What a lovely emotional roller coaster I have been on. (,: I'm so sorry this chapter is late. I've constantly been wanting to punch myself for letting you guys hang for so long. –It's all high school's fault. I hope this extra-long chapter will make up for it! I added a handful of humor; my goal is to make everyone smile at least once this chapter! :DD Kay, go on now. Read:
Kagome woke up the next morning, eyes barely opening under the heavy blanket over her face. The warm sun beamed in her room causing her to sweat.
'Today…I turn eighteen!' Kagome squealed mentally in her head, but only verbally coming out as a mumble in her throat. She couldn't take the heat any longer and kicked off the blanket from her sweaty body. She couldn't quite understand it; She would fall asleep freezing, and wake up burning hot. Kagome turned over in her bed and felt around the cotton sheets for her phone. Feeling the smooth texture of the skin on her phone, Kagome pulled it out from under the blankets and swiped her thumb over the screen. Squinting her eyes she unlocked her phone and pressed her speed dial three, sliding the phone up her face, to her ear.
"This is Rosetta," Kagome's boss said tiredly over the phone.
"Hey Rosetta; it's Kagome. I'm going to take a sick-day today; that alright?"
"Of course birthday girl," Rosetta giggled lightly into the phone at Kagome's silence. Well of course she was silent; she didn't remember telling her boss when her birthday was. –and now she felt bad because she tried ditching work because it was her birthday and all along she knew. She knew!
"Wait…I'm sorry."
"For what? Being born? No Kagome…go have fun! This is the day you're entering adulthood after all!"
"A-Adulthood?" Kagome whispered with a huge gulp. Did she really want to leave her childhood? The thought really had dampened her mood.
"Mhm. Well, if you don't mind, I'd like to get back to my massage from my husband."
"Oh…um…yeah. Sorry about that. Bye Rosetta."
"Bye. Happy Birthday Kagome."
Oooooh. InuYasha was going to be mad….
()()()()
"What do you mean I wasn't the first one to tell you happy birthday!" InuYasha yelled over the phone.
"Rosetta beat ya to it this year."
InuYasha growled through the phone and then sighed. "Do you feel like an adult yet?"
"Not really. I think it's too early before I start getting used to the idea." Kagome felt up the sides of her body and sighed. "Besides, I don't even have my full woman-curves yet."
"You just got out of high school." InuYasha laughed. "a-and you're perfect the way you are…w-with more curves you'd just look fat."
"Hey!"
"No! I didn't mean it like that! It was supposed to be a compliment!"
"Okay…I'll let it slide. This time," Kagome picked at the nail on her middle finger and stared out her open window. Everyone considered that being eighteen-years-old meant you were no longer a child. But in Kagome's eyes she would see herself as one until she was thirty. Now that she was eighteen, she could do a number of things without needing her mother's permission. Considering that fact, she rethought it all. Eighteen was a big leap from seventeen. Even if they were so close together.
"So….birthday girl," InuYasha dragged on. "Want to come over and watch a movie?"
"I thought we saved that for this evening." Kagome stated, her tired eyes drooping once again as she fell back against her plush pillow.
"Are you just going to sleep away your birthday?" InuYasha asked in shock.
"What're you talking about? It's twelve-thirty." Kagome said nonchalantly staring at her alarm clock. She gasped as she launched herself out of her bed. "I really am sleeping away my birthday! I got to go. I'll call you later alright?"
"Sure."
Kagome ran her hands through her hair, tossing the phone on the bed and strolling into her bathroom. She hated when she woke up on certain days and it felt like it was only seven in the morning but yet she found out later, morning had long past.
Turning her shower on she undressed and hopped in to the rectangle where spears of hot water shot on her back like a therapeutic massage. She was surprised her mother didn't come wake her up. Maybe she felt nice and just decided to let her sleep in. Kagome shrugged, pushing the thought away and scrubbed shampoo onto her scalp.
