Writer's block SUCK!!! It's the worst illness since... i dunno...
Before I start this chapter, I must apologize to the character Sesshomaru cuz he deserves so much better than the role i cast for him in the fic. Sorry...
Disclaimer: Uh, what's a disclaimer? bonk ahahaha... I don't own Inu-Yasha.
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The Perfect Brother In Law
A Date?
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"Good evening. Is this Kagome Higurashi?"
"Yes this is. Who's calling?"
"This is Sesshomaru Takahashi."
Kagome's mind woke up. Why in the world was Officer Takahashi calling her, and at this hour? "Good evening, Officer." She politely said. "Why are you calling me at this time of day?"
"Ah, yes, I wanted to apologize for leaving early today. I had a very important meeting."
"Oh, that's no problem." Is that all? Kagome thought. Just to apologize?
"I also wanted to ask you something." Hehe, guess he didn't call just to apologize. Sesshomaru continued to speak. "Tomorrow is Sunday and if you have time in the afternoon, I would like to take you somewhere."
"Uh, where?"
"It's a suprise, but I am pretty sure you will like it. So will you go out with me?"
"Go out?"
Kagome wasn't sure what to do. "Let me think about it, I'll call you back in a few minutes. bye." Putting the phone back on the receiver, Kagome pondered the pros and cons.
Pros: he's probably interested in you. you want to know where he's gonna take you.
Cons: Remember *him*?
Okay, so there are more pros than cons. Still, Kagome wasn't sure what to do. She hadn't entirely forgotten him. Finding a deck of cards, she said to herself, "Red for yes, black for no." She flipped over the top card. It was the queen of hearts.
Still, Kagome didn't want to accept the answer. She went downstairs and asked her mom. Of course, her mother had politely said something like, "Give him a chance." Finally going back upstairs, Kagome picked up the phone and called Sesshomaru.
"Hello?" Sesshomaru's voice could be heard on the other end of the line.
"Hi, Officer Takahashi." Kagome greeted.
"You can call me Sesshomaru. Anyways, have you decided? Will you go out with me?"
"What time do you want to take me?"
"Around noon. I was thinking we'd have lunch, then go."
"Alright. I'll see you then."
"Until tomorrow. You won't be sorry."
Sesshomaru hung up the phone. Then, someone knocked on the door to his study. Jotting down on his planner that he was taking Kagome out on a date tomorrow to the "place", he told the person behind the door to come in. It was Inu-Yasha.
"Hey dog-face."
"Sesshomaru you know I hate that nickname! Anyways I have something important to tell you."
"And what is that?"
"I'm quitting my job."
Sesshomaru looked up suddenly and did a double take. "What? Wasn't it your dream to be an officer?"
Inu-Yasha began to explain to his brother. "Yes, at first, it was. In fact, for a long time I have wished to be an officer. However, I do not think that being an officer suits me. I find myself, instead, focusing on other things, such as computer programming and such. Sesshomaru, you know I love computers, don't you? Well, I thought about running the computers at the police station, like I've done for a year, but I wanna go out and make more money and have a more interesting life."
(A/N: Okay, Inu-Yasha still is violent and rash, but right now, he's being truthful. and who knows? if he grew up in Kagome's time, he might have actually liked playing w/ computers. Note that not all computer majors are nerds. They can still have lives.)
Sesshomaru did not understand his brother. "What in the world are you talking about? Where would you find a computer job more interesting than the one you have right now? Besides, in the world of computer programming, there isn't any violence like you wanted."
"Bro, it's NOT interesting at the police station. Sure, you get first-hand stuff on criminal cases and you make sure everything is recorded, but all I do is stay in the same room every day. I get NO action at all. Whereas, if I become a computer programmer, I'll make tons of money and in my spare time I can go have some FUN!"
"Are you sure this is what you want to do?" Sesshomaru still doubted. Here was his brother, always looking for trouble, not caring about his studies. And here he is, wanted to be a computer programmer! What is the world coming to? Sesshomaru hoped he was daydreaming. He wasn't.
"Yep. I've thought about it for a long time."
"Well, then I can't stop you." Sesshomaru opened his file drawer and took out some resignation forms for Inu-Yasha. "Good luck finding a new job." Inu-Yasha left the room.
Sigh Time to look for a new computer specialist who can take over Inu-Yasha's job.
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Okay now that all the serious slow boring stuff is out of the way... time for a little fun.
**(at Kagome's house the next morning)**
"Sango are you sure this will work?" Souta still didnt' think that the plan was a good idea.
