AN: OK! I got this chapter out a lot faster than I usually get my chapters out. Granted, it still took me awhile but I did it!!! Yeah!! *punches fist into the air* And I'd like to thank Gelasia for editing this chapter for me!! Luv ya!! So, hopefully there won't be any (or as many) grammar errors. Well, I hope you enjoy and none of the characters belong to me, they belong to Rumiko Takahashi.
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Kagome twirled a lock of raven hair around the end of her index finger. She wasn't sure if she really wanted to be there at that precise moment, sitting between her grandfather, who was jabbing her in the side with his elbow and giving her a creepy sort of sly grin, and Hojo, who had decided to stay for what was going to be a very amusing show.
Kagome's mother pressed the play bottom on the VCR and practically danced to her chair next to the sofa. After a few credits involving dancing beasts and flying boys, the blue Disney logo lit up the screen. You see, her family had decided that The Little Mermaid was the greatest movie to teach Kagome about how two people who were very different, could still make their love work. They sort of ignored Kagome's protests that you-know-who (Hojo looked very intrigued but very confused by this conversation when it had taken place) was not a fish………or maybe it was she that wasn't the fish, but anyway, the situation had been very different and………by the way………have you ever heard of FICTION!!!!! However, with a wave of their hands they dismissed Kagome, showed Hojo where the living room was and started the movie. So you can see why Kagome was sulking. And on top of this, Inu Yasha seemed to be taking a long time changing.
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The three prisoners were trying to find ways to pass the time as they took turns digging their way through the back wall of the cell.
"So, Shippo?"
"Yeah Sango?"
"Where did you get these things again?"
"Kagome gave them to me and taught me how to play."
"Oh, that makes sense………got any three's?"
"Nope, go fish."
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As Inu Yasha walked into the living room in his brand new, centuries old attire, Kagome couldn't help but stare. Even though the flannel shirt was too big on him and the pants too small (Kagome was doing her best to keep her thoughts out of the gutter), they seemed to just click with the hanyou (oh, and don't even ask me about how the sizes work). However, as one moved up from his pants *gulp* to his *gulp again* half exposed chest, and then saw the baseball cap placed precariously over his ears and on his white fluff of hair, one just couldn't help but break down laughing at how goofy the boy looked in a hat. And of course, since no one could help themselves, they were all practically in tears when they noticed this out of place piece of clothing. Kagome realized when laughing her butt off that she liked Inu Yasha's dog-ears much better than some silly old cap.
A growl rose from the base of the hanyou's throat and the hairs on the back of his neck began to bristle. He let out a frustrated "to hell with this!" and yanked the baseball cap off his head, throwing it to the ground. Everyone froze.
"Why do you have ears on the top of your head?" Good old blunt Hojo asked.
"They got glued up there and I can't get them off."
Hojo blinked. Then smiled.
"Oh, I see." Kagome almost fell off the couch. She cursed herself for having made a fuss over what she thought Hojo was going to think of Inu Yasha.
Demon-dog boy made his way to the couch but when he noticed that it was already full, he began to scan the general area for a place to sit so, jumping into action, Kagome's grandfather quickly forfeited his seat and pushed the reluctant hanyou down next to Kagome. Now Kagome was really uncomfortable with Hojo on her right and Inu Yasha on her left but the fact that Inu Yasha seemed almost as upset with his sitting position as she did helped a little bit. They glanced at each other but upon making eye contact, they quickly pretended to be involved in a staring competition with opposite walls.
For a good………minute, all that could be heard was the sound of Ariel's sisters singing when everyone suddenly jumped at a question from Inu Yasha.
"Are those the mer-demon-things?"
"MERMAIDS!!" shouted Kagome irritably right in the poor hanyou's sensitive ears. He sort of wished he had kept the hat.
"But they're not all women." Kagome fell silent and watched the finned characters swam around the screen.
"Well………they're merpeople."