()()()()
"You own me five heirs for this, InuYasha." InuTaisho grumbled, running his hands slowly up and down his face to try and wash away his drowsiness. He sat in the corner of his home office at his desk with five mugs of coffee on each side of him. InuYasha stood there, staring at the carpet of the small room. InuTaisho sighed, pulling out one of the many drawers in his desk and grabbed a manila folder. "The house is yours. Took me all night, but I achieved." InuTaisho tossed the manila folder at InuYasha like a Frisbee and excused himself from the room. "I'm taking a LONG rest."
As InuYasha was just about to open the manila folder, InuTaisho poked his head back into the room. "-And do not forget son," He held up five of his fingers and wiggled each one. "Five heirs."
InuYasha twitched one of his ears like he was actually listening to his father. He pulled out the papers from the manila folder and quickly looked over each printed word. With every sentence his smile grew wider. With every paragraph made him want to leap gracefully around the room. –And with every signed signature made him want to spin happily in his father's computer chair over and over again.
…
Oh what the hell.
"Weeeeee!"
()()()()
"Mom! I told you to get chips and dip! Not hair clips and lip stick!" Sango fumed as calmly as she could toward her mother.
Her mother smiled towards her and placed the grocery bag on the counter top. "Oh. Well I thought you and Kagome were going to have a sleepover after your party."
"It's a possibility, but we need chips for the party and AH! Miroku stop messing with the balloons!"
"Shango…Why are you stressing out so much?" Miroku asked with two balloons up against his chest. Kohaku fell off of the sofa, laughing his head off. "Heh heh. Look, I'm that nurse at our old middle school." Miroku said moving the balloons up and down and making 'boing' noises.
"Jeez Miroku; grow up." Sango rolled her eyes and stepped up on a chair, grabbing a balloon and stuck it onto the ceiling. "This party has to be perfect. If you three aren't going to help, can you at least stay out of my way?"
Ukyomi, Sango's mother, grabbed her keys and patted her daughter's arm gently. "You're a good friend. I'm going to go get you those chips you wanted. Anything else?"
"Some more streamers?" Sango asked sheepishly.
"Sure thing."
"Shango! What'd you get for Kagome?" Miroku asked, taping two balloons to his butt.
"HA!" Sango laughed. "Like I'd tell you!"
"I'll tell you what I got her…" Miroku sang, taping balloons to his chest this time.
"I probably don't wanna know." Sango sang back, in a far more beautiful tone than Miroku. She averted her gave to her little brother and glared at him. "You're still going to have that sleepover with your friend right? This house is mine for the night."
"Yeah…" Kohaku rolled his eyes. "But what about mom? How are you going to get rid of her?" Kohaku watched as Sango's kitten Kirara leaped down the stairs with a 'mew' said after and made her way over to Sango.
"Hello kitty!" Sango cooed, petting Kirara. "Mom has a blind date tonight with someone she met on ."
"That site actually works? Maybe I should make an account."
"You're not old enough, silly."
"How on earth do you plan on keeping all these 'guests' entertained?" Miroku asked with a challenging look as he tried folding his arms over his balloon covered chest. "How on earth do busty girls do that?"
"That's what Sango's going to look like when she's twenty-five." Kohaku commented. "Mom said so."
Miroku's eyes turned to hearts as he stared at the image of Sango's voluptuous body at the age of twenty-five. "I'll be counting the days, hours, and minutes my Shango!"
Sango tore her hands away from the balloon she was holding and dashed up to Miroku, slapping him hard across the face. "Pervert." Sango whipped her ponytail across his face as she swayed into the kitchen. "Keeping all the guests entertained is easy. All I need is this." She grinned, holding up a bottle of alcohol like Simba was held up after being born in The Lion King.
()()()()
"Happy Birthday my granddaughter!"
"Happy birthday sis!"
"Happy Birthday Kagome!"
Kagome came down the stairs of her family's home and was smacked in the face with the delicious aroma of her mother's expert cooking. She glanced over at the dining table and saw a present wrapped neatly, pushed over by Kagome's regular dining seat. Kagome hugged her family and took a seat.
