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Grr… you know, I understand that some people can't help but voice their obnoxious opinions about the story no matter how criticizing they are. But… there's somewhere where I draw the line on constructive criticism and then it becomes rude comments that I just don't want to read or even see. I completely understand that sometimes it is just a few select people that are jealous and can't write shit so they decide to take out their anger on authors who can. And then there are others who enjoy reading good stories and saying nice polite things, and I respect that. But I don't respect those people who want to tell me that my story is shallow and not practical… but then again, what IS practical these days? If you are one of those people and you just can't refrain from flaming me, I don't mind as long as you keep the swearing to a minimum (unlike one time where I got the 'F' word yelled at me 15 times in one flame and then 5 in another…) and you really don't mean any harm, just a few strict comments on how to make the story better. Chances are, if they start rude I won't finish it and I will trash it. And other times, I just won't bother or read them unless they are from people who actually have class and know not to be self centered and grouchy.
Well anyways, if you are a nice well mannered person who enjoys my story and wants me to continue and stop my rambling, then please excuse the little note above. I just want to make myself clear that I WILL accept flames and other type of reviews like that, and I won't be mad unless they are kept under control. I want some constructive criticism so I can learn from my mistakes; I just don't want them sent to me with threats attached.
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You should know what this all means by now; in other words I am being lazy ^^
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Title: For Richer or Poorer
Chapter 4
Two in a million
"You realize that you looked like such a dead fish in front of everyone?"
"Don't remind me" Kagome swatted at her best friend and groaned irritated. "How did I get here anyways?"
Sango sat on the end of the bed Indian style, and put her hands in her lap. "Do you really want to know?"
Kagome rolled her eyes. "No, I asked that question so I didn't have to hear the answer… OF COURSE I DO! ...And if you tell me that I was abducted by aliens and beamed back to my bed, then-"
"No, no, no. That is not how it happened" she assured her smiling at her best friend's strange imagination. Yet, she was eerily thinking about saying that. "You see, when you fainted- which I have no clue why- I couldn't just drag you back to the dorm, so I asked Inuyasha to help me take yo-"
"YOU ASKED HIM?!" Kagome's eyes grew wide with anger. "Oh god... I can not be any more embarrassed than I am now" she muttered under her breathe.
Sango moved closer. "Don't sweat it, he happily agreed to help. But…"
Kagome raised a brow. "But what?"
Sango tried to remember just how he had acted the second the two left the classroom with Kagome in tow. His attitude and facial expressions were completely put behind him like a mask, and he started getting cocky and smart. He ordered her around and didn't once ask if Kagome would be alright. It was as though the Inuyasha she knew in the classroom has disappeared; like it was all an act. The moment Kagome was laid onto her bed, he stormed out of the room and walked across the hall to his own dorm without a single word, she didn't even get the time to thank him for the effort. The only reason he decided to help was to get out of class probably; I mean who wouldn't want to get out of Mr. Suki's lectures?
"Inuyasha isn't exactly the sweetest person I have ever met" she said with a straight face. "He is actually a rude, arrogant, jerk that doesn't really care about anyone or anything else but his reputation as 'Mr. Nice Guy'"
Kagome didn't look a bit surprised at all by what she was just told. Sango told her the whole story of how he acted when bringing her back to the dorm and Kagome sat still quietly listening. "I should have known the minute I met him" Kagome said letting out a small laugh. "I mean, there is no possible way someone that gorgeous, can't be a stuck up jerk. It's almost unheard of" she sighed and fell backwards onto her pillow like a sack of potatoes.
"Looks like you're feeling much better. I hope you didn't fake your sickness just so we could get out of class" Sango said waving a finger in the air in a motherly sort of way. Sango was always the one who did the right thing and always looked out for both of them. She was in a way Kagome's mother and was looking out for her every time she did something stupid or got into trouble. Kagome surveyed Sango's wrist and smiled lightly. She was still wearing the bracelet that she had given her when they first met a long time ago. Even after all of that jewelry shopping and going nuts in the stores, Sango didn't think of taking the bracelet off once. In fact, Kagome had never seen Sango without it on, it was like the clasp was crazy glued shut to never come off.
"Oh Sango, you know I would never pull a stunt like that to get out of a class" she replied flatly. Sango laughed and put an arm around her shoulders.
"Of course you wouldn't" she laughed. "You can only do it with my expertise and supervision or else it would fail miserably"
Kagome nodded and had to give her friend that one. Every time Kagome attempted to ditch class or fake being sick her plans had gone terribly wrong and backfired on her. Well at least until Sango stepped in and patched her story together so it was believable of course. Kagome yawned and rolled onto her side. She closed her eyes half way and asked Sango to leave so she could get some shut eye. Sango left the room quietly and roamed the kitchen. Little to her interest, it was still empty of food since neither of them had bothered to go shopping.
