Disclaimer - I don't own Inuyasha.

Title - Flawless

Summary - He didn't ask for this! He was forced to stay at his shrink's house. And worst of all, he hates her 'perfect' daughter. So why does he feel attracted to her?

Genre - Romance/Humor

Chapter 26: What A Shocking Surprised!

Silence.

More silence.

Even more silence.

A lot more silence.

Silence.

"Can someone please say something 'cause I'm about to lose my mind!" Miroku whined as he drove the car that morning.

Kagome rolled her eyes.

"I have nothing to say," Sango said quietly, looking back at Kagome and Kouga who sat in the back seat.

"Nothing much either," Kagome mumbled, looking out the window.

Sango perched her lips. "Okay . . ." she whistled low and looked at Kouga. "Well since your new and all, how about you tell us about you're self."

Kouga looked at everyone and nodded slowly. "Sure, why not?"

"Why didn't I think of that?" Miroku smacked his forehead. Then he looked up at his mirror and smiled. "So what school did you come from?" he asked.

Kouga rubbed the back of his neck. "I, uh, came from Osaka High School," he replied in a mumble.

"So why are you in Tokyo?" Kagome asked quietly, still looking out at the window watching trees pass.

Kouga shrugged. "I like to travel," he said shortly.

"Do you work?" Sango asked, looking at him.

"Yeah, I work at a car shop part time. So if any of ya need your car fixed I can hook ya up?" Kouga smirked with a thumbs up.

"Gee, thanks buddy," Miroku grinned. "So you live with your parent?"

Kouga shook his head. "Nah, I live in an apartment and since I'm eighteen I can care for myself."

"That's cool," said Sango, then her eyes slyly looked at Kagome. " Kagome's eighteenth birthday is in one month," she said casually.

Kouga grinned and looked at Kagome. "Really?"

Kagome grimaced, still looking out the window. "Yeah," she mumbled.

Raising a brow, Kouga got closer to her and leaned next to her ear. "What's so interesting out there?" he whispered.

Kagome jumped slightly and side glance to find Kouga dangerously close to her. She felt her face heat up for some odd reason. She gulped quietly. "Just look," she said simply.

Kouga raised a brow as he looked outside and his expression turned into a bored one when all he saw were trees passing by. "No offense, kagome, but I'm not much of a tree watcher."

Kagome rolled her eyes. "No you idiot, just keep looking," she said rather annoyed.

Kouga sighed and looked out the window, quietly. He waited for a few moments and then his eyes widen when he saw the most beautiful scenery. It was a view of the lake and it reflected the sun rising with beautiful shades of blue and purple and pine trees surrounding it which made a wonderful contrast to the color of the sky.

"Whoa . . ." Kouga looked out with awe.

"I've seen better," Kagome muttered as she looked away and crossed her arms. She raised a brow when she noticed Kouga still close to her. "Can you move?"

"Huh?" Snapping out of his daze and looked at Kagome with furrowed brows.

"You're invading my personal space," Kagome said annoyed.

Finally realizing, Kouga back away. "Oh, my bad."

Kagome sighed. "Whatever."

"Uh, what's your problem?" Kouga raised a brow in curiosity.

"She's not a morning person although she does wake up early everyday," Sango explained. "She can be a bit bitchy."

"Sango," Kagome said sternly.

Sango shrugged with a small grin. "See what I mean."

Kagome rolled her eyes. "Whatever."

"We're here!" Miroku sang as he got out of the car and spread his arms out wide and took a deep breath. "Ah," he sighed. "Nothing but fresh air and a beautiful scene."

"Dude, there's only trees around this place," Kouga looked at him strangely.

"And that's my dear Sango's favorite color," Miroku said smartly with a sly glance of his girlfriend. Sango rolled her eyes.

"We're going to have to hike in order to go to the lake," Kagome said, looking around. "And that's the path we're taking." She pointed to one of the path.

