Chapter Four: Shoes and Hats
They both waded into the cool, salty ocean waves, following Souta, and sighed in relief.
"Awe man! This feels so great!" Kagome breathed and arched her head back and closed her eyes as she drifted farther into the current.
"See Sis, what did I tell you?" Souta stated and did the same.
"Kagome? This is... weird..." Inuyasha said nervously, scooting up toward her. Kagome raised an eyebrow.
"Well, it feels good, doesn't it?" Kagome asked him.
"Ummm... yeah. It feels great. It's just that... I've never been in an... ocean... before..." He struggled to say and cautiously searched the water.
"Oh, so you haven't have you?" Kagome fluttered her eyelashes. Inuyasha suspiciously studied her expression and then blushed. "Well, then!"
With that, Kagome placed her hands on top of Inuyasha's head and pushed him under the water. Inuyasha's arms flailed over the surface. Underneath, he wailed uncontrollably and kicked his legs around. Kagome then removed her hands and let Inuyasha back up to the surface.
"Hey! What was that for!?" Inuyasha shouted. Kagome just laughed. "I mean it! I'll... I'll... Okay... I see how it is..." Inuyasha smirked. He then lunged forward at the giggling girl and shoved her down underneath the water with him.
Once underwater, Inuyasha tackled her, wrapping his arms around her waist and tickling the sides of her stomach. Kagome gasped for air as her hair and his hair tangled around the both of them. Inuyasha and Kagome locked eyes for a moment.
Staring into each other's depths of blue and amber, Inuyasha had his arms around her. Kagome breathed in deep, catching the breath in her throat. Inuyasha gulped. Realizing that they were both running out of breath, they surfaced with large gasps of air.
"Hey, Inuyasha! No fair!" Kagome whined, still blushing.
"Oh, it's plenty fair!" Inuyasha teased, blushing as well.
"Not as fair as this! Inuyasha, sit!" Kagome shouted. Inuyasha was pelted into the water, slapping against his body hard. He resurfaced a few moments later.
"Wench!" Inuyasha barked.
"Whatever..." Kagome sighed and flirtatiously pushed him on the shoulder out of the way. She waded herself out of the ocean and onto the sandy, white beach over toward her black towel.
Inuyasha watched her as she dried herself off, patting down her curvy, peachy, beautiful body. His mouth gaped and he studied her features in awe.
'Wow...' he thought to himself. 'She probably doesn't even know she's totally gorgeous...' Inuyasha followed her out onto the shore and sat down beside where she stood. Kagome then sat down as well and scooted over toward him, pressing flesh with their legs.
Inuyasha blushed at the thoughts floating through his mind. Kagome, delirious to the fact that Inuyasha tensed and became nervous, she rested her head onto his shoulder and closed her eyes, sighing deeply. Inuyasha gulped.
'Maybe I could tell her now...' Inuyasha thought. "Kagome?" She turned her head slightly to look up at him.
"What is it?" Kagome questioned him.
"The reason I came here... was to tell you that... umm..." Inuyasha stuttered. He hesitated a moment. 'What if she doesn't return the feeling? What if she doesn't love me?'
"Inu... Inuyasha? What is it? Did something happen back in the feudal era? Are Miroku and Sango and Shippou alright?" Kagome asked him, a look of worry glued to her face.
"What? Ah... no! Nothing happened. I was just... I..." Inuyasha fidgeted nervously, when a voice called from the beach house.
"Kagome! Inuyasha! Souta!" Mrs. Higurashi called out from the doorway. "Come inside! We must discuss what we are going to do tonight!"
"Coming Mom!" Kagome called back to her. "Sorry, Inuyasha. I guess it'll have to wait." She then grasped his hand and drug him into the house. Souta soon followed.
All five of them were sitting in the kitchen chairs. Inuyasha was totally clueless as to what they were all talking about. 'Movies? Clubs? Mall? Boardwalk? Restaurant? What the hell are they all babbling about?' Inuyasha thought as the rest of the group quarried the different things to do.
"Honestly, Mom. I think we should go to the club over near the boardwalk. It'll be really fun!" Kagome exclaimed.
"Kagome! I already explained to you that Souta is much to young for that kind of thing!" Mrs. Higurashi told her daughter.
"But I'm finally old enough to go to one! We don't live near any dance clubs so why can't I go now?" Kagome argued.
"It's not like we all have to do the same thing!" Souta agreed.
"Cathy, why don't we take Souta somewhere fun that he could go to and let Kagome and Inuyasha go wherever they want?" Grandpa asked Kagome's mother.
