[AN]This chapter... doesnt have much of a purpose, I'm telling you know... Its basically the 'calm before the storm' if you will, because the story's almost over...
Ashura: Yeah yeah, whatever. Reveiw responses!
Trowa: Yes, type woman!
Mage: demanding muses o.o;;; Oh, and a lot of people said sess was very mean last chapter... Ya he was ;;
Sess: Only cuz you made me ;;;
Mage: Now how could *I*, a mere mortal, make YOU demon lord of the west, do something? *looks innocent*
Sess: *looks out at reviewers with big sad OOC eyes* She bribed me with pocky and fluffy moments with Rin! ;~;
Mage: Eheh... on to other matters...
~~Review Responses~~
Shinnyu Kudzu: XD I honestly wouldnt know! I dont watch sitcoms... Heh... Oo;;; um... you can call me Jade ^^; Cuz dats meh name! (Ashura: Yes, Cloey/Cloe is her ditzy blonde friend...) THATS NOT NICE ASHY-CHAN! ; *whacks* Oo; Heh... Mwee ^^
evil squeede: Yepyep there is ^^ and Yay for Shippo/Souten! *dance*
Katie: Eheh... *blushes* I feel so stupid... (Ashura: Forgive her Oo; she was high on nyquil at the time... she gets these colds rather often you see...) Yes... Nyquil is EVIL! EVIL I TELLS YOU EVIL!
Lunar Mirror: Yes, reality check Kagura-baka needed Oo; Eh, no one's gonna maim ya for that... I like hearing about my readers having mixed feelings for the characters XD means i'm doing a good job...
Rain67: Youre damn right I'm a bitch!
Beautiful
Intelligent
Tenacious (sticking with my own point of view...)
Confident
Hell's worst nightmare
= bitch XD XD XD *raises eyebrow* youre going to let someone ELSE beat me up? Pathetic... and no i'm not writing a lemon x_x
Aamalie: I honestly dont know where it came from XD and yesh he is ^^
Smiley-chan: Nope, not the end ^^ Not just yet anyway... And I've got that one-shot typed and saved in my fic folder, but I kinda got off the subject and turned it into Yami Bakura's Hellish Day at the YMCA XD Its an inu crossovery fic too XD I dunno if i wanna post it...
Cricket-chan: Dude! Oo; How cruel... Your english teacher must be in leage with my algebra teacher ;;; Theyre planning something... ASHURA! PLOT MRS. WILLIAM'S DEMISE! (Ashura: *rolls eyes*) And really? EW! One time the sewage pipes out by the woodshop burst or something and it stank in there for a few days e.e;;; I had to have CAD in there damn it! Its hard to concentrate on drawings when the room stinks like that...
hush: duuuuude Oo; the crow? never heard of it... Brandon Lee? never heard of him either... XD I dont get out much, as you can tell...
Rurouni-ing girl: Yay for Sess/Rin! ^__^ Inu/Kag is cool and all, but most ideas with that pairing are overdone and ya see a whole lot of inu/kags... so thats why I like my not-so-common Sess/Rins and Ja/Bans ^^; Anyway, glad ya like it!
ladyofthedragons1: XD XD XD heh... i doubt inu and sesshy's parents would let them have a boy girl sleepover either, but they're out of town! XD hehe...
Liz.Q: ^^; I'm glad you liked it!
Sakie: She isnt exactly changing in a few minutes, she's saying she's going to change I guess... Heh, and its not the first B/J fanfic, but there ARE very very few out there...
Naoko2: Yush! ^^ Yush, such a fun word XD Anyway, glad you liked how I wrote you in. I was kinda afraid I'd make you totally OOC or something ^^"
Cookie6: ^^; Ya, it was kinda cute... Like a fucked up 70s sitcom couple, to quote Shinnyu Kudzu-sama XD XD XD Mwee...
SuperBuu: Duuude! Neato Oo; Anyway, we've only got the pattern and material for my costume. (i'm doing her kimono, its prittyful! that and I dont like skin-tight stuff Oo) We're working on my brother's Inuyasha costume first, since its going to be easier. I GET TO MAKE HIS DOGGY EARS! =D Dude, really? I'm the only girl other than my mom in my family Oo; 2 brothers and a half-brother that disappeared off the face of the planet with his girlfriend Zabrina (yes, Zabrina X_X weird name) Heheh...
