Chapter 24
A Night at Guilty Pleasures
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Inu Yasha growled and glared at the waiter. He was irritated by the waiter's attitude towards the couple because they had arrived more than 10 minutes late. The waiter quickly changed his attitude after Inu Yasha informed him on his last name.
"I apologize for my rudeness, Mr. TaiYoukai. This way, please." the waiter quickly said in a nervous voice.
"Keh." Inu Yasha grunted as they were led to their table and were seated.
"Inu Yasha…" Kagome fidgeted with the napkin in her hand.
"Hmm?"
"It's really, really sweet that you're bringing me to these expensive, beautiful French Restaurants, and I mean no offense, but" Kagome started.
"It's really snobbish." Inu Yasha finished with a gentle smirk that could make any girl melt into a helpless puddle. "Yeah, I was kinda gettin' bored of this too."
Kagome smiled.
"So, where do you suggest we go for dinner?" Inu Yasha asked.
Kagome's smile widened.
The waiter was puzzled as the couple who had recently just arrived passed by him and walked out of the restaurant.
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"Mmm…" Kagome stuffed a tortilla chip in her moth and happily munched on it.
Inu Yasha took a bite of his burrito and chewed in delight.
"This is a nice burrito place." Inu Yasha commented after he swallowed and before he took another bite.
"Mhmm. I go here for lunch sometimes if I'm in a hurry." Kagome said as she picked up her burrito, half wrapped in foil, and nibbled on it.
"This is real food, way better then baked snails with garlic." Inu Yasha grinned at her and watched her eat from across the table. Kagome blushed and looked down.
"It's rude to stare." Kagome muttered.
"Yeah, just point and laugh." Inu Yasha's smirk grew wider at the look Kagome gave him.
Kagome took another tortilla chip and dipped it into the sauce. She quickly stuffed it into her mouth since she had gotten to much sauce on it and now it was dripping down her fingers, mouth, and some on her chest.
"Damn it…" Kagome sighed as she licked and sucked the sauce off her fingers. Inu Yasha's eyes grew wide as he stared intently at her, mostly at the way she sucked her finger clean. Kagome noticed this and immediately stopped, a blush crossing over her cheeks. She looked down and cursed again.
"Shit, it better not have stained my shirt…" Kagome muttered as she reached for a napkin to wipe the sauce of her chest and shirt. Inu Yasha's hand stopped her from taking a napkin, as he took one for himself.
"Here, let me help."
Inu Yasha walked across and bent his head down. Kagome's eyes went wide with shock and embarrassment as Inu Yasha licked the sauce right off her chest.
"Inu Yasha!" Kagome hissed as she pushed him away. "Not in public!"
Inu Yasha smirked at her modesty and stared down at her. He bent his head down again towards her face and licked the edge of her mouth and the bottom of her lips and gave her a soft, slow, chaste kiss.
"You had a little sauce on there too." Inu Yasha whispered against her lips and returned to his seat. Kagome blushed harder and looked down at her burrito, then back to Inu Yasha's face.
Inu Yasha smirked again and licked his lips. "Mm.. That tasted good."
Kagome thought that her blush couldn't get darker then it was already; she was wrong.
'Was he talking about the food and sauce… or me?' Kagome thought nervously. She looked down at her watch and noticed it was already 8 o'clock. 'Eri, Yumi, Rin and Sango must have already opened the club…'
"Lets go, Kagome." Inu Yasha said as he stood up and walked beside her.
"Where?"
"Somewhere." Inu Yasha replied.
"Gee, that's a lot of information." Kagome said sarcastically.
"Just follow me." Inu Yasha said as he gently tugged her up to her feet and towards the exit.
~*~
"It's…beautiful." Kagome breathed.
"My mom use to take me and Sesshoumaru here when we were young and going on a business trip with dad, sometimes.." Inu Yasha replied.
Kagome looked around the small building. It's walls were painted a soft, baby pink, lined with gold frames. The ceiling was a dome shape and had Michael Angelo's famous painting of the baby angels.
"It's another French pastry and ice cream parlor shop." Inu Yasha smiled, a genuine smile. Kagome stared at him. Even his boyish smile could reduce her into a puddle.
"C'mon, lets get some dessert. I want some sugar to hype me up for tonight. " Inu Yasha wiggled an eyebrow at her.
"Ew, pervert. Get your mind out of the gutter and just order your damn dessert." Kagome muttered.
Kagome ordered French vanilla while Inu Yasha ordered plain chocolate, both on cones and both paid with Inu Yasha's money… even though Kagome protested.