"But... oh, alright! Go ahead Kagome. Go to your little dance club, but tomorrow night we're all doing something together!" Mrs. Higurashi explained to her family.
"Whatever you say Mom! Thanks!" With that, Kagome kissed her mother and grandpa on the cheek. "C'mon Inuyasha! We gotta get ready!" Kagome then ran upstairs, Inuyasha following.
Once upstairs, Kagome closed the door behind her and ran to her closet. "Crap!" Kagome gasped.
"What is it?" Inuyasha asked her.
"You don't have any clothes to change into to go to the club tonight!" Kagome explained.
"So? Why can't I just go in my kimono?" Inuyasha asked her.
"Inuyasha! It's a dance club! People don't usually wear kimonos in my time unless it's a special event! In a dance club, you dress down and wear like, jeans and a t-shirt!" Kagome grabbed her purse off of the dresser and counted her money. "One hundred and seventy eight bucks! Awesome! Let's go buy some clothes for you!" With that, Kagome drug Inuyasha out the door and down the street to the mini mall to buy some clothes for him.
Once inside, Kagome drug Inuyasha over towards the guy department. She sat him down in a chair and searched through all of the clothes that would look best on him.
"Hmmm... this isn't bad!" Kagome wailed and grabbed a black t-shirt from a random rack. "These are nice!" She exclaimed and took off a pair of loose, baggy like jeans and gave the two articles of clothing to Inuyasha. She found some white sneaker for him also. She then pushed him inside a dressing room for him to change.
About fifteen minutes later, Inuyasha was finally done with changing and claimed that he mastered the present day clothing. He smugly walked out of the changing room and walked in front of Kagome with his hands on his hips and a look of sheer pride.
"I am so good at this! This is as easy as eating ramen! See Kagome, I can do anything!" Inuyasha exclaimed and smiled wide.
"Yeah, Inuyasha... you can do anything... except put on a pair of shoes!" Kagome sighed and pointed down to his feet.
"Huh? What'ya mean! They look perfect!" Inuyasha argued.
"Oh, yeah, you sure think so! You put the shoes on the wrong feet! You have your left shoe on your right foot and your right shoe on your left foot!" Kagome corrected and bent down to fix them, almost making Inuyasha fall at the same time.
Once out of the guy's department, Kagome and Inuyasha went to pay for them. While walking, a bright, blue rounded thingy caught Inuyasha's attention.
"Ooh! Hey, Kagome! What this thingy for? Is it a hat?" Inuyasha asked. Kagome turned around to see Inuyasha with a blue bra on his head, cupping his ears perfectly.
"Oh my God! You imbecile!" Kagome shouted, turning a few heads, and immediately snatched the bra from atop his head and shoved it back on the rack, revealing his white, fluffy dog-ears. "Oh no! I forgot! You need a hat!"
"Wait, Kagome! No I don't!" Inuyasha wailed.
"Oh yeah? And why is that?" Kagome questioned suspiciously.
"Cause I'm turning into a mortal tonight! Duh!" He shouted back at her.
"Inuyasha! Don't say something like that so loud! You'll cause attention!" Kagome exclaimed.
"Fine! Whatever! But I don't need no stinkin' hat!" He shouted and crossed his arms and legs, closing his eyes.
"Uhhh! You're so annoying!" Kagome wailed and drug Inuyasha to the sales clerk to buy the clothing items.
Back at the beach house, Kagome shoved Inuyasha into the bathroom for him to change into his new clothes. Kagome then ran to her room to change.
Inside the bathroom, Inuyasha fiddled with the clothing articles. Once on him, he peered in the mirror. While looking at himself, his dog- ears formed into the side of his head becoming human ears, and his long, silver hair darkened into black. His amber eyes turned violet, and his claws and teeth shrunk to normal.
'I'm human, once again. It's not so much that I hate being human, it's just that... I don't know. It's weird. It's not like being a half demon, obviously...' With that thought in his mind, Inuyasha walked down the stairs and waited for Kagome's arrival from her room.
He slumped down onto the couch for about twenty minutes. He yawned and closed his eyes, almost falling asleep, when he heard footsteps slowly coming down the stairs. He opened his eyes to find himself looking straight at her.
Kagome stood at the bottom of the steps, her long, raven hair dangling to her waist. Her sweet, blue eyes radiated with golden shadow. Her cheeks blushed with pink and her plump lips smiled with a light shade of peach gloss. Her skin glimmered under the light of the ceiling and her body was blanketed with a tight, white t-shirt, and tight, bell bottom black jeans. She was in fact, the most beautiful thing Inuyasha had ever laid his eyes upon.
