Aiiyaahh!!..I don't know what my author's note should be. Hahahaha. Uhh.. Lalalala..
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Chapter 7
Kagome stared as Inuyasha ordered his 3rd bowl of Ramen. He was already on his third, while she was sitting there with half of her first!
'He must really love Ramen! He looks so adorable when he eats..' Kagome thought as she stared.
"Wha ar oo shtar en ah?" a full-mouth Inuyasha asked when he sensed that Kagome was looking at him.
Kagome laughed and shook her head.
"Nothing...you're not as scary as I thought you were." Kagome closed her mouth at what she had just said.
'EEP! I just called him scary...to his face. Luckily he's eating, so he has something to cheer him up!'
Inuyasha swallowed his bite of Ramen.
"And you're not as dumb as I thought you were." he took a big bite.
"You thought I was dumb?!" Kagome asked.
"Well, oo shyat I wash scuwarry" Inuyasha replied.
"Because you are scary! During the whole ride you kept on giving me cold stares! Even today at that store! It's like you're shooting daggers at me with your eyes!" Kagome yelled.
Inuyasha swallowed his Ramen once again.
"First of all, I thought you were dumb because you didn't know how to turn on my damn radio! I mean, who the hell wouldn't know how to turn on a radio? And second of all, I was not staring at you in the car! How could I even stare at you while driving! And at the store? I wasn't staring! I was making sure that was you!"
"Well if you had a normal radio instead of one with all of those weird ass buttons on them, then maybe I would have known how to turn it on! And even if you weren't staring at me.. Ever since I've been here you've been giving me the cold shoulder! Or acting as if I've done something wrong!"
Inuyasha was stunned at Kagome's distress. Had it been true that he treated her unfair?
"Can you blame me?! You just look so much like her!! It's hard not to feel a weird emotion around you!"
"Like who?! That's another thing I've been hearing a lot! Who is this person that I look like?! Because whoever it is.. I'm not her and I'll never be her!"
"YOU'RE RIGHT! YOU'RE NOT HER! YOU JUST LOOK LIKE HER! BUT NO MATTER HOW MUCH OF HER YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE STILL NOTHING LIKE KIK–"
"Inuyasha!" Sango called out from the food court.
"Funny, Sango said you would be here." Laughed Miroku. He looked at Kagome and mouthed the words "You Owe me BIG" as he held up a shopping bag.
"Oh! Thank you Miroku!" Kagome said while hugging her cousin and taking the bag.
Sango and Miroku got two chairs and scooted a table next to Kagome and Inuyasha. Soon the four were all eating Ramen and ate quietly.
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"Well this was a nice day, wasn't it?" Sango asked Kagome as they sat in the back.
"I guess so.." Kagome said while looking out of the window.
When they reached Kagome's house, there was a note on the door.
' Kagome & Miroku,
Grandma's a bit sick, so I'm going out of town for a day. I haven't gotten a chance to forge extra keys yet so maybe you can ask your friend, Sango if you can stay there for the night. I'm sorry that this was on late notice, but I'll be back home soon. Take care!
Love,
Mom '
Kagome sighed as she showed Miroku and Sango the note.
"That'll be fine! My mom does come home til late night, and she goes back to work early in the morning..she'll be okay with you guys staying over." Sango said smiling.
"What about our clothes and toothbrushes?" Kagome asked.
"We have spare toothbrushes at my house, and you've just bought clothes.. You can borrow some of my pj's if you want."
Kagome smiled and nodded.
Miroku, Sango, and Kagome walked back to Sango's house. When they opened the door, Inuyasha was already on the couch watching T.V.
"Oh, great. Now what?" Inuyasha said when he saw Kagome and Miroku walk in.
"Their mom is out of town, so they're going to be staying with us for the night." Sango replied as she walked into the kitchen.
"You guys thirsty?" she called.
"No, thanks." Miroku and Kagome replied.
"So, Kagome... why don't we go upstairs and get you settled in, eh?" Sango smiled.
"Sure."
And the two girls went off upstairs.
