AN: The last chapter was kind of rushed and definitely not as good as chapter four so I'm hoping that this chapter will be better. I have some funny scene ideas planned for this chapter but my all time favorite scene will be Miroku looking constipated in an exotic pet store, haha. I know, I lied…there wasn't any citrus in the last chapter, I don't know what I was thinking. Question… I was wondering what made chapter four better than chapter five? Any and all comments/replies would be greatly appreciated since it'll give me a better understanding as to what you guys liked about it! Also, during this chapter Kagome will play some "nasty" tricks on Ayame, Tea, and Miroku…PLEASE do not repeat any of them… I will not be held responsible for any results that may occur if you do. On with the chapter!
Summary:
"What about sometime next weekend?" Inu yasha pressed.
"We'll see. I don't know if I have anything planned."
"Okay then. Talk to you soon!" Inu yasha smiled and hurriedly planted a small kiss on Kagome's cheek before running off without looking back, partly because his face burned with embarrassment. Kagome stood there stunned with her own face flushing just as much. Then she smiled.
Take Me For Who I Am
Chapter 6: Sweet Revenge
Her face burned with embarrassment. It was fine and dandy when they kissed earlier because it was so abrupt and unplanned, but this time he meant to do it…and it baffled Kagome.
As she calmly walked back to the bed and breakfast more clouds started rolling in, rain began to drizzle and her dress stuck to her back making her uncomfortable. Kagome couldn't help but smile at what had just happened. It was so fast and spontaneous that she honestly didn't know how to react.
All of her defenses were shot just then. The door that had remained closed since eighth grade was slowly creaking open shining some light into the dark isolated room that she had kept herself in. Someone found the key to the door and was prying and peaking into a place Kagome didn't want anyone to see. She felt vulnerable.
Kagome furrowed her eyebrows with frustration. Anger returned in full force and she was ticked off at herself for allowing someone other than Sango to take a sneak peak into her past. It was too much for her to bear. Kagome mentally blocked it and once again locked the door, this time with a chain.
Cars whizzed passed splashing through the puddles that formed on the side of the road. When it was clear Kagome walked across the street remembering the sand in the plastic container in her purse. She grinned mischievously.
The man at the desk in the front lobby stared as Kagome walked to the stairs to get to her room. She nearly bounced with each step she took not being able to wait to see her friends. Not to tell them what happened but to exact her revenge for ditching her at the ice cream truck. She decided not to tell them about Inu yasha. She decided she would pretend it never happened. She would deny the whole experience.
Kagome knocked on the door to her room. The door soon opened revealing a worried Tea, and grinning Miroku with a twinkle in his eye (I wonder why... she's only saturated in a white dress ^^;), and a pissed off Ayame.
"Kagome!" They all yelled. Ayame pulled a blanket around Kagome's arms and dragged her away from Miroku's wandering eyes and into the bathroom. Tea proceeded with finding warm pajamas and a hot drink from room service.
"Kagome! Where have you been? You've been gone for two hours! I thought you were raped or…or kidnapped!" Ayame said half angry half worriedly.
"Just walking around. I decided I needed time to think after you guys ditched me!" Tea puffed up like a balloon at Kagome's accusation.
"We did not ditch you! It was all Miroku! He had to go to the bathroom, dragged us along, and when we came back you were gone! We didn't know where you were! We searched and searched until the storm came and then came back here hoping to find you!" Tea said. Kagome rolled her eyes.
"Yuh huh…right…sure." Kagome replied. Miroku knocked on the door.
"Can I come in?" He pleaded.
"NO!" The three of them yelled.
Miroku pouted and sat down on one of the two beds twirling his thumbs. He had to find Inu yasha.
"So you were just walking the entire time?" Ayame started to blow dry Kagome's damp hair.
"Yeah, well, for the most part. I stopped to watch the storm and stuff, no biggie really." Kagome said.
"Damn you, Kag! You can get pneumonia! Don't do that again!" Tea said swallowing a lump in her throat.
Ayame finished drying her hair and began to brush it thoroughly. They talked for a few more minutes before facing Miroku.
The door to the bathroom opened; Miroku stood up from the bed and immediately pulled Kagome into a giant hug pretending to sob. Kagome's eyebrow twitched, her face contorted. SLAP! Kagome walked over to the bed and sat down crossing her arms. Miroku looked at his hand and began cursing it.
"Damn this hand! It's cursed! I know it is!" Miroku muttered to himself.