They both waded into the cool, salty ocean waves, following Souta, and sighed in relief.
"Awe man! This feels so great!" Kagome breathed and arched her head back and closed her eyes as she drifted farther into the current.
"See Sis, what did I tell you?" Souta stated and did the same.
"Kagome? This is... weird..." Inuyasha said nervously, scooting up toward her. Kagome raised an eyebrow.
"Well, it feels good, doesn't it?" Kagome asked him.
"Ummm... yeah. It feels great. It's just that... I've never been in an... ocean... before..." He struggled to say and cautiously searched the water.
"Oh, so you haven't have you?" Kagome fluttered her eyelashes. Inuyasha suspiciously studied her expression and then blushed. "Well, then!"
With that, Kagome placed her hands on top of Inuyasha's head and pushed him under the water. Inuyasha's arms flailed over the surface. Underneath, he wailed uncontrollably and kicked his legs around. Kagome then removed her hands and let Inuyasha back up to the surface.
"Hey! What was that for!?" Inuyasha shouted. Kagome just laughed. "I mean it! I'll... I'll... Okay... I see how it is..." Inuyasha smirked. He then lunged forward at the giggling girl and shoved her down underneath the water with him.
Once underwater, Inuyasha tackled her, wrapping his arms around her waist and tickling the sides of her stomach. Kagome gasped for air as her hair and his hair tangled around the both of them. Inuyasha and Kagome locked eyes for a moment.
Staring into each other's depths of blue and amber, Inuyasha had his arms around her. Kagome breathed in deep, catching the breath in her throat. Inuyasha gulped. Realizing that they were both running out of breath, they surfaced with large gasps of air.
"Hey, Inuyasha! No fair!" Kagome whined, still blushing.
"Oh, it's plenty fair!" Inuyasha teased, blushing as well.
"Not as fair as this! Inuyasha, sit!" Kagome shouted. Inuyasha was pelted into the water, slapping against his body hard. He resurfaced a few moments later.
"Wench!" Inuyasha barked.
"Whatever..." Kagome sighed and flirtatiously pushed him on the shoulder out of the way. She waded herself out of the ocean and onto the sandy, white beach over toward her black towel.
Inuyasha watched her as she dried herself off, patting down her curvy, peachy, beautiful body. His mouth gaped and he studied her features in awe.
'Wow...' he thought to himself. 'She probably doesn't even know she's totally gorgeous...' Inuyasha followed her out onto the shore and sat down beside where she stood. Kagome then sat down as well and scooted over toward him, pressing flesh with their legs.
Inuyasha blushed at the thoughts floating through his mind. Kagome, delirious to the fact that Inuyasha tensed and became nervous, she rested her head onto his shoulder and closed her eyes, sighing deeply. Inuyasha gulped.
'Maybe I could tell her now...' Inuyasha thought. "Kagome?" She turned her head slightly to look up at him.
"What is it?" Kagome questioned him.
"The reason I came here... was to tell you that... umm..." Inuyasha stuttered. He hesitated a moment. 'What if she doesn't return the feeling? What if she doesn't love me?'
"Inu... Inuyasha? What is it? Did something happen back in the feudal era? Are Miroku and Sango and Shippou alright?" Kagome asked him, a look of worry glued to her face.
"What? Ah... no! Nothing happened. I was just... I..." Inuyasha fidgeted nervously, when a voice called from the beach house.
"Kagome! Inuyasha! Souta!" Mrs. Higurashi called out from the doorway. "Come inside! We must discuss what we are going to do tonight!"
"Coming Mom!" Kagome called back to her. "Sorry, Inuyasha. I guess it'll have to wait." She then grasped his hand and drug him into the house. Souta soon followed.
All five of them were sitting in the kitchen chairs. Inuyasha was totally clueless as to what they were all talking about. 'Movies? Clubs? Mall? Boardwalk? Restaurant? What the hell are they all babbling about?' Inuyasha thought as the rest of the group quarried the different things to do.
"Honestly, Mom. I think we should go to the club over near the boardwalk. It'll be really fun!" Kagome exclaimed.
"Kagome! I already explained to you that Souta is much to young for that kind of thing!" Mrs. Higurashi told her daughter.
"But I'm finally old enough to go to one! We don't live near any dance clubs so why can't I go now?" Kagome argued.
"It's not like we all have to do the same thing!" Souta agreed.
"Cathy, why don't we take Souta somewhere fun that he could go to and let Kagome and Inuyasha go wherever they want?" Grandpa asked Kagome's mother.