"So you're aunt's out?" Inuyasha asked Miroku as he sat down on the couch next to him.
"Yeah...I just hope she's coming back this time.." Miroku said silently.
"This time? What do you mean? You think she'll get lost?" Inuyasha grunted.
"No...I mean I hope that she doesn't abandon us...I hope she doesn't abandon Kagome."
"And how would you know how it feels like to be abandoned?" Inuyasha laughed.
Miroku rubbed his face with his hands and sighed.
"Because it's the reason why I live with Kagome and her mom now.."
Inuyasha stopped laughing and started to pat Miroku's back.
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"I don't know how many times I can tell you that I'm grateful that you're letting me and Miroku stay here for the night." Kagome said as Sango brought out blankets and pillows.
"Oh, I don't mind at all! It's about time I actually have someone here to talk to besides my brother." Sango laughed.
"How's you and Miroku? You guys getting along nicely?" Kagome asked.
"Actually, yeah.. We are.." Sango blushed.
"Ooo, do tell Sango, do tell." Kagome winked.
"Nothing happened...we just talked and talked...he didn't grope me at all if that's what you're wondering. He's not at all like the person I thought he was. How about you and Inuyasha?" Sango asked.
"I'd rather not talk about it..there is not me and Inuyasha. We got into this whole yelling fest at the mall. Arguing about how I looked like this one girl..but he didn't say who." Kagome shrugged.
Sango paused and stared at Kagome for a minute, and then went to her closet.
"These sweats may be a bit big...they were Inuyasha's until he had that growth spurt." Sango laughed as she handed Kagome a pair of big red sweats.
"You might want to wear these under in case they fall.." Sango started to laugh more as she handed Kagome a pair of black boxers.
"Gee, thanks...I'm going to be in your brother's pants.." Kagome and Sango started to laugh.
"Did you want a shirt?" asked Sango as Kagome came out of the bathroom wearing the sweats.
"Oh no, that's okay...the skirt part of this is detachable." Kagome smiled as she unhooked the skirt part of her dress. Now she was wearing a white tube top with black boxers and red sweats with her hair up.
"Mmkay...you could pick out a toothbrush from the left drawer later on." Sango said.
"Thanks." Kagome said as she went towards the bathroom to brush her teeth.
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"And well, yeah..that's all that I can remember happening.." Miroku said to Inuyasha.
"Damn. Looks like you've been through a lot since I've last seen you." Inuyasha sympathized his friend.
"Heh. It's really no big deal. At least I have a family to stay with now." Miroku gave a little smile.
"Well, before any of us start shedding tears, let's go get you something to sleep in, eh?" Inuyasha said while giving his friend a friendly punch on the shoulder.
As the two were on their way upstairs, the girls were on their way down. Inuyasha passed by Kagome and saw that her hair was up.
'Damn, she looks even more like Kikyo with her hair like that..' Inuyasha thought to himself.
Sango caught her brother looking at Kagome and thought up for a plan.
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Everyone was in their pj's and ready for bed. The four stayed up downstairs and played board games, watched movies, told scary stories, and laughed. Inuyasha was the first to get up a go into his room.
"Feh. I have work tomorrow so I'm out. Later." He called as he went upstairs.
A couple of hours later Miroku got tired and went upstairs into the guest room. Soon it was just Sango and Kagome. Eventually, both of the girls got tired and went up to Sango's room to sleep. Sango acted to be asleep and waited till she was sure that Kagome was sleeping. She then pretended to snore as loud as she could.
'Man, I had no idea that Sango was so tired!' Kagome thought as she was awoken by Sango's loud snoring. The longer Kagome waited for it to stop, the louder it got. Finally, she gave up and and went downstairs quietly.
"I think maybe I just need a cup of water.." Kagome whispered to herself as she approached the kitchen.
She got out a cup and opened the refrigerator. Kagome took out the pitcher of water and poured it into her cup. As she sat down in one of the chairs, she heard footsteps coming from upstairs. Kagome froze as she heard them coming closer and closer. She saw silver-hair and realized who it was. Inuyasha was awake.