"Listen, Kags, we're going to go downstairs to the restaurant to get some hot cocoa. We'll be right back." Ayame said. Miroku cleared his throat, stood up, and looked serious for a moment.
"I volunteer to stay here and comfort Kagome. I'll make her feel better." Ayame looked at him and Tea sighed. They both grabbed on to his ear and pulled him out the door.
"Ow ow ow ow!" Miroku's voice could be heard from down the hall.
Kagome waited outside the room to watch her friends descend the stairs before smiling evilly and slowly closing the door.
"It's about freaking time they left!" Kagome cackled. "Where's my purse? Bua hahahahaha!" She said as she picked up her purse from the floor. "Ooh, so they think they're gonna get away with ditching me, eh?" She laughed. "I don't think so!"
Kagome pulled out the plastic container filled with dry sand. She opened the container and carefully sprinkled a quarter of the contents on the sheets of the double bed.
"Hmmm, I hope they won't be too itchy sleeping tonight…" Kagome said as an afterthought. "Naa!" She sprinkled more sand on the bed and quickly covered it with the comforter.
Kagome walked over to the bathroom and poured half of the container of the sand into the Shampoo bottle Ayame brought for them to share. "Man am I glad I brought my own shampoo." She said grinning.
As she hummed "Whistle While You Work" Kagome brought her duffel bag into Miroku's room (their rooms are connected by a door like in a hotel). She dumped the remainder of the sand on Miroku's bed and proceeded to his bathroom where she drained his shampoo bottle and put two tampons in it instead.
"I've always known that guys just looooove tampons…bua hahahaha! Hmmm, should I put some pads someplace?" Kagome nodded to no one and put some pads in Miroku's sinks, and one on his pillow like a mint.
Afterwards Kagome put some more tampons in various places that she was sure Miroku would eventually find.
Kagome walked back into her room, changed into her pajamas, and laid down on the remaining twin bed. She set her personal alarm to the softest setting (volume wise) so when it went off she knew Ayame and Tea wouldn't wake up. She watched television for a few minutes before she heard some annoyed inquires towards Miroku outside the door. Kagome was unable to decipher the questions.
"Hope you like French Vanilla, Kags!" Ayame said cheerfully. "That's all they had down there." Kagome smiled sweetly at her friend and thanked them.
"*Sigh* Well I guess Kagome has already claimed the twin bed, Ayame." Tea said rather gloomily.
"What's wrong with that? I don't snore…" Ayame replied.
"No, but you kick…and you kick hard. It's like you're riding a bicycle at nighttime. Remember that sleepover a year ago? I slept next to you on the floor and I ended up leaving with a black eye…." Tea said. Ayame laughed as she remembered.
"Why do you look so gloomy, Inu…Miroku?" Kagome said quickly correcting herself. Everyone in the room silenced immediately and stared at Kagome.
"What did you say, Kagome? What did you call me?" Miroku's eyes twinkled. Tea and Ayame began to look worried.
"I called you Miroku. What's wrong with that?" Kagome replied.
"True, but what were you going to call him, Kags? You said Inu…Inu what?" Kagome looked at Tea seemingly without a care in the world. She quickly made up a lie.
"I felt like I was going to sneeze! Some people say achoo, I say inuchoo!" Kagome leaned over the side of her bed to cover up her burning face. She picked up a magazine from her duffel bag and began to flip through pages as if nothing weird had occurred.
Miroku glanced over at Ayame and Tea. Tea bit on her nails subconsciously and Ayame glared daggers at Miroku. He took the hint.
"Hehehe…hehe…he…" Miroku cleared his throat. "Well, I'm tired from all that walking today! I'm off to bed!" He said as he stretched. He walked through the joint bedroom doorway and locked the door behind him.
"Actually, I'm really tired too guys, I'm tired from trying to find you three all night." Kagome said with extreme emphasis. Ayame and Tea looked at her with guilty but apologetic eyes.
"Okay, you sleep well, ya hear? Just don't go getting sick on us here. That would suck!" Tea said. Ayame and Tea started to get into their own pajamas.
"I won't." Kagome said as she lay down. She pretended not to move but inwardly she was grinning, just waiting to hear their reactions.
"AHH! It's the attack of the tampons!!!" Miroku yelled. Kagome shook violently trying to keep her giggles in. Ayame and Tea knocked on the door.
"Miroku? What's going on?" Ayame asked. Kagome shook even harder. The door swung open revealing Miroku in his boxers. He held three tampons with a tissue.