Dragon of Sea: ^^ Thanks... and Shippo and Souten are going to do something in the last chapter, but thats about it... I AM writing a Shippo/Souten centric fic right now though!
Wakadori Ramen: Hey i liked the lyrics XD Godsmack roxxors... Yush, now dey be on speaking termses at least ^^
And thanks to everyone else who reviewed:
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Eight teenagers sat around the den at the Iizuki household, discussing what to do first. Bags had been retrieved from houses, and now lay scattered in the entrance way. The girls had changed into pajamas; Rin in a pair of shorts and a baggy t-shirt, Kagome in shorts and a tank top, and Sango in a baggy t-shirt and pajama pants.
"What are we going to do? We cant sit around here talking about it all night." Rin stated, letting out an exasperated sigh.
"Yeah, didnt you and Miroku have any ideas in mind?" Bankotsu asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Um... no?" Inuyasha grinned sheepishly. Jakotsu and Sango rolled their eyes. Kagome sighed.
"Inuyasha... OSUWARI!" With that, the elder Higurashi sister whacked the younger Iizuki brother over the head, sending him crashing face-first into the floor.
Miroku blinked. "Where did THAT come from?"
"I dont know, honestly ^^" Kagome sweatdropped and giggled.
"Anyway, who's up for Truth or Dare?" Jakotsu asked, smirking evilly. He was good at this game and everyone knew it...
"Sure, why not?" ...Except his own boyfriend, sadly...
"Okay! Yay!" Jakotsu grinned. "Hmm... Sango, truth or dare?"
"Dare I guess." Sango stared at him, blinking. What was he up to?
"I dare you to not hit Miroku for the rest of the night!" Jakotsu leaned back against the couch, laughing.
"But...!"
"No buts ^^"
"Damn it..." Sango crossed her arms. Miroku grinned. No headaches tonight, and he could do whatever he wanted! Slowly, his hand reached out... Another inch... Another... Almost there... Almost there... YES!
*SLAM!!*
"Owwww!"
"Sango!" Jakotsu's eyes narrowed.
"Hey, you didnt say I couldnt kick him..." Sango shrugged. Sure enough, she had kicked Miroku right into the wall. "Anyway, Inuyasha, truth or dare?"
"Truth." The poor guy didnt want Sango to take her anger out on him, and I dont blame him...
Sango smirked. "Do you still play with YuGiOh cards?"
"They're DUEL MONSTER cards. " Inuyasha muttered. "And yes I do..."
"You DO know those things are for little kids, dont you?" Sesshoumaru asked, eyebrow raised. (Mage: ; They are not! *huggles cards*)
"Are not! " Inuyasha then withdrew his precious Bad Reaction to Simochi and three Rain of Mercy cards and huggled them. (Mage: HEY! MY COMBO! *glares*) "My precious combo... Mine, my own... My precioussssss..."
"Okay, Inu, youre seriously freaking me out now..." Rin blinked.
Inu grinned sheepishly and put away his precious, though cheap and common cards. "Okay, Rin, truth or dare?"
"Um... Dare."
"I dare you to call up Sugoroku Mutou, down at the Kame Game Store, and tell him how much you love him!" Inuyasha snickered. Mr. Mutou was a dirty old man, and no one really liked him (other than his grandson Yugi, and Yugi's friends).
"What?! No!!" Rin stared, wide eyed. There was NO WAY she was going to do that!
"Damn it Inuyasha! Give her another dare!" Sesshoumaru glowered at his younger sibling, his arm draped loosely around Rin's shoulders. "Thats just WRONG!"
"No, she has to do it or she's out of the game!"
"Then I'm out of the game. There is NO WAY i'm doing that!" Rin shivered in disgust.
"Feh, you're no fun..."
"Seriously Inuyasha, that was kinda mean..." Kagome said.
"And Truth or dare is supposed to be nice? --"
"Good point..."
"Anyway, Jakotsu then. Truth or dare?"
"Dare!"
"Um... uh... hm... I dare you to prank call Kaiba!"
"Seto Kaiba?" Jakotsu asked. "The millionaire?"
"Yeah, dumbass!"
Bankotsu growled at this. Jakotsu grinned. "Okay! I'll do it!"
Miroku handed him the phone and Jakotsu dialed the teenage CEO of Kaiba Corp's number.