'Ergh. Must be Sango awake again.' Inuyasha thought to himself.
"What're you doing awake at this time?" Inuyasha groaned.
"I..I just couldn't sleep.." Kagome whispered.
Inuyasha was half awake and half asleep so he couldn't tell the difference from Kagome and Sango's voices.
"Oh well...where's your friend Kagome?" Inuyasha asked while sitting on the couch.
'He must think I'm Sango!' Kagome thought.
"Ummm.." Kagome said silently.
"She's really pretty, Sango. You have a really pretty friend." Inuyasha yawned.
"We had a little argument today though...do you think I've treated her unfair?" Inuyasha asked.
"Well..uhhh.." Kagome replied.
"I mean, maybe I wouldn't if she didn't look so much like Kikyo.."
'So Kikyo's her name..' Kagome thought to herself.
"I mean...she looks exactly like her..especially with her hair up. But there's something different about her..it's not a bad different..it's a...just that feeling around her..." Inuyasha yawned again.
"...I think I like her." Inuyasha said while dozing off.
Kagome froze in the darkness.
'Did he just....' Kagome's thoughts were interrupted by the sound of light breathing on the couch.
After she finished her water, she put her cup by the sink and walked towards Inuyasha. She found a blanket and put it over him. Kagome slowly put her face near his and whispered to him.
"Well...I think she likes you too." Kagome leaned over and gave Inuyasha a soft kiss on the cheek. After that, she headed upstairs back into Sango's room.
Inuyasha's ears heard footsteps going upstairs and opened his eyes.
'How'd I get here on the living room couch?' he thought to himself. He began to sniff the air and realized that it was a girl's scent, but not Sango's.
'Kagome...' Inuyasha thought before he dozed off again.
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Only a few steps away from Sango's room, Kagome heard a quick, swift movement inside. As she opened the door, she saw Sango lying in her bed 'sleeping'. Kagome smiled as she realized what Sango had done.
"Thank you, Sango...for everything." Kagome whispered as she laid down in her bed on the carpet.
'It's only begun, Kagome...' Sango thought to herself smiling.
'It's only begun..'
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Chapter 7
Kagome stared as Inuyasha ordered his 3rd bowl of Ramen. He was already on his third, while she was sitting there with half of her first!
'He must really love Ramen! He looks so adorable when he eats..' Kagome thought as she stared.
"Wha ar oo shtar en ah?" a full-mouth Inuyasha asked when he sensed that Kagome was looking at him.
Kagome laughed and shook her head.
"Nothing...you're not as scary as I thought you were." Kagome closed her mouth at what she had just said.
'EEP! I just called him scary...to his face. Luckily he's eating, so he has something to cheer him up!'
Inuyasha swallowed his bite of Ramen.
"And you're not as dumb as I thought you were." he took a big bite.
"You thought I was dumb?!" Kagome asked.
"Well, oo shyat I wash scuwarry" Inuyasha replied.
"Because you are scary! During the whole ride you kept on giving me cold stares! Even today at that store! It's like you're shooting daggers at me with your eyes!" Kagome yelled.
Inuyasha swallowed his Ramen once again.
"First of all, I thought you were dumb because you didn't know how to turn on my damn radio! I mean, who the hell wouldn't know how to turn on a radio? And second of all, I was not staring at you in the car! How could I even stare at you while driving! And at the store? I wasn't staring! I was making sure that was you!"
"Well if you had a normal radio instead of one with all of those weird ass buttons on them, then maybe I would have known how to turn it on! And even if you weren't staring at me.. Ever since I've been here you've been giving me the cold shoulder! Or acting as if I've done something wrong!"
Inuyasha was stunned at Kagome's distress. Had it been true that he treated her unfair?
"Can you blame me?! You just look so much like her!! It's hard not to feel a weird emotion around you!"
"Like who?! That's another thing I've been hearing a lot! Who is this person that I look like?! Because whoever it is.. I'm not her and I'll never be her!"
