Curiosity Killed the Cat
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Kagome sat quietly in Inuyasha's car as he drove towards the storage garage. Yesterday, all things considered, was an ok day.
They figured out where the key went, they studied for the Math test, and they had a nice, non-exploding, cake before they called it a night.
But they had argued about how they were going to go about getting into the locker, and Inuyasha had finally won, deciding instead of sneaking in or working for Renkzo, they'd just go after school and hope for the best.
Inuyasha hadn't said a word to Kagome about his math test, and Kagome hadn't said a word to Inuyasha.
The test, to Kagome, was as easy as baking a cake-no, as easy as taking candy away from a baby. But she was good at math.
They weren't even learning anything, it was all review from pervious years, and Inuyasha was struggling. And if Inuyasha did badly on his test, then he'd lose his determination and everything would be 10x harder.
"Do you have the key?" Inuyasha asked, looking over to Kagome.
"Yeah," Kagome said, patting her pants pocket. "I have it."
Inuyasha nodded and the car fell silent again.
Kagome sighed and looked out the window, knowing that Inuyasha didn't want to talk about it just yet.
"What are you thinking about?" Inuyasha asked, looking at Kagome, who was staring out the window.
Kagome shrugged, and lazily turned her attention towards Inuyasha, away from the trees that were flowing by, one by one.
"Nothing really. Why?"
Inuyasha shrugged, not looking away from the road. "Just wondering."
Kagome nodded, but she didn't look out at the window anymore.
Yawning, she covered her mouth, blinking her eyes a few times; trying to fight the urge to sleep that was constantly growing inside her. After two nights of staying up late, Kagome was starting to feel tired. Inuyasha glanced at her.
"Sorry, I didn't mean for you to be up that late last night." He said, earning her attention.
Kagome waved off his apology, smiling. "Don't worry about it, I'm not tired." Kagome said, blinking back the water that was trying to dampen her dry eyes.
"Sure your not," Inuyasha said, smiling, look backing out at the road.
Kagome rolled her eyes and leaned back against her seat, intending to rest her eyes for a moment.
"You're such a liar…" she heard Inuyasha say.
"Am…not…" she said, her words coming out mumbled and incoherent.
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Kagome groaned, twisting around, trying to get comfortable.
"Kagome? Wake up. We're here."
Kagome groaned, again, sleepily slapping away the hand that was shaking her shoulder.
"Kagome? We're at the storage garage. Wake up. Kagome?"
Kagome groaned again, but slowly opened her eyes. Squinting, she looked over to Inuyasha, seeing him smiling at her.
"What?" she asked, opening her eyes up wider. Inuyasha shrugged, still smiling.
"Come on, no one's around."
Kagome nodded, unbuckled her seat belt, and moved the jacket that was draped over her. It was Inuyasha's jacket.
"You looked cold." Inuyasha explained, watching her look questioning at the jacket.
Kagome nodded her head, and got out of the car. Stretching, she looked over at Inuyasha.
"You ready?" she asked, walking over to him, grabbing the key out of her pocket.
"Yeah," he said, walking beside her towards the locker.
Kagome handed Inuyasha the key and watched as he successfully unlocked the lock and opened the garage.
Looking around, Kagome followed Inuyasha into the garage. Inuyasha and Kagome stared in shock at what they saw.
"I can't believe it." Kagome said, disbelieving.
Nothing. Nothing was in the garage except cobwebs, darkness, and a few stray twigs, carelessly lying around the ground.
"They must have been here earlier today and emptied out the garage." Inuyasha said.
"Great!" Kagome said, running her hands through her hair. "Just great! Stupid, stupid, stupid Renkzo!"
Inuyasha ignored Kagome and walked over to a stray piece of paper that lay in the darkest corner of the garage.
"What's this?" Inuyasha asked himself, picking up the paper.
"What's that?" Kagome asked, walking over beside him. She bent down, so she was at his level, and looked at the paper.
"It's an ad, and by the looks of it, it's from a newspaper." Inuyasha said, squinting his eyes so he could see the dirty paper in the dark.
"Well what's it say?" Kagome asked, moving closer to Inuyasha and the paper.
"I think it's an add for…'Salon Magic'…" Inuyasha said, moving the paper closer to him.
"The place Renkzo goes for massages?" Kagome said, though it turned out to be more of a question.