~*~
"Hello? Seto Kaiba." Seto said into the reciever. Who the HELL would be calling him so late?
"Hello! Can I help you?" Jakotsu covered the end of the phone at Sessy's to hide his snickering.
"Youre the one who called me freak. --"
"You've reached the Funny Farm! I. R. Lunatic speaking!"
"The HELL?!"
"When can we book your reservation? Would you like a padded room in white or off-white? Are you allergic to watermelons?"
"What are you talking about?!"
"Am I driving you crazy? Crazy? I was crazy once. They stuck a chicken in my padded room. Chickens drive me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once! A car honked at me! Cars drive me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once!"
"Obviously youre STILL crazy then! Freakin nut job..."
"What would you like on your pizza? Anchovies or no?"
"I DIDNT ORDER A PIZZA!"
"Yes you did!" By now, the group had the speaker phone on and were quietly laughing their asses off.
"NO I DIDNT!"
"Yes you did!"
"NO I DIDNT!"
"Yes you did!"
"NO I DIDNT!"
"Yes you did!"
"NO I DIDNT!"
"No you didnt!"
"YES I DID!"
"What would you like on it? ^^"
"DOH!" Seto slapped his forehead. How had he been so stupid as to fall for THAT?! And just WHO was this nut job that called him?! Of course, he may be the CEO of his own multi million dollar company, but of course he wasnt smart enough to check his caller ID... Go figure...
"Psychosomatic!"
"What?!"
Jakotsu's face scrunched up with silent laughter, and his voice took on a creepy tone. "What kind of horror movies do you like?"
"DONT CALL ME AGAIN YOU WEIRDO!" SLAM! The CEO slammed the reciever back down and ran up to his bedroom, officially freaked out.
~*~
Bankotsu was turning blue from lack of oxygen. He just couldnt stop laughing!
"Dear god... Jakotsu..." Rin giggled. "That was hilarious!"
"Thank you, thank you." Said master-prank-caller grinned. "Sess, truth or dare?"
"Um... Truth."
Jakotsu giggled. "What did you dream about last night?"
Sesshoumaru's face immediately tinted red and he muttered something.
"What was that? We cant hear you."
"Rin, okay?! God..."
Rin giggled and kissed him on the cheek. "Youre so sweet..."
"Oi! Look what I found!" Miroku shouted from the kitchen, holding up a bag of chex mix. "I love this stuff!" He poured it into a huge glass bowl and brought it back to the circle with him.
"Oh! Chex mix!" Sango grinned, snatching the bowl and began picking out the bagel chips and the rye chips, eating them happily. Miroku sweatdropped.
"Damn it... I like the little brown things..." He pouted, arms crossed.
"Tough. Be a man and deal with it."
It was just about then that Bankotsu decided to show his rarely seen goofy side. He snatched a square pretzel out of the bowl and set it on the tip of his nose, on its side. Not moving his head an inch, he let go of the pretzel and it stayed.
Kagome giggled. "Well thats interesting!"
But Bankotsu wasnt done showing off yet. He tossed his head, causing the pretzel to fly up into the air. He caught it in his mouth.
"My one and only odd talent." A round of cheers and applause erupted throughout the room... Until Jakotsu threw a bread twist at Bankotsu.
"Oh youre askin' for it now!" He grinned mischeiviously and tossed a pretzel right back at his boyfriend.
Pretty soon, it was an all out chex mix war. Chex flew through the air over the 'battlefield', hitting the other teenagers and other things. A couple pretzels landed in the fishbowl even.
Rin doubled over with laughter in the safe spot behind the couch, clutching a handful of chex mix. Sess joined her, his hands full of the stuff also.
"On three?" He asked, peeking over the top of the couch. Rin crept up behind him and dumped her handful right over his head.
"Gotcha!" She shouted, giggling.
"Oh you are so going to get it!" He grinned playfully.
"Catch me if you can Fluffy!" Still giggling, she ran out of the living room and out into the back yard.
"You can run, but you cant hide from me Rinrin!" Sess gave her a bit of a head start, then gave chase, a couple square pretzels still stuck in the fine, silvery strands of his hair.