"YOU'RE RIGHT! YOU'RE NOT HER! YOU JUST LOOK LIKE HER! BUT NO MATTER HOW MUCH OF HER YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE STILL NOTHING LIKE KIK–"
"Inuyasha!" Sango called out from the food court.
"Funny, Sango said you would be here." Laughed Miroku. He looked at Kagome and mouthed the words "You Owe me BIG" as he held up a shopping bag.
"Oh! Thank you Miroku!" Kagome said while hugging her cousin and taking the bag.
Sango and Miroku got two chairs and scooted a table next to Kagome and Inuyasha. Soon the four were all eating Ramen and ate quietly.
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"Well this was a nice day, wasn't it?" Sango asked Kagome as they sat in the back.
"I guess so.." Kagome said while looking out of the window.
When they reached Kagome's house, there was a note on the door.
' Kagome & Miroku,
Grandma's a bit sick, so I'm going out of town for a day. I haven't gotten a chance to forge extra keys yet so maybe you can ask your friend, Sango if you can stay there for the night. I'm sorry that this was on late notice, but I'll be back home soon. Take care!
Love,
Mom '
Kagome sighed as she showed Miroku and Sango the note.
"That'll be fine! My mom does come home til late night, and she goes back to work early in the morning..she'll be okay with you guys staying over." Sango said smiling.
"What about our clothes and toothbrushes?" Kagome asked.
"We have spare toothbrushes at my house, and you've just bought clothes.. You can borrow some of my pj's if you want."
Kagome smiled and nodded.
Miroku, Sango, and Kagome walked back to Sango's house. When they opened the door, Inuyasha was already on the couch watching T.V.
"Oh, great. Now what?" Inuyasha said when he saw Kagome and Miroku walk in.
"Their mom is out of town, so they're going to be staying with us for the night." Sango replied as she walked into the kitchen.
"You guys thirsty?" she called.
"No, thanks." Miroku and Kagome replied.
"So, Kagome... why don't we go upstairs and get you settled in, eh?" Sango smiled.
"Sure."
And the two girls went off upstairs.
"So you're aunt's out?" Inuyasha asked Miroku as he sat down on the couch next to him.
"Yeah...I just hope she's coming back this time.." Miroku said silently.
"This time? What do you mean? You think she'll get lost?" Inuyasha grunted.
"No...I mean I hope that she doesn't abandon us...I hope she doesn't abandon Kagome."
"And how would you know how it feels like to be abandoned?" Inuyasha laughed.
Miroku rubbed his face with his hands and sighed.
"Because it's the reason why I live with Kagome and her mom now.."
Inuyasha stopped laughing and started to pat Miroku's back.
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"I don't know how many times I can tell you that I'm grateful that you're letting me and Miroku stay here for the night." Kagome said as Sango brought out blankets and pillows.
"Oh, I don't mind at all! It's about time I actually have someone here to talk to besides my brother." Sango laughed.
"How's you and Miroku? You guys getting along nicely?" Kagome asked.
"Actually, yeah.. We are.." Sango blushed.
"Ooo, do tell Sango, do tell." Kagome winked.
"Nothing happened...we just talked and talked...he didn't grope me at all if that's what you're wondering. He's not at all like the person I thought he was. How about you and Inuyasha?" Sango asked.
"I'd rather not talk about it..there is not me and Inuyasha. We got into this whole yelling fest at the mall. Arguing about how I looked like this one girl..but he didn't say who." Kagome shrugged.
Sango paused and stared at Kagome for a minute, and then went to her closet.
"These sweats may be a bit big...they were Inuyasha's until he had that growth spurt." Sango laughed as she handed Kagome a pair of big red sweats.
"You might want to wear these under in case they fall.." Sango started to laugh more as she handed Kagome a pair of black boxers.
"Gee, thanks...I'm going to be in your brother's pants.." Kagome and Sango started to laugh.
"Did you want a shirt?" asked Sango as Kagome came out of the bathroom wearing the sweats.
"Oh no, that's okay...the skirt part of this is detachable." Kagome smiled as she unhooked the skirt part of her dress. Now she was wearing a white tube top with black boxers and red sweats with her hair up.