Sango started rambling to herself while looking for her purse. "Well since she is sleeping, I can get the shopping done before she wakes back up" Quickly, Sango slung her purse over her shoulder, and grabbed a clipper magazine for coupons. The keys to her BMW jingled softly as she dashed out of the room and raced down the stairs toward the parking lot. The silver BMW was sitting patiently outside toward the end of the crowded parking lot, and still had a little bit of snow on the roof of it from when it last snowed.
((It just snowed over here and we have off today!! We're getting twice as much tomorrow!!))
Sango reversed out of the small space, and flew off toward the plaza where the Grocery store was located. From what she could tell, it was a Giant. Finding someone pull out to leave right up front, Sango seized the spot and smiled victoriously as other cars that wanted the spot drove on past her.
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((Woot woot new line))
Kagome's Room
Kagome rolled over onto her side and yawned tiredly. She stretched her arms and legs but could unsuccessfully pry her eyes open. There was a knocking at the front door, and Kagome was practically glued to her soft warm bed, so she called for Sango.
"Sango!!" she screamed again. Kagome's eyes snapped open furious that she had to leave the bed. There was another series of raps on the door, and Kagome called that she was on her way to the impatient stranger. She whipped open the door and nearly scared the stranger off with her warm welcoming.
"WHAT"
It was the next door neighbor named… umm… wait, she never got his name.
"Who are you?" she asked in a better tone than before. The boy was clutching onto his books looking like he had just gotten out of classes for today, and was on his was back to the dorm. It was a wonder why he came here before his own home first.
"Oh I am sorry, I forgot to introduce myself before you ran off to the bathroom" He stuck out a hand. "I am Miroku, Houshi" Kagome shook his hand kindly and opened the door wider so she wasn't so squished between the door and the door frame.
"It's nice to meet you. Now, what brings you here?" Kagome put on a small smile and rubbed the sleepiness away from her eyes. Oh god I bet I look like hell
"I wanted to come see if you were okay. You looked terrible in class and I got a little worried; so I decided to have a quick visit" He said with a charming smile that warmed Kagome's heart.
Well at least SOMEONE around here isn't stuck up
"Thanks, Miroku. I am feeling much better now though. At
least you were kind enough to care about my well being unlike some other friend
of yours" she said looking a little disappointed that Inuyasha had been so rude
to Sango. Miroku sighed and knew exactly what she was talking about.
Inuyasha wasn't exactly the nicest person that he had ever met either. When they were young they became close friends. At least until Inuyasha's parents died of course. But Kagome didn't need to know that anytime soon, if she wants to know Inuyasha will tell her. But until then he decided to stay away from that topic. Inuyasha only seemed to be kind and well mannered when he was in public or at school. His personality was like a light switch that could be flipped on or off whenever he wanted. He usually turned it off so to speak when he was with Miroku in the dorm, or other close friends. Even sometimes with people he didn't even know nor cared about. But when he was at school he had to keep his reputation as 'Mr. Nice Guy' and that was exactly what everyone thought of him since he always put everyone else ahead of himself. Miroku chuckled at the thought of him ever doing anything nice voluntarily, just for someone else and not for himself.
"Let me guess… Inuyasha?"
Kagome nodded in response, and Miroku took that as a definite yes. "Sango told me how cruel he was toward her, and ...well, it just ticked me off that someone could just change like that and be so arrogant" she explained a little frustrated. She looked as though she could poke Inuyasha's eyes out with needles at any given moment that he would be with her.
Miroku crossed his arms. "Well Inuyasha can be like that sometimes. But really, there is a nice person in there somewhere. Even though I rarely see it, he can still have a good side to him; he just needs someone to kick him in the shins. Hard."
Kagome rolled her eyes. "I don't understand how someone … someone like HIM could actually have real feelings" she opened the door for Miroku to come in and shut it behind him. Kagome took a seat on the couch and continued. "Someone who can switch their feelings on and off really has no heart, just a stone. I mean, if you could do that, then basically you're toying with people feelings"
Miroku had to give it to the girl. She hit the nail right on the head. Inuyasha did in fact trick girls and dump them for no reason, just the fact that he had the power to do it and watch the girl cry miserably. Miroku had tried to get Inuyasha to change his ways, he couldn't just do this to girls for the rest of his life. I mean, sure he had all the good looks and to die for body, but that still never gave him the right to do what he does best. Toy with other people's feelings that is.
