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I'm back again! YAY! *Tumbleweeds blow by* um, all right... ^_^ glad everyone's liking the story so far. I've got a new fic out, "The Red Card" check it out! ^_^ anyways, here is the new promised chapter!





TUG-O-WAR - Chapter 10 (name suggested by Akuma64 ^_^)



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"Inuyasha! Where are you going to take us today?" Asked Ayu sweetly after they had tortured him for a while.

Inuyasha was in a daze. "Huh? What? Oh, I don't know! Kagome said to just take you guys out for lunch or something. Why isn't she coming with us today?"

Mayu shrugged. "I dunno. Said something about having to film today."

"What?!! We have a break today!" Inuyasha yelled. "That little bitch! I'm gonna drag her lazy ass out here!"

Ayame smiled. She was glad Kagome wasn't here today, that way maybe she could catch Inuyasha's attention. Unfortunately, that was exactly what the other two had on their minds as well.

Inuyasha was starting to head over to Kagome's trailer, when Mayu grabbed his sleeve. "Come on Inuyasha! Kagome must have not wanted to come for a reason! Let's just go out and have some fun!"

"Grrr....fine! Whatever, I don't care what that wench does anyway." Inuyasha said roughly.

He started heading towards his limo, without the girls of course. They had to catch up to him after he walked away.



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Kagome was spying on the little group when they left, 'Inuyasha, this is what you get for sneaking into my trailer, AND not to mention it make my friends happy. It's hitting two birds with one stone.'

She thought with a smirk before going back to her trailer.

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Ayame noticed an ice cream vendor during their ride. In the sweetest possible voice, she asked, "Inuyasha, I love ice cream! May we stop here and get some at that store back there? Pretty please?"

Inuyasha was looking out the window in the front seat, still in a haze. "Oh. Whatever. Stop James."

The car pulled to a screeching halt, and Ayame stepped one foot out of the limo like she was a movie star. She waited for Inuyasha to come take her hand and lead her to the store like in her dreams, but instead he just stayed in the car.

He rolled down the window and handed her a twenty. (US dollars remember) "Knock yourself out."

Ayame was fuming. What kind of a person was this jerk? Plopping back into the car, she said, "On second thought, don't wanna spoil my appetite!"

Ayu and Mayu smirked at Ayame's attempt. Both kind of giving her the I-can- do-better look.

The rest of the car ride there they rode in silence. When they arrived at the Elixir, a quiet little restaurant, James parked the car and opened the car door for Ayu. Inuyasha stepped out from the front seat at the exact time, and that was precisely when Ayu decided to pull a little stunt.

"Whoopsies!" Yelled Ayu as she shifted her weight and fell forwards, falling towards Inuyasha.

BAM.

Ayu had crashed into the hard pavement. There were no cuts, but her hands were dirty as well as her dress. Where the hell was he? She quickly looked around to see Inuyasha on the other side of the car tipping the valet parking guy.

Cursing under her breath, Ayu picked herself up off the ground and dusted herself off. She could hear the giggles of her friends still in the limo.

Inuyasha turned around and stared at the now filthy Ayu. "What happened? Are you okay?"

"No... It hurts so much!" She whined and pretended to lean against the vehicle for support.

He bent down and knocked on the window. James scrolled down the window. "Yes, sir?"

"This lady here is hurt, take her somewhere to get her cuts cleaned, alright?" Inuyasha asked, fishing out a bill and handing it to the chauffeur.

James smiled. "Sure thing, sir. Miss, would you like to-"

"NO!" She yelled back. "I'm fine now."

Inuyasha asked again. "So you're sure you're okay?"

Ayu grinned. Inuyasha was just too cute! "Yea, I think so, but can I lean against your shoulder? I mean, I just don't want to fall or anything."

Two blinding glares shot from the car towards Ayu. She winked to them when Inuyasha didn't notice just to rub it in.

Inuyasha explained, "I'd like to, but I can't. If anyone got a picture of that my agent will kill me. You know?"

To tell the truth, Inuyasha's agent couldn't care less, it would be Kikyou that would be doing the killing. And, for some unknown reason he couldn't really bring himself to do it.

"Oh...yea." Ayu frowned. 'Damn his popularity!' She thought to herself.

The other two girls came out of the limo, and followed Inuyasha into the restaurant, grinning when they walked past Ayu.

Not admitting her defeat, she also followed them into the restaurant. It had barely anyone in it, only about two other tables had customers. No one seemed to suspect anything, and not one of them looked like they recognised the hottest star in Japan was in the same restaurant.

'My turn!' Thought Mayu when she was reading the Menu. This place had burgers, salads, drinks you name it.

She happened to be sitting next to Inuyasha, (they had to do rock paper scissors in the car to decide who gets to sit next to him) so she leaned over and showed him her menu and pointed to something.

"Inuyasha, want to share a 'Lovers Bloom' milkshake with me? They're really, really good and they don't come for one!" Mayu offered, sure that they only came with ONE straw.

"Urm...like to, but my favourite drink here is the Tropical splash, and that's for one. Sorry." He quickly thought up.

"Oh...ok. Tell me if you're still thirsty later though, I'm sure you'd like it!" She added on with a smile. No point fussing over it.

After ordering their orders from the waitress, who didn't believe the capped man wasn't Inuyasha, they started to ask Inuyasha some questions.

Ayu grinned. "So Inuyasha, what kind of a girl do you look for?"

Inuyasha wasn't listening. He was thinking about what Kagome would be doing today. "What? Pardon?"