"Let's go walk around for a while." Inu Yasha said as he held onto Kagome's hand like a child.
"We shouldn't be walking after eating so much…" Kagome complained, mostly because she was wearing high heels.
"You didn't even eat a lot." Inu Yasha replied.
"What about… uh… Danger lurking around the corners of the street?" Kagome pulled another excuse.
"Keh, I told you I wouldn't le anything happen to you. You've got an all-mighty god to protect you... Which is me." Inu Yasha responded as he continued to hold her hand.
'Aww, that's so… cute?' Kagome thought for a while. 'No, Inu Yasha's to arrogant to be cute. Whatever…'
She caved in and decided to just walk.
~*~
Kagome and Inu Yasha walked around, chatting about anything that came to mind. Kagome then smirked and brought up a new subject.
"Eri and Yumi were talking about dreams this morning. It was really weird…" Kagome started.
Inu Yasha stopped but quickly continued to eat his ice cream before it melted.
"And I had this dream where I saw you in an office, doing some paper work…"
Inu Yasha stopped and looked at her.
"You dreamt about me last night?" Inu Yasha asked with a wicked smirk.
"Eww, no, not that way. I didn't think you'd be this perverted when I met you." Kagome growled as she playfully slapped him on the shoulder.
"What did you dream about?" she asked as she licked the ice cream before it melted onto her hand.
Inu Yasha threw the rest of his ice cream cone away in the trash next to him and watched Kagome finish hers.
"Why don't you finish your story first?" Inu Yasha suggested.
"You just don't want to tell me because it's something really perverted." Kagome replied as she threw half of her ice cream cone away.
"Exactly."
A soft breeze caressed Kagome's bare skin and shuddered. Inu Yasha noticed she was OBVIOUSLY cold.
"Are you cold?" Inu Yasha asked as he looked at her, well, ah, her chest actually.
Pervert." Kagome hissed as she crossed her arms across her chest.
Inu Yasha chuckled, then removed his coat and wrapped it over her shoulder.
"Thank you." she said coyly as she reached up and pecked him on the cheek. Inu yasha growled and grabbed her by the waist. Their lips were merely a few inches away, until the tune of 'So Anxious' by Genuwine rang out, demolishing the moment.
"Shit," Kagome muttered as she grabbed the cell phone out of her purse. Inu Yasha was agitated now that the moment was disrupted by the damn cell phone and the caller.
"Uhuh, talk to me… wait, Sango and Khlea aren't there?" Kagome asked. "But I cant, I'm on a date…"
Inu Yasha listened and growled low at his throat at the demand of Kagome's leaving.
"Uh, okay, I'll be there in a while… 20 min." Kagome sighed. "Yeah, bye."
Kagome shoved the cell phone back onto her purse and turned around towards Inu Yasha.
"Need to leave so soon?" Inu Yasha asked as he held her hand and walked back to the car.
Kagome's face lit up again. "Hey, Inu Yasha, want to visit 'Guilty Pleasures'?"
~*~
"Kagome!" Rin squealed, over the loud crowd and pounding music, behind the bar.
"Hey Rin." Kagome smiled as she dragged Inu Yasha behind her like a child to the bar. "Where is Sango and Khlea?"
Rin flipped two bottles in her hand and poured it into a glass, she then twirled the bottles expertly and shoved it on the shelves.
"they don't feel to well." Rin replied as she handed a young man his drink. The man winked at her and said his thanks.
"Rin, you're checking their Ids, right?" Kagome asked as she sat down.
"Uh… Of course…" Rin said slowly as she let her gaze fall.
"Rin, are you giving-" Kagome started.
"Just kidding." Rin reassured quickly, "Geez, after working here, I would know what to do already."
"Hey Kagome." a Girl with lavender hair and purple eyes greeted as she expertly spun the bottle, threw it and caught it facing down. She poured it into the small cup and slid it across the table.
"Hey Nikasha." Kagome greeted.
Inu Yasha took a seat and leaned against the table, watching the girls.
"The Performance tonight is a person short…" Rin began.
"Because of Khlea?" Kagome made it sound like a question.
"Yeah, and no one knows how to do Khlea's part for the performance…" Rin continued.
"Which performance are we showing tonight?"
"Uh… 'You Can Leave Your Hat On' performance." Rin replied.
"Kagome stared at her. "you want me to fill in for Khlea."
"Exactly."