"No, it's a great idea. If we can get Inu-Yasha to apply for a job, and have Gramps hire him, Kagome cant' do anything about it, and she'll end up working with him every day and the love will BLOSSOM!!! WEE!!!"
"But shouldn't we give up already? Kagome already seems to hate Inu-Yasha... and she hasn't forgotten *HIM*..."
"GIVE UP?!! GIVE UP?!!! NEVER GIVE UP!!! especiallly if your sister's love life is at stake. We must endure, for Kagome, for LOVE!!"
I should never have given her the coffee and candy she requested for upon arriving at the house. Souta thought. "So, Sango? How do you plan on getting Inu-Yasha to the office w/out letting Kagome know?"
"Well," (still dancing around) "you have his phone number, don't you?"
"Uh, no."
(dancing stops)
"..."
"..."
"..."
"..."
(it's always quiet before a storm...)
"Uh, Sango..."
"WHY DON'T YOU HAVE HIS NUMBER?!!! YOU SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN IT A LONG TIME AGO!!! DID I NOT TEACH YOU ABOUT PLAYING MATCHMAKER?!!! THIS IS A VITAL MISTAKE!! OUR PLANS ARE RUINED!!!" Sango sat down and sighed. "Didn't I tell you rule number 8?"
"Uh, no."
Sango recited the rule. "Rule #8 - if wanting to set up dates behind people's backs, make sure to have all valid contact information at hand. If not, please GET THAT INFORMATION."
"Okay, so now what are we gonna do?"
"Nothing."
"Nothing?"
"We really can't do anything untiil dog-boy shows up and we snab the vital information from him, then things could start going..."
"Sango! What are you doing here?!" a voice was heard from above. Sango and Souta looked up to see Kagome, all dressed up, as if she was going on a date.
"Kagome, where are you going?!!"
"On a date."
Souta and Sango were shocked. "WHAT?!!!"
"OWW!!" Kagome plugged her ears. "You guys are so LOUD!"
"But what about *HIM*? Didn't you say you'd never date again?" Souta argued.
"Well, I've decided to give it another chance."
"Kagome, are you sure about this?!" Sango asked her friend.
"Yep." DING DONG! "Well, I guess that's him. I must be going then." Kagome opened the door, and there was Sesshomaru.
Sango and Souta were equally suprised when they saw him at the door. "YOU'RE GOING WITH HIM?!!!" They shouted in unison. Both Sesshomaru and Kagome covered their ears.
"Geez, are they always this loud?" Sesshomaru asked Kagome.
Kagome shook her head. "No, it's just today." Picking up her purse, she waved to Souta and Sango. "See you guys later!" Kagome closed the door behind her.
--- now normally, the regular chapter of mine would end here, but it just wouldn't do the story any good if i did ---
Back in the house, Souta began putting on his shoes.
"Where're you going?" Sango asked.
"There's an activity at school right now and I have to be there cuz I'm part of the kendo club. I hear that there's a new teacher today too." Souta headed off to his school.
"Yeesh, now what am I supposed to do? I guess I'll just go home."
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"So, Kagome," Sesshomaru began. They were eating lunch at a side cafe. "Why did you decide to become what you are today?"
"My grandfather made me." Kagome replied. She finished the salad she was eating.
"Ready to go?" Sesshomaru asked.
"Yea, sure." Getting into Sesshomaru's silver sports car, they drove off to where? only Sesshomaru knows.
Things are going just as planned, Sesshomaru thought. "Close your eyes." He commanded Kagome.
"Why?" the beautiful girl sitting in the passenger seat asked.
"Because you'll like it more that way." Kagome closed her eyes.
After about 5 minutes, Sesshomaru said to Kagome, "You can open your eyes now." Kagome opened her eyes and saw (through the car window) the entire city below her. "Let's go outside." Sesshomaru opened the car door and helped Kagome out.
"This place is not well known, so there aren't any tourists here." Sesshomaru commented.
"Oh, so that's why it's so quiet." Kagome looked over the magnificent city. Although it was in broad daylight, it was still amazing.
"Do you like it?" Sesshomaru asked Kagome.
"It's..." Kagome looked for the right word. "... funny."
"Huh?"
"I feel like I've been here before."
Why does this place seem so familiar? Kagome thought. Then she remembered. *HE* had brought her here once, and it was here *he* had confessed his love for her. Recallling past memories that she had tried to lock up, Kagome began to cry.