"Nu uh," Sango shook her head and pointed to another path, "this path is better."

Kagome looked over her shoulder and raised a brow. "No it's not," she softly said.

Sango crossed her arms and nodded firmly. "It is so."

Kagome turned fully to face her and put her hands on her hips. "I don't want to go at that path," she said.

Sango shrugged. "Well I'm going." She turned around and started walking. Looking over her shoulder, she called out for her boyfriend who followed her.

Kagome watched her go and didn't make any complaints. She sighed and started walking to the path she chose.

"Kagome, wait!"

She sighed again. She forgot about him.

"Why didn't you want to go to the other path?" Kouga asked as he reached her.

Kagome shrugged. "This has more obstacles to get to the lake and it's shorter. But I'm guessing Sango wants some alone time with Miroku. Either way, all paths lead to the lake," she mumbled as they entered the path.

"Oh," Kouga said, and looked around the place. "So what kind of obstacles does this place have?"

"This is one," he heard her say. He looked and saw some tree fallen on the ground. It was pretty huge.

"We have to walk around it or go over it," Kagome said. "We could walk around it."

"Or we can go over it," Kouga said.

Kagome raised her brow. "How?"

"Like this." He wrapped his arm around her and ignored her protest and heard her gasp and wrapped her arms around his neck when he took a huge leap over the tree trunk. They landed gracefully. Letting go of her, Kouga looked over the tree. "And I thought it was bigger."

"Oh . . . My . . . God . . ."

Kouga looked back at Kagome in confusion and let out a light chuckle. She looked shaken up. He wrapped an arm around her and pulled her to walk forward with him. "Sorry, I didn't warn you."

Kagome pulled away from his arm and glared at him as they walked. "Yeah? Well next time tell me so I'm prepared!" Then she muttered, "Stupid wold demons."

Kouga just grinned and they continued walking.

After a while the path stopped.

"Uh, I thought you said this leads to the lake?" Kouga looked at her confused.

Kagome pointed up and Kouga looked. His jaw dropped.

"We have to climb over this hill," she said.

Kouga looked at her strange. "It looks pretty big for a hill and there's a lot of dirt."

Kagome raised a brows at him. "Scared that you might get a little dirty?" she taunted him.

Kouga smirked. "Yeah, right."

"You think they'll be okay by themselves?" Sango asked, worried.

Miroku nodded as they walked. "Yeah," he said quietly.

Sango furrowed her brows and walked ahead of her boyfriend. She stopped in front of him.

"Everything okay? You look pensive," she asked.

Miroku waved it off. "I'm fine. It's just that there's just something about Kouga that I can't place my finger on . . ." He rubbed his chin.

"Could it be the fact that he acts a lot like Inu?" Sango guessed.

Miroku shrugged. He wrapped his arm around her shoulders and continued walking. "That could be it," he agreed.

"I think he likes Kagome," Sango said bluntly.

"He does flirt," Miroku said, " but it looks like he has a limits to things."

Sango looked at her boyfriend. "What do you mean?"

"Well for one, he flirts with her but it's like instead of going in for the kill he stops like something is holding him back," Miroku shook his head, "it could be my imagination."

Sango looked at her shoes. "At least Kagome is talking to other people," she commented.

"Kinda what Inu would of liked," Miroku said softly.

Sango looked at Miroku with a gentle expression. "You knew he was leaving, right?" she whispered.

Miroku sighed deeply and nodded. "Yeah, I did," he whispered back.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Sango looked at her shoes again with soft eyes.

"Because he told me not to tell."

Sango smiled weakly. Even though Miroku didn't tell her and it bothered her, he was always loyal to his friends; one of the things she loves about him. She looked at him and leaned in, placing a small kiss on his cheek.

Miroku looked at her with a slight red tint on his cheeks. "W-what was that for?"

Sango shrugged. "Just because."

Miroku smiled a bit and sighed again. "I still have this feeling about Kouga . . ."