Mischevious golden eyes glanced over the vast backyard and its many small gardens and flowerbeds. He sighed mentally, noticing the gardens hadnt been taken care of in quite some time. They had been planted for his mother years ago, before he was even born. The once-beautiful plants and flowers had been neglected after his mother died and Inutaisho remarried to Mitsuko. 'Hm... Maybe Rin would like to help me tidy the gardens up this spring...'
Thinking of Rin... Where had she gone?
His keen sense of eyesight picked up on Rin, climbing into an old oak tree. In an instant, he was right there, on the ground behind her, waiting expectantly.
He waited until she had gotten onto a branch a few feet above him. "Boo!"
"KYAAAA!" She tumbled backwards off the branch and right into Sesshoumaru's waiting arms. He smiled, an eyebrow cocked, and sprinkled chex mix over her. "Hey, no fair!" She protested, giggling.
"You know what they say," He looked smug. "All's fair in love and chex mix."
"And just who says that?"
"Dont know, but they should." This got Rin giggling more. Sess picked her up bridal style and leaped into the tree, sitting on a sturdy branch with Rin in his lap.
The two sat there for a while, listening to all the commotion coming from the house. Obviously the chex mix war was still going full throttle.
"Hey Sess..."
"Hmm?" He rested his chin on the top of her head softly.
"I... think I'm ready to tell the police... tomorrow?..." She sighed softly. Rin knew it would be hard for her, but she had to do it. The murderer was still loose...
Sess smiled softly. "Okay, tomorrow... I'll go with you..."
"Thank you..."
"Anything for you..."
~*~
Just as Sesshoumaru was about to nod off where he sat in the old tree, Rin in his lap, it began to sprinkle. He blinked and his nose twitched as a droplet of water hit it. Rin's head turned and she giggled at his comical expression: cross-eyed with a twitching nose.
"Whats so funny?" He asked, blinking to set his vision straight.
"You, silly! Youre such a dork..." She said fondly, smiling and kissing him on the cheek.
He laughed a bit. "We should go inside before we get soaked, ne?"
"Hai."
And so, with Rin in his arms, he leapt from the boughs of the old tree and ran inside, carrying her bridal style; both were laughing. Setting her down in the den, he glanced at the sleeping bodies sprawled on various pieces of furniture and on the floor, which was still covered with chex mix. The television screen showed a bright blue color, indicating that they had watched some sort of movie while Sesshoumaru and Rin sat outside together.
Sess shoved Inuyasha out of the plush armchair, and to his surprise and amusement, his younger brother remained asleep. "Geez, he sleeps like a rock..." Rin giggled and nodded in agreement.
Crawling into the chair, he yanked a throw blanket off the couch, which was stationed next to the chair, and draped it over himself. Rin joined him under the blanket, snuggling up to his warmth.
"Night Fluffy..." Rin yawned and her honey-brown eyes closed in peaceful sleep.
"Night Rinrin..." He whispered, planting a soft kiss on her forehead before closing his own golden eyes. Sesshoumaru found it hard to sleep though. Something gnawed incessantly at the back of his mind. Deep inside his soul was a sense of dread of things to come. That little nagging feeling, he felt, had something to do with Rin.
'No... Nothing bad is going to happen to Rin... She's right here in my arms... I'd know if something happened...
Fine, dont believe me.
Shut up you! I wouldnt let anything bad happen to her!
You shut up idiot! You're the one yelling at yourself!'
He inwardly groaned. "I really gotta start getting decaf..." He muttered softly to himself, before drifting off to sleep finally.
Little did he know, a pair of crimson eyes watched the two that night as they lay down to sleep. A dark figure waited patiently on the roof, hidden in the shadows of the nearly-moonless night. 'She wont get away again, the little wench...'
"Dont close your eyes little Rin..." The malicious voice whispered to the night sky. "Your precious Sessy wont save you this time..." It's thin lips curved into a smirk, one full of evil and hatred. "For, you see... Once you become my victim, death is inevitable..."
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[AN]And now we get into what's left of the plot! ^^ Yay! Sadly, there are only 3 chapters after this one though before it ends... But I have the rest pre-written and will be posting every day again.
I know I stopped doing recommended reading, but there's a fic you have just GOT to read! It is SO hilarious and cute!
~~Love or Money - by Liz.Q - Story ID 1543485 - Featuring Rin as a wannabe bounty hunter, and Sess as a man with a huge bounty on his head! Also features Kagura as Rin's rival! YAY! ^__^
Ashura: Yeah yeah, whatever. Reveiw responses!