"There are tampons everywhere!" Miroku exclaimed. Ayame and Tea giggled wildly.
"Those are mine, goofball." Tea said grabbing the tampons.
"What'd you go put them in my slippers for?!" He asked. His face was the color of ash.
"I didn't, moron." Tea rolled her eyes.
"You liar! Keep your feminine products and problems to yourself!" He said throwing another tampon at her. Ayame grinned, grabbed a tampon and shoved it in his face.
"OOH! Miroku is scared of the big bad tampon! It's the tampon from hell, Miroku! Woooooooo!" Miroku made a disgusted and fearful face and closed the door again smashing the tampon between the door and the frame.
"Oh man…" Tea started. "Kagome? Did you do that?" Kagome stopped shaking at once and pretended to be asleep. "Well if you did that was the best!" Tea and Ayame laughed. Tea walked over to Kagome and nudged her, then looked at her face.
"She looks sound asleep."
"Are you sure?" Tea asked. Ayame opened one of Kagome's eyes with her finger. Her eye didn't move. Kagome's mouth parted slightly and she began to snore softly.
"Yup, she's asleep." Ayame confirmed.
"Good, now we can talk about you-know-what." Tea said. Ayame nodded her head in agreement. "Do you think they met up?" Tea bit her thumbnail.
"Yes, they did. Kagome is very articulate, she wouldn't have said Inu unless she had met him tonight." Ayame said. Kagome's eyes shot open but she remained still. Her back was facing her two friends.
"We have to do something about this, Ayame. Miroku was cheating, we have to find a way around this, or you know what will happen!" Ayame silenced Tea with a loud "SHH!" before speaking.
"Let's go downstairs to talk. We'll get something to drink…again…we can't talk about it here unless we want to wake Kagome up."
Kagome furrowed her eyebrows and bit her lip. She sat up the minute she heard the door to the room close.
"What was that about?" She asked aloud.
An hour or so later Kagome finally fell asleep, completely exhausted from the night and tired of waiting for Ayame and Tea to come back upstairs. She slept fitfully.
She ran down the street in the dark of night. Her breathing was heavy and sometimes came in short gasps. Street lamps illuminated the dark street, clearing the way of her path.
Shadows surrounded the girl, some moved alongside her, some followed her, and some remained still. All she knew was that she had to run. Run and escape. Escape or be tormented again.
She turned the corner and stopped short. This street was completely dark. With fear she took one step forward into the shadow and was swallowed up by the street. The street caved in around her like jelly and suddenly she couldn't breathe.
She opened her eyes and saw the faces of all her friends…every one of them except one. There were other people too, three others in fact. All the faces were indistinguishable, but she knew who every one of them was. And they were all laughing. Laughing at her, laughing at her fear, laughing at her gullibility.
The girl inhaled sharply desperate for air, but she was drowning. Drowning in her fear. And no one was bothering to rescue her…instead they all held her down. She screamed.
Kagome shot up from her bed and gasped for air. She was covered in a cold sweat, her bangs plastered against her forehead.
"What the hell was that?!" Kagome asked herself alarmed.
Whee! I'm done with this chapter now! *receives death glares from everyone* Ack! Okay okay! I'll write some more! Gomen! I just love and despise cliffhangers. Good for writing stories…bad for reading them, bua hahahahahaha! Anyway, below are some replies from chapters 4 and 5; only a few thought because I don't want to waste space by replying to 30 reviews ^^; Don't forget to tell me (in a review of course! *eyes twinkle* ) why chapter 4 was so much better than chapter 5!
Pinky-cat: Awe! Thanks! That chapter took me forever to plan and write! .
MarsMoonStar: LOL! I loved your review!! "holy crap…whao" HAHA! Can't say I've ever gotten one like that before!
Silverstarlight: Hmm, so you guessed where I got my inspiration from have you? *pulls out knife* Guess I'm gonna have to kill you know! Lol, j/k
Gemini fox 44: That's okay! I've thought of some more funny scenes, but my all time favorite will be Miroku looking constipated in an exotic pet store *grins*
yasha-chan: Hmmm, what do you think? o.ô Do you think he likes her for who she is? Or does he just want the money? You'll have to keep reading to find out!
Lord-Hiei: Can I eat the chocolate covered turtles instead? Please? Pretty please? I love chocolate covered turtles!!! *pulls out napkin…turtles scuttle away*