"What's wrong?" Sesshomaru asked. Kagome looked into his eyes, which were full of concern for her. She wiped the tears from her eyes and forced a smile.
"Oh, nothing. It's just a memory of the past." She told him.
Sesshomaru didn't buy it. "Do you want to go somewhere else? How about some ice cream?"
"No, thanks." Kagome could feel the tears start again, it brought back more memories of *HIM*. She had tried to supress the memories, but they always came back. "I just want to go home. Please."
Sesshomaru knew that something was troubling her, but since it seemed that she didn't want to share her problems, he did as she said... he took her home.
"Well, we're here." Sesshomaru said as he stopped the car in front of Kagome's house. "You okay?"
"I'm sorry, Sesshomaru." Kagome said and began to cry (again?!).
"I'm sorry, I..."
Sesshomaru tried to calm Kagome down, but his nature of being very silent, didn't help. "Listen. Get some sleep." He walked a sobbing Kagome to her front door.
"Sesshomaru, thank you." Kagome said. "Dinner was great, and I'm sorry about what happened."
"It's okay. Call me when you feel better." With that, Sesshomaru left Kagome at the front door of her house and left.
** (at school) **
"Over here, Souta!" Shippou shouted from across the field. Souta waved and caught up to his friend.
"Hey, where's the new teacher everyone's talking about?" Souta asked. He couldn't find the new teacher anywhere.
"I hear he's doing an exhibition over by the brown building." The two friends headed off to the building.
"Look, there he is!" Shippou pointed to the man w/ silvery white shoulder length hair. Souta immediately recognized the hair.
It was Inu-Yasha.
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Who is *HIM* anyway? (it's not that bad, it's just a really horrible memory, okay that's pretty bad). And why is Inu-Yasha the new teacher at the kendo club? When will Kagome call Sesshomaru back? Read on next time and find out!
Oh, and please do read and review cuz comments mean a lot, they tell me what I should keep and what I should change, like i said last chapter. I take suggestions very seriously (at least most of the time.)
Okay, maybe I overdid it with *HIM*.
OOO!!! I got a new idea!!! YAY!!! Hehe.... funny... LOL!!! Okay, now off skipping and prancing to write the next chapter. Happy New year peoplz!
darn, this was one freakin long chapter compared to my other ones, and it's half as interesting, too...
R&R peoplz!
Before I start this chapter, I must apologize to the character Sesshomaru cuz he deserves so much better than the role i cast for him in the fic. Sorry...
Disclaimer: Uh, what's a disclaimer? bonk ahahaha... I don't own Inu-Yasha.
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The Perfect Brother In Law
A Date?
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"Good evening. Is this Kagome Higurashi?"
"Yes this is. Who's calling?"
"This is Sesshomaru Takahashi."
Kagome's mind woke up. Why in the world was Officer Takahashi calling her, and at this hour? "Good evening, Officer." She politely said. "Why are you calling me at this time of day?"
"Ah, yes, I wanted to apologize for leaving early today. I had a very important meeting."
"Oh, that's no problem." Is that all? Kagome thought. Just to apologize?
"I also wanted to ask you something." Hehe, guess he didn't call just to apologize. Sesshomaru continued to speak. "Tomorrow is Sunday and if you have time in the afternoon, I would like to take you somewhere."
"Uh, where?"
"It's a suprise, but I am pretty sure you will like it. So will you go out with me?"
"Go out?"
Kagome wasn't sure what to do. "Let me think about it, I'll call you back in a few minutes. bye." Putting the phone back on the receiver, Kagome pondered the pros and cons.
Pros: he's probably interested in you. you want to know where he's gonna take you.
Cons: Remember *him*?
Okay, so there are more pros than cons. Still, Kagome wasn't sure what to do. She hadn't entirely forgotten him. Finding a deck of cards, she said to herself, "Red for yes, black for no." She flipped over the top card. It was the queen of hearts.
Still, Kagome didn't want to accept the answer. She went downstairs and asked her mom. Of course, her mother had politely said something like, "Give him a chance." Finally going back upstairs, Kagome picked up the phone and called Sesshomaru.
"Hello?" Sesshomaru's voice could be heard on the other end of the line.
"Hi, Officer Takahashi." Kagome greeted.
"You can call me Sesshomaru. Anyways, have you decided? Will you go out with me?"
"What time do you want to take me?"
"Around noon. I was thinking we'd have lunch, then go."
"Alright. I'll see you then."
"Until tomorrow. You won't be sorry."