Trowa: Yes, type woman!
Mage: demanding muses o.o;;; Oh, and a lot of people said sess was very mean last chapter... Ya he was ;;
Sess: Only cuz you made me ;;;
Mage: Now how could *I*, a mere mortal, make YOU demon lord of the west, do something? *looks innocent*
Sess: *looks out at reviewers with big sad OOC eyes* She bribed me with pocky and fluffy moments with Rin! ;~;
Mage: Eheh... on to other matters...
~~Review Responses~~
Shinnyu Kudzu: XD I honestly wouldnt know! I dont watch sitcoms... Heh... Oo;;; um... you can call me Jade ^^; Cuz dats meh name! (Ashura: Yes, Cloey/Cloe is her ditzy blonde friend...) THATS NOT NICE ASHY-CHAN! ; *whacks* Oo; Heh... Mwee ^^
evil squeede: Yepyep there is ^^ and Yay for Shippo/Souten! *dance*
Katie: Eheh... *blushes* I feel so stupid... (Ashura: Forgive her Oo; she was high on nyquil at the time... she gets these colds rather often you see...) Yes... Nyquil is EVIL! EVIL I TELLS YOU EVIL!
Lunar Mirror: Yes, reality check Kagura-baka needed Oo; Eh, no one's gonna maim ya for that... I like hearing about my readers having mixed feelings for the characters XD means i'm doing a good job...
Rain67: Youre damn right I'm a bitch!
Beautiful
Intelligent
Tenacious (sticking with my own point of view...)
Confident
Hell's worst nightmare
= bitch XD XD XD *raises eyebrow* youre going to let someone ELSE beat me up? Pathetic... and no i'm not writing a lemon x_x
Aamalie: I honestly dont know where it came from XD and yesh he is ^^
Smiley-chan: Nope, not the end ^^ Not just yet anyway... And I've got that one-shot typed and saved in my fic folder, but I kinda got off the subject and turned it into Yami Bakura's Hellish Day at the YMCA XD Its an inu crossovery fic too XD I dunno if i wanna post it...
Cricket-chan: Dude! Oo; How cruel... Your english teacher must be in leage with my algebra teacher ;;; Theyre planning something... ASHURA! PLOT MRS. WILLIAM'S DEMISE! (Ashura: *rolls eyes*) And really? EW! One time the sewage pipes out by the woodshop burst or something and it stank in there for a few days e.e;;; I had to have CAD in there damn it! Its hard to concentrate on drawings when the room stinks like that...
hush: duuuuude Oo; the crow? never heard of it... Brandon Lee? never heard of him either... XD I dont get out much, as you can tell...
Rurouni-ing girl: Yay for Sess/Rin! ^__^ Inu/Kag is cool and all, but most ideas with that pairing are overdone and ya see a whole lot of inu/kags... so thats why I like my not-so-common Sess/Rins and Ja/Bans ^^; Anyway, glad ya like it!
ladyofthedragons1: XD XD XD heh... i doubt inu and sesshy's parents would let them have a boy girl sleepover either, but they're out of town! XD hehe...
Liz.Q: ^^; I'm glad you liked it!
Sakie: She isnt exactly changing in a few minutes, she's saying she's going to change I guess... Heh, and its not the first B/J fanfic, but there ARE very very few out there...
Naoko2: Yush! ^^ Yush, such a fun word XD Anyway, glad you liked how I wrote you in. I was kinda afraid I'd make you totally OOC or something ^^"
Cookie6: ^^; Ya, it was kinda cute... Like a fucked up 70s sitcom couple, to quote Shinnyu Kudzu-sama XD XD XD Mwee...
SuperBuu: Duuude! Neato Oo; Anyway, we've only got the pattern and material for my costume. (i'm doing her kimono, its prittyful! that and I dont like skin-tight stuff Oo) We're working on my brother's Inuyasha costume first, since its going to be easier. I GET TO MAKE HIS DOGGY EARS! =D Dude, really? I'm the only girl other than my mom in my family Oo; 2 brothers and a half-brother that disappeared off the face of the planet with his girlfriend Zabrina (yes, Zabrina X_X weird name) Heheh...
Dragon of Sea: ^^ Thanks... and Shippo and Souten are going to do something in the last chapter, but thats about it... I AM writing a Shippo/Souten centric fic right now though!