"We were going to take you out to dinner later but InuYasha mentioned he already had a schedule planned with you tonight." Akira smiled, bringing out the appetizers and main courses for lunch. She thought she had made a bit too much food but she realized it wouldn't go to waste.
"Oh yeah, we were going to have a movie night for my birthday. Before that, I'm going to Sango's. She said she made me a cake."
Akira slammed down a monstrous-sized plate in front of Kagome, happily and stepped back. Kagome gulped and tore apart her chopsticks.
"All your favorites," Akira stated and took a seat. "I was going to take you out to eat but this is healthier and you did say you preferred my cooking."
"No, no! This is perfect." Kagome's mouth watered just smelling the delicious food in front of her. By the end of it she would probably have her pants button undone. "Thanks for the food!"
()()()()
InuYasha helped set up the rest of the party with Sango and was double checking their work. Ukyomi had finally come back to the house with green and blue streamers-supposedly Kagome's favorite colors. Last she heard it was pink and green. She guessed girls would forever remain indecisive.
Miroku was slowly bobbing his head to the music on the radio and dancing like a creeper, getting weird stares from Kohaku. Kohaku raised an eyebrow at his older sister and mouthed the words, "You actually like this guy?"
InuYasha slipped his hand inside of his jacket and pulled out a small gift box and set it on the table. He wasn't sure if it'd be silly to wrap up the 'FOR SALE' sign up that had 'SOLD' boldly written over it. He had a feeling Kagome would be confused after she unwrapped it.
The hours seemed to whip by quicker than a blink of an eye. Party guests were quickly swarming in Sango's house while Sango was busy ushering her family out of the house and wishing her mother luck on her date.
"Kohaku; out." Sango demanded, snapping her fingers. Kohaku glared at his sister while he held his sleeping bag close to his chest, making his way out the garage. "InuYasha! Go stall Kagome. I have to tame these people or else it isn't going to be a surprise party."
"What's so hard about saying, 'hey everybody, hide!'?" InuYasha asked.
Sango sent him a dangerous glare that could make even the toughest guy pee his pants…
-Twice.
InuYasha gave her the O.K sign with his fingers and scurried out of the house. How Miroku deals with that she-devil, he'll never know.
()()()()
"'This one….or 'dis one, Gramps?" Kagome asked, holding up two halter tops. Gramps shifted his gaze from the burgundy and turquoise halter tops, pressing his lips together in panic.
"U-um...well that one-"Gramps began, pointing at the turquoise top. "But the red one-"
"It's burgundy, Gramps." Kagome stated like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
Gramps shrugged and gave Kagome a look like she was a stupid. "Green is green and blue is blue."
"Okay, forget the halter tops. Should I just wear pajamas? It's just a movie night."
"Yep," Gramps said staring out her window from where he sat. "How about them flannel pajamas I bought you for Christmas two years ago that I never see you wear?" he replied nonchalantly.
…
'Someone help me…' Kagome begged desperately in her mind.
As if she heard the cry for help, Akira swayed into Kagome's room and picked up the turquoise halter top.
"You're eighteen now Kagome. Burgundy is a more appropriate color for a woman to wear. Gramps, we have tourists." She spoke in her usual cheerful voice as she hung up the turquoise top back in her daughter's closet.
"Holy shish kabob!" Gramps squealed, walking as quickly as he could down the stairs. "I'm sorry Kagome. Your red holder tops are gonna have to wait! The public needs me!"
"Mom! Gramps cussed!" Sota yelled from the bottom of the stairs drinking a juice box.
"You aint got no proof for the cops!" Gramps said, thumping Sota on the head and rushing out the door.
()()()()
Kagome pulled her brand new black boots over her shins that made her appear four inches taller. They were what she received from her mother as a gift during lunch; Sota claimed he paid every penny for them.
She braced herself on the edge of the bed and tried her hardest to stay steady. She…could do this! Kagome was never a master in walking in heels, in fact, not until today had her mother let her put on four-inch heels. Akira had a strict rule: two-inch heels or lower, nothing higher. Apparently high heels were a big thing; Kagome was a woman now.