"Yeah." Inuyasha said.
Then, suddenly, a picture of the horse became a vivid picture in his mind.
"Why do you think he would cut out this ad?" Kagome asked, looking up at Inuyasha.
"…I don't know…" he said, standing up.
Silence fell between the two, as they stood there, thinking about the scrap of paper and the empty garage.
"So…what now?" Kagome asked, looking at Inuyasha.
Inuyasha checked his watch, and looked outside. It was 7 o'clock. By the time they got back to Kagome's house it would be around 9 o'clock, maybe 10…and that meant.
"We'll go to Salon Magic tomorrow. As for tonight…"
Kagome looked up at Inuyasha, and shuddered when she saw the mischievous look in his eyes.
"Inuyasha…you're kidding…right?"
Inuyasha shook his head no, and walked out of the garage, back to his car.
"Inuyasha? Come on. It's cold!" Kagome said, walking after him, pleading.
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Kagome cursed under her breath as she walked out of her room.
She had spent about a half-hour trying to talk her way out of the bikini, but it was no use. She spent the rest of the way home sleeping, and now she was home, it was dark, and she was in a bikini.
Walking slowly out to her back yard she glared at Inuyasha. He was enjoying her misery. The son-of-a-bitch was enjoying it!
"See Kagome. Is this really that hard?" he taunted, sitting in his chair, watching as she opened his car door and started cleaning out the inside.
"I hate you." Was her simple reply.
Inuyasha shrugged his shoulders and watched as Kagome crawled in and out of his car, cleaning it, before she cleaned the outside.
And even though it was dark, Inuyasha could see her perfectly. And there wasn't a flaw on her body.
She had an hourglass figure, her hair was down, covering the top of her back, and her bikini fit just perfectly. She was wearing a white bikini, which shone in the moonlight, and it had pink polka dots on it.
Kagome closed the car door, dusting off her hands, and quickly grabbing the sponge in the bucket of, now cold, soapy water. She quickly ran the sponge around the all ready totally clean car, and shivered.
"Cold?" Inuyasha asked, standing up.
"No. I'm only in a bikini, in the middle of the night, washing your car with cold soapy war, in the middle of October!" Kagome said, scrubbing even harder on the car.
Inuyasha smiled, watching as she scrubbed away her anger, walking slowly to her.
Kagome kept scrubbing, not caring about how she was getting the grass wet, or how slippery it was.
"Hey-" Inuyasha began, lightly touching Kagome's bare, cold, shoulder.
"Inuyasha I-" Kagome began, turning quickly on her heels, but stopped as she lost her balance, and fell backwards.
Kagome readied herself for the impact that was sure to come, and squeaked when she felt two, warm, arms wrap themselves around her waist, stopping her downward fall.
Kagome opened her eyes to see Inuyasha, maybe about 3 inches away from her face, a huge smile sitting smugly on his lips.
"You are such a klutz!" he said, laughing.
Kagome glared at him, forgetting the position she was in. "I'm not a klutz! You big jerk!"
"Oh really? Then you meant to fall on purpose?"
"Yes!" Kagome said before she could stop herself.
"Oh really? Why?" Inuyasha asked.
Kagome was quiet a second before she got an idea. "To do this!" she cried, pushing herself away from Inuyasha.
Inuyasha, surprised, dropped her, and watched as she fell to the ground. He saw her quickly wince before grabbing the bucket of soapy water and throwing it at him, before he had a chance to move.
Kagome smiled, standing up, watching as Inuyasha stood still, eyes closed, letting the water run off him.
"Pay back's a bitch." Kagome said, trying not to burst out laughing.
Inuyasha slowly opened his eyes, blinking off the excess water on his eyelids, and shook his head, slowly.
"You shouldn't have done that." Was all the warning Kagome got before Inuyasha pounced. He jumped at her, opening his arms and wrapping them tightly around her waist.
"No!' she squealed, trying to get away from his wet body. "Stop!" Kagome said, erupting into laughter.
Inuyasha started laughing too, and he let her go, take a few steps away, before going after her again.
Kagome ran around the yard, Inuyasha after her, laughing madly, as they continued their little game of cat and mouse.
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Done! How cute? I hope you liked this chapter. It took me all morning. Read and Review. Till Next Time...