"Rin, you cant be serious." Kagome started. "I told you, I am not doing that anymore…"
"But people came to see that performance. We got a lot of money from it, and they expect that show." Rin replied as she filled up another cup with vodka.
Kagome sighed and looked at Inu Yasha, who was currently grinning at her dilemma.
"Fine." Kagome narrowed her eyes at Inu Yasha, but sighed and started for the back stage. She bent down as she passed by him and whispered, " you're a pervert. But you will never forget this night. Stay here and watch the show."
With that, she left for the back stage.
~*~
"Hey Inu Yasha." Rin said in a bubbly tone.
"Oh, Rin. Where's Sesshoumaru? Why isn't he here being overprotective over you?" Inu Yasha snorted.
"Hey, now, don't get angry. Sesshy's working late. After all, he is a doctor." Rin replied as she slid him a glass with a straw.
"I want beer or vodka. Inu Yasha demanded.
"You're not 21." Rin replied, "you can have water, soda or a Shirley temple. Or anything that's virgin."
'Ooh, Kagome, she's a virgin, I'll have her.' His brain chirped, but Inu Yasha ignored.
"I want some alcohol" Inu Yasha said as he swirled the straw around in the cup.
"No." Rin said sternly.
"Why not?" Inu Yasha asked in a child-like tone.
"I just told you! You are not 21, you're 20."
"How do you know?" Inu Yasha sneered, keeping the childlike tone.
Rin sighed and rolled her eyes, "Jesus, Inu Yasha, drop it already! Kagome wouldn't like you to get drunk before anything happens in the bedroom."
Inu Yasha shut his mouth.
The stage lights suddenly shut off, leaving it shadowed. Inu Yasha stopped his complaining and watched the stage. The lights turned on again from the back of the stage and revealed a screen on the middle of the stage with a shadow, obviously a figure was behind it, wearing a hat. On the sides were more screens with figures behind it.
The intro of the song 'You Can Leave Your Hat On' from the movie "The Full Monty" began, and the show started.
Inu Yasha's eyes slid over the shadowed figure's body behind the screen in the middle of the stage, and he knew exactly who the figure was.
~*~
A/n: Mwahahah, cliffies are so fun, doncha think? Review and I may be merciful and put in the next chapter….
Chapter 25 : A Sinful Dance
A Night at Guilty Pleasures
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Inu Yasha growled and glared at the waiter. He was irritated by the waiter's attitude towards the couple because they had arrived more than 10 minutes late. The waiter quickly changed his attitude after Inu Yasha informed him on his last name.
"I apologize for my rudeness, Mr. TaiYoukai. This way, please." the waiter quickly said in a nervous voice.
"Keh." Inu Yasha grunted as they were led to their table and were seated.
"Inu Yasha…" Kagome fidgeted with the napkin in her hand.
"Hmm?"
"It's really, really sweet that you're bringing me to these expensive, beautiful French Restaurants, and I mean no offense, but" Kagome started.
"It's really snobbish." Inu Yasha finished with a gentle smirk that could make any girl melt into a helpless puddle. "Yeah, I was kinda gettin' bored of this too."
Kagome smiled.
"So, where do you suggest we go for dinner?" Inu Yasha asked.
Kagome's smile widened.
The waiter was puzzled as the couple who had recently just arrived passed by him and walked out of the restaurant.
~*~
"Mmm…" Kagome stuffed a tortilla chip in her moth and happily munched on it.
Inu Yasha took a bite of his burrito and chewed in delight.
"This is a nice burrito place." Inu Yasha commented after he swallowed and before he took another bite.
"Mhmm. I go here for lunch sometimes if I'm in a hurry." Kagome said as she picked up her burrito, half wrapped in foil, and nibbled on it.
"This is real food, way better then baked snails with garlic." Inu Yasha grinned at her and watched her eat from across the table. Kagome blushed and looked down.
"It's rude to stare." Kagome muttered.
"Yeah, just point and laugh." Inu Yasha's smirk grew wider at the look Kagome gave him.
Kagome took another tortilla chip and dipped it into the sauce. She quickly stuffed it into her mouth since she had gotten to much sauce on it and now it was dripping down her fingers, mouth, and some on her chest.
"Damn it…" Kagome sighed as she licked and sucked the sauce off her fingers. Inu Yasha's eyes grew wide as he stared intently at her, mostly at the way she sucked her finger clean. Kagome noticed this and immediately stopped, a blush crossing over her cheeks. She looked down and cursed again.