"Do they fit?" Akira asked, biting on her knuckles to hide her smile.
"Y-yeah I feel so tall in th-GAH!"
At that moment, with her nose smashed against the old carpet of her room, Kagome realized she REALLY needed to vacuum…
"Kagome! Are you alright?" Akira rushed over to her fallen daughter and helped her up. "I knew we should have stayed with two inches!"
"I'm alright mama." She reassured with a flustered face as she dusted off her black skinny jeans. "T-They'll just take some time getting used to. Now; should I leave my hair natural, curl it, put it in a bun, ponytail..?"
Akira observed her daughter with a hand placed firmly on her chin. At the moment she was having an internal conflict with herself. 'What would InuYasha prefer?' She kept asking herself. If Kagome wore her hair up, her neck isn't hidden and that's where InuYasha would smell her scent the most. However…he always preferred her hair down…
"Wear it in a bun; you could always take it down. You have your things packed in Pikachu?" her mother asked when she pointed to the Pikachu backpack hanging on Kagome's desk chair.
Kagome wobbled into the bathroom to put her hair up and nodded. "Hello Kitty pajamas, and Spirited Away; I haven't watched it in a while."
"Okay. I'll be in my room reading. Don't-"
"Fanfiction?" Kagome interrupted with a raised eyebrow.
"Who do you think I am, Gramps? Goodness, you should see some of the things he reads on that site. I'm worried about him. When you leave, don't forget to say bye to me."
"Alright mama."
"Oh and Kagome?"
"Yeah?"
"Happy birthday." She smiled.
()()()()
As Akira's eyes scanned over her romance novel she couldn't help the tears that slid down her cheek. Not only was her baby girl growing up…but a boy planned on taking her away from her home also.
"Baka…"
()()()()
InuYasha gave Kagome an unsure look as he watched her slowly make her way over to his car in baby steps. The outfit she was wearing really made her seem older.
The car was almost in Kagome's reach.
Just a few more steps and she would make it without injuring herself! Staring down at her backpack and ignoring the looks of confusion InuYasha was sending her way, Kagome tossed Pikachu in the backseat.
"Okay; I've had it. What's your deal? Why are you walking like an old lady?"
"Because…" Kagome whispered as if it were a big secret. "Any wrong, sudden movement and I could- WHOA!"
InuYasha winced as his best friend stumbled to the ground. He could have caught her but that seemed too cliché.
"Oww…" Kagome frowned as she grabbed her foot. "My ankle…." Stupid InuYasha for making her loose her focus. She almost made it!
"What the hell, Kagome. What up with the shoes?" He asked with annoyance in his voice as he kneeled before her and forcefully removed the shoe from her foot, not bothering to consider the pain she was currently in.
"Mama said she wouldn't let me wear four-inch heels until my eighteenth birthday; -and today, well, she got me four-inch heels because I've wanted to wear them ever since I was three." With that being said, Kagome pulled InuYasha's face closer to hers by his forelocks. "Three; InuYasha. Three- years- old!"
InuYasha gulped and hated the fact at how red his face probably was. Kagome giggled and tried standing up.
"So if I take 'em off," She continued, "I'll have no practice and never be able to wear them." Kagome looked to where InuYasha was supposed to be but noticed him gone.
She scanned her eyes around the area and stared at the window that led to her mother's bedroom with a wide-opened mouth. There; InuYasha sat, casually having a conversation with Akira who handed him a pair of Kagome's flats and some gauze.
InuYasha leaped down from the second floor with a thump on the dying grass.
"Take those off; put these on." He instructed, tossing her black ballet flats. Originally he had come to stall Kagome for a bit but she was doing an excellent job of doing that on her own.
"But InuYasha…" Kagome whined.
"Mrs. Higurashi said new rule, you have to wait until you're twenty-one."
"That's not fair!"
"-And she said you already fell once before I got here." InuYasha noticed the look on Kagome's face and chuckled.
"What happened to three strikes; you're out? I'm only on the second strike!"