Wakadori Ramen: Hey i liked the lyrics XD Godsmack roxxors... Yush, now dey be on speaking termses at least ^^
And thanks to everyone else who reviewed:
windxlove
pensquared
kuroi raishu
milacute04
Tigerose08
Charmed Angel
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Demonlady1
dark n light
LewsTherinInsanity
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Eight teenagers sat around the den at the Iizuki household, discussing what to do first. Bags had been retrieved from houses, and now lay scattered in the entrance way. The girls had changed into pajamas; Rin in a pair of shorts and a baggy t-shirt, Kagome in shorts and a tank top, and Sango in a baggy t-shirt and pajama pants.
"What are we going to do? We cant sit around here talking about it all night." Rin stated, letting out an exasperated sigh.
"Yeah, didnt you and Miroku have any ideas in mind?" Bankotsu asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Um... no?" Inuyasha grinned sheepishly. Jakotsu and Sango rolled their eyes. Kagome sighed.
"Inuyasha... OSUWARI!" With that, the elder Higurashi sister whacked the younger Iizuki brother over the head, sending him crashing face-first into the floor.
Miroku blinked. "Where did THAT come from?"
"I dont know, honestly ^^" Kagome sweatdropped and giggled.
"Anyway, who's up for Truth or Dare?" Jakotsu asked, smirking evilly. He was good at this game and everyone knew it...
"Sure, why not?" ...Except his own boyfriend, sadly...
"Okay! Yay!" Jakotsu grinned. "Hmm... Sango, truth or dare?"
"Dare I guess." Sango stared at him, blinking. What was he up to?
"I dare you to not hit Miroku for the rest of the night!" Jakotsu leaned back against the couch, laughing.
"But...!"
"No buts ^^"
"Damn it..." Sango crossed her arms. Miroku grinned. No headaches tonight, and he could do whatever he wanted! Slowly, his hand reached out... Another inch... Another... Almost there... Almost there... YES!
*SLAM!!*
"Owwww!"
"Sango!" Jakotsu's eyes narrowed.
"Hey, you didnt say I couldnt kick him..." Sango shrugged. Sure enough, she had kicked Miroku right into the wall. "Anyway, Inuyasha, truth or dare?"
"Truth." The poor guy didnt want Sango to take her anger out on him, and I dont blame him...
Sango smirked. "Do you still play with YuGiOh cards?"
"They're DUEL MONSTER cards. " Inuyasha muttered. "And yes I do..."
"You DO know those things are for little kids, dont you?" Sesshoumaru asked, eyebrow raised. (Mage: ; They are not! *huggles cards*)
"Are not! " Inuyasha then withdrew his precious Bad Reaction to Simochi and three Rain of Mercy cards and huggled them. (Mage: HEY! MY COMBO! *glares*) "My precious combo... Mine, my own... My precioussssss..."
"Okay, Inu, youre seriously freaking me out now..." Rin blinked.
Inu grinned sheepishly and put away his precious, though cheap and common cards. "Okay, Rin, truth or dare?"
"Um... Dare."
"I dare you to call up Sugoroku Mutou, down at the Kame Game Store, and tell him how much you love him!" Inuyasha snickered. Mr. Mutou was a dirty old man, and no one really liked him (other than his grandson Yugi, and Yugi's friends).
"What?! No!!" Rin stared, wide eyed. There was NO WAY she was going to do that!
"Damn it Inuyasha! Give her another dare!" Sesshoumaru glowered at his younger sibling, his arm draped loosely around Rin's shoulders. "Thats just WRONG!"
"No, she has to do it or she's out of the game!"
"Then I'm out of the game. There is NO WAY i'm doing that!" Rin shivered in disgust.
"Feh, you're no fun..."
"Seriously Inuyasha, that was kinda mean..." Kagome said.
"And Truth or dare is supposed to be nice? --"
"Good point..."
"Anyway, Jakotsu then. Truth or dare?"
"Dare!"
"Um... uh... hm... I dare you to prank call Kaiba!"
"Seto Kaiba?" Jakotsu asked. "The millionaire?"
"Yeah, dumbass!"
Bankotsu growled at this. Jakotsu grinned. "Okay! I'll do it!"
Miroku handed him the phone and Jakotsu dialed the teenage CEO of Kaiba Corp's number.