"What kind of a girl are you looking for?" Repeated Ayame.

"Hmm...hard one. Let's just say one who can make me laugh, can see past my fame and date me for who I really am, and be really sensitive and caring." Inuyasha babbled.

"Inuyasha!" Mayu shouted.

Inuyasha yelled back. "What?!"

"What did the cannibal do after he dumped his girlfriend?"

"What?"

"He wiped his butt!" She burst out laughing.

Inuyasha tried to smile, but it was too hard. "Oh...haha."

Did he mention obnoxious girls weren't of his interest either?

Ayu and Ayame said at the same time. "HOW many times have we heard that one?"

Mayu yelled. "It's the only one I know, ok?"

I nuyasha was about to say something when they all heard screaming outside. He looked out the window to see a mob of girls, a mob as in tons, taking pictures and holding autograph books. The security wasn't holding them back too well.

"Shit! They found us." Cursed Inuyasha.

All of them getting up, they escaped the back alley and jumped into the limo James had brought around.

"I'm sorry, girls. I guess we can't really go anywhere else; some of them are even following us in their cars. When we arrive at the set again Myouga and his security should keep us safe." Inuyasha explained.

All three girls sighed, Mayu said, "Inuyasha, don't kid us, you don't exactly like hanging out with us, do you? I mean, you've been zoned out all day."

Inuyasha stammered. "What?! No..."

Ayu giggled. "Did you see your face when we tried to pull our little stunts?"

Stunts? What was this girl talking about? But now that he thought about it, the entire morning he had barely acknowledged their presence...

"Inuyasha, do you like Kagome?" Asked Ayame with a grin.

His face turned as red as a cherry. Inuyasha swore he heard the chauffeur snicker, and he wasn't going to forget it. "What! What are you saying?"

Ayu continued, ignoring his remark. "Kagome's our friend, and we consider you one now too. So one tip of advice Inuyasha, Kagome's birthday is exactly a week from today. Do something nice for her."

She finished when they pulled into the location parking lot.

"Oh, one more thing Inuyasha!" Mayu said. "The picture, remember?"

Inuyasha groaned. "Argh, fine."

So there they were having a hilarious time taking pictures, when Kikyou was spying on them from where she was having lunch. She saw Inuyasha fall on top of Mayu again, but accidentally pushing her over. They kept repeating it until Ayame claimed she got the PERFECT shot. Inuyasha all of a sudden got really frustrated and started freaking out.

'Why? Why would a fan-hater like Inuyasha be so nice to them all of a sudden? Not to mention invite them onto the location set.' Kikyou pondered to herself.

Just then Kagome came walking towards the laughing group with a bright smile on her face.

'That explains it...' Thought Kikyou.



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Kagome noted her friends and Inuyasha having, what appeared to be a good time, when she had seen them on her stroll.

Running up to them, she smiled. "Nice to know you guys are getting along!"

Inuyasha scoffed. "KEH! Any wench is better than you."

Ignoring that statement, Kagome asked her friends. "So? Was he a real jerk?"



Ayame laughed. "Nope, quite nice actually, you're a lucky girl, Kagome!"

Kagome blushed immediately, and Inuyasha appeared to be blushing himself too. "What? Who said anything about that?"

Mayu grinned. "Nobody. It's just so cute how you both blushed when Ayame said that!"

"MAYU! I'm going to kill you!" Threatened Kagome, making fists with her hands.

Speeding away as fast as possible, the three girls rushed out the exit. "Thanks for the invite, Kagome! And we love you, Inu!!"

Kagome and Inuyasha were the only ones left standing in the lot. Kagome quickly snuck a look at him, when she caught him staring at her too.

She blushed and instantly changed the subject. "So...did you have fun with my friends?"

"Did anyone ever tell you your friends are pretty much insane?" He asked back.

Kagome giggled. "They only act that way around you. Normally, they're pretty normal."

"For some reason I can't really see those three as ever being 'normal'" Inuyasha chuckled.

"Hey! Don't say that about my friends!" Responded Kagome defensively.

He smirked. "I can say whatever the hell I want."

"Jerk."

"Bitch."

"Bastard."

"Plunger whacking weirdo."

"Trailer sneaking stalker."

"KEH! I thought I already made up for that!" Inuyasha growled.

Kagome added happily. "Maybe, but that doesn't mean I won't tell Sesshouma- "

"You little..." Inuyasha made a fist.

Kagome ran away laughing, with Inuyasha chasing after her. "I'm joking! It's just a JOKE! It's ahhhHHHHH!"

Inuyasha had pounced onto her, with him on top of her. Their mouths were so close together that Inuyasha could feel her breaths. Last time they were in this situation, it was on camera, but now, it seemed different.

'Kagome's so gorgeous...' Inuyasha thought while slowly lowering his lips, unable to resist.

Kagome closed her eyes. This just felt so right, she really couldn't care less who saw them just them.

"Ahem." Maybe not.

Kagome and Inuyasha sprang up to see Sango and Sesshoumaru staring with their jaws to the ground (not literally), and to top it off Kikyou with smoke coming out of her ears.

"Erm...I tripped?" Kagome tried to add with an innocent smile. Unfortunately it didn't work so well.

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Cliffie! ^_^ I'm sorry everyone, I just HAD to end it there, it was just TOO perfect! I didn't enjoy this chapter particularly much, but I did like the sappy ending! ^_^ Thanks so much to all my reviewers, remember it's you who make me sit down and type down the next chapter!

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