InuYasha wrapped her ankle in the gauze carefully. He didn't understand the point of it, but Akira insisted he take it.
"You might die the third strike."
With narrowed eyes shooting towards InuYasha, Kagome put on the ballet flats. He had a point; she was terrible when it came to high heels.
InuYasha helped Kagome in the car and tossed the new shoes in the backseat. For some reason he pictured Sesshomaru wearing them expertly.
Okay.
That was creepy.
"Darn…" InuYasha sighed as he put the car into drive and listened to it roar to life. "I missed the opportunity to wear four-inch heels on my eighteenth birthday."
()()()()
"For the hundredth time Miroku, sinking into the couch is not an acceptable hiding spot!" Sango hissed through gritted teeth.
Miroku sighed and hoisted himself off of the couch. All the guests giggled in their hiding spots and were anxious to come out to surprise their friend Kagome. Sango had made sure to avoid inviting Kikyo, the one who put an eternal barrier around InuYasha that prevented Kagome from any romantic relationship with him. She also avoided inviting Kouga, the creepy, yet surprisingly good-looking youkai that tried raping Kagome at the last party. And lastly, she avoided inviting Hojo, the suddenly bipolar guy who lost it at the store when Kagome went to go buy candy. With these three not attending the party, it was sure to succeed!
"If any of you pull any shit during the surprise or ruin the surprise; your ass is out. We clear?" Sango stated. Everyone nodded. "Positions."
Sango watched closely from the window in the kitchen as InuYasha's car pulled up. She smiled as she watched them laugh together at something stupid Kagome must have said because her face was all red. All she really needed in the world was InuYasha to make it filled with happiness and laughter.
InuYasha stayed close by Kagome because her ankle was still a little sore. He looked around the quiet neighborhood and hoped he wasn't too early. He didn't have time to call and make sure Sango had everything perfect.
Sango noticed Kagome had her hair up in a cute bun with her bangs hanging out. Sango ran her fingers through her long hair and sighed. If she tried pulling that hair style she would look like she had a fat coconut on her head. Maybe she should cut it…
She almost missed the moment to cue everyone to jump out when the door opened due to her previous thoughts.
InuYasha and Kagome gazed around the room looking for Sango and shuffled over to the table that held her beautiful cake.
"Kya! Look at my cake, InuYasha!" Kagome squealed looking at the stacked chibi cupcakes with faces.
Sango caught the twitch of InuYasha's ears and gave the signal.
"Surprise! Happy Birthday, Kagome!" Everyone sang loudly, springing out of their hiding places. Kagome turned around startled, and brought her hand to her mouth.
InuYasha stood by Sango and started laughing. "Either everyone had really good hiding places or Kagome just totally chooses to ignore the things around her."
"Hey!" Kagome said with a flushed face. "I was more drawn in by the cake..."
Sango ran up and hugged Kagome. "Happy birthday girl!"
"O-M-G Sango this is awesome!"
Miroku turned the dial up on the stereo and had the upbeat music pulsing throughout the whole house. Sesshomaru then came down from the ceiling on a pole with go-go boots on and a speedo.
-Just kidding.
Kagome turned back around to her cake while everyone started dancing and swiping away finger-foods and drinks.
"Sango, did you make this all by yourself?"
"Uh…actually I gave up after tosses the fourth try in the trash and flinging Miroku out the window; out of frustration." Sango said sheepishly and pushed a few strands of her behind her ear. "My mommy made you it." She smirked. "I wasn't born to be a baker obviously."
"Thanks for trying." Kagome shrugged.
"No problem."
"Kagomy!" A familiar voice called out from a distance.
Kagome's smile grew wider and turned around at the perfect time to be crushed by Jakotsu.
"I feel like I haven't seen you in ages! You're getting so big!" He said swinging her off the ground from side to side.
"You invited him?" InuYasha asked Sango in her ear.
"He's the life of the party." Sango shrugged and walked off to go find Miroku.