"Just give him a chance" Miroku had an idea in just what to do. "He can really be a nice guy, and I think that you should try and get him to open up and be like he used to be before…"
Kagome turned her head for Miroku's attention. "… Before what?"
"Nothing" shit I shouldn't have done that
"No, you can tell me"
Miroku slapped his forehead for his stupidity. "No, it's not my business" he shot at her a little harsher then he had intentioned.
Kagome got the hint and dropped the subject. "Okay, well anyways… I don't think I would want to do it, I mean even if it was for his own good; from what Sango described, he's a real jerk, and I just can't work with people like that"
"I know, but someone has to change him. And that someone is you"
Kagome put on a confused face and got serious. "And why do you think that that person is in fact, me?"
Miroku gulped wondering whether or not he should tell her. But then again, it was for Inuyasha's own good. "Well, when we were at the mall a few days ago, Inuyasha and I saw you and Sango in the food court. Inuyasha kept staring at you constantly like something about you intrigued him to no end. He was in some sort of trance, and believe me; when we had to leave I had to smack him across the face just to get his attention"
Kagome giggled. "Maybe he was just looking at someone behind me. There were a lot of really pretty girls there, and it might have been some sort of misunderstanding"
Miroku shook his head no. "He was looking at you, I am almost positive. There was nobody sitting behind or near you from what I could see, so there is no other explanation of who he was looking at"
Kagome was having a hard time trying to believe any of this. "Well what are you expecting me to do?" she asked curiously.
Miroku grinned. Kagome caught onto his smile and backed away.
"No, no, no you don't want me t-"
"No, don't worry you don't have to do anything of that kind, I promise you" he laughed at the girls imagination. "You have to try to bring the old Inuyasha back. What I mean is- you should bug him to no end, and get to know him. You need to correct every little thing he does, don't take no as an answer and show him who's boss besides him for once. He needs a good slap in the face, so don't hesitate when opportunity strikes"
Kagome bit her lower lip thoughtfully. "This sounds like a lot of word you know… I don't have to actually like this jerk do I?"
No, but you will soon… Miroku didn't want to fill her in or his extra motives and simply answered, "No"
"Well… "
"Please?"
"But… "
"PRETTY PRETTY PLEASE!!!!"
Kagome sighed in defeat. "Okay… but only if I can quit whenever I like. I can only take so much verbal abuse from a stuck up jerk like him" she explained, adding her own little rules to the agreement. Miroku nodded.
"Anything to get him to change"
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Miroku had gone home immediately after their little conversation saying that he had to go make Ramen before Inuyasha got in a bad mood. Kagome happily let him leave and just went back to bed on the couch where she was sitting. She was awakened by someone raping on the door yet again. She trudged and opened the door to find Sango balancing like 10 bags in her arms. She quickly shoved a few into Kagome's arms and proceeded to the kitchen to unload the groceries.
Kagome dragged the bags into the kitchen and started pulling out various items. "You know" she started. "You could have told me that you were going grocery shopping, I would have come too"
Sango shoved a box of Captain Crunch into a cabinet and reached back into the bag. "You were sick, so I didn't bother"
Kagome slouched down into one of the chair that surrounded the large table. "So what, I feel a lot better now" she argued twisting open a new Ginger Ale and chugging a fourth of it down instantly. Sango finished putting the food away and sat down across her best friend.
"That is still beside the point, you were sick and that is that. End of conversation"
Kagome smirked mentally. Sango really was a mom. She acted so much like one at times that it scared her. "Alright, alright, whatever" she replied plainly. "Do you mind if I make dinner tonight? It is the least I can do since you did all of the shopping by yourself" she offered nicely. Sango took a second to think about cooking dinner herself, or having the entire dorm building burn down to nothing but ashes.
"Oh alright, but you be careful. We don't want any accidents now do we?"
There was that motherly thing again. "Yes, your majesty" Kagome answered sarcastically. She opened a cabinet and pulled out a box of instant mashed potatoes, and a can of green beans and peas. Sango walked out of the kitchen seeing to it that Kagome had it all under control. For now.
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Sango popped her head into the kitchen and inhaled deeply. "Mmm… smells great! What is it?" she asked excitedly. Kagome set the dish of pork roast down onto the middle of the table as all the other dishes filled the room with their delicious wave of aroma.
Kagome took the apron that clung around her waist off and laid it on the counter. "Pork Roast with peas, green beans, garlic and butter mashed potatoes, rolls, and a chocolate cake for dessert"
Sango stared at the food in awe. It was all that she said, but the food was in massive amounts; definitely much more then Kagome and she could eat.
"Why so much food?" she questioned with a curious glance across the table that was set for 4.
