MMM... Gomen ne? Oh well what can I do, I've been busy. The only thing I
can say is that I hope you enjoyed this fic, this is the last chapter, the
next one will be epilogue and that's when im going to say my goodbyes and
all that stuff, till then; hope you enjoy!!!
Life is simple.
Just live it. Don't ask why.
Be happy. That's why we are here.
Find your love, and live.
The Bet
Chapter 19: What Happiness Is
By: Nova
Beta-reader: Kaze no Kagura
2111003 (five more days till my birthday!!!) Well actually, today is my birthday 2611003
"Wake up." Kagome was already up by ten in the morning while Inuyasha was still sleeping. Every time she remembered what Miroku had said, she couldn't tell what she felt.
She wasn't angry, sad, or happy. She couldn't decide. So maybe if she saw Inuyasha in movement something would happen.
"No, it's too early... lemme sleep, 'Gome." He wrapped the blankets around him more tightly.
"It's ten AM. WAKE UP!!"
"If it's going to be like this every morning when we're married, let me reconsiderate it.."
A big silence followed his statement.
And I mean BIIIIIIIG Silence.
Inuyasha hid his head under the blankets with his eyes wide open. He didn't want to say it. It kind of slipped out of his mouth. He had only thought of it!!! 'Damn it, now what?'
Kagome on the other side just stood there suppressing a laugh, until she couldn't hold it anymore. "HAHAHAHAHHA! T-That was so so cute! HAHAHAHA!"
Inuyasha stood up from the bed and glared at her. "Keh, stop the damn laugh, bitch."
"Oh, don't be that jerk again, Inuyasha." Kagome started to walk downstairs with Inuyasha following.
"What jerk?" His expression changed to confusion.
"The one you always are... I liked it more when you came under the rain and- "
"Shut up... I'm not always that kind of guy," he said looking at the other way with his arms crossed.
"I know. Sorry, but still I love you." She smiled at him and went to the kitchen.
He stood there with a grin. "You couldn't feel any other way," he shouted.
"Umm, actually I could. You want ramen for breakfast right?" She went to the oven and started boiling the water before inuyasha sneaked behind her and held her by the waist, startling her.
"Yes, I want ramen, and I don't think you could feel any other way, Kagome," he whispered into her ear with a raspy voice, making her shiver.
"Stop it, Inuyasha. I want to ask you something." She closed her eyes, enjoying her boyfriend's attention.
"Ask." He kept kissing her until she asked her question.
"Did you a make a bet about me?"
His whole body tensed up. 'Who had told her?' was the only thought on his mind.
"Inuyasha? Daijoubo desu ka?" He released her from his grip and stared at her for a couple seconds before turning around and heading for the door.
"HOLD ON THERE, INUYASHA! You, my dearest, are going nowhere but that couch to explain to me about this bet of yours," she said in the sweetest tone of voice one could ever imagine.
"Keh! Like I will obey you!!" He ran to the door in an attempt to escape from her; escape was better than telling her about that bet... That bet. He couldn't help but smile a little.
In his moment of "smiling at the memories" he didn't notice Kagome's fat cat- or as she like to call it 'buyo' - on his way to the door, and tripped on it. The only things Kagome could hear from the kitchen were a loud "MEOW" and "KUSO!! NEKO NO BAKA!!" and seconds after Inuyasha's curses, a big crash from the living room.
"What happened?" Kagome stood outside of the kitchen, seeing a cat licking his paw and a dog, gomen, I mean, Inuyasha sprawled across the floor. "Learned your lesson? Now explain, Inuyasha."
"Whatever." Let him save a bit of his dignity.
"Look," - Inuyasha started - "first of all, I didn't want to be part of that stupid bet. Miroku got me into it somehow."
Both were at the bench beside the goshinboku tree. The house didn't feel like the best place to talk. After all, Souta had just come back from a friend's house and her mother was cleaning the house, so they couldn't get the privacy they wanted.
"But you still played the game," she said in a more serious voice. "What was the bet about?"
Inuyasha was starting to blush. "I didn't play." - He crossed his arms and looked at anything but her - "It just... I don't know how to explain it, let's say I won without thinking about it." He looked her in the eyes, trying to convice her of it without anymore words.
"Just tell me what the bet was about!" Guess Kagome still didn't know that curiosity killed the cat.
"FINE!! Kouga, Hojo, and I, well, more like Miroku, made a bet about kissing you; the first one that could kiss you without being sent to the hospital would be the winner, and the prize, of course, somehow would be you and the losers would be slaves of the winner for some time. There you have it!! Happy?!!" All through his explaining he stood up and was facing her.
"Well... yes, I guess so. But you didn't win," Kagome said with a thoughtful expression.
"NANI?! D-did someone kiss you first? KOUGA DID IT, NE?! I´M GONNA-"
"Calm down, Inuyasha" - she patted the place beside her on the bench to make him sit (if I had only give her the rosary beads...) - "It's not because of that. In a way you were in the hospital; after kissing me you got sick, and I would have taken you to the hospital if you hadn't weighed a ton."