InuYasha couldn't help but notice the figure standing behind Jakotsu so closely. Her burgundy hair was an amazing length, reaching her toned thighs even in a ponytail held by a thick crimson ribbon. Her ruffled white blouse made a V down the middle of her chest. Around her waist was a crimson obi belt that held up her navy skirt. Her legs were wrapped tightly with navy boots. Her lilac eyes caught the stare of amber eyes and winked at him.
D-did Jakotsu actually have…a girlfriend?
"Oh! Kagome! I want you to meet someone!" Jakotsu exclaimed excitedly. "Koumori-Sama!" Jakotsu sang grabbing the mysterious girl's hand and held it tight. "This is Kagome."
"Hi, happy birthday."
"Thanks. Wow I love your hair!"
"Thank you."
"Koumori-Sama was hired at the Salon by Yuri two-weeks ago to replace InuYasha. Goodness, I would even say he's better than me at doing hair." He laughed.
InuYasha spit out the punch he was drinking and started choking. Did he just say 'He's?'
Sango grumbled low in her throat and stomped over to InuYasha.
"Look, I know we're friends but just because you have your little, big-boobied maid skipping about to clean up after every little mess you make doesn't mean you can pull that shit here. Clean that up." Sango scolded.
"Okay, okay."
There was only one logical explanation for Sango's "bitchy attitude."
She had already taken shots with Miroku before the party.
Yup.
'nuff said.
'T-this is the second time I was checking out a-a guy. I didn't even know it this time.' InuYasha got on his hands and knees and wiped up his spit up punch from the tile with a horrified expression on his face the entire time. How did he not know? He was with Jakotsu after all! He shouldn't have made second guesses!
"Kagome…" Jakotsu said with his hands on his hips as if he were scolding a small child. "Someone needs a haircut."
Kagome twirled her finger in her bangs and nodded. "When can you see me?"
"Does tomorrow sound good? Free of charge."
"I'll pay." Kagome said shaking her head.
"Not when your gift is three free-of-charge visits to the salon." Jakotsu giggled, offering her a flyer with his signature on it.
()()()()
"How did you know that was a guy?" InuYasha asked with a slightly raised voice.
Kagome swallowed her second cup of punch and set it on the counter.
"InuYasha…it's simple. His blouse was slit down the chest. If he was a woman, there'd be some boob there, even if 'she' was an A cup."
"'I guess that makes since. But Jakotsu called him 'Lady'."
"Oh get over it. Jakotsu seems happier to me. Maybe he found the one." Kagome stared at the two dancing and singing Karaoke. "Let's go dance."
Kagome dragged InuYasha to the dance floor, also known as the living room of Sango's family, and started dancing more adventurously than she did at school dances. It could have been the fact that it was just her birthday, or the punch was being helpful.
InuYasha had his arms wrapped around Kagome's fragile frame as he danced against her backside. He brought his face down towards her neck and whispered huskily in her ear. His voice so close to her ear sent shivers down her spine.
Kagome had no idea what he said to her; the music flowed through both her ears and was taking over her soul.
()()()()
After what seemed like an hour of non-stop dancing, InuYasha and Kagome finally called it quits and took a seat on the couch to have a taste of Kagome's birthday cake. It was obvious that the two were drunk after downing three or four cups of punch. It was easy to get a human drunk, but when it came to youkai and demons they had to drink twice as much!
Miroku and InuYasha were laughing at anything that passed by them for no reason.
"InuYasha…I bet Sango's not Japanese." Miroku said bursting into a fit of chuckles with him.
"She's not fooling anyone!" InuYasha added.
"I bet Sango has a-"
"No! Please!" InuYasha begged, falling off the couch and putting a hand on Kagome's lap so she'd stop. "Don't finish that sentence. I'll pee my pants."
"I already did!" Miroku said, without stopping his laughter.
Watching from afar, Sango shook her head at the sight of Miroku making a fool of himself. She seemed to be the only one not drunk at this party. She just hoped by the morning Kagome would remember how much fun she had and praise Sango for all her hard work.
"Sango!" Miroku whistled her over and patted the seat next to him on the couch. "Wassup?"
"Just cleaning up after everyone."
