Disclaimer: Inuyasha belongs to Rumiko Takahashi. *sighs*
A/N: I think this is one of my most favorite chapters at this point.
Unspoken Words
Part 2: Save the wedding!
They all rushed over into the bakery shop as a few customers raised their eyes at them as they wondered what was the young man doing in the kitchen with a girl. They shrugged and continued minding their own business.
Miroku flipped through the pages of a cookbook and pointed to the picture of large. Sango looked at it, breathlessly. The cake was exquisite and was made up of four layers and covered in cream. Little flowers adorned the sides as the little plastic figures of the bride and groom stood on the top.
"Man… How is this going to baked?" Sango whispered.
"That's what I mean. I missing some extra bags of flour and I need to make the cream and all that…" Miroku added.
"Such a structure needs hours of preparation and how come you didn't get a head start on it?? It will be imposable with all the customers out front!"
"That's what I was saying, earlier. But my friend, here, was busy eating in the kitchen."
Inuyasha scowled as he took his seat on the kitchen counter as Kagome poked a stick of pocky into her mouth at the scene. It was rather interesting. Are we going to have some cake?, she thought.
The two discussed in the back a little further until they made their final decision. They instructed the rest of them some positions as Sango reached for her purse and was about to head out. Kagome seemed to whimper at her decision.
"Make sure Kagome is alright, here. Ok?" she told the boys.
"Of course, what do you think we are?" Miroku spoke up.
"Well, I think that you are nice people but you better keep her out of harm's way or else. Inuyasha knows what I mean, don't you?" She grinned as he gulped.
Sango exited the room as Kagome just stood there in the kitchen.
"So, Miss Kagome?" Miroku piped up as Inuyasha eyed him, suspiciously. "Would you like to take up you position, here? It's real simple and I swear that it's nothing dangerous as Sango made me promised." He held her hand in his.
"Miroku…" Inuyasha suddenly gave him a glare.
"Honestly, Inuyasha…" he turned back to Kagome. "I need you to help at the cashier front while I prepare to start the preparations on the cake."
Kagome nodded and suddenly-out of instinct-backed away as she felt his hand on her butt. Inuyasha jumped off the counter and was ready to knock the lights out of his chum, there. Miroku gave a smile and apologized to the girl in his most sincere manner.
"Inuyasha will help you at the front and make sure you change your clothes in the back room over there."
~*~
Soon later…
Sango rushed back into the bakery store with a huge bag of ingredients and stopped, gasping, at what the heck Kagome was wearing behind the counter. She noticed the looks that some of the guys were giving as she handed their change and watched Inuyasha enter the scene with a bucket of change.
They were going to die…
"Miroku!" She stormed into the kitchen as he smiled and preheated the oven.
~*~
"Are you crazy?! Where did you get that?!" She demanded as she tugged him by his tie and pointed out the door.
"That? Oh, that is the employee's uniform for girls. I remembered that one! That was before Tomo left the bakery to go to" he stopped as Sango gritted her teeth. "I'm sure why she left this bakery…"
"Ok, maybe it's a little inappropriate but it's not revealing. See! Doesn't she look so cute and merry as she's handing all that change to the customer!"
Sango rubbed her chin. "I have to admit that you're right…"
He smiled and let out a gasp for air as she released her hold on the tie.
"But I'm watching you. Besides, we got to do some baking, pronto!"
She dragged him back into the kitchen and started on their work.
~*~
Inuyasha blushed at the sight of Kagome as she concentrated hard on what the customers were asking for. Especially, on the math work when she tapped her pencil against her chin and scribbled on the piece of notebook paper. Then handed him the paper as he automatically placed the money in and handed her the change.
She made him feel a little squeamish as she moved around.
In fact, she looked cute but it made him nervous as she stood there in that maid outfit. He wondered how in the world did Miroku get that from when he was told to order the employee's (when there had been more than just him) uniform for girls because it wasn't the most ideal for professionals.
Pink ribbons were sewn on the hem of the dress and the bottom was just a few inches from touching her knees and it stuck out to the sides. The top was pure white and was cut off halfway at the chest so nothing was revealed. Her long hair was tied back in another pink ribbon with some hairs sticking on the back of her neck. Her cheeks seemed rosier and she looked even more adorable when she smiled back the customers.
Suddenly, he returned to reality and scolded himself for blushing at the girl. What was so special about her? She was just an average girl. Ok, an average girl who acted like a kiddy but what did that got to do with anything?
"Sit!"
Inuyasha brushed off the sweat on his face.
"Ok! I'm coming, girl! How much you need this time and you better think fast!"
~*~
Hours later…
"Ok… The last layer…" Sango took an oven mitt and reached in for the pan.
Miroku brushed sweat off his face since the room was so hot. Then, suddenly, the room felt even warmer when he watched her bend down and noticed her butt, unguarded.
Sango eagerly took the pan and noticed that it came out fine. In fact, even better than she expected the cake to be. She breathed in the aroma as it reminded of her mother's cooking a long tome ago before she passed away from cancer and her heart felt soothed at the thought.
Then, she felt a hand rubbing her butt and it wasn't her hand.
~*~
"Kagome! Inuyasha! Are you done closing up the store?" Miroku cried out from the kitchen as the two finished up their work. Inuyasha flipped the sign so that it said closed in the front as Kagome finished cleaning the counter with some Kleenex and a rag.
"Hold you horses!" Inuyasha replied.
The two stretched their backs and hurried into the back.
~*~
It was beautiful… Kagome stared at every portion of that beautiful wedding cake. It was perfect and it was so perfect that it seemed fake. The cream looked as smooth as a baby's face and there were sugar petal that adorned the sides of the cake.
All of them stood there, not knowing what to say.
"So, when we're going to eat?" Inuyasha asked.
Miroku who now had a huge red handprint on both sides of his face answered him, "Well, I don't know. But you are definitely not going to lay a finger on that beauty."
Inuyasha scowled as he felt his stomach growling for the 5th time today.
Kagome heard the huge growl and it reminded her of a lion's growl. She looked back at him, he reminded her of a wild animal and she thought that he must eat a lot back at home.
That reminded her!
She rummaged through the groceries bags.
~*~
"Is that chicken?" Inuyasha suddenly looked back as Sango and Miroku carefully placed the huge wedding cake into the back of a truck that arrived during the evening.
Before they closed the back doors, Miroku wrapped his arms around Sango who had turned 8 shades of red at the moment to lighten the moment.
"Think how happy the couple is going to be when they see that cake… If it hadn't been for you, Sango, I wouldn't know what to do at all…" he whispered to her as she froze there.
The romantic moment was soon interrupted as Inuyasha told the two of them to get back insides before it was too cold and that he was getting rather hungry.
The two stepped back from each other and they hurried back inside.
~*~
Sango gawked at the scene as she watched Kagome drain the boiling hot water from the pot and pour the hot steaming ramen into a bowl. Then, place some spices into the bowl and stick in a pair of chopsticks which were found in the back drawer.
"Thank goodness!" Inuyasha grabbed the largest bowl of ramen and dug in.
He licked his lips as he was finished with the bowl in mere seconds. "Hey Kagome! What's this thing called, anyways?"
"Ramen. Chicken flavored." She replied before giving him a smile and returned to the pot of hot boiling water.
Inuyasha blushed but quickly, returned eating his meal.
"What… What…?" Sango murmured as Miroku pulled up a chair of her and made her sit down. Then, handed her share of the ramen before receiving his own bowl.
"What did you say, Kagome?" Sango asked her as they were all seated at the table.
Kagome repeated the words and resumed eating next to Inuyasha who was seated besides her.
The power of words is amazing….