Sango bit her lip. "You think she'll be okay?" she asked once again worried.

Miroku looked straight ahead with a serious look. "One thing I know for sure, is that Kagome's a strong girl. She won't lose herself completely with Kouga. But with Inuyasha . . . she was defenseless."

"I beat you."

"Because I let you."

"No, because you were too slow to move because you were afraid to get your pants dirty."

"Okay! So I like to be clean! So what?"

"You're a wuss."

"I like being clean!"

"You're still a wuss."

"Leave me alone!"

"Aw! Did I struck a nerve?"

"Stop making fun of me!"

"And now you're whining. Must suck to lode to a girl especially if you're a full fledge demon."

"Ah! I just let you win."

'Inuyasha wouldn't have cared getting a little mud on his pants,' Kagome thought bitterly. Then she sighed and shook her head. 'There I go again.'

She looked at Kouga with a bored expression. "Now we have to go down the hill," she said softly.

Kouga pouted and crossed his arms. "Fine."

Kagome started to walk down and since the hill was very steep, her legs were dragging her down fast. Her eyes widen as she couldn't control her legs and feared she was going to fall. She was very close down and then her eyes spotted a branch and caught her foot in it which made her body go forward and she closed her eyes and waited for the ground to connect to her face.

But it never came. She opened her eyes slowly and felt a strong arm wrapped around her waist, pulling her up to her feet gently.

"You okay?"

Kagome furrowed her brows. "How did you get down here so fast?"

Kouga grinned sheepishly. "I am a demon so I jump down and then saw you almost falling face flat."

"Thank you," she said quietly and tugged a piece of her hair behind her ear. "Um, can you take you arm of me, now?" she said, pointing to his arm.

"Oh, sorry." Kouga pulled away quickly.

Kagome smiled a bit.

Then saw Kouga smiling at her.

"What?"

Kouga shook his head. "Just wished you would smile more. I think I like you better with a smile on your face."

Kagome bit her lip. "Uh, we're almost close to the lake so we should get going," she said, walking ahead.

Kouga just followed.

"We're finally here!" Sango exclaimed as she spread her arms out.

"Hey guys! Over here!"

The couple looked at Kouga sitting on a rock with his legs dangling, almost close to the water. They walked over to him.

"Hey, where's Kagome?" Sango asked with concern.

Kouga smiled and nodded ahead which made the couple look. They saw Kagome sitting on another rock not far from them and she gazed to the sun setting.

"I'm going over there," Sango said, walking over to Kagome.

Miroku just sat on the rock next to Kouga. He looked at the wolf demon. "So how was it with Kagome?" he asked casually.

Kouga cracked his fingers and sighed. "I know one thing: girl is competitive. We climbed up this hill and she didn't let me use my demon strength so it can be fair. She beat me and called me a wuss."

Miroku threw his head back and laughed. "That's her alright."

Kouga shrugged. "It was fun I guess. She's certainly different from other girls."

"True."

Miroku looked at where the girls are at. Sango was close to making it where Kagome is and Kagome stood up gazing at the sky. He had to admit, seeing his best friend standing and having a beautiful sunset in the background made a very nice scenery.

"Wow!" Miroku heard Kouga sighed. "Have you ever seen something so beautiful?"

Miroku shrugged. His guessing he's talking about Kagome since she is beautiful, then he looked at Sango and smiled sheepishly.

"You could say I have."

"I mean look at that fabulous shade of orange merged with that sexy red," Kouga said dreamily. "I mean this is so gorgeous!"

Then Miroku's eyes widen slightly and he scooted a bit from Kouga a bit freaked out.

'What the hell?"

"Kagome!"

Kagome stopped walking along side with Sango to her next class as she heard her name being called out. It was becoming a habit to respond to the call out and she was getting used to it.

"Yes?" She raised a brow.

Kouga smiled. "So . . ."

Kagome sighed. "Kouga, what is it this time?"

