOLED BY MY LIFE-LONG FRIENDS!! .. GAAAH, I'M GONNA PRETEND I HATE THEM ALL MY LIFE!!", and she yelled the last two sentences, making the two around her starting to laugh. " .. I'm gonna go take a bath in those beautiful outdoor springs to calm down, you guys are gonna be around here?"
Sesshomaru smiled. "Yes, I think we will; in fact-" but he was interrupted by Rin suddenly squealing 'Kikyo!!' and rushing towards her table, saying somethin like 'I didn't notice you guys here!'. Sesshomaru just smiled again at his wife, and then turned back to Kagome, patting her head, while she showed him her tongue; then, he turned and started walking at Rin, who by now was all hyped-up in a conversation there.
Kagome turned to the door too, walking slowly. 'So, Rin and Sesshomaru also know her .. Who is that girl? .. Damn, she gets along so well with that ape,' and she furrowed her eyebrows, somewhat annoyed, while getting out of the room and starting to go up the stairs, not knowing that a certain pair of golden eyes followed her until she was out of their sight, 'maybe she's one of that stupid jerk's-- No, she looks too respectable to be like that .. And Kikyo .. Kikyo, Kikyo, Kikyo .. where did I heard that name before? ..' but Kagome's thoughts suddenly stopped, as she remembered ..
-------Flashback (A/N: YEESS, muhahah, those dreaded flashbacks again!!-laughs maniacally--------
"Nothing, continue," she said, still giggling and ignoring the fact that he had called her 'bitch' again; she looked at him, seeing that he didn't want to continue, and sighed. "How long has it been since you've talked with someone like this?" she asked, expecting a something like a 'loooong looooooong looooooooooong time'.
Inuyasha stared at something in front of him. "Actually, in one month there's gonna be a year..", and Kagome gasped mentally.
'Wha ..,' she thought.
"There was this girl, she .. didn't care that I was hanyou, though she would've probably been happier if I was human .. she was Kikyo." He paused, and then resumed, "You and her kinda look similar bitch," and now he turned his head her way, "but she was much more beautiful, and sexier, and she was cute, and like an angel, good, who lived for helping people, in a few words, the exact opposite of some monkey besides me right now," he finished and got hit by Kagome.
--------End flashback--------
Kagome narrowed her eyes now, more annoyed. 'Oh yeah, the angel .. heh, what a joke ..!'
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Kagome's eyes grew big in pleasure as she bit her lips while entering the big outdoor (or well, surrounded by big walls) hot-spring that existed at that inn. There were three of them, one for females, one for men and a common one; there, you could just sit and relax, or take a bath the traditional Japanese way, with or without the bathing suit, your choice (A/N: even though Japanese people are veeeeery stingy, like with touching, or drinking directly from the same bottle, when it comes to things like public baths or hot-springs like these where you have to be naked in front of other people, they have no shame! .. Sigh, sorry if anybody got offended by what I just said, but it's just one of the things that remained in my mind about Japan .. ).
Even though she didn't care much about who saw her or not, as she went in the female section, Kagome chose to come in a swim-suit, just in case; she slowly undressed herself, throwing her pajamas around there and slowly entering the hot water, that tickled every pore of her skin; she was alone in that big place.
"Aaaah .. I could get used to this," Kagome grinned, as she sat on a rock. 'I wonder if people actually used to bathe like this, in the Feudal times .. I don't think it would've bothered me to live in that time; well, actually, considering that the yokais and other creatures then were still wild and most of them killed people just for pleasure ..-' but her line of thoughts was interrupted by the door of the spring opening, and Kagome's eyes grew big when she saw who was standing right in front of her, with a towel over her bathing-suit.
Needless to say that the person who just entered, Kikyo, was as surprised as Kagome, seeing her in the hot water, all rosy; she gasped as she saw Kagome's eyes suddenly narrowing at her.
Sigh .. Sorry it took this long, and sorry I'm dragging it. Action really begins in a few chaps, 'cause they'll be abother 3-4 chaps about the gang and Kagome and Inuyasha, then .. -grins-
Hugs, Jo // FT-chan