"Mmkay...you could pick out a toothbrush from the left drawer later on." Sango said.
"Thanks." Kagome said as she went towards the bathroom to brush her teeth.
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"And well, yeah..that's all that I can remember happening.." Miroku said to Inuyasha.
"Damn. Looks like you've been through a lot since I've last seen you." Inuyasha sympathized his friend.
"Heh. It's really no big deal. At least I have a family to stay with now." Miroku gave a little smile.
"Well, before any of us start shedding tears, let's go get you something to sleep in, eh?" Inuyasha said while giving his friend a friendly punch on the shoulder.
As the two were on their way upstairs, the girls were on their way down. Inuyasha passed by Kagome and saw that her hair was up.
'Damn, she looks even more like Kikyo with her hair like that..' Inuyasha thought to himself.
Sango caught her brother looking at Kagome and thought up for a plan.
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Everyone was in their pj's and ready for bed. The four stayed up downstairs and played board games, watched movies, told scary stories, and laughed. Inuyasha was the first to get up a go into his room.
"Feh. I have work tomorrow so I'm out. Later." He called as he went upstairs.
A couple of hours later Miroku got tired and went upstairs into the guest room. Soon it was just Sango and Kagome. Eventually, both of the girls got tired and went up to Sango's room to sleep. Sango acted to be asleep and waited till she was sure that Kagome was sleeping. She then pretended to snore as loud as she could.
'Man, I had no idea that Sango was so tired!' Kagome thought as she was awoken by Sango's loud snoring. The longer Kagome waited for it to stop, the louder it got. Finally, she gave up and and went downstairs quietly.
"I think maybe I just need a cup of water.." Kagome whispered to herself as she approached the kitchen.
She got out a cup and opened the refrigerator. Kagome took out the pitcher of water and poured it into her cup. As she sat down in one of the chairs, she heard footsteps coming from upstairs. Kagome froze as she heard them coming closer and closer. She saw silver-hair and realized who it was. Inuyasha was awake.
'Ergh. Must be Sango awake again.' Inuyasha thought to himself.
"What're you doing awake at this time?" Inuyasha groaned.
"I..I just couldn't sleep.." Kagome whispered.
Inuyasha was half awake and half asleep so he couldn't tell the difference from Kagome and Sango's voices.
"Oh well...where's your friend Kagome?" Inuyasha asked while sitting on the couch.
'He must think I'm Sango!' Kagome thought.
"Ummm.." Kagome said silently.
"She's really pretty, Sango. You have a really pretty friend." Inuyasha yawned.
"We had a little argument today though...do you think I've treated her unfair?" Inuyasha asked.
"Well..uhhh.." Kagome replied.
"I mean, maybe I wouldn't if she didn't look so much like Kikyo.."
'So Kikyo's her name..' Kagome thought to herself.
"I mean...she looks exactly like her..especially with her hair up. But there's something different about her..it's not a bad different..it's a...just that feeling around her..." Inuyasha yawned again.
"...I think I like her." Inuyasha said while dozing off.
Kagome froze in the darkness.
'Did he just....' Kagome's thoughts were interrupted by the sound of light breathing on the couch.
After she finished her water, she put her cup by the sink and walked towards Inuyasha. She found a blanket and put it over him. Kagome slowly put her face near his and whispered to him.
"Well...I think she likes you too." Kagome leaned over and gave Inuyasha a soft kiss on the cheek. After that, she headed upstairs back into Sango's room.
Inuyasha's ears heard footsteps going upstairs and opened his eyes.
'How'd I get here on the living room couch?' he thought to himself. He began to sniff the air and realized that it was a girl's scent, but not Sango's.
'Kagome...' Inuyasha thought before he dozed off again.
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Only a few steps away from Sango's room, Kagome heard a quick, swift movement inside. As she opened the door, she saw Sango lying in her bed 'sleeping'. Kagome smiled as she realized what Sango had done.
"Thank you, Sango...for everything." Kagome whispered as she laid down in her bed on the carpet.
'It's only begun, Kagome...' Sango thought to herself smiling.
'It's only begun..'