"Ya know, 'Gome," - he get close to her invading all her 'personal' space - "maybe I didn't win the bet. In fact, I never wanted to, but I got the best prize ever."
"You think so?" She said getting closer to him.
"I don't think so. I know so, 'Gome." He closed the gap between them, taking Kagome's face in his hands, kissing her gently. She wrapped her arms around his neck, bringing him closer to herself, turning the kiss into a more heated one.
He couldn't help but smile while kissing his kanojo, his, onliy his. No one will ever touch her, or even look at her and she would never think 'bout anyone but him. When he was a child, he had asked his mother what happiness was. She hadn't answered. The only thing his mother did was touch the necklace his father had given her, and before walking away she kissed her son's forehead. He hadn't gotten it then, but now he understood her.
You didn't need words. You couldn't use words to describe it. Happiness is something you feel. It is warm. It makes you smile. It... there simply are no word to describe it. Wait, he had found one word.
"Kagome ..." he moaned.
"Inuyasha..." She answered by bringing him closer to herself if that was possible.
:: Cough COUGH::
"O-okaa-chan?!!" She pushed Inuyasha, making him fall on his butt.
"OI!! What was that for, wench?"
"No, Kagome, I'm not 'okaa-chan.' My name is S.A.N.G.O., remember?" Sango said between laughs with Miroku beside her.
"Oh, JUST shut up.." She buried her face in her hands. (Remember that all the time she has been sitting on the bench.)
Inuyasha kneeled in front of her, took both of her hands to make her look at him, and said, "Don't be so embarrassed. It's okay, 'Gome," then smiled.
In that the real 'okaa-chan' came, "Oh dear kami-sama," she said, gasping.
"Nani?" Before Kagome could know what was happening she was enveloped in a big hug from her mother.
"I can't believe my baby is getting engaged!!!"
"WHAT?!!" Kagome yelled.
"Well.. isn't that it? I mean, I get here and see this gentleman on one knee holding both of your hands and smiling very sweetly at you" - a keh was heard from behind her - "and every inch of you is blushing. What am I supposed to think?"
"Oh mother... that-that's not happening any time soon." She looked at Inuyasha.
And guess what he did.. He smiled at her and started walking to the house before saying in a very happy voice, "That's what you think, koi. Can we eat now? I want some ramen."
Four people were left under the goshinboku tree with stunned faces.
And let me tell you something: he wasn't that wrong.
You'll see why in the epilogue.
Ja.
Okaa-chan: mother Kanojo: girlfriend Koi: love Kami-sama: god Daijoubo desu ka: are you ok? Kuso: shit or damn, something like that Neko: cat Baka: stupid Neko no baka: stupid cat : )
Life is simple.
Just live it. Don't ask why.
Be happy. That's why we are here.
Find your love, and live.
The Bet
Chapter 19: What Happiness Is
By: Nova
Beta-reader: Kaze no Kagura
2111003 (five more days till my birthday!!!) Well actually, today is my birthday 2611003
"Wake up." Kagome was already up by ten in the morning while Inuyasha was still sleeping. Every time she remembered what Miroku had said, she couldn't tell what she felt.
She wasn't angry, sad, or happy. She couldn't decide. So maybe if she saw Inuyasha in movement something would happen.
"No, it's too early... lemme sleep, 'Gome." He wrapped the blankets around him more tightly.
"It's ten AM. WAKE UP!!"
"If it's going to be like this every morning when we're married, let me reconsiderate it.."
A big silence followed his statement.
And I mean BIIIIIIIG Silence.
Inuyasha hid his head under the blankets with his eyes wide open. He didn't want to say it. It kind of slipped out of his mouth. He had only thought of it!!! 'Damn it, now what?'
Kagome on the other side just stood there suppressing a laugh, until she couldn't hold it anymore. "HAHAHAHAHHA! T-That was so so cute! HAHAHAHA!"
Inuyasha stood up from the bed and glared at her. "Keh, stop the damn laugh, bitch."
"Oh, don't be that jerk again, Inuyasha." Kagome started to walk downstairs with Inuyasha following.
"What jerk?" His expression changed to confusion.
"The one you always are... I liked it more when you came under the rain and- "
"Shut up... I'm not always that kind of guy," he said looking at the other way with his arms crossed.
"I know. Sorry, but still I love you." She smiled at him and went to the kitchen.
He stood there with a grin. "You couldn't feel any other way," he shouted.
"Umm, actually I could. You want ramen for breakfast right?" She went to the oven and started boiling the water before inuyasha sneaked behind her and held her by the waist, startling her.
"Yes, I want ramen, and I don't think you could feel any other way, Kagome," he whispered into her ear with a raspy voice, making her shiver.
"Stop it, Inuyasha. I want to ask you something." She closed her eyes, enjoying her boyfriend's attention.
"Ask." He kept kissing her until she asked her question.
"Did you a make a bet about me?"
His whole body tensed up. 'Who had told her?' was the only thought on his mind.
"Inuyasha? Daijoubo desu ka?" He released her from his grip and stared at her for a couple seconds before turning around and heading for the door.