"Oh! Before I pass out," InuYasha said getting up and rushed over to the table to grab his small boxed gift for Kagome. He hopped back onto the couch and dropped it in her lap. "For you my dear." He said in a fake, slurred accent.
"Oh yeah! I gots to go get mine!" Miroku said; dashing off to where he thought his car was. –he didn't remember parking it in the bathroom, that's for sure.
Kagome smiled and took off the top. She started lightly giggling and buried her head in InuYasha's shoulder as if she was about to start crying.
"Oh my gosh…I can't believe you still have this." She said holding up a red crayon with a SIXTEEN-year-old Hello Kitty Band-Aid still wrapped around the broken crayon.
"I want you to have it. Without that dumb crayon we probably wouldn't even have become friends…" Kagome set the crayon back in the small box and embraced InuYasha with the biggest hug she could offer.
"I love that 'dumb' crayon for that, Inu…"
"Um…that's not your real gift. That was more as an inside-joke gift."
"This crayon is SO much more than that though! I-I'm so scared to even hold it. Like at any moment it'll shatter!"
…That was the punch talking.
"I'm back my sexy mamas!" Miroku said dancing over to the couch with a poorly wrapped present. If you had to guess, your answer would have been a three-year-old wrapped it 'with love.' Miroku threw the present at Kagome's head and started cracking up. "Yes, that includes you, InuYasha."
Kagome tore apart the wrapping and examined a lotion she recognized from Victoria's Secret. InuYasha and Sango exchanged a glance. But… Miroku told them….
"HA! In ya faces hanyou and slayer!" Miroku said biting down on his lip and shoving his finger in Sango and InuYasha's face. "I tricked you by saying I got her a thong!" He got up and shoved his butt in their faces. "-And I didn't."
Kagome giggled and got up to hug Miroku. "Thanks Miroku; I love it."
"Hm…" Miroku said, thinking out loud. He pressed his body more firmly against Kagome's body and looked at Sango's chest. "Nah…Sango's are bigger. These feel like little, undeveloped grapes."
"Excuse you?" Kagome gasped; jaw dropping.
"Nuh-uh. Kagome's are." InuYasha said with a roll of his eyes.
"InuYasha, scrape the sand out of your eyes! Look at these cantaloupes, and compare them to these mini pizza bagels."
InuYasha watched as Kagome glared at him with her arms crossed over his chest. He blocked his mouth with his fist but couldn't hold in the laughter. Miroku compared his best friend's boobs to the size of mini pizza bagels. How could you not laugh?
"Okay you got me. Sango wins."
"InuYasha, you trader!"
"Okay, Sango has cantaloupes, can we please move onto my real gift to Kagome?"
"-I do not!" Sango argued, turning red in the face.
"Sure." Kagome sighed. Maybe she should start wearing the types of shirts with ruffles…Then maybe her situation wouldn't be so obvious.
"You know they're both drunk right? Your size is fine." Sango rolled her eyes.
Kagome just nodded as she watched InuYasha pull out a slip of paper from his pocket and handed it to her.
"T-thanks..?"
"Read it, stupid."
Kagome scanned her eyes over the first sentence, five times before she was able to comprehend what it had actually meant. Sango, Miroku, and InuYasha patiently waited for her to finish reading.
After reading the last word on the page Kagome had the paper slip from her grasp and float gently to the ground like a feather.
"N-no way."
"Mhm…" InuYasha smirked.
"This is the greatest birthday gift ever! I can't believe it! This stuff usually takes months! O-M-G I-I could kiss you!"
Sango's eyes widened.
"Sure why n-" InuYasha shrugged.
He nearly fell over when Kagome tackled him and gave him a smooch on the lips. When it's your birthday, you feel like you can do anything you probably wouldn't dare do on any regular day. InuYasha probably, and hopefully, wouldn't remember it tomorrow.
Miroku started pouting after he got done reading the paper and stared at InuYasha getting all the attention.
"I wanna house too…That's not fair!" He looked to the side of him where Sango had a giant boomerang in her hands.