Inu Yasha was really quite shocked at how quickly the girl had given up the fight. His golden eyes looked over her features as she stared mindlessly at the screen as the main mer-thing was being yelled at by a bigger mer-whatever. Kagome looked stretched thin, like she really could use another rest against his shoulder. Her black mop of hair was messier than it usually was and Inu Yasha thought he could almost see tears in her dark eyes. He was snapped out of his gaze when she shouted,
"Look, an over protective parent who understands that his daughter should marry someone like her!" which was replied with
"But we're more understanding, dear. And we're not fish………or royalty." Inu Yasha knew he was missing something. The miko had been acting weird ever since they had woken up this morning. He was a little hurt to think that she might be upset about falling asleep on his shoulder. He had thought that they were pretty close………to being………but then there was Kikyo………
At this point everyone had been distracted by Inu Yasha's ponderous look and twiddling thumbs. Well, except for Hojo, who was still very captivated with the movie. The demon stopped as he noticed everyone's (again, except of Hojo's, he really liked The Little Mermaid!) stares, especially Kagome's because her eyes stared at him with a mixture of confusion, concern, and fear. He quickly decided that putting up a defensive, violent front was the best idea.
"What the hell are you looking at!?" It wasn't the greatest idea, because Kagome immediately slapped him for it. So, he watched the movie and shut his big mouth. The main character was swimming happily around a statue of the prince or overlord or whatever he was. She seemed utterly in love with this thing, sweet talking to it and gazing at it like a stupid girl. Suddenly, the father figure appeared from the shadows, cloaked in darkness and didn't seem to pleased with his daughter's infatuation. He scolded her for loving a human and, when she tried to defend herself, he blew up the statue (Inu Yasha noted that he wanted one of those tridents).
Suddenly, it all clicked. Kagome acting weird. Her parents acting fishy. She saying she didn't want to marry "him" and now the movie. It was suddenly clear as day. She was pregnant!!! But who was the father? Inu Yasha glared at Hojo. He would kill that boy for violating Kagome.
((Just so all you readers know, this little bit was as surprising to me as it was to you. I was thinking, "hmmm………what conclusion should Inu Yasha come too?" and then I was suddenly writing this. I couldn't help but crack up. I'm quite sad, aren't I?))
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Sango and Miroku sat "innocently" with their backs to the far wall. They smiled at the mole guard every time he passed by and weren't really that surprised that he didn't seem to suspect anything.
"How you doing Shippo," whispered Sango through her clenched smile. The little kitsune's dirty head popped out between the two of them.
"I'm a good ten feet in, but I don't know where exactly we're heading." Sango sighed.
"Well, just keep digging. I'll take over in about ten minutes and you can come and play cards with Miroku. He seems to be getting bored." She glared at the monk as he was trying to pile dirt clumps into what appear to be a Naraku figure and then proceeded in destroying it with his fist and a loud cackle. She shook her head and he caught her expression.
"What?!"
Shippo sighed. "I thought they were going to eat us! When are we gonna get some food!!"
Sango was beginning to wonder the same thing. Why would they starve them if they wanted to eat them? Wouldn't they fatten they up?"
"Alright, I'm going to do something about this," shouted Miroku as he smashed his fist into another dirt statue. The other two blinked at him as he got up and walked toward the bars. He stood there with his head pressed up as close to the bars as he could and waited for the mole guard to pass. When it finally did, Miroku quickly got his attention by shouting.
"Hey! Mole dude!!!" The giant demon turned toward the monk and appeared to be glaring but it was a little difficult to tell with his small beady black eyes.
"Hey, I have a little advice for you. If you want to eat us, you don't want us to be skinny and meatless, do you?" The mole shook its large brown head.
"Then you should feed us a lot of food, fatten us up. Get my drift?" The mole blinked back at him for a moment and then scuttled off out of sight.
"Well," stated the monk arrogantly as he walked back over to the other two, "I think he got the message."
"Miroku," said Sango "I don't think he's that stup-" But at that moment, the mole demon came back with three heaping trays of food stacked on one another. It fumbled with what appeared to be keys and then, when it had managed to get the correct ones, opened the cell door, placed the food down on the floor, and reclosed the door. With that, it scurried out of sight once more.
Miroku smirked, "You were saying?"
So, the afternoon was closing in with the trio eating and digging, eating and digging, Sango slapping Miroku for feeling her up, eating and digging. Kagome was very upset with her family, was happy Hojo was stupid, and wanted Inu Yasha to stop staring at him like he was Sesshomaru. The movie continued with a few interruptions by Kagome and her mother but otherwise, no one talked much. The hanyou was going over different father possibilities for Kagome's child and had now moved on to wanting to kill Miroku. And in a dark corner, Rumiko Takahashi is cringing because I have so horribly mutilated her wonderful story.
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AN: Well, I hope you liked it and thanks again to Gel! Read and review! Happy Holidays folks!