~*~
"Hello? Seto Kaiba." Seto said into the reciever. Who the HELL would be calling him so late?
"Hello! Can I help you?" Jakotsu covered the end of the phone at Sessy's to hide his snickering.
"Youre the one who called me freak. --"
"You've reached the Funny Farm! I. R. Lunatic speaking!"
"The HELL?!"
"When can we book your reservation? Would you like a padded room in white or off-white? Are you allergic to watermelons?"
"What are you talking about?!"
"Am I driving you crazy? Crazy? I was crazy once. They stuck a chicken in my padded room. Chickens drive me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once! A car honked at me! Cars drive me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once!"
"Obviously youre STILL crazy then! Freakin nut job..."
"What would you like on your pizza? Anchovies or no?"
"I DIDNT ORDER A PIZZA!"
"Yes you did!" By now, the group had the speaker phone on and were quietly laughing their asses off.
"NO I DIDNT!"
"Yes you did!"
"NO I DIDNT!"
"Yes you did!"
"NO I DIDNT!"
"Yes you did!"
"NO I DIDNT!"
"No you didnt!"
"YES I DID!"
"What would you like on it? ^^"
"DOH!" Seto slapped his forehead. How had he been so stupid as to fall for THAT?! And just WHO was this nut job that called him?! Of course, he may be the CEO of his own multi million dollar company, but of course he wasnt smart enough to check his caller ID... Go figure...
"Psychosomatic!"
"What?!"
Jakotsu's face scrunched up with silent laughter, and his voice took on a creepy tone. "What kind of horror movies do you like?"
"DONT CALL ME AGAIN YOU WEIRDO!" SLAM! The CEO slammed the reciever back down and ran up to his bedroom, officially freaked out.
~*~
Bankotsu was turning blue from lack of oxygen. He just couldnt stop laughing!
"Dear god... Jakotsu..." Rin giggled. "That was hilarious!"
"Thank you, thank you." Said master-prank-caller grinned. "Sess, truth or dare?"
"Um... Truth."
Jakotsu giggled. "What did you dream about last night?"
Sesshoumaru's face immediately tinted red and he muttered something.
"What was that? We cant hear you."
"Rin, okay?! God..."
Rin giggled and kissed him on the cheek. "Youre so sweet..."
"Oi! Look what I found!" Miroku shouted from the kitchen, holding up a bag of chex mix. "I love this stuff!" He poured it into a huge glass bowl and brought it back to the circle with him.
"Oh! Chex mix!" Sango grinned, snatching the bowl and began picking out the bagel chips and the rye chips, eating them happily. Miroku sweatdropped.
"Damn it... I like the little brown things..." He pouted, arms crossed.
"Tough. Be a man and deal with it."
It was just about then that Bankotsu decided to show his rarely seen goofy side. He snatched a square pretzel out of the bowl and set it on the tip of his nose, on its side. Not moving his head an inch, he let go of the pretzel and it stayed.
Kagome giggled. "Well thats interesting!"
But Bankotsu wasnt done showing off yet. He tossed his head, causing the pretzel to fly up into the air. He caught it in his mouth.
"My one and only odd talent." A round of cheers and applause erupted throughout the room... Until Jakotsu threw a bread twist at Bankotsu.
"Oh youre askin' for it now!" He grinned mischeiviously and tossed a pretzel right back at his boyfriend.
Pretty soon, it was an all out chex mix war. Chex flew through the air over the 'battlefield', hitting the other teenagers and other things. A couple pretzels landed in the fishbowl even.
Rin doubled over with laughter in the safe spot behind the couch, clutching a handful of chex mix. Sess joined her, his hands full of the stuff also.
"On three?" He asked, peeking over the top of the couch. Rin crept up behind him and dumped her handful right over his head.
"Gotcha!" She shouted, giggling.
"Oh you are so going to get it!" He grinned playfully.
"Catch me if you can Fluffy!" Still giggling, she ran out of the living room and out into the back yard.
"You can run, but you cant hide from me Rinrin!" Sess gave her a bit of a head start, then gave chase, a couple square pretzels still stuck in the fine, silvery strands of his hair.