"Kagome…I do this 'cause I'm your friend." She waited for Kagome to move aside before knocking InuYasha out cold with the huge boomerang.
"Sango!"
"DO you realize what you just did? You can't throw that on a man like that so suddenly! That's risking a life-long friendship right there."
"How so?"
"4th grade!" Sango stated, dragging InuYasha's heavy body to the couch as imaginary stars swirled around his head. "I had a male friend. We used to chase each other around the playground every day. He got me a present on Christmas-embarrassing me. Valentine's Day; same thing. Our current friendship shattered. That kiss could have freaked InuYasha out."
Kagome didn't know what to say.
"So…this 'male' friend of yours." Miroku asked skeptically. "Was he as sexy as me?"
"Miroku…we were in fourth grade." She grumbled.
"Sango…because of you, now I can't go see my new home! I want to start packing and everything! You don't know how excited I am!"
"You can see it in the morning when he wakes up. Now come on, I love this song and haven't had a chance to dance yet."
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After Sango chased all the partyers out of her house with the boomerang she called a weapon, she successfully cleaned the house to sparkles.
Her mother came home, much later that night with mascara running down her cheeks. Apparently her date thought she was too 'manly' for him.
InuYasha's parents picked him and Kagome up from Sango's house after Kagome had passed out next to him on the couch. Kagome fell asleep with a smile on her face. Who knew birthdays could still be fun after sixteen? She had an amazing friend who threw her the perfect surprise party and another best friend who bought her a small cozy house for the two of them to begin their journey in adulthood. She didn't think this at first, but now she clearly knew she was ready to grow up.
After the slight hangovers, InuYasha and Kagome, as well as their guardians traveled to their small house so everyone could see how it looked inside with plain white walls and clear floors. Sesshomaru tagged along as well because he had been on his lunch break and his cranky, pregnant wife made him a lunch that smelled like it had gone bad weeks ago –or Rin decided to poison him. He wouldn't blame her; she constantly screamed at him, "You did this to me, you BASTARD!" The point was he didn't feel like dying. Yet.
Soon.
But not today.
They all stood staring at the exterior view of the house in awe. The door was wide open, waiting for SOMEBODY to enter.
InuYasha bent down to Kagome's level. "You want me to carry you bridal-style into our awesome house like they do in those stupid movies?"
"That's okay. We already get teased enough as it is."
"Good point."
"Ahh…but on the contrary," Sesshomaru interrupted, lifting up his half-brother bridal style, stepping gracefully towards the front door. "Can't bring it up without having it be done."
"Put me the hell down, Sesshomaru!"
"Of course; dear brother." Sesshomaru stated with a grin and tossed InuYasha in the house, enjoying the cry of pain coming from him.
InuYasha quickly got up and ran towards Sesshomaru with a fighting cry and fist in the air.
"Be gone demon!" Gramps demanded, standing in front of Sesshomaru as if to protect him.
"Oh InuYasha! Stop it!" Izayoi sighed heavily. "This isn't proving you are mature enough to move-out."
"You're lucky you're Kagome's grandfather." InuYasha mumbled under his breath as he pointed a clawed finger at Gramps.
Upon walking through the front doors, everyone found themselves in what was supposed to be the living room.
Akira and Izayoi squealed, whispering things about how Kagome should give birth to her first child at home.
"So? You like it?" InuYasha asked Kagome nervously.
Kagome ran into his arms and nodded into his chest. "It's perfect. Thank you. I can't wait to start packing!"
InuYasha couldn't have been more relieved.
Oh my gosh! DX This literally took me ALL day to type lol. A lot of it was because I was getting distracted by music videos originally sang by females and audio-tuned to sound like males. 3 It made them so much better. Anyways, I hoped you liked the chapter! Sorry if there wasn't as much fluff as you would have liked. And yes, Koumori-Sama is based on the character, Lady Bat from Mermaid Melody: Pitchy, pitchy, pitch. I think they're a good yaoi couple. ;) Please leave a review! I miss you guys! 3
-InuYasha-Breeze