Kouga pouted and bent his head down. "You sounds like you don't love me anymore," he said cutely.

Kagome couldn't help but giggle. For some reason, Kouga was begging to grow on her and she was beginning to think that maybe letting him be her friend was a good idea after all. Kouga was a pretty good friend after all. Souta seems to like him, too.

Kouga smirked as he heard her laugh slightly.

"Okay, but seriously what do you want?" Kagome asked gentler this time.

Kouga rubbed the back of his neck and looked at her nervously which she had to admit that he looked pretty damn cute.

"I was, uh, wondering . . ." he hesitated and blushed a bit.

Sango narrowed her eyes in interest as she watched quietly.

Kagome smiled softly. "Yeah?"

Kouga sighed. "I was wondering since the Homecoming Dance was approaching soon, I thought if you would like to be my date?" he asked.

Kagome looked at him for a moment.

Sango looked at her friend with a raised brow.

"Sure."

Kouga smiled at her answer. "Awesome blossom!" he hugged her and she seemed not at least surprised since he has been doing that for some time but she didn't hug back. He kissed her on both side of the cheeks and then let go. He looked at Sango and grinned. "Now I'm not going to make you feel left out." He approached to her and hugged her as well and kissed her both side of the cheeks.

Pulling away, he excused himself to go to his class.

Then the girls carried onto what they were doing as well.

"So why is she so smiley?" Miroku asked, taking a sip of his soda as him, Sango, and Kagome sat in lunch.

Sango rolled her eyes. "She was asked out to the Homecoming Dance," she said casually.

Miroku raised a brow as he looked at Kagome silently eating her salad with a small smile. He noticed she was beginning to be happier just like when . . .

"So who's the lucky guy that asked her out?" he asked, wondering.

"Kouga," Sango said like no big deal.

As he was drinking his soda, Miroku's eyes widen and spit out his soda.

Sango and Kagome looked at him strangely.

"Are you okay?" Sango asked, rubbing his back.

Miroku looked at Kagome in pure shock. "Kouga?"

Kagome nodded slowly. "Yes, why?" Totally confused.

Miroku rubbed his temples and sighed. Then he looked at Kagome and smiled weakly. "Uh, sweetie?"

"Yeah?"

Miroku looked around nervously. "Um, did you ever noticed the way Kouga acts?" he asked randomly.

Kagome raised a brow. "What do you mean?" she asked.

Sango also looked at her boyfriend confused.

Miroku bit his lip and sighed desperately. "Kouga is . . . um . . . how should I say this? . . . different?"

The girls looked at him like he was an alien from another planet.

Miroku rubbed his neck in pure frustration. "I just don't think Kouga is interested in you that way Kagome," he said simply, hoping she would understand.

Kagome furrowed her brows. "Of course he would say he isn't interested in me but I know he is, I mean he's all flirtatious and hugs me and kisses my cheeks. So what are you getting at Miroku?"

Then Sango's eyes widen a bit and put a hand on her boyfriend's shoulder which got his attention to her and looked at him seriously. "Are you serious?" she asked in disbelieve.

"I noticed since we went to the park," Miroku sighed, burring his head in his arms.

Kagome looked at Sango with a raised brow. "Care to explain?"

Sango furrowed her brows and looked at Kagome seriously. "I think what he's trying to say that Kouga isn't really interested in you Kagome. He's just wants to be your friend and he's very affectionate, if you catch my drift?" She looked at Kagome more seriously.

Kagome's eyes widen. She shook her head. "No," she said in disbelieve. Then she looked at her friend and they gave her a serious look. "No! Guys, come on! No!"

Sango leaned in closer. "Think about it, girl," she whispered. "Awesome blossom?"

Kagome placed a hand on her lips and her eyes widen even more.

She just couldn't believe it.

And why didn't she see it before?

She looked at her friend in pure shock.

"Kouga's gay . . ."

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