Kagome smiled. I guess I forgot to mention who I invited for dinner "Umm, I invited Miroku and Inuyasha over for dinner tonight. You know, to thank Inuyasha for helping you take me back to the dorm and Miroku… well just for being so sweet and checking in on how I was doing"
Sango didn't object, but just sat at her place mat quietly. "Sounds good" she said simply and took another whiff of the huge array of food. Kagome reached over across the table and lit the candles with a lighter, then turning down the lights a little so the candlelight lit up the room with a fancy touch to it.
"Perfect" Kagome said happily, mentally praising her job she had done. Suddenly someone was knocking at the door, and Sango volunteered to answer the door for her since Kagome was still a little tied up.
Seconds later Miroku and Sango entered the kitchen alone. Kagome stared at Miroku strangely. "Where's Inuyasha?" she asked suspiciously.
Miroku cleared this throat and said, "He will be over very soon, he is still getting ready" he explained politely. Kagome shrugged and went back to the oven to take the rolls out of the oven. She piled the warm rolls into a basket and set it down on the table jut as another knock could be heard from the door. Sango and Miroku were too deeply engaged with conversation to notice, so Kagome took to the liberty of answering the door herself.
She opened the door slowly revealing a tall white haired Inuyasha, looking not too happy. "Hello, Inuyasha" she said sweetly closing the door behind him. Inuyasha managed a small "Mhm" and followed his nose to the kitchen. Kagome muttered a few curses behind him for the warm welcoming and trailed him to the kitchen. He took a seat on the other side of the table since Miroku had taken a seat next to Sango, leaving the only seat left for her next to Inuyasha.
Oh great
Kagome sat down in her seat next to Inuyasha and waited for her turn to receive the pork roast that was being passed around the table. Miroku rubbed his stomach in approval.
"This pork roast is delicious, Kagome. You are a very talented chef" he appraised her taking another bite of his meal. Kagome smiled and thanked him for the compliment. Inuyasha went on eating without saying a word. There was a heavy silence that was dragging on between everyone and the tension was beginning to thicken by the second.
"So…" Sango interrupted the silence to speak. "Inuyasha, what classes are you taking this year?"
Inuyasha took another bite of his meal and looked over toward Sango. He swallowed and took a swig of water before answering. He grumbled out his classes together in one string of words that was barely audible.
"Well since I have the same classes as Inuyasha, maybe I should reinterpret that for you" he spoke up and recited the classes and Sango and Kagome nearly choked when he finished.
"Whoa… we have the exact same classes. That is so weird" Kagome finished, she ate what was left on her plate, and stood to put it in the sink to be washed later. Sango picked up Miroku and Inuyasha's along with hers, and brought it over to the sink as well.
"Who wants dessert?"
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The rest of dinner went smoothly. Inuyasha ate one bite of Kagome's cake, and couldn't help but actually say a mere "Very good". Kagome smiled, knowing she had pleased Inuyasha, even if it was in the smallest way possible. Kagome and Sango started washing the dishes, and Inuyasha and Miroku went into the family room to watch TV on the large plasma screen. Kagome could hear the sportscaster talking all the way in the kitchen; she knew exactly what they were so intoned into. Football. What else?
"So Inuyasha" Miroku started. "What do you think of Kagome? She's a nice girl, isn't she" he said casually, trying not to hint what he was trying to get out of him. Inuyasha didn't seem to be listening as to her eyes were still riveted to the television screen.
"Inuyasha?"
"What?" he grounded out angrily.
"Answer my question"
Inuyasha was beginning to be annoyed by Miroku's stupid questioning. "She's alright, she can make a good cake" he said quickly so he could get back to his football game. "OH COME ON THAT WAS A FOUL!" he screamed.
Miroku was slightly pleased that he was able to get at least one little nice thing out of him. So he resumed. "You know… winter gala is coming up" Miroku tried hinting the best he could. Inuyasha grumbled.
"And your point is…?"
"Why not ask Kagome, you haven't asked anyone else yet" he said truthfully. Truth was, he really hadn't yet, but there were so many girls that would die to go with him that was probably plotting on how they would kidnap him and make him their slave right that moment. Inuyasha laughed a non-serious laugh.
"You have got to be shitting me, I don't even know this girl and you're telling me to ask her out?!"
Miroku 'eeped' back and let it go. "Just kidding... Just kidding…"
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lalalalala…. *sings to Maroon 5 this love*
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I will try to write more as soon as I can, I am sorry that this chapter is a little short, but I am so tired and I just want to get this thing put to the side so I can start on the next chapter of No More lil School Girl and then go back to bed.
…yeah