"HOLD ON THERE, INUYASHA! You, my dearest, are going nowhere but that couch to explain to me about this bet of yours," she said in the sweetest tone of voice one could ever imagine.
"Keh! Like I will obey you!!" He ran to the door in an attempt to escape from her; escape was better than telling her about that bet... That bet. He couldn't help but smile a little.
In his moment of "smiling at the memories" he didn't notice Kagome's fat cat- or as she like to call it 'buyo' - on his way to the door, and tripped on it. The only things Kagome could hear from the kitchen were a loud "MEOW" and "KUSO!! NEKO NO BAKA!!" and seconds after Inuyasha's curses, a big crash from the living room.
"What happened?" Kagome stood outside of the kitchen, seeing a cat licking his paw and a dog, gomen, I mean, Inuyasha sprawled across the floor. "Learned your lesson? Now explain, Inuyasha."
"Whatever." Let him save a bit of his dignity.
"Look," - Inuyasha started - "first of all, I didn't want to be part of that stupid bet. Miroku got me into it somehow."
Both were at the bench beside the goshinboku tree. The house didn't feel like the best place to talk. After all, Souta had just come back from a friend's house and her mother was cleaning the house, so they couldn't get the privacy they wanted.
"But you still played the game," she said in a more serious voice. "What was the bet about?"
Inuyasha was starting to blush. "I didn't play." - He crossed his arms and looked at anything but her - "It just... I don't know how to explain it, let's say I won without thinking about it." He looked her in the eyes, trying to convice her of it without anymore words.
"Just tell me what the bet was about!" Guess Kagome still didn't know that curiosity killed the cat.
"FINE!! Kouga, Hojo, and I, well, more like Miroku, made a bet about kissing you; the first one that could kiss you without being sent to the hospital would be the winner, and the prize, of course, somehow would be you and the losers would be slaves of the winner for some time. There you have it!! Happy?!!" All through his explaining he stood up and was facing her.
"Well... yes, I guess so. But you didn't win," Kagome said with a thoughtful expression.
"NANI?! D-did someone kiss you first? KOUGA DID IT, NE?! I´M GONNA-"
"Calm down, Inuyasha" - she patted the place beside her on the bench to make him sit (if I had only give her the rosary beads...) - "It's not because of that. In a way you were in the hospital; after kissing me you got sick, and I would have taken you to the hospital if you hadn't weighed a ton."
"Ya know, 'Gome," - he get close to her invading all her 'personal' space - "maybe I didn't win the bet. In fact, I never wanted to, but I got the best prize ever."
"You think so?" She said getting closer to him.
"I don't think so. I know so, 'Gome." He closed the gap between them, taking Kagome's face in his hands, kissing her gently. She wrapped her arms around his neck, bringing him closer to herself, turning the kiss into a more heated one.
He couldn't help but smile while kissing his kanojo, his, onliy his. No one will ever touch her, or even look at her and she would never think 'bout anyone but him. When he was a child, he had asked his mother what happiness was. She hadn't answered. The only thing his mother did was touch the necklace his father had given her, and before walking away she kissed her son's forehead. He hadn't gotten it then, but now he understood her.
You didn't need words. You couldn't use words to describe it. Happiness is something you feel. It is warm. It makes you smile. It... there simply are no word to describe it. Wait, he had found one word.
"Kagome ..." he moaned.
"Inuyasha..." She answered by bringing him closer to herself if that was possible.
:: Cough COUGH::
"O-okaa-chan?!!" She pushed Inuyasha, making him fall on his butt.
"OI!! What was that for, wench?"
"No, Kagome, I'm not 'okaa-chan.' My name is S.A.N.G.O., remember?" Sango said between laughs with Miroku beside her.
"Oh, JUST shut up.." She buried her face in her hands. (Remember that all the time she has been sitting on the bench.)
Inuyasha kneeled in front of her, took both of her hands to make her look at him, and said, "Don't be so embarrassed. It's okay, 'Gome," then smiled.
In that the real 'okaa-chan' came, "Oh dear kami-sama," she said, gasping.
"Nani?" Before Kagome could know what was happening she was enveloped in a big hug from her mother.
"I can't believe my baby is getting engaged!!!"
"WHAT?!!" Kagome yelled.
"Well.. isn't that it? I mean, I get here and see this gentleman on one knee holding both of your hands and smiling very sweetly at you" - a keh was heard from behind her - "and every inch of you is blushing. What am I supposed to think?"
"Oh mother... that-that's not happening any time soon." She looked at Inuyasha.
And guess what he did.. He smiled at her and started walking to the house before saying in a very happy voice, "That's what you think, koi. Can we eat now? I want some ramen."
Four people were left under the goshinboku tree with stunned faces.
And let me tell you something: he wasn't that wrong.
You'll see why in the epilogue.
Ja.
Okaa-chan: mother Kanojo: girlfriend Koi: love Kami-sama: god Daijoubo desu ka: are you ok? Kuso: shit or damn, something like that Neko: cat Baka: stupid Neko no baka: stupid cat : )