"But... oh, alright! Go ahead Kagome. Go to your little dance club, but tomorrow night we're all doing something together!" Mrs. Higurashi explained to her family.
"Whatever you say Mom! Thanks!" With that, Kagome kissed her mother and grandpa on the cheek. "C'mon Inuyasha! We gotta get ready!" Kagome then ran upstairs, Inuyasha following.
Once upstairs, Kagome closed the door behind her and ran to her closet. "Crap!" Kagome gasped.
"What is it?" Inuyasha asked her.
"You don't have any clothes to change into to go to the club tonight!" Kagome explained.
"So? Why can't I just go in my kimono?" Inuyasha asked her.
"Inuyasha! It's a dance club! People don't usually wear kimonos in my time unless it's a special event! In a dance club, you dress down and wear like, jeans and a t-shirt!" Kagome grabbed her purse off of the dresser and counted her money. "One hundred and seventy eight bucks! Awesome! Let's go buy some clothes for you!" With that, Kagome drug Inuyasha out the door and down the street to the mini mall to buy some clothes for him.
Once inside, Kagome drug Inuyasha over towards the guy department. She sat him down in a chair and searched through all of the clothes that would look best on him.
"Hmmm... this isn't bad!" Kagome wailed and grabbed a black t-shirt from a random rack. "These are nice!" She exclaimed and took off a pair of loose, baggy like jeans and gave the two articles of clothing to Inuyasha. She found some white sneaker for him also. She then pushed him inside a dressing room for him to change.
About fifteen minutes later, Inuyasha was finally done with changing and claimed that he mastered the present day clothing. He smugly walked out of the changing room and walked in front of Kagome with his hands on his hips and a look of sheer pride.
"I am so good at this! This is as easy as eating ramen! See Kagome, I can do anything!" Inuyasha exclaimed and smiled wide.
"Yeah, Inuyasha... you can do anything... except put on a pair of shoes!" Kagome sighed and pointed down to his feet.
"Huh? What'ya mean! They look perfect!" Inuyasha argued.
"Oh, yeah, you sure think so! You put the shoes on the wrong feet! You have your left shoe on your right foot and your right shoe on your left foot!" Kagome corrected and bent down to fix them, almost making Inuyasha fall at the same time.
Once out of the guy's department, Kagome and Inuyasha went to pay for them. While walking, a bright, blue rounded thingy caught Inuyasha's attention.
"Ooh! Hey, Kagome! What this thingy for? Is it a hat?" Inuyasha asked. Kagome turned around to see Inuyasha with a blue bra on his head, cupping his ears perfectly.
"Oh my God! You imbecile!" Kagome shouted, turning a few heads, and immediately snatched the bra from atop his head and shoved it back on the rack, revealing his white, fluffy dog-ears. "Oh no! I forgot! You need a hat!"
"Wait, Kagome! No I don't!" Inuyasha wailed.
"Oh yeah? And why is that?" Kagome questioned suspiciously.
"Cause I'm turning into a mortal tonight! Duh!" He shouted back at her.
"Inuyasha! Don't say something like that so loud! You'll cause attention!" Kagome exclaimed.
"Fine! Whatever! But I don't need no stinkin' hat!" He shouted and crossed his arms and legs, closing his eyes.
"Uhhh! You're so annoying!" Kagome wailed and drug Inuyasha to the sales clerk to buy the clothing items.
Back at the beach house, Kagome shoved Inuyasha into the bathroom for him to change into his new clothes. Kagome then ran to her room to change.
Inside the bathroom, Inuyasha fiddled with the clothing articles. Once on him, he peered in the mirror. While looking at himself, his dog- ears formed into the side of his head becoming human ears, and his long, silver hair darkened into black. His amber eyes turned violet, and his claws and teeth shrunk to normal.
'I'm human, once again. It's not so much that I hate being human, it's just that... I don't know. It's weird. It's not like being a half demon, obviously...' With that thought in his mind, Inuyasha walked down the stairs and waited for Kagome's arrival from her room.
He slumped down onto the couch for about twenty minutes. He yawned and closed his eyes, almost falling asleep, when he heard footsteps slowly coming down the stairs. He opened his eyes to find himself looking straight at her.
Kagome stood at the bottom of the steps, her long, raven hair dangling to her waist. Her sweet, blue eyes radiated with golden shadow. Her cheeks blushed with pink and her plump lips smiled with a light shade of peach gloss. Her skin glimmered under the light of the ceiling and her body was blanketed with a tight, white t-shirt, and tight, bell bottom black jeans. She was in fact, the most beautiful thing Inuyasha had ever laid his eyes upon.