Mischevious golden eyes glanced over the vast backyard and its many small gardens and flowerbeds. He sighed mentally, noticing the gardens hadnt been taken care of in quite some time. They had been planted for his mother years ago, before he was even born. The once-beautiful plants and flowers had been neglected after his mother died and Inutaisho remarried to Mitsuko. 'Hm... Maybe Rin would like to help me tidy the gardens up this spring...'
Thinking of Rin... Where had she gone?
His keen sense of eyesight picked up on Rin, climbing into an old oak tree. In an instant, he was right there, on the ground behind her, waiting expectantly.
He waited until she had gotten onto a branch a few feet above him. "Boo!"
"KYAAAA!" She tumbled backwards off the branch and right into Sesshoumaru's waiting arms. He smiled, an eyebrow cocked, and sprinkled chex mix over her. "Hey, no fair!" She protested, giggling.
"You know what they say," He looked smug. "All's fair in love and chex mix."
"And just who says that?"
"Dont know, but they should." This got Rin giggling more. Sess picked her up bridal style and leaped into the tree, sitting on a sturdy branch with Rin in his lap.
The two sat there for a while, listening to all the commotion coming from the house. Obviously the chex mix war was still going full throttle.
"Hey Sess..."
"Hmm?" He rested his chin on the top of her head softly.
"I... think I'm ready to tell the police... tomorrow?..." She sighed softly. Rin knew it would be hard for her, but she had to do it. The murderer was still loose...
Sess smiled softly. "Okay, tomorrow... I'll go with you..."
"Thank you..."
"Anything for you..."
~*~
Just as Sesshoumaru was about to nod off where he sat in the old tree, Rin in his lap, it began to sprinkle. He blinked and his nose twitched as a droplet of water hit it. Rin's head turned and she giggled at his comical expression: cross-eyed with a twitching nose.
"Whats so funny?" He asked, blinking to set his vision straight.
"You, silly! Youre such a dork..." She said fondly, smiling and kissing him on the cheek.
He laughed a bit. "We should go inside before we get soaked, ne?"
"Hai."
And so, with Rin in his arms, he leapt from the boughs of the old tree and ran inside, carrying her bridal style; both were laughing. Setting her down in the den, he glanced at the sleeping bodies sprawled on various pieces of furniture and on the floor, which was still covered with chex mix. The television screen showed a bright blue color, indicating that they had watched some sort of movie while Sesshoumaru and Rin sat outside together.
Sess shoved Inuyasha out of the plush armchair, and to his surprise and amusement, his younger brother remained asleep. "Geez, he sleeps like a rock..." Rin giggled and nodded in agreement.
Crawling into the chair, he yanked a throw blanket off the couch, which was stationed next to the chair, and draped it over himself. Rin joined him under the blanket, snuggling up to his warmth.
"Night Fluffy..." Rin yawned and her honey-brown eyes closed in peaceful sleep.
"Night Rinrin..." He whispered, planting a soft kiss on her forehead before closing his own golden eyes. Sesshoumaru found it hard to sleep though. Something gnawed incessantly at the back of his mind. Deep inside his soul was a sense of dread of things to come. That little nagging feeling, he felt, had something to do with Rin.
'No... Nothing bad is going to happen to Rin... She's right here in my arms... I'd know if something happened...
Fine, dont believe me.
Shut up you! I wouldnt let anything bad happen to her!
You shut up idiot! You're the one yelling at yourself!'
He inwardly groaned. "I really gotta start getting decaf..." He muttered softly to himself, before drifting off to sleep finally.
Little did he know, a pair of crimson eyes watched the two that night as they lay down to sleep. A dark figure waited patiently on the roof, hidden in the shadows of the nearly-moonless night. 'She wont get away again, the little wench...'
"Dont close your eyes little Rin..." The malicious voice whispered to the night sky. "Your precious Sessy wont save you this time..." It's thin lips curved into a smirk, one full of evil and hatred. "For, you see... Once you become my victim, death is inevitable..."
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[AN]And now we get into what's left of the plot! ^^ Yay! Sadly, there are only 3 chapters after this one though before it ends... But I have the rest pre-written and will be posting every day again.
I know I stopped doing recommended reading, but there's a fic you have just GOT to read! It is SO hilarious and cute!
~~Love or Money - by Liz.Q - Story ID 1543485 - Featuring Rin as a wannabe bounty hunter, and Sess as a man with a huge bounty on his head! Also features Kagura as Rin's rival! YAY! ^__^