"Shit, it better not have stained my shirt…" Kagome muttered as she reached for a napkin to wipe the sauce of her chest and shirt. Inu Yasha's hand stopped her from taking a napkin, as he took one for himself.
"Here, let me help."
Inu Yasha walked across and bent his head down. Kagome's eyes went wide with shock and embarrassment as Inu Yasha licked the sauce right off her chest.
"Inu Yasha!" Kagome hissed as she pushed him away. "Not in public!"
Inu Yasha smirked at her modesty and stared down at her. He bent his head down again towards her face and licked the edge of her mouth and the bottom of her lips and gave her a soft, slow, chaste kiss.
"You had a little sauce on there too." Inu Yasha whispered against her lips and returned to his seat. Kagome blushed harder and looked down at her burrito, then back to Inu Yasha's face.
Inu Yasha smirked again and licked his lips. "Mm.. That tasted good."
Kagome thought that her blush couldn't get darker then it was already; she was wrong.
'Was he talking about the food and sauce… or me?' Kagome thought nervously. She looked down at her watch and noticed it was already 8 o'clock. 'Eri, Yumi, Rin and Sango must have already opened the club…'
"Lets go, Kagome." Inu Yasha said as he stood up and walked beside her.
"Where?"
"Somewhere." Inu Yasha replied.
"Gee, that's a lot of information." Kagome said sarcastically.
"Just follow me." Inu Yasha said as he gently tugged her up to her feet and towards the exit.
~*~
"It's…beautiful." Kagome breathed.
"My mom use to take me and Sesshoumaru here when we were young and going on a business trip with dad, sometimes.." Inu Yasha replied.
Kagome looked around the small building. It's walls were painted a soft, baby pink, lined with gold frames. The ceiling was a dome shape and had Michael Angelo's famous painting of the baby angels.
"It's another French pastry and ice cream parlor shop." Inu Yasha smiled, a genuine smile. Kagome stared at him. Even his boyish smile could reduce her into a puddle.
"C'mon, lets get some dessert. I want some sugar to hype me up for tonight. " Inu Yasha wiggled an eyebrow at her.
"Ew, pervert. Get your mind out of the gutter and just order your damn dessert." Kagome muttered.
Kagome ordered French vanilla while Inu Yasha ordered plain chocolate, both on cones and both paid with Inu Yasha's money… even though Kagome protested.
"Let's go walk around for a while." Inu Yasha said as he held onto Kagome's hand like a child.
"We shouldn't be walking after eating so much…" Kagome complained, mostly because she was wearing high heels.
"You didn't even eat a lot." Inu Yasha replied.
"What about… uh… Danger lurking around the corners of the street?" Kagome pulled another excuse.
"Keh, I told you I wouldn't le anything happen to you. You've got an all-mighty god to protect you... Which is me." Inu Yasha responded as he continued to hold her hand.
'Aww, that's so… cute?' Kagome thought for a while. 'No, Inu Yasha's to arrogant to be cute. Whatever…'
She caved in and decided to just walk.
~*~
Kagome and Inu Yasha walked around, chatting about anything that came to mind. Kagome then smirked and brought up a new subject.
"Eri and Yumi were talking about dreams this morning. It was really weird…" Kagome started.
Inu Yasha stopped but quickly continued to eat his ice cream before it melted.
"And I had this dream where I saw you in an office, doing some paper work…"
Inu Yasha stopped and looked at her.
"You dreamt about me last night?" Inu Yasha asked with a wicked smirk.
"Eww, no, not that way. I didn't think you'd be this perverted when I met you." Kagome growled as she playfully slapped him on the shoulder.
"What did you dream about?" she asked as she licked the ice cream before it melted onto her hand.
Inu Yasha threw the rest of his ice cream cone away in the trash next to him and watched Kagome finish hers.
"Why don't you finish your story first?" Inu Yasha suggested.
"You just don't want to tell me because it's something really perverted." Kagome replied as she threw half of her ice cream cone away.
"Exactly."
A soft breeze caressed Kagome's bare skin and shuddered. Inu Yasha noticed she was OBVIOUSLY cold.
"Are you cold?" Inu Yasha asked as he looked at her, well, ah, her chest actually.
Pervert." Kagome hissed as she crossed her arms across her chest.
Inu Yasha chuckled, then removed his coat and wrapped it over her shoulder.
"Thank you." she said coyly as she reached up and pecked him on the cheek. Inu yasha growled and grabbed her by the waist. Their lips were merely a few inches away, until the tune of 'So Anxious' by Genuwine rang out, demolishing the moment.