Sesshomaru hung up the phone. Then, someone knocked on the door to his study. Jotting down on his planner that he was taking Kagome out on a date tomorrow to the "place", he told the person behind the door to come in. It was Inu-Yasha.
"Hey dog-face."
"Sesshomaru you know I hate that nickname! Anyways I have something important to tell you."
"And what is that?"
"I'm quitting my job."
Sesshomaru looked up suddenly and did a double take. "What? Wasn't it your dream to be an officer?"
Inu-Yasha began to explain to his brother. "Yes, at first, it was. In fact, for a long time I have wished to be an officer. However, I do not think that being an officer suits me. I find myself, instead, focusing on other things, such as computer programming and such. Sesshomaru, you know I love computers, don't you? Well, I thought about running the computers at the police station, like I've done for a year, but I wanna go out and make more money and have a more interesting life."
(A/N: Okay, Inu-Yasha still is violent and rash, but right now, he's being truthful. and who knows? if he grew up in Kagome's time, he might have actually liked playing w/ computers. Note that not all computer majors are nerds. They can still have lives.)
Sesshomaru did not understand his brother. "What in the world are you talking about? Where would you find a computer job more interesting than the one you have right now? Besides, in the world of computer programming, there isn't any violence like you wanted."
"Bro, it's NOT interesting at the police station. Sure, you get first-hand stuff on criminal cases and you make sure everything is recorded, but all I do is stay in the same room every day. I get NO action at all. Whereas, if I become a computer programmer, I'll make tons of money and in my spare time I can go have some FUN!"
"Are you sure this is what you want to do?" Sesshomaru still doubted. Here was his brother, always looking for trouble, not caring about his studies. And here he is, wanted to be a computer programmer! What is the world coming to? Sesshomaru hoped he was daydreaming. He wasn't.
"Yep. I've thought about it for a long time."
"Well, then I can't stop you." Sesshomaru opened his file drawer and took out some resignation forms for Inu-Yasha. "Good luck finding a new job." Inu-Yasha left the room.
Sigh Time to look for a new computer specialist who can take over Inu-Yasha's job.
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Okay now that all the serious slow boring stuff is out of the way... time for a little fun.
**(at Kagome's house the next morning)**
"Sango are you sure this will work?" Souta still didnt' think that the plan was a good idea.
"No, it's a great idea. If we can get Inu-Yasha to apply for a job, and have Gramps hire him, Kagome cant' do anything about it, and she'll end up working with him every day and the love will BLOSSOM!!! WEE!!!"
"But shouldn't we give up already? Kagome already seems to hate Inu-Yasha... and she hasn't forgotten *HIM*..."
"GIVE UP?!! GIVE UP?!!! NEVER GIVE UP!!! especiallly if your sister's love life is at stake. We must endure, for Kagome, for LOVE!!"
I should never have given her the coffee and candy she requested for upon arriving at the house. Souta thought. "So, Sango? How do you plan on getting Inu-Yasha to the office w/out letting Kagome know?"
"Well," (still dancing around) "you have his phone number, don't you?"
"Uh, no."
(dancing stops)
"..."
"..."
"..."
"..."
(it's always quiet before a storm...)
"Uh, Sango..."
"WHY DON'T YOU HAVE HIS NUMBER?!!! YOU SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN IT A LONG TIME AGO!!! DID I NOT TEACH YOU ABOUT PLAYING MATCHMAKER?!!! THIS IS A VITAL MISTAKE!! OUR PLANS ARE RUINED!!!" Sango sat down and sighed. "Didn't I tell you rule number 8?"
"Uh, no."
Sango recited the rule. "Rule #8 - if wanting to set up dates behind people's backs, make sure to have all valid contact information at hand. If not, please GET THAT INFORMATION."
"Okay, so now what are we gonna do?"
"Nothing."
"Nothing?"
"We really can't do anything untiil dog-boy shows up and we snab the vital information from him, then things could start going..."
"Sango! What are you doing here?!" a voice was heard from above. Sango and Souta looked up to see Kagome, all dressed up, as if she was going on a date.
"Kagome, where are you going?!!"
"On a date."
Souta and Sango were shocked. "WHAT?!!!"
"OWW!!" Kagome plugged her ears. "You guys are so LOUD!"
"But what about *HIM*? Didn't you say you'd never date again?" Souta argued.
"Well, I've decided to give it another chance."
"Kagome, are you sure about this?!" Sango asked her friend.
"Yep." DING DONG! "Well, I guess that's him. I must be going then." Kagome opened the door, and there was Sesshomaru.