"Shit," Kagome muttered as she grabbed the cell phone out of her purse. Inu Yasha was agitated now that the moment was disrupted by the damn cell phone and the caller.
"Uhuh, talk to me… wait, Sango and Khlea aren't there?" Kagome asked. "But I cant, I'm on a date…"
Inu Yasha listened and growled low at his throat at the demand of Kagome's leaving.
"Uh, okay, I'll be there in a while… 20 min." Kagome sighed. "Yeah, bye."
Kagome shoved the cell phone back onto her purse and turned around towards Inu Yasha.
"Need to leave so soon?" Inu Yasha asked as he held her hand and walked back to the car.
Kagome's face lit up again. "Hey, Inu Yasha, want to visit 'Guilty Pleasures'?"
~*~
"Kagome!" Rin squealed, over the loud crowd and pounding music, behind the bar.
"Hey Rin." Kagome smiled as she dragged Inu Yasha behind her like a child to the bar. "Where is Sango and Khlea?"
Rin flipped two bottles in her hand and poured it into a glass, she then twirled the bottles expertly and shoved it on the shelves.
"they don't feel to well." Rin replied as she handed a young man his drink. The man winked at her and said his thanks.
"Rin, you're checking their Ids, right?" Kagome asked as she sat down.
"Uh… Of course…" Rin said slowly as she let her gaze fall.
"Rin, are you giving-" Kagome started.
"Just kidding." Rin reassured quickly, "Geez, after working here, I would know what to do already."
"Hey Kagome." a Girl with lavender hair and purple eyes greeted as she expertly spun the bottle, threw it and caught it facing down. She poured it into the small cup and slid it across the table.
"Hey Nikasha." Kagome greeted.
Inu Yasha took a seat and leaned against the table, watching the girls.
"The Performance tonight is a person short…" Rin began.
"Because of Khlea?" Kagome made it sound like a question.
"Yeah, and no one knows how to do Khlea's part for the performance…" Rin continued.
"Which performance are we showing tonight?"
"Uh… 'You Can Leave Your Hat On' performance." Rin replied.
"Kagome stared at her. "you want me to fill in for Khlea."
"Exactly."
"Rin, you cant be serious." Kagome started. "I told you, I am not doing that anymore…"
"But people came to see that performance. We got a lot of money from it, and they expect that show." Rin replied as she filled up another cup with vodka.
Kagome sighed and looked at Inu Yasha, who was currently grinning at her dilemma.
"Fine." Kagome narrowed her eyes at Inu Yasha, but sighed and started for the back stage. She bent down as she passed by him and whispered, " you're a pervert. But you will never forget this night. Stay here and watch the show."
With that, she left for the back stage.
~*~
"Hey Inu Yasha." Rin said in a bubbly tone.
"Oh, Rin. Where's Sesshoumaru? Why isn't he here being overprotective over you?" Inu Yasha snorted.
"Hey, now, don't get angry. Sesshy's working late. After all, he is a doctor." Rin replied as she slid him a glass with a straw.
"I want beer or vodka. Inu Yasha demanded.
"You're not 21." Rin replied, "you can have water, soda or a Shirley temple. Or anything that's virgin."
'Ooh, Kagome, she's a virgin, I'll have her.' His brain chirped, but Inu Yasha ignored.
"I want some alcohol" Inu Yasha said as he swirled the straw around in the cup.
"No." Rin said sternly.
"Why not?" Inu Yasha asked in a child-like tone.
"I just told you! You are not 21, you're 20."
"How do you know?" Inu Yasha sneered, keeping the childlike tone.
Rin sighed and rolled her eyes, "Jesus, Inu Yasha, drop it already! Kagome wouldn't like you to get drunk before anything happens in the bedroom."
Inu Yasha shut his mouth.
The stage lights suddenly shut off, leaving it shadowed. Inu Yasha stopped his complaining and watched the stage. The lights turned on again from the back of the stage and revealed a screen on the middle of the stage with a shadow, obviously a figure was behind it, wearing a hat. On the sides were more screens with figures behind it.
The intro of the song 'You Can Leave Your Hat On' from the movie "The Full Monty" began, and the show started.
Inu Yasha's eyes slid over the shadowed figure's body behind the screen in the middle of the stage, and he knew exactly who the figure was.
~*~
A/n: Mwahahah, cliffies are so fun, doncha think? Review and I may be merciful and put in the next chapter….
Chapter 25 : A Sinful Dance