Sango and Souta were equally suprised when they saw him at the door. "YOU'RE GOING WITH HIM?!!!" They shouted in unison. Both Sesshomaru and Kagome covered their ears.
"Geez, are they always this loud?" Sesshomaru asked Kagome.
Kagome shook her head. "No, it's just today." Picking up her purse, she waved to Souta and Sango. "See you guys later!" Kagome closed the door behind her.
--- now normally, the regular chapter of mine would end here, but it just wouldn't do the story any good if i did ---
Back in the house, Souta began putting on his shoes.
"Where're you going?" Sango asked.
"There's an activity at school right now and I have to be there cuz I'm part of the kendo club. I hear that there's a new teacher today too." Souta headed off to his school.
"Yeesh, now what am I supposed to do? I guess I'll just go home."
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"So, Kagome," Sesshomaru began. They were eating lunch at a side cafe. "Why did you decide to become what you are today?"
"My grandfather made me." Kagome replied. She finished the salad she was eating.
"Ready to go?" Sesshomaru asked.
"Yea, sure." Getting into Sesshomaru's silver sports car, they drove off to where? only Sesshomaru knows.
Things are going just as planned, Sesshomaru thought. "Close your eyes." He commanded Kagome.
"Why?" the beautiful girl sitting in the passenger seat asked.
"Because you'll like it more that way." Kagome closed her eyes.
After about 5 minutes, Sesshomaru said to Kagome, "You can open your eyes now." Kagome opened her eyes and saw (through the car window) the entire city below her. "Let's go outside." Sesshomaru opened the car door and helped Kagome out.
"This place is not well known, so there aren't any tourists here." Sesshomaru commented.
"Oh, so that's why it's so quiet." Kagome looked over the magnificent city. Although it was in broad daylight, it was still amazing.
"Do you like it?" Sesshomaru asked Kagome.
"It's..." Kagome looked for the right word. "... funny."
"Huh?"
"I feel like I've been here before."
Why does this place seem so familiar? Kagome thought. Then she remembered. *HE* had brought her here once, and it was here *he* had confessed his love for her. Recallling past memories that she had tried to lock up, Kagome began to cry.
"What's wrong?" Sesshomaru asked. Kagome looked into his eyes, which were full of concern for her. She wiped the tears from her eyes and forced a smile.
"Oh, nothing. It's just a memory of the past." She told him.
Sesshomaru didn't buy it. "Do you want to go somewhere else? How about some ice cream?"
"No, thanks." Kagome could feel the tears start again, it brought back more memories of *HIM*. She had tried to supress the memories, but they always came back. "I just want to go home. Please."
Sesshomaru knew that something was troubling her, but since it seemed that she didn't want to share her problems, he did as she said... he took her home.
"Well, we're here." Sesshomaru said as he stopped the car in front of Kagome's house. "You okay?"
"I'm sorry, Sesshomaru." Kagome said and began to cry (again?!).
"I'm sorry, I..."
Sesshomaru tried to calm Kagome down, but his nature of being very silent, didn't help. "Listen. Get some sleep." He walked a sobbing Kagome to her front door.
"Sesshomaru, thank you." Kagome said. "Dinner was great, and I'm sorry about what happened."
"It's okay. Call me when you feel better." With that, Sesshomaru left Kagome at the front door of her house and left.
** (at school) **
"Over here, Souta!" Shippou shouted from across the field. Souta waved and caught up to his friend.
"Hey, where's the new teacher everyone's talking about?" Souta asked. He couldn't find the new teacher anywhere.
"I hear he's doing an exhibition over by the brown building." The two friends headed off to the building.
"Look, there he is!" Shippou pointed to the man w/ silvery white shoulder length hair. Souta immediately recognized the hair.
It was Inu-Yasha.
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Who is *HIM* anyway? (it's not that bad, it's just a really horrible memory, okay that's pretty bad). And why is Inu-Yasha the new teacher at the kendo club? When will Kagome call Sesshomaru back? Read on next time and find out!
Oh, and please do read and review cuz comments mean a lot, they tell me what I should keep and what I should change, like i said last chapter. I take suggestions very seriously (at least most of the time.)
Okay, maybe I overdid it with *HIM*.
OOO!!! I got a new idea!!! YAY!!! Hehe.... funny... LOL!!! Okay, now off skipping and prancing to write the next chapter. Happy New year peoplz!
darn, this was one freakin long chapter compared to my other ones, and it's half as interesting